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EDUCATION

City students shine in Manipal PMT
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 3
The entrance test results of Manipal Pre-Medical Entrance Test (PMT) were declared today. The exam was held on April 23. The results were expected to be declared by May 15, however, the results were declared much earlier this year. The results saw many city students scoring the top ranks. Ankita Charavarty ranked first, Rohan Khera has been ranked third, Akhil Prasher has bagged the fifth rank, Manvi Singh has bagged the sixth rank, Shruti Aggarwal has bagged the 15th rank, Rohit Malhotra has bagged the 31st rank, Abhinav Aggarwal has bagged the 73rd rank.

FROM SCHOOLS
KV students get prizes for excellence
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 3
Kendriya Vidyalaya-2, 3 BRD celebrated their annual day and prize distribution function today. Tiny tots of the school extended a warm welcome to the dignitaries and other guests.

Dwarf dance, action song, fashion show, folk dances and bhangra by kids enthralled the audience. A thought-provoking Hindi play “Chunav ka mausam”, a satire on provincialism and casteism in democracy of contemporary India was applauded by all.

Air Cmdre R.K. Srivastava, AOC, 3 BRD, was the chief guest. His wife Reena Srivastava gave away the prizes on the occasion. Ranjana K. Bassi read the annual report and told the guests with the school achievements.

Awards were distributed in appreciation of excellent academic performances, games and sports, co-curricular activities. Sweta received the award for scoring 94 per cent in the CBSE exam. She was also awarded Nanua’s memorial scholarship for highest marks in Class X boards exams. Reecha of Class X was awarded Valavade scholarship for outstanding performance in academics and co-curricular activities. Shreysi of Class III got Pinki memorial scholarship for best girl student in her Class. Jyoti of Class VIII was awarded G.Gururani merit cum means scholarship. Arti of Class X and Manok Singh of Class IX received cash awards by Rekha Raina Student Trust.

KV-29 function

Students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, OCF, Sector 29, await their turn to perform at the school’s annual function held at Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, OCF, Sector 29, celebrated the school’s annual day at Tagore Theatre here today. The celebrations began with a Saraswati Vandana followed by a cultural programme, which depicted various cultures and languages of the country.

Students performed dance sequences from Ladakh, Rajasthan and Punjab and tiny tots impressed audience with a ballet.

A Hindi play, “Andher Nagari Chaupat Raja”, depicting how a king destroys his kingdom, was also staged. Another play in English brought out a satire on the talkative nature of women.

Earlier, Mr J.P. Sharma, General Manager, OCF, lit the ceremonial lamp and school Principal Sudesh Sharma welcomed the guests and read out the annual report.

Students of St Stephen's School perform during a school function in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
— A Tribune photograph

Assistant Commissioner KVS, Chandigarh region, S.S. Sehrawat, who presided over the function, lauded the efforts of the students.

The chief guest exhorted the students to take part in the activity programme being undertaken by the school. Ms Dipti Sharma gave away prizes to the achievers.

Cultural function at St Stephen's

A Saturn house show was held at the St Stephen's School today which was presided Brig D.C. Katoch, Deputy Director-General, NCC, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh.

The items were entertaining, especially those by tiny tots. The plays stole the limelight and a folk dance depicting the romance of Radha and Lord Krishna was mind blowing.

PU Reader, Prof to get award

Chandigarh, May 3
The names of Dr Rumina Sethi, Reader, Department of English, and Dr J.M. Kohli, Professor, Department of Physics, have been announced for the “Bharat Jyoti Award 2006”. The award will be presented at a function to be held on June 22 in New Delhi. This award is conferred on them by the India International Friendship Society.

Dr Sethi, an Oxbridge alumni and Fellow, has been honoured for her outstanding academic qualifications. Other Indian personalities who have been honoured in recent years include Mother Teresa, Vice-President B.D. Jatti, Chief Justice P.N. Bhagwati, Justice R.S. Sarkaria, Election Commissioner G.V.G. Krishnamurthy, Dr Naresh Trehan, heart specialist, playback singer S.P. Balasubramaniam, Sarod player Ustad Ali Khan and Sunil Gavaskar.

Dr Rumina Sethi is currently holding the Rockefeller Fellowship in Italy.

Professor Kohli has also been awarded national associateship of the UGC for five years (1976-1981), Homi Bhabha Fellowship of the Homi Bhabha Fellowship Council, Bombay (1979-1981). He has published 232 research papers.

Appointed

Dr Jaspal Kaur Kaang, a scholar of medieval Punjabi literature, has been appointed as Professor/Chairperson, Guru Nanak Sikh Studies and Guru Ravidass Chair. Dr Jaspal Kaur Kaang is a senior Professor in the Department of Punjabi, Correspondence Studies. Dr Kaang has been nominated as adviser in the Sahit Akademi, Government of India for five years recently. — TNS

Animation institute inaugurated

Chandigarh, May 3
Animaster, Chandigarh centre, was inaugurated at Sector 34 today by Mr Vivek Atray, Joint Finance Secretary, UT Administration. The centre will provide a three-year advanced diploma in animation in collaboration with the Algonquin College, Ontario.

Animaster uses the latest technologies, thereby giving students an international exposure. It will be a project-based course and will provide training in classical and digital animation. The students will have the option to specialise in 2D or 3D animation from the second year.

The course also provides the option of completing a part of the course at Algonquin College which has 16 years of experience in animation.

Ms Manisha Gupta, Director, Animaster, Chandigarh centre, said: “The latest NASSCOM report on animation estimates a cumulative annual growth of 35per cent from 2005 to 2009. It also states that India could use 3,00,000 professionals in content development and animation by 2008.”

A few students are regularly absorbed in AniThing Studios Pvt Ltd, an offshoot of Animaster. — TNS