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Guru Nanak college excels in BCom II
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, August 11
The students of B.Com.-II of Guru Nanak Girls College here performed exceptionally well in the examinations conducted by Panjab University. Baljeet Kaur stood first securing 72.7 per cent marks. The second and third positions were bagged by Neha Gupta and Kirandeep Kaur, who secured 71.74 per cent and 71.57 per cent marks, respectively. The maximum number of students were placed in the first division. The college Principal, Dr Charanjit Mahal, congratulated the staff and the students over the results.

Meanwhile, the college students also did well in MA II (English). The college registered 100 per cent results with nine first divisions. In MSc I (maths), Amanpreet Kaur stood fourth in the university securing 81.8 per cent marks.

Quiz competition

The Young Speaker Association of Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Gujranwala, organised a quiz competition here today. Prof R.K. Chabbra, Prof Sushminderjit Kaur and Prof Arvinder Kaur conducted the quiz. More than 60 students of BA, BSc and BCom participated in the quiz.

Sociology lecture

The Department of Sociology, Guru Nanak Girls College, here organised two extension lectures on the topics of methods of data collection and social satisfaction and its characteristics. Dr Charanjit Kaur Mahal welcomed the speakers, Dr Simran Kang Sidhu, Associate Professor, PAU, and Dr Shalini Sharma. The lecture was attended by the students of MA I and BA II.

Welcome party

The Commerce Association of Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, Gujarkhan Campus, organised a welcome and thanks party here today. Classical dance and western dance items and skits were the main attraction of the day. The welcome party was followed by the items presented by the freshers.

NSS Camp

The six-day NSS camp for boys started in Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College today. The camp was inaugurated by the Dr H.K. Grewal, Principal of the college. He announced that the best NSS volunteer would meet the president of Wayne State University and attend the Kundanite function.

NEEC-2006

A national level conference of electrical engineering ‘NEEC-2006’ was organised at Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College here today. The participants from all over the country presented their research papers on different aspects of electrical engineering.

Dr N.P. Singh, Chairman, Indian Society for Technical Education, presided over the function. He emphasised the need for energy saving in every sphere of life.

According to Prof S.S. Saini, coordinator, NEEC-2006, the conference was organised as a part of the on-going Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the college.

HEALTH

200 nurses attend workshop
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, August 11
“Nurses must understand their importance in the chain of patient care and develop a sense of pride in their work. In present times, people do realise the role of nurse. Nursing is emerging as a professional, choice for many youngsters. But those who feel that nursing is their callings, should be willing to put in their entire skills into this profession as it demands total dedication. All those who are in this line must strive for excellence in this intensely human-centric work.”

These remarks were made by Ms Robyn Kathleen Bullock from Indiana University, USA, while addressing a workshop on nurses leadership here today.

The workshop was organised by Hero DMC Heart Institute (HDHI). Nearly 200 members of the nursing fraternity from major city hospitals, including Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), Christian Medical College and Hospital, Guru Teg Bahadur Charitable Hospital, Mata Saraswati Nursing College, Dr B.L. Kapoor Hospital and Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Hospital attended the workshop.

Stressing on the critical role performed by the nurses in the area of patient care, Ms Bullock remarked that it were the nurses who remained most in touch with the patient during their stay in an institution.

In that respect, their role was even more important than that of the doctors, who were limited by time constraints.

She also discussed the need to make nursing diagnosis a more active area and to develop a good physician-nurse interaction.

Other topics covered during the workshop were the prospects for nurses in India, professional and ethical concepts for good nursing career and research in nursing. The workshop concluded with an open forum discussion and a question-answer session.

Earlier in the day, Dr L.S. Chawla, chief guest for the function and former Cice Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, commented that nurses were the colleagues of doctors and in no way their subordinates. “An institution attains high standards of patient care only when the nursing staff there is considered to be professional and caring,” he said.

Dr G.S. Wander, chief cardiologist and Coordinator, HDHI, commented that when it came to patient satisfaction, there was no substitute for good nursing.

He also stressed the need to make nursing more lucrative so that the country did not lose some of its best nurses to foreign lands.

Those who spoke on the occasion were Dr Daljit Singh, Principal, DMCH, Dr Jasbir Kaur, Principal, College of Nursing, DMCH, Ms Manjula Deenam and Ms Merly Martin, Nursing Superintendents at HDHI. Dr Jagdeep Whig, Vice Principal, DMCH and Dr S.C Chopra, Dean Academics, DMCH, were also present on the occasion.

400 examined at medical camp
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, August 11
Over 400 persons were examined for eye and other diseases and medicines were given free of cost at a medical camp held at Randev Fillers, an Indian Oil Corporation petrol pump, at Basti Jodhewal here yesterday.

The camp was inaugurated by Ms Gurmeet Kaur, District Food and Supplies Controller, and a team of medical specialists from Shri Ram Charitable Hospital comprising Dr Harbhjan Singh, eye specialist, Dr Amita Jain and Dr Harjinder Singh conducted the medical check up and rendered follow up advice.

Dr Ajit Singh Chawla, District Epidemiologist, while interacting with the patients and other area residents, provided valuable tips for the prevention of water-borne and other diseases of the rainy season.

Mr Ashwani Sharma, secretary, Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee, Mr Girish Sardana, Manager, Retail Sales, IOC, Chandigarh, Dr Rajiv Bhandari, Dr Sandip Jain and Mr Rajiv Sharma were also present on the occasion.