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PU extends admission date to Sept 5
Chandigarh, August 27 The Syndicate also referred back two appointments made by the former Vice-Chancellor on the premise that these were done without advertisements for more information. The Syndicate took cognizance of the issue during the meeting when the issue was raised by Syndic Prabhjit Singh, who pointed out that the promotions of Dr Daisy Zarabi and Dr Banwait Pannu were regularized as project officers without any advertisement and without any post in the University’s Regional Resource Centre. The matter had been sent for re-consideration during the last meeting of the Senate on July 24 and had come for information to the Syndicate yesterday. The Syndicate also decided to celebrate the year 2007 as diamond jubilee year of the establishment of Panjab University. The Syndicate also felicitated Prof Rakesh Datta, Co-ordinator, Centre for Defence and National Security Studies, on his having been appointed as a member of National Security Advisory Board, Government of India; Prof S.K. Kulkarni, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, on his having been honoured by the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai University, with “Cipla Distinguished Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Sciences” for the year 2006-07 and Prof D.S. Toor, former Director (Sports), Panjab University and participants from university and its affiliated colleges, for having been selected for the prestigious award of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy for the year 2004-05. The Syndicate also approved the award/incentive to the university employees for their commendable work done for the benefit of the university. The members also approved that Prof Surinder K. Sharma, Department of Chemistry, PU will look after the work of Director Public Relations in the absence Mr Sanjiv Tewari, Director Public Relations who would be on leave from September 4, 2006 to October 27, 2006.
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Seminar on Business English Certificate at CEC
Mohali, August 27 The seminar was organised to give a firsthand knowledge about the course to students. The course equips the students with skills to work in the highly competitive businessworld of today and also gives students the right atmosphere for honing their skills, said Ms illa Vig, the resource person for BEC. The course is divided into four modules of reading, writing, speaking and listening. The British Council was represented in the seminar by Ms Illa Vig, Ms Isha Gupta, marketing manager, North, for the council and Mr Vivek Saini, Education Information Officer, British Council, Chandigarh. A large number of students from the college attended the seminar. Ms Vig, talking about BEC, said the programme would equip the students to work in the highly competitive work scenario in the country and abroad as it certified their skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking according to their caliber. The chairman of the college, Mr Satnam Singh Sandhu, and president Rashpal Singh Sandhu said ''as more students from the college were going to big companies, we want them to be well equipped with the council certification''. Highlighting the importance of communication skills, Dr G.D. Bansal, principal of the college, added that students of this college having communication skills had already placed in foreign countries drawing package of more then 10 lakh per annum.
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Induction course for PG teachers
Chandigarh, August 27 The newly recruited PGTs participated in the course with great enthusiasm. Ms Akansha Sharma and Mr Suresh Chand expressed their views about the course and shared their experiences and impressions gathered during the academic interactions and discussions. The chief guest, Mr J.P. Gupta, Education Officer, K.V.S., Chandigarh, in his address said he hoped that the valuable lessons that the teachers had learnt during the course would be put to practical application.
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Jean Rodrigues launches cosmetology course
Chandigarh August 27 Mrs Rodrigues called upon the girls to become self-dependent. "These type of courses not only teach women the skills to generate income but also make them empowered in real sense", she further added. She also interacted with the trainees. The course has been started by Centre for Adult, Continuing Education and Extension, Panjab University, in collaboration with Don Bosco Navjeevan Centre, Sector 24-B. More than 40 girls and women will be benefited for this course. The main objective behind launching the vocational course was to make women economically independent so that they can improve the quality of life. The Director of Centre for Adult, Continuing Education and Extension, Dr Sween, welcomed Mrs Rodrigues and explained about the various aspects of the course. Chairperson of Chandigarh Social Welfare Board Lalit Joshi was the guest of honour. Director, Don Bosco Navjeevan Centre, Fr. Sebastian Jose, was also present on the occasion.
TNS
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Students protest against hostel food
Chandigarh August 27 When the hostellers refused to eat food in the hostel today, the authorities reacted by locking the rooms of the hostellers and even called the police. Alleging that the warden was forced to compromise with the students when the police came to the spot, Mr Savi said the students demanded a diet system for the hostel, better cleanliness in hostel bathrooms and regular food check by dietician.
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Gurukul students, teachers shine in Fanta Fiesta
Panchkula, August 27 In the Fanta Fiesta Teachers Antakshri hosted on the school campus, the team of Ms Anuradha Trikha and Ms Manju Watts from The Gurukul, Madanpura, Sector 26, bagged the first runners-up trophy. In sports, young paddlers put The Gurukul’s name in the medal tally as also in the Panchkula District Table Tennis Championship at Manav Mangal School, Panchkula. Samridhi Handa was the runner-up in the girls (kids) singles, while Humani Jain got the bronze in the under-12 girls match.
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‘Fruits day’ at Shivalik
Public School
Mohali August 27 Fruits day was also held at the school. The Shivalikans of KG participated in the celebrations with great enthusiasm. Children dressed themselves up in the shapes of fruits. Teachers taught them the importance of fruits in their daily needs. A slide show was held to make the tiny tots aware of various fruits. The children not only enjoyed the show, but also learnt a lot about the fruits and its recipes.
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Kautilya Sutra translated into Punjabi
Chandigarh, August 27 Dr Angiras congratulated Mr Sharma for taking up and executing this task.
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Student bodies meeting on August 29
Chandigarh, August 27 Two representatives from each organisation have been invited in this meeting. INSO state president Vikas Rathi in a press note issued here today condemned all sorts of violence and use of muscle power.
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FCI directed not to allow overloading of trucks
Chandigarh, August 27 Passing this order in a petition filed by a Sangrur-based transporter, Mr Jagtar Singh, the Division Bench of Mr Justice Viney Mittal and Mr Justice H.S. Bhalla also ordered that if any of the transport contractors working for the FCI indulged in overloading, then the FCI should initiate proceedings against such contractor for termination of contract. Despite strict orders of the Supreme Court, including one which set aside the notification issued by the Union Government by which truckers indulging in overloading could go scot free by paying a heavy fine, overloading by truckers continues unabated. There have been many cases of heavily overloaded trucks resulting in serious mishaps. But, despite claiming to make efforts to check overloading, government agencies have not been able to completely check the menace. It is a well-known fact that even government agencies such as the FCI facilitates overloading as it means lower freight charges, while the truckers do it as they are generally paid according to the load they transport. The petitioner had earlier also moved court, challenging the action of the FCI in denying livelihood to him by employing lesser number of vehicles by resorting to overloading. The petitioner had stated that apart from violating orders of the apex court in this regard, the FCI was also causing loss of revenue worth crores to the exchequer. He had pointed out that in some cases, FCI allowed trucks to carry as much as 13 tonnes foodgrains, whereas, as per rules, a truck can’t carry more than nine tonnes. During hearing of the petition, counsel for the petitioner told the court that the loss of state exchequer due to overloading allowed by the FCI at its Khanauri (Sangrur) godown since January this year would be about Rs 2 crore. He also stated that overloading was being allowed despite the letter dated March 2 sent by the FCI to all its zonal offices to put an end to this practice. When the petitioner’s pleas to the FCI authorities did not yield any result, he filed a writ along with another person, which was disposed of with a direction to the FCI to take appropriate action. However, the respondent held that the petitioner did not have any grievance against the FCI, following which the petitioner filed another writ. During hearing of this writ, counsel for the FCI told the court that it was not possible for the FCI to enforce various provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act as the same was in the domain of the state government. However, the Bench in its order said that without going into the enforcement of various provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, it was satisfied with the argument of the petitioner’s counsel that the FCI has to at least take such steps as are within its control and ensure that transport vehicles used by it are not overloaded in its godowns or at loading centers.
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Tributes paid to Mukesh
Chandigarh, August 27 The lead singer, Harkesh Thakur, opened the programme with “Deevano se ye mat puchho” while he teamed up with Veenu Kautish, Puja Thakur, Superiya, and Nishi to bring alive the diverse sentiments from more film songs. Besides Harkesh Thakur, the other artistes who rendered 19 songs were N.S. Verdan, Vipin Sharma, Jaspreet, Sanjay Khanna and others. Well-known musicians accompanied the artistes under the direction of noted composer Arun Kant. Chief guest Chaudhary Chander Mohan, Deputy Chief Minister, sat through the programme. He honoured Harkesh Thakur and complimented the organisers. |
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Media workshop organised
Chandigarh, August 27 Noted theatre personality Zulfikar Khan, giving tips to participants, informed that basic things such as emotional expression as well as a sense of the comic were necessary for a theatre person. Ms Shraddha Mishra, radio and TV artiste, dwelled on creating scenes, situations and characters on the radio by voice modulation. Senior broadcaster Vijay Vashist taught broadcasting techniques to participants. |
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