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Australian dons in PAU to boost wheat farming
Ludhiana, November 4 The two-member team is exploring the possibilities of developing a farming system research project for examining the efficiency of nitrogen fertiliser management and its relationship with wheat yield and quality (protein level), besides irrigation practices and environmental implications of the quality of water. Dr Aulakh told the visiting
Professors that there was a national concern over the declining wheat production largely because of climate changes. He said the envisaged project to be finally vetted by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research would definitely help address the problems of management of wheat quality. "So far our emphasis has been on quantity and production to meet the national food security requirements. However, with the agriculture scene changing and prospects of exporting wheat being there, steps will be taken to enhance the protein contents of wheat to make it competitive in the world market. In this endeavour, PAU requires appropriate germplasm and other support to improve the grain quality and to resuscitate wheat production in north-west India.” The two-member team also explored the possibility of dovetailing research and extension organisations for participation of farmers in on-farm trials and demonstrations. The Dean, College of Agriculture, Dr G.S. Chahal, and the Additional Director of Research, Dr G.S. Hira, discussed the problems and needs in wheat quality management in relation to increasing yield, improving grain quality, overcoming production and environmental constraints, optimising nitrogen inputs and problems of leaching of nitrogen into ground water reserves. The two scientists also went round the university research farms.
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Job fair at
engineering institute
Mandi Gobindgarh, November 4 Fortythree colleges were registered for the joint campus placement event and more than 3,000 students appeared in the drive. Students from all over Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh visited the campus. Many colleges from Noida and Faridabad also participated in the job fair. Special bus facility for the transportation of outstation students to the RIMT-IET campus was arranged at Mandi Gobindgarh and Sirhind bus stops. Dr S.K.Goyal, Principal of the institute, said FCS Software Solutions Limited was an IT company listed at the BSE and the NSE with a turnover of Rs 115.83 crore. Started in 1993, the company has been recently ranked among the top 150 IT companies in India by Dataquest. The company is expanding rapidly with facilities at Noida, Panchkula, Dehra Dun and Chennai. It has tied up with Prometheus, a Pre-Hire Training company, to meet its HR requirements. Mr S. Ramanan, Head (Training and HR), Prometheus, said the campus placement drive had been organised keeping in mind the talent that Chandigarh and its surrounding areas offered. Mr J.P. Singh, Senior Vice-President, FCS, said, “Our facility at the IT Park, Chandigarh, is likely to be operational by early next year. This will give employment opportunities to over 500 technical and non-technical graduates. The company currently operates its facility in Panchkula with over 50 employees.” He said the FCS was planning to have a tie-up with colleges to roll out a special programme to equip students with the necessary skills to be productive from day one in their jobs. These executive development programmes would be organised by Prometheus, he added. Mr Rajnish Batta, General Manager, Mr Tarun Sadana, Deputy General Manager, and HR team members of FCS Software Solutions Ltd., from Noida and Panchkula conducted written test and personal interviews. Prof Harsh Sadawarti, Vice-Principal, RIMT-IET, said the company had a distinguished record of successfully executing numerous projects in IT and IT-enabled services (ITES). He said the selected students would get handsome salary. Mr Harmit Singh Taluja, Head of the Training and Placement Department, said the RIMT-IET was scheduled to conduct more joint campus placement drives in near future. As for now, they were bringing HCL for joint campus drive in the third week of November.
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Doraha college students excel in music contest
Doraha, November 4 Harwinder Singh of BA I had to face a tough competition from 40 participants in the shabad gayan contest. He was declared first in the seniors’ category and was awarded a cash prize of Rs 5,100 apart from a gold medal. Arshdeep Kaur, a TV and radio artiste, secured the second position in the competition. Despite being a junior, Harwinder participated in the seniors’ category and was placed on the top. Harminder Singh won a bronze medal and a cash prize of Rs 100 in the instrumental music contest. Davinder Singh won the first prize in the open competition of music (instrumental) in the seniors’ category. He was awarded a cash prize of Rs 5,100 and a gold medal. Ms Roop Brar, president of the managing committee of the college, Prof B.S. Pangali, general secretary, Mr J.S. Gill, director, and Dr N.S. Sidhu, Principal, congratulated the winners team and their teacher, Prof Rampal, for bringing laurels to the institute.
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Planet show at school
Mandi Gobindgarh, November 4 The Principal of the school, Dr Anima Jain, said such shows played an important role in educating the students through modern teaching aids. The chairman of the managing committee of the school, Mr Chanan Singh
Matharoo, along with Mr Jagmail Singh, Mr Jaswinder Singh and Mr Ajmer Singh
Matharoo, encouraged the students to participate in such activities to increase their knowledge. The students enjoyed the informative and entertaining show. After the show, class VII students, Jasdeep Singh, Gurmeet Singh, Gagandeep Singh and Ramandeep Singh, said they had got much practical knowledge pertaining to the Milky Way. Telescope helped them gather knowledge about the surroundings things. It was very interesting to find the age of stars, white blue colour of stars depicted young age, yellow showed middle age while red depicted the old age. It was interesting to know that the stars never die but only lost their shine, they added.
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Nursing school welcomes freshers
Mandi Gobindgarh, November 4 Students of second and third year presented a colourful programme. Ms Tejinder Kaur, vice-chairperson of the group, Ms Shalini Gupta, director of Desh Bhagat Institute of management and Computer Sciences, Dr Lovleen Kaur, Principal, Ayurvedic College, and Dr Kulbhushan, administrator, Ayurvedic College, also addressed the students. Ms Meenakshi Sagar, Dr Dinesh, Ms Ravi Sharma were the judges for the competition for Mr and Ms Fresher 06. Arshdeep, Mamta and Leena were adjudged Ms Fresher 06, Ist runner-up and IInd runner-up, respectively. Maninderjit, Sandeep and Michael Joseph were adjudged Mr Fresher 06, Ist runner-up and IInd runner-up, respectively.
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Celebrations galore on eve of Gurpurb
Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, November 4 There was a corner showing Punjabi Virsa which included phulkaries, charkha , chatties etc. Jagriti House won the best prize. The Principal, Ms Baldeep Pandher, congratulated the winners. Shabad gayan
DAV Public School, Sarabha Nagar Extension ,organised shabad gayan here today on the eve of Guru Nanak Dev ji's birthday . The celebrations were attended by 120 students. Mr R.S. Patial, Regional Director, was the chief guest. He reminded the students to follow the teachings of Guru Nanak and live a simple life and cut out all social evils like female foeticide. Novel experiment
A challenging project was conducted at Peace Public School here today when the activity room was converted into a supermarket . Thought- provoking questionnaires of different levels were prepared for students of all classes related to discounts , taxes, expiry dates , billing etc. The modern methods of shopping like the use of debit and credit cards (e-commerce) were also explained to senior students. Creating advertisements was a challenging project given to the students . There was an overwhelming response from the students as they tried the novel way of shopping . The purpose of the project was just not only to create awareness among the students about the supermarket, but also to improve their vocabulary,increase a sense of responsibility and provide a challenge to their creativity. Shabad kirtan
DAV Public School, BRS Nagar, organised a shabad kirtan here today on the eve of Gurpurb .The function was presided over by Mr Charan Kamal Singh, Chief Secretary, Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle. Mr Prabjot Singh, Additional Zonal Secretary, GGSSC, and Bibi Charandeep Kaur, Additional Regional Supervisor, GGSSC, were the guests of honour. Regional Director RS Patial and the officiating Principal, Ms Sudesh Patial, gave a warm welcome to the guests . The students of different classes participated in shabad kirtan and enthralled the audience. Mr Charan Kamal Singh lauded the efforts of the students. Panj Piyaras Little kids of Kiddies Paradise School celebrated Gurpurb in the school on the eve of Guru Nanak's birthday . After the conclusion of Sehaj Path, children sang shabads . Some of the students had dressed up as Panj Piyaras carrying tiny swords in their hands. A Gurbani Kanth competition was also held. A langar was partaken by staff members as well as the students. Pledge taken
Students of Darshan Academy celebrated the birthday of Guru Nanak Dev by taking a pledge to work for mankind. Students of Class IX interacted with students of junior sections stressing the need of spreading the message of universal brotherhood. They went to gurdwara and then a temple to pay homage. Then later they went to senior citizens home to adopt grandparents . They presented beautifully decorated cards to the senior citizens with self- composed poems written in them about meditation, virtues and universal brotherhood. They had a special interactive session with the citizens and heard their experiences of life. Dr Tarun Vir Saini stressed on the need of providing holistic education to the students in which interaction of the children with society is a must. Parkash utsav
The Parkash Utsav of Guru Nanak Devji was held at SKSK Educational Institute, Salem Tabri, Ludhiana. A science exhibition was also organised by students. Col H. S. Singha, Director, GNIMT, Model Town, was the chief guest and he inaugurated the exhibition. The Principal, Ms Rajinder Kaur, threw light on the life of the great saint on this occasion. Prizes were given to the winners of handwriting competition, shabad gayan competition and for making the best model . A langar was also served.
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Man convicted in cheque bounce cases
Ludhiana, November 4 However, the court made it clear that both sentences would run concurrently. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 each on him in both cases. The court was deciding the complaints filed by Inderjit Singh Ahuja of Khud Mohalla, Ludhiana. The Judge turned down the plea of leniency made by the accused with the remarks: “The accused had been making every effort to delay the disposal of this complaint. Despite levelling serious allegations of forgery and getting permission to lead evidence in this regard, he developed cold feet. All sort of allegations, ransacking financial condition of the complainant were levelled, without slightest remorse”. It was submitted by the complainant that the accused had obtained a loan from him and issued cheques for Rs 35,000 and Rs 30,000 being part payment of the loan amount. It was assured by the accused that the cheque would be honoured on its presentation to his banker. But, when the cheque was presented to the banker, it was dishonoured. A legal notice was sent to the accused to make the payment, but he failed to do so. On the other hand, the accused pleaded innocence. He submitted before the court that actually the disputed cheque was obtained from him by Harjit Singh as security. He never gave any cheque to the complainant.
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Organ-donation scenario dismal in India: expert
Ludhiana, November 4 These observations were made by Dr B.S. Aulakh, Professor of Urology and Head of the Transplant Unit at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital and chief organiser of the All-India Transplant Games and SAARC Transplant Olympics, which concluded in the city last week. There were more than one lakh deaths due to renal failure in the country every year. Out of these, just around 3,500 could get get a kidney transplant and the rest of them either died or were rendered incapacitated, requiring regular dialysis for years together. Similarly, only a fraction of the corneal blind persons were able to get a cornea transplant to have their sight restored. As far as transplant of liver, heart, lungs and pancreas was concerned, the situation was far more worse as brain-dead donors were hardly available well in time for the organ transplant. “People hardly ever realise that one brain-dead person can give a new lease of life to several terminally ill or visually challenged persons by way of donating his or her kidneys (2), lungs (2), heart, liver, corneas (2) and pancreas. Not only this, other body parts like small intestine, tissues and bone marrow can help some 50 other patients.” The sports competitions for donors and recipients of organ transplants, organised in the industrial hub of the state, turned out to be a landmark in Indian medical scenario. The goal of these events was to increase public awareness about the critical need for organ donation while at the same time emphasising the success of transplantation for the fitness and well being of the recipients. He said during the two-day sports event, a beginning was made to involve the entire community in a collaborative attempt to make organ donation a mass movement. “It was really heartening to see the turnout of more than 900 students from 35 schools in the city and surrounding areas to take part in the poster-making contest on the theme of organ donation. Similarly, over 10,000 persons, including students from 15 local colleges, 16 nursing colleges, medical and dental institutions took part in the “awareness walk” from Rose Garden to Guru Nanak Stadium, carrying the message of organ donation.” Dr Aulakh expressed hope that the society at large would get sensitised to the plight of victims of vital organ failures and more and more people would come forward for donation of organs.
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Workshop explores facets of laparoscopic surgery
Ludhiana, November 4 Prof H. Bismuth from France and the Vice-Chancellor of the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Dr Ravinder Singh, were the guests of honour. Dr Daljit Singh, Principal, DMCH, read out the welcome address while Dr Kuldip Singh and Dr M.L. Gupta introduced the foreign dignitaries, including Dr R.C.G. Russel, Dr Chris Royston and Dr H. Bismuth. The northern chapter of the Association of Surgeons of India conferred honorary membership of the body to the visiting faculty members. The technical session, which commenced this morning, had a highly informative plenary lecture on “Personal reflections about the indications and the limits of laparoscopic approach now and in the near future” by Dr Philippe Mouret from France. The session was chaired by Dr H. Bismuth, Dr M.L. Gupta, Dr K. Ravindranath, Dr Zameer Pasha and Dr S.P. Kaushik. The lecture was followed by a live operative workshop in which difficult cases of hiatus hernia, colo-rectal, spleen and liver surgeries were demonstrated. The visiting delegates interacted with guest surgeons during the surgeries and discussed certain points. The moderators of the session included various eminent surgeons from all over India. The Dr S.S. Anand Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr Russel on “Management of acute pancreatitis”. Later, the prestigious F C Eggleston Oration was delivered by Dr S.M. Ghosh from Chandigarh, Dr Kim Mammen from Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, and Dr Kuldip Singh, Professor of Surgery at the DMCH, and organiser of the conference. In the concluding session, panel discussions on hernia and guest lectures by various surgeons of national and international fame were conducted.
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Hospital faces staff shortage
Amloh, November 4 In August, four doctors were appointed in the hospital and patients began to pour in with the hope of medical treatment, but all doctors were transferred from the hospital by September 23. Now, only one Medical Officer has to perform 24-hour duty. The SMO has to attend various meetings and to perform other official duties. The dental surgeon has got himself deputed in Patiala, but he continues to draw salary from the Amloh hospital. The condition as regards paramedical staff is also not good. Out of the sanctioned posts of one nursing sister, four staff nurses, three pharamacists, one radiographer, one lab technician, one clerk-cum-storekeeper, two sweepers and 10 miscellaneous class IV employees, one post of nursing sister, two staff nurses, four class IV employees have been lying vacant since long. In the absence of adequate staff, the patients are left with no choice but to visit quacks or private hospitals.
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Akshay, Arshveer adjudged best athletes
Ludhiana, November 4 In the Group A, Akshay Thapar and Arshveer were adjudged the best athletes among boys and girls, respectively. Nitya Johnson and Rghuvir won the honours in the Group B while Vaibhav Kamboj was declared the best athlete in Group C. Neha and Namrita shared the best athlete award in the girls’ section. The position holders were given prizes by the chief guest Sunita Rani, a Padmashree recipient. Mr Jagjit Singh was the guest of honour. Results: boys (u-12 years): high jump: Arshdeep Singh 1, Akshay Thapar 2 and Sidharth Khanna 3; 100-m race: Naman 1, Hartaj 2 and Guneet 3; boys (12-15 years): discus throw: Ushneet 1, Sagar 2 and Tejbir 3; 200-m race: Revant 1, Tghbir 2 and Harry 3. Girls (u-12 years): discus throw: Divleen 1, Chahat Goel 2 and Shraiya 3; girls (12-15 years): 200-m race: Ruth 1, Kashish 2 and Geet 3; 100-m race: Nitya 1, Ishnimrat 2 and Aakriti 3; girls (15 years and above): 200-m race: Palak 1, Harman 2 and Marceline 3; 50-m race: Neha 1, Tanu 2 and Kanwalpreet 3.
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Chennai, Mumbai zones win
Ludhiana, November 4 In the first match, West Zone won the toss and elected to bat first. They were skittled out for 57 runs. For Mumbai Zone, K. Kotiyan was the pick of bowlers who claimed three wickets for 10 runs while Vikas Bhatkar and Bharti Vidyanand took two wickets each. Mumbai Zone surpassed West Zone’s total in 9.1 overs without losing any wicket. V. Bharti and Abhay Murgod remained unbeaten on 26 and 19 runs, respectively. In the second match, Chennai Zone, batting first, scored 206 runs with main contributions coming through Russel who remained unconquered on 77 runs and Balamurgan who contributed 72 runs. For North East Zone, Shailender grabbed two wickets for 12 runs. In reply, North East Zone were bundled out for 77 runs. Its player N.K. Sidhu scored 20 runs. For Chennai Zone, Russel, Syed Iqbal and R. Krishnan took two wickets each while Vishwanathan captured one wicket.
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Red House dominate Sacred Heart sports
Ludhiana, November 4 Mr Ishar Singh Deol, chairman, selection committee, Athletic Federation of India, was the chief guest while Mr Davinder Singh Walia, vice-president, Punjab Athletics Association, was the guest of honour. The results are: boys (15 years and above): 200-m race: Vibhav Kamboj of Red House 1, David Ekka of Blue House 2 and Rohit Paul of Green House 3; boys (u-12): discus throw: Tushar of Red House 1, Amarbir of Red House 2 and Simranpreet of Red House 3; 50-m race: Shiv Kumar of Red House 1, Arshdeep Singh of Blue House 2 and Shubham Gulati of Gold House 3. Boys (15 years and above): shot put: Anubhav Sharma of Green House 1, Ranvir Cheema of Green House 2 and Shorabjit of Gold House 3; (u-12) long jump: Akshay of Green House 1, Mukul of Green House 2 and Arshdeep Singh of Blue House 3; boys (12-15 years): shot put: Sagar of Gold House 1, Gundeep of Red House 2 and Japneet of Blue House 3. Girls (u-12 years): 50-m race: Arushi Jain of Green House 1, Shraia Mahajan of Gold House 2 and Agrima Sharma of Blue House 3; girls (15 years and above: long jump: Preeti of Gold House 1, Merceline of Green House 2 and Guneet Khurana of Green House 3. Girls (u-12 years): ball throw: Arshveer of Gold House 1, Divleen Narula of Gold House 2 and Chahat Goel of Blue House 3; girls (12-15 years): 400-m race: Alisha Puri of Blue House 1, Natasha Goel of Red House 2 and Chahat Behal of Red House 3. Girls (12-15 years): high jump: Jasmine Kaur of Red House 1, Nazar of Blue House 2 and Kajal Marya of Blue House 3; u-12 years: 100-m race: Hemdeep of Blue House 1, Gazal of Green House 2 and Arshveer of Gold House 3.
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