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Malhi is Director, Extension Education, PAU
Ludhiana December 12 PAU Registrar, Dr. V.K.Sharma said that Vice-Chancellor, Dr. K.S.Aulakh presided over the meeting of the Board which was held at Mohali yesterday. Dr. N.S.Malhi will succeed Dr.
S.S.Gill, who is retiring on December 31, 2006. At present Dr. Malhi is Head, Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology. Born on February 12, 1949, Dr. Malhi completed his B.Sc ., M.Sc. and Ph. D from Punjab Agricultural University. He had a consistently good academic record and was awarded fellowship during his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph. D. He joined University service as Research Associate in 1978 and was selected as Maize Breeder in 1989. He took over as Head, Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology in April, 2005. Dr. Malhi has worked on the development and improvement of maize. He has been closely associated with the development and release of several composites and hybrids of maize namely Partap, Partap-1, Ageti-76, Navjot,
Parbhat, Kiran, J-1006, Megha, Kesari, Punjab Sathi-I, Pearl Popcorn, Sangam,
Sartaj, Paras, Parkash, JH-3459, Sheetal, Buland, PMH-1 and PMH-2. Many of these varieties have been released for cultivation at national level. Dr. Malhi has also been associated with the evaluation and release of Barley variety PL-426.
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Sacred Heart holds alumni meet
Ludhiana, December 12 Dr Omesh Goyal, vice-president of the association, informed the audience about the recent activities of the alumni association, which included arranging medical check-up camps, guest lectures and career counselling camps in the school. A nostalgic atmosphere was created when Ms Reeta Gupta, activity coordinator, presented a video show consisting of clippings of the main functions held in the school in the past 25 years. The Directors, Principals and teachers, who had completed 20 years of service, were honoured. A special award was presented to Ms Asha Sagar for completing 25 years of service. A vote of thanks was proposed by Mr Gaurav Kalia, secretary of the association. The programme concluded with dance and dinner.
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MBA students visit industry
Doraha, December 12 Dr
R.K. Lekhi, Director of the DIMT, thanked Mr Ranjodh Singh, MD of the unit, for giving his consent for the tour. Mr Manjit Singh, Manager, P and A, explained various production processes to the students. He said the radiators are manufactured through such processes as fin rolling, tube plate, baking, control end dipping, fixing top bottom leak testing tank painting The students were shown tube mill machine, fin rolling machine and baking oven.
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Sanjivni makes cardiac treatment affordable
Ludhiana, December 12 The scheme, initiated by the government, provides a family group health insurance cover to those who are members of village cooperative societies. The cover is for Rs 2 lakh and available at an annual premium of less than Rs 500. Giving this information here today, Dr
G.S. Wander, chief cardiologist and coordinator at HDHI said the advanced cardiac treatment was generally a costly affair and many people died an untimely and preventable death for not being able to afford the cost of treatment. He said consultants at the institute frequently came across cases where patients, who could not even dream of going for the cardiac procedures because of lack of money, opted for treatment with the help of
'Sanjivni Card'. "In a recent case, a patient from Humbran village even signed the form that he is refusing the recommended treatment and that he himself will be responsible for any resultant mishap. Later, the patient recalled that he had applied for the Sanjivni Card. His son rushed to his village to fetch the card and the patient was taken up for heart bypass surgery." According to Dr Wander, had the operation not been performed in this particular case, the patient would have been exposed to the risk of a fatal heart attack at any moment. In fact, after the introduction of the Sanjivni Scheme at
HDHI, about 125 patients had sought high-end cardiac treatment, many of them could have, otherwise, met a tragic end. Such a scheme which was tailor-made for the under-privileged people, was especially relevant in context of a country like India where, according to World Health Organization reports, one out of every three deaths was due to heart diseases. Although the institute provided the facilities to Sanjivni patients at a subsidized rate, still the scheme had not only proved to be financially viable but had also turned out to be a means of fulfilling the social responsibility of the medical profession which was to provide the best of treatment to the patients, added Dr Wander.
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UK rheumatologist to deliver talk
Ludhiana, December 12 During his stay in the institution, Professor Dieppe will deliver a talk on “Delivering of services for people with
musculo-skeletal diseases”. The hospital will also organise a CME on “Management of common arthritis illnesses” and a medical camp for arthritis patients on December 15. According to Dr Parshant Aggarwal, rheumatologist at Apollo, rheumatological and immunological diseases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the community, affecting all age groups. Some disorders like osteoarthritis affect more than 70 per cent of the population beyond the age of 65 whereas back pain afflicts some 40 per cent of the population. “Unfortunately there are only a few trained rheumatology specialists in the country and many states lack a specialty rheumatology unit to provide adequate healthcare to patients suffering from these diseases.” He observed that setting up of the first dedicated rheumatology and immunology unit in the region by this hospital had helped in providing comprehensive state-of-the-art care to scores of patients suffering from various rheumatological and immunological disorders. However, only a small proportion of patients could reach the hospitals in cities and many patients, especially from rural areas, failed to make it to super-speciality hospitals owing to lack of awareness, as also certain prevalent misconceptions. Dr Aggarwal said during Professor Dieppe's visit, the institution would try to look into various possible models which could lead to delivery of efficient and cost-effective healthcare in even the remotest areas of Punjab.
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Dentist attends programme in US
Ludhiana, December 12 During his stay of two weeks, Dr Saini attended various advanced courses and hands-on training programme titled “Bottom line endodontics: Your pathway to faster and more predictable results” and “Endodontics: Access, diagnosis and pain management” conducted by Dr E. Steve Senia and Dr Bill Wildy, senior faculty members, Dental School, University of Texas.
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Total Tennis Academy to target youngsters
Ludhiana, December 12 Ludhiana, being the rich and industrial hub of the region has no dearth for players, willing to spend money on the relatively costly game. But this academy has opened its doors for all and sundry so that no talent can go waste for want
of money. Total Tennis Academy, housed in the lush green grounds of the Punjab Agricultural University here has been imparting specialised modern training to over
100 youngsters including beginners. After its success in Chandigarh and Jalandhar where it has its branches, the Total Tennis Academy set up a centre in the city early this year and has since estbalished itself and also produced a couple of players of substance. According to Mr Devinder Kapoor, proprietor of Total Tennis Academy who represented the country in international circuit for many years, the skills of upcoming boys and girls are being honed by providing modern facilities such as ball throwing machines, speed gun, camera recording for correction of shots besides preparing daily/ weekly reports, interaction with players of other Total Tennis Academies, regular words of advise from the known psychiatrics etc. Two qualified coaches have been engaged by the academy to train the players . National players, Amitabh Chandel and Pawan Kapoor also visit these academies often to share their experience with the trainees. To give match exposure to the trainees, the academy organised two tournaments in which players from acorss the country took part. Mr Devinder expressed gratitude towards Dr Kirpal Singh Aulakh, Vice Chancellor of the Punjab Agricultural University for his support in running the academy successfully. He said that had it not been for the efforts of Dr Aulakh, who provided space to the academy, many a talent harnessed there would have gone waste.
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North Zone inter-varsity hockey meet from Dec 15
Ludhiana, December 12 According to Dr.G.S.Chahal, Director, Students Welfare, PAU, the tournament will be played on knock out-cum-league basis. Hosts, PAU finished runners up in the last edition of this tournament. The first four position holders in the last year's championship, namely Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Guru Nanak Dev University,
Amritsar, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi and Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak have been seeded directly into the quarter finals. PAU will play their first match on December 15 at 3 p.m.
Dr Chahal said.
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