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Appointment of VCs
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Class VII student designs eco-friendly refrigerator
Purified water in Jhajjar schools on cards
Y’nagar gets hi-tech control rooms
Panipat village to have polytechnic
School to readmit poor girls
Students learn to overcome fear of height
Agarwal Vaish Samaj to expand base
Roadways to add 700 buses
Traffic problems routine for Sonepat residents
Bonhomie must between workers, owners: Minister
Farmers told to switch over to drip irrigation
DPS organises winter fest
Kaithal girl gets financial help for expedition
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Appointment of VCs
Hisar, December 24 Executive councils of the two universities have already nominated two members to each of the selection panels. These panels also have to include a nominee of the chancellor. As per rules, the selection panels are required to submit three names in alphabetical order to the government for appointment as VC of the university concerned. However, there is no move yet to advertise these posts on all-India basis despite a growing demand in academic circles to do so. The demand has gained ground after the Maharashtra government amended the Acts of three of its universities to bring about transparency in the appointment of vice-chancellors. In October, the search committees constituted for selecting VCs for Yashwatrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik; Mumbai University, Mumbai; and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere; advertised these posts and invited applications from academicians from all over the country. Significantly, there is only one government nominee on these panels - the principal secretary, higher education department, Maharashtra government. The remaining two members of search panels for each university are eminent academicians from outside Maharashtra. However, in the case of Haryana, the executive council of CDLU, Sirsa, nominated Dr RP Hooda, vice-chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak; and Dr Pankaj Mittal, vice-chancellor of Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Khanpur; to the search panel giving the state government a free hand in appointing the new VCs. The clamour among academics for bringing about transparency in these appointments rose sharply after one search committee appointed 15 VCs in one go for newly created central universities earlier this year. This led to strong protests by the academic community which sought changes in the method of appointments. But, obviously, the state government still does not see the necessity of advertising these posts and selecting academics of repute to head the universities. This is despite the fact that research and academic standards in most state universities have gone down sharply in the past few years. Recently, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had also publicly stated here at a function that the standard of research in Haryana Agricultural University had of late not been up to the mark. The same applies to other universities as well. The main reason for this is poor academic leadership provided by vice-chancellors over the years.
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Class VII student designs eco-friendly refrigerator
Kurukshetra, December 24 Prannoya claims that the refrigerator doesn't require energy except water, 5 litre a day, to retain the internal temperature between 10 to 15 degree Celsius otherwise reduced quantity of water and coal may result in less cooling. Coal filling is done once in a lifetime. As coal is porous in nature (being fossil fuel), it absorbs maximum water, never reacts with simple water, never collects fungus or any bacterial formation being carbon of its own nature. It is thus eco-friendly. Hence, material stored behind the moist coal remains fresh. “We get pure pitcher temperate water if we store a water bottle inside the refrigerator. We can store raw vegetables, cooked food, milk, flowers etc. It helps in keeping the vegetables fresh,” he adds. Prannoya informs that this refrigerator costs around Rs 1,200 to 1,400 for 300-litre capacity. The young innovator has made the best use of coal (approx. 20 kg) for attaining
Erratic power supply and doctor’s advice to his grandmother to avoid refrigerated water inspired this young boy to design the refrigerator. He also plans to develop cool panels to replace air-conditioners. He has also submitted his entry to the International Science Fair - 2010, scheduled to be held in the US in June next year.
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Purified water in Jhajjar schools on cards
Jhajjar, December 24 During her visit, she, accompanied by Deepender Hooda, MP from Rohtak, not only interacted with the villagers about the project, but also inspected the RO filter plants and discussed with its employees. She also invited suggestions from the villagers as well as plant employees for the better execution of the project in the rural areas. Addressing the villagers at Chhudani village here, Dr Ahluwalia informed that efforts would be made to provide potable water free of cost in the schools of Jhajjar district in the next phase of the project so that schoolchildren could be saved from water-borne diseases. She disclosed that the Nandi Foundation had received Rs 2.5 crore under the Global Water Award and the whole amount would be expended on purifying the water so that people could get safe drinking water. The foundation got an overwhelming response from the people of all those areas where the project had been launched, the chairperson added. Deepender said generator sets would be made available at every RO plant installed by the foundation so that the work of purifying the water could be carried out unabatedly even with the failure of power supply. “Availability of purified potable water will also eliminate earlier health-related problems caused due to the unavailability of potable water in the area,” the MP said, adding that the villagers were enthused over the setting up of such plants in their villages for filtered water at a smaller cost. The project is being run by the Nandi Foundation Board in collaboration with the Haryana Public Health Department in nearly 24 villages in the district where the groundwater is either salty due to the excess of TDS or not drinkable and people have to remain dependent only on the water supply of the public health or natural sources. Notably, the foundation bears the cost of energy charges for the operations and maintenance of water resources and water treatment plants. It also makes arrangements for the disposal of rejected water in consultation with the state government, besides meeting the requirements of the Haryana Pollution Control Board regarding the management of rejected water and complies with all standard legal provisions as well.
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Shifting of department
Rohtak, December 24 The foundation stones were laid by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his father Ranbir Singh Hooda. The university authorities have constituted an enquiry and the matter is pending. All four foundation stones are located within a distance of about 100 m each. While the foundation stone of the boys hostel complex was laid by Ranbir Singh Hooda on July 27, 2008, the foundation stone of other three hostels were laid by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on November 21, 2009. There is another foundation stone that was laid by the then vice- chancellor RS Dhankar for the building of the department of visual arts in 2007. Its date has been tampered with. Since the work on all projects is yet to start, irked students of the Department of Fine Arts targetted the foundation stones. It is alleged that all four foundations stones were defaced by some students after the university authorities directed the department operating from the Some students who were agitated over the move to shift the department yet again to old campus vented their anger by resorting to such means, sources said. “The head of the Department of Fine Arts has submitted her report regarding this activity and the matter has now been referred to the Proctorial Board of the varsity for further investigation, said Dr SP Vats, registrar.
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Y’nagar gets hi-tech control rooms
Yamunanagar, December 24 The move aimed at tracing stolen vehicles and arresting criminals involved in the interstate crime. The control rooms were jointly inaugurated by the deputy commissioner and the SP recently. The police has been adopting hi-tech means to nab criminals, who after committing crimes usually escape to neighbouring districts of UP sharing border with Yamunanagar. The special control rooms will keep an eye on every vehicle in the border area. They also have the facility to keep the data of vehicles and drivers passing through the Yamunanagar-Shahranpur highway for 26 days. Besides, computers installed at
the control rooms have data of all persons and vehicles involved in crime in the past. If any such vehicle or person passing through the state highway is traced by the CCTV cameras, there will an alert on the computers. This way, the police would be able to nab criminals, said DC Amit Kumar Agarwal. “This will help the police reduce interstate crime. As soon as a criminal commits a crime, his details and those of vehicle used will be passed on to the special control room of Kalanaur and it would not be possible for the accused to escape from the district,” said SP Vikas Arora. Besides, CCTV cameras have also been installed in police post near Tajewala headworks sharing border with UP, he added.
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Panipat village to have polytechnic
Panipat, December 24 The village panchayat has already provided five acres for the setting up of the institute and a grant of Rs 2 crore has been allocated by the Union government. The institute would be brought up jointly by the Union and the state
governments. It would be the first technical institute of the district from which students could benefit greatly. The institute has been approved by the Union Ministry of Human Resources and Development for which an estimated cost of Rs 12.3 crore has also been sanctioned. The building would be brought up on a par with international standards. Deputy commissioner Vijay Singh Dahiya said the polytechnic would open new avenues for students to get education in vocational courses. He said it would also enable poor and deserving students to get technical education in their home district. Balwinder Singh, sarpanch of Jatal village, said mood amongst the villagers was upbeat as the polytechnic would go a long way in further development of the village. He even expressed gratitude towards State Transport and Tourism Minister Om Prakash Jain who has played a pivotal role in getting the polytechnic sanctioned for the district.
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School to readmit poor girls
Jind, December 24 The deputy commissioner, who is also head of the society, admitted that as many as 35 students of this school had left studies citing various reasons, including poverty and family pressure, to work. He claimed that all students in this school were being provided free lodging and boarding facilities and there was no tuition fee. Any girl who belongs to the BPL category and is unable to pay for education could join this school, he said. However, he added that there was a need for generating more awareness on the issue, as many girls were still not coming forward. Notably, over 75,000 applications were received for the BPL cards in the district in the last survey. Meanwhile, the society has opened as many as 47 creches in the district in the past few years in which 1,175 children have been given admission so far. Each of the centre was authorised to admit 35 kids at one time and free mid-day meals were being provided along with elementary education. The administration has also been running family counselling centres, which have so far been able to resolve as many as 730 disputes. Besides, as many as 200 women had managed to get some sort of employment after getting training in the centres.
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Students learn to overcome fear of height
Sirsa, December 24 This is particularly so when people are trapped in a calamity like fire or other hostile conditions in a high rise building and when the use of stairs or lifts is not safe. To remove this fear factor from the minds of children, The Sirsa School organised a camp for its students where they were imparted training to meet such challenges. The Trail Beaters, a Noida-based organisation, working in the field of nature, adventure and wildlife, imparted training to the students. “We have trained students in jummaring, rappelling and Tyrolean traverse,” said Suneel Bhatnagar, managing director of Trail Beaters, Noida. “Jummaring is an activity where the second climber uses ascenders to climb with the help of a rope instead of climbing directly on the rock. In rappelling, there is controlled sliding down the rope, where the climbers use this technique when a cliff or slope is too steep and/or dangerous to descend without protection”. Tyroleon traverse is a method of crossing through free space between two high points on a rope without a hanging cart or cart equivalent, Bhatnagar said. Besides helping in overcoming the fear, such activities come in handy for children in times of rescue operations in mishaps and terrorist attacks,
he added. Col RS Khatri, principal of the school, said children stayed in “bivouac shelters” used for military encampments. “It was a great experience for us,” said Mehak Puri, a student of class X. “Initially, I was a bit scared. But, when I saw others climbing the ropes, I too performed the activities with ease,” she added. Akash, another student, said he found the rappelling activities most exiting. “Community living in tents was equally good,” he added.
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‘Amma ji’ pained by declining sex ratio
Sonepat, December 24 Talking to mediapersons here yesterday, she remarked that the process of development could gain momentum by giving equal opportunities to women in all activities. In reply to a question, she pointed out that female foeticide was still reported to be on the rise in Haryana and women had to struggle hard to improve their status in society. She claimed that the serial was being telecast to give a message on about the negative impact of social evils and to create awareness against such evils. “Like journalists, my role in the serial is also challenging, but I enjoy performing such roles,” she said and urged the state government to open drama schools and film institutes on the pattern of the National School of Drama to give opportunities to the youth for shaping their talents. Her mother and a former principal of local Tika Ram Girls College, Kamlesh Malik said she was proud of her two daughters - Meghna and Mimansha, who is a news reader in ZEE News, and never felt the necessity of having a son. “After the popularity of ‘Na Ana Iss Desh Meri Lado’, I am being identified by residents here as “Amma Ji ki Amma ji,” she said.
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‘Indians in US least affected by slowdown’
Sirsa, December 24 Ramesh Gupta, a US-based young entrepreneur, observed this while addressing a seminar organised as a part of CDLU Radio’s web-varta series of
programmes. Virender Singh Chauhan, CDLU Radio director and chairperson of the Mass Communication Department, conducted the proceedings of the seminar held through videoconferencing. An alumnus of NIT Kurukshetra and the Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, Gupta is founder chief executive officer of Guptacom Technologies, an IT Company based in the Silicon Valley. In his opening discourse, Gupta said the influential Indian community was least affected by the onslaught of the slowdown. This, he said, was due to the fact that Indians were predominantly engaged in the technology sector, while the impact of slowdown was gravest on banking, real estate and automobile industries. A majority of the Indian community in the US comprises the upper strata of society and most of its members survived the onslaught slowdown. Responding to a query, Gupta said American people had more entrepreneurial tendencies and skills as compared to Indians. They are always ready to take risks and conduct experiments, he added. Terming himself as ‘Haryana ka chhora’, the young CEO said India’s family system and cultural heritage were the things that impress the whole western world. India must strive to preserve its family values at any cost and try to derive energy and vision for a bright future from its brilliant past, he said. He called upon the youth to have faith in the brighter times waiting for India and prepare themselves for such times by focusing on their studies. Speaking on the occasion, Virender said it was high time that Indian youths reorient themselves to come out of the ‘chakravyuh’ of negativism and have faith in themselves and the future of the country. Guest faculty Vijeta Chilana and students Roshan Suchan, Uma, Shreyasi, Pawan, Mukesh, Surjeet Nehra and Mukul Monga were among those who participated in the discussion.
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Agarwal Vaish Samaj to expand base
Rewari, December 24 Stating that the outfit was fast gathering momentum, its state president Ashok Buwaniwala recently said while Rajender Prasad Bansal from Fatehabad, Manish Mittal from Narnaul, Rajender Agarwal from Kaithal and Subhash Tayal have been appointed zonal coordinators of the Hisar, Gurgaon, Ambala and Rohtak divisions, respectively, Vinod Jindal (Kurukshetra), Dr Akash Goyal (Panchkula) and Surender Bansal (Gurgaon) have been made vice-presidents of the AVS. Similarly, other secretary-level appointments made in the AVS include that of Navin Mittal (Khudana) and Mahender Garg (Sohna). Mukesh Mittal, a spokesperson for the AVS, further informed that the next state-level convention of the samaj would be held at Kaithal on January 17.
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Roadways to add 700 buses
Panipat, December 24 This was disclosed here yesterday by Om Prakash Jain, State Transport and Tourism Minister, who was in the town to launch the new bus service to Shree Mahavir Ji Pilgrim in Rajasthan, which is an important place of worship for the followers of Jain religion. Speaking on the occasion, the minister said the government had already placed an order to fabricate 50 to 70 buses each day with a Gurgaon-based bus body workshop and the new buses would be plying on various routes soon. He said the Transport Department had started bus services to important religious places in the neighbouring states. Dedicated bus service to Khatu Shyam and Salasar in Rajasthan would also be started soon. He said the department was also in the process of introducing specials buses to ferry passengers to Haridwar during important religious congregations. Jain stated that the government was contemplating to upgrade various bus stands across the state so that travellers could be provided with better facilities and comfort. He said the project to make the local bus stand six storied was most likely to kick-start within the next six months. He said there was also a proposal to construct a bypass road from Sihwa village up to Gohana along the NH1 so that long-route traffic could be diverted to the elevated road, which would ease out the traffic problem in the area. The minister claimed that by bring about efficiency in the working of the Transport Department a profit of over Rs 200 crore would be made in the next financial year that would consolidate its financial standing. He said similarly the Tourism Department would also be turned into a profit-making entity.
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Traffic problems routine for Sonepat residents
Sonepat, December 24 The celebrations were marked by cultural programmes and honouring
of 10 personalities of the district. All these years, the district made rapid strides in the field of education as the number of institutions of higher education has increased manifold. But the successive state governments have not paid any heed to a long pending demand of local residents i.e. the construction of a railway over-bridge (ROB) in the busiest area of
the town. The town is dissected into two parts by the Delhi-Ambala railway track and the level crossing is the biggest hurdle as it remains closed most of the times because of heavy train traffic. Proposals with designs had been prepared more than 12 times during past three decades, but all were rejected and according to the PWD authorities, this project was not likely to
get approval. Disgusted over these developments and ever increasing traffic problem, locals have come out with a plan to construct a railway under bridge (RUB) at the level crossing. Other problem which requires immediate attention is traffic congestion in the town for want of a bypass connecting GT road with the Narela road, Rohtak road, Silana road, Farmana road, Gohana road, Khanpur Kalan road and Gannaur road.
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Bonhomie must between workers, owners: Minister
Rewari, December 24 He was addressing a gathering of industrialists and workers after inaugurating a workers training and craftsmanship centre in the Nemi Chander Singhal Enclave at Dharuhera recently. The function was held under the auspices of the Haryana Labour Welfare Board. Asserting that the management and the workers were complementary to each other, the minister pointed out that circumstantial sluggishness on part of the workers, who mostly came from the weaker sections of the society, was always harmful to overall functioning of the unit. Stating that trade unionism often becomes a bane for workers, who are misled by those with vested interests, the minister appealed to workers to keep such elements at bay in their own interest as well as that of the industry. Citing the example of workers in Japan who opposed detrimental policies, if any, of their employers, while wearing red and black badges but working with undiminished vigour, the minister urged workers here to adopt such effective way of defiance. Ram Swarup Janbaz, vice-chairman of the Labour Welfare Board, commissioner-cum-principal secretary of the Labour and Employment Department Sureena Rajan and Additional Labour Commissioner MR Anand also spoke on the occasion. Amit Swami, convener of the Rewari Chamber of Commerce and Industries, gave the vote of thanks.
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Farmers told to switch over to drip irrigation
Sirsa, December 24 Nehra had a stint as Irrigation and Power Minister and Education Minister in two different terms as Minister in Haryana. Interacting with radio listeners in CDLU Radio’s programme Hello Sirsa with station director Virender Singh Chauhan, the senior Congress leader said it was high time that the farmers switch over to sprinkler or drip irrigation as availability of water was bound to shrink all over the state in the years to come. Although educational infrastructure has improved a lot over the past few years in Sirsa, it was far from satisfactory yet, he said. Asked to comment on the mushrooming private educational institutions and the quality of education being provided by such institutions, Nehra said not all of these ventures were up to the mark. Although it was beyond the financial might of common man to make to these colleges, Nehra said many such institutions were providing quality education too. He said may it be education or employment; people should not entirely depend on the government as it was just impossible for any government to take care of the needs of all citizens on its own. Public-private partnerships as well as purely private ventures had a lot to contribute in view of this situation, he added. He said more and more stress must be laid on job-oriented and vocational education. Nehra said lack of proper rainwater drainage system and poor sewerage system were two important problems of Sirsa city. A scant rainfall can cause the accumulation of rainwater in several areas of the town, Nehra opined. Absence of a traffic culture was another problem that ailed the city, he said.
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DPS organises winter fest
Ambala, December 24 The programme started with the a dance show to welcome KK Gupta, pro-vice-chairman DPS, Ambala; AK Gupta and Vijay Goyal, both members of the school management. The attractions of the programme were international dances like Chinese, Arabic and Brazilian performed by students of the primary wing. Depicting the flavour of marriage season and New Year, the tiny tots performed a fashion show. Students of the middle wing performed folk dances of Rajasthan, Punjab & Haryana. A walk-in talent show for guests was also organised. The baby show was organised for children in the age group between 0-5. Some activities were also planned for parents like paper dance, statue dance, musical chair and ramp walk. Paper dance and statue dance for grandparents were among the main attractions of the day. Prizes were given away at the end for different games. Parents also enjoyed shopping by purchasing jewellery, toys, books, sports material etc. Food stalls also allured everyone to enjoy Chinese, South Indian and Continental dishes. In baby show competition, Cristiya was declared baby of the day. In healthy baby group, Tanmeet, Chahat, Jatin and Arav were declared winners. In active baby group, Sanvi, Aliyan, Mannat and Piyush topped the competition. In the most attractive baby category, Prerna, Akash, Angle and Yashika achieve top positions.
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Kaithal girl gets financial help for expedition
Kaithal, December 24 Speaking on the occasion, Jindal said the selection of Mamta for such a prestigious expedition was not only a matter of proud for Kaithal, but also for the state. He said talented youths should not feel resource crunch and they should be encouraged so that they could do their best for the country. According to information, Mamta is the only female member of this expedition which will begin in March 2010. She had given a call for financial help from various quarters keeping in view the involvement of huge expenses to participate in the
expedition. A number of Congress workers, social workers and family members of Mamta were present on the occasion.
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Kurukshetra, December 24
