Amritsar, June 7
Gurleen Kaur of Ajit Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School occupied top position in the district in the Class XII examination of Punjab School Education Board, the result of which was declared on Monday.

Gurleen scored 928 marks out of 1,000 in the non-medical stream. Gurleen is 12th in Punjab. Her classmate Jasleen Kaur grabbed second place with 926 marks.

Ramanjit Kaur of Government Senior Secondary School, Adda Nath Di Khui, scored 906 marks in non-medical stream and got fifth place in the district and occupied 66th position in the state.

Geetika Bansal of BBK DAV Collegiate Senior Secondary School for Girls scored 91.7 per cent to bag first place in commerce stream and fifth in Punjab. Overall she secured third position in the Amritsar district.

Meanwhile, Aanchal Wadhwa (89.4%) stood second in commerce stream in the district and Amanpreet Kaur scored 89.2 per cent marks.

Principal Neelam Kamra said out of 232 students who appeared, 192 got first division, 31 students secured above 80 pc and 140 students secured above 70 pc. In the commerce group, out of 88 students, 84 got first division. The pass percentage of the school was 99 per cent.

In arts stream, Pankaj Mahajan of Shri Ram Ashram Senior Secondary School got 89.4 per cent marks. Priyanka Khanna and Shaina Sharma of commerce stream secured 86.7 per cent and 85.7 per cent, respectively. Principal Neetu Sharma said out of the total 106 students, 10 got more than 80 per cent and 73 got first divisions. The school secured 100 per cent result.

Amritsar, June7
The national and multinational companies have selected 680 students of batch 2011 of the Guru Nanak Dev University till June 6, the highest ever placement in the history of the university.

Besides, 22 were shortlisted by the Indian Army.

Till today, 4,236 students got placements since the inception of the Placement Unit of the university in 1999. E-Brochure of the students of various departments would soon be available on the internet from this year onwards.

This was disclosed by Dr Hardeep Singh, professor, in charge, placement of the university, at a press conference here today.

Dr Inderjit Singh, registrar of the university, Dr Harish Chander Sharma, Prof in charge (public relations) and other officers were also present on this occasion.

Dr. Hardeep Singh said that the India's largest IT Company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) selected 272 students of Computer Science & Engineering and Electronics & Engineering courses in a single day, the highest number of placements in the North India and offered the pay package of Rupees 3.15 and 3.50 respectively. The Oriental Bank of Commerce offered the annual pay package of Rs. 4.80 to the selected MBA students and an average pay package of Rs. 1.20 lacs per annum.

He said that 39 companies visited the campus and selected these students. The Intelligence Bureau selected 16 students and as per Govt. norms, the Indian Army has shortlisted 22 students.

Apart from other companies for Computer Science Corporation (CSC), Avaya Global and Amdocs, the Guru Nanak Dev University has been the first destination for recruitment, he added. Some of these companies particularly Amdocs and Avaya Global did not visit any other campus in North India for placement, he told.

The Accenture selected 99 students, Capgemini 78, Tech Mahindra & Mahindra Satyam 25, Headstrong 23 and the Rayat Bahra have selected 16 students of this batch.

The Union Ministry of Home has allowed the Intelligence Bureau to conduct test and interview at the university for recruitment, said Dr Hardeep Singh. He further said that the education institutions are also approaching the office for providing those M.Tech Computer Science & Engineering and Electronics & Communication Engineering and holding PhD. degree in the faculty for appointments.

Dr. Inderjit Singh, Registrar, told that the University has doubled the number of seats of computer science and electronics and engineering courses at Amritsar and its Regional campuses as Jalandhar and Gurdaspur.

The University has also started the Computer Science & Engineering and Electronics & Communication courses at its newly established Regional Campuses at Sathiala and Sultanpur Lodhi, the Registrar said, adding that with the induction of four new colleges at Mithra, Chung, Narot Jaimal Singh, and Verka, the number of constituent colleges has gone up to upto seven.

Meanwhile, the university has also started SMS service for results to facilitate the candidates. 

Amritsar, June 7
About two tonne of polythene bags have been recovered during the raids conducted in Amritsar and its adjoining areas, and these bags will be handed over to the local Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology (CIPET) for research and study.

“It was a big challenge as to what should be done to dispose of the seized polythene bags, as it is non bio-degradable. Therefore, it can neither be dumped in a pit nor it can be burnt, as it is environmentally hazardous,” said Deputy Commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu.

The administration contacted the CIPET authorities, who agreed to take the polythene bags, as it could be used in conducting research, he said. He said in the neighbouring state of Himachal Pradesh, plastic was being used in the construction of road, and if the need arose, the district administration would look into this aspect also.

Pannu said the administration had been conducting raids since June 1.

Amritsar, June 7
Shri Ram Ashram Senior Secondary School, Satnam Avenue, Batala Road, celebrated the World Environment Day. On the occasion, students participated in chart exhibition competition and declamation with full enthusiasm. Khushbu, a student of class XII (Science) won the first prize in the chart exhibition competition, while Shivya of class X won the prize in declamation. District Science supervisor Kailash Nath, Science co-ordinator Manisha, Education Advisor of the school OP Bhardwaj and Principal Neetu Sharma gave away the prizes to the students. They also motivated the students to conserve the environment by their persistent efforts. Members of the managing committee also planted saplings.

To mark the World Environment Day declared by UN as the International Year of Forests, Delhi Public School (DPS), Amritsar, celebrated it by organising a cycle rally, a pollution-free mode of travel.

The rally, which started from Nehru Shopping Complex and ended at the Golden Temple, witnessed an enthusiastic response from students, who turned out in large members.

Principal Sangeeta Singh said sensitising the students on environment was the motive of this cycle rally.

Meanwhile, the management of AlphaOne, with the support of the Municipal Corporation(MC) of Amritsar, organised a tree plantation drive at the sprawling AlphaOne complex to celebrate the World Environment Day. Through this initiative, AlphaOne and the MC, along with Body Shop and Unistyle, shared inputs on the goodness of greening. The AlphaOne team planted 30 Gulmohar trees in the land behind the City Centre.

The initiative also aimed at raising awareness regarding the importance of healthy and green environment among children and parents. To involve children in this activity, AlphaOne also organised a painting competition for children as well as other interesting activities for families.

Amritsar, June 7
Six out of the seven Nepali children rescued by the district administration were today handed over Nepali Jan Sampark Samittee based at Jalandhar, which has taken the responsibility to safely handover the children to their parents.

Before handing over the children to their parents, they would be taken to Nepal Embassy at New Delhi which would verify the antecedents of the family members in the neighboring country.

An employee of the Red Cross Society where the children were living after they were rescued by the administration, has also been appointed to accompany them to Delhi, confirmed Deputy Commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu.

It is evident to mention here that district administration had rescued seven Nepali children who were selling coconut and CDs around Golden Temple, Shani Temple and Jallianwala Bagh. They were brought from Nepal on pretext of good salary, food and cloths by the contractor. The accused also lured the local poor children to work for them.

District administration has caught the contractor, Davinder along with his father Ram Sagar and brother Naginder in connection. The contractor was booked under child labor, prevention food adulteration and Juvenile justice act has also been slapped on Devinder for indulging in illegal practice, said Deputy Commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu.

During investigations the accused revealed that many persons like him are doing similar job of bringing children from Nepal and put them to do petty jobs. All these children belong to poor families, said DC.

Pannu said Devinder told that a huge number of children from Nepal are working in various parts of the region. In Punjab they were working in the industrial areas in Ludhiana, Gobindgarh and Jandiala area

He said, “As June 12 is being celebrated as anti-child Labor Day, I will write to the Punjab government to especially concentrate on this aspect and identify such children who are working in different establishments. Various departments including Municipal Corporation, Panchayats, Labor and police department would be involved during Anti-child labor week being observed from June 12-18,” Pannu added.