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TRIBUNE special Arun Sharma Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 26 A visit to the Sector-38 dispensary revealed that the X-ray machine had been lying unused for more than a year. The technician who had been deputed there earlier had now been transferred to the Sector-45 polyclinic. The X-ray facility was of great use to residents, including senior citizens, who had to go to private centres or hospitals located at a distance now. The dispensary was visited by over 100 patients on any given day, said an employee at the dispensary. Asked about the availability of drinking water, a woman staff member said she carried water in a bottle. The staff preferred to put a lock on the common urinal. The woman sweeper deployed at the dispensary was on long leave, said a paramedic with the malaria prevention wing. Another sweeper had been cleaning the floor in the morning. The doctor with the dispensary at Dadu Majra had not been visiting it on Mondays and Thursdays. The doctor had to go to the Janta Colony at Sector 25 on these days. Patients visiting the Dadu Majra dispensary had to go to either dispensaries nearby or the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital (GMSH) at Sector 16. Things were no different at dispensaries being run by the Adminstration. At the dispensary in Dhanas village, patients had to return without treatment on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays as there was no OPD on these days. In the clinic adjoining the Sukhna Lake, the doctor deputed seldom visited it. There were many complaints against the doctor, but nothing substantial had been done after it was revealed that the doctor was related to a senior doctor posted in Punjab. Dispensary buildings presented a pathetic look at a number of places, with the growth of weed and unsanitary conditions.Twenty dispensaries were handed over the municipal corporation recently, but there were only 19 doctors. The number of vacancies among paramedics, technicians and other staff members was nearly 500. In a meeting of the local authorities, it was assessed that at least 800 employees, including doctors, were required to provide quality treatment to residents.What the authorities say We have acute shortage of staff. A list of requirements is being prepared. The needful will be done soon.~ Sunil Bhatia, Additional Commissioner, municipal corporation We have already submitted a list of vacancies to the Ministry of Health. A nod in this regard is expected soon. Medical Superintendent, GMSH-16
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Footballers made to suffer
Chandigarh, March 26 The team had secured the second place in the tournament for the first time. “It is a shame that we were punished for our accomplishment. Instead of being honoured, we were made to bear the torture of travelling 40 hours without reservation. The humiliation of returning home with a trophy, without anyone waiting to receive us, was coupled with body ache,” said a team member. Even when the team went to Goa on March 9, it did not have reservation for all members. “We won the tournament on our own. There was no support from local officials even after securing the second place for the first time. They were least bothered about our safety. We travelled sitting between two berths and holding our trophy. The scenario was the same when we went. Only 14 seats were reserved and those too, by parents of our teammates,” said members of the team. “The journey was a nightmare. On March 23, after playing our last match, we came back around 8 pm. We had dinner around 9:30 pm and were told at 11 pm to catch the train. We boarded the train around 3 am with unreserved seats. One can imagine what happened to us at that time. Our coach stood with us during our travails, but no official came forward to help or congratulate us,” said Chandigarh Football Academy trainees. Chandigarh Football Association president Vinod Sharma said he was was unaware of the harassment the players went through. “I am hearing it from you. If the players were made to travel without reservation, the matter would be looked into,” he said. Asked if the association planned something to cheer the players up, he replied, “We will do something, but the initial step should be taken by the media.” Asked if it was yet to felicitate the boys’ under-19 team, that won Dr B Roy Trophy a year ago, he said, “We will do something.”
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Fake documentation gang busted, seven arrested
Chandigarh, March 26 The police arrested the kingpin of the fake documentation gang, identified as Aman Bhalla of Zirakpur, along with six other members of the gang. The other accused were identified as 28-year-old Pankaj, an employee with the HDFC Bank at Jalandhar, Vishal of Pehowa, Sanjeev Kumar, Balwinder Singh, Gurdeep Singh and Charan Singh. DSP Anil Joshi said the prime accused had been in the illegal business since 2003 and had a huge network in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. According to the police, Aman disclosed that he had managed to send between 50 and 60 persons abroad on tourist visa per year on the basis of fake documents. He used to charge a fee ranging from Rs 7 lakh to Rs 8 lakh for completing the documentation process and dealing with tourist visa to the UK and Canada. Having a lavish lifestyle, the accused owned two cars and used to frequently change his mobile phones. He had recently purchased a plot at Zirakpur for Rs 1 crore. The police said the accused had submitted 44 case files of tourist visa to the UKEmbassy on fake documentation and about 16 files for procuring tourist visa to the Canada Embassy. While applying for tourist visa, the accused showed genuine passport, air ticket and hotel booking and fake documents like bank statement and property papers. During investigation, Aman disclosed that Pankaj had provided the bank statements of account holders with the HDFC Bank in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi, which were used for getting visa for passport holders.The SIT recovered fake bank statements of the HDFC Bank and the Axis Bank in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, fake LIC policies, fake degrees, bank statements of companies, fake property documents, fake income tax returns, fake CA reports, fake property evaluation reports, blank architect letter pads, blank company letters heads, bank stamps, fake property ownership documents and 16 passports of persons from Punjab, Haryana and Delhi.
Modus operandi The prime accused traced an aspirant who approached him for tourist visa to UK or Canada He then traced a person with a similar name from records of HDFC and Axis banks When a similar name was found, the account was checked for sufficient balance If between Rs 6 lakh and Rs 7 lakh was found in the account, the accused used to procure the bank statement of that person The accused showed the aspirant to be temporarily residing at the place which was mentioned in the bank statement
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Dept heads ignore Adviser’s circulars
Chandigarh, March 26 When contacted, Sharma said that he was aware of this would shortly call a meeting of all departmental heads on the issue. He added that he would make sure that all departments submitted their list of employees facing any kind of inquiry. The delay had been affecting vigilance clearance certificates, issued to Administration employees on the basis of data provided to the office of the CVO by their respective departments. The certificate was required on various stages, like promotion and clearing dues after the employee left service. In the absence of the data, the office of the CVO sent cases to the departments concerned to inform it about the employee’s status before issuing the certificate. Sources said this process took time and the departments provided incorrect information on many occasions, which helped ‘tainted’ employees get the certificates. An official said the office of the CVO could crosscheck the authenticity of the data if it was available in advance issue the certificate only after that.
What the circulars are about In the circulars issued on September 6, 2010, and August 11, 2011, the Chief Vigilance Officer demanded the list of employees facing inquiry. His office had demanded the service record of employees. The Administration had issued a number of circulars in 2009 and 2010.
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Applicants refuse to Join
Chandigarh, March 26 The Right Of Children To free and Cumpolsary Education Act, 2009, mandates that an EWS child is eligible for admission to 25 percent of seats reserved under the act lying within 1km area of his/her residence. Adhering to the Act, the UT education department has offered admissions in government schools to those who do not have private schools within 1 km of residence. But to its dismay, a majority of applicants have turned down the offer insisting on admissions in high profile Schools of Sectors 26 and 38. “A majority of ‘complaints’ that we have received are from applicants against schools which are not in their neighbourhood. When we offer them admission to government schools, they refuse point blank. We have tried reasoing out with many, but to no avail. So the problem with implementing the RTE now is not just about defiant schools, but also empty government school seats, and unintrested applicants,” said an official of the department. The applicants, however, have defend their decision. One of them, on condition of anonymity said, “I do not have a model school in my neighbourhood. The teaching standards in the school in my neighbourhood are pathetic. They do not even teach their regular students properly. So what about my child? When the Sector 26 school has seats, why cant I send my son there? The education department officers tried to lure me with midday meal, but I told them that we were hungry for education and not food.”
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Fourth floor of 3 houses razed
Chandigarh, March 26 An official of the corporation said that the owner of the houses were running a hotel that had two or three bedroom facilities along with separate kitchen and bathrooms on the fourth floor. As per official records in two houses, the owners were running paying guest accommodation and a hotel. Samrat hotel was being run in house number 1595, whereas in house number 1596 paying guest accommodation was being run by Ankit Aggarwal and his mother Brij Bala. House number1597 was owned by Satpal Gupta, ex sarpanch of the village. The official spokesperson revealed that the corporation had served notices regarding the violation in October 2010 and called the violators for hearing several times, but they did not turn up. When the MC team reached the spot they found all the houses locked today but later the house owners came and opened the locks. The demolition drive was carried out under the supervision of Additional Commissioner Lalit Siwach assisted by Vishal Gupta, Executive Engineer, Roads-I, MCC, and other officials of the corporation. The Additional Commissioner at the same time warned the encroachers in Burail village to remove all encroachments on their own from the municipal land.
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Ramneek Singh Bedi group sweeps IMA elections
Chandigarh, March 26 This will be second the term for Bedi on the same post. Others who won, include Dr Vireder Kappal, Dr Charanjit Singh, Dr G Dewan, Dr Arjun Dass, Harminder Singh, Dr Ramneek Sharma, Dr. BS Chavan and Dr AP Sanwaria. The new team has promised to undertake construction of the auditorium and modern IMA complex, framing of constitution for the body, and Ethics committee and a legal cell.
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MC revenue declines by Rs 26 crore
Chandigarh, March 26 According to the budget report of the current financial year (2011-12), the expected revenue collection from various sources was Rs 149.54 crore whereas the authorities ended up collecting just Rs 123.87 crore. Resultantly, the MC during the current financial year had to to encash their fixed deposit of Rs 144 crore for various developmental works due to non-availability of funds from other sources. Interestingly, there are few departments of the MC whose revenue receipts had gone down in the last financial year (2010-2011) as compared to 2011-12. A classic example is the receipts from estates which includes rent of night food street, subway shops, eating joints, rent of liquor vends, service tax and ground rent during the financial year, the MC collected Rs 12.43 crore, whereas in 2011-2012 the authorities have claimed to have collected Rs 5 crore. In fact in a recent audit report of the MC it was pointed out that there is pendency of Rs 22 crore under various heads of the estate office,which has to be recovered from the defaulters. Similarly, from the auction of paid parking during the current financial year, the department had collected a sum of Rs 6.88 crore, whereas during the last financial year (2010-2011) the figure was Rs 7.68 crore. Even the earning from the Apni mandis was Rs 75.93 lakh in 2010-2011 while only Rs 50 lakh was collected during the current financial year. A senior official said that they had served notices to the defaulters to recover the pending amount in routine. In a recent general house meeting, MC Additional Commissioner Sunil Bhatia informed that last year the MC had withdrawn funds from the fixed deposits of the corporation, as the grant-in-aid from various sources was not received on time.
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Mohali MC plans Rs 51-cr budget
Mohali, March 26 Last year’s balance, which has been carried forward in the budget proposals, is Rs 314.70 lakh. The proposed expenditure of the civic body stands at Rs 5,101.69 lakh. It proposes to spend Rs 3,237 lakh on developmental works, which is 66 per cent of the proposed income. Administrative expenses have been proposed at Rs 1,654. 69 lakh and contingency expenses have been proposed to be Rs 210 lakh. The main source of income from VAT (in lieu of octroi) is proposed at Rs 3,350 lakh, which is 10 per cent higher than last year. Income from octroi on electricity is proposed at Rs 500 lakh, advertisement tax at Rs 200 lakh, excise duty at Rs 200 lakh and octroi on diesel and petrol at Rs 200 lakh. The council proposes to spend Rs 700 lakh on the strengthening or maintenance of roads in the town. The amount proposed for the construction of footpaths and the maintenance or construction of road gullies are Rs 400 lakh and Rs 150 lakh, respectively. The amount proposed for the cleaning of kerb channels, road gullie and the removal of congress grass and waste material is Rs 25 lakh. Interestingly, the amount proposed for the sinking of new tubewells in the town, which has been facing water shortage, is merely Rs 50 lakh. The total committed expenditure is Rs 1,455 lakh out of Rs 650 lakh is for tubewell, electricity bills and Rs 350 lakh for the payment of streetlight power bills. The proposed administrative expenditure of Rs 1,654.69 lakh includes an amount of Rs 230.89 lakh earmarked for vacant posts likely to be filled during the financial year. If the amount for vacant posts is deducted, the administrative expenditure will come to 29 per cent of the total proposed income. The reasons for the higher expenditure in this regard are the implementation of the Fifth Pay Commission report and the payment of arrears.
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Shrine’s wall stands incomplete
Panchkula, March 26
Sources said about 2,500-feet wall near the paid parking lot has already been constructed and the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has stopped the work for the time being as the Mata Mansa Devi Shrine Board (MMDSB) is yet to submit the final design to HUDA. The work of constructing the wall is a part of the beautification plan of the shrine. More than six gates would be installed on the major roads connecting the shrine to other parts of the city, which would also help in providing proper security to the devotees coming from far off places during the Navratras. A senior HUDA official on the condition of anonymity said the MMDSB had approached the architect department to provide a design of the wall. The work had been allotted to a contractor about one-and-a-half year ago and the total cost of the project was around Rs 1.28 crore. But as the prices of the cement, sand and other materials have increased by about 30 to 40 per cent during this period, the total cost of the project has now increased. Chief Executive Officer DP Dattana said the project has been handed over to the HUDA and the work was going on as per schedule. The total cost of the project was Rs 128 lakh, he added. HUDA Division No 3 SDO KL Khukhrain said 2,500-feet wall has already been constructed and they were waiting for the design. He said the work could not be continued, as the area has not been earmarked where the wall is to be constructed. The MMDSB is also putting efforts to beautify the Nepali Baba Temple and the Kali Mata shrine.
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Protesters seek mercy for Rajoana
Mohali, March 26 The members of the Kalgidhar Sewak Jatha, including women and children, were led by its president Jatinder Pal Singh. SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar flagged off six Sumo vehicles with more than 50 police personnel for patrolling in the district. The objective was to ensure the maintenance of law and order in the city. — OC
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Mastermind’s property to be auctioned
Chandigarh, March 26 The mastermind, Dharamveer Singh, proprietor of Dee Pee Agencies, Industrial Area, Phase I, Chandigarh, not only used bogus ‘C’ Forms of the UT sales tax department, but also took officials at the Mohali-based plant of Godrej and Boyce Mfg Co Ltd for a ride by procuring different types of locks worth lakhs of rupees on the basis of bogus ‘C’ Forms issued by the UT sales tax department. The dealer had been using the bogus forms for the past two-three years but remained unnoticed. The UT excise department is now auctioning the material lying at his plot in Industrial Area, Phase I, here. The scam was detected by officials of Godrej, who on noticing the ‘C’ Forms got suspicious, and tipped the UT sales tax department. Though a complaint had been lodged with the Mohali Police, no case has been registered so far. The UT sales tax department has already sealed the premises of the dealer in Industrial Area, Phase I, and has lodged a complaint with the Chandigarh Police for using bogus ‘C’ Forms and some genuine ‘C’ Forms that had been issued to other dealers. Not only this, the dealer while selling the goods to sub-dealers and retailers charged full sales tax from them, but never deposited the same with the department. Some gullible sub-dealers, who were taking credit on the basis of tax deposited with Deep Pee Agencies are also in trouble. Sources said the ‘C’ Forms were issued quarterly. The erring dealer used to purchase goods from Godrej at concessional rate of 2 per cent on the basis of the ‘C’ Form, as otherwise the tax liability came to prevailing local VAT, 13.75 per cent in case of Punjab.
Dharamveer Took officials for a ride The mastermind, Dharamveer Singh, proprietor of Dee Pee Agencies, Industrial Area, Phase I, Chandigarh, not only used bogus ‘C’ Forms of the UT sales tax department, but also took officials at the Mohali-based plant of Godrej and Boyce Mfg Co Ltd for a ride by procuring different types of locks worth lakhs of rupees on the basis of bogus ‘C’ Forms issued by the UT sales tax department.
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Endless wait for seekers at RLA
Chandigarh, March 26 As a result, the backlog at the RLA has swollen to around 12,000 RCs and around 1,000 DLs. The document seekers are making repeated rounds of the RLA only to be given another date. There was also delay in supply of plastic cards for the preparation of registration cards, which has also resulted in backlog. Vinod P Kavle, Registering and Licensing Officer (RLO), said the delay in supply of the ribbon was on part of the Society for Promotion of IT in Chandigarh (SPIC). “ We have already placed the order with SPIC”, he said. The pendency in printing of the RC was also resulting in delay in starting the new series. The auction of fancy number in the existing series CH01 AL was held in January this year but still some numbers have not been allotted. Sources reveal that applicants for the new series were also made to wait by the RLA. However, the RLO said new series would start once the left over numbers in the existing series were finished.
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Father sent to one-day police custody, daughter still critical
Chandigarh, March 26 While his daughter is still fighting for life at the PGI. Accused Ram Phal told the police that he had obtained the armed licence in 1996 as shooting was his hobby. The police today obtained the medico-legal report of the injured girl Poonam from the PGI but failed to record her
statement as doctors have declared her unfit for statement. The police is yet to
recover the arm licence of Ram Phal. Ram Phal was arrested under the charges of attempt to murder and the Arms Act. Poonam’s father had shot at her when in a drunk state he entered into a spat with his family members yesterday. Shootout incident Bullet stuck in chest
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Experts dwell on prevention of cervical cancer
Chandigarh, March 26 The event was organised by the department of obstetrics and gynaecology, PGIMER, Chandigarh. The workshop on Saturday was devoted towards detection of birth defects during pregnancy. Dr Prashant Acharya stressed on the fact that almost all malformations which were incompatible with life could now be diagnosed during the third month of pregnancy and hence all expectant mothers could be saved from a lot of physical and mental stress of late abortions. Dr Chander Lulla explained in detail how to detect these defects by giving a live demonstration. He highlighted the importance of proper training in picking up these abnormalities on ultrasound. Dr Sandhya of Faith Diagnostics exposed the problems faced by a radiologist while performing ultrasonography of twins. An informative panel discussion was conducted on management of these live birth defects. The conference on Sunday started with lectures on common infections in pregnancy which either got transmitted to newborns in the mother’s womb or affected pregnancy outcome adversely. Dr Rashmi Bagga said around 2 lakh HIV positive expectant women delivered per year and the prevalence of HIV infection in antenatal women was gradually increasing. A special session was devoted to the latest technology in cancer screening. Dr Gurpreet Singh, professor, department of general surgery, stressed on the fact that one third deaths due to breast cancer could be prevented by screening and mammography alone was responsible for the benefit. He stated that the median age of breast cancer in Indian population was 40-49 years and hence annual mammography must be advised after 40 years. Prof Vanita Suri talked about the primary prevention of cervical cancer in the form of vaccine to adolescent girls. The panel discussion on growth restricted babies was the highlight of the conference and extremely interactive.
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Speaking on the occasion, Gautam Gandhi said, “Small and Medium Enterprises can really leverage the digital media and increase their sales. The internet provides equal opportunity to all and it is not capital intensive to build a brand on it. The digital media has become a prime medium to brand a product or service and India is one of the finest growing markets in digital media. There are a number of successful websites, like Flipkart and Make My Trip, to substantiate this.” World Theatre Day
The Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi will felicitate major theatre ensembles from the tricity at a special programme organised to commemorate the ‘World Theatre Day’ on March 27 at Punjab Kala Bhawan. The World Theatre Message by the theatre celebrity, John Malkovich, will be read out to the invited audience. National Sangeet Natak Akademi award winners Mrs Neena Tiwana and Mrs Anita Shabdish will also be honoured, disclosed Kuldip Tiwna, secretary, PSNA.
Annual function
Lecturer creates record
Sandeep Tripathi, a lecturer at DAV-15, Chandigarh, has entered the India Book of Records-2012 by setting a new national record of qualifying 18 written competitive exams in India. Sandeep’s name is already registered in the Limca Book of Records. He has been fighting Polycythemia Vera, a rare blood disorder, for the past 11 years. Despite this, he has been working and studying alongside. The exams Sandeep has cleared include NDA, Police Services, HCS, Intelligence Bureau, and MBA. He has qualified the exam for principals/heads in 2008, for which he has been awaiting appointment for more than 3 years . —Tribune Reporters
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A training school on the theme “Pharmacognosy-Shaping Drug Discovery in the New Millennium” commenced today at the UIPS under UGC networking programme for pharmacy teachers. 20 mid-level faculty members, representing 10 different states of India, having teaching experience upto 10 years, have been selected from varied pharmacy colleges across the country. A rationale for the success of natural products research in providing new drugs and drug prototypes will be the focus of the training course, drawing on lines of evidence from chemical informatics and chemical ecology. Several innovative strategies for natural products drug discovery and evaluation of botanical medicines will also be discussed, said the coordinator, UGC Training School, Dr Anupam Sharma. The Programme was inaugurated by Prof. KK Bhutani, Director, NIPER, Mohali. He was also the chief guest on the occasion. In his inaugural address, he gave a detailed overview on the innovations for shaping the Drug Discovery Development (DDD) pipeline with bioactive compounds. Karan Vasisht, professor of pharmacognosy, held an interactive session on the general method of extraction techniques, phytochemical studies and analysis of isolated compounds Prof Harkishan Singh, professor emeritus, UIPS, was the guest of honour on the occasion. Former UILS students make it to PCS 14 ex-students of the University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS), PU, Chandigarh, have made it to the final list of the PCS announced yesterday. The students are-Anoop Singh, Supreet Kaur, Bhupinder Mittal, Sumukhi, Harpreet Kaur, Jagmeet Singh, Bikramdeep Singh Punita Bishamboo, Jasleen Narang, Randeep Kumar, Priyanka Sharma, Kirti Vashisth, Kanu and Manpreet Kaur. Earlier this year, 16 students had cleared the HCS. Prof. Sangita Bhalla, Director, UILS, expressed joy at the brilliant performance of the students. She added that the ex-students of UILS have really done the institute proud. This is yet another feather in the institute’s cap as the institute is steadily emerging as a centre for excellence in both academics and research. This is unprecedented in the history of Panjab University that so many students have been together for such coveted positions. UILS was instituted in 2004, and, in a brief span of 8 years, has emerged as a leading institute in the field of legal education and training, Prof Sangita Bhalla said. Memorial lecture Prof Gopal Guru, Jawaharlal Nehru University, delivered the seventh Pradeep Kumar Memorial Lecture, today at the Evening Studies Auditorium at PU Campus here today. The annual lecture is organised by the Department of Political Science, Panjab University, in memory of Prof Pradeep Kumar who was both a student and a teacher for many years at the department. The event was attended by students, research scholars, teachers, former colleagues and friends from the university as well as the city. The family members of Prof Kumar were also present on the occasion. Presiding over the lecture, Prof BS Brar, Dean University Instructions, also reminisced about Prof Kumar as a friend and colleague. Dr Deepak K Singh, chairperson also spoke at the event. Prof Guru in his lecture spoke about the five paradoxes of the Indian republic, bring out the gap between the promises in the Constitution of India and the existing reality. The people, he said, were to be central to the whole democratic exercise, but had become marginalised. He argued that they had been connived into accepting positions, which did not necessarily benefit them. National symposium A national symposium on ‘Shaping India’s future: Role of Anthropology and Psychology’ began today with the inaugural function presided over by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. RC Sobti. The guest of honour was Prof AKDanda who delivered the keynote address. Prof IJS Bansal, chairman of the national symposium, welcomed the delegates, and Prof RK Pathak, convener and Dean Science Faculty, Panjab University, elaborated on the theme of the seminar. Vice-Chancellor stressed upon the integration of various disciplines for the benefit of the society at large, especially the role of anthropology in uniting all the other disciplines. Prof Danda in his keynote address on the theme of the symposium stressed upon the usefulness of ‘soft sciences’ in dealing with current problems in the world. He also called upon the scientific community to give greater emphasis to the ‘soft sciences’ in future, unlike the current trend where in the past seventy five years no anthropologist has ever become a general secretary of the Indian Science Congress. Prof Harish Sharma also presented a discussion on the theme of the seminar. He listed the genealogy of theories from the past to the present that link advances in knowledge within anthropology, psychology and education. He suggested ways by which such theories advanced ideas that would help to shape India’s future. After lunch, a total of six academic sessions were held. They included a session on ‘Human body composition, physique and disease (ten research papers were presented in this session); ‘Patterns of Human Behaviour and Mental Health (nine research papers were presented in this session); the role of education and teaching in shaping India’s future (seven research papers were presented in this session); Human Auxology, Health and Population Genetics (ten research papers were presented in this session); Tourism, Forensic Anthropology, Cultural Health and Evolution (twelve research papers were presented in this session); and Stress, Satisfaction and Depression (Seven research papers were presented in this session). In all more than 100 participants from different parts of the country are participating in the symposium. —
Tribune Reporters
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CBSE bars students from taking projects home
Chandigarh, March 26 According to the Board, Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) makes project work an essential part of school education to inculcate reasoning, logic, application and intercative skills amognst students. However, defeating the aim, a majority of students take the help of their parents for the projects or buy ready made projects from markets or copy it from internet. Also, the teachers are not much involved in preparation of project works and many ask students to do same during holidays, or just before exams. “ The projects are meant to be done by students themselves. A project helps in broadening a student’s horizon and increses his/her understanding about the concerned subject or topic. But unfortunately quite a few students get them made by somebody else, or copy it from internet. The projects also aim to increase the interaction between students and teachers, but a majority of teachers complete their work by just handing out and evaluating the project. This defeats our purpose. So, from now on students will do their projects along with their teachers during the school hours,” said CBSE Regional Director RJ Khanderao. The schools, however, think that it is a challenging task. A CBSE school principal said, “We already have to struggle to complete the syllabus and don’t even have enough time for revisions before exams. We are already too engrossed in weekly tests and internal assessment. How will we do this? Is the Board planning to make school duration 8 hours?” Khandearo however feels that proper time management will make a huge difference. “If any teacher or school says that they have to struggle with the academic work under CCE, they are not putting enough efforts. How tough is it to dedicate one period a week for projects? Teachers need to manage time,” he said. The parents association, however, has welcomed the move. One of the presidents said, “A majority of schools would ask students to make projects just days before exams, and then we as parents were left in a fix. It is great that teachers will now aid students who will learn more from the exercise.”
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The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE) organised a talk on ‘How SME’s can use digital media to increase sales’ at PHD Chamber, Sector 31, here today. The speakers included Gautam Gandhi, head, New Business, India-Google; Vivek Paul, director, Digtal, Sony India; and Vijay Nair, CEO, Only Much Louder. Over 70 entrepreneurs and senior corporate executives participated in the highly interactive session.
Ryan International School organised its annual event, ‘The Montessori Graduation Ceremony’, on Monday. The event, one of the major attractions of the school, was initiated as a morale booster for kindergarten students. The theme of the programme was ‘Incredible India’. To showcase different aspects of the Indian culture, various dances, representing the states, were presented on the occasion.