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Campaign to ensure enrolment at schools
Hooda pitches for inclusion of wrestling in Olympics
Over 300 attend workshop on patents
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Students get tips on water conservation
58 gallantry award winners get over Rs 47 lakh
Prof Aneja is chief of Mycological Society of India
TB cases on decline in state, says expert
‘Fight against TB going on since ancient times’
Farmers learn ways to combat parasitic weed
Karnal mill registers over 11% sugar recovery
Annual sports meet held at KITM
100 women graduates get degrees
Rs 1,360 cr for Kot Putli-Ambala corridor
Placement drive at Guru Nanak Institutions
National
workshop on radiochemistry
MBA, MCA students get tips for success
Hisar varsity holds seminar on physiotherapy
College holds seminar on challenges faced by RTI
NDRI emerge overall champion
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Campaign to ensure enrolment at schools
Gurgaon, March 25 School Management Committees (SMCs) have also been constituted at the state government-run schools for two years in order to help the school administrations in preparing a good academic atmosphere at these schools. "The underlying objective behind the drive is to ensure that all children get enrolled in schools and no child is left out," the Commissioner maintained. He asked the Education Department authorities to involve more and more parents, elected representatives and influential people of the area in the endeavour. Chander Prakash observed that all children should go to some school, government-run or privately managed. He said it was the responsibility of the teachers to convince the parents to send their wards to school. "If any new family arrives, its members should be properly guided and if any student stops coming to school, his or her parents should be contacted and positively motivated," he said, adding that the teachers should also prepare a list of the underprivileged families which do not send their children to schools. Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner PC Meena apprised the Divisional Commissioner that 100 per cent old students had sought admission to the school, which had 440 students. A School Management Committee (SMC) was also constituted for the school unanimously by the parents. District Elementary Education Officer Prem Lata Yadav said the schools having students' strength up to 300 up to Class VIII should have 12 members in the SMC while those having 500 students should have 16 members and above 500 students should have
20 members. The school principal or a senior teacher is the ex-officio member secretary of the SMC while the local member of the village panchayat or municipal committee and teacher of children with special needs are also ex-officio members. Besides, an educationist is also nominated as member of SMC. Two special-invitee members represent NGOs or donors or social workers.
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Hooda pitches for inclusion of wrestling in Olympics
Jhajjar, March 25 “In the communiqué, Hooda has drawn the attention of the Union Minister towards the shock that the sports fraternity in Haryana and in the country has received after the decision of the International Olympic Committee to exclude wrestling from 25 core Olympic sports,” said the minister. Kataria maintained that wrestling was an ancient game not only of India but also in the world. In reply to a question, the minister said that the state government had given jobs to 431 outstanding sportspersons and out of them 23 had been appointed as the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), 27 as inspector and 29 as sub-inspector. “Sports stadiums are being constructed at village level to groom the budding talent for the national and international events. The government is providing all basic sports facilities at grass root level so that players could polish their talent at village level. That is the outcome of the sports policy of the government that players from Haryana are persistently performing well in the international events like Olympics,” said Kataria.
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Over 300 attend workshop on patents
Hisar, March 25 Dr RK Sethi, Director of the Central Institute of Research on Buffaloes, was the chief guest on the occasion. He highlighted the need of filing patents by faculty members of the university and stressed upon their commercialisation. Dr Sethi said the research and patent were beneficial for society. Dr Pushpa Kharab, Director, Centre for Plant Biotechnology, Hisar, was the guest of honour on the occasion. She said in the ancient times, India was the leader of the knowledge but we could not protect our heritage. Prof BS Khatkar, chairman of the advisory committee, said innovative research was the key in recognition of a university. Prof JB Dahiya, head of the the IPR and TC Cell, discussed the theme of the workshop and policies of the cell. Professor Dahiya said patent and technology commercialisation had become a priority in today’s global economy. Prof Arya Kumar from BITS, Pilani, said research used to be an heritage of the Indian economy but now we were lagging behind in this field. Over 300 participants attended the workshop.
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Students get tips on water conservation
Fatehabad, March 25 “Though 71 per cent of the earth’s space is covered with water, hardly one per cent of the same is worthy of drinking,” said Goyal. Goyal said due to pollution and global warming rain was neither definite nor sufficient to fulfill the water demands. He said the ground water was being pumped out ruthlessly due to which level of water had went down to 250 to 400 feet, which was just 25-30 feet a few decades ago. He said the United Nations had declared 2013 as International Year for Water Cooperation to tackle the water crisis. Goyal also addressed NSS volunteers during a district-level camp being organised at the MM PG College. Goyal has also authored two books, ‘Bin Pani Sab Soon’ and ‘Jal Chalisa’, on the subject.
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58 gallantry award winners get over Rs 47 lakh
Rewari, March 25 Cheques of the amount were distributed by Dushiyant Kumar Behera, Deputy Commissioner-cum-Chairman of Mahendergarh Zila Sainik Board during a function at Narnaul recently . The recipients included 19 war widows and wives of gallantry award winners. Speaking on the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner said it was a matter of pride that Mahendergarh was the land of heroes and martyrs. Besides gallantry award winners, war widows and ex-servicemen, Col MS Yadav, Commander Harsh Kumar and Major MS Shekhawat were present on the occasion.
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There's marked 'improvement' in speedy trial of crimes against women
Sirsa, March 25 This is what Justice Augustine George Masih of the Punjab and Haryana High Court observed during an exclusive interview with The Tribune in the Faculty House of
Chaudhary Devi Lal University in Sirsa. Justice Masih, who is the inspecting judge for Sirsa, was here in connection with the inspection of the courts in Sirsa, Ellenabad and Dabwali. “There has been a remarkable difference in the time taken by the courts in the disposal of the cases of rapes and other forms of crime against women. Cases are being tried as speedly as possible, once the police submit its report to the courts,” Justice Masih said. He said sometimes the delays were at the level of the police, which were often beyond the control
of judges. However, the courts, he said, passed orders from time to time for speedy investigation, too, wherever these are warranted. After the infamous Delhi gang rape, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had directed its subordinate courts to hold trial of cases of crimes against
women speedily. After that, special courts that hold trials only of the cases of crimes against women had been set up in the district courts. Justice Masih said emphasis was being laid on speedy trial of other cases too, so that people could get justice at an affordable cost and in time. The judge said he was fully satisfied with the functioning of courts in the District Courts, Sirsa and at Dabwali and Ellenabad. He said a Gramin Nyayalya would start functioning at Rania in Sirsa from March 30. The Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice AK Sikri, will inaugurate the court at Rania on that day. He said the chief justice would also lay the foundation stone of an alternate disputes redressal (ADR) centre at Sirsa on that day. The District and Sessions Judge, Subhash Goyal, Chairman of the Permanent and Continuous Lok
Adalat VP Bishnoi, the Additonal District and Sessions Judge, Sangeeta Rai Sachdeva, and the Chief Judicial Magistrate -cum -secretary of the District Legal Services Authority Harish Gupta were present on
the occasion.
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Make united efforts to save water, NSS volunteers told
Sonepat, March 25 This was stated by Pankaj Mittal, Vice-Chancellor, BPS Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Khanpur Kalan, while addressing NSS volunteers on the concluding day of the 7-day NSS camp recently. As many as 62 volunteers of the BPS women polytechnic participated in the camp. Dr Mittal said one of the objectives of the NSS was to prepare better and responsive citizens in society. “The NSS is not limited to creating awareness among people against social evils and to involve them in exercises like cleanliness,” she said, adding that volunteers were expected to bring maximum people in the NSS fold. Dr Mittal exhorted the volunteers to make united efforts for saving water resources and motivate people against wastage of water. Dr Asha Kadian, Registrar of the university, said: “Water is life and it is our primary duty to save and preserve the same for future generations.” Excessive use of water as well as its wastage had become a serious concern, she added. Rajesh Malik, programme officer of the NSS unit, listed the activities undertaken by volunteers at the Khanpur Kalan in village during the camp. Later, the VC distributed prizes among the volunteers for outstanding performance during the camp. The occasion was marked by a cultural programme.
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Prof Aneja is chief of Mycological Society of India
Kurukshetra, March 25 The MSI is a old and prestigious society founded in 1973 having its head office at the Centre of Advance Studies (CAS) in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai. Professor Aneja attended the programme and chaired the Session VIII on fungal bioinformatics and actively participated in all deliberations. He joined the MSI in 1976 as a life member when he was a research fellow at Kurukshetra University. Professor Aneja got fellowship of the society (FMSI) in 2011 and was made a member of the editorial board of the journal ‘Kavaka’, published by the society. Lt-Gen DDS Sandhu (retd), Vice-Chancellor, Kurukshetra University, congratulated Professor Aneja on his notable achievement.
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TB cases on decline in state, says expert
Rohtak, March 25 Claiming that reduction in the number of TB patients was due to rise in the awareness about the disease, Gupta said the importance of being more alert and the need of giving up unhealthy practices like smoking can not be ignored. He said TB could strike back, if people become complacent. He said pregnant women were requirement to be more alert and avoid the company of smokers as an unborn child could get infected easily and the chances of the baby born with disorders like TB, pnemonia and asthma at an early stage were high. Revealing that the onslaught of the disease had come down, he said the total number of patients suffering from the disease in the state last year was around 20,000. He said the death rate had also come down to two and half per cent from 25 per cent a few years ago. He said all the 2,000 cases, who were reported at the PGIMS had either been successfully treated or were under treatment. He said TB was an infectious disease that was caused by a bacterium called mycobacterium tuberculosis and affected the lungs, organs in the central nervous system, lymphatic system and circulatory system. He said when a person got infected with tuberculosis, the bacteria in the lungs multiply and cause pneumonia along with chest pain, followed by a prolonged cough. In addition, lymph nodes near the heart and lungs get enlarged. As TB tries to spread to other parts of the body, it is often interrupted by the immune system of the body. Gupta said most of the patients did not present symptoms of the disease. However, when symptoms appear, there is unexplained weight loss, tiredness, fatigue, shortness of breath, fever, night sweats, chills, and a loss of appetite. Symptoms specific to the lungs, include coughing that lasts for three or more weeks, coughing up blood, chest pain, and pain while breathing or coughing. He said the Directly Observed Treatment (DOTS) was the best available treatment at present and the success rate was more than
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‘Fight against TB going on since ancient times’
He said fight against TB was going on since the ancient times as TB was found in the mummies of Egypt. In the Rig Veda, there is a mention of kshay rog. It's only after 1945 that drugs to cure TB have been developed. The World TB Day was first organised in 1982 to commemorate 100 years of the discovery of TB by Dr Robert Koch. Dr VK Sharma said today less than 100 days of medication was required for the treatment of tuberculosis. He said no one was required to get admitted to a hospital without any complication and medicines were available in all government hospitals free of cost. Larer, Civil surgeon Dr VK Sharma awarded Rubi, Narwinder, Nisha of Mission Hospital besides Sapna, Priti and Vandana of Nursing School, Ambala City, for giving good presentation on TB. Dr VK Sharma gave certificates of honour to 38 private practitioners of Ambala City and Ambala Cantt for their contribution in eradicating the disease.
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Farmers learn ways to combat parasitic weed
Hisar, March 25 About 60 farmers participated in the
programme, which was jointly organised by the Agronomy Department and Krishi Vigyan Kendra,
Sadalpur, . Addressing the farmers, Dr AS Dhindwal, head of the department, said the weed, who was commonly known as
margoaja, rukhri and gulli, had become a menace for mustard crop in south-west
Haryana. He said depending on the level of infestation, management practices, soil and climatic conditions, the weed could cause a loss of 30 to 60 per cent to mustard crop. Dr Sunil
Dhanda, coordinator, KVK, Sadalpur, presided over the function. Speaking on the occasion, Dr SS
Punia, senior scientist-cum-principal Investigator of AICRP project on weed control, highlighted the role of herbicide-based management technology through glyphosate application for the control of the weed in mustard crop. Dr Samunder Singh, senior scientist (weed control), emphasised on the right time and dose of glyphosate herbicide as well as precautionary measures to be taken during herbicide application. Dr Parvender
Sheoran, an assistant agronomist, told the farmers about newly released mustard varieties such as RH 0749 and RH 0406, which were developed by the university.
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Karnal mill registers over 11% sugar recovery
Karnal, March 25 The managing director of the mill, Rajiv Mehta, said the sugar mill was the only mill, in which manual crushing of sugarcane was done in a transparent manner and the average recovery was at 9.72 per cent. He said that Assandh Sugar mill of HAFED also achieved 11.05 per cent recovery and the recovery rate of cooperative sugar mills at Panipat, Rohtak, Sonepat, Shahbad, Jind, Palwal, Meham, Kaithal and Gohana varied between 10 and 11 per cent during this season,which was higher than the past years. The average sugar recovery was 9.4 per cent on January 31, 2013, compared to 8.38 per cent during the corresponding period in 2011-12, which is the highest in the past five years. The sugar recovery level of 10 cooperative mills during the current crushing season was 8.73 per cent as compared to 7.75 per cent during the last crushing season. However, sugar recovery is lower than the recovery rate of cooperative and private sugar factories in the Maharashtra, which crushed 633.27 lakh tonne sugarcane till February and produced 71.13 lakh tonne sugar, increasing the recovery rate from 10 per cent to 11.23 per cent. The cooperative sugar mills in Haryana has produced over 16.32 lakh quintal of sugar so far by crushing 204.53 lakh quintal sugarcane during the current season and sugar mills of Gohana, Shahbad, Meham and Rohtak also produced 4.33 crore units of electricity. Giving details of the sugarcane crushed by various sugar mills in the state, he said about 39.55 lakh quintal sugarcane was crushed by the Shahbad Cooperative Sugar Mill and the Rohtak Cooperative Sugar Mill stood at second position by crushing 22.09 lakh quintal sugarcane. Rajiv Mehta said the Karnal mill had taken steps to increase the area under sugarcane and the mill had launched a Rs 2.85 crore scheme under which farmers would get subsidy to the tune of Rs 84 lakh. "A tissue lab had also been set up to supply hybrid seeds and insecticides to farmers at subsidised rates, due to which, the area under sugarcane has increased from 18,000 acre to 21,000 acres in the district. The mill crushed 28.87 lakh quintal sugarcane to produce 2.61 lakh quintal sugar last year but the performance will be much better this year when the crushing season closes.
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Hisar varsity gets Rs 32-crore auditorium
Hisar, March 25 Hooda said institutions of repute in all fields of education had been set up in Haryana so that students from the state need to go outside for education . The Chief Minister said this while addressing students and teachers after inaugurating Chaudhary Ranbir Singh Auditorium at Guru Jambeshwar University of Science and Technology recently. The auditorium has been set up at a cost of Rs 32 crore. The state-of-the-art auditorium is first of its kind in the region and Hooda said even places like Delhi did not have an auditorium of this quality. Hooda said education had assumed immense importance in the present day world, which had been reduced to a global village due to modes of communication. He said the government had realised the importance of education and opened several institutions and universities after coming into power in 2005. Hooda said Haryana had the country’s first defence university in Gurgaon and the first veterinary university in Hisar. Recalling his father Ranbir Singh Hooda’s contribution to the freedom struggle, the Chief Minister said students would draw inspiration from his life. Welcoming Hooda, Vice-Chancellor ML Ranga said Haryana had done a lot of progress in the field of education in the past some decades. Hooda also released a souvenir on the occasion.
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Annual sports meet held at KITM
Kurukshetra, March 25 Spectators enjoyed the event. The team of mechanical engineering department gave a wonderful performance during the meet. The department won three gold medals in volleyball, basketball and cricket. Electronics and communication department won two gold medals in table tennis. In athletics, Puneet of the mechanical engineering department won gold in m en's 100 meter race while Shivani Tyagi of electronics and communication department won gold in women's 100 meter race. In men's 400 meter race, Parvesh of the mechanical engineering department won the gold medal.
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100 women graduates get degrees
Rewari, March 25 Degrees were given to on as many as 100 women graduates of the college. Delivering the keynote address, Dr Sharma urged the neo-graduates not to remain contented with the mere acquisition of academic degrees but to lead a healthy and purposeful life as citizens of the country. Swami Sharnanand exhorted the students to go in for moral and spiritual education along with academic accomplishment. He said materialistic thinking and coaching devoid of moral education could lead only to lopsided development of human personality. Principal Dr Jai Singh highlighted the achievements of the college on the occasion. The students presented a colourful cultural programme to the delight of the gathering. Pooja Yadav, a student of BCA (IIIrd year), Sangeeta of BA ( IIIrd year), and Jyoti Yadav were declared as the best student, best NSS volunteer and best NCC cadet of the college respectively. Prizes were distributed among all meritorious students of the college.
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Rs 1,360 cr for Kot Putli-Ambala corridor
Kaithal, March 25 This was stated by PWD and Industries Minister Randeep Singh Surjewla while addressing a press conference after laying the foundation stone of a road in Model Town, Kaithal, recently . The minister said the construction work of the railway under bridge on the Jind-Kahnouri road would be completed soon. He said Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal had given nod for the construction of an under bridge below the newly constructed over bridge in Kaithal . A sum of Rs 14 crore will be spent on the project . The proposed under bridge will connect the northern and southern areas of Kaithal and will facilitate smooth flow of traffic in the town . The minister announced that special steps would be taken to improve road connectivity between towns and villages so that people did not face any inconvenience. —OC
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44 students donate blood
Kurukshetra, March 25 The camp was sponsored by the Rishi Public Welfare Trust, Kurukshetra, through Om Parkash Guliani, member of the college governing body and In- charge of the trust. 44 students and five staff members donated blood during the camp. Ram Labhaya Guliani distributed prizes among the donors.
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Placement drive at Guru Nanak Institutions
Ambala, March 25 Subodh, HR Manager of the company, came from Gurgaon along with his team to conduct the interviews. He said his company was looking for selecting diligent candidates with the right skill set to become a part of the company. He said seven students were shortlisted for appointment as assistant managers in the company. He further said that the company was offering a pay package of up to Rs 1.80 lakh to the selected candidates besides providing ample opportunities for their future growth in the organisation. Sachin Chawla, Dean of GNI, said the visit of the company was a part of the vision of the GNI to provide the best employment opportunities available across India to its students and that, too, right on their doorsteps.
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National
workshop on radiochemistry Tribune News Service
Gurgaon, March 25 According to the organisers, the workshop was aimed at providing the university faculty and researchers with hands-on training on the use of radioisotopes in various fields of research and industry. “The workshop is expected to equip the participants to realistically utilise their knowledge regarding the applications of radioisotopes in healthcare, agriculture and nuclear sciences,” they said, adding that it provided training to the participants on analytical as well as instrumental practices. Dr DD Sood, former director (Radiochemistry and Isotope Group), BARC, Dr Veena Sagar, scientist, BARC, Aseem K Chauhan, additional president, RBEF, and Chancellor, Amity University, Rajasthan, and Dr RC Sharma, Vice-Chancellor, Amity University, Gurgaon, inaugurated the workshop. Welcoming the participants, Dr Padmakali Banerjee, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Amity University, Gurgaon, expressed the hope that the workshop would prove to be an effective forum for mutual interaction amongst scientists, faculty members and students of technical educational institutions and professionals. Terming the workshop a beginning, she maintained that it would open avenues for advance learning in the field of radiochemistry and applications of radioisotopes. Dr Veena Sagar introduced the participants to the theme areas of the workshop. Dr Sood gave an insight into the Atomic Energy Programme in India, wherein he brought out the role of isotopes in hydrology and their applications in various fields of research and industry. Dr Alok Srivastava from Panjab University, Chandigarh, spoke on “Nuclear Stability and Structure” and aptly summed it up by saying: “Radiation is safe, as far as one plays safe.” Scientists from premier institutes across the country, who are engaged in hard-core research involving applications of radioisotopes, delivered lectures on various key aspects of radiochemistry and radioisotopes.
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Agriculture technology should be transferred to farmers: Bhiwani MP
Hisar, March 25 Chowdhary, who was here on a visit to Chaudhary Charan SIngh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), said that these days a number of agricultural technologies were available with us which, apart from increasing agriculture production, could also provide rich economic gains to the farmers. However, these had not been percolating to all farmers, she regretted. Referring to the improved varieties of different crops, technology for processing of bajra, time and drudgery saving technology for farm women and soil health management developed by CCSHAU, she said farmers and farm women would surely benefit from them. Choudhry who is also a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resourses also stressed on the need of management of water in agriculture, particularly in Punjab and Haryana. She said both these agrarian states had their significant contribution in making the country self-reliant in food grains. But now, both these states had been facing the problem of soil salinity and declining underground water table due to excessive exploitation of water. This was posing a challenge to agriculture production. To overcome this situation, she emphasised the need for interlinking of canals and ground water recharge. Choudhry said her grandfather, the former Chief Minister Bansi Lal, had founded this university and she was eager for quite sometime to see for herself its performance on teaching, research and extention front. "I am quite impressed by the achievements it has made in its compulsory activities", she said. Dr KS Khokhar, Vice-Chancellor, said a Business Planning and Development Unit had been set up in the university with the aim to make the university technologies reach to the larger sections of farming community. He said through this unit, nearly 40 MoUs had been signed with public and private agencies/organisations which, he said, will be developing and marketing university technologies at their end.
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Revolution can only be achieved through ‘non-violence’
Sonepat, March 25 This was stated by the noted Gandhian and renowned social activist Subba Rao while addressing the NSS volunteers of BPS Women's University, Khanpur Kalan, recently. He termed the youth of the country as a real asset and power of the country. He asked the volunteers to be disciplined to take society forward. “We should not be the slaves of habits but by virtue of self-discipline we should have control over our habits,” he said. He presented before the volunteers the rich culture of the different regions in the country by singing songs in as many as 18 languages of the country and delivered the message of patriotism, unity and patriotism. Dr Pankaj Mittal, Vice-Chancellor of the university, in her presidential address, listed the activities being undertaken by the university as well as the works undertaken by the different NSS units of the university in the recent past.
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MBA, MCA students get tips for success
Ambala, March 25 The fest aimed at imparting knowledge to MBA and MCA students to make them successful managers and technocrats. It was a college-level festival in which over 200 students participated. The inaugural session started with recitation of Navkar Mantra. Various activities like rangoli, collage-making, business and IT quiz, power point presentation, business plan competition, ad mad show and other IT events like debugging, blind coding and web designing were conducted. In the post-lunch session, a fashion show and a dance competition by MBA and MCA students were presented. In the rangoli competition, Shivani and Karampreet of MBA stood first and in collage-making Bhawna Aggarwal of MBA won the first prize by preparing a collage on female foeticide. In the Q-Zone, Nidhi and Shreya won the first prize and in Quizzare (business quiz) Preetak and Diksha got the first prize. In blind coding events, first prize was won by Priyanka Yadav and in debugging, Navjot bagged the first prize. Dr SC Aggarwal, Director of the Institute, said the fest had a special significance in the professional education, as it was one of the greatest sources to develop managerial skills required in the present scenario.
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Hisar varsity holds seminar on physiotherapy
Hisar, March 25 The VC briefly threw a light on the history of physiotherapy that dates back to the days of physician like Hippocrates. He highlighted the tremendous shortfall of skilled physiotherapy professionals in India. “The field is just opening up and there is tremendous scope," he said. He urged all physiotherapists to make efforts and work towards the enrichment of the profession. Prof RS Jaglan, Registrar of the university, was also present on the occasion as the guest of honour. He said the profession of physiotherapy was the need of the hour as lack of regular physical activity and sedentary life style had led to a rise in cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity and musculoskeletal disorder.
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College holds seminar on challenges faced by RTI
Naneola (Ambala), March 25 In his inaugural address, Kapoor said the Act was a potent weapon to expose discriminatory development in the state. Citing an example, he said the information secured under the RTI Act had laid bare the tall claims of the state government that uniform development was taking places across Haryana. He said facts and figures provided by the government itself showed that several districts had become the victims of “official discrimination”, while a few others were enjoying the largess of being the home constituencies of some of the politically influential leaders. Prof Ramesh Kumar Madan, who was the keynote speaker, underscored the relevance of the RTI to expose scams at the higher level like 2G
Spectrum, Commonwealth Games and other irregularities. Prof HR Sharma, Principal of the college, welcomed participants from Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh.Dr Rajpal Bhullar, convener of the seminar, read out the theme of
the seminar. Namrata Gaur, an advocate, who was the resource person for the first technical session, expressed concern over the cumbersome procedure of the RTI
causing harassment and discouragement to the common man. Prof Harbans Singh from Patiala, while chairing the second technical session, emphasised that there was a need to sensitise government servants and the public regarding the RTI Act. He also reiterated that the aims of the RTI in long- run would pave the way for participatory governance. Dr Rajinder Kumar, resource person for the second technical session, suggested that the persons from the fields of media, teaching and social services should be appointed as member and chairpersons of state information
commissions. Vijay Singh Yadav from Haryana co-operative department, Panchkula, who was another resource person, forwarded a concrete suggestion of
imitating the practice of Goa Government where the records of government was kept open for the general public for a month in a year. He also felt the need for intensifying the campaign to generate mass awareness and earmarking specific budget for the RTI. Prof Satbir Sirohi thanked all participants for deliberation, discussion and lively interaction. The seminar ended in a consensual agreement on two broad vital issues, including non-serious efforts on the part of government to
implement the RTI effectively and initiative to make it as a part of the course curriculum in schools and colleges of
the country.
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NDRI emerge overall champion
Karnal, March 25 The NDRI players stole limelight by their impressive performance during the tournament. The NDRI teams were declared winner in football, volleyball, shooting and kabaddi, while finished runners-up in basketball, badminton and table-tennis. Rajnish of the NDRI was declared as the best athlete of the tournament while Sanjeev Kumar was declared as the best shooter of the tournament. Rajnish Kumar won 400, 800, 1500 m races with new meet records. Varinder Kumar was the winner in long jump as well as high jump events. Chanderbhan won in javelin throw while Dr VK Gupta won the chess title.
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Prof KR Aneja, former professor and chairperson, Department of Microbiology, Kurukshetra University, was elected as president of the Mycological Society of India
(MSI) for 2013 during the two-day 39th annual meeting of the society and a national seminar on ‘current perspective of fungi in health care and environment
(KAVAASTHA)’ concluded at Bengaluru recently.
Kurukshetra, March 25
Rewari, March 25
Ambala, March 25