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Total quality management stressed Chandigarh, December 24 He said TQM was basically a business philosophy founded on customer satisfaction. Total quality was a casualty in higher education. Experts expressed their concern on specific syllabi to be incorporated from age-old discarded, outdated books. The delivery to students was not effective. The users thought that higher education was a passport to leisure time and a happy hunting ground for success, Professor Pathak added. Appreciating the efforts of the college in imparting training in professional courses, he stated that the students were also taught the basics of value education in a compulsory paper on art and culture. “The college also clearly states the agencies which recognise the diploma offered, unlike many other institutions in the field,” he said. In his welcome address, the Chairman, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mr R.K. Saboo, said the institute had been opened with the objective of enhancing the qualifications of those already pursuing a particular profession and those seeking to build a career for themselves in a particular line. “Today, a number of such institutes have come up but we are surely the pioneers,” he added. Claiming that the journalism course was the most sought after, Mr Saboo went on to add that the convocation was a time for reviewing and renewing commitment to values and the profession the students had chosen to pursue. He also informed that gathering that 21 batches, totalling over 6500 students, had been awarded diplomas by the college and a placement cell had been made functional to provide linkages between students and possible employment opportunities. The Principal of the college, Dr P.K. Vasudeva, said out of 200 students who qualified the postgraduate diploma in journalism, public relations, marketing and sales management, business management and industrial relations and personnel management, 130 students were honoured with diplomas. Cash prizes and medals were awarded to five students for excelling in academics — Anjali Arora, Sujata Sharma, Shelly Kwatra, Deepika Saini and Pooja Sharma. |
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College teachers’ fast
enters fifth day Chandigarh, December 24 The fast is being observed by the members of the committee representing 172 non-government aided and aided colleges in the state. While addressing the protesting members, Prof N.P. Manocha, president of the PCCTU, flayed the “anti-higher education policies” of the state government. A former Principal of DAV College, Mr K.S. Arya, and Principal Janmeet Singh of DAV College, Hoshiarpur, among others, appealed to all educationists “to join hands to save higher education’’. The members on fast today included Principal Janmeet Singh, Mr Amar Nath, Prof P.S. Bansal, Prof HS Gossal, Prof Sham Singh, Prof Jaspal Singh, Mr Rajesh, Mr Pankaj, Mr Ashok Kumar, Mr Mohinder Paul. Prof Manocha and Prof Karamjit Singh, president and general secretary of the PCCTU, alleged that the Finance Department had held back Rs 100 crore salary grant since 1999. |
Scintillating project display by St Kabir kids Chandigarh, December 24 ‘Our Colourful World’ was depicted by tiny tots , ‘Summer Birthday on a Farm’ by nursery kids, and ‘Journey of Milk from Cow to Cone’ by KG section. Children dressed up with masks of tigers followed by the jungle man’s drum beat gave a picture of forests. These models displayed how man, the crown of God’s creation, responsible for building up civilisations around the globe down through the centuries, himself has become the culprit of digging his own grave by destroying nature. Man should change his irresponsible , wasteful ways of life by following the laws as enshrined in nature by the creator, the presentation depicted. The displays about the different civilisations, industrial pollution leading to global warming, ozone layer depletion and their dreadful consequences, the functioning of a turbine to produce electricity by other classes were excellent. They also tried to show the evil effects of female foeticide. The bamboo dance of the seven sisters representing the seven North Eastern states added grace and charm to the programme. |
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Show results within days, varsity tells XEN Chandigarh, December 24 The recommendations have been made by a special committee constituted to streamline the administrative set-up of the construction office. The issue will come up for ratification in the forthcoming Senate meeting. The deteriorating sanitary conditions in the residential area of the university were brought to the notice of the committee. The deputy XEN has been directed to take immediate action. Poor condition of roads in Sector 25 was also
discussed by the committee. The department concerned has been directed to do the repair work within four days and report the matter to the Vice-Chancellor. The committee noticed that carpenters were not getting requisite quantity of timber for repair work besides other items. The XEN (Maintenance) has been directed to make local purchases, following due procedure, and provide the requisite material. ‘In no case the departmental labour should be allowed to sit idle for want of such like items’, the committee said. The issue of non-functional streetlights of Sector 25 was also discussed. The committee also took
stock of the progress of finishing work of the basic science building. The committee members included Mr S.S.Virdi, Mr R.K. Jain, Mr S.K. Sharma and Mr S.C. Mehta. |
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A pat on the back for
NSS volunteers Chandigarh, December 24 The camp was inaugurated by Lt-Gen J.F.R. Jacob, PVSM (retd), Governor of Punjab and Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, by lighting a lamp. General Jacob said there was a need to educate people at the grassroots level so that they could bring a significant change in society. In his address, he stated that the Government of India had launched an NSS scheme in 1969, the birth centenary of Mahatma Gandhi. While lauding the work of NSS volunteers, the General said NSS volunteers had made a major contribution during the havoc created by the earthquake in Gujarat. Volunteers had also contributed towards saving the Sukhna Lake. The vital issue was to provide education, especially to the girlchild, as the dropout rate of the girlchild was very high. Sex determination was an evil, he said. In Chandigarh a special team had been constituted to raid clinics which conducted determination tests. Mr Gopal, Regional Adviser, Chandigarh Region, Government of India, informed that many NSS volunteers and programme officers from 40 different colleges and universities of North India had reported in this camp, which would continue up to December 31. In Chandigarh, there were 7,000 NSS volunteers in colleges and schools. The 10-day camp would facilitate interaction on issues regarding women empowerment, girl child education and uplift of society. He added that NSS volunteers who had come here to attend the camp had adopted the college garden for its development. A cultural programme was also staged by the NSS volunteers. |
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10-day NSS camp comes to end Chandigarh, December 24 On the occasion, the Blood Bank Society presented a skit on safe blood donation and cards worth Rs 21000 were sold by volunteers for motivating the public to donate blood. A sum of Rs 29,000 was collected and donated at the Institute of Blind by sale of candles. Speaking at the function, the chief guest, Assistant Programme Advisor, Dr Gopal, lauded the efforts of the college in guiding students to become better citizens. He said the NSS provided them a platform for personality development through social service. The Principal, Dr Satinder Dhillon, welcoming the guests, said it was everybody’s duty to repay society by instilling social gratitude in would-be teachers. The camp was held at various places including the Bal Niketan, the Old People’s Home, Savera, the Institute for Mentally Handicapped Children, the SPCA, Missionaries of Charity, the Blood Bank Society and the Institute of Blind with the base camp at Kajheri. Dr CL Narang, programme co-ordinator, NSS, PU, and Mr Jasbir Ralhan, president SPCA, were also present. |
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Court orders refund for
defective watch Chandigarh,
December 24 The complainant had purchased a new HMT watch from Bhatia Watch and Electronics, in Sector-22 paying Rs 900 on April 10, 2000. The complainant alleged that the watch proved to be defective. Therefore, he returned it on May 10, 2000, and asked for a
replacement though a year passed, Bhatia Watch and Electronics neither replaced the defective watch with a new one, nor was its price refunded. The complainant alleged that despite the fact that he had visited the shop a number of times and a legal notice on May 11, 2000 was also served, he failed to get his money returned. |
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Bail denied in cheating case Chandigarh, December 24 The police registered a case of fraud under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code against the accused on December 6. The complainant, Mr Satnam Singh, had alleged that while he was working as a carpenter in Behrin, he had suffered a kidney failure and had required a transplant, for which a local gurdwara and other charitable institutions had collected about Rs 4.5 lakh. He added that in September 2000, he came in contact with a person in Behrin, who advised him to approach his brother in Chandigarh. The said person had assured him all possible help for the kidney transplant operation and took Rs 4.15 lakh from him in the presence of another Hoshiarpur resident. He further alleged that the accused had promised to return the amount and had issued him six cheques. The cheque, had bounced and when he contacted the accused again, the accused had threatened him, the complainant further added.  |
Club opens with Hans songs SAS Nagar, December 24 Members and guests enjoyed every bit of the event as Hans Raj Hans sang his famous numbers,
Excitement broke loose among the crowd as he crooned ‘Khali dil nahi”, followed by ‘Payaliya Jhankari gori’ and ‘Silli silli hawa’, besides ‘Meinu ki manayana si’ and “Dil tote tote”. Mr Arvinder Singh, who heads the group of promoters, said the first phase of the club had been opened to its members. Before the start of the function, Mr Singh claimed that the club would not be commercialised. He said quality and environment was the basic concept behind the club. “It was felt by people that elite clubs in Chandigarh were over-crowded”, he said. In the first phase, the 270 members, including 40 NRIs , enrolled so far, would be able to use facilities like billiards room, restaurant, card room, bar health club and entertainment room. A sprawling lawn in an area of 1,500 sq ft would also be open for public functions. The restaurant would have a seating capacity of 110. The club would be completed in three phases. |
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25 city dancers awarded Chandigarh, December 24 |
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