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PU condition for colleges’ affiliation Chandigarh, August 24 The decision was taken after Dr Rabindra Nath pointed out that the JC DAV College, Dasuya, was employing faculty which did not fulfill the qualifications laid down by the university. He said that their entire set up needed to be examined. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof K.N. Pathak, said that if found guilty of violating university requirements, the affiliation of the college would be cancelled. He said that after the decision no Senator should interfere in the matter. Mr Ashok Goyal said that no Senator would plead the case of the college provided they were assured that the fee of the students would be refunded. The affiliation of Guru Nanak College, Abohar, was also put on hold. The vacant posts in various departments, the reduction in number of options being made available to students, the step-motherly treatment to the subjects of Hindi and Sanskrit and absence of suitable candidates for the various Chairs established by the university was also discussed. Dr Keshav Malhotra pointed out that the Department had repeatedly sent its requirement for teachers in Sanskrit to the VC office but to no avail. He said that the Department of evening studies was “suffering” because of shortage of staff. Prof Pathak said that though he was aware of the vacancies in the departments, appointments in the university were need-based only. “We act only if the Department says it needs more faculty. Their demand is based on the existing workload of the Department,” he stated even as member protested over the argument they were being given. Principal R.C. Jeewan spoke about the university being unable to fill the Dayanand Chair in the absence of a suitable candidate. Another item which generated a debate was that of appointments of lecturers to the Department of Biophysics, Sanskrit and English. The VC was in favour of transferring two posts of lecturers to the main department and making appointments for these to justify the workload. However, this was unacceptable to the members and Prof P.P. Arya raised his objection. He was supported by Prof M.R. Aggarwal who quoted the university calendar to substantiate his claim. The item was finally referred back top the review committee to give need-based recommendations with regard to Sanskrit while the demand for lecturers in Biophysics was rejected. The Senate decided that the item pertaining to regularizing the two staff members of the Regional Resource Centre would be passed if the posts had been advertised. The house was assured that the seniority of the other staff would not be affected. The VC withdrew the item about Principal S.S. Randhawa who has allegedly committed fraud by changing his date of birth was withdrawn by Prof Pathak who said that the case does not pertain to the Senate. The confirmation of Dr Rakesh Datta, a Reader at the Centre for Defence and National Security Studies, was deferred. He was conveyed the displeasure of the House for supplying wrong information at the time of his appointment. While the Senate promoted five library assistants as Assistant Librarians, the case of five others was sent back to the committee for review. While Dr R.D. Anand was in favour send all the names back to the committee, Mr Dharinder Tayal staunchly supported clearing promotions of all those candidates whose eligibility had been verified.
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PEC students want
to be with PU Chandigarh, August 24 To know the opinion of the students, the Director ad-interim of PEC, Dr Baljeet Kapoor, held a session with the students at the college auditorium yesterday to know their opinion. It is learnt that most of the students opted to go with the existing system of affiliation with Panjab University. A senior faculty member said there was no need to know the opinion as the board of Governors of PEC Society had already decided that for the students of second, third and final year in the session 2004-2005, the university would continue to conduct examination and award degree to them until they pass out of the college Allaying the apprehension of the students, Dr Kapoor said the move was in the benefit of the students and it ensured that no injustice was done to them. “ If the students demand that they would like to go for the deemed university, we can take up the matter with the Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University”, he added. He said it was important that any apprehension in the mind of the students about the deemed university was cleared. Sources in the college said as per the minutes of the meeting of the board of governors of the PEC Society held on August 4, the agenda no.11 reads that for the examination of the final year of the forthcoming session 2004-05 would be conducted by PEC deemed university. The Panjab University would continue to assist PEC Deemed University in this regard until alternative arrangements were made. For the existing students of second, third and final year in the session 2004-2005, the university would continue to conduct examination and award degree to them until they pass out of the college. Henceforth all degree would be awarded by PEC Deemed University.
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Syndicate does volte-face on
Arora’s appointment Chandigarh, August 24 Making a U-turn from its earlier stand, the Syndicate admitted it had "wronged" Dr Arora and that he was "brilliant" all through his student life. The item was taken up for discussion despite no mention of it on the agenda. While members had rejected his appointment to the UBS on the ground that he had been failed to be chosen as lecturer in an interview for the same department a few months ago, they cited his two papers presented at international conferences and said he had been awarded a Ph.D in the past few months. The sole voice opposing the move was that of Dr Mukesh Arora, who said the articles did not make a candidate eligible for Readership in a university which asked for the publication of four books from its own faculty for promotion. While Mr Ashok Goyal and Mr G.K. Chatrath supported Mr Arora's argument, Dr Bhuvan Chandel said it would be wrong to cast aspersions on the selection committees which rejected or selected Dr Arora. She said there was something wrong with the way the committees were constituted and that a review should be carried out. However, the members were in favour of giving a nod to his appointment. In a volte-face from his recorded statement that had the committee known that Dr Arora was rejected a few months ago for the post of lecturer, Prof K.N. Pathak, too, said the two committees which interviewed him had two new members and that the committee which selected Dr Arora was one of the best. After studying various provisions of the PU calendar, it was resolved that the appointment should be referred back to the same selection committee for a decision.
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High Court Our High Court Correspondent Chandigarh, August 24 Mr Goswami had moved an application in the court, seeking protection on the grounds that he was being shadowed by unknown persons and that he was being threatened. The Bench headed by Chief Justice Mr Justice B.K. Roy also reserved its judgement on an application filed by Jaskaran Singh Brar, one of the petitioners. In his application, Mr Brar had sought permission to place on record some documents, which are reportedly part of the Sports Department file concerning the controversial selections. In the last hearing, the Bench had given time to the Punjab Government to file its reply in the matter. Among the documents sought to be placed on record are some notings on the Sports Department file regarding the selection as well as directives issues by various officials, including the Chief Minister. The documents include the advice of a law officer of Punjab, who has said that the selections are bad in law and it would be difficult to defend them in the court. After hearing counsel, the Bench reserved its judgement.
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Notice to UT Admn Chandigarh, August 24 He alleged the education in the public and convent schools was beyond the reach of the common man. This, he alleged, promoted disparity in society as the students of the government schools tended to develop an inferiority complex vis-a-vis the students of the convent and public schools. Though the land to the schools had been allotted at a subsidised rate, yet the schools had been charging hefty monthly fee amounting to several thousand rupees making them the preserve of the upper class. Besides, the levy of other charges such as building fund, admission fee and children’s welfare fund only added to the woes of the parents. Besides, thousands of parents, intending to admit their children in better schools, faced problems as fee structure discouraged them. Even the admission to the government model schools on merit was an “eyewash”, the notice said, adding that the procedure for admission to these schools should be reviewed. The notice urged the administration to address these issues within 60 days.
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Women artists have come a long way, says critic Chandigarh, August 24 Nirupama talked on “Re-imaging woman voyeurism vs empathy” from the times of Amrita Shergil to the present times. She said the 20th century saw the journey of women artists from invisibility to visibility. “ In the 20th century, women artists came forward to tell their own stories in their own language”, she said. The most interesting thing was that while male artists tended to view the female as an object of desire, women artists viewed the female figure with empathy. She said even men seek different things. Talking about Ravi Verma she said: “He painted a woman decked up in jewellery but also successfully painted a traditional Indian woman and expressed their emotions through his paintings”. The first half of the century had only Amrita Shergil emerge as an artist to reckon with and left an astounding body of work in a seven-year creative span. But the 70 saw hundreds of women artists equipped with degrees and confidence to make it a profession. They gave a new vision to paintings. “Many of the artists made paintings of Sohni swimming or how she is preparing to meet Mahiwal but Arpana Caur made a painting in which she touched the deeper core of Sohni. She showed her floating in water and enjoying it,” she said. They succeeded in establishing themselves and re-imaging women on canvas with empathy and new vision. Among them were artists like Meera Mukherjee, Anjoli Ela Menon, Gogi Saroj Pal, Nalini Malini, Arpita, Arpana Caur and Navjot. |
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