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Battle lines drawn for PUTA elections
Chandigarh, August 4 Prof Harish Kumar of the University Institute of Engineering and Technology has been elected unopposed as treasurer while Prof Chandramohan of the Department of Evening Studies and Prof Swaranjit Kaur of the Department of Correspondence Studies have been elected unopposed as members of various executive committees. There are two main groups in the fray. One group is led by the current PUTA president, Prof N.K. Ojha of the Department of Ancient Indian History and Archeology, who will contest for the post of the President again. He is pitched against Prof Amrik Singh Ahluwalia of the Department of Botany. Mr Ashwani Sharma of the Regional Resource Centre would contest for the post of Vice-President against Mr Rajan Gaur. Mr B.S. Bhoop from the University Institute of Pharmaceutical Studies would stand for the post of Secretary against Prof Manjit Singh of the Department of Sociology. Dr Preeti Mahajan of the Department of Library Sciences would stand for the post of Joint Secretary against Mrs Sukhmani Bal Riar of the Department of History. The final list of candidates would be put up on August 5. The team led by Prof A.S. Ahluwalia and Prof Manjit Singh has decided to focus on: Central university status for Panjab University, enhancement of retirement age of teachers to 65 years, inclusion of employees who joined after January1, 2004 with past pensionable service in the recently launched pension scheme of Panjab University, expediting CAS interviews and inviting applications three months in advance from the date of eligibility. They have also demanded better working conditions for faculty which includes construction and maintenance of separate toilets for faculty in each department.
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PCCTU to launch campaign against Amarinder govt
Chandigarh, August 4 The Principals’ Federation of Non-Government Colleges of Punjab and Chandigarh and Non-Teaching Employees’ Union of Punjab and Chandigarh have extended their support to the campaign and programmes of PCCTU. As part of the campaign, the teaching and non-teaching staff working in non-government colleges of the Panjab University will cease work after the second period on August 7 and submit a memorandum to the Chief Minister through the Deputy Commissioners. The teaching and non-teaching staff of colleges of Chandigarh would assemble at DAV College, Sector 10, at 11 am on August 7, from where they will proceed in a march to the Punjab Congress Bhavan in Sector 15 to submit a memorandum. In the next phase, the campaign would shift to the Punjabi University area on August 11 and conclude on August 18 when the staff from all over Punjab and Chandigarh will proceed on mass casual leave and stage a “Poll Promise Reminder March” from Barnala to Patiala. The staff from most of the districts of Punjab will join the march at Barnala while the staff from Patiala, Chandigarh, Ropar and Fatehgarh Sahib will receive the march at Patiala. Addressing the press here today, Mr Jagwant Singh, Dr Gurmohan Singh Walia, President, Principals’ Federation, Dr A.C. Vaid, Senior Vice-President, Principals’ Federation and Ms Satinder Dhillon, President, Principals’ Association of PU Colleges regretted that almost every other state except Punjab has implemented the pension-gratuity scheme. Dr Jagwant Singh said if the Punjab Government fails to respond to pleas of the PCCTU by August 18, the government would be responsible for disturbances on college
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Wipro executive addresses students
Chandigarh, August 4 He said the US had the largest population of Indian engineers. The export-oriented IT and ITES industry in India employed more than 15 lakh professionals. In the current year alone, this industry was expected to add four lakh professionals to its employee base. Over five lakh Indian students were enrolled in engineering courses last year. This was more than in any other country in the world. In fact, while the enrolment of students in engineering courses was declining in countries like the USA, it continued to grow in India. Hence, increasingly India was becoming a source of engineering talent across the globe. He advised students to invest time on research about the country or people they were going to work with, inculcate the habit of being thorough in work and sharpen their communication skills, especially listening skills. A vote of thanks was proposed by Mr Vikram Hans, president, PECOSA, who said more such lectures would be held. The Director, Punjab Engineering College, Dr Vijay Gupta, presented a memento to the guest speaker.
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Freshers’ party at Guru Gobind Singh college
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Chandigarh, August 4 Mr Gurdev Singh Brar, president, Sikh Educational Society, was the chief guest and Mr Bharpur Singh, secretary was the guest of honor. Maj. Mohinder Singh, Joint Secretary of the Sikh Educational Society and Mr Gurmohan Singh Chouhan were special invitees. The function started with a ‘vandana’ and included foot tapping dances and mesmerizing folk songs. Young beauties participated in the modelling event and competed for the coveted crown of Miss Fresher 2006. The Principal of the college, Dr Harinderjit Kaur, crowned Nivedita, a student of BA-I, as Miss Fresher, 2006. Navi of BA-I and Shenaz of BCA-I were the first and second runners up, respectively. Sushilata of BA-I was crowned Miss Charming.
‘Teej’ celebrated: Students of Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, and Dev Samaj Polytechnic got together to celebrate ‘Teej’. The festive mood was manifest in the stalls put up by students as they did brisk business selling cosmetics, dresses and eatables.Students in large numbers also came forward to participate in the competitions organised on the occasion. The contest in traditional wear had 50 participants, who chose to dress themselves in the traditional wear of the states of Punjab, Bengal, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. The winners of the day included Richa, Manisha, Deepkiran, Mehendi Mamta, Neha, Jyoti, Manjot, Sandeepa, Pushpinder, Manpreet, Shallu, Gurjinder, Sunita, Aarti, Swati, Neetu, Aashish, Surbhi, Zakhia, Sanskriti and Amanpreet. Principal Dr. Shashi Jain gave away the prizes. Trees planted: The NSS units of Government College, Sector 11, here organised a tree plantation function in the college today. Mr Vivek Atray, Director, Public Relations, planted a neem sapling and advised volunteers to contribute their maximum to enhance greenery of the city. Mr Ishwar Singh, deputy chief conservator of forest, was the guest of honour on the occasion and planted a peepal sapling. The college principal, Dr A.N. Garg, while planting the saplings briefed the volunteers about the significance of trees.Members of the DAV College Dramatics club ‘Aghaaz’ held auditions of over hundred students today. The new students enthusiastically participated in the auditions. The dramatics club of the college is one of the best in the city and has bagged many national awards in stage and street plays.
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Pharmacy students
begin strike
Chandigarh, August 4 Students of the Department of Pharmacy marched to the Vice-Chancellor’s office here this morning, raising slogans against the Dean, University Instructions, who they alleged had an anti-student attitude. The students are being supported by members of the Panjab University students union
(PUSU). The students said the department head had recommended their case and forwarded it to the DUI. Yet they were not being given a chance to clear the exams. “We are ready to give an undertaking that if we do not clear the examination this time, we will not ask for another chance,” they said.
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19 students pass BSc (nursing)
Chandigarh, August 4 Lord David Putnam is an Oscar winning producer and has to his credit movies as Chariot of fire, The Mission, Bugsy Malone and Midnight Express. The ceremony was a grand affair with more than 5,000 students, parents and dignitaries attending the function.
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A musical tribute to Kishore Kumar
Chandigarh, August 4 The programme gathered momentum with soulful melodies immortalised by Kishore. Born on this day in 1929, Abhaas Kumar Ganguli, was christened as Kishore Kumar as he made his debut in a film way back in 1946. Credited with playing the lead roles, comedy and character roles in his career span of 98 films, he will be best remembered for over 3,000 melodic songs which hold a testimony to his musical genius. “Chalti ka Naam Gaadi”, “Padosan”, “Hangama”, “Naukri”, “Bandi”, “Door ka Raahi”, “Door Gagan ki Chhaon Mein”, are the few classics which epitomised the zenith of his acting skills as a complete actor. CIPA director, Shyam Juneja disclosed that the 40 finalists, including eight female participants, in the age group of 16 to 40 years had been selected after an audition. The competitors sang songs and rendered duets in the voice of Kishore and Asha Bhosle. The competition which will be a regular feature and will be followed by another musical bonanza, “Bhooley Bisre Geet”, on September 29. K.C. Dubey, Director, All-India Radio, led the panel of judges, noted composer and lyricist Shashi Shekhar provided the musical score while J.B. Kamboj anchored the programme. Chief guest Sanjeev Kalra honoured the winners. |
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UK ban on Indian nurses: not much impact in region
Chandigarh, August 4 The impact of the ban is also not so adverse considering a huge
demand for Indian nurses in USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The
US faces a shortage of 500,000 nurses, while Australia and New Zealand's
shortfall is expected to exceed 1.7 lakh by the next decade. The PGI's
National Institute of Nursing Education (NINE) received 4500
applications for admission to various nursing courses this year, as
compared to 3200 applications last year. The courses being offered are
BSc Nursing degree (four years), BSc Nursing Diploma (two years) and MSc
Nursing course. Sources confirm that demand for transcripts (needed to
apply for jobs in countries like the USA) has increased considerably
even though each student must pay Rs 500 as fee for each transcript.
About 80 per cent of the nurses trained in this Institute choose the USA
over other countries. For recruitment in the UK, the INSCOL Academy of
Nursing, Sector 34 , is still much trusted. The Academy will send one
batch of about 30 potential recruits to UK this September. It is
recruiting more aspirants as its contract with the University of
Sunderland, UK is valid till 2008. Moreover, the Academy is ensuring
professional safety of aspiring nurses, who are being sent to UK on
student visas, eliminating the need for a work permit. The Academy's BSc
(nursing) course is a rage among girls who are impressed with its past
records. It has sent about 300 potential nursing recruits to the UK
since 2004. Even now, the Institute is promising jobs and a refund of Rs
20,000 registration fee in case the job does not come through. Of the
11-month long BSc Nursing diploma course it offers, seven months are
completed in Chandigarh and the rest in the UK. It also offers training
in English language courses and the Commission on Graduates of Foreign
Nursing schools (CGFNS) test required to enter USA. When asked if
Indian aspirants will get jobs in the UK despite the ban imposed to
promote domestic talent, the insiders said there would be no problem as
the aspirants are being sent on student visas. The new immigration laws
ban National Health Service (NHS), UK from employing junior nurses from
non-European Union countries unless the post cannot be filled by British
or European Union applicants. This means foreign nurses aspiring to work
in Britain will have to face entry restrictions just like foreign
doctors. But Institutes like Inscol have found a way around the problem
by using student visas to secure students' entry to the UK. About the
ban, a manager at another reputed nursing institute in the city said,
"The new law removes nursing from the UK Home Office's list of
shortage occupation list. However the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in
UK has criticized the ban." The manager quoted RCN's general
secretary who has said, "Indian nurses have been there for the UK
in times of need and it beggars belief that they are now being made
scapegoats for the current deficit crisis."" As of now, of
the 12,000 overseas nurses from non-EU countries, who come to Britain
every year, mostly from India. In the year 2004-05, 3,690 nurses had
emigrated from India. The numbers will dwindle, but slowly. |
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City impresses Vietnamese tennis team
Chandigarh, August 4 Thui is the current u-18 tennis champion from Vietnam, who is in the city as part of the nine-member team from the Vietnam Tennis Federation, to play at the AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament scheduled to be held at the CLTA Complex from August 6. The team from Vietnam Tennis Federation consisting of five girls and four boys are accompanied by their coach Le Vinh Hao. As this is their first visit to the city, they are understandably excited. “We have heard about the City Beautiful and have plans after the matches to go sightseeing. From what we can see, the city is neat and clean. We have visited Amritsar and the feeling at the Golden Temple at night was simply out of the world” said the Vietnamese coach Le Vinh Hao. Hiau, the number one player in Vietnam in u-14 age group, has learnt a few Punjabi words. He managed to introduce himself in Punjabi by saying, “Sat Sri Akal, mera naam Hiau hai.” Their u-16 champ, 15-year-old Tue is excited with the facilities available at the Harvest Tennis Academy, Jassowal. “Compared to Vietnam, the academy has better infrastructure and better players. It is hard to find good players in Vietnam. Players from both sides had international level exposure because of the training programme at Jassowal,” said Tue. Equally excited was Binh who has found friends in Parul and Shiva at the academy. She showed a set of earrings which she had bought from Amritsar. “I will also buy a set of colourful bangles and a Punjabi suit before leaving,” she said excitedly. Kawaljeet Singh, Chief Coach of the academy, said, “All the Vietnamese players are placed in the number one to number three slot. It would be a good learning experience for upcoming players from both sides.” Mr Kanwaljeet has also been associated with Vietnam Tennis Federation since 2004 for scouting and development of the Junior Development Programme of Vietnam. Brig Sarjit Singh, General Manager of the academy, who is also accompanying the Vietnamese squad said that it was for the first time that a Vietnamese team is visiting India for its training in tennis. |
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PU plans to give fillip to sports
Chandigarh, August 4 For the purpose, a lot of proposals are in the offing. From repairing and upgrading the prevalent sports infrastructure, plans are also there to come up with new structures to facilitate the local sportspersons. For basketball players, the authorities are planning to construct two new courts, conforming to international standards at a cost of Rs 6.11 lakh. To provide more practice time to
cager, floodlights will also be installed there, which would cost Rs 7.34 lakh more. Briefing about their plans, Dr
D.N. Johar, Director, Sports Department (PU), said, “The Executive Committee has passed the proposal of constructing the courts. Only an estimate signed by the Technical Adviser of the PU is needed to get the green light from the final authority”. After getting the nod, the construction work would start immediately, added Dr Johar. Besides restarting of the PU gymnasium hall and the diving pool are also on the agenda of the sports authorities. “The gymnasium hall was closed temporarily as it needed some repair. But now we are going to start it this month after getting it repaired”, said Dr Johar. To give further impetus to sports, organising inter-varsity soccer competition, swimming, diving and water polo meet and kayaking and canoeing competitions in October and appointing of three coaches for indoor games are also on the priority list. “The Executive Meeting has given its nod for the appointment of one coach each for badminton, table tennis and physical fitness. These appointments will be made on contract basis”, said Dr Johar. |
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