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Campus placement at CEC by US firm
Mohali, February 14 The placement drive was conducted through G4 Solutions, a placement consultant firm from Mumbai. Hundreds of students from various colleges of Punjab took part in the placement drive. The drive was open for BCA, B.Sc (Computer science, IT, physics, chemistry, maths, statistics) and software engineering-related fields. All students with at least 60 per cent marks in class X and XII passing out in 2007 were eligible for the selections. The selections were based on a pre-placement test, group discussion and technical as well as interviews. Company officials present on the occasion included Mr Purshottam, HR, Head, Mr Bikram, Head, Technical, Sunanda, Head, Training, Shrikesh, Head, HR and Mr Gurwinder, Head, Technical. Mr Purshottam said those selected would earn Rs 1.6 lakh per annum initially. Mr Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chairman, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, and S. Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal, president, CGC, said the success of this joint campus recruitment drive was the success of the colleges of the CGC.
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From Colleges
Chandigarh, February 14 Addressing students, the Principal envisaged the need for self-discipline and focused learning to meet the career challenges ahead. She also lauded the good work done by the students and went through the exhibition. The exhibits included landscapes, portraits, book covers, still life, life drawings, advertisements and craft work done by the students under the guidance of Dr O.P.Parmeswaran. Road safety workshop
GGDSD College, Sector 32, here in association with the Chandigarh Traffic Police organised a road safety workshop in the college. The chief guest was Mr Amar
Manchanda, founder of the Traffic Warden Cell of Chandigarh Police. In his keynote address, he inspired students to follow safety measures while on the road. Earlier, the programme commenced with an exhibition, which was inaugurated by Principal Dr A. C.
Vaid. The exhibition included a display of literature on road safety, along with banners and posters to promote road safety. Environmental Ethics
The Department of Philosophy of MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36, here organised a lecture on Environmental Ethics. Mr Sudhir
Baweja, Head and Course Coordinator in the Correspondence Studies Department, Panjab University, and course leader of certificate course in Vivekananda Studies, PU, enlightened students on the ethical aspects related to environmental issues. More than 200 students attended the lecture. Mr Baweja presented shocking statistical data, according to which, about 3 million children die every year due to environmental disorders. He also stressed that issues like contamination of water, use of pesticides and other chemicals, global warming, etc posed a threat to the earth, and must be addressed urgently. Seminar on biotechnology
A seminar on “Emerging Trends in Biotechnology” was organised by DAV College, Sector 10. The seminar was sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Chandigarh Administration, as a part of the ongoing science week celebrations. The seminar began with the welcome address of Principal S.
Marriya. Chief guest Prof R.C. Sobti, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, emphasised the need to have clear concepts of basic biological sciences for the diversification of biotechnology. Prof. Naval Kishore,
DSW, Panjab University highlighted the applications of biotechnology in industry and agriculture. More than 200 delegates attended the seminar. Declamation
An inter-tutorial declamation contest was organised in SD College. The chief guest on the occasion was Mr
B.D. Budhiraja, Dean, College Development Council, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Tarun Sethi of B.Sc II was declared the winner. Suneeta Arora of B.Com I and Aanchal of B.Sc II bagged the second and third positions. The consolation prize was awarded to Richa Munjal of B. Sc. II. Earlier Principal Dr A C Vaid welcomed the chief-guest and lauded the efforts of the organisers. National Productivity Week celebrated The department of commerce, Government College for Girls, Sector 42, celebrated National Productivity week in collaboration with National Productivity Council, Govt of India. On the occasion, essay writing and declamation contests were held on 'Productivity for Global Competitiveness'. Mrs Inderjit Kaur, principal presided over the function. Dr Kamlesh Bajaj of the Department of Commerce coordinated the function. Results: Essay: Simran Mehta (1), Blossom (2) Declamation Contest: Harshleen Sandhu (1), Pallavi (2), Ramanpreet (3) Placement camp at SGGSC
A two-day placement camp for campus interviews was organised by the placement cell of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26. Genpact Gurgaon-pioneer of BPO industry in India and Dell International- a global computer giant based in USA visited the campus for hiring students of various streams for technical support and voices processes. This year till date more than 40 students have already gained employment. In the coming week more organisations will be visiting the campus for interviews. The placement cell had organised a workshop on Motivation through University Employment Information and Guidance Bureau. Punjab University, Chandigarh. Ms. Shivani Doomra, lecturer at the department of chemistry, DAV College, Sector 10 has been awarded Young Scientist Award by Punjab Academy of Sciences at the Xth Punjab Science Congress held from February 7 to February 9 at D A V Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jalandhar in recognition of her research work on the ‘Chemistry of Organ selenium Compounds’. This year Punjab Science Congress was dedicated to the memory of Shaheed-e-Azam, Sardar Bhagat Singh on his birth centenary on the theme “Convergence of Science & Technology For Sustainable Development”.
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PU Notes
Chandigarh, February 14 The Organiser and Chairman, Dr Suresh K. Sharma emphasised the importance of SAS programming in industries and other areas of research. In recent years and with changing time, most of the industries, banks, government agencies and health care organisations are using application of SAS. He stated that statistical tools using SAS could be used for model building, quality improvement, reliability testing, survival analysis, business planning, forecasting and quality control. This training programme will help the students to have good rapport with industries and to generate job opportunities. Seminar
The Department of Political Science, Panjab University is organising a two day National Seminar from tomorrow under its UGC Special Assistance Programme. The theme of the seminar is ‘Meanings of Marginality in Modern India’. More than fifteen eminent scholars like Yogendra Yadav, Gopal Guru, Gurpreet Mahajan, Rekha Chowdhary, Bhagwan Josh and Debi Chatterjee from different parts of the country are participating in the deliberations.
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AKSIPS student to get fellowship
Chandigarh, February 14 Ish is the only candidate from Chandigarh to be selected for the fellowship. He will now be receiving a monthly scholarship of Rs. 2000/- and an annual contingency of Rs 4000/- from the Government of India. The Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana is an ongoing programme started by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, to encourage students of Basic Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to take up research careers in these areas. Ish has many other honours to his credit. He lately won the ‘National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement’ as well as School Whizkid Award and got a medal in the ‘Science Olympiad Foundation’ for excellence in Science. Ish has not only proven his mantle in Science but also in maths. He cleared the Regional Mathematical Olympiad and was awarded the certificate of Merit. He has also qualified for the second round of National Cyber Olympiad and National Science Olympiad.
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Poster-making competition
Chandigarh, February 14 As many as 50 students of ETT, IInd year, participated in the competition organised to celebrate National Science Day today. The topic for the competition was “More crop per drop.” “One of the motives behind organising such activities is to inculcate scientific temper among the students and to enhance public understanding and appreciation of science and technology. Such activities not only create an awareness and confidence but also help the students in appreciating the role of science in the present world,” Mr K.L. Sodhi, Director, State Institute of Education, said. The students made wonderful posters using novel and scientific ideas. The essay-writing competition and paper-reading contests will be held on February 15 and 19, respectively.
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CJM orders removal of barricades
Panchkula, February 14 The decision has come as a Valentine Day
gift for the businessmen who celebrated the evening distributing sweets
in the whole market. While the businessmen rejoiced the return of
business to the markets, the residents, too, had reason to cheer the
decision. "We are not against the streamlining of traffic but this
can be done by installing traffic lights and posting cops at busy
intersections. Closing the entry is no solution and the police was
taking the easy way out. Our contention was that the closure was having
a fallout on our business with sales down by almost 60 per cent,"
Mr Kochhar said. While the market was initially fighting to save its
business, a number of markets’ associations across the city also
joined their crusade against closure of entry points as did other
resident welfare bodies. While the shopkeepers had earlier appealed to
the police to reconsider its decision, a bandh call had been given after
persuasion had failed and the entry from Sector 8 had been closed
overnight. During yesterday's bandh, the shopkeepers had uprooted tiles
to remove the blockade. Also, the first meeting of the committee of
businessmen and representatives of the residents welfare bodies
constituted by the Deputy Commissioner, Ms Neerja Shekhar, is slated to
meet tomorrow. The committee was constituted after yesterday's protest
and the DC's assurance to relook into the matter.
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Music band leaves lasting impression
Chandigarh, February 14 And the band in concert knew that well. Not even once during the hour and a half long performance did they impose their musical intelligence on the masses. Theirs’ was a humble concert - one that people related to, one that they madly jived at. At a point during the show, the organisers had to marshall all their resources to ensure the frenetic crowd did not go awry. Losing control, though, was permitted and encouraged. No wonder then that Ozomatil - which has participated in the US tours with Santana, David Matthews and Lanny Kravitz - seemed to love every bit of their offering in Chandigarh. “It is our first time here and we are loving it,” said 10 members of the group that just recorded an album guided by producer KC Porter. The album apart, Ozomatli’s edge lies in their ability to bring the best of the world in their uniquely-individualistic performance. Each member of the band contributes a precious little to the concert, which then becomes a concert of world music. Even today at DAV where youths from slums had also managed to sneak in, the Ozomatli offered their best. It was as though the gathering was maturing with their concert. It was unusually-disciplined during the first half of the show and unusually-unregimented for the rest of it. Also jiving away to glory along with all the visiting American diplomats were the principal of DAV College, Director Tourism, Chandigarh and other elite of the city. For the US Embassy which had to change the venue of the show at the last minute, the evening would surely be a memorable one. The chief guest for the evening was none other than Nek Chand whose Rock Garden has inspired US diplomats for long.
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Rock show rocks Valentine’s Day
Chandigarh, February 14 Organised by Megahertz in association with CITCO and Department of Tourism, UT, the show was aimed at the youth working in the numerous corporate offices in the sector. Curiosity ran high at the venue so much that much before the show had started, a large number of people gathered around the venue to witness the show. Two local bands, 21st Street Rebels and Shell Shocked performed some of their own compositions including ‘3- Chord’, ‘Another game’ and ‘The time is now’ and a few other singles such as ‘Paranoid’, ‘Holiday’ and ‘Wake me up’ et al. |
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