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Funds fraud: Teachers’ union seeks probe
Chandigarh, February 24 The office-bearers of the PCCTU met in Amritsar on February 18 and discussed various aspects of fraud. On Thursday, Dr Jagwant Singh, general secretary, PCCTU, sent a letter to Krishan Mohan, home secretary, UT Administration, stating these demands. In the letter, Dr Singh has stated that the college authorities had many opportunities to detect the fraud, but it failed to do so. It was impossible to reconcile the college cash book with the bank pass book even if there was one wrong entry. However, the college had been able to do so year after year despite 77 withdrawals from the account. It was intriguing how college was able to reconcile its accounts. This pointed towards complicity of the college authorities in the fraud. He said on the one hand the college had been denying employees their legitimate dues, including gratuity, and had been paying those in installments, posing that they did not have funds, on the other hand it did not bother to check withdrawal of huge amounts from the account. The college bursur had only a limited access to certain bills and the management had no staff representative in the management committee despite it being a requirement of the PU Calender. Dr Singh added that the Sikh Education Society (SES) had the highest number of court cases pending against it due to denial of the legitimate dues of the employees. The letter also pointed out that credentials of some of the members of the college managing committee were not above par. In fact, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had passed strictures against the conduct of a key official in connection with the affairs of the college. He said that it was a chance revelation as the funds of the college got involved, otherwise the truth would have remained buried.
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Third batch passes out from CIIS
Mohali, February 24 Director of the PGI Dr K K Talwar delivered the convocation address and read out the key note address to a symposium on "impact of globalisation on nursing career". Deputy High Commissioner of New Zealand Heather Ward addressed the gathering about the employment opportunities and benefits of CIIS-UCOL tie-up and upgradation courses in nursing avenues abroad. Director for Nursing Research School of Nursing UCOL Dr Marian Bland, branch manager immigration services High Commission of New Zealand in India Kerry Greig, trade commissioner of New Zealand High Commissioner Paul Vaughan were also present. Shila Rundal was awarded Lippincott Wilkins Wilkie merit prize and Frontier Medical Stethoscope award for meritorious student and excellence in health assessment categories, respectively, by Dr Talwar Speaking on the occasion, chairman CIIS Lieut-Col B S Sandhu(Retd) said that the worldwide demand for nurses had touched an all-time high and over 4 lakh nurses were required for the USA, the UK, New Zealand, Canada, Australia and Middle East for the ageing population.
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Good moments for Mass
Com alumni
Chandigarh, February 24 The department, the oldest institute of media education in South Asia, has provided the country with some of the best professionals in the field of journalism, advertising and public relations, including editor-in-chief of The Tribune H.K. Dua. Established in 1941 at Lahore, the department, founded by P.P. Singh, had moved to its present premises in 1956 after it was temporarily shifted to Solan during the days of the Partition. Editor-in-chief of The Hindustan Times (HT) Chaitanya Kalbag spoke on the media scenario, while HT resident editor Kanwar Sandhu delivered the opening speech. Other prominent personalities present on the occassion included The Indian Express resident editor Vipin Pubby, former general manager of The Tribune S.D. Bhambri (of the 1994-batch) and former chairman of the Mass Communication Department H.S. Dilgir. Chairperson Jayant Narayan was also present during the meet. Unable to make it to the event, editor-in-chief of The Indian Express Shekhar Gupta sent a cake. An interaction among the editors of the leading newspapers of the country and former faculty members wasalso held. Office-bearers of the Alumni Association were also selected. A decision to hold the alumni meet on the third Saturday of every December was also taken.
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Lecture on emotional intelligence
Chandigarh, February 24 Chairman of the Department of Public Administration, PU, Prof B.S. Ghuman, while welcoming and introducing the theme, said that management of emotional intelligence had emerged as one of the key factors for personal as well as professional growth. Dr Dalip Singh stated that recent research in psychology had found that intelligence quotient (IQ) contributed 20 per cent in success while remaining 80 per cent contribution to success came from emotional quotient. He emphasised that with a view to produce good quality human resources, the educational institutions must accommodate issues relating to emotional intelligence. He identified seven emotional skills for a successful manager. These include, recognising one’s emotions, showing concern towards other colleagues, particularly subordinates, developing a high self-esteem, successfully managing emotional upsets, an emotional winner, learning the art of influencing people around and successfully managing anger. Fellowship for Dr
J.K. Gupta The University Grants Commission, on recommendations of an expert committee, has offered Emeritus Fellowship to former DUI and professor of microbiology, Dr
J.K. Gupta, for a period of two years. The fellowship carries an honorarium of Rs 20,000 per month and a contingency grant of Rs 50,000 per annum. A communication to this effect has been received from the Joint-Secretary, UGC, New Delhi.
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School extension inaugurated
Mohali, February 24 The school students interacted with
Shriya, a 9-year-old child actor who obliged her little admirers by signing autograph
books. Shriya also inaugurated the website of school before cutting the ribbon to inaugurate the newly constructed extension of the school building that houses an air conditioned multimedia room with LCD and projector and a toy room for play class. The inauguration ceremony was followed by wonderful performances of school students. The LKG students presented a welcome song and UKG students danced to the ‘Rang De
Basanti’ beats. Shriya, winner of "The Favourite Child Artist", Star Parivvar Award 2004, (at the age of 7 years) and winner of " Best child artist" Indian Telly Awards 2004, has been the talking point in the advertising and Teleserial world.
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Aakash outlet in city
Chandigarh, February 24 The institute, established in 1988, has produced wonderful results. In 18 years of its existence, Aakash has made it to the top in India by making more than 6950 students successful in securing M.B.B.S. seats in various medical colleges through CBSE Joint Entrance Examination and other Medical Entrance exams.
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Singing in pure Indian classical tradition
Chandigarh, February 24 Only last year, Meeta worked with French pianist Allie Delfau to create “The Gift”. A collaborative production inspired by the French Embassy, “The Gift” featured Meeta on the vocals, rendering songs in Brij Bhasha and Hindi. And as Meeta sang pure Indian classical compositions like the one with Sanskrit lyrics from the Rig Veda, Allie kept her a brilliant accompaniment. The final product was thoroughly contemporary and was in fact a fine symbol of Indo-French friendship. “It was all about adhering to the times,” Meeta said in an interview with The Tribune today. She was here to present a vocal recital on the second day of Brahaspati Sangeet Samaroh being held at the Law Bhavan in Sector 37. But her journey into the world of fusion was not easy. It took her long and involved a great deal of struggle. During the earlier days of learning, Meeta had to devote much of her time to the delicacies of the Gwalior gharana like tappa and khayal. Those were the times of strict discipline and devotion. The striving yielded fruit and today Meeta is a trained instructor in khayal at her father’s academy -- Pt Krishna Rao Pandit Centre for Traditional Music -- at New Delhi. She divides her time between students at this centre and those at another centre her father is nursing at Gwalior. “At Gwalior, the Shankar Gandharva Mahavidvayala is imparting formal music training to about 300 students. We are passing on the legacy of our forefathers, who were state musicians of Gwalior,” Meeta said. Personally, she likes to devote most of her time to the concert circuit. “It’s very important to sing live. Listening to recorded music can never yield the pleasure a live concert can. Technological advancement has as such damaged the structure of our music. Today anyone can become a singer, thanks to mechanisations that can alter voice qualities. We even hear of softwares that can correct the sound pitch,” says Meeta, who was recently roped in by filmmaker Muzaffar Ali to sing for his productions on poets Zauq and Daag. She also lent her voice for background scores in “Silent Waters”, the Indo-Pak film that explored the dynamics of fear and intimidation. The film started Kirron Kher. Having mastered the vocal tradition, Meeta now wants to try her hand at composing. She has made some music. But she still has a long way to go before she can match the Gwalior musicians. Not that she is trying. "I can't even think of doing that simply because the old musicians have been matchless. Madhya Pradesh has been the cultural centre of India at one point of time. It has been the fountainhead of most creative pursuits," said Meeta and quite rightly as Madhya Pradesh has been home to many cebetated traditions. These include Ustad Amir Khan's Indore gharana, Ustad Alauddin Khan's Maihar gharana and Kumar Gandharva's Devas gharana. Gwalior particularly has been the birthplace of Mian Tansen as also the birthplace of rich musical styles like dhrupad, khayal, tarana, tappa and ashtapadi. |
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US maestro enchants music lovers
Chandigarh, February 24 After tourism director Vivek Atrey inaugurated the soiree, Tim Hoffman commenced the concert with the delineation of raga “Purya dhaneshri” on 12-stringed Chinese musical instrument , Koto, doling out sargams to the perfect tabla by Anil Sharma. He presented bhajans like “Ramso kere preet re”, “Sharnagat Budh kripal”, “Jaake piya Ram bhaje”, “Tathagat Budh hai” in Hindi and Japanese before a dhun on Koto. Tim Hoffman, while explaining about the character of ragas and tal patterns, displayed his versatility on a Japanese flute called Shakuchachi as he presented the chhota khayal in ragas ,Bhopali, Durga, jaijaivanti, hansdhwani and Pilu in “raag malika”. His “swal jawab” on flute and Anil Sharma's tabla won applause. Rajesh Kumar on Sarangi and Anil Sharma gave tabla solo performance. Dr Neelam Paul and Rani Balbir honoured the artistes. Dr I.D. Singh conducted the programme. |
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Kathak, vocal recital at music festival
Chandigarh, February 24 Daughter of vocalist Dr Saubhagya Vardhan, Shakti was initiated into kathak at a very young age. She began learning the nuances of Jaipur kathak gharana from Shobha Koser, who is an integral part of the cultural circuit of Chandigarh. One of the two frontrunners who inspire the Pracheen Kala Kendra, Shobha Koser, has raised a fine nursery of talent in Jaipur kathak. Shakti offered a fine example of Koser's success as a guru. The former is inspired by what the mastetros call "romanticism" or shingaar rasa, the latter draws from aggression or the "veer rasa". Shakti tried her best to make a fine presentation. And she must have been happy to be paired with the inimitable Meeta Pandit, whose recital was the high point of the evening. She presented compositions from her father Pt Laxman Krishna Rao Pandit's repertoire. |
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PGI’s Virology Dept
referral lab for dengue, encephalitis
Chandigarh, February 24 The laboratory will provide rapid diagnosis at the time of epidemic situations in this region. Continuous surveillance activity on the vector borne viral diseases in the states by the trained personnel will help the region with expert support of the reference laboratories, the official spokesmen of the PGI, disclosed. Mosquito borne viral diseases have become a public health concern these days. City and its neighbourhood have been under the influence of dengue which has adopted a cyclical trend since 1996, there after 1999, 2002 and 2006. Under this programme, the Virology Department, besides, advanced diagnosis, will conduct a training workshop on the laboratory diagnosis of these diseases. The workshop will be organised from February 26th. The microbiologists/pathologists from the sentinel surveillance hospitals in Rajasthan, Punjab and Chandigarh will participate in the programme. Dengue is not only known for its febrile nature, but also for the associated hemorrhagic complications followed by shock. The latest massive outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) in North India (2006) affected nearly 11000 people and claimed over 170 lives. The chikungunya infections of course milder in nature without any hemorrhagic complications, recently affected almost 1.3 million population of 210 districts in 13 states of the country. It originally started from South and extended to Northern states in the same time when dengue had taken its foothold in Northern states along with its hemorrhagic complications. The third disease worth mentioning is JE, epidemics of which occurred frequently in the paddy growing areas like Gorakhpur and Basti districts of Eastern UP and Karnal, Kaithal and Ambala districts of Haryana. In the year 2005 most severe form of JE was reported in Eastern UP where more than 6000 people were affected with a mortality over 1400 cases. |
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Heart diseases discussed at IACTA
Chandigarh, February 24 Experts also explained various aspects of anaesthesia for heart surgery in children and heart diseases diagnosed in adulthood. Various cardiological interventions done in Cardiac Catheterisation Lab including insertion of pacemaker, stenting of heart vessels and heart rhythm managing devices were also taken up with special emphasis on anaesthetic implications. Director Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology Trivandrum Prof K Mohandas and president of IACTA Dr K Bhaskaran chaired the session. Dr P Iyer from Delhi, Dr Shiva from Kochi,
S.G. Nair from Kochi and Michael Scallan from UK discussed the techniques to stabilise and transport the critically ill neonates. Dr Duncan from UK and Dr Benjamin from Chennai, and Dr Manoj from Chandigarh explained various aspects of anaesthesia for heart surgery in children and heart diseases in children. The past, present and future of Cardiac Anaesthesia was discussed by Dr Ray from UK, while lung complications and monitoring of blood clotting system during heart surgery were taken up by doctors from UK, USA and Austria. They also discussed pros and cons of various anaesthetic agents for cardiac surgery and ultrasound guided cannulation of heart vessels. Dr Bali from city and Dr
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“Computer-assisted surgeries beneficial”
Chandigarh, February 24 Renowned orthopaedicians from India and abroad while interacting with mediapersons claimed that the small joints surgeries, performed with the help of computer have yielded excellent results in patients of all age groups. The experts were in city to attend a two-days ‘Bi-ennial Conference’ of Indian Arthroplasty Association being organised at Hotel Mount View in Sector 20, here. While talking to the Chandigarh Tribune, Prof Rene EC Verdonk from the department of orthopaedic surgery and
traumatology, University hospital, Belgium, claimed that the total hip and knee replacement are being done on patients of any age. There is no harm in joint replacement among elderly people if they want to be independent without seeking assistants, he feels. In Belgium, maximum of the trauma cases are due to road accidents, he added. |
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Importance of biostatistics discussed
Chandigarh, February 24 Experts also highlighted use and misuse of statistics in the analysis of results obtained from the clinical trials and drawing inference from them. While speaking on bioequivalence studies, assistant professor from the department of pharmacology PGI Chandigarh Dr Samir Malhotra said, “a company needs to conduct bioequivalence studies to demonstrate that a product gives the same blood levels given by an active drug of some other existing company.” He stressed on the pitfalls of using faulty statistical analytic techniques that can lead to wrong interpretation of the study results and thus jeopardise the safety of the patients in the long run. Dr Nusrat
Shafiq, from the PGI, discussed the importance and nuances of quality of life clinical trials. She added that with increasing number of therapeutic options becoming available, it is important that the impact of drugs on patients’ quality of life must also be evaluated. Dr N Saha from Ranbaxy said that thousands of jobs in the field of clinical research would be available in next 10-15 years because of a boom in the field. |
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432 examined at eye camp
Chandigarh, February 24 Mr Tejveer Singh, Deputy Commissioner, Mohali, inaugurated the camp. |
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Punjabi sports magazine released
Chandigarh, February 24 Addressing a gathering of eminent sportspersons and NRI sports promoters, Gill urged the NRIs to come forward for setting up of various sports academies and promoting club culture to bring back the lost glory of Punjab in the field of sports. Speaking on overall scenario of sports in the state, the DGP said that there was no doubt that the standard of sports in state had not progressed much but it could be restored by proper planning and cooperation from NRIs and industrialists of the state and efforts were being made in this direction. Describing the sports magazine “Khed Sansar” as a bridge between India and other countries having a significant chunk of Punjabi population, he hoped that this would cover the sports activities in every nook and corner of the world comprehensively and raise the problems being faced by the
sportspersons. Prominent sportspersons, including wrestler Kartar Singh, Olympian Balbir Singh (Senior), wrestler Palwinder Cheema, weightlifter Vicky Batta and Geeta Rani, boxer Jaipal Singh, footballer Gurdev Singh, athlete Bahadur Singh (shot put) and coach Sukhchain Singh were honoured on the occasion. |
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Big win for Punjab in BSNL soccer
Chandigarh, February 24 As many as 22 BSNL teams from across the country are participating in the tournament, which will conclude on February 27. The other results are: Pool-A- Orissa beat Madhya Pradesh 3-0, Karnatka beat Uttar Pradesh (East) 3-0, Madhya Pradesh drew North East-I 0-0, Jharkhand beat Uttar Pradesh (East) 1-0. Pool-B: West Bengal beat MTNL (Delhi) 3-0, North East-II beat Himachal Pradesh 4-0, Rajasthan beat MTNL (Delhi) 1-0, Andhra Pradesh beat Himachal Pradesh 2-0. Pool C : NTR (D) beat Maharashtra 4-0, MTNL (Mumbai) beat NTR (Delhi) 3-0, Kerala beat MTNL (D) 4-0. Pool D: Gujarat beat Chattisgarh 6-0, Punjab beat Chhattisgarh 10-0. |
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Rajwinder Kaur adjudged best athlete
Chandigarh, February 24 The two-day meet was inaugurated by Prof Ajmer Singh, an Arjuna Awardee (1966), who was the Chief Guest of the occasion. Principal of the college Dr Harinderjit Kaur read out the annual college report and highlighted the various achievements of the college in the field of sports. Results Discuss Throw: 1 Manpreet , 2 Rajni, 3 Santosh High Jump: 1 Jyoti , 2 Shikha, 3 Neelam 400m Race: 1 Rajwinder Kaur , 2 Harjeet, 3 Harmanjot Chatti Race: 1 Santoshi , 2 Rajwinder , 3 Shivani 800 m Race : 1 Harjeet , 2 Priya, 3 Pooja Obstacle Race: 1 Sandeep, 2 Priya, 3 Neelam Shot Put: 1 Santoshi, 2 Ushma, 3 Tejinder. — TNS |
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PU inter-college sports
Chandigarh, February 24 For the winners, Bhupinder (19) scored the maximum homes followed by Arun Kumar (14) and Om Bahadur (12) while Amandeep (21) was the main scorer for GHG College. Hockey: In the Panjab University Inter-College Hockey (Evening and Education College) Tournament (B Division) for the year 2006-07 at PU grounds here, Department of Evening Studies beat GHG Khalsa College of Education, Gurusar Sadhar, 2-1 to win the tournament. Inderjit Singh (39th min) and Mahesh (45th min) netted the goals for PU whereas Tarandeep Singh scored one goal for losers. |
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Harmandeep, Chandrika
best athletes
Chandigarh, February 24 As many as 500 students and faculty members of the institute marched to the tunes of the Army pipe band of 2nd Maratha Light Infantry. Various field events, including 100, 200, 400 mts, broad jump and throws, were held on the occasion. The innovative event of the day was pillow fight over 3 feet deep water. Dr J S Dhaliwal, chairman of the institute, was the chief guest on the occasion. |
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UT boxing team
Chandigarh, February 24 Mr JD Singh, Mr Balkar Singh and Dr CK Jairath will accompany the team as officials. |
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Sports meet
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