Ludhiana, February 27
The Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology (GNIMT), Gujarkhan Campus, will organise a two-day management and technical mega fest "Expressions-2007" on March 1 and 2.

"Expressions-2007" comprises of 21 events under cultural, technical, literary and fine arts categories namely Indian song, extempore, collage making, S/W development, computer quiz, flower arrangement, case discussion, sketching, sell it, skit/choreography, logic design, paper presentation, rangoli, giddha, bhangra, debate, debugging, mehndi, web development and fashion show.

Around 25 management, technical and engineering colleges from all over Punjab will participate in the event. Noted Punjabi singers and comedy artists will enthrall the audience. Dr Col H.S. Singha, Director, GNIMT, informed the mediapersons that this mega event, which was an endeavour of GNIMTians with support of business houses of Ludhiana, was an annual event being organised for the overall development of the students.

Ludhiana, February 27
A two-day book exhibition organised by the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) was inaugurated by the vice-chancellor of the university, Dr V.K. Taneja, at the examination hall of the College of Veterinary Science, here, today.

The VC visited various stalls and showed keen interest in books on recent developments in the area of veterinary sciences, fisheries and allied sciences. He said literature was very important for teachers and scientists since everything was fast changing and updating was necessary for all.

Fifteen leading publishers and distributors of North India, including nine from Delhi, three from Ludhiana, one each from Lucknow, Dehra Dun and Rohtak, put up their stalls and displayed books on different disciplines of veterinary sciences, fisheries and allied fields.

University librarian Dr P.K. Trehan said the exhibition was organised to make on-the-spot selection of books for the university library and create friendly relationships between reader and books.

The dean of the College of Veterinary Science, Dr Simrat Sagar Singh, the dean of Postgraduate Studies, Dr S.K. Jand, the director of Extension Education, Dr O.S. Parmar, heads of the departments, faculty members and students in large number visited the exhibition. The exhibition will be open for all those interested in seeking update literature available in the market.

Ludhiana, February 27
A programme on naturopathy, including yoga and herbal use, was organised for students of Government Polytechnic College for Girls, Rishi Nagar, recently. Approximately 200 girl students attended the programme. Starting in the morning, the programme continued till late in the evening.

Principal of the college Harvinder Kaur Toor introduced the subject and explained the importance of naturopathy with reference to healthy living without medicines. Naturopath S.R. Mittal conducted the morning session. Some yogic exercises were demonstrated and technical points were explained along with benefits of yogasan, pranayam and food therapy. Importance of fasting was explained to the students. Treatments of diabetes, heart disease etc given at various naturopathy centres were also exhibited. Various herbs, including kari patta, asparagus, amla, were displayed and their uses were explained.

Breakfast of sprouted pulses with digestive chatni and fruits was served. Benefits of wheat grass were explained and wheat grass juice was served. The students appreciated the presentations.

Lunch, prepared according to naturopathy, was served to students. Organically grown wheat flour was used for preparation of rotis with green vegetables.

In the afternoon session, Dr R. Vatasyan, MD in Ayurveda, addressed the students and gave tips explaining basic principles of Ayurveda that laid the foundation of good health, good thinking and good habits. Dr Beni Parshad, father of Ayurveda in Punjab and devoted social worker, gave a number of tips to students on maintaining healthy body, increasing height, reducing body weight, improving memory and solving problems of acne (pimples) and other skin diseases. He also gave tips for cost-effective and permanent beautification of physical appearance without side effects.

Dr S.P. Vasudeva of Deepak Hospital gave tips on healthy living as per principles of Ayurveda. Mr Mittal mentioned that the science of naturopathy was the dearest to Mahatma Gandhi who wanted to spread it throughout the country. He also wanted to establish a university of the science of naturopathy in India. All his dreams remained unfulfilled even when country was governed by Gandhian personalities.

This programme was sponsored by the National Institute of Naturopathy, Pune, and was further supported by United India Insurance Company as well as National Insurance Company and other social institutions. It was organised by the Nature Cure Education Trust, Ludhiana.

Ludhiana February 27
In the era of globalisation and in the face of a fast-changing corporate world, the need for international education has become a necessity rather than a luxury.

The world has become a global village, placing high demands of cross-cultural adaptability on the young people of today and added to that is the need for personal and professional growth, which has become an ongoing life-long learning process.

Keeping all this in mind, SIEC (Sonya International) yesterday started providing assistance to the students, wish to study in countries like Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Singapore, Canada and UK.

Raminder Kaur, the counselor at the centre said that the mission of the company was to provide transparent, honest and efficient services network for prospective students.