Ludhiana, March 17
Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Vijendra Kumar Jain inaugurated the two-day Pashu Palan Mela at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University here today. Justice Jain and Vice-Chancellor of the university Dr V.K. Taneja conferred the Chief Minister’s award in animal husbandry jointly to Balraj Singh Khaira, a progressive dairy farmer of Malsian village, and Ranjit Singh Sidhu, an innovative poultry farmer of Naudhrani village, from Jalandhar and Sangrur districts, respectively.

Justice Jain was impressed with the excellent breed of animals reared up the university. He suggested the farmers to learn the latest techniques from the university.

Director of the extension education O.S. Parmar explained the importance of the mela. He said superior animals like Murrah buffaloes, bulls, crossbred cows, goats, pigs, rabbit, poultry and fish were exhibited there for the farmers.

There was a great rush of farmers to have a glimpse of these superior animals. There was a thorough interaction between farmers and scientists and the latter answered queries of the farmers regarding livestock farming on modern techniques.

Farmers purchased mineral mixture prepared by the university in bulk and a great rush was witnessed at the nutrition stall. Demonstrations on various aspects of correct milking method, teat dip practice, uromol lick technology and acaricide drug application were also held.

The value additions of milk and meat technologies were also explained to them. All departments of the university put up their stall in exhibition. Dairy and livestock industry exhibitions covering feed, pharmaceuticals, vaccines and milk processing machinery were organised at the mela.

Punjab dairy development and fisheries departments had also put up their stalls. The mela was attended among others by dean, College of Veterinary Science, Dr S.S. Singh, director research, Dr A.S. Nanda, dean, postgraduate studies, Dr S.K. Jand, director, student welfare, Dr K.S. Sandhu, heads of departments, faculty, students and other staff.

Ludhiana, March 17
Two scientists from Moscow State Agro Engineering University (MSAU), Dr Victor Shevchenko and Dr Andrei Kuznetsov, are on a visit to Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, to acquaint themselves with research of the PAU on crop agronomy and breeding. 

They attended the kisan mela on the campus, besides seeing the university academic and research facilities. They also visited some farms.

At a meeting with vice-chancellor of PAU K.S.Aulakh, the scientists deliberated on technical and logistical questions related to the implementation of an exchange programme between the two universities. The four-point work plan consisted of the selection of materials and development of a brochure on 30-year MSAU-PAU cooperation, extending the Memorandum of Cooperation (Agreement on Cooperation in Education, Research and Technology) for 2007-2010, mutual no-fund-exchange visits of delegations i.e. two persons from each university for up to 10 days and joint participation in the international distance learning course "Agri-food systems in the global world".

The visiting scientists presented a memento to  Dr Aulakh.

Ludhiana, March 17
The training and placement cell of the Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology (GNIMT), Gujjarkhan campus, in association with the ICFAI Flexible Education and naukri.com organised a ‘jobs mart’ to provide a common platform to job seekers and job providers.

CEO of Hero Majestic Limited and president of the Ludhiana Management Association Mahesh Munjal inaugurated the job festival. He guided the candidates to develop a focused approach for seeking jobs and make efforts for matching their skills with the expectations of industry.

About 3,000 students from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh participated on the first day of the festival.

Thirty-one corporate houses namely HFCL Infotel, Spice Communications, Reliance Money, Maruti Udyog, Kotak Life Insurance, Dada Motors, Ind Swift Laboratories, Aviva Life Insurance, Tata Tele Services, Mahindra Holidays and Resorts, Kasa Finvest, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communication, Lakshya Placement, ICICI Bank, Life Solutions, Hutch etc., conducted the interviews of commerce, management, science and technology graduates and MBA students with or without experiences.

Director, GNIMT, Dr (Col) H.S. Singha welcomed and felicitated Munjal. He thanked all corporate houses, institutes and media for their cooperation in making this event a grand success. G.S.Sarna, joint secretary, Gujarkhan Trust, thanked Munjal. Rajan Sridhar, training and placement officer, GNIMT, also addressed the students and company representatives.

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Ludhiana March 17
To commemorate International Women's Day and platinum jubilee of Indian Air Force, an inter-class drawing competition was organised at M.G.M.Public School in which more than 600 students participated. Students showed a lot of enthusiasm and interest in the proceedings.

The drawings made by the students were par excellence. Some students came out with wonderful ideas. It was amazing how colours and pictures could convey the hidden meanings. The response from the students was overwhelming.

Director of the school Gajjan Singh Thind expressed his joy over the response of the students and encouraged them to join defence service so that they could do something for their motherland. He also highlighted the role of Woman in today's scenario.

Principal of the school Harmeet Kaur encouraged the students and guided them to give a practical shape to their ideas and aspirations. "Every child is born with some special quality and it is in school life only they get a platform to polish their talent", she said. She also emphasised that in today's world Indian woman is proving herself better than her counterpart. She gave a career guidance lecture in which she encouraged the students to join the defence forces.