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Medal race: PU girls outrun boys
Interestingly, out of the total 158 awardees, 118 were girls. Topping the charts was Simran Jaidka, who received four gold medals and a cash prize for standing first in MA (economics) and topping in all social sciences. Daughter of Kuldeep Jaidka, a retd professor from the department of English at DAV College, Sector 10, and Swarnbir Kaur, a teacher at Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 22, Simran is currently working as a lecturer at DAV College, Sector 10, and is pursuing her Ph.D in economics. Attributing her success to her family, Simran believes one doesn’t necessarily need to study for hours together. All that is required is to study seriously as exams approach and that’s the key to her success. Advocate Parvesh Singla, who stood first in LLB and won five medals, including four gold and one silver, believes if one remains attentive during the lectures in the department, there is no need to do extra efforts. “All my life I never took any tuitions outside and always relied on my class notes,” he avers. Currently practising law at Ludhiana, his sole aim in life is to be a judge. ‘Alongside my practice, I am also preparing to sit for the judiciary exams”, says the topper. Amongst the other winners, there are those who also stand out because of their achievements. One such achiever is Simranjit Singh as for him even handicap is no deterrent. Winner of this year’s Shiv Kumar Batalavi Award for the best poem in Punjabi, ‘Safarnama pinde di haari soni da’, Simranjit is currently working as content manager with a web portal. A prolific writer in Urdu, English and Punjabi, Simranjit is completely in awe of Shiv Kumar Batalavi, his life and poetry. A book on Punjabi poetry and an English novel is also underway. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was all praise for the vice-chancellor for his fluency in colloquial Punjabi and having opted to give his speech in the mother tongue. He himself addressed the gathering in Punjabi. “Though I had initially planned to speak in English, I had even dressed in a suit to do so,” he said. He congratulated girls who outnumbered boys in receiving medals and cash prizes. He was happy to note that such welcome trend was visible in the state. “If the boys do not pick up fast, the day is not far when they will be doing the household cooking and girls will be earning bread,” he said. The Chief Minister also released Campus Reporter, a publication brought out by the student welfare office.
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Prepare blockwise model for Punjab’s growth, Badal to PU
Chandigarh, March 30 Presiding over the annual academic function at the university here, Badal also showed his inability to grant any special funds to the university due to the feeble economic condition of the
state. Senators among the audience, however, pointed out that a majority of the university’s Senate comprised Punjabis. Lamenting the pending debt of Rs 53000 crore on the state left by the previous
government, Badal asked the university to prepare a blockwise model for the economic development and growth of the state in a result-oriented
manner. Badal said the sagging economy of Punjab needed such a model, which could revive it within the parameters of planned growth. Highlighting the role of quality education, he said the most developed nations in the world set aside large parts of their budget on education. “We are faced with the major task of human development and have to start from elementary schools so that the foundation of our state is strong,” he said, urging teachers and students of the university to play a pro-active role in improving the state of education. He suggested they devote some time during their vacation in the colleges and schools in the rural areas to impart education to the
students, besides giving guidance and counselling to the teachers to create a healthy atmosphere to generate interest of the students in the academic curriculum. He also strongly pleaded for the financial autonomy for the states for better development and cohesive
growth. Citing an example from his own constituency, Badal said that the people of two villages, Kuttianwali and Jhotianwali, had requested him to change the name of their villages as they felt embarrassed whenever they sought matrimonial alliance for their children. On their request, he forwarded their case to the Secretary, Revenue, but he was informed that the state government was not competent to change names of villages because it was within the domain of the Centre. Badal informed the audience that he was a student of the university when it was located in Lahore and later also joined it at Chandigarh as a law
student. However,he could not complete his degree as he got busy with politics. “This university holds a great reputation and students of this university get preference in jobs everywhere,” he said, adding that he would do his best to help the university. He announced a grant of Rs 1 crore for the Regional Centre, Muktsar, and Rs 25 lakh for the Kauni Centre to be developed by Panjab University as an educational institution of excellence. Talking to mediapersons later, Badal reiterated that his government would live up to its poll promises. He said the government had issued guidelines for the identification of poor households in both rural and urban areas in the state for the implementation of the atta-daal scheme and the entire process of the survey would be completed by May 15, 2007.
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43 PU alumni awarded
Chandigarh, March 30 Professor Sobti congratulated the awardees and exhorted them to keep in touch with their alma mater by giving information about their achievements. Dean, alumni relations, Prof Tajinder Gill, in her introductory remarks, related the working of the alumni association and informed the house that the second phase of alumni house consisting of four suites along with a dining hall, lounge and kitchen were under construction. This phase would be operational by June 2007 and would be put to use in the coming academic session.
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Jaidka speaks on
modernism
Chandigarh, March 30 M.L. Raina, prof emeritus, was the guest of honour. Prof Manju Jaidka from the department of English, PU, delivered the valedictory address. She made an overview of modernism with special reference to literary giants such as T.S. Eliot, James Joyce, Samuel Beckatt, Ezra Pound and Indian writers, including Tagore, Aurobindo Ghosh and Mahatma Gandhi.
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Faculty training programme ends
Mohali, March 30 The programme, which was sponsored by the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), was addressed by renowned management consultants and experts, prominent being T.K. Magazine, a renowned management consultant who spoke on the dynamics of motivation. Colonel P.K. Vasudeva also addressed the concluding session and talked on WTO and its impact on Indian business sectors. Prof Satish Kapoor, dean and former chairman, University Business School, Punjab University, Chandigarh, delved into the details of supply chain management. Prof R.P. Gupta urged faculty members to sensitise themselves to changing business realities and incorporate those changes in their teaching.
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Counselling for parents
Mohali, March 30 At the end of the session, school principal Satwant Kaur Bedi addressed the gathering. She emphasised that if we portray model values and behaviour, our adolescents will also live out the same values. This interactive session was a great success and attended by a large number of parents and students.
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Himani third in PTU
Mohali, March 30 Himani Bansal got the third position in the overall university examination while Sandeep Dhingra ranked seventh in the merit list. More than 80 per cent students got the first division in the examination.
— TNS
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Seminar on nanotechnology
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 30 Professor D.D. Sharma, who holds a special chair at the Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, and is a professor at Materials Research Centre, Bangalore, delivered the keynote address. Dr Sunita Srivastava, on behalf of the organisers, spoke about the multifaceted activities of the physics department. Professor Keya Dharamvir, secretary of the conference, said nanoscience and nanotechnology were important emerging areas of interdisciplinary scientific education and research. Professor V. K. Jindal, convener of the conference, said about 25 speakers from Bangalore, Calcutta, Kanpur, Delhi, Jaipur, Gwalior, Roorkee and Chandigarh, along with over 40 other participants, are expected to deliberate over various issues at the conference. RTI Act
The department of correspondence studies, PU, invited professor D.N. Jauhar to deliver a lecture on “Right to Information”. He said human development is like an oyster and human rights are like pearls emerging from it. According to the Right to Information Act, which came into being in 2004, every public authority must furnish information about its organisation, policies and decision. Suicides in Army
Recently many cases of suicides have been reported in the Army and para-military forces, causing concern. Deliberating on it at the Centre for Defence and National Security Studies, Dr Jitendra Mohan, former professor of psychology, Panjab University, and currently national fellow ICSSR, brought out several reasons responsible for the suicides, including extreme job conditions, alienation, uncertainty, besides other social issues.
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Sarin moot court competition today
Chandigarh, March 30 Dr R.S. Grewal, director, UILS, addressed the teams. Dr Jasmeet Egan, coordinator of the competition, oriented the participants on the rules and regulations of the competition. There was also a draw of lots. Justice S.S.Sodhi, retired Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court and president of Sarin Memorial Legal Aid Foundation, will be the guest of honour. Professor R.C. Sobti, vice-chancellor, Panjab University, will preside over the inaugural function. The winning team will be awarded the “Sarin Moot Running Trophy’. Cash prizes will be given to the winners: Best team - Rs 18,000, second best team - Rs 10,000, best mooter - Rs 8,000, second best mooter - Rs 5,000 and best memorial - Rs 4,000, besides certificates of merit. The running trophy and the prizes are sponsored by Sarin Memorial Legal Aid Foundation. — TNS
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Retirement age raise sought
Chandigarh, March 30 In the memorandum, they have pointed out that the University Grants Commission had recommended to all universities of India to enhance age of retirement of teachers to 62 years. — TNS
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