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Governor’s no to Kapoor’s plea for extension
Chandigarh, April 11 Kapoor moved from the Punjab Engineering College to the CCET in early 2005 and retired as principal of CCET on March 31. In a representation to the Chandigarh administration, he contended that he retained his lien in the PEC. The retirement age of employees of the PEC, now a deemed university, being 62, he was entitled to another four years of service. Highly placed sources told The Tribune that even though Kapoor’s claim was found to be “completely illegal,” it remained under active consideration of the administration till it was finally rejected by General SF Rodrigues. In his representation, Kapoor based his claim on his “substantive appointment” in PEC, first as assistant professor, then as professor and finally as principal. He argued that the post of the principal of CCET was an ex-cadre post, which did not affect his lien in PEC. The administration sought legal opinion on the issue that rubbished Kapoor’s claim. Senior standing counsel Anupam Gupta concluded that “any attempt to revive that lien and to allow him (Kapoor) to return to PEC, with another four years in service to boot, is not only legally impossible, but would be a blatant act of favouritism in exercise of a discretion that does not exist.” In a detailed note, Gupta pointed out that the post of the CCET principal was not an ex-cadre post. Besides Kapoor had opted to move to the CCET after the administration had sought option from PEC employees in view of its “deemed” university status. “By exercising this option, Kapoor terminated his own lien” in PEC . When contacted, Kapoor said he had not received any letter from the administration rejecting his claim. “My representation is legally sound. I have claimed lien on the basis that a confirmed employee holding a substantive post cannot be left without a lien. Since CCET does not have cadre post, my lien with PEC stands,” he said. Sources said PEC alumnus Anand Prakash, a retired chief engineer from Haryana (who had taken on the former DGP Haryana SPS Rathore in the Ruchika molestation case) also wrote to General Rodrigues, alleging that the administration “seems to be showing undue favouritism to Dr Baljit Kapoor.” He listed various charges levelled against Kapoor which he said had not been probed into. Terming Kapoor’s representation as “misrepresentation,” Prakash requested General Rodrigues to intervene so that no “undue favouritism was granted to Dr Kapoor who is already a tainted officer.” Kapoor rebutted Parkash’s allegations stating that no charges were pending against him. “There were mere allegations which were probed and filed,” he said.
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Business school opened
The Swami Vivekanand Group of Institutes (SVGOI), Banur, on Monday launched a School of Business Management offering postgraduate programme in management (PGDM). The course approved by the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) will commence from the 2007-2008 session. Manmohan Garg, CEO, while addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, said the institute was the only one in the region to get a nod from the ministry of human resource development for this programme. Garg said the entire curriculum and teaching would be according to the IIM pattern. He said the school would also impart practical training by giving opportunities to students for internships in various companies. The school has tied up with corporate houses to provide campus placements for the students. — TNS 250 get degrees
Degrees were conferred on 250 students at the fifth annual convocation of Sri Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dera Bassi, recently. Dr R.C. Sobti, vice-chancellor, Panjab University, who was the chief guest, exhorted students to step out and explore the opportunities in the changed global scenario. He urged them to work hard and take initiative without forgetting their values and culture. Dr I.P. Singh, principal, read out the annual report of the college and highlighted the vision of the institute for the future.
— TNS 38 get
placements
At least 38 students from various engineering colleges of the region have been offered jobs by Pune-based Honeywell Automation India Limited at the end of joint placement interviews which concluded here today at Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering and Technology, Tangori. The two-day placement bonanza, which witnessed as many as 1498 students registering themselves for the interviews, saw 95 students being shortlisted for the final round of interviews. The chosen candidates were handed over appointment letters on the spot by Honeywell officials. Chairman of SUSCET Sukhwinder Singh Sidhu said the management was extremely encouraged to promote such activities in future.
— TNS Talk
on e-governance
e-governance is radically transforming lives by bringing about a qualitative difference as is evident in our day-to-day interface with government systems. These ideas were expressed by Vivek Atray, director, public relations and tourism and one of the pioneers in bringing IT revolution in Chandigarh, in his address on the theme of e-governance at the Rayat and Bahra Institute of Engineering and Bio-Technology, near here, today. Atray explained that the success of e-governance in Chandigarh could be easily gauged from the fact that starting from only three centres in 2004, their number had increased to nine centres with 36 counters in city which were providing 17 government to consumer and three business to consumer services. Gurvinder Singh Bahra, vice-chairman of the Rayat and Bahra group, eulogised the initiatives and efforts taken by Vivek Atray in his tenure and making e-governance a success story.
— TNS
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Community centre to
become school
Chandigarh, April 11 A 10-member team of the administration, consisting of chief architect Sunita Monga, senior standing counsel Anupam Gupta, DPI Schools S.K. Setia, senior town planner M.L Arora and executive engineer MC, visited the site and found it fit to run a school. The team submitted its report to home and education secretary Krishna Mohan. It was then decided that the community centre would be converted into a school. The team also inspected the three branches of MRD Public School, Vedic Girls School, Jatindera Public School, National Pride School and TD Model School, all at Mani Majra. About 800 students in two shifts will be accommodated in the proposed school at the community centre building and about 400 students will be adjusted at the second shift at the Little Flower School
building. “The administration is concerned about the issue and we are making efforts to accommodate all the students in the Mani Majra area. The concerned school principal and department have been instructed to plan out the modalities and requirements,” Krishna Mohan said. The education department will start classes from next Monday in these schools. Meanwhile, the municipal corporation has been requested to complete the necessary alterations and modifications before April 15.
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Several function without recognition
Panchkula, April
11 The deadline for applying for the recognition ended yesterday. Kanta Malik, DEO, said while 22 schools had applied for permanent recognition, 34 new schools were likely to be given recognition and permission to run a
school.
The DEO said inspections would be carried out by the department at all secondary and senior secondary schools. Before the last date of applications for recognition was extended, the office of the DEO had said there were no unrecognised schools in the district. While most of them were already recognised, 20 schools had applied for recognition and 20 other had sought permission to open a school. President of the local private schools Shree Chand said “Admissions in all schools began from April 1 as slated. The recognition will take its own time.”
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Education must produce good citizens: Rodrigues
Chandigarh, April 11 Manpreet Singh Badal, Punjab’s finance minister, assured all support in promoting the education standard of PPS Nabha. Four new members have also joined the school board of governors as ex-officio members, including Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, finance minister Manpreet Badal, education minister Dr Upinderjit Kaur and Ramesh Inder Singh, chief secretary,
Punjab.
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Minister meets teachers
Chandigarh, April 11 PCCTU brought to the minister’s notice that Parkash Singh Badal had amended the Punjab Affiliated Colleges (Security of Service Act) in 1999 to grant pensionary benefits, a scheme although approved by his cabinet on Dec 12, 2001, still remains unimplemented to date. Manpreet Singh Badal told the deputation that education minister Dr Upinderjit Kaur had already discussed with him key issues.
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Now, entrance test for M.Ed students
Chandigarh, April 11 All candidates desirous of seeking admission may apply for the test latest by April 24. According to the chairperson, department of correspondence studies, PU, admission to this course is being done for the first time through OCET. For details, interested persons may refer to advertisement No. 04/07/CET, dated April 3, 2007 in The Tribune and Indian Express. More information is available on the following website: www.puchd.ac.in.
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He trained top stars
Chandigarh, April 11 “Undoubtedly, Punjabis make the best actors, history has proved that,” averred Namit who has trained a number of stars of the Hindi film industry, including Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, John Abraham, Viveik Oberoi, Saif Ali Khan, and the list is endless. When questioned about the relevance of acting schools, he remarked acting schools play a big role in enhancing the creativity of the actors. “Not only we train them to be complete actors but also inculcate certain values in them,” he said. Apart from voice culture, diction, improvisation body language etc, the syllabus includes animal study as well. Known for imposing strict discipline on his students, he is fondly called as ‘lovable hunter’ by them. “Unlike the stars of yesteryear, actors today are passionate about their work. They realise the fact that money and fame are the by-products and what matter in the long run is the good work that they do.” Commending the efforts of Hrithik Roshan, who, he feels, is one of the finest actors that industry has, Namit claims, “When Hrithik first came to me, he was a lean and lanky and not good even with acting. But he was willing to work on himself and he did work hard for months together and finally emerged successful.” Blaming it on the sequence of events for Viveik, he said his work in ‘Company’ proved his mettle. Talking about the changing scenario of films, he articulated, “These days even the word struggle has gone for a toss. Unlike the past, the actors don’t have to slog that much. If you know how to market yourself, you are through. The event managers are here to do this job for you.” |
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Young dancers impress
Chandigarh, April 11 The programme began with dance recitals of Vishnu vandana ‘Shantakaram Bhujang Shayanam’ and Saraswati vandana ‘Aye Sharade Maa’. Six-year-old Shubra Koser won lofty applause for an immaculate classical dance item 'Basant'. After solo performance of Shubra, a group of girls performed an item ‘Tarana’. The students then danced their way into the hearts of the audience while performing a Rajasthani folk dance ‘Shawan Surango . . .’ Giddha was a spectacular show of talent, grace and verve by young artistes attired in colourful Punjabi costumes. The programme concluded with raas nritya of Lord Krishna. Vinod Sood (vocal and harmonium), Narinder (tabla) and Partha Sen (sitar) and Prakash (flute) accompanied the artistes. |
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