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Budding designers put up creations
Chandigarh, May 28 The annual event offered a diverse range of 39 innovative collections from graduating students of the institute. The show presented an eclectic mix of works from the budding designers. Excellent choreography by Kaushik Ghosh lent grace to the collections showcased by well known models, including Amanpreet Wahi, Lakshmi Rana, Tina Chhatwal, Joey Mathews and Binita to name a few. Everyone present was simply awestruck by Alka Kumari’s collection titled “Can You Hear me” showcasing fitted silhouettes and rich textures and Neetika Jain’s collection about ‘Gandhigiri’. Nishi Hans’s collection titled ‘Eves Little Princess’ embodied the beautiful aspects in a woman from being a girl to reaching a marriageable age. Pankaj’s collection, ‘Chou the Jokers’ was inspired by the lifestyle and wardrobe of a Chinese joker. Mini Sondhi’s ‘Namesake’ had the famous movie ‘Namesake’ as its backdrop. As in the movie, constant conflict between the two cultures has been very aptly shown in the collection also. Manpreet presented ‘Rockstar Kids’, children of the new generation in the best of sparkle and glitter. Colourful fabrics were created keeping in mind the new generation’s activities. Some of collections presented by the knitwear design and technology department were ‘Veggie Parade’ by Shikha Bajaj, The best design collection went to ‘Gandhigiri’ by Neetika Jain whereas the most creative collection award went to Malvika. The most commercial collection went to ‘Darzi Bana Designer’ by Sonal and the best usage of traditional technique was awarded to Nishi Hans for her collection ‘Eves Little Princess’. The best knitwear design was given to Sanjeet Kumar for his ‘Garden Party’ and the most creative collection was awarded to Asha Kumari. Ankita and Shalini, in the knitwear design and technology category, shared the most commercial design
collection.
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Patience pays, says actor
Smriti Sharma Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 28 And to announce the same, model-turned-actor Syed Zulfi was present at the institute. Winner of Gladrags Manhunt 1997, Zulfi made his mark in TV commercials, print ads and above all in films such as ‘Pyasa’ opposite Yukta Mookhey, ‘Chupka Se’ and ‘Taj Mahal’. Armed with a degree in hotel management, this lad from Bangalore thinks while patience and politeness are the basic principles of hospitality and aviation industry, in this era of cutthroat competition, a pinch of glamour, a dash of make up and knowledge of a foreign language are an added advantage. Underlining the importance of hard work in the aviation industry, Zulfi said, “The service industry requires constant dedication and discipline from the staff”. Sharing his three-point mantra of fitness, focus and patience, he claimed that success and failure did not bother him. “I am an actor. After the end of the day, my job is to act, to perform,” he avers. Keen to do periodic films on the lines of ‘Troy’ and ‘Gladiator’, Zulfi would soon be seen in a negative role in an action-oriented film to be shot in Prague and Bulgaria and another flick titled, ‘Lara’ directed by Deepak. Speaking about the course, Priyanka Khosla, MD, Flying Cats, said, “Already about 100 students from our centres across the country have been placed with various airlines like Qatar Airlines, Kingfisher Airlines, Jet and Spice Jet and the new course would strengthen students to take a further plunge into the field and will prepare them for the stiff competition in the industry.”
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Workshop on heritage trees
Panchkula, May 28 Nisha Sharma, district education officer, inaugurated the workshop which was attended by 50 teachers from various districts of the state. She told the participants about the values of heritage trees. She stated that school eco clubs under the National Green Corps project would survey the heritage trees, identify them and protect them. Maintaining that there was a danger of losing native trees, S.K. Sharma, president, Environment Society of India, advised the school eco clubs to identify the heritage trees such as - bodh, pipal, neem, shesham, mango and to work out plans to protect these. Jagdish Chand, divisional forest officer, Ambala, spoke about the sacred trees mentioned in the Indian scriptures and stressed the need to preserve these. He also informed the participants about the forest laws and regulations. Radhey Sham Sharma, a scientist of the department of environment, Haryana, stated that the best eco club would be awarded by the District Monitoring Committee at the district level and by the environment department at the state level. Sunita Malik and Rama Kant, in charges of district eco clubs, assured full support in implementation of this scheme. Manager of the host school Kusum Gupta proposed a vote of thanks.
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From Colleges
Chandigarh FAREWELL:
Students and staff of Chitkara College of Education for Women gathered at Udbhav 2007 to bid adieu to students of the 2006-07 batch. A wide variety of games and cultural events were organised for the outgoing students. Students were nostalgic at the parting ceremony which had Dr Sangeeta Pant performing the tilak ceremony. While Rohini was adjudged Ms Chitkara, Manisha Rattan was declared Ms Charming and Ms Prabhjeet got the Ms Elegant title. A special award was given to Paramjeet Kaur who was adjudged Ms All-rounder. PLACEMENT:
As many as nine students of Shaheed Udham Singh Polytechnic College, Tangori, have been selected for appointments by Bajaj Sons Limited, a Rs 2,000 crore turnover company. A press note issued by college principal Prof S.K. Girdhar, here, on Monday informed that the nine students had been selected after campus interviews and written qualifying tests at an annual pay package of Rs 84,000. FAREWELL:
MBA final-year students of Indo Global Engineering College, Abhipur, were given a touching farewell by their juniors. Amanpreet Kaur Sethi and Gaurav Sarochya were adjudged Ms and Mr Farewell, respectively. Amanpreet was the star attraction being the only girl from the Punjab MBA colleges to get job offers from six companies, including Bharti Tele Tech.
— TNS
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Booths not till Aug 13, HC tells admn
Chandigarh, May 28 Ashutosh Vermani and eight other residents of Sector 15-B, Chandigarh, had filed a writ petition on May 9 seeking directions to the Chandigarh administration, through the administrator and estate officer, to explain how it had permitted the construction of booths and shops on a green patch of land adjacent to Guru Gobind Singh Bhavan and Congress Bhavan in violation of the master plan and the zoning plan. The petitioners had submitted that on the left side of Madhya Marg there were only institutional buildings, government offices and petrol stations. Thus, the shopping complex in Sector 15 adjacent to Madhya Marg was in gross violation of the zoning plan. It was averred that the complex would deface the uniform architectural plan of the city. Today, when the petitioners appeared in the court, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Mahesh Grover issued directions to the administration not to make allotment of booths till the next date of hearing.
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High
Court
Chandigarh, May 28 The petitioner, H.C. Arora, submitted that all enactments and rules,
duly updated, were not available in printed form in the shape of bare
Acts or rules. The statutory enactments or rules framed thereunder were
available to some extent in the form of book series like ‘Local Laws
Manual’ or ‘Services Manual’ etc which were alphabetically
arranged.
However, the petitioner averred, that these books were never revised
subsequently. Many statutory enactments were not incorporated in these
books and also that these books contained serious errors with many
important amendments missing therein.
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Judicial remand for 8
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 28 Sources in the police said all eight accused were produced before the court. The police sought remand of two accused - Deepak Sharma, owner of Chander Palace in the motor market, Mani Majra, and his friend Rohit, who allegedly brought the Uzbek girl to their hotel, but the court refused their police remand. The police had busted a flesh trade racket being run from the hotel for the past over eight months by laying a trap yesterday.
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Play on ill-effects of tobacco staged
Chandigarh, May 28 The play was organised by the Tobacco Cessation Clinic (TCC), department of psychiatry, PGI, in joint collaboration with the Servant of People Society, Chandigarh. Associated with the Servants of the People Society, Lajpat Rai Bhawan, the manch artistes have already staged more than 80 shows in schools and colleges of the city over the past six years, said director of the play Parvez Saini. With a storyline weaving around the tobacco, liquor and drugs-borne diseases and the plight of people ruined because of addiction, the artistes were on the mission to create awareness among the masses, said Saini. — TNS |
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Eco-friendly fashion his passion
Chandigarh-based fashion designer Simarjit Bagga celebrated his ‘green’ bug by designing for the launch of “the world’s first absolutely eco-friendly denim” during Earth Day festivities at Auroville (Tamil Nadu) last month.
One of three designers (his buddies Jigme Bodh and Sahil Jishtu being the other two) who created four distinct lines for the fashion show that unveiled the denim (Go Indigo Jeans), Simarjit was simply following his conservational instinct. It was a spur which came alive during industrial visits to dyeing units where he saw “huge mountains of untreated chemical waste soaking into the earth and polluting it.” He decided that he had to search for places that produced fabric naturally. It was at this time that Simarjit and his two friends were to apply for an internship during their fashion design course. But where does one find an environment-friendly one? After searching for options in Kashmir, the North-East, Gujarat and Rajasthan, they finally chanced upon ‘The Colours of Nature’ at
Auroville, founded by Spaniard Jesus Ciriza in 1993 which produces eco-friendly clothing by using organic cotton and natural dyes, specialising particularly in natural indigo fermentation. Not only were two months (March and April) spent learning the process of earth-friendly indigo dyeing (which incidentally consumes less water than other indigo-dyeing methods, does not require fixing agents and the use of
hydrosulphite) but also designing pręt lines to showcase the denim. The fashion show on April 21 comprised four rounds of garments - casual, auroville, explorer and party - to parade the versatility of the hand-loomed, completely organic, naturally produced indigo-dyed denim. Jeans, coconut shell for buttons, French pants, chunky jewellery, pockets and loops, macho and hippie and glittery and funky - the styles had them all. The bug had bitten good and proper. Simarjit’s personal style mantra is also like his eco-friendly notions. “I like to work in cotton and silk and the clothes and fits should be comfortable. Freedom, that is the essential ingredient,” he smiles. He knows he has miles to go but his career chart shows his determination. It was while studying law at Panjab University that Simarjit decided to opt out and study fashion design. Today he came accompanied by two friends (volunteer models at the fashion show at
Auroville) who want to work with him and take these ecological ideas of fashion further. German Pedro Antunes trades in fabrics while Jona Akaike (from Japan) is impressed with Simarjit’s designs which, she believes, are truly “beautiful”. The two are in Chandigarh to explore what Pedro calls, “the process of progress”, in short a collaborative effort towards producing clothes that are high on environment and zero on pollution. But that is not all. Simarjit is also speaking with a London-based design label ‘Komana’, who saw the boys’ designs at Auroville and liked them. But what this young boy ultimately hopes for seven years from now is employing 10,000 people whose health and education he can support through his work. His guiding spirit is his God, Shiva, who will show him the path to preserving man and earth.
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