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Manpower crunch ‘biggest hurdle’ in IT growth
Chandigarh, August 2 Companies are in the process of outsourcing the standardised talent. Companies are hard pressed in retaining the innovative talent because of greener pastures around, he said. The education system needs to make adjustments according to changed times. Earlier, the talented looked for jobs and now the jobs are looking for the talented, he said. Narayanan said the big IT companies should now look for investments in tier II cities like Chandigarh. Governor of Punjab, Gen (retd) S.F. Rodrigues, in his keynote address, said the development of IT was required to be "all inclusive", so that a large number of unemployed people living below the poverty line can be brought to the mainstream of development. Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon, minister of information technology, Punjab, said “the state was working out an elaborate plan to upgrade education in colleges in order to meet the requirements of the IT sector. Education must add to production in the competitive world. In four years, Punjab will ensure 100 per cent self sufficiency in power supply which will be an important benchmark in IT revolution. H.S Chatha, agriculture minister of Haryana, said Panchkula is being developed as the next major IT hub after Gurgaon in the state. At least 74 acres of land has been earmarked for the project in the foothills of Shivaliks. S.K Sandhu, finance secretary, highlighted the widespread application of IT in e-sampark and gram sampark centres of the UT. Vishnu Dusad, managing director Nucleus Software Exports, spoke about IT application in banking and how it had revolutionised the loan disbursing and recovery system. “Our company software is being used by nearly 70 per cent private banking institutions. The key to programme is simplifying the loan disbursal and recovery systems", he added.
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PU freezes NRI, industry quota admissions
Chandigarh, August 2 In an internal communication to all departments and offices in the university, Vice-Chancellor Prof R.C Sobti today made it clear that no admissions would take place under NRI/Industry categories as of now. This decision comes in the wake of pending contempt proceedings against Panjab University at the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The matter comes up for hearing tomorrow and the case was with regard to subdivisions within the NRI admissions category for PU’s dental college. Recently Punjab government had issued an amended notification abolishing the NRI quota for postgraduate courses in all medical colleges. Chandigarh Administration had also informed the high court that it would follow the Punjab pattern for post-graduate medical courses following the case of Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32. Interestingly, despite the contempt proceedings, the Vice-Chancellor had sanctioned three additional seats for admission in LLM Part-I (Session 2007 - 08) under NRI category asking candidates, who had already applied under the category, to bring their documents, including the bank drafts and sponsorship certificate for admission. The contempt proceedings tomorrow have already put a question mark on the validity of the admissions made so far. “We are going to request the court to let the admissions stand for this year but in case they do not agree we will abide completely by the decision the court takes,” said Professor Sobti. When asked what would happen to the students already admitted, Professor Sobti reiterated that under no circumstances would they allow any contempt against the PU. “If the students wish to go to court they are free to do so,” the V-C added. Crucially, this move may mean a loss of Rs 22 crore that the university gets from NRI-sponsored seats, a sum the university can not to lose. Professor Sobti is optimistic that “something will be worked out” to counter the loss. “I have several ideas but I will put these before the Syndicate first,” he said. The Syndicate is due to meet on August 12. According to sources, with the fees charged by the university being among the lowest in the region and with vehement opposition from several quarters every time the issue of increasing fees is raised, the impact is also bound to be felt in the development work on the campus. Separately, there have been two instances in the recent past, say sources, when salaries did not go in on time and the university had to borrow money from the Chandigarh Administration to pay its staff.
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Engg students take to streets
Chandigarh, August 2 Raising slogans against the management, the students alleged that the institution had misguided them at the time of admissions. The institute claims to “train for government-recognised AICTE recommended syllabus engineering courses at par with BE /BTech” in aeronautical engineering, mechanical, computer science and electronics and telecommunication, the students said. They further alleged that there were no proper facilities in the institution, which was being run by director S.K. Dhama and administrative director Kulwinder Singh. There is also no 24-hour-open library and internet connection, as the institute had claimed. The institute also did not specify any university that would award the degrees, which is mandatory for such courses being run by any institution. The students said the institute had only freshers as all the other others had left the institute. They alleged that they were being taught for barely an hour each day and there were only two faculty members, who visited occasionally. Although the website listed 10 faculty members, the director, when confronted, didn’t even know their names. Moreover, around Rs 42,800 was charged from each student at the time of admission. The students, who hail from Uttrankhand, UP, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and other far-flung areas, were made to think that the courses being offered by the institute were recognised by the ministry of HRD and ministry of education. What makes it worse is that several of these students have taken loans to pay the hefty fees as they do not hail from financially sound families. The students revealed that they were facing depression. One student hailing from Faizabad even tried to commit suicide. The students alleged that when they approached the director, he harassed and threatened them of dire consequences, if they demanded their money back. The students want their money back so that they could seek admission elsewhere, before the admission process closes. Although the management called the police to control the students, they backed off when they realised that the grievances of the students were genuine. SHO Harsahay of the Sector 31 police post spoke to the students and said they were looking into the matter. When contacted, S.K. Dhama and Kulwinder Singh, director and administrative director of the institute, respectively, said the institute was a coaching academy. “The institution is a registered society and we are not doing anything wrong,” Kulwinder said.
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200 saplings planted
Chandigarh, August 2 Ishwar Singh advised the students to plant more and more trees to make the city greener and cleaner. He emphasised on saving water and harvesting of rainwater. The function started with a welcome speech followed by lectures on energy conservation and rainwater harvesting by Dr Balkar Singh and Samrath Madan, respectively. The movie, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ directed by Davis Guggenheim, concerning the environment was also shown to the students. This was followed by a rock show with an enthralling performance by the rock band - The Black Strings, wherein the students swayed to the tunes of the rock music. Dr Vini Arora, department of Botany, had conceived the innovative idea. Dr Puneet Bedi said, “We have a target to make MCM DAV College the most eco-friendly college of the region.”
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GCS announces scholarships
Chandigarh, August 2 Gurmeet Singh Arora, CEO, GCS Group, also announced that they would increase the number of associate learning institutes in the country from 100 to 150 by the end of current financial year. He also assured that the students of the institute would provide 100 per cent campus placement assistance. Arora said, “Distance education is a boon to all those who wish to acquire professional certifications that can enhance their career”.
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Training for KV teachers
Chandigarh, August 2 S.S. Sehrawat, assistant commissioner, Chandigarh region, was the chief guest on the occasion. Dr Shergill, venue principal, said the training programme, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, would focus on the organisation, its policies, education code, appropriate professional conduct, use of technology in teaching, qualitative aspects of academic results and self-evaluation exercises.
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High Court Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 2 The petitioner association has sought directions to the UT administration to provide appropriate accommodation for the functioning of the tribunal. Also, the presiding officer of the tribunal, at present functioning from the premises of Punjab National Bank, Sector 17, should be directed to function from the building of the tribunal in Sector 8-C here till appropriate arrangements are made. The PIL, filed through association’s secretary Anil Sharma, also sought directions on the need for appointing recovery officers in tribunals. The petitioner association averred that LLB should be made the basic qualification for appointment of such recovery officers. It also favoured framing of rules for such appointments, besides ensuring a single cadre for the posts of the presiding officers of DRTs and the recovery officer. The petitioner has also sought directions for bringing the DRTs under the union ministry of law and justice instead of the ministry of finance. The association has also urged for directions to stay the operation of July 20, 2007, vide which DRT-II in Chandigarh has been ordered to be located in the building of Punjab National Bank, Sector 17, so that the same operates from the Sector 8 building. The Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Mahesh Grover, issued notices for September 6 to the union ministry of finance and the union ministry of law and justice. The Chandigarh administration and the presiding officers of tribunals, Chandigarh, too, were issued notices.
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Transfer stayed
Chandigarh, August 2
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Gargi’s Kesro staged
Chandigarh, August 2 Simultaneously, the play offered a veritable analysis of the multifarious social evils, orthodox approach and lapses in governance, all laced with the crisp dialogues with rural sensibility. Sculpted by the legendary playwright Balwant Gargi, the captivating classic play is indeed a challenge, but employing certain innovative aberrations like live folk musical renditions, Suneeta embellished the pastoral drama to its highest perfection. The protagonist Kesro, tempted by her obsession to read herself all letters posted by her soldier husband, starts learning under the adult education scheme to the envy of the nagging neighbours. Realising that
education will make her the master of her destiny, she learns with interest and musters enough courage to check and stall the motifs of the greedy moneylender. While the strong folk flavour enhanced the pleasure of the play during the performance, actors like Deepti Kapur, Jagdeep Jaggi and Kamaljit Kaur excelled as also Amandeep, Antarjeet, Manjit Singh, Anitpal Kaur, Rupinder Jit Kaur, Mamta, Harpreet and Sukhjit Kaur. Welcoming the audience, akademi chairperson reiterated that the sleek presentation of Kesro was a part of our envisaged plan to promote and propagate the meaningful regional theatre. |
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