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PU to tie up with UK varsity
Chandigarh, September 4 Dr Dave Morland, chairman of the department of Sociology, Liz Barnes, dean School of Social Sciences and Law and Steve Taylor, professor of Sociology have come under the UK India Education and Research Initiative, launched by the British Council which aims to create a step-change in educational relations between India and the UK. While the team came with the purpose of instituting collaborative work in trans-national sociology and development studies. A meeting with VC Prof R.C. Sobti has widened the scope to include psychology, sports, criminology, youth work and community development amongst other segments. Prof Manjit Singh, professor of sociology at PU and Dr Morland who have worked extensively on research papers earlier, initiated the meeting. According to the three visiting educationists, not only will this internationalise the curriculum, it will also initiate research work between the two universities. The programme also includes exchanges of students and faculty members adding exposure to the educational experience. “These programmes are important because increasingly our lives are being shaped by global perspectives and the exposure will only help. At the end of the day the processes are similar even if the regions are diverse,” explains Liz.
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VC gives nod to hostellers demand
Chandigarh, September 4 Today it is the hostellers’ turn to rejoice. A long pending demand to allow those sharing a room to share room rent rather than paying it separately has been given the formal nod by the VC declares
SOPU. Calling it the “keeping of its promise” SOPU activists said they had met the VC several times and also staged a protest on August 2 at the students’ centre on this issue. “At our behest the VC has constituted a committee to look into the matter. The committee has given a green signal when SOPU members today met the VC on the issue and the VC gave his seal (of approval) to be committee’s decision,” they said. They also submitted a memorandum to him requesting to increase the number of internal assessments of science students from two to three, which will help the students in regular preparations and will also allow for the two best attempts out of the three to be computed for the final result. Meanwhile, the Indian National Students Organisation
(INSO) has demanded arrangement of adequate hostels for the students of Panjab University and other colleges/institutions of Chandigarh. They stated that over 3,000 girls and 1,500 boys have been forced to live in PG and other rented accommodation because of non-availability of adequate hostels for students. “In view of spy-cams having been discovered in a bathroom of two PG students, all the students are feeling insecure,” said INSO campus president, Deepak Hooda.
INSO has laid stress on the construction of more girls and boys hostel, as it is the only permanent solution to this problem.
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‘Chak De! India’ in MBA course
Chandigarh, September 4 Aiming to teach aspiring management students some business skills through the film, the Aryans Business School (ABS), about 20 km from here on the Chandigarh-Rajpura road in Punjab, has decided to make "Chak De! India" a part of its Master of Business Administration (MBA) curriculum. "The film will be taken up as a case study through which management students will study various aspects of management which can help them to be good and effective leaders in the future," ABS chairperson Anshu Kataria said Tuesday. "The film, based on a real-life story, makes a deeper impact on students of management. They can visualise the concept of the story and apply it in job areas later on. It will refine the quality of being a manager. It provides guidance for not only being an effective manager, but also how to be best and a role model for others in whichever area they enter," Kataria added. Some business schools had last year taken up director Madhur Bhandarkar's film "Corporate" as a case study. The ABS believes "Chak De" helps understand concepts like human resource management, strategy, motivation, determination, skills, leadership, ambition and making the most out of the worst kind of situations. The film has Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh as the coach of the Indian women's hockey team that goes on to win the world cup. Released last month, it is doing well in theatres across the country and
abroad. — IANS
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Now, no GC-11 teacher can shirk duty
Chandigarh, September 4 In a bid to streamline classroom teaching, the Government College, Sector 11 is all set to have co-ordination committees of all the four streams namely Arts, Sciences, Commerce and IT to monitor classroom teaching in the college. Apart from the ten senior most lecturers of the college who would be on rounds during their free lectures as per rooms allotted from all the streams to make sure classes are being held regularly, the head of the departments will also supervise and will be submitting their reports on the same twice a month. Dr A.L. Gauba, principal of the college, who has recently taken over Dr A.N. Garg after the latter retired, said, “Though the classes were always held normally according to the time table, this would help to keep a check on erring teachers,
if any.” The first meeting of the college council has also been fixed for tomorrow after the new principal took over. The members of the council comprising senior most lecturers, dean, co-curricular and cultural activities, co-ordinator NAAC and others will discuss various issues pertaining to academic activities, sports and cultural activities, hostel problems, house examinations, up-coming students elections.
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30 cadets complete sailing expedition camp
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 4 The camp commandant, Commander Parbodh Saini, and four naval instructors Satish Kumar Chahal, Chatarpal, Jai Varun Giri and Anup Kutlehria led the team. The expedition covered a distance of 240 kms (approx.) from Bilaspur to Rishikesh, Joripattan, Nakrana, Bhakra, Lathiani and back. The cadets during this period were exposed to sailing, pulling, swimming, drill, semaphore, cultural activities and group discussions. Commander, Dharamvir Singh, who is the commanding officer of 1 Chandigarh Naval Unit NCC, flagged the sailing expedition on September 3.
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30 students participate in camp
Chandigarh, September 4 Thirty students from various parts of Punjab participated in the residential camp. According to the coordinators Prof K.K. Bhasin and Dr S.K. Mehta, eminent scientists and various science departments of the University exposed the youngsters to lectures. Students also got a chance to visit state-of-the-art laboratories, the Geology Museum, Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory at Ramgarh and Pushpa Gujral Science city at Kapurthala.
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Awards for seven KV teachers
Chandigarh, September 4 The awards would be presented at a function scheduled to be held at the Auditorium of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, on September 12 at 4 pm. Those who have been chosen include Anita Pathak, Sunita Dewan, R.S. Gehlawat, Asha
Vats, Dr Honey Arya, Poonam Kohli and Swaran Singh Bajwa.
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HC quashes action against Lieut-Gen
Chandigarh, September 4 The court has also directed the government to reconsider the case for his appointment as the director general, supplies and transport (DGST). The petitioner, Lt Gen S.K. Dahiya, along with several other officers, had been held blameworthy by the CoI, presided by Lt Gen G.D. Singh, last year. Administrative action was recommended against him and in May this year, he was awarded a severe displeasure. He is the senior-most Lieutenant General in the Army Service Corps (ASC) and consequent to the CoI, the government did not appoint him as the DGST when the post fell vacant in October last year. The Quarter Master General at Army headquarters, to whom the DGST reports, has been overseeing the functioning of the supplies and transport branch for the past few months, with a Major General handing the day-to-day affairs. Dahiya had alleged irregularities in the CoI proceedings as Army Rule 180, which gives an accused the right to cross-examine witnesses if his character or military reputation is involved, was not complied with. Further, the assembling of the CoI itself was unjustified as a prior one-man inquiry into the matter had held that there was no undue loss to the exchequer and had given the petitioner a clean chit. Observing that a “palpable infraction” of Army Rule 180 was evident from communications between the petitioner and the CoI, the bench, comprising Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice S.N. Aggarwal observed, “The petitioner’s request to examine witnesses in defence of his character and military reputation could not be disallowed so long as such witnesses were in his opinion necessary.” The CoI had turned down the petitioner’s request for cross examination on the grounds that he had already questioned 18 witnesses and further examination would delay the proceedings, which the Bench opined was legally unsustainable. “Documents demanded by the petitioner were not furnished to him even when the said documents formed a part of the CoI proceedings, which clearly meant that they were considered to be relevant to the issues being examined by the CoI,” the Bench further observed. This also prejudiced the petitioner’s rights under Rule 180. The Bench has also directed that the government “reconsider the proposals made to it by Army headquarters for appointment of the petitioner as DGST, in the light of the changed scenario in which the reasons earlier given by the government for not appointing the petitioner are no longer available.” The Bench has also directed the government that the petitioner’s reduced residual service would not be held against him while reconsidering his appointment. Rules state that a residual service of one year is required for this appointment, whereas Dahiya retires in March next year. A few months back the Delhi HC had quashed the CoI and subsequent court martial proceedings against the former DGST, Lt Gen S.K. Sahni in a case pertaining to irregularities in supply of rations. He had retired in September. It was perhaps, for the first time, that action was initiated on officers of the rank of Lieutenant Generals.
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Week-long theatrical treat from Sept 7
Chandigarh, September 4 The much-awaited annual bonanza is brought to the city by the North Central Zone Cultural Centre (NSZCC) Allahabad and NZCC Patiala in collaboration with the Department of Public Relations and Cultural Affairs, Haryana. While the opening act would be delivered by Gaya-based director Sanjay Sahay’s play ‘Jaanch Partal’, the famous Bollywood actress, Rohini Hattangadi, would provide the grand finale with her performance in a classic play, ‘Aprajita’, on September 13. Jaidev Hattangadi has directed the play for Kalashrey, Mumbai. ‘The Performer’ Udaypur will present ‘Poster’ on September 8 and Darpan Lucknow would stage Vijay Tendulkar’s ‘Kanyadaan’ on September 9 under the direction of Layak Hussain and Urmil Kumar Thapial, respectively. S.S. Azhar Alam’s play ‘Prashan Chinn?’ by the Little Thespian Kolkata is scheduled for September 10, while prominent thespian Bansi Kaul directs ‘Seedi Dar Seedi Urf Tukke Pe Tukka’ on September 12. The local group, Sandli Pairan Kala Kendra, too would mark its presence with Girish Karnad’s ‘Hayvadan’ under the direction of Shiromini Natkakar awardee Umesh Kant on September 11. Project director B.S. Balhara said all art lovers were welcome and the plays would commence at 6.30 pm on all days. |
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The nightingale of theatre dies
Now that she has slipped into eternal calm, they can hear a deafening echo that has brought back a flood of memories. At the heart of these memories is Roshen Alkazi, the costume teacher at the National School of Drama, who breathes no more. For theatre, Roshen’s death is an irreparable loss. For her students, it’s the end of a road headed for great destinations. While Delhi yesterday hosted a huge memorial service for the woman who pioneered costume designing in theatre, artistes from the region remembered her in their own little ways. Dolly Ahluwalia attended the memorial service at Art Heritage, the gallery Roshen inspired and enriched all her life. Among the attendees were her legendary husband Ebrahim Alkazi, and brother Alyque Padamsee. Rich tributes were paid to Roshen whom Dolly remembers as the endearing yet demanding taskmaster, someone who sprinkled costume designing with professionalism. “Roshen was a visionary all the way. She taught us the importance of functional costume and its head-to-toe detailing. I still cherish her queerly silent but effective ways. We called her the nightingale of theatre,” says Dolly, the winner of a Filmfare award for costumes in Vishal Bhardwaj’s “Omkara”. Roshen has, in fact, been part of the memory of the generation now busy enriching theatre. Among her students are Neelam Mansingh, Kumara Verma and G.S. Chani, who refined the discipline in their own ways. Neelam remembers her as the only reference point theatre ever had in terms of costume design. “A lot of my generation’s sense of designing for the stage comes from the exposure Roshen gave us. Her sense of colour, feel for design, economy of how to create the design, was incredible. Whenever I think of designing, her lessons in texture balance and functional costume, ring in my ears,” Neelam says, finding reciprocation from G.S. Chani, who, was Roshen’s student in 1976. “She was part of all Ebrahim Alkazi productions from ‘Tughlaq’ to ‘Andha Yug’, a woman who made costume designing professional,” Chani says.Roshen had not been working since Alkazi left theatre. She took ill and remained in hospice before finally giving into meningitis last week. She had spent years suffusing costume designing with excellence. She wrote “Ancient Indian Costume”, the most credible reference text for students of costume and was working on her next book. She was also managing the Triveni art gallery along with Alkazi. “Nothing quite equals Roshen’s professional energy and charm. She would take us to marketplaces, show us how to look for fabrics in the sea of cloth rolls. She designed costume for “Godan” which I directed for the NSD repertory after I passed out,” says Kumara Verma, who retired as professor from the department of Indian Theatre, PU. It was Roshen who gave Verma his first reward of Rs 50 for a job well done. Ironically, she herself never took a penny from the NSD for teaching the students. It was a voluntary service.
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Chandigarh, September 4