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Colleges to have alumni directories
Chandigarh, October 15 Close on the lines of professional colleges, the city government colleges are all set to have their alumni directories to maintain the records of the old students. The colleges intend to advertise in all newspapers for the former students to join in. “Alumni are the driving force behind college events and placement programs. There is so much that the alumni can do for colleges and the institutions have started realising the mutual benefits. The idea is to have a database of all the former students, many of whom have made big in their respective fields. Directories would help locate the students and also invite them from time to time for workshops and lectures that can benefit the students,” said Raji P. Shrivastava, director, higher education. Government College, Sector 11, already has an alumni association that already has a proposal for an alumni house on the campus. “We will be able to contact the overseas alumni if we have their contact numbers and addresses. With official functions happening, the college can get donations and new scholarships as well,” Dr A.L. Gauba, principal. “Though we have an active alumni association since the 70’s nevertheless, this would be a wonderful step in the direction of bringing back old students to their alma mater,” opined Promila Kaushal, principal, and alumni of GCG, Sector 11. Dr K.S. Saluja, principal of Government College, Sector 46, said, “An alumni directory would help us know where all our students have been placed and inviting them to the college would be a great motivation for the present students to do well in their lives.”
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Students given tips on family planning
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 15 COMPETITIONS: With a view to inculcate competitive spirit among the students and to enable them to face the world in a more pragmatic way, the department of bio-sciences that includes zoology, botany, and bio-technology of Government College, Sector 11, organised an intra-college competition comprising poster-making, add-mad show, caption-contest and open-book test today. Prof Manjit Brar, vice-principal, inaugurated the function. Dr A.L. Gauba appreciated the students for their efforts and gave away the prizes. Dr Harjinder Singh, dean, college instructions, was the guest of honour on the occasion.
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Admissions
Chandigarh: The date for admission to MA (public administration), which has been switched over from annual to semester system from the current session (2007-08), has been extended till November 2, with a late fee of Rs 500 according to prof Pawan Kumar Kamra, coordinator, public administration, department of correspondence studies. The interviews for admission to MPhil (sociology) will be held on October 17 at 2.30 pm in the office of the chairperson of the department of sociology. Counselling for admission to MPhil (physics) 2007-08 will be held on October 18, from 9.30 am onwards at the department of physics. Competitions: The Energy Research Centre organised a debate and essay writing competition, at ICSSR Complex today. Vice-chancellor prof R.C. Sobti, while inaugurating the contest, expressed his concern about the depleting natural renewable resources. About 100 city schoolkids participated in the contest. — TNS
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Workshop on nursing documentation
Mohali, October 15 Ajitha, Nursing Superintendent, Fortis highlighting the need and importance of proper documentation and discussed the scenarios where proper patient care could suffer due to lack of the same. Vinesh Sharma, head of nursing-in-service education, guided how nurses could design formats themselves that would cover all aspects of care and be less time consuming.
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Puri sworn in as HC judge
Chandigarh, October 15 Justice Puri assumed office immediately after taking oath and shared the division Bench with Justice S.K. Mittal. The oath was administered at a simple ceremony and attended by judges, lawyers and bar association officials.
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City lawyer takes up illegal migration issue in Spain
Chandigarh, October 15 And the credit for highlighting the gravity of the situation goes to a city-based lawyer, Anil
Malhotra, who threw up some timely nuggets of wisdom to stem the rot. Malhorta, the only lawyer invited from India to attend the seminar held from October 8 to October 10, told The Tribune that he had informed a largely European gathering of distinguished migration experts about the Indian experience on illegal migration. To buttress his point, he had cited an Interpol study “Marco Polo” which had found that India was one of the countries accounting for the largest number of illegal immigrants coming to western Europe. The importance of the matter could be guaged from the fact that the United Nations had been prodded by the report to commission a special study on this issue. Much to the shock of the European experts, Malhotra also revealed to them that a multi-million dollar illegal immigration racket, where $ 20,000 to 30,000 were being charged by unscrupulous agents to send gullible Indians abroad, thrived in India and the authorities were perplexed as to how to kill the dollar-pound syndrome afflicting Punjabis. Stunning examples were also put forth by Malhotra to convince the elite gathering of the need to streamline the process of migration from developing to developed countries and the illegal immigration mess that Punjabis were caught in The gathering was told that in 1996, 289 south Asians, including 170 Punjabis, found a watery grave in the Ionian Sea in their voyage of illegal immigration to Europe. Also, the United Nations had quoted the US-based Indian- American Centre for Political Awareness to inform that 73 men from Punjab, duped by employment agents in Punjab, landed in Tehran after a 1,500 mile journey on foot. They were frost-bitten and their toes had to be amputated. The extent of operations of illegal migration agents was also stressed upon by Malhotra who informed the seminar that onn June 24, 2007, the Indian police had apprehended an agent with 300 fake travel documents including 25 forged passports, 114 fake visas and duplicate passports with fake identities. He emphasised that there was a pressing need to channelise migration through government routes and the government alone, alongwith recognised agencies, should act as a conduit for facilitating immigration and emigration. Penal laws should be strengthened to give more teeth to the police to crack down on unscrupulous migration agents.
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Tata Sky, Zee Turner dispute reaches High Court
Chandigarh, October 15 In a petition filed before the High Court, Tata Sky has claimed that ‘ETC Punjabi’, broadcasting Gurbani live from Golden Temple, is not available on its platform, though it is offered as free-to-air cannel on Doordarshan. The company has impleaded the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Zee Turner and Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) as respondents. In fact, the petitioner has alleged that TRAI has failed to ensure the creation of a level playing field in the matter of channels, even though it is one of the key regulatory objectives. The petitioner has added that the DTH was conceived of as an ‘alternate content delivery platform’ for providing competition to existing cable TV dominance. Rather, TRAI in explanatory memorandum to its regulation dated December 10, 2004, clearly stated that DTH was an alternative platform to cable and CAS. But, in reality, TRAI has not taken steps to ensure smooth co-existence of DTH service, CAS and cable. Giving details, the petitioner has stated that the TRAI has not come out with content pricing for DTH. In its absence, the consumers are being deprived of popular choice, evident from the fact that one of the most popular channels in the state, ETC Punjabi, was not available to it despite repeated efforts and several communications to Zee Turner. The petitioner has added that TRAI was ‘creature of a statute’. As such, it was required to discharge its functions under the statute, but has failed to do so. As a result, respondents Zee Turner and ETC Punjabi have abused their dominant position and have deprived the Tata Sky viewers’ access to the channel, which has hurt their religious feelings and sentiments. The arbitrary and discriminatory treatment meted out to Tata sky is facet of regulatory inaction and discrimination, which requires to be redressed. As such, emergent orders are required to be passed to ensure Tata sky viewers were not at disadvantage. Taking up the petition, a division bench of the High Court, comprising Chief Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Mahesh Grover, has issued notice of motion to the respondents. The case will now come up on October 31 for further hearing. Going into the background of the matter, the petitioner has claimed that it has been issued license by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to offer DTH service, where signals are sent directly to a viewer's home.
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A kaleidoscope of expressions
Chandigarh, October 15 The exhibition is unique for the gamut of mediums explored although this seems to be entirely coincidental. What the show actually does is, bring together a motley group of young artists - some studying, some teaching - under a single roof and gives them the chance to explore their own expressions. The group showing of this scale is a first for ‘Art Drops’, a body formed by four artists, Sapna Goel, Preeti Sharma, Divya Bansal and Ritu Gupta, who in turn, invited people to participate by contributing their works for this showing. The exhibition titled ‘Crossing Currents’, was inaugurated by Vivek Atray, director, PR, and tourism, Chandigarh, at the Museum of Fine Arts at Panjab University today and was well attended by the artist fraternity from the city. With four to five works contributed by each artist - sculptures, etchings, installations, paintings and photographs - all contribute towards making this showing a truly imaginative experience. “The idea is to unite Indian artists. They do not have to be known names, they can be fresh and new to the world of art for this is a platform to express,” says sculptor and city-based participant Puja Kapoor who also teaches at a local school. Her three works on display (two in fibre glass and one in metal), blend the distinction between man and woman into one form, one creation in graceful lines. The sculptures by Ganga Dhar Mahato draw from his first name and like the flowing river that collects the remnants of people that live by it, the works in the form of ebb and flow of water, clutch at the sticks and twigs collected in ceramic and metal. Jagdish Kumar’s unusual installation and works are symbols of life through kitchen utensils that have the feel of metal but are all made with paper. Pressure cooker, shoes, honey jar, even the chattai from the installation, are all superbly crafted. A Shantiniketan product, Atanu Pramanik’s large canvases are his way of finding his place in the world. Here quaint images and historical artefacts mingle in surreal natural surroundings to produce unusual and inventive paintings. Srinagar-based Arshad Hussain’s photograph of a submerged boat in water shows a keen eye while Mahati Vashishta’s ‘Windows of an Optimist’, crafted with various kinds of threads over a painting on canvas cloth, makes for an appealing view. Ankita Yadav’s etchings from a series of works derived from under the water, depict images of a girl and a fish, and Uma Ray’s excellent works, fluid in form, “revolve around various issues related to the positioning of the self in the midst of socio-political and cultural uncertainties.” There are many more works to delve into and each is open to interpretation like any artwork that appeals to the aesthetic sense. The exhibition is on display till October 20 from 10 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm everyday. |
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Hi-tech Ramlila draws crowds
Chandigarh, October 15 The main highlight of the evening was the highly dramatic and gripping ‘Sita svyamvar’ in which Ram (Sukhwinder Grewal) put the varmala on Sita (Rajesh Goel) after breaking the dhanush in the darbar of Raja Janak. As Ram broke the Dhanush, the sky exploded with a colourful display of fireworks, specially organised by the Ramlila Committee. Pradeep Chabbra, corporator, who was the chief guest on the occasion said, “It is after many years that I am seeing such a large gathering at the Ramlila. The special efforts made by the Ramlila Committee to bring in high technology has borne fruit and I am happy that all sections of the society are now present here to witness the Ramlila. A very important reason for this is the way fast-paced action takes place on the three sections of the stage and recorded dialogues complete with background music and special effects. It is an audio as well as visual delight for the audience and children, specially, seem to be really enjoying it.” On Tuesday, the scene of ‘Bharat Milap’ will be enacted. In this, Bharat will come to Chitrakut to persuade Bhagwan Ram to return to Ayodhya. |
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