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Special Exhibition
Chandigarh, December 4 So here they are- Sarvesh, Rahul, Simran, Rasleen, Tanya, Harveen and Shiven, all final year students, with a show that captures for the first time the processes leading to float making. This time the college contributed 14 floats for the Chandigarh carnival; each one a mighty statement in creativity. The contribution is made every year, but this time it is special for this show the students have mounted on the subject. There’s no name to the show; it explains itself. From the first picture to the last, the series mirrors those countless fleeting moments of inventiveness that make the vital difference to any artistic pursuit. “Our floats are a rage among the carnival visitors. But no one knows how much effort goes into their making. The college literally stops functioning for 10 days; every student is out in the ground, preparing sketches, finalising structures for floats and then mounting them on rickshaws,” said Brahm Prakash, college principal. The show was opened by former principal Prem Singh, who was busy enjoying his nostalgic reunion with ex colleagues. “I am very happy to see an old tradition being preserved with so much care and love,” he said in his trademark, warm, style. The students, on their part, let the frames do the talking. While Sarvesh, a final year applied art students contributed the maximum visual footage to the show by way of pictures, his friend Rahul pitched in with crisp illustrations imbuing the carnival spirit. Photographs came out very powerful as they celebrated every single individual who worked on the floats that fetched thousands of rupees for the students. “A single group managed to make Rs 17,000 by way of joyrides on rickshaws decorated with floats. There were several such groups,” said D.S. Kapoor, another force behind the carnival. Illustrations too were subtle yet strong and drew a huge response; the same goes for the show, on at Art College applied art section.
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Existing open school system ineffective: Expert
Mohali, December 4 M.C. Pant, chairman of NIOS, presided over the meet. Dr Dalbir Singh Dhillon, chairman of PSEB, gave the welcome address. Dr Dhillon said education was an important tool of overall development of the human beings. It was the basis for the development of human society through development of attitudes, values and capabilities - both of knowledge and skill. He further said the present formal system of education had no answer to the problems related with education. It was not able to cope up with the academic and vocational needs of the student population. It had not reached the
poor and rural society, particularly girls. Pant said the existing open school system had not been able to provide pathways to individuals for moving between learning, training and earning sectors. He said it should offer modular programmes to suit the diversity of purposes. He said it should include high-quality work-based learning system and should equip people with the skill needed for self-directed learning. The present system had ignored the demands of the people employed in unorganised sectors, as it did not provide a system of recognition of their competencies and suitable certification, he added. Prof K.R. Chandrasekharan, director of academics, NIOS, delivered vote of thanks.
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Corbusier’s works on display from tomorrow
Chandigarh, December 4 The exhibition is being jointly organised by the Chandigarh administration, Foundation Le Corbusier, Embassy of France Alliances Francaises, Chandigarh, and Air France. The exhibition would depict the mature phase of Corbusier’s works, which includes the building up of Chandigarh, a press release of the Chandigarh administration said. ‘From Marseilles to Chandigarh’ - the first important exhibition series Le Corbusier ever produced in India - would display more than 200 works, plans, models, paintings, sculptures, tapestries, manuscripts, books, drawings, photographs and other pieces from the collections of the Foundation Le Corbusier, added the press release. Le Corbusier was born in 1887 in Switzerland as Charles-Edouard Jeanneret but changed his name after he shifted to France in 1917. He took French citizenship 13 years later. Upon his death, Le Corbusier left behind 35 sculptures, 52 books, 550 paintings, 6,500 drawings, 32,000 architectural plans and sketches, countless articles and 64 finished buildings. The exhibition will be on till December 22 and then will travel to Ahmedabad in January.
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Outsourcing not successful for PU
Chandigarh, December 4 The vice-chancellor had to constitute a committee to review the security and cleanliness of the campus within two months of deploying private security personnel. In its first meeting held on October 11, the ten-member committee dwelt upon the problems faced by the security officer and the SDO (horticulture) regarding the security and cleanliness, respectively. It then came to light that the private security staff is reportedly doing double duties, thus compromising on the security of the campus. Also, even after deploying the private security guards, the university security officer has to supervise the working of these men. It has also been found that there is hardly any checking of those entering the campus during late night. Shockingly, monthly wages for security guards were decided to be around Rs 5, 500, whereas they are barely paid half of the amount promised. At the time of agreement between the contractor and the university, 100 security men armed with walky-talky sets and patrolling vehicles were promised, whereas in reality there are only a handful of security guards without any vehicle at hand and no walky-talky sets. The monthly expenditure of outsourcing the security is coming out to be around 6 lakh. In the light of the above, all the members were of the view that if everything has to be supervised by the university security then the very purpose of outsourcing is defeated. “Recently, more than thousand forms of UBS were stolen from the university. Later it was found out that they were taken away by a private candidate in connivance with one of the private security guards. Under these circumstances the accountability of the guards and control of the university over them comes under scanner”, remarks a member of the committee. As regards the cleanliness, the committee recommended that fresh tenders be called after the present contractor completes its tenure in December 2007. The next meeting to review and revise both the matters is scheduled to be held on December 5.
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From Schools
Chandigarh, December 4 This annual event was conducted by Science Education Centre, DAV Public School, Dayanand Vihar, Delhi. The Principal of the school Rakesh Sachdeva told that these toppers hold academic brilliance and are top position holders in NSTSE, Science Olympiad and other competitions. Results: Chemistry- First Position Akash Bansal (DAV-15), Second Position Shivangi Sharma (DAV-15), Third Position Karan Jindal (DAV-15). Physics- First Position Dhruv Jain (DAV-15), Second Position Abhineet Gupta (DAV PS, Dayanand Vihar), Third Position Karan Jindal (DAV-15), Anjanpreet Kaur (DAV-15). Biology- First Position Dhruv Jain (DAV-15), Akash Bansal (DAV-15), Second Position, Charanpreet Singh (DAV-15), Third Position Karan Jindal (DAV-15). Brilliant performance
Students of Manav Mangal School, Sector 11, have put up a brilliant performance in the International Informatics Olympiad-2007 organised by the Computer Literacy Foundation, New Delhi. Out of eight categories they have bagged gold medal in three categories in Haryana. Twelve students have bagged top positions in the state of Haryana. Ayushi Singla and Dheeraj have got first position in Haryana. They have been placed 23rd at the national level. Dhairya also got first position in Haryana. Other students, who were among the top ten in Haryana, are Nikesh Bansal, Chahak Garg, Shailender Pratap, Kshitij Budhani, Kautabh Roy, Samriti, Rahul Monga, Sakshi Sharma and Rahul. Sandeep Sardana, principal of the school, said three children taking first position in Haryana from one school was a unique achievement.
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‘Banvaas Ton Baad’ released
Chandigarh, December 4 Later talking to the Chandigarh Tribune, Mohan Gill disclosed that ‘Banvaas ton baad’ gives a different dimension to the conventional gloomy beliefs nurtured by old migrants. Agreed, many a times the struggle, strife and sufferings due to racial connotations or transitory problems limit us to criticize society or governance of alien lands but the positive aspects of prosperity must not be ignored. Living thousands of miles away from his village, Dehlon, a postgraduate in English from Ludhiana has been breathing the pastoral culture of Punjab. “The prevalent evils of female foeticide, dowry, deprivation of ethical values, religious prejudices ailing in society back home hurt me”, he claims. Women had been inscribed as goddesses in our epics but practically they are the most neglected and prejudiced class, Mohan maintained when asked about being so generous to feminine themes in his poetry. Akademy secretary Dr Nahar Singh conducted the programme. |
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Six in fray for Voice of Punjab
Chandigarh, December 4 The contest winner will be awarded a contract for release of his album besides sharing stage performances with Jazzy B in London, disclosed Rajie M Shinde. Talking to the Chandigarh Tribune the acclaimed music director, Atul Sharma, also a judge for the contest, disclosed that out of 10,000 aspirants 80, boys and girls, were selected for audition and only 18 could make it to semi-finals and now only six contestants will vie for the title tomorrow. The finalists between the age group of 19 to 21 are endowed with a passion and potential for singing, he adds. Gurdev Tohfa from Taran Taran with no classical background specialises in folk and pop singing. Rohin Gill a plus two student learns classical music and sings ghazals too. Sanjeev Kumar from Jallandhar, student of Lyaalpur Khalsa College, claims mastery in folk and ghazals. However, three contestants, all students of bachelor in performing arts from Apeejay College of Fine arts, Jallandhar, seem to have an edge over others. Undergoing training in classical music is my fore says Sandeep Singh and Vikram who were the members of the winning teams of GND varsity in the Inter-varsity competitions. Madhusudan of the same college had won the first position in junior classical local competition at the Hrvallabh Sangeet Sammelan in 1997. He sings light classical, sufi and folk music. |
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