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With a few days to go for Republic Day, a boy is selling Tricolour to a motorist at the Sector 17 lightpoint in Chandigarh on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
Teacher given Indira Gandhi NSS National Award
Mohali, January 22
Dr Sarabjeet Kaur Sohal, Programme Officer, NSS, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Phase -III B 1, has been awarded the prestigious Indira Gandhi NSS National Award, 2005- 2006, by the Vice-President of India, Mr Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, at the 12th National Youth Festival held at Shivchhatrapati sports complex, Balewadi, Pune.
PU institutes 2 national science awards
Chandigarh, January 22
Panjab University has instituted two national awards-the Vigyan Rattan and Udyog Rattan -under the aegis of the Industry-Institute Partnership Cell of the University.
The awards will be given to recognised scholars in science and technology in
order to promote public, private and national-level partnership of these
scholars.
Trainee teachers celebrate ‘Basant Saturnalia’
Chandigarh, January 22
Nursery trainee teachers of DAV Model School, Sector 15-A, organised a cultural programme ‘Basant Saturnalia’ at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, here, today.
The function was inaugurated by Ms Indira Dhingra, Principal, GMSSS 21, and Ms
Rakesh Sachdeva, Principal, DAV-15.
Wipro picks up 22 from GC-11
Chandigarh, January 22
Gold rush continues for college students with IT companies making a beeline for fresh graduates passing out of city colleges.
As many as 22 students were picked up from Government College Sector 11 today by
Wipro. The career counselling and placement cell of the college kickstarted its
"Placement Fest" with the company’s visit.
Rotten orange juice being served to students
Chandigarh, January 22
Students residing in Boys Hostel Number 2, Panjab University, have complained that the canteen running in the hostel is selling unhygienic food. The students led by Ankit Jain stated that orange juice being served in the canteen was being prepared from rotten oranges.
Rotten oranges lying in a basket at the canteen of a PU hostel in Chandigarh.
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From Colleges
Colony residents given free medicines at NSS camp
Chandigarh, January 22
The NSS wing of the GGDSD College, Sector 32, here, organised a health camp in Colony No. 5. Volunteers along with experts conducted blood tests of the colony dwellers. More than 100 residents were tested for blood sugar and hemoglobin and those detected with some deficiency were given free medicines.
A new dimension to
kite flying
Panchkula, January 22
Kite flying assumed a new dimension at The Gurukul, Sector 20, and in Madanpura, as Basant Panchami celebrations took over at the two schools here today.
KITE TRAIN: Students of The Gurukul, Sector 20, Panchkula, try their hand at kite flying at the Basant
Panchami celebrations in the school on Monday. — A Tribune photograph
Counselling workshop at Eurokids
Chandigarh, January 22
An interactive and informative workshop was organised both at Eurokids Chandigarh and Panchkula yesterday where in experts from the Eurokids corporate had an informal counselling session with parents.
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Hindustan Petroleum organises Quiz contest
Chandigarh, January 22
A quiz contest for school children was organised by Hindustan Petroleum, as a part of the oil and gas conservation fortnight celebrations today.
The quiz contest was organised at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, it was
to judge the awareness of oil and gas conservation among students.
PEC alumnus interacts with students
Chandigarh, January 22
Mr Dhiraj Sehgal, an alumnus of Punjab Engineering College, who did his masters from the University of North Carolina State, USA, had an informal session with the third and final year engineering students of electrical stream.
Ex-Annians get together
Chandigarh, January 22
The St Anne’s Old Students Association celebrated their sixth anniversary at The Gravity disc, Sector 35, here, on Sunday.
As many as 85 ex-students from the 1992 to 2005 batch and members of the
association got together and cherished the old memories.
Old students of St Anne’s celebrate their sixth anniversary at The Gravity disc, Sector 35, Chandigarh, on Sunday.
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Workshop on patent awareness
Chandigarh, January 22
A patent awareness workshop was jointly organised by the Chitkara Institute of Engineering and Technology and the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology under the auspices of the Department of Science and Technology here today on the Chitkara campus.
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