Declamation at Hindi Dept

Chandigarh: The Department of Hindi, PU, organised the KK Grover and AC Bali Declamation Competition on Friday. A total of 31 students from various colleges and university departments participated in the event. In the KK Grover Declamation Contest, Priyanka Thakur from PGGCG, Sector 11, bagged the first position; Bhoomika from the UILS, PU, stood second; and Mayank from the Department of Hindi bagged the third position. In the AC Bali Declamation Contest, Hirak Singh Kaushal from DAV College, Sector 10, stood first; Ravitej Singh Brar from the Department of Urdu stood second; and Ashta Bothra from the PGGCG-11 bagged the third position. The winners will be rewarded during the annual convocation of Panjab University. TNS

Indo-European conference

Chandigarh: On the first day of the 4th Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion – European Hematology Association (ISHBT-EHA) Tutorial, organised by the Department of Hematology and Internal Medicine, eminent speakers from the UK, Germany and Turkey delivered talks on cutting-edge scientific developments in acute and chronic blood cancers as well as challenges of applying these new technological and pharmaceutical innovations to developing countries. TNS

Admission to Centre for IAS

Chandigarh: The Centre for IAS and other Competitive Examinations, Panjab University, will start a fresh batch of coaching classes for UGC-NET (Paper-I) examination from March 25. The last date for submission of applications form is March 24 till 5 pm. There are a few seats left in the batch for coaching of PCS (Judicial) which will start from March 2. Interested candidates can apply for the same. tns

Seminar at University

Chandigarh: A session to mark National Science Day, under the Mission Innovate Punjab, was held on the second day of the Prof RC Paul National Symposium (RCPNS) 2020, with the theme ‘Women in Science’, at the Department of Chemistry, PU, here on Friday. The symposium was a unique platform for sharing new ideas in chemistry that can improve the life of a common person. The key address of the symposium was delivered by Dr Sanjay Misha from KIRAN Division of the Department of Science and Technology. TNS