Guv inaugurates tribal painting workshop
Bhopal:Inaugurating a tribal painting workshop at Raj Bhavan here today Governor Anandiben Patel said that tribal folk art should be included as an additional course in schools and competitions should be organized on this art. She said that there is need to take tribal folk art to the reach of common man and publicize it.
The Governor drew a ‘Swastik’ and inaugurated the workshop. The workshop which will continue from February 15 to 23 at the Kshipra Guest House at Raj Bhavan premises has been organized by Department of Culture, Adivasi lok Kala Parishad and Tribal Folk Art and Dialects Development Academy, Bhopal. Ten Bhils and 10 Gond tribe artists will exhibit their paintings at the workshop. The workshop will be open from 11 am to 6 pm.
Principal Secretary to the Governor M Mohan Rao, Principal Secretary Culture Manoj Shrivastava, Commissioner AYUSH Shikha Dubey, Director Akshay Kumar Singh, Coordinator Tribal Museum Ashok Mishra and Director Vandana Pandya were also present on the occasion.
BHEl inaugurates inducted CNC lathe machine
Bhopal:In a simple programme held at Water Turbine Manufacturing Division BHEl Bhopal DK Thakur Executive Director BHEl Bhopal inaugurated the newly inducted CNC lathe machine into the bandwagon of the machines installed at the division. On this occasion Rajeev Singh General Manger (Hydro Division) TK Bagchi General Manager (TCB & CPX) DD Pathak General Manager (Fabrication) and senior officials of Water Turbine Manufacturing Division, MOD, WEX and FHX were present.
SIPTec organises national seminar
Bhopal:Sagar Institute of Pharmacy and Technology (SIPTec) organised a national seminar on Recent Advances in Spectrophotometric and Chromatographic Analysis of Pharmaceutical Preparations.
The seminar was sponsored by Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology. Principal, SIPTec Kuldeep Ganju, welcomed the guests Neeraj Upamanyu and Anoop Chakraborthy followed by prayer to Goddess Saraswati and lighting of ceremonial lamp.
The speakers highlighted the analytical techniques chromatography and spectroscopy which play a vital role in isolation, identification and structure elucidation of the pharmaceutical compounds. Expert lectures on the topic and poster presentations encouraged the exchange of knowledge and ideas amongst students.
The seminar was aimed to enlighten the participants with the concepts and advances of these techniques. The technical posters presented by the participants will be evaluated and winners will be acknowledged. BPharm, MPharm students, researchers and faculties from the various colleges and research laboratories attended the seminar.
udhir Kumar Agrawal, Chairman, Sagar Group valued the initiative undertaken by MP Council for Science and Technology and extended his gratitude to speakers.
officials of 18 States visited igrms
Bhopal:Directors and officers of 18 States of Tribal Research Institute of India visited Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya on Thursday. The delegates were welcomed by Director, IGRMS Prof Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri who gave them the initial information about IGRMS. He said the term tribe has different connotations. Each tribe should be understood in its own perspective and environment in which they live.
IGRMS is a remarkable example of mini India where the cultures of various communities are displayed in the curatorship of artists from respective communities. later, on they were shown documentary film on IGRMS and taken to various open air and indoor exhibition of Museum, where they were guided by the senior officer of the museum.
Bhikangaon social organisation in Golden Book of World Records
Khargone:A social organisation from Bhikangaon town in the district has got its name registered in the Golden Book of World Records by conducting blood tests on as many as 2,501 people within a period of six hours.
The organisation, lakshya Parivar, broke the previous record set at California in the USA, where blood tests were conducted on 1,460 people in six hours, Asia head of Golden Book of World Records, Manish Vishnoi, said.
lakshya Parivar set the record on Wednesday. "In a period of six hours, lakshya Parivar conducted blood tests on 2,501 people," Vishnoi said.
Vishnoi presented the certificate of the world record to Chandan Sharma, convener of the organisation, on Wednesday. The Golden Book of World Records team recorded the entire process on cameras. According to Sharma, his organisation chose the Valentine's Day to set the record to send a positive message to the society.
"Apart from setting the record, 260 people also donated blood for the thalassemia patients. We chose the Valentine's Day to set the record to send a positive message among the youths. We informed about the blood group to the people, who took part in the record feat," Sharma said.
BAN on women from using mobile phones
Sheopur: A Maha Panchayat of a tribal community in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh has banned women of all ages from using mobile phones, saying they have a Rs corrupting influence'.
The Maha Panchayat of the Saharia tribe has asked girls and women from the community across 52 villages of Agra and Vijaypur areas in the district not to own mobile phones or even talk on them. Anybody found violating the diktat will have to pay a fine of Rs 1,100, it decided last month.
However, an exception has been made for the women working in government offices who can use mobile phones, said a community leader. Maha Panchayat president Baishaaram Adivasi said that tribal Rs panchs' (community heads) from 52 villages met in Dehri area on January 27.
"At the meeting, we decided on a slew of measures to reform our community," he said, adding that one of these measures was the ban on use of mobile phones by girls and women. The reason was that these gadgets promote "vulgar Internet content" and have "corrupting influence on mind", he said.
A committee of 10-12 persons in each village will ensure that the order is implemented, he said. The Maha Panchayat also banned drinking and consumption of narcotic drugs, he said.
sitasharan to attend Commonwealth meet
Bhopal:Speaker of the State Assembly Sitasharan Sharma would leave the State capital to attend sixth Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Indian Region) meeting, which would be organised from February 16 to 19.
In the seminar, a discussion on ‘Role of Parliament in Development Agenda’ and ‘legislative and Executive: Important Pillars of Democracy’ would take place. Principal Secretary of State Assembly Awdesh Pratap Singh would accompany State Assembly Speaker Sharma at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association to Patna.