Taiwan team finds trade scope in Punjab
Chandigarh: Taiwan is keen to augur strategic partnership with the food basket of Punjab, said former Ambassador in India and leader of the delegation from Taiwan, Wenchyi ( Philip) Ong at PHD Chamber House here on Monday . The delegation also expressed that Punjab has lot of scope for trade and investment.The Republic of Taiwan looks forward to partner strategically with Punjab in agro and food processing, solar power and infrastructure. The interactive session with the business delegation of Taiwan was organized by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry at PHD House, Chandigarh.
ministers condole Aulakh’s demise
Chandigarh: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and Revenue and Rehabilitation, Information and Public Relations and NRIs Affairs Minister Punjab, condoled the demise of Pritpal Singh Aulakh , father of Gulveen Aulakh, Principal Correspondent, The Economic Times, Delhi, who passed away on Sunday. Expressing his heartfelt sympathies with the members of bereaved family, they prayed to the Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and strength to the family members to bear this irreparable loss.
Chandigarh BJP to hold Blood donation Camp
Chandigarh: Bharatiya Janata Party Chandigarh will organize a Blood Donation Camp through the Competent Foundation on the 50th birth anniversary of its state president Sanjay Tandon on September 10. Aarti Mehra, BJP Incharge for Chandigarh state will also be present to grace this occasion. Chandra Shekhar, BJP Chandigarh general secretary said that the blood donation camp will be managed by a special team of doctors from the Blood Bank of the PGIMER. The camp will also see the participation of various ministers of Punjab government and workers of BJP Punjab unit.
HR leadership Award
Shimla: RP Singh, CMD, SJVN has been conferred the CEO with HR Orientation Award and Nl Sharma, Director (Personnel) with "HR leadership Award" for their significant and outstanding contribution in the Human Resources Management Practices at "IPE Asia Pacific HRM Congress - 2013" held at Bangalore recently. The awards were organised by the Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), established in 1964. A jury of eminent personalities had selected the recipients for the awards. The awards are conferred in recognition of institutionalising in SJVN the best of best practices, policies, systems and leadership initiatives in the field of HR.
PGIMER SURGEON to DEMONSTRATE SKIll IN GERMANY
Chandigarh: An Orthopaedic Surgeon from PGIMER has been invited as a visiting Professor by University of Mainz, Germany in September 2013 where he is scheduled to demonstrate his surgical innovations and techniques in the management of complex hip problems. Professor Ramesh Kumar Sen will participate in the clinical and academic schedule of the University hospital of Mainz. Subsequently he will be visiting Riga, the capital of latvia to participate in Baltic countries Orthopaedic surgeons meet, as a plenary speaker. There, he will share his experience of managing difficult surgeries in Orthopaedic trauma. Earlier this year in March, Prof Sen was also a visiting Professor to Detroit Medical Center, USA, where he presented one of the world’s largest series of specific hip surgeries performed by him in PGIMER with a follow up evaluation of more than 10 years. Besides performing routine knee and hip joint replacement surgeries, Sen specializes in hip and knee revision surgeries and pelvi-acetabular trauma management. Avascular necrosis is a crippling disease mostly seen in people on prolonged analgesics, steroid therapy and in young alcoholics and its prevalence is increasing in North India.
Plantation drive Begins at IT Park
Chandigarh: IRS Officers Association and The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Chandigarh branch joins hands with few CSR initiatives of corporate like DlF and Infosys to organize a massive plantation drive across the city. The drive which was initiated on September 1, has involved the efforts of Garima Singh, Additional Commissoiner, Income Tax; Naunihal Singh, SSP Chandigarh. Under the aegis of same campaign a plantation drive was initiated on Monday at IT Park where plants were planted at driving lanes. On the occasion Santosh Kumar, Director, UT Environment Department, Deepika Mohan, Deputy Commisioner, Income Tax and Aakarshan Singh, Assistant Commissioner, Income Tax and employees of DlF and Infosys were present in the plantation drive.
M&M organises training programme
Mohali: Society for Automotive Engineers (SAE), UIET, Panjab University Chapter in association with Mahindra & Mahindra on Monday organized a Master Teachers Training Program of SAE-AWIM Jet Toy and Skimmer for Chandigarh Region. This training program was well attended by over 150 professionals including school teachers of tricity school, industry volunteers and UIET (Punjab University)’s volunteers organized at Millennium School, Sector 67, Mohali. The master trainer Saurabh Chitnivas, Secretary, Society for Automotive Engineers, PDP Board conducted the program. The objective of this campaign was to make the challenges of maths and science exciting by bringing authentic engineering design experiences into the classroom. The trained teachers and volunteers will impart the implementation process in their respective schools and prepare for the AWIM Regional Olympics to be held across the several cities.