Promotion of 5 PCS officers as IAS notified
Chandigarh: Union Ministry of Personal, Public Grievances and Pensions on Wednesday notified the promotion of five PCS officers including Pardeep Kumar, Kuldeep Singh Vaidh, Shiv Dular Singh Dhillon, Rajiv Prashar and Vinay Bublani to Indian Administrative Service against vacancies. The notification was issued on Wednesday.
Councilors to take stock of dev works
Chandigarh: To take stock of development works of various wings of the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh (MCC), the Mayor Poonam Sharma has decided to visit all wards of the city. Sharma said that she will invite all area councilors to accompany her during visits to various wards. Concerned officers of all engineering wings will also accompany the Mayor. To get first hand account of problems being faced by the area residents, we will go to the people in their houses, she said.
Maluka school students visit Vidhan Sabha
Chandigarh: As many as 55 Class-X girl students from Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Maluka village in Bathinda on Wednesday visited Punjab Vidhan Sabha to know the historic, political, architectural significance. They also visited Rock Garden and other tourist spots at Chandigarh, and enjoyed the visit terming it as their memorable tour. The tour was arranged by Punjab Rural Development and Panchayats Minister Sikander Singh Maluka who accompanied the students during their visit to Punjab Vidhan Sabha besides educating them various features of the Assembly.
Entrepreneurship summit from Feb 6
Chandigarh: Panjab University (PU) is all set to host the first ever entrepreneurship summit — UDYAMI-2015 — from February 6. last date for registration for three-day summit, organized to encourage and promote entrepreneurship among youth, is February 5. Summit is being organized by EDC-UIET and would be a host to many high profile speakers, investors and entrepreneurs. The main focus is on e-commerce, stock market, job versus entrepreneurship, seed funding and angel investors.
Punjab notifies 6 non-official chiefs of PDDB
Chandigarh: Punjab Government on Wednesday notified six non-official directors of the Punjab Dairy Development Board (PDDB) under section 3 of Punjab Dairy Development Board Act, 2000, as amended on April 20, 2004. Spokesperson said that Milkfed managing director has been nominated as director on the behalf of representatives of milk plants. Similarly, Nestle India limited, Moga, on the behalf of private sector, Swaran Singh Haripura of Amritsar and Partap Singh of Chabba village, Amritsar, have been nominated as directors on the behalf of representatives of Dhodi Union and representatives of consumer association respectively.
RIMC test schedule for Jan ’16 announced
Chandigarh: The entrance examination for admission to Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC), Dehradun, for January 2016 term would be conducted at Chandigarh’s Sector-15 lala lajpat Rai Bhawan on June 1 and 2. Punjab Directorate Sainik Welfare spokesperson said that only boys were eligible to apply for admission, and the candidates appearing for the test should not be born earlier than January 2, 2003, and not later than July 1, 2004. Selected candidates will be given admission in Class-VIII.
Free English coaching for SC, ST, BC students
Chandigarh: Panjab University’s Department of life long learning and Extension (Dlll&E) has started three-month free remedial coaching in English for students belonging to SC, ST, BC, OBC (non-creamy layer) and minority communities under the UGC Scheme. As many as 54 students belonging non-creamy layer and minority communities from the local colleges and varsity departments got enrolled for the course.
Punjab notifies 14 ADAs as APPs
Chandigarh: The Punjab Government on Wednesday notified 14 Assistant District Attorneys (ADAs) as Additional Public Prosecutors (APPs) and notification in this regard has been issued. Spokesperson said that Punjab has appointed 14 ADAs as APPs under sub-section (3) of section 24 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (Central Act 2 of 1974). ADAs, who have been appointed as APPs include Tejinder Singh Bal, Manoj Kumar, Bhupinder Kumar Sharma, Rakesh Kumar, Surinder Kumar Sachdeva, Navneet Kumar Gupta, Ritu Jain, Jagjit Kaur Walia, Rajesh Sharma, lalit Mohan, Nanu Ram, Gurpreet Singh, Arvind Markan and Charanjit Singh.
Blankets distributed among poor patients
Chandigarh: Poor patient wing of Sri Sathya Sai Sewa Organisation on Wednesday distributed 50 blankets to poor patients in PGIMER, Sector-12, Chandigarh. PGIMER’s deputy medical superintendent Dr Vipan Kaushal was the chief guest on the occasion. The members of laughing Club, Sector-32 and Sector-46, Dr JG Chabbra, Sl Wadhwa, DP Arora and RD Sharma were also present.
Application forms available for lPUNEST-2015
Chandigarh: Application forms for ‘lPUNEST-2015’ entrance test, conducted under the National Entrance and Scholarship Test initiative, for BTech at lovely Professional University are now available online. lPU chancellor Ashok Mittal said that ‘lPUNEST-2015’ would be conducted in 113 cities across India from March to May. Scores obtained in the test will be considered as eligibility for scholarship of up to Rs5 lakh per student.
Workshop on Women Empowerment held
Chandigarh: Panjab University (PU) on Wednesday hosted a sensitisation workshop on societal fellowship scheme of Centre’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) for women empowerment at the Golden Jubilee Hall. Workshop was organized by Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST) in collaboration with Research Promotion Cell (RPC), PU and DST. National Academy of Sciences (NASI) chairperson Manju Sharma, Punjab Science, Technology and Environment secretary KAP Sinha and DST’s SEED Division principal scientific officer Jyoti Sharma delivered talks on the occasion.
Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight concludes
Chandigarh: The valedictory function of ‘Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight - 2015’ was held at NIPER, Mohali, where Punjab Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs principal secretary G Vajralingam was the chief guest. IOC executive director and state level coordinator, oil industry, Punjab, PK Das welcomed all the guests and stressed the need of conserving petroleum products in order to save not only money but most importantly environment. He said that oil industry conducted more than 2000 activities during ‘Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight’ in various sectors in Punjab to make people aware on this national concern.
Symposium on pharma trends on Feb 6
Chandigarh: University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Panjab University (PU), would organize a one-day symposium on “Emerging Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences” on February 6. The Symposium would provide an opportunity for the participants to hear from leaders in drug industry, academia, research, IPR, entrepreneurial ventures, regulatory affairs, and soft-skill management. Nearly 250 participants have registered for the symposium while 80 are presenting their work in the poster session.
Kingston’s new centralised courier support
Chandigarh: Kingston has introduced a Centralised Courier Support to further strengthen customer service in India. These modifications give Kingston an edge in terms of better communication, faster response time, reaching more regions and extending its effective service to a much larger customer base.