Punjab approves appointment of deans at MRSSTU
Chandigarh: Punjab Government on Monday formally approved appointment of Deans for various faculties at Maharaja Ranjit Singh State Technical University at Bathinda. A Spokesperson said that the government has issued instructions to appoint seven Deans for different faculties in the University. The decision was taken at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Sarvesh Kaushal who is also Director of Board of Governors of varsity.
list of gazetted holidays modified
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has made partial modifications in the list of gazetted holidays of the year 2015. The holiday which was to be observed on September 1, 2015, on the occasion of prakash purb of Guru Granth Sahib, would now be observed on September 14, 2015, on Monday. A notification to this effect was issued on Monday by the state Personnel Department. Spokesperson said that all the offices, corporations, boards, educational institutions and other undertakings of the Punjab Government would remain open on September 1, 2015.
SBI starts new recovery campaign of NPA defaulters
Chandigarh: Gone are the days when people used to squander bank's money after taking loans and not repaying it despite tireless efforts of the bank. A current example of the same has come to light wherein the State Bank of India, Stressesd Assets Management (SAM) branch, Chandigarh, after exhausting all its persuasive efforts took physical possession of the properties of Ranger Foods Private limited situated at Suchan village, Sirsa and House No 247, Sector- 15, Panchkula mortgaged in the account of Herman Milkfoods limited situated at Retgarh village, Samana, Patiala with the assistance of District Administration and Police Authorities on August 26. While it gives a stern message to all defaulters that public money can no longer be allowed to be swindled, it shall also help in using blocked funds for productive use of the public.
PESCO to start govt-approved courses at Bathinda
Chandigarh: Punjab Ex-servicemen Corporation (PESCO) is going to start government approved certification courses at Bathinda from the first week of September 2015. Spokesperson said that PESCO Vocational Institute at Bathinda has provided refrigeration and air conditioning, electrician technician, fire and industrial safety and computer basics and applications courses for three to six months whereas security training course for two months. He said that JCB training and pre-training for recruitment in army and semi paramilitary forces for four months.
Pb appoints RN Gupta as chairman of ACP Panel
Chandigarh: Punjab Government on Monday constituted a committee to provide benefits under Assured Career Progression (ACP) to the officers or officials of different categories. Retired IAS officer RN Gupta has been appointed as Committee chairman with another retired IAS CS Talwar and retired PCS Jaswant Singh as its members. Spokesperson said that the committee will look into issues of officers or officials under ACP scheme, and furnish its detailed report after hearing them besides administrations constraints and legal hurdles relating to ACP. The tenure of the committee would be for our months from the date of commencing.
Pb announces rotational irrigation programme
Chandigarh: Punjab Irrigation Department has announced the rotational programme for irrigation for the Kharif season through canal water up to September 5. The channels of Sirhind canal system would run on the priority basis from Bathinda Branch, Bist Doab, Sidhwan Branch, Patiala feeder and Abohar Branch respectively. Spokesperson said that direct distributaries of Bhakra Main line in group 'A' being in the channels of first preference will run to their indent and balance water supplies available will be utilized in Ghaggar Branch and its off taking channels, that is Ghaggar Branch and Patiala Minor in Group 'B' respectively.
Five-day training programme in Varsity
ludhiana: Five-day training programme on ‘Fish Processing and Value Addition’ at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, concluding on Monday. Addressing the concluding session, varsity’s College of Fisheries Dean Dr Asha Dhawan said that the demand of fish as healthy, nutritious, convenient and quality food is increasing day-by-day, but, at the same time, it is also a highly perishable food item which needs proper handling and preservation starting from the catch till consumption. She said that there is immense scope in developing value-added products from fish and enhance profitability of fish farmers through processing, which is required to be integrated with an effective marketing channel.
Training prog on Environmental Health at PGI
Chandigarh: Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) School of Public Health on Monday started one-week training programme on Environmental Health. The programme is introduced under the flagship of Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) Department Health Research (DHR) to develop skills of participants through intensive training programme for improving public health in the country. The training aims to induce thought process of participants to expand their knowledge to recognize and solve environment health issues in their region. Despite a huge response, only 17 candidates from different region of the country were selected for the current training.
WizIQ partners with TCY Online in ludhiana
ludhiana: The city of ludhiana is set to host Punjab’s first hacking marathon, ‘HackInPunjab’. The 24-hour event will be organised by education-tech pioneer TCYonline along with WizIQ and supported by reputed organizations. The event, which will take place during the 5th and 6th of September, will see developers, tech enthusiasts, designers, project managers, students and tech fanatics all brought together to curate the finest talent in the tech space. During the event, experts will also deliver key insights into the IT industry with boot camp session on “Building Cross Platforms Apps in 30 minutes”.