Rao applauds Chandigarh region
Chandigarh: Noted scientist and Bharat Ratna awardee Prof CNR Rao has applauded the efforts of science, education and research in Chandigarh region and described ‘Chandigarh region as an emerging great centre of science’. Speaking at CRSI symposium at Panjab University, Rao encouraged young faculty members to contribute towards nation building by taking up challenging projects. He motivated them to go for study leave to institutions of excellence in India and abroad in their respective research areas. He also emphasized that research scholars and students should also be encouraged to get ample exposure in national and international arena.
Avtar Singh Sidhu appointed as political adviser
Chandigarh: Charanjit Singh Channi, leader of opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha appointed senior advocate Avtar Singh Sidhu as his political advisor. Giving him the appointment letter, Channi said that Sidhu would look after his political works pertaining to the constituency and the Punjab as whole. Sidhu is a leading lawyer in Mohali who remained five times the president of Bar association of Mohali and kharar. Sidhu and Channi belong to the same native village and have more than 30 years of close association. The family of Sidhu also runs educational institutions in the native village.
PGI radiologists win awards
Chandigarh: Several honours were bagged by the doctors of the Department of Radiodiagnosis, PGIMER in the recently concluded 69th Annual Conference of the Indian Radiological and Imaging Association at Bhubaneshwar. Dr Akshay Kumar Saxena, Professor, delivered the prestigious Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose Memorial Oration on MR Image of the Paediatric Abdomen. Dr Santosh Kumar P, Senior Resident, received N Ramdass Award for best thesis work. Dr Anindita Sinha, Associate Professor received second best paper award in oral presentation category and Dr N Khandelwal, Professor and Head, expressed confidence that the department will continue to do good work in future as well.
Multi-destination education fair to be held
Chandigarh: IDP Education India will organize multi-destination Education Fair in Chandigarh on Wednesday, February 10 at The Taj Hotel from 11am to 5pm for students aspiring to pursue higher education abroad. IDP Education Fair in Chandigarh will have representatives & faculties from Canada, New Zealand and the UK who will come together to meet Indian students aspiring to study in their countries. IDP Education will be hosting the multi-destination education fair in India across 14 cities from Feb 9, 2016. Spread over a period of two weeks, the fair will kick-start from Kolkata & ludhiana and conclude in the southern city of Coimbatore on Feb 23. The fair will see over 85 universities and colleges from the UK, U.S, Canada & New Zealand interact with Indian students aspiring to pursue higher education in internationally acclaimed institutions.
‘Youth to be partner in thought process of Pb Cong’
Morinda/Ropar: The youth of Punjab will play a significant role in the election manifesto of the Punjab Pradesh Congress in the coming Vidhan Sabha elections. Giving the appointment letters to the youth congress and senior congress members of Morinda and Chamkaur Sahib on Sunday, Charanjit Singh Channi, leader of opposition and MlA Chamkaur Sahib said that the Congress party would hear the voice of the youth of Punjab. Not only this, it will be take up the youth agenda in its manifesto and then implementing the agenda when the government is formed.
National symposium in Chemistry held
Chandigarh: Director Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad Dr S Chandrasekhar said that the scientists can attain bigger celebrity status than the cricketers or cine star as life of a scientist is more exciting and lasts longer than the short lived
status of cricketers/cine stars. Dr S Chandrasekhar while addressing the 18th Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) meeting on “National Symposium in Chemistry”, which concluded at Panjab University (PU) stressed for the translational research so that the academic laboratory work could be translated into products, which are useful to the masses.
league match held
Chandigarh: A league match of “7th Sai Event Navigator Corporate Cricket Cup” was played between the teams of ‘Chandigarh Police’ & ‘Airtel’ at Cricket Ground, Sector 26 here. This corporate cricket cup was organised by The Sai Events Navigator & Sponsored by Nagrath Sports. ‘Chandigarh Police’ won the toss and elected to bowl first. Batting first Airtel made 148/7 in 20 overs. Chasing the target, Chandigarh Police scored 149 runs for 4 wickets just in 17.5 overs and won the match.
Vigilance Awareness by Punjab & Sind Bank
Chandigarh: A workshop cum training programme was organized by Punjab & Sind Bank on the subject of ‘Aspects relating to Vigilance Awareness’ at Staff Training College, Sector 17B here. The programme was inaugurated by Vijay Dev, Advisor, UT Administration, who emphasized the importance of honest working officers and the need of their protection by the Management. Jatinder Bir Singh, CMD, of the Bank highlighted the importance of vigilance awareness in the Bank and hoped that this programme would inculcate more sense of responsibility among functionaries of enquiry committees and investigating teams.
Toddlers sports carnival held at Shemrock School
Mohali: Shemrock School Sector -69 organised Toddlers Sports Carnival at its campus. Kids participated in games as per age categories. Parents also involved in various kind of activities and fun games were organised at the carnival. Motu patlu cartoon characters were also invited , who cheered the participating children . There were also another fun games like feeding hungry Motu, puzzle game , bowling champs, motu patlu ludo etc.Chairman, AS Bajwa said that such activities keep kids active, outdoors and having fun and gives a platform to budding talents in various fields.
Health Awareness Week at Holy Child School
Panchkula: Health awareness is an integral part of the curriculum at Holy Child School, Panchkula. Strengthening the same, a health awareness week was organized for class Nursery to Class 10. Heath talks , seminars, activities on healthy food habits, hygiene, special assemblies marked the celebrations. The week concluded with a highly informative session on Internet Addiction by Dr Deepa. It was followed by medical and health check up of the students. Apart from regular health parameters, skin care, ENT, dental, Eye check ups were conducted by the team of doctors.
Food Safety workshop to be held
Chandigarh: A workshop on “Awareness Generation and Dissemination of Knowledge and Skills about Recent Advances in Nutrition and Food Safety for empowering the stakeholders in North India” will be organized from Feb 8 – 11 at Panjab University Institute of Hotel & Tourism Management here. The workshop will orient the participants to the recent developments in field of nutrition and food safety.
Aryans College holds seminar on Nano Technology
Mohali: Aryans College of Engineering organised an interactive session on Nano Science and Nano- Technology and discussed on various aspects of Advances in Manufacturing Technology. Dr Vijay Arora, Registrar, PIT Khunimajra, Mohali was the key note speaker on the occasion. While sharing his views, he made the students understand about the concept, principle, theory and objectives behind the emergence of Nano Technology in the field of science and technology.