DATA OPERATOR GETS THREE-YEAR JAIl TERM
Chandigarh: The Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Rewari, has convicted Somesh Kumar, Data Operator in the office of Haryana Scheduled Castes, Finance and Development Corporation, Rewari with three years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 2,500. Somesh Kumar was caught red handed by the Bureau while accepting an illegal gratification and a case was registered against him under sections 7,8 and 13 of Prevention of Corruption Act at Bureau’s Police Station, Gurgaon.
HARYANA VB CATCHES KANOONGO RED HANDED
Chandigarh: Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has caught Desh Raj, Kanoongo (Retd.), red-handed while taking an illegal gratification of Rs 10,500 from Surender, a resident of district Hisar on behalf of Narender Singh, Kanoongo posted at Barwala in district Hisar in lieu of report of measurement of land. In another case, Assistant Sub-Inspector, Inder Singh posted at Police Station Bhuna, district Fatehabad, and was caught red-handed while accepting an illegal gratification of Rs 10,000 from Sukh Sagar, a resident of Nadhori in district Fatehabad in lieu of compromise of the complaint. Separate cases have been registered against the both accused under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act at Bureau’s Police Station, Hisar.
CSIR-CSIO TRANSFERS 2 TECHNOlOGIES TO INDUSTRY
Chandigarh: CSIR- Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR-CSIO), Chandigarh on Monday transferred two technologies to the industry. The first one ‘Energy Management System’ developed by its Chennai Centre has been transferred to Smart Metering Energy Solutions llP, Panchkula. With the ever increasing demand of electricity for modernization and industrial expansion, Energy Management System is considered to be a pre-requisite for achieving sustainable energy savings in industries, commercial establishments, high rise buildings etc. Scope for energy savings is to the tune of 25 per cent. Thus, one unit of energy saved is equivalent to 2 to 3 units of power generation which helps in demand side management. The second one ‘Myo-Meter’ developed by Biomedical Instrumentation Group has been transferred to lM Healthcare, Panchkula. Myo-Meter is a device to test the human muscle functioning in real time. Myo-Meter explores the Electromyogram (EMG) signal generated by muscles activity at a particular location. The activity of muscles during contraction or relaxation is picked up by EMG active electrode and displayed on a graphical lCD in real time.
USOl CONVOCATION AND PRIZE DISTRIBUTION TODAY
Chandigarh: University School of Open learning (USOl), Panjab University (PU) would organise the third Annual Convocation and forty third Annual Prize Distribution Function on March 29 in the auditorium of Guru Teg Bahadur Bhawan opposite the USOl building. Degrees would be awarded to the graduate and post graduate students for academic excellence, creativity and good performance in cultural activities like essay, poetry writing as well as declamation and poetry recitation competitions. PU Vice-Chancellor Professor Arun Grover would be the Chief Guest and Former Vice-Chancellor of GNDU, Amritsar, Professor J.S. Grewal would deliver the Convocation address. Founder Vice-Chancellor of Central University, Bhatinda and former Vice-Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University Prof. Jairoop Singh would be the guest of Honour and the prizes of the creativity and academic excellence would be awarded by him to the students.
GERMAN SCIENTIST DElIVERS TAlK AT PU
Chandigarh: German scientist and full Professor and Dean of the Faculty II (Mathematics and Natural Science) at Technical University, Berlin, Prof Dr M Gradzielski on Monday delivered expert talk and interacted with Faculty and Research Scholars at Dr. SSB University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology (Dr. SSBUICET), Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh. Prof. Dr. M. Gradzielski spoke on the topic of “Formation of Supraparticles and their Self-Propelled Motion”. The self-assembly of colloidal particles into well-defined structures, such as anisometric ones, has shown to be both a challenging and promising field in today’s research. This controlled manipulation leads to various new types of materials with properties being of potential interest in the fields of sensing, photonics, catalysisor lithography.
NEURORADIOlOGY CATEGORICAl COURSE CONClUDES
Chandigarh: The categorical course series on Neuroradiology and Head and Neck Imaging concluded at PGIMER on Monday. This course was organized by the department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, PGIMER, Chandigarh in collaboration with the American College of Radiology (ACR) and American Institute for Radiologic Pathology (AIRP). This course was held under the able guidance of Prof. N. Khandelwal, Head, Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging as the course director and Dr. Akshay Kumar Saxena and Dr. Kushaljit Singh Sodhi as the course co-directors. The faculty for the course included eminent national and international experts including Prof. Sanjiv Sharma, Head, Department of Cardiac Radiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, Dr. Kelly Koeller, Chief, Neuroradiology, Mayo Clinic, USA and Dr. Wendy Smoker, Professor Emeritus, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, USA.
NATIONAl WORKSHOP ON ClINICAl PHARMaCOlOGY
Chandigarh: The National Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology started on Monday in PGIMER here. This week long workshop is being attended by around 100 delegates from all over the country. Dr Nusrat Shafiq, Organising Secretary and Dr Samir Malhotra, Organizing Chairperson welcomed the delegates. Prof YK Chawla, Director, PGIMER, in his inaugural address appraised the role of this workshop in providing training to the participants and disseminating the knowledge regarding clinical pharmacology, clinical trials and drug development throughout the country. Prof Emeritus Pl Sharma traced the status of clinical pharmacology from past to the future.
AIIDBIOA STAGES PROTEST IN CHANDIGARH
Chandigarh: All India IDBI Bank Officers Association (AIIDBIOA), Chandigarh Unit staged protest on Monday in Bank Square Sector 17 here against proposed move of Govt. of reduce the shareholding of Govt. below 51% resulting in privatization of IDBI Bank. The officers came in large numbers from Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. They staged a candle march from Bank Square to Fountain Square wearing black dresses as a mark of protest against the recent move of Finance Minister Arun Jaitly’s attempt to privatize IDBI Bank as stated in his budget speech.
PROF NAVAlGUND ADDRESSES PU STUDENTS
Chandigarh: Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor at ISRO, Bengaluru Prof. R.R. Navalgund on Monday addressed a seminar on “Indian Space Program” at Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh Physics Department. Addressing enthusiastic students at the packed seminar hall, Prof. R.R. Navalgund spoke about the two Space Science Missions: Chandrayaan-1, Mars Orbiter Mission and Astrosat. He said that the Chandrayaan-1 showcased India’s technological capabilities in sending a PSlV with ElEVEN payloads to explore the Moon and have an understanding of evolution of Moon. The finer comparision of Remote Sensing of Earth & Moon was well explained. Prof. Navalgund explained, the technological objectives, design and realization of a Mars orbiter with a capability to survive and perform Earth bound manoeuvres, cruise phase of 300 days, Mars orbit insertion and capture, and on-orbit phase around Mars. Prof. Navalgund has made seminal contributions in the area of Remote Sensing and India Earth Observation Program for Disaster Management. He is well recognized for his contributions to Space Science and had occupied very important positions at Department of Space.
PANCHKUlA CElEBRATES NATIONAl NUTRITION MONTH
Panchkula: As we observe March as the National Nutrition Month, Dr Gunjan Pannu, Consultant - Chief Clinical Dietitian at Paras Bliss Hospital, Panchkula for Mother & Child talked about the importance of nutrition in ensuring good health and reproductive performance of women and survival and development of their baby. She said, “Healthy diet is very important for mother during pregnancy as well as the fetus.”