Open house in IIT Ropar on Jun 22
Ropar: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar, will conduct an Open House on June 22 for the successful JEE Advanced rank holders. The live counselling session, aiming at facilitating the students with requisite information to help them make right career choices, will be held at IIT Ropar's permanent campus at Ropar.
During the open day, the students and their parents can explore various departments, see the facilities, and interact with the faculties to get a feel of the IIT system. The counselling session will commence from 9:30 am with few general talks on and IIT education admission process with an introduction to programs of study and campus life at IIT Ropar.
City gets ServoXpress facility
Chandigarh: Indian Oil on Monday inaugurated a state-of-the art facility — ServoXpress at IOCL retail outlet, Sukhna Automobiles, Sector 28-C, here. Indian Oil Corporation Limited Punjab State Office Executive Director Sujoy Choudhary inaugurated the facility, which was simultaneously launched at five IOCL retail outlets in the city. The facility will provide a host of specialized services to vehicle owners by offering Quick Lube Oil Change of their vehicles within seconds with the help of an automatic machine.
Talk on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Mohali: Fortis Hospital Psychiatry’s senior consultant Dr Hardeep Singh on Monday delivered a talk to the members of Mohali Senior Citizens’ Association to mark the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Dr Hardeep said that old age at times brings with it depression and loneliness and in an effort to educate the elderly on how to cope with it. Talking on several ways for older people to connect with others and feel useful and appreciated again, he said, one should grab every chance to smile at others or begin a conversation, besides suggesting regular walk or visit to the park.
Youth Leadership Camp for PU students
Chandigarh: Panjab University’s Department of Youth Welfare has been organizing a nine-day camp on “Youth Leadership Training Hiking-Trekking and Rock climbing camp- 2019” at Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan district of Himachal Pradesh. An orientation programme in respect of this camp was organized by the Department to enlighten the objectives along with rules to be followed by the campers. Total 132 students and six teachers from various affiliated colleges of University are participating in the camp.