Educational competitions dedicated on Parkash Purb
Chandigarh: Punjab School Education Department will organise online educational competitions dedicated to the 400th Parkash Purb of Guru Tegh Bahadur. In the part of this series of events second round competitions will start from July 20. A spokesperson said, the school level singing competition is being organized by the State Council for Education, Training and Research and contestants participating in this competition will be able to upload (for general public) videos of their performances on various social media from July 20 to 24.
Webinar on wellness tourism held
Chandigarh: The University Institute of Hotel and Tourism Management, Panjab University organized a national level webinar on “Wellness Tourism” . Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor PU said, wellness of all helps in removing tensions and keeps one physically and mentally fit. He also shared that from the last few months PU has organized 250 webinars and has submitted 30 projects till date. The UIHTM has also taken the initiative to donate the fee collected through the webinar to PM Caresfund. 40 Participants registered for the webinar and each participant paid `200 for the registration.
Coconut Theatre hosting theater series
Chandigarh: Coconut Theatre Chandigarh Chapter is organizing a series of live online sessions on “Chai-Wai & Rangmanch” platform. The sessions are live on the official Coconut Theatre Facebook page at 6 PM. Veteran Actors, Award Winning Playwrights & Directors, Make-up Specialists, Music Composers, Designers, Choreographers and Technicians shared their memorable experiences, as also their life changing inspirational moments. Top artists like Ananth Mahadevan, Adil Hussain, Apara Mehta and many other guests speakers will do their sessions which will be beneficial to theatre practitioners.
97 volunteered to donate blood
Chandigarh: Thalassaemic Charitable Trust (regd.) PGIMER-GMCH Chandigarh organized its 193rd blood donation camp on July 18 at the Blood Donation Centre, PGIMER. 97 donated blood and 23 prospective blood donors were rejected by the doctors for not meeting prescribed medical/fitness standards. Some blood donors came from far off places of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, a spokesman said.
PU faculty got grand jury’s special recommendation
Chandigarh: Dr Dipti Sareen, Associate Professor from Department of Biochemistry, Panjab University received Grand Jury’s special recommendations for her innovation, Roseocin which can efficiently and effectively act as a synergistic antimicrobial agent, especially against drug-resistant bacterial species, at C-CAMP AMR-Quest 2020 grand finale through a webinar on July 17. The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms(C-CAMP), a Department of Biotechnology (GOI) supported initiative with a mandate to foster high-end research and innovation along with CARB-X, a Global Accelerator Network (GAN) under a public-private partnership.