Chandigarh: A new chapter in the recognition of glorious history of Panjab University was added on Thursday after the postal stamp on Prof Ruchi Ram Sahni got released at PU. The five rupees postal stamp was released in August in presence of Punjab Education Minister Sardar Sikander Singh Maluka, Chandigarh MP Pawan Kumar Bansal, Former UGC chairperson Yashpal, PU Vice Chancellor Prof Arun K Grover and Chief Post Master General Kuldeep Singh during the inauguration ceremony of National Seminar on the “Making of Modern Punjab: Education, Science and Social Change in Punjab”, at Panjab University. 4.1 lakh postal stamps have been printed by the Indian Security Press for the India Post.
Jnanpith award winner delivered lecture at PU
Chandigarh: Eminent Writer and Jnanpith Award winner Prof Gurdial Singh said that Kalidasa was a greater playwright than William Shakespeare. Similarly no western literatureur is bigger than Ved Vyas. We have not given due importance to our languages. Noted Punjabi Writer, Novelist Prof Gurdial Singh was addressing the prestigious Foundation Day lecture during the national seminar on the “Making of Modern Punjab: Education, Science and Social Change in Punjab”, at Panjab University on Thursday. Padma Shri Awardee Prof Gurdial Singh encapsulated various issues ranging from the progress of human history, importance of the native language to disseminate scientific thinking in the present scenario.