On the occasion of World Cancer Day, BGJ Institute of Health, Panjab University organised a screening camp ‘Asha Jyoti’ for mammography, digital colposcopy and DEXA scan.
The one-day camp was organised in collaboration with Department of Radio-Diagnosis and Imaging, PGIMER under the guidance of Prof N Khandelwal, Dr Devinder Dhawan of BGJ Institute of Health, Chandigarh. As many as 48 women, including many of the seniormost Professors, spouses of University Officials, above the age of 40 were screened by a team of specialists of PGIMER for osteoporosis, cervical cancer and breast cancer by performing DEXAScan, digital colposcopy and mammography. The PGIMER team was led by Meenakshi Verma.
Creative writing results declared by Sahitya Akademi
Chandigarh: Sahitya Akademi has declared the results of the creative writing competitions organised for Panjab University students. Announcing the results, chairperson, Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi and PU’s Prof Manju Jaidka congratulated all the winners. She said that prizes and certificates to the winners will be given soon after the literary Quiz at English Auditorium, PU Campus at 2 pm on February 10. Festival of letters will also be organised by Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi from February 8 to 10. The Spring Festival of Creative Writing and Elocution for students of the PU was organised by Sahitya Akademi in collaboration with literary Society of the Department of English and Cultural Studies, PU on January 30. In Hindi poetry, Karan Tewari of Department of Defence Studies and Nikhil Kaushik of UIlS and Priyanka Sharma of Hindi Department bagged the first and second prizes. Anant Ram of Hindi Department, Shweta Mittal of law and Ravinder Kaur of economics shared the third position.