University School of Open Learning, Panjab University, Chandigarh, organized its two day National Seminar on “Changing Contour of Open and Distance Education in New Millennium” from 30th April to Ist of May, 2019. Dr. Raghurao Akkinepally, Director of NIPER, Mohali, an alumnus of Panjab University and having more than thirty two years of teaching experience underscored the importance of Open Learning and said that a lot of openness was being offered by knowledge/data sources like Wikipedia. The contemporary education scenario was witnessing the intersection of education, teaching and learning with information and technology. An integrated instructional approach blending the actual and the digital was now the order of the day. He listed the various benefits of Open and Distance Learning-massification, democratising education, cost effectiveness, second chance to those who missed out and a guarantee of Life Long Learning. In the wake of the onslaught of digitalisation, he opined that actual learning was losing its importance. He added that online media communications like Twitter, You Tube, Face book etc. also allow for a rapid sharing of ideas.
Prof. Raghurao cautioned that over-dependence on digital platforms and accepting Google as the Guru was leading to excessive information and confusion thereby. The crucial question thus is the validation of this knowledge. Prof. Raghurao advocated the best out of the actual and the digital modes by developing hybrid models, encouraging hands on training and putting teaching experience to the maximum use. He did emphasise the importance of video-lectures and on-line discussion forms to supplement the actual learning of professional courses.
The Dean University Instruction, Prof. Shankarji Jha underscored the importance of the objectives of education and the value of putting our knowledge into practice. Professor Karamjeet Singh, Registrar, Panjab University, emphasised that Open Learning was the future of all universities and that teachers have to use innovative methods for dissemination of education.
The inaugural session concluded with the release of a book written by Professor Ravi Mahajan “Open and Distance Education in the New Millennium: A Chronology in the Making” and also the release of our annual report for the session 2018-2019.
Professor Yojna Rawat introduced the theme of the Seminar and highlighted the achievements of the department.
The speakers in the first and second plenary sessions were Prof. A.K. Sahajpal, former Professor and former Vice-Chancellor, Baddi University, Solan and Professor Ravi K. Mahajan, a very senior Professor and Coordinator of Statistics Department, USOL. Professor Mahajan spoke on “ODE: Timeline Beneath New Millennium”. Around 15 (fifteen) participants presented their research papers on the theme of the seminar.
The afternoon session was presided over by Prof. Neelam Grover, former Chairperson of USOL. The Seminar will continue for another day.
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The Panjab University Alumni Association invites to a Film screening and discussion session with Professor M.L. Raina, who has been Emeritus Fellow and Professor at Department of English & Cultural Studies. The Film to be screened is ‘THE REMAINS OF THE DAY’ based on the novel of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro. The Screening cum interactive session will be organized in the English Auditorium, Panjab University, Chandigarh from 10 am to 1:00 pm on 02-May-2019.
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Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh, released the XII Volume of Research Journal of University School of Open Learning titled “Indian Journal of Distance Education”, here today in the presence of Prof. Yojna Rawat, Chairperson, University School of Open Learning, and other members of the Editorial Board. The Indian Journal of Distance Education (IIDE) during the last over three decades has been bringing out research papers and scholarly articles in the field of ODL. The current issue of this peer reviewed journal is twelveth in the series and carries a dozen papers ranging from MOOC’, distance learners, their characteristics, teacher education through distance mode, M-Learning, Criteria of success among distance learners and many more.
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Oxford University Press India in collaboration with Panjab University, Chandigarh, organized a workshop on ‘How to prepare for NTA UGC-NET’. The workshop was led by Ms. Harpreet Kaur, author of NTA UGC-NET Paper I (English) that covers the latest 2019 NET syllabus. Over 150 students attended the workshop that introduced them to the tips & tricks to crack the exam. The students also got an opportunity to interact with the author during an engaging Q&A session post the workshop.
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Department of SAIF/CIL/UCIM, Panjab University, Chandigarh organized its 3rdannual Alumni Meet ACES-19- an evocative event that marked the homecoming, celebration and unparalleled joy of communion with the Alma Mater, at Panjab University today. The department, known for its state of the art high end instrument facilities, organized a number of activities this year, the GrandAlumni Meet being one of the more prestigious events. The meet witnessed morethan 100 present and old staff and students from various batches coming together to celebrate and share experiences. The event commenced with the lighting of the lamp, followed by the welcome address of Prof. S.K.Mehta, Director, highlighting the major achievements of the department. He informed the alumni that there is tremendous increase in the facilities for the users during this year. Former Directors of the Department Prof. Akhtar Mahmood, Prof. J.B. Singh and Prof. Rupinder Tewari also graced the occasion. Participants enjoyed various indoor games organised by the department. The oldest alumnus retired in year 2000 was honoured.
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[UTF-8?]“Youth to adhere to the traditions of tolerance and respect and to protect our pluralistic [UTF-8?]culture”- Vice President of India
The Vice President of India, Shri. M. Venkaiah Naidu said today that the youth of our nation must shoulder the greater social responsibility of exercising judgement in looking at social issues. He urged them to adhere to the traditions of tolerance and respect and protect our pluralistic culture.
He was addressing the 68th Annual Convocation of Panjab University of which he is the Chancellor, in Chandigarh today. Shri.Naidu said that Panjab University had a glorious past and is one of the oldest Universities in India, set in a land which has witnessed centuries of civilisation & dedication to spreading knowledge in ancient centres of learning like Takshila.
He expressed his happiness at the [UTF-8?]University’s relentless quest for academic excellence and the rapid progress it has made in providing quality education to its 15000 students enrolled in about 200 affiliated colleges, 3 regional centers, 6constituent colleges and one rural center.
The Vice President congratulated Panjab University for having secured the 34th position among all academic institutions in the nation, in the recent rankings under the National Institutional Ranking Framework. He also applauded the [UTF-8?]University’s focused effortstowards cultivating innovation and entrepreneurship among students. Iam very happy that the University has been recognized by the UGC asthe University with potential for excellence in Biomedical Sciences with facilities for stem cell Research and Drug development, he added.
The Vice President opined that Institution building is not an easy task and added that it requires vision, passion, competence, commitment, dedicated hard work and the ability to tap into the infinite potential within individuals and a network of institutions. He urged all stake holders of the Panjab University to keep up the momentum of their good work and not let complacency set in.
Shri. Naidu affirmed that India of the future would be powered by the dreams and ambitions, the character and competence of young people. He stated that we will be able to fully realize the vast demographic dividend in the years to come only if we can empower our youth with the right skills and attitudes.
The Vice President proposed that we must rethink and re-orient our educational system in the context of the twenty first century when the concerns of ecology, of human welfare and the welfare of the planet are equally imperative. It is possible only if we turn our system around, including aspects of curriculum and evaluation, towards critical thinking, he said.
Observing that access to higher education has been improved considerably in our country, Shri. Naidu said that we have to focus upon raising the quality of education and ensuring that we offer the best possible education to our young people.
The Vice President suggested that we have to have institutions which are continuously nourished by five important streams of inquisitiveness, innovation, ethos that inspire inspiration, integration which encourages inter-disciplinary and collaborative learning and an internalized value system, just like Panjab which is irrigated by 5 rivers
Shri Naidu also urged the youth of the nation to use the means of communication that technology has provided, responsibly. He emphasized that these modern means of communication must be used to facilitate social harmony and to cultivate a culture of healthy and civilized discussion on many of the pressing problems such as class and gender inequalities and the needs of the less privileged in society. We need to address these problems with empathy and sincerity, he added.
The Vice President also extended felicitations to Dr. K. Sivan, the Chairman of ISRO and one of our [UTF-8?]country’s foremost space scientists who was being honored by Panjab University with the Vigyan Ratna Award. Dr. [UTF-8?]Sivan’s outstanding work is an eloquent testimony of [UTF-8?]India’s extraordinary capability in space science and technology, he said.
On the occasion, [UTF-8?]Hon’ble Chancellor, PU and Vice President of India, Shri. M. Venkaiah Naidu conferred Vigyan Ratna Award to Dr. K.Sivan, Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space, Bangalore.
Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, PU in his address said Panjab University remains a leader in its contribution towards preparing the best minds in the service of the country by producing outstanding scientist & academicians, jurists, philosophers, writers, great statesmen, leaders, industrialists, and social workers. Imparting education to thousands of students every year through its vast campus, affiliated colleges, regional and rural centers, the University is playing a significant role in fulfilling the dream of [UTF-8?]‘shikshit bharat, sashakt [UTF-8?]bharat.’
He further added that the University has expanded its influence by 100+ functional MoUs globally. During the financial year 2018-19, agencies such as the UGC, DST, GOI and ICMR have granted funding to 60+ projects worth more than Rs 21 crore. He informed that the University has taken lead in strengthening Chandigarh Region Innovation and Knowledge Cluster (CRIKC) and a gallery of over 50+ deliverables to bring all researches, patents and products on one common platform is underway. This will showcase the contribution of not only Panjab University but also of all research institutes of the region while providing impetus to entrepreneurship and innovation capabilities.
Shri V.P.Singh Badnore, [UTF-8?]Hon’ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT. Chandigarh, was guest of honour.
Prof. Shankarji Jha, Dean of University Instruction and Prof. Karamjeet Singh, Registrar, Prof. Parvinder Singh, Controller of Examination, Sh. Vikram Nayyar, Finance & Development Officer, former Vice Chancellors, PU fellows, faculty members and its affiliated colleges, PU Alumni, Ph.D holders, Post Graduates and Graduates were also present on the occasion.
PU Ph.D. Degree awardees were from three other countries like Iran, Mayanmar and , Thailand and 16 States of India. Punjab with 200 Doctorates led the tally of eligible Ph.D. degree awardees among the states followed by UT, Chandigarh with 88, Haryana with 73 and Himachal Pradesh with 65 students.
There were total 863 number of students bestowed with degrees out of which 235 were males and 628 females. 491 students were given Ph.D Degrees and 372 other than Ph.D. However, there were 291 number of students awarded with Merit certificates, medals and cash prizes.
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Special Lecture on “Conflict Resolution with special reference to Jammu & Kashmir” by Lt. Gen J S Cheema at the DDNSS, PU
The Department of Defence and National Security Studies Panjab University, Chandigarh organised a special lecture on the theme “Conflict Resolution: Jammu & Kashmir” by Lt. Gen J. S. Cheema (Retd.), here today.
Lt. Gen. J.S. Cheema, has retired as Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information System and Training). Prior to that, he was Director General of Infantry in Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence. Gen Cheema started the lecture by defining the nature and root causes of conflict in general. He said that the important aspect for any conflict to sustain is the perception of a just cause and the popular support is very- very essential ingredient in sustaining the conflict as it depends upon the cause of it. And combined with that, if there are internal weaknesses in our own handling of a particular situation, then this may further lead to sustaining a conflict. While explaining the cause of conflict in Jammu and Kashmir he discussed in detail all the successive events that happened in Jammu and Kashmir during Independence of India. Whether it is instrument of accession or plebiscite in the state, these are the root causes of the conflict in Jammu and Kashmir. Under part 21 of the Constitution of India, which deals with “Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions”, the state of Jammu and Kashmir has been accorded special status under “Article 370”. These Articles, whether it is “Article 370” or ‘Article 35 A” they should be diluted.
Lt. Gen. explained in detail the Insurgency and Terrorism prevailing in the state are also the main causes of conflict in Jammu and Kashmir. While talking about the role security forces, he highlighted that Conflict Resolution has political causes, so when the security forces get involved into the conflict, it is not the purpose, neither it is possible for the security forces to resolve a conflict, but it is their responsibility to manage it to such a level where the political process could take place. He added that for any insurgency situation there are two important aspect to sustain one is the level of violence other is the popular support.
He explained the three levels of violence and popular support. In the first level violence is low and popular support is also low, in the second stage there is low violence and high popular support. At the next level low violence goes to medium violence and medium violence goes to high violence. So at the third stage level of violence is very high and the popular support is also on the highest level of conflict and this is like civil war situation. By giving the example of situation in Jammu and Kashmir in 1990s, he added that insurgency in the state erupted in those years because the violence level was very low but the support was very very high and this was the time when the movement was led by local terrorist. Later on there was the involvement of foreign terrorists grow rapidly.
He also highlighted in detail about the number of causalities happened in Jammu and Kashmir from 1948 to till date which saw the tremendous rise since 1990’s.
While talking about India –Pakistan1965 war he said that one of the causes of that war was the India’s successful integration of Jammu and Kashmir in the Union of India. He said that a state can be normal only when the Law and Order of the state are controlled by the local police and without the support of Central reserved forces.
Lastly he concluded his lecture by saying that “the level of violence in Jammu & Kashmir may go up or may go down but the aazadi sentiment may continue remain in the psyche of Kashmiri people.
The lecture was attended by members of various faculty members, serving and retired armed forces officers pursuing various courses in the department, research scholars and students. The lecture was followed by a questions and answers session with the audience.
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Panjab University is conducting Common Entrance Test – 2019 for admission to Undergraduate courses on Tuesday, 30th April, 2019. The timings of the test are from 9.00 am to 3.30 pm. About 9500 candidates will appear in this test. Total 30 examination centres have been created. Two centres are created in the Panjab University Campus, Sector 14, twenty two centres are created in local colleges at Chandigarh and six centres are created in Punjab i.e. two centres each at Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana and Sri Muktsar Sahib. For the first time the University has created centres outside Chandigarh to facilitate the candidates who commute from Punjab.
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Full Dress Rehearsal for the 68th Annual Convocation of Panjab University, Chandigarh scheduled for 28th April, 2019 was held today at Gymnasium Hall under the supervision of Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, PU.
There are total 1020 number of students to be bestowed with degrees, out of which, 493 are for Ph.D Degrees (330-Females and 163-Males) and 527 other than Ph.D. However, there are 340 number of students to be awarded with Merit certificates, medals and cash prizes.
The students from 3 countries namely Iran, Myanmar and Thailand and 16 states of India were present during the rehearsal.
Sh. M. Venkaiah Naidu, Hon’ble Chancellor of Panjab University and Vice President of India will confer Vigyan Rattan Award to Dr. K.Sivan, Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space, Bangalore.
Sh. V.P.Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT. Chandigarh will also be present on the occasion. The candidates have been requested to occupy the seats 45 minutes before start of the convocation.
Senior PU officials were present on the occasion which included Prof. Karamjeet Singh, Registrar, Prof. Parvinder Singh, Controller of Examination, Sh. Vikram Nayyar, Finance & Development Officer, Prof. Emanual Nahar, Dean Student Welfare, Prof. Neena Capalash, Dean Student Welfare(Women), Ms. Ekta Bajaj, Dietician, Dr. Parminder Singh, Directorate of Sports, XEN, Wardens, Architect and Ms. Renuka B.
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Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh organized Alumni Meet Programme along with Prize Distribution Function, here today.
Prof. Jaspal Kaur Kaang, Academic Incharge of the Department informed that welcomed the Guests and Alumni of the Department who came from the various places to join Alumni function. She stated that Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies established in 1970 in pursuance of a scheme of the Punjab Govt. and University Grants Commission to set up Guru Nanak Chairs at some universities of India in commemoration of the Birth-Quincentenary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji in 1970. The Panjab University was the first to establish such a Chair for study and research. Prof. Gurbachan Singh Talib was the founder head of the Department and the legacy continued with the prominent scholars Prof. H.S. Shan, Prof. Darshan Singh (Professor Emeritus), Prof. N.K Oberio, Prof. Santosh Sharma, and Prof. Jaspal Kaur Kaang. The chair has now enlarged its scope by starting MA Course in Comparative Study of Religion from 2016. She also shared the information that 75 scholars have received Ph. D degrees from the Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies till yet. On this convocation (28.04.2019) 05 scholars are also taking Ph. D degree and one student taking gold medal for achieving 1st Position in the University.
The prominent Alumni who attended the function included Prof. S.S. Bhatti, Prof. Sneh Lata Badhwar, Dr. Harjas Kaur, Dr. Maninder Kaur, Dr. Balvir Kaur, Dr. Priya, Dr. Ved Parkash Malhotra, Dr. Amardeep Kaur, Dr. Puneet, Dr. Devinderjit Kaur, Dr. Jamit Kaur, Dr. Kamaljit Kaur, Dr. Inderjit Kaur, Dr. Jaswant Singh, Dr. Harpreet Singh, Dr. Parvinder Kaur, Prof. Darshan Singh and from M.A Student’s 1st batch Sadaspreet Singh, Paramdeep Sohi, Sanjeev Kumar, Ashveer Singh and Suman attended the function. Dr. Jasbir Kaur, Dr. Bhatti, Dr. Ved Parkash, Dr. Priya shared their achievements and old memories spent in the Department.
Prof. Shankarji Jha, Dean of University Instructions, PU in the presence of Prof. Karamjeet Singh, Registrar and Prof. Deepti Gupta, Dean International Students gave merit Certificates to the students who held top positions in the University and from the Department also.
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