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International World Bamboo Day Celebration 2021

Chandigarh September 20, 2021

DST-Centre for Policy Research (CPR) at Punjab University, Chandigarh in collaboration with World Bamboo Organization, USA successfully organized a virtual webinar for the celebration of International World Bamboo Day 2021 on September 18 (Saturday). The theme of the webinar was Scope of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in Bamboo Sector.

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Eminent speakers from various national and international organizations shared their thoughts and approach towards proliferating bamboo for sustainable development and consumption in India. Susanne Lucas, the Executive Director, World Bamboo Organization (WBO), USA shared a special message on the bamboo and role of WBO to promote it worldwide.

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The prominent experts and speakers for the event were Mr. Sanjeev Karpe, Founder, Director, Konkan, Bamboo and Cane Development Centre, Maharashtra, Dr. Merdelyn, Vice Chancellor, Research and Extension, University of Philippines, Dr. Ajit SIngh Naosekpam, Consultant, South East Asia, Bamcore, Chandigarh; Dr. Santosh Oinam, Scientific Officer, DST-CPR at PU; Dr. Natasha Saini, Assistant Professor, Abhilashi Group of Institutions, Mandi, H.P.; Dr. Harjit Kaur Bajwa, Assistant Professor, Chandigarh University, Mohali. The speakers showcased various technologies, applications and utility of Bamboo. They also deliberated upon the issues on policy perspective in India and emphasized that India can be a leader in the global market. They also deliberated that in coming future, if farmers in India will focus on growing bamboo and commercializing it worldwide, they can contribute to address the economic challenges being faced by Indian farmers. According to Prof. Nirmala Chongtham, the World Bamboo Ambassador from India and Coordinator of DST-CPR at PU, Chandigarh, an agreement has been signed between the WBO and Vietnam government on 18th September to hold the 4th World Bamboo Workshop in Vietnam in 2022.

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AWARDS TO VOLUNTEERS OF NSS-PU

Chandigarh September 20, 2021

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It is a matter of great pride and honour for Panjab University that two volunteers of NSS-PU, Ms. Ritika Verma of Department of Anthropology, PU and Sh. Mohd. Amzad of Post Graduate Govt. College, Sector -11 are to be awarded in virtual ceremony on 24th September, 2021 by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India.                

 

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Prof. Ashwani Koul, Programme Coordinator congratulated both the volunteers for the great accomplishment and appreciated them for outstanding performance. Prof. Koul further asked all volunteers to aspire more in life so as to reach these milestones and motivated them to contribute more in dealing with various societal and ecological issues. NSS team of Panjab University is always at forefront and consistently contributing significantly to society in all possible ways.

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UIPS commenced the celebrations of National Pharmacovigilance Week

Chandigarh September 19, 2021

University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences successfully marked the beginning of virtual weeklong celebrations on the occasion of National Pharmacovigilance Week from 17th September to 23rd September. The celebrations began with a webinar on “Pharmacovigilance Basic Method Practices and Pharmacovigilance Programme of India” by Professor Bikash Medhi, Coordinator – PGIMER Pharmacovigilance Centre Regional Resource and Training & Technical Support Centre for North India; Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Additional Medical Superintendent (AMS), Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, on 18th September 2021.

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Professor Indu Pal Kaur, Chairperson, UIPS briefed the audience about the theme “Pharmacovigilance Programme of India: The Current Initiative Towards Patient Safety”. Professor Poonam Piplani, Convener, Lecture organizing team of UIPS, introduced the distinguished guest speaker.

Professor Bikash Medhi shared that every drug has adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and it is important to look for ways to minimise them and take maximum benefits. 5-10% of the hospital admissions are attributed to adverse drug reactions, out of which 0.3% are fatal in nature. He enlightened the audience about the World’s biggest Thalidomide tragedy that instigated the Pharmacovigilance Programme worldwide, and about the Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI) which is largely involved in monitoring the safety profile of medical products used in India.

The webinar served as an extensive platform for communication & knowledge enrichment of the various stakeholders in the field of safety of medical products for the ultimate benefit of the patient.

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Professor Kanwaljit Chopra, Head, Pharmacology & Former Chairperson UIPS, took charge of the Q&A session at the end. More than 170 participants attended the webinar.

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DPR, PU gets Ameya Award

Chandigarh September 19, 2021

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Ms Renuka B.Salwan, Director, Public Relations, Panjab University Chandigarh has been conferred with the Ameya Award for Women Motivators   at the 15th Global Communication Conclave 2021 organised by Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) at Goa.The award was earlier announced on Women’s Day for dedicated service to Public Relations and Society. 

PRCI is a body of professionals including public relations, corporate communications, advertising, and academicians. Established to raise the standards of PR practice through better professional development and networking opportunities, the PRCI has its national headquarters in Bangalore and 50chapters spread across India with over 4000 members. 

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Mrs Salwan has more than 35 years of professional experience in PR and Communication having worked in Semiconductor Complex Ltd and Bureau of Indian Standards before joining Panjab University, Chandigarh 

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MCC holds workshops on waste segregation & personal hygiene

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Chandigarh, September 17:- The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh, on Friday, conducted a capacity building workshop at conference hall, MCC building for door to door waste collectors regarding collection of garbage in segregated manner and personal hygiene.

While addressing the door to door waste collectors, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh today said that they are the soldiers of MCC, working tirelessly even in this pandemic to keep the city clean. She said that without the dedication and determination of waste collectors the targets of segregation may not be achieved. She said that the door to door waste collectors are the integral part of the solid waste management and it is their prime duty to collect the garbage from the households in segregated form only.

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She said that from all waste generated nearly a fourth of this waste is plastic or paper and total waste could get capped at 20 per cent of the current quantity if measures are taken to segregate and correctly dispose that waste, at the waste generation point.

She further said that this workshop under Swachh Bharat Mission has given them an opportunity for education and awareness of the waste collectors. Nearly 85 door to door waste collectors participated in the workshop. Aiming for betterment, such capacity building workshops will be carried out on regular bases, she added.

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Mayor launches ‘Mai Bhi Digital’ campaign for street vendors

Chandigarh, September 16:- Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Mayor, Chandigarh today launched ‘Mai Bhi Digital’ (me too digital) campaign in the presence of Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh. This campaign was launched from Shastri Market, Sector 22, Chandigarh for the street vendors, enabling them to accept and make payments digitally.

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While addressing the street vendors and masses during the occasion, the Mayor said that in order to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the street vendors, the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi).

He said that street vendors would use PAYTM digital mode of transactions in their daily street vending business to promote cashless transactions. He said our Prime Minister has also visualized a dream of making INCLUSIVE DIGITAL INDIA by bringing in all sections of society.

He said that Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India has engaged PAYTM, a Digital Payment Aggregator (DPA) for Chandigarh. Street Vendors Federation Sector 22 Chandigarh assisted in mobilizing street vendors from the vending zones for on the spot onboarding of street vendors. Today total 21 street vendors were distributed QR code for PAYTM digital transactions and the same facility will be provided to the rest street vendors in different parts of city by end of this month.

Speaking about the benefit to the street vendors with this scheme ‘mai bhi digital’, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, MCC said that the special micro-credit facility scheme provided working capital to the street vendors so that they can resume their businesses and in a bid to make the scheme more accessible, the beneficiaries falling under the scheme will be trained in using the digital payments and would be able to receive payments and pay for material they procure from sellers using unique QR codes.

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She said that the training on digital payments to the street vendors will be provided on a safe and secure platform and the cell phones of the street vendors will be equipped with the software to make transactions.

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Apni Mandi and Day Market Committee meeting held

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Chandigarh, September 16:- A meeting of Apni Mandi and Day market committee, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh was held here today under the chairpersonship of Smt. Chanderawati Shukla and attended by other members of committee namely Sh. Rajesh Kumar, Sh. Jagtar Singh, Smt. Sunita Dhawan, Smt. Kamla Sharma, Sh. Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, Smt. Heera Negi (Special invitee) and concerned officers of MCC.

During the meeting various issues were discussed and the following decisions were taken:

The committee members asked the concerned officers to explore the feasibility of shifting Apni Mandi and Day market of sector 50 to sector 63 (open space near V-5 road) and also demarcate the site within a week. Initially this day market will run departmentally and will be added in Zone list for draw of lot in next year after seeing the response of day market of sector 63.

The committee decided and directed the Apni mandi officials to ensure that only farmers having proper ID may be allowed to sit in their space and enforcement staff will remove illegal vendors except authorized farmers to sit in Apni Mandi sites.

The committee has invited some vendors of day market sites for hearing their grievances including no public toilet and water tanker facilities in the mandi due to which vendors as well as general public feels inconvenience. The committee asked the concerned officials to ensure proper water facility as well as public toilet system be provided in each day market site.

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The Committee also decided to start day market at sector 37 on Sunday and at Maloya near EWS houses on Monday. The committee also decided that these day market sites may be allotted through draw of lots as per previous practice.

The committee also decided that one enforcement inspector should be deployed for proper enforcement of Apni Mandi and Day market sites.

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IGNOU extends Admission up to 23rd September, 2021

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The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has extended the last date of submission of online Fresh admission of all Masters, Bachelor & Diplomas programmes up to 23rd September, 2021 for the July-2021 session. This extension of last date shall not apply to Certificate and Semester-based programmes, i.e., MP, MPB, PGDMM, PGDFM, PGDHRM, PGDOM, PGDFMP, DBPOFA, PGDIS, MCA, BCA, and all Certificate and Awareness programmes of 6 months duration or less. Details of the IGNOU academic programmes for the July, 2021 session can be accessed from the link https://ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in/. The prospective learners can apply for Masters/Bachelor/Diploma programmes of the University on the official website, informed The Regional Director of IGNOU Regional centre Chandigarh Dr. A.K.Dimri. Last date of submission of ‘online’ admission form for the July session was earlier fixed for September, 15. 

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For all those candidates, who have been planning to get admission in any of the IGNOU courses can apply for the same online. Firstly the candidate has to register themselves (if not registered) on the official website i.e https://ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in/. Whereas those who have already registered can simply login with the id- password and fill up the application form for the admission in the July session at Indira Gandhi National Open University for 2021. Also, before filling up the IGNOU admission form, candidates must go through the general instructions, eligibility criteria, fee details, duration, etc. on the official website. Applicants can also download the complete details of the programmes from the IGNOU website.

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Lecture on Right to Information by Department of Laws, PU

Chandigarh September 15, 2021

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Department of Laws, Panjab University organized a guest lecture on Right to Information. The lecture was presided over by Sh Shiv Raman Gaur, Director of Higher Education, DAVCMC, New Delhi as the chief guest who is also an alumnus of Department of laws, Panjab University. The lecture was conducted in the presence of Devinder Singh, Chairman, Department of laws, Panjab university, Prof. Jyoti Rattan and other faculty members,  Panjab University. 

Sh Shiv Raman Gaur, extended his gratitude to the educationists of Panjab University and referred Prof. Devinder Singh as his former teacher during his college years. He Shiv Raman Gaur, stressed upon the usage of the sections of Right to Information Act, by linking it with common life examples.  He also emphasized on the practical application of the these sections and it’s interpretation. The esteemed guest , also gave a reference of Section 6(3) of Right to Information Act, 2005 which talks about Public Authority obligations.  He shared some of his personal experiences relating to the groundwork reality of the act which gave a better insight to the students about the working of Right to Information as an act. Few of the real life examples quoted by him also gave the students an idea about what constitutes the subject matter of Right to Information and what needs to be excluded. He also encouraged the students to employ research methods in order to gain a better understanding of  Right to Information Act .

Prof. Devinder Singh, Chairman, Department of Laws while explaining the importance of Right to Information, stressed on the relevance of the Act in today’s era, and traced it’s development over the years. 

Earlier, Prof. Jyoti Rattan in her welcome address highlighted the importance of International scenerio of Right to Information  by mentioning United Nation freedom of Information Principles and 16th global position of Indian RTI Act.

Dr. Reena Kansal concluded the lecture with a vote of thanks.

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Workshop on ‘Statistical Techniques at PU

Chandigarh September 14, 2021

University School of Open Learning (USOL), Panjab University, Chandigarh in collaboration with Department of Statistics is organizing a workshop on the theme ‘Statistical Techniques of Computation Using R/R-Studio’ from 13-21, September, 2021.

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            Prof Rajesh Gill, Dean Research, in her inaugural address congratulated the organizers for organizing this very useful workshop and specially congratulated the youth team associated with it. She added that without the basic knowledge of statistics, research in various fields of social science is not possible because preliminary data acquires some meaning only with the help of different tools of statistics. Knowing when to use which tool and how to do it, is very important for a researcher and workshops like this, take this information to the participants. In the COVID hit times, they are proving to be even more useful.

            Aligarh Muslim University Prof. Athar Ali Khan in his address made it clear that we should all try to learn from data, citing examples of many scholars like CR Rao.

            Earlier, Prof. Madhurima Verma, Chairperson, USOL, in her welcome address introduced the academic and administrative achievements of the Chief Guest Prof. Rajesh Gill and briefly explained the usefulness of R and R Studio. She briefed about the history of USOL and told that this year USOL is celebrating its golden jubilee on completion of 50 years of its establishment.

            Dr. Anju Goel, Head of Statistics Department, while promoting the theme of the workshop, gave information about the sessions of this nine-day long workshop.

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            The ‘Inauguration-Session’ was efficiently conducted by Dr. Richa of Statistical Department, USOL, who is also the Convener-Secretary of this workshop. The workshop ended with the vote of thanks by Prof. Harsh Gandhar from Dept. of Economics, USOL.