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Chandigarh January 27, 2021

‘Year 2020 was the year of quantum leap where technology took the lead’-Raj Kumar

‘Youth Welfare & Transgender Categories added for Education Loan to Students’-Raj Kumar

 The unfurling of national flag marked the 72^nd Republic Day celebration at Panjab University(PU) campus by Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, PU as Chief Guest of the occasion at the parade ground. This was followed by the inspection of the Guard of Honour comprising of contingencies of PU Security in the presence of Prof. R.K. Singla, Dean of University Instructions, Sh. Vikram Nayyar, Finance & Development Officer and officiating Registrar and Prof. Ashwani Kaul, Chief of University Security.

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              PU VC while felicitating the gathering, appreciated the faculty for making teaching possible in this tough time of Covid-19 Pandemic. He expressed that despite of all challenges, still the year 2020 emerged as the year of quantum leap where everyone learned how to switch over to technology. He further added that PU is continuously taking new initiatives to benefit research innovation and learning environment. During the testing time of Corona, around 400 national/international/webinar/FDP were organized by various teaching departments. PU VC also listed various achievements of PU with respect to rankings including academic and sports achievements. He informed that total 102 research projects to various funding agencies worth Rs. 93 crore approx. were submitted between April-December, 2020. Research Projects worth Rs. 5.43 crore were received along with a grant of Rs. 50 crores under Rashtriya Uchchattar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA).  

            Throwing light on the upgradation of SAIF/CIL lab, PU VC informed that lab facilities have been made available not only to PU but also to various R&D labs, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and industries PAN India. PU has analysed maximum number of samples out of 16 SAIF Centres in India. It was further informed that PU has started upto Rs. 40,000/- interest subsidy to students of Self Finance Courses who have taken Education Loan to get enrolled at the University. PU has created a Corpus of approximately Rs. 2 crore to help the students. Also, an amount of Rs. 60 lakhs has been approved for the students of the affiliated colleges of PU in various categories. Two new categories for Youth Welfare and Transgender have been added for the first time. PU VC urged all to work towards playing an important role in adopting the National Education Policy in true sense and right spirit which is focused at multidisciplinary approach.

            Earlier, CA Vikram Nayyar, in his welcome address appreciated the role of PU fraternity including the faculty, administrative staff, researchers, health workers, security personnel for devising strategies to carry on the show during that challenging times of lockdown. He urged all to continue with their good work unitedly, to take PU ahead on the road to success.

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            Patriotic songs were sung by the students of B.Ed College, Chandigarh. The vote of thanks were proposed by Prof. Gurmeet Singh, Depart of Hindi, PU.

             Those who were present on the occasion included PU Deans, Senior PU Officials, PUTA President, faculty, staff and their families.

Chandigarh January 27, 2021

The Centre for Human Rights and Duties in collaboration with The University Institute of Fashion Technology and Vocational Development(UIFT&VD), Panjab University organized a Webinar titled ‘Is Sustainable Building a Practical Solution or just a Fad?’ on January 27 given by Ms Shagun Singh, the founder of Gilli Mitti Farms and Gilli Mitti Foundation.

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            Dr Anu H.Gupta, Chairperson, UIFT&VD introduced the theme of the webinar. Dr. Namita Gupta, Chairperson, Centre for Human Rights and Duties introduced the speaker Ms Shagun Singh, an MBA graduate in Marketing and Finance who left an enthralling entrepreneurial career for a passion filled life where she dived into a sustainable form of living and launched Gilli Miitti foundation, which is an educational cum demo center for sustainable housing, permaculture, off grid self sufficient homesteading, food preservation and non-toxic bio degradable products.

            Ms Shagun busted various myths that ‘cement’ was not the only option for solid building material that should be resorted to. She endorsed sustainability as a way of life where she stated that ‘Mud’ was one of the most earthen materials and logistical resources that should be used as dominant building blocks of houses. Cement lobbies have brainwashed the government and populace that Mud has low tensile strength which is not suitable for city living or that the Mud houses are more in the nature of Kacha houses and can be washed away by rainfall or unsuitable for urban atmosphere. However, various such myths were cleared where she effectively talked about how mud is the most suitable building material particularly in tropical countries like India where the climate is extreme and demarcated by high and low temperatures with oscillating degrees of rain and sun where the Mud structure accommodation which are not such aesthetic and elegant but comfort oriented, which give relief and respite in the hot summer and warmth in the cold and dry winter.

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            Ms Shagun while emphasizing on the significance of sustainable lifestyle asserted that we should be an asset to the Mother Earth rather than being a liability. She reemphasized on the necessity of strategizing the building of a sustainable home and healthy houses in the contemporary urban scenario.

            The webinar was attended by over 81 participants covering Faculty, Students and Research Scholars of Panjab University which was followed by a robust brainstorming session.

Chandigarh January 24, 2021

Girls Hostel no.8 and NSS, Panjab University, Chandigarh has marked the National Girl Child Day with the children of construction workers at its premises. These children were given an opportunity to showcase their talent through drawing. The children made different drawings on various themes like environment, health, pollution and Republic Day. 

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Smt. Simran Kaur, Warden, Girls hostel no 8 and coordinator of the event said that “this program was organized to bring the feeling of equality among all, irrespective of any class or status”. She also said that the state of Punjab has dedicated the whole month of January 2021 to the Girl Child.

The occasion was graced by Prof S K Tomar and Prof Sukhbir Kaur,  DSW, (male and female respectively) along with the wardens namely Harjit Kaur, Anju Goyal, Manisha Sharma, Archana and Vishal Sharma.

Prof S K Tomar, Dean Student Welfare(DSW), interacted with the children and got overwhelmed by the responses given by them. He appericiated the efforts made the Hostel Warden and NSS to make it happen in this winter. Prof Sukhbir Kaur, DSW ( girls) also interacted with the few mothers who accompanied their young children. She congratulated the whole team of hostel staff and NSS.

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Sh. Gaurav Gaur,  NSS Programme Officer shared that all these children were handed over the health kits which included a toothbrush,  toothpaste, soap, cold cream and a comb. He also thanked everyone and gave special Appreciation for the five  students Ramandeep, Navjot, Sonia, Shubham and Narendra for coordinating the event so well. These students reinforced the practice of hand washing and maintaining personal hygiene with these children. 

Chandigarh January 23, 2021

The one-week long Training School under UGC Networking Resource Centre in Pharmaceutical Sciences on the theme “Training Pharmacy Professionals to Accomplish Mission – Make in India: Step Forth to Promote Academic Entrepreneurship” conducted by University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Panjab University, from January 18 to 23, 2021 successfully concluded today virtually via Cisco WebEx Events.

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During the Programme, a group of 31 faculty and research scholars from 12 states of the country was trained. A total of 19 lectures and 5 sessions were conducted by 25 eminent speakers‎ from various academic institutions, industries, CEOS, MDs of start-ups, innovation officers and ambassadors and research organizations with expertise in diverse disciplines of of pharmaceutical sciences, together with the in-house faculty of UIPS.

During the valedictory programme, Dr Manish Diwan, Head, Strategic Planning and Entrepreneurship Development, BIRAC, New Delhi, was the Chief Guest and delivered the valedictory lecture on “Biosciences to Bioeconomy”. He emphasized on Nurturing innovations from ideation to commercialization. He gave an insight into the ample number of grants available to the faculty and students with innovative ideas. He also motivated all the participants to take up entrepreneurship.

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Earlier, Professor Indu Pal Kaur, Chairperson, UIPS & Programme Coordinator, UGC-NRC, delivered the welcome address. Professor Ranju Bansal, Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, welcomed the august gathering. Professor O. P. Katare, Course Coordinator, briefed about the antecedents of the weeklong course. Feedback from the participants was also invited.  Dr Vandita Kakkar, Joint Course Coordinator of the School, presented the Vote of Thanks.

A special Colloquium on “Creating a culture of Innovation– the people aspect” by Ms Veena Swarup, Former Director HR, Engineers India Ltd, and Chairperson, NOWE@DMA (Network of Women Entrepreneurs) was the main highlight of the week. In her talk, she exquisitely explained the treasure of human resource in any Institute. She quoted “Best way to predict your future is to create it” and emphasized that we should value and appreciate all employees or any human resource involved in the working of academic or industrial set-up. All the participants enjoyed her illustrious talk.

Around 200 faculty, students and selected faculty participants enthusiastically attended the weeklong events.