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Promotes Home Composting in Aatamnirbhar Ward

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Chandigarh, January 4:- The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh on Tuesday launched a awareness campaign on ‘Home Composting’ and ‘Segregation of Waste at Source level’ to encourage residents to take up the ‘My waste, my responsibility’ concept involving recycling of biodegradable waste into manure.

The awareness campaign has been launched at Aatamnirbhar Ward comprising areas Sector 29 and Industrial area besides Sanjay colony.

Following the instructions of Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh the team led by SBM brand ambassador Ms. Kajal Mangalmukhi encouraged citizens to participate in home composting of waste produced in their respective households.

The home composting campaign involves door-to-door canvassing among residents to implement viable waste recycling methods like onsite composting pits and composting in buckets etc. Besides this Eco-friendly methods to recycle waste within households were explained to residents.

Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, MCC said that instead of conducting awareness meetings in closed halls, the MCC has planned to meet residents in streets and encourage them to help the MCC in containing waste generated daily and dispose off wet waste at their own level through home composting.

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She said that with the enthusiasm of local residents, ward no. 20 strives to be an Aatamnirbhar ward. 100% wet waste will be processed within the ward and 100% dry waste sent to Material Recovery Facility Station located at the same ward.

Chandigarh January 1, 2022

Panjab University(PU) Annual Prize Distribution Function for the session 2019-20 was held at PU Gymnasium Hall, today.

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Former University Grant Commission(UGC) Chairman Prof. Dharinder Pal Singh was the Chief Guest at the function organised by the PU Directorate of Sports. Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Dharinder Pal appreciated the achievement of PU sportspersons at the national level by winning MAKA trophy.

In his address, PU Vice Chancellor Prof. Raj Kumar called upon the sportspersons to aim higher and bigger to achieve big in national & international events. He also referred to PU achievements in sports.

DAV College Chandigarh received the overall General Championship Trophy A Division for Men & Women section for the session 2019-20. SGGS College, Chandigarh and GGS College for Women, Sector-26, Chandigarh received the Runner up Trophy for the General Trophy of Men Section and Women Section respectively.

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President PUSC Dr. Neena Seth Pajni, Director Physical Education & Sports Prof. Prashant Kumar Gautam and Dr. Rakesh Malik also spoke on the occasion. Principals along with Sports Incharge of their respected colleges, coaches, Sports promoters and staff of this directorate were present in the function. The annual function could not be organised earlier due to the lockdown.

Chandigarh December 31, 2021

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Panjab University (PU) Vice Chancellor Professor Raj Kumar today launched the Digital Calenader 2022 of Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Raj Kumar greeted the university teachers, officers, non teaching employees, alumni and students on the occasion of New Year. He wished them peace, joy and fulfilment in 2022.

While appreciating the initiative of launching digital calendar, Prof. Raj Kumar expressed his happiness that the University calendar that used to adorn the walls in the past will now adorn the mobile phones of all students and staff members. He said that the Digital Calendar of the University is in line with Prime Minister’s Vision of “Digital India” and can be accessed at click of a button on any smart phone. While the earlier physical version of University Calendar was sold at some fixed price, the digital avatar of the calendar will be available to anyone across the world, he added.

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PU Dean University Instructions Prof. V.R Sinha; Registrar and Finance Development Officer CA Vikram Nayyar; Controller of Examinations Dr. Jagat Bhushan, Dean Research Prof. S.K. Tomar; Director Public Relations Dr. Vineet Punia; SVC Dr. Muneeshwar Joshi and Manager  PU Press Mr. Jatinder Moudgil were also present on the occasion.

Chandigarh December 29, 2021

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Panjab University (PU) has bagged the first national rank in Innovation, Start-up and Entrepreneurship Development among the government and aided (state-run and deemed) universities in the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA). The announcement was made in Delhi today.

ARIIA is the official ranking of the Government of India to rank all the major higher educational institutions in India on indicators related to Innovation, Start-up and Entrepreneurship Development amongst the students and faculties. ARIIA critically evaluate institutions on parameters like patent filing and granted, number of registered students and faculty start-ups, fund generation by incubated start-ups, specialised infrastructure created by institutions to promote innovation and entrepreneurship, etc. As many as 1,438 Institutes from all states participated in various categories of the ranking.

PU Vice Chancellor Prof. Raj Kumar has expressed his happiness and congratulated the faculty and staff of PU. “I am glad to know that despite the record number of entries for Atal ranking this year, PU not only improved on its rank from last year but in fact has topped the list among the state universities. This speaks about the efforts put in by the faculty and staff of the University towards the campaign of innovation which we had started three years back. I congratulate all the stakeholders and at the same time appeal to them to not be complacent and maintain the streak in the coming years too”, he added.

PU Director (IQAC) Prof. Ashish Jain, said, “We at IQAC are very happy with the outcome of Atal ranking this year. Panjab University is a unique university that carries its heritage and futuristic innovation on its shoulders with equal ease and responsibilities. It’s a moment of rejoice for all of us here at PU.”

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PU adopts all initiatives for Innovation and Entrepreneurship as per norms of the Ministry of Education. The university has well established Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) at  University Institute of Engineering and Technology and University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences. BioNest, Cluster Innovation Centre, Entrepreneurship Development Centre, Design Innovation Centre, Technology Enabling Centres, Centre for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Centre for Industry Institute Partnership Programme, DST – Centre for Policy Research and Centre for Advanced Studies in Zoology have remained its strongest pillars for innovation, incubation, startup and entrepreneurship.