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UIPS organized a popular talk on “COVID-19 Prevention and Control”

Chandigarh June 13, 2021

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University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Panjab University, Chandigarh  organized a popular talk under UIPS Expert Talk Series on “COVID-19 Prevention and Control” .

The event was spearheaded by Professor Indu Pal Kaur, Chairperson, UIPS and Professor Poonam Piplani, Convener, Lecture Organising Team of UIPS.

The Chief Guest of the occasion Dr Gurinder Bir Singh, Director Health Services (DHS) Punjab shared his views on the down trending graph of the 2nd wave and the number of lives lost, but he appreciated the strength shown by everyone during these tough times and urged people to keep following COVID protocols to prevent the third and consecutive waves.

Professor Mini P Singh,Department of Virology, PGIMER gave an explicit overview of COVID 19, covering key points like, when and how to mask; proper ways of wearing masks; prone exercise; home care for people with suspected and confirmed infections, busting myths about vaccination. She said that masks with exhalable valves are not good whereas cloth plus surgical masks provide 85% protection. She also covered public dealing during pandemic and protocols to be followed when entering house.

 Professor Mini P Singh is the part of the rapid response team of the UT administration and coronavirus committee of the PGIMER, Chandigarh. 

 Professor Pankaj Malhotra, Professor In-charge of Clinical Haematology, Department of Internal Medicine PGIMER

elaborated disease course of COVID 19, high risk factors and pre-emptive strategies to be followed during infection. He reiterated to strictly prohibit use of steroids, blood tests and CT scans in case of mild illness and educated about LONG COVID (when symptoms remain more than 4 weeks), post COVID complications, coronosomnia and mucormycosis. 

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The talk was followed by an extensive Q&A session and was concluded successfully with a vote of thanks by the Chairperson Professor Indu Pal Kaur and Professor Poonam Piplani. Around 200 participants joined the webinar which included students, researchers, UIPS faculty and distinguished guests

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E-YUVA centre at Panjab University Gets Rs. 2.36 crore

Chandigarh June 12, 2021

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An amount of Rs. 2.36 crore has been sanctioned for three years with Dr. Rohit Sharma, Microbial Biotechnology, Panjab University Chandigarh ,designated as the Project Investigator for Empowering Youth for Undertaking Value Added Innovative Translational Research (E-YUVA) scheme.

This aims to inculcate and promote research and society oriented entrepreneurial innovation among young students and researchers. Under this scheme the E-YUVA Centres (EYCs) provides pre-incubation to innovators along with financial support. The pre-incubation (UIC) has been upgraded to E-YUVA centre.

This centre will provide pre-incubation/incubation, financial and mentoring support to innovators and inculcate entrepreneurial culture. 

Incubation centre EYC has been in alliance with the vision of the  Vice Chancellor, Prof. Raj Kumar. He has been focusing on the importance of entrepreneurial set up that is going to shape a new India and that we will have to move ahead, taking young and the old together in this initiative. His vison is to integrate and consolidate different verticals of science under an umbrella of research and innovation. He emphasizes on the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship in the ever-dynamic global scenario.

Dr. Rohit Sharma considers this as a key step in empowering and nurturing young entrepreneurs in multidisciplinary areas of work in the northern region of the country. This centre will not only focus on the Entrepreneurs from the University and R &D institutions but also bring on board teams of Innovators from colleges or other graduation institutions. He successfully led the pre-incubation and incubation that was established in the year 2016 with generous funding support received from BIRAC. The pre-incubation has which now has been upgraded to E-YUVA Centre. 

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Since its inception, the pre-incubation and incubation, has been successful in having more than a score of Innovators on board as resident startups and/or entrepreneurs. It has multiple other success stories with respect to patents, awards and honors, funding, publications, a number of Proof of Concept (POCs), prototypes, products and large number of Innovators transforming to successful start ups, tie ups with industry and multiple follow up funding. EYC-PU, Chandigarh will keep up the good work and strive toward creation and hosting many more successful entrepreneurial ventures. 

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A Roadmap to the Career Options In Biophysics Discussed at PU

Chandigarh June 11, 2021

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The Placement Cell of the Department of Biophysics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, organized today a virtual outreach program, ‘A Roadmap to the Career Options In Biophysics’  to spread awareness and generate interest in the field of Biophysics. 

The virtual meet was convened by Dr. Avneet Saini ,Chairperson and Dr. Naveen Kaushal ,Assistant Professor; Placement and Outreach Incharge of the Biophysics Department. Over 110 students from different colleges attended the Outreach Program. 

Prof. Meena Sharma, Honorary Director, Central Placement Cell, PU presided over the virtual meet . In her opening remarks, she appreciated the time and efforts invested by the organizers in making this outreach program a reality. She emphasized the need of organizing such programs to guide students in making informed decisions about their future.

Dr. Avneet Saini introduced the students to biophysics as an interdisciplinary arena that bridges the gap between biological and physical sciences. 

Dr. Naveen Kaushal gave a presentation on the topic ‘Outreach and Placement’ and made the students aware of the scope and various career opportunities that the students can pursue after doing a course in Biophysics. Highly distinguished alumni of the Department gave their testimonials to the students about how Biophysics helped shape their careers. 

Dr. Pooja Khanna shared her journey of becoming a Data Scientist at Green Shield, Canada, and how she chose her passion for the same stemming from Biophysics. Ms. Sonika Sharma, Senior Manager, Medical Writer, Paraxel, Mohali shared her learning and experiences on her path from Biophysics to Parexel. Dr. Preeti Bhardwaj, Scientific Officer B, NCBS, TIFR, Bangalore, and Dr. Rishi Bhardwaj, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Yale University, USA, narrated their stories from being a Ph.D. student at the Department to follow their dreams in their respective careers.

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Dr. Naveen Kaushal thanked all the speakers and the participants for making the virtual meet success and hoped for a new beginning for relationship building  

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PU Resumes full day Working wef 10th June

Chandigarh June 9, 2021

Panjab University, Chandigarh, after reviewing the status of COVID-19 cases in the campus and on the basis of recommendations of the Committee, constituted for this purpose, the Competent Authority  has resumed the office timings of the University  from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. with full strength wef 10th June,2021.

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The competent authority has approved following measures to contain the spread of ongoing Corona pandemic, to be observed by all the offices of the Panjab University: –  

1. The Office timings of the University shall be resumed to normal working hours, i.e. from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. with full strength.  However, depending upon the staffing pattern and laydown of the office space, etc. if the Head of the Office/Department is of the view that staggering of timings/attendance is required to ensure proper compliance of COVID – 19 protocols, then he/she may stagger the timings and attendance of staff by issuing proper office orders giving appropriate justification for the same, subject to the condition that the normal day to day work as well as time bound assignments relating to the offices may not get affected.   

2. There shall not be any public dealing up to 25.06.2021 except with the prior appointment of the concerned HOD that too for urgent issues only. 

3. The Office staff shall avoid community lunch and any kind of get together to ensure proper physical distancing.   

4. All staff must ensure appropriate COVID-19 compliant behavior, i.e., proper wearing of masks (covering both mouth and nose), proper physical distance, regular handwashing/sanitization, etc. 

5. The entry and exit points shall be properly regulated to avoid any crowding.  

6. The lifts shall work with the capacity of only two passengers and one operator. 

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’श्री माता मनसा देवी पर चोला अर्पित करने की ऑनलाइन बुकिंग प्रक्रिया शुरू’

UIET Gets grant of 2.13 Crore For Skill Development

Chandigarh June 9, 2021

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University Institute of Engg and Technology, Panjab University bags Rs 2.13 crore grant for skill and entrepreneurship development in Electronic waste management from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), which will  be supervised by Dr. Vishal Sharma, Assistant Professor, UIET, Dr. Manish Dev Sharma, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics and Dr. Amit Chaudhry, Assistant Professor, UIET.

Panjab University is one of the premier universities providing technical education in India today. In its endeavor to provide modern education preparing students for the future, the university under the leadership and guidance of Prof Raj Kumar, Vice-Chancellor has now initiated with the support of MeitY, a certificate program on e-waste dismantling. The Project is to be implemented at UIET with the collaboration of Private Recycler M/s Exigo Recycling Pvt Ltd, Noida.

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Electronic waste is the fastest growing waste stream in the world today and India ranks among the top 3 countries in terms of the quantum of e-waste generated on an annual basis. More than 90 percent of this waste is managed in the informal sector which leads to environmental and health hazards. Panjab University conceptualized first of its kind project whereby such actors and others can be formally trained on dismantling techniques through a certificate course. This will not only lead to addition of workforce in this sector leading to Atma-nirbhar Bharat but also add to skilled workforce under Skill India. This will lead to creation of resource efficiency and a circular economy in the country providing a boost to the electronics sector as a whole.

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Mayor visits Mauli Complex

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Chandigarh, June 8:- Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Mayor, Chandigarh today visited ward No.24 i.e. Mauli Complex to review the ongoing works at the area and joined ‘Swachhata hi Sewa’ drive in the area alongwith Sh. Anil Kumar Dubey, area councilor, Sh. Shailender Singh, Chief Engineer, Sh. K.P. Singh, SE, Horticulture, Dr. Amrit Warring, Medical Officer of Health, concerned Executive Engineers and other officials.

During the visit the Mayor and team of officers visited booth market in Mauli Complex, where the Mayor asked the concerned engineers to prepare status report about the market and get the maintenance work done in this area. He asked the sanitation inspector to maintain proper cleanliness in the market area.

The Mayor and team took round of the streets at Mauli Complex and instructed the concerned officers to repair the paver blocks in road berms and repair the dug up roads. The Mayor asked the executive engineer of Electrical wing to maintain the street lights properly in the area and repair the broken lights.

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During the drive required pruning of trees were also done by the horticulture wing and lifted the horticulture waste from the road berms and open areas of ward No.24. The Mayor also distributed face masks to the shopkeepers and local residents besides pamphlets depicting precautionary measures to be taken during the COVID-19 and maintaining cleanliness in their surroundings.

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“Preparing Roadmap for Implementation of NEP-2020” Discussed at PU

Chandigarh June 8, 2021

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A webinar series on ‘Preparing Roadmap for Implementation of NEP-2020’ was jointly organized by Department of Education and University Institute of Hotel and Tourism Management, Panjab University, Chandigarh which was inaugurated by Prof Raj Kumar Vice Chancellor.

In his Inaugural address, PU VC stressed upon revision and revamping of  the education structure, as per NEP2020.. He focused on the importance of national and international collaborations through MOU and the Research and Student exchange programmes etc.which bring visibility of  the University. He also stressed that based on these series, a policy document shall be prepared which will be sent to Ministry of Education for reference.  

Prof. Amit Kauts, Dean Faculty of Education, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar was the resource person of the day. His topic was “Digital initiatives, their integration and use for improving quality in education’. He emphasized on a more holistic and multidisciplinary education, internationalization with an aim of restoring India’s position of Vishwa Guru, technology use and integration etc.

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Further, an initiative of ICT enabled teaching learning pedagogy improves the visibility of self and of the university one is working with. He emphasised that in NEP, technology is the centre of various programs like Swayam, Swayam Prabha, National Digital Library etc. and through the use of ICT,  teaching and learning will improve as technological interventions will be thrust area for every academic body. 

The webinar was attended by 70 participants which were a mix of  students staff and faculty from varied institutions. The webinar was convened by Prof. Kirandeep Singh Chairperson Department of Education ,PU and the vote of thanks  was presented by Dr. Anish Slath Director University Institute of Hotel and Tourism Management 

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Holistic Approach Needed towards Environmental Preservation

Chandigarh June 6, 2021

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The ecological footprints of modern human society and its practices are huge. Thus, we need a holistic approach of environmental protection that entails a merger between environmental protection and economic development. said  Prof Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University while presiding over the webinar on “Need for Connecting Industry and People to Nature: Role of Engineers” expressed that the Ancient Indian wisdom of “green, clean, resilient” path is even more relevant today as we pursue poverty reduction and development in an increasingly fragile environment. 

 The webinar was organised by Panjab University Alumni Association in collaboration with PU Chemical Engineers Alumni Association (PUChETAA) to celebrate World Environment Day.  Prof Raj Kumar recommended that the efforts should be made towards the ideal scenario where natural resources can regenerate themselves and be used without compromising the life cycle of production, highlighting the pivotal role of industry in protecting the environment. He expressed his concern towards rapid industrialisation, population growth coupled with changing lifestyles which are increasing the severity of the environmental problems. He made an impassioned plea to all the attendees to be the harbingers of sustainability and become the change agents and be true Karmayogis. Lauding the role of industry, he pleaded with them to undertake an Energy Audit periodically to assess energy usage to reduce wastage and be more efficient and also to benchmark against best practices worldwide. He urged all to plant at least one tree to celebrate World Environment day and contribute towards environment sustainability. 

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Prof VR Sinha, DUI opined that the environmental protection challenges require multipronged strategies and community participation. By creating opportunities and efficiencies in all social and economic areas of resource utilisation and distribution as well as involvement of all can help achieve sustainable development goals. He made an earnest appeal to all to work wholeheartedly towards developing the planet a better place to live in for our future generations. 

Dean Alumni Relations, PU Prof Anupama Sharma highlighted the objective of the panel discussion to sensitise and motivate individuals to think about the way they consume; for businesses to develop greener models; for farmers and manufacturers to produce more sustainably and for youth to build a greener future. The three pillars of Industry 4.0 i.e. digitization, automation, and integration  needs to have the fourth pillar of environmental sustainability also. She also highlighted a few initiatives by Panjab University in the direction of environmental protection. 

Chief Guest Sh. Aseem Sharma, IFS expressed the need for a long term perspective for developing a tradeoff between industrial economic development and environmental preservation. This mandates resource consumption through a resilience perspective with continuous innovation for developing greener technologies and processes. He stressed on the term “Environ-mend” to highlight the efforts towards environmental restoration. 

Treasurer, PUCHETA Sh Rakesh Aggarwal moderated the panel discussion.  

Sh. Sukhraj Soni, Business Head, Spray Engg. Devices Ltd., outlined numerous Energy-saving opportunities in industry which can be addressed by either technological or process changes. Technological changes include replacing old machinery with energy-efficient equipment and improving insulation in physical plants. Process changes include shifting production schedules so that more electricity is used during off-peak demand times. 

Highlighting cement industry perspective and initiatives, Sh. Ashok Demla, President and MD, Humbolt Wedag India informed that in response to environmental concerns, many businesses have made changes in their product materials, ingredients and packaging. He shared the best practices in the cement industry to reduce the carbon footprints in recent times which has changed the perspective of the cement industry from most polluting to most advanced. Advances in technology have resulted in the production of more sustainable materials and production methods, thereby reducing carbon footprints. 

Sh. Sanjeev Handa, Director Projects, EIL highlighted the need to ensure healthy ecosystems that enhance livelihoods and productivity, counteract climate change and prevent the collapse of biodiversity. Without conserving and protecting these resources, sooner rather than later, companies will have no raw materials to use in production. He stressed that we need to usher in an era with sustainability as the cornerstone. He underlined flagship programmes of the government for cleaning major rivers like Ganges and Yamuna.

Prof. Amrit Pal Toor, Chairperson, Dr. SSBUICET Sh. Sanjeev Gupta, Secretary, PUChETAA also expressed their views. 

The webinar was  attended by faculty, students, alumni members and leading experts from industry. 

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Plantation Drive on World Environment Day by Microbiology,PU

Chandigarh June 5, 2021

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The Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh has always been committed towards its social responsibilities and keeping up with this the department along with the Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh organized a plantation drive on 5th June, 2021 in and around their premises wherein different saplings were planted.

The plantation drive was carried out to mark the occasion of World Environment Day which is celebrated every year throughout the world on 5th of June. Prof. V.R. Sinha ,Dean University Instructions, Panjab University and Prof. R.C. Sobti ,Former Vice Chancellor, Panjab University were the guest on the occasion.

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Dr. Deepak K. Rahi, Chairman of Department of Microbiology along with his faculty members Prof. S.K. Soni, Dr. Naveen Gupta, Mr. Khem Raj Thakur, Dr. Kashmir Singh, Chairman of Department of Biotechnology and other faculty members participated in the event. Mr. Anil Thakur, S.D.O (Horticulture) was also present during the plantation drive. Other staff members of the department Mr. Ramesh Jain, Mr. Baljinder Singh, Mr. Ramesh Yadav and Mr. Kashmir Singh also attended the event. The plantation drive was carried out by following all the necessary COVID-19 associated SOPs and guidelines.

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PU Library Science celebrated World Environment Day

Chandigarh June 4, 2021

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Department of Library and Information Science in collaboration with Horticulture Division, Panjab University, carried out Plantation Drive today on the eve of World Environment Day which is observed on 5th June every year. 

The theme of the event for 2021 was “Reimagine. Recreate. Restore”.   Dr. Shiv Kumar, Chairperson initiated the event by planting saplings. All the faculty members, non-teaching staff and some local research scholars also participated in the plantation drive. 

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The faculty members emphasized the importance of tree plantation for the society and accentuated that such initiatives will go a long way in inculcating awareness among the public about environment conservation and reconciliation of humans and nature. These trees are an investment for future generations and health of the environment is as important as health of an individual. They said that plants should be grown to keep the environment green, clean, safe and healthy. Students were also encouraged to plant more trees and take care of their plantations thereafter.