Chandigarh September 12, 2019
University School of Open Learning (USOL), Panjab University, Chandigarh has extended the last date to submit application with late fee of Rs. 1000/- for admission to Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Diploma Courses and Certificate Courses from 31st August, 2019 to 30th September, 2019.
For more detail, the students can visit the link: onlineadmissions.puchd.ac.in.
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Chandigarh September 12, 2019
Department of Sociology, Panjab University, Chandigarh organized a special Lecture on ” Creating respectful Workplaces for women”. Dr Rani Mehta, Chairperson, introduced the key speaker Ms.
Merri Hanson, Director of Peninsula Mediation, who is a conflict resolution consultant for various federal agencies such as Navy, Homeland Security, NASA, Department of Justice in USA. She focused on various best practices required for creating a conducive working environment for women. She was accompanied by Ms. Catherine Fischer, Public Diplomacy Officer, U.S Embassy and Ms Ayesha Gideon from The American Centre, New Delhi. The lecture was very informative and thought provoking for the audience which included faculty members and students of the department.
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With the sole intent to support young scientists/ideas/entrepreneurs, Panjab University has been promoting translation research and bio-entrepreneurship for over a decade. Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) sanctioned establishment of Bio-incubators Nurturing Entrepreneurship for Scaling Technologies (BioNEST) that is primarily hosting the entrepreneurs in the North of India and assist the struggling innovators to help them make their ideas visible to the society.
Dr. Rohit Sharma, is the Project leader of BioNEST at Panjab University (BN- PU). The BioNEST is providing a strong incubation support to all the new enterprises in North India. It is providing innovative technology and capacity building platform/s. Demonstrating the role entrepreneurship in an academic system and provide a new direction to research is what is an integral component of BioNEST’s motto.
One of the start-ups namely MicroFoods Pvt. Ltd started in 2016 by Prabhjot Singh Khanna a Microbiologist from PAU, Ludhiana. After doing masters research work on vinegar fermentation and having a 2 years of industrial experience in fermentation department he started a boot strapped start up with manufacturing of Apple cider vinegar.
Starting the company from a small room in 2016 today MicroFoods Pvt. Ltd had renowned market name after starting Gluten free Multigrain Flour with brand name Gluten Go.
Recently MicroFoods has been selected for second stage by BIRAC SEED Fund grant in association with Foundation of Innovation and and Technology Transfer (FITT, IIT Delhi with award price of Rs. 30Lac for setting of scale-up facility.
Before this MicroFoods Pvt. Ltd. has also won Rs. 30Lac grant under SAEN-BIRAC programme in association BioNEST-PU, Chandigarh for designing of reactor for vinegar fermentation. Presently Micro Foods Pvt. Ltd is incubatee in BioNEST-PU for its R&D projects and have further increased its strength for innovation of new products under the facility available.
Seeing the future potential of the market MicroFoods is planning to launch basket of gluten free products with high fibre content which is main requirement for present society. As presently we are selling our products in Punjab with help of this grant MicroFoods will able to increase its production capacity and take its marketing to Pan India level. “The target of the Incubation space is to help the start-up generate funding from different sources and not only start-up fund but also stage two and follow up funds so that the product/s reach the market/society, which is the prime focus of such programmes” said Dr. Rohit Sharma, Project Leader BioNEST-PU.
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Dept of Hindi today organized a essay writing competition as a part of series of activities planned by the Department on the occasion of Hindi month. The topic for essay writing competition was’Hindi mey Dil, Dil mey Hindi’. Twenty Students from different Departments of the University and city colleges participated in the event. These included PGGC-11, MCM-DAV-36, GCM-11. The next activity
‘Har Chitr Kuch Kehta Hai’ planned as a part of the celebration will be held on 16th September. Dr Gurmeet Singh, Chairperson, Dept of Hindi informed that the winners will be felicitated on the closing ceremony function to be held on 28th September. He also informed that the next activity, a movie screening of the film English Vinglish will be held on 13th September and a Hindi Walk will be organized on Hindi Day, 14th sept, at 6.30am on Sukhna Lake.
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Chandigarh September 11, 2019
The counseling for admission to M.Phil. (Punjabi) for the session 2019-2020 will be held on 23.9.2019 (Monday) at 10.00 a.m. in the office of the Department of Punjabi (Arts Block-1st (Floor-1st), Panjab University, Chandigarh. All those candidates, who have qualified the entrance test and UGC-JRF/UGC-NET qualified students may also submit their application form latest by 19.09.2019 upto 4.00 p.m. All the students are advised to bring the testimonials at the time of counseling.
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Chandigarh September 11, 2019
Prof Di Carlo, Promoter, Pegaso University, Italy and Dr Marina, President, UET Italy visited Panjab University and held discussions with Prof Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor in his office regarding exploring possibilities of collaborative programs between two Universities, here today.
The discussions included, exchange visits of faculty members, researchers, and administrative staff; exchange of students, student visitation, and the development of study abroad and short-term programs; assessing the potential for transfer and degree completion programs; organization of conferences, seminars, symposia or lectures; exploration of common research interests and other forms of academic collaboration.
Panjab University and Pegaso University will soon sign MoU regarding these joint collaborations.
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The Centre for IAS and other Competitive Examinations, Panjab University, Chandigarh is going to start a fresh batch of coaching classes for UGC(NET) paper-1 from 18th September 2019. The last date for receipt of applications is 17th September 2019.The registration form is available from the centre and also available on website// iasc.puchd.ac.in
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The Centre for Human Rights and Duties, Panjab University, Chandigarh as part of the activities of Human Rights Volunteers’ Cell for Para Legal Services, organized World Suicide Prevention Day, here today in collaboration with State Legal Services Authority, U.T. Chandigarh at Student’s Centre, Panjab University.
As part of the event, the department organized open mic on suicide prevention on the theme “Umeed”. The event was organized to encourage students to share their thoughts and experiences on the issue through poetry, storytelling, music and rapping.
Dr. Namita Gupta, Chairperson, Centre for Human Rights and Duties while introducing the theme stated that “Suicidal behaviour is universal, knows no boundaries so it affects everyone. Preventing suicide is often possible and each one is a key player in its prevention. Hence, we all have to come together to prevent suicide among youth.”
Dr. Arzoo, Assistant Professor, Psychology, GMCH-Sector 32 elaborated on how to overcome suicidal thoughts, laid emphasis on communicating with the family and friends about the problems one faces in day-to-day life. She said that the best way to overcome any problem in life is to talk about it with your near and dear ones.
Mr. Mahavir Singh, Member Secretary, State Legal Services Authority, U.T. Chandigarh, motivated and encouraged the students to involve themselves in various activities to avoid stress and anxiety which sometimes lead to suicidal thoughts.
A leaflet on tips related to ‘Self-Care’ in situations of crisis prepared by Ms Surbhi alongwith other volunteers of the Human Rights Volunteers’ Cell for Para Legal Services was also circulated for wider dissemination among the youth. Dr Upneet Kaur Mangat, the Coordinator of the Cell stated that the objective was to generate awareness
on how everyone can make a contribution in preventing suicide.
Jagminder, a Paracyclist shared his inspiring life story and motivated the students by stating that despite his handicap and various odds, he is successful in life today, as a cyclist and as an artist. He emphasized that we should always keep the hope alive
The event was a success with the participation of students from various departments of Panjab University.16 students shared their thoughts: Ajay Choudhary, Rajni, Ashima, Kartik, Hiteshi Arora, Rupali Kamboj, Rakesh Kumar and Pardeep Kumari shared poetry on the theme of the event. Jagminder, Gurmohan, Bhavya, and Prakhar
shared their thoughts through stories. Bhavya, Jayantika and Neha sang songs to motivate the audience. Nand Kishore presented a rap and enthralled the audience with a self-composed song.
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A six days long Ganesh Chaturthi was celebrated in the Girls Hostel No. 8 of Panjab University by the residents and staff members of the Hostel. Ganpati Sthapana took place on 2nd September, 2019 at 8:00 AM in the morning. Morning and evening aarti was done by the residents. Prof. Neena Capalash, Dean Student Welfare (Women), Wardens of hostels, staff members and hostel residents actively participated in the event. The Ganpati Visarjan took place today after bhajans and aarti in the hostel premises. Students from other departments and other hostels also enthusiastically attend the event. Keeping in mind the environment, eco – friendly idol of Ganesha made of mud,
after visarjan dissolved in water and Tulsi was planted in the pot.The event was organized to create a homely environment for the residents of the hostel and everybody participated with full zeal and enthusiasm.
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University Institute of Applied Management Sciences(UIAMS), Panjab University, in association with NSS unit of Panjab University, under the guidance of program officers Dr.Manjushri Sharma, Dr.Anupreet Kaur Mavi, Dr.Ikreet Bal, and Dr. Vijayta Chadda, organized an Eye Donation Awareness campaign at UIAMS premises, as a part of National Eye donation fortnight being celebrated from 25th of August to 8th of September. This campaign aims to create mass public awareness about the importance of eye donation and to motivate people to pledge their eyes for donation after their demise. Professor Upasana Joshi Sethi, Director, UIAMS, welcomed the speakers and the guests for the session. Professor Navdeep Sharma, NSS coordinator, Panjab University, addressed the students and motivated the NSS volunteers and students of UIAMS to be a part of this noble drive.
The awareness session was held in collaboration with a team of doctors from Advanced Eye Care Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. Dr.Gaurav Gupta, Cornea Specialist at PGIMER, gave a presentation on the facts and myths surrounding the concept of eye donation. He highlighted that India is having one
fourth of world’s blind population, with corneal blindness as one of the major reasons. Still, our country is at the bottom when it comes to availability of donor eyes. This calls for an urgent and intensive drive to spread the awareness about eye donation as one of the foremost humanitarian task for all individuals. He urged the student
volunteers to spread the information on contact numbers of Eye Bank PPGIMER Chandigarh so that the donor eyes can be transferred to the eye bank with in the stipulated time of 6 to 8 hours ( 7087008200/ 9855464464; 01722756368, EXT.-6111; for a radius of 50 to 60 Kms around Chandigarh) Dr.Atul Gautam, Manager, Eye Bank at PGIMER, informed the students about the standard operating procedure followed for the processes involved in
eye donation, right from filling a pledge card for donation to counseling of family members at the time of harvesting the donor eyes. Four faculty members and 15 students pledged their eyes for donation after the session.
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