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गुरूग्राम अस्पताल का नाम श्री गुरू नानक देव जी के नाम पर किया गया - मुख्यमंत्री

Special Lecture on “Conflict Resolution with special reference to Jammu & Kashmir” by Lt. Gen J S Cheema at the DDNSS, PU

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Chandigarh April 27, 2019

Special Lecture on “Conflict Resolution with special reference to Jammu & Kashmir” by Lt. Gen  J S Cheema at the DDNSS, PU 

The Department of Defence and National Security Studies Panjab University, Chandigarh organised a special lecture on the theme “Conflict Resolution: Jammu & Kashmir” by Lt. Gen J. S. Cheema (Retd.), here today. 

Lt. Gen. J.S. Cheema, has retired as Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information System and Training). Prior to that, he was Director General of Infantry in Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence. Gen Cheema started the lecture by defining the nature and root causes of conflict in general. He said that the important aspect for any conflict to sustain is the perception of a just cause and the popular support is very- very essential ingredient in sustaining the conflict as it depends upon the cause of it. And combined with that, if there are internal weaknesses in our own handling of a particular situation, then this may further lead to sustaining a conflict. While explaining the cause of conflict in Jammu and Kashmir he discussed in detail all the successive events that happened in Jammu and Kashmir during Independence of India. Whether it is instrument of accession or plebiscite in the state, these are the root causes of the conflict in Jammu and Kashmir. Under part 21 of the Constitution of India, which deals with “Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions”, the state of Jammu and Kashmir has been accorded special status under “Article 370”. These Articles, whether it is “Article 370” or ‘Article 35 A” they should be diluted.

Lt. Gen. explained in detail the Insurgency and Terrorism prevailing in the state are also the main causes of conflict in Jammu and Kashmir. While talking about the role security forces, he highlighted that Conflict Resolution has political causes, so when the security forces get involved into the conflict, it is not the purpose, neither it is possible for the security forces to resolve a conflict, but it is their responsibility to manage it to such a level where the political process could take place. He added that for any insurgency situation there are two important aspect to sustain one is the level of violence other is the popular support.

 He explained the three levels of violence and popular support.  In the first 
level violence is low and popular support is also low, in the second stage there is low violence and high popular support. At the next level low violence goes to medium violence and medium violence goes to high violence. So at the third stage level of violence is very high and the popular support is also on the highest level of conflict and this is like civil war situation. By giving the example of situation in Jammu and Kashmir in 1990s, he added that insurgency in the state erupted in those years because 
the violence level was very low but the support was very very high and this was the time when the movement was led by local terrorist. Later on there was the involvement of foreign terrorists grow rapidly. 

He also highlighted in detail about the number of causalities happened in 
Jammu and Kashmir from 1948 to till date which saw the tremendous rise since 1990’s.

While talking about India –Pakistan1965 war he said that one of the causes of that war was the India’s successful integration of Jammu and Kashmir in the Union of India. He said that a state can be normal only when the Law and Order of the state are controlled by the local police and without the support of Central reserved forces. 

Lastly he concluded his lecture by saying that “the level of violence in Jammu & Kashmir may go up or may go down but the aazadi sentiment may continue remain in the psyche of Kashmiri people. 

The lecture was attended by members of various faculty members, serving and retired armed forces officers pursuing various courses in the department, research scholars and students. The lecture was followed by a questions and answers session with the audience.

गुरूग्राम अस्पताल का नाम श्री गुरू नानक देव जी के नाम पर किया गया - मुख्यमंत्री

PU is conducting Common Entrance Test – 2019 for admission to Undergraduate courses on Tuesday, 30th April, 2019.

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Chandigarh April 27, 2019

Panjab University is conducting Common Entrance Test – 2019 for admission to Undergraduate courses on Tuesday, 30th April, 2019. The timings of the test are from 9.00 am to 3.30 pm. About 9500 candidates will appear in this test. Total 30 examination centres have been created. Two centres are created in the Panjab University Campus, Sector 14, twenty two centres are created in local colleges at Chandigarh and six centres are created in Punjab i.e. two centres each at Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana and Sri Muktsar Sahib. For the first time the University has created centres 
outside Chandigarh to facilitate the candidates who commute from Punjab.

गुरूग्राम अस्पताल का नाम श्री गुरू नानक देव जी के नाम पर किया गया - मुख्यमंत्री

Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies, PU, Chandigarh organized Alumni Meet Programme along with Prize Distribution Function, here today.

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Chandigarh April 26, 2019

Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh organized Alumni Meet Programme along with Prize Distribution Function, here today. 

Prof. Jaspal Kaur Kaang, Academic Incharge of the Department informed that welcomed the Guests and Alumni of the Department who came from the various places to join Alumni function. She stated that  Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies established in 1970 in pursuance of a scheme of the Punjab Govt. and University Grants Commission to set up Guru Nanak Chairs at some universities of India in commemoration of the Birth-Quincentenary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji in 1970. The Panjab University was the first to establish such a Chair for study and research. Prof. Gurbachan Singh Talib was the founder head of the Department and the legacy continued with the prominent scholars Prof. H.S. Shan, Prof. Darshan Singh (Professor Emeritus), Prof. N.K Oberio, Prof. Santosh Sharma, and Prof. Jaspal Kaur Kaang. The chair has now enlarged its scope by starting MA Course in Comparative Study of Religion from 2016. She also shared the 
information that 75 scholars have received Ph. D degrees from the Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies till yet. On this convocation (28.04.2019) 05 scholars are also taking Ph. D degree and one student taking gold medal for achieving 1st Position in the University. 

The prominent Alumni who attended the function included Prof. S.S. Bhatti, Prof. Sneh Lata Badhwar, Dr. Harjas Kaur, Dr. Maninder Kaur, Dr. Balvir Kaur, Dr. Priya, Dr. Ved Parkash Malhotra, Dr. Amardeep Kaur, Dr. Puneet, Dr. Devinderjit Kaur, Dr. Jamit Kaur, Dr. Kamaljit Kaur, Dr. Inderjit Kaur, Dr. Jaswant Singh, Dr. Harpreet Singh,   Dr. Parvinder Kaur, Prof. Darshan Singh and from M.A Student’s 1st batch Sadaspreet Singh, Paramdeep Sohi, Sanjeev Kumar, Ashveer Singh and Suman attended the function. Dr. 
Jasbir Kaur, Dr. Bhatti, Dr. Ved Parkash, Dr. Priya shared their achievements and old memories spent in the Department. 

Prof. Shankarji Jha, Dean of University Instructions, PU in the presence of Prof. Karamjeet Singh, Registrar and Prof. Deepti Gupta, Dean International Students gave merit Certificates to the students who held top positions in the University and from the Department also. 

गुरूग्राम अस्पताल का नाम श्री गुरू नानक देव जी के नाम पर किया गया - मुख्यमंत्री

Workshop on “Team Building and Leadership” at PU

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Chandigarh April 25, 2019

 The Department of Public Administration, Panjab University, Chandigarh 
organized a workshop on “Team Building and Leadership” under the aegis of the Govt. of India Project “Concurrent Evaluation and Monitoring of Implementation of National Food Security Act 2013”, here today.  The workshop was conducted by Mr. Krishna Mohan, I.A.S. (Retd), former Additional Chief Secretary & Financial Commissioner, Revenue, 
Government of Haryana. 

The objective of the workshop was to make the participants understand the 
concept of team work and leadership and strengthen personal skills. According to Mr. Krishna Mohan cohesive team performance is a means through which many organizations thrive. Individuals who have varying skills, contrasting personalities and different responsibilities need to come together and develop interpersonal skills. He narrated a number of anecdotes and stories from the corporate world, mythology and real life to
engage participants. A number of exercises for self assessment were also administered to showcase different social styles.

40 participants enthusiastically attended the workshop.   

गुरूग्राम अस्पताल का नाम श्री गुरू नानक देव जी के नाम पर किया गया - मुख्यमंत्री

NSS AWARDED BEST VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR AT AN ANNUAL AWARD FUNCTION

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Chandigarh April 25, 2019

NSS, Panjab University, Chandigarh organized its Prize distribution function, here today, in which Prof Shankarji Jha, Dean of University Instructions was the Chief Guest. Dr Bikram Rana, State Liasion Officer, was the Guest of honour.  

Around 40 students were awarded with the Rising Star of the Year Award and Best Volunteer of the year Award. 25 volunteers were awarded with  Swachhta Ambassadors Award. Whereas 270 students were awarded with the  Swachh Bharat Summer Internship certificates for contributing atleast 100 hours by doing various Swachhta activities in different villages during last June and July 2018.  

4 Colleges each from Chandigarh and Punjab were awarded for doing exceptional work. The Colleges from Chandigarh included Post Graduate  Govt College, Sector 11, Dev Samaj college of Education, Sector 36, MCM DAV College, Sector 36 and DAV College Sector 10, Chandigarh.  

From Punjab the colleges included Gobindgarh Public College, Khanna, DAV College for women, Ferozepur, GGD College of Education,  Gidderbaha and Dashmesh college, Mukerian. 

Dr Navdeep Sharma, read the annual report and Dr Gaurav Gaur coordinated and anchored the event.      

गुरूग्राम अस्पताल का नाम श्री गुरू नानक देव जी के नाम पर किया गया - मुख्यमंत्री

The Department-cum-Centre for Women’s Studies and Development and Centre for Human Rights and Duties, Panjab University, Chandigarh organized a special lecture

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Chandigarh April 25, 2019

The Department-cum-Centre for Women’s Studies and Development and Centre for Human Rights and Duties, Panjab University, Chandigarh organized a special lecture on the theme ‘Gender Equality and Justice in 21st Century: Prospects and Challenges’ by Smt. Rekha Sharma Chairperson, National Commission for Women, New Delhi. 

Rekha Sharma, Chairperson, National Commission for Women, discussed about the various problems and challenges faced by women in 21st Century and the biggest challenges mindset of society which needs to be changed from own family. She said that even in today’s time there are fewer opportunities to women in comparison to men. She emphasized that there is a need to provide equal opportunity to uplift the status of women. It is very important for women to earn and become financially secure and also 
be aware of their legal rights. While talking about Gender we should always emphasize on equal opportunities as Gender Justice means removing the discrimination based on gender. She also stressed that women are 50 percent of the total population and we are still struggling for 33 per cent reservation. There is a need to have a proactive and protective mechanism to protect the rights of the women and to provide them with the equal opportunities. She urged the youngsters to become aware of the women issues and to spread it too. 

Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh, while quoting various scriptures, discussed how women were held at high position and were respected and worshipped as goddesses. He further said that this narrative has changed in 21st Century where women face numerous challenges. Although the law provides equal rights 
and opportunities to both men and women, but in reality, the situation is different. He emphasised the empowerment of women must begun at the family level and it will automatically lead to a change in the mindset of the society. 

Dr. Namita Gupta, Chairperson, Centre for Human Rights and Duties emphasized that we are already in 21st century and it is high time that we should have a society with equality and justice for both the genders in the society. She further stated that such interactive sessions must be held regularly to bring change in the mindset.

Dr. Rajesh K. Chander, Chairperson, Department-cum-Centre for Women’s Studies and Development emphasized that there is a need for multipronged strategy to change the mindset so that we have a gender equal and inclusive society. He stressed that the students must play a proactive role to bring change in the society. 

 The session ended with active participation of the audience by asking 
questions related to the theme of the lecture. The session was attended by senior officials, Chairpersons, Directors, faculty members, research scholars and students from diverse faculties of the University.

गुरूग्राम अस्पताल का नाम श्री गुरू नानक देव जी के नाम पर किया गया - मुख्यमंत्री

Panjab University Chandigarh organise Annual Placement Drive Negotium 2019

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Chandigarh April 25, 2019

One of the Big Four Accounting Companies of the world, KPMG offered package of 4.99 lakhs per annum along with medical benefits to five students of University Institute of Legal Studies(UILS), Panjab University Chandigarh as a part of its Annual Placement Drive Negotium 2019 which was organized by the Career Development Cell, UILS. Out of 17 students shortlisted, 5 were offered the job. 

It is a glorious moment for the department as KPMG has been coming to the campus for three consecutive years now. The Managing Partner, of KPMG Mr Atul Gandhi interacted with the students who were shortlisted on the basis of their CVs. The opening speech was an enlightening and invigorating one where he explained the outreach and work of the company. The Manager, Ms Saudamini Shrotiya highlighted the 
nuanced legal work undertaken by the company out of which Fraud and Forensic Analysis was the most important and gave an overview of the multifarious nature of dealings with the other companies. 

The HR Ms. Samta Jain gave the aspirants an insight into the corporate work and multi cultural atmosphere of the company, nature of work, the transformative nature of life at KPMG and what qualities does the company look for in the candidates during the recruitment process. The company highlighted the remarkable progress of the students who were recruited from UILS last year.  

गुरूग्राम अस्पताल का नाम श्री गुरू नानक देव जी के नाम पर किया गया - मुख्यमंत्री

Botany Department, Panjab University successfully organized 5th & 6th Professor Shiv

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Chandigarh April 24, 2019

Botany Department, Panjab University successfully organized 5th & 6th Professor Shiv Ram Kashyap Oration Award Lectures at 11.00 a.m. on April 24, 2019 at Auditorium of Botany Department. Chairperson of the Botany Department, Prof. (Dr.) Daizy R. Batish gave the welcome address.

Prof (Dr.) Shankarji Jha, Dean University Instructions, Panjab University, Chandigarh was the Chief Guest on the occasion. In his inaugural address, he enlightened the audience about Shiv Ram Kashyap Oration Award Lectures and also congratulated and appreciated the efforts of Botany department for organizing the event. He also said about Prof. Kashyap was conferred Doctorate Degree (honoris causa) during special convocation (December 4-6, 1933) in the golden jubilee celebrations of the University 
along with Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose. He was given the title of ‘Rai Sahib’ in 1920 and ‘Rai Bahadur’ in 1929 in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to academic services. Subsequently, the dignitaries were honoured and felicitations were offered.Prof. Promila Pathak, introduced both the awardees Prof. (Dr.) Imran Siddiqi, JC Bose Fellow, CCMB, Hyderabad &  Prof. (Dr.) Sudhir K. Sopory, SERB Distinguished Fellow, 
ICGEB, Delhi). She introduced the first awardee and mentioned his achievements stating that Prof. (Dr.) Imran Siddiqi, presently working as JC Bose Fellow (DST), CCMB, Hyderbad. He did his Master of Science from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and Ph.D. from University of Oregon, USA in 1989. He did his Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. Franklin Stahl and the topic of his research was “Genetic Recombination in Bacteriophage”. After that, he did his Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Prof. Imran Siddiqi is a well-known geneticist. His research has shown a lot of promise and progress in the areas of apomixes, meiosis and gametogenesis in plants. Since 1992, he is a Scientist at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad. He has established his own Siddiqi Lab at CCMB, Hyderabad. He has been a Visiting Professor in the Laboratory of Prof. V. Sunderasan, Institute of Molecular Agrobiology, Singapore as well as in the Laboratory of Prof. Ueli Grossniklaus, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York. He has a number of publications in highly esteemed journals like Science, Nature, Biotechnology Journal, BMC Molecular Biology and Genome. Prof. Imran has to his credit a number of fellowships and awards such as: Distinguished Alumnus Award of IIT Bombay, INFOSYS Prize in Life Sciences, Fellowship of The Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi and The Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore. Prof. Siddiqi is a member of Editorial Board of The Journal of Biosciences, Genetics and BMC Plant Biology.

The speaker for the occasion, Prof. (Dr.) Imran Siddiqi delivered his lecture on the topic “21st Century Economics GM Crops in the Indian Context: Will the Past Inform the Future?”.

The next awardee for the 6th Professor Shiv Ram Kashyap  Oration Award was Padma Shri Prof. (Dr.) S. K. Sopory who is currently working as SERB Distinguished Fellow of the Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, at ICGEB, New Delhi . He began his academic career in the year 1973 as a Faculty at the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University and worked there till 1996. His teaching and research career spans over 45 years inclusive of that as Visiting Scientist at Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany; visiting Fulbright fellow at the Department of Botany, University of Texas, USA and Plant Molecular Biology Lab of the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA, and visiting Humboldt Professor at the University of Munich, Germany. He was the first one to work out in detail “the role of glyoxalase pathway in plant stress biology”. His researches have been documented in over 250 articles published in peer reviewed journals. He has been the editor of 13 books and has contributed more than 50 chapters in books. He has been the President of the Indian Society of Plant Physiology and the Vice-President of the National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad; Indian Society for Plant Physiology and Biochemistry; Indian National Science Academy, Delhi; and the Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, New Delhi and is a former secretary of the Plant Tissue Culture Association of India. Prof. Sopory has been the recipient of many National and International honours for his pioneering contributions to Scientific Research and Teaching, including the 1987 Shanti Swarup Bhatangar Prize by CSIR, the highest Indian award in the Science and Technology categories. Some of the other notable awards include T. N. Khoshoo Memorial Award, B. M. Johri Memorial Award, NASI Prof. R. N. Tandon Memorial Award, and Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour by the Government of India. He is an elected Fellow of several major Indian science academies. He is the first Indian to receive Corresponding Membership Award of American Society for Plant Biology in 2010. He was the Eleventh Vice Chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University from Jan. 2011 to Jan 2016.

The speaker for the occasion, Padma Shri Prof. (Dr.) S. K. Sopory delivered his lecture on the topic “Strategies towards Developing Plant Tolerance under Abiotic Stress”

Prof. (Dr.) Girish Sahni was the chair of the session during the occasion. In his  address, he thanked the Guest Speakers, Prof. (Dr.) Imran Siddiqi and Padma Shri Prof. (Dr.) S. K. Sopory for taking out time from their busy schedule to grace the University with their solicit presence and agreeing to enlighten the audience with their vast knowledge and experience.

Prof. Promila Pathak  presented a vote of thanks. She thanked DUI, Prof. Shankarji Jha for gracing the occasion as Chief Guest, despite his busy schedule, and Dr. Girish Sahni, for presiding over the session.  She on behalf of the department, also expressed deep regards and heartiest thanks to Honourable Vice Chancellor, Panjab University, Prof (Dr.) Raj Kumar for his guidance, support and encouragement. She also appreciated and acknowledged the contributions and opinions shared by eminent Speakers
for today’s gathering Prof. (Dr.) Imran Siddiqi, and Prof. (Dr.) Sudhir K. Sopory for stimulating the environment with their interesting and thought provoking lectures. 

गुरूग्राम अस्पताल का नाम श्री गुरू नानक देव जी के नाम पर किया गया - मुख्यमंत्री

Seminar on “Abiding legacy of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’ held at PU

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Chandigarh April 24, 2019

Department of Defence and National Security Studies in collaboration with 
Gyan-Setu a Think Tank of Panjab University organized a one day seminar on “Abiding legacy of Maharaja Ranjit Singh” here today to commemorate the 550th birth anniversary of Shri Guru Nanak Dev ji.

Sh. VP Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab and Administrator UT Chandigarh in his address, compared the reign of Sikhs with the reign of Bismark in the Germany, and talked about the history of Sikhs with the relations to the history of Rajputs in the Rajasthan and highlighted the key common points between them. He said that the Napoleon was the contemporary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the statecraft of the both 
were quite same and also said that Punjab being the Gateway to the Country had to bear the brunt of various invasions, as a result Punjab State produced warriors.He further added that Maharaja Ranjit Singh left an enduring legacy for successive generations. He was the first ruler to forge Punjabi identity across various faiths. As a secular and inclusive ruler, he combined principles of Meeri (Governance) with Peeri (Faith) in a commendable manner. 

 Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University in his address talked 
about the life sketch of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and particularly about his army and his patronage into the arts, history and literature. He also highlighted about his contribution in building gurudwaras and temples. He said that Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the most secular ruler.

Earlier, Lt. Gen. K.J. Singh while welcoming the guests, introduced the theme of the seminar and how that theme got developed. He elaborated that the theme was transition of Sikhs from Baba Nanak to Maharaja Ranjit Singh. He further added that Punjab of Maharaja Ranjit Singh included more than 50% of Muslims of Punjabi descent that shows the true secular way of his State, he talked about the sense of inclusion that Maharaja had that was inherited from the Sikh Gurus and other Sikh intellectuals 
as well.

Prof. Indu Banga, Prof. Emeritus, the keynote speaker of the day talked about Sikh history studies, as well as of the history of Punjab. She started from the beginning of Sikh religion and traced it to reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. She talked about the transition of Sikh religion, from Guru Nanak Dev to Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Starting from Guru Nanak she told about the spiritual dimension of the Sikh religion and the chief transition happened from the Guru Arjun Dev from which the Sikh Religion transformed into a religion of protectors. She told about the resistance of Sikhs against Mughals which made them a Martial Race and after the last guru Shri Guru
Gobind Singh, Maharaja Ranjit Singh continued that legacy, the Statecraft of Maharaja was based on the teachings of Sikh religion and it was the kind of Kingdom where people of all faiths lived in peace. He was the one who really cultivated Punjabi sentiments during his reign he never plundered wealth and ornaments of women. Guru Gobind Singh prepared a manual which shows what are do’s and don’ts for Sikh.

Lt. Gen. Surinder Singh called Maharaja Ranjit Singh as one of the foremost 
Sikh Emperor, he said that he (Ranjit Singh) had legacy of its own by constructing great infrastructure and encourage education and build a great empire. He became part of folklores in Punjab. He gave a few anecdotes and small stories about Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

Dr Jaskaran Singh Waraich, Cchairperson, Department of Defence and National Security Studies, PU gave the vote of Thanks in the end of the Inaugural Session.There were speakers who discussed about the legacy which all Sikh gurus and Maharaja Ranjit Singh carried forward from Baba Nanak to the time period of Maharaj Ranjit Singh.

TECHNICAL SESSION I Transition of Sikh from Baba Nanak Dev to Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

Guru Nanak Dev was greater admirer of Baba Farid and Sant Kabir. He believes that god is one. Communalism has no space in his thinking. Baba Nanak said that we should serve people to serve god and meditation is the key to peaceful living. He talked about his thinking on religious and social matters. He was popularly known as sher-e- Panjab. And also give beautiful interpretation of various life instances of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, also 
talked about the policy of Sikh misals. And much of the literature related to him was missed because it was all in Persian. His focus was on the human resource development. He also highlighted that Gurumukhi is the legacy of Guru Nanak Dev and with-it Guru Nanak empowered Punjabis. 

TECHNICAL SESSION II Lessons in security and military domains were discussed in seminar. Speakers talked about the military of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and what modernisation was there in his military.

गुरूग्राम अस्पताल का नाम श्री गुरू नानक देव जी के नाम पर किया गया - मुख्यमंत्री

International Workshop on Health Care for the Elderly

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Chandigarh April 24, 2019

 The Four day international workshop on ”health care for older population; 
learning from IndoCanadian Experiences” was inaugurated today at ICSSR seminar hall, Panjab University Chandigarh. The workshop is collaborative venture between Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada and Department of Geography, PU Chandigarh. The grant has been awarded by SICI under the Shastri Development Programme Grant funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development jointly to Prof Smita Bhutani at Panjab University and Prof Rosenberg at Queen’s University. 

Speaking on the occasion, Prof Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, P.U, appreciated 
the timely initiative which he felt was socially a very relevant issue. He stressed the need to take the collaboration further and learn from each other to the mutual benefit of both societies and cultures. 

Prof Rosenberg, the Canadian collaborator while introducing the theme said ageing was one of the three major challenges being faced by a rapidly urbanising world. There was a requirement in this light to re-imagine health and social systems to make the elderly a happy and valued segment of our society.  

Prof Nayak from NEHU, Shillong delivered the keynote address and talked about India’s traditional regard for the elderly which was gradually dwindling as the elderly were perceived as a burden in the family as well as in society at large. He brought out the need to take steps against abuse of the elderly, create aged-friendly infrastructure and increase the number of Gerontology units. 

 The Workshop will see the participation of research scholars, senior citizens, health care professionals, care-givers, academicians and non-governmental organisations. It will include 4 technical sessions and three activity sessions along with field visits to old-age homes and hospitals. 

 The day concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Prof Simrit Kahlon, 
Chairperson, Department of Geography.