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Workshop on “Brush Strokes” at UIFT & VD, PU

Chandigarh May 13, 2021

University Institute of Fashion Technology & Vocational Development (UIFT & VD), Panjab University, Chandigarh organized a two days online workshop on fabric painting titled ‘Brush Strokes’. Around 60 students from M.Sc. and B.Sc. Fashion and Lifestyle Technology participated in this workshop. 

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This workshop involved ornamentation of fabric surface with colours. At the onset of the workshop, Resource person Mrs. Santosh Verma,an artist and a freelancer, elaborated  about fabric painting on different surfaces and products. She gave an online live demonstration on numerous techniques. Beautiful outcomes with the effect of shibori;  tape masking creating different shapes on the surface was practiced by students on a variety of products. Not only fabric painting but bangle making utilising left over fabrics was another added feature of this workshop.  Ms Kirti, Faculty with UIFT, coordinated this workshop. 

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Dr Anu H. Gupta, Chairperson UIFT & VD remarked that these skills can help participants in future to create their own products/label and market these on a digital platform. The participants actively participated in the workshop, experimented with techniques and prepared samples as well as products like T-shirts, head bands, bandana, bangles etc. Shivani Singh, one of the participants said, “It was a really fantastic and informative workshop. I have really loved the way it has been conducted. This workshop will help us a lot in our professional and personal life. We can also think of our own start-ups .Waiting for more workshops like this in future”.

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MCC extends the date of depositing water bills till May 31

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Chandigarh, May 12:- The Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh has decided to extend the date of depositing water bills till 31st May, 2021.

This was decided in a meeting held today between Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Mayor and Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh.

The Mayor said that due to the COVID-19 lockdown period, the MCC has earlier extended the deposit date of water bills till 17th May but keeping in mind the present situation and ease to the citizens the deadline has been extended till 31st May, 2021.

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*MP Manish Tewari inaugurates Open Air Gym at Central Park, Sector 63, Chandigarh*

3 Main Blocks of PU closed due to increase in number of cases

Chandigarh May 11, 2021

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Keeping in mind the surge in number of cases in past few days in Administrative Block, University School of Open Learning, Aruna Ranjit Hall, of Panjab University, Chandigarh, a committee under the Chairmanship of Sh. Vikram Nayyar, officiating Registrar, held threadbare discussion on the matter in the presence of Prof. Sanjay Kaushik, Dean College Development Council, Prof. Devinder Singh, Secretary to Vice Chancellor, Dr. Jagat Bhushan, Controller of Examination,  Sh. Vikram Singh, Chief of University Security, Ms. Renuka B. Salwan, Director, Public Relations, Deputy Registrar(General) and Assistant Registrar(General Branch).

The following decisions were taken as a measure to contain further spread of this highly infectious Corona virus:-

·         The Administrative Block, Aruna Ranjit Chandra Hall and USOL shall remain closed on 12th and 13th May, 2021.  However, the staff of these buildings shall work from home under the instructions of their Controlling Officers.  No staff of these buildings shall leave the station without the prior approval of their concerned Controlling Officers.  In order to attend to the urgent time-bound assignments and also to the matters concerning Students’/Research Scholars requiring immediate intervention, the concerned Assistant Registrar shall attend the office with concerned subordinate staff, if required.

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·         All these three buildings will be sanitized.

·         In order to capture the information regarding COVID cases in employees or their immediate family members, possibility of creation of an online portal be explored, for which a separate meeting shall be convened by inviting Director, Computer Center and Chief Medical Officer of P.U. Health Centre for their inputs.

·         The situation shall be reviewed on Monday, i.e. 17.05.2021, to suggest other measures, if required.   

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UIFT’S Third Alumni Lecture on International Fashion Runway

Chandigarh May 11, 2021

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Third lecture series ‘Learn the ropes with alumni’ was held today at UIFT &VD with Divya Bhagat. She pursued her graduation and post-graduation in Fashion and Lifestyle Technology from UIFT, Panjab University. After doing her Masters from UIFT, she did a course on Fashion Styling from London School of Trents. She worked as a Fashion Merchandiser in the Garment Industry and is now a Fashion Design Faculty with INIFD Chandigarh.  Around 80 students joined her webinar. She spoke about “International Fashion Runway” to the current students of the department.

Divya Bhagat, shared her journey with the students, what they should keep in mind and practice while they are pursuing their course.She motivated them to learn with in-depth study on fabrics, silhouettes, design, pattern and the making of garments. She also laid importance of doing regular internships so that the academic and practical aspect polishes the learner and makes him/her ready for this apparel/garment /fashion industry. She talked about opportunities that she got at UIFT when she back staged many fashion shows. She also shared her experiences working on different websites, working as a merchandiser and how she learnt about various fabrics and their drapes.

Divya gave an insight about the backend working of International fashion runway shows. She shared her experiences of being a part of London Fashion Week for 3 years, while explaining how international fashion designers work and elaborated the difference between working with national and international designers. Laying importance on Sustainability, she also elaborated how students can do a lot of DIY projects in upcycling of old clothes encouraging them to adapt sustainable fashion design practices. Later  she discussed the importance of social media in the upcoming fashion market.According to Divya “Being focused, working hard towards the goal and knowing the latest are important for a fashion design learner to be successful”.

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Dr Anu H. Gupta, Chairperson UIFT & VD welcomed and appreciated Divya for her achievements, sincere efforts and dedication towards her work as a merchandiser, designer and Faculty of Fashion.

Her talk inspired and motivated many students to think about different fields of Fashion Industry that they can take up as a career. Participants found the session  very interesting, informative and had their queries answered from the speaker.

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PU extended last date for examination forms

Chandigarh May 10, 2021

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It is notified for the information of the Public in general and the students in particular that the last date for submission of examination forms of all UG/PG Under Semester System (i.e 2nd, 4th,   6th, 8th &  l0th  Semester ) and all Certificate, Diploma & Advance Diploma Courses (Regular & Re-appear) Semester/ Annual System (if any) session 2021 examinations to be held in June/July, 2021 (without and with late fee) has been extended upto 25.5.2021 from 15.05.2021. Revised schedule for submission of examination forms (with and without late fee) is as under:-

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Without late fee25.05.2021
With late fee of Rs.2,075/-01.06.2021
With late fee of Rs.6,075/-08.06.2021
With late fee of Rs.11,075/-15.06.2021
With late fee of Rs.22,075/-21.06.2021

(Students can also visit the University website www.puchd.ac.in for information)

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PU Psychology Department offers tele-counselling for Covid related stress

Chandigarh May 10, 2021

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In the wake of second surge of Covid 19 crisis, Prof. Seema Vinayak, Chairperson, Department of Psychology, Panjab University has initiated a social outreach programme for PU fraternity to provide psychological help for Covid related stress/anxiety. Strict confidentiality shall be maintained for all help seekers.

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She will be available for tele-counselling as per schedule given below:-

Monday to Friday  

Morning –   10-11 am

Evening –    5-6 pm.

Contact No. 9814211641

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COE Office of PU Instructions for B.Ed 1st Semester

CHANDIGARH-09/05/21

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In view of the Curfew / Lockdown imposed in some cities of Punjab due to COVID-19, the students appearing in the Online Examinations of B.Ed 1st Semester w.e.f. 11th May 2021 and Clash / Medical Cases of UG / PG Courses 1st Semester w.e.f. 12th May, 2021 are hereby informed by the office of Controller of Examination, that:
1) The College Students of B.Ed 1st Semester will Email a Single PDF (soft copy) of the answer sheet to their colleges. No student should visit the college premises for submitting the hard copy of the answer sheet. The submission of the soft copy of the answer sheet should strictly be done within 90minutes of the completion of the exam. It is mandatory for the students to Email the PDF of their answer sheet to their Email ID also and this should also be done within 90 minutes of the completion of the exam. However, the students must retain the hard copy of the answer sheet till the result is declared. The College students will not upload their answer sheet on the University Portal.
2) The USOL / Private / Re-Appear students are required to upload the Single PDF of their answer sheet on the University Portal i.e. online.puexam.in within 90 minutes of the completion of the exam. It is mandatory for the students to Email the PDF of their answer sheet to their own Email ID also and this should also be done within 90 minutes of the completion of the exam. The hard copy of the answer sheet is also required to be sent to the University. However considering curfew curbs and health advisories, if speed post within stipulated time as per previous instructions is not possible, flexibility is provided to the candidate to post it at a later stage. The students will seal the answer sheet in an envelope immediately after the exam and retain this with themselves till the exams are concluded. The students can post all of his / her answer sheets to the University after completion of scheduled examinations. However, at places where the administration allows the people to go to the post office, the students can post the answer sheet on the same day of examination itself. In case any alteration is found in the Uploaded PDF of the answer sheet and the Hard Copy of the answer sheet, both answer sheets will be rejected and the result will be withheld. For this, the students are required to accept the undertaking while uploading the answer sheet on the University Portal.
3) The College students appearing in the Clash / Medical Case online examinations of UG / PG 1st Semester should follow Point No. 1 and the USOL / Private / Re-Appear students should follow Point No. 2.
4) Other instructions w.r.t. the pattern of question paper, timing and instructions for attempting the question paper, Number of pages to be used by the students etc. already notified through letter no. 12558/CE, Dated 29.01.2021 and 13049/CE, Dated 13.02.2021 remains unchanged. Both of these letters are available on the University website, online.puexam.in

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*MP Manish Tewari inaugurates Open Air Gym at Central Park, Sector 63, Chandigarh*

PU celebrated World Red Cross Day

Chandigarh May 8, 2021

Panjab University in  association with Bhartiya Shikshan Mandal, Punjab And Red Cross Society, Punjab, on the eve of World Red Cross day  organised a virtual awareness lecture under the title “ Role of Civil Society in fight against Pandemic”.

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Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor of P.U. in his address said that Civil Society is the most effective cooperative unit to fight against adversaries. He further added that Man has become the most formidable and fit creature on the earth, due to its acumen and agility to evolve the civilised societies. Man has learned the relevance of mutual cooperation, complementarity and harmony to tackle most of the challenges faced by living creatures. 

Sh. Avinash Rai Khanna, renowned thinker and social worker, related the obligations and role of a actual civilised society with formation and working of Indian Red Cross Society. Sh. Khanna urged every youth and capable member of Indian civil society to come forward with dedication to discharge their “ manav dharma” and “ samaj dhrama” holding it be most sacrosanct facet of Idea of justice propagated by Indian Civilisation. Sh. Khanna advised educational institutions to aware the youth to donate blood before being vaccinated, help lonely senior citizens whose children are serving away from home as army personnel or front line fighters and institutions should prepare consultation panels of medical students to aware the needy.

Dr. Umashankar Pachauri, All Indian General Secretary of Bhartiya Shikshan Mandal, quoted some anecdotes and stories from ancient Indian history, where to tackle the pandemic and adversaries every affluent member of Indian Society distribute all their earning among society at large and especially for marginalised sections. Dr Pachauri appealed to the audience to make everyone aware that one should restraint from being self centric by collecting medicine like Remidesivir for future, when other needy patients are suffering due to its urgent need. 

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Along with hundreds of research scholars, academicians and students of P.U.,Dr. Vishal Sharma, Warden of Banda Bahadur Hostel, Dr. Manisha Sharma, Warden of Mother Teressa Hostel, Dr. Gaurav Gaur, Social Work Department, P.U.  were present.

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PU to Close AC Joshi Library

Chandigarh May 8, 2021

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In pursuance to the order of UT Administration dated 7 May 2021,  issued under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, Panjab University today convened a meeting  under the Chairmanship of Prof. V.R.Sinha, Dean of University Instructions, in the presence of CA Vikram Nayyar, officiating Registrar, Dr. Jagat Bushan, Controller of Examination, Prof. S.K.Tomar, Dean Student Welfare(Men), Prof. Sukhbir Kaur, Dean Student Welfare(Women), Dr. Rupinder Kaur, Chief Medical Officer, Prof. Sanjay Kaushik, Dean College Development Council, Prof. Devinder Singh, Secretary to Vice Chancellor and Prof. Naval Kishore, Department of Geology. 

The committee has recommended  to close all the physical facilities /services of Panjab University which includes  AC Joshi Library, Departmental Libraries, Laboratories, Swimming Pool, Play grounds etc till 31st May, 2021. However, the online teaching shall continue  with staggered presence of staff as already notified by the University. 

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Further , in the interest of health and safety of students and also to ensure that the PU hostel residents are not exposed to the highly infectious virus in the prevailing alarming conditions of pandemic, the committee decided that all the students shall be requested to return safely to their homes and families. PU authorities shall seek assistance of UT Administration for the safe departure of students.

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PU launches E-Library Services

Chandigarh May 7, 2021

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In another milestone for Panjab University, Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, today launched e-Library services for the registered users of the University. PU VC in his address said that it is a momentous moment for PU to extend this facility to the faculty, researchers and students of PU to access around 15000 plus e-Journals, several thousand e-books, databases etc from their safe environments in the current pandemic situation.

            Dr. Jivesh Bansal, University Librarian provided an overview of the PU e-Library and said that this facility will be provided to all the registered users of Panjab University at Chandigarh and all the Regional Centres along with the faculty of all the affiliated Colleges. He further informed that the PU e-Library is a rich content platform through which all the subscribed e-resources, eShodhSindhu resources, Web-OPAC, Institutional Content will be provided to all the registered users of the PU. The e-Library aggregates all the library collections, open Access resources, multimedia learning content and electronic document repositories all on one platform. This facility can be accessed on any device from anywhere. The platform will also provide a Mobile e-Library App (for both Android & iOS) which offers a multi-format, content delivery app for users to consume eBook collections, e-Course material, latest journal issues and multimedia learning content. Patrons can access the e-Library from Library Webpage as well through mobile app.

            Mr. Rahul Agarwalla, owner of Knimbus also spoke about the features and scope of eLibrary.

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            Dr. Jagat Bhushan, Chairperson, e-Resources Committee & Controller of Examinations expressed his gratitude to Vice-Chancellor because of whose vision and able guidance, library was able to materialize this achievement. He also acknowledged the efforts of the entire team of PU library towards providing this facility to users.