Central Placement Cell(CPC), Panjab University, Chandigarh organised a function to distribute scholarships of Rs. 299,300/- to 34 students by the “Sarbat Da Bhala charitable trust.
Sarbat da Bhala is a charitable trust was started by Sh. S.P. Singh Oberoi. This philanthropic body is dedicated to the cause of extending economic benefits to the underprivileged and hitherto neglected sections of the society and these scholarships are being distributed every year since 2016. Dr. Amandeep Singh Marwaha enlightened about the various activities of the trust and about the event to the beneficiary students and participants.
Prof Meena Sharma, Director Central Placement Cell, welcomed all the members and briefly enlightened the students about the help provided by the trust in past and how helpful it has been to students looking at the current state of economyand thanked Dr S P Singh Oberoi for his philanthropic endeavours. Vice Chancellor, Prof Raj Kumar, expressed gratitude towards trust and highlighted the contribution of these philanthropists in the development of great education institutions like Nalanda and Takshila in the past too. He also told how these scholarships help collaterally in connecting various people involved in the process and asked Central Placement Cell to expand its scope and connect to more people.
Mrs. Inderjit Kaur, Director of the trust wished good luck to all the students and assured help to students while explaining the mission of the trust.
Prof Ganga Ram Chaudhary, gave formal vote of thanks.
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The Department of Library and Information Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh organised two webinars on National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 on 29th and 31st August 2020. Dr D. V. Singh, former University librarian, University of Delhi, Delhi and Dr. Dinesh Gupta, Professor, DLIS, Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh, were the resource persons.
Dr. D.V. Singh talked about the history, need and importance of NEP. He highlighted the significant features of NEP, like education in mother tongue; skill based education and vocationalization of education. He also emphasised the requirement of infrastructure for implementation of NEP.
Dr. Gupta highlighted the key principles of NEP 2020. He also elaborated the technology application in education for implementation of NEP. He advocated the use of Open Education Resources (OERs) for teaching and learning. In the end of his talk,he discussed some challenges in implementation of NEP 2020.
Dr. Preeti Mahajan, Chairperson of the department moderated both the webinars which were attended by more than 100 participants.
University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), Panjab University inaugurated TEQIP-III sponsored three days online international conference entitled “INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTEGRATED INTERDISCIPLINARY INNOVATIONS IN ENGINEERING” on 28th August 2020.
The conference scheduled from 28th to 30th August 2020 is being organized under twining activity of TEQIP-III in collaboration with Govt. college of Engineering and Technology Jammu under the guidance and patronage of Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University, Prof. Savita Gupta, Director UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh and Dr. Sameru Sharma, Principal, Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu. The technical program is enriched with internationally reputed speakers scheduled to give ten plenary talks, twelve invited talks, eight short invited talks and 200 oral/poster presentations from participants from various institutes from India and abroad.
The Conference Chair Prof. R. K. Singla, Dean University Instruction, Panjab University delivered the welcome address. Prof. Singla emphasized on the application of various interdisciplinary innovations in our life. He also said that the conference will provide a valuable opportunity for the researchers, scientists, academicians, industry specialists and decision makers to share their experiences on a common platform.
Prof. V. R. Sinha, Dean Research, Guest of Honour, stated that the conference will serve as an effective platform to learn, share, supplement learning while keeping abreast with the latest developments in the respective areas. He also stated that in this pandemic era of COVID-19, the conference will definitely benefit the research students.
Prof. Savita Gupta, Director, UIET elucidated the theme of the conference. She also quoted the role of interdisciplinary research as the base of many great discoveries and cited examples of great scientists. She said that the objective of this conference is to bring active researchers and experts from various disciplines to showcase their state of art research results and to integrate interdisciplinary connections amongst them.
Chief guest Prof. P. M. Khodke, Central Project Advisor, NPIU, Govt. of India, delivered his inaugural address online. He stated that in past few decades engineering faculty are playing a major role in solving many societal and industrial problems and in future, the technical education will become boundaryless. He discussed about the MHRD ‘IMRINT’ program and its importance. He also discussed the role of World Bank assisted TEQIP in improving Engineering/Technical education. He also emphasized on collaborative research. He motivated the participants & set the tone of the conference.
Prof. Sukhwinder Singh, Conference Co-Chair & Coordinator, TEQIP-III extended vote of thanks by paying gratitude to Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice- Chancellor, PU and Chief Patron for inspiring and encouraging the UIET team to organize this international conference. He also thanked Chief guest, Prof. P. M. Khodke, Guest of Honour, Prof. V. R. Sinha, Conference Chair Prof. R. K. Singla, Prof. Savita Gupta, Director, UIET, Dr. Sameru Sharma, Principal, GCET, Jammu, Prof. Harmesh Kumar Kansal, Program Chair, Prof. Harish Kumar, Nodal Officer, TEQIP-III, Prof. Kapil Sharma, Chairman, Scientific Advisory Committee from South Asian University, New Delhi, Dr Minto Rattan, Coordinator and all the members of organizing team , technical staff. He also thanked sponsors of this conference, TEQIP-III & Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, without their generous financial support, it would not have been possible to organize this conference.
Organising team consisting of Dr. Naresh Kumar, Prof. Naveen Aggarwal, Dr. Y P Verma, Dr. Deepak Kumar, Dr. Vivek Pahwa, Dr. Kalpana Dahiya, Dr. Suresh Kumar, Dr. Prabhjot Kaur were also present on this occasion.
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On the occasion of National Sports Day today, the Hon’ble President of India Sh. Ram Nath Kovind in the presence of Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Sh. Kiren Rijiju and several other dignitaries virtually conferred various National Sports and Adventure Awards 2020 from a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. The much coveted Maulana Abul Kalam Azad(MAKA) Trophy for overall top performing University in Inter-University Tournaments has been awarded to Panjab University, Chandigarh for the second time in a row.
Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, PU attended the virtual ceremony from Chandigarh. Later, he addressed the employees of the Directorate of Sports, PU at the Gymnasium Hall. He appreciated the efforts of the Sports Authority of India for virtually organizing the ceremony despite all odds due to Covid 19 pandemic. PU VC lauded the commendable achievement of the PU sports persons, coaches and the entire team of Directorate of Sports under the leadership of Prof. Parminder Singh, Director and Dr. Rakesh Malik, Deputy Director and extended his heartiest congratulations. He assured of all necessary help and support to the Sports Department for taking the Sports in PU to further heights.
Dr. Parminder Singh assured that with all supports from PU VC, concerted efforts will be made for improvement in the coming year in order to make a hat-trick for MAKA Trophy.
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Panjab University Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Raj Kumar was today conferred with the Rank of ‘Honorary Colonel’ and appointment of ‘Colonel Commandant’ in the National Cadet Corps (NCC) which is granted by Government of India through a Gazette Notification and is an honour granted to distinguished persons who can motivate NCC cadets and contribute in furtherance of NCC activities.
The honorary rank and certificate issued by Lt. Gen. Rajeev Chopra, PVSM, AVSM, Director General NCC, New Delhi were presented by Major General Beji Mathews, ADG, NCC Directorate, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh and Brig. Harsh Chhibber, Group Commander, NCC Group Headquarters, Chandigarh at Group Headquarter, Chandigarh. 2nd Chandigarh Bn NCC is responsible for NCC activities in Panjab University and provides training and coordinates social service contribution by cadets.
Prof. Raj Kumar is the only officer to hold this coveted rank in Chandigarh.
Dy. Commandant, Amitesh Verma (NCC), Lt. Col. Surender Singh (NCC), Lt. and Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Chairperson, Centre for Police Administration, PU were also present on this occasion.
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Prof. Sanjay Chhibber, who is the senior most professor in the Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh has been appointed by Indian Council of Medical Research as ICMR Emeritus Scientist in its meeting held on 7th, August, 2020.He is the only one from Universities of India to find a place in the list of 11 selected scientists for this award.
The duration of appointment initially is for a period of three years in the first instance. Further extension upto a maximum period of two more years may be granted by the agency depending on the progress of research work.He shall be working on a project entitled “Alternative Roles for CRISPR- Cas System in Bacterial Virulence: Beyond Adaptive Immunity”.
Prof. Chhibber has been associated with teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students of Microbiology (Hons, School) at Panjab University for more than 42 years. During these years he has been actively engaged in research and many post graduate and doctoral students have completed their research projects under his guidance. He has published more than 250 research papers in scientific journals of repute in India and abroad.
His main work in recent years has been on finding alternative strategies to curb drug resistant bacterial infections. During the past more than one decade he has concentrated on bacteriophage therapy and anti-virulence approach to control antimicrobial resistant pathogens using in-vitro and animal models. In recent years bacteria have developed resistance towards commonly used antibiotics and as a result bacteria fail to respond to them. Many times clinicians find it difficult to treat such infections. Bacteriophages are viruses of bacteria that have the ability to kill bacteria. Recent studies have shown that they have the ability to lyse with antibiotic resistant bacteria. Therefore this approach is being explored to treat such infections as an alternate strategy. With more than 60 publications in this area, he is one of the Indian scientists who have made tremendous contributions in this field at the international platform.
At present he is the president of the Society for Bacteriophage Research and Therapy (SBRT). Bacteriophages which are viruses of bacteria are finding many applications in diverse areas and this society is a platform to promote these scientists.Last year, he was honoured by the Society of Microbiologists with “Life time Devotion Award” for his contribution in the field of Medical Microbiology. He is also a member of the central council of Association of Microbiologists of India.
The enrollments for Panjab University’s highly successful and popular course on Digital Marketing have crossed the mark of 10000 for July-Nov 2020 semester. This course is available on MHRD’s SWAYAM platform and there is no enrollment fee for this course.
Dr Tejinderpal Singh, Associate Professor from University Business School is offering this course for the second time on SWAYAM platform and the curriculum is based on the industry practices and standards. According to Dr. Singh, anyone who wants to hone digital marketing skills may join this course on SWAYAM platform.
This course is following application-based teaching-learning pedagogy where learners will be exposed to various tools, platform and techniques of digital marketing such as WordPress, Google Ads, Email Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Google Analytics etc.
The course has 40 online modules spreading over 3 months and the final examination will be conducted by the SWAYAM to certify the successful learners. Last year, this course was ranked amongst top 15 online courses world-wide by the ClassCentral, a directory of online courses.
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The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on ambient air quality of Chandigarh was studied by the Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University along with Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh and Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee.
The study recently published in the journal Chemosphere entitled ‘Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on air quality in Chandigarh, India: Understanding the emission sources during controlled anthropogenic activities’ examined the trend of 14 air pollutants, including particulate matter (PM10, PM2.5), trace atmospheric gases (NO2, NO, NOx, SO2, Ozone, NH3, CO) and Volatile Organic Compounds (benzene, toluene, o-xylene, m,p-xylene, ethylbenzene) along with six meteorological parameters before and during the COVID-19 lockdown.
The study duration was divided into four parts, i.e., a) 21 days of before lockdown b) 21 days of the first phase of lockdown c) 19 days of the second phase of lockdown d) 14 days of the third phase of lockdown. The results showed a significant reduction in all the major pollutants during the first and second phases of lockdown. However, the concentrations of SO2, Ozone, and m,p-xylene kept on increasing throughout the study period, except for benzene, which continuously decreased.
Dr. Suman Mor, Chairperson, Department of Environment Studies, PU and the lead investigator of the study, highlighted that vehicular pollution contributes as a primary source of air pollution during different stages of lockdown. Further, she added that regional atmospheric transfer of pollutants from coal-burning and stubble burning were identified as secondary sources of air pollution.
Dr. Ravindra Khaiwal, Additional Professor of Environment Health, Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, PGIMER, who coordinated this study, mentioned that reduction in air pollution is linked to the decline in local emissions and frequent rainfall. He also highlighted that the increase in Ozone concentration seems to be associated with intense solar radiation and high temperature, which enhances the atmospheric reactivity during COVID-19 lockdown, leading to a rise in Ozone concentration not only in Chandigarh but many cities in India.
The percentage decrease in the concentrations during 1, 2 and 3 lockdown periods were 28.8 %, 23.4 % and 1.1 % for PM2.5 and 36.8 %, 22.8 % and 2.4 % for PM10, respectively. NO2 concentration was reduced by 23 %, 16.5 %, and 6.1 % in lockdown 1, 2, and 3, respectively, as compared to the average concentrations before the lockdown period.
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The department of Sanskrit, Panjab University, organized a plantation drive today in front of Shaheed Udham Singh hall building. Chairperson of the Department, Prof. Virendra Kumar Alankar led the drive. He said that keeping in view the pandemic situation, the drive was done with bare minimum participants who followed the guidelines regarding social distancing and sanitization. Prof. Alankar also added that the current situation saw the freedom of the natural world, due to the restricted movement of humans, which showed without doubt that humans were interfering with it, and harming themselves, due to which the practical as well as symbolic relevance of such drives has increased manifold.
A Pledge taking ceremony for observance of Sadbhawana Diwas was held at VC office of Panajb University. Prof Raj Kumar,Vice Chancellor took the pledge to work for the emotional oneness and harmony of all the people of India regardless of caste, region or language and resolve all differences through dialogue and constitutional means without resorting to violence in the presence of Prof. R.K. Singla, Dean of University Instructions, Prof. S.K. Tomar, Dean Student Welfare(DSW), Prof. Sukhbir Kaur DSW(W), Prof Devinder Singh,Deptt of Laws and the staff.
Similarly Dr. Paru Bal Sidhu,Chairperson Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology and Dr. Paramjit Singh Kang, Department of Life Long Learning & Extension, Panjab University took the pledge in the presence of the teaching/non teaching staff.
Dr. Manisha Sharma, Warden of Girls hostel number 6 alongwith the staff of the hostel also took the pledge.
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