Keeping in view the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, the Panjab University has extended the dates of the various entrance tests for the session 2020-21 as under:
The Department of History, Panjab University, Chandigarh organized a Webinar and Lecture with eminent academician, historian and linguist expert, Dr. Heeraman Tiwari on 08 July, 2020 on the theme ‘Language of History and Language in History: An Intellectual Tradition of Ancient India’.
The Chief patron of the lecture, Vice-Chancellor, Professor Raj Kumar conveyed his overwhelming appreciation of the consistent efforts of the Department of History in perpetuating academic efforts even in the times of the Corona Pandemic by inviting such eminent academicians and thinkers to address the students, research scholars and faculty members.
Professor S. K. Tomar, the Dean Students’ Welfare and Honorary Director of Human Resource Development Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh in his welcome address highlighted how every successive step in the domain of knowledge makes him feel more humbled and eager to learn more. Dr. Anju Suri, Professor and Chairperson of the Department of History, Director of the event, apprised the almost 90 strong audience comprising faculty members from PU and other universities, students and researchers about the Speaker and the theme.
Professor Heeraman Tiwari who is a Professor in Centre for Historical Studies School of Social Sciences, JNU, New Delhi, has pursued his higher studies from Oxford University and is an established author of several books and research articles on various aspects of language, history and academia. Prof. Tiwari began by delving on the importance and vitality of using the right language and descriptive words in history so as to convey the intended meaning explicitly and with minimal chance of misinterpretation.
Prof. Tiwari expounded on how Patanjali in the ancient Sanskrit treatises has demonstrated the correct usage of language to explain and deduce meanings. The speaker highlighted the tradition of knowledge gaining and writing in ancient India which aimed to understand and contextualize the past. Language was praised because it was the only vehicle which could transmit the records of the past to the present. However, there was strict adherence to its adoption. Patanjali elaborated how one needed to understand meaning, context and channel of communication before going into the study of grammar. To Panini, anyone who is recording the past must have no self-interest to serve. Indian intellect considered knowledge a humbling experience.
Quoting examples from Sanskrit texts, he spoke about how language ought to be used, which words to use and which to avoid. The aim of language is to convey and protect culture and also contextualize knowledge. The greatest seeking starts while taking mundane subjects in the beginning and delves into the highest complexities of knowledge in the forms of questions and answers. The best example is the Bhagwat Gita in which the conversation between Arjun and Krishna is relatable even today. Arjuna, a warrior prince accepted his inability to unravel the greatest mysteries and decided to approach Lord Krishna as a layman even amidst a battle zone. The speaker stressed on the importance and role of the memory which is like a fish hook having direct connection with the present. According to him, time is relevant to look into Indic traditions of knowledge seeking and history writing which were earlier dismissed as children stories and abstract philosophies.
Professor Renu Thakur, Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Centre for Swami Vivekananda Studies and a Senior Professor in her summary comments congratulated the speaker on an excellent lecture and invited him to conduct a webinar again.
Dr. Priyatosh Sharma, the Associate Professor, Department of History and the convenor of the Webinar conducted Question and Answer Session and Dr. Ashish Kumar of the Department and the co-convenor, made preparations for the event. Dr. Jasbir Singh of the Department, delivered the vote of thanks. The lecture was joined by experts from academic, scientists, researchers, students and faculty members from various diverse Departments and universities across India.
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Chandigarh, July 8:- Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Senior Deputy Mayor, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh today started tree plantation drive at open space near mini market, Sector 49 in presence of Smt. Heera Negi, area councillor, ward No.13, Sh. K.P. Singh, SE, Horticulture, MCC and other prominent persons of the area.During the drive approximately 150 saplings of different plants and shrubs were planted including Neem, Alstonia, Chakrassia, Mahogany etc. Others, who were present during the drive and planted saplings in the open space namely Sh. Rajender Sharma, Mr. V.K. Bali, Mr. Ramesh Kaul, Mr. Chirag Aggarwal, Mr. Sachin Gautam, Mr. Kunj Lal Kaushik, Mr. S.P. Joshi, Mr. & Mrs. Nanda, Mr. Chandi Parsad, Mrs. Rajni Kukreja, Mrs. Shobha, Mrs. Gurdeep, Mr. Sharma ji, Mr. Kalia, Mr. Rampal Sharma, Mr. Ratan Lal Bhagat, Mr. Dinesh Tiwari, Mr. Ramesh Bhardwaj, Mr. Vikas Guru, Mr. Suresh Giri and Mr. Devender.
The Department of Gandhian and Peace Studies in collaboration with the Department of Public Administration organized a webinar on the topic “Covid-19 Towards a Sustainable Lifestyle” of Prof. Suresh Mishra, Professor of Public Administration & Chair Professor & Coordinator Centre for Consumer Studies and Project Director, National Consumer Helpline (NCH) & State Consumer Helpline Knowledge Resource Management Portal (SCHKRMP), Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, today via WebEx.
Dr. Manish Sharma, Chairperson, Department of Gandhian and Peace Studies introduced the topic and speaker and other invited guests, faculty members and students.
Prof. Mishra started his presentation by stating that COVID-19 is the greatest humanitarian challenge to the world since World War II and it has been observed that this disease is created and spread by the rich but the poor are the most affected one. And it has also changed the Attitude and behavior towards the purchasing and consumption pattern of the masses throughout the world. Greed has replaced need. He discussed how COVID-19 pandemic is a trigger for taking serious action and making policies towards sustainable development which is a combination of both sustainable lifestyle and sustainable consumerism. He said that the initiative for this must start with the students who can draw an action plan for sustainable development and who can spread the message of sustainability. Besides the mantra for this lies in 5Rs – Refuse, Reuse, reduce, Recycle and Rethink. He suggested an action plan for sustainable living with a focus on changing attitudes, saving water, fuel, electrical energy, food and use of chemicals. He concluded by saying that now is the time to reverse the adverse effects of consumerism and that Gandhi is more relevant today than it was in the past as Gandhi has very rightly said that “The World has enough for everyone’s needs but not for everyone’s greed.” And Sustainable Development has to be with Sustainable Production and Sustainable Consumption.
In the end, different questions were asked by the various faculty members and students. The webinar was well attended by different faculty members of Panjab University, Chandigarh and from across India as well as from abroad. Dr Bharti Garg, Coordinator, Department of Public Administration, PU, Chandigarh proposed vote of thanks to all.
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Professor Tirthankar Bhattacharya , Art Historian and Indologist , Chairperson department of Art History and Visual Arts, Panjab University Chandigarh has been appointed as the Coordinator of the Shrimanta Shankaradeva Chair ( Academic Unit) of the Panjab University Chandigarh by the Vice Chancellor ,Prof Raj Kumar.
The coveted Shrimanta Shankaradeva Chair would be looking into extensive research and study on the New Vaishnavite Movement and contribution towards intellectual and societal development .
Professor Tirthankar Bhattacharya as the coordinator along with his member team would be initiating academic activities like webinars, lectures and art activities with special reference to Shrimanta Shankaradeva and his contributions to the society.
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Popular fashion designer, model, and digital content creator, Gabriella Demetriades today interacted with students of the University Institute of Fashion Technology & Vocational Development, Panjab University as a part of a ‘Special Web-Talk Series’.
During the web dialogue, Gabriella, who is the founder of Deme Love, a much loved and popular western outfits brand, shared her experiences of running a fashion business and challenges that she faced. The dialogue was titled “Love for Fashion & Venturing into the Fashion Business” and 81 students attended it. “Having a good mentor or guide in this field is essential and I have personally been through this. So I am extremely happy to interact with fashion students and share my experiences. During these tough times of lockdown, it is important to keep oneself positively engaged and growing in knowledge,” she said. “It is important to use the strength of your team well. Someone is good at a task that must be given that work when it comes to allocating work in your team,” she added answering a student’s question.
Dr. Neha Miglani was the moderator and facilitator of the session. Students of Masters and Bachelor’s degree asked her questions about their interests and how to make their dream of setting up a fashion enterprise come true.
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SAIF/CIL launched the germicidal radiation Chamber
Department of SAIF/CIL, Panjab University, Chandigarh has designed and developed an Ultraviolet Sanitization chamber for disinfection of articles and papers. The setup uses UV-C germicidal radiation and provide full safety features to avoid radiation exposure to person using this chamber. These safety features are incorporated as the frequency of UV-C is harmful to skin and eyes. This Chamber is coated with special ultraviolet reflection coating and optimized in such a way that maximum power of radiation is used due to multiple reflections. Professor G R Chaudhary, Director SAIF/CIL and his team presented two such chambers to the office of Vice Chancellor. Prof Chaudhary, Dr. Ramesh Sharma and Mr. Dinesh demonstrated the working of chamber to Professor Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor and Prof. RK. Singla, Dean of University Instructions, Panjab University. Professor Raj Kumar appreciated the efforts of CIL/ SAIF for developing the product in this challenging hour. He was delighted to observe the safety features and working of this setup. Professor Chaudhary and Dr. Sharma revealed that CIL/SAIF department is in process of developing few more specialized devices to fight COVID-19 and other pathogen and patent applications for these devices are in process.
Panjab University Alumni Association ,Panjab University organized a webinar on “Right to Information: Story of Radical Shift in India’s Governance Culture” by Smt. Urvashi Gulati, former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Haryana and former Head State Information Commission, Haryana (2016-2017).
Prof. Deepti Gupta, Dean Alumni Relations, welcomed and introduced Smt. Urvashi Gulati. Many of the participants knew Smt Gulati as she is an alumna of Panjab University and was also the Chairman of the advisory committee of the IAS coaching centre in PU. They greeted and welcomed her personally.
Smt Gulati enlightened everyone on the details about the RTI Act and discussed many interesting cases from her vast experience. She talked about what all information an individual is entitled to under this Act, in what format and in what timeframe i.e. 30 days. The basic object of the Right to Information Act is to empower the citizens, promote transparency and accountability in the working of the Government, contain corruption, and make our democracy work for the people in real sense.
RTI is a master key to good governance, democratic processes, human development, and realisation of human rights. Democracy requires informed citizenry, and transparency of information – in order to contain corruption and hold governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the governed.
The participants asked many questions from Smt. Gulati which she answered to their satisfaction with examples. The webinar ended with a warm vote of thanks from PUAA.
Urvashi Gulati has been a career civil servant. She joined 1975 batch of the Indian Administrative Service and was allotted to Haryana Cadre. Her areas of expertise include rural development, health, sanitation, disaster management, electoral law, and Right to Information. She has the distinction of serving as the Chief Secretary of Haryana from 2009 to 2012. Mrs. Gulati was appointed State Information Commissioner, Haryana in 2012. She headed the Commission during 2016-2017. Currently she is serving as Member, Ghaggar Monitoring Committee and Member, Executive Committee, Solid Waste Management of the National Green Tribunal.
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Taking cognizance of the fact that an employee posted in re-evaluation branch of Panjab University, Chandigarh is found Corona positive and that it is suspected that she and her family might had contact tracing with employees of other branches, The Competent Authority has approved that, as a matter of caution, the Administrative block and Aruna Ranjit Chandra Hall of PU shall remain closed for 3 days i.e. upto 26th June 2020.
In the mean time all the officers (Deputy Registrars and Assistant Registrars) posted in these blocks shall seek information from officials under their charge as to whether they had any contact with the employees who have been found Corona positive.
Prof Karamjeet Singh, Registrar informed that if there is any scheduled meeting or last date for submission of document during these days, the same stand postponed to next working day. However, the situation will be reviewed on 26th June 2020 for chalking out the further course of action, he added. In the meantime, complete sanitisation of the two buildings has been done today.
With the initiatives of Ministry of Human Resource and Development, under the aegis of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching, the Center for Academic Leadership and Education Management (CALEM) running in Panjab University Chandigarh has taken an initiative to arrange an Online seven days Faculty Development Programme from June 24-29, 2020 on the theme of “Managing Virtual Classroom and Open Education Resources”.
More than 700 participants from 30 universities from India got registered for this workshop. More than 100 teachers of Panjab University, Chandigarh are also participating in this workshop. The course is coordinated by Dr Vishal Sharma (Coordinator, Swayam), Dr Kanwalpreet Kaur (Chairperson, IETVE), Dr Tejinderpal Singh, (UBS), Prof. Kirandeep Singh (Chairperson, Deptt. of Education); Prof. Jatinder Grover (Coordinator CALEM and Dean, Faculty of Education), Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Prof. R.K. Singla, Dean of University Instructions, Panjab University, Chandigarh welcomed all the dignitaries and participants. He shared that the main objective of this faculty development programme is to create awareness among faculty members about the Open Educational Resources and online teaching-learning tools. Learning of these tools and techniques will help the faculty members to design their own online courses as well as e-content for the virtual classroom teaching. Prof. Rajbir Singh Ji, Honourable Vice-Chancellor, Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak inaugurated the workshop. He highlighted the need for training the teachers about using the technology tools to supplement and complement the learning. The status of the teacher cannot be compromised as teachers have to take the responsibility of development of students, society and country. He shared that plenty of material related to all subjects is available at ConsortiumforEducational Communication, aninter-university centre ofUniversityGrantsCommission(UGC) dedicated tothecauseofdigitaleducationinIndia. He endorsed that universities have to take the initiative to orient the teachers to plan teaching models through online mode.
Prof. Rekha Koul, Dean International, Curtin University, Perth, Australia delivered the keynote address. She shared that in the Indian education system there is a gap in theory and practice. Policy planners and teachers have to plan to narrow down this gap. She said that in India, not a single instructional model can work due to socio-cultural diversity. She elaborated on the relevance of constructivist pedagogy, blended learning, flipped classroom in the present scenario. She stressed that collaboration is the major 21st-century skill that every student has to learn for managing all stress and adjustment related issues in the work environment. Indian schools have to adopt new norms for evaluation like the norm- referenced testing, two or three-tier multiple-choice questions to have an in-depth analysis of the knowledge of students. For reliable and valid evaluation, rubrics for evaluation need to be developed. She highlighted the need to change the mindset of parents in India who are still asking about the rank of their kid in the class. Parents have to know the actual learning of their kids. In the second session, Dr Amarendra Behera, Joint Director, CIET, NCERT, New Delhi elaborated upon the initiatives of Govt. of India related to online platforms. During the period of COVID-19, teachers have to learn about the synchronous or asynchronous mode of blending. Television and Radio networks have to be used to cater to the needs of students living in hilly and inaccessible areas.
In the third session, Prof. Srinivasa K.G., NITTTR, Chandigarh dwelled on the usage of Open Education Resources for developing e-content. He demonstrated the application of various open education resources for developing e-content.
Prof. Jatinder Grover, Coordinator CALEM shared that This current COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lifestyle and given us various new normal’s including in the field of education.In the current COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a rise in search on google on the themes “how to teach online”, “best virtual learning platforms”, “online teaching tools”, and “open education resources” etc. Teachers who were not ready to use technology, now have to take the bull by its horns. Others who are efficient in using all these resources and platforms require some re-learning.
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