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Chandigarh July 5, 2019 

 In the true meaning of Industry-Academia collaboration and innovation, Dr. Rohit Sharma, Chairperson, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh was successfully granted a patent entitled “Lipase/esterase- catalysed synthesis of alkyl esters by trans esterification for a term of 20 years in accordance with the provisions of the Patent Act, 1970. 

 Dr. Rohit Sharma and his research group has been working on the enzyme, lipase for 15 years that has led to another achievement in the name of the University and the scientist. Lipase as an enzyme is extremely flexible with regard to its applications and market value, which is huge. Lipase is used for the production of biofuels and a large number of other products like edible flavours, intermediates for pharmaceuticals having massive societal impact. It also has large industrial applications ranging from healthcare to food industry. 

He further informed that they have developed and designed a process that 
synthesises esters (for Biofuel) and flavouring agents using this novel enzyme that trans-esterifies the substrate into a useful molecule, Fatty Acid Methyl Esters. 

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The invention provides a novel bacterial strain useful for producing methyl 
esters and the process for same.” said Dr. Rohit Sharma.  

 He has been very working in collaboration with the industry for over a decade now. He also has a number of national and international linkages and recognitions in the field of Microbial Biotechnology. 

  Promoting innovation and the importance of intellectual property among the students of the University Dr. Rohit Sharma is also heading BioNEST (Bioincubator) at Panjab University. Panjab University is amongst the lead University in being granted the pre-incubation and incubation space. He has also been awarded the Pfizer-IIT Intellectual Property award 2018. Ms. Jasjeet Kaur, Dr. Vishal Thakur, Nils Kare Birkland and Mr. S.K Rana were part of the research group.       

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Chandigarh July 4, 2019 

The inaugural function of the three day workshop on Waste water treatment: Approaches, Management and Capacity building” organized by Department of SAIF/CIL, Panjab University, Chandigarh in joint collaborative effort of PU and University Of Hull, UK. Prof. S. K. Mehta, Director, SAIF/CIL, PU, the Indian Coordinator of the workshop 
delineated the main objectives of the workshop focussing on the approaches, methodology, management and capacity building for dealing with the waste water treatment processes. He presented the brief idea of the workshop alongwith highlighting the instrumentation facilities available at the SAIF/CIL, PU. 

        The workshop was presided over by Guest of honour, Dr. S. K. Vasudeva, Scientific Consultant Defence technologies, Office of Principal Scientific Advisor to Govt. of India. He expressed his satisfaction over the idea of the workshop that is a current alarming issue. Moreover, he also shared the highlights of the Jal Shakti Abhiyan for water conservation and water security, a campaign initiated by the Govt. of India owing to motivation from our Honourable Prime Minister, Sh.Narendra Modi 
where the main focus will be on water stressed districts and blocks in India. The campaign will run through citizen participation. Dr.Vasudeva expressed his content that the workshop is fulfilling one of the purpose by involving academia, industry for creating awareness and dealing with the water reclamation issues. 

        Prof. Devinder Mehta, Dean Sciences, PU welcomed the UK participants, representatives of academia and industry. 

        Prof. S. S. Marwaha, Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board, also the Guest of Honour, explained the importance of accurate water sampling which is the backbone for the concept of the waste water treatment. Dr. P. Dalai (IFS) highlighted the need for a sensitive balance between the academia and the industry in dealing with the global problem of water scarcity. 

        Prof. Alex o. Ibhadon, UK coordinator of the workshop stressed on the need for the awareness and the capacity building for the wastewater remediation applications. He also thanked the Indian Coordinator for the hospitality and organisation of the workshop.

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        Mr.Atin, a representative of the British Council expressed his satisfaction over the organisation of the workshop and enquired the audience with the various fellowships and the grants/funding sponsored by the British Council on the various social causes. 

        Prof. Gang Pan, Nottingham Trent University, UK presented a plenary lecture sharing his expertise on the ecological restoration and waste water remediation processes. He thanked the organisers for this opportunity. 

        Additionally, among the workshop participants, the major proportion is constituted by the private National and International Companies viz., Smart Storm Pvt. Ltd. UK and Ecological Concepts Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi. 

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Chandigarh July 3, 2019 

 The Department of Defence and National Security Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh organised a special lecture on the topic “Intra State conflict resolution and peace building – Role of the Armed Forces Special Power Act” by BRIG D S SARAO (Retd.) here today. Brig D.S. Sarao is a military and strategic affairs analyst. He has done his bachelor and master degrees in the legal studies. His prowess with the legal studies enabled him to give insight into the legal provision of the Armed Forces 
Special Power Act (AFSPA).
       

He broadly covered all the aspects of the AFSPA including its genesis, meaning and its various legal provisions, requirements and areas currently and in past that fell under this provision. The AFSPA was firstly implemented in the seven sisters of the North-East India including Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland on September 1, 1958 to quell the secessionist movement in the 
region. Punjab and Chandigarh also fell under the preview of this Act during militancy in Panjab state but was later withdrawn in 1997. AFSPA was applied in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in 1990 and has been in the force since then.

        He stressed that Armed Forces is the last resort in the hand of the central government to resolve the intra state conflict and build peace. The primary purposes and missions of the Indian Armed Forces are national security, territorial integrity and safeguard our countries from the external threats. They are only deployed in intra state conflicts when State police and para military forces are not able to control the situation and the area is declared disturbed by the State or the Central Govt. AFSPA has the special provisions to assist the Armed forces conducting its operations and 
missions. Without the AFSPA, they would be handicapped to perform their duties assigned in the extraordinary situations. 

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        He called for the faith in the Indian Armed Forces, who are well trained, disciplined, organised, educated and having robust command and control system in place. They have shown their capacity and capabilities to operate effectively under the ambit of the AFSPA. Any dilution in the act would result into the compromise with their operational capabilities to deal with danger against the national security. This could result into the dangerous consequences to the nation.  

        The lecture was attended by 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.   

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Chandigarh July 3, 2019 

Prof Raj Kumar Vice-Chancellor Panjab University held a meeting with Post-
Doctoral Fellows (PDF) from various departments of PU, here today. He proposed for organizing the technical session-cum-group discussion on the New Economic Policy. 

 
        He suggested the PDFs to get involved in feedback exercise on the draft of National Policies of various domains. Further, he advised the forum to conduct an exercise to compile the opinions on New Economic Policy.

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        He also appreciated the work done by Academic Forum of Post-Docs for the Orientation Seminar organised by them for 103 PhD students to guide them and help them apply for Post-Doctoral Fellowships.  

        He urged PDFs to help in the admission process to take application numbers to greater heights and also to get involved in mentorship of hostel students this year to streamline things further for students.

 
        Further, it was suggested by the Dr. Sukhwinder Singh, Director, Computer Centre, that all research work conducted by the PDFs till date shall be soon updated on the Panjab University website (in a fixed format) so that there is global access to the work being done in this University. 

        Panjab University Post-Doctoral Fellows Academic Forum was recently incepted and has been regularly organising research and academic related activities.  

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Chandigarh July 2, 2019 

The Department of Defence and National Security Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh organised a special lecture on the theme “Importance of the Indian Ocean Region in the world politics” by Vice Admiral H. S. Malhi (Retd.), AVSM, VSM, Former Fleet Engineer Officer of the Western Fleet of the Indian Navy and former Chairman and Managing Director of the Mazagaon Dock Ltd. Mumbai, here today in the department 
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        In the lecture, Admiral Malhi explains the significance of Indian Ocean and the challenge posed by the increasing presence and influencing of China in the Indian Ocean. Emphasising the importance of Indian Ocean, he points out that it is the third largest ocean in the world along with the 2.6 billion littoral states’ population. It connects Africa to the East Asia through the South Asia. Majority of the oil and trade supplies of the world passes through the sea lanes of communication (SLOC) of this Ocean. This region would remain the geopolitical hotspot of the 21st century considering its importance.  He also mentioned famous naval strategist Alfred Mahan 
who said that whosoever controlled the Indian Ocean would control the Asian continent. 

All the major world powers like Portuguese, Dutch, Britisher and now the US controlled all the strategic points in this ocean to control the trade. 
     

  He said that India adopted continental approach after its independence because majority of foreign invasion it faced via land border not through the sea. It did not aspire to be regional power and pursued policy of non-alignment. It recognized the importance of this region only in the 1970s. In the 1980s, India Showed its involvements in the countries like Mauritius, Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Maldives.   

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        While highlighting China’s dependence on its trade passing through the Indian Ocean, the Admiral discussed how China has stepped up its presence in this ocean by deploying its naval assets in the Indian Ocean and construction of several ports in various countries located here. China has pursued it with high enthusiasm after start of it One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative. He also discussed the importance of the straits of Malacca and how its proximity from the Andaman and Nicobar Chain of Islands 
puts India in a strategic position from where it can dominate the trade passing through this choke point. Lastly, he also discussed the various roles and responsibilities of the Indian Navy in the military, diplomatic and constabulary domains. He advised the India to have close relations with the Indian Ocean littoral states prevent them falling squarely in the lap of China.

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.

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