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Chandigarh August 19, 2021

The Centre for Police Administration, Panjab University, Chandigarh organized a special lecture on “Right to Information: Citizen Police Interface”, to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of Independence of India, by Mrs. Urvashi Gulati, IAS (Retd.) former Chief Secretary and Chief Information Commissioner, Haryana. 

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Mrs. Urvashi Gulati, termed RTI Act as a revolutionary legislation and has made the governance system participatory. While highlighting the benefits of the RTI, Act the speaker said that the strength of this legislation is low cost and simple procedure. It covers almost all the categories of Public departments/Government departments including Judiciary, RBI and Police. She observed that citizens often approach police for accessing information about their complaints, status of investigation, substance of case diaries etc. Police can deny providing the information on the ground that it may endanger the life of the people. Further, police can also deny providing personal information under sec. 8(1) (j) to protect the privacy of the police officer. Information can also be denied under sec 8(1) (h) where provision of information impedes the process of investigation and prosecution of offender. However, the speaker emphasised that ‘onus of showing that it will impede the investigation or there is such apprehension lies with the police officer’.  

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Earlier, the Chairperson of the Centre Professor Anil Monga welcomed the Speaker and said that Right to Information Act, 2005 is a landmark legislation which has not only empowered the common man but has also ushered in an era of transparency and accountability in the Governance system of India. 

The lecture was attended by Prof.Pawan Kamra, Prof.Ameer Sultana, Prof.Swarnjit Kaur, Prof.Monica Munjial, Dr.Kuldeep Singh, Dr.Gaurav Gaur, Dr.Bhawna Gupta, Dr.Jagdish Rai, Dr.Deepak Sharma, Dr.Namit Kumar, Deputy Registrar (RTI) PU, Research Scholars and Students of Centre for Police Administration. The session ended with vote of thanks by Prof. Anil Monga, Chairperson of the Centre.

Chandigarh August 17, 2021

Panjab University Alumni Association in collaboration with Department of Sociology organized an International webinar on Diaspora Engagement in Sustainable Development.

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            The key speakers Mr Suthan Kethees,  Management, consultant at Q_PERIOR AG, Deutschland, Germany, Ms Hamsha Padmanathan, Wild life biologist at Government of North West territories, Canada and Dr Prabhu Nadaraj, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, all co-founders of Comdu.it, a global network of diaspora volunteers committed to use diaspora technical skills and knowledge for sustainable development, emphasized on the need to empower local communities without creating dependency for community development based on mutual trust and knowledge economics. They highlighted the practical approach which they had followed in green innovation through organic farming, waste management and generation of renewable energy in different regions of Sri Lanka.  They also mentioned about food innovation i.e. food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods which are based on local food system. They focused on having capacity building programmes which follow the principles of health, ecology ,fairness and care for growth of environmental sustainability across nations.

Prof. V R Sinha, Dean University Instructions,  gave the presidential remarks in which he clearly defined through wonderful illustrations the change in the attitude of people regarding safeguarding the environment during the tough pandemic times.

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Earlier, Prof. Anupama Sharma, Dean, Alumni Association, PU in her welcome address highlighted the role of diaspora in bringing a positive change for the environment  and how diaspora involvement can produce effective results in creating awareness regarding conserving and preserving the environment.

Prof Rani Mehta, Chairperson, Department of Sociology, earlier introduced the theme of the webinar by focusing on the significance of sustainable development especially for developing nations which are worst affected due to unlimited economic growth and lack of sufficient knowledge about clean technology to take care of their environmental hazards such as global warming, desertification, deforestation, species extinction etc. Thus, sustainable development  efforts are essential and need to be dynamic as well as should involve a basic change in the way we think, produce, consume and the way in which we behave towards each other.

The Vote of Thanks was given by Professor Anupama Sharma and the webinar was well attended by scholars from the region and outside it. 

Chandigarh August 12, 2021

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The Centre for Human Rights and Duties in collaboration with National Cadet Corps, Panjab University, Chandigarh organised  today, a one day workshop for BSF (Women) Personnel on “Stress and Its Impact on Mental Health” at University Institute of Emerging Areas  in Social Sciences (UIEASS), Panjab University.

Ms. Deepika Lamba, Clinical psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, GMCH Sector-32, Chandigarh gave a presentation on the topic “Stress And Its Effects On Mental Health”. She said that stress not only affects our physical health but also mental health and well being. Stress has detrimental effects on our physiological, emotional, behavioral and psychological well being. Stress lead to various problems such as heart disease, cancer, lung diseases, accidents, depression, suicide etc. She stated that about 43% of adult health problems are the result of stress.Therefore, identification and dealing with the causes of stress is important.  She gave practical tips to manage stress.

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Dr Manreet Kaur, Department of Psychiatry, GMCH Sector-32, Chandigarh gave a presentation on the topic “Stress Management: Practical Ways to Prevent and Relieve Stress”. She explained that stress management is basically a set of techniques and programs intended to help people deal more effectively with stress in their lives by analyzing the specific stressors and taking positive actions to minimize their effects. She shared the 7 tips that are adapted from the American Psychological Association (2018) to support individuals for Stress Management. These basically include: 1. Understanding stress 2. Identifying stress sources 3. Learning to recognize stress signals 4. Recognizing stress strategies 5. Implementing healthy stress management strategies 6. Making self-care a priority and 7. Asking for support when needed. She also talked about the 4 A’s of Stress Management i.e. avoid, alter, accept, adapt. Stress management can be achieved by being proactive with your life, taking charge of your surroundings, avoiding individuals that cause you unnecessary stress. She also shared some of the coping strategies to relieve stress for eg. diaphragmatic breathing, progressive muscle relaxation (PMR), meditation, guided imagery, walk and exercise, thought monitoring, assertive communication, managing time, balanced schedule, adequate Sleep, balanced diet, positive self-talk habit, express Gratitude etc.

Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Coordinator NCC, PU,  Dr. Namita Gupta, Chairperson, Centre for Human Rights and Duties  and Prof. Monika Munjial, Incharge of NCC Girls Wing, in their address introduced the theme, shared the objective and introduced the resource person. They shared that the workshop has been organised to help BSF women personnel to cope with stress and other associated psychological problems. 

40 women personnel from the BSF participated in the workshop.

Chandigarh August 12, 2021

Prof Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University, today visited University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS).

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During his visit, he interacted with the Chairperson, Dr. Indu Pal Kaur,the Research Scholars and the staff. He discussed issued faced by them and assured of extending all help for the smooth running of the system. He advised all to strictly maintained covid protocol and maintain cleanliness in their work areas.

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