Dr. Hemant Batra, Professor & Head, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery has taken over as Principal of Dr. Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Panjab University Chandigarh, today forenoon following the completion of tenure of Dr. Jagat Bhushan. Prof. Hemant Batra has more than 23 years of experience in the field of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.
The Department of History, Panjab University, Chandigarh in collaboration with National Service Scheme, Panjab University, Chandigarh organized a web-lecture of Prof. Kaushal Kumar Sharma, Honorary Director, ICSSR-NRC, and Professor,Center for the Study of Regional Development( CSRD), JNU, New Delhi on the topic, ‘National Education Policy 2020: An Evolving Perspective’ ,today.
The web lecture was held under the guidance of our chief patron, Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University . The Guest of Honour, Prof. Devinder Singh, Coordinator, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Centre, and Professor, Department of Law, Panjab University, Chandigarh graced the occasion with his presence in the web-lecture.
Dr. Priyatosh Sharma, Chairperson, Department of History began the proceedings of the weblecture and introduced the theme and Dr. Ashish Kumar, NSS-Program Officer, welcomed the eminent speaker, Prof. Kaushal Kumar Sharma, and the guest of honour, Prof. Devinder Singh.
In his lecture, Prof. Kaushal Kumar Sharma elaborated at length the various aspects of the New Education Policy 2020 and explained the roadmap that the stakeholders may follow to implement the recommendations and vision of the NEP2020 in the course of twenty years (up to 2040). He argued that historically the idea envisaged in Nai Talim and Posha have contributed to the development of NEP 2020 which aims to initiate the process of ‘Learning while Doing.’ Further NEP 2020 has also reversed the objective of colonial policy makers who sidelines vernacular and Indian ethos. Indian education aimed at holistic development of mind and body which NEP 2020 has endeavored to achieve.
Prof. Sharma urged the students to have a wholesome understanding of the subjects. However, Prof. Sharma also underlined the limitations of the NEP2020 that in spite of laying down the lofty vision fails to clearly chalk out the institutional mechanism, funding and the role of centre/state governments in the process of the realization of this vision.
Prof. Devinder Singh, suggested the need of collective and collaborative efforts of different stakeholders in the Indian education system for the successful implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 in the years to come. He hoped the experiments like Navodhya and Mid Day have shown success and NEP 2020 might prove to be bigger step towards this direction.
Dr. Priyatosh Sharma, Chairperson, Department of History proposed the vote of thanks. The web -lecture was attended by more than 90 participants including faculty members of different departments of Panjab University, Colleges under Panjab University, and students as well as researchers.
Chandigarh, December 22:- Smt. Raj Bala Malik, Mayor, Chandigarh today inaugurated the newly developed Green Belt at Mauli Jagran, here today in presence of Sh. Anil Kumar Dubey, area councillor, Sh. Shailender Singh, Chief Engineer, Sh. Jangsher Singh, Executive Engineer, Horticulture, other officers of MCC and prominent persons of the area.
The Mayor appreciated the work done by engineering department, MCC and the area councillor and said that these beautiful green belts will be beneficial for all people including young, old and children. She said that it is equal responsibility of public regarding upkeep of the belt. She said that in addition to providing better infrastructure & facilities to the citizens of Chandigarh, the Municipal Corporation will extend all kind of help for uplifting the citizens of City.
She informed about the main features of the Green belt having total area 1.25 acre. She said that boundary wall, children play equipment, walking track, benches, huts, plantation of ornamental trees and grassing etc. have been provided in the Green belt at a cost of Rs. 30 lacs. Different flower beds have been developed in this green belt.
The Centre For Academic Leadership and Educational Management (CALEM) Department Of Education, Panjab University, Chandigarh and the Department of Computer Science and Applications are jointly organizing a seven-day Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on ‘Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning – Basics and Applications’ from 22 -28, December, 2020.
The program started with the introduction to the programme by Dr. Anuj Sharma, Coordinator of the programme. He talked about the importance of Artificial Intelligence in Human Life. He stressed that AI needs attention from various disciplines to solve real life problems and fulfill India’s AI initiative. There were125 registered entries so far from 16 states and from various disciplines like pharmaceutical sciences, law, mathematics, computer science, social science, medical, commerce etc.
The Chief Guest for the inaugural session, Prof. Kuldeep Chand Agnihotri, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, discussed that use of machine learning and Artificial Intelligence has increased tremendously in almost every field from past few years and it is benefitting the humans. He also stressed on the need to control the ability of artificial intelligence so that it should only be used for constructive purposes to serve the society.
Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice-Chancellor ,Panjab University talked about the importance of AI for society. He also discussed that artificial intelligence has lots of opportunities in the coming time. He shared that Panjab University has been actively conducting extension activities, webinars, faculty development programmes etc. and in future also such programmes should be organized to give the future directions to the researchers.
Earlier, Prof. Kirandeep Singh, Chairperson, Dept. of Education welcomed all the dignitaries and the participants. She talked about the increasing applications of AI in all the fields and stressed that this FDP will help the participants to gain knowledge about various artificial intelligence concepts and techniques.
Dr. Jatinder Grover, CALEM Co-ordinator, Dept. of Education, Panjab University shared that CALEM organized 4 FDPs and trained about 1500 teachers for online education during the lockdown period. He discussed that such FDPs on AI will help teachers to practice these techniques in classroom and research as well.
Dr. Rohini Sharma, Chairperson and Co-ordinator of the programme highlighted that DCSA has taken initiatives to contribute to impart the knowledge of Artificial Intelligence to all . She stressed that this faculty development programme will help the participants to learn multidisciplinary aspects of artificial intelligence and apply these concepts in their respective fields
The session concluded with the Vote of Thanks delivered by Prof. Anu Gupta, Dept. of Computer Science and Applications.
Chandigarh, December 22:- This is for the information of the general public that due to ongoing work of installation of aerators/mixers for tertiary treated water at UGR Sector 29B, Chandigarh, there will be no Tertiary Treated water supply in Sector 14 to Sector 29, Chandigarh from 23.12.2020 to 01.01.2020. Residents are to bear with Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh.
Chandigarh, December 22:- Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore, Governor, Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh today launched the door to door waste collections through MCC vehicles from Punjab Raj Bhawan, Sector 6, Chandigarh in the presence of Sh. Manoj Parida, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh and Smt. Raj Bala Malik, Mayor, Chandigarh.
During the launch, the Governor said that in order to implementation successful door to door collection of waste separately i.e. wet and dry waste, the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has deployed their own vehicles throughout the city, which will reduce the problem of mixed garbage collected at garbage plant. He said that the door to door collection will now be done through the use of partitioned vehicles including three separate collection bins for wet, dry and domestic hazardous waste in each vehicle. He said that now Chandigarh can achieve top position in the Swachh Survekshan-2021 with ensuring 100% waste segregation in the city.
The Governor congratulated the Mayor for implementing the system in city with a detailed route plan to cover all the wards and villages alongwith colonies of city. He asked the concerned officers to prepare a detailed vehicle and staff deployment plan based on the route plan in order to meet the waste collection demand of each ward.
He appealed all the citizens of Chandigarh to give segregated waste in these MCC vehicles for easy and early processing of the garbage at the plant. He asked all the councilors to create awareness among the city residents at their ward levels so that the system be implemented successfully.
While sharing information about the door to door waste collection system through MCC vehicles, Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, MCC said that these vehicles will carry the waste from households to the transfer stations, from where the waste is transported to the garbage plant in loaders. All vehicles used in the collection and transportation system are monitored by a GPS enabled tracking system. The GPS system is constantly monitored by the monitoring cell. Any route deviations by particular drivers are penalized and multiple deviations is also grounds for termination, added the Commissioner.
He said that the segregated waste i.e. wet, dry and hazardous waste from the domestic generators will be collected through newly deployed 97 vehicles on daily basis, which will run on the streets of sectors 1 to 30, Chandigarh from today. He said that earlier, the MCC had deployed 99 door to door waste collection vehicles, which are also running in the city to collect segregated waste from villages and some commercial areas of city. In addition to that 293 more vehicles will be deployed in phased manner on delivery bases throughout the city to collect segregated waste from households.
He said that Chandigarh has been divided into 4 zones and 26 wards. Each ward has on an average 9600 households and commercial establishments of the areas. In Chandigarh, waste is generated from various sources including households, commercial areas and other institutions like RWAs, hospitals, hotels among others. The households or residential complexes are covered by the door to door collection system while the semi bulk and bulk generators are covered by the bulk collection system. With this facility, Chandigarh ensures the 100% coverage of wards through its door to door segregated collection system with deploying all the 390 additional vehicles, added the Commissioner.
Among others, Sh. Sanjay Beniwal, IPS, DGP, Sh. Arun Kumar Gupta, Principal Secretary Home, Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, MCC, Sh. Mandeep Singh Brar, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Senior Deputy Mayor, Sh. Jagtar Singh, Deputy Mayor, Sh. Rajesh Kalia, Chairman, Sanitation Committee, MCC, Sh. Mahesh Inder Singh Siddhu, area councilor, Sh. Sorabh Arora, Joint Commissioner, Sh. N.P. Sharma, Chief General Manager, Chandigarh Smart City Ltd., Dr. Amrit Warring, Medical Officer of Health and other concerned officers of Administration and MCC were present during the launch programme.
The Chandigarh Science Congress,Chascon 2020 organised by Panjab University in association with CRIKC from December 17 -19, 2020 through online mode, concluded on Saturday.
Prof Raj Kumar,Vice Chancellor Panjab University encouraged participants to gear up for innovations and involve various disciplines for trans-disciplinary research.
The session on nano sciences and engineering included talk by prof navakanta bhat from Iisc Bangalore who informed the audience about applications of nano science and the user friendly multi-diagnostic sensor developed by his group which could be used in rural settings.
Prof UC Banerjee from Niper presented his work in downstream processing of important biomolecules. Prof Arun K Singh and prof Sarabjit Singh from PEC Chandigarh presented their work on advances in rectifier technology and machining.
Prof. VR Sinha Dean Research PU gave insights into new drug delivery platforms and Prof. S K Mehta gave an overview of CRIKC activities.
There was a panel discussion on the role of new education policy coordinated by prof Latika Sharma from PU and Prof Sarit Fas Director IIT Ropar stressed on out of box thinking
The valedictory address was given by Dr Bakulesh Khamar, Director Cadila Pharmaceuticals and he gave examples of successful translation of scientific innovations at Cadila.
The conference ended by Prof Desh Deepak Singh presenting the vote of thanks along with Prof Sandeep Sahijpal, the co coordinator of event
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The Department of Public Administration, Panjab University, Chandigarh invites applications for admission to M.Phil/Ph.D Programme for the session 2020-21 as per the following schedule:
Last Date for the submission of Application : 31.12.2020 (Thursday)
Date of Interview (Online Mode) : 11.01.2021 (Monday) 2:00 PM onwards
Display of Final Merit List : 12.01.2021
The candidates can submit their applications through email at [email protected] on plain paper along with following scanned documents:
1. Qualifying Examination- UGC- NET/JRF/PU M.Phil/Ph.D Entrance Test (held in the past with three-year validity)
2. Latest Photograph
3. DMC of 10th Class
4. DMC of 10+2 Class
5. All Graduation DMCs
6. All Post-Graduation DMCs
7. Caste Certificate, if any
8. Aadhar Card
9. Research Proposal*
* The Research Proposal should cover tentative title/research area, its rationale, theoretical frame work, objectives, research questions, and proposed research methodology. This will have to be presented before the Interview Committee of the Department at the time of interview. All the applicants must prepare 8 to 10 minutes PPT as per their research proposal. The research aptitude of the applicant will be assessed on the basis of interview/presentation. However, the topic of research will be finalized in consultation with the supervisor after admission. The Research proposal for the presentation for the admission should include reference to 3 or 4 reference books and 4 or 5 journal articles.
The candidates who have cleared any of the following national tests can apply for M.Phil/Ph.D Admission for the session 2020-21:
· UGC-CSIR NET including JRF, SLET, GATE or any other prestigious test for national level scholarship/fellowship conducted at all India level on behalf of national institutions for example GPAT and JEST.
· Direct awardees of fellowship for pursuing Ph.D.
· Working permanent teachers of Panjab University and affiliated colleges
· Ph.D Entrance Test of Panjab University for admission to Ph.D/M.Phil shall be walid for 3 years.
The GATE qualifying score be considered as the basic. GATE/GPAT of any other national level test meant for admission to Ph.D/M.Phil shall be valied forever.
The Programming Club of University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), Panjab University, organized a 2-day online workshop on “Quantum Computing and Cyber security” on 15th-16th, December 2020. The aim of the workshop was to disseminate information to the students about Quantum Computing in the current technological environment and its impact on various technological fields in the future.
The first day of the Workshop included expert lecture by Mr. Aditya Yadav, CEO of Automatski Solutions, about current effects of Quantum Computing in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Cyber security and Quantum Algorithms. A practical session on using Qiskit(a python library) to access Quantum Computers through the internet and designing quantum circuits was also organised.
The second day started with a keynote talk by Mr. Ravishankar Savita, Head of Emerging Technology at Virtusa based in New York City, USA about the research and various effects that Quantum Computing has brought into the world. He also spoke of three use cases that are based on quantum computing.
A panel discussion amongst leading industry experts was also held in which the current usage of Quantum Computing in the industry and what practical impact will it have in the future, as well as misconceptions about Quantum Computing, were discussed. The esteemed panel comprised of Mr. Arpit Mehta, Senior AI Architect at Microsoft, Germany, Dr. Krishan Saluja, Professor at UIET, Panjab University, Mr. Rajesh Dhuddu, VP and Practice Leader of Cybersecurity and Blockchain at TechMahindra, and Ms. Supriya Naik, Senior Incubator-Emerging Technologies at Virtusa.
The session was moderated by Mr. Sashank Bhargava, 3rd year BE IT, who was also the student co-ordinator for the event. The event witnessed huge participation from more than 240 attendees.
The 14th Chandigarh Science Congress (online mode) CHASCON 2020 commenced today which
is being organized by Panjab University in association with Chandigarh region
Innovation and Knowledge Cluster(CRIKC).
This event was initiated with a brief introduction and a warm welcome by the
Coordinator Prof Deshdeepak Singh. Also, the Dean Sciences, Prof Prince Sharma
enlightened the students with his views about the event and its history.
Professor Anil Bhardwaj, Director, Physical Research Lab, Ahmedabad graced the
inaugural session and spoke on the topic Indian Planetary Missions. He included
various aspects of space missions, Mission Mangal, moon solar Wind interactions, brief
introduction about Chandrayaan 2 and a lot more. Prof Anil gave his views on the
success of Mangal Yaan and he motivated the students to join Planetary Science and
pursue Space research. The students were motivated and inspired which was evident with
their curiosity, inquisitiveness and interest with which they added comments online. He
added that India had sent satellite to Mars for six months initially but India has now
got six years to get information from Mars which will be very useful for research
purposes.
The next speaker, Prof Amulya K Panda, Director, NII, New Delhi gave a very informative
talk about the recent Vaccines. His talk was focused on the topic Challenges in the
development of vaccines. He illustrated with his presentation that normally it takes a
decade for the vaccine to come to the market but what could be the major hurdles for
the coming of the vaccine in reference to the Corona Pandemic.
Nextly, a very eminent scientist, Prof MRN Murthy, AstraZeneca Chair, Institute of
Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB), Bangalore, gave an amazing talk on the
title the structural Biology of Coronaviruses. He emphasized on how SARS Cov2 is
evolving at a drastic fast rate and why the transmission rate is relatively faster than
other viruses.
The session for the Pandemic Covid 19, also included another prominent scientist, Prof
R Vardarajan, Molecular Biophysics Unit, IISc, Bangalore. He presented a very
informative talk on Immunogen Design for COVID Vaccine. He gave very useful insights of
what are the types of corona Vaccines being introduced till now and how we can fight
against the novel virus. He told about a very important aspect that these vaccines
don’t elicit a memory response, which can be a great hurdle in providing immunity.
Post Lunch, speaker, Prof Ravi Gupta, Medical Superintendent, GMCH 32, Chandigarh, gave
a talk on the ‘Clinical Management of Covid and the way forward for innovation’. His
talk was divided into three parts: their experience at GMCH and the Challenges faced
during the corona pandemic, the standard Treatment of COViD as of Today and Innovations
during Covid era.
The event was graced with another speaker, Prof Paula Videira, Glycoimmunology Group at
UCIBIO, Lisbon, Portugal. She delivered a lecture on the topic ‘Glycoimmunology: sugars
on the fuss for improved immunotherapies?’ She gave her insights into the different
glycans and how they play a role in providing immunity, acting as a receptor and many
more. Herein she explained how ACE2 Receptor in Sars Cov2 plays a vital role for high
transmission.
Today ,around 400 students joined the conference on CISCO WEBEX platform.
The Students were delighted to listen to all the speakers and this was a great success.
