It is hereby notified that 30th October, 2020 (Friday) shall be observed as Public Holiday in the Panjab University, Chandigarh and its institutions/Regional Centres/ Rural Centre/Offices/Affiliated Colleges located in Chandigarh and in the State of Punjab on the occasion of Birthday of Prophet Mohammad (Milad-un—Nabi or Id-e-Milad).
University School of Open Learning, Panjab University organised a webinar on the theme “Connecting the World with Data we can Trust” to celebrate the 3rd World statistics Day, today. Eminent speakers Prof. David D. Hanagal from University of Pune and Prof. B. K. Hooda from CCSHAU, Hisar delivered lectures.
Prof. Madhurima Verma, Chairperson, USOL delivered the welcome address. Over 140 participants joined this webinar.
Prof.David D. Hanagal highlighted three different software reliability growth models and found their estimates with the use of three real data sets.
Prof. B. K. Hooda enlightened on the contributions of Statisticians and presented statistical methods for research workers we can trust.
Vote of thanks was delivered by Dr. Manoj Tiwari,Statistics Coordinator, USOL. The whole program was coordinated by Dr.Richa Sharma, USOL and Mr. Sucha Singh, USOL with their entire team.
Panjab University Alumni Association in collaboration with Institute of Educational Technology and Vocational Education organized a webinar “ Transforming Indian Education Through NEP 2020: A Roadmap” by Prof. Sanjay Deshmukh,Professor of Life Sciences at Mumbai University.
Prof. Deshmukh discussed the role of Universities in 1960’s which was Creation, Preservation and Dissemination of knowledge. He compared it to role of Universities as viewed today, i.e, Creation of research and innovation, Preservation of academic infrastructure, Dissemination of Knowledge: perception of students on teaching and learning. He said that Universities should not prepare for the future rather they should mould the future.
He discussed different types of Intelligence and approaches to learning. Speaking about IQ he said that an individual’s intelligence cannot be a fixed quantity that cannot be increased, to which a lot of participants agreed. Then he discussed the seven steps that led to NEP 2020 and the challenges in contemporary times in education, assessment, transformation of agenda etc. Prof Deshmukh discussed the key elements and features of NEP 2020 in detail. He explained every aspect of the policy and said it is the policy for the next generation. He discussed the vision for schools, success indicator of the policy, multidisciplinary approach, ODL for all institutions etc.
Prof. Deshmukh discussed many other key features of the policy and concluded by explaining the last lines of the Gayatri Mantra and quoting from the Rigveda ‘ May all thoughts be inspired by that divine light and dispel the darkness’.
Earlier, Dr. Kanwalpreet Kaur, Chairperson, Institute of Educational Technology and Vocational Education Panjab University welcomed and introduced Prof. Deshmukh.She informed that
Prof. Sanjay Deshmukh is an internationally acclaimed Life Scientist who holds vast experience of all shades of the academic and education administration paradigm. Prof. Deshmukh is PhD (Mumbai University), DSc (Honoris Causa, RML Avadh Univ., UP) – India; FNESA [LEAD Fellow (INDIA) – Cohort 11] Professor of Life Sciences; Formerly, Vice-Chancellor University of Mumbai. He was the youngest Vice Chancellor of University of Mumbai. He holds extensive field level research experience- spanning over 50 countries. He is also the r ecipient of DSc (honoris causa) from Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Uttar Pradesh, in recognition of monumental research and academic contributions to Higher Education.
Ms. Sonia Chandel from Panjab University Alumni Association proposed a vote of thanks.
On very auspicious day of First ‘Navratra’ and Maharaja Agarsen Jayanti’, Agarsen Vichar Manch and Panjab University, Chandigarh organized a webinar on “Participatory Community Building: Ideas of Maharaja Agarsen” under the patron ship of, Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice chancellor, Panjab University.
Sh Gian Chand Gupta, Hon’ble Speaker, Haryana Vidhan Sabha graced the occasion as Chief Guest and informed the participants about the teachings of Maharaja Agarsen Ji. The keynote address of the event was given by Dr. Nand Kishore Garg , chancellor, Maharaja Agarsen University, Baddi. In his keynote address, he informed about his efforts of compilation of work done by Maharaja Agarsen Ji.
The event was hosted by Prof. Harish Kumar and he explained the different tasks and events organized by ‘Agarsen Vichar Manch’ since its inception in 2015.
Sh. Salil Kumar highlighted how Agarsen Vichar Manch is encouraging school students and the youth in the various communities of the Panjab University by supporting them financially and socially.
The event was well attended by many distinguished faculty members and other participants through different social media channels.
University Institute of Fashion Technology & Vocational Development (UIFT&VD), Panjab University, Chandigarh, conducted a Webinar titled – From Lakmé Fashion Week to London Fashion Platform on Friday 16th, 2020. It was attended by 100 participants including faculty members, research scholars and students of Fashion Technology. Chairperson of UIFT&VD, Dr. Prabhdip Brar, gave an introductory note, welcoming the speaker, Mr. Armaan Randhawa from United Kingdom, a creative and visionary fashion designer and fashion stylist with 8 successful years of producing exceptional minimal clothing lines for fashion house, buying house and Lakme fashion week. He believes that, to be a successful designer one has to have his/her own signature style. Highly versatile with in-depth knowledge of current trends, strong budgeting and marketing, the speaker explained how the garment presentation being sent to qualify for a Fashion Week carries only 20% weightage while the rest 80% includes story board, mood board, colour palette, styling, photoshoot among others
The importance of books for research over social media platforms in creating an original artwork and creating a story was discussed. Also, the designer advised the curious fashion students that they should make commercial merchandise rather than avant-garde. Also, the styling done by the designer is minimal with less make up and not much accessories. This session would definitely help the young, budding fashion designers, fashion photographers, fashion stylists, fashion editors in the making, to apply for various fashion weeks and establish themselves in the fashion industry.
Panjab University Alumni Association organized a web lecture on “Things
to Know to keep your Heart Healthy” by Dr. Rajesh Vijayvergiya , MD, DM,
FSCAI, FACC, FISES, Department of Cardiology, PGIMER , a senior
interventional cardiologist performing coronary and peripheral
intervention at PGI for over 20 years.
Ms. Sonia Chandel from PUAA welcomed and introduced Dr. Vijayvergiya to
the participants.
He has published over 150 research papers in both national and
international journals, received many awards and is a member of many
professional bodies like Cardiology Society of India, Fellow of Society
of the Cardiac Angiography and Intervention, International Society of
Heart Research to name a few.
Dr. Vijayvergiya discussed about Major Cardiovascular Diseases like
Heart Attack, Stroke, Rhythm etc and the reasons for their increase. He
said smoking is the major reason for heart diseases and went on to
discuss hypertension, obesity etc. He then discussed how to manage these
problems. He discussed diet and exercise, stress and cardiovascular
risk, warnings for heart attacks. Dr. Vijayvergiya concluded by
describing what is angiography/ angioplasty and showed a video of the
treatment to dispel the fear about this procedure.
Next, the participants asked a lot of questions regarding Cardiovascular
Diseases and treatment which Dr. Vijayvergiya answered to their
satisfaction.
Ms. Sonia Chandel gave a vote of thanks. Dr. Vijayvergia also thanked
PUAA for the interaction .
Panjab University Chandigarh launched the website
www.icamse2021.weebly.com for the International Conference on Aspects of
Materials Science and Engineering to be held on 05th – 06th March 2021.
All accepted papers of the conference will be published in Elsevier’s
Scopus indexed journal: Materials Today: Proceedings. Conference
coordinator Dr. Shankar Sehgal who is also Managing Guest Editor of
Materials Today: Proceedings welcomed the guests and informed them that
more than 250 papers are expected to be presented during the conference.
The website www.icamse2021.weebly.com was launched jointly by Prof. J.K.
Goswamy, Dean Faculty of Engg. & Tech. and Prof. Renu Vig through an
online method. Prof. J.K. Goswamy apprised the audience about the
importance of Materials Science and its impact on life. Prof. Renu Vig
motivated the audience to participate in the conference as it is a
multi-dimensional domain related to materials. Dr. Parveen Goyal,
Secretary Faculty of Engineering and Technology and Fellow Panjab
University thanked Prof. Raj Kumar Honourable VC and others for their
guidance and support in proper planning of the conference. Last date for
submission of the papers is 25th December 2020.
This is to inform that the result / evaluation sheet of examination May
/September, 2020 of the following courses have been declared/made public
today.
1. M.Sc(Hons.School)Zoology-4th Semester,September-2020
2. B.Sc-Fashion & Lifestyle Technology-2nd Semester,May-2020
3. MA-Music Instrumental(Tabla)-2nd Semester,May-2020
4. Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation & Networking-2nd
Semester,September-2020
5. Masters in Remote sensing & GIS-4th Semester,September-2020
6. M.Phil Psychiatric Social Work-2nd Year,September-2020
7. M.Phil Clinical Psychology-2nd Year,September-2020
8. M.Sc(Information Technology)-4th Semester,September-2020
9. M.Sc(Microbial Biotechnology)-4th Semester,September-2020
The same can be seen at the respective Departments/Colleges or Panjab
University website.
After taking cognizance of unlock 5 guidelines, Professor Raj Kumar,
Vice Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh has decided to seek
advice of UT administration regarding the conduct of senate elections
2020 . In the meantime the dates of senate elections stands postponed
till further order .
Further course of action shall be decided after the receipt of advice
from UT administration Chandigarh.
It is hereby notified that the Institutions/Regional Centers/ Rural
Center, Affiliated Colleges of Panjab University located in the State of
Punjab will remain closed on Friday 16th October 2020 on account of
350th Birthday of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Ji. The declaration has been
made in terms of Punjab Govt. Notification No. 1/77726/2020 dated
16.09.2020. The Panjab University (Sector-14&25) Campus,
offices/Teaching departments and affiliated colleges in Chandigarh shall
remain open on 16.10.2020 as usual.
