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Chandigarh March 12, 2022

Nutrients are the building blocks of our body allowing us to grow, repair, protect against pathogens and create energy and they must be obtained from diet, since the human body does not synthesize them in large amounts enough for human health. Good health is like the morning sun, mellow and pleasing but the underprivileged communities often lack the knowledge about its paramount importance. At this time of pandemic when health care is a necessity, Enactus team conducted a workshop on Nutrition & Health at Maloya for potter community working under project “Dhra, conveyed Prof. Seema Kapoor, Faculty Advisor of the Enactus team.

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Dr. Ekta Bajaj, dietitian, Panjab University delivered an expert talk on the importance of eating a balanced and nutrient-rich diet to more than 100 community members present during the workshop. Dr. Bajaj raised awareness on the dynamic interdependency of health and nutrition at various stages of life and emphasized the management of nutritional disorders. She engaged the workshop in a very simple and organized way. Dr. Bajaj told the importance of few affordable and low-cost food items viz. vegetables like loci, carrots, leafy greens including spinach, fenugreek; fruits like bananas, grapes; whole grains; lentils, soyabeen, etc. to the potter community.

The potter community appreciated the efforts put in by Enactus team from time to time since last 2 years and helping in their upliftment by bagging orders from many food outlets of tricity for earthen products like handis, cups, glasses, plates, etc. They conveyed that they are very thankful to the team for helping them even during COVID-19 pandemic by distributing face masks, face shields and also bagging regular orders from the food joints.

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Akshit Kalra, President of ENACTUS team along with Meesha and Sonali, Vice Presidents, Project Head Amanpreet, Chetan and Nandini, Finance Head, Yash Tripathi and Content Head, Dea gave prominence to the essentiality of instructing people about the paramount significance of health. Prof. Kapoor conveyed that Enactus team is very grateful to Prof. Jagtar Singh, Dean Student Welfare, Panjab University for providing all the support for such events.

Chandigarh March 10, 2022

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An open house discussion on National Professional standards for Teachers (NPST), NEP-2020 was organized by Department of Education, Panjab University, Chandigarh in collaboration with NCTE, New Delhi on 10th March 2022 in hybrid mode at the SAIF/ CIL conference hall of PU.

Mr. S.S. Gill, IAS, Secretary Education, UT-Chandigarh, the guest of honour, Prof. Raj kumar, vice-chancellor, Panjab University, Ms. Kesang Sherpa, member secretary, NCTE, graced the inaugural session. Prof. J. N. Baliya, head, DoE, Central University, Jammu had graced the programme.

The programme was started with the university Anthem followed by lightening of lamp by dignitaries and coordinators of the programme. Prof. Kirandeep Singh read out brief profile of the Department and informed the guests about the achievements and contributions of the department in the field of education.

Ms. Kesang Sherpa (IRS) Member Secretary, NCTE joined the discussion through online mode. She  briefed about how NPST has been launched initially and its development through different phases. Expert committee was formed and feedback from various stakeholders of education sector was collected to launch the 1st draft of NPST. According to her the final draft will be launched by March 2023.

Mr. Gill the Guest of honour highlighted the role of teachers in 21st century. He emphasized on E2 formula which implies the two important bases of growth of society, Education and Entrepreneurship. He said education sector has to respond to the changing needs of society and must undergo transformation to be more relevant.

Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor appreciated NCTE decision for collaboration  with Panjab University for taking inputs for further improvement and changes in NPST. He highlighted that teachers need to blend their conventional knowledge and skills with new trends in education at a fast pace to catch up wherever they have been lagging.

Prof. J N Baliya, Head, Deptt. Of Educational Studies, Central University, jammu introduced the bluebook on NPST through online power point presentation. He briefly talked about the three chapters of NPST. He also emphasized on 3Ps, Teacher Preparation, Practice and Performance.

 Mr. Rishab Khanna  presented the NSPT draft by taking up each component of the draft in detail with reference to school aducation. He elaborated on core pillars of NSPT which are education and training, support in practice and career progression.

Prof Sharad Sinha  joined online from NCERT to inform and to provoke critical thinking about teaching and training among the participants.

Inputs were given by invited panelists Dr. Hemant Dy Director Higher Education Haryana, Dr Ashwani Bhalla Dy Dir Punjab and Dr. Manpreet Brar Coordinator Smagra Shikha Abhiyan.

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After the main speakers  the penalists had a thorough and comprehensive discussion on NPST followed by questions from participants.

The dignitaries and speakers were thanked by offering momentos. Prof Nandita and Prof Latika highlighted suggestions which emerged from the open house discussion and Prof Chaturvedi from NCTE gave concluding remarks.

The programme ended with national anthem and lunch for all the participants.

Chandigarh March 3, 2022

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3rd March, 2022 : Professor Archana R Singh, School of Communication Studies, Panjab University, has been honoured by Global Media Education Council (GCEC) for being a part of the 75 day event celebrating the 75 years of Indian Independence.  The unique 75-day event involving Indian and global academics and professionals, which intends to celebrate this diversity with scholarly contributions from varied perspectives in this unique online conclave has been organized by GMEC- Global Media Education Council stretching from October  21, 2021, to  April  10, 2022.

The event celebrates 75 Years in  75 days with 90 minute sessions involving 75 Indian Stalwarts, 75 Foreign Stalwarts, 75 Govt Officials, 75 Books/Reports, 150 Young Researchers. Prof . Archana R Singh was a part of the event with a session on the topic ‘Press and Development : A Novel Paradigm’ that was streamed on March 2, 2022. Prof. Singh has been an eminent media educator and was invited to be a part of this event for her stellar contribution to the field of Media and Communication Education.

Prof. Singh with an academic career spanning more than two decades has a number of accolades to her kitty. She has been member, Central Panel Jury for the 66th National Film Awards by Ministry of I&B, GoI Member of Film and Television Institute of India Society by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. She has also been Elected Member of Governing and Academic Council of the FTII Pune. Member, Post graduate Board of Studies, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, GJ University, Hisar, Central University of Haryana Mahendragarh, IP University New Delhi, Indian Institute of Mass Communication Society and many others. She was appointed by UNESCO as part of the Review Panel for their research on youth and violent extremism on social media.

She has more than 150 academic publications including journal papers and book chapters, presentations and seminar talks. She has held many Administrative posts at Panjab University such as Chairperson, School of Communication Studies & Coordinator, PU Radio (twice, Warden, of a Girls Hostel, Cultural Coordinator of Panjab University, Colloquium Coordinator, Panjab University and the Editor of Panjab University Research Journal of Social Sciences. She has completed prestigious research projects such as `Science for Women health and nutrition through Community Radio, a project by the National Council of Science and Technology Communication, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. Of India and presently she is a member of A Panjab University- Cambridge Project on Transforming India’s Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable Food Supplies’ She is heading the Media section of the project. Prof Singh is a recipient of the Senior Social Scientist Fellowship from ICSSR in the subject of Mass Communication

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She takes time out to write features for newspapers, make radio programmes for PU’s community radio, make documentaries for Panjab University, run a blog, write poetry for leisure and record some voice-overs from time to time.