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Shoolini Univ Does A First, Takes Research To Undergraduate Level

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With 45 Indian and International patents under its belt during its just 8 years of existence, Shoolini University, the first private not for profit biotechnology university of the country founded and driven by academicians, looks set to up the ante. It has become the first university in the country to offer research programs at undergraduate level in professional courses from the coming academic year 2017-18.

 

Another first in North India will be a job-oriented three-year BSc program in Yoga, which has opened up a sea of opportunities worldwide.

Photo By: Life In Chandigarh

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Nestled in serene environs of mid Himalayas, the sprawling campus of the university, near Solan in Himachal Pradesh, is throwing open its gates to industry professionals-driven courses in Legal Studies, Management, Agriculture, Hotel Management, Pharmacy and Digital Journalism this year. So, there will be BA LLB (5 years) and LLB (Hons) of 3 years, PG Diploma in Business Management (12 months), four years BSc (Hons) in Agriculture, BSc Hospitality and Hotel Administration (3 years), two years B Pharmacy (Practice) and Young Journalists’ Programme in Digital Journalism (11 months).

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Interacting with media persons in Chandigarh on Tuesday, Founder and Vice Chancellor, Prof. P.K. Khosla said undergraduate students joining the tech university, which has risen up the rankings and won a string of awards for its proven high-impact research model, will have the advantage of taking up research from first year itself.

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“It will now be possible under a unique undergraduate (B.Tech.) program in biotechnology where selected students have the opportunity to pursue the Summit Research Program based on the Harvard and Stanford model. The program provides first-hand exposure to high quality research in state-of-the-art global research environments, experience of writing and publishing papers, and personal interaction with acclaimed research practitioners/experts from around the world.

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 “The University is committed to seek the best candidates. If you are passionate about research and life-sciences, the university will ensure that your financial constraints do not come in the way of joining our program,” he asserted.

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The New Courses

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BSc Yoga program is being started mindful of the fact that its popularity is going to open up rewarding career opportunities in schools, colleges, universities, hotels, resorts, hospitals, etc.

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BA LLB & LLB (Hons) program will be at par with the National School of Law supported by living case histories by top legal luminaries of the country.

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Young Journalists’ program in Digital Journalism is designed for imparting practical experience to budding journalists and would be mentored by Mr Vipin Pubby, who served as Editor of the Indian Express for 18 years and has an overall experience spread over 37 years.

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PG Diploma in Business Management, a year-long programme, is designed on the lines of the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad  for working professionals. The program will be mentored by Prof Atul Khosla, an eminent Senior Executive with an illustrious career in the corporate sector.

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The BSc (Hons) in Agriculture program will have Dr. R.S.Paroda, former Director General of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research and Secretary Department of Agricultural Research and Education, GOI, as mentor.

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BSc Hospitality and Hotel Administration program with a huge employment potential has been instituted as per the norms of National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology, under the Ministry of Tourism, GOI. The program will be mentored by industry veteran Pratip Majumdar in association with top managers of country’s leading hotel chains.

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Two years B Pharmacy (Practice) program is especially designed for diploma holders working as chemists or elsewhere to earn B. Pharma degree enabling them to improve their professional skills. This Pharmacy Council of India approved course, would be mentored by Koushik Das Sarma, who holds a doctorate from Indian Institute of Science (IISc).

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Focus On Bringing Punjab Back On Rails™

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Robust tax collections during the first quarter of the current financial year, reining in of organised criminal gangs and drug and sand mafias, dismantling of truck unions and major initiatives to attract investment in the cash-strapped border state were some of the achievements listed out by Capt. Amarinder Singh during the first 100 days of the Congress Government in Punjab led by him.

Looking visibly tired at a briefing, his first major interaction with the Media after taking over reins of the state, he even jokingly asked media persons if they were getting bored with the long list of achievements of his government. He, however, continued, saying “Ik paragraph hey rahay gaya hai.” He was flanked by Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh and state Director General of Police Suresh Arora.

Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, flanked by Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh

Photo By: Life in Chandigarh

Commenting on the controversial Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) canal, which is to take the neighbouring states’ share in the “surplus” Ravi-Beas river waters, he said he was for arriving at a negotiated settlement. He was not against the neighbouring states getting their share, but first Punjab needs to know how much depletion in discharge of river waters has taken place over the years and what the scenario is expected to be in the coming years. “Where will Punjab go,  faced with a dangerously depleting water table and a reducing quantum of surface water,” he asserted.

He, however, expressed the hope that a decision would have been taken to sit across the table with Haryana at the intervention of the Centre before the next date of hearing in the case in the Supreme Court.

Warning all organised criminal gangs to surrender, or face the wrath of the state, he said a number of these gangs had been neutralised and other were being pressurised to see reason. Supporting the CM’s words, DGP Arora said during the last three months, out of the 240 members of 49 organised criminal gangs operating in the state, 137 had been arrested and jailed. From among the 12 category ‘A’ gangs, three had been neutralised and seven of the 10 ‘B’ category gangs had been grounded, he added. (What stopped the DGP from performing this feat during the previous Akali Dal-BJP Government, when also he was state police chief, is anybody’s guess).

Strongly supporting the imposition of Goods and Services Tax (GST), Capt Amarinder Singh said Punjab stood to gain Rs 5,000 crore in revenue annually, which would give much needed respite to the debt-ridden state. Clarifying the Congress party’s stand on GST, he said it was only opposed to multiple slabs in the tax structure. When the Congress moved the GST only one 18 percent slab was proposed, he added.

Reiterating the state government’s resolve to come good on all of Congress party’s promises made in the election manifesto, the chief minister informed that the promise of job for every family will be fulfilled and a beginning will be made with a Job Mela to be held sometime in August, where 50,000 youths will be handed over job letters.

He clarified that the Rs 1500 crore earmarked in this year’s budget for farm debt waiver was only for the purpose of repayment of this year’s instalment of farmers’ debt to the banks and that efforts were being made to find solutions for the farmers’ debt with non institutional lenders.

He maintained that despite being controversial, the state government stood by its decision to establish a regulatory authority for private colleges and universities in the state, which will go a long way in standardising curricula and faculty and improving the quality of education in these institutions.

Other important decisions/achievements claimed by state government :

  • Entire outstanding farm loans of 7,000-odd families of farmers, who committed suicide over the years, to be borne by state government.
  • During first quarter of current financial year, revenue from VAT up 33% – from Rs. 4568 crore to Rs. 6012.96 crore
  • Transport fees/taxes collection up of 25%
  • Collections from excise auctions up 23.1 percent (increase of Rs. 1016 crore).
  • Decision at final stages for infusion of another Rs 20,000 crore investment into second phase of petro chemical complex at Bathinda, for which a meeting has been fixed in New Delhi on July 8.
  • Rs 500 crore to be invested in Phase II of Quark City in Mohali
  • 16 new specific special industrial parks to come up
  • Rs 400 crore hi-tech cycle valley in Ludhiana
  • Skills University to come up at Chamkaur Sahib
  • Separate Horticulture University at Abohar with PAU Ludhiana mentoring it
  • Deptt of Ground Water Management to check alarming depletion of groundwater table
  • Rs. 100 crore Road Safety Fund to arrest spiral of fatal road accidents
  • Work to start soon on Shahpur Kandi hydroelectric project which will make available an additional 0.78 Million Acre Feet (MAF) of water
  • Strong Lok Pal Bill on the anvil to bring Chief Minister, ministers and bureaucrats in its ambit. Lok Pal to be made fully competent to take action as deemed fit.
  • New Industrial and Transport policies on anvil
  • Governance Ethics and Reforms Commission competent to scrutinize all government transactions above Rs. 50 crore.
  • Special Court proposed to Punjab and Haryana High Court for dealing with NRIs and special categories of military personnel.
  • Cash transfers directly to bank accounts of genuine beneficiaries of social security schemes
  • To further discourage VIP culture, hooters and sirens also to be banned for VIPs
  • Crackdown on drug trade by Special Task force (STF), supported by the police and other state agencies, led to registration of 3845 cases under NDPS Act till June 13, 2107, with 4438 people being arrested and more than 58 kgs of heroin recovered, along with other banned substances
  • Hassle-free procurement of a record 122 lakh metric tonnes of wheat and prompt payment to farmers
  • Another runway on the anvil at the international airport in Mohali
  • Free education for all girl students from Nursery to PHD
  • 30 percent reservation for women in government jobs on the anvil
  • 200 health and wellness clinics across the state to screen children for basic health parameters, genetics, height, weight, etc.
  • New government medical college at Mohali
  • Universal health insurance scheme for tertiary care

Restoring Dignity™ Is TK Ruby’s Difference™

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Taking forward the new Rotary International President, Aussie Ian Riseley’s slogan of ‘Making a Difference’ forward, Rtn. TK Ruby, installed Governor of District 3080 at a ceremony held at a luxury hotel in Panchkula, on Sunday, has a vision of his own – leaving a lasting impact on the lives of people by ‘Restoring Dignity’.

Sharing his thoughts with media persons after the installation ceremony at Hotel Holiday Inn, Ruby, who runs a pharmaceutical firm, said when we extend assistance or provide relief to the needy, we do not always leave a permanent impact on their lives. “My vision is to focus the activities of Rotarians in my district, comprising parts of Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, into helping inmates of Old Age Homes, Orphanages and Blind Schools restore their dignity.

Photo By: Life In Chandigarh

“With 77 clubs and 3400-odd members, Rotary District 3080 can make a real difference if we can help at least some of the forsaken elderly people reconcile with their children, or help some visually impaired children at least get back partial vision to make them self dependent, or act as foster parents to the orphans to make them feel the warmth of family, even if on occasions. If we are able to do this, we would leave a permanent impact in their lives,” Ruby elaborated.
 “I feel Old Age Homes is not our culture. Today, instead of inviting a VIP for my installation, I preferred to get the honours done at the hands of my mother Santosh Sharma. By making my mother the Chief Guest for the occasion, I am wanting to send across a message – parents are to be adored, not forsaken,” he asserted.
Ruby said since he is associated with the pharmaceutical industry, his district would make efforts to arrange vision screening camps in blind schools to look at the possibility of restoring partial vision among the inmates. Similarly, we would encourage our members to adopt orphans, and act as their foster parents, so that the orphans do not feel alone in good and bad times, he said, adding that efforts will also be made to impart IT and other vocational skills to them to enhance their chances of getting meaningful employment.
Coming to Rotary International President Ian Riseley’s three-point focus areas of supporting and strengthening Rotary clubs, humanitarian service and enhancing Rotary International’s public image, Ruby said he will encourage the clubs in his district to make efforts to increase their membership and implement more humanitarian service projects. He will also be interacting more often with various communities, including the Media, to enhance Rotary International’s public image.
TK Ruby’s Profile
Belongs to a family of agriculturists from Mukatsar town of Punjab. Moved to Chandigarh in the 80s. He now runs a pharmaceutical firm, Raymed Pharmaceuticals Limited, with focus on eye care. Opening a multi-speciality hospital in Sector 26 Panchkula. Has been in the service of Rotary International for the past 16 years.

Why Be Defensive, Mr CM

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That appointment of law officers by any state government in India is politically motivated, is a well known fact. These are political appointments (government’s prerogative, if you like), which are made and undone with change of government. Then, why is Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh being so defensive about the appointment of 121 law offers announced on Friday night. In the fourth month of his tenure at the head of a Congress government, is he betraying a sense of insecurity, or is he being overzealous about projecting an honest face of his government, is anybody’s guess.

 In an official press statement on Saturday, Amarinder Singh tried to trash observations made in the media of favouritism in the appointments, and asserted that “every single appointment of the new law officers in the state government was based on merit after taking into account the professional qualifications and expertise of the candidates.”

Photos By: Life In Chandigarh

Reacting to news reports suggesting that kin of some Congress leaders and influential people perceived to be close to the current dispensation in the state had been accommodated in the team, the Chief Minister claimed “all appointments were cleared independently, without bias or prejudice, and solely on account of individual’s background, proficiency and experience.”
 
He went on to say, “similar considerations were taken into account in the appointment of all law officers, including the daughter of Congress MLA Fateh Singh Bajwa.”
 
His most astonishing comment, however : “It was unfortunate that a political colour was being sought to be given to the appointments. A candidate’s family connections could not be allowed to be a consideration in the matter of professional appointments. Taking such a view would lead to depriving such candidates the opportunity they deserve and, at the same time, deprive the state government of the services of efficient and meritorious professionals.”
 
While merit of the appointees may not be an issue of debate, the fact remains that the appointments are made with appeasement of influential people close to the power that be in the state in mind. Otherwise why is that particular law officers always make a comeback, at times in Punjab, and at other times in  Haryana, when any party they, or their kin, are perceived to be close to returns to power. This happens with every state government and there is nothing to be defensive about it. 
 
Or, is it !
 
The appointees :

 

                      Additional Advocates General

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S.No. Name Father’s Name
1.         AMAR ASHOK PATHAK   HARSARUP SINGH PATHAK
2.         ANJU ARORA MATHRA DASS GIRDHAR
3.         ANU CHATRATH GOPAL KRISHAN CHATRATH
4.         AVTAR SINGH SANDHU SH. SANTOKH SINGH
5.         BALBIR SINGH SEWAK HAZARA SINGH
6.         DEEPALI PURI SANDHU MUNISHWAR PURI
7.         GAURAV LIBERHAN R.M.S LIBERHAN
8.         HARMEET SINGH GREWAL GURDARSHAN SINGH GREWAL
9.         HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI RAJINDER SINGH SETHI
10.     HITTAN NEHRA D.R. S.M. NEHRA
11.     INDER PAL SINGH DOABIA T.S.DOABIA
12.     KAMAL JEET SINGH JASWANT SINGH
13.     MANJARI NEHRU KAUL RAVI KUMAR NEHRU, JUSTICE
14.     MANOJ BAJAJ R.P. BAJAJ
15.     MUKESH CHANDER BERRY M.S. BERRY
16.     PANKAJ GUPTA LAL CHAND GUPTA
17.     PARDEEP SINGH BAJWA J.S. BAJWA
18.     PARMINDER PAL THETHI FAQIR SINGH
19.     RAJBIRINDER SINGH CHAHAL JOGINDER SINGH CHAHAL
20.     RAMEEZA HAKEEM NAZIR HAKEEM
21.     SAKYA SINGH CHAUDHURI BASAB CHAUDHURI
22.     SANDEEP VERMANI DHARAM VIR VERMANI
23.     SUDEEPTI SHARMA AMAR NATH SHASTRI
24.     SUVEER SHEOKAND BHOOP SINGH
25.     VIKAS MOHAN GUPTA RAVINER MOHAN GUPTA
     
   Senior Deputy Advocates General  
S.No. Name Father’s Name
1.         AMBIKA LUTHRA A.S. LUTHRA
2.         AMANDEEP SINGH GILL MEHTAB SINGH GILL
3.         AMIT MEHTA RL MEHTA
4.         ASHOK KUMAR SINGLA SOHAN LAL
5.         CHAMAN LAL PAWAR GANGA RAM
6.         DHRUV DAYAL RUP DAYAL
7.         GAURAV GARG GIAN CHAND GARG DHURIWALA
8.         JASDEEP SINGH WALIA GURSHARANJEET SINGH WALIA
9.         JASWINDER SINGH GURDEV SINGH
10.     KULDEEP SINGH MEWA SINGH
11.     MONICA CHHIBBER SHARMA A.K.CHHIBBER
12.     PAWAN SHARDA N.L.SHARDA
13.     RAJESH KUMAR BHARDWAJ H.S. SANDHU
14.     RAJNI GUPTA MATHURA DASS
15.     RAJESH KUMAR BHARDWAJ O.P.BHARDWAJ
16.     SHIREESH GUPTA BALRAM K.GUPTA
17.     VENU GOPAL JAUHAR HARI BHAGWAN JAUHAR
     
   Deputy Advocates General  
S.No. Name Father’s Name
1.         AJAYPAL SINGH GILL JAGPAL SINGH
2.         AMBIKA SOOD VISHWANATH SOOD
3.         AMITOJ SINGH DHAIWAL DALBRA SINGH
4.         ANUSHA NAGARAJAN S NAGARAJAN
5.         ARPINDER SINGH SIDHU HARPAL SINGH SIDHU
6.         ASHWANI BEDI SH. RAM PARKASH BEDI
7.         BHAVNA GUPTA H.C.MODI
8.         BIKRAMJIT SINGH BAATH ANOOP SINGH
9.         DALDEEP SINGH SUKARCHAKIA DALJEET SINGH SUKARCHAKIA
10.     DAVINDER BIR SINGH KULDIP SINGH
11.     HARMANDEEP SULLAR MANJIT SINGH
12.     JAGMOHAN SINGH GHUMMAN A S GHUMMAN
13.     KARAN SINGH HARDEV SINGH
14.     KIRAT SINGH SIDHU PAITAMPAL SINGH SIDHU
15.     MANJEET SINGH DHILLON GURBACHAN SINGH DHILLON
16.     MONIKA JALOTA FAQIR CHAND JALOTA
17.     NARINDER  BANKA PREM DUTT BANKA
18.     NAVEEP CHHABRA H.L. CHHABRA
19.     RAHUL RATHORE BHUPINDER SINGH RATHORE
20.     RAJ KAMAL  RAJESH KUMAR VERMA
21.     RAKESH VERMA SANSARI LAL VERMA 
22.     RANDHIR SINGH THIND KARNAIL SINGH
23.     RATTAN SIDHU BRAR RAVINDERJIT SINGH BRAR
24.     SAHIL SHARMA H.K. SHARMA
25.     SAMEER CHAUDHARY PROF. RATI RAM CHAUDHARY
26.  

PGI Goes Live With Complex Procedure

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Unlike in the private sector, pursuance of excellence, and in the process making a name for themselves, has been the primary goal of most distinguished doctors in the prestigious Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER, PGI for short) in Chandigarh. And this tradition continues, though arguably in a somewhat diminished manner.

A complex coronary angioplasty procedure in the catheterization lab of the PGI’s Advance Cardiac Centre (ACC), beamed live to a gathering of 1500-odd of the world’s best brains in interventional cardiology in Orlando, USA on Saturday, is another testimony to the high esteem in which PGI is held in the healthcare world.
 

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Photo By: Life in Chandigarh
 
Participants in the 13th Annual Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics (C3) conference, one of the most prestigious and recognized global interventional cardiology meetings in the world, were witness to Prof. Dr. Rajesh Vijayavergiya and his team from the Cardiology Department of PGI performing the complex and technically challenging coronary angioplasty of a 60 years old woman, who got admitted with complaint of recurrent chest pain at ACC. 
 
After successful stenting, Prof. Vijayvergiya commented that the left main coronary angioplasty, shown live, was technically challenging and required great technical skills along with the use of advance hardware.  Since left main is one of the most important vessels supplying blood to the heart, treating it is always a battle of nerves, he added.
 
Prof. Vijayvergiya informed that PGI, Chandigarh is amongst a handful of centers in India, where such kind of complex procedures are successfully performed on regular basis with use of advanced imaging modalities like intra-vascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT).  
 
He maintained that PGI being the only center in North India to beam live such a complex coronary angioplasty case to a prestigious international audience, clearly reinforced its position as one of the leading tertiary care institutes in the country, at par with leading international institutes in the field of interventional cardiology.

Kanal Houses Given July 31 Deadline

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Even as the issue of ensuring supply of tertiary treated water to existing connections, and the stink it continues to generate, is being debated in the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh House, the Water Supply Committee of the corporation has taken a decision which is sure to raise the hackles of kanal house owners.

A meeting of the committee, chaired by Satish Kumar Kainth, on Thursday decided that commercial rates be charged from households in one kanal or above houses for using drinking water for irrigation purposes from August 1 this year. They have been given time till July 31 to take separate connection for tertiary treated water supply for irrigation purposes.
 

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Photo By: Life in Chandigarh
 
This issue was hotly debated in a recent meeting of the MC House and several councillors had challenged the claim by officials that the tertiary treated water was being regularly supplied to all existing connections, including parks in the city. Mayor Asha Kumari Jaswal had herself admitted that the stink from the tertiary treated water was still unbearable.  
 
Thursday’s meeting of the water supply committee was attended by member councillors Devinder Singh Babla, Vinod Aggarwal, Arun Sood, Jagtar Singh Jagga, Ravi Kant Sharma and Sachin Kumar Lohitya. Concerned officers of Municipal Corporation also attended the meeting.
 
The committee also decided that public toilets in market places be handed over to the area market associations and public toilets in green belts to the local resident welfare associations for their proper maintenance.
 
The committee decided that user charges of water tankers for commercial purposes be hiked from Rs. 385 to Rs. 500 plus taxes and higher. It also decided to impose user charges for providing mobile toilet vans for various functions and rallies, etc. 
 
Both the decision on user charges have been sent to the Finance and Contract Committee (F&CC) for framing of policies in this regard.
 

Another Out Of Box Effort

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The three-month old Captain Amarinder Singh led Congress Government in Punjab seems to be seriously trying to do some out of the box thinking in an effort to bring the state back to somewhere near the predominant position it once held in the country. And one of these efforts is visible in the field of skill development.

In another step towards forging direct alliances between its own planned international skill training centres and reputed foreign technical training institutions, Punjab Government on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the UK Government to impart internationally valid skill development training to youths in Punjab.

Photo By: Life in Chandigarh

The MoU was signed by UK Deputy High Commissioner Chandigarh Andrew Ayre and Punjab Additional Chief Secretary, Technical Education & Industrial Training, G. Vajralingam in the presence of state Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, and Adviser, Punjab Skill Development Mission, Sandeep Singh Kaura.

Speaking on the occasion, Channi said the state government was setting up International Skill Training Centres for providing quality skill training to youths in Punjab for rewarding careers in the country and abroad. The British Deputy High Commission Chandigarh has assured a facilitative role in building linkages between Punjab Technical Education and Industrial Training Department, Punjab Skill Development Mission and skill providers in the UK, he added.

In what can be viewed as a very ambitious move, Channi said Punjab Government is keen on setting up its own technical education and skill development college in the UK, where students from the state can be educated and trained by highly qualified trainers and teachers in that country. Preliminary talks have been held with the UK embassy in New Delhi in this regard and the initial response is positive, he shared.

The minister said the purpose behind signing MoUs for direct tie-ups with reputed foreign universities and colleges was to prevent exploitation of youth at the hands of private agents. As part of these associations with foreign institutes, students of four-year courses would get an opportunity to study two years abroad, he added.

Andrew Ayre said this was a first of its kind MoU signed with the Punjab Government in the field of skill development, and is expected go a long way in forging a lasting partnership between Punjab Government and the UK.

Judge Count In Punjab & Haryana HC Rises To 48

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Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh Justice S.J. Vajifdar on Wednesday administered the oath of office to two additional judges of the high court.

With the taking of oath by Justice Raj Shekhar Attri and Justice  Gurvinder Singh Gill, the number of judges in the Punjab & Haryana High Court has gone up to 48.

Judges of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, its Registrar, senior advocates and office-bearers of High Court Bar Association were among those present at the ceremony.

Photo By: Life in Chandigarh

Haryana Falls Back on Retired Teachers

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Faced with a shortfall of 22,000 post graduate teachers and trained graduate teachers in government schools in the state, despite concerted efforts to fill up vacancies through regular recruitment, Haryana Government has had to fall back on retired teachers below 65 years of age to fill in the gaps.

Haryana Additional Chief Secretary School Education P.K. Das on Wednesday launched a portal “http:dsehry.in/RE” developed by the School Education Department to hasten the process of engaging the teachers who have retired from Haryana government, other governments and private managed schools.

Offering them remuneration as per the state government's re-employment policy, Das expressed the hope that they would be able to engage about 5,000 retired teachers for government schools through the portal to provide quality education to students.

PK Das launches the portal

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Giving details about the process of recruitment, he said applying for re-employment on the digital platform will make the engagement process easy, transparent and hassle-free. Retired teachers from Haryana government, other state governments and privately managed schools below the age of 65 years are required to register themselves on the portal.

The vacancy position in government schools across the state would be displayed on the portal to enable the eligible and desirous retired teachers to fill up their choice of schools in order of preference in the district of their choice.

PGI Takes Lead in Country

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The Post Graduate Institute for Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh, PGI for short, on Tuesday become the first medical institute in the country to provide stents and Orthopaedic implants at cheaper than market rates for the benefit of patients.

Secretary Health and Family Welfare in the Union Government, C.K. Mishra, launched the new facility of providing orthopaedic implants to the patients at rates significantly reduced from prevailing market price at the AMRIT Pharmacy, at PGI’s Nehru Hospital. Stents are already available at reduced rates in the pharmacy.

Mishra handed over the implants to two patients at the Pharmacy in the presence of PGI Director Dr. Jagat Ram. He was accompanied from Delhi by Joint Secretary in the ministry Arun Singhal and Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor Vijaya Srivastava.

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On an initiative by the PGI Administration, suppliers have been convinced to provide Amrit Pharmacy these implants at reduced rates. Henceforth, arthroplasty implants of all international brands will be available at reduced rates at the PGI pharmacy. For greater transparency, the rates are prominently displayed at the pharmacy.

Here to attend the Standing Finance Committee meeting of the premier institute, Mishra was presented an overview of the Institute and its planned Sarangpur extension project, which is to house among other facilities the hugely overcrowded OPDs and Trauma Centre. The Union Health Secretary also interacted with Heads of Departments and faculty of the institute and took a round of the Trauma Centre, Emergency Complex, Nehru Hospital, Advanced Eye Centre and Advanced Cardiac Centre to get a firsthand experience.  He directed the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to complete the under construction 250-bedded hospital by the end of the year.
 
Appreciating PGI’s contribution as a premier hospital and public institute, Mishra also recognized the excellence of PGI doctors in research, education and patient care. Describing them amongst the best in the country, he hoped that they will contribute new ideas in improving the general health care system in the country.