Punjab Newspaper

The Department of Life Long Learning & Extension (DLLLE), Panjab University organized a special lecture by Professor (Emeritus) Sehdev Kumar from the School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto, Canada, on “Euthanasia: Right to Die, With or Without the Doctor” today in the Auditorium of the University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology (UICET), Panjab [...]

The right to have a successful career is a legitimate human right of every individual. However successful careers requires careful planning. This was stated by Mr. Edgar Samuel Sharuk, Chief of Administration, Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, UNESCO, while delivering a talk on “Career Planning and Conflict Resolution”.

Mr. Edgar remarked that the three elements for [...]

The Kalpana Chawla Excellence award ceremony today passed a resolution praising the present Government for honouring astronaut Sunita Williams with Padma Vibhushan in 2008. It stated that the Government should bestow Bharat Ratna posthumously on Kalpana Chawla in view of her seniority and sacrifice. The entire gathering including all the Awardees passed a resolution to [...]

Australian environmentalist John Seed OAM is in India till the end of January giving public lectures and presentations sponsored by the Australia-India Council, part of the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

John Seed is a prominent Australian environmentalist and film-maker who has worked for over 30 years towards the protection of Australian and [...]

Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur has expressed dismay over the fresh incidents of violence in Australia. In a statement issued at New Delhi, she stated that India has learnt with dismay today, of fresh incidents of violence against Indians residing in Australia, with the latest reports coming from Brisbane where four [...]

ICSSR North-Western Regional Centre, Chandigarh in collaboration with Centre for the Study of Mid-West and Central Asia, Panjab University is organizing special lecture of Prof. Derek Gregory on “Globalization and the late Modern War” on Monday, 11th January at 3.00 p.m. under special lecture series according to Sh. P.K. Saini, Deputy Director, ICSSR Complex, P.U.

Dr. [...]

Student mobility is on the increase with 2.7 million students travelling abroad in the year 2006 to pursue higher education. This number is expected to rise to 7.2 million by the year 2025. Half of the mobile students are from China and India.

These were some of the revelations of consultants, Dr. Markku Oksanen and Mr. [...]

The Victoria Memorial Museum, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, Loreto College and AusHeritage (Australia’s International Network for Cultural Heritage) will be partners for the four day Australia India Heritage Week, Kolkata, January 11-14, 2010.

Key activities during the week include a workshop for Museums in West Bengal and North East India at Victoria [...]

Internationally renowned Indian music composer A R Rahman will perform at the Sydney Festival 2010 on Saturday, 16 January 2010 in Sydney.
The concert will be telecast LIVE across India on Australia Network on 16 January at 1500 hrs India time. Further information in the attached press release. The channel is available on Indian cable network. [...]

A three-day conference on Labour Economics began at Punjabi University today with a call from eminent economists to expand Indian government’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGA) for making it commensurate with the citizens’ Right to Employment. In his presidential address, Dr Arjun Sengupta, MP and former chairman of the National Commission for Enterprises in [...]

While drawing a perspective on the ever-increasing problem of multi-layered social, ethnic and cultural groups, Prof S.K. Thorat, Chairman of the University Grants Commission, called upon the policy makers to ensure economic empowerment without discrimination, especially in the monopolistic markets. While delving on the issue of social exclusion, group and individual specific demands, he advocated [...]

Decades have passed since the death of legendary singer Mohammed Rafi, but his memories are still fresh in the mind of millions of his fans. On the eve of his 85th birthday a number of his fans and music lovers gathered yesterday to remember their favourite singer at Film Division Auditorium.

On this occasion a short [...]

The executive council of Punjab Academy of Sciences headed by Prof. I.J.S. Bansal had a meeting with the Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University and the Organizing committee in context with holding of 13th Punjab Science Congress.

The Panjab University, Chandigarh is organizing this event on 7-9th February 2010, under the aegis of Punjab Academy of Sciences with a [...]

The Music Department of Panjab University today arranged stage performance of eminent vocalist Dr. Suhasini Karotkar from Pune. A disciple of Pt. T.D. Janorikar of Bhindi Bazar Gharana, she presented three compositions in Raga Jog and enthralled the participants as well as listeners.

The second resource person was senior Prof. Of the Dept., Dr. Saroj Ghosh. [...]

The Valedictory Function of the on going Refresher Course in “Classic and Modern Indian Languages” was held at ICSSR Complex, P.U. Campus here today. The main attraction of the function was celebrated Punjabi Poet, Surjit Patar. He recited many of his choicest poems on the occasion, which included his old and new poems. One of [...]

Deliberations on the opening day of the 13th annual conference of the Indian Political Economy Association (IPEA), that began at the Punjabi University’s Senate Hall here today, centered around global financial crisis and its impact on Indian socio-economic and political system.

In his presidential address, noted political scientist and Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Dr Jaspal Singh [...]

The Department of German, Panjab University, Chandigarh
together with InDaF (Indo-German Teachers Association) and Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi is organizing a two day Seminar entitled “20 Years after the fall of the Berlin Wall” on 19 and 20 November at the ICSSR Complex, P.U.
The inaugural session of the Seminar is scheduled for Thursday at 10.00 [...]

Sifting of AICTE office to New Delhi from Chandigarh has been opposed by the Punjab Unaided Technical Association (PUTIA). PUTIA decided that a representation through Chief Minister Punjab would be submitted to Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi. The Meeting of the Executive of Punjab Unaided Technical Association (PUTIA) was held under the leadership [...]

CHANDIGARH: November 11, 2009: A talk on “Risk and trust in Environmental Politics: India-Europe Comparisons” was organized in the Department of Sociology, P.U. Campus here today.

Dr. Peter Phillimore, Professor of Social Anthropology, School of Geography,Politics & Sociology, Newcastle University (UK) spoke on the un-knowability of dire environmental risks and their consequences. He tried to [...]

Masters in Human Rights and Duties (CEASS) organized a ‘Human Rights Film Festival’ on Nov. 6, 2009 at Aruna Ranjit Chandra Hall, Panjab University, Chandigarh in association with Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF, National Secretariat, New Delhi). The film festival showcased documentaries to sensitize students
about the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 and to put [...]

Ishmeet Singh Foundation in association with PTC Punjabi announces “Gavo Sachhi Bani”, a Reality Talent Hunt Show promoting Gurbani Kirtan. The purpose of the show is to provide a platform to religious singing talent, while promoting Gurbani Kirtan among the young generation. The show is dedicated to the memory of Late Ishmeet Singh, the [...]

A UGC-sponsored Women’s Studies Centre was today inaugurated at the University campus here with Vice Chancellor Dr Jaspal Singh calling for an active participation of women in all spheres of life to ensure gender equality on political, economic and social fronts.

In his presidential speech, Dr Singh said the Centre should create a ‘pressure group’ [...]

CHANDIGARH: October 23, 2009: A high profile executive group comprising of eminent personalities from all over the country kicked off the UGC Networking Resource Centre in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Panjab University, Chandigarh on 23rd Oct 2009. The centre has been created at University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences by UGC as a result of recommendations of [...]

CHANDIGARH: October 23, 2009: Hon’ble Dr. M.S. Gill, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India laid down the foundation stone of Indoor Shooting Range at Panjab University Campus today. He was welcomed by Prof. R.C. Sobti, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University.
Dr. Gill emphasized on the quality education to the school and [...]

Infrastructure, inclusive growth, good governance, agriculture, fiscal discipline, financial sector reforms are some of the suggestions put forward by PHD Chamber of Commerce for the first hundred days of UPA government to revive the economic environment . “Roadblocks in infrastructure development need to be cleared to rekindle momentum of growth”, said Mr. R V Kanoria, [...]