PU Faculty Gets Appreciation from Maharashtra Government

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Chandigarh November 11, 2021

 Dr. Ali Abbas, Coordinator of the Department of Urdu, Panjab University, Chandigarh has received an appreciation letter from the Maharashtra Government for translating an age old inscription which was in a depleted condition for its translation in Hindi/Marathi for the benefit of coming generation. 

He informed that it was a cumbersome assignment because the inscription was in Urdu and in a very bad shape. The job was executed with utmost perfection and to the satisfaction of all concerned, he added.

The Forest department and the Rameshwar Temple Trust who first noticed the inscription tried their best to get it translated from various sources and ultimately they were able to contact Dr. Ali Abbas.  Now, both the Forest Department and the Temple Trust have issued separate appreciation letters to Dr. Ali Abbas for his laudable work of human interest

PU VC visited Museums of various departments

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Chandigarh November 10, 2021

The Panjab University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Raj Kumar visited Museums of various departments today which included The Gandhi Bhavan, Ancient History, Fine Arts , Anthropology, Zoology, and Geology.

During his visit, he met the Chairpersons and the staff and interacted with them for enhancing the maintenance of the same. He urged all to explore possibilities of increasing the footfall of visitors. He also took stock of the issues faced by them and assured them of all  help  by the University authorities for the smooth running of the system. 

The  officials accompanying VC included Mr Vikram Singh, CUS, Prof Promila Pathak, Prof Sukhbir Kaur, Prof Simrat Kahlon and Dr Manish Sharma, officials from XEN office  and Horticulture Division. 

5 Days Security Guard Training Program Commences at PU

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Chandigarh November 9, 2021

The Department of Defence and National Security Studies and Centre for Police Administration in collaboration with Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) is organising a “Five Days Capacity Building Training Programme of Security Personnel of Panjab University from 9th – 13th November, 2021 at Seminar Hall, Centre for Police Administration. 

Dr Jaskaran Singh Waraich Chairperson, Department of Defence and National Security Studies and Dr Kuldeep Singh, Centre for Police Administration are the coordinators of the training program. In the Inaugural session of the programme Dr Jaskaran Singh Waraich gave the introduction of the five-day course and delivered the welcome address. He also highlighted the importance of training program to the security personnel to keep University campus safe.

 Prof Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University in his inaugural address, motivated participants and also encouraged them to do their duty sincerely. He  also highlighted that Security is at the top of his priority list and during his tenure resource allocation to the security department has increased drastically. Prof. Kumar said that he is aware of all the hardships faced by the security guards while performing their duties and he assured that in near future their problems will be resolved. He added that new equipments will be provided to the security department and recruitment will also be done at the earliest. PU VC highlighted that such training programs should be conducted on regular basis and resource persons from different fields should be engaged and activities like yoga, meditation and skills development should be made part of such programmes. He also added that security department played a very important role during covid-19 pandemic time with limited resources which is commendable. 

Other dignitaries who were present at the inaugural session were Dr.Jayanti Dutta, Deputy Director, UGC-HRDC,Prof. Anil Monga, Chairperson Centre for Police Administration, Prof Rakesh Datta, Department of Defence and National Security Studies, Sh. Vikram Singh, Chief of University Security, Panjab University.

Sh. Vikram Singh said that training programme is very helpful to the security guards. He also advised the security guards to perform their duties sincerely and honestly.

Prof Jayanti Dutta in her concluding remarks shared her views that University employees are like a family because they serve in the university for twenty to thirty years and they are the real stake holders of the university. She also highlighted that the training programme will give positive mindset to the participants and advised the participants to learn as much as possible from this training programme and she also added that growth of university and its stake holders is interdependent.

Capt. Kashmir Singh was also present at the event who will be the Chief Instructor of this five-day training program.The focus of the training programme will be on overall professional development of the participants from the University Security.

The inaugural session ended with formal Vote of Thanks by Dr Kuldeep Singh.

NSS, UIET PU Donates Books to Libraries

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Chandigarh November 9, 2021

The books, notebooks and stationery items collected during  a BOOK DONATION DRIVE by NSS, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University from 06th – 08th November 2021, were transferred to the Libraries of Ashiana Childern Home, Sec 15 and Ankur School Sec 14 by NSS Programme Coordinator Prof. Ashwani Koul and Event coordinator, Dr. Shankar Sehgal. Prof. Ashwani Koul praised the efforts of NSS volunteers and residents who were doing their best to serve the society. 

मानसिक स्वास्थ्य पर सोशल मीडिया का क्या प्रभाव है?

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 विजय गर्ग

 दुनिया के 3 अरब लोगों में से लगभग 40% लोग सोशल मीडिया का उपयोग करते हैं।  एक रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक, हम रोजाना दो घंटे शेयर करने, लाइक करने, ट्वीट करने और अपडेट करने में बिताते हैं।

 यानी हर मिनट आधा मिलियन ट्वीट और स्नैपचैट फोटो शेयर करना। सोशल मीडिया बहुत नया है, इसलिए खोज परिणाम भी सीमित हैं।  सर्च, जो ज्यादातर सेल्फ-रिपोर्टिंग है, कमियों से भरी हो सकती है और ज्यादातर फेसबुक पर आधारित है।

 तनाव

 लोग तरह-तरह के बयान देने के लिए सोशल मीडिया का इस्तेमाल करते हैं।  चाहे वह ‘ग्राहक सेवा’ की बात हो या राजनीति, दुख की बात है कि इससे तनाव पैदा हो सकता है।

 2015 में, वाशिंगटन, डीसी में प्यू रिसर्च सेंटर के शोधकर्ताओं ने देखा कि क्या सोशल मीडिया ने तनाव कम किया या बढ़ाया।  1800 लोगों का सर्वे किया गया।  जिसमें पुरुषों की तुलना में महिलाएं अधिक तनाव में थीं।

 ट्विटर को एक प्रमुख कारण माना गया।  क्योंकि इसने उन्हें दूसरे लोगों के तनाव से अवगत कराया। ट्विटर पर कॉपी-पेस्ट करने के तरीके का ज्यादा इस्तेमाल किया गया जिसका इस्तेमाल ज्यादातर महिलाएं करती थीं और उनका तनाव कम होता था।

 उन पुरुषों के साथ ऐसा नहीं था, जिनका सोशल मीडिया से करीबी रिश्ता नहीं था। शोधकर्ताओं के अनुसार, सोशल मीडिया तनाव का ‘थोड़ा निम्न स्तर’ प्रदान करता है।

मनोदशा

 2014 में, ऑस्ट्रिया के शोधकर्ताओं ने पाया कि जिन लोगों ने 20 मिनट तक फेसबुक का इस्तेमाल किया, उनके मूड में होने की संभावना सिर्फ इंटरनेट पर शोध करने की तुलना में अधिक थी।

 इन लोगों को लगा कि यह सिर्फ समय की बर्बादी है।

 कैलिफोर्निया विश्वविद्यालय के अनुसार, सोशल मीडिया का उपयोग करने वाले लोगों में अच्छे या बुरे मूड हो सकते हैं जिन्होंने सबसे अधिक भावनात्मक सामग्री का उपयोग किया है।

 चिंता

 शोधकर्ताओं के अनुसार, सोशल मीडिया भी चिंता का कारण बनता है, जो बदले में बेचैनी, चिंता और सोने में कठिनाई को बढ़ाता है।

 जर्नल ऑफ कंप्यूटर एंड ह्यूमन बिहेवियर में प्रकाशित एक लेख के अनुसार, जो लोग सात या अधिक सोशल मीडिया प्लेटफॉर्म का उपयोग करते हैं, उनमें 0-2 प्लेटफॉर्म का उपयोग करने वालों की तुलना में तीन गुना अधिक चिंता के लक्षण होते हैं।

 अवसाद

 कुछ शोधों के अनुसार, डिप्रेशन और सोशल मीडिया के बीच एक कड़ी है।  हालांकि, कुछ लोग इस बात पर शोध कर रहे हैं कि सोशल मीडिया कैसे एक अच्छा टूल हो सकता है।

 700 छात्रों के एक अध्ययन में पाया गया कि मिजाज और अपर्याप्तता और निराशा की भावनाएं इस बात पर निर्भर करती हैं कि सोशल मीडिया का इस्तेमाल कैसे किया जाता है।

 ऑनलाइन नकारात्मक रवैया रखने वालों में डिप्रेशन के लक्षण गंभीर थे।

 ऐसा ही एक अध्ययन 2016 में किया गया था, जिसमें 1700 लोगों ने भाग लिया था।  इसके मुताबिक जो लोग सोशल मीडिया का ज्यादा इस्तेमाल करते थे उनमें डिप्रेशन और एंग्जायटी के तीन स्तर होने का खतरा था।  यह साइबर बुलिंग (ऑनलाइन उत्पीड़न), अन्य लोगों के जीवन का अधूरा सच और सोशल मीडिया पर समय बर्बाद करने की सोच के कारण होता है।

 नींद

 आदमी अपनी शामें अँधेरे में गुजारता था, लेकिन अब हर समय हम रोशनी से घिरे रहते हैं।

 शोधकर्ताओं का मानना ​​​​है कि यह हार्मोन मेलाटोनिन के उत्पादन में हस्तक्षेप कर सकता है, जिससे नींद की कमी हो सकती है।  स्मार्टफोन या लैपटॉप की नीली रोशनी एक बड़ा कारण है।  यदि आप तकिये पर सिर रखकर लेट जाते हैं और फेसबुक या ट्विटर देखते हैं, तो आपको बेचैन नींद आएगी।

 आदत

 कुछ शोधकर्ताओं का मानना ​​है कि ट्वीट न करना धूम्रपान या शराब से ज्यादा कठिन है, लेकिन सोशल मीडिया की लत को मानसिक बीमारी के निदान में एक प्रमुख कारक नहीं माना जाता है।

 आत्म सम्मान

 यह सिर्फ सेल्फी नहीं है जो आत्मसम्मान को ठेस पहुंचाती है।  स्वीडन के हज़ारों फ़ेसबुक उपयोगकर्ताओं के एक अध्ययन के अनुसार, जो महिलाएं फ़ेसबुक पर अधिक समय बिताती हैं, वे कम खुश और कम आत्मविश्वासी होती हैं।

 “जब फेसबुक उपयोगकर्ता अपने जीवन की तुलना दूसरों से करते हैं और दूसरों को अधिक सफल और खुशहाल देखते हैं, तो उन्हें लगता है कि उनका जीवन उतना आरामदायक नहीं है।”

 ईर्ष्या द्वेष

 600 वयस्कों के एक सर्वेक्षण में, लगभग 1/3 ने कहा कि उनके पास सोशल मीडिया के बारे में नकारात्मक विचार थे – विशेष रूप से निराशा।  मुख्य कारण ईर्ष्या थी।

 यह दूसरों के साथ अपने जीवन की तुलना करने के कारण है।  मुख्य कारण यात्रा तस्वीरें थी। अमेरिकन जर्नल ऑफ प्रिवेंटिव मेडिसिन में प्रकाशित एक रिपोर्ट में 19-32 आयु वर्ग के 7,000 लोग शामिल थे जो अपना अधिकांश समय सोशल मीडिया पर बिताते हैं। उनके पास सामाजिक अलगाव के दोगुने कारण हैं जिससे समाज का हिस्सा न होने, दूसरों के साथ संवाद न करने और संबंध बनाए न रखने की भावना पैदा हो सकती है।

 सारांश

 हालांकि कई क्षेत्रों के बारे में ज्यादा जानकारी नहीं है, लेकिन कुछ मजबूत नतीजे सामने आए हैं।

 सोशल मीडिया अलग तरह से काम करता है।  यह परिस्थितियों और व्यक्ति के व्यक्तिगत गुणों पर निर्भर करता है

 यह कहना गलत है कि सोशल मीडिया पूरी दुनिया के लिए खराब है।  क्योंकि इससे हमारे जीवन में कई फायदे भी आए हैं।

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BOOK DONATION DRIVE BY NSS of UIET, PU

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Chandigarh November 8, 2021

NSS unit of UIET Panjab University hosted a BOOK DONATION DRIVE on 6th-8th November 2021 in which residents of Chandigarh participated enthusiastically and have donated many old books and note-books etc.

 Event coordinator, Dr. Shankar Sehgal praised the efforts of NSS volunteers and residents who were doing their best to serve the society. The drive will be helpful for the deprived children and it will also motivate the public towards “Share and Care” culture of India.   

The third and the last day of the 41st INCA International Conference hosted by Geography Department,

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Chandigarh October 29, 2021

            The third and the last day of the 41st INCA International Conference hosted by Geography Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh started with three parallel technical sessions from 9:30-11:00 am in offline and online mode; poster presentation from 11:30-12:30pm in online and offline mode; and concluded with the valedictory function from 12:45-01:45 pm.

            Valedictory function began at 12:30 pm with the report of the conference by Prof. Gaurav Kalotra, Organising Secretary, INCA 2021. Valedictory address was delivered by Dr. Brijendra Pateriya, Director, Punjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC), Government of Punjab. He remarked that for real development of our nation a bottom-top approach with panchayats as a unit needs to be adopted. Local assets/amenities need to be mapped accurately for development and planning.

            The guest of honour address was given by Dr. Pramod K Satyawali, Director, Defence Geoinformatics Research, Establishment (DGRE) Government of India. He stressed that India has wealth of human resource which needs to be channelised and such conferences can go a long way in empowering citizens of the country to reap benefits of GIS. He also said that GIS is poised to contribute to the vision of aatmanirbharta.

            Chief guest Professor VR Sinha (Dean of University Instruction, PanjabUniversity, Chandigarh) addressed the audience and expressed his happiness that this conference was the first offline conference during the pandemic times that the University has hosted. He also said that cartography and GIS find use in day- to -day life and can be used for betterment of humans.

            Dr. Pramod Kumar from Departmentof Space, ISRO thanked the audience and moderated the felicitation of Prof. Gaurav Kalotra by Prof. Krishan Mohan. All the volunteers of the Conference were facilitated by Prof Krishna Mohan, President, INCA. At the end, Dr. Vishwa B.S. Chandel extended the vote of thanks. The conference concluded with the National Anthem.

3 Day 41st INCA International Conference commences at PU

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Chandigarh October 27, 2021

India will have a coherent national location data framework by 2030- Bandaru Dattatraya

            3 Day International Conference by Indian National Cartographic Association (INCA) commences today on the theme Cartography for Self Relient India which is being hosted by Department of Geography, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

            The Chief Guest, Hon’ble Governor of Haryana, Shri Bandaru Dattatraya in his address said that the geo-spatial field has tremendous potential for generating employment in the country. He also mentioned that in the management of COVID-19 pandemic crisis, COVID maps proved beneficial. He further added that application of Geographic Information Sciences(GIS) has become a crucial part of how NASA gets to know the feature of other worlds, develops broader understanding of Geophysics and gathers valuable information about our own planet. He added that India will have a coherent national location data framework by 2030 which will assist the country to move towards E-Economics, E-Service and E-Commerce and will help improve services to the citizens. He highlighted the SVAMITVA , flagship scheme of Centre is reformative step towards establishing clear ownership of property in rural inhabited areas by mapping of land parcels using drone technology.

            Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, PU, while referring the conference to be prestigious platform, emphasised on the need to come up with an action plan to make cartography multi-disciplinary so that its knowledge can be shared with other domains.

            The Surveyor General of India, Mr. Naveen Tomar, in his keynote address,  focussed on the requirement of data collection on a large scale to make India a self-reliant nation. Also, he stressed upon the need of fresh blood to be injected into the system and also talked about public-private partnership in this regard.

            The Guest of Honour, Vice Admiral Adhir Arora, Chief Hydrographer, Govt. of India stressed on the sphere of marine cartography and spoke on the complexities of ocean mapping particularly in terms of huge funding and man power being needed for this task.

            Prof. Krishna Mohan, President of INCA, introduced the theme of the Conference, which he said aligned with the vison of The Government of India of “Reform, Perform and Transform”. It was followed by an inaugural address by Director of National Institute of Advanced Study, Bengaluru and Former Secretary, MoES, India, Dr. Shailesh Nayak. He emphasised on Maps to be a mainstay in the transformation of process of India under the vision of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat.

            The felicitations of the dignitaries along with the winners were performed apart from release of books and maps. Prof. Gaurav Kalotra, Chairperson Department of Geography proposed vote of thanks.

PU Library organises Web Lecture for Vigilance Awareness

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Chandigarh October 27, 2021

            A.C. Joshi Library, Panjab University, Chandigarh is observing Vigilance Awareness Week-2021 on the theme this year VAW-2021 is “Independent India @ 75: Self Reliance with Integrity”. The library staff members and users took a pledge as per the guidelines of CVC.

            A thematic web-lecture was organized by Professor (Emeritus) Virendra Kumar, Department of Laws on the topic “Self-reliance with Integrity: A face-to-face interaction with PU Library Users.” . Prof. Virendra Kumar said that the integrity week revolves around integrity pledge where to remove corruption is highlighted and it is stressed that everyone should have integrity in his/her personal behaviour. The rule of law should be followed in all walks of life. He explained the meaning of integrity in a wider scenario and also stressed upon the understanding of integrity pledge which has three points i.e. I believe- which lays explicit, emphasis on self, I realise – which is based on three phases i.e. faith, understanding and realisation and makes us to understand the value of integrity pledge and the third point is -I therefore pledge – which is culmination of earlier two stages where the person is enlightened. He also talked about ethical norms and how a person can show integrity in himself and in order to understand the integrity pledge, one has to understand each and every word of the pledge. Prof. Virendra Kumar  also shared his experiences with the A.C. Joshi Library staff during his study period.

             Shri Vikram Nayyar, Registrar & Finance & Development Officer said that one should imbibe integrity in himself/herself after following all ethical norms.

            Earlier, Dr. Jivesh Bansal, University Librarian in his welcome address said that corruption is major hurdle in the development of our country. This year is being celebrated as  “Platinum Jubilee Year’ of our Independence as Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and our Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Kumar Modi  has also stressed again and again on self-reliant India – Atam Nirbhar Bharat.

            In the end, Dr. Neeru Bhatia, Deputy Librarian gave vote of thanks.

5 Days Security Guard Training Program commences at PU

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Chandigarh October 26, 2021

The Department of Defence and National Security Studies and Centre for Police Administration in collaboration with Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) is organising a “Five Days Security Guard Training Program” for Panjab University security personnel from 26 – 30 October 2021 at Seminar Hall, Centre for Police Administration.

Dr Jaskaran Singh Waraich gave the introduction of the five day course and delivered the welcome address. He also highlighted the importance of training program to the security personnel to keep University campus safe.

Kuldeep Chahal, SSP Chandigarh Police in his inaugural speech motivated participants and also encouraged them to do their duty sincerely. He also highlighted the importance of efficiency and collective efforts of the security personnel to achieve their tasks. Moreover, he also shared his personal experiences of his student life in the University and his interaction with security personnel at Panjab University. SSP also suggested the security personnel to be more vigilant in their duties while also gathering information of anti-social elements in the campus.

Prof. Anju Suri talked about the importance of security personnel in providing security, strengthening and smooth functioning of the University.

Major Sandeep Sangwan (Retd), who is a pioneer in the field of private security and has vast experience in training private security personnel. He discussed the importance of regular training programs for the security personnel to keep them motivated to do their duties. He also highlighted the challenges faced by the security personnel during their duty and also gave few suggestions to overcome these challenges.

Prof. Promila Pathak highlighted the importance of training programs for the security personnel so that service-related skills of the security personnel can be honed. She also suggested that training program for the security personnel should be organized on the regular basis.

Capt. Kashmir Singh was also present at the event who will be the Chief Instructor of this five-day training program. The focus of the training programme will be on overall professional development of the participants from the University Security.

Dr Jaskaran Singh Waraich Chairperson, Department of Defence and National Security Studies and Dr Kuldeep Singh, Centre for Police Administration are the coordinators of the training program.

Those present in the inaugural session included Prof. Promila Pathak, Department of Botany, Prof. Anju Suri, Dean International Students and Prof. Anil Monga, Chairperson Centre for Police Administration, Sh. Vikram Singh, Chief Security Panjab University, Major Sandeep Sangwan (Retd), Director Olive Green Security.

The inaugural session ended with formal Vote of Thanks by Dr Kuldeep Singh.