Chandigarh November 21, 2019

Prof. Krishna Kumar, Padma Shri, Former Director NCERT, Honorary Professor, Department of Education, Panjab University, Chandigarhemphasised the need of writings and drafting of the writing again and again to make it publishable, at the inaugural session of 2 days National Seminar cum Workshop on Academic Writings: Addressing the contemporary challenges” organized by Department of Education, here today.

He mentioned   the detailed processes and the importance of academic writings in communicating our ideas. He showed his concern on the declining quality of publications in the present day.   He emphasised that writing is an expression of thought where one has to actively understand reach to the mind of the reader.

Prof. Shankar jiJha  DeanUniversity Instructions and officiating Vice Chancellorin his address said that  interdisciplinary research is need of the hour and expressed his concern  that Sanskrit has been neglected and needs to be bought to mainstream research area. He also mentioned that scholarly articles are the bridge to express our heritage and modern work.

Professor Lakhwinder Singh, Professor of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala discussed that, to become a successful writer, the two lessons he learnt   that writing first line is the most difficult and right timing is very important for a writer to get his articles published. He extensively talked about the new era of knowledge economy where education has been transformed from being a public good to commercial/private good thus, has to a large extent been a stumble block in learning.  

Earliler, Dr.KuldeepKaur, Associate Professor, gave a brief introduction for the program and highlighted the various challenges associated with academic writing.

Prof. Latika Sharma, Chairperson, Department of Education, Panjab University paid gratitude to CALEM for bringing together the educationists of high repute for sharing their knowledge.

Prof.SatvinderpalKaur, program coordinator Department of Education introduced the theme of the program explaining the purpose and objectives of the two days.

Panel discussion on Contemporary Challenges before Academic writers was chaired by Professor KuldipPuri, USOL, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Professor Devinder Singh, Department of Law, Panjab University, Chandigarh discussed the issues of Plagiarism and Academic Integrity.

Chandigarh November 20, 2019

            The Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology, Panjab University, Chandigarh   on the eve of “Heritage Week” organized a special lecture on “Introduction to Prehistoric Stone Tools”  by Dr. Parth R. Chauhan, Faculty, Humanities and Social Sciences, IISER,Mohali. In his illustrated talk he introduced students to variety of stone tools.  

            According to him, the cave sites are the best preserved sites to study stone tools.  He
threw light on how  the changing environment influenced the tool making.  The students
were given hand on experience on tool handling and identification.  Dr. Banani
Bhattacharya, Deputy Director, Archaeology and Museum, Haryana spoke on the outline of
Prehistory of India and informed students about the importance of this period to know
about the culture of those times.The lecture was attended by faculty members,
students and research scholars of Panjab University.  

            Kanwar Sandhu, Member of Legislative Assembly from Kharar constituency of Punjab delivered an interactive section to the students of School of Communication Studies(SCS), Panjab University, Chandigarh.

            “Questions about the issue of Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab need much wider discussion.” says, Kanwar Sandhu when answering the questions from students. Kanwar Sandhu believes adherence and non-adherence to ethics has always been a major issue in the media industry. He even stated to report what one sees and do not get bogged down by political pressure.

            Sandhu did not subscribe to the idea of reporting when one is in doubt about any news or any subject. He mentioned that he reported from conflict zones and journalism is one of the toughest professions in the world. Professor Jayanth N. Pethkar of School of Communication Studies, recalled Sandhu’s contribution to the field of journalism and politics. Sandhu in his concluding remarks proposed the students to do something for the society and encouraged youngsters to join politics while the older people should retire from getting political mileage.   

            Kanwar Sandhu was the former editor of The Tribune, The Indian Express and Hindustan Times and Day and Night news channel. He did his bachelor in journalism from School of Communication Studies earlier known as Department of Journalism and Mass Communication. He encouraged the students to be compassionate and always have document state of mind. He picked up several instances from his life when he was reporting for several media houses.