International day of women and girls in science

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Chandigarh February 12, 2022 

Full and equal access and participation for women and girls in science

A significant gender gap has persisted throughout the years at all levels of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines all over the world. Even though women have made tremendous progress towards increasing their participation in higher education, they are still under-represented in these fields.

Gender equality has always been a core issue for the United Nations. Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls will make a crucial contribution not only to economic development of the world, but to progress across all the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as well.

On 14 March 2011, the Commission on the Status of Women adopted a report at its fifty-fifth session, with agreed conclusions on access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, and for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work. On 20 December 2013, the General Assembly adopted a resolution on science, technology and innovation for development, in which it recognized that full and equal access to and participation in science, technology and innovation for women and girls of all ages is imperative for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

In order to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and further achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, the United Nations General Assembly declared 11 February as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science in 2015.

Women and Girls in Science: Agents of Change

Recognizing the role of women and girls in science, not only as beneficiaries, but also as agents of change, including in view of accelerating progress towards the achievement of SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), the 7th International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly will focus on the topic: “Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Water Unites Us”. #February11 is celebrated globally in different ways, big and small. We hope that our little effort in this direction will add to the collective voices on Equality in Science.

PU Faculty Training Programme at UIPS

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Chandigarh February 12, 2022 

The University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Panjab University is organizing a one week faculty training school virtually on “EMERGING TRENDS AND ALTERNATIVES IN PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH” from February 14 to 19, 2022 under the initiative of UGC Networking Resource Centre. The course will be attended by around 145 selected participants representing 20 states across the country and 02 countries abroad.

Present training course has been planned with an aim to discuss emerging trends, tools and related issues in pharmacological research. Newer alternatives to animals are being used for developing new drugs in pharmacological research. Several ethical issues such as number of animals, ethical surgical procedure, anaesthesia and euthanasia are now being raised at different scientific platform.

Professor Raj Kumar, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh will preside over the function.

Dr Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi, Secretary-cum-Scientific Director, Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India will be the Chief Guest and deliver the Inaugural Lecture.

Chairperson of the Institute, Professor Indu Pal Kaur is the Program Coordinator of the UGC-NRC & Professor Anil Kumar, Course Coordinator and Dr Anurag Kuhad will be the Joint Coordinator.

A galaxy of international and national stalwarts with in-house faculty will join us to deliberate during the Faculty Training Program on leading topics.

SurjitPatar releases Jatin’s Punjabi Poetry Book ‘Phoori’

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Chandigarh, 12 February, 2022 : 

Noted Panjabi poet and Chairman of Punjab Kala Parishad, SurjitPatar released the book of Panjabi poetry by Advocate JatinSalwan, here today. 

At a function organized by Punjabi LekhakSabha in association with Punjab Kala Parishad in Punjab Kala Bhawan, SurjitPatar commended Jatin’s poetry for its simplicity yet rich vocabulary which somehow has been lost into oblivion in Punjab.  

Another uniqueness of Jatin’s poetry, he said, is its effortless expression of his deep thoughts that carries on from the beginning till the end, and each poem punctuated with beautiful metaphors from nature and Punjab’s culture and its rich social fabric. 

As the title suggests, the word ‘Phoori’ itself has gone out of use and so has the culture of sharing the pain and grief by the community if someone lost a near and dear one in the family.  Jatin recalled that people used to congregate to console the family and show their solidarity with the family in their hour of grief. 

The anthology of ‘ghazals’ touches the soul as it reflects upon the pain of separation and isolation and yet reflecting the perennial hope that life presents. 

Jatin, a lawyer by profession, is known in the city for his philanthropy, plantation of thousands of trees, love for nature and animals, and now, for his love for poetry, which he has been writing since his young days, in Panjabi and  Hindi with extensive use of  Urdu words. “Life is a great teacher that has left indelible mark on my life and I continued to scribble them on paper for a long time, and the collection is vast, and it was only on the persuasion of my friends and family that this first collection in Gurmukhi has come about,” he remarks. 

The event started with ‘Udeek’, a short Punjabi play based on the theme from the poems written by Jatin  Salwan in his Punjabi poetry book presented by 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 of 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 .NishaLuthra has written & directed this short play performance to mark the launch of the poetry book. This play beautifully captures and portrays the narrative of mature love, romance, celebration of loss and how remembrance can be such a joy for the one who is left behind. BalkarSidhu, a senior Punjabi actor, folk dancer and President, Punjabi LekhakSabha and artist Amy Singh enacted the play.

Prominent among those  present  included, Gen V P Malik, former Chief of Army Staff and his wife Ranjana Malik , MrVivekAtray, former IAS and  a noted writer, motivational speaker, MrSantokh Winder Singh (Nabha), President, Pb&Hy High Court Bar Association, MrHardeepChandpuri, Publisher, Ms Renee Singh, writer , poet and life coach, Ms Lily Swarn,  a poet and writer, members of Panjab Kala Parishad and Panjabi  LekhakSabha,  friends and family.

The official trailor of Phoori by JatinSalwan was also released on the occasion which is directed by Film Director, Ojaswwee Sharma, Pinakamediaworks

The event was compered by Deepak Sharma, Secretary, PunjabiLekhakSabha.

CSSEIP at Panjab University Organised One day Webinar organized

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Chandigarh February 11, 2022 

            A One day Webinar was organised on 11-02-2022 by Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (CSSEIP) Panjab University, Chandigarh on the Topic “Educational Position of Muslim Community” under the Speaker Dr. Ali Abbas, Assistant Prof. Dept. of Urdu, Panjab University Chandigarh. The Welcome address was done by Prof. Ashok Kumar, Director – CSSEIP & Professor in Hindi, Panjab University.

            The session was moderated by Dr. Kanchan Chandan, teaching faculty, CSSEIP, Panjab University. The speaker discussed about the education system of Muslim community. The speaker started his lecture by talking about the situation of Muslim community in the context of education. He argued that Muslim community gives importance to education which is very significant for all. It is only education which can act as a way to self-emancipation. It is only education which can lead to improvement in mind set of the society. The speaker discussed about the education system of Muslim community. He talked about the ‘Madrassa’, the religious Islamic school. Here the Muslim children attained their basic education in their mother tongue like Urdu, Persian etc. After attaining the primary education into Urdu, due to their economic scarcity and incapability to understand the other languages like English, they drop out their school. He also discussed about the issue of corruption. He also discussed in detail various issues such as the issue of unity in diversity and changes seen in this since independence, secularism and many more. Only honest person can contribute in the development of the nation. We should not blame the government for not taking care of Muslim community. India is our country. We should respect and to love our country.

            Dr. Kanchan Chandan expressed her views by stating that the feeling of belongingness is required for our overall development. Dr. Kamala expressed her views. She suggests that we should implement the moral values in practice in our daily life Prof. Ashok Kumar, Director CSSEIP extended vote of thanks and concluded by concluded by Quoting Mahatama Gandhi’s line that we cannot change the world but we must be the change we want to see in the world.

International Day for Women and Girls in Science was organized at P U

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Chandigarh February 11, 2022 

A webinar to celebrate International Day for Women and Girls in Science was organized at Panjab University, Chandigarh. The theme of the webinar “Mother-daughter duo in science” was introduced by Dr. Tammanna Sahrawat, Chairperson Centre for Systems Biology and Bioinformatics and Warden Kasturba Hall Girls Hostel, Panjab University. The invited speakers on the occasion were Prof. Vinod Bala Taxak, the first women emeritus scientist of MD University Rohtak and her daughter Dr. Avni Khatkar, who is working as Scientist at CSIR-NPL Delhi. Both laid emphasis on the demand of 21st century to promote equal contribution of women in the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Dr. Vinod Bala spoke about the crucial contribution of women in the growth of society and the vital role a mother plays to inculcate scientific temper in her child from an early age.

Dr. Avni shared how her mother has been a pillar of strength in her life and wind beneath her wings, which helped her to shape her successful career in science. The occasion was graced by Fellows of PU senate Prof. Sukhbir Kaur, former DSW (W) of PU and Dr. Jayanti Dutta, Deputy Director UGC-HRDC, PU, both of whom are themselves accomplished women of science. The event which hosted passionate and powerful women of science was called off with a vote of thanks by Dr. Tammanna.

PU Results

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Chandigarh February 11, 2022 

This is to inform that the result of examination August, September & November  2021 (Golden Chance ) of the following courses have been declared/made public today.

1.            Bachelor of Optometry (B. Optom.) Part-II (Annual) Examination, November, 2021

2.            Certificate Add-on Course Semester , August 2021

3.            Bachelor of Commerce 6th Semester Examination, August 2021 (Golden Chance – Semester System)

4.            B.E. (Computer Science & Engg.) 3rd Semester Golden Chance Examination, September, 2021

5.            B.E. (Computer Science & Engg.) 6th Semester Golden Chance Examination, September, 2021

6.            B.E. (Computer Science & Engg.) 5th Semester Golden Chance Examination, September, 2021

7.            B.E. (Computer Science & Engg.) 2nd Semester Golden Chance Examination, September, 2021

8.            Bachelor of Commerce Third Semester , August 2021 (Golden Chance – Semester System)

The same can be seen at the respective Department/Colleges or Panjab University website.

PU VC visited Chemistry Department

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Chandigarh February 10, 2022 

            Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh has made a visit at  Department of Chemistry, PU. He was accompanied by faculty namely Prof. Prof. Sukhbir Kaur, Prof. Jagtar Singh, Dean Student Welfare(M), Prof. Meena Sharma, DSW(W)  Prof. Anil, UIPS, Prof. Kashmir, Prof. Sonal Chawla, Sh. Vikram Singh, Chief of University Security and team of XEN Office. The visit was made to check the up-keep of the department and the Laboratories as well.

PU VC visited various Centres & Departments

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Chandigarh February 8, 2022 

            Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh has made a visit at  Centre for Industry Institute Partnership Programme, Nano Science, Nuclear Science, Public Health and University Institute of Engineering & Technology today. He was accompanied by faculty namely Prof. Sushil Kumar Kansal, Prof. Sukhbir Kaur, Prof. Ashwani Koul,  Prof. Rajiv Puri, Prof. Rohit Sharma, Sh. Vikram Singh, Chief of University Security and team of XEN Office. The visit was made to check the up-keep of all these places.

PU VC Interacted with Non –Teaching Staff

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Chandigarh February 4, 2022 

            Today, Feb 4th, 2022, Prof Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor has interacted with the different non- teaching officials from various departments namely Sh. Rama Pati, Department of Sports, Sh. Gagan Singh, General Branch, Sh. Ajay, Dental Hospital, Sh. Dinesh Dhiman, General Branch and Sh. Radhey Sham, University School of Open Learning. He heard the problems being faced by them (if any) in their respective departments. Vice Chancellor has also given them general instructions like Precautions of COVID-19, online exams work and smooth functioning of the department. He also gave  assurance to resolve their concerns as soon as possible.

Machine Learning Techniques’ Workshop by Department of Computer Science and Applications

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Chandigarh February 4, 2022 

            The Department of Computer Science and Applications, Panjab University, Chandigarh organized One Day Workshop on ‘Machine Learning Techniques’ on 4th February 2022. The program started with the welcome address by Dr. Rohini Sharma, Chairperson and Coordinator of the workshop. She informed that around 300 participants from 15 different states of India, from industry and from overseas registered for the event. Prof. S. K. Tomar, Dean University Instructions talked about the pros and cons of technology in human life. He expressed that machine learning is an emerging area and various developments in this field will help the current and future generations.

            Prof. Tankeshwar Kumar, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Haryana inaugurated the workshop. He linked the idea of machine learning with astrology and astronomy in ancient times where through observations, predictions were made. He shared the idea that machine learning has tremendous applications in healthcare, agriculture, business and many other sectors. The predictions made by machines may help us to protect our environment, do wonders in healthcare to save lives and bring huge changes in the world. The inaugural session concluded with the Vote of Thanks delivered by Prof. Indu Chhabra.

            In the first technical session, Prof. Prateek Bhatia, Visiting Professor at LAMBDA Lab, at Tel Aviv University, Israel and Professor at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala;, discussed about Identification of objects with Deep Learning Techniques. He explained in detail the working of Convolutional Neural Network with the description of different steps like convolution, max pooling, flattening and full connection. The session ended with an interesting quiz on the topic covered.

            In the second technical session of the day, Dr. Anuj Sharma, Department of Computer Science & Applications, Panjab University, Chandigarh. (Post Doc from RWTH Aachen University, Germany) explained Machine Learning based Regression and Classification techniques like linear, polynomial, support vector, decision tree, random forest regression, logistic regression, k-nearest neighbour, naïve bayes along with implementation. The workshop was well appreciated by the participants.