2 Projects of PRC, PU Released

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Chandigarh June 22, 2021

Population Research Centre , Panjab University Chandigarh conducted the Impact assessment of URJA project sponsored by Chandigarh Administration which was released by  Prof. Raj Kumar ,Vice Chancellor and Ms. Mrs. Nilambari Jagadale, IPS IG Cyber Crime in the presence of  Prof. Kumool Abbi, Director PRC  and Dr Sukhbir Singh who were the members of the research team. URJA project was  pioneered and guided by Mrs. Nilambari Jagadale, IPS IG Cyber Crime where  children learnt various  life skills and now they are implementing these life skills in their daily routine. 

Another report on Stakeholder Perception:  Study on New Education Policy,2002  was also released by  Prof. Raj Kumar and Ms. Nilambari Jagadale.

National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is a big revolution replacing the 34-year-old policy idea and envisioning  the much-needed modification in the Indian Education System. The Policy has maintained a delicate balance between the traditions and the interdisciplinary approach, which is the need of the 21st century. This study was conducted by Prof. Kumool Abbi, Dr Sukhbir Singh , Dr Tarun Bala and Dr Manmohan Singh. Population Research Centre is actively involved in conducting various health related projects and evaluation studies.

पंजाब विश्वविधालय, 19/06/2021, वेबिनर ‘महाराणा प्रताप के जीवन पर एक नजर और हल्दीघाटी के युद्ध की सच्चाई’

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Chandigarh June 19, 2021

उपकुलपति पंजाब विश्वविधालय, प्रो राज कुमार ने कार्यक्रम का शुभारंभ करते हुए प्रो° अशोक सिंह का वेबिनार ‘महाराणा प्रताप के जीवन पर एक नजर और हल्दीघाटी के युद्ध की सच्चाई’ में स्वागत किया। महाराणा प्रताप के व्यक्तित्व के बारे में बताते प्रो राज कुमार ने बताया की हल्दी घाटी युद्ध की कहानियों से हर व्यक्ति में एक अलग सी ऊर्जा का संचार होता है । त्याग की मूरत महाराणा प्रताप ने सृष्टि मात्र के लिए सबसे महत्वपूर्ण उदहारण पेश की है। वे कष्ट की जिंदगी जीते हुए भी मातृ भूमि की रक्षा करते रहे। आज के विद्यार्थियों को भी महाराणा प्रताप से प्रेरणा लेनी चाहिए, मात्र भूमि से प्रेम करना चाहिए। वाणी को विराम देते हुए उन्होंने प्रो अशोक जी का पुनः स्वागत किया। 

कार्यक्रम को आगे बढ़ाते हुए प्रो एस. के. तोमर जी , डीन छात्र कल्याण पंजाब विश्वविद्यालय ने बताया कि हल्दी घाटी की गाथा और महाराणा प्रताप की जीवनी समाज को भविष्य का रास्ता दिखाता है। महाराणा प्रताप जी ने प्रजा और मातृ भूमि की रक्षा के लिए अपना बलिदान दीया। उनका यह बलिदान आगे आने वाली पीढ़ियां याद रखेगी। किताबो में लिखी बातें पूर्णतः सच नही है, महाराणा प्रताप ने हल्दी घाटी युद्ध जीता है।

महाराणा प्रताप जी के जीवन पर प्रकाश डालते हुए प्रो दिवेंदर जी, सेक्रेटरी कुलपति पंजाब विश्वविद्यालय ने कई कथाकथित बहुत सी बाते बताई और प्रो अशोक का स्वागत भी किया। 

कार्यक्रम के मुख्य वक्ता प्रो अशोक सिंह जी ने विषय पर प्रकाश डालते हुए बताया कि महाराणा प्रताप जी के जीवन के बारे में शोध संकलन के लिए यूनिटाइड नेशन और भारत सरकार ने एक के कार्य शुरू किया जिसने उन्हें काम करने का सौभाग्य प्राप्त हुआ। इतिहास में बताया गया है की मुगलों को धूल खिलाने में महाराणा प्रताप ने कोई कमी नही छोड़ी। हल्दी घाटी का युद्ध उदयपुर के पास राजसमद नमक जगह पर लड़ा गया। अकबर और महाराणा प्रताप के बीच में लड़ा गया युद्ध इतिहास में एक बड़ा हिस्सा रखता है। प्रताप को मेवाड़ का राज सिंहासन बचपन में ही मिल गया थी। भारत के लोगो ने मुगलों की हिंसा को देखते हुए जोहर शुरू किया। महाराणा ने अपने शासन को मजबूत किया और सम्पूर्ण मेवाड़ पर जीत प्राप्त की।

महाराणा ने कभी भी अधीनता स्वीकार न की। मान सिंह ने अकबर की सेना छोड़ कर प्रताप का साथ दिया। मानसिंह ने मित्रता को बढ़ने के लिए प्रताप को एक ही थाली में खाना खाने का आग्रह किया पर महाराणा ने इंकार कर बोला कि अपने अपने घर की बेटी किसी ओर के घर ब्याही है राजपूतों को यह बात शोभा नही देती इसलिए हम मित्र नही हो सकते। प्रो अशोक ने बताया कि महाराणा प्रताप ने मेवाड़ की सेना पहाड़ों और मैदानों दोनो मे लड़ने<

Online Book launch event at PU

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Chandigarh June 19, 2021

Panjab University Alumni Association (PUAA) organised an event to launch a book named “Kavita to kahi nahi” written by Prof. Archana Singh, Professor, School of Communication Studies on June 18, 2021. This event was in continuation with the events organized by PUAA to celebrate the success and accomplishments of illustrious alumni of Panjab University.

 Prof. VR Sinha, Dean University Instruction presided over the event. He described the majesty of Hindi literature and said that literary persons are different from other persons. Poetry is the most versatile form of literary works and writing poetry is the strongest form of art. He gave numerous examples of popular poets like Kabir Das, Mahadevi Verma, Sumitranandan Pant, Suryakant Tripathi ‘Nirala’ and celebrated novelists like Munshi Prem Chand who had uncanny ability to potray Indian ethos and human behaviour. He admired Prof. Archana for her maiden venture and said that she is a possessor of unusual sensitivity and insight. She is able to express things in a attractive way with an astounding capacity.Prof Archana as a poet, idealizes reality and represents the things, rouses our admiration and feeling of nostalgia as we can empathise with most of her expressions. Prof. Sinha congratulated Prof. Archana and unveiled the book.

Special guests of the evening RJ Mehak, Dr. Anu Dua Sehgal, Ms. Soumya Joshi and Ms. Renuka Salwan, Director Public Relations, PU recited selected verses from the book.

Prof. Anupama Sharma, Dean, Alumni Relations welcomed the Chief Guest, special guests and alumni of PU, senior faculty members from Panjab University and participants. Speaking about the book, Prof. Sharma highlighted that the book is a beautiful compilation of poems and is true reflection of multifarious personality of Prof. Archana. It not only give the participants a window into the heart of the poet, but they also compel us to explore our own inner worlds and longings. Rave reviews by learned persons bear testimony to high literary content. 

Prof. Archana recited some verses of her book and said that compilation of this book was not easy but lockdown gave her time to assemble it. The poems were written over a span of few decades which were compiled in form of this book. She exquisitely described the logic for the title of the book “Kavita to kahi nahi”. She said that she has poured forth her life experiences in the form of poetry over the years. The collection contains 58 poems of varying lengths put together under 6 chapter headings. Each chapter caters to one type of mood such as Life, Family, Politics, Mother tongue and Womanhood.

Ms. Renuka Salwan recited a poem “Betiyan” from the book and specified that she can well relate to the poem beautifully penned down by Prof. Archana as she is herself mother of two daugheres who are staying away from her now. Dr. Anu Dua Sehgal, Ms. Soumya Joshi and RJ Mehak also to recited poems of their choice from Prof. Archana’s book, specifically choosing the theme which is close to their hearts.

Earlier, highlighting the importance of book reading, Dr. Monika Aggarwal, UIAMS introduced the theme of the event to all the participants. She also read the reviews of book by Bollywood actor Ayushman Khurana and Jyoti Kapoor on the book and invited Prof. Archana Singh to highlight about the book and her journey from academician to a poet. 

The audience found the session engrossing, splendid, and enthralling. At the last, Prof. Monika Aggarwal presented the vote of thanks and concluded the meeting.

Virtual Laughter Yoga Session at PU Hostels

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Chandigarh June 18, 2021

 Panjab University Girls Hostel 9, 10 and International Hostel,  celebrated the International Yoga Day by organizing a virtual Laughter Yoga Session today under the dynamic leadership of the Vice Chancellor Prof. Raj Kumar and able guidance of Deans Student Welfare, Prof S. K. Tomar, Prof. Meena Sharma and Prof Ashok Kumar. 

International Yoga day is celebrated globally on June 21 with the aim to inculcate our age-old tradition of yoga in one’s lifestyle to maintain a good physical and mental health and also to connect oneself  with nature. Especially ‘Laughter Yoga’, a combo of laughter and yogic breathing, is well known therapy to boost the immune system and reduce the stress hormones. It works on the principle of ‘Laughing for no reason’ and offers physical, mental, spiritual and emotional benefits

 The event was coordinated by Dr. Harveen Kaur ,Warden, International Hostel, Dr. Shipra Gupta ,Warden, GH-9 and Dr. Varinder Kaur ,Warden, GH-10. 

The resource person Dr. Nidhi Jaswal, Project Coordinator and Technical Officer ,Hypertension Program in the Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, PGIMER discussed the origin and benefits of laughter yoga and practiced various laughter exercises like clapping, lion laughing, and breathing in the session. She urged participants to revive their childhood by making laughter yoga as a regular practice. 

The session which was attended by the hostel residents, wardens, hostel staff, faculty members and their families was very informative, interesting and benefitted the participants of all ages. 

विदेश में अध्ययन हेतु भारतीय छात्रों को टीकाकरण सम्बन्धी समस्याओं का हो तुरंत समाधान: अभाविप

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अभाविप ने केंद्रीय स्वास्थ्य एवं परिवार कल्याण मंत्री को सौंपा ज्ञापन

पंचकुला, हरियाणा – 16 जून :

अभाविप ने केंद्रीय स्वास्थ्य और परिवार कल्याण मंत्री को भारतीय छात्रों, जिन्हें को वैक्सिन का टीका लगाया गया है और 18 वर्ष से कम आयु के छात्र जो टीकाकरण की आयु सीमा में नहीं आते हैं, उनके विदेशी विश्वविद्यालयों में प्रवेश के संबंध में एक ज्ञापन सौंपा तथा सरकार से विदेश में पढ़ने की योजना बना रहे छात्रों की समस्याओं को तुरंत हल करने का अनुरोध भी किया।
अभाविप ने अपने ज्ञापन से माननीय स्वास्थ्य और परिवार कल्याण मंत्री डॉ. हर्षवर्धन का ध्यान विदेशी विश्वविद्यालयों में प्रवेश के लिए संघर्ष कर रहे भारतीय छात्रों की ओर आकर्षित किया। अभाविप ने अपने ज्ञापन में बताया कि, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका और यूरोपीय देशों सहित कई देश को वैक्सीन का टीका लगवाने वाले भारतीय छात्रों को ‘अवांछित’ या टिकरहित मान रहे हैं। इस तरह के व्यवहार से भारतीय छात्रों को गंभीर असुविधा और शैक्षणिक नुकसान होने का अनुमान है। यह ध्यान रखना प्रासंगिक है कि भारत बायोटेक द्वारा आईसीएमआर और नेशनल इंस्टीट्यूट ऑफ वायरोलॉजी के सहयोग से किए गए रोग विषयक परीक्षणों में कोवैक्सीन वायरस के विरुद्ध 78% प्रभावी साबित हुई है। व्हाइट हाउस के मुख्य चिकित्सा सलाहकार डॉ. एंथनी फौसी सहित दुनिया भर के शीर्ष वायरोलोजिस्ट ने माना है कि भारत की कोवैक्सिन कोरोना वायरस के 617 प्रकारों के विरुद्ध प्रभावी है।

इसके अलावा, कई उच्च माध्यमिक छात्र विदेशी विश्वविद्यालयों में प्रवेश के लिए आवेदन करते हैं तथा 18 वर्ष से कम आयु के छात्र जिन्होंने अमेरिकी या ब्रिटिश विश्वविद्यालयों में प्रवेश के लिए सैट पास किया है, अभी तक टीकाकरण नीति के अन्तर्गत नहीं आते हैं, ऐसे में बाहर के विश्विद्यालयों के ऐसे रवैये से उनके शैक्षणिक नुकसान होने का खतरा है।

एबीवीपी हरियाणा के प्रदेश मंत्री श्री सुमित जागलान ने कहा कि, “अनिश्चितता और स्थिति की गंभीरता को देखते हुए, अभाविप ने आज केंद्रीय स्वास्थ्य और परिवार कल्याण मंत्री से अनुरोध किया कि वे विदेश में पढ़ने के इच्छुक छात्रों के सामने आने वाली समस्याओं को देखें और तुरंत उनका समाधान करें। हमने माननीय स्वास्थ्य मंत्री से जल्द से जल्द इस संबंध में एक बयान जारी करने का भी अनुरोध किया है, ताकि छात्रों और उनके परिजनों की चिंताओं को दूर किया जा सके। हमने सरकार से डब्ल्यूएचओ और अन्य अंतरराष्ट्रीय संगठनों के साथ गतिरोध को समाप्त करने का प्रयास करने का भी अनुरोध किया है।”

Webinar on Gender Manthan at Social Work, PU

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Chandigarh June 15, 2021

Centre for Social Work and Department of Ancient Indian History Culture & Archaeology, Panjab University organized a webinar under the Series titled “Gender Manthan” today.

The idea behind Gender Manthan is  to sensitize students about Gender related issues. The distinguished speaker of the webinar was Professor Chander Shekhar from the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, under the Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Government of India.

Professor Chander Shekhar spoke on “ Declining Fertility Desire and Changing Sex Preference for Children in Punjab: Demographic and Gender Role Implications”.

The welcome address was delivered by Professor Paru Bal Sidhu, Chairperson, Department of Ancient Indian History Culture & Archaeology, Panjab University.

The webinar was attended by 100 participants including students and faculty from University of Mumbai & Guwahati.

The vote of thanks was given by Professor Monica Munjial, Chairperson.

PRCI Chandigarh Chapter announces Award in memory of Aneesh Bhanot

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‘Puurnoor’ Korel, Chandigarh:

Chandigarh Chapter of Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) announced an award to perpetuate the memory of Mr Aneesh Bhanot. Mr Vivek Atray, Chairman of the Chandigarh Chapter announced an annual award, named *PRCI Aneesh Bhanot Award for Excellence in Online Campaign for a Social Cause*. Paying tribute to Aneesh’s multifaceted personality, he said that he always strived for perfection in whatever he did and was always very straightforward and minced no words in saying spade-a-spade. Jitender Bhargava, former Executive Director of Air India and friend of Aneesh’s journalist father, who attended the virtual meeting, remembered his matter-of-fact attitude to life, and his passion for achieving whatever he dreamed. Renuka Salwan, North Zone head of PRCI,  shared her long association with his family, and how he donned various hats as a philanthropist, author, editor, PR expert,publisher etc. He would collaborate with every professional to bring in the quality of his work.  Shanti Bhanot also joined the virtual session of the Chapter and expressed her gratitude to Chandigarh Chapter of PRCI for instituting an award in his memory. Aneesh had been the past chairman of the Chandigarh Chapter of PRCI and contributed immensely to the growth of PR practice in the region. CJ Singh, Senior Vice President National Council of PRCI, moderated the session and commended his contribution to the community through his books, his campaigns and as a Rotarian he would be remembered for his work for the visually challenged.

Online Workshop on “Yoga at Home” at PU

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Chandigarh June 11, 2021

To mark the celebrations of International Yoga Day, PU NSS andNSS Open Unitin collaboration with AYUDH (Awaken Youth; Unite for Dharma)organized 14 days National Level Online Workshop on the theme “Yoga at Home” from 7 – 21 June, 2021. 

The event completed its first week on 11th June, 2021. The workshop was jointly inaugurated on 7th June, 2021 by Br. Harshamitra Chaitanya, Lead Yoga Facilitator from AYUDH and NSS Programme Officers, Dr. Sucha Singh &Er. Binesh Bhatia. The workshop is being organized under the UN’s theme “Yoga at Home – Yoga with Family” daily from 6.30am to 7.15am on ZOOM, due to covid-19 situation in the country. The main objective of the workshop is to incorporate Yoga into our daily lives for rejuvenating the body and mind. During the online sessions of its 1st week, Br. Chaitanya Highlighted how the community can deal COVID-19 by practicing Yoga at Home. More than 500 NSS volunteers of UT Chandigarh are participating and performing Yoga Asanas at their homes with family members. Dr. Sucha Singh highlighted that the workshop would surely help these volunteers for boosting their mental health during this covid-19 pandemic. Volunteers also pledged to aware the family members about the positive impacts of Yoga in their daily routine. 

A Roadmap to the Career Options In Biophysics Discussed at PU

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Chandigarh June 11, 2021

The Placement Cell of the Department of Biophysics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, organized today a virtual outreach program, ‘A Roadmap to the Career Options In Biophysics’  to spread awareness and generate interest in the field of Biophysics. 

The virtual meet was convened by Dr. Avneet Saini ,Chairperson and Dr. Naveen Kaushal ,Assistant Professor; Placement and Outreach Incharge of the Biophysics Department. Over 110 students from different colleges attended the Outreach Program. 

Prof. Meena Sharma, Honorary Director, Central Placement Cell, PU presided over the virtual meet . In her opening remarks, she appreciated the time and efforts invested by the organizers in making this outreach program a reality. She emphasized the need of organizing such programs to guide students in making informed decisions about their future.

Dr. Avneet Saini introduced the students to biophysics as an interdisciplinary arena that bridges the gap between biological and physical sciences. 

Dr. Naveen Kaushal gave a presentation on the topic ‘Outreach and Placement’ and made the students aware of the scope and various career opportunities that the students can pursue after doing a course in Biophysics. Highly distinguished alumni of the Department gave their testimonials to the students about how Biophysics helped shape their careers. 

Dr. Pooja Khanna shared her journey of becoming a Data Scientist at Green Shield, Canada, and how she chose her passion for the same stemming from Biophysics. Ms. Sonika Sharma, Senior Manager, Medical Writer, Paraxel, Mohali shared her learning and experiences on her path from Biophysics to Parexel. Dr. Preeti Bhardwaj, Scientific Officer B, NCBS, TIFR, Bangalore, and Dr. Rishi Bhardwaj, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Yale University, USA, narrated their stories from being a Ph.D. student at the Department to follow their dreams in their respective careers.

Dr. Naveen Kaushal thanked all the speakers and the participants for making the virtual meet success and hoped for a new beginning for relationship building  

186 attended Webinar on mental Health by NSS,PU

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Chandigarh June 10, 2021

NSS.  Panjab University  organized a Webinar on Covid 19 and Mental Health, today.

Prof. Raj Kumar,  Vice Chancellor and Chief Patron of webinar addressed the audience about the need and relevance of conducting such webinars. In his opening address, he talked about critical times and how we should come together and move forward. Prof. Kumar apprised the audience about the fact that how life process is guided by our mental health and it does not only affect us but our whole society and at the end, encouraged everyone to do such more events in future and invite speakers from various diverse backgrounds.

Dr. Akshay Anand, Professor at Neuroscience Research lab, Department of Neurology, and Prof. in charge, Centre for Mind Body Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh was keynote speaker of the event. He started by thanking everyone for this opportunity. He talked about how for the last 20 years he is working on various animal models for the brain which can mimic a disease and working on various approaches like drug approach, therapeutic approach. Dr. Anand enlightened the participants about how stress is the primary cause behind every disease and talked about preventive approach because as such there are no drugs available for many diseases like for genetic code, Alzheimer, Parkinson etc. which can fully cure these. Discussion unfolded around sister stresses emerging in various categories like in kids, women, men, teachers, professors etc., causing symptoms like loneliness, fearfulness, anxiety, insomnia etc. in turn further leading to chronic stresses like stress for not getting vaccine, constantly checking your pulse rate etc.

 Giving evidence and insight from various research studies, he further substantiated his claims using various facts and figures. He also cited one study conducted in the USA with a sample of 82000 people over a period of 8 years and the result showed that 43% of people died who believed they had stress and they could die of it, uncovering the role of positive attitude in dealing with various mental and other health problems. Stress shall be considered as a response of our body like increased heart rate as a way to handle it. Dr. Anand , further cited another interesting study that showed that we have in our heart receptors for oxytocin which is the hormone released in stress which shows that moderate amounts of stress is good and increased heart rate causes increased blood flow to our brain which is again good.

Giving insight about his third study, apprised that unlike animals we are much more conscious and can regulate our stress on our own by doing various things like music, sports, endurance exercise, yoga, social interactions .e.g. in yoga we have 8 fold paths of yamas,  niyamas, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana and samadhi  and also various protocols of yoga. Various coping strategies like Ayush Common Yoga Protocol so as to deal with these mental issues were discussed. Interesting fact is that people recovered from Covid-19 infection have shown more resilience and improved enduranceA fair number of researches have proved that these yoga protocols are helpful in reducing stress.  Participants appreciated the learning that moderate amounts of stress are good for the health of individuals, however what matters is how we perceive stress, and the way we train our mind. At the end, he said that we should try to perceive it as a positive attitude towards it. 

Earlier, the event was initiated with a briefing of the webinar theme by coordinator of the webinar, Dr. Naveen Kumar. Prof. Ashwani Koul, Patron of the event and Programme Coordinator, NSS-PU welcomed the guests and enlightened the audience about NSS and its various activities during the pandemic. Dr. Naveen Kumar, Programme Officer, NSS, Panjab University along with Dr. Nidhi Gautam introduced the dignitaries among 186 attendees belonging to various parts of Punjab and Chandigarh.

Dr. Arun Singh Thakur, Assistant Professor, UIHTM and Warden, BH-7 handled the questions and queries from participants.

 Dr. Vivek kumar, Chairperson, Centre for Medical Physics and Programme Officer, NSS-PU proposed vote of thanks. The support of senior faculty members of Panjab University including Prof. Rakesh Malik, Deputy Director, Directorate of Sports, Prof. Jagat Bhushan, Controller of Examination, PU, Prof. Sanjeev Sharma, UIAMS, Prof. Seema Kapoor, UICET and Dr. Monika Aggarwal, UIAMS in successful conduct of this webinar was appreciated. The efforts of students’ coordinator team including Diksha Gautam, Suruchi Rishi, Neha Thakur and Hitesh Gupta were appreciated.