Pbi varsity relaxes qualifying marks for M.Phil.

Patiala, Sept 17- Punjabi University, Patiala,has decided to relax the qualifying marks secured by students in the entrancetest, conducted by the University on September 4 for admission to M.Phil.Courses in various departments of the University. Stating this, Dean, AcademicAffairs, Dr S.S. Tiwana said that the candidates, who had appeared in theentrance tests, are advised to consult the concerned heads of department onSeptember 21 at 10 a.m. for further details.

VC inaugurates hotel management dept

Patiala, Sept 17- Punjabi University’sVice-Chancellor, Dr Jaspal Singh today inaugurated the newly created Departmentof Tourism, Hospitality and Hotel Management on the University campus heretoday. The function was marked by preparation and serving of quality eatables bythe students themselves. The Department has been presently located in theUniversity’s cafeteria as a makeshift arrangement and will be finally shifted toits new building, which is likely to be completed by end of this semester,according to its Director, Dr S.M. Verma. As many as 24 students have takenadmission in the course, Dr Verma said.

Pbi varsity's media students leave for Commonwealth Games

Patiala, Sept 17- A contingent of 50 students,including 11 girls, of Centre for Advanced Media Studies (CAMS) pursuing theirB.Tech. course in TV, Film Production and Media Technology at PunjabiUniversity, Patiala, will leave for New Delhi tomorrow to be part of the PressOperations team of Commonwealth Games. The team will be led by CAMS Director, DrGurmeet Singh Maan, accompanied by other members of the faculty. With this,Punjabi University’s Centre for Advanced Media Studies has attained theexclusive distinction of becoming the only Centre in the region whose studentshave been picked by the Commonwealth Games Media Committee to be a part of thesecond biggest sports event in the world.

These students have been selected by a high-powered Media Committee team of theCommonwealth team, led by its DDG, Mr Manish Kumar to perform media-relatedtasks such as media liaisoning, media coordination and event management. Theywill undergo a two-week training workshop to be conducted by the Media Committeein the Media Centre of the CWG located at Pragati Maidan prior to their takingup the assigned tasks.

Earlier, while interacting with these students in the Media Centre of theUniversity, Mr Tarlochan Singh, M.P. and Chairman of the Media and PublicityCommittee for the CWG, said that “It will be a big exposure for the students asthey will get the momentous chance of interacting with 700-odd top brass Indianand foreign media persons. Feeling elated with the exceptional achievement ofthe CAMS, Vice- Chancellor, Dr Jaspal Singh promised every help to the Centre tofurther strengthen and promote its activities. He congratulated Dr Maan and histeam for carrying forward his mission of establishing one of the best MediaCentres in the country on the University Campus. He also blessed the studentsgoing on a great mission in shape of being a part of the CWG.

National seminar on “Distance Education: Challenges in the New Millennium begins

Patiala, Sept 14- The two-day national seminar on“Distance Education: Challenges in the New Millennium”, being organised byPunjabi University’s Department of Distance Education of Punjabi university, gotunderway in the University’s senate Hall here today.

In his presidential address, Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jaspal Singh said that distanceeducation has a big role to play in dissemination of knowledge in view of vastlychanging demographic profiles of students both at the undergraduate andpostgraduate levels. Its role, he said, has become more important since centresof high standing are very few in numbers, even as they are located mostly inmetropolises. As a result of this, access to higher education, both in rural andurban areas, stands denied to the common populace, he said. There has been aparadigm shift in learning as education has become learner-centric and theemphasis has shifted from the earlier pedagogical authoritarianism of theteacher to student autonomy centering around specific needs of the students, DrSingh added.

Dr M.L. Ranga, Vice-Chancellor of GNJ University, Hisar, said that we need toredefine our distance education system keeping in mind the fact that around 80per cent of our population is living in the countryside and 50 per cent of themare illiterate. He emphasised upon using a mixer of conventional and latesttechnological tools and gadgets for imparting education through distancelearning mode. Dr Tejinder Kaur, Professor of English and HoD of DistanceEducation, said that opportunities for formal education are scarce and thinlyspread. These need to be supplemented by distance education system to takeeducation to the learners’ doorstep instead of compelling students to throng theteaching institutions.

Dr S.P. Malhotra, Professor of Education at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhidiscussed different challenges being faced by teachers of distance education,which includes meeting specific needs of students as they relatively remainstrangers to each other. Dean, Academic Affairs, Dr S.S. Tiwana traced thehistory and significance of distance education in view of changing perception ofstudents and their parents.

Counselling for Pbi varsity M.Ed. admissions begins on September 20

Patiala, Sept 13- Punjabi University, Patiala,will conduct first counselling for M.Ed. regular admissions for the session2010-11 in Punjabi University and affiliated colleges for 280 seats fromSeptember 20 to 22. As many as 2,200 candidates had appeared in the entrancetest conducted by the University for these admissions.

According to the Coordinator and Co-Coordinator, Dr Meenakshi Sharma and DrKirandip Kaur, the counselling will be held in the Department of Education ofthe University for every category of admission seekers. Counselling, however,will not entitle a candidate for admission as it will be made purely on thebasis of merit for available seats in each category, they said.

While counselling for the general category will be held on September 22 starting10 a.m., it will be conducted for the SC, ST, BC and OBC categories on September20. September 21 has been reserved for counselling for the remaining categorieswhich include sportspersons, backward areas, border areas, disabled persons,widows, divorced women, children, widows of defence personnel and paramilitaryforces, wards of political suffers, freedom fighters, terrorist affected andriot victims. For other details, the candidates can log on to the universitywebsite, www.punjabiuniversity.ac.in.

Syndicate hails Media students' selection for C' wealth Games

Patiala, Sept 11- A meeting of the PunjabiUniversity syndicate, held under the chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor, Dr JaspalSingh, approved the signing of memoranda of understanding by the University withSan Jose State University, USA, Directorate of Mushroom Research, Solan andAmerican Institute of Indian Studies, New Delhi. The syndics placed on recordtheir special appreciation for 50 students of University’s Centre for AdvancedMedia Studies, pursuing B.Tech. in TV, Film Production and Media Technology fortheir selection to perform media tasks during the forthcoming CommonwealthGames. It was rated as the exclusive distinction of the University for its MediaCentre being the only Centre in the region whose students have been picked bythe Commonwealth Games Media Committee to be a part of the second biggest sportsevent of the world. The members also applauded the distinct achievement of theUniversity for scoring a hat trick by winning the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophyin sports for the third consecutive year, establishment of Women’s Study Centreand Academic Staff College.

The syndicate also gave its nod to enhance the honorarium to the meritoriousstudents from the existing Rs 250 to Rs 500 per month. The appointments of DrChandan Singh and Dr S.P. Singh as Dean, Research and Additional Dean, Researchwere also approved. It also approved the Standing Committee for the developmentof Punjabi up to June 30, 2011.

Radio has survived notoriety of linguistic pollution: VC

Patiala, Sept 11- “Radio has successfullysurvived the notoriety of linguistic pollution which is now becoming an integralpart of the visual and audio-visual media. That’s how and why it is staging acomeback in a big way salvaging itself from the clutches of Television, whichonce was thought to be a potential danger to its existence. ” This was stated byDr Jaspal Singh, Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Patiala, while presidingover the valedictory function of the four-day workshop on “Radio Programming andProduction Techniques” , conducted by Punjabi University’s Centre for AdvancedMedia Studies (CAMS) on its premises here today.

Radio, Dr Jaspal Singh said, still enjoys the same sanctity, credibility andreliability in the minds of its audience as it did decades ago before the adventof Television due to quality of its content, reach and magnitude. He cautionedthe students of CAMS pursuing their B.Tech. in TV, Film Production and MediaTechnology and PG Diploma in Audio- Visual Production courses against theonslaught of vulgarity being nurtured by a section of the print and electronicmedia.

Director, CAMS, Dr Gurmeet Singh Maan, said that the major objective of holdingthe workshop was to expose the students to the programming, creative andtechnical aspects of Radio broadcasting. The students made a 15-minute programme,under the guidance of Mr Waraich which was broadcast on AIR, Patiala onSeptember 9, alongwith a 10-second promo on “Punjabi University Kitab Ghar”, hesaid. The Centre has planned to hold another workshop on “Cinematography andFilm Direction” by The Centre is also starting online Radio and onlineTelevision with the help of University’s Computer Centre, Dr Maan added.

The three resource persons, Mr Amarjit Waraich, Station Head of AIR, Patiala, MrAmandeep Badhwar, Cluster Engineer of Reliance Broadcasting Network and MrDhaveer, RJ with Radio Big FM shared their wisdom on various topics including,theory and practice of Radio programming and production techniques, InternetRadio, Community Radio, Podcasting, Public Vs Private Broadcasting systems, Liveand phone-in programme making, and Job Openings in Radio. Dr Bhupinder Batra,Lecturer, proposed vote of thanks.

50 Pbi varsity media students to attend Commonwealth Games

Patiala, Sept 11- Punjabi University’s Centre forAdvanced Media Studies has attained the exclusive distinction of becoming theonly Centre in the region whose students have been picked by the CommonwealthGames Media Committee to be a part of the second biggest sports event in theworld. Fifty of its students, including 11 girls, who are doing their B.Tech.Course in TV, Film Production and Media Technology in CAMS, will undergo thesecond round of training workshop for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in NewDelhi. The 10-day workshop, starting from September 20 will be held in New Delhibefore these students are assigned to perform certain media-related tasks duringthe Games, which will include media liaisoning, media coordination, eventmanagement etc. These students were earlier trained during the first roundworkshop on CAMS premises by a three-member contingent of Games Press Operationsteam, led by its Deputy Director- General, Mr Manish Kumar.

While interacting with these students in the Media Centre of the University, MrTarlochan Singh, M.P. and Chairman of the Media and Publicity Committee for theCWG, said that “It will be a big exposure for the students as they will get themomentous chance of interacting with 700-odd top brass Indian and foreign mediapersons. Feeling elated with the exceptional achievement of CAMS, Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jaspal Singh promised every help to the Centre to furtherstrengthen and promote its activities. He congratulated Dr Maan for carryingforward his mission of establishing one of the best Media Centers in the countryon the University Campus and blessed the students going on a great mission inshape of being a part of the CWG. The students will leave for Delhi on September18 and will remain there till the conclusion of the Games, Dr Maan said.

B.Tech. Media students to cover Commonwealth Games

Patiala, Sept 10- Fifty students of PunjabiUniversity’s Centre for Advanced Media Studies (CAMS), including 11 girls, whoare doing their B.Tech. Course in TV, Film Production and Media Technology, willundergo the second round of training workshop for the forthcoming CommonwealthGames in New Delhi. The 10-day workshop, starting from September 23 will be heldin New Delhi before these students are assigned to perform certain media-relatedtasks during the Games, which will include media liaisoning, media coordination,event management etc. These students were earlier trained during the first roundworkshop on CAMS premises by a three-member contingent of Commonwealth GamesPress Operations team, led by its Deputy Director- General, Mr Manish Kumar.

While addressing and giving valuable tips to these students in the PunjabiUniversity’s Guest House today, Mr Tarlochan Singh, M.P. and Chairman of theMedia and Publicity Committee for the Commonwealth Games, said that with this“Punjabi University’s Centre for Advanced Media Studies has attained theexclusive distinction of becoming the only Centre in the region whose studentshave been picked to be part of the second biggest sports event in the world.While congratulating the Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jaspal Singh and Director, CAMS, DrGurmeet Singh Maan, Mr Tarlochan Singh said that “It will be a big exposure foryour students as they will get the momentous chance of interacting with the topclass Indian and foreign media persons. You have every reason to feel proud asthese students happen to be the privileged class to have been selected for theCWG,” he said.

Feeling elated with the exceptional achievement of CAMS, Vice- Chancellor, DrJaspal Singh promised every help to the Centre to further strengthen and promoteits activities. The construction work of the new building for the Media Centrewill start soon and is supposed to be completed in six months period, he said.He congratulated Dr Maan for carrying forward his mission of establishing one ofthe best Media Centers in the country on the University Campus and blessed thestudents going on a great mission in shape of being a part of the CWG.

Punjabi University Vice-Chancellor pleads law students' case with Bar Councilof India

Patiala, Sept 9- Punjabi University, Patiala, through its Vice-Chancellor, DrJaspal Singh has, in a communiqué, pleaded the Chairman of the Bar Council ofIndia to “include Punjabi in the languages in which the All India BarExamination (AIBE) is to be conducted and the preparatory material provided” tosave the careers of students, who have obtained or pursuing their law degrees inPunjabi medium, from getting jeopardised.” Earlier, a large number of studentshave submitted a representation to the Vice-Chancellor to take necessary stepsfor taking up the issue on their behalf with the concerned authorities.

Expressing his astonishment at the move of excluding Punjabi as a medium for theAIBE, the Vice-Chancellor has stated that “Punjabi is one of the languagesspecified in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, and, therefore,cannot be ignored for any purpose for which the other regional languages areallowed at the national level.” Surprisingly, the UPSC allows the use of Punjabialongwith other Indian languages in the prestigious Civil Services Examination.Further, the law degrees of Punjabi University are duly recognised by the BarCouncil of India, he said. More bewildering is the fact that other regionallanguages such as Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati and Oriya have beenallowed to use as a medium of examination for the AIBE.

Dr Jaspal Singh has further stated that even the Punjab Legislative Assembly hasadopted Punjabi as the official language of the State for all purposes inaccordance with Article 345 of the Constitution and also notified as thelanguage for use in the subordinate courts in Punjab. The move to omit Punjabifrom the languages for the AIBE, he said, will adversely affect the interest ofthe candidates who have obtained their degrees in the Punjabi medium. Punjabi,therefore, is needed to be included in the languages in which the All India BarExamination (AIBE) is to be conducted and the preparatory material provided sothat careers of the students, who have obtained or who are pursuing their lawdegrees in Punjabi medium may not be jeopardised.”

Workshop on kathak dance concludes

Patiala, Sept 8- An eight-day workshop on kathak dance, organised by the PunjabiUniversity’s Dance Department concluded in the kala bhawan here today. Theworkshop, conducted by Guru Harish Gangani of Jaipur Gharana ended withperformances by the students of B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. classes of the dancedepartment and by Mr Gangani himself.

While presiding over the function Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jaspal Singh said that therich cultural heritage of Indian classical dances was not getting its duerecognition in Punjab as its musical map was being dominated by the popularmusic. He asked the faculty members to undertake research projects in additionto teaching the students to carry forward this hoary tradition of our country.“Respecting art, he said, is equal to respecting God, he said. Dr Daisy Walia,HoD of dance disclosed that a total of 48 students participated in the workshop.

Workshop on Radio Programming begins at CAMS

Patiala, Sept 7- A four-day workshop on “Radio Programming and ProductionTechniques”, being organised by the Punjabi university’s Centre for AdvancedMedia Studies (CAMS) got underway at its premises here today.

While inaugurating the workshop, Registrar, Dr Manjit Singh highlighted the roleof media, especially radio, in transforming societies both in the developing aswell as developed nations. Given its reach, magnitude and quality of programmes,no other medium can match radio in bringing societal change, he said. Afterhaving remained eclipsed for a while with the advent of television, it hasstaged a comeback with a bang, particularly with the beginning of era of FMradio broadcasting, Dr Singh added

Dr Gurmeet Singh Maan, Director, CAMS, said that the major objective of holdingthis workshop was to familiarise the students with the technological aspects,along with programming and production techniques of radio broadcasts. The focusof the four-day workshop will on radio jockeying and anchoring, internet radio,community radio, podcasting, future of FM radio and job openings in radioworking under the private and public broadcasting systems. After spending fourdays, the students will be exposed to practically training in the the radiostations of BIG FM and AIR, Patiala, Dr Maan said.

Station Director of AIR, Patiala, Mr Amarjit Waraich, Cluster Engineer ofReliance Broadcasting Network, Mr Amandeep Badhwar and RJ with Radio Big FM, MrDhanveer Singh also shared their thoughts on different aspects of radiobroadcasting. Ms Inderpreet Kaur Ahluwalia, Teaching Associate, proposed vote ofthanks.

CAMS to organise workshop on "Radio Programming and Production Techniques"

Patiala, Sept 6- Punjabi University’s Centre forAdvanced Media Studies (CAMS) is organising a four-day workshop on “RadioProgramming and Production Techniques” in the Centre’s Preview Room fromSeptember 7 to 10. Giving this information, Director, CAMS, Dr Gurmeet Maan saidthat the workshop will, inter alia, focus on concepts and areas like RadioJockeying and Anchoring, Internet Radio, Community Radio, Podcasting, CentralTechnical Area, Common Technical Infrastructure and Studio Setup with Real SnapShots, Signal Flow from Studio Site to Transmitter Site, Role of VPN and ISPs inRadio Infrastructure, Future of FM Radio and Job Openings in Radio. The workshopwill be conducted by Mr Amandeep Singh Badhwar, Cluster IT Engineer, RelianceBroadcast Network Limited, Mr Amarjit Singh Waraich, Station Head, AIR, Patialaand Mr Dhanvir Singh, RJ with Radio Big FM. Dr Manjit Singh, Registrar of theUniversity will inaugurate the workshop while Dr Jaspal singh will preside overthe concluding day function on September 10.

Dr Jaspal Singh lays emphasis on value-based management system

Patiala, Sept 4- A two day international seminar on “New Paradigms in ManagementTheory and Practice”, being organised by Punjabi University’s School ofManagement Studies, in collaboration with Punjab Commerce and ManagementAssociation (PCMA), got underway at the Senate Hall here today.

The seminar chief guest, Mr Mandeep Singh Sandhu, Principal Secretary Higher
Education, laid emphasis on quality education to develop new perspectives andmanagerial competencies to run a country of one billion people. He said that weneed to apply principles of management and knowledge to save our environment,adding that the managerial potential of today’s youth is sure to developsolutions for our nation’s problems, especially in the areas of food and watermanagement.

In his presidential remarks, Dr Jaspal Singh, Vice-Chancellor, said that thepresent global business scenario is distinguished by a high level of turbulentchanges, uncertainty, and keen competition. In the 21st century, we are involvedin the most crucial and most difficult of all the transitions so far, that isthe transition to the global society, he said. He stressed upon developingvalue-based management system to provide a better world to our futuregenerations and holistic approach to management can help to curb theexploitation of nature.

Dr. A.S. Chawla, President, Punjab Commerce and Management Association, andHead, School of Management Studies (SMS), welcomed the dignitaries whilehighlighting the achievements and the future plans of the department. Heappealed to all the participants to make full use of the deliberations to beheld in the seven technical sessions. Dr. Prem Kumar, President Emeritus, PCMA,introduced the theme of the seminar and emphasised the importance of suchacademic endeavours. He said that there is a dire need to find how theory andpractices in management have changed over the years because of greater amount ofuncertainty in the corporate world. Dr. Ashwani Bhalla Executive Vice-President,PCMA, discussed the role and relevance of Punjab Commerce and ManagementAssociation during present time in spreading management education. He announcedthat Dr. S.C. Vaidya, Dean, University Instructions, PU, Chandigarh will behonoured with life time achievement award during the seminar, while Dr. YoginderS. Verma, OSD, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, will be given ManagementExcellence Award. Dr. S.K. Singla, Director, GNA-IMT Phagwara, will be honouredwith Research Award from PCMA, he said.

The key note speaker Dr. D.L. Sharma, Managing Director, Vardhman ThreadsLimited, discussed the changing paradigms of business units and significance ofconsumerism and revolutions from the customer’s perspectives. Another keynotespeaker Dr. Deepak Kapoor, Professor, University Business School, PU, Chandigarh,talked about current challenges in management education and the changing needsof the corporate world. Dr. G.S. Batra, Vice-President PCMA and Professor, SMS,Dr. B.B. Singla, General Secretary, PCMA and Dr. Dhiraj Sharma, AssistantProfessor, SMS and Conference Coordinator also spoke on the occasion.

Dance workshop begins at Punjabi University

Patiala, Sept 1- An eight-day dance workshop, being organised by the PunjabiUniversity’s Dance Department, got underway at the University’s kala Bhawan heretoday. Dr S.S. Tiwana, Dean, academic affairs, inaugurated the workshop. HoD, DrDaisy Walia disclosed that 48 students of B.A. Honours and master’s course areparticipating in the workshop being conducted by the internationally famousdanseur of Jaipur Gharana, Mr Harish Gangiani. He will train the students onsubtleties of Kathak dance, Dr Walia said. The students will give a presentationon the concluding day of the workshop on September 8. Vice-chancellor, Dr JaspalSingh will be the chief guest on the occasion, she added.