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Senior citizens’ body organises camp

Chandigarh Senior Citizens’ Association organised a Socio-Medical Camp at Government Middle School,Maloya Colony on Monday. This was the second camp in a series of such camps that are held to commemorate the memory of late P H Vaishnav,past president of the association. Specialists from Ivy Hospital,Grewal Eye Institute and Guru Nanak Multi Specialty Hospital were present.

Varsity commemorates Women’s day

To commemorate International Women’s Day and its silver jubilee year,the Department- cum- Centre for Women’s Studies and Development,Panjab University (PU) organised a colloquium on the Nirbhaya case: Before and After. Amarjeet Kaur,secretary All India Trade Union Congress,New Delhi and former secretary National Federation of Indian Women,was the main speaker on the occasion. She said that December 16,2012 gang rape in the national capital was a wake-up call for the Indian society. She raised a question-mark on the social sensitivity of our society,on the police,on the service sector as well as the attitude of the judiciary.

Summer training school begins at UIPS

A summer training school on the theme – ‘Innovations in Pharma Research: Stepping Stones’ – commenced at the University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS),Panjab University (PU) on Monday. As many as 15 teachers and PhD students from various colleges and universities,representing eight different states with teaching experience of five years,have been selected. Prof Anil Kumar,course coordinator highlighted the need of innovations in Pharma research.