Lecturers’ training camp concludes

A four-week in-service induction training programme for lecturers of different disciplines working in institutes of higher education organized by the UGC-Academic Staff College,Panjab University,concluded at the Panjab University here today.

The theme of the programme was ‘Academics and Activism’. Speaking on the occasion,Prof Shelley Walia,Director,Academic Staff College,said an ambient academic atmosphere was needed in order to provide the participants a chance for real professional growth and the UGC-Academic Staff College,Panjab University,is focusing on this. He emphasized that these training programmes should shrug off their rigid and obsolete methods and try fresh approaches to bring out the creativity of the teachers like music,fine arts and theatre.

Prof B S Ghuman,Member Syndicate,Panjab University,and a former Dean,Social Sciences and currently a senior professor in Public Administration at Panjab University,who was the chief guest spoke about the strategies to improve and enhance the quality of orientation and refresher courses.

Book release at Frankfurt Book Fair

Chandigarh: The Rockefeller Fellowship awarded,Prof Rumina Sethi of the English department of Panjab University,will get her book,‘The Politics of Post-colonialism’ (Pluto Press,London),released at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October. She was awarded the Rockefeller Fellowship at the Bellagio Study and Conference Centre,Italy,and then elected as a Senior Associate Member of the Faculty of English,University of Oxford.