Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 8 th September, 2016: International Literacy Day is celebrated all over the world on 8 th September every year. The Adult Education Unit, UT, Chandigarh also organized a function on this occasion on 08.09.2016 at Govt. Sr. Sec. School, DMC, Sector-38(West), Chandigarh. Sh. Rubinderjit Singh Brar, PCS, Director Secondary Education, UT, Chandigarh was the Chief Guest. All the Senior Officers of Adult Education Unit, Principal and Staff of the School, Area Pardhan, Nodal Preraks, Preraks, Learners and School Students were present on the occasion.           A Rally was flagged off by the Chief Guest and a colourful cultural programme based on the theme of Literacy was presented by the school Children and learners of the area alongwith this, the rallies were also flagged off in the Adult Education Centres situated in different parts of the city by the Pardhan, Sarpanch or Head of the School of the respective areas. About 100-150...

Chandigarh, 8 th September, 2016: Chandigarh Health Department in collaboration with Chandigarh Transport Undertaking is going to organize free Health cum Screening Camp at Chandigarh Transport Undertaking Workshop, Industrial Area, Phase - 1, Chandigarh on 10 th September, 2016 (Saturday) from 11.00 AM onwards. This camp will be specifically for employees working under CTU. This is in continuation of previous Seven Health Camps organized at Chandigarh Health Department at Daddu Majra, Maulijagran, Dhanas, Ramdarbar, PHD-25, Civil Dispensary, Sector 8 and Village Behlana, Chandigarh. Dr. Vanita Gupta, Director Health Services said that the doctors from various specialities like Medicine, Gynae., Skin, Eye and ENT will be examining patients and will be providing free consultation. Health promotion and awareness generation regarding prevention, timely detection and management of Non Communicable Diseases and other diseases will be the main highlight of the screening camp. Ris...

Chandigarh, 8 th September, 2016 : 300 numbers of patients/relatives visited the exhibition with prepared recipes displayed by Department of Dietetics Govt Multi Speciality Hospital Sector 16 on 7 September 2016 during “Nutrition Week”   with national theme “Life Style Approach for Better Nutrition”.     The Medical faculty and the patients were made aware about the usage of healthy ingredients like having energy dense and nutrition for preparation of delicious and healthy tiffins so that children can be boosted in their day to day consumption during the school hours as an alternative and to curb the consumption of Junk food.   A play was staged by the students of Dietetics department under the caption “Ek din Kitchen Mein” which was based on the hand washing techniques by adopting seven steps to educate the paramedical staff and the patients for maintaining the hygiene in preparation of meals in the kitchen.      ...

Chandigarh, 6th September, 2016: The Result of Bye-Election of Gram Panchayat Village Daria & Behlana, U.T. Chandigarh under rule 33(d) of Chandigarh Panchayat Election Rules, 1994 are hereby declared. ·         Smt. Poonam Verma W/o Umesh Kumar Verma, R/o House No. 187, Village Daria, U.T., Chandigarh, has been elected to fill the seat of Panch (Woman) in the above mentioned Gram Panchayat. ·         Sh. Manjit singh S/o Mohinder Singh R/o House No. 179, Village Behlana, U.T., Chandigarh, has been elected unopposed to fill one casual vacancy of Panch (General) in the above mentioned Gram Panchayat.

Chandigarh, 6th September, 2016: The Indian Red Cross Society   (IRCS), U.T. Branch, Chandigarh is a voluntary   humanitarian   organization engaged in purely charitable activities to protect human life and health based activities in   India .   It is part of the   International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and so shares the   Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement . The mission of the Red Cross Society is to provide relief in the times of disasters/emergencies and promoting health and care of vulnerable section of the society. The Red Cross Society, U.T. Chandigarh is currently providing a number of services to the poor, needy & destitute persons through its welfare projects. The Society is going to construct one of the most important and big project named “Infosys Red Cross Sarai” at PGIMER, Chandigarh with financial assistance of Infosys. Similarly, the Society is also going to start a H...

Chandigarh, 6th September, 2016: Consequent upon proceeding on leave from  05.09.2016 to 08.09.2016 by Dr. S .B. Deepak Kumar, IAS, Secretary Technical Education, Chandigarh Administration, The Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh is pleased  to order that the charges being held by him shall be looked after by the following officers, in addition to their own duties, till the officer joins back:- Name/Designation of Officer Charges assigned Sh. K.K. Jindal, IAS, Secretary Personnel 1.      Secretary Technical Education 2.      Secretary Sports 3.      Secretary UT Secretariat Establishment Smt. Kavita Singh, IAS, Managing Director, CITCO 1.      Secretary Social Welfare & Women & Child Development 2.      Secretary Food & Supplies and Consumer Affairs and Legal Metrology ...

Chandigarh, 05 th  September 2016: -   Due to special Aadhaar enrollment camps being held at Schools, no Aadhaar enrollment will be done at Sampark Centres on 6th,   7th & 8th September 2016 .

Chandigarh, 05 th  September 2016: -   The Chandigarh Housing Board has not been giving permission for mortgage of the residential and commercial properties allotted by CHB for obtaining various loans by the allottees. It causes inconvenience and unnecessary hardship to the allottees/transferees at the time of seeking loans from the banks. Various allottees/occupants of the dwelling units and commercial properties are facing extreme difficulty in raising loan(s) against the properties allotted by CHB, despite having paid the full amount in respect of such properties to  CHB and this is causing hardship to the allottees who are in genuine need of funds and need to mortgage their properties for raising loans for educational purposes, medical facilities and any other legitimate purposes and hence, at times, succumb to distress sale of such properties.                    Keeping in v...

Chandigarh, 5th September, 2016: Education Department is holding Special Round of Counselling for those students who did not get admission in class 10+1.  The Special Round of Counselling scheduled at Govt. Model. Sr. Sec. School, Sector-10, Chandigarh as per schedule mentioned below.  The detailed information is available on the website  www.chdeducation.gov.in Science & Commerce     S.No Stream Date Time Venue 1. Science 7.9.16 9:00am onwards Govt Model Sr. Sec. School, Sector-10, Chandigarh 2. Commerce 7.9.16 10:30am onwards Humanities & Vocational Stream S.No CGPA Date Time Venue 1. CGPA upto 6.2 8.9.16 9:00am onwards Govt Model Sr. Sec. School, Sector-10, Chandigarh 2. CGPA upto 6.0 ...

Chandigarh, 5th September, 2016: Teacher’s Day was celebrated by Education Department, Chandigarh Administration at Tagore Theatre today, Sh. Parimal Rai, Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh was the Chief Guest at the occasion. 11 teachers from various schools of Chandigarh were honoured with the State Award and six teachers were given the Commendation Certificate for their Commitment and dedication in the field of Education. National Awardees of 2015, Mrs. Seema Malhotra from GMSSS-19 and Mrs. Asatinder Kaur from GMHS-22 were also honoured on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, the Adviser congratulated the teachers and motivated them to continue with the good work and inspired them to teach, demonstrate, mould and be role models for the future of the Country. The programme commenced with the Lamp lighting Ceremony followed by Ganesh Vandana represented through Kathak dance form presented by Mrs. Amrita Bhullar. A dance recital ‘Guru Mahima’ was performed by the ...

Chandigarh, 5th September, 2016: T he Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh is pleased to include  Smt. Sangita Vardhan, Founder Chairperson, Vatsal Chaya Trust, House No. 20, Sector 7, Chandigarh as member in the Administrator’s Advisory Council to advise the Chandigarh Administration on development issues and policy matters affecting the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

Chandigarh, 2 nd   September, 2016:   Smt. Kirron Kher, Member of Parliament, U.T., Chandigarh launched the 41st e- Sampark Center today at Sector-35. With the launch of this new e-sampark centre all 41 e-sampark centres will run on new e-sampark application which will replace the old backend application. This application has been developed and customized to make it more user friendly for the operators and have many advance features which will make the backend process more efficient and secure. This application has been implemented through clustered servers which will increase the stability of the application. Like banking sector, biometric authentication of the operator will be integrated shortly with this application which will make the system more transparent and secure. This application has been developed in-house by SPIC.  Smt. Kirron Kher lauded the efforts of all the people associated with this project and urged the citizens to make the most of the services o...