Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 17th April 2018 : Hon'ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator UT, Chandigarh today inaugurated the Block A of the Le Corbusier Centre and also launched the Open Hand Art Studios in a part of the restored building.  Present on the occasion were the Advisor to the Administrator, Sh Parimal Rai,  Home Secretary, Sh Anurag Agarwal, Director Tourism, Sh Jitendar Yadav,  Chief Architect Sh Kapil Setia, and other leading artist and architects of the city. As a part of events planned to commemorate the Birth anniversary of Pierre Jeanneret an installation workshop on the theme based on an article by Jeanneret “Aesthetic: reflections on beauty of line, shape and form” was also thrown open to the public. The Governor first took a round of the existing museum in the Block B of the Centre and was impressed with the simplicity and grace of the building which was the workplace of Le Corbusier and his team of Architects. Deepika Gandhi, Director of the Centre inf...

Chandigarh, 17th April 2018 : The 410th meeting of the Chandigarh Housing Board was held on 17.4.2018. The following is a gist of the major decisions  taken by the Board:- 1. Need Based Changes in Chandigarh Housing Board Dwelling Units  The Board has accorded approval to constitute a committee under the Chairmanship of Secretary, CHB to recommend  the need based changes that can be allowed in CHB Dwelling Units within 21 days from the date of its constitution. A monitoring committee was also set up to review the functioning of above mentioned committee. It was also decided that appeal against cancellation of allotment before  the Board be kept pending till report of Need Based changes committee is finalized.   2. Construction of Seven Storeyed Green Building Block B with Two Level Basements in Chandigarh Housing Board office complex, Sector 9 D, Chandigarh.  The Board has already approved the construction of ‘B’ Block in the o...

Chandigarh, 15 th April 2018: Chandigarh Skill Development Mission, Directorate of Technical Education Department successfully conducted India Skills Chandigarh 2018 Competition in collaboration with National Skill Development Corporation under World Skill Competition, 2019 in 21 Skill Trades from 6 th April to 13 th April at CCET (Degree Wing), CCET (Diploma Wing), GITIW, Indo Swiss Training Centre, CIHM, AIHM, Govt. College of Arts andPEC (Deemed to be University). This event opened its swings on 13 th March 2018 under the chairmanship of Sh. Anurag Agarwal, IAS, Home Secretary-cum- Secretary Technical Education, Chandigarh Administration. Sh. Rubinderjit Singh Brar, PCS,Mission Director cum Joint Secretary Technical Education congratulated the team headed by Dr. Manpreet Singh Gujral, Principal, CCET (Degree Wing) for successfully organizing level 1 of the Skill Competition. The Chandigarh Administration selected Chandigarh College Of Engineering and Technology (CCET) a...

Chandigarh, 16 th April 2018: An Orientation Programme for the Project 'SAARTHI' by State NSS Cell in collaboration with Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), Chandigarh with the support of NSS Units of PU, Chandigarh, its affiliated colleges and PGIMER, Chandigarh was organized by the NSS Units of Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector-36 B, Chandigarh   today. The Chief Guest on the occasion was Sh. Ajit Balaji Joshi (IAS), Deputy Commissioner and Chairman, IRCS, Chandigarh.  The other main guests were Sh.Bikram Rana, State Liaison Officer, NSS, UT, Chandigarh; Dr. Navdeep Sharma, NSS Coordinator, PU, Chandigarh; Dr. Mini Arora, Medical Officer, IRCS, UT, Chandigarh; Dr. Raman Sharma, Assistant Professor, PGI, Chandigarh; Dr. Madhu, Assistant Program Advisor, NSS Regional Directorate and Sh. Sushil Tank, Indian   Red Cross Society, Chandigarh. Volunteers from NSS Units of DSCE-36, PGGCG-11, MCM DAV-36, DAV-10, PGGCG-42, PGGCG-46, GGDSD-32, SGGS-26, CCET-26, GCCBA...

Chandigarh, 14th April, 2018: Hon’ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator U.T Chandigarh Sh. VP Singh Badnore, today flagged of the School of Wheels on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti in the presence of Sh. Ajoy Kumar Sinha, IAS, Finance Secretary, Sh. Ajit Balaji Joshi, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Sh. Rajiv Gupta, PCS, Additional Deputy Commissioner and other senior officials of Chandigarh Administration.  Indian red Cross Society, Chandigarh has customized one of its vehicles into Mobile School for underprivileged children which will be equipped with books, educational toys and study material. This unit will work in collaboration with Chandigarh Child Protection Society. The team of a teacher and a helper will be visiting different sites\ slums and construction sites where these children are either begging or involved in other illegal activities.  This mobile school aims to bring education to these Children who are forced to work or beg while their parents don’...

Chandigarh, 14th April, 2018:  A high level conference of Lt Governors/Administrators of Union Territories was held under the Chairmanship of Governor of Punjab and Administrator of U.T Chandigarh, Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore at the Megapode Nest, Port Blair on 11 th  April, 2018. The review meeting witnessed the presence of Lt. Governor of Puducherry, Dr Kiran Bedi and Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Admiral D. K. Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd), Sh. Inder Jit Singh, Secretary (Coordination), Cabinet Secretariat, Sh. Parimal Rai, Advisor to the Administrator of Chandigarh, Shri Anindo MajumdarChief Secretary, Andaman and Nicobar and Sh. P.K. Srivastava, Additional Secretary (UT), Ministry of Home Affairs. The agenda of the meeting was to review the decisions taken in the meeting held last year on 13.10.2017, implementation of various schemes of UTs, sharing the best practices being followed by UTs and devise an implementation mechanism ...