Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 5 th May 2018: Under, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India, New Delhi, Gram Swaraj programme,  Aajeevika Diwas was celebrated today at Govt. Industrial Training Institute Sector 28 C Chandigarh. Shri Sachin Rana, IAS, Director-cum-Special Secretary, Technical, UT Chandigarh Administration was the Chief Guest on this auspicious occasion. He addressed the gatherings  and distributed the certificates to trainees in the presence of Principal, staff, students and dignitaries of various local organizations and industries. In his address, the Chief Guest highlighted the details of Gram Swaraj Aajeevika Diwas celebration and benefits of various schemes launched by GOI to the trainees, students and society. Shri M.L. Rana, Principal of the institution in his address welcome the Chief Guest, Guest of Honours, dignitaries of various local organizations and industries, media, staff and students. He also expressed sincere thanks to all attend...

Chandigarh, 5th May 2018 :  A two days Northern Region Review workshop started on 4th May 2018 at Hotel Mount View, Chandigarh which was attended by Senior Officers of the Education Departments NCT of Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, HP, J&K, Punjab, UP, Uttrakhand and Rajasthan. The workshop was presided over by Sh. Anil Swarup, secretary (School Education & Literacy), MHRD, and was attended by a team of Officers from MHRD, Principals Secretaries / Secretaries of participating states and UT’s, State Project Directors, SCERT Directors, Professors from NCERT, Consultants and Faculty from SCERTs. Sh. B. L Sharma, IAS, Secretary (Education) while welcoming the delegates stated that the system of education today is not the same as it was a decade ago and probably will not be the same a decade hence. Their is a huge transformation in the system of education making it more inclusive, technology driven and qualitative, enabling it to meet the needs of nation and humanity at large. W...

Chandigarh, 5th May 2018:  To celebrate 50th anniversary on 6th May, the Government Museum and Art Gallery is going to open up its space for children and families with fun environment. There will be age appropriate gallery activities sheets and games which will support open ended exploration, imaginative learning and deep engagement - all designed to make it a memorable immersive learning experience.  These shall be combined with gallery walks by curators, guides and conservators.  There will be a special walk by Medhavi Gandhi of the Heritage Lab on “Secrets of the Chandigarh Museum” at 3.30 pm. Other fun activities will be a potter’s wheel on which children and visitors can work hands-on. There will also be a painting competition for children above 7 years where they can explore the theme “My museum turns 50” with unlimited interpretation. Being a special day for museum, it shall be free day and visitors do not need to buy tickets. May 6th shall only be a beginning ...

Chandigarh, 5th May 2018:  Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management Catering and Nutrition, Sector 42-D, Chandigarh, an autonomous body under Ministry of tourism , GOI, organized State level Cooking competition under World Skill Competition 2018. The grand finale of the World Skill Competition is scheduled to be held in 2019 at Kazan, Russia. For increasing the awareness, the Skill Development Ministry has tied up with all states and UTs' Skill Development departments for the same. Out of 50 odds disciplines of the competition, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management, Chandigarh is collaborating with UTCSDM for the said cooking competition. This was open to all the residents of Chandigarh born after 01-01-1997. Earlier, initial screening was done through a level 1 cooking competition where 60 candidates registered at the web portal and were called for 1st round in this Institute on 11th , 12th and 13th  of April 2018. Top 7 were shortlisted by eminent Jury from the indus...

Chandigarh, 4 th May 2018: The Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh is pleased to assign the ex-office charge as Member Secretary, Chandigarh Right to Service Commission Chandigarh to Sh. Amit Talwar, PCS in addition to his own duties.  

Chandigarh, 4 th  May 2018:  A two day workshop (4 th -5 th  May 2018) - Northern Region review was hosted by Department of Education, Chandigarh Administration at Hotel Mount View today.  Secretaries and representatives of different states like Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Gujrat, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana attended the workshop. Sh. B.L Sharma, Secretary Education, Chandigarh Administration represented Chandigarh at the panel with Sh. Rubinderjit Singh Brar, Director School Education. The senior officials from Government of India like Sh. Anil Swarup, Secretary (SE &L), Smt. Anita Karwal, Chairperson CBSE, Sh. V. Shashank Shekhar, Joint secretary MDM, MHRD, Sh. Maneesh Garg, Joint Secretary ( SE-1) MHRD, Smt. R Savithri, DDG (Stats), MHRD, Smt. Nigar F Husain, Director MHRD, Sh. Vijaya Bhaskar, Director MHRD, Professor Shridhar Srivastava, NCERT, Prof Ranjana Arora, NCER...

Chandigarh, 3 rd  May 2018 :  District Child Protection Society under the aegis of District Magistrate/Collector, Chandigarh Administration organized a Child  Beggar rescue drive  at  traffic light points sector 34/35, Elante Mall , traffic lights of Sector 34/ 33/ 22 ,  and near sector  20 Jama Mazjid  Chandigarh. A total of 6 children ( 3 boys and 3 girls )  were rescued in the drive, who  have been provided with temporary shelter  after filing of DDR and medical checkup with orders of Child Welfare committee until further enquiry may be conducted to assess the background of children and their families. Out of 6 children 4 Children have been rescued from the Jama Mazjid sector 20 at 2:00 PM under the Category of Child beggary and 2 Children were rescued from the Elante Mall at 8:00 PM. The children were found selling products such as ballons, other items near main gate of Elante Mall. The District Child Protec...

Chandigarh, 2 nd May 2018: The Animal Husbandry Department U.T. Chandigarh organised an ‘ANIMAL HEALTH CAMP AND KISAN GOSTHI’ today at village Khuda Lahora, U.T. Chandigarh on the eve of “Farmers Welfare Day”(Kisan Kalyaan Diwas)   The Camp was presided over by Capt Karnail Singh, Director Animal Husbandry. In his address he appealed the farmers to adopt scientific practices of Animal Husbandry by keeping quality animals to increase their income. He also appealed them to coordinate with Animal Husbandry Department for attaining maximum benefits out of various Govt. Schemes. n this occasion Dr. Yashwant Singh, Deputy Director Krishi Vigyan Kendra Mohali, Punjab delivered a key note address on the subject of doubling farmers income through adopting various scientific methods of Animal Husbandry practices. The Veterinary Officers of the department also spoke on various topics like Animal Health Care, Animal Nutrition and Dairy Farming Management and also interacted with l...

Chandigarh, 2 nd  May 2018:  The 65th Annual Prize giving function of PGGC 11 was celebrated with great fervour and zeal. Sh. Ajoy Kumar Sinha, IAS, Secretary Finance, Chandigarh Administration, was the chief guest and Sh. RupinderJeet Singh Brar , PCS, Director of higher education, was the guest of honour in the function. The chief guest gave away prizes to stellar achievers among which 49 students were given Roll of Honour for their distinction in various fields like Academics, NCC, NSS, Cultural Activities, blood donation and Sports. 169 students were awarded College Colour for their outstanding performance in Academics, NCC, Sports, Cultural Activities, Blood Donation and efficient supervision of student council. Merit Certificates for Academic Achievements in their respective subjects were awarded to 375 students. Sh. Ajoy Kumar Sinha  encouraged the students to enjoy their achievements. He assured on opening of the first of its kind recruitment cell in the c...

Chandigarh, 30 th April 2018 : Celebrating 50 years of its continued excellence in education, MCM DAV College for Women hosted its Annual Convocation today. Jubilation marked the ceremony as over 1050 graduates and postgraduates received their degrees during the ceremony. Sh. Anurag Singh Thakur, Member of Parliament made the occasion even more memorable for the degree holders with his presence as the Chief Guest. The Guest of Honour Sh. R.K. Popli, PCS, Director Public Relations, Chandigarh and Special Guest Sh. Bikram Singh Rana, State Mission Officer, UT, Chandigarh were present during the event. The function commenced with the presentation of Annual Report by the Principal of the college, Dr. Nisha Bhargava. The report provided glimpses of the commendable achievements of the college during the academic year, including academic, sports and cultural. Congratulating degree holders on the successful completion of an important phase of their lives, Sh. Anurag Singh Thak...