Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 12 th  October, 2018:  A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed by the Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to Be University) with M/S Siemens Industry Software (India) Pvt Limited (SISW) to establish a Center of Excellence in the area of Manufacturing Engineering, Control and Automation. The MOA was signed today in the presence of the Governor of Punjab and Administrator, U.T Chandigarh Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore, Sh. J.M.Balamurugan, IAS, Secretary to Governor Punjab, Sh. Arun Kumar Gupta, IAS, Home Secretary, U.T, Chandigarh, Sh. Rajinder Gupta, Chairman, BOG, PEC, Sh. Manoj. K.Arora, director PEC, Sh. Satheesh Kurup, Sr. Director, ESP & Special Projects, SIEMENS, Sh. Rahul Sehgal, Director SIEMENS and Smt. Sashi Sairaman, Director, MTAB Technology Center at Punjab Raj Bhawan, Chandigarh. According to the Director PEC, the idea of setting up of Industry Linked Centre of Excellence in Manufacturing and Automation (CoE) originated from the need to align the ...

Chandigarh, 9 th  October 2018 :  Wildlife week is observed during the first week of October all over the country, with the objective of raising awareness among masses for conservation of Wildlife and its habitat. The Department of Forests & Wildlife, Chandigarh organized various programmes during the week to sensitize and generate awareness among the masses for the Protection and Conservation of Wildlife, Nature and Natural resources. Today, a Valedictory Function on Wildlife Week Celebration 2018 was held at Botanical Garden, Sarangpur. Sh. V.P.Singh Badnore, Hon’ble Governor of Punjab & the Administrator, UT Chandigarh was the Chief Guest and Sh. Parimal Rai, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, UT Chandigarh was the Guest of Honour. On this occasion, the Chief Guest inaugurated a  ‘Fern House’  inside the Botanical Garden.  The Fern House has been established by the Department for the ex-situ conservation of Fern plants found in the region. The sam...

Chandigarh, 9 th  October 2018 : The OPD timings of Govt. Multi- Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, Chandigarh and its allied dispensaries including AYUSH Dispensaries, Civil Hospital Manimajra, Civil Hospital Sector 22, Chandigarh and Civil Hospital Sector 45 Chandigarh except ESI-29 & ESI- 23, U.T Sectt., Punjab & Haryana Sectt. High Court Dispensaries will be as under: WINTER:              16 th  October, 2018 to 15 th  April 2019 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM  The timings of ESI-29 & ESI- 23, U.T Sectt., Punjab & Haryana Sectt. High Court Dispensaries will remain as before.

Chandigarh , 8 th  October, 2018:  A meeting was held today at U.T Secretariat under the chairmanship of Sh. Jitender Yadav, IAS, Director, Tourism, Chandigarh Administration to discuss the preparations for the celebration of year Chandigarh Carnival 2018. The Chandigarh Carnival is the most awaited event of the year, which will be organised from 23 rd to 25 th  November this year at the Open Ground opposite to the Museum & Art Gallery, sector-10, Chandigarh. The theme of this year’s carnival will be “GANDHI GRAM” in commemoration to the 150 th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. All the three days of the  Chandigarh   Carnival  will be well planned and packed with numerous activities centered on the theme of “GANDHI GRAM”. The  Carnival  will showcase Carnival Parade consisting of various Floats & Tableaux, various cultural & fun activities, exhibition of vintage cars, joy rides for the kids, various Runs & Walkathon...

Chandigarh, October 8, 2018:   In a major transformation aimed at streamlining the process of annual performance appraisals of the Government Employees, Annual Performance Appraisal Reports (APAR) for the FY 17-18 have been completed in the online mode. The earlier system was plagued with delays often caused by transfer of officers to their parent state or other locations. It is for the first time that the appraisals of most of the GroupA, B and C employees has been completed in time. Of close to 13000 employees whose performance was due, 98.25% had submitted their self-assessments online. Subsequently, the APARs were written at 3 levels by the Reporting Authority, Reviewing Authority and Accepting Authority of the respective employees. Compliance in excess of 98% has been achieved at all these levels. Currently performance rating are being disclosed to the employees. A review meeting in this regard was held today under the Chairmanship of Sh. Jitender Yadav, IAS, Special Secr...