Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 19 November,2019.Chandigarh is celebrating the fifth State Level Kala Utsav -2019   which began today. It would be held till 22nd November 2019 at Bhavan Vidyalaya Sector 27,Chandigarh. In the cultural extravaganza, the Government /Government Aided/Private Schools are participating. In all, participants in different Art Forms in the category of Male & Female i.e. Music Vocal (33 participants), Music Instrumental (41 participants), Dance (37 participants) and Painting (58 participants) would be performing. The State level function was inaugurated by the Education Secretary, Mr.B.L. Sharma. All the participants participated with full enthusiasm and vigour.The first event of the State Level Function was Vocal Song in which 14 Male And 16 Female participated. The Judges for the event were Dr. Simmi R. Singh, Head Music Department MCM DAV College Sector 36, Chandigarh, Mr. Sunil Professional Composers Ex Government College Mohali, Mr. Sanjeev Kapoor Music Comp...

Chandigarh, 18thNovember, 2019.Inaugural session of Workshop on Electrochemical Techniques for Energy, Sensor, and Corrosion Techniques was held at CSIR - Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh today as part of its Diamond Jubilee Celebrations. The aim of this workshop is to familiarize young researchers/students with the advances of theoretical and experimental electrochemical technologies for applications in energy, sensor, and corrosion.   Prof. R. K. Sinha, Director, CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation in his inaugural address said that there are various extremely important applications of electrochemistry like the coating of objects with specialized coatings for defence and tactical applications, detection and medical diagnosis, generation of chemical energy, fuel cells, large format lithium-ion batteries, electrochemical reactors and super-capacitors that are becoming increasingly useful for societal applications. He said that CSIO has app...

Chandigarh.18th November,2018.The eleventh Chandigarh National Crafts Mela ventured into day-4 attracting innumerable shoppers.Punjabi folk and pop singer Manmohan Waris performed today. Waris is the elder brother of singer Kamal Heer and one of the most gifted singers in the Punjabi genre. He entertained the audience with the numbers like raheen bakshda tu kitte hue kasur dateya, aaja bhabhi, kitte kalli baike sochi ni and mesmerized the audience with the number bachcheyan nu dasyo Punjab kinnu kende ne. Waris is also known as The King of Bhangra. He has given innumerable hit numbers. Chann di vargi, sir utte tera haath, tasvir, kinna changa hunda, to name a few. He has sung for many albums. Punjabi Virsa, Kudi Haseena, Faraar and Punjabi Reloaded among others are his popular albums. The popular products like garments, fabric, bedsheets and wollens are quite sought after but the stuff like cotton suits with Madhubani paintings, tussar cotton handwoven sarees,Thanjavur pai...

Chandigarh, 18th November,2019 : The 65th National School Games in Baseball U-19 (Boys & Girls) commenced with the Opening Ceremony being conducted at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 37 B, Chandigarh today. The Games scheduled from 18.11.2019 to 23.11.2019 are being hosted by the Education Department, Chandigarh under the aegis of School Games Federation of India. Around 460 baseball players from 15 states across the nation are participating in the Games. The Chief Guest of the occasion Mr.Tejdeep Singh Saini, PCS, Director Sports, Chandigarh Administration was welcomed by the senior officials of the Education Department. A salute was given by the school band of GMSSS -33 girls. After the formal welcome the SGFI Flag was hoisted by the Chief Guest. Then the 15 teams marched imposingly on the beat of the drum. The participating players were administered the oath of participating in the true spirit of the games. The Chief Guest then declared the games open...

Chandigarh.17th November, 2019. The 11 th   Chandigarh National Crafts Mela at Kalagram received a tremendous response from tricity, today. As the Mela entered Day-3, shopoholics had an indulging time buying crafts and textiles.This year the North Zone Cultural Center has set-up 200 stalls given to the enthusiasm of tricity lovers. Apart from ethnic dresses, jewellery and juttis, the dried flowers from Nagaland, Brassware  and carpets from Uttar Pradesh, terracotta items from Rajasthan and wooden artefacts from Karnataka are stealing the visitor's attention. The stalls selling Pashmina and wollen shawls from Kashmir are quite popular. It was a houseful at Kalagram performance venue as Playback singer and music composer Padma Shri Kailash Kher performed today. Kher with his unique style of music and rendition amused the audience with the hits like Teri Deewani, Saiyyan, Piya re Piya re and many more.He created a magical ambience keeping the listeners glued to their seat...

Chandigarh,17 November,2019:   Society for Promotion of IT in Chandigarh (SPIC) under the aegis of IT Department of Chandigarh is hosting a half day event   Centre for Humane Artificial Intelligence (ChAI) @SPIC” on 20th November 2019. This event will be held at the EDC Building   located in   Chandigarh IT Park, Kishangarh. This event is being organized by SPIC in sync with the mandate of Niti Aayog to establish the National Program on Artificial Intelligence (AI), with a view to guide the research and development in new and emerging technologies.    NITI Aayog has come up with a strategy paper for crafting the national strategy for Artificial Intelligence(AI). This strategy document is premised on the proposition that India, given its strengths and characteristics, has the potential to position itself among leaders on the global AI map   with a unique brand of #   Artificial Intelligence (AI) for All. #AI for All will aim at enhancing...

Chandigarh, 16th November 2019:The Education Department, UT Chandigarh today held written test for the Post of NTT and Headmaster   held at 14 Examination Centres in Government Schools of UT Chandigarh. It is worth mentioning that the UT Administration had advertised 131 posts of NTT for which 6052 applications were received. For 07 posts of Headmaster/Headmistress, 224 applications were received. The complete work related to the recruitment of NTT was assigned to NITTTR, Sector 26, Chandigarh.   Out of the 6052 candidates who had applied for NTT posts approx 3831 (64%) candidates appeared for written test. Further, 151 (68%) candidates took the test for the post of Headmasters. Jammers were also installed by BEL, Bio-metric attendance of the candidates was also taken. Besides,   6 PCS/HCS officers of Chandigarh Administration were deputed as independent observers on various test centres. Approximately 75 Police Personnel were deputed to undertake the f...