Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, May 14: The Newly elected Jammu University Research Scholars Association president Mr Kishore Kumar Sharma and general secretary, Mr Neeraj Sharma and vice-president, Ms Mahinder Kour, who took over the charge last month have completed the process of constituting the executive body for smooth functioning of the organisation.

This was disclosed by Mr Kishore, while addressing the newsmen in University Campus, this afternoon.

He said new Departmental Representatives (DRs) have been elected, and the executive body formed in true democratic way.

"This year we have also appointed speaker and deputy speaker of the association which the previous body headed by Mr Hari Dutt Shishu failed to do", said Mr Kishore. He added that appointment of these two was pre-requisite as per the JURSA constitution and also to complete the executive body.

Giving details, he said Mr Chander Mohan Sharma of Department of English has been appointed as Speaker of the house, while Mr Surinder Kumar of Department of Zoology as deputy speaker.

The nomination of joint secretaries which is important to complete the body have also been made after the approval of the DR House. They include Ms Saloni Suri, Department of Hindi, Ms Purshotam Rana of Department of Political Science, Mr S K Bhukhari, Department of Geology and Mr Anil Kumar of Department of Chemistry. Mr Padam Kumar Sharma of Department of Urdu was appointed as treasurer by the House, while Mr Rajesh Kumar of Department of Mathematics was given the responsibility of press secretary of the association.

Criticising the previous JURSA body which has completed its tenure in December last, Mr Kishore said that they could not hold the required number of DR house meetings during their tenure. He added that in total violation of the constitution they had supported the agitation against the MBBS/BDS biased list without getting approval from the DR house, thus exploiting the JURSA platform.

The general secretary of the Association, Mr Neeraj Sharma urged the Dean Students Welfare to get back the JURSA office, which has been occupied by the outgoing president ‘illegaly".

Mr Sharma said that majority of the scholars are with them and strong resentment is brewing-up among the scholar community against those, who want to hold jet another elections, which will do nothing but further create tension in the otherwise peaceful JU campus.

Mr Kishore alleged that some of the newly elected DRs and members of the executive committee are getting threats from some unscrupulous elements on behest of outsiders.

It may be recalled that the election process of the new Departmental Representatives (DRs) have also been completed.

KVS conducts Trg programme on pension,
retirement benefits

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, May 14: Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanagthan has decentralised and entrusted disbursement of pension and other Retirement Benefits to Teaching and Non-Teaching employees of Kendriya Vidyalayas to the Regional Offices from June this year.

With a view to ensure disbursement of such benefits of Kendriya Vidyalayas of Jammu Region, Mr S D Sharma, Assistant Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, organised Training Programme on Pension and Retirement Benefits for Principals of all Kendriya Vidyalayas of the region as well as the officials of Regional office of Jammu, in Kendriya Vidyalaya No. I Jammu from May 11, to May 14, in which 16 Principals of different Kendriya Vidyalayas and 05 officials of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, participated.

Mr B D Sharma, Principal Kendriya Vidyalaya No. I, Akhnoor was the course Director, while Messrs V K Sharma, Principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Miransahib and S P Puri, Principal, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kaluchak asnd S D Sharma, Supdt. of KVS Jammu participated as Resource Persons.

Healthy and practical interaction of all the participants during the training took place and all were fully trained for the given assignment. The Chief Guest Mr S D Sharma, Assistant Commissioner, KVS Jammu Region blessed all the participants in the valedictory function and stressed upon the need to ensure disbursement to all KVs retiring employees their due benefits on the day of retirement without any delay.

He appreciated the pains taken by the Training Team to conduct it in an excellent manner and appreciated the efforts by Mr M L Sondhi for all the arrangements in the Vidyalaya for the participants. The function ended with a vote of Thanks by Mr M L Sondhi Principal, Kendriya Vidyalaya No. I Jammu.''

Another Milestone for ZEE education
ZED Career Academy launches BCA, BBA in J&K

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, May 14: ZED Career Academy has launched BCA (Bachelor in Computer Applications) & BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration), three year degree courses from GG University which is recognised by UGC, Govt. of India and all Union States. Both the courses lead to graduation degree directly from the University. These courses are most sought after course after 10+2.

ZED Career Academy is a division of ZEE Education, which is a part of the ever famous & ever growing ZEE TV Network Zee Education is India's pioneering Education Service provides and has led several breakthroughs in learning such as Tele education. Community Learning Centres and the curriculum support for children.

ZED Career Academy is an innovative concept pioneered by ZEF Education to provide guidance training and placement support all under one roof for the first time in India.

The BCA parogramme offered through ZED Career Academy is the most advanced contemporary program of it's kind in India. it takes the career-seeking student through the entire gamut of accumulated knowledge in the area of Computers and their Applications. As a result of the support and nation wide network of ZEE Education, the University has authorized ZED Career Academy to give admission to students in BCA who have not taken Maths as a subject in 10+2.

The BBA programme provides an unsurpassed understanding of the modern Business enterprise in its global context. Students receive instruction in the essential analytical skills and managerial skils necessary to lead in this environment. Students also have the choice of two contemporary specialization electives in it marketing and IT based Accounting. Students opting for specialization can also avail of the Academy's nationwide Placement Assistance programme.

According to Ms Uma Ganesh CEO of ZEE Education. "Our endeavour is to provide high quality education that will be relevant in the work place and to give exposure to technologies such as computers, video CD-ROM and internet with which the students will be working with.''

ZEE Education has launched these two University coarses in more than eighty centres all over India. According to the Director of ZED Career Academy, Mr Suneet, the courses offered at the Centre are latest State of the art courses. The faculty members are regularly trained through ZEE education.'' We take each and every student as our personal responsibility.'' Aspiring Students can personally visit the centre for more information or visit our web site www.cdca.com on the internet.

Vocational Guidance Committee being constituted

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, May 14: A State level vocational guidance committee is being constituted in Jammu and Kashmir to identify job-oriented courses in tune with prevalent market trends, for training youth in industrial training institutes and polytechnic. For this purpose, these institutions are being strengthened and modernised in a phased manner.

This was stated at a meeting of the Apex Committee for over-seeing, monitoring and implementation of self-employment schemes held here today. The Principal Secretary, Planning and Development, Mr J A Khan presided.

The existing self-employment scheme will also be improved by restructuring it.

Modernisation of employment exchanges is being done. Career corners are also being set up in all the employment exchanges in the State to guide the un-employed youth about the job opportunities available to them. District-level mechanism for manpower planning and fore-casting local area skills will also be done.

The meeting was informed that a comprehensive coaching programme has also been organised in a big way for different categories of candidates, at different levels, right from block to the State level to prepare them for various competitive and vocational job opportunities.

In order to provide placement services to the youth of the State in public and private sectors several measures are being taken in co-ordination with employers federations. As many as 300 enginees from the State have been interviewed by the Indian Oil Corporation recently, the results of which would be out very soon. A mega placement event will be organised in Jammu and Kashmir shortly in collaboration with leading business associations like FICCI, CII, PHDCCI.

A website for job seekers and careers is also being prepared to make the youth from the State aware about various job opportunities available in the over-seas job markets. This facility will also be quite useful for the employers to spot right type of candidates from the State suiting their requirements.

The meeting also discussed approach paper prepared on over-seas employment. A sub-committee was constituted to work out a detailed scheme for the purpose.

Modernisation of handlooms and handicrafts is also being done to improve the quality of the products to make these according to the latest trends and tastes.

The Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce, Mr M S Pandit, Principal Secretary, Finance, Mr Ajit Kumar, Commissioner/Secretary, Tourism and Information, Mr Parvez Dewan, Commissioner/Secretary, Higher Education, Mr S S Kapur, Commissioner/Secretary, Housing and urban Development, Mr Pankaj Jain, Commissioner/Secretary, General Administration, Mr A Parray, Commissioner/Secretary, Science and Technology, Mr G D Wadhwa and Director, Employment and Information, Mr Sudhanshu Pandey attended the meeting.

Shah inaugurates 17th meeting of ICAR Regional Panel

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, May 14: The Works Minister, Mr Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Shah inaugurated 17th meeting of the Indian Council for Agriculture Research (I.C.A.R.) Regional Committee No. 1 at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Complex, Srinagar today. The meeting was held here after a gap of 11 years due to abnormal situation in the Jammu and Kashmir State. The last meeting held at Srinagar was in 1988. The 16th meeting of ICAR was held in Dehradun on June 13—14, 1997.

The Minister of Agriculture J&K, Mr Nissar Ahmed Khan, the Minister of Sheep and Animal Husbandry J&K, Mr S S Slathia, the Minister of Agriculture, Himachal Pradesh, Mr Vidya Sagar Chaudhary, Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Himachal Pradesh, Mr Parakash Chaudhary, the Director General, ICAR, Dr R S Paroda, Vice-Chancellor, SKUAST, Prof M Y Kamal, Financial Commissioner, Agriculture Production and Rural Development, Mr I S Malhi, Mr J S Sambra, Member Secretary, ICAR, Regional Committee No. 1 and Member Parliament, Mr Ranbir Singh, a parliamentarian were also present in the meeting.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Shah stress the need to devise appropriate mix of approaches and strategies for sustainable agricultural development with emphasis on ecological restoration, bio-preservation and socio-economic upliftment of the hill region. He said the Jammu and Kashmir State has a wide diversity of climate from tropical to cold desert which has bestowed an opportunity for attaining higher productivity levels in agriculture, horticulture and other agro-based programmes like mushroom, honey, zeera, olive, saffron, sericulture, animal husbandry including world famous pashmina wool and fisheries which attracts trout angles from world over.

Mr Shah said despite four fold increase in the overall foodgrain production since 1950, productivity level of rice, wheat and maize are still low as compared to our neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana. he said there is a large gap between what is being produced and what can be produced in the Jammu and Kashmir State and this is a real challenge to the scientists who should endeavour in developing appropriate technologies to maximize and diversify agriculture production in the State on sustainable basis. To bridge this gap, agriculture extension programmes needed to be strengthened, he added.

The Agriculture Minister, Mr Nisar Ahmed Khan, the Minister for Sheep and Animal Husbandry, Mr S S Slathia also addressed the meeting and identified areas for attention of the researches and research organisations for boosting agriculture productivity in the State. Mr Slathia urged for research in selective genetic importance of live stock, development and extension of less expensive and faster diagnostic techniques and creative treatment for quality fodder production.

Mr. Nissar Ahmed Khan requested the ICAR authorities to provide assistance of Rs. 4.50 crores to the SKUAST to make up for the losses suffered by it during turbulence. He urged the need for planned research and development to boost agriculture productivity in the State. The Agriculture Minister of Himachal Pradesh also highlighted various problems areas in his State regarding agriculture.

The Director General of the ICAR in his introductory remarks dwelt in length on the emerging issue of agriculture for meeting the challenges of food security conservation of resources and poverty alleviation. He called upon the scientific community and development agencies for harmonising their relative strengths for meeting challenges of the national and international policy changes and emerging demands of the society. He emphasised on analysing linkages between low lands as well as high lands in the research and development endeavours. He highlighted the importance of post harvest technology, human resource development, bio-diversity for increasing agricultural prodcutivity and said ICAR was ready to afford every possible support to the SKUAST to setup Home Science College for women participation in agriculture and strengthening of Veterinary College at Jammu. He announced that the Planning Commission has agreed to provide support for Agriculture University in Jammu region during the 9th Plan period.

The Vice Chancellor SKUAST, Dr M Y Kamal in his welcome address emphasised the need for eco-restoration, bio-preservation and taking measures for easing ever increasing human and live stock pressures in western Himalayas and indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources which has shown their repercussions in the form of recent array of tremors in Himalayas, gradual change in climatic behaviour and in-reversible loss of hill eco system . He enumerated some of the areas of concern in the field of agriculture particularly with reference to the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Works Minister, latter released some latest publications of the SKUAST.

SAHYOG fulfils distant dream of orphan girls

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, May 14: Hundreds of the noble souls from nearby areas converged on the spot to shower their blessings and to wipe out the tears of the orphan and poor daughters on the auspicious occasion of their marriages being solemnized by a reputed, philanthropic social organisation "SAHYOG.''

As per the "SAHYOG'' communique in continuation to its efforts to alleviate the sufferings of poor widows, orphan, handicapped and needy and to check the menace of dowry from the society "SAHYOG'' in a very impressive informal function, solemnized marriages of 13 orphan as well as poorest daughters for whom it was in fact a distant dream to bid adieu to the dark days and to bid good-bye to the parental houses with honour and respect in their prime youth in the prevailing conditions, but with the grace of "SAHYOG'' whose acronym is "Serving All Humanity Yearningly Over Globe,'' fulfill their distant dreams by solemnizing their marriages with these 13 marriages till this day about 134 marriages of the orphan daughters have been solemnized under the banner of "SAHYOG'' irrespective of caste, creed, religion and region.

While taking customary "saat phere'' tears were rolling down from their eyes and there was an element of gratitude in the eyes of widowed mothers and the people gathered on the venue. The lucky couples who tied the nuptial knot with blessings of noble souls and well wishing of SAHYOG are Rajni with Manoj, Babli with Sohan, Anita with Romesh, Sharda with Sudesh Kumar, Shashi with Subash, Sonu with Jang Bhadur, Sudesh with Budshan, Mohini with Bal Krishan, Veena with Hira Lal, Baby with Tarsem, Lajya with Shanker, Rita with Subash and Pummy with Mohinder.

Those who blessed and despatched blessings are Bab Mangal Das Ji Maharaj, Sri Sri Swami Sadhanand Ji Maharaja from Siliguri, Deedi Nirmala Deshpandey-Chairperson ABRS-New Delhi, Mr P A Sangma former Speaker Lok Sabha , Mr M S Pandit IAS, Addl. Chief Secretary J&K State, Mr S K Mishra IPS, Dr Vaid IPS, Mrs and S Harjinder Singh Anand Director J&K Banks and MD Asia Hotels donated and presented sewing machines to all the orphan daughters, Mr Bhawar Puri Chief NABARD, Dr Ashok Jerath, Mr M L Sharma, Mr D D Khajuria, Dr Kamal Saini, Mr S P Verma, S Jaswant Singh, Mrs and Dr O P Bhagat, Mrs and Mr Mahesh Chopra, Mrs and Mr K B Sharma, Mrs and Mr Om Parkash M/s Pritam Adv Agency, Mrs and S Daljeet Singh, Mrs and Mr Satya Pal Saraf, Mrs and S Tarlok Singh Bajwa, Mrs and Mr J Chhaterpal, Mrs and Th. Kashmir Singh Manhas, Mrs and Mr G L Sharma, Mr and Mrs Sikandra Jain, Smt. Aarcha Jain and Mr Sanjay Jain, Capt Bari Singh, Pt. Chuni Lal Sharam, Pt K L Sharma, Mr and Mrs Mulkh Raj Jojra, Ch. Balkarn Singh, Mrs and S Jasvinder Singh, Ch. Jasbir Singh, Ch Yash Pal, Mrs and Mr Guldev Raj Bhagat, Mrs & Mr Prem Sagar, Mrs and Mr Vijay Chopra, Mrs and Mr Ashok Bhagat (Postal Deptt.). The dedicated voluntary those who performed their duties tirelessly are Mr Ajay Kumar S/o Late Sardari Lal Chakroi, Miss Bharti Bhagat D/o Ashok Kumar Chakroi, Mr Vinod Kumar S/o Mr Kartar Singh, Mr Jagdish Raj, Mr Nikoo Ram Chief cook of SAHYOG Mr Tilak and Surinder. Those who prepared the dresses and assisted the orphan daughters to get dressed up are Smt. Veena Jojra, Smt. Santosh Sharma, Smt. Mohinder Jojra, Smt. Ekta Jojra and Miss Shivani Jojra, Mr Mulkh Raj Secretary SAHYOG supervised all affairs.

Dr Ashwini Jojra Founder "SAHYOG'' conveyed sincere thanks to those who assisted for this noble cause directly or indirectly and extends sincere request to all those who are attending this news to inform the "SAHYOG'' organisation regarding such deserving daughters in your respective areas and the c ases must be genuine and highly deserving as "sahyog'' is absolutely an organisation of God fearing people those who know the purpose of human birth and committed to wipe out the tears of helpless and needy without any selfish motive. All are welcomed and can contact on following address:-Founder "SAHYOG'', 3/56 A Daulat Bhawan, R.S. Pura-181 102, Jammu, Res. Ph. 01923-50185, 914-50185. As "SAHYOG'' is a philanthropic organisation which believes in philanthropism and demands nothing except the blessings from honest, sincere and the noble souls to perform the activities undertaken by itself, Dr Jojra added.

Out of syllabus papers alleged

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, May 14: Candidates appearing in the exams of B.A./B.Sc./B Com Part II and III have alleged out of syllabus question papers.

According to candidates, Chemistry A exam of Part II carried a three marks question out of syllabus. Similarly, an eight number question in Physics B Exam of Part III was also out of syllabus.

The candidates have appealed to Jammu University authorities to compensate the candidates for out of syllabus questions.

Killing of professor and his family condemned

Excelsior Correspondent

POONCH, May 14: Teaching community of the entire Poonch district strongly condemned the brutal killings of Prof Mohammed Amin Shah and his family members.

Prof Mussaraf H Shah of Poonch College, in a statement, has condemned this brutal and barbaric act of militants and at the same time prayed to almighty to grant peace to the departed souls and deport them to the abode of peace where they may not to live under the shadow of gun. He further said that the killings of eminent professors has caused a void which shall be hardly filled.

Muzaffar Beg blames State Govt for financial crises

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, May 14: Pradesh Congress Committee, general secretary, Mirza Muzaffar Beg criticised the Chief Minister and his Government for emptying the treasuries and causing artificial financial crunch at the cost of the common man by unproductive expenditure and increase in the menace of the corruption.

In a statement issued here today, Mr Beg said that due to non-payment of Government cheques by the treasuries in district Doda on the pretext of financial crunch almost all development had come to standstill and ongoing works are left half way by the contractors for no fault of theirs. He said no commercial bank is discounting Government treasury cheques as it is bound to "bounce" and returned unpaid.

Congress leader alleged that the ruling party leaders were wasting Government funds on political tours and making false promises with masses without caring to see the ground situation in the far flung and hilly areas of Doda district. He said that due to prolonged drought in the district, peasants and people living under the poverty line are almost at the verge of starvation.

Congress leader urged upon the Governor to intervene into the non-functioning of the State Govt and initiate appropriate measures for mitigating the miseries of the masses in Doda.

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