France confers National Order of Merit on Mac Sarin

Ambassador of France advices people of Chandigarh to preserve its rich heritage

Chandigarh, April 23: The Government of France has conferred the second highest  award on the city’s senior Advocate of Punjab & Haryana Higha Court, and President of Alliance Française, M.L. (Mac) Sarin.

The Ambassador of France in India, Mr. Francois Richier, presented the Chevalier de l'ordre National du 'Merite on behalf of the President of France at a function held at Alliance Française here today.


This is the second highest award in France, which has been conferred on Mac Sarin for his exceptional contribution to the promotion of Indo-French relationship, and his continued dedication and pioneering service to strengthening Alliance Francaise in the city.

Speaking on the occasion Mr Francois Richier said that Chandigarh has a rich heritage and one of the smartest cities in the country, which must now have community participation in preserving its rich heritage including its buildings, designs, furnishings and furniture that are housed in those grand architectural beauties so that the true spirit of the city gets protected.

He said he was proud that France is actively engaged with the city to make it more 'smarter' , and is already working on another project with the Indian Railways to setup rail link between Chandigarh and Delhi that could reduce the travel time to mere one-and-a-half hour.

Some of the famous personalities who have earlier been conferred this award include President Charles DeGaulle, President Francois Mitterrand, Marshal Tito of former Yugoslavia, etc.

Mr. Richier commending Mac Sarin as an exceptional personality, who got associated with Alliance Française in 1985 as a student, and recognizing his dedication and goodwill he was inducted into the Executive Committee of Alliance Française.

He rose to become the President of Alliance which he has served efficiently for the last over 25 years now.

Earlier also he has received the award of Chevalier des Palm Acadamique in 1999 from the then Ambassador of France, Mon. Claude Blanche Maison. The Ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of Academic Palms) is a national order of France for distinguished academics and figures in the world of culture and education.

Mac Sarin has been former Advocate General of Punjab & Haryana High Court, and is known for his philanthropy and contribution to voluntary blood donation movement in the city.

the who's-who of the city were present including the Canada's Deputy High Commissioner Christopher Gibbins, wife of British Deputy High Commissioner, judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, and numerous other dignitaries. 

Chandigarh to host Chandigarh Open Tennis ATP Challenger in October

A high-level team of world-class tennis tournament organizers visited Chandigarh to inspect the facilities and arrangements for the Chandigarh Open ATP Challenger Tour 2016. 
Fabricio Valdivieso from Ecuador, who would be the tournament director along with Tournament Manager Javier Sansierra, and Luis O’Cleiry of Spain, went around the tennis stadium facilities for the ATP Challenger.
The CLTA shall be hosting the Chandigarh Open ATP Challenger 2016 in October-November which carries a prize money of US$ 50,000 plus hospitality, equal to $75,000, informed Fabricio.

Fabricio was all praise for the world-class facilities and well-maintained tennis courts at CLTA and looked forward to healthy partnership for this international event.

To be telecast by national and international tv channels, the Chandigarh Open ATP Challenger would greatly enhance the tennis lovers interest in the city besides tourists, across the globe, he said.
The visiting organising team from Spain and Ecuador, along with the CLTA's advisor Dr. V Paes (father of  later met with the officials of CLTA and interacted with some of the prospective sponsors in the city.

The ATP World Tour’s global TV audience has soared in recent years and is projected to exceed 900 million viewers globally in 2015 (www.ATPWorldTour.com)
Matches will be made available to ATP Media’s global broadcast right holders and will also be shown on its official live streaming service TennisTV.
The ATP is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits - the ATP World Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour.
With 62 tournaments in 31 countries, the ATP World Tour showcases the finest male athletes competing in the world’s most exciting venues.
From Australia to Europe and the Americas to Asia, the stars of the 2016 ATP World Tour will battle for prestigious titles and Emirates ATP Rankings points at ATP World Tour Masters 1000, 500 and 250 events, as well as Grand Slams (non ATP events).
At the end of the season only the world’s top 8 qualified singles players and doubles teams will qualify to compete for the last title of the season at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

Madrid Tennis Foundation renews protocol with CLTA

Spain’s Madrid Tennis Federation MoU with CLTA renewed for three years.

With the success of the mutual agreement that Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) signed with its Spanish counterpart, Madrid Tennis Foundation (MTF) in 2013, a fresh protocol was signed here today, extending the arrangement for another three years (from 2016 to 2019). 
The renewed protocol signed by Miguel Diaz Roman, President of Madrid Tennis Federation was handed over to Rajan Kashyap, Patron-in-Chief of CLTA and Chairman of Chandigarh Academy of Rural Tennis (CHART), for his signatures by MTF representative Javier Sansierra at CLTA tennis stadium here today.
With this protocol the CLTA shall continue to receive the world’s top tennis coaches to the city to upgrade the training of tennis players here, and the best performing players from the CLTA would continue to visit Madrid, Spain, annually for advanced coaching, informed Rajan Kashyap.
 CLTA’s endeavours to pick up the talent from rural areas and training these students in the world-class facilities, with opportunity to learn from the world-class coaches have helped the high performers at CLTA tremendously. The young boys and girls selected from remote villages in Punjab and Haryana are showing spectacular results in tournaments in India in their respective age groups.
Jai Singh Gill, President, CLTA informed that under the last agreement (during the period 2103-16)  6 to 10 tennis players accompanied with a coach had visited Madrid three times in the period 2013-16, while four of the world-class coaches came to the city for training the locals.
On behalf of Madrid Tennis Foundation Javier Sansierra expressed complete satisfaction with the progress demonstrated by the young potential tennis champions in tournaments played by them in Madrid, Spain. He announced that on April 24, he himself, along with a group of 8 trainees (six boys and two girls) and  Romen Singh, Chief Coach CLTA would be travelling to Spain for a 3 week attachment in Madrid.
Later during the year, around November, 2016 MTF would be sending one of the best coaches from Spain to work with the trainees at CLTA for a period of two weeks.
On hand at the signing of the MOU were Birbal Wadhera and Robin Kumar Dhingra,  two distinguished champions from  the first batch of CHART enlisted in the year 1988. These alumni are role models for the new crop of players

About CLTA
CLTA has one of the best tennis stadiums in the country, having 10 hard courts, 2 red clay courts, four mini-courts (for 4-8 year olds), two wall practice areas, fully-equipped multi-gym, common rooms, commentators box, and well-appointed guest rooms and players hostel facilities, both for boys and girls.  Of the 450 young players receiving specialized training at the CLTA Stadium, 30 boys and girls are CLTA’s adopted children, and  a part of the residential Chandigarh Academy for Rural Tennis (CHART), which is CLTA’s flagship project. 

www.clta.org

Anovus signs MoUs for specialized studies in Canada and New Zealand

Anovus Institute of Clinical Resarch, a regional centre of Punjab Technical University, has signed memorandum of understanding with two leading institutes of New Zealand and Canada.

Anovus which conducts Diploma and Masters in Clinical Research programmes, would enable students to earn credit for further studies and specialization in New Zealand or Canada.

According to Anovus Director, Dr. Dharinder Tayal, the students of Anovus can now apply for Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Research, Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance at Academy of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences (AAPS) Inc., Ontario, Canada.

At the same time, the second collaboration with the Waiariki Institute of Technology, New Zealand, offers students to obtain masters in applied professional studies with specialization in infection, prevention and control, or a programme on vulnerable peoples.

AAPS and Waiariki have recognized the courseware and methodology of Anovus after due diligence and has agreed to provide cross-credits for further advanced studies in their respective countries with considerable financial savings to students in terms of tuition fee and opportunity to potentially work and settle there.

Anovous Institute of Clinical Research, founded in 2009, is regional centre of Punjab Technical University for diploma and M.Sc. programmes in clinical research, and IPR is integral part of the studies. 

For further information:  Dr. Dharinder Tayal, Director, Anovus Institute of Clinical Research, Chandigarh, 9814000720, 0172 2726730

www.anovus.net

Haryana Minister Kavita Jain inaugurates Ritu Chaudhary's Hearing & Speech Clinic

Smt Kavita Jain, Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, Women and Child Development, Urban Local Bodies, Government of Haryana, inaugurated a Hearing & Speech Clinic of Ritu Chaudhary in Mansa Devi Complex here today.
She launched a public service campaign of Ritu Chaudhary to create awareness amongst parents of young children to help them diagnose any problem like down syndrome, hearing impairement, cerebral palsy, learning disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), etc.
Smt. Kavita Jain appealed to parents that early intervention to detect any deformity or disability can help them take therapeutic and remedial interventions well in time.
She said that the Government of Haryana is making special efforts to address the issues of child-mother health, and that of the differently-abled.
The Haryana Government, she informed, was going to organise a job fair for the disabled on 16th of April at Panchkula, where the disability of those attending would also be examined, and appropriate counselling would be done to skill them and suggest suitable job opportunities for them.  Depending on its success, such job fairs for differently-abled would be organised in other parts of Haryana too, she added.

Ritu Chaudhry informed that symptoms of such serious life-long disabilities, normally can be detected quite early by examination of child’s social and cognitive behaviour, and ability to respond to the environment, for which her clinic is completely equipped.
Ritu Chaudhary is a professionally trained audiologist and speech pathologist from PGIMER, having 20 years of experience in audiology, speech and hearing diagnostics, etc.  She is trained in auditory verbal therapy in rehabilitation programme for cochlear implant patients.
The clinic has a team of audiologists, speech language therapists, occupational therapists, psychologists and special educators who work with parents to rehabilitate the children with any disability and provide customised therapy.
Ritu Chaudhary said that the Centre also provides specialised care for patients with learning disabilities, stuttering, cleft lip and palate, voice disorders, or swallowing disorder or even loss of speech after head injury.
Ritu Chaudhary, as a Rotarian and chairperson of the Gift of Hearing project of Rotary Club Chandigarh, had been engaged in rendering free services in slums and Government schools for identifying children with hearing and speech disabilities.

Ritu Chaudhary, Senior Audiologist & Speech Pathologist (Ex-PGI)
SCO 98, Swastik Vihar, Mansa Devi Complex, Panchkula
M: 98557 51135, 0172-5009345