Rotarians salute frontline health workers in PGIMER

Press Release Rotary Club Chandigarh

Rotarians honour frontline health workers  

500kg of Sweets Distributed by Rotary Club Chandigarh

 

Chandigarh, December 29: 

Rotary Club of Chandigarh handed over 450 boxes of sweets to PGIMER Director Dr Jagat Ram here today.

 

The words cannot express the gratitude that we owe to doctors, nurses, paramedic staff fighting the

pandemic to save human lives, said President Sukhjit Singh Gill of Rotary Club of Chandigarh, handing over the gifts of gratitude to the frontline heroes who are healing the suffering humanity against Covid19.

 

Fifty boxes of sweets would be handed over to the doctors, nurses and paramedics in General Hospital Sector 16 too, he informed.

 

Dr Jagat Ram, Director, along with Dr Meenu Singh from Paediatrics department received the gifts from Rotary Club of Chandigarh represented by President Sukhjit Singh Gill, President Elect Jaspal Singh Sidhu, and Rtn Lalita Grover.

 

Dr Jagat Ram, Director PGIMER thanked the Rotarians especially past Rotary International President Rajendra K Saboo for his leadership assisted by senior Rotarians like past district governor Kawal Bedi who helped raise funds for the cause.

 

The Club had earlier paid tribute to the great congribution that the army, police, and other frontline heroes are making to protect the country and save human lives by sending the greetings and gratitude of the society towards them through boxes of sweets, including 4000kgs for army, 2000kgs for the police personnel, and now another 400kg for the medical fraternity engaged in fight against Covid19.

 

CAPTIONS:

1.     Dr Jagat Ram, Director PGIMER along with Dr Meenu Singh receiving the boxes for Frontline Heroes from Rotary Club Chandigarh

 

2.     The team of PGI Doctors along with Director PGIMER and Rotary Club Chandigarh Members

                       

 

 

Unique Rehabilitation and Reskilling for Specially-abled Afoot

Global PwDs to participate in Global Ability Summit on Saturday

 

Global Ability Summit initiated and designed by The CLAW (Conquer Land, Air & Water) under the Operation Blue Freedom shall go underway on Saturday on virtual platform in order to bring together experts from across the globe to find solution to the challenges of disability. 

Major. Vivek Jacob, Founder of CLAW and a Special Forces Veteran, said “This global initiative has set out to shatter the inaccurate perception of pity, charity and inability associated with persons with disabilities and replace that with power, ability and freedom. 

PwD icons participating in the Summit include Double Para Olympic Gold medalist Danielle Brown from UK, Founder of Poseidon Handicapped SCUBA Adventures, Mark Rausch from US, double amputee mountaineer Chitrasen Sahu, spinal cord injury survivor and now ultra-marathon runner Pranab Roy, amongst many other specialized achievers. 

The Summit shall help develop a Human Ability Matrix to aggregate research, rehabilitation and re-skilling which would form the backbone to creating a robust ecosystem engaging experts from diverse domains to find a sustainable solution and developing cutting-edge rehabilitative protocols to integrate people with disabilities with the society's mainstream. 

The Human Ability Ecosystem. An ‘on-ground’ state-of-the-art research, rehabilitation and re-skilling ecosystem, connected to the ‘Global Ability Matrix’ designed to facilitate a seamless re-integration of PwDs by effectively harnessing their immense creative potential and channelizing it into the global production process. 

Several ex-Indian special forces commandos have joined the Operation Blue Freedom, conceived and spearheaded by a veteran of elite 9 Para (Special Forces), Major Vivek Jacob, having multiple skills not just in combat but also in skydiving, scuba diving, mountaineering, and all-terrain survival expertise who are sharing it with PwDs to conquer their physical disabilities with mental prowess. 

The virtual Global Summit meeting can be joined through the following link: 

https://zoom.us/j/91247968088?pwd=d2E1RjlXR2twc0lYdlgwbStXNHNBQT09

Meeting ID: 912 4796 8088   Passcode: 902962

For further information:
Major. Arun Prakash Ambathy (Veteran)
M: 9500183706

PRCI Chandigarh inks MoU with Shoolini University

Prof P.K.Khosla, Chancellor, Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, (second from right) with Registrar Dr Sunil Puri on his right. Mr Vipin Pubby, Director External Communication, and Dr J M Julka, Director Planning of Shoolini University on left.  

Young Communicators Club also chartered at Shoolini University 

Chandigarh Chapter of Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) signed an MoU with Shoolini University, Solan, HP through a virtual meeting to strengthen the industry-academia partnership today.

The MoU was signed by the Chairman of the Chandigarh Chapter of PRCI Vivek Atray, and Dr Sunil Puri, Registrar of the Shoolini University.

Speaking on the occasion Dr P.K. Khosla, Chancellor of the University congratulated the PRCI for taking up the initiative which would help the faculty and the students in further improving their communication skills to make their lives more useful for the society.

Dr Khosla said that the partnership shall support the University’s efforts to make it into a centre of excellence, inculcate the values of rich Indian ethos in the students, and make them ambassadors of goodwill to spread the message across the globe in whatever they do.

On this occasion a Young Communicators Club was also chartered at the University to empower students to network with the professionals, explore newer research and internship opportunities, and become better human beings, said Vivek Atray, an ex-IAS, motivational speaker and author.

This is the first YCC that has been established in the northern region and the chapter would enter into similar arrangement with other universities here, Vivek Atray added.

The PRCI chief mentor and chairman emeritus, M.B. Jayaram shared the growing footprint of the professional body in the country with 38 chapters and presence abroad, especially Dubai, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, etc.

National President of PRCI, Dr T Vinaykumar said that PRCI is publishing various journals and case studies to help the PR practitioners in the country grow, and that YCC is preparing the youth for the leadership positions through such partnerships of PRCI with educational institutions.

National Head of YCC Ms Chinmaye Pravin, PRCI secretary general U S Kutty, Senior Vice President of PRCI C J Singh, North Zonal Head Renuka Salwan, amongst other attended the meet.

Remembering Dr F C Kohli father of Indian IT Industry

Society for Promotion of Science & Technology in India (SPSTI) in association with the Chandigarh Chapter of NASI (National Academy of Sciences India), Technology Enabling Centre (TEC), University Institute of Engineering & Technology and Panjab University Alumni Association Chandigarh organised an online memorial meeting in honour of the Father of Indian IT Industry, Padma Bhushan Dr. F.C. Kohli, Founder and first C.E.O. of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), who left for his heavenly abode on November 26, 2020. 

The web assembly took place on December 6, 2020 at 11:00 AM to pay tribute to this preeminent alumnus of the University of Punjab, Lahore (a precursor of Panjab University, Chandigarh).

The meeting was steered by Prof. Keya Dharmvir, General Secretary of SPSTI. Prof. Arun K. Grover, former Vice Chancellor of Panjab University spoke on the background of the memorial meeting, highlighting Dr. Kohli’s association with Tata Consultancy Service and TIFR (Tata Instt. Of Fundamental Res., Mumbai) and his work with Prof. Yash Pal, Prof. Narasimhan, Prof. M. K. G. Menon, 

Dr. Mathai Joseph and Dr Kehav Nori. Prof. Rajesh Kochhar, an eminent historian of Science, presented a brief profile of Dr Kohli including his personal and professional life. There were messages from Prof. Raj Kumar, VC, PU and Prof. Kesav V. Nori, IIIT Hyderabad, who was earlier a senior functionary at TCS, highlighting his role as a great mentor and visionary.

Shri Som Mittal, former Chairman NASSCOM, paid his tribute stating him being an engineer at heart and being a great student as well as a great teacher throughout his life. 

Dr. Ananth Krishnan who is Chief Technology Officer at TCS read the official statement on the great loss and said greatest tribute to him will be if we can live up to his vision for the growth of nation. 

Shri Rajiv Vaishnav shared how his every meeting with Dr. Kohli was focussed on what better NASSCOM can do to, showing his passion for nation. 

There was also a message from Prof. Shri S. K. Munjal from Hero Enterprises indicating both computer and software industry would not have been possible without Mr Kohli’s interventions. 

Dr. Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE, shared his personal experiences and the supportive role played by Dr. Kohli. Prof. Manoj Arora, former Director, PEC shared his vision that science curriculum including mathematics should be revised every year. 

Prof. Sarit K. Das, Director IIT, Ropar also shared how passionate Dr. Kohli was with the development of nation and stated his words “India has no damn business to remain poor”. 

Prof. Dheeraj Sanghi, Director, PEC, Dr. Manu Sharma, UIET, Prof. Renu Wig, former Director, UIET, Prof. R. K. Kohli, Secretary, Chandigarh chapter of NASI, Prof. Deepti Gupta, Dean Alumni Relations, Panjab University, Mr. Akhil from MP and Prof. G. S. Kainth, ex Faculty, IIT Kanpur, also paid their tribute by sharing their experiences. 

The meeting was also attended by Prof. R. P. Bambah, former VC, Panjab University and a contemporary of Dr. F. C. Kohli in Lahore, with more than 200 participants on zoom and about 222 on facebook page of SPSTI. 

The meeting ended with vote of thanks by Shri Dharam Vir, IAS (Retd.) & President SPSTI, to all the present for the memorial meeting remembering Dr. Kohli as a legend who not only had passion for developing technology in country but also had similar love for academics.

Dharam Vir, IAS (Retd.)

Formerly Chief Secretary and State Election Commissioner, Haryana

President
Society for Promotion of Science & Technology in India

#229, Sector-4, MDC

Panchkula-134114, Haryana, India

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Hotel Restaurant Association Joins Farmers' Protest

PRESS RELEASE ENGLISH & HINDI
City Hotel and Restaurant Association Backs Farmers' Protest

The Hotel and Restaurant Association of Chandigarh (HRAC) today expressed its solidarity with the farmers of the country.

The president of the association Arvinder Pal Singh said that the hospitality industry works in close coordination with farmers and can understand their concerns.

The chairman of the Association Man Mohan Singh Kohli said that their industry has suffered at the hands of corporate aggregators such as OYO and ZOMATO and the likes and therefore can very well understand what's in store  for the farmers and in turn with the food pricing system of the country in times to come.

He added that they have tremendous belief in capability of the country's Prime Minister Sh Narender Modi and are confident that he will be able to solve this logjam amicably.



For more details,
Manmohan Singh Kohli
M: 9814004840

Photo Caption: HRAC rally outside Hotel Aroma in Sector 22


शहर के  होटल एंड रेस्तरां एसोसिएशन ने किया किसानों का समर्थन  

होटल एंड रेस्टोरेंट एसोसिएशन ऑफ चंडीगढ़ (HRAC) ने आज देश के किसानों के साथ अपनी एकजुटता व्यक्त की।

एसोसिएशन के अध्यक्ष अरविंदर पाल सिंह ने कहा कि आतिथ्य उद्योग किसानों के साथ निकट समन्वय में काम करता है और उनकी चिंताओं को समझ सकता है।

एसोसिएशन के चेयरमैन मन मोहन सिंह कोहली ने कहा कि होटल व् रेस्टोरेंट उद्योग को OYO और ZOMATO जैसे कॉर्पोरेट एग्रीगेटर्स के हाथों काफी परेशानिओं को झेलना पड़ा है और इसलिए बहुत अच्छी तरह से समझ सकते हैं कि किसानों के लिए  खाद्य मूल्य निर्धारण प्रणाली के साथ आने वाले समय में किस प्रकार की समस्याओं को झेलना पड़ सकता है.

उन्होंने कहा कि उन्हें देश के प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेंद्र मोदी की क्षमता पर बहुत विश्वास है कि वह इस समस्या  को सौहार्दपूर्ण ढंग से समाधान  कर पाएंगे।

अधिक जानकारी के लिए,
मनमोहन सिंह कोहली
एम: 9814004840

फोटो कैप्शन: सेक्टर 22 में होटल अरोमा के बाहर  रैली

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Trail-Runner Pranab Roy seltcted as Ambassador of Team CLAW

Press Release 

Pranab Roy selected as Ambassador of Team CLAW for India

Chandigarh-based trail-runner Pranab Roy has been handpicked by the Team CLAW and selected to be an Ambassador for Operation Blue Freedom mission to turn people with disabilities (PwD) into high achievers. 

Pranab Roy, a Guinneese world record holder and the first Indian to complete the 140kms run in Asian Trail Master in 2018 in Malang, Indonesia, who met with a road accident later in 2019, rendering him paralysed waste down due to spinal injury, but through his own self-belief, determination and hardwork, that he not only started walking but resumed running. 

They are the real heroes, said Mr Vivek Jacob, the founder of Team CLAW (Conquer Land, Air, Water) to transform them into people with substance and role models for everyone, and shatter the common perception of pity, charity and inability associated with 'disability' and recreate it to one of dignity, ability and freedom.

The Team CLAW under its Operation Blue Freedom, has signed an MoU with Maldivian Integrated Tourism Council (MITDC) to conduct a world championship to create triple records on land, water and air by preparing largest teams of PwDs to participate in scuba diving in Maldives in March 2021, freefall sky diving in Dubai in June, and a trek to the highest battlefield in the world, the Siachen glacier in India. .

Nearly 50 PwDs from across the globe are training at Puducherry and later in Lakshwadeep with Pranab Roy as one of the participants, comprising training in Sky Diving, Scuba Diving and Mountaineering by the former Special Forces instructors and civilian volunteers.

The MoU with MITDC also covers long term collaboration between CLAW Global and MITDC to create cutting edge rehabilitation ecosystems for people with disabilities not only from Maldives but from India and other parts of the world.