Indian Oil to gift hi-tech stitching machines worth Rs.13.6 lakh to empower women

Mohali, 29 December:  Punjab State Office of Indian Oil Corporation shall be providing high-tech 23  stitching machines integrated with laptops for digital designing worth Rs.13.6 Lakh to Sukh Amrit Society in Kharar. 

A memorandum of understanding was signed here today by Indian Oil's Arif Akhtar, General Manager (HR-CSR), and Jaswinder Kaur, of Sukh Amrit Society. along with senior officers of the Punjab State office of Indian Oil. 

The support for the equipment was recommended by DC, SAS Nagar. ED &SH, PSO Sh. Jitendra Kumar. 

Sukh Amrit Society in Friends Enclave at Kharar is an empaneled Training Partner of the Punjab Skill Development Mission and registered with Punjab Small Scale Industries and Export Corporation and works under the aegis of NITI Aayog, affiliated by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development – National Institute of Open Schooling of the Government of India. 

The Society has the necessary expertise and experience to train the destitute and unemployed women in the area to train them in graphic designing on the accompanying laptops and stitch the latest apparel, and help them sell in the marketplace to become financially independent. 

CAPTION: 1. Mrs Jaswinder Kaur of Sukh Amrit Society and Indian Oil's GM Arif Akhtar, exchanging the MoU after signing. 
2. Members of Indian Oil and Sukh Amrit Society after signing the MoU. 

ਪ੍ਰੈਸ ਰਿਲੀਜ਼ 
ਇੰਡਿਯਨ ਆਇਲ ਨੇ ਔਰਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਸ਼ਕਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ 13.6 ਲੱਖ ਰੁਪਏ ਦੀਆਂ ਹਾਈ-ਟੈਕ ਸਿਲਾਈ ਮਸ਼ੀਨਾਂ ਦੀ ਪੇਸ਼ਕਸ਼

ਮੋਹਾਲੀ, 29 ਦਸੰਬਰ: ਇੰਡੀਅਨ ਆਇਲ ਕਾਰਪੋਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਦੇ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਰਾਜ ਦਫ਼ਤਰ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਖਰੜ ਸਥਿਤ ਸੁਖ ਅਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸੋਸਾਇਟੀ ਨੂੰ 13.6 ਲੱਖ ਰੁਪਏ ਦੀ ਕੀਮਤ ਦੇ ਡਿਜੀਟਲ ਡਿਜ਼ਾਈਨਿੰਗ ਲਈ ਲੈਪਟਾਪਾਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਏਕੀਕ੍ਰਿਤ ਹਾਈ-ਟੈਕ 23 ਸਿਲਾਈ ਮਸ਼ੀਨਾਂ ਮੁਹੱਈਆ ਕਰਵਾਈਆਂ ਜਾਣਗੀਆਂ। ਅੱਜ ਇੱਥੇ ਇੰਡੀਅਨ ਆਇਲ ਦੇ ਆਰਿਫ਼ ਅਖ਼ਤਰ, ਜਨਰਲ ਮੈਨੇਜਰ (ਐਚਆਰ-ਸੀਐਸਆਰ) ਅਤੇ ਸੁਖ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸੁਸਾਇਟੀ ਦੀ ਜਸਵਿੰਦਰ ਕੌਰ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਇੱਕ ਸਮਝੌਤਾ ਪੱਤਰ 'ਤੇ ਹਸਤਾਖਰ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ। ਇੰਡੀਅਨ ਆਇਲ ਦੇ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਰਾਜ ਦਫਤਰ ਦੇ ਸੀਨੀਅਰ ਅਧਿਕਾਰੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ। ਉਪਕਰਨਾਂ ਲਈ ਸਹਿਯੋਗ ਦੀ ਸਿਫ਼ਾਰਿਸ਼ ਡੀ.ਸੀ., ਐਸ.ਏ.ਐਸ.ਨਗਰ ਨੇ ਕੀਤੀ। ED &SH, PSO ਸ਼. ਜਤਿੰਦਰ ਕੁਮਾਰ
ਖਰੜ ਵਿਖੇ ਫਰੈਂਡਜ਼ ਐਨਕਲੇਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੁਖ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸੁਸਾਇਟੀ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਹੁਨਰ ਵਿਕਾਸ ਮਿਸ਼ਨ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਸੂਚੀਬੱਧ ਸਿਖਲਾਈ ਪਾਰਟਨਰ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਸਮਾਲ ਸਕੇਲ ਇੰਡਸਟਰੀਜ਼ ਐਂਡ ਐਕਸਪੋਰਟ ਕਾਰਪੋਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਨਾਲ ਰਜਿਸਟਰਡ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਮਨੁੱਖੀ ਸਰੋਤ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਕਾਸ ਮੰਤਰਾਲੇ - ਨੈਸ਼ਨਲ ਇੰਸਟੀਚਿਊਟ ਆਫ਼ ਓਪਨ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਮਾਨਤਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਨੀਤੀ ਆਯੋਗ ਦੀ ਸਰਪ੍ਰਸਤੀ ਹੇਠ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੈ। ਭਾਰਤ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੀ ਸਕੂਲਿੰਗ ਸੁਸਾਇਟੀ ਕੋਲ ਖੇਤਰ ਦੀਆਂ ਬੇਸਹਾਰਾ ਅਤੇ ਬੇਰੁਜ਼ਗਾਰ ਔਰਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਨਾਲ ਲੈਪਟਾਪਾਂ 'ਤੇ ਗ੍ਰਾਫਿਕ ਡਿਜ਼ਾਈਨਿੰਗ ਦੀ ਸਿਖਲਾਈ ਦੇਣ ਅਤੇ ਨਵੀਨਤਮ ਕੱਪੜੇ ਸਿਲਾਈ ਕਰਨ ਅਤੇ ਵਿੱਤੀ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਸੁਤੰਤਰ ਬਣਨ ਲਈ ਬਾਜ਼ਾਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੇਚਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਲੋੜੀਂਦੀ ਮੁਹਾਰਤ ਅਤੇ ਅਨੁਭਵ ਹੈ।

प्रेस विज्ञप्ति
इंडियन ऑयल महिलाओं को सशक्त बनाने के लिए 13.6 लाख रुपये की हाई-टेक सिलाई मशीन उपहार में देगी

मोहाली, 29 दिसंबर: इंडियन ऑयल कॉरपोरेशन का पंजाब राज्य कार्यालय खरड़ में सुख अमृत सोसायटी को 13.6 लाख रुपये की डिजिटल डिजाइनिंग के लिए लैपटॉप के साथ एकीकृत हाई-टेक 23 सिलाई मशीनें प्रदान करेगा। इंडियन ऑयल के आरिफ अख्तर, महाप्रबंधक (एचआर-सीएसआर) और सुख अमृत सोसाइटी की जसविंदर कौर ने आज यहां एक समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर किए। इंडियन ऑयल के पंजाब राज्य कार्यालय के वरिष्ठ अधिकारियों के साथ। डीसी, एसएएस नगर द्वारा उपकरण के लिए समर्थन की सिफारिश की गई थी। ईडी एंड एसएच, पीएसओ श। जितेंद्र कुमार.
खरड़ में फ्रेंड्स एन्क्लेव में सुख अमृत सोसाइटी पंजाब कौशल विकास मिशन का एक सूचीबद्ध प्रशिक्षण भागीदार है और पंजाब लघु उद्योग और निर्यात निगम के साथ पंजीकृत है और नीति आयोग के तत्वावधान में काम करता है, जो मानव संसाधन और विकास मंत्रालय से संबद्ध है - राष्ट्रीय संस्थान भारत सरकार के ओपन स्कूलिंग की। सोसाइटी के पास क्षेत्र में निराश्रित और बेरोजगार महिलाओं को साथ में लैपटॉप पर ग्राफिक डिजाइनिंग में प्रशिक्षित करने और नवीनतम परिधानों की सिलाई करने के लिए आवश्यक विशेषज्ञता और अनुभव है, और आर्थिक रूप से स्वतंत्र होने के लिए उन्हें बाजार में बेचने में मदद करती है।

Beyond Boundaries: The Inspiring Story of Super60 founder

Make children thinkers and not repositories of information, says Abhayanand

Abhayanand, a 1977 batch IPS officer, who retired as DGP Bihar, emerged as a quite, grounded yet firm on his principal's personality, whose book, as the session moderator and Indian Express's resident editor Manraj Grewal described it as a ready-recokoner for the probationers.

Abhayanand's autobiographical book "Unbounded: My Experiments with Law, Physics, Policing and Super 30"  indeed worth a read which demolishes the image of a police officer who could be so firmly entrenched in the values and the legal boundaries provided by our Constitution of India and successfully walked the talk.

Manraj Grewal very adroitly brought to the fore the personal ethos that guided Abhayanand that need to be emulated by the bureaucracy in the country, whose firm belief to only execute the law and not unleash the terror in any form, brought tremendous results in controlling law and order situation in the state.

Abhayanand shared numerous instances where he went into the mobs without any personal arms and could establish strong rapport with the agitated people and come out unscatched with positive results.

He shared the story of the success of Super 30 initiative to provide free education to rural children to prepare them for admissions into IITs, which is now having 35 centres across the country to empower the youth.

On being asked about the non-availability of the bureaucracy to the common man for redressal of their grievances, he lamented the fact saying that as servants of the people we are duty bound to listen to the citizens and respond, which can only build a good rapport with the people that also helps in keeping the law and order situation under control.

To conclude he remarked that our children in schools are being taught to be the repository of information to mug up facts whereas what they need is the ability to have critical thinking that can only help generate interest into learning and take them to greater heights in their careers.

Another session with the legal luminary the Professor Emeritus Dr Balram Gupta,  author of his autobiography "My Journey with Law and Justice", another lawyer Manish Jain in conversation brought to the fore his life's journey from being a law teacher to being the practicing lawyer, Dr Balram Gupta shared numerous interesting anecdotes from the court rooms.

Dr Balram Gupta who had the law students like Mrs Sushma Swaraj,  Dr Kiran Bedi , said that basking in the glory of such successful students make me proud and happy.

When asked about the law and literature, he remarked in his impeccable articulate style that they are not divorced from each other, and one of the biggest literature of our country is the Constitution of India, which is a living literary document and a way of life for the citizens.

Literati concluded with engaging Punjabi session, "Itihaas de Warqean Chon", moderated by Raavi Pandher, Jasvinder Kaur author of "Influences of British Raj on the Attire and Textiles of Punjab":, and Sunaini Guleria Sharma, a mid generation musician and a cultural conservationist, with a sensitive poet of Panjabi, Urdu and Hindi Jatin Salwan.

Though the conversation revolved around the lost heritage, Jatin Salwan pointed out the growing loss of Panjabi language and literature shows the biggest decline of our cultural values. Explaining the title of his recent book of Panjabi poetry, 'Phuri' he remarked that many do not know the meaning of this and many other Panjabi words that reflected the values and culture of our society, which unfortunately is vanishing.

Grand daughter of legendary Surinder Kaur and daughter of Dolly Guleria, Sunaini Guleria Sharma, recalled her return from USA back to India just to immerse herself and contribute to the revival of our lost culture, the music and songs.

Jasvinder Kaur provided an analysis of many lost traditional attires and handicrafts that have been influenced by the British and other cultures over a period of time and there is need to preserve and restore the old glory of Punjab.

 Press Release Literati 2 18dec

Beyond Boundaries: The Inspiring Story of Super60 founder

Make children thinkers and not repository of information, says Abhayanand

Abhayanand, a 1977 batch IPS officer, who retired as DGP Bihar, emerged as a quite, grounded yet firm on his principal's personality, whose book, as the session moderator and Indian Express's resident editor Manraj Grewal described it as a ready-recokoner for the probationers.

Abhayanand's autobiographical book "Unbounded: My Experiments with Law, Physics, Policing and Super 30"  indeed worth a read which demolishes the image of a police officer who could be so firmly entrenched in the values and the legal boundaries provided by our Constitution of India and successfully walked the talk.

Manraj Grewal very adroitly brought to the fore the personal ethos that guided Abhayanand that need to be emulated by the bureaucracy in the country, whose firm belief to only execute the law and not unleash the terror in any form, brought tremendous results in controlling law and order situation in the state.

Abhayanand shared numerous instances where he went into the mobs without any personal arms and could establish strong rapport with the agitated people and come out unscatched with positive results.

He shared the story of the success of Super 30 initiative to provide free education to rural children to prepare them for admissions into IITs, which is now having 35 centres across the country to empower the youth.

On being asked about the non-availability of the bureaucracy to the common man for redressal of their grievances, he lamented the fact saying that as servants of the people we are duty bound to listen to the citizens and respond, which can only build a good rapport with the people that also helps in keeping the law and order situation under control.

To conclude he remarked that our children in schools are being taught to be the repository of information to mug up facts whereas what they need is the ability to have critical thinking that can only help generate interest into learning and take them to greater heights in their careers.

Another session with the legal luminary the Professor Emeritus Dr Balram Gupta,  author of his autobiography "My Journey with Law and Justice", another lawyer Manish Jain in conversation brought to the fore his life's journey from being a law teacher to being the practicing lawyer, Dr Balram Gupta shared numerous interesting anecdotes from the court rooms.

Dr Balram Gupta who had the law students like Mrs Sushma Swaraj,  Dr Kiran Bedi , said that basking in the glory of such successful students make me proud and happy.

When asked about the law and literature, he remarked in his impeccable articulate style that they are not divorced from each other, and one of the biggest literature of our country is the Constitution of India, which is a living literary document and a way of life for the citizens.

Literati concluded with engaging Punjabi session, "Itihaas de Warqean Chon", moderated by Raavi Pandher, Jasvinder Kaur author of "Influences of British Raj on the Attire and Textiles of Punjab":, and Sunaini Guleria Sharma, a mid generation musician and a cultural conservationist, with a sensitive poet of Panjabi, Urdu and Hindi Jatin Salwan.

Though the conversation revolved around the lost heritage, Jatin Salwan pointed out the growing loss of Panjabi language and literature shows the biggest decline of our cultural values. Explaining the title of his recent book of Panjabi poetry, 'Phuri' he remarked that many do not know the meaning of this and many other Panjabi words that reflected the values and culture of our society, which unfortunately is vanishing.

Grand daughter of legendary Surinder Kaur and daughter of Dolly Guleria, Sunaini Guleria Sharma, recalled her return from USA back to India just to immerse herself and contribute to the revival of our lost culture, the music and songs.

Jasvinder Kaur provided an analysis of many lost traditional attires and handicrafts that have been influenced by the British and other cultures over a period of time and there is need to preserve and restore the old glory of Punjab.

 

Making a life and not living should be the purpose, says Gurcharan Das

-       2^nd day of the Chandigarh Lit Fest, Literati, begins with keynote address by celebrated author Gurcharan Das

-       Poetry, Politics, and Propaganda in Media dominate the discussions at Literati

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Poetry, politics and propaganda in media remained in focus on the 2^nd day of the Literati 2022, the 10^th edition of Chandigarh Lit Fest today at the Lake Club.

Dr Sumita Misra, chairperson of Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) and the Festival Director of Literati, delved on the 10 years meaningful journey of the CLS over the year and celebration of literature, and the harmony it spreads.

Celebrated best-selling author and former CEO of Procter & Gambles, Gurcharan Das in his keynote address traced his life's journey from making a living to making a life, which, according to him, should be the purpose of life, which, he averred, should be the duty of every parent and every teacher to inculcate in the young generation.

Making a life was his father's philosophical guidance right from the age four when he entered the school for the first time, and later at Harvard he chose to study literature and philosophy much to the dismay of his mother.

Gurcharan Das joined P&G to sell Vicks and rose to become the CEO of the company while at the same time, he started writing plays which were performed at Broadways in US, which led him to further explore the joy of writing that inspired him to move from 'making a living' to the process of 'making a life'.

He shared the intrinsic concept of his earlier writings that explored the 'purusharth', the three aspects of our life, i.e. 'artha', 'dharma' and 'kama'. My next book, he informed, would now explore the 'moksha', which would be dealing not with spiritual freedom but the liberation from general discontentment and disillusionment and what he calls, as "defective human conditions". Resulting from man's bondage with ego, envy and greed.

Later, the panel comprising Dr Surjit Pattar, Rana Selvi, Peerzada Syed Altamash Nizami, in conversation with Affan Yesvi explored the sufi and mystical influences on Indian literature and the bhakti movement that advocated the univesalism and oneness of human existence.  The expert panelists quoted extensively from various authors of ancient times who celebrated this oneness and the deep devotion to losing one's being into the divine.  Dr Surjit Patasr also spoke about the role of music that is visible in many ancient scriptures including gurbani, Persian and urdu literary works of Hussain and Bulle Shah, who celebrate this oneness. .

Later Dr Lakhvinder Johal in his conversation with eminent Dr. Surjit Patar talked about his writing journey and his love for poetry, which, he said, was inspired by the old Panjabi fables which were like 'haikus' and the poetic structure of those fables and teasers/puzzles.

In another panel Shally Vij talked about 'Anubhuti: Boltey Maun' with Chairman of Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi and prolific writer Madhav Kaushik and Bittu Sabeena Sandhu, with Balpreet conversed with Dr Harshali Singh, Mohua Chinappa and Richa Lakhera in the session "Of Man, Media & Modernity".

The sessions concluded with Azhar Iqbal's rendition of Urdu ghazals.Making a life and not living should be the purpose, says Gurcharan Das

-       2^nd day of the Chandigarh Lit Fest, Literati, begins with keynote address by celebrated author Gurcharan Das

-       Poetry, Politics, and Propaganda in Media dominate the discussions at Literati

-       

Chandigarh, 17 December:  Poetry, politics and propaganda in media remained in focus on the 2^nd day of the Literati 2022, the 10^th edition of Chandigarh Lit Fest today at the Lake Club.

Dr Sumita Misra, chairperson of Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) and the Festival Director of Literati, delved on the 10 years meaningful journey of the CLS over the year and celebration of literature, and the harmony it spreads.

Celebrated best-selling author and former CEO of Procter & Gambles, Gurcharan Das in his keynote address traced his life's journey from making a living to making a life, which, according to him, should be the purpose of life, which, he averred, should be the duty of every parent and every teacher to inculcate in the young generation.

Making a life was his father's philosophical guidance right from the age four when he entered the school for the first time, and later at Harvard he chose to study literature and philosophy much to the dismay of his mother.

Gurcharan Das joined P&G to sell Vicks and rose to become the CEO of the company while at the same time, he started writing plays which were performed at Broadways in US, which led him to further explore the joy of writing that inspired him to move from 'making a living' to the process of 'making a life'.

He shared the intrinsic concept of his earlier writings that explored the 'purusharth', the three aspects of our life, i.e. 'artha', 'dharma' and 'kama'. My next book, he informed, would now explore the 'moksha', which would be dealing not with spiritual freedom but the liberation from general discontentment and disillusionment and what he calls, as "defective human conditions". Resulting from man's bondage with ego, envy and greed.

Later, the panel comprising Dr Surjit Pattar, Rana Selvi, Peerzada Syed Altamash Nizami, in conversation with Affan Yesvi explored the sufi and mystical influences on Indian literature and the bhakti movement that advocated the univesalism and oneness of human existence.  The expert panelists quoted extensively from various authors of ancient times who celebrated this oneness and the deep devotion to losing one's being into the divine.  Dr Surjit Patasr also spoke about the role of music that is visible in many ancient scriptures including gurbani, Persian and urdu literary works of Hussain and Bulle Shah, who celebrate this oneness. .

Later Dr Lakhvinder Johal in his conversation with eminent Dr. Surjit Patar talked about his writing journey and his love for poetry, which, he said, was inspired by the old Panjabi fables which were like 'haikus' and the poetic structure of those fables and teasers/puzzles.

In another panel Shally Vij talked about 'Anubhuti: Boltey Maun' with Chairman of Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi and prolific writer Madhav Kaushik and Bittu Sabeena Sandhu, with Balpreet conversed with Dr Harshali Singh, Mohua Chinappa and Richa Lakhera in the session "Of Man, Media & Modernity".

The sessions concluded with Azhar Iqbal's rendition of Urdu ghazals. 

Media credibility at its lowest ebb, says Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha

 

-       2^nd day of the Chandigarh Lit Fest, Literati, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha suggests self-regulation for media to restore its trust and credibility

-       Social media channels purveying fake news should be fined, says Rasheed Kidwai

Chandigarh, 17 December:  In the afternoon session on 'Confluence and Influence of Politics and Media',  Rajya Sabha's youngest Member of Parliament Raghav Chadha along with seasoned journalist and author Rasheed Kidwai and another senior journalist Ramesh Vinayak, Executive Editor of Hindustan Times,  debated on the changing media scenario and the influence it is having on public psyche.

Responding to the moderator Ramesh Vinayak's observation on the love-hate relationship that politics has with media, the young and suave Raghav Chadha came up with seething attack on the news channel's loss of credibility.

The media is now looked as completely biased and there is a general perception about news channels being 'sold out' to vested interests, is a matter of extreme concern, he said.

Expressing his anguish over the prime time news channels which is provoking divisive sentiments amongst the people, Raghav Chadha suggested the need for self-regulation by the media and adopt ethical practices to stay non-partisan and objective in their presentations.

He lamented the news channels turning into more for entertainment than for education or information.

Rasheed Kidwai added that large populace are preferring such content and becoming partisans, giving legitimacy to the news channels to garner TRP, which is because of absence of basic propriety in our democratic setup and where defection, and money power rule, and dissent is labeled as unpatriotic,  

Ramesh Vinyak pointed out the growing influence and extensive use of social media by political parties that also creates different narratives to which Raghav Chadha and Rasheed Kidwai concurred and expressed concern over growing use of false, fake and unsubstantiated stories that are damaging the public figure.

Rasheed Kidwai suggested imposition of strict fine on any media channel that spreads fake news or false stories. a

Chandigarh Lit Fest, Literati 2022, begins

Panchkula, 16 December:  The flagship event of Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS), Literati 2022, was inaugurated here today at Indradhanush Auditorium.

Shri Gian Chand Gupta, Speaker of Haryana Vidhan Sabha, formally declared open the 10^th edition of Literati 2022, with an evening of humour, wit, and satire.

Shri Gupta greeted participating poets and complimented CLS for organising this event. 

Poetry not only portrays society's culture and poets have the ability to show direction to society through simple yet meaningful portrayal of events and emotions . Poetry helps human improve their lives here said. 

Dr Sumita Misra, IAS, CLS Chairperson and the Festival Director said that CLS had been bringing in some of the leading authors, writers and poets of English, Hindi and Panjabi, year after year at Literati providing a platform for the aspiring authors to get inspired.

He also honoured each of the participating poets by presenting shawls. 

The Hasya Kavi Sammellan was moderated by the renowned humorist of our times, Surendra Sharma, and tickledthe bones of the full house, supported by equally popular and versatile poets, Shambhu Shikhar, Dr. Sita Sagar, Anil Agravanshi, Chirag Jain and Ved Parkash Ved.

The kavi sammelan was held with the support of Haryana Sahitya Akademi, and the Department of Cultural Affairs, Haryana.

 Literati 2020, shall be held for next two days at the Sukhna Lake Club, starting at 10:30am to 4:30pm daily, informed Dr Sumita Misra. 

Literati at Sukhna Lake this weekend
December 16: The 10th edition of Chandigarh Lit Fest, Literati 2022, shall be held at the Sukhna Lake this weekend, on the 16th and 17th of December. 
Tomorrow's highlights shall be the keynote address by the best-selling author and former CEO of Proctor & Gambles, Gurcharan Das.  

Other prominent speakers shall include famous authors Dr. Surjit Patar, Madhav Kaushik, Sudeep Sen, Rasheed Kidwai, Azhar Iqbal, Raghav Chadha, Rana Safvi, Peerzada Syed, Affan Yesvi  Dr. Harshali Singh, Mahua Chinappa and Richa Lakhera, among others. 

Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker to inaugurate Literati

Chandigarh, 15 December:  Shri Gian Chand Gupta, Speaker of Haryana Vidhan Sabha, shall inaugurate the 10th edition of Literati, the Chandigarh Literary  Festival, tomorrow at the Indradhanush Auditorium, Panchkula with Hasya Kavi Sammelan informed festival director and chairperson of Chandigarh Literary Society, Dr Sumita Misra, IAS.
The kavi sammelan is being held with the support of Haryana Sahitya Akademi, and the Department of Cultural Affairs, Haryana.
Dr Misra informed that the famous poet Surender Sharma, along with other five renowned poets known for their humour, wit, and satire would be participating, including Shambhu Shikhar, Dr. Sita Sagar, Anil Agravanshi, Chirag Jain and Ved Parkash Ved.

The programme shall begin at 6pm and entry is free  
Later, for 17-18 December, Literati 2020, shall be held at the Sukhna Lake Club, she informed.

cHANDIGARH LIT FEST 2022 PHOTO

 CAPTION: CLS Chairperson Dr. Sumita Misra, (centre) with other members of CLS on rhe launch of poster and campaign inxlusinf author Sonika Sethi, Anshuman Arora, Maleeka Bhasin and Simran Kaur 

Startup Funding Demystified at CANNABLE 4.0

 Tricity Women Entrepreneurs shine at CANNABLE 4.0

Mohali, 26 November 2022:  Chandigarh Angels Network organized its flagship annual event, CANNABLE 4.0 to help entrepreneurs learn from the serial entrepreneurs and pitch their ideas with the angel investors.

The event saw over 300 startups from tricity and even from various parts of the country who shared their ideas and some of the local entrepreneurs, shortlisted by CAN, got the opportunity to pitch their startup ideas before the investors, as well interact with them in a mentoring session.

In a session for the women entrepreneurs orqanised by the Punjab State Council of Science and Technology, some innovative business ideas were presented before a panel of experts and investors. 

Though the the prospective angel investors would communicate with startups after sometime but the Punjab State Council of Science and Technology adjudged the best business pitches with Dr. Gowri Jayamurugan  was declared the winner with a cash prize of Rs.25,000 while runners up were Saina, a student entrepreneur working on artificial intelligence, Anubhi, founder of Terafac working on industrial automation and Munna Bhattacharya working in the health and wellness sphere.

In his keynote address, Prashant Pitti, co-founder of the celebrated startup EaseMyTrip advised the budding entrepreneurs that good ideas can grow even without funding, just as his enterprise EaseMyTrip was bootstrapped to a valuation of $1 Billion.

A number of serial entrepreneurs and angel investors presented insight into the funding process and addressed the fundamental concern of startups and the theme of CANNABLE4.0, ‘Demystifying Startup Funding”.   

Some of the entrepreneurs included Tej Kapoor, Managing Partner at IvyCap Ventures  Bharat Sethi, founder of Rage Coffee, Arush Chopra, Co-founder and CEO of Just Herbs, Vijay Singh Rathore of Soonicorn Ventures, Kunal Nandwani, angel investor and Co-founder of uTrade Solutions, investor Bobby Garg, Founder of Passion Gaming, Saurabh Munjal, Co-founder of Lahori Zeera and Atul Mehta, Senior VP of Sales at Razorpay, amongst many other reputed names.

Ajay Tewari, Director and Chairman of CAN said that there are over 65 angel investors in CAN WHO HAVE made key investments of over Rs.16 crores in  37 startups.

Alok Ramsisaria, Director of CAN said that the community of angel investors shall continue to have more initiatives to strengthen the startup ecosystem in the region and help startups grow and survive. Nitika Khurana, Head of Operations at CAN said events like CANNABLE is meant to bridge the gap between successful and experienced founders and the emerging startups to handhold and mentor them through their entreprenrial journey. 

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Dr Sumita Misra Book is Best Seller / Eng Hindi

Press Release 

Dr Sumita Misra's new poetry book is the best seller

Delhi 6^th November 

Dr. Sumita Misra's latest collection of Hindi poetry, 'Lamhon ki Shabnam' is is among the top 5 poetry books amongst bestsellers in the poetry genre on Amazon.

The poetry book has evoked a tremendous response from readers globally, is  trending at number one in Hot New Releases, and is among the top 5 poetry books in bestsellers, disclosed Affan Yesvi, Director of Rhyvers Press, the publishers.

Dr Sumita Misra, who holds the office of additional chief secretary in Haryana, has several books of English and Hindi poetry to her credit, and also is the founder and chairperson of Chandigarh Literary Society.

Affan Yesvi, Director Rhyvers Press while congratulating Dr. Misra said, that Dr. Sumita Misra's poetry has evoked tremendous interest amongst the readers globally and in a span of less than a week of its release it has received exceptional response.

I'm truly indebted to my readers and the large followers on social media for their affection and response, said Dr Sumita Misra.  'Lamhon ki Shabnam' is very close to my heart and I am overwhelmed that readers could connect with my poetry, she added.

Lamhon ki Shabnam is a sensitive portrayal of love, relationships, life and is suggestive of the complex human psyche. A total of 75 poems of varied lengths and on myriad themes, Misra's poetry is representative of a modern-day society caught in the dilemma of despair and hope.

Sumita Misra is one of the prominent poets of contemporary India. Dr. Misra is a senior IAS officer of the Haryana cadre. Born and brought up in Lucknow, Dr. Misra is a Lakhnawi at heart. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics. Dr. Misra has handled prestigious portfolios both with the Centre and State Governments. Currently, she holds the office of Additional Chief Secretary, Haryana. Dr. Misra nurtures a keen interest in the propagation of literature and culture. A number of literary and cultural events have been organized under her patronage.

 

 

देश की सुप्रसिद्ध कवयित्री डॉ. सुमिता मिश्रा की पाँचवी पुस्तक 'लम्हों की शबनम' पाठकों को समर्पित। डॉ. मिश्रा अपनी कविताओं के ज़रिये सामाजिक मुद्दों से लेकर महिलाओं से जुड़े मुद्दों पर खुलकर अपनी राय रखती हैं।

 'लम्हों की शबनम' भारतीय प्रशासनिक सेवा की वरिष्ठ अधिकारी और वर्तमान में हरियाणा सरकार में अतिरिक्त मुख्य सचिव सुमिता मिश्रा की कविताओं का संग्रह है।

पुस्तक 'लम्हों की शबनम' डॉ. मिश्रा की व्यक्तिगत संवेदनाओं का दस्तावेज है। काम के दौरान लगातार व्यस्तताओं के बीच के अनुभवों को शब्दों में बांधने का काम कवयित्री मिश्रा ने किया है।

 अपनी इस पुस्तक के बारे में हमसे बात करते हुए  उन्होंने कहा कि 'कुछ भी अचानक कहाँ होता है! यह रचनात्मक उद्वेलन लगातार मेरे भीतर चलता रहा है, उसी से उपजी हैं ये रचनाएँ। 'लम्हों की शबनम' मेरे अहसास को बटोरे हुए है। आप सबको समर्पित है। लम्हों को महसूस कीजिए और हम तक उसकी आहट ज़रूर पहुँचाइए'।

 डॉ. मिश्रा की अब तक पाँच पुस्तकें प्रकाशित हो चुकी हैं। प्रखर प्रशासनिक अधिकारी के अलावा साहित्य जगत में अपनी अद्वितीय पहचान बनाने वाली डॉ. सुमिता मिश्रा की पढ़ाई अर्थशास्त्र को लेकर हुई है। यह आश्चर्य की बात है कि एक अर्थशास्त्री मन कवि हृदय में परिवर्तित हो गया।

 सेवा और साहित्य का यही संगम डॉ. सुमिता को विशिष्ट बनाती है। 'लम्हों की शबनम' इसलिए पढ़ा जाना चाहिए कि देश सेवा में तल्लीन अधिकारी के क्षणिक अवकाश में उपजी भावनाओं को समझा और जाना जाए, उनकी मानसिक उठापटक को समझा जाए, उनकी व्यस्तताओं के बीच उठे सवालों से रूबरू हुआ जाए। पुस्तक अब ऑनलाइन उपलब्ध है। इसे पब्लिश राइवर्स प्रेस ने किया है॥

Caption: Dr Sumita Misra, IAS