Rtn. Vinod Kapoor is 2022-23 President of Rotary Chandigarh

Chandigarh, 30th June:  Rtn Vinod Kapoor, one of the leading retailers of Tanishq Jewellery and Titan Watches stores in Tricity, is the new President of Rotary Club Chandigarh for 2022-23.

Other office bearers of the Club are Vice President Sartaj Lamba, Secretary Teena Virk, Shuchita Luthra as Joint Secretary, and Jatinder Kapur as Sergeant at arms

The board members include Dr Meenu Singh, Dr Aman Bhatia, Abhishek Verma, Kulbir  Dogra, Parveen Aggarwal, Geetika Rao, Abha Sharma and Reema Dewan.

Past Rotary International President Rajendra K Saboo, Past District Governors Madhukar Malhotra and Praveen Goyal, Past President Jaspal Singh Sidhu and incoming President for 2023-24 Anil Chadha shall also be a part of the new Board.

Rotary Club Chandigarh was chartered by Rotary International on 10 May 1958, and is currently city's prestigious club in the world having given to the world its second Indian to be the Rotary International President in 1991-92 in Rtn Rajendra K. Saboo.

In the 117 years history of Rotary, it is the first time a woman takes over the leadership of Rotary International, Rtn Jennifer Jones from Canada, who has given the theme "Imagine Rotary" to the Rotary world.

For further information:
Rtn. Charanjit Singh, Past President Rotary Club Chandigarh
M: 9361 33924

Triloknath shares his odyssey of self-realization

'Witness to a Wild Goose Chase' is the fourth book by former civil engineer Triloknath (90) that was the subject of discussions today at the UT Guest House.

Organised by the book lovers of the Tricity and moderated by exIAS officer, author and motivational speaker Vivek Atray, the Chandigarh Sahitya  Akademi Award winner, Triloknath shared man's endless yet fruitless quest for happiness through material acquisitions and wealth.

We continue to chase the wild goose of happiness throughout our lives and fail to get hold of it since we do not stop running, pause and be still to look within to get it, Triloknath said.

Triloknath started writing in 1999 and put together various facets of his life's journey and the fourth book" Witness to a Wild Goose Chase" explores the dimensions of self-realization through his life's experience.

He described his book as an attempt at a new literary genre which is autobiographical, with a mix of fiction and self-development ideas.

The book opens with a Upanishadic quote and a metaphorical story of two birds perched on a tree, which it symbolizes the body or Maya, one bird is the playful mind, and another one is Atma or the Brahman which watches dispassionately, he said.

Vivek Atray in his introduction spoke about the unique narrative in which the author Triloknath takes the poise of a silent objective witness observing his life's journey represented by the protagonist Gupta.

He looks at the events of life objectively to understand how a hyperactive mind mired in a horde of desires, frenzied rage, ever-rising greed, unwarranted expectations, and egotistic predilections engender fear, anxiety and perplexity to confound itself in the hope of finding peace and tranquillity.

Triloknath said that one need not go to the mountains to find peace, and happiness in solitude but to attain a blissful state of equipoise and look within.

He advised that the only way to 'moksha' is by being truthful and honest, righteous in one's actions.

In spite of its racy style of narration and alluring episodes, the book is meant to be a serious study of existential concerns, life to be taken as a whole, said Vivek Atray.

Earlier several authors present on the occasion provided a glimpse into the book and the life of Triloknath Gupta, which included author Col. D.S. Cheema, a former professor from GGDSD College and theatre artist Prof Parkash Sharma, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests from Nagpur Maharashtra, Vikas Gupta;  author Sulekha Sharma. 
Other presents on the occasion included Brig Keshav Chandra, Pranav Gupta, Spriha Atray, Ankita, Anita Atray, famous poet Jatin Salwan, Renuka Salwan, Charanjit Singh and members of Chandigarh Literary Society among others. 

Gursimran Singh Oberoi elected President CMA 2022-23

Chandigarh 25th June 2022: 

The annual general meeting of 56 years old Chandigarh Management Association (CMA) was held at the SD Business School, Goswami Ganesh Dutt SD College, today, in which the executive committee for 2022-23 was elected.

Gursimran Singh Oberoi, Founder & Managing Director, Institute of Professional Banking was elected as the new President of CMA, Rajnish Mittal as the Vice President, Abhishek Gupta as the General Secretary.
Other office bearers include Sukhwinder Singh Bhatia as the Treasurer and Navjot Kaur as the Joint Secretary, besides 
GS Thukral, Anil Anand, Jatinderpal Singh Sehdev and Rajan Arora as members of the Executive Council.
The new team shall start their year from 1st of July. 
The outgoing President Deepak Jindal and the outgoing General Secretary Ashok Goyal, welcomed the new executive council.
CMA was created in 1966 as an apex body of professional management and is affiliated to All India Management Association (AIMA).

For further information
Mr Gursimran Singh Oberoi, M: 98154 39006

Chandigarh Literary Society organized creative writing workshop for children

Chandigarh 24 June:  Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) organized a creative writing workshop for children on today at the Gurukul Global School, Sector 13.

CLS Chairperson Dr Sumita Misra. informed that celebrated authors Chandra Shekhar Verma and Sonika Sethi conducted this one-day workshop to teach them the fundamentals of creative writing in English and Hindi.

Mrs Nina Pandey complimented CLS for giving students the opportunity to interacted with authors and learn the art of story telling. 

Chandra Shekhar Verma is a behavioural scientist, motivational speaker, and a Hindi poet from Lucknow is a celebrated author and carries on the legacy of his illustrious grandfather Padma Bhushan Shri Bhagwati Charan Verma and his father, a well-kinown Hindi author, Shri Dhirendra Varma.  

Dr Sonika Sethi is a prolific writer and columnist with interest in post-colonial literature and historical fiction, and is Assistant Professor of literature and linguistics at SD College, Ambala Cantt.

Both of them are deeply involved in conducting creative writing workshops for children, and engaged the children in various games. 

Nearly 24 students of Class 7^th to 12^th participated in the workshop.  The CLS members present on the occasion included Principal Mrs Nina Pandey,  exIAS Vivek Atray, CJ Singh,  Hardeep Chandpuri, among others.

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CAPTION: Participating students at the workshop with Principal Naina Pandey, CLS Chairperson Dr Sumita Misra, authors Chander Shekhar Verma and Sonika Sethi, Hardeep Chandpuri among faculty members of the school. 

CLS Organises Creative Writing Workshop for Children

Chandigarh Literary Society organized creative writing workshop for children

Chandigarh 24 June:  Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) organized a creative writing workshop for children on today at the Gurukul Global School, Sector 13.

CLS Chairperson Dr Sumita Misra. informed that celebrated authors Chandra Shekhar Verma and Sonika Sethi conducted this one-day workshop to teach them the fundamentals of creative writing in English and Hindi.

Mrs Nina Pandey complimented CLS for giving students the opportunity to interacted with authors and learn the art of story telling. 

Chandra Shekhar Verma is a behavioural scientist, motivational speaker, and a Hindi poet from Lucknow is a celebrated author and carries on the legacy of his illustrious grandfather Padma Bhushan Shri Bhagwati Charan Verma and his father, a well-kinown Hindi author, Shri Dhirendra Varma.  

Dr Sonika Sethi is a prolific writer and columnist with interest in post-colonial literature and historical fiction, and is Assistant Professor of literature and linguistics at SD College, Ambala Cantt.

Both of them are deeply involved in conducting creative writing workshops for children, and engaged the children in various games. 

Nearly 24 students of Class 7^th to 12^th participated in the workshop.  The CLS members present on the occasion included Principal Mrs Nina Pandey,  exIAS Vivek Atray, CJ Singh,  Hardeep Chandpuri, among others.

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Children's writing workshop on 24th June at Chandigarh

Children's writing workshop on 24^th June

Chandigarh 22 June:  Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) is organizing a workshop on creative writing  for children on Friday, 24^th June at Gurukul Global School

Celebrated authors Chandra Shekhar Verma and Sonika Sethi shall be conducting this one-day workshop to learn the fundamentals of creative writing in English and Hindi, informed CLS Chairperson Dr Sumita Misra..

Chandra Shekhar Verma is a behavioural scientist, motivational speaker, and a Hindi poet from Lucknow. Carrying on the legacy of his illustrious grandfather Padma Bhushan Shri Bhagwati Charan Verma and his father Shri Dhirendra Varma who is a well-known Hindi author.   He is conducted similar writing workshops for children and had done in Chandigarh for CLS several years back,

Dr Sonika Sethi is a prolific writer and columnist with interest in post-colonial literature and historical fiction and is an Assistant Professor of literature and linguistics at SD College, Ambala Cantt. And conducts creative writing workshops for children.

The workshop is open for children of Class 7^th to 12^th from 11am to 4pm with a registration fee of Rs.900 including lunch, and one can register for the workshop by calling 6284552070

Krishan Kumar inspires startups on building fortune with entrepreneurship

On 07.06.2022, a workshop on "Building a Fortune with Entrepreneurship" by a renowned Entrepreneur Sh. Krishan Kumar founder of Mohan Fibre was successfully organised by Govt. College, Sector 1, Panchkula IQAC in collaboration with SACC India and DHE, Haryana. The session was presided over by the honourable Principal ma'am. The session drew a large and passionate audience of college students from many disciplines. The students were inspired and motivated by Mr. Krishan Kumar's life experiences as an entrepreneur and writer who has never given up despite being 85 years old.
Mrs. Vaineeta Gupta, the IQAC Coordinator, and other faculty members went out of their way to inform the students about the advantages of pursuing entrepreneurship as a career.
Mr. Krishan Kumar, an entrepreneur with a wealth of experience, gave a few tips for students and startups to consider while they are still young in order to succeed in their lives.
Mr. Charanjit Singh, active SACC India Advisor and Mentor, gave students some real-life examples of young student entrepreneurs and how they are actively receiving support from the Govt. PG College Sector 1 Panchkula Startup Incubator Centre of Excellence.
Mrs. Tanushree Chandra, Centre Head, Startup Incubator, briefed the audience about the entrepreneurship training programmes and benefits offered to students through this platform.