Parents’ day celebrated at Small Wonders School

A tribute to parents – Parents’ day at Small Wonders School

Mohali, July 27. Parents’ day was celebrated with gay and enthusiasm at the Small Wonders School, Mohali today. Parents remained the theme of entire function and took center stage.

Students of nursery 1 and nursery 3 presented a welcome song. The tiny tots hummed soul-stirring couplets Gayatri Mantra and Mool Mantra Ek Onkar. Children presented performance on God Bless Mummy, Daddy too.

Students of nursery 2 and nursery 4 presented dance on Bum Bum bole, while that of nursery 5 came out with drill and rhymes. The pupil of LKG 1 recited poems I am special, This is the father tall and kind by, I love my dad, I love my Mom by and Old Mc Donald. The wonder packs from LKG-2 danced to the tunes of O Lord, while class 3 students presented song saat samunder paar se, gudiyon ke bazaar se.

The director of Small Wonders School, Mr Sandeep Singh said that school aims to impart not only quality education to students but also emphasis on their overall development. He said that observing such days helps to inculcate value of relationships in young minds.

Brain storming quiz held at Ashmah International School

Students answer mind-boggling questions at Ashmah International School
Quiz competition held at Ashmah International School

Mohali, July 27

The students of Ashmah International School, sector 70, Mohali today participated in brainstorming quiz competition, which was a blend of curriculum and general knowledge questions.

Students from class I to III participated in this contest. The competition not only made students more aware of their environment and surroundings, but also instilled good leadership and teamwork quality.

Questions were based on multiple-choice patterns where students were required to select the correct answer. Some of the questions were related to environment, present leadership, social relationships, simple arithmetic and everyday scientific phenomenon.

There were four students in each team from each class. This was done to inculcate concept of healthy group, functioning and lending helping hand to each other. There was an unusual excitement in peer groups that first discussed a question and then answered it.

Principal of the school Mrs. Roopinder Ghuman highlighted need for creative thinking and observation. The students enjoyed quiz session thoroughly and young minds lapped up every query.

In class I group, Tagore team secured first place including team members Punya, Vansh, Manav and Namrata. In class II group, Cherry team stood first including team members Kunwarpreet, Brahmjot, Bikramjeet, Maya and Pravdeep.

From class III group, Tulip team secured first position that included team members Shubham, Vishwpreet and Maneet.

243 checked at free medical camp in Grecian Hospital

BVP and Grecian Hospital hold free medical camp

Mohali, July 26
243 people were examined at a free medical comprehensive multi specialty check camp held at Grecian Hospital, sector 69, Mohali in collaboration with Bharat Vikas Parishad.

All the patients were given free consultation. Even lab tests such as ECG, blood sugar and hemoglobin tests were performed free of cost. Apart from general medicine, patients falling under specialties of surgery, gynecology, ENT and super-specialty services include cardiology, cardiac surgery, surgical oncology and radiation oncology were also examined.

“This camp was held keeping with the Grecian Hospital philosophy of affordable super-specialty health care services for all,” said Dr SS Samra, the MD, Grecian Hospital.

President of Bharat Vikas Parishad, Dr Uma Sharma said that BVP is an entirely voluntary organization working for the betterment of country. It conducts many social programmes for the betterment of health care. “Collaboration with pioneer medical institute like Grecian Hospital helps us reach out farther in people,” she added.

Poetical recitation contest held at Ashmah International

Poetic minds at work at Ashmah International

Mohali, July 22
A poetry recitation competition was organized at Ashmah International School Sector 70, Mohali. Students from play way classes to class III participated in the contest with great enthusiasm.

Poems reflected concerns for environment, water, trees and electricity. The poetic performers highlighting these causes were specially awarded.

The core context of poems comprised from conventional nursery rhymes to the latest ones with a tinge of idea of healthy living and staying away from junk foods. Judges had a tough time finding out the best amongst lot of little master performers. Principal Roopinder Ghuman appreciated the little ones’ efforts.

Amongst the winners from play way section are Saumya, Jastaran and Amitoj. Those from nursery include Gurnoor, Sahil, Tanmaya and Bhavya. The L.K.G tiny tots awarded at the contest were Shefali, Jaskirat, Kanak, Yash and Kritnaaz. The U.K.G kids included Sudhiti, Tanya, Vani and Ankit.

From class I Harnoor, Manav and Kajal were declared winners. From class II Kanika, Vidhi and Kunwarpreet were declared winners, while from class III Gurmehar, Pakhi and Shubham were awarded.

New Age Teachers Training at The Millennium School

Van Mahostav celebrations at Small Wonders

Mohali, July 17
The van mahotsav week celebrations concluded today at Small Wonders School, Phase VII, Mohali. Chief guest at the occasion, Mr. Balwinder Singh (IAS), Additional Chief Administrator, GMADA planted sapling at the school premises sending out strong message for each one to plant a tree.
Students and staff members celebrated the concluding day making a contribution towards ensuring greener future. Sandeep Singh, Director, Small Wonders School said that this was an endeavor of school to sensitize children on environmental issues.
Student of class III Palakshee welcomed the guests at occasion. Tiny tots of UKG-1 recited prayer song God made the world as lovely as can be. Students of class II presented a tree song named trees are our best friends. A though provoking fancy dress presentation on Save Mother Earth was delivered.
The class III students put in a spectacular performance where they enacted on theme importance of trees. Children depicted the importance of trees, effects of deforestation and need to conserve the wild life habitat.
While appreciating the performances in his address, Mr. Balwinder Singh (IAS), Additional Chief Administrator, GMADA said that only when children and youth of nation are sensitized, the country gets its torchbearers. He lauded the efforts of children in celebrating the great festival.
During the van mahotsav week, array of activities were taken up. Playway classes participated in coloring contest. Classes from nursery to UKG were a part of fancy dress contest. Students from class I to III participated in slogan writing competition.
The students even took out a rally Phase VII Mohali market. They raised slogans against the use of polythene bags and distributed hand made paper bags to the residents. Children had made these bags themselves.
Winners of coloring contest are Parneet, Akem, Ritisha and Kangana. The fancy dress contest winners from nursery include Vanya, Harleen, Raghav and Shauryaveer, Vedansh and Agampreet. The LKG students were Japneet and Ridham. From UKG Tripatkaran, Ravinderdeep, Harveen Kaur and Akshita Pathak secured various places.
Kanishk from I A secured first place in slogan writing competition. She wrote Give the life to plants and take life from plants- if you will chop I’ll sob. Roohani stood first in Class I-B with slogan “Grow More Trees – Get Oxygen Free”. Ashish stood first in Class-II with Slogan “Don’t be mean, Go Green” and Arsh Randev secured the first position in Class-III with the slogan “Reuse the Past, Recycle the Present, Save the future – Go Green”.

Grecian has Super specialists for cancer surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy & onco pathology

Grecian Hospital has dedicated super specialties in all three fields of cancer treatment

Chandigarh, July 15
The cancer patients in region now have a savior in form of Grecian Hospital, Mohali that offers dedicated super specialties in all three fields of cancer treatment. With this the hospital has become only institute in North India to have super specialists for cancer surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
Dr Shivpreet Samra, MD, Grecian Hospital said that with the three super specialists joining the institute, its oncology wing has rare to offer cancer patients. “It is not easy for cancer patients to find all super specialists under one roof. Usually the patients or their kin end up running from pillar to post for the three specialties. Offering these under one-roof is a yeoman’s job. With all these super specialties Grecian Hospital has created a unique talent bank of specialties dedicating in providing best of cancer treatment for our patients,” he added.
The surgery department has super specialist, Dr. Gopal Gurjar who is M. Ch. in Surgical Oncology (Cancer Surgery) and has distinction of being first super specialist in this field in tricity. He has undergone three years training course in cancer surgery from Gujarat Cancer Research Institute (GCRI). He has an advanced degree of surgical skills for all cancers including head and neck, chest, abdominal and gynecological cancers.
His special training and clinical application of advanced surgical techniques and reconstruction methods will be beneficial to all stages of cancer from Stage-1 to Stage-3. “With this patient suffering from cancer shall have a new lease of life in the region,” said Dr Gopal Gurjar. Prior to joining Grecian Hospital Mohali he was working as consultant in surgical oncology at Nagpur.
The super specialist in radiation therapy department is Dr. Vinod Nimbran M.D. (Radiation Oncology), a senior consultant. 80 percent of cancer patients need radiation therapy in the due course of their lives. This is delivered by a combination of sophisticated machinery and super specialist doctors in this team. Assisting Dr Nimbran are Dr. Pankaj Gandotra M.D and Dr. Meenu Gupta M.D. Both are the consultants in this field of Radiation Oncology. This team has delivered radiation to 622 patients and IMRT to over 165 patients.
Dr. Navdeep Singh D.M. Medical Oncology (from AIIMS), who is specifically trained in administering higher molecules to cancer patients for curative and maximum palliative purposes, administers chemotherapy. This therapy is now used at all stages of cancer treatment to achieve best long-term results.
An essential department in cancer includes the department of onco pathology. We have a dedicated onco pathologist in Dr Yashwant kumar , he is dedicated to diagnosing cancers by needle cytology and biopsy after surgery he gives the grade and stage of the cancer which guides the precise method of therapy in some difficult situations he does immunohistochemistry which can differentiate the exact type of cancer and direct the therapy.
Dr samra further informed that Grecian hospital is fully empanelled with the ECHS organisation for the treatment of cancer patients including radiation therapy, surgical oncology and medical oncology
Dr. Vinod Nimbran M.D. (radiation oncology) senior consultant, Dr. Pankaj Gandotra M.D. and Dr. Meenu Gupta M.D Consultant Radiation and Dr. Navdeep Singh D.M. Medical Oncology were among prominent people present at the occasion.

Rayat – Bahra joins hand with Intel

Intel supports Rayat – Bahra to develop Model Colleges
Rayat- Bahra & Intel to prepare educators for 21st century skills

Chandigarh, July 10

As part of its efforts to extend benefits of technology to education in schools, the Rayat-Bahra Society signed an MoU with Intel today to launch the Teach Essentials Online course in North India in Pre-Service segment.

Gurvinder Singh Bahra, Vice Chairman of Rayat-Bahra group said, “The partnership with Intel is a significant step towards our concrete commitment to enthuse innovative and practical ideas in improving education standards in schools.”

He added that by committing itself to Project XPDITTE - X-celerated Professional Development in Integration of Technology in Teacher Education, a collaborative effort of Intel Teach program and NCTE (National Council for Teacher Educator), Rayat- Bahra has become first private education group to undertake professional development workshops on enhanced techno-pedagogy skills for all its teacher educators. This initiative would help its colleges to become Model Colleges.

Information Communication Technology (ICT) and teacher training provided by Intel will aide group in getting benefits of technology percolate down to teachers and students in rural and semi-rural areas and develop their competency in the age of IT.

Rahul Bedi, Director of Corporate Affairs, Intel, South Asia said that Teach Essential Online Course is a professional development course offered by Intel® Teach Program that provides teachers with skills to effectively integrate computer technology, especially Web 2.0 tools to enhance student learning. The curriculum is research based and focuses on bringing latest web based technologies into classrooms. It provides trainees strategies to use technology as a tool for research, communication, collaboration, and productivity.

Bedi further added that under this programme, Intel shall train teachers to participate and work as unit designers. They would learn to create technology-infused and student-centered projects that are based on their syllabus guidelines. It will improve problem solving and increase participating in peer reviews of units.

Teachers will also get exposure to explore possibilities of current web-based collaborative technologies and will also get to network online with other teachers.

As a part of MoU, Intel will provide Intel teach pre service curriculum manuals, teacher educator handbook (English) and curriculum companion CDs to all teacher educators who will undergo professional development workshops.

Intel shall also provide Curriculum License to Rayat-Bahra Education Society to print and publish the Intel Teach Pre Service Curriculum for student teachers.

Intel® Teach Pre-Service Program in India was initiated in India in 2003 with an objective to empower teacher educators across colleges of education and future teachers with the effective use of technology in the teaching practices.

At present, program is being successfully implemented across 74 universities and 10 State Councils of Educational Research Training (SCERT) where teacher educators are provided with training and resources for their use in the existing teacher training programs like B. Ed. and D. Ed. Pre-service students are guided to use technology to tap into vast reservoirs of information, work in teams, design instruction units and courses to help their future students meet the challenging standards.

57% professionals feel country’s economic condition brings stress

Occupational stress: Survey finds 55% with serious anxiety, sleep difficulties
Global recession “major” cause of worry for professionals

Mohali, July 10 ( ).

Global recession and current economic slowdown in country is giving anxiety and sleepless nights to young professionals from corporate houses. 57 percent of youngsters are reeling under stress.

This eye opening account of stress amongst professionals of tricity, in corporate sector, came to notice during a detailed survey conducted by Dr Kiran Bala psychiatrist, Cheema Medical Complex, Mohali.
Stress affected mental stability, health, sleeping ability, work performance and even sexual lives of professionals. It remained second highest cause of absenteeism from work.
Proportion of stressed-out people was higher among those whose finances had suffered great deal from global recession. Among this group, 83 percent were stressed, with 55 percent reporting serious anxiety and sleep difficulties.
Dr Bala surveyed 300 professionals from different corporate house. These included 165 males and 135 females. More than a quarter respondents said that they had serious anxiety owing to economic slowdown.
Survey findings made a starling revelation of 86% individuals feeling depressed, 83% felt angry, 82% suffered from family tension, 63% had sexual problems and 63% felt loneliness in job pressure.
“Throughout study, people reported stress in one way or the other. The method of coping with such condition varied saw men and women fighting against it in distinctive ways,” says Dr Bala expressing concern over young generation falling prey to anxiety.
For coping with stress female IT personnel tend to seek social support and talk to others, while men tend to suppress their emotions and deal with problems in logical but unemotional manner.
On whole, 98% people accepted that they coped with stress by talking it out with someone. 90% of them found solace in religion and 60% participated in group activities.
Cause of stress for men and women differed to some extent. Men appeared to suffer more stress in context to risk taking, disciplinary matters, implications of mistakes, job loss and career progression.
Women were found under stress worrying about opportunities for personal development, pay scales, inventing new ideas, business travel and accumulative effect of minor tasks.
Female IT personnel reported significantly higher scores on sources of stress originating from factors intrinsic to job, managerial role, career and achievement, organizational structure and climate and relationships with others.
The silver lining of cloud remains stress management introduced by corporate houses at various levels. “Stress management program has potential to promote an employee’s positive contribution and well-being at work and encourage learning,” feels Dr Bala.
She adds that some corporate houses have become sensitive towards sufferings of their employees. As a strategy, some corporates have resorted to holding regular seminars and individuals sessions by psychiatrist and psychologists giving professionals an opportunity to discuss their problems.

Highlights of survey:
Respondents throughout reported stress symptoms
• 86% felt depressed
• 83% felt angry
• 82% suffered from family tension
• 62% suffered from sexual problems
• 63% experienced loneliness
Coping stress
• By talking 98%
• Solace in religion 90%
• Participating in group activities 60%

Elements Akademia debuts in Chandigarh

Chandigarh, June 30
There is no dearth of jobs, yet youth are unemployed. The factor of employability needs to be inculcated in youngsters.
This was felt at a seminar, organized by Elements Akademia, on making youth employable today. Elements Akademia - conceptualized, funded and run by a group of 15 IIM Alumni - is India’s first chain of finishing schools aimed at bridging gap between academic theory and industry requirements, thereby making graduates employable.
A panel of eminent companies and academia of Chandigarh discussed the issue. Mr. Satish Bagrodia, National President, PHD Chambers of Commerce & Industry inaugurated the seminar at PHD Chamber for Commerce and Industry, Sector 31 A. Ravinder Kakkar, Center Director, Elements Akademia Chandigarh delivered a welcome note.
Mr. Nishant Saxena, CEO, Elements Akademia, revealed that there are 6 million new jobs every year in service sector but only 2.5 million graduates. “There are jobs for everyone. Despite whopping number of 6 million, organized sector employs only 13 percent of them. We need to introspect on this and it is here that role of Elements Akademia begins,” he said.
He added that India's service sector is booming but faces an acute skilled manpower shortage, despite the presence of a large graduate pool. A part of the malady is perhaps in our university education system, which offers degrees but often fails to make graduates "employable".
Elements Akademia aims to bridge that gap by offering 6 months part-time vocational course designed with the help of our corporate partners, who are leading players in various service sectors like Insurance (MNYL), BPO/KPO (Genpact), Retail (Reliance), Banking (KMB) etc. This prepares graduates in tier II cities for entry level Jobs in the booming service sector of India like insurance, kpos/bpos, banking, retail, telecom, hospitality etc.

Saxena said that vision is to annually make 10,000+ Indians employable - reaching out to non-metro cities to attract students, train them (on a curriculum designed with our corporate partners, some of the world's best companies in their respective sectors), and then help them get placed in our partners and beyond.
The talks focused on drastic mismatch between Industry skill requirements and kind of stuff our academic institutions teach. Brain storming session on ways to arrive at a short-term and long-term solution to actually make the youth employable was held.
Mr. Satish Bagrodia, National President, PHD Chambers of Commerce & Industry and Mr. TPS Walia, COO Tata Tele Services (Punjab & HP Circle) spoke on requirements of corporate looking for qualities when they hire people.
Mr. Vinay Sharma, COO Elements Akademia presented the research findings on key skills corporates look for in new recruits.
Dr. A K Saihjpal, Diector, UIAMS, Punjab University summed up the talk pointing that how today’s youth “focuses less on employment and more on employability (and is therefore) driving a privatization of skill development.”
Principals and students from major degree colleges of Chandigarh, besides senior executives from top companies and government representatives participated in the symposium. Delegates (directors of 30 Chandigarh colleges) presented their views for a minute each.
This was part of a series of symposiums that Elements is organizing across the country to deliberate on the burning issue of youth employability.

Countries relax immigration norms to accommodate Indian immigrants

Chandigarh, June 29: The economic slowdown, that threatens to shake the very foundation of developed nations of the world, has failed to leave even a trace of impact on Indian immigration industry. With developed nations ageing at a rapid pace, which is projected to continue till 2025, young India stands as a treasure of human resources.
Lt Col BS Sandhu (Retd), Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), WWICS, World Wide Immigration Consultancy Services says that Global immigration is making waves as developed nations deal with aging populations and impending labor shortages. Many governments are implementing major changes to their immigration policies to ease them for influx of talented and hard working immigrants.
Post-landing services remain USP of WWICS. Along with its associate, Global Placement Services (GPS) it has provided placement and settlement to more than 70000 people and interacts with more than 5000 North American companies to meet their human resource needs. Many employers and corporate houses have projected their demand for employees. Also many WWICS clients get confirmed job offer prior to getting visa”, says Col Sandhu.
Col. Sandhu adds that Canada and Australia are improving their immigration policies to respond to needs of employers and potential immigrants. Since Canadian & Australian economy depends heavily on immigration to fill shortages in its labor market, applicants falling under Canada’s 38 Priority Occupation List (POL) and Australia’s Critical Skill List (CSL) are processed on fast-track system and applicant gets decision within a short span of 12 months.
As far as Canadian immigration is concerned, one could also qualify for Permanent Residency with the help of Arranged Employment Opinion or the Canadian Experience Class. Being the best country for quality education in the world, Canada continues to attract international students pursuing careers in almost all disciplines. WWICS with its excellent networking with top education institutes has been helping the students from all over the world to seek admissions in Canada. WWICS has also demonstrated its strong presence in Australian education system by helping students to get admissions in top Australian Universities and Colleges.
The Permanent Residency in Canada through investment is another option especially for business people under the Canadian Federal Investor Program. By investing just Rs. 50 lakhs the applicants would be able to immigrate on fast track system within 6-12 months. Moreover there is no requirement of IELTS. With 2 years business experience and having networth equivalent to CDN 800,000, would make them qualify for this opportunity enabling their entire family to immigrate.
Even Czech Republic and Ukraine with liberalized business immigration policies are attracting entrenched Indian capital investors who can explore business, investment & farming opportunities and can reap rich dividends in a short span.
WWICS is also helping professionals to immigrate to Denmark under Danish Green Card Scheme. This point based immigration enables the applicants to reach Denmark again within 6-12 months.
Under the Tier -1 General Skilled Migration Program, WWICS has been helping the aspirants to settle in United Kingdom. Under this new point based system the applicants are qualifying to reach their dream destination in just about 30 days after the complete submission of documents.
Col. Sandhu says that during our recent seminar series in India & Overseas, we have witnessed an overwhelming response that proves the point against all odds including the present economic slowndown. There’s always an opportunity for people with special skills to demonstrate their abilities in the countries who seek such immigrants.

Immigrants flock for Canada, remain untouched by financial slowdown

Ludhiana, June 27
The economic slowdown, that threatens to shake very foundations of developed nations of world, has failed to leave even a trace of impact on Indian immigration industry.
Honesty, hard working and integrity remain key factors in Indians being most sought after immigrants. With developed nations ageing at a rapid pace, young India stands as a treasure of human resources.
Lt Col BS Sandhu (retd), Chairman cum managing director (CMD), WWICS, World Wide Immigration Consultancy Services says that at present moment India has a large young population, which is projected to continue till 2025.
“Global immigration is making waves as developed nations deal with aging populations and impending labor shortages. Many governments are implementing major changes to their immigration policies to ease them for influx of talented and hard working immigrants,” says Lt Col Sandhu.
WWICS, being pioneer in global resettlement solutions, opines changes to fast track processing of immigration under federal skilled and investors class immigration. Apart from other categories of immigrants, the business immigration is new big thing on block.
Under the fast track immigration programmes it is possible to reach Canada, Europe and Australia within 6 – 12 months. Czech Republic and Ukraine with liberalized business and professional immigration policies are attraction for entrenched Indian capital investors who can afford to explore business opportunities abroad.
Post-landing services remain USP of WWICS. Along with its associate, global placement services (GPS) it has provided placement and settlement to more than 70000 people and interacts with more than 5000 North American companies to meet their human resource needs.
Many employers and corporate houses have projected their demand for employees. Also many WWICS clients get confirmed job offer prior to getting visa.
Sandhu adds that Canada is improving its immigration system to respond to needs of employers and potential immigrants. Since Canadian economy depends heavily on immigration to fill shortages in its labor market, applications for applicants falling under 38 priority occupation list (POL) are processed on fast-track and person gets decision within a short span of 12 months.
Fast processing would be applicable to people under POL and to applicants who have an offer of arranged employment offer or have already been living legally in Canada for one year as a temporary foreign worker or international student.
Canada also welcomes international students to get their overseas qualifications and find work in sectors they are suited for. Changes are suitable for students and professionals who wish to enroll themselves in Canadian institutions as they can study, get work permit and apply for permanent residency easily. However, an individual has to enroll him or herself in a high potential educational or vocational course for at least an year.
Canada is attracting investors for permanent residency (PR) wherein applicant and his or her family can acquire PR in a matter of 6-12 months under special programs by investing a sum of Rs 50 lakhs. This does not need any IELTS qualification. Canadian investor program offers proposition with a limited 2 years of experience and net worth as low as Canadian $8,00,000, he says.
At UK newly coined UK Border Agency has consolidated separate policies dealing with employment, student and training based immigration into five-tier points based system.
Five tiers consist of tier 1 of highly skilled migrants, tier 2 of skilled workers with a job offer, tier 3 of low-skilled workers, tier 4 of students and tier 5 of youth mobility workers.
Under tier 1 time for immigration is just 30 days after submission of complete documents. It is a point based system where one is required to make 75 points from age, educational qualification, past earnings, UK work experience.
Also one has to get 10 points each for proficiency in English (IELTS) or degree in English medium education recognized by UK and maintenance of funds. The best age is 25 to 31 years.
With points based system, Australia divides general skilled migration program into visa subclasses, many of which do not require a previous job offer from an Australian employer and grant permanent residence very quickly.
Australia is looking for engineers, scientists, doctors nurses, paramedical staff, accountants, teachers, computing professionals, miners, sheet metal workers and plumbers as well.
After creating records of sending thousands of Indians to Canada and Australia, WWICS will also be focusing on investment-based immigration that offers truly promising opportunities in Europe.
In Demark, Danish Green Card Scheme allows skilled individuals to obtain resident permit in just about 6-12 months based on their education, work experience, language skills, adaptability and age. At Denmark successful applicant is granted resident permit for 3 years and is allowed to take family there.


For any clarifications, Pl feel free to contact
Vineet Joshi, Trivani Media at 9417178978, 9316120768

Immigration remains immune to economic slowdown

Jalandhar, June 27
The economic slowdown, that threatens to shake very foundations of developed nations of world, has failed to leave even a trace of impact on Indian immigration industry.
Honesty, hard working and integrity remain key factors in Indians being most sought after immigrants. With developed nations ageing at a rapid pace, young India stands as a treasure of human resources.
Lt Col BS Sandhu (retd), Chairman cum managing director (CMD), WWICS, World Wide Immigration Consultancy Services says that at present moment India has a large young population, which is projected to continue till 2025.
“Global immigration is making waves as developed nations deal with aging populations and impending labor shortages. Many governments are implementing major changes to their immigration policies to ease them for influx of talented and hard working immigrants,” says Lt Col Sandhu.
WWICS, being pioneer in global resettlement solutions, opines changes to fast track processing of immigration under federal skilled and investors class immigration. Apart from other categories of immigrants, the business immigration is new big thing on block.
Under the fast track immigration programmes it is possible to reach Canada, Europe and Australia within 6 – 12 months. Czech Republic and Ukraine with liberalized business and professional immigration policies are attraction for entrenched Indian capital investors who can afford to explore business opportunities abroad.
Post-landing services remain USP of WWICS. Along with its associate, global placement services (GPS) it has provided placement and settlement to more than 70000 people and interacts with more than 5000 North American companies to meet their human resource needs.
Many employers and corporate houses have projected their demand for employees. Also many WWICS clients get confirmed job offer prior to getting visa.
Sandhu adds that Canada is improving its immigration system to respond to needs of employers and potential immigrants. Since Canadian economy depends heavily on immigration to fill shortages in its labor market, applications for applicants falling under 38 priority occupation list (POL) are processed on fast-track and person gets decision within a short span of 12 months.
Fast processing would be applicable to people under POL and to applicants who have an offer of arranged employment offer or have already been living legally in Canada for one year as a temporary foreign worker or international student.
Canada also welcomes international students to get their overseas qualifications and find work in sectors they are suited for. Changes are suitable for students and professionals who wish to enroll themselves in Canadian institutions as they can study, get work permit and apply for permanent residency easily. However, an individual has to enroll him or herself in a high potential educational or vocational course for at least an year.
Canada is attracting investors for permanent residency (PR) wherein applicant and his or her family can acquire PR in a matter of 6-12 months under special programs by investing a sum of Rs 50 lakhs. This does not need any IELTS qualification. Canadian investor program offers proposition with a limited 2 years of experience and net worth as low as Canadian $8,00,000, he says.
At UK newly coined UK Border Agency has consolidated separate policies dealing with employment, student and training based immigration into five-tier points based system.
Five tiers consist of tier 1 of highly skilled migrants, tier 2 of skilled workers with a job offer, tier 3 of low-skilled workers, tier 4 of students and tier 5 of youth mobility workers.
Under tier 1 time for immigration is just 30 days after submission of complete documents. It is a point based system where one is required to make 75 points from age, educational qualification, past earnings, UK work experience.
Also one has to get 10 points each for proficiency in English (IELTS) or degree in English medium education recognized by UK and maintenance of funds. The best age is 25 to 31 years.
With points based system, Australia divides general skilled migration program into visa subclasses, many of which do not require a previous job offer from an Australian employer and grant permanent residence very quickly.
Australia is looking for engineers, scientists, doctors nurses, paramedical staff, accountants, teachers, computing professionals, miners, sheet metal workers and plumbers as well.
After creating records of sending thousands of Indians to Canada and Australia, WWICS will also be focusing on investment-based immigration that offers truly promising opportunities in Europe.
In Demark, Danish Green Card Scheme allows skilled individuals to obtain resident permit in just about 6-12 months based on their education, work experience, language skills, adaptability and age. At Denmark successful applicant is granted resident permit for 3 years and is allowed to take family there.


For any clarifications, Pl feel free to contact
Vineet Joshi, Trivani Media at 9417178978, 9316120768

Economic meltdown fails to affect immigration industry

Amritsar, June 26
The economic slowdown, that threatens to shake very foundations of developed nations of world, has failed to leave even a trace of impact on Indian immigration industry.
Honesty, hard working and integrity remain key factors in Indians being most sought after immigrants. With developed nations ageing at a rapid pace, young India stands as a treasure of human resources.
Lt Col BS Sandhu (retd), Chairman cum managing director (CMD), WWICS, World Wide Immigration Consultancy Services says that at present moment India has a large young population, which is projected to continue till 2025.
“Global immigration is making waves as developed nations deal with aging populations and impending labor shortages. Many governments are implementing major changes to their immigration policies to ease them for influx of talented and hard working immigrants,” says Lt Col Sandhu.
WWICS, being pioneer in global resettlement solutions, opines changes to fast track processing of immigration under federal skilled and investors class immigration. Apart from other categories of immigrants, the business immigration is new big thing on block.
Under the fast track immigration programmes it is possible to reach Canada, Europe and Australia within 6 – 12 months. Czech Republic and Ukraine with liberalized business and professional immigration policies are attraction for entrenched Indian capital investors who can afford to explore business opportunities abroad.
Post-landing services remain USP of WWICS. Along with its associate, global placement services (GPS) it has provided placement and settlement to more than 70000 people and interacts with more than 5000 North American companies to meet their human resource needs.
Many employers and corporate houses have projected their demand for employees. Also many WWICS clients get confirmed job offer prior to getting visa.
Sandhu adds that Canada is improving its immigration system to respond to needs of employers and potential immigrants. Since Canadian economy depends heavily on immigration to fill shortages in its labor market, applications for applicants falling under 38 priority occupation list (POL) are processed on fast-track and person gets decision within a short span of 12 months.
Fast processing would be applicable to people under POL and to applicants who have an offer of arranged employment offer or have already been living legally in Canada for one year as a temporary foreign worker or international student.
Canada also welcomes international students to get their overseas qualifications and find work in sectors they are suited for. Changes are suitable for students and professionals who wish to enroll themselves in Canadian institutions as they can study, get work permit and apply for permanent residency easily. However, an individual has to enroll him or herself in a high potential educational or vocational course for at least an year.
Canada is attracting investors for permanent residency (PR) wherein applicant and his or her family can acquire PR in a matter of 6-12 months under special programs by investing a sum of Rs 50 lakhs. This does not need any IELTS qualification. Canadian investor program offers proposition with a limited 2 years of experience and net worth as low as Canadian $8,00,000, he says.
At UK newly coined UK Border Agency has consolidated separate policies dealing with employment, student and training based immigration into five-tier points based system.
Five tiers consist of tier 1 of highly skilled migrants, tier 2 of skilled workers with a job offer, tier 3 of low-skilled workers, tier 4 of students and tier 5 of youth mobility workers.
Under tier 1 time for immigration is just 30 days after submission of complete documents. It is a point based system where one is required to make 75 points from age, educational qualification, past earnings, UK work experience.
Also one has to get 10 points each for proficiency in English (IELTS) or degree in English medium education recognized by UK and maintenance of funds. The best age is 25 to 31 years.
With points based system, Australia divides general skilled migration program into visa subclasses, many of which do not require a previous job offer from an Australian employer and grant permanent residence very quickly.
Australia is looking for engineers, scientists, doctors nurses, paramedical staff, accountants, teachers, computing professionals, miners, sheet metal workers and plumbers as well.
After creating records of sending thousands of Indians to Canada and Australia, WWICS will also be focusing on investment-based immigration that offers truly promising opportunities in Europe.
In Demark, Danish Green Card Scheme allows skilled individuals to obtain resident permit in just about 6-12 months based on their education, work experience, language skills, adaptability and age. At Denmark successful applicant is granted resident permit for 3 years and is allowed to take family there.


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Listen to your child’s heart for abnormality

Heart trouble and your child
One in hundred children born with heart defect
Children with congenital heart defects can lead healthy life with surgery, Dr P Mankad

Ludhiana, June 25.
When Baby Noor Fatima from Pakistan was operated in 2003 in India, the word of heart defects amongst newly born children spread around quickly. Fatima was amongst many cases that were fortunate enough to undergo surgery and get timely intervention for the ailment.

One, in every hundred children, is born with heart defects. In India there are more than 1 lakh kids being born with congenital defects every year. It remains commonest cause of death in first year of life, says Dr Pankaj Mankad, senior Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon from Edinburgh, Scotland, who will now be at Grecian Hospital, Mohali to serve children with heart defects once in two months.

Dr Mankad adds that in 99 percent of cases there is no cause known for this condition. While many children exhibit signs and symptoms of heart trouble right after the time of birth, others take couple of years to be detected as what we call “heart patients”.

Parents can act in a big way by identifying the symptoms of ailment in their child and help in early intervention. Parents should be aware of signs and symptoms such as baby not feeding well, getting tired or sweating while feeding because of the extra work needed to eat, having repeated chest infections, unexplained fever, not putting on enough weight or not growing properly.

Those children with mixing of blood appear dark or blue depending on skin pigmentation. This gives blue or purple hue to the skin. In some children, a buzzing sound is felt when hand is placed on the chest.
In 90% of kids a pediatrician is able to hear a murmur (abnormal heart sound) while examining the child with a stethoscope. An echocardiogram or ECG is done to help diagnose the defect
Older children with congestive heart failure are beyond time of rapid growth and therefore do not have major growth problems like infants. Their symptoms are usually related to their inability to tolerate exercise. They become short of breath more quickly compared to their peers and need to rest more often.

Shortness of breath can occur even with minimal exertion, such as climbing stairs or taking a walk if the heart failure is severe. In children with heart failure, passing out during exercise may be very serious and needs to be evaluated immediately. Appetite may be poor when heart failure is severe and weight loss or lack of weight gain can be seen even in older children.

Some children will retain fluid and will actually gain weight with heart failure and appear puffy. As it is harder to determine parameters for heart failure in older children, it is important to look for change in exercise capabilities or progression of symptoms with time.

Dr Shivpreet Singh Samra, Managing Director, Grecian Hospital, Mohali says, “Grecian Hospital is the only hospital beyond Delhi, capable of successfully conducting the child heart surgeries. With Dr Pankaj Mankad joining us, the children suffering from heart disease in this region have got a savior.”

Dr Pankaj Mankad is a senior heart surgeon who has been working in UK since 1983. He has been Consultant at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary since 1990. He specializes in operating on complex heart diseases of children. He shall be operating at Grecian Hospital, Mohali every two months. He will be here till July 10 2009 and shall return in September.

Although a lot of facilities exist for heart surgery in adults, there is no dedicated facility for children’s hearts in North India. Patients have to go to Delhi. This is very expensive and inconvenient. The cost for such surgeries is about Re 2.5 lakhs in private hospitals. Institutes like AIIMS have very long waiting lists.

The children from poor and middle-income groups end up succumbing to the ailment. Over the past 3 years Grecian Hospital has carried out 74 surgeries on children with heart defects.

All those who wish to get their children treated by him should approach Grecian Hospital at 0 98146 10390/ 0 98550 70390. Depending on complexity of the case and financial situation of patient discounts can be offered as well.


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