Students from Hoshiapur visit Vidhan Sabha, Civil Secretariat

PSHRC Member Khanna takes kids to guided tour of Vidhan Sabha, other landmarks

Chandigarh, December 30: It was rather exciting New Year eves hang out for students from remote and rural villages of Hoshiarpur who came out sightseeing at Vidhan Sabha, Civil Secretariat and High Court building here today. Organised by Shri Avinash Rai Khanna, Member, Punjab State Human Rights Commission & Ex MP, Hoshiapur, the guided tour of mostly the students from Government Schools and underprivileged sections of society was an enriching and exhilarating experience for the visitors who were awed and amused by the sheer magnificence of the Le Corbusier’s Architectural wonders.
While excited students could barely hide their excitement, it was a matter of great pride and surprise for them as the grandeur of the highest seats of power and politics laid unraveled in front of them all. Prior to Vidhan Sabha, the kids were taken around to Rock Garden, Sukhna Lake and other monumental landmarks of the city beautiful by Shri Avinash Rai Khanna himself. Shri Khanna accosted the kids with various aspects of functioning of Vidhan Sabha as the kids were taken around the most unique building of legislatures of Punjab and Haryana. Students were informed about the way houses operate and MLAs perform their vital duties. Photographic opportunities were fully utilized by kids in front of the buildings.
Speaking about the tour Shri Khanna informed that it was his commitment to the kids of Garhshankar, Nawanshahar and Hoshiarpur which he fulfilled by way of organizing this guided tour. Since rural students of Punjab hardly get to know the important places of power in Chandigarh, I felt they must have their fair share of opportunity to witness the actual places.

Rayat-Bahra holds campus placement fortnight

Leading IT companies participate in placement fortnight

Kharar, December 30
Rayat-Bahra Group has started a campus placement fortnight at Rayat-Bahra Bio Technology Centre of Excellence, Mohali (Kharar) for the students of B Tech 2010 of its Ropar and Mohali campus.
S. Gurvinder Singh Bahra, Vice Chairman, Rayat-Bahra Group said that the companies are offering a wide range of job profiles like software engineers, database developers, mechanical engineers, electronic engineers, program engineers etc to the students of all streams with a package bracket of Rs. 2 lacs to Rs. 4.0 lacs. He added that the drive would continue till January 10 wherein around 300 students of Rayat-Bahra engineering colleges would be participating.
Dr. Sandeep Kaura, Assistant Managing Director, Rayat-Bahra said that in the first phase of placements for B.Tech 2010 held in September and October 2009, as many as 267 students have been selected in companies like Panasonic Corporation, IBM India, J.K. Technosoft Ltd, Open Access Technology India, Hastie Engineers, Stanley Works and other companies visiting the campus.
He added that during this fortnight placement drive leading IT and research company Net Profit Consultancy Group’s IT Division – Aspung Technologies is visiting the campus for placing the B. Tech students passing out in 2010 in various IT profiles. This NPCL is offering a package up to Rs. 3.60 lacs to the selected candidates who will be based at company’s IT development centre in Gwalior.
Heavy weights like Greenfield Online Gurgaon would be hiring students for all streams, Ericsson India would focus on hiring students from CSE, IT and ECE streams, Span Engineers - the production and service house in the field of air conditioning and automation would be hiring from mechanical stream, Shri Ram Group would hire from mechanical and electrical and Stanley Works – a century old UK based MNC would hire students from mechanical branch.
Saber Papers Ltd is hiring professionals from mechanical and electrical branch, while and Tech Labs is hiring professionals from CSE, IT and ECE streams.

WWICS celebrates 16 years of success in Canada

WWICS completes 16 years of its successful journey
Celebrations at Canada marks WWICS 16th anniversary

Chandigarh, December 30
WWICS, the undisputed leader in global resettlement solutions, held a grand party at Canada marking its 16 successful years in immigration industry. Professionally well settled immigrants, aspiring immigrants, business associates, political bigwigs, dignitaries, industrialists, media comprised of the 450 individuals that were a part of the grand celebrations.
People from pockets of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Africa, South America (Trinidad, Tobago and Jamaica) thronged Canada to participate in the function.
Chief Guest of the function Ms. Lois Brown is the Member of Parliament for Newmarket-Aurora, Ontario and is a member of the House of Commons Standing Committees on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, and Foreign Affairs and International Trade. She congratulated WWICS on its fair and transparent working in last 16 years and exhorted it’s efforts in settling immigrants in best possible way.
Political Invitees included personalities like Kyle Seeback, Candidate of the Canadian Conservative Party from Brampton West, Lawyer with Simmons Da Silva and Sinton LLP and Member of the Canadian & Ontario Bar Associations and Peel Law Association.
Lt. Col. B.S. Sandhu (Retd.), Chairman and managing Director, WWICS said that WWICS started with one office each in India and Toronto. Today it has 800 employees across the world.
With Headquarters in Toronto, WWICS has a Global Presence in Canada-Toronto, UK-London, Australia-Sydney, UAE - Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Al-Ain & Sharjah, Middle East – Kuwait, Bahrain, Trinidad, Tobago- Port of Spain, Jamaica - Kingston, Kenya-Nairobi, Uganda - Kampala, Sri Lanka-Colombo, Nepal-Kathmandu, Pokhara and over 25 offices in India.
“Combining our transparent approach towards immigration issue with leading edge technology, we have kept aspiring immigrants at forefront in providing them unrivaled immigration, placement and settlement services,” Sandhu said.
Mr. Devinder Sandhu, Sr. Director of WWICS expressed special thanks to employees associated with WWICS in perpetuating a corporate environment where hard work is rewarded but fun, creativity and teamwork are encouraged just as strongly.
WWICS has helped more than 70,000 professionals, business persons and students settle in Canada, Australia, UK, Europe, USA and New Zealand. Foreign professionals are most preferred manpower solution for developed countries because of their talent, professional expertise, sincerity and good communication skills.
He added that negative population growth in countries like Canada, Australia and Europe is forcing them to get immigrants to contribute to their economy. Europe and Canada have opened floodgates for investment opportunities there.

Christmas celebrations double with fete at Shemrock School

Students enjoy Mélange fete at Shemrock School

Mohali, December 25
The two-day Mélange fete concluded at Shemrock School today amidst much fanfare and never ending fun and entertainment.
Quote Air Cmde SK Sharma, Principal Shemrock School, Mohali said that fete witnessed thousands of people enjoying games, being a part of competitions, shopping and gorging on delicious food served at the event.
“The fete was truly a mélange of entertainment from various quarters. It harped on the festivity in the air,” he said.
Food courts, Dominos, fresh juice and popcorns remained the all time favorite of every individual. He added that the fete had an array of games to select from including at the race, feed the Santa, dart throw, bozo bucket bonanza, pirates chest, bank a shot, shoo the crows, trust walk, one minute game, lucky dip, ring a gift, tambola and computer games.
The stalls of personality test, fortune teller and haunted house witnessed an unprecedented rush. Every fete participant vied to know their fortune and find the personalities they are.
Request a song remained a crowded arena with songs from golden eras to latest wafting in air. Talent time, art pavilion/ face painting/ hair salon and creative corner kept the young and old minds busy as well as gave them an opportunity to express themselves. The talented ones were suitably awarded.
At fete raffle ticket prizes leaved many gasping. First cash prize on raffle ticket was awarded at Rs 10,000, second prize and third at Rs 5000 each and fourth and fifth prize at Rs 3000 each.
Educational institutes named Prayas and SOS were given complimentary stalls to exhibit the social work they do for orphan children.

Chandigarh Club holds colorful Christmas celebrations

Harshita wins drawing contest at Chandigarh Club Christmas celebrations

Chandigarh, December 25
An interesting and competitive with colorful entries marked the drawing competition of different age group at Chandigarh Club during Christmas Celebrations 2009 organised in association with The British School and Alchemist Food and Beverages Limited
Children vied for the best drawing title, while judges had difficult time adjudging the best one. In age group five to seven Harsita Jain was declared first, Arnav Kajriwal was declared second and Archit Singh secured third place. In age group eight to eleven Arnidam Anand was declared first, Janat Chawla was declared second and Kritika Bansal secured third place. In age group twelve to fifteen years Manat Chawla was declared first, Tanya Kaushal was declared second and Akriti Saxena secured third place.
The main lawns of Chandigarh Club witnessed a hullabaloo of activities. Bouncy camel rides remained the most sought after item.
Puppet show and magic show left many amazed. Children especially enjoyed the puppet show depicting various hues of life. Huge inflatable cartoon characters added to the zing of festivities and carnival.
Tattoo making evoked thumping response, while carnival goers had busy time posing for camera with Santa. Santa too enjoyed getting himself clicked with his bag of gifts and children in tow.
The number game tambola gave busy time to those not interested in camel rides. Subsequent gifts rewarded their patience and added to the spirit of fun.
Chandigarh Club held this colorful event in association with The British School and Alchemist Food and Beverages Limited. Other partners of the event were Sunder Jewelers and Kreative Event Company.

The Millennium School holds Christmas carnival at Kurukshetra

The Millennium School holds Christmas carnival

Kurukshetra, December 25
The Millennium School celebrated Christmas with a vibrant extravagant carnival at sector 17 Mall.
While speaking on the occasion the vice President of the TMS Kurukshetra, which is open for admissions for the next academic session to commence in April 2010 and will be a trend setter in school education. It is the first few in India to implement One-on-One learning (where each child is given a laptop that enhances teaching-learning in classrooms) as well as among the first few Schools in the country to introduce the advanced learning system called the Millennium Learning System among others The Millennium School Kurukshetra is part of a nationwide network of schools that are being set up leveraging a specially designed Millennium Learning System. The Millennium School, Kurukshetra , an Western Education Society initiative, is all set to raise the bar of excellence in school education in the region via this advanced learning system.
Students participated in the face painting contest, drawing, dancing and fancy dress competition. Winners of these contests were specially awarded with surprise gifts. Tattoo making and magic show stole hearts of gathering at the carnival. Children and grown ups equally enjoyed the fun games and antics the magician played with them.
The Santa Claus had a busy time distributing toffees, chocolates and gifts to the children and bid them the best of year ahead.
Some of the children came decked up as Santa Claus and danced to the tunes of jingle bells making everybody tap their feet.
Gathering at the carnival, especially children were acquainted with importance of the day and birth of Lord Jesus, the son of God.

Gurukul Global School students donate toys to needy children on X-mas

Gurukul Global School students visit church at X-mas celebrations

Chandigarh, December 24
The students of Gurukul Global School visited church in sector 19 Chandigarh as a part of ongoing X-mas celebrations in the school.
Students from pre-nursery to kindergarten classes, class I, II and III visited the church in batches with their teachers. Aruna Bhardwaj, Principal, Gurukul Global School said that the visit was a part of school’s efforts in reinforcing the spirit of oneness in children and teaching them equality of religions.
Going beyond its call of academics, the school asked students to bring their used toys. These toys were donated to under privileged Government Model High School sector 26, Chandigarh. Gurukul Global School has adopted this school under Chandigarh Administration’s AIE scheme. “This helped to inculcate sense of commitment in the young minds,” Bhardwaj pointed out.
At school, students celebrated Christmas with their parents. Tiny tots from nursery class staged a play detailing the arrival of Lord Jesus in the stable of Bethlehem. Students presented joyous carol singing. The students of class II presented a beautiful and elegant ballet dance.
The school campus also dazzled with beautiful Christmas trees decorated as a part of competition. Santa Claus blessed each and every student with little gifts as a mark of appreciation and love.