The North Daily

Ar Manmohan Khanna, Chairman, Chandigarh Chapter of IIA Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Chapter of Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) in association with the Council of Architecture (CoA) organized a conference of architects at the Govt Museum Auditorium on Monday to discuss various issues the profession has been facing. The main issues deliberated at the meet were: bringing out a white paper on status of profession of architecture in the country listing all issues, roadblocks and way ahead; to promote interface between CoA and architects by decentralizing the activities and to create a think tank comprising of eminent architects in education and profession to guide CoA in its day to day operations etc. Ar Manmohan Khanna, Chairman, Chandigarh Chapter, IIA, said, “The meeting was successful as a lot of problems of the profession were discussed in detail and we are sure that the deliberations will help us in chalking out a roadmap for the further activities.” Prominent p

Dr Ritesh Arya, Geologist Chandigarh : Traffic problem and congestion has really put doubt on architectural plans of Le Corbusier, who had designed first planned city of India-   Chandigarh , basing his style on the Grid Pattern of Indus Valley Civilization.  All of a sudden everyone including the present administration is hell-bound on changing the basic architecture of the City Beautiful and proposing a flyover at Tribune Chowk as a possible solution to solve the congestion problem of the entire town.  But flyovers in Zirakpur and other places have failed to solve the problem in totality and flyover at the entry point of Sector 20 in Panchkula has been proving a terrible nightmare for the local residents and the passersby.  A public hearing session on ‘Tribune Chowk Flyover’ was called by UT Advisor Manoj Kumar Parida (IAS), recently on the directions of Punjab and Haryana High Court at UT Guest House in Sector 6, Chandigarh .  Various suggestions were given by more

Chandigarh:   NSS units of Dev Samaj College of Education(DSCE), Sector 36–B Chandigarh celebrated the Valedictory Ceremony of the ‘7 Day and Night NSS Camp’. The NSS Camp was held in the adopted village Kajheri, Sector-52, Chandigarh. Smt. Sunita Dhawan, BJP Councillor and the President of BJP Mahila Morcha was invited as the chief guest and Sardar Harmesh Singh, President Market Committee, Kajheri was the guest of honor on this auspicious occasion. Principal, Dr (Mrs) Agnese Dhillon welcomed the chief guests with a sapling which is a symbol of growth and prosperity. Dr Anuradha Agnihotri also welcomed the guests and enlightened the gathering about endeavors taken over time by NSS units of DSCE. The ceremony began with the college prayer ‘Mubarak Hai Janam Unka’ followed by the NSS song ‘Uthein Samaj Ke Liye Uthein’ in which not only the NSS Volunteers but also little children from the adopted village Kajheri participated. Mrs. Charanjit Kaur, Programme Officer, NSS presented

  Shivani Dhillon with her daughters - Noor (left) and Shreya Chandigarh : The Down Syndrome Support Group India (DSSGI) in association with the Classico Outlet at Food Box, VR Punjab hosted a Drum Circle for children with special needs to celebrate World Disability Day on 3rd December. The drum circle event was conceived by Ms Shivani Dhillon, founder and operator of both Down Syndrome Support Group India and Classico Outlet. Her vision and goal is to gear their outlet as an example towards employment opportunities for specially abled children. Shivani’s facebook page “Down Syndrome Support Group India” gives information and motivates parents of children with special needs and Down Syndrome. Ms Shivani Dhillon said, “Djimbe Drums are traditional drums from Africa . Drumming can be a powerful tool to support children with special needs to help them address their social and communication needs, fine and gross motor skills. They also enhance their cognitive skills.”