NMC's onsite training for doctors of J & K at CMC

Wednesday: 7th July 2021 at 4:09 PM

 National Medical Commission’s training is for three days 

Ludhiana: 7th July 2021: (Pardeep Sharma//Kartika Singh//Punjab Screen)::

Photo Collage by Kartika Singh

National Medical Commission’s (NMC) Nodal Centre for Faculty Development, CMC, Ludhiana is conducting three-day course on revised basic course  workshop (rBCW) in medical education which is mandatory for faculty in medical colleges. Dr. William Bhatti, Director, CMC while inaugurating the program, highlighted need for continuous training for faculty in medical colleges and appreciated the efforts of faculty for attending the training courses for teachers in medical colleges. Dr Jeyaraj D Pandian, Principal, CMC welcome the participants from new colleges of Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab for the onsite training and emphasised that for teaching in new competency based MBBS curriculum in India, teachers in medical colleges need this training. He explained the role of CMC Ludhiana as a beacon in medical education in training the faculty of allocated 28 medical colleges in basic course and 66 medical colleges in advance course. Dr. Dinesh Badyal, Convener of NMC nodal centre, CMC informed that Department of medical education faculty is training 3o doctors in team building, principles of learning and competencies, assessment, interactive large group teaching, and AETCOM ( attitude, ethics & communication) module as per new competency based MBBS curriculum introduced in the country in 2019. RBCW has restarted in offline version after a gap of 5 months. The trained teams will conduct rBCW  in 28 medical colleges allocated to Nodal Centre, CMC, Ludhiana under observership of Nodal Centre, CMC. Dr Badyal informed that this course has  now become part of promotion criteria for faculty working in medical colleges.  Dr. Badyal is Member, NMC Task Force  for implementation of new MBBS curriculum. Dr. Anjali Jain, Professor, Department of Anatomy, Co-convener and incharge rBCW informed that the program is being held following strict COVID appropriate behaviour. She added that various activities are being used for innovation in training of teachers who are members of Medical Education Units (MEU) of new medical colleges.  The program resource faculty included Dr Dinesh Badyal, Dr. Anjali Jain, Dr. Bharti Uppal, Dr. Roma Isaac, Dr. Kavita Mandrelle, Dr. Pamela K. Alice, Dr. Aroma Oberoi, Dr. Gagandeep Kwatra, Dr. Maria Thomas, Dr. Christina George, Dr. Clarence Samuel and Dr. Deepshikha Kamra. 

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Twelve More AFPI Cadets Become Officers on 12 June

Saturday 12th June 2021 at 6:56 pm

Earned their commission in the Indian Army in the rank of Lt.

S.A.S Nagar: 12th June 2021: (Kartika Singh//Punjab Screen):: 

Twelve AFPI alumni cadets passed out on completion of training at the Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun today and earned their commission in the Indian Army in the rank of Lt. The parade was reviewed by Lt Gen RP Singh, Army Commander Western Command. Due to Covid 19 restrictions, parents of the cadets were not invited to witness the parade.

So far 162 cadets from the first eight courses have joined NDA or other service academies and of these 83 have earned their commission in the armed forces. 68 cadets have joined the Army; eight have gone to the Navy and seven to the Air Force. Two more cadets are expected to join the Air Force on 19 June when the passing out Parade of the Air Force Academy is to be held.

These cadets had joined the Armed Forces Preparatory Institute, Mohali in 2015 as part of the Fifth AFPI Course. They joined the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla in 2017 as part of the 138th NDA Course. On completion of three years of rigorous training at NDA they joined the IMA for the final year of service training.

Academy Cadet Adjutant Loveneet Singh distinguished himself by winning the Bronze medal for standing third in the overall order of merit of the passing out course. Loveneet belongs to Jalalabad East and his father Sardar Bhupinder Singh is a farmer. His mother Smt Parveen Kaur is a house wife. He will be joining the 7th Battalion of the Sikh Light Infantry.

In the past cadets of AFPI have distinguished themselves by winning various medals in service academies. Lt Harpreet Singh (Scinde Horse) was awarded the Sword of Honour and Gold medal at the Officer’s Training Academy in Mar 2020 and Lt Gurvansh Singh Gosal (Sikh Regiment) was awarded the Bronze medal at the Indian Military Academy in Dec 2018. Alumni of AFPI who are now officers are earning great laurels in the service of the nation. Capt Vishavdeep Singh who is in the Special Forces was awarded a Sena Medal for gallantry in Jan 2021 and Lt Jasmeet Singh Bamrah, Jak Rif, was awarded the Chief of Defence Staff Commendation Card for operations in Galwan Valley.

Currently three courses are undergoing training at AFPI. The Ninth Course of 39 cadets has completed its two years of training recently. Selected cadets of this course will be joining the NDA shortly once the merit list is released by UPSC. The Tenth Course of 50 cadets is now studying in Class 12 and will be appearing for the NDA entrance exam in Sep this year. The Eleventh Course of 42 cadets has recently joined AFPI and commenced training last month.

Since March last year all training has been in the online mode due to Covid 19. This severe restriction notwithstanding, the Institute has been able to send as many 28 cadets to NDA and other academies during the period Jan 2020 to May 2021.

With effect from this year AFPI has commenced the long awaited Cadet Training Wing programme. This programme envisages reaching out to various selected schools in Punjab for training and motivating students of these schools for joining the armed forces. Over 100 students studying in Class 11 and Class 12 have already enrolled in this new venture which is expected to substantially increase the number of young men joining the armed forces in the years ahead.

CMC conducts training workshop for doctors

Sep 25, 2018, 3:26 PM

Dr. Karamvir Goyal of PMC graced the occasion 

Ludhiana: 25th September 2018: (Punjab Screen Bureau)::

The revised basic course workshop and training in attitudes, ethics and communication (AETCOM) module under aegis of medical council of India started at Christian Medical College Ludhiana. A total of 30 medical teachers from various medical colleges of Punjab, J&K, Assam and Chandigarh are the participants. Dr. Tejinder Singh, Convenor of the Nodal Training Center at CMC informed that we have been conducting such training since 2009 as part of MCI initiative and have covered about 2000 teachers so far. The training on soft skills for doctors is being increasingly emphasized the world over. Principal of the college Dr. Jeyaraj Pandiyan stressed the role of teacher training to meet the proposed changes in medical education so that the doctors stay relevant to health needs of the people. Dr. Karamvir Goyal graced the occasion as representative of the Punjab Medical Council.

Dr. Gagandeep Kwatra, in charge of the course informed about interactive nature of the program. Dr.JugeshChhatwal, Dr.Dinesh Badyal, Dr.Monika Sharma, Dr.Bharti Uppal, Dr.Sheena Singh and Dr.Aroma Oberoi  are the faculty members for the course.

34 vibrant farmers got 2 weeks training at GADVASU

Tue, May 29, 2018 at 5:05 PM

Thirteen women also participated in training program

Ludhiana: 29th May 2018: (Punjab Screen Bureau)::

Thirty four vibrant farmers including thirteen women participants got 2 weeks training on “Dairy Farming”, organized by Directorate of Extension Education, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana. Candidates from different areas of Punjab and adjoining states have attended the course including a participant from Assam state. In this training program experts delivered lectures as well as hands on training covering all important aspects of dairy farming. This training has evidenced the changing scenario in Dairy Farming with an increased number of women participants that were nearly 40 percent of the total candidates. Dr. H.K. Verma, Director Extension Education interacted with the trainees and enlightened them about huge scope of dairy sector in India as well as in Punjab. While addressing he told that university is persistent in catering all sort of need of dairy farmers. Further, he added that university has also developed two android based mobile applications “Precision Dairy Farming” and “Dairy Prajnan” available on google playstore for the benefit of dairy farmers. Dr. S.K. Kansal, Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education informed and encouraged the trainees to start a dairy enterprise on small scale basis then to move on medium and large scale.

At present, two more training programs namely “Specialized Pig Farming” for farmers, farm women & rural youth and “Breeding Specialization for Judging Various Animal Events” for Field Veterinary Doctors, Punjab Govt. are being conducted from 28.05.2018 to 01.05.2018. University is continuously doing the efforts for farmers to train them in scientific pig farming as it is a profitable business because the feed conversion efficiency and prolificacy is much higher of swine as compare to other enterprises of livestock and value addition of pork has greater opportunity to generate self-employment. Forty four farmers are participating.

Training on “Breeding Specialization for Judging Various Animal Events” is very crucial for the veterinary doctors as well as for farmers because now a day's many livestock championship and milking competitions are held in our country especially in Punjab to promote Animal Husbandry which requires identification of livestock breeds and judging of animals as key points to select best one. 25 Veterinarians from Animal Husbandry department, Punjab representing all the districts of Punjab are participating. Dr. Verma said that University also undertakes demand based tailor made courses as per the request from various organizations and also added that GADVASU has already trained vets and farmers from 17 states of the country.  

Winter school on resource conservation begins at PAU

ICAR sponsored training attracting many peoples

Ludhiana: 5th October 2016: (Pushpinder Kaur//Punjab Screen):

A three-week winter school on “Advance Training Programme on Resource Conservation and Paddy Residue Management” began in the Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering (FMPE), Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) today. As many as 18 scientists/researchers working in the ICAR/State and Central Agricultural Universities of the country are attending the winter school, organized under the aegis of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.

Inaugurating the programme, Dr (Mrs) Neelam Grewal, Dean, Post Graduate Studies, said, “The sustainable management of natural resources is the need of the hour keeping in view the issues such as widespread land degradation, ground water imbalances, contamination of food and environmental pollution.” This training programme would go a long way in promoting the application of farm innovations and accelerating the collaborative development among various public research organizations, farmers, private sector and other stakeholders.

Dr J.S. Mahal, Dean, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, PAU said that the use of advanced technologies to produce food and fibre are ecologically, economically and socially beneficial. He told that PAU is handling various research projects in the area of natural resource management and has also recommended number of technologies like laser leveler, happy seeder, leaf color chart and drip system for farmer’s use.

Dr Gursahib Singh Manes, Senior Research Engineer-cum-Head, FMPE said, “To have holistic solutions to the emerging problems, there is a need to set future priority research on machinery for natural resource management. The focus should also be on precision and conservation agriculture.”

Dr S.S. Thakur, Director of winter school, said that interactive discussions on theoretical concepts, and hands-on exercises on tools and techniques will be followed for better comprehension. Participants will also be introduced to conservation farming, precision farming concepts and receive hands-on experience through demonstrations on actual machinery.

Dr Manjeet Singh, Senior Research Engineer and Coordinator of the school, proposed the vote of thanks.

Capacity Building Workshop Held At DAV BRS Nagar

Innovation and creativity in all fields is must

Ludhiana: 31 May 2016: (Punjab Screen Bureau):

Dynamism is the key to excellence and DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi is continuously striving hard to promote versatility amongst the teaching faculty so that they are successful in shaping the personalities of the students under their care as per the demands of the changing time.

Keeping the motto of providing best guidance to the nation builders a Two Day Capacity Building Workshop was held at DAV Public School, BRS Nagar, Ludhiana, where 90 teachers teaching Classes Pre-KG to II were the participants from DAV Institutions of Ludhiana zone. The resource persons were Mrs. Ravinder Chawla, Mrs. Sangeeta Mahendru, Mr. P.M. Philip (Principal Holy Angels School, Rajpura) and Mrs. Shubha Sood (Resource Consultant from Scholastic India in Punjab) delved deep into the child psychology to help the teachers plan their lessons to retain the interest of the taught and help them to be comfortable in their classes.

The resource persons stressed upon transacting the educational curriculum in a play-way method that promotes all round development of the children. Innovation and creativity in all fields is a must to make teaching learning process enjoyable so that tender children under their care love to come to school and the same was discussed during the brain storming session. Techniques for improvement of pronunciation and sharpening Emotional and Intelligency Quotient were also provided to the participants.

Stories not only impart values to the listeners but also sustain their interest in the classroom projects and add to the creativity quotient. Tips to narrate stories were well accepted were appreciated by all the participants because narration ultimately leads to good story writing. The hands-on workshop helped teachers have a detailed information about effective transaction of DAV curriculum in the junior Classes and its modes of assessment. The participants enjoyed the session to fullest and carried home the message of making teaching learning a fun based informative process.

Principal Mrs. J.K. Sidhu thanked the Resource Persons for providing valuable tips to the participants that will ensure better teacher-taught bonding and enable the students to come true to the expectations of the teachers.

GADVASU conducts training for cattle feed millers

Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 3:53 PM

Training was conducted for 55 feed millers

Ludhiana:27 August, 2015: (Punjab Screen Bureau):

In dairy business feed cost alone is around 65% of the total dairy farming expenditure.  Dairy farmers make their best efforts to make the balanced feed but availability of feed ingredients, their quality and prices are area of concern. Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences  University in collaboration with Department of Dairy Development, Punjab regularly conduct trainings for cattle feed millers to update their knowledge and making economical feed for the high yielding animals. One of such training was conducted by Vet Varsity for 55 feed millers coming from different parts of Punjab. According to Dr Parminder Singh, course coordinator, the training schedule included lectures from different aspects of feed manufacturing viz. selection of feed ingredients and their storage, ration formulation for different categories of animals, toxic substances in feed ingredients, processing of feed and feed ingredients, importance of bypass fat and protein, significance of  uromol mixture, role of mineral mixture, prevention of metabolic diseases, aflatoxins and their control and cattle feed act. There were healthy discussions among the feed millers to get the better results. It is pertinent to mention that this training is mandatory after three years for all feed manufacturers for renewal of license as per govt. norms. Even this course is compulsory for them who manufactures mineral mixtures for the cattle & buffaloes and who sells & holds feed ingredients for livestock feeding. 

Dr HK Verma Director of Extension Education distributed the certificates and advised the feed millers to adopt the recommendations of the experts while formulating the feed. He stressed upon the feed millers as well as farmers to read the dairy related literature. Dr. JS Bhatti, Head, Department of Veterinary Extension proposed the vote of thanks and highlighted the services which GADVASU provide for the dairy farmers and feed millers. He asked the feed millers to take the help of university in organizing awareness camps for the benefits of the farmers.

21 days Advanced training course concludes at GADVASU

Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 4:14 PM
Students learnt current trends  in Surgery and Radiology

Ludhiana: 26-September, 2014: (Punjab Screen Bureau)
         A 21 days, National level advanced training course on “Current Trends in Veterinary Surgery and Imaging Techniques” under the aegis of Center of Advanced Faculty Training (CAFT), ICAR New Delhi, was organized at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU ), Ludhiana.
       25 scientists from 14 states representing 19 universities of India participated in this training course informed Course Director Dr NS Saini. Hands on training to the participants on the latest developments in surgery and diagnostic imaging in veterinary practice, was provided. The more focus was on advances in large and small animal fracture repair by bone plating, intermedullary interlock nailing and C-arm guided techniques for fracture fixation, colic and perineal affections in horses.
Surgical management of eye diseases, diaphragmatic hernia in cows and buffaloes, urinary tract disorders and other soft tissue procedures were demonstrated under inhalant anesthetic procedures. GADVASU faculty and experts from other state universities Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar and Pant University delivered expert lectures and conducted practical demonstration during the training programme. Centre of Advanced studies in year 2009 was renamed as the Centre of Advanced Faculty Training (CAFT). Till date the department has conducted 27 training courses on various specialized topics. Over 363 surgeons/clinicians/teachers from various State Agricultural/Veterinary/ ICAR Institutes have been trained.
               Registrar Dr.P D Juyal presided over the valedictory function of CAFT training and congratulated participants for successfully completing the training programme. A souvenir and CD of expert lectures and demonstrations was released. It is heartening to note that GADVASU is the only university in the country which has been entrusted by ICAR to train the human resource in the discipline of Surgery and Radiology. Dr H S Sandhu, Dr SPS Sangha and Dr SS Singh released the souvenir and CD of expert lectures and PPT presentations.
          Participants also shared their views and appreciated the good quality of training, “State of the Art” laboratories with high level of expertise and better arrangements for stay. They were of view that training will immensely help them to improve diagnosis as well as surgical skills for the treatment of animals. At the end a vote of thanks was proposed.
Dr Saini revealed that Centre of Advanced Studies (CAS), was granted to the Department of Surgery and Radiology GADVASU, Ludhiana in 1994, in the field of Surgery and Radiology by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). In year 2009 it was renamed as The Centre of Advanced Faculty Training (CAFT). This is the only centre, in country, in the field of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology that is providing trainings to the scientist/teacher of other universities/institutions. 

Poultry Training concludes at GADVASU

Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 5:15 PM
42 participants of Punjab State participated

Ludhiana-10-December, 2013: (Rector Kathuria//Punjab Screen):
The Department of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Extension Education, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana organized two weeks poultry training. Forty two participants from various districts of Punjab State participated in the training programme. Participants were peculiar collection of poultry businessmen, representatives, graduates and unemployed youths. The complete capsule training programme on poultry was provided to the trainees on all aspects starting from selection of land, housing design, poultry management, feeding management of poultry birds, control of various diseases and  vaccination schedule, handling of eggs, marketing of poultry birds including preparation of project report and loan facilities etc.  Such large no. of trainees registered for the course depict that more  and more farmers are going to adopt diversification, with poultry farming. 

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A field visit to a progressive poultry farm was also organized to aware the poultry trainees about the practical aspects on poultry farming. After undertaking this training programme, one can start his own venture. All participants appreciated Guru Angad Dev Vety & Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Director of Extension Education, as well as Head of department and course coordinators for organizing this training programme.  Dr. RS Sahota, Director of Extension Education was the chief guest at the concluding function and he said that poultry farming is an excellent field for employment as well as to meet the protein needs of the people. He also said that like other functional farmers’ associations, poultry farmers can form an association with the help of University, which can be useful for the growth of poultry farming in the state. Dr. JS Bhatti, Head, Vety Extension informed the trainees that department has various publications in local language and providing training on Dairy, Pig, Goat, value addition of the livestock produce. He also emphasized that it is the need of time to adopt the poultry farming in scientific way to earn more from this business.  Whereas Dr. Parminder Singh and Dr. Udeybir Singh coordinated this Programme Dr. SK Kansal coordinated all the technical inputs.

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During training at Combat Outpost in Afghanistan

An Afghan Uniform Police (AUP) instructor, right, shows an AUP member where in a vehicle to search for weapons or explosives Feb. 25, 2013, during training at Combat Outpost Matun Hill in Khost province, Afghanistan. (DoD photo by Sgt. Kimberly Trumbull, U.S. Army/Released) 02/25/2013 -          VIRIN: 130225-A-PO167-087