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23 rd  September, 2018, Chandigarh:  The city of Chandigarh was filled with zeal and fervor as  Venus Crème Bar ‘ Aapki Khoobsurti Unki Nazar Se: Season 2’   witnessed the city finale at  the Holiday Inn. Mr   …… & Mrs …… were crowned winners of Chandigarh among ……. participating couples after scoring impressively in the grueling but fun rounds. The jury comprised Mr. Tarlok Singh(Former   Mr.Punjab , 2 nd  Runner Up & Model)  Mr. Agendra Singh Gautam( Choreographer)  and Ms.Shalini Bhatti  (Former Ms.Punjab & Model) .The winners will now compete for the national title at the grand finale to be held in January 2019 at Delhi.  The maiden event of ‘Aapki Khoobsurti Unki Nazar Se’ contest witnessed enormous response with 6000 couple registrations. In terms of engagement, the contest generated a massive reach of 200 mn across Print, OOH and Digital medium.  Chandigarh was the fifth city among 15 c...

Chandigarh.   BMW India has commenced the 2018 edition of the BMW xDrive Experience in Chandigarh. This unique BMW Sports Activity Vehicles (SAVs) driving experience has been specially curated for adventure seekers and is being held from on 22-23 September 2018 at Panchkula, Chandigarh. The BMW xDrive Experience 2018 will be hosted in 15 cities across India, demonstrating the prowess of the intelligent BMW xDrive in challenging outdoor environment. The intelligent systems in BMW Sports Activity Vehicles enables participants to drive their vehicles like a sports car on an off road terrain. The BMW xDrive Experience showcases the sophisticated technology of BMW Sports Activity Vehicles (SAVs) such as BMW X1, the all-new BMW X3, BMW X5 and BMW X6. Under the expert guidance of BMW trainers, participants will get to experience the extraordinary control, manoeuvrability and the grit of signature BMW xDrive technology on specially designed off-road track. The event wil...

LIC  Sr.Divisional Manager,Chandigarh  Shri Rajat Mukherjee today formally launched a new plan, ‘LIC’s Jeevan Shanti’. LIC’s Jeevan Shanti Plan is a non-linked, non-participating, single premium annuity plan wherein the Policyholder has an option to choose an Immediate Annuity or Deferred Annuity. The Deferment period can range from 1 -20 years The joint life annuity option can be exercised with any lineal descendant/ascendant of a family (i.e. Grandparent, Parent, Children, Grandchildren) or spouse or siblings as secondary life. If the Proposer has a handicapped dependant (Divyangjan), the plan can be purchased for the benefit of Divyangjan as nominee or as a Second Annuitant under the Immediate Annuity option. All the annuity options under Immediate Annuity shall be available to NPS subscriber. The NPS subscribers include government employees, private companies and also those who have subscribed to NPS lite. The annuity rates are guaranteed at the inception o...

Chandigarh, 19 September, 2018 In another first to his credit, Dr HK Bali, Director Cardiology, Fortis Hospital, Mohali, has become the first surgeon in north India to conduct a non-surgical valve replacement. A team of doctors led by Dr. Bali performed this exclusive Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement [TAVR] surgery which till date hasn’t been carried out even at the PGIMER, Chandigarh, itself.  Dr. Bali also did the stenting of a narrowed vessel of the heart. The procedure lasted 2.5 hours and was completely successful. Patient has made complete recovery and has become mobile from the second day after the procedure. Addressing a press conference here today Dr. Bali informed, ‘’Percutaneous aortic valve replacement is a new treatment option for patients of critical aortic stenosis, in whom surgical risk is very high as it carries increased morbidity. This is the first case of non-surgical aortic valve replacement in this region and comes as a boon to patients of North Ind...

Chandigarh – September 18, 2018: With the remarkable success of the inaugural edition of SBI Green Marathon, country’s largest commercial Bank announces the launch of its 2nd season. In its second edition, this mega event will be held in 15 cities across the country pledging for a greener future. The SBI Group is organizing a 5K, 10K, 21K run on the 10th of February 2019 in Chandigarh. The event is going to be a zero-waste event and is expected to witness close to 4300 participants who will run to spread awareness about the importance of cleaner and greener globe. SBI General Insurance is going to be the health partner for SBI Green Marathon whereas SBI Life, SBI Mutual Funds and SBI Cards are also significantly contributing to this cause. The 15 city marathon event will start from 30th of September, 2018 in New Delhi followed by Lucknow, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Trivandrum, Guwahati, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Patna and concluding in Jaipur o...

In  the village of Kheri, Panchkula, the celebrations of Poshan Maah (Nutrition Month) were kick started in the first week of this month by Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, PGIMER,Chandigarh  under the able guidance of Professor Dr Arun Kumar Aggarwal  in collaboration with Department of Dietetics, PGIMER and ICDS programme officials. Continuing with our previous efforts,  second event was organized on 17 th  September where the mothers of all under five children of the village were called up in the Anganwadi centre of village Kheri, Haryana to carry on the message of appropriate nutrition. As per the rapid survey done by Dr Kanica Kaushal, Senior Resident and Dr Saraswathy, Junior Resident, under 5 population of Village Kheri is 127. Out of these, fourteen children are suffering from Moderate Acute Malnutrition and 2 from Severe Acute Malnutrition. Special focus was kept to assess these children and counsel the mothers to kee...

. The increasing level of concepts in Punjabi cinema is not only attracting Bollywood but also people from other regional cinemas of India. In fact, it has started to get attention from the people based outside India as well. This has ensured that Punjabi film industry will reach newer heights in coming times. Contributing to this, Canada-based reputed NRI businessman and producer Avtar Singh Bal and Bikram Bal today announced two films under their production house Bumbal B Productions. Their first film ‘Lukan Michi’ is set to go on floors on 11 November and the second film ‘Paan Di Begi’ will start from April next year. Producers also told that the stories of both these films are written by Raju Verma. The two projects will be helmed by director M Hundal. The filmmakers are also planning some other projects, the details of which will be revealed soon. Talking about the Punjabi cinema they said that the industry needs some talented faces now. Keeping this in mind, they will pres...

A Resource Centre for Tobacco Control (RCTC) was inaugurated to have a common platform or one-point reference system for all tobacco control information/updates/ activities and technical resource materials across India. Dr Jagdish Kaur, Regional Advisor, SEARO; Dr Mira B Aghi Behavioural Scientist and Communication Expert; Anne Jones, Tobacco Control Technical Advisor from Australia, Dr Prakash C Gupta, Director, Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health inaugurated the Resource Center for tobacco control at the 12th Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health in Bali, Indonesia last week. The tobacco control advocates and leaders from various organizations including Dr. Rakesh Gupta CCE/Deputy Director Health and FW Punjab attended the event. The major collaborating partners are Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, WHO-SEARO and The Union. Dr. Sonu Goel, Additional Professor, PGIMER, Chandigarh India said that framing a Resource Centre was a mu...

Chandigarh – 14th September 2018: State Bank of India, Local Head Office, Chandigarh celebrated Rajbhasha Diwas today. Dr. Pratibha Kumari, HOD, Hindi Department. GGDSD College, Sector 32, Chandigarh graced the occasion as chief guest. Sh. Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Chief General Manager of the Circle addressed the staff and impressed upon them to reach out to the customers in their languages. Dr. Pratibha Kumari while addressing the audience, appreciated the efforts of State Bank of India for doing their work in Rajbhasha Hindi. Prizes were distributed amongst 27 Staff members for doing their work in Hindi.

The 18th Annual Meeting of AOSPR (Asian and Oceanic Society of Paediatric Radiology) combined with 16th Annual meeting of ISPR (Indian Society of Paediatric Radiology) was inaugurated by Prof. Jagat Ram, Director, PGIMER, Chandigarh. The conference is being organized by Department of Radiodiagnosis, PGIMER, Chandigarh under the Chairmanship of Prof. N. Khandelwal, Head, Department of Radiodiagnosis.  Prof.A.K. Saxena and Prof. K.S.Sodhi are Organizing Secretaries of the conference.  Around 800 delegates from different parts of the world are attending the conference. In today’s deliberation, various scientific sessions and symposia were held on paediatric imaging and paediatric emergencies. The major attraction of the day was Dr. MVK Shetty Oration on “The Enigma of Paediatric Liver Tumors; can Multi-modality Imaging be the Guiding Light?” which was delivered by Prof. Raju Sharma, AIIMS, India. Dr. Raju highlighted the role of MRI in diagnosing and character...

Chandigarh, 14th September, 2018 – Fitness lovers in the city have a reason to rejoice as Anytime Fitness, world`s largest gym chain, announced its launch today. Centrally located at Sector 17, Chandigarh, Anytime Fitness is set to serve to the health conscious residents of City Beautiful for 19 hours a day 7 days of the week. Equipped with world class equipments, the gym also provides 1 key access globally. The gym is Harrdy Sandhu`s venture along with Naveen Grover and Manu Grover who are the multiple franchisee owners of Anytime Fitness. It is a visionary project by Harrdy Sandhu, a former cricketer, a fitness freak who aims to transform the health scenario of the city. After the much successful functioning of Anytime Fitness in Ludhiana, Chandigarh becomes the second city in Punjab where the gym will open paths for a healthy living. The first gym was launched in Delhi in 2003. Currently, there are 53 existing Anytime Fitness open clubs in India with some key locations being De...

Chandigarh, 14 th  September 2018:  Having groomed the Monarchs of Great Britain for 212 years through nine consecutive reigns, Truefitt & Hill continues the legacy by bringing their sophistication to  Chandigarh at Sector 9.  The uber millennials of Chandigarh can now enjoy a traditional hot towel wet shave, haircut, facial, manicure pedicure  and simply relax and unwind. Truefitt & Hill also offers a complete grooming range of 150 products for men which include shaving products, fragrances, hair, skin & bath products and shaving accessories. Brought to India by the  Lloyds Luxuries Ltd. , which has acquired the Master Franchise License for not just India but also Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Myanmar and Vietnam, the venture looks promising. Started by  Mr. Krishna Gupta   &   Mr. Istayak Ansari   in 2013,  Lloyds Luxuries Ltd.  aims at creating an atmosphere of total relaxation and ultimate comf...

Chandigarh, September 12, 2018 :  In a unique case, a pre-term baby was successfully treated at Fortis Hospital, Mohali despite several complications. The baby was born through C-section on 6 th  November 2017 at 23 weeks of gestation (at 5 and half months of pregnancy) and weighed only 560 grams at birth. This is the first 23-week baby to have been saved in the entire region including Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir. Dr Swapna Misra, Additional Director, Obstetrics & Gynaecology,  Fortis Hospital, Mohali, while interacting with media said  A 36 year old, 22 week pregnant woman came to the hospital in an emergency, with bleeding and leakage. She has no previous live issue. She had diabetes and hypothyroidism. This was a very early pregnancy, but parents were keen to continue despite there being a 70 percent chance of bad outcome. The parents agreed for conservative management. After 20 days, she delivered a baby. The Neonatal ICU team looked...

A four days workshop on evidence based nursing practice was organized by National Institute of Nursing Education, PGIMER, Chandigarh from 5th to 8th September 2018 in order to improve the quality of health care. A total of 51 participants from different parts of Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab participated in the workshop. Dr. Arvind Rajwanshi, Dean Research, PGIMER, Chandigarh was the Chief Guest and he inaugurated the event and emphasized that evidence based nursing practice is an important step towards evidence based healthcare practice. He also highlighted that this type of workshop has to be organized more frequently and all nurses in the hospital must undergo this training. Dr Meenu Singh, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, the Guest of Honour spoke about evolution of evidence based practice and its application in patient care. She highlighted that evidence based practice is the incorporation of best evidence for the patient care while considering the clinical experti...

 The incidence of cancer is increasing  globally. In India, as well, the number of patients with cancer is on the rise. The department of Radiodiagnosis at PGIMER, Chandigarh has recently acquired the state-of-the-art machine for doing cryoablation of tumours in patients who are not  suitable to be treated with surgery. This machine is the first of its kind installed anywhere in the country. The department is now fully equipped to treat unresectable cancers with all the ablation modalities like radiofrequency ablation, microwave ablation, irreversible electroporation, high intensity focussed ultrasound and now cryoablation, available under one roof.  'With the installation of this machine, the Institution will now be part of the elite group of hospitals in the entire world including the likes of MD Anderson Cancer Center in United States', said Prof. Khandelwal, Head, Department of Radiodiagnosis, PGIMER.   Cryoablation works on the princ...

Chandigarh, 9th September 2018 : The city witnessed its second season of Beardo-thon where a large number of people turned up to support the cause of men’s fitness and health. With no age group or gender barrier, there were 3 variants of races that took place: 5km, 10km and 21km. Health & Wellness  You-tuber Ranveer Allahbadia , who goes by the name- Beerbiceps also participated to support the cause followed by a motivational talk for the audience.  Mr. Satish Kumar Sharma, forme r Director General of Police and current president of the Punjab Golf Association  also attended the event to show his support. Beardo has also teamed up with local gyms which helped them cover a 360 degree aspect for health and fitness with a special focus on raising awareness on cancer. For the first time in India, each participant was given an organic medal made from fine jute in association with WLFLO Handicrafts LLP to support the organisation which is run by disabled people in ...

World physiotherapy day was celebrated in the advanced eye center by the Pgi Physiotherapists. An awareness program was held on ' Role of Physiotherapy in Intensive care unit and role of exercises in diabetes, by the speakers Dr Lokesh and Dr Sandeep kaur. It was attended by the Dy  Director, Mr Amitabh Awasthi, who appreciated the work of Physiotherapists and congratulated them for their  cadre review and upgradation. Dr Shyam, HOD cardiovascular surgery also gave a motivational speech to the participants. Among Other dignitaries who attended were DMS Ashok Kumar, Nursing Superintendent Dr Jaspal Kaur, Dr Supreet Bindra and Dr Pankaj preet. Dr Pradip Sarkar and Dr Hari haran and Organising secretary Dr Amritpal Singh felicitated the guests and explained the necessity of patient education about Physiotherapy in Diabetes in view of rising no. Of young diabetic patients.  

With the aim to sensitize the medical community on causes, prevalence and prevention of low back pain (LBP), Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care organized a symposium on  “ Recent Advances in LBP ”  at Nehru Hospital, PGIMER. The symposium was inaugurated by Chief guest, Prof. Jagat Ram , Director, PGI and  guest of honour Prof. Pramila Chari, Ex HOD, departemet of Anaesthesia,  Prof. G.D. Puri,  Sub dean Academics and HOD Anesthesia and Dr Sanjeeva Gupta, with traditional lamp lighting. Prof Babita Ghai, consultant pain clinic PGI, welcomed visiting Professor Dr. Sanjeeva Gupta,  Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia, Bradford Hospital NHS Trust, UK .  Prof. Babita Ghai emphasized on the importance of discussing LBP in current scenerio as LBP is the most leading cause of disbility worldwide including India. She briefed the delegates about Pain Management services at PGIMER.  The pain clinic at present caters to a volume of...

Chandigarh, September 5, 2018: The organizers of Mrs India Beauty Queen (MIBQ) today announced the launch of Mrs India Globe 2018 today. This year the pageant is being held from September 5-8, 2018 in Chandigarh. Announcing this at a press conference today, Director MIBQ Pageants Ms Bir Kaur Dhillon said that this year women from Chandigarh, Haryana (4), Punjab, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh (5), Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh (2), Tripura, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh (3), Tamil Nadu (2), Karnataka (2), Maharashtra (2) were participating. Winner of the MIBQ will compete internationally at the Mrs Globe 2018, which will be held later this year in China. The first runner up represents India at the Mrs Indian Ocean slated to be held in China. The second runners up represents India at the Mrs India United Nations held in Canada. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Munish Aggarwal and Mr Jagdish Gupta, Directors Radisson Hotel Chandigarh said: ``We are pleased to be a part of MIB...

Chandigarh, September 8, 2018 : Inter National Institute of Fashion Design (INIFD) and London School of Trends (LST) celebrated the craftsmanship of emerging Indian student Designers at Vibrant India during New York Fashion Week on Saturday at the famed NYFW location pier 59. Mr. Sandeep Chakravorty Consul General of India at New York, along with other dignitaries, was present to support the young Indian designers.  Inter National Institute of Fashion Design  ( INIFD )  in collaboration with London School of Trends  ( LST )  is the first fashion institute in the world to showcase their students ’  collection at two major fashion capitals of the world New York and London for the 5th consecutive season . On one hand young INIFD designers are showcasing their work at Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai for last 21 consecutive seasons at the same time aspiring student designers from INIFD worked hard to showcase their talent in London & New York Fashion We...

We wish to convey our sincere thanks to our regular donor Mr. B.S. Bhullar who has donated  rupees twenty one lac on 06.09.18 for the poor and needy patients.  The other major donors were Vardhaman Group who donated rupees 25 lacs this year and Harbans Kaur who donated rupees 10 lac on the Institute's Foundation Day. Last year also Vardhaman Group had donated rupees 25 lacs. Such gestures of benevolence by the philanthropists go a long way in benefitting the poor ailing humanity.   The donations are accepted either through cheque (in favour of Director PGIMER) or cash at the poor patient cell near the Main Reception, Nehru Hospital under section 80G of the income tax act. We appeal to the public to generously donate for this fund so that we are able to save the poor patients by providing them super speciality health care. PGI is also going to start online donations soon.  Following is the data of PPWF for the last two financial years:

According to the Global Burden of Disease study (2016), low back pain (LBP) is ranked among five leading causes of years lived with disability (YLDs). In the course of development from a developing country to an industrialized society and adaptation to westernized life style, back and neck pain have become second leading cause of disability in India after iron deficiency anaemia. Progression of LBP to chronic LBP is very much preventable provided appropriate education and awareness is attained. Also, in majority of the cases, LBP can be managed through simple measures such as simple exercises, on-site ergonomic modification measures along with lifestyle changes.  In view of this, the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, PGIMER, Chandigarh is organizing an symposium on“Recent advances in Low Back Pain” in collaboration with Visiting Professor,Dr Sanjeeva Gupta(Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia, Bradford Hospital NHS Trust, Bradfor...

Chandigarh, September 7, 2018 :  Professor Anil D. Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi (AICTE)  today said that we should create a  support system for students, including more internship programme or skill programme to hone the student skills. He emphasised to bring students into Start-up culture and bring students a platform where they can convert their bright ideas into innovation. While addressing the media on the occasion of National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) 51 st  Annual Day at the NITTTR campus in Sector 26 here today , he said that AICTE is not just a ‘regulator’ but also a ‘facilitator’ committed to improving the quality of technical education. Lack of resources and unemployment are the major challenges, students seek placements from their colleges. We should focus on start-ups, in this regard AICTE, has made its own start policy through which universities and college...