New Delhi Mar 24 PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi met a group of eminent Sikh personalities and intellectuals on Thursday as he continued with his engagement with the community The meeting went for over 90 minutes at the prime ministers residence as Modi spoke about his association with Sikhs over the years and the work his government has done for them BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa who accompanied the group said Sirsa added that Modi also asked the members of the group to reach out to him over any issue related to the communityThe prime minister said he considered himself lucky to be associated with several events and measures related to Sikhs his government has undertaken over the years The members of the group included Karamjit Singh VC of Jagat Guru Nanak Dev University Patiala Air Marshal retd S Paramjit Singh Bhangu Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar VC Jaspal Singh Sandhu and Punjab and Sind Bank chairman Charan Singh Sirsa notedPTI KR ZMN
Tribune News ServiceAmritsar August 23SciRox the Science Club of Guru Nanak Dev University released a peer-reviewed quarterly science education journal InertiaDistrict Education Officer SE S Satinderbir Singh today released the first issue of Inertia An Interdisciplinary Science Education Journal in an inaugural function held at Government Girls Senior Secondary School Mall RoadThe first issue of the journal consists of messages and articles from eminent personalities which includes Prof Dr Jaspal Singh Sandhu Vice-Chancellor Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar Prof Arvind Vice-Chancellor Punjabi University Patiala Prof RC Singh university honorary professor GNDU Dr Somdatta Karak science communication officer at CSIR-CCMB Hyderabad and many moreThe journal will be published on a quarterly basis and will also invite write ups and contributions from eminent scientific scholars and scientists from the regionAddressing the gathering university honorary professor Prof RC Singh said the primary focus of this journal was to popularise science in regional languages and take the message of science to the society