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அரசு ஊழியர்கள் பாஸ்போர்ட் பெறும் முறையில் மாற்றம்

சென்னை,

தமிழக அரசின் அனைத்து துறை செயலாளர்கள் மற்றும் அதிகாரிகளுக்கு பணியாளர் மற்றும் நிர்வாக சீர்திருத்தத்துறை செயலாளர் டேவிதார் அனுப்பிய சுற்றறிக்கையில் கூறப்பட்டு இருப்பதாவது:-

பாஸ்போர்ட்டுகளை அரசு ஊழியர்கள், அதிகாரிகள் மற்றும் பொதுத்துறைகளைச் சேர்ந்த ஊழியர்கள் பெற்றுக்கொள்வதில் கடினமான நடைமுறை இருந்தது. இதை மத்திய வெளியுறவுத்துறை அமைச்சகம் தற்போது எளிதாக்கியுள்ளது.

முன்பு பாஸ்போர்ட்டை அவர்கள் பெறவேண்டுமானால், அரசுத் துறையின் ஆட்சேபணையின்மைச் சான்று, அடையாளச் சான்று போன்றவற்றை வாங்கி சமர்ப்பிக்க வேண்டும். இந்த நிலை தற்போது மாற்றப்பட்டுள்ளது.

அதன்படி, பாஸ்போர்ட் கேட்டு மண்டல அலுவலகத்திடம் விண்ணப்பிப்பதற்கு முன்பதாக, அவர் பணியாற்றும் துறையின் உயர் அதிகாரிக்கு முன்னறிவிப்பு கடிதத்தை கொடுத்தால் மட்டும் போதுமானது. அவருக்கு பாஸ்போர்ட் வழங்கக்கூடாது என்றால், மண்டல பாஸ்போர்ட் அலுவலகத்துக்கு துறையின் உயர் அதிகாரி கடிதம் மூலம் ஆட்சேபனைகளைத் தெரிவித்து, விண்ணப்பத்தை திரும்பப் பெற்றுவிடலாம்.

இவ்வாறு அதில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

Pharmacy colleges call for clarity from PCI on new 2-year course on 'B Pharmacy Practice' to upgrade D Pharm holders

Even as the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) is looking to unveil the new two-year course ‘B Pharmacy Practice’ to upgrade the minimum qualification of diploma holders from D Pharm to B Pharm course, pharmacy colleges are of the view that there is need for more clarity on this.

B Pharmacy Practice is designed to be conducted only during weekends because this course is for the existing D Pharm holders who could be already employed. The training would cover theory and practicals which would include projects work and seminar presentations. Now PCI intends to introduce this only to raise the pharmacy qualification of diploma holders to degree in order to match the standards prevailing practice in the developed world. This is the first time in the country that such an offering is coming into education landscape, Prof. S Mohan, Dean, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences and director, PES College of Pharmacy told Pharmabiz.

This particular initiative of the PCI needs approval from the University Grants Commission (UGC). Representing PES College of Pharmacy, Prof. Mohan has now requested the Registrar of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences to obtain concurrence from the UGC on whether a degree can be awarded for a two-year course which is conducted only during weekends.

“If PCI wants to elevate the status of diploma in Pharmacy to a degree course with the introduction of B Pharmacy Practice, then it should discontinue D Pharm. Since, B Pharmacy Practice is targeting only the D Pharm holders, where is the need to continue D Pharm in the colleges,” queried Prof. Mohan.

In case PCI is keen to retain D Pharm, then it would need to revert to the earlier eligibility of 10th standard pass from the current entitled qualification of entry which is pre university. Such a move would attract scores of economically backward students who could get an early start to earn by being employed at pharmacy outlets in Tier 3 and 4 towns and villages. More importantly, medicines will be available in the far flung rural areas. It will also complement government’s move of mandatory rural posting for the MBBS doctors, pointed out Prof. Mohan.

Introduction of e-visa at the Trichy International Airport set to woo foreign tourists

TRICHY: With e-visa to be introduced at the Trichy International Airport by the end of this month, tourism is all set to get a boost with the arrival of foreign tourists.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has set up four dedicated counters for foreign tourists to avail their visa on arrival. According to aviation officials, the facility will be launched in seven other airports across the country where arrival of overseas passengers has gone up over the years.

After the central government provided the facility to nine airports a month ago, another set of seven airports were also selected based on the arrival of overseas passengers. Besides Trichy, the e-visa facility will come up in Gaya, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Jaipur and Lucknow.

Senior officials from the immigration and emigration department have been visiting the Trichy airport for inspecting the infrastructural arrangements.

"Four counters with all the high-end facilities for the tourist to obtain e-visa without any hiccups are being set up. Web cameras, scanners, computers and bio-metric devices to record the fingerprints are also being installed," said a top official belonging to the immigration department.

The official said the system will be rolled out by the end of this month. It will be rolled out simultaneously in all the seven airports across the country.

Trichy airport receives flights from Singapore, Malayasia, Sri Lanka and Dubai and the number of passengers has been growing every year.

Madras HC stays transfer of 8 postgraduate medical students

CHENNAI: The transfer of eight postgraduate medical students from one government facility at Egmore to another in Triplicane in the middle of an academic year has been stayed by the Madras high court, which said the shift was bound to create serious hardship for the students.

Justice M Sathyanarayanan, granting interim injunction restraining the health department from giving effect to its August 2014 order transferring the eight students, said if the transfer is permitted they would have to start their theses afresh, which may hamper the submission of thesis, which is one of the essential requirements for completing the course.

According to the counsel representing the students, all the eight were doing PG courses at Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Egmore and they had been asked to move to Institute of Social Obstetrics and Kasthurba Gandhi Hospital for Women and Children at Chepauk in Triplicane.

Assailing the transfer, the medicos said they were being training under a particular set of teaching staff, and had identified patients for study population. A transfer at this time might lead to extreme difficulty in submitting the thesis.

Justice Sathyanarayanan concurred with their submissions and said the students had already identified patients for case study and they are also guided by faculties attached to the Egmore hospital. If they are asked to move to another hospital midway it would hamper their thesis, he said.

He then granted interim injunction, and adjourned the matter to August 26 for further proceedings.

Stick to PhD Norms, UGC Orders Univs

COIMBATORE:The University Grants Commission (UGC) has warned universities that any PhD or MPhil degree awarded by them under the supervision of a guide who is not a faculty member of either the university or its affiliated PG college or institution would be viewed very seriously.

Calling it a violation of prescribed norms, UGC secretary Jaspal S Sandhu in a letter on Monday, to Vice Chancellors of universities across the country, said, “It has come to the notice of the UGC that some universities are hiring the services of supervisors who do not happen to be regular teachers of the universities or its affiliated PG college or institutions, while awarding the MPhil or PhD degree. This practice is in violation of UGC(Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of MPhil / PhD Degree) Regulation, 2009.”

Universities shall allocate the supervisor from amongst the regular faculty members depending on the number of students per faculty member, the available specialization among the faculty supervisors and the research interest of the student, he clarified.

Welcoming the decision of the apex body, former general secretary of AUT

C Pichandy called on varsities to desist from such practice and stick to the UGC regulation both in letter and spirit.

University's delay in awarding Degrees costs it dearly: NHRC asks it to award Degrees as well as monetary compensation

In a landmark case of denial of Degrees to 32 students of B.Sc. (Nursing) even four years after passing the course, much beyond the stipulated period by the Universities Grants Commission, the National Human Rights Commission ensured that they received the same without any further delay from the Registrar of Dr. Hari Singh Gaur Central University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.

As per para 4.4 of the UGC (Grant for Degree and other Awards by Universities) Regulation, 2008, "The Degree award date/s shall be within 180 days of the date/s by which the students are expected to qualify and become eligible for them."

The Registrar of the University gave Degree Certificates to the nine students in the Commission today, who had lodged the complaint in the matter. He also produced the proof of dispatch of Degree Certificates to the 23 other successful students, who had applied for the same in the prescribed format to the University.

These students had completed their course in 2011 from the Christian Medical and Training Centre, School and College of Nursing, Damoh, affiliated with Dr. Hari Singh Gaur Central University. The Provisional Degree Certificate issued by the University was valid only for six months.

However, despite making several requests to the University, these students neither got Degrees nor any convincing response to that effect for which they approached the Commission seeking its intervention for relief saying that they suffered mental agony, monetary loss and carrier loss because of the inaction on the part of the authorities.

The Commission registered a case No. 150/12/12/2015 in the matter on the 21st January, 2015 and issued notices to the concerned authorities calling for reports in the matter.

During the course of enquiry, the Commission did not find the arguments given by the University authorities behind the delay in disbursement of Degrees as convincing. It observed that the delay in giving the Degrees resulted in denial of their Fundamental Rights under Article 19 (1)(g) of the Constitution, which guarantees the Right to practice a profession or to carry on any occupation and also their Fundamental Right to Life (which includes the Right to Livelihood) guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution.

The Fundamental Rights under these Articles are recognized basic human rights and, therefore, the conduct of the respondent University amounted to violation of the human rights of the complainants.

According to a NHRC's release, it recommended that Dr. Hari Singh Gaur University pay rupees one lakh each to the nine complainants, who approached the Commission for relief for the unjustifiable denial of their Degrees.

The Commission has asked Dr. Hari Singh Gaur University, through its Registrar, to pay the relief to the students within six weeks and submit compliance report along with proof of payment thereof.