Punjab University gets Jyotirgamaye - Community Radio Station

The Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ms Ambika Soni, is visiting the School of Communication Studies, Panjab University, for the inauguration of `Jyotirgamaya’ PU’s own Community Radio Station and for the foundation stone laying ceremony of the proposed Educational Multimedia Research Centre.

The details are as follows:

Venue : School of Communication Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh
Date: 13th February,2011
Time: 4.00 PM

The Panjab University Vice-Chancellor, Prof. R.C. Sobti had announced the name of the PU Radio station given as “Jyotigarmye” (light) with a tagline or slogan “Parho Aur Parhao” (read and teach) in Nov 2010.  The PU radio station will be on air at 91.2 frequency modulation (FM). Prof. Sobti announced this in his inaugural address at the International Seminar on “Coinage of the Imperial Guptas and their Contemporaries: New Perspectives” organised by the university department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology on the university campus here today.

The Vice-Chancellor spoke at length tracing the origin and development of various dynasties civilisations and religious practices besides ancient architecture, use of common effective herbal medicines which found their mention in ancient scriptures and literature such as ‘Ayurveda’.

Source:

• Inauguration of PU Community Radio Station
• PU Radio: This is “Jyotigarmye” 91.2 FM