PGI, Chandigarh

Application on the prescribed  form are invited for the following Postdoctoral/ Postgraduate courses and PhD programme for the  academic session starting from 1^st January 2011

So check them out at HERE.

Exam is on 21st November 2010. And the session will start as usual on 1st January.

General Students as usual suffer the most.There is no seats for Biochemistry,Community Medicine, Dermatology, ENT and Radiotherapy.

At least DM/Mch candidates face a little less burnt as at least one seat is there for every course.

You can download the prospectus from HERE

and download the application form from HERE

Prospectus for PhD from HERE

Application for PhD from HERE

All the best to all the applicants.

Jai Hind

Jai Hind

That is me, Taj Mahal needs No introduction

On the morning of 23rd November 2009 we went to Agra. The distance of Agra from New Delhi is 260 KMs. Non A/C Taxi takes around Rs 3000-Rs3500 for to and fro charges from Agra. That means for a mere $80 one can visit Taj Mahal and comeback to New Delhi on the same day.

Taj Mahal remains closed on Fridays. On all other days it remains open from sun rise to sunset. So it is advisable to start early in the morning from New Delhi. It is a good practice to contact hotel authorities on the previous night. There is hardly any requirement to make a very early booking from your country etc. Just book it from your reputed hotel on the night before.

You should start early in the morning to get rid of the traffic. Once on the freeway/highway which starts after one crosses Faridabad road is more easy. But to cross Faridabad before the traffic starts in the city, one needs to start by 6 AM. We did the same thing. We took a guest house near the railway station the previous night. For all tourists it is advisable to remain in bigger and reputed hotels. That is the key to have a peaceful stay and visit in India. In our case we stayed at State Bank of India’s Guest House as my father is a State Bank of India Employee.
There are lodging and eating facilities for almost each state people in New Delhi. So people from Orissa can go to Orissa Bhawan, Andhra Bahwan for people of Andhra Pradesh etc. If you want to simply eat you are welcome at any of the state houses. But to have a room one has to come through some paper work that too prior to visit as spot booking is not available.

So at 6AM sharp our driver Mr. Vijay Pathak a brahmin originally from Ayodhya (Lord Ram’s Birth Place) in U.P. showed up in our guest house with his TATA Indica Taxi.  We started.

Near Mathura refiniery there is a McDonalds for people who started with empty stomachs. There are good Dhabas (Road side Restaurants for Truck drivers) which are OK, but are not full fledged Motels. Can get paranthas for Rs 25-30.  On or two maximum is required. So after we left outskirts Mathura taking some paranthas at around 10.30 AM we reached the congested and polluted city called Agra. The traffic system is horrible and you will be thanking God that someone else is driving. On entry to the city at Sikandra on left side you will find Akbar’s Tomb.

then we went on to see the Taj. Entry fee for Indians are foreigners are different. For any foreign tourist it is Rs 250. The cost of guide officially is Rs 750 but one can negotiate unofficially.

This post going very long.

Let me wind it up. Though it will take some time to see the Taj, but the memories will forever. SLR cameras are better to take the pictures. I knew it when I see my photos that were taken by my Canon 590IS. After some photoshopping that image came. So it is always a better idea to go with your SLR/DSLR cameras.

On 14th November I went to Kolkata via East Coast Express. Did my best in he examination the day after. Returned the same day. On 19th November i.e. Thursday I along with my parents was accompanied by dear Dipti and her father to Chandigarh. On 19th morning we left Cuttack via Jan Satabdi Express at 6.50 AM. We reached Howrah Junction, Kolkata at 1 PM. Waited there for our connecting train The Kalka Mail. We had a AC 2 tier reservation upto Chandigarh at 7.40 PM. Boarded the train on time and reached Chandigarh just 1.30 hours late at 5 AM on 21st November i.e. Saturday morning. Sat for the  examination. Our center Shree Guru Gobind Singh College experienced some irregularity, hence exam was delayed by 30 minutes and started at 9.30 AM. Exam was over by 12.30PM. We left Chandigarh via a taxi as Dipti and her father was to catch Purushottam on the same day at 10.30 PM from New Delhi Station. It took us 6 hours to travel 260 KMs due to heavy traffic in New Delhi.

I along with my parents resided in State Bank of India’s Guest House near Railway Station called Rishi Guest House. The next day we went to Taj Mahal in Agra, Krishna Janma Bhumi in Mathura and Vrindavan. On 24th of November I went for New Delhi sight seeing to Akshardham Temple, Lotus Temple, Qutub Minar, India Gate etc. Got an external harddrive 320GB from Nehru Place. On 25th I went to Lal Quilla, the Red Fort and boarded Rajdhani Express to Bhubaneswar at 5.20 PM and landed in my residence on 26th November.

I will post photographs and details of my visit along with some stories after some days . I am tired, I did not qualify for the entrance examinations and AIPGME is on 10th January. So all these pile up as big excuses. But I will update, that is a guarantee. Anyways I am looking forwards to some hard work in coming months to crack the next post graduate entrance examinations. This year has definitely been wasted in doing my internship. Btw I have the satisfaction that I have done my internship with utmost sincerety.

Bye for now, I can not promise to write tomorrow, but I will write for sure.

Dr Bikash Satapathy

Independence day of India

But then government of India has set up a website for the Independece Day. One can view the Hon’ble President Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil’s Address to nation. Though you need Real Player installed to see the video. I think it would have been better if flash player or a simple youtube redirect sould have been done. Learn about Why My India Is My Pride.

This independence day is celebrated amongst the dark shadow of Swine Flu gripping India.  24 people are already declared dead and there is news of a lady doctor from AIIMS suspected of having swine flu.  India is now facing challenges graver than the racism of some Australians. The problem of disease and discrimination is as big a threat as terrorism that we are facing today.

The only solution that anyone can suggest is to work together rather than to get divided in the name of religion, cast or economy. We as human beings have enemies called diseases. Let us remember that Swine Flu is not going to spare you if you belong to a certain religion or continent or a particular skin color.

So why fight? Let us become free. Live free so we can die free.

Have a Good Day

Dr Bikash