PGIMER celebrates 59th Foundation Day

PGIMER celebrates 59th Foundation Day
Given the nurturing and support, our daughters can attain any heights: Padma Shri Ajeet Bajaj
Chandigarh: July 7: “Given the nurturing and support, our daughters can attain any heights and can be a force multiplier, not just for our country, but for the entire world. So love your daughters, help them dream ,big and work with them to face challenges to realize their dreams,” underpinned Padma Shri Ajeet Bajaj, while addressing as the Chief Guest at the 59th Foundation Day of PGIMER, well attended by PGIMER fraternity keeping in sync with COVID appropriate behavior here at Bhargava Auditorium, PGIMER today.
An extremely proud father of two daughters and brand ambassador of ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Campaign,’ Sh. Ajeet Bajaj along with his daughter Deeya Bajaj was the first Indian father-daughter duo to climb Mt. Everest. Sh. Ajeet Bajaj completed the Explorer’s Grand Slam on 05 June 2022 while completing the Seven Summits with his daughter Deeya.
Motivating the audience in an extremely impassioned tone while speaking on “Summiting Mount Everest”, Sh. Ajeet Bajaj delved deep into the essential qualities of being a successful organization by surmounting the challenges as he said, “The secret of getting to the top is the acronym TOP, T is for teamwork; always putting your team before yourself; O is for Outlook, always looking at a glass half full and P is for previous preparation.”
While the audience listened to him in rapt attention, Sh. Ajeet Bajaj continued to share the highs and lows of his extreme expeditions while drawing an analogy with life as he said, “At an individual level, we also all of us have to find our own Mount Everest. So dream big, and face those challenges with a smile and have never give-in attitude and unfurl the tricolor on the summit of your dreams”
Quoting Charles Darwin from his book ‘The Origin of Species,’ Sh. Ajeet Bajaj emphasized on adapting to change to be triumphant in life, “It is not the most intellectual of species that survive, not the strongest, but the one that are able to adapt, to adjust to face the changing environment.”
Sh. Ajeet Bajaj gave a life lesson to the audience as he aptly shared, “Receiving recognition is not why we follow our passion. There is a feeling of inner joy and happiness when you make your dreams come true by overcoming boundaries you set for yourself.”
Lauding PGIMER as one of the best in the country, he urged the PGIMER fraternity to make this institute as ‘‘the best on the planet. This has to be our collective dream.’’
Ms. Deeya Bajaj, the prodigy daughter of Sh. Ajeet Bajaj and the Guest of Honour on the occasion, held the attention of one and all in the audience as she spoke virtually about her own connotation of summiting Mount Everest, “If we support our girls if we nourish them, and if we show them that there’s absolutely nothing that they can’t achieve, and we keep telling them that and supporting them and encouraging them, I think we’re headed for an absolutely amazing and fantastic future.”
Earlier, at the outset, Prof Vivek Lal, Director PGIMER appreciated the PGIMER team as he stated, “The PGIMER team works hard pushing the limits of their endurance and physical capacity for the service of patients. Taking care of an exponentially increasing burden of patients is an extremely difficult task, which they perform diligently.”
Twenty-six PGIMER employees were honored by Sh. Ajeet Bajaj along with Prof. Vivek Lal, Director PGIMER, Prof. R.K. Sharma, Dean (Academics), Prof. K.Gauba, Dean (Research), and Prof. Rakesh Sehgal, for their outstanding service and were presented appreciation certificates along with mementoes. These were:
• Sh. Muraleedharan V., Hospital Attendant, Procurement Branch
• Sh. Dinesh Chander, Hospital Attendant, FA Office
• Sh. Ramesh Chand, Hospital Attendant, Director’s Office
• Mr. Karamvir Singh, Sanitary Attendant, Gastroenterology
• Mr. Raj Kumar, Sanitary Attendant, Department of General Branch
• Mr. Amarjeet Singh, Lab. Assistant, Department of Histopathology
• Ms. Meena Kumari, Library Attendant (Gr.1), Library
• Sh. Sunil Dutt, Driver Grade-II, Department of Hospital Administration
• Ms. Sunita Bhatti, Senior Nursing Officer, Department of Renal
• Ms. Parminder Kaur, Sr. Nursing Officer, Trauma ICU
• Ms. Bharti Sharma, Nursing Officer, Emergency Surgical OPD
• Mrs. Rama Puri, Private Secretary, Department of Endocrinology
• Ms.Baljeet Kaur, Stenographer, Department of Obstt. And Gynaecology
• Mr. Tejinder Kumar, UDC, Radiodiagnosis
• Sh. Rajinder Kumar, Personal Assistant, FA Office
• Mr. Vipan Kumar, Office Superintendent, Establishment-II
• Mr. Tarsame Lal, Private Secretary, Dean(A) office
• Mr. Arun Yadav, Supervisor, Radiodiagnosis
• Mr. Bhabani Pal, Sr. Lab Technician, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit
• Ms. Gurinder Longia, Senior Technician (OT), Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit
• Mr. Kamal Bhatti, Technician Operator Theater (OT), Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit
• Ms. Arvinder Kaur Arora, Medical Social Worker, Department CM& SPH
• Mr. Praveen Kumar, Store Keeper, Department of Central Store
• Sh. Yash pal, S/o Sh. Jai Karan, Lift Operator (Gd.II)
• Sh. Ram Sanjivan, Mali Gd. II
• Sh. Niranjan Singh, Technician Gd. III
Prof. K. Gauba, Dean (Research), PGIMER proposed the vote of thanks to mark the formal closure of the event, which was well attended by former PGI directors and professors including Prof. Y.K.Chawla, Prof. Jagat Ram, dignitaries from various Institutes of Chandigarh, heads of departments, faculty, and other staff.
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