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Pbi varsity gets workstation for research on census data
A big distinction came Punjabi University's way with the inauguration of a workstation for 'research on micro data from census' on its campus here on Wednesday. With this, Punjabi University becomes the second university in the country after Jawaharlal Nehru University to "carry out meaningful research and making the data easily accessible to people for its optimum use."
A big distinction came Punjabi University's way with the inauguration of a workstation for 'research on micro data from census' on its campus here on Wednesday.
With this, Punjabi University becomes the second university in the country after Jawaharlal Nehru University to "carry out meaningful research and making the data easily accessible to people for its optimum use."
Speaking on the occasion, C Chandramouli, registrar-general and census commissioner of India, said that the significant information, generated as a consequence of carrying out the huge exercise of data collection from among the diverse geographical, cultural and ethnic groups in tough terrains of India, usually lied stacked in the libraries or the dusty corridors of administrative offices. Research scholars, he said, are being encouraged to carry out in-depth and critical analyses of the database for value-addition and other social applications.
Vice-chancellor Jaspal Singh, while describing the day as historic one, said that the setting up of the workstation would boost qualitative and utilitarian research among the faculty and research scholars of the department of sociology, where it has been established.
He exhorted the scholars to make efforts for evolving it as the best centre in the country by addressing the issues and problems of the society in general and of the under-privileged in specific.
Director, census operations, Punjab, Seema Jain, said the census data constitutes a treasure house of demographic information on various fronts and aspects of society. The main purpose of the workstations, she said, was making the census data easily understandable and accessible to a larger section of the society. The planning commission has decided to set up 18 such workstations in the country during the 12th Five Year Plan, she added.
