Environment protectionThe Priyadarshini Academy for Environment Protection has been formed under the chairmanship of Y.V. Chandrachud, former chief justice of India. The committee will work for the cause of environment protection.The members of the advisory committee include Gopinath Sarangi, chief commissioner of customs and central excise, former state chief secretary D.M. Sukthankar, cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, actress Jaya Bachchan and environmentalist Rashmi Mayur.CHGS cardsCentral government employees working in Pune and covered under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) have been asked to surrender their old CGHS cards to their respective departments and get new photo identity cards before December 31.Pension AdalatA Pension Adalat at Pune regional level will be held at the office of the Postmaster General in Pune to hear the problems of pensioners and family pensioners of postal employees of Pune postal region.The pensioners and family pensioners having any grievances should write to K.G. Shinde, Accounts Officer, office of the Postmaster General, Pune-1 before December 28.TASMAC plansTASMAC, a city-based management institute has been approved by Edexcel Foundation UK and plans to launch 10 professional management development programmes. The programmes will be launched through its Pune centre and 34 affiliated centres . It also be offered to working executives through the distance learning mode. The approval certificate was presented to Dr Giri Dua, director, TASMAC by Michael Haigh, manager, operations, Edexcel International.Career guidanceExcel Classes will organise a career guidance seminar on December 25 and 26 at the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's auditorium, Chinchwad, from 12.30 to 7.30 p.m.
