Amritsar professor spends his time teaching Lahore University students online

Neeraj Bagga

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, April 13

Prof (Retd) Balvinder Singh, who is a former head of Guru Nanak Dev University’s Guru Ram Das School of Planning, has been teaching students of the University of Management and Technology, Lahore, online in his free time during the ongoing lockdown period.

He is also associated with the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). Besides, he has been sharing his knowledge and experience with fourth-year agriculture students of the University of Management and Technology of Lahore, Pakistan, through Zoom Cloud (meeting) technology on the request invitation of Prof Ayesha Mehmood Malik and Prof Najma Kabir from the Architecture and Planning Department of the university.

Apart from reviewing research papers in the capacity as an editorial board member of different international journals, he is preoccupied in writing research papers as well.He has written a book, ‘Splendid Art works in Historic Sikh Shrines of India and Pakistan: Conservation Perspective’, and a research paper entitled, ‘Conservation of Architectural Heritage: Enabling Laws’ in the SPACE Journal of School of planning and Architecture, New Delhi.

He starts his day with yoga asanas. After that, he watches live kirtan. During the lockdown, he gets time to spend with his family members, includes his wife and son. He also assists them in household chores.

Prof (Retd) Balvinder is also in touch with his daughter, who is an assistant professor in the PGIMER, Chandigarh, and her family members.

He is making all-out efforts to create awareness and asking his known ones not to fear. He is constantly in touch with his acquaintances in various government departments, friends and relatives.

“I salute health workers, police personnel and sanitation workers who are in the frontline of this war against Covid. Waheguru bless my country from this threat,” he said.