DAV College Amritsar organises webinar on secure computing
Amritsar: The PG Department of Computer Science and of DAV College Amritsar, organised a webinar on “Best Practices for Secure Computing” with DR Harsh K Verma, from NIT Jalandhar as the keynote, speaker. Dr Verma introduced the audience to cyber issues and the ever-looming threat they possess. He mentioned the sudden boom of the social networking sites as a growing concern for cyber security. He explained how easily cyber threats leave a person in a vulnerable situation that can be exploited by cyber criminals. Clarifying the roles of anti-virus and firewalls and the threat they bring with them, he pointed out key areas where people are scammed easily. He also shared some statistical analysis of the ever increasing number of cyber crimes highlighting the younger generation as being more prone to cyber attacks.
Lecture at GNDU
The History Department of GNDU organised a lecture on “Punjab and its Narratives of Freedom Struggle” in a series devoted to Azadi Ka Amrit Mahaotsav. The lecture is fourth the series and invited speakers from Delhi university. Dr Amanpreet Singh Gill, from Khalsa College, DU, said that the act of patriotism by freedom fighters were recorded as criminal activities in British official records. Historians like ML Ahluwalia and Prof He also spoke about the use of religious symbolism in national movement, which was a cultural tool for mass mobilisation, but it also acted as double edged sword, uniting some communities and alienating other communities at the same time.
Faculty induction programme
UGC- HRDC of the GNDU started Faculty Induction Programme in online mode here on Thursday.Vice-Chancellor, Prof Jaspal Singh Sandhu, who is also the Chief Patron of HRDC conveyed his best wishes to Director HRDC Prof Sudha Jitender and her team for the programme. This is the first programme of the session 2021-2022 and the fifth induction programme for the newly recruited teachers in online mode. The centre had successfully organised 19 programmes last year and this year the University Grants Commission has allocated 21 programmes to HRDC, GNDU.
Teej celebrated
Colourful dances and festivity marked the celebrations of tiyaan at Khalsa College for Women as the faculty members clad in traditional dresses resorted to musical presentations. They recited ‘Bolian’ and performed ‘Gidda’ to welcome monsoon or ‘Savan’, associated with the good times and festivity. “It is a festival for girls. They welcome the new season by dancing to the traditional music,” said KCW Principal Dr Surinder Kaur. Students were not involved this year due to the Covid-19 restrictions and only teachers took part in the festivity. She said that the festival is traditionally celebrated in Punjab during the month of Savan and hoped that festivals like these will connect our youth with our culture and traditions. TNS
