Independence Day celebrations

Tarn Taran: To celebrate the Independence Day a colourful programme was organised at Howard Lane Senior Secondary School, Thatha, on Saturday with great enthusiasm. Manjinder Singh Virk, Principal of the School, hoisted the National Flag and took salute from the march past. Addressing on the occasion school Principal put light on the sacrifices made by our great heroes like Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, Udham Singh and others who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of our country. Students presented a colourful cultural programme ended with traditional Gidha and Bhangra.

Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School

At Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School under the chairmanship of School Principal Ranjit Bhatia students presented patriotic songs, poems and dances. President local committee Chief Khalsa Diwan Harjit Singh and vice president Gurinder Singh were the chief guests on the occasion. Orminder Kaur Principal of Sri Guru Harkrishan Public Senior Secondary, Chabal, took salute while unfurling the National Flag on the occasion. Students presented cultural programme hitting on social evils like drugs, dowry, corruption copying in exam etc.

Mamta Niketan School

Educational competitions were organised in the local Mamta Niketan School in which all the students participated. Gurcharan Kaur, School Principal while addressing on the occasion highlighted the importance of freedom and also threw light on the role of our beloved freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the country. OC

Efforts to conserve environment

Amritsar: In continuation of its efforts towards environment conservation, NSS units of BBK DAV College for Women organised a tree plantation drive at the college campus. The drive was organised as a part of the Swachhata Pakhwada Scheme, which aims at environment perseverance and safety. Lakhbir Singh, Commandant, 5th India Reserve Battalion, was the chief guest. All volunteers and programme officers of the NSS units of the college took an oath to ensure environmental cleanliness and to contribute at least 100 hours to the campaign. The oath was followed by a rally which was flagged off to spread awareness about environmental cleanliness. Principal Dr Pushpinder Walia said ‘Swachhata Pakhwada’ is an annual event of the college.

Faculty induction programme

Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) began its online faculty induction programme on Friday. HRDC Director Sudha Jitender and her team organised the programme. This is the first programme of the session 2021-22 and the fifth induction programme for the newly recruited teachers, to be undertaken at the HRDC, GNDU through online mode. The centre had successfully organised 19 programmes last year and this year the University Grants Commission had allocated 21 programmes to the GNDU HRDC. The course has participants from varied subject disciplines. Prof SS Behl, OSD to Vice-Chancellor, inaugurated the programme. Director Jitender ensured full support for the one-month course.

‘Revisiting Indian Nat’l Movement’

The Department of History, GNDU, organised a webinar on the theme “Revisiting Indian National Movement” dedicated to 75 years of Independence. Prof Amandeep Bal, Head of Department, introduced the participants to the theme and explained how Independence was achieved with the continuous struggle of millions of Indians belonging to various ethnic groups, culture, religious denominations and castes. The first speaker of the webinar, Prof Sucheta Mahajan, from the Centre of Historical Studies, JNU, New Delhi, spoke on the subject of Indian women’s struggle in the Independence. Prof Salil Misra of History Department, Ambedkar University, New Delhi, delineated on three legacies of the Independence viz. making of the nation, democracy and secularism. Prof Shashi Bhushan Upadhya from Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, gave a detailed account of three sections of the Indian National Army.

6 DAV College students get jobs

DAV College is continuously providing employment opportunities to its students. Final year and pass out students are being offered job opportunities in various multinational companies through placement drives. The Placement and Training Cell is also playing an important role in this task. Under this, 26 students of the college’s Computer Department have been selected in Infosys and TCS. Thirteen college students will be able to join Infosys and remaining thirteen students will be able to join TCS. Principal Dr Rajesh Kumar and Placement Cell in charge Prof Vikram Sharma extended their best wishes to the students and congratulated the department for this achievement. They said employment had been provided to most of the students in the Computer Department and the alumni of the department are also bringing laurels to the college by working in reputed companies of the country and abroad. tns

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