NCC camp concludes

Amritsar: The combined annual training camp of all three wings of NCC Units i.e. 24 Pb BN NCC Amritsar, 2 Air Unit NCC Amritsar and 2 Naval Unit NCC, Amritsar, culminated on Friday at Khalsa College of Engineering and Technology, Ranjit Avenue, Amritsar. As many as 550 NCC cadets from various schools and colleges from Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Batala, Dinanagar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Chandigarh attended the camp and were trained on various aspects of military training and personality development. Cadets who performed outstanding were rewarded with medals and certificates. During the camp Col AS Chauhan, CO 24 Punjab Bn NCC Asr, Lt. Dr. Harsimran Kaur (ANO), Capt. Munish Gupta (ANO), Capt. Anil Partap (ANO), Ms. Geetu (Third Officer), Diljot Singh (CTO) and other caretaker officers were present along with PI Staff.

Youth Festival at GNDU

“A” Zone Zonal Youth festival of Guru Nanak Dev University was inaugurated with the beat on dhol here in the Dasmesh Auditorium of the Universityhere on Friday. Prof BS Chadha, Director of Research inaugurated the festival by lighting candles. Today, the competitions of bhangra, group shabad/bhajan, group song (Indian) and folk orchestra were organised. Baljit Singh Sekhon, advisor, Youth Welfare Department, was also present. Prof Anish Dua said classroom has an important role to construct a good society but the practical knowledge plays an important role during the student life. Classical instrumental (percussion), classical instrumental (non-percussion), classical vocal, vaar singing and kawishri and on the stage of architecture department the competitons of painting on the spot, cartooning, poster making, on-the-spot photography, collage, clay modelling, and installation were organised.

Talk on Pharmaceutical Industry

The Department of Pharmacy of the Global Group of Institutes organised an expert talk on, ‘Indian Pharmaceutical Industry’. The talk was delivered by Kartik Kapur, Production Head, Adisor Pharmaceuticals. In the course of his lecture, Kapur gave insight into the working of pharmaceutical industry with specific relation to Indian pharma market. India, with its largest pharma industry in the world is a hub of pharma production and occupies an important place with maximum production and supply to the market. The Indian pharma industry contributes immensely to the demand of pharmaceuticals throughout the world besides catering to the needs of Indian market. Kartik Kapur also informed the students about the career opportunities in the pharma industry.

Constitution Day celebrated

The Department of Political Science, DAV College, Amritsar, celebrated the Samvidhan Diwas (Constitution Day) with patriotic fervour. Prof Surinder Kumar elaborated the rationale behind the celebration of the Constitution Day. He also paid tributes to the supreme sacrifices made by the leaders of the nation who by virtue of their intelligence and sacrifices gave to us the free and liberal environment that we are living in. The event also included the reading out of the Preamble to the Constitution by all the audience. Speaking on the occasion Dr Gurdas Singh Sekhon, Administrator of the college, also touched upon different aspects of the Constitution for making the journey of the parliamentary government successful in India. Principal Dr Rajesh Kumar put up an analytical review of the Preamble to the Constitution of India.

Kids vow to strengthen democracy

On the occasion of National Constitution Day, the students of all government schools in the district pledged to jointly strengthen democracy and spread voter awareness. The students and teachers of the schools pledged that they would persuade the senior members of their families to check their names in the voters’ roll and exercise their voting right while maintaining the democratic traditions of their country. On this occasion lectures were also given by the teachers in many schools in the morning session, in which the students were informed about the fundamental rights and duties enshrined in the Indian Constitution.

Lecture at Khalsa College

The Botanical and Environment Science Society, Post Graduate Department of Botany, Khalsa College Amritsar, organised a guest lecture by Dr Srinivas Patnala, Visiting Faculty, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. He spoke on the topic “Importance of Chemotaxonomic Profiling of Medicinal Plants and Quality Control Methods” and shed a new light on the subject. Dr Patnala focused on understanding the nature of plant species having unique geographical habitats that produce secondary metabolites, which may vary in their chemical constituent’s profiles and concentrations, depending on different populations of the same species. He also discussed the aspects of herbal plant regulations around the world and prospective guidelines that shall be implemented as regulations that ensure quality, safety and efficacy of medicinal plants. TNS

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