Students excel in Semester exams

Amritsar: BBK DAV girls outperformed other students in the GNDU exams of BA semester I by securing positions in top 10 students in city. Garima Sharma stood 1st in the university by securing 338/400. Anudhi Mehta stood 3 rd by securing 335/400.Manmeet Kaur stood 5 th by securing 331/400. Radhika Sharma stood 8 th by securing366/400. Muskan stood 10 th by securing 324/400 and Shipra stood 12 th by securing 322/400. Principal Dr Pushpinder Walia congratulated the students and faculty members for the brilliant performance in the university exams and gave them best wishes for future as well.

Best Emerging Higher Institute

Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (KCVAS) has been declared as the Best Emerging Higher Education Institution of the year 2020 (Veterinary and Animal Science) by the “Pearl Education Excellence Award for Higher Education in India for the year 2020”. The award was announced at a “National Conference on SMART SUMMIT-2021”. Principal Dr P K Kapoor received the award and citation today during the virtual award ceremony organised by PEARL Foundation. The award ceremony was inaugurated by Honorable Justice B. Pugalendhi, Judge, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Tamil Nadu. Progressive Education Advanced Research Laureate (PEARL) Foundation Educational Excellence Awards is a prestigious National Award presented to various personalities and institutions in the field of agriculture, arts and humanities, engineering, veterinary science, medicine, science etc in recognition of their contributions in higher education and excellence in their impact in the society and contribution to the well-being of our fellow citizens.

Webinar on Yoga benefits

Hindu College organized an online national webinar on the yoga by Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi. Dr Sanjeev Sharma, Principal of the college and Head of Department of Philosophy Prof Anu Kandhari and physical Joint Head of Education Department Dr Ranjit Singh, presided over the webinar. The webinar touched upon the subjects like ‘’’’Yoga and Balanced Diet’’’’ for professors, research scholars and students who participated. Keynote speaker Dr Karunesh Kumar said that depression among people during the Covid-19 global pandemic, and mental health problems such as nervousness, anxiety, fear and restlessness has been rising. He told that a major part of yoga is meditation and through practicing breathing techniques, one can reduce stress and improve mental health. Yoga expert Shakuntala Devi performed various yogasanas for participants.

Lecture on Leadership, Motivation

Dr Jasveen Kaur, Head, University Business School, Guru Nanak Dev University, in an online webinar organised by the Commerce Department of DAV College, Amritsar, addressed the students on the topic “Leadership and Motivation”. She said that personal growth is very important for acquiring good leadership qualities. “The development of leadership qualities starts from childhood. You cannot learn it by paying money or learn it in a college or university. Difficulties, hardships, difficulties of life, personal experiences of a person help in making him a leader. If you take some examples, you will find that the world’’’’s best leaders were from a normal family and they created history despite the lack of resources. There are often many changes in our life, if we want to move forward in life then it is very important for us to stay motivated,” she said. Principal Dr Rajesh Kumar, while addressing the lecture, said that it is more important to control oneself in difficult situations than it is necessary to work hard to achieve any objective. “There are no shortcuts to the success, the road to the top is not quick or easy, and good things are not learned quickly. That is, no work is done at a fast pace, success comes at the right time and in the right condition,” he said.

KCVAS signs MoU with CEDSI

Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (KCVAS), Amritsar on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Centre of Excellence for Dairy Skills in India (CEDSI) Gurugram for the development of dairy system. The MoU was signed virtually through a zoom meeting by KCVAS Principal Dr PK Kapoor, while CEDSI was represented by its vice-president Anupam Lal. Dr Kapoor said the MoU intends to initiate cooperation between the two parties to collaborate and conduct activities and training to establish and promote sustainability and profitability in the dairy sector through skill and capacity building, policy advocacy, knowledge management and research for the betterment of various stakeholders in dairy industries, small farmers, undergraduates and post-graduate students.

17 students get placement

As many as 17 students of Amritsar Group of Colleges bagged job offers in virtual campus placement drive for BYJU’s company. Selected students have been offered an average pay package of Rs 10 lac PA and belong to several specialities of BTech. While announcing the campus placement figures for the 2021 batch, Dr VK Banga,Principal, said “As the recruitment process shifted to online mode this year, the number of offers drastically increased in comparison to 2020. This year has been extremely good for placements even though, some other leading recruiters like TCS, Nagarro, SopraSteria, Accenture, Infosys, Capgemini Wipro Technologies, Mind Infotech, Xtramarks, Ralson IndiaNewgen, Cogneesol, Infogain, Sobha Ltd, Luminous Power Technologies, Just Dial, Xl Dynamic 10, Chimic, Samundra,Manjushree, HDFC BankPagar Book, SopraBanking etcconducted successful placement drives at AGC, Amritsar. TNS