Academic visit to Harvard

Jalandhar: Dr Atima Sharma Dwivedi was welcomed by KMV faculty on her return from an academic visit to Harvard, Boston, Chatham and New York Universities. She made a presentation on “Making of global citizens: Vision and challenges of leaders in education” in the five day international conference organised at Harvard University. Her talk focused on how education today must have the requisite edge to develop competencies among students to be the world citizens, who would be leaders of tomorrow. In her address, she shared that the world today had common issues and problems ranging from the environment, health, terrorism, human resource, economic disparity, gender issues and so on. Technology had brought the world closer, but education had not kept pace with the development of young students, who could think and act globally. 

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Beginning with school education and then in higher studies, Dr Atima had carried out surveys in India and other countries, which show that a lot of work had to be done by policy makers and leaders in education towards this cause. Recommendations in curriculum development and executing programmes were discussed in detail in the paper. Her talk was widely appreciated and received by academicians present from many parts of the world in the conference. Scholars from Turkey, Poland, Africa and America offered their cooperation to Dr Atima to take her work forward. They would be contributing in her future work. She also chaired a session in the international conference at Harvard University. During her stay, she was invited to Boston University to deliver talks to students and scholars in three different programmes. She also visited Chatham and Pittsburgh University to discuss details for future programmes as KMV-Chatham partnership had been going on for the past five years.

Annual training camp

Combined annual training camp of NCC Cadets was organised in Jalandhar by the two Punjab Girls Batallion. As many as 46 cadets of the college participated in all events and brought laurels for the college by getting first position in group dance, declamation, mike comparing and best word of command. In group song, rangoli and firing competition cadets bagged second position. Besides gold medals were given to semi under officers Shivani Sharma, Sargent Kanchan Sharma, CPL Loveleen Kaur, Shikha Sharma, Himani Sharma, Bablee Jha, Gayatri and cadet Muskaan for their outstanding performance in the camp. Camp commandant also honoured associate NCC officer Lt Priya Mahajan for rendering her services in the camp. 

Principal, Dr Kiran Arora, congratulated NCC cadets and in charge Lt 

Priya Mahajan for the achievement. 

BEd result

Ramgarhia College of Education, Phagwara outshined in the BEd result declared by Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. Nine students from the college secured a place in the list of university rank-holders. College student Aditi secured second position in the university with a diminutive difference of just 0.4 per cent from the first position holder. College students Anjana, Kiran Preet Kaur, Charanpreet Kaur and Mohit Dhir bagged fourth, 13th, 16th, and 20th positions, respectively, whereas Swati Sharma and Navneet Kaur got 30th position, Harjit Kaur and Manjit Kaur secured 45th position. The overall university pass percentage is 89.64. The college has 100 per cent pass percentage with 54 distinctions. Also, 97 per cent students passed BEd with first division. 

Bharpur Singh Bhogal, president-cum-chairman, Ramgarhia Educational Council, honoured Aditi and other position holders. He felicitated Principal, Dr Surinder Jit Kaur, teachers and students of Ramgarhia College of 

Education for the achievement.—TNS