Bhutan varsity VC visits LPU

Vice-Chancellor of the Royal University of Bhutan, Dasho Nidup Dorji, visited Lovely Professional University on Thursday. LPU Chancellor Ashok Mittal and Director of International Affairs Aman Mittal greeted Dorji on his maiden visit to the campus.  Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the King of Bhutan, is also a Chancellor. Visiting VC was taken to different departments of the LPU where he interacted with hundreds of Bhutanese students studying on the campus. Over 400 Bhutanese students are studying at the LPU in various programmes. VC Dorji was happy to note that almost all the students were taking part in activities as a part of their programmes. The VC’s visit is indicative of possible collaboration between LPU and the Bhutanese University in near future. For collaboration, various detailed programmes will be chalked out to strengthen higher education system in Bhutan and mutual relationship between the two. The collaborative programmes are to include mutual faculty exchange and training of faculty members of various top colleges in Bhutan. This alliance will also be in the areas of student exchange and internship programmes for students and faculty. 

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Workshop on higher education 

As per the directions of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), GOI, a workshop was organised on the IK Gujral Punjab Technical University Campus on Thursday. It was organised by the university to get the data uploaded on the All-India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) portal by the colleges who could not uploaded data on the portal timely. In this workshop, 50 affiliated colleges participated. Two experts Dr Buta Singh Sidhu, Dean Academics, IKGPTU, and Dr Balkar Singh, Director College Development, were addressed on the importance of this survey. Other IKGPTU officials Dr Sukhbir Singh Ahluwalia, Director, Student Facilitation Centre, and Dr Punam Yadav, Nodal Officer, also inspired the colleges for maximum participation. The MHRD, GOI, is collecting data pertaining to the colleges that are offering higher education in the state. To portray the status of higher education in the country, the MHRD has endeavoured to conduct an annual web-based All-India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE). The survey covers all the institutions in the country engaged in imparting of higher education. Data is being collected on several parameters such as teachers, student enrollment, programmes, examination results, education finance and infrastructure. Indicators of educational development such as institution density, gross enrolment ratio, pupil-teacher ratio, gender parity index, per student expenditure will also be calculated from the data collected through AISHE. These are useful in making informed policy decisions and research for development of education sector. 

Cultural fest begins 

A two-day cultural and technical fest, Colours- 2016, for both college and school students began on the CT Group of Institutions, Maqsudan campus, on Friday. The event kicked off with a show ‘The Vibes of Youth’. With an interfusion of inter collegiate/ school technical, cultural, literacy competitions, business plans and among other aspects, Colours aimed at inspiring the youth to elevate aspirations, stay focused and achieve greater heights. The objective was to bring out the dynamism of the youth of today by providing them platform to perform. The first was dedicated to the college students while there will be school’s participation on the second day.  Apart from its own students, the college was home to more than 800 students of 24 colleges, including Trinity College, Doaba College, DAV University, Sant Baba Bhag Singh College, DAV College, HMV College for Girls, KMV College for girls and many others. There were events like creating best of waste, parshnottri-quiz, business plan, treasure hunt, video documentary, physics model and others.  HMV College for Girls, Jalandhar, won the overall trophy while Mehr Chand Polytechnic College won the runners-up title. S Charanjit Singh Channi (Chairman, CT Group of Institutions) and Manbir Singh (Managing Director, CT Group of Institutions) were the chief guests for the occasion. Dr Jasdeep Kaur Dhami (Deputy Director, Maqsudan Campus) was also present along with other distinguished guests from college governing body and other educational institutions.

Seminar on resume writing 

The PG department of commerce and management, PCM SD College for Women, organised a seminar on ‘resume writing and career counselling’. Pardeep, Managing Director, IBT, Sakshi, CEO, Gurcharanjit Singh Relationship Manager, Suresh Lokhande, faculty, IBT, visited the institution for the purpose. The seminar was attended by students of BCom and MCom accomplished by faculty of the department. Welcome speech was given by Shikha Puri. Pardeep took the initiative to give career related tips to students and highlighted various career opportunities available for students. Quiz contest and an interactive question and answer session was also conducted.—TNS