MoU with Russian university

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Lovely Professional University (LPU) of India and Russia’s Southern Federal University (SFedU), as a part of 28 Government to Government (G2G), commercial and other agreements/MoUs signed during President of Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to India. The collaboration is for academic and research activities, exchange of academic information, and students and faculty exchange programmes. The MoU is mentioned in the Ministry of External Affairs’ (Government of India) transcript of ‘Special Media Briefing by Foreign Secretary’ made on 21st India-Russia Annual Summit held in New Delhi. President of Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin was in New Delhi for important talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Annual fiesta commenced

Jalandhar: A two-day annual fiesta ‘Apeejay Pinnacle 2021’ commenced at Apeejay Institute of Management and Engineering Technical Campus with great zeal. Pargat Singh, Cabinet Minister of Sports, Higher Education and NRI Affairs, Punjab, was the chief guest for the inaugural ceremony of the function. The fiesta began with a mesmerising Ganesh Vandana. The highlight for the event was an enchanting fashion show ‘Fusion Folks’. They blended Indian textile and styling with Western influence. The inaugural ceremony ended with an electrifying folk dance performance- bhangra in which boys and girls enthralled the audience with their rocking dance moves. Dr Rajesh Bagga, Director, Apeejay Institute of Management Technical Campus, exhorted the students to put in their best and consistent efforts for the overall development of their personality. The students will show their prowess in as many as 38 activities.

Guest Lecture on Talent Mgmt

DAV University organised an online guest lecture on ‘Talent Management’ for the students of the Department of Commerce, Business Management and Economics (CBME). Dr Gitika Nagrath, Assistant Prof, welcomed the speaker. Shweta Sharma, an experienced trainer and mentor in the field of talent management. She talked about companies which became leading organisations due to their extraordinary efforts in the field of human resource management. Vice chancellor Dr Jasbir Rishi, Registrar Dr KN Kaul and Dean Academics Dr RK Seth congratulated the department for the initiative. Shweta told students, how talent management is a useful tool for attraction and retention of its manpower. At the end, Dr Girish Taneja, coordinator, delivered a note of thanks.

Placement drive at HMV

Seven students of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya have got placement in Knowledge Academy with the pay package of Rs 2 lakh per annum. Principal Prof Ajay Sareen congratulated the students and the Placement Cell Incharge Jagjit Bhatia. She told that the students are Riya Sethi, Pooja from B.Voc Web Technology and Multimedia, Devanshi, Sravni, Shruti, Radhika, Vaishali from BCA. Principal Dr. Ajay Sareen told that for the first six months they will do paid internship in the company and then they will be hired as an employee after the completion of an internship. The package will Rs 2 lakh per annum.

Recite to ignite event organised

The ALFAAZ Club of DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology organised an event ‘Recite to Ignite’ in the seminar hall of the institute. The event was organised in two categories i.e for age group ‘below 18 years’ and ’18-plus’. Divya Sharma of IT 3rd Semester bagged first position for her brilliant performance. Second and third positions were taken up by Ritika Saini of IT 5th Semester and Namit Sachdeva of ECE 5th Semester respectively in the category of age group ’18-plus’. The first, second and third positions were bagged by Bhavyanshi, Gunjan Bungar and Twinkle, respectively, in the category of age group ‘below 18 years.

GNA varsity holds Industrial Visit

GNA University organised an Industrial Visit to Solitaire Infosys Pvt. Ltd, Mohali, for the students of Computer Science Engineering. Solitaire Infosys Pvt. Ltd. is an IT service provider. The experts of the industry discussed various ongoing projects of the company and the future trends in the IT market like, Artificial Intelligence, Networking, Machine Learning and what are the industrial needs in the growing world. The interactive session between the students and the experts went for two hours and the queries of the students were solved by the experts of Solitaire Infosys Pvt. Ltd. Dr Vikrant Sharma, Dean (Engineering) said, “Industrial visits are part and parcel for professional courses like BTech.”

Manisha shines in academics

Manisha Sharma of Lyallpur Khalsa College Jalandhar has bagged the first position in the Guru Nanak Dev University exams of Master in Tourism Management-II Semester by getting 545 marks out of 600 whereas Nitish bagged 3rd position by getting 515 marks in the same class. This information was given in a press release by the Principal of the College Dr. Gurpinder Singh Samra. TNS

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