Book bank at Kanya Maha Vidyalaya Collegiate Senior Secondary School

Jalandhar: Kanya Maha Vidyalaya Collegiate Senior Secondary School has started Book Bank which operates under the aegis of the Department of Student Welfare. As the new session has commenced, KMV Book Bank has put up an exhibition of books of all subjects in order to facilitate the students. Principal Prof Atima Sharma Dwivedi averred that KMV’s Book Bank is operational throughout the year. Students deposit the syllabus-oriented books of their previous classes in the book bank and those who want to use the books can collect them from the book bank without a need to buy them. Principal lauded the efforts of Dr Madhumeet, Dean Student Welfare, Veena Deepak, Co-ordinator, KMV Collegiate Senior Seconday School, Rajni Marwaha and Richa Vij for being involved in the functioning of book bank.

International Peace Day observed

International peace day was observed at MLU DAV College, Phagwara, under the guidance of Dr Kiranjeet Randhawa, Principal of the college. Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on September 21. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace. A seminar was organised by faculty members for students to encourage them to learn the word ‘Peace’ and its true meaning. Peace day provides a globally shared date for all humanity to commit and build a culture of peace. Students participated in various activities and shared their views through speeches, poems and songs. The main purpose of this day is to aware people around the globe that we are not each other’s enemies. She further said that everyone should focus on kindness and peace and eliminate violence.

Placement drive at Khalsa College

Students from the Department of Management, Lyallpur Khalsa College Technical Campus, have got placements in top MNCs. Shifali and Karan Aujla got selected as Customer Relationship Officer at a pay package of Rs 2.63 lakh per annum. Nirmal Kumar of MBA bagged a pay package of Rs2.4 lakh per annum from Kotak Securities and his designation is Assistant Manager. Amritpal Singh Kahlon got recruited with Education Culture Pvt. Ltd at a pay package of Rs 3 LPA. Tinil Thomas and Komal Kokhar got selected with Sahodhya as a Manager at a pay package of Rs 3 LPA. Rohit Jassal of MBA final got selected with Capital Small Finance Bank at pay package of Rs 2.4 LPA as a Teller. Star Health also selected two students of MBA final namely Kajal and Heera Partap at a pay package of Rs 2.4 LPA as Agency Recruitment Officers. Catholic Syrian Bank selected Gurpreet Singh at a pay package of Rs 2.4 LPA.

workshop on herbal products

The PG Department of Botany organised a one-day national workshop on “Entrepreneurship in Herbal Products” under DD Pant Botanical Society. Principal Prof Ajay Sareen stressed upon the need of getting the knowledge about herbal products, their production and empowering the women by setting up small set ups by utilising the knowledge based on these herbal products. During Covid, people are looking on Ayurveda for boosting immunity which is based on this traditional knowledge of plants and plant based products. She congratulated the department for organising such a successful event. Resource person Dr Anjana Bhatia discussed about the role of basic plant sciences for being successful entrepreneur of herbal products.

HMV students shine in varsity exams

Students of MA (Music Vocal) Sem II of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar got positions in Guru Nanak Dev University and brought laurels to the college. Hanu got the 1st position with 392 marks out of 400. Aanchal Sharma got the 3rd position with 389 marks, Ranjan got the 5th position with 387 marks, Harpreet got the 7th position with 384 marks and Anushka got the 13th position with 375 marks. Principal Prof Dr Ajay Sareen congratulated students, Head of Department Dr Prem Sagar and tabla player Sunny.

Skill Development Programme

A skill development programme was organised at DAV University. It was a great initiative by the Education Department, in which 60 students participated. This event focused on personality grooming and other behavioural skills. The event was started by Vice Chancellor Dr Jasbir Rishi with the welcome of spokesperson Ritali Singh from Pathankot. Ritali had provided online guidance sessions and she prepared students for SSB interviews. She emphasised on cognitive behaviour also. In the evening session, Akansha guided students about confidence specially about voice quality.

Help Desk for BEd admissions

Hoshiarpur: A help desk for BEd admissions has been set up at DAV College of Education, Hoshiarpur, to help the students for completing the online registration. Principal Dr Vidhi Bhalla said, the desk would prove to be a big boon for the students aspiring to take admission in BEd. She said that as per the Punjab Govt. notification, Punjabi University, Patiala, is authorised to complete the process of joint admission in BEd in the state. The last date of online registration is September 30 and if the aspiring students face any difficulty in online registration and admission process, the college help desk will guide the students regularly. She said that the DAV College of Education is covered under grant-in-aid scheme and the college has a sanctioned strength of 300 seats for two years B.Ed course and 50 seats for two years MEd course.

DAV students win Wushu C’ship

In a district-level competition Ajay of BA (Sem 1) and Ritik Kalsi of BA(Sem V) of DAV College, Hoshiarpur, won gold medals in district Wushu championship. College Principal Dr Vinay Kumar congratulated the duo for their achievement and motivated them to do better. College managing committee president Dr Anoop Kumar and secretary DL Anand, conveyed their greetings to the students and lauded them for their achievement. TNS/OC