Business plan competition

Jalandhar: Lyallpur Khalsa College Technical Campus, School of Management, congratulated Rahul Dadwal, Tarun Dadwal, Bhawna and Shifali of MBA-fourth for getting second runner-up position in TIE-business plan competition-2021 organised by IKGPTU in collaboration with TIE Chandigarh. The team won a cash prize of Rs20,000 and competed against over 160 teams from various IKGPTU-affiliated colleges across Punjab. The business idea presented by the team was named as ‘ED zone’ to connect various schools, colleges and universities across the global for a uniform and effective management. They practically demonstrated the working of this model. The event was held in three phases spread over a span of three months. The institute conveyed gratitude and special thanks to Dr Ajay Sharma (Vice-Chancellor, IKGPTU), Navdeepak Sandhu (deputy director, IKGPTU), Hirdesh Madan, President TIE, Chandigarh and all dignitaries of TIE, Chandigarh, for conducting such competitions.

Hygiene Training to street vendors

To provide special training to street food vendors to focus on hygiene, St Soldier Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, has tied-up with Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, under the initiative of Punjab government. Chairman Anil Chopra, vice-chairperson Sangeeta Chopra expressed happiness that St Soldier Hotel Management was selected by PGI Prof and Head Dr Amarjeet Singh (MD) for this initiative. Chopra said St Soldier has always been at the forefront of showing awareness and doing something for the society and the institute will fully contribute in this opportunity to improve the street food that people are getting in the city. Principal Sandeep Lohani said to keep our bodies healthy, food is most important part and if we can improve it then many diseases can be eradicated. Chopra said that this initiative will not only provide clean food to the citizens, but also increase the quality of the food, thereby it will increase vendor’s work.

Online Induction organised

Understanding the strong need of keeping the students motivated during current scenario, Sanskriti KMV School held virtual induction session for Class XI students as a launch pad of commencing their academic session 2021-22. Apprising of the academic standards and policy for the science, commerce and humanities stream, students were made clear of their queries amidst the recent promotion criteria of CBSE Class X results as well. Session was virtually addressed by Rachna Monga, Principal, and was attended by the school faculty, parents and the students. In her address, Rachna Monga, strongly insisted upon being technologically responsible, self disciplined and socially responsible. With a hope to have offline classes soon, students were motivated to keep up the competitive spirit and be academically strong.

Scholarships for students

HMV Collegiate Sr Sec School has been doling out scholarships and concessions to its students. Principal Prof Ajay Sareen told that this year also, it is giving a lot of scholarships to the toppers. Principal Sareen told that total free will be given to the students scoring 96% and above marks in board examination. Scholarship of Rs10,000 will be given to the students scoring 93 to 95% marks in board examination. Concession of Rs8,000 will be given to the students scoring 90 to 92.9% marks and Rs5,000 to the students scoring 85 to 89.9% marks in board examination. Under Mahatma Anand Swami Shikshit Beti Mission, Rs5,000 concession to fatherless and Rs7,000 concession to parentless students will be given under HMV Provide Wings Mission, 50 per cent concession will be given to differently abled students. Rs5,000 concession to single girl child will be given under Mahatma Hans Raj Beti Padao Mission. Under Maharishi Dayanand Unnat Beti Mission, concession of Rs3,000 will be given on poverty basis. Sister concession is also provided.

Talk on Milestones in Plant Genomics

Kanya Maha Vidyalaya organised another virtual interaction with the scientists of National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi under DBT Star College Status through Science Setu Programme. It was a unique opportunity for science students at undergraduate and postgraduate level to get an exposure to such a high-level research. The resource person for the event was Dr Debasis Chattopadhyay, Scientist VII, NIPGR. The topic of his talk was ‘Milestones in Plant Genomics’. Dr Debasis started his lecture by enlightening the students on the concept of genomics and discussed about the evolution of life and the process of DNA sequencing. He told about the chemistry of DNA sequencing & stressed on the Sanger’s chain termination method for DNA sequencing. He discussed about the concept of separation of reaction products and detection of LASER and also discussed about 2nd Generation DNA sequencing (Short Read Technology).

FireFighters’ Day observed

Eklavya School celebrated World Press Freedom Day and Firefighters’ Day with students. Various activities were performed by the students to spread awareness among the importance of both the days in our lives. Students of Class VIII presented a speech on the topic of the ‘Importance of Fire Fighter’s and Press in our daily life’. Videos were shown to the students to give respect to firefighters. Students of Class IV made beautiful charts on the topic of ‘Fire Prevention’ and cultural events were organised to determine the significance of press freedom. A sole activity was done by the students of Class IV. A drawing competition was done and the theme was the importance of ‘Press Freedom and Fire Fighters’. JK Gupta (Chairman of the school), and Seema Handa (Director) said that we should salute our firefighters and journalists who died while serving our community and dedicated their lives to protecting the safety of all of us. TNS

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