Virtual alumni meet

Jalandhar: Lyallpur Khalsa College organised a virtual alumni meet on the 82nd birthday of former president of the college governing council, Balbir Singh. The event was formally inaugurated by president of the college governing council, Balbir Kaur. The college principal Dr Gurpinder Singh Samra welcomed the college president and participants. The alumni of the college remembered their student life in the college and shared their experiences. Speaking to the alumni, the principal threw light on the contribution of Balbir Singh to the college. He said that it was the result of his efforts that the college was able to win the overall sports trophy of Guru Nanak Dev University 24 times and also had won zonal and inter-zonal trophies of the university youth festivals many times.

Reading Activity organised

IVY World School organised ‘Reading Activity’ to inculcate reading habit amongst students. The school is making efforts to help reflect the light of goodness in the young and energetic souls. Principal S Chauhan appreciated the educators of the school for putting in tireless efforts to make school life for the little angels as lively as possible. President of Vasal education Society K KVasal and Chairman Sanjeev Kumar Vasal acclaimed the efforts of the school staff to make the children enjoy the festivals.

Int’l Volunteer Day observed

Eklavya School observed International Volunteer Day. International Volunteer Day (IVD) mandated by the UN General Assembly promotes volunteerism, encourages governments to support volunteer efforts and recognise volunteer at local, national and international levels. An online yoga workshop was organised in which the students of primary classes participated actively. The students of middle and senior school participated in a virtual debate competition on the ‘Importance of sustainable environment’. JK Gupta (chairman of the school), Seema Handa (director) and Arvinder Kaur (principal) said such days should be observed to create more awareness and with respect to fulfillment of human duties. Dimple Malhotra (administrator) threw light on the relevance of ‘Sustainable Development Goals’.

College inks pact with Amazon

Lyallpur Khalsa College, Technical Campus, has entered into an agreement with Amazon AWS Web Services under ‘AWS Academy Programme Agreement’ to train faculty and students with an aim to advance literacy and cloud computing skills among the budding engineers. This agreement is a joint effort of Amazon’s cloud wing to offer skills in cloud computing technology. The synergy will help in greater creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship skills for the budding IT and cloud professionals. Sukhbir Singh Chatha, (director, academic affairs, KCL Group of Institutes) said such industry tie-ups would help students to sharpen their skills and better prepared to maximise their value. Dr DS Rao, director (LKCE) opined that such industry linkages fill the students with confidence.

Best Educator title

Smarajit Kumar Sen of the department of music instrumental of Apeejay College of Fine Arts felicitated with the title ‘Best Educator’ for contributing the special efforts in ‘Sitar Vadan’ and ‘Best Rhythmite Maestro’ for the special magic he creates on sitar by SCL Rhythms Research Centre, Mumbai. Principal Dr Neerja Dhingra congratulated him for this achievement and wished him good luck for the future endeavours.

Webinar on Enhancing communication

Innocent Hearts College of Education, Jalandhar, organised a webinar on the theme of ‘Enhancing Communication Skills’. The resource person for the event was Asst Prof Tarunjyoti Kaur. There were participants from DIPS College of Education, Dhilwan, and Innocent Hearts College of Education. In the interactive session, a video clipping was shown which depicted the reasons of miscommunication, the participants discussed the obstacles in communicating efficiently and ways to remove these obstacles were enlisted. In the informative session, the skills required for effective communication were explained in detail by the resource person. These skills included firstly the proper usage of language, secondly the four basic skills of language – listening, speaking, reading and writing, thirdly personality traits like confidence, empathy, positivity etc and fourthly ethical communication skills.

Students get jobs

Two students from DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology were selected for the Juspay and Emicon Advisory Services LLP at a pay package of Rs 8 lakh and Rs 3 lakh. The companies selected the students after rigorous rounds comprising of online test, coding test, technical and HR interview. While Arun Kumar got selected in Juspay Gurjeet Singh was picked in Emicon. They shared that to suit the needs of the company a special effort was done to learn networking and coding skills. Dr Manoj Kumar, principal DAVIET, congratulated the students on their success.

Webinar on Woman HealthCare

The Red Ribbon Club and Red Cross society of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, organised a webinar on ‘Woman Healthcare’. Coordinator Red Ribbon Club Kuljit Kaur and Coordinator Red Cross Society Deepshikha jointly organised the webinar in which Dr Vimal Trikha was the resource person. Principal Dr Sareen welcomed her and said that women should be made aware about their health. She said that young generation girls were eating lack of nutritious food which was a matter of concern. She encouraged all the students to follow the rules and take precautions during Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Trikha advised the girls to be physically, mentally and emotionally strong. TNS