The experience of making jaggery

Jalandhar: An industrial visit was organised by centre for career planning and counselling for the students of department of business management, CT Group. The students of MBA (semester-IV) and BBA (semester-IV) were taken to Amritsar at Haani Industries along with faculty members. This was the first time after pandemic broke out, the industrial visit was organised offline. The industry deals in various exports quality products and manufactures many Indian spices, jaggery and other related products. The company official emphasised that they facilitate their globally located customers from the Amritsar plant. The students were overwhelmed with the kind exposure and they did step by step procedure of making jaggery themselves and were happy to learn the Indian traditions. They also interacted with the company officials and gained practical insights into what they have studied regarding the manufacturing process. Dr GS Kalra, campus director, said that such visits were quite beneficial for the students in gaining practical experience of making various things on the actual spot.

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World Poetry Day

Kanya Maha Vidyalaya celebrated World Poetry Day with full zeal and enthusiasm. The celebrations were organised jointly by the Department of Student Welfare and PG Department of English. During the celebrations, the students made their videos reciting the poems composed by them on various themes and sub themes. Students named Aarzoo Sharma, Pranavcheet Kaur, Varinder Kaur, Jagdeep Kaur, Anshuman Sharma, Jaspinder Kaur and Jasmeen Jeevan shared their beautiful poems written on the themes of self-reflection, mysticism, patriotism and nature. The students also sang different heart touching poems of renowned poets such as Robert Frost, William Wordsworth, Oscar Wilde and John Keats. Principal Dr Atima Sharma Dwivedi averred that with the rise of technology and smartphones, some might believe that poetry might be a forgotten art. However, this very day aims to get rid of these misconceptions. She further maintained that in KMV poetry competitions are regularly held to encourage young students to write so that poetry can be promoted in different parts of the world. The Principal congratulated the students and lauded the efforts of Dr Madhumeet, head, PG Department of English and Dean, Department of Student Welfare, for organising the celebrations and encouraging the students to pursue the fascinating art of poetry.

World Sparrow Day celebrated

World Sparrow Day was celebrated in the premises of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidayala. The theme of this year’s Sparrow Day was ‘I love Sparrows’. On the occasion, Dr Ajay Sareen said, “We must rejuvenate the relationship between humans and sparrows and raise awareness to protect the bird.” Water and millet bowls for the birds were placed at various locates in the premises of HMV. Dr Kanwaldeep Kaur, dean academics, Dr Seema Khanna, staff secretary, Dr Anjana Bhatia, joint staff secretary, Dr Harpreet Singh, in-charge research promotion cell, Urvashi, dean student council, Meenakshi Sayal, school coordinator, Lakhwinder Singh, Ravi Maini, horticulture and supporting staff were present on the occasion.

HMV gets silver, bronze medals

Players of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya participated in Pencak Silat (martial arts) Senior State Championship and won several medals. Arti won silver medal, Saraswati and Ramandeep Kaur won bronze medal. Principal Ajay Sareen congratulated the medal winners and coach Sunil Kumar. On the occasion faculty members Ramandeep Kaur and Harpreet Kaur were also present. TNS

Dr Anoop is DAVCMC president again

Hoshiarpur: Dr Anoop Kumar was unanimously elected the president of the DAV College Managing Committee (DAVCMC), Hoshiarpur, again for the year 2021-22, in the meeting held on Sunday. Principal (retd.) DL Anand was also elected as the secretary of the committee unanimously again. Principal Anand said Prof RM Bhalla was unanimously appointed the vice president, Prof Sharanjit Saini as joint secretary, Harish Chandra Sharma as treasurer and YP Joshi as secretary Moffusil Schools. During the meeting Dr Ajay Bagga, Baljit Singh Saini, Navroz Sharma, Harish Chander Sharma and Swaren Kumar were co-opted as the members of the committee. OC