Army Public School's Golden Jubilee

Jalandhar: Rendering exemplary services in the field of education for the past 50 years, Army Public School on Friday set the ball rolling to mark 2021 as its golden jubilee year to commemorate its inception in 1971. To commence the yearlong celebration, the school conducted unveiling ceremony of the golden jubilee school logo. The chief guest of the day, Maj Gen Sanjay Maini, COS, HQ 11 Corps, patron, Army Public School, Jalandhar, unveiled the logo and also released the table calendar, showcasing exceptional art work by the students. He was accompanied by Brig KS Batra, CSO, HQ 11 Corps, chairman, Army Public School, Jalandhar. It has been documented that children learn better when they are surrounded by nature, so enriching their environment with trees and flowers will enable them to become better learners. Therefore, tree plantation ceremony was conducted wherein herbal trees like maulshree (Mimusops elengi), kachnar (Bauhinia variegate), chukrasia (Chukrasia tabularis) were planted by the chief guest. Dr Saksham Singh, Principal, Army Public School, briefed the chief guest about the glorious past of the institution. The chief guest also interacted with the students of Class XII enlightening them with his words of wisdom and motivating them to strive for excellence.

Encouraging reading

Ivy World School has taken the initiative to not let the pandemic hinder the students’ creativity and imagination by providing them e-books throughout the year. The students felt grateful as in this time of crisis books have proven to be their best friends. The young readers said that with books in their hands, they felt like moving around the world without even putting a foot out of the house. Students reciprocated by writing reviews and sharing feedback about the books they had read. They also participated diligently in library activities online. There was a tough competition where Avni Aggarwal and Ishleen Kaur Dogra triumphed winning the Star Readers Award for the session 2020-2021.The way these students have utilised the library resources even during the pandemic is highly commendable, said Principal S Chauhan applauding the students and shared her belief that books are a student’s best companion. She also believes that a person who reads books lives many lives but a person who never reads lives only one.

Toycathon-2021 competition

In an achievement, the innovative ideas of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya students have got selected in Toycathon-2021, a national competition organised by the Ministry of Education under ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’. Toycathon-2021 is conceived to challenge India’s innovative minds to conceptualise novel toys and games based on Bhartiya civilisation, history, culture, mythology and ethos. Principal Atima Sharma Dwivedi congratulated the brilliant students namely Anshuman, Bharati, Sandeep, Ankita, Shirin and Tanvi Sharma on their achievement. She averred that KMV’s Innovation Council is providing innovative and entrepreneurial environment to the students to discover, develop and deploy their ideas, skills and talents. She further maintained that KMV is an active member of Self-Reliant India (Atmanirbhar Bharat) campaign. The principal lauded the efforts of members of Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) for mentoring the students.

Seminar on breast cancer

A seminar was organised on ‘Awareness of Breast Cancer’ at Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya with a motive of spreading knowledge of deadly disease. The organisers of the event were Dr Anjana Bhatia and Protima Mander. The key speaker of the day was Dr Parveen Kaur, senior consultant radiation oncology, Fortis Hospital. Dr Parveen Kaur was given floral welcome by Principal Ajay Sareen and Dean Academics Dr Kanwaldeep Kaur. In her address to the audience, Dr Parveen explained the reasons, symptoms, risks, preventive measures regarding breast cancer. She said it can be detected in early stages by self awareness and clinical examination. “Women don’t disclose this issue due to fear, embarrassment, lack of awareness or knowledge and habit of forgetfulness. But one should not avoid any alarming change in our body and should consult doctor as soon as possible. Mammograms can be done for early detection of breast cancer but biopsy gives confirmatory results for the same. Surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy and immunotherapy could be performed on the patients depending upon various stages of cancer,” Dr Parveen said. She cleared queries of the audience very patiently and few discussed their personal issues also.

Talk on block chain technologies

The Department of Management, Lyallpur Khalsa College Technical Campus organised a webinar on ‘block chain technologies’ in association with the Trade Promotion Council of Robotics and Automation (TPCRA). Raj A Kapoor, Director, Block Chain Technologies was the resource person for the same. He is a member of the Advisory Board with several block chain companies and has organised several international block chain camps in the US, Amsterdam, South Africa, Australia etc. Several students of MBA, BBA and BCom from School of Management participated for the same. Raj also shared the details about self-paced learning courses, internships and placements. The event was coordinated by Dr Tarunjit Singh and Dr Manisha Dhir. TNS