Grass cutter model developed by students of St Soldier Institute of Pharmacy and Polytechnic

Jalandhar: Students of St Soldier Institute of Pharmacy and Polytechnic setup another milestone by making an electrical grass cutter. The grass cutter was designed by the students of Mechanical and Electrical Diploma, under the guidance of engineer Prabhjot Singh. College Principal Jatin Verma said the special feature of the machine is that it uses a high-speed motor from Crompton. The market price of such a machine is about Rs20,000, but the students of St Soldier have prepared it for only half the cost of about Rs10,000. Group chairman Anil Chopra and Vice-Chairperson Sangeeta Chopra congratulated Principal Jatin Verma, project in charge Prabhjot Singh and the students involved in the project and motivated them to move forward with such hard work.

e-farewell Sayonara held

To bid adieu to the final year students during Covid times, an e-farewell was organised by the Lyallpur Khalsa College Technical Campus. The event was organised on online platform and started with a welcome speech by Dr RS Deol (Deputy Director KCL Group). The event then proceeded with the motivational speech of Simerjeet Singh (international motivational speaker). Two songs and dance performances were presented. Few students of final year also shared their experience about the past four years and their life in Lyallpur Khalsa College Technical Campus. Vikramjeet Singh was declared Mr Farewell and Aarti Ms Farewell. Dinesh Badan, Sachin Kumar, Rozy and Kajal Salwan won the titles of Mr Handsome, Mr Talent, Ms Charming and Ms Confident, respectively.

Webinar on philosophical traditions

Kanya Maha Vidyalaya organised a national webinar on the topic ‘Reading Indian Philosophical traditions’. Dr Gautam Kalotra, Department of Philosophy, Delhi University, was the resource person for the webinar. During the webinar, Dr Kalotra enlightened the participants by shedding light on the definition of Vedas, its divisions and sub-divisions. He also explained Natya Shastra: Theories of nine emotions, Hamsa yoga: Realisation through Hathar and Thathar and Shilpa Shastra: Theories of Indian Architecture, Prana-Vidya: heart and mind theories. The webinar was very informative and after the session students ask many questions to which Dr Gautam replied eloquently. Principal Prof Dr Atima Sharma Dwivedi thanked the honoured guests for having spared their invaluable time.

Webinar on design thinking

Apeejay Institute of Management and Engineering Technical Campus, Jalandhar, organised a webinar on “Design Thinking”, which was in association with Start up Punjab. The keynote speaker of the event was Col. Rajiv Bhargava, Associate Director, Munjal Institute for Global Manufacturing. Webinar started with the welcome address given by Dr. Rajesh Bagga, Director AIMETC. There were more than 200 participants who attended the webinar. The event was also addressed by Mrityunjay Singh, Global Head of Innovation and Continuous Improvement, FRA, Ops, Novartis. The webinar was also attended by Sunil Chawla, DGM, Start up Punjab and Salil Kaplesh, Start up Coordinator, Start up Punjab. Both the resource persons shared their knowledge and experience.

Slogan-writing competition

A slogan writing competition was organised by Cambridge International School, Phagwara, run by Vasal Education group. The competition was organised for Classes III to V during online classes under the supervision of class teachers. More-than 400 students participated in the event. Students shared their slogan on the topic - Covid awareness among youth. Students reflected their prospective and helped spreading awareness during this pandemic. The winners for the competition from grades 3-5 were Japjot, Gurmannat, Rudraksh, Tegbir, Palak, Aditya Sharma, Sabreet Kaur, Raghav, Khushagar Suri, Srishti and Tanishika. Principal Jorawar Singh and MD KS Bains, congratulated the winners and encouraged the students to participate in such activities.

Young scientists’ competition held

IVY World School organised the “Young Scientists Competition”. The aim of the event was to develop scientific temper and furnishing the learners with skills like logical thinking, communication and creativity. The students made environment-friendly and cost-effective models which had real life application. The students demonstrated functioning of models in an exemplary manner and impressed the judges with their explanations. The students showcased their unique models and experiments related to atmospheric pressure, magnetic forces, hydropower plant, inflation etc. S Chauhan, Principal, Ivy World School, congratulated and applauded the educators.

Police DAV School lad clears NTSE

Vaibhav Yadav of Police DAV Public School, Jalandhar, has cleared NTSE at national level. This examination is organised by National Council of Education Research and Training. Dr. Rashmi Vij, Principal congratulated Vaibhavi and her mentor Sunita Pardesi. TNS

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