Hindi debate at Army Public School in Jalandhar Cantt

Jalandhar: The Western Command Inter-Army Public Schools organised a Hindi debate at Army Public School, Jalandhar Cantt, under the guidance of Principal Dr Saksham Singh. Brig. KS Batra, Chairman, Army Public School, Jalandhar Cantt, graced the occasion. The top five teams from schools of different formations in the Western Command participated in the contest. The topic for the debate was ‘Swatantrata Prapti Ke Upraant Bharat Nirdharit Lakshayon Ko Paane Mein Safal Raha’. The winners trophy was bagged by APS, Jalandhar Cantt, who will now be representing the Western Command at the national-level debate contest to be held on October 4 at APS, Delhi Cantt. Shreya Singh from APS was declared as the best speaker for the motion, while Kritika from the same school won the best speaker against the motion. Soumya Singh from APS emerged as the best interjector.

Faculty development programme

The Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar (NITJ), inaugurated a five-day AICTE-ATAL Academy Sponsored Online Faculty Development Programme (eFDP) on ‘Additive Manufacturing: Programming, Operation & Applications’. Prof Lalit Kumar Awasthi, Director, NITJ, inaugurated the event through Google meet platform. This online FDP was designed to impart knowledge and skills related to additive manufacturing technologies, selection of material, and equipment and develop a product using additive manufacturing concept. Prof Awasthi focused over the role and applications of such latest technologies in the development of nation. Various outstanding researchers have agreed to be the speakers for the various technical sessions.

Webinar on Challenges in Education

The Department of Education of Doaba College organised a webinar on the ‘Challenges in Education’. Dr Deepa Kauts, Prof and Head, Department of Education, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, was the resource person. Dr Kauts laid stress on the importance of Guru in the life of an individual. In the bygone days there used to be an emotional bonding between the teachers and taught which is becoming somewhat loose these days. She stressed on the emancipator role of the teacher who emancipates his students from ignorance, poverty, social taboos and leads to his social and economic mobility.

Puzzle games activity at DIPS

To keep kids away from TV screen and mobile phones, DIPS School UE-1 organised puzzle solving game activity. Teachers designed a puzzle game on paper and made the students solve it. During this activity students used colours to make it look colourful and also solved it too. Students solved puzzles related to English and mathematics. Teachers told parents and students that by solving puzzles the IQ level and motor skills both are developed. Principal Neelu Bawa remarked that puzzle solving is always a fun activity and students find it exciting. Students learn concepts better in a playway method. Students start thinking in a logical way through the medium of puzzles.

55 Apeejay students get jobs

As many as 55 reputed companies recruited the students of the Apeejay Institute of Management and Engineering Technical Campus. The highest pay package of Rs12 lakh was offered to MBA students and an average package offered was Rs4.5 lakh. Some of prominent companies which visited the campus were HDFC Bank, Jaro Education, BYJU’s, ITC, Berger Paints, Trident, ICICI Bank, ICICI Prudential, Tommy Hilifiger, Aditya Berlia Retail, IDBI First Bank, JK Tyres, ICICI Securities, Axis Bank, Exide Industry Ltd. and SBI Life Insurance among many others.

Webinar on Auto CAD Technologies

The Department of Civil Engineering celebrated the first ‘Industry Day’ of the semester. To mark the occasion, a webinar was organised to make the staff and students aware about the auto CAD technologies and their importance in construction industry. The webinar was conducted by Parminder Singh, Centre Head, CAD Centre, Jalandhar. He has more than 18 years of field experience and expertise in Auto CAD. He explained the practical application with field examples. Dr Rajeev Bhatia, Head, Department of Civil Engineering, briefed the students about the importance of such software tools in making the construction work more precise and efficient.

Best school award

Swami Sant Dass Public School, Jalandhar, bagged the award for Best in Academics- 2021 by the Federation of Private Schools and Associations of Punjab. These awards were organised to recognise the contribution of private schools of Punjab for imparting quality education. As many as 571 schools and 130 principals from the state were honoured. The awards were organised in various categories such as best infrastructure, best digital school, best in academics, best dynamic principal and many more. The function was presided over by Bandaru Dattatreya, Governor of Haryana.

Honour for meritorious students

In an endeavour to acknowledge and felicitate the painstaking efforts of its students, the managing committee of PCM S.D. College for Women, honoured the meritorious and other university position holders. Meritorious students of varied streams like BA Honours in Hindi and Sanskrit, BSc Computer Science, BA/BEd, B.Sc Fashion Designing, BVoc Fashion Designing, MSc Fashion Designing, BCom and MCom were honoured for their university and other merit positions. There were about 15 gold medallists. TNS

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