LPU's gadget sent into space

Jalandhar: As ISRO launched PSLV C53 carrying three Singaporean satellites into their orbits, it also carried Lovely Professional University-based Alumni Space tech start up, Digantara’s Digital Space Weather Instrument, which is the smallest in the world. Headed by LPU alumnus and CEO of Digantara, Anirudh Sharma and Co-founder and COO, Rahul Rawat and 10 other members, they have built a one stop solution for space operations, launching the World’s first commercial space-based weather system, ROBI (ROBust Integrating proton fluence meter), on the most prestigious Indian Space Research Organizations’ PSLV – C53 Mission. Earlier this month, Digantara also interacted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where Anirudh Sharma explained their vision to the PM. Post this interaction, Digantara also made it to the Mann ki baat speech wherein PM Narendra Modi mentioned about this space tech startup. This is India’s one of the first commercial payloads that will utilise PSLV’s PS-4 orbital platform. Digantara’s patented, digital space weather instrument has an extremely small footprint with power consumption of less than 20mW. The simplicity of integration makes it ideal to place in any satellite that goes to space, irrespective of size, shape or application. This will enable Digantara to increase the amount of empirical space weather data that will be available in quasi-real time. Dr Ashok Kumar Mittal, Chancellor, Lovely Professional University said, “It gives us immense pleasure when our students are able to scale new heights.

Students shine in class 12 exams

Students of Plus Two from New St Soldier Sr Sec Public School have bagged good results. Overall first position has been bagged by Bipasha from commerce stream securing 95.2%. Chahat and Rohit got second and third positions by securing 94.2% and 94% respectively. In science group, Pratham got I position by securing 92.6% and Priya secured II position by securing 92%. In humanities group, Aastha and Himanshi got I position by securing 91% & Megha and Armaan got II & III positions, respectively. In commerce Group, 16 Students got above 90% and 39 students got above 80 per cent. In science group, two students got above 90 pc and 11 students got above 80%. In humanities group, nine students got above 90% and 53 students got above 80%. Director of the school Sushma Handa and president NK Handa congratulated the students for bringing glory to the institution.

Programme on pedagogy held

A seven-day Faculty Development Programme “Guru Siddhta” on the theme of ‘Advances in Teaching and Learning Pedagogies’ was organised at Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar. The informative journey of seven days touched upon a number of themes ranging from Science to Humanities, self-motivation, use of ICT Tools, preparing research proposals and pondering over reforms in the education system. Principal Dr Ajay Sareen and members of organising committee extended a green welcome to the resource persons of the 6th day-Dr Renu Bhardwaj and Dr Gagandeep from GNDU, Amritsar. Adorning the personality of Dr Renu with a number of befitting adjectives, Dr Ajay Sareen admired her friendly nature. Dr. Sareen told that the purpose behind organising this FDP was to enhance the knowledge and skills of the teachers. The Principal also expressed her thanks to the participants from other institution for being a part of the programme. In her presentation, Dr. Renu Bhardwaj introduced unique features of NEP 2020 in relation to research. She emphasised that research is a useful component to find concrete solutions to problems and the growth of an institution is judged by how fast and effectively it implements, the new policies and reforms introduced by the government. She expatiated on preparing effective research proposals. On a similar note Dr. Gagandeep furthered her ideas on preparing grant proposals, pointing out the do’s and don’ts. In the valedictory address Principal Dr. Ajay Sareen congratulated the organising committee and all other members for conducting the FDP. Ruby and Dr. Rajni from Doaba College expressed their delight over the impressive conduct of the FDP by HMV.

DIPS IMT excels in ptu exams

The students of DIPS IMT performed well and secured good marks in the graduation and post-graduation examination conducted by Punjab Technical University. College Principal Dr Ravi Sidhu said the students of Bachelor in Tourism and Travel Management, Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Master of Tourism and Travel Management, have scored more than 9 CGPA. She told that in BTTM 8th semester Abhishek, Jaspreet, Kamalpreet, Lovepreet Kaur, Shivanshu Bhatia, Sushma scored 9.60, Anu, Hardeep Singh, Jagmohan Singh, Manpreet Kaur, Preeti, Rita, Shivani, Tamanna and Zeenat Kaur, BHMCT 8th semester Manisha, Suman and Nitish Kumar scored 9 CGPA. In the 4th semester of MTTM Rajji and Vishali got 9 CGPA in the exam. With this, 19 students of the college scored more than 8 CGPA. DIPS Chain MD Tarwinder Singh, CAO Ramneek Singh, CEO Monica Mandotra and College Director Dr KK Handu congratulated the students who secured good CGPA in the examination.

NAAC team visits PTU Campus

National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) peer team visited IK Gujral Punjab Technical University (IKGPTU) for the first cycle of accreditation. The team was led by its chairman Nageshwar Rao, Vice Chancellor Undira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, and members were HP Chauhan Prof, Ravi Bheemaiah Krishnan, Ashish Ghosh and Mani Kant Paswan. University Vice Chancellor Rahul Bhandari welcomed the NAAC Peer team and Registrar Dr SK Mishra read the welcome note.

University scout team members give the team a guard of honour. The heads of various departments of the university and the convener of various committees related to academic departments presented reports on activities undertaken in the last few years. A cultural event “Abhivadan ‘’’’ was also organised by the students of the university on the theme of rich Punjabi culture. University’’s cultural affairs department and language department teams jointly commanded the event and performed well in the cultural event evening. The three-day visit concluded with an exit meeting, where the NAAC peer team chairman gave his observation and hoped that the implementation of the recommendation would enable the university to flourish in the coming years. A departmental meeting of peer team with the university officials Dean Academic Prof (Dr) Vikas Chawla, Dean Prof (Dr) YS Brar, Dean R&D Dr Ashish Arora, Director IQAC Dr Hareen Soch, Finance Officer Dr S S Walia, Controller Examination Dr Paramjit Singh was also held during the three day visit.

‘Naari Ki Udaan’ initiative launched

Under the guidance and vision of Principal Dr Navjot, the Department of Home Science, Lyallpur Khalsa College for Women, Jalandhar, started an initiative called “Naari Ki Udaan”, under which organic pickles and chutneys would be prepared. Thus Organic Mango Pickles and Chutneys were prepared. Thiswasan authentic and delectable preparation, as it was handmade which was exclusively prepared with all the love, taking due care and precautions. These were also put up for sale on nominal rates and were adored and relished by all. Principal Dr Navjot applauded the efforts of Aatma Singh, Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Home Science, for her hard work.

Van Mahotsav celebrated

Eklavya School celebrated Van Mahotsav which was inaugurated and various activities was planned virtually with different classes like Class 5 and Class 6 students were told to go for plantation of trees and some were told to make bird feeders to contribute towards our environment. Senior students prepared PowerPoint presentation to show the importance of ecological balance in human life and the significance of Chipko Movemment. JK Gupta, Chairman of Eklavya School, appreciated the efforts made by teachers to spread awareness of forest conservation and to save the environment. Thousands of trees are planted all over the country during this week. Seema Handa, Director of Eklavya School, said this festival raises the awareness of trees among students and highlights the need for planting and tending trees as one of the best ways to prevent global warming and reduce pollution. Komal Arora, Principal, appreciated the teachers’ efforts in this regard. Dimple Malhotra, administrator, said educators should continue such kind of teaching methodologies.

Apeejay Students get bank jobs

Twelve students of Apeejay Institute of Management and Engineering Technical Campus have been selected as Deputy Manager in ICICI Bank. The entire placement process was conducted online ensuring safety and well-being of students. At first, an aptitude test was conducted. The shortlisted candidates appeared for group discussion session and those who cleared the group discussion round, appeared for personal interviews. 12 students were finally selected as Deputy Managers. Dr Rajesh Bagga, Director, Apeejay Institute of Management and Engineering Technical Campus, congratulated the students for getting lucrative jobs and motivated them to work sincerely in their respective organisations.

CT Group signs pact with IBM

CT Group of Institutions has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IBM India Pvt Ltd. to launch value added courses for MBA, BTech, BBA and BCA. During the signing of MoU, official from IBM namely Khushbu Datwani, Leader Growth Initiative was present along with CT Group Chairman Charanjit S Channi, Managing Director Dr Manbir Singh, Director Campus (Officiating) Dr Anupamdeep Sharma and Director Research Dr Jasdeep Kaur Dhami. Besides, Manish Sharma, Rajat Munjal and Bhawna from IBM were also present during the signing ceremony.

While telling about this collaboration, official from IBM said, “We’re happy to get collaborated with CT Group and our programmes will focus on certain techniques for making students industry ready. We will provide courses like data science and artificial intelligence, cyber security and ethical hacking, data security, business analytics etc. These courses will prove quite fruitful in the overall development of students.” CT Group Chairman Charanjit S Channi said, “Big data without Artificial intelligence is a big headache. Every business in the world, every corporate shall need AI to civilise and digest big data and make sense out of it. Indeed, this collaboration with nourish the students to become the faces of tomorrow and experts of such many needed domains.”

Free bus service for students

A special gift of free bus service has been announced by St Soldier Group of Institutions. Group Chairman Anil Chopra, Vice Chairperson Sangeeta Chopra said St Soldier’s goal has always been to make education accessible to the masses. Keeping this in view, this year for the students of all colleges of St Soldier such as BTech, Agriculture, Polytechnic Diploma, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy, IT, MBA, MCA, BBA, BCA, Law, Journalism and Mass Communication, Fashion Designing, Hotel Management, Teacher Education, degree courses, nursing can access bus service absolutely free from all routes such as Mukerian, Hoshiarpur, Tanda, Nakodar, Amritsar, Beas, Kapurthala, Phagwara, Ludhiana, Bhogpur, Kartarpur etc to the campus. Chopra said this would give a huge financial benefit to the students and their parents. Students would only have to enroll their names in the principal’s office to take advantage of the scheme. He said along with the old students, the newly admitted students will also get this benefit. There is also a provision of Master Rajkanwar Chopra Rs 1 Crore Scholarship Scheme by St. Soldier Group to connect students with studies every year.

Dr B Chander Rai remembered

Students of St Soldier Nursing Training Institute Khambra celebrated the birth anniversary of Dr B Chander Rai as Doctor’’s Day by saluting the spirit of doctors. Under the guidelines of Principal Neeraj Sethi, the students said doctors are the ones who save people from many dreadful diseases and doctors have saved hundreds of lives even from many diseases. They also cut the cake and congratulated each other.

Describing the medical profession as a great work, the students felt proud to be in the medical field. Apart from this, the students took an oath to serve the people with full devotion. Sangeeta Chopra, Vice Chairperson of St Soldier Group, congratulating everyone on the occasion of Doctor’’s Day said the medical field is the only field that aims to serve the people without any selfishness.

Shooting & badminton competition

Students of Innocent Hearts Green Model Town and Loharan branches have won shooting and badminton competitions. Jalandhar District Shooting Championship 2022-23 was organised at PAP Shooting Range on June 28 and 29 in which Akanksha, a student of Class VIII, has won two gold medals in sub youth category and Bhava Kapoor, a student of class XI, has made the school proud by winning two bronze medals in sub youth category. Both the students qualified for the Punjab state-level championship to be held in Mohali. Pranav Sandal, a student of class X from Loharan, won the bronze medal by playing under the sub youth category. Divyam Sachdeva of Innocent Hearts won two gold medals in Boys Singles (BS)-15 and Boys Doubles (BD)-15 categories and won silver medal in Boys Singles (BS)-19 category in the Dakoli Open Badminton tournament held at Dakoli (Zirakpur) from June 24-27. On this occasion the members of management and Principal of Green Model Town School Rajiv Paliwal, Principal of Loharan School Shallu Sehgal congratulated the winners and motivated them to move forward towards their goals.

10-day bhangra camp begins

Lyallpur Khalsa College started a 10-day Punjabi Folk Dance Camp on July 1 to maintain and spread the rich legacy of Punjabi culture. The chief guest of the inaugural ceremony was Dr Amandeep Singh, Department of Physical Education, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. Principal Dr Gurpinder Singh Samra along with Dr SS Bains, Deans Sports, and Dr Palwinder Singh Bolina, Dean Cultural Affairs, welcomed the chief guest with bouquet of flowers. Principal Dr Samra, in his address, said the aim of this camp is to teach different steps of folk dances to the participants. He added that Lyallpur Khalsa College is committed to maintain the rich legacy of bhangra and this camp is a regular step in preparing budding bhangra performers of the region. Chief guest Dr Amandeep Singh congratulated Dr Samra for organising such camp and advised the kids and youngsters to take advantage of this dance camp. He also appreciated the efforts of Lyallpur Khalsa College in organising World Bhangra Camp and wished good luck for upcoming second Bhangra World Cup in September in Surrey, Canada. Dr Palwinder Singh, Dean Cultural Affairs, welcomed the participants and informed that more than 400 participants got themselves registered for this camp in online and offline mode. Then, volunteers along with Nirmal Kumar Vijay Dholi taught folk dance steps to the participants. The students of college bhangra, gidha and luddi teams were present.