NCC training camp

Phagwara: Lovely Professional University is organising a five-day annual NCC training camp on its campus, in collaboration with 8 Punjab Battalion (BN) NCC, Phagwara. The battalion is conducting the camp under the guidance of its Commanding Officer Col Yogesh Bhardwaj. In all, 88 NCC cadets at LPU are participating at the camp to comprehend esteemed values and discipline of NCC. Cadets are undergoing comprehensive training, and attending classes led by their respective instructors from the battalion. The cadets’ training includes rifle-drill, shooting, map reading, first aid, adventure activities and camp training covering the basics of military training. Col Yogesh Bhardwaj shared: “NCC is very important for students to succeed in life as its very motto is ‘Unity and Discipline’”. He also shared key principles of the NCC as “obey with a smile; be punctual; work hard and without fuss; and, make no excuses and lies”. Dean Division of Student Welfare at LPU, Dr Sorabh Lakhanpal said that NCC develops qualities of character, comradeship, discipline, secular outlook, spirit of adventure, sportsmanship and selfless service among the youth.

FIN-QUIZ ORGANISED

Jalandhar: The Finance Club of Apeejay Institute of Management and Engineering, Technical Campus, organised ‘Fin-Quiz’ to give a platform to the students for analysing their knowledge and to know their potential. The quiz was organised under the guidance of Dr Anu Sahi (Convenor-Finance club) and was well- coordinated by members of Finance Club Xhitiz, Manisha, Manoj and Jiya. A total of six teams participated in the quiz. The participants had to clear four rounds. These rounds were related to economy, share market, budget and famous personalities. After each round team with lowest scores was eliminated. After four rounds the winners of the quiz were announced. Ruchi Bedi and Shriya Maini of MBA-1 stood first, Dhawal Jain of BBA-1 stood second and the third position was secured by Jai Puri and Arihant Jain of (MBA-1). Dr Rajesh Bagga, Director AIMETC encouraged and motivated the students to take part in further such events.

Talent hunt competition

To explore the talent of youth, a ‘Talent Hunt Programme’ was organised on the premises of MGN College of Education. Under this programme, various competition were held under Fine Arts category (rangoli, landscape, still life painting, slogan writing, collage making, phulkari, clay modelling, poster- making, cartooning and sketching), literary category (poetical symposium, elocution and debate) and cultural category (singing, dancing, skit and fancy dress). Around 50 students participated in various categories with full enthusiasm. Principal Neelu Jhanji said that as a teacher we need to ensure the overall development of the personality of our students and for this along with academic excellence, having skills in other fields as well is needed. She motivated all the students to participate in co-curricular activities for the harmonious development of their personality. At the end of the event, she gave away prizes to all the winners. The judgement of competitions was done by Dr Meharban Singh, Dr Ravjeet Kaur and Sharan. The event was coordinated by Dr Pooja Bhardwaj, Dr Pooja Arora and Maninder Pal Singh. Dr Pooja Bhardwaj along with students Tania, Arwinder Kaur, Navinder Kaur and Sunali conducted the stage.

Consultancy Work

To conduct of survey in Bulandpur village, Surjit Ram, Sarpanch and gram panchayat approached the Department of Civil Engineering of School of Engineering of Lyallpur Khalsa College Technical Campus, Jalandhar. Surjit Ram discussed the purpose of work and its importance for the village and requested for the conduct of survey work in the village so that appropriate path of the civil line shall be determined and construction shall be planned in smooth way. A team comprising Tarundeep Singh, HoD, Civil Engineering, and Abhishek Sachdeva, HoD, Diploma along with the lab technicians and students of BTech CE (Sem V) visited the village for site inspection. Eminent personalities of village, along with the sarpanch showed the purposed area/path of the village which was under consideration for the project and requested for the survey of same. As per their requirement survey work was initiated to locate levels throughout the village.

Webinar on Art Integrated Learning

A capacity building webinar on ‘Art Integrated Learning’ was organised by Police DAV Public School for the teachers and principals of DAV Schools of Jalandhar Zone. The resource person was Dr Rashmi Vij, ARO Jalandhar Zone. She spoke at length on the difference between Art Education and Art Integrated Learning, how it should be interdisciplinary and linked with outcomes. Samples of Art Integrated Learning related to different subjects were also shared. It was coordinated by Yogesh Gambhir, Cluster Head and Cinny Malhotra. TNS

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