NSS camp at Jalandhar's Patara village
Jalandhar: A seven-day camp for health protection of the villagers was organised at Patara village by the NSS Wing of PCM SD College for Women. About 450 volunteers participated in the camp, at which the awareness was created among the villagers regarding their health and the masks were distributed among them keeping in mind the precautions of Covid-19. The cleanliness campaign was also organised by the volunteers for the villagers. Villagers were also provided information related to nutritious food so that they can keep themselves healthy. Village headman Satpal Bandhan encouraged the volunteers for these activities.
Covid Vaccination Camp
Sanskriti KMV School organised a Covid-19 vaccination camp on the school campus for the students in the age group 15 to 18 years on Wednesday. Around 200 students visited the campus and got inoculated in the first phase of the camp under the setup organised by the Health Department, Civil Hospital, Jalandhar. A complete sanitisation process and social distancing was followed. Rachna Monga, Principal, took appraisal of the camp status and the encouraging response reflected by the parents for getting their wards vaccinated.
India Skills competition-2022
Under the aegis of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), the National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC) had organised ‘India Skills Competition-2022’ at regional and national levels to find out skill-based talent from across the country. For this, 2.5 lakh students had registered to reach and win at the national-level competition. Three engineering students of Lovely Professional University (LPU) have qualified nationally for making an access to 46th World Skills Competition-2022, to be held in Shanghai, China. Known as the ‘Olympics of Skills’-this biggest vocational education and skills excellence event reflects the benchmarks of the global industry. Three qualifying students from LPU include silver medal winner Pankaj G, who hails from Bengaluru. The other two bronze medal winners are Gagan Bisen from Madhya Pradesh and, Logesh B from Tamil Nadu. In all, 270 medals and medallions winners of ‘India Skills’ this year will now further undergo rigorous training for final selection to represent India at five-day ‘World Skills’ competition to be held from October 12 to 17 in China. In this international event in China, more than 1,400 young professionals, representing 83 countries and regions will come together to compete in 60 skills. The event will take place at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre, Shanghai.
Training on Menstrual Health
The Department of Student Welfare of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya organised an online training session on menstrual health and hygiene for the students and faculty of sciences, under the guidance of Principal Prof Ajay Sareen. This session was organised in collaboration with Unicharm India, a leading Japanese firm in India and its training partner, Global Hunt Foundation based at Bengaluru. The resource person for the session was Nitya Chaudhary, CSR executive, Unicharm India. Nitya gave a detailed insight into what, when, why and how of menstrual phase to make students aware of hygiene practices to be adopted during periods. The training session was followed by interactive question answer session.
