Orientation session

Jalandhar: HMV Innovation Council attended the orientation and demonstration session on Mentor Mentee Programme under the guidance of Principal Prof Ajay Sareen and Dr Anjana Bhatia, in-charge of the council. The session was organised by MHRD Innovation Cell in the presence of Prof Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE, Prof MP Poonia, Vice Chairman, AICTE, Prof Rajiv Kumar, Member Secretary, AICTE and Dr Abhay Jere, Chief Innovation Officer, MIC. Dipan Sahu introduced the event and briefed about the programme. Dr Abhay Jere explained the objective of the session. He said continuous evaluation of the Institution Innovation Councils (IIC) was done and institutions were graded and ranked according to their performance levels. Some IIC institutions have been selected as the mentor institutions. There is a need for a tectonic shift in mindsets from chasing grades to chasing ideas.

Online quiz held

Two teams from PG Department of Mathematics of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya participated in various co-curricular activities. Radhika Aggarwal, Shaina Gupta (B.Sc Hons mathematics Sem V), Vajinder Kaur (B.Sc. Hons mathematics Sem III) and Lavleen Saini, Sandeep Kaur, Haramanpreet Kaur (B.Sc non-med Sem V) participated in an online quiz organised in the Cynosure and National Symposium on Advances in mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar. Out of total seven teams, the team of Lavleen Saini, Sandeep Kaur and Haramanpreet Kaur of KMV bagged second position and made KMV proud. Principal Prof Atima Sharma Dwivedi congratulated the winners and averred that these kind of activities motivate the students to excel in their respective fields. Principal lauded the efforts of Veena Deepak, Head, PG Department of Mathematics, for motivating the students to participate in such events.

National Youth Day celebrated

Under the guidance of Principal Dr Navjot Kaur, the NSS volunteers of Lyallpur Khalsa College for Women celebrated online National Youth Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. On this occasion, students wrote online slogans on Swami Vivekananda. They were asked to plant saplings at their homes. Around 100 students participated in this event. Students also attended online inauguration of the 25th Nation Youth Festival by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Principal Dr Navjot extended her best wishes to the students and congratulated the whole team of NSS and NSS officers Manita, Manjeet and Atma Singh for organising this event.

Face Art Competition

To commemorate 75th anniversary of India’s Freedom as Azadi Ka Mahotsav, the Department of Cosmetology of PCM S.D.College for Women organised Face Art competition. Students of Beauty and Body Fitness, Diploma in Cosmetology and PG Diploma in Cosmetology participated in the competition. The members of the Managing Committee and the Principal of the college Dr Pooja Prashar congratulated the participants. The Principal praised the efforts of the Department of Cosmetology for organising such events for the skill enhancement of the students .

Campus Placement Drive held

GNA University organised NTF Group Campus Placement Drive for the students of B.Tech Mechanical and Automation Engineering. NTF Group, an amalgamation of three main business verticals with a turnover of more than Rs 500 cr is a group that proactively leads many initiatives around manufacturing, product and community based sustainability. NTF Group visited GNA University and hired eight students of B.Tech Mechanical and Automation Engineering and B.Tech Robotics and Automation Engineering. Satyender Yadav DGM HR and Personal and Pritam Parkash AGM Design of NTF Group personally interacted with the candidates to test their CAD/CAM/CAE and FDM knowledge. The students of B.Tech Mechanical and Automation Engineering Vishal, Ritik Dadhwal, Vivek Singh, Onkar, P Adhi NarayanaRohith and Anirudh and students of B Tech Robotics and Automation Engineering Jaspreet Singh and Parkal Bhimeshwar got selected in different locations which include Manesar, Bangalore and Ahmedabad.

Makar Sankranti festivities

Eklavya School virtually celebrated Makar Sankranti. JK Gupta (Chairman) and Seema Handa (Director) were virtually present here and appreciated the efforts done by students. On this day, pre-primary and primary educators explained about the importance of the festival. Pre-primary students took part in different activities like kite making. Poster-making and card making activities were done by the primary students. Colouring competition was organised for primary students. Komal Arora (Principal) said, “These types of events motivate the students. Dimple Malhotra (administrator) said, “Such kinds of days are informative for the students as they get to know about our culture.”