Schools’ reopening celebrated

Jalandhar: On reopening after the lockdown, 33 schools of St Soldier Group of Institutions were welcomed with showering flowers on students. Excitement and enthusiasm was seen on the faces of students and staff members. Chairman Anil Chopra and vice-chairperson Sangeeta Chopra said that all the preparation has done for students’ safety were taken.

Psychological counselling sessions

In one of its initiatives, Kanya Maha Vidyalaya has been providing psychological counselling to the general public as well as to the students for their overall well-being. This initiative has been taken by PG Department of Psychology. Throwing more light on it, Principal Prof Atima Sharma Dwivedi averred that the imposed lockdown along with increasing economic instability and future insecurity tend to have an adverse effect on the mental health of people resulting in stress, tension, anxiety, fear, depression and loneliness etc. More than 250 individuals were reached out during the counselling for receiving the services and people who approached were not limited to a particular age group. Some prominent issues which came into limelight among the men and women were excessive fear of contracting the disease, maintaining work from home life balance, relationship issues leading to interpersonal conflicts and arguments. Adolescents also reported numerous psycho-social issues related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Long hours on computer screens, technical hitches of laptops/computers disrupted their attention to focus on important topics taught online, home confinement, apprehensions about future, being unable to meet friends added serious implications on their overall well-being. Principal Prof Dwivedi lauded the much-needed initiative taken by the PG Department of Psychology to provide free online counselling to the general public.

Scientific logo designing competition

The CV Raman Science Society of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya organised a ‘logo design competition’. The logo was to be based on scientific theme. This competition was organised through online mode. Dean faculty science and head of Chemistry Department Dr Neelam Sharma told that 137 entries from different colleges and universities were received. B Pharma second year student of Guru Nanak Dev University Rajanpreet Singh’s logo was adjudged as the best logo. He was awarded with certificate and a cash prize of Rs1,000. Principal Prof Ajay Sareen congratulated the winner and organisers of the event.

Placement drive conducted

Lyallpur Khalsa College Technical Campus, School of Management, organised a campus placement drive of ICICI Pru Co Pvt Ltd for the students of MBA. The selection process consisted of pre-placement talk, group discussion and personal interview in which students of MBA final year appeared. Mranal Sharma, HR manager from Chandigarh, conducted the drive. Four students namely Gurpreet Singh, Heera Pratap, Karan Aujla and Sumit Nijawan got selected as unit managers/finance service managers at a salary package of Rs2.4 lakh per annum. Sukhbir Singh Chatha, director, Academic Affairs, congratulated the selected students and wished them luck for the future.

‘Early detection can cure cancer’

To raise awareness about the early stage diagnosis and preventive methods of cancer, the School of Medical Lab Science of Innocent Hearts Group of Institutions organised a guest lecture on ‘Modern revolutions in cancer prevention and diagnosis’. Dr Archana Dutta, senior consultant oncologist, PIMS, Jalandhar, was the resource person. Shivali Chadha, assistant professor, MLS department, welcomed her. Dr Archana enlightened students regarding cancer development process in human body. She discussed the types of cancer and the likely factors such as diet, atmospheric conditions and lifestyle of human beings all across the world. She briefed about recent diagnostic modalities such as PET, PSMA, PAP and Gallium Scan. Dr Archana also acquainted students with the vaccination process of cervical cancer that helps to get the primary prevention from disease. She emphasised that early detection can cure the disease. All abrupt changes in body phenomenon like weight loss, sharp downfall in haemoglobin etc. must be reported timely for prevention, she said. TNS