Swachhta Mission

Jalandhar: The Municipal Corporation extended a message regarding cleanliness of Jalandhar city and surrounding areas among students of Apeejay College of Fine Arts. On the one hand, students took an oath to make their city clean and beautiful and on the other, they were inspired to begin cleanliness from their own home. Principal Neerja Dhingra expressed a warm welcome to Gurvinder Randhawa, joint commissioner, MC, Shri Kishan, health official, Monica Sekhri, inspector sanitation, and Ramanpreet Kaur, coordinator, Swachh Bharat Mission. The Principal said all plans of the government for Swachh Bharat Mission could be materialised only with an extended help and contribution of public. “We cannot ignore our duty just by blaming the officials,” she said.

Save the girl child

‘Save girl child day’ was observed at Eklavya School to raise awareness about saving the girl child for a brighter future. Jasleen of Class VIII gave a speech, in which she explained how girls are superior to boys. A video about respecting women was shown to students. Students of Class V made beautiful charts to spread awareness among each other. A skit was also presented by the middle school students. Chairman JK Gupta encouraged everyone by saying that women should be respected as they truly deserve this for their hard work and patience. Director Seema Handa said we should not discriminate between a girl and a boy, as both stand on the same platform. Administrator Dimpal Malhotra said without women, we cannot think about our existence.

Little artists exhibit colouring skills

Ivy World School organised a colouring competition for the kindergarten wing. The little artists participated in the competition with great zeal and at the same time took great care to colour their ‘masterpieces’ with their creativity. The tiny tots exhibited their skills by filling colors in the given picture. The motive was to improve their motor skills. Motions such as holding brushes and scribbling with crayon can help in the development of tiny muscles in his wrist, fingers and hands. Principal S Chauhan congratulated the achievers and applauded the participants on their creativity. CEO Raghav Vasal conveyed their worthy thoughts that such competition helps children in exploring new ideas, creativity as well as a sense of colours.

Hazards of mobile radiations

The department of students welfare at Apeejay Institute of Management and Engineering, technical campus, organised a webinar on ‘Hazards of mobile radiations’. The resource person was Dr Harvinder Kumar, Prof and HoD, ENT, PIMS. The webinar was organised keeping in mind the harmful impact of technology on our lives and to make students aware of the same. It was attended by the faculty members and students from MBA, MCA, BBA, B Com, BCA, B Tech. It started with a warm welcome address by Rajesh Bagga, director. Pooja Khanna from the management department introduced the resource person to the audience. Dr Harvinder spoke about the harmful impacts of using mobile phones. He discussed in detail the ailments such as cancer, sleep disorder, increased accidental risk, heart problems, infertility, hearing impairment, skin allergies, infections etc. caused by using earphones.

Empathy Corner

Kanya Maha Vidyalaya has initiated ‘Empathy Corner’ outside the college campus, which aims to create a sense of responsibility and empathy among the younger generation. It is a place where daily requirements of common people such as clothes, blanket, shoes, utensils, toys etc. are placed. These can be picked up by any needy passerby. Different departments of the college have collaborated with the Gandhian Studies Centre in the functioning of the Empathy Corner. Among various social initiatives, the college has been doing consistent work for the students of Banarsi Dass Charitable School, Transport Nagar, Jalandhar, adopted by KMV in 2009. The college has extended assistance in the form of providing benches, tables, chairs, getting the school building whitewashed, stationery, bags, blackboard, fans etc. TNS

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