Webinar on Mohenjodaro art

Jalandhar: The Department of History and Fine Arts organised a webinar on ‘Dancing Girls from Mohenjodaro — Arts, History and Politics’. Dr Ashish Kumar, Assistant Professor of Panjab University, Chandigarh, was the resource person of the day. At the outset, Kawaljeet Kaur, Department of History, introduced the chief guest to the participants of the webinar. Dr Renu Bala, Dept of History, familiarised the audience with the topic. Formal welcome was extended by Principal Dr Pooja Prashar. Dr Ashish Kumar threw a considerable light on the process of identity formation of Harappan artifacts, mainly Bronze girl statue from Mohenjodaro under the colonial archaeologists such as John Marshall and their fellow archaeologists. He also described how colonial archaeologists gave new meanings to pre-modern artifacts and monuments through the production of state-sanctioned historical narratives. At the end, Harsimrat extended a vote of thanks to the resource person and the participants.

Pariksha Pe Charcha

Kanya Maha Vidyalaya Collegiate Senior Secondary School participated in Pariksha Pe Charcha programme with zeal and enthusiasm. On this occasion, students presented their views on various issues related to examinations. Presenting her views on the topic — Policies for Management of Examination Stress during Covid-19, Class XII (Arts) student Ashu Mehta said to eliminate such stress, one can resort to activities such as Yoga and meditation etc. can be taken. Along with this, Tanya, a student of Class XII (Medical), spoke on the topic of Amrit Mahotsav. Presenting his views on the topic, Self Reliance School for Self Reliant India, Jaskaran 10 2 (Commerce) called it a perfect platform to project confidence and talent. Talking on the topic of Clean India Green India, Anushka 10 1 (Commerce) spoke about the importance of cleanliness.

HMV receives grants

Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya has been sanctioned support under the strengthening component of the DBT Star College Scheme by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. Principal Prof Ajay Sareen expressed her gratitude towards the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt of India and informed that seven departments (Botany, Zoology, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Computer Science and IT, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics) have been selected for support. She further said through this programme, the departments would focus on improving critical thinking and ‘hands on’ experimental work at undergraduate (college) level in sciences and encourage more students to take up higher education in science. The scheme will provide support for academic and physical infrastructure for achieving excellence in teaching and unique exposure of students to experimental science.

Roundtable conference held

A roundtable conference was organised at the CT Group of Institutions, North Campus, Maqsudan. The topic for the same was student management during the time of pandemic. There were eight members in a panel who shared their views over the topic. These members included names like campus director Dr Yogesh Chhabra, Dr Namesh from MK College of Education, Principal Hotel Management and Tourism Rohit Sharma, Dr Ramandeep Gautam, Kunal Verma, Pardeep Kaur. Throwing light over the same, Rohit Sharma said, “As the world is undergoing a stage of crises, it has affected the education of the students at large. Most of the students have complained about the lack of effective teaching through online mode and said such teachings were equivalent to dumb charades within the four walls of their room. So we thought of holding this conference to discuss the ins and outs of the same.”

Webinar by INTACH

Apeejay College of Fine Arts organised a webinar on Heritage Awareness by INTACH. The resource person of the day was Purnima Datt, principal director, Heritage Education and Communication Services, INTACH, New Delhi. Principal Dr Neerja Dhingra warmly welcomed Purnima Datt, Abhishek Das, Senior Programme Coordinator, INTACH, Smriti Malhotra, Programme Coordinator and HECS representative, Maj Gen Balwinder Singh, Convener, Jalandhar Chapter, INTACH, Laveena Rajput, Principal, Army Public School, Beas and other distinguished guests. Talking of the history of INTACH, she put forth that Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage is a non- profitable institution established in 1984 which preserves and maintains the natural, constructed and cultural heritage of India. There are various centres of it in 215 cities of India.

Scholarship for students

Scholarships worth Rs 60,000 were awarded to the needy and deserving students of Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar by S Jaswant Singh Rai Memorial Public Charitable Trust on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion the College Principal Dr Gurpinder Singh Samra lauded the trust for extending this financial support to students. He said the trust had been providing a financial help to the students of the college for a number of years. He also reiterated the commitment of the college to affordable and quality education, adding that all possible efforts would be made to support meritorious and deserving students.

COVID vaccination camp for teens

Shiv Jyoti Public School organised a Covid vaccination camp in the school for students between the age group of 15-18 years for the Classes IX to XII. The camp will continue for three days till January 23. Principal Neeru Nayyar motivated the students and parents to vaccinate themselves. The team of Dr Surbhi, Dr Seema Rani and Palwinder Kaur vaccinated the students. Apart from students, the vaccination camp is open for all stakeholders of the institution and the society.