75 attend webinar on implications of Covid on economy

Ludhiana, July 30

The department of economics of Khalsa College for Women (KCW), Sidhwan Khurd, organised a national webinar on ‘Economic implications of Covid-19 on Indian economy’. Ranjit Singh Ghuman, professor of eminence, GNDU, Amritsar, professor of economics, CRRID, Chandigarh, was the resource person.

He dwelled upon economic implications of the Covid-19 such as decline in the per capita income, less purchasing power and effective demand. Principal of the college Rajwinder Kaur Hundal welcomed the resource person and expressed gratitude to him. She also congratulated the department of economics for holding the webinar as it was the need of the hour. Jasdeep Kaur, HoD, Department of Economics, was the programme moderator and Prof Ramanpreet Kaur (computer science) provided technical assistance. As many as 75 participants attended the webinar.

Meanwhile, the college also organised a virtual workshop on ‘Research writing effectively, efficiently and expeditiously: Advance features of MS Word’. Earlier, the principal welcomed the resource person, Dinesh K Gupta, professor, Department of Library and Information Science, KU, Kurukshetra.

Engg college introduces short-term courses

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College (GNDEC) has taken a step towards providing short-duration courses in the emerging fields of engineering and technology. The initiative has been taken in line with the UGC guidelines, according to the college authorities.

“Being an autonomous institution, the GNDEC has liberty to start need-based courses in the emerging areas. The academic council and board of governors of the GNDEC have recently given the approval to start seven courses under various streams of engineering. Prominent fields that have been selected include smart manufacturing, machine learning and artificial intelligence, data science, electrical vehicles, industrial safety, VLSI, project management and concrete technology,” said principal Sehijpal Singh.

“These courses are of one-year duration and after successful completion, a postgraduate diploma will be awarded,” he said. — TNS

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