Declamation contest results

Ludhiana: GHG Khalsa College of Education, Gurusar Sadhar, hosted a webinar to announce the results of an online declamation contest dedicated to the 400th birth anniversary of Guru Teg Bahadur. In the college students’ category, Manvir Kaur of Government College for Girls, Ludhiana, stood first while Sanjana of GHG Harparkash College of Education for Girls, Sidhwan Khurd, stood second, followed by Ritika Parmar of Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, and Manjot Kaur of MGN College of Education, Jalandhar. In the school teachers’ category, Manjinder Kaur of GSSS, Basti Jodhewal, bagged first position, followed by Sharanjit Kaur of Government Primary School, Nimbooa (SAS Nagar), Iqbal Singh of GSS Smart School, Sahnewal, and Sarwada Bhalla of Government Primary School, Kot Santokh. TNS

Online debate competition held

The NSS unit of SCD Government College organised a state-level debate on ‘Online education is a boon’. NSS convener Prof Geetanjali Pabreja welcomed the chairperson of the college, the principal and the judges. During the competition, students expressed their views on how online education was a necessity during the pandemic. Students were judged on the parameters of speech, vocabulary, relevance and eloquence. TNS

Webinar on career guidance

Gulzar Group of Institutes organised a career-oriented webinar to provide career guidance and industry expert sessions on the topics relevant to the contexts of today and the future. The keynote speaker for the webinar was Vibha Jain and Amit Jain, owners of a fashion brand. They told students that being interested in something innovative could bring out the best in them, and that potential could later turned into a business. Gulzar Group’s executive director Gurkirat Singh motivated students to become entrepreneurs and job providers. TNS

Intellectual property rights

The research and development cell of Shree Atam Vallabh Jain College organised a webinar on “Intellectual property rights: An overview and its enforcement”. Dr Preeti Khetarpal from the Department of Human Genetics and Molecular, Central University of Punjab, was the resource person for the webinar. She said intellectual property rights were the ideas, inventions and creative expressions based on which there was a public willingness to bestow the status of property. TNS

Thanksgiving ceremony organised

To salute and acknowledge the frontline warriors in for their fight against the pandemic, CT University hosted thanksgiving ceremony ‘Abhaar: A salute to frontline warriors’. During the ceremony, a total of 14 police officials of Ludhiana (Rural), including IPS Charanjit Singh, SSP Ludhiana (Rural) among other cops, were honoured by university Chancellor Charanjit S Channi, managing director Manbir Singh and vice-chairman Harpreet Singh. Students also expressed gratitude to frontline workers for keeping residents safe in the fight against the pandemic and pledged to follow guildelines religiously. TNS

lecture series on competitive exams

The Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), held an online lecture series 2021 for updating students about various concepts related to extension education in order to prepare them for various competitive exams. Dr Shashi K Varma, Professor and head (retd), CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar; and Lt Dr Simple Jain, Assistant Professor, Department of Home Science Extension and Communication Management, SKDUAT, Gujarat, were the keynote speakers for the day. More than 100 students participated in the webinar. Dr Varma delivered a lecture on “Socio-economic and gender analysis”. She discussed the topic in detail, different tool kits required for it and various participatory rural appraisal tools. Dr Jain delivered a lecture on “Experiential learning and training methods”. He explained experiential learning cycle and different training methods that can be used for conducting different types of trainings. TNS

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