HMV inks pact with Ex-servicemen

Jalandhar: Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar and Ex-Servicemen Welfare Association, Bhogpur, have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU). The MoU describes the broad outlines of agreement between both parties to send experts and resource persons for guest lectures, personality development programmes, motivational lectures etc. The MoU also expresses that PG Department of Economics of the college will help in data collection by conducting surveys and data analysis on socio-economic issues. The MoU will certainly benefit the students by providing opportunity of practical exposure of field surveys to students and analysing real world socio-economic problems. The association also honoured Principal Prof Ajay Sareen for the welfare activities done by her especially for girls of the villages. Dr Ajay Sareen and Head PG department of Economics Shallu Batra thanked the association for showing faith in the college. They said that the college will do more welfare activities in the near future in association with the ex-servicemen.

Talk on rural entrepreneurship

St Soldier Management and Technical Institute organised a workshop on ‘Rural entrepreneurship development’ in collaboration with Mahatma Gandhi National Council for Rural Education, Department of Higher education, GOI. Prof Chethan, Director of the council, gave information regarding development of rural area plan and how to grab opportunities available in environment and also discuss various marketing strategies. Dr Ranbir Singh Battan, resource person from the council gave information on different aspects of rural entrepreneurship development programme and discuss various business plans. He told how to implement business plans and take competitive advantage. Dr R K Pushkarna, Principal of the college, encourage students to prepare different rural development plan and implement them. Dr Anjali, HoD, thanked Prof Chethna and Dr Ranbir Singh for making students aware about various facts relating to rural entrepreneurship development and ensuring them to conduct development program in future.

e-Panel discussion

The department of management of Lyallpur Khalsa College Technical Campus organised an e-Panel Discussion on the topic of ‘National Education Policy 2020: A Global Perspective’ for the classes of MBA 4, BBA 6, B.Com 6, BBA 4 and B.Com 4 on Zoom platform. The resource persons for the e-discussion were Dr Sonia Singh from Toss Global Management, Dubai, Amna Rafi Chaudhry from Amity University, Dubai and Prof (Dr) Vishal Kumar from the School of Management at Maharaja Agrasen University, Baddi, HP. The coordinator for the said event was Dr Inderpal Singh Arora (HoD) and the moderators were Dr Manisha Dhir and Jaskamal Kaur. The expert panelists briefed the students about the new education policy, highlighting the prospective changes in the education system and what opportunities this new policy will provide for the upcoming generation. They stressed on the capability of India’s youth and the contribution of Indian students in the admissions across worldwide universities. Dr Inderpal Singh (HoD, Management) presented vote of thanks to the expert panelists and stated that ‘Change is the only onstant’ in the present times.

Workshop on financial education

The PG department of commerce and business administration of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya organised an online workshop on ‘Financial Education Awareness’ under the aegis of Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to celebrate Financial Awareness Campaign, Global Money Week-2021. The keynote speaker was Dr Sanjay Kumar Aggarwal, an eminent resource person of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). He stressed on the fact that basic financial literacy could make a crucial difference in the opportunities and the life prospects of young people. He further added that it is a foundation stone, a building block for lifelong wellbeing and for a more inclusive economy. The theme of the workshop covered major aspects like financial planning, setting up of financial goals, primary and secondary markets operations, philosophy and principles of insurance, features and benefits of financial schemes, etc. He discussed the various avenues for investing money keeping in mind liquidity, risk and return. Principal Prof. Dr Atima Sharma Dwivedi lauded the efforts of faculty for organising such meaningful workshops for students and motivating them to understand the basic concepts of financial planning. TNS

Students get jobs

Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, fashion lifestyle brands, conducted a pool campus placement drive at CT Group of Institutions for MBA/ BBA/ HM/ FD/ Arts/ Mass Communication 2021 passing out batches. As many as 129 students from various colleges like NIT Jalandhar, Apeejay College, GNDU Jalandhar, PCTE Baddowal, CT Group, Baba Farid Group of Institutions and Modern Group of Colleges participated and after the group discussion round, 31 were shortlisted for the final round. Amit and Chetna Lally, company officials, briefed the students about the company and job profiles Manbir Singh, Managing Director, CT Group, said that the group is known for industry driven campus to make students 'industry ready' and creating various platforms for students. TNS