Jalandhar: In the results of Diploma in Physical Education declared by SCERT board, students of St Soldier College of Education performed brilliantly wherein nine students obtained the first six merit positions. Chairman Anil Chopra, Vice Chairperson Sangeeta Chopra congratulated college Principal Dr Alka Gupta and the students. Students Arshdeep Singh got the first position with 80 per cent, Prayas and Dilpreet Kaur got the second position with 78.5 per cent, Amandeep got third position with 77.2 per cent, Samasher Singh got fourth position with 76.6 per cent, Shubham Sharma and Jagandeep Kaur got fifth position with 75.5 per cent, Manpreet Singh and Sahadev got sixth position with 74.2 percentage marks. Principal Dr Gupta told that all the students of the college have passed the examination with good marks. Chairman Chopra motivated them to do such hard work.

Day of Immunology celebrated

Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya celebrated International Day of Immunology by organising a webinar on ‘Covid-19: Immune response and computational resources’. The webinar was conducted under the guidance of Principal Prof Ajay Sareen. The resource persons included an eminent scientist Prof GPS Raghava, Head Department of Computational Biology, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), New Delhi and Dr Deeksha (MD Pathology), Director Synergy Labs, Jalandhar. The webinar started with concept note by Dr Seema Marwaha, Head Department of Zoology and co-ordinator of this webinar. The chief guest Dr Kanwaldeep Kaur, Officiating Principal and Dean Academics, welcomed the guests and participants. Prof GPS Raghava explained the basics of vaccines, various types of vaccines, mechanisms involved in immune response to Covid-19 and pathway of vaccine discovery.

IVY colour splash

IVY World School, under the ageis of the Vasal Education Society, organised a colouring competition for the kindergarten wing. The little artists of Ivy participated in the competition with great zeal and enthusiasm and at the same time took great care to colour their masterpieces with their creativity. The tiny tots coloured beautifully and exhibited their skills by filling colours in the given picture. The motive of this competition was to improve motor skills of children. The motions involved like holding the tools and scribbling with crayon can help in the development of the tiny muscles in his wrist, fingers and hands. S Chauhan, Principal, Ivy World School, congratulated the achievers and applauded the participants on their creativity.

Slogan-writing contest

The Department of English, Kamla Nehru College for Women, Phagwara, conducted an online inter-class ‘Slogan Writing Competition’ on the theme of ‘Women Empowerment’. The students from different classes participated in this competition with full zest and enthusiasm. Sudhamani, Assistant Prof, Fine Arts, and Amanlata, Head, Department of English, acted as the jury members. Dr Savinder Pal, college principal, expressed her views on the need for women empowerment and motivated the students to express their views in the form of art. Almost 40 students participated in this competition. Certificates of achievement were awarded to the students for bagging the first three positions. The other participants of the competition were also provided certificates of participation. Dr Savinder Pal, the college principal, sent a virtual congratulatory message to the winners.

Student of Mehr Chand Clears IES

Arjun Sharma, a student of Mehr Chand Polytechnic College has cleared Indian Engineering Services (IES) exam, conducted by UPSC in the first attempt. He was in the batch 2012-2015 after which he pursued his higher studies in Civil Engineering. During his recent visit to the polytechnic, he interacted with all the faculty members, specially the Department of Civil Engineering and shared his journey of achievements. After graduation he got campus placement in Shapoorji Pallonji Construction Company, where he worked for six months in Hyderabad and started preparing for the IES entrance exams. After clearing his preliminary and main examinations he got selected. He would be soon joining the services under Indian Defence Military Engineering Services as ‘Executive Engineer’. Before his posting, he would be undergoing nine months training. He dedicated his success to all the hard working staff members of this polytechnic.

Dr Bains gets additional charge

Dr Simranjeet Singh Bains, Associate Prof and Dean Sports, has been given additional charge of the Physical Education and Sports Department of Lyallpur Khalsa College Jalandhar. In a brief function held in the department, the college Principal Dr Gurpinder Singh Samra made Dr Bains formally assume the chair. Speaking on the occasion Dr Samra said that Dr Bains was made in charge of the department after the promotion of departmental teachers Dr Jaspal Singh and Dr Tarsem Singh as principals in different colleges. He expressed a hope that Dr Bains would fulfil the responsibility assigned to him efficiently and effectively. Dr Bains expressed his thanks to the principal for showing his faith confidence in him.

Student joins canadian varsity

Phagwara: One of the students at Lovely Professional University, Geetika Jaswal, pursuing BSc (Airlines, Tourism and Hospitality) programme, has recently joined University of Fraser Valley (UFV) in Canada. Geetika has commenced her LPU-connected new academic journey in Canada to pursue international education and to achieve her goals. Even the ongoing pandemic could not impede her aimed international study programme. She is presently in Canada under LPU’s unique ‘Credit Transfer Programme’. Through LPU’s credit transfer programme, she has also saved the first two years’ foreign university fees by studying the first half of her programme at LPU. Otherwise, these two-year fees, too, had to be paid by her in dollars. tns