Jalandhar: Moving ahead in saluting the frontline warriors who have played a significant role in tackling Covid-19 outbreak, CT Group honoured police officials of Model Town Division No 6. Managing Director Manbir Singh and Vice Chairman Harpreet Singh honoured Harinder Singh Gill, ACP, Model Town, along with Inspector Surjit Singh. They also appreciated the female police officials of the division as they are contributing their best in serving the society during pandemic. Councillor Rohan Sehgal was also present. CT Group Managing Director Manbir Singh said, “Last year, we organised Aabhaar ceremony in which we honoured around 50 frontline warriors from varied fields like medical, police and administration. Model town market is one of the key areas of the city and the police officials of Division No. 6 are quite pro-active in this regard. Hence, we thought of saluting the efforts of the officials who are always present on their toes for our safety especially during the time of pandemic.”

Webinar on Organic Farming

The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (FAS) at DAV University organised a webinar on the topic ‘Scope and importance of organic farming in India’. Dr JP Saini, Prof and Head, Department of Organic Agriculture and Natural Farming, CSK HPKV, Palampur, was the resource person. The event started with the introduction of the topic to the participants by Dr AH Reddy, Assistant Prof, FAS followed by recitation of “Gaytri Mantra”. Dean Academics (Officiating), DAV University, Dr RK Seth formally welcomed the speaker and introduced the speaker to the audience. Dr JP Saini explained in detail the scope and benefits of organic farming. He stressed on the need of organic farming in India and discussed the historical background of the organic agriculture, implications of use of chemicals in agriculture, principles of organic farming, components of organic farming, scientific evidences with respect to yield comparisons from national and international institutes, challenges in organic farming and way forward.

Capacity building workshop

On the occasion of capacity building workshop organised at Hindu Kanya College, Prof Ujjwal K Chowdhury, Pro-Vice Chancellor of ADMAS University, Kolkata, stated that pandemic has created many learning opportunities for teaching community of the country. Prof Chowdhury was addressing the participants to explain the second criteria of Self Study Report of NAAC which includes Teaching, Learning and Evaluation. “The days of traditional teaching methods are over now. In future, it is going to be digitised teaching or blending teaching and for that teachers have to be verse with technology and various software applications,” he said. He also gave tips and techniques to all participants to make their teaching more effective and innovative.

Motherhood in challenging time

In Innocent Hearts School, a webinar depicting the role of a mother in family with the theme ‘Motherhood in Challenging Time’ was conducted. The eminent personalities in this webinar — Dr Sushma Chawla, gynaecologist from Jalandhar, Pooja Bose, Principal, High Range School from Kerala, Vinodita Sankhyam, CBSE Resource Person from Amritsar, and Aarti Ahuja, holistic healer from Gujarat, expressed their views. The moderator was Sharmila Nakra, Cultural Head of Innocent Hearts and motivational speaker. The invited guests praised and appreciated the role of the mother in this difficult time, but at the same time explained to them that they should not compromise their health while taking care of everyone. Pooja Bose and Vinodita Sankhyam gave tips to all mothers on how to organise themselves and encourage children to study online.

Talent Fiesta

Ivy World School under the aegis of the Vasal Education Society endeavoured to give a platform to the children to outshine their talent through Talent Fiesta. The event aimed at exploring and encouraging the multifarious talents of the new students from Classes I to XII which saw the participants competing in artistic creation, dance and music. Students showcased their talent by performing various art and craft activities like flower making, pot decoration and flower hanging. Principal S Chauhan also shared her expression and said that such kind of healthy competitions assert confidence and ebb stage fear. Development of a child in context of one’s creativity should be nourished and cherished. The president of Vasal education Society K K Vasal applauded the efforts put forth by the school to create such platforms to explore a child’s imagination and build confidence.

Webinar on ‘Sell from India’

The Department of B Voc management and secretarial practices of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya organised a webinar on elevate “Make in India to sell from India”. The resource person for the webinar was Dr Harish Gautam, Business Instructor at College of New Caledonia, Prince George, Canada. During the webinar, Dr Harish made very important revelation that the main objective of ‘Make in India’ is to strengthen Foreign Exchange Reserves of India by selling these products to the world. Having rich and wide industrial experience, Dr Gautam explained that saving would not make people rich rather people should contribute to India’s growth by selling to the world and bring sales proceeds in foreign currency to India.

Red Cross Day observed

Eklavya School celebrated the World Red Cross Day with enthusiasm. Poster making, speech competitions and drawing competitions were arranged on the occasion. Activities like drawing on topics covered by Red Cross like health, ‘Save Girl Child’, ‘No Racism’ etc were done. All students took part in these activities and competitions with lots of joy. Chairman JK Gupta cheered the students for participation. Director Seema Handa admired the students’ hard work. TNS