Jalandhar: Kanya Maha Vidyalaya has organised a six-day online dance workshop. The workshop was organised by PG Department of Performing Arts. A large number of participants from various colleges and universities participated in the workshop. Meenakshi Rai and Ritika Chopra from the dance department explained the importance of dance to the participants and also introduced them to Bollywood dance in detail. Along with presenting Bollywood dance as a combination of different types of dance and the art of storytelling through it, the importance of different postures and gestures was also explained to the participants. Various types of Bollywood dances started by the stars of Indian cinema were also told in this workshop. The participants also presented their dance skills and gained knowledge of different postures. Principal Prof Atima Sharma Dwivedi averred that dance is a medium to express the happiness, joy, gaiety etc.

E-Workshop on Covid-Helper Skills

The NSS Unit of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya organised an online workshop on “Beat Covid-Helper Skills” in association with Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education, Department of Higher Education. The resource person was Sandhya Tuti from the council. Principal Prof Ajay Sareen said in this time of Covid-19, this workshop will prove to be every effective. She appreciated the efforts of NSS Programme Officer Veena Arora, Harmanu Paul and Dean Innovation Council Dr Anjana Bhatia. Sandhya Tuti gave detailed information on the subject. She discussed various steps taken by local managing committees in this pandemic. She said helping people mentally and socially is the need of the hour. She gave information on various teams. She also had an interactive session with NSS volunteers. She educated the students through various case studies.

Pyramid college students excel

Pyramid College of Business and Technology has got a good result in MBA Ist semester. Mohit Kapoor scored the highest SGPA around 8.71 followed by Santosh Kumari with 8.57 SGPA and Urvashi Kanda with 8.29 SGPA, Harmanpreet Singh with 8.00 SGPA. Vatsal Mehta, Vishvadeep singh, Shivankar Chaudhary have opted Pathway programme for MBA has scored more than 7 SGPA. At this, Prof Jatinder Singh Bedi, Chairman, Pyramid College of Business and Technology, congratulated all the students who have passed and wished them the very best for their future endeavours. Sachleen Kaur Bedi, vice president, PCBT, also congratulated the students and teachers. Dr Sanjay Bahl, Director, PCBT said that the students not only made their parents proud but also the college and its faculty.

World No Tobacco Day observed

Shiv Jyoti Public School observed World No Tobacco Day. Co-associate teacher of Jagriti House Rajni Sharma made the students of Classes IX -X aware about this day through online poster-making activity. All the students participated in the activity with full zeal. The activity was performed under the supervision of Rajni Sharma House Master of Jagriti House. Krishna Jyoti (chairperson), Dr Vidur Jyoti (Chairman Trust) and Dr Suvikram Jyoti (manager, managing committee and general secretary Trust) Principal Neeru Nayyar, Vice Principal Parveen Saili appreciated the efforts put in by the students and teachers.

Global Parents Day celebrated

Tagore’s International Smart School commemorated Global Parents Day online on digital platform in which students participated enthusiastically with great zeal and zest. Management of Tagore’s Educational Society Dean Vinod Shashi Jain and Ruchika Jain congratulated the students and parents on the eve of “Parents Day”. To commemorate Global Parents Day, students paid reverence to their parents by making photoframes, greetings, posters, reciting poems, singing songs and preparing cakes etc. Students also delivered speeches, captured beautiful pictures with their parents, wrote letters to express their love and gratitude towards their parents, made paper rose. Teachers made earnest efforts to instil the importance of parents’ day in a child’s life through effective thematic presentation, moral stories and video clippings.

Students apprised of tobacco abuse

Lyallpur Khalsa College Technical Campus has taken initiative to celebrate World No Tobacco Day. An online session was planned informing the students and the faculty members of the dangers of using tobacco. The orator for the session was Praneet Kaur from the faculty. She encouraged the audience to fight against the use of tobacco and what people around the globe can do to claim their right to health. The session was concluded with a pledge taking ceremony which motivated the participants against the use of tobacco products. Sukhbir Singh Chatha (Director Academic Affairs, KCL Group) and Dr RS Deol (Deputy Director, KCL Group) congratulated the coordinators and faculty members for organising such an event and channelising the energy of students towards right direction in the situation of pandemic. TNS