Jalandhar: Kanya Maha Vidyalaya has initiated a series of ‘Inspirational Talks: Alumni Speaks’ where the alumni of various departments of the college are invited and they share their success stories with the students. The PG Department of Psychology conducted a session of alumni speaks in which Dr Smita Vasudeva was invited as the guest speaker. Dr Vasudeva had completed her graduation from KMV in 2001 and then pursued her Masters and PhD from the renowned universities of India. She briefly explained the scope of psychology to students and also motivated them. She also shared her valuable knowledge on one of the well-researched therapeutic approaches — Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). She explained various key points through which one can make one’s life happy. Principal Atima Sharma Dwivedi averred that KMV had empowered women by giving them the required skills in every discipline so that they become self-reliant in this highly competitive world. She maintained that this type of webinar is essential for the students as it gives them accurate information regarding the skills required to make a powerful career in the field of psychology.

World Emoji Day observed

Students of Primary School made bookmarks and participated in craft activity of Emojis. World Emoji Day is observed annually in the summer to celebrate the emoji, a small digital icon used to represent an idea or emotion through electronic means. Students of Senior School made emoji masks under the supervision of Educator Anamika Nirmohi. The Emoji masks showed how Emojis are a fun way to quickly express our emotions with others. Our emotions are a gift from God, that he has a purpose for all of them, and that we can express them in a good way. JK Gupta, chairperson of Eklavya School, said the purpose of observing World Emoji Day was to promote the use Emojis and spread the enjoyment that they bring to all those around us.

Students awarded merit certificates

Twelve students of Seth Hukam Chand SD Public Senior Secondary School, Sangal Sohal, Wariana, have been awarded Certificate of Merit by the CBSE in Punjabi, music and painting. The certificate is given to top 0.1 per cent of the successful students in order to recognise their qualities and outstanding performance at its Senior School Certificate Examination. The students, who are honoured by this certificate in session (2019-2020) in Class X, Punjabi is Barjinder Singh, in Class XII music are Swarna Bohra, Manjot Singh, Khushi Aggarwal, Ridhima, Mehak, Banika Bedi and in painting are Sanigdh Budhia, Tarannum Atwal, Navjot Kaur, Simranjeet Kaur and Arshdeep Kaur. Principal Priyanka Sharma congratulated the students, parents and teachers for their outstanding performance.

Plantation drive organised

State Public School, Jalandhar Cantt, organised a plantation drive to make the society aware of how crucial are trees and health of environment in our life. On the occasion, guests namely councillor Praveena Manu, SHO Jalandhar Cantt Ajaib Singh, Chowki Incharge of Paragpur Baljinder Singh with president Dr Narotam Singh along with Managing Director Anmol Singh and Principal Savina Bahl planted saplings to heal the nature. This is not just a sapling but a ray of hope that our environment will stay healthy so that we can survive and enjoy our lives without major ailments. The management also passed on the message of being considerate and thankful to our mother nature who is selflessly nurturing us and has given her precious lap to lead our life peacefully.

Investiture at Guru Amar dass school

Guru Amar Dass Public School celebrated investiture ceremony online for the session 2021-2022 under the guidance of Ajit Singh Sethi, president, Guru Amar Dass Public School. Election of the school representatives was done through online voting and interview. Head Boy Ekamjit Singh, Head Girl Muskaan, Vice-Head Boy Anmolpreet Singh and Vice-Head Girl Nippunjot Kaur took the oath to fulfil their responsibilities with dedication.TNS