Jalandhar: The Departments of Political Science and History of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya celebrated Kargil Vijay Diwas by hosting a webinar to commemorate the sacrifice and martyrdom of our Armed forces that brought laurels to the nation during the Kargil war in 1999. The session began with Principal Dr Ajay Sareen’s address and welcoming of the chief guest, a Lt Colonel with the Indian Army. She applauded the Indian Armed forces for their outstanding role in winning at Kargil despite difficult and unfavourable conditions. She bowed to the indomitable valour and sacrifice of the Indian army on Kargil Diwas. She also congratulated the departments of History and Political Science for taking the initiative for celebrating the day with fervour and enthusiasm. The guest Army officer, who was also the topper of 10th and 12th CBSE Board, left engineering despite getting selected in IIT. An all-rounder, he not only picked up the Southern Command Adventure Competition Trophy but had also won various Ghatak competitions. He started with a simple question, ‘What is India’, and went on to give a beautiful dimension by expanding the scope to include its land, people and culture. He symbolised his love for country, just like a son loves his mother, who bestows selfless love on him. In similar fashion, every citizen must give back to the nation, who bestows bounty on us. His slide show on Kargil war was a visual treat, that took the students back in the year 1999. He recounted all the difficulties in terms of terrain and climate, faced by the soldiers. Situation had deteriorated as the terrorists had made bunkers at the Indian mountain peaks, but armed forces lived up to their responsibilities and secured resounding victory for the country. He specially talked about the battle of Tiger Hill. He concluded the slide show by talking about the lessons India learnt from Kargil. No wonder, his slide show stirred the patriotic fervour of all those who were listening. The webinar ended with all the faculty and students saluting the armed forces.

Manav shines in BBA exam

Manav Kareer of Lyallpur Khalsa College Jalandhar has bagged 14th position in the university exams of BBA Semester-I by getting 273 marks out of 350. This information was given in a press release by the Principal of the College Dr Gurpinder Singh Samra. He also said that the college was committed to provide quality education to its students and it would ensure all possible help to the deserving and needy students. The president of the College Governing Council Balbir Kaur congratulated the students and wished them success in life. Dr Rashpal Singh Sandhu, Head Department of Commerce was also present on this occasion.

Rainy season activity conducted

Rainy season or monsoon, the beautiful season of the year is a gift of God to mankind. This season is celebrated by people in many different ways. To celebrate the ‘Colourful Scene of Rainy Season’ activity was conducted online at The Nobel School. The students from Grade VI to XII participated in the competition with enthusiasm and showed excellent imagination through colours. The aim of the competition was to let the students to show their creativity using colours on sheets. This activity was managed by activity incharge Neeta and Pooja. All the participants sent pictures their paintings to their respective class In charges. Best three of them were awarded and applauded.At the end, Chairman Prof CL Kochher, Managing Director Kumar Shiv Kochher and Principal Ravinder Kaur congratulated the participants and awarded them with certificates. They encouraged the students to participate in forthcoming events also.

Investors Meet organised

DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jalandhar, in association with Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Govt of India and Chandigarh Angels Network organised Punjab’s first ever Virtual Business Startup Investor Meet during pandemic. This event was a platform provided to budding entrepreneurs to present their business idea in front of investors and panelists and also the opportunity for the top three winners to get prizes. As DAVIET is the host institution for MSME in entire region, so the 10 best ideas will also get the opportunity to apply for funding up to 15 lakhs each under MSME scheme. The event proved to be important as it spreads awareness about start-up ecosystem and scout aspiring and grass root entrepreneurs. The underlying objective of this event was to motivate the youth, create self-employment, upgrade the skills of entrepreneurs and provide them support to set up their units under professional guidance. This event would provide an opportunity to the youths to turn their innovative ideas into reality. The contest was open to students, corporate professionals, entrepreneurs, as well as other independent individuals and age is not a limit. This would go a long way in galvanising the youth to take up self-employment ventures, which would eventually help in creating enormous job opportunities for unemployed youth. The event has reached out and sensitised more than 255 business ideas throughout India and was purely based on the skill and talent of students. After final evaluation from the panelists and investors, the first position was awarded to the Idea “Jai Bharat Agritech” of Deepak with cash prize of Rs 31,000, second position was awarded to the Idea “Magazo”of Samridh Khanna with cash prize of Rs 21,000 and third prize was awarded to idea “Sivious Solutions” of Shambhavi with cash prize of Rs 11,000. Vishav Kapoor, Manager (Industry Interface) along with Ratish Bhardwaj and Kalpana Sharma said that the institution has been organising these kinds of events from time to time to promote entrepreneurship among the students of DAVIET. TNS