Jalandhar: The Design Department of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandharm celebrated National Handloom Day by conducting a one-day handloom workshop for the students of design, fine arts & multimedia. Dr Rakhi Mehta, head design Department, was the resource person. She demonstrated the handloom operations and importance of handloom fabrics in our life. Various handloom fabrics like Banaras Brocades, Khadi, Kanjivaram etc. were discussed in detail during the workshop. Principal Dr Ajay Sareen encouraged the students. She said that in our life we should give importance to handloom fabrics. Dr Seema Marwaha, Dean Academics, Dr Ashmeen Kaur, IQAC Coordinator, Dr Anjana Bhatia, Dean Innovations & Dr Neeru Bharti Sharma, Head Fine Arts Department were present at the time of workshop.

Webinar on entrepreneurship

GNA University organised an Interactive Session on Entrepreneurship and Motivation with respect to the entrepreneurial journey of a renowned entrepreneur for all the students of GNA Business School via the online platform, blackboard. The esteemed resource person for the webinar was Harbhajan Kaur, a 94-year-old successful woman entrepreneur and the founder of Harbhajan's Made With Love (Besan Ki Barfi). The resource person has served as a epitome of hard work and the fact that age is no deterrent to one's dreams. The webinar started with the welcoming of the resource person by Neetu Mahendru and Dr Manpreet Kaur, Assistant Prof, GNA Business School. Harbhajan then shared about her journey with the students and faculty members and her key principles and values that she follows in her business. The session then ended with a vote of thanks by Dr Sameer Verma.

Poem recitation competition

An inter-house poetry recitation competition was organised for Classes 1 and II at Cambridge International School, Phagwara. The competition inspired the young poets to come forward and recite on virtual stage. The students of CIS enthusiastically participated in the competition as they got an opportunity to exhibit their talent and confidence. The students came up with different poems on the theme "Nature/God" and recited them with great enthusiasm and zeal for the nature that they have in their heart. They enjoyed the perfection of expression, thoughts, emotions, rhythm and music of words. School Principal Jorawar Singh, Chairman of the school KS Bassi and Chairman of Vasal Educational Group Sanjeev Vasal congratulated the teachers, students for their endeavour and their parents for their active involvement to make this event successful. TNS