HMV Red Ribbon Club bags prize

Jalandhar: Red Ribbon Club volunteers of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya won overall trophy of district-level declamation, poster making, quiz and slogan writing competition organised by Punjab State Aids Control Society. Principal Prof Ajay Sareen congratulated the team and coordinator of Red Ribbon Club Kuljit Kaur. Students from around 10 colleges of the district participated in the competition. In declamation competition, Isha Thakur got the second position, in poster making competition, Sujata and Vrishti Gill were declared the winners, in slogan writing Tavleen Kaur, Sheena got the first position, in quiz competition, Harpreet Kaur, Vidhi Jain won the second prize. Red Ribbon Club Assistant Coordinator Dr Jiwan Devi also congratulated the students. Quiz in charge Binoo Gupta, Dr Neeru Bharti Sharma, Head of Fine Arts Department were also present.

Flight activity held at DIPS

Keeping in mind Kalpana Chawla’s flight mission, an activity titled ‘Flight activity’ was organised in all schools of DIPS Chain of Institutions to bring about the idea of every child to aim for Mars and to reach Moon. Pre-wing students together with advisor Monica Mehta’s leadership designed spaceship rocket to reach Mars and Moon. Teachers and parents helped the students to colour spaceships on a colourful chart paper and named it flight Mars mission, Chandrayan etc. Teachers told the students about NASA and Indian Space Research Organisation. Students were informed how they can be a part of NASA and ISRO and go to space and do different type of research. School principals remarked that everyone in childhood dream a lot of big things, there to fulfil all dreams everyone has to work hard and tirelessly sound health and mind helping giving shape to imagination and bringing dreams to realisation.

Sculpture workshop at KMV

Kanya Maha Vidyalaya organised a two-day workshop on sculpture. The workshop was organised by PG Department of Fine Arts. Swati was the resource person for the workshop. More than 50 students from different streams participated in the workshop. During the workshop, Swati imparted the fine nuances of sculpture to the students. After the lecture, she also demonstrated various models of sculpture to the students. Question and answer session was also held after the session during which the inquisitive students asked various queries from the resource person. Principal Dr Atima Sharma Dwivedi averred that art plays vital role in our life and also in the development of a person. She lauded the efforts of PG Department of Fine Arts for organising such meaningful workshop for the students.

Workshop on machines organised

The PG Department of Fashion Designing, Lyallpur Khalsa College for Women, organised a one-day workshop on new electronic machines in the college campus. Ashish from Usha Sewing Machines gave a live demonstration to the new students of BSc FD (Fashion Designing), MSc FD, BA and Diploma classes. The aim of the workshop was to provide understanding of the basic operating principles of these machines. Kuldeep Kaur, Head of the department, expressed her thanks towards the resource person for providing knowledge to the students. Principal Dr Navjot appreciated the efforts of Kuldeep Kaur, Head, and Manjeet Kaur, Assistant Professor, PG Department of Fashion Designing for organising such a workshop.

Int’l Cultural Exchange Programme

Two of the National Cadet Corps students at Lovely Professional University (LPU) have been selected for the International Cultural Exchange Programme (ICEP) to be held in Singapore from November 18-19. LPU students-Under Officer Abhishek Kumar of BTech Computer Science & Engineering and Cadet Nidhi Prakash of BSc (Computer Science) will represent 8 Punjab Battalion NCC Unit Phagwara on international level. LPU students have been selected from all cadets of nearly 30 institutions attached to 8 Punjab Battalion NCC Unit. LPU Chancellor Ashok Mittal congratulated the selected cadets. Commanding Officer Colonel Yogesh Bhardwaj of the Battalion and Lieutenant Kamaljeet Singh, Associate NCC Officer (ANO) at LPU, informed: “For such a prestigious ‘Exchange Programme’ abroad, both of LPU students have been shortlisted to represent India in Singapore for the Year 2021. They are the only NCC cadets from the 8 Punjab Battalion of NCC (Phagwara, Punjab) who are going to participate in Singapore, along with the rest selected from other parts of the country.”

Nikita 3rd in BA Economics (Hons)

Nikita, a student of BA Economics Hons. (Sem V) of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, bagged the third position in Guru Nanak Dev University by scoring 71 marks. Principal Prof Ajay Sareen congratulated the student, her parents and Head of Economics Department Dr Shallu Batra. TNS