Jalandhar: The Social Sensitisation Cell of the School of Management of Lyallpur Khalsa College Technical Campus (LKCTC) celebrated Children’s Day Donation Drive to help autistic children and raise awareness on autism. The institute has taken initiative by donating cash and old clothes to Apaar, an NGO, in Jalandhar, to acknowledge the importance, power and potential of autistic children and adults by encouraging the opening up of more opportunities for them. Dr RS Deol, Dy Director, Academic Affairs, LKCTC, emphasised on the need to work to ensure that autistic children and adults get every opportunity to realise their potential.

Awareness session on legal rights

DIPS Institute of Management of Technology, organised a webinar to make students aware about their legal rights. Civil Judge Ravinder Singh Rana attended the camp as the keynote speaker. He informed the students about the legal action to be taken in different situations of social issues such as quarrels, divorce etc. Along with this, he inspired all students to make other people aware through the information. During the webinar, he made the youth of today aware about their fundamental rights and duties. During this Director Dr KK Handu said along with fundamental rights, it is equally important for the youth to be aware of their fundamental duties.

Athletics meet at MGN School

MGN Public School, Adarsh Nagar, organised the 45th Annual Athletic Meet. Retired SSP Mukhtar Singh Dahiya was given a warm welcome as the chief guest. He encouraged the children to show enthusiasm in sports and mark their active participation remarking the value sports hold in life. He announced the athletic meet open by releasing the balloons. March past by NCC of the school and the athletes of four houses grabbed special attention of all. Principal KS Randhawa, Vice Principal Gurjeet Singh, Headmistress Sangeeta Bhatia and Sukham, incharge, KG Wing, presented a memento to the chief guest expressing their gratitude.

Extension lecture on history

The Centre for Historical Studies, PG Department of History, Lyallpur Khalsa College, organised an extension lecture. The theme of the lecture was ‘The Relevance of History in the present context’. A former bureaucrat, Prof. Sukhvinder Singh Head, Department of History Doaba College was the resource person. Dr Suman Chopra, co-coordinator of the Centre and Head PG Department of History, welcomed the esteemed guest, the faculty members from the different departments and the students.

Measurement lab at GNA varsity

GNA University keeping its vision to provide the industry-ready engineers, GNA University has established a measurement laboratory on the campus by Accurate, a measurement equipment manufacturing company of Pune. The laboratory established at GNA University includes all the basic to the latest measuring equipment as per the current trends in global industry. The lab includes the instruments like range of vernier calipers and micrometers, radius gauge, filler gauge, depth vernier calipers, digital height gauge, surface plate, CMM etc.

Seminar on beat reporting

The PG Department of Journalism & Mass Communication of Doaba College organised a seminar on ‘Importance of beat reporting: Education and culture reporting’. Bharti Sharma, reporter and alumnus acted as the resource person. Dr Pardeep Bhandari, Principal, stressed upon mantra of ‘Learn, Create, Grow and Enjoy’ and lauded the department for producing not only students with degrees but with professional media skills through consistent training in community radio and Hi tech media studio established on the college campus.

Children’s Day celebrated

Commemorating the birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Children’s Day was celebrated at PCM SD Collegiate Senior Secondary School with great zeal and enthusiasm. Showcasing their talents in diverse fields, the girls of the school performed various activities such as classical dance, dances on Punjabi folk songs, monoacting, poetry recitation, motivational speeches and comic skit during the event. Addressing the students, Monika Sharma of the Department of Computer Science, explained the significance of the Children’s Day.

Children enjoy short movie

Under the ‘Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat’ programme launched by the CBSE, a short film ‘A Hero ‘(Malgudi Days) on the occasion of Children’s Day was shown to students of Class IV. They enjoyed the short film and learnt about the culture and famous places of Andhra Pradesh. They also learnt that being brave isn’t the absence of fear; being brave is having that fear but also finding a way through it. Principal Neeru Nayyar apprised the students regarding the significance of Children’s Day and she also inspired them to read books and visit the library on regular basis.

‘Rhythm’ at St Soldier Institute

St Soldier Institute of Engineering and Technology organised a cultural event “Rhythm 2021”, in which students showcased their talent by performing solo dance, singing, poetry, group dance, mime, skit, modeling etc. In solo dance, Abhijit Singh got first, Megha second, Mansi and Jyoti third prizes. In singing Paramjit Singh got first, Harish second, Ankita and Rabia got third, in poetry Paramvir Singh got first, Damini second and Aditya got third. In Group Dance Girls’’ Bhangra got first, Kashmiri Dance second and Boys’’ Bhangra got third position. TNS