Dyal Singh College wins quiz

ibune News Service

Karnal, February 17

To enhance knowledge, skills, thinking, reasoning and sound understanding among students, the JBD Group, Karnal, on Sunday organised an inter-college educational quiz contest, in which 90 students of 10 colleges of Karnal and Panipat districts participated.

The Tribune was the media partner of this competition, which was inaugurated by Santosh Atreja, former general secretary, Women and Child Welfare Council, Haryana, while the valedictory function was chaired by Gharaunda MLA and Hafed chairman Harvinder Kalyan. Bharat Bhushan Kapoor, CMD, JBD Group, was the guest of honour. Senior journalist Sandeep Sahil and Arsh PR agency director Rakesh Lamba along with their team members prepared the questionnaire.

Ananya Rana, Rohit Mehta and Zuber of Dyal Singh College, Karnal, won the first prize of Rs11,000, while Vishal, Sunil and Sachin Kundu of Government PG College, Karnal, secured the second position and were given a prize of Rs5,100. Tamanna, Anju and Sanju of Vaish Girls College, Samalkha, Panipat district, finished at the third position and won a prize of Rs3,100.

All participating colleges — Dyal Singh College, DAV PG College, KVA DAV College for Women, Government PG College, GN Khalsa, all in Karnal; IB College, DBG Government College, Vaish Girls College in Samalkha; and Arya College, SD PG College in Panipat district, had scrutinised nine students each through a college-level quiz competition earlier this month. On Sunday’s competition, questions were asked on the history, culture and politics of Haryana.

In the beginning of the competition, the organisers and students paid tributes to Pulwama martyrs and observed a two-minute silence. Later, Harvinder Kalyan started his speech by paying tributes to the martyrs and exhorted students to always remember the supreme sacrifice of the brave-hearts. “Students must participate in competitions with positive approach and not think about the result,” said Kalyan.

He even took feedback from students about the recruitment policy of the state government and claimed it to be a fair and transparent policy based on merit.

BB Kapoor also thanked the colleges for sending their best students in the competition and said his main aim was to organise this event for providing a platform to students to showcase their talent. He also congratulated the teachers for their efforts in preparing students for the competition.

RP Saini, Principal DAV PG College, Karnal; Seema Sharma, Principal, Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Karnal; and Anuradha Punia, Principal, DBG Government College, Panipat, were the judges.

Alumni walk down memory lane 

Karnal: Dyal Singh College organised its alumni meet at the college auditorium here on Sunday, in which around 100 students participated. Students and teachers paid tributes to Pulwaman martyrs by observing a two-minute silence. Five senior-most former students and five senior-most teachers were honoured on the occasion. Pankaj Aneja, president of Dyal Singh Alumni Association, said around 300 former students of the college from the 1950s,’60s, and later batches have joined the association. He said they would try to reach over to 500 former students in the next meet. “Several former students from abroad have also contacted us to join the association,” he said. TNS