Photography webinar, competition organised by Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School, GT Road, Amritsar

 Amritsar: On the occasion of World Photography Day, Media Production Department of Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School, GT Road, Amritsar, organised an online workshop on photography for teachers and students. A competition on photography for the students of Classes XI and XII was also organised on the occasion. Students captured some beautiful moments in their cameras. Later on, Principal and Vice Principal awarded the participants with certificate and photographs. Rohit Gautam Sony Alpha photography trainer shared his real life experiences and explained the nuances of photography live on webex. From basic to critical topic, the session began with an introduction to basic photography, learning terminologies and then explained the technical concepts of photography. Principal/ Director Dr Dharam Veer Singh encouraged the children to take photography as a hobby or a passion or as an art and career form. In charge, Media Production, Dr Navalpreet Singh planned this webinar to help aspirants learn more about the medium, and grow to become great lensmen and enhance the skills of students towards photography and photoshoot for magazine and presentation. He also enlightened the students of XI and XII about various opportunities available in photography as a career.

Odyssey Int’l Literary Festival

Spring Daleans brought laurels to their school when the school delegation lifted the overall Championship Trophy at the reputed Odyssey International Literary Festival organised virtually by City Montessori School, Lucknow.

Spring Dale students won the Junior Championship Trophy as well the Overall Championship Trophy too. The school team won the same event when it was organised in the offline mode in 2019 too. School Principal Rajiv Kumar Sharma shared that the event was one of the most coveted fests where the children from the schools all across the globe rub their shoulders to win the event covering the skills like debate, drama, dance, monologue and poetry. He added that the delegation was trained by a combined effort of the team of teachers from creative arts, performing arts and English faculty of the school which stands as a testimony to the concept of harmonious development of the children while giving a due importance to the curricular and co-curricular aspects of learning.

Fit India Freedom Run 2.0

BBK DAV College for Women, Amritsar, organised Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 to commemorate 75 years of Independence, “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” by the Department of Physical Education and NCC wing. The run was organised under the guidelines of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, with the purpose to encourage people to inculcate the habit of running or any other physical activity under the tag line of “Fitness ki dose, adhaa ghanta roz”. Almost, 30 sportswomen and NCC cadets of the college participated in the run. Principal Dr Pushpinder Walia, appreciated the efforts of sportswomen and NCC cadets of the college for making this run a success. She appealed to students to adopt a healthy lifestyle to face the challenges of pandemic era. Sweety Bala, Head, Department of Physical Education, Lt. Amandeep Kaur (ANO), Rajdeep Kaur were present on the occasion. TNS