Sports Day at DAV Public School

Amritsar: Sports Day was held at DAV Public School (5 Cantt branch), for students of Classes nursery and play pen. Dr Pushpinder Walia Principal of BBK DAV College For Women, and manager of DAV Public School, was the chief guest. She motivated the children to participate in sports enthusiastically as the games keep them fit and fine. She also inspired children for their better future. She applauded the efforts of staff for this event’s success. The tiny tots participated in different games, which were based on different cartoon characters. The kids conveyed the importance of values through different games.

IIM launches leadership programme

IIM, Amritsar, has launched programme ‘Leading In Next Normal’, which commenced on November 29 and will go on till December 4. This six-day virtual Leadership Development Programme (LDP) will help professionals in acquire strategic and functional-level analytical skills to lead an organisation. It will provide a platform to share varied best practices from their organisations and discuss contextual challenges that impact the overall industry. This training aims at helping the officers of IOCL transition to the next leadership level. At the inaugural ceremony on Thursday, Director IIM congratulated IOCL for their developmental interventions for the officers and stressed the importance of continuous learning. Vippin Kumar Jain, Chief General Manager, e-learning and development explained the importance of “Project Saksham” and various competency-based leadership development initiatives at IOCL.

GNDU admissions till Dec 15

Department of Lifelong Learning of the Guru Nanak Dev University is running skill-based six-month certificate courses in cutting and tailoring and beauty culture courses for matric pass girls. Similarly, the courses of web designing, English speaking and communication skills and computer basic concept for boys and girls with Class XII qualification. The last date of admission has been pushed to December 15. For further information students can visit university website www.gndu.ac.in/lifelong/default.aspx.

Voter awareness activity organised

Amritsar: A voter awareness campaign was held at Government School, Kot Khalsa under SVEEP activity. The students were made aware about voting procedure and the nodal officer and his team informed about the new voter registration form number 6, the form for vote trimming, and details in voter cards via Form no 8 that can be filled for correction. This form is available to the general public through the National Service Portal NVSP. IN Or Voter helpline app. It was also informed that from November 30 onwards new voters will be able to register their E-EPIC. On this occasion, a poster competition was conducted in the school and the importance of voting was explained to the children. The principal and other teachers of the school were present on this occasion. TNS