Vigyan Mahotsava at DAV College, Amritsar

Amritsar: DAV College on Monday inaugurated “Vigyan Mahotsava” that will be held till October 25 on the college premises under Star College Scheme of the Department of Bio-Technology, Govt. of India. More than 60 experiments have been designed for students in the subjects of Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computers, Maths and Physics to make students realise that science can also be learnt through fun. Special attraction of this event is night sky watching in which students can visualise the craters on moon, Saturn rings and Moons of Jupiter with the help of high resolving power reflector type telescope. Other than science departments, stalls of English, MCVP, NSS, NCC, Physical Education and Indian contribution to science by Sanskrit Department were also exhibited. TNS

Inter-College Cultural competitions

Youth Festivals of Guru Nanak Dev University are starting from October 19. A large number of student-artists will participate in these festivals. Prof Anish Dua, In charge, Youth Welfare Department and Dean Student's Welfare while giving details about the festivals said that first festival of 'B' Zone is going to organise from October 19 to 21 in which GNDU affiliated colleges of Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Tarn Taran districts are participating. The festival will be organised in various venues Dasmesh Auditorium, Guru Nanak Bhavan Auditorium, Conference Hall, Architecture Department and Lecture Theatre Complex of the Guru Nank Dev University. He said Youth Festival of Education Colleges is to be organised from October 25-27 and GNDU Govt./Constituent college/Associate Institutes' youth festival is scheduled from October 29-31. The youth festival of 'D' zone of Kapurthala and NawanShahr district colleges will be held on November 6-9 and from November 12 to 15. TNS

Refresher course in humanities

An online two week refresher course was inaugurated by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre of Guru Nanak Dev University. Prof Sudha Jatinder, Director HRDC of the university welcomed the chief guest Prof Hardeep Singh, Dean, Academic Affairs, and all participants. Prof Hardeep Singh delivered the special address and said very soon such courses will be switched over to offline mode. He mentioned that this course will help in providing insights into understanding the importance of Humanities as a discipline as well as its role in our day-to-day life. Dr Rajvir Kaur, Dy Director HRDC presented the scheme of the course and introduced them with the framework of various activities to be undertaken by participants for next two weeks. TNS

Voter’s Awareness Camp organised

A voter’s awareness camp for registration of new voters was organised at Saroop Rani Government College for Women, Amritsar, Amritsar North Constituency, in which students were sensitised towards voting process and encouraged to register. This form can be filled by students on National Voter Service Portal ( www.nvsp.in ) or Voter Helpline App . Nodal Officer of the College, Prof Kiranjit Kaur and Sector Officer, Davinder Saini were present along with the BLOs in the area. They said new voters can also download their forms and information from National Voter Service Portal ( www.nvsp.in ) or Voter Helpline App ( Voter). Helpline App) and apply from home as well. TNS

Admission schedule for Dec exam

The online submission for December 2021 examination forms and fees for Under Graduate Sem 1,3,5,7,9, and Post Graduate Sem 1,3 for Private/Regular students through online portal http://collegeadmissions.gndu.ac.in/loginNew.aspx scheduled. Prof. Manoj Kumar, Prof. Incharge Examinations said that the process for filling online semester examination form (full subjects/re-appear/special chance/additional subject and improvement) and fee through online mode or draft/cash at University cash counter for Private candidates and manual form (special chance/additional subject) for annual supplementary has been started. Last date of private students for printing fee slip/to select subjects on portal and generate the challan by colleges is November 15, 2021 without late fee. TNS

Armanpreet 3rd in singing contest

Tarn Taran: Armanpreet Singh, a student of Guru Amar Das Adarsh Institute, Goindwal Sahib, brought laurels to the school by winning Shining Star State Award, 2021 in singing by bagging third position. The state-level competition was organised by E-max India at Sri Muktsar Sahib recently. School Principal Manisha Sood said Armanpreet Singh was honoured by the school managing committee on Monday. Director of the school Jatinderpal Singh Randhawa congratulated Armanpreet Singh. OC