Football championship at LPU

Jalandhar: The women football team of Lovely Professional University defeated Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra, by 7 goals at the Association of Indian Universities’ (AIU’s) North Zone Inter-University (Women) Football Championship-2021. LPU Captain Bhagwati Chauhan scored four field goals, forward Sunita made two and Rajni one. With another walkover, LPU team has now made its way in top four league matches of the zone. With 400 participants, 20 top universities of the zone include Punjabi University, Patiala, GNDU, Amritsar, Kurukshetra University, Avadh University and others.

75 lakh post card campaign

As a part of ongoing celebrations of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Department of Posts, Ministry of Education, along with the Department of School Education, organised a post card campaign. Around 800 students participated in the event. Students shared their views with the Prime Minister through post cards. The topics were ‘Unsung heroes of freedom struggle’ and ‘My vision for India in 2047’. All the post cards addressed to the PM were posted by the school. The activity was conducted by the class incharges under the supervision of Bhavna Sabharwal. The management and school principal Neeru Nayyar and vice principal Parveen Saili appreciated the efforts put in by the students and teachers and acknowledged the initiative taken .

Mathematics day celebrated

DIPS School, Tanda, organised Mathematics Day to make students understand the importance of maths. Various activities were conducted for classes III to VII. Quiz was conducted in junior or wing and model making for senior wing. During the quiz students were quizzed on several problems related to maths and how to solve them and in mode making students prepared models on formulae, angle was explained in a simplified manners. Principal Divya Chawla explained to the students about maths day and mathematician Ramanujan’s birthday is celebrated as maths day. She also mentioned that this is celebrated every year in order to encourage students around the world to sharpen their skills in arithmetic and problem solving.

gna varsity students go on excursion

GNA University organised an excursion-cum-one day trip for its students and faculty members of GNA Business School. Over 150 students boarded for the trip. The trip was organised by Ramandeep Singh, assistant professor, GNA Business School. The main objective behind holding this trip was to relieve the stress of students and give them an opportunity to explore the outer region of their cities and have a gala time with their friends and teachers. The trip commenced from Phagwara through a bus route and landed directly to Golden Temple, Amritsar, wherein students experienced pure serenity and divinity embracing the darshan to the holy pilgrimage of Sri Harmandir Sahib. After the visit to the Golden Temple, the students also visited Jallianwala Bagh and had a feeling of patriotism witnessing the past happenings and truly enjoyed being there.

First aid training at Red Cross Bhawan

NSS volunteers of Lyallpur Khalsa College took first aid training at Red Cross Bhawan. Principal Gurpinder Singh Samra appreciated the thought process of volunteers to undergo the training. He added that timely first aid can save many lives. He said Lyallpur Khalsa College is committed to provide these platforms to its students for their overall growth. Chief Programme Officer Satpal Singh said 45 volunteers took the training which will not only be beneficial for them or their family but also to society as these volunteers are committed to social welfare. State awardee first aid trainer Som Nath was the resource person in the training. Minhas, secretary, Red Cross, coordinated the training session smoothly. The certificates, to be awarded to volunteers, will be endorsed by Red Cross State Branch Chandigarh.

Training in fashion designing

Kanya Maha Vidyalaya organised online training for the students of Fashion Designing. Industrial training was facilitated with Innovative Knits, Mohali, for BSc Fashion Designing Semester V students. All the 22 students got themselves enrolled and participated in the training programme with enthusiasm. The training was organised by the PG Department of Fashion Designing which is ranked thrice as topmost in ‘Best Value for Money Category’ in India and amongst top 30 colleges of India as per India Today Survey 2020. The main motive of organising the industrial training was to ensure the best utilisation of time and energy of students in productive work. TNS