Star cricketer

Jalandhar: Mridul Sandal, a Class XI student of Delhi Public School, has made another mark by playing exceptionally well in the final match of Jalandhar District Cricket Association (JDCA) v/s Mohali in the under-19 category held at New Chandigarh cricket stadium. Mridul took five catches as wicket-keeper. He was awarded a cash prize of Rs 10,000 by the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA). Mridul has many achievements to his credit and his persistent hard work and dedication in the game have been instrumental in bringing him success.

Blood donation camp

CT Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences organised a blood donation camp under the guidance of Civil Hospital Jalandhar. During the camp, more than 100 students and faculty members donated blood. A contingent of 10 team members comprising of doctors and technicians from the Civil Hospital, IMA- Jalandhar branch and staff and students of CT Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences contributed effectively for the same under the guidance of Dr Navneet Kaur. The students were counselled for safety and significance of blood donation in societal interest. On the occasion, CT group managing director Manbir Singh, vice-chairman Harpreet Singh, campus director Dr GS Kalra and Principal CTIPS Dr Surya Gautam were present along with students and staff members.

Lecture on hospitality sector

Phagwara: GNA University in association with Institutional Innovation Council (MHRD initiative) organised a guest lecture on the topic ‘Hospitality Entrepreneurship- Travel & Food Blogging’. The resource person for the lecture was Sidharth Bhan Gupta, an entrepreneur, hospitality consultant, food and travel blogger. The session commenced with Sidharth Bhan Gupta, wherein he shared his experience about how his career took shape through various curves as an employee to an entrepreneur. He talked about his own dream to be an entrepreneur, initial planning, and support system, step one to start with and further, strategy, challenges and success. The session also focussed on providing insights to the students on what they could expect in coming days and strategies to prepare themselves for an enriching career in hospitality travel and food blogging. He even invited entries from students to submit him their blogs to participate in blog writing competition to win award, certificate and some prize. He also invited students to join him on an expedition to review fine dining restaurants in New Delhi region. The students’ questions were also answered by the guest speaker.

Freshers’ party

A freshers’ party was organised by senior students of St Soldier Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology to welcome the first year students. Students presented various entertaining activities such as modelling, dance, singing, solo act, bhangra and gidha. Sameer was adjudged Mr Farewell and Deeksha adjudged Miss Farewell, while Simranjot Singh was chosen as Mr Personality, Simran Kaur as Miss Personality and Rajat was adjudged best performer. Principal Sandeep Lohani welcomed the students and appreciated the preparations made by the seniors, saying that such theme parties were an important part of the hotel management studies. Chairman Anil Chopra motivated the students to work hard so as to achieve their goals in life.

Placement drive

Jalandhar: The department of mechanical engineering along with training and placement cell of Lyallpur Khalsa College Technical Campus, School of Engineering, Jalandhar, organised a placement drive at Aman Engineering Works (Kranti Meters), Jalandhar. To the rejoice of students of ME department, a total of 11 students Ankush Kotwal, Harshit Dhiman, Simranjit Kaur, Sachin Kumar, Nishant, Adarsh Kumar, Mukesh, Pankaj, Babloo, Ankushdeep and Ramandeep were placed as graduate engineer trainee (GET) at Kranti Meters. Sukhbir Singh Chatha, director of academic affairs, KCL group, and Dr RS Deol, deputy director of academic affairs, KCL, group, appreciated the effort of department and T&P cell and congratulated students.

Tributes paid to Prof BS Narang

The death of music legend Prof BS Narang came as a shock for all music learners. The faculty members of music department of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya paid tribute to the departed soul by organising a prayer meet. Head of music vocal department Dr Prem Sagar said Prof Narang’s departure was a great loss to the music industry. He said that his teachings would always give strength in our lives. Principal Ajay Sareen also paid tributes to him and said that it was a big loss to the music industry. “Prof Narang was not only a musician but he was a social worker and he always tried to provide respect to everyone”, said Prof Sareen. She prayed to Almighty to grant peace to his departed soul. He has served as professor at DAV College. He has served as professor at DAV College. On the occasion, head of music (I) department Dr Santosh Khanna, Dr Pooja Manhas, Dr Sarvjit Kaur, Shilpa Talwar, Narayan Dass and Sunny were also present. TNS