Webinar on e-commerce

Jalandhar: A webinar was organised for the students at DIPS Co-Educational College Dhilwan. Dr Balpreet Kaur, Assistant Professor, was the chief speaker at this webinar. College coordinator Harpreet Kaur and Assistant Professor Rohini supervised the seminar. Dr Balpreet stated the importance of e-commerce and mentioned that in the beginning e-commerce was less used in India but now e-commerce is the medium of shopping in almost all houses. People are using e-commerce to expand their business. E-commerce has a significant role in Digital India. However, India has different conditions than the other countries. So, India has multifarious challenges in the field of e-commerce which need to be solved. In other countries due to e-commerce in various businesses has expanded.

Online session on biz model canvas

Institutional Innovation Cell of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya in collaboration with the PG Department of Multimedia organised an online session on business model canvas under the aegis of MHRD to acquaint the students towards entrepreneurship. Dr Anjana Bhatia introduced the concept of the session and briefed about the MHRD’s motive of holding Innovation Council, which is prompted towards training the youth of the country. Leena Chhabra, a young entrepreneur, Director Clients Code Working actively as WICCI -State President Punjab Digital Media Council, started the session by explaining the basic concept of business model canvas. She explained all nine blocks along with real life examples which helped the students to link the virtual concept with the real world. Every block of model canvas highlighted one phase of startup of business and its various aspects. She also prepared an animated video for students to understand the concept with the help of multimedia.

Orientation session

KMV Collegiate Senior Secondary School organised an orientation session for new entrants. Dr Atima Sharma Dwivedi was the resource person. She welcomed the students to the session 2021-22. Inspiring the students, the Principal averred that students should always dream high to achieve success in life as they should not only develop their skills but the overall personality in order to be successful. Prof Dwivedi also assured that KMV would provide umpteen opportunities to the students through various online innovative programmes and always encourage them to participate in these activities along with their studies in order to channelise the creative energy of the students in the right direction.

Webinar on concrete technology

The Department of Civil Engineering, Lyallpur Khalsa College Technical Campus, organised a webinar on “New Era of Concrete” by Dinesh Sharma (Zonal Head, Customer Technical Services, J K Cement Ltd) for the students of Civil Engineering. The webinar aimed to enhance the practical knowledge of the students as they are able to correlate the theoretical studies to the industrial approach. It proved to be a wonderful learning experience as it helped the students gain better knowledge of the practical aspects of industrial work plans. Students gained deep insight about new innovations in the field of concrete technology.

Hindi Poetry recitation session

To inspire the young poets to exhibit their talent and confidence, Mayor World School organised a virtual Inter-Class Hindi Poetry Recitation Competition for the students of Class VI. A total of 20 students, five from each section, participated in the competition. Each contender was given 1-2 minutes for recitation of the poem. The enthusiastic poets enjoyed the beauty of expression, thoughts, rhyme and sonority of words. The talented Mayorites arrested the audience with their articulation and vivid evocation while reciting the poems. The competition was judged on the basis of content, linguistic proficiency, rhyme and rhythm, and presentation. Vanshika Dilawari of VI B bagged the first position. The second position was clinched by Jasmine Kaur of VI A followed by Arham Jain of VI C at the third position.

Virtual Alumni Meet

Phagwara: Kamla Nehru College for Women organised a Virtual Annual Alumni Meet-2021. The programme began with invocation by Aman Lata, Head, Department of English. Principal Dr Savinder Pal welcomed the virtual gathering. The meet was attended by more than 75 college alumni settled in the country and different parts of the world like London, Australia and Canada etc. The alumni were so excited and reminiscent that they wished that they could soon get together physically in the college campus. Almost all of them were of the view that they have reached their present stature due to their alma mater. Dr Savinder expressed happiness on overwhelming response from the alumni. She congratulated the alumni of Kamla Nehru College for achieving the heights in their field of work and urged the alumni to contribute in enhancing knowledge and skill domains of currents students by conducting guest lectures, webinars and seminars.

Online short-term course

GNA University inaugurated a one-week online short term course (STC) on “Data Analytics using R”. The researchers, students and other participants from industry all over the globe participated in this online short term course with an objective to understand how data is created, stored, accessed, and how the organisation works with data and creates the environment in which analytics can flourish. The renowned expert from CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh, Dr Urvashi Nag was the resource person on the inaugural day of STC. The entire event was conducted by Dr Disha Khanna, the MOC wherein the event commenced with welcome address by the Gurdeep Singh Sihra, Pro-Chancellor, GNA University. He congratulated the organising team for organizing such a mega event during these unprecedented times. Dr Urvashi Nag, the resource person gave practical demonstration of various data analytics tools. TNS