LUDHIANA: An emergency meeting of the Non-Government Aided Colleges Management Federation was today held at Devki Devi Jain Memorial College for Women, Ludhiana in which the executed members unanimously accorded thanks and appreciations to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and his government for scrapping the decision relating Centralized Admission Portal for admissions in the Colleges in Punjab and Chandigarh.

MANDI GOBINDGARH:: On the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev ji path of Sri Sukhmani Sahib was organized at Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh Campus.

NAWANSHAHAR: Sadar Dilbagh Singh Government College Jadla, SBS Nagar organised a webinar with the theme of “Catch The Rain” and “Save Water” in collaboration with Nehru Yuva Kendra Nawanshahar, today.

MOHALI: CGC Jhanjeri launched website of International Conference in association of Springer on Smart Generation Computing and Communication Networks (SGCCN) 2023 to be held on 29-30 November 2023.

ISLAMABAD: Three Pakistani soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack in the country's southwestern Balochistan province, the Pakistani military said.

AMRITSAR: A seminar on the role and contributions of the profession of nursing was organized at Khalsa College of Nursing (KCN) today in which Khalsa College Governing Council honourray secretary Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina said the nursing was most noble and service oriented vocation. He said there is rising demand of the professional nursing world over and the men are also choosing the profession these days.

KAPURHTALA: Pushpa Gurjal Science City celebrated Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav by organizing Student Innovation Congress at its premises. Around 100 school students of class 7th to 12th from across Punjab and Harryana participated in the program and displayed their innovative projects.

MANDI GOBINDGARH: Dr Zora Singh, Chancellor, Desh Bhagat University, has been awarded “The Prominent Punjabi Award''. The award function was organised by News18 (Punjab and Haryana) Channel at The Hayat Residency, Chandigarh.

BATALA: Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Batala, is brightening the future of girl students in the field of education and with the school getting the status of 'School of Eminence', there is a lot of excitement among the students and teachers. Students of this school are occupying important positions after studying here.

MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) is a lightweight messaging protocol that has gained widespread popularity in the Internet of Things (IoT) world. It was developed in the late 1990s by IBM to enable devices with limited processing power and bandwidth to communicate with each other over networks with low data rates and high latency. MQTT is a publish-subscribe protocol that allows devices to send and receive messages in a scalable and efficient manner.

MANDI GOBINDGARH: Desh Bhagat University, in collaboration with Hola India, is organizing a 2-week trip to Spain. The theme of this trip is “Discovering Spain”.

AMRITSAR: NCC Army Wing cadets of S.R. Government College for women,Amritsar celebrated 25 years of Pokhran second Nuclear Test on 12th May,2023,in the college campus.NCC cadets prepared a Nuclear Power Plant Model on the theme, 'Peaceful use of Nuclear Energy for the development of the nation'.

AMRITSAR: At least 155 students of graduate and post-graduate classes were today awarded degrees at Khalsa College of Nursing (KCN) during the College’s annual convocation. Dr. Deepak Bhatti, Dean, College Development, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, who was the chief guest said during his convocation address that nursing education requires drastic changes.

MOHALI: Fun and Frolic was witnessed at shemrock senior secondary school sector -69, Mohali, due to celebration of Mother’s Day .The students junior section regaled the audience by performing an action song.

MANDI GOBINDGARH: Department of Social Sciences and Languages of Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh organized an Anti-Tobacco Rally in nearby areas to spread awareness about the harmful effects of tobacco on health.

AMRITSAR: Education is the single greatest tool for achieving social justice and equality. Inclusive and equitable education is also critical to achieve an inclusive and equitable society in which every citizen has the opportunity to dream, thrive and contribute to the nation.

PHAGWARA: Lovely Professional University (LPU) organized 7th international conference on computing sciences (ICCS-2023) in association with Russia’s Southern Federal University (SFedU) & Ethiopia's Mizan Tepi University. Here, authorities on computing from 21 nations including Russia, Malaysia, Ethiopia, South Korea, Sri-Lanka interacted with thousands of LPU students, physically, virtually and through their research submissions.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan and Animal Husbandry, Fisheries & Dairy Development Minister S. Laljit Singh Bhullar today conferred the degrees to the students of PhD, Masters and Bachelors programmes during the third Convocation at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana.

MANDI GOBINDGARH: NSS wing of Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh organized an awareness campaign against use of plastic along with cleanliness drive on the campus.

MANDI GOBINDGARH: Department of Social Sciences and Languages of Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh organised an international seminar on “Global Education Youth Migration: Challenges and Possibilities”. Dr Renu Sharma, Assistant Professor, formally welcomed Dr Zora Singh, Chancellor, Desh Bhagat University, as Chief Guest at the event. Sukhdeep Gill, Director, Indian Operations, SUNOH, Canada and Dr Pushpinder Singh, Senior Consultant, HOD, Department of Anaesthesia, GTB Hospital, Ludhiana, were the guest speakers at the seminar.

PHAGWARA: The department of computer science and engineering, SEDA-E organised a one-day hands-on workshop on Exploring Tools for Visual Analytics for B.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering students. Dr. Vikas Khullar, Associate Professor, Chitkara University, Rajpura, was the expert speaker for this hands-on workshop. The objective behind the Workshop was to give practical training in the exploration of tools for visual analytics.

PHAGWARA: MLU DAV College conducted seminar on Labour Day on 1st May, 2023 under the super vision of the principal, Dr. Kiranjeet Randhawa the seminar highlighted the issues faced by the working class across the world. The students of class 11th and 12th participated with great zeal and fervor. They beautifully presented their speeches and poems in respect of working class, and also demonstrated regarding exploitation, rights and solidarity of labour class.

MOHALI: With the aim to provide the practical experience of the Indian Court System & to enhance their advocacy skills an Intra College Moot Court Competition was organized by Aryans College of Law, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh. Adv. Bikramjit Passi, President, All India Human Rights, Social Worker graced the occasion as chief guest.

AMRITSAR: The experts converging at the inaugural session of two-day-seminar on `Inculcating Environmental Habits for Global Health’ at Khalsa College of Physical Education (KCPE) today said there is no time left for talks and all out efforts are required to protect the environment. They said the degradation of ecology has reached its crescendo and society, government and all individuals must make collective efforts to protect depleting waters, soil and air pollution.

AMRITSAR: Play 'Samma Wali Daang' was performed on the second day on Tuesday of Guru Nanak Dev University Theatre Festival-2023 in the Dasmesh Auditorium of Guru Nanak Dev University. This festival is being organized in collaboration with Awaaz Rangmanch Toli, Rangkarmi Manch Amritsar and Adakar Manch Mohali.

MANDI GOBINDGARH: Department of Corporate Relations Cell of Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh organized a campus placement drive. In this drive AFI (Agro Feed Industry) from Khanna was invited. Panel of two members of AFI came for searching suitable talent by conducting interviews of the students for the post of Technical Support Associate, providing backend support to customers through email and chat and troubleshooting technical issues.

AMRITSAR: The Post Graduate Department of Computer Science in association with the Research and Development Cell of Khalsa College for Women, Amritsar organized a Faculty Development Programme on ‘Digital Initiatives in India’.

MOHALI: Rayat Bahra University has scored A+ and A grades in the five Sustainability Ranking Indicators of Higher Education Institution (HEI) in Mohali district by Mahatma Gandhi National Council for Rural Education (MGNCRE), Union Ministry of Higher Education.

MOHALI: The Holy Wonder Smart School celebrated Earth Day with enthusiasm. The aim was to sensitize the students towards their role in addressing global environmental challenges at grass root level. Children participated in creative activities like slogan writing, card making, poster making and poem writing displaying their artistic and linguistic skills while showcasing their awareness about conserving natural resources. Students and faculty members also took pledge during the occasion.

MOHALI: CGC Jhanjeri organized Startup Carnival at its campus where successful people from various entrepreneurial backgrounds were invited. Chief Guest at the moment was Sunil Chawla, DGM, Punjab Infotech, He informed students that that startups often require creative solutions to complex problems.

CHANDIGARH: The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab organized the 11th RGNUL National Moot Court Competition, 2023 from 20th to 21st April, 2023. A total of 30 teams from all over India participated in the competition. This edition of the Competition aimed at testing the oratory and research skills of the participating teams.

AMRITSAR: As one of the 75 educational institutions identified by the Ministry of External Affairs to host the G20 ‘University Connect: Engaging Young Minds’ Lecture Series, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar in association with Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, and Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), a New Delhi–based autonomous policy research institute, will hold a programme on April 28, to create awareness among the youth about India’s Presidency of G20.The event seeks to deepen the understanding of the goals that India is set to achieve as part of the G20 among the academic community.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan, on Thursday, inaugurated 33 new short-term courses at Punjabi University’s Centre at SAS Nagar (Mohali). These courses have been started in collaboration with Sabudh Foundation. Notably, this center has been renamed as 'Punjabi University Center for Emerging and Innovative Technology, Mohali'. In this direction, new courses related to artificial intelligence (AI) and data science have been started.

AMRITSAR: Law Department and Department of Physics won the Inter - Department Hockey championships in Boys/Girls category respectively. These competitions was organized with the blessings of Vice Chancellor Prof (Dr) Jaspal Singh Sandhu under FIT INDIA Program (Govt. of India) by Guru Nanak Dev University Campus Sports. As many as 16 Boys and 13 Girls teams of various departments participated in these competitions.

AMRITSAR: A seminar on “Early Identification of Mental Problems and their Treatment" was organized at the girls’ hostel of the Khalsa College. Dr.Nisha Chhabra, an eminent doctor, addressed the students and said the students must develop amongst themselves the mental ability to cope up with the rising stress.