Chandigarh: The Bhai Jaita Foundation (BJF) on Thursday felicitated toppers of its '2014 Fast Track Programme', seven ISTC students and other star performers among its present and past students. BJF also felicitated teachers and partner organisations for accomplishments in the last year. Baba Sewa Singh from Khadur Sahib was the chief guest. The students included Sukhraj Singh, Pardeep Kaur, Jaspal Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Sukhbir Singh, Jatinder, Satish Kumar, Priyanka Sharma, Charan Singh, Gobinder Singh, Gagandeep Singh, Kamla, Gurwinder Singh, Mamta Rani, Navdeep Kaur, Jaswinder, Rupinderpal Singh, Jagmeet Singh, Jagjit Singh, Inderpreet Singh, Sonu Kumar, Shaveen Kumar, Simranjit Kaur, Jobanpreet Kaur, Gagandeep Singh, Amandeep Singh and Meenakshi. Prizes were given away to the students by Dr. BNS Walia, Sr. Harpal Singh, owner of JW Marriott Chandigarh, Suresh Kumar, Dy. Commissioner Navodaya Vidayala, Chandigarh and Prof. RN Arora. To nurture brilliant students from humble backgrounds, BJF is supporting 26 class XII students to take the 2014 entrance tests of IITJEE and AIPMT. These students were selected in a competitive process out of 149 students from 20 Jawahar Navodaya Vidalayas (JNV) across Punjab.
Faculty Development Month at Desh Bhagat
Jalandhar: Desh Bhagat University is observing December as Faculty Development Month. Its objective is to update the knowledge and skills of its faculty and keep them equipped with the latest in their respective fields. Chancellor of Desh Bhagat University, Dr. Zora Singh said that the aim of education is individual as well as societal improvement and the teachers are agents of this improvement. He said the focus is to prepare teachers for the task of making students not only successful managers, administrators, technicians and entrepreneurs but also ideal human beings. The University School of Engineering organised the first FDP on Value Based Education in which director of the university school Dr JK Saini was the keynote speaker.
Faculty Induction
Chandigarh: Swami Vivekanand Institutes of Engineering and Technology (SVIET) on Thursday organised a Faculty Induction Program under the aegis of ISTE (Indian Society for Technical Education) at their campus. More than 150 faculty members participated to introduce them with the latest innovations in engineering. Prof DS Hira, Director General SVGOI, who is also the chairman ISTE Punjab, Jammu and Haryana region was chief guest. Chapter chairperson Prof. Inderpreet Kaur showcased achievements of faculty and students under ISTE till date. Faculty was groomed with knowledgeable lessons on innovative and modern teaching skills some of sessions include Developing Soft Skills in Teachers by Prof. Inderpreet Kaur, Institutional leadership by Prof. Kulwant Singh, and Developing Creativity among faculty by Prof. Bhawanjeet. Ethical Values and Positivity in Engineering Education by Prof. Onkar, Time Management by Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Research Methodology by Prof. Omkar Kaur, Effective Classroom Communication By Prof. Dheeraj Dhiman, Preparation of lesson Plan & Subject Files by Prof. Kawaljeet Kaur, Responsibility of an Invigilator by Prof. Birinderjit Singh.
15 lacs to ubs students
Chandigarh: Five students from University Business School (UBS), Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh have been offered a salary offering of Rs 15 lakh per annum. So far, 19 companies have visited the campus and 72 students have bagged lucrative job offers from many companies.