‘yi lpu net’ launched at LPU

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the Young Indians (YI), and Lovely Professional University collaboratively launched 'Young Indian LPU Net'-a platform for young Indians to realize the dream of a developed nation. On this occasion, Dr. Parul Pandey (Chair, YI Nets) and Ms Swati Bansal( Executive CII) were prominently present. The MoU was signed in Chandigarh between CII-YI & LPU where Dr Navita Mahajan, Chairperson, Yi Chandigarh and Director LPU signed it. Dr Navita Mahajan remarked that “It gives Yi immense pleasure to start the first Yi Net in Punjab with Lovely Professional University. We look forward to great participation and involvement with lovely professional university in the year ahead.” Mr Akshay Bector, Chairman, CII Punjab Council and Dr Pandey witnessed this historical endeavour. This is the first Yi Net in Punjab and Yi has Chapters in more than 16 cities across India. On this occasion, Dr Pandey expressed: "It gives Yi immense pleasure to start the first Yi Net in Punjab with LPU. We look forward to great participation and involvement in the years ahead." Whereas, Ms Bansal remarked: "it is going to be a great support to Yi in Punjab."

The Chancellor of LPU, Mr Ashok Mittal said: "The collaboration with YI will provide a special platform to the students of the University and also help them to become the part of the Indian Growth Saga. As per the provisions, both the organizations are going to facilitate youth to unleash their potential and create a positive impact and to work effectively for promoting leadership skills among themselves." He further mentioned: "More activities have been planned along with in near future including initiative to empower the students to work in the fields of education, employment, environment, youth affairs and health. The arrangement will also facilitate the university students' interaction with young achievers."

In fact the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is India's premier business association. Yi Student Nets are formed by CII with a vision to influence, inspire and motivate the students across the country. These focus on bridging the gap between students and society by involving them in building a better India. The Yi membership base includes young progressive Indians comprising of entrepreneurs, professionals and progressive achievers from different walks of life.

World Theatre Day

Ministry of Culture(Govt. of India), North Zone Cultural Centre( Patiala) and Lovely Professional University have jointly paid befitting reverence towards World Theatre Day(WTD). The week- long celebration, opening on March 22 with a motivating play 'Mind Games' from Jammu region, saw the concluding day, March 27, with marvellous presentation of 'Raunkan' from Punjab with a great message to check female- foeticide. In between performances for five other plays, 'Gaj Foot Inch', 'Aur Ek Sacch', 'Mote Ram ka Satyagraha'and 'Gaddi Charan Di Kaahal Bari Si', certainly created a new dimension in the Theatre Festival. These kept regularly and subtly permeating the souls of the gripped onlookers whether through action, direction, dialogues, scenes, sense or threads of the story.

Six National level eminent directors of these six superb plays from North zone, Mr Sumeet Sharma, Mr Kuldeep Sharma, Mr Aziz Quraishi, Mr RC Pathak, Mr Kewal Dhaliwal and Mr Sukhwinder Singh kept mesmerizing the audience of the University at Shri Baldev Raj Mittal Auditorium till the World Theatre Day. It was all through the excellence in their direction to portray alike the real good and bad characters from the society. They said i unison: "As thousands of students at LPU belong to most of the Indian states and different foreign lands; we earnestly feel that during this organization, the functional spectrum of the Ministry of Culture, to create cultural awareness from the grass root to the international cultural exchange level was fully up-held." It was further added: "Acknowledging the World Theatre Day, It was to celebrate the local theatre experience globally. We are now feeling firmly that we are not alone in our pursuit, and theatre is not dead."

Talking to the Media, the Chancellor of the University, Mr Ashok Mittal said: "With participation of many artists and directors of great stature from different regions, the event forcefully revealed motivating and awakening ideas. No doubt it is an age of advance technology oriented Videos, CDs, 3-D depictions etc; the way the university students kept spell bound throughout all the performances is really a great tribute to the World Theatre Day." Anticipating that they must have learnt a lot from this ancient form of art and style, he further added: "Being in unison with the Ministry of Culture, we, too, are very keen towards preserving, promoting and disseminating all forms of art and culture."

It is worth illustration that the North Zone Cultural Center is one of the seven cultural centers established in the country to strengthen the ancient roots of Indian Culture. It comprises regions from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttrakhand, Rajasthan & Chandigarh (U.T)

Education Department of LPU organizing Six-Days Workshop

The Education Department of Lovely Professional University has scheduled a Six-Days Workshop on teaching skills for Elementary Teachers. It will continue till 30th March, 2011. All the days will be divided into different sessions for different types of training. Faculty of the University will be imparting them training in a very congenial atmosphere. 25 Elementary Teachers are participating. It is all to strengthen the Indian education scenario and to inculcate among the teachers the best of teaching abilities from the very foundation level.

It is illustrative that during the different sessions the teachers will develop themselves towards Programme Planning, Spoken English, Communication Skills, Personality Development, Etiquettes, Interactive Teaching, Learning by Doing, Skill of Class Handling, Art & Craft, Teaching through Dialogue/ Technology, Demonstrations etc. They will also be taken to the different departments of the university to broaden their vision and show various new methodology involved in teaching. They are to be specially guided about the usage of Face-Book, Orkut, Google and other internet applications of utmost necessity in the present days.

Inaugurating the Workshop, the Director General of the University, Er HR Singla motivated the visiting teachers to be Role- Model for their students. He further elaborated: "The intelligence quotient of the young students, of daily developing internet age, is very high. As such, teachers too have to be updated in all the skills and technologies to impart the best of education to their students." He further explained that the University wants to bring overnight revolutionary changes in the education scenario right from the bottom level to the top; "We want the Indian Teachers should once again be paid respects in full, throughout the world, like those of Takshila in yester-years."

On contacting, two of the elementary teachers, Ms Kuljeet Sandhu and Ms Meena Sharma said: "We have started learning so many new things at a single stretch. In addition, the infrastructure, planning, departments, hostels of the University have impressed us to the core. We are lucky, indeed, to be a part of it at present."

'Theatre Festival-2011

Ministry of Culture (Govt. of India) and Lovely Professional University organizing collaboratively Week- Long 'Theatre Festival-2011'

*North Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC) Patiala brings six National level eminent directors to mesmerize the audience

*Theatrical Pursuits dedicated towards 'World Theatre Day'& Silver Jubilee year of NZCC

With a mission to preserve, promote and disseminate all forms of art and culture, the Ministry of Culture (Govt. of India) has joined hands with Lovely Professional University in organizing Week- Long 'Theatre Festival-2011.' It is with the help of North Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC) Patiala. Under inauguration with a motivating play 'Mind Games' from Jammu Region, six National level eminent directors from the north zone, with six superb plays, will continue mesmerizing the audience of the University at Shri Baldev Raj Mittal Auditorium till 27th of March( the World Theatre Day).

It is worth noticing that the functional spectrum of the Ministry of Culture ranges from creating cultural awareness from the grass root level to the international cultural exchange level. And, the North Zone Cultural Center is one of the seven cultural centers `established in the country to strengthen the ancient roots of Indian Culture and evolve and enrich composite National Culture. It comprises regions from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttrakhand, Rajasthan & Chandigarh (U.T.)

For this occasion,The Director of NZCC, Mr DS Saroya has conveyed: " Our these six theatrical presentations, ' Mind Games', 'Gaj Foot Inch', 'Aur Ek Sacch', 'MoteRam ka Satyagraha', Gaddi Charan Di Kaahal Bari Si' and ' Raunkan' will certainly create a new dimension in the Theatre Festival. Typical of the human mentality, the plays are basically with truly universal techniques. With participation from various regions, the event will reveal a happy unison of ideas and style. Apart from performances, it is superb on different aspect of dramatics also."

Pulsing positive artistic environment facilitating free flow of imagination, the Pro-Chancellor of the University, Ms Rashmi Mittal said: "In fact it is an extravaganza of theatrical performances by drama groups of the Zone. Learning from them, our talented students will also acquire one day an indelible space in the cultural scene, as in future, it is going to be a trusted platform for the artistic expression and exchange of creative ideas among talented theatre aspirants.

On the outcome of the first performance of the 'Week', the Programme Officer NZCC, Mr Ravinder Sharma, Anchor Mr Sanjeev Shaad and Director Sumit Sharma praised the fit audience of the fully packed auditorium for their devoted attention and applaud to each and every bit of the performance.

NSS Volunteers of Lovely Professional University organized Two Days Free Medical camp

* 60 Students, with Special abilities, of the school got benefitted

* Pryas School is being run by Red Cross Hospital Welfare Section,

* 23 NSS Volunteers of LPU revealed perfect Missionary Zeal

The Pro- Chancellor of Lovely Professional University, Ms Rashmi Mittal, informed that in order to perform well towards humane considerations and social responsibility " Two days Free Medical, Para-Medical and Physiotherapy Camp & Cleanliness Drive was organized by the Social Services Wing of the University. For this, 23 NSS Volunteers, with the co-operation of a team of doctors and para-medical Staff from Shri Baldev Raj Mittal Hospital of the University, helped the needy and special children of 'Prayas' School, Maqsudan." It is worth noticing that the school is being run by Red Cross Hospital Welfare Section, Jalandhar.

Expressing her happiness on the students' missionary zeal and further providing elaborated information, she said: "60 such children were screened for various ailments like Anemia (10), Ear Infections (04), Eye Infection (06), Skin Infection (01), Loss of Appetite (01), Common Cold (01) and General Weakness (37). Their heights and weights were measured and Blood Pressure checked. Paramedical Staff conducted various Blood tests and blood grouping. Physio-therapists checked and treated suggesting them strength boosting exercises. They were also guided to get relieved of deformities and muscular weakness."

On this occasion Medicines were also distributed free of cost. Fruit Juice and snacks were provided to the children and staff working there. In one of the other efforts, the NSS Volunteers of LPU extensively sensitized the members of the staff of the school on health, hygiene and safe drinking water so that ignorant students may not suffer unnecessarily. In this regard, during a cleanliness drive, the Volunteers cleaned out the school, hostel, mess and surroundings of the school and picked up all the waste and cleaned all dirty caves. They also painted the pots as a part of beautification drive.

NSS Volunteers of LPU celebrated Holi

NSS Volunteers of LPU celebrated Holi with mentally retarded children with petals of flowers and organic colours. They also greeted Mr. Ladhar, Commissioner Jalandhar Division, Jalandhar and Mrs. Ladhar, President Special School Prayas on March 18, 2011

Art Exhibition -‘Expression-2011'

*All the Schools and Departments of the University actively participated

* 2000 pieces of different art works displayed

The Department of Arts of Lovely Professional University is organizing an Artistic event for one week "Art Exhibition -Expression-2011". The first of its kind, this grand art show is featuring more than two two thousand art works related to Charcoal Drawings, Sculpting, Clay Modelling, Poster-Making, Sketching, Card-Making, Print Making, Photography, Typography, 3-D Modelling, Graphic Designs, Canvass Paintings, Paper -Cutting Pasting, Animation TV works etc. It is in collaboration with different departments and schools of the University. Inaugurated, by the Pro-Chancellor, Ms Rashmi Mittal of the University, in the spacious Hall of the Department of Fine Arts. The Director General of the University, Er HR Singla consented to let it open for the on-lookers by invocating the Goddess of Creation by lighting of the lamp.

On this occasion, honouring and encouraging the participanting students to this, Ms. Mittal said: "The young students have come out as professional artists with impressive exhibition records. Each has displayed beautifully his/her own area of expertise under exciting, interesting and unique style." Going deep in between the colours, curves and lines of the message oriented works, she further added: " Working hard a little more, they are sure to prove themselves as proven author, artist, photographer, sculptor, and graphic designer following discipline-based art curriculum. She also assured the budding talents: "We will try our level's best to get such creations exhibited not only on state level but on a national scale also."

Some of the artists of the University, Sujit Singh, Gurinder Singh, Om Badhani said: "Our teachers have inspired us greatly, being our Role models of excellence. We are following the artistic lines to help others express themselves through our pieces of different art-forms."

Lovely Professional University Imparting Physiotherapy Training to Punjab Government Teachers under SARV SIKSHA ABHIYAAN (SSA)

The Department of Physiotherapy of Lovely Professional University got requisition from Deputy Manager, Inclusive Education for Disabled (IED), SSA Punjab (Govt of India) to impart physiotherapy training to its approximately 500 IERTs. A Series of training sessions has been organised in the department which is to impart training to the IERTs from all the districts of Punjab. Training will be given in 6 batches by the end of March 2011.

The inauguration ceremony was held at Shri Baldev Raj Mittal Auditorium of the university. Madam Adarsh Kaur,CEO, SSA Jalandhar was the chief guest of the occasion. Mr Jai Vishal, Coordinator SSA Jalandhar was the guest of honour and Er H R Singla, Director General LPU, presided over the ceremony. Dr Monica Gulati , Dean LFAMS and HOD , Physiotherapy Department accompanied him. Many IERTs were also present along with Students and faculty of Physiotherapy Department.

Welcoming all the participants on this occasion, Er Singla said: "We are happy that our university is imparting training to form an army of trained persons who in turn will be able to wage a war against ailments going door to door with a message and guidance of awakening. Our Department of Physiotherapy will certainly prove itself up to the expectations entrusted upon it, leaving no stone unturned."
Under six groups the training will be imparted to 376 IERTs from different districts of Punjab, separately and systematically as per the schedule. It has begun with Jalandhar (remaining), Kapurthala (remaining), Amritsar, Fatehgarh Sahib to continue for Ferozepur, Faridkot; Patiala, Mohali, Ropar; Sangrur, Mansa, Barnala, Bathinda, Moga; Nawanshahar (remaining), Hoshiarpur (remaining), Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran and ending with Ludhiana, Muktsar on 29th March, 2011.
It is worth noticing that Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is Government of India's flagship programme for achievement of Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE) as mandated by 86th amendment to the Constitution of India. It is being implemented in partnership with State Governments to cover the entire country and address the needs of 192 million children in 1.1 million habitations.

Gold Girls of Lovely Professional University

*Got Gold- Medals & More than One Lac Cash Prize in Kabaddi at 'Mini Punjab Olympic Games'

Women Kabaddi Players of Lovely Professional University scripted a new chapter at Shaheed - e - Azam Bhagat Singh Punjab Games, held at Ludhiana, by winning Gold Medals and cash prize of more than Rs One Lac and thirty three thousand ( Rs 1,33,332/=). Mesmerizing the jam packed spectators at Guru Nanak Dev Stadium, Ludhiana, through their special skills of tackling their opponents; they proved to be the most fit part of their team of District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawan Shahar). They had been selected through open trials in most transparent manner by the selection committees including the District Sports Officer, District Sports Association and prominent sports persons of the district, belonging to the relevant sports discipline.

On these victorious steps of the promising students, the Pro-Chancellor of the University, Ms Rashmi Mittal said: "This rare achievement would prepare our youth to compete with confidence even at the national and international levels. Undoubtedly, more talented sportspersons can establish themselves through their related techniques. This will also ensure the increase in employment prospects for Government / Semi Government and other top Organizations. Moreover, our university, too, is leaving no stone unturned to nurture, train, and equip budding talent of the students to shape them well to compete in International tournaments, realizing their dynamic dreams. Students should come forward to join sports as a movement."

Two of the Gold-Girls, Sonia and Baljeet Kaur, of the Department of Physical Education of the University, said in a voice: "We will continue striving for our talent to achieve more and more. Success at Mini State Olympic Games has further encouraged us to dream to win Gold Medal at international tournaments one day. Guided well by our coaches at the university we are sure to prove this."

It is worth illustration that 20 districts had proudly descended, on the ground, for Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh Punjab Games holding proudly the flag of their districts. 4300 sportsmen and officials from every nook and corner of the State had participated in these 'Mini Punjab Olympic Games' with each district competing as a separate nation. These covered 11 sports disciplines bifurcated into three different groups.