‘SWACHHTA PAKHWADA’ DRIVE AT KCW

Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana Initiated a cleanliness drive ‘SWACHHTA PAKHWADA’ (1st to 15th Sept, 2017) for spreading the message of cleanliness among the students and in the surrounding areas as per the directions given by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The drive is headed by the cleanliness club of the college.

As per the day-wise action plan for ‘Swachhta Pakhwada’ clean campus day was celebrated in the college. The students delivered speeches about the virtues of sanitation, health and hygiene and were also apprised of the cleanliness drive to be held in the college. The students under the stewardship of Mrs. Kanwaljit kaur Punjabi Deptt. Celebrated the clean campus day while cleaning every nook and corner of the campus.

The Principal Dr. Mukti Gill inaugurated the drive and encourage the students to create the environment-friendly abode for the individual, the family, the community and the society as a whole. She urged the students to keep the surroundings cleaner and greener for a happy and healthy life. She further made an appeal to the student community to contribute to the ‘Swachhta Pakhwada’ drive and help the government in achieving the initiatve of Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan.

Two Day Theatre Workshop at KCW

Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana organized a two day theatre workshop on 2nd and 3rd August, 2017 to enhance theatrical skills, appreciating the imaginative instincts and acts of talented students. The eminent personalities of theatre Mr. Amit Sharma, Mr. Rajesh Khurana, Dr. Amandeep Singh and Kumar Ajay, Who are associated with theatre and Punjabi Films, were the resource persons. They talked about the theatrical skills like creative observation, Body movements, Voice/Speech Modulation, Gestures and Postures and Character Building through enactment. The students enthusiastically participated in this workshop. They emphasized that sometimes a persons has to play the smallest role in the smallest production house and still can create a big impact. The Managing Committee and the Principal Dr. (Mrs.) Mukti Gill congratulated the theatrical team for organising this informative workshop theatre that enhances the theatrical skills of the students.

TRAFFIC MARSHALLS TRAINED AT K.C.W

Traffic Marshalls Training activity for Traffic Club members was organized at Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ldh. Mr. Jasvir Singh (HC) and Mr. Gurpreet Singh, Representative of Education Cell of Traffic Police Department acquainted students with the major Traffic rules and regulations. Besides this, they also awared them about the significance of traffic signs. They trained the students to act as traffic marshalls for smooth movement of traffic outside the college campus to avoid traffic jams and road accidents.
Principal, Dr. (Mrs.) Mukti Gill appreciated the efforts made by the traffic club members to inculcate the traffic sense among the students and motivated them to be a part of such programs in the near future.

Lecture on “Changing Paradigms of Business” held at KCW

The Depts. of Business Management and Commerce, Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana organised a guest lecture on “Changing Paradigms of Business in the changing Business Environment” today in which Prof Bhupinder Bhardwaj from South Thames College, London enlightened the students on how fast the business environment is changing both at the national and International levels and discussed with them the changing strategies needed to meet this dynamism. The resource person gave insights to the students on the need for shift from 4P’s to 7P’s and the role of 5 W’s in business settings. He also discussed in detail the shift from PEST to PESTEL analysis in the business environment and the importance of the factors of legal and environmental understanding in the present context. Citing case studies of Indian and International companies he also highlighted the difference in strategies and concerns of working in a global business environment. He also shared the impact of Exit of Britain on business the world over and how America worked out a strategy to muster control over the European Union also.

Dr (Mrs) Mukti Gill, Principal of the college applauded the efforts of the Dept of Business Management in inviting such a dynamic dignitary and making him interact with the students’ inorder to wider their horizon to the subject. She also guided the students to keep in mind the steps he had suggested to make business effective and become smart CEO’s of tomorrow.

Inter Class Painting Competition at KCW

On 4 th August, 2017 Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana organized the Inter class competition in various categories allied like still life Cartooning, collage making, landscape, clay Modeling, Rangoli, Poster Making, Photography, Best Out of Waste etc. Where in the students of the fine arts exhilaratively participated in the competition which was held in the collage premises at 10:00am. It was a pulkit given to the students to evidence and expose their shadowy creative skills. “ARTS IS NEVER FINISHED, ONLY ABANDONED” the principal acknowledges with motivation saying and encouraged the students to participate in the more such competition to inherent their talent. Therefore the competition was concluded by giving away the prizes to the winners & runner’s up of the competition.

College organised a two day faculty development programme

To embark upon another productive academic year, the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of  Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana took the initiative of organizing a Faculty Development Programme on the 7th and 8th of July, 2017. The programme was organized by R. Trainers and Motivators under the aegis of Ms. Gurpreet Kaur & Ms. Kiranjot Kaur . A total of about 100 staff members attended the same. The session kick-started with the formation of groups like Energensia, Innovators, Creators etc. The programme aimed at equipping the staff with innovative teaching methods so as to add to their ingenuity and versatility. The global market awaits students armed with more than an academic degree and the staff members are instrumental in gearing them up for the same. The FDP concentrated upon understanding the psychology of the students and bridging the gap between the students and the teachers. Contemporary and ingenuous methods of teaching like Case Study, Brainstorming, PPT, Simulation, Role Playing, Learning Applications were stressed upon.

The   Principal, Dr. (Mrs.) Mukti Gill, thanked the organizers Mrs. Sarvjit Kaur,        and Dr. (Mrs.) Priyaka Khanna and motivated the staff members to imbibe what they had learnt in the FDP to be able to achieve new landmarks in the process of imparting quality education.

The Department of Computer Science of Khalsa College for Women, organised Certificate Course in Graphics Design and Development .

The Department of Computer Science of Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana organized a three week Short Term Certificate Course in “Graphics Design and Development”. The course was organized as part of the Skill Development Program of the college to give impetus to the students to hone their skills that can help them thrive in the competitive job market as well as instill entrepreneurial spirit in them.

The course was designed to help students acquire graphic designing skills to gainproficiency in applying their creativity to communicating ideas and concepts in both print and digital media. Intensive practical training was imparted to the students using the powerful Adobe Photoshop software package. As part of the course, the students were taught about the fundamentals of design theory, production process, document set-up and printing methods. They were also taught about the tricks and techniques to create illustrations, enhance photographs, stylize text, and synergize all the graphical objects in incredible layouts. The students learnt the art of designing impressive business logos, advertisements, brouchers, magazine covers and posters.

The Principal, Dr (Mrs) Mukti Gill said that in pursuance of the college vision of women empowerment, the college would endeavor to offer such career and market oriented, skill enhancing courses in future also.The College Managing Committee, President, S. Pritpal Singh Grewal and the Secretary, S. Gurdish Singh Grewal applauded the efforts of the Principal and the faculty of Department of Computer Science for organizing the skill oriented course.

Department of Political Science Organised Three Days Training Workshop on MGNREGA .

Department of Political Science Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana organized a three days training workshop from 06th June to 08th June, 2017 on social audit of MGNREGA, under the guidance of Dr. H.L Behl, Director Social Audit Unit. Principal Dr. (Mrs.) Mukti Gill welcomed the team at the inaugural session. S. Inderjit Singh Dhaliwal, Mr. Narinder Singh Thakur, Mr. Karamjit Singh, and Mr. Akashjot Singh were the resource persons from the office of the Joint Development Commissioner.

The team who were Social Audit Experts gave training to the students on how to conduct social audit of MGNREGA scheme. The purpose of this training was to aware students about the scheme and to reduce corruption through Social Audit.

60 students from the college and 40 members of Nehru Yuva Kendra (NGO)  participated in the workshop.

On the concluding day, Principal Dr. (Mrs.) Mukti Gill thanked the team for connecting the youth with participatory democratic system.

 

College Organised yoga Classes to “To Imbibe Yoga for a Healthy Life “.

Since ancient times, yoga is a cultural heritage of India. It has been practiced from several thousand years in India, as it deals with physical, mental, emotional, spiritual well being and co-ordination of body and mind.

With the aim of initiating a step towards social and mental development, Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana organized a mega event to celebrate ‘International Yoga Day’ in the college campus with the co-ordination of 3Pb Girls Bn NCC Ludhiana. College principal Dr. (Mrs) Mukti Gill and Commanding Officer of 3 Pb. Girls Bn NCC, Col. Sandeep Bhatia joined hands to celebrate the International Yoga event in the college campus on 21st June 2017. Administrative Officer 3 Pb. Girls Bn NCC, Capt. Akankasha and members of PI Staff alongwith a massive strength of 1003 cadets from 14 different institutions assembled in the college ground early  morning to perform the yoga asanas from 7:00 am to 7:35 am.

College principal Dr. (Mrs) Mukti Gill, cadets and staff members performed various asanas in college ground to spread awareness on the philosophy of Yoga amongst young blood. The cadets practiced various asanas such as Vajra asana, Taada asana, Bhujanga asana, Tricona asana, Ardhchakra asana, Bhadra asana, Ushtra asana, Makra asana, Shava asana, Sarvaang asana and many more. The event ignited the flame of Yoga in the heart of cadets, staff and many others. College Principal appreciated the efforts of NCC Department. The event proved to be successful in spreading the idea of fitness and awareness for good health amongst upcoming generation.

Department of Home Science Organised One Week Summer Camp of Cooking.

Cookery Hut Summer Workshop  concludes at Khalsa College For Women, Civil lines, Ludhiana

A seven days Summer Workshop “COOKERY HUT” was organized by the Department of Home Science from 1st June to 7th June, 2017 at Khalsa College For Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana. It included Salads, Mocktails, Starters and Desserts. Students and teachers attended this summer workshop and all of them enjoyed it. The workshop was fun, creative and they all learned something new every day. The budding cook masters Ms. Nikita Jain, Ms. Ritika Jain, Ms. Kritika Jain of KCW organized and executed the wokshop in variable shades and flavours. Principal Dr. (Mrs.) Mukti Gill applauded the efforts made by the staff and the students and asked them to organize more such workshops in future.