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TWO-DAY CELEBRATIONS: SCI-AMALGAM 2024

The Faculty of Sciences, Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana celebrated ‘National Science Day’ with a two-day event called ‘Sci-Amalgam’ centered around the theme ‘Indigenous Technologies for Viksit Bharat’. The festivities commenced with an engaging talk on 27-02-2024, featuring Dr. Tripat Deep Singh Dua, an Associate Professor from GNIMT, Ludhiana, who shared insights on the theme “Exploring the mysteries of Energy, Science, and Time travel.” Dr. Dua delved into the intricacies of Time, Space, Travel, and Cosmic Energies, elucidating the connections among them. This interactive session facilitated a two-way dialogue, with faculty members and students posing questions regarding Time-travel, Religion, Life and its Accomplishments and Failures, all of which Dr. Dua efficiently addressed, inspiring attendees to tap into their inner energies.

On February 28th, 2024, various science departments organized a multitude of events. Dr. Rachna Sharma was the Chief guest of the event. The Department of Botany hosted a “Botanical Exposition” – a model-making competition where B.Sc (Med) students demonstrated their talents by presenting 3D-working models under categories: Genes, Inflorescence, and Photosynthesis. Simultaneously, the PG Department of Mathematics conducted a Poster presentation competition encompassing topics such as Mathematics, Cryptography, Isaac Newton, Aryabhatta, and more. Additionally, the Department of Biotechnology organized a ‘Bio-Culinary Quest on Indigenous foods,’ where teams of students showcased their culinary skills with native Indian ingredients, focusing on sub-themes like Micro-greens, High-protein, and Fermented foods.

To enhance students’ understanding of scientific principles, the Physics department arranged a Science Model Exhibition titled “Inquisitive Innovators,” featuring cutting-edge ideas and experiments ranging from Rocket Launchers to Renewable Energy projects. The Chemistry Department hosted the ‘Colors of Chemistry’ event, featuring various activities like Colorful Sorcery and Rainbow Fire, among others. The Department of Zoology, orchestrated “Zoographia” – a captivating photography competition. B.Sc. Medical students demonstrated their prowess in photography, capturing the essence of biodiversity through three distinct themes: “Biodiversity in Focus,” “Pets and Companions,” and “Animal Portraits.” A total of 31 students enthusiastically participated, showcasing their talent and passion for photography in depicting the wonders of the natural world and the relationships shared between humans and animals. Esteemed judges evaluated these events, including Ms. Himkanta, Dr. Honey Walia, Ms. Meena Sharma, Dr. Amrinder Caur, Dr. Monita Dhiman and Ms. Ashu. The College Principal, Dr. Iqbal Kaur, commended the efforts and enthusiasm of both students and faculty members, and winners were honored with certificates for their achievements.

Interactive Session on Journalism held at KCW

The English Department of Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana organized an Interactive Session for the students of Functional English.

Ms. Mehak Jain, Journalist from The Times of India was the resource person of the day. She conducted a fruitful stimulating session for the students while opening for them a window of opportunities that they can explore in the field of  journalism. She specifically touched various areas of ground reporting and also shared challenges of a woman being in the field of news reporting and to handle them effectively.

She further discussed the importance of social networking while also highlighted career options in digital and print media. The session concluded with the questions of the students which were answered effectively by the resource person.

The Principal Dr. Iqbal Kaur appreciated Mrs. Sabina Bhalla, Head Department of English and the entire staff for their efforts.

ONE WEEK STUDENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME HELD AT KCW

Career Coaching Cell and Department of Economics of Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana  in collaboration with Mahindra & Mahindra group , organized a one week Student Development Programme under Mahindra & Mahindra’s CSR initiative “Mahindra Pride Classroom” programme. The objective of the programme was educating the students on various important skills required to excel in life.

Mahindra pride classroom trainer Ms.Shaveta Arora, trainer for Naandi Foundation was the resource person. In this one week programme, she conducted sessions on Life Skills, Soft Skills, Communication Skills and Presentation Skills enriching students’ knowledge and enabling them to tap into their creative potential. She also enriched students with Interview skills required for the corporate world and helps them emerge as successful professionals. 

Around 60 students from various streams of final year UG and PG reaped benefit from this training programme. The students were evaluated on different parameters in terms of their performance. Ms. Hargun of B.A.III, Ms. Sakshi and Ms.Rishita of B.B.A. III were adjudged best students and were awarded trophies. All the students were given certificates at the conclusion. The college Principal congratulated and applauded the efforts of Career Coaching Cell and Department of Economics for making it a success.

KCW Organizes Empower Fest

To celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit of the students and to offer a platform to them for showcasing their innovative entrepreneurial ideas, Department of Commerce under the aegis of IQAC organised ‘Empower Fest’ on Feb 23, 2024 in the portals of Khalsa College for Women civil lines Ludhiana. This fest provided platform to the students to exhibit their skills in five broad categories i.e. Food, Beverages & Gourmet goodies, Beauty and Wellness , DIY decor, Art , Craft and vintage and Tech & Digital Innovation.

Mr. Anand Prakash Sharma, Principal and  Academic Director, Kundan Vidya Mandir School and recipient of UNESCO Award for Women Empowerment acted as the Chief Guest for the day. He was accompanied by Mrs. Mridula Jain, Vice Chairperson, Shingora, who was an Eminent Guest for the event. The event was graced with the presence of the members of management of the college. The Students were adjudged under various categories.                                

  • Garima Sethi of BBA was declared Ist  in the category of Art Craft and Vintage items.
  • Nikita Arora of B.A. won the Ist Prize in the category of DIY decor.
  • Isha Bector of BBA clinched the Ist Prize in the category of Food & Beverages.
  • Navdeep Kaur of BCA was adjudged Ist in the Beauty and Wellness category.
  • Saniya Gupta of Computer Science was declared Ist in the Tech & Innovation Fest.

Madam Principal Dr. Iqbal Kaur and Director Dr. Mukti Gill congratulated the winners and applauded the efforts of the Head of the department Dr. Priyanka Khanna & her team to provide such an extensive platform to the students to showcase their talent.

KCW GIRLS SHINE  IN B.C.A  SEM 1st PU  EXAMINATION

The students of Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana once again proved their mettle in BCA-1st semester examinations, results of which were declared by Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Yukti  bagged 7th position in university and 1st position in college by scoring 359/400 marks (89.75 percent). Sneha and Mehak Khanna bagged 9th position in university in and 2nd position in college by scoring 356/400 marks (89 percent). Tansh Thamman stood 3rdin college by scoring 350/400 (87.5 percent) marks.

The elated students of the Department of Computer Science expressed happiness at the outcomes of the university exams.  Topper of the College, Yukti attributed her success to her hard work and her college teachers who supported her and always motivated her to study and perform well. She also thanked her parents and the college Principal Dr. (Mrs.) Iqbal Kaur for their blessings and support.

The college managing committee members congratulated the Principal, Dr. (Mrs.) Iqbal Kaur and the staff of Computer Science department for their sincere efforts in generating stupendous results. They applauded the students for maintaining the tradition of the college in clinching university positions and also wished them luck to continue to scale greater heights in life.

“ART OF SUCCESS’’- A CAREER GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING SESSION

Career Coaching Cell of the Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana organized an extension lecture on ‘Art of Success’, a career guidance session focusing on the means and ways to prepare for UPSC examination on February 22, 2024. The resource persons for the seminar were Dr. Navneet Saini and Mr. Ravi Kant from Chanakya IAS Academy, Chandigarh. Around 75 students from various streams participated in this thought provoking interactive session. The resource person apprised the students on the relevance of joining civil services in order to serve the nation. They informed about the pattern of the examination and highlighted the role of planning and preparing well to achieve their goals. They stressed upon the need of continuous preparation and time management to crack the exam.  They abreast the students with the format of various competitive exams, there various levels and division of qualifying marks. They gave the practical tips to the beginners about how they can initiate the preparation for various competitive exams. Students participated very enthusiastically in the interactive session as they cleared their doubts about various problems encountered in the preparation for the exams. The Principal Dr.Iqbal Kaur applauded the efforts of the career coaching cell for organizing the extension lecture and stressed on the need for the continuous upgradation to have an edge in the highly competitive job market.

SKIT ON “NO HATE, ONLY EQUALITY” by Rotract Club, KCW

Rotract Club, Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana has organized a skit on the topic “NO HATE, ONLY EQUALITY” to mark World Day of Social Justice. In the skit, the students highlighted the various social issues like gender discrimination, poverty, ageism, inequity on the basis of color, caste and creed existing in our society. Further, students motivated everyone to raise their voice against these injustices to make a socially integrated society. Principal Dr. Iqbal Kaur appreciated the efforts of the students and inspired the students to uphold the principles of social justice.

KCW ORGANISES INFORMATIVE TALK ON NATURE, SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

Faculty of Sciences, Khalsa College for Women, Civil lines, Ludhiana in
collaboration with ‘School of Chemistry and Biochemistry’, Thapar institute of
Engineering and Technology organized an interactive talk on the topic “Nature
Science and Society” on 22nd February, 2024 for the students of B.Sc Medical,
Non-medical and Biotechnology. The guest speaker was Dr. Manmohan Chhibber,
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, TIET, Patiala. He shared
his views on the inter-relationship between Nature, Science and Society &
imparted the knowledge on how nature serves as inspiration for scientific enquiry
and developing scientific research aptitude.
The lecture was very educative and informative for the students as it dealt with the
various aspects of nature and science towards sustainable practices leading to
conventional and unconventional discoveries. The queries were dealt effectively at
the end of the session. Dr Chibber quenched the curiosities of the students by
diligently answering their queries and encouraged students to ‘Dare to think’.
Principal, Dr Iqbal Kaur appreciated the sincere efforts of Faculties of Science
Departments.

खालसा कॉलेज फॉर वूमेन में “अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मातृभाषा दिवस” मनाया गया।

दिनांक 21फरवरी 2024 को खालसा कॉलेज फॉर वूमेन सिविल लाइंस लुधियाना में संस्कृत एवं हिन्दी
विभाग द्वारा अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मातृभाषा दिवस बड़े ही हर्षोल्लास से मनाया गया।इस अवसर पर एक
प्रश्नोत्तरी प्रतियोगिता का आयोजन किया गया जिसमें विद्यार्थियों ने बड़े उत्साह से भाग लिया।इस
प्रतियोगिता में लगभग 60 छात्रों ने भाग लिया। विद्यार्थियों को हिंदी और संस्कृत भाषा से संबंधित
एक प्रश्नावली पत्र दिया गया यह प्रश्नावली संस्कृत और हिंदी भाषा से जुड़े महत्वपूर्ण पहलुओं तथा
ज्ञानवर्धक विषयों पर आधारित थी विद्यार्थियों ने बड़ी ही तन्मयता से इन प्रश्नों को पढ़ा और उनका
उत्तर दिया। इस प्रतियोगिता का उद्देश्य संस्कृत एवं हिंदी विद्यार्थियों को भाषा के मूलभूत पहलुओं
से अवगत कराना तथा भाषा संबंधी उनके ज्ञान का वर्णन करना था। इस प्रतियोगिता में ईनाम प्राप्त
करने वाले विद्यार्थियों के नाम इस प्रकार हैं
प्रथम पुरस्कार बीए तृतीय वर्ष की लीना शर्मा ने प्राप्त किया द्वितीय पुरस्कार संयुक्त रूप से बीए
द्वितीय वर्ष की मोनी मोनी कुमारी तथा तृतीय वर्ष की श्रेया शर्मा ने प्राप्त किया। प्रतियोगिता में
तृतीय पुरस्कार कोमल यादव बीए प्रथम वर्ष की छात्रा ने प्राप्त किया।

कॉलेज के प्रिंसिपल डॉक्टर इकबाल कौर ने विजयी छात्रों को मुबारकबाद देते हुए संस्कृत एवं हिंदी
विभाग के अध्यापकों की सराहना की तथा भविष्य में भी ऐसी प्रतियोगिताओं के आयोजन करने के
लिए प्रेरित किया उन्होंने कहा कि इस प्रकार की प्रतियोगिताएं विद्यार्थियों में विद्यार्थियों में भाषा के
सामान्य ज्ञान का वर्धन करती हैंऔर भाषा के प्रति उनकी रुचि को बढ़ाती हैं।

ਅੰਤਰਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ ਮਾਤ- ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਦਿਵਸ ’’ ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ ਕਾਲਜ ਫ਼ਾਰ ਵਿਮੈਨ, ਸਿਵਿਲ ਲਾਈਨਜ,ਲੁਧਿਆਣਾ

21 ਫ਼ਰਵਰੀ 2024 ਨੂੰ ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ ਕਾਲਜ ਫ਼ਾਰ ਵਿਮੈਨ,ਸਿਵਿਲ ਲਾਈਨਜ ਲੁਧਿਆਣਾ ਵਿਖੇ ਪੋਸਟ ਗ੍ਰੈਜੂਏਟ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਵੱਲੋਂ
ਅੰਤਰਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ ਮਾਤ- ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਦਿਵਸ ਮਨਾਇਆ ਗਿਆ। ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਭਾਸ਼ਣ ਅਤੇ ਕਵਿਤਾ ਉਚਾਰਣ ਮੁਕਾਬਲੇ ਕਰਵਾਏ ਗਏ। ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥਣਾਂ
ਨੇ ਇਹਨਾਂ ਮੁਕਾਬਲਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੜੇ ਉਤਸ਼ਾਹ ਨਾਲ ਭਾਗ ਲਿਆ। ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਭਾਸ਼ਣ ਮੁਕਾਬਲੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੁਲਦੀਪ ਕੌਰ, ਗੁਰਲੀਨ ਕੌਰ, ਜੈਸਮੀਨ
ਕੌਰ ਅਤੇ ਕਵਿਤਾ ਉਚਾਰਣ ਮੁਕਾਬਲੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਜੈਸਮੀਨ ਕੌਰ, ਜੀਨਾ, ਕਰਮਵੀਰ ਕੌਰ ਨੇ ਕ੍ਰਮਵਾਰ ਪਹਿਲਾ, ਦੂਜਾ, ਤੀਜਾ ਸਥਾਨ ਹਾਸਲ
ਕੀਤਾ।ਜੇਤੂ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥਣਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਰਟੀਫਿਕੇਟ ਪ੍ਰਦਾਨ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ। ਇਸ ਮੌਕੇ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਦੇ ਮੁਖੀ ਡਾ. ਨਰਿੰਦਰਜੀਤ ਕੌਰ ਨੇ
ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥਣਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸੰਬੋਧਨ ਕਰਦਿਆਂ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਕਿੰਨੀਆਂ ਵੀ ਹੋਰ ਭਾਸ਼ਾਵਾਂ ਗ੍ਰਹਿਣ ਕਰ ਲਵੇ ਪਰ ਜਦੋਂ ਨੇੜਤਾ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਆਪਣੀ ਮਾਂ
ਬੋਲੀ ਨਾਲ ਰਹਿੰਦੀ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਕਿਸੇ ਹੋਰ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਨਾਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਸਮਾਜ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਆਪ ਮੁਹਾਰੇ ਗ੍ਰਹਿਣ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਮਾਤ-
ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਕੌਮ ਦਾ ਵਿਰਸਾ ਹੈ। ਹਰ ਇਲਾਕੇ, ਪ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਜਾਂ ਦੇਸ਼ ਦੀ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ। ਸਾਡੀ ਮਾਤ- ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਹੈ। ਕਾਲਜ ਪ੍ਰਿੰਸੀਪਲ ਡਾ.
ਇਕਬਾਲ ਕੌਰ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਜੇਤੂ ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥਣਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵਧਾਈ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਅਜਿਹੇ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਭਾਗ ਲੈਣ ਲਈ ਉਤਸ਼ਾਹਿਤ ਕੀਤਾ। ਅੰਤ ਵਿੱਚ
ਉਹਨਾਂ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਅਜਿਹੇ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਹੋਣੇ ਚਾਹੀਦੇ ਹਨ ਤਾਂ ਜੋ ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥਣਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਪਣੀ ਮਾਤ- ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਲਈ ਪਿਆਰ ਪੈਦਾ ਹੋਵੇ।