Course on Gender Sensitisation
Amritsar: UGC approved interdisciplinary Refresher Course on “Gender Sensitisation and Human Values” commenced at UGC-Human Resource Development Centre of Guru Nanak Dev University. The online course will conclude on Dec 30. The course has teacher participating from seven states of India apart from Punjab including Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Kerala. Prof Shweta Shenoy, Head MYAS-GNDU Department of Sports Sciences and Medicine elaborated on difference between the biological concept of gender and gender as a social construct. She said the deep seated gender demarcations and notions that prevail in society and hinder the progress of a person need to be challenged and eliminated. She discussed how females may be marginalised by overt and covert practices in any community and highlighted the need for the acceptance of the contributions of individuals irrespective of their genders. Director HRDC Prof Sudha Jitender, Course coordinator Prof. Vasudha Sambyal shared that currently, UGC-HRDC, GNDU is undertaking all courses in online mode as per the UGC guidelines.
IIM hosts Sankshetra’21
Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar, successfully conducted the fifth edition of their annual Operations and Strategy Conclave, Sankshetra’21. The main highlight of this conclave was the fact that this was the first offline conclave which took place in IIM Amritsar, since the pandemic. Sankshetra’21 provided a dais where the veterans from the industry interacted and reflected with the budding managers on the recent trends and developments in the domains of operations and strategy. Director of the Institute Prof Nagarajan Ramamoorthy shed light on the various industry trends taking place in the operations and strategy domains and enumerated the various learnings the industries had in the past two years. During the event, speakers discussed various disruptions which took place in the recent times; the semiconductor shortage, fuel shortage in the UK, and antibiotic shortage in Kenya to name a few.
Intra-departmental Activities
Elite Club of Applied Sciences and Humanities Department of the Global Group of Institutes organised a series of events to encourage students to take part in Intra-departmental activities, like, dumb Charades, ‘Quiz’, ‘JAM’, ‘Treasure Hunt’ and poster making etc. with an aim to develop their overall personality by laying stress on their individual traits which may vary from student to student. All these activities are organised to hone their skills for future professional challenges and to spur them to react instantly to any situation or query which may confront them all of a sudden to assess their readiness and understanding of a subject.
Bhajan Sandhya at Bhavans School
A bhajan sandhya at Bhavans SL School 278th Chinmaya Swaranjali was celebrated on the occasion of Geeta Jayanti Mahotasav at Bhavan’s SL Public School. The chanting of Geeta Shalokas by 28 students of class 5 spell bounded everyone. Devotional Bhajans recited by school music team mesmerised the audience. Avinash Mohindru, director, Bhavans SL and Dr. Anita Bhalla, principal, appreciated their efforts of contributing for the noble cause . She explained the importance of many characters of Bhagavad Geeta symbolically. TNS
