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It gives me immense pleasure and pride to present the Annual Report of Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Chandigarh for the academic session 2018-19 to the distinguished audience present today. On behalf of S Gurdev Singh IAS (Retd), President, Sikh Educational Society; Col (Retd) Jasmer Singh Bala, Secretary, Sikh Educational Society; other esteemed members of the Management; dignitaries; faculty members and students of this College, I extend a warm welcome to our worthy Chief Guest Prof Sanjay Kaushik, Dean College Development Council (DCDC). Dr Sanjay Kaushik is a Professor in the University School of Business, Panjab University Chandigarh. He took charge of Dean College Development Council (DCDC) in November, 2018. He has been given additional charge of Honorary Director of ICSSR-North Western Regional Centre (NWRC), Chandigarh from January, 2017. Professor Kaushik has 28 years of experience in teaching and research. Dr Kaushik's major research interest involves Human Resource Management, General Management and Banking. He has authored and co-authored several books under National and International publications. He has contributed many research papers to various National and International Seminars, Conferences and Workshops. He is a well recognised Reviewer for reputed professional journals. He has gained various recognitions from different Academic and Professional Societies for his active association and distinguished contributions in teaching and research. I consider it my privilege to introduce our students to an illustrious personality who has held several positions of eminence and responsibility. Dr Kaushik, your presence will inspire our students to strive and succeed. With your kind permission, I now present the College Annual Report for the session 2018-19. presented by Principal Dr Jatinder Kaur on the occasion of Annual Prize Distribution April 16, 2019 Guru Gobind College for Women, Sector 26, Chandigarh ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19 Prof Sanjay Kaushik Dean, College Development Council Panjab University, Chandigarh

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It gives me immense pleasure and pride to present the

Annual Report of Guru Gobind Singh College for

Women, Chandigarh for the academic session 2018-19

to the distinguished audience present today.

On behalf of S Gurdev Singh IAS (Retd), President, Sikh

Educational Society; Col (Retd) Jasmer Singh Bala,

Secretary, Sikh Educational Society; other esteemed

members of the Management; dignitaries; faculty

members and students of this College, I extend a warm

welcome to our worthy Chief Guest Prof Sanjay

Kaushik, Dean College Development Council (DCDC).

Dr Sanjay Kaushik is a Professor in the University

School of Business, Panjab University Chandigarh. He

took charge of Dean College Development Council

(DCDC) in November, 2018. He has been given

additional charge of Honorary Director of ICSSR-North

Western Regional Centre (NWRC), Chandigarh from

January, 2017. Professor Kaushik has 28 years of

experience in teaching and research. Dr Kaushik's major

research interes t involves Human Resource

Management, General Management and Banking. He

has authored and co-authored several books under

National and International publications. He has

contributed many research papers to various National

and International Seminars, Conferences and

Workshops. He is a well recognised Reviewer for

reputed professional journals. He has gained various

recognitions from different Academic and Professional

Societies for his active association and distinguished

contributions in teaching and research.

I consider it my privilege to introduce our students to an

illustrious personality who has held several positions of

eminence and responsibility. Dr Kaushik, your presence

will inspire our students to strive and succeed. With your

kind permission, I now present the College Annual

Report for the session 2018-19.

presented by

Principal Dr Jatinder Kauron the occasion of Annual Prize Distribution

April 16, 2019

Guru Gobind College for Women, Sector 26, Chandigarh

ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19

Prof Sanjay KaushikDean, College Development CouncilPanjab University, Chandigarh

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Guru Gobind Singh College for Women was

established in 1973 by the Sikh Educational Society to

empower young women with quality education to face

the changing world. The institution has been working

towards preparing students to lead a wholesome life,

by inculcating human qualities as well as the abilities

to emerge as smart, condent, strong, informed and

responsible citizens of the globalized world. Inspired

by the teachings of the Sikh gurus, the College has been

progressing steadfastly towards achieving its mission

of creating balanced minds wherein knowledge is

teamed with ethical thinking. Ranked as one of the pre-

eminent institutions of the region, the College is

located in the prime area of Sector 26, Chandigarh. The

spirit of the College comes alive in its motto, SHUBH

KARMAN TE KABHUN NA TARON, implying

'Never to stray from the path of righteousness.'

Catering to the all-round development of its students,

the College fosters in the young minds the spirit of

healthy nationalism, social responsibility, moral

uprightness, feelings of compassion and love, care for

environment, and above all a life of service and

sacrice as exemplied by Guru Gobind Singh Ji.

College Prole

Management

The College is privileged to be governed by a duly constituted and elected body, the Sikh Educational Society (SES), Chandigarh. Formed in 1937 in Lahore, with a vision to modernize the educational, cultural and social environment of the region, SES comprises of eminent bureaucrats, philanthropists, scholars, prominent educationists and administrators. The Sikh Educational Society is presently headed by S Gurdev

Singh Brar, IAS (Retd), President; S Kulbir Singh, Chief Engineer (Retd), Vice President; Col (Retd.) Jasmer Singh Bala, Secretary, and S Karandeep Singh Cheema, as Joint Secretary. The SES members through their varied experience and constant stimulus contribute extensively towards the growth of the College.

S Kulbir SinghChief Engineer (Retd)

Vice President SES

S Gurdev Singh BrarIAS (Retd)

President SES

Col (Retd) Jasmer Singh BalaSecretary SES

S Karandeep Singh CheemaAdvocate

Joint Secretary SES

Panth Rattan Jathedar Gurcharan Singh Tohra Memorial Awards

The SES annually organizes Panth Rattan Jathedar Gurcharan Singh Tohra Memorial Awards Function to pay homage to Jathedar G S Tohra, for his meritorious contribution to the cause of education and to inspire the coming generations from his outstanding egalitarian accomplishments as President, Sikh Educational Society from 1995 to his passing away in 2004. The theme of the Annual Lectures touch upon the prevailing scenario in the context of Jathedar Tohra's world view. Panth Rattan Jathedar Gurcharan Singh Tohra Memorial Awards Function was held on May 08, 2018 in which the SES conferred the award to the eminent

Sikh scholar Sardar Nanak Singh Nishtar and Dr Kuldip Singh Dhir for their contribution in raising and running various educational, religious, charitable, social service initiatives. The award carried Rs 1 Lakh cash, scroll and robe of honor. Sardar Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Punjab was the Chief Guest of the event. Panth Rattan Jathedar Gurcharan Singh Tohra Annual Lectures were delivered by Prof. J S Grewal, Padam Shri, Former V C Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and Dr Indu Banga, Emeritus Professor of History, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Sardar Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Jathedar Gurcharan Singh Tohra Awardees, distinguished guests

with esteemed Members of Sikh Educational Society

The College organized 'Gurmat Sangeet Samagam' under the aegis of Sikh Educational Society on March 18, 2019 in Mata Ganga Auditorium to celebrate the 550th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The occasion was graced by Zinda Shaheed Singh Saheb Jathedar Sant Baba Nihal Singh Ji, Mukhi, MisalShaheedaTarna Dal, Harianvela Wale, who was the Chief Guest and Prof Pankaj Mala Sharma, Former Chairperson and Dean, Department of Music, Panjab University, Chandigarh as the Guest of Honour. S Gurdev Singh, President, S.E.S and Col. (Retd.) J S Bala, Secretary, S.E.S elevated the event with their

esteemed presence.The programme commenced with the singing of the College Shabad. Gurmat Sangeet performances were presented by the teams of JawaddiTaksal, Ludhiana; Akal Academy, Baru Sahib, H.P.; Namdhari Music Academy, Sri Bhaini Sahib, Ludhiana; Bhai Gurmeet Singh Ji, Harianvela Wale, Hoshiarpur and Bhai Bahulivleen Singh Ji, AkaliJatha, Amritsar. Stringed instruments like Taus, Sarangi, Dilruba, Rabab, Israj, Pakhawaj, Jodi, etc. were played on by the teams. The College campus echoed with the melodious recitals.

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About the Principal

Dr Jatinder Kaur, the Principal, is a dynamic leader and

under her diligent administration the College is

constantly progressing towards providing quality

education to its students. She has been selected as

NAAC Accessor by National Assessment and

Accreditation Council in March 2019. As a Member of

NAAC Peer Team, she visited Radhabai Kale Mahila

Maha Vidyalaya at Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Dr

Jatinder Kaur joined the College as Principal on March

15, 2018. She completed Post Doctorate Fellowship

on the theme 'Rural-Urban Disparities in Financial

Inclusion in India: A District Level Study' sponsored by

ICSSR, New Delhi in 2017. Apart from this, she has an

M Com, M Phil, PhD, and PG Diploma in Financial

Management to her credit. Her area of specialization is

Banking and Finance. Dr Jatinder Kaur had joined the

College in 1991 as Assistant Professor in the Dept of

Commerce. She has served as Head, Dept of

Commerce from 2013 to March 2018. She has been Ex-

ofcio member of SES, the Governing Body of the

College from 2012-2015.

Having published more than thirty papers in Journals

of repute and Conference proceedings, shehas three

decades of signicant academic and research

experience behind her. She has also worked on UGC

Research Project on 'Exploring Quality Gaps in Higher

Education Institutions: A viewpoint of Undergraduates

of Chandigarh, Mohali & Panchkula.' During her

teaching tenure in the College, Dr Jatinder Kaur has

been Institutional Coordinator, RUSA, Convener,

Research Cell, Placement Cell and Grievance

Redressal Cell, Coordinator UGC Cell, Add-on

Courses, she has successfully organized six National

Seminars. Madam has published seven text books and

edited three books. Dr Jatinder Kaur has been awarded

SHIKSHA RATTAN PURSKAR by Ind ia

International Friendship Society(IIFS) New Delhi, for

outstanding service, achievements and contributions in

the eld of education.

Team members of Jawadi Taksal performing at Gurmat Sangeet Samagam

In the picture (from left to right) the team members of Akali Jatha from Amritsar With Bhai Bahulivleen Singh Ji, Col. (Retd) JS Bala,

Secretary SES, Zinda Shaheed Singh Saheb Jathedar Sant Baba Nihal Singh Ji, Prof Pankaj Mala Sharma,

Dr Jatinder Kaur and S Gurdev Singh, President of SES

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Afliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh, the

College offers Graduate and Post-Graduate

courses in Arts, Commerce, Computer Science

and Applications and Science. A total number of

2061 of students were enrolled in the current

session in different programmes of study.

Academic Courses

The 11 acre of sprawling campus is replete with an

expanse of infrastructure which includes all the

latest facilities, well-equipped labs, smart class

rooms, air-conditioned well-stocked library,

Research Centre, Mata Kheevi Hostel, Seminar

Room, Mata Ganga Auditorium, Mata Gujri

Fitness Centre, Student's Centre, expansive

grounds, etc. Laboratories in Physics and

Chemistry Departments boast of latest equipment

and resources. The College ensures that learning

resources are made available to the students to

develop their prociency in academics. Advanced

learners are provided with extra reference books/

material by the teachers who set suitable goals

before them so that the students feel adequately

challenged. The Students' Centre is housed with

Stationery Shop, Photostat Facility, and Student

Council Ofce. Also located in the College is a

fully functional SBI Branch exclusively for the

benet of students and College employees.

Lending a panoramic view, the landscape garden

set near the main building with smooth lawns and

beds of perennials augment the beauty of the

campus. Providing the right ambience for the

young scholars to bloom in the perfect

environment, this is the second best maintained

College campus in Chandigarh.

Infrastructure

The College library has a spacious double storey-

building with modern infrastructure. Ms Sukhdeep

Kaur, librarian and the library staff, contribute

exceptionally towards functioning of the library.

The College library has a Blog (ggscwlibrary

.blogspot.in), a digital space for students to access the

previous question papers, pages/ links to highlight

various activities and achievements of the Staff and

students, Newspapers clippings, latest Panjab

University Syllabus, links to e-journals and e-books.

The Library provides an Open Access system, making

it an ideal place for the users to expand and widen their

knowledge. Well stocked with more than 24000 books

and 490 CDs on different subjects, the collection is

enriched with reference books, coffee table books,

light reading books like ction, self-help, biographies

of eminent personalities, etc. A total of 38 Magazines,

Periodicals and Journals as well as 19 Newspapers are

also subscribed by the library on annual basis. Library

homes a 'Book Bank' that consists of nearly 1600

books on different subjects which are lent out for the

full session to the needy as well as the meritorious

students. To display the fresh arrivals, there is a

Display Stand in the Library and an LED for

highlighting the services of the library along with the

new arrivals.

Library is fully automated with LibSys Software and is

provided with OPAC (Online Public Access

Catalogue) facility, through which users can search

their required documents. A striking feature of the

library is Learning Resource Centre, on the rst floor,

where students have added facilities for their research

oriented activities. Ten computers have been installed

in this section with internet facility. The College

subscribes to e-Journals under the scheme of N-LIST

Programme of INFLIBNET, UGC. There are separate

Reading Room for students to read their personal

documents/ books. As members of the Chandigarh

Librarian's Consortium and Panjab University Book

Club, the College avails the benet of accessing latest

Publications of the Universities.

Library

Gyankosh: An Interdisciplinary Journal is an open access annual

publication of Guru Gobind Singh College for Women. The

Journal aims to offer an academic and intellectual platform that

focuses on high quality research articles/papers including

insightful empirical studies, conceptual research and theoretical

articles in the disciplines of Science, Computer Science, Arts,

Commerce and Languages. It endeavors to critically reflect on the

changing contours of social, cultural, economic, scientic,

technological and political processes that shape our understanding

of the past and the contemporary world.

Dr Surinder Kaur is the Editor, Dr Bhajan Singh and Dr Rohini

Arora are the Co-Editors of Gyankosh.

The College takes pride that the rst volume of Gyankosh has

been published and is available at http:// www.ggscw.ac.in /

Downloads/Gyankosh_Content.pdf. The journal is also given

ISSN number 2581:8252 by ISSN National Center, India,

National Science Library.

Gyankosh

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College Hostel

The students of the College are constantly motivated

for attaining excellence in the University examinations

through various incentive schemes such as

scholarships, fee concessions, Roll of honour and

prizes. To stir and motivate the weaker students, the

College provides remedial classes. Students from

socially and economically weaker sections are given

nancial aid, which subsequently leads to their

academic growth. The College grants various

scholarships to the students on need-cum-meritbasis.

Scholarships are received from other sources as well,

such as Directorate of Higher Education, UT

Chandigarh, Sita Ram Jindal Foundation, New Delhi,

College Development Council, Panjab University,

Chandigarh, Directorate of Social Welfare, Jammu&

Kashmir, Directorate of Social Welfare, Manipur, Life

Insurance of India Scholarship and Labour Dept,

Punjab, Ministry of Labour, Govt of India, Ministry of

Railways, Govt of India. During the last session, the

College received an amount of almost Rs 5,00,000

from above mentioned sources. The College also

granted scholarship worth Rs 1,41,500 to the students

on need-cum-merit basis to ensure equal opportunities

to all sections of students. Several philanthropists also

contributed around Rs 82,400 towards the education of

the economically weak students through the College

machinery. A Special Award of an amount of Rs 25,000

has been instituted by the family of Mrs RK Shergill

(Founder Principal) to be given to a meritorious and

needy student in recognition of all round excellence for

the academic session.

Scholarships and Concessions

The College has a well-equipped Hostel offering

accommodation to 350 residents and catering to four

SES institutions. There is a Gurudwara Sahib within

the Hostel premises, which offers sanctum to students.

Periodic renovation of the Hostel is undertaken to

ensure good comfort and hygiene levels to the

residents. Facilities like laundry, Common Room,

Visitors' Room and LCDs are provided.

Class College (%) University (%)

M.Sc (IT) - II (4th Semester) 86.67 81.82

M.Com - II (4th Semester) 95.77 93.24

M.A. (Eng)-II (4th Semester) 77.77 70.25

M.A. (Soc)-II (4th Semester) 94.11 83.05

M.A (Eco)-II (4th Semester) 76.92 74.45

B.A-III (6th Semester) 67.82 68.43

B.Com-III (6th Semester) 95.05 88.33

BCA-III (6th Semester) 86.36 76.07

B.Sc-III (6th Semester) 71.64

The College received grant under the RUSA scheme

from Department of Higher Education, Chandigarh for

utilisation under the heads of New Construction,

Renovation, Upgradation of existing infrastructure and

purchase of equipment. Plans were formulated and

executed by Institutional Coordinator and Nodal

Ofcers along with the RUSA team which worked for

the smooth and effective utilisation of the funds. As

envisaged in the RUSA guidelines, the Departments of

Music, Chemistry, Fine Arts, Commerce, Home

Science, History, Physics and Computer Science were

augmented with learning resources. Fixtures including

projectors and other equipment required for the Smart

Classroom environment were installed.

The College has constructed a Multi Functional

Sports Ground with the aim to provide best of

facilities to the sports students for various games. To

sensitise students towards the environment, LED tube

lights, bulbs and fans under PM's Ujala scheme have

been put up in the campus. A Compost Pit has also

been prepared to encourage the re-cycling of the waste

in the campus. To facilitate the physical well-being of

the students and the staff, a gym with latest amenities

has been set up under the RUSA scheme. Other works

carried out under the RUSA scheme include

fabrication and xing of grills over boundary wall,

purchase of furniture, water coolers, online UPS and 11

printer-cum-scanners.

Various capacity building workshops were organised

under the aegis of RUSA, by the department of

English, Commerce, Hindi, Economics, Computer

Science, Library and faculty of Science, to enhance

knowledge of the faculty and equip students with latest

in the eld.

The College is working towards optimal utilisation of

the next phase of RUSA grant in consultation with the

Management and Department of Higher Education

Chandigarh.

Rashtriya Uchchtar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)

Academic Achievement 2017-18

The College ensures that the academic skills of

students are honed and special efforts are made to

bring the less privileged and slow learners at par

with the class. The Faculty pays special and special

attention to each student and remedial classes are

held regularly. Rehiana, MA I Sociology secured

8th University Position in Panjab University

December 2017 Examination.

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The College takes pride in its highly qualied and

dedicated members of teaching and non teaching staff.

The faculty members incessantly work towards overall

development of students and also strive to update

themselves with the latest in the eld.

Mrs. Harpreet Kaur, Head, Dept of Fine Arts was

elected as Member, Undergraduate Board of

Studies, Fine Arts, Panjab University (April 01,2017

to March 31,2019) and has also been elected for the

next term from February 01, 2019 to January 31,

2021. She was also elected as Member, Faculty of

Design and Fine Arts from February 01, 2019 to

January 31, 2019 and Member of Jury, State and

Zona l Leve l Compet i t ion , Bhakra Beas

Management Board, Ministry of Power – Govt. of

India.

Dr Harneet Kaur Sandhu, Associate Professor,

Dept of English published a paper titled 'Cultural

Identity and the Location of Diaspora in Daljit Nagra's

Look We Have Coming to Dover' in The Scholastic

Forum, Bi-annual Refereed journal of Language,

Literature and Culture (ISSN Number: 2395-0889)

published by DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh

(Vol 4 No.1 March 2018).

She also participated in State Level Training

Workshop on Massive Open Online Courses

(MOOC) under the aegis of State Project Directorate

(RUSA) in collaboration with Human Resource

Development Centre, PU, Chandigarh from October 3-

5, 2018.

She attended Capacity Building Workshop on

'Cultural Transformation and Rejuvenation' under

the aegis of RUSA at SGGS College, Chandigarh on

February 12, 2019.

Dr. Amandeep Kaur Head, Dept of Physical

Education attended UGC Sponsored Short term

course on Research Methodology organized by the

Human Resource Development Centre, Panjab

University Chandigarh from September 25, 2018 to

October 10, 2018.

Dr Surinder Kaur, Head, Dept of History is the

Editor of Gyankosh –An Interdisciplinary Journal

(online) published by the College.

Publications

'Sikh Diaspora' in Parvas te Parvasi , Volume 3,

Issue 3, 2018, ISSN 2395-079X.

The Role of Women of Haryana in the Freedom

Struggle of India' in Purva Mimaansa – A Multi-

Disciplinary Research Journal Issue 1-2,Volume 9 ,

March –September,2018, ISSN 0976-0237.

Understanding of Scientic Temper in Punjab :An

Analysis of the Pioneering Contribution of Professor

Ruchi Ram Sahni' in Purva Mimaansa – A Multi-

Disciplinary Research Journal ,Volume 10, March

2019, ISSN 0976-0237.

1857 Revisited: The Narrative of Mutiny in

Punjab and its Subjugation' in Sanskar Chetna- An

International Refereed Research Journal, Volume 5,

March 2018, ISSN 2347-4041.

First Diplomatic Treaty between China and Japan

(1871)' in Research Review International Journal of

Multidisciplinary, February, 2019, ISSN 2455-

3085(online)

Sino- Japanese Diplomatic Relations (1871) in a

Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative

Research , ISSN 2349-5162 (online) March 2019.

Presentations

Walking the Path of Guru: A Study of the Saviour

Guru Nanak' in Two Days International Seminar

organised by Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies ,

Punjab University , Chandigarh held on December 6 to

7 , 2018.

'The Healing Touch of Gurbani : Caring for

P e o p l e , P l a n t a n d A n i m a l ' i n Tw o D a y s

Interdisciplinary Workshop on Technical Terminology

of Environment Science – The Cultural And Scientic

Context, at SD College , Ambala sponsored by

Commiss ion fo r Sc i en t ic and Techn ica l

Terms,(MHRD) Govt of India, New Delhi on January 11 to 12, 2019.

Faculty Updates R o l e o f I n f o r m a t i o n C o m m u n i c a t i o n ,

Technologies in the Development of Higher Education

in One Day National Seminar on Academic and

Administrative Reforms to Meet Global Challenges in

Higher Education on March 2, 2019, held at

Dashmesh Girls College Chak Alla Baksh , Mukerian.

The Impact of Globalization on Education

:Opportunities and Challenges in One Day National

Seminar on ' Roots to Routes: Socio-Economic

Implications of Transnational Community' sponsored

by ICSSR, NWRC on March 8, 2019, held at GGSCW,

Sector -26, Chandigarh.

Attended Capacity Building Workshop on

Cultural Transformation and Rejuvenation : Mann

Neeva Matt Ucchi organised by SGGS College, Sector

-26 , Chandigarh on February 12, 2019.

Short Term Course

Attended the Short term Course on Gender

Sensitization organised by the Human Resource

Development Centre , Panjab University, Chandigarh

from December 18- 24, 2018.

Attended the Short term Course on Intellectual

Traditions in India Studies organised under RUSA 2.0

Scheme of MHRD , Panjab University, Chandigarh

from March13-19, 2019.

Dr Gurvinder Singh, Assistant Prof, Dept of

Punjabi attended Refresher Course in Disaster

Management at Academic Staff College, Panjab

University from December 28, 2018 to January

17,2019. He successfully completed the course with

A-Grading. He also presented a paper titled 'Punjabi

Sahitya: Aafat Prabandhan'.

Ms Lucky Malhotra, Head, Dept of Music

Instrumental is a Member of Indian National

Theatre and Member of Undergraduate Board of

Studies in Music (Instrumental). She presented paper

entitled 'Changing Trends in Music: Classical to

Fusion' at One day National Seminar on “From Roots

to Routes: Socio-Economic Implications of

Transnational Community” organized by PG

Departments of Sociology and Economics at GGSCW,

Sector 26, Chandigarh on March 8, 2019. She

organized Gurmat Sangeet Samagam on March 18,

2019 as convener.

Participation/Attended Live Concerts of Renowned

Artists :

A Sitar recital by Padma Shri Ustad Shahid Parvez

organized by SPIC MACAY at PGGCG, sector 11

Chandigarh on August 6, 2019.

A Sitar recital by Pt. Manu Seen and Classical

Vocal by Kashish Mittal in 'Rivayat' organised by

CSNA at Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh on November

13,2018.

Indian Jaz Fusion organized by CSNA at Tagore

Theatre on January 12,2019.

A Sitar Recital by Josh Feinberg from Portland,

Oregon organized by MCM DAV College for Women,

Chandigarh on January 25,2019.

'Young Umang' organised by CSNA at Tagore

Theatre, Chandigarh on February 18,2019.

Ms Pooja Malhotra, Assistant Professor, Dept of

Commerce

Publications

Factors Influencing E-service Quality in Indian

Tourism Industry' in Journal Researchers World

Volume 09. Issue I, January 2018, ISSN No: 2231-

4172, eISSN:2229-4686.

'Service Quality in Indian online Tourism

Industry' in International Journal of Basic and

Applied Research, November 2018, ISSN: P-ISSN:

22493352 e-ISSN:22780505

'Impact of E-Service quality Factors on Customer

Satisfaction: A Study of India' in Research Chronicler

International Multidisciplinary Research Journal,

November 2018, ISSN: 2347-5021

Ms Ritu Dhanoa, Assistant Prof, Dept of

Commerce publ ished a paper 'Mil lennia l

Generation's susceptibility to interpersonal influence:

A case of personal care product purchases' in

International Journal of Management studies, Volume

, Issue – 2(6) in April, 2018.ISSN – 2249-0302 (UGC

List no. 44925).

She has successfully completed three months pre-

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commission training course held at Ofcer's Training

Academy, Gwalior from August 20, 2018 – November

17, 2018 with 'A' Grading. During training, a total of

109 trainees were divided into two companies and she

was appointed as the Company Commander of one of

the company which also won the overall champion

trophy at the conclusion of the course. The Passing out

Parade ceremony was held on November 17, 2018.

She was conferred with the rank of Lieutenant (Army

Wing).

Dr Sarabjit Kaur, Assistant Professor, Dept of

English presented a paper titled 'The Question of

Homeland in the writings of VS Naipaul' at ICSSR

sponsored One day National Seminar on 'From Roots

to Routes: Socio-Economic Implications of

Transnational Community' held on March 8, 2019,

organized by PG Departments of Sociology &

Economics, GGSCW, sector-26, Chandigarh.

Mr Amolak Singh Bhullar, Assistant Prof, Dept of

Physical Education presented a research paper Titled

'Musculoskeletal Functioning of Intellectually

Disabled Children: Effects of Physical Activity

Programme' in National Seminar on 'Sports for

Healthy life' Director General Higher Education,

Haryana held on February 21, 2019 at DAV College

for Girls, Yamunanagar.

He has published a paper titled 'Effects Of Physical

Activity Programme on Aerobic Capacity of

Intellectually Disabled Children' in Intellectual Quest

(A Refereed E-Journal of Humanities and Social

Sciences) ISSN 2349-1949, Volume-10, December

2018.

He also represented Chandigarh as an ofcial with

hockey team in Khelo India Youth Games, 2019 held

at Mumbai from January 01-18,2019.

Dr Jasneet Kaur, Assistant Prof, Dept of History

Publications:

Proprietary Rights of Women in Jainism' is

published in Mahila Pratishtha, Volume 4, Issue: 1,

July- September 2018, pp. 73-77 and

Property Rights of Women as Reflected in Manu

Smriti' published in Focus, SPN College, Mukerian,

Punjab.

Presentations:

'Hinduism and Islam in the Philosphy of Guru

Nanak' in Two Day International Seminar on Legacy of

Guru Nanak : A Multidisciplinary Perspective

organized by the Department of Guru Nanak Sikh

Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh held on

December 06 -07, 2018.

'Measures to Mitigate the Threat of Climatic

Changes on Agriculture' in Two Days Interdisciplinary

Workshop on Technical Terminology of Environment

Science- The Cultural & Scientic Context on January

11-12, 2019, at Sanatan Dharama Adarsha Sanskrit

College, Ambala Cantt.

The Message of Humanity as Reflected in the thCompositions of Guru Nanak: An Overview' in 6

South Asian History Conference from February 01-

03, 2019 at Punjabi University, Patiala (Punjab).

Ms Madhur, Assistant Professor, Dept of

Economics published two papers titled:

Efciency of Commercial Banks in India- An

Application of Data Envelopment Analysis' in

DIVINER-A Research Journal of Humanities and

Social Sciences, Vol. 15, No. 1, January-June 2018,

ISSN : 0973-8320

'Intellectual capital performance of commercial

banks of India' published in International Journal of

Basic and Applied Research, October 2018 Volume

VIII Number X.

Dr Savneet , Head, Dept of Psychology is approved

as Academic Counselor of IGNOU in the learner

Study Centre at SGGS College, sector-26 Chandigarh

in the subject of Psychology and Philosophy.

She was Judge for Business Plan in Bizz Bash

organized by PG Department of Commerce on

February 22, 2019.

She was also a Resource Person at following events:

'Health and Hygiene' workshop held on July 31,

2018 for NSS volunteers.

Workshop organized by Youth Service Punjab,

SAS Nagar and Punjab State AIDS Control

Society Chandigarh on October 9, 2019.

NAAC sponsored Seminar held on November 22,

2018, 'Catering to Global Learner: Quality

Enhancement in Higher Education'.

Career counseling workshop for students of

GMHS RC II Dhanas held on February 23, 2019.

Six students of BA III from Psychology

department also participated in this workshop.

Anmol Thakur, Ckaushki Nath, Jasmine, Jaspreet,

Kamalpreet and Vandana Narwal.

Publications

' I s min ima l i sm a so lu t ion to g rowing

Consumerism?' in Academic Journal of Education

and Psychology. Volume 8, Issue-1, 2018. pp 42-

45 ISSN No. 2249-040'

S p i r i t o f F r e e d o m ' i n G y a n k o s h : A n

Interdisciplinary Journal Volume I, December

2018

Misrepresentation: Portrayal of Women in Media'

in edited book by Dr Rajinder Kaur and Dr.Sunita

Kaushal. ISBN9789388119818.

Presentations

'Organizational Values and Excellence' on th October28,2018 at 5 International and 7th

National Psychological Science Congress on the

theme of Peace & Well being: Manifestation

Across Age and Culture.

'Critical thinking: thinking Like a Researcher' in

one day NAAC sponsored National Seminar

organized by PG Department of English and

IQAC on November 22, 2018.

Presented a paper titled. 'Blurred Identities' in one

day National Seminar, From Roots to Routes:

Socio-Economic Implications of Transnational

Community' sponsored by ICSSR, NWRC and

organized by Post Graduate Department of

Sociology and Economics on March 8, 2019.

Dr Mani Pal Kaur, Assistant Prof, Dept of Sociology

Presentation/ Participation

Self-Medication of Antibiotics: A Socio-Medical

Concern' at XX Two Day National Conference of

North West Indian Sociological Association, on

“Contemporary Issues in North-West India:

Challenges and Strategies” held on February 21-

22, 2019 , organized by Department of Sociology,

Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Socio-Religious Concerns of Transnational

Migrants from Punjab' at ICSSR sponsored One

day National Seminar on 'From Roots to Routes:

Socio-Economic Implications of Transnational

Community' held on March 8,2019, organized by

PG Departments of Sociology & Economics,

GGSCW, sector-26, Chandigarh.

Participated in 'Capacity Building Workshop on

Cultural Transformation and Rejuvenation: Mann

Neeva Matt Ucchi' at SGGS College, sector 26,

Chandigarh on February 12, 2019.

Dr Anamika Mukhopadhyay, Assistant Professor,

Dept of Physics published two co-authored papers:

Do amino acids prefer only certain backbone

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structures? Steering through the conformational maze

of l-threonine using matrix isolation infrared

spectroscopy and ab initio studies' Pankaj Dubey,

Anamika Mukhopadhyay, KS Viswanathan; Journal of

Molecular Structure, Volume 1175, pp:117-129, 2019

'The Water Dimer II: Theoretical Investigations'

Anamika Mukhopadhyay, Sotiris S Xantheas, Richard

J Saykally; Chemical Physics Letters, Volume 700, pp:

163-175, 2018.

She also presented a Poster titled 'Perturbing

hydrogen bond network of water by salt: A Raman th

spectroscopic study' in The 16 edition of the

Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Molecules and

Clusters Discussion meeting', February 21 to 24, 2019

at Koti Resorts, Shimla. Category: International.

Dr Bhajan Singh, Assistant Professor, Dept of

History i s a Co-editor of 'Gyankosh : An

Interdisciplinary Journal' (online) of the College,

Volume I, December 2018.

He also published a paper titled 'Emergence of

Indian Nationalism in Haryana (1900-1919)' in Purva

Mimaansa, A Multi-disciplinary Bi-Annual Research

Journal (Double Blind Peer Reviewed), ISSN : 0976-

0237, Volume 9 (March-September 2018), Ambala:

Sanathan Dharam College (Lahore), 2018.

He presented two papers: 'Role of Religion in

Envi ronmenta l Conserva t ion ' a t two days

interdisciplinary Workshop on 'Technical Terminology

of Environment Science-The Cultural & Scientic

Context, held on January 11-12 ,2019 at SD College,

Ambala Cantt., Haryana.

'Marginalized Victims: 'Untouchable' Migrants

During and After the Partition of India' at One Day

National Seminar on 'Dr BR Ambedkar and

Downtrodden Dalits: An Attempt to Perceive the Real

Scenario' held on February 27, 2018 at Sikh National

College, Charan Kanwal, Banga Punjab.

Dr Rohini Arora, Assistant Professor, Dept of Home

Science i s a Co-editor of 'Gyankosh : An

Interdisciplinary Journal' (online) of the College,

Volume I, December 2018.

Publications:

'Restoring the Traditional Technique of Rumal

Embroidery from Hill States of Punjab' in Gyankosh:

An Interdisciplinary Journal, E-Journal, Volume I,

December 2018, published by GGSCW, sector 26,

Chandigarh'.

'Splendor of Pahari Embroidery' in Asia InCH-

Encyclopedia of Intangible Cultural Heritage,

asiainch.org, October 3, 2018'.

'Technical and Decorative Characteristics of

Embroidered Coverlets' in book titled Splendor of

Pahari Embroidery , edited by Dr Anamika Pathak and

Dr Binoy Sahay, published by BR Publishers, New

Delhi, 2018. ISBN No: 9789387587540

'Embroidered Articles: A Journey from Past to

Present' in book titled Splendor of Pahari Embroidery,

edited by Dr Anamika Pathak and Dr Binoy Sahay,

published by BR Publishers, New Delhi, 2018.

'Stitch Analysis of Temple Hanging From South

India' in book titled Textiles: Binding Threads Between

Cultures from National Museum Collection, edited by

Dr BR Mani and Dr Anamika Pathak, Published by

National Museum, New Delhi, 2019.ISBN No:

818583245-5

Presentations:

'Splendor of Pahari Embroidery' at House of

National Assembly, Belgrade, Serbia, on November 1,

2018, organized by The National Assembly of the

Republic of Serbia, The Embassy of India in Belgrade

and ICCR.

'Rumals of Chamba: Embroidered Expressions of

Pahari Women', on December 19,2018 at Hotel

Schweizerhof, Berne, Switzerland organised by

Embassy of India, Berne and ICCR'.

Her exhibition was showcased in Belgrade, Serbia

at House of the National Assembly from November 1

to 8, 2018, organised by Embassy of India in Serbia.

This exhibition was displayed to showcase the

exquisite embroidered products from Chamba in major

events worldwide. It was inaugurated by the

Ambassador of India in Serbia Mr S Bhattacharjee

and President of the Parliamentary Friendship Group

with India Ivana Stojiljković. The exhibition was in

rolls to next stopover to mark the Commemorative th

Celebrations of 70 Anniversary of signing of

friendship treaty between India and Switzerland,

organised by Embassy of India in Berne during

December 17 - 22, 2018. It was also showcased in

March 2019 in various art centres in Switzerland at

Zurich (March 6-8, 2019), Geneva (March 16, 2019)

and Lausanne with support of Embassy of India in

Berne and ICCR.

Dr Garima Arora, Assistant Professor, Dept of

Commerce

Publications:

A Study of Influence of Extrinsic Factors on

Consumer Buying Behaviour , International Journal

of Management Studies , ISSN(Print) 2249-0302 ISSN

(Online)2231-2528, Volume 05, Issue –2(6), April

2018 (130).

Analysis of Influence of Extrinsic and Intrinsic

Factors on Consumer Behaviour, International

Journal of Management Studies 2249-0302 ISSN

(Online)2231-2528, Volume 05, Issue –3(2), July 2018

(25).

A Study on the Influence of Intrinsic Factors on the

Basis of Gender, Internat ional Journal of

Management Studies 2249-0302 ISSN (Online)2231-

2528, Volume 05, Issue –2(7), April 2018 (131).

Sibling Rivalry or Parental Negligence,

International Journal of Management Studies 2249-

0302 ISSN (Online)2231-2528, Volume 05, Issue

–2(2), April 2018 (135).

Virtual Peer Pressure, International Journal of

Management Studies 2249-0302 ISSN (Online) 2231-

2528, Volume 05, Issue –3(2), July 2018 (69).

Ms Aradhna Sandhu, Assistant Professor, Dept of

Computer Science &Applications

Publications

'Trust Based Identity Federation in Cloud' in

International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts

(IJCRT), ISSN:2320-2882

'Moving from Cloud to Fog: Scenarios and Security

Concerns' in International Journal of Recent Scientific

Research (IJRSR), ISSN:0976-3031. (April 2018).

She delivered an Expert lecture in NITTTR,

Sector 26, Chandigarh on 'Jira-Bug Tracking Tool'

(May 2018).

She also attended a seminar on Information and

Communication Technologies (ICT) for Education,

Research and Innovation (IERI-2018) on April 26,

2018 organised by Department of Computer Science &

Applications, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Dr Manjit Kaur Sidhu, Assistant Professor, Dept of

Commerce

Publications:

Advertising, Kalyani Publishers 2019. ISBN No

9789388778336

Advertising and Sales Promotion, 2019 Kalyani

Publishers. ISBN No 9789388778213

Advertising, Personal Selling and Sales

Promotion, 2019 Kalyani Publishers. ISBN No

9789388778756

'Analysis of Corporate Governance Practices in

Industry with reference to Size and Period' in

International Journal of Business Insights and

Transformations, ISSN No: 0974-5874.

Dr Manreet Dhaliwal, Assistant Professor, Dept of

English delivered a Special lecture on 'The Age of

Johnson' to the students of MA English ( I & II) in

September 25, 2018.

Publications:

Food Metaphors in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's

The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My Heart' in

Gnosis: An International Refereed Journal of English

Language and Literature. Volume 4, No. 4, July 2018.

(ISSN: 2394 0131).

' Incorporating Myths' in Chitra Banerjee

Divakaruni's The Mistress of Spices in International

Journal of English Language, Literature and

Humanities. Volume 6. No.7, July 2018. (ISSN: 2321-

7065).

'Incorporating Folklore into the Framework of

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Contemporary Life in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's

Sister of My Heart' in New Academia: An International

Journal of English Language, Literature and Literary

Theory. Volume 7. No. 3, July 2018. (ISSN: 2347:

2073).

Ms Lovleen Kaur Sohi,Assistant Professor, Dept of

English delivered a Special lecture on 'The Age of

Milton' to the students of MA English ( I & II) on

September 2, 2018. She was also invited to Judge the

'Eloquence- The Inspirational Speech' at Meraki

2018 organised by the Literary Society of St. Soldier's

Divine Public School, Panchkula on October11, 2018.

Publications:

'Women's Body as the Site of Violence: A

Comparative Study of Mahasweta Devi and Julia

Alvarez' in International Journal of English

Language, Literature in Humanities (IJELLH),

Volume 6 No 4, April 2018. UGC Approved Journal

(ISSN-2321-7065)

'From 1940's to Present: Tracing the Development

of Music in Punjab' in Online International

Interdisciplinary Research Journal (OIIRJ), Volume

08, May 2018 Special issue. UGC Approved Journal

(ISSN 2249-9598)

'Unveiling Racism in America's Multicultural

Society: Reading Julia Alvarez's How the Garcia Girls

Lost Their Accents' in International Journal of

Innovative Knowledge Concept. Volume 06, Issue 6,

June 2018. UGC Approved Journal ( ISSN 2454-2415)

'Women and Sexual Spaces in Ismat Chughtai's

Lihaaf' in Online International Interdisciplinary

Research Journal (OIIRJ), Volume 08, July 2018

Special Issue -02. UGC Approved Journal (ISSN 2249-

9598)

Ms Shabnam Kaur, Assistant Professor, Dept of

English delivered a Special lecture on 'Romantic Age'

to the students of MA English ( I & II) on September

27, 2018.

Publications:

Short story 'The Sorcery of Bifurcation' published

in three Journals:

CC&D magazine, Scars Publication (U.S.A.) July,

2018. Print ISSN: 1068 – 5154.Internet ISSN: 1555 –

1555,

Black and White (Anthology), Scars Publication

(U.S.A.), ISBN-10: 1720854335 ISBN-13: 978-

1720854333,

Across the Wall (Anthology), Scars Publication

(U.S.A.), ISBN-10: ISBN-13: 172643673X 978-

1726436731

Interview published in a literary journal, 'Vulcan

Bides in Moonlight Collected Poems 2012-2017

Shabnam Kaur's Weltanschaung of Inner Poetic Sturm

and Drang' by Jasmine Anand, Literary Voice Journal,

September, 2018.ISSN: 2277 - 4521

Book of poems, Traum: Dreaming in Verse

independently published via Amazon KDP, October,

2018, ASIN: 1980873585 ISBN: 9781980873587

Academic Enhancement

Ms Savneet Kaur, Assistant Professor, Department of

Commerce was awarded with PhD Degree by Chandigarh

University Mohali September 2018 and the title of her

thesis was Online purchase behavior of rural and urban

consumers in Punjab : A Comparative Study

Dr Manreet Dhaliwal, Assistant Professor, Department of English successfully completed her Ph.D in

August 2018 from Punjabi University, Patiala. The title of her thesis was Echoes From the East:

Reconfigurations of Myth and Folklore in the Selected Works of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. It was a

research project which examined and elucidated on pervasive incorporation of myth and folklore in the

selected ctional works of Indian American author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.

Retirements and Appointments

Ms Jagjot Kaur, Associate Professor, Department of English attained Super-annuationon July 31, 2018 after fruitfully serving the College for nearly three decades

Ms Arshveer Kaur joined as Assistant Professor (Self-finance Regular) in Department of Commerce on August, 2018

Ms Sushma Dogra, Library Assistant and Ms Chand Ravi,Library Restorer retired on November 30, 2018

Sh Shiv Ram, Gardener retired on October 31, 2018

The Baghwani Club, under the guidance of Ms

Harpreet Kaur, Ms Harbinder Chahal, Dr Aradhna,

Head, along with a team of dedicated gardeners has

been looking after the upkeep and beautication of

green spaces and landscape of the College campus

which is one of the best healthy practices and

sustainable initiatives adopted by the institution. The

huge and exquisite variety of flowers, trees and shrubs,

not only add beauty to the environs but also provides

serene pollution free atmosphere to the young scholars

to bloom and nurture their minds. The consistent and

dedicated hard work by the Club has brought laurels by

winning the Second prize at the Annual Rose Festival

2019 in the category of 'Best Maintained Campus' in

Chandigarh. The College campus is a sight to behold

when the flowers are in their full bloom.

Baghwani Club

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The Departments of the College remained busy

planning and executing activities, seminars,

workshops, guest and expert lectures throughout the

year for the benet of staff and students. This year

National Seminars were organised by the Department

of English, Sociology & Economics with the

participation of distinguished researchers, faculty and

guests from the academic fraternity of the country.

Inter-College Festivals were organised by the

Department of Computer Science and Applications,

Commerce and Science.

Post Graduate Department of English offers MA

English, BA English, Honors, as well as Elective and

Functional English at the Under Graduate level.

A National Seminar sponsored by NAAC on

Catering to the Global Learner: Quality

Enhancement in Higher Education was organised by

the Department in Collaboration with IQAC on

November 22, 2018.

The key note address was delivered by Professor

Tankeshwar Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Guru

Jambeshwar University, Hisar, the Inaugural Address

was delivered by Professor Vijay Kumar Shrotryia,

Department of Commerce, Delhi School of

Economics, University of Delhi and a Special Address

was delivered by Professor Paramjit Kaur Tulsi,

Department of Education, National Institute of

Technical Teachers Training and Research,

Chandigarh. The occasion was graced by Er. S. S.

Virdi, Chief Engineer (Retd.) and Col. (Retd.) Jasmer

Singh Bala, Secretary, Sikh Educational Society.

Various papers on the quality enhancement of higher

education were presented. A Panel Discussion was held

on Best Practices in Higher Education Institutes.

The panelists included Dr Jayanti Dutta, Deputy

Director, HRDC, PU, Chandigarh, Dr Amol

Bhondekar, Principal Scientist, Central Scientic

Instruments Organization, Chandigarh and Ms. Prerna

Kalra, CEO, Open Hand Solutions, People

Management Experts.

Post Graduate students of English attended an

Expert Lecture by Prof. Aneel Raina from Department

of English and Cultural Studies, Panjab University,

Chandigarh on Literary Criticism with special

emphasis on Aristotle's Poetics at SGGSC, Sector 26,

Chandigarh on September 15, 2018.

RUSA sponsored One Day Capacity Building Activity

Departmental Activities on Manifesting Creative Potential: An Introduction

to Creative Writing was organised by the Department

on November 02, 2018.

A Grammar Quiz was organised for the students of

the College on August 21, 2018.

Students of the College had an interactive session

with Ms Sonika Shandilya, author of the popular

novel Tinkling of the Bell …Before it Rings (gured

among Amazon Best Reads) on November 15, 2018.

Dr Manreet Dhaliwal, Ms Lovleen Sohi and Ms

Shabnam Kaur of the Department of English delivered

a series of Lectures on various Literary Periods in

British Literature as a part of a joint endeavor by the

Post Graduate Departments of English of GGSCW and

SGGS College to facilitate students.

MA I

To augment clarity and knowledge various Films and

Lectures were screened from the curriculum for the

Post graduate students of the Department:

Screened parts of Waiting for Godot in February

2019, Pictures of Canterbury Cathedral, parts from

Murder in the Cathedral in January 2019.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Deadwas

screened on March 26, 2019.

Film on English Novel Heart of Darkness was

screened on February 25, 2019.

Film on Modern Novel Mrs Dalloway was

screened on April 04, 2019.

MA II

' Lectu re on Pos t S t ru c tu ra l i s m an d

Deconstruction by Dr Anand Prakash, Professor

(Retd.) of English, University of Delhi on September

28, 2018.

Film Screening of William Shakespeare's Plays

Twelfth Night Taming of the Shrew, Henry IV,

Macbeth, Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra were done as

part of the Post Graduate syllabus.

Two recording of TV interviews by Noam

Chomsky on The structure of Language and Stephen

Krashen on Language Acquisition and United States

Information Agency Video on Language Teaching

Methods: Audio-Lingual method. United States

Information Agency Video on Language Teaching

Methods: Communicative Approach were screened

for Linguistics students of MA II.

Macmillan Education Video on Situational Language

Teaching. NDTV Debate: The Big Fight Over

Language in February 2019.

All academics activities for MA students are

coordinated by Dr Ramnik Kohli (GGSCW) and Dr

Navjot Kaur (SGGSC).

Library Orientation Students of MA English visited

to College library in the beginning of the session on

August 14, 2018 for an orientation to ease the use of

library for research. Ms Sukhdeep Kaur intimated the

students about different sections in the library : Journal

section, reference section and also the library blog.

Students of MA English have been actively

participating at various Inter College events organised

in the tricity.

Student of MA II, Shruti Rana participated in

Open MIC at Panjab University on November 15,

2018. She also participated in the District Level Youth

Parliament organised by IIT Kamand, District Mandi

on January 28, 2019 and qualied for State level

Youth Parliament organised by HPU, Summer Hill,

Simla on February 07, 2019.

Shruti Rana also won Third Prize in Inter College

Poetry Recitation organised by GCCBA, sector 50

Chandigarh on October 13, 2019.

Shruti Rana was adjudged the Best Speaker of the

College for the year 2018-19.

Kongkham Debina Devi, student of MA II, won

Third prize in Story Writing at Panjab University

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Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival organised at Dev

Samaj College for Girls, sector 45, Chandigarh on

October 04, 2019.

Students of MA attended Literary Fest at Post

Graduate Govt. College for Girls on November 01,

2018.

Students of MA attended Premchand Jayanti

Samaroh at Department of English and Cultural

Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh on July 31,

2018.

Post Graduate Department of Commerce organised

BIZ BASH 2019 on February 22, 2019. More than 300

students from 18 colleges and universities in and

around Chandigarh participated in the Fest. The event

started with 2 minutes mourning and lamp lighting in

remembrance of Pulwama Martyrs. Students

participated with full rigour and zeal in various events

like Business plan, Just a Minute, Ad Mad show, Skit,

Group Dance etc. The auditorium resonated with

‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and ‘Vande Matram’.

Big MJ Guri from 92.7 Big FM was special attraction

of the event.

The Department organised a One-day Capacity

Building Workshop on Creative Strategies in Digital

Marketing and Management under the aegis of

RUSA on February 12, 2019. A renowned subject

expert of marketing, Dr Satinder Kumar, Assistant

Professor, School of Management Studies, Punjabi

University, Patiala, conducted the workshop to

acquaint the participants with the creative and

contemporary strategies and practical applications in

the eld of Digital Marketing and Management .

The s tuden t s f rom commerce depa r tmen t

enthusiastically participated in various events

organised by colleges across and around Chandigarh.

Odessey an event organised by PGGCG 11 its yearly

Fest on November 15, 2018. Students participated in

business quiz, ad mad show, just a minute, rangoli

making and poster making competitions. Shiwani

Chaturvedi from B Com II secured second prize in

Mehandi competition.

Students participated in Resonance a fest organised by

PGGC-11 on February 21, 2019, in various events.

Sheetal and Shikha of B Com I secured rst prize in

Rangoli competition.

B ComII student, Shiwani Chaturvedi won rst prize in

mehandi competition at Pratibha Fest organised by

Gyan Jyoti Institute of Management.

The College Group Dance Team stood Third.

Harpreet Kaur and Arzoo Gupta from B Com II won

second prize in Guess the Punch line whereas

students Suruchi and Rytham of B Com II won second

prize in quiz competition.

Biz Czar Fest organised by GGDSD College also

witnessed participation by our students with zeal in

various events. A team of students from B Com II won

third prize in a competition 'beg borrow steal.' The

student of the department added glory to the college by

out shining in various events.

The Department celebrated Entrepreneurship

Awareness Week 2019 (February 25 - March 5, 2019)

on February 27, 2019 in collaboration with National

Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research

(NITTTR), Chandigarh and Regain Our Glory

Foundation. Guest of Honour of the event was Smt.

Himja Rana, founder of Bossladies. Dr Sanjay

Kaushik, Professor, University Business School,

Panjab University, Chandigarh was the Chief Guest.

Keynote Speaker was Sh Arun Chetak, Vice President

Deltron, a division of Continental Device India Ltd.

A talk on Banking Industry in India and its

Scope was organised by OBEROI Educational Trust

on January 25, 2019 for the students of Commerce. Mr.

Gurpreet Singh, retired Vice President from HDFC

Bank addressed the students. The session focused on

key emerging issues; topics, exposing students to the

unfolding banking environment and providing real

world perspective to aspiring bankers.

A quiz was organised by Humanity Olympiad,

Chandigarh on August 25, 2018. Students of B Com I,

II, III and M Com I and II participated. Anmol Sharma

of B Com I and Manroop Kaur of B Com III won the

competition.

The Department of commerce organised a

scholarship test conducted by 'Bulls Eye' worth Rs

1,00,000 for training in MBA-CAT, Banking, SSC,

govt jobs and campus placement on September 19,

2018 for the students of B Com II and III.

The Department of commerce organised

Management games and Business Quiz session for the

students of B Com II for development of skills and to

acquire knowledge in the area of commerce and

management on November 02, 2018 by 'Real Pro

Management and Skill School, Chandigarh'.

A Workshop-Cum-Interactive Session was

organised by Career Launcher for the students of

Commerce Department on February 07, 2019.

30 students participated in the Inter-Class

Competition 'Guess the Punch Line' competition

organised on January 19, 2019. Ridham and Suruchi

Kaushal of B Com III were adjudged the winners of the

competition.

Various Inter Class competitions were held by

Commerce and Business Club of the Department.

Essay writing competition on 'McDonald' was

organised on February 02, 2019 for the students of

Commerce and Business Club. Kirti B Com III year

was declared as winner.

Just a Minute competition was organised on

February 16, 2019. The topics were related to

commerce and management like RBI, marketing mix,

e- banking, leadership, digital marketing and many

more. Suruchi of B Com III was declared as winner.

Post Graduate Department of Economics undertook

the following activities during the academic session

2018-19:

RUSA sponsored Two-Day Capacity Building

Workshop on SPSS and MS-EXCEL was organised

by the Post Graduate Department of Economics of our

college on January 18 - 19, 2019. The resource person

for the workshop was Dr Nitin Arora, Assistant

Professor, Department of Economics, Panjab

University, Chandigarh.

Shubhi Jain and Anuja of MA Economics-II year

participated in ECONOVERSE 2019-An Inter

College Economics Fest organised by the Post

Graduate Economics Department of MCM DAV

College, Chandigarh on February 26, 2019.

The Post Graduate Department of Economics and

Sociology of the college organised ICSSR sponsored

One Day National Seminar on the topic From Roots

to Routes: The Socio-economic Implications of

Transnational Community on March 8, 2019. The

aim of the seminar was to reflect relationship between

Transnationalism and fundamental social and cultural

relations that are reconguring the conditions of

migration, social movements and the rise of

transnational communities in Indian context.

Post Graduate Department of Sociology in

collaboration with PG Dept of Economics organised

ICSSR sponsored One Day National Seminar on

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the theme From Roots to Routes: Socio-Economic

Implications of Transnational Community held on

March 8, 2019. The Broader rationale behind this

seminar was to explore the multiple factors which

shape the kinds of transnational communities which

rise from the strong, interpersonal networks. Fullling

the objective the seminar was a great success with the

participation of more than 200 delegates, especially the

contribution of eminent speakers like Prof Sucha Singh

Gill, Prof Manjit Singh, Dr Santosh Kumar Singh aptly

justied the theme of the seminar. Students of MA

Sociology also presented their papers in this seminar.

The students of PG Dept of Sociology participated in:

Written Quiz on Legal Rights of Women in

India held on December 21, 2018 sponsored by

National Commission for Women, New Delhi,

organized by Gender Champions' Club of the College.

In this event the students of MA II Sociology: Nitika

Chauhan won First prize worth Rs. 2000, Navpreet

Kaur bagged Second prize worth Rs.1500 and

Priyanka got Third prize worth Rs.1000.

Library Orientation Students of MA Sociology

visited to College library in the beginning of the

session on August 16, 2018 for an orientation to ease

the use of library for research. Ms Sukhdeep Kaur

intimated the students about different sections in the

library : Journal section, reference section and also the

library blog.

Sixteen students of MA attended 'Workshop on

Cultural Transformation and Rejuvenation: Mann

Neeva MattUcchi at SGGS College, sector 26,

Chandigarh on February 12, 2019.

Department of Psychology organised various

activities in the session 2018-19.

An activity on Mask Making for rst year

students on October 30, 2018 to apprise them of

different emotions.

Card making competition and Letter writing

competition was held for the students of BA I

Psychology on Friendship Day August 06, 2018.

Simranpaul and Haripiyari bagged the First prize in

card making and Letter Writing respectively. Raksha

and Neha secured Second position in card making and

Letter Writing respectively. Rukashanda and Mansi

got Third position in card making and Letter Writing

respectively.

A Young Director' Life: A Diary With One Page

An award winning documentary by Chaityadeep Singh

Mainee, was screened for the students of Psychology

on August 29, 2018. This lm was shot on IPhone X

and is based on Conned by Society Challenge.

Organised a Lecture on Eating disorders

delivered by Ms Jasneet Malhi (Head, Department of

Home-Science) on February 26,2019 celebrating

National Eating Disorder Awareness day.

Students of the department participated in the mid-

term CME of Society of Rural Mental Health

(SRMH) held at HIPA, on April 22, 2018 organised at

Haryana Institute of Public Administration, sector 18,

Gurugram, Haryana.

Students of the department attended International

Workshop on Rorschach Inkblots and Somatic

Inkblot Series conducted by Dr BL Dubey, USA on

May 13, 2018.

Department of Fine Arts brought laurels to the

College as the students participated in activities in

competitions held during the session.

Students of the department participated in the

Panjab University Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival,

Chandigarh 2018, as well as Panjab University Inter

Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival held at Badal and

bagged many prizes.

Karam Jibani Devi (BA-First Sem) got third prize

in Still-life in Panjab University Inter Zonal Youth and

Heritage Festival.

Karam Jibani Devi, BA I, stood Second in Still-

Life.

Ruchi, BA III, bagged the Second prize in Rangoli.

Karam Jibani Devi , BA I, got Third prize in On-

the-spot Painting.

Durga, BA I, secured Third position in

Photography.

Best Out-of-Waste Exhibition was held in the

College on October 06, 2018.

Department of Hindi

The Department celebrated Hindi Divas on September

14, 2018. Poem recitation contest on 'Stri Vimarsh' was

organised. 36 students participated in this competition.

Jyoti of BA III secured the rst position, Nisha of BA I

second prize and Dipti of BA II year bagged the third

prize.

A Capacity Building Workshop sponsored by

RUSA was organised on February 23, 2019. The topic

of workshop was Information Technology and ofcial

language Hindi.157 participants from various colleges

from Chandigarh participated in this event. Dr Lokesh

Sharma Hindi ofcer, presently working at CSIO

Chandigarh, was the resource person.

Dr Poonam from Department of Hindi ,

Postgraduate Government College, sector 11

Chandigarh gave a talk on Shabd and Sandhi to BAI

students on February 28, 2019.

Department of Music (Instrumental) provides

curricular and co-curricular experiences to students

and promotes study and performance of instrumental

music. Performing opportunities are given to students

of the department who enjoy playing different

instruments such as Sitar, Santoor, Synthesizer,

Xylophone, Dilruba, Tabla Tarang, Mandolin, Ghara

by participating in various items at Zonal and Inter

Zonal Youth Festivals apart from classroom teaching.

Students of the department, Amandeep, Mohini,

Karamjeet, Anu, Ritu of BA III. Jyoti, Mamta, Sunita,

Ashmita, Deepika of BA II along with Darsift and

Heena of BA I, participated in Folk Orchestra Event

at Panjab University Zonal Youth & Heritage Festival

held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector

45,Chandigarh on October 02, 2018. Their

performance was highly appreciated.

These students also presented the Orchestra at

C u l t u r a l F e s t o rg a n i s e d b y C h a n d i g a r h

Administration on March 30, 2019 at Tagore Theatre.

The students recited College Shabad prepared

under the guidance of Mr Satinder Singh at Sthapna

Diwas of the College on February 9, 2019.

Student also recited College Shabad at College

Assembly, Gurmat Sangeet Samagam, March 18, 2019

and Cultural Fest.

Departmental competitions such as Talent Search,

Swar Sangam and Sangeet Sarita are also held every

year in which students are given opportunity to

showcase their talent.

The students of the department along with the

faculty attended Live Concert of Bhai Baldeep

Singh, a renowned musician and attended Workshop

on Cultural Transformation and Rejuvenation:

Mann Neeva Matt Ucchi at SGGS College, sector

26,Chandigarh on February 12, 2019.

Students Amandeep, Mohini, Ashmita, Neetu,

Heena, along with the staff had gone to attend Sitar

Recital by Josh Feinberg from Portland, Oregon

organized by MCM DAV College for Women,

Chandigarh on January 25, 2019.

Department of Home Science aims to empower

students for excellence by application of knowledge

synthesized from various sources in real life. The

department equips students with skills required for the

same by involving them in various competitions, eld

visits, work shops throughout the year.

Dr Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management,

Catering and Nutrition celebrated World Tourism

Day on September 27, 2018. The following students

participated in competitions organised: Anmo BA l and

Latika BA III participated in the category of Poster

Making, Fresh Flower Arrangement was done by

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Simranjeet Kaur and Simran Sundlas of BA I.

Students also participated wholeheartedly in the

Panjab University Zonal Youth and Heritage

Festival and won the following prizes: Ragini – (BA

III) got Second Prize in Eennu making and Second

Prize in Cross stitch. Neha Deshiya, BA I student got

Second Prize in Mehandi Application. Rehiana, MA II

received Second prize in Guddian Patole category.

A stall was put up by the students of BA III on

October31, 2018 during the IT Fest organised by the

Department of Computer Science and Applications of

the college. Various eatables and baked goods were

prepared by the students and sold.

Students of the department were taken to

Kalagram, Manimajara on November 15, 2018 to visit

10 th Chandigarh National Crafts Mela. The

students got an opportunity to see various handicrafts

of our country and also observed craftsmen at work.

Swasth Bharat Yatra-Eat Right India

Movement was organised by the Director, Health and

Family Welfare. The nutrition workshop was attended

by our students on December 27, 2018 at IMA

Complex Sector 35 Chandigarh. The workshop aimed

to educate students so that they can reach the

vulnerable sections of the society to spread the

message of importance of nutrition in preventing the

spread of communicable diseases.

Student of Department put up an exhibition-cum-

sale of tie and dye dupattas prepared by them in Biz

Bash organised by PG Department of Commerce on

February 22, 2019. Students of BA III year cooked lip-

smackingsnacks for sale in the food stall.

Students were taken to Home Science Fest held on

March 08, 2019 to participate in various competitions

and visit the exhibition put up by the students of

Government Home Science College, Sector 10,

Chandigarh.

Department of History

The History Society of Guru Gobind Singh College for

Women, Sector 26, organised a Declamation Contest

on Historical Milestones in India's Struggle for

Freedom on August 13, 2018. In this declamation, 17

papers were presented and more than 50 students

attended the event.

Shalu Chokkar of BA III and Dixita Attri of BSc I,

participated for competitive exam (subjective) on the

'Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi's My

Experiment with Truth, at Panjab University,

Chandigarh on September 26, 2018.

Three documentary movies on the Martyrdom

of Guru Arjan Dev ji, Martyrdom of Guru Teg

Bahadur ji and Maharaja Ranjit Singh respectively

were screened for the students.

Inter Class Paper Presentation Competition

was organised on the topic of Changing Position of

Women in History on February 06, 2019.

Post Graduate Department of Computer Science

and Applications strives for excellence in applying,

and imparting knowledge in the eld of computer

science by organising Seminars/Workshops to prepare

students for dynamic industry environment. The

department recognises the need for preparing students

for future.

In the session 2018-19 many interactive sessions were

held to expose the students to the upcoming demands

and requirements of the industry.

The Department organized IT Fiesta 2018

(sponsored by Department of Science and Technology)

in association with other companies on October 31,

2018 to provide a platform to students of various

colleges of the region to explore their true potential and

showcase their talent and skills. Variety of

competitions like On the Spot Software Development,

On the Spot Software Debugging, On the Spot Website

Designing, Power Point Presentation, Cartooning,

Collage Making, e-waste Modeling, Face Painting,

Rangoli, Debate, Group Dance, Skit, Caption Contest

etc were organised. This fest was an effort by the

Department to narrow down the gap between industry

and students and to also encourage students for best

event management activities. To felicitate the alumnus

of this prestigious institution, the department invited

15 Alumni of the college to judges various events. 17

colleges from in and around the city participated in the

Fest.

The Department organised an Alumni Meet on

January 19, 2019 in which alumni, passing year

students of M Sc and BCA and all the teaching and

non-teaching staff of the Department gathered to relive

the memories of the beautiful time spent together.

An Expert Lecture Emerging Trends and

Technologies-Learn To Be a Winner was delivered

by Mr Rajiv Nayyar, an expert from A&H Software

Solutions on February 20, 2019. The students were

made aware about trending technologies in software

industry.

The Department also organised a One day

Capacity Building Workshop titled Hands-on

workshop on Python Programming under the aegis

of RUSA was organised by Webtech Learning on

March 26, 2019.

Department of Science

An Expert talk on 'Recording the Choreography of

Molecules and Clusters by Shedding Light on

them' was organised by Department of Science on

September 28, 2018 by Dr Arijit Kumar De, Assistant

Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, IISER

Mohali, Sector 81, Mohali. It helped the students to

gain knowledge about optics, laser and light matter

interaction. Career opportunities in Science in various

premier institutes like IISER, IIT, NIT were discussed.

Faculty members accompanied around 28

students from BSc III to attend the 4th Hargobind

Khorana Lecture at Mahatma Gandhi State

Institute of Public Administration , Sector

26,Chandigarh on January 23, 2019.The lecture was

delivered by Prof. Aseem Z Ansari, from the

Department of Chemical Genomics and Synthetic

Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison. The talk

was organised jointly by Institute of Nano Science &

Technology and Punjab State Council for Science and

Technology.

One Day Capacity Building Workshop was

organised on the occasion of Science day by the

Department on Space Science and Technology under

the aegis of RUSA on February28, 2019. Dr Sandeep

Sahijpal, Professor, Department of Physics, Panjab

University, Chandigarh. The main aim of the

workshop was to apprise the participants about the

basic concepts and recent developments in Space

Science and India's contribution in this eld. Dr

Sahijpal guided the students regarding various career

options in Astrophysics and Astronomy. Dr Ashok

Kumar, Professor, Department of Physics, Panjab

University, was the resource person for the 2nd session

of the workshop.

One day educational trip to Pushpa Gujral Science

City, Jalandhar, sponsored by DST, Chandigarh was

organised by the Department on March 17, 2019.

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Keeping the tradition of marvelous achievements, the

College stood rst in Boxing, Volleyball, Hockey,

Rugby, Cricket, Kho-Kho, Soft-Ball, Rowing,

Kayaking, Netball and Basketball, Athletics,

Swimming, and Pencak Silat in Panjab University

Inter-College Tournaments.

The College Won the Runners Up Trophy in Panjab

University overall Sports Championship 2018-19

bagging Eleven Championships in various games.

1. BOXING

INTER COLLEGE

Our College bagged First position in Inter College

Boxing Tournament held at Panjab University

Chandigarh on January 22-23, 2019. The team

members were Gargi -51kg Gold medal, Savita - 54 kg

Gold medal, Manju -57 kg Silver medal, Anu Devi -60

kg Gold medal, Diksha -64 kg Silver medal, Kajal-69

kg Bronze medal, Nandini -80 kg Gold medal and

Anisha-+80 kg Gold medal.�

All INDIA INTER UNIVERSITY

From our college six students participated in All India

Inter University Compe��on held at Udaipur from

January 28-February 01, 2019. The Players were

Gargi -51kg Bronze medal, Savita -54 kg Bronze

medal, Anu Devi -60kg Bronze medal, Diksha -64kg

Gold medal, Nandini -80kg Gold medal

SR. STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:

Our College students participated in Senior State

Championship held at SD College,Sector-

32,Chandigarh on August 18-19, 2018. The team

members and results were: Gargi -Gold medal, Savita

–Gold medal, Ritu -Silver medal, Anu Devi –Gold

Sports Achievements medal, Diksha –Silver medal, Nandini –Gold medal,

Anisha-Gold medal.

SR. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

From our college seven girls Participated in Sr.

National Championship held at Bellary (Karnataka)

players were: Gargi –Participation, Savita –Bronze

medal, Ritu –Participation, Anu Devi –Participation,

Diksha –Participation, Nandini –Participation and

Anisha-Participation

All India Camp: Two girls, Savita and Nandini from

the College attended All India Camp

INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS:Nitu

participated in various International Boxing

Tournaments and brought laurels to the college.

Fol lowing her d is t inguished Internat ional

achievements:

1. Gold medal in ASBC Asian youth women's

Boxing Championship held at Bangkok

(Thailand) from April 21- 27, 2018.

2. Gold medal in AIBA Youth Women's World

Championship held at Budapest (Hungary) from

Aug 19, 2018 to Sept 01, 2018

3. Gold medal in Youth Women's International

Championship held at Serbia from July 15, 2018.

4. Gold medal in Second Youth Women's National

Boxing Championship held at Rohtak (Haryana)

from March 24-30, 2018.

5. Gold medal Khelo India Youth Games held at

Pune (Maharashtra) from December 13 to 20,

2018

2. VOLLEYBALL

INTER COLLEGE

The College got First position in Panjab University

Inter College Volleyball Tournament held at KCW

Ludhiana. The players were Shivani, Sumedha

Kumari, Vidhika, Reena Kumari, Shaweta, Kashish,

Kunjna Singh, Tanuja, Sonia, Kirti, Nancy.

NORTH ZONE

Volleyball players secured Second place in North

Zone Volleyball Tournament held at Chitkara

University, Baddi.

ALL INDIA INTER UNIVERSITY

Six players participated in All India Inter University

Championship held at Jaipur (Rajasthan) and they

got Third Position. The players were Shivani, Reena,

Vidhika, Shaweta, Kashish and Kunjana

SR. STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Our college Volleyball team got First place in Sr. State

Championship held at Sports Complex, sector 7, Guru Gobind Singh College for Women won the Runners Up Trophy in Panjab University overall Sports Championship 2018-19

bagging Eleven Championships in various games.

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Chandigarh.

SR. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

The college students participated in Sr. National

Championship held atChennai. The students were

Shivani, Kashish, Reena, Shaweta, Vidhika, Kunjana,

Tanuja, Sumedha and Sonia

3. HOCKEY

PANJAB UNIVERSITY INTER-COLLEGE

TOURNAMENT

Our college hockey team secured First Position in

Panjab University Inter College Hockey Tournament.

The Players were Harmanpreet Kaur, Anjali, Diljot

Kaur, Arshdeep Kaur, Amanjot Kaur, Jyoti,

Inderpreet Kaur, Priyanka, Harsimran Kaur,

Simran Thakur, Rajni Maan, Harpreet Kaur,

Santosh, Amandeep Kaur and Rekha.

N O R T H Z O N E I N T E R - U N I V E R S I T Y

TOURNAMENT

Seven players from our college represented Panjab

University team in North Zone Inter-University

Hockey Tournament held at Panjab University,

Chandigarh. Players are Santosh, Harmanpreet Kaur,

Priyanka, Arshdeep Kaur, Amanjot, Simran Thakur

And Rajni.

A L L I N D I A I N T E R - U N I V E R S I T Y

TOURNAMENTS

Six players from our college represented Panjab

University team in All India Inter-University

Hockey Tournament held at Orissa. Players were

Santosh, Harmanpreet Kaur, Arshdeep Kaur, Amanjot,

Simran Thakur and Rajni.

JUNIOR NATIONAL

Diljot Kaur from our College participated in Junior

National Championship held at Kerala.

S E N I O R N A T I O N A L H O C K E Y

CHAMPIONSHIP

The College Hockey Players Manju, Amanjot Kaur

and Inderpreet Kaur got Second Position in Senior

National Championship held at Hissar. Harmanpreet

Kaur, Rajni and Priyanka also Participated in the

Championship.

KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES (U21)

Six players of the College represented Chandigarh in

Khelo India Youth Games (U21-Category). The

players were Amanjot Kaur, Harmanpreet Kaur, Rajni,

Arshdeep Kaur, and Harsimran Kaur.

4. RUGBY

PANJAB UNIVERSITY INTER-COLLEGE

TOURNAMENT

Our college team got First Position in Panjab

University inter college Rugby Tournament. Players

were Neeta Devi, Poonam Devi, Sakshi Khachi,

Seema, Shiksha Khachi, Akshita Rathore, Heena,

Jyoti, Rekha, Bharti Sharma, Arshdeepkaur and Pooja.

A L L I N D I A I N T E R - U N I V E R S I T Y

TOURNAMENT

Six players of our college represented Panjab

University in All India University held at KIIT

University, Orissa. The players were Neeta Devi,

Poonam Devi, Sakshi Khachi, Seema, Heena and Jyoti.

5. CRICKET

The College got First position in Panjab University

Inter College Cricket Tournament held at Panjab

University Chandigarh. The players are Monika

Pandey, Issa Rani, Nandani Sharma, Amanjot Kaur,

Kumari Shibi, Suman, Yashoda, Preeti, Anu, Priya,

Kajal, Adit Pushpa, Sakshi, Anjali, Manju and

Poonam.

NORTH ZONE

From our college six students participated in North

Zone Cricket Tournament held at Rohtak and team

got Third place. Players were Monika Pandey, Kumari

Shibi, Suman, Kajal, Anu and Yashoda.

6. KHO-KHO

PANJAB UNIVERSITY INTER-COLLEGE

TOURNAMENT

Our college Kho-Kho team bagged First Position in

Panjab University Inter College Kho-Kho

Tournament. Players were Neeta Devi, Poonam Devi,

Sakshi Khachi, Seema, Shiksha Khachi, Akshita

Rathore, Kajal, Savita, Heena, Jyoti, Jaspreet Kaur and

Pooja

N O R T H Z O N E I N T E R - U N I V E R S I T Y

TOURNAMENT

From our College four students participated in North

Zone Inter-University Tournament held at Faizabad

Uttar Pradesh and team got Third position. The players

were Neeta Devi, Poonam Devi, Sakshi Khachi and

Seema.

7. SOFTBALL

PANJAB UNIVERSITY INTER-COLLEGE

TOURNAMENT

Our college stood First in Panjab University Inter-

College Softball Tournament held at KCW Ludhiana

The players were Aanchal, Asha, Deepa, Sarka, Rawat,

Kalpana, Jinnie Wong, Pooja, Rawat, Vanya Dogra

Manisha, Nandani Sharma, Yashoda, Anu, Suman

Kumari, Shibi, and Deepika

SR STATE TOURNAMENT

The team got First position In Softball Sr. State

Tournament held at Chandigarh from December 25-

26, 2018. The players are Aanchal, Deepa, Kalpana,

Asha, Sarika, Jinnie and Pooja.

8. ROWING

INTER COLLEGE

Our College got First position in Panjab University

Inter College Rowing Tournament held at Sukhna

Lake Sports Club Chandigarh from January 30-

February 01, 2019. The players were Alisha, Eastpreet,

Pooja Kumari, Shreya, Jaswinder Kaur, Amrit Kaur

and Kiran Kaur.

Alisha Arya

Event Position

Coxless four – 2000 Light Weight Gold

Coxless four – 2000 Heavy Weight Gold

Coxless four- 500 Light Weight Gold

Coxless four- 500 Heavy Weight Gold

Coxless Pair– 2000 Heavy Weight Silver

Coxless pair- 500 Heavy Weight Gold

Coxless pair- 500 Light Weight Bronze

Eastpreet Kaur

Event Position

Coxless four – 2000 Light Weight Gold

Coxless four – 2000 Heavy Weight Gold

Coxless four- 500 Light Weight Gold

Coxless four- 500 Heavy Weight Gold

Coxless Pair– 2000 Light Weight Bronze

Jaswinder Kaur

Event Position

Coxless four – 2000 Light Weight Gold

Coxless four – 2000 Heavy Weight Gold

Coxless four- 500 Light Weight Gold

Coxless four- 500 Heavy Weight Gold

Coxless Pair– 2000 Light Weight Silver

Pooja Kumari

Event Position

Coxless four – 2000 Light Weight Gold

Coxless four – 2000 Heavy Weight Gold

Coxless four- 500 Light Weight Gold

Coxless four- 500 Heavy Weight Gold

Coxless Pair– 500 Heavy Weight Gold

Coxless Pair– 2000 Light Weight Bronze

Coxless Pair– 500 Light Weight Bronze

Amrit Kaur

Event Position

Coxless four – 2000 Light Weight Gold

Double SculL -2000 Heavy Weight Gold

Double Scull -500Heavy Weight Gold

Double Scull-2000 lIGHTWeight Gold

Double Scull -500 lIGHTWeight Gold

Shreya

Event Position

Single Scull – 2000 Light Weight Silver

Single Scull – 2000 Heavy Weight Silver

Double Scull – 2000 Light Weight Gold

Double Scull – 2000 Heavy Weight Gold

Single Scull – 500 Light Weight Gold

Single Scull – 500 Heavy Weight Gold

Double Scull – 500 Light Weight Gold

Double Scull – 500 Heavy Weight Gold

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CANOEING

Player Name Event Position

Chanda Kumari and Bhavna Tomar C2 (500mts.) Silver medal

Bhavna Tomar C1 (1000mts.) Bronze medal

Chanda Kumari and Bhavna Tomar C2 (1000mts.) Bronze medal

Chanda Kumari and Bhavna C2 (5000mts.) Bronze medal

Bhavna Tomar C1 (1500 Kilometer) Silver medal

Chanda Kumari and Bhavna C2 (1500 Kilometer) Bronze medal

KAYAKING

Player Name Event Position

Chanda Kumari K1 (200 mts.) Silver medal

Chanda Kumari and Anamika K2 (200 mts.) Gold Medal

Chanda Kumari K1 (500 mts.) Bronze Medal

Chanda Kumari and Anamika K2 (500 mts.) Gold Medal

Chanda Kumari K1 (1000 mts.) Bronze Medal

Chanda Kumari and Anamika K2 (1000 mts.) Silver Medal

Chanda Kumari K1 (5000 mts.) Bronze Medal

Chanda Kumari and Anamika K2 (5000 mts.) Gold Medal

Chanda Kumari K1 (1500 Kilometer ) Silver Medal

Chanda Kumari and Anamika K2 (1500 Kilometer ) Gold medal

Player Name Event Position

Shreya 500 mtr. (Open Weight) Gold Medal

Shreya Double Scull (Open Weight) Gold Medal

Shreya 500mtr. Gold Medal

Alisha and Pooja Pair (Open Weight) Gold Medal

Amrit and Jaswinder 2000 mtr. (Light Weight) Double Scull Bronze Medal

Alisha Pooja and Eastpreet Kaur Coxless Four 2000 mtr. (Team Event) Silver Medal

Alisha, Pooja and Eastpreet Kaur Coxless Four 500 mtr. (Team Event) Bronze Medal

ALL INDIA INTER-UNIVERSITY TOURNAMENT

Players from our college represented Panjab University in All India University held at Sports Club Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh. The players

were Alisha, Eastpreet Kaur, Shreya, Pooja Kumari, Jaswinder kaur and Amrit.

10. ATHLETICS

Player Name Event Position

Khushdeep 400 meter hurdles Gold medal

400 meter Bronze medal

Urmila Short put Gold medal

Discus Throw Gold medal

Vandana 400 meter Hurdles Silver medal

Heptathlon Fourth medal

Priyanka Hammer Throw Silver medal

Discus Throw Bronze medal

Simran Hammer Throw Bronze medal

11. NETBALL

PANJAB UNIVERSITY INTER-COLLEGE

TOURNAMENT

Our college Netball team got First Position in Panjab

University Inter College Netball Tournament. held at

Panjab University Chandigarh The Players were Kirti,

Gul Walia, Anamika, Komal, Princepal Kaur, Jhanvi

Sharma, Hema, Pinki Nee Manju, Parul, Alisha, Rajni

and Komal

INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS

Kirti Student of MA I Economics is appointed as a

Captain of India Netball Team in the Asian

Championship held at Singapore.

12. BASKETBALL

PANJAB UNIVERSITY INTER-COLLEGE

TOURNAMENT

Our college Basketball team got First Position in

Panjab University Inter College Basketball

Tournament. Players were Kirti, Gul Walia, Anamika,

Jhanvi Sharma, Hema, Pinki Nee Manju, Shreya,

Princepal Kaur, Priyanka, Parul, Khushman, and

Komal.

NORTH ZONE INTER UNIVERSITY

From our College ve student represent Panjab

University Team in North Zone Inter University ndTournament held at Gurgaon. And team got 2 position

the players were: Hema, Kirti, Gul Walia, Anamika

and Pinki Nee Manju

A L L I N D I A I N T E R - U N I V E R S I T Y

TOURNAMENTS

Five players from our college participated in All India

Inter-University held at Gwalior. The players were

Kirti, Gul Walia, Hema, Anamika, and Pinki Nee

Manju.

13. KABADDI

PANJAB UNIVERSITY INTER-COLLEGE

TOURNAMENT

Our college got second position in Panjab University

Inter-College Kabaddi Tournament held at Panjab

University. The players were Kanika, Ritu, Parveen,

Komal, Adit, Pushpa, Sakshi, Banti, Monika, Kirti and

Swati.

14. SEPAK TAKRAW

PANJAB UNIVERSITY INTER-COLLEGE

TOURNAMENT

Our college stood second in Regu team event in Panjab

University Inter-College Sepak Takraw Tournament.

The players were Shiksha Khachi, Neeta Devi,

Akshita Devi, Jyoti and Parul.�A L L I N D I A I N T E R - U N I V E R S I T Y

TOURNAMENT

Shiksha Khachi from our college got First position in

All India Inter University held at Rohilkhand

University, Bareilly and Akshita Rathore participated

in All India Inter University held at Rohilkhand

University, Bareilly

SENIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

From our College Shiksha Khachi, Jyoti and Akshita

Rathore participatedSenior National Championship

held at Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

15. WUSHU

INTER COLLEGErd The College got 3 Positionin Inter College Wushu

Tournament held at Panjab University Chandigarh.

The players were Ankita-Gold and Silver medal,

Roopa-Gold and Bronze medal, Vandna-Silver and

Bronze medal, Manvi-3 Bronze medals, Harpreet-

Bronze medal, Manju- Bronze medal, Manju- Bronze

medal, Santosh-Bronze medal, Poonam- Bronze

medal

Name � Weight Position (Fight

Events)

Kirti Singh- 56kg Gold medal

Kajal� - 65kg� Bronze medal

Diksha Vij- 75kg Bronze medal

16. YACHTINGrd

The College got 3 Positionin Inter College Yachting

Tournament held at Sukhna Lake Chandigarh. The

players are as under:-

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Panjab University Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival

(Zone B), was held at Dev Samaj College for Women,

Chandigarh, from October 3-6, 2018. Students of the

college participated in various activities, such as

Theatre Items (Play, Skit, Mime, Bhand, Mimicry and

Histrionics), Art and Craft Heritage Items, Fine Arts

items, Creative Writing, Quiz, Folk Orchestra, Folk

Dance and Luddi. The college contingent was led by

Mrs. Meenu Sharma and Dr. Reena Parti. The

following prizes were won by the students of the

college in various activities:

At the 60th Panjab University Inter Zonal Youth and

Heritage Festival held at Dashmesh Girls College,

Badal from October 30- November 2, 2018 following

positions were achieved

Panjab University Zonal and Inter-Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival

Item Position Individual

Play Team Second Individual (First)

Skit Second

Still Life Third

Item Position Individual

One Act Play First Individual (Second)

Skit First

Bhand First

Mime Second

Histrionics Second

Mimicry Second

Folk Dance Third Individual (Third)

Luddi Second Individual (Second)

Folk Orchestra Individual (Second)

Rangoli Second

On the Spot Painting Third

Still Life Second

Photography Third

Eennhu Making Second

Cross Stitch Second

Guddian Patole Second

Mehndi Second

Story Writing Third

Poem Recitation Third

Panjab University Inter Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival

Panjab University Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival

17. WRESTLING

The College got two medals in Panjab University

Inter College Wrestling Tournament held at Panjab

University Gymnasium Hall.

Payal -� 48kg� Bronze�medal

Dimple -� 62kg� Gold medal

ALL INDIA INTER UNIVERSITY

One Girl from our College Dimple Saini participated

inAll India Inter University competition held at

Aurangabad (Maharashtra).

SR. STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Payal got Gold medal in 50Kg Weight Category

Wrestling Sr. State Championship held at Chandigarh

Dimple Saini got gold medal in 68Kg Weight Category

Wrestling Championship held at Chandigarh

SR. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Payal and Dimple participated sr. National

championship.

18. TAEKWONDO

INTER COLLEGE

The College participated in Inter College Taekwondo

Tournament held at Panjab University Chandigarh on

dated 16.01. 2019. The players are as under:-

Sapna -�44kg� Gold medal� Manisha -57 kg� Gold medal

Kirti -� 62kg� Bronze medal

19. JUDO

Sabina got third Position in Panjab University Inter

College Judo Tournament.

20. KARATE

INTER COLLEGE

The College participated in Inter College Karate

Tournament held at Panjab University Chandigarh.

The players are as under:� DiljotKaur got Bronze medal

Ragini got Silver medal

S E N I O R N A T I O N A L K A R A T E

CHAMPIONSHIPrd

Ragini got 3 Position in Senior National Tournament

held at Hoshiarpur.

21. Swimming

BhawwnaYadovanshi , a swimmer from our College

got following results in Panjab University Inter

College Swimming Tournaments.

Player Name Event Position

Kiran Kaur and Kanika 600 meters Second

Anamika and Kanika 1800 meters Third

Anamika and Kiran Kaur 1200 meters Fourth

Player Name Event Position

Bhawna Yodovanshi 50m. Butterfly Silver Medal

100m. Butterfly Gold Medal

50m. Backstroke Gold Medal

100m. Backstroke Gold Medal

200 m. Backstroke Gold Medal

22. Pencak SilatINTER COLLEGEOur College participated in Inter College Pencak Silat Tournament held at Panjab University Chandigarh. The players were: �Indoor Event

Gargi- 60 kg Gold medal � Manju- 65kg Bronze medal� Kajal-70 kg Bronze medal� Anisha-Above 75kg Bronze medal �Beach Event

Meenakshi- Under 50kg (Bronze medal)�

Kirti Singh- Under 55kg (Gold medal)� Gargi- Under 60kg (Bronze medal)

Manju- Under 65kg (Gold medal)

Kajal- Under 70kg (Bronze medal)

Eastpreet Kaur- under 75kg (Bronze medal)

Anisha- Above75 kg (Silver medal)�TUNGAL (Single)

1. Manvi- Third MedalREGU (Team)

2. Ragini, Mansi and Sapna got Silver Medal

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The College organised 'Cultural Pluralism - National

Strength' during the Cultural Fest 2019 under the aegis

of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Chandigarh

Administration at Tagore Theatre, Sector 18,

Chandigarh on March 30, 2019.

The occasion was graced by Ms Nazuk Kumar, IAS,

SDM Central as the Honourable Chief Guest. The

programme was organised under the patronage of the

Principal, Dr Jatinder Kaur and co-ordinated by Mrs.

Meenu Sharma and Dr Reena Parti. The event

commenced with the College Shabad after which the

students presented plethora of cultural items which

included: One-act play 'GulBano', Mimicry,

Histrionics, Bhaand, Folk Orchestra, Skit, Manipuri

Folk Dance and Mime. The students participated with

immense zeal and vigour. The cultural bonanza

presented by the student was well-received and

appreciated by the audience. This event showcased the

rich student diversity and cultural pluralism inherent in

our institution which is the symbol of national

strength.

Cultural Fest

NSS

NSS wing of the college has two NSS units comprising

of 100 volunteers each. NSS Program Ofcers for both

the units are Dr Savneet Kaur, and Ms Madhur, During

the session 2018-19 following activities were

undertaken by the NSS volunteers.

Yoga Day Celebrations: International Day of Yoga

was celebrated on June 24, 2018 in the college to

emphasize on the importance of tness and good

health. Students participated with zeal and enthusiasm

as they were told that yoga helps in keeping mind and

body healthy.

Swachchta Pakhwara

Swachchta Pakhwara 2018-19 started on August 01,

2018 in the college with a talk on cleanliness and

personal hygiene by Dr Savneet Kaur, Psychologist.

NSS volunteers and College students participated in

the talk which focused on hand washing technique.The

lecture was followed by Swachchta Oath.

Fire Safety Campaign

NSS volunteers were trained to become re angels

after which they participated in re safety campaign

organised by Fire Angels India, a project of the NGO

WHAM. Volunteers went for door to door

campaigning on August 08, 2018 and explained re

safety measures to the residents in Sector 27,

Chandigarh.

Relief Material For Kerala Flood Victims

A fund raiser was organized on August 23, 18 for the

collection of necessary items for the victims of the

Kerala floods. Students and faculty members made

generous donations towards the relief effort. The relief

material was sent on August 25, 2018.

Who Hand Washing At Kishangarh

NSS volunteers conducted a session on cleanliness and

personal hygiene at Government Middle School,

Kishangarh on September 15, 2018. Volunteers taught

the school students the ve steps of WHO hand

washing technique.

Dengue Awareness Drive

One week Dengue awareness drive was carried out by

the NSS volunteers from September 15, 2018 to

September 22, 2018 in the adopted village,

Kishangarh. They checked the stagnant water for

dengue larvae. Volunteers educated the people to break

the mosquito life cycle by destroying the possible

mosquito breeding sites such as concrete pools, water

tanks, and drainages as well as coolers and disposable

tires.

NSS Day Celebrations

NSS Day was celebrated in the College on September

24, 2018. volunteers were informed about the role of

NSS in grooming personality by the Program Ofcers.

Poster making and slogan writing competitions were

held on the following themes: 'Safety of Women' and

'Save Girl Child'.

Poshan Maah

'Poshan Maah' was celebrated on September 28, 2018

by conducting a lecture on nutrition and diet by

nutritionist Ms Jasneet Malhi. Volunteers conducted a

survey at the adopted village, Kishangarh and spread

awareness about the nutritional requirements for

expecting and lactating mothers.

'Swachchta Hi Sewa' Campaign

NSS volunteers celebrated 'Swachchta hi Sewa'

campaign on September 29, 2018 by taking out a rally

in and around the College campus stressing on keeping

our environment clean. Volunteers also presented

Nukkad Natak in the campus highlighting the

importance of cleanliness.

Diwali Exhibition

Annual Diwali Exhibition was put up in the campus on

November 06, 2018. An exhibition is put up by NSS

volunteers every year before Diwali where they sell the

candles and diyas made bythe visually impaired

students of Institute for Blind. Students and faculty

members generously contribute towards the noble

cause by purchasing all the items. Sale proceeds are

also utilized to gift diwali goodies to under privileged

children.

Race Against Drugs

15 NSS volunteers of the College participated in 'Race

against Drugs' organised by the Kalgidhar Trust, Akal

Acedamy, Baru Sahib. The run was flagged off by 103

years old Bibi Maan Kaur, world's oldest sprinter at

Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh on November 11, 2018.

Nature Camp

50 NSS volunteers visited Nagar Van on 18th February,

2019. The Nature Camp was an initiative of the

Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of

India in collaboration with YUVSATTA (NGO) at City

Forest, behind Sukhna Lake for promoting knowledge

of rich flora and fauna of the region and general

environmental awareness among students and

Program Ofcers.

Drug Free India Campaign

16 NSS volunteers took part in “Drug free India”

Campaign by the Art of Living Foundation on February

18, 2019 at Chandigarh University, Greater Mohali,

Punjab. The launch event was graced by Sri Sri Ravi

Shankar along with celebrities like Sanjay Dutt, Kalip

Sharma and Badshah. The event saw participation by a

million youth from various universities across the

country via LIVE webcam.

Tree Plantation

NSS volunteers planted trees in 'Smriti Garden' at City

Forest, Chandigarh on February 18,2018 to pay tribute

to the CRPF Jawans martyred on February 14, 2019 in

Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. The event also saw

presence of Debendra Dalai, Director, Department of

Environment and Abdul Qayum, Deputy Conservator

of Forests, Chandigarh Administration.

Assesability Audit For Disabled

16 NSS volunteers attended training program to

conduct audit for making Chandigarh rst disabled

friendly city and bring it on world map. The training

program was an initiative of GRIID in collaboration

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with Chandigarh Administration. It was held at

Government Medical College and Auditorium, Sector

32, Chandigarh on February 20, 2019. The volunteers

conducted the audit at Behlana, Hallomajra, Bair Majra

and Karsan from February 22, 2019 to February 28,

2019.

Talk On Peace

NSS volunteers went for an interactive session on

peace at Peoples Convention Centre, Sector 36B,

Chandigarh on March 02, 2019. The talk was an

initiative of FOSWAC (Federation of SectorWelfare

Association of Chandigarh) and Yuvsatta (youth for

peace).

International Women's Day

NSS volunteers presented a Nukkad Natak on 'Educate

Girl Child' at the adopted village Kishangarh on the

occasion of International Women's Day on March 08,

2019. The skit emphasized on the education of girls as

it helps them to become smarter, independent, learn

new things and to face the world with condence.

Youth Outreach Activity

NSS wing organised a youth outreach activity in the

college campus on how food choices impact the

environment, public health and animals. The activity

was an initiative of Vegan Outreach, an International

non-prot organization which provides free education

and printed materials on issues related to environment,

public health and animal protection in India. They

bought virtual reality headsets with which one can

experience the 360-degree technology in order to

provide education to the college students.

NSS SPECIAL CAMP was organised by the College

on the theme of Women Empowerment and

Relationship Building from December 22-28, 2018. A

total of 70 students participated in the camp. There was

a yoga session by college alumni Ms Amit A seven-day

yoga camp was also held during the camp. Various

committees namely discipline, hospitality, decoration,

cleanliness, cultural were formed for the smooth

functioning of various activities during the camp.

Volunteers collected toys as donation from the

residents of nearby locality to be distributed to poor

children as part of 'share a toy' activity for Christmas. A

langar sewa was held at Government Multispeciality

Hospital, Sector– 16, Chandigarh as part of 'Parnaam

Shaheedan nu' activity to acknowledge the sacrice of

sahibzaade of Guru Gobind Singh Ji.

A flash mob was organized at Plaza, sector – 17,

Chandigarh to highlight 'unity in cultural diversity' in

the evening where volunteers presented various dance

forms like Kathak, Bhangra, Haryanvi, Bengali,

Rajasthani, Himachali and Manipuri representing

varied cultures in India.

NSS volunteers visited Aashiana- an orphanage and

adoption center in Sector 15, Chandigarh. Volunteers

celebrated Christmas by playing games with the

children and distributed goodies to them. A lecture on

Character Building was conducted by Prof Bikram

Rana, SLO, NSS in the afternoon where he emphasized

on working for the betterment of the society which will

in turn help in enhancing their personal growth.

Volunteers participated in Swasth Bharat Yatra

organised by Chandigarh Administration at Sukhna

lake. The yatra was held to promote Eat Right India

Movement which was flagged off by Shri VP Singh

Badnore, Governor Punjab. Students were holding

placards and raising slogans regarding healthy and safe

eating.

Another lecture on Leadership through NSS was held

in the campus by Dr Manoj Kumar Bhambu,

Motivational Speaker and Associate Professor,

GCCBA Sector – 50, Chandigarh.

An informative lecture on Breast Cancer Awareness

was conducted by Dr Harnoor Singh Virdi, Breast

Radiologist from USA and Dr Shilpa Virdi,

Gynecologist from USA, which concluded the Camp.

Participation In State And National Level Camps

NSS volunteer Muskan of B Com III went for ten days

State Adventure Camp held at' Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports' at

Manali and Salong Valley, Himachal Pradesh, from

June 26, 2018 to July 7, 2018.

NSS volunteers Ritika of B Com II and Divya Rai of

B Com III went for ten days National Adventure Camp

held at 'Regional Water Sports Training Centre' at Pong

Dam, Himachal Pradesh, from September 12-21,

2018.

NSS volunteer Muskan of B Com III went for a week

long National Integration Camp at 'District Institute of

Education and Training' at Mandi, Himachal Pradesh,

from February 12-18, 2019.

NCC (National Cadet Corps)- Army Wing

The NCC Army wing aims to motivate the girl cadets

of our college to take up career in armed forces. The

wing is being looked after by Lt Ritu Dhanoa,

Department of Commerce. The vibrant and Dynamic

NCC Army wing of the College is continuously scaling

new heights. A total of 56 new cadets (from rst year)

enrolled themselves for the same in session 2018-19.

The wing at present has 99 cadets. During the session,

cadets actively participated in various camps and

regular activities for social cause:

CAMPS:

Cadet Shalini Barthwal participated actively in

Advance Leadership Camp (from September 7-18,

2018) and won Gold medal in cultural performance.

She also attended Pre- Thal Sainik Camp - I (from

July 28 – August 6, 2018)

Cadet Pallavi Bisht and Cadet Alisha performed

outstanding in National Integration Camp (from

June 4-15, 2018) in which cadet Pallavi Bisht won gold

medal in Tug of War, gold medal as a group leader and

silver medal in drill competition.

22 cadets of the College Army Wing participated in

Annual Training Camp, from November 2-11, 2018)

and won rst prize in group song and dance

competition.

Cadets, Pallavi Bisht and Shalini Bhardwaj were

selected for cultural performance at D- CAT at Ropar

(from November 14-22, 2018) where our directorate

won third prize in Bhangra, group singing and ballet

dance.

7 cadets – Simran, Akashdeep, Pallavi, Jyoti, Priya,

Ankita and Dharma attended Annual Training camp

from January 3-12, 2019 and won second prize in

Volleyball and First prize in Kho- Kho.

ACTIVITIES:

Before the enrolment of the cadets was done for the

session 2018-19, an orientation lecture was conducted

on August 8, 2018, in which the commanding ofcer,

Col. VK Sheoran addressed the students and gave all

necessary information regarding NCC and its benets.

15 cadets participated in Yoga day celebrations held at

on June 21, 2018.

9 cadets also participated in the 'Anti-Drug Rally'

organised by the unit in the month of June.

On July 27, 2018 College organised a rally on 'Digital

India' in which 41 cadets participated. Rally aimed to

sensitize citizens towards being digitally active.

The cadets actively participated in 'Swachh Bharat'

Rallies organised. Around 50 cadets participated in

Swachhta Hi Sewa campaign from September 15-

October, 22, 2018 for which the wing was also

awarded with a trophy for enthusiastic participation.

11 Cadets participated in the Swachh Bharat rally

organised at Sukhana Lake on Dec 27, 2018.

Cadet Diksha Saini was selected for Republic Day

Parade held at Sector – 17 Parade Ground.

Our 19 cadets participated in 'Drug free India'

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Campaign held at Chandigarh University on February,

18, 2019.

Three cadets – Pallvi Bisht, Ritika Panwar and Ishita

Maish donated blood in the Blood Donation Camp

organised by NCC Unit on November 26, 2018. Our

cadet Pallavi Bisht was appreciated for the same by the

Governor, Sh VP Singh Badnore, with a badge of

'Raktdaata'.

8 cadets participated in Cyclothon organised by

Military Literature Festival society on November 18,

2018 held at Sukhana Lake, Chandigarh. 8 cadets also

participated in 'Samavesh', a cyclothon organised by

NCC wing of Panjab University in the month of March,

where they won gold medal for the same.

Cadet Pallavi Bisht has been awarded with a cash prize

of 4000/- for winning a medal at National Integration

Camp. Performance Audit of the wing was also

conducted on December21, 2018 by the ofcials from

the NCC Chandigarh unit.

NCC NAVY WING

With the motto of Unity & Discipline, Sub/Lt (Dr)

Amneet Kaur has been the propeller in channelizing

the set objectives of NCC among cadets. NCC

enrolment for the session 2018-19 started with the One

Week Induction Programme in the College

premises. This year 7 students were enrolled in the

NCC Navy Wing. The college has always motivated

girl cadets to undergo adventure training, youth

activities and social services and enable them to

blossom in the true sense towards the holistic

development of their personality. It is a matter of pride

that cadets continue to show their courage at the

various state and national level camps.

We are the rst one in the directorate to get the

institutional performance audit done.

Working towards the aim of NCC, to provide a suitable

environment to motivate the youth to take up a career in

the armed forces, 8 cadets were awarded Ranks for

their dedicated hardwork.

NCC Cadets also participated in social service

activities. It is a matter of pride Cadet Pooja was

awarded best performer trophy in Swachchta Hi Sewa

Campaign.

Performance Audit in ProcessPerformance Audit in ProcessPerformance Audit in Process

Sr. No. NAME RANK

1 Ritu Cadet Captain

2 Deepshikha PO/CDT

3 Ruchi Bala PO/CDT

4 Manpreet Kaur Petty ofcer

5 Pooja Petty ofcer

6 Devika Petty ofcer

7 Nandita Leading cadet

8 Nandini Leading cadet

Cadet Pooja was awarded

Gold Medal in Guard of Honors

Location Date of Type of Activity No. of Cadets

Activity Participated

NCC Academy (during ATC Camp) 7-16 Aug 18 Swachh Bharat Abhiyan 13

Sector-31 Market 15 Sep 18 Inauguration of the Event- “Swachchta Hi Sewa” Cleanliness Drive 05

Sector-31 Market 16 sep 18 Mass Awareness Rallies 06

GGSCW Campus 17 Sep 18 Talk/ Speech What can I do to clean my City “Swachchta Hi Sewa” 18

Japanese Garden Sector 31 20-21 Sep 18 Cleaning of Staunches important public personalities “Swachchta Hi Sewa” 10

Sector-31 Market 22 Sep 18 Wall paintings “ Swachchta Hi Sewa” 7

ISBT -17 CHD. 23 Sep 18 Cleanliness Drive 4

Japanese Garden Sector 31 25 Sep 18 Cleaning of Public place 05

Sector 26 & Sector 7 CHD 29 Sep 18 Awareness rally 15

Japanese Garden Sector 31 27 Sep 18 Cleaning of Beaches 06

Sukhna Lake 26 Oct 18 Pink October Rally at Lake for Cancer awareness 10

Chandigarh University 18 Feb 18 Anti Drug Camp 05

REGTL Name Achievement Cash Award

CH16SWN331187 Ritu Gold Medal in Cultural 5000

Silver Medal in Tug of War 4000

CH16SWN331182 Ruchi Bala Gold medal in Group Dance 5000

CH17SWN331188 Pooja Gold Medal in Guard of Honors 5000

Gold Medal in Guard of Honors 5000

CH17SWN331185 Devika Gold Medal in Cultural 5000

CH17SWN331187 Kamaljot Kaur Gold in Tug of War 5000

Camp Name Place Date No. of Cadets

Attended

DNTC-1 Ropar 12/06/18 - 21/06/18 13

DNTC-2 Ropar 12/07/18 - 21/07/18 01

DNTC-3 Ropar 21/09/18 - 1/10/18 03

Youth Leadership Solan 25/06/18 - 3/07/18 02

Hikking Trekking Solan 25/06/18 - 3/07/18 01

Rock Climbing Solan 25/06/18 - 3/07/18 01

ATC Ropar 7/08/18 - 16/08/18 13

PDLS Jalandhar 10/09/18 - 19/09/18 01

EBSB Jaisalmer 12/11/18 - 23/11/18 01

AI Trekking Expedition Azmer 13/11/18 - 20/11/18 03

DCAT -1 Ropar 12/11/18 - 21/11/18 07

DCAT-11 Ropar 22/11/18 - 1/12/18 04

DCAT -111 Ropar 21/12/2018 02

RDC Delhi 31/12/2018-31/01/19 01

EBSB 11 Guntur 7/01/19 - 18/01/19 03

EBSB 11 Ropar 8/01/19 - 19/01/19 02

NCC Camp Details & Cadets participation in Exchange Programme

Achievements & Cash Awards

Swachchta Hi Sewa Campaign

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Written Quiz on 'Legal Rights of Women'

sponsored By NCW (New Delhi)

Gender Champions' Club of the College organized a

Written Quiz under the aegis of National Commission

for Women (NCW), New Delhi on December 22,

2018.The theme of the quiz was 'Legal Rights of

Women in India'. It was based on the guidelines

provided by the NCW to create awareness among the

college student community about legal rights of

women. About 106 students participated in this event.

The cash prizes were given to the following winners :

First Nitika Chauhan MA II (Sociology), Second

Navpreet Kaur MA II (Sociology), Third prize

Vinpreet Kaur BCom III, Pragati BSc (NM) I,

Priyanka MA II (Sociology), Vanshika BCom III ,

Anjali BCom I .

' L e t ' s Ta l k P e r i o d s ' — A M E N S T R U A L

AWARENESS WORKSHOP was organised on March

05, 2019. A short documentary was screened for the

students followed by an interactive session by Dr

Nishpal Kaur, a Gynecology Specialist. She informed

the students about the female reproductive system,

menstruation, and proper menstrual hygiene. The

purpose of the workshop was to sensitize students on

various complications arising out of lack of menstrual

hygiene. Dr Manipal Kaur, Nodal Ofcer motivated

the students to work towards confronting the stigma

associated with menstruation. Dr Sarabjit Kaur,

executive member of the Club, discussed the theme of

the documentary and signicance of the concerned

issues. The students took pledge to spread awareness

about menstruation as normal biological process and a

key sign of reproductive health. Gender Champions

were given badges to become ambassadors to spread

this message of reproductive health.

Youth Welfare Society The ofce of Dean

Student's welfare functions, under the supervision of

Dr Surinder Kaur (DSW), and her team to support

students for their all-round development. The team

strives to look after the welfare of the students with

active support from the student's representatives,

faculty and College authorities. The main aim of

student welfare te am is to cater to the student's interest

and promotion of their overall well-being.Various

events and affairs were effectively handled under

DSW throughout the year.

Our team initiated the academic year activity by

organising a Freshers' Party for the new students

admitted to our college. It was organised on August 24,

2018. Students from various departments participated

in making the event a great success. Modeling was

done by the First-year students from all streams.

Ankita Trehan from M Com I was adjudged as Miss

Fresher, Jaslene Kaur from B Com I was selected as

First Runners up, Shivani was Second Runners up and

Sanskriti Chandel of BCA I was given the title of Miss

Elegant. The title for Miss Charming was given to Rita

from M Com I. Dr Jatinder Kaur crowned the winners.

Every year Panjab University Student Council

Elections are held in the University campus and its

Gender Champions' Club afliated colleges. The elections were conducted on

September 06, 2018. The following students were

elected:

President: Muskaan (BCom III)

Vice President: Divya Verma (BCA III)

Secretary: Manjit Kaur (BCA III)

Joint Secretary: Simran (BCA III)

An Oath Taking Ceremony for the elected Student

Council was organised on September 17, 2018, to

inculcate a sense of responsibility and belongingness

towards the college. Dr Jatinder Kaur decorated the

Council with badges.

In collaboration with Times of India, DSW organised

Clean and Clear Fresh Face 2018 on September 22,

2018. Parvesh of BA I was selected as the winner,

whereas Jasleen of B Com I and Nandini of B Com II

were selected as First and Second Runner up.

To mark the Vigilance Awareness Week, the college

organised various activities to spread awareness

against corruption and aids to eliminate it.

An Integrity Pledge Ceremony was held on

October 29, 2018 . All the staff members and the

Principal took the pledge to be committed to highest

standards of honesty and integrity at all times.

A slogan writing competition was also organised

on October 31, 2018 where 30 students participated

and the winners were selected.

Simranpreet Kaur: First prize (BCom III)

Kavita Walia: Second Prize (BCom III)

Davinderjeet Kaur and Aarti: Third Prize

Poster making was organised on October 31,

2018 and more than 50 students participated with full

enthusiasm.

An essay writing competition was also held on

November 01, 2018 where students wrote essay on the

given topic and the best essays were adjudged winners

by the appointed judges.

Deepakshi Dhawan: B Com I

Manpreet Kaur: BCom III

Kanika: B Com III

A rally was held on November 02, 2018 where

the teachers and students demonstrated protests

against corruption and slogans were raised. The

students wore black T shirts showing their protest

against corruption.

In collaboration with HONDA, to mark the Road

Safety Festomania, a selection round of the students

was undertaken to give trial of their driving and the

nalists participated in the nal round on November

19-24, 2018. The participating students from various

Colleges were also educated on the importance of

following trafc rules and abide by the rules and

regulations to ensure road safety.

Constitution Day was celebrated on November

26,2018 to embark the importance of the Constitution.

A special talk was organised and lecture was delivered

by Mrs. Prabhjot Kaur. An open house talk was also

held. Ms Harpreet Kaur, Vice-Principal of the college

threw light on the signicance of celebrating

'Constitution day.'

Pareksha pe Charcha 2.0 a talk was delivered

by the worthy Prime Minister Shri Narender Modi on

January 29, 2019. PM Modi discussed ways to handle

the exam stress with students in an interactive session.

Red Arts theatre group showcased a Nukkad

Natak in Open Air Theatre of the college. The

students and faculty members enjoyed the

performance that showcased the value of education

and importance of teachers in students' life.

Legal Literacy Cell of the College under the able

guidance of Ms Suparna Sharma and Dr Manipal Kaur

endeavors to do justice to the core purpose of this cell

that is to create legal awareness among young minds

and to identify the problems of their fellow citizens in

the neighbourhood. With this rationale the Legal

Literacy Cell of the College organized a special

lecture by Dr Supinder Kaur from Department of

Laws, Panjab University Chandigarh on November

16, 2018. The Topic of this special lecture was Cyber

Crime with Special reference to Women. The

expertise of the speaker enriched the students'

knowledge about the challenges and prospects for

women's safety involved in the cyber world in

contemporary society.

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Electoral Literacy ClubThe Electoral Literacy Club was formed on the

directions of Government of India, which aims to

generate Election related awareness among the

students of the college. The club members collected

information of voters and non-votersamong students.

The process of collection of this information started at

the time of admission itself. The data was then

compiled and sent to the Deputy Commissioner's

ofce. The students were asked to give their voter card

no. and the others were asked to ll form 6 (form for

making voter card). The club also celebrated National

Voters Day on January 25, 2019 by organizing a quiz on

general awareness and a skit was also performed by

students of Dramatics Club, Rangtoli to impress upon

voting as an important constitutional duty.

Ehsaas, the Red Ribbon Club was established

in order to instill among the students the values of

service, motivation to develop healthy life styles, and

to increase availability of safe and adequate quantities

of blood to the needy. Ms Jasneet Kaur Malhi and Lt

Ritu Dhanoa aim to harness the potential of the youth

by equipping them with information on mental health,

substance abuse, nutrition and reproductive health. In

collaboration with Chandigarh State AIDS Control

Society, the Club builds capacity of students to become

peer educators in spreading message on behavior,

awareness against drug abuse, substance abuse, anti-

46 student volunteers were enrolled in the club.

On August 14, 2018 Chandigarh State AIDS

Control Society held Inter-College Competitions in PG

Government College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh

to observe International Youth Day. Students

participated in the following categories with HIV-

AIDS as the theme:

Essay Writing- Hemlata BA III

Poster Making-

First prize Twinkle BA III

Second prize Anmol BA III

Third prize Latika BA III

The volunteers also participated in a rally on December

01, 2018 on International AIDS Day to create

awareness about this dreaded disease.

World Cancer Day, on February 04, 2019 was marked

by holding a lecture for the volunteers on cancer

awareness, screening and prevention of this disease and

myths related to it. A quiz was held after the lecture and

prizes were given to the volunteers.

A Poster Making and Slogan Writing contest

was held on March 27, 2019, which was open to all

college students, with an objective to create awareness

about HIV-AIDS.

The winners of Slogan Writing were as follows:

First prize Aashiya B Com II, Second prize Ritika

Thakur B Com II, Third prize Vinti Saini B Com II

The winners of Slogan Writing were, Nikita Sajwan of

B Com II won the rst prize, Cadet Aakriti Yadav

bagged the second prize and cadet Ishita of B A I won

the third position. Fun games were also played by the

volunteers, which included balloon blowing, making

red ribbons, and one-minute challenges.

The posters and slogans were displayed during the

Blood Donation Camp held on March 28, 2019, in

collaboration with the NSS Unit of the college. The

camp garnered excellent response, with 60 units of

blood donated by teaching and non-teaching staff

members and students of the college.

Diet Clinic was run by students of Home Science

during blood donation camp to create awareness about

iron deciency - Anaemia.

RAAHAT, a welfare committee formed with aim to

contribute selflessly to the community as part of social

responsibility. Under the guidance of Ms Prabhjot

Kaur, Dr Aradhna and Dr Rohini Arora, student

volunteers are creating awareness towards many

challenging issues like environment, education, skill

enhancement and many others. The list of activities is

as follows:

G R E E N P L A N T A T I O N D R I V E

RAAHAT was a part of Palash Tree plantations

initiative- the ofcial flower of Chandigarh Palash

Day, an event organized by Department of Forest and

Wildlife, Chandigarh Administration along with NGO

Yuvasatta. 'Raahat' with its 25 volunteers and faculty

members participated actively in the event. It was

organized on July 24, 2018 at Police Lines, Sector 26,

Chandigarh. The event was graced by honorable Shri

Arun Kumar Gupta, IAS, Home Secretary, Chandigarh

Administration as chief guest. Member of Yuvasatta

explained steps in successful plantation of sapling and

emphasized on use of vegetable peels as manures.

They also spoke on benets of growing herbal plants

and trees like Tulsi, Peepal, Kikar and others. Around

50 -70 trees were planted with help of volunteers of

NGO Yuvasatta.

Walk for Wildlife On the occasion of Wildlife

week to raise awareness among masses for

conservation of wildlife, nature and natural resources.

The Department of Forests and Wildlife along with

NGO Yuvasatta organized Walkathon on the theme of

'Walk for Wildlife' at Sukhna Lake on October 02,

2018. To contribute towards the great initiative Raahat

volunteers along with faculty members participated in

the event. Event was also attended by large number of

international and national members, school children,

general public, and other nature enthusiasts. The

students were well informed and guided about the

importance of conserving wildlife habitats.

T h e a i m o f t h e Wo r k s h o p o n S k i l l

Enhancement, organized at Kishangarh village for

women of 18 years and above, was Application of

basic embroidery stitches tomake sling bag/mobile

pouches. The target audience wasinformed of

advantages of learning embroidery stitches, which can

be used in beautication of any article for personal use

as well as for product development for commercial

purpose as well. They were given demonstrations on

selecting fabric, appropriate designs, various

embroidery stitches etc. The emphasis was given on

minimum use of resources with utilization of waste

material and other materials that were easily available

at homes.For future reference and for ease of working

they were given embroidery frames, threads and trail

samples. The women were enthusiastically involved

and learned the stitches keenly.

A cooking demonstration of three recopies was

organized for Meeting Energy Requirements of

Pregnant and Lactating Females. The event was

organized at Kishangarh Village on for Pregnant and

lactating females. The awareness was created for

incorporating essential nutrients in their diet with

emphasis on proteins and iron. Six student volunteers

and faculty members demonstrated recipes to the

target group. The steps were then demonstrated to the

target group and nally cooked in kitchen of one of the

household in the village. For ease of working they were

given handouts of the recipes. The women were

enthusiastically involved and learned the recipes with

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keen interests.

'Chandigarh Says Goodbye Polythene Bags'

The event carried a message, 'say no to poly bags' in

collaboration with Department of Environment, an

NGO Yuvasatta and volunteers of Raahat welfare

committee, reached Elante Mall, Chandigarh on

January 03, 2019. They spread the message of 'Say No

to Polythene Bags; a street play 'Poly Raja' was staged

and over 500 free cloth bags were distributed to

mot iva te more and more people adopt ing

environmental friendly lifestyle by discarding use of

polythene bags.

Beti Bachao Beti Padao Guru Gobind Singh

College for Women welfare committee 'Raahat'

celebrated Daughter's Week' by performing street play

'BetiBachaoBetiPadao' in Kishangarh Village, on

January 25, 2019 to sensitize audiences with the issues

of female foeticide, to empower girls education and

improve India's sex ratio.

Career Counseling Workshop at GMHS

Dhanas RCII Six students of psychology semester VI

along with Dr. Savneet, Head, Department of

Psychology conducted a career counseling workshop

at GMHS, Dhanas, RC II and NBSP; on February 22,

2-19 for the students of IX C and IX E. They were given

an aptitude test on verbal and numerical reasoning.

Personal proles were prepared to guide the students to

choose the future stream.

Research Committee

Research Committee with Dr Surinder Kaur, Dr

Gurvinder Singh, Ms Pooja Malhotra, Dr Savneet Kaur

and Dr Sonia Sharma as its members, constantly

contributes to the furthering of research at the Institute.

The Research Committee is responsible for providing

vision and leadership in relation to research and

research training. The research committee of the

college comprise of highly qualied, motivated and

talented minds who have embarked on frontier careers

in research and development in varied areas. The

progress can be gauged by the fact that the staff and

students of the College have made steady progress in

various aspects of research such as in obtaining

research grants from various funding agencies, number

of papers published / presented, awards, honours and

distinctions, such as chairing technical session at

conferences, citation of appreciation andmany more.

March 24, 2018, a Research Lab was inaugurated

by S Rubinderjit Singh Brar, Director, Higher

Education and Director, School Education,

Chandigarh Administration, Chandigarh. The

Research Lab having its own Statistical Package for

the Social Sciences(SPSS) for teachers and students.

T h e r s t v o l u m e o f ' G y a n k o s h : A n

Interdisciplinary Journal' was released in the General

Body Meeting of Sikh Educational Society on January

05, 2019. The objective of the Journal is to bring

together the academic community of professionals,

researchers, and scholars on a common platform to

meaningfully enrich each other work through a

constructive dialogue thus encompassing within its

fold a narrative of true learning. The journal will follow

peer review process where manuscripts will be

examined by the Editorial Board and experts for their

review and feedback.

Gurmat Vichar Sabha Education is not mere acquisition of knowledge

through academic curriculum but also imbibing the

ethical and moral values to become a complete human

being. It becomes a matter of paramount importance

for an educational institute that moral training should

be imparted to the students to overcome modern trends

of materialism, insensitivity and moral degradation

among the youth. GurmatVichar Sabha under the

leadership of Ms Sukhmeen Kaur, Dr Surinder Kaur,

Dr Manpreet Kaur and Ms Sukhdeep Kaur strive to

instill spiritual values in the mind of students with great

dedication and devotion.

The academic year 2018-19 started with the

Inaugural Function in the month of July, 2018. Shabad

Kirtan was recited by the students and the staff

members to seek the blessings of the Gurus to help

them all through the session. Sahej Path of the Sri

Guru Granth Sahib Ji was also started on this day which

the staff and students recited collectively throughout

the year. On November 23, 2018, students of the

college attended Nagar Kirtan to commemorate

Prakash Utsav of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

To mark the 550th birth anniversary of Shri Guru

Nanak Dev ji, Bebe Nanaki: Wall of Kindness was

erected on February 7, 2019 adjacent to the college gate

wherein underprivileged people can pick up items of

use to them. The clothes and woolens are donated by

students and staff members.

The birth anniversary of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji

was celebrated with gaiety and religious fervor in our

college campus as College Sthapana Divas on

February 9, 2019.Bhai Inderpal Singh ji Chandigarh

wale and Bhai Sulkhan Singh Ji, Hajuri Raagi, Sri

Darbar Sahib, Amritsar recited the Kirtan. Giani

Jaswant Singh ji, Ex-Granthi, Sri Darbar Sahib,

Amritsar enlightened the sangat with his Gurmat

Vichar. Guru ka langar was prepared by the students

and served to the sangat.

Placement CellPlacement has been working under the supervision of

Dr Jaspreet Kaur, Dr Aradhna, Dr Pooja Malhotra, Dr

Sujata Vohra, Ms Mandeep Kaur and Dr baljeet Kaur.

Students of the College participated in

Motivational Talk on career awareness as ofcer in

Indian Air Force on September 14-15, 2018 organised

by Secretary Employment, Chandigarh Administration

UT, Chandigarh.

A Camp was organised by UT Administration to

register the students on NCS portal for placement

purpose on November 30, 2018 in the Seminar Hall of

the College.

PRAYAAS- a series of eye opening session were

organised for Civil Services Aspirants on January 18,

2019.

Students participated in Mega Job Fair held in

PGGCG-42 Chandigarh on February 16, 2019.

31 students of the College attended a Career

Counseling Workshop organised by government of

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Punjab on February 23-14, 2019.

Entrepreneurship Awareness week (February

25- March 5, 2019) was celebrated on February 27,

2019 in collaboration with National Institute of

Technical Teachers' Training and Research (NITTTR),

Chandigarh. Around 200 students of B Com and M

Com participated in this event. Guest of Honour of the

event was Smt Himja Rana, founder of Bossladies. Dr

Sanjay Kaushik, Professor, University Business

School, Panjab University, Chandigarh was the Chief

Guest. Keynote Speaker was Sh Arun Chetak, Vice

President Deltron, a division of Continental Device

India Ltd. The main objective of the event was to create

awareness among the students about the various facets

of entrepreneurship as an alternative career option.

College registered itself in the government-initiated

scheme Shreyas to introduce employable skill into

college learning, promoting apprenticeship as integral

part of education, aligning education, curriculum with

the needs of the industry and service sector and

promoting on job exposure in all students in skill sets of

their choice and aptitude.

Numerous students of the College achieved

placements in var ious Govt and Non-govt

organisations, Schools, Colleges and other institutions.

Rangtoli, the Dramatics Club of the College

brought laurels to the institution in this academic year.

Under the coordination of Dr Sarabjit Kaur and Ms

Himani Matta, students of the College won number of

prizes in the Zonal as well as Inter Zonal Youth and

Heritage Festival 2018 held at Dev Samaj College,

Sector 45, Chandigarh and Dashmesh Girls College,

Badal (Punjab) respectively.

The College Dramatics team stood First in the One Act

Play category and also bagged the second Individual

prize for Best Actor for the role of GulBano played by

Kushi Mandal from B Com II. The college team

secured First position in Skit titled 'Thanaa Kudiyan

Da'. Diljot Kaur and Harmandeep Kaur bagged First

prize for Bhaand. The Mime team was adjudged

Second during Panjab University Zonal Youth and

Heritage Festival-2018. Kamaljot Kaur and

Deepanshi stood Second in Histrionics and Mimicry

respectively.

At the 60th Inter Zonal Youth and Heritage

Festival held at Dashmesh Girls College, Badal from

October 30-November 2, 2018 following positions

were achieved:

One Act Play Team Secured Second position with

Individual First Prize for Best Actor, which was bagged

by Sanskriti Chandel for playing the Character of

younger ,GulBano. The Skit performed by the College

students stood at the Second position.

Dramatics Team won Third prize in the Ad Mad

show organised by GGDSD College, Sector 32

Chandigarh on February 26, 2019. Neha, Sumitra and

Nikita B Com III along with Aanchal Sharma and

Simran Sharma of B Com I performed on 'Mann Ki

Baat'.

The TikTok team won First Prize at Government

College of Commerce and Business Administration

sector 50, Chandigarh organized competition on March

06, 2019.

The Dramatics Team bagged Second Prize in

Nukkad Natak performed at Government College of

Commerce and Business Administration sector 50,

Chandigarh on March 06, 2019. Simran Chibber BCA

III, Nidhi Katiyar BCAIII, Aanchal Sharma B Com I,

Anjali B Com III, Sumitra Shukla B Com III, Khushi

Mandal B Com II, Ritika B Com I, Sanjana Sharma B

Com I, and Sahin MA I.

Kamaljot Kaur of B Sc II won Third prize in

Monologue, organised by Government College of

Commerce and Business Administration sector 50,

Chandigarh on March 07, 2019.

The following students of Rangtoli performed a

Skit at the College campus on February 22, 2019:

Shivani B Com II, Khushi Mandal B Com II, Sanjana

Sharma B Com I, Nikita –B Com II, Pushpa B Com II,

Aanchal Sharma B Com II, Ritika B Com II.

D r a m a t i c s t e a m p e r f o r m e d ' O n e A c t

Play—Gulbano' on the campus of Markfed as they

celebrated 'Dheeyan De Lohri' on January 10, 2019.

Simran Chhibber and Nidhi katiyar of BCA III, Khushi

Mandal,Shivani Bhandari of B Com II, Sanjana

Sharma of B Com I, Sumitra of B Com III, Sanskriti of

BCA I, Apoorva of B Sc II and Sahin of MA I.

Students won First prize in Add mad show at Post

Graduate Govt College for Girls, sector 42,

Chandigarh on February 01, 2019.

The following events were coordinated by Dr Garima

Arora.

Students participated in Add mad show at Post

Graduate Govt College for Girls, sector 11,

Chandigarh on February 15, 2019.

Students participated in Add mad show at

Government College of Commerce and Business

Administration sector 50, Chandigarh on March 07,

2019.

Students participated in Add mad show at Sri

Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, sector 26,

Chandigarh on February 26, 2019.

Students participated in Add mad show at Guru

Gobind Singh College for Women, sector 26,

Chandigarh on February 22, 2019.

Students of Rangtoli participated in Post

Graduate Govt College for girls, sector 11 Chandigarh

on November 15, 2018.

College Magazine

An Annual College Magazine, Gyan Manik, is published to encourage students

towards creative writing. It is an important portal for students to express their

thoughts and ideas. The college published a Special Celebratory Edition of Gyan thManik this year to commemorate 550 Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev ji.

Faculty members as well as students contributed articles towards this issue

dwelling on various facets of Guru Nanak's life and teachings. Gyan Manik is

compiled under Dr Harneet Kaur Sandhu-Chief Editor, Dr Sarabjit Kaur- Editor,

English Section, Dr Aradhana - Editor, Hindi Section, Dr Gurvinder Singh-

Editor, Punjabi Section.

Trips and Tour

A one-day Adventure Trip was organised to

Sanawar Nature Camp, Kasauli, by Trips and Tours

Committee of the college on October 26, 2018. 75

students from the college went for the trip

accompanied by four faculty members. Upon arrival at

the Nature Camp, group was welcomed by the camp

staff and served hearty breakfast before giving brief

introduction about the various activities to be

followed. The group then went for a 7 km long trek.

Students participated in various outbound activities

like Zipline, Burma Bridge, Bamboo Bridge, Catwalk,

Obstacle Course, Commando Net, etc. In the evening,

DJ party was organised at the campsite followed by tea

and snacks.

One day Educational Trip was organised by

Science Department of the college to Pushpa Gujral

Science City, Jalandhar on March 17, 2019 sponsored

by DST, Chandigarh. 88 students from the college

went for the trip accompanied by faculty members.

Students were very enthusiastic to experience the

various science related models and experiments.

Students enjoyed laser show, 3-D show, a documentary

on global warming, and movie in Digital Planetarium.

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'Abhivyakti' Literary Society

Date of Event Name of Event Organiser/Venue Participants Prize Winners/

Qualirs

04.10.2018 Panjab University Dev Samaj College for Poem Writing Rupmanjot Kaur BCA I

Youth Heritage Festival Women, Sector 45B Sayoni Loitongbam MA English Ird Story Writing Kongkham Debina Devi 3 – Kongkham

MA English II Debina Devi

Nisha Thakur BSc III

Essay Writing Ananya BA I, Ckaushiki Nath BA III

Debate Shruti Rana MA English II,

Kshama Bansal BCom I

Elocution Palac Sharma BA IIrd Poetry Recitation Davinderjeet Kaur BSc I 3 Davinderjeet

Kaurrd 06.10.2018 Sai Old Age Home, Kshama Bansal BCom I 3 Davinderjeet District Level

Inter-College Declamation Sector 30, Sri Sathya Davinderjeet Kaur BSc I Kaur (qualied

Contest Sai Seva Organisation for inter-district

level) rd11.10.2018 Sri Sathya Sai Seva Davinderjeet Kaur BSc I 3 Davinderjeet Inter-District Level

Organisation KaurDeclamation Contest rd13.10.2018 Shruti Rana MA English II, I3 Shruti RanaInter-College Poem GCCBA, Sector 50

Kongkham Debina Devi MA English I Recitation Competition

23.10.2018 Inter-college Debate Literary and Debating Shruti Rana MA English II,

Competition Society, PGGCG Davinderjeet Kaur BSc I

Sector 11 in

Collaboration with the

NGO "Speak Indiand25.10.2018 PGGCG, Sector 11 Davinderjeet Kaur BSc I 2 Davinderjeet Inter-College Declamation

KaurContest on Rashtriya

Ekta Diwas

25.10.2018 PGGCG, Sector 42 Palac Sharma BA II, Mansi BSc II, Sonia BSc III Inter-college Quiz

Competition on

Rashtriya Ekta Diwas

28.01.2019 IIT Kamand, Mandi Shruti Rana MA English II Shruti Rana District Level Youth

P District, Mandi (qualied for arliament

state level)

07.02.2019 HPU, Summerhill, Shruti Rana MA English II State Level Youth

ShimlaParliament

26.02.2019 The Nine Muses Shruti Rana MA English II 'Literary Spaces'

Literary Society, Kongkham Debina Devi MA English IIInter-college Annual

PG Department of Literary Festival

English, PGGC, Sec-11

Inter College Events

Intra College Events

S. No. Date of Event Name of Event Prize Winners

1. 04.09.2018 1st Palac Sharma BA II, Davinderjeet Kaur B.Sc I Debate Competition Organised

by the College Literary Society 2nd Shruti Rana MA English II, Divya BCom III

3rd Gurwinder BA I, Manisha BA I, Mansi BA I

2. 11.09.2018 Poetry Recitation Competition 1st Davinderjeet Kaur BSc I

Organised by the College Literary 2nd Rupinder Kaur BCom II

Society 3rd Shruti Rana MA English II

The literary society of the College Abhivyakti- has been blooming in the hands of Ms Sabhnam Kaur and Ms

Lovleen Kaur Sohi who have been tirelessly working under the able guidance of Ms Sukhmeen Kaur, Dr

Aaradhna and Dr Ramnik Kohli. The College students participated and won many prizes in literary

competitions. Environment Society ‘Vasudha’ registered with

C h a n d i g a r h A d m i n i s t r a t i o n S o c i e t y N o :

ED/Env.Soc/12 has been engaged in various activities

for promoting the cause of green environment. 50

volunteers have been enrolled under this society, who

participated enthusiastically in the various events

throughout the year. A Tree Plantation Drive was

organised to promote the cause of Green and Clean

Campus on August 20, 2019 by planting variety of

saplings in the campus. An Inter College competition

was organised on September 27, 2018 during which

activities like poster making, rangoli competition etc

were held.

The Herbal Garden was inaugurated on January

5, 2019 by S Gurdev Singh, President SES in presence

of Er Kulbir Singh ,Vice-President SES , Col (Retd.) J

S Bala, Secretary SES, Dr Jatinder Kaur , Principal, Ms

Harpreet Kaur,Vice-Principal. To take the mission of

environment conservation forward Ms Harpreet Kaur,

the convener of the society along with the other

members Ms Lucky Malhotra, Ms Harpreet Kaur, and

Dr Sujata Vohra visited various botanical and herbal

gardens across the city and conceptualised the idea of a

herbal garden in the College. The Department of

Environment, Chandigarh Administration sanctioned

an amount of Rs 20,300/- to develop it in the College.

The Herbal garden of the College is spread out in an

area of 200 square meters where 35 varieties of herbs,

medicinal plants and rare plants such as Kala Bansa,

Hing, Pathar Chat, Ashwagandha etc have been

planted. This endeavour inculcated in the students a

sense of familiarity with surroundings and its

conservation. A team of gardeners led by Sh Ram

Baran worked tirelessly towards developing the

Herbal Garden.

Green Marathon was organised by SBI on

February 10, 2019 from the Chandigarh Club to

Sukhna Lake. Fifteen students of the College

participated and were given e-certicates and medals.

Vasudha -Environment Society

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The College hostel named after Mata Kheevi truly

reflects her mission to provide comfort and hospitality

to its residents. Chief Warden, Ms Harbinder Kaur;

Warden, Ms Renuka and Assistant Warden, Ms

Anureet Kaur along with the dedicated staff showcase

sheer devotion with the principles of Sewa and Langar

established by Mata Kheevi ji. The Hostel committee

comprising Ms Sukhmeen Kaur, Ms Meenu Sharma,

Ms Harpreet Kaur, and Dr Amandeep Kaur takes great

interest in its smooth functioning. Total student

strength of 332 reflects diversity of students hailing

from far off places like Manipur, J&K, Himachal,

Haryana etc.

The College Hostel provides a homely stay to the

students with an enriching environment lled

with holistic activities throughout year such as

academic, social, religious and cultural. Keeping the

tradition to welcome the new students, Freshers' Party

was organized on September 08, 2018.

Harjap Waraich was crowned Miss Fresher, Manjot

Kaur was the 1st Runner up whereas Eureka was the

second Runner up. Rupinder Kaur from MSc I was

adjudged Miss Elegant and Harmanpreet Kaur of BAI

was crowned Miss Perfect.

College Hostel

Alumni of Guru Gobind Singh College for Women

took a walk down the corridors of nostalgia on May 02,

2018 as the College organized an Alumni Meet. The

event was a great opportunity for the alumni to

reconnect with their old friends, batch mates, and

teachers. It further provided a platform for the students

to share their success stories and continue to strengthen

their bond with the College. The Alumni Association

created the verve of the days gone by.

Alumni Meet

To conclude, I take this opportunity to thank everyone

who has inspired us towards progress with greater

vigour. Foremost, I extend my heart felt gratitude to our

Hon'ble Chief Guest for gracing the occasion with his

esteemed presence.

I extend my sincere gratitude to the members of the

Governing Body, Sikh Educational Society, S Gurdev

Singh, IAS (Retd), President SES, S Kulbir Singh, Vice

President SES, Col (Retd.) Jasmer Singh Bala,

Secretary SES, S Karandeep Singh Cheema, Joint

Secretary SES and all other members of the SES

Executive Committee for their guidance, constant

motivation and worthy patronage. I am extremely

indebted to all ofcials of Chandigarh Administration,

particularly the Director, Higher Education, for his

continuous support and cooperation.

I am especially obliged to Prof Raj Kumar, Vice

Chancellor Panjab University, Chandigarh and other

ofcials of Panjab University, especially Registrar,

Dean-University Instructions, Dean, Student Welfare

for the assistance extended towards smooth

functioning of the College. I also owe my thanks to the

Director Sports and Director Youth Welfare, Director

NSS and Ofcer in-charge NCC for their valuable

support throughout the session.

I feel deeply thankful to the Advisor, Chandigarh

Administration, Chief Architect, Estate Ofcer,

Municipal Corporation Chandigarh, local Police and

engineers of Department of Electricity whose

cooperation was imperative for the functioning of the

College. I am grateful to the Press and Media for their

impressive coverage of every occasion.

I extend my thanks to the parents of all students for

their support and trust at every step. I express my

deepest gratitude to all the members of the Staff,

teaching and non-teaching, for their exemplary

teamwork and dedication towards the institution .

Finally, I would like to thank my dear students for the

active contribution in all the College activities and their

achievements. I wish you success in all future

endeavors.

Words of Gratitude

483 Degrees were conferred to the students of M.Com, MA, MSc.(IT), BA, B.Com and BCA during 39th Convocation and Annual Prize Distribution Function on May 01, 2018