Dev Samaj College for Women Sector 45-B, Chandigarh Consolidated Report for the Sessions: 2005-12 1 2 Foreward This is a consolidated report of the college for the sessions 2005-12 which has been prepared for the purpose of Assessment and Accreditation by NAAC.The first inspection was held in 2005, ever since the college has made tremendous progress in academics,sports,cultural activites etc.The college has not only grown vis a vis the infra-structure but it has also added number of new courses of study.The latest achievement is the construction of the new hostel building taking the total housing capacity of the students to 300.Another feather in our cap is the starting of the Post Graduate course in Economics(MA) and BSc-IT from the coming session 201213. S.W.O.T analysis is a regular feature of the college and this report in brief shows the consistent progress made by the college and its strive for excellence. 3 Members of the Internal Quality Accreditation Cell (IQAC) Principal Coordinator Co-coordinators - Dr.Meera Modi Mrs.Pankaja Vashist Dr (Mrs) Smita Bahuguna Mrs Meenakshi Kondal Other Members of the IQAC 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Mrs Tejinder Kaur Mrs Mridula Aggarwal Mrs Jaspal Kaur Mrs Rakhi J Singh Mrs Renu Kalra Dr. Satinder Kaur Consolidated report for Sessions 2005-12 prepared by Mrs.Pankaja Vashist and Mrs Meenakshi Kondal. 4 Part A & Part C Session 2005-06 Action Plan chalked out by IQAC NAAC Team comprising Dr.S.R Jain, Prof.Veena Mistry and Dr. P. Geetha visited the college from Jan 30 to Feb 1 2005 for Assessment and Accreditation and awarded B+ grade to the college.As per the suggestion and requirements of NAAC, IQAC was formed for introspection and assessment of our strengths and weaknesses as a whole.The SWOT analysis helped the members to chalkout the policy for the next year. Keeping in mind the needs of the students and the infrastructure and resources available, projections for the next year were decided upon, which are as follows: Keeping in line with the objectives of Dev Samaj i.e. to empower women through education, opportunity and employment, it was decided to declare the year 2005 as being the Silver Jubilee year of the college as the ‘Year of Women Empowerment’.It was also decided that for seminar, talks, functions etc the major thrust should be on creating awarenesss to improve the status of women the society. Building of girls’ hostel to be completed. Construction of a new block to be undertaken comprising of four classrooms a multimedia room and a student centre. Formation of a ‘Career Guidance and Placement Cell’ to ensure placements for girls and to ensure women empowerment. Automation of office records by stages. Computer literacy to members of the teaching and non-teaching staff. To further strengthen the activities of the Alumni Association. To encourage staff-members for research activites. New courses to be started. System of feedback from students to be further streamlined. Achievements in brief: In Order to give more opportunities to the students and enhance their employable skills, it was decided to start the following new courses: C-Toss programme by Chandigarh Administration. Communicative English (Add-on Course for B.A students). Insurance Business. Computer-based Accounting (Add-on Courses for B.Com students). International Business. Hons.in Economics for B.Com students. Psychology and Fine Arts for B.A I students. PGDCA (Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application). The college website www.dscw45.com was launched on July 24, 2006. A ‘Career Guidance and Employment Cell’ was formed in the college. Construction of girls’ hostel with all modern facilities to accommodate 200 students is nearing completion. Construction of a new block has also been started and college management intends to complete it during the academic year 2006-07. 5 All office records of the A/c dept. i.e day book, cash book, bank book, salary bills, and UGC grants are maintained in the computer also. Staff members have shown an active interest in research and many members presented papers invarious seminars. As suggested by the NAAC Peer Team feedback from the students on teacher evaluation and programme evaluation was taken separately and is being analyzed for further improvements.Feedback from the student’s council has also been regularized. Session 2006-07 Proposed Plan for the next year Infrastructural Facilities The college plans to complete block ‘B’ of the building by the end of the current academic session which comprises of a student centre with recreational facilities , a multimedia room and four class-rooms. (ii) The building projects to be taken up next are construction of gymnasium hall and administrative block. In the first phase of computerization, the college library was computerized.In the next phase, all office records reg. admission, examination, results, registration returns shall be computerized. The college has already purchased software for the same. Active involvement of students in extension activities community service projects. Activities of the Alumni Association to be further strengthened. Career guidance and placement cell received a very encouraging response from the students and parents.Its activities will be further channalised and strengthened. Session 2006-07 Action Plan chalked out by IQAC Members of the IQAC assessed the progress and development made by the college during the past one year. Projections for the next year were decided upon, which are as follows: It was decided that continuous and consistent efforts should be made to create awareness and improve the status of women in society through education, opportunity and employment and it should be supplemented through seminars, talks, functions etc. Construction of a new block comprising of four classrooms, a multi-media room and student centre should be completed. Activities of the placement cell should be further strengthened and streamlined. To increase the employable skills of the students new add –on-courses should be started. Impetus should be given to Technical Education for students of all streams. Students should be actively involved in extension activities / community service projects. System of feedback from students should be further streamlined and suggestions implemented. Activities of the Alumni association should be further strengthened. Staff-members should be encouraged for research activities. Computer literacy to members of the teaching and non-teaching staff should be imparted. 6 Achievements in brief: The members of the IQAC observed with great satisfaction the completion of the ultra-modern hostel building complete with all amenities with a capacity of about 200 students, which was made available to the students. To further strengthen the infrastructural facilities, construction of ‘B’ Block comprising of four classrooms, a multi-media room and a students centre was also completed. Many students benefited from the C-Toss program, which helped in enhancing their communicative skills. New subjects i.e. Hons. in Economics for B.Com students and Psychology and Fine Arts for B.A.I students were started in the college. New Add-on-courses which help in the vocationalization of Education, like computer based accounting and Principles and Practices of Insurance were also made available to the students. To strengthen the technical base of the students, First-degree level course ‘Basics in Computers’ was taught to all 1st year students. During the current Academic Session a large no. of companies visited the college for campus placement. Sixty-One students from different streams were offered placement after the campus interviews conducted by IBM Daksh, Wipro, Infosys and Unistar Business Group. Session 2007-08 Proposed Plan for the next year NIL Session 2007-08 Action Plan chalked out by IQAC Members of the IQAC assessed the progress and development made by the college during the past one year. Projections for the next year were decided upon, which are as follows: It was resolved that consistence and continuous efforts should be made by all members of the staff to further improve the quality of education and both teachers and students should be given exposure for participation and presentations through seminars, workshops, talks functions etc. After the completion of ground floor and 1st floor, construction of 2nd and 3rd floor of block ‘B’ should be taken up. Teachers should be motivated to take up Research projects. Activities of placement cell, guidance and counseling unit and alumni association should be further strengthened. Computer literacy should be imparted to members of teaching and non-teaching members of staff. System of feedback from students should be further streamlined and suggestions implemented. 7 Achievements in brief: The members of the IQAC observed with great satisfaction the completion of the ground floor and 1st floor of Block ‘B’ and that construction of 2nd and 3rd floor of the same block is in full swing. During the current academic session, career guidance and counseling unit and placement cell did a commendable job by arranging lectures and seminars for students and helping the students in placement drive at various levels. Computer literacy and computerization of all office records related to students, staff and others was satisfactory and the process would be complete by the next year. Feed back from students chosen randomly from all streams was taken both course wise and teacher wise. Session 2008-09 Proposed Plan for the next year Members of the IQAC chalked out plans for the targets to be achieved during the next year. It was resolved that continuous and consistent efforts are required to take the college to the heights of glory and in fulfilling the goals and objectives of the institution. However, so far as infrastructure facilities and resources are concerned it was decided that block ‘B’ of the building should be completed comprising of three levels so that sufficient number of class-rooms are available for the students. In academics, diploma courses should be started in popular Add-on-courses like Communicative English, Entrepreneurship and Web Designing and Multimedia. Keeping in mind the employable opportunities for the student’s suggestions should be implemented as far as possible after taking feedback from the students. The college should apply for M.C.A. (Masters in Computer Applications) to Panjab University so that the course can be started w.e.f. session 2009-10. The college should prepare a building proposal for another hostel and a separate administrative block and if there are schemes apply for grants to the UGC. Activities of Career Counseling and placement cell, Alumni Association should be further strengthened and streamlined. If possible a record of e-mail ID’s of all students should be maintained so that all information can be passed on to the students conveniently. The system of computerization of all office records customized according to the needs of the college should be complete in all respects during the session 2008-09. Session 2008-09 Action Plan chalked out by IQAC Members of the IQAC assessed the progress and development made by the college during the past one year. Projections for the next year were decided upon, which are as follows: It was resolved that consistence and continuous efforts should be made by all members of the staff to further improve the quality of education and both teachers and students should be given exposure for participation and presentations through seminars, workshops, talks functions etc. The Block ‘B’ has been completed as was proposed. Teachers should be motivated to take up Research projects. A second unit of the NSS was proposed. 8 Activities of placement cell, guidance and counseling unit and alumni association should be further strengthened. Computer literacy should be imparted to members of teaching and non-teaching members of staff. System of feedback from students should be further streamlined and suggestions implemented. Achievements in brief: The members of the IQAC observed with great satisfaction that all the floors of Block ‘B’ have been completed. During the current academic session, career guidance and counseling unit and placement cell did a commendable job by arranging lectures and seminars for students and helping the students in placement drive at various levels. Computer literacy and computerization of all office records related to students, staff and others was satisfactory and the process completed. Feed back from students chosen randomly from all streams was taken both course wise and teacher wise. A new computer laboratory was added with 40 new computers and one server installed. A new English Communication laboratory has been set up. CC-TV has been installed in the college. Generator back up of 82.5 kv has been installed. Electricity substation of 2.5 KV capacity has been installed to control the supply of electricity to the various wings of the college. Iron fence has been installed on the boundary wall. Following items have also been purchased to provide comfortable working conditions to the employees. A refrigerator has been purchased for the staff. Two new microwaves one for the staff and another for the Principal’s office. AC has been installed at the reception office. The Principal’s office, administrative office and the reception have been renovated. Session 2009-10 Proposed Plan for the next year Members of the IQAC chalked out plans for the objectives to be achieved during the next session 2008-09. It was resolved that continuous and consistent efforts are required to take the college to even greater heights of glory and in fulfilling the goals and objectives of the institution. For increasing the infrastructural facilities it was decided that a new hostel building will be constructed to accommodate mare students. Keeping in mind the employment opportunities for the students, suggestion should be implemented as far as possible after taking feedback from the students. A separate administrative block was required for which a proposal should be drawn up and if there are schemes then the college should apply for grants from the UGC. Activities of the career counseling and placement cell alumni association should be further strengthened and streamlined. A professional counselor should be appointed from the session 2009-10. 9 A system of computerization of all office records will be completed during the session 2009. Wi-Fi system will be provided in the college office. Libsys – a new software worth Rs 2.5 Lakh will be purchased for the library. A women’s cell will be set up in the college to deal with the problems of the students in the modern’s perspective. A new music system and LCD has been installed in the hostel. Food court has been set up on the college premises for the students besides the student centre. For the upgradation of teaching techniques a new LCD projector will be purchased. For the expansion of academics in the college. It was decided that a proposal will be developed for starting MCA from the academic session 2009-10 and a third unit of BCA was also proposed. Session 2009-10 Action Plan chalked out by IQAC Members of the IQAC assessed the progress and development made by the college during the past one year. Projections for the next year were decided upon, which are as follows: It was resolved that consistent and continuous efforts should be made by all members of the staff to further improve the quality of education and both teachers and students should be given exposure for participation and presentations through seminars, workshops, talks functions etc. A proposal has been drawn up to construct another hostel and a separate administrative block. Teachers should be motivated to take up Research projects. A second unit of the NSS was introduced in 2009. Activities of placement cell, guidance and counseling unit and alumni association should be further strengthened to comply with the needs of the changing job market. Computer literacy should be imparted to members of teaching and non-teaching members of staff. System of feedback from students should be further streamlined and suggestions implemented. Achievements in brief: For the upgradation of teaching techniques a new LCD projector has been purchased. A LCD-TV has been installed in the Students’ Centre. During the current academic session, career guidance and counseling unit and placement cell did a commendable job by arranging lectures and seminars for students and helping the students in placement drive at various levels. Computer literacy and computerization of all office records related to students, staff and others was satisfactory and the process completed. Wi-Fi system was installed in the college office. Feed back from students chosen randomly from all streams was taken both course wise and teacher wise. Libsys – a new software worth Rs. 2.5 lac was purchased for the library. 24 CC-TV have been installed in the college. Generator back up of 82.5 KV is available. 10 Electricity substation of 2.5 KV capacity has been installed to control the supply of electricity to the various wings of the college. Iron fence has been installed on the boundary wall. Following items have also been purchased : Amplifier with 200 W quality 9 mikes 6 speakers Two speaker SR One cordless mike One mike with cord. A women’s cell was setup in the college to deal with the problem of students in the modern perspective. A new LCD and music system has been installed in the hostel. Food court has been setup on the college premises for the students in addition to the student centre. Session 2010-11 Proposed Plan for the next year Following are the proposals made for the development and progress of the college: For the beautification of the college campus a proposal has been drawn up. For which experts will be invited for the landscaping of the college campus and additional benches installed in the lawns to create more sitting place for the students. A new Gymnasium with the latest equipments will be installed. Indoor games will be added for the recreation of the hostel students. A herbal garden will be developed in the college campus. A waste management / garbage management plant will be setup in the college campus. A bigger staff room will be provided to the staff and furnished. The proposal is also to provide a computer with internet connection in the staff room. The proposal is also to provide the psychology lab, fine arts lab, fashion designing lab and the hostel with a computer. The seminar room will be renovated and refurnished with new furniture. A separate seminar room for the BCA and BBA with the LCD projector will be setup. Separate lockers will be provided to the Class IV employees. The college office and reception will also be renovated. A new photostat machine will be installed in the examination room. A detailed plan of the new hostel is almost ready and the construction will start soon. A plan has also been drawn up to renovate the computer labs and replace old computers with new ones (with the latest windows). The college office will purchase software for preparing results and taking fees. A proposal each has been sent to the UGC and the ICSSR to organize seminars in the coming session 2010-11. Session 2010-11 Action Plan chalked out by IQAC Members of the IQAC assessed the progress and development made by the college during the past one year. Projections for the next year were decided upon, which are as follows: 11 It was resolved that consistent and continuous efforts should be made by all members of the staff to further improve the quality of education and both teachers and students should be given exposure for participation and presentations through seminars, workshops, talks functions etc. As proposed construction of another hostel building has been started. Teachers should be motivated to take up Research projects. A second unit of the NSS was introduced in 2009. Activities of placement cell, guidance and counseling unit and alumni association should be further strengthened to comply with the needs of the changing job market. Computer literacy should be imparted to members of teaching and non-teaching members of staff. System of feedback from students should be further streamlined and suggestions implemented. Achievements in brief: For the beautification of the college campus experts were invited for the landscaping of the college campus and additional benches were installed for creating more sitting place and dustbins installed so that the campus can be kept litter free. Gymnasium was renovated and the latest equipments installed. An herbal garden has been developed in the college campus. The staff was provided with a new well furnished staff room. The seminar room has been renovated and refurnished with the new furniture. Separate lockers were provided to Class IV employees. The college office and reception have been renovated. A new photostat machine has been installed in the examination room. The construction of the new girls’ hostel in the college campus was started in April 2011. Computer Labs have been renovated during the session 2010-11. A national level seminar sponsored by UGC was organised in the session 2010-11 in the subject of Economics. The college office is well equipped with the latest software for preparing results and taking fees. Technology upgradtion in the department of Fine Arts, Psychology, Dept. of Sports and computer dept. was done. Session 2011-12 Proposed Plan for the next year Following are the proposals made for the development and progress of the college: The proposal is to renovate the Staff Room, Fashion Designing Lab, Fine Arts Lab and Psychology Lab. The Staff room & labs will also be provided with internet facility. Keeping in view the popularity of the food court in the college, additional, seating capacity will be created by installing more tables & chairs. UGC Resource centre will be set up. ACS will be installed in the library. Two floors of the new hostel will be constructed. New equipments worth Rs. 5 lakh will be purchased for the Gym. Proposal is to start the construction of the Administrative Block. National level seminar will be organised by the Dept. of Commerce. Fresh stock of books worth Rs. 1 lakh in various streams will be purchased for the library. 12 A new generator exclusively for the college will be purchased. Blackboards in the classrooms which need to be replaced will be provided with new and better blackboards. Proposal is to install solar lights on the campus. Water coolers with RO system will be installed. New parking area will be earmarked and cemented. Renovation of corridors, bathrooms and staircase in Block I will be done. Dept. of BCA will be provided with a new projector and software. Fresh uniforms will be provided to the class IV employees. Equipments and teaching aids worth Rs. 24,95,000 will be purchased to create smart classrooms. Achievements in brief: The staff room has been shifted to a bigger room on the 1st floor of the new wing of the building. The FD lab, Fine Arts lab and Psychology labs were all provided with computers. The food court has been equipped with new chairs & tables. UGC resource centre has been setup. A proposal has been put forth for starting of a new add-on-course Animation & Graphics. AC s will be installed in the library. Two floors of the new hostel is about to be completed. New equipments about Rs.5lakh have been purchased for the gym. Work has started on the new wing of the building which will house the Administrative office, the principal‘s office and the library. National Seminar was organized in March2012. Fresh stocks of books in various subjects worth Rs.3, 52001 lakh have been purchased by the library. Solar lights have been installed in various places in the college campus. Water coolers with RO system have been installed to provide clean drinking water to the staff and students of the college. New projector and software for the Dept. of BCA has been installed. Renovation of corridors, toilets, staircase and rooms on the ground floor of the old wing of building has been done. Session 2012-13 Proposed Plan for the next year Following are the proposals made for the development and progress of the college: The construction of the Administrative Block is under way. 6 smart classrooms will be setup with overhead projectors for presentations by the students. Proposal is to start new courses i.e.MA in economics and B.Sc –IT. Keeping in mind the power cut in the city the college proposes to buy one more second generator as a backup. A new parking area with a concrete flooring to be constructed. 13 The entire college hostel has been brought under Wi-Fi system. Proposal is to provide the staff room, examination room, Music rooms, FD Lab, Psychology Lab and Fine Arts Lab with computers. Additional Xerox machines will be purchased for the college office, Examination room and UGC Resource Center. 14 Part B 1. Activities reflecting the goals and objectives of the institution: The goals and objectives of Dev Samaj Institutions are very clear. The first and foremost objective of Dev Samaj Institution is to produce equal opportunities for women in education, work and service. The best way to do this is to empower them through education. Along with the specialized education, Dev Samaj intends to provide holistic and value-oriented education, which would turn out such complete human beings as would always strive for the absolute good of mankind. Along with the curricula prescribed by P.U. for dissemination of knowledge, general assembly is held regularly in the college and various functions like Mat-Pita-Santan Diwas, Swami Bhritya Diwas etc. are observed to imbibe in the students the significance of relationships both in the family and at the workplace. Sensitizing the students towards social problems and turning them out to be responsible and responsive citizens, activities like Blood Donation Camp activities of the Peace Club, Red Ribbon Club, Environment Club, N.S.S., NCC Rotaract Club, Women cell, Grievance cell Career counseling and Guidance cell etc are a regular feature of the college. 2. New Academic Programmes initiated (UG and PG) From Session 2005 to 2012: Sr.No Name of the Course UG/PG W.e.f. Session 1. Commmunicative English Add-on Course U.G. 2005-06 2. C-Toss programme by Chd. Admn. U.G. 2005-06 3. Hons. in Economics for B. Com students U.G. 2006-07 4. Fine Arts and Psychology for B.A students U.G. 2006-07 5. U.G. 2006-07 Add-on-Courses (i) Insurance (ii) Computer based Accounting (iii) International Business 6. PGDCA PG 2006-07 7. ‘Information Technology’ a vocational U.G. 2007-08 subject for B.A. Students 8. Fine Arts and Psychology at B.A 2nd year U.G. 2007-08 level 9. Eco Hons. For B.Com III U.G. 2007-08 10. U.G. 2007-08 11. 12. Add-on-Courses Web-Designing and Multi Media Entrepreneurial Development Information Technology for B.A. II Fine Arts & Psychology for B.A. III U.G. U.G. 2008-09 2008-09 13. 2nd unit for B.C.A. I U.G. 2008-09 14. B.B.A. Ist year U.G. 2008-09 15 15. 16. PGDCA 2nd unit Add-on-Courses (a) Web Designing & Multimedia, (b) EntrepreneurshipDevelopment (c) Communicative English (d) Advertising & Sales Management (e) Computer Based Accounting (f) Insurance Business P.G. U.G. Diploma Course 2008-09 2008-09 Certificate course 17. 18. 19. Information Technology for B.A. III 2nd year of B.C.A. (2nd unit) B.B.A. 2nd year U.G. U.G. U.G. 2009-10 2009-10 2009-10 20. Add-on-courses Entrepreneurship U.G. Certificate course 2009-10 21. 3rd year of B.C.A. (2nd unit) U.G. 2010-11 22. 23. B.B.A. 3rd year Nil U.G. 2010-11 2011-12 3. Innovations in curricular design and transaction: The college is affiliated to Panjab University and the syllabus for various courses is prescribed by P.U. As such, this is not possible at the college level. However, the staff members contribute towards it by becoming members of Board of Studies from time to time and sending suggestions through their representatives. 4. Inter-Disciplinary Programmes started: Refer to the table at point No.2(Part-B) 5. Examination reforms implemented: Session2005-12 For the smooth conduct of examinations Registrar Examination was appointed in 2006. The students were made aware of the importance of internal examination, regular attendance and internal assessment through an orientation programme.It was also decided that a students who are found cheating in the exams are not be considered for any prize. Students were made aware of the importance of internal examination (Theory and Practical) regular attendance, Project work assignments and internal assessment through an orientation programmer. Registrar examination along with all other members of examination committee ensures smooth conduct of examination. After the September and December examination, a parent-teacher meeting is also called to make the parents aware of their ward’s performance. In order to motivate and 16 encourage the students to do well in terminal exams, prize distribution is held in March and position holders are awarded prizes, merit certificates and scholarships. Any student found cheating in the examination is considered ineligible for any prize on Annual Prize Distribution Day. Students are made to realize the importance of class-room teaching, and internal examination through regular counseling, guidance and an orientation programmer. Cash prizes are awarded every year to position holders in the University examination instituted by many philanthropists. Project work and assignments, seminars for students is a regular feature and feed back is given to the students in order to improve the quality of their work. More than 99% students appeared in the exams, the only absentee being in case of students who were medically unfit. In order to apprise the parents of the progress of their ward the result of terminal exam was sent by post at the residential address. After the Terminal Examinations a parent-teacher meeting is called to make the parents aware of their ward’s performance. 6. Candidates Qualified: NET.SLET/GATE etc: No confirmed data is available. The Principal and staff members regularly attend refresher courses / orientation programmer’s seminars / workshops and present papers to keep themselves abreast of the latest developments in their respective fields. 7. Initiative towards Faculty Development: The staff-members regularly attend Refresher courses/Orientation Programmes. Session2005-06 Name Seminar / Date Venue/Topic/Papers Presentation workshop / conference etc. Principal Faculty May 2005 Conducted by ICFAI at Hyderabad. Dr. Shashi Development Jain Programmer for Principals Faculty July 2005 ICFAI at Chandigarh. Development Programmer for Principals 88th Annual Dec 27-29 2005 School of Economics Andhra Conference of University, Vishakhapatnam Indian Economic presented paper on Employment Association Guarantee: Rationale and Implementation. Executive May 22-27 2006 Presented paper on ‘Crisis Development Management’ Association of Indian Programmer College Principals at Pune. Mrs. Vijay Refresher Course March – April Using literature for language teaching Lakshmi 2006 in class organized by Academic Staff College and Dept. of English,PUChd. 17 Mrs. Ravipreet Uppal Mrs.Kumud Khurana Orientation Course March-April 2005 Institute for Development and Communications. Faculty Development Programmer July 2005 ICFAI at Chandigarh. Following staff members attended various seminars/workshops/conferences as per details given below: Session 2006-07 Name Seminar / workshop / conference etc. Principal Regional stake holder Dr. Shashi Jain Consultation workshop on ‘WTO Agri culture and NAMA Negotiations: ‘Indetifying products of concern to India’ International Conference Date Venue/Topic/Papers Presentation Sept 2006 Conducted by Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India at Chandigarh. Oct 2006 Conducted by Int. Punjabi Chamber for service Industry on “Emerging Trends in Education and opportunities for Infrastructure development for HRD for Service Industry”. Conducted by College development Council Panjab Univ. Chd. Presented paper on “Economics of Education” at Kurukshetra Univ. Principals Conference 89th Annual Conference of the Indian Economics Association UGC Sponsored National Seminar 6th Nov 2006 Dec.2006 Mrs. Tejinder Kaur Seminar Dec 2006 Mrs Vijay Lakshami International Seminar Nov 2006 10th March 2007 Chaired the technical session on “Impact of WTO on Different Sectors of the Indian Economy: An Agenda for new Millennium” at S.A. Jain College, Ambala City. “Revisiting Pedagogic concerns” held at Regional Institute of English, Chd. Presented paper on “Feminist Consciousness in South Asian Literature” conducted by University of Lucknow. 18 Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi International Symposium Sept 2006 Conducted by DAV College Chd. on “Towards Improvement in English Language and literature Teaching: Communicating across the curriculum. On the topic “India Since the 1990 and Social Science research” at ICSSR Chd. National Seminar Seminar Dec 2006 “Revisiting Pedagogic concerns” held at Regional Institute of English, Chd UGCSponsored Seminar February 2007 On the topic “Trends in contemporary Indian Writing at SGGS College, Chd International Conference March 22- International Conference on 24 2007 ‘Literature in Times of Violence’ held at Dept of English. P.U. Chd. Seminar Dec 2006 Presented Papers on 1. DRV DAV College Phillore. Feb 2007 2. At Arya Kanya Mahavidylaya, Shahabad. International Conference Feb 2007 3. At Gurukul Kangri Vishvavidyalaya Haridwar Dr. Punam Gupta National Seminar Sept 2006 Dr. Surinder Kaur Mrs. Jaspal Kaur Refresher Course Dec 2006 5th International convention Feb 2007 Dr. Meera Modi Seminar Presented Research Paper on “Personal is Political” organized by the Institute for Research in Disciplinary Studies, Jaipur. Academic staff college, P.U. Chd “Information and Knowledge Mgt. in networked world” at Punjab Univ. Chd. 19 Mrs. Jaspal Kaur Seminar April 16, 2007 ‘Management of E-Resources at GMCH Sec-32, Chd org by Medical Library Association of India and central Library GMCH32, Chd. Mrs. Jaspal Kaur Workshop on “Digitization and Digital Libraries association with CLA Oct 2006 Presentation on “GSDL: A brief Introduction” held at DSCW-45-B, Chd. Mrs. Amarpreet Teachers’ Virk Workshop Ms Leena Aggarwal training March 2007 New Trends in Political Science organizes by Panjab University Faculty Development Jan 2007 Course ICFAI at Chd. National Seminar Impact of WTO at S.A. Jain College, Ambala City March 2007 Ms Sonu D.P. Singh Faculty Development Jan 2007 Course ICFAI at Chd. Dr. Pushpinder Kaur National Seminar March 2007 Mrs. Shiva Malik Refresher Course Sept 2006 Ideological and cultural perspective of Guru Arjan Bani held at Panjab University Academic staff College, Panjab University, Chd. Mrs. Kumud Khurana National Seminar Nov 2006 National Seminar on G.G.S. College, Chd Workshop Feb 2007 Ms. Komal Sharma Conference Dec 2006 Enhancing Youth employability by strengthening guidance and counseling services in colleges Industry - Academia meet at G.G.D.S.D. College, Chd. Mrs. Sabina Chadha National Seminar Nov 2006 Seminar on VAT at G.G.S. College, Chd. Conference Dec 2006 Industry - Academia meet at G.G.D.S.D. College, Chd. Ms. Kanika Batra Seminar VAT at Applications of Information and Communication Technology for development, Education and 20 Research held at P.U., Chd Ms. Rekha Rani Seminar Ms. Geetika Duggal Seminar Mrs. Kaur Kamaljit Seminar Sept 2006 Mrs. Kaur Jatinder Seminar Sept 2006 Applications of Information and Communication Technology for development, Education and Research held at P.U., Chd Applications of Information and Communication Technology for development, Education and Research held at P.U., Chd Prevention on Ozone layer at G.G.S. College, Chd Prevention on Ozone layer at G.G.S. College, Chd Following staff members attended various Faculty Development Programmers. Session 2007-08 Name Name of the Date Venue programmers Mrs Rakhi J. Refresher course in September 2007 University Business Singh the subject of School, P.U. Chd commerce for three weeks organized by Academic Staff College, P.U. Chd Mrs. Renu Faculty Development February 23, 2008 Govt. College for Men, Kalra Programme Sec 11, Chd in collaboration with ICFAI on. Mrs. Shiva 10 days orientation Form 11.03.08 to Institute for Development Malik course for N.S.S. 20.03.08 and Communication, programme officers CHD Following staff members attended various Faculty Development Programmes. Session2008-09 Name Name of the Programme Venue / date Dr. Meera Modi Presented a paper titles ‘Vedic July 2008 Vangmaye Mein Paryavaran Sarankshan’ at the 44th All India Oriental Conference organized by the Institute of Sanskrit and Indological Studies of Kurukshetra University in July 2008. She was also a delegate at the Higher 21 Education Summit of ICFAI University, Hyderabad in May 2008. Mrs. Tejinder Kaur, Mrs. Jaspal Kaur, Dr. Meena Chopra, Mrs. Shiva Malik, Ms. Arvinder Kaur, Attended workshop which was held to raise the standard of English at first year level. She prepared a chapter on Narration to be used at the 1st year level Presented a co-authored paper on ‘Using Web 2.0 Technology in Academic Libraries’ during the International Caliber 2009 RIE, Chd She registered for her Doctorate Punjabi University, Patiala Refresher Course in Music Panjab University December 2008 Pondicherry University February 25-27, 2009 A paper titled ‘Profile of Women Entrepreneur: A Case Study of Chandigarh co-authored by Mrs. Shiva Malik of the Department of Commerce was published in the journal, Political Economy of India, Vol. 32 Attended a Refresher Course in I.T. Commerce Panjab University, Chandigarh on September 2008 Presented a paper on Profile of Women Entrepreneurs: A case study of Chd at 8th Biennial conference, Ahmedabad March 19-21, 2009 Participated in an online photography contest and her work were selected among top artists of the world. She has been invited to become a member of Photo Laureates Society. Photo Laureates Society Orlando on October 2008 Ms. Arvinder’s work was also selected in the professional category for display. Her work of photography was also selected and displayed in Annual Exhibition of Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi in June 2008 Art Exhibition by a group of artists of North-West Regional Indian Red on 19th November 2008 22 Following staff members attended various Faculty Development Programmes. Session2009-10 Name Name of the Programme Venue / date Paper titled ‘I Cannot Always Be a Published by Sterling Little you: Daughter-Mother publishers, New Delhi. (country) Relationship in Jamaica Dr. Punam Gupta, Kincaid’s Annie John’ was carried in a book ‘Writers of the Caribbean Diaspora: Shifting Homdands, Travelling Identities, published by Sterling publishers, New Delhi. Presented a paper on ‘Preservation Penang, Malaysia by the of Manuscripts in Chandigarh : a University Sains Malaysia in Case Study’, at International June, 2009. Mrs. Jaspal Kaur, Conference on Libraries (ICOL 2009) Presented a paper on ‘Application of Bhai Gurdas Library, Guru Information and Communication Nanak Dev University, Technology in College Libraries’- a Amritsar on June 25-26, case study of Dev Samaj College for 2009. Women, Chandigarh at ICSSR National Seminar on Information Tulsi Das Library, PGI on 6th Access Initiatives and Rural India May 2009. Mrs. Shiva Malik, Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh Ms. Arvinder Kaur, Attended a seminar on ‘Usage of EResources’ Presented paper titled ‘Quality of SriGuru Gobind Singh Work Life : Leadership Dimension’ College, Sec. 26 on Jan 11, at ICSSR sponsored seminar on the 2010. ‘Quality of Work Life : Dimensions and Implications’ Paper titled ‘Predication of Stock Returns for Growth Firms : A Fundamental Analysis’, was published in Vision : The Journal of Business Perspective Vol. 13 Elected member of the Undergraduate Board of Studies in Commerce Participated in Annual Art Exhibition. Her work was selected for display under the Professional category July-Sep 2009 Panjab University, Chandigarh Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi. 23 Following staff members attended various Faculty Development Programmes. Session 2010-11 Name Name of the Programme Venue / date She attended Principals’ Conference held on April 6, 2010 at Panjab Principal, Dr. Meera University, Chandigarh and also Modi participated in Principals’ meet held at Academic Staff College, Panjab University, Chandigarh on the theme ‘Higher Education and its th Discontents’ on 26 August 2010. She is also member of the Panjab University Sports Committee and actively participates in its meetings held from time to time. She was a delegate at the Special Session of the Section on Anthropological and Behavioural Sciences of the Indian Science Congress on March 26-27, 2011, organised by the Dept. of Anthropology, Panjab University, and Chandigarh. She attended the 7th Round Table Conference organised by Amar Ujala on 21st March 2011 on the theme ‘Introduction of Semester System in Colleges’. Mrs. Pankaja Vashisht Mrs. Tejinder Kaur Mrs. Jaspal Kaur Presented a paper on ‘Strategies like Green Revolution are an environmental failure: What are the policies?’in the National Seminar on the theme ‘Green Economics : A Case for making growth sustainable and equitable’. Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45/B, CHD on Februrary 18-19,2011 Presented a paper in a UGC sponsored National Seminar organised on the topic ‘Concept of Short term and Long term institutional planning and its relationship with qualitative development in higher education. Presented a paper titled ‘Information Seeking Behaviour on students in Digital Environment : A case study’ during international CALIBER 2011 Post Graduate Govt. College for Girls, Sector 42, Chandigarh on March 28, 2011 University of Goa. 24 Dr. Punam Gupta Mrs. Shiva Malik Dr. Surinder Kaur Presented a paper titled ‘Punjabi women and Folk Culture: A Symbiotic Empowerment at National Seminar organised by the Women’s Cell. 1. Elected as added member of the faculty of Commerce and Business Administration. 2. Presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Business Ethics and Human Values in Heath Care Industry: Issues and Challenges’ at International Conference. 3. Presented a paper titled ‘Women Entrepreneurship : A tool of Women Empowerment’ in the International Confernece on ‘Women and Development : Issues and Initatives Elected member of Selection Committee of Ball Badmintion team for the session 2010-11. Govt. College for Girls Sector 42, Chandigarh on 28th Jan. 2011. Panjab University, Chandigarh. University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Punjabi University, Patiala. Panjab University, Chandigarh. 1. Elected as added member of the Panjab University, faculty of Commerce and Business Chandigarh. Administration. Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh Mrs. Renu Kalra 2. Elected member of the Undergraduate Board of Studies in Commerce and Business Management. 3. Presented a Co-authored paper ‘Tourism Industry : A Sunrise Sector of India’ in National Conference on New Horizons of Service Sector : Challenges and Opportunities 1. Elected as added member of the faculty of Commerce and Business Administration. Panjab University, Chandigarh On March 12, 2011 at Gobindgarh Public College, Khanna. Panjab University, Chandigarh. On March 12, 2011 at Gobindgarh Public College, Khanna. 25 Mrs. Sunita Gupta Mrs. Madhu Gupta Mrs. Komal Sharma Mrs. Sabina Chadha Dr. Satinderjit Kaur Mrs. Rekha Rani, Mrs. Kanika Batra Mrs. Sonia Jassal 2. Presented a Co-authored paper ‘Tourism Industry : A Sunrise Sector of India’ in National Conference on New Horizons of Service Sector : Challenges and Opportunities 1. Presented a joint paper titled ‘Rising Middle Class of India- A Reflection of Global Growth at a National Seminar on Global Slowdown- Challenges and Opportunities for India. 2. Presented a co-authored paper titled Attitude of Youth towards Entrepreneurship – A case study of Chandigarh’ at International Conference Presented a paper titled ‘Indian Women in Entrepreneurial World’ at the National Seminar. Presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Green Economics and Poverty: At crossroads’ at National Seminar on Green Economics: A case for making growth sustainable and equitable. Presented a co-authored paper titled Attitude of Youth towards Entrepreneurship – A case study of Chandigarh at International Conference Presented a paper on ‘Mental Health : A Anthropological and Psychological Approach’ Presented a paper titled ‘Cloud Based Developments in the IT Summit-2010 Presented a paper titled ‘Cloud Based Developments in the IT Summit-2010 1. Cleared UGC-NET Exam. in June 2010. 2. Presented a paper on Integrated computing concepts in Tally Surgery implementation in National PCMSD College for Women, Jalandhar. On March 18, 2011 at GJIMT Mohali. PEC Univ.of Tech., Chd. on Nov, 26, 2010. Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45/B, CHD on Februrary 1819,2011 On March 18, 2011 at GJIMT Mohali. Dept. of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh. GJIMT, Mohali GJIMT, Mohali UGC, Delhi GGSK College, Tarantaran on March 5, 2011. 26 Dr. Shikha Vohra Mrs. Preeti Vohra Mrs. Leena Gupta Ms. Gurveen Kaur Mrs. Seema Sharma Conference on EPCIT A paper titled ‘Corporate Goverance : Structure and Performance of Indian Companies 1. Presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Green Economics and Poverty: At crossroads’ at National Seminar on Green Economics: A case for making growth sustainable and equitable. Presented a joint paper titled ‘Rising Middle Class of India- A Reflection of Global Growth at a National Seminar on Global SlowdownChallenges and Opportunities for India. Presented a paper on ‘Green Economics – An answer to sustainable development at the National seminar on Green Economics: A case for making growth sustainable and equitable. Presented a paper on ‘Surrogacy in India : A Socio Legal Analysis at International Conference on ‘Women and Child Issues : National and International Prespectives’ Presented a paper on ‘How Innovations in Information Technology have Revoluntionalized the Fashion Industry’ in National Conference on ETCIT. Published in the Indian Journal of Corporate Goverance Vol. III No. 2 July-Dec. 2010. Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45/B, CHD on Februrary 18-19, 2011. PCMSD College for Women, Jalandhar. Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45/B, CHD on Februrary 18-19, 2011. Punjabi University, Patiala. GCGSK College, Tarantaran on March 5, 2011. Session 2011-12 Faculty Development Programme/ Seminar / Conference attended and papers presented NAME Qualification Experience Nature of appointment Mrs. Pankaja Vashisht M.A., M. Phil 31 yrs Permanent Faculty Development Programme/ Seminar / Conference attended and papers presented Mrs. Pankaja Vashist presented a coauthored paper titled 27 ‘Music Industry, Challenges and Opportunities’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. Mrs. Tejinder Kaur M.A., M. Phil 33 yrs Permanent Mrs. Mridula Aggarwal Dr. Smita Bahuguna M.A., M. Phil 33 yrs Permanent Vocal, Inst, Ph.D. 34 yrs Permanent Dr. Smita Bahuguna presented a paper titled ‘Prabandh Gaan’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar organized by Dept. of Music and Dance, Ramgarhia Girls College, Ludhiana on 11th February 2012. Dr. Smita Bahuguna and Mrs. Pankaja Vashist presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Music Industry, Challenges and Opportunities’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs : 28 Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. Nominated as a member of Board of Studies in Music faculty of Design and Fine Art for the term 2011-13 Mrs. Saroj M.A., Sharma M. Phil 33 yrs Permanent Mrs. Vijay M.A. Lakshmi 34 yrs Permanent Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi won first prize in ‘Tagore Utsav Written Quiz’ organized by the British Library Chandigarh during Tagore’s Birth Centenary Celebrations on 17th May 2011. Mrs. Jaspal B.A., Kaur M. Lib. Sc. 29 yrs Permanent Mrs. Jaspal Kaur’s paper titled ‘Use of Electronic Resources in Degree College libraries in Chandigarh’ was published in DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Science, Vol. 31, No. 6, Issue November 2011. 29 Mrs. Jaspal Kaur presented a paper on ‘Information Seeking Behaviour of Degree Colleges in Chandigarh’ at the National Conference on Librarianship in Digital Era, organized by Bhai Gurdas Library, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar on Jan. 20-21st 2012. She also presented a paper on ‘Codes of Ethics for Librarians : A Select Compilation of Library Associations’ in a two day National Seminar on ‘Ethical Tensions for Academics, Researchers and Publishers in Information Society’, organized by Dept. of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala on 31st Jan-1st Feb. 2012. Mrs. Jaspal Kaur Mrs. Suman M.A. M. Phil Lata Pathak 27 yrs Permanent 30 Dr. Punam M.A. Gupta M. Phil, Ph.D. 23 yrs Permanent Dr. Meena M.A. Chopra M. Phil, Ph.D. Mrs. Shiva M.Com., UGC Malik 24 yrs Permanent 16 yrs Permanent Dr. Punam Gupta presented a paper titled ‘Dialogic Governance : Radio as Potential Catalyst’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Media and Governance’ organized by PGGCG, Sector 11, Chandigarh on 28th March 2012. Mrs. Shiva Malik presented a coauthored paper titled ‘Entrepreneurship Development A Strategy of Growth’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Business Challenges and Strategies in Emerging Global Scenario’ organized by SGGS College, Chandigarh on 6th February 2012. She also presented a coauthored paper titled ‘Business Ethics and Human Values in Health Care Industry’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Value Metamorphosis : Ethics and Morality in Business and Governance’ organized by MCM 31 Mrs. Shiva Malik DAV College for Women, Chandigarh on 11th Feb. 2012. She presented another paper titled ‘Problems of MSMEs with Reference to Light Engineering Industry of Punjab’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. Mrs. Shiva Malik’s co-authored paper titled ‘Job Satisfaction among Nurses-A Compartive Study in Govt. and Private Hospitals’ was published in Biz n Bytes, Vol. I, Jan.Mar. 2012. Dr. Surinder Kaur Mrs. Ravipreet Kaur Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh M.A. Ph.D. 13 ½ yrs Permanent M.A. M. Phil, 22 yrs Permanent M. Com 16 yrs Permanent Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh and Mrs. Renu Kalra’s co-authored paper titled ‘Tourism Industry : A Sunrise Sector of India’ was published in Dr. 32 Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh Neena Seth Pajni’s edited book New Horizon of Service Sector : Challenges and Opportunities. Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh and Mrs. Renu Kalra presented a coauthored paper titled ‘Interpersonal Skills : A New Age Mantra for Successful Technocrats’ at the International Conference on ‘Consultation and Experience Sharing on Role of Humanities and Social Sciences in Holistic Development of Future TechnocratsLooking Ahead’ organized by Japee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan on Sept. 23rd -24th, 2011. They also presented a co-authored paper titlted ‘Performance Appraisal: A Boom or a Bane’? at the National Conference on ‘Employees’ Performance Appraisals-Systems and Practices across Different Sectors/ Organizations’ organized by Manav Rachna International 33 Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh University, Faridabad on 25th Nov. 2011. Mrs. Renu Kalra, Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh and Mrs. Leena Gupta presented a joint paper titled ‘Revamping Indian Handicraft Industry: Need of the Hour’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. Mrs. Renu M. Com 15 ½ years Kalra Completed her M. Phil in Commerce Permanent Mrs. Renu Kalra successfully completed UGC sponsored 90th Orientation Programme from 10th May 2011 to 6th June 2011 organized by the Academic Staff College, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh and Mrs. Renu Kalra’s co-authored paper titled ‘Tourism Industry : A Sunrise Sector of India’ was published in Dr. Neena Seth Pajni’s edited book New Horizon of Service Sector : Challenges and Opportunities. 34 Mrs. Renu Kalra Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh and Mrs. Renu Kalra presented a coauthored paper titled ‘Interpersonal Skills : A New Age Mantra for Successful Technocrats’ at the International Conference on ‘Consultation and Experience Sharing on Role of Humanities and Social Sciences in Holistic Development of Future TechnocratsLooking Ahead’ organized by Japee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan on Sept. 23rd -24th, 2011. They also presented a co-authored paper titlted ‘Performance Appraisal : A Boom or a Bane’? at the National Conference on ‘Employees’ Performance Appraisals-Systems and Practices across Different Sectors/ Organizations’ organized by Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad on 25th Nov. 2011. Mrs. Renu Kalra, Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh 35 and Mrs. Leena Gupta presented a joint paper titled ‘Revamping Indian Handicraft Industry: Need of the Hour’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs: Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. Mrs. Renu Kalra Mrs. Sunita B.Com, Gupta M. Com, M.B.A, UGC 8 yrs, Permanent Dr. Sunita Gupta’s paper titled ‘Disclosure Practices of Banking Companies in India’ was published in ‘Political Economy Journal of India’ Vol. 20, Issue 1-2, June 2011. Dr. Sunita Gupta and Mrs. Sabina Chadha presented a coauthored paper titled ‘Attitude of Youth towards Entrepreneurship- A Case Study of Chandigarh’ at the 5th International Conference on ‘Emerging Economics : Challenges and Opportunites’ held at Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and 36 Mrs. Sunita Gupta Technology, Mohali on March 18th-19th, 2011. Dr. Sunita Gupta, Mrs. Sabina Chadha and Mrs. Arvinder Kaur presented a joint paper titled ‘Marketing Strategies of Bollywood-A Journey from then to now’ at National Confernce on ‘Strategic Management of Business Development : Issues and Prospects’ organized by Baba Farid College of Management and Technology, Bathinda on April 20th -21st, 2011. They also presented a joint paper titled ‘Media and Ethics-An Oxymoron’ at the National Conference on ‘Ethics, Values and Morality : Concept, Theory and Practice’ organized by Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad on 28th May 2011. Mrs. M.A, M. Phil Amarpreet Virk Ms. Manu M.Com, UGC Rani 12 yrs P.T. (Aided) 5 sess. do Dr. Shikha Vohra and Mrs. Manu Thakur presented a co37 Ms. Manu Rani authored paper titled ‘Textile Industry in India : Growth and Prospects’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. Mrs. Madhu M.Com, MBA, 9 yrs Gupta UGC Mrs. Preeti M.A., Vohra U.G.C 9 yrs do Mrs. Madhu Gupta, presented a paper titled ‘Business Sustainability in the Era of Globalization’ at the 5th International Conference on ‘Emerging Economics: Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology, Mohali on March 18th – 19th, 2011. Mrs. Komal Sharma and Mrs. Preeti Vohra presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Problems of MSMEs and its Solutions’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. 38 Mrs. Leena M.A., UGC, M. 13 yrs Gupta Phil Dr. M.A., Ph.D. 15 yrs Pushpinder Pal Kaur Ms. Seema M.Sc. 4 session Sharma (Clothing & Textile) (Gold Medalist), Dip. in Web Plus Graphics Ms. Komal M. Com, 9 yrs Sharma UGC Mrs. Renu Kalra, Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh and Mrs. Leena Gupta presented a joint paper titled ‘Revamping Indian Handicraft Industry: Need of the Hour’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. Regular unaided Mrs. Komal Sharma and Mrs. Preeti Vohra presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Problems of MSMEs and its Solutions’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. 39 Mrs. Sabina B.Com, Chadha M.Com, UGC 8 yrs Regular unaided Dr. Sunita Gupta and Mrs. Sabina Chadha presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Attitude of Youth towards Entrepreneurship- A Case Study of Chandigarh’ at the 5th International Conference on ‘Emerging Economics : Challenges and Opportunites’ held at Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology, Mohali on March 18th-19th, 2011. Dr. Sunita Gupta, Mrs. Sabina Chadha and Mrs. Arvinder Kaur presented a joint paper titled ‘Marketing Strategies of Bollywood-A Journey from then to now’ at National Confernce on ‘Strategic Management of Business Development : Issues and Prospects’ organized by Baba Farid College of Management and Technology, Bathinda on April 20th 21st, 2011. They also presented a joint paper titled ‘Media and EthicsAn Oxymoron’ at the National Conference on ‘Ethics, Values and Morality : Concept, Theory and Practice’ organized by Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad on 28th May 2011. 40 Mrs. Satinder Kaur B.Com, 6 yrs M.Com, UGC, B. Ed. Regular unaided Ms. Kanika M.Sc.(IT), Batra BCA 5 yrs Regular unaided Mrs. Rekha, Mrs. Kanika Batra and Mrs. Sonia presented a joint paper titled ‘Brain Finger Printing- A New Paradigm’ at UGC sposnored National Seminar on ‘Emerging Technologies in Computing’ organized by Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur on 30th Nov. 2011. Ms. Rekha MCA, Rani PGDCA, M. Sc. (Comp. Sc.) 5 yrs Regular unaided Mrs. Rekha, Mrs. Kanika Batra and Mrs. Sonia presented a joint paper titled ‘Brain Finger Printing- A New Paradigm’ at UGC sposnored National Seminar on ‘Emerging Technologies in Computing’ organized by Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur on 30th Nov. 2011. MCA, 5yrs Regular unaided Ms. Meenakshi Kondal presented a paper titled ‘Eco Friendly Computing is Green Computing’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Web Information Systems and Technologies’ organized by Dept. of Computer Applications, PGGCG11, Chandigarh on 9th Nov. 2011. She also Mrs. Meenakshi Kondal M.Sc., CIC 41 presented a paper titled ‘Next Generation Protocol’ at UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Economic Reforms: An Unfinished Agenda’ organized by SD College, Chandigarh on 11th Feb. 2012. Ms. Arvinder Kaur MFA, UGC 4 yrs Regular unaided Dr. Satinderjit Kaur Ms. Sukhdeep Kaur Bains B.A., Ph.D. M.A., 7 yrs Regular unaided Dr. Sunita Gupta, Mrs. Sabina Chadha and Mrs. Arvinder Kaur presented a joint paper titled ‘Marketing Strategies of Bollywood-A Journey from then to now’ at National Confernce on ‘Strategic Management of Business Development : Issues and Prospects’ organized by Baba Farid College of Management and Technology, Bathinda on April 20th 21st, 2011. They also presented a joint paper titled ‘Media and EthicsAn Oxymoron’ at the National Conference on ‘Ethics, Values and Morality : Concept, Theory and Practice’ organized by Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad on 28th May 2011. BCA, M. Sc. 1 yr (IT), MCA 42 Mrs. Ekta BCA, M.Sc.(CS) M.Phil 3 yrs Ms. Harpreet Kaur PGDCA M. Sc. (CS) Ms. Anupam Rani M.Com, M. Phil 2 yrs Regular unaided Mrs. Prabhjot Kaur Mrs. Sonia M.A., UGC 6 yrs Regular unaided BCA, MCA 2 yrs UGC Dr. Shikha M.Com. Ph.D., 2 session Vohra UGC Regular Unaided Regular Unaided Mrs. Harpreet Walia Do MBA (HR) UGC 3 yrs Attended a national seminar on IT Capacity building at SD College32, Chandigarh Attended a national seminar on IT Capacity building at SD College32, Chandigarh Dr. Satinderjit Kaur presented a paper titled ‘Health and Well-being of Youth’ at Indian Psychological Science Congress on ‘Health Psychology and Rehabilitation: The Crisis Among Youth and Aged’ organized by Dept. of Psychology, P.G.Govt. College, Sector 46, Chandigarh on 12th-13th Oct. 2011. Dr. Shikha Vohra and Mrs. Manu Thakur presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Textile Industry in India: Growth and Prospects’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. Ms. Harpreet Kaur presented a paper titled ‘Threats Over Network and Safety Measures’ at 43 the National workshopcum-conference on ‘Recent Trends in Mathematics and Computing’ organized by The Technological Institute of Textile and Sciences, Bhiwani on on 21st May 2011. She also presented a paper titled ‘Emerging and Future Technologies in Computer’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Emerging Technologies in Computing’ organized by Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur on 30th Nov. 2011. Ms.Shilpa MCA 2yrs Ms. Shilpa Aggarwal and Ms. Rinky Gambhir presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Andrord-An Operating System’ at UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Emerging Technologies in Computing’ organized by Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur on 30th Nov. 2011. Mrs. Rati B.Sc., M.Sc. Arora UGC 2 yrs Mrs. Rashmi Bhatia 3 sessions & 6 Do months Mr. Kamlesh Kumar B.Com, MCA M.A. Sangeet 16 yrs. Visharad & Sangeet Bhaskar Mr. Jagdish B.A. 9 yrs Contractual Permanent 44 Kumar (Parbhakar) Tabla Mr. Mukesh B.A., Diploma 10 yrs in Comp. Sci. Mr. Sanjay B.A. Dip. In 1yr Comp. Hardware & networking 8. Total No. of Seminars/Workshops conducted: Session 2005-06 The College organized a series of Seminars / Lectures esp. on career counseling, personality development, communication skills and on empowerment of women which are listed below: Dr.Poonam Gupta Reader- Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Govt. Medical College and Hospital, Sec32 Chd. made an audio-visual presentation on the menace of female foeticide on 22 Sept 2005. A lecture and an audio-visual presentation on the topic ‘Healthy Heart’ was made by Dr.VanitaGoyal, Dr.GeetanjaliPareakh and Ms.Jagrup from PGIMER on 29 Sept.2005. A Seminar and interactive session on social implication of HIV/AIDS by the NSS unit of the college in collaboration with Centre for Adult, Continuing Education and Extension, P.U Chd. An information and counseling session on careers in teaching and air hostess training on 16th Jan 06. Career counseling seminar on ‘Banking & Insurance Services’ organized by D.S Parmar, Sub-Regional Employment Officer, P.U. Chd. A personality grooming and etiquette learning workshop-cum-seminar was organized by career guidance and placement cell of the college on 25th Jan2006. It was conducted by Ms. Priya Warrich, ex-Miss India America and Executive Director of Warrich Finishing School, New Delhi. Dept.of Economics organized a lecture on ‘Globalization and its impact on the Indian Economy’by Prof.Khurana of Dept of Economics, P.U Chd.on 6th Feb 2006. Session 2006-07 The College organized a series of seminar/lectures especially on career counseling, HIV-AIDS, drug abuse, communication skills, personality grooming for the overall development of the students, which are listed below: A Special interactive workshop and one to one counseling session was organized to remove myths and conceptions about HIV-AIDS and drugs among students by the NSS Unit of the college in Collaboration with Servants of the people society on 14th Oct 2006. An Interactive Session on Adolescent Education and HIV/AIDS was organized in the college with a panel of experts having social Activists, programme coordinator of centre for Adult Education and extension and Punjab University on 27th Nov 2006. An Interactive session on Family planning Methods and Teenage Pregnancy was conducted with the help of Dept. of community medicine, Govt. Medical College, Chandigarh. 45 The Peace Club of the college organized a lecture by world-renowned Gandhian activist and chairman of Indian Council for Gandhian studies Dr. N. Radhakrishan as a part of the campaign for peace supported by Sirjan Peace Education Center of Yuvsatta, Chd. The career guidance and placement cell of the college organized a Seminar on “Career opportunities on Emerging Sectors” in collaboration with ICFAI, Chd. on 7th Nov.2006. The social sciences forum of the college organized a Regional Seminar on “Globalization Social institutions and value” on 3rd Feb 2007. A Lecture on the topic of ‘Benefits of Bio-Technology in Today’s Times’ was delivered by Prof Jagdeep Kaur. Dept of Biotechnology, P.U. Chd on 12th Feb 2007. Career guidance and counseling cell of the college organized a talk on “Training in Soft Skills” by Cavalier, a local accredited agency and a workshop on “ How to write an effective Resume”, by Central State Library Chd. Three-day Librarian’s workshop on “Digitization and Digital Library” was organized in the college from 5th Oct 2006. Students of the Add on course of communicative English visited Doordarhan, Chd to have a firsthand experience of voice over, editing and recording in a studio on 5th March 2007. Another visit was made to Radio Buzz on 9th and 10th March to get practical training in broadcasting and voice modulation. The Environment club of the college organized a PowerPoint presentation on the theme of “More Crop per Drop” on Feb 27, 2007. On 27th Feb, the students and faculty of the Dept of Fashion Designing visited the Textile Committee of India at Ludhiana to get firsthand knowledge of knitting stitching and labeling of garments etc. Session 2007-08 A one-day Regional Seminar on the theme ‘Emerging Scenario in Indian Banking’ was convened by Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh on 1st March 2008 in collaboration with the ICSSR, North-Western Region Chandigarh. 50 delegates from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh attended the seminar. Prof. S.C. Vaidya of UBS Chandigarh was the keynote speaker while Dr. J. Saddakkadulla, Regional Director, RBI delivered the valedictory address. On 3rd and 4th August 2007, a two-day UGC Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Managing College Libraries in the Digital Environment: Opportunities and Challenges’ was organized by the Library Department in the college. About 100 delegates from all over the country took part. One day Entrepreneurship Development programme sponsored by the Director of Industries, U.T. Administration, Chandigarh was organized on 7th February 2008. Twenty members from the teaching faculty and all students of vocational courses like Fashion Designing, Communicative English, EDP, and Cosmetology attended the seminar. A seminar on ‘Inside and Outside of Animation Industry’ was arranged in collaboration with Arena Multimedia Academy on 16th February 2008. A presentation by Air Hostess Academy Chandigarh was given on 3rd November 2007 for Career Options in Aviation and Hospital Industry. 46 Wigan and Leigh College India Ltd. gave a presentation on different programmes in the areas of Business, Fashion Technology, Advertising and Graphic Design on 25th October 2007. A special lecture on career options in Accounting and Finance was delivered by Mr. Tarun, Director NIFA on 1st August 2007. A special lecture on career options in Armed Forces for Women was delivered by Col. Bahuguna of Impact and Lt. Mamta of 01 girls’ Battalion of N.C.C. Chandigarh on 27 th July 2007. Educorps, a local career counseling institute made a presentation on helping students to choose a career keeping in view their aptitudes. Session2008-09 An ICSSR – sponsored seminar on Women Entrepreneur: Issues and Perspectives of North-West Region was organized by the Department of Commerce of the college on February 07, 2009. A two-day creative writing workshop was organized in the college in association with Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi on September 3rd and 4th 2008. The Department of Psychology organized on interactive session on ‘Enhancing Happiness’ with Prof. Meena Sehgal from Department of Psychology, Panjab University. A one day outreach symposium on ‘Crusade against Cancer’ was organized in association with Grecian Super Speciality Hospital, on 22nd October 2008 as part of the observance of ‘Pink October’ month. The Fashion Designing Department of the college organized a seven-day Pidilite Fabric Ornamental and Painting Workshop in January 2009. The Department of Fine Arts of the college organized a two-day workshop for Fine Arts students in the college in August 2008. Mr. Pankaj Saroj from Govt. College of Fine Arts, Chandigarh taught the students different techniques of water colours in land scaping and still life making. One-day awareness workshop in Animation by Picasso Animation College, Mohali on 25th October 2008. Fashion Arena-An Exhibition was organized by the Department of Fashion Designing of the college on 29th, 30th January 2009. 150 garments designed and stitched by the students of the Department were showcased. A Library Orientation Programme was conducted on 28th-29th July 2008. A book exhibition on the theme of ‘Power of Books’ was organized in the library in October 2008. Reference Hunting and book finding competitions were also organized. DESIRE – An exhibition to showcase the Fine Arts creations of the students of this department was organized on 3rd and 4th March 2009 in the college. Total No. of seminars / workshops conducted – Attended – 11 13 Session2009-10 47 On 28th Jan., 2010 the Dept. of Fashion Designing and of the Add-on course in Entrepreneur Development organized an industrial visit to Deepak Spinners at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh to understand the industrial work process of a large-scale industry The students of the Dept. of Fine Arts visited several exhibitions to understand the concept of art display and presentation. Department of Computer Applications organized a seminar on 29th Nov. 2009 on Biometrics delivered by Sh. J.P. Singh, IT Consultant with various I.T. organizations. On Aug. 24, 2009 two seminars organized in college by NIIT for communication and computer science streams briefing them about scholarships tests and career. A motivational-cum-awareness lecture by HCL was organized in college for IT students, informing them about the world of promising opportunities for skilled professionals. A counsellor from IIJT visited the college on 29th August 2009 for a personality development and career counselling seminar. An inter-college IT fest was organized by Dept.of Computer Applications of our college on 29.01.2010. A special talk and interactive session on ‘Abilities and Careers’ by Senior Counsellor (Retd.) SIE, Prof. Krishan Kumar was held on 9th Feb., 2010. A seminar on 17th Sept. 2009 on Alcoholism in collaboration with the NSS unit of college and conducted by Alcoholics Anonymous. Total No. of seminars / workshops conducted – Attended – 10 18 Session 2010-11 Art and craft workshop was held for three days with the help of Mrs. Nirmal of Pidilite faculty. A workshop on ‘Responsible Sexual Behaviour’ was held by the team headed by Mrs. Meenakshi Agnihotri, Asstt. Prof., National Institute of Nursing Education, PGI, Chandigarh. A talk on Breast cancer by the team of Rani Breast cancer trust was organised for the benefit of the volunteers and women of village Burail. The Environment Club of our college, in collaboration with Dept. of Life Long Learning and Extension, Panjab University, Chandigarh, organised a two day (Feb. 22-23, 2011). Orientation Programme on Ehtics of Environment and Role of Students for Conservation of Environment. One day workshop on Fabric painting and on Aari Work was held in the month of September 2010. Ms. Komal Vadhera from Pidilite conducted a 5-days workshop on painting of articles from November 7-12, 2010. Ms. Prabhjot of Guardian School of Design and Management gave a talk on Computer Aided Designing courses. A two days workshop was conducted by Ms. Sonam, Fevicryl Instructor, on recycling of waste material on January 29, 2011. She demonstrated teh art of making flowers, frames, envelopes, pen holders, vases, and invitation cards from newspapers, bottles and other waste material. 48 Students of the Dept. of Fashion Designing organised an exhibition ‘Art Noveaue’ on 15th November, 2010. Items on display included fish aquarium style key holders, flower vases, decorative name plates, diyas, candle stands, jewellery boxes, jute bags and tee shirts. The annual exhibition of Fashion Designing was held on March 1, 2011 fousing on Ethnic, Western and Woollen wear, Knitted and embroidered articles. The Fine Arts Dept. of the college organised a workshop on Still Life and Landscape from Nov. 18-20, 2010. Mr. Narinder Jaroura, a free lancer and art teacher at Kundan International School conducted the workshop. Total No. of seminars / workshops conducted – 11 Session2011-12 Total No. of seminars / workshops conducted Attended – – 9. Research Papers/ Books: Session2005-06 Name of Journal/Book/Publisher 10 27 Name of the Teacher Date Abhishek Publications Chd.. Dr.Smita Bahuguna Dec.2004 Bhartiya Sangeet Mein Prabandhe Kee Avardharan’ Annual Conference Volume of Indian Economic Association Principal, Dr. Shashi Jain March 2005 Employment Guarantee Rational & Implementation Vishwajyoti Dr.Meera Modi June-July 2005 Samriti Sahitya me Rashtra ka Swaroop Vishwajyoti Dr.Meera Modi Oct 2005 Dharamshastra Ka Arth Avom Varn Vishya Dr. Punam Gupta March 2005 Folk Creativity as a Subversive Gesture in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. Ethnic Literatures of America Article Session 2006-07 49 No Active Research is being taken up at the college level. However, Dr. Punam Gupta of the Dept of English was awarded Doctorate in English at the 56th P.U. Annual Convocation on 7th March 2007.Mrs. Kumud Khurana of the Dept. of Commerce submitted her Doctoral these are to the University Business School, P.U. in August 2006. Session 2007-08 Dr. Punam Gupta, Lect. in English, supervised one M.Phil Dissertation. Session 2008-09 Newly implemented – Mrs. Jaspal Kaur, Librarian is registered University, Patiala. for Doctorate at Punjabi Session 2009-2010 Mrs. Shiva Malik, Mrs. Sunita Gupta and Mrs. Madhu Jindal all from Dept. of Commerce are pursuing their Ph.D. Mrs. Meenakshi Kondal, Mrs. Rekha Rani, Mrs. Kanika Chopra all from BCA Dept. are pursuing M.Phil Mr. Kamlesh Sharma, Dept. of Music has completed his M.Phil. Mrs. Satinder Kaur, Dept. of Commerce also completed her M.Phil Mrs.Arvinder Kaur of Fine Arts Dept. has completed her Diploma in Creative Photography from Panjab University, Chandigarh. Mrs. Seema Sharma of Fashion Designing has completed her M.Phil and a Diploma in Retail Management. Session 2010-11 Nil Session 2011-12 The faculty consistently improves their knowledge and skills by upgrading their qualifications and participating in academic seminars and conferences. Dr. Sunita Gupta of the Dept. of Commerce has been awarded Ph.D. degree in this academic year. Six members of the faculty Mrs. Jaspal Kaur, Mrs. Shiva Malik, Mrs. Komal Sharma, Mrs. Madhu Jindal, Mrs. Anupam and Mrs. Jyoti Arora are currently pursuing their Ph.D. Mrs. Rati Arora of the Dept. of Fashion Designing cleared the UGC-NET exam and also completed Masters of Arts in Education from Kurukshetra University. Mrs. Manu Rani of the Dept. of Commerce completed her MBA from National Institute of Business Management, Chennai. Ms. Jyoti Arora of the Dept. of Public Administration completed her M.Phil with Gold Medal from Panjab University, Chandigarh. Mrs.Neelam Raina, Fee Clerk completed M.Com from IASE Deemed University, Rajasthan. 10. Patents generated: Nil 11. New Collaborative research: Nil 12. Research grants received from various agencies: Nil 50 13. Details of Research Scholars: Session 2005-06 No active research is being taken up at the college level.However, Mrs.Punam Gupta’s Ph.D was approved by the Panjab University in June 2006 .Mrs Kumud Khurana, and dept of Commerce is pursuing her Ph.D from Panjab University. Session 2006-07 Research paper/ Books: Nil Session 2007-08 Dr. Kumud Khurana of the Department of Commerce was awarded her doctorate in Commerce and Business Administration by the P.U. Mrs. Satinder Kaur of Department of Commerce completed her M. Phil degree. Mrs. Sunita Gupta of Department of Commerce is pursuing her Ph.D. from UBS, Panjab University, and Chandigarh on the topic, ‘Evaluation of Quality of Disclosure in the Annual Reports of Commercial Banks in India’. Session2008-09 Research paper/ Books: Nil Session 2009-10 Mrs. Jaspal Kaur, Librarian, Mrs. Shiva Malik and Mrs. Madhu Jindal both from Dept. of Commerce are also pursuing their Ph.D. Mr. Kamlesh Kumar is pursuing M.Phil in Instrumental Music. Session2010-11 Mrs. Sunita Gupta of Department of Commerce is pursuing her Ph.D. from UBS, Panjab University, and Chandigarh on the topic, ‘Evaluation of Quality of Disclosure in the Annual Reports of Commercial Banks in India’. Mrs. Jaspal Kaur, Librarian, Mrs. Shiva Malik and Mrs. Madhu Jindal both from Dept. of Commerce are also pursuing their Ph.D. Session2011-12 Same as against point no.9 14. Citation index of faculty members and impact factor: Session2005-06 Principal : Dr. Shashi Jain M.A Eco, M.A Eng, Ph.D. Experience : 35 yrs. Faculty Development Programmes / Seminars / Conferences attended and papers presented: NAAC sponsored seminar on need for sharing Healthy Practices among institution of Higher Learning at Swami Premanand Mahavidyalaya Mukerian in March 2005. Faculty Development Programmers for Principals conducted by ICFAI Hyderabad in May 2005. 51 Faculty Development Programmers conducted by ICFAI at Chandigarh in July 2005. Conference on IT: ITES: Emerging Opportunities and challenge organized by dept. of Information Technology, Chd... Admn in July 2005. 88th Annual Conference of Indian Economics Association at School of Economics Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam. Presented Paper on Employment Guarantee: Rationale and Implementation from Dec 27-28 2005. National Conference from Jan 6-8 2006 paper presented on ‘Role College in development of Ethical and Social Values’ at Indian College Forum at Saurashtra University, Gujarat. Seminar on Jan 11 2006 on Commercial Dairy Farming in Punjab organized by Institute for Development & Communication Chd… Seminar on Feb 11, 2006 as an expert on Employment Guarantee Act. Executive Development Programme from May 22-27 2006 presented paper on ‘Crisis Management’ Association of Indian College Principal at Pune. Faculty Development Programmes/Seminars/Conferences attended and papers presented: Session 2005-06 Name Qualification Exp. Nature of appointment Attended/Presented Conference conducted by ICFAI at Chd. in July 2005 NAAC sponsored workshop on Best Practices of Accredited and Non Accredited colleges of P.U Chd. Mrs. Pankaja Vashisht M.A./M.Phil 24yrs Permanent Mrs. Tejinder Kaur M.A./M.Phil 25yrs Permanent Mrs. Mridula Aggarwal Dr. Smita Bahuguna M.A./M.Phil 25yrs Permanent M.A. (V), M.A. (I), PH.D 26yrs Permanent Mr. Saroj Sharma Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi M.A. M.Phil M.A. 27yrs 26yrs Permanent Permanent Dr. Meera Modi M.A. Ph.D 20yrs Permanent 20 yrs Permanent 17yrs Permanent Mrs. Suman Lata M.A., M.Phil, Pathak Mrs. Punam M.A. ,M.Phil A book Bhartiya Sangeet Mein Prabandhe Kee Avardharan was pub. By Abhishek Pub. In Dec 2004. Refresher Course on Using literature for language teaching in class. MELUS 52 Gupta International Conference held in March 2005 presented paper Landmarks in American writing. Dr. Meena Chopra Mrs. Ravipreet Uppal M.A. M.Phil, Ph.D 18 yrs Permanent M.A. M.Phil 16 yrs Permanent Dr. Surinder Kaur Mrs. Jaspal Kaur M.A. Ph.D. B.A., M.Lib.Sc. 7yrs Permanent Permanent Mrs. Shiva Malik M.Com , UGC 10 yrs Permanent Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Dr. Madhu Bhatia Mrs. Amarpreet Virk Mrs. Preeti Vohra M.A. 11 yrs Permanent M.A. Ph.D. M.A., M.Phil 12 yrs 6 yrs Guest Faculty PT aided M.A. Eco, UGC 3 yrs Guest Faculty Orientation course in March-April 2005 Institute for Development and Communication 1. Acted as resource person on 27.7.05 on Information Tech. application in Librarianship MGSIPAP. 2. One day seminar on Recent trends in Medical Librarianship organized by Dr. Tulsi Dass Library PGIMR on 10.2.2006 3. Lecture-cum demonstration on How to build a Digital Library at British Library on 28.4.2006 by Mr. P.V Rao organized by CLA. Seminar on Feb 10, 2006 on Tribal Bill GCG 11 Chd. 53 Mrs. Tarandeep M.A. 3yrs. Dip. in Office. Mgt. M.A (Eng) M.A., M.Phil, UGC M.A. UGC 5 yrs Guest Faculty 1 yrs 7 yrs 3 yrs Guest Faculty Guest Faculty Guest Faculty M.A., Ph.D. 9 yrs Guest Faculty M.Com, UGC 10 yrs Permanent Mrs. Sumita Sikka Ms.Sugandha Ms.Jyotsana Jaiswal Mr.Pardeep Kumar Mrs. Renu Kalra Mrs. Ramandeep Mann Dr. Harish Chopra M.Sc,UGC 2yrs Guest Faculty M.Sc, UGC M.Sc, B.Ed 1 yrs 1 yrs Guest Faculty Guest Faculty M.Com 3 yrs Guest Faculty M.Com, UGC M.Com, UGC 9 yrs 8 yrs PT aided PT aided M.Com, B.Ed, UGC, Ph.D 7 yrs Guest Faculty Mrs. Sabina M.Com, UGC 2 yrs Guest Faculty Ms.Suruchi Mrs. Leena Gupta Mrs. Sonu D.P. Singh Dr. Pushpinder Pal Kaur Mrs. Rakhi Dhawan 1.Seminar on Research Methodology in the field of Commerce at S.D College in Oct 2005 2.Seminar on Challenges in Human Resource Management at DAV in Feb06 3. Attended Seminar on Privatization of Higher Education at Govind National College Narangwal in Feb 06. Global Academia Corporate Inter face for employment and Entrepreneurship org. by Federation of Educators and Scholars of Tourism(FEAST) 54 Chadha Mrs. Satinder Kaur Mrs. Harjeet Kaur Mr.Sunil Kumar Soni M.Com, UGC 6 month Guest Faculty M.Com, M.Phil M.Sc(IT),MCSE,PGD CA 6 month 1 yrs Guest Faculty Guest Faculty Ms. Gagandeep Kaur MCA 2yrs Guest Faculty Ms. Jaswinder Kaur Ms. Shelja Mr. Jagdish Kumar Mr. Mukesh Kumar Dr. Sumati MCA 3 yrs Guest Faculty M.Sc(IT) B.A(Parbhakar),Tabla 3 yrs 4 yrs Guest Faculty Guest Faculty Dip. In Comp. Science 5 yrs Guest Faculty B.A Dip. In Beauty Therapy B.A, D.P.Ed, M.P.Ed 1 yrs Guest Faculty 1 yrs Guest Faculty Ms. Rupinder Session 2006-07 Name Principal Dr. Shashi Jain Qualification Regional stake holder Consultation Nature of appointment Permanent 1. Conference on IT: ITES Emerging Opportunities and Challenges org. by Dept. of Information Technology Chd. in July 2005. 2. Conference on Business security in Networked Environment: Are we safe? Held in Aug 2005. 3. Seminar on New Horizons of IT at MCM DAV College Chd. held in Nov 2005. 1. Seminar on New Horizons of IT at MCM DAV College Chd. Held in Nov 2005. Seminar / Conference / Refresher Course / attended or Paper Presentation during the session 2006-07 Conducted by Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India at Chandigarh in Sept 55 workshop on ‘WTO Agriculture and NAMA Negotiations: ‘Indetifying products of concern to India’ International Conference 2006 Principals Conference Conducted by College development Council Panjab Univ. Chd on 6the Nov 2006 Presented paper on “Economics of Education” at Kurukshetra Univ. in Dec 2006 Conducted by Int. Punjabi Chamber for service Industry on “Emerging Trends in Education and opportunities for Infrastructure development for HRD for Service Industry” in Oct 2006 89th Annual Conference of the Indian Economics Association UGC Sponsored National Seminar Chaired the technical session on “Impact of WTO on Different Sectors of the Indian Economy: An Agenda for new Millennium” at S.A. Jain College, Ambala City on 10the March 2007 Mrs. Pankaja Vashisht Mrs. Tejinder Kaur M.A./M.Phil Permanent M.A./M.Phil Permanent Mrs. Mridula Aggarwal Dr. Smita Bahuguna Mr. Saroj Sharma Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi M.A./M.Phil Permanent M.A. (V), M.A. (I), PH.D M.A. M.Phil M.A. Permanent Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi International Seminar Permanent International Symposium Permanent Permanent Permanent “Revisiting Pedagogic concerns” held at Regional Institute of English, Chd. Presented paper on “Feminist Consciousness in South Asian Literature” conducted by University of Lucknow. Presented paper on “Feminist Consciousness in South Asian Literature” conducted by University of Lucknow. Conducted by DAV College Chd. on “Towards Improvement in English 56 Language and literature Teaching: Communicating across the curriculum. National Seminar Permanent On the topic “India Since the 1990 and Social Science research” at ICSSR Chd. UGC Sponsored Seminar Permanent On the topic “Trends in contemporary Indian Writing at SGGS College, Chd. Seminar Permanent International Conference Permanent “Revisiting Pedagogic concerns” held at Regional Institute of English, Chd. International Conference on ‘Literature in Times of Violence’ held at Dept of English. P.U. Chd. Seminar Permanent Presented Papers on 1. DRV DAV College Phillore. 2. At Arya Kanya Mahavidylaya, Shahabad. 3. At Gurukul Kangri Vishvavidyalaya Haridwar Mrs. Suman Lata M.A., M.Phil, Pathak Mr. Punam Gupta M.A. M.Phil, Ph.D Permanent Attend training programme Red Ribbon Club at DAV College, Chd Presented Research Paper on “Personal is Political” organized by the Institute for Research in Disciplinary Studies, Jaipur. Dr. Meena Chopra Mrs. Ravipreet Uppal M.A. M.Phil, Ph.D Permanent M.A. M.Phil Permanent 1,2 Day National Seminar on “Ideological and Cultural Prespective of Guru Arjan Bani” held at Pb. Univ. on 8-9 March 2006 Dr. Surinder Kaur M.A. Ph.D. Permanent Course at the academic staff college Mrs. Jaspal Kaur B.A., M.Lib.Sc. Permanent On the topic “Information and Knowledge Mgt. in networked world” at Punjab Univ. Chd. Dr. Meera Modi Seminar International Conference Permanent Attended Seminar on ‘Management 57 of E-Resources at GMCH Sec-32, Chd org by Medical Library Association of India and central Library GMCH-32, Chd. Presentation on “GSDL: A brief Introduction” held at DSCW-45-B, Chd. 3. National workshop on “Enhancing Youth Employability by strong thing guidance and counseling services in colleges” in Feb 2007 Mr. Kamlesh Kumar M.A. Permanent Dr. Madhu Bhatia Mrs. Amarpreet Virk M.A. Ph.D. M.A., M.Phil Guest Faculty Part time aided Mrs. Preeti Vohra Mrs. Tarandeep M.A. Eco, UGC M.A. 3yrs. Dip. in Office. Mgt. M.A., M.Phil Guest Faculty Guest Faculty Guest Faculty 1. Faculty development programme organized by ICFAI in Jan’2007 2. Attended National Seminar on “Impact of WTO at S.A Jain College Ambala City Mrs. Sonu D.P. Singh M.A. UGC, M.Phil Guest Faculty Dr. Pushpinder Kaur M.A., Ph.D. Guest Faculty Mrs. Shiva Malik M.Com, UGC Permanent Faculty development programme organized by ICFAI National College in Jan’2007 Attended 2 days National Seminar on “Ideological and Cultural Prespective of Guru Arjan Bani” held at Pb. Univ. on 8th, 9th March’2007 1. Refresher Course in commerce 2. National Seminar on VAT at G.G.S. College, Chd in Nov’2006 Mrs. Rakhi Dhawan Mrs. Kumud Khurana M.Com, UGC Permanent M.Com, UGC Permanent Mrs. Renu Kalra M.Com, UGC Part time Mrs. Leena Gupta 1. Attended the teachers training workshop on in Trends in Political Science Eng by Panjab Uni. From March 19-20, 2007 1. Submitted Ph.D thesis in August 2006 2. National Seminar on VAT at G.G.S. College, Chd in Nov’2006 58 Mrs. Ramandeep Mann Ms. Komal Sharma M.Com, UGC M.Com, UGC aided Part time aided Guest Faculty Mrs. Sabina Chadha M.Com, UGC Guest Faculty Mrs. Satinder Kaur Ms. Kanika Batra M.Com, UGC Dep. In E.Commerce Guest Faculty Guest Faculty Ms. Rekha Rani Ms. Suruchi Mrs. Kawaljeet Kaur Guest Faculty M.A. Eng. Mrs. Jatinder Kaur Mr. Pardeep Kumar Mrs. Geetika Duggal Guest Faculty Guest Faculty Guest Faculty M.Com Attended on Int. Industry Academia Meet at G.G.D.S.D. College, Chd. Held in Dec’2006 1. Attended National Seminar on VAT at G.G.S. College Chd. in Nov’2006 2. Attended and Int. Industry Academic Meet at G.G.D.S.D. College, Chd. Held in Dec’2006 Attended one day Seminar on “Applications of Information and Communication Technology for Development, Education & Research” held at Pb. Univ. Attended one day Seminar on “Applications of Information and Communication Technology for Development, Education & Research” held at Pb. Univ. Attended a seminar on the Presentation of Ozone Layer to mark the Int. day for the prevention of Ozone on 16th Sep’2006 at G.G.G.S. College, Chd Attended a seminar on the Presentation of Ozone Layer to mark the Int. day for the prevention of Ozone on 16th Sep’2006 at G.G.G.S. College, Chd Guest Faculty Guest Faculty Attended one day Seminar on “Applications of Information and Communication Technology for Development, Education & Research” held at Pb. Univ. 59 Session 2007-08 Dr. Meera Modi, Principal, Attended a National Seminar on 'Effecting Business Management' at SAS Institute of Information Technology and Research in April’07. Presented a paper on 'Dharam Ka Swaroop Avam Uski Mehta' at a national seminar in Arya Girls College, Ambala Cantt on 15 Sept 2007. Another paper presented on 'Sanskrit Sahitya main Paryawaran Chetna' at a seminar at GMN College Ambala Cantt. in Dec 2007. Attended the 5 day training programme on 'Curbing Female Foeticide' organized by the Director of Higher Education Chd. at Govt. College Sec 46 in July 2007. Attended the Principal's workshop on 'Academic Administrators: Meeting New Challenges' organized by the academic staff college P.U. on Feb 12-13-2008. Attended the first 'Chandigarh Language and Literature Congress' organized by P.U. on 2to3 Nov. 2007 Name Qualification Experience Nature of appointment Mrs. Pankaja Vashisht M.A., M. Phil 26 yrs Permanent Mrs. Tejinder Kaur M.A., M. Phil 27 yrs Permanent Faculty Development Programme/ Seminar / Conference attended and papers presented Attended a one day international conference on 'Investment Opportunities for Global Competitioners and Employability of Punjab Youth:' organized by the International Punjab Chamber for Service Industry on 12 Jan 2008 Attended the National Seminar on 'Ideological and Cultural Significance of Guru Nanak Bani in the Present Scenario' held at P.U. on Dec 06, 2007 Attended the 'First Chandigarh Language and Literature Congress' organized by P.U. on 2to3 Nov. 2007. Attended the 'World Punjabi Conference' organized by P.U. Chd held on 30-31 March 2008 60 Mrs. Mridula Aggarwal Dr. Smita Bahuguna M.A., M. Phil 27 yrs Permanent Vocal, Inst, Ph.D. 29 yrs Permanent Attended a one-day International Conference on 'Investment opportunities for Global Competitiveness and Employability of Punjab Youth' organized by the International Punjabi Chambers for service Industry on 12 Jan 2008 Mrs. Saroj Sharma M.A., M. Phil 29 yrs Permanent Attended the 'First Chandigarh Language and Literature Congress' organized by P.U. on 2to3 Nov 2007. Attended a six day workshop on 'Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education' organized by the Centre for Women Studies and Development. P.U. in Feb 2008 Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi Mrs. Jaspal Kaur M.A. 28 yrs Permanent B.A., M. Lib. Sc. 24 yrs Permanent Presented a paper on 'Creating a Digital Collection of Newspaper Clippings: An Experiment with Greenstone Digital Lib Software' at a National Seminar in DSCW-45 , Chd. and she coauthored a paper on KOHA: An Integrated System in the journal of Information Sci.,Chd.Attended a seminar on Mgt. of E-resources organized by central library GMCH, Chd and Medical Library association of India on 16.04.07 61 Mrs. Suman M.A. M. Phil Lata Pathak Dr. Punam M.A. M. Phil, Gupta Ph.D. 22 yrs Permanent 19 yrs Permanent Dr. Meena Chopra Mrs. Shiva Malik M.A. M. Phil, Ph.D. M.Com., UGC 20 yrs Permanent 12 yrs Permanent Dr. Surinder Kaur Mrs. Ravipreet Kaur M.A. Ph.D. 9 ½ yrs Permanent M.A. M. Phil, 18 yrs Permanent Attended the 5 day training programme on Curbing Female Foeticide organized by the Director of Higher Education, Chd at Govt. college, Sec 46 in July 2007 National Seminar on "Making on India as a Nation: Inter-Language Dialogue" by the faculty of languages Panjab University, Chd. Attended 10 days orientation course for N.S.S. Programme Officer, at Institute for Development & Communication Chd from 11.03.08 to 20.03.08 Attended the National Seminar on Ideological and Cultural significance of Guru Nanak Bani in the Present Scenario held at P.U. on Dec 6 2007. Attended the World Punjabi Conference organized by P.U. Chd. held on 30-31 March 2008 Mr. Kamlesh Kumar M.A. Sangeet 14 yrs. Visharad & Sangeet Bhaskar Permanent 62 Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh M. Com Dr. Kumud 13 yrs Permanent Refresher course in the subject of commerce for three weeks organized by Academic Staff College of P.U. Chd, University Business School, P.U., Chd in Sept' 2007. M. Com, Ph. D. 3 yrs Permanent Mrs. Amarpreet Virk M.A, M. Phil 8 yrs Permanent Mrs. Renu Kalra M. Com 12 & ½ yrs Permanent Dr. Kumud Khurana of the Dept. of Commerce was awarded her Doctorate in Commerce and Business Administration by the Punjab University. Attended the Teachers' Training Workshop on New Trends in Political Science organized by the Dept of Political Science, Punjab Univ., in March 2007 Attended a six-day workshop on Capacity Building of Women Manager in Higher Education organized by the Centre for Women Studies and Development, P.U. in 2/1/2008 Attended the Faculty Development Programme at State Level Govt. College11, Chd in collaboration of ICFAI on 23rd Feb 2008 Mrs. Ramandeep Mann Dr. Madhu Bhatia Mrs. Preeti Vohra Mr. Jagdish Kumar Mrs. Leena Gupta Ms. Sonu M.Com 10 yrs M.A., Ph.D. 14 yrs M. Com, U.G.C BA(Parbhakar) Tabla M.A., UGC, M. Phil M.A. UGC 5 yrs Khurana 7 yrs 9 yrs 5 yrs 63 D.P. Singh Dr. Pushpinder Pal Kaur M.A. Ph.D. 11 yrs Dr. Pushpinder Pal Kaur Ms. Tarandeep Ms. Jaswinder Kaur Ms. Prabhjot Kaur Ms. Seema Sharma Ms. Komal Sharma Mrs. Sunita Gupta Attended the National Seminar on Ideological & Cultural Significance of Guru Nanak Bani in the Present Scenario held at P.U. on Dec 6, 2007 Attended the World Punjabi Conference organized by P.U., Chd on 30-31 March 2008 B.A., M.A, 8 yrs 3 yrs Diploma in Modern Off. Mgt. B.P.Ed., 2 sessions D.P.Ed., M.P.Ed. M.Sc., U.G.C. 8 sessions M.Sc. (Clothing & Textile), Dip. in Web Plus Graphics M. Com, UGC 1 session B.Com, M. Com, M.B.A, UGC 5 yrs, Mrs. Sabina B.Com, Chadha M.Com, UGC 6 yrs Pursuing her Ph.D. on the topic, ‘‘Evaluation of Quality of Disclosure in the Annual Reports of Commercial Banks in India’. 5 yrs 64 Mrs. Satinder Kaur Ms. Kanika Batra Ms. Rekha Rani Mrs. Meenakshi Kondal Dr. Meena Chhabra B.Com, M.Com, UGC, B.Ed. M.Sc.(IT), BCA MCA,PGDCA, M.Sc.Comp.Sc. M.Sc., MCA, CIC Ms. Anupam Rani Mrs. Prabhjot Kaur Ms. Shikha Nalwa Mr. Pardeep Kumar M.Com, M.Phil 3 yrs Mrs. Satinder Kaur from Dept of Commerce completed her M. Phil 2 yrs 2 yrs 3 yrs M.A., Ph.D. PG Dip in Translation, Mass Comm. and Computers Ms. Sinky B.Sc., M.Sc., Gupta UGC Mrs. Manjit M.A., M. Phil, Dhillon M.Ed. Dr. B.A., M.A., 4 yrs Satinderjit Ph.D. Kaur Ms. BCA, M.Sc. Sukhdeep (IT), MCA Kaur Bains Ms. Shruti M.Sc. (IT) Sidhu Mrs. Seema BCA, M.Sc. Sharma (Comp. Sc.) Ms. M.Sc(IT) Harpreet Kaur M.A., UGC MFA, UGC (R.A.) B.Com, M.Com 4 yrs Session 2008-09 65 Dr. Meera Modi presented a paper titled (Vedic Vangmaya Mein Paryavaran Sarankshan’ at the 44th All India Oriental conference organized by the Institute of Sanskrit and Indological studies of Kurukshetra University in July 2008. Dr. Meera Modi was a delegate at the Higher Education Summit of ICFAI University, Hyderabad in May 2008. Name Qualification Experience Nature of appointment Mrs. Pankaja Vashisht M.A., M. Phil 27 yrs Permanent Mrs. Tejinder Kaur M.A., M. Phil 28 yrs Permanent Faculty Development Programme/ Seminar / Conference attended and papers presented Attended a UGC sponsored national seminar on India’s Foreign Trade: Post Reforms, Trends, Opportunities and Challenges held on March 27, 2009 at S.D. College (Lahore), Ambala Cantt. Attended workshop at RIE Chandigarh which was held to raise the standard of English at First Year level. Also, prepared a chapter on ‘Narration’ to be used at the 1st year level in P.U. Colleges. Attended seminar on Violence Among Youth: Challenges and Issues on 2425 March 2009 Mrs. Mridula Aggarwal M.A., M. Phil 28 yrs Permanent Dr. Smita Bahuguna Vocal, Inst, Ph.D. 30 yrs Permanent Attended National Seminar ‘The Angst of Rewording: Women Writers of the Indian Dicespora on 28th March 2009 Attended a one day Training and Placement Officers’ meet organized by WIPRO WASE on 23.09.09 66 Mrs. Saroj Sharma M.A., M. Phil 30 yrs Permanent She was a delegate at the National Seminar on ‘Anuwaad ki Sanskriti, Sanskriti ka Anuwaad’ at the Department of Hindi Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi M.A. 29 yrs Permanent Attended a two-day orientation Workshop on convention on the elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women at Dev Samaj College of Education, Sec 36 B, Chd in May 2008 Attended and helped organize the creative writing workshop in collaboration with Chandigarh Sahitya Academy from September 03-04, 2008 Attended seminar on Understanding Impurity: Failures and Possibilities Right to Truth, Justice and Reparations, at ICSSR on October 4-5, 2008 in collaboration with SAF, Kathmandu, Nepal Attended Civil Society Perspective in India’s Migration Policy at ICSSR, Chd December 14, 2008 in collaboration with CEC, Delhi and MFA Asia Attended seminar on Women Entrepreneur: Issues and Perspective in February 07, 2009 67 UGC Sponsored national seminar on Parenting of Adolescent Trend and role in Modern Era March 04, 2009 UGC ASIHSS seminar on ‘Patterns of Dalit Social Mobility in U.P. and Punjab, 27-28 February 2009. Mrs. Jaspal B.A., Kaur M. Lib. Sc. 25 yrs Permanent Mrs. Suman Lata Pathak 23 yrs Permanent M.A. M. Phil National Seminar on the Angst of Reworlding: Women Writers of the Indian Diaspora March 28, 2009 Presented a Co-authored paper on using Web 2.0 Technology in Academic Libraries’ during the 7th International Caliber 2009 held at Pondicherry University from February 25-27, 2009. She is also registered for her doctorate at Punjabi University. Attended UGC seminar on ‘Violence among youth: Challenges and Issues, held by PU on March 24-25, 2009 ICSSR sponsored seminar on ‘Transparency in Governance Effectiveness of Right to Information at GCG-11 on March 27, 2009 Dr. Punam M.A. Gupta M. Phil, Ph.D. 20 yrs Permanent Dr. Meena 21 yrs Permanent M.A. Attended workshop in ‘Capacity Building of Women Managers’ in Higher Education Sensitivity / Awareness / Motivation organized by S.D. College (Ambala Cantt.) from March 16-20, 2009 Completed her Refresher 68 Chopra M. Phil, Ph.D. Mrs. Shiva M.Com., Malik UGC 13 yrs Permanent Dr. Surinder Kaur Mrs. Ravipreet Kaur M.A. Ph.D. 10 ½ yrs Permanent M.A. M. Phil, 19 yrs Permanent Course in Music at Punjab University in December 2008 Attended a Refresher Course in I.T. Commerce in September 2008 at the Panjab University. A paper titled Profile of Women Entrepreneur: A case study of Chandigarh. Co-authored by Mrs. Shiva Malik was published in the journal, Political Economy of India vol. 32. Also co-presented a paper on, ‘Profile of Women Entrepreneurs. A case study of Chandigarh at the 8th Biennial Conference on ‘Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research held at EDI, Ahmedabad from 19-21 March 2009 Delegate at the World Punjabi Conference at Panjab University on February 24-25 2009. Attended a National Seminar on the Discourse of Gurbani Scientific Perspective at Panjab University in January 2009 and a national conference on Higher Education and Role of Languages at GGSC-26, Chandigarh on 8th November 2008. Also completed a Refresher Course in Classic and Modern Indian Languages (Punjabi) at Panjab University in December 2008 69 Mrs. Rakhi M. Com J. Singh 14 yrs Permanent Mrs. Renu M. Com 13 ½ years Kalra Completed her M. Phil in Commerce Permanent Mrs. Amarpreet Virk Permanent M.A, M. Phil 9 yrs Attended a one day UGC sponsored national seminar on Corporate Socail Responsibility on 19th September 2008 at GCG, Sec 11, Chd. Attended a one day UGC sponsored national seminar on Corporate Social responsibility on 19th September 2008 at GCG, Sec 11, Chd Attended seminar on ‘Violence Among Youth’: Challenges and Issues organized by P.U. Chd on 24-25 March 2009. ICSSR sponsored seminar on ‘Transparency in Governance Effectiveness of Right to Information at GCG-11 on March 27, 2009 Mrs. Ramandeep Mann Dr. Madhu Bhatia Mrs. Preeti Vohra M.Com 11 yrs M.A., Ph.D. 15 yrs M. Com, U.G.C 6 yrs Mrs. Leena M.A., UGC, 10 yrs Gupta M. Phil Attended a UGC sponsored national seminar on India’s Foreign Trade: Post Reforms, Trends, Opportunities and Challenges held on March 27, 2009 at S.D. College (Lahore) Ambala Cantt. Attended a UGC sponsored national seminar on India’s Foreign Trade: Post Reforms, Trends, Opportunities and Challenges held on March 70 Ms. Sonu D.P. Singh M.A., UGC 6 yrs Dr. Pushpinder Pal Kaur M.A., Ph.D. 12 yrs 27, 2009 at S.D. College (Lahore) Ambala Cantt. ICSSR sponsored seminar on ‘Transparency in Governance Effectiveness of Right to Information at GCG-11 on March 27, 2009 Delegate at the World Punjabi Conference at Panjab University on February 24-25 2009. Attended the National Seminar on Ideological & Cultural Significance of Guru Nanak Bani in the Present Scenario held at P.U. on Dec 6, 2007 Attended the World Punjabi Conference organized by P.U., Chd on 30-31 March 2008 Ms. M.Sc., U.G.C. Prabhjot Kaur Ms. Seema M.Sc. Sharma (Clothing & Textile), Dip. in Web Plus Graphics Ms. Komal M. Com, Sharma UGC 8 sessions Mrs. Sunita B.Com, Gupta M. Com, M.B.A, UGC 6 yrs, Mrs. Sabina Chadha B.Com, M.Com, UGC 6 yrs Mrs. Satinder Kaur B.Com, M.Com, UGC, B. Ed. 4 yrs 2 sessions 7 yrs Pursuing her Ph.D. on the topic, ‘‘Evaluation of Quality of Disclosure in the Annual Reports of Commercial Banks in India’. Attended a Refresher Course for NSS Programme Officers from March 17-21, 2009 at IDC Extension Centre, Chd Mrs. Satinder Kaur from Dept of Commerce completed her M. Phil 71 Ms. Kanika Batra Ms. Rekha Rani M.Sc.(IT), BCA MCA,MSc. ,PGDCA (Comp. Sc.) 3 yrs Mrs. Meenakshi Kondal M.Sc., MCA, 4 yrs CIC Ms. Arvinder MFA, UGC 3 yrs 2 sessions Kaur Dr. Meena M.A., Ph.D. 1 yr Chhabra PG Dip in Translation, Mass Comm. and Computers Ms. Sinky Gupta B.Sc., M. Sc., UGC Mrs. Manjeet Dhillon Dr. M.A., 1 yr M. Phil, M.Ed. B.A., M.A., 4 yrs Attended a one day Training and Placement Officer’s Meet organized by WIPRO WASE on 23.09.08 Regular unaided Participated in an online photography contest organized by Photo Laureates Society, Orlando in October 2008 and her work were selected among top artists of the world. She has been invited to become a member of Photo Laureate Society. Her work was selected in the professional category for display in Annual Exhibition of Chandigarh, Lalit Kala Akademi in June 2008. Her work of Photography was also selected and displayed in an Arts Exhibition by a group of Arts of North Westerns Region Indian Red on 19th November 2008 Attended the national seminar on Sanskrit, Sanskriti and Sanskrit Pustakaalya at DAV, Sec 10, Chd 1 yr She was a delegate at the 72 Satinderjit Kaur Ph.D. Ms. Sukhdeep Kaur Bains Ms. Shruti Sidhu Mrs. Seema Sharma Ms. Harpreet Kaur Ms. Anupam Rani Mrs. Prabhjot Kaur Mr. Kamlesh Kumar BCA, M. Sc. (IT), MCA UGC sponsored national conference on ‘Violence, peace and conflict resolution’ at GCG-11, in Feb, 2009 M. Sc. (IT) BCA, M. Sc. (Comp. Sc.) M. Sc. (IT) M.Com, M. Phil M.A., UGC M.A. Sangeet 15 yrs. Visharad & Sangeet Bhaskar Mr. Jagdish B.A. 8 yrs Kumar (Parbhakar) Tabla Permanent Session 2009-10 Dr. Meera Modi attended a Principal’s Meet on the theme of ‘Education at the Crossroads: Enhancing Academic Culture’ at the Academic Staff College, Panjab University in Nov., 2009. She was Co-ordinator of the 11th National Conference on ‘Mapping Future Education’ jointly organized by Association of Indian College Principals and Panjab University, Chandigarh. She has been nominated as Chairperson of the Panjab University Selection Committee of Gymnastic team. She has been elected as Executive member of the Panjab University Sports Committee. NAME Qualification Experience Nature of Faculty Development Programme/ Seminar / 73 appointment Mrs. Pankaja Vashisht Mrs. Tejinder Kaur M.A., M. Phil M.A., M. Phil 27 yrs Permanent 29 yrs Permanent Conference attended and papers presented Attended SAM workshop on capacity building of women managers in higher education organized by DAV College, Chandigarh from 25th to 29th Nov. 2009. Participated in State level seminar on ‘Post Colonial Literature: Revival of Cultural Identity’ organized by Govt. College, Panchkula on Nov. 18, 2009. Mrs. Mridula Aggarwal Dr. Smita Bahuguna M.A., M. Phil Vocal, Inst, Ph.D. 29 yrs Permanent 30 yrs Permanent Mrs. Saroj Sharma M.A., M. Phil 31 yrs Permanent Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi M.A. 30 yrs Permanent Attended the Chandigarh Sahitya Academy two days National Seminar on ‘The Author in search of an audience’ in August 2009. Mrs. Jaspal Kaur B.A., M. Lib. Sc. 26 yrs Permanent Currently pursuing Ph.D. Presented a paper on ‘Preservation of Manuscripts in Chandigarh: A case study’ at International Conference on Libraries 2009 organised at Penang, Malaysia by the University Sains Malaysia in Attended SAM workshop on capacity building of women managers in higher education organized by DAV College, Chandigarh from 25th to 29th Nov. 2009. 74 June 2009. Presented a paper on ‘Application of Information and Communication Technology in College Libraries’- A case study of Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh at the ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on Information Access Initiatives and Rural India organized by Bhai Gurdas Library, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar on June 25-26, 2009. Attended a seminar on ‘Usage of E-Resources’ at the Tulsi Das Library, PGI on 6th May 2009. Mrs. Suman Lata Pathak M.A. M. Phil 24 yrs Permanent Attended a Gender Sensitization workshop organized by Dept. of Social work, Panjab University in collaboration with Centre for Gender Dev., MGSIPA, Chandigarh and ESO Dept. of Planning of the Punjab Govt. on 5th Nov. 2009. Dr. Punam Gupta M.A. M. Phil, Ph.D. 21 yrs Permanent Paper titled ‘I cannot Always Be a Little you: DaughterMother (country) Relationship in Jamaica Kincaid’s Annie John’ was carried in a book, ‘Writers of the Caribbean Diaspora: Shifting Homdands, travelling Identities, published by Sterling Publishers, New Delhi. Attended the Chandigarh Sahitya Academy two days 75 National Seminar on ‘The Author in search of an audience’ in August 2009. Dr. Meena Chopra Mrs. Shiva Malik M.A. M. Phil, Ph.D. M.Com., UGC 22 yrs Permanent 14 yrs Permanent Currently pursuing Ph.D. Presented a paper titled ‘Quality of Work Life : Leadership Dimension at ICSSR sponsored seminar on the ‘Quality of Work Life : Dimension and Implications’ at Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sec. 26, Chd. on 11th Jan. 2010. Dr. Surinder M.A. Ph.D. Kaur Mrs. Ravipreet M.A. Kaur M. Phil, 11 ½ yrs Permanent 20 yrs Permanent Attended an International Seminar on ‘New Perspectives of Bani Chintan in a Globalized Era’ by the Dept. of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies, Panjab University, and Chandigarh on 25.3.2010. Attended a two day seminar on ‘Punjabi Sabhyachar de Kaumi atey Kaumantri Sarokar’ organized by SGGS College, Chandigarh by Sikh Education society Chandigarh and Punjabi Academi, Delhi on 26th -27th Feb. 2010. Mrs. Rakhi J. M. Com 14 yrs Permanent Elected a member of the 76 Singh Undergraduate Board of Studies in Commerce, Panjab University, and Chandigarh. Attended a two day international conference on ‘Valuation of Intangibles’ held at University Business School, Panjab University in Dec. 2009. Mrs. Renu Kalra M. Com Completed her M. Phil in Commerce 13 ½ years Permanent Attended a two day international conference on ‘Valuation of Intangibles’ held at University Business School, Panjab University in Dec. 2009. Mrs. Sunita Gupta B.Com, M. Com, M.B.A, UGC 6 yrs, Permanent Currently pursuing Ph.D. M.A, M. Phil 10 yrs P.T. (Aided) M.Com, UGC 3 sessions. do M.Com, MBA, UGC 7 yrs do Mrs. Amarpreet Virk Ms. Manu Rani Mrs. Madhu Gupta Attended a two day international conference on ‘Valuation of Intangibles’ held at University Business School, Panjab University in Dec. 2009. Currently pursuing Ph.D. Attended a two day international conference on ‘Valuation of Intangibles’ held at University Business School, Panjab University in Dec. 2009. Dr. Madhu Bhatia M.A., Ph.D. 16 yrs Attended ICSSR sponsored seminar on ‘Situating Women in History, Culture and Polity of North Western India’ on 15th-16th Feb. 2010 77 at PG Govt. College, Sec. 11, and Chd. Mrs. Preeti Vohra M.A., U.G.C 7 yrs Mrs. Leena Gupta Ms. Sonu D.P. Singh M.A., UGC, M. 11 yrs Phil M.A., UGC 7 yrs Participated in a Skill building workshop organized by the UT state AIDS Control society for Red Ribbons Club of Chandigarh. ICSSR sponsored seminar on ‘Transparency in Governance Effectiveness of Right to Information at GCG-11 on March 27, 2009 Attended a two day seminar on ‘Punjabi Sabhyachar de Kaumi atey Kaumantri Sarokar’ organized by SGGS College, Chandigarh by Sikh Education society Chandigarh and Punjabi Academi, Delhi on 26th -27th Feb. 2010. Dr. Pushpinder M.A., Ph.D. Pal Kaur 13 yrs Ms. Prabhjot Kaur Ms. Seema Sharma M.Sc., U.G.C. 8 sessions M.Sc. (Clothing & Textile) (Gold Medalist), Dip. in Web Plus Graphics 2 sessions Ms. Komal Sharma M. Com, UGC 7 yrs Regular unaided Mrs. Sabina Chadha B.Com, M.Com, UGC 6 yrs Regular unaided Awarded M.Phil Degree from Vinayaka Mission, Salem, Tamil Nadu. Awarded Diploma in Retail Management from Punjab Industrial Education Board. Attended a two day international conference on ‘Valuation of Intangibles’ held at University Business School, Panjab University in Dec. 2009. Presented a paper titled ‘Youth Values and Education’ at a National 78 Seminar on ‘Value Framework and Good Governance at SD college, Ambala Cantt. on 19th March 2010. Attended a two day international conference on ‘Valuation of Intangibles’ held at University Business School, Panjab University in Dec. 2009. Mrs. Sabina Chadha Participated in a Skill building workshop organized by the UT state AIDS Control society for Red Ribbons Club of Chandigarh. Attended a workshop on ‘Community Monitoring under the aegis of NRHM’ in Feb. 2010. Mrs. Satinder Kaur B.Com, 4 yrs M.Com, UGC, B. Ed. Regular unaided Ms. Kanika Batra Ms. Rekha Rani M.Sc.(IT), BCA MCA, PGDCA, M. Sc. (Comp. Sc.) M.Sc., MCA, CIC 3 yrs Regular unaided Regular unaided 4 yrs Regular unaided MFA, UGC 2 yrs Regular unaided Mrs. Meenakshi Kondal Ms. Arvinder Kaur 3 yrs Awarded M.Phil Degree from Periyar University, Tamil Nadu. Attended a two day seminar on ‘Free/Open Software and Higher Education (FOSSHE)’ held on 19th-20th Feb. 2010 organised by dept of Computer Science and Education, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Participated in the Annual Art Exhibition of the Chandigarh Lalit Kala Academi. Her work was 79 selected for display under professional category. Pursuing Diploma in Creative Photography from Panjab University, Chandigarh. Participated in a Skill building workshop organized by the UT state AIDS Control society for Red Ribbons Club of Chandigarh. Dr. Meena Chhabra M.A., Ph.D. 1 yr PG Dip in Translation, Mass Comm. and Computers Ms. Sinky Gupta B.Sc., M. Sc., UGC Mrs. Manjeet Dhillon Dr. Satinderjit Kaur M.A., 1 yr M. Phil, M.Ed. B.A., M.A., 5 yrs Ph.D. Ms. Sukhdeep Kaur Bains BCA, M. Sc. 1 yr (IT), MCA Ms. Shruti Sidhu Ms. Harpreet Kaur Ms. Anupam Rani M. Sc. (IT) 1 yr Cleared UGC-NET exam Regular unaided Attended a Gender Sensitization workshop organized by Dept. of Social work, Panjab University in collaboration with Centre for Gender Dev., MGSIPA, Chandigarh and ESO Dept. of Planning of the Punjab Govt. on 5th Nov. 2009. 1 yr M. Sc. (CS) M.Com, M. Phil 1 yr Regular unaided 80 Mrs. Prabhjot Kaur Mrs. Punam M.A., UGC 4 yrs MCA, M.Phil 6 yrs Mrs. Sonia BCA, MCA 1 yr Mr.Hemant Kumar Mrs. Ekta Bansal Ms. Preeti B.Sc.(IT), M.Sc.(IT) MCA, PGDCA 1 yr Mr. Kamlesh Kumar M.A. Sangeet 15 yrs. Visharad & Sangeet Bhaskar B.A. 8 yrs (Parbhakar) Tabla B.A., Diploma 9 yrs in Comp. Sci. Permanent Qualification Experience Nature of appointment M.A., M. Phil 30 yrs Permanent Mr. Jagdish Kumar Mr. Mukesh Session2010-11 NAME Mrs. Pankaja Vashisht Regular unaided Regular Unaided Regular Unaided 3yrs M.Com, M.Phil 2 yrs A co-authored paper titled ‘Predication of Stock Returns for Growth Firms: A Fundamental Analysis was published in Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective vol. 13 No. 3 in July- Sept. 2009. Faculty Development Programme/ Seminar / Conference attended and papers presented Presented a paper on ‘Strategies like Green Revolution are an environmental failure: What are the policies?’ in the National Seminar on the theme ‘Green Economics : A Case for making growth sustainable and equitable’ held at D.S.C.W.-45/B, CHD on Feb. 18-19,2011 Attended national conference organised by the Dept. of 81 Mrs. Tejinder Kaur M.A., M. Phil 32 yrs Permanent Eco., P.U., Chandigarh in collaboration with Indian Economics Association on Dec. 27-29th 2010. Attended a UGC sponsored National Seminar organised by PGCGC-42, Chandigarh on the topic ‘Concept of Short term and Long term institutional planning and its relationship with qualitative development in higher education on March 28, 2011 Presented a paper in a UGC sponsored National Seminar organised by PGCGC-42, Chandigarh on the topic ‘Concept of Short term and Long term institutional planning and its relationship with qualitative development in higher education on March 28, 2011 Attended seminar on ‘Changing Trends in Media – Opportunities, Concerns and Challenges’ organised by the Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communication GGDSD-32, Chandigarh Attended a workshop on ‘Enhancing Potential through Development of Softskill and Hardskill’ on March 8, 2011 organised by Dept. of Life Learning and Extension, PU, Chd. Mrs. Mridula Aggarwal M.A., M. Phil 32 yrs Permanent Attended seminar on ‘Changing Trends in Media – Opportunities, Concerns and Challenges’ organised by the Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communication 82 GGDSD-32, Chandigarh Dr. Smita Bahuguna M.A.Vocal, Inst, Ph.D. 33 yrs Permanent Mrs. Saroj Sharma M.A., M. Phil 32 yrs Permanent Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi M.A. 33 yrs Permanent Attended National Seminar on ‘Changing Trends in Indian Music’ held on Jan. 31, 2011 at MCM DAV-36, CHD. Attended a workshop on ‘Enhancing Potential through Development of Softskill and Hardskill’ on March 8, 2011 organised by Dept. of Life Learning and Extension, PU, Chd. Participated in the National Seminar on ‘Vaishvikaran aur Hindi ka Prachar, Prasar ttha Prayogik Viyakarnik Samasyayen aur Samadhan’ held at GC-46, Chd on Feb. 4, 2011. Attended a workshop on ‘Enhancing Potential through Development of Softskill and Hardskill’ on March 8, 2011 organised by Dept. of Life Learning and Extension, PU, Chd. Attended a Seminar-cumworkshop on the Development of E-contents for the students organised by UIET, PU, Chd on May 19, 2010. Mrs. Jaspal Kaur B.A., M. Lib. Sc. 28 yrs Permanent Attended an International Seminar on ‘Scholars in Sakeshpare : A Post Modern Scruitny in Sept. 2010 Presented a paper titled ‘Information Seeking Behaviour on students in Digital Environment: A case study’ during international CALIBER 2011 held at Univ. Of Goa. 83 Attended a five day Library Systems training programme organised by LIBSYS corporation at Gurgaon. Mrs. Suman Lata Pathak M.A. M. Phil 26 yrs Permanent Attended a national seminar on ‘Rural India in a Global Village: Issues and Prespectives’ held at GCG11, Chd on Oct. 26-27, 2010. Attended a national seminar on ‘Youth Subculture’ held at MCMDAV-36, Chd on Sept. 14, 2010. Participated in a seminar on ‘Politices and Human Rights’ organised by Global Human Rights Council on Aug. 7, 2010 at Musafir Auditorium, Sec. 24, Chd. Dr. Punam Gupta M.A. M. Phil, Ph.D. 22 yrs Permanent Presented a paper titled ‘Punjabi women and Folk Culture: A Symbiotic Empowerment at National Seminar organised by the Women’s Cell of GCG-42, Chandigarh on 28th Jan. 2011. Dr. Meena Chopra M.A. M. Phil, Ph.D. 23 yrs Permanent Attended National Seminar on ‘Changing Trends in Indian Music’ held on Jan. 31, 2011 at MCM DAV-36, CHD Mrs. Shiva Malik M.Com., UGC 15 yrs Permanent Presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Business Ethics and Human Values in Heath Care Industry: Issues and Challenges’ at International Conference held at UBS, PU, 84 Chandigarh. Presented a paper titled ‘Women Entrepreneurship: A tool of Women Empowerment’ in the International Confernece on ‘Women and Development: Issues and Initatives held at Punjabi Univ. Patiala. Mrs. Shiva Malik Attended a workshop on ‘Enhancing Potential through Development of Softskill and Hardskill’ on March 8, 2011 organised by Dept. of Life Learning and Extension, PU, Chd. Dr. Surinder Kaur M.A. Ph.D. 12 ½ yrs Permanent Mrs. Ravipreet M.A. Kaur M. Phil, Mrs. Rakhi J. M. Com Singh 21 yrs Permanent 15 yrs Permanent Presented a Co-authored paper ‘Tourism Industry: A Sunrise Sector of India’ in National Conference on New Horizons of Service Sector: Challenges and Opportunities on March 12, 2011 at Gobindgarh Public College, Khanna. Mrs. Renu Kalra 14 ½ years Permanent Presented a Co-authored paper ‘Tourism Industry: A Sunrise Sector of India’ in National Conference on New Horizons of Service Sector: Challenges and Opportunities on March 12, M. Com Completed her M. Phil in Commerce Attended national conference on Physical Education: the Key for Holistic Inter Disciplinary collaboration held from March 11-13, 2011 at GCG-11, Chandigarh. 85 Mrs. Sunita Gupta Mrs. Amarpreet Virk B.Com, M. Com, M.B.A, UGC M.A, M. Phil 7 yrs, 11 yrs Permanent P.T. (Aided) 2011 at Gobindgarh Public College, Khanna. Attended a national seminar on organised by the Dept. of Applied Sciences, PEC, Chd. On Nov. 26, 2010. Attened ten days NSS orientation course for programme officers held from Sept. 21 to 30, 2010 at IDC, Chandigarh organsied by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt.of India. Presented a joint paper titled ‘Rising Middle Class of India- A Reflection of Global Growth at a National Seminar on Global Slowdown- Challenges and Opportunities for India at PCMSD College for Women, Jalandhar. Presented a co-authored paper titled Attitude of Youth towards Entrepreneurship – A case study of Chandigarh’ at International Conference held on March 18, 2011 at GJIMT Mohali. Participated in a seminar on ‘Politices and Human Rights’ organised by Global Human Rights Council on Aug. 7, 2010 at Musafir Auditorium, Sec. 24, Chd. Attended a national seminar on ‘Women Empowerment in Socio Cultural Contexts: Issues and Concerns held at GCG-11, Chd. On Jan. 28, 2011. Ms. Manu M.Com, UGC 4 sessions. do 86 Rani Mrs. Madhu Gupta M.Com, MBA, UGC 8 yrs Dr. Madhu Bhatia Mrs. Preeti Vohra M.A., Ph.D. 17 yrs M.A., U.G.C 8 yrs do Presented a paper titled ‘Indian Women in Entrepreneurial World’ at the National Seminar organised by PEC Univ.of Tech., Chd. on Nov, 26, 2010. Presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Green Economics and Poverty: At crossroads’ at National Seminar on Green Economics: A case for making growth sustainable and equitable held at DSCW45, Chandigarh on Feb. 1819, 2011. Presented a joint paper titled ‘Rising Middle Class of India- A Reflection of Global Growth at a National Seminar on Global Slowdown- Challenges and Opportunities for India at PCMSD College for Women, Jalandhar. Attended national conference organised by the Dept. of Eco., P.U., Chandigarh in collaboration with Indian Economics Association on Dec. 27-29th 2010. 87 Mrs. Leena Gupta M.A., UGC, M. 12 yrs Phil Presented a paper on ‘Green Economics – An answer to sustainable development at the National seminar on Green Economics: A case for making growth sustainable and equitable held at DSCW45, Chandigarh on Feb. 1819, 2011. Presented paper on ‘Ethics of Environment and Role of Students for Conservation of Environment in an Orientation Programme on the same topic held at DSCW-45, Chandigarh Attended national conference organised by the Dept. of Eco., P.U., Chandigarh in collaboration with Indian Economics Association on Dec. 27-29th 2010. Ms. Gurveen Kaur M.A., UGC 1 yr Dr. Pushpinder M.A., Ph.D. Pal Kaur 14 yrs Ms. Seema Sharma 3 sessions M.Sc. (Clothing & Textile) (Gold Medalist), Dip. in Web Plus Graphics Presented a paper on ‘Surrogacy in India: A Socio Legal Analysis at International Conference on ‘Women and Child Issues: National and International Prespectives’ at Punjabi Univ. Patiala. Presented a paper on ‘How Innovations in Information Technology have Revoluntionalized the Fashion Industry’ in National Conference on ETCIT held at GCGSK College, Tarantaran on March 5, 2011. 88 Ms. Komal Sharma M. Com, UGC 8 yrs Regular unaided Mrs. Sabina Chadha B.Com, M.Com, UGC 7 yrs Regular unaided Mrs. Satinder Kaur B.Com, M.Com, UGC, B. Ed. 5 yrs Regular unaided Ms. Kanika Batra M.Sc.(IT), BCA 4 yrs Regular unaided Ms. Rekha Rani MCA, PGDCA, M. Sc. (Comp. Sc.) M.Sc., MCA, CIC 4 yrs Regular unaided 4 yrs Regular unaided Mrs. Meenakshi Kondal Presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Green Economics and Poverty: At crossroads’ at National Seminar on Green Economics: A case for making growth sustainable and equitable held at DSCW45, Chandigarh on Feb. 1819, 2011. Attended a national seminar on Global Environmental Issues and Climate Change held at MCM DAV, Chandigarh on Nov. 10, 2010. Presented a co-authored paper titled Attitude of Youth towards Entrepreneurship – A case study of Chandigarh’ at International Conference held on March 18, 2011 at GJIMT Mohali. Presented a paper titled ‘Cloud Based Developments in the IT Summit-2010 held at GJIMT, Mohali Presented a paper titled ‘Cloud Based Developments in the IT Summit-2010 held at GJIMT, Mohali Attended national seminar on ‘Information Technology Capacity Building’ organised by GGDSD College, Chandigarh on 4.12.2010 Presented a paper on ‘EGovernance is process to 89 Mrs. Meenakshi Kondal measure country progress in UGC sponsored national conference on Emerging Trends in Computing & Information Technology orgnaised by GGS Khalsa College, Sarhali, Tarantaran on 5.3.2011 Presented a paper entitled ‘Cloud Computing Impact on Corporate Sector’ in the 5th International Conference on ‘Emerging Economics : Challenges & Opportunities held at GJIMT, Mohali Ms. Arvinder Kaur MFA, UGC 3 yrs Dr. Meena Chhabra M.A., Ph.D. PG Dip in Translation, Mass Comm. and Computers 2 yrs Ms. Pooja Arora B.A., M. A., M.Phil Mrs. Manjeet Dhillon M.A., M. Phil, M.Ed. B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Dr. Satinderjit Kaur Regular unaided Attended National Vedic Seminar held at Punjab University, Chandigarh in Jan. 2011. 2 sessions 6 yrs Regular unaided Presented a paper on ‘Mental Health: A Anthropological and Psychological Approach’ organised by the Dept. of Anthropology, PU, CHD. Attended a workshop on ‘Recent Advances in Mental Training’ organised by Asian Association of Applied Psychology at PU, Chd on Nov. 14, 2010. Participated in International Conference on ‘Enhancing 90 Human Potiential: Bio Psycho social prespectives held at PU, Chandigarh. Ms. Sukhdeep Kaur Bains BCA, M. Sc. (IT), MCA 1 yr Mrs. Ekta BCA, M.Sc.(CS) M.Phil PGDCA M. Sc. (CS) 3 yrs Ms. Anupam Rani Mrs. Prabhjot Kaur M.Com, M. Phil M.A., UGC 2 yrs Mrs. Punam MCA, M.Phil UGC BCA, MCA UGC 6 yrs BCA, MCA 1 session Ms. Harpreet Kaur Mrs. Sonia Mrs. Vishaksha Sharma 5 yrs 1 yr Attended a national seminar on IT Capacity building at SD College-32, Chandigarh Attended a national seminar on IT Capacity building at SD College-32, Chandigarh Regular unaided Regular unaided Regular Unaided Regular Unaided Contractual Attended national conference organised by the Dept. of Eco., P.U., Chandigarh in collaboration with Indian Economics Association on Dec. 27-29th 2010. Presented a paper on Integrated computing concepts in Tally Surgery implementation in National Conference on EPCIT held at GGSK College, Tarantaran on March 5, 2011. Presented a paper on Various Threats and Potential Defence macahasime to esecurity in e-payment systems at the 6th National Conference on Emerging Trends in online business: Challenges and Opportunities held at GJIMT, Mohali. Participated in National Seminar on Information Technology Capacity building by GGDSD College-32, Chandigarh 91 Dr. Shikha Vohra M.Com. Ph.D., UGC 1 session Regular Unaided Mrs. Harpreet Walia MBA (HR) UGC 2 yrs Do Mrs. Rati Arora B.Sc., M.Sc. UGC 1 yr Contractual Mrs. Rashmi Bhatia B.Com, MCA 2 sessions & 6 Do months Mr. Sukhjeet Singh M.A., UGC Mr. Kamlesh Kumar M.A. Sangeet Visharad & Sangeet Bhaskar B.A. (Parbhakar) Tabla B.A., Diploma in Comp. Sci. B.A. Dip. In Comp. Hardware & networking Mr. Jagdish Kumar Mr. Mukesh Mr. Sanjay A paper titled ‘Corporate Goverance: Structure and Performance of Indian Companies published in the Indian Journal of Corporate Goverance Vol. III No. 2 July-Dec. 2010. Do 15 yrs. Permanent 8 yrs 9 yrs Session 2011-12 Faculty Development Programme/ Seminar / Conference attended and papers presented:NAME Qualification Mrs. Pankaja M.A., Vashisht M. Phil Experience Nature of appointment 31 yrs Permanent Faculty Development Programme/ Seminar / Conference attended and papers presented Mrs. Pankaja Vashist presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Music Industry, Challenges and Opportunities’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar 92 on ‘MSMEs : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. Mrs. Pankaja Vashisht Mrs. Tejinder M.A., Kaur M. Phil 33 yrs Permanent Mrs. Mridula Aggarwal Dr. Smita Bahuguna 33 yrs Permanent 34 yrs Permanent M.A., M. Phil Vocal, Inst, Ph.D. Dr. Smita Bahuguna presented a paper titled ‘Prabandh Gaan’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar organized by Dept. of Music and Dance, Ramgarhia Girls College, Ludhiana on 11th February 2012. Dr. Smita Bahuguna and Mrs. Pankaja Vashist presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Music Industry, Challenges and Opportunities’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. Nominated as a member of Board of Studies in Music faculty of Design and Fine Art for the term 2011-13 Mrs. Saroj M.A., Sharma M. Phil 33 yrs Permanent 93 Mrs. Vijay M.A. Lakshmi 34 yrs Permanent Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi won first prize in ‘Tagore Utsav Written Quiz’ organized by the British Library Chandigarh during Tagore’s Birth Centenary Celebrations on 17th May 2011. Mrs. Kaur 29 yrs Permanent Mrs. Jaspal Kaur’s paper titled ‘Use of Electronic Resources in Degree College libraries in Chandigarh’ was published in DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Science, Vol. 31, No. 6, Issue November 2011. Jaspal B.A., M. Lib. Sc. Mrs. Jaspal Kaur presented a paper on ‘Information Seeking Behaviour of Degree Colleges in Chandigarh’ at the National Conference on Librarianship in Digital Era, organized by Bhai Gurdas Library, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar on Jan. 20-21st 2012. She also presented a paper on ‘Codes of Ethics for Librarians : A Select Compilation of Library Associations’ in a two day National Seminar on ‘Ethical Tensions for Academics, Researchers and Publishers in Information Society’, organized by Dept. of Library and Information 94 Science, Punjabi University, Patiala on 31st Jan-1st Feb. 2012. Mrs. Suman M.A. M. Phil Lata Pathak 27 yrs Permanent Dr. Punam M.A. Gupta M. Phil, Ph.D. 23 yrs Permanent Dr. Meena M.A. Chopra M. Phil, Ph.D. Mrs. Shiva M.Com., UGC Malik 24 yrs Permanent 16 yrs Permanent Mrs. Malik Shiva Dr. Punam Gupta presented a paper titled ‘Dialogic Governance : Radio as Potential Catalyst’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Media and Governance’ organized by PGGCG, Sector 11, Chandigarh on 28th March 2012. Mrs. Shiva Malik presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Entrepreneurship Development A Strategy of Growth’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Business Challenges and Strategies in Emerging Global Scenario’ organized by SGGS College, Chandigarh on 6th February 2012. She also presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Business Ethics and Human Values in Health Care Industry’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Value Metamorphosis : Ethics and Morality in Business and Governance’ 95 organized by MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh on 11th Feb. 2012. She presented another paper titled ‘Problems of MSMEs with Reference to Light Engineering Industry of Punjab’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. Mrs. Shiva Malik’s coauthored paper titled ‘Job Satisfaction among Nurses-A Compartive Study in Govt. and Private Hospitals’ was published in Biz n Bytes, Vol. I, Jan.-Mar. 2012. Dr. Surinder Kaur Mrs. Ravipreet Kaur Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh M.A. Ph.D. 13 ½ yrs Permanent M.A. M. Phil, M. Com 22 yrs Permanent 16 yrs Permanent Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh and Mrs. Renu Kalra’s co-authored paper titled ‘Tourism Industry : A Sunrise Sector of India’ was published in Dr. Neena Seth Pajni’s edited book New Horizon of Service Sector : Challenges and Opportunities. Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh and Mrs. Renu Kalra presented a coauthored paper titled ‘Interpersonal Skills : A New Age Mantra for Successful 96 Technocrats’ at the International Conference on ‘Consultation and Experience Sharing on Role of Humanities and Social Sciences in Holistic Development of Future Technocrats- Looking Ahead’ organized by Japee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan on Sept. 23rd -24th, 2011. They also presented a co-authored paper titlted ‘Performance Appraisal : A Boom or a Bane’? at the National Conference on ‘Employees’ Performance Appraisals-Systems and Practices across Different Sectors/ Organizations’ organized by Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad on 25th Nov. 2011. Mrs. Renu Kalra, Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh and Mrs. Leena Gupta presented a joint paper titled ‘Revamping Indian Handicraft Industry : Need of the Hour’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. Mrs. Kalra Renu M. Com 15 ½ years Completed her M. Phil in Commerce Permanent Mrs. Renu Kalra successfully completed UGC sponsored 90th Orientation Programme from 10th May 2011 to 6th June 2011 organized by the Academic Staff College, 97 Panjab University, Chandigarh. Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh and Mrs. Renu Kalra’s co-authored paper titled ‘Tourism Industry : A Sunrise Sector of India’ was published in Dr. Neena Seth Pajni’s edited book New Horizon of Service Sector Challenges and Opportunities. Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh and Mrs. Renu Kalra presented a coauthored paper titled ‘Interpersonal Skills : A New Age Mantra for Successful Technocrats’ at the International Conference on ‘Consultation and Experience Sharing on Role of Humanities and Social Sciences in Holistic Development of Future Technocrats- Looking Ahead’ organized by Japee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan on Sept. 23rd -24th, 2011. They also presented a co-authored paper titlted ‘Performance Appraisal : A Boom or a Bane’? at the National Conference on ‘Employees’ Performance Appraisals-Systems and Practices across Different Sectors/ Organizations’ organized by Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad on 25th Nov. 2011. Mrs. Renu Kalra, Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh and Mrs. Leena Gupta presented a joint paper titled ‘Revamping Indian Handicraft Industry : Need of 98 the Hour’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. Mrs. Gupta Sunita B.Com, M. Com, M.B.A, UGC Mrs. Gupta Sunita 8 yrs, Permanent Dr. Sunita Gupta’s paper titled ‘Disclosure Practices of Banking Companies in India’ was published in ‘Political Economy Journal of India’ Vol. 20, Issue 1-2, June 2011. Dr. Sunita Gupta and Mrs. Sabina Chadha presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Attitude of Youth towards Entrepreneurship- A Case Study of Chandigarh’ at the 5th International Conference on ‘Emerging Economics : Challenges and Opportunites’ held at Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology, Mohali on March 18th-19th, 2011. Dr. Sunita Gupta, Mrs. Sabina Chadha and Mrs. Arvinder Kaur presented a joint paper titled ‘Marketing Strategies of Bollywood-A Journey from then to now’ at National Confernce on ‘Strategic Management of Business Development : Issues and Prospects’ organized by Baba Farid College of Management and 99 Technology, Bathinda on April 20th -21st, 2011. They also presented a joint paper titled ‘Media and Ethics-An Oxymoron’ at the National Conference on ‘Ethics, Values and Morality : Concept, Theory and Practice’ organized by Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad on 28th May 2011. Mrs. M.A, M. Phil Amarpreet Virk Ms. Manu M.Com, UGC Rani 12 yrs P.T. (Aided) 5 sess. do Dr. Shikha Vohra and Mrs. Manu Thakur presented a coauthored paper titled ‘Textile Industry in India : Growth and Prospects’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. do Mrs. Madhu Gupta, presented a paper titled ‘Business Sustainability in the Era of Globalization’ at the 5th International Conference on ‘Emerging Economics : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology, Mohali on March 18th – 19th, 2011. Mrs. Madhu M.Com, MBA, 9 yrs Gupta UGC Mrs. Vohra Preeti M.A., U.G.C 9 yrs Mrs. Komal Sharma and Mrs. Preeti Vohra presented 100 Mrs. Gupta a co-authored paper titled ‘Problems of MSMEs and its Solutions’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. Mrs. Renu Kalra, Mrs. Rakhi J. Singh and Mrs. Leena Gupta presented a joint paper titled ‘Revamping Indian Handicraft Industry : Need of the Hour’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. Leena M.A., UGC, M. 13 yrs Phil Dr. Pushpinder M.A., Ph.D. Pal Kaur 15 yrs Ms. Seema M.Sc. 4 session Sharma (Clothing & Textile) (Gold Medalist), Dip. in Web Plus Graphics Ms. Komal M. Com, 9 yrs Sharma UGC Ms. Komal Sharma Regular unaided Mrs. Komal Sharma and Mrs. Preeti Vohra presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Problems of MSMEs and its Solutions’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. 101 Mrs. Sabina B.Com, Chadha M.Com, UGC Mrs. Sabina Chadha 8 yrs Regular unaided Dr. Sunita Gupta and Mrs. Sabina Chadha presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Attitude of Youth towards Entrepreneurship- A Case Study of Chandigarh’ at the 5th International Conference on ‘Emerging Economics : Challenges and Opportunites’ held at Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology, Mohali on March 18th-19th, 2011. Dr. Sunita Gupta, Mrs. Sabina Chadha and Mrs. Arvinder Kaur presented a joint paper titled ‘Marketing Strategies of Bollywood-A Journey from then to now’ at National Confernce on ‘Strategic Management of Business Development : Issues and Prospects’ organized by Baba Farid College of Management and Technology, Bathinda on April 20th -21st, 2011. They also presented a joint paper titled ‘Media and Ethics-An Oxymoron’ at the National Conference on ‘Ethics, Values and Morality : Concept, Theory and Practice’ organized by Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad on 28th May 2011. 102 Mrs. Satinder B.Com, 6 yrs Kaur M.Com, UGC, B. Ed. Regular unaided Ms. Batra 5 yrs Regular unaided Mrs. Rekha, Mrs. Kanika Batra and Mrs. Sonia presented a joint paper titled ‘Brain Finger Printing- A New Paradigm’ at UGC sposnored National Seminar on ‘Emerging Technologies in Computing’ organized by Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur on 30th Nov. 2011. 5 yrs Regular unaided Mrs. Rekha, Mrs. Kanika Batra and Mrs. Sonia presented a joint paper titled ‘Brain Finger Printing- A New Paradigm’ at UGC sposnored National Seminar on ‘Emerging Technologies in Computing’ organized by Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur on 30th Nov. 2011. MCA, 5yrs Regular unaided Ms. Meenakshi Kondal presented a paper titled ‘Eco Friendly Computing is Green Computing’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Web Information Systems and Technologies’ organized by Dept. of Computer Applications, PGGCG-11, Chandigarh on 9th Nov. 2011. She also presented a paper titled ‘Next Generation Protocol’ at UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Economic Reforms : An Unfinished Agenda’ organized by SD College, Ms. Rani Kanika M.Sc.(IT), BCA Rekha MCA, PGDCA, M. Sc. (Comp. Sc.) Mrs. Meenakshi Kondal M.Sc., CIC 103 Chandigarh on 11th Feb. 2012. Ms. Arvinder MFA, UGC Kaur Dr. Satinderjit Kaur Ms. Sukhdeep Kaur Bains 4 yrs Regular unaided B.A., M.A., 7 yrs Ph.D. BCA, M. Sc. 1 yr (IT), MCA Regular unaided Mrs. Ekta BCA, M.Sc.(CS) M.Phil Ms. Harpreet PGDCA Kaur M. Sc. (CS) 3 yrs Ms. Anupam M.Com, Rani M. Phil 2 yrs Regular unaided Dr. Sunita Gupta, Mrs. Sabina Chadha and Mrs. Arvinder Kaur presented a joint paper titled ‘Marketing Strategies of Bollywood-A Journey from then to now’ at National Confernce on ‘Strategic Management of Business Development : Issues and Prospects’ organized by Baba Farid College of Management and Technology, Bathinda on April 20th -21st, 2011. They also presented a joint paper titled ‘Media and Ethics-An Oxymoron’ at the National Conference on ‘Ethics, Values and Morality : Concept, Theory and Practice’ organized by Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad on 28th May 2011. Attended a national seminar on IT Capacity building at SD College-32, Chandigarh Attended a national seminar on IT Capacity building at SD College-32, Chandigarh Dr. Satinderjit Kaur presented a paper titled ‘Health and Well-being of Youth’ at Indian Psychological Science 104 Congress on ‘Health Psychology and Rehabilitation : The Crisis Among Youth and Aged’ organized by Dept. of Psychology, P.G.Govt. College, Sector 46, Chandigarh on 12th-13th Oct. 2011. Mrs. Prabhjot M.A., UGC 6 yrs Kaur Mrs. Sonia BCA, MCA 2 yrs UGC Dr. Shikha M.Com. Ph.D., 2 session Vohra UGC Regular unaided Regular Unaided Regular Unaided Mrs. Harpreet MBA (HR) Walia UGC Do 3 yrs Dr. Shikha Vohra and Mrs. Manu Thakur presented a coauthored paper titled ‘Textile Industry in India : Growth and Prospects’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘MSMEs : Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh on 2nd March 2012. Ms. Harpreet Kaur presented a paper titled ‘Threats Over Network and Safety Measures’ at the National workshop-cum-conference on ‘Recent Trends in Mathematics and Computing’ organized by The Technological Institute of Textile and Sciences, Bhiwani on on 21st May 2011. She also presented a paper titled ‘Emerging and Future Technologies in Computer’ at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Emerging Technologies in Computing’ organized by Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur on 30th 105 Nov. 2011. Ms.Shilpa Mrs. Arora MCA 2yrs Rati B.Sc., M.Sc. UGC 2 yrs Ms. Shilpa Aggarwal and Ms. Rinky Gambhir presented a co-authored paper titled ‘Andrord-An Operating System’ at UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Emerging Technologies in Computing’ organized by Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur on 30th Nov. 2011. Contractual Mrs. Rashmi B.Com, MCA Bhatia 3 sessions & 6 Do months Mr. Kamlesh M.A. Sangeet Kumar Visharad & Sangeet Bhaskar Mr. Jagdish B.A. Kumar (Parbhakar) Tabla Mr. Mukesh B.A., Diploma in Comp. Sci. Mr. Sanjay B.A. Dip. In Comp. Hardware & networking 16 yrs. Permanent 9 yrs 10 yrs 1yr 15. Honors / Awards to the faculty: Session 2005-06 Principal, Dr.Shashi Jain was conferred the Balraj Sahni National award for Excellence in Academics and Social Service by Himachal Govt. Session 2006-07 NIL Session2007-08 Dr. Shashi Jain was awarded Shikhsha Bharti Award by Indian Economic Development and Research Association. Mrs. Ramadeep Mann, Lect. in Commerce and N.C.C. Officer of the college was honoured with the N.C.C. Director General Plaque of Honour and a rolling trophy at 106 the passing out parade of the academy. She is the first lady ANO from Chandigarh to have been honoured at OTA Gwalior. Session 2008-09 The Chairperson of the College Km. Satyawatiji was awarded ‘Punjab Rattan 2008’ by the ‘All India Conference of Intellectuals’ in October 2008 for her lifelong contribution towards education and social work. Session 2009-10 Nil Session 2010-11 Principal, Dr. Meera Modi was honoured with an award by Gurukul Vidyapeeth on International Women’s Day Awards 2011, in recognition of her status as an eminent educationist and for her valuable contributions towards development of literature and in the field of social service.She was also honoured by the Directorate of Sports, Panjab University on 25th March 2011 in recognition of the services rendered by her for the promotion of sports. Session 2011-12 Nil 16. Internal Resources generated: Session2005-08 Internal Resource are generated by (a) part of the fee charged from students (b) Selffinancing courses like B.C.A., PGDCA, (c) Hostel, (d) Polytechnic college in the evening session (e) Rent from canteen, verka booth etc. and the rooms given on rent for various competitive examination Session2008-12 Internal Resources are generated by (a) part of the fee charged from students (b) Selffinancing courses like B.C.A., PGDCA, BBA and one unit of B.Com (c) Hostel, (d) Polytechnic college in the evening session (e) Rent from canteen, verka booth, cyber café, juice, chat shop and STD booth etc. (f) the rooms given on rent for various competitive examination like IIT, Bank, Railway Recruitment Board, (g) rent from hoardings (h) donations from generous donors. 17. Details of departments getting SAP, COSIST (ASSIST) / DEST FIST etc. assistance / recognition : Nil 18. Community Services: Session 2005-06 Rotaract Youth Leadership seminar was conducted as a preparatory to the formation of the Rotaract Club in the college. Wing of the Rotaract club was formally launched in the college on 18.7.2005 with an overwhelming membership of 60 students. It is the first all girls Rotaract club of Chandigarh. 107 In collaboration with Rotaract club of Chandigarh Mid Town the NSS wing of the college organized a tree plantation camp. The NSS wing of the college organized a medical camp in the adopted village Burail with the help of Guru Granth Sahib Sewa Society of IMA Centre,Sector 35 Chd. In which free dental check up camp was undertaken and free medicines were distributed to the villagers. Yoga classes for villagers and extra coaching to school going village children was undertaken by our NSS volunteers. In collaboration with the Rotaract club of the college, the NSS volunteers presented Nukkad Nataks on Femals Foeticide and HIV-AIDS in village Burail to make the people aware of these two major problems facing contemporary Indian society. Carrying placards, a hundred students of our college participated in the All Religion Mass Awakening Rally against female foeticide. This rally organized by Swami Agnivesh started from Gujarat and reached Chd. on Nov11, 2005. In collaboration with the NSS wing of the college a blood donation camp was organized on 15 Dec 2005 at Dev Samaj Head Office, Sector 36 in which 80 persons donated blood. A blood donation camp was organized on Feb 25, 2006 in the college premises in which 75 units of blood was collected. Session 2006-07 In order to sensitize the young minds towards social problems and to make them responsible and responsive citizens, lot of emphasis is laid on community services through the formation of various clubs and organizations. Volunteers of N.S.S. (National Service Scheme) Rotaract Club, Peace Club and Red Ribbon Club perform community service in many ways. N.S.S. Volunteers celebrated Van Mahotsav on August 28, 2006 by planting 100 saplings. They also took ‘Sadhbhavana Pledge in order to observe ‘Sadhbhavana and Commune Harmony Diwas’. N.S.S. volunteers during the 10 days’ N.S.S. Camp tried to disseminate knowledge regarding the importance of girl child, HIV AIDS, Drug Abuse, Family planning methods, Teenage problems and life-style education through Nukkad Nataks, one to one interaction, holding lectures in association with N.G.OS etc. to the residents of the adopted village,’Burail’. In order to disseminate such knowledge successfully the students attended workshops organized by CXP-Asia Centre, Chandigarh, Servants of the people society, Chandigarh and Indian Academy of Pediatrics, free coaching was given to village women and school children in embroidery and fabric painting by the training and development group of the N.S.S. unit. The N.S.S. unit also organized a Blood Donation Camp in the college on February 24, 2007 in association with PGI, Lions Club, Chandigarh Greater and the college Rotaract Club in which 120 units of blood were collected. The peace club of the college in association with ‘Yuvsatta’ an N.G.O., organized a lecture on ‘Relevance of Gandhi Martyrdom day of Mahatma Gandhi ’ was observed on 30th January’2007 with 150 students and faculty members taking a pledge to shun violence. Session 2006-07 saw the formation of Red Ribbon Club and five students not only attended the Trainers’ Training programmers conducted by the State Aids Control 108 Society and Yuvsatta but also took out an AIDS-awareness rally comprising of 220 students and faculty members on 1st December, 2006 i.e. World AIDS day. The Club made arrangements for the performance of a skit titled ‘Yuva’ (Youth) by the Holy Theatre Group, Panchkula depicting the menace of AIDS. Red Ribbon Club volunteers also organized story writing, slogan writing, collage making and poster-making competitions on HIV AIDS related themes. The Rotaractors contributed Rs. 20,000/- towards the successful heart surgery of a sixyear old poor girl child of village Burail in August 2006. An eye Donation Camp in association with State Blindness Control Society was also organized by Rotaractors. As a part of the Anti-Female Foeticide campaign, a paper-reading contest was organized by Rotaract Club in association with Lions Club, Panchkula central. The volunteers also paid a visit to Bal Sadan, Panchkula a home for the destitute children and spent a day with them, Blankets, B/sheets, fruits and note books were also distributed to the children. Session 2007-08 In order to make the students responsive to the needs of society various community service projects are undertaken from time to time by the N.S.S. volunteers, Rotaract Club and N.C.C. cadets in collaboration with other NGOs. N.S.S: -Community service is the ideal of National Service Scheme. The N.S.S. wing of two colleges organized the following activities during the session. Sadbhavna Diwas: On 20th August 2007, tree plantation and a declamation contest were organized Blood Donation Camp: A blood donation camp was organized on 25th August 2007, in collaboration with Bathinda Zone Social Welfare Society, Rotary Club, Chandigarh, Mid Town and PGI. In these camp 100 units of blood was collected. Ten-day special N.S.S. Camp: This special camp was held from September 28 to October 07, 2007. The theme of the camp was ‘Healthy Youth for Healthy India’.Message of health and hygiene, care of girl child, AIDS – Prevention etc. were spread among the residents of the adopted village Burail.The Valedictory function of this camp was devoted to the theme of Anti Female Foeticide campaign. The volunteers along with ‘Kanya Jeewan Dayani Smiti (an NGO)’ took out a rally and performed a skit related to this theme. A poster-making competition was also held. International Women’s Day: (March 2008) was celebrated by organizing an interactive session with a panel of experts on various aspects of female foeticide. . Rotaract Club The college Rotaract Club in association with NGO,Jeewan Mukt Vidyalay, generated funds and distributed notebooks, bags and fruit among children of five schools run in slum areas. Eye donation awareness camp was organized on February 16, 2007 in association withGMCH-32, Chandigarh and Lions Club, Chandigarh Central. Seventy rotaractors pledged to become ambassadors of this noble cause. 109 Social Sciences forum: Three hundred students and ten faculty members took part in a rally for Drug-free society on 31st August 2007. A free of cost English proficiency course for college students and outsiders was conducted in the college during summer vacations. Twenty five N.C.C. cadets of our college participated in Pulse Polio immunization Campaign on February 10, 2008. Session 2008-09 Our college established in 1981 has stressed value education right from its inception. Understanding that our institution can flourish only if the society of which it is a part flourishes, the college involved itself in Community Service through the various clubs especially through the NSS programme. Community outreach programme like spreading awareness related to Drug Abuse, AIDS Prevention, Healthy Life Style, valuing Issues on which rallies, Nukkar Nataks, pledge taking were organized to sensitize the residents of adopted village Burail. The New Year (2009) was welcomed by the volunteers at Old Age Home in sector 15 along with the senior citizens by performing skits and dances and singing songs. Every time our volunteers take part in the Anti-Malaria campaign in sector 47 Health Centre. Sadbhavana Diwas was celebrated on August 20, 2008. The Rotaract Club in association with the college NSS unit and PGI Chandigarh organized a Blood Donation Camp in the college on October 25, 2008 in which 100 units of blood was collected. A rally flagged off by Rotary Midtown President Mrs. Saroj Jhawar was taken out in village Burail by the Rotaract Club and the Red Ribbon Club of the college. A Nukkar Natak staged on January 17, 2009 to spread AIDS – awareness among the people was the joint effort of the college Rotaract Club and Red Ribbon Club. Our Rotaractors participated in Pulse Polio programme on February 01, 2009 in Colony No. 5, Chandigarh. College Rotaractors assisted Rotary Club of Chandigarh to raise funds for Rotary Heat line project to sponsor heart surgeries of underprivileged children. Santulan – the club for gender sensitization observed Daughters’ Day in the college on October 23, 2008 by screening ‘Dheeyan Na Maro’ – a telefilm. Kali – a skit on female foeticide was presented by the Department of Social Work, P.U., Chandigarh. Principal Dr. Meera Modi administered a pledge to the faculty and students of the college to make the girl child an asset through education, empowerment and enforcement strategies. Our resident students lit candles in the college to pray for communal peace and harmony and in memory of Mumbai blast victims on November 28, 2008. Session 2009-10 At Dev Samaj College for Women we try to live upto our college prayer. The torch bearer of community service in the college is the National Service Scheme wing of the college which carried out the following programmes during the session 200910. Akshay Urja Diwas was celebrated on 20th August 2009 by carrying out a tree plantation drive in Govt. Primary School in Burail village.The volunteers took out a 110 rally to spread the message of national integration. Oct. 2, 2009 was observed as World Peace Day non-violence was the theme of slogan writing competition held on this day. A pledge was administered by the Principal and essay-writing, slogan writing and poster making competitions were organized to observe the Vigilance Week from 3rd to 7th Nov. 2009. A blood donation camp was the held in the college in association with the college Rotaract Club on Nov. 12, 2009 in which 70 units of blood was collected. NSS volunteers participated in the national polio eradication camps held in different parts of the city in Oct., Nov. and Dec. 2009 and in Feb.2010. During the 7-day special NSS camp held in Oct 2009 the following activities were taken up:(i) Yoga training, Dental Check up, grooming workshop was organized. (ii) Door-to-door awareness drive about family planning and AIDS was carried out in adopted village Burail. (iii) Special classes were held for village children (iv)A Pidilite art and craft workshop, a visit and folk dance presentation was held for special children of the institute ‘SOREN’. Session 2010-11 At Dev Samaj College for Women we try to live upto our college prayer ‘ The torch bearer of community service in the college is the National Service Scheme wing of the college which carried out the following programmes during the session 201011. Mat-Pita Santan Diwas: In keeping with the tradition of Dev Samaj in valuing human relationships, the college celebrated Mat-Pita Santan Diwas on 29.01.2011. Recongnizing the significance of the deeply cherished Parent Child bond the diwas seeks to make studnets realize their debt and duty towards their parents and also to draw our attention towards strengthening the family bonds. Students presented bhajans, songs, skit, and poems on the theme of the day. Their efforts were applauded by the parents. Km. Satyawati ji, Chairperson, Dev Samaj College Managing Committee, graced the occasion and also spoke at length on the importance of strong family relationships leading to a secure and strong world. For other details refer to points no.39 Session 2011-12 The torch bearer of community service in the college is the NSS National Service Scheme wing of the college which carried out the following programmes during the session 2011-12. Sadbhavana Diwas was observed on 20th August 2011. On the occasion 50 volunteers took pledge to strengthen communal harmony at a State level function held at St. Stephen School, Sector 45, Chandigarh. A slogan writing competition was also held in the college. Eye Donation Awareness camp: A one day eye donation camp was held on 8th Sept. 2011 as a part of ‘Eye Donation Week’ celebrated by GMCH-32, Chandigarh. 111 3 NSS volunteers participated in State Level Pre-Republic Day selection parade at Govt. College, Sector 11, Chandigarh. Later Shagun of B.Com II attended Pre-Republic Day Parade Camp 2011 at Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. 7 volunteers participated in International Peace Fest organized by Yuvsatta. 7 Day Special Day-Night Camp was held in the college from Oct. 1-7, 2011. Following activities were carried out during the camp : (a) An informative talk on ‘Traffic Awareness’ was conducted by Sub Inspector Sukhdev Singh from Chandigarh traffic police to enlighten the volunteers about the importance of obeying the traffic rules. (b) Mr. Vijay Kumar Malhan, a devout disciple of Swami Ramdevji took regular Yoga Classes. (c) A three day workshop on Food Preservation and Nutrition was organized with the assistance of Jan Shiksha Sansthan in which women from Burail village also participated. (d) Art and Craft workshop was conducted for three days with the help of Ms. Komal of Pidilite faculty. (e) The volunteers provided elementary education to 50 children of Burail village. (f) A workshop on ‘Art of Living’ and ‘Body Language and Communication Skills’ was held. (g) A talk on ‘Breast Cancer’ by the team of Ivy Hospital headed by Dr. Jatin Sarin was organized. (h) A Baby Show cum Health Camp was organized in association with Cheema Medical Complex, Phase 4, Mohali in which Dr. Bobby Cheema delivered a lecture on Stress Management. The kids from Burail participated in Healthy Baby Show under three categories of age and were awarded prizes. Quomi Ekta Week was observed by holding a Blood Donation camp in collaboration with Rotaract Club of the college and GMCH-32. As many as 80 units of blood were collected. Pulse Polio Campaign: 20 volunteers trained as vaccinants by the doctors from the health department of Chandigarh Administration carried out immunization during the Pulse Polio Drive in Chandigarh. 19. Teachers and officers newly recruited: Session (2005-06) Nil Session 2006-07 Mrs. Neelam-Fee clerk-against a permanent vacancy Session2007-08 Name Designation Joining Date Dr. Meera Modi Principal January 02, 2008 (Former Principal Dr. Shashi Jain retired on 31st October 2007.) Session2008-09 112 One teacher for teaching BCA – I (2nd unit) and Diploma Course in Web Designing and Multimedia (Add-on-course) Two teachers for teaching BBA I One lab assistant for the new lab set up for the course mentioned above. Session2009-10 One teacher in BCA. One additional teacher in BBA. A lecturer each as guest faculty for teaching of add-on courses like Communicative English, Event Management, Computer Based Accounting Web Designing and Multimedia, Entrepreneurship and Insurance Business. Session2010-11 One teacher in BCA. One additional teacher in BBA. A lecturer each as guest faculty for teaching of add-on courses like Communicative English, Event Management, Computer Based Accounting Web Designing and Multimedia, Entrepreneurship and Insurance Business. Session2011-12 Five Contractual teachers. A lecturer each as guest faculty for teaching of add-on courses like Communicative English, Event Management, Computer Based Accounting Web Designing and Multimedia, Entrepreneurship and Insurance Business. 20. Teaching and non-teaching staff ratio: Session2005-06 Teaching and non-teaching staff ratio1.6::1 Session2006-07 Teaching and non-teaching staff ratio:1.5:1 Session2007-08 Teaching and non teaching staff ratio:3:2 Session2008-09 Teaching and non teaching staff ratio:1.6:1 Session2009-10 Teaching and non teaching staff ratio:2:1 Session2010-11 Teaching and non teaching staff ratio:2:1 Session2011-12 Teaching – non teaching staff ratio:2:1 Non-teaching staff include Office staff, Lab attendants, Peons, Malis, Sweepers and Security staff. 21. Improvements in the Library services: Session2005-06 In the first phase of computerization, library services were fully computerized. Internet, reprographic and indexing services are also provided in the library. However during the session 2005-06 Newspaper clipping available in the library were computerized and a database was created of newspapers clipping from 1981 to 2005. This is now available in CD. The Library has taken the initiative to provide SDI (Selective dissemination of Information) service to the faculty members who are engaged in research activities. Session2006-07 113 Library services have been computerized Apart from adding new and latest books in the library students are given orientation in OPAC search and in the library services. Internet, E-Reference reprographic and indexing services are provided. It also provides SDI (Selective dissemination of information) service to the faculty members who are engaged in research activities. Lending service (issue and return of books) has been fully comprised. Each member of the library is given a code generated by the computer. The photographs of the members are scanned and integrated into the circulation database of the library. Session2007-09 Electronic Information Service: The library has started providing the E-information Services to the students and faculty from internet, online databases and CD-ROM databases. Internet search services: The library started providing on demand the internet search services for the academic pursuit of students and faculty members. E-reference services: The library has started providing the e-ready references service for the members of the library based on Electronic Reference Sources, like Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, directories etc. and also the internet. Electronic document delivery: The library has initiated the sending the documents especially the journal articles, by email to member libraries of the Chandigarh Libraries Consortium (CLC). New initiatives Digitization: Newspaper clippings from 1981 to 2005: Newspaper clippings available in the library have been digitized and library has created a database of news paper clippings from 1981 to 2005. Now this is available in the CD. Digital Library: The library has installed Greenstone Digital Library Software for making the digital library of newspaper clippings. The facility will be extended to the faculty and the students to search and explore the contents contained the in digital library. OPAC: An updated system for accessing the online catalogue (OPAC) has been provided to the users in the library. Music Therapy: A music system has been installed in the library to provide congenial environment to listen to music while reading. Session 2009-10 New initiatives LIBSYS – New software worth Rs. 2.5 lakh was purchased for the library. Session2010-11 Lending Service: This service includes issue, return and renewal of the books has been fully computerized. Each member of the library is given a member code generated by the computer. The photographs of the members have been scanned & integrated into the circulation database of the library. Current Awareness Service: A list of new books added to the library every month is displayed. This service has also been automated. 114 OPAC Search: This service has already been provided in the library & more members especially students are getting used to this service provided in the library. Reference & Information service: In addition to the traditional information & reference sources available in the library. The library started advising & guiding the students & the faculty members about the web resources & reference sources available on the internet. E-mail/Internet Search on demand: The service is on demand as the infrastructure is limited and yet to be expanded. Newspaper clippings service: Newspaper clippings about the college are made accessible in the library. SDI (Selective Dissemination of Information) services: The library has providing S.D.I. service to the faculty members who are engaged in research activities. Electronic Information Service: The library has started providing the E-information Services to the students and faculty from internet, online databases and CD-ROM databases. Internet search services: The library started providing on demand the internet search services for the academic pursuit of students and faculty members. E-reference services: The library has started providing the e-ready references service for the members of the library based on Electronic Reference Sources, like Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, directories etc. and also the internet. Bibliography service: In anticipation of the faculty members, subject bibliographies are provided. Digitization: Newspaper clippings from 1981 to 2009: Newspaper clippings available in the library have been digitized and library has created a database of news paper clippings from 1981 to 2009. Now this is available in the CD. OPAC: An updated system for accessing the online catalogue (OPAC) has been provided to the users in the library. Migration to Integrated Library Management System: LibSys Software. Member of INFLIBNET Centre: N-LIST (National Library and Information Services infrastructure for Scholarly Content) for accessing to e-resources for the staff and students of the college. Session2011-12 Lending Service: This service includes issue, return and renewal of the books has been fully computerized. Each member of the library is given a member code generated by the computer. The photographs of the members have been scanned & integrated into the circulation database of the library. Current Awareness Service: A list of new books added to the library every month is displayed. This service has also been automated. OPAC Search: This service has already been provided in the library & more members especially students are getting used to this service provided in the library. Reference & Information service: In addition to the traditional information & reference sources available in the library. The library started advising & guiding the students & the faculty members about the web resources & reference sources available on the internet. E-mail/Internet Search on demand: This service is on demand as the infrastructure is limited and yet to be expanded. 115 Newspaper clippings service: Newspaper clippings about the college are made accessible in the library. SDI (Selective Dissemination of Information) services: The library has providing S.D.I. service to the faculty members who are engaged in research activities. Electronic Information Service: The library has started providing the E-information Services to the students and faculty from internet, online databases and CD-ROM databases. Internet search services: The library started providing on demand the internet search services for the academic pursuit of students and faculty members. E-reference services: The library has started providing the e-ready references service for the members of the library based on Electronic Reference Sources, like Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, directories etc. and also the internet. Bibliography service: In anticipation of the faculty members, subject bibliographies are provided. Digitization: Newspaper clippings from 1981 to 2009: Newspaper clippings available in the library have been digitized and library has created a database of news paper clippings from 1981 to 2009. Now this is available in the CD. OPAC: An updated system for accessing the online catalogue (OPAC) has been provided to the users in the library. Migration to Integrated Library Management System: LibSys Software. Member of INFLIBNET Centre: N-LIST (National Library and Information Services infrastructure for Scholarly Content) for accessing to e-resources for the staff and students of the college. 22. New Books / Journals / Magazines / Newspapers added: New Books Value of Journals/ Year books Magazines / Newspapers 38 Value of Journals / Magazines/ Newspapers Rs.15055 44 Rs. 16065 Rs. 323928 60 Rs.16065 851 Rs.294243 67 Rs.67074 2009-10 683 Rs.181770 122 Rs.76642 2010-11 600 Rs.289400 122 Rs.70063 2005-06 217 2006-07 837 2007-08 962 2008-09 Rs.190307 116 2011-12 1175 Rs.352001 122 Rs.70063 23. Course in which student assessment of teachers is introduced and the action taken on students feedback: Session2005-12 Students Evaluation programmers and student feedback on teachers is taken at the end of each year. Students are randomly taken to fill the forms i.e. students from different department i.e. B.A / B.Com / BCA / PGDCA about 70% shared their views. Most of them were satisfied with the infrastructure, students, teacher’s relationship and other facilities provided by the college. They appreciated the co-operation, encouragement and help provided by the teachers in building up their confidence and personality development. The college is also trying to provide transportation facility so that students coming from far off places can avail it. 24. Unit Cost of Education: S.No Session No. Of students Unit Cost of Education 1. 2005-06 854 Rs.14265 2. 2006-07 868 Rs.15900 3. 2007-08 894 Rs.24705 4. 2008-09 1000 Rs.17685 5. 2009-10 1000 Rs.18784 6. 2010-11 1100 Rs.32054 7. 2011-12 1092 Rs.36557 25. Computerization of Administration: Session2005-2007 Records regarding students’ admission, employee’s information, fees maintenance, registration return, results etc. are being computerized. However, records of the account department regarding salary, cashbook, daybook, bankbook and U.G.C. grants are computerized. Session2007-12 Earlier M.S. Office was used in the office but from April 2007, the college has switched over to Management Software which includes the following modules: (a)Fee Administration: -This module of software provides full control over fee – management with features like automatic calculations of fee, course wise, automatic printing of fee – bills, monthly, quarterly, half yearly, yearly fee collection details, list of 117 pending fee student wise course wise and class-wise, list of students who have left the college, five charged etc. (b)Student’s record: This module keeps a record of students admitted/with subjects offered, lectures attended and various types of returns as per prescribed university returns. It also keeps a record of the marks obtained by the students in the terminal as well as final examination. (c)Salary Management: This module maintains the faculty record like salary, P.F. Statement, details of loans, advances. (d)Other records like U.G.C. Grants, funds, general fund and expenditure account are also computerized. The process of admission: All admissions are made by the college strictly in accordance with the regulations / rules contained in latest university / calendars / guidelines any other instructions which have been issued by the university from time to time, for various course. The merit list is made for different course having limited seats according to the university rules and regulations. After admission registration returns are sent to the university in computerized form along with the hard copy. Examination results: - Different registers are maintained to keep the records of the September, December and Annual results. But in the new session, the record will be maintained by the academics. Module of the college management software which has been installed in our computers since April 2007. Issue of Certificate: The records of certificates that are issued by the university are also maintained in the examination register. Now records are maintained by the academics Software. 26. Increase in infrastructural Facilities: Session 2005-06 During the past one year, there has been a stupendous increase in infrastructural facilities. The hostel became functional in sept.2005.The construction, furnishings and fitting of the ground and 1st floor of the hostel were completed in Sept. 2005 and the construction of the 2nd & 3rd floor is now complete. After the necessary furnishings and fittings, the hostel with a capacity to accommodate 200 students will be fully functional from July/Aug.2006.The resident students is being provided fully furnished, clean, spacious and well-ventilated rooms, with all the facilities like internet broad-band services, gymnasium, recreation room, reading room etc. The construction of a new ‘B’ block which comprises of a multimedia room, 4 classrooms and students centre has also been started and is expected to be complete by the next year. Session 2006-07 Infrastructural facilities got a boost with the hostel becoming fully functional from July, 2006. The resident students are being provided all facilities of a ‘home’-away from home with fully furnished, clean, spacious and well ventilated rooms along with facilities like internet, re-creation room, reading room etc. A new block comprising of four classrooms, students’ centre, a multi-media Hall have become operational. Session 2007-08 118 Construction of Block ‘B’ of the college (level 2 & level 3) is in full swing and it is expected to be fully operational by the next session. An ultra-moderns gymnasium was set up in the hostel so that resident students can keep themselves physically fit. Session2008-10 Construction of Block ‘B’ of the college has been completed. An ultra-modern gymnasium was set up in the hostel so that resident students can keep themselves physically fit. To provide comfortable working conditions to the office staff a AC was installed at the reception office and the main office. Two new microwaves were purchased one for the staff and another for the Principal’s office. Both the offices i.e. the Principal’s office, Administrative office and reception office have been renovated. A refrigerator has been purchased for the staff.CC-TV was installed in the major places on the college premises. Generator back up of 82.5 KV has been installed in the college. Electricity substation has been set up in the college premises of 2.5 KV capacities to control electricity supply to the various wings of the college. The boundary wall has been further consolidated by installing an iron fence. Session2010-11 A Computer Laboratory on the 1st Floor of Block A of the College was renovated. Session2011-12 The Seminar hall was renovated and new chairs purchased. The staff room was shifted to the 1st floor of the new wing of the building and two window AC installed. New almirahs with the lockers were purchased for the staff. Constructions of the second hostel is underway. Two new water coolers were installed for the students. New flooring of rooms, toilets and corridors on the ground floor of the old wing of the college. 27. Technology up gradation: Session2005-06 All three computer labs have not only been upgraded to Intel P.IV also the number of terminals has gone up to forty nine. Following items were also purchased for office use. 1. Printers (i) Samsung Printer1710 for the fee-counter (ii)Samsung Printer4100 for reception room 2. Fax Machine One fax machine for reception room Session 2006-07 As a part of the technological up gradation, main block of the college building, comprising classrooms and labs is now Wi Fi enabled. Technological infrastructure of the college has been upgraded by setting up of a new computer lab with dual core and P4 processors. The networking of all the computers in the computer labs is controlled by a high-configured server with Xerox processor. 119 To maintain the power backup, Two UPS of 5KB each have also been installed. BSNL broadband Internet connection is also available on all the computers to facilitate the students. Session 2007-08 The following technologies have been introduced Installation of 250 KVA substation, 82.5 KVA generator and fire fighter in the college building. In May 2007, a new computer lab was set up with networking system having 24 computers of latest configuration and 5 kva UPS (1/2 hour back up) XP operating system purchased on 29.03.07. Microsoft office standard purchased on 28.03.07. 7 UPS of 5 KVA (1) 650VA (4) 1KVA (1) 500 VA (1) Inkjet HP printer with copier – one Panasonic printer with copier – one 42 computers with latest configuration Session 2008-09 The following technologies have been introduced Computer Application Department: (i) In the month of July 2008, a new computer lab was set up with networking system having 40 computers of latest configuration with TFT 10 KVA UPS (1/2 Hr back up) was set up. (ii) One HP Laser printer with scanner and copies. Psychology Department Various test materials were added in 2008-09 which measure different aspects of Psychology intelligence, personality adjustment and memory stress etc. (i) Bells adjustment inventory (ii) Rotters locus of control scale (iii) Pabsi Test of creativity (iv) Sinha’s comprehensive anxiety test (v) PGI Health questionnaire (vi) Presumptive stressful life events scale (vii) Comprehensive interest schedule (viii) 16 PF Personality questionnaire by cattell (ix) Test of general mental ability by Jalota (x) Influence of set on perception (xi) Retroactive inhibition test (xii) Recall of complete and incomplete tasks Sports Department Following articles were added in the session 2008-09 (i) Sports Cycle for cycling (ii) Matrix (10) for Judo and Wrestling For lawn and grounds One grass cutting machine was purchased in session 2008-09 Digital Language Lab The college has set up a Digital Language Lab. English Language software for ‘Clarity’ on ‘Issues in English’ and ‘Tense Buster’ has been purchased. It covers areas of 120 (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) listening, speaking, reading, writing, comprehension, vocabulary and grammar. It provides extensive exercise to students to overcome their difficulties in their areas. The students can practice correct English pronunciation by recording their voice and listening to it again and again. Not only this, the students can practice grammar exercise in ‘Tense Buster’ also. These are graded and every time a user practices, a record of each user is maintained. Fine Arts Department Following articles are added to upgrade the technology Computer 12 drafting tables A special turn table for life sketches (one) Portrait tables (Five) Session 2009-10 Technologies up gradation in different departments are as follows: Add on course: LCD Projector Infocus 2400 luminus with projector screen (digital LP) for Advertising and Sales Management. Library: New Library Software ‘Libsys-Lsease’ is being installed in the library to manage the growing library collections and to provide the services. This software is easy to use and user friendly. A Television is installed in the student centre. A LCD of 32” is installed in the hostel A sound system consisting of (i) Amplifier with 200 w 1 (ii) Mike 14/2 with stand 9 (iii) Speaker 6 (iv) Speaker SR 2 (v) Cordless Mike 1 (vi) Mike 1 CCTV cameras:24 CCTV Cameras are installed in different places in the college campus with 15 days back up with the following configurations: i. IR Camera - 3.6 mm 3+3 ii. IR Camera - 6 mm 4 iii. Dome Boby 14 Sports Department: In the session 2009-10 a Table Tennis (STAG) set was purchased. The dept. got SAI approval in the session 2009-10. For lawn and grounds One grass cutting machine was purchased in the session 2008-09 Digital Language Lab The college has set up Digital Language Lab. English Language software for ‘Clarity’ on ‘Issues in English’ and ‘Tense Buster’ has been purchased. It covers areas of listening, speaking, reading, writing, comprehension, vocabulary and grammar. It provides 121 extensive exercise to students to overcome their difficulties in their areas. The students can practice correct English pronunciation by recording their voice and listening to it again and again. Not only this, the students can practice grammar exercise in ‘Tense Buster’ also. These are graded and every time a user practices, a record of each user is maintained and this way the progress chart of each and every user can be maintained. Fine Arts Department Following articles are added to upgrade the technology (i) Computer (ii) 12 drafting tables (iii)A special turn table for life sketches (one) (iv)Portrait tables (Five) Session 2010-11 Technology up gradation in different departments is as follows: Fine Arts Department: A table lamp for artificial light 1 A manikin for life sketching 1 Psychology Department: Following is the list of apparatus test material brought for psychology lab in the session 2010-11. (i) Aesthesiemeter (2 pt.) 1 (ii)Mulles Lyer apparatus 1 (iii)Maze learning appartus 2 (iv)Judgement of emotions from photographs2 (v) Stress test 1 (vi)Weight Discrimination Box 1 (vii)Mirror drarring apparatus 1 (viii)Test of creativity & problem solving 1 (ix) Social motives test 1 (x) General mental ability test by Jalota 1 (xi) Pass along test of intelligence 1 (xii) General well being test 1 Sports Department: The following equipments were added in the session 2010-11 (i)Weight Lifting Set - 182.5 kg challenger (ii)Fencing Equipments: a) Foil weapons elect. 1 b) Foil blade 2 c) Epee weapons elect. 2 d) Epee blade 3 e) Sabre weapon 1 f) Sabre blades 2 g) Sabre blade elect. 1 h) Mask 3 i) Jackels 3 j) Briches 2 122 k) T-Key l) Gloves m) Kil-Bag - 1 3 2 (iii)Kabbadi Kit 16 (iv)Gymnastic Kit 7 (v)Boxing Kit 1 Computer Department: (i) LCD Projector Infocus 2400 lumins Datacable 10 mts Projector screen. (ii)Lab. No. 3 was renovatedP:24 new tables and 18 new TFT computers were purchased. Vertical Blinds and UPS of 7 KVA. (iii) Printer HPA 1213 NF MFP - 1 (iv)8 Computers (Intel Core) for Resource Centre and UPS of 5 KVA. Session2011-12 New Physics Lab was setup for starting of new course B.Sc IT for the session 2012. All new Labs were brought under Wi-Fi System. 28. Computer and internet access and training to teachers and students: Session2005-06 There are 3 computers labs in the college for BCA,B.Com and PGDCA students from session 2006-07, the college is starting classes in Basics in Computers for all B.A students also, a subject which is in addition to the elective subjects that the students study. Internet broad-band facility is available to all students not only in the computer labs but also in the library and hostel. Computer training is being provides to teachers by stages. Session2006-07 All the 1st year students of the college were offered computer training programmers in addition to their regular elective subjects from the session 2006-07. Internet access is available to the students not only in the computer labs, but also in the library. All members of the teaching and non-teaching staff are encouraged to learn computers during their free time in the college. Session2007-12 Our college has four computer labs with networking systems having a total of 102 computers with band connection of BSNL. The building is also Wi-Fi enabled. This has made it easy for the students and the teachers to have access to the internet facilities. 29. Financial aid to students: Session 2005-06 Students of all streams B.A/B.Com/BCA are given fee-concessions and scholarships on the basis of merit cum means. The details of the concessions given during the session 2005-06 are given below: 123 Six merit students of BCA were given a fee-concession amounting to Rs.33,000/ Six B.A/B.Com students were given fee-concession out of Student Aid Fund. Seven B.A/B.Com students were given fee-concession out of Students Scholarship Fund. Seven B.A/B.Com students were given fee-concession out of Red Cross Fund. Eleven students were given half fee-concession out of DPI fund. 23 promising sports students were exempted from payment of all annual charges and tuition fees. In addition to the above concessions all students who get position in the P.U annual examination in the university or college are awarded cash scholarships donated by various philanthropists.15 students were awarded scholarships on the basis of P.U annual exam 2004-05 on the annual prize distribution functions. Name Class 1.Pooja Anand B.A I Position in P.U Annual Exam/ College Session2004-05 1st in college Amount Fund out of which scholarship is awarded Rs.1200 Alumni Association Fund Prem Sarita Memorial Endowment Fund Alumni Association Fund 2.Sonia B.A I 2nd in college Rs.1000 3.Manisha B.A II 1st in college Rs.1200 4.Ramnik Kaur B.A II 2nd in college Rs.1000 5.Hareet Punia B.Com I 1st in college Rs.1200 6.Shilpi Kansal B.Com I 2nd in college Rs.1000 7.Meenakshi Rana B.ComII 1st in college Rs.1200 8.Pallavi Goyal B.ComII 2nd in college Rs.1000 9.Ramandeep Kaur BCA I 1st in college Rs.1000 10.Neha BCAI 2nd in college Rs.500 Prem Sarita Memorial Endowment Fund Donated by Principal Dr. Shashi Jain Sita Gandotra Endowment Fund Donated by Principal Dr. Shashi Jain Sita Gandotra Endowment Fund Donated by Bombay Photo House Donated by Retired Lect. Mrs. Asha Sarpal 124 11.Meenu Yadav BCAII 1st in college Rs.1000 12.Shruti Sidhu BCAII 2nd in college Rs.500 13.Amanpreet B.Com II Merit-cummeans Rs.1000 14.Seema Sharma B.A II Merit-cummeans Rs.1000 15.Asha Rana BCA I 1st in C-Toss among all Chd. Colleges Rs.250 Donated by Bombay Photo House Donated by Retired Lect. Mrs. Asha Sarpal Donated by Durga Cutters and Allied Industries Donated by Durga Cutters and Allied Industries Donated by Lect.Ms. Suruchi Session2006-07 During the session 2006-07, more than 80 students (approx. 10%) were given scholarships and fee concessions. College position holders of 1 year & 2 years were given special Cash Prizes on Annual Prize Distribution Day in addition to books and Fee – Concessions. 30 students were given scholarships out of students’ Aid Fund and Red Cross Fund. More than 40 students were given free ship and scholarships out of Sports Development Fund. 5 students belonging to SC / BC category were also given scholarships. To promote Sanskrit language ten Sanskrit students were given scholarships by Raashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi. Scholarships / cash prizes have been instituted by many philanthropists. To encourage the meritorious students to excel in life. Following meritorious students of the college were awarded cash prizes at the annual prize distribution function of the college. Session2007-08 The needy and meritorious students are regularly provided with the financial aid in the form of scholarship and free education. The details of the scholarships given to the students during the academic session 2007-08 are as follows: Scholarships by the Alumni Association: These scholarships are denoted by the Alumni Association of the college. Last year Neha Aggarwal of B.A. III and Sonia of B.A. II were given the above said scholarship @ Rs. 1200/- each per annum for topping the college in B.A. II and B.A.I P.U. Annual Exams in 2006-07. However, the association has decided to increase the number of scholarships to six from the session 2008-09. Three students were given scholarships from Prem Sarita Endowment Fund constituted by the former Principal Lt. Mrs. V. Bhargava in memory of her sister Lt.Ms. Prem Sarita Two students were given scholarship from Sita Gandotra Endowment fund constituted by Mrs. Renu Anand, co-ordinator, Dev Samaj Polytechnic for Women in memory of her mother. 125 Two students were given scholarships by Dr. Shashi Jain, Director (DSCW-45, Chd & D.SC.E.-36, Chd) Two students were given scholarships from the fund constituted by Bombay Photo House in memory of his father Lt. Sh. Lala Amar Nath. Two scholarships were given to the students by Ms. Pankaja Vashisht, Lect. in Eco., DSCW-45 B, Chd. Fee concessions amounting to Rs. 75,000/- were given to 50 students on the basis of need cum merit. Post matriculation scholarship by the DPI (Colleges) was given to one student. All toppers of the college in various university examinations were given free education. Only the DPI and university charges were taken from them. Two students were given scholarship of Rs 1000/- each by Dr.Smite Bahuguna. In all 70 students were given financial aid in the form of scholarships, fee concession and free education Session2008-09 The needy and meritorious students are regularly provided with the financial aid in the form of scholarship and free education.The details of the scholarships given to the students during the academic session 2008-09 are as follows: The college and other benevolent donors have given liberal financial aid, scholarships and fee concessions to a number of students. In all 55 students have been given scholarships, fee concessions and financial aid. Scholarships by the Alumni Association: These scholarships are denoted by the Alumni Association of the college. The Association gave six scholarships to meritorious students. One student was given a scholarship from Prem Sarita Endowment Fund constituted by the former Principal Lt. Mrs. V. Bhargava in memory of her sister Lt. Ms. Prem Sarita Two students were given scholarship from Sita Gandotra Endowment fund constituted by Mrs. Renu Anand, co-ordinator, Dev Samaj Polytechnic for Women in memory of her mother. Two students were given scholarships worth Rs. 1500/- each by the Principal Dr. Meera Modi. Two students were given scholarships from the fund constituted by Bombay Photo House in memory of his father Lt. Sh. Lala Amar Nath. Four students were awarded cash prize of Rs. 500/- each to students of economics by Mrs. Pankaja Vashisht, Lect. In Economics, DSCW-45 B, Chd. Two students were given scholarships of Rs. 1000/- by Dr. Punam Gupta. Two students were given scholarships of Rs. 1000/- each by Mrs. Tejinder Kaur. Four students were given scholarships of Rs. 500/- each by Mrs. Mridula Aggarwal. Two students were given scholarships worth Rs. 1500/- each by Sh. Mela Ram Verma. 126 Two students were given scholarships worth Rs. 2000/- each by Sh. Anil Verma. Besides this, the college provides free education to the wards of employees All toppers of the college in various university examinations were given free education. Only the DPI and university charges were taken from them. Two students were given scholarship of Rs 1000/- each by Dr.Smite Bahuguna Session2009-10 The needy and meritorious students are regularly provided with the financial aid in the form of scholarship and free education. The details of the scholarships given to the students during the academic session 2009-10 are as follows: Six college toppers were given scholarships and three students were given total free ship on merit-cum-means basis. 33 students were given full/half fee concessions out of scholarship fund, student’s aid fund and Red Cross fund. 28 students are availing free ships/concessions under sports quota. The college and other benevolent donors have given liberal financial aid, scholarships and fee concessions to a number of students. 35 Students have been given scholarships, fee concessions and financial aid by individual donors. Six scholarships are donated by the Alumni Association of the college. Mrs. Vimal Bhargava scholarships worth Rs. 50,000/- were given by her husband, Sh. C.M. Bhargava to students for standing 1st and 2nd in P.U. Examinations. Two students were given scholarship from Sita Gandotra Endowment fund constituted by Mrs. Renu Anand, co-ordinator, Hobby classes in the college. Two students were given scholarships worth Rs. 1500/- each by the Principal Dr. Meera Modi. Two students were given scholarships from the fund constituted by Bombay Photo House in memory of his father Lt. Sh. Lala Amar Nath. Four students were awarded cash prize of Rs. 500/- each to students of economics by Mrs. Pankaja Vashisht, Lect. In Economics, DSCW-45 B, Chd. Two students were given scholarships of Rs. 1000/- by Dr. Punam Gupta. Two students were given scholarships of Rs. 1000/- each by Mrs. Tejinder Kaur. Four students were given scholarships of Rs. 500/- each by Mrs. Mridula Aggarwal. Two students were given scholarships worth Rs. 1500/- each by Sh. Mela Ram Verma. Two students were given scholarships worth Rs. 2000/- each by Sh. Anil Verma. Three students have received the Delhi based Sitaram Jindal Foundation scholarship. Two students have been awarded scholarships by the Chandigarh Administration under the minorities’ category scheme, one under the Hindi Promotion Scheme and one under the reserved category scheme. Besides this, the college provides free education to the wards of employees All toppers of the college in various university examinations were given free education. Only the DPI and university charges were taken from them. Two students were given scholarship of Rs 1000/- each by Dr.Smite Bahuguna Session2010-11 The needy and meritorious students are regularly provided with the financial aid in the form of scholarship and free education. Total financial aid provided was Rs. 12, 60813/- during the 127 session 2010-11. The details of the scholarships given to the students during the academic session 2010-11 are as follows: 22 college toppers were given scholarships and three students were given total free ship on merit-cum-means basis. 14 students were given full/half fee concessions out of scholarship fund, student’s aid fund and Red Cross fund. 20 students were given free boarding & lodging. 6 students were exempted from paying mess charges for the session 2010-11. The college and other benevolent donors have given liberal financial aid, scholarships and fee concessions to a number of students. 35 Students have been given scholarships, fee concessions and financial aid by individual donors. Six scholarships are donated by the Alumni Association of the college. Mrs. Vimal Bhargava scholarships worth Rs. 50,000/- were given by her husband, Sh. C.M. Bhargava to 6 toppers and 6 students who stood 2nd in the college. Two students were given scholarship from Sita Gandotra Endowment fund constituted by Mrs. Renu Anand, co-ordinator, Hobby classes in the college. Two students were given scholarships worth Rs. 1500/- each by the Principal Dr. Meera Modi. Two students were given scholarships from the fund constituted by Bombay Photo House in memory of his father Lt. Sh. Lala Amar Nath. Four students were awarded cash prize of Rs. 500/- each to students of economics by Mrs. Pankaja Vashisht, Lect. In Economics, DSCW-45 B, Chd. Two students were given scholarships of Rs. 1000/- by Dr. Punam Gupta. Two students were given scholarships of Rs. 1000/- each by Mrs. Tejinder Kaur. Four students were given scholarships of Rs. 500/- each by Mrs. Mridula Aggarwal. Two students were given scholarships worth Rs. 1500/- each by Sh. Mela Ram Verma. Two students were given scholarships worth Rs. 2000/- each by Sh. Anil Verma. Three students have received the Delhi based Sitaram Jindal Foundation scholarship. Three students have been awarded scholarships by the Chandigarh Administration under the minorities’ category scheme, four under the Hindi Promotion Scheme and one under the reserved category scheme. Guru Harkrishan Society scholarship was availed by one student. Besides this, the college provides free education to the wards of employees All toppers of the college in various university examinations were given free education. Only the DPI and university charges were taken from them. Two students were given scholarship of Rs 1000/- each by Dr.Smita Bahuguna Session2011-12 The college takes care of its needy and meritorious students by giving them scholarships and fee concessions. 27 students are availing fee concession from Students Aid Fund whereas 14 students have being given fee concession from Scholarship Fund. 6 Scheduled Caste students are availing full tuition fee concession and one has been provided a scholarship of Rs. 10,000/- . Three Backward Class and two other Backward Classes students are getting fee concessions. In disability category one student suffering from 80% disability has been given full tuition fee concession in addition to 50% concession on the remaining charges.One student each has been given concession in the categories of minority community and single girl child and one student 128 of Sanskrit in order to encourage the study of this classical language.Under donor scholarships, 6 scholarships were awarded by Virasat Alumni Association of the college and 12 college toppers were given scholarship out of Mrs. Vimal Bhargava Charitable Trust. Prominent among the awarders are Sh. C.M. Bhargava, Sh.S.K.Jain and Sh. Beni Prasad Jain, Sh. Shital Prakash, Sh. Rajinder Jain. Sh. Sanjeev Verma, Sh. Mela Ram Verma, Mrs. Renu Anand and Sh. Iqbal Nath. 11 scholarships were donated by Principal Dr. Meera Modi and members of the faculty namely, Mrs. Pankaja Vashist, Mrs. Tejinder Kaur, Mrs. Mridula Aggarwal, Dr. Smita Bahuguna, Dr. Punam Gupta, Mrs. Jaspal Kaur and Mrs. Shiva Malik.Three students have been awarded scholarship by Chandigarh Administration under the Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe Scheme and one under Minority Community Scheme. 30. Activities and support from the Alumni Association: Session 2005-06 There are 4 office bearers of the association(President, Vice President, Secretary and Joint Secretary).Membership of the Alumni Association ‘Virasat’ has risen from 139 to 393 .Two scholarships have been introduced on the basis of merit. A campaign for pledging the eyes for donation after death’ is one of the activities of the members of association. Session 2006-07 Ritu Sood Punj, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, an alumnus of the college was our Chief Guest at the Hostel Freshers Nite in August 2006. She donated Rs. 11,000/- for the activities of Alumni Association. The college Alumni association had a meeting and get-together on March 17, 2007. Discussions regarding inviting Alumni members, holding prominent positions for lecturers and interaction with the students of the college were held. The Alumni members decided to motivate the people around to work for social cause like pledging their eyes. The association planned to hold a Blood Donation Camp during the next session. The association decided to continue with two scholarships of Rs. 1,000/- each from the Alumni Association Fund. Ms. Bharati Gupta (Lect. Govt. Senior Secondary School, Sec – 11) and Ms Kamlesh (Ex. Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh) especially mentioned the contribution made by the college towards shaping up their careers. A cultural programme was presented by the teachers of the college. The principal, Dr. Shashi Jain welcomed the members of the Association. Dr. Smita Bahuguna, coordinator Alumni Association, proposed a vote of thanks. Session2007-08 A meeting of the Alumni Association was held in which it was decided to enhance the number of scholarships from the association fund to six. The members of the Association also took up a pledge to donate their eyes. Activities like organization of blood donation camp and adopting at least one child for teaching were also discussed. The project of beautification of the entry point of the road leading to the college was also taken up by the Municipal Corporation with the active involvement of Ms. Kamlesh, ExMayor, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh. Session2008-09 129 A meeting of the Alumni Association is held annually. The number of scholarships from the association fund is six. Activities like organization of blood donation camp and adopting at least one child for teaching were also discussed. The project of beautification of the entry point of the road leading to the college was also taken up by the Municipal Corporation with the active involvement of Ms. Kamlesh, ExMayor, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh. Session2009-10 A meeting of the Alumni Association is held annually. The number of scholarships from the association fund is six. Activities like organization of blood donation camp and adopting at least one child for teaching were also discussed. The project of beautification of the entry point of the road leading to the college was also taken up by the Municipal Corporation with the active involvement of Ms. Kamlesh, ExMayor, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh. Session2010-11 A meeting of the Alumni Association is held annually. The number of scholarships from the association fund is six. Activities like organization of blood donation camp and adopting at least one child for teaching were also discussed. The project of beautification of the entry point of the road leading to the college was also taken up by the Municipal Corporation with the active involvement of Ms. Kamlesh, ExMayor, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh. Session2011-12 A meeting of the Alumni Association is held annually. The number of scholarships from the association fund is six. The annual meet of the Alumni Club was held on 25th March 2012. It was attended by 300 alumni, most of who are well placed in different walks of life. The alumni shared their nastalgic memories and experiences. Office bearers of the club were also elected on the occasion. Merrymaking ruled the party as girls danced on popular tracks. 31. Activities and support from Parent-Teacher Association: Session2005-12 The college does not have a Parent-Teacher Association. However, parents are free to meet the teachers in their free time and feed-back is taken from the parents in an informal way on parent-teacher meeting and Mat-Pita Santan Diwas. 32.Health Services: Session2005-08 There is a first aid room in the college and all types of essential medicines are readily available for first aid treatment with the in-charge of first aid committee. An amount of Rs. 5000/- is spent every year for purchase of medicines. Services of a panel of qualified doctors are readily available. Dr. Vandana M.D. private practitioner, who has her clinic with in a distance of about 2 kms. from college visits the college hostel once a week and if any 130 hosteller required any health services other than this, she attends to the patients in her clinic without charging any fee. In case of emergency, girls are taken to Govt. Medical Hospital which is just 2 kms. away from the college. Session2008-09 The College Health Club organized Free Medical Checkup camp and a Symposium on ‘Breast Cancer and Life Style Diseases’ during celebration of ‘Pink October’ in Association with The Times Group and Grecian super Specialty Hospital on 22nd October 2008. A talk on ‘Genral health problem amongst women’ was organized during Women’s Day on 7th March 2009 by Dr. Anupama, a Gynecologist from Chaitanya Hospital. She suggested how a healthy life style could prevent such health hazards. Session2009-10 A Bone-density and Osteoporosis awareness medical camp in the college was organized on Nov. 19, 2009. A Blood donation camp was held in the college on Nov. 12, 2009 in association with the NSS wing of the college and the Inner Wheel Club of Chandigarh. Red Ribbons club of the college in collaboration with the State AIDS Control society took out a rally in the adopted village Buaril on Dec. 1, 2009. Following Panel of Doctors visiting the college regularly. 1. Dr. Vandana 2. Dr. Anjani Khanna 3. Dr. Vanita Gutpa 4. Dr. Akhit Bhardwaj Seminar on Alcoholism was organized on Sept. 18, 2009 in association with Alcoholics Anonymous. Community Monitoring under NRHM: - 9 volunteers led by NSS Programmers Officer, Ms. Sabina Chadha attended a workshop on community monitoring organized by the National Rural Health Mission. World Cancer Day: - World Cancer Day was observed on Feb. 4, 2010 a talk was delivered by Dr. Anupam Goel of Chaitanya Hospital to sensitize students and staff on prevention and early detection of cancer. Pulse Polio Campaign: - NSS volunteers participated in the national wide polio eradication camp held in Oct., Nov., Dec. 2009 and Feb., 2010. Session2010-11 NSS volunteers of the college participated in the Pulse Polio Drive organised by Chandigarh Administration. A Medical camp was organised for the residents of Burail and students of the college with the help of Chatinya Hospital. Talk on Breast Cancer was organised in the college. A workshop on Responsible Sexual Behaviour was held by the team headed by Mrs. Meenakshi Agnihotri, Asstt. Professor, National Institute of Education, PGI, Chandigarh. 131 Yoga classes were held in the college for the benefit of the students. Students of the college visited the Red Ribbon Express at the Chandigarh Railway Station which provides basic knowledge about AIDS. On Nov. 22, 2010, Blood donation camp was organised by the NSS wing of the college in collabortion with Rotract Club. Rally was taken out to mark the World AIDs Day on Dec. 1, 2010. Members of the Hope Club visited the Regional Institute of Mentally Retarded Children in Feb 2011. Session2011-12 Purodha Singh of B.Com 2nd year was inducted as the new Rotaract President along with her team of 52 members on 16th Sept., 2011. The outgoing President Pallavi Arya highlighted the previous year’s activities through an audio-visual presentation. The year round activities of the club are: An eye donation awareness camp was organized alongwith the NSS wing of the college in October. Dr. Shweta from GMCH-32 and social worker Mr. R.K. Rai sensitized the students about the procedure and benefits of eye donation. Later theme related slogan writing and poster making competitions were held. The Rotaract club and NSS wing of the college in collaboration with Inner Wheel club of Chandigarh organized a Blood Donation camp in the college on 18th Nov. 2011. 80 units of blood was collected. On 24th Nov., 2011 Rotaractors participated in a cycologreen sponsored by Avon Cycles and 92.7 FM to create awareness amongst the people to save fuel and protect environment. On 20th February 2012, Rotaractors participated in an informative talk by D.I.G. Alok Kumar to highlight the Role of youth in makng Chandigarh a safe city. A special talk on HIV/AIDS awareness was conducted by Mr. Sunil and Dr. Kavita, Programme Coordinator State Aids Control Society on 3rd Feb. 2012. An inter-class Essay Writing Competition was held to spread the message of AIDS awareness. A lecture on ‘Food and Nutrition’ was delivered on 9th Nov. 2011 by Mr. Sukhjinder Singh to signify the role of nutrition in providing good health. With the assistance of Add-on course in Cosmetology, a workshop was organized on ‘How to Dress Beautifully’ on 24th January 2012. On this occasion a team of three members from VLCC demonstrated the art of Saree Draping and Party make up. An interactive talk on ‘Role of Yoga in Modern Society’ was organized by the Sports Department of the college on 25th Jan. 2012. Mr. Balwinder Acharya the resource person imparted informative knowledge on the healing power of Yoga specially in today’s stressful living. An informative talk was conducted by Dr. Sanjeev Sharma, Diet and Nutrition Consultant from A. P. Organics Pvt. Ltd. to throw light on quantity and quality of edible oils required for a balanced diet. 33. Performance in Sport Activities: Session2005-06 132 Our athletes have been regularly taking part in the University Athletic Meet, InterCollege competitions and other National/State level competitions. The achievement of the players during the current academic session 2005-06 is given below: Power Lifting: (a)Sandeep Kaur participated in the National Level championship held at Yamuna Nagar. She got gold medal in the Senior State Level. Weight Lifting: (a)Sandeep Kaur got gold medal in the Inter-College level competitions and another gold medal in the Senior State level championship. (b)Renu got bronze medal in the Inter-College level and also got silver medal in the 1st Senior State Olympic games. (c)Satinder Kaur also got silver medal in the 1st Senior State Olympic games. Foot ball: (a)Anjana, Rupinder, Sumandeep, Anju Rana and Pooja attended the national camp. (b)Students also participated in the 1st Senior State Olympic games. Ball Badminton: (a)Renu participated in Ball Badminton tournament in the National level and Inter-University level competitions. (b)Kalpana of B.A II participated in Junior National Ball Badminton Competitions at Goa. (c)Winning second place in Senior State level for the year 2005-06. Judo: (a)Sapna attended All India Inter-University camp at Chandigarh. She also got silver medal in the Inter-College competitions. (b)Harpreet Kaur and Sagun won the bronze medal. Boxing: In 1st Senior State Olympic competitions our students got three gold medals and four silver medals. March Past: In keeping with the tradition the college has once again brought laurels by winning the 1st place in March Past at P.U Annual Athletic meet for the year 2005-06. Session 2006-07 Inter-National level: Kamini Gautam of PGDCA class represented India in 15th Asian Games at Doha as a member of Handball team (India) Dec. 2006. National level: (a) Ravneet Kaur, Parminder Kaur, Nirmala of B.A. Ist year and Kamini of PGDCA participated in National Handball Competition at Kolkata. Dec. 2006. (b) Sapna of B.C.A. 2nd year participated in National Boxing Competition at Vishkhapatnam. Dec. 2006. (c) Sandeep of B.Com. 2nd year participated in National Power Lifting competition at Delhi. Nov. 2006. Inter-university Level: (a) Pooja of B.A. 2nd year got 3rd place in all India Football Inter-University competition at Karaikudi. Dec. 2006. 133 (b) Renu & Vandana of B.A. 2nd year and Dimpy Chandel of B.Com 2nd year participated in All-India Ball Badminton inter-University Championship at Kuppam. Feb. 2007. Inter-College Level: (a) Sandeep of B.Com 2nd year won Gold Medal in power lifting and also bagged a bronze medal in weight lifting in Sept. 2006. (b) Ball Badminton College team comprising of Renu Kumari, Sheetal, Sudeepa of B.A. Ist year, Vandana, Renu, Shaista of B.A. 2nd year Meenu Sood and Dimpy Chandel of B.Com 2nd year won 2nd position in B/Badminton in Jan. 2007. (c) College team comprising of Kamini of PGDCA, Ravneet Kaur, Veena, Rajbir, Nirmala, Madhu, Parminder, Rajvinder, Bimla and Suchita of B.A. Ist year won 2nd position in Handball in Feb 2007. (d) Sapna of B.A. 2nd year won Bronze medal in Judo in Oct. 2006. (e) College March Past Team got Ist place in Annual Athletic Meet in Panjab University. (f) Our players also participated in Kho-Kho, Athletics, Football, Net Ball, Relay races and cross –country during the competitions held from Aug to Dec 2006. Senior State Level: (a) Sandeep of B.Com 2nd year won Gold Medal in Power lifting, creating a new record by lifting 248 kgs in dead lift, squat and bench press. She also got Gold Medal in weight lifting and created a new record. (b) Supriya of B.A. 2nd year got Silver medal in Judo. (c) College boxing team comprising of Bimla, Sweety, Jatinder of B.A. Ist year and Shaista of B.A. 2nd year won championship by winning 3 Gold and 2 Silver medals. (d) College Football team won 2nd position. (e) College club won 3rd position in Basket Ball. (f) College team won 2nd place in Handball. (g) College team won 3rd place in Ball Badminton (h) College athletes won 3 gold, 6 silver and 6 bronze medals in Athletics. Session2007-08 Sr. No. 1 Name Sandeep Kaur Class / Roll No. B.Com III / 512 Game Power lifting Achievement She represented Panjab University in All-India Inter-university Power lifting championship and got bronze medal in 52 kg category held at Anandpur Sahib on January 2008. She also got gold medal in Inter-College power lifting championship and created a new record in dead lift by lifting 123 kg. She also created new record in squeat by lifting 115 kg. 134 2 Sapna B.A. III / 1049 Wrestling She represented Panjab University in All-India Inter-University wrestling championship in 48 kg category held at Kohlapur on November 2007 and she also participated in senior national wrestling Championship held at Udaipur in December 2007 and got silver medal in Inter-College wrestling championship. She got gold medal in senior boxing state championship 3 Anjula BA. II / 828 Wrestling 4 Vandana B.A. III / 1016 Ball badminton 5 Renu B.A III / 1052 Ball badminton 6 Dimpy B.Com III / 559 Ball badminton 7 Sheetal B.A. II / 872 Ball Badminton She represented Panjab University in All-India Inter-University wrestling championship in 65 kg category held at Kohlapur in November 2007 and she also got silver medal in inter-college wrestling championship. She represented Panjab Univeristy in All-India Inter-University Ball Badminton championship held at Hyderabad in January 2008 and she also got IInd position in Inter-College Ball badminton championship. She also got IIIrd position in senior state ball badminton championship. She represented Panjab University in All-India Inter-University Ball Badminton championship held at Hyderabad in January 2008. She also got IInd position in Inter-College Ball Badminton championship and also got IIIrd position in senior state Ball Badminton championship. She represented Panjab University in All-India Inter-University Ball Badminton championship held at Hyderabad in January 2008 and she also got IInd position in Inter-College Ball Badminton championship and also got IIIrd position in senior state B/B championship. She represented Panjab University in All-India Inter-University Ball Badminton championship at Hyderabad in January 2008 and she also got IInd position in Inter-College Ball 135 Badminton championship and also got IIIrd position in senior state Ball Badminton championship. She represented Panjab University in North Zone Inter-University championship held at Chhatisgarh in October 2007 and got IIIrd position 8 Neha B.Com III / 532 Net ball 9 Mandeep Kaur B.A. III / 1081 Net ball She represented Panjab University in North Zone Inter-University championship held at Chhatisgarh in October 2007 and got IIIrd position 10 Mandeep Kaur B.Com III / 512 Weight lifting 11 Rupinder Gill B.A. III / 1048 Kayaking & Canoeing 12 Anju Rana B.A. III / 1047 Kayaking & Canoeing 13 Rajwinder Kaur B.A. II / 863 Kayaking & Canoeing 14 Poonam B.A. II / 891 Kayaking & Canoeing 15 Gurjit Kaur B.A. II / 869 Kayaking & Canoeing 16 Arshdeep B.A I / 713 Kayaking & Canoeing She represented Panjab University in All-India Inter-University weight lifting championship held at Anandpur Sahib in January 2008 and she also got silver medal in Inter-college weight lifting championship in 48 kg category. She represented Panjab University in All-India Inter-University Kayaking & Canoeing championship held at Sri Nagar in November 2007. She represented Panjab University in All-India Inter-University Kayaking 7 Canoeing championship held at Sri Nagar in November 2007. She represented Panjab University in All-india Inter-University Kayaking & Canoeing championship held at Sri Nagar in November 2007 and she got 2 gold medals in senior state athletic championship in ( 1500 mtr race and discuss throw) She represented Panjab University in All-India Inter-University Kayaking & Canoeing championship held at Sri Nagar in November 2007 She represented Panjab University in All-India Inter-University Kayaking & Canoeing championship held at Sri Nagar in November 2007 and she got 2 silver medals in senior state athletic championship in (long jump & discuss throw) She represented Panjab University in All-India Inter-University Kayaking & 136 1 Bimla B.A II Wrestling 2 Anupriya Wrestling 3 Manisha B.Com III / 535 B.A. III 4 Shaista B.A. III Ball badminton Ball Badminton Canoeing championship held at Sri Nagar in November 2007 She got bronze medal in Inter-College wrestling championship She got bronze medal in Inter-College Wrestling championship She got IInd position in Inter-College ball badminton championship She got IInd position in Inter-College Ball Badminton championship Session2008-09 Sr. No. 1 Name Class/Roll No. Deepika BCA I Awarded a Roll of 1264 Honour by the college for the session 2008-09 Game Ball Badminton Achievement She represented Panjab University in All India Inter University Ball Badminton Championship held at Tamil Nadu in Jan 2009 She got 1st position in 7th North Zone Ball Badminton Championship held at Narwana (Haryana) in Feb 2007 She also participated in Junior National Ball Badminton Championship held at Chd in Dec 2008 She got 1st position in State Level Ball Badminton championship She got 2nd position in state level Badminton championship 2 Ravneet Kaur B.A. III Awarded a Roll of 1069 Honour by the college for the session 2008-09 Handball She represented Panjab University All India Inter University Handball championship held at Kolhapur in Nov 2008 She got 1st position in North Zone Inter University Handball Championship held at Calcutta in Oct. 2008. 137 3 Monika B.A. III Awarded a Roll of 1083 Honour by the college for the session 2008-09 Cycling She would represent Panjab University in All India Inter University Cycling championship to be organized by Punjabi University at Ludhiana in March 2009 She got 2nd position in cycling Inter college championship 4 Reena B.A. II 896 Cycling Awarded a Roll of Honour by the college for the session 2008-09 5 Rajwant Kaur B.A. II Awarded a 898 College Colour by the college for the session 2008-09 Cycling Sandeep Kaur B.A. II Awarded a 848 College Colour by the college for the session 2008-09 Cycling 7 Rupinder Kaur B.A. I Awarded a 686 College Colour by the college for the session 2008-09 Wrestling Navdeep Kaur Awarded a Wrestling B.A. II 892 She got 2nd position in cycling Inter college championship She got 2nd position in cycling Inter college championship She was declared best athlete in Annual Athletic Meet for the session 2008-09; She got 25 points in this meet. 6 8 She would represent Panjab University in All India Inter University cycling championship to be organized by Punjabi University at Ludhiana in March 2009 She got 4 gold medal in running events, 1 silver in 3 kms walk and 1 bronze medal in 100 mts. Race She got 2nd position in cycling Inter college championship She won the bronze medal in 48 kg category in wrestling in Inter college championship She bagged silver medal in 44 kg category in Judo in Inter college championship She won the bronze medal in 51 kg category in wrestling in Inter 138 9 10 College Colour by the college for the session 2008-09 Mandeep Kaur Awarded a College Colour by the college for the session 2008-09 Bimla Rani Awarded a College Colour by the college for the session 2008-09 college championship B.A II 899 Wrestling She got bronze medal in 59 kg category in wrestling in Inter college championship B.A. III 1082 Judo She bagged bronze medal in 63 kg category in Judo in Inter college championship 11 Yakshi PGDCA Awarded a 1555 College Colour by the college for the session 2008-09 Wrestling She got bronze medal in 72 kg category in wrestling in Inter college championship 12 Kiwi B.C.A. I Awarded a 1242 College Colour by the college for the session 2008-09 Judo She won the bronze medal in 53 kg category in Judo in Inter college championship 13 Geetanjali B.A. I Awarded a 634 College Colour by the college for the session 2008-09 Weight lifting She got bronze medal in 63kg category in weight lifting in Inter college championship Session2009-10 In sports, too, we achieved a new milestone. The college bagged two – Panjab University Championships for the first time in its history. These are: Gymnastics Handball Championships Our cricketer, Anita of B.Com I won the 1st position in Chandigarh Open State Championship under 19 held at Chandigarh. In the Gymnastics (Rhythmic), our college team bagged the second position in Panjab University. In Handball, Six players of college Handball team were selected in the Panjab University Handball team for Inter-University tournament and got 3rd position in the North –Zone. 139 In Table Tennis, Sarita of B.A. 3rd year was selected as a member of the P.U. Table Tennis team for the All India Inter University tournament. In the State level Power Lifting tournament our student Geetanjali of B.A. 2nd year got 2nd position in 63 kg. category. Our achievements at the Inter College Level: Power Lifting: Geetanjali of B.A. 2nd year got Gold Medal in 63 kg. category at the Inter college level. Sandeep Kaur of PGDCA got Silver Medal in 52 kg. category in the same tournament. Weight Lifting: In Weight Lifting Geetanjali of B.A. 2nd year won Silver Medal in the 63 kg weight category. Table Tennis: The College Table Tennis team participated in Inter- College Table Tennis Tournament in Sept. 2009. Our player, Sarita of B.A. 3rd year was selected for the All India Inter-University Table Tennis Championship Session2010-11 National Level In sports we achieved a new milestone. Komalpreet of B.A I got Silver Medal in Epee team and Dalvir Kaur, also of B.A. I bagged Silver Medal in Sabre team in the National Fencing Championship. Inter-University Level Geeta of B.A. 3rd year and Priya of B.A. 1st year were members of Panjab University KhoKho team which won Gold Medal in the North Zone Inter University tournament. State Level At the state level our Kho-Kho, Ball Badminton and Fencing teams were declared the Senior State Champions. Komalpreet and Gurwinder bagged Gold Medal in Epee team and Dalvir Kaur got Gold Medal in Sabre team in Senior State Fencing Championship. Our students Neetu and Priyanka of B.A. 1st year clinched Gold Medal in Judo in 52kg and 48kg weight category respectively in Senior State Championship. Inter-College level Our Kabbadi and Gymnastics teams were declared the Panjab University champions. Neetu Singh of B.A. 1st year bagged two Gold Medals. One in inter-college Wrestling competition and another in Judo competition. The Fencing team of our college bagged 3rd position at the Inter-college competition. The college Ball Badminton team bagged Bronze medal in the Inter-college championship. Priyanka, a student of B.A. 1st year won Bronze Medal in Judo in 52kg weight category. Moti Chandan of B.A. 2nd year was declared the Best Athlete of the College at the 28th Annual Sports day held on 24th February 2011. Session2011-12 Inter-National Level In sports, too we achieved a milestone. Neetu Singh of B.A. 2nd year won Gold Medal in Sambo Championship held at Kathmando. National Level Dalvir Kaur of B.A. 2nd year won Silver Medal in Saber Event and Kamalpreet and Gurwinder of B.A. 3rd year bagged Bronze Medal in Epee event in National Fencing Championship. 140 Senior State Level Our college Kabaddi, Ball Badminton and Kho-Kho teams clinched Senior State Championships. Neetu Singh of B.A.2nd year bagged Gold Medal in Judo. Avtar Kaur of B.A. 2nd year bagged Gold Medal in Weight Lifting and Silver Medal in Power Lifting. Inter-College Level Our college Kabaddi and Ball Badminton teams were declared the Panjab University InterCollege Champions. The college Kho-Kho and Fencing teams bagged Silver Medal at the InterCollege level. In Fencing our team won Gold Medal in Epee event, Silver Medal in Foil event and Bronze Medal in Saber event. At individual level Gurwinder of B.A. 2nd year won Gold Medal in Epee Event, Dalvir of B.A. 2nd year bagged Silver Medal in Saber event and Komalpreet of B.A. 2nd year won Bronze Medal in Foil event. a) In Wrestling Shivani of B.Com 2nd year bagged Silver Medal in 73 Kg weight category and Priyanka of B.A. 2nd year won Bronze Medal in 51 Kg weight category. b) At the Panjab University Annual Sports Prize Distribution Function 2010-11 our college bagged 8th position in Over All Championship (Women). 34. Incentives to outstanding sports persons: Session2005-06 Twenty three promising sports students were exempted from payment of all annual charges and tuition fees. Students from outside Chandigarh were also given free hostel facility. Roll of Honour and College Colour were also awarded to the Position Holders on the Annual Prize Distribution Function. Tracksuits were also given to other promising sports persons on the Annual prize Distribution Functions. Session2006-07 Outstanding sports persons are awarded with Roll of Honour, College Colour, Blazers, Tracksuits and Trophies on the Annual Prize Distribution Day. Apart from this, more than 40 students were given freeships and scholarships out of Sports Development Fund. Kamini Gautam, a student of PGDCA, who represented India in the 15th Asian Games at Doha as a part of Handball team was awarded a cash prize of Rs. 10,000/- on Annual Prize Distribution Day. Extra guidance / coaching are also provided to those students who represent the college in various competitions so that such students do not lag behind in studies. Session2007-08 Outstanding sports persons are awarded with Roll of Honour, College Colour, Blazers, Tracksuits and Trophies at the Annual prize Distribution Function. Students are given freeships and scholarships out of sports development fund. Extra-guidance / coaching are also provided to those students who represent the college in various competitions so that they do not lag behind in studies. This year sixteen students were awarded Roll of Honour for different games. Sandeep kaur of B.Com III was awarded the college Roll of Honour for Power lifting and weight lifting. 141 Sapna of B.A. III and Anjula of B.A. II for awarded Roll of honour for wrestling. Vandana and Renu of B.A. III, Dimpy of B.com III and Sheetal of B.A. II was awarded Roll of Honour for Ball Badminton. Neha of B.Com III and Mandeep Kaur of B.A. III was awarded Roll of Honour for Net Ball. Rupinder Gill and Anju Rana of B.A. III, Rajwinder Kaur, Poonam, Gurjit Kaur of B.A. II and Arshdeep of B.A. I was awarded Roll of Honour for Kayaking and Canoeing. Bimla of B.A .II was awarded College Colour for wrestling. Anupriya of B.Com III was also awarded College Colour for wrestling. Manisha and Shaista of B.A. III were awarded College Colour for ball badminton. Session2008-12 Outstanding sports persons are awarded with Roll of Honour, College Colour, Blazers, Tracksuits and Trophies at the Annual prize Distribution Function. Students are given freeships and scholarships out of sports development fund. Extra-guidance / coaching are also provided to those students who represent the college in various competitions so that they do not lag behind in studies. 35. Student Achievements and awards: Session2005-06 Academics List of students securing distinctions in P.U annual examination during the session 2005-06 S.No Name Class Marks obtained in P.U annual exam and position in college 1 Pooja B.A II 77% 1st in college Anand 2 Sonia B.A II 75.5% 2nd in college 3 Manisha B.A III 80% 1st in college 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Ramnik Mandeep Sharma Priyanka Kansal Rohini Sood Supriya Sharma Hareet Punia Pallavi B.A III B.A III 78.5% 2nd in college 75% 3rd in college B.Com I 77.6% 1st in college B.Com I 77% 2nd in college B.Com I 76.5% 3rd in college B.Com II 76% 1st in college B.Com III 77.83% 1st in college Meenakshi Rana B.Com III 76.38% 2nd in college 142 12 13 14 15 16 Vinatashree Shweta Meenu Yadav Shruti Sidhu Monika BCA I BCA I BCA III 77.6% 1st in college 75.3% 2nd in college 77.7% 1st in college BCA III 76.8% 2nd in college BCA III 75.9% 3rd in college Co-curricular Session 2005-06: S.No Name of the team/Student 1 Arpana-B.Com I Competition and Prize won 1st in Essay writing in P.U Zone – A Youth Festival and 1st in Inter-Zonal P.U Youth Festival was selected to represent P.U at the north zone Inter-university festival. Prizes won at the Panjab University Zone – A Youth Festival and Heritage Festival 1 Indian Orchestra Team First Pinki-B.A II Won 2nd individual prize also 2 Indian Group Song team Third Amandeep Mann-B.Com III Won 2nd individual prize also 3 Western Group Third 4 Western Solo Third 5 Apurva-B.Com I 1st in Debate 6 Amanpreet-B.Com II 1st in Poetry Recitation 7 Darshpreet-B.A I 2nd in Ghazal singing 8 Lalita-B.A III 2nd in Mimicry 9 Arshdeep 2nd in Cartoon Making 10 Kanupriya 2nd in Rangoli 11 Neha 2nd in Collage Making 12 Sonia 3rd in Collage Making 13 Ravinder Pal 3rd in Poster Making 143 14 Skit Third 15 Mime Third 16 General Dance Third 17 Amanpreet Kaur-B.Com II 18 Anupreet and UpasnaBCA III 19 Mandeep and SurinderBCA I 3rd in A.C Bali Memorial Declamation Contest organized by P.U 1st in website development in Inter-College Tech. Fest org. by Govt. College, Sector 11 Chd. 1st in College-making in Inter College Tech. fest org. by Govt. College, Sector 11 Chd. . Competitions org by P.U in collaboration with Inter-Media Publicity Coordination Committee of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in connection with anti-foeticide campaign. 20 Parul Sharma-B.com II 1st in Histrionics 21 Balpreet Kaur 3rd in Essay Writing (English) 22 Maninder Kaur 3rd in Essay Writing(Punjabi) 23 Parul Sharma-B.Com II and Apurva-B.Com I 24 Shaifali and Meenu-BCA III 25 Shaifali and Shweta-BCA III Group Dance 1st in inter college debate org. by Rotary Club of Chd. Midtown also bagged I & II individual prize. 3rd in Pre-Developed Software Competition in an Inter-College competition in an Inter-College competition org. by Guru Gobind Singh College Chd. 2nd in IT quiz org. by S.D College Chd. 26 2nd at RIMT, Mandi Gobindgarh 2nd at NIIFT Mohali Chandigarh Librarians Association Inter-College Competitions 1st in debate 29 Prachi-BCA I and Apurva-B.Com I Apurva and SupriyaB.Com I Arpana Soni-B.Com I 30 Arpana Soni-B.Com I 2nd in Essay handwriting 27 28 1st in G.K and I.Q Competition 1st in Essay Writing 144 31 Jaspreet Kaur 2nd in Punjabi handwriting 32 Keerthi 2nd in Collage-Making 33 Sonia and Kanupriya 1st in Reference Hunting/Book Finding Also awarded two trophies by the association for maximum participation are for winning maximum number of prizes. Sports-The details are given at point no -33 Session 2006-07 Academics List of students securing distinctions in P.U. Annual examination and position holders in the college. Name Class Marks obtained in the annual examination Pooja Saini B.C.A. I 80.1 % Mandeep Kaur Dang B.C.A. I 79% Harpreet Kaur B.C.A. I 77.7% Srishti Gupta B.C.A. I 75.3% Jaspreet Kaur Saini B.C.A. I 75.2% Vinatashree B.C.A. II 77.4% Shweta B.C.A. II 76.3% Sarich Sharma B.C.A. II 75.5% Shilpa Sharma B.C.A. III 74.16% Ramandeep Kaur B.C.A. III 73.7% Shivam B.C.A. III 73.6% Megha Bhandari PGDCA 82.7% Sonia Verma Deepali Goyal Charu Bansal Kamakshi Leena Jain Neha Bansal Bhavna Kathuria Parul Kashyap Hareet Punia Shruti Shilpi Kansal Shimona Kakkar Supriya Sharma Priyanka Kansal PGDCA PGDCA PGDCA PGDCA PGDCA B. Com I B. Com I B. Com I B. Com II B. Com II B. Com II B. Com III B. Com III B. Com III 81.3% 80.7% 80.3% 80.1% 76.1% 77.8% 72.8% 72.18% 78.5% 75.35% 74.6% 75.8% 75.6% 75.4% 145 Co-Curricular : Prizes won at the Panjab university zone A Youth Festival and Heritage Festival Sr. No. Name of the team / student Prizes 1. Indian Orchestra Team Sunita B.A. II Ist Prize 2nd individual Prize 2. Giddha Team College Pradeep B.A. III 2nd Prize 2nd individual Prize 3. General Dance Poonam B.A. II 2nd Prize 2nd Individual Prize 4. Skit Amandeep B.C.A. II 3rd Prize Individual 3rd prize 5. Amanpreet Kaur B. Com. III 2nd in Poetry Recitation 6. Arshdeep B. Com II 2nd in cartooning 7. Supreet B.C.A. II 3rd in Histrionics Panjab University Inter – Zonal youth Festival 8. Indian Orchestra Team 2nd prize 9. Amanpreet B. Com III 3rd prize in Recitation Competitions organized by Dept. of Computer Applications of the college during ‘TECH FEST’ in which 26 colleges participated. 10. Shweta and Kiran Jot B.C.A. II 1st in Software Development 11. Sonia and Deepali PGDCA 1st in Website Development 12. Surinder, Manpreet, Raman 2nd in IT Skit Competition Neeta 146 13. Surinder B.C.A I 3rd in IT Collage making 14. Kanika, Shweta, Mansi 3rd in IT Quiz Other Competitions 15. Gurbani B. Com. I Ist in Traditional Punjabi Costume organized at Punjab Kala Bhawan 16. Pardeep B.A. III Ist in Saggi Phul wearing Competition organized at Punjab Kala Bhawan 17. Harman B. Com. I 2nd 18. Gurbani B. Com I 3rd 19. Vintashee and Kiranjot B.C.A. II 1st in IT Quia org. by Govt. College, Sec – 11, Chd. 20. Surinder B.C.A. III 3rd in Collage making in IT Fest org. by Govt. College Sec – 11, Chd 21. Ashish Singh B.A. I 1st in Poster making Comp. at IT Fest org. by G.G.S. College, Chd. 22. Amandeep, Supreet, Saricha, B.C.A. II Swati B.C.A. III 2nd in AD-MAD show at IF Fest org. by G.G.S. College, Chd. 23. Surinder, Pooja B.C.A. III 2nd in collage making at Pratibha – 2007, org. by Gian Jyoti Institute of Mgt., Mohali Competitions organized by Rotract Club 24. Shelly Bhagat B.A. I 1st in slogan writing 25. Ashish B.A. I 2nd in slogan writing 26. Amandeep B. com III 1st in paper reading contest on “Female Foeticide” 147 27. Preeti B.A. III 28. Supriya Sharma B. Com II 2nd in paper reading contest on “Female Feoticide” 1st in on the spot essay writing competitions org. in association with the British Library, Chd on the occasion of International Women’s Day MOSAIC – 2007, Inter – College Literary – Cultural International Fest organized by the college. The prizes won by the students are as mentioned below: Name of the team / student Prizes 29. Group song team 1st position 30. Shivani Gill and Amanpreet Kaur B. Com III 1st in Debate 31. Surinder Kaur B.A. II 2nd in Folk singing 32. Kanika Sharma B.A. II 2nd in ‘Design the magazine Cover’ 33. Amanpreet Kaur B. Com III 3rd in poetry recitation 34. Preeti B.A. III 2nd in Declamation contest Sports-The details are given at point no.-33 Session2007-08 Academics: The overall pass percentage of the students has been much higher than the university passes percentage. The total number of I & II divisions has been as follows: 1st divisions (total in all the classes) 374 2nd division (total in all the classes) 263 This means that 42.11% of the students have secured 1st division and 29.60% students have secured 2nd division which definitely speaks of the high academic standards of the college. List of students who secured above 75% marks in Annual Exams 2007-08 Name Total Marks Roll. No. 148 Pooja Saini Harpreet Kaur Srishti Gupta Mandeep Kaur Dang Jaspreet Kaur Saini Vinatashee Shweta Prachi Kapil Saricha Sharma Kiranjot Kaur Gurjaspreet Kaur Meenu Sood Supreet Kaur Ritika Nagpal Ritika Sood Himani Goyal Supriya Sharma Shimona Kakkar Megha Gupta Priyanka Kansal Mankirat Kaur Sonia Anuradha Gaur Meenakshi Chopra Meenakshi Devi Kanika Malhotra Maninder Kaur Vanita Vashisht Priyanka 1298/1600 1252/1600 1240/1600 1236/1600 18306000148 18306000130 18306000164 18306000139 1208/1600 18306000136 1923/2400 1899/2400 1895/2400 1845/2400 1844/2400 1825/2400 1822/2400 1821/2400 424/550 417/550 417/550 1420/1800 1400/1800 1369/1800 1368/1800 621/800 1215/1600 803/1000 790/1000 18305000154 18305000147 18305000136 18305000144 18305000295 18305000123 18305000130 18305000151 18307000266 18307000262 18307000192 18305000287 18305000273 18305000222 18305000247 18307000045 18306000105 293 324 789/1000 772/1000 759/1000 754/1000 754/1000 288 297 314 300 301 Co-Curricular: The students of our college actively participated in various co-curricular activities and won many prizes. The details of the prizes won are as follows: Music (i) Indian Orchestra 1st prize in P.U. Zonal (Chd B) youth festival 2007-08. 2nd prize in P.U. inter-zonal (CHD B) youth festival 2007-08. (ii) Ladies Traditional Song 1st prize in P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival 2007-08. (iii)Group Song 149 1st prize in inter-college group singing competition organized by Pb. Engg. College, Chd (PECFEST 2007-08). 2nd prize in inter college group singing competition organized by I.S. Dev Samaj School, Sec 21 C, Chd during the golden jubilee celebrations. (iv) Folk-song 3rd prize in P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival (2007-08). 3rd prize in PECFEST 2007-08. (v) Geet: 1st prize in PECFEST 3rd prize in P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival 2007-08 (vi) Ladies Traditional Song 1st prize in P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival 2007-08. DANCE (General) 1st prize in P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival 2007-08. 2nd prize in P.U. inter zonal youth festival 2007-08. Punjabi folk Dance (Giddha) 3 prize in P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival. rd Drama 2nd prize in P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival. Skit 2 prize (individual) in P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival. nd Histrionics 1st prize in P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival (2007-08). 1st prize in inter-college festival ‘Sambhang’. Mimicry 1 prize in P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival. Fine Arts st 1 prize in collage making at inter-college tech fest at S.D. College-32, Chd. 1st prize in slogan writing at inter-college slogan writing competition at Govt College46 ,Chd. 2nd prize in Rangoli making at Tech-Fest (inter-college rangoli making competition) at G.C.G.-42, Chd. 3rd prize in Drawing from Still Life at the P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival 200708. st 150 2nd prize in Clay Modeling at the P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival 2007-08. 1st prize in Mehandi at P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival 2007-08. Creative Writing 1st prize in Essay Writing (Hind) competition at the P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival 2007-08. 2nd prize in Poetry writing (Hindi) at the P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival 2007-08. 1st prize in Poetry writing (Hindi) in Inter college competition at Govt. College of Commerce and Business Admn Chd. Poetry Recitation 3rd prize in Poetry Recitation at the P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival 2007-08. Sports Event 1. All India inter-university power Lifting championship 2. Senior state level championship (Athletics) (ii) Weight lifting and power Lifting (iii)Ball badminton 3. Inter college competitions (i) Wrestling, weight lifting and power Lifting championship (ii) Ball badminton Total no. of medals won: Gold Medal : Silver Medal : Bronze Medal : Total : Position Bronze medal Gold medal – 2 Silver medal - 6 Bronze medal – 7 Gold medals - 3 Silver medals – 5 3rd position Gold – 1 Silver – 3 Bronze – 4 2nd position 6 15 13 34 Besides the above mentioned prizes the students were awarded the College Roll of Honour, College Colour, on the basis of their performance in sports and co-curricular activities and Golden Certificate of Merit and Certificate of Merit for their outstanding performance in academics during the session 2007-2008. The details are as follows: Award (i) Roll of Honour No. of students 17 16 Area Cultural Activities Sports 151 (ii) College Colour (iii)Golden Certificate 21 Cultural Activities 05 Sports 19 Excellence in& Certificate of merit Academics (For scoringmore than 75%in the university exams) Session 2008-09 Academics: The overall pass percentage of the students has been much higher than the universities pass percentage. The total number of I & II divisions has been as follows: 1st divisions (total in all the classes) 460 2nd division (total in all the classes) 259 This means that 46% of the students have secured 1st division and 26% students have secured 2nd division which definitely speaks of the high academic standards of the college. List of students who secured above 75% marks in annual exam 2008-09 Sr. No. Class Name Roll No. %age 1 B.C.A. I Bharti Malhan 18308000138 78.25% Charu 2 - do Kulshreshtha 18308000140 77.13% 3 B.C.A. II Surbhi 18307000151 75.25% 4 B.C.A. III Pooja Saini 18306000148 83.66% 5 - do Harpreet Kaur 18306000130 80.45% Jaspreet Kaur 6 - do Saini 18306000136 79.20% 7 - do Srishti Gupta 18306000164 79.16% Mandeep Kaur 8 - do Dang 18306000139 78.70% 9 - do Ritima 18306000329 78.20% 10 - do Srishti Sharma 18306000164 77.29% 11 - do Guneet 18306000129 76.30% 12 - do Nivida Gupta 18306000146 76.29% 13 - do Mansi Sharma 18306000142 76.04% 14 - do Manisha Yadav 18306000141 75.60% 15 B.Com III Parul Kashyap 18306000260 75.44% 16 - do Neha Bansal 18306000248 75.39% 17 - do Bhavna Kathuria 18306000183 75.11% 18 B.A. II Mankirat Kaur 18307000045 77.88% 19 B.A. III Sonia 1830600105 76.67% 20 PGDCA Isha Aggarwal 356 80.70% 21 - do Shruti 341 79.10% 152 22 - do Birenderjit Kaur 322 78.30% 23 - do Renu 357 77.40% 24 - do Shallu Chauhan 367 76.70% 25 - do Parminder Kaur 325 76.10% 26 - do Neha Verma 335 75.50% 27 - do Gurpreet Kaur 361 75.30% These students were awarded Golden certificate for their outstanding performance in the annual exams. Co-Curricular: The students of our college actively participated in various co-curricular activities and won many prizes. The details of the prizes won are as follows: Music (i) Indian Orchestra – 3rd prize in P.U. Zonal (Chd B) Youth Festival 2008-09. (ii) Group Song –Team won 2nd prize in P.U. Zonal Youth. Festival 2008-09, Sonia (Individual) 2nd prize. (iii)Classical Vocal Sonia 3rd Prize in P.U. Zonal (Chd B) Youth Festival 2008-09. (iv) Group Bhajan 3rd in P.U. Zonal (Chd B) Youth Festival 2008-09. Drama nd 2 prize in P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival. Mimicry nd 2 prize in P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival. Fine Arts Rangoli – 3rd prize in P.U. Zone B, Youth Festival 2008-09. Mehndi – 2nd prize in P.U. Zonal youth festival. Quiz 3rd prizes in Panjab University Zone B Youth Festival 2008-09.Sandeepa Rahi and Ojasvee Dhiman went to participate in the Panjab University Inter Zonal Youth Festival at Guru Nanak National College, Doraha. Creative Writing 2 prize in Essay Writing (Hind) competition at the P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival 2008-09. 1st prize in Poetry writing (Hindi) at the P.U. Zonal (CHD B) youth festival 2008-09. English short story – 2nd prizes in P.U. Zonal youth festival 2008-09. nd Sports Event Position 1. All India inter-university power Lifting championship Bronze medal 2. Senior state level championship (Wrestling) Gold medal – 5 Silver medal - 3 153 (ii) Weight lifting and power lifting Gold medals - 3 Silver medals – 5 (iii) (iv) Ball badminton Badminton 1st position 2nd position (v) Weight lifting and power Lifting championship Silver - 2 (vi) Chess Silver - 2nd position Total no. of medals won: Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal Total : : : : 8 11 01 20 Besides the above mentioned prizes the students were awarded the College Roll of Honour, College Colour, on the basis of their performance in sports and co-curricular activities and Golden Certificate of Merit and Certificate of Merit for their outstanding performance in academics during the session 2008-2009. The details are as follows: Award No. of students (i) Roll of Honour 01 (ii) College Colour Area Cultural Activities 04 Sports 20 Cultural Activities 09 Sports (iii)Golden Certificate 23 Excellence in Academics (For scoring more than 75% in the university exams) (iv) Certificate of Merit 14 Excellence in Academics (For scoring more than 70% 154 in the university exams) Session2009-10 Academics: The overall pass percentage of the students has been much higher than the universities pass percentage. The total number of I & II divisions has been as follows: 1st divisions (total in all the classes) 437 2nd division (total in all the classes) 283 This means that 41% of the students have secured 1st division and 26% students have secured 2nd division which definitely speaks of the high academic standards of the college. List of students who secured above 75% marks in annual exam 2009-10 Sr. No. Class Name Roll No. 1 18306000260 B.Com III Parul Kashyap 2 -doNeha Bansal 18306000248 3 Bhavna Kathuria 18306000183 -do4 Shakshi 18305000269 -do5 B.A. III Sonia 18306000105 6 B.C.A. III Pooja Saini 18306000148 7 -doHarpreet Kaur 18306000130 8 -doJaspreet K. Saini 18306000136 9 -doSrishti Gupta 18306000164 10 -doMandeep K. Dang 18306000139 11 -doRitima 11606000329 12 -doSrishti Sharma 18306000165 13 -doGuneet 18306000129 14 -doNivida Gupta 18306000146 15 Mansi Sharma 18306000142 -do16 -doManisha Yadav 18306000141 17 PGDCA Isha Aggarwal 356 18 Shruti 341 -do19 Birenderjit 322 -do20 Renu 357 -do21 -doShalu Chauhan 367 22 -doParminder Kaur 325 23 -doNeha Verma 335 24 -doGurpreet Kaur 364 25 -doRenuka Yadav 350 26 B.A. II Mankirat Kaur %age 75.44% 75.38% 75.11% 75.03% 77.29% 83.67% 80.45% 79.20% 79.17% 78.70% 78.2% 77.29% 76.3% 76.29% 76.04% 75.62% 80.7% 79.1% 78.3% 77.4% 76.7% 76.1% 75.5% 75.3% 75.2% 77.8% 155 27 BCA I Bharti Malhan 78.25% 28 -doCharu Kulshrestha 77.1% 29 BCA II Surbhi 75.25% Co-Curricular: The students of our college actively participated in various co-curricular activities and won many prizes. The details of the prizes won are as follows:It was a landmark year for the college in cultural activities. Two of our items General dance team and Phulkari work of B.A. 1st year student participated in the P.U. Inter-zonal Youth Festival at Ferozepur. Both bagged the 1st Position and Neha Rana got 2nd individual prize in dance. Giddha: 3rd prizes in P.U. Zone B Youth Festival & Heritage Festival. Drama: 2nd prize in P.U. Zonal B Youth & Heritage Festival and individual 1st prize for best acting. Group Dance (General):1st prize in P.U. Zonal B Youth & Heritage Festival. Fine Arts: 3rd prizes in Landscape (on the spot) in the P.U. Zone B Youth & Heritage Festival. Debate: 3rd prizes in P.U. Zone B Youth and Heritage Festival held in 200910. Elocution: 2nd prizes in P.U. Zone B Youth and Heritage Festival. Story Writing: 2nd prizes in P.U. zone B Youth Festival Poetry Writing: 2nd prizes in P.U. zone B Youth Festival Kavishri: 3rd prize in P.U. Zone B Youth Festival Group Singing: 2nd prize in P.U. Zone B Youth Festival Folk Orchestra: 2nd prize in P.U. Zone B Youth Festival Vaar Singing: 2nd prize in P.U. zone B Youth Festival Art & Craft Items: Phulkari/ Bagh: 1st prize in P.U. Zone B Youth Festival. Pakhi Designing: 3rd prize in P.U. Zone B Youth Festival Crochet: 2nd in P.U. Zone B Youth Festival Mehndi: 2nd prize in P.U. Zonal youth festival TECHMANTRA – 2010 An inter-college IT Fest was organized by the Dept.of Computer Applications of our college on 29.01.2010. 12 colleges from the tricity took part. The fest was cosponsored by SBI-22 and Infomaths, Chandigarhs. The prizes won by our students are: IT Skit Anupamjot, BCA III Parnita, B.A. III Raman, BCA III First Monica, BCA I Pallavi, BCA I IT Quiz - Ojasvee, BCA II Ruchika, BCA II First 156 Debugging - Akanksha BCA II Neha BCA II First Cartooning - Shivali, BCA III Mankirat, B.A. III Second Graphic Design - Adarsh BCA II Nancy BCA II Third Rangoli - Hema BCA III Navina BCA III Third Dance - Harjot BCA II Shalini BCA II Priyanka BCA II Rashmi BCA II Aditi BCA II Neha BCA II Third National Communal Harmony Day (DSCW-45, Chd.) Rangoli Bhanupriya, B.A. III First Face Painting & Slogan Writing - Mankirat, B.A. III First Poster Making - Puneet Kaur, B.A. I Amvika, B.A. II Pooja, B.A. I Sarabjit and Neha Thapar First Second Third Consolation Face Painting - Puneet, B.A. I Manveer, B.A. II Third Consolation Sambhang Inter-College Drama Fest At the Sambhang Inter-College Drama Fest held in Nov., 2009, our Drama team bagged first position once again. Anupamjot of BCA III won first prize in Histrionics. Environment Fest (Home Sci. College, Chd.) Slogan Writing Prerna, B.A. II First Collage Making Sarabjit, B.A. III First Puneet, B.A. I Sonam, B.A. I Poster Making Mankirat, B.A. III Third 157 IT Fest (Govt. College-46, Chd.) Rangoli Shivali, BCA III Dance Shivani, BCAII Neha BCAII Debugging Akanksha, BCA III Neha BCA III IT Fest (GCG-11, Chd.) IT Quiz Ojasvee, BCA II Ruchika BCA II Second Second Second Third Yuvsatta sponsored Inter-College Competition Collage Making Sarabjeet, B.A. III Second Amvika, B.A. II Environment Fest (MCM DAV, Chd.) Mehndi Kahkashan Asmat, B.Com II Second rd She also bagged 3 prize in Mehndi at the Bhaskar News Group sponsored Jalsa Inter-College Youth Fest. Inter-College Competitions (Picasso Animation College, Mohali) Face Painting Mankirat, B.A. III Second Rangoli Isha, B.A. II Second Inter-College Psycho Fest (MCM DAV College, Chd.) Skit on Mental Health Team Third Face Painting Mankirat, B.A. III Consolation Participation : MCM DAV- 36 GCG -11 - GC-46 GC-11 CEC, Landran GCG-42 - IT Quiz, Poster Making, Dance, Collage Making Digital Collage, Movie Presentation, Treasure Hunt, Dance, Debugging Software Development, IT Quiz IT Quiz, Sketching, Graphic Design, Debugging Debugging, Software Development, IT Quiz IT Quiz, Sketching, Graphic Design, Debugging The College dance team participated in the Lohri celebrations organized by Municipal Corporation at Leisure Valley on 12.1.10. The same team also performed at the National Crafts Mela organized by the Chandigarh Administration. The corporation awarded Rs. 2100/- to the team. Fashion Designing students participated in Fashion Design competitions held at Khalsa College, Sidhwan Khurd on 19th Jan., 2010. The students also participated in On-Line competitions in Costume Designing, Jewellery Designing organized by 158 ATDC, Delhi and another On-Line ‘Fash Dash’ Fashion Designing competition organized by Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu. Mankirat and Sarabjit Kaur of B.A. 3rd year participated in Modern Art Competition and Puneet Kaur Soni and Sonam of B.A. 1st year participated in Collage Making during the Inter-College competitions organized by Dainik Bhaskar at Parade Ground, Sec. 17, Chandigarh. Sports The details of achievements in sports have been mentioned at point no. 33 Besides the above mentioned prizes the students were awarded the College Roll of Honour, College Colour, on the basis of their performance in sports and co-curricular activities and Golden Certificate of Merit and Certificate of Merit for their outstanding performance in academics during the session 2009-2010. The details are as follows: Award No. of students Area (i) Roll of Honour 12 Cultural Activities (ii) College Colour 32 23 (iii) Golden Certificate (iv) Certificate of Merit 29 18 Cultural Activities Sports Excellence in Academics (For scoring more than 75% in the university exams) Excellence in Academics (For scoring more than 70% in the university exams) The students are continuously made to undergo rigorous practice to enable them to participate in various activities. About 15% (approx) students of the college win prizes, participate in various co-curricular activities which definitely help in the overall development of their personality. Session2010-11 Academics: 159 The overall pass percentage of the students has been much higher than the universities pass percentage. The total number of subject distinctions was 667. The total number of I & II divisions has been as follows: 1st divisions (total in all the classes) 2nd division (total in all the classes) 425 308 This means that 40% of the students have secured 1st division and 29% students have secured 2nd division which definitely speaks of the high academic standards of the college. List of students who secured above 75% marks in annual exam 2010-11 Sr. No. Class Name Roll No. %age 1 Veenu 165 79.9% PGDCA 2 -doPreeti Ahlawat 142 77.1% 3 Amisha Gupta 18310000175 79.37% BCA I 4 Rupinder Kaur 18310000221 78.12% -do5 -doZareen 18310000235 77.25% 6 -doRattanjeet Kaur 18310000217 75.12% 7 BCA II Pallavi Arya 18309000172 75.8% 8 BCA III Bharti Malhan 81.54% 9 -doCharu Kulshrestha 78.8% 10 -doRuchika Singh Jaswal 75% 11 B.Com I Urvashi Rana 18310000377 75.09% 12 B.Com II Sandeep Kaur 18309000331 77.56% 13 -doPemalpreet Kaur 18309000298 75.39% 14 B.Com III Sakshi Gupta 18308000347 76.2% 15 B.A. I Deepkiran Kaur 18310000021 75.1% List of students who secured above 70% and below 75% marks in annual exam 2010-11 Sr. No. Class Name %age 1 B.A. I Kanika Babbar 70.2% 2 -doNeetu Singh 70.4% 3. B.A. II Harkirat Kaur 72.06% 4 -doPayal 71.81% 5 B.A. III Sunita Kumari 72.5% 6 -doGitanjali 72.37% 7 -doDiksha Kashiv 70.54% 8 -doSukhwinder Kaur 70.2% 9 BCA I Harneet Kaur 70.2% 10 BCA II Priyanka Mishra 73.43% 11 -doGayatri Bhardwaj 72.5% 12 -doGurpreet Kaur 70% 13 -doRinki Wadhwa 71.6% 14 BCA III Priyanka Sharma 70.6% 160 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 -do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-doBBA I BBA II -do-doBBA III -do-doB.Com I -do-do-do-do-do-do-doB.Com II -do-do-do-do-doB.Com III -do- Anchal Kukkar Nancy Bhalla Gurpreet Kaur Disha Arora Garima Mahajan Heena Jyoti Kumud Maninder Kaur Manpreet Kaur Neetu Rana Neha Gupta Neha Suri Nitika Aggarwal Prabhneet Kaur Rachna Ritika Sachdeva Rupinder Sakshi Arora Sona Mahajan Sunita Thakur Supriya Dhingra Geetanjali Gupta Preetinder Kalsi Surbhi Kapoor Himani Kalra Anu Shivangi Sood Rajwinder Kaur Palak Vij Tania Puri Babita Navneet Kaur Aparna Chauhan Namita Dhupar Surbhi Surbhi Garg Poonam Mandeep Kaur Mehak Sharda Parshish Kaur Poonam Heena Kalia Geetanjali Kamna Gulati 70.2% 70.66% 71.29% 70.95% 71.91% 71.5% 71.62% 72.33% 71.62% 70.87% 71.91% 70.83% 71.91% 72.87% 72.79% 70.29% 73.45% 70.95% 73.91% 70.37% 73.53% 72.33% 73.86% 72.62% 70.68% 70.27% 74.13% 71.53% 71.30% 73.63% 73.9% 72% 71.27% 70.5% 70.36% 71.45% 71.09% 74.26% 70.52% 73.73% 71.9% 74.26% 71.39% 72.16% 71.8% 161 60 61 62 63 64 65 -do-do-doPGDCA -do-do- Deepinder Kaur Parvinder Kaur Sakshi Sachdeva Shabiha Parul Raj Gupta Reena 70.11% 71.55% 70.72% 70.4% 71.9% 70.5% Co-Curricular: The students of our college actively participated in various co-curricular activities and won many prizes. The details of the prizes won are as follows: In the Panjab University Zonal level Youth Festival 2010, we participated in Drama, Group Dance, Skit, Mime, Debate, Elocution, Creative Writing, Poetry Recitation, Quiz, Group Bhajan, Group Song, Ghazal, Fine Arts items of collage and poster making, still life, landscape, Rangoli, Clay Modelling, Cartooning and the Heritage items of Vaar and Kavishri Singing, Ladies Traditional Song, Phulkari, Knitting, Crochet and Kasuti/ Dasuti work, Pakhi Making, Mehndi Designing and Sammi. The prizes bagged by us are: Ladies Traditional Song (Individual) Dimple Sharma B.A.II 1st Phulkari (Embroidery) Aasma Parveen B.A. II 1st Knitting (Traditional) Gurpreet Kaur B.A. II 1st nd Skit Team 2 MimeTeam 2nd Acting (Skit; individual) Shivani B.Com III 2nd Rangoli Dapinderjot Kaur B.A.III 2nd Debate Pallavi Arya BCA II 2nd Vaar Singing (individual) Navdeep BCA III 2nd Kavishri (individual) Navdeep BCA III 2nd Dance (individual) Vandana Dass PGDCA 2nd Drama Team 3rd Group Dance Team 3rd Group song (individual) Radhika B.A. I 3rd Creative writing (story) Suman B.Com II 3rd Vaar Singing Team 3rd Kavishri Team 3rd Our students have bagged many team and individual prizes in different inter-college level competitions also: At Govt. College-11, Sambhang – Inter-College Drama Fest 1. Drama Team 1st 2. Best Individual Sunita Kumari B.A. III 2nd 3. Best Individual Garima NarangB.Com III 3rd 4. Histrionics Venus B.A. II 3rd At GCG-11, Chandigarh 1. IT Quiz Team 1st 162 2. Nukkad Natak Team 1st At GJIMT, Mohali 1. Folk Song Kiran B.A I 2. Mehndi Kehkashan Asmat B.Com III At SGGS College, Sector 26, Chandigarh 1. Cartooning Shalini Suri B.Com III 2. IT Quiz Team 1st 3rd At GGDSD College, Sector 32, Chandigarh 1. Face Painting Richie B.A. III Kulwinder B.A. II 2nd 2nd 2. Junk Yard Sonam Puneet Kaur Sony B.A. II B.A. II 1st 1st 2nd 2nd At Govt. Medical College, Sector 32, Chandigarh 1. Poster Making Puneet Kaur Sony B.A. II 2nd Sonam B.A. II 2nd At Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, Chandigarh Nukkad Natak ‘Janamotsav’ Team 2nd Hindi Kahani Lekhan Sunita Kumari B.A. III Consolation prize Participation 1. MCM DAV College-36 2. GCG- 11 - 3. SGGS-26 - 4. GCG-42 - Creative writing Debate, Games Bond, Digital Collage, Treasure Hunt, Group Dance Debugging, Photoshop Mania, Reverse Gear, Rangoli, Group Dance Debate, IT quiz, extempore, Group Dance, Jigsaw Puzzle, Digital painting, Debugging. Sports The details of achievements in sports have been mentioned at point no. 33 Besides the above mentioned prizes the students were awarded the College Roll of Honour, College Colour, on the basis of their performance in sports and co-curricular activities and Golden Certificate of Merit and Certificate of Merit for their outstanding performance in academics. The details are as follows: Award No. of students Area (i) Roll of Honour 15 Cultural Activities (ii) College Colour 25 Cultural Activities 163 37 Sports Excellence in Academics (For scoring more than 75% in the university exams) Excellence in Academics (For scoring more than 70% in the university exams) (iii) Golden Certificate 15 (iv) Certificate of Merit 65 Session2011-12 Academics: It is a matter of pride that our results in the Panjab University Annual Examination 2011 were excellent and the pass percentage of all the classes was much higher than that of the University pass percentage. The total number of aggregate distinctions bagged by our students was 15 and the total number of subject distinctions was 515. B.A. I-78.98% B.Com I-91.66% B.C.A. I-75.32% B.B.A. I- 76.08% B.A. II- 93.39% B.Com II-95.07% B.C.A.II-93.22% B.B.A. II- 92.85% PGDCA- 58.3% B.A. III-93.02% B.Com III-100% B.C.A.III-100% B.B.A. III- 100% The overall pass percentage of the students has been much higher than the university pass percentage. The total number of subject distinctions was 515. The total number of I & II divisions has been as follows: 1st divisions (total in all the classes) 2nd division (total in all the classes) 400 260 This means that 40% of the students have secured 1st division and 29% students have secured 2nd division which definitely speaks of the high academic standards of the college. Co-Curricular: At the Panjab University Inter Zonal Youth Festival our college made its mark by bagging prizes in three items. Aasma Parveen of B.A. 3rd year bagged second position in Phulkari work, Gurpreet Kaur of B.A. 3rd year won third prize in Knitting and Trichi Chauhan of B.Com 3rd year bagged third position in Elocution.Earlier, in the Panjab University Zonal Level Youth Festival 2011, we participated in Drama, Giddha, Group Dance, Skit, Mime, Histrionics, Debate, Elocution, Creative Writing, Poetry Recitation, Quiz, Group Bhajan, Ghazal, Fine Arts items of Collage and Poster Making, Clay Modelling, Cartooning, Still Life and Landscape and the Heritage items of Vaar and Kavishri Singing, Ladies Traditional Song, Luddi, Phulkari, Knitting, Dasuti, Crochet, Pakhi-Making and Mehndi Designing. 164 The prizes bagged by us are: Skit Team Poster Making Sonam Phulkari (Embroidery) Aasma Parveen Knitting Gurpreet Kaur Debate Pallavi Arya Elocution Trichi Chauhan Group Dance Team Group Dance(Individual )Anjali Luddi (Individual) Puneet Kaur Saini Clay Modelling Pooja Devi Bhajan(Individual) Kiran Giddha Team Vaar Singing Team Vaar Singing (Individual) Shalini Cartooning Shweta Debate Priyanka B.A. III B.A. III B.A. III B.C.A. III B.Com III B.Com II B.Com II B.A. III B.A. II B.C.A. III B.Com II B.A. II First First First First First First Second Second Second Second Second Third Third Third Third Third MOSAIC 2012 A two-day Inter-College Literary and Cultural Extravaganza was hosted by our college on 9 th and 10th February 2012. Students from 12 colleges contested for five running trophies instituted by us in the categories of Debate, Declamation, Poetry Recitation, Devotional Song and Skit Competition. Contest followed by Skit Competition. Our students participated in all the events and won the following prizes; Poetry Recitation Declamation Trichi Chauhan Trichi Chauhan B.Com III B.Com III Second Third TECH MANTRA 2012 The Department of Computer Applications of our college organized ‘Tech Mantra’ an InterCollege IT Fest on 11th February 2012. Students from 18 colleges participated in the events of Website Development, Poster Making, Debugging, Software Development, Movie Presentation, IT Quiz and Skit. The prizes won by our students are : Movie Presentation Poonam Nishu Skit Team Debugging Neha Katyarmal Komal Sharma B.C. A. III B.C.A. III First Second B.C.A. II B.C.A.III Second 165 Prizes bagged at Inter-College Competitions: IT Fest GGSCW-26, Chandigarh, February 2012 Cartooning Tripti Gayatri Website Development Nidhi Sharma Gurpreet Kaur B.C.A. III B.C.A. III First B.C.A. III B.C.A. III Third ‘Psycho Festa’ MCM DAV College- 36, Chandigarh, January 2012 Skit (Challenges of Modern Day Parenting ) Team GCG-11, Chandigarh Poster Making Best out of Waste Competition Raavi Naagi Deepkiran Sonam Puneet Kaur Sony Puneet Kaur Sony Sonam GCG-42, Chandigarh Debate Priyanka Poster Making Third First Second Consolation Second Participation GGDSD-32 GGSCW-26 DAV-10 PGGC-46 PGGCG-42 GCG-11 PGGC-11 IT Quiz, Debugging, Typometer, Rangoli, IT Extempore, Collage Making Debugging, Collage Making, IT Quiz Debugging, Rangoli, E-Collage, Creative Writing (Poem) Rangoli, Debugging, Website Development, Software Development, IT Quiz Website Development, Debugging, Software Development, Jigsaw Pizzle, Book Cover Designing, Pot Painting and Decoration Website Development, Debugging, Move Presentation Rangoli, E-Collage Sports The details of achievements in sports have been mentioned at point no. 33 166 Besides the above mentioned prizes the students were awarded the College Roll of Honour, College Colour, on the basis of their performance in sports and co-curricular activities and Golden Certificate of Merit and Certificate of Merit for their outstanding performance in academics. The details are as follows: Award No. of students Area (i) Roll of Honour 8 Cultural Activities (ii) College Colour 23 35 Cultural Activities Sports (iii) Golden Certificate 9 (iv) Certificate of Merit 25 Excellence in Academics (For scoring more than 75% in the university exams) Excellence in Academics (For scoring more than 70% in the university exams) 36. Activities of the Guidance and Counselling Unit: Session2005-06 The Guidance and Counselling unit of the college has been active throughout the year and organized following seminars for the benefit of students during the session2005-06. (i)A seminar on teaching as a career option was organized on 11th Jan 2005 in collaboration with the P.U Employment Bureau and the dept. of Education,Panjab University.Experts talked to students about the options like NTT,ETT,B.Ed UGC-NET, their eligibility criterion admission etc. (ii)On 18th Jan 2005 a workshop on ‘Effective Communication Skills was organized for the students in collaboration with Bulls Eye a coaching institute. (iii)On 19th Jan,2005 Sh.D.S Parmar from the Sub-RegionalEmployment Bureau of Panjab University and Dr.Shamila,Chairperson of the Dept.of Computer Sciences in Panjab University conducted a seminar on ‘Career Options in Computer after Graduation’.They appraised the students on prospects of various post-graduate programme like M.Sc(IT),MCA and M.Sc(HS). (iv)An information and counseling session on careers in teaching and airhostess training by Dr.Patni Ramachandran of Dev Samaj College of Education,Chandigarh and Centre Head of Frankfinn Institute of Airhostess Training,Chandigarh. 167 (v)Triniti Learning Centre, Chandigarh and PIMT, Gobindgarh conducted seminars on Careers in Management. (vi)A seminar on Careers in Banking and Insurance for arts & commerce graduates was held by Sh.D.S Parmar, Sub-Regional Employment Officer, Panjab University.Earlier Mr. Parmar had conducted another seminar to enlighten students on emerging career avenues in the area of actuarial science of credit equity and investment analysis and of business risk management. (vii)A one-day Personality Grooming and Etiquette-Learning workshop was conducted by Ms. Priya Warrich Finishing School on 25th Jan 2006. (viii)On 9th Feb.2006 a seminar on ‘Career as a Company Secretary’ was organized in the college.Mr.Mukesh Sharma Chairman of Chandigarh Institute of Company Secretaries of India and Mr. Mandeep Arora a practicing Company Secretary interacted with the students with respect to employment prospects in this field. Session2006-07 The college guidance and counselling unit conducts lecturers, seminars, workshops for the students. The details of few of the lecturers arranged for the students one as follows. Lecture by Mr. Gurmeet Sethi, Head PT Education, Sector – 32, Chandigarh for general motivation to students of all streams for career orientation. Lecture by Col. R.K. Singh, ‘Director Training’ of ‘The Cavalier’, UT Administration accredited agency, for providing training to students on soft skills under its C-Toss Programme (Chandigarh, Training on soft skills programme) A lecture for disseminating programme information on the career opportunities for girls in the defense field was arranged. A seminar on ‘Career options in Emerging Sectors’ by Prof. M.R. Senapathy from Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI), Hyderabad on 07.11.06. A test on designing skills conducted by Mr. D.S. Parmar, officer, Univ. Guidance Information and Employment (UGIEB) Panjab University, Chandigarh on 50students of the college. 21 students attended a workshop on how to write an effective resume at Central State Library, Chandigarh. Session2007-08 The college guidance and counseling unit arranges lectures, seminars, workshops for the students. The detail of such activities arranged for the students is given below: On 27th July 2007 a seminar on Career options in Armed Forces for women was held in the college. Col. P. Bahuguna, Director of ‘Impact’ and Mrs. Renu Lamba, Coordinator ‘Impact’ & from the 1st batch of ‘Women Entry Force’ in Indian Air Force were among the resource persons who addressed students of B.A., B.Com. & B.C.A. interested in joining armed forces. Lt. Mamta from 01 Girls Battalion of NCC Chandigarh motivated the students to enroll themselves in NCC and enumerated the benefits accruing to them. A talk on ‘Career options in Accounting & Finance’ was held in the college on 1st February 2007 for the students of B.Com I, II & III year. Mr. Tarun Khandi, Director of NIFA (National Institute of Finance & Accounting) guided the students on various options available in this field. He presented a ‘Ten-Pointer’ set which makes an accounts professional different from the other professionals. 168 A message writing competition was sponsored by the local branch of ICFAI University on 5th September 2007 i.e. Teachers’ Day. More than 100 students participated in this competition by writing messages for their teachers. Three best messages were selected and prizes were sponsored by ICFAI. Dr. Kumud Khurana & Dr. Satinder Kaur from the college guidance & counseling unit attended TPO (Training & Placement officers) meet of WIPRO, BPO. The meet was attended by representatives of various colleges from Chandigarh, Srinagar, Dehradun, Karnal, Ropar, and Shimla & Mandi Gobindgarh.Difficulty faced by college authorities and students during placement drives were discussed in these meetings. The local branch of NIIT conducted their Bhavishya Jyoti Scholarship test on 22nd September 2007 in the college, wherein 35 students of B.Com & B.C.A. took the test. This test was conducted free of cost for the students. A team from INC (ICFAI National College) visited the college on 24th October 2007 and conducted a scholarship test entitling the students passing the test to a discount of 60% in their MBA fees. Ms. Shefali Bahadur, Marketing Faculty at INC Chandigarh gave tips to students on resume writing, group discussion and personal interviews. Wigan & Leigh College India Ltd. gave a presentation on 25th October 2007 for their postgraduate programmes in the areas of Business Studies, Fashion Technology, Media Studies, Advertising & Graphic Design, Hospital Administration, Systems and IT as well as politics and social work at their various campuses in India. A team from Air Hostess Academy (AHA) made a presentation on 3rd November 2007 on the various career options available to students in aviation and hospitality industry. They assured the students that placement and growth opportunities for students were tremendous in the burgeoning Indian hospitality and aviation sector. The team apprised of the steps in the recruitment, selection and training process. The Education Department of Chandigarh Administration organized a ‘Career Fest’ on 18th, 19th and 20th December 2007. The college participated in this fest by putting up its stall. Dr. Kumud Khurana and Dr. Satinder Kaur of the Career Guidance and Placement Cell answered the queries of students and parents who visited the stall. More than 500 brochures of the college highlighting its courses and achievements were distributed to students (especially of class 12th) on these three days. Special guidance to students and parents on options available after 10+2 was also given. A special workshop was organized on 12th January 2008 for the improving the group discussion (GD) and interview skills of students. More than 80 students from B.Com. B.C.A and B.A. participated wherein Mock GDs were conducted. Later mock personal interviews were conducted and students were informed about the right way of introducing themselves how to overcome hesitation and nervousness, basics of interview preparation and importance of correct body language. Various management games including word association and brand quiz were played to make the interesting. Faculty members of Tricity College, Chandigarh conducted this workshop. The 1st level (regional) of the Aptitude Test ‘Tycson 2008’ by Career Launcher was conducted in the college on 30th January 2008. 200 students took the test. 169 EduCorp, an institute in the field of education made a presentation on 06th February 2008 wherein students were counseled on how to select a career keeping in view their interests and aptitudes. Session2008-09 The college guidance and counseling unit arranges lectures, seminars, workshops for the students. The detail of such activities arranged for the students is given below: A number of companies visited the college during the session 2008-09 for on campus recruitment WIPRO BPO, conducted a campus recruitment drive on 23rd October 2008. 8 students were selected and given offer letters by the company. Campus recruitment manager IBM DAKSH, Gurgaon visited the college with his HR team on November 11, 2008. 70 students from B.Com III, BCA III and PGDCA participated in different rounds. 22 students of BCA and B.Com were selected. The placement cell of the college organized an interactive session between the senior members of IBM DAKSH and parents of the selected students of the college. The selected students were also given training in the college by certified trainers of IBM DAKSH. WIPRO Infotech held a pool campus recruitment drive at Mandi Gobindgarh college, Punjab on January 30, 2009. Sakshi Gupta of BCA III was given an appointment letter. On January 17, 2009, campus recruitment was held in the college by Genpact. 12 students were selected (11 from B.Com III and one from BA III). The placement cell of the college provides a raise facility to its students to feed their resume on the website of ICP (India Career Portraits) which provides a vast platform to the students for various job opportunities. Other activities of the career counseling and placement cell Presentation was given by Lt. Col. Gurmeet Singh Centre Head PT (Professional Tutorials) Chandigarh on July 28, 2008. A Career Gyan session was held by Ms. Tarapreet Bedi, Group Head NIIT, Chandigarh on August 23, 2008. On August 26, 2008, Ms. Arpana Grover Centre Head of Infomaths held on interactive session with the students of BCA. She discussed the scope of MCA and IT related careers. On August 28, 2008, Sh. Namgial GM SIDBI, Chandigarh branch delivered a lecture on ‘Facilities and Services’ provided by SIDBI. He upraised the students about the various schemes available for women entrepreneurs. Ms. Guneet Kaur from Career Launcher conducted ‘Just a minute session’ on August 30, 2008. ‘Write a Message’ competition was held in the college to celebrate Teacher’s day on September 05, 2008. Three best messages were selected and prize given to the winners. The competition was sponsored by ICFAI. Two members of the career counseling and placement cell Mrs. Mridula Aggarwal and Mrs. Rekha Rani attended ‘Training and Placement Officer’s meet organized by WIPRO WASE. The meet was held on September 23, 2008. HCL Career development in collaboration with the computers department of the college organized a seven day workshop on I.T. Mr. Puran Vardhan, Technical Engineer; HCL shared his views on JAVA as on important programme of languages. 170 On October 21, 2008 Mr. Amit Hans of Edu Corp addressed the student of BCA III and B.Com III. He gave valuable tips to the students on how to face personal interviews and group discussion. A team from Picasson Animation College visited the college on October 25, 2008. Various Principles of design and methods of colouring, sketching, clay modeling, mask making also discussed the various career options open in the field of animation. A team from NIIT visited the college on January 15, 2009 to brief students about NITAT – an IT Aptitude Test. A seminar was organized in the college on January 23, 2009 by ‘Blmad; (a non-profit self funded organization started by the students of P.U., Chd). A movie highlighting the problems the youth was also screened. TYCOON test was conducted by Career Launchers on January 28, 2009. Three students were selected for the final round of the test. Ms. Jyotsana Anand from Jobs on Phone Services addressed the students and explained to them about this session in detail. Session2009-10 The placement cell of the college became active in June i.e. during the summer vacations. JCBL visited the college with a proposal to recruit accounts students on 11th June 2009 for a project and for permanent jobs also. V-Serve a unit of 3G Information Management conducted an on campus recruitment on 9th August 2009. Four students of BCA and B.A. (IT) streams were selected for placements in various companies and 8 students were selected for placement after taining. A team from IBM DAKSH visited the college on 21.11.2009 for campus recruitments. 28 students from BCA, B.Com and B.A. participated in the recruitment drive which was held in 3 rounds. Five students were selected by IBM and expression of interest letters were given to them. IBM again visited Chandigarh at NIIT, Sec. 32 for post placement. Two more students of the college got selected there. MIE Educational Services Pvt. Ltd. visited the college to conduct campus placements on behalf of HDFSCL Sales Development Managers. Information regarding selection is awaited. Six BCA students were selected by NIIT for jobs related to the technical side. Career Seminars Two members of the career counseling and placement cell Mrs. Pankaja and Dr. Satinder attended ‘Training and Placement Officers Meet’ organized by WIPRO BPO on 23rd May 2009. On August 8, 2009 Centre Head of Informaths held an interactive session with the students of BCA. Employment avenues after completing BCA were discussed. On August 24, 2009 two seminars were organized in the college by NIIT separately for commerce and computer science streams, briefing them about scholarship tests and careers. NIIT official also visited the college on 9th Feb. 2010 to brief the students about the entrance test required for IT market. A motivational-cum-awareness lecture by HCL was organized in the college for IT students, informing them about the world of promising opportunities for skilled professionals. 171 A counsellor from IIJT visited the college on 29th August 2009 for a personality development and career counseling seminar. The highlights of various courses and different career options for IT and commerce students were discussed. ‘The Princetan Review’ representative visited the college on 27th Sept. 2009 and interacted with the students of B.A. and B.Com. They gave counseling to the students about MS and MBA programmes and the process of studying abroad. Zee Institute of Creative Arts, Chandigarh conducted a Students’ awareness programme on animation, in which they talked about two-dimensional and 3dimensional effects and the Principles of Design. Students were also apprised of career opportunities in the field of animation. Department of Computer Applications organized a seminar on 29th Nov. 2009 on Biometrics delivered by Sh. J.P.Singh, IT Consultant with various I.T. organizations. The seminar focused on techniques to implement security and authentication using Biometrics. Session2010-11 On 3rd August, 2010 Karrox, a company specializing in Data Security and Software training informed the students about threats while using internet, e-mail, chatting etc and gave live demonstration of various safety measures to protect their e-mails and on-line bank accounts from hacking. On 10th August, 2010 Infomaths conducted a seminar wherein BCA students were given guidance in the field of IT and also informed about the latest technology being used in Software development by the IT companies. In a counselling session conducted by NIIT on 18th August, 2010 students were made aware of various career options in networking. A workshop for BCA students was organized at NIIT centre, Sector 32, Chandigarh to give them hands-on experience on the set up at NIIT and also about CISCO and CCNA certificate. Bull’s Eye, on 13th October, 2010 counselled the students about viable options after graduation. IT LIFE organized an interactive session on Oracle for BCA students and job market value of the various certifications. Ifbi, a venture of NIIT counselled our students about careers in banking and financial service sector. On 19th November, 2010 Career Launcher, a leading edu-corporate organized an on campus event – TYCOONS. In the first round of competition 125 students took the test. Selected students became eligible to participate in the next level of competitions. On 20th January, 2011, IIPM organized a management oriented seminar targeted at career counselling and personality development including communication skills. Guardian School of Design and Management, on January 24, 2011 conducted an interactive counselling session for Fashion Designing, Fine Arts and Event Management students to make them aware of courses available in fashion designing, interior designing, jewellery designing, retail management and event management. IBM Daksh visited the college on 20th August, 2010. Out of 66 students who participated in the recruitment drive held in three rounds 36 students were selected. Out of theses 16 students were directly hired and 20 would be joining after training. Session2011-12 172 The cell creates awareness among the students regarding available career options and ensures that they attain desired employment. On 16th August 2011 ‘Dream Whistlers’ oragnized a seminar for final year students of all streams to apprise them about the courses and vocations available in the field of Animation and Digital Arts, Acting, Film Making, Photography and Personality Grooming. A team from IBM DAKSH visited the college on 29th Aug, 2011 for campus recruitment. 400 students participated in the recruitment drive. 13 students were selected and given appointment letters. Ifbi conducted a career counselling session on 7th Sept., 2011 to brief the students about the employment avenues in the field of Banking and Finance Sector. A team from ‘Star Makers’ oragnized a campus placement drive on 16th September 2011 to recruit candidates for airlines. 30 students gave the interview and 5 were shortlisted. 11 students were selected for the job in ICICI Bank after taking the written test conducted by Ifbi in December 2011. 25 students participated in a workshop on ‘Animation’ conducted by ‘Next Wave Arts’ at their office in Sector 32, Chandigarh. Genpact visited the college on 1st February 2012 for recruiting the students for various companies. 54 students took the written test in computers and the shortlisted students will be required to go through additional screening test. 8 students of BCA final year attended a job fest held at Doaba Engineering College on 4h Feb. 2012. 37. Placement services provided to students: Session2005-06 The career guidance and placement cell not only arranges seminars for students for various career options but also maintains links with the industry arranges pre-placement talk and makes suitable arrangements for conducts of tests and interviews.In the first ever attempt for on-campus placement 112 students were selected by various companies like Infosys, WIPRO, Spice Telecom, EXL and Dr.Planet after a rigorous multi tier selection procedure. Session 2006-07 61 students of Commerce, Arts and Computer Application streams were placed after an on campus interviews conducted by IBM Daksha, WIPRO, Infosys and Unistar Business Group. Devika of B.Com III was selected as Campus Placement Ambassador for Progeen, the BPO Subsidiary of Infosys and underwent 7 days training session in Hyderabad in Oct 2006. Session2007-08 Placement cell of the college plays an active role in inviting companies to the college making arrangements for presentations, group discussions and interviews. It also encourages the students to participate in placement tests organized at different colleges. 30 students of B.C.A III went for interviews conducted by Accenture Ltd. on 8th September 2007. 11 students were short-listed in the 1st round which was held at Chitkara institute, Sector 9, Chandigarh. The second and final round of interviews was held on 15th September 2007 at Chandigarh Engineering College (CEC) Landran. 5 173 students attended this round out of which 2 students were selected. The pay package was approximately Rs. 2, 00, 000 p.a. including incentives. On 5th October 2007, Wipro Technologies conducted pool campus placement drive at Chitkara Insititue. 1 students of B.C.A III got selected in the company. Mr. Shaiendra Rajan, Manager, Campus Recruitment of IBM-Dkash, Gurgaon visited the college with his HR team on 15th October 2007. During the initial presentation, he clarified doubts of students regarding BPO industry especially security issues, working hours etc. About 50 students of B.Com & B.C.A final year participated in this campus recruitment drive consisting of 4 rounds – one-to-one interaction, voice test, written aptitude test and HR interviews. 21 students got offer letters from the company with pay package ranging from 11, 000/- to 13, 000/- per month plus incentives. Out of these, 9 students underwent compulsory in-hours training by certified trainers of IBM-Daksh which started in November 2007. The HR team from Wipro BPO headed by Mr. Gurpreet Sigh, deputy Manager, and HR undertook campus recruitment drive in the college on 9th January 2008. More than 40 students from B.A., B.Com, & B.C.A. final year participated. In his presentation to the students, he highlighted the immense growth opportunities available with the company and also tackled queries from students regarding security of women employees, working hours and accommodation. After several rounds, offer letters were finally given to 10 students with a pay package of Rs. 1, 73, 500 per annum including incentives, these students will be placed at the company’s’ Delhi-office as Technical Support Associates and Customer Care Associates.24 students were given letters specifying areas of improvement with an opportunity to again apply for interview after 2 months. A team from Genpact headed by Mr. Kasturba Barooah, Branch Manager, Hiring, and Chandigarh visited the college on 28th January 2008 for campus recruitment. Out of the 30 students who participated, 16 students were short-listed and offered training letters. After undergoing compulsory training of about 2 weeks, they will be issued offer letters from Gurgoan office to be placed as Process Executive, Associate for a pay package of Rs. 8,000-9, 5000 per month plus incentives. More than 15 students from B.Com and B.C.A final year participated in the pool campus drive of Infosys and Infosys BPO held at Chitkara Institute on 7th & 8th November 2007. After several rounds of test & interviews 4 students were selected for Infosys Technologies and 8 for Infosys BPO. The salary package for Infosys (IT) was around 1.75 lakh per annum including incentives. Around 5 students from B.C.A. IIIrd year attended the pool campus drive of CSC (Computer Science Company) Ltd. held in January 2008 at CEC, Landran and two students were selected and got offer letters from the company. Session2008-09 Placement cell of the college plays an active role in inviting companies to the college making arrangements for presentations, group discussions and interviews. It also encourages the students to participate in placement tests organized at different colleges. 55 final year students from Arts, Commerce and Computer Applications streams were selected during campus recruitment drive held by WIPRO BPO, IBM Daksh, Gurgaon and Genpect. One of these students, Sakshi Gupta of BCA III was selected by WIPRO Infotech during a pool campus recruitment drive at Mandi Gobindgarh College. After the 174 IBM Daksh campus recruitments, certified trainers from the company trained the selected students and also held interactive session with the parents of these students. Session2009-10 Placement cell of the college plays an active role in inviting companies to the college making arrangements for presentations, group discussions and interviews.It also encourages the students to participate in placement tests organized at different colleges.20 final year students from Arts, Commerce and Computer Applications streams were selected during campus recruitment drive held by WIPRO. Session2010-11 Placement cell of the college plays an active role in inviting companies to the college making arrangements for presentations, group discussions and interviews.It also encourages the students to participate in placement tests organized at different colleges. Session2011-12 Placement cell of the college plays an active role in inviting companies to the college making arrangements for presentations, group discussions and interviews. It also encourages the students to participate in placement tests organized at different colleges as per the details given in point no.36 38. Development Programmes for Non-Teaching staff: Session 2005-06 Name of the official Date Development Programmes Mrs.Renu Malhotra Mrs.Geeta Sept 6,2005 Practical Training for using computer software for maintenance of office records conducted by P.U Session 2006-07 Nil Session2007-12 Advances and loans are given to members of the non-teaching staff as and when requested by them. Training has been given to all members of the non-teaching staff for computer literacy. Mrs. Neelam Raina and Mrs. Geeta attended a two-day workshop in the University for training in Registration Return for students. 39. Healthy Practices: Session2005-06 (i)Reaching out to the less privileged Rotract club was formed in the college on 18.7.2005 in association with Rotary Club of Chandigarh Midtown.It no only enhanced the organizational skills of the students but also gave them an opportunity to serve and reach out to the less privileged through fellowship under the guidance of Rotary Club. Apart from organizing a Tree Plantation camp and a Blood Donation camp in association with Rotary Club-Chandigarh 175 Midtown, the Rotoractors alongwith N.S.S volunteers presented Nukkad Nataks on female foeticide and HIV-AIDS in village Burail to create awareness among masses. In an attempt to reach out to humanity another blood donation camp and a free oral health camp was also organized by the N.S.S volunteers of the college. (ii)Re-inforcing Cultural Values To reinforce cultural values among the students,Teej Mela and Lohri festival were organized in the college in which various competitions such as Rangoli, Mehndi,Sawan dishes,decorative swings etc were held. (iii)Organisation of functions and participation In order to encourage participation and improve the organizational skills of the students the college not only organizes functions but encourages students to participate.A long list of the prize won at various functions is a testimony to that effect.During the last session, the college also played host to the prestigious P.U Zone-A Youth Festival and Heritage Festival in which nine women colleges of Chandigarh, Ferozepur and Moga participated. (iv)Encouaging students to develop reading habits DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) club was formed in the college to promote the habit of reading among the students. (v)Career Guidance and Placement Career Guidance and Placement cell very actively arranged various lectures on career options and maintained links with industry.As a result of which 112 students of the college were offered on campus jobs. Session2006-07 Awards motivate the students to work hard. More than 80 students of the college got scholarships and fee concessions, total freeships. The curricular and co curricular activities of the College reflect the healthy practices of this institution. On the academic front the College added Insurance Business, Computer Based Accounting and International Business to its list of Add-on-course. The subjects of Psychology and Fine Arts were introduced for the Arts stream and Economics honours for the Commerce stream. Another features in the College’s cap was the introduction of Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications, The faculty of the College leaves no stone unturned to improve the result of the College which has been almost 100% in the April 2006 examination. A 250 capacity hostel for our students from far off places became functional from the beginning of session 2006-07. Co curricular activities are an important aspect of the students’ personality development and the College does not lag behind in its effort to cultivate the sense of participation, commitment and achievement in its students. A Talent Search Contest was held in July 2006 to give an opportunity to the new students of the college display their talent. The juniors along with their more experienced seniors practiced hard for participation in on-stage and off-stage items of Youth Festival like skit, group dance, group song, group bhajan, debate, declamation, elocution, quiz, embroidery, mehndi, still life, landscape drawing from lift etc. The students won laurels for the College in many of these. Two main fests organized by the College during this (2006-07) session were The Tech-Fest in Nov 2006 and MOSAIC in Jan 2007. These fests received an overwhelming response form the Colleges of Chandigarh and its surrounding areas which in fact helped in giving a wider exposure to our students. By helping their teachers on and off-stage. The students learn organizational skills as well. 176 The festivals of ‘Teej’ and ‘Lohri’ are celebrated in the College every year. Besides enabling the students to participate in the various competitions and win prizes these celebrations encourage cooperation through group activity and a sense of pride in our culture. Under the guidance of their teachers our students participated and won many prizes in the different functions competitions organized by various institutions in and around Chandigarh. National Cadet Corps unit of the College started with effect from Aug 2006 with 56 students on its rolls. The cadets participated in ATC, DCATI, Camps. The working of the College NCC unit was appreciated by the concerned authority on inspection. Besides giving an opportunity to our cadets to improve their overall personality development, this training can serve as a launching pad for a career in the armed forces. Sports promote health of a player and directly and indirectly enhance her persona. One of our PGDCA students represented India in 15th Asian Games held at Doha as a member of the Handball team. Many of our students participated in the Senior National Level, Inter-University level, and Senior State Level and inter-College level competitions and won prizes. Being a National Service Scheme volunteer our girls perform community service in many ways. ‘Van Mahotsav’ was celebrated on 28.08.06 by planting 100 saplings. ‘Sadbhavana Pledge’ was taken by the NSS volunteers. Volunteers attended and activity participated in panel discussion on common teenage problems, workshops on Promoting Girls Child Friendly Society, HIV-AIDS and Drug Abuse Awareness, Family Planning Methods and Teenage Pregnancy, Life Style Education and Personality Unfolding. The volunteers disseminate thus acquired knowledge among the residents of the adopted village ‘Burail’ through Nukkad Nataks, one-to-one interaction, holding lectures in association with NGOs etc. Free coaching is given to school children and embroidery and fabric painting lessons given to village women by the Training and Development group of our NSS unit. The NSS Unit also organized a Blood Donation Camp in the College on Feb 24, 2007 in association with the PGI Lions Club Chandigarh greater conducted by the State AIDS Control Society, Chandigarh and ‘Yuvsatta’ and College Rotaract Club in which 120 unit of blood were collected. The Peace Club of the College in association with ‘Yuvsatta’ an NGO organized a lecture on ‘Relevance of Gandhi’, Martyrdom Day of the Father of the Nation was observed on 30th Jan in which 150 students and faculty members took a pledge to shun violence. Session 2006-07 saw the formation of Red Ribbon Club in the College. Five students along with the teacher incharge attended the Trainers, Training Programme. An AIDS – Awareness rally comprising 220 students and teachers of the College was taken out in Sector 45 Chandigarh on World AIDS Day i.e. Dec 1, 2006. The Club made arrangements for the performance of a skit titled ‘YUVA’ (Youth) by Holy Theatre Group, Panchkula depicting the menace of AIDS. 177 The Club organized story writing, slogan writing, collage making and poster making competitions on HIV-AIDS related themes. The Environment Club of our college celebrated World Food Day on Oct 16, 2006. The Science and Technology month was celebrated in Feb 2007. During the month long celebration college students participated in essay writing, poster making, slogan writing competitions on topics ‘More Crop for Drop’, ‘Global Warming’. A rally on Bio-technology was taken out through Sec 45 in which 300 students and staff members participated. An Inter-class Environment Quiz was held in the College. The Alumni Club of the college – Virasat awards two scholarships of Rs. 1200/every year to the meritorious students. Student members of the Literary Society of the College participated in the workshops, debate, declamation; essay writing competitions organized by various department of the Panjab University and won many prizes. The Social Science Forum of the College organized a regional seminar on ‘Globalization, Social Institutions and Values’ sponsored by the College Development Council, Panjab University. The speakers were from disciplines like Sociology, Political Science, Anthropology and Journalism. The Library department organized an orientation programme for the College Freshers in Aug 2006.Reference and Book-Hunting contest, Caption contest, Readers’ Motivation programme were also held.A three day workshop on Digitization and Digital Libraries was held in the College in association with the Chandigarh Librarians Association and Chandigarh Libraries Consortium. The Career Guidance and Counselling Cell of the College worked tirelessly for arranging talks by experts on career options in emerging sectors, communication skills and body language career opportunities in Defense-field, training in soft skills and a workshop on ‘How to write an effective Resume’. 61 students were placed by IBM Daksh, WIPRO, Infosys, Unistar Business Group after on-campus interviews. The College Magazine ‘Nibhrant’ is under publication. This magazine show cases our student’s flair of writing. Educational tours have a two pronged approach learning as well as respite from class-room. Department of Fashion Designing visited the Textile Committee of India at Ludhiana (Punjab), Duke (readymade garments manufacturing centre). Students of the Add-on-course of Communicative English visited Doordarshan, Radio Buzz to get training in editing, recording, broadcasting and voice modulation. A nine-day trip to Bombay and Goa, one-day trip to Bhakra Nangal, Anandpur Sahib and Naina Devi were also organized by the College. Session2007-08 Along with the curriculum prescribed by the University, the college arranges various cocurricular activities for the students for the overall personality development of students. Academic 178 (i) To widen the scope of choice in academic sphere the college introduced the subject of IT for students of Arts stream. (ii) Inter-disciplinary Add-on-courses in Web Designing and Multimedia, Entrepreneurship Development were added to the existing list of courses. Co-curricular (i) Youth Festival After a gap of only one year the college hosted the Punjab University Zone B, Diamond Jubilee Youth and Heritage Festival (18-21 October 2007) in which girl students of ten colleges of Chandigarh and Punjab participated. Such occasions offer an opportunity to students to share ideas, issues, concerns etc. thereby helping in the growth of personality of students. (ii) Inter-college competitions: Our girls participated and won prizes in stall decoration competition, group singing, collage making, poster making, rangoli making, slogan writing, best-out-of waste, debate and declamation etc. Our students participated in state and national level essay competitions, debating contests, panel discussions etc. (iii)Poster making and quiz competition was organized in the college on February 28, 2008 as part of National Science Day celebrations. (iv) Twenty students attended an interactive session on ‘Election in the United States’ with Joel E. Ehrendicich organized at Central State Library Chandigarh on 16th January 2008. Three students of our college received prizes for active participation in one-day Entrepreneurship Development Programme.Sponsored by the director of Industries U.T. Administration, Chandigarh. (v) In collaboration with All India Artists Association of Shimla and Mumbai our college arranged for the visit (September 2007) of famous Bollywood action Sh. Prem Chopra to confer a Lifetime Achievement Award on him. This occasion gave an opportunity to our girls to interact with the cine star. Seminars and workshops (i)The commerce forum of the college organized a Regional Seminar on ‘Emerging Scenario in Indian Banking (March 1, 2008) to create familiarity and enhance knowledge about the banking industry in India among the students and faculty of the college. (ii)The library department organized a Readers’ Motivation Programme on February 22, 2008, a one-day workshop on ‘Web Search Techniques’ in June 2007 and a UGC sponsored National seminar on ‘College Libraries’ in the Digital Environment: Opportunities and Challenges’ (August 3-4, 2007) (iii)The students of Communicative English, under the guidance of their teacher prepared the first of its kind News Reporter. Political Socialization Elections to the Students Council of the college are held every year according to the schedule announced by Panjab University. The whole process sensitizes our students regarding the value of their vote, inculcating in them a sense of responsibility. Sports Physical growth and well being is an important dimension of development for which our college provided ample scope. Our students brought laurels to the college by winning medals in State and National level medals in athletics, weight and power lifting, Ball-Badminton and wrestling competitions.Annual sports Meet of the college was held on 19th February 2008 in which a large number of students participated. National Cadet Corps 179 1. Discipline, the Hallmark of life, is best learnt through N.C.C. Ms. Ramandeep Mann, the N.C.C. officer of our college, presented an ideal to the cadets by becoming the first lady ANO from Chandigarh to be honoured at Officers’ Training Academy, Gwalior. She won the N.C.C. Director General Plaque of Honour and a Rolling Trophy. 2. Cadets of our college participated in: 1. Trekking and Mountaineering Expeditions (June 2007) 2. DCAT Camp (September 2007) 3. Army attachment camp (November 2007) 4. National Integration Camp (January 2008) 3. Thirty cadets of our college represented the girls’ Battalion Chandigarh at Independence Day Parade held at Parade Ground, Chandigarh. The contingent secured third position. Enjoyment 1. The freshers’ and farewell parties for college students and hostel residents organized every year, go a long way in developing and enhancing the organizational and management skills and stage confidence in our students. 2. Keeping in mind that pleasure and learning should go side by side, the college organized educational trips for the students. Fine Arts students visited Museum of Fine Arts, Panjab University and students of Fashion Designing visited Vardhman Unit at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh. Besides this, excursions were arranged for college students and hostellers as well. 3. A new feather in the cap of the college is the innovative concept of music therapy in the college library. Career options Career counseling and guidance cell of the college, in collaboration with various institutes organized seminars and presentations regarding career options in various field such Animation, Aviation and Hospitality Industry, Business, Fashion Technology, Advertising, Accounting & Finance and Armed Forces. Fifty campus placement offers were made to our students during separate recruitment drives by companies which include Accenture, Wpiro, IBM Daksh, Infosys, Mahindra and Genpact. Pay package offered varied from Rs. 8000-Rs 13000/- plus incentives. Session2008-09 Along with the curriculum prescribed by the University, the college arranges various cocurricular activities for the students for the overall personality development of students. I. Academic: (i) To widen the scope of choice in academic sphere the college introduced the subject of IT for students of Arts stream. (ii) Inter-disciplinary Add-on-courses in Web Designing and Multimedia, Entrepreneurship Development were added to the existing list of courses.Healthy practices of our institution are reflected not only in the academic sphere but in co curricular activities as well. 1. The college offers degrees in Arts, Commerce, Computer Applications, Bachelor of Business Administration and also PG Diploma in Computer Application. Besides three vocational courses the college offers eight Add-on-Courses to students to choose from Seminars and workshops provide a learning environment different from class room teaching. 180 The college organized the following for the benefit of the students and faculty members. a. ICSSR sponsored seminar on ‘Women Entrepreneur: Issues and Perspectives of North-West Region on February 07, 2009. b. Two day creative writing workshop in association with Chandigarh Sahitya Academy on September 3-4, 2008. c. Interactive session on ‘Enhancing Happiness’ was organized by the Department of Psychology. d. Seven-day Pidilite Fabric ornamental and painting workshop was organized in January 2009 by the Department of Fashion Designing. e. Department of Fine Arts organized a two-day workshop for the benefit of its students. They learnt the techniques of water colours in landscaping and still life making. f. Awareness workshop in Animation was organized by Picasso Animation college, Mohali at out college campus on 25th October 2008. g. Library orientation programme was conducted on July 28-29, 2008. Book exhibition on the theme of ‘Power of Books; was organized in the library in October 2008. Reference Hunting, Book Finding, and Caption writing competitions were also organized. h. The department of Fashion Designing and the Department of Fine Arts organized exhibitions on January 29-30, 2009 and March 3-4, 2009 to showcase the talent of their students through their creation. i. Shakespeare’s play Merchant of Venice was screened for the faculty and students of the college followed by an interaction session with students of BA III since it is a part of their curriculum. II Cultural and Co-curricular: Cultural and Co-curricular give an opportunity to the students to develop as well as polish their potential (i) Our students participated in P.U. Zone - A Youth Festival in September 2008 and won prizes in twelve items. (ii) Our college organized MOSAIC 2009, a two day inter-college cultural and literary extravaganza in which our students competed with students of the tricity and nearby cities. (iii) Our students took party and won prized in inter college competitions held at various college of Chandigarh such as Punjab University Rose Fest (Rangoli), Govt. Home Science College (Nutritious snacks), GGSCW-26 (Hindi Essay writing), ITFT, Mohali (Costume Designing, character make-up, mask making), IT Fest, GCG-11 (Cartooning, graphic designing, theme dance), Sambhang – Theatre Fest (Histrionics), IT Fest GC-46 (Cartooning, Theme dance), IT Fest GC-11 (Graphics designing) Environment fest MCM DAV -36 (Collage making, slogan writing), GCG-42 (Rangoli), GGSCW-26 (Pot painting), Chandigarh Library Association Competitions (Slogan writing, book jacket making, collage making, essay writing, hand writing, poster making, cartoon making). (iv) Healthy mind requires a healthy body that is why sports and physical fitness go hand in hand. Our students brought laurels to the college in North Zone Handball Tournament, North Zone Ball Badminton Championship through the dint of their 181 hardwork in the ground. At the inter-college and the state level our students bagged nine and eight medals respectively. Annual Sports Day was organized in the college in February 2009 to give an opportunity to a larger number of students to take part in various sports related competitions. 1. (i) (ii) (iii) 2. 3. 4. It is said that donning the uniform makes a person smart. And so are our cadets, under the leadership of NCC inchage Lt. Ramandeep Mann. Cadet Anu Singh Rana was the only girl selected from Chandigarh colleges to take part in the Republic Day Parade at Delhi. Jatinder Kaur was one of the eight cadets from all over India to attend one-month National Mountaineering Expedition in August 2008. Our cadets participated in – 10 days summer camp at Nahan in June 2008. 15 days National Trekking Expedition in May 2008 10 day annual training camp in September 2008. 10 day national integration camp held at Leh. 10 DCAT I camp held at Palampur in October 2008 10 days DCAT II camp at Zirakpur in November 2008 Celebration of festivals, parties in the college rejuvenate the students and the staff as well. Teej and Lohri were celebrated in the college besides the freshers and the farewell parties. Lohri was dedicated to the Girl Child and new born girl babies from adopted village Burail were felicitated on this occasion. Educational trips and recreational excursions are a regular part of our annual activities. A week long excursion to Bombay and Goa in September 2008 and one-day trip to Shimla in November 2008 were organized Educational trip was organized for the students of fashion designing. Fine arts students attended workshop on ‘Women’ held at GCG-11. Students attended one-day seminar on ‘fashion prospects’ one-week CAD workshop organized by visual media on November 01, 2008 and November 08-17, 2008 respectively. Students of BA III attended a seminar on ‘Higher Education in the U.S.’ at American Corner of Central State Library, Chandigarh. Keeping in mind the importance of educating the girl child 55 needy students and deserving of the college were given aid, concession and scholarships out of the college funds during the session 2008-09. Political Socialization Elections to the Students Council of the college are held every year according to the schedule announced by Panjab University. The whole process sensitizes our students regarding the value of their vote, inculcating in them a sense of responsibility. Sports Physical growth and well being is an important dimension of development for which our college provided ample scope.Our students brought laurels to the college by winning medals in State and National level medals in athletics, weight and power lifting, Ball-Badminton and wrestling competitions.Annual sports Meet of the college was held on 20th February 2009 in which a large number of students participated. National Cadet Corps 182 Jatinder Kaur was awarded the Roll of Honour for her outstanding performance as NCC cadet by the college. a. The selection of Jatinde Kaur as one of the eight cadets from all over India, to attend the one-month National Mountaineering Expedition in August 2008. She alongwith others scaled the 19,200 feet high Mount Thellu in the hills of Uttaranchal. b. Another feather in the NCC cap was the selection of our cadet Anu Singh Rana as the only girl from Chandigarh colleges to take part in the Republic Day Parade in Delhi. She alongwith our NCC in-charge Lt. Ramandeep Mann attended the one-month RD Camp at Delhi. c. Other camps / activities include: (i) 10 days’ summer camp at Tirlokpuri, Nahan in June 2008 where 10 cadets received training in weapon handling, slithering, map reading and para sailing. (ii) A 15 days’ National Trekking Expedition in Himachal Pradesh in May 2008, when 8 cadets and Lt. Ramandeep Mann trekked a distance of 200 kms. (iii) A 31-member NCC contingent led by under Officer Kulwinder Kaur of B.Com II participated in the Independence Day Parade of Chandigarh Administration and bagged the third position. (iv) A 10 day annual training camp held in September 2008 at Shah Talai in Himachal Pradesh was attended by 25 cadets where they received training in Drill, Firing, Map Reading, First Aid and Home Nursing. (v) The Thal Sainik Camp in Ferozepur in September in September 2008 was attended by Kulwinder Kaur of B.Com Part II. (vi) Cadet Sucheta of BA Part II was one of the two girls selected from Chandigarh to attend the 10 day National Integration Camp held at Leh. (vii) 4 cadets and NCC in-charge Lt. Ramandeep Mann attended 10 day DCAT I camp held at Palampur in October 2008. (viii) NCC fficer, Lt. Ramandeep Mann alongwith 2 cadets attended 10 days DCAT II camp at Zirakpur in November 2008. (ix) Observance of Paryawaran Diwas on 11.07.08 by planting 30 saplings of Gulmohar, Neem, Maulshree and Silver Oak trees in the college campus. Col. S. Solankey, Commanding Officer, 01 Girls Bn NCC was the Chief Guest on the occasion. (x) A seminar on NCC as career was organized in the college on 31st July 2008. Enjoyment The freshers’ and farewell parties for college students and hostel residents organized every year, go a long way in developing and enhancing the organizational and management skills and stage confidence in our students. Recreational and Educational trips are a regular part of the annual activities. In September 2008, a group of 40 students accompanied by 2 faculty members enjoyed a week-long excursion on the sandy beaches of Goa. A one day trip to Shimla in November was enjoyed by 200 students and 5 teachers. The Fashion Designing department and EDP Course coordinator arranged an educational trip for their students to the spinning, fabric and finishing unit of Nahar Industries, Lalru on 29th November 2008. In addition to this students made the following educational visits: 1. Visit to workshop on ‘Women at GCG-11 by students of the Department of Fine Arts. 2. Students were taken for a one-day seminar on ‘Fashion prospects; organized by Visual Media, Chandigarh on 1st November 2008. 183 3. Students attended one-week CAD workshop organized by Visual Media, Chandigarh from 8 – 17 November 2008. 4. Students of BA III year were taken to the American Corner of Central State Library, Chandigarh for a seminar on ‘Higher Education in the US.’ Career options Career counseling and guidance cell of the college, in collaboration with various institutes organized seminars and presentations regarding career options in various field such Animation, Aviation and Hospitality Industry, Business, Fashion Technology, Advertising, Accounting & Finance and Armed Forces. Fifty campus placement offers were made to our students during separate recruitment drives by companies which include Accenture, Wpiro, IBM Daksh, Infosys, Mahindra and Genpact. Pay package offered varied from Rs. 8000-Rs 13000/- plus incentives. Session2009-10 At Dev Samaj College for Women we try to live upto our college prayer. The torch bearer of community service in the college is the National Service Scheme wing of the college which carried out the following programmes during the session 2009-10. Akshay Urja Diwas was celebrated on 20th August 2009 by carrying out a tree plantation drive in Govt. Primary School in Burail village.The volunteers took out a rally to spread the message of national integration. Oct. 2, 2009 was observed as World Peace Day non-violence was the theme of slogan writing competition held on this day. A pledge was administered by the Principal and essay-writing, slogan writing and poster making competitions were organized to observe the Vigilance Week from 3rd to 7th Nov. 2009. A blood donation camp was the held in the college in association with the college Rotaract Club on Nov. 12, 2009 in which 70 units of blood was collected. NSS volunteers participated in the national polio eradication camps held in different parts of the city in Oct., Nov. and Dec. 2009 and in Feb.2010. During the 7-day special NSS camp held in Oct 2009 (i) Yoga training, Dental Check up, grooming workshop was organized. (ii) Door-to-door awareness drive about family planning and AIDS was carried out in adopted village Burail. (iii) Special classes were held for village children (iv) A Pidilite art and craft workshop, a visit and folk dance presentation was held for special children of the institute ‘SOREN’. I. The Red Ribbon club of the college organized a rally through the college and village Burail to spread the message of AIDS awareness on World AIDS Day. II. A Bone-Density and Osteoporosis-Awareness medical camp was organized in the college on Nov. 19, 2009 by the Rotaract club. III. Ten NSS volunteers of the college have been selected under the volunteers programme for Commonwealth Games 2010 to be held at Delhi. College besides giving formal education to students in their chosen field also helps in building a sound body and mind, developing the personality, building up confidence, creating awareness, generating interest in local, national and international issues thereby empowering them. 184 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. The college sports day was held in 18th Feb. 2010 in which not only the physical education students but all students of the college were encouraged to participate. Three cheers for the Gymnastics and Handball team of the college for bagging two Panjab University Championships for the first time in the history of the college. Senior Under Officer, Anu Singh Rana of B.Com III was the only girl selected from Chandigarh, Panjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh for Youth Exchange Programme 2009 in Russia in Oct. 2009. Riti Gupta of B.A. II was selected for Pre-Republic Day Camp in session 2009-10. 25 cadets, 6 cadets, 18 cadets attended Annual training camps held at Nahan (H.P.), Rohtak (Haryana), Chandigarh in Oct. 2009, Jan 2010, Feb. 2010 respectively. The NSS unit and the Rotaract Club of the college jointly organized a seminar on Alcoholism in the college in Sep. 2009. A talk on ‘Tourism and Service Industry’ followed by a tourism quiz was organized in the college. Winners of the quiz were offered scholarships for summer courses by the ITFT education group. Rotaractors participated in the campaign for Global Road Safety organized by British Council, the British Library and Arrive Safe, an NGO. They also took part in inter college competitions organized by Yuvsatta to mark the martyrdom day of Mahatma Gandhi. Rotaractors Pallavi Arya and Garima participated in inter-college debate on ‘Trial by Media is interference in the Judicial Process’. The Theatre Club of the college organized a 10 day workshop of Acting by Mr. Kamal Arora, Chairperson of Sangeet Natak Akademi in which many students participated. Students of music got an opportunity to learn more regarding many ‘ragas’ and ‘thumri’ from Mr. Suneel Chatterjee, a renowned vocalist, in the ‘Swarlehri’ programme organized by the Music club of the college. In a talk and interactive session on ‘Abilities and Careers’ organized by the Psychology Society of the college the students learnt how to classify abilities and match career options. The students as well as the staff gained knowledge about the prevention and early detection of cancer from a talk organized by NSS unit of the college on World Cancer Day. Career related seminars were organized by the career counselling and placement cell of the college in collaboration with NIIT, HCL, IIJT, The Princeton Review, ZEE Institute of Creative Arts etc. to apprise the students about various career opportunities in the various fields. About 20 students of the college were selected for placement by various organizations. The students of Fashion Designing showcased their talent in embroidery, painting, jewellery, costume designing etc. in a 2-day exhibition organized by Kalakriti – The Design Club. Women’s cell of the college was inaugurated with a 10-member student core committee on Feb. 8, 2010. To understand the industrial work process of a large scale industry the students of Fashion Designing and Entrepreneur Development visited Deepak Spinners at Baddi (H.P.). Students also attended a seminar on Fashion Prospects organized by Guardian School of Design and Management, Chandigarh. 185 18. Fine Arts students visited five exhibitions held at different places and times, in Chandigarh, to understand the nuances of Art, Art Display and presentation. 19. The faculty of the college constantly strives to achieve the academic milestones. (i) Four members of the college faculty were pursing their Ph.D. (ii) Papers of two faculty members have been published. (iii) A total of five papers were presented by some faculty members at regional, national and international seminars/conferences. (iv) About twenty teachers of the college attended various seminars held at different places. Along with the curriculum prescribed by the University, the college arranges various cocurricular activities for the students for the overall personality development of students. It is said that donning the uniform makes a person smart. And so are our cadets. Cadet Anu Singh Rana of B.Com 3rd year was selected for the Youth Exchange Programme 2009 in Russia. She represented the Govt. of India as Ambassador. Under Officer Riti Gupta of B.A. II was selected for Pre-Republic day camp this year. Six cadets attended Annual Training Camp at Rohtak in January 2010. 25 cadets attended Annual Training Camp held at Nahan (HP) during Oct 20-29, 2009. 18 cadets attended Annual Training Camp at Chandigarh college of Engg. & Technology from Feb. 8-17, 2010. Celebration of festivals, parties in the college rejuvenate the students and the staff as well. Teej and Lohri were celebrated in the college besides the freshers and the farewell parties. Lohri was dedicated to the Girl Child and new born girl babies from adopted village Burail were felicitated on this occasion. Keeping in mind the importance of educating the girl child 93 needy students and deserving of the college were given aid, concession and scholarships out of the college funds during the session 2009-10. Political Socialization Elections to the Students Council of the college are held every year according to the schedule announced by Panjab University. The whole process sensitizes our students regarding the value of their vote, inculcating in them a sense of responsibility. A 19 member students’ council was elected consisting of a President, Vice President, Secretary, Jt. Secretary, Class Representatives and Nominated students. Sports Physical growth and well being is an important dimension of development for which our college provided ample scope. Our students brought laurels to the college by winning medals in State and National level medals in athletics, weight and power lifting, BallBadminton and wrestling competitions.Annual sports Meet of the college was held on Feb. 18, 2010 in which a large number of students participated. National Cadet Corps Senior Under Officer Anu Singh Rana of B.Com 3rd year was selected for Youth Exchange programme 2009 in Russia in Oct. 2009. She was the only girl selected from Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. She represented the 186 Govt. of India as Ambassador. She also attended Republic Day Parade at Delhi in January 2010. Under Officer Riti Gupta of B.A. 2nd year was selected for Pre-Republic day camp this year. 25 cadets attended Annual Training camp held at Nahan (HP) during 20th Oct to 29th Oct., 2009. 6 cadets attended Annual Training camp at Rohtak in January 2010. 18 cadets attended Annual Training Camp at Chandigarh College of Engg. & Technology from 8th to 17th Feb. 2010. Enjoyment and Educational Trips The freshers’ and farewell parties for college students and hostel residents organized every year, go a long way in developing and enhancing the organizational and management skills and stage confidence in our students. On 28th Jan, 2010 the Dept. of Fashion Designing and of the Add-on course in Entrepreneur Development organized an industrial visit to Deepak Spinners at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh to understand the industrial work process of a large-scale industry. The students of the Dept. of Fine Arts visited several exhibitions to understand the concept of art display and presentation : (a) The Painting Exhibition of Delhi based Artist Paramjit Singh at Punjab Kala Bhawan, Chandigarh. (b) Annual Art Exhibition by Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi at Punjab Kala Bhawan, Chandigarh. (c) The Annual Art Exhibition of Govt. College of Art, Chandigarh. (d) An International workshop on ‘Save Environment, Save Animals’ at Art Gallery, Panjab University. The exhibition was organized by Tellus Organization. (e) The National camp of North-Eastern Artists organized by National Lalit Akademi at Punjab Kala Bhawan, Chandigarh. The Vocational School of Fashion Designing took its students to attend a seminar on ‘Fashion Prospects’ organized by the Guardian School of Design and Management, Chandigarh. Career options Career counseling and guidance cell of the college, in collaboration with various institutes organized seminars and presentations regarding career options in various field such Animation, Aviation and Hospitality Industry, Business, Fashion Technology, Advertising, Accounting & Finance and Armed Forces. Session2010-11 National Service Scheme is adopted by the College to instill the virtues of selfless service, amity and integrity amongst the students. The college has two units of NSS consisting of 200 volunteers working under the guidance of Programme Officers Mrs. Renu Kalra and Mrs. Sabina Chadha. We take pride in the extension activities carried out by our volunteers under the National Service Scheme. Sadbhavana Diwas: was observed on 20th August, 2010 by holding Drawing and Patriotic song competitions for students of Govt. Primary School, Burail. A rally was also taken out to spread the message of national integration. 187 My Earth My Duty Day: was celebrated on 25th August, 2010. Principal Dr. Meera Modi alongwith the NSS Programme Officers and volunteers planted more than 50 environmental friendly plants. Various competitions such as Poster making, Slogan writing, Face painting, T-shirt painting were organized on the theme ‘Go Green, Save Environment’. International Literacy Day: On September 8, 2010 an Essay writing competition was held on the topic ‘Role of Youth in Millennium Development: Opportunities and Challenges’. Best three entries by Pallavi Arya (BCA II), Priyanka (B.Com III), and Rakhi (B.Com II) were sent for participation in National Level Essay writing competition in Tamil Nadu. N.S.S. Day: An Essay writing competition on the topic ‘Role of Youth in NSS’ was held in the college on 24th September, 2010 to mark the importance of this day. Ramandeep Kaur of B.Com II and Trichy Chauhan of B.Com II stood 1st and 2nd respectively. Quomi Ekta Week: was observed by holding a Blood Donation camp in collaboration with GMCH-32 and the College Rotaract Club on 23rd November, 2010. 60 units of blood were collected. World AIDS Day: A candle light procession was taken out to mark the World AIDS Day on December 1, 2010. Pulse Polio Campaign and NRHM Project: Senior NSS volunteers of the college attended a seminar under the 3rd project of NRHM. As part of this they received training and conducted surveys in Burail and submitted the report to NRHM committee. 20 volunteers, trained as vaccinants by the doctors from the health department of Chandigarh Administration, carried out immunization during the Pulse Polio Drive in Chandigarh. N.S.S. volunteers Bharti (BCA III) and Pallavi Arya (BCA II) attended two days Regional Workshop on Legal Awareness Regarding Domestic Violence Act, RTI Act at Chandigarh Judicial Academy. 7 days Special Day-Night Camp was held in the college from Oct 1-7, 2010. Following activities were carried out during this camp : - Volunteers participated in the World Peace Parade Rally on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti from Parade Ground, Sector 17 to Panjab University, Chandigarh. - Mr. Vijay Kumar Malhan, a devout disciple of Swami Ramdev ji took regular Yoga classes. - Under the ‘Friends of Sure’ programme by Hindustan Unilever Limited personalities from IMS, HUL interacted with students regarding personality development and grooming. - A medical camp was organized for the volunteers and residents of Burail with the help of Chatinaya Hospital. - Art and Craft workshop was held for three days with the help of Mrs. Nirmal of Pidilite faculty. - A workshop on ‘Responsible Sexual Behaviour’ was held by the team headed by Mrs. Meenakshi Agnihotri, Asstt. Prof., National Institute of Nursing Education, PGI, Chandigarh. - A talk on Breast Cancer by the team of Rani Breast Cancer Trust was organized for the benefit of the volunteers and women of village Burail. 188 - Nukkad Natak ‘Chhoti Si Dulhan’ and ‘Kya Meena School Jayagi’ were presented by the volunteers in Burail to make the residents of the village aware of the social evil of child marriage and the importance of educating girls. - Herbal Garden Project was completed during the camp. - Waste management project took off to a flying start under the supervision and training of an employee of Bangalore based Maple Orgitech Company. On the concluding day of the camp Best Out of Waste competition was held. The volunteers created wall hangings, photo frames, statues and a village scene out of waste material. Their effort was appreciated by Sh. Nek Chand ji, Founder and Director of Rock Garden, who graced the occasion as Chief Guest. Political Socialization Elections to the Students Council of the college are held every year according to the schedule announced by Panjab University. The whole process sensitizes our students regarding the value of their vote, inculcating in them a sense of responsibility. A 16 member students’ council was elected consisting of a President, Vice President, Secretary, Jt. Secretary, Class Representatives and Nominated students. Sports Physical growth and well being is an important dimension of development for which our college provided ample scope. Our students brought laurels to the college by winning medals in State and National level medals in athletics, weight and power lifting, Ball-Badminton and wrestling competitions. Annual sports Meet of the college was held on Feb. 24, 2011 in which a large number of students participated. National Cadet Corps The N.C.C. unit of the college consists of 40 cadets. The cadets are groomed under the able guidance of Mrs. Jaspal Bhatia and Ms. Manu Rani. The N.C.C. cadets were involved in various activites conducted by the NCC unit throughout the year. The college NCC cadets took active part in the Save Sukhna Lake Abhiyan on May 14 and 15, 2010. Four cadets, Sunil Rani, Pretty Verma, Sukhvir Kaur, and Divya Sharma participated in the Shooting Camp held at GCG-42, Chandigarh. Pulkit, Seema and Mamta participated in the All India Girls Trekking Expedition (Punjab Trek-2010) held at Paprola, Distt. Palampur. Under the leadership of Minisha Jindal, the senior most cadet of our college, 53 cadets of ‘B’ certificate and 17 of ‘C’ certificate attended the Annual Training camp held at Shahtalai from October2-11, 2010. Our cadets won 1st prize in Giddha, 3rd prize in Solo Dance, Shooting, Drill and Best Discipline. Rupinder, Monika Pal and Divya Sharma attended National Integration camp at Odisha from Oct. 21- Nov.1, 2010. Monika Pal got 1st prize in Solo Dance and Divya Sharma bagged 1st prize in Bhangra during this camp. Two cadets of our college participated in the National Integration Camp held at Amritsar from Nov.26-Dec.7, 2010. Six cadets of the college attended the Annual Training camp held at Sector 26, Chandigarh from Nov.17- 27, 2010. From Jan.27- Feb.5, 2011 eight cadets participated in the last ATC of the session. Pre-Republic day camp was attended by cadet Jasleen of B.A. 1st year. Enjoyment and Educational Trips 189 The freshers’ and farewell parties for college students and hostel residents organized every year, go a long way in developing and enhancing the organizational and management skills and stage confidence in our students. 65 students from the Departments of Political Science and Sociology were delegates at a seminar on ‘Politics and Human Rights’ organized by Global Human Rights Council on August 7, 2010 at Musafir Auditorium, Sector 24, Chandigarh. The Dept. of Fashion Designing organized a one day trip to Patiala to visit small scale Phulkari units and Punjabi ‘Jutti Bazzar’ in the month of February 2011. The Dept. of History organized a historical cum excursion trip to Amritsar on January 30, 2011. Students visited Golden Temple, Jalianwala Bagh and Wagah border. They also enjoyed the ‘beating the retreat’ ceremony at Swarn Jayanti Gate. Students of Psychology Club-‘Hope’ visited the Regional Institute of Mentally Retarded Children on Feb. 25th, 2011 to know various selfcare and adaptive skills taught to these special students. Career options Career counseling and guidance cell of the college, in collaboration with various institutes organized seminars and presentations regarding career options in various field such Animation, Aviation and Hospitality Industry, Business, Fashion Technology, Advertising, Accounting & Finance and Armed Forces. Session2011-12 A function unique to the Dev Samaj culture valuing human relationships was celebrated on 31st January 2012. The Diwas is celebrated to value the Parent Child bond and make the children realize their duty towards their parents specially in this fast paced world of withering and strained relationships. Students presented bhajans, songs and poems to express gratitude for their parent’s love and sacrifices. Shriman Nirmal Singh ji, Chairperson, Dev Samaj College Managing Committee graced the occasion and spoke on the importance of imbibing this Dev Samaj tradition to strengthen family relationships. On 30th January 2012 Ms. Pooja Grover from the Department of Mathematics, Panjab University, Chandigarh delivered an informative talk on the concept of ‘Relation and Function’. An inter-college concept based function ‘Mathrix 2012’ was organized by the Department of Mathematics on 3rd February 2012. 70 students from various colleges participated in competitions relating to mathematical ability such as brain marathon, mathematician miracle, logic magic and play and win. On 16th September 2011 ‘Hindi Diwas’ was celebrated by organizing, an Essay writing competition on the topic of ‘Corruption’. Later a lecture on ‘Creative Writing Skills’ was delivered by Mr. Madhav Kaushik, Secretary, Chandigarh Sahitya Academy. On 27th Jan. 2012 an interactive talk on the topic of ‘Prospects of Democracy in India’ was organized by the Dept. of English to enhance the communication skills of the students. An inter-class Essay Writing Competition was held on 3rd February 2012 to highlight the relevance of Maa Boli Punjabi. ‘Ru-Bu-Ru’ a talk with renowned Punjabi poet and writer Manjeet Indira was organized on 17th February 2012. She recited her poetry and apprised the students about the writing skills. 190 A special talk on ‘Body Language and Making Presentations’ was organized by the Dept. of English for B.Com I students. Two students of Psychology club Ravneet Kaur and Kamlesh of B.A. 3rd year presented a paper titled ‘Stress and its effects on health’ at the Indian Psychological Science Congress on ‘Health Psychology Rehabilitation: The Crisis among Youth and Aged’ held at Govt. College, Sector 46, Chandigarh on 14th Oct. 2011. Students of the club participated in a concept based Inter-College Poster Making Competition organized by the Dept. of Psychology, SD College, Chandigarh in Oct. 2011. Purodha Singh of B.Com 2nd year was inducted as the new Rotaract President alongwith her team of 52 members on 16th Sept., 2011. The outgoing President Pallavi Arya highlighted the previous year’s activities through an audio-visual presentation. The year round activities of the club are: An eye donation awareness camp was organized alongwith the NSS wing of the college in October. Dr. Shweta from GMCH-32 and social worker Mr. R.K. Rai sensitized the students about the procedure and benefits of eye donation. Later theme related slogan writing and poster making competitions were held. The Rotaract club and NSS wing of the college in collaboration with Inner Wheel club of Chandigarh organized a Blood Donation camp in the college on 18th Nov. 2011. 80 units of blood was collected. On 24th Nov., 2011 Rotaractors participated in a cycologreen sponsored by Avon Cycles and 92.7 FM to create awareness amongst the people to save fuel and protect environment. On 20th February 2012, Rotaractors participated in an informative talk by D.I.G. Alok Kumar to highlight the Role of youth in makng Chandigarh a safe city. A special talk on HIV/AIDS awareness was conducted by Mr. Sunil and Dr. Kavita, Programme Coordinator State Aids Control Society on 3rd Feb. 2012. An inter-class Essay Writing Competition was held to spread the message of AIDS awareness. As part of community outreach activity, the Women’s Cell of the college conducted four courses for 50 underprivileged girls in the age group of 13 to18 years studying in Govt.Senior Secondary School of Burail in Jan. 2012. 15 students attended one-month computer course and 35 students attended one week course each in Pot-Painting, Fabric Painting and Embroidery. On 4th Feb. 2012 the college and school students from Burail were administered a pledge to fight the evil of female foeticide and to work for the overall well being of the girl child.Mr. Rakesh Sen from Pidilite conducted a three day workshop on techniques of Acrylic colours in Landscaping. A two day workshop was conducted on Fashion, Interior and Jewellery designing by Guardian School of Design and Management in Sept. 2011. A seminar was conducted by ‘Nextwave’ company in January 2012 to create awareness amongst the students regarding career options in the field of Fashion Designing, Interior designing and Radio Jockey. Ms. Komal Badhera from Pidilite conducted a three day workshop for the students of Fashion Designing in January 2012. 191 The Dept. of Fashion Designing organized a two day Annual Exhibition on 6th-7th March 2012 focussing on Traditional and Western wear, embroidered articles and accessories. On 16th Feb. 2012 Reference Hunting and Book Finding Competition was held to encourage the students to search the information from the resources available in the Library. The Management Club of the college was inaugurated by Dr. S.K. Chadha, Professor, University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh on 15th Sept. 2011. Dr. Chadha acquainted the students with the skills required for being successful in corporate world. A talk was conducted by Mr. Paramjit Singh, Principal Consultant Incharge, Regional Centre for Entrepreneurship Development to through light on the Career options after BBA and B.Com on 19th Jan. 2012. To provide practical insight into the working of the Insurance sector a two week training was conducted by Edelweiss Tokio for BBA final year students. The club has assisted three underpriviledged students to avail a one month computer course from Regional Institute of Entrepreneurship Development, Chandigarh. The Music Club organized an intra-class music quiz for B.A. I students to apprise the students of the life and contribution towards music by the great maestros like Pt. V.N. Bhatkande and Pt. Vishnu Digamber Paluskar on 27th Jan. 2012. A lecture on the topic ‘Water Global Scenario’ was organized by the Environment club on 21st February 2012. The Guest Speaker Prof. M.S. Johal, Professor, Emeritus from Dept. of Zoology, Panjab University highlighted on the need for alternative futures of the world water system. Earlier in the day a Poster making competition was also held on the theme of Environment. Seminars and workshops Details given under point 14 of this report. Political Socialization A 16 member students’ council was elected unopposed on 2nd Sept. 2011. The office bearers are : President Pallavi Arya B.C.A. III Vice President Deepkiran Kaur B.A. II Secretary Kirandeep Kaur B.Com I Joint Secretary Rimpy Jain B.A. III 12 class representatives were nominated. Sports Physical growth and well being are an important dimension of development for which our college provided ample scope. Our students brought laurels to the college by winning medals in State and National level medals in athletics, weight and power lifting, Ball-Badminton and wrestling competitions. Details given under Sr.No. 33 of the report. Annual sports Meet of the college was held on Feb. 19, 2012 in which a large number of students participated. 192 National Cadet Corps The N.C.C. unit of the college consists of 94 cadets. The cadets are groomed under the able guidance of Mrs. Jaspal Bhatia and Mrs. Manu Rani. The N.C.C. cadets were involved in various activities conducted by the N.C.C. unit throughout the year. Senior Under Officer Jasleen of B.A. II attended the Pre-Republic Day Camp and Annual Training Camp at Shahtalai. She won Gold Medal in Giddha and was awarded for being the Best Disciplined Cadet. She has also been selected for the adventure camp of snow skiing at Gulmarg. Under Officer Deepkiran Kaur of B.A. 2nd year attended the Special National Integration Camp at Jaisalmer. NCC Unit of Chandigarh celebrated NCC Day in November. Our nine cadets participated in ‘Run for Fun’ Rally at Sukhna Lake and Jasleen won the seventh position. In the literary competitions, Dolly Gulati of B.Com 2nd year won first prize in Essay Writing whereas Urvashi of B.Com 2nd year won first prize in Declamation. At the combined Annual Training Camp Priyanka Swami of B.Com 3rd was declared the ‘Best Camp Controller’ whereas Neha Pandey of BBA 2nd year won the ‘Best Assistant Camp Controller’ title. Komal of B.Com 1st year got a medal in Rifle Functioning and Kiran of B.A. 1st year won a medal for Best Player of Kho-Kho. Six cadets, Mamta and Kiran of B.A. 1st year, Monika of B.A. 2nd year, Japneet of BCA 1st year, Monika of BCA 2nd year and Neelam of B.A. 3rd year won the Drill Competition on Republic Day. On 24th Feb. 2012 NCC Prize Distribution Function was held in the college to reward the deserving cadets. The Chief Guest on the occasion Col Rupinder Mall motivated the cadets to become disciplined and patriotic citizens. A tree plantation drive was also carried out on the day. Enjoyment and Educational Trips Recreational and educational visits are a regular part of the annual activities. In October 2011, a group of fifty students accompanied by 3 faculty members enjoyed a four day excursion to Jaipur, Ajmer and Pushkar. The students made the following educational visits: A visit to Reserve Bank of India was organized by the Management Club on 16th Sept. 2011 to acquaint the students with the working of RBI. Students of Management Club visited Infosys to get the indepth knowledge about the skills required for becoming successful managers. The Department of Fashion Designing organized an industrial visit to Tripuri village to expose the students to the art of traditional phulkari embroidery. The students of the Dept. of Fine Arts visited an exhibition on ‘Tribal Art’ at Govt. College for Art, Chandigarh. A visit to Govt. Museum, Chandigarh was organized for the Fine Arts students to make them understand various forms of Art. Teej, the sawan festival was celebrated with great gusto by the students and the faculty. The inter-class competitions organized on this day included swing decoration, traditional dress, mehndi, rangoli, folk dance, folk song and festival dishes. The funfilled festival of 193 Lohri was celebrated on 13th Jan. 2012 with great pomp. The Group D employees were given two sets of uniform and sweets on this occasion. The students council of the college organized students’ freshers and farewell parties enthusiastically. Career options Career counseling and guidance cell of the college, in collaboration with various institutes organized seminars and presentations regarding career options in various field such Animation, Aviation and Hospitality Industry, Business, Fashion Technology, Advertising, Accounting & Finance and Armed Forces as per the details given in point no. 36. 40. Linkages Developed with National/International,Academic Research Bodies: Session2005-08 Held British Library membership. Session2008-10 Nil Session2010-12 The college has a membership of the N-List (National Library and Information Services Infrastructure of scholarly content, a joint venture of UGC and HRD Ministry) so that students can have easy access to E-Journals and E-books. 41. Any other relevant information the institution wishes to add: Session2005-12 NIL 194 195