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Participation in Republic Day Parade is a matter of pride for every participant.  NCC Cadets dream of being a part of this flawless parade conducted at RAJPATH, NEW DELHI on the occasion of Republic Day each year. This dream came true for two NCC Cadets of Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana. SUO Harleen and Cadet Aastha Sharma became part of Punjab Contingent during Republic Day Parade on 26^th January 2021. These two college cadets set the milestone as they were the only cadets from entire Punjab state who became part of RD 2021.

Cadet Harleen is a student of B.A. III  in the college. She was selected for Rajpath Parade and was also selected for Contingent Drill and PM Rally. Cadet Aastha is student of B.A. II in the college. She was a part of PM Rally and was placed in the first row of the parade. She has attended Republic Day Parade in Junior Wing as a cadet on 26^th January 2016 also. Both cadets bagged various prizes for their achievements during numerous selection camps from the month of October 2020. The cadets narrated that the entire RD journey has made them stronger and increased their potential to deal with challenges of life.    

College Principal, Dr. (Mrs.) Mukti Gill appreciated the efforts of the cadets and NCC Department for motivating the cadets to attain this landmark. She said that these cadets are the torch bearers for other college students and NCC Cadets. She added that these cadets will be for sure successful in their lives as they have understood the importance of hard work and dedication at such a young age. She motivated them to continue with the same spirit and enthusiasm in other fields as well.

Khalsa College for Women Civil Lines Ludhiana, organised one day inter-college competition on heritage handicrafts in the college Main Hall. Around 25 students participated in the competition and exhibited their talent by making various handicrafts such as gudia patole, chhikku, pranda, tokri, mitti de khidone etc.

The Principal, Dr. Mukti Gill, graced the occasion as chief guest. The judges of the event were Mrs. Kamaljeet Kaur Grewal, Botany Department, Dr. Amrinder Kaur, Home Science Department and Dr. Sukhjit Kaur from the department of History.

The principal applauded the winners and gave away the prizes. Dr. Narinderjit Kaur Incharge of Heritage and Arts extended a vote of thanks to  the Principal and her team Dr. Vandana and Mrs. Sandeep.

KCW Counselling Cell and the Department of Psychology, Khalsa College for Women,Civil lines,Ludhiana organised a workshop on dealing with emotional distress- “From Chaos to Calm.” The resource person, Ms Priya Kapila, a DBT and Life Skills Trainer from Toronto, Canada,apprised the participants on various techniques used to deal with emotional distress in everyday life.

They were introduced to DBT-Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, a type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy by making them aware of various techniques like how to live in the moment, develop healthy ways to cope with stress, regulating one’s emotions and improving relationships with others. Onthe whole, the participants were helped to learn to reduce vulnerability to emotional upheavals and build a life worth living.They were explained the concepts of emotions and taught to prefer a wise mind where emotions and reason overlapped instead of a solely moody emotional mind or a mechanisticreasonable mind.

This was followed by some activities where the participants learned how to asses their mood level on a mood scale and were taught the Half Smiling Relaxation Technique to help one deal with anxiety and feel more positive and happy.

The Principal, Dr(Mrs) Mukti Gill appreciated the efforts of the department of Psychology and motivated the students to learn various life skills to help themselves and others to deal with life challenges more effectively.

 Girls of M.A History brought laurels to the Khalsa College for Women, Civil lines, Ludhiana by securing top positions in P.U results. Beant Kaur stood Ist in University with 1284 marks out of 1600 with 80.25%. Deeviya took 3^rd position with 1272 while Ramandeep Kaur stood 4^th in the University with 1264 marks.

                  Principal Dr. (Mrs) Mukti Gill congratulated the students for the top honors as well as for 100% results. She appreciated the efforts of the History Department for its consistent brilliant success and encouraged the students to maintain such pace in future.

Department of Music Vocal, Khalsa College For Women, Civil
Lines, Ludhiana organised an Inter – Class Semi-Classical Song
Competition under the able guidance of Mrs. Reema Sharma
(H.O.D- Music Vocal) on Saturday. Music Students from classes BA1, BA2 and BA3 participated and showcased their talent. The students sang hindi film songs based on Ragas such as Bhupali,Deshkar, Yaman Kalyan, Bhairavi,Tilak Kamod, Pahadi and Nand. Deepika Pandey from class BA2 made a presentation and apprised the students about “The Importance and use of Ragas in Indian Film-Music”. Mrs. Rama Bhagat (Dept. of
Music Inst.) and Mrs. Harpreet Kaur (Dept. of Music Vocal)acted as judges. 1 st , 2nd, 3rd and a consolation prize were declared and trophies were distributed to the winners by worthy Principal Dr. Mukti Gill.

The Mangaing Committee of the College and Principal Dr.Mukti Gill appreciated the efforts of students and teachers of Music Vocal Department. She further advised the students upon the need to maintain a balance between academics and co-curricular activities and congratulated all the winners.

The faculty of Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana have adopted the on-line mode of teaching to continue with the teaching-learning process. In the current situation of nation-wide lockdown when all the educational institutes have been closed down as a preventive measure to combat Covid-19 pandemic, the faculty of the college has adopted novel ways using digital technology to keep the students engaged in constructive learning.

The Principal of the college, Dr(Mrs) Mukti Gill informed that the college faculty is following a three step process-share, interact and assess to impart learning in an effective way, while making optimum use of digital technology. The teachers are creating notes, presentations of their lecture slides, recording videos etc and sharing them with the students through various platforms like YouTube, WhatsApp groups, on-line Learning management systems like Google Classroom, and other digital tools like DropBox,  Google Drive, Google Groups etc. In the next step, the teachers invite queries from the students on-line and interact with them to address their doubts through Group Chats using WhatsApp, Google Groups, Google Classroom etc or interact live using Zoom App, Google Hangouts etc. The students are also being assessed online through on-line assignments, Assimilation Quizzes, Open-ended Questions, Open Book Tests etc using Google Classroom, Google Forms etc. Proper feedback is being provided to the students.

She lauded the efforts of the college faculty for making earnest efforts in helping the students continue learning while at home and thus working towards the best interests of the student community.

An awareness  initiative was taken by the Department of Biotechnology ,Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines ,Ludhiana to familiarize the masses with some facts about COVID-19 (Corona virus disease-2019).The outbreak of this disease was noticed in late December 2019, when several people in Wuhan city of China were suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) – like pneumonia which WHO would later name COVID-19 (Corona virus disease -2019). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) renamed it as Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2). SARS was a global pandemic in 2002-2003. MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) was also a global pandemic in 2011.In both the cases the causal agents were newly identified corona virus (novel corona virus) in the genus betacoronavirus with zoonotic origin. SARS and MERS are now termed as human corona virus (HCoV). The name corona virus is derived from the Latin word corona, meaning “crown” like appearance of the virus particles.COVID-19 is suspected of having emerged in an unknown animal (perhaps a bat) and  subsequently transmitted to humans in the seafood and wild animal market. The genome of corona virus is fully sequenced which showed that human corona virus (HCoV) is a RNA virus. Seven different strains of HCoVs have now been identified. The most distinctive feature is that corona virus family has the largest genome among all RNA viruses .The unique identity of HCoVs is the presence of spike proteins which are a crucial factor for virus attachment and entry to host cells.

·         Wuhan case studies have shown- Increased level of  neutrophills, Reduced total lymphocytes, Increased levels of serum IL-6 (interleukins,a type of proteins) and Increased CRPs (C-reactive proteins) in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients. Combinational drugs and vaccines (under clinical trials) along with Stronger immune system are some of the therapeutic measures to combat this disease.

The students of the Post Graduate Department of Commerce of Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines Ludhiana excelled in the M.Com- Ist  semester , the result of which was declared yesterday. Shreya Gupta stood second in the university and first in the District with 87% marks. Sonali stood second and Sunakshi bagged third position in the college scoring 81.14%  marks and 79.42% marks respectively. Out of 43 students appeared in examination, 17 students scored more than 75% marks.            

” I believe in competing with oneself and being better each day. With God’s grace, parents’ support, teachers’ hard work and my will power, I have been able to achieve the same”, shared an elated Shreya.

               The Principal of the College, Dr. (Mrs.) Mukti Gill along with the members of the Management congratulated the staff and students of the Department of Commerce and wished them good luck for their future endeavours.

The students of Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana achieved university positions in MSc(IT) first semester examinations, results of which were declared by Panjab University, Chandigarh.Meenakshi Goyal, the college topper who also bagged 6th position in the University scored  85.67 per cent marks while Parteet Asija who stood second in the college and clinched 9th position in University scored  84.83 per cent marks.. A majority of the students, whose result was declared by the University secured first division.

Toppers of the college, Meenakshi Goyal and Parteet Asija attributed their success to their hard work and punctuality. Besides this they remarked, that efforts of their faculty members coupled with the blessings and support of their parents and the college Principal, Dr. (Mrs.) Mukti Gill have played an important role in their success.

Er. Pritpal Singh Grewal, President, managing committee congratulated the College Principal, Dr. (Mrs.) Mukti Gill and the staff of Computer Science Department for their sincere efforts in generating excellent results. They applauded the students for maintaining the tradition of the college in clinching top university positions and also wished them luck to continue scaling greater heights in future.