LPU organized Two Days Blood Donation Camp

Being a socially responsible organisation, LPU joined hand with the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) and took an initiative to organise a Two Day Blood Donation Camp which was inaugurated by Mrs. Rashmi Mittal- Executive Dean-LPU amidst the presence of visiting doctors and donor students in the Lovely Campus. She underlined the importance of blood donation and said that annually, lakhs of people die in India because of want to blood at the right time. There is limited awareness and lot of myths with respect to blood donation among people. People should get aware and understand that a little donation from their side translates into saving of a precious life.


A team of 15 professionals of Indian Red Cross Society, from New Delhi and Jalandhar branches including Dr. Vanashree Singh (Director-Blood Bank, IRCS) and Dr. Gangandeep Singh, Blood Transfusion Officer, Civil Hospital-Jalandhar, conducted the program at University Campus. The students and faculty members from various schools and University donated 400 units of blood in the program.


The students were also checked for Hemoglobin count & Blood Sugar levels. Mrs. Mittal applauded the stretching steps of the students and said that education should not be limited to imparting learning but the real motive is to make a person capable of delivering good to others. Heavy participation by such number of students in the event revealed the attainment of said objective and it is encouraging points to the success of the drive.

PHYSIOTHERAPY CAMP ORGANISED BY LPU AND PEHAL

Lovely Professional University successfully completed a week long Physiotherapy Camp held at Maqsudan village in Jalandhar in collaboration with renowned NGO- Pehal, for imparting free medical check ups to people ailing from different diseases. A team of 4 doctors from LPU was deputed for treating patients. Dr. SS Walia, Civil Surgeon-Jalandhar inaugurated the program where around 400 patients were treated for various ailments like body stiffness, joint pain, sport injuries , paralysis and aging problems through physical exercises, and steering away from chemical prescription.


Several patients praised and thanked the initiative by LPU and Pehal for making them able to get free and quality medical facilities as they would have never visited any doctor elsewhere because of expensive treatment.
Shri KD Bhandari, MLA Jalandhar- North concluded the week long camp and lauded the efforts made by LPU in imparting free medical services to the patients. Er H.R. Singla, Director General-LPU and Dr. Monika Gulati, Dean-LSAMS were also present on the final day of the event. Er Singla, while addressing the gathering said that being a socially responsible organisation, LPU constantly strives to find more and more ways of extending good to the general public. The real motive of education is to bring positive transformation in the society, and all undertakings at the University are aimed at achieving this objective.

LPU organised 6 day workshop on Calligraphy : Evokes strong enthusiasm amongst students

Calligraphy, which in simpler words means art of fine hand writing, is fast generating a lot of interest amongst younger generation. Keeping in view the demand of a sizable number of students, Department of Arts, Lovely Professional University (LPU),in association with SPIC MACAY organized a program on calligraphy. Shri Anis Siddique, a renowned calligrapher was invited to the University campus to impart training to the lovers of the art form. The workshop touched all the aspects of the art from imparting theoretical knowledge of its history to writing texts at enhanced level of standards.




Shri Siddique in his address to the learners said that in India, calligraphy is one of the highly esteemed ancient art forms associated with Ashoka's edicts which date back to around 250 BC.It explicitly throws light on the high level of the art scaled by Indians in ancient form. He highlighted the increasing importance of calligraphy as a profession in designing wedding and event invitations, font design/typography, original hand-lettered logo design, religious art, announcements, graphic design, cut stone inscriptions and memorial documents props and moving images for film and television, testimonials, birth and death certificates, maps and other works involving writing.

The students were offered tutorials in calligraphy with specific devices such as flat- or round-nibbed pens, brush, multi-nibbed pens, felt-tip pens with water based ink to employ angled lines. Also high quality porous material like parchment and vellum were used as papers. Students of BA (Performing Arts) felt enthusiastic towards calligraphy and were spell bound with the magic that can be created on paper with certain strokes of hand.
Nearly 200 students took training in calligraphy over a duration of 6 days, with many expressing the desire to take an enhanced level coaching for furthering refinement of the skills acquired during the program.

3. Management Fest-'Le Mélange ' organised in LPU to Explore Management Skills of the Students

With the objective of putting to action young minds, to explore management skills through a multitude of fun based and competitive contests, Le Mélange(The Mixture), 2010 the Management Fest of Lovely Professional University was celebrated on 5th & 6th March, 2010.Two days event featured the best of management skills of students from 14 well-reputed B-Schools of the country, apart from the host University. And brought together budding leaders and entrepreneurs to showcase leadership qualities, organizational skill, planning capabilities, innovative approach and creative aptitude. An estimated 200 students contested 18 various events which brought to fore various aspects of management studies like strategy formulation, brand building, marketing skills, financial planning etc were upheld by students through the competition events.
A host of events will be celebrated as a part of the festival, which includes:
1.Vishleshan(Case Analysis Competition)
2.The Mighty Pen (Essay writing Competition),
3.Biz Wiz (Business Quiz),
4.Srijan (Creative Marketing),
5.Darpan: (Business Simulation Games),
6.Spark (B-plan Contest),
7.Smart Brain (Management Games)
8.Manthan (Information Analysis),
9.Kriti (Logo Designing),
10.Expression (Role play),
11.Brand Mantra (Tag-line Competition),
12.Waad Wiwaad (Debate Competition),
13.Cresendo (Ad-Designing Competition),
14.Talash (Treasure Hunt), Rann Neeti (Strategy making) etc.

The events were open to all commerce and management students only, and registration and participation has been kept absolutely free of cost.


In the B-Plan Contest, innovative business ideas were put forward by students and management concepts were illustrated in Role Play contest. Contests for Logo Designing, Ad- Designing and Tag Line Making saw students exhibiting their creative skills in brand management, whereas events on Creative Marketing, Simulation and Strategy Formulation highlighted the core attributes of management sciences. There were contests in shape of Case Analysis, Debate and Information Analysis; wherein the contesting groups deliberated their views on a given business problem. The essay competition showed the grasp of competing students on burning issues of management world. In face painting competition, students highlighted issues of global relevance through painted looks. Many other events were organized, emphasizing the various facets of management practices.

At the award presentation ceremony, Shri Ashok Mittal, Chancellor-LPU stressed the need of smart and able managers to take the country to higher levels of growth and prosperity. He said, The world over, the business managers are determining the course of development helping in eradicating poverty, unemployment and corruption. The managers of today, are bound to be the leaders of tomorrow. In the backdrop of this reality, the management students of today need to gear up for their extended roles of tomorrow. The epilogue of the Fest witnessed a great evening of rhyme and rhythm through applauding performances of cultural activities by the students of LPU to make it a real Le Mélange.

LPU showcases the best of track and field competitions

The finest sporting feats were displayed by athletes of various institutes and schools of the Lovely Professional University in the Annual Athlete Meet held at LPU. The meet witnessed an intense competition where more than 500 athletes competed in 16 separate game contests in both men and women category and a number of records were made by the participating students.The overall trophy was won by Lovely School of Education(LSED).The honour of Best Female Athlete went to Sandeep Kaur.Harinder Kumar,who was adjudged as the Best Male Athlete, ticked an amazing 11.89 sec(against the world record of 9.58 sec) to win the gold in 100m and to become the fastest man in the meet.In women's category the laurel was won by Shilpa with a timing of 15.88m. Both the athletes were from LI Ed(Lovely Institute Of Education).

Executive Dean of LPU,Mrs. Rashmi Mittal, said that it is heartening to see thatthe students are more enthusiastic about the games than ever.She noticed a marked change in the level of performance of players from student community than it was two decades ago leading to the fact that the potential is on the rise. LPU will work more assiduously towards developing this potential and script possible success stories at national and international level.

At the end of the meet Mr. Ashok Mittal, Chancellor of LPU honoured the athletes for their splendid performances. The overall trophy was awarded to Lovely School of Education for leading the score tally with 6925 points,Second Runners Up trophy was won by Lovely School of Engineering and the First Runners up trophy went to Lovely Institute of Technology (Polytechnic), with 2300 and 1275 points, respectively. The vote of thanks was given by Dr. SK Bawa, Dean-LSEd, which was followed by a colourful Rajasthani Dance presentation and playing of National Anthem.