Department of Laws, GNDU (RC), Jalandhar under the aegis of worthy Vice Chancellor Prof. (Dr) Jaspal Singh Sandhu and Dean Academic Affairs Prof. (Dr) Hardeep Singh, organized a webinar on the eve of the World Environment Day. 5th June 2021 is celebrated as the biggest annual event by the United Nations. The webinar was moderated by Dr Vanita Khanna. The Head of the Department, Dr Rupam Jagota, on the behalf of the faculty of law welcomed the keynote speaker, Prof. (Dr) Jaspal Singh, Principal, Khalsa College of Law, Amritsar and Former Head, Dept. of Law, GNDU, Amritsar. He highlighted the Constitutional basis of Environment Protection and Preservation to maintain a healthy sustainable balance in pandemic Covid-19 situation and explored the role of judiciary in ensuring the protection of the environment. Heal so addressed the queries of the students on the various issues like emerging threats to environment and disposal of dead bodies in the rivers etc. Dr Jyoteesh Malhotra, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and Student welfare of GNDU(RC), Jalandhar thanked the speaker for his discourse and in-depth analysis on environment. Dr Varinder Singh, Assistant Professor extended the vote of thanks.

The inaugural session of a two-day National Conference on Emerging Trends in Law and Technology (ETLT-2021) began on a virtual mode by the Department of Engineering and Technology and Department of Laws, GNDU Regional Campus, Ladhewali, here today. The conference includes a series of expert lectures and sessions dedicated towards understanding the inter-relationship between law and technology, under different categories and contexts. The conference has been organised under the guidance and patronage of Prof Jaspal Singh Sandhu, Vice Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. In the inaugural ceremony, Prof Jyoteesh Malhotra, Associate Dean of the Campus, welcomed the chief guest, Prof Buta Singh Sidhu, Vice Chancellor, PTU Bathinda, and Guest of Honour, Justice Rajive Bhalla, Justice (Retd.) Punjab and Haryana High Court. Patron of the event, Prof Hardeep Singh, Dean Academics GNDU, presided over the function. Organising Secretaries of conference, Dr Deep Kamal Randhawa, Dr Butta Singh and Dr Varinder Singh welcomed and thanked all the participants. Various speakers emphasised on the holistic approach between technology, innovation, and resolving potential threats. Dr Rupam Jagota, Head, Department of Laws, Dr Namrata Joshi, Head Department of Journalism and Mass Communication and other faculty members were also present.

In a series of activities held to commemorate the 400th Parkash Purb of Guru Teg Bahadur, an Inter-Department Online Declamation Competition was held at Guru Nanak Dev University Regional Campus at Ladhewali here today. Students from various departments of the campus participated enthusiastically in the completion. The theme of the competition was the 'Life and Teachings of Guru Teg Bahadur'. Sandeep Kumari from the Department of Laws(LLB 2nd Semester) was declared first, Mehrdeep Sethi from the Department of Computer Sciences and Electronics(B.tech, 6th semester) came second and Umangdeep from Department of Computer Sciences and Electronics (B.tech, 2nd Semester) achieved the third position. Dr Jyoteesh Malhotra, Associate Dean of the Campus, said that the teachings of the Guru are relavant even in the modern times and students should learn from his life and teachings. Dr Pankaj Deep coordinated the online event Dr Namarta Joshi, Dr Harmandar Kaur and others attended the event.

Department of Engineering and Technology, GNDU Regional Campus, Jalandhar organised a two day online Tech-Fest “Tech-Arena 2021” on 6th and 7th of May. The participants showed an overwhelming response with more than 600 registrations for various events like Pragmatic Hackathon, Code-combat, Mock GATE test, Mock Aptitude test, Tech out of Waste, Recursive Reels, Capture the Captcha, Ad- Mageddon and Pictionary. Certificates and rewards worth 2 lakh were awarded to winners and participants to encourage them. The students had a mind boggling experience in events such as Mock GATE test, Mock Aptitude test, Hackathon and Code-combat. The participants were enthralled and highly motivated by the technical events and it certainly created a lot of awareness and knowledge of the latest technologies. Tech-Arena’21 was successfully organised under the able guidance of Dr.Jyoteesh Malhotra, Head of Department, Engineering and Technology, and was coordinated by professional activities event teacher incharge and with student coordinator team of Tanmay Dewan, Pranshu Sharma, Ashwani Kumar , Utkarsh Dhiman, Neha Uppal,Palak Sharma, Bhumika Attri, Nehal Sharma, Vanita, Varun, Devansh Marwaha, Disha Sharma, Mahika Panesar, Umangdeep Kaur and Vishal Chauhan.

An online was organised by Guru Nanak Dev University Regional Campus at Ladhewali here to commemorate the 400th Prakash Purb of Guru teg Bahadur. A lecture on the life and teachings of Guru Teg Bahadur and online competitions were held in which various colleges of the region participated with great fervour. The lecture delivered by Dr Gopal Singh Bhutta, an eminent scholar from Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar. He recounted various episodes in the life of the guru which a reflection of his humane personality. He propagated the value of truth, Brotherhood and was an epitome of sacrifice. The faculty and students from all departments and institutions participated in the function. The lecture was followed by a presentation of entries of various competitions received by the campus — collage making, Shabad Gyan and poetry recitation.

This workshop was organised on 16 March 2021 under the guidance of Dr Harmandar Kaur, Cocurricular activities incharge and under the able guidance of Dr. Jyoteesh Malhotra, Associate Dean. Students of third year Ashwani Kumar, Pranshu Sharma, Tanmay Dewan and Utkarsh Dhiman from the department of Engineering and Technology organised this workshop explaining Linux, Git and GitHub. 60+ participants attended the workshop and enjoyed learning topics. Students got familiar with elementary commands used in Command Line Interface enhancing their knowledge of the Command Line Interface environment. Git and GitHub learnings made them understand version control, by the end, they were excited about contributing to open source.

On the important occasion of international women’s day department of Engineering and Technology, GNDU RC Jalandhar organised a tremendous event to highlight the importance of this day. This event was inaugurated with profound speech delivered by Dr Harmandar Kaur highlighting the role of women in society and with emphasis on the aspects of women empowerment which was the theme of this event. The event was graced by special guest of honour Dr Deepkamal Randhawa, Er Neena Madan, Dr Sheetal Kalra, Dr Pankaj Deep Kaur, Dr Himali, Dr Neetika Soni, Dr Vinit Dhaliwal and Dr Varinder Attri were also present in the event. Various activities like Poster making , Extempore, poetical recitation and Dances were organised for commemoration of the event. Students showed a lot of zeal and gained a lot of knowledge in terms of women nutrition, women rights and women safety issues.

On the eve of International Women’s Day, March 8, 2001, a webinar was organized under the guidance of Dr. Rupam Jagota, Head of Department, (Associate Professor) in the Department of Laws, G.N.D.U R.C Jalandhar, on the theme, “Changing Contours of women’s Rights”. Shri Jaapinder Singh, C.J.M-cum-Secretary, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Jalandhar delivered the key note address. He highlighted the practical aspects of issues relating to women ensuring legal justice as well as the use of mediation and conciliation in justice delivery system. He depicted two stories relating to women with special reference to custody rights of children and protection of women from sexual harassment at their work places. Prof. (Dr.) Jyoteesh Malhotra ,Associate Dean contributed their views on this event. Dr. Varinder Singh, Assistant Professor, gave the vote of thanks to all the dignatories and other faculty members along with the students. The event was moderated by Dr. Vanita Khanna and attended by other faculty members.

Six students of GNDU, Department of Laws, Regional Campus, Ladhewali, Jalandhar have cleared PCS Judicial examination (2019-20), the result of which was declared on February 1, 2021. The students who cleared the examination are Jasika Vij, Daughter of Devinder Vij, LL.B (2005-2008),and LL.M (2010-2012), Keshav Agnihotri, Son of GK Agnihotri, BA, LL.B (2008 to 2013), Simran, Daughter of Baldev Parkash, BA, LLB (2013-2018) and LLM, (2018-19), Parveen, Son of Bakshish Singh, BA, LLB (2013-2018) and LLM (2018-19), Jaskiran Sondh, Daughter of Sharnpal Singh, BA, LLB (2013-18), LLM (2018-19), Shivani, Daughter of Nirmaljit, LLB, (2014-2017). Dr. Jyoteesh Malhotra, Associate Dean, GNDU Regional Campus, Jalandhar, Dr. Rupam Jagota, Head, Department of Laws and all the faculty members congratulated the successful candidates and wished them success in future. Dr. Rupam Jagota said their perseverance and dedication to achieve their goal is worth appreciating. The campus Alumini has always made us proud. Previously also number of students of GNDU Regional Campus, Jalandhar has qualified the PCS (Judiciary) and is currently serving as judicial officers in various districts of Punjab.

On 7th October 2020 ,Engineering and technology department, GNDU campus Jalandhar organised induction programme for the new batch 2020. The induction programme was brought in with a view to uplift the level of the new entrants as it was aimed to enhance students’ familiarity with the faculties, its facilities and a plethora of activities of the institution. With a fresh exposure of the induction programme, the students were made familiar to the milieu of the institution with zeal enthusiasm. The induction programme started with a cordial inaugural speech for the entrants with introduction to all the faculty members of GNDU campus Jalandhar. Dr. Hamandar Kaur , Assistant professor aapprised the students about the innumerous university achievements. Later the Head of the Department, Dr. Jyooteesh malhotra warmly welcomed the new batch and briefed them about the examination and evaluation process , activities conducted. After that Dr. Pankaj Deep Kaur , assistant professor described the details about careers and placement at GNDU. Subsequently the alumni of our campus Er. Pargeet Kaur , Er.Sherya Dawar , Er.Karamjeet Singh and Er.Abhishek Sharma interacted with the new students and shared their cherished experiences at GNDU . Then a glimpse of cultural events , sports events and various club activities was displayed. At the end Oath taking ceremony was held to inculcate the feeling of affinity. The programme concluded with a thank you note. The induction programme 2020 was successfully organised under the guidance of Dr. Jyoteesh Malhotra , Head of Department coordinated by Dr. Harmandar Kaur , assistant professor and Er Neetika Soni, assistant professor with students -Neha Uppal , Sukriti Marwaha , Mehardeep Sethi and Nehal Sharma.