NSS department of the campus organized a 7-day Local Camp held in the campus premises from 19-25 July, 2019. The camp witnessed a series of events such as Swachhta Abhiyaan at various places inside and outside the campus, such as Suchhi Pind Railway Station and Communal ground in Rail Vihar. The students also volunteered for World Cancer Care Center at Village Dhadda. Volunteers carried out a Plantation Drive by planting about 50 saplings in college premises. The last day of the camp was dedicated to visiting the Jang-e-Azadi Memorial on Kartarpur Road, Jalandhar. The camp was certainly a huge success, inculcating in students the value of love towards our country . These efforts made by volunteers are just a small step towards the bright future of our nation!

Annual Hostel Night 2019, was organised under the able guidance of Dr. Jyoteesh Malhotra on 16 April 2019 which had a blend of events such as cultural dances, poetry, western dances, singing, modelling, fashion show and many more. Dr. Deepkamal Randhawa, Dr. Namrata Joshi, Dr Nirmala Devi, were the revered judges present. Ms. Davinder Kaur (Ph.D) was given the title of Miss Farewell while Ms.Daljit Kaur, Ms. Harwinder Kaur and Ms. Shruti were chosen Miss Well Dressed, Miss Personality and Miss Stylish. Assistant warden Ms. Monika Dogra and hostel staff bid good bye to outgoing students. Dr. Vanita Khanna, Hostel Warden, gave collective title of 'Darling Daughters' to all girls and encouraged them

Guru Nanak Dev University R.C.Jalandhar conducted it's annual Techfest INSIGNIA 2019, organized by the department of Engineering and Technology on 11-12 April 2019. A no. of technical, arts, literary, cultural events were conducted to explore the student's social and creative potential. Dr. Narmata Joshi, assistant professor and head of department, Journalism and mass communication along with Dr. Rupam Jagota Sr. assistant professor, Department of laws were the special guests present. The inauguration ceremony of Insignia 2k19 commenced with the lightening of the lamp by the chief guest and honourable faculty members. Annual Techfest of GNDU R.C. Jalandhar promotes the growth of ideas, learning and innovation. Insignia 2k19 brought over 30 tech and cultural events conducted by over 10 clubs on the grounds of GNDU R.C. Jalandhar

Guru Nanak Dev University has been ranked 55th in the NIRF-2019 ranking, under the category of Universities, as released by the Ministry of Human Resource Development yesterday. This ranks the University among the top 5% Institutes of the country. In the Punjab region, the only other University which ranked higher at 51st position is Punjab Agricultural University which is purely an Agricultural University. Punjabi University, Patiala has been ranked in the band of 151-200.

A blood donation camp was organised by students of NSS Unit and Leo Club Jalandhar in Guru Nanak Dev University, Regional campus, Ladhewali, Jalandhar . Civil Hospital's blood bank team, led by Dr. Gagandeep Singh conducted the camp where about 30 students donated blood. Dr.Jyoteesh Malhotra, Associate Dean, along with Dr. Deepkamal Randhawa, NSS Coordinator, honoured Dr. Gagandeep, giving a message of Donate blood, donate life!. It was a successful event motivating students about service towards society.

Sports meet 2019 was organised from April 4 - 6, 2019 successfully under the able guidance of Dr. Jyoteesh Malhotra, Associate Dean, Dr. Dhall, sports in-charge and the campus sports committee at GNDU RC Jalandhar. Sports are an indispensable part of the holistic development of the students as they imbibe the qualities of discipline, teamwork and hard work. The event had a total of around 600 participants showcasing their potential in 14 games from indoor and outdoor spectrum. Cricket, Basketball, Football, Volleyball and Tug of war witnessed maximum participation. Apart from these, many fun games like lemon race, sack race, three leg race, slow bike race were also conducted. Table tennis, Badminton, Chess and Carrom board witnessed a challenging war of nerves. The students had a very good time and the winners were felicitated with medals and certificates to conclude the sports meet. Teachers appreciated the excellent spirit of sportsmanship displayed by the students.

Rayat College of Law, Ropar organized 9th National Moot Court and Client Counselling competition on March 30-31, 2019. Following students from Department of Law, GNDU Regional Campus, Jalandhar participated :

• Moot Court (Prerna, Saijyoti and Smmiley) won 5th Prize
• Client Counselling (Deepkaran Singh Kahlon, Prashant Sharma, Mehak and Ashwani)
• Deepkaran and Prashant Sharma won 3rd position.

University Institute of Laws, Punjab University Regional Centre, Ludhiana had organized 3rd G.K.Chatrath National Legal and Cultural Fest on March 29-30, 2019. Students from Department of Laws, GNDU Regional Campus participated in different events of the Fest. Parth Gandhi won First Prize in Shutter up. Following students participated in different events:

• Shutter Up (Saloni Jaswal, Parth Gandhi )
• PUBG Showdown (Parth Gandhi, Akshit Bhardwa)
• Maxim Bee (Sukhmanpreet Kaur and Akshita Sharma, Saavi Bhandari, and Abhishek Aggarwal Jitish Nagpal and Navdeep, JotPrakash and Jatin)
• Diplomatic Swings (Sukhmanpreet Kaur, Akshita Sharma, Saavi Bhandari, Jitish Nagpal, Nandini Arora, Anjani Kamboj, Karambir)
• Celebrity Advocacy (Jitish Nagpal, Abhishek Aggarwal)

On the eve of Golden Jubilee, Hindu Kanya College Kapurthala organized Inter College Mega Fest UMANG -2019 on 15th March. Students of GNDU Regional Campus Jalandhar participated in Quiz: (Akankasha, Jitish, Akshita), Best Out of Waste: (Swarnjit Kaur, Garima), Essay Writing (Alicia), Story Writing (Nandini), Debate (Apoorva, Sukhmanpreet Kaur), Landscape (Alice), Poster Making ( Aman). Nandini won First prize in story writing, Apporva and Sukhmanmanpreet won second in debate.

Dr. Deep Kamal Kaur Randhawa, a senior faculty member in the department of Electronics & Communication Engineering of Guru Nanak Dev University Regional Campus Jalandhar, has been awarded ISTE National Research Award. The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) is the leading National Professional non-profit making Society for the Technical Education System n our country with the motto of Career Development of Teachers and Personality Development of Students and overall development of our Technical Education System She has been conferred by ISTE, New Delhi at 48th National Annual Faculty Convention-2019 held at Visvesvarya Technical University, Belagavi, Karnataka recently in recognition for her research work on the study of nonmaterial's for sensing toxic gases.

Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) has entered into a partnership with the University of South Florida (USF) to establish a programme of exchange and collaborations including work on entrepreneurship development as well as other related matters of mutual interest. A formal 'MoU' was signed between USF's vice-president professor Roger Brindley and GNDU vice-chancellor Professor Jaspal Singh Sandhu recently. The collaboration will increase the number of academic and student exchange opportunities between the institutes.