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.

As we all know that Mahatma Gandhi has been given the title of ‘Father of India’ as he took up the path of non-violence to fulfil his goals. An international organisation like United Nations General Assembly has marked his birth anniversary as the International Day of Non-Violence which is October 2. Students participated in the celebrations of this day of national importance to spread awareness about the great teachings of the timeless thought leader who contributed to our independence.
The EVENTS for the online competition were:
I. Sketching
II. Poster
Bhumika Aatri bagged the first position in both the events, Pranshu Sharma won the second place in sketching while Aanshu Chibber won the second position in poster making. The event was coordinated by Dr. Harmandar Kaur and was organised under the able guidance of the Dr Jyoteesh Malhotra, Head of the Department of Engineering and Technology.

Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (GNDU) has been adjudged as the only State Government University in North India to bag top position amongst higher education institutes for “India Today Ranking 2020”. No higher education institute of Jammu, Kashmir, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan or Chandigarh could attain any position even among the first 35 positions in the State Public Universities imparting education in arts, science and technology disciplines. Overall, GNDU is ranked 20th among all central, public and private Universities in the country. However, it has retained its position at 11th place among the State Universities of India in 2020. GNDU, a premier institute for higher education in India, is ranked among the top 10 state public universities and top 9% universities of the world by the World University Ranking. The University has continuously improved its position in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for the past three years. It is ranked as the top State Public University of Punjab and 51st among all the central, public and private Universities that participated in the NIRF-2020 ranking. Vice Chancellor Dr. Jaspal Singh Sandhu said that GNDU has improved its overall marks from 71 per cent in 2019 to 74 per cent in 2020 in the overall score of India Today ranking parameters. He said that it is the dedication and devotion of the faculty and staff towards teaching, research and other endeavours that has been lifting the University to new peaks.

Guru Nanak Dev University Regional Campus Jalandhar has conducted an online seminar on “Parameter of Research Paper” on May 4, 2020. There were around 100 faculty members, research scholars, professionals and students from various universities and institutions across north India join the online interaction. Dr Jyoteesh Malhotra Associate Dean highlight the requirement of e-learning platforms and online education mode for skill enhancement in the current unprecedented situation of COVID-19 and subsequent lockdown. He expressed his gratitude to the worthy Vice Chancellor Prof. Jaspal Singh Sandhu for constant support and encouragement. The key speaker Prof (Dr.) Rattan Singh, Director UILS Panjab University Chandigarh gave a detailed and comprehensive view on how to write a good research paper. He covered the various essentials to cover the research work and discussed in detail the importance of literature review, title, research problem and objective statement, hypothesis and research methodologies. He emphasized on research ethics and to avoid plagiarism which are usually ignored by researchers. Programme coordinators Dr Varinder Singh and Dr Butta Singh thank the resource person and all the participants to make the event a success.