4^th Annual Athletic Meet Inaugurated at Lovely Professional University

* More than 1200 students and 500 members of the Staff participated for 58 competitions of Races,

   Jumps and Throws

* The Chancellor mentioned: it's time to prepare Winners for International Competitions

* Yester-year winner of 1500 Mts Race (Men) Jaskirat Singh bagged Gold Medal this year too; Amrit   

   Pal Kaur declared first among women

Jalandhar:  Organized with the national level fervour, the 4^th Annual Athletics Meet of Lovely Professional University was inaugurated today, where more than 1200 students and 500 members of the staff participated for 58 competitions. The event began with Torch Relay followed by unfurling of University Flag, release of balloons and Pigeons by the Chief Guest Mr. Ashok Mittal, Chancellor of the University. On this occasion, Chairman of the Lovely Group Mr. Ramesh Mittal, Vice Chairman Mr. Naresh Mittal, Pro Chancellor Ms. Rashmi Mittal, Vice Chancellor Dr. Ramesh Kanwar, Director General, Er. HR Singla, Senior Deans, Deans of the University and other invited guests were prominently present. The Torch-Relay had started from the Chancellor's Office for the University Sports Stadium at Hardaspur Ground and was led to the Sacred Cauldron by Amit Hans, the Base Ball Gold Medal Winner for the University, held by AIU (Association of Indian Universities), as All India Inter University Championship. This two day meet will conclude with prize distribution & cultural celebrations.

Congratulating and boosting all the participants to reveal true spirit of sportsmanship for the honour of LPU and glory of Sports, the Chancellor Mr.  Ashok Mittal said: "The participating students should come out with new records so as to cross hitherto kept standardized sports data at AIU Level. It is also a challenge for our Departments of Sports and Physical Education to ascertain the preparation of maximum number of students for participation at International competitions." He added: "Such organizations invigorate students' capability to take on academics more efficiently. On these lines, our university also accords scholarships to the students of such caliber and abilities. "

On this inaugural day, after the March Past by contingents of the University representing different Schools, Departments and Wings of the University, on the melodious tunes of the specially invited Punjab Police Band Team, all the participants took an oath under the leadership of Amritpal Kaur, who has already exhibited her athletic worth at All India Inter University Athletic championship. Competitors participated in the events like 100m, 400m & 1500m track race, Shot Put, Discus Throw, Long Jump, and Javelin Throw etc. The first event of the day was for 1500 meters races for men and women separately. For men, Jaskirat, Amrital, Vinod were declared winners of Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals, respectively; whereas, Amrit Pal Kaur, Roopvati, Neelam were honoured with same medals, in women category. The Department of Cultural Affairs also entertained the spectators through Butterflies Dance by Bodo Girl-students from North Eastern states, Rajasthani Dance and famous Jago and Giddha of Punjab.

HCL Comnet  selected 63 Students of Lovely Professional University at a package of 2.75 lakh per annum

*More than 6000 LPU students have already been placed with many top companies so far

Jalandhar: A leading IT Company & recognized worldwide as a pioneer of remote infrastructure management services, HCL Comnet has recently selected 63 (Sixty Three) students of Lovely Professional University. Selected under a Joint Campus Drive, these students of B.Tech ( CSE/IT/ ECE), Batch 2012 (Final Year)  will join their new assignments as Trainee Software Engineers, at Salary Package of 2.75 lacs per annum in the month of June 2012. Prior to this selection, the students had undergone a very meticulous recruitment criterion. In fact, many other renowned IT, Pharmaceutical, Engineering, Management & Hospitality Sector companies recently visited University campus for suitable placements of students. On these lines, more than 6000 LPU students have already been placed with many top companies so far.

Congratulating the brilliantly successful students, the Director General of the University, Er HR Singla said: “Students getting recruitment at such a reputed firm is indeed a moment of pride for us.” He also said: “Sincere efforts made by aspiring students for such placement drives are worth commendation. We regularly try to provide the best placement to our students, believing and persevering that maximum number of students get placed every session.” He also expressed his happiness on seeing the students’ propagation towards becoming the proud alumni of their alma-mater, within a very short span.  

As per the survey for the last 4 years consecutively, HCL Comnet is amongst the only 2 companies to be ranked in the Best companies to work for in India. The HCL team comprises 24,000 professionals of diverse nationalities, who operate from 26 offices across 15 countries including 170 offices in India. HCL has global partnerships with several leading Fortune 1000 firms including several IT and Technology majors.

On this radiating success, some of the selected students, Ajay Kumar, Akansha Sood, Anil Kumar, Anudeep Kaur, Gogi, Harpinder Kaur and others said jointly: “We are really elated to the core on being selected by a leading conglomerate in India. We will soon be learning with it great Practices. We hold that this all is due to the motivations met to us through our mentors at the University.  We are yet in our initial twenties & these new assignments would enable us to grow differently with multiple career opportunities waiting ahead. We assure all our benefactors that we will continue following the techniques taught to us at the University.”