'Higher Education Review' marks LPU as One of the Best among 777 Universities of India

·       Recognizes LPU as University of the Year-2016 for ‘Student Engagement’ & ‘International Orientation’

·       This coveted acknowledgement is for the positive impact LPU has made on the society & the education fraternity

Jalandhar: The year ending issues of prestigious magazine ‘Higher Education Review’ (HER) have  marked Lovely Professional University (LPU) as one of the best among 777 Central, State, Private & deemed universities of the country. The magazine has recognized LPU as ‘University of the Year-2016’ for the best ‘Student Engagement’ & ‘International Orientation’. In this regard, the certificates issued by the magazines indicate that this coveted acknowledgement is for the positive impact LPU has made on the society & the education fraternity.

The Higher Education Review’ team holds: “Being the second largest education system in the world, India has over 777 universities offering a variety of courses. However, the global education arena is dominated by the universities from the US and UK. Recently, some of the Indian universities have come up with new ideas to refashion India's university education. These universities realize the need of being research oriented to get a position in the top 100 universities in the world.  Considering this, our team, along with a panel of experts, has made a detailed study to bring out top universities across the country. These universities are selected on the basis of their performance in pedagogy, placements, research and quality of the education.”

Managing Editor of the magazine Sarath Shyam says: “India has many universities that are following global standards and are capable of turning an average student to an extraordinary human resource. We strongly believe that it is important to bring out the names of such universities into the limelight. In our magazine, we have identified some of the innovative universities under the title "University of the year 2016".”

Congratulating faculty members and students on this unique recognition, LPU Chancellor Mr Ashok Mittal said: “Through such an illustrative recognition, we are further encouraged to achieve our target of getting LPU included among top universities of the world by the year 2025. On these lines, LPU teachers are regularly forwarding fresh ideas to students through creative teaching mechanisms in all spheres to fulfill the global market needs and international ranking principles.”

LPU hosting 14-Day All India Inter University National Boxing (M/W) Championship

·       Women boxers are seen much inspired through movie ‘Dangal’ to exhibit more aggression and power 

Jalandhar: Lovely Professional University is hosting 14-Day All India Inter University (National) Boxing (Men/Women) Championship at its campus, which is to last up to 7^th February 2017. After great success of many AIU sports events hosted at LPU, it is once again a proud privilege that Association of Indian Universities has selected LPU for organizing this National Boxing Championship. In this prestigious event, 80 universities for women boxers and 100+ universities for men teams, from all across India, have registered to compete. Near 2000 boxers including Managers, Mentors, Referees, Officials are participating. All the boxers are seen following the theme of the championship “The Fighter-A Hero Will Rise” in true sense of the words. On the commencing day, LPU Chancellor Mr Ashok Mittal had bidden best wishes to all the boxers with a message to follow the true sportsmanship spirit to bring glory to their respective institution.

All boxers are competing in 10 weight categories-Light Fly (48 Kgs), Fly (51Kgs), Bantam (54Kgs), Feather (57Kgs), Light (60 Kgs), Light Welter (64 Kgs), Welter (69Kgs), Light Heavy (75 Kgs), Heavy (81 Kgs) and Super Heavy Weight (82 Kgs)- to exhibit the best of the game. Commenced from 25^th January 2017, the first phase of the championship will be up to 30^th January 2017 for women competitions, and then onwards next phase for men bouts will last up to 7^th Feb 2017.

LPU women boxers Saroj (48Kg), Mafia (54Kg) and Sandhya (57 Kg) have displayed wonderful power of punches and hooks against their opponents. These three have attracted the attention of all boxing lovers through their technically sound and hard hitting bouts. In an another excellent fight, next Olympics aspirant Nikhat Zareen of Osmania University Hyderabad was surprisingly defeated by Manisha of Kurukshetra University through excellent skills. Similarly, Monika of MDU Rohtak and Neetu of Chandigarh have displayed brilliant game. Till the finals, women boxers are to play 405 bouts in all to see a top-fighter among them. Already Asian and National Gold Medals winner Sonia of MDU Rohtak shares that “this year women boxers are seen much inspired through movie ‘Dangal’ that is why they are exhibiting more aggression and power with surprising results.

Specially deputed officials from Boxing Federation of India, Sr Vice President Anil Bohidar and Sagar Sharma informed that they are at LPU campus to supervise the championship under the guidance of the president of the Federation Ajay Singh. “We have seen that LPU is a Master-Host in making vast arrangements for such championships. LPU has made wide efforts to make this event enjoyable for all the visiting teams and other participants with nice facilities in all forms. Prior to this, we have never seen such wonderful arrangements for boxing rings and viewers anywhere else in India during boxing championship.”

LPU organized Nukkad Natak & Mega Rally to awaken Students for Voting Judiciously

·   Occasion was SVEEP (Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation) programme organized at LPU Campus

· Programme was aimed at creating awareness among young voters at the University

·  Impressive Slogans & Speeches awakened the young minds

Jalandhar: Keeping in view the forthcoming legislative assembly elections in the state of Punjab, NSS volunteers of Lovely Professional University (LPU) organized various activities, including nukkad natak and mega rally, at the campus. The activities chalked out were to awaken all students for participating judiciously in different voting processes. These arrangements were for SVEEP (Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation) programme of district election officers. LPU students arranged two kilo-meter long rally at the campus by holding voting awareness placards and raising slogans to motivate students for utilizing their voting rights. The rally was flagged off by Election Observer Shri Akhil Kumar Mishra, ADC (Kapurthala) Ms Deepti and ADC (Phagwara) Ms Babita Kaler.

SVEEP is a programme of multi interventions through different modes and media designed to educate citizens, electors and particularly young and first time voters about the electoral process. This is to increase their awareness and participation in the electoral processes. During the programme, many thousands of LPU students pledged to participate judiciously in all of the voting related activities. An awareness lecture on SVEEP programme was also delivered to make students understand the importance of voting in their lives and for the proper growth of the country. 

Many of the participating students showed their determination for recording historically turn-out in the 117 seated Punjab Assembly Elections. Rahul, Naina, Silky and Balpreet shared: “This time the voters in bulk-number are young men and women.  We have got golden chance to choose our legislators, which voters get only once in a five years’ span.  As it is our first chance, we want this golden chance should not go waste. We will positively utilize the great democratic power bestowed upon us by the constitution so as to elect only the best for our motherland.”

During Nukkad Nataks the student actors displayed that voters should not come under any pressure threat or any other enticement. Casting aside self interests, voters should come forward to make the country strong by electing the best leaders irrespective of the political parties, castes, creeds and the race. The objective here was to usher in better understanding about proper voting and its perfect outcomes. The rally displayed slogans like “Vote Matters a LOT; Go for Vote; Socho Samjho Fir Vote Karo; Aapka Vote, Aapka Adhikaar; Aapkaa Vote, Aapki Taakat; Vote for a better India and many such more.

LPU celebrates Lohri!!

LPU international students enjoyed Punjab’s world famous festival ‘Lohri’ today at the campus. They wore Punjabi dresses and danced on the tunes of dhol. They also relished Moongphali, Gachchak, Reori & sweets, and shared about the origin of the festival also.

Motivational Speaker of UK ‘Sidra Jafri’ inspired LPU Students & Staff Members

• Sidra is much sought after motivational speaker and author     
• Delivered important messages through enthusing interactions on the topic  ‘Manifesting your Dreams’
• Laid stress on focusing from a problem to a solution based life
• “Either I die, or the problem die”: Sidra Jafri

Jalandhar: Adding another big name to the long list of influential personalities regularly visiting its campus, Lovely Professional University (LPU) received world renowned motivational speaker, timeline specialist and author of UK ‘Sidra Jafri’, today.  She delivered important messages to LPU students and staff members through interactions on the topic ‘Manifesting your Dreams’. Involving all in the interesting presentation of thoughts, she laid stress on focusing from a problem to a solution based life. Taking her personal experiences and those from day to day life of students and teachers, she asked all to live life as per their dreams and time lines. LPU Pro Chancellor Mrs Rashmi Mittal welcomed her at the campus.

While interacting with the attendees, Ms Jafri said: “When something good or bad happens to us we must think that it was to be and it is up to me. Only I am responsible for the things happening around me. Usually we dream about something or make a resolution but when the external environment does not allow us to achieve the same, we give up. However, one should never give up and keep focusing on the goal envisaged. Talk to self and surround your environ with positive words and aspects. The things you focus, whether good or bad, get expanded manifolds.” Thus, she shared three important principles to have an easy life-be ready to own responsibility, have hope ever alive, and stay focused on positive lines.

Known for her incredible ability to dive into the human psyche, she pointed out the creation of challenges that keep people stuck. Her passion for making a difference in peoples’ lives has led her to develop an all-powerful tool “Access Body Consciousness”- ‘ABC’ as she called it. It not only clears peoples’ issues from their mind but also from their emotions and body. In fact, being a seeker of truth, Ms Sidra has discovered many principles during her upheavals & struggles. As these simple universal truths have changed her life, so these have also empowered thousands of people around the globe to live a life of abundance and faith. Up to now, Sidra had facilitated over 100,000 people and spent over 11,000 hours facilitating healing all over the globe.

During interactive sessions, an MBA (Finance & Marketing) student, Humza Shahid, asked Ms Sidra what to do when in complex situations we lay back, alone and empty. Ms Sidra advised: “The good thing about bad time is that it passes away one or the other day. You should not keep on holding any kind of such situations and feelings and just let them go. Here, it is the time to start a new.”  To another student Adira’s query “where to find hope”, Ms Sidra suggested Adira to look herself in the mirror and be confident to be able to do the things by all means.  When one of the LPU staff members Ravi Kumar asked her that he usually forgets things to be done, she healed Ravi’s memory powers through gentle meditating and focusing exercises. In fact, she enables her patient listeners to allow a shift that bring them back to their completeness. Thus, people release out painful and shocking memories from different time frames stored within.

Sharing a powerful holistic goal setting technique, she forwarded, “Take a journey into the world of energy and connect with the energetic essence of your dream. As you build this connection, you would be able to sense and let go off other people’s influences on your current dreams. You will be able to let go off anything that doesn’t truly reflect your inner essence, and this is true association with who you are. As the old programming slips away, your dream awakens with new sense of lightness, inspiration and joy.”

LPU won AIU’s North Zone Championship Once Again

• Lifted 32^nd Overall Championship Trophy from toughest competition held among 30 universities of North India
• LPU once again beat 3 times national and 17 times zonal winner GNDU Amritsar
• LPU students are now entitled to further participate in National Unifest to be held at Shivaji University, Kolhapur (Maharashtra) in the month of February 2017
• Along with Theatre Championship trophy, LPU won 11 Medals in the categories of Music, Theatre, Fine Arts & Literary events
• The mega event was sponsored by Ministry of Youth Welfare & Sports, Government of India

Jalandhar: Lovely Professional University lifted overall championship trophy of North Zone Youth Festival consecutively second time. This 32^nd zonal event was held by Association of Indian Universities (AIU) at CSJM University of Kanpur. Proving supremacy once again, LPU students clinched championship trophy from toughest competition held among 30 universities of North India. LPU beat 3 times national and 17 times zonal winner Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar, which has to remain satisfied at second position to LPU once again. Last year, too, LPU had won 31^st overall championship trophy over GNDU Amritsar. The mega event was sponsored by Ministry of Youth Welfare & Sports, Government of India. Considered as the biggest zonal event for assuring further national participation, LPU students will now compete for 11 categories in National Unifest to be held at Kolhapur (Maharashtra) in February 2017. After winning national competitions, LPU students will further participate in 10th South Asian Universities Festival (SAUFEST) to be held at Indore (Madhya Pradesh) in March 2017.

Along with theatre championship trophy, LPU students won 11 medals in the categories of music, theatre, fine arts & literary events. LPU contingent of 40 students won medals for folk orchestra, mimicry, mime, skit, elocution, installation, poster-making, classical solo singing, Indian solo singing, western group song and classical dance. During 25 competitions of the fest, participating students from Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand displayed exuberant cultural heritage of India.

Congratulating the winning students, LPU Chancellor Mr Ashok Mittal said: “Hard working students have once again made us all proud at LPU. I wish them all success in their future participations at national and even International level also. I am happy to share that LPU students are continuously excelling others in each and every field- be it that of research, placements, academics, sports, cultural or any other activity.” Continuing Mr Mittal shared: “At LPU, our students are prepared as all-rounder throughout the year so that they may not lag behind in any way. It is always hard to believe that the students of hard professional programs including pharmacy, mechanical engineering or so can devote their time so judiciously that they come out with brilliant colours in whatever task they undertake. I want to re-affirm them that when success comes, it wants us to be more firm to excel over our present achievements. So, start aiming the next target right from now.”

Some of the winner students Bhavana Pandey of CSE Program, Naina & Rahul of MBA Program shared: “When the name of LPU was announced as overall championship trophy winner, all of us got jubilant and ran dancing and on drum beats to lift the prestigious trophy over our heads. Deep emotions had made us to shed some tears also out of excitement and untold joys. We are thankful to our mentors at LPU who make us to practice throughout the year so that we may always be winners in the fields of our choice. No doubt, it is a tough job to give proper time for academics and cultural activities side by side, but at LPU we are always guided to live up to our passions and excel others.”

LPU hosted 4th Annual Celebrations of Antara Dance Studio at its Campus

• Antara-a unique studio conducts classes in all national & international dance forms for all age group students 

Jalandhar: Providing the largest platform to the growing and hitherto hidden Indian talent, Lovely Professional University (LPU) hosted 4th Annual Celebrations of Antara Dance Studio (Jalandhar) at its Shanti Devi Mittal Auditorium. Upholding the theme “the Dream Catchers”, 100 artists of all age group presented enthralling performances for the onlookers, performers’ parents and special invitees. The celebrations were declared open by LPU Pro Chancellor Mrs Rashmi Mittal, who also commended efforts made at the studio for nurturing the young talent. On this occasion, Smt Madhu Mittal of Lovely Group was specially invited to grace the celebrative and award distributing ceremonies.

During three-hour different performances, studio’s students presented all dance forms from classical, semi- classical, folk, bollywood to Latin, French & English. Little kids’ incredible energetic performances were applauded the most. Commencing performances with semi- classical ‘Guru Vandana’, the each and every student of the studio danced like a star to further present Krishna-stuti, Kathak Thumri, Salsa, Belly, Malhari and folk dances including Kashmiri, Punjabi, Haryanvi, Tamil, Marathi and more.  In between the dance performances, promising students, supporters and mentors were also awarded.

During award ceremony, first trainer at the studio Aditi Mittal and other trainers Anu Sharma, Deepak, Ameenah, LPU Ph.D student Ms Shweta & Prabhjot Kaur were specially honoured. For different performances, Laboni was declared the best passionate dancer, and Gloria Lokhande as versatile dancer. Dr Sunidha, Pariyaz, Gurnoor & Ms Suman were awarded for best expressions & foot-works, and similarly many others in different categories.  Ms Bhakti Sanghavi, who specially came from Bangalore to witness the annual celebrations, expressed that the show provided its students a great chance to chase their dreams in the realm of dances. Illustrative, Antara-a unique studio in Jalandhar, conducts training classes in all national & international dance forms for its all age group students. The Director of the studio, Mrs Nidhi Mittal thanked LPU management for providing a great stage to the budding artists of India, who are getting training at the studio. Motivational speaker from Bangalore, Ms Leena Munot conducted the programme.