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Punjab College of Technical Education will be organizing its convocation function on 7^th April, 2012 at Campus-II.  Professor Atul Tandon, Director Cadila, Pharmaceutucals Ltd has kindly consented to be the chief guest on the occasion. About 400 Graduates from different disciplines such as MBA,MBA IB, MCA,M.Sc IT, BBA, BCA, B.Pharmacy, B.Sc-Biotech, BHMCT and B.Sc.ATHM will be awarded the degrees by Dr K.N.S.Kang, Director General, PCTE Group of Institutes.

Dr. Kang while congratulating the graduates and meritorious students informed that in the convocation function not only students who had cleared their degrees will be awarded the degrees but also the students who bagged Gold medal in their respective courses at University level will be given attractive prizes. He said that College colors will be given to the students who has done well in cultural and sports events at college level. Dr. Kang further informed that Wg Cdr H.S.Gill Memorial Gold Medal in the memory of Founder Trustee Late Wg Cdr H.S.Gill will also be given to most outstanding student of the college.

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Yuvraj Sharma, student of third Year of PCTE, Inst of Hotel Management and Catering technology won Star Chef of Punjab Award 2012,Categary C-Culinary student at FCI, Hosiarpur. The Competition was organized by Food Craft Institute Hoshiarpur under the close guidance and technical partnership from hotel and Tourism Industry associations of Punjab. In the final competition eight winners of prelimmary rounds from various districts of Punjab participated and competed for the overall title.   The winner of the title was given cash award of Rs 25,000, Trophy and certificate. Prof Tahir Sufi, Director of the hotel Management institute appreciated the achievement of the student. He said that it is the hard work of the faculty that has provided students with the skills, so that they can compete with the best in the Industry.

In the final round there was basket cookery, out of which Yuvraj prepared Ludhianavi Murg Tari Wala as Non vegetarian main course, Navrattan Mix as Vegetarian Main course and Paneer Kher Ludhianavi  as  desert.

Dr K.N.S. Kang, Director General, PCTE Group of Institutes congratulated the winner, students, faculty and staff of Hotel Management Inst of PCTE. He said that Hotel Management Inst PCTE has got best of trainers in the field of hotel mgt. He further said that lot of effort  are  done in imparting practical training to the students  which in turn has helped them in gaining good jobs in  leading brands of Hotels in the country.

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PCTE Group Of Institutes organized international conferences in the field of Management and Information Technology at PCTE Campus. The events were organized on ‘Economic and Social Survival: Opportunities and Challenges’ and ‘Upcoming Trends in Information Technology’. Mr Mahesh Munjal Managing Director,Majestic Auto Limited was the guest of honour and also released Conference Proceedings.

About 60 delegates from both Management and Information Technology presented their research papers which were from the fields of Finance, Human Resource, Production and Operation, Customer Relationship, Database issues, Cloud Computing, E-Governance,Web Technologies etc.

Dr KNS Kang, Director General PCTE Group of Institutes said, ”We must hold such conferences so that people invoved in this can share their knowledge,experience and also research scholars get an opportunity to present their contributions.’

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A ten day long International Student’s Fest culminated into a half day long Affair with a gala rejoicing amidst singing, dancing, three different fashion show, drum playing, short presentations, documentaries, some sharing and finally a grand dinner.

For the Past two weeks PCTE has been celebrating the existence of different races and diverse Culture that has been brought together under the PCTE Family. In the festival foreign and Indian students played games like football, Volley ball, Basketball and Pool. In the finale foreign students displayed their talent in Fashion show, Dramatics, Music, Dance, etc., and documentary of their respective countries showing their culture and rich heritage was also shown on the occasion. Mr.Balunyura Baker, Education Attaché, Embassy of Uganda was the Guest of Honour on the occasion.

Mr.Balunyura Baker, Education Attaché, Embassy of Uganda said thatInternational students after studying in PCTE leave with broader perspectives on a broad range of issues.He also added that Ludhiana being industrial capital of Punjab, foreign students should take advantage of that and try to forge relationships with local industries, which would help in making relations.

On the occasion, Dr K.N.S. Kang, Director General, PCTE group of institutes said that PCTE has 100 odd International students from different countries like International students from different part of the world like Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Colombia, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nigeria and Angola,who are studying in different courses at PCTE. Dr. Kang further said that such events promote sense of brotherhood and team spirit among the students. He said that it’s a great opportunity for Indian students to learn and compare themselves with foreign students,which in turn will prepare them to take bigger challenges in the global competitive world.

The function started with Documentaries from different countries. The different cultural dresses were showcased through fashion shows, which enlightened the audience on how different countries dress. The first was a casual wear in which there was a mixture of traditional casual as well as western casual. The second round of fashion show was the cultural wear. in which all the participants portrayed their traditional clothing with a little touch of westernization added to it. The main idea was to show trendy designs made of different cultural fabric for different countries. The third round of fashion show was for dinner wear that was especially meant to portray how western young adults dress at dinner or cocktail occasions.

An amazing performance was displayed by a Bhutanese student, who sang a Punjabi song with a guitar, after spending barely seven months in India. Bhangra Team from India and Dancers from Uganda and Lesotho.  Cultural drums played by a Tanzanian representative captured the audience not forgetting a duet song by Lesotho and Zimbabwe.

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Punjab College of Technical education will be celebrating the grand finale of week long International student’s week tomorrow at PCTE Campus.  In the festival foreign and Indian students played various games like football, Volley ball, Basketball and Pool. In the finale foreign students will display their talent in Fashion show, Dramatics, Music, Dance etc and documentary of their respective countries showing their culture and rich heritage will also be shown on the occasion. Mr Balunyura Baker, Education Attaché, Embassy of Uganda will be the chief guest on the occasion.  Other dignitaries form the various embassies of the representative students will also be present in the function.

On the occasion, Dr K.N.S. Kang, Director General, PCTE group of institutes said that PCTE has 90 foreign students from different countries like Cameroon, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique, Uganda, Afghanistan and Bhutan   who are studying in different courses at PCTE. Dr Kang further said that such events promote sense of brotherhood and team spirit among the students. He said that it’s a great opportunity for Indian students to learn and compare themselves with foreign students which in turn will prepare them to take bigger challenges in the global competitive world.

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PCTE Group of Institutes lifted the trophy at Tarang-2012, a Cultural and Literary Extravaganza at IIT Roorkee, Saharanpur Campus. About fifty five students from different Streams of PCTE Group of Institutes participated in Different Cultural and Literary Events. In the Festival various teams from different parts of the country representing engineering, management including IIT,Rorkee itself and other streams participated. PCTE won Nine First prizes, Four Second prizes and One Third Prizes in the Event.

In Debate competition team, Ms.Sarah from BBA 2^nd year won first prize and Mr.Yatin from PGDM won the second prize.Sarah was declared best Debater. PCTE also won First Prize in  Nukad Natak Duet Song, T-Shirt painting. In Solo Instrumental, Tatto Making, Fashion Show, PCTE won second prize. Megha Jaitley of B.Pharma third  year won Miss Tarang award in the festival. Lovely Khatri was declared the best actor and best solo performer.

Dr. K.N.S.Kang, Director General, PCTE Group Of Institutes Congratulated the winners and said that  such type of events not only  help the students in developing Confidence to perform  and show case their Talent, but also  help in  developing  team Spirit and Leadership Qualities. These Qualities in turn play very important Role in their Professional Career and help them to compete with best in the Market.He informed that this was a third year in a row that PCTE stood overall first in the festival.

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Neha Sharma, student of BCA (2009-2012) batch of Punjab College of Technical Education (PCTE), Ludhiana has bagged the second position in the 4^th Semester university examinations conducted by Punjab Technical University (PTU), Jalandhar.  Alisha Korpal and Karan Jangra of the same batch have also bagged 3^rd position and 10^th position in BCA 4^th semester university examinations.

Dr. K.N.S Kang, Director General, PCTE Group of Institutes informed that students of PCTE have received good university positions this year. Kapil Sahni of BBA (2010-2013) Batch had also secured top position in the First semester and second semester university examinations. Two foreign students Tsi Tsi and Ummi already have secured top positions In MBA-International Business second semester examinations, so not only in MBA but students in UG courses are also achieving top postions.” He further stated that PCTE group of Institutes has been rated Best B-School by leading magazines Outlook, Business India, Business world, AIMA, DNA, and Dainik Bhaskar etc. in the last eight years. The persistent harmonization of the efforts of both the teachers and the students have made all this possible.

Neha Sharma bagged the second position in the university with 90.42%; she obtained 633 marks out of 700. Alisha Korpal secured 3^rdposition in university; she obtained 624 marks out of 700 with 89%. Karan Jangra obtained 613 out of 700 marks.

Neha on her success commented that I thank god for this success and I would also like to mention here that my teachers and parents supported me with full zeal. Accomplishing top positions in the university is only due to the absolute hard work and devotion.

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Punjab College of Technical Education is organizing International student’s festival at its campus. Event is a week long festival, started on 12^th March 2012. In the festival various sports competitions   among Indian and foreign student will be organized. Sports events in which Indian and foreign students will participate are Pool, Volley ball, Basketball and Football. The festival will end with cultural extravaganza in which all the foreign students will showcase the spirit of cultural diversity and brotherhood among the different countries.

On the first day of festival in Pool competition, foreign students won the competition by wining two frames to one in best of three frames competition.  On the second day Volleyball matches and on third and fourth day of the festival basketball and football marches   will be organized.

On the occasion, Dr K.N.S. Kang, Director General, PCTE group of institutes said that PCTE has 90 foreign students from different countries like Cameroon, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique, Uganda, Afghanistan and Bhutan   who are studying in different courses at PCTE. Dr Kang further said that such events promote sense of brotherhood and team spirit among the students. He said that it’s a great opportunity for Indian students as well to learn and compare themselves with foreign students which in turn will prepare them to take bigger challenges in the global competitive world.

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Kapil Sahni, student of BBA (2010-2013) batch of Punjab College of Technical Education (PCTE), Ludhiana has bagged the first position the 2^nd Semester university examinations conducted by Punjab Technical University (PTU), Jalandhar and Divya Kalra of the same batch has also bagged the second position in BBA 2^nd semester university examinations.

Dr. K.N.S Kang, Director General, PCTE Group of Institutes informed that Kapil had also secured top position in the First semester university examinations. Two foreign students Tsi Tsi and Ummi already have secured top positions In MBA-International Business second semester examinations, so not only in MBA but students in UG courses are also achieving top postions.” He further stated that PCTE group of Institutes has been rated Best B-School by leading magazines Outlook, Business India, Business world, AIMA, DNA, and Dainik Bhaskar etc. in the last eight years. The persistent harmonization of the efforts of both the teachers and the students have made all this possible.

Kapil Sahni topped the university with 81.5%; he obtained 489 marks out of 600. Divya Kalra secured 2nd position in university; she obtained 480 marks out of 600 with 80%. Kapil on his success commented that this all has become possible due to the hard work and guidance put in by my parents and faculty. Achieving top positions in the university is only due to the sheer hard work and dedication.

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Mabvumbe Tsi Tsi, from Zimbawe, student of MBA-International Business (2010-2012) batch of Punjab College of Technical Education, Ludhiana bagged second Position in second semester examinations conducted by Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar. Another Foreign Student from Tanzania Ummi Masanjuo Calvin Marealle of the same batch got 4^th position in the university examinations. PCTE Students have bagged top 8 positions out of 10 positions in university Examinations.

Dr. K.N.S.Kang, Director General, PCTE Grroup of Institutes, said, “ PCTE has 84 students studying from various countries like Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Angola, Nigeria, Lesotho, Bhutan, USA, Afghanistan. Tsi Tsi and Ummi are not only intellectual but also have dynamic personality, they both are the coordinators for International Students week-2012 to be held in PCTE Campus from 12^th March 2012 to 16^th March 2012.”

Priyanka Sharma of MBA IB (2010-2012) Batch of PCTE bagged the third position, Shubham Mendiratta achieved 6^th position, Bhavneet Kaur got 7^th position and Gagandeep Kaur, Harleen Kaur, and Mahesh Gupta bagged 8^th, 9^th and 10^th position respectively in Punjab Technical University Examinations.

Tsi Tsi, from Zimbawe,a delighted student expressed that it is an honor to be awarded the second position at the university level, all the credit goes to my teachers for coaching and mentoring me. I also thank my family for constantly encouraging and supporting me in everything. Ummi Masanjuo Calvin Marealle, anither student from Tanzania said that the persistent support of my parents and teachers made my goals achievable and I thank them for their guidance and sustainability.”

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Students of PCTE-IHM have brought laurels to the institute thereby bringing back home awards. On the event of 2 day DR MS Randhwa Golden Jubilee Flower Show and competition, the students of Hotel Management participated in which Simrat Bagga stood first in Fancy Button hole event and Monish stood second in fresh flower making arrangement

Dr.K.N.S Kang Said” This kind of shows gives an insight to the students about the knowledge and develops creativity  and skills for arranging the flowers”

Monish student of PCTE said that’ I have learned the art of making the flower arrangement and my theme was “SAVE PEAHEN” which I made with Orchid and lilies’

Simrat Bagga, another student said that” I am keen lover of nature which fascinates me to participate in such events.”

The colorful and fragrant flowers were a real feast for the visitors and this kind of event help the students to get inclined towards the nature and motivate them for keeping the environment neat and clean.

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PCTE received Outstanding B-School (North) award by Bloomberg UTV.  The award was given at glittering ceremonyat Taj Lands End, Bandra, Mumbai. Bloomberg UTV (formerly UTVi) is a 24-hour English language business and financial broadcast news outlet in India, owned and operated by UTV software communications in strategic partnership with Bloomberg television. The award is in recognition of leadership, development, marketing an institute and industry interface of Business school. These are very prestigious awards and are well researched and chosen by an independent jury and a panel of professionals who believe in nurturing Talent and in recognizing the best of the best.PCTE has already been awarded Outstanding B-school award by Dainik Bhaskar in the year 2010. This is second time that PCTE has received accolades at national level for outstanding performance in the field of business education.

Dr. K.N.S.Kang, Director General, PCTE Group of Institutes congratulated the Faculty and Staff of the institute for their sincere and dedicated efforts towards imparting best of business education to the students. Dr.  Kang also appreciated the students of PCTE who have been doing wonderful job at their respective positions in the industry.  He added that PCTE has been constantly recognized at national level by eminent organizations for its excellence in Business Education. Few of the awards PCTE has won are Star News B-school Leadership Award 2011, 19^th Dewang Mehta B-school Leadership award 2011 etc.

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Annual Athletic Meet at PCTE started with full igour at the ITBP ground. Dr. K.N.S. Kang, Director General of PCTE Group of Institutes declared the Athletic Meet 2012 open. The students took the oath in full spirit and displayed immense enthusiasm. About 800 students participated in various events like 100m race, 400m race, 1200m race, 2000m race, long jump, relay, Shot Put, for both girls and boys. In 200m race for boys, Ravneet Singh of BHMCT 2nd Year won the first prize, Jatinderjit Singh of PGDM 2nd Year won the second prize, and Harpreet Singh of BCA 3rd Year won the Third prize. In 1200m race for girls, Nelcy Khatri of MBA 2nd Year got the first prize, N Briget of ATHM got the second prize and Caroline of M.Sc IT 1st year got the third prize. In 400m race for girls, Geraldine of B.Pharmacy 2nd Year won the first position, Kezang of BBA 1st year won the second position and Caroline of M.Sc IT 1st year won the third position. In the event of long jump for girls, Faith of B.Sc ATHM got the first prize, Geraldine of B.Pharmacy 2nd Year got the second prize and the third prize was jointly won by Kiranpreet of B.Sc Biotechnology 3rd year and Jaspreet of B.Pharmacy 3rd Year. The results of the rest of the event s are awaited. Dr. K.N.S. Kang, Director General of PCTE Group of Institutes said that events like annual athletic meet are a great source of inspiration for mental and physical development of the students. He said that students should learn the art of team building and leadership which will help them in their professional carreer.

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PCTE Institute of Pharmacy organised eye Check up camp under the guidance of Dr. Azad Gaurav, Medical Director of Vasan Eye Care, Ludhiana, and the Health Evaluation Camp under the supervision of Mr. B.K. Goyal, (Herbal Life Health Club of Faridabad). On this occasion Mr. G. S. Gill, Director Administration inaugurated the camps where more than 400 people from nearby villages, (Baddowal, Jhande, Aayali Kalan, Lalto etc.), students, faculty members & staff of PCTE availed this opportunity.

Experts guided & diagnosed the problems related to eyes and free medicines were provided to the patients. During health check up, the participants body fat level, BMI, BMR and other relative parameters were tested free of cost and valuable information was provided to the people about the type of food they should take to maintain their good health.

PCTE Institute of Pharmacy, in Campus 2 was looking like a small OPD of a Hospital/Nursing home. B-Pharmacy students actively participated and got the real experience of dispensing the medicines and consoling the patients. They also learned about the management skills required in the Hospitals/Clinics.

Mr. Amit Kumar, Mr. Mohit Mangla along with other faculty members made this a successful event under the guidance of Dr. B. S. Sekhon Dean, PCTE Institute of Pharmacy.

Institute of Pharmacy organised eye Check up camp under the guidance of Dr. Azad Gaurav, Medical Director of Vasan Eye Care, Ludhiana, and the Health Evaluation Camp under the supervision of Mr. B.K. Goyal, (Herbal Life Health Club of Faridabad). On this occasion Mr. G. S. Gill, Director Administration inaugurated the camps where more than 400 people from nearby villages, (Baddowal, Jhande, Aayali Kalan, Lalto etc.), students, faculty members & staff of PCTE availed this opportunity.

Experts guided & diagnosed the problems related to eyes and free medicines were provided to the patients. During health check up, the participants body fat level, BMI, BMR and other relative parameters were tested free of cost and valuable information was provided to the people about the type of food they should take to maintain their good health.

PCTE Institute of Pharmacy, in Campus 2 was looking like a small OPD of a Hospital/Nursing home. B-Pharmacy students actively participated and got the real experience of dispensing the medicines and consoling the patients. They also learned about the management skills required in the Hospitals/Clinics.

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RMNLU Lucknow took the first position after 3 day long grueling five rounds of debate at D.R.Singh Memorial British Parliamentary Debate, Season-III, which concluded at PCTE Group Of Institutes, Ludhiana .Second position was bagged by Faculty of management Studies, Banaras Hindu University. The best speaker for the session was Ravi Shankar Jha from RMNLU Lucknow. In all 36 teams participated of which 32 ex-Ludhiana teams joined the competition. 

Mr. Anil Kumar, Executive Director and CEO Shreyans Group of Industries said that, “Debate is all about giving the best amongst the best of teams”.He further added that it’s good to see the students involved and participating in such events.

Dr K.N.S Kang said that, these debates encourage the students to participate and get developed overall. Unlike, the regular debates organized by various schools and colleges of the region, the British Parliamentary Debate entails a Knock out League match pattern – where two teams after taking out draws fight against each other in a nearly an hour long debate, and the winner  goes on to the final round.

The teams which reached semi finals were FMS BHU, NLU Jodhpur, Sri Aurbindo College of Commerce Ludhiana, RMNLU Lucknow and after a tough session  the teams  that reached finals were RMNLU Lucknow and FMS BHU.

National Level British parliamentary debate kicks off in the city from today at PCTE Group of Institutes. Debate is organized to showcase the spontaneity, oratory skills, expressing opinion on various subjects and to interact with some best of minds.

Ludhiana Management Association is organizing   this debate along with PCTE Group of Institutes. The competition is being organized in Memory of Dr. D.R.Singh, a known academician and founder president of Ludhiana Management Association. Winners of the debate will be given Cash prizes worth Rs 75,000.  The event has been sponsored by Haveli Ram Bansi Lal Ludhiana and Eastman Cast and Forge Ltd  said Mr. J.R.Singal President, LMA.

Ms. Harpreet Kang, Chairperson, Students Forum of LMA   said that,34 teams representing management and other professional institutions across the country registered for this Debate.  She told that the there was a lot of excitement in the campus and the students were geared for Season III. She further added that best of teams of the country from Welingkar, Mumbai, NLU Jodhpur, FMS, Banaras Hindu University, National Law University, Lucknow, are participating in the competition. The participating teams were given orientation and exposed to Demo Debate today.

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Dr.D.R.Singh MemorialDebate was inaugurated with full fervor at PCTE Group of Institutes, Ludhiana. This event has been organized by Ludhiana Management Association, (LMA). Mr. S.K.Rai, Managing Director,Hero Cycles Ltd., and past President of LMAinaugurated the debate ceremony and told the students about the three revolutions in Britain, France and Russia, which changed and shaped the world to what it stands today as.

He said it is important that the students understand the cornerstones of the society and reflect upon them before they take off as individuals into respective professions. Mr. J R Singal, President, LMA pondered on various activities Ludhiana Management Association is initiating for the youth of the region.

Dr. K.N.S Kang, Director General PCTE Group of Institutes said that we have teams participating from different cities like, Mumbai, Vishakhapatnam, Lucknow, Srinagar and Jodhpur, which shows the passion for debate in the youth today. These kinds of events encourage students to stay connected with the world.

After fighting out a knock out round last evening, 32 teams moved ahead today morning to fight the Prelim Round. 16 debates took place at 10 in the morning, of which 16 winners emerged to fight each other. Welingkar-Mumbai, Quest-Mohali, two teams of LPU,FMS-Banaras Hindu University,FMS-Punjabi University, CMC, Ludhiana, two teams of RMLNLU, Lucknow, GNA-IMT-Phagwara, two teams of Andhra Pradesh Law University, Vishakapatnam, two teams of Vadodra University of Law, Aurobindo College, Ludhiana and National Law University, Jodhpur teams made it to the Pre-Quarter Finals.

Topics like ‘The house will keep its enemies in a little jar’, ‘The communist house will thrive’ and ‘The house believes I won’t rise to the occasion but I would slide over it’ were given to the teams.

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Did you go to school and college, where when you had a debate, the faculty member gave you a topic and said, “You are speaking FOR or AGAINST”. So, you went home collected data, wrote a perfect speech and went in on the destined date and basically delivered a speech in a declamation of sorts, where nothing was really argued or discussed, and you thought that that was Debate???

Well, that era is over. PCTE Group of Institute is into fifth year of holding what is typical called “British Parliamentary Debate”, and is practiced in most developed nations across the globe, including US, Europe and Australia as the common debating pattern and championships.

Harpreet K Kang, Deputy Dean, PCTE Group of Institutes, who introduced this event in the city to PCTE and several schools across the city, said, “This year, 35 teams from outside Ludhiana are coming to compete in one of the most stiff competitions at PCTE, which is carrying out this activity in collaboration with Ludhiana Management Association, now coined as, “Dr. D R Memorial British Parliamentary Debate”.  She told that the there was a lot of excitement in the campus and the students were geared for Season III. Ms. Kang added that best of teams from NIRMA, Ahmedabad, FMS, Banaras Hindu University, National Law University, Lucknow, Welingkar, Mumbai, and many others were going to fight it out in the next three days. She said it was a knock out league debate which will go on from 16^th to 18^thFebruary.

PCTE students do not compete in the event butorganize, and help in adjudication. Dr. K N S Kang, Vice President, LMA and Director General, PCTE Group of Institutes added that the debate had set an entirely new culture in how students think, because they have to be well read enough, and be able to think of their feet in order to win the debate. She said no more the old system of learning prepared speeches can last the students in todays era, where they have to be street smart to either do a job or initiate a business.

Shruti Sharma, A faculty member at PCTE, and the event coordinator said it is amazing to notice how people use to ask, “What is a British Parliamentary Debate?” when we called up any of the colleges pan-India 5 years back, and calls usually were more of an awareness campaign, but today, PCTE has been able to spread this culture not only to the city, but also to India at large, because we get a better response to our efforts with each passing year.

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PCTE to be conferred Best B-School Communication Plan for Placement by Indy’s. The award will be given at ceremony organised on 15th February 2012, at Taj Lands End, Mumbai.

INDY’S recognizes excellence in Mass Communication, Marketing Communication, Advertising, Branding and Public Relations. The people at INDY’s believe that it’s Young talented students who make all the differences and are behind the creativity and innovation. INDY’S aim at recognizing such talent and encouraging talent that has made an outstanding contribution to the Industry. So any effort on the part of educational institutes in the development of such talent and making them suitable for the industry and finally placing them at right position is highly appreciated and acknowledged by the organisation.

Dr.K.N.S.Kang, Director General, PCTE Group of Institutes commented that this time placement scenario at PCTE has been very good and till date thirty companies has already visited campus and recruited Students. Some of the recruiters of the current batch of graduates are Berger Paints, Asian Paints, HDFC, Deutesche Bank, Reliance Retail, IIFL. Dr. Kang further added that it is not only important to provide best education to the students and make them capable to fit in the industry but also, to create platform where companies are encouraged to come and recruit the students so that students can explore their careers in industry of their choice.

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Keeping in mind the increasing rate of heart diseases, high blood pressure, increasing intake of drugs in Punjab, PCTE Group of Institutes took a proactive approach in organizing “Run For Fitness”, at its Campus II today afternoon. To promote the message of keeping good health among youth the event was customized, where hundreds of students participated and completed the Road race.

This is the regular event, which helps students realize the benefits of maintaining good health and good lifestyle in the smart street world they have to create a space for themselves today. Tsherin, a student from Bhutan doing BBA at PCTE said, “In her country it is a physical tough terrain, and it makes it easier for them to jog out on even geographical ground.” She added that it was necessary that the students are in perfect health and activities like these shape the behavior of students.

PCTE Group of Institutes embarking on its excellent track record of co-curricular activities and strong academic hold organized the ‘Run for Fitness’ event for the students and staff alike. The race took off from Campus-II and concluded at Campus-I. In all, 481 boys, 243 girls and 15 faculty and staff members participated in the event. The students were highly motivated and cheered on by their classmates and other faculty members. The students ran for about 2 kilometers, and all of them completed the race.

Dr. K.N.S.Kang, Director General of the PCTE Group of Institutes, said that  “The run was an effort on the part of institute to promote fitness and awareness among the youth. Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, but also it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. The importance of physical fitness and exercise, customized to the specific requirements of both young and old, has led to the popularity and use of exercise equipment.”He stressed on‘Good physical condition, the condition of being Competitive in the Market’.

In boy’s category, BCA 3C won the first position, MBA2C bagged the second, and BCA3A finished at third. Individually for boys, Ravneet Singh from Hotel Management,Ramandeep Singh from BCA 2D, and Raman Singh BCA 3C bagged the respective positions.

In Girl’s category- BCA 3C won the first position, BBA1C bagged the second, and B.Pharma 2ndyear finished at third.Individually for Girls Nelcy MBA 2, Tsherin BBA1D, Simran Kaur MBA 1 C bagged the respective positions.

Faculty member, Mr. Munish Kumar from Airlines department finished foremost, and amongst the lady faculty members, Ms. Rupali from IT department finished first.

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PCTE Group of Institutes organized Body Building Competition on 10th February, 2012. The competition has been organized for the third consecutive year and has received a highly enthusiastic response. Over 100 students from various disciplines participated in the competition in multiple categories.

The contest had a lot of spectators and the judges Dr Deepak Prashar and Dr Ravi Prashar  from the Ludhiana Bodybuilding Association were very happy to see that so many students in PCTE showed emphatic interest in Body Building.

Dr. K.N.S. Kang, Director General, PCTE Group of Institutes on the occasion said, “Body building is a rigorous discipline. It demands dedicated commitment and constant hardwork on regular basis to win at a platform like this. We are elated to have some of the best body builders in the city at PCTE.”

In body building competition for boys, Sunny Thapa , Sandeep Singh and Harwinder Singh  bagged the first, second and third positions in Under 60 kg category. Ramjot, Gurpreet Singh and Jagraj were ranked first, second and third respectively in 60-75 kg category. Under 75 kg and above category, Rana Vashisht , Karanvir and Atinderpal Singh were ranked first, second and third respectively. Sunny Thapa has been entitled “Mr. PCTE”

It is worth noting that Raghav who became Mr. PCTE last year also became Mr. Punjab,2011.

In skipping competition for girls, Savita Khare, Jaya and Bhavpreet Kaur bagged first, second and third position in under 45 kg category. Sukhpreet Kaur, Harpreet Kaur and Amanpreet Kaur were ranked first, second and third in 45-52 kg category. In 52 kg and above category, Ummi, Sonam and Harpreet Kaur won the first, second and third prize

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PCTE  shall be conferred  with  the Outstanding B-School (North) award by Bloomberg UTV.  The award will be given at glittering ceremony scheduled on 18^th February, 2012 at Taj Lands End, Bandra, Mumbai. Bloomberg UTV (formerlyUTVi) is a 24-hour largest English language business and financial broadcast news outlet in India, owned and operated by UTV software communications in strategic partnership with Bloomberg television.The award is in recognition of leadership, development, marketing an institute and industry interface of Business school. These are very prestigious awards and are well researched and chosen by an independent jury and a panel of professionals who believe in nurturing Talent and in recognizing the best of the best.PCTE has already been awarded Outstanding B-school award by Dainik Bhaskar in the year 2010. This is second time that PCTE has received accolades at national level for outstanding performance in the field of business education.

Dr. K.N.S.Kang, Director General, PCTE Group of Institutes congratulated the Faculty and Staff of the institute for their sincere and dedicated efforts towards imparting best of business education to the students. Dr.  Kang also appreciated the students of PCTE who have been doing wonderful job at their respective positions in the industry.  He also added that PCTE has been constantly recognized at national level by eminent organizations for its excellence in Business Education. Few of the awards PCTE has won are Star News B-school Leadership Award 2011, 19^th Dewang Mehta B-school Leadership award 2011 etc.

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PCTE Group of Institutes organized “Global Village” with the theme “Travel across the World in 60 Minutes.” The atmosphere at PCTE was truly pan-continental as youths from countries as diverse as France, Ukraine, Lithuania, Japan, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Columbia shared their culture. Around 100 international students and trainees gathered to share and explore each others’ culture and tradition at PCTE.

AIESEC, which is the world’s largest student-run organization, has recently initiated a chapter in Ludhiana with PCTE Group of Institutes. It will help students from abroad to come to PCTE and PCTE students to visit other countries where AIESEC has a chapter. In the “Global Village”, students showcased the vibrant colors of various customs and traditions of their countries to all the students of PCTE. The foreign students of PCTE also participated with great enthusiasm. An array of cultural performances and country booths were set up to break the geographical barriers, providing a platform for the students to meet different people, and to experience international folklore, music and performances from around the world.

Dr. K.N.S.Kang, Director General, PCTE Group of Institutes, on this occasion said, “These kinds of events should be encouraged as for Global awareness and to know more about our environment as we are part of it and we are the ones to take it forward. PCTE has students from all around the world and an association with AIESEC shall add to the exposure of our students.” He further added that diversity in the world is a basic characteristic of human society, and also the key condition for a lively and dynamic world as we see today.

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Students of PCTE Group of Institutes, Ludhiana prepared and enacted in a play – “Main fir Aawanga” on 2^nd Feb 2012. This is a socio-political play based on a hypothetical situation which contemplates how Shaheed Bhagat Singh would take to the present world if he was to be born again. The play very well knit and written by noted writer, Palli Bhupinder.

Dr. K N S Kang, Director General, PCTE Group of Institutes, informed, “The theme of this play is an awakening on social and political evils prevailing in the present times in our country. We are still under the clutches of exploitation of women, corruption from politicians. It’s a self wakening expression of the mute public that is bearing atrocities of the hands of so called Netas.”

Ms. Kawinder Kalsi, faculty of French at PCTE Group of Institutes, resident of BRS Nagar, visualises the whole experience as a real eye opener and very much relevant in the present time. The theme patriotism in the relevant social and political aspects was wonderfully portrayed by the writer Palli Bhupinder.  Ms. Kawinder Kalsi remarked that I had real fun and am fascinated by the dedication, devotion and total commitment of the students towards dramatics and theatre. This is a step in the right direction by the students of PCTE.

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Dev Anand’s songscame back to life in an event that was organized by PCTE Group Of Institutes on 27^thJanuary, when a singing competition was organized in the memory of the evergreen legend.Dharam Dev PishorimalAnand  (26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011), better known as Dev Anand, was an Indian film actor, writer, director and producer, all rolled in one, very famous for his work in Hindi cinema.

The PCTE students sang many melodies, sad and happy songs, and ever green songs from his famous movies like The Guide,Jewel Thief,Hare Krishna Hare Ram,Bazzi,Bullet,Humsafar,HeeraPanna, C.I.D,Paying Guest. The audience, which was a completely packed Hall of 300 odd students kept clapping, cheering and asking for more. Over 20 students were shortlisted out of nearly 40 participants during the prelims held on 25^th January 2012. His famous songs like Pal BharkeLiye Koi humePyaarKar le,HaiapnaDil Jo Aawara,Dum Maro Dum,Rangeela Re were being sung by the students.

Dr.K.N.S Kang, Director General PCTE Group of Institutes said, “DevAnand a household name. His career spanned more than 65 years with acting in 114 Hindi films of which 110 have him play the main lead actor.He simplified the otherwise elite form of film industry and made it understandable for a common man. In his death, we have lost a popular maestro.He added “Dev Anand might not be in this world in his physical form today, but he will always be present in our lives in the form of his movies. His movies were simplistic yet profound. His contribution to the spread of film industry cannot be forgotten.”

Sakshi from MBA-IB, who also participated in the event said that the film industry maestro’s absence will be felt by the film fraternity and millions of his fans.

Date:19-Jan-12
Company Name:Sant sunder Sr. Sec. School, Boparai, Sudhar, Ludhiana
Topic Covered:Prospects of Different Courses offered in PCTE
Team Members:Ms. Sukhjinder Baring

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If you are sitting in the Industrial city of Ludhiana, and want to expand, the next market to capture is Africa. He said the next emerging market is basically Africa, along side an about to be saturated market in Asia in about 20 odd years. This was the tip off by Harvard Professor, Dr. Nicholas Nugent Sr., while teaching a course on International Marketing at PCTE Group of Institutes, Ludhiana on Tuesday.

He also told the students, “Don’t forget basically India has been a trading country in the past – remember between India and China, they use to control 70% of the world trade. What has happened is that Indians have got bogged down with the production concept somewhere, and they need to move on and focus on trade again.”

“Marketing effectiveness, strategic orientations, Political and Legal Issues in Internationals markets are the key Issues for Global companies,” said Dr. Nugent. Continuing fun with learning, he stressed upon some of the specific aspects of International Business.  He said that ,Strong Strategic orientation, better understanding of Political environment, Going Green with the product and operations, Implications of various international legislations, Tariff and Non tariff barriers are important issue which need to be addressed by Global companies to remain competitive.

Dr. Nugent said that while doing International business companies need to be consistent and plan for long term.  He said that it’s not the seller who dictates the business for the companies but it’s the buyers who run it so the companies need to have customer centric strategies rather that company oriented.

Nugent further highlighted that if the companies need to be effective in global markets they should negotiate settlements among themselves rather than indulge in Legal issue. He said that legal solutions are often expensive, require lot of time and expose the company in front of the world. In such a situation companies loose the opportunities of gaining advantage in the market.

Dr. Nugent further stressed that on going green with not only products but also with the operations of the company. Today’s world is more environmental oriented so being environmental friendly is one important criterion for the company to go global. He also highlighted the importance of Tariffs and non Tariff barriers and how to use them in competitive environment.

Dr. K.N.S.Kang, Director General, PCTE group of Institutes appreciated the enthusiasm and energy brought into the classroom by Dr. Nugent and said that students will definitely learn from the experience and practical exposure. He further said that today business is getting global, and every second company is either doing exports or operates in International markets. In such a scenario it is very important for young management professional to learn the strategies of doing business and understand the dynamics of Global businesses.

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PCTE Group Of Institutes celebrated the auspicious harvest festival, Lohri with great joy and enthusiasm. To mark this festival several hundred students, along with faculty participated in Kite Flying Competition. The competition was held within 11 teams of various classes. The kite flying competition was followed by entire celebration, which included Bonfire, Punjabi Music and Dhol. The students sang the famous Lohri song Sunder mundriye ho!!! Tera kaun vicaharaa ho!! !Dullah bhatti waala ho!Dullhe di dhee vyayae hoye!! !Ser shakkar payee ho!Kudi da laal pathaka ho!!! Kudi da saalu paatta ho!Salu kaun samete!Chache choori kutti!!! zamidara lutti!!!  They also  marked the occasion with Punjabi Boliyan.

January marks the beginning of festival season in India and Lohri is the first festival celebrated this month. Lohri is a very popular festival in Punjab. The history of  Lohri, a seasonal festival of North India is as old as that of story of Indus Valley civilization itself. The Festival of Lohri marks the beginning of the end of winter and the coming of spring and the new year. The fires lit at night, the hand warming, the song and dance and the coming together of an otherwise atomized community, are only some of the features of this festival

Dr KNS Kang, Director General, PCTE Group of Insitutes said that” The Lohri festival is a tradition of living life with fun and gaiety, enjoying every moment, can be seen here. Glimpses of this life style can be seen every year on Lohri as well it holds a great social significance and is celebrated as a day of imparting social love to one and all”. Ms. Abha Sharma,  faculty in charge of the event said that, “The students were eagerly waiting to celebrate the Lohri  and had planned the entire event themselves, so they had great fun”

Get to think of it….Hotel Management College has labs where students cook.Pharma students work in labs and see real results of chemicals and mixtures.Medical students go and work on real patients in hospitals for years before they begin practicing ….

IT students have the computer in the lab both for software and hardware practice through out the 3 years degree.

But when it comes to Management students, there is no real endeavor in giving these students first hand in the field learning before they become Executives or Managers, and for some even Entrepreneurs. Henceforth, for the last dozen years PCTE team has been pained to see its students suffering, while in the same breath it has pained to find ways to provide the right platform for students.

Finally this year, which happens to the final year for the founder batch of PGDM students, an Autonomous course started by PCTE under AICTE, Ministry of HRD.  Though PCTE has run a conventional MBA for dozen years now, it did not provide the leverage to practice such real life courses, which could evolve students for the job ahead.

PCTE has finally launched a program – RAWAR, which would enable the students to be empowered both inside and outside the classroom, and not merely understand concepts as theory, but be able to apply them long before they even get into the marker/field.

PGDM 75 students were divided into teams of approx. 6 students each, and the teams had to fight out the other team in a stipulated time (usually 3-4 days or a week long), where in they are given different tasks each week:

Week One: The students had to buy products for PCTE itself. Two teams got quotations for IT accessories after searching the market, visiting dealers and getting the best offers for a list of products handed out to them. The team, which got best offer was given to execute the order. Similarly, two other teams fought out on buying stationery, another two teams for buying office chairs, and yet two teams bought floor tiles.

Week Two: The students indulged in Product Development. Each student was given a sample of Merchandise like PCTE key ring, coffee mug, calendar, file cover, etc. Teams were judged on basis of better designing and quotation, besides quality.

Week Three: Was a social week for PCTEians. Teams went out to collect woolen clothes, shoes, bedding, quilts, stationery and toys. They will be judged on who collected more, and later the same teams would go along with teachers to slums they visited last month for another activity and distribute the collections in each slums.

Today, was the concluding day of Week Three, where at Campus 2, PCTE B-School about in the morning around 40 students after 4 days of day and night work got 7 trucks full of woolen clothes, bedding, quilts, blankets, shoes, stationery and toys for the poor in the city. It was a collection unlike any other seen for such an activity in the city before.

Dr. K N S Kang, Director General, PCTE overjoyed by the students work gave all the eight teams involved in it a walk over and said, “No student shall be eliminated for poor work when the students have put up such a grand show.” The students were extremely elated. Except the day did not end here.

All the PCTE B School students then got onto segregating all clothes and shoes into categories as Men, women, and children. Loaded them into three PCTE Buses and went to three major slums of the city. HarleenMahajan, the Course Incharge for Project Management explained that areas were defined as Industrial Area, DhandariKalan, and Chandigarh Road. She said that this definition evolved after consulting different NGOs in the city and learning that while there were plenty of NGOs focusing on slums inside the city, there was not enough to cater to the ones on the outskirts.

AshimaThapar, another Faculty Manager informed that many organizations generously helped the students through out this week towards this noble cause. Pumpkins and Fun Club donated Toys, DMC Hostel gave away stationery, Sharman Shawls gave a cheque of Rs.11,000. Deutsche Bank gave clothes and stationery. Freemansonary, Asha Textiles, Dua textiles, Bunty Fabrics, Punjab Heavy Factory gave away over two hundred blankets.

Dr. Kang explained that RAWAR is a seven week long exercise and will continue with similar competitions, which get tougher and tougher in the next 4-5 weeks till the end of the Trimester of Final PCTE B-School students. He said, “Beyond a doubt, if anything has helped the students grow over night and get to the basics of the market, it was RAWAR.”

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Rawar is a seven week long exercise that PCTE B-School took off here at Ludhiana today with its final year PGDM students (Post Graduate Diploma In Management). It is the first of the kind in the country, where the students are divided into teams. The teams are out to purchase, sell, negotiate, lead, team play, handle key situations, etc .

Ms. Harpreet K Kang, Deputy Dean, PCTE Group explained that she came up with the concept to address a huge gap in Management education in the country. She elaborated that while most vocational courses have practical training alongside studies, like during MBBS a student gets to treat patients, or a Hotel  Management student actually gets to cook in the kitchen and do house-keeping, but a Management graduate despite playing a key role in the economy of the country doesn’t have any sort of practical training. Henceforth, PCTE has taken this initiative where students are practically asked to purchase, sell, market, negotiate for real commodities for college and other organizations outside.

Ms. Aashima Thapar and Ms. Harleen Mahajan, the Course Instructors  for “Project Management” felt that this was one course, which would help students display everything they had learnt in over a year in theory to apply it practically. Dr. K N S Kang, Director General, PCTE Group of Institutes expatiated that while he was a Ph.D in Marketing, it was impossible to study marketing in a class alone, and PCTE will create history in Management world by first time taking management practices to the field, and grading students based on it.

For the first week, the students have been handed out a purchase order list today, informed Ms. Aashima Thapar. She said students would be purchasing in teams, and these would be real orders that they would execute for the college itself. She explained that PCTE chose to keep its in-house purchasing on the cards foremost so that the basic teething problems are not required to be resolved by the industry or market outside.

Dr. Kang informed that different banks, financial institutions, cafes, bakeries, insurance companies, restaurants, social governance, non-government organizations, schools, besides general stores and shops have been approached and contacted for this exercise alone. She elaborated that many of them have shown extreme enthusiasm for this exercise and  have collaborated in this exercise. He said students have never been this enthusiastic about any other activity  at PCTE so far, so his entire team is also pretty geared up now for the grand two odd months that will unpack from here.

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Punjab College of Technical Education is conferred 19^th Dewang Mehta B-School Leadership award 2011.  The award will be given at glittering ceremony scheduled on 26th November, 2011 at Taj Lands End, Mumbai. The Dewang Mehta Business Award recognizes leadership, development, innovation and industry interface amongst the Business School across India.

This is continuously third year that PCTE has been recognized among the top business School of the country by Dewang Mehta. Previously PCTE received 17^th and 18^th Dewang Mehta awards for B-school that encourages leadership as a part of curriculum along with top B-school of the country   likes IIM Bangalore in the same category. This year in B-school leadership Category other awardees will be announced on the day of function.

Dr. K.N.S.Kang, Director General, PCTE Group of Institutes congratulated the Faculty and Staff of the institute for their sincere and dedicated efforts towards imparting best of business education to the students. Dr.  Kang also appreciated the students of PCTE who have been doing wonderful job at their respective positions in the industry.

Date: – 10/28/2011
Place: – Triund
Class: – BCA-2009-2012 C
Remarks: – Trip to Triund

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PCTE Group of Institutes organized an Exhibition cum Sale “Product showcase” on Diwali products on 19^th October, 2011. The products on showcase were handmade paper bags, beautiful diyas, decorative candles along with flower arrangements, Diwali greetings. All these products were made by the students of Hotel Management.

The main objective was to make the students learn how to make things from scratch to the final product and then post production, starting from procuring the raw materials to the selling up was done by the students. The main aim was to enable the students to become optimum utility entrepreneurs. The price range of the products were INR 20 for paper bags, INR 70 for box of candles, INR 50 for Box of clay lamps and INR 200 for arrangement of fresh flowers.

October being the month of celebration, consumers are looking forward to dig deep into their pockets. India is a country of rich heritage and culture and it is during this period that the festivities reach their summit. The mood is cheerful and robust. The hustle and bustle in the street provides a different charm to these festivities. People throng the market and engage in shopping.

Dr K.N.S Kang said, “Such kind of activity helps a student a lot to learn and grow”. He also added that these activities motivate the students a lot.

Date: 10/18/2011
Company / Place: Banarsi Das Chandiwala Institute of Hotel management
Class: BHMCT-2010-2014 A
Faculty: Mr. Vikash Prasad (Assistant Professor)
Remarks: Hospitality Ensemble

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In the rememberance of Jagjit Singh an event was organized by PCTE Group of Institutes on 15^th October. Jagjit Singh (8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011) was a prominent Indian singer, composer, music director, activist and entrepreneur. Known as “The Ghazal King”, he gained acclaim together with his wife, Chitra Singh .They were the first successful husband-wife duo act in the history of recorded Indian music. Together, they are considered to be the pioneers of modern Ghazal singing and regarded as most successful recording artistes outside the realms of Indian film music.

Jagjit Singh voiced his concerns over politicisation of arts and culture in India. He also lamented about the lack of support experienced by the practitioners of India’s traditional art forms, particularly folk artists and musicians.

The ghazals like Chittin Na Koi Sandes, Hosh Waloun Ko Khabar Kiya, Hontoun Say Chou Lou Tum, Woh Kaghaz Ki Kashti, Woh Kaghaz Ki Kashti, Koi Fariyaad, Tum Itna Jo Muskura Rahy Ho, Jaane Woh Kaisy Loug Thay Jinko were sung by the students and the faculty members of the PCTE College. Dr.K.N.S Kang Director General PCTE Group of Institutes said“Jagjit Singh made ghazals a household name. He simplified the otherwise elite form of singing and made it understandable for a common man. In his death, we have lost a popular ghazal maestro.

He added “Singh might not be in this world in his physical form today, but he will always be present in our lives in the form of his ghazals and music. His ghazals were simplistic yet profound. His contribution to the spread of indian music in the form of ghazals and bhajans (devotional songs) cannot be forgotten.”

Student from the college said that the ghazal maestro’s absence will be felt by the music fraternity and millions of his fans.