The Punjab Government is leaving no stone unturned to meet the challenges posed by the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic. In this context four new Covid testing labs are being established by the state government including the one at College of Animal Biotechnology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana.

LPU MSc Agriculture (Genetics & Plant Breeding) student, Sumant Bindal has bagged a fully-paid scholarship worth Rs. 1.3 Crores. Sumant has got this scholarship for studying PhD in Plant Sciences at the prestigious Australian National University (ANU) in Australia. It is perhaps the biggest scholarship ever bagged by an agriculture student in India.

The School Education Department, Punjab has been making all out efforts to cater to the educational needs, hopes and aspirations of the students as well as the parents under its innovative initiative " Ghar Baithe Sikhiya" during the COVID - 19 era. 

 A delegation of Punjab Unaided College Association (PUCA) today met Sh.  Chander Gaind, IAS, Divisional Commissioner, Patiala & greeted him on becoming the Divisional commissioner of Patiala.

The new National Education Policy-2020 announced by the Education Ministry is a welcome move amidst the outbreak of the pandemic in this sector. We have been eagerly waiting for this change that took almost three decades to announce. 

The Department of Dairy Technology, College of Dairy Science & Technology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana organized two days National Webinar on ‘Pre-Mid-Post Covid-19 Challenges of Dairy Farmers/ Entrepreneurs’ under RKVY Project entitled “Enhancing Profitability of Farmers through Value Addition and Entrepreneurship Development."

The Chancellor at  LPU Ashok Mittal has welcomed the new ‘National Education Policy’ of the country and appreciated it in high terms. Mittal shares: “It’s a great feeling to see that the new National Education Policy has finally seen the light of the day.

New Delhi [India] July 30 (ANI/BusinessWire India): "India's much-awaited 'New Education Policy (NEP)', in spirit a harbinger of directional change and sectoral reforms, is expected to open fresh avenues for India's education sector in the 21st century. Particularly welcoming for the industry are its focus on the use of technology for seamless learning, holistic, multidisciplinary education from the under graduation level itself, institutional and academic autonomy as well as an independent National Research Foundation. The intent of spending six percent of GDP on education will make the defining change," said Rajendra S Pawar, Chairman & Co-Founder, NIIT Ltd & Founder, NIIT University about the New Education Policy 2020.

The prevailing Covid-19 pandemic circumstances today cast a long shadow over the `Teej’ celebrations at Khalsa College for Women (KCW) today. The staff wearing the masks and keeping to the social distancing resorted to dance and music as the women folk, clad in colourful Punjabi costumes, celebrated the festival.

 During the time of Covid-19 when the immigration process has taken a halt; CT Group of Institutions, Jalandhar has launched special short term programmes for aspirants to settle abroad in association with Grey Hawk Immigration Services.