A.C.Bali Memorial and K.K. Grover held at PU

Chandigarh, March 25, 2019: The Avinash Chander Bali Memorial and Krishan Kishore Grover Goodwill Contests were organised by the department of English andCultural Studies, Panjab University, here today.
The A.C. Bali memorial contest had 22 participants from various affiliated colleges. The judges at the occasion were Prof.Harpreet Pruthi from English department, Dr.Purva Kausal from University Business School, andProf. Rajesh from Women Studies Centre. Participants spoke for three tofive minutes on varied topics such as “Is It Ideal to be PoliticallyCorrect”, “India Needs Many Bangalores”, “Is Tinder the New Shaadi.com?”and “Gurgaon to Gurugram: What is in a Name?” First position was won bySheenam Dhingra from the English department. Rashmi Sharma, research scholar at the department, and Surner Singh from UILS tied for secondposition. JasleenVirk from PGGCG won third prize
The Krishan Kishore Grover Goodwill Contest commencedwith twenty-one participants from different colleges. The judges were Prof.Pratibha Nagpal from English department, Prof. Jayanti Dutta from Human Resource Development Cell, and Dr.Shashi Chaudhary from National Centre for Genome Research. The subjects under discussion were Degree in theFrying Pan, Night without Moon, How High is Punjab and Farmers: TheWretched of the Earth. First position was won by Damini Puri from Dev Samaj College for Women while Saniya Sehgal from MCM-DAV stood second. Rashmi Sharma, research scholar from the English department and Daanish Kaur from MCM-DAV tied for third prize.
Mr.Harjinder Pal Singh, prestigious alumnusof the department and founder of the Seattle Gurdwara Association spoke on everyday topics of interest such as women security and inter-faith harmony.