Jalandhar News: Alumni Meet at Lyallpur Khalsa College

Jalandhar, December 6, 2014: It was a momentous evening on Friday for over 200 old students of Lyallpur Khalsa College who gathered in the college campus today on the occasion of Sardar Balbir Singh Alumni meet -2014 of the College. Students ranging from batches of 1948 to 2000 participated in the meet organised on the occasion of 76thBirth Anniversary of Sardar Babir Singh, the former member parliament and former president of College Governing Council and also an alumnus of the college.

In her address the president of the College Governing Council Balbir Kaur said that the institution was proud of its alumni who included the movie and theater icon Late Prithviraj Kapoor, Boota Singh former Union Minister, Former Hockey Captains Padamshree Ajitpal Singh and Padamshree Pargat Singh, Dr.J S Puar and Dr. SP Singh Former Vice Chancellors, Punjabi University and Guru Nanak Dev University respectively, singers Malkit Singh and Sarabjeet Cheema, to name a few.

Speaking on the occasion, the College Principal Dr. GS Samra said that the institution owed a lot to the visionary guidance of Balbir Singh for its current status, and informed the present that Balbir Singh well recognised the contribution of the alumni in the effective functioning and progress of an institution and that was the reason the alumni meet was dedicated to him. He particularly mentioned that the College was currently holding the championship of overall sports trophy as well cultural trophy of Guru Nanak Dev University.  

The highlights of the meet were a cultural programme which included performance of cultural items of folk song, Ludi and One Act Play.

The list of the distinguished alumni present included Padam Shri Pargat Singh MLA who expressed their sentiments and emotional attachment with the Institution and said that they were everready to contribute to the development of institution.Among distinguished people present were S. Jaspal Singh Waraich Joint Secretary, Jagdeep Singh Shergill, Swaran Singh Cheema, Ajay Pal Singh Dhillon and Avtar Singh Kang members Governing Council, and Management and Rashpal Singh Pal, Master Mohinder Singh, Tirath Singh Dhillon, Col. Sangha along with the staff members. The vote of thanks was made by Prof. Sanjeev Anand Director of the Alumni Association. The stage was conducted by Prof. Sukhvinder Kaur Rai.

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