Lyallpur Khalsa College launches QR codes in Campus

Jalandhar, October 3, 2024: Lyallpur Khlasa College provides lush green scenic view to its students. There is a variety of trees in the campus and to give proper information about these trees, QR codes have been fixed on name-plate of avenue trees in Campus.  

Principal Dr. Jaspal Singh inaugurated the facility. He said that college endeavours its best to provide a conducive environment to its students to study. He informed that these QR codes can be scanned by Google lens to open pages of useful information about medicinal properties, usage and dosage of plants for treatment of various ailments. The facility can be used by anyone curious to know about medicinal utility of the plants. He congratulated Dr. Heminder Singh, Department of Zoology and Botany who envisaged, planned and executed this project. 

Dr. Heminder informed that QR codes have been prepared by Nandni, student of B.Voc. Software Development, Sem IV. The project would serve the purpose of disseminating knowledge about medicinal plants among students, faculty and visitors. The complete information about utility of 36 plants for treatment of 79 ailments has also been compiled in the form of a book, which would be printed and made available shortly. It would help in creating awareness about herbal- medicine and strengthen faith of readers in our rich plant resources and their efficacy, by backing up the information about traditional usage of plants with scientific evidence. 

The Head, Department of Zoology and Botany, Dr. Gagandeep Kaur, Dr. Upma Arora, Prof. Surbjit Singh, Prof. Sanjeev Kumar Anand Head Department of Computer Science & IT, Prof. Sandeep Bassi were also present on the occasion.