Social Sensitization Cell of Lyallpur Khalsa College organized exhibition
Rajat Kumar
Nov 3, 2021 06:34
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Jalandhar, November 3, 2021: Social Sensitization Cell of Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar organized an exhibition in collaboration with a registered NGO, APAAR, which assists intellectually disabled adults in assimilation with the society. The NGO provides quality skills training and the trainees make products all year around in their workshop like painted diyas, lanterns, earrings and decorative items. Principal Dr. Gurpinder Singh Samra appreciated the initiative taken by Dr. Navneet Bhullar who is an internal medicine doctor in USA and started APAAR in 2014. This organization enables these disabled adults to lead dignified and financially independent lives. Principal Dr. Samra distributed fruits among them and presented saplings to Dr. Navneet Bhullar. Diwali is an opportunity for them to sell various items. Lyallpur Khalsa College has given the opportunity to APAAR for displaying their products like diyas, door hangings, wooden birdhouses, tea light holders, wind chines etc. Staff members and students encouraged them enthusiastically and purchased their stall items in huge numbers. Social Sensitization cell members Prof. Amita Shahid (Convenor), Dr. Patwant Atwal, Dr. Ubique Bedi, Dr. Manmeet Sodhi, Prof. Manish Goel and other staff members and students actively participated through the event.
