Panoramic Progression

• The chief objective is the all-around personality development of the students. The college provides high-quality education along with a range of add-on facilities like sports and cultural activities that make the students responsible individuals to leave a healthy impact on the world. As a result, they will leave their footprints wherever they go. The following initiatives are taken into consideration to accomplish it:

  • To lay great emphasis on physical health, stress management, and improvement of gross motor skills.
  • To nurture critical thinking, creativity, problem-solving skills, language skills, and conceptual understanding.
  • To hone their communication skills and to promote interactive learning.
  • To inculcate a sense of empathy, positive attitude, resilience, and self-confidence.
  • To enable the students to understand the value of socialization, collaboration, and cooperation.
  • To inculcate scientific temperament and research culture amongst the students.
  • To create a favorable learning environment through infrastructural upgradation.

The college’s Vision and Mission are well aligned with its motto ‘Learn to Serve’. In this contemporary era, it is imperative to create balance in the 4Qs including Physical Quotient (PQ), Emotional Quotient (EQ), Intelligence Quotient (IQ), and Spiritual Quotient (SQ) so that students can contribute towards the nation building and world peace that is the need of the hour. The institution adheres to the concept of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ meaning ‘The world is one family’ to promote oneness among the faculty, on-campus employees, and students coming from different socio-economic strata. The college provides facilities and opportunities to the students not only related to academics but also to co-curricular and extracurricular activities. They are given such a conducive environment that they gradually become clear about their aptitude, skills, and career options.

Taking a holistic approach to education, the college has focused on all aspects of students’ growth not only in their academic advancements but also in social, emotional, physical, mental, and intellectual growth.

Physical Quotient: To promote physical well-being, the following initiatives were practiced:

• During COVID-19, a Fitness break was introduced for the teaching and non-teaching staff within the campus and virtually for the students.
• Open gyms were installed for the students’ recreation during their leisure time.
• Acupressure Park was established to keep the students and faculty to remain alive and kicking.
• The college organizes Annual Athletic Meet every year in which the students, faculty, and non-teaching staff participate with enthusiasm.
• Yoga sessions were conducted and martial arts like karate, and gatka training were given to strengthen the girl students.

Emotional Quotient: To enable the students to understand and manage their emotions in positive ways, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges, and defuse conflict The following initiatives were considered:

• To deal with all types of grievances, complaints, and malpractices, the Grievances Redressal cell of the institution helps emotionally stressed students to share their personal and academic issues.
• The teachers are easily accessible to resolve emotional conflicts and issues of the students confidentially without being biased.
• The “Dastak” program initiated by the college permits the students to directly approach the principal from 12.00 to 1.00 pm to share the problems encountered by them in college.
• Highly considerate tutors are available on the campus that provides emotional support to the students.
• To practically implement the college motto “Learn to Serve” students are motivated to help Divyangjan students in every possible way such as taking them to different classrooms for lectures, sharing notes, etc.
• The visits to old age homes and orphanages are planned from time to time for the students to inculcate emotional values among them.

Intellectual/Intelligence Quotient: To promote rational thought abilities, the following steps were taken into consideration:

• The finishing school of the college renders a platform for the students to meliorate their communication and interpersonal skills.
• To enhance cognitive skills, problem-solving sessions are conducted through the mentoring system, group discussions, and peer interactions.
• The students are regularly motivated to make use of the library and its resources to keep themselves updated with the emerging trends in education at the global level.
• Students are encouraged to take add-on courses (computer-based accounting, journalism), skill-based short-term certificate and diploma courses (GST application, bakery and confectionary, computer-aided accounting, creative writing, and content development, software development program) offered by the college in collaboration with Jagat Guru Nanak Dev University, Patiala.
• During COVID-19, webinars were conducted for counseling the students to create awareness and to motivate and boost their confidence to overcome the fear of the pandemic.

Spiritual Quotient: To establish healthy relationships among the faculty, non-teaching staff, and students, the following initiatives were practiced:

• Every year, the Student Counselling Cell and the Student Council of the college organize Happiness Market to demonstrate various techniques and ideas to raise the happiness level by setting up different kiosks. Even during Covid, a “virtual state-level event- The Happiness Market” was organized by the college in collaboration with Punjab Youth Development Board. ‘Happiness lies in the joy of achievement’ and ‘Creative effort, positive mind, and positive vibes lead to positive life’ were some of the ideas discussed during the session. Students showcased their talents by performing yoga, Zumba, and bhangra and took part in various activities under themes such as ‘A day without laughter is a day wasted’, ‘Your health is your more valuable asset’ etc.
• The institution has built an exclusively designed Meditation and Yoga Park that overlooks a small garden, a Budhha statue, and an artificial water fountain wherein the students can concentrate better, feel stress-free, and cherish mental peace. This area is marked as a ‘Solace zone’ wherein students are advised not to use their mobile phones and to maintain tranquility.
• The Mentor-mentee system is practiced in the form of Tutorial groups wherein the mentor meets the mentee to discuss the academic as well as personal problems of the students.
• The Manojigyasa Society of the college promoted mental health by organizing awareness programs through seminars and rallies.
• The Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle of the institute helps the students to stay connected with their cultural roots through the teachings of various gurus that promote mental and spiritual well-being. For this, the “Naitik Sikhiya”- moral values examination is conducted by GGSSC every year.
• To enhance spirituality, various seminars, webinars, workshops, book exhibitions, shabad gayan competitions, etc were conducted. Renowned spiritual leaders like Brahamkumaris and Anandmurti Guru Maa were invited to address the students for personal transformation, awakening, and enlightening through mediation.

Apart from these 4Qs, the institution focuses on social quotient as it helps the students to interact with people in different social situations.

Social Quotient: To foster social sensitivity and to develop women of substance with strong EQ, Social Quotient also becomes imperative.  The focus was to nurture this key skill during adolescence in girl students for their interpersonal and professional development to have a positive impact on society.

The college envisions promoting service-mindedness beyond normative practices among girl students because they are considered the backbone of the nation-building process. This is accomplished through various activities conducted by the societies and clubs within the institute.

• ‘No ragging on Campus’ is monitored to make students socially responsible to be inclusive towards others and to become more adaptive to handling interpersonal differences.
• The happiness market was organized at the college, district, and state levels to foster positive relationships among people to promote a healthy impact on society.
• Various college-level functions, debates, declamation, Nukkad Natak, quiz were organized to sensitize the students on social issues and to promote discussions on bringing change.
• The outreach activities like visits to old age homes, and orphanages, helping people during natural calamities, etc. are promoted to enhance sensitization towards existing social issues and inculcate the spirit of social consciousness.
• Health Checkup Camps and extension lectures were conducted for societal health and related issues like breast cancer. Vaccination camps were organized for all during COVID-19. The rallies on various social issues like environmental sustainability, road safety, etc. were organized to create awareness among the masses.
• Students were not only given exposure to the prevailing issues like Women's health, Swachh Bharat, and Stubble burning but were also taught to work on their possible solutions for the benefit of society.
• To develop social consciousness and oneness among the students regarding the marginalized section of society, Class IV employees are given recognition, and their services are honored on special occasions every year. During their times of need, the faculty and students are encouraged to step forward and provide financial and other support to these employees.
• Students enrolled in the college’s Rotaract Club, NCC, and NSS units are encouraged to partake in community service and distribute stationery items, clothes, and other basic amenities to the underprivileged section of society. The NSS volunteers are encouraged to work for the community in the adopted villages.

• Open gyms function at full capacity every day and are actively used by most students and faculty.
• The happiness market as a concept was hugely popular. The Chairman of PYDB (Punjab Youth Development Board), Sukhwinder Singh Bindra was the chief guest on this occasion and announced his support to launch this initiative at the state level.
• Issues solved by Dastak Programme.
• Organized Ayurvedic treatment and a Pulse Diagnosis camp to promote physical well-being.
• Successfully organized a vaccination drive and COVID testing center for students, faculty, and the general public in collaboration with the CMO office. 15+ vaccination camps were organized where 5000+ people were vaccinated.
• Faculty was on duty with the CMO office and helped the medical staff in motivating the people in and around the rural areas about the vaccination drives.
• A 100% student-led initiative “Gatka Training and Showcase” was launched by girls to encourage peers to physical and mental strength-building training.

• The main issue was to encourage the students to actively focus on these aspects, especially during this age of adolescence. Since during this phase of their lives, students tend to experience physical and hormonal changes that can make them more aggressive, irritable, stressed, and withdrawn in their personal and professional lives, thus imposing a negative impact on their relationships with peers or society. To help them navigate various aspects of their personal lives and hone their relationship skills, the mentors taught them to respect cultural differences, manage conflicts, practice self-regulation, etc. to manage this turbulent time and have a positive experience of self-growth.
• Secondly, the student’s inclination toward social media made them reluctant to visit the library. For resolving this problem, the teachers on Proctorial duties encouraged the students to go to the library and make use of the open gymnasium and meditation and yoga park during their free periods.
• Besides this, it was quite challenging for the students to adapt to novel learning methodologies through an online mode of teaching. Apart from this, the institute had to plan out academic and co-curricular endeavors within the limited financial resources. 

Due to the transformation in the education system, the institute emphasizes ICT-enabled teaching in addition to traditional classroom education. The chief objective is to adapt the faculty and students with novel learning methods that are the need of the hour. To provide an e-learning atmosphere in the classroom following areas are taken into consideration:

• To expose the students to futuristic knowledge and practical learning, the faculty members use IT-enabled learning tools such as PPT, video clippings, podcasts, group discussions, assignments, projects, and online sources along with chalk & talk methods.
• To promote independent learning through Wi-fi enabled facilities and free access to the internet.
• To create a paperless learning ambiance to protect the environment.

The teaching-learning process is given immense importance in the institution for which the college embraces digitalization throughout the entire academic and administrative processes. While faculty grapples with new ways of managing this sudden transition to online education, students are left clinging to their mobile phones and computer screens. Hence, the facilitator is required to use a variety of tools to keep the learners engaged in the learning process and to motivate their interest in education. This digital transformation includes the increase in the use of digital technologies for teaching and learning, research, support services, administration, and communication and to development of digital skills among students and faculty for their current and future endeavors. 

The institution provides digital learning resources to implement effective teaching-learning techniques and to promote digitalization in curriculum delivery. For this, the following initiatives were taken:

• Support was provided to students and faculty to enable convenient usage of digital platforms such as Google Meet, Zoom, Google Classroom, Youtube, etc through sessions with industry and tech experts.
• Eventually, the faculty and students used platforms like google meet, zoom, WhatsApp, and Youtube for sharing knowledge.
• Google Classroom and class WhatsApp groups are used to create a virtual learning environment and distribute classwork, share study material, upload sample question papers, provide e-assignments, and share announcements.
• The faculty members effectively utilize audio-visual aids to enhance the learning experience of the students.
• The institution has e-resources like INFLIBNET- NLIST, SOUL, KOHA software
• The institution has implemented digitization of the administration processes such as online registration and admission of students, online fee payment, digital issues & return of books in the library, etc.
• The social media pages of the college such as Facebook and YouTube are used for communication purposes, news bulletins, and dissemination of information related to college activities.
• The institution organized various online faculty development programs such as ‘Designing Effective Lessons- Understanding the Pedagogy’ by Dr. Pargat Singh Garcha, ‘Creating Rubric and Teacher Portfolio- Curating What We Do’ by Dr. Jayanti Dutta, ‘How to Prepare for Online Teaching: Tools & Techniques such as Google Classroom, Video Recording/E-content, LOOM, Kahoot’ by Dr. Tejinderpal Singh.

Apart from this, the college has accepted the challenges posed by COVID-19. The following steps were taken by the institute to protect the academic interest of the students during the period of lockdown:

• With the declaration of lockdown, the college resorted to online interactive classes using apps like Zoom and google meet.
• With the onset of COVID, the IQAC team of the college took the initiative to train the entire faculty to help them become tech-savvy and enable them to use ICT tools in teaching-learning activities.
• Keeping in mind, that relieves the stress on the eyes due to constant use of a laptop or mobile screen during online classes, a 30-minute fitness break was introduced in the timetable. Students were suggested to perform fitness activities and to share the photographs on Whatsapp groups.
• To rejuvenate and relax the students, there was a 10-minute break after each online class.
• During the classes, students were made to understand the topic by sharing the class notes/ handouts, etc. with them.
• The students residing in the remote areas having internet connectivity issues were taught through telephone conversations by teachers as well as peers.
• To motivate students to be creative, and to showcase their hidden talents, online competitions on slogan writing, poster making, shabad gayan, poetry writing, declamation, and essay writing were held.
• The institute organized a series of online events for celebrating commemorative days and regional festivals such as Diwali, Gandhi Jayanti, National Unity Day, and Teacher’s Day. Besides this, the birth anniversaries of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur ji, Major Dhyan Chand, Subhash Chandra Bose, Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, etc. were also celebrated online.
• In the post-covid period, the blended mode of teaching and learning was followed, where students were allowed to visit their respective departments in small numbers for consultation with the faculty members while maintaining physical distancing norms and other safety protocols.

• The institution has seen a significant increase in digital infrastructure: a 310% increase in smart classrooms, a 57% increase in smart laboratories, 100% digitization of the library, and access to free Wi-fi within the campus.
• For easy Wi-fi access within the entire campus, the number of routers has been upgraded to 11 along with an increase in bandwidth from 100 Mbps to 400 Mbps.
• Creation of a KOHA application for faculty and students to access e-books on their mobile devices
• 100% digitization of the end-to-end admission process.
• Successfully organized (6) FDPs attended by 400+ viewers on average.
• Launched an institution-wide YouTube channel on 19^th June 2020 which now has 5 K subscribers and 50000+ views till today.
• 100% online examinations and evaluations for 4 semesters were carried through during the Covid-19
• The institution has hosted several webinars by various resource persons that helped a prominent number of participants to learn in their comfort.
• The Monthly News Bulletin available on the college Youtube channel keeps the students updated with the college happenings and it develops a sense of belongingness among them.

It was quite challenging for the students and faculty to adapt to novel learning methodologies through an online mode of teaching. Apart from this, the institute had to plan out academic and co-curricular endeavors within the limited financial resources. Students residing in remote areas faced internet connectivity issues. These problems were resolved from time to time.