Jalandhar, December 5, 2013: Over 200 old students including educationists, sportspersons, scientists and Scholars, today relived their past for an evening in the Lyallpur Khalsa College campus last day on the occasion of Sardar Balbir Singh Alumni meet.
Students ranging from batches of 1948’s to 2000’s participated in the meet organized on the occasion of 75th Birth Anniversary of Sardar Babir Singh, the former member parliament and former president of College Governing Council and also an alumnus of the college.
The president of the College Governing Council Balbir Kaur welcomed the guests and said that the institution was proud of its alumni and that they were the real ambassadors of the college who carried the values and ethos imbibed in the college to national and international level, wherever they were placed. The college had given to the country statesmen, artists, sportspersons and scientists of national and international fame during its illustrious existence of over 100 years.
Speaking on the occasion, the College Principal Dr. GS Samra said that the institution owed a lot to the 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.
The old students of the college ex-Air Commodore R.M. Dutt, Olympian Varinder Singh, and Rashpal Singh Pal expressed their sentiments and emotional attachment with the Institution. Manjinder Singh Johal recited a poem on S. Balbir Singh and Harpreet Sidhu presented a song titled Roti.
Among distinguished people present were Jaspal Singh Waraich Hony. Secretary, Kartar Kaur, Jagdeep Singh Shergill, Swaran Singh Cheema, Ajay Pal Singh Dhillon and Avtar Singh Kang members Governing Council and Management along with the staff members. / jalandhar news, jalandhar current news, jalandhar news live, jalandhar breaking news, jalandhar headlines, jalandhar latest news, india news, punjab news
Date:
Thursday, December 5, 2013