Lovely Professional University Alumni Opened Delhi NCR Chapter

The First Alumni Chapter (Reunion) of Lovely Professional University (LPU) for Delhi NCR Noida Region was held with great fanfare. It was a mega reunion where Alumni gathered with their families, to reminisce, network, get updated and reconnect with friends around the country and the world. In this regard a great get-together was arranged at Great India Place, DELHI. Alumni from TCS, WIPRO, INFOSYS, NOKIA, SEINMENS, ACCENTURE etc were prominently present. They also shared their nostalgic moments spent at the vast campus along with their other fellow students, teachers and administrators.

According greetings of the season and best wishes for New Year to them and their family members, the Chancellor of the University Mr Ashok Mittal said: "It always gladdens me to note that our alumni are regularly acquiring power, position with riches in the society to shine not only their own names but the brand of their alma-mater also. Seeing them at the helm of affairs of importance in the rising world of academia and industry encourages us to give much more to the next generation of the students. As such, they may excel their predecessors leaving solid foot- prints for their successors. The initiation of such a chapter is really a great step towards the progressive pursuits of the University."

On this occasion, the election of the office Bearers of the Alumni Association for NCR DELHI, NOIDA Region was also held. Mr.Akhil, a pass out of 2008 batch, currently working with Nokia was elected as the President while Mr. Sumit Rajan a pass out of 2009 batch, currently working with Infosys the Vice- President. The Bye-laws and Memorandum of understanding of the Alumni Association were also discussed. While taking important decisions, a Green channel was given to alumni regarding admissions of their relatives to their alma-mater.

It is worth noticing that all of the chapter leaders are committed to industry professionalism and the development of the LPU Alumni Association. After discussing alumni roles and responsibilities, next chapter is selected at Chandigarh. It was also decided that after every two months a chapter, in this regard, is to be formed. The alumni gathered were of the joint opinion: "It is an emotional as well as a joyful moment for all of us as we are meeting in such large numbers after a long time. We will be actively engaged in building bridges, both academic and industry, to provide unique opportunities for the students and faculty of LPU so that they may always remain exposed to the world around. We are ever eager to be with our 'alma- mater' in raising its stature as a world-renowned University like Takshila."

LPU signs MOU with Limkokwing University of Creative Technologies

Lovely Professional University signed a MOU with Limkokwing university, Malaysia to facilitate the provision of students' transfer, exchange and collaborative works between both the Universities. Limkokwing university has strong reputation in area of Management and Animation. Limkokwing University is a fast growing University with several campuses across globe, including Malaysia, UK, Bali, Botswana, Borneo, Cambodia and Lesotho. Through this MoU both Universities will explore oppourtinities for students and faculty exchange as well as developing joint programs.

Both the Universities after signing the MOU have various lined up joint programmes considering the needs of Indian as well as foreign students. Regarding this MOU, Associate Prof Dr Jayles Yeoh, Vice President, International Development, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Limkokwing University said, “ A comprehensive programme of any University includes providing enough exposure to the students to understand the working of corporate at local as well as global level. This MOU will benefit the Management students of both the universities to learn the Management skills required in international market. We are happy to have a tie up LPU which has a global repute in the education sector.”

On signing the MOU, Dr. Vijay Gupta, VC of LPU said, “ LPU always strives to provide its students hands-on-experience in their respective fields. In this regard, we already have entered in tie ups with 20 renowned foreign universities in different fields. MOU with Limkokwing is another achievement in this step and with this tie up more and more students will get required foreign exposure which will further groom them and capitalise on placement opportunities provided by the University. Apart from Management programmes we are also looking forward to have tie up in other commom fields of both the universities like Animation, Graphics, Desigining etc.”