Lovely Professional University opens 155 study centres across India for Distance Education

Education beyond the Campus, the Directorate of Open and Distance Learning (DODL) of Lovely Professional University launched its Distance Education Study Programmes across the country. LPU, the largest University of India has opened a total number of 155 study centres for distance learning programmes in India which includes Punjab, New Delhi & NCR, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir. These centres are aimed to provide both academic as well as administrative support to students. LPU has opened two study centres in Jalandhar also.

Commenting on this development, Chancellor, Mr. Ashok Mittal, LPU said, “Distance Education courses are an efficient way for the students to enhance learning and to expand access to higher education,” He further added that “By opening the LPU Study Centres for Distance Learning, we are ensuring that an innovative pedagogy is developed to help students get education which is flexible, economical, convenient and effective by all means.”

Under LPU DE, students are provided with Study Material, Contact Classes and various Online Resources to facilitate, rather make easy, student learning. With the help of LPU’s online software - Learning Management Solutions (LMS), students will be able to see their assignments, study material, fees deposited, and curriculum and also they can give their mock test online.

LPU DE programmes are recognized by the Distance Education Council (DEC), an apex body for the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system in India, and Joint Committee of UGC-AICTE-DEC for running Distance Education Programmes. The recognized Distance Education programmes are considered equivalent to their corresponding Regular programmes and are valid for Employment and Higher Studies. For admission related queries, students can also call at 1800-3001-1800 or e-mail at odl.admissions@lpu.co.in

Lovely Professional University rocked along rocking live concert by Ranbir Kapoor

It was indeed a reminiscing moment for Bollywood Heart-Throb Ranbir Kapoor's many thousand Student fans at Lovely Professional University, when they were invited by the Star personally to rock along with him, at the University Campus. Other Stars - Nargis Fakhri, Imtiaz Ali of Rock-Star fame were also accompanying him. The students and members of staff remained in a swoon and keel over during his presence in the campus. Students Rock Bands of the University also remained rhythmic during the palpitations enhancing show. The Chairman of Lovely Group Mr Ramesh Mittal, Vice Chaiman Mr Naresh Mittal, Chancellor of Lovely Professional University Mr Ashok Mittal, Pro Chancellor Ms Rashmi Mittal, Vice-Chancellor Dr Rameshwar Kanwar, Director General Er HR Singla welcomed all the stars on their reaching to the campus. On Coming to the native state PUNJAB of his forefathers, Ranbir was seen having a great affinity for all present to see him dance, talk, walk, rock and deliver the talent live. Students kept hovering around the stage, his room of stay and vehicles to just have a glimpse of him.

The shining star, too, got mesmerized to feel the excitement and the pray-full heat, about the his success, in the eyes of multitude of his fans hailing from 28 states of India and 26 countries. Passing on a great message to them, he conveyed: "Bring to your actions in studies as well as allied activities a whole lot of earnestness and heart. Nothing is unachievable in this world. Your University, itself, is a supreme example of this." Quoting the hard endeavours of his famous family members, he shared with all: "They all toiled and worked day and night to reach the legendary heights starting from nowhere. You, too, can achieve your goals in an easy- way; only the things required are devotion, determination and discipline. When I started I had nothing except the hard earned name of my kiths and kin with me. Of course that helped me, but the competition which I had to face was from the star-stalwarts. Here, my dedication and love of you worked to lead me to the present day." Appealing to all, he wanted a promise and the students, apparently, did make a promise that they won't watch any other film before "Rock-star" releases.

Prior to this, welcoming the presence of the super-hit stars at the University and addressing the exhilarating students, the Chancellor Mr Mittal said: "Our University always strives to have great chances and conductions for students' regular progress, betterment and all round personality development. In this context, the present organization is also a great message conveying. The great young actor Ranbir Kapoor is not only glamorous but he is also an ideal-idol for new generation. He is of that clay who has proved his mettle in a very short span to be a great connoisseur of all eyes." Further adding, he said: "His dedication and diligence to his duties must attract you, all along his mesmerizing rocking movements and performance. His hard-work is an example to be followed for coveted achievements."

It is illustrative that Ranbir's natural, effortlessly and applauding exuberance, on so much display in his films, has made him extremely popular. Son to much popular actors of their times, Rishi Kapoor - Neetu Singh and the grandson of yester-years actor and filmmaker Raj Kapoor, great grandson of Prithviraj Kapoor; Ranbir made his acting debut in 2007, for which he won the Filmfare Award. Before starting off his career as an actor, he worked as an assistant with reputed director Sanjay Leela Bhansali for awards winning film 'Black'. He has also earned several nominations for Best Actor at various award ceremonies. Film Critics usually write a lot positive about his versatility and potentialities. At present, he is featured, opposite new-comer Nargis Fakhri in Imtiaz Ali's 'Rock-star' going to be released on historic date 11/11/2011.

Rocking & Radiant Annual Youth Festival of Lovely Professional University Culminated into Novel Promises for the Next

Folk as well as Western Dances stole the show on the last day of the annual youth festival of Lovely Professional University. Rocking performances by multi-talented students of the University compelled the onlookers to sing, dance, feel and celebrate the great two gala days along with them. The enthusiastic audience remained responding with gusto and applauds on the scintillating performances of the students. The second day witnessed Geet, Gazals, Qwaalliz, Collage Making, Vocal, Giddha, Bhangra, famous Folk & Western Dances of different states and countries and many more show stealing performances by hundreds of students. Last Day's events also included competitions in mimicry, mime, debate, on the spot-painting, Clay-Modelling & Rangoli. The Lovely School of Arts and Animation of the University has been declared winner unanimously by nine renowned judges.

Handing over the coveted glittering trophy to the leaders of the winning School, the Chief-Guest of the day, Mr Ashok Mittal, the Chancellor of the University congratulated all on the magnanimous outcome of the mammoth youth festival: "Such organizations keep all of us full of youth, vitality and vigour in deeds, actions as well as in thoughts and planning too." Continuing he held: "The massive participation from international students has given a global outlook to the festival, this year. The opportunity shared by other students to work together with them under a great feeling of oneness, equality and determination will certainly make them more humane and global citizens. All of them are going to have proper understanding towards culture, customs, traditions related to performers hailing from different Indian states and other countries."

It is worth noticing that during the day, many stalls at different blocks of the university had competitions in poster making, Tattoos Ikebana, Dance, Robotics, LAN Games, Sports, Quiz Show, Band Performances, Fashion Parade, Mehndi, Face Painting etc worth cash Prizes, Gifts and other attractions. Many special food stalls of tongue tasting stuffs kept attracting the gluttons like anything. Prior to this, the inaugural day has already seen the colourful, classical, cultural display of different forms of art. Seven Popular Students Bands of the University also remained performing round the clock on both days and made more than 20,000 students dance to their rhythms and melodies. All the students, teachers, other members of the staff, many relatives and friends of theirs enjoyed fun and frolic got through different types of celebrative organizations.

In the end, the Chancellor, Mr Ashok Mittal, distributed the prizes to the winning students of different competitions. He was accompanied by the Pro Chancellor, Ms Rashmi Mittal, of the University.

The Website'www.lpu.in' of Lovely Professional University ranked among Top 10 Educational Website Designs in the World

Renowned website analyst 'www.webdesignersblog.net.' has rated the website of Lovely Professional University 'www.lpu.in' as the 10th Best Educational Website Design in the world. It has excelled among world's 35 Outstanding Educational Website Designs. It has conducted the survey and rated it among the top ten Educational Website Design in the world. It is highlighting that it has excelled even Educational Website Designs of world's top and outstanding Universities like University of Oxford, University of Melbourne, University of Glasgow, University of Chicago, University of Washington, National University of Singapore and so many others, of years of repute and establishments. In India, it has been placed second only to the University of Madras.

Congratulating all students and members of the staff on this world class achievement, the Chancellor of the University, Mr Ashok Mittal said: "It is a matter of immense pleasure and pride for all of our students, their parents, members of staff and well-wishers that our University website 'www.lpu.in' has been rated 10th Best Educational Website Design in the world." Continuing he said: "In fact, in order to fulfill this herculean task of catering to the immediate requirements of the students, their parents and the new admission seekers, an effective website with all transparency is ever required as a ready- reckoning design. It is, of course, a challenging job for designers to come out with an all time interesting and informative website for a user. They have to provide current and updated information about 'Achievements, Programmes, Hostels, Admissions, Syllabus, Results, Students, Alumni, Activities, Sports and above all, special attractions'. In this regard, we are very happy to note that the university designers have toiled to showcase in such a way that the renowned website analyst 'www.webdesignersblog.net' has rated our University website as such, in their most competitive survey conducted."

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On asking the proud designing team, its version was: "Staying up-to-date with Current Trends and Techniques and going for many Web Design Inspiration, Tutorials, New Design Trends, Digital Art Works, Photos, Vector, Freebies, Graphics, Typography and much more, we could showcase Inspirational presentations for each and every user's need and comfort.

Six Students of LPU have joined LPU's Partner Foreign Universities in UK & Australia to complete other half of Twinning-Programme

In order to fulfill internationalization strategy, Lovely Professional University has collaborated with various universities and institutes across the globe for students favouring collaborative research and education programmes. Under this, after completing first half of relevant Twinning Programmes of MBA and B Sc Hospitality at LPU, its six students joined partner foreign universities- Central Queensland University, Australia; University of Sunderland, UK and University of West London, UK, in the month of September 2011, to complete their other half from there. On successful completion of their programmes, they will get qualifying Degrees from these Partner Foreign Universities.

Informing more, the Pro Chancellor of the University, Ms Rashmi Mittal said: "Our University has, both academic and non-academic, partnerships and tie- ups with world class foreign universities and institutes across the globe, including USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Brazil, Poland and Ghana. We desire to cultivate collaborative relationships, particularly, in regard to student exchange, articulation of particular programmes, faculty exchange, specific joint research areas etc." Continuing she said: "As such, University has 'Twinning Programmes' which allow a student to complete part of studies at LPU and the remaining with its partner foreign university. And, after successful completion of the programme or as defined in the agreement, such a student gets entitled to receive degree from the concerned foreign partner University. We have more than 25 Partners across the globe with similar arrangements."

It is illustrative that these Twinning Programmes are of much importance and value for a foreign aspiring student. A student chooses the right path through these to study in the country of his/her dreams, instead of getting ruined in wrong hands. He /She gets globally mature enough to exist prominently in the current scenario learning latest trends and techniques from the top Universities of the world. Moreover, the fee structure for such a programme is far less in comparison to getting direct admission in a foreign university. As such, LPU is providing the students an opportunity to get exposed to learning methods and cultures across the globe to emerge as professionals with ability to cross cultural situations. These enable students to have qualitative education for bright settlement in life. The best benefit of a twinning programme is the potential of foreign placement for a student aiming career in MNC or global organization.

Lovely Professional University Ranked among Top Four MCA Institutes of Northern India by NASSCOM

Lovely Professional University has been ranked among Top Four MCA Institutes of Northern India published by India's largest professional news and media company, 'Siliconindia'. LPU has also been counted among first 20 such Institutes country wide. Based on a recent survey conducted by NASSCOM-an apex IT body with Booz Allen Hamilton-a consultancy firm; 'Siliconindia' has published about this in details, on its pages of September 2011 issue. It has declared Top 50 MCA Institutes in India and Top 10 Institutes Zone Wise- North, East, West & South. The sole parameter of judging an Institutes' quality is the performance of its students in the industry- measured by their pay package. Thus, this list is entirely based on a single parameter- CTC (Cost to Company) of a graduate after five years of work experience.

For this, a perceptual study was conducted among HR managers, recruitment firms and job boards. The companies/institutes were chosen carefully to ensure that the HR managers/professionals interviewed were involved with recruitment and had a fair idea about the market. Over 3000 MCA graduates who graduated in the year 2006 were interviewed across the six metros - Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai. And, after an exhaustive research and analysis, the lists of top Govt. /private institutes, across India and in each zone, were made out.

On this coveted ranking, the Chancellor of the University, Mr Ashok Mittal said: "We are very happy to note that fore-front IT bodies have identified the potentiality of the University by keeping it in first top 20 Institutes of the country. In fact, the credit of this ranking goes to our hardworking students who have placed themselves in the top companies like Infosys, HCL, TCS, Wipro & others, under the guidance of their teachers." Continuing he said: "Such rankings are helpful to both IT Organizations and students as from these they may go ahead easily for the Institute of their liking, preference and value." It is worth noticing that there is a great need of nearly 1.5 million MCA graduates in the Indian IT industry by next decade.

Illustrative, National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) is the premier trade body and the chamber of commerce of the IT industries in India. It is with more than 1200 members, which include both Indian and multinational companies that have a presence in India. NASSCOM's member and associate member companies are broadly in the business of software development, software services, software products, consulting services, e-commerce & web services, engineering services off shoring, animation and gaming; whereas, Booz Allen Hamilton is a professional consulting firm with a focus on high quality not quantity delivery to clients.

CENTRAL QUEENSLAND (CQ) UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA SIGNS MOU WITH LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY (LPU)

In a breakthrough step towards facilitating education to the underprivileged children, Central Queensland (CQ) University, Australia has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lovely Professional University (LPU) and an NGO- The Salaam Baalak Trust (SBT). The MoU was exchanged between Mr. Rennie Fritschy, Chancellor, CQUniversity Australia, Dr. Lachlan Strahan, Australia’s Deputy High Commissioner to India, Mr. Ashok Mittal, Chancellor, LPU and Ms. Praveen Nair, Founder Trustee & Chairperson, SBT in New Delhi.

The collaboration signifies the establishment of valuable collaborative relationships between the three parties to provide enhanced educational opportunities for Indian students and provide assistance to street and working children.

Under the partnership with LPU, CQUniversity will subsidize students to undertake university studies in India by paying their tuition fees, accommodation fees and living expenses for the duration of their degree. A total number of 15 students selected by SBT will study at LPU and this activity will continue for five consecutive years. LPU will provide the learning platform to the students and would support them in the best possible manner.

Speaking on the occasion, Chancellor, Mr. Ashok Mittal, LPU remarked, “We are delighted to enter into partnership with CQUniversity, one of the leading universities of Australia. Lack of adequate funding for higher education to the deprived children has always been a serious constraint in India. Through this step, together we would be able to address this issue and ensure to provide enhanced educational opportunities to some of our most needy students in the country.”
Talking about the noteworthy association, Mr. Rennie Fritschy, Chancellor, CQUniversity said, “It gives us extreme pleasure to be associated with a leading university- LPU in India. Our partnership is unique and special because it is aimed towards supporting and providing opportunities to the Indian children who are in need.”

“CQUniversity’s agreement with LPU will also witness both universities work together to create a meaningful academic and cultural exchange program between Australia and India,” said Mr. Fritschy.

“This association will moreover ensure the development of a suitable employable pool of children who will be able to get quality education, functional knowledge to earn a living. It’s all part of our aim towards becoming Australia’s most engaged university and helping to facilitate access to higher education for all individuals,” he further added.

With the signing of its agreement with SBT, CQUniversity is now the official sponsor of the charity- ‘WALK into the street life of Delhi’ program with support of 1.5 million rupee over the next three years.

Soma Enterprises selected students of Lovely Professional University at a package of Rs 2.5 lac

Nine students of Lovely Professional University got selected during a Campus Drive made by Soma Enterprise Ltd, one of the largest construction company of India. It had invited Students of B Tech (Civil) and B. Tech (Honours)(Civil) with 6.5 CGPA of 2012 passing out batch, for placement drive. After undergoing a stringent selection criteria based on PPT, Written Test, Technical and Personal Interview, the selected students are offered a Package of Rs. 2.5 lac per annum. Added to this HRA will be another benefit. The students will join their duties in June 2012.

Felicitating the selected students, the Director General, Er HR Singla, of the University, said: "We are laying stress on the success of Infrastructure related studies, which are the most futuristic branches in world, especially India as India is bound for heavy infrastructure growth and real estate construction in future. It has huge scope, in private as well as government sector. In this regard, we are very happy to note that the companies like Soma Enterprises have come forward in recruiting the students in infrastructure development projects pertaining real estate sector." He added: "Previously Civil Engineering was less opted by the students; but, with the growth of population and industries new projects are coming up and existing ones are growing."Continuing, he said, "Our students are lucky that they have availed of the opportunity to work in a world class organization. Now, they are expected to create Impact of infrastructural development on the economy of the country, to bring good name to their alma mater."

It is worth noticing that Soma Enterprise Ltd, an ISO 9001-2000 Company, is one of the Fast- growing infrastructure developers in India. It is mainly and primarily focused on construction and development of core infrastructure projects in the transportation, Hydel-Power and water resource sectors. It has recently diversified into urban infrastructure projects including commercial and residential real estate. In addition to construction contracts, Soma also takes up projects on EPC / Turnkey and Build Operate Transfer (BOT) basis.

Selected students, Ajay Bhatia, Ameer Ganai, Kumar Bhuria, Sidhant, Nikhil, Amit, Parveen, Ravi Pandey, Shubham said: “This selection has enthused much confidence within us. We are very eager to join and to work with such a reputed company. Our new assignments would enable us to grow differently and design our destiny. Of course, we will have to continue following the techniques taught to us at the University by our teachers."

LPU honored with State Award for Recommendable Contribution towards Volunteer Blood Donation

Lovely Professional University honored with State Award for Recommendable Contribution towards Volunteer Blood Donation on 'National Volunteer Blood Donation Day'. Govt. Body 'State Blood Transfusion Council, Punjab' had organized the Award Ceremony. The Health Minister Punjab Government, Mr Satpal Gosain has himself awarded the University with the citation of acclamation under the signatures of Principal Secretary Health cum President SBTC, Punjab, Mr Satish Chandra, IAS. This Award has been accorded for contribution made of 415 Blood Units this year.

On this achievement, the Pro-Chancellor of the University Ms Rashmi Mittal said: "We are very happy to receive this Award as it is further motivating us to be more energetic towards such self-less humane pursuits. In fact, our University is regularly developing much needed community service into the very being of each and every university student, along with their professional programmes. Many blood donation camps in association with prominent NGOs and Volunteer Organizations have become a constant feature at the University." Appreciating the efforts made by students and members of staff, she added: "Blood Donation by students is always voluntarily as they are themselves boosted up towards this noble and humane cause. So they come forward and set example for others to follow. They know that Blood donation is a kind of bond of love for fellow human beings as well as the gift of life; it is, indeed, a contribution to help other needy ones."

Continuing she informed: "Only yesterday, in order to share social responsibility, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences of our University organized a Blood Donation Camp, with the help of Hindustan Welfare Blood Donors Club (Regd), Phagwara, at the University. It was responded well by many hundreds of donor-students and members of the staff, who remained queued up the whole day to donate blood. A contingent of 18 Para Medical Team Members comprising of doctors and technicians, under the guidance of Dr Gagandeep Singh and Dr Sangeeta Goel from the Civil Hospitals of Jalandhar and Phagwara conducted the donation procedure. The camp was organized in a very safe and hygienic environment, with slogan- 'Donate Blood for life'. In all, 195 units of blood were accumulated, which were distributed to the two hospitals as 120 Units and 75 Units to Civil Hospitals Jalandhar and Phagwara respectively.