Punjab Again Comes to Sports Forefront as LPU Lifted AIU’s National Inter University Kho-Kho (Men) Runners up Trophy

*AIU’s All India Inter University (Inter-Zonal) Kho-Kho (Men) Championship concluded at LPU
*Mangalore University, Karnataka, became Champion of 2012-13 by gaining merely single point
*University of Mumbai remained at third place, whereas GNDU Amritsar at fourth   
*LPU Chancellor Mr Ashok Mittal urged all sports lovers to get KHO KHO included in Olympics

Jalandhar: In a very thrilling final Kho Kho match, during the last phase of AIU’s National Inter University (Inter-Zonal) Kho-Kho (Men) Championship, Lovely Professional University lifted National Kho-Kho (Men) Runners up Trophy, today, at LPU Kho Kho arena. Mangalore University became Champion by gaining merely single point over LPU Team. In the match for third and fourth places University of Mumbai defeated GNDU Amritsar by an Inning and 2 points. The spectators got enthralled on seeing neck to neck fight in matches, throughout the championship. During the closing ceremony, LPU Chancellor Mr Ashok Mittal handed over the shining Winners’ and Runners up Trophies, gold, silver, bronze medals to the respective deserving students of different universities. He was accompanied by Pro Chancellor Ms Rashmi Mittal and Director General Er HR Singla.

Congratulating the winners and other participants for bringing laurels to their respective university and display of true sportsman spirit,  Mr Mittal expressed: “We indeed got honour on having the responsibility of hosting stunning sports of such a mammoth stature, where leading universities of the country participated. According my special thanks to all participating students, universities’ and sports officials, I want to say that LPU team’s priority has always been to make you all feel comfortable during the championship at LPU Campus.” Continuing he said: “I am again advancing my heart-felt reminder to all the sports lovers to continue striving to get kho Kho included on the international level, in Olympic Games, as it is very competitive and skill-oriented game, which demands physical fitness, strength, speed and stamina to the core. Moreover, students should specially choose this ancient game as it imparts a great lesson to pursue, to overtake and to reach to the target under complete positivism.” Mr Mittal also informed that much is being done at LPU to promote sports and co- curricular activities so that students may fit in the global set up as all-rounder: “For promotion of sports even among professional students, university offers scholarships to national and state level sportsmen/players, as our endeavour is to promote sportsmanship.”

AIU Official, Mr. Rishi Tripathi, who had been deputed as an observer & expert for the championship, orated words of high praise in regard to the organizing potentialities of LPU: “Each and every arrangement made by LPU at the championship needs special mentioning as I have never seen such an organization anywhere else in my near 45 visits to such championships. Moreover the fairness of game, true sportsmanship, working system, channelization, international standard playground, the best management seen at LPU, all are forcing me to recommend that LPU should always be an organizer of AIU’s sports activities.” LPU Team’s captain Satbir Madhar & other team members hold: “We have got an amazing experience through this championship. Knowing much about the skills, strength and stamina of other teams as well as having strong confidence in ourselves, we are looking forward to participate further in Asian Competition, to be organized in time to come.

LPU Team:  Captain Satbir Madhar, Amrinder Singh, Randeep Singh, Surinder Kumar, Krishan Gopal, Alok Mishra, Sachin Singh, Arjun, Rajiv Chaudhary, Sandeep Kumar, Pardeep Raghuvanshi & Jasvir Madhar.

In fact, Kho-Kho provides enjoyment to both players and the spectators, who go through it for a thrilling sport under display of controlled sprinting, evading, dodging, diving, chasing, defending skills. At present it is played in seven countries Japan, Thailand, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal.

Final RESULTS:

S No	Name of the University	Position	Scores Made
1	Mangalore University Karnataka	First	17
2	LPU Punjab	Second	16
3	University of Mumbai	Third	One Inning & 11 Points
4	GNDU Amritsar	Fourth	9

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United India Private Ltd (Bestseller) Selected 26 Students of LPU

Jalandhar: One of the largest fashion companies, United India Private Ltd (Bestseller) selected LPU’s 26 students, as Fashion Consultants. The selected ones will join their duties in the month of June 2013.  For this drive, students of MBA Marketing/Retail & B.Sc Fashion Design, Batch 2013 (Final Year), were eligible.  Prior to selection, the selected students faced selection criteria, based on PPT, Group Discussion and Interview.

Congratulating the successful students, LPU Pro Chancellor Ms Rashmi Mittal advised them to continue working hard for further growth in the relevant industry. “We are happy that companies of varied sector are making on campus selection of our students. Selection with company like Bestseller is indeed a golden chance for the students to have a world-class employment experience.  Our Fashion Department is one of the best established departments in the university and moreover students are given hands on experience through fashion shows and allied activities.”

Illustrative, Bestseller has shops in most European countries, the Middle East, India, China and Canada (over 45 countries in total). Bestseller is one of the biggest fashion companies and is said to be a foreign clothing company successful at penetrating the middle price range consumer market. The company has a number of big names and different brands under which it sells its clothing, both in the company's own stores and in independent retailers: Vero Moda, VILA, Mamalicious, Selected Femme, Jack & Jones.  

Selected as Fashion Consultants by prominent company, Sania Soni, Manisha, Divya, Bharat Devgan, Amit and other selected students’ joy knew no bounds. Another selected one, Prashant Priyadarshini said: “When we will join our duties, we will definitely follow the instructions of our teachers got at our university. This coveted chance has paved a great way for us to enter in the world of work and worth. By working hard we will prove our worth by learning further much about skills & expertise, strategic thinking, retail marketing, location scouting, brand management, fashion buying etc.”

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Punjab Election Commission organized state level National Voters' Day at LPU Campus under the aegis of Election Commission of India

*Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab, Ms Kusumjit Sidhu inaugurated the event by lighting of the lamp; she was accompanied by IG Police Jalandhar Range,  DC Kapurthala, Chairman Lovely Group & LPU Chancellor 

*District Kapurthala hosted the organization to awaken the young voters of Punjab & University 

*Other dignitaries & officials present on the occasion included Baba Seechewal, SSP Kapurthala, ADC, SDM Phgwara and many other ranks of importance

*Electors photo identity cards (EPIC) were distributed to 5 newly eligible voters and awards were also bestowed upon officials for best electoral practices 

*Badges with slogan "Proud to be a voter - Ready to Vote" were distributed to all

*Hundreds of LPU students took wholehearted part in the programme and vowed to have their voter Identity cards soon

Phagwara: Following the Union Cabinet’s decision to observe January 25, the day the Election Commission of India was set up in 1950, as the National Voters' Day, Punjab Election Commission organized state level National Voters' Day at LPU Campus under the aegis of Election Commission of India. District Kapurthala hosted the organization to enlighten and awaken the young voters of the state. Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab, Ms Kusumjit Sidhu was the Chief Guest, who inaugurated the event by lighting of the lamp. She was accompanied by IG Police Jalandhar Range Ms Gurpreet Deo, DC Kapurthala Ms Alaknanda Dayal, Chairman Lovely Group Mr Ramesh Mittal & LPU Chancellor Mr Ashok Mittal. During Badge ceremony, badges with slogan "Proud to be a voter - Ready to Vote" were distributed to all. After this, CEO Ms Sidhu let all take an oath to utilize their voting rights fearlessly and responsibly. 

Addressing the young voters, the Punjab Chief Electoral Officer, Ms Kusumjit Sidhu said: “The Election Commission of India has always been as transparent as possible, and has been urging each and every state to awaken the voters, particularly new and young voters. In this context, a large number of voters' education activities have been taken up in the state to popularize electoral participation. This observance of National Voters' Day is mainly to inspire new & young voters to utilize their voting rights.” Ms Sidhu also informed: “The commission also launched a campaign to reach out to the newly eligible (18+) electors and to register them in the revision of electoral rolls. As a result many of youth in the 18-19 age group have been enrolled and the number of voters in Punjab has gone up much in comparison to electors in the corresponding period last year." Appealing to all LPU students, whether from Punjab or any other state and who do not have voting rights, she asked them to make an immediate access to the nodal officer deputed for the campus to have their Voter Identity Cards: “Each and every one of you is important and make use of this opportunity. You all matter much to the country. No doubt at this age you think of your career first, but the anger among you against some social ills can be converted into positive action by electing great people of your choice. So I appeal to all to become voter and go certainly to cast your vote in the very next election.”  At this, hundreds of LPU students promised to get their voter Identity cards made soon from the concerned authority: 

“Thanking the CEO Ms Sidhu for choosing LPU Campus as the fit dais for such an important event, LPU Chancellor Mr Ashok Mittal expressed his immense happiness on the 63rd anniversary of Election Commission of India. Having a broad comparison with the democracies of countries like UK and US, he let all aware that the Indian Democracy is the largest in the world, where each and every Indian citizen has equal right to vote since the inception of ECI, in 1950. Mr Mittal said: “All citizens of India are making India a great democratic nation, as entire power is in the hands of Indian voters. Indian election system is much powerful, which without much of the regular staff members on roll has been able to conduct such mammoth activity year after year across the nation. The system of ECI is, undoubtedly, marvellous, practical and independent.” Mr Mittal also implored to all the young voters at LPU: “Students should get their voting rights so that they may take part in each and every election to make Indian democracy a grand success.”

 Prior to this, DC Ms Dayal highlighted the importance of the event while welcoming the chief guest and other invitees.  Electors photo identity cards (EPIC) were distributed to 5 newly eligible voters and awards were also bestowed upon officials for best electoral practices.  A skit to motivate youth to understand the value of democracy and their voting right was also presented by students of Kamala Nehru Public School Phagwara. Other dignitaries & officials present on the occasion included Baba Seechewal, LPU Pro Chancellor Ms Rashmi Mittal, Vice Chancellor Dr Ramesh Kanwar, SSP Kapurthala, ADC, SDM Phagwara and many other ranks of importance.

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AIU’s All India Inter University (Inter-Zonal) Kho-Kho (Men) Championship 2012-13 inaugurated at LPU

*Qualifying 16 teams from four zones will compete on six days for league and knock out matches, up to 30th January 2013

* 22 Sports Officials, 32 Team Managers & 192 Kho Kho players are participating from leading Universities of prominent 11 Indian States and Union territory   

* “Each player should prefer to play under exhibition of true sportsman spirit”: said LPU Chancellor Mr Ashok Mittal

* Eight teams (2 each) from 4 Pools won their respective league matches on the inaugural day

* LPU won its first league match played against Deen Dyal Upadhyay University, Gorakhpur by 9/8.

Jalandhar: After successful organization of zonal championship, Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi, has further entrusted the responsibility of organizing very prestigious All India Inter University (Inter-Zonal) Kho-Kho (Men) Championship 2012-13 to Lovely Professional University, Punjab, from 25 to 30th January 2013. In this regard, Zonal League Matches’ winning teams of 16 Universities, from four zones across India, are competing for national level 24 league and 8 knock out matches.  In this mega kho kho organization, 22 Sports Officials, 32 Team Managers/Coaches and 192 Kho Kho players are participating actively. On the inaugural day, today, eight teams won their respective league matches. In between the University competitions, show matches among local school teams are also being played to further promote kho kho game. LPU won its first league match today played against Deen Dyal Upadhyay University, Gorakhpur by 9/8.

 Inaugurating the championship and welcoming the sports fraternity to the LPU kho-kho arena, LPU Chancellor Mr Ashok Mittal congratulated each and everyone to be historic part of this organization: “We are very delighted to see a sea of sports enthusiasts at the campus. I accord good wishes to all the players that they may come out with the best of skills in them to bring laurels for their respective university. I also want that each player should prefer to play under exhibition of true sportsman spirit, rather than aspiring to be a winner alone.” Mr Mittal specially thanked AIU’s Officials for showing their firm faith in LPU’s organizing potentialities.

Two of the team managers from South and East Zones, Mr D Koteswara Rao (Acharya Nagarjuna University Andhra Pradesh and Mr Bablu Sarkar (West Bengal State University Kolkata) shared that they are very pleased to see the best of arrangements for participants’ lodging- boarding as well as the organization of championship at the apt kho kho arena: “Arrangements at LPU are superb and this is really boosting the players to reveal their worth.  We have never seen such a congenial and good natured atmosphere prior to this. In fact, we had heard a lot about the great hospitality of Punjab and that has really been coming true day by day through LPU. We will never forget our first visit to the state of Punjab.”      

The participating Universities during this championship,  as per their first, second, third and fourth placing in their respective zonal matches are:  University of North Bengal, DDU Gorakhpur, Utkal University, West Bengal State University from East Zone; from South Zone are Nagarjuna University, Mangalore University, Anna Malai University, Calicut University;  from West Zone are Shivaji University Kohlapur, University Of Mumbai, Pune University, NMU Jalgaon and from North Zone are LPU Phagwara, GNDU Amritsar, MDU Rohtak, PU Chandigarh. 

Results of First Day League Matches

S.No.	Matches	Results
1	LPU vs Deen Dyal Upadhyay University	LPU won by 9/8
2	Univ. of North Bengal vs Mangalore University	Mangalore University won by 22/11
3	Nagarjuna University vs Mumbai University	Mumbai University won by 13/12
4	Shivaji University vs GNDU	Shivaji University won by 14/13
5	Pune University vs Punjab University	Pune University won by 17/16

List of Participating Universities:

S.No.	ZONE	Name of the University	City/State/UT
1	East Zone	University of North Bengal	Darjeeling, West Bengal
2		Deen Dayal Upadhyay University	Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
3		Utkal University	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
4		West Bengal State University	Kolkata, West Bengal
5	South Zone	Acharya Nagarjuna University	Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
6		Mangalore University	Konaje-Mangalore, Karnataka
7		Annamalai University	Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu
8		University of Calicut	Kozhikode, Kerala
9	West Zone	Shivaji University	Kolhapur, Maharashtra
10		University of Mumbai	Mumbai, Maharashtra
11		University of Pune	Pune, Maharashtra
12		North Maharashtra University (NMU)	Jalgaon, Maharashtra
13	North Zone	Lovely Professional University	Phagwara, Punjab
14		Guru Nanak Dev University	Amritsar, Punjab
15		Maharshi Dayanand University	Rohtak, Haryana
16		Punjab University	Chandigarh

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