Chandigarh March 25, 2019
The Avinash Chander Bali Memorial and Krishan Kishore Grover Goodwill Contests
were organised by the department of English and Cultural Studies, Panjab University,
here today.
The A.C. Bali memorial contest had 22 particiapnats from various affiliated
colleges. The judges at the occasion were Prof. Harpreet Pruthi from English
department, Dr. Purva Kausal from University Business School, and Prof. Rajesh from
Women Studies Centre. Participants spoke for three to five minutes on varied topics
such as “Is It Ideal to be Politically Correct”, “India Needs Many Bangalores”, “Is
Tinder the New Shaadi.com?” and “Gurgaon to Gurugram: What is in a Name?” First
position was won by Sheenam Dhingra from the English department. Rashmi Sharma,
research scholar at the department, and Surner Singh from UILS tied for second
position. Jasleen Virk from PGGCG won third prize
The Krishan Kishore Grover Goodwill Contest commenced with twenty-one
participants from different colleges. The judges were Prof. Pratibha Nagpal from
English department, Prof. Jayanti Dutta from Human Resource Development Cell, and Dr.
Shashi Chaudhary from National Centre for Genome Research. The subjects under
discussion were Degree in the Frying Pan, Night without Moon, How High is Punjab and
Farmers: The Wretched of the Earth. First position was won by Damini Puri from Dev
Samaj College for Women while Saniya Sehgal from MCM-DAV stood second. Rashmi Sharma,
research scholar from the English department and Daanish Kaur from MCM-DAV tied for
third prize.
Mr. Harjinder Pal Singh, prestigious alumnus of the department and founder of
the Seattle Gurdwara Association spoke on everyday topics of interest such as women
security and inter-faith harmony.
