LPU wins 5 awards at "Joust-10" Fest at Patiala : Best Award in Picture Perception Test and 3 Member Extempore.

Students of Lovely School of Management, LPU bagged five prizes in the recently held Multi Talent Competitive Professional Event "Joust 10" held at Punjabi University, Patiala. The team which comprised of MBA students of LPU displayed their skills in various forms of cultural and literary events and bagged two gold and one silver medal. The team was awarded cash prize of thousands of rupees for its performance Sajit Nair won the first prize in the "Picture Perception Contest"
and second prize in "Case Analysis Contest". While the previous was based on perceiving the best possible idea from a given picture, the latter tested the students ability grasp an imaginary situation and come up with its incisive analysis. Nair along with Deepika and Karan won the first prize in "3-member extempore contest." LPU also won two other prizes in debate competitions as well. Congratulating the students, Executive Dean-LPU" said, "It is a great feeling that our students are doing great at intra Universities cultural Fest. It is equally important along with studies, that students should uphold the importance of our rich culture; and LPU is committed to make its students culturally as sound as they are in academics." The splendid display of talent at the fest by LPU students is an outcome of the steps taken in this direction." Sajit Nair, who won four, awards for his performance in different events, said, "I am happy that I have won recognition for my University. I see my success in cultural event as a complementary part of my academic success. Personally, I feel that students from professional fields should nurture one arts based hobby, which will help them in developing a more balanced personality."

Lovely Professional University Ranked One of the Top Eleven Indian Universities in Jobs Opportunities & 17th Overall

In the history of TV Channels' the first ever Education Survey of Universities of India ; widely viewed TV channel ZEE NEWS has declared Lovely Professional University as one of the top eleven Universities of India , particularly in Placement Drives , referring an extensive survey conducted by IPSOS Survey-the world’s third-ranked research agency and commissioned by Zee News and DNA .Standing in a coveted line of competition with old , well-Supported & established Universities of Delhi , Mumbai , Pune ,Banaras , Kolkata , Hyderabad etc. , the survey has ranked LPU among the top 20s universities of the country .

Based on country -wide and  a long stretched survey of two months under the president-ship of V Narayana Swami of IPSOS Research , DNA and ZEE NEWS and out of more  than ten thousand samples of survey reports from top educational institutions ,educationists , students ,researchers and many other illustrative names the LPU is also ranked as one of the top 20 Universities in the country . Standing severe 12 tests of testimony like the highest degree of standing ,Jobs opportunities , The best emergence , Research Oriented Teachers appointments , Research opportunities Provided , Experimentation in courses framed , Educational Atmosphere , Reputation Of The Institution etc . ; LPU has excelled almost all the self-supported universities in a very short span of its inception being at no. 17 in the best  hierarchy of all  Indian universities.

The research was undertaken to analyze the state of higher education in India. According to Satish K Singh, Editor of Zee News, “Only knowledge and know-how can make India a superpower. Already much progress has been made and education has become the preferred vehicle in the journey.” In this regards in a special interview conducted by Zee News Channel, Dr. Sneh Lata Deshmukh-Former Vice Chancellor Mumbai University , Dr. Deepak Paintal –Vice Chancellor Delhi University , Sh. V Narayanan Swami and a large number of students from different top universities and educational institutions of repute have approved of the survey under all satisfaction of deep understanding . It was largely said that  Real Universities of exemplary quotings are those which prove the worth through their students , faculty –members and allied achievements instead of beautiful infrastructure and other things of show and lustre .

Elaborating on the procedure of the research,  Narayana swamy of Ipsos said, “These rankings were derived from a survey among prospective students, current students, faculty, and those who have graduated. The research was carried out in 10 cities and measured the perceptions of the various colleges/universities among these groups. The perceptions were gathered using a 10-point scale, on overall opinion as well as perceptions on 12 parameters. A respondent rated only those colleges/universities he or she was familiar with. The rankings were based on the final data from a sample of 1,863 such ‘familiar’ respondents in all.”

Congratulating all the Members of the Staff , students , their parents , all well-wishers and patrons of LPU , Hon’ble Chancellor of the University Ashok Mittal said :  “It has gladdened me to the core that the strenuous efforts of all the forces directly or indirectly attached to LPU have ultimately let the un- prejudiced orate their balanced versions in regards to the out comings of this very young University . To be  declared in a winning position being  in the competition of many decades old , great and well established , government supported Universities , LPU has really emerged to writ a saga of its own .”

Student of Lovely Professional University Becomes Ethical Hacker : Selected as Brand Ambassador

Student of Lovely Professional University Becomes Ethical Hacker : Selected as Brand Ambassador
A brilliant student of Lovely Professional University of MCA 2008 Batch Department of Computer Applications, has been selected as Brand Ambassador of a well-reputed IT Company TCIL functioning at Chandigarh. He has to act for corporate ethical hacking module. He is going to reveal his talents working as a penetration tester for many companies who want to audit their website and also want to find vulnerabilities in them.

World over it is a hard known fact that hackers are regularly playing havoc in the IT Sector by bringing disgrace to a utility which is otherwise highly beneficial for the humanity . That is why 'Industry' has started realizing the utmost importance and need of persons like Rahul Tyagi. And, it is worth noticing that TCIL-IT is an ISO certified corporate as well as an industrial training providing company that deals in PHP, ASP, ASP.net, Java as well as Ethical hacking.

On getting the news about his selection, he said in an overwhelming emotion of happiness: "I have grabbed a great opportunity, in a way, to serve the mankind on ethical grounds by curbing the silent and secret hacking operations which pounce upon us to harm in one or the other menacing way."

Congratulating Tyagi on his this marvellous stepping into the hierarchy of great achievers of LPU, the Executive Dean of the University, Mrs. Rashmi Mittal said: "It has pleased me immensely while noticing that in addition to their regular pofessional study courses, students at LPU are keen about non-conventional or necessary outcomes of their courses working day and night to abolish those social taboos which hamper growth of the society. Thus, students like Tyagi win kudos for themselves and their alma mater."

LPU invites applications for Academic Session 2010: Starts India's largest scholarship for students

Lovely Professional University (Punjab) - India's largest University in terms of students studying in campus announced the start of its admissions for various courses for the academic session 2010. The announcement was made by Shri Ashok Mittal, Chancellor-LPU. The University which is a pioneer in setting new benchmarks in the delivery of quality professional education to more than 24000 students enrolled in more than 150 programs of doctorate, post graduation, graduation and diploma level.

The University has come up with a scholarship policy, where every admitted student, who has scored more than 70% will be entitled to a scholarship. The students are eligible to get maximum scholarship worth Rs. 1,00,000/- per year, subject to their conformity with the University's norms. There are other brackets of scholarship awards in accordance with the performance of the student in the qualifying exam. Adopting an inclusive approach, University has also laid a special provision for those dedicated students,who because of certain reasons could not perform optimally with respect to their potential. For such students, a LPU wil conduct a test named as TFA; wherein scholarships will be awarded to worthy students.

Shri Mittal while commenting in the scholarship policy said "The students of today are the leaders of tomorrow. As an University it is our duty to encourage and support the dedicated and deserving students and lay a strong foundation for the bright future of these future leaders. We are committed to transform the way education is imparted in India and feel the right education is the way to the development of the country. This scholarship is an attempt to provide equal opportunities to quality education to all the students."

LPU has generated a massive interest with respect to admissions from various parts of the country as well as from abroad. Already, LPU is imparting education to students from 23 states of India as well as 5 different countries. The University has received applications from students from as far as South Korea and Congo.

It has to be noted that University has opened various international courses in collaboration with nearly 20 international Universities from USA, UK, Canada and Australia. The programs allow the students to complete a part of their studies abroad and a selected number international free tours to various developing economies.

Vice Chancellor-LPU trains faculty of IIT Gandhinagar : Motivates faculty to change approach in education delivery system.

Dr. Vijay Gupta (Vice Chancellor, Lovely Professional University) was invited by IIT Gandhinagar (IITGn) to hold a workshop and train its faculty in the various facets of imparting learning in engineering, technology and sciences. The workshop was held to capitalize on the vast experience of the seasoned academician and infuse more professionalism and effectiveness in the way learning is imparted to budding engineers.
In the 14 hour workshop Dr. Gupta delivered lectures on various issues like pedagogy, designing of curriculum, conduct of examination and teachers' evaluation. Various models of ensuring effective studies in campuses were discussed and the teachers were advised to ignite the inquisitive spark within the students. Dr. Gupta also stressed that the examination and evaluation system should be as such that it should try to develop the analytical skills of the students, rather than the ability to memorise and reproduce a theoretical concept.

The workshop was attended by all the faculty members of IITGn, including its Director Prof. Sudhir K Jain. The lectures of Dr. Gupta were video graphed for further use by the faculty. The VC told this correspondent that though the faculty of IITGn is very good as far as qualification parameters are concerned, yet many of them were not exposed to modern methods of teaching of engineering, technology and science. He also told that Lovely Professional University, Phagwara is striving to employ the same pedagogy and curriculum designing systems, as were prescribed in the workshop