Dr. Zora Singh, Chairman, Desh Bhagat Group of Institutes was awarded ‘Punjab Gaurav Shiksha Rattan Award’ by his Excellency Hon’ble Governor Sh. Shivraj Patil on 26 April, 2012 at CII, Chandigarh. All India Technical and Management Association (AITMA) organized a Corporate Summit 2012 on Bridging the Industry- Institutes Skill Gap. Dr.Singh was invited to speak on the subject during this summit. While speaking on the occasion Dr.Singh said, “Industry and Institutes should work together to bridge the gap between the demand of specific human resources and production.” He further elaborated that the curriculum should be industry based so that more and more employable graduates come out from the institutes and they become assets to the society and not the liabilities The award was given to Dr.Zora Singh for being pioneer in establishing 21 institutes in Punjab, Chandigarh and Kenya ( East Africa) for providing quality education to students