Amritsar, March 21 : A Conference on “Aadhunik Punjabi Galap: Navay Rujhaan” was organized by the School of Punjabi Studies of the Guru Nanak Dev University here today in the Conference Hall of the University. More than 20 eminent personalities of Punjabi Literature were present on this occasion.
Vice Chancellor, Dr. Ajaib Singh Brar inaugurated while Prof. Jagbir Singh, Punjabi Department, Delhi University would preside over. Dr. Jaswinder Singh, Punjabi Department, Punjabi University, Patiala would deliver the keynote address. Dr. Wariyam Singh Sandhu, Dr. Baldev Singh Sadaknama, Dr. Dhanwant Kaur, Dr. Gurpal Sandhu, Dr. Baldev Dhaliwal, Dr. Harsimran Randhawa and Dr. Rajneesh Bhadur delivered their lectures on this occasion. Dr. Raminder Kaur, Coordinator of the Seminar introduced the theme of the Conference.
Prof. Brar in his presidential remarks talked about the academic activities and New Perspective. He said that the students should have creative ability and they should avoid cramming. He said that teachers should develop the confidence of the students by disseminating maximum knowledge.
He said that the University is committed to provide state-of-art infrastructure and education friendly atmosphere at the University campus. He said that for this purpose more than 170 crores have been spent on creating infrastructure during last three years. He said that Department of Comparative Studies would also be established shortly.
Dr. Jaswinder Singh in his key note address said that this conference as right step in right direction of the contramporaty Punajbi fiction. He said that there are three types of Punjabi fictions Novel, Novalik and Khanai. He also talked about the literature which writes about the discrimination of male and female.
Dr. Sukhdev Singh Khara, Head of the Department presided over the second Session and the third session was concerned about the contemporary Punjabi story which was presided over by the famous story writer Dr. Waryam Singh Sandhu. In this session, Dr. Dhanwant kaur, Dr. Baldev Singh Dhaliwal and Dr. Paramjit Kaur Sidhu also delivered their lectures.
In this conference Bharti Sahit Academy Prize winner creative writer Dr. Waryam Singh Sandhu, Dr. Ajmer Singh Aulakh and Dr. Baldev Singh Sadaknama were honored by School of Punjabi Studies of the University.
Dr. Paramjit Singh Sidhu, Dr. Harbhajan Singh Bhatia, Dr. Kawaljit Kaur Jassal, Dr. Gurmit Singh, Dr. Sohinderbir Singh, Dr. Harchand Singh Bedi, Dr. Harjit Kaur and Dr. Darya were also present.