In order to educate the students about the stature of women in Sikhism, Akal Academy located in Cheema Mandi recently organized a seminar in collaboration with International organization “Sikhs Helping Sikhs”(SOS). For the event, SOS’s Punjab Coordinator Satnam Singh Salohpuri and Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain, SLIET – Head Training & Placement were amongst the special […]

In order to educate the students about the stature of women in Sikhism, Akal Academy located in Cheema Mandi recently organized a seminar in collaboration with International organization “Sikhs Helping Sikhs”(SOS).

For the event, SOS’s Punjab Coordinator Satnam Singh Salohpuri and Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain, SLIET – Head Training & Placement were amongst the special guests. In the seminar, Mr. Satnam Singh informed the students during his speech about the strong legacy of women in the Sikh heritage; he gave several examples of sacrifices & martyrdoms to the students whilst motivating them with his speech. He also mentioned that in present time’s we all must together fight against the social evils like female feticide & Dowry, to uproot its completely from our society.

On the occasion, Dr. Jain shared certain key aspects on personal development with the student, which could guide the students to the doors of success. Also during the event, a story book related to Sikhism names ‘Babaniya Kahaniya’ was released. During the event, Principal Baljeet Kaur paid special homage to Satnam Singh Salohpuri whilst Academy’s Vice Principal, Manjeet Kaur thanked all the guests mentioning “Akal Academy today is a chain of 129 rural schools thanks to the immense efforts of the Kalgidhar Trust Baru Sahib.”

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~ Deeksha Singh
~ New Delhi, 17th Feb ’14