{"id":105027,"date":"2017-09-10T08:43:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T08:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=105027"},"modified":"2017-09-10T08:43:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T08:43:26","slug":"international-literacy-day-celebrated-dav-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/105027","title":{"rendered":"International Literacy Day celebrated at DAV College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amritsar,\u00a0Sept. 9 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; PG\u00a0Department\u00a0of\u00a0Computer\u00a0Science\u00a0and Information Technology, DAV <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-68885 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Dr.-Rajesh-Kumar-DAV-Colle.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Rajesh Kumar DAV Colle\" width=\"280\" height=\"154\" \/>College Amritsar celebrated International Literacy Day at Seminar Hall. Students of BDMM and BSc IT attended this event. This event was organized in Collaboration with UNESCO. The theme of this year\u2019s International Literacy Day was \u2018Literacy in Digital world\u2019. The main objective of this event was to bring awareness and importance of digital literacy in the society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The event was inaugurated by Principal Dr. Rajesh Kumar. He congratulated Prof Vikram Sharma, Head Department of Computer science for organizing such events.\u00a0 While stressing on the importance of literacy, he added that literacy does not mean about reading and writing skills only. Today it has gained a broader meaning as it claims people towards awareness to achieve better way of living.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0While speaking on occasion, Prof Vikram Sharma said that it is proud feeling for the college as UNESCO has globally recognized, acknowledged and applauded our DAV College on their web portal for our invaluable contribution in spreading digital literacy in the society. He also told that this event was live on webcast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0During the event, various activities were carried out by students of the department. Two documentary films were showcased based on the topics \u2018Revolution of Education with Digital Literacy\u2019 depicting how digital literacy improves the education system in India and \u2018Skill India\u2019. Various PowerPoint presentations were also presented by students on the topics \u2018Role of Social Networking Sites in Digital Learning\u2019, \u2018National Digital Literacy Mission\u2019, \u2018Use of Mobile Technology in Digital Learning\u2019 and \u2018Digital learning\u2019. These were presented to motivate students about various digital modes of payments and for helping students make digitally literate. Various posters on different topics were also displayed to help students know how to find, evaluate and create digital contents in meaningful way. A debate based on topic \u2018Pros and Cons on internet Blackout\u2019 was also conducted during the event. Prof. Sanjeev Dutta, Prof. Vivek Aggarwal, Prof. Kapil Goel, Prof. Preeti Kamra and prof. Sunny Thakural and other faculty members were also present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amritsar,\u00a0Sept. 9 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; PG\u00a0Department\u00a0of\u00a0Computer\u00a0Science\u00a0and Information Technology, DAV College Amritsar celebrated International Literacy Day at Seminar Hall. Students of BDMM and BSc IT attended this event. This event was organized in Collaboration with UNESCO. The theme of this year\u2019s International Literacy Day was \u2018Literacy in Digital world\u2019. 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