Department of Philosophy,P.G.Govt.College for Girls, Sector-11, Chandigarh

Dr. Desh Raj Sirswal delivered Lecture on “Why to Study Philosophy at UG Level?” in One-Day Webinar organized by Department of Philosophy, Govt. MAM PG College, Jammu held on 2nd April, 2021.

Link:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350579455_Why_to_Study_Philosophy_at_UG_Level

 “The World Philosophy Day” was celebrated by The Positive Philosophy Society, Department of Philosophy, Post Graduate Govt. College, Sector-46, Chandigarh on 19th November, 2020. An online reading session was organized and e-content on Socrates was distributed among students. An Online Philosophy Quiz Contest was organized. Total 30 responses were received and on the basis of participation, following students were selected as prize winners:

First Prize 20.00 / 20 Rimzhim Puri BA 3rd Year 1672/18

Second Prize 20.00 / 20 Gauri Kumari BA 2nd Year 1394/19

Third Prize 20.00 / 20 Shallu BA 2nd Year 1028/19

Consolation-I 19.00 / 20 Rahul BA 2ndYear 1303/19

Consolation-II 19.00 / 20 Khushboo BA 1st Year 6228/20

Consolation-III 18.00 / 20 Vikas Kumar Pathak BA 2nd Year 1516/19 

Online Philosophy Quiz Contest-2020

19th November, 2020

11.00 am to 1.00 pm

Organized by

The Positive Philosophy Society

Department of Philosophy

Post Graduate Govt. College

Sector-46, Chandigarh

https://philgcg11chd.webs.com

The Positive Philosophy Society of the Department of Philosophy, Post Graduate Govt. College, Sector-46, Chandigarh organised Debate on “Education System” on 24th February, 2020. Students expressed their views on present education system of India. They discussed the present needs of the education system as well as talked about future prospective of community education. Event was successful due to active participation and cooperation of the members of the society.

World Philosophy Day celebrated at PGGCG-11, Chandigarh on 21st November, 2019. Dr. Desh Raj Sirswal participated in the event. There were several competition held for students and department inaugurated the web page of the department.

To commemorate the “World Philosophy Day”, The Positive Philosophy Society of the Department of Philosophy organised a student activity on 15th November, 2019. A tribute was given to Guru Nanak Devji on his 550th Birth Anniversary being celebrated all over the world. A good number of students participated and some students shared their views on philosopher like Plato, Aristotle , Friedrich Nietzsche and Osho etc. and made the event successful. In the end of the programme, Dr Desh Raj Sirswal expressed his views on the importance to celebrate World Philosophy Day.

Celebrations

World Philosophy Day-2019 & 550th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Devji

15th November, 2019

Time: 10.00 am to 12.00 noon

Venue: Room No.26

The Positive Philosophy Society

Department of Philosophy

Post Graduate Govt. College Sector-46, Chandigarh

http://philgcg11chd.webs.com

A RUSA sponsored One-Day Capacity Building Workshop on “Happiness and Well Being” was organised at Post Graduate Government College, Sector- 46, Chandigarh today. Ms. Sahar Gharachorlou, International Life Coach and Dr. Sudhir Kumar Baweja, Department of Philosophy, USOL, Panjab University, Chandigarh were the resource persons for the morning and evening sessions respectively. Prof. Dr. Rosy Walia Joshi, Principal accorded a floral welcome to the Speakers. Mrs. Arvinder Kaur, Coordinator, RUSA read the welcome address. In the morning session, Ms. Gharachorlou talked about “Developing Life skills”. She averred that stress is not the cause but the effect of the fear of the unknown. She highlighted the role of gratitude in our lives. She also demonstrated some Mudras to release stress. “Happiness is not a state of Mind but a choice”, she emphasised. Dr. Baweja was the resource person in the Post Lunch session. He spoke on “Yoga and Spiritual Development”. He said yoga is a means to spirituality. Yoga stands for union of self and higher self. It helps in achieving a balanced life. Certificates were also distributed by the Principal to the participants of the workshop. Dr. Rajiv Salwan, Head, Department of Computer Science proposed the Vote of Thanks. The workshop was well attended.

To commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhiji, The Positive Philosophy Society of Department of Philosophy organised a student activity “Declamation Contest" on "Voices of Youth" on 1st October, 2019. A good number of students shared their views and made the event successful. The working committee of the Positive Philosophy Society also constituted for the session 2019-20.

The Department of Philosophy selected working committee for the session 2019-20 for “The Positive Philosophy Society”, Post Graduate Govt. College, Sector 46, Chandigarh. The direct election was held on 27th August, 2019 for the following posts:

President -01: MR. STANZIN GYALPO Vice President-01: MS. SASHA KAUL Secretary-01 : MR. MANHAR SHARMA Members-05: (a) MS. SAKSHI ARORA (b) MS. PAYAL SHARMA (c) MR. HARPREET SINGH (d) MR. AJAY KUMAR SINGH (e ) MR. KESHAV SHARMA CRs-02: (a) MS.RIMZHIM PURI (b) MR. KARAN SHARMA

Hopefully this year also the Department of Philosophy will organise some events for students welfare.