About The Establishment of College
Establishment
Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College was established in 1970 by Sri Maan Mahapurakh Sant Baba Tara Singh Ji with the active cooperation of the people of this area The college has made impressive progress in academic and other fields since then The contribution of Sri Maan Mahapurakh Sant Baba Tara Singh Ji in other fields of life is equally important He made tremendous efforts during his life to maintain the glory of Sikh shrines located in the different parts of the country Sri Maan Mahapurakh Sant Baba Charan Singh Ji continued the tradition and now Baba Sukha Singh present Patron of the college has been following in the foot steps of his predecessors With the whole-hearted cooperation of the Patron President Director Honorary Secretary and the whole Managing Committee the college has attained many achievements The college has started the latest career-oriented courses and there by is keeping pace with the changing trends in the field of education.
College Emblem
The college Emblem bears the motto of the college Shubh Karman Te Kabhun Na Taron These holy words form part of a hymn by Guru Gobind Singh the tenth Guru of the Sikhs These holy words imply that one should never desist from doing righteous deeds The hymn exhorts us to do righteous deeds fearlessly in our society and be victorious with determination Education is the best and the most important system to plant this ideal firmly in the minds of our students for the upliftment of our society Considering this aspect of education and the fact that educational institutes are not commercial or teaching shops the college always keeps its mission of service above everything else The college is aware of its role and responsibility of disseminating knowledge and of nation building As the college is named after the name of tenth Guru so his sacred words have been adopted as the motto in the emblem to express our vision and objective in no uncertain terms.
College Profile
The college is affiliated to Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar It is a government aided co-educational Post- Graduate college It is situated in natural surroundings at Sarhali on the Amritsar-Tarn Taran-Harike highway It is the biggest college among all the rural colleges of punjab Nearly Eighteen Hundreds students are studying in the college It is one of the leading colleges which have started various professional computer and other job-oriented courses The college is running courses in Arts Commerce Science and Computer Science streams The college has secured a prestigious position in the field of education It maintains a high academic standard The college has experienced and hard working staff that work with a missionary zeal Discipline and work-culture pervade the campus The institution strictly adheres to the rules and regulations of the UGC DPI and Guru Nanak Dev University in all academic affairs.
A spacious and well maintained playground is an added attraction for the potential sports persons A state-ofthe- art double storey cafeteria has been constructed for students The ever-growing computerized college library with its books magazines journals and newspapers is pride of the college Book Bank facility is available to the needy and the poor The college building is attractive, neat and airy A splendid well-groomed lawn in the campus is simply bewitching Three powerful generators have been installed to supply un - interrupted power to the whole college Concessions to the deserving and intelligent students are also available The college has thirty two buses for the students This bus facility is available from Tarn Taran City Amritsar City Moga City Ferozepur City Kapurthala City Patti Valtoha Khemkarn Bhikhiwind Chhabal Sabhra Goindwal Sahib Fatehabad Chohla Sahib Harike District Tarn Taran Kot Ise Khan Mandir Jogewala District Moga Zira Makhu Mallan wala District Ferozepur Sultanpur Lodhi Mundi Morh Fatu Dhinga District Kapurthala etc routes.
Every year the academic session starts on a pious note with the observance of the religious ceremony of Bhog of Sri Akhand Path of Sri Guru Granth Sahib A cultural programme incorporating inter colleges competition is held in the last week of October or in the first week of November The Annual Sports Day is organised in February Annual Convocation and Prize Distribution functions are held in the last week of February Various colourful cultural items are presented in these functions.
Seminars and guest lectures by subject experts are also held during the session The students are asked to give their feed back Efforts are made for improving the academic standards according to the suggestions received from the students Tutorial groups are also arranged on first and third saturday of every month For developing communication skills of students Language-Lab has been established All lecturers submit their personal work report regarding what was taught and how The assessment of syllabi is carried out from time to time.