
Patiala, 03 April (Sports Desk)
Dr. Gurdeep Kaur Randhawa has assumed the charge as Director of Sports at Punjabi University, Patiala, in accordance with the orders of the esteemed Vice-Chancellor. It is noteworthy that she has been serving the department since August 22, 2005, as an Assistant Director/Deputy Director and has also held the position of Director of Sports from 2016 to 2022. During her tenure, the teams of Punjabi University earned accolades in inter-university and national-level competitions, bringing pride to the university on the international stage as well. The university had the privilege of winning the MAKA Trophy 10 times from the 2005-06 session to 2016-17 and continued to secure the top two positions until the 2021-22 session.
On this occasion, Dr. Gurdeep Kaur Randhawa shared her thoughts with everyone, expressing her commitment to making every possible effort for the overall development of the sports department and the betterment of sports and athletes, just as before. She received assurances of full cooperation from sports enthusiasts, officials, and staff of the sports department, who reiterated their resolve to work together to advance this mission. Dr. Randhawa stated that, due to the special efforts of MLA S. Gurlal Singh Ghnaur, she has been given the opportunity to once again take charge as Director of Sports. She pledged to do her utmost to live up to the trust placed in her by the sports community, university authorities, and all stakeholders. The university authorities also extended their heartfelt congratulations on this occasion and assured her of their full support.
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Those present at the event included: Dr. Bhupinder Singh Virk (Head, Law Department), Dr. Amarpreet Singh and Dr. Nishan Singh Deol (Physical Education Department, Punjabi University, Patiala), Dr. Mohammad Idris (History Department), Dr. Dhandip Singh (Pharmacy Department), Dr. Kulbir Singh (Mechanical Engineering Department, UCoE), Dr. Sartaj Singh (UCoE), Dr. Karmbir Singh Randhawa (UCoE), Additional Controller Dr. Gurpreet Singh Sidhu, Dr. Paramvir Singh (Sports Science Department), Dr. Maninder Singh (Computer Science Department), Dr. Parminder Kaur and Dr. Harjodh Singh (Punjabi Literature Studies Department), Dr. Manpreet Singh Budhail and Dr. Kulpinder Sharma (EMRC), Assistant Registrar (Accounts) Pappu Singh, Accounts Supervisor Paramjit Singh Dhillon, Senior Assistant Zahir Laure, Jagdish Singh (UCoE), Non-Teaching Union President Rajinder Singh Bagria, Pushpinder Singh Brar (former Non-Teaching Union President), Harpreet Singh Baidwan (Lecturer, DPE), Gurnam Kaur and Rahul (Senior Secondary Model School), Sartaj Singh and Shri Prince Sharma (JE), Karminder Kaler, and Harjit Singh Dhuri (Punta Group).
Principals and heads of various departments also attended, including Dr. Neeraj Goel and Dr. Nishan Singh Multani Mall (Head, Physical Education Department, Modi College, Patiala), Dr. Bahadur Singh and Prof. Gurnam Singh (Head, Physical Education Department), Dr. Mohan Lal, Prof. Kamalpreet Singh, and Dr. Gurtej Singh (National College of Physical Education, Chupki), Prof. Sohandeep Singh and Prof. Rajwinder Singh (Dhanaula), Prof. Sukhdeep Singh and the entire Physical Education staff of Akal College of Physical Education, Mastuana Sahib, Dr. Sukhjeet Singh Ghuman (Head, Physical Education Department, Akal Degree College, Mastuana Sahib), Dr. Gursharan Singh Gill (Head, Physical Education Department, Khalsa College, Patiala), Dr. Bahadur Singh (Head, Physical Education Department, S.D. College, Barnala), Dr. Ramandeep Singh (Head, Physical Education), Prof. Gurpreet Kaur, Instructor Gagandeep Singh, and Gurpreet Singh (Guru Nanak College, Budhlada), and S. Rajwinder Singh (University College, Moonak).
Also in attendance were Dr. Rajbir Singh (Deputy Director, NIS, Patiala), Suresh Saini (Athletics Coach), S. Parminder Singh (Athletics Coach), former SAI Coach Harbhanjan Singh, the entire staff of the District Sports Department, Patiala, and the Sports Department of Punjabi University, Patiala, Arjuna Awardee Shri Paramjit Sharma, Deputy Director Upkar Singh, former Assistant Director Dal Singh Brar, former Boxing Coach Jaswant Singh, former Cycling Coach Dr. Mittrapal Singh, Athletics Coach Karan, Arjuna Awardee Dr. Kalpana Debnath, Dronacharya Awardee and Director PIS Jeevanjot Singh, and many other prominent sports personalities who extended their congratulations.

