The Directorate of Students' Welfare, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana organised a special
training session for SC students for entrepreneurial skill development.
The first session was conducted by Prof. (Dr.) Ashish Virk, Director, Panjab University Regional Centre, Ludhiana on the topic “Special Provisions in Constitution for SC.” In her lucid and highly interactive lecture titled ‘Know Your Rights, Own Your Future,’ Dr. Virk explained the Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties that protect the Scheduled Castes.
She elaborated different Articles of constitution and highlighted landmark judgments including Indra Sawhney (1992), M. Nagaraj (2006), Ashoka Kumar Thakur (2008) and State of Punjab v. Davinder Singh (2024). She also explained the SC/
ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and important schemes like Post-Matric Scholarship, Pre-Matric Scholarship, Top Class Education, National Overseas Scholarship, PM-AJAY Hostels and Stand-Up India. Quoting Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s message “Educate, Agitate, Organise,” she urged students to be aware, confident and empowered citizens.
The second session was delivered by Dr. Arvind Dhingra, Executive Director, STEP, Guru Nanak Engineering College, Gill Road, Ludhiana on ‘Ideation and Design Thinking,’ where he motivated students to convert ideas into enterprises and to adopt innovation as a career path.
Dr. J.P.S. Gill, Vice-Chancellor said that our Constitution is not just a book of laws, it is a promise of dignity and equality. He added that our university is committed to inclusive growth of all students.
While distributing kits to more than 90 SC students, Dr. 
Jaspal Singh Hundal, Director Students' Welfare said that the objective of this training is to make our SC students aware, confident and future-ready. Awareness of rights combined with entrepreneurial skills will open new avenues for them.”
Dr. Nidhi Sharma, NSS Programme Coordinator conducted the event. She said that an informed student is an empowered citizen. When our students know their constitutional safeguards and government schemes, they can truly own their future.
Dr. S.S. Hassan, NSS Programme Officer and Dr. Nitin Wakchaure, NSS Programme Coordinator, were present along with other NSS functionaries and volunteers. The session concluded with an interactive question-answer session.
