Multani Mal Modi College Patiala Managing Committee organized a farewell for retiring Principal Dr. Khushvinder Kumar
Patiala: December 30, 2023
A farewell party was organized by Managing Committee of Multani Mal Modi College, Patiala in honour of retiring Principal Dr. Khushvinder Kumar, who was appointed as principal of the college in 2014, and retired after serving the college for ten years. This ceremony was organized by Prof. Surindra Lal, Member, Management Committee, and college staff on the behalf of Chairman, Seth Sudarshan Kumar Modi. Senior staff members of the college and Prof. Surindra Lal welcomed the retiring principal Dr. Khushvinder Kumar and his wife Mrs. Jaspreet Kaur.
On this occasion, Mrs. Neena Sareen, Dean (Commerce), Dr. Neeraj Goyal, Dean (Academics), Prof. Jagdeep Kaur, Dean (Girls), Prof. Vinay Garg, Head, Computer Department, Dr. Kuldeep Kumar, Deputy Controller (Examinations), Dr. Ganesh Kumar Sethi, Bursar, Sh. Jaswinder Singh and Sh. Ajay Kumar Gupta from General Office shared their emotions about Dr. Khushvinder Kumar’s ten years of service and their working experience during this tenure. All these speakers stated in their speech that under the leadership of Dr. Khushvinder Kumar, the college has progressed and achieved new heights, all due to his hard work, intelligence, and farsightedness. Everyone was of the same opinion that, in the last ten years, the college has walked on new paths of progress, and has achieved many goals.
After this, the Registrar of the college Dr. Ashwini Sharma readout the citation written in honor of Dr. Khushvinder Kumar. Dr. Ashwani wished him well for his post-retirement life. After him, Mrs. Jaspreet Kaur, wife of Dr. Khushvinder Kumar, talked about many unknown dimensions of Dr. Khushvinder’s personality, and thanked the college management and staff for organizing such a felicitation ceremony.
After this, Dr. Khushvinder Kumar shared his thoughts and experiences about his stay in the college. He said that during these ten years, he has learnt a lot while working with the staff members and they all have lent full support in developing the college. He also mentioned about the tough times faced during his tenure and talked about the ways to overcome those difficult times. He said that with full support of the College Management Committee, he has been able to complete his tenure. He also mentioned how college management has fulfilled all major decisions taken by him in the benefit of the college.
At the end of the ceremony, Prof. Surindra Lal, Member, College Management Committee shared his experiences. He told, during his longest service in this college, he has worked with different principals and then he himself also served as principal of this esteemed institution. Now, he has been associated with the college as a Member of Management Committee for last 20 years. He wished Dr. Khushvinder Kumar good luck for the future.
A souvenir was presented to him on behalf of Chairman Sh. Sudarshan Kumar Modi. Prof. Surindra Lal also presented a sketch to Dr. Khushvinder Kumar, which was specially portrayed by Sh. Shekhar Gurera, an old modiite and presently an eminent cartoonist.
The stage was conducted by Dr. Gurdeep Singh, Dean, Co-curricular activities. At the end of the program, the Vice Principal of the college, Prof. Jasveer Kaur presented a vote of thanks. After that, as per tradition of the college, the retiring Principal Dr. Khushvinder Kumar planted a sapling in the botanical garden of the college.
