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Details: Written by: JK Monitor News Network; Category: Bridging the World; Published: 18 July 2025

With the efforts of PUCA and ECWA , 300 renowned education consultants of Bihar and toStudents0leges of Punjab will participate in the education summit at Hotel Gargee Grand on July 19

JAMMU; The Punjab Unaided Colleges Association (PUCA) will announce scholarship of worth ₹50 crore for students from Bihar on July 19 at Hotel Gargee Grand in Patna.

Dr Anshu Kataria, President, PUCA, Chairman Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura Near Chandigarh mentioned that the summit in association with educational counselors welfare association (ECWA) will bring together over 20 colleges from Punjab and approximately 300 education counselors from Bihar, with the goal of discussing innovative strategies for education upliftment and strengthening collaboration between educational institutions across the two regions.

In this education summit, every college will announce scholarship worth 2.5 crores to the deserving students of Bihar.

Abhishek Kumar, President ECWA said that I welcome PUCA to this Bihar Education Summit and would like to specially thank Dr. Anshu Kataria. We all members of ECWA Association want that such programs should be organized in future too, so that students of Bihar get good opportunities outside the state as well. He expressed his gratitude to all the member colleges of PUCA

Adv Amit Sharma, Sen Vice president, PUCA and Chairman Amritsar Group of Colleges said that Punjab Unaided Colleges Association (PUCA) is a collective of unaided colleges in Punjab dedicated to promoting quality education and fostering an environment conducive to academic excellence. Through initiatives like the upcoming education summit and scholarship program, PUCA continues to support students and educators in achieving their full potential.

In this education summit of Bihar, famous educationists of Punjab Dr. Anshu Kataria, Amit Sharma, Raminder Mittal, Tarsem Saini, Engr. Jaswant S. Khaira, Raman Bhalla, S. Manjit Singh, Dr. Mohit Mahajan, Dr. Akashdeep Singh, S. Gurkirat Singh, Ankit Jain, Dr. Kapil Katyal, Dr. G.S. Nagpal, Ashok Garg, Dr. Gursimranjit Singh, Dr. Swarn Prakash Garg, Engr. S.K. Punj, Dr. Rajesh Bhardwaj, Dr. Gopal Munjal, Dr. Gurpreet Singh, Dr. D.J. Singh will participate.

It is worth mentioning that Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura; Amritsar Group of Colleges, Amritsar; Ashoka Group of Institutions, Patiala; Asian Group of Colleges, Patiala; Akal College, Mastuana; Aman Bhalla College, Pathankot; Doaba Group of Colleges, Kharar; Golden Group of Institutions, Gurdaspur; Global Group of Institutes, Amritsar; Gulzar Group of Colleges, Khana; Jain Group of Colleges, Abhor; Longowal Group of Colleges, Mohali; Punjab College of Pharmacy, Bathinda; SVIET Group, Banur; Sukhjinder Group of Institutes, Gurdaspur; Saraswati Group of Colleges, Maur Mandi; Sri Sai Group of Inst, Pathankot; SBS Group of Educational Institutions, Patti; Swift Group of Colleges, Rajpura; Universal Group of Institutions, Lalru, Vidya Jyoti Eduversity, Derabassi from Punjab with participate.

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