US Ambassador Richard R Verma gets Glimpses of Punjab’s Rich Cultural History at Khalsa College

AMRITSAR : United States of America’s Ambassador in Delhi Richard R Verma today got glimpses of Punjab’s rich history and culture at historic Khalsa College, here. He arrived at the College with top Embassy officials and witnessed the Sikh History Research Library and Museum, housing rare manuscripts, documents, books and photographs, dating back to 17th and 18th century.
Ambassador, who was elated on seeing the treasure-house of the history, admired College’s heritage building, established in 1892. He was given a rousing reception by Khalsa College management and staff amid welcome dance presentation by college’s boys’ and girls’ troupe, separately. The students wearing traditional dresses sang songs in his honour while he broke the protocol and shook a leg and interacted with faculty members and students.
Khalsa College Governing Council (KCGC) honourary secretary Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina and Principal Dr.Mehal Singh formally welcomed the dignitaries. He showed keen interest in the educational pursuits of this one of the oldest educational institutions in North India and talked about ample opportunities of collaboration between US and Indian educational institutions.
The College management gave him a proposal for forging closer ties with various US Universities and Colleges in the area of research in Agriculture, Bio-technology and Sciences. “We have number of professional colleges including Veterinary Sciences, Engineering and Pharmacy for which we intend the collaborations with US educational institutions’’, said Chhina.