Date: 30th July 2018
Venue:  Lovely Professional University, Phagwara

Background & Rationale
‘NRI Marriages-The Multidimensional Perspective’, a Corporate Training Program was organised at Lovely Professional University in collaboration with National Commission for Women. Dr. Sorabh Lakhanpal, Associate Proffesor& Associate Dean, Dr. Hariom Sharma, Associate Professor and Ms. Meenu Chopra, Associate Professor, Lovely Professional University were the key facilitators.

The objective of the program was to review sensitive, crucial concerns pertaining to NRI marriages in Punjab and to forward solutions. Two important sessions on ‘Legal Complexities Involved in NRI Marriages and Possible Solutions’ and ‘Socio-Cultural Context of NRI Marriages in Punjab’ witnessed massive participation from diverse sections of the society including police officials, complainants and their parents, friends, relatives, and students.

The participants were appreciative of the gesture shown by the University in terms of choice of Subject Matter Experts, appropriate learning environment, venue setting, infrastructure, study tours and content delivery. They were also impressed by the subject expertise of the resource persons. The participants observed that the program was outcome oriented and gave them new insights on the topic It was crafted to meet the training needs stated by the client. LPU-HRDC is committed to provide tailor made Professional Development Programs for the corporate sector. These training programs also help in strengthening industry-academia relations thus opening new vistas of mutual collaboration