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King’s College, London, one of the premier colleges of the world, held the second season of its Summer School in London for students who had received scholarships at the King’s regional summer schools. Held from July 28 to August 15, the three week programme was attended by 1200 students from 72 nationalities. The college provided a variety of modules ranging from International Business to Art of Leadership.

The King’s College Summer School had its first stage in India in two DU colleges, Lady Shri Ram College and Miranda House, for two weeks, from June 2 to 13. Under various modules, the students gained an enriching experience by learning from the esteemed faculty of King’s. On the basis of the classroom performance in the Delhi Summer School which included a 2500-4000 word thesis on specified topics, a few students were selected and were awarded with full or partial scholarships to continue their summer study in London.

The meritorious students, who went for the programme, felt that it was a mesmerizing and breathtaking experience. They say that the diversity of their class added a lot to the learning experience.

Sahil, who opted for International Business in London said, “The tutors made the classes very engaging with a lot of case studies, videos and personal experience. It was a opportunity of a lifetime.”

Vaishali, who studied Strategic Management, too felt the same as she told us that every moment was worth cherishing. Another scholarship holder, Chirutha, who did a course in Art of Leadership and International Marketing, said, “The courses gave me a deeper insight into exploring myself more as an individual and provided me with different aspects of conceptualization.”

Ishita Sharma
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The KNC Book Club held its first book reading session for this semester with Harsh Agarwal, author of three books the most recent being ‘Nazaqat’.

The session started out with Harsh talking about what it took to get where he is, his experiences along the way and also what it means to be an entrepreneur and author in the present day scenario. He talked about his transition from an engineering student from the National Institute of Technology (Silcher) to an author and how he dealt with problems along the way, what was expected of him and what people thought of him. In fact, he has published the book ‘Nazaqat’ under the name ‘Sasha H Singhal’.

Students present shared their  views on why they write and what it is like to share their writing on social media platforms. Harsh also went on to talk about his previous two books ‘An Incursion of Insight’ and ‘Life In A Nutshell’. He read out short excerpts from ‘Nazaqat’, giving  an idea of the trajectory of the storyline and introduced  the main protagonist- Nazaqat, a prostitute turned entrepreneur who documents her need to have her biography written and also deals with issues like legalization of prostitution.

The book reading was followed by a question and answer session and a book signing session where the students got a chance to interact with the author on a personal level.