April 4, 2017

Techelons– the Annual Cultural Festival of Department of Computer Science, Shivaji College was organised on 30th and 31st March 2017. Mr Anuj Agarwal, Chairman, Centre for Research on Cyber Crime and Cyber Law delivered the inaugural address. The festival flagged off with Logics, Turncoat, Lan Gaming.

The second day saw various colleges competing for events such as Code Cracker, Play with SQL, What zipper and Brain Twister-IT Quiz. Students from DUCS, SGTB Khalsa College, Ramjas, Bhaskarcharya College of Applied Sciences, Vivekananda College, BVICAM, Satyawati College, IITM etc participated with great enthusiasm and zeal. The department congratulated the students for their contribution in making the festival a success.

Winners of events

Code Cracker

Ist Prize – Gaurav Narang, Jayant Lal Mahawar from DUCS

2^nd Prize- Gaurav Sehrawat, Gaurav Arora from DUCS

Play with SQL

1^st Prize: Rajat Tyagi from SGTB Khalsa College

2^nd Prize: Gaurav Narang from DUCS

IT Quiz

Ist Prize: Prince Soni, Himanshu Zelaya from Shivaji College

2^nd Prize: Shivam, Chirag Malhotra from GB Pant Engineering College

Logiks

1^st Prize: Gaurav Narang DUCS

2^nd Prize: Gaurav Arora from DUCS

Whatszapper

1^st Prize: Harshita Rastogi from Vivekananda College

2^nd Prize: Suraj Sharma from Shivaji College

LAN Gaming

COD

1^st Prize: Bipin Kumar, Nishant Kumar, Rahul Kumar Tomar, Prateek from BVICAM, Satyawati and Shivaji College

2^nd Prize: Ankit, Vikas, Jatin, Yash from Shivaji College

NFS

1^st Prize: Ankit Kumar from Shivaji College

-The Techelons team

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DUB Speak

Of lessons learnt-Musings of a final year student

By Kriti Sharma April 4, 2017

With effectively just a month to go before I face the semester-end examinations and graduate from college (fingers crossed!), the following lines from Shakespeare’s sonnet ‘The Seven Ages’ seem to constantly reverberate in my pensive mind, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances ,and one man in his time plays many parts; His acts being seven ages.”

Indeed, Shakespeare in his infinite wisdom was accurate in suggesting that life is nothing but a collection of various ephemeral phases. There is something to gain and lose from each phase: each ‘act’ leaves a little bit of itself with you, and such learning then reflects in the attitudes, opinions and perceptions you demonstrate going forward.

As a fresher I had always hoped that college would change me in fascinating ways and that by the end of three years, I’d walk out an improved version of myself. As the curtains to graduation draw to a close, I can say that I have changed, as I had hoped I would. And it is the following revelation that has contributed the most to my personality: It’s not what your college does for you that changes you. It is what you do for your college (and in your college life) that brings out the best in you.

I learnt this lesson after months of sulking over not making it to my dream college. I’m sure a lot of you dealt with such feelings of inferiority as well. It is true that some institutions provide you more exposure than others. But true triumph exists in seeking opportunity, creating it even, and then succeeding in it by giving it all you’ve got. A majestic creature like the Phoenix rises from the ashes. Passion and ambition always shine through in even the darkest of times.

In hindsight, I’d say that college is all about self-exploration and discovery: things that come only when you immerse yourself into the world of possibilities. One needs to step out of one’s comfort zone and disregard limitations. Because honestly, in these prime years, limitations are nothing but a deceitful ploy of a timid mind.

Thus, invest your all for three years, and you’ll be rewarded in handsome dividends worth cherishing over a lifetime.

Good Luck!
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Kriti Sharma

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Arts & Culture

Manthan’17, India’s Largest Street Play Festival.

By DU Beat April 4, 2017

Philanthropy and social change work are at their best when they are driven by your values and connected to what you care about most. With the urge to bring change in the society and love in the hearts of theatre artists, Manthan – India’s largest street play festival organised by Verve – The street play society of Shaheed Sukhdev college of business studies finally completed its 10th edition.

This year Manthan reached 45+ cities including Bhopal, Chandigarh, Solan, Manesar, Jammu, Raipur, Vellore, Amarkantak, Coimbatore etc. crossing 21 states of India, with around 15 performing for Manthan. Being the 10th edition we celebrated Manthan Mahotsav under the concept of “Manthan Mahotsav” which was introduced last year, encompassed performances by 40+ teams in 10 cities of the country at the same time, i.e. between 2-6 PM on March 4, 2017. Running after ultimate excellence in theatre, Manthan reached out to international locations of Kaduna in Nigeria, Kathmandu in Nepal and Bèlum in Brazil. Summed up with 2500+ artists performing for Manthan on the streets only for a motive of resolution of change.

The closing ceremony of Manthan was celebrated on 1^st April, 2017 and it was incredibly beautiful, chaired by the salient, the founder of Manthan Ms. Aparajita Bharti. She shared her idea and the howling journey of Manthan. All the Delhi University Theatre teams amassed to celebrate the essence of street theatre. The ceremony started with a slam poetry event, artists from the theatre teams showcased their talent and shared their thoughts and feelings by the medium of poetry, the poetry was really awesome. They thanked Manthan for giving them opportunity to share their feelings and thoughts. The poetry was followed by a Qawwali by Sultani Brothers of Nizam Chishti fame, who engaged the teams and everybody in beautiful sufi music and set the stage on volcano, everyone was enjoying the Qawwali, the claps didn’t stop till the Qawwali ended. That night was unforgettable, all present there enjoyed a lot. Manthan’17 ended in utmost prosperity and the organising team, Verve, is overwhelmed with the entire national response.
“We are very sad that it had to come to an end but it’s time that we part our ways. But before that we want to thank all the Manthan Leaders and teams for their help and support, it would not have been possible without them. The closing ceremony had been a great success.” Said Vipul Babbar (member of the organising team )

Manthan’17 ended but the struggle never ends, stab in changing the society will be constant.