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The Department of Commerce, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, organized its first startup meet on 6th April, 2016. The session began with an inspirational speech by Mr. Siddhant Bhansali (Evangelist at 91springboard, Startup Mentor) and Mr. Shivam Ahuja (Founder at Delhi Startups), who addressed the participants and the audience. The two also spoke about community building and encouraged college entrepreneurs to go the extra mile for the sake of fulfilment of their ideas.

Startup Meet DDUC
It was followed by a pitch session where 6 teams presented their startups before the investors. With BW Accelerate as the eco-system partner, 5 teams participated from DDUC and 1 from NSIT. The teams were given 7-8 mins to present their startups.
The judges panel consisted of Mr. Siddhant Bhansali (Evangelist & Startup Mentor at 91 springboard) and Mr. Sanjeev Patel (Founder at Campus Guide).
The speakers panel comprised Mr. Shivam Ahuja, Mr. Somvir Yadav (founder at Magister), and Shubham Goyal (marketing head at Partiko). The winners were “KreativeDuniya” and the runner-up was “Mera Cut,” both being from DDUC. The winner was assured a seat in the next batch of BW Accelerate.
The event witnessed the participation of startup enthusiasts and was a success.

 

Inputs from the Department of Commerce, DDUC. 

educart.com. Mr Gupta spoke about the importance of an entrepreneurial culture in India and how it would help achieve the nation’s vision of becoming a super-power! TEDxNSIT Following Mr Gupta, we had another NSIT alumnus, Mr Abhay Pruthi, the co-founder of Reach, who spoke about how being a hustler helped him achieve success. He urged all students to start finding their passion and fighting very hard for it just like a hustler. The next talk was given by Abi Aryan, the Chief Business Development officer at Coinsecure. She shared her experience and passion for block-chain technology and artificial intelligence and how capitalization on this front would be pivotal to the advancement in technology across the globe. The last speaker was Dr Ravi Mehrotra, director National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Medical research, Indian council of medical research. He spoke about how a healthy lifestyle can prevent cancer and told the audience about the new drugs that will help contain cancer and extend life of patients. Inputs from Team Crosslinks, NSIT. ]]>

The Department of Higher Education, under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development released the first Indian government-backed list of University rankings on 4th April. Surveyed under the National Institutional Ranking Framework, 3,500 institutions have been ranked under a general category, as well as under the categories of Engineering, Management and Pharmaceutical institutes.

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, occupies the premier position in University rankings, followed by the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai. JNU and the University of Hyderabad were placed third and fourth respectively, with the University of Delhi ranking at number six. Jamia Milia Islamia was ranked 83 out of 100 universities. Incidentally, IISc Bangalore is also the only Indian institute that features in the top 100 Times Higher Education world university rankings, where it stands at rank 99.

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Source: www.telegraphindia.com

In the Engineering category, the IITs take the cake-all positions in the top 10 have been occupied by them, with IIT Madras and IIT Bombay standing at first and second respectively. The older IITs, established in the 1950s and 60s, rank better than the newer ones. Vellore Institute of Technology, ranked 13, is a private university that has fared well, in the midst of the public universities.

Among the Management institutes, the IIMs take the top 6 positions, with IIM Bangalore standing at the head of the list of B-schools.

Of the Pharmaceutical institutes, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal, takes the first position, with University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chandigarh, and Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, standing at second and third respectively.

According to the National Institutional Ranking Framework booklet, the 22 parameters on the basis of which these universities were ranked include their outreach and inclusivity, research, professional practice and collaborative performance, graduation outcomes, teaching and learning resources and perception of the institute among students, teachers, parents, alumni and the public. Several of these parameters are those used to assess institutions on a global scale, though some country-specific parameters were employed as well, such as those of regional and international diversity, gender equity and inclusion of disadvantaged sections of society. For instance, percentage of students from other states and percentage of women students and faculty also feature as parameters of outreach and inclusivity.

All 122 centrally funded institutions participated in the ranking process. Institutions funded by the Central Government tend to occupy top ranks, as compared to private or state institutions, though private institutions are also gradually rising up the table. Education experts have contested the rankings claiming the use of incorrect methodology such that government institutions are over-represented at the top, according to The Hindu.

Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani hopes to provide students with relevant information about the institutions they wish to join and also establish transparency of data, through these findings.

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To express what is inside them and what they fight for, ABHIVYAKTI- The dramatics society of Maitreyi College drew the curtains on the 19th of March, with AKS’ 2016, the annual stage play festival at The Little Theatre Group. The hosts left no stone unturned to make the event a grand success.

The event started with the College of Business Studies performing their annual production, Red Sparrow. The story covers a young everyday girl, who is also an aspiring writer but unlike other writers who sketch imaginary characters, this girl portrays the souls of the ever known famous writers and playwrights. Red sparrow brings home comedy, sincerity all at the same time.
With their usual energy, Ramjas College’s Deluxe Hair Cutting Saloon was marked as the second performance for the evening, the play was a deep insight into the idea of the ignorance of soul-searching, that is finding the flaws and weaknesses in others without looking inside the souls of one’s own.

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The third quarter of AKS had in it, the beautiful performance by the dramatics society of Khalsa College, named Phandi. The play is a courtroom drama, consisting of a poor truck driver, phandi and an unsuccessful lawyer, Bhagatram. The story marks the irony of the judicial system and it’s obvious happenings. While phandi’s circumstances lay unnoticed, Bhagatram’s denial in the corrupt system is the most noticeable affair.

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The audience was not enough surprised when Players, the team of Kirori Mal College marked their inherited footsteps with Certificate 16, the play accepted in the Indian standards of film certification, where the regional differences and political differences find a place in the cultural differences. The narratives also define the importance of space.

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The final footstep of the Colour Bakery Production House was the limelight of a successful evening. With it’s enthralling actors and laudable music, Misprint laid the foundations of a light comedy where, in the name of relationships, the society is staging it’s own plays, it’s own drama. The satire bring us back to what people call, ‘aukat’. Thus, it stood upright in making people laugh out at their own insanity and foolery.

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With Misprint, Abhivyakti closed the doors for AKS’16, an inherited blessing of the society.

Confluence’16, the annual cultural festival of Hans Raj College in collaboration with Youth Nexus hosted a few non competitive and competitive events on Day 2.
The day started with a corporate discussion session by KPMG.This was followed by a talent show which was judged by Mr Aditya Dogra from Hindustan Times and Mr Kanchan Tomar. Pushkar Chauhan and Asma from Hans Raj college who won the talent show were declared Rajnigandha Mr and Miss Pearls. Pushkar Chauhan the winner, who had acted out a monologue said, “I am going to start my acting career with the prize money I have won today”.
This was followed Numero Uno Model Hunt. The winners, Shristhi from JDMC , Shubham from Dyal Singh College and Sanjeev from Manav Rachna International University are going to present Numero Uno’s spring summer collection in HTYM Fashion Show and will also get a personal professional photoshoot.
A western solo dance competition was also organised by Oorja, The Western Group Dance Society of Hans Raj College. Manpreet Singh from SOL won and Vidhi Maheshwari from Hansraj College stood second in the competition.


A fashion show, Lava Stoppers was also organised in the competitive category of events. I Vogue, the fashion society of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce was declared the winner while Dyal Singh College’s fashion society was declared the runner up.


DJ Ajay Nautiyal opened the evening to dance with his music. He was followed by Electro Sufi: Shahid Maliya with DJ ARKANE. Rain tried to interrupt their performance in vain. Rain, in fact added to the evening full of music which ended with DJ Suketu playing remixes of songs like ‘Sooraj Dooba Hai’ ‘Tu Meri’ and ‘Give Me Everything’

Electro Sufi continued the show despite the rain
Electro Sufi continued the show despite the rain

Tooba Towfiq
Kartikeya Bhatotia
Arindam Goswami
Srivedant kar

Images by Paurush Bhardwaj, Alex Arthur, Jasmine Chahal, Hitanksha Jain and Vegh Daswani for DU Beat

 

Feature image by Alex Arthur

Vimarsh, the Hindi Debating Society of Sri Venkateswara College held its Annual Debating Fest, Manthan, on 14 March 2016 . The event began with lighting of lamps by Professors Dr  Ram Kishor Yadav & Dr Mukul Sharma followed by a conventional debate on the topic, ‘English is the only ladder for success ‘ which saw participation from various colleges of Delhi -NCR. Raghav from ARSD College was adjudged as the best speaker as well as the best interjector by the judges Shubhanshu Kumar and Jyoti Kumar. Gopal & Anurag Singh  from Delhi University won the best team award.

Manoj Tiwari Manthan 16 by Vimarsh Sri Venkateswara College
A talk show on the topic ‘Moral education is the need of hour’ was organised in which views for and against were discussed by the panelists. The panel included Indian political cartoonist and activist Aseem Trivedi, Indian historian & former JNU Professor Mridula Mukherjee and Dr Punita Sharma, professor, Sri Venkateswara College. Panelists differed on major issues and highlighted their views by chanting slokas, giving examples, citing facts etc. Students too put forward their views in the question answer round.

Manoj Tiwari Manthan 16 by Vimarsh Sri Venkateswara College

Famous Bhojpuri Actor, singer & M.P. Manoj Tiwari’s visit was the highlight of the event. He was welcomed by Administrative Officer, Mr Virendra Kumar. The actor shared motivational words with students and also sang some Bhojpuri songs. Principal Mrs P. Hemlata  Reddy  presented Manoj Tiwari with a memento and expressed her good wishes for Vimarsh. President Anchal Bawa thanked every one for the success of this  enriching event which finally brought the curtains down.

By Aakash Pawar, Media Head, Vimarsh
Pictures by Aishwariya & Aakash Pawar

A talk show on the topic ‘Moral education is the need of hour’ was organised in which views for and against were discussed by the panelists. The panel included Indian political cartoonist and activist Aseem Trivedi, Indian historian & former JNU Professor Mridula Mukherjee and Dr Punita Sharma, professor, Sri Venkateswara College. Panelists differed on major issues and highlighted their views by chanting slokas, giving examples, citing facts etc. Students too put forward their views in the question answer round. Manoj Tiwari Manthan 16 by Vimarsh Sri Venkateswara College Famous Bhojpuri Actor, singer & M.P. Manoj Tiwari’s visit was the highlight of the event. He was welcomed by Administrative Officer, Mr Virendra Kumar. The actor shared motivational words with students and also sang some Bhojpuri songs. Principal Mrs P. Hemlata  Reddy  presented Manoj Tiwari with a memento and expressed her good wishes for Vimarsh. President Anchal Bawa thanked every one for the success of this  enriching event which finally brought the curtains down. By Aakash Pawar, Media Head, Vimarsh Pictures by Aishwariya & Aakash Pawar]]>