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IPCW Innovation Project ’15-’16: Outreach program for govt. school students

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Indraprastha College for Women’s current Innovation Project (IP-301) under the aegis of University of Delhi is a community outreach program for government school children. It aims to devise favourable circumstances for young, budding intellects to interact with the community on a regular basis, with activities which are carried out from time to time. A series of workshops and activities, led by the students of Indraprastha College for Women are conducted in two government schools. The school children are trained in the fields of Gender Sensitization, Disaster Management, and Library Management. The decision of choosing such off-stream topics was that these issues pertain to one’s involvement in the community, in the form of a citizen, a rescuer and a scholar. Also, students are enlightened about issues pertaining to such fields which keep their rational wheels churning, without losing their interest and grip, and at the same time, making sure that they are not missing out on anything that is being taught.

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This project is a one-year long program, which is being carried out by ten students namely: Asmita Jagwani, Divya Tripathi, Aishwarya Shri, Anamika Das, Ateka Hasan, Shayda, Musharrat Parveen, Pinki, D. Saran Prakash, and Nihita Kumari. The project is being carried out under the guidance of three internal mentors, the Personal Investigators of the project, namely: Dr. Jyoti Trehan Sharma , Dr. Harsh Bala Sharma and Mr. Vijay Gautam.
So far, two phases of the project have been concluded with one more remaining. School children in 9th-12th standards have been enlightened about ways to react against gender discrimination in the community, important steps to be taken when faced with disasters, the functioning of the library and many such significant facts pertaining to the three fields undertaken. The project is being carried out with an expectation that school children will, in future, bring all the knowledge gained through this project into implementation, and share it further.
With much hardwork and dedication displayed by the project members, and high levels of enthusiasm received from school children in return, there is certainly a hope that, this program is a step towards an improvement in the community.

Write up by Asmita Jagwani and Ateka Hasan, IP College for Women

Image Credits: Ateka Hasan and Asmita Jagwani

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IP College celebrates two-day Economics fest Arthullas 2016

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Arthagya, The Economics Association of IP College celebrated Economics in a new light at its festival Arthullas 2016 on 3rd and 4th March. Day 1 began with a Panel Discussion on ‘Economics and Politics of Caste-based Discrimination’. Dr. Sujoy Chakravarty, from Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University was the chairperson for the event and the esteemed panel included Prof. Satish Deshpande, Department of Sociology, Prof. Ashwini Deshpande, Delhi School of Economics, and Dr. Nishant Chadha, Assistant Professor, Shiv Nadar University. While Prof. Satish Deshpande spoke on “What is the opposite of discrimination?”, Prof. Ashwini focused on “Myths and Realities of Affirmative Action”, and Dr. Nishant on “New ways of thinking: The Economics and Politics of Caste Networks”. When asked for a solution from the panelists, it was mentioned that as long as the problem exists, so do solutions, no matter how biased.

This was followed by InQUIZitive, an Economics, Business and Finance Quiz and The Triwizard Tournament, a Harry Potter-fused Economics event. While the quiz saw professional quizzers battle it out ferociously, the Potterheads played their best to win eternal glory at The Triwizard Tournament.

Day 2 began with three simultaneous events amidst the rainy weather. The All India Political Parties’ Meet discussed at length the issues of Farmer Suicides and implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. Super Street, a superhero-themed Mock Stock, saw a lot of participation from both fans and Mock Stock enthusiasts. Clever Clogs, a Case Study event saw teams competing with each other through their justifications and furious interjections.

All in all, the decorations of the venue were bright and varied, analogous to the variety of events.

 

Ayesha Sareen

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The Ecology Club, IP College for Women organizes Prakriti Bazaar

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The ecology club, Indraprastha College for Women organised its annual fest, Prakriti Bazaar 2016, on 12th February, 2016. As an effort to steer the youth to think about environmental conservation, it brought together a wide variety of eco-friendly product. Along with the colossal variety of handicrafts, accessories, stationery, among other things, the Mela also boasted of scrumptious food stalls. Added to the whole theme was live music and a pottery workshop.

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More than 20 stall were put up, and NGOs like WWF, Muskaan, Beejom, Sarthak Prayas among others. Apart from that various craftsmen displayed their cultural products.  Tribes India sold a wide variety and sizes of bags, while craftpersons from Kolkata and Rajasthan sold accessories  and dupatta in tie and dye respectively, thereby bringing their culture to the fore.

The college has compost pit as an ongoing effort to contribute to waste management, and representatives from Aaram Compost were also present.

 

 

Among the food stalls, the one selling Litti Chokha stood apart. Other unconventional stalls included Handmade soaps and Bath gels by Krafty Organix and Kites by Umar Daraz Kite Maker. The diaries being sold at the stall by Action for Ability Development and Inclusion (AADI) were a major attraction.

Students from Enactus, Sri Venkateswara College, and Enactus, Delhi College of Arts and Commerce had also put up stalls. True to its spirit of environmental protection, even the decorations used are recycled waste paper, posters, pamphlets etc. The fest fascinated both the college students, staff and outsiders alike.

 

Kritika Narula

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Cancer Awareness Programme at Indraprastha College for Women

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Kiran Bedi At IPCW

Pink Chain Campaign, an initiative by Punarjeevan,  which includes public demonstration of self-examination techniques, distribution of pamphlets, and speaker sessions to disseminate information about breast cancer, was brought to the precincts of Indraprastha College for Women on 11th September 2015.

Pink Chain Campaign at IPCW
Photo by Kritika Narula

The initiative, supported by National Service Scheme, IPCW and Gandhi Study Circle, IPCW aimed at bringing awareness and initiating a dialogue about breast cancer.

The session began with  short address from the principal, Dr. Babli Moitra Saraf who accorded a warm welcome to the Chief Guest and her fellow panelists.

The Chief Guest for the occasion was Ramon Magsaysay awardee and social activist Dr. Kiran Bedi, who was there for  a brief period. In her address to the audience of 500+ students, she talked about how she emotionally connects to the cause since her own sister had been a victim to the same just a few year back.

Kiran Bedi at IPCW
Photo by Kritika Narula

She emphasized on how important it is to set our priorities right and involve in as many physical activities as possible. “We shouldn’t take our medical check-ups for granted. I suggest you go for regular tests, mammography, and keep health as a priority. At your age, you’ve all sorts of stress- from competitive exams, to academics to applications and the uncertainty of the life ahead, but one must not forget that health is equally important, if not more.”

At the same time, she informed the audience that she has learnt that it can strike anyone, and one should do whatever she can, in her power to prevent it.

Later, she also tweeted about her visit to the college.

 

Dr Abhishek Shankar, the founder and chief coordinator of the Pink Chain Campaign addressed the audience next, apprising the audience of how the campaign has been planned across 33 colleges with over 1000 volunteers.

Dr. Abhishek Shankar, founder of the Pink Chain Campaign
Dr. Abhishek Shankar, founder of the Pink Chain Campaign, Photo by Kritika Narula

Dr. Ravi Mehrotra, Director at the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology, Noida made an informative presentation about cures, symptoms, prevention of breast cancer.

Dr. Piyush Ranjan from AIIMS Delhi answered questions from the audience. This was followed by a panel discussion, with the above speakers and Dr. Preetha Rajaraman, South Asia program Director for USA Center for Global Health. The panel discussion touched upon multiple issues ranging from prevention of breast cancer, maintenance of a healthy lifestyle to misconceptions about cancer.

Principal Dr. Babli Moitra saraf
Photo by Kritika Narula

The session ended with the distribution of brochures.

Featured Image Credits: Kritika Narula

Kritika Narula

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Golden Key International Honour Society

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GOLDEN KEY INTERNATIONAL HONOUR SOCIETY (popularly known as Golden Key) is an organisation that blends academics, leadership and community service in such a way that one feels an overall personality development while being a part of Golden Key. This organisation currently works at 11 colleges of Delhi University and the drive to include more is in progress.

Golden Key established its University of Delhi Chapter in the year 2011 and continues to grow. This chapter is run and governed by students under the watchful eye of the Golden Key Asia Pacific Office. It runs various events pertaining to professional development, community service, and academics. The events are open to all and not just the Golden Key members.

Golden key organised various events in the past year, such as “Resume Writing Workshop” which was held at Lady Shri Ram College for Women. This was followed by a panel discussion which took place at Indraprastha College for Women. Golden Key also held its New Member Reception on 12th January 2013 whereby the top 15% students from all departments of the member colleges were awarded with their merit certificates.

The ongoing University of Delhi chapter has already witnessed two workshops on “Resume Writing and Enhancement of Interview Skills”. These workshops were conducted by Dr. Abhiram Prabhu, University Relations Officer, Golden Key, India and Mr. Prikshit Dhanda, Co- Founder and CEO of Making India Employable. We are further planning to have a film screening on gender issues, followed by a talk on the same by Ms. Kamla Bhasin in the month of April. Apart from this, Golden key associates itself with a famous NGO- Amar Jyoti Trust.

MAKING INDIA EMPLOYABLE (MIE) are the official partners of Golden Key and in association with MIE, Golden Key plans to organise a quiz competition in the month of August open to all the colleges of NCR, with huge prizes.

For more information visit:

http://www.goldenkey.org/

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Locating A Foreign Legend

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Indraprastha College for Women and Shakespeare Society of India organized an international seminar on “Revisiting Shakespeare in Indian Literature and Culture” from March 7 to 9, 2013.The exhaustive 3-day seminar witnessed illustrious personalities putting in dynamic efforts to pull strands of Shakespearean fibres out of the embroidered cushion of History for the world to see. A tribute to that man’s plain genius. The first day of the seminar saw Paper Reading sessions by august people like Prof. Ganesh Deshpande, formerly, JNU on “Classical, Vernacular, the Abhijata and the like;” Prof. Shormishtha Panja, Delhi University, on “To Confine the Illimitable: Visual and Verbal Narratives in Two Bengali Retellings of Shakespeare.” While on one hand, there was collation of Tagore and Shakespeare, on the other hand, Prof. Sarbani Chaudhury, University of Kalyani, narrated “Macbeth to Mobarak: A Coming of the Age Journey.” In the parallel sessions, scholarly papers like “Hamlet, Tuglaq and Machiavelli: The Discourse of Sovereignty”, “Shakespeare Outside England: A Case of Odia Translation of Hamlet”, “Parsi Shakespeare” among others were read to saturate the air with literary fundamentals. The day closed with plays by Sri Venkateswara College “Homlette” and Indraprastha College “Lear’s Daughters.” Day two opened with the paper presentation by Prof. Claire Cochrane, University of Worchester, UK, followed by Prof. Jyostna Singh’s, Michigan State University, paper titled “Local and Global Indian Shakespeare. Subsequently, Mr. Andrew Dickson, The Guardian, and Ms. Thea Buckley helped trace Shakespearean roots of today’s Indian culture. The following parallel sessions concluded with the Screening of BBC Arts Documentary “Felicity Kendal’s Indian Shakespeare Quest.” If an outsider were to claim that Shakespearean reference had been extracted completely from the context of Indian Culture in the first two days, they could not be more wrong. Day three, the incoming of brains only increasing by minute, start the ball rolling with the paper reading by Prof. Jatin Nayak, Utkal University, on a future without Shakespeare. More papers were read, more depths were explored. There were cunning moves to resurrect the legend, so that the present generation could see him. Ms. Preti Taneja, Royal Holloway, University of London presented paper titled “Does Shakespeare’s Text Even Matter?” This was followed by a panel discussion: The Directors’ Shakespeare; the National School of Drama members aptly constituted the panel. Consequently with yet another round of session the seminar came to an end, subtly proving the omnipresence of William Shakespeare in the World, especially Indian Literature. As Elizabeth Barrett Browning put it: There Shakespeare, on whose forehead climb, The crown o’ the world; oh, eyes sublime With Tears and laughter for all time…… Shreya Bhardwaj [email protected] ]]>

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