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Applied Psychology Student, Sadiq Mobeen makes it to WSEN Global Summit

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sadiq pic Sadiq Mobeen[/caption] Based on the significant work of student volunteers from around the planet, the WSEN has been alive for the past 6 years through its online platforms and especially its energising student-led annual event, the WSEN Global Summit (known till 2013 as World Student Environmental Summit – WSES). Organised each year by students for students at a different university in a different country, this Summit represents so far the core activity and impact of the WSEN. Each time, supported by the International Committee (previous Summit organisers and volunteers and representatives of the General Assemblies), the local student organisers welcome for a week, delegations of students from 30 to 40 universities of the WSEN network, to discuss thoroughly and plan local sustainability projects at universities and beyond . This year, around 65 countries are participating  all around the world; and from India, Integral University, Lucknow , Aligarh Muslim University , Indian Institute of Management Culcutta, and now, owing to Sadiq, Delhi University has also made it to the prestigious summit. Sadiq Mobeen says, “For the selection process, we have to first mail to the organizers. After this, they would ask about a Professor’s recommendation and then they send details to the recommending Professor. Next, we have to write 5 essays about our work in the University and then, finally, a Skype interview.” Excited regarding the prospects of the summit, he adds, “I am going to present a presentation on the topic sustainability regarding my awareness of the slum areas near the South Campus, and how environmental psychology would help in maintaining the sustainability.   Shreya Srivastava [email protected]]]>

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Innovation Projects 15-16: Deshbandhu College takes on air pollution in Delhi

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Project Title: Unbeatable Air Pollution in Delhi

Principle Investigators

1. Dr.D.K. Mallick, Sr.Assistant Professor, Department of Botany

2. Dr.Aparna Nautiyal, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany

3. Dr.Aparna Shekhar, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

Mentor

Dr. Chirashree Ghosh, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi

Student Members

Ambikeya Sharma, Ashutosh Sharma, Nima Sunny, Payal Shaw, Priyanka Sharma, Tanujeet Ghosh, Sangraj, Vrashti Goel, Sharad Negi, Vikas Kumar

Deshbandhu College was awarded 12 innovation projects under DU Innovation Project Scheme 2015-2016. Each project has 10 undergraduate students of Deshbandhu College working under 3 faculty members and one external mentor. The projects provided the students from different backgrounds and discipline a space to explore new things, work in a team, develop confidence, experiment with innovative ideas and broaden their horizons beyond the classrooms and curriculum.

Urban air pollution is a serious problem in both developed and developing countries. As a rapidly expanding center of government, trade, commerce and industry, Delhi, being the capital of India has been facing many air pollution related problems and has also been ranked the most polluted city in the world. Regular checking of the tolerance of the existing tree species with respect to pollution and plantations of such more tolerant species is supposed to have a marked effect on various aspects of the air quality of urban environment and cleanliness of life in a city.

The Project DBC-311 entitled Unbeatable Air Pollution in Delhi: Trees for Rescue is a comparative study of different plant species to combat rising pollution in Delhi.   The Air Pollution Tolerance Index(APTI) of the plants needs to be monitored and checked for the predominant species that are located in this city. The research takes into account the ATPI value of 4 tolerant species, each of which are planted in the 4 distinct areas- R.K. Puram, Deer Park, Okhla and Nehru Palace, which are being used for the green belt planning, plant five samples of different species at these sites and after a certain period of time visit them again to analyze the amount of chlorophyll deducted during this time period as a result of increasing pollution.

The research shows that apart from the beauty provided by them, the trees also play a major role in detoxification of the polluted air. Also, the study of different land use site will help in making the city comparatively cleaner. In order to understand the effect of air pollution on plants and the adaption mechanisms of plants and the adaptation mechanisms of plants under stress conditions, present study is based on the idea of integration of two departments, viz., Botany and Chemistry to examine the impact of air pollution on a few commonly occurring tree species of Delhi.

The project was started in September 2015 and half the project has been done till March 2016 and yet more investigation is going on. The outcome of this project will generate further understanding about how efficient the existing plant species in the city are to combat the rising air pollution, so that strategies can be formulated and implemented not only to protect the existing species but also to look for more tolerant species to be planted. Different sites within Delhi have been surveyed for selected plant species to find out the effect of rising pollution in Delhi over the years.

Shreya Srivastava

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Finance Club of DDUC organizes Finanza'16

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Fin-S, the Finance Club of DDUC, led by Ankit Bhaskar, Sahil Matta and Vaibhav Goel, successfully organized their Annual Finance Fest, Finanza 2016. A two-day finance fest, Finanza saw a participation from students of different colleges and gave them a chance to showcase their skills and financial acumen as well as have some fun. The event was an attempt to postulate distinct spheres of the financial globe. In its third year, it comprised of 4 events held on 11th and 12th March,2016. Presenting a mock of stock market in “Capitalist Bulls”, injecting corporate essence to the game of monopoly in “Corporate Monopoly”, launching IPOs of NPAs in “Investocrats”, and deriving financial moves through discussions in “All India Business Conclave” with discussions majorly focused around the agenda – Ease of Doing Business in India, Finanza 2016 came with a mock of different financial practices to college students. The event offered an opportunity to the students to get acquainted with the intricacies of the Financial world and various colleges across DU, IP and others including Symbiosis, Pune etc. marked their presence on both the days and battled it out on the elevated platform provided by DDUC. It was their chance to excel in the field of Finance. Breaking the monotony and unfolding new sides, Investocrats brought a completely different arena of Stock Market and required students to use their analytical skills and knowledge to give life to dead and depressed companies, Capitalist Bulls, a mock stock competition gave students real – time stocks and fictitious token amount to trade and become the real investors the All India Business Conclave presented students with an opportunity to represent global leaders and debate on issues that confront India. ]]>

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Malang’16: Vayam Performing Arts Society concludes its 10 day theatre extravaganza

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 Malang 2016 – ‘The Performing Arts Festival’, a flagship event of Vayam Performing Arts Society, concluded on 18th March 2016 in a grand style at LTG Auditorium, Mandi House. The 10 day festival which began on 9th March 2016 has turned out to be a promising event in its very first edition, with performances by 23 Art groups, the event tried to redefined the concept of social welfare driven by art.
The festival witnessed many power-packed and enlightening street play performances by top-notch campus theatre teams across prime locations in Delhi including Nehru Place, Janakpuri, Kamla Nagar, Rajouri Garden etc. for the initial days. The festival reached its climax at the three day long culmination at LTG Auditorium where performances across stage theatre, music, dance, photography, poetry and films were showcased on one stage.
Prominent performances by external art groups included ‘Draupadi’ (featuring Rakesh Bedi and Himani Shivpuri), ‘Aurangzeb’ (directed by K.S. Rajendran), Piano recital by Guinness Record Holder Mrityunjay Sharma, Contemporary dance by Sadhya Group, ‘Tauliye’ by Jazba Theatre Group, ‘Bijli Bittoo’ by Ambidexter Productions and ‘Secular’ by Doodling Thoughts. The hosts entertained the audiences with their acclaimed productions ‘Syaahi’, Jeevita Chellave’ and ‘Bade Bhai Sahab’.
With the support from 15 organisations including SAIL, Skoda Auto, Khadi Gramodyog and LIC,  the festival also got feaurured in various national dailies like Delhi Times, The Hindu, Deccan Herald, Mint and Amar Ujala. on the social welfare front, the festival was able to collect an amount of INR 27,852 for farmer families in distress. With its well established campus wing in Shivaji College and professional wing based in Delhi and Mumbai, Vayam’s aim is to be a driver of social change by means of art.
Picture Credits: Prateek Bedi, Department of Financial Studies, DU 
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Day Two of Montage 2016 at JMC culminates with The Local Train

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The final day of Montage – the annual cultural festival of Jesus and Mary College kicked off with ‘Stage Craft’ the Stage play competition, organised by Troubadours, the English dramatics society. The play had 5 participating teams. The judges for the event were Siddhant Choudhary (Founder,Focused Tales) and Jennifer Monteiro (Faculty and Convenor of Troubadours).

The best play was won by the team from Lady Shri Ram College for Women while the best direction was awarded to the team from Hans Raj College. Abhinav Kumar (Shaheed Bhagat Singh College) and Tanvika (Sri Venkateswara College) won the best actor award in the male and female category respectively.

  Awaaz, the street play event  organised by Kahkasha, the Hindi dramatics society of JMC was judged by Haneet Vohra, Sachin Gupta and Rahul Bhuchar. The first position was bagged by the Hindi Dramatics Society of SRCC for their production ‘The Defective War’. ‘Kalkothri’ the production of Shivaji College won the second position while ‘Sun Tu Rehne De’ and ‘Hawa Nai Rukh Vahi’ the productions of LSR and Hindu college shared the third position.  

Madrigal, the western music festival organised by Echo, the western music society of JMC was categorised into solo and choir competitions. The solo event was won by Shivash Chagti (Hans Raj College). Chewang (Aurobindo College) and Maya Bajaj (SRCC) won the second and third positions respectively. The first position in the group event was won by LSR while Kirori Mal college and Kamala Nehru college won the second position.

Colour marathon, an informal event which consisted of exciting rounds like scavenger hunting, balloon bursting and selfie hunting. It was won by Tanushree Mitra from JMC and Tanvi Sinha from IP College for women.

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The final day ended with performances by rock band, ‘The Local Train’ which sang some famous numbers like Bande and Aaoge Tum Kabhi.

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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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Dear Amma,
I have always had a feminine side but today I felt a keen urge for my male friend. I have always been with girls but more recently my body wants both the sexes. Please help me choose as I’m confused.

Dear confused macchi,
It’s good that you know about what you like and what you desire. And since you know what you enjoy and prefer, there’s no need to be confused.

It’s important for you to know that there are multiple forms to express your sexuality and every person may not have the same conventional orientation. When it comes to sexuality, my little idli, there’s no black and white. It works in multiple shades of grey (in a meaning nowhere related to Christan Grey!) And it’s equally important for you to accept the way you are and be proud of it.

Being a bisexual is something perfectly normal, there’s nothing unnatural about it. There are different things that everyone likes, just like people have different choices of dosas and vadas! If you like the company of both men AND women, so be it. Don’t be intimidated by any sort of judgements. You don’t have to choose; if that’s how you are then you can have the best of both worlds!

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Maitreyi, Venky and DRC shine on Day 3; MJ5 draws curtains on Gargi’s annual fest, Reverie

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The third and final day at Gargi College’s annual fest Reverie’16 started with the energy that was seen at both days 1 and 2. The day was filled with cultural dance events organized by Nazaakat, the folk dance society of Gargi College.

The first event was Alaap, the folk dance solo event which saw 12 artists from around the University performing major Indian dance forms like Kathak, Kuchipudi and Bharatnatyam. The event was judged by Smt. Ragini Chandrashekhar who was elated by the participation and appreciation of classical arts by such a large audience. “In an age where young generation is so attracted to western influences, not that anything is wrong with it, it is so inspiring to see youngsters taking the arts forward.”

Annanya Chatterji from Daulat Ram College won the first position. The second position went to Pekhna Kaur from College of Arts while the third position went to Raghav from Sri Venkateswara College.

The event was followed by Thumka, the group folk dance competition which saw participation from 8 teams around the University who showcased a variety of danceforms like Bhangra, Gidda, Bihu, Lavni and more.

 

The event was won by Maitreyi College who showcased a performance of Haryanvi Folk dance, the Bhangra performance by SGND Khalsa team gave them the second position while Sri Venkateswara gained the third position.

The much awaited star night initiated after a delay. MJ5 Dance group showed their impressive moves on many dance numbers and fusions. They night came to an end with Bollywood singer Keerthi Sagathia who performed on songs ‘Teri Deewani’, ‘Lungi Dance’ and ‘Tera Pyaar Chahida’

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MJ5 performing on the final day of Reverie 2016. Image by Tejaswa for DU Beat!

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Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 held at Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi

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Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 conducted by Entrepreneurship Cell, FMS Delhi, presented by Unitus Seed Fund in association with Jaarvis Accelerator kick-started with its flagship event “International Entrepreneurship Challenge” on 13th February 2016. The competition saw an enthusiastic participation from budding entrepreneurs who came to the campus from all over the country to present their business ideas. The panelists comprising of investors as Unitus Seed Fund and Jaarvis Accelerator, VCs and experts gave the finalists a good chance to not just participate in a B-Plan competition but to also pitch for funding to make their idea come alive. The winning team “Bluedrop” proposed the idea of an inexpensive durable water filter that can meet the requirements of rural India sustainably. 

 Responsible Entrepreneur, a Social entrepreneurship competition launched in association with Vihaan, social service cell of FMS, focused on B-Plans that would leave a social impact on society with a financially sustainable model. The finalists in this competition proposed business solutions to ubiquitous issues like sanitation, recycling, etc. Finally, the Frugal Innovators competition challenged entrepreneurs to come up with innovative ideas restricted to a meager budget of Rs. 20,000. Team Peco Labs, which proposed profitable Sugarcane farming, won the Responsible Entrepreneur competition whereas Team Nimori which proposed a Smart Pillbox was declared winner of Frugal Innovators. Start-up fair was also hosted as part of the E-Summit where start-ups setup stalls and were given an opportunity to showcase their ideas to students and investors and take feedback on the same.

Day Two of E-Summit 2016 began with Entrepreneurship Conference –a panel discussion moderated by FMS faculty Prof. Vivek Suneja on the topic, ’Demystifying Aggregation based Start-ups’. The audience comprising of students and entrepreneurs witnessed eminent personalities like Mr. Brett Stevens (VP, Jaarvis Accelerator), Mr. Vijay Singh (CEO AraamShop), Mr Anirudh Kumar (Investment Professional, Matrix Partners) and Mr. Angad Rikhy (VC, Unitus Seed Fund). The conference was followed by lunch sponsored by Bueno, a gourmet food start-up by FMS alumnus Mr. Rohan Arora.

The event then moved on to “NewAge Innovators”, a talk series where founders like Mr. Vinay Kumar (Arya), Mr. Rohan Arora (Bueno) Mr. Ankit Singh (MyPoolin) and Mr. Rahul Prasad (Juvenile Care) shared their entrepreneurial journeys and the struggle along the unexplored path.  

“Acquire customers cheaply, give them magic moments and repeat those moments: it’s a linear process” said Ankit Singh founder MyPoolin. MyPoolin recently won the $250,000 Qualcomm Ventures’ QPrize. The talks reflected the deep insights that the start-up founders had gained through their experience- “The product is the message,” the emphasis was resonated by Vinay Kumar as he explained Artificial Intelligence; “AI is more than Google now and Siri. It is your doctor, financial advisor and more.” The day concluded with the FMS Entrepreneur Award presented by The FMS Forum to joint winners Mr.Ankit Singh, Co-Founder, Mypoolin and the team of Mr Somak Ghosh and Ms. Aditi Gupta, co-founders, Contrarian Capital. The FMS Entrepreneur award was conceived under the guidance of  Mr. Sunder Hemrajani, former MD, Times Innovative Media Ltd., former President-Distribution, Reliance Capital .The jury comprising of Mr. Sandip Das, Chairman & Parner Maitreyi Capital, former CEO Hutchisson Essar, former CEO Reliance Jio and Prof. Vivek Suneja,former  Dean(Planning) of Delhi University and teaches Strategy at FMS, appreciated the immense entrepreneurial capabilities that students of Faculty of Management Studies have showcased through their business ventures and encouraged the audience to take up entrepreneurial activities in the conducive start-up environment of today.

E-Summit 2016 was made possible under the guidance of Dean, FMS-Delhi, Mr. M.L.Singhla and Placement advisor Ms. Kavita Singh.

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LSR’s Annual Fest Tarang 2016 culminates with a performance by Agnee

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The final day of Lady Shri Ram College for Women’s Tarang 2016 had multiple events lined up all day. While most events culminated before dusk, the Western Dance Competition, Baila continued till early evening. This was one of the most awaited events of the entire fest, a fact which was evident by the long queues that waited for entrance into the auditorium.

Daila was judged by Mr. Rohit Raj of the Brooklyn Academy and Ms. Blossom D’Souza who trained at Dance Works Performing Arts Academy. A total number of 9 teams participated. The audience was enthralled with the multiple energy-fused performances that took over the stage. Every performance enraptured the judges and spectators alike.

Harshita, of Misba, the Western Dance Society of Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce said, “Our practices were really hectic and we had a very long day today. Despite all odds, our performance went great. We love to perform in LSR and the energy of the audience inspires us to perform well.”

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It was vivid that the judges agreed with them since Misba bagged the first position in the event followed by Sri Aurobindo  College and Sri Venkateswara College in the second and third position.

Following the western dance event was the Star Night where the band Agnee performed. The popularity of Agnee and the exhilaration of their fans was evident from the fact that the audience for the Star Night was the highest of all three days. And the band did not disappoint their fans and sang all of their favourite numbers including Yaariyan, Aahatein and Saaware.

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A performance that was equally mesmerizing and enthralling, the three day extravaganza Tarang 2016 ended on a musical note and with zeal and happiness dripping from the faces of union members and faculty of the college!

 

For details of the entire fest, refer to:

Day 1: https://dubeat.com/2016/02/day-1-of-tarang-16-ends-with-east-india-comedy/Day 2, Morning: https://dubeat.com/2016/02/day-2-at-lsr-tarang-2016/
Day 2, Evening: https://dubeat.com/2016/02/day-2-at-tarang-16-winds-up-with-edm-night/
Day 3, Morning: https://dubeat.com/2016/02/kmc-and-hrc-start-day-3-of-tarang-2016-with-a-win/

 

Team Tarang: Day 3
Arushi Pathak
Sudisha Misra
Kartikeya Bhatotia
Tarushi Verma
Mridul Kumar
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