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Delhi University is the proud craftsman of many geniuses and multi-talented personalities. From our current Defense and Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley to CWG Gold Medalist Shooter Mansher Singh, Delhi University boasts of its impeccable students and alumni. Acknowledging the efforts and achievements of exceptional students in the fields of sports and extra-curricular activities, DU awards Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal every year at the annual university convocation to such outstanding students.

Based on General Proficiency including conduct of the student and participation in Sports and Extra Curricular Activities, the recipient of the medal is decided upon by the Standing Committee of the University of Delhi. Any student, with at least one degree from the University of Delhi with a minimum 60% marks and exceptional performance in Sports or Extra Curricular Activities may fill up a proforma and submit it to the Head of the Institution. The latter, after thorough evaluation at Departmental and College level would send one suitable entry only. The form is available on the University of Delhi website and requires details about all Inter-College/ Inter-University/ Inter-State/ National/ International participations.

Named after the former President of India, the medal aims to regard and appreciate the performance of the students in co-curricular activities. A copy of the certificates of participation of all the activities mentioned in the form need to be produced by the applicant whenever required. The applicant should have participated in National/ International Sports events or equivalent Extra-Curricular Activities along with Academic excellence. The last day for the respective Heads of the Institutions to submit their recommended application for the nomination of a candidate is Friday, 17th October 2014, addressed to the Dean of Examinations.

For more information, refer to the link-
http://du.ac.in/du/uploads/Guidelines/15092014_Guide.pdf

 

Arushi Pathak
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Lady Shri Ram College for Women in collaboration with TEDx organized its first event focusing on the motto of ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’ on September 13 in the college auditorium. The well-organized event had six speakers, who spoke about a variety of topics. Starting with Mihir Srivastava, an artist who paints nudes as a hobby and ending with Shreena Thakore, co-founder of No Country for Women, the talks were thought -provoking and inspirational in a very unconventional style.

With the ideas being very diverse and from different fields, there was a common thread between all these talks, which was the passion with which each idea was propagated. The objective of the event was to have a collaborative learning and communication event which dealt with topics which exist in everyday life but don’t catch our attention.

The highlight of the event was the ease and clarity with which the speakers spoke. All the speakers were very clear about their ideas and the existing notions in society which restrict one.

Mr. Matthew Whoolery, Professor of Psychology at Brigham Young University-Idaho, USA, talked about the concept of “How to be Unhappy?”

A very humorous and satire filled talk, he managed to convey the problem of unhappiness in very simple words and gave a very easy way to stay “away” from happiness by thinking and focusing on one’s own problems and needs.

Mihir Srivastava talked about “Conversations in the nude”, which talked about his experiences of painting nude people. He emphasized on the point of “private space in public nudity” and also how the appreciation he received from people on his work, was apprehensive. Mr. Aseem Shrivastava, an ecological economist, brought out a rather interesting point in his talk titled”Dignity of the Earth”. He explained the Arrow of Time and how one can has to go back in time, to the origin after a while. He said, ”Sometimes you have to go very far from home inorder to realize that you have to ultimately come back.” By home he referred to nature and the need for sustainability.

The event had a refreshment break in the middle which provided the attendees with a forum to interact with the speakers. All the people were given goodie bags sponsored by Teach for India. The other sponsors were The Alum Store, Indian Oil and Chai Point. Overall, the entire event brought out ideas which made everyone realize that imagination is more important than knowledge.

Ishita Sharma
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The results of the first Delhi University Students’ Union Elections after establishment of BJP led government at the centre are out and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) swept all four seats following in the footsteps of its parent political party.

 

Mohit Nagar with 20,718 votes, Parvesh Malik with 21,935 votes, Kanika Shekhawat with 18,671 votes and Aashutosh Mathur securing 23,133 votes bagged the posts of President, Vice President, Secretary and Joint Secretary respectively, defeating ABVP’s biggest rival the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) by a few thousand votes. The vote count for the latter being – Presidential candidate(19,804), Vice Presidential candidate(14,076), Secretarial candidate(15,649) and Joint Secretarial candidate(12,065). All India Students’ Association (AISA) with its influential presence during the campaigning season rose to the third position with its candidates for the posts of President, VP, Secretary and Joint Secretary attaining 10,163, 11,944, 12,932 and 9,338 votes respectively.

 

Total voter turnout for 2014 DUSU election reached 59,423(43.43%) with 1,36,821 eligible voters and votes accumulated from 128 EVMs gathered from 50 polling centers. While last year ABVP managed to win three of the four posts with the secretarial post taken over by NSUI, 2014 has been the first time since 1997 that the party has had a clear sweep over DUSU. The “Modi Wave” seems to have worked its charm yet again, this time at the university level, as admitted by the newly appointed Joint Secretary.

 

Ishani Rajkhowa

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Q. Dear Amma. My girlfriend is pretty religious. It took me some time to convince her to go physical with me, and eventually she agreed. However, the first time we did it, she was chanting bhajans.. I didn’t say anything, thinking she’s scared. The next time though, she started playing them on her phone. It was weird, to be honest. I talked to her about it and she said it turns her on and she can’t get into the mood without it.. Well, what?!? It makes me really uncomfortable, but I don’t complain because the sex is great. I’m so confused. Help!
A. Oh so you’ve landed a Meera, my confused idli. Amma has heard that religion is the opium of the world, but this is some next level stuff!
However strange all this might be, I’d suggest you to put up with it. It seems God herself has blessed your sex life. Be grateful and don’t complain!
In order not to be uncomfortable, ask Meera to put on her earphones. That way, she gets her fill of religion and other things, and so do you! And remember, people are strange, as Morrison pointed out. Gotta deal with it!

Milaap.org is an online fundraising platform that was started by three passionate, young entrepreneurs in June 2010. The organization’s main aim is to change the way people fund and impact communities in need by enabling individuals to make a difference in a very transparent, accountable and sustainable manner.

At Milaap, it is not about investing in charity but about investing in business and trade. A very innovative step taken by them is a system through which one can see profiles of people who need funds for various purposes. One can even choose whom she or he wants to fund. The total fund raised goes directly to the beneficiaries; here the money is given not as donations but as loans with affordable interest. Beneficiaries repay the loans in small installments every month; and every month there is an update made on repayment. That is how the entire sum is repaid to the organization. Milaap has also received support from institutions like the Dell Foundation, the Montpelier Foundation, DBS Bank and National Skill Development Corporation.

Not only is it effective, this organization is also credited for being remarkably impactful. Milaap has cumulatively disbursed 10.25 crore in loans and impacted over 50,000 lives. Currently, over 10,000 individuals have invested via Milaap.

Millaap has a simple yet endearingly impactful mission. It wishes to reach out to more people who can help it serve better and become part of its fundraising organization. At Milaap, you can give loans for basic needs of people like drinking water connections, toilets, solar lighting or for job-linked skills training as well as providing working capital for small businesses.

If you want to bring in a timely, effective, and remarkable change by helping the society through a powerful platform under the guidance of a proper and diligent organization- Millaap is just the organization to join.

Image source: www.milaap.org

Surbhi Sharma
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AICTE APPROVAL FOR B.TECH COURSES BEING RUN IN DU The B.Tech course of DU has lost its credibility after roll-back of FYUP as it failed to gain approval from the All India Council of Technical Education(AICTE). On this issue the university refuses to take responsibility and claims that it is upto the respective colleges to gain AICTE’s approval. Saket Bahuguna says, “It is the university’s duty to provide recognition to its degree, we will take this issue to the HRD ministry and get it resolved”. BANK ACCOUNT FOR ALL STUDENTS ABVP’s Secretary candidate Kanika Shekhawat mentioned the need for students to open new bank accounts with special student facilities. SAFE AND SECURE CAMPUS FOR GIRLS The manifesto suggests certain points to provide safety and security to girl students. For instance, it talks of 24-7 helpline number and availability of lady police in all colleges with special need during cultural festivals. What outshines the list is the implementation of compulsory self-defense course and Women’s Development Cell (WDC) in each college. ACCOMODATION & TRANSPORT Accommodation is a major expense for out-station students who resolve to PGs and shared flats due to scarcity of college hostels. ABVP demands hostel facility for all such students along with effective implementation of room rent control act. The party also promises to work towards availing concessional metro pass for students with pass counters and feeder bus  facility in each campus. It emphasizes on the demand to start “U-Special” buses from different parts of Delhi to all on and off campus colleges. On having being questioned on a similar agenda from the past year’s manifesto, Kanika Shekhawat says, “The plan was unsuccessful due to lack of cooperation from students”. SAFETY  OF NORTH EASTERN STUDENTS Keeping the recent attacks on north eastern students in mind, ABVP has devised certain agendas to tackle the problem, such as, building separate hostels for them and organizing programs to showcase north-eastern culture. OTHER AGENDAS E-library, Wi-Fi connectivity, Installation of water coolers, Better canteens with hygienic food, etc. While the issues taken up are more or less similar to its opponents NSUI and AISA, ABVP’s 2014 manifesto surely impressed us with some path breaking agendas to deal with the same. Ishani Rajkhowa [email protected] Picture credits: Abhinav Arora [email protected]]]>

the Yagyashala where the Principal, Dr.V.K Kawatra, teachers and many students gathered and prayed for everyone’s happiness and prosperity. This was followed by a cleanliness drive organized by NSS Hansraj and a speech by Mr.Poonam Suri, Chairman of the DAV College Managing Committee. Lady Shri Ram College for Women also organized an hour-long program which started with an instrumental performance by the music societies of the College. There was also a collaborative performance by the Indian Music Society and the Western Music Society which impersonated the teachers and students respectively, voicing their emotions through well-chosen and witty songs. This performance was followed by an act performed by the Dramatics Society of the College with the Dance Society performing in between. The movie presented by Projekt, Film and Photography Society of the College, received a standing ovation by the Vice Principal. Cultural events were hosted at Jesus and Mary College. Students from the Commerce department at JMC gave dance performances which surely brought smiles to the faces of their teachers. Thus, the day which also marks the birth of Dr.Radhakrishnan was celebrated with great enthusiasm in colleges across North as well as South Campus. Shaurya Sahai [email protected] Image Credits: Mugdha [email protected]]]>

Q. Dear Amma. I have a boyfriend whom I love very much and we have regular sex. It’s all good except the fact that he keeps buying ‘L’ sized condoms while in reality he needs size ‘S’. It makes the sex rather awkward because the condom keeps slipping off and he keeps blaming the companies for making lousy products. How do I make him see that the companies aren’t at fault? I have no qualms about his size, but I’m sure it’ll offend him if I told him. Help!

A. A disillusioned dosa is just what Amma loves! I have seen some really petite dosas in my time. It is so difficult to make men understand that size doesn’t matter just as it is hard to make women believe that beauty doesn’t depend on their skin colour.

My dear macchhi, you will have to bring him out of this illusion in order to bring both of you at ease during the boom-boom.

Tell him that these are just standards created by those evil people working in corporate firms so that their penis-enhancing products can be sold. He doesn’t have to be ashamed of buying a small sized condom. Not everybody roams around with an eight-incher; four or five inches are perfectly NORMAL. Just be loving and be prepared for some days of cold-shouldering, but know that it’ll be worth it!

 

Recognising the effort teachers put in all through the year, the DU administration has decided to celebrate Teachers’ Day on a high and ‘beachy’ note. The varsity has gifted all its teachers a week-long trip to Goa commencing on Tuesday, as a result of which classes will remain suspended.
While most teachers welcomed the present, there were few who were apprehensive about the choice of location. “I would prefer Haridwar anyday. Hari om..” said a Sanskrit teacher.
Rumour is that teachers have asked their students to conduct a class explaining the things they should know before visiting Goa. “I’ve heard people ride bikes all day wearing nothing on their upper bodies. Had I known earlier, I would’ve joined a gym,” said a teacher in the canteen. Some teachers were also requesting a Russian language teacher to teach them a few sentences, in an attempt to enjoy the trip to the fullest.
Reportedly, a group of students cancelled their long-planned trip to Goa after they learnt of DU’s move. “What a scene that would’ve been!” sighed one of them. The group suffered a loss of Rs.10,000.
Studens have welcomed this one week long break with gusto. While some are rejoicing, others are asking their teachers to bring back bracelets and seashells as souvenirs.
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