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Woman files FIR, alleges DUSU President of dowry, molestation and attempt to murder

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Delhi University Students’ Union President Satender Awana’s name has been mentioned along with that of other family members in an FIR filed by a woman with the Noida police on March 12. The woman has accused the Awana family of harassment over dowry, molestation and attempt to murder and has filed the FIR against her husband, Mohit Awana, and her in laws. Satender Awana has been named in the FIR as one of her brothers-in-law. The accused have not been arrested and the case has been sent for mediation, as is customary in dowry disputes, according to The Hindu.

The complainant has alleged that, the Awana family had harassed and assaulted her over not complying with their additional dowry demands, though their initial demands for money and a car were met by her family.

Satender Awana, a leader of the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarathi Parishad, informed the media that he is not related to the woman who filed the FIR, though he knows the family as members of his village in Noida. The family dispute has been raging since Mohit Awana was married to her in May last year. The police have also been unable to establish Satender as one of the brothers-in-law of the complainant.

Awana has said that he will file a defamation case against the complainant on grounds of trying to tarnish the image and reputation of himself and his family. In a statement to the media, Awana said, “People who know my family and myself are familiar with our character and lifestyle. These allegations are baseless and fictitious, and the truth of the matter will be proved in court.”

Students’ organisations like the All India Students’ Association have raised the demand for Awana’s resignation from the post of DUSU President. In retaliation, Awana questioned such a demand on the grounds that these demands were not raised against Kanhaiya Kumar who faced charges of sedition. However, he agreed to step down if the allegations were proved.

Awana has earlier made controversial statements, such as threatening to “shoot down the traitors in JNU” who allegedly raised anti-India slogans. He was also accused of misbehaving with two journalists who were conducting a survey on sexual consent on Delhi University’s North Campus.

Picture Credits: The Hindu 

Abhinaya Harigovind

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Solo traveller from KMC plans trip along the Golden Quadrilateral

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With only his bike and a tent, Keshav Kumar will travel approximately 6100 kilometres and visit 13 states and 174 cities in 15 days to answer questions about women’s empowerment. Keshav Kumar is a 3rd year student from Kirori Mal College, Delhi University, studying Geography (H). He is clearly not one of those who are content with reading the topography of the country in textbooks as he has been travelling alone to different parts of the country since two and a half years. He organises trips in his college as well but these are the only trips he takes with a group. He loves to travel alone and when asked why, he gleamingly said, “Because, it gives me peace.” Very recently, he has taken up a venture which is not only a means to escape the mundane routine of college life but serves a greater purpose. He’ll embark on a journey along the golden quadrilateral where he’ll cover approximately 6100 kilometres and visit 13 states and 174 cities in 15 days. His only companions will be the bike and his make-shift abode, the tent. Through this trip, he seeks to find answers to questions which are very often avoided or are left unanswered in our society. These questions are mainly about women’s safety and empowerment. Keshav will be visiting 20 different colleges ranging from the various IITs to IIMs where he’ll hold sessions with the youth and raise questions in front of them about how should a woman tackle her harasser, is blocking the oppressor the only solution to telephonic or digital harassment etc.  He says, “We often believe that the problem we are going through is limited to us and we then hesitate to share it with anyone else. This means no solution can be arrived at. This has to change. So, with these sessions, a common platform can be forged where the youth can realise that we all go through the same hell and solutions can thought of for the betterment of everyone.” He believes in the power of individual stories and is expecting a positive change to come from these sessions. Keshav also gives advice to the people who wish to travel alone but don’t know where to start. He says, “It is all about daring, about taking that first step.” He tells us that his first trip was to Rishikesh which was not at all planned and was an impulsive decision. But he knows if he wouldn’t have taken this decision, he’d never be able to do what he is doing presently.  So, if you really love travelling, go and make way for yourself. Image Credits: Keshav Kumar Nishita Agarwal [email protected]]]>

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Students of PGDAV College study Jan Dhan Yojana in their innovation project

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Innovation projects, an undergraduate research initiative by Delhi University witnesses a plethora of project entries from different colleges each year. One of the many Innovation Projects for the session of 2015-2016 approved by the University of Delhi is an assessment of Pradhan Mantri Jhan Dhan Yojana and the need for financial inclusion. The project titled ‘Jan Dhan Yojana and Financial Inclusion’, the aim of the project is to study how financial inclusion broadens the resource base of the financial system by encouraging a culture of savings among large segment of rural population. The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 August 2014. This is a National Mission on Financial Inclusion encompassing an integrated approach to bring about comprehensive financial inclusion of all the households in the country.

According to Chandrasekhar, a student involved with the project, “We are collecting both primary and secondary data. We are doing a literature review as well as conducting surveys to know on the ground reality regarding the effectiveness of PMJDY. We have prepared questionnaires for both the beneficiaries of the PMJDY Scheme and the bankers who implement the scheme in order to understand the information asymmetry that has arisen in the implementation of the Scheme.”

The project has a pan Indian character as it covers the five states of Delhi NCR, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. The project aims to study the present scenario of financial inclusion of rural and urban households and assess the major factors affecting the implementation of PMJDY and its implications. It seeks to provide incentives to business and banking correspondents who serve as a link for the last mile between savings account holders as the bank by fixing a minimum monthly reward of Rs. 5000. Some special features include interest on deposit, provision of overdraft facility, no minimum balance required, life insurance cover of 30,000 for customers till 26 January 2016, beneficiaries of Government Schemes will get Direct Benefit Transfer in these accounts and access to pension, Rupay Debit Card and insurance products.

According to Zohaib, a student involved with the project, “It has emerged that many beneficiaries of the Scheme are not aware about the provisions of the PMJDY Scheme. There is a glaring information gap which acts a major obstacle to the effective implantation of the Scheme. A large majority of the customers are illiterate and thus, confused about the various provisions of the Scheme and the terms and conditions attached to the provisions of the Scheme.”

The project is being carried out under the leadership of Principal investigator, Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha and Co-investigators including- Dr. Giridhar Gopal Sharma, Dr. Abhay Prasad Singh, Dr. Rajni Jagota, Mr. Chhetan Chhoidub. Some of the students involved in the project are SVD Chandrasekhar, Aakash Trivedi, Mohammad Zohaib Belal, Kapil Lamba, Tavishi Gupta, Sneh Yadav, Manit Aggarwal, Pooja Aghi, Srishti Puri and Yash Gupta.

Submitted by Innovation Project team from PGDAV College 

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Run For Child Rights: CRY’s Child Rights Leaders organise a marathon across North Campus

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Child Rights and You, also known as CRY, an NGO that works for the underprivileged children and protection of child rights in India, organised a marathon-‘Run for Child Rights’, on 26 February 2016, at Delhi University North Campus to bring about an awareness about child labour in India. The marathon was organized by CRY’s Child Rights Leaders across 8 colleges in Delhi University.

With a turnout of about a 100 students, the marathon began from the Vishwavidyalaya metro station and covered most colleges in the campus including Miranda House, Ramjas, Hindu, St.Stephens, SRCC, Hansraj, Kirori Mal, SGTB Khalsa and Daulat Ram College. 

With morning zest, student volunteers at the marathon raised slogans like- “Education is our birth right, child labour we must fight, Hamane aab hain ye thana, bal bazdoori ko jad se mitana, Abhi humey karni hai padhai, mat karvaao humse kamaai”. 

The marathon was organized keeping in mind the rising number of Child Labourers in the campus and how we, as young adults, have got so immune to seeing these children engage in labour, that seldom do we stop and think twice about helping them get out of their situation. 

While we sit in the comfort of our warm blankets and enjoy the luxuries of our life, the child labour statistics of the country are staggering. As per the National Census 2011, India has 10.1 million child labourers in the age group of 5 to 14. 168 million children are estimated to be engaged in Child Labour around the world (ILO, 2012) that means every 17th working child in the world is in India.

Child labour, somehow, has become a social norm that we accept and tolerate in our society. This exploitative and abusive practice will continue unless society adopts a zero tolerance attitude towards it. Children continue to be exploited and abused because the State and people do not address children’s issues comprehensively and effectively.

However, only ‘rescuing’ children, often will not help. What is required is addressing the reasons that force children to work. Children work mainly to help their families because the adults do not have appropriate employment and adequate income. Children also work because there is a demand for cheap labour in the market. When children are forced to work long hours their ability to get adequate nourishment and to attend school is limited, preventing them from gaining education. Therefore, the need of the hour is to rise and give voice to these children who slog the innocence of their childhood in labour and give them the bright future they rightfully deserve. 

Image credits: CRY team 

Riya Chhibber 

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Uddyam 2016: Annual Commerce Department Fest of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College

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Uddayam

The Commerce Association of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College concluded its annual departmental festival Uddayam on 24th February 2016. The two day fest was attended by more than 1200 students from colleges all across Delhi University and from other universities in NCR as well. The term ‘Uddayam’ literally means entrepreneurship and all events hosted were completely synchronised with this theme. Pizza Hut was the food partner of the event.

The event started with the inauguration ceremony. The esteemed chief guest for the function was Mr. Amit Bahl, Partner at Price Waterhouse Coopers. The other senior faculty members included the Principal of the college, Dr. P.K. Khurana, teacher-in-charge of the Commerce Department, Dr. R.C. Jain and Convenor of the Commerce Association, Ms. Ruchi Gupta. The ceremony started with the lighting of the lamp for the auspicious beginning of the festival. This was followed by a sumptuous music performance by Piyush, a third year student at the college. The college’s Principal, Dr. P.K. Khurana warmly welcomed the chief guest with a bouquet of flowers.  The Principal then gave the welcome address and enlightened everyone with his words of wisdom. This was followed by a short speech by Dr. R.C. Jain.

The chief guest then shared a wonderful experience from his childhood and the days of his higher studies with the gathering. He gave an important teaching to all the students never to give up their goal in life slip as many times as they may. The President of the Commerce Association of the College, Himani Mishra also apprised the audience about the Association, the events it has conducted in the past and also about Uddayam. The ceremony concluded with Ms. Ruchi Gupta, Convenor of the Commerce Association giving a vote of thanks and presenting mementos to the Chief Guest, Principal and the teacher in charge.

Following the inaugural ceremony, the much awaited competitions started. An array of events was hosted this year which included some fun events to keep the atmosphere jovial and festive. Adwitiya: Hunar aur Jazbe ka sangam was the star event at this edition of Uddayam. This event had been specially designed for the physically challenged students. The event received a highly positive response from everyone present. This event gave the students a platform to showcase their talents and all the participants enthusiastically gave commendable performances.  Colossal Clash: The Best Manager Competition was one of the longest and toughest events this year. Only selected participants who had cleared the online preliminary round were selected for the main event.

The participants were made to go through group discussions and personal interview rounds on the first day. After elimination only 6 candidates were called the next day. They were made to pitch their Business Plans. Finally two winners were declared after the rigorous grilling. Other events on Day 1 included the much awaited Stockastic: The Mock Stock Competition. Here it is the fight of the Bulls and Bears and a test of who the real Warren Buffet is. Torrent and Trials was the T.V. show quiz where the participants were judged on the basis of their knowledge of shows like Game of Thrones, Friends and the interesting Harry Potter series.

The major fun event and one of the most successful events of Uddayam was the Bollywood Tambola. This was the traditional tambola being played in Bollywood style. Pirates Ahoy was the treasure hunt game where participants were given coded messages, riddles and other encrypted data which they had to decrypt to unveil the real treasure. The dart game was a major attraction for those who just wanted to enjoy the festivity.

Uddayam
Uddayam

The second day was as interesting as the first. Beginning with some musical performances, the day gradually gathered pace. Contrakeenos was the commerce quiz testing the participants’ knowledge of the world of business. Several rounds of intensive questions got the best of the participants. Turbulence: The Turncoat Debating Competition was also a huge success. The final round was a press conference simulation wherein participants were required to address situations and reply to interjections from other participants.

One of the major attractions of the day was WeakLinks Season 3 which was quizzing only but in an all new avatar. Two rounds of mind-boggling quiz on general awareness and logical reasoning ended on an exciting note with the winner being a finalist for the last two seasons. Exaggerato was the caricature competition where participants had to make drawings on given themes and characters to win. Counter Strike was the fun event where participants competed on the computers by playing the game ‘Counter Strike’.  Marketing Superhero – The Ad Mad Competition was organized for the second time at Uddayam witnessing quality participation from all across Delhi University.

The things that we work hard for may not last a long time but it is the working which gives the longest satisfaction. Over two months of preparation served its purpose. The two days left us more prepared than ever to make our events better. Better than before.

The Commerce Association of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College congratulates the winning participants and all the attendees of Uddayam on their participation and wishes them the best for such more competitions and Uddayam’17.

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Atelier Festival celebrates the spirit of theatre with DU teams performing street, stage production

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The Ninth Edition of the Atelier’s Campus Theatre Festival kicked off on the 21st of February 2016. The festival which is scheduled to go on for the next couple of days has already seen a huge response from theatre enthusiasts across Delhi. The festival was inaugurated at the Stein Auditorium in the India Habitat Centre where two plays were staged: St. Stephen’s College’s “Snoop Dogg” and Hindu College’s “Characters Revolt”. Characters Revolt, performed by Ibtida, one of Hindu’s two dramatics societies followed the story of three guys who on the night of their graduation from college, bring home three girls to complete a pact they had once made.

Yet events take place in not quite the manner they expected them to take place in resulting in a series of comical events. “The ACT Festival provided us with perhaps the best and most prestigious platform for performing our production this year. E venue, the equipment all of it was amazing.” Said a member of the Ibtida team. The second play of the night was Snoop Dog, an original script inspired by Manto’s “Dog of Titwal” directed by Ruchi Chaudhury. The socio-political satire on the norm of raging intolerance and jingoistic patriotism won the hearts of everyone in the auditorium.

Festival director Mr. Kuljeet Singh,himself, hailed the team for their brilliant performance bringing the first day of the festival to a fantastic end.

Day 2 of the festival which was to be held at Sri Venkateswara International School, Dwarka saw turns in the schedule. With the jat agitation raging across the streets of Delhi, which followed Delhi Government’s order for schools remaining closed that day, the street theatre performances by three colleges were postponed until further information.

However, the stage theatre festival later that day enthralled the audience at the American Center, New Delhi. The first stage play of the festival was performed by Masque, The English Dramatics Society of Hindu College. The team performed their annual production “Trips” at the American Centre, New Delhi on the 22nd of February.

The play focusing on three hitmen waiting in a room for a stranger to arrive with the simple objective of ending his or her life managed to create an atmosphere of suspense and fear in the entire auditorium till the very last minute. “We were really happy with our performance and were delighted to receive such an amazing response from the audience, Atelier’s has been amazing to us and we hope to be back next year as well”, said Shivish Soni, one of the two directors of the play.   The following day kicked off with much fervour and zeal when the dramatics societies of Lady Sri Ram College, Hansraj and Shaheed Bhagat Singh College took the audience by storm with the staging of their annual productions. LSR’s “Sun! Tu Rehne De” challenged the conventions and notions of the society on Homosexuality and was a mockery of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises sexual activities that are “against the order of nature”.  

“Rivayat” by Hansraj was a stand against the ‘Indian democratic-autocracy’ that favours the top. Emulating episodes from the lives of Eklavya, Aurangzeb, The Aryans and Jessica Lal, it emphasized that it was time to become detached from the historical convention of Rivayat.

Hansraj Dramatics Society performing RivayatHansraj Dramatics Society performing ‘Rivayat’, their annual #street production that threw light on how power and authority in any form brings harsh autocracy and can be misused.Our photojournalist Vegh Daswani captured the team performing for Atelier Campus Theatre Fest, yesterday! #NukkadNatak

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The third street play of the day, “Namaste…Mera Naam Hai Nakli!” was performed by Natuve, the Dramatics society of SBSC, which was a very different take on the issue of open economy. Conceptualized on the lines of Ramayana’s Sita Haran episode, the play delved into the revival of the Indian market and its producers, which is slowly disappearing due to our increased dependence on Chinese goods and products. “All the incidents that were shown in the play were non-fictional, including those which talked about ordinary people.

This may not seem a topic of much importance, as of now, but ten years down the line, this will surely become a very grave social issue. We thought it was imperative to take an effort and spread awareness, before it gets too late.” said a member from Natuve.

The team from Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women performed on Day 3 in lieu of their performance on the second day. The team emerged out as the only college not belonging to the Delhi University to perform their annual production “Bezubaan” in the first half of the festival.

The latter half of the day did not disappoint either with Verbum, the Dramatics Society of Sri Venkateswara College staging their production “Veronica’s Room” at the same venue. The play which started off with a girl attempting to help a family by performing a selfless deed took a dark twist leaving the audience confused and captivated as Venky’s plays always do.

As the stage play events move to other venues, Atelier’s can be proud of the fact that both days saw a filled auditorium of 140 to 150 people. “The edition of the festival has seen a wide range, this year. With regard to thematic range, it is more developed, evolved and myriad. And in terms of performance, couple of plays really impressed me like those that were staged on the first day of the festival – one by Hindu, another by Stephen’s, and I am looking forward to a couple of more plays at Akshara Theatre. Shakkar Ke Paanch Daane, LSR’s Nine Parts of Desire and SRCC’s Blithe Spirit seems to be very promising productions.” is what the Director of the festival, Mr. Kuljeet Singh has to say!

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Baatein: Bridging gaps between thoughts and expression

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“You were walking past a garden and your heart wandered to the swings as your childhood stories revisited you.
The first time you fell down but learned to rise again; the time when you made a new friend as you got drenched in the rain; the moment when you learnt to paddle with your father holding back his tears.” 
Baatein is a blog on Instagram and Facebook that displays snippets and small poetry about everything from childhood, to emotions, to dreams, to passion, to love and joy. Founded by Chhaya Dabas, a Political Science Student of Indraprastha College along with Kaustubh Sharma, an Engineering pursuant and Ishita Parashar, a literature student of Hindu College who together embarked upon this journey as they created Baatein.
“Baatein is a stage of conversations and creativity. Inspired from life and the roller coaster it is; emotions, thoughts, feelings, perceptions, it is a place your thoughts meet their echo” Chhaya said upon asking the reason why she started the blog. The blog has gathered multiple accolades and awards, with Ambedkar University’s wall adorned with one of their creations.
Ambedkar University's Wall adorned by Baatein's quotes.
Ambedkar University’s Wall adorned by Baatein’s quotes.
The blog was also declared the winner among the English category of a Twitter based competition hosted by Delhi, I Love you, a cultural movement across the city following the footsteps of Paris, Rio and many other cities across the globe.
As a part of their constant efforts to reach out to more writers and to converse with more souls, Baatein decided to enter the DU Fest season, with stalls at various colleges. The first stall was installed at IP College during their Diwali Mela. The stall was a success and even sold customised products like Dreamcatchers, lamps, diaries etc. The second edition was at Hansraj college on the 5th of Feb, during their Literary Festival. The third stall will be put up at Hindu College on the 25th of February.
For more, visit Baatein’s Facebook page. 
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NGO Asmat opens application for Summer Internship 2016

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Come summer and Asmat NGO will be heading back to Soda village in Rajasthan for conducting a comprehensive program on a host of socio-civic issues. Currently, they are inviting applications for their Summer Internship Program 2016. A batch of interns will be selected to plan their program in March-April, and head down to Soda in June for ten days to implement the same. If you’ve always felt strongly about development and the debates surrounding it, now is your time to contribute, and play an active role. Now is the time to switch from empty talk to focused action.

To apply, head to: www.asmatindia.org/work-with-us

Last date to apply: 21st February, 2016

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

Asmat is an NGO founded and run by students of Delhi University. It aims to bring about a concrete change at the grassroots level via youth mobilisation. We have adopted a village in rural Rajasthan – Soda, where we have been working on issues of education, governance and sensitisation since October 2013 under the guidance of its Sarpanch, Ms. Chhavi Rajawat who is the first woman Sarpanch in India with an MBA.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The group of interns will be involved in the planning stage of the program in March and April through regular meetings with the Asmat team. For twenty days in the summer (tentatively end May-June), two batches of interns will be living and working in the village over the course of ten days each, and implementing their program.

Tentative Dates: End May – June, 2016 (for both programs; exact dates subject to change post consultation with the interns and Asmat team members)

  • Accommodation and food shall be provided at the Sarpanch’s residence at nominal costs.
  • We shall provide food but interns to carry their own bedding and any medication that they might need.

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TAKE AWAYS

Intangible

Being a part of the program will:

  • Lead to a first hand understanding of issues at the grassroots level.
  • Help redefine reality of village life, highlight the problems faced and solution possible, specifically solutions that students can be a part of.
  • Give the students an opportunity to dwell upon the field of development and have questions answered by an eminent personality working in the field.
  • Being part of a network of like minded youth and a budding youth organisation.

Tangible

  • Certificate of volunteering given by an NGO registered under the societies registration Act, 1860 and Letter of Recommendation if exemplary work during the program.
  • Working towards the development of a village under the guidance of first woman Sarpanch in India with an MBA – great addition to your resume.

COST

  •  Train Tickets (to Jaipur)
  •  Cost of bus from Jaipur to Soda
  •  Living cost and cost for food which will be at very nominal rates.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

To apply, you need to be 16 years or older. We require parental approval from those below 18. We are open to interns from any stream or course. Please note that you will be required to research intensively and plan creatively for the various areas you will work on in the village.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply, please fill the form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qEzhNXUDE3dbpSLrvNAkHN77uEXTRuy7ddSiABQXkSg/viewform?c=0&w=1

Please note that APPLICATIONS CLOSE AT 11.59 PM, 21st February, 2016.  If shortlisted, group discussion and personal/Skype interview rounds will follow.

In case of any queries, please do not hesitate to contact:

Tushar: +91 9873388796

Raghuvendra: +91 9818173795 

Mail queries can be sent to [email protected].

 

www.asmatindia.org | fb.com/asmat.india | Twitter: @asmatindia | Instagram: Asmatngo

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Spectral Hues at TEDxSSCBS

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“We live in a world of clichés. More often than not, we settle into the comfortable lives provided to us by the virtue of heredity and seldom care about thinking and doing something outside the circle of self-profit. Only some exhibit the propensity to see a change and work towards it.”
The theme for this TEDxSSCBS was Spectral Hues.

Aditya Bal
Aditya Bal


The literal meaning of Spectral Hues pertains to the various colours one sees when white light passes through a prism. Metaphorically, this phrase symbolises renewal, rejuvenation and optimism. The white light represents the prevalent obsoleteness of ideas and thoughts in any sector of life; which can be eliminated only by the endeavours of those people who can think differently yet positively, who can work calmly yet intensely, who can be self-motivated yet achieve goals in a team, who bear the ability of being the risk-takers and change-makers and hence turn the world from black-and-white to a spectral hued one.

Smriti Nagpal
Smriti Nagpal

 

TEDx was created in the spirit of TED’s mission, “Ideas worth Spreading”. It supports independent organizers who want to create a TED-like event in their own community. Keeping in mind the vision of such an event, students of Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi organised their very first TEDx conference, TEDxSSCBS, on 8th February, 2016 at the India International Centre, New Delhi. The theme for the event was ‘Spectral Hues’. This theme was initiated with the aim of sharing ideas, philosophies and stories of the people who were able to see a beam of light in the dark, who had the courage and pluck to fight the odds of the society and contribute in their own unique way.

Naved Khan
Naved Khan

 

TEDxSSCBS had 10 speakers from almost all walks of life. The speaker lineup consisted of:

  1. Aditya Bal (celebrity chef)
    2. Ayaz Memon (sports journalist)
    3. Chiragh Dewan (COO, AiroCorp)
    4. Geet (entertainer)
    5. Naved Khan (radio jockey)
    6. Sai Prasanth, (mountaineer, entrepreneur)
    7. Smriti Nagpal, (Founder, Atulyakala)
    8. Vasu Primlani (green comedian)
    9. Vikramjit Singh (comedian, writer)
    10. Tom Thomas (CEO, Praxis India)

The event started with the distribution of the gift bags and complementary cupcakes from the team, followed by the host Bhavita Singh (former Miss India runner-up) introducing the theme and the concept of TED and TEDx to the attendees.

Apart from the fabulous speakers, the event also had two filler events lined up: a 20-minute-session by Aditi Singhal (mathematician) and beatboxing.

The event supported by EdCamp and media partner DU Beat was appreciated by the attendees and speakers alike. The Steering Committee also plans to organise the second TEDxSSCBS and they promise to be back soon with a grander TEDx experience.

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