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ComSoc – The Commerce Department of Dyal Singh College (Morning) organised Communique’16 – The Annual Commerce Festival on 17th-18th February, 2016. Sanjay Kumar Jain, an IPS Officer, Fulbright Hubert Humphery fellow and British Gurukul Chevening Scholar, presently on deputation to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) as senior superintendent of Police, was the chief for this event.

This event was inaugurated by a musical performance by Roots – the music society of Dyal Singh College (M) followed by a kathak performance. The events on day one were Clash of Brands – An event to showcase your mastery over the art of branding, Ishtihaar – A print advertisement designing competition, The Business Quiz (TBQ), Czars of Commerce – a game which tested the participants’ spontaneity, creativity and presence of mind.

Day two of Communique 2016 started with Face-Off – a commerce related debate competition followed by Business Shastra – a business plan competition with a twist, Ad-Mad competition tested not just the acting and marketing skills of participants but their dubsmash skills too! Last competitive event of Communique 2016 was Give it a Face – a mascot designing competition.

After competitive events, the much awaited cultural events started. The cultural events kick-started with a performance by Agastya – a Delhi based Sufi Rock Band who had the audience singing along, followed by a breathtaking performance by Enthral Acrobatic Group- Semifinalist of India’s Got Talent. Communique 2016 wrapped up with a dance performance by Zest – The Dance Society of Dyal Singh College (M) and Mayurbhanj Chhau Dance – a dance form comprised of martial movements reproduced as a means of celebration.

Image Credits: COMSOC – The Commerce Department of Dyal Singh College (M)

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Sufi Band, Agastya, Headlines at Communique'16: Dyal Singh College

By DU Beat February 22, 2016

ComSoc – The Commerce Department of Dyal Singh College (Morning) organised Communique’16 – The Annual Commerce Festival on 17th-18th February, 2016. Sanjay Kumar Jain, an IPS Officer, Fulbright Hubert Humphery fellow and British Gurukul Chevening Scholar, presently on deputation to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) as senior superintendent of Police, was the chief for this event.

This event was inaugurated by a musical performance by Roots – the music society of Dyal Singh College (M) followed by a kathak performance. The events on day one were Clash of Brands – An event to showcase your mastery over the art of branding, Ishtihaar – A print advertisement designing competition, The Business Quiz (TBQ), Czars of Commerce – a game which tested the participants’ spontaneity, creativity and presence of mind.

Day two of Communique 2016 started with Face-Off – a commerce related debate competition followed by Business Shastra – a business plan competition with a twist, Ad-Mad competition tested not just the acting and marketing skills of participants but their dubsmash skills too! Last competitive event of Communique 2016 was Give it a Face – a mascot designing competition.

After competitive events, the much awaited cultural events started. The cultural events kick-started with a performance by Agastya – a Delhi based Sufi Rock Band who had the audience singing along, followed by a breathtaking performance by Enthral Acrobatic Group- Semifinalist of India’s Got Talent. Communique 2016 wrapped up with a dance performance by Zest – The Dance Society of Dyal Singh College (M) and Mayurbhanj Chhau Dance – a dance form comprised of martial movements reproduced as a means of celebration.

Image Credits: COMSOC – The Commerce Department of Dyal Singh College (M)

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Dyal Singh College organises Madrigal 2016: The English Literary Festival

By Nidhi Panchal January 17, 2016

For those of you who love children’s literature, The Department of English, Dyal Singh College (Morning), University of Delhi, organised MADRIGAL 2016 – The English Literary Festival on the 15^th and 16^th of January, 2016. This second edition of Madrigal explored the theme of ‘Children’s Literature’ and traced its origin and evolution. For hundreds of years, many of the books written for children have dealt with complex and seemingly dark themes, yet the popular myth persists that such themes cannot be found in children’s literature. Madrigal 2016 looked beyond this glittery surface of happily-ever-afters to unravel the dark and not-so-happy side of children’s literature.

This two-day literary festival started off with guest-speaker Samina Mishra, a documentary filmmaker and writer, with a special interest in media for children. Her talk revolved around the festival’s theme and did away with the myth that this type of literature is all about roses and rainbows. She further talked about Indian writings and writers which are exponentially growing in this genre. She reached out to all the children and adults to read children’s books, as with age, a person’s perspective changes and so does the meaning of the story.

After her talk, the first day of Madrigal 2016 was lined up with many competitive and non-competitive events. One was ‘Poetries of Perception – Slam Poetry competition and Open Mike Recitation’. This event saw poets giving voice to their childhood fantasies to the darker side of childhood. Simultaneously, ‘FanFiction Fantasia – A Fan-fiction writing competition’ gave an exclusive chance to weave a story with one’s favourite characters or re-imagine one’s favourite books and fairytales according to their own wish. Whereas, ‘Spellopaedia – A Spelling-bee Competition’ tested participants spelling skills, the ‘Knit-a-tale – Spin-a-yarn Competition’ saw participants turn into expert story-tellers where their stories ranged from a serial killer abused as a child to long-nosed aliens! The first day of Madrigal 2016 wrapped up with the ‘Turn-Court Competition’ and ‘Enigma – Treasure Hunt Competition’ whose clues were based on all the popular books like Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Grimm’s Fairytales, etc.

The Second day of Madrigal 2016 started with a guest speech and book signing by Christopher C. Doyle – The author of the bestselling books, ‘The Mahabharata Secret’ and ‘The Mahabharata Quest: Alexander’s Secret’. His talk was a concoction of mythology, fantasy and science fiction. From giving useful pointers to aspiring authors to discussing his journey of a writer, he encouraged and inspired the readers and budding authors. Following this session were two plays – ‘Induction Lockout’ and ‘Charmstone’ and a musical – ‘A wild rumpus of fairytales’ which brought back popular characters from Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland, Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Frozen and other fairytales. The Quiz Competition and Ad-Mad brought the creativity and tested the participants’ marketing skills. The day ended with the ‘Cosplay Competition’ where Sherlock and Cat-woman stole the show!

A potent concoction of cultural, academic and literary events, this literary festival put to test the intellectual, oratory, artistic and creative skills of the participants.

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Start- O- Nomics 2K15: Start-up world decoded

By Sudisha Misra October 19, 2015

START-O-NOMICS 2K15, an event by the Economics Department of Dyal Singh College (Morning), Delhi University was held on 16^th October. This event had everything which a budding entrepreneur’s mind craves – from the inspiring start-up stories to investment strategies, from the myth of glamorous life of start-up busted to getting an exclusive peek into the airline scene, from learning the perfect pitching to marketing strategies. And yes, a talk with a best-selling author!

This event was kick-started with an inspiring session with The CFO & co-founder Ms. Supriya Paul. She talked about the indisputable influence of others on career choices and urged the youth to break free from the shackles of societal norms to carve their niche in life. Further, she talked about the evolution of Josh Talks to its aim of making, “Inspiration accessible to youth”.

Next in line was Nikita Burma, Founder of The Blue Beans, a marketing firm for restaurants based out of Gurgaon. They are a rapidly growing marketing startup in the food industry. Nikita and her colleague, Shiva talked about the restaurant and food business marketing strategies. They went on to say that, “Marketing is not about stuff that you make but, stories you tell. Brands have stories and all successful marketing does is to make stories out of them.”

After deciphering the marketing myths, Varun Malhotra, CEO and founder of EIFS, talked about smart investments and stock market. According to him, “Sensex and NIFTY is not a barometer for stock market but, for economy of India”. He urged the youth to start early as investors to live a financially secured life and gave a lot of advices regarding smart investments.

Finally, after a riveting session on investments came the time to meet India’s best-selling author, Preeti Shenoy. She started her interactive session with telling about her journey of becoming a ‘best-selling author’. Further, she emphasized on the importance of ‘reading a lot’ and ‘writing a lot’ in order to expand one’s views to become a good writer and storyteller. When asked about the must have qualities to become a successful author, she said that, “Only four qualities are there – persistence, fearlessness, accept being different and make peace with your personality, and lastly, have thick skin to face the criticism.” Her session ended with book signing.

The next session was with Mr. M.S. Balakrishnan, Air India Director Finance (Retd.). He spoke on the present airline crisis and gave a detailed story behind the terrible failure of Kingfisher Airlines. Next up was an entrepreneurial talk session by Ranjeet Passi, a seasoned digital marketing professional and founder of SnapCape. He defined ‘the journey of a middle-class entrepreneur’.

Last two sessions were with Rishav Kumar, CEO and founder of University Express, and Sahil Baghla, CEO and founder of Bluegape. In their respective session’s they both took questions from the audience. Therefore, START-O-NOMICS 2K15 was a one of a kind event which gave the aspiring entrepreneurs a chance to have one-on-one interactions with the young successful entrepreneurs from different fields of – airlines, food, media, graphics, investment, app-development and an author!

Image Credits: Strobe (Photography society of Economics Department, DSC)

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Shivaji bags first position at Dyal Singh's Expressions

By Iresh Gupta March 6, 2014

Astitva, the dramatics society of Dyal Singh College organised Expressions – the annual theatre festival of the society on 4th-5th March. The festival witnessed stage performances from ten college theatre societies of Delhi University. This was Astitva‘s 6th theatre festival as a motive to encourage campus theatre. Day 1 witnessed five performances which were The Fifth Symphony by Hindu College, Blindspot by Gargi College, The Nerd by Shri Ram College of Commerce, Fandi by Delhi Technical University and Shivaji College performed Mission 31. The viewers had mixed opinions about the performances on Day 1. Mandira, a spectator, says, “As it is the end of the festival season, the performances seem repetitive now. But there are certain ones, which you never get bored of.”

The festival was organized with decorations done by the Fine Arts society of the college. Each production by different teams had photographs on display with the production poster. Also, the display board for Astitva and it’s members was put up. Artists from the college had made production illustrations in form of cartoons and caricatures. Mr. V.K Sharma and Mrs. Kirandeep Sharma came over as judges for Expression 14. A graduate from National School of Drama, Mr. Sharma is the member of NSD repertory company for 4 years now. He is the writer and director of many plays and also had acted in films like Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai, Milenge Milenge, Khosla ka Khosla and Fukrey. He is the founder director of Khilona, India’s first company having adults performing for children. Mrs. Kirandeep Sharma with an overall experience of 25 years is a famous writer, director and an actor with specialization in children’s theatre. She is presently the associate director of Khilona and has worked with NSD’S TIE company for three years as a Professional Expert. 5 other plays from the theatre circuit took up the stage on Day 2 of Expressions. It started with Shaheed Bhagat Singh College’s performance, A Reasonable Doubt. The day then saw performances like Holi by Hans Raj Dramatics Society, Kya Dilli Kya Lahore by Delhi Technical University, Birthday Party by Shaheed Bhagat Singh Evening College and Ek Rishte ki Maut by Shivaji College. Performances on Day 2 got more acclaimed than the first day of festival. [caption id="attachment_20700" align="aligncenter" width="560"]

‘Holi’ by Hans Raj College[/caption] The festival ended with feedback from the judges and result declaration. Shivaji College bagged the first position for Mission 31 and won the cash prize of Rs. 7000. Kya Dilli Kya Lahore by DTU and Holi by Hans Raj College were adjudged the second and third best respectively. They won Rs. 5000 and Rs. 3000. Arpit Vashist from DTU won the best actor award for playing the lead role in Fandi. “Winning the best actor award makes me feel good. But winning it for the production and for the whole team is what makes me really happy”, Arpit said. Shri Ram College of Commerce bagged the award for Best Direction for The Nerd.]]>

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