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SRCC and LSR observe White Cane Safety Day

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th October. The students had to register themselves into pairs of 2 and each pair was given a white cane and a black blindfold. The opening ceremony began at 9.30 in the morning. There was a performance by a visually impaired boy named Rajiv. The chief guest for the event was Mr. Mukesh Jain, the Secretary of ministry of social justice and empowerment. Mr. Jain addressed the gathering and then the walk began from SRCC at 11 am. [caption id="attachment_35663" align="alignnone" width="747"] Image credits- Sumedha Gupta[/caption] The Walk-A-Thon took an entire round of the north campus. The event attracted a good footfall. Students from other colleges like DRC, DCAC, Hindu, and many more were also volunteers along with the SRCC students. In order to prep the students for the walk, a host of activities were also planned in the preceding week like blindfold relay race, shoot the target and follow the voice. The closing ceremony had a performance by Mr. Lalit, a student of SRCC. Furthermore the crowd was thrilled by the performance of the SaReGaMa finalist, Diwakar who sang a few Bollywood tracks. The main aim of the white cane walk was to create awareness and sensitize people towards the hardships and hurdles of visually impaired and to help them bind with a promise of trust and standing by them.   REACH- Reaffirming Equity Access Capacity and Humanism is the Equal Opportunity Cell of Lady Shri Ram College. In its quest to break social barriers, integrate communities and build an inclusive society, REACH celebrated the World White Cane Day on 15th October 2015. 11059845_10206908188076439_573885666635750158_o   _MG_0633   World White Cane day recognises the role the white cane has played in enhancing mobility and freedom of the visually impaired persons. White cane is an identifier of a blind person, a symbol of independence and a staff of empowerment. This marked the underlying theme of the poster campaign that depicted the multiple pathways that life now has to offer to the persons with disability and impairment. 12132655_10206908208476949_3064291556962487433_o It is a day that celebrates the achievements and triumphs of the persons with disability. REACH LSR took this opportunity to build a platform to understand, comprehend and sensitize the larger students community about disability. Three Movies – ‘The Commute’ which follows the arduous journey of a father confined to the wheelchair who tries to reach home using public transportation for his daughters birthday, ‘Notes on Blindness’ which captures John Hull’s journey of grief, acceptance and renewal after losing his vision and lastly ‘ Disabled Athletes or Super humans’ which celebrates the achievements of persons with physical disability in sports. Image Credits: Sumedha Gupta for SRCC Eeshani and Devanshi for LSR   Tanya Agarwal for SRCC [email protected] Ishita Sharma for LSR [email protected]    ]]>

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SRCC’s social entrepreneurship model to be presented at UN headquarters

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Through endless efforts during a four month long social entrepreneurship competition, ‘Change the World Internship’ structured by a US established Non-Profit Organization- A Million for a Billion, Project Sanjeevani, planned and prepared by the students of Connecting Dreams Foundation-SRCC Chapter, ultimately qualified to be demonstrated at UN headquarters in October, 2015.
Lack of resources, technology, infrastructure and most significantly awareness has deprived the rural area manufacturers of the potential market that lies ahead. Project Sanjeevani, a papad manufacturing and distribution oriented business model, stipulates a linkage between the rural food product manufacturers and their prospective consumers, makes the product more vendible, and thus making them less exposed to a social problems. It offers a distribution channel of wholesalers, retail consumers and refectory departments. The project provides a market link for a group of 8 women belonging to Shyampur Village of Uttar Pradesh who possess the required skills at cookery and make hand rolled papads without the usage of any machines. Thus, It helps make the product as well as the business strategy financially and commercially viable.
A clear win at the initial stage by Shreya Gupta and Harsh Agarwal helped them acquire a revenue that made the project sustainable consequently made it to top 5 finalists of the Change the World Internship. The project is to be next presented before a fundraising and investing company DC Arch Angels in Washington DC on 14th October and United Nations Organization Headquarters before UN Habitat and Barbados Mission on 16th October respectively.
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Delhi University wins all the matches at Inter University North Zone Chess Tournament

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The Inter University North Zone Chess Tournament, organised by UP Chess Association, was held from 5th to 9th October at Bundelkhand University, Jhansi. 26 teams from different state universities participated in the tournament. The tournament strictly followed World Chess rules and was supervised by Mr. A.K. Raijada, Secretary of UP Chess Association.

Delhi University, yet again, won the whole lot, i.e. all the 12 matches of the tournament, and has successfully made their way to the Nationals which would be held in Tamil Nadu during the coming winter. “I have never seen such a big margin in the final result. It is the first time I have witnessed a team scoring full points in North Zone Tournament.” said Mr. A.K. Raijada.

The Delhi University team comprised of total 6 students; Yogesh Gautam, Ankit Gajwa (All India Open below 2000 champion), Prince Bajaj (Asian Games medalist), Aishwarya Sinha (Jharkhand state champion), Deep Kapoor (Delhi state champion) and Prachet Sharma (Philadelphia Open below 2000 champion), 4 being from Shri Ram College of Commerce and the remaining 2 from Hindu College and Kirori Mal College respectively. The team was captained by Yogesh Gautam from SRCC, the former champion of the 42nd World Open at Virginia and the 7th New York International.

“We were provided with Shatabdi Train tickets and were give accommodation in a 4 star hotel. The whole tournament was organised and managed remarkably. They were very strict about the rules. Losing a game to me made a chess player Aishwini Grover, with a rating of 1788, so frustrated that he smashed all the pieces to floor and left the hall without signing the score sheet. An appropriate action was taken immediately against him and he was prohibited from playing in the second round.” said Yogesh. In the closing ceremony the winners were felicitated enthusiastically with rounds of applause and cheering.

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The Auburn Umbrella at SRCC: What would you want your better half to wear?

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Shri Ram College of Commerce: The Holy Grail of every commerce student in India. Known for its sky-high cut-offs, academic rigour and spectacular placements, SRCC also, it seems, has some very fashion conscious students. In fact, the students not only have staunch fashion opinions about their own attire, but also have certain very high fashion standards for their partners! Here are some of the answers The Auburn Umbrella received: 

 

 

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Is fashion your biggest foe? Does it intimidate you? Do you feel like a dodo when it comes to making sensible fashion choices? Do you wish to be a fashionista but aren’t sure how and where to start?
Well, our dear fashion-stricken reader, we’ve got a one-stop solution to all your fashion queries! DUB introduces to you the latest fashion app, Wooplr. This app will help enhance your fashion knowledge: it will guide you through the latest fads and trends, help you customize a style for yourself, suggest shopping options and Voila! Turn you into a stunning diva! So check out the app and be prepared to rock the college scene with your new-found fashion acumen!

 

By Tammana Goel and Ankit Kumar Meena

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Passion and determination key elements at SRCC Youth Conference 2015 day 1

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SRCC Youth Conference, is a two day long conference organised by Shri Ram College of Commerce, features distinguished personalities from diverse fields every year. They narrate some of the emboldening moments, downfalls, and visions of their lives and thereby inspire the building pillars of this nation, i.e. youth. It is being held on the 18th and 19th of September this time.  The theme for the conference this year is ‘But The Victor Carries On,’ which accentuates primarily on the will to achieve something despite all the odds and to believe in one’s own competences.

 

Shri Rajnath Singh, Union Home minister and former BJP President, was the first one to take the stage and he subsequently emphasized on India becoming the world leader and an economic and intellectual power by utilising the youth of the country (referring to the latest example of Sunder Pichai becoming CEO of Google) and economic development being a significant backing. He also talked about Thomas L. Friedman’s article ‘Infosys vs Al Qaeda’ and over their disparities- Boon or Bane? Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia , the ‘Maharaja of Gwalior’ and  former Union Minister of State for Power and a  Member of Parliament from the State of Madhya Pradesh from the Guna constituency, highlighted the importance of being empathetic towards our fellows, especially in times of need and desolation. According to him, we as leaders must talk less, listen more, look at the things that are not there and ask why not, and last but not the least, follow our passion heedlessly. Rahul Kanwal, news anchor and Editor-at-large of Aaj Tak and India Today Television, invited questions from the audience and thereby led to an enriching interactive session. On being asked about his views on modern media losing its spirit in the chase of stories, he responded by saying it is quite like the chicken and egg adage. He elaborated it with the recent publicity of Sheena Bora case; how a successful story might not be a great one and might as well be a TRP killer instead.

 

Kalki Subramaniam, transgender rights activist and celebrity from Tamil Nadu, was the fourth speaker of the day.  She spoke about her being transgender but feeling feminine at the same time and encouraged the audience to appreciate their individuality. She talked about how she was abused by not only her classmates but also her teachers and expresses her resentment while she was sent to a mental health facility so she could be treated of this “disease.”

Benny Prasad, Guinness Record Holder and musician, spoke about his struggles in life like how his school gave him a 10th class passing certificate on a condition that his parents would take him away and  consequently the school could hold its record of 100% pass percentage. He convinced the audience to never trust the world thoughtlessly as they might toss you away after the completion of their self-motivated interests. He was followed by Arunabh Kumar from TVF Pitchers fame who talked about going from job to job looking for the work that would satiate his desires- after having worked in 17 different jobs, he said he’s finally living the life with The Viral Fever.

The first day of the conference was ended by a Music Panel Discussion with Mr. Nikhil D’Souza, Ms. Sona Mohapatra, Ms. Hard Kaur and Mr. Vijay Nair moderated by RJ Swati. Where Hard Kaur, well known for speaking her mind, talked of the hardships she faced in order to retain her identity and get accepted as a serious musician at same time, Sona Mohapatra and Nikhil D’Souza brought up the topic of Bollywood vs. independent music. To close on a high note, the artists performed for the audience.

Watch our Instagram and Twitter handles for live coverage on day 2 too!

Update: Here’s all that happened on day 2 of SRCC Youth Conference 2015.

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Photographs by Mridul Kumar: [email protected]

Live Coverage: Tanya Aggarwal: [email protected] 

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4th Edition of SRCC Youth Conference

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The 4th edition of SRCC Youth Conference is going to be held on 18th-19th of September this time. YC is known for its charm of blending the two-days with speakers from different fields together and serving intellect and entertainment on the same platter.

‘But, the victor carries on’ is what it lives by and leaving its audience inspired for greatness is what it strives for.

The speakers released so far include:

Keynote Speakers:

  1. Rajnath Singh (Union Home Minister, Former BJP president)
  2. Shikha Sharma (Managing Director & CEO of Axis Bank)
  3. Kapil Dev (Former World Cup winning captain of the Indian crocket team)
  4. Rahul Kanwal ( (News anchor and Editor-at-large of Aaj Tak and India Today Television)
  5. Varun Agarwal (Author of best selling book “How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-Founded a Million Dollar Company” and founder of company Alma Mater”
  6. Kalki Subramaniam(Transgender rights activist, actor, writer and celebrity from Tamil Nadu)
  7. Benny Prasad (Guinness Record holder; travellor; musician; inventor of a new kind of guitar of his own)
  8. Vineeth Vincent (Beatboxer)

Music Panel Discussion: The Rolling Tones

  1. Nikhil D’souza (Guitarist; singer)
  2. Sona Mohapatra (Bollywood play-back singer; singerof many superhit songs from recent movies)
  3. Hard Kaur (British rapper; Bollywood playback singer)

Stand-up Comedy:

  1. Abish Mathews 
  2. Biswa Kalyan Rath

With the biggest surprises yet to be unfurled, Youth Conference has set expectations soaring to the skies.
The event is open to all college students and entry is free. Register here to attend the Conference here: www.youthconferencesrcc.in. Find all details regarding registration and speakers on their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/srccyouthconference

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DU student attends ‘International Conference’ at Australian National University, ANU

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The Asia Pacific Week is an annual conference held at the Australian National University and hosted by the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. The Conference brings together 100 of the best and brightest students and academic delegates from around the world to engage in discussion on the future of the Asia Pacific region. An annual conference of this sort was a long established tradition at the ANU. But from 2011 onwards and with the introduction of a student organizing committee, APW has started attracting delegates and senior officials from around the world. Since then it has analyzed and focused on many issues of contemporary relevance such as ‘climate change ‘, ‘cyber-crime’ and global topics such as the growth of Asian countries and its relevance in relation to other countries.

Akash Mehta, a final year graduation student studying Economics Honours at Shri Ram College of Commerce and the cultural secretary of DUSU, has been selected as a national delegate and will be attending the 2015 APW with one Anurag Baid from IIT Kharagpur. Hailing from Sonipat district in Haryana, Akash has done his schooling from Delhi Public School, RK Puram.

Now in its fifth year, the theme for this year’s APW is ‘Roads Less Travelled’. This theme will attempt to look at popular issues and concerns in a new light, hoping to solve puzzles that conventional study has struggled to answer. The week will consist of panel discussions on topics like ‘ Political protest’ , ‘Redefining corruption’, ‘Language politics’, ‘War games’ and events such as a Gala dinner and a visit to the President’s Parliament among others. Officials present will be Bob Hawke, Former Australian President, Chris Barrie, former chief of Australian Defence Forces and Professor Hugh White, senior adviser to the Prime Minister of Australia, among others.

Students who wish to attend the international conference have to send their CV’s along with a research paper on any one subtopic which falls under the theme of that year. If you get shortlisted, they will take two online video interviews and ask you a few questions on your paper or on other topics. Depending on how you answer you get an invitation to attend as a delegate.

An opportunity to attend an International Conference of this scale is rare and in many ways a lucrative one, speaking in academic terms. It’s a chance to enhance one’s knowledge about Asia Pacific and the world and also throw light on trans-national issues while developing a broader view of the world. “I expect the sessions to be packed with information and opportunities to interact while also keeping the mood fresh and lively. Networking is the most priceless thing in an international event like Asia Pacific Week, ANU” said Akash when asked about the conference.

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Bazinga: SRCC and St. Stephen’s to move out of DU

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Disclaimer: Bazinga is DU Beat’s weekly column of almost believable fake news!

Yes, you probably saw it right! St. Stephens College and Shri Ram College of Commerce have finally given in to the much absurd reforms being brought into India’s top ranked varsity, the Delhi University. According to our sources at SRCC, the authorities had sought an expert panel discussion last week and a subsequent move-out from the aegis of the university was finalised.

The problem and the consequent action is not being seen as a move in haste but a planned event. Both the colleges were already wary of the newly yet naïvely introduced Four Year Undergraduate Programme and had aired their possible move-out last year just after the introduction of this much controversial programme.

After the shocking news, which hit headlines yesterday, reactions are still coming in. A teacher from St. Stephens College who talked to us after we promised anonymity, said, “I have been an admirer of this new concept, FYUP, but the way in which it is being implemented has created an amount of havoc among the students as well as the teachers. Hence, I totally support my college’s move.”  When we asked her, if the college’s future would become uncertain on opting out of DU, she said, “St. Stephens is ranked amongst the best in India, not because of the DU tag, but due to the efforts of college authorities, its teachers and its excellent students, and none of them would go after we move out, hence we will retain our position at the top.”

Another teacher Ms. Rotu Hasta of SRCC said, “The admiration we have received till date is partly because of the college’s own efforts and partly due to Delhi University’s legacy and position. I am unsure if we will be able to survive without the university’s tag.”

Students of both the colleges are facing a dilemma on the same. With some supporting the move and others against it, mixed reactions are being seen. Protest marches have been arranged by the unions of both the colleges who are against the decision. “We will not turn down our protests till the decision is revised. They are putting our future in danger”, said a senior member of St. Stephens’ union.
DU authorities who might be a bit worried as of now, have refused to comment. Though sources tell us that constant phone calls are being made to the authorities of both the colleges through back channels to instigate them to revert the decision. Speculations have it, that a possible retraction of the FYUP has also been offered by DU to both the colleges.  Keep tuned to the latest updates on the same.

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NLUs dominate the winners tally at Shri Ram Debating Festival

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The 9th Shri Ram Debating Festival (SRDF) came to a close on the 24th of March after four days of non-stop debating action. The festival organized by the SRCC Debating Society comprised of four events. The tournament was a semi-closed event and hence allowed for participation from both undergraduate and postgraduate institutions, however no institutional crosses were allowed. The highlight of course was the Parliamentary Debate called Crossfire that had a total of 28 participating teams.

The Shri Ram Memorial Conventional debate was closely contested over two rounds of debating that saw each team speak both for and against the motion. Eventually, NLIU Bhopal emerged as victors and Jindal Global Law School was the runner up team. The best speaker was Parnil from NLIU Bhopal and Rahul Seth from NLU Delhi won the prize for best interjector.

Renegade, that was the turncoat debate, saw many debaters come and contradict themselves as they spoke both for and against the motion in a span of four minutes. Yash and Aparna from NLIU Bhopal took the 1st and 2nd prize respectively followed by Rahul Seth from NLU Delhi who came third.

Synergy, the group discussion, had a preliminary round followed by semi finals and finals. The finals saw a tie between Sanchith from NUJS and Rahul Seth from NLU Delhi. Third place went to Phalguni from KMC.

Crossfire followed 3 vs 3 Asian’s parliamentary Debating format. The tournament followed the system of quarters break that saw 8 teams progress past the prelims. The adjudication core at SRDF comprised of Aashay Sahay, Eashan Ghosh, Siddhartha Thyagarajan, Aditya Verma and Noopur Sen as internal adj core.

The finals were contested between Law Faculty (Saad, Shobhit, Vibhor) and St. Stephen’s College (Jagat, Avani, Nidhaanjit). On a 4-3 split in the finals, St. Stephen’s College emerged as victors. The prize for best adjudicator went to Rahul Seth from NLU Delhi.

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama visits SRCC during Annual College Day

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“Peace will not come through prayers, peace will come through action,” said His Holiness the Dalai Lama who graced the 88th Annual Day of Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) with his presence. The event was held on 24th March 2014 in the sports complex of the college.

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Aarohan – the Indian music society of SRCC

The event commenced with the auspicious Saraswati Vandana, sung by the members of Aarohan – the Indian music society of SRCC. This was followed by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s address  in which he spoke about elements such as the importance of education, peace, correct thinking and being the part of the community. Talking of the importance of all community, he stated “ Community is the basis of all life.” Reiterating the age old belief, he also said, “A healthy mind is a very important metaphor for a healthy body.”

His casual remarks about his English not being up to the mark had the students giggling at his sweet candor. His speech was followed by a question and answer round where the award winners were given a chance to ask His Holiness their questions. Questions of varied themes were became the part of the discussion including the college president Seerat Gupta asking, “What according to you is the most simple and effective act of compassion?”

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Principal Dr. P.C. Jain delivered a short speech and then the much awaited prize distribution ceremony commenced. Apart from the position holders from all the courses of the college, college alumni were given certificates for appreciation as well. Awards like “all rounder of the year” and various medals were given to achievers in the field of academics, extra curricular and organizing events. The best English Debater award was given to Harsh Jain, a third year student. The award for exceptional organisation of events and conferences was received by the President of the college, Seerat Gupta.

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