Monsoon Dhamaaka – Children’s Film Festival
A 3-day film festival, exclusively for children named ‘MONSOON DHAMAAKA’, was organized jointly by The Cinevision Society and the Children’s Film Association, Indore. Organized from Aug 18-20, the Festival began with a small presentation by school children in the University Auditorium, DAVV. The fest was inaugurated by Mr. Sriram Tamrakar and the vice chancellor Mr. Ashutosh Mishra.
The Festival featured films like ‘Chakdam, Bakdam ,Bambey, Bo’, ‘Chutkan ki Mahabharat’, ‘Halo’, etc and gathered wonderful responses from the children. The films were entertaining and educational. Every child connected with the stories in some way or the other, bringing a million dollar smile on their faces.
Children from various schools like Vidyasagar, Queen’s College, Pragya Girls School, Sri Satya Sai School, participated in the fest. Every child had a wonderful experience and learnt something from each movie. Film critics Mr. Sriram Tamrakar and Rakesh Mittal were present to answer the queries of the children.The introductory movie of the fest was Chakdam, Bakdam ,Bambey, Bo and the kids enjoyed it thoroughly. In all, the fest was a huge success and the organizers are hoping for an even better response next year.
- By Jenifer Tahiliani
IIM(I) to introduce a new course on ’CORRUPTION’
The intense public engagement in Anna Hazare’s campaign against corruption along with the media coverage has had an unintended side effect. Academic institutions across the country are seeing rising interest in the issue as a research subject.
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore has included Corruption as a new elective.
“The response from students as well as corporate executives coming for short-term courses is very enthusiastic,” said Siddhartha Rastogi, Professor of Economics at IIM Indore.
By the end of September, Prof. Rastogi said, he would modify the elective to include the “Anna Hazare Movement in the context of the Lokpal Bill”.
“This is history in the making and we need to incorporate it,” he said. “In future, this will be a great research subject.”
IIM Indore’s students have also conducted a survey across six IIMs on graft, the Lokpal Bill and the government’s response.
Of the nearly 600 respondents, 81% didn’t like the government version of the Lokpal Bill as opposed to 5% who supported it. At least 61% backed the Jan Lokpal Bill, while 17% opposed it. The others had not read the Bill.
-Akanksha Dwivedi
AIEEE to post answer sheets on website.
Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has announced that students appearing for the All India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE), 2011 will now be able to see their answer sheets on the website to ensure transparency in the examination system. The answer sheets will be uploaded on the website a few days after the results are declared.
It will benefit lakhs of students who appear for the exam every year, in an attempt to seek admission to prestigious engineering colleges in the country, like National Institute of Technology. Ministry of HRD has directed CBSE to make necessary arrangements for it. Students are terming it an 'eye opener' which will help them assess their knowledge of any subject in detail. "It will help us see our mistakes and improve upon them," Shreyans Jain, an AIEEE aspirant, said.
Experts feel that cumulative marks of all subjects do not tell the students anything about their shortcomings.
Thousands of students reappear in the exam every year to improve their previous score. "After assessing their mark sheets, students will be in a better position to evaluate their performance. It will help them decide if they should appear in the exam again.
It will benefit lakhs of students who appear for the exam every year, in an attempt to seek admission to prestigious engineering colleges in the country, like National Institute of Technology. Ministry of HRD has directed CBSE to make necessary arrangements for it. Students are terming it an 'eye opener' which will help them assess their knowledge of any subject in detail. "It will help us see our mistakes and improve upon them," Shreyans Jain, an AIEEE aspirant, said.
Experts feel that cumulative marks of all subjects do not tell the students anything about their shortcomings.
Thousands of students reappear in the exam every year to improve their previous score. "After assessing their mark sheets, students will be in a better position to evaluate their performance. It will help them decide if they should appear in the exam again.
This decision comes close on the heels of the recent Supreme Court decision directing examination bodies to show answer sheets to students.
-By Madhur Kakwani
CET2011 Counseling Schedule Declared
CET2011 Counseling Schedule Declared
The CET counseling for admissions in 22 courses of 7 prestigious institutes of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyala, Indore has been declared. Counseling for different test groups will be held on different days during the last week of July.
Counseling for students of “Group C”, planning for integrated courses in electronic media, computer science, hospital administration and pharmacy, will commence from 25 July. It will continue on 27 July for students of reserved classes falling under the same group.
Counseling for “Group B” students, seeking admissions in integrated management courses will begin from 26 July, while counseling for “Group A” students, seeking admissions in different post-graduate courses in management, will begin on July 28. Students of Group A, holding ranks from 1 to 800, will undergo counseling on 28 July while those with ranks from 801 to 2000 will undergo counseling on 29 July. CET counseling will be completed by the end of the month of July, with classes for the new batches beginning shortly after that. Information regarding counseling and admissions is available on the university website for the IIPS department, http://www.iips.edu.in/cet2011/.
- By:
Apoorva
VC arrives in an auto,
Takes university by surprise
Indore: Vice Chancellor of Devi Ahilya University, Dr. P. K. Mishra reached the Nalanda campus by an Auto Rickshaw. All Staff members were surprised when they heard about this. But the surprise didn’t end here. Instead of going to his cabin on arrival he visited various departments such as examination, administration, etc., to analyze the situations there.
Repeated reports of that the university’s image falling due to negligence in duty by staff members led to such an action by the VC. About 20 employees were found to be absent during the inspection. According to sources Dr. Mishra said, “All the absent employees are likely to get a show-cause notice in this context quite soon.”
The VC has had to undertake such a step due to the problem that came up last week at the Institute of Management Studies (IMS) where most students failed in their taxation exam.
By:
Tanaya Kate
