ATAL NEWS LETTER Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Govt Arts & Commerce College Indore (National Premier Institute) Accredited A Grade by 'NAAC' and Affiliated to Devi Ahilya VishwaVidyalaya Indore (M.P.) July-September 2015
IN THIS ISSUE Patron s Desk From Editor s Desk CLEAN CAMPUS, Departmental Activities Department of English GREEN CAMPUS Department of Hindi Department of History CHIEF PATRON PATRON HOUNOURABLE SHRI UMASHANKAR GUPTA DR. S. L. GARG, MINISTER HIGHER EDUCATION, M. P. GOVERNMENT PRINCIPAL Department of Geography Department of Economics EDITOR STUDENT MEMBERS DR. USHA JAIN MEGHA SINGH TOMAR & FAROZE CHOPAN Department of Psychology Department of Commerce Activities
Patron's message Dear Friends, Hope that new academic session will be one of the glorious years of the college aspiring us for new heights and new dreams. Opportunities and challenges are always there along with the risk. We cannot be stagnant just because of the risks. Risks will have to be taken and we will have to move forward to make New India and new society of our dreams. One small step is always enough to show us the light. So let us begin by putting in our conscious efforts to keep the premises of our college clean and green. We have more than 150 students in first year undergraduate courses who have secured about 80 to 90% marks in 12th standard. Let our college GACC have academic excellence as well, in the time to come. I wish you success all in all your endeavors. -DR. S.L. GARG
From Editor s Desk I am delighted to bring to you this issue of newsletter with the theme of Green Campus Clean campus. Modernization and lack of awareness both have done enough damage to the Nature. Man is supposed to be the wisest of all the living beings yet he has proved to be the most ignorant and brutal towards his own source of life. He has not spared a single opportunity of exploiting all the five elements of Nature comprising water, air, earth, fire and space. We are so busy in our business of living that we tend to forget the fundamental truth of our own existence. 72% of our body is water, 12% earth, 6% air, 4% fire and rest is space or ether. It is obvious that the disharmony between the internal human nature and external nature would have repercussions. Over the past few decades we have managed to dirty the pure waters of our rivers, create parallel mountains of filth, polythene and waste on our Himalayas, ruthlessly wipe out trees depriving us of beautiful lush green forests, litter our plateaus with all kinds of non-biodegradable. Now it is high time that we stop being selfish. Luckily, there are many organisations in this world dedicated to fight on behalf of the nature. WWF, Earth First, Green Peace are a few such organisations fighting for a better tomorrow. But does that mean, we can sit back & relax, and let someone do all our work for us? No. We all need to step up our game. We need to forgo our vested interest, for the good of humanity, for posterity we must work together to save our environment. As the saying goes, charity begins at home; we must also begin from our own campus. Let us take a vow to keep our campus clean and green. Dr. Usha Jain
Department of English Departmental Activities A digital multimedia language laboratory setup in the Department of English Language became functional in September 2015. Teacher- student and student- student interactions are possible in the lab. Apart from best-in-the class software, teachers can produce and use their own text, audio and video materials for teaching languages. Self-learning and group learning activities can be fruitfully initiated in the lab. Students of English have started utilizing the facilities in the lab.
Department of Hindi Department of History A critique on Yamini Katha (stories) was organised by the Department of Hindi and the core speakers were Dr. Pramod Upadhyay and Dr. Manorama Agarwal. In fortnightly Hindi workshop, Dr. Pramod Upadhyay and Dr. Shakuntalya explained different literary activities regarding Hindi like the enchantment of the Hindi language, the improvement of Hindi handwriting, the ornamentation of language. The prizes and certificates were given to the students for attending the same followed by ten-day workshop related to problems being faced in Hindi spelling. All dignitaries of Hindi language Dr. Lalitamba, Dr. Hariram Vajpaye, Dr. Rajendra Mishra, and Dr. Vijay Laxmi suggested possible solutions to the problems. The well-known senior journalist, painter and philosopher concluded it. Shri Prabhu Joshi, Dr. Sushma Shrivastav attended and contributed five days training camp on research paper writing and publishing. The Professors of Hindi Dep. Dr. Kala Joshi, Dr. Sushma Shrivastav and Dr. Asha Agarwal attended Vishwa-Hindu Parishad. A debate competition was also organised. 12.07.2015: There was an excursion pertaining to historical places for all the students organized by the Department of History. Department of Economics Four PhD Degrees were awarded under the supervision of Dr. Lata Jain, Dr. Kavita Agarawal. Three Extension lectures were organized by the Department of Economics.
Department of Geography Department of Psychology All the members of department attended the Workshop on Vartani Ki Samasyain organized by Hindi department of the college. A Quiz for B.A. 5th sem. Students was organized by Dr. Gayatri Zahoti. A Seminar pertaining to the psycho-remedial Treatment titled Manoupchar Vidya was organised by Dr. M.K. Acharya, Clinical Psychologist from Choitram Hospital Indore was the key Speaker. Classroom Seminars for M.A. 1st sem. Organized by Dr. Kaur. All the students of M.A. 1st semester participated in it. How to answer the question at M.A. level exams and how to draw a map in answer books. Dr. Anjali Bilaye and Dr. Pragati Bhokardawkan gave the tips regarding the matter Department of Commerce Two PhD Degrees were awarded under the guidance of Dr. D. N. Purohit in July and September 2015.
Youth Festival 2015 Activities Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalaya Indore established a coordination council for Youth Festival for the year 2015-16. Dr. Sanjay Jain has been appointed as the member of the committee. Under the guidance of Dr. Sanjay Jain, in charge of the Youth Festival Council of the college, following students participated in several intercollege competitions: Debate- Devendra Vyas and Prasan Kumar Shukla Paricharacha- Mainaaz Khan Prashnamanch- Rajat Rathore, Shri Kant Kaurav and Ravindra Maivada On the Spot Painting and Clay Modelling- Rajat Dagar In intercollege competitions, Devendra Vyas in debate competition and Rajat Dagar in clay modelling were the winners. It is notable that in the past 25 years it was this year for the first time that GACC was given the opportunity to organize intercollege debate competition and paricharacha. 64 participants of 32 colleges took part in the competition and 22 participants took part in debate.
N S S 13.08.2015: A Tree Plantation Program was organized in the college campus and approximately 200 plants were planted. 15.08.2015: A flag hoisting ceremony followed by honoring Mr. Ranjit Singh Grandson of Chandrashekhar Azad was organized. Swayam Sewvaks of NSS held a poetry recitation and sang patriotic songs. Sports A number of students actively participated in several games like table tennis, cross-country table tennis, yoga etc. was organised in several institutions of Indore NSS actively participated in the Youth Festival of the college. 8.07.2015: International literacy day was held in the college. Principal Dr. S. L. Garg, Dr. Anoop Vyas, Dr. G. C. Gupta and Dr. D. K. Gupta guided the students. 24.07.2015: NSS Day celebrated by the Swayam Sewvaks by organizing a cake cutting ceremony followed by poetry recitation and sang patriotic songs. They also planted plants and tree guards obtained by the courtesy of State Bank of India. 2.10.2015: The service road in front of college was cleaned followed by a street play organized at navlakha square under the Save Girl Child Mission. Personality Development The renowned speaker Mr Sandeep Patre delivered his lecture on positive thinking and personality development on 24 august 2015. Dr. S. L. Garg was a chief guest and Dr. Sanjay Jain was the convener of the programme.
Important Events Tree Plantation Three programs on 28th August of plantation were organized under the Campus Development Program. More than 500 plants were planted in the campus.. Tech 00 Month Year On 14th September Mango plantation was done under the Campus Development Program by thalassemia children from Thalassemia Society run by Dr. Rajni Bhandari. Language Lab A digital multimedia language laboratory setup in the Department of English Language became functional under the guidance of Dr. Usha Jain in September 2015. If music be the food of love...play on" very well said by Shakespeare. Indeed the music of Ghatam is still resonating. The music that could connect to heart, mind and soul. The swift movements of fingers and palm on ghatam were bewildering. The music produced by them was ecstatic. On 18th September renowned Ghatam female artist, Ms. Sukanya performed with her four female group artists. The convener of the program was Dr. Renu Sinha Clean College Department of Economics took the initiative of cleaning the college campus on 26th of September. Red Cross The convener of Red Cross Society Dr. Shiva Khandelwal organized the Essay competition related to Organ Donation titled Aaj Ki Avashyakta. Rajat Rathore and Devendra Verma stood first and second respectively.