Batch of 2020 Is ITS Champs
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THE SCMC CHRONICLE A publication of Symbiosis Centre for Media & Communication (for internal circulation only) | Volume 18 | January 30, 2020 Batch of 2020 is ITS champs ! Batch of 2020 wins third time in a row; beats 2021 by 2 points Aditi Parida pread across four match between days and three the faculty and different campus- the students Ses, In True Spirit or ITS which was won is SCMC’s very own in- by the faculty tra-college sports fest. team. All three batches, 2017- As always, after 20, 2018-21 and 2019- the last match of 22, competed against ITS which was a each other from 22nd basketball match to 25th January. between the Every batch participat- men’s teams of ed in the various sports batch 2020 and which included- vol- batch 2021, there leyball, football, throw- was a sense of ball, athletics, tennis, sadness because it badminton, swimming, was batch 2020’s basketball, football last ITS. But eve- and table tennis. Af- ryone cheered ter intense games and and encouraged on-ground banter, the each other to en- batch of 2020 emerged joy the spirit of victorious for the third the sports fest. time in a row. The felicitation All three batches left no ceremony took stone unturned to gen- place on 27th Jan- erate hype off the field uary where the by creating content for the social media Students of Batch 2020 celebrate their ITS victory best player from each batch was announced accounts of ITS. They had hashtags such 16th January in the Symbiosis A Wing Symbiosis New Viman Nagar campus and so was the overall winner. Tanaya as #FierceComesFirst, #ZiddiHaiHum Girls Hostel where batch 2021 emerged where the teams were cheered on by their More from batch 2022, Riya Rohatgi from and #HaarNahiManenge. With content victorious. On the following day, the respective batches. Amidst slogans and batch 2021 and Raghvendra Chouhan that included spoofs of famous film scenes teams went to the Lavale campus for the chants, all matches took place according from batch 2020 were the best players. Af- and a twist on famous memes, the batches badminton matches where batch 2022 to the schedule. All third year teams were ter tallying the points, batch 2020 secured managed to create a lot of buzz even be- won and swimming which was clinched given guards of honour after their match- the first position by a margin of 2 points fore the tournament started. by batch 2020. es with the junior batches to show respect. from batch 2021 who were the runners up. The table tennis matches took place on The rest of the matches took place in the The final day also witnessed a cricket ITS SCORECARD ON PAGE 4 Anukram tries to define millennials SCMC’s annual media seminar bridges the academia and industry gap Rupal Jhajharia and Parthip Thyagarajan, CEO uch awaited after its of India’s leading wedding me- success in previous dia company, Wedding Sutra. years, SCMC organ- They shared great experiences Mised the third edition of its annu- and anecdotes to help under- al media seminar, Anukram on stand news packaging and In- February 1st. Media profession- dian wedding business better als, experts in their own fields, respectively. some of whom the students have Throughout the event, stu- worked with during their pro- dent films and projects were jects and internships shared their screened to establish what the insights and experiences in the institute trains them the best ever growing media industry. The in. Advertising films, nonfic- theme for this year’s Anukram tion documentary, awarded was centered around millennials- degree film- ‘Pata’ were a few ‘Millennials are impossible to de- of them. First day was con- fine but essential to understand cluded by a question and an- for the media industry.’ swer round with all the speak- Spread across two days, with the ers addressing the doubts first day devoted to Journalism L-R: Parthip Thyagarajan, Siddharth Sikchi and Amanat Khullar during a Q&A session raised by the students. This and the Public Relations specialisations, WION. He spoke to the students about ity in the age of immediacy. Open Forum was excellently moderated the first day was largely successful. Direc- journalistic duty as opposed to content in With his witty take on how social media by Pratikshya Mishra and Akshay Thim- tor, Sreeram Gopalkrishnan welcomed the contemporary age. and content curation go hand in hand, Sid- maya, final year students of Journalism the guests with an enlightening address His address was followed by a really in- dharth Sikchi from Dentsu Webchutney, and Public Relations respectively. The first and opened the platform for presentation sightful presentation of Amitabh Sinha, Bangalore made everyone nod and grin in day of Anukram was filled with discus- and discussion. The chief guest for the Editor, Indian Express, Pune on ways to agreement. The post lunch slots had Am- sions, laughter and learnings and left eve- event was Mr. Anant Rangaswami, editor, break news and attract audience credibil- anat Khullar, news curator, Quartz India ryone longing for more. THE SCMC CHRONICLE VOL.18 2 TOP PICKS Adya Sharma touches hearts with “bohot dino ki baat hai” Samidha Raut he 71st Republic Day was celebrated Scion of Ikshvaku Twith full fervour at Symbiosis Viman Nagar campus. With patriotic songs Sharwari Kale playing in the background, teachers, non- Part one of the Ram Chandra Series teaching staff and students arrived at the by Amish Tripathi, it is a fictional amphitheater, some dressed in tricolor. mythological book based on the Adya Sharma, Director of Symbiosis heroic king of the Sapt Sindhu, Centre for Management Studies Ram. The symbol of justice, truth, (SCMS), hoisted the flag while campus honour and law, his journey is administrator Colonel Mohan, Dr. The security and housekeeping staff of the Viman Nagar Campus, led by the doomed by tragedies, hardships and Sreeram Gopalkrishnan, Director Campus Administrator Col. CV Mohan, at the R-Day parade in the campus. consequences. The story revolves of Symbiosis Centre for Media and saying ‘bohot dino ki baat hai’ as she performance by the teaching staff of around his journey that will lead Communication (SCMC) and Sanjivni remembered her parents telling stories to SCMS. Songs like ‘Ae Watan’ and ‘Maa him to be the Vishnu, the greatest Ayachit, officiating Director of Symbiosis her when she was younger. Tujhe Salaam’ were performed with the leader to change the fate of Mother Institute of Design (SID) graced the event She continued saying that those stories support of tabla and guitar. India, to destroy the evil and with their presence. made her happy and that happiness is To commemorate the efforts taken by replace it with the system which The Republic Day celebration started what will give us the courage to take the campus security and house-keeping sees everyone equal before the law. on a melodious note with first year responsibilities for this country. staff everyday, Col. Mohan felicitated them students of SCMC, Siddhi and Mahika Sharma encouraged the staff and the while dignitaries and students applauded. performing a duet medley of patriotic students to confront their difficulties and The celebration ended on a joyous note as songs. Taking the sentiment forward, always remember the happy days of their children and young students huddled Col. Adya Sharma delivered a heartfelt speech lives. This was followed by a musical Mohan when he distributed chocolates. Zomato acquires Uber Eats Jamtara: Sabka Number Aayega and leaves students fuming Kavisha Manwani Rhema Hans create demand and competition for these Jamtara, a recent Netflix series n a move that has virtually created a food delivery companies. talks about the district Jamtara also Imonopoly, food delivery and restaurant “I always like more options to pick known as the phishing capital of the locator giant Zomato acquired Uber Eats, from, be it in a food menu or food world. The projection of a bunch of the and third distant competitor after delivery platform. So this acquisition has boys making calls and pretending Swiggy, on January 21st this year. not affected me much since I have other to be bank officials only to steal According to official reports, the deal food delivery services. But yes, this has money not only excites the viewers is nearly worth Rs. 2,485 crore or about Govind Choudhary, Shraddha Beena, certainly led to better offers on Zomato but also touches the serious issue $350 million. Although this acquisition Student Student and Swiggy like the free Zomato Gold on with an ease. It makes you feel if the is predicted to help Zomato give a tough (SCMC) (SCMC) Zomato for all the Uber Eats users who tale is being narrated by an insider fight to its main competitor Swiggy, Uber are now redirected to Zomato and Swiggy in the town. Never does the director Eats loyalists continue to share their with its new discounts” said Shraddhaa Soumendra Padhi make you feel disappointment with the deal, especially Beena, student of SCMC. that he’s delaying the inevitable. those people who live alone, like college Not only are students affected by this The show firmly sticks to what it students and hostelers with limited deal, but families too “I was mainly using wants to say and never indulges allowances. Uber Eats for its high limit discount offers with its character establishment or “It was breaking news for me and my because the discount limit offered by over-simplifies the plot. It’s never room-mate who is an IT professional, Zomato or others were significantly lower a battle between good and bad, since we both order food from Uber in comparison.