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Principal’s Annual Report Annual Day April 26, 2018

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Dr. Vibha Singh Chauhan Principal

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Annual Report 2017-18 Good Evening Everybody! It is a moment of great honour for me to celebrate the 64th Annual Day of our Kirori Mal College with all of you — Honourable Chief Guest, Mr. Ashwini Kumar Chand; respected Guests of Honour — Professor Mannmohan, Mr. Santosh Kumar, and Mr. Amaresh Awasthi; our Special Guests — Shri Raj Kumar Bhatia, Shri T. S. Kripanidhi, Dr. Kirti Ranjan, Lt. General I. J. Singh, Prof. Nilika Mehrotra, and Justice A.K. Patnaik; dear colleagues and staff members, and, of course, my dear students, I warmly welcome all of you to this very special occasion of the Annual Day 2018. Indeed, it is very special day as it encapsulates all the 365 days that have gone into the making of the last academic year. It is a day on which we count our blessings and achievements. Students are felicitated for academic excellence and for their achievements in extracurricular activities. Much as the college is proud of its award winners, it also wants to tell each student out there that s/he is part of the KMC family and will always be cherished by us. As you all know, KMC values and nurtures the bond between students and teachers. Friends, we are indeed privileged to have Mr. Ashwani Kumar, an IPS officer, with us today as our Chief Guest. Mr. Ashwani is a KMC alumnus of the 1993 Geography Honours batch. We are also fortunate to have in our midst our Guests of Honour — Professor Manmohan, Mr. Santosh Kumar, and Mr.Amaresh Awasthi. Mr. Santosh Kumar is also a KMC alumnus of the 1993 Statistics Honours batch. He is presently a Joint Secretary with the Indian Audit and Accounts Services. Mr. Amaresh Awasthi has again been a KMC alumnus. He graduated in Hindi Honours in 1991 from our College. Currently, he is the CEO of Kleenwel Enviro Engineering Services. All of you have, indeed, done the College proud by your achievements and by your contribution to society. I thank all of you, our Chief Guest, our Guests of Honour and our Special Guests for taking time out from your busy schedule to grace this occasion. 2016-17 was an important year in the history of our College. KMC became a NAAC accredited A+ graded multidisciplinary College. 2016 also saw the completion of our new Academic Auditorium which continues to host numerous academic events across disciplines. 2017 - 18 has been no less significant.

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The year marked an important milestone in the journey of our College towards further progress in all spheres. The NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) ranked KMC at position 20 among 4000 Colleges. Not only does this bear testimony to the vibrant academic atmosphere of the College but also reveals KMC’s potential to achieve greater heights. The readiness with which KMC has embraced the latest in technology is commendable. Digitalization has been incorporated in the functioning of the library. Some of the key features in the process of digitalization already at work in the library are: usage of smart cards, installation of chip technology in books, installation of a self-issue and self return kiosk, online access of the library’s catalogue through the College website, and the transmission of SMS-alert to students whenever new books are procured by the library. These facilities have made the library more accessible and academically conducive. Another one of our proud achievements has been the construction of a completely disabled - friendly campus. In 2017, the College held its first ever ‘Sakshamta Diwas’ wherein the talents of our differently-abled students were celebrated. On this occasion, to facilitate the movements of our physically challenged members, the lifts of the main building and the library building were inaugurated by the Chairperson, Professor Amitabh Mattoo. We have also successfully completed the construction of a permanent stage behind the Staff Room in the Canteen grounds. The renovation of the Staff Room is going on in full swing and will soon reach completion. We’re also working on the project of the construction of an elevator in the Science Wing. It is with great pleasure that I share with you the excellent job carried out by the College Placement Cell. 86 students of ours have already got jobs in prestigious companies through our Campus Placement drive. Another outstanding venture in this academic year was marked as year of record sports laurels that includes 108 medals and championships in 13 different sports in men and women categories at Inter-college, State, Inter- University, National and International levels. The Annual Report booklet is already in your hands. As you turn the pages, you will become aware of the activities that the Societies and College Departments were engaged in during 2017-18, and you will observe with pride the achievements of our students and faculty members. Indeed, our students have won accolades on all fronts—in academics, in sports, and in other extracurricular activities.

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Our achievements in 2017-18 have been many, but we must not rest on our laurels. An important project that needs our immediate attention is the construction of the long-awaited College Auditorium, the Frank Thakur Das Memorial Auditorium. The College had initiated a fund-raising drive and civil work on the auditorium will soon commence. However, much more needs to be done on this front. I assure you that we will not be deterred by this challenge. Another project, perhaps not as intimidating as the construction of the auditorium, but nevertheless essential in its own way, is the crèche facility on the College campus which we are planning to introduce for the benefit of the teaching and non-teaching staff. To give a tangible form to our future plans, we need the support and encouragement of the members of the Governing Body and that of the entire staff. For their constant guidance and motivation so far, I express my gratitude to our esteemed Governing Body Members, and especially to our Chairperson, Prof. Amitabh Mattoo. Our manifold achievements in the academic year 2017- 18 would not have been otherwise possible. I would also like to thank you, my dear colleagues and staff members, for the indefatigable zeal and dedication with which you all have been tirelessly working to make this College a premier institution of education. We’ll continue to develop the infrastructure of our College but as the true wealth of a college lies in its teaching faculty, we will endeavour to attract and absorb the best available talents. Like the tall Ashok trees that frame the College building, let us remain steadfast and committed in our pursuit of excellence and truth. As Jacques Derrida, one of the leading thinkers of our time, strongly asserts, and I quote, “The University professes the truth and that is its profession.” This search for truth in all spheres will continue to guide and inspire us always. In our journey towards excellence and truth, there are many more milestones that have to be crossed, but I am absolutely certain that together we will resolutely, unflinchingly move on and take the College to even greater heights.

Thank you very much!

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CONTENTS

Academic Awards (Students) - 09 Crème de la Crème @ KMC - 15 Academic Achievements (Faculty Members) - 17 1. Departments and Departmental Societies: - 41 a. B. A. Programme Society b. B. Sc. Programme Society c. Department of Botany d. Department of Chemistry e. Department of Commerce f. Department of Computer Science g. ECOSOC h. Department of Geography i. Grubstreet j. Department of Hindi k. La Politique l. LEGACY m. Department of Mathematics n. Department of Physics o. Department of Sanskrit p. Department of Statistics q. Department of Urdu r. Department of Zoology

2. Cultural Societies: - 65 a. DEBSOC b. FAPS c. Montage d. MUSOC e. Players f. Sensation g. Spic-Macay

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3. Student Empowerment Societies/Cells: - 71 a. Annual Magazine Committee b. Avenues c. Eco Club Society d. ENACTUS e. Equal Opportunity Cell f. Finance and Investment Cell g. FOSTAS h. La Voice i. Parivartan - The Gender Forum j. Prayas k. NCC l. NSS m. NASA Rover n. North East Student’s Cell o. The Round Table

4. Infructstructual Committees: - 93 a. Garden

5. Sports: - 95

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Academic Awards (Students)

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Sr. Exam Roll No Name Course Max. Marks % Divi- No. Marks Ob- sion tained 1 14036210042 Prachi B.A.(H) Economics 2500 2206 88.24 I Chaudhary 3rd Yr. 2 14036211031 Kunwar B.A. (H) English 3rd Yr. 2200 1633 74.23 I Swapnil Mayank 3 14036213065 Tikam Singh B.A.(H) Geography 2800 2358 84.21 I Verma 3rd yr. 4 14036216002 Aakriti B.A.(H) Hindi 3rd Yr. 2000 1634 81.70 I Ananya 5 14036218003 Abhidha B.A. (H) History 3rd Yr. 2200 1546 70.27 I Lakhera 6 14036227111 Shruti Sonal B.A.(H) Political 2400 1770 73.75 I Science 3rd Yr. 7 14036229024 Pintu Kumar B.A. (H) Sanskrit 2200 1914 87 I 3rd Yr. 8 14036233021 Mohammad B.A.(H) Urdu 3rd Yr. 2000 1677 83.85 I Asad 9 14036256057 Novjot Kaur B.Sc.(H) Botany 3rd Yr. 3500 3218 91.94 I 10 14036257033 Ashi Mittal B.Sc. (H) Chemistry 3450 3257 94.41 I 3rd Yr. 11 14036263042 Pankaj B.Sc. (H) Mathematics 2600 2524 97.08 I Kumar 3rd Yr. Sharma 12 14036267094 Swetow B.Sc. (H) Physics 3600 3434 95.39 I Tyagi 3rd Yr. 13 14036268007 Anuradha B.Sc. (H) Statistics 3000 2700 90 I 3rd Yr. 14 14036269089 Shivani Singh B.Sc.(H) Zoology 3500 3164 90.40 I 3rd Yr. 15 14036204043 Mehak B.Com. (H) 3rd Yr. 2700 2402 88.96 I Nawal 16 14036201161 Tanya B.A. (Prog.) 3rd Yr. 2400 1945 81.04 I Srivastava 17 14036203068 Sarika Mittal B. Com. (Prog.) 3rd Yr. 2500 2160 86.40 I

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18 14036285026 Pratima B.Sc. (Prog.) Anal. 3250 2817 86.68 I Sharma Chemistry 3rd Yr. 19 14036283031 Vikas Yadav B.Sc. (Prog.) Life 3500 3264 93.26 I Science 3rd Yr. 20 14036282021 Anjali B.Sc. (Prog.) Physical 3250 3093 95.17 I Lohchab Science 3rd Yr. 21 41552 Prachi M.Sc. Botany Final Yr. 2400 1593 66.38 I Chaudhary 22 1514932 Priya Bhatt M.Sc. Chemistry 2100 1653 78.71 I Final Yr. 23 1516603 Ajay Dabral M.Sc. Mathematics 1600 1340 83.75 I Final Yr. 24 40583 Anjali Maan M.Sc. Oprational 2000 1567 78.35 I Research Final Yr. 25 1513620 Manish M.Sc. Physics Final Yr. 2000 1533 76.65 I Kumar 26 41795 Namrata M.Sc. Zoology Final Yr. 2400 1917 79.88 I 27 1501115 Maitriyee M.A. English Final Yr. 1600 1062 66.38 I Zaveri 28 1503018 Suman M.A. Hindi Final Yr. 1600 1049 65.56 I 29 1505924 Shivam M.A. History Final Yr. 1600 1005 62.81 I Sharma 30 1507940 Pratik Sinha M.A. Political Science 1600 1010 63.13 I Final Yr. 31 1510206 Lalit M.A. Sanskrit Final Yr. 1600 1243 77.69 I 32 45103 Abdul Majid M.A. Urdu Final Yr. 1600 1267 79.19 I 33 14036282 Shefali B.Sc. (Prog.) Physical 3250 2854 87.81 l Gambhir Science (with Comp. Sc.) 3rd Yr.

Dr. N. S. Pradhan Award

Sl Name Class Roll No Max. Marks % Divi- No. Marks Ob- sion tained 1 Kunwar B.A. (H) English 14036211031 2200 1633 74.23 I Swapnil 3rd Yr. Mayank

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2 Aakriti B.A.(H) Hindi 14036216002 2000 1634 81.70 I Ananya 3rd Yr. 3 Mohammad B.A.(H) Urdu 14036233021 2000 1677 83.85 I Asad 3rd Yr. 4 Maitriyee M.A. English 1501115 1600 1062 66.38 I Zaveri Final Yr. 5 Pintu Kumar B.A. (H) 14036229024 2200 1914 87 I Sanskrit 3rd Yr.

Dr. N Subrahmanyam Award 1 Swetow B.Sc. (H) Physics 14036267094 3600 3434 95.39 I Tyagi 3rd Yr. 2 Manish M.Sc. Physics 1513620 2000 1533 76.65 I Kumar Final Yr.

N. S. Khare Award 1 Swetow B.Sc. (H) 14036267094 3600 3434 95.39 I Tyagi Physics 3rd Yr.

Dr. Y N Bhatt Award 1 Anukriti B.A.(H) English 16036511005 10 7.32 69.54 I Bajpai 1st Yr.

Jai Dev 1 Shivani B.Sc.(H) Zoology 14036269089 3500 3164 90.40 I Singh 3rd Yr.

Ganga Saran 1 Utkrishta B.A. (H) English 15036511043 20 16.02 76.09 I Sharma 2nd Yr.

Sultan Chand Memorial Award 1 Shweta B. Com. (H) 15036504095 20 17.94 85.21 I Arora 2nd Yr.

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Sultan Chand Dropadi Devi Memorial Award 1 Ayushi Jain B.Com. (H) 1st Yr. 1603654015 10 9.36 88.92 I

Sh. Om Prakash Memorial Award 1 Abhidha B.A. (H) History 14036218003 2200 1546 70.27 I Lakhera 3rd Yr. 2 Priyanka B.A. (H) History 15036518032 20 16.73 79.46 I Chaturvedi 2nd Yr. 3 Hassan Khan B.A.(H) History 16036518018 10 8.32 79.04 I 1st Yr.

Sh. B B Sarkar Memorial Award 1 Shruti Sonal B.A.(H) Political 14036227111 2400 1770 73.75 I Science 3rd Yr. 2 Megha Sharda B.A. (H) Political 15036527027 20 16.29 77.37 I Science 2nd Yr. 3 Ankita Tulsyan B.A.(H) Pol. Sc. 16036527010 10 7.73 73.43 I 1st Yr.

B D Syngle 1 Kunwar Swapnil B.A. (H) English 14036211031 2200 1633 74.23 I Mayank 3rd Yr. 2 Utkrishta Sharma B.A. (H) English 15036511043 20 16.02 76.09 I 2nd Yr. 3 Anukriti Bajpai B.A.(H) English 16036511005 10 7.32 69.54 I 1st Yr.

Dr. V P Sharma Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry 1 Ashi Mittal B.Sc. (H) Chemistry 14036257033 3450 3257 94.41 I 3rd Yr. 2 Amardeep B.Sc. (H) Chemistry 15036557014 20 1108 96 I Kumar 2nd Yr. 3 Swapnil B.Sc. (H) Chemistry 16036557113 10 9.27 88.06 I Agnihotri 1st Yr.

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Dr. V P Sharma Memorial Scholarship in Mathematics 1 Pankaj Kumar B.Sc. (H) 14036263042 2600 2524 97.08 I Sharma Mathematics 3rd Yr. 2 Ajay Sharma B.Sc. (H) 15036563004 20 18.25 86.68 I Mathematics 2nd Yr. 3 Yogesh Mishra B.Sc.(H) 16036563079 10 9.55 88 I Mathematics 1st Yr.

Annual Magazine Award 2017-18 Sl Name Course Category No. 1. Ms. Gunjan B. A. Programme 3rd Year: Versatile Genius Sharma Roll No. 31521237 (For Outstanding Performance) 2. Ms. Anukriti B. A. (H) English 2nd Year: Best Editor Bajpai Roll No. 21611443 (Student of the Year) 3. Mr. Abhishek B. Sc. (H) Chemistry 1st Front Cover Designing of Makol Year: Roll No. 11731701 the Magazine 4. Mr. Kishalay B. Sc. (H) Statistics 2nd Back Cover Designing of Tiwari Year: Roll No. 21633454 the Magazine 5. Mr. Deepak M. A. (P) Sanskrit Tatva-Mimansa (Sanskrit Sharma Roll No. 1710504 Language Section) 6. Ms. Prosasti B. A. Programme 2nd Year: Krishti (Bangla Language Ganguly Roll No. 21621459 Section) 7. Mohd. Anas B. A. (H) Urdu 2nd Year: Nakhat-e-Gul (Urdu Roll No. 21614417 Language Section) 8. Mr. Vicky Kumar B. A. (H) Economics 1st Shabd-Darshan (Hindi Gupta Year: Roll No. 11715807 Language Section) 9. Rensa Vats B. A. (H) English 1st Year: Pensamiento (English Roll No. 11711803 Language Section) 10. Ms. Mahima B. Sc. (H) Mathematics 1st Ciencias Sociales (Social Malik Year: Roll No. 11732747 Science Section) 11. Mr. Vaibhav Snehi B. Sc. (H) Chemistry 3rd Experimental Lore (Science Year: Roll No. 31531207 Section)

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Crème de la Crème @ KMC

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IIT JAM (Joint Admission Test for M.Sc) - 2018 Chemistry It is a matter of great pride for us that fourteen of our students from the Department of Chemistry have been selected in IIT JAM -2018 which, in itself, is a record achievement in the history of the College. Two of our students are in the top ten rank—1st and 5th. The 1st rank holder belongs to a farmer family of a village namely Bihta from Bihar and most of others are from middle class families.

Sl. No. Name All India Rank 1. Amardeep Kumar 1 2. Payal 5 3. Neha Idnani 18 4. Kritika Jha 37 5. Kanishk Tomar 52 6. Nishi 74 7. Mahesh 86 8. Vishal 90 9. Twinkle 118 10. Achal Chauhan 125 11. Anuj 139 12. Kajal Panchal 149 13. Rishabh Goel 174 14. Pooja Agrawal 178

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Academic Achievements (Faculty Members)

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Faculty Members

Dr. Vibha Singh Chauhan (Principal) BOOK: Bihar Ki Bhashayen, Orient Blackswan, 2017 Award: • Awarded ‘The John Benjamin FILLM Prize’ for Linguistic and Literary Scholarship by John Benjamin Publishing Company and Federation Internationale Des Language Et Litteratures Modernes at XXVII FILLM Congress (15-17 March, 2017). Invited Speaker: • Invited to deliver a lecture at “Equal Opportunity Centre” Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh (9th February, 2017).

Dr. Dinesh Khattar (Vice Principal) (Associate Professor in Mathenatics)

PUBLICATIONS:

Books: (Co-authored) • ‘Calculus’ A Reference Book, Prentice Hall of India, 2018, ISBN 978-81-203-560-2 • Calculus & Geometry, A Reference Book, Jeevansons Publications, 2018, ISBN 978-93-86376-07-7 RESEARCH PAPERS: • ‘Synchronization of a New Fractional Order Chaotic System’, in International Journal of Dynamics and Control, Springer Publication, 2017, ISSN 2195-268X (Accepted for Publication). • ‘Multi Switchingcompound Anti Synchronization of Chaotic Systems’, in Pramana-Journal of Physic, Springer Publication, Vol. DOI 10, 2017, ISSN 0304-4289. • ‘Dual Combination Combination Multiswitching Antisynchronization of Chaotic Systems’, in Journal of Mathematical and Computational Science, SCIK Publishing Corporation, London, Vol. 7(5), 2017, Page. 847-863, ISSN 1927-5307. • ‘Dual Combination Combination Multiswitching Synchronization of Eight

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Chaotic Systems’, Chinese Journal of Physics, Elsevier Science, Vol. 55(4), 2017, Page 1209-1218,ISSN 0577-9073. • ‘Reduced Ordermultiswitching Hybridsynchronization of Chaotic Systems’, Journal of Mathematical and Computational Science, SCIK Publishing Corporation, London, Vol. 7(2), 2017, Page 414-429, ISSN 1927-5307. • ‘Multiswitching Combination-Combination Synchronization of Chaotic System’, Pramana-Journal of Physics, Springer Publication, 2017, Page 88; DOI-10.1007/s12043-016-1356-x, (Online) ISSN 0304-4289. • ‘Adaptive Multi Switching Combination Synchronization of Chaotic Systems with Unknown Parameters’, International Journal of Dynamics and Control, Springer Publication, 2017, Page DOI-10.1007-s-40435-017- 0320-z, (Online) ISSN 2195-268X. • Participated and presented a paper having title “Review of a Statistical model for the formation of QGP fireball under URHIC” in XXXII Annual IAPT Convention 2017 and National Symposium on Recent Trends in Physics at Different Scales during 29-31, October 2017 at the Dept. of Physics, Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar. • Participated and presented a paper having title “The order of Quark- Gluon Plasma (QGP) Phase Transition Under a model density of states for Quarks and Gluons in QGP droplet” in a National Symposium on Advances in Physics From Small to Large Scales at the Dept. of Physics (UGC-Center of Advanced Study), Kumaun University, Nainital during March 27-28, 2018. • A contribution “A density of states for QGP fireball formation in heavy ion collisions incorporating hydrodynamical features in the model” has been accepted to publish in XXII DAE High Energy Physics Symposium Proceedings by Springer International Publishing.

Dr. Agham Jha (Assistant Professor in Physics) • Participated and presented a paper having title “Review of a Statistical model for the formation of QGP fireball under URHIC” in XXXII Annual IAPT Convention 2017 and National Symposium on Recent Trends in Physics at Different Scales during 29-31, October 2017 at the Dept. of Physics, Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar. • Participated and presented a paper having title “The order of Quark- Gluon Plasma (QGP) Phase Transition Under a model density of states for Quarks and Gluons in QGP droplet” in a National Symposium on

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Advances in Physics From Small to Large Scales at the Dept. of Physics (UGC-Centre of Advanced Study), Kumaun University, Nainital during March 27-28, 2018. • A contribution “A density of states for QGP fireball formation in heavy ion collisions incorporating hydro dynamical features in the model” has been accepted to publish in XXII DAE High Energy Physics Symposium Proceedings by Springer International Publishing.

Dr. Amit Kumar Suman (Assistant Professor in History) • Visiting Fellowship, German Historical Institute, London, UK. PAPER PUBLISHED: • ‘Colonial Policies and Centres of Indigenous Learning Early Modern India’, NMML Occasional Paper (History and Society), New Series 87, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, pp.1-15. (Article). PAPER PRESENTATION: • ‘Gandhi, Indigenous Centres of Learning and Colonial Empire: Curriculum, Pedagogy and Medium of Instructions’ presented in National Discussion Meet on Gandhian Educational Ideas in Policy Perspective: Challenges, Problems and Prospects, at National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NEUPA), New Delhi. • ‘Educating Poor Muslims: Madrasa System of Education in Colonial India, Reforms and Evolution’ presented in the GHIL Colloquia at German Historical Institute, London, UK. • ‘Colonial State, Education and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the Bengal Presidency’ presented in an international seminar on Dialectics of Education: Comparative and International Perspectives atCIE, Department of Education, University of Delhi, Delhi. • ‘Colonial Policies and Centres of Indigenous Learning in Early Modern India’ presented in a seminar at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti, New Delhi. CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSON, ORGANIZATION AND PARTICIPATION: • Participated as the Chairperson of the parallel session on ‘Partition and Language’ in a National Seminar on Decoding the Partition L(i/a)nes: Reflections on Language, Literature and Culture organized by Kirori Mal

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College, University of Delhi, Delhi on 6th-7th February 2018. • Participated in Two-Day International Seminar on Kabir Different Perspectives held at Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, New Delhi, on 30-31 January, 2018. • Participated as the Chairperson in an international seminar on Dialectics of Education: Comparative and International Perspectives atCIE, Department of Education, University of Delhi, Delhi. • Participated as the member of organizing committee in the National Seminar on Re-inscribing the past: Cultures, National Identity and Development, organized by the Department of History, Kirori Mal College University of Delhi, Delhi. RESEARCH PROJECTS: • Principal Investigator of a Minor Research Project, ‘Colonial Policies on Education and Centres for Indigenous Learning’, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, 2017-18 INVITED LECTURES/RESOURCE PERSON: • Invited as Resource Person to conduct a carrer counselling workshop for students of class X as part of KVS initiative ‘Tarunostava’, 2018-19, at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pitampura, Delhi, on 10th April 2018. • Invited as Resource Person in the 4-Week Orientation Programme from 13th November to 11th December 2017, at the Human Resource Development Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, and delivered a lecture on ‘Education and Transmission of Knowledge in Colonial India’ on 28th November 2017. SUPERVISION: • Member, Advisory Committee, Doctoral Research Thesis of Sanjit Kumar Das, Department of Education, University of Delhi, Delhi PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS /REFRESHER COURSES /WORKSHOPS PARTICIPATED: • Participated in First Three Weeks Refresher Course in Global Studies (interdisciplinary) under the auspices of Human Resource Development Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, from 6th-26th September 2017, and obtained Grade A in Paper Presentation, Book Review, Project Proposal writing and other activities

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Dr. Anshu (Associate Professor in Geography) BOOKS: • ‘Geography of Tourism and Recreation in Bihar’,2017, ISBN 978935171­ 0912,­ Research India Press, Delhi. • ‘Atlas- India and the World’, 2018, Study Today Publications, Delhi-Patna, ISBN 978-9-38-055800-4, Revised editions 2014,2015, 2016, 2018. RESEARCH PAPERS: • ‘Conflict in Yemen: A Sectarian Strife Or Petro-Geopolitics’, January, 2018 – International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Inventions, ISSN(Online) 2319-7722; ISSN (Print) 2319-7714. • ‘Role of Tourism in Achieving Sustainable Development’, June, 2017 – World Focus, ISSN 2230-8458. PAPER PRESENTATIONS: • Vulnerability of Smart Cities to Urban Flood Flooding – Paper presented at International Conference on Livable Cities: Transforming Sustainability and its Challenges, SBSC, University of Delhi on 5-7 February, 2018. • Resilience of Smart Cities in wake of Flood Disasters, Bihar – Paper presented at XIX Annual Conference and National Seminar on “Urban Dynamics & Smart City Prospect in Bihar and Jharkhand (AGBJ) in Patna on 8– 9 October, 2017. • Addressing Solid Waste Hazardous Management in India: New Initiatives and Possible Resources – Paper presented at XII DGSI International Conference at Raipur, Chattisgarh on 24-26 September, 2017. • Climate Change and adaptation strategy of Rural Communities in Himachal Pradesh - Paper presented at XII DGSI International Conference at Raipur, Chhattisgarh on 24-26 September, 2017. INVITED LECTURE: “Increasing Importance of Cartography” at The Delhi Public School Society, New Delhi, December 20, 2017. “Increasing Importance of Cartography”, at The Delhi Public School Society, New Delhi, July 26, 2017. E- LEARNING MATERIAL: • Prepared and Recorded e-learning material for Ministry of Human

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Resource Development (MHRD), UCG-Post Graduate (epgPathshala) http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/ • Content Writer for Paper Geomorphology (5 Modules) AWARDS: • BHUGOL BHUSHAN AWARD by Deccan Geographical Society of India, on 24th September, 2017 at XII DGSI International Conference at Raipur, Chhattisgarh on 24-26 September, 2017.

Mr. Arunesh Chaudhary (Assistant Professor in Commerce) • Resource person in the FDP in the area of “Practicals in Financial Management” held in Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College on 6th October, 2017.

• Visiting Faculty member at JECRC University and delivered a lecture in the area of “Practicals in Financial Management” on 13th October, 2017.

• “Determinants of Capital Structure of Nifty Companies in India” presented at the 2nd International Finance Conference, Jamia Millia Islamia, 11th October, 2017 and published in Asian Journal of Management Applications and Research (ISSN 2230-8660 (Print) and ISSN 2230-8679 (Online).

Dr. Bipin Singh Koranga (Assistant Professor in Physics) PAPER PUBLICATIONS: • Neutrino Mixing in Matter at Extreme High Energy, Published in Int. J. Theor. Phys. 56 (2017) No.8, 2445-2449. • Correction to Neutrino Mass Square Difference in the Co-Bi maximal Mixings due to Quantum Gravity, Published in Int. J. Theor. Phys. 56 (2017) no.11, 3508-3513. • Quantum Gravity Correction to Co-Bi maximal Mixings, with M. Narayan, accepted in Theoretical Physics Journal Details of other Achievements. • Neutrino Mixing in Matter at Extreme High Energy, “Paper Accepted for 2nd International Conference on Astrophysics and Particle Physics November 13-15, 2017 San Antonio, Texas, USA”. • “Correction to Neutrino Mass Square Difference in the Co-Bi maximal Mixings due to Quantum Gravity” Annual IPAT Convention 2017 and

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National Symposium on Recent Trends in Physics at Different Scales October 29 -31, 2017 Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalay, Haridwar, India. • “Quantum Gravity Correction to Co-Bi maximal Mixings” Symposium on Advance in Physics from Small to Large Scales, March 27-28,2018, Department of Physics (U.G.C-Centre of Advanced Study), Kumaun University, Nainital, India.

Dr. Devarati Roy Chowdhury (Assistant Professor in Political Science) PUBLICATIONS Chapter in a Book (edited) ‘Scientific Management: F. W. Taylor’. In P. K. Jha & S. N. Dubey (Eds.), Administration and Public Policy (pp. 3.1-3.15). New Delhi: Scholar Tech Press. 2017. ISBN: 978-93-82209-77-5 ‘Management by Objectives, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Peter Drucker’. In P. K. Jha &S.N.Dubey (Eds.), Administration and Public Policy (pp. 11.1-11.28). New Delhi: Scholar Tech Press. 2017. ISBN: 978-93-82209-77-5 ‘New Public Management’. In P. K. Jha & S. N. Dubey (Eds.), Administration and Public Policy (pp.15.1-15.14). New Delhi: Scholar Tech Press. 2017. ISBN: 978-93-82209-77-5 ‘Feminist perspective in Public Administration’. In P. K. Jha & S. N. Dubey (Eds.), Administration and Public Policy (pp.18.1-18.16). New Delhi: Scholar Tech Press. 2017. ISBN: 978-93-82209-77-5 JOURNAL: Khadya Samprabhuta Aur Naariwaad: Ek Naye Kshitij Ki Talaash. Pratiman. July- December. Year 5. Number 10. 2018. ISSN: 2320-8201 SEMINARS: ‘Redressing Food Security Policy in India – From the State to the ‘Local’, presented in 3rd International Conference on Public Policy organised by International Public Policy Association and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (NUS), Singapore, 28th - 30th June, 2017 ‘Food Security and Human Rights: Towards a New Understanding’ in a National Seminar on ‘Human Rights and Responsibility’ organized by Pattnaik India Foundation held at Delhi on 9th December, 2017

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Dr. Gaurav Panwar (Assistant Professor in Political Science) PUBLICATIONS: Chapter in a Book (edited)

• ‘Grameen Rajasthan Mein Swastha Sewa Vitran’, in Jean Dreze& Kamal NayanChoubey (Eds.), BharatiyaNeetyoon ka SamajikPaksh (pp. 57-76) New Delhi: Vani Prakashan & EPW, 2017, ISBN 978-93-5229-619-4 SEMINARS: • ‘Writing-Rewriting School Text books and Political Mobilization in India’ in the ICSSR sponsored 5th Northern Regional Social Science Congress organized by Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur held on 24th-26th, February 2017

Dr. Kavita Gupta (Assistant Professor in Mathematics)

BOOKS: “Calculus”, Prentice Hall of India, 2018, ISBN No. 978-81- 203-5360-2. PUBLICATIONS: • “More for less” method to minimize the unit transportation cost of a capacitated transportation problem with Bounds on Rim Conditions’ withRitu Arora, Opsearch, 54(3),460-474,2017;DOI:10.1007/s12597- 016-0288-z, SNIP:0.399, SJR:0.225, ISSN:0030-3887. Publisher: Springer (Germany). • ‘Solving the problem of industry by finding paradox in fractional plus fractional capacitated transportation Problem’ withRitu Arora. Advanced Modelling and Optimization. 19(2), 159-176, 2017. ISSN:1841-4311. Publisher: Research Institute for Informatics (Romania). • ‘Inventory and transportation cost minimization in the delivery logistic of Swine Flu vaccine’, Yugoslav Journal of Operations Research. 27(4),481- 497, 2017. ISSN: 0354-0243;EISSN:2334-6043, DOI: 10.2298YJOR 160617022G, Publisher: University of Belgrade (Serbia), SNIP:0.658 ; SJR:0.23. • ‘Solving the problem of industry by formulating it as a capacitated

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transportation problem’Accepted for publication in International Journal of Procurement Management, ISSN: 1753-8432, Publisher: IndersciencePublishers , Country: Switzerland. • ‘Solving the problem of industry by formulating it as a fractional capacitated transportation problem with “bounds on rim” conditions’. Published online 18 Jan 2018 in International Journal of Systems Assurance, Engineering and Management, DOI: 10.1007/s13198-018- 0697-x, ISSN: 09756809. Publisher: Springer India. • ‘A Linear Fractional Bilevel Programming Problem with Multi-choice parameters’ withRitu Arora, Croatian Operational Research Review, CRORR 8(2017),499-513, ISSN: 1848-0225, Publisher: Croatian operational research society.

PAPERS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES: • “More for less method to minimize the unit transportation cost of a capacitated transportation problem with Bounds on Rim Conditions”, Paper presented in International Conference on MATHEMATICS and APPLICATIONS (ICMA-2017) organized at Ramjas College, University of Delhi, April 26-28, 2017.

Dr. Khusro Moin (Assistant Professor in Geography) PAPERS PRESENTED • ‘Major Challenges to Sustainable Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Delhi’Paper presented at International Conference on Livable Cities: Transforming Sustainability and its Challenges, SBSC, University of Delhi, 5-7 February, 2018. • ‘Building Smart Cities: Issues and Challenges of Sustainability in the Indian Context’ Paper presented at International Conference on Livable Cities: Transforming Sustainability and its Challenges, SBSC, University of Delhi, 5-7 February, 2018. E- LEARNING MATERIAL • Prepared and Recorded e-learning material for Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), UCG-Post Graduate (epgPathshala). • http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/ • Urban Geography (2 Modules) • Geomorphology (3 Modules)

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Dr. M.K Galhotra – Librarian (Librarian of N.S. Pradhan Library) CONFERENCES /WORKSHOP: • Presented a paper titled “Cloud Computing : Services & Challenges in Libraries” in the Two Day National Conference on ‘Changing Digital Lanscape in SMART Environment’ jointly organized by Ansal University, Gurgaon and United Nations Information Center for India & Bhutan on 8-9 February, 2018. • Participated in One day National Seminar on ‘Role of Libraries & Librarian in Knowledge Society’ by by DeLCON, National Brain Research Centre (Deemed University), Manesar, Gurgaon, Haryana on 27th March, 2018.

• Participated in One Day International Seminar on ‘Role of Libraries & Managing Open Education Resources’ organized by Ambedkar University, Delhi on 5th February, 2018.

Dr. Mujeeb Ahmad Khan (Assistant Professor in Urdu) BOOK: Sada-e-Shama-e-Farozan (Literary impression), Kitabi Duniya, Turkman Gate, Delhi-110006, April 2018, ISBN: 978-81-909222-8-9. NAZM: Chalo Chand Pe Chalein, Dabistan-e-ilmo-Adab (Half Yearly Magazine), Darul Adab Publication, Farash Gund, Budgam- Kashmir- 191111, January-June 2017, ISSN: 2394 7934.

Ms. Nidhi Sharma (Assistant Professor in Commerce) PAPER PUBLICATION: • ‘Impact of Organizational Culture on Employee Commitment: A Review’, Ramanujan International Journal of Business and Research (UGC listed journal no. 48778), Vol.-II, 2017, ISSN: 2455-5959 (Co-Authored by Prof. R. K. Singh, Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi)

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PAPER PRESENTATION: • ‘A Theoretical Model for Workplace Spirituality’ at 4th National Conference on Contemporary Reforms in Management, Economy and Applied Business, organized by Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, University of Delhi on 9th February 2018.

WORKSHOP ORGANIZED: • Convenor: Two Day National Workshop on Goods and Services Tax, organized by Department of Commerce, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, in association with Taxmann on 27th and 28th October 2017.

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION: • 6th Annual International Commerce Conference on ‘Digital Outreach and Future of Marketing Practices’ organized by Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics on 11th and 12th January 2018.

Dr. Pragya (Associate Professor in Hindi) AWARDS: • ‘Pap Tark Aur Prayashchit’ as the best story in a competition organized by Story Miror.com • The first Prize of ‘Story Mirror Contest-3’ in a function organized at Oxford Book Store in New Delhi on 8 July 2017 • Meera Smriti Puraskar 2016 for her first novel ‘Goodad Basti’ by Meera Smriti Foundation at a grand function in Allahabad PUBLICATIONS: • ‘GOODAD BASTI’ (First Novel) by Sahitya Bhandar, Allahabad launched during the World Book Fair • ‘Natak se Samvad’ by Anamika Publishers released during World Book Fair 2017 REVIEWS: • Pankaj Subeer’s novel ‘ Akaal mein Utsav’ published by ‘Pakhi’ • Priyadarshan’s novel ‘Zindagi Live’ published in ‘Ranchi Express’ • Jayashree Ray’s novel, ‘Dardja’ published in Literary magazine ‘Lamhi’ in

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its June-17 issue • Pratap Sahgal’s play ‘Anveshak’ published in Shivna Sahityiki July- September issue • Palestinian writer Amir Nizar Juabi’s play ‘I am Yusuf and this ismy brother’ published in Literary magazine ‘Parinde’ • Noted satirist Prem Janmejay’s collection of plays titled ‘Do Vyangy Natak published in Shivana Sahityiki in its October-November-17 issue • Rajesh Jharpure’s novel Kabira Aap Thagaiye’ published in Hans in its November issue • All India Radio has been regularly broadcasting her reviews in their literary program ‘ Shabda Sansaar’ for many years RESEARCH PAPERS: • Literary Magazine ‘Parikatha’ published her research paper which highlighted the contribution of well-known theatre group, ‘Asmita’ to the field of Hindi street theatre • Literary magazine ‘Banas Jan’ (January-March published her research paper on noted author Asghar Wazahat in a special issue dedicated to the author • Aajkal in its February 17 issue published her research paper on short story writer Nasira Sharma • ‘Prayag Path’ published her research paper on Agyey’s contribution to Hindi Poetry in special issue brought out by the magazine in honor of the poet STORIES: • 2017: ‘Pahal’ Naya Gyanodaya, Pahalee Baar, Yudhrat Aam Aadmi, Dweep Lahari, Aarambh • Contribution to the online magazines: Janakriti, Aarambh, Sahchar, Swayamsiddha and Bizooka ALL INDIA RADIO: • Invited to judge auditions for selection of artists for Yuvaani. • Invited to read a story in their program ‘Aadha Aakash Hamara’ . INVITED LECTURES: • Invited by ‘MUKTANGAN’ to participate in panel discussion on ‘Yuvaon ka Swapnil Lok aur Yatharth on 20 August 2017.

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• Invited by Lakshmi Bai College, DU to deliver a lecture on ‘Magic of Theatre’ on 5th April 2017. • Delivered a lecture on ‘Samajik Nyay aur Dalit Sahity’ in seminar organized by Ambedkarvaadi Lekhak Sangh on 11 November 17. • Invited as a resource person a workshop organized by Tech Mahindra Foundation for school teachers. • Participation in Brahmaputra Literary Festival 2017.

Dr. Praveen Kumar Anshuman (Assistant Professor in English)

ALL INDIA RADIO, AKASHVANI, NEW DELHI: • Recording on Krishna Sobti telecast on 5th January, 2018 • Recording on Kabir Ki Lokdharmita: Manavavaad telecast on 26th, 2018 BOOK: Editor of the book - Ecosensibilities: Finding Path to Harmony; Shree Publishers & Distributors; 2017, ISBN: 987-81-8329-928-2. INVITED AS PLENARY SPEAKER: In International conference on “Advaya 2018: Images of the Self and the Other: Exploring Identity and Alterity” organized by Christ Academy, Institute of Advanced Studies, Benguluru on 18th & 19th January, 2018. INVITED AS CHAIRPERSON: In the Literature Session of the International conference on “Advaya 2018: Images of the Self and the Other: Exploring Identity and Alterity” organized by Christ Academy, Institute of Advanced Studies, Benguluru on 18th & 19th January, 2018. JOURNAL: Editor-in-Chief: Ad Litteram: An English Journal of International Literati, 2nd issue, December, 2017, ISSN 2456 6624 on Defiant Requiem: Contemporary Voices of Resistance. SEMINAR: (Organised) • Co-convenor in the Two Day National Seminar organized at Kirori Mal College in collaboration with NCPSL, MHRD, Govt. of India, New Delhi on

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6th & 7th February, 2018 on “Decoding the Partition L(i/a)nes: Reflections on Language, Literature and Culture”. SEMINAR: (Participation/ Presentation) • “English Language Communication Skills in Interpersonal Relationship of the Industry Interface” - Paper presented in International seminar on ‘University-Interface for Skill Development of Youth’ at Awdhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa (MP) India on 25th to 27th February, 2018 . • ‘Loknayakon Ki Hindi Chitthiyon Ka Yogdaan: Ek Alochnatmak Vivechan’ -Paper presented in National seminar on ‘Janandolan aur Bhartiya Sahitya: Hindi and Sindhi Ke Vishesh Sandarbh Mein’ at Rajdhani College, Delhi University on 8th & 9th February, 2018. FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME: • Participated in a One Day Faculty Development Programme on ‘Women and Empowerment in Contemporary India’ organized by P.G.D.A.V. College (Evening), University of Delhi, Delhi on April 12, 2017.

Dr. Rupakdatta Gupta (Associate Professor in Political Science) PUBLICATION: Chapter in a book (edited) • ‘Building BRICS: Rising India’s Role in the New World Order’, in Arunodya Bajpai (Ed.), Rising India: Domestic and External Opportunities and Challenge (pp.135-144). Agra, India: SPDB Publication. ISBN: 978-93-5167-551-8 Seminars: • ‘Building Smart Cities- Issues and Challenges of Sustainability in the Indian Context’ in International Conference on ‘Livable Cities: Sustainability and its Challenges’ organized by the Department of Geography, Saheed Bhagat Singh College , University of Delhi, Delhi, 5th -7th February, 2018 • ‘Privatization in Higher Education in India’ in National Seminar on ‘Quality Concerns in Higher Education - Emerging Challenges and Opportunities’ sponsored by NAAC, Bengaluru organized by UP Political Science Association and Agra College, Agra. 22nd and 23rd February, 2018.

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Dr. Sanjay Verma (Assistant Professor in English) BOOK: • Editor of the book - Ecosensibilities: Finding Path to Harmony; Shree Publishers & Distributors; 2017, ISBN: 987-81-8329-928-2 SEMINAR: (Organised) • Convenor in the Two Day National Seminar organized at Kirori Mal College in collaboration with NCPSL, MHRD, Govt. of India, New Delhi on 6th & 7th February, 2018 on “Decoding the Partition L(i/a)nes: Reflections on Language, Literature and Culture” SEMINAR: (Participation/ Presentation) • “Rashtra Unnati Mein Hindi Patrakarita Ki Bhumika: Ek Samiksha” – Paper presented in National Seminar on ‘Janandolan Aur Bharatiya Sahitya: Hindi Aur Sindhi ke Vishesha Sandarbh Mein’ organized by Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, in association with NCPSL, MHRD, Govt. of India from 8-9 February 2018 • “Decoding the Partition and its reflections on displaced Sindhi Community” – Paper presented in National Seminar on ‘Bharat Vibhajan Aur Sindhi Ashmita’ organized by Satyawati College (Evening), University of Delhi, Delhi in association with NCPSL, MHRD, Govt. of India on 22-23 February 2018 • “Skill Oriented Market Versus Degree Holder Graduates: An Inquiry into the fissures within Indian education system” - Paper presented in International Summit on University-Industry Interface For Skill Development of Youth organized by APS University, Rewa (M.P.) India from February 25-27, 2018 • “Business Communication as soft skill required for Indian Youngesters” - Paper presented in International Summit on University-Industry Interface For Skill Development of Youth organized by APS University, Rewa (M.P.) India from February 25-27, 2018 • Participated in a One Day Faculty Development Programme on ‘Women and Empowerment in Contemporary India’ organized by P.G.D.A.V. College (Evening), University of Delhi, Delhi on April 12, 2017 • Participated in a One Day National Seminar on Sufism: The Road to Self- Realization held on March 3, 2017 organized by Research Committee, Satyawati College, University of Delhi, Delhi in association with NCPSL, MHRD, Govt. of India.

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JOURNAL: • Editor: Ad Litteram: An English Journal of International Literati, 2nd issue, December, 2017, ISSN 2456 6624 on Defiant Requiem: Contemporary Voices of Resistance MEMBERSHIP: • Member of Paper Setting and Recruitment Board of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Govt. of India, New Delhi PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS/ REFRESHER COURSES /WORKSHOPS PARTICIPATED: • Participated in First Three Weeks Refresher Course in Global Studies (interdisciplinary) under the auspices of Human Resource Development Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, from 6th-26th September 2017, and obtained Grade A in Paper Presentation, Book Review, Project Proposal writing and other activities

Dr. Shyam Kumar (Assistant Professor in Political Science) Publication: • ‘Maha Gathbandhan Ki Rajneeti Aur Bahumat Ki Sarkaar: Chunoutiyaan Ewam Sambhavanayein. Maitreyee Times, Jan-June (42-43), 25-26

Seminars: • ‘Politics of Social Justice: A Discourse on Reservation’ in the ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on ‘Affirmative Action in Theory and Practice: Achievement and Challenges’ conducted by Aurobindo College, Delhi, held on 6th-7th January, 2017

Dr. Seema Joshi (Associate Professor in Commerce) PUBLICATIONS: • “Determinants of Tertiary Sector Employment in India” in Arup Mitra (eds.) Economic Growth in India and its Many Dimensions(A book in the honour of prof B.B.Bhattacharya), Orient BlackswanPvtLtd,New Delhi, 2018

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• “Why GST is a Brilliant Structural Reform?”, PHD Chamber Bulletin,January 2018 • “Financial Sector Development and Economic Growth in India: Some Reflections”, Munich Personal RePEc Archive,https://mpra.ub.uni- muenchen.de/81201/1/MPRA_paper_81201.pdf, 2017 • “Youth Development in India: Trends and Policy Responses” Development, Sustainability and Happiness: Perspectives and Challenges for Youth 2025, Prabhat Pankaj et al.ed. Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt.Ltd., New Delhi, 2017 • “Demonetization : A Bold Economic Decision in The National Interest”, PHD Chamber Bulletin, Vol. No. XXXIX, No.1, January, 2017 • “ Raising Female Labour Force Participation to face Challenges of Ageing Societies”, Productivity News,Vol.54,No.02,February, 2017 • “Enabling Environment a Must for Closing Gender Gap in Japan”, PHD Chamber Bulletin, Vol. No. XXXIX, No.7, July,2017 INVITED LECTURES: • Invited as a Discussant in a 2-day Workshop on Reflections on India’s Development:Employment, Education, Empowerment and Health organized by NILERD an autonomous institute under NITI Aayog in collaboration with International LabourOrganization in March 2018 at IHC, New Delhi

• Invited to participate on the theme: Industry 4.0- Leapfrog Opportunity for India held to celebrate 60th National Productivity week of the NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL, on 16th February 2018

Dr. Seema Mehra Parihar (Associate Professor in Geography) SELECTED DIGITAL/E-LEARNING: • Material prepared & Recorded for Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD): UGC-Post Graduate (e-PG Pathshala) http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/ahl. php?csrno=17 • Paper Coordinator (1) Paper –Resource Geography (40 modules) • Content Reviewer (26modules) • Content Writer and Recorded for (e-PG Pathshala) (20 modules):

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• Resource Geography (10 Modules); Remote Sensing and GIS (10 modules) RESEARCH PROJECTS: • (Indo-Nepal Project- Project Director & Principal Investigator) Youth Indo-Nepal Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Programme 2018 (YINPPP-2018), Embassy of Nepal, India, Sanctioned on 07 February, 2018. • (Major Project- Principal Investigator), ‘Mapping Geospatial Dimensions of Hydro Politics in Jammu & Kashmir’, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Initiated on 07 May, 2017. PUBLICATIONS: • Evolving Fuzzy Inference-Based Decision Support Methodology For Risk Mapping Of Wastewater-Fed Aquaculture System, Final Proceedings of ACRS2017-The 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, October 23-27,2017.(Source:http://www.a-a-r-s.org/acrs/index.php/acrs/acrs- overview/proceedings-1?view=publication&task=show&id=2981 ) • Geospatial Suitability Mapping of Climate-based Disease Transmission using Fuzzy Logic for Central India, Journal of Geographical Studies, 2017, Vol.1, Issue 1, pp. 37-45, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21523/gcj5.17010104 • Cloud GIS, in the Published Document of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India during TheASSOCHAM’s Conference on Geospatial Technologies in India, pp. 35-40, December, 20th, 2017, New Delhi INVITED LECTURES & RESEARCH PAPERS: • Women Agency, Leadership & Higher Education: Some Insights On International Women’s Day 2018,at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University,Lucknow, March 08 2018 • Land &Property Matters for Sustainable Future : Some Insights to Gender Based Concerns, International Conference, GEO4SDGS-Addressing Agenda 2030, January 18-19, 2018, Hyderabad International Convention Center, Hyderabad • Key Technology Advancements in Geospatial Industry, at The ASSOCHAM’s Conference on Geospatial Technologies in India, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India , December ,20th,2017 at Hotel, The Taj Mahal , Mansingh Road , New Delhi . (Chaired a Session too) • Mapping Resource Clusters of Jammu and Kashmir for Sustainable Development, ACRS2017-The 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, October 23-27, 2017

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• The Ashoka hotel, New Delhi, India • Evolving fuzzy inference-based decision support methodology for risk mapping of wastewater-fed aquaculture system, ACRS2017-The 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, October 23-27, 2017.The Ashoka hotel, New Delhi, India • Mapping Women Health Vulnerability in India using the Fuzzy Tools under GIS Environment, ISPRS-Geo Health 2017- Geospatial Public Health Symposium, July 1-2,2017, DST, ICORG, Hyderabad WORKSHOPS, TRAINING PROGRAMMES, OUTREACH COURSES, CONFERENCES & FIELD WORK: • Involved in Coordinating and Participating in few workshops, Training Programmes, Outreach Courses and Users Meet Including Edusat Co- ordinator (IIRS, NNRMS and ISRO, Department of Space); ESRI ; IIRS; etc., on themes largely including Geospatial Technologies and spatial Dimensions of Gender. • Coordinated & Participated in five Fieldworks in India & Nepal

Dr. Shiv Kumar Kaushik (Associate Professor in Mathematics) • Delivered a plenary talk on “Operator Value Frames and Applications to Quantum Information Theory” in Fourth International Congress of Mathematics and its Applications held at the faculty of Physics and Mathematics, University of Puebla, Mexico, 4-8 September, 2017

• Delivered an invited talk on “Operator Value Frames and Applications to Quantum Information Theory” in Sampling theory and Application 2017, 12th international Conference, Tallinn, Estonia, 3-7, July, 2017

• Chaired an invited session on “Frames, Non-linear approximations and Hilbert transform” in Sampling theory and Application 2017, 12th international Conference, Tallinn, Estonia, 3-7, July, 2017

• Delivered a lecture as a resource person in International Workshop on Operator Theory and Relativity, organized by Department of Mathematics and Statistics, MLS University, Udaipur on 22 February, 2018

• Chaired a plenary session in International Conference on Applicable Mathematics held at Department of Mathematics, Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi, 19-20, February, 2018

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• Delivered an invited talk on “Application of frames to Quantum information theory” in International Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematics organized by Department of Mathematics, Aggarwal College Ballabgarh, Faridabad (Haryana), India, 17-18 February, 2018

• Chaired a parallel session in International Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematics organized by Department of Mathematics, Aggarwal College Ballabgarh, Faridabad (Haryana), India, 17-18 February, 2018

MEMBER/ REVIEWER OF EDITORIAL BOARDS AND LEARNED BODIES: • Managing Editor of Poincare Journal of Analysis and Applications • Member, Advisory Board, Jordan Journal of Mathematics and Statistics (an international research journal funded by SRSF, Yarmouk University, Jordan) • Member of American Mathematical Society • Reviewer of Mathematical Reviews, American Mathematical Society, USA • Reviewer of Zentralblatt Mathematics, Germany INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ORGANIZED: • Convener of International Workshop on Wavelets, Frames and Applications III at Kirori Mal College, DU, Delhi from December 14-20, 2017 • Member of Programme Committee in International Conference on Applicable Mathematics held at Department of Mathematics, MNC, DU, 19-20, February, 2018 • Member of Programme Committee in International Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematics organized by Department of Mathematics, Aggarwal College Ballabgarh, Faridabad (Haryana), India, 17-18 February, 2018 • Member of Scientific Committee in International Workshop on Operator Theory and Relativity, organized by Department of Mathematics and Statistics, MLS University, Udaipur on 22 February, 2018 PUBLICATIONS: • Greedy Algorithms and Approximation Properties for Frames in Hilbert Spaces, Sampling Theory in Signal and Image Processing (to Appear) (With K. T. Poumai) • A note on O-frames for operators. Advances in Operator Theory, 2 (2017), no. 3, 383–395. 42C15 (42A38) (With Chander Shekhar)

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• On the existence of non-linear frames. Archivum Mathematicum (BRNO) 53 (2017), no. 2, 101–109. 42C15 (46B15) (With Shahjahan and Varinder Kumar) • Some results concerning Riesz bases and frames in Banach spaces. Jordan Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 10 (2017), no. 1, 11–32. 42C15 (42C05 42C30 46B15) (With K.T. Poumai) • Frames for Operator and Matrices, 11 (2017), no. 1, 181–198. 42C15 (With Chander Shekhar) PH.D. SUPERVISION: • Ph. D. degree awarded by University of Delhi to K.T.Pomai on “Nonlinear Approximations and Frames in Banach Spaces” CONTRIBUTION AS REVIEWER TO AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY: • MR3626675 Guo, Xunxiang Spaces of Bessel generators and characterizations of Bessel generator multipliers for unitary systems. Complex Anal. Oper. Theory 11 (2017), no. 4, 811–823. 42C15 (46B15) • MR3562358 Reviewed Bonet, J.; Fernández, C.; Galbis, A.; Ribera, J. M. Frames and representing systems in Fréchet spaces and their duals. Banach J. Math. Anal. 11 (2017), no. 1, 1–20. 42C15 • Awarded Mathematical Research Impact-Centric Support Scheme for three years • Supervised M. Phil. degree entitled “Frames in Krein Spaces” by Ms. Nisha, University of Delhi

Dr. Upasana Issar (Assistant Professor in Chemistry) RESEARCH PAPERS: • “Conformational properties of DNA minor groove binder Hoechst 33258 in gas phase and in aqueous solution” in Computational and Theoretical Chemistry- Journal by Elsevier (2017), 1113 (1), 32-41. (Impact Factor = 1.549, doi. org/10.1016/j.comptc.2017.05.006) • “Theoretical study of the molecular structure and intramolecular proton transfer in benzohydroxamic acid” in Computational and Theoretical Chemistry- Journal by Elsevier (2017), 1105 (1), 18-26. (Impact Factor = 1.549, doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2017.02.014)

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WORKSHOPS ATTENDED: • Attended “National Workshop on Computational Chemistry and Molecular modeling” organized by Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Center (GAD-TLC) of MHRD on 23rd March 2018 • Attended “ACS on Campus” event organized by University of Delhi on 5th February 2018 to attain insights on latest tools developed by ACS which help in improving the quality of research articles. MEMBERS OF PROFESSIONAL/LEARNED BODIES: • Became a member of American Chemical Society (ACS member number is 31523534) on 16th February 2018 • Became a lifetime member of Indian Society of Analytical Scientists (ISAS)- Delhi Chapter (life membership No. LMT-2018 / 01) in February 2018

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B. A. Programme Society B. A. Programme is one of the oldest and the most well-known courses in Delhi University. The course is an amalgamation of the various disciplines which ensures a holistic and well-rounded academic experience with the scope of pursuing specialization in various disciplines, not just restricted to one particular stream. The B. A. Programme Society ensures that all the advantages and perks of this course are reaped by the students through various academic and non-academic events. The current academic year has been an active year for the Society by organising various seminars, talks, and other activities throughout the year. With an active and involved union led by the President Abhineet Shrivastava, Vice President Parul Singh, General Secretary Rahul, Joint Secretary Amit Rajawat and Treasurer Saket Pandey with constant support from the Convenor Dr. Mahesh Kumar, the Society has grown tremendously during the last one year. Students of B. A. Programme are the part of various societies from ‘Enactus’ to ‘The Players’. They even hold positions of importance in many of these prestigious societies such as PRAYAS, DebSoc, NSS, MUSOC and TRT among others. Another proud moment for the Society is when Nikhil Pathak, 2012-15 batch, secured AIR 107 in UPSC Examination 2015 and went on to choosing the Indian Police Service. This year, the Society organised an Official Freshers’ of the ‘B. A. Programme Society’. The Society on along with KARTAVYA: The Civil Services Society had invited Shri Sameer Sharma (Income Tax Commissioner, Vijaywada), Shri Sandeep Mishra (Special Secretary, Urban Development, Delhi Govt.), and Shri Anand Mohan Mishra (Assistant Director General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry Govt. Of India) and had an open interaction session on the topic: “LIFE OF A CIVIL SERVANT”. “RESURGENCE 2018”, the Annual Fest of the Programme Society was even a bigger success than the last year with the fest being kicked off by a seminar and panel discussion on INDIA AT SEVENTY AND THE CHALLENGES AHEAD attended and presided over by Prof. Ashish Joshi (CEO AND CHIEF EDITOR OF LOK SABHA TV) and Shri. Anant Vijay (SENIOR JOURNALIST, DAINIK JAGRAN). Many other events are included in the Department setup like a NUKKAD NATAK by ASHMITA THEATRE GROUP named “VO DINN” on a social issue of Women Menstrual Cycle, Slam Poetry, Just a Minute, Tug of War, Arm Wrestling, Pong throw, Desh Deshantar and What the Brand? Now, with the academic year coming to an end, the Society will be having its Farewell for the graduating batch. In conclusion, the constant efforts of the Union and the students along with the constant support of our Convenor and the College administration the B. A. Programme Society has been able to make its presence felt everywhere in the Campus.

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B. Sc. Programme Society B. Sc. Programme course is a concoction of various disciplines to help ensure well rounded academic experience with a scope of pursuing specialization in various streams. B. Sc. Programme Society started off its events of academic year 2017- 18 with the orientation day on 20th of July, when students were acquainted with various teachersand a brief introduction of their course. The year was marked with the Fresher’s Programme where new faces were welcomed by the teachers, and by the second and third years with various performances and fun games. First years bonded with their seniors over food. The event reached its pinnacle with the crowning of Mr and Miss Fresher. Much coveted intra departmental cricket tournament took place on the 24th February 2018. Physical Science 1st year, with great ardor and consistency, emerged as the winner of the tournament. On 12th March, the Society held its exuberant Annual Fest, Spectrum 2k18. Inaugural session saw Prof. Rita Kakakar as the keynote speaker, delivering a talk on Molecular modeling, followed by a Debate on CBCS and a Power Point presentation. With the fervour at its peak, Roadies, saw active participation of students from various departments. The footfall increased when people of ‘Asmita: Theatre Group’ presented a staggering play, highlighting atrocities against women and provoking the audience to go on a journey of self reflection and subsequently initiate change. The day concluded with felicitation of winners and achievers. Department of Botany Medini, the Botanical Society of our College, began with an Orientation Day on 21st July 2017. In the spirit of freedom and liberty, the Department of Botany celebrated Independence Day with a lot of zeal. An Intra-Departmental Quiz was organised on the topic ‘Adhunik Bharat’. Bhanu Partap Singh, Harsh Prakash Gupta and Rishabh Dubey exhibited outstanding out-of-the-box thinking and won the Quiz. The Medini organised its Inaugural Ceremony on 24th August 2017 to mark the beginning of the Botanical Society. Mr. Manoj Kumar Pingua, an alumnus as well as an IAS officer, graced the occasion by giving an enlightening speech on ‘Career in Botany’ and threw light on his experience as an IAS officer. Dr. Dinesh Khattar, the Principal, addressed the audience. The Chief Guest gave. The Department organised a sumptuous gala on 30th August 2017 on the theme ‘Around the World’. In an attempt to reaffirm our connection with our Mother Nature, an Intra-Departmental Paper Presentation Competition was organised on

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12 October 2017 on the theme ‘Connecting People to Nature’. It was concluded with the first position being shared by Sahil Chaudhary and Vasant Kumar from second year and Aakarsha Handa and Akash Jethwa from third year. The students of first year, guided by Dr. Rajni Gupta, got the opportunity to witness Mushroom Cultivation in SGTB Khalsa College on 19 January 2017. On 5th September 2017, the Department bid adieu to our beloved teacher, Dr. Kusum Shukla whose passion was teaching and pushing the students to achieve excellence. On 2nd February 2018, the Department again bid farewell to one of the most inspiring teachers, Dr. Manju A. Lal who stands testimony to the fact that good teachers are the reason why ordinary students dream to do extraordinary things. The Department organised an excursion to National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) for the students of first and second year on 23rd January 2018 under the guidance of Dr. Rajni Gupta. The students were also taken to the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) museum and the National Agricultural Science Complex (NASC) that focuses on the journey of man from pre-historic times and their agricultural and harvesting methods to the present state-of-the-art technology used in today’s mechanised agriculture. The Medini, in collaboration with an NGO ‘We Clothe Them’, organised a clothes collection drive in the college campus from 6 February- 9 February 2018. We Clothe Them is an NGO seeking to empower the less privileged by giving them access to one of the basic needs of survival — clothing. Annual Fest of the year ‘SRISHTI-2018’ was organized on 15th and 16th February 2018 in which SPECTRUM-2018 – the Annual Magazine of the Department – was unveiled and for first time ever a digital magazine i.e. E-MAGAZINE was launched inaugurated by the Principal. The event took off by a lecture given by Dr. Veena Aggarwal on the topic “BIOTECHNOLOGY”, keeping the students abreast of the latest advances in the field. SRISHTI presented a plethora of events that exhibited a melange of science and creativity. The theme of the year was CONNECTING PEOPLE TO NATURE which encourages people to rediscover their long-lost connection to nature. Students of different colleges put forth their opinions and views on the topic CONNECTING PEOPLE TO NATURE in the Inter College Paper Reading Competition for Vice Chancellor’s Rolling Shield. Connecting the Dots provided students a platform to write their own version of a Sci-Fi adventure with an intriguing plot, a brainstorming thriller exploring the entire scientific phenomenon. All the these events were successfully executed under the guidance of Staff advisor Dr. Sunil Dhiman and Teacher-in-Charge Dr. Rajni Gupta. The Society feels proud to present the names of the students who represented the Department outside the college and brought laurels to the Department. Vasant Kumar won the third position in Collage Making Competition in Vasundhara, the Annual Botanical Fest of Daulat Ram College. Surender and Sonika won the second

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position in Rangoli Making Competition in Vasundhara. Surender and Vasant Kumar won the second position in Fruit Carving Competition in Vasundhara. Surender, Vasant Kumar and Sonika from fourth semester attended a Workshop on ‘Intellectual Property Rights’ in Shivaji College. Surender, Vasant Kumar, Sonika from fourth semester and Bhanu Partap Singh, Rishabh Dubey from second semester attended a Workshop on the topic ‘Recent trends in Bioinformatics’ at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College. Priyanka Panjwani, Nancy Deep and Varsha Kumari won the first position in the Dance Competition in IIT Kharagpur. Department of Chemistry In the month of May, time-table was prepared by the time-table committee and it was displayed well in advance on the college website for the smooth start of the session. The admissions in B. Sc. (H) Chemistry and B. Sc. (P) Analytical Chemistry were successfully carried out by respective admission committees in the months of June-July. To welcome the fresh batch of students, ‘Orientation Programme’ was held on 19th July 2017. Students were also directed to fill anti-ragging undertaking on UGC website. Academic session then formally began on 20th July 2017. To inculcate effective learning abilities and research skills and to extend the intellectual depth, the department and especially Seminar committee always carries out various students’ related academic activities. Inaugural Lecture by an eminent Professor Maria E. Dimitrenko from Russia was organized on 26th September 2017, followed by another lecture by Dr. Vinod Kumar Tiwari, from Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University on 27th October 2017. Two Day Annual Festival “KHRUSOS-2018” of the Chemistry Society was held on 22-23 February 2018. The inaugural lecture was delivered by Dr. Balaram Pani, Principal, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, University of Delhi, followed by a lecture on “How to write down the Organic Reaction Mechanisms” by Dr. Ramendra Pratap Singh, Department of Chemistry of the University. Day 2 started with interactive session by Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Varshney, Senior Scientist DST Govt. of India, on career and opportunities for students as well as younger faculty members in science in India and Abroad. The year also marked the superannuation of Dr. Tazeen Mahmood in April 2017, after completing the three decades long association with the department. The Department is keen in adapting new innovation techniques in learning and encourages students to take active part in research. Many faculty members are working on major and start up projects funded by UGC/CSIR/DST-SERB etc. The department provided facility of internships to the students. In the year academic session 2017-2018, 20 students cleared IIT JAM and Mr. Amardeep Kumar is the first rank holder.

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Department of Commerce Department of Commerce has been a very imperative part of the College. In the month of August, it organized a special lecture on “Convergence of AS into IFRS” by CA Kamal Garg. The Goods and Services workshop was held on 27th and 28th October, 2017. The workshop basically covered the topics revolving in and around GST, like GST filing, input tax credit, current status of VAT etc. Eminent speakers like Mr. Vivek Ladhdha, Mr. V.S. Datey, and Mr. Aditya Singhania were invited for the session. The Departmental Society COMSOC and Cell ‘Finance and Investment Cell’ both worked with a view to foster social and intellectual activity among the students. Commerce Society organized following events throughout the year: Recruitment of new and fresh minds embarked the beginning of the session by conducting formal interviews; the magnum opus event ADVENT was organized by the society on 20th September which provided an excellent opportunity to showcase talent, intellect and skills; with towering registrations and a huge footfall, Advent 17 turned out to be a huge success; the Society hosted a prodigious national level event called Smartup where shortlisted entrepreneurs came up with ideas of their eminent startups, Appulse 2018; the annual extravaganza marked the closure of the session. Appulse is a two-day fest which witnessed a speaker session Aspiration with a few prominent personalities and some enticing competitions; and the Society finally bid farewell to all the seniors by organizing department farewell and wishes them an amazing and successful journey ahead. Department of Computer Science The Department of Computer Science continues its tradition of inculcating IT blend of mind in the current session too. The Department conducted a seminar on ‘Career Prospects in Information Technology’ on 31st August 2017, followed by another seminar on ‘Ethical Hacking and Cyber Crime’ which was held on 9th November 2017. The main objective of the workshop was to create awareness among students about cyber security, privacy risks, steganography and ways to protect oneself from cyber attacks. In the second week of March on (13th & 14th 2018), a two day workshop on “CYBER SECURITY” was organized by the Computer Science Society, ‘The Computer Prodigies’ in association with Massmatic, Cyber Forensic and Information Security Organization. The Society organized the 3rd edition of the technical fest under the name of “TECHNIVAL 2.0” on 23rd March, 2018 in the College premises. These events present a variety of platform for students to showcase

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their talent in different fields because the variety viz. Photography Competition, Tech Hunt, Tech Quiz, Dc-Marvel Quiz, Code-Unicode, Graphic Design Competition, Open Mic etc. followed by a standup comedy by comedian Vaibhav Arora who filled the environment with humor, laughter and happiness. Each & every event was successful in providing a good platform for students to showcase their talent and be prepared for the outside world. ECOSOC Synergy, the Annual Fest of St. Xavier’s Jaipur In the month of September, the students of the Economics Department participated in various events at Synergy, the Annual Fest of Xavier’s Jaipur. The team was selected in the TOP-6 out of 30 teams from all over India in the event Kootneeti. The Team Members Bhaskar Bagga, Bhargavi Thakur and Deborah Suares brought laurels to the college by winning the second position. Two of our teams also made it to the final rounds of Press quest and Ecotecture, highly intellectual events and participated with great enthusiasm giving a tough competition to the other teams. Ecoquence In the month of November, ECOSOC organized one of the best panel discussions, “ECOQUENCE” in its history on 1st November 2017. Dr. Rajat Kathuria Director and Chief Executive, Indian Council For Research on International Economic Relations (Icrier), New Delhi; Mr. T.K. Arun Editor, Opinion, The Economic Times, India’s Leading Business Paper; Ms. Megha Patnaik Visiting Assistant Professor at Indian Statistical Institute (Isi), New Delhi; Mr. Himanshu Kumar, Associate Professor, JNU, were the esteemed panelists in the event. The panelists shared views on the topic: “Current State of the Indian Economy: Resolving the dilemma.” In January, an intra-society cricket tournament, beating the cold and wintery weather, was organized on 22nd and 23rd January 2018. Pareto Time Pareto Time, the Annual Academic Festival, took place on 16th & 17th February. Dr. Ashwini Deshpande, Economics Professor at the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, inaugurated the 30th year of Pareto Time. The first day started off with a speaker session by Dr. Ashwini. The event which took place on the first day was the General Quiz. Paper Presentations also were done. The first day was also marked by initiating a campaign SMILES THAT MATTER through its fest in collaboration with an NGO Smile Foundation working with underprivileged children. The members of ECOSOC and students from the foundation interacted with

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each other by playing games and rejoicing together. The children were also given gifts from CAMLIN. The second day started off with Mr. Dhiraj Nayyar, the OSD and the Head of Economics, Finance and Commerce, Niti Aayog speaking on ‘Protectionism in India’. The event was ‘The Negotiating Bureaucrats’, judged by Mr. Vijay Sardana, member, SEBI. The other one was Shark Dank which was judged by Mrs. Barsha Chabaria an astute radio professional, Head of Salam Namaste Community radio and Ms. Naavnidhi K Wadhwa, a multi-faceted personality. The most likable of all events was ‘Treasure Hunt’. The students experienced activities engaging the economic minds to think beyond books. From interacting with notable intellectuals and economists, creating and developing new ideas, learning marketing, organizational and leadership skills and to witnessing opportunities of fun through various cultural activities, students of ECOSOC have had a memorable year to remember. Department of Geography The Department organized several events in the academic year 2017-18. Fresher’s welcome, Election of Office Bearers to the Geography Association, Fresher’s Quiz, Teacher’s Day and finally GEOTIME – the annual festival. Special lecture on ‘Women and Society’ was delivered by Prof. Sheela Prasad from Hyderabad University.The most sought-after event GEOTIMEwas held in February, 2018. It has been perpetual in its repute as the best geography festival in the University. We represent the variegated/divergent India in miniature bringing together a microcosm of all that is imaginable and beyond. The initiative attracts a yearning and pioneering crowd rendering a platform for them to pacify their inquisitiveness. The theme this year “Borders” with purview of Gender, Caste, Religion and Ethnicity, addressed the apparent yet dimly lit cores inundating our daily lives. Interactive sessions were organized with eminent speakers like Prof. Satish Deshpande (Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics), Jagmati Sangwan (AIDWA), Swati Maliwal (Chairperson, Delhi Commission for Women) and Devaki Jain (Economist). The two- day festival with cultural and academic essence saw participation of students from all over the University.GEOLINE- the annual magazine of the Department was also launched during the event. Field Work 2018 Geography deals with human interaction with nature. This phenomenon can be better understood through field studies. This year two field study trips were

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organized. The II year students under the expert guidance of Dr. Anshu and Mr. Jitesh Rai conducted field survey on Tourism and Solid Waste management in Gwalior, Bhopal, Orchha and Jhansi. The III year students guided by Dr. Seema Mehra Parihar and Dr. M.Baber Ali conducted field study in parts of Nepal to assess the impact and ways to mitigate and manage natural disasters. Grubstreet In the beginning of the month of August, Grubstreet, the Literary Society of the Department of English, organized an induction for the new members of the society for the Academic Session 2017-18. The event was characterized by the assimilation of the newly joining members into the society. On August 28, 2017, the Society organized its first screening, followed by an intensive discussion that was an enriching experience for all the members and its first Writers’ Anonymous in the Sar- e-Aam area. The event showcased the creative writing skills of the budding authors in our society as well as across epartments and colleges. 14th September 2017 was the day when the freshmen were the official organizers of a society event. Dotted with a plethora of lusciously entertaining activities, the show was a great success. A number of fun activities such as Pictionary, Open Mic, Telegram, Dingbat etc. were organized, which brought a luxuriant footfall to the society event. The Department (Room 14) became witness to a stringent reading session on O’ Henry’s priceless work “The Last Leaf” which was followed by an intense discussion on the same. There has always been a fascinating link between the Partition of our splendid nation and its effects on our Language, Literature and Culture. To explore these links closely, a Talk Show with Ms. Aanchal Malhotra, the author of the work “Remnants of a Separation: AHistory of Partition through Material Memory” was also organized. On November 7, 2017, the Society organized another edition of Writers’ Anonymous and further a reading session on Haruki Murakami’s short story “Kino” on 11th January 2018 where discussions were undertaken to uncover the various aspects of his writings and to also acquaint members to a writer that they do not study as a part of their curriculum. The Society organized its Annual English Literary festival BOHEMIA’ 18 from 21st- 22nd January 2018 on the topic “Modes of Translation”. The festival started with an academic schedule on the first day where speakers discussed the literary practice of translation in the first panel titled “Translation Studies” as well as how the practice of translation takes place in dealing with texts produced in different languages in the

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second panel titled “Experiences of Translation”. The last panel titled “Translation: The Art of Storytelling through Performance” dealt with discussing the translation of original texts into performances, through theatre and otherwise, which constitutes another form of reading and interpretation of a text. The following day was entirely student based and filled with competitions and presentations. It started off with student paper presentations on the theme “The Inter- Semiotic Translation: from Novel to Film”, where 5 student papers were presented where a paper on “From Print to Screen: Recreating Umrao Jaan Ada in Cinematic Adaptations” stood as a position holder. There was also a workshop conducted on the art of graphics in the creation of graphic novels. Student based competitions like Creative Writing and Crossword were conducted simultaneously. A play on Saadat Hasan Manto’s short stories “Aql Daadh” and “Khol Do” was also conducted in collaboration with Chakor Lakeerein followed by Bollywood Quiz: Thoda Hatke”. Slam Poetry was yet another crowd puller where budding poets performed and were judged by Aditi Angiras, a veteran slam poet. The festival concluded with an Open Mic session that was predominant with fun and frolic after all the enormous efforts put in by society members to make BOHEMIA’ 18 a huge success. Department of Hindi

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La Politique La Politique, the Society of the Department of Political Science, is well known for its academic and enriching activities and is one of the most active and vibrant societies of the College. It gives space to discuss wide spectrum of thoughts and a platform to nurture an informed opinion and hosted distinguished guests from various arenas like professor, media person, young professionals, and students too participated in all events with unwavering enthusiasm. The academic year was marked with the Orientation Programme where the whole department welcomed the first year students and interacted with each other. The faculties, students introduced themselves and our teacher in charge introduced the overall discourse and objective of the discipline. The event was very interactive as the freshers clarified their many doubts without any hesitation. It helped the department to gel well and it set the pace in the right direction. The bond established made the teaching learning process more interesting. A Freshers’ Programme is organized to welcome the new faces in the Department. A General Body Meeting is held after the programme and the council of La Politique is formed. La Politique successfully organized a workshop on ‘Indian Parliament and Its System’ on August 29th, 2017. The Speakers were Mr. Hamraj Singh, Mr. Rajat Singh, and Mr. ShyamSundar. All these young professionals are LAMP fellows of PRS Legislative Research, India’s leading think-tank for policy research and also providing technical and research assistant to the Member of Parliament. The Society celebrated ‘Teacher’s day’ too with great zest in the session and, on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations, began a new journey towards academic exploration. On 24th October 2017, a flagship annual event to commemorate the UN day was inaugurated where the functioning of the United Nations was analysed. The Group Discussion had two sessions on two different UN related topics, which were held both in English and Hindi. The first session was on ‘India’s position in the UNSC’ while the second theme was whether ‘democracy within the United Nations is just a façade’. The writing competition saw many expressive pieces of intellectual overview on the “Declining Role of UN in the contemporary world”. As tradition of the Society, the Annual Fest of the Department POLITICANA was organized on 15th – 16th March 2018. The highlights of the fest were: first day major event was Chat with a media person - Mr. Ajay Kumar, Managing Editor, News Nation interacted with the students and introduced the basic

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fundamental of journalism and ethics attached to it. The next day highlight was the session with Professor Swaran Singh, C.I.P.O.D, SIS, JNU. In addition to the intellectual events, Politicana also organized many innovative activities and competitions like Lok Vidhan (A Mock Parliament) in association with Nirmaan Youth Parliament which saw huge number of participants, Turn coat and Beg borrow and steal which accelerated the political skills of students, at the same time included fun activities like Drop the politician and Caption it. The highlight event of the Politicana ‘18 as the tradition follows was ‘Real Politik’ in which students from our department as well as other colleges like Hansraj College participated with great enthusiasm. La Politique is honoured to present 2nd edition of the Department Magazine ‘Awaaz’ which was based on the theme ‘breaking the barriers’ was launched by our distinguished guest Prof. Swaran Singh. Mr. Ajay Kumar inaugurated the wall magazine of the Political Science which is based on again a very essential and intrinsic issue, that is, ‘human security’. Politicana is one of the most successful fests of the College and its huge success was possible with the collective efforts of council, volunteers, students and faculties. The prizes and certificates of participation are distributed at the last and amidst applause POLITICANA 2018 came to an end. LEGACY Legacy, the Society of the Department of History, provides an extensive platform to its students to discover and grow academically as well as in inter- disciplinary/co-curricular activities. The academic year started with a Fresher’s Welcome and a seminar by Sundaram Shukla, addressing the freshmen batch. The Society organized a Museum trip to National Museum and Rashtrapati Bhawan on 25th August, 2017 and conducted some sports events as well like Intra- Department Cricket Tournament on 2nd November, 2017 and Volleyball Tournament on 12th - 13th February, 2018. The Department organized its Annual Departmental Trip in January, 2018 to Kerala to visit historical places in and around Cochin. The History Society organizes its Annual Department Fest ‘Ateet’ every year. The Fest recognizes the achievements secured by the Society during the current academic year and celebrates it with a series of academic and cultural events, organized on 26th & 27th February, 2018. On the first day, three seminars were conducted in Academic Auditorium:

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first by ‘Unique Shiksha’; second by ‘Lukman’ IAS’, and third by ‘Prof. Abhay Kumar Dubey’. Prof. Dubey shared his views on the topic-‘Politics of Unity in Contemporary India’. On the second day, various activities were conducted like Quiz, Treasure Hunt, Golgappa competition, Debate, Tug of war, Minute to win it. Street play was organized by ‘Players’ and Qawwali was also performed. The whole cultural festival ended with prize distribution. The Society organized K. M. Ashraf Memorial Lecture on 15th March, 2018 with Prof. T. K. V. Subramanian as the Guest Speaker who shared with us his experiences on ‘Tamil Literature and Culture’. Department of Mathematics Department of Mathematics began with a warm welcome of the new students. “Tensors”, the Mathematical Society of the College, organized a formal freshers’ party in which a fun and healthy competition was organized to adjudge Mr. and Ms. Freshers’. An International workshop on “Wavelets, Frames and Applications – III” was organized by the Department during 14th December to 20th December 2017. It was sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology and Shakti Educational and Cultural Society. The chief speakers were Dinesh Singh (India), Akram Aldroubi (U.S.A), Pap Margrit (Hungary), Ilona Simon (Hungary), Boris Golubov (Russia), Emily King (Germany), V. Protasov (Russia), R.A Zalik (U.S.A), Sandra Saliani (Italy), Douglas Hardin (USA), Ilya Krishtal (USA), Ajay Kumar (India), M.A. Dehghan (Iran), Anton Makarov (Russia), M. A. Skopina (Russia), M. Tahami (Iran), L. Novikova (Russia). Mini courses were organized for undergraduate students and research scholars. At the end, a written test was conducted for the participants. Ten successful participants were awarded certificates. “The Tensors” celebrated its much awaited annual festival SUPREMUM 2k18 from 30th – 31st January, 2018. It endeavored to bring together the creative potential of young minds by providing them a great platform to show their talents in various intellectual and co-curricular fields. This intercollegiate festival was inaugurated by Mr. V.K Khanna, Former Associate Professor from the Department of Mathematics of the College. The Department carried forward the legacy of conducting Qazi Zameeruddin Memorial Lecture by inviting Prof. Dinesh Singh, Ex- Vice Chancellor of our University.

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Department of Physics The current session of the Department of Physics started off with a warm welcome to the new students of the 1st year. The orientation for the 1st years which was held on 20th July, 2017 began with the department faculty members by formally welcoming Freshers. The students were introduced to the teachers, and were provided some fundamental details about the course structure. The orientation was a great opportunity for the new students to meet and interact with their new classmates, their new teachers, and their seniors, which gave them a brief overview of the College atmosphere. The Annual Fest of the Department which is “Newtonian” was held on 21st & 22nd February, 2018. On the first day of the Fest, all started with the launch of the Annual Magazine of the Department “PHYZION” which was done by the holy hands of Prof. Sanjay Jain (HOD, Physics Department , DU), followed by a lecture by him on “Physics of Living Systems”. After this, the Department organized a debate competition, paper-poster presentation, G.K quiz, mini militia contest, treasure hunt and many more fun events. On the second day of the Fest, all started with a science quiz after which volunteers managed a match of gully cricket, junkyard war and many one minute games . On 5th September, 2017, the Department hosted the Fresher’s party as well as celebrated the Teacher’s Day which provided a platform for the teachers and students to interact freely outside of the classroom. There were various performances by the students of second and third years. Teachers also took the opportunity to showcase their own talents. Along with dance, music, literary performances, a series of games and competitions were hosted for the first years, culminating into crowning the Mr. and Mrs. Freshers. Futher, the Department organized a visit to the National Physics Laboratory, New Delhi on 28th September 2017 for the students of second year. A group of 30 students accompanied by four teachers went for this educational excurtion. The National Physics Laboratory is the measurement standards laboratory of India and maintains the SI Units of India. Then they were taken to the NPL auditorium and were shown a documentary about the history of the NPL. On 1st November, 2017, a seminar was organised on Nuclear and Plasma Physics, addressed by Dr. V.K. Tripathi, retired professor from the IIT Delhi. On 15th March, 2018, the Department Trip was organized by the students of 3rd year to Manali.

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Department of Sanskrit The “Sanskrit Parishad’’ performed the following activities in this academic year 2017-18: Orientation; Seminar On ‘’Importance of Sanskrit in Modern World’’ Held on 21st July 2017; Annual Meet of Sanskrit Department and Departmental Election, Sanskrit Parishad Official Meeting, and Freshers Welcome on 14th September 2017; a Trip of 3 Days to KULLU MANALI from 9th -11th January, 2018; a Workshop ‘Women empowerment: Challenges & Success Mantras’ on 9th February, 2018; VAGISHA 2017-2018 in which three competitions, viz., and Shloka Antakshari, Quiz Competition (Sanskrit Sahitya Prashnamancha pratispardha) and Veda Mantrocharan Competition on 21st March, 2018 in which students of the College won the following prizes- 1stprize in Quiz Competition, Shloka Antakshari 2nd Prize. Our students participated in Various Inter-college are Competitions and Cultural activities and won many prizes throughout this Academic year:

STUDENT’S NAME COLLEGE COMPETITIONS PRIZE Deepak Sharma (MA) DRC Slokoccarana Santvana Gargi Sangeet Gayana 1st Janki Devi Sadhynibandh Lekhn 1st Hindu Slokoccarana 3rd Venketshwar College Slokoccarana 1st Kirori Mal College Shlokantyakshri 2nd Kirori Mal College Prashnmanch 1st Arvind Kumar Dubey PGDAV College Akshar Shlok 3rd Ashu, Rocky, Amrendu, Aditya Anand, Pranav Pandey (B.A)

Arvind Kumar Dubey Kirori Mal College Prashnmanch 1st (B.A) Rajdhani Prashnmanch 2nd Ashu Kumar Thakur Hindu Prashnmanch 2nd (B.A) Zakhir Husain Delhi Shlokantyakshri 2nd College Maharshin Vedavyrsa Gurukul Shlokantyakshri 1st

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Department of Statistics The Department began by the Orientation Ceremony which was a great ice- breaker for the new students of the Department. On 5th September 2017, our Department celebrated the Teachers’ Day. The students of the Department showcased their skills in dancing, poetry, and singing. The cake cutting ceremony marked the end of celebrations of the day. On 20th September 2017, the Department had its Official Fresher’s Party the theme of which was Carnival, dressed in red, white and blue. Ria from 2nd year sang beautifully to mark the beginning of the celebrations. A number of hilarious dares set by the seniors for our Fresher’s that amused the audience and set the tone for a chuckle. Watching boys draping sarees and girls arm wrestle was entertaining for all. Finally, Nikhil Chaudhary emerged as Mr. Fresher, and Manika Gupta, as Miss Fresher, Keyush Shah, as Mr. Well Dressed, Stanzin, as Miss Well Dressed and Shashank Srivastav, as the Most Talented one. The party was followed by lunch. The month of February was quite eventful for the Department. Our department conducted an intra-department cricket tournament from 16th February to 18th February, 2018 in which 5 teams participated. A team from the 3rd year of the Department won the tournament with Manish as Man of the Match. On 20th February, 2018, the Department conducted a Statistical Symposium in which eminent speakers with great knowledge enlightened the students. The speakers were Mr. Siddhant Goyal, Co-founder and main trainer at Fin life, Dr. Jitender Kumar, Head, Department of Statistics, Amity University, Noida, and Dr. Rajender Parsad, Principal Scientist and former Head of the Division of Design of Experiments at IASRAI, New Delhi. The Annual Fest ‘Expectations’ 18, was a two day spectacular event that saw a footfall of over 1000 students, held on 27th & 28th February, 2018. ‘Asmita: Theatre Group’ mesmerized the Library lawns with their famous nukkad natak called ‘Mard’. We had several events namely, ‘Percepcion’ 2.0 (Debating Event), Datathon, Potter Quest, Crinate - IPL bidding and Mockstock.

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Department of Urdu Department of Urdu started the session with the introduction of new batch of B. A. (Hons.) Urdu. A gathering of all our students was arranged and a mini Cultural programme was held for the introduction of new students, followed by a series of lectures on interdisciplinary topics of different nature. The first lecture was delivered by Dr. Khalid Alvi, Associate Professor from Zakir Husain College on the topic ‘Urdu Ghazal ka Safar’ which covered the historical tradition of Urdu Ghazal since eighteenth century. Second lecture was delivered by Prof. Shehpar Rasool, Head, Dept. of Urdu, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi on the topic ‘The History of Urdu Mushairas since the Mughal Era’. The third one was delivered by renowned culture Historian, Sohail Hashmi on the topic ‘History of culture & Heritage of Delhi’. The fourth lecture was delivered by the renowned Historian Prof. Amar Farooqui on the topic of ‘East India Company and Delhi’. The Principal of our College Dr. Vibha Singh Chauhan inaugurated the event. She dwelt upon the inter relationship of History and literature before this talk. The last lecture on the topic of ‘History of Science & Scientific Attitude’ was delivered by Dr. Gauhar Raza. Department of Zoology Biocenose, the Zoology Society of the College, started its activities on the very first day of the session. The fresh admissions were subsequently inculcated as members of the Zoological Society in a meeting where the Office Bearers were elected under the guidance of Staff Advisors: Dr. Sanjukta Das and Dr.Vikas Kumar. Jayashree was elected the President, Manya Mathur, the Vice President, and Ankit, Treasurer, Aastha as General Secretary, Kamran as Joint Secretary and Abid as the Cultural secretary. On 18th August, 2018, the office bearers along with the students of second and third year gave a warm welcome to the first year students. Yash Sharma and Arzoo Sirohi were chosen as Mr. & Miss Fresher, respectively. The inaugural lecture of ‘Biocenose’was held on 20th September, 2018 which was delivered by Prof. Ashok Singh from University of Delhi, who apprised the students about ‘World of Insects’. A cricket match was also played out under the banner of Zoological Society on 5th of February in the college playground.

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The team of B. Sc. (Hons.) 2nd year was the winner. On 23rd & 24th February, 2018, the festival of Zoological Society “Ecdysis” was organized. Prof. Sher Ali of Jamia Millia Islamia University, as a Chief Guest, delivered a lecture on “Cancer”, followed by a number of events involving quizzes (BrainVita), extempore on biodiversity, and environmental conservation, poster making on a theme of oil spill and its effect on marine life, slogan writing on climate change along with Slow cycling, Tug of war, Lemon spoon race, Three legged race, Beg Borrow Steal, Gully cricket and War of balloon etc. On the final day of the festival a valedictory ceremony was organised to thank all the participants who had contributed actively to make the festival “Ecdysis” a grand success.

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‘DEBSOC’ The academic year started with Kundan Sen, Aditya Sharma and Ankita Niyogi winning the eighth edition of Trivium. As a part of a cross team, Ankita and Sawal Chaudhary emerged as winners defeating 50+ teams at the Jindal debate. In September, the English wing organized the ninth edition of KMC Freshers’ parliamentary debate (PD), 22-25 September, 2017 and like every edition this time too our fresher’s made us proud. Vrinda Sharma, Arjun Shukla, and Vijeeth Srinivas won the in- house tournament. Ending the semester on a high note, third years Kundan, Ankita, and Sawal won the debating championship and Siddhant Raj Tripathi made the institution proud by emerging as the best adjudicator at Prof Ghanshyam Singh Memorial debate. As a part of the cross team, Aditya felt fortunate to win Shanti, organized by Hansraj College. Other cross team wins include Sawal winning debating championship at Nirma, Siddhant Awasthy emerging victorious at first edition of ZHC PD, Munaazrah and Axiom. Continuing the legacy of winning Polemic, Siddhant Raj and Shantanu Kulsreshtha’s victory was praiseworthy. To add to our overjoyed hearts Shivank Singh Sengar won best adjudicator. At Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia NLU, fresher’s Arjun, Vijeeth and Rohan Shah were felicitated with the ‘Best Novice team’ trophy and they also brought back home the trophy of LHMC knockout fresher’s PD. Adding to the long list, Sawal, Aditya and Kundan struggled hard and bagged the trophy at LSR PD. SBS PD proved to be fortunate for our society: Siddhant Raj, Shantanu and Ankita won SBS PD, Sawal won best adjudicator and Ankita won best speaker. The month of February and March were exhausting, yet extremely significant for both wings of the Society. Each and every member of the society sincerely dedicated themselves to host a tournament which equates to the reputation and the prestige of the tournament’s previous editions and to carry forward the legacy and the name. English wing organized 38th edition of Frank Thakur Das Memorial debate (9th – 12th February, 2018) whereas Hindi wing organized 27th edition of Narendra Singh Pradhan Memorial debate (17- 19 March, 2018). Not only this, Ankita assisted St. Stephens College for Pro-Am, IIT Delhi for their parliamentary debate and Gargi College for Wax Eloquent in organizing a successful debate tournament in the capacity of a core adjudicator. To add to this, Hanumant Singh Thakur was invited to be a core adjudicator at IIMT Meerut. The Hindi wing of the Society continued its impressive performance in the circuit. The testimony of this excellence can be traced by observing the performance of the members in all prestigious tournaments. The Society won approximately thirty conventional debates including KK Birla Memorial Debate, Indraprastha College for

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Women’s annual debate, Gargi College’s annual debate, and Deshbandhu College’s annual debate. The academic year began with Ashish Ranjan and Shivam Sati reaching semi finals of the parliamentary debate organized by Hindu College. Ashish and Yogesh Mishra reached final of various tournaments including LSR PD and Shivaji College PD. The team comprising Harshit Raj Shrivastava and Aditya Yadav, Niteesh Singh and Vijay Kumar reached quarter finals at Shivaji. Shivam and Ashish reached the quarter finals in the parliamentary debate organized by Motilal Nehru College. ‘FAPS’ The Fine Arts and Photography family went remarkable under the stupendous guidance of Dr. Anjali Priyadarshani, the Convenor. This year we had a total of nineteen student members of various years pursuing varied courses: Mr. Nirbason Khunjamayum- PRESIDENT, Ms. Arya Bhat- VICE PRESIDENT, Mr. Chiranjiv Ravi Shah- GENERAL SECRETARY. Students were given an opportunity to be a part of the Society. Generally, A fresh batch of student members (besides the ECA members), is selected annually through critical rounds of evaluation as to maintain the level of quality and competition that pre-exists. This event is an epitome of the Talent Exhibition of the Budding Artists of the Society. The event strives to empower its new members with confidence and gives them a space to improve and reach perfection. The freshers’ of the Society showcase their hard work and professionalism through their artwork and photographs. The Physically Challenged students were offered an opportunity to showcase their eminence through their sublime art works. Two of the Society’s members Ms. Kirti and Mr. Chiranjiv worked meticulously as the media coordinators for the 64th edition of the Annual Magazine of the College “New Outlook”. The Society in association with Parivartan, the Gender Forum, and Directorate of Family Welfare, Government of NCT, New Delhi, organized a social welfare Photography Competition ‘Tasveer’ which was well appreciated by all. The Fine Arts Society of Hindu College appreciated the participation of F.A.P.S. in their Annual Fest ‘Rangsrijan, 17’. The society exhibited its best creations and went through a series of evaluations from experienced faculty and students of their respective society. On 1st February 2018, F.A.P.S. was assigned the responsibility of covering the glimpses of the event and presenting its art work through an exhibition. ‘Perceptions’, the Annual Fest of the Fine Arts and Photography Society, was held on 8thand 9th February 2018. The fest provided a platform to the students of collegiate level to

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present their skills and creativity in the fields of fine arts and photography. This year, besides organizing various events, the Society arranged a special fine arts competition for the underprivileged children from the education wing of NSSof various colleges. F.A.P.S. also held an interactive photography workshop for both teaching and non-teaching staff. ‘MONTAGE’ Montage, the Film Society, began its official working for the session in August 2017. The Orientation Session for the new members was conducted on 22nd August, 2017. A total of ten films were screened during the year. These films included - The Namesake, La Jetee, The Conformist, In the Mood for Love, Khamosh Paani etc. An interactive session with National Award winner Kranti Kanade was organized after screening of his award winning Marathi film ‘CHAITRA’ on 7th September, 2017. The Annual Fest ‘MISE-EN-SCENE’ was organized on 23rd & 24th February, 2018. Our theme was ‘Shashi Kapoor – A Tribute’. The keynote speaker was our alumnus and actor-director Shri Satish Kaushik. The gallery paid tribute to both Mr. Shashi Kapoor and Mr. Om Puri. ‘MUSOC’ Musoc, the Music Society, which started out as a purely Indian classical music is now 35 years old, has diversified itself into many genres of music, ranging from pop and funk to Carnatic and Hindustani to world music and fusion. Musoc initially established by the efforts of Dr. Sumitra Mohanty in 1984. The Society has been participating in all of Delhi University’s competitions as well as competitions across the country at venues like BITS Pilani, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur and has won enumerable accolades over the years. The society has varied influences from AR Rahman to Mekaal Hassan and Michael Jackson to John Mayer. Musoc had a wonderful session with the arrival of the first year students through Extra Curricular Activity (ECA) quota. Session began with Fresher’s Talent Show (FTS), a talent show held by the Society to showcase the beginners’ talent. This year the Society prepared a self Composed Indian Classical Choir based on two mesmerizing ragas, Raga Kalavati and Raga Todi, and another self Composition of Musoc, Garaj Garaj, based on Raga Miya-ki-Malhar, as well as a Saraswati Vandana (Chaturang) based on Raga Bageshri. Musoc went to IIT Kanpur for their Annual Fest ‘Antaragni 2017’, and performed the newly composed Indian Choir for Sangam (Indian Classical Competition), with various other individual performances by the members of the Society, and came back with many laurels. The Society also performed in IIT Bombay in their Annual Festival Mood ‘Indigo 2017’, and won 1st position.

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The Western Choir also came up with three self compositions. On 1st February, 2018, the Society performed in the College Founder’s Day function. The event began with a Saraswati Vandana. Later a fusion of retro and regional songs was presented along with the classical Choir composition of the Society. The Society also performed ‘Rangde Basanti Chola’ at the VC lounge on the 23rd March, 2018 at the occasion of Martyr’s day. Surmanjari, the Annual Music Festival of Musoc, was held on 26th & 27th March, 2018 along with the College Fest. The Society hosted various intercollegiate competitions such as Indian Classical Choir, Western Acapella, Indian semi Classical solo, Western solo etc. The Society also put up their own Surmanjari Concert where all if its members performed and grabbed the heart of the audience. The session ended with the Farewell of the final year students of the Society under the guidance of Dr. Sumitra Mohanty. ‘THE PLAYERS’ Players, the Theatre Society, performed two stage plays and one street play in the present academic year:

• ‘Norway Today’, the Annual English stage play production, directed by Vasudev Bose and Palak Verma

• ‘Pocketmaar’, an adaptation of the play ‘Pocketmaar Rangmandal’ by Asghar Wajahat directed by Gaurav Mehra and Ridhi Kaushik

• ‘Haar Nahi Maanenge’, an adaptation of Vijay Tendulkar’s ‘Thief Police’, specially created and directed for the founder’s day by Neil Banerjee and Prajesh Kashyap

A special actor’s workshop was conducted in the month of June by our notable alumni Himanshu Kohli. A ten day General Orientation Workshop that is held every year for fresh entrants was conducted this year too in the month of August. The Players’ tradition of working well beyond the College hours every day of the week and on holidays as well has continued. Some students deserve to be singled out for their contribution throughout the year. Neil Banerjee, Prajesh Kashyap, Vrinda Kacker, Vasudev Bose, Shivam and Palak Verma were there always for persisting with the Society as its senior members. Kanishak Gilotra, Raunak Maan, Divyangshu Mamgain, Gajraj Rathore, Gaurav Mehra, Ridhi Kaushik. Antariksha Sharma and Karan Chauhan from the second year proved backbone for the Society. And Paras Nagpal, Mrinalini Sharma, Stuti Gupta, Tishya Mahajan, Mukund Aggarwal, Rensa Vats, Shrey Bisht, Mayank Shandilya, Nihal Grover and Anahita Vohra worked the life-blood of the Society.

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‘SENSATION’ Sensation, the Dance Society, organized itself into a formal extra-curricular society in the year 2000 with a vision of creating a space for students to hone and exhibit their passion for Dance. The academic session began with 39 students and has marked a landmark number of awards and participation from the Society across a minimum of 50 institutions (pan-India). They have won first position in about 8 different colleges; second position in6 colleges/institution; and third position in one College. Individual Awards were also won by students: Manya Kaushik won Best Dancer Award at IIT Kharagpur; Tarishi Sahai was declared Mrs. Oasis 2017 at BITS PILANI ; and Asim Hussain and Mansi Jain were appreciated for Duet dance at IIT Kharagpur. Besides these, the Society effectively organized the following events and workshops: Freshers’ Talent Show- 26th September, 2017; Western Dance Event, Renaissance - 26th March, 2018; and Choreo Dance Event, Renaissance- 27th March, 2018. The Society practices a myriad number of dance forms like House, Contemporary, Popping, Locking, Hip Hop etc., making it one of the few versatile societies in the University. Within ‘Sensation’, there is a bifurcation like ‘The Choreography Wing’ and ‘The Western Wing’. This year each had their individual productions. The theme for its Annual production for the first Wing was – ‘Temptations’. SPIC-MACAY SPIC MACAY (Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music & Culture Amongst Youth) organized two programs: • Orientation Program: The College organized an Orientation Program on 29th January, 2018 in the main block of the College. Members were Mrs. Saraswati, Mr. Rajiv Giri, Ms. Debasmita, Ms. Sahitya & Mr. Siddharth. • Annual Program: On 22nd February, 2018, an Annual Programme was held with indelible and ineffable Vidushi Anupriya, a violin performer, in the Academic Auditorium of the College.

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ANNUAL MAGAZINE COMMITTEE

The 64th edition of the Annual Magazine “New Outlook” is being launched on the Annual Day of the College. The current edition is a colourful summarization of the efforts of all sections of College community towards excellence. This year has been an extremely action-packed for the entire editorial board. On 10th August, 2017, Magazine Committee organized its inaugural ceremony for the release of its 63rd edition of New Outlook.

Efforts were made by the editorial boards to blend innovation and originality. The Board was extremely particular about its editing activities. The logo of the College Magazine was designed and the ‘Art Gallery’ section was incorporated to give a respectful platform for representing the artistic potential of the College. Apart from Sports, Departments & Departmental Societies, Student Empowerment Societies/ Cells, Infrastructural Committee, IQAC, Student Union’s Activities, photo collage of all the non-teaching staff have become significant additions in the current edition.

The magazine has been the outcome of the severe perseverance and tireless efforts of the Committee. FAPS (Fine Arts & Photography Society) of the College has been a great support throughout the year. Adjectival phrases/names along with section’s name in caption were incorporated in the place of names of each of the academic sections of the Magazine like Tatva-Mimansa for Sanskrit, Krishti for Bangla, Nakhat- e-Gul for Urdu, Shabd-Darshan for Hindi, Pensamiento for English, Ciencias Sociales for Social Science & Experimental Lore for Science. Thus, every section is beginning with a new name, a portrait, and a quotation. Each student writer’s bio-note has also been written in the footer of every page. The Magazine has been blessed with encouraging messages from the Honourable HRD Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar, Vice Chancellor Prof. Yogesh Tyagi, Chairperson Prof. Amitabh Mattoo and Principal Dr. Vibha Singh Chauhan.

Dr. Praveen Kumar Anshuman (Chief Editor) with his team of Editorial Board successfully managed to fulfill the vision seen and the promise made for the release of ‘New Outlook’ on the Annual Day. The intrepid and indefatigable efforts of everyone throughout the year have borne fruit in its present volume of ‘New Outlook 2017-18’.

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’AVENUES’ ‘Avenues - The Placement Cell - has maintained its credibility as a strong link between the corporate world and the aspiring students of the College, with consistent recruitments by multinational firms. They are such as Ernst & Young, Mckinsey, KPMG, DE Shaw, PwC, Deloitte, Oberoi Hotels, etc. and participation from various other venerated firms such as ID Insight, Byju’s, Bajaj Capital, FRR Forex, 91 Springboard, ZS Associates and NIIT have also been secured. The recruitment session also witnessed corporate collaborations in the form of multiple articleship and fellowship opportunities, offered by the likes of revered consulting firms such as Mazars, PwC etc. The average CTC offer has ascended from 4.4 LPA to 4.6 LPA while the highest package offered rose to 19 LPA proposed by DE Shaw. This academic year comprised various events aiming to escalate the engagement between companies and a talented pool of students. Amongst such events was the Annual Corporate Fest of ‘Levitate’. With the intention to provide a formal exposure to over 3000 ambitious students from the entirety of Delhi University, Levitate 2018 organized an Internship Fair. Corporate Sessions by Ernst & Young, American Express, KPMG etc. were also organized to enlighten the students about the prevailing requirements of the industry. More than 80 students have been placed at their dream companies while hundreds of them have pursued internships to enhance their skill-set.

’ECO CLUB SOCIETY’

Eco Club is a platform on which we get the knowledge about environment. Its activities included seminars, debates, lectures, and popular talks on environmental issues in the College. The following activities were performed: Plantation Drive - 5 September 2017 On the Teacher’s Day, Eco Club organized a Plantation drive with the perspective, to check environment degradation and make surrounding clean and green. Around 20 Plants were planted in the Ashoka lawn and Herbal garden of college. Dr. Dinesh Khattar, Dr. Kusum Shukla and Dr. Anita Kamra Verma, encouraged the students for their active participation. International Ozone Day - 16 September 2107 In 1994, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 16th September the International day for the preservation of the Ozone layer. The event was organized by Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Combating Climate Change New Delhi, in the presence of Minister of

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Environment and Forest. 15 students were selected from Eco-Club to participate in the event. Saivara Prasad, B. Sc. Physical Science, was awarded cash prize. DETTOL - Swachh Banega India – 2 October 2017 On 2nd October, Swachha Bharat Mission was launched and to promote the mission NDTV organized a panel discussion, “Dettol Swachha Banega India”. It was an audience based interactive panel discussion to promote sanitation and hygiene among all. Students of Eco Club Society were specially invited to express their views on the respective subject. The show was hosted by Vikram Chandra with the panel of experts from central government and social workers. At last Amitabh Bachchan’s slogan, “Mere dus gaz” was delivered by the anchor Vikram which simply means if every citizen takes the responsibility to clean the 10 meters of his surroundings, we will have a Swachha Bharat. Anti-Cracker Campaign- 17 October 2017 The Eco Club Society organized an “Anti-Cracker, Anti- noise and anti-pollution rally on 17th October 2017 to spread awareness among the public on harmful effects of bursting crackers. The rally with the motto “Say no to crackers”, covered the surrounding areas of the college. The volunteers participated enthusiastically holding the banners and sensitizing people about the ill effects of pollution caused by bursting of crackers. Seminar - 30th October 2017 On 30th October, 2017, Seminar was organised by the Eco-Club Society. Noted wildlife biologist Dr. Faiyaz A. Khudsar (Scientist in charge Yamuna biodiversity park CEMDE, University of Delhi) delivered lecture on ‘Biodiversity conservation through Ecological restoration’. In the seminar he shared experience and many of his foregoing projects in Yamuna Biodiversity Park. He explained the refurbishment process through which we can re-establish our forest, wetlands etc. The main aim of the seminar was to make the students aware of the deteriorating conditions of the environment, and their ostensive role in future in its maintenance. Pot Painting Competition – 30th October 2017 The Eco-Club Society on 30th October 2017 organized Pot Painting Competition on the topic ‘Biodiversity Conservation’ .Students from different courses participated in this competition and the winners are: 1st Eshan (B. A. Prog 2nd Yr), 2nd- Surender (B. Sc. Botany 2nd Yr) and Shantanu ( B. Sc. Zoology 2nd Yr). Yamuna Biodiversity Park Visit – 30 January 2018 Volunteers of Eco Club and a few teachers went on trip to Yamuna Biodiversity Park, on 30th January, 2018. Through this trip students got to know about the importance

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of various migratory birds and various species of flora such as Kaith, Khirni, Aonla and varied species of flora such as Indian Peafowls, Common Rose finch, Black Cormorant etc.. Workshop (World Wetlands Day) 2 February 2018 A workshop was organized in Urdu Academy, Kashmiri Gate, Delhi, on the occasion of “World Wetlands Day” 2nd Feb 2018. 5 students from our Eco Club society attended the workshop for a purpose of Sustainable Development in the cities. Bhoomi (Annual Cultural Fest) 27 March 2018 The Eco-Club organized a seminar on the sustainable and effective use of waste and natural material for various productions, as part of Annual Cultural Fest - Bhoomi. The Chief Guest on the occasion was Pinky Maheshwari - entrepreneur and the founder of SURPRISE SOMEONE.

’ENACTUS’ Enactus is an international non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring students to improve the world through entrepreneurial action. It provides a platform for teams of outstanding university students to create community development projects that put people’s own ingenuity and talents at the center of improving their livelihoods and empowering them, hence making them self sustainable in the process. Our work transforms both the lives of the people we serve, and in turn, the lives of our students as they develop into more effective, value-driven leaders. The chapter of Enactus was started two years back, in April 2016 by a group of enthusiastic and persevering students, who envisioned our college to be present in the top tier of the country by igniting a sense of social awareness and entrepreneurship among its students. Since its inception, Enactus (KMC) has not only successfully established 2 projects, Patradya and Dor, directly impacting over 400 lives but also provided its members a first hand experience of what it is like to work in a Startup. Currently, our team consists of 45 young minds, determined to bring about a change in the society and a name to our college. • Project Patradya: This project is an endeavour that aims towards the socio- economic upliftment of a community of Afghan refugee women based in Bhogal, Delhi, through the production of edible utensils. Not only does this project act as the sole source of income for these women, it also simultaneously challenges the monopoly of plastic by capitalising on the disposable utensil market, thus tackling the hazardous effects of plastic on the environment.

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• Project Dor: This is intended to empower women in Sapera Basti, Najafgarh, Delhi who were on the brink of prostitution, by expanding their income generation possibilities. It deals with the production of scarves using the traditional art of tie and dye. The aim of Enactus is to work towards bringing about a meaningful change in the lives of the needy, impacting the environment and at the same time providing its members with a unique opportunity learn. Our project finished among the top 12 teams worldwide, in ‘The Water Race’, through which we got invited to the Enactus World Cup held in London. We were shortlisted for the Semi Finals at the Enactus Nationals. We bagged the second prize at the prestigious Enactus Rookie League, held in Mumbai. We have won numerous Business Plan competitions. We have also been credited prestigious grants such as: KPMG Ethics Grant, Mahindra Grant and Blue Dart. We also organized an exchange programme with Enactus Memorial, wherein students from Canada came to our college, interacted with us and shared ideas.

’EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CELL’ Social inequalities created the barriers of denial of access to materials, cultural and educational resources to the disadvantaged groups of society. The EOC helps to create a socially congenial atmosphere for academic interaction and for the growth of healthy interpersonal relationships among the students coming from various social backgrounds. The EOC actively organized lectures and events in the grooming of students as well as ensuring equity and equal opportunity to the community at large in the college and bring about social inclusion. A lecture on topic “Social Sciences and its relationship with social movements” by Professor Vivek Kumar, Centre for the Study of Social System, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi was held on 16th September 2017. Another lecture on topic “Impact of science to our society” by Dr. Vinod Tiwari, Banaras Hindu University, UP was held on 27th October 2017.

’FINANCE AND INVESTMENT CELL’ On the initiative of Dr Seema Joshi, Convener Finance Investment Cell of KMC (2017- 18) for the first time An Investor Education Meet: Regional Seminar by Securities and Exchange Board of India was organized by Finance Investment Cell, Kirori Mal College (FIC KMC), Delhi University on September 22, 2017. The event was first of its kind held at Delhi University. It was powered by SEBI (Ministry of Finance) and its knowledge partners were ICICI Prudential and NSDL. The event was very well

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received as there were 170 participants (though 377 registrations were done). The seminar had a series of expert sessions focused on enhancing the comprehension about the vitals of the capital market of the youth. The event had a panel of four professionals which included Shri Suryakant Sharma, DGM SEBI NRO, Delhi; Mr. Ankur Mittal AVP, North Regional Head, National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL); Mr. Sachin Pahuja, North Zone Head Customer HEAD engagement, ICICI Prudential and Mr. Bhibudatta Samal from SEBI. Besides, the College witnessed another unique ‘Investor Depository Meet’ on 2nd Nov, 2017 that too for the first time. This was powered by National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL): the first and largest depository in the country. The Northern Regional Head of NSDL, Mr. Ankur Mittal was the speaker of the session. The third major event organized by FIC on April 13, 2018 was the speaker session on the topic “Current State of the Economy with special reference to Cryptocurrency, Bitcoins and Trade War”. Dr S.P. Sharma, Chief Economist, Ph. D Chamber of Commerce and Industry New Delhi enlightened the students on this highly relevant and timely topic. In addition to the above, two field visits were organized for FIC students to SEBI: the regulator of Capital Market and to National Stock Exchange.

’FOSTAS’ FOSTAS, established in 2006, is the only association in the university so far that represents the international students’ community. It comprises international students who are pursuing undergraduate courses in our College. This year the session began with Fresher’s program, “La Salutation” to create a comfort zone for the newcomers and provide platform for interaction with other foreign students. The most awaited event of FOSTAS has always been the annual FOSTAS trip, “Promenade”. This time the trip was organized to Jim Corbett Park and Nainital. The trip was educative as well as enjoyable and it gave us an opportunity to bond with each other as we shared our life experiences, knowledge, and about our homelands. FOSTAS organized an inter-college football tournament for international students on 11th January, 2018. At our annual FOSTAS fest, ’Melange’, a talk on ’Understanding Development-Different Perspective’ was organized. Dorgee Damdul from Tibet, Ambassador of Nepal, and Mongolia graced the occasion with their presence. This was followed by a cultural program of dances, songs, and other performances of various countries. Our final event “Bonheur Finale”, the valediction program marks the success and strength of to-be graduate members, to bid them farewell and to wish them all the best for their future endeavours. With us through all our ups and downs, supporting us through all our efforts was our Convener, Dr. Rasal Singh.

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’LA VOICE’ Our College has reached a milestone this year with the publication of its first ever e-newsletter La Voice. La Voice is a single window platform to stay updated with the vibrant culture of its campus with regard to all kinds of academic and extracurricular activities. The e-newsletter incorporates into itself a variety of events and happenings which are captioned under numerous headings such as: Cultural Activities of Montage, Players, Musoc; Sensitization Programmes of Prayas, Parivartan, NSS; Talks and Seminars by Departments and Societies; Emerald to display the ‘Gems’ of the College; Placing our Students to Showcase Students’ Potential and Perspectives and Melange. Every issue of the newsletter has a distinct theme that appears in the form of cover story, highlighting the major event of the month. La Voice also serves as a medium for staying updated about the various opportunities that the college provides, through its departmental and societal activities, to the student community.

PARIVARTAN – THE GENDER FORUM The year 2017-2018 was a very successful & wholesome year for Parivartan- the Gender Forum. The activities included a broad spectrum of events including Orientation Programme, two Conferences, six Training Programmes & Workshops, Eighteen Film Screenings, three Panel Discussions, seven gender based In-House Discussions; Safety Audit and the annual festival ‘Nazariya’ 2018. Dr. Seema Mehra Parihar, Convener of the ‘Parivartan’, Senior Student Coordinators - Akshita Dhawan, Isha Saxena and Vishal Jha, member colleagues, and students deserve accolades for the same. The activities initiated with an Orientation Programme with an aim to spread gender sensitivity. Interdisciplinary Conference on ‘Gender and Space’ (12th -13th October, 2017) was held. Mrs. Jaya Indrasen was the Chief Guest. Ms. Kamla Bhasin Dr. Anja Kovics, Mrs. Gauri Choudhury, Dr. Nisha Rana, Pauline and many others contributed to make the conference expressive and thoughtful. Mr. Saumyajit Bhattacharya, Ms. Neha Verma and Mr. Parzeeda Raouf, were judges for the paper reading competition. On 8th November, 2017, Parivartan-The Gender Forum collaborated with Fine Arts and Photography Society, in association with Directorate of Family Welfare Government of NCT, to organize a programme ‘Missing Daughters’. The Panel Discussion on ‘Role of Stakeholders in Preventing Sex Determination’ was conducted by experts like Dr. J.P. Kapoor, Dr. Satyajit Kumar, Sh. Naveen Gupta, Dr. Roopinder Oberoi and Dr. Shobha Kaur, with Dr. Seema M. Parihar as the moderator

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of the discussion. The winners of the competitions were felicitated by the Guest of Honour Ms. Alka Lamba. Parivartan- the Gender Forum collaborated with MAVA (Men against Violence and Abuse), organised a 2-day film festival called ‘Samabhav’ on Gender, Masculinity, Sexuality and Relationship Matters on 30th and 31st October in Miranda House. 18 national and international short films, documentaries and feature films were showcased on gender issues followed by panel discussions with experts. To enrich the forum six Training Programmes & Workshops were also organized where the topics included :‘Gender, Violence and Social Justice’; ‘Know Your Body, Know Your Rights’; ‘Ideas Of Feminism(S)’; Sexual Harrassment’ ; etc., Equally popular with the students and the faculty members were nine discussions held during 2017-2018 on various themes ranging from ‘Gender Roles’; ‘Gender And Power Dynamics’; ‘Sexual Harassment’, ‘Transgender Bill’; ‘Gender Expressions And Identities’; ‘Bura Na Maano Holi Hai?’. Last programme of the forum was the annual festival NAZARIYA 2018 (26-27th March 2018). The festival was flagged off in the presence of our college’s first Woman Principal, Dr. Vibha Singh Chauhan and renowned Researcher Dr. Gautam Bhan. Other speakers included Dr Anupama Roy who spoke on ‘Gender and Citizenship’ and Dr. Deepa Narayan, author of bestselling book ‘CHUP: Breaking the Silence’. The Annual Fest and its learning were expressed finally in a session of Open Mic in the evening bringing together poetry, comedy, songs and instruments.

’PRAYAS’ PRAYAS- the Enabling Unit of the College - aims to break the able-its barrier and empower the differently abled people in order to support the idea of overall development in an inclusive campus. The society strives to achieve this goal by organizing several programmes in order to foster full-development of PWDs in every sphere of life, whether academic, culture or sports. To ensure this, PRAYAS recruited a number of enthusiastic volunteers for the academic session 2017-2018 after conducting the rigorous interview rounds. The society had organized the Orientation Programme on 18th of August, 2017 and organised its Freshers Talent Show’ 17 on 1st September, 2017. Various events like Poetry Slam, Music Competition and a fun event called Human Train was organized. The members of Prayas displayed their artistic work in the FAPS Fresher’s Talent Show on 18th September 2017 and presented their aesthetic drawings/paintings and photography.

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In collaboration with Montage-The Film Society of our College, PRAYAS organized the screening of the 1980 National Award winning film *SPARSH* on 12th October, 2017. Our College itself, in collaboration with PRAYAS, had celebrated its first SAKSHAMTA DIWAS on 13th November 2017. The artistes of the Asmita: Theatre Group gave a seasoned and a powerful performance to highlight the theme that “disability is definitely not an obstacle for success”. All the conveners of the society were felicitated during this event. As a part of this event, an Inter College Music (Vocal) Competition was organized for the PWD students. Various departments had organized the Sensitization Event in the month of February in order to help us understand the needs of person with disabilities. PRAYAS organized the ‘Inter College Sports Meet’ on 22nd February 2018 and introduced a number of sports like 100m race, Shot Put, and Discus Throw for the PWD students. Inclusive cultural events like poetry, debate, quiz, one act play, singing competition and a fun event- Eklavya was conducted during the Annual Cultural Fest of PRAYAS- LEHAR ’18 on 23rd-24th February, 2018, in order to provide a pivotal platform for the differently abled members of PRAYAS to showcase their talents. Mr. Ravi Kalra, the founder of Earth Saviours Foundation, popularly known as the ‘No Honking Man of India’, was the esteemed Chief Guest of the event. All these events were successfully conducted under the guidance of the Convener, Dr. Rajni Gupta. NATIONAL CADET CORPS (NCC) NCC Unit completed 50 years of excellence in service to the society this year. On the occasion of Golden Jubilee year, the Annual NCC fest - CADET 2018 was host to plethora of competitions which saw participation of NCC cadets from across the nation. The opening day of the three-day fest was inaugurated with a ceremonial gesture of Guard of Honour presented to the Chief Guest Col. S. Pandey, followed by Continuity Drill Display & Section Attack Display by our cadets. Guests of Honour – Maj. Dr. Surendra Poonia (VSM) & Himanshu Deswal (Ex Special Forces Instructor) also addressed the cadets on the opening day. The second day of the fest was dedicated to the Girl Cadets under the theme - “Naari Shakti - Celebrating the spirit of women in Forces”. Chief Guest for the day was Lt. Cdr. Shikha Awasthi who became the first naval lady officer to win the Prestigious Sword of Honour. She inspected the ceremonial Guard followed by a motivational talk, sharing her success story with our cadets. Himanshu Deswal (Ex Special Forces Combat Instructor) conducted a Self Workshop for our girl cadets where he trained them in close quarter combat. The culmination of fest began with the SSB Guidance workshop. It was hosted by Gen. Dr. Ranjit Grewal (AVSM) who briefed the Cadets and aspirants on the core challenges to overcome in order to join the Indian forces

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as a commissioned officer. It was followed by the evening address of Sub. Maj. Y.S. Yadav (Param Veer Chakra) & Cpt. Digendra Kumar (Maha Veer Chakra) who paid their due respects to Shaheed Asst. Cmdt. A.S. Dalal (Ashok Chakra) alumnus of KMC NCC Unit who was martyred serving in BSF during Kargil War. They later shared their gallant stories of conspicuous bravery from their time in War which won them the highest Gallantry award. Shaheed Assistant Commandant A.S. Dalal Memorial Trophy NCC Unit SD Wing consists of four platoons who were assessed around the year on grounds of Tasks and accomplishments in drill, service subjects, personality development, attendance & discipline. Alpha Company & Bravo Company jointly lifted the rolling trophy in its inaugural year under the leadership of JUO Ankit Tomar & JUO Deepak Jangid with full acknowledgment and appreciation of the efforts of cadets under them.

Republic Day Camp, 2018 Cdt. Astha Tyagi, Sgt. Kritika Solanki, Cdt. Nurien Khan & Cdt Rishab Goel got selected to represent Delhi Directorate in the prestigious Republic Day Camp. Cdt Astha Tyagi got nominated for Youth Exchange Programme. Sgt Kritika Solanki was part of the contingent that marched on Rajpath. Cdt Rishab Goel was part of the ceremonial Guard of Honour. Cdt Nurien Khan was part of the Prime Minister’s Rally. National Integration Camp

• DELHI: 9 cadets-JUO Prerna Bhardwaj, Cdt. Budharakshita, Cdt. Samith Malik, Cdt. Sureena, Cdt. Babita and Cdt. Nitesh, Cdt. Nilesh Mishra, Cdt. Manish Kashyap & Cdt. Md Hasnain participated in this NIC. Our cadets won a gold medal for All India Master of Ceremony, and All India Debate and Silver medal for Group Song. • UDAIPUR: 5 cadets - SUO Priya, JUO Anushree Khatri, Sgt Shivani Rawat, Sgt Dolly, Sgt Rimjhim, CQMS Shranjali Sharma participated. Won 2nd Prize in National Integration Awareness Programme. • KERALA: 4 of our cadets represented Delhi in Alappuzha, Kerala-JUODeepak Jangid, Cdt Pulkit Tyagi, Cdt Mukesh Gangwar and Cdt Rajeev Yadav. • SECUNDERABAD: 4 of our cadets represented Delhi in Secunderabad, Telangana- JUO Maneesh Gairola, Cdt. Ashish Patel, Cdt. Ajay Sharma & Cdt. Saurabh Singh. Combined Annual Training Camp • (July 18th to July 27th, 2017) SUO Priya became Camp senior, KMC won 1st prize in squad drill and Line Area Competition.

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• (Jan 2nd - Jan 13th, 2018) JUO Deepak Jangid became the camp senior and Cdt. Saurabh Singh was adjudged the Best cadet. Initiatives/Workshops • International Yoga Day, 2017 – June 21 Cadets participated in the 10-day Yoga Cadre from June 11 to June 21. • UPSC Workshop: A UPSC workshop was organized by the NCC unit of Kirori Mal College, on 19 August 2017 by Mr. Arun (Income Tax Officer). • Road Safety Workshop by HERO MOTOCORP: Hero MotoCorp organized a workshop on 27 September 2017 for making the cadets of NCC understand the road safety rules. • Village Adoption: Chandrawal is the slum area in North Delhi near to the campus of Delhi University which was adopted by NCC cadets to address their problems and spread awareness amongst the people of that area. Periodic visits to the village were made in the month of August and September. • Cleanliness Drive: SWACHHTA PAKHWADA The ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan’ is the most significant Cleanliness campaign by the Government of India. In the regard of this campaign to create awareness among the general population about the clean and hygienic surroundings a cleanliness drive was led by the NCC unit of Kirori Mal College from 15th September to 2nd October. Cleanliness drive Pledge was taken by the cadets. Miscellaneous Achievements • August, 2017 - AWWA Day - 5 girl cadets from KMC NCC got selected to represent NCC INDIA at Army Wives Welfare Association rising day for which they received Directorate General’s appreciation. • Sgt. Dolly successfully completed Para Slithering Camp. • JUO Shreya successfully completed Advanced Leadership Camp in Punjab. • Sgt Meenakshi attended the Army Attachment Camp from Dec 4th to Dec 16th, 2017 and participated in the Chief Minister’s Rally 2018. • Cdt. Anandi and CPL Sakshi Mowall attended All India Trekking Expedition, Himachal Pradesh in June 2017 • Cdt. Priyanka attended All India Trekking Expedition, Ajmer in November 2017

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NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME (NSS) National Service Scheme of the College is the social service society of the college. The students of NSS work with dedication to bring a change in any way they can, NSS of the college is divided into two wings, namely, SAHAS and SAHYOG. SAHAS: Women Empowerment Cell of the College aims to empower and uplift underprivileged women. It wants to change the stereotyped mindset of the society towards women. SAHYOG: each one-teach one program in which the volunteers teach nearby 80 underprivileged children. SAHAS AND NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME In the last one year, SAHAS has organized various events such as Self Defense Trainings, Athletic Meets and Seminars for Women Empowerment. It has also carried out events like Women Conclave, Kirori Mal Youth Parliament and Swachhta Pakhwada for NSS. No Tobacco Day 31- May 2017 On the occasion of NO TOBACCO DAY on 31st May, the National Service Scheme undertook the task of special intensive sensitization of people on the issue of excess consumption of Tobacco. The drive was initiated between 31st May and 8th June, 2017 at the community and the public places. International Yoga Day- 21 June 2017 NSS celebrated the 3rd International Yoga Day in the college premises on 21st June, 2017. Our chief guests for the event, Dilip Zitushi, Yoga Teacher and Dr. Kishan Kumar Gupta, former head of NSS enlightened the students, teachers and volunteers with the importance of Yoga. Voter ID Campaign - 27-28 July 2017 National Service Scheme and National Cadets Corps of Kirori Mal College in association with Election Commission of India organized a mass enrollment campaign for Voter ID card on 27th and 28th July, 2017 in Library Lawn of the college. Both days the desk was set up in the college from 10AM to4PM.This camp was a success with the help of SVEEP (Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation) Ambassadors. Nearly 42 students came and enrolled themselves for their respective Voter ID cards. Swachchhta Pakhwara 1-15 August 2017 During the course of “Swachhta Pakhwara” week, NSS organized a cleanliness drive in the college campus on 9th August, 2017.The volunteers along with fellow college students dedicated their whole day for cleaning the college. They picked up the liter and disposed them in proper dustbins. Proper placement of dustbins in campus was

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being ensured by the volunteers. Dr. Dinesh Khattar and NSS Programme Officer, Dr. Arun Kumar Tripathi encouraged the students to come together for the cleanliness drive. During the course of the “Swachhta Pakhwara” week, the National Service Scheme (NSS) of Kirori Mal College organized a cleanliness drive in Chandrawal area of Kamla Nagar on 11 August, 2017. The volunteers along with the residents of Chandrawal village dedicated their time for cleaning of Chandrawal area. A door to door campaign was also done simultaneously to spread awareness regarding importance of cleanliness. Project Pehchaan- 6-8 August 2017 ‘Project Pehchaan’ a survey for identity, aimed to conduct a three-day intensive survey of its adopted slum area- Chandrawal. The objective of the project was to enable the community by organizing an awareness program whereby the residents were informed about the uses of identity proofs, principles of women empowerment and the importance of education. A comprehensive data consisting of all the details of the family, their problems and sufferings were collected which gave us an idea about their basic requirements and would also improve the functioning of the government related schemes. Sankalp Se Siddhi- 31 August 2018 On 5th September of 2017, NSS participated in “Sankalp Se Sidhi” movement pioneered by Prime Minister of India by organizing an essay writing competition on the topic - Mai Swacchta Ke Liye Kya Karunga/Karungi. Many students participated in the competition with great zeal. Digital Women- 31 August 2018 On 31 August, 2018, a session was organized with Founder and CEO of PopXO Ms. Priyanka Gill. She addressed the gathering on the topic ‘DIGITAL WOMEN’ motivating college youth especially girls to go out and reach new heights in the modernized world. The main motive of the seminar was to encourage young minds to reach their goals and showcase their talent. Rally for Rivers- 1 September 2017 On 1st September of 2017, NSS participated in the Rally for Rivers. It is a nationwide awareness campaign to revive our rivers. The members out pamphlets and posters to the students and asked them to give a miss call at 8000980009 to support the Rally for Rivers. The members of National Service Scheme asked people to support this rally and made people more aware of the current water crisis. Workshop on Sexual Harassment 15 September 2107 The workshop was attended by large number of enthusiastic students who were

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keen to know more about sexual harassment, gender as well as personal safety. The speakers also spread awareness about various ‘laws’ that the general public might not know. The workshop ended with motivating words of the speakers addressing the young women to initiate step against any kind of harassment. Seminar on Organ Donation- 18 September 2017 On 18th of September, 2017 NSS in association with National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization organized a seminar to promote organ donation andto create awareness about the concept of brain stem death. Prof. Dr. Vimal Bhandari, MS. in General Surgery and Director of NOTTO sensitized the crowd to spread awareness in order to improve the rate of organ donation by creating conditions for donor optimization if the family consents to donate the organs of their brain dead relative. Women Conclave 25-26 September 2017 SAHAS- the Women Empowerment Cell, for the first time under the banner of University of Delhi, organized the “Kirori Mal Women Conclave” on 25th-26th of September. The event started with a keynote session by Mrs. Ruby Yadav on “Empowered Women, Empower Women”, followed by Prof. Nandini Sahu’s views on “Women’s Writing”. A panel discussion was organized on the topic “Equal Pay for Equal Work” on which the following speakers-Pooja Garg, Deepti Rawat, Varija Bajaj, Dr. Suman Khanna Aggarwal, Barsha Chabariya and Pallavi Rebbapragada deliberated. Yoga Guru, Acharya Pratishtha delivered a keynote session on ‘Women’s Health’. In the evening we organized a cultural programme - Unerase Poetry Session by Ishmeet Kaur Nagpal. The next day, witnessed its grand opening with a session by Mrs. Sheila Dikshit on ‘Atrocities faced by Women In Politics’, followed by panel discussion with Alka Lamba, Gargi Seth, Diya Vandana Sharma, Nitin Jugran Bahuguna, Megha Ochani on ‘Gender- A Prism of Talent’. The Conclave ended with a splendid and final Keynote Session by Bollywood Singer, Composer and Director, Ms. Shibani Kashyap. The speakers sought empower the young minds to become the agents of change through leadership and meaningful participation in political and social life. Supath- The Annual Fest of NSS 12-13 October 2017 SUPATH- the Annual Fest of NSS - was a two days event collectively organized by both the units of NSS, SAHYOG- Sharing Smiles and SAHAS- The Women Empowerment Cell on 12th and 13th of October respectively. Pahal 13 October 2017 PAHAL, the Girls’ Athletic Meet, was organized on 13th of October, the second day of Supath. It had four fun sports in its list - 100 m Race, Shot Put, Solve & Run and Tug of War. Girls from different colleges registered and participated in this athletic meet.

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Vigilance Awareness Week 3 November 2017 On 3rd of November, 2017 NSS celebrated the ‘Vigilance Awareness Week’. The topic of discussion for the programme was ‘Vigilance as a Weapon to Check Corruption’. An inaugural lecture was presented by Mr. Arvind K. Kadyan (Chief Vigilance Officer, The State Trading Co-operation of India) and Prof. Kaushal Kumar Sharma (CSRD/SSS/JNU) was the Guest of Honour, followed by ‘pledge’ against corrupted malpractices. The speaker session was followed by an essay writing competition on the topic “How to eradicate Corruption”. Online Campaign 12 January 2018 SAHAS-The Women Empowerment Cell of National Service Scheme - started an online campaign “Women’s Right- Justice Not Impunity”, from 12th January, 2018. The objective of this campaign was to enlighten the masses, women in particular about the rights and safeguards enshrined in the constitution for women in India, to help them gain social and economic independence. National Youth Day- 12 January 2018: National Youth Day celebrated on January 12th, 2018 on the occasion of 155th birthday of Swami Vivekananda. The students and teachers recounted the life and teachings of Swami Vivekananda, deliberated on how he as a social reformer brought spiritual reawakening among the youths. A two minutes silence was observed in order to commemorate his contribution towards the building of a stronger nation. Self Defense Training 15 January- 9 February 2108 SAHAS in collaboration with Delhi Police organized a Self Defense Training Camp, exclusively for girls. The duration of training was 15 days. More than 40 girls from different colleges of Delhi University enrolled themselves for the session. Session of Ira Singhal- 19 January 2018 SAHAS organized an “Interactive Session with Ira Singhal” on 19 January, 2018. She is All India Rank 1 holder in UPSC Civil Services Examination 2014 and currently she is serving as the Assistant Collector under Delhi Government. The topic of the session was “Ethics in Governance”. Her inspiring words had a great boost on the confidence and goals of the students. Students actively participated in the question hour session and her remarks triggered the enthusiasm in the audience. Breaking The Period Taboo 13 February 2018 Students and faculty members of Kirori Mal College came together to fight the taboos related to menstrual cycles and sanitary napkins by getting their pictures clicked with sanitary napkins and showing their solidarity with the movement.

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They also raised their voice against the listing of sanitary napkins as a luxury item under GST. LOKNEETI - Youth Parliament 17-18 February 2018 LOKNEETI - Youth Parliament was organized with a motive to increase political awareness amongst youth and to ignite a spirit of democracy amongst all. It encourages youngsters by giving them a platform to voice their opinions regarding issues of national and international importance. It was a two day event attended by participants from all across and outside Delhi. Unbottling Silence 8- 22 March 2018 In the month of March, 2018, SAHAS organised an online drive- ‘Unbottling Silence’. The motive was to unbottle the tranquility enshrouded underneath the vestal souls of people by savage mind-sets of society and to unshackle them from their dread of opening up about the mishaps they suffered.

SAHYOG AND NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME SAHYOG is the Children Empowerment Unit of NSS. With the motto of empowering the most vulnerable and underprivileged section of our society- the children. Here, the volunteers are determined to contribute towards overall development of the children. SAHYOG not only provides education to the children but it also focuses on the overall development of personality of students and organizes a lot of events and activities over the year. Independence Day Celebration: 13 August 2017 On this day, a PowerPoint presentation was shown to the children of SAHYOG regarding the importance of our National flag, evils of child labour etc. to inculcate the feeling of patriotism in the children. Chocolates and Stationery were also distributed among the children. Eid Celebration: 31 August 2017 Eid was celebrated with great enthusiasm in SAHYOG with stationery and sweet distribution. Clothes were also distributed to the needful children with the helping hands of our Programme Officer Dr. Arun Kumar Tripathi.. Teacher’s Day Celebration: 5 September 2017 It is said that “Education is the only weapon through which one can change the world” and a teacher has a great role to play as far as the real education is concerned, therefore in order to inculcate the seed of true and real education in the minds of these children and to make them aware about the importance of teacher in one’s life, teacher’s day was celebrated with great joy and enthusiasm.

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Founder’s Day Celebration: 23 September 2017 SAHYOG is a positive muse which has emerged as a family and as an emotion which will be cherished till eternity, it has been 4 years since SAHYOG has been started and it has been started with the idea of teaching only one child but has been emerged as a class of nearly 100 under-privileged students of society. In order to felicitate their hard work and appreciate their efforts, Founder’s day on 23rd September is celebrated. The grace of the day was increased with the speech of Dr. Dinesh Khattar. NSS Day - 24 September 2017 On 24 September 2017, the National Service Scheme observed “NSS day”. On the occasion, both the wings of KMC; SAHAS and SAHYOG gave a review about their deeds for the social welfare. There were performances by the children of SAHYOG like singing, dancing and drama. Aashayein: Jashn –E– Diwali (The Diwali Mela) - 12 October 2017 SAHYOG organizes Aashayein, Jashn-e-diwali mela which took place under the leadership of Shreshtha Bansal, Unnati Ahuja, Abhishek Kumar, Karanveer, Ashu Sura and Varun on 12th October 2017. It included a lot of activities for the children as well as for the college students. The Diwali Mela was also put up with various stalls displaying handicrafts prepared by the students. Diwali Celebration - 17 October 2017 On 17th October, there was a pre-diwali celebration in SAHYOG in which the students were taught about the harmful effects of crackers and were requested to celebrate eco-friendly Diwali. National Unity Day - 31 October 2017 31st October is the birthday of ‘Iron Man of India’ Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel and is being celebrated as the National Unity Day. SAHYOG celebrated the day by addressing the students about the significance of unity in diversity and were motivated to be uniting irrespective of any religion, caste or gender by reciting slogans with placards in their hands. The day was also the death anniversary of former prime minister of India late Mrs. Indira Gandhi, hence light was thrown on her sacrifices and children remembered her by keeping two minutes Children’s day -14 November, 2017 On the occasion, of Children’s Day, the volunteers of SAHYOG went to slum areas in order to impart some knowledge regarding health, hygiene and education in the minds of young generation.

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Army Day-15 January 2018 Army day was celebrated in SAHYOG in order to remember 1st Indian Field Marshal M. Cariappa. A self defense training session was organized on this day. Saraswati Pooja-22 January, 2018 Saraswati pooja was organized in SAHYOG in which there was auspicious lamp lighting ceremony. The students chanted the Saraswati Vandana and were told about the role of wisdom in building the character of human. ‘Delhi Odia Students Association’ also joined us to grace the event. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Birthday-23 January, 2018 The day was celebrated by delivering a lecture on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s contribution towards our country. National Girls Child Day- 24 January 2018 The day was celebrated by describing the role of girls in ornamenting our society. One of the alumni of SAHYOG told the students about various initiatives taken by our Indian government like ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ in upliftment and strengthening of girls of our era. Republic Day Celebration-25 January 2018 SAHYOG sharing smiles celebrated 69th Republic Day with the blossoming future of our nation. Higher standard kids participated enthusiastically in the Political Science quiz organized while primary students expressed their patriotic feelings by reciting poems and songs. Prize distribution was also done to encourage the students for active participation. Awareness about Menstruation 22 February 2018 On 22nd February, awareness regarding menstruation among girl students was created through a lecture by Miss Karuna. The lecture depicted the importance of menstrual hygiene and the biological phenomenon that take place in female body during menstruation. Sanitary pads were distributed by the former Kirorians Nikhil Agarwal and Aditya Jain. All this was done to break the period taboo among female children. Holi Celebration-28 February 2018 On this occasion the volunteers of SAHYOG celebrated Holi with the students. The students were told about the importance of Holi and precautions were also given about celebrating a waterless Holi.

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NASA ROVER KMC Robo Physicists is a team of motivated physics undergraduates working under the mentorship of Dr. Sumitra Mohanty. For years, the team has brought laurels and acclamations from all around the globe. Their previous endeavours include participation in NASA’s RASC-AL, MOONBUGGY challenges. In this academic year, they took on a challenge to build a rover that will one day work alongside Astronauts and help them in exploring the Planet Mars. The Mars Society with NASA organized University Rover Challenge and invited competitors from all over the world. After a rigorous selection procedure, our team was selected and invited to compete with the likes of Ivy League Colleges such as Cornell University, Yale University etc. Our students take pride in being the only team from a non-technical background. They also presented the rover in Indian Rover Challenge at VIT Vellore. The team consisted of the following students - Ashutosh Kumar Singh (Team Leader), Shubham Khokhar and Rakesh Pandey from B. Sc. (H) Physics, 3rd Year; and Abhishek Kumar Meena, Ajay Kumar Yadav, Kuldeep Kumar, Shubham Kumar, Sudhanshu Singh from B. Sc. (H) Physics 2nd Year and Amol Barwal, Yukti Goel B. Sc. (H) Physics, 1st Year. NORTH EAST STUDENTS’ CELL North-East Students Cell was constituted in the Staff Council meeting held on 19.10.2015 for the first time and thereafter, the Cell organized the Orientation Programme cum Fresher’s Meet for new comers every year. The Cell organized the Annual North-East Students’ festival ‘’8thnicia’’ the Academic- cum-Cultural festival on 30th March, 2018. The programme was started with academic lecture which was delivered by Dr. M. Kenedy Singh, Department of Anthropology, from the University on the topic ‘’Arrested Development in North East Regions’’. The event focused on the academic importance to the growth of the students through the debate and discussion on several issues of the Societies, followed by cultural events. The event highlight the richness of the region in music, costume, folk, crafts, fine arts, literature and many more. This festival provided a platform to the students from diverse area to interact and understand each other which helped in mutual understanding and contributing to the national unity and integrity. The festival fostered a space and environment where every student feels valued and has a sense of belonging in the College. Large number of students from our College and different colleges participated in each event.

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THE ROUND TABLE The Round Table is the only academic and interdisciplinary Society of the College which is acclaimed to give shape to creative academic centric ideas in the form of workshops, seminars, events and fests. It also takes up projects aimed at the developing the society in concrete terms. Since the inception of The Round Table, various eminent people from all walks of life have graced our events, told their stories and inspired a plethora of students. The Society organizes a Model United Nations annually. It aims to establish effective networking among the following five departments: A- Marketing Department; B-Creative and Promotion Department; C- Production Department; D- Corporate Handling and Content Department; and E- Technical Department. All these work interdependently to facilitate productive collaboration amongst them. By working in different departments, interacting with divergent diverse group of people and taking the baton of leadership in one’s hand, a member of TRT gains ample exposure to later emerge as a more skilled and a tolerant individual. This Society helps in inculcating the values of team spirit, time management and a strong work ethic. Carrying the motto “Dialogue across Discipline”, our mission is to apply insights of academic disciplines to explain various phenomena of the society and thus make everyday subject more relevant for all the students. The Society kick-started the year with ‘CROSSWORLD’, the Annual Fest in September and closed the period with its annual extravaganza ‘INTELLOSPHERE’. It saw the honourable Meira Kumar, Dr. Suman Khanna Aggarwal & Miss Ira Trivedi. The event was all about giving exposure to the students on how the real-world functions. Being a 2-day affair, it was spread across 18th and 19th of September, 2017, carrying with it a bevy of competitions, renowned speakers’ sessions, loads of fun events (games!) and a footfall of 200+ students. The Society brought about its annual extravaganza, ‘Intellosphere- Transformation and Transition through the Decades’, in the month of February. Being a 2-day affair, it saw the honourable Hamid Ansari speak about life, chic youtubers and the help RJ Raunak interacting with the enthusiastic students, and biz-whiz competition, ’TRANSINGO’. The Round Table came up with its 2nd edition of model United Nations on 2nd and 3rd February, 2018. With over 6 dynamic committees, a fiery executive board and 200 diplomatic delegates, the event saw heated arguments, quirky comebacks and mighty defense and was, in all, a great success. The chief guest for KMCMUN was Mr. Varun Gandhi. The Round Table fully undertook 2 projects- ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ and ‘Privatization of Education’ and did extensive research on them to understand the currently-prevailing scenario and how to rectify them.

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GARDEN COMMITTEE

The Garden Committee was actively engaged throughout the year with several developmental projects. Library lawns and the Ashok lawns were beautifully decorated with Caladiums (many types), Kochias, Portulacas and Sadabahars on the College Annual Day and on Prize distribution functions on 28th - 29th April 2017. Ahead of the abovementioned celebrations, the new fencing of the Ashok lawns hadto be completed. Colouring of the flowering pots, the main gate and the new metallic railing were done with bright maroon paint which imparted a bridal look to the whole campus. Tree guards of bamboos fixed around young Ashok saplings, planted in front of the College Auditorium, made eco-friendly message loud and clear. It is a pleasure to mention that the dream-come-true project of providing stainless steel fencing around College staff-room lawn imparted royal look to the rear side which cannot be put into the words. Throughout the summer, the Kochias and different varieties of Portulacas kept on imparting green look to the College garden despite the scorching sun. On Teacher’s Day, 2017, our Principal, Dr. Dinesh Khattar, members of the Garden committee, students of the College and the Malis participated in planting beautiful plants like Ixora in Ashok lawns. On 11th November 2017, a ceremonial programme was organized in the College. The same College building and its garden were beautifully decorated by a variety of plants namely marigold, different varieties of palms, crotons, Araucarias brought from nurseries at Nilothi, near Nangloi. It is worthwhile to mention that on this day two lifts were also inaugurated that added to disabled friendly nature of our College campus. On Founder’s Day of the College, the Committee members were engaged whole heartedly in planning and executing on hoe to decorate the campus. Ashok lawns looked quite amazing with the contrasting lush green grass and the glittering bright red Salvias. Along with Salvias, flower beds of the lawn were blooming with Phlox, Mathiolas, Dianthus and Clarkia. Corridors of the College were beautified with the Tagetes, Dahlia, Petunia along with the crotons and Areca palms. Apart from the hard work, the Committee faced certain challenges as well. Non- availability of adequate water for watering the plants was the primary one. The Committee members discussed the same at length with the Administration. It promised to find a suitable solution to it.

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SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT

Academic Session 2017-18 was marked as year of achievement and brought record laurels in the crown of KMC. Kirorian represented at Delhi University Inter-College (DUIC), State, Inter-University North Zone (IUNZ), All India Inter-University (AIIU), National and International level in 13 different Sport in 2017-2018 which are Athletics (M&W), Basketball (M&W), Boxing (M), Badminton (M&W), Chess (M&W), Cricket (M), Football (M), Hockey (M&W), Korfball (M&W combined Team), Para-Athletics (M), Taekwondo (M), Table- Tennis (M&W), Volleyball (M). KMC won two International Gold including 1 Para-Athletics (Javlin throw) & 1 Netball, one silver in Para-Athletics & Chess and one Participation in Badminton. At differentNationals won 5 gold including 3 gold in para athletics, one Gold in athletics &One Basketball women and 8 participation including 2 Hockey (M&W), 4 Basketball (3M & 1W) and 2 Para-Sports (1Athletics & 1Kabaddi). In All India Inter University (AIIU) the Kirorian as member of Delhi University squad clinched 1 Gold (Athletics Shot Put), 1 Silver (Chess M), 1 Bronze (Badminton M) and 1 Participation (Hockey M). At different North Zone Championships Kirorian bagged 4 Gold (Athletics), 4 Silver (3Athletics & 1Badminton) and 3 Participation in Basketball Men. As far asDelhi University Inter College (DUIC) Championships are concern this year was commendable conquering 9 Championships ( 6 Athletics, 1 Boxing, 1 Taekwondo and 1 Basketball Men) 2 Silver medals in Boxing and 12 Bronze (3Athletics, 6 Boxing, 1Badminton M, 1Chess M and Hockey. Basketball girls reached up- to quarterfinal and cricket boys made news in media by giving tough fight in DDCA Inter-college Championship. Name of all the sports achievers with their respective events given below in State Championship.

INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVERS: • PARA-ATHLETICS:GOLD Javelin Throw YOUTH ASIAN GAMES 2017 DUBAI, RINKU SILVER Javelin Throw 10th International Open Athletic Meet Dubai, RINKU • ATHLETICS: SILVER 200m International Sports & Fitness Expo 2017-18 SHUBHADIP • CHESS:SILVER in XIX OBERT International D’Escas Sent Martin 2017 Below 2200 Elo category (Spain International Open) AHWIN DANIEL • NETBALL: GOLD Asian Netball Championship YUDHVIR SINGH • BADMINTON: Participation International Series Nepal Entry in Men’s Double World Ranking CHIRAG ARORA

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ATHLETICS (Men): Leeadhar Swami (Cap.) , Subhadip, Munafsar, Amar, Ashu, Prateek, Adarsh, Suchak, Pushpendra, Shahbaz, Naseem. DUIC 2017-2018: Gold in 4x100m Relay AmarTyagi, Munafsar, Ashu Rana & Shubhadip Bag Gold in Shot Put Leeladhar Gold in Discuss Throw SuchakSahu Bronz in 100m Shubhadip Bag 200m Shubhadip Bag 400m Munafsar Participation Cross Munafsar, Pushpendra, Shahbaz, Naseem, Country: Parvesh, Deepak, Saurabh

ALL INDIA INTER UNIVERSITY: Gold Shot Put Leeladhar NORTH ZONE FEDERATION NATIONAL GAMES:

Gold 4x400 M Relay Munafsar Silver 200m Shubhadip 4x100m Shubhadip Medlay Relay Ashu Rana

DELHI STATE ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIP: Bronzin 100m AshuTyagi(Uunder 18 ) 100m Ashu Rana (Under-20) 200m Shubhadip (Under20) 400m Munafsar

STATE RFYS ATHLETICS (AFI Recognised) : Gold (3) : 100m Shubhadip, 200m Shubhadip, 800m Munafsar(Participated in Nationals) Bronz (3) : 100m Amar, 200m Amar , 400m Munafsar

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JUNIOR NATIONAL : Silver: 4x400m Silver Munafsar Choudhary Participation: 4x100m Shubhadip Bag MedlayRelay Ashu Rana

INDIAN GRAND PRIX SENIOR (AFI): Participation:

100m Amar Tyagi 200m Shubhadip, Ashu Rana 400m Munafsar

INTERNATIONAL SPORTS & FITNESS EXPO 2017-18: Silver: 200m Shubhadip Bag Participation: 100m Amar Tyagi, AshuRana 400mMunafsar

ATHLETICS (Women): Riya Gupta, Moni Kumari Shrithi Tripathi, Divyanshi Chadha in their first year only participated in 100m, 200m, Long Jump, High Jump, 4x100m Relay and marked their present by qualifying primary rounds.

BOXING : Sahil, Saurabh Chaudhary, Saurabh, Parvesh, Deepak, Arjun, Vinay, Harshit, Sidhharth, Gangesh, Rishab, Nadim. Boxing (Men) Team’s 2ndPlace DUIC 2017-2018. Gold (1) Arjun Singh Tanwar 64 Kg. Silver (2) Vinay Hooda 75 kg., Saurabh Solanki 49 kg. Bronz (6) Pravesh52kg.,Ganesh 56kg., Deepak Atri 60kg., Pradeep 91kg., Harshit 81kg.andSidharth Malik 91+kg. ALL INDIA INTER UNIVERSITY: Arjun Singh Tanwar, STATE: Gold 1stM.P.State Boxing Championship Jabalpur, Saurav Solanki Participation Khel Maha Kumbh Bhiwani, Saurav Solanki.

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BADMINTON (Men) Chirag (Captain), Nishchay, Sidhant, Robin, Parth, Participation in International Series Nepal got entry in world ranking also 3rd Place DUIC 2017-2018 3rd place DU in All India Inter University: Chirag Arora (Captain KMC) Gold Delhi State Under-19 Sidhant Chopra Gold Delhi State Mix Double Sidhant Chopra Silver Delhi State Badminton Mix Double, Chirag Arora Bronz North Zone Federation Championship Under-19 Sidhant Chopra

BADMINTON (Women) Deepanita Arora (Captain), Deepali , Zoya, Pinki, Manali Participation DUIC 2017-2018

BASKETBALL (Men) Subham(Captain), Yudhvir, Vishal, Naresh, Shon, Keshav, Amit, Krishan, Surbhay, Suyash, Prateek, Manraj, Akash 1st Place DUIC 2017-2018 1st Place NBA League Yudhvir Awarded Best Player 1st Place Hindu Invitational 1st Place SRCC Invitational 1st Place KMC Invitational 3rd Place YMCA Basketball Tournament DU North ZoneInter University: Yudhvir Singh, Shubham Sharma, AmitChahar, Senior National: Yudhvir (Delhi), Naresh Hooda(Delhi), Surbhay (U.P.),

BASKETBALL (Women) Akansha(Captain) Nisha, Ayushi, Himani, Chitra, Divyanshi, Vanshika, Anjali Participation in DUIC 2017-18 1st Place KMC Invitational Basketball Tournament 2018 1st Place Rural National Championship: Nisha Bhatt (U.P.) Senior National Target-ball: Nisha Bhatt

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CHESS (Men): Anchit (Captain), Sarthak, Dinesh, Aishwin, Agamjot, Ishan 1st Place North Zone Inter-University Chess Championship, DU Team Anchit Vyas 2nd Place All India Inter University Chess Championship, DU Team Anchit Vyas 3rd Place (Men) in DUIC 6th Place (Women) in DUIC Prerna, Nancy, Mahi, Tanvi, Princy, Arshita

CHESS (Women): Prerna (Cap.), Nancy, Mahi, Tanvi, Princy, Arshita Participated in Delhi University Inter-College Chess Championship.

CRICKET (Men): Raghav (Cap.), Mridul (Vice Cap.), Chirag, Ruchit, Dushyant, Shivdutt, Om Prakash, Ankit, Amaan, Shrey, Rishabh, Sahil, Rishank, Avinash, Keyush, Akhilesh, Shivang Qualified Group in DUIC 2017-2018 Participation in DDCA Inter-College League

FOOTBALL (Men) Abhishek (Captain), Atharv (Vice Cap.) , Manvender, Sidharth, Varun, Tanveer, Nijhawan, Robin, Karan, Nikhil, Nitin, Rudraksh, Jayant, Ankit, Geet, Manish, Sachin, Nitesh, Rishabh DUIC 2017-18 Participation DU North Zone Inter University: Varun Bisht 2nd Place North East Football Championship Delhi 2017 2nd Place Delhi Dynamos 9Aside Football Tournament 2nd Place Haryana Football Invitational Jhajjar 2nd Place St. Stephens Invitational Football Tournament Quarter-finalist in RFYS Delhi State Championship

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HOCKEY (Men) Harshdeep (Captain), Nadeem, Deepak, Ravi, Lakhender, Rahul, Vishant, Porush, Amit, Arpit, Chandan, Sahil, Ritik, Piyush, Sanyam, Roshan, Devendara, Sharath 3rd Place DUIC 2017-2018 DU North Zone Inter University: Nadeem 2nd Place SRCC Invitational Junior National Deepak

HOCKEY (Women) Divya: 3rd Place in SLM Invitational, Participation in Junior State and Senior State

KORFBALL: Yudhvir, Shubham, Vishal, Keshav, Amit, Krishan, Surbhay, Prateek, Nisha, Aayushi, Akansha, Himani, Chitra, Divyanshi, Vanshika, Ankita Participation in DUIC 2017-2018 DU All India Inter University: Chitra Nain

PARA-SPORTS: Gold: Javelin Throw YOUTH ASIAN GAMES 2017 DUBAI, Rinku Silver: Javelin Throw 10th International Open Athletic Meet Dubai, Rinku Power Lifting (56Kg.) 7th IBSA National Power lifting Championship 2018, RajatBidhuri Power Lifting (60Kg.) 7th IBSA National Power lifting Championship 2018, Deepak Solanki Bronz: Parlympic Committee of India Athletic Meet 2018, Deepak Virbhan Participation: Parlympic Committee of India Athletic Meet 2018, Shekhar 4th National Kabaddi Championship (IBSA) Deepak, Shekhar 14th National Para Athletics Participation in senior National – Shoput – NaseemAdhmed Gold – Discus – Deepak Virbhan (F-13 cat. 38 mtrs) Gold – 100 mt – Sushant – 13.50 sec

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Gold – Discuss – Yogesh Kalhuniya selected to represent India in China discuss (F-36 cat. 45 mtr.) and shotput represent Haryana & Javelin represent Delhi.

TAEKWONDO (Men): Mukul Jakhar: Gold in Delhi University Inter-College 2017-2018 and participation in All India Inter University.

VOLLEYBALL (Men): Sanjeet, Ratnesh, Ankit, Happy, Vishal, Lokesh, Mohit, Tarsem, Pushpender, Akshay, Gurdeep, Vishal Won Two Matches in Delhi University Inter College 2017-2018

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Annual Day Report Drafting Committee 2017-18

Dr. Praveen Kumar Anshuman Convenor

Members Dr. Mahesh Kumar Hindi Dr. Alka Rakesh English Dr. Anshu Geography Dr. Harish Sanskrit Dr. Sanjay Verma English Dr. Pragya Hindi Dr. Satyendra Kumar English Dr. Sunil Kumar Dhiman Botany Dr. Mujeeb Ahmad Khan Urdu Ms. Pratibha Madan Economics Dr. Akhilesh Bharati Chemistry Dr. Ritu Varshney Gupta Hindi Mr. Dipak Maiti Bangla Dr. Tamanna Emi Bangla Ms. Nidhi Sharma Commerce Ms. Balbir Kaur Commerce

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