ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020 DEPARTMENT

The ‘Sanskrit Parishad’ Performed the following activities in the Academic Year 2019-2020 :-

1. Sanskrit Department's Orientation Programme was held on 21st July, 2019.

2. Annual Meeting of Sanskrit Department and Departmental Election was held on 14th August, 2019 in Seminar Room, in which, Sanskrit Department's Students Union, consisting the following student officials, was formed :-

President- Geetanjali Kaushik, Union Advisor- Prabal Yadav, Vice- President- Sudhanshu, Abhiyanker, Secretary- Himanshu, Abhishek , Tresurer- Mudit.

3. Freshers' Welcome was held on 15th October, 2019 in canteen lawn and Farewell function of Dr. Mayawati mam, Ex-Associate Professor, was held in Seminar Hall.

4. Sanskrit Parishad's official Meeting held on 16th October, 2019 in Sanskrit Department, Room No.15 to discuss various forth coming Cultural Activities and Academic Seminars, etc.

5. A Seminar was held in the Academic Auditorium on 2nd August, 2019. A Lecture was delivered by Mr. Vijay Singh Gurjar (IPS) on ‘How to Prepare UPSC Exam with Sanskrit as Main Subject in the Civil Services Exam'. He also discussed in details as to how the teachings of Sanskrit Literature helped him facing the challenges of life and "His journey from a constable to an IPS Officer".

6. VAGISHA - Sanskrit Department's Annual Fest 2019-2020 was held on 22nd January, 2019 in which, three Inter-College competitions, viz., Shlokavriti, Quiz Competition (Sanskrit Sahitya Prashnamancha pratispardha) and Chitrakarm Competitions were held. Students of rd st Kirori Mal College won Shlokavriti 3 Prize and Chitrakarm 1 Prize.

7. A Seminar on "Life Management In Shrimad Bhagwad Gita" was held on 26th February, 2020. Lectures Delivered by Prof. Mithilesh Kumar Chaturvedi, Ex-Head of Sanskrit Department, Delhi University, and Prof. Pushraj Jain, Ex-Officiating-Principal, PGDAV (Evening) College, followed by interactive session with students. Annual Prize Distribution Function of Sanskrit Department was also held after the Seminar. Annual -Magazine of Sanskrit Department, "Digdarshika" was also released on this occasion.

8. A Seminar on "Yog Darshan : An Art of Balanced Living" will be held rd on 03 April, 2020. Lecture to be delivered by Prof. Ram Nath Jha, School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies, JNU, New Delhi, followed by interactive session with students.

9. A Seminar on " Aatm-Tattva and Brahma-Tattva in Upnishads" will be th held on 7 April, 2020. Lecture to be delivered by Prof. Mithilesh Kumar Chaturvedi, Ex-Head of Sanskrit Department, Delhi University, Delhi, followed by interactive session with students.

10. Our students participated in Various Inter-college Competitions and Cultural activities and won many prize throughout this Academic year, some of which are :-

STUDENT NAME COLLEGE COMPETITIONS PRIZE Keshav Maurya () Deshbandhu Cllege Nibandha Lekhan 5th Swati Jha (MA) Gargi College Shlokgayan 2nd

Nidhi Jha (MA) Mata Sundari Cllege Sanskrit Vaarta 2nd

Jayraj (B.A) Shivaji College Prashnamancha 2nd Mayank Tiwari (B.A) Rani (B.A) Kirori Mal College Chitrkarm 1st Gargi College Chitrkarm 3rd St. Stephen's College Chitrkarm 2nd Miranda House College Chitrkarm 3rd Abhishek Tiwari (B.A) Delhi Sanskrit Academy Nibandha Lekhan Consolation IP College Shlokocharan 3rd Ramjas College Nibandha Lekhan 1st Shekhar Mathpal (B.A) PGDAV College Shlokantyaakshree 1st Jayraj (B.A) ARSD College Sanskrit Vaarta Consolation PGDAV College Shlokantyaakshree Encourage Muskan () ARSD College Sanskrit Vaarta 4th SPM College Ekl Shlok Sangeet Rs. 200 Abhiyanker (BA) Kirori Mal College Shlokavritti 3rd Gargi College Shlokavritti Consolation