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Happy birthday Shiv Nadar University! As This issue has interesting news and we celebrate 10 years of the University exciting events to report.You will read journey, we hope that you will be able to about the breadth of activities across join in the many programs, conversations departments with notable speakers.We and special events throughout this year. want it to be as much yours, our readers, as ours, and we especially welcome The Ten Year Celebrations kicked off contributions from our students and on April 6 and will continue throughout updates from our alumni. We highlight the year. We had a faculty & staff award the achievements of our students, past ceremony where the Vice Chancellor, and present; we also showcase the many VINNIE MATHUR K KRISHNA Dr. Rupamanjari Ghosh and Executive exciting research projects underway Director, Col. Gopal Karunakaran in our laboratories; and bring you a EDITOR LAYOUT & DESIGN applauded the efforts of one and all. glimpse of the Shiv Nadar community – the celebrations, presentations, and While the past year has been challenging accomplishments that we enjoy together. and this one seems to be the same too, we are dedicated to keeping you updated Stay safe! about what’s happening in our university community. We want to help you every Stay connected! step of the way to set you up for success, and that starts with your involvement! Through this newsletter, we hope to Vinnie Mathur - share with you the excitement of our Office of Marketing & Communications students, alumni, faculty and the spirit of innovation and discovery that propels us into the future. We also hope that some story or some discovery here will move you to reach out and engage us in new MRIDULA VIJAYARANGAKUMAR ANUSHKA ANAND conversations and lasting dialogues. ASSOCIATE STUDENT ASSOCIATE STUDENT

EDITOR EDITOR At the turn of the 20th century, the discovery of encourage students to challenge and merge the Internet and that of the hand-held-devices the polarities of academic theory and practical (smartphones) had rustled up the proverbial businesses in the digital world. Theoretical rigour winds-of-change! One, which could well have and critical thinking run across all our programs DEAN’S prompted S.T. Coleridge in a time warp, to have with the objective to instil a strong foundation in written his famous line, “To most men experience business fundamentals. Equally importantly is our is like the stern lights of a ship, which illuminate focus on the ability to apply this learning across MESSAGE only the track it has passed”. The COVID the spectrum of real business scenarios – in pandemic, has literally transformed the winds- very hands-on entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial of-change into a raging wildfire that has forced ways. We are also driving a strategy for developing the entire planet to slam the Ctl-Alt-Reset. And a research oriented mind-set within our programs, like all deep shocks to a system, this wildfire has so that our graduates emerge as theoretically shaken human civilization at its roots – without grounded practitioners ready for the digital future. exceptions! These times are extremely traumatic, Our flagship Bachelor of Management Studies as dis-equilibrating and often tragic – and I am sure well as the MBA programs have a heavy bias for most of humanity is hunkered down currently to action – and our unique curriculum delivers that. focus on one of its primordial instincts, survival! We are investing heavily in enabling this know-do- It will be entirely on I am hoping that all of you are dealing with the be trifecta: from providing the latest educational us to embrace the current scenario with enormous courage and technology, databases and analytical software, resilience – as when the dust settles, hopefully to assembling an impressive cast of faculty future with soon, we would have to emerge out of this with drawn from the world’s finest institutions. Our intelligence and our 21st century wisdom, to show us the way like research focused faculty are experts in their a beacon. In our world of higher education, we respective fields and all of them are coming from courage to recreate, are expecting that various old models of learning, top institutions across the world. We are utilizing reimagine and conventional wisdom and tested technology these unique times to establish a student-centric will have succumbed to the ‘deep-shock’. And it foundation for advanced experiential learning, reboot will be entirely on us to embrace the future with incubation and entrepreneurship. SME will also intelligence and courage to recreate, reimagine be working with Atal Incubation Center at the and reboot. And in my view, our young learners University from next semester onward, to enable have the maximum stakes in this re-creation students to not only learn and get mentored by process so that they equip themselves robustly faculty and industry veterans, but actually start- to navigate the brave new world. I take this up their entrepreneurial ventures and explore the opportunity to share with you a piece of news business potential of their ideas at an early age. Prof. Bibek Banerjee Senior Dean and Head of Strategic Initiatives that we, at Shiv Nadar University’s School of Dean, School of Management & Entrepreneurship Management and Entrepreneurship, are working Peter Drucker once said, “The Best Way to Predict University Professor of Marketing, Strategy & very hard to turn this epochal challenge to an the Future is to Create It”. When you read this Economics opportunity of a lifetime. newsletter, you will really want to know how far we’ve come, and I really wish I could meet you Curriculum and Pedagogy are going to take the personally whenever the circumstances would centre-stage in driving the impact and relevance permit. But technology enables us to remain of the transformative vision of the School of connected productively, to help us stay on course Management and Entrepreneurship at Shiv Nadar to seize the moment, and align all our collective University. In each of our flagship programs we vision to make Shiv Nadar University truly an are working to embed learning methods that Institution of Eminence. Feature News

Lifetime Achievement Award 2021 CNBC TV18 India Business Leader Awards

CNBC TV18 has honoured Mr. Shiv Nadar with the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award at the ‘India Business Leader Awards’ 2021. The award celebrates Mr. Nadar’s pioneering role in the Indian IT landscape and in philanthropy. A true visionary who turned an Indian IT garage start-up into a $10 billion global conglomerate that employs more than 150,000 professionals across 50 countries,

Mr. Nadar has also built great institutions of transformational education that will continue to nurture the country’s youth for generations to come. A shining example of this is Shiv Nadar University.

One of Asia’s most distinguished awards for excellence in leadership, the CNBC-TV18 ‘India Business Leader Awards’ honors visionaries who have made revolutionary advancements in their spheres and risen beyond the industry threshold by setting new standards in terms of growth, scale and market leadership. UNIVERSITY EVENTS year celebrations. anniversary This ceremony alsomarked the beginningoftheUniversity’s ten foster adiverse, inclusive workplaceand campus. studentsuccess,and toquality andacademic excellence, to support above andbeyond theirdutiesto contributeto ShivNadarUniversity The awards recognized nominated faculty&staffmemberswhogo crowd withhis saxophone songs. Administration, WingCommanderAnandSharmamesmerisedthe Goel presented andDirector abeautiful kathakperformance by studentclubs-Inferno &Snuphoria,alumni-Shubhangee settingandincludedsomecultural held inavirtual performances restrictions thatprevented large gatheringsofpeople,theevent was Circle ofExcellence Awards Ceremony on6th April. Dueto COVID-19 Many membersofthestaffandfacultywere honored atthe2021 Faculty &Staffmembers. Executive Director, Col.GopalKarunakaran (Retd),Deans, Directors, Dr. RupamanjariGhosh,Pro-Chancellor Mr. ShikharMalhotra, The event wasgraced by thepresence ofourViceChancellor and to eachother.” our goalsto to provide andservice ourstudents excellent support “Appreciation awards honourthosewhohelpUniversity accomplish Awards Circle ofExcellence University events

Career Development Center The Center for Public Affairs and Critical Theory (C-PACT)

The Center for Public Affairs and Critical Theory (C-PACT) and Career Development Center held a session titled ‘The Future of Water Stewards - Deep Dive or Sink’ by Mr. Rishu Garg, Deputy Director at the Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR). Moderated by Dr. Rajeswari S. Raina, Associate Director, C-PACT; and Professor, Department of International Relations and Governance Studies on March 6. The talk explored the various aspects of water demand, potential, issues, challenges, constitutional mandate, conflicts etc. The speaker also discussed constitutional mandate, state and national water policies, India’s global commitment related to environment and climate change and sustainable development goals. ‘Digital Wealth Management in Times of ‘Deciphering & Building Career in the Pandemic’ by Mr. Varun Sridhar, CEO, Transitioning Times’ by Dr. Ravi Kumar Paytm Money. The talk was moderated by Yelchuri, Lead Researcher, Microbiology The Center for Public Affairs and Critical Theory Dr. Shalu Kalra, Associate Professor, School Department at Asian Paints. The talk was (C-PACT) at Shiv Nadar University and Azim of Management and Entrepreneurship, Shiv moderated by Dr. Richa Priyadarshini, Premji University jointly held a discussion on the Nadar University. Associate Professor, Department of Life book titled Agrarian Change and Urbanization in Sciences, School of Natural Sciences. Southern India - City and the Peasant, authored by Seema Purushothaman and Sheetal Patil.

The Career Development Center held a virtual session titled ‘Business Model Innovation’ by Dr. Sunil Gupta, Chief Innovation Instigator and Chief Learning Officer, Ideas Management Consultants. Dr. Gupta has worked in 40 countries and comes with an experience of over 39 years spanning across academia, industry training and consulting. Blue Circle

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Blue Circle mental health team and Office of the Dean of Student Affairs held a discussion on ‘An Insight into Different Women’s Lives in a Pandemic’ University events

Department of Economics Department of Mathematics Department of Art & Performing Art

‘A Taxonomy of Non-dictatorial Domains’ ‘Proportional Systems with Free Entry: a The Department of Mathematics held a The Department of Art and Performing Art by Dr. Huaxia Zeng, Associate Professor Citizen-Candidate Model’ by Dr. Sandro workshop for students and faculty named held a workshop titled ‘Touch / Un-touch’ by - Microeconomic Theory and Mechanism Brusco, Professor of Finance, Stony Brook ‘SAGEMATH WORKSHOP’ spread over Mr. Surjit Nongmeikapam, Founder, Nachom Design, Shanghai University of Finance University, New York, on March 26, 2021 two days. The workshop was held in Arts Foundation in March. and Economics, on March 19, 2021. March.

Department of Sociology Center for Archaeology, Heritage and Museums Studies

The Center for Archaeology, Heritage and Museums Studies, Shiv Nadar University, held a talk titled ‘Facades and False Narratives: The History and Archaeology of Velha Goa During Colonial Rule’ by Dr. Brian C. Wilson, Historical Anthropologist and Archaeologist; Ph.D., University of Chicago. The talk was held on March 25. Brian C. Wilson is an historical anthropologist and archaeologist with a Ph.D. from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. His work demonstrates how ‘Precarious Autonomy: Resisting the ‘The Politics and Poetics of Suspension’ South Asian colonial urbanisms are Vikas - Mining Nexus in Niyamgiri, by Dr. Isaac Marrero-Guillamoìn, inextricable from their constitutive human- India’ by Dr. Madhuri Karak, Mellon - Lecturer in Anthropology at Goldsmiths, environment interactions. American Council of Learned Societies University of London. Part of the Public Fellow/Community Engagement Sociology Seminar Series, the talk was Lead at Rare’s Center for Behavior & the held on, March 25, 2021. Environment in Washington D.C., The talk was held on March 18, 2021 University events

Department of International Relations and Governance Studies Atal Incubation Centre - Shiv Nadar University

The Department of International Relations and Governance Studies held a virtual talk titled ‘U.S.-India Relations - The First 100 Days of the New U.S. Administration’ by Mr. Anthony Miranda, Cultural and Educational Affairs Counselor at the U.S. Mission to India, New Delhi. Moderated by Dr. Kaveri Gill, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, Shiv Nadar University, the talk was held on March 25, 2021. Mr. Anthony joined the U.S. Mission to India as the cultural and educational affairs counselor in August 2020, where he leads efforts to engage Organised a webinar titled ‘How to Create Organised a webinar titled ‘Building a with audiences in India, Bhutan, and the Tibetan a Winning Pitch Deck’ by Mr. Chetan Minimum Lovable Product’, as part of the community resident in India. Previously, he Bhatia, Founder, Honest Create. Chetan Wadhwani Venture Fastrack Program. served as the public affairs counselor at the U.S. Bhatia is the founder of Honest Create. Mission to the United Nations. He has over 14 years of experience in creating presentations for Fortune 500 companies like P&G, Boeing, Walgreens as well as some of the most innovative startups in the US, UK and India.

School of Management and Entrepreneurship Other University Events

The School of Management and IDP organized a webinar in association with Entrepreneurship held a virtual session titled Shiv Nadar University on ‘How to write an ‘Passport to a Global Career with CMA US effective SOP’ by Ms. Shobhna Jain, USA Certification’ by Mr. Calvin Fredy Paul, Regional Application Editing Specialist, IDP Education Manager, Business Development, International India on March 18, 2021. The session Skill Development Corporation on March 25. focussed on effective SOP writing, on improvable factors of a USA Application. The session also provided information on various key points to consider while writing SOPs. University events

Guest talk titled ‘Conversation with an Indian- A special virtual session was Poet Diplomat’ by His Excellency Abhay Kumar, conducted featuring the Plogman of Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros, India, Mr. Ripu Daman. A marathoner, was conducted on March 17, 2021. A noted entrepreneur, blogger, and an ardent member of the Indian litterateur-diplomat advocate of a litter-free India, Mr. club, Ambassador Kumar has authored eight Daman is all set to embark on an poetry collections and his poems have been ambitious cycling ride that spans published in several literary journals. His work 7,500 kilometres and covers 70 cities Earth Anthem has been translated into over 50 in India to spread awareness about languages.A recipient of the SAARC Literary the importance of clean surroundings Award in 2013, Ambassador Kumar was also and physical fitness. He spoke about invited to record his poems at the Library his campaign ‘Ride for Change’. of Congress, Washington D.C. in 2018. The conversation was moderated by Dr. Siddharth Mallavarupu, Professor and Head, Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, School of Humanities and Social Science.

SME Spark Talk Alumni Talk

‘Physics & Chemistry of Leadership (and International Symposium on ‘Music and ‘Disrupting Yourself for a Better Life’ by The Department of Art & Performing Art Happiness)’ was conducted by Col. Gopal Social Affect: Building Genealogies in Dr. Asish K. Bhattacharyya was held in and Career Development Center jointly Karunakaran, Executive Director, Shiv Asia’, held on March 11-12, 2021. The March and attended by many. held an Alumni talk titled ‘Seeds Fallen Nadar University on March 20. symposium was jointly organized by the Afar - Anticipated Discourses’ by our Departments of Sociology and English, alumnus, Priyank Gothwal, Master of Fine Shiv Nadar University in collaboration Arts, Class of 2017. with Music Archives at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. University events A SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS We are glad to share insights from the Office of Director Administration about green and sustainable campus. IC3 Residential Week Shiv Nadar University hosted the International Career and College Counselling (IC3) institute Solar Panels on Campus for one week from April 5- April 9, 2021. IC3 has been our partner since last 3 years and we A total pf 430 Kwp roof top Solar strengthened this partnership with this yet another amazing residential week with host of has been commissioned at three sessions, workshops, talks by our Vice Chancellor, Deans, faculty members on a variety of topics different Locations in different like Opportunities in Archaeology, Start-ups & Entrepreneurship, Design Thinking and much more. time spans since Sept 2017. The event was attended by more than 135 counsellors from all across the country. The Utility 2 Rooftop has a Dr. Rupamanjari Ghosh, Vice-Chancellor, Shiv Nadar University, shared an inspiring quote for India’s capacity of 30 Kwp whereas the growth potential: “Now is the time to change focus from Made ‘in’ India to Made ‘by’ India.” India ISC Rooftop and the B School will need to innovate faster, not just provide/produce. Rooftop has a capacity of 200 Kwp. The current unit generation The cohort members took notes as Col. Gopal Karunakaran (retd), Executive Director - Shiv Nadar per month has stabilized at 40,000 University shared wisdom about how to approach life. Cohort members beamed as they heard units (average) valued at ₹ 4.35 from an individual who served the nation for thirty years before joining the education landscape. Lakhs per month or ₹ 0.52 Crores Best of both worlds indeed. per annum.

Sewage Treatment Plant At Shiv Nadar University, the latest technology Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) have been installed. The sewage water is treated using Membrane Bio Reactor (MBR) technology. The treated water is also passed through a UV reactor before it is stored in a treated water tank. The STP at Shiv Nadar University has the following capacities:

• STP 500kld: This is a modular type plant ( 200+200+100) which is treating water from the entire Academic and Hostel Block. • STP 150 KLD: This is a modular type plant ( 50+100) which is treating water from campus housing. Paper Usage Shiv Nadar University has been taking the following steps to de- crease harmful paper usage towards te environment: Water Conservation • Default two sided printing The following steps have been • Avoiding Paper using electronic media implemented on campus to reduce • Food Packaging and Serving on Biodegradable Baggage unnecessary usage of water:

And these methods have resulted in the following: • Checks and control on • 39 % Decrease in paper consumption (A4 sheets) water wastage • 11%, Decrease in usage of Toilet Rolls • Metering • Awareness • 6 % increase in usage of Recycled paper • Change of Taps, Reduced flow The Literary and Spoken Arts Society of Shiv Nadar University, Words. CLUB ink organised a panel discussion on “Conflict, Dissent & Sexuality: Through the Lens of Poetry”, on 7th March, 2021. The panelists included three famous poets who have written some remarkable EVENTS pieces relating to the topic.

The Music society, Snuphoria created a Mid - semester playlist on 1st March 2021 for all the students. With exams coming up and stress and anxiety building up, Snuphoria reduced the academic burden and 02. set up a peaceful environment. Students sent in their study music and they made an interactive playlist from those choices to help students study better.

The Mythological society of Shiv Nadar University, Mythiya organised its first intra club meeting where they discussed the forms of hell according to different mythologies. The discussion took place on 9th March 2021 and covered concepts of hell in Norse, Greek, Egyptian, 01. Hindu and Shinto mythology. 03. Club events

Shiv Nadar University Adventure club took a contingent of 48 On 16th March, Aura along with Queer Collective organized a Sanitary students to the Sainj Valley for a glorious four days of trekking and Napkin Drive. The drive was conducted within campus and the club adventure activities from 6th-10th March, 2021. The 3 days saw a members distributed the sanitary napkins to the female staff on compilation of trekking a total of 16 kilometres at steep elevation. All campus. The collection was done by placing 5 donation boxes at 48 students had got tested for COVID within 2 days prior to the trip, different locations and accepting monetary donations as well. The and proper COVID precautions were taken on the trip as well. club received a donation of Rs. 4000/- and 350 sanitary napkins.

04. 06. Nexus, the gaming society of Shiv Nadar University organized an Online Counter Strike tournament, from 13th-14th March 2021. Counter Strike is an online free to play multiplayer first person shooting game.11 teams of 2 players each registered, bringing the total participants to 22. The entry fee was Rs.50 per team with the winner receiving Rs.400 & the runner-up receiving Rs.200.

CineU organised an event on 24th March which was a continuation 05. of the Reel Talk series of events wherein topics in and around the world of cinema are discussed. The discussion went on for about forty-five minutes with more than 20 films being discussed in context to Mental Health and witnessed the participation of around 20 07. people. FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

Dr. Vinita Krishna was invited on 20th April by ASSOCHAM, New Delhi, as one of the esteemed speakers/ Dr. Bimlesh Lochab was invited to deliver a talk in the lecture series of Asian Polymer Association, panelists for the interactive session on L2Pro IP (Learn to Protect Intellectual Property), an e-learning Sustainability Forum on 24 April 2021 platform. Qualcomm and the Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (CIIPC) at National Law University Delhi (NLUD) have collaborated with the Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Government of India to create the L2PRO IP e-learning platform. Hi, I am Camilla, and I spent one semester here at How has Shiv Nadar University treated you? Shiv Nadar University as a Sociology and History student. I was followed step-by-step by the advisor, Pummy. She basically provided us with everything How was the course structure at Shiv Nadar that we needed. We kept in touch a lot during our stay here - starting from the hostel to medi- University? cal issues, we were followed everywhere.

It was very different from where I came from. We studied What is the one thing you would be taking away from your experience at Shiv Nadar lots of ethnographies, directly from the text of the scholars. University? So this was something very different from where I came from and I really appreciated it. The thing that I’ll remember most would be the challenge of everything. This was a completely new environment for me. So, I’ll remember this challenging feeling – trying to keep up with How did you find your first week at Shiv Nadar everything. But at the same time, I’ll for sure remember the classes, and how the classes are University? organized here – with small groups and a close relationship with the professor.

First week at Shiv Nadar University, if I have to be honest, Any words of advice that you’d like to share? was super easy to do! I found very helpful students and friends on the very first day itself. Like the girls from the Prepare yourself for this whole new experience! Especially if you’re from European countries same hostel I was in, tried to help me in every way, showed like me, I’m from Italy. This is probably going to be different in every aspect, on every level – in me the whole campus, they helped me with the courses CAMILLA terms of classes, even campus life (I wasn’t used to campus life). So, one thing I would say is and signing documents and all the bureaucracies. So I just to join every activity you can, attend as many events as you can and probably learn some found a very helpful environment. Hindi – it will surely help you out! MEET YOUR INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS

My name is Arvind Thadi, I’m a BSc (Research) Economics As much as I’d rather be on campus right now, it’s still rather fun. I prefer in-person classes to student, part of the batch to graduate in 2024.Where are online, but I still manage to enjoy the lectures. My peers have been easy to interact with and you from and how did you get to know about Shiv Nadar are always quick to respond to any doubts I have, and social media makes it easier for us to University? all interact. Club activities have been enjoyable as well. The Family groups and Mental Health Peer Groups arranged by the university made it a lot easier for me, as I found friends and many Where are you from and how did you get to know people with common interests, who I’ve gotten along with. The clubs have made it easier to about Shiv Nadar University? integrate into the culture as well.

I was born and brought up in England, however I’ve spent What is the one thing that you are looking forward to the most for your next 4 years the last 12 years of my life in Kochi, Kerala, and have com- here at Shiv Nadar University pleted my education from class 1 to class 12 in India. A few of my family friends got admission to Shiv Nadar University It’s difficult to narrow it down to one thing, there’s so much on my mind that I’m looking for- a couple of years ago, and that sparked my interest in the ward to it. I think if I had to pick one thing, it would be club work and activities, which is some- university. thing I’m really excited for.

How have you been liking Shiv Nadar University? And how has Shiv Nadar University helped you in adjusting with the transition from school to college, virtually? ARVIND THADI ALUMNI STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS ACHIEVEMENTS

— TANMAYA JAIN AND VARUN PURI (CLASS OF 2016)

Tanmaya Jain and Varun Puri, both a part of Shiv Nadar University’s graduating batch of 2016 made it to the Forbes 30u30 Asia

Tanmay Jain and Varun Puri are co-founders of the Gurgaon-based startup Infeedo.

About Infeedo: The startup has an AI-powered chatbot, called Amber, that checks in with a large company’s employees. It can also predict which TANMAYA JAIN employees are most likely to leave, helping managers to retain talent or prepare for an employee’s departure. Since its launch in 2016, more than 300,000 employees from over 100 companies, including the likes of Bharti Airtel, GE Healthcare, and Tata Group, have used Amber. InFeedo graduated from Y Combinator’s 2020 summer class and raised $3.2 million in November led by San Francisco-based VC firm Bling Capital. VARUN PURI

— SHRUTI JOSHI (CLASS OF 2020)

Shruti Joshi graduated from Shiv Nadar University amidst Vijayarangakumar Mridula the pandemic. The Quarantine Clock trapped everyone, but graduation tricked Shruti into a downward spiral of restlessness. She set my heart into thinking and building a gully of comics full of imaginative characters.

Shruti and her father, Pramod Joshi created COMIC Mridula Vijayarangakumar, a first year Economics and Finance major GULLY in 2020 to unleash creativity, think and even more participated in an intercollegiate creative writing competition organized by so work on developing ideas into products. It was one Abhivyanjana - The English Debate, Poetry and Creative Writing Society of of her experiments that required a sum of money to be Motilal Nehru College. She placed first in the competition. The participants realized in reality. With the help of the smallest digital tool were given a picture prompt on the spot and asked to submit a handwritten and a group of brushes, she created life out of images in creative piece within an hour. Mridula wrote a piece titled ‘Drowning’ that the form of Calendars, Doodle Pads and Journals. encapsulates the pressure South Indian society places on the younger generations regarding their careers and education. Must Read The Gift of the Magi (1906) by O.Henry WORDS.INK A warm, bittersweet narrative that shows how love can help us get through all sorts of hardships. The short story revolves around the characters Jim Della who make selfless BOOK sacrifices for each other on Christmas Eve. Open Source Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7256/7256-h/7256-h.htm RECOMMENDATIONS Recommendations by Words.Ink - The Literary and Spoken Arts Society

A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007) by Khaled Hosseini

The narrative revolves around Mariam and Laila and their bond in conflict- ridden, military-ruled Afghanistan in the 1960s. The novel draws from the poem by 17th century poet Saib-e-Tabrizi.

“One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”

The poem goes to indicate the beauty, power and presence of women that is often oppressed by a patriarchal society. A poetic, heart-wrenching and beautifully written novel. One cannot recommend it enough. TEAM GENESIS

Team Genesis, the Automotive team of Shiv Nadar University, Participated in the MEGA ATV Championship’ 21, held at Arambol, Goa under the guidance of Dr. Nishant Mishra.

Given the circumstances, it always was a race against time, but Team Genesis with their determination and will to succeed accomplished the unthinkable and manufactured the vehicle, Beast, to perfection in these tough times.

Team Genesis was the first-ever all- electric team participating in the competition, proving themselves as tough competition to the likes of all combustion-based all-terrain vehicles. It was the only electric ATV team from the entire country which could reach the final run.

The Beast qualified all the technical Rounds and ran the Armageddon as well as the final Endurance Race completing all the challenges thrown at it. The team was led by Shorya Govil as the Captain (and the driver), and Samrath Suri as the Vice-Captain. Dr. Nishant Mishra accompanied the team to guide, help and motivate them during the competition. — RENEGADE

Renegade, Shiv Nadar University’s first-ever inter-collegiate eSports Fest, was SURGE: A NEW conducted by Surge in collaboration with Nexus, the Gaming Society of SNU, on 8th-11th April.

Renegade offered a platform for gamers to showcase their skill in an environment WORLD which will help them improve. Over a span of four days, over a thousand players from all across the country competed in games like Rocket League, Clash Royale, Valorant, Chess, and COD Mobile along with awesome informal events like Tambola. Renegade also featured an exciting treat for those on campus, live streaming of matches in the Dining Hall!

Surge, the annual sports fest of Shiv Nadar University envisions bringing about a new sporting wave for the students of SNU and also for the colleges in the Delhi-NCR region. Surge strives to promote the sports culture to create a magnificent event that maps and our university. STUDENT LENS

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