WEBINAR ON WEBINAR ON INDIANS WORK FROM 'ECONOMY AND 'HOW TO ACHIEVE A BRIGHT HOME AMIDST PANDEMIC JOB MARKET' CAREER IN MASS COMMUNICATION' PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 3 Vol: 46-47 April - May 2020 Dehradun [email protected] UNISON GROUP DONATES RATION, 21 LAKHS TO CM RELIEF FUND As the coronavirus pandemic tightens its grip Once again on April 19, IMS Unison BJP MLA from Mussoorie and Dr. Harak persons in the unorganized sector. At present, over the world, the Unison Group is University under the aegis of Unison Group of Singh Rawat, BJP MLA from Kotdwar. Dr. there are four 'Modi Kitchens' started at determined to fight it head on by extending a Dovalwala, Gadi Cantt, Jakhan, and Rajpur helping hand to those in need. The Unison which are operated with the help of Group comprising IMS Unison University, commoners. Through these kitchens, on a DIT University and Unison World School has daily basis, more than 2000 food packets are taken an active initiative by contributing a sum distributed among the needy people. of 21 lakhs to Uttarakhand Chief Minister's Unison Education Foundation further Relief Fund on April 15. Mr. Amit Agarwal, confronted the challenges faced globally due Chairman Board of Governors and Mr. Anuj to the pandemic COVID – 19 by contributing Agarwal, Chairman DIT University to the PM CARES Fund on May 27. The personally met the Hon'ble Chief Minister of cheque was handed over by Mr. Vippan Uttarakhand Mr. Trivendra Singh Rawat and Chhibbar to Umesh Sharma, MLA of Raipur. handed him the cheque. The contributions are in continuation to Earlier on April 11, the Unison Group Unison Group's sustained efforts towards conducted a drive contributing its efforts to giving back to the society as a socially support the less-privileged people in society in Institutions distributed over 1000 packets of Ravikesh Srivastava, Pro Vice Chancellor, responsible Group at this time of dire need. their fight against the Novel Coronavirus and dry ration, sanitizers and other basic items of IUU, Mr. Vipin Chibbar, Director Projects and The Unison Group is committed to play it part distributed over 1000 packets, each consisting need to the underprivileged. Planning and Mr. Sanjeev Agarwal, Finance as a corona warrior in the war against the of sanitizers, soaps, dry ration and other On May 8, the Unison Group donated fifteen- Director represented the Unison Group. COVID-19 pandemic and stands united with essentials- helping and providing resources day ration to the less privileged through 'Modi 'Modi Kitchen' feeds the families of daily the government and citizens to provide relief that are not readily available to the less Kitchen', an initiative of Shri Ganesh Joshi, wage workers, laborers and other needy at this crucial time for humanity. fortunate. ONLINE WORKSHOP ON INTERPRETIVE STRUCTURAL MODELLING An online workshop on 'Interpretive v a r i o u s m a t r i c e s , i m p r o v e m e n t o f Structural Modelling' (ISM) was organised at frameworks, level partitioning, MICMAC IMS Unison University on April 18. Dr. analysis and finally building a model. Shalini Singh, Assistant Professor, School of Management, IUU was the resource person for the workshop. Faculty from IUU and other Universities participated in the workshop. ISM is a qualitative data modelling technique that is used to establish a hierarchical framework of contextual relationships among variables. Participants learned building EDUCATIONAL WEBINAR AT IUU IMS Unison University and Amar was organized in view of providing Ujala collaborated to organise guidance to students during the an Educational Webinar on COVID-19 pandemic. The May 2, providing Class 12 webinar saw participation students a platform where in large numbers from they asked questions to students from various subject matter experts. The backgrounds. Dr. Gautam questions pertained to Sinha, Honourable Vice future in various courses and Chancellor IMS Unison Congratulations! career options. The webinar University was a panellist. On April 18, IMS Unison University was awarded for its excellent performance in the field of Professional Education and proficiency in Leadership by Education World in 2019. 2 Aprl-May 2020 April-May 2020 3 Editorial Javed Akhtar becomes the First Indian to receive Indians Work from Home amidst Pandemic WEBINAR SERIES AT IUU Aishwarya Pande the Richard Dawkins Award BAJMC VI WEBINAR ON 'HOW TO ACHIEVE A BRIGHT CAREER IN MASS Management, IUU. Prof. Ravikesh Srivastava, Pro Vice Chancellor was the resource person for The 2020 Richard Dawkins award has been presented to Padma Bhushan awardee, lyricist- The pandemic that the world is experiencing is one of its kind in terms of the impact it has had on COMMUNICATION’ the webinar. songwriter Javed Akhtar. This has made him the first Indian recipient of this award, which is people globally. COVID-19 is clearly an event that shall go down in history having impacted The School of Mass Communication organised a webinar Prof. Srivastava is an academician of repute having presented to distinguished individuals from the worlds of science, scholarship, education or every possible sphere of life. In the economic and professional world, everything has gone on 'How to Achieve a Bright Career in Mass contributed for more than 28 years in the domain of entertainment, who prominently support the values of secularism, rationalism and upholding topsy-turvy since COVID-19 hit the world and shook it to its very core. One country after Communication and Media Profession', addressed by management education. He has served leading scientific truth while promoting humanistic values. another went on to declare a complete lockdown and it wasn't too late before India announced resource person, Mr. Sudhanshu Srivastava, Executive management institutions during the course of his As a lyricist, poet, screenplay-writer Javed Akhtar has won critical acclaim for his works in the the same. A picture had already been painted regarding the situation that Corona had caused in Editor, The Hindustan On May 12. illustrious career. He has published 25 National and entertainment industry. His writings and social activism take a strong jab at religious various countries before it knocked on our doors. Therefore, it was inevitable that once detected Mr. Srivastava is a highly skilled professional in all International research papers in journals of repute. He superstitions and intolerance while spreading the message of humanity and secularism. He has here, India was in for a shut down that would prolong for as long as the situation did not come modern journalistic verticals, innovative and creative has also co-authored a bestselling book with Dominic been a member of the Rajya Sabha and has also been awarded the Padma Shri, the Sahitya under control. brand promotion activities with an illustrious history of Salvatore titled, “Managerial Economics-Principles and Akademi Award and five National Film Awards. However, a country with a population as massive as ours, could not simply be put under working in the newspaper industry for several decades. He has also scripted and directed five Worldwide Applications”, published by Oxford University Press. Akhtar has always been very vocal about his thoughts on religion and his social stance on various complete lock down. Therefore, as we all locked ourselves inside our homes, our electrical serials and made 35 documentaries and has also been engaged in editorial hiring for the last thirty issues. He has been a flag bearer of atheism, which can be defined as the practice of not believing devices became our new employers. Laptops, desktops, phones, I-pads, Mac Books etc.; all years. WEBINAR ON 'LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES POST COVID-19’ in religions or a supreme power i.e. god. In our country, where culture is understood to be closely devices supporting Internet became our source of livelihood. Most industries and even IMS Unison University organized a webinar on 'Leadership Challenges Post COVID-19' on bound to religion, Akhtar explains in his interviews how culture is not a product of religion but a educational institutions immediately shifted to a 'work from home' mode for majority of their WEBINAR ON 'COVID-19 AND MEASURES THAT VIOLATE CIVIL RIGHTS’ May 19. Prof. Gautam Sinha, Vice Chancellor, IMS Unison University was the resource person creation of different geographical regions. For he expresses that instead of the Islamic culture or employees and successfully too. While every activity in the physical world seemed to have come A webinar on 'COVID-19 and Measures that Violate for the webinar. the Hindu culture, there is the South Indian culture, the Punjabi culture, the North Indian culture, to a halt, our professional lives did not. Internet connectivity, 'work from home' plans and Civil Rights' was organised by IUU on May 6. Dr. Sofia Prof. Sinha is a distinguished academician with over 40 etc. Akhtar has also spoken about how teaching religion at a delicate age is a practice of Cellular services saw a spike like never before. Thus, our home and office spaces merged Charvel, Professor, Public Health, ITAM, Mexico was years of industry, teaching, administrative and research brainwashing young minds. These children once mature, should be given the choice of choosing inseparably. the resource person for the webinar. experience. He was founder Director, IIM Kashipur their own religion and the choice Akhtar believes would positively be 'none'. People relate Work from Home is not an alien concept but the practice wasn't widely followed in India in the Dr. Charvel is currently a full time Professor and from 2012 to 2018. He has been at Lal Bahadur Shastri religion closely to their existence, so much so that it has an effect on their clothing, the food they pre COVID- 19 era, unlike in the First World where people often work from home, even though Researcher at the Academic Department of Law, and Institute of Management, Delhi as Director from 2011 eat and even the art they make.