New Institute of Social Communications, Research and Training Vol-4 , Issue IV (A Media College of the CBCI) December-2020 Niscort’s RJ Hunt cheers up young minds Alice Mary Topno he much-awaited results of the RJ current topic on the mobile and send it to in productive activities while explor- THunt competition under the U Tube Niscort. The best talks selected by the jury ing and retaining their creativity. Idol Season 2 conducted by the Niscort were uploaded to the Niscort Production RJ Hunt competition was an Media College are out. The first prize has You-Tube channel. initiative by Niscort for motivating gone to Pragya Nair and the second prize The videos which got maximum and cheering up students during the to Veronica Pallan, both students of Nis- number of likes and shares were awarded time of this pandemic so that they can cort. Veronica also bagged the Special first and second prizes with cash award use their energy in a productive man- Jury Award. and e-certificates. There was a special jury ner. There were 20 contestants in the award too. The videos were made in either These competitions help stu- competition. The participants were from Hindi or English with a duration of three dents to improve their performance both Niscort and other institutions. minutes. and motivate them to put in greater The contestants were of the age group of Online contests are now important efforts in creative acts. It helps them 15 to 25 years. They were supposed to to keep students’ creativity intact. The idea showcase the talents of youngsters in make video recordings of one’s talk on any behind the initiative is to engage students a digital platform. A-2, Sector-1, Vaishali, Ghaziabaad, UP [email protected] www.niscort.com For Private Circulation Only Page - 1 ‘Framing’ our thoughts beyond the box Sahil Jose Sebastian n obstacle is what ACovid has boiled down to for any budding creative brain, a barrier that caged him/her within the four walls making it next to impossible to ex- press their creative pow- er. NISCORT Frames is a platform for the students to team up and showcase their practical knowledge and grow through the cri- tiques received for their video productions. knowledge and win over the big ‘boxy’ obsta- Post-lockdown, the down for the stu- cles until we saw our seniors doing the job. dents as they lacked the right type of equip- Their visionary projects and applications with reality. The creative horses in our brain ment and it slowed down the process of sharp- the same restrictions gave us hope of overcom- kept on running only to learn that we must ening their skills. When Frames resumed ing the obstacles. approach with a minimalistic perspective, to virtually, we were puzzled as how we would communicate with the audience with sim- perform as a team sitting miles apart from our Thereafter, we placed our hopes on plicity. Thinking outside the box was what mates restricted to our houses. These restric- teamwork; we banked on the expertise of our we were taught, but the pandemic taught us tions made us hesitant at first, wondering how peers and it helped us to translate our vision to think beyond the box, to explore horizons we could apply our limited into reality. And Frames became a never seen before. AVC STUDENTS MAKE IT BIG he MA AVC students According to the to Praween Joshi Kerketta who got 74.45 per cent Tof Niscort have made results announced by the while the third position belongs to Sunil Dandavathi it big again. All the 12 Makhanlal Chaturvedi with 73.75 per cent. students of 2018-20 batch National University of have made the college Journalism and Com- proud by obtaining first munication, Bhopal, the division marks. Niscort highest score in Niscort students have consistently goes to Sally Kamei who come out in flying colours got 75.25 per cent marks. in the previous years too. The second position goes Motivational videos from Niscort stable Alice Mary Topno These videos, otivation plays a available on YouTube significant role M channel of Niscort Pro- in the success of an in- duction, inspire stu- dividual. It acquires dents to be happy in more meaning and im- whatever they do; they portance for a growing exhort them to achieve child who is learning their goals with full the art of climbing a confidence. ladder. One of the vid- A teacher, need- eos is titled “How to be less to say, plays a vital happy”. It shows how role in this process as everyone is seriously s/he can make or mar Keeping this in mind, Niscort and friend who is full of energy, en- looKing for happiness a child’s life. It is the Production has started bringing out thusiasm and optimistic values and all around, not knowing teacher who is able to inspirational videos to motivate the at the same time strict to them. where it is. “Our hap- provide necessary help students in various aspects of life. A Fr. Jenith writes the scripts piness lies in the hap- and direction to stu- brain-child of Fr Jenith, in-charge of based on motivational stories and piness of other people. dents. A well-motivated Niscort Production, prepares the script Sr. Michelle finetunes them before Give them their happi- child learns to utilize of the videos and Sr Patricia Michelle, giving her pleasant voice to them. ness, you will get your his/her potential to the the Registrar and Faculty of Niscort Mr. Deepak is involved in the shoot- own happiness. And optimum by constant- media college, chips in as the narrator ing and other technical aspects of its this is the purpose of ly working on his/her For the students she is also a mentor production. human life.” strengths. A-2, Sector-1, Vaishali, Ghaziabaad, UP [email protected] www.niscort.com For Private Circulation Only Page - 2 A green Diwali, need of the hour Keep it a festival of lights Cracker ban alone no solution Abraham Joshua Anosh Vincent Roinson ne of the most commonly celebrat- crackers leave in the air, often for days, hy are sparklers prohibited? Ev- 2010 to 2015, across 1891 days, the Oed Hindu festivals in the world is a dangerous combination of heavy met- Weryone, not just Hindus but Mus- degrees of Particulate Matter 2.5 were Diwali, or Deepavali. Family get-to- als, smoke and ashes, placing the health lims, Sikhs, Christians and others, loves always extremely dangerous on Diwali gether, merry-making, lighting lamps of everyone at risk. A study published to celebrate Diwali by lighting their days -- the day of Diwali and the next and lastly fire-crackers are synonymous last year by researchers in Pune shows homes and blasting a few fire-crackers. day. Interestingly, during the same peri- with the festival. Liberals and activists that within a few minutes, a person can Hence the question is, when everyone od, there were 469 days wherein PM 2.5 raise concern at every Diwali about the be exposed to anywhere between 4,800 enjoys Diwali celebrations, why are showed very unhealthy levels and 154 environmental pollution caused as part and 64,500 micrograms per cubic metre sparklers prohibited? Some say that days of hazardous levels. Hence, one of the celebration. of PM 2.5. due to bursting of firecrackers, air gets cannot find fault with Diwali days alone ‘Deepavali’ is a Sanskrit word mean- A pessimistic debate is not the solution contaminated. But one should not forget as the most polluted days. ing ‘a row of lamps’. It is a festival of to environmental issues surrounding that weeks before Diwali thousands of The BJP-ruled States permitted the fes- lights. ‘Deepa’ or lamp is very closely Deepavali. Instead the answer can be agrarian fields are singed to set up the tival (bursting of crackers etc.) for two linked to all that is pleasant, sacred, and sought by inspiring people to realise fields for the following harvest, leading hours, but will they show this overbear- valuable. that crackers are not necessary for the to high pollution. ing approach to other celebrations too? Let us recognise that Diwali celebration festival. Although it is probable that Madhya Pradesh is an exemption where Can the administration guide individuals is followed by increased levels of air firecrackers are not the primary source the Chief Minister declared on Twit- when to go out on Christmas or when to and noise pollution, regardless of the of pollution, for many days they worsen ter that there would be no limitations sing their hymns? Can the government inspiration behind those who raise the the air quality, something that could be on blasting sparklers in the state. The decide when should devotees visit the alarm about environmental pollution completely avoided if we cooperate. whole nation should have followed mosque on Eid? The appropriate re- during the festival. The smoke from The sun does not shine there, nor do what the M.P. Chief Minister did and sponse is ‘no’. firecrackers can cause breathing prob- the moon and the stars, nor do lightning went ahead with Diwali celebrations. Public authorities should not meddle lems. shine? All the lights of the world cannot There are several factors behind air with the ceremonies and celebrations of The answer can be sought by motivat- be compared even to a ray of the inner pollution, apart from bursting of fire any religion. It is not feasible to tackle ing people to return to Diwali’s core light of the Self.