Wednesday 25 December 2013
Sunday 15 December 2013
Young Sociologist Competition 2013 is organized by Department of Sociology
Young
Sociologist Competition 2013: The
Annual Young Sociologist Competition has been organised by the Department of
Sociology to identify the potential of the budding sociologists at the
undergraduate level. It is a paper presentation competition on a given theme
and is open for the undergraduate students in the country having Sociology as
one of their subjects. The theme was for the current academic year was ‘Social
Institutions in India- Transformation and Consequences.’ Out of the total
papers received, ten finalists were selected to present their papers.
The
final presentation was on Wednesday, December 11, 2013. It was held at C105,
Central Block, Christ University. The inaugural ceremony was at 9.30 am. The
event started with a minute of silence on the demise of the Maharaja followed
by invocation song. In his inaugural address, Prof. John Joseph Kennedy, Dean
Humanities and Social Sciences spoke about the importance of social
institutions in the changing world. The participants had given clear instruction
regarding the format of presentations. The ten finalists presented their papers
on various social institutions like religion, education, health and family. It
turned out to be a healthy academic exercise where participants fielded
questions on methodology and findings asked by both judges and audience.
The
presentations were judged by two eminent academicians. Prof. B.K Anitha was
from National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore with her
specialisation in gender studies and education. Professor B.K. Anita was
identified as being a gender expert in NIAS. Prof. Sobin George from Institute
of Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore is an expert in Urban Sphere
and Changing Relations. The prize money for the competition was Rupees ten
thousand. The prizes were given away by Dr. Anil Pinto, Registrar, Christ
University.
Mr. Mubashir Hameed bagged the first prize for
his paper titled ‘Creating Multiple Ties: 'Panapayattu' as Social Agency’. The young Sociologist competition
provided a platform for the young students to share their thoughts on pertinent
social issues and the suggestions from the judges would help them to sharpen
their research and academic skills. It was an academic exercise to boost the
interest of students towards linking their subject with contemporary realities.
Thursday 12 December 2013
Tool Learning Workshop for Student : Department of Electronics
Tool Learning Workshop for Students - A Report
The Department
of Electronics initiated another unique programme, “Tool Learning Workshop” in this academic year, for the benefit of the
students. This programme is aiming at providing the necessary practical skills
to the students in handling the latest Electronic Equipments in the laboratory.
The Electronics Laboratory is recently upgraded with the Digital Storage Oscilloscopes.
So, this workshop was organized on 5 December 2013 in association with
Integrated Services and Consultancy (ISC), Bangalore.
The final year
students participated in the Tool Learning Workshop on “Digital Storage
Oscilloscope (DSO)”. Mr. Mukund N N introduced the trainers to the students and
also briefed about the objectives of the Tool Learning workshop.
The technical
Trainers Mr. Sridhar and Mr. Gururaj from ISC, explained various technical
aspects and applications of the DSO in the field of electronic measurements
with a power point presentation, followed by a demonstration on how to use the
DSO, to the students. After the demo the students were allowed to use the DSOs
in the lab and practice various settings on the control panel of the DSO. The
students interacted with the trainers with lot of enthusiasm as it was a first
time experience for them handling sophisticated equipment like DSO in the lab.
All the students
were happy being part of this new initiative
from the Department of Electronics.
The faculty members
from the department were also present during the workshop.
PCB Design and Fabrication Workshop - Department of Electronics
Electronics Club had organized a Workshop on PCB Design and Fabrication
for Second Year students (PME and CME) on 6th December in association with SP laboratory,
Bangalore in Electronics lab, Block I, Christ University.
Mr. Johnson.OV, faculty in charge introduced the team
members of SP Laboratory to students and briefed about the workshop. Mr. Sukant
Kumar Behera, Director, S.P Lab and his team members practically demonstrated
various steps involved in PCB etching technology. They distributed all the
necessary materials, chemicals and electronic components to the students
required to design a PCB and to complete a basic Hobby Project.
There were fifteen students from IV semester CME class and
twenty five students from IV semester PME class participating in the workshop
and they all designed and constructed a Light Detector Circuit on PCB. Students
enjoyed and appreciated the programme. All the faculty members from the department
were also present during the workshop.
Course Coordinator distributed certificates to all the participants.
Wednesday 11 December 2013
‘OTHELLO’ – The Moor of Venice : The School of Law, Christ University
one of Shakespeare’s finest and most complex tragedies :
‘OTHELLO’ – The Moor of Venice.
In the enviable tradition of presenting a Shakespearean drama – unabridged – every
year, the School of Law, Christ University presents Shakespeare’s immortal
classic ‘Othello’ this year. On November
30 and December 1 in the Christ University main auditorium (also one of the
finest in Bangalore) and on December 3 in Kengeri campus.
Handpicked from a clutch of premium actors, the key roles
of OTHELLO are played by mature actors who show remarkable prescience and
understanding of the vagaries of the human psyche coupled with the tragedy of
ambition.
Christ University’s venture into mega productions began
in 2012. With script,music and dance entirely written, composed and created by
students across the disciplines of the University, ‘Of Power and Passion’ was
produced in 2012 and ‘Francesco’ was presented in 2013. ‘David- The Warrior,
The King, The Man’ will be staged in March 2014.
It is the first University n the country to have
pioneered a degree programme in Theatre Studies – the first performance by the
Theatre Studies Students was ‘ Savre’ a revue of excerpts from musical theatre
of the 20th century. Likewise, the School of Law performed Shakespeare’s‘The Merchant Of Venice’in 2012
and will now present ‘Othello’ in November, this year.
The play is directed by theatre professional Esther
Yates,who trainedin the Calcutta Light Opera Group and Society and with Pearl
and Alyque Padamsee later.
‘Othello’ by the School of Law promises to deliver
powerful, poignant and piquant performances and
theatrical genius rarely seen at university levels.
Thursday 5 December 2013
Campus Connect 2013-14 - CUFE and Department of Commerce
Campus Connect 2013-14 was held on 4 Dec 2013 in CUFE Campus,
Kengeri. Participating departments for this event were Christ University
Faculty of Engineering and Department of Commerce, Christ University.
The event was attended by about 1400 students
from the Commerce Department, and 1100 students from CUFE. The daylong event consisted of various competitions
in the Sports, Art, Cultural and Literary fields.
The event was well attended
and saw some excellent performances from students from both the departments.
Environmentalism Workshop - Department Of English
Date and Time: Nov. 22 (9-4 pm) and Nov.23 (9-1 pm), 2013
Resource Person: Abhishek K.R., Environmentalist
Place: Room No. 615, Central Block
Audience: MA in English with Communication Studies and BA
Honours in English Studies students
Mr.
Abhishek began the workshop began with a quick quiz based on current affairs,
environmental issues and general facts which aroused the interest of all the
students. He then ventured into his lecture, orienting the students towards the
key issue in question - environmentalism.
By
defining Environmentalism as a perspective which deifies nature and at the same
time is protected for survival and preservation of the species, he questioned
the gap between the “environment” and “human beings”. Should this gap be? If it
already is, is this a binary?
Through
motivated interaction with the students, Abhishek came up with reasons for this
‘othering’, the difference between the “natural” and the “human” such as -
scientific ways of dealing with issues, socialization, illusion of control,
human tendency towards self-preservation and looking at nature as a value-added
product.
In the
course of the lecture, he also addressed important issues and questions in the
realm of Philosophy such as whether Environmentalism is an ideology, a kind of
an orientation which shapes a particular kind of thought pattern in a group or
a consciousness, and an alert reaction arising out of certain awareness. He
also spoke about ownership/illusion of ownership and what defines it.
Boundaries define ownership and the more we enter into the realm of language we
move further away from nature. Human beings have a special ability - they can
spatially manipulate, which differentiates them from animals and other species.
This tendency to manipulate, predict, and anticipate (which emerges from
thought) produces a sense of duty or guilt which again gives rise to an
environmental consciousness. Even narratives of nature stem from perspectives -
romantic, aesthetic, scientific, industrious and/or pragmatic.
He
showed the students a documentary film on snakes and human encounters with
them. Snakes are found in most places of remote human interaction. The illusion
of spatial manipulation makes human beings feel as though what they do in human
spaces does not affect the others but the human-nature connection is
strengthened and enabled when the human is in a limited space. The documentary
film showed the students how snakes shy away from humans and attack only as a last
resort. Government guidelines and general information about snakes posits only
venomous ones as those that they need to know about, where as information about
non-venomous snakes is just as important for safety, identification and
preservation. Even the given information is not adequate.
The post
lunch session comprised an understanding of landscapes and “development”
through reading maps. The questions he speculated here were: At what cost do we
develop? Does development take landscape into account?, etc. The map exercise
was to help the students understand how development, through analysis of a
particular landmark in an area affects and changes the landscape and the
ecology of the space. It was to enable an imagination of the space beyond the
two dimensions of the map. The land use patterns (what it was used for and how
it is being used) and implicit consumption patterns (kinds of waste and water
consumption) often suggested the kind of development and shift in landscape.
The
second day consisted of sessions on Aesthetics of Nature and developing
eco-consciousness and group activities based on the lectures and concepts in
the workshop. The discourse addressed notions of environmental consciousness
which comes through experience with nature. Nature is often associated with a
static temporality- not capable of change. Human vs. Non-Human is often
synonymously associated with the Urban vs. Rural vs. Nature category. Does
manipulation, consumption, adaptation and artifice what define a human space?
If so, can we restore the balance that we cause with our lifestyles and habitat
consumption? Do animals not have this sense of environmental consciousness that
we often take for granted?
The
session ended with each of the groups presenting on their respective topics
which related problems of urban settlements to environmentalism. Each of the
groups made an audio-visual presentation, which was followed by feedback and
questions. The workshop ended with a vote of thanks and it gave us an
opportunity to interact with an expert on the field and at the same time get
newer insights and philosophies on ecological discourses. The sessions did not
resolve or give definitive answers to the problems addressed but stimulated us
to think on those lines and problematize simplified notions of activism,
environmentalism and consciousness that are often given and subscribed to by us.
Tuesday 3 December 2013
National Seminar on South Indian Archaeology - Department of History
Department of History, Christ University in
collaboration with Archaeological Survey Of India, Bengaluru Circle organised a
two day National Seminar on South Indian Archaeology on 25-26 November, 2013
with the main aim of enhancing perceptions about History, Archaeology,
Architecture and Heritage as it coincided with World Heritage Week that was
celebrated in India from 19-25 November, 2013.
The seminar was broadly divided into
Pre-History, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Megalithic, Architecture of
South India, Archaeological excavations of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh , Tamil
Nadu, Kerala, Marine Archaeology, Archaeological excavations and Roman trade
with India. This two day National Seminar was segregated into 6 slots exclusive
of the inauguration and valedictory.
The seminar was inaugurated with an address
by Dr. Anil J. Pinto, Registrar, Christ
University, key note address by Dr. Prof. K. S. Mathew, Director, Institute for
Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, concept note by Dr. S. P. Vagishwari,
HOD History, Christ University. With the Presidential remarks by Dr. John Joseph Kennedy, Dean, Humanities and
Social Sciences, Christ University. This formal session concluded with Dr.Fr.
Jose C.C., Associate Professor, Department of History, Christ University
thanking the gathering.
Session 1 of the seminar began at 11.00am
to 12.15 pm during which Prof. A. Sundara ,Rtd. Professor, Karnataka
University, Dharwad presented his paper
on South Indian Megalithic Culture with reference to Bengaluru:Some highlights,
in which he focussed on 90+ megalithic
sites in Bengaluru. The next paper was
by was Dr. Jenee Peter, Assistant
Professor, Union Christian College, Aluva on ‘From Megalithic to Early
Historic:The changing notions of space and time in South India’ which discussed
the on issue of empirical evidence from the archaeological
sites of Kerala. The session on Maritime Archaeology and Roman Trade saw two
research papers. The first one by by Dr. Sila Tripathi, Marine Archaeological
Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa was on ‘Maritime Archaeology of
South India : Prospects for Maritime Archaeological Researches along the South
Indian Coast’. The paper examined various maritime activities and underwater
explorations at Poompuhar, Tranquebar, Pondicherry, Mahabalipuram and Manapad
waters. Another paper of the session was presented by Dr. Fr. Jose C.C.,
Associate Professor, Department of History, Christ University entitled ‘Indo-Roman links :Evidences from
Archaeological Findings’. His paper focussed on literary references that are
extensively available to understand the pattern of trade between India and
Rome.
Session 3 titled as Art and Architecture had Mr. T.M. Keshava, Dy. Superintending Archaeologist,
ASI, Bengaluru presenting his paper on
Glimpses of Karnataka Architecture which
brought to the forefront religious architecture of the state from 2nd century BC to 16th
century highlighting the participation of major dynasties and changes they brought into the varied style of
architecture. The second paper was ‘ Deconstructing the Perceived Truths’ by Dr. S. P. Vagishwari, Associate
Professor and HOD ,Department of
History, Christ University. Through her
paper, she challenged the western notions of stagnation ,decadence and
tasteless in relation to classical Indian sculpture and architecture by arguing
as to how perceptions of change ,progress and aesthetics are relative.
Day two on 26 – 11 – 2013 started with the 4th session titled as Pre History and Excavations in
India during which 4 papers were presented. First by Prof. Ravi Korisettar ,
Rtd Prof. Ancient Indian History and Epigraphy, Karnataka University , Dharwad
titled as ‘Prehistory of South India :A tribute to Robert Bruce Foote’ which
summarised current knowledge of stone cultures in southern India. Second paper
was by Dr. V.N. Prabhakar, Superintending Archaeologist ASI, Excavation Branch,
Purana Quila, New Delhi on Recent Excavations at a Harappan settlement in
Karanpura, District Hanumangarh, Rajasthan. Next paper of the session was by Prof. Sharada Srinivasan NIAS, Bengaluru on
Metallurgy in Archaeology where she mapped out the metallurgical knowledge of
Ancient India.
Mr. C.B. Patil, Dy. Superintending Archaeologist, ASI, Bengaluru,
spoke on Archaeological explorations and
excavations - Principles and Methods. The final session titled
as Archaeology: Theory and Practice saw
three papers. Dr. Nambirajan, Superintending Archaeologist, ASI,Bengaluru
focussed on Major Archaeological Excavations in India whereas Mr. N. Nikhil
Das, Assistant Archaeologist ASI, Bengaluru drew possible connection between
the rock art and Megaliths in South India, an appraisal on Kerala Rock Art. The
last paper of the national seminar was by Ms. Sujana Stephen, Assistnat
Archaeologist, ASI, Bengaluru on Major approaches in Archaeological Research
with special reference to Landscape archaeology.
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