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Every year, September 10 th is observed as World Suicide Prevention Day. In this regard, the Department of Psychology organized a programme in association with the Medico Pastoral Association, Bangalore – avoluntary therapeutic community that works for the rehabilitation of mentally ill persons. The event and lectures were sponsored by the Medico Pastoral Association.  The theme for this year was “Stigma – A major barrier for suicide prevention”. The programme was attended by Ms Diana Tholoor, Director, Chrysallis performance centre, Dr Joseph George, Head and Prof of Counselling, UTC , Trustees of the Medico Pastoral Association (MPA), students and faculty members of the Department of Psychology and Social Work, Christ University. The chief guest for the event was Prof. Raghuram, Head of Psychiatry, KIMS, Bangalore. In the opening remarks of his keynote address, Prof. Raghuram referred to suicide as the ‘silent anguish’ and the alarming statistics in Bangalore which accoun

Gateways -13   -      VIRTUALIZE “The benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential”:-quoted Steve Ballmer Gateways, the annual inter-collegiate National Post Graduate IT fest, hosted by the Department of Computer Science, Christ University, is an excellent arena to showcase the talents of young minds, imparting creativeness and productiveness. Gateways 2013- the national intercollegiate tech fest organized by the Department of Computer Science diligently provides a platform for students to showcase their caliber and zeal amidst healthy competition, conscientious of helping students gain exposure and maintain a healthy relation with institutions round the country. ‘VIRTUALIZE’- the theme of gateways, encourages virtualized vision homologo

The state level workshop on “Multimedia Applications in teaching and Learning” was organized was organized by the School of Education, Christ University, on 14 th September 2013 at Room No 911, Central Block. The day’s proceedings were deliberated by the eminent experts in the field of education. The delegates who participated were teachers from reputed schools of various parts of Bangalore city, the faculty members and the students of School of Education, Christ University.             The Chief Guest for the work shop was Dr.SrikantaSwamy , Professor (Retd.) IASE, R.V. Teachers College-,Bangalore. The major speakers were Dr. T.N. Raju ,Professor at B.E.S College of Education-Bangalore and Dr.Hanumanthappa, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Applications, Bangalore University.             The workshop commenced with the lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries followed by invoking God’s blessing through a prayer song sung by the students of School of Educa

CHEMOZ, the Inter-collegiate fest of the Department of Chemistry was held on 29 th August 2013. UG and PG students from 13 colleges of Bangalore participated in the various events. UG and PG students of Christ University participated in all the events with full enthusiasm. The venue was 10 th Floor, Central Block. The laboratory events were held in the Chemistry Lab of Block I. The event was inaugurated at 9:30 am with a dance performance by II BSc students and a welcome address was delivered by Dr. Riya Datta. The events were Chemimix, Salt mixture analysis, In-the-lab, Biz-wiz, Lecture contest, cartooning, crisis management and quiz. All the events were judged by faculty members of the department. The student volunteers helped in organizing the events. The day ended with a cultural extravaganza by the students of Christ University. For the valedictory function Prof. Nanjegowda N.M. addressed the students. Prof. Nanjegowda, Prof.Baby Mathew and Dr. Louis George handed

The Department of Commerce organises Panel Discussion ever year for its M COM programme. It is a forum opened for intensive discussion and dialogue on current affairs and business with a core objective to educate the student community and keep them abreast with the current happenings in the commerce world. The sessions are highly interactive with industrial experts present to enrich student’s learning. The topics that are selected add an important dimension to the curriculum.  This year, the discussion was focused on the topic “Licencing of new banks and its impact on the Economy”. Mr. Suresh Pai, (Former Executive Vice President of IndusInd Bank) was the Moderator of the discussion and Mr. H. Vasanth Rai, (Former Workmen Director, Canara Bank),  Ms. Swathi S.M (General Manager, Corporation Bank), Mr.Shrikanth Rao (Associate Professor, CUIM) and Mr. T.S Ramachandran (Associate Professor, CUIM) were the distinguished panellists. Together, they gave the students a comprehensive ide

REPORT ON CIRCUIT 2013 Circuit 2013, an intercollegiate Electronics meet was conducted by the Electronics Club on 27 August as part of Science Fest. The programme commenced with a talk by Mr. Sunil Kumar of Tharanthi Integrating Technology Pvt. Ltd. on “Green Collar Jobs – Job Opportunities in Renewable Energy Sector” which was very informative and well appreciated by all the students. Ten colleges from the city registered for the various events with more than 120 student participants. All events were limited to two teams per college with the exception of chart making and project exhibition which were open events. The competitive events were Lecture, Circuit Analysis, Dumb Charades, Quiz, Chart Making and Electronics project Exhibition, all related to Electronics. All the competitive events were organized and conducted by the organizing committee members of Electronics Club which comprises of two students from each class.  The students made use of this learning

The Department of Computer Science, Christ University held Interface 2013, a two-day IT festival on 28 th and 29 th August, organized by students of the BCA and B.Sc. streams, as part of the four-day Science Fest. This was the 17 th anniversary of the festival and 2013 was the first year in which the festival was on a national scale. It was attended by 29 colleges from across the nation, spanning over 500 unique participants, breaking all records of the Science fest. Preparations for the event started in late June, spearheaded by Faculty co-ordinators Mrs. Monisha Singh, Mr. Peter Augustine and Mr. Saravanakumar K and student co-ordinators Ulfath Abdul Sulaiman, Nandita Gupta, Vaibhav Gupta and Ashwin Agarwal. The festival comprised 9 technical and 7 non-technical events, coming up to a total of 16 events. One unique event was Event X, where participants had no idea regarding event details prior to Interface 2013. Keeping in with this year’s theme of Augmented Reality, the p

A panel discussion was organized on 31 August 2013 on “Prospects and challenges of Common Entrance Test: Engineering and medical courses”. It was lead by a hand of experts from various fields of education. The panel consisted of Dr. S. Kumar – Executive Secretary, ComedK; Dr. Antony Robert- secretary Career & guidance, St. John’s Medical College; Prof. Nagendra S – Dean, BMS College of Engineering; Prof. Vallish Herur – Director, BASE; Dr. Shilbala Singh – Principal, Kendriya Vidyalaya, DRDO; and Dr. MCA Devi – Senior Scientist, NDRI a parent representative. We also had two student representatives – Joel and Anna who shared their experiences in CETs. Fr. T.V. Thomas, Director CUMI and School of Education addressed the gathering and set the foundation for the panel discussion. He spoke about changing the philosophy of education for the betterment of the society. He also raised questions like “Are we testing the aptitude of students by sending them to coaching centres?” whi

Report Electronics Club had organized a seminar exclusively for the I year PME and CME students on a topic, “ Importance of staying current with the technology” , on Tuesday 20 August 2013 at seminar Hall, Block 2, from 2 to 4pm. All the students from the I year PME and CME classes with the faculty members from the department of Electronics attended the seminar. The resource persons Ms. Sujata M S and Mr. Mansur Ali Khan were from the industry, Vasundara Automation and engineering services Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore. Mr. Mukund N Naragund, faculty I/C, introduced the speakers to the audience. Ms. Sujata M S, Manager, Training Division of Vasundara Automation and Engineering services, Bangalore, started the session with a mention of various fields of electronics, looking for the candidates with good imagination and technical knowledge. She also showed a few videos on how the electronics plays an important role in the industry sector. The video on IC manufacturing process gr

A Report The Department of Hindi and Urdu of Christ University organized their annual programme Sham-E-Ghazal on Friday, 23rd August 2013 at the Campus view, 10 th Floor, Central Block. The students of Christ University and Ghazal lovers from all over the city came together to enjoy the evening of music and poetry. Renowned Urdu and Hindi poets as well as aspiring student poets   of Christ University  were present during the occasion.  This was a platform for our young poets to present their Ghazals and poems in front of a huge audience.  The Hon. Vice Chancellor Rev. Dr. Fr.Thomas C Mathew inaugurated the programme. In his inaugural address, he spoke about the relevance of organizing such programmes in our campus where students from different religions and cultures harmoniously co-exist. He also insisted upon the need to promote and preserve the ancient forms of art like Ghazal singing. The Chief Guest of the function was Ustad Hari Krishen Pahva, the renowned Hindustani an

The Department of Biotechnology hosted it’s Annual Fest, OPERON on August 27 2013, welcoming colleges from around the city to participate in various events.  Neighbouring colleges like Jyothi Nivas, St.Josephs as well as those colleges across the city like MES, Kristu Jayanti, NMKRV, Vijaya College, BMS, Garden City, BHS and Oxford rendered quite a number of participants.  The programme for the day started at 9:30 AM with an invocation song. This was followed by a short documentary made by the final year Biotech students depicting the highlights of Biotechnology department. Various nail-biting events like Master cracker, debate and Potpourri showed maximum number of participants. The event Marketing Genius portrayed entrepreneurship, however amateur, in the students.  Apart from textbook knowledge, participants were also tested in their creativity in art and poetry in events like Techtooning and Synthesizing Shakespeare. Winners from the latter events proved that one can be a