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The Department of Social Work organized a 2 day workshop on Participatory Rural Appraisal for MSW 2nd Semester students on 22 and 23 November 2013. The resource person for the programme was Mr. On the first day the students were divided into 4 groups namely Smurfs, mission mark, toilers and plan-B. The resource person discussed the theoretical aspects of PRA with the group. He explained the definition and principles that form the basis of PRA, the principles i.e. participation, flexibility, teamwork, optimal ignorance and systematic approach.   Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Programme Manager, Centre for Social Action. The objectives of the workshop were to familiarize the students with the basic concepts of PRA and its importance, usage and application in community-need analysis process, to introduce the different tools used in PRA and to develop skills in conducting PRA exercise with communities. The second part of the discussion on the first day was on the tools of PRA namely social map

The fifth Workshop for Teachers and Educators was organized by the Department of Psychology on November 15-16, 2013 at Christ University. The workshop provides a common platform for schools teachers, administrators and counsellors to discuss various issues related to current trends and research in the field of Educational Psychology.This year 27 participants registered for the workshop and consisted of middle and high school teachers and administrators from schools across Bangalore and teacher trainees from the School of Education, Christ University. The workshop was inaugurated by Prof.Mallika Krishnaswami, Dean, Humanities and Social Sciences and Dr.Tony Sam George, Head, Department of Psychology. Dr.Tony welcomed the participants and introduced them to the relevance and objectives of the workshop. The theme for this year was CreatingPositive Learning Spaces and focussed on two contemporary topics namely – Diversity  in schools and classrooms and Student Empowerment. Prof. Mallika

The Department of Psychology, Christ University organized a three-day workshop on the Therapeutic Process of Psychoanalysis, from October 16 -18, 2013. The workshop was facilitated by Dr. Jhuma Basak, a Training Analyst of the Indian Psychoanalytical Society, Kolkata and a member of Psychoanalytic Associations in Kolkata, London and Japan. Dr. Basak holds a deep interest in cultural psychoanalysis. Currently she is an Associate Professor in   NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata in the Institute of Media & Design. She has her own private practice as a psychoanalyst and is a consultant of the Crystal Clinic, Kolkata. The workshop began with the welcome speech by Tony Sam George, Head, Department of Psychology, who spoke of the long-standing association that the department shares with Dr. Basak, and contextualized the need for the workshop. This was followed by a brief address by the guest of honour, Prof. Mallika Krishnaswami, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, who expresse

The refreshing and bracing winds started to blow in Christ University Institute of Management with the introduction of “ Talk with the Extraordinary ” Series organized by “ External Fest Committee ” kick starting the session with Mr. MittuChandilya, CEO of Air Asia India on 13 th November 2013.The session drew huge attention and built a lot of steam from the time the session was announced in the campus. Venue:  Main Auditorium, Christ University Institute of Management Date:  November 13, 2013 Organized by:  External Fest Committee, Christ University Institute of Management Everything started with a huge applause and Mr. Chandilya talking about the important people in student’s lives and engaged them with his nostalgic and consummate speech.The session was inspiring with awe and respect from the students who realized the vast knowledge that Mr.Chandilya imparted during the talk that ranged from narrating his past to his determination and dedication that

Electronics Club had arranged a seminar on Introduction to the exciting world of Robotics for the Second year students (PME & CME), on 22 Nov 2013 from 12 to 1pm in Room 617, First floor, Block II, Christ University. The resource person was Mr. Harsha G N , from Silicon Education World Pvt Ltd (Corporate Finishing School, Silicon Labs ), Bangalore. Mr. Mukund N Naragund, Faculty in charge, introduced the resource person to the audience and briefed about the topic for the seminar. Mr. Harsha G N started his talk with a brief introduction to his organization and products and training programmes offered by the organization. He explained with a power point presentation, the building blocks of a typical Robot quoting several examples. He interacted with the students by asking some application oriented questions. He showed a few videos to the audience on what are the actual electronic components, mechanical parts used etc. students enjoyed the videos. Mr. Hars

Ontrack is the Corporate Cricket and Throw-ball Tournament organised by the students of Master of Tourism Administration (Department of Tourism Studies) for members of the travel, tourism and hospitality industry. Ontrack – 2013 was organized on November 16 at the Christ University Grounds from 08:45 AM onwards.  The event was inaugurated with the first ball and bat by Dr Satinder Singh Duggal, Dean – Commerce and Management and Dr Tomy K Kallarakal, Head, Department of Tourism Studies. This year Ontrack witnessed the participation of fifteen corporate teams for Cricket and three teams for Throw-ball.    Cricket matches set off to an exciting start, with the two matches between Taj Vivanta and Enchanting India, and American Express and the Students of MTA. Matches were held simultaneously at the Christ University and Dharmaram Grounds. The Throw-ball matches commenced at 11:00 AM.  Though the matches were slightly interrupted by rain in the early evening, it was the