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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 part

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 presentat

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.

The School of Law, Christ University presents  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 War

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.

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 dealin

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 Hum