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The Department of Sociology, Christ University in collaboration with Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore organized a two day national seminar on 12 and 13 March 2014, on the theme ‘Poverty and social exclusion in India: Need for paradigm shift towards an inclusive society’. It was funded by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi. The seminar aimed at enabling dialogues on the conceptualization of poverty and social exclusion in India. It was attended by several     academicians, faculty and research scholars, policy planners, officials, representatives of civil society, NGOs, media, social and development practitioners from Bangalore and all across India.   Various aspects of poverty and social exclusion, especially the multidimensionality with respect to its intersection with social, economic and political exclusion were presented and discussed in this seminar.   We hope that the deliberations and discussions have given the part

“The greatest gift you can give someone is your time, your affection, your love and your concern.”- Anonymous Millions of people are affected by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) every year and millions die as a result of it. But the worst part of this disease the social stigma and aversion they face from the society. The isolation and discrimination they face from the society is the hardest part of being a HIV-AIDS patient.    The quote which is stated above served as an inspiration for the students of Class 1BCOM ‘B’ who spend a day of their lives at an AIDS care home centre. The main purpose of the visit was to interact with a few HIV patients of all age group and bring happiness for them and most importantly a smile on their faces.

Department of Computer Science and Engineering & Department of Information Technology, CUFE As a part of the South Asia Hacking Tour - Delhi      Hack 2014, a team from Sheffield Hallam University headed by Mr. Neil Richardson delivered a technical talk on ethical hacking on 5th March 2014 at Christ University   Faculty of Engineering, Kengeri. The event comprised of three elements- a talk, a workshop and launch of competition. The speaker Neil Richardson is a senior lecturer in the faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences at Sheffield Hallam University. He has a specialist interest in ethical hacking and mobile security as well as web-app security, firewalls and Linux System Security. He was accompanied by Mr. Stephen Lofthouse who is a senior lecturer within the Faculty of ACES at Sheffield Hallam University and works within the field of business computing. He teaches web programming, business process modelling and enterprise computing (specifically SAP te

CANTATA 2014 was held on 18 th February 2014 at Christ University Kengeri Campus, conducted the by students of Christ University Institute of Management. CANTATA is a Sporting Extravaganza and a family day for CUIM, Where member CUIM got together to showcase their skills in sports and entertainment. It was also the perfect opportunity for every member of CUIM to bond and celebrate together. All the Christites of CUIM participated with the utmost spirit of sportsmanship and camaraderie. CANTATA 2014 was a mix of Sporting events (Track and Field), Fun activities and cultural revelry. The day started with the Sports events at 9.00 AM which went on till 12 45. The event included many track and field events both for students and faculty.In the post lunch session, each section in well defined clusters headed to the various FUN ZONES in the campus. FUNZONES hosted some wonderful fun activities like tug-of-war, blind navigation, quizzes etc,. The fun activities lasted till 4.20 PM