Gender Fest ’17:

Celebrating her

Organised on the occasion of International Women’s Day, the four day long fest saw a series of sensitising lectures, panel discussions, debates and more

ACGJCR & ALSN

Priyanka Venketesh & Ankita, BA LLB, ALSN

Amity Centre for Gender Justice and Child Rights (ACGJCR) in collaboration with Amity Law School, Noida organised Gender Fest 2017 from March 7-10, 2017.
DAY 1: The first day of the four-day event saw a guest lecture organised by Hindi Manch, the literary society of ALS, Noida. Dr Purushottam Agarwal addressed the students on the topic ‘Redefining gender roles in Indian society’. In his lecture, he highlighted the current discrimination between the two genders.  The lecture concluded with an interactive discussion, with several suggestions to overcome gender discrimination.
DAY 2: A Bollywood quiz ‘Symphony’ was organised by ACGJCR. The quiz concluded with top three prizes given to the best teams. The second day of the fest also saw a series of guest lectures and discussions organised by Checkmate, the debating society, ALSN. With the theme ‘Be bold for change’, the lectures aimed at finding ways to create a more gender-inclusive world. The guest speakers included- Ranu Kulshrestha, Associate Vice President and Group Head, CSR,  Hindustan Power Projects Pvt Ltd; Karnika Seth, AOR, Supreme Court of India and cyber law expert; Avipsha Thakur, Executive Director, Roshni (NGO) and Aishwarya Bharti, AOR, Supreme Court of India. The day also saw Karnika Seth being accorded Honorary Professorship by Prof Dr Balvinder Shukla, VC, AUUP.
DAY 3: Hindi Manch organised a series of guest lectures on the theme- ‘Third gender: construing the reality’. The lecture touched upon topics as gender politics, transgenderism, etc. The speakers included, Vikram Aditya Sahai; Akhil Kang; Ambalika Roy and Aryan Pasha.
DAY 4: On March 10, ACGJCR organised an elocution on ‘Contemporary issues regarding gender sensitisation’.
With inputs from Ekta Gupta,
Faculty Convenor, ACGJCR

Draw, colour, learn, teach

AIE & AIBAS

Amity Institute of Education and Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences organised a two day art and craft workshop from March 30-31, 2017 at Amity University, Noida. The workshop organised for second year students of B.Ed. aimed at encouraging the prospective teachers to use art as a medium for teaching.
The workshop commenced with a welcome address by Dr Ananya Ghosh Roy, Faculty Coordinator (Art & Craft), AIE & AIBAS. Addressing the students, Alka Muddgal, HoI, AIE & AIBAS, highlighted the importance of art and craft education for the prospective teachers. On the first day, a workshop on ‘Basic painting techniques’ was taken by Kumar Jasakiya, Faculty, Amity School of Fine Arts (ASFA). He apprised students on the basic techniques of painting.
The second day witnessed a workshop on ‘Basics of 2D animation’. Sachin Ahuja, Faculty, ASFA was the resource person for the same. The two day workshop saw the students engage in several hands-on activities, which acquainted them with art techniques. The workshop concluded with vote of thanks by Dr Ananya
Ghosh Roy.

Birlasoft 4k fun run

AUUP

Amity in association with Birlasoft*, a CK Birla Group Company organised a small corporate ‘Fun Run’ at Amity University, Noida, campus on April 18, 2017. The event organised under the leadership of Prof Dr Ajay Rana, Advisor & Director, Amity Alumni & Placements, AUUP, was a relationship building exercise between Amity and Birlasoft, a primary campus recruiter at Amity. The run was  flagged off by Prof Dr Balvinder Shukla, Vice Chancellor, AUUP. 
The 4k long run, which was held at Amity University, Noida campus, saw enthusiastic participation from students of Amity University, Noida, employees of Birlasoft, along with a few selected employees of Amity. Several senior employees of Birlasoft also participated in the run to motivate the gathering and the participants.
*Birlasoft is an information technology corporation headquartered in Noida, India. Founded in 1995, the company employs 4000+ employees, globally located in 4 continents across offices in USA, Europe, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia.

Poster making competition

AUUP

As a part of the Human Value Quarter celebrations, a poster making competition was organised for the students of Atulasha* at Amity University, Noida on April 19, 2017.
The poster making competition organised by Srijan, AUUP’s hindi literary club, saw participation of 30 students from Class VI and VII.  Materials like colours, pencil kits, drawing sheets, etc. were provided to the participants. The panel of judges consisted of Dr Alpana Kakkar, Deputy Dean, DSW, AUUP; Dr Chanda R Akhouri, Officiating Director, AHF and Dr Mahima Gupta, Chairperson, Srijan. Sunil Kumar (VII) was declared the winner followed by Ajay Kumar (VI) at the second position. Other participants were awarded a certificate of participation. The competition concluded with vote of thanks by Dr Mahima Gupta.
*Atulasha is a CSR initiative by Amity Group wherein over 500 underprivileged boys are provided education free of cost,  along with free books, uniforms and meals by Amity Humanity Foundation (AHF), under the guidance of Ms Pooja Chauhan, Vice Chairperson, AHF.

Student of the Year Award

ASAP

Siddhant Gupta, an alumnus (Batch of 2016) of Amity School of Architecture and Planning (ASAP), AUUP added another feather to Amity’s cap as his project was  selected for ArchiDesign* Student of the Year Award-Thesis (Architecture) 2016.
His thesis titled ‘National Institute of Journalism and Mass Communication, Noida, India’ has been selected for the prestigious honours. The project has also been selected for publication by one of the most reputed Journal in Architectural fraternity in India ‘Journal of Indian Institute of Architects’ in its January-February 2017, Volume 82 edition.
For any B Arch final year student, ‘Thesis Project’ marks an important transition from student to professional life. It is for this reason that ASAP has mandated six stages of assessment for any student to qualify for thesis work with rigorous inputs from faculty and experts from the field. The effort is gradually moulding students to put efforts to produce best works nationally and internationally.
*ArchiDesign Awards are promoted by ArchiDesign Perspective, India’s leading architecture and design magazine.