AUC NEWSAmity University Chhattisgarh’s Quarterly Newsletter

Volume 01 | Issue 02 | October-December 2019

Table of Contents With the Blessings of Hon’ble Founder President

Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan

Chief PatronDr. Aseem Chauhan

Chairman, AUC

PatronsDr. W. Selvamurthy

Chancellor, AUCProf. (Dr.) R.K. PandeyVice-Chancellor, AUC

Editor-in-ChiefProf. (Dr.) Suresh Chandra Nayak

HoI, ASCo

EditorsBichitrananda Panda

Amjad Badshah

Student EditorUrvi Mishra

Design and PhotographyVirendra Kumar Verma

Khubchand Sahu

Design and Photography (Student Board) Deepesh Tripathi

Poonam N NandurkarSanjayal Vaishnav

Sirat Kaur Gill

Printed and Published By Mr. Sudip Mukherjee

Registrar, AUC

National Moot Court Competition……………………… 05

National Press Day ……….....................................……….. 06

Enrichment Lecture by Ar. Christopher Charles Benninger….........................................................… 07

Tree Plantation Drive……………................................….. 08

Amity Business School…………...................................… 09

Amity School of Engineering and Technology……..….. 10

Placements ………….........................................…… 11 – 12

Amity School of Fashion Technology……............…….. 13

Amity School of Language…………................................ 14

Amity School of Communication…………..........……. 15

Amity Law School………....................................……….. 16

Amity Institute OF Biotechnology………….............….. 17

National Service Scheme ………..........................……… 18

Faculty Achievement ………....................................…… 19

Poetry …………....................................................………. 20

It is indeed heartening to know that Amity University Chhattisgarh is coming up with the second issue of its Newsletter. Academics is not just about classroom teaching and learning. Students must perpetually hone their inner skills by keeping abreast with the latest happenings which is taking place around the globe. I anticipate that the Newsletter will be a stimulus to en-courage our students to organize and participate in various curricular and co-curricular events with zeal and gusto. It will provide a seamless platform to the young talents for exchanging ideas and manifesting their creativity. I will be looking forward to many more milestones that AUC will achieve with all the students and faculty members working hard as one team.

I wish the team all success.

Message from the Vice-Chancellor

Prof. (Dr.) Rajendra Kumar PandeyVice-Chancellor, Amity University Chhattisgarh

Here, we are with the second issue of the Newsletter “AUC News” i.e.October-December 2019. The present issue covers an array of importanthappenings from different schools of the university. The last three months havewitnessed many prominent personalities like the former Chief Justice of India JusticeDipak Misra who visited our campus for the first edition of the Moot Court Competition,Dr. Sushil Trivedi, former Chhattisgarh’s State Election Commissioner graced the National Press Day Celebration in the campus and the Master Architect and Planner Christopher Charles Benninger also delivered a special lecture. As promised in the last edition, this issue also contains few creative pieces from the students end. It may not be possible to cover all the events and achievements of the university in a single issue but we have tried our best to incorporate all the major events in this edition.

My sincere thanks goes to the team of “AUC News” who compiled the reportages from different schools and presented in the newsletter style. Moreover, I extend my profound gratitude to our Hon’ble Chancellor Dr. W. Selvamurthand Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) R. K. Pandey for their continuing support in bringing out the newsletter.

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Prof. (Dr.) Suresh Chandra NayakHoI, Amity School of Communication

Three Day National Moot Court Competition at Amity University Chhattisgarh

Never deviate from the path of Swadhyaya(Self Learning) : former CJI Justice Misra

Amity Law School of Amity University Chhattis-garh, held its first three Day National Moot Court

Competition with immense fervor, where 25 institutions participated from all over the country. The Moot Court is a place which is an exact set up of a trial room. Moot is not an extra-curricular activity but is a crucial part of law study. It gives a learning experience of how to speak and to understand the ethics of the court room.In the inaugural session for the three-day long competi-tion, Prof. (Dr.) Rajendra Kumar Pandey, Vice Chancel-lor, Amity University Chhattisgarh addressed the gath-ering and shared that, in 21st century everything is very disruptive, and everything has changed in the digital era. He further added that, mooting is an art of persua-sive receiving. He wished a great success to the partic-ipants. Hon’ble Justice T.P. Sharma, Pramukhlokayuk-ta, and Former Judge, High Court of Chhattisgarh was the Chief Guest for the event. He shared that, ‘Moot Court is nothing but a professional training which will enhance the hidden skills of the budding lawyers.’ Honour’ at the event. He laid emphasis on the three pillars of success that are strong dedication, sense of persever-ance and high level of integrity which are paramount to become a successful lawyer. Hon’ble Justice C.B. Bajpai, President, State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commis-sion, Chhattisgargh traced out the contribution Mr. Jatin-der Cheema, Partner Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, New Delhi, was the Guest of of SAA Rizvi in the field of law.The Moot Court Competition concluded on November 17, 2019. The chief guest for the valedictory session, Hon’ble Justice Dipak Mishra, Former Chief Justice of India said in his address to the gathering, “Never deviate from the path of self-learning”. He further added that reading beyond the classroom would widen the horizon of students. Hence, self-learning is of paramount importanceJustice Mishra in his concluding remark opined that ‘Justice is the queen of all virtues’. Guest of Honour, Hon’ble Justice Goutam Bhaduri, Judge of High Court of Chhattisgarh laid emphasis on cultivating the reading habit in order to excel in life. Hon’ble Justice Sanjay Agrawal, Judge of High Court of Chhattisgarh said, “If you want to be a lawyer, you have to work extremely hard to stand out in the crowd”. Hon’ble Justice Gau-tam Choudadiya spoke about the power of knowledge and participation of the various participants from across the country in the moot court competition; although one team could win but the spirit of participation rules high.

wisdom for the legal fraternity and students at large. Present on the dais Guest of Honour, Dr. Fouzia Mirza, Additional Advocate General said, “…winning or los-ing in this moot court competition is not so important, but participation and preparation matters a lot.’ On the final day, Prof. Pandey, Vice-Chancellor, Amity Uni-versity Chhattisgarh emphasized on the outlook of. In the moot court competition, which was attended by 30 teams across the country with a total registration of 90 participants saw a brilliant moot court affair. The best re-searcher award was bagged by Sheetal Agrawal of KLE Society’s law College, Bengaluru; best speaker prize was owned by Rumella Jain of Rajiv Gandhi National Uni-versity of Law, Patiala; the best memorial award was giv-en to Christ Academy Institute of Law; while runners up gone to Christ University Bangalore and Saveetha School of Law, Chennai was adjudged as the winner of the com-petition. All the faculty members, students and senior officials of the university were present on this occasion.

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Amity University Chhattisgarh Celebrates National Press Day ‘Press must borrow Self-discipline’ - Dr. Trivedi,

Former CG State Election Commissioner Amity School of Communication, Amity Uni-versity Chhattisgarh celebrated National Press Day. The inaugural session commenced with lamp lighting by the chief guest along with Saraswati Vandana. Prof. (Dr.) S.C. Nayak, Head of Institution, Amity School of Communication delivered the welcome address.Dr. Sushil Trivedi (Retd. IAS) Editor, Chhattisgarh Mi-tra was the chief guest the event. He said, ‘Press must borrow self-discipline’. He added further that, ‘It is only you and you who can discipline yourself; no one else can force you to be disciplined. Self-discipline is of paramount importance for a Journalist to excel in the ocean of journalism. With the advent of smart phones,

everybody in today’s life is a journalist and editor.’ In his presidential address Prof. (Dr.) R.K. Pandey, Vice Chan-cellor, Amity University Chhattisgarh, said ‘…as indi-vidual freedom is increasing day by day; every individ-ual is free. Never fear to speak out the truth. If you are brave, no one can stop you to achieve your desired goal’.The first newsletter of Amity University Chhattis-garh ‘AUC News’ was released by Dr. Trivedi in the presence of the Vice- Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) R.K. Pandey and other HoIs of various schools, faculty members and the students on this occasion. A docu-mentary on Press Freedom, produced by the students of the media school was screened to the audience fol-lowed by a cultural event. Senior officials, faculty members and students were present during the event.

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Enrichment Lecture by Master Architect and Planner Christopher Charles Benninger Organized at Amity University

Amity School of Architecture and Planning, Am-ity University Chhattisgarh organized an enrichment lec-ture wherein Master Architect and Planner, Christopher Charles Benninger from Indian Institute of Architecture, Raipur chapter was the resource person behind this ini-tiative. It was an interactive session where students and faculties of the Amity School of Architecture and Plan-ning, NIT Raipur, ITM and Dignity College participated.The welcome address was delivered by Prof. Vidya Sin-gh, Dean and Director of Amity School of Architecture and Planning, Amity University Chhattisgarh. In her ad-dress to the gathering, she talked about the architecture of India and role of an architect in shaping the society.

Ar. Christopher Charles Benninger in his lecture im-parted distinctive information about the importance of thoughtfulness and commitment towards the architec-ture profession and values. He talked about how young architects and students can bring positive changes in so-ciety with their skills. He discussed his projects and gave insight about the details of his works. The session end-ed with an interactive Q&A session with the students.

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AIBAS and ABS undertakes Tree Plantation Drive Climate change is a global phenomenon by which the entire world is getting affected. There have been various incidents happening all around the world which have been the fall out of our negligence towards our ecosystem. Prolonged summers, rainfalls, tsunamis and other natural calamities happening at such great ex-tent, makes us realise that this is the high time to change things and take up some corrective measures. The re-cent event of the bush fires in Australia which can be considered as one of the major evidences of the glob-al warming is heart wrenching, killing almost a half a billion animals and destroying most of its biodiversity.

Every little step taken by a person counts, at least trying our best and do something at our level which will be ben-eficial for our environment. On this thought, department of Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences (AIBAS) took the initiative to look after the plants of the Amity University Chhattisgarh. The students of AI-BAS visited the grounds of university campus as a part of their Environmental Science Project, the main ob-jective being to adopt 2 plants each and nurture them.

The students of Amity Business School (ABS) had previously planted more than 200 saplings on the ori-entation day in the month of July 2019. So, the entire batch of AIBAS took responsibility to take care of at least 2 plants each. All the eighteen students reviewed and identified 2 plants for themselves which they will be looking after for the duration of their stay in AUC. This assignment was delegated to the students as an individual responsibility to make sure the plants sur-vive and grow properly. They were asked to pick any 2 plants and measure them and make a note of it. They were instructed that they should record and as-sess the growth of the plant at a regular interval as it needs at least a year before it can be self-sufficient. Understanding that the current need of the hour is not only to plant more trees but also to maintain and take care of the existing trees. On this note every student took a pledge to be responsible and be actively involved with project they have taken up. Students of AIBAS made a promise to themselves to regularly visit the grounds and nurture these trees as well as take further measures to help make their surroundings eco-friend-ly by adopting more pro-environmental behaviours.

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Amity Business SchoolGuest Lecture on ‘Present Bank Mergers: The Consequences for The Indian Economy’

Amity Business School, Amity University Chhattisgarh organised a guest lecture on ‘Present Bank Mergers: The Consequences for The Indian Economy’ by Prof. Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Emeritus Professor, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata and Ad-junct Faculty, Monash University, Australia. The lec-ture was conducted for MBA, B.A. Economics (H) and BBA 5th semester students. The lecture’s primary fo-cus was to sensitise the students with the present bank mergers in India and its impact on the Indian economy.

Environmental Study Visit to Sensitize Stu-dents on Pollution

An environmental study, field visit was organised for Bachelor’s degree students of ABS by the business school of the university. The field visit aimed to give them the knowledge of any ecosystem’s natural resources. The objective of the field visit was to sensitize the students towards the pollution and the major pollutants, the Pond Ecosystem and the Forest ecosystem. The visit further targeted the field study by observing the abiotic and bi-otic aspects of the ecosystem and documenting what the students see. Students visited the stone crushers, Bangoli Dam and learned the Pollutants and Pond Ecosystem.

Workshop on Virtual Trading Amity Business School organize a workshop on Virtual Trading in Collaboration with SEBI (Raipur Office) and NSDL (Mumbai) for the students of MBA and BBA. The objective of the workshop was to sensi-tize the students towards the advancements made in the NSE for electronic transfer of securities. The students were made aware of the DEMAT account and trad-ing techniques, they also opened DEMAT Account in Sharekhan. In the workshop an insight was given to the students on the trading skills and techniques of trading.

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ASET’s Industrial Visit to Sewage Treat-ment Plant

Amity University Raipur organized one day industrial visit. Students from third, fifth and seventh semester from Department of Civil Engineering of Am-ity School of Engineering & Technology (ASET) par-ticipated in the visit. The objective of the event was to make students understand the operations of a Sew-age Treatment Plant. The experts present at the plant helped students to understand the correct and efficient construction design of the different STP units. The vis-it helped the students to visualize how theoretical con-cepts are related to real life problems. The plant visit-ed by the faculty and students of the civil engineering department is situated at Nava Raipur Chhattisgarh

ASET organized a workshop on strengthening programming skills using C and C++.

The workshop aimed to familiarize the students with con-cept of programming. Various loops, operators’ data types were dealt with during the workshop. Also advanced concepts like file handling, graphics programming and pointers were discussed in detail. Students were briefed with the introduction to program-ming and C/C++ followed by basic operators and data types in C/C++ including files pointers and user defined data type.

Amity Institute of Information Technology or-ganized a workshop to sensitize about the web develop-ment tools and programming and related technologies. The workshop started with basics about HTML and CSS and later discussed about Java Script and implementa-tion of external and internal CSS style sheets. Java Script programming was further explained alongside imple-mentation of Script tag in the HTML file, declaration of variables in Java Script, Data types used in Java Script, introduction to Bootstrap framework, grids in Bootstrap framework, introduction to bootstrap grid system rules, different grid classes for different devices and browser compatibility was discussed. Later, interactive practi-cal was demonstrated on the various aforesaid topics.

ASET Organize Expert Lecture on Quality Control Amity School Engineering & Technology (ASET) successfully organized an expert lecture on Quality Control at Amity University Chhattisgarh wherein Er. Shoaib Ali of Sharda Group given his expert talk. Mechanical and Civ-

il Engineering students of first, third, fifth and seventh semester were the participants in the said lecture. The expert lecture was organized with the objective to make stu-dents familiar with the concept of quantity and quality control in production domain. The workshop successfully helped the par-ticipating students to gain knowledge about various types of equipments and machines used in quality control and allied concepts.

Workshop on Web Designing and Amp; Java Script

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Inter-School Rangoli Competition Organised by ASFT Keeping the tradition alive, on the eve of Diwali festi-val, a Rangoli making competition was organized at Amity Uni-versity Chhattisgarh by ASFT with great enthusiasm and fervor. More than 70 students participated in the competition where the students displayed their talents by decorating the corridors with vibrant colors, intricate Rangoli designs and various oth-er embellishments. Every Rangoli was made with spectrum of colors reflecting various emotions and social messages on the topic ‘Breaking Barriers’. Faculty, students and staff members were there to make the event successful. AIBAS Ist Semester secured first, ASET -CSE Ist Semester secured second and ASFT IIIrd Semester secured the third position in the competition.

One-Day Fashion Exhibition Amity School of Fashion Technology(ASFT) organized one-day Fashion Exhibition at Fashion Studio. Students of ASFT designed various ranges of garments and accessories for male and female Exec-utive Wear, Maternity Wear, Western, and Traditional Wear and Button Masala draped garments. Students exhibited the garments and acces-sories made by waste and old jeans, shirt, and lady top, and sweaters. The hand bags were made by old and waste garments with a message to avoid plastics for the sake of healthy environment. Hon’ble Vice Chancellor along with the Directors, HoIs, faculty and staff mem-bers and students of different schools visited the exhibition and ap-preciated the artistic and creative work of the students of ASFT.

Display of Khadi Garments Designed by ASFT in Rajyotsav-2019

The khadi garments designed by the students and the faculty of Amity School Fashion Technolo-gy (ASFT) were displayed in Rajyotsav 2019 at Govt. Science College Ground, Raipur. The designs were ap-preciated for innovation and creativity. Traditional and contemporary, both the designed garments were on de-mand and sold too. The venture was to promote khadi fabric and the creative designs of the students of ASFT.

One Day Workshop on Mandala Art One Day Workshop on Mandala Art was con-ducted by ASFT on 6th November 2019.The work-shop was conducted by Ms. Saloni Jain, Mandala Art-ist. She had demonstrated Mandala Art; it is a graphic symbol of the universe that loosely translates to mean “circle” or “center”. When working with patterns in a concentric fashion, it becomes rhythmic, meditative and you can really allow stress to fall away. Students, faculty and staffs of ASFT attended the workshop

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Guest Lecture on Testing and Quality Control in Textile Industry

ASFT organized a guest lecture on “Testing & Quality Control in Textile Industry” at the fashion school by Mr. Purneshwar Rangari, Principal at Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, Champa, Chhattisgarh. The speaker threw light on the correlation between testing and quality, the quality of the product, its performance, and its reliability as these are the key factors while testing is performed. He emphasized on the elements on which quality fitness of textile industry is based such as - perfor-mance, reliability, durability, visual and perceived quali-ty of the garment. It helps to understand customer needs, to maintain an adequate standard of quality which also costs effort. The speaker explained the process from the first investigation to find out what the potential customer for a new product really wants through the processes of design, specification, controlled manufacture and sale. Students, faculty and staff of ASFT attended the event.

Amity School of Languages organized an one-day interdisciplinary workshop on ‘Understanding Gen-der for Empowerment and Change’. The resource per-son for the event was Dr. Divya Saksena, Professor and Dean of Liberal Arts, IMS Unison University, Dehradun. The workshop aimed to expose students to a variety of issues and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of women and gender. Prof. Saksena discussed the vexing question of gender, which is important in shaping hu-man experience and culture. The workshop focused on how gender intersects with class, ethnicity, religion, age and other categories of experience. Hon’ble Vice-Chan-cellor Dr. R.K. Pandey, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Dr. V.S. Dahima, Registrar Dr. S.C. Mukhopadhyay, HoI Am-ity School of Languages Dr. Indrani Singh Rai, along with the faculties and students attended the workshop.

Amity School of Languages Organized ‘Social Out-reach Program’ at Mother Teresa Home, Raipur

Amity School of Languages (ASL) and Amity School of Fashion Technology(ASFT) have jointly con-ducted a social outreach programme at Mother Teresa Home, Raipur. Students from both the departments and faculty members participated in this noble event for the sake of unattended and mentally disabled females. The home is governed by an NGO consisting approximately by forty females from 18 years to 90 years of age. The students of ASL and ASFT spent quality time with them providing few gifts related to basic hygiene. It was a suc-cessful event as it rendered the knowledge to the students about the challenges of life and the probable ways to overcome it thereby fulfilling their social responsibility.

Amity School of Languages Organized In-ter-School ‘Extempore Competition’

Amity School of Languages organized an “In-ter-School Extempore Competition”. The event aimed to enable the students to improve their presentation skills, develop vocabulary and speech fluency and to boost their confidence. It also aimed to improve their public speech, presence of mind, confidence and to groom for their professions. Students from B.A. (Hons) English, B.A. (J&MC), B.Tech, M.A. (J&MC) and BBA participated in the event. Ms. Kritika Sharma of B.Tech (CSE) semester VII secured 2nd position, Ms. Vishakha Tiwari of B.A (Hons.) English semester I se-cured 3rd position and Mr Varun Asopa of B.A (J&MC) Semester I secured 1st position in the competition.

Amity School of Languages Organized a Work-shop on ‘Understanding Gender for Empower-

ment and Change: Women, War and Words’

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Observance of National Unity Day

Amity School of Communication organized an awareness program with ace journalist and social worker Mrs. Priyanka Kaushal.Human trafficking in India, al-though illegal under Indian law, remains a significant prob-lem. People are frequently illegally trafficked throughout India for the purposes of commercial and sexual ex-ploitation; and forced and bonded labour. Men, women and children are trafficked in India for diverse reasons. A significant portion of children are subjected to forced la-bour as factory workers, domestic servants, beggars, and agriculture workers ; moreover they have been used as armed combatants by some terrorist and insurgent groups.

While addressing the gathering Mrs. Kaushal talked in depth about the issue stating numerous hard-ships faced by victims and how even a small step and awareness can eventually save a person’s life. The programme provided an opportunity to know the sta-tus of human trafficking and its reasons in India and worldwide. This programme invoked students to think about this burning issue. Director, ASCO gave his wel-come address and Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, AUC fe-licitated the guest. In the event, all students of Amity School of Communication were present. Vote of thanks was proposed by Director Public Relations, AUC.

ASCO Organizes an Awareness Programme against Human Trafficking

Amity School of Communication organized a programme to observe the National Unity Day. Initiated by the Government of India in 2014, the National Uni-ty Day is celebrated all over the country to pay tribute to the memory of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Popularly known as Sardar Patel, he played a key role in unifying over 500 princely states to form the Republic of India.The programme commenced with the oath taking, where Mr. B.P. Pattnaik, Deputy Registrar administered the oath to everyone present. In his address Prof. (Dr.) S.C. Nayak, HoI, Amity School of Communication shed light on the

importance of the celebration of Unity Day for a diverse country like India. While addressing the gathering, Dr. S.C. Mukhopadhyay, Registrar Amity University Chhat-tisgarh talked about Sardar Patel’s key role in shaping the Indian democracy and in unifying such a diverse country.To commemorate the occasion, students of the media school delivered moving speeches and performed cultur-al performance where they paid homage to the memory of the first Deputy Prime Minister, Home Minister and Min-ister of Information and Broadcasting Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The vote of thanks was delivered by Urvi Mishra.

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Activity on Crime scene Investigation Amity Law school, Amity University Chhat-tisgarh conducted an activity on a crime scene inves-tigation which is an important aspect of learning the investigation procedure and appreciation of evidence by the criminal justice instrumentalities. To facili-tate real-time first-hand experience based learning, a case of homicide was fabricated and students were asked to seek some relevant evidences, and prepare maps and tentative inquest reports at the crime scene. This activity brought out a fresh perspective to the stu-dents and made them realize the importance of learning law in its practical application. Apart from preparation of maps and reports the activity catered the students with the ability to deal with the practical circumstances.

Vyakhya Gomasta, the first year student of Amity Law school has been awarded with a silver medal and a certificate in the Women’s Double Ta-ble Tennis competition in Virudhka XI ( Fest ) at NLIU Bhopal. Additionally, she has also won a sil-ver medal and certificate in the Women’s Futsul Com-petition in Virudhka XI ( Fest ) at NLIU Bhopal. Abhinav Sharma and Om Hari Har Tiwari, the fifth year students of Amity Law School got their names mentioned for their extra-ordinary research work from Honorable High court of Chhattisgarh in the Land Mark Judgment of NISHITA SINGH v ABHISE-KH SINGH TOMAR. PURUSHOTTAM and Others v. BABULAL and ors . Their extra-ordinary perfor-mances have helped in the land mark Judgment that has resulted in new development in the field of Law.

Student’s Achievement

Law School Celebrates Human Rights Day Amity Law School, Amity University Chhat-tisgarh celebrated Human Right Day. In this aus-picious Occasion, the event was organized in the moot court hall, where, a discussion on the appli-cation of Human rights in day to day activities was held. Key speakers, Prof. (Dr.) Vijay Singh Dahima, Dy Pro-Vice Chancellor, Amity University Chhattis-garh and Prof. (Dr.) S.C. Mukhopadhyay addressed the gathering with valuable insights on the impor-

tance of human rights in regular routine of the public.The discussion inspired the students to think about application of the violation of several human rights in the obvious scenarios that goes unnoticed in the common eyes of the public. The populace is ig-norant of their civil rights. The lack of knowl-edge regarding the basic rights has made them vulnerable to various overlooked exploitations.

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Amity Institute of Biotechnology, AUC organ-ised a one-day workshop on “Virtual Labs” in associa-tion with Virtual Labs, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Virtual Labs project is an initiative of Minis-try of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India under the aegis of National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technolo-gy (NMEICT). The resource people for the workshop were Tanmay Das and Prateek Sharma from IIT, Delhi.The initial introduction about the Virtual Labs was given by Tanmay Das and the technical session was

covered by Prateek Sharma. The workshop was organ-ised to familiarise the students about the working and the concepts behind virtual labs. The basic concept of Virtual Labs is to confiscate the physical barriers of infrastructure and cost input for conducting ex-periments for both research and academic purposes. The mentors demonstrated the use of Virtual Labs for various science and engineering related experiments. Prof. (Dr.) R.K. Pandey, Vice- Chancellor, AUC graced the occasion and congratulated the biotech in-stitute for successful organisation of the workshop.

One day Workshop on “Virtual Labs”

Industrial Visit to Devbhog Dairy Industry Amity Institute of Biotechnology (AIB) organ-ised a lecture on milk processing and production at Devb-hog Dairy Industry, Khumari, Raipur for processing, pro-duction and packaging. The experts at the site explained the various products’ production from the milk and its processes. The industrial visit also entailed a “Quality Assurance Lab” visit (Chemistry and Microbiology lab) to understand and learn various aspects of subject relat-ed to Food and Diary Technology and practical aspects of the process which covers good laboratory procedures.

AIB Conducted a Social Outreach Program to Kopal Vani Institute Social Responsibility (ISR) cell of Amity School of Biotechnology organized a one day outreach program to the Kopal Vani School and donat-ed groceries and other everyday necessity items there. Kopal Vani Sharwan Badhit Vidyalaya Middle School (KVSBVMS) is located at Raipur Dharshiwa Crc Kus-halpur Sundernagar (M.R.S.H.M.S.) is one of the popular schools for especially abled children in India. The pro-gram commenced with a speech by Dr. Arunima Sur, fac-ulty member AIB. Students of B.Sc., 3rd Semester of the Biotech school performed a mime – “Never Quit” which aimed towards motivating children who never quit in any condition. The students of the university interacted with the students of Kopal Vani School and learned sign lan-guage. The visit could successfully sensitised the students towards the hardships faced by especially abled children.

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Industrial Visit to Devleela Biotech Research Lab

AIB Conducted an Institutional Social Responsibility CampFour students from AIB participated for 8 days in mission “OPERATION SMILE”. It is an international medical charity, headquar-tered in Virginia Beach that provides free surgical care to patients afflict-ed to cleft lips and palates. Apart from this, “Operation Smile” works as a Non-Governmental Organization to reduce the occurrence of cleft lips and palates worldwide. They organised a free surgery camp at Suy-ash Hospital in Raipur. The students participated in the camp for 8 days and helped in the successful organisation of the surgical camp. The stu-dents worked closely with the medical records and patient coordination team and performed activities that were essential for running the mission.

Amity Institute of Biotechnology

Amity Institute of Biotechnology (AIB) or-ganised an industrial visit to Devleela Biotech Re-search Lab. During the visit, Mr. Anup Karmakar, a Scientist at Devleela Biotech, Raipur, interacted and shared his experiences. A formal introduction on basic techniques of Plant Tissue Culture was given by Mr. Anup and he explained all the steps in de-tail with the help of some plant samples, which have

already been grown and developed at the lab. He highlighted various aspects of tissue culture like, cleaning of glassware, media preparation, steriliza-tion of explants, inoculation of explants into nutri-ent medium, sub culturing and hardening. Students have had the hands on experience in sub cultur-ing of banana and bamboo saplings and visited the shed houses for primary and secondary hardening.

National Service SchemeVolunteering for Free Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery Camp by NSS team of AUC

National Service Scheme(NSS) volunteers of Amity Univer-sity Chhattisgarh participated in “Operation Smile” Raipur at the Suy-ash Hospital . Wherein“Inga Health Foundation” organized a Free Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery Camp. NSS volunteers of AUC played an important role as translators where they helped the Surgeons, Anaesthesiologists, Paediatriciansand other non-medical volunteers thereby understanding the needs of the patients. They also worked closely with the medical records and patient coordination team and performed activities that were essential for running the mission

Awareness Programme for Single-Use Plastic and Cleanliness DriveNational Service Scheme (NSS) Unit of AUC organized a Cleanliness Drive and Awareness Programme for Single-Use Plastic in Tildadihvillage of Kha-rora, Raipur on 17th October 2019. NSS volunteers sensitized for single-use plastics to all villagers. Sarpanch of Tildadihvillage, Principle and Teachers of Govt. School praised the work of NSS volunteers of AUC. The drive was led by NSS Programme Officers, Dr. Arunima Sur and Jai Kishon Goswami under the guidance of NSS Programme Coordinator, Prof. (Dr.) Suresh Chandra Nayak

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Faculty Receives Award fromInstitute of Engineers of India

Dr. Ravikant Singh, Head of Institution, Amity Institute of Technology, AUC has received an award on the occasion of Technical Talk- Cre-ating Wealth from Wastes by the Institution of Engineers of India, Chhattisgarh State Centre, Raipur.

Faculty Awarded for Creativity and InnovationDr.Prasnna Kumar Sharma, faculty member ASET, AUC was Awarded “Dr S P Radhakrishnan Nation-al Teacher’s Award” by Anusuchit Jati Vikas Parishad Chhattisgarh and GlobalAward 2019 for excellence in educational services on “Distinguished Professor” under category HEI Professor by AUROPATH, a unit of Auro Service Trust Puducherry India. The award was present-ed by Honb. Chief Minister Chhattisgarh, Mr. Bhupesh Baghel in presence of Minister of Higher Education Chhattisgarh, Mr. Umesh Patel for creativity, innovation and remarkable contribution in the field of Education.

Faculty Publishes an International BookDr. Ram Gopal Kashyap, faculty member AUC published an international book ti-tled ‘Challenged and Applications for Implementing Machine Learning in Com-puter Vision’. The book is a collection of innovative research that combines theory and practice on adopting the latest deep learning advancements for machines capa-ble of visual processing. Highlighting a wide range of topics such as video segmen-tation, object recognition, and 3D modeling, this publication is ideally designed for computer scientists, medical professionals, computer engineers, information tech-nology practitioners, industry experts, scholars, researchers, and students seek-ing current research on the utilization of evolving computer vision techniques.

Faculty Awarded withBhasaSamman 2019

Head of Institute, Amity School of Communication, Prof.(Dr.) Suresh Chandra Nayak has been con-ferred with the “BhasaSamman 2019” by Surya San-sthan, Delhi at Viswabharati University, Shantini-kean. On receiving this honour, Professor Nayak expressed his gratefulness and thanked the organ-izer for choosing him for this prestigious award.

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POETRY

“A New Sunshine”I watched the sun rising, blooming and glaring,my droopy eyes, with a tinge hopeful tries;Waiting for me to rise and shine, before the end of illumi-nating lights;Staying still under the roof, I watched the sun like a goof;Still captured in the surrounding’s darkness, and a bunch of troubling nightmares;I saw the sun giving hope, light, life, But for me, I never felt that I’m even alive;All the fears present were now screaming on my mind, but the sun left a gleam of hope shined;A wave of courage flew through my life, which sign that I can survive;Again the day and the night has arrived, but this time there was new hope that no-one recognized.

When I’ll be a mother,I would tell my daughter that humans are giant crea-tures, they have reduced their number for being peace with the reek of sadness, There beauty of existence has reduced to statistics,And this spectrum is like a history now,I would tell her, I dont desire desire you to burry your presence in graves with affliction yet strive to show as reaching thousand miles way, I pray for her to dig out the countless sources and im-agine power on her hands,I would tell her to be superior, detailed with realisations and stronger to strive. She would scream when there will be a domination for the scattered dreams and falls. But I would compile her to be the bonfire in multi phas-es for the number of times she breathes, she breathes boldly.

Dhaani TelangBA(J&MC)-IV Semester

Amity School of Communication

Akshita AgrawalBA(H) English-II Semester Amity School of Language

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