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Received Prestigious Award “Innovative Professor of the Year 2022” by “Asian Education Awards” at AEA Conference 2022

26-03-22

It's indeed : a matter of Pride, Pleasure & Honor to be shared amongst, that Dr. Anusha Agarwal, has been awarded with the Prestigious Award of ” Innovative Professor of the Year 2022”, on 26th March’ 2022, by Asian Education AwardsJudiciary at AEA Conference 2022.

The event was graced by Prof. Dr. Firdos T Shroff, Dr. Mala Dasgupta, Ts.Dr. Aslina Baharum, Prof. Dr. Kinjal H Shah.

The aim of this award ceremony was to provide the opportunity, to showcase leading Educationalist’s & their Organization’s ideas and Innovations,across discrete learning aspects.

“Asian Education Awards” was held to celebrate and recognize excellence in education,highlight positive impact of Teachers.

Process of selection was as under:

1.      Nomination

2.      Leadership & Personality Test

3.      Innovative practice in teaching Test

4.      Feedback from 2 persons from Academics

She  reciprocates with gratitude, towards our Institute and our entire Management of I.T.S, Mohan Nagar, GhaziabadChairman Sir, Vice Chairman Sir, Secretary Sir and Director PR Sir for their continued Support, Appreciation and Encouragement.

She extends sincere wishes to each Faculty Colleagues, for their support, whilst taking care of the designated responsibilities, together.

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Grand Finale of Young Talent Hunt – 2022 (Annual Quiz Series)

25-03-22

Institute of Technology & Science, Mohan Nagar, Ghaziabad organised the Online Grand Finale of Young Talent Hunt – 2022(Annual Quiz Series) on 25th March, 2022. The event witnessed the 9th Sequel of the quiz series which was started in 2013.

The Competition was started with the welcome address of Dr. V.N. Bajpai, Director. In his address Dr. Vajpai emphasised on spirit participation rather than winning. He said that the motive of I.T.S behind the event is to motivate the students for more learning.

Dr. Nitin Saxena shared the journey of YTH-2022 with the participants. He also explained the rules and regulations of the final round. He shared that more than 1000 students from 30 + colleges from different parts of the country participated in the preliminary round of the competition which was started in January, 2022.

Out of these 1000+ participants, 178 were able to make their place in the final round. In finals two rounds were conducted for selecting the top 30 winners of the final round. Bhavin Patel from DSPSR,  Chirag Khandelwal from I.T.S Ghaziabad, Raghvendra Kumar Pandey from United College of Technology, Allahabad, Mansi Yadav from KIHEAT Delhi, Parishi Gupta from Aditi Mahavidyalay college Delhi were amongst the top 5 Winners.

Total 30 winners were awarded with Amazon Cash vouchers and Certificate of Appreciation at the end of the final round.

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FDP on “Methodology for Advanced Research and Quality Publication” attended Management faculty

25-03-22

Prof. Shikha Aggarwal participated and completed One week Faculty Development Programme on “Methodology for Advanced Research and Quality Publication” organized by Birla School of Commerce, Birla Global University, Bhubaneswar during March 21 – 25, 2022.

 

 

 

The FDP had various eminent resource person through the span of entire week who talked about various aspects of advanced research methodology. Content analysis, hypothesis testing, pre-requisites for High quality publications, tools and techniques including Hands- on session on SPSS and R studio were some major topics taught during the program. The session during the week were well- planned and the content was also extremely useful for enhancing better research prospects. Some of the speakers included Prof. (Dr.) Ravi Kumar Jain, Professor &Director, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Hyderabad; Dr. Suvendu Kumar Pratihari, Asst. Professor, Birla Global University; Prof. (Dr.) Uma Sankar Mishra, Professor and Head Central University of Rajasthan; Dr. Siddharth Misra , Asst. Professor, Birla Global University; Dr. Biswajit Acharjya , Asst. Professor, Birla Global University and Dr. Pradipta Kumar Sanyal , Associate professor, Birla Global University.

 

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Learning Never Ends - Stories and Games at Parivartan’ – The Slum Education Programme

25-03-22

I.T.S, Mohan Nagar, Ghaziabad organized ‘Parivartan’ – The Slum Education Programme on the 25th of March, 2022. Spring may be giving way to the stuffy summer weather a little early, but the work of Parivartan carries on in right earnest.

The volunteers for the day were Akash, Aryan, Tushar, Ishvi, Palak, Vidhu, Tisha, Apeksha, and Harshita.

Akash started the day with a storytelling session. The idea was that the story should have some moral lessons for the children in terms of their individual duties and overall conduct. The learners listened with rapt attention and enthusiastically participated in the discussion that followed.

The second part of the day’s activities comprised of a game where the kids had to carry a lemon balanced on a spoon while joining in a race against one another. As is usual at Parivartan, these kinds of games are more about learning and developing oneself, rather than simply being about enjoyment. Akash, Aryan, and Tushar coordinated the activity, with the 2 winners being presented with "Puzzle games" that facilitated their mental development.

The day’s events drew to a close with the distribution of Cremica biscuits and Melody toffees, before the children proceeded homeward. Prof. Lokesh Upreti planned and presided over the day’s session, while also guiding the volunteers in the performance of the various tasks. Prof. Ashutosh Sharma motivated the volunteers in the various tasks.

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FDP on "Communication and Management Skills at Workplace" attended by Prof. Shikha Aggarwal

19-03-22

Prof. Shikha Aggarwal, faculty of Department of Management participated and successfully completed 1- week Faculty Development Programme on "Communication and Management Skills at Workplace" organized by Electronics & ICT (E&ICT) Academy of IIT- Guwahati, in association with Bapatla Engineering College, Andhra Pradesh and EarlyRise during March 14 - 19, 2022. 
 

The resource person for the entire faculty development programme was MS. Neha Maheshwari, The FDP course was of total 40 hours expanded over one week. The sessions were planned in morning and evening slots. The objective of the FDP was:

·         To develop skills to ask questions.

·         To Develop skills in listening actively and empathetically to others

·         To Learn what their non-verbal messages are convey others

·         To Enhance their ability to handle difficult situations

·         To Deal with situations assertively

·         To Identify common communication problems that may hold employees back

The resource person focused on developing assertive and persuasive communication and also highlighted the importance of such communication in the workplace. It also emphasized upon recognize different styles of communication and howto improve understanding and build rapport with others. The resource person also reflected on different methods of communication and how one can recognize and choose the best way/ method to go forward in communication. Importance of non- verbal communication was emphasized and effective message formulation was also explained in a very comprehensive manner.

The assessment of the workshop was based on daily post- session quizzes and assignments shared in Google classroom. Lastly, a case study-based project work was to be submitted for final evaluation. The workshop was very insightful and engaging.

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Spiritual session on the topic "Self-Exploration"

16-03-22

I.T.S Institute of Technology & Science, Mohan Nagar organized a spiritual session on the topic "Self-Exploration" on 16.03.2022

at Management Learning Centre, AB-IV from 2:30 to 3:30 pm. The objective of the session was to find the answers of questions like; Who am I?, Why am I?, What is the purpose of life?, How someone can balance emotions?,  What is nature?, What is the true success?, What is God? And how one can attain the Ultimate Happiness in Life?, What is Mind? How to differentiate between Mind and Brain?, What is Consciousness?, How can someone become Conscious about himself/herself? During the session Dr. V.N. Bajpai gave insight about importance of Spiritual knowledge in day to day life, he also emphasized that one should not have ego about anything like; money, knowledge or wealth.

Dr. Bajpai gave references of various Sanskrit Shlokas to make his thought more relevant and effective to the audience.

The session was very interactive & full of wisdom. Dr. Bajpai also answered the questions raised by Dr. Ashish Jha & other participants. The Session was ended with a very motivational story about the God's Mercy told by Dr. Sanjeev Tandon.

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Virtual Symposium on “Design Academics & Research 2022” attended by MBA students and faculty member

12-03-22

Piyush Kumar Jha and Anjali Singh, students of MBA 2021-23 batch, along with  Prof. Shikha Aggarwal, attended virtual “Symposium on Design Academics & Research 2022” organized by MIT Institute of Design, MIT- ADU University on March 12, 2022.

 

 

The eminent speaker for the session were Prof (Dr.). Dhimant Panchal, Chair Professor, MIT Institute of Design; Prof. (D). Ravi Poovaiah, Industrial Design Centre- IIT Bomabay; Prof. Jatin Bhatt, Ex. Pro-Vice-Chancellor Ambedkar University, Delhi; Prof.K. B Jinan, Design Researcher And Educationalist; Mr. Yogesh Dandekar, Founder- Sarg Design Studio; Dr. Guruprasad Rao, Director & Mentor, Imaginarium India Pvt. Ltd; Dr. Keyur  Sorathia, Secretary- DPPC, IIT- Guwahati.

At the start of the session 1, Prof. Dhimat Panchal introduced the importance of Design thinking education. Further Prof. Ravi Poovaiah told us about the design education for the future. How it helps students adopt a better understanding of the people around them and learn to build stronger relationships.  By tackling old problems in new ways, students get the chance to do a double take on their own preconceptions. Moving ahead in the session Prof. JatinBhatt elaborated upon design education from Indian perspective. In that, design education is learning how to apply practical methods, prior knowledge and natural talent to solve new problems. it is also referred to as creative education. Then Prof. K.B Jinan enlightened about reinventing design pedagogy and contextual aesthetics.

Session 2 began with Mr. Yogesh Dandekar talking about the evolving paradigm of design education in India. And highlighted the need of new kind of designers, people who can work across disciplines. Then Dr. Guruprasad Rao told us about the design practice and design education, industry-academia partnerships. A new group of professionals combine the roles of professional, practitioners, and educators is the new demand in the market. Finally, Dr. Keyur Sorathia discussed about the significance of academic research in India. India has a well acclaimed brain power and promotion research will only help India move up the global intellectual ladder. At the end of session guest professors took questions from participants and engagingly answered participant queries. The symposium was full of new insights and learning. 

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Cultural Club’ Activity “Cultural Holi Haat - 2022” Competition for PGDM Participants

11-03-22

Vibgyor – The Cultural Club of I.T.S School of Management, Ghaziabad organized “Cultural Holi Haat - 2022” Competition for PGDM participants on 11th March, 2022. The Event was inaugurated with the Lamp-Lightening of Maa Saraswati by Dr. V.N. Bajpai, Dr. Anusha Agarwal, Dr. D.K. Pandey, Prof. Durba Roy & Prof. Shikha Arora.

In the Event Competitions were organized in following 5 Categories;

1.      Best Stall (Main Competition)

2.      Star Performer in Cultural Dance (Ms. Neeti Chaudhary was the winner)

3.      Star Performer in Cultural Singing (Mr. Utkarsh Sharma was the winner)

4.      Star Performer in Poetry/Gazal Writing (Mr. Surendra Srivastava was the winner)

5.      Star Performer in Standup Comedy. (Mr. Kunal & Mr. Ankit Jha were the winners)

 The Best Stall competition was Judged By Dr. Anusha Agarwal & Prof. Yacchna Malhotra, And Winner of this competition was Stall No.-5 of the participants Mr. Surendra Srivastava, Mr. Akash, Mr. Aryan & Ms. Priyanshi. Whereas First Runner-up was Stall No.-7 of the participants Ms. Amrita Singh, Ms. Baishnabi Behra, Ms. Laxmi Pandey, Ms. Manisha Kumari & Ms. Sara Jain. And the Second Runner-up was stall No.-11 of Mr. Shivam, Ms. Ankita Singh, Ms. Nitu Pandey, Mr. Ankit Jha, Mr. Awanish Mishra.

Dance & Singing Competitions were judged by Prof. Ritika & Prof. Shilpi. And Standup Comedy & Poetry/Gazal writing competition was judged by Prof. Mayank & Prof. Yacchna.

All the Winners were Awarded with Trophies & Certificates.

The event was successfully organized by the members of Cultural Club; Mr. Shobhit, Ms. Mahima, Ms. Divyanshi, Ms. Rupali, Mr. Utkarsh, Ms. Garima, Mr. Bhuvneshwar, Ms. Sandhya, Ms. Sakshi & Ms. Shruti.

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Dr. Rajeev Johari delivered session on “Creation the Space of Entrepreneurship”

09-03-22

Dr. Rajeev Johri delivered session on Creation the space of Entrepreneurship on 9th March 2022 at Trinity Institute of Professional Studies-TIPS, Dwarka, Delhi affiliated with G.G.S.I.P. University, Delhi. 

The purpose of the session was to acquaint participants on how to explore an idea and convert it into successful implementation. The session was attended by students of undergraduate final year of B.Com and B.B.A. The session was very interactive with orientation on new thoughts and tips for making a successful journey for Entrepreneurs. The basic issue of the session of idea generation was how to tackle business plan, financial model and breakeven analysis. Different points were discussed with latest examples of existing products and services of startups and young innovators in different sectors of entrepreneurship. Vibrant students and faculty members raised intelligent queries during the session and also after the session.

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Guest Lecture on the topic "High Impact Communication Skills in Digital Era" for MBA (2021-23) batch participants

07-03-22

I.T.S - Mohan Nagar, Department of Management organised an Online Guest Lecture for MBA (2021-23) batch participants on the topic "High Impact Communication Skills in Digital Era" on 7th March, 2022.

 

The Guest Speaker for the session was Ms. Juhi Gupta who is a Master Trainer, Motivational Speaker, HR Consultant and Career Guide.

Ms. Juhi gave a detailed view of Business Communication in the digital world with the help of examples and a few activities. She explained to the participants about basic communication skills which are required to be successful in the corporate sector. She talked about SLRW principles of communication and the basic telephonic and online meeting etiquette to be followed during conversation with the clients or customers at the workplace.

She also highlighted the importance of business writing and proofreading guidelines while sending the emails and texts. Also, she gave a detailed overview of Corporate Expectations to the participants about ethical behaviour and attitude so that they can inculcate such traits in their personality.

Overall it was a wonderful interactive session which concluded with the presentation of a virtual plaque to the guest as a token of remembrance and gratitude.

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International Women’s Day celebrated by ‘Parivartan’ – The Slum Education Programme

05-03-22

I.T.S Mohan Nagar, Ghaziabad celebrated International Women’s Day at ‘Parivartan’ – The Slum Education Programme on the 5th of March, 2022. 

Spring is in the air and with some recent accomplishments by female personalities fresh in the mind, the time was just right for remembering the contributions of women to society and life in general.

The volunteers for the day were Manjeet, Ayushi, Manvi, Shailesh, Rima, Aryan, Rupali, Baisnabi, Abhijeet, Shradha, Shubham, Piyush, and Vikash.  

Ayushi began the proceedings for the day by reminding the children about the important role played by women in the present day and age. She was assisted by Manvi as they went about explaining why is not enough to indulge in lip service as far as the involvement of women at work and public life, in general, is concerned. Prof. Lokesh Upreti joined in and made the kids aware of how times have changed in this regard. He drew attention to the sea change that had taken place from females of previous generations to those of the present one. The little ones were told to wish their mothers and elder sisters back home on this occasion (8th March 2022) and to express gratefulness as well.

In the second part, Shailesh took a class on basic science where he touched upon concepts like the water cycle and photosynthesis. The learners were mostly familiar with these topics and were able to relate to the process of plants preparing their own food.

The day ended with the distribution of Britannia biscuits and Melody toffees before the children headed home. Prof. Upreti planned and presided over the day’s session, while also guiding the volunteers in the performance of the various tasks.

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Research Convention 2022 - Informal Economy: The Invisible Hand

05-03-22

The Institute of Technology & Science, Ghaziabad organized the fourth edition of Research Convention-2022 on the emerging and key theme of ‘Informal Economy: The Invisible Hand’ on 05th March, 2022.

This one day Convention was organized under the aegis of Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC), MIC-MoE and MSME. The convention witnessed a huge participation from industry and academia along with the students.

The event began with the auspicious lamp lighting ceremony and invocation of Goddess Saraswati. The convention commenced with the enriching address by Shri Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman, I.T.S - The Education Group. He warmly welcomed all the eminent speakers and shared his valuable insights on the emergent theme of the convention, its role and importance to the Indian economy and involvement of youth to drive it coming years. He emphasised participants to take maximum learning from the deliberations of all the experts and practitioners to be shared across various sessions.

Prof. (Dr.) V.N Bajpai, Director Management presented the welcome address where he introduced the theme of the convention and shared his viewpoints on the informal economy and its relevance in today’s scenario. Dr. Rajeev Johari, Convenor provided the overview of the convention and the program flow.

The Inaugural session was graced by Mr. Anil Patni, Team Leader EU Policy and Outreach Project (India & France) as Chief Guest, Mr. Rahul Sharma, Managing Director, APCO World Wide and Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Professor & Dean, Shiv Nadar University, Former Director and Chief Executive Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).

Mr. Anil Patni, Team Leader EU Policy and Outreach Project (India & France), Chief Guest of the convention deliberated upon the importance of Informal Economy as being informal doesn’t means non-existent, and importantly it has a major part to play in GDP.

Mr. Rahul Sharma, Managing Director, APCO World Wide, as the keynote speaker expressed his thoughts over the emergent ‘Knowledge Economy’ giving its way to the gig economy wherein technology has proved to be the major enabler.

Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Professor & Dean, Shiv Nadar University, Former Director and Chief Executive Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), was the other keynote speaker who expressed concern over greater urbanisation and new characteristics of the city and its people who do not prefer to own assets.

The session was quite interactive as participants asked many relevant questions and the eminent speakers answered them to their satisfaction. At the end of the inaugural session, Dr. V.N Bajpai presented virtual plaques to all the honorable speakers as a token of remembrance and gratitude.

The first panel discussion involved Mr. S. K. Gautam, CEO, UDYAM; Mr. Ramanan Ramanathan , Former Additional Secretary NITI Ayog, New Delhi; Dr. Raj Agarwal, Professor and Director, CME-AIMA, New Delhi; Mr. Anand Mirani, Director & Lead Advisor, Simplus Exim & Corporate Advisory LLP;and Ms. Hanadi Khalife, Senior Director- IMA, Middle East, Africa & India Operations.

Mr SK Gautam initiated proceedings by speaking about “Informal Economy & Invisible Hand”. He shared data on the Indian government’s  contribution to the startup ecosystem, also taking time to stress upon women entrepreneurship and their contribution to Indian economy.

Dr Raj Agarwal emphasised upon the collaboration between academia and industry for promoting an environment of entrepreneurship. He also spoke about the culture of entrepreneurship during the course of the globalisation, privatisation and liberalisation process.

Mr. Anand Mirani started his deliberation with a story of ants and stressed upon becoming butterfly in the times to come. He hoped that students would take the chance to explore possibilities. He highlighted entrepreneurial attitude, adaptability to change and VUCA world through various examples.

Mr. Ramanan Ramanathan stressed on various features of the Atal innovation mission along with the demographic dividend being exploited by India. He shared examples and quotations of Steve Job, Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam and Swami Vivekananda to reinforce his concepts on innovations, creativity and entrepreneurship.

Panel Discussion 1 ended with the vote of thanks by Dr V.N. Bajpai and sharing of Plaque of Honor to all the panel members.

The second panel discussion included Mr Surendra Nath, IAS, Former Secretary, Govt. of India; Dr Vipin Kumar, Director and Chief Information Officer, National Innovation Foundation, DST, Govt. of India; Prof. Birendra Kumar, Dr Rajendra Prasad Agriculture Central University Bihar; Mr Ashwinder R. Singh, CEO, Bhartiya Urban; Dr Sanjeev Kumar Saxena, Assam University; and Mr Ankur Bisen, Senior Partner, Technopak Advisors.

Mr. Surendra Nath initiated the session by explaining the background of informal economy; how to increase the productivity of the informal economy; the working population of the country, core issues of employment & productivity; and how 40 crore people are engaged in different industries of which 20 crore in agriculture, 8 crore in construction, 5 crore in forestry, 4 crore in hotels, 2 crore in animal husbandry and 1 crore in handicrafts.

Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Saxena discussed about the resilience of the hospitality industry in Covid-19, including how the industry coped with revenue downfall because of foreign restriction and lockdowns. He further discussed how they have planned the strategic approach during the pre and post pandemic era.

Mr. Ashwinder R Singh expressed his views about the role of technology in the real estate sector and how residential real estate has grown in the last couple of years during the pandemic. He further explained some of the challenges for the real estate industry, such as the low rental rates.

Mr. Vipin Kumar discussed about the startups in the services sector and how they have grown into unicorns in a very short time. He went on to talk about employment generation with startups and experimentations in the food industry.

Mr. Ankur Bisen highlighted the importance of the informal economy in pandemic and how society needs to invest more in defining the informal economy. He also addressed issues like quality of employment, human rights, lack of framework in informal economy and economic growth of India.

Panel Discussion II was then concluded with the presentation of a virtual plaque of honour as a token of gratitude.

Overall the various sessions of the convention were very lively and instructive for all present. Students gained a variety of insights which are expected to broaden there horizons while also apprising them about opportunities coming up in a growing job market.

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Online Session on "Hands-on on Project Management with Jira” for the students of MCA

01-03-22

Jira Software is an agile project management tool that supports any agile methodology, be it scrum, Kanban etc.

It is used to check backlogs, roadmaps, reports, to integrations and add-ons you can plan, track, and manage all the agile software development projects from a single tool. To make students of MCA aware about this tool, on 1st March 2022 Department of IT, organized an online guest talk on “Hands-on on Project Management with Jira” for the students of MCA. Ms. Shweta Pandey, Analyst, Capgemini was the Guest speaker of this session. During the session she demonstrated the working of Jira and many of its features which are important in the development and monitoring of the Project. Students were very interactive and asked many queries related to Jira and Ms. Pandey very nicely took all the doubts of students by giving practical implementation using Jira. It was a new learning for all.

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Employability Skills Workshop for PGDM (2021-23) batch

25-02-22

I.T.S School of Management, Mohan Nagar organised a three-day “Employability Skills Workshop” for PGDM (2021-2023) students from 23 February to 25 February, 2022 in collaboration with Rubicon Skill Development Pvt. Ltd.
 

 

The three-day workshop began with the inaugural session in the august presence of Dr. V.N. Bajapi, Dr. Anusha Agarwal - Chairperson PGDM Program and Prof. YachnaMalhotrain the Dronacharya Auditorium.

The trainers for the session were: Ms. ShilpiAgarwal, Ms. Aishwarya,

The training session focused on team building activities and personality development of the PGDM students. The trainers conducted some hand on activities with the students in order to enhance their self-confidence and overcome stage fear.The training sessions also covered essential interview skills like giving presentations, group discussions, mock interviews, email etiquette and many more.

The workshop witnessed huge enthusiasm from the students as they were seen being participative in all the sessions.

 

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Sports Competition organized by Utthan Club

24-02-22

Games and Sports play a vital role in the student’s life. It helps in the attainment of the ultimate aim of education i.e. the achievement of holistic development.

Considering the concept of “SPORTS FOR ALL”, Utthan, A CSR initiative of Department of Management at I.T.S - Mohan Nagar, Ghaziabad organised a "Sports Competition" for the Government School students of class 1st to 10th in the campus on 24th February, 2022.

This competition offered a break from the daily routine tasks and energised all the students. The race competition was categorised in 3 sections. Sack race was organised for class 1st to 3rd; Ball chasing race was organised for class 4th to 6th and Rope race competition was enthusiastically participated by students of class 7th to 9th. 

Faculty Coordinators, Dr. Nitin Saxena and Prof. Shilpi Rana started the activity by addressing the students and motivated them for upcoming club activities. Winners of the different race competition were awarded with exciting gifts. They seemed to be quite enthusiastic after visiting the campus since December, 2021 due to Pandemic restrictions.

Students were given refreshments at the end of the activity.

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