The first BG Verghese lecture of 2020 of DME

Media School was organised on the topic 'Indian

economy in 2020 & avenues for young

entrepreneurs’at Nelson Mandela Auditorium,

on January 21. Mr. Puneet Jain- former

Managing Editor, The Statesman newspaper and

a former senior editor, The Economic Times

having great expertise in macro and micro

economic was the perfect pick for the topic. The

lecture was organised to acquaint students about

the status of Indian economy in the coming era.

Mr. Jain, former Director of Jaipur Stock

Exchange further claimed that there will be great

urbanisation by 2030 which will prompt people

to move from the rural to the urban area opening

tremendous doors of opportunities in various

sectors across the

country.

While the session

was moderated by

D r A m b r i s h

S a x e n a , D e a n ,

D M E M e d i a

School, it started

with the felicitation of the guest by Dr Ravikant

Swami, Director, DME and Dr. Susmita Bala,

Head DME Media School.

Concluding the session, Mr Jain answered

several queries of the students while insisting to

develop a habit of saving and investing money

for a prosperous future.

Mr Jain initiated by emphasizing on the

significance of anticipation and how greatly it

has impacted some large corporations who failed

to do so. “There is too much knowledge around

us but one should be wise enough to choose the

right knowledge,” said Mr Jain adding that no

one becomes prosperous by accident but it takes

a lot of planning and hard work to reach a certain

position. Mr Jain further talked about the Great

economic liberalisation and the immense

changes it brought in the lives of people after

1990 while stating that every Indian has become

20 times richer in the past thirty years. He also

mentioned the role of telecom companies in

giving a boost to the economy in the early 2000s

and the banking and financial services sector

which grew manifolds in that period.

DME Journalism@DMEOFFICIAL NEWS LETTER OF DME MEDIA SCHOOL

www.dme.ac.in Vol. 4 Issue VII | February 2020

Series of Special Lectures on Journalism & Mass Communication

B.G. VergheseGreat opportunities await, no need to worry over economic crisis: Mr Puneet Jain

Following students raised queries during the discussion·Rohit Gupta ·Aditya Pratap Singh ·Siddharth Kukreja ·Fazal Khan ·Vishakha Sharma

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There is no recession

in India

The current slowdown

is temporary

Youngsters should

acquire domain

knowledge

Mr Puneet Jainaddressing DME Media School

Students keenly listening to thespeaker during session

- Aaman Alam Khan

DME Staff toil hard on sports field

Vipin Sahni, Chairman, Ms Kiran Sahni, Chairperson and Hon'ble Justice

Bhanwar Singh, Director General, DME. Ms Jyoti Arora, Principal,

DWPS also apprised the faculty members about the initiatives which the

school has taken such as self-defence classes for girls and football

academy to name a few.

On the other hand, the men's T10 Cricket match witnessed an intense

battle as the match went to the last ball eventually resulting in Dr Ambrish

Saxena's team trouncing Dr NK Bahl's team by 17 runs. Simultaneously,

the Badminton Doubles (Men) category witnessed a fierce battle between

Dr Bhavish & Mr Karan and Mr Surya Saxena & Mr Mukesh Kalwani's

team. Eventually, it was Dr Bhavish's team which emerged victorious. In

the women's category, Dr Shuchi Goel defeated Dr Swati Jain.

The Annual Staff Sports Meet of Delhi Metropolitan Education (DME)

was held on January 4, 2020 at Delhi World Public School(DWPS),

Greater Noida. The meet formally commenced with unfurling of the

tricolour by DG Justice Bhanwar Singh followed by singing of national

anthem.

The event started with a brisk walk of 5 kms followed by the women's T10

(10 over a side) Cricket match. Two teams of eight players each led by Dr

Swati Jain and Dr Susmita Bala, respectively competed in a pulsating

match in which the former defeated the latter by two wickets.

Ms Raveena Sarao on behalf of the Sports Society proposed the vote of

thanks and expressed gratitude towards all who had contributed in

making the event a grand success.

Mr Mukesh Kalwani emerged victorious in the men's Table Tennis

tournament. Mr Gunjan Agarhari and Ms Aakasha won men's and

women's chess competition, respectively. Mr Pardeep and Ms Parul

Grover won the 100m sprint (men and women) category, respectively. In

the last event of the evening, Dr Swati's team won the Kho Kho match.

The Event concluded with Prize distribution ceremony and few words of

inspiration and motivation from Mr

Annual Staff Sports Meet of DME

Winners of different games during annual sports meet of DME staff

DME Family during the Annual Sports Meet 2020 2

- Mohit Kishore Vatsa

Mr C M Anand, In charge, Administration, DME in action during cricket match

On the first day of the session, Prof (Dr) Ambrish Saxena, Dean,

DME Media School interacted with the students of

Media School while giving them an opportunity to share their

knowledge on the topics and then rectifying them. Dr Saxena

went on to debunk many myths associated with the Citizenship

Amendment Act (CAA). The interaction was followed by video

presentations of NDTV and Rajya Sabha TV, explaining the

vital aspects of the new act and registers in detail. Dr Saxena

further talked about the outrage in Assam and explained the

Assam Accord while elucidating the link between NRC, NPR

and CAA.

Discussion on Contemporary Issues at DME Media School

“How did an ordinary day in cold, bleak December erupt into such a devastating scene? Why did the violence escalate at such a terrifying rate? How did the world almost begin a third world war in the opening days of a new decade?.. Such questions which have been haunting everyone and students of DME Media School were answered in a two-day special session, organized by DME Media School on January 7-8, 2020 at Nelson Mandela Auditorium.”

Dr Ambrish Saxena elucidates students on

CAA, NRC and NPR US-Iran tension: Will it Impact India?

Students unleash photography skills at Okhla Bird Sanctuary

DME Media School organized a photo walk to Okhla Bird Sanctuary for the first year students on January 22, 2020. The photo walk attended by around 160 students turned out to be a perfect platform for the enthusiastic students to hone their photography skills and test the classroom theories of photography on the field.

The 5 kms stretch of the bird sanctuary was an absolute delight for the students as well as the faculty members. The pathway, variety of birds, ruins of a structure inside the

bird sanctuary and clock tower gave many opportunities to the photo enthusiast students to capture these shots for their assignments.

“Nature and wildlife is a significant aspect of photography. We learned so many dimensions of it in a single day”, said Yuvraj Kakkar, a student.Mr Mohit Kishore Vatsa, Mr Sachin Nair, Ms Kritika Sati and Ms Shefall i Chhibber (Assistant Professors, DME Media School) accompanied the students for the photo walk.

The two day session concluded with Dr. Ravikant Swami,

Director, DME joining in and explaining further about the

world situation to the audience.

The second day witnessed a fruitful discussion about the US-

Iran tension. Dr Saxena shed light on different aspects of the

issue- focusing on its repercussions especially India. He

unfolded the economic side of the current situation with

emphasis on the crude oil import and million Indians living and

working in West Asia. The discussion was further validated by

the video presentations of Aljazeera and other media houses.

Students raising their questionsduring lecture

Prof (Dr) Ambrish Saxenaaddressing the students

DME Media School attending the session

3- Mohit Kishore Vatsa &

Mohd Kamil

- Priyanka Naithani &Aaman Alam Khan

Most of the first year students were visiting the book fair for the first

time. They depended on their seniors and teachers for book and genre

suggestions. The purchases

ranged from young adult

fi c t i o n t o F a n t a s y t o

Photography books to

c lass ics to hardbound

copies of constitution.

Every year in January, publishers, booksellers and book lovers

bargain over the

printed word, in

the digital age.

The declaration

of the death of

t h e p r i n t e d

w o r d i s m e t

with vigour of

t h e c r o w d s

every year.

S t u d e n t s t o o k t h i s

opportunity to also practice

their reporting and writing

skills.

While the first year students wrote a report on the book fair, where they

reported on the book collections, the publishers and their own

experiences, the second year students, led by Mr Ritwik Ghosh, tried

to interview book vendors to put the changes in the trade and the book

fair itself into perspective and honed their reporting skills by

preparing video bites of the same.

This year the fair was not just celebrating literature and ideas, but also

the father of the nation. In tandem with many of the events

commemorating Mahatma Gandhi throughout the nation, the book

fair was themed Gandhi: A Writer's writer, to celebrate 150 of

Mahatma Gandhi.

As witnessed every year, the book fair was a hive of activity with

established booksellers selling new copies at discounted rates and the

smaller book sellers selling used books which contained rare books,

classics, first editions, bestselling pulp fiction, coffee table books and

anthology sets, all at affordable and student friendly rates. The faculty

members and students explored all the halls of the fair and purchased

numerous books.

First and Second year students of DME Media School visited New

Delhi World Book Fair at Pragati Maidan on January 10, 2020.

Students were accompanied by faculty members- Dr Atul Arora, Mr

Mohit Vats, Ms Kritika Sati, Mr Ritwik Ghosh, Ms Tinam and Mr

Sachin Nair.

The Theatre society of DME- Taabiir conducted a two day theatre

workshop for its members on January 25 and 26, 2020 at

amphitheatre of the college. The objective of the workshop was to

prepare its team for Street Play and One Act Play competitions as

part of Aloha- annual cultural fest of DME and Anugoonj 2020-

a n n u a l c u l t u r a l f e s t o f

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.

Mr Mohit Kishore Vatsa and Mr Pramod Kumar Pandey (Assistant

Professors, DME Media School) assisted and coordinated the

workshop.

Mr Rohit Tripathi, veteran theatre actor and director conducted the

workshop. Mr Tripathi is a graduate of Bhartendu Natya Academy,

Lucknow and has also worked with the National School of Drama's

Repertory. He has over 22 years of experience and has acted and

directed various street as well as One Act plays.

During the workshop he helped the team polish its street play titled

“Chunaav” and One Act Play- Khwaab. Besides this, he facilitated

the team in making formations for the play, dialogue delivery and

improvisation.

DME Media School students explore World of Books at Book Fair

Students learn the tricks of trade: Two Day Theatre Workshop at DME

Students of DME Media School at World Book Fair

Mr Rohit Tripathi interacting with students during the workshop

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- Sachin Nair

A two-day event- Jashn-e-Hind by Students with Positive Attitude and Resonating Communication (SPARC) Committee of DME Media School was organised to celebrate the two significant landmarks in the historical context of the nation – birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Republic Day of India. The celebrations took place in the Nelson Mandela auditorium and DME amphitheatre on January 23-24, 2020, respectively.

The event included four creative competitions – Just-A-Minute, singing, slogan writing and dancing. Each competition offered a range of spectacular skills and performances from all the enthusiastic participants. Faculty members of DME Media School judged the performance of the students on various scales.

The winner for Just-A-Minute was Ms Rimjhim. The singing contest saw a tie between winners Mr Siddharth Kukreja and Mr Jaskirat Singh, while Mr Shubham Mandal was the winner of the rap category. Mr Siddhant Sharma and Ms Mitasha Guglani tied for first place in the dance competition. The winner of best slogan writer was Ms Ayushi Verma. All the winners of the event were awarded with attractive prizes.

Dr Ambrish Saxena, Dean, DME Media School and Dr Susmita Bala, Head, DME Media School applauded the efforts of the SPARC Committee which is run by the students and for the students in carrying out student welfare activities within the department and encouraged them to organise such events in the future also.

The first round of competitions, Just-A-Minute and Singing contest concluded on the first day. In addition to the competitions, an endearing tribute was paid to India's great freedom fighter - Netaji Subash Chandra Bose.

The second day's fun involved slogan writing and a dancing contest which was much enjoyed by the students. The event concluded with a declaration of the winners for each competition.

Jashn-e-Hind: Celebration of Democracy at DMEParticipants express love for motherland in vibrant competitions

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- Kausik Das

KNOW YOUR ALUMNI

I was always good at academics and was pretty obedient to listen to my mentors who insisted to enhance my writing skills and emphasized on reading newspaper on a daily basis.

Suggestions for your juniors in taking up PR as a career option

What you did to improve your PR skills during the academic years?

PR was not my forte at the beginning of my learning stage but as I took part in almost every event organised by the DME Media School, I developed an interest and even got better at it. I also learnt that PR and events is a lucrative field so I thought it would

be wise to choose it over other options.

If you are an extrovert then this would be probably the most suitable career option for you. Focus on your listening and writing skills as you will be told to meet clients and manage conferences and seminars.

Anything you wish that you would have done earlier benefitting you in your professional life?Though I was an obedient student, but I wish I had not ignored some crucial advices given by my teachers who consistently urged me to develop reading habits and guided me through to crave the best out of me.

What was your vision while joining DME Media School?I had completed my diploma in VFX and Graphic Designing before joining DME but I was curious about event management so I did not hesitate enrolling for a mass communication course and apparently I liked it.

Having worked at the CNN Media services as a PR executive, Gilchrist Prem, an alumnus of DME Media School has been carrying forward the ethos and characters of the institution into his professional life. Prem worked extensively throughout his academic years in college and was often praised by his teachers for his dedication. He was committed to take PR as a career option and willingly took every opportunity offered by DME to polish his PR and event management skills.

When did you develop an interest for PR and events?

Gilchrist Prem

In Hindu belief, cow is referred to as the 'Gau Mata' or a 'Holy Mother and is worshiped for the same. The documentary showcased the brutal irony which India is facing. It was based on the theme to save the holy cows and to lay emphasis on the torture on them for the human greed. It covered the use of harmful chemicals on the cows for excessive milk production. It also depicted the harmful effects of plastics that they consume while grazing openly and are slaughtered when they are of no use to their owners.

The alumni of DME Media School bagged third position at the film festival of K.R. Mangalam University for the documentary 'The Holy Cow Business' on January 20, 2020. The documentary was produced by Rohan Bailwal, Smriti Bajaj and Samiksha Sharma during their final year project in 2019.

Documentary 'The Holy Cow Business' ofrdDME bags 3 Position in KRMU Festival

Students’ Achievements

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- Interview by: Aaman AlamKhan

- Yukta Prakash

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TRAI sets as new deadline for comments on tariff transparency consultation paperThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of lndia (TRAI) has extended the deadline for submitting written comments on the Consultation Paper on "Transparency in Publishing of Tariff Offers" to February 7, 2020. After the stakeholders sought a further extension of time for sending their comments on the Consultation Paper, TRAI decided to

further extend the last date for submission of written comments to February 7, 2020, and for counter comments to February 21, 2020.

IRS Q3: Dainik Jagran takes No. 1 spot in Hindi readership, TOI leads English dailies

On January 20, 2020, the MRUC (Media Research Users Council) has announced the release of full and complete data for IRS 2019 Q3, which included data for Andhra Pradesh. Dainik Jagran has remained the No 1 daily despite a significant drop in its average issue readership while Times of India has topped English dailies. Malayala Manorama remained the largest read daily in the country.

Prasar Bharati sells MPEG 4 slots to four channelsPrasar Bharati has announced 43rd online auction results and sold allotment for MPEG 4 slots on a pro-rata basis for Rs 66 lakh for the period February 1 to May 14, 2020. The four channels include Samay (Hindi News channel), 9X Jalwa (Hindi music channel), Sangeet Bangla (Bangla music channel) and JK 24x7 (Hindi news channel).

Genesis BCW and Six degrees BCW integrate to form 'BCW India group'BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe), a leading global communications agency, has announced that Genesis BCW and Six Degrees BCW will function under one business group in India, effective immediately. The integration follows the completion of BCW's acquisition of the significant minority held by Zach James and Rishi Seth, the co-founders of Six Degrees.

“My drive to do something is always fuelled by the fire of

challenge the task holds.”

IN CONVERSATIONWITH

Deepika Dhawan

MOVEMENTSIN MEDIAMOVEMENTSIN MEDIA

2. You got AIR-2 in UGC NET-JRF (2019). What was your drive behind this?

I prepared for the exam for a month but have been studying in the domain of Mass Communication for the last 8 years. During my one month of preparation, I studied 12-14 hours each day and revised my study strategy each week. My drive to do something is always fuelled by the fire of challenge the task holds.

1. You have been associated with DME for over two years now. How has been your experience so far?

3 . W h a t i d e a d ro v e y o u t o academics as a career directly from media industry?

A c a d e m i c s a n d t e a c h i n g a r e extremely gratifying to me than working in the industry. Also my fondness for research work has always inspired me to do more. This interest of mine was noticed by Prof. (Dr) Ambrish Saxena, my professor at Delhi University. He encouraged me and gave me an opportunity to teach.

4. Digital media is the new platform for communication. Recently the usage of which is misused for political agendas. What is your say on it?

DME has an extremely vibrant work environment. Being run by visionary people , a tmosphere i s h ighly professional and challenging. In the last couple of years, DME has taken leaps of growth which is not usual for institutes so young.

Digital media is definitely 'the next big thing'. In the Indian context, it will continue to gain importance because of its active usage by the youth. However, one must be well-informed and wise about what to promote and what to ignore.

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