Student Council Election

I could not be successful in the student council election The election was a landslide victory for Ashish of Section C. the final vote was

Ashish 60 Votes

Prateek 30 votes

Me 24 votes

Kailash 8 votes

There were 21 blank votes and one candidate Sumit withdrew from the race.

Student Council Election

Tommorow there is an election of the Student Council President. The election was called because the previously elected president was involved in some disciplinary action and hence he had to step down. This time I am also a candidate for the post of the president. If I win it will help me greatly. I will have a great opportunity to develop my leadership skills and will get to network with a lot of important people. I will also be able to follow my dream of helping in building up the Brand FORE.

I have already sent my manifesto to the students. On monday I will be giving a presentation on what I would like to do. After the presentation there will be a voting to elect the new president and vice president. I hope people like my views and vision and vote for me.

350.org

Yesterday Mr. Bill Mckibben the CEO of 350.org an organization working for climate change gave a lecture in our college. The lecture was organized by Antar. During the lecture Mr Bill spoke about climate change and the need to cut back on the carbon emmisions. He also explained the significance of the number 350. The number is the maximum possible safe CO2 content ppm in the atmosphere as calculated by scientists. Today this has increased significantly. as a result we are seeing the melting of glaciers, wierd climatic patterns etc. it is the duty of the governments of the world to sit together and taclek this climate change.

Fresher's Party

The Fresher's Party for the new batch took place yesterday. It was a remarkably improved performance by the Nexus commitee which oversees the cultural events. The performance by the students was exceptional and the organization of the event was also good. The theme of the event was a rock show and a rock band was also invited along with the obligatory DJ. The DJ was also very good. at the end of the party there was a dinner which was prepared by our canteen contractor. The dinner also tasted very good unlike the stuff he dishes out at lunch. overall the party was a great success. I enjoyed the party very much

Teach India

Yesterday I went to the induction program of Teach India. Teach India is an initiative by the Times of India group to promote the education for the underprivalaged section of the society. In this initiative Times of India connects volunteers to the various NGOs who work for the underprivalaged children.

During the induction session held all over the city the volunteers were asked to meet the representatives of the various NGOs. My induction was held in S.L. House in Panchasheel Park. There were the representatives of 3 NGOs Katha, Prayas and Butterflies. They gave the detatils about the work they are doing and the centres from which they operate. we were asked to choose the NGO which with we would like to be associated with and possible time and venue where we would like to volunteer. I chose Katha and the tughlakabad area. I will be able to volunteer on the saturday evenings

We will receive the mails regarding our NGOs and the time adn place in a few days. We have to serve for a minimim period of 3 months. I am really looking forward to this work and a chance to give back to the soceity

Antar GDs

Today I took part in conducting GDs for the first year students who want to join Antar the CSR club. There were 6-7 groups of people with around 33 students in all. We have selected 14 people for the interviews to be held tommorow and of them we will select 6 people to be the juniour members of Antar.

Earlier 83 students had expressed their desire to join Antar which was quiet surprisingly a very good response. We had shortlisted people for the GDs based on a test about writing 1000 words about 3 abstract pictures. Tommorow after the third round our junior team will be complete.