Business Ethics Conference
The Wharton Business School, Jindal University and the American Society of International law collaborated in hosting the international conference on Business Ethics and Corruption in the Globalised World.
Experts deliberated on combating corruption in business practices at the joint conference.
Widespread prevalence of corruption not only makes a mockery of the law but also violates constitutional rights of citizens and intrinsically hampers growth and development. This was the consensus drawn over two days of deliberations among leading research scholars, industry leaders and public policy practitioners at the conference.
lifestyle Exhibition
EPICA, a luxury and lifestyle exhibition and carnival by Aakriti Jain in association with NGO We Welfare Society by Neha Kala have joined hands.
EPICA is a platform for interaction for exhibitors at a pocket friendly cost.
The event was inaugurated by Dr Jai Madaan (tarot and Vastu expert) and was graced by MTV Splitsvilla 7 contestant Jacqueline Kiare leslie, Vikkie Anand, Ravinder Pratap Singh, Maya Singh, Yotsana Attre, Krishna and Sapna Tewari and Shweta Arora.
Debating Championship
After an intense battle of argument, wit and verbal jousting involving more than 1000 students across 20 cities, Intellebate, powered by USA UnivQuest, announced the five winners of the National Debating Championship, who will carry the Indian flag at the 28th World Schools Debating Championship 2016, to be held in Germany.
In the run up to the national competition, USA UnivQuest successfully reached out to more than a million students across the country, making Intellebate the biggest inter-school debating competition. They are trying to popularise debating as a fun way of sharpening critical and higher order thinking skills (HOTS), recognised by NCERT and CBSE as vital in the overall success of a student.
Immersion Programme
Macquarie University has launched an immersion programme on Doing Business in India that aims to familiarise Australian business students with knowledge of Indian business environment and culture.
A group of business students from Macquarie University visited India as part of the programme. This tour is a part of the international study tour within the Bachelor of Commerce degree which is developed by the programme director for International Business at Macquarie University, Dr Meena Chavan.
Over the last two weeks, the student visited Mumbai and New Delhi-Agra, the financial and political Capitals of India respectively, and experienced Indian business environment and culture first hand, which will add greater meaning to their course back home.
As a part of the Mumbai tour, students participated in a hands on experiential activity of the Harvard developed case study — The Dabbawala System: On-Time Delivery, Every Time, and visited places like Bombay Stock Exchange, and IIT Bombay. In Delhi visits included Nizamuddin Dargah and Cyber Hub.
10th Rismun At Ryan International School
Ryan International Group of Institutions recently held its 10th edition of Ryan International School Model United Nations Conference (RISMUN) under the guidance of founder Dr Augustine F Pinto and MD Grace Pinto.
The conference saw the participation of over 400 students from 42 schools all over Delhi. Every year, RISMUN serves as a forum for young students to let out their inner leader, deliberate on world politics and provide ideas for solving globally relevant issues. The conference felicitated seven committees like Historic Mukhabharat. Gaurav Kathuria of Class XII was the secretary general for the conference.
The closing ceremony was filled with heightened emotions as the awards were given to the meticulous delegates in the presence of the chief guest, Dr Joan Antony, Professor of Psychology at Jesus and Mary College. Dr Antony reminded the gathering of their potential and empathy that is present and is a significant characteristic in all great leaders.. The conference ended with a performance by the school rock band and the announcement of the Best Delegation.
Doctoral Research Workshop
The TERI University conducted a first of its kind workshop on Doctoral Research in Architecture and Wider Built Environment Discipline at its New Delhi campus. The interactive workshop saw participation from over 40 professors and scholars from Delhi and surrounding regions, offering graduate programmes in architecture, urban planning and other built environment related disciplines, discussing topics related to architecture, planning, landscape, culture & heritage, real estate, sustainable and inclusive cities etc.
Speaking at the inaugural session, Dr Rajiv Seth, Pro-VC, TERI University said, “There is need for advance research in the domain of architecture and built environment that will be vital for shaping Indian cities and for issues of sustainability.”
Dr Shaleen Singhal, HOD, Policy Studies, TERI University said, “We structured the workshop with the aim of orienting scholars to undertake high quality doctoral research. We focused on orientation, analytical approaches, techniques and methods for PhD research, including topics related to architecture, planning, landscape, culture & heritage and real estate.”