Academic events of September 2016, Department of English, MKBU

Hello readers,

           In this blog I have shared some memories of academic as well as nonacademic events of department of English which we have celebrated in the month of September, 2016.

       1)     Painting exhibition: 2^nd September

       

        On 2^nd September Art andCreativity committee head Binaba Gohil has organized a Painting exhibition and competition. Tarun Kothari, Prof. Vinod Joshi and Prof. Dilip Barad have inaugurated the painting exhibition. Almost 55 students have participated in the competition by giving their art works. There were two competitions in exhibition, first was best painting and second was best interpreter.

Winner of best art work: Ajit Kaliya (Semester 1)

Winner of best Interpreter: Bhumi Dangi (Semester 3)

Here are the photographs of exhibition: click here

Photographs of winners: click here

     Here is the blog of an activity: click here

     2)   Guest lecture of Prof. R.K. Mandaliya sir: 3 to 5 September

      

     Prof. R. K. Mandaliya sir has taken lectures in semester 1 and 3 during this three days session. Mandaliya sir has discussed poetry in both the semesters.

Here are some precious memories with Mandaliya sir: click here

     3)   Celebration of Teacher’s day: 6^th September

        

      On 6^th September we have celebrated Teachers day. 20 students have participated and perfectly played their role of teacher.

Here are some photographs: Click here

    4)   Blood donation: 7^th September

      

       On 7^th September there was a blood donation camp at administrative building of MK Bhavnagar University.

      5)   Dr. Devang Rangani: 8^th September

      

       Dr. Devang Rangani (Assistant Prof. of English, S. S. Govt. Engineering College, Bhavnagar and former student of department of English MKBU) has visited Department of English and discussed his research work "Exploration of urban Pakistani society with special reference of fiction by Mohsin Hamid and Kamila Shamsie" with students. The special guests were Dr. Chetan Trivedi and Dr. Bhairavi Dixit.

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      6)   Visit of an Old age home: 12^th September

          

       On 12^th September Daily schedule committee has organized a visit of an old age home. More than 20 students have joined the visit.

here is the blog: Click here

For photographs Click here

      7)   Ph.D public defense - Krutika Trivedi: 14^th September

        

       On 14^th September 2016, Ph.D Viva of Ms.Kruti Trivedi took place at the New Court Hall of Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University. Under the guidance of Dr. Mansukh Gaijan (HOD, Samaldas Arts College), Ms. Kruti successfully completed her Doctorate degree in "Socio-cultural and psychological issues in Sahitya Akademi Awarded Novels". Prof. Jaydipsinh K Dodiya ( Saurashtra University) played the role of external referee. Many knowledgeable persons like Prof. Dilip Barad, Prof. Ravi Zala, Dr.Chetan Chetan Trivedi and Prof. Mahendrasinh Parmar made the session more interesting. The students of the Department of English made the Viva more interactive by questioning the Ph.D. scholar.

Here are some photographs:  Click here

       8)   Guest lecture of Dr. Ravi Zala: 14^th and 15^th September

        

        Prof. Ravi Zala has discussed Indian writing in English in Semester 1. It was 2 days session and students have really enjoyed learning.

      9)   Celebration of Hindi diwas: 15^th September

     

        On 15^th September, Daily schedule committee has celebrated Hindi Diwas. Dr. Ravi zala Has also participated in Daily Schedule.

For Photographs click here

      10)    Memory tree plantation: 17^th September 

  

             On 17^th September 2016, Gardening Committee has organized memory tree plantation in Department of English. As a part of N.S.S. activity, students cleaned campus area, removed weeds from the ground and planted new plants.

Here is the blog of an activity: Click here

Here are some photographs: Click here

      11)   Talk with Prabodh Parekh: 19^th September

    

         On 19^th September, 2016, Prabodh Parekh has talked about Film appreciation with the students of Department of English.

here are some photographs: click here

12)  Gadhyasabha - “La. Tha. Sarkhi wat” – 20^th September

       On 20^th September, 2016, Gujarati department has organized a Gadhyasabha - “La. Tha. Sarkhi wat” based on the life of Gujarati writer Labhshankar Thakar.

Here are some photographs: click here

Here is blog: click here

13) Webinar – 21^st September

             

       Webinar was organized by the British Council on "Improving Communication Skills through Blogs and Forums". It was live telecast and the session was very informative as well as interactive. Very important links have shared by speakers and they have also talked about the use of various websites of British Council in language learning. They have given priority to every member who is live on webinar; they have also answered the question asked by Vaidehi Hariyani.

Here are photographs: Click here

Here is the blog: Click here 
 

14)    Dr. Nishant Pandya – 22^nd September

         Dr. Nishant Pandya has visited Department of English on 22^nd September. He has talked about his research topic An ESP Research on CCM with students. Dr. Chetan Trivedi has also attended the session.

Here are some photographs: Click here

     

15) Workshop on various Art forms: 24^th and 25^th September
 
       Gujarati Department has organized two days workshop on various art forms.

Here is the blog on 1^st day: Click here

Here is the blog on 2^nd day: Click here

For more blogs click on the links: Zarna Bhatti and Ami Trivedi

16) International conference at Pune: 22^nd to 25^th September

       There was an International conference in Pune on Peace and world literature. Divya Chaudhary, Budhidiya Das and Jayati Thakar have participated in the conference.

17) Workshop – women empowerment: 29^th September

        On 29^th September, 2016, Women’s Development Cell of Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University has organized a workshop on women empowerment “"Humour with Hormones".

Here is the blog: Click here

  

18)  Talk with an Author – Mahendrasinh Parmar: 30^th September

  On 30^th September, 2016, Prof. Mahendrasinh Parmar has narrated his short story “Intellectual Indubhai” and discussed it with students. He also has given his collection of short stories “Polytechnic” as the winning prize to the winner (Yesha Bhatt) of report writing on two days workshop.

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Here is the blog: Click here