CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus

1. Placement Training by Ms. Irudaya Mary Daniel The students were briefed on the recruitment process followed in companies. This helped them gain the perspective of the employer and prepare for placements more thoughtfully. 2. Creating an Impact by Ms. Arpita Gosh The session was centred around student well being and helped students establish their career outcomes. It helped students take a step back and examine the trajectory of their actions and identify the scope for improvement. 3. Communication Skills through Theatre by Dr. Jibrael Jos The 5Ps of public speaking – planning, preparation, practice, performance, and passion were introduced by the resource person. The use of different emotions in expressing oneself was also discussed.  Games and activities were conducted to practice Observation Skills and the use of engaging opening lines while story telling was practiced. 4. Workshop on Taxation Laws by CA Shantanu Darak and CA Aishwarya Dalvi  The workshop is organized to ...

The Arts, Culture and Theatre Committee organised the Investiture Ceremony of Students Bar Association on 5 December 2022 with the purpose of inculcating a sense of responsibility to the student convenors of various committees of the Students’ Bar Association. The faculty coordinators and student convenor of the Arts, Culture and Theatre Committee proposed to the Head of Department that the investiture ceremony would be introduced in the department so that it may be held every academic year wherein at first the faculty coordinators would give the respective student convenors of their committees their badges, and in the coming years the previous student convenor would pass on their responsibilities to the current convenors along with the handing over of the badges. This activity would be followed by a pledge of the convenors. The event was proposed to be organised every academic year with the aim to encourage and motivate the convenors to involve themselves and the committee members in ...

A five-day Online Hands-on Training session for image processing was organised for the students of BSc Data Science Students; The insightful session was taken by Mr Janarthnan M, who started with sharing the basics of Computer Vision and Image Processing to the advanced image processing concepts; the session was organised to help the students to gain more knowledge in image processing and to help them in completing the internship related to image processing. Day- 1:Mr Janarthan talked about the basics of Image Processing and classic image processing algorithms. Analog and digital image processing are the two techniques used in image processing. The method for processing pictures, prints, and other tangible reproductions of images is known as analogue image processing. In contrast, digital image processing uses sophisticated algorithms to manipulate digital images to generate information. They were briefed about them with the help of a presentation. And introduced them in Colab.  Da...

The Microsoft student ambassadors organise GitHub introduction and training sessions from the Department of Data Science, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Pune Lavasa Campus for the students of various programs, including first and second-year bachelor students from the department of data science and economics, and first-year students of MSc data science and economics. The students conveyed the need for having a good GitHub profile, how to build and collaborate on repositories and the need and tips to maintain a git profile. Session 1:  1 MSc EA [12.11.2022, 10:45 Am - 12:15 pm] The session started with the introduction of GitHub, after which we explained the usage and benefits of having a GitHub account and profile. The primary focus was on the account creation of all the attendees and understanding the basic knowledge about GitHub. The basic knowledge of push and pull requests to upload any file and download files in their local machine using GitHub Desktop. Session 2: 1 MSc DS -...

A session on the topic of ‘Waste Management Laws in India’ was conducted on the 21st of September 2022 for the students from the Department of Data Science students as part of the Plastic Clean-up Drive organised by the Department of Data Science, Data Science Association (DSA – DATUM) with the collaboration of Institute Innovation Council (IIC) in CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus. The session was handled by the speaker Ms Kalyani Abhyankar. Ms Kalyani is a law faculty in the School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus. She has completed her BBA LLB (Hons) in Constitutional Law from CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Banglore Central Campus and her masters in LLM, Constitutional Law from National University of Advanced Legal Students, Kochi. She is currently pursuing her PhD from National Law Institute University, Bhopal. She has been an intern in various organisations and was a committed NCC Cadet during her education. She has been part of var...

Day 1 - The digital marketing workshop by Jayanta Chakraborti was organized by the university to provide us students with expert, industrial and practical knowledge on the subject. The Day 1 of the workshop started with us learning about the various web business models and their corresponding examples in the market. The evolution of e-commerce was also talked about in the session. It is said that digital marketing is a structured process, and the success of a campaign depends upon the ability of the company to follow the digital marketing process. The digital marketing process starting with Visibility and continuing with Traffic pull, engagement, lead generation, conversion, measurement and ending with retention was also discussed at length and ways in which each factor will help digital marketing and the ways in which it can help the businesses were also discussed. The concepts of remarketing and retargeting, web analysis and the data collection for it and the topic of customer lifeti...

Everyone in the Lavasa market waited with bated breath as they heard the collective voices and the loud clanging of plates, calling for attention – A Nukkad natak on drug abuse was about to be performed! The DRISHTI wing of CSA brings about awareness regarding various social issues through their immersive street plays, or better call them “Nukkad Natak”. On the 8th of December, 2022, Drishti, performed a Nukkad Natak for the residents and students of Lavasa at the most social place here – The Market. The actors performed a Hindi Street play highlighting the grim reality of drug abuse; The main objective of the event was to spread awareness among the youths regarding the dangers of substance abuse. The Drishti volunteers reported at the Gazebo by 5:30 PM clad in their black kurta paired with a red dupatta in high spirits and had their faces painted to further enhance the emotions of the character that they were playing. CSA’s media team reported soon afterwards and clicked photos before...

The transgender umbrella though identifies similar other identities including intersex, gender non-conforming people and other native and indigenous identities such as Kinnar or Hijra. In most countries because of the existing patriarchal or typical heteronormative structure, it is very difficult for them to enjoy the basic rights or facilities just like other cis-gender people. Even in terms of data, studies etc. related to the challenges they are facing are found very few. Certain countries have introduced trans-inclusive policies including support for gender-affirming care. But other basic rights; such as marriage equality, adoption, property inheritance etc. are still to be worked upon considering their existing legal framework. Studies of subject matters of spheres such as human rights and gender justice often tend to stop the conversation at some point around women empowerment, women’s justice, undoing patriarchy for the sake of women. But they fail to take cognizance of the peop...

The Department of Languages, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus, in collaboration with the Readers’ Club, organised a creative writing workshop ‘Into the Mind of a Writer.’ The resource person for the workshop was Dr Hilda David, an Associate Professor at the Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce and the Coordinator at the Symbiosis Centre for Liberal Arts. She has also conducted many creative writing courses and soft skills workshops at various institutes. She has worked as a consultant with Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She had done various major and minor projects and is also part of several reputed committees. Dr Hilda has written and published poems and short stories. A teacher, guide, philosopher, friend, confidante and much more, she is a very versatile and creative person who profoundly impacts others’ life.  The event started with a Welcome Note by Vryshin Ram (2nd Yr BCom). Vryshin invited the Dean & Director, Fr Dr Jossy P George, for the ...

The Marketing Club conducted the GELP Workshop in collaboration with the GELP organizing committee. The workshop was conducted on 19 November 2022 from 11.00 AM to 2:30 PM. The head of the department, MBA, Dr Becky M. Thomas, Prof. Stanny Dias, and Prof. Tanya Sharma from Marketing Monks, were in attendance. The students from MBA and BBA were present for the GELP Workshop. 67 first-year MBA students attended the workshop. GELP Workshop – Diversifying your E-Portfolio: Developing your Personal Brand is a half-day workshop that will allow students to engage with resource persons engaged in creating leaders around the globe in an interactive experiential environment that will include keynote speakers, professional skill development, games, networking and career development opportunities. Miss Ananya Rena was the Emcee and organised the event throughout. She introduced the speaker,Gwen O’Mahoney, and briefed her about GELP. GELP is a social enterprise aimed at developing leadership program...

The desire to become a lawyer is frequently sparked by inspiration. The inspiration for most law students comes from either personal heroes (often family members), fictitious heroes (Perry Mason, Alan Shore), or the concept that one person can genuinely make a difference.    The legal field so appears to be appealing enough, but what sort of individual would make a great lawyer?  Good written and verbal communication abilities come as standard.  A lawyer must alsoenjoy reading because conducting research is a significant part of the work. The most crucial ability that one require is logical reasoning, though. One must be able to analyse situations impartially and draw your own judgments. Law is unquestionably a career one should think about if one is intelligent, well-groomed and not afraid to express opinions. The function of a lawyer in the modern period has radically changed, moving far away from white collars and black robes to opulent corporate offices and jobs ...

School of Business and Management, (MBA) CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus, organized an intra-collegiate fest XLLENZ’22, conducted by CHRIST College Pune on 24th November 2022. This was the first mega event conducted by CHRIST College Pune for the students of the School of Business and Management, (MBA) Lavasa Campus. The event started at 9.00 and concluded on the same day at 5.00 pm with prize distribution. The event started with the emcee’s introduction, followed by the invocation dance. The invocation dance is a form of prayer that depicts the glorification of the divine aimed to bring the experience of the divine realization to the performer and their audience. Prof. Stanny Dias, faculty coordinator for XLLENZ 22 welcomed the dignitaries and students officially. Followed by a welcome address, Dr. Becky M Thomas, HoD, MBA addressed the students and mentioned the importance of intra-collegiate collaborations. After the HoDs address, the event was officially declar...

The session was insightful where Mr. Janarthnan M shared the basics of about Computer Vision and Image Processing. Day- 1: Talked about the basics of Image Processing and classic image processing algorithms. Analog and digital image processing are the two techniques used in image processing. The method for processing pictures, prints, and other tangible reproductions of images is known as analogue image processing. In contrast, digital image processing uses sophisticated algorithms to manipulate digital images in order to generate information.Briefed about them with the help of presentation. And introduced them in Colab. Day-2: Talked about the package FiftyOne, The free software for creating superior datasets and computer vision models. Poor quality data is the biggest obstacle to the success of machine learning systems. Additionally, enhancing a model might be time-consuming and ineffective without the proper tools. By enabling you to quickly and accurately display datasets and compr...

The International day of persons with disabilities was observed on Saturday 03 December 2022 worldwide. It is promoted by the United Nations. On this day, various NGOs, schools, colleges, universities and other institutions do conduct events in order to highlight issues related to persons with disabilities. World Health Organization also joins the United Nations in observing this day every year, emphasizing the importance of securing the rights of people with disabilities, so they can participate fully, equally and effectively in society with others, and face no barriers in all aspects of their lives. It is all about promoting the rights and welfare of persons with disabilities at every level of society and development, and to raise responsiveness of the situation of persons with disabilities in all aspects of social, cultural, political, and economic life. School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) – Lavasa campus, Pune had organized a lecture on Saturday 03 December 2022 from 11...