CULTURAL MIRROR

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Our culture is what defines us; it’s an integral part of our lives, the way we live, the mores, traditions and customs that dominate our lives are all a part of our culture. No society can exist without culture. Our culture is what binds us together to other people.

The College successfully held its three-day annual Cultural Festival “Mehak-2017” from 19-21 January. The Chief Guest of the event was Delhi state BJP Chief Sh. Manoj Tiwari, who encouraged the students and his musical performance proved to be a rage among them. Yajur Band put up a scintillating performance for the audience. More than 30 Delhi University Colleges participated in various events. Teams from Jesus and Mary, Daulat Ram College, Maitreyi College, Ramjas College, Hindu College and many more took part in the Street play competition “Pratibimb”. The various Cultural Societies of the college held inter college competitions. Battle of words, Treasure chase, Intricacies, Urbanity, Laughistan, Contagiorn Swarigini, Mystique, Chritrakari, and Doodle were some activities which saw a number of participants captivating the judges as well as the audience.The college also witnessed a star evening performance by pop singer Hardy Sandhu and saw an overwhelming footfall of almost 6000 students.

MEHAK 2017

SPIC MACAY: Headed by Dr. Renuka Pillai, they successfully organized a heritage walk and a cultural performance by Rajasthani folk singers in the college.

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usic society, headed by Dr. Sangeeta Kaul,

trains our students in Indian Classical singing.

SALVATION: This society was created for general awareness

amongst the students regarding cleanliness, envionment, blood

donation. Dr. Veena Malhotra is in charge of this society.

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sculpture and poster-making.

CRUNK (DANCE SOCIETY), Led by Dr. Soni Rastogi, they won the following awards-• First position at Lady Hardinge Medical College, Northcap University, National Institute of Technology, Mittal Institute of Management, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Institute of Information Technology and Management, and JECRC University, Jaipur• Second position at AIIMS, SRM University, Indira Gandhi Technical University, Galgotias University, RLA, Kalindi College, Zakir Hussain College and Jamia Milia Islamia; third position at St. Stephens, Satyawati, Mata Sundari, Amity, HMR Institute of Technology and Management. • Qualified for Hip Hop International Competition from Delhi.

COLLEGE SOCIETIESSri Aurobindo College has nine societies including dance, drama, music, fashion, debate, general awareness, photography, and painting under the convenorship of Dr. Meeta Mathur These societies have tapped into the vast reservoir of talent of the college and as a result, made remarkable strides in their respective fields.

SAGE (DEBATING SOCIETY); Under the leadership of Dr. Aprajita Chauhan they achieved the following-•Safa won the award of best interjector at Ramanujan College and Daulat Ram College, second best speaker at Kamla Nehru College, and special appreciation at Shyamlal College; Neha won the second prize at Ramjas college and Sri Aurobindo college, and third best speaker at Shyamlal College and Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce; Hemant won the award of Best Member of Parliament at Jesus and Mary College, Best Speaker at SGND Khalsa college and special appreciation at Shyamlal College; •Vatsal Chaudhary won the Best Interjector at Daulat Ram College; Aditya won the award of Best Speaker at Daulat Ram College and second best speaker at Janki Devi Memorial college; Sagar won the honourable mention at Shaheed Bhagat Singh College ; Nitish won the first prize twice at Sri Aurobindo College; Ravi won the Best Speaker at Sri Aurobindo College; •Safa and Neha together won the Best Team at Indraprastha Institute of Technology and Management and third best team at Swami Shraddhanand College ; Neha and Hemant won the award of second best team at Janki Devi Memorial college; Hemant and Kanishka won the award of Best Team ; Yash and Aditya won the award for the second best team at Kalindi College.

SALVATION: This society was created for general awareness

amongst the students regarding cleanliness, envionment, blood

donation. Dr. Veena Malhotra is in charge of this society.

BA N DWAG O N S (FAS H I O N S O C I ETY); Guided by Dr. Vandana Bhalla, they bagged the following prizes-•Vansh Alagh won the Best Male Model at Shivaji college•Shiksha Sehgal won the Best Female Model at Maitreyi College •Third position at Satyawati College.

Moksh has beaten all previous records with a total of 79 street play performances and 9 stage plays under the guidance of Dr Meeta Mathur and Dr. Sudheer Pratap Singh.• In the street play event, Moksh won first prize at Tecnia Institute and UNHAD Foundation, second position at MDI Gurgaon, Manipal University and Ambedkar College; third prize at BVIMR, Hindu College and Mata Sundari College. • Special Appreciation Awards at BVIMR, G.B. Pant Engineering College, IIMT, Bhagidari Jan Sahyog Samiti and Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology. • Sumit Arora, President of Moksh, bagged various awards for Best Actor and Best Director at Udaan Mahotsav, and Audience Choice Award at Swami Shraddhanand College.• In the stage play event, they attained first position at JMC and Satyawati College, and consolation prize at SRCC.