2023
Deshbandhu College has organized an "Alcohol Awareness" program under the newly initiated "Health and Well-being Club" in association with Department of Zoology under the aegis of WUS - DUC, IQAC, DBT Star College Scheme on 4th and 5th December, 2023. The event was organized under the zestful leadership of our esteemed Principal Prof. Kamal Kumar Gupta. The event started with lighting of lamp to invoke the blessings of Goddess Sarawati, followed by our University of Delhi Kulgeet. Dr. Sandhya Rai, Convenor presented the Convenor's note on the importance of health in modern world as well as adverse effects of alcohol consumption on body, family and society. Prof. Kamal Kumar Gupta, Principal Sir gave heartwarming welcome speech emphasizing the importance of alcohol awareness as alcohol use is typically established during adolescence and this can have negative effects on one's short- and long-term health as well as social outcomes. Dr. Jitendra Kumar, Convenor introduced our distinguished speaker, Dr. Avtar Singh Meena from Department of Biotechnology, AIIMS.
The topic of his talk was “Role of calcium channel in alcohol-induced tissue injury”. He gave his invaluable time towards creating the awareness about different aspects of alcohol use disorders (AUD) prevailing in society among the students. He raised awareness about the most prone age group towards alcoholism, that is, 13 to 14 years, where underage drinking leads to severe health issues. More than 2.6 lakh deaths are due to alcoholic cancers out of which 1.4 lakh dies due to liver cirrhosis. Alcohol sales contribute to two percent of GDP of India but leads to loss of 1.5% of it due to health treatment of diseases caused by alcoholism. Several measures are being taken on this issue such as drink and drive fines, drinking age limit, seizing of fake IDs, camps promoting withdrawal of alcoholism etc.
An interactive questionnaire was held between the student audience and speakers. They asked various questions and queries that were well answered by the speaker. He raised awareness about the issue talking about common myths among the population such as "little alcoholic consumption is good for health and lifestyle" in India.
A poster-making competition was also organized on 4th December, 2023 as a part of the “alcohol awareness” with the theme- Alcohol abuse harms: tissues, health, family and society. Students participated enthusiastically in the event and embraced the opportunity to share their message via their art, focusing on the importance of alcohol awareness. After the interactive session post-talk, there was declaration of the winners from poster making competition. The session ended with the heartiest vote of thanks delivered by Mr. Mohd. Shazad, Co-convenor, followed by the national anthem. Mr. Arun Chhokar was also the Co-convenor.
After getting to know these dramatic adverse effects of alcohol, students learnt that we as a society should be taking conscious steps to eliminate this unnecessary leech from existence and make our society a peaceful and heavenly place to live in for everyone. Overall it was a great interactive session where all students interacted with our distinguished speaker and cleared a lot of doubts and misconceptions regarding alcohol consumption.
MSME-Deshbandhu College collaborated “Entrepreneurship Awareness Program” organized at Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi on 27th October, 2023
The event was organized under the dynamic leadership and guidance of respected Principal Sir, Prof. Kamal Kumar Gupta. The event, hosted by Ms. Sonam Tomar, started with Saraswati Vandana followed by University of Delhi “Kulgeet”. Dr. Sandhya Rai presented the Conveners note followed by welcome address by Principal Sir who addressed the participants with his invaluable & precious words. The objective of the talk was conveyed by Smt. Sakthi Rani, Coordinating Officer, MSME (Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises), Government of India. She talked about the policies of MSME-DFO, its areas of investment and NSIC policies. The first talk was initiated by our speaker Dr. K. K. Goyal (Ex-Assistant Director, MSME, Government of India) who gave an interactive session elucidating entrepreneurship, startups and schemes of MSME. He unraveled different aspects of entrepreneurship igniting the minds of the students by explaining them various areas of entrepreneurship.
The second talk by Sh. Gaurav K. Agarwal (Assistant General Manager, State Bank of India) discussed the role of banking sector in the upliftment of MSME and resolved the queries about the role of bank in startups. A whole detailed information about NSIC scheme was presented by Sh. Chetan Sharma (Manager, National Small Industries Corporation Technical Services Centre, MSME). He educated students about tender marketing, e-marketing portals and various websites which could solve innumerable queries of students. Last but not the least, students got to listen to an inspiring story of Ms. Shubhangi Singh, Golden Millets: the most innovative startup of 2022. According to her, positivity brings changes into one's life and can make a person to reach new heights. An interaction-based question-answer session was held between the speakers and the students. Dr. Jitendra Kumar, Co-convener delivered his gratitude towards the honorable speakers & delegates through a heartwarming vote of thanks.
The students got to learn a variety of information that could be inculcated into successful entrepreneurship. They got to know about micro, macro and small industrial sector of MSME. Every speech was a source of great proficiency and expertise. Everybody enjoyed the event wholeheartedly and were left very amused by the speakers. This event turned out to be very captivating, informative and enlightening for everyone present there.
