Theme: Technology in Healthcare

Venue: Conference Room

Context: Technological advancements have significantly changed healthcare, from anaesthetics and antibiotics to magnetic resonance imaging scanners and radiotherapy. The role of technology in healthcare has reshaped how we look at patient care, hospital management, discovering and innovating better drugs, and predicting the course of treatment based primarily on data. 

Healthcare technology innovation and adoption have no doubt accelerated in 2020. And while the growing trend is encouraging, it also begs the question of what challenges and changes are on the horizon. 

Theme: Adopting technology and sustainable development

Venue: Audio Visual Room

Context: Companies, nowadays, are continuously shifting their focus towards dealing with the world’s biggest problems including poverty, climate change, inequality, and so on. Consequently, Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) has appeared as a new business model for dealing with environmental and social matters.

Theme: Importance of Sustainable Development

Platform: Google Meet

Context: Sustainable development is referred to as the idea that human beings should sustain by meeting their basic needs, while also making sure that future generations are able to meet their basic needs. This discussion forum aimed to communicate the importance of sustainable development and the consequences of unchecked and unplanned development.

Theme: Social Media Addiction

Platform: Google Meet

Context: Social media helps us to connect with our dear ones but its addiction has serious repercussions on our physical and mental health. This discussion forum aimed to talk about the consequences of social media addiction and how to beat it to maintain a healthier balance in our lifestyles.

Theme: Covid 19 & Technology (Gains and Losses)

Platform: Google Meet

Context: During COVID-19 and lockdown, we witnessed exceptional growth in technology and our dependence on it. Some people used both time and technology to bring out the best of them while some others did the opposite. The aim of this discussion forum was to communicate about the experiences and major changes on how and for what purposes they have been using technology and if they think it had a positive or a negative impact on their lives. 

Theme: Science and space oddities

Video Title: Ramanujan's Alien Visions

Platform: Discord

Context: Indian mathematician Ramanujan claimed his discoveries came from visions of a Hindu goddess. Ancient Astronaut Theorists suggest these visions may have actually come from extraterrestrials. 

Ramanujan frequently said, "An equation for me has no meaning unless it represents a thought of God."-and he wasn't kidding. Like ancient Indian mathematicians, Ramanujan only noted the results and summaries of his works; no proof was worked out for the formulae he came up with. He straightaway credited his work to the divine providence of Mahalakshmi of Namakkal, a family goddess whom he looked to for inspiration. The mathematician said that he dreamed of the Goddess' male consort Narasimha, who is denoted by droplets of blood, after which, scrolls of complex mathematical work unfolded in front of his eyes.