Best Practices
The department believes in giving students hands on experience and creating awareness about things which matter the most - protecting our environment, self-realisation, clarifying morals and values and reaching out to society. The initiatives taken up by department facilitate an understanding towards the significance of these things in our lives and the live projects enable community building among our young learners.
"Save the Turtles"
in SindhudurgThe second year media students under the guidance of the UNDP and in consultation with the Maharashtra State Forest Department undertook ‘Save the turtle-Save fishermen's livelihood’ awareness program in Sindhudurg district during their 2013-Diwali vacations. This four-day volunteer program was self sponsored by the students. Kankauli in Sindhudurg district was the operating base. A total of 12 schools in six coastal villages were visited and the awareness program conducted.
Rural Immersion Program - Shikshayatan
Arasavanangadu, Tamil NaduShikshayatan is a unique, innovative school located in the village Arasavanankadu, in Thiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu. The “Rural Immersion Program” comprises understanding opportunities in higher education along with experiencing features of city life. As part of the exchange programme, the department hosted a group of students from Arasavanakadu and Lumens School, Vapi and conducted different academic sessions for them.
Our students visited the school in November 2018 in an attempt to understand and appreciate rural sensibilities and lifestyle, as well as alternative methods of learning and teaching.
POSSIBILITIES: Clarifying Values
Conducted by Aspi ShroffYear after year our (teachers) encounters with our youth (students) revealed that they trust information and technology more than themselves. The intense competition in academics and professional pursuits does not give them time to explore their true interests. Internet and entertainment has made them lonely and disillusioned. Self-exploratory group-sharing exercises initiated the students into introspection and self-reflection.
The North East Encounter
Know Your CountryThe prince of Tripura Pradyut Bikram Deb Barman spoke on the importance of communication between N E people and rest of India. He explained that by simply spreading more information about the common people from the NE states (Mary Kom, Baichand Bhutia, Danny Denzongpa) curiosity could be built into the Indian public and how this could be turned to bring in political peace to the region.