College Societies,
Extra-curricular & Co-curricular Units
History Society
Teacher-in-Charge : Dr. S.K. Srivastava
Seminar-in-Charge : Mr. Justin Mathew
President : Satyam Kumar
The Society began the academic year
2010-11 with a warm welcome to its first year students on 8
September 2010. The event was an exellent opportunity for the entire
department and its members to know and interact with the new student
members of the Society. Subsequently, on 16th December 2010, the
Society organized a heritage walk to Chandni Chowk, which initiated
the students of the department to observe the fine nuances of the
Moughal City. 52 students of the department gotan opportunity to
understand and appreciate the architecture of Shahjahanabad,
especially Jama Masjid,
Gali Guliyan havelis in Katra Khushul Rai, Digambar Jain Naya
Mandir, Nauhgara and Paranthewali gali. The students were
enthusiastic as they started seeing their most familiar city in a
new light.
The department organized talks by
the Belgian Indologist Dr. Keonard Ealst on the topic 'Ayodhya in
History' and Greek Vedic scholar Nicholaov Kazanas on 'Vedic
Culture and its Spread'. The Society also screened movies based
on the ancient civilization; 'World History part I' and 'Spartacus'.
The annual Departmental festival "Samvat
11" was organized on 25-2-2011. While keeping the spirit of
History alive, Samvat catered to the vivid interests of each
student with its varied cultural & academic events. It also
attracted good participation from students of several other colleges
in the University. Dr. Aravind Sinha, an eminent Historian from the
Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, who has
worked extensively on Modern Europe, delivered the keynote
lecture on 'Annales School'. It was a new opening for the
history undergraduates, where they were introduced to the french
tradition of historiography, which is rarely discussed in an
undergraduate classroom with the budding historians.
Other programmes included a Student
Paper Presentation Competition on the theme 'Silent Voices in
History'. An inter-college debate competition on the topic "The
Contemporary Relevance of History" was organized. Also, an
inter-college quiz competition on the topic "The World After 1945".
A photography competition themed on "The Cultural Landscape of
Delhi" was organized too. The History Society also proposes
organized a study trip to the historic monuments in Agra and
Fatehpur Sikri in the week of March. The Department successfully
organized its fifth annual Alumni meet in the third week of
March. The Department is introducing the C.S. Jain Memorial Merit
Award. THe award has been instituted by Mrs. Sushma Jain, wife
of former colleague, Late Shri C.S.Jain.
The following are our direct email IDs :
PRINCIPAL (Dr. V.K. Kawatra)
PLACEMENT CELL (Dr. S.K. Srivastava)
WEB MASTER (Dr. P. Kumar)
Any errors or omissions in the details provide
here may please be communicated to the Web Master, Dr. P. Kumar
at 093 501 86363 or at the web master's email IDs provided
above. You may also use our regular
contact
form.
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