Prize Distribution Ceremony for Semester VI Honours and Launch of Chronicle : Down the Memory Lane

1. Name of the Activity: Prize Distribution Ceremony for Semester VI Honours and Launch of Chronicle : Down the Memory Lane
2. Type of Activity: Academic
3. Date/ Duration of Activity (from-to): 10.06.2024
4. Time: 30 pm
5. Details of Resource persons (Name, Designation, Affiliation, Area of Specialisation, etc): Not Applicable
6. of Participants: 104
7. Objective of the event: The Prize Distribution was organised with the objective of All round development of the personality of the students which includes apart from academic excellence, the spirit of punctuality, discipline, leadership and teamwork.
   The launch of the Chronicle was intended to display the journey  of the students from semester 1 to semester 6.
8. Brief description of the event:
   The Department of Political Science organized a Prize Distribution Ceremony on  June 11, 2024 in Room Number 530 for the students of Semester VI and also launched a chronicle titled “Down the Memory Lane”.The proceedings of the prize distribution ceremony were conducted by Prof. Amala     Dhandhania, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science. She explained the   parameters of the Academic and Disciplinary Measures on which the students were judged and awarded.She also mentioned how this endeavour has been successful in creating an environment of discipline and a zeal for learning and she believes that this in turn will motivate the students to perform better in future.The prizes were awarded to the students by Dilip Shah, Dean,Student Affairs and Debjani Ganguly, Vice Principal (Arts).  Dilip Shah, Dean, Student Affairs and Debjani Ganguly, Vice Principal (Arts) launched the chronicle titled “Down the Memory Lane”.  They  praised the department for  undertaking such an effort of  documenting the journey of Students . The department distributed the copies of the chronicles to each student of semester VI.
   The following prizes and recognitions were given out:
   a. highest class attendance (based on all four Honours papers of CC13, CC14, DSEA4, DSEB4) was won by Akshaya Venkateswaran
   b. the prize for Best Performer in Continuous Internal Assessment was won by Akshaya Venkateswaran
   c. the prize for Best Daily Individual Class Performance was won by Akshaya Venkateswaran
   d. the Prize for Academic Quiz was won by Mahimaa Bhura and Naseem Anwar
   e. the prizes for the highest and second highest score in the BA Semester V Honours Examination in Political Science 2023, under University of Calcutta have been given to Mahimaa Bhura and Akshaya Venkateswaran respectively.
   f. the best group (students are divided into six groups), which is a prize decided on the basis of various parameters which include the Percentage of Attendance in Continuous Internal Assessments, Continuous Internal Evaluations, Mentoring, Doubt-Clearing sessions, Student’s Seminar and Assignment Submissions. This prize was won by Group D led by the Group Representative, Adrija Ghosh
9. Outcome of the event: Students expressed satisfaction with the current criteria of the Academic and Disciplinary Measures and appreciated the initiative taken by the department.The students expressed their happiness at the Department’s initiative to publish the chronicle.