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NIKHITA GOWRA [email protected] PUNE: With the Swine Flu scare still gripping the city, Stacy Samuel, an in- tern at Greenpeace Organisation,start- ed a campaign to petition for a law against spitting in Pune. The petition, ‘Stop Spitting Pune’, will be addressed to the Commissioner of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Vikas Deshmukh, after procuring a minimum of 3000 signatures from sup- porters. Following the hike in infectious diseases across the state, the State Health Depart- ment was set to bring about an anti-spit- ting bill in the budget session of March, but no follow up has been observed till date. “Currently, there is no strict law against spitting, spe- cifically. Only a small sum is collected as a fine,” says Stacy who has been researching on the subject since the past four months. Stacy Samuel, a First Year student at SIMC-UG started the campaign as a part of her internship. NEW FACE. NEW BEGINNING. A NEWSLETTER BY THE STUDENTS OF SIMC(UG) | APRIL 18, 2015 | issue 8 FIND US EVERYWHERE AN UNUSUAL ‘FEELM’ CLUB TURN TO PAGE 2 THE LAST LETTER BY PROF. RAMAA GOLWALKAR INSIDE OF CARS AND GLAMOUR AT SIS ON THE OTHER SIDE HAPPENED IN PUNE Bharat FC Run to be organised in Balewadi Stadium on 19th April 2015. Dog sterilization halted in Pune due to requests from 3 NGO’s. Italian food festival organised in Bund Garden, Pune till 21st April 2015. PMPML rolls out 9 new bus routes. Vishal Sakore from Bhosari, topper of MPSC Exam. Athletics Summer Camp to be organised in Bhosari, on 20th April 2015. Happy Streets, event organised in on 11th April 2015 in Pimple Saudagar. 2nd Pune International Tattoo Carnival to be organised in Phoenix Market city on 17th April 2015. Passport Mela to be organised on 11th April 2015 in Mundhwa. Swine flu claims 422 lives so far in Pune in the year 2015. PCMC distributes 9.3 lakh dustbins. PUNERI TRIVIA NIKHITA GOWRA [email protected] PUNE: The dustbins in the girls’ toilets of the SIMC-UG build- ing, have been rein- stated following an enquiry by a report- er of The Elucidator. The prompt action taken by the cam- pus administration regarding the issue was commendable and has spared the students the risk of Urinary Tract Infec- tions (UTI) and other diseases. The Symbiosis Viman Nagar Cam- pus (SVC) had seen innovation in the sanitation depart- ment in the form of sanitary napkin dis- posal units. These units are designed to treat used sanitary pads with bacteri- cides and anti-toxins to promote hygiene. IMPACT: Aerted by The Elucidator’s reporter, authorities reinstall dustbins in the girls’ washroom Here’s a delightful photograph. Paradoxical. Student petitions for anti spiting law SUSHANT CHAURHARY [email protected] PUNE: Write, shoot, edit, repeat. The stu- dents of SIMC-UG have been taught about these four steps of filmmak- ing but seldom been pushed to go out and make a film on their own, as part of the curriculum. SANJANA VENKATESAN [email protected] PUNE: The SIMC- UG faculty is plan- ning to take their Mass communica- tion students for a study tour to the Bengaluru Campus this summer after the semester-end ex- aminations. This will be the first batch to visit the campus un- like the other batch- es which have been visiting the Nashik campus. On asking the faulty why they have chosen the city Ben- galuru this time, Mr.Vidhyabhushan Arya said that, “It is city which will pro- vide a better expo- sure for Mass com- munication students as it has a lot of plac- es to explore and learn from”. Mr. Arya also spoke about three highlights of the city: the Bannerghatta National park, the variety of museums across the city, and not to forget the state legislative-Vidha- na Soudha. He also mentioned that the Mass communica- tion students will not only explore the cam- pus but also the city from an AV and jour- nalistic perspective. What to expect at Bangalore Study Tour NEXT ISSUE: A COMPETE ANALYSIS OF THE DEGREE FILMS ‘15 A piece of advice for your Internships Ramaa Ma’am’s farewell statemement NIKHITA GOWRA [email protected] With the industry in- ternships of the stu- dents of the Symbio- sis Institute of Media and Communication around the corner, Mr. Amitabh Das- gupta, Ex-Editor of Sakaal Times, Pune and visiting faculty shared some useful tips on one’s conduct during the intern- ship. BHARAT MISRA [email protected] Dr.Ramaa Golwalkar Potdukhe, one of the permanent faculty members of SIMC- UG, had tears in her eyes as she recited the lines from the Bollywood film, ‘Baagi’, during her last day at the institute. Being summoned at Fergusson College to head its Media and Communica- tion Department, she reminiscedsome of her best interactions with students. “Every single moment that I spend with my students is one to cherish. Once when I was coming down the stairs I was accosted by my student, Rachit Lakhmani. Out of the blue, he asked me, ‘ma’am, how is your night life?’ I was taken aback at first, but then I told him that I go to bed at 9 and wake up at 4:30. He was actually conducting a survey on the city’s nightlife and had no other ulterior mo- tive in asking the question.” Open letter and her recitations on P2 Dustbins return after reporter alerts Be a pest. I know you guys are capable of it. Write stories even when not asked; show it to the Editor. Be after your Editor’s life for his feedback, so you make sure he reads it. Interns would not be offered any work unless it is asked for. Even if you haven’t finished your work, call your Editor up at the time of the deadline and tell that you have finished it. But be sure you have work to substantiate yourself, just in case he asks your for the details. Show them that you mean business. Point out work for yourself instead of asking your Mentor to give you some work. If you see your Director going for a shoot, go along with him. Build contacts and interact a lot. It helps you in your placements. Be smart with handling work. Don’t lie, but if you do, do it smartly. Prof. Amitabh DasGupta IN FOCUS However, the re- placement of dust- bins by these units was defeating its own purpose. The campus ad- ministrator, Col. C.V. Mohan was surprised by the news of the absence of dustbins. “Students should have complained about this issue be- fore and it would have been attended to immediately”, said Col. Mohan. A faculty mem- ber, Mrs. Kavita Iyer, was also of the same opinion and said that the students should have taken this mat- ter with the campus administrator. Although the rea- son why the dust- bins were removed in the first place is not known, prompt action was taken by the ad Dusbtins have been reinstalled in the ladies’ washoom. Spotted all across the campus. Seen above is Cubbon Park museum at Bangalore, which houses old cultural relics. 30 hours with Stalin Stalin K took a 3 day workshop at SIMC-UG Coninued on P2 All the best for your Internshps TRAVEL ONLINE

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Page 1: The Elucidator Online - Internships 2015 - Special Edition

NIKHITA GOWRA [email protected]

PUNE: With the Swine Flu scare still gripping the city, Stacy Samuel, an in-tern at Greenpeace Organisation,start-ed a campaign to petition for a law against spitting in Pune. The petition, ‘Stop Spitting Pune’, will be addressed to the Commissioner of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Vikas Deshmukh, after procuring a minimum of 3000 signatures from sup-porters.

Following the hike in infectious diseases across the state, the State Health Depart-ment was set to bring about an anti-spit-ting bill in the budget session of March, but no follow up has been observed till date.

“Currently, there is no strict law against spitting, spe-cifically. Only a small sum is collected as a fine,” says Stacy who has been researching on the subject since the past four months.

Stacy Samuel, a First Year student at SIMC-UG started the campaign as a part of her internship.

NEW FACE. NEW BEGINNING.

A NEWSLETTER BY THE STUDENTS OF SIMC(UG) | APRIL 18, 2015 | issue 8 FIND US EVERYWHERE

an unusual ‘feelm’ clubturn to page 2

the last letter by prof. ramaa golwalkar inside

of cars and glamour at sis on the other side

happenedin pune

Bharat FC Run to be organised in Balewadi Stadium on 19th April 2015.

Dog sterilization halted in Pune due to requests from 3 NGO’s.

Italian food festival organised in Bund Garden, Pune till 21st April 2015.

PMPML rolls out 9 new bus routes.

Vishal Sakore from Bhosari, topper of MPSC Exam.

Athletics Summer Camp to be organised in Bhosari, on 20th April 2015.

Happy Streets, event organised in on 11th April 2015 in Pimple Saudagar.

2nd Pune International Tattoo Carnival to be organised in Phoenix Market city on 17th April 2015.

Passport Mela to be organised on 11th April 2015 in Mundhwa.

Swine flu claims 422 lives so far in Pune in the year 2015.

PCMC distributes 9.3 lakh dustbins.

puneRi TRiVia

NIKHITA GOWRA [email protected]

PUNE: The dustbins in the girls’ toilets of the SIMC-UG build-ing, have been rein-stated following an enquiry by a report-er of The Elucidator. The prompt action taken by the cam-pus administration regarding the issue was commendable and has spared the students the risk of Urinary Tract Infec-tions (UTI) and other diseases.

The Symbiosis Viman Nagar Cam-pus (SVC) had seen innovation in the sanitation depart-ment in the form of sanitary napkin dis-posal units. These units are designed to treat used sanitary pads with bacteri-cides and anti-toxins to promote hygiene.

IMPACT: Aerted by The Elucidator’s reporter, authorities reinstall dustbins in the girls’ washroom

Here’s a delightful photograph.

Paradoxical.

Student petitions for anti spiting law

SUSHANT CHAURHARY [email protected]

PUNE: Write, shoot, edit, repeat. The stu-dents of SIMC-UG have been taught about these four steps of filmmak-ing but seldom been pushed to go out and make a film on their own, as part of the curriculum.

SANjANA VENKATESAN [email protected]

PUNE: The SIMC-UG faculty is plan-ning to take their Mass communica-tion students for a study tour to the Bengaluru Campus this summer after the semester-end ex-aminations. This will be the first batch to visit the campus un-like the other batch-es which have been visiting the Nashik campus.

On asking the faulty why they have chosen the city Ben-galuru this time, Mr.Vidhyabhushan Arya said that, “It is city which will pro-vide a better expo-

sure for Mass com-munication students as it has a lot of plac-es to explore and learn from”.

Mr. Arya also spoke about three highlights of the city: the Bannerghatta National park, the variety of museums

across the city, and not to forget the state legislative-Vidha-na Soudha. He also mentioned that the Mass communica-tion students will not only explore the cam-pus but also the city from an AV and jour-nalistic perspective.

What to expect atBangalore Study Tour

NEXT ISSUE: a compETE aNalySIS of ThE DEgrEE fIlmS ‘15

A piece of advice for your Internships

Ramaa Ma’am’s farewell statemement

NIKHITA GOWRA [email protected]

With the industry in-ternships of the stu-dents of the Symbio-sis Institute of Media and Communication around the corner, Mr. Amitabh Das-gupta, Ex-Editor of Sakaal Times, Pune and visiting faculty shared some useful tips on one’s conduct during the intern-ship.

BHARAT MISRA [email protected]

Dr.Ramaa Golwalkar Potdukhe, one of the permanent faculty members of SIMC-UG, had tears in her eyes as she recited the lines from the Bollywood film, ‘Baagi’, during her last day at the institute. Being summoned at Fergusson College to head its Media and Communica-

tion Department, she reminiscedsome of her best interactions with students.

“Every single moment that I spend with my students is one to cherish. Once when I was coming down the stairs I was accosted by my student, Rachit Lakhmani. Out of the blue, he asked me, ‘ma’am, how is your night life?’ I was taken aback at first, but then I told him that I go to bed at 9 and wake up at 4:30. He was actually conducting a survey on the city’s nightlife and had no other ulterior mo-tive in asking the question.”

Open letter and her recitations on P2

Dustbins return after reporter alerts

Be a pest. I know you guys are capable of it.

Write stories even when not asked; show it to the Editor.

Be after your Editor’s life for his feedback, so you make sure he reads it.

Interns would not be offered any work unless it is asked for.

Even if you haven’t finished your work, call your Editor up at the time of the deadline and tell that you have finished it.

But be sure you have work to substantiate yourself, just in case he asks your for the details.

Show them that you mean business.

Point out work for yourself instead of asking your Mentor to give you some work.

If you see your Director going for a shoot, go along with him.

Build contacts and interact a lot. It helps you in your placements.

Be smart with handling work. Don’t lie, but if you do, do it smartly. Prof. Amitabh

DasGupta

IN FOCUS

However, the re-placement of dust-bins by these units was defeating its own purpose.

The campus ad-ministrator, Col. C.V. Mohan was surprised

by the news of the absence of dustbins. “Students should have complained about this issue be-fore and it would have been attended to immediately”, said

Col. Mohan.A faculty mem-

ber, Mrs. Kavita Iyer, was also of the same opinion and said that the students should have taken this mat-ter with the campus

administrator.Although the rea-

son why the dust-bins were removed in the first place is not known, prompt action was taken by the ad

Dusbtins have been reinstalled in the ladies’ washoom.

Spotted all across the campus.

Seen above is Cubbon Park museum at Bangalore, which houses old cultural relics.

30 hours with Stalin

Stalin K took a 3 day workshop at SIMC-UG

Coninued on P2

All the best for your

Internshps

trAvEl

ONLINE

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QUADRANGLE 2APRIL 18, 2015

SIMC-UG’s theatre squad

Students present Seminar Papers at SIMC-UG

Fare thee well,Ramaa Ma’am

ADITI KUMAR [email protected]

PUNE: Raminder Singh and Sarabjeet Singh Makhija are residents of Mira So-ciety, near MG road in Pune. Apart from their daily activities, they conduct a Sikh ‘Feelm’ Festival every year on the 26th of January.

‘’We basically fo-cus on social and cultural issues from a Sikh point of view. The tag line of our event is ‘Feeling +

SANjANA VENKATESAN [email protected]

PUNE: The students of SIMC (UG) from the batch of 2016 recently worked on their first seminar papers.

SIMC is amongst

the first colleges to provide this oppor-tunity in an under-graduate course. The students were asked to start their research from scratch, based on hypothesis and other primary data. Moreover they had to present it in way that all references and resources were cited. These research papers not only pro-vided results but also the true situation of the media industry through case studies and other data.

SIS students rally cars

In an open letter to the students

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Professor Golwalkar has developed a close bond with her stu-dents over the years. As a parting advice, she said, “Students should always put in their best efforts into whatever they do and keep their conscience alive. There will al-

ways be compromis-es, but there must be a self-decided limit to them.”

She further asked them to not mistake her strict attitude for needless punish-ment. “The job of a teacher, is to create responsible citizens out of human beings. I am doing my job the best I can, and shall continue to do so.”

We at the Eluci-dator are grateful to have been taught by her and wish her all the best in life ahead.

BHARAT [email protected]

Tucked away in a bus-tling market street near Konark Nagar housing complex is a tiny haven for books for bibliophiles of all ages and tastes. Saiesh Enterprises, owned by Mr. Man-gesh Kothare offers a wide range of rare, second-hand titles at dirt cheap prices to students and profes-sionals alike.

“In the last ten years that I have been running the shop, I have seen people of all ages come and buy or rent books,” he says, adding that the influx of Symbio-sis students has rap-idly grown in the re-cent past. Kothare’s

genuine love for the written word is evi-dent; starting off as a waste-paper dealer, Kothare diversified into book dealership after customers de-manded a greater range of old books to be sold separate-ly. His passion for reading and curat-ing books grew over time and gradually became his major

source of earning. When asked

about the profit he makes, he quips, “I am not in it primarily for the money. This-this is my passion!”

Starting at a mea-gre Rs. 20/- rent-al for an indefinite time period on some books, Mr. Kothare’s ‘book-nook’ is the go-to place for book-lovers on a budget.

Viman Nagar’s own Bookwala

TARANA EMMANUEL [email protected]

MUMBAI: A stu-dent contingent from SIMC-UG led by theatre enthusiast Kalpak Bhave, par-ticipated in the com-petition- Bhavan’s Bhausahib Open Hindi Ekanki Natya Spardha, organized by Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan Kala Kendra.

The event was organised in Mum-bai on 3rd of April in memory of Late Shri Girish Desai, a thespian of Gujarati theatre, in which 20 teams from in and around Mumbai had participated.

The 11 member team of the first year students made it to the final round along with 5 other teams. The team went on to the finals and Rhea Dangwal and Garima Pura won the merit certificate for their

TARANA EMMANUEL [email protected]

PUNE: The rather silent area outside the Symbiosis Viman nagar Campus was roaring with claps and cheers along with sounds of ac-celerating bikes and zooming cars in a unique event organ-ized by the students of Symbiosis Interna-tional School, called CASwheels on 21st December 2015.

The students or-ganized a series of events called CAS-cade out of which CASwheels was one.

The Chief Guest for the event was Sanjay Takale, a well-known rally racer. Cars like Lamborgh-ini, BMW, Mercedes, Mini Cooper, Porsche and over 40 bikes like Royal Enfield, B.o.s.s, Yamaha, etc were present. Other events organized by the 16-17 years olds were, a football tour-nament called Sym-ball, an EDM night called war of DJs, Rock cult, to name a few.

“Balancing team spirit, coordination and friendships be-

came a great learn-ing experience”, said Aashna Gadia, a member of the Cas-cade team.

The students not

only had a fun filled learning experience but also donated all that they earned to NGOs like Teach for India.

AMAL SHIYAS [email protected]

Parting with more than a few words of wisdom, Dr Ramaa Golwalkar has offi-cially bid farewell to all her beloved stu-dents in the Symbio-sis Institute of Media and Communication (UG). At present, she is due to take up a prestigious position at the Fergusson Col-lege, Pune.

Dr Golwalkar, in particular, has wished to send a solemn message to her students of three years - the outgoing batch of 2015 - one last time. And we

have transcribed it here, verbatim.

Dear Students,Whatever work you do, do it with devo-tion, while retaining your wisdom and knowledge. Do not do anything which makes you com-promise to such an

extent, that you be-come lifeless. You should compromise, but only to a certain limit. You should resolve not to go be-yond it. After all, ups and downs are a part of life, without which there is no fun. And I always believe in measuring success on the basis of how many friends were accumulated, rather than how much mon-ey was accumulated. This is what I have followed in life.

Yours Faithfully,Ramaa GolwalkarEx-permanent fac-ulty member

There is indeed, no need to outline a profile, or run a list of ways in which Dr Golwalkar has in-spired us . We instead wish her all success in the future, and will remember her fondly as a respected profes-sor and an encourag-ing teacher.

Cars line up for CASWheels.

Prof. Ramaa Golwalkar dressed beautifully in traditionals

A snippet from the ‘Feelm‘ festival

A tiny haven for book-lovers

Chairman of the Seminar,Prof. Sagade.

commendable acting. “The senior compet-itor teams had been performing their play for 9 months and to be able to compete with them in the final round is an achieve-ment in itself”, said Kalpak.

The play, called ‘IsaapBarabar’ was written and directed by Kalpak himself and spoke about free-dom of expression and the lack thereof

“Humaare baad ab mehfil mein ye afsaane bayaan honge, Bahaarein humko dhundengi, najaane hum kahaanhonge.”

- Prof. raamaa Golwalkar

“Jo kaam kar rahe ho, nishtha ke saath karo. Apne vivek ko zinda rakho. Maine zindagi mein yeh hi kiya hai. ”

- Prof. raamaa Golwalkar

An unusual ‘feelm’ festivalEmotions = Feelm’; hence the apparent spelling mistake,’’ says Raminder Sin-gh. These issues are discussed through the mediums of plays, skits and short films.

The festival ac-cepts and showcases submissions from all around the world. The festival is open to members of all com-munities and walks of life.

The festival was conceptualized under the realisation of the

in today’s society. The script was com-plimented by senior theatre artists calling it a perfect combina-tion of humour along with a social mes-sage.

“To be able to manage the practices along with the hectic schedule of the col-lege was not an easy task but after the experience we got there, all of it seemed worth it”, said Rhea

Dangwal. The exposure that

the students received taught them a lot of technicalities of the theatre and they re-alised that there is much more to it than just memorising dia-logues and perform-ing on stage. SIMC first years have yet again shown that they may be young-lings, but they aren’t to be underestimat-ed.

IN FOCUS Rhea Dangwal (left) and Garima Pura (right) enact at the ‘Bhavan’s Bhausahib Open Hindi Ekanki Natya Spardha’.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

The students were di-vided into batches of 13, working to create 13 documentaries.

The work was spread over three days: first for con-ceptualization, sec-ond for shooting and the third for editing and post production. Topics were cho-sen and the shoot-ing day saw all the teams come up with a detailed treatment of their subject and heading out to shoot it.

The third day was dedicated to lining up the raw footage, editing it and giving it finishing touches. On the fourth and fi-nal morning, the stu-dents presented their documentaries.

Documentaries with Stalin

FOR FILMMAKERS

importance of tack-ling certain issues-fe-male foeticide, drug abuse, role of a Gu-rudwara in educating youth, etc. - which could not be tack-led through speech

alone.The team hopes to

reach out to greater numbers and con-duct collaborations with clubs that it feels are in line with its mission.

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