DASTAN-E-FEST

Entrepreneurship Development Cell: Shri Ram College of Commerce
Brings Its Annual Fest

UDYAMITA’12
Entrepreneurs Everywhere!

Dates: 1^st to 3^rd February 2012

UDYAMITA '12 brings for all an opportunity to enhance their knowledge in Entrepreneurship & the corporate world. Through various Entrepreneurship Related Competitions, prospective Entrepreneurs not only can enhance their knowledge & skills, but also win exciting cash prizes. It Presents to you various events for which Registration has already started. DAY-1 (1st FEBRUARY) IGNITE: The B-Plan Competition –11am- 2 pm Would you like to discuss a hot idea of yours and get feedback from people who have already ‘been there-done-that’? Would you like to showcase your latest prototype and give a demo to all participants and let them get a hands-on experience of your offering? Do you want to know more about the upcoming trends in the world of Commerce,Technology, Biotech & Pharma, Media & Entertainment (and many more) and explore business opportunities by knowing what others are doing? Come.. Explore your Ideas & get new ones.. Entrepreneurship Development Cell, SRCC brings for you an opportunity to showcase your ideas in front of Entrepreneurs & get mentored. Prizes worth Rs 20,000 to be won. FALL STUDY: The Case Study Competition-   12:00 to 1:30 pm Ready to check your Entrepreneurship Skills?? Here is the chance!! FallStudy, The Case Study Competition brings for you all an opportunity to apply your perspectives to the case & have a unique & rational one. The Idea is to attract the distinguished talent among the participants. Team Members : 2 Round 1 (Prelims) : written Round 2 (Final) : Presentation of the Case. Prizes worth Rs 20,000 to be won TIMEOUT: Fun Events: 1:30 to 3:30 pm Click, Grab and Snap A Deal & many more. Life is at Stake but do you have what it takes? Join the QUEST and solve this TEST  where wit alone sets you apart from the rest! So quicken your pace for you have to haste  where GRABBING and CLICKING is not the end there still exists an Element of Surprise on the next Bend. Rules- Make a 2 member team, click and grab things according to the list in the allotted time and try to win by cracking a deal (the element of surprise)! Prizes worth Rs 10,000 to be won. Day 2 (2nd FEBRUARY) Entrepreneurial Summit-10:30 am – 1:00 pm Entrepreneurship, the key to unlock India's latent inventive potential is aimed to be promoted among students, the beholder of the Future. It will not only push India to the forefront of the world but also help raise the quality of life in the country. With this belief The Entrepreneurship Development Cell, SRCC targets to help in the development of India's entrepreneurial ecosystem by enabling one-to-one interaction among its major components: spanning students, working professionals, aspiring and existing entrepreneurs, mentors, venture capital firms and corporate through initiatives like interactive sessions, competitions & conferences. Here comes The Annual Entrepreneurial Summit Of Shri Ram College Of Commerce looking forward for the participation across different Universities. “Bringing REVOLUTIONARIES under a roof”, E-Summit promises to participants’ loads of learning & solution to their queries with its vast Agenda of including the following aspects of Business in the Summit. Entrepreneurship Marketing Finance Social Responsibility of Business. Gifts worth Rs 2,00,000 & Participation Certificates to all. Registration Free. Limited Entries. TIMEOUT: Fun Events : 12:00 to 2:30 pm Many fun events await your presence. Come. Take away attractive prizes. Prizes worth Rs 10,000 to be won. CODESTORM - The Treasure Hunt for Networking Entrepreneurs- 2:30 to 4:30 pm CODESTORM - Run for the clues; think on your next move. Have craze for Social Networking? Then Prove! Leave no stones unturned, Leave no walls unread, Leaves no sites unvisited: Facebook, Twitter, Orkut ,Flickr,Google plus….and the list goes on ! Codes, Ciphers, Audio Visual Clues:  We take the concept of Treasure Hunting to an all new level. The rules are simple:-get a 3 member team and start solving the clues till you find the key to the treasure. Prizes worth Rs 20,000 to be won. DAY 3 (3RD FEBRUARY) TIMEOUT: Fun Events- 11:00 to 2:00 pm 3rd Days’ Time-Out brings for you the utmost refreshment to mark the ending of UDYAMITA ’12. Prizes worth Rs 10,000 to be won. FALL STUDY :The Case Study(Finals)

Finalists of Fall Study will present their case in front of the panel of judges (consisting of Entrepreneurs) to win the Prizes worth Rs. 20,000.

So, Come Explore UDYAMITA ’12, SRCC which not only brings for you a chance to enhance the knowledge of Entrepreneurship & Corporate world but also a chance to win exciting cash prizes.


by Kriti Anand

DU Dastan’s Travelogue

Delhi- From the heart of a traveller

It has been almost two years in Delhi for me. Life here teaches us so many things. The outstation students of SRCC have been entangled with the different flavours of life that exists in Delhi. For we too, slowly, mould ourselves into a ‘delhi-ite’, through and through. So, this is one journey, from the heart of a traveller, dedicated to Delhi and its people.

Delhi is where the contrast between India’s different cultures, existing side by side, seems the strongest: ancient and modern, rich and poor, ugly and beautiful, perhaps best summed up by the little group of slum dwellings. Well, travelling through Delhi traffic is an experience in itself!

Traffic!

Beware of the drivers. They have poor road sense and often, do not respect the pedestrian’s rights. Zebra crossings are just some decorative marks on the road, though they also provide employment to those who paint them.

Sounds!

If you keep your ears open, you can hear tits and bits of stories flowing in the air. I saw a foreigner couple bargaining with the auto rickshaw driver for the fare. Out of curiosity I learnt that they had arrived that morning itself. Quick learners, they were. In Delhi the noise, dirt, stench, and crowds of people constantly surround you and slowly even these become the part of your existence.

Bazaars!

Delhi has always been the shopping hub of India. Though I am not a shopaholic, the true satisfaction of shopping and bargaining on the streets is divine. Whether it is the roadside shops of Kamala Nagar or Sarojni Nagar, or the posh malls, Delhi has become the shopping hub of India. Each bazaar is devoted to selling a particular type of product - jewellery, wedding decorations, paper, shoes, car parts, saris and clothing, pots and pans, etc. Hazardous electrical wiring looped overhead, hanging precariously close to the head.

 

Sight!

Family members on a motorcycle; school kids in a rickshaw; camel fodder on a cart; goods on a lorry; farmers in a trailer; villagers in a land-rover taxi; 25kg cooking gas bottles on a bicycle, cramming that you see all over India. There is definitely a "tourist at the top of a minaret" sub-category.

Do we ever open our eyes and look around us. Delhi is one city where you can travel to your heart’s content – a bus ride, auto rickshaw, rickshaw, metro, taxis, cycles or you can just take a walk on the roads of Delhi. Experience the difference. You would tell me – Look who’s talking! But to tell you the truth, I have done each one of them, with no purpose except to look at the changing sky, to savour the various smells, to know the different stories around me, for the beauty and the grace of the city. I went where my feet took me. I experienced the divinity that cannot be put into words.

Oh well - you can only find out by trying it yourself!

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Kriti Anand is a second year student pursuing Economics honours from Shri Ram College of Commerce. She is passionate about writing and reading. You will find a good collection of books with her. She loves exploring new places, making new friends and loves chatting with them. She gets inspiration from the group she is surrounded by.

WELCOME BACK TO DU

It’s early morning and everyone is snuggled in their blankets dreaming of a place unseen or dreaming of their love or just fantasising about food. By now, every one of my friend is acclimatized to ignore the face of the sun and wake up well into the day. But this day is going to be different… after ages the alarm clocks have found their purpose again and can once again ring with pride. It’s the first day of our second semester. The alarm clocks ring at different time all over the world but the response remains the same; we too just shut it off! Eventually the dream broke and it dawned on us along with the sun that it’s time. The first challenge: taking a bath and getting dressed; I am quite sure many just decided to quit bathing. To think now my mother was looking at me with pity all the time I was dragging my feet around the rooms. I commute with a ‘scooty’ and it was one daunting task for me. My mom made me wear around 1000 layers of clothes and was still not satisfied with the quality of the insulation, I guess no mother will ever be. It was freezing outside with volumes of fog… I was glad because with the gray windcheater on I was looking like a ‘chota haathi’ but no one could see me now! Ha ha.

Fast forwarding to college now, contrary to what I had hoped, students have bright faces on and are chatting excitedly and suddenly someone rushes up and hugs me from behind and squeals in my ear “HAPPY NEW YEAR!!” It was a classmate of mine and apparently she had been doing this to everyone from the biomedical batch! On an extensive and thorough search only a few of my classmates could be spotted and catalogued. The first lecture turned out to be a lab period with the not-so-inviting prospect of pricking your finger. I could see on my classmates’ faces that they were cursing the time when they woke up and decided to go to the college. The professor was new and so curiosity kept us glued to our chairs. The CR usually is guillotined on our request, so she was the one nominated this time too! She had to talk our professor out of giving us pain and mental trauma. Continued whining and groveling did the job really… SHE AGREED!! Now with the pressure of the ‘bloody’ experience gone we enjoyed our class. Obviously, the next classes were cancelled and the time was given to our friends, we talked nineteen to the dozen when it came to sharing our experiences of the holidays and the apprehensions about the results. We went to our favorite hang out zone ‘MATHELA’, the Chinese counter nearby. It’s the ‘in thing’ among the students and literally rakes in galleons. After all the time we were away from each other, in that month we had come to appreciate what we had… many new bonds were made and many things were learnt and it was almost coming to home when we were sitting in our old classroom. Many didn’t come... And I guess they were at a loss because I believe that the start to everything should be done with utmost sincerity and integrity. I missed my crazy friends and the hectic schedule, I didn’t realize until I had it all back that they had become a part of my life now and I missed them. I even missed the rows and rows of books and their crisp smell and the feel of the library.

      

What the heck people! We have only a few years of college to go and then the tussle of the ‘outside world’. Let’s enjoy and learn together when we have the time and the opportunity.  I have become more responsible now and love to study even when I have the subject which I hate the most this semester… but KOI GAL NAHI!!

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Tulika Banerjee is a student of Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women. She is very passionate about everything she does... she loves to write, sing, dance, paint, speak so on and so forth!! Her friends love her because she loves them A LOT! She generally takes charge of stuff and sees that they are done properly. She is affectionate, strong and a voracious reader. Life is fun for her and exploring it is her job. She hopes that she can grow up well and achieve all her goals.

MOMENTS

Leaving nightmarish examinations long way back and waiting anxiously for 2012, it seems as if I have had my fill basking in the eternal bliss of “idleness” these freezing holidays. Sitting alone at the corner of my bed, I am pondering over those short, beautiful outings that me and my friends had in our short span of college life despite a tight packed schedule comprising back-to-back lectures - all thanks to the tedious semester system.

Lover's Point, Hans Raj College

Of all the moments, I simply adore those spent at L.P. sitting with my friends, breathing in the aroma of maggi and enjoying the sizzling hot and spicy spring-rolls. YUMMY!!!! Believe me Hans Raj College canteen’s spring rolls are a wonder plus the cafeteria’s frappe and maggi are the most sought after.

Tom Uncle's Maggi Masala

Talking about maggi, I just got reminded of Tom uncle’s popular Maggi point. Walking under scorching sun in blistering heat, taking short breaks at the “bantawallahs”, reaching up to Khalsa College, eventually asking the beat officers for the right directions, we finally and thankfully reached the point with growling stomachs. The esteemed “thela” as anticipated was overcrowded. We also ordered for a maggi of each kind- Masala, Onion, Cheese. Having my fill for each, I realized that if I am ever coming back to this point, I will definitely go for the Masala one because being the cheapest it is also the core recipe to all the maggi’s. After that came the turn of the vivid drinks that Tom Uncle offers. I found jaljeera the best as again all the others had same tinge to them.

This is all what I remember about that hot, sunny “maggi” afternoon which further rejuvenates my memory of a beautiful lazy Saturday afternoon with drizzling showers adorning the atmosphere. We all geared up for our visit to the “Naini Lake” in Model Town. I thoroughly enjoyed the boating and the auto ride. But fun without blunders is not possible.

Blunder No.1 – We reached the lake at 11:30 a.m. though the boating starts at 1:00 p.m.

Blunder No.2 – We had no short route to come back home due to demonstrations at various places regarding the anti-corruption campaign.

But who cares!! We enjoyed and captured those moments.

My opinion: Visit this place if and only if you and your entire group has nothing to do and  the amazing weather is not letting you escape home either because just like all the public places, it is again a couple’s heaven as per the tradition.

These are the literally a few of the beautiful moments which I find difficult to express but will always cherish and nurture in some corner of my heart.

THESE MEMORIES!! GOSH!!! I am desperately waiting for the college to reopen and to live new moments…… Till then CIAO!!!

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Ritu Garg is a first year student pursuing Mathematics Hons. from the prestigious Hans Raj College