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 A series of 75 lectures on the celebration of 'Azadi Ka Amrutmahotsav'

Introduction

Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is an initiative of the Government of India to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of independence and the glorious history of its people, culture and achievements.

This Mahotsav is dedicated to the people of India who have not only been instrumental in bringing India thus far in its evolutionary journey but also hold within them the power and potential to enable Hon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of activating India 2.0, fuelled by the spirit of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.

As we countdown to 15th August 2023, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav aims to further boost this peoples’ movement through collaborative campaigns and outreach across India and the world. Following campaigns are on the lines of nine critical themes aligned with the ‘Panch Pran’ announced by Hon’ble Prime Minister: Women and Children, Tribal Empowerment, Water, Cultural Pride, Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE), Health and Wellness, Inclusive Development, Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Unity.

Aims and Objectives:

• To organize 75 lectures on the theme of 75 years of Independence
• To achieve the goal of conducting 75 lectures
• Coordination between academic ambience and national integration
• To provide oratorical opportunity to the staff
• To know the history of pre independence India
• To learn the skills of organizing programs
• To correlate Indian history and modern higher education
• To develop listening skills
• To inculcate reading culture
• To develop soft skills among the teachers 

Description:

On the completion of 75 years of the independence, the celebration of 'Azadi Ka Amrutmahotsav' was held in the College.  The College organised a series of 75 lectures under the aegis of Staff Academy. The lecture series was conducted throughout the academic year. Some of the resource persons were invited from the external agencies.  Some of the faculties were from the various departments of the college. The speakers in the series dealt with the diverse topics as follows:

• History of the independence
• Ecology and environment
• Global warming
• Economic development of the country
• Higher education
• National security
• Commerce and marketing
• Human rights
• Constitution and law
• Nation builders and patriotism
• Contribution of the founders of the  parent institute

The internal experts imparted their knowledge with the other faculties. The experts/resource persons also addressed current socio-economic issues of the country. Finally, the college has published a proceeding of the series. It comprises of the summaries of all the lectures.

Thus, the resource persons addressed the issues which the Hon. Prime Minister announced such as Women and Children, Tribal Empowerment, Water, Cultural Pride, Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE), Health and Wellness, Inclusive Development, Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Unity.

 

Outcomes:

• The lectures are published in a souvenir.

• The book is entitled as, ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’.

• The Staff has been oriented with the wide range of the topics/areas.

• Their oratorical skills have been developed.

• The topics of the book were relevant to the current Indian scenario.

• It has maintained the interdisciplinary approach.

Conclusion:

Inspired by the message given by the Hon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Hon. Principal Dr. P.V. Rasal decided to put this dream into reality. He had an innovative idea of organizing 75 lectures during the celebration year. He advised the faculty to organize such a kind of lecture series in the college by having a good use of existing seminar hall in the college. The committee for conducting this big programme was formed with the chairman of the Staff Academy. The time table was prepared well in advance. The groups according to the departments were prepared to pick up the responsibility to carry out the programme successfully. The whole department has to perform the duty as an organizing committee on the specific day. Each faculty member had to play different role such as compere, proposing vote of thanks, introducing the chief guests, publicity etc. The tentative schedule was prepared. All the teaching staffs were made mandatory to present in the programme. The online broadcasting of the programme was made available so as to some faculty could join the programme.  The speakers touched various subjects like history, environment, economics, commerce, Indian Constitution, Science and sports. This made the series a kind of interdisciplinary programme. The speakers were felicitated by offering a flower and a book. The programme was celebrated by strictly observing the rules of Covid-19 pandemic. The souvenir of the programme was published after the celebration of the whole programme.