WHY SO SERIOUS? FUN WITH ECONOMICS AT JU
The Young Economist Students’ Meet (YESM) 2017 hosted by the economics department of Jadavpur University, in association with t2, was all about making economics enjoyable.
Held on January 2, 3 and 4, the meet brought together students from diverse backgrounds with a common interest in finance and economics who took part in a host of events like Ecowhizz the quiz, Polemic the debate, and Paper Trail the paper presentation.
A panel discussion on ‘25 years of Indian Economic Reforms: What has it delivered?’ was one of the highlights of the meet. Manabi Bandopadhyay (second from left), the first transgender person to be appointed to the post of college principal in the country, spoke about the trials she faced and the need for socio-economic reforms. Kirit Parikh (second from right), former economic adviser in four PMOs, spoke on reforms in India since 1991. The other members on the panel were Chandra Shekhar Ghosh (far left), managing director and CEO of Bandhan Bank, and Biswajit Chatterjee (far right), former head of the department of economics at JU. The session was moderated by Gautam Gupta (centre) of the JU economics department.
Text: Rupsha Bhadra
A ROLLER-COASTER RIDE AT THE SUSHILA BIRLA SCHOOL CARNIVAL
COMINGUP
What: IIT Kharagpur Spring Fest 2017 presented by The Telegraph
Where: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
When: January 20 to 22
What to expect: The theme is Bollywood Boulevard: Ek Filmi Dastaan and the campus will get a makeover to go with it, complete with lanterns, disco lights and cutouts of Bolly actors and actresses. Don’t miss the photo booths with filmi props and pop art.
More than 400 colleges from across the country will participate in the three-day fest. The campus is all set to rock to electronic dance music (EDM) on the second night with DJ Zaeden and band Zephyrtone. While “prince of romance” Armaan Malik will sweep you off your feet on the first night, Vishal-Shekhar (picture above) will rock the grand finale. Apart from regular competitions such as Nukkad, the inter-college street play competition, Wildfire, the rock band competition, and Centrifuge, the dance competition, also in store is Food Fest — a cooking competition, two interactive sessions on molecular gastronomy and French pastry cooking, and an online food photography contest.
Watch out for shows by international performers, including Victor Ash, graffiti artist from Denmark, Babcock and Bobbins, the juggling duo from Northern Ireland, ABeatC, beatboxer from Malaysia, and Squarehead Productions, Contemporary Circus artisans from Ireland.
“Every year, the organisers try to pull off something new and make Spring Fest bigger and better! This year’s been no different with the EDM Nite headlined by Zaeden, introduction of Food Fest, highest number of international artistes and a performance by Vishal-Shekhar,” said Krishna Patil, media and public relations head, Spring Fest.
