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Symposium - Parliament of the Republic of Hindu College

THE POLICY AND DELIBERATION FORUM OF HINDU COLLEGE
 

The Symposium Society is the policy and deliberation forum of Hindu College, University of Delhi. Since its inception in 2010, the society has aimed at inculcating a constructive deliberative culture within the institute. The Symposium Society, through a myriad of activities, provides a robust platform to Hindu College students for deliberation, public policy analysis, research, writing, design, and magazine production. Being one of its kind in the varsity space, the society nurtures inquisitive minds and trains them to become socially conscious thinkers by equipping them with important skills such as critical thinking, public speaking, leadership. Apart from promoting deliberation and research, the society also plays an important role in the college politics by bridging the gap between the parliament and the student body, thereby facilitating disciplined political engagement within the campus. The society does this by conducting the Annual Prime Ministerial Debate, Live PM Interviews and Hindu Darbar. The Symposium Society has members from various backgrounds and departments. These include both Hindi and English-speaking students from departments like Political Science, History, Philosophy, Sociology, Sanskrit, Physics among others.

Faculty Advisor

Dr Sumit Nandan

 

Office Bearers

President: Charvee

Vice President: Rutkar Kaul & Shreyshi Pandey

Editor-in-Chief, Hindu College Gazette: Anurag Pattnaik

 

Email us at: symposiumhinducollege@gmail.com

 

Symposium spearheads the following verticals to further its stated aims.

PM DEBATES AND INTERVIEWS: Hindu College has its own Parliament which is Parliament of Republic of Hindu College and as Symposium is the Parliamentary Society, its plays a role by conducting debates and interviews between/of the candidates who are contesting for the post of Prime Minister of Hindu College. Symposium tries to put them in a tough spot by asking them various in depth and critical questions and thus helps voters in choosing the right candidate.

HINDU DARBAR: It is a bilingual group discussion event open to all the students of Hindu College. In this event people talk about issues prevailing in college and methods of resolving it by taking it up with the college administration.

GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND PRESENTATIONS: Symposium also has insightful presentations and then engaging group discussions for its members. Through this, it thrives on flow of constructive ideas and exchange of new thoughts within the members of society. These sessions are also bilingual in nature.

COLLOQUIUMS, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS: Symposium conducts Colloquium Sessions which are a sought of network-building and communication establishing sessions because in these sessions, we invite eminent personalities. Workshops are more like training sessions for the members of Symposium and are related to various aspects like writing, editing, designing etc. Seminars are more of a speaker like sessions in which a topic is decided and kept as a theme and then an eminent personality who is specialised in that topic is invited to speak on topic and share insightful information with the members.

POLICY BRIEFS: Symposium also prepares intensive and detailed policy research briefs on various important issues circling the politics of the country. These policy briefs are prepared by the members of Symposium Society only.

SOCIAL MEDIA: In this vertical, members gain experience of managing social media profiles of Symposium Society (Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook) and thus get introduced to managing the social media handles.

DESIGNING: This vertical helps with designing and layout of the content and production of the magazine.

WEBSITE MANAGEMENT: Website Management gives an opportunity to those who are interested in designing and website management.

HINDU COLLEGE GAZETTE: Hindu College Gazette which is the society website where various articles and op-eds relating to current affairs, economy, society, and historical events are published. These are written by society members and we also accept guest articles on a regular basis. To enhance writing skills and continue academic discourse, the Symposium society started to publish the Hindu College Gazette, the bimonthly magazine of the society. Articles from various fields were published. The articles published were not restricted to only Hinduites but to students and academicians all over the country. The publication presently has a popular readership beyond Hindu College.

Recently, we have launched our new website: www.hinducollegegazette.com

For queries pertaining to Hindu College Gazette, you can reach out to us via our website or through email id: hinducollegegazette@gmail.com

The drive link for accessing all the issues of Hindu College Gazette is as follows:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RzFey74HuuO3RWNRGTvG6idTDIa61SjL

 

 

 

Activities at a Glance

Documentary Screening

  • Reversing Roe on 14th June, 2022
  • When Every Drop Counts on 8th September, 2022
  • Visible Work, Invisible Women on 13th November, 2022

 


 

Group Presentations

Climate Change & Sustainable Development on 7th October, 2022


 

Group Discussions

  • The group discussion on the topic, “This house supports/rejects the notion that Indian Culture is Decaying” was conducted on 15th September, 2022.
  • The group discussion on the topic, “This house accepts/rejects the notion that India’s Hyper-Nationalism is hampering its image in the Globalised World”.


 

Colloquium

  • Colloquium session was conducted with Mr. Raj Kamal Jha, Chief-Editor, Indian Express Magazine on the topic, “The Changing Definitions of Journalism and Its New Challenges in A Democracy” on 12th July, 2022
  • A Lecture Session with Ashish Ranjan was conducted on the topic, “Changing Role of data in Indian Politics”. It was conducted on 30th August, 2022.


 

International Climate Change Conclave was conducted on 19th & 20th October, 2022 in Sushila Devi Auditorium, Relaxo Research Centre Hindu College.





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