Volume 3, Issue 3 April 2014– July 2014

THE AIE TIMES

Highlights

Tete – A — Tete

Experiences

Reports

A Glimpse of Activities during the Quarter

Prof. M.M. Ansari, member UGC presenting certificate to participants at

the valedictory session of the Faculty Enrichment Programme (FEP)

Prof. P.K. Kapur - Amity University, Prof. C.B. Sharma - IGNOU, Prof.

Ranjana Bhatia, Principal - AIE Delhi at the FEP

Dr. Ranjana Bhatia presenting momento to Dr. W. Selvamurthy, Presi-

dent – Amity Science Technology and Innovation at the workshop on

“Training to become a Reflective Teacher”

Prof. Ranjana Bhatia, Principal , Faculty members and Students at

the Military Training Camp, Manesar

Dr. W. Selvamurthy, President – Amity Science Technology and Innova-

tion addressing the audience at the workshop .

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Reports of the Events organised during the Quarter The Institute organised a Faculty Enrichment Programme on the theme: "Enhancement of Research Skills for Professional

Development of Educators" on 30th, April, 2014. There were Fifty- One (51) participants from Twenty- Two (22) colleges of

NCR. These participants were primarily of Asst. Prof. level. Some of them were also Research Scholars. All these participa-

tion came from various Universities such as Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, Galgotia University, Uttar Pradesh, Chaudhary

Charan Singh University, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Dwarka, Mehwar University, Maharishi Dayanand

University, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Deemed to be University and Indira Gandhi National

University. In the inaugural session Prof. C.B. Sharma, Head of the Research wing from school of Education, IGNOU gave the

keynote address. He emphasized the need of quality work in research which needs to be seriously looked into. We also had

Prof. P.K.Kapur from Amity University for the inaugural session. This Faculty Enrichment Programme (FEP) had three

Technical Sessions. They included : The first Technical Session on the sub theme “Technological Development, Effective Tools & Techniques of Re-

search” the resource person for this session was Dr. Anupama, Asst. Prof. Amity Business School, AUUP.

The second Technical Session was taken by Dr. Harminder Kaur Gujral, Asst. Prof. Amity Business School, AU-

UP on the theme “Best Practices in Innovative Research Resources”.

The third Technical Session Prof. S.K. Laroiya, Professor at Delhi University talked to the participants on the “Use

of Statistical Package in Research”. . The valedictory address was given by Prof. M.M. Ansari, member UGC. He also emphasized the need of good research and

made a specific mention of the importance of sampling technique in quality research. Prof. Ansari also gave a certificate of

participation to all the participants.

The Institute organised a workshop on the theme “Training to become a Reflective Teacher" on 2nd April, 2014. The partici-

pants of this workshop came from Nine (9) Universities and Twenty- Three (23) colleges of NCR. These Universities

were: Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, State Council of Educational Research Training, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri

Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Deemed to be University, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Maharishi Dayanand Univer-

sity, Lingaya’s University, Delhi University, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh and Jamia Millia Islamia University.

The inauguration of this workshop was done by Prof. M.C. Sharma, Director, School of Education, IGNOU, Dr.

W. Selvamurthy, President – Amity Science Technology and Innovation, AUUP and Shri A. K. Tripathi Principal , Balwant

Rai Mehta School , G.K- II, New Delhi.

Shri A. K. Tripathi in his presentation on the theme talked about the spiritual aspect and the need to be reflective in these

difficult times. Dr. W. Selvamurthy gave keynote address on the theme of the workshop. While talking about science, tech-

nology and innovation he gradually connected the modernity, its advantages with education and teacher education. In his

presentation he suggested that a reflective teacher must essentially introspect and this introspection should gradually form a

reflective cycle. Prof. M.C. Sharma, Director, School of Education, IGNOU, concluded the session by endorsing the views

of the earlier speakers and reinforcing the need of reflection while preparing teachers in teacher training programme.

In the concluding session, Prof. Raj Rani, from Department of Teacher Education & Extensions, NCERT, interacted

with the participants. The valedictory address was given by Prof. Saroj Sharma. A certificate of participation was also given

to all the participants of workshop.

Highlight of the quarter

On Apr. 2nd 2014 , the institute organised a workshop on “Training to become a Reflective teacher” which was at-

tended by pupil teachers of various educational teachers across the city.

On Apr. 30th 2014, the institute organised a Faculty Enrichment Programme on “Enhancement of Research skills for

Professional Development of Educators” which was attended by faculty members , research scholars of various insti-

tutions across the city.

The Human Value Quarter concluded in the month of April.

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Tête-à-Tête

Ms. Shalini Chandra , Assistant Professor joined Amity Institute of Education, Saket on

April 17th 2013.

Q1.Ma’am, If not teaching, which other field you think you would have joined?

Ans. I would have been associated with some NGO or some other social service but I always

wanted to be a teacher and so I am very happy to join the profession of my choice.

Q2. Ma’am, What are your views on present generation?

Ans. The present generation is quick at making decisions. They like to do experiments in life and most often they like to do

what not asked to do. But all these attributes make them a strong individual.

Q3. Ma’am, As an experienced teacher, what advice do you have for future teachers?

Ans. “Good teachers teach and great teachers inspire” The future teachers should be an inspiration for their students. Teachers

are the backbone of the education system so a teacher should treat his/her students as an intelligent human being and avoid cat-

egorizing them as lazy, bright, unorganized etc. The future teachers should have passion for children and teaching.

Q4. Ma’am, Who is your role model?

Ans. There is no single person who has inspired me, I am inspired by many people in my life like my teachers, my parents and

other eminent personalities but talking about a role model, I cannot choose any one of them.

Q5. What do you do in your leisure time?

Ans. I like to spend time with my kids and prefer listening to light music.

Q6. Which is your favourite food or cuisine?

Ans. Rajma Rice

Q7. Which song do you like the most?

Ans. Jeevan Kay Din Chote Sahi…………. , Zindagi Pyaar ka Geet Hai ……. !

Q8. Which is your favourite film?

Ans. I don’t like watching movies.

Q9. If u had a magic lamp, what would be your three wishes?

Ans. My three wishes would be:

a) No poverty

b) No crime

c) Peace across the globe

— Editorial Team

April 2014– July 2014

Days spent at the Military Training Camp ………… The Military Training Camp organised by Amity University at their Manesar campus was

attended by us in the month of March for six days. It was a wonderful adventurous expe-

rience of the lifetime.

For the very first time I had gone somewhere without my family members. It was also the

first time I had attended any camp. I made new friends there and I experienced a great

time over there with friends. When we heard the whistle every time we had to assemble

for any activity and dressed up in the uniform we felt like the real military people. We

marched to the ground everyday in the morning and even in the evening.

We were keen and fortunate to experience the shooting, crossing obstacles, rock climb-

ing, parasailing, zorbing, rappelling. We spend six days with so much of fun and enjoyed

a lot with friends from our institute and other institutions and as well as the military peo-

ple. We were fortunate and blessed to attend the camp which was like a lifetime achieve-

ment. We enjoyed eating food with others and also raised our patriotic feeling. Jai Hind !

Srinwati, B.Ed

EDITORIAL MEMBERS : Patron — Dr. Ranjana Bhatia Faculty Incharge — Ms Deepti Madhura

Students — Ayushi Mishra, Isha Matharoo, Tanu Mahajan, Sheeba Sharma, Sujata Puthran

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Our college had organized a six day trip to MILITARY TRAINING CAMP at Manesar. The trip was from 2nd march 2014 to 7th

march 2014. After reaching there we were given our military dresses which we had to wear every day. Also the utensils and other

useful things were provided to all of us. We had to live in tents in groups of 7-8 people and we were free to decide our tent mates.

The tent area for the girls and the boys was separate. Other students from different campus of AMITY UNIVERSITY had also

come. It felt so good after wearing that military dress. We were told about the schedule for the next six days. On the first day

itself the whole groups was divided into PLATOONS. The platoon leaders were chosen and also the Commander of all the pla-

toons was chosen. We also had the privilege of seeing “THE DOG SHOW”. Next day in the morning we were taken to the

ground for some physical activities and also we were trained for “THE MARCH PAST”. We also had a few lectures by different

ARMY PERSONNELS. Each day passed and every day I was able to learn more and more. Many adventurous activities were

also organized for all of us like- Para sailing, Rock climbing, Rappelling, Zorbing, Obstacles, Shooting etc. On the last day there

was the FINAL DRILL for the March Past and our platoon that is PLATOON 1 won this competition. Our guide our mentor Shiv

Charan sir made this happen by training us so hard and telling each one of us our mistakes. After that debate competition was

held in the seminar hall in which again our platoon backed the first and the third prize. This was actually a life time experience

for all of us and we got to know so much about our INDIAN ARMY which none of the books could have ever taught anybody.

None of us wanted to go back to our home as we were enjoying so much over there. But as it is said that every good thing comes

to an end someday sometime. We had become so strong after living this ARMY LIFE for six long days that we felt that we can

do anything after doing all this training. I wish I can go there once more !!

Neetisha, B.Ed

Experience at Military Training Camp

I would like to share my MTC experience which was really awesome and is the best part of B.Ed from Amity Institute of Educa-

tion, New Delhi. The training gives you the unique type of confidence that you need to develop in yourself while facing the obsta-

cle in life. While performing some impossible tasks like Rock Climbing, Rappelling, Hurdles and Obstacles which seemed to be

impossible were done very well. By this we can say that things in life which we think we can’t do at one point of time are achieva-

ble and possible. The MTC had really built a lot of confident and daring attitude in my life. One thing more I would like to share

was that the discipline they taught us was really needed in life. The training camp was a good learning experience and helped us in

our overall development as a teacher and gives the confidence which we need in our profession. These obstacles also let me think

that the things which we are dealing with will come to an end at last. There were many more experiences which I know will really

going to be beneficial in life ahead.

Deepanshi Goel, B.Ed