2013 to 14 - Miranda House

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ANNUAL REPORT
2013-2014
MIRANDA HOUSE
University of Delhi
Delhi 110 007
Annual Report
2013-2014
Index of contents
1.
2.
3.
4.
Principal’s Speech on Founder’s Day 7 March 2014
Students
Overview of Enrolments
Overview of Results
Academic Achievements
University Awards
College Awards
University Ranker Prizes
College Academic Prizes
Science Scholarships
Golden Key
College Bursary
Need based Scholarships
Financial Assistance
Scholarships and Financial Assistance from other organizations
Student Research Projects
University of Delhi Innovation Projects
Special Achievements
Placements
Internships
Faculty
Profile
Honours and Awards
New Faculty Research Projects
Ongoing Faculty Research Projects
Conferences, Seminars, Workshops
Publications
Peer Reviewed Journals
Conference Proceedings
Popular Articles
Books
Currcicular Resources
Refresher and Orientation Courses
Synergetic Contributions
Non-teaching Staff
Profile
Best Worker Awards
Promotions, Recruitments
Training Programs
Achievements
5.
6.
7.
Department Reports
Department of English
Department of Hindi
Department of Bengali
Department of Sanskrit
Department of Economics
Department of Geography
Department of History
Department of Philosophy
Department of Political Science
Department of Sociology
Department of Computer Science
Department of Mathematics
Department of Chemistry
Department of Physics
Department of Botany
Department of Zoology
Department of Elementary Education
Department of Sports and Physical Sciences
Co-Curricular Activities
National Cadet Corps (NCC)
National Service Scheme (NSS)
Sports and Physical Education
Extra-curricular Activities
Students Union
Annual Festival Tempest 2014
Society and Committee Reports
Anukriti, the Hindi Dramatic Society
The Ariels, the English Dramatics Society
Music, Dance, Choreography Society
SPIC MACAY, the Miranda House Chapter
Adwitiya, the Fine Arts Society
Debsoc, the Debating Society
Jigyasa, the Quiz Society
Gandhi Study Circle
MH Vatavaran, the Environment Society
Garden Committee
Adventure Club
Film Club
Snapshot, the Photography Club
Tula, the Miranda House Consumers Club
Enactus, Students in Free Enterprise
Entrepreneurship Cell
Women’s Development Cell
The College Complaints Committee
Proctorial Committee
Foreign Students Association
Lakshita, the Enabling Society
Equal Opportunity Cell
Alumnae Association
8.
College Events
Memorial Talks
Manzar, the Parliamentary Debate
Model UN
I am the Tiger Campaign
Miranda Goes Google
9.
International Collaborations
Indo-Dutch Collaborative Programme
King’s College Summer School
Australian Leadership Award Fellowship (ALAF)
Physclips in collaboration with University of New South Wales, Australia
International Visits
10.
Add-on Courses
Foreign Language Courses
Green Chemistry and Environment
Medical Biotechnology
Bioinformatics and In Silico Medicine
Operations Research: Optimization for Better Decisions
11.
Prestigious Projects
D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education
Report
Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Star College
12.
Facilities
Library
Digital Resource Centres and IT Infrastructure
Amba Dalmia Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged
Cafeteria
Hostel
Medical Centre
Student Counsellor
Appendix
A.1
Financial Report
A.2
Administrative Report on Faculty
A.3
Faculty Participation in Refresher and Orientation Courses
A.4
Teachers In Charge of Departments
A.5
Faculty Membership on Committees and Societies
A.6
Student Representatives of Departments, Societies and Cultural Council
A.7
Oversight Mechanism
A.6
FYUP Course Coordination, Moderation and Greivance Committees
A.8
University of Delhi Examination and Central Evaluation Centre
A.9
Entrance Tests and Examinations hosted and organized for other institutions
Principal's Speech on Founder's Day
7 March 2014
Greetings! On behalf of the students, faculty and support staff, it is my special privilege to
welcome you all to the Founder's Day Celebrations. As is tradition, we have amongst us past
faculty, alumnae and several friends of the college. I welcome you all. Established on 7
March 1948, at the dawn of independence, Miranda House chronicles the history of
Women's education in India. We take immense pride in sustained excellence, pioneering
achievements and our distinguished alumnae list. We are privileged to have with us today,
our alumna, Ms. Zohra Chatterji as the honoured chief guest. We are also extremely happy
that Professor Anil Tyagi, the Chairperson of the Governing Body of the college, is with us
on this cherished occasion.
Ms. Zohra Chatterji studied Physics Honours as an undergraduate at Miranda House from
1971 to 1974. She went on to pursue a postgraduate degree in literature. A 1979 batch UP
cadre IAS officer, she is currently Union Secretary in the Ministry of Textiles, Government
of India, a position she has held since 2013. At the helm of a sector dependent of exports and
hence on good global environment, her challenge is to create better business opportunities
for millions of craftsmen in the country and engineer a smart turnaround. Under her
leadership, the ministry has launched several visionary initiatives to give impetus to the
Handloom Sector in particular. The National Handloom Development Programme is
comprehensive and aims to support weavers and preserve heritage. The cluster development
approach focuses on formation of handloom weavers' groups as a visible production group.
Support is provided for skill upgradation, engagement of professional designers, setting up
of common facility centers, Dye Houses, new looms, dobby, jacquard and accessories, work
sheds, etc. Additional emphasis is on organizing exhibitions, events and crafts melas.
Engagement of leading designers for design intervention in major cluster/ handloom
production centers is bringing innovations in design and handloom technology, revival and
documentation of traditional designs and most importantly, better procurement strategies
and market support. The ministry is also looking at improving livelihoods and has launched
handloom weavers comprehensive welfare schemes that include a Health Insurance Scheme
and the Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana covering accidental death, total disability and
scholarships for children.
It is not common to see women officers in the high-stake ministries dealing with coal, power
and petroleum. As Additional Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Coal 2011-2013, she handled
extremely important and sensitive assignments. Known for taking impartial and highly
independent decisions, Ms. Chatterji has been the talking point of industry. She was in news
for her proficient steering of Coal India Ltd. as its first woman chairperson and interim head;
and then steering of the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) on coal. The IMG under Zohra
Chatterjee was responsible for deciding the fate of allocations amid the current political
crisis over the federal auditor's damning report on coal block allocations. Her role in
protecting the company's interest has been crucial. Taking an independent stance, she did
what government officials rarely do. The CIL board under her decided to put its fiduciary
duty above a directive from none other than the Prime Minister's Office and recommended
de-allocation of a number of coal blocks.
In her remarkable career, Zohra Chatterji has handled other important portfolio. She joined
the Government of India in May, 2007, on Central deputation as Joint Secretary to the
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India. On her promotion as
Additional Secretary, she served as Member Secretary, National Commission for Women.
Subsequently, she was appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal, in September 2011.
Zohra rose to prominence through various important assignments in Uttar Pradesh, her
service cadre. She has been associated with the industries sector in this north Indian state for
nearly 10 years and has held posts including MD of the UP Small Industries Corporation and
UP Handlooms. She has also served as Secretary and Director General, Tourism; Secretary
and Director, Industries; and Labour Commissioner. Her last assignment in UP before
joining Government of India was as Principal Secretary, Industries, IT & Electronics,
Government of Uttar Pradesh. For exemplary work, she was awarded the Prime Minister's
Award for Excellence in Public Administration for implementing an e-governance project
“Lokvani” for redressal of public grievances in UP. She also set up “E-Suvidha” in Lucknow
and the UP Trade Promotion Authority as its first Member Secretary.
Friends, on this Founder's Day, I present to you Zohra Chatterji, personifying the very best
that Miranda House stands for. Her sustained engagement, optimism, positive energy and
visionary zeal provide a glimpse on what it takes to succeed and make a difference to the
world. Miranda House is proud of her achievements and it is our privilege and honour to
welcome her to the college.
Professor Anil Tyagi holds a psotgraduate degree in Biochemistry from the University of
Allahabad and a Ph.D. degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Delhi. He is a
passionate teacher. Currently, he is Professor of Biochemistry; Incharge, Distributed
Information Sub-Centre; Chairman, Advisory Committee, WUS Health Centre, University
of Delhi South Campus; and Co-ordinator of UGC-SAP Programme at the Department of
Biochemistry, University of Delhi South Campus.
A leading scientist in the area of biotechnology, Professor Anil Tyagi continues to actively
pursue his research with emphasis towards the control and amelioration of tuberculosis. The
Tuberculosis Vaccine Clinical Trial Expert Group of the Department of Biotechnology,
Government of India, has recommended three new vaccine regimens developed by Dr.
Tyagi's group for human clinical trials.
For his scientific contributions, he has been awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, the
most prestigious scientific award of India; Ranbaxy Research Award for medical sciences by
Ranbaxy Science Foundation; P.S. Sarma Memorial Award by Society of Biological
Chemists (India); Vigyan Gaurav Samman Award by UP Government; C.R. Krishnamurthy
Memorial Oration Award by CDRI, Lucknow; and Kona Sampath Kumar Award by
University of Delhi. He has been Vice President of the Society of Biological Chemists, India
(2004-06). He is a Fellow of National Academy of Sciences and Indian Academy of
Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, India and a National J.C. Bose Fellow.
Professor Tyagi has served as a member of Academic Council of University of Delhi; Head,
Department of Biochemistry; Co-ordinator, UGC-SAP from 2009 onwards; Member, Board
of Research Studies, FIAS, University of Delhi; Expert Consultant to the Tuberculosis
Research Programme (TBRU) of NIH, USA; Hyderabad and Tuberculosis Research Centre
and Chennai; Member, Technical Advisory Committee, National Research Development
Corporation (NRDC), India; Member, Research Council, Institute of Genomics and
Integrative Biology, Delhi; Member, Professor Tyagi has been in the editorial board of
several journals and currently he is serving as Member of Editorial Board for Indian Journal
of Medical Research.
We are extremely privileged to have him as the Chairperson of our Governing Body. It is a
special privilege to welcome him to the college today.
Today's program is special and the cultural program will include the play Ajatshatru being
staged by students of Department of History. This play has been adapted by Ms. Rupa
Bhatnagar, an alumna of the college. She belongs to the history batch of 1974. Rupa worked
as an officer for the Punjab National Bank for 16 years. She is also a writer, translator of short
stories and poetry in Hindi. Some of her works include short stories like Vasiatnama and
translations of the autobiography of Mohammad Rafi and Mahatma Rama Ratna Thapliyal's
magnum opus, Vishwadarshan. It is a pleasure to welcome you back home today as an
alumna and as a parent of our student Rohini. We thank you for the initiative you have taken
and hope in future to engage far more proactively with extremenly talented parents of our
extremely talented students.
College Report
Miranda House is amongst the top academic institutions of the country. We take pride in our
long history of pioneering movements and producing women of substance who have made a
difference in their chosen areas of work and in society at large. However, no community can
afford to be complacent. The world is changing as we blink. The future is making critical
demands, raising the bar and setting new benchmarks. Change is the new paradigm and
sustained innovation the new mantra. We reaffirm today our commitment to maintaining the
glorious traditions of this great institution; our commitment to creativity and exacting
standards; our commitment to the challenging task of providing liberal education and the
very best opportunities to women students to develop to full potential.
The talented and dedicated students and faculty at Miranda House have always played a
special role in making Miranda a great institution. I feel specially privileged to speak today
on their behalf. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the contribution of Team Miranda, the circles
of various task groups, the teachers-in-charge, the conveners and members of all committees
and societies, who give to Miranda its momentum and render the roller-coaster of
accomplishing goal posts a delightful adventure.
It is with great pleasure that I acknowledge the administrative support provided by Dr.
Mallika Verma as Vice Principal. I also thank Dr. Purnima Roy, who efficiently holds an
important portfolio as Bursar. I acknowledge the contribution of the entire non-teaching staff
and thank them for the tireless support provided in all that we undertake. I thank
Administrative Officer Mr. Mohanty for his unstinted support and efficient management of
the office and Mr. Kanwar Sain for discharge of duties as Section Officer Accounts.
The University has introduced the Four Year Undergraduate Programme from the academic
year 2013-2014 for the freshman class. Students are now admitted to a Discipline Course in
which they can gain Houours degree after four years. There are options for lateral exit after
two years with a diploma; with a Bachelors degree in discipline after three years and
Bacheor's degree with honours in discipline after four years. All students are expected to
study a common core comprising seven Foundation Courses in the first year and four
Foundation Courses in the second year. FYUP has inbuilt flexibility inasmuch as the student
can choose from a range of Discipline II courses and Application courses offered from
Semester III onwards. Fulfilling stipulated conditions, students can also gain a Minor in
discipline II.
The introduction of FYUP has entailed discontinuation of the BA Programme, B.Sc. Applied
Science and B.Sc. Life Science Courses. This has led to redistribution of 1001 seats available
across disciplines on offer. Under this framework, this year the college has introduced a new
Four Year B. Tech in Computer Science course.
The FYUP has brought immense pedagogic changes. For the first time, the students are
formally required to take charge of their own learning. Emphasis is on peer learning,
collaborative group work, project presentations and learning beyond the classroom.
Predicting the future of teaching-learning, the college was well poised for these changes. The
D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education established at
Miranda House has regularly promoted project-based learning, summer internships and
undergraduate research. The project labs set up in the college are exemplars of best practice
in contemporary education, meeting global benchmarks on active learning environment
enriched by technology. The college established an early lead by issuing netbooks to faculty
members three years ago. All lecture halls and classrooms have projection facilities. The
entire campus is wi-fi enabled. This year all first year students have been issued laptops
gifted by the University. All differently-abled students in the college have similarly been
given laptops preloaded with appropriate software. Reiterating our commitment to new age
tools, at the Annual Festival Tempest we announced the launch of our project Miranda Goes
Google. Under this initiative, all students and faculty will now have a new email identity on
our portal mirandahouse.ac.in. This will automatically provide free access to the
comprehensive set of Google Apps for Education. The entire college community will have
access to Google's communication and collaboration applications via any internetconnected computer and many mobile devices. Google Apps include services such as Gmail
providing gigabytes of email storage, highly effective spam filtering and powerful search
with integrated voice and video chat; Google Calendar allowing easy coordination of work
or class schedules, meetings and events online; Google Video providing online video private
to the college's domain; Google Docs providing all user an opportunity to create and
collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, and drawings in real-time as
well as upload and share any file type; Google Sites with tools that allow development and
customization of rich websites embedding Google Docs, Google Calendars, videos, and
other media without the need for HTML or any programming language; Google Groups for
creating mailing lists and discussion forums allowing students and teachers to easily and
efficiently share documents, calendars, sites, and media with specific groups.
Turning Ideas Solution, Google EDU Partner, has helped us in overall deployment and rollout of Google at Miranda House. The project has been led by Dr. Charu Goel from Physics
Department and Ms. Sriyanka Senapati, second year student of Economics and Google
Student Ambassador at Miranda House. I congratulate them for their immense hard work in
rolling out the project. They worked very hard to organize a befitting inaugural through a
Google Hangout where the college community was joined remotely by alumnae Nandita
Das – filmmaker, actor and social activist; Ritu Sarin – of Crane Films; Nandita Mongia –
former faculty and UNDP expert on energy; and Shirin Ashraf – young Ph.D. Scholar
working in Cambridge. The formal association with Google will bring about significant
savings in the IT budget. Most importantly, it will teach students the skills they'll need to use
these types of digital tools in the workplace. Miranda House takes pride in being the first
college to facilitate adoption of the powerful Google technology platform. We expect the
entire community to contribute in myriad innovative ways to create a massive digital
resource to drive the future of learning.
The college is continuously enhancing its academic programmes. We are happy to announce
the establishment of a Robotics Laboratory at the Department of Physics, in collaboration
with the E-Yantra Project being steered by Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. This
year we have also started a new 54 hour self financed add-on course on Bioinformatics and in
Silico Medicine. This is coordinated by Dr. Rekha Kumari and Dr. Rashmi Shakya from the
Departments of Zoology and Botany in respectively.
The faculty and students are continuously encouraged to undertake innovation and research.
The highlight of this year was the three week academic visit in April to Sydney under the
Australian Leadership Awards Fellowships (ALAF) by nine faculty members, namely, Dr.
Pratibha Jolly, Dr. Mallika Verma, Dr. Usha Malik (Department of Physics); Dr. Bani Roy,
Dr. Mallika Pathak (Chemistry); Dr. Janaki Subramanyan, Dr. Saloni Bahri (Botany); and
Dr. Nisha Vashishta, Dr. Sadhna Sharma (Zoology). An AusAid competitive bid for grant of
AUD 55,000 for a project titled Building Leadership Capacity in Undergraduate Science
teaching in India enabled the group to participate in workshops which are run as part of the
exemplary Australian initiative, Advancing Science by Enhancing Learning in the
Laboratory (ASELL) and observe Australian undergraduate science teaching. Back home
this will soon translate into the project LINKE, the Lab Innovation Network for Knowledge
Enhancement.
In the year 2012-2013, the college was awarded four projects under the University of Delhi
Innovation Projects Scheme. In the round this year, we again made a strong competitive bid
and were awarded grants for all seven Innovation Projects applied for. Listed later, these are
enabling seven multidisciplinary teams of ten students each along with their faculty mentors
to undertake year long work on themes of scientific and social interest. The projects have
unleashed creative talent as never before. We hope that more groups will come forward with
projects in future.
As reported earlier, in year 2011 the college received Rs. 55 Lakh grant from the Department
of Biotechnology under the Star College Scheme for strengthening of life science and
biotechnology education and training at under graduate level. Dr. Sushma Moitra is the
overall coordinator. The participating Departments are Chemistry, Computer Science,
Botany, Physics and Zoology. Each has organized several quality capacity building
programs and judiciously used grants to enhance infrastructure. The review of progress has
been excellent and additional grants of Rs. 14 lakh have been sanctioned.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly had received a grant of Rs. 31,320,000 (Rupees Three crore thirteen lakh
twenty thousand) for establishing the D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in
Science Education (DSKC) at Miranda House in Project Mode from January 2008 for a
period of three years. The Centre continues to function with sustained vigour.
Dr. Sadhna Sharma, Department of Zoology, needs to be commended for the wonderful
research programme she has established at the college. This year she received a grant of Rs.
66.48 Lakhs for a Project titled Molecular cloning and immunological validation of three
hypothetical proteins of M.tuberculosis with strong T-cell epitopes funded by Department of
Biotechnology from 2013 to 2016. She has an ongoing research project titled Cloning,
expression, purification and immunological characterization of MymA operon proteins
funded by Open Source Drug Discovery, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research;
Grant Amount Rs. 12.85 Lakhs; (2012-2013). Sadhna is guiding two doctoral research
fellows Ms. Swati Singh and Ms. Iti Saraav.
Dr. Monika Tomar, Department of Physics, received a research grant of Rs. 40.71 Lakh for a
project titled 'Indigenous Development of Table Top Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Set
Up' from the Department of Science and Technology, for a period from October 2011 to
2013. She is the Co-PI (Principal Investigator) in this project. She received a grant of
Rs. 95.40 Lakh for a Project titled 'Development of Metal Oxide Thin Film Based Low Cost
Sensors for CNG & PNG' from GAIL for a period from October 2013 to October 2015. And
most recently she received a grant of Rs. 450 Lakh for a Project titled Demonstration of LED
by PLD from DIT (Ministry of Information Technology and Communication) for a period
from December 2013 to June 2015. She is a Co-PI (Principal Investigator) in all these
projects. Unfortuantely, the experimental nature of her work has constrained her to base all
these projects at the University Department of Physics.
The college lays great importance on linkages with other institutions of eminence and its
expert resource network. Several reputed institutions from across the world have been
approaching the college for collaborative tie-ups and bilateral exchange programmes. We
have hosted talks and workshops by several international academic visitors. The Indo-Dutch
collaboration with the Utrecht Business School has been extremely successful. For the last
five years, we have been hosting a week long workshop titled Management and Cultural
Contexts in collaboration with Utrecht Business School and Sri Ram College of Commerce
for a multicultural group from the three participating institutions. In June 2013, we hosted
King's College London Summer School at Miranda House. Three independent two-week
courses on International Relations, International Political Economy and E-Business were
taught by accomplished faculty from King's. The Summer Courses proved to be very
popular, drawing widespread participation by students from across the University, a few
students from outside Delhi and even abroad. Three students of these courses were awarded
scholarships to attend the King's London Summer School in UK. In recognition of the
contribution of the team at Miranda House for the organization of King's Delhi Summer
School 2013 at Miranda House, Ms. Malabika Pal was awarded a scholarship to attend the
King's London Summer School, 2013. To celebrate the association, a high level delegation
led by the Principal and President of Kings College Professor Sir Richard Trainor, visited
Miranda House in January 2014. Building on last year's success, Miranda House will be
hosting King's College London Summer School for the second time in June, 2014. Five
independent courses will be taught by accomplished faculty from King's College London in
two sessions, each of two-week duration. The Courses are: International Relations;
International Political Economy; Education and Neuroscience; Global City and Introduction
to Conflict Management. The application process has started and recruitment is going on in
full swing.
The D S Kothari Centre for Researh and Innovation in Science Education remained active
and organized the fourth INSPIRE Mentorship Programme in December 2013 for more than
200 school students. The highlight this year was the visit by two Nobel Laureates: Dr. Venki
Ramakrishnan, 2009 Nobel Laureate for Chemistry and Sir Paul Maxime Nurse, 2001 Nobel
Laureate for Physiology or Medicine. Both spent several hours interacting with the
participating students, our undergraduate students and faculty.
The college is committed to providing the best infrastructural facilities to its community. The
development and renovation work has continued unabated. Friends, I am happy to record
that the challenging project of adding another floor on the cafeteria building was
successfully completed in March 2013. Called the Student Activity Center, it was formally
inaugurated soon after the last Founder's Day with KathoUpanishd Workshop by Sunaad
Group from Bangalore. This was followed by the Miles on Yamuna: The Call of the River
Symposium organized in collaboration with TERI under our UN University Regional Centre
for Expertise and University of Delhi Innovation Projects. Since then, this hall has been
much in demand for college events and adds an important facility. We have also created an
annexe to the Sanyukta Chudhary Seminar Hall. Appropriately called the Garden Room, it
connects the Seminar Hall to the Miranda House greens behind the auditorium. Temporarily
put to use as a classroom, this will be another studio space available for innovative
programmes. Its creation meant relocating the Green House and Plant Nursery, a move that
has freed much of the garden space for community programmes.
The furniture in most classrooms was extremely old, damaged and mismatched. We have
undertaken massive re-fabrication programme. The teak wood reclaimed from the old
furniture has been refashioned to create aesthetic new tables and benches. All rooms have by
now been refloored, have new electrical fittings, new boards, teachers podium, a projector
fitted on the roof and a retractable projection screen. This has given the classrooms a fresh
look. The renovation has also made the teaching-learning process modern, more
comfortable and pleasurable.
The college received an additional grant of Rs. One crore from the University of Delhi for
carrying out further repair and renovation work. This grant has enabled us to carry out reflooring of staircases, corridors and classrooms with Kota tiles; repair pathways, clear and
pave the back side of the hostel, beautify open rear spaces with red sandstone flooring; repair
chajjas on the bac kside of the academic block; repair areas with leaky roof, parapet walls;
carry out paint and distemper in areas with dire need; and undertake pointing work on the
exposed brick work in the hostel.
Major repair and renovation work has also been undertaken in the Library. The washroom on
all the three floors were in bad condition and urgent attention was required. These have been
completely renovated and include facilities for the differently-abled. The external facade of
the library building has been repaired and brick cladding undertaken to integrate it with the
rest of the college architecture. We will shortly commence reflooring of the main hall and the
stack areas. Plans are underway to install a lift.
The college takes great pride in complete automation of its administrative and accounting
processes. Once state-of-art, the computers in use by the office staff had become old and did
not support new software. The entire staff has now been given new computers with high end
configuration, the latest Windows OS and other application software. The custom designed
student life management system, accounting and asset management system have been
upgraded with addition of new modules. Further, a new Digital Resource Centre has been
created in the Office Area to facilitate further e-management of all administrative functions,
including management of timetable, attendance and assessment records. Respecting the
immense work pressure office staff is subjected to and long hours at work, it has been our
endeavor to provide them with ergonomic work spaces. This year we have brought in new
office chairs. New file and record storage areas have been aesthetically created to cater to
needs arising from implementation of FYUP and in-house examination system. These
facilitate retrieval of records with ease. New reprographic machines and wireless printers
have been installed.
The Chemistry Department Store has been modernized with new flooring and custom
designed massive storage. Renovation of the Faculty Rooms in the Departments of Zoology,
Chemistry and Botany is underway. In summer we plan to undertake the work remaining
now in the Physics Laboratories, Lecture Halls and faculty rooms.
The health of our community is extremely important. After some gap, we have again brought
in a student counsellor. Ms. Aparna Rostogi joined us this summer and has established a
wonderful facility in the Hostel Office Block. She is available for advice and consultation
three days a week and also as and when required. She has, in a short time, endeared herself. In
January, we also inaugurated a Medical facility in collaboration with neighboring Nulife
Hospital to supplement the services available at the WUS. A nurse is available on all
weekdays from 9 am to 5 pm and a lady doctor is available for three hours in the forenoon on
alternate days. We have also taken the initiative of organizing health talks on a regular basis
to promote better awareness on prevention of disease, fitness, nutrition and general
wellbeing.
We are happy to announce that we wll soon inagurate Miranda Tech, our new technology
Park. This has three new aesthetically designed sheds for dedicated use. The first houses the
Green Projects for solid waste management. One part of the shed has equipment for the new
compost system established in association with the NGO Green Bandhu for management of
kitchen waste and horticultural waste. It replaces the old vermicompost system that was
found to be too unwieldy. The new process includes effective storage of solid waste,
shredding, compacting and closed chamber conversion of waste to compost. The plant is
fully commissioned and the compost is now being routinely used in the garden. The other
half of this shed has a new Paper Recycling Plant. This extends and enhances the old paper
recycling project implemented over the last decade with support first from the Department of
Science and Technology and then the Department of Environment, Govt. of NCT of Delhi.
The old machines had become dysfunctional. A light duty system has been procured from
Development Alternatives. This can easily be used by students. Another set of machines is
now being installed for producing high quality handmade paper that can also be used for
routine printing by the college office. We thank our colleague Dr. Urvashi Dhamija for a
generous donation to enable procurement of the new equipment. The second shed will be put
to use as a Pottery and Art Studio. A Potter's Wheel has been installed. The third shed will
house Miranda Products and Souvenirs. The community is urged to come up with innovative
designs. We are exploring possibility of setting up innovative projects with support from the
Small and Medium Scale Industries. We hope Miranda Tech will soon grow to be an
Incubation Centre. Students and faculty are encouraged to submit ideas and projects for
support.
Miranda is admired for its resplendent green environment. It is with great pride I report that
we again won laurels at the University of Delhi Flower Show and were awarded the coveted
Vice Chancellor's Cup along with several prizes in various categories. We hope that next
year we will not only retain our top position but improve on it by competing in more
categories. We seek the cooperation of students and faculty in maintaining the pristine
environs.
The plans for construction of the new academic block were completed last year. Yet the
project was in a state of limbo due to inordinate delay in approval from statutory civic
agencies. I am delighted to report that we have at last got the statutory approval from the
Archaeological Survey of India, the Delhi Urban Arts Commission and the final approval
from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The tender documents are being prepared and we
hope to begin construction within the next few months.
The College has been trying to provide adequate maintenance of staff quarters despite the
constraints of a limited budget as sanctioned by University Grants Commission. Dilapidated
balconies in some flats have been demolished and new balconies constructed. Major repair
work has been undertaken in several flats that fell vacant before reallocation. Serious efforts
have been made to obtain grants for reconstruction of a block of sixteen non-teaching flats
that had been declared unsafe for habitation.
The fast pace of infrastructural development has only spurred academic and extramural
programmes. We reiterate our commitment to the three pronged mandate of promoting
excellence in teaching, research and community work. Extramural activities and beyond the
classroom experiential learning is what gives character to Miranda House. I am happy to
report that despite the academic pressures, we have had a culturally vibrant year and all
departments and societies have proactively organized creative events.
This year has again, truly belonged to the students. I congratulate the Students Union, the
Culture Council and the Executives of the various co-curricular and extracurricular activities
for spearheading programmes and activities that often evolve to be mega events. Students
have participated and won accolades in college events, intercollege events and gone to the
very best institutes in the country to represent Miranda House. They have made their way to
national and international forums on their own initiative. The range of activities is inspiring.
I give two instances. Mahima Sharma, second year student of Sociology was amongst the
winners of the Times Leadership Awards. She undertook a wonderful project on masking
Subways in Delhi clean and safe. Last year we accoladed Sportswoman par excellence,
Swati, the winner of Roadies who was awarded a Police Medal for catching a chain snatcher
who turned out to be a terrorist. This year, with valour, she is headed to participate in the
Devil's Circuit and also has signed for a role in a bollywood movie.
I congratulate the Students Union Executive Team. Sushma, Devanshi Lall and Anmol
Makkar have done us proud by spearheading an extremely successful annual festival,
Tempest: The Shades of Green.
The college takes immense pride in the academic achievements of our students. We
encourage students to apply for scholarships, awards offered by various agencies and
further, training and internship programmes offered by other organizations and research
institutions. Currently, 34 students of second year and 42 students of third year are in receipt
of the prestigious INSPIRE scholarship of Rs. 60,000 per annum. This year, 107 eligible first
year students have applied for and likely to be awarded this scholarship.
In furtherance of our campaign for increasing the number of awards and bursaries manyfold, this year again we facilitated a large number of students of the college who are
economically challenged. Need-based financial assistance of and Rs. 2500 each was given to
33 students, Rs 1250 to 91 students on the basis of family conditions.
We are happy to report that Lady Irwin School Alumni Association (LISAA) has donated Rs.
One Lakh for giving LISAA need-based scholarships for our students. Accordingly, 16
LISAA scholarships of Rs. 6000 each were given to 16 first year students, one each from 16
Departments. We thank LISAA for this generous grant. I thank the functionaries of LISAA
for their support. We also acknowledge some of our faculty members who have provided
support to individual students in need, both in the college and the residence. I hope that in
years to come other philanthropic associations will come forward to help many more
students.
The family of late Ms. Bhalla, former faculty in Department of Economics, has instituted the
Bawa Balwant Singh Bhalla Sports and Academic Excellence Award in the name of her
father. Ms. Vimla Kaushik, who superannuated in 2013 from the Department of
Mathematics, has instituted the R. R. P. Sharma Memorial Scholarship in the Name of her
father. Principal Dr. Pratibha Jolly has instituted the B S Jolly Award for Community
Engagement in memory of her father. These awards and scholarships will be given for the
first time this year.
Friends, it indeed takes a community to build an institution of excellence, nurture individual
talent and educate a generation. We hope many more of our alumnae and friends will come
forward to assist us in this process.
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Internships
Miranda House continued to attract meritorious and talented students. The first years have
been admitted to the Four Year Undergraduate Programme. The second and third year
students continue with the three year programme.
Four Year Undergraduate Programme: The college received more than one lakh
applications for fresh admissions in 2013 through the Centralized Preadmission process. The
cutoffs for all courses were extremelyhigh and are given in Appendix A.1. The number of
first year students on rolls in the academic year 2013-2014 is as follows:
FYUP I Year
Humanities
B. Tech. Computer Sc.
Science
Total
Sanctioned Strength
649
30
322
1001
Students on Roll
661
40
316
1067
This includes students in the reserved categories. Currently, under FYUP we have 134 in the
SC, 70 students in the ST and 264 in the OBC categories. There are 23 differently abled
students; 22 are visually challenged and 02 are orthopedically challenged. The current
strength of foreign students under FYUP is 16 from 7 countries, namely, Canada (1), Japan
(1), Mauritius (1), Nepal (1), Thailand (1), Tibet (10), Zimbabwe (1).
Ongoing Three Year Undergraduate Programme: The number of undergraduate students
in second and third year under TYUP and the four year B.El. Ed course that continues in the
old scheme is as follows:
Old Scheme Courses
B.A. (Programme)
B.A. (Honours)
B.Sc. (Honours)
B.Sc. (Computer Science)
B.Sc. (Life Science)
B.El.Ed. (Four Year Course)
Total
Number of Students
376
932
578
87
74
198
2245
Currently, under TYUP we have 322 in the SC, 158 students in the ST and 579 in the OBC
categories. There are 36 differently abled students; 26 are visually challenged and 10 are
orthopedically challenged. The current strength of foreign students under TYUP is 32 from
13 countries, namely, Bhutan (1), Brazil (1), Canada (1), Fiji (1), Iraq (1), Nepal (1), Malawi
(1), Mauritius (7), Mongolia (1), Srilanka (2), Tibet (12), Thailand (1), Turkmenistan (2).
Postgraduate Courses: The Postgraduate students on roll are:
Postgraduate Courses
Students on Rolls
M.A.
212
M.Sc.
301
Total
513
Overview of Results
Miranda House continues to excel academically. This is reflected in the results of the
students at the University of Delhi Annual and Semester Examinations.
At the undergraduate level, the pass percentage of B.A. Honours students was 96% with 145
first divisions. In B.A. Programme pass percentage was 82% with 64 first divisions. For
B.Sc. Honours the pass percentage was 82% with 296 first divisions; for the B.Sc. Life
Science Course the pass percentage was 84% with 28 first divisions; and for B.Sc. Applied
Physical Science Course with Computer Science the pass percentage was 76% with 32 first
divisions. At the postgraduate level, the pass percentage was 92% for the M.A. courses and
96% for the M.Sc. courses.
For the class graduating in 2013, the pass percentage and result is summarized below:
Course
Students
Passed
I
Division
II
III
Pass %
B.A. Honours
378
366
145
180
41
96
B.A. Programme
141
116
64
47
05
82
B.Sc. Honours
370
306
296
09
01
82
B.Sc. Physical Science
42
32
32
00
00
76
B.Sc. Life Science
33
28
28
00
00
84
B.El.Ed
42
42
36
06
00
100
M.A.
103
95
64
31
00
92
M.Sc
96
92
90
02
00
96
On the Founder’s Day 07 March 2014, the college conferred a very large number of awards
and scholarships. To summarize, 3 Gold Medals, 4 Silver Medals, 15 Individual Trophies, 5
Running Trophies, 237 Certificates were given along with cash awards totaling Rs. 5.5 Lakh.
This does not take into account the large number of Certificates issued by each Society and
Department for each competition and cultural and extramural event at the college. The
Sports and NCC awards are also given on a separate occasion dedicated to those awards.
The awards conferred on the Founder’s Day are listed below.
University Prizes
Panchanan Maheshwari Memorial Prize
Ms. Dhara Arora
M.Sc. Botany
Lala Ram Mohan Prize
Ms. Sana Kochak
M.A. History
Maithili Sharan Gupta Puraskar
Ms. Ekta Goel
M.A. Hindi
University Medals
University Medal for B.A. (Honours)
Ms. Nahida Khondkar
B.A. (H) Bengali
Prof. Savitri Sinha Smriti Swaran Padak
Ms. Ekta Goel
M.A. Hindi
Smt. Sivakamamma Radhakrishnan Medal
Ms. Saniya Arora
M.A. Mathematics
Indian Philosophical Congress Medal for B.A. (Hons.)
Ms. Divy Raj Juyal
B.A. (H) Philosophy
College Awards
Miranda House Golden Jubilee Award (Humanities)
Ms. Ayushi Singh
B.A. (H) Political Science III
Miranda House Golden Jubilee Award (Science)
Ms. Shreemoyee Kumar
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry III
Principal’s Medal
Ms. Meenu Dabas
B.A.(H) Geography III
Miranda House Award of Excellence
Professor Savitri G. Burman Award of Excellence (Humanities)
Ms. Supriya Pranay
B.A. (H) Hindi II
Professor Savitri G. Burman Award of Excellence (Science)
Ms. Ritika Singh
B.Sc. (H) Physics II
Dr. Angeli Qwatra Award of Excellence (Humanities)
Ms. Samya Bhushan
Dr. Angeli Qwatra Award of Excellence (Science)
Ms. Shivali Banerjee
Miranda House Alumnae Association Award (Humanities)
Ms. Deepa Chaurasia
B.A. (H) Hindi II
Miranda House Alumnae Association Award (Science)
Ms.Sarita
B.Sc. Physical Science II
G. Pershad Memorial Prize
Ms. Shikha Kothiyal
B.A. (H) English III
Gayatri Das Gupta Memorial Prize
Ms. Shikha Kothiyal
Urvashi Memorial Scholarship
Ms. Shikha Kothiyal
Ms. Maryam Sikander
M.A. (Final) English
Sudha Prerna Puraskar
Ms. Swetlana
Ms. Yamini Lal
Ms.Ekta Goel
B.A. (H) Hindi III
B.A. Programme III
M.A. (Final) Hindi
Malaan Devi Bhalla Prize
Ms. Prerna Dewan
Ms. Aditi Singh
Ms. Manisha Jain
B.A. (H) Economics II
B.A. (H) Economics III
Sumana Dutta Memorial Award
Ms. Shardooli Mann
S.S. Ahluwalia Award
Ms. Sanya Srivastava
B.A. (H) Philosophy II
Rajeshwari Razdan Memorial Prize
Ms. Niharika
B.A. (H) Sanskrit III
Bhagyawati Rustagi Scholarship
Ms. Niharika
Bela Gupta Memorial Scholarships
Ms. Priyanka Anand
B.A. (H) Sanskrit II
Ms. Chhavi Goel
Ms. Anjali Tayal
B.A. Programme II
Ms. Aanchal Pundir
B.A. Programme II
Ms. Janaki V. Gadhvi
B.A. Programme III
M.N. Srinivas Memorial Prize
Ms. Priyakshi Pandey
B.A. (H) Sociology III
Ms. Bhaswati Choudhury
Ms. Puja Prasad
B.A. (H) Sociology II
Miranda House Department of Political Science Prize
Ms. Eshani Chawla
FYUP Political Science I
Ms. Poonam Kasana
B.A. (H) Political Science II
Prem Gulati Memorial Prize
Ms. Priya Sancheti
Ms. Saniya Arora
B.Sc. (H) Mathematics III
M.A. (Final) Mathematics
Kasturi Memorial Prize
Ms. Priya Sancheti
Ms. Radhika Bansal
B.Sc. Applied Physical Science III
Seema Bhasin Award
Ms.Shweta Agarwal
Usha Thiagarajan Memorial Prize
Ms. Pooja
B.Sc. (H) Mathematics II
Ms. Shweta Agarwal
Urmila Sharma Memorial Prize
Ms. Sanmeet Kaur Sahni
Nirmal D. Sagar Gold Medal
Ms. Moditma
B.Sc. (H) Physics III
Meera Singla Certificates of Appreciation
Ms. Ritika Singh
Ms. Shiuli Chatterjee
Ms. Silpa Sasi Kumar
Ms. Tanvi Karwal
Gauri Radhakrishnan Prize
Ms. Divya
Neeta Bhattacharya Memorial Prize
Ms. R. Kartik Lakshmi
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry II
Dr. Lakshmi Chand Dayawati Memorial Scholarship
Ms. Manaswee Barua
N. R. Ahuja Scholarship
Ms. R. Kartik Lakshmi
Dr. Anita Tandon Award
Ms. Priti Pilania
FYUP Chemistry I
Lakshmi Krishnaswami Prize
Ms. Parna Saha
M.Sc (Final) Botany
Ms. Konsam Memthoi Chanu B.Sc. (H) Botany III
Shyam Deviki Kaul Memorial Award
Ms. Tingneihai Chongloi
B.Sc. (H) Botany III
Kanta Venugopal Gold Medal in Genetics
Ms. Monica Lamba
B.Sc (H) Botany III
Agnes Scott Prize
Ms. Sarika Singh
B.Sc. (H) Zoology III
Saroj Kesar Meritorious Award
Ms. Sarika Singh
Chandra Sathiraju Gold Medal
Ms. Swati
Madan Mohan Chopra Memorial Scholarship
Ms. Renu Goel
B.Sc. Applied Physical Science III
The Toto Chan Award for Creative Teaching in School Internsip
Ms. Reena
B. El. Ed. IV
Department of Elementary Education Award
Ms. Tushita Rawat
B.El.Ed. IV
Anu Bedi Scholarship
Ms. Sarita
B.Sc. Physical Science II
Saroj Bedi Scholarship
Ms. Sangeeta Keshari
B.A. (H) Hindi II
Sai-Kesar Scholarship
Ms. Sudha
B.Sc. Life Science II
Sanyukta and D. N. Chaudhari Endowment
Ms. Niharika
Ms. Deepti
B.A. (H) Hindi III
Sanyukta and D. N. Chaudhari Fellowship for Resident Scholars
Ms. Supriya Bajpai
FYUPP hilosophy I
Ms. Sangeeta Keshari
B.A. (H) Hindi II
Ms. Mankesh
B.A. (H) Hindi III
Yashoda Fellowship for Commitment to Social Change in the memory of Baby Falak
Ms. Mahima Sharma
Mohan Lal K. B. Mehta Memorial Award
Ms. S.U.O. Nishu
NSS Award
Ms. Gauri Saurya Salinee
Best Sports Woman of the Year
Ms. Anjali Raina
B.A. Programme II
Dr. Shail Kumar Medal for Anukriti
Ms. Chetna Sahu
N. N. Kesar Memorial Award for Music
Ms. Astha
B.A. (H) Music III
Ms. Ritu
B.A. (H) Music II
Ms. Anushree
N. N. Kesar Memorial Award Certificate of Appreciation
Ms. Anjali
FYUP Music I
Ms. Shinku
B.A. (H) Hindi II
Bawa Balwant Singh Bhalla Ji Award
Ms. Anjali Raina
B.A. Programme II
B.S. Jolly Award for Community Engagement
Ms. Eisha Roy
Fellowships for the Visually Challenged Students
Buti Foundation Award
Ms. Ritu Juyal
Ms. Ankita Singh
Ms. Vineeta Tegi
FYUP Sanskrit I
B.A. Programme II
B.A. (H) History III
Amba Dalmia Fellowships
Ms. Gunjan Paswan
Ms. Pratibha
B.A. (H) Hindi III
M.A. (Final) Hindi
Savitri Devi Fellowship
Ms. Pratishtha Gogia
Yashodha Fellowship in Memory of Prof. Vinod Sena
Ms. Shabnam
Ms.Poonam Gupta
B.A (H) Hindi II
Yashodha Fellowship in Memory of Ms. Manorama Manchanda
Ms. Gulpi Kumari
B.A. (H) Political Science II
Yashodha Fellowship in Memory of Sant Darshan Singh
Ms. Shinku
B.A. (H) Hindi II
Yashodha Fellowship in Memory of Tika Rani Bahl
Ms. Shabana
B.A. Programme III
Ms. Premlata Gupta
M.A (Final) History
Ms. Rachna Kumari
FYUP Hindi I
Ms. Sunaina Kumari
B.A. Programme II
Yashodha Fellowship in Memory of Mr. C.L. Manchanda
Ms. Roshni
B.A. (H) Hindi II
Yashodha Fellowship in Memory of Sister Camermans
Ms. Indu
Yashodha Fellowship in Memory of Kate Tillis
Ms. Saloni Bansal
FYUP Computer Science I
Ms. Sapna Bhandari
R.R.P Sharma Memorial Prize
Ms. Mahenoor Ali
FYUP Mathematics I
Principal’s Award for Differently Abled Student
Ms. Supriya Kumari
B.A Programme III
Principal’s Need Based Award for Differently Abled Student
Ms. Moni
M.A (Previous) History
D S Kothari Centre Baseline Test Awards
Physics
Ms. Anubha Shokhand
Ms. Shruti Chakravarty
Chemistry
Ms. Neha Gupta
Ms. Manaswee Barua
Biology
Ms.Vinca Yadav
Ms. Ninadini Sharma
Ms. Priyanka Rawat
B.Sc. (H) Botany II
FYUP Botany I
B.Sc. (H) Botany II
Mathematics
Ms. Anubha Shokhand
Ms. Tanvi
Ms. Simran
Earth Science
Ms. Sambuddha Datta
Ms. Mahak Swami
Ms. Akanchha Singh
Ms. Subhasree Pal
B.A. (H) Geography III
B.A. (H) Geography II
D S Kothari Centre Science Awards
Science Award
Ms. Shruti Chakravarty
Runners Up
Ms.Vinca Yadav
Best Interjector
Ms. Subhasree Pal
B.A.(H) Geography II
Certificates for Extracurricular Activities
Contribution to the Students Union
Ms. Devanshi Lall
B.A. Programme III
For outstanding contribution to Debating Society
Ms. Nayantara Nath
B.A. Programme III
For outstanding contribution to TULA, MH Consumer Club
Ms. Khyati Meena
B.A. (H) Philosophy III
For the best volunteer for Gandhi Study Circle
For the best volunteer for Music, Dance and Choreography
Ms. Sukriti Sharma
For best participant in Jigyasa, the Quiz Society
Ms. Mohini Thakur
For the best volunteer for MH Vatavaran
Ms. Archana Bisoi
For the best volunteer for Fine Arts Society
Ms. Mahvesh Fatima Khan B.Sc. (H) Chemistry III
For the best volunteer for the Women’s Development Cell
Ms. Suman Bharti
For the best volunteer for The Ariels
Ms. Varuni Narang
For outstanding contribution to Film Society
Ms. Namita Aggarwal
B.Sc. Mathematics III
For outstanding contribution to the Photography Club
Ms. Madhulika Rao
For outstanding contribution to the Adventure Club
Ms. Abhishruti Kakati
B.A (H) Geography III
For outstanding contribution to Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE)
Ms. Tamanna Adhikari
For outstanding contribution in Entrepreneuship Cell (E-Cell)
Ms. Peru Singh
For outstanding contribution in Lakshita
Ms. Supriya Kumari
B.A. Programme III
Certificates to Students Union 2012-2013
President
Ms. Madhumita Singh
Vice President
Ms. Tamana Adhikari
General Secretary
Ms. Archee Sharma
B.A. (H) Sanskrit II
Cultural Councillor
Ms. Monika Yadav
Cultural Councillor
Ms. Ankita Dhiman
Certificates to Students Union 2013-2014
President
Ms. Sushma
Vice President
Ms. Devanshi Lal
B.A. Programme II
General Secretary
Ms. Anmol Makkar
B.A. Programme II
Cultural Councillor
Ms. Vanni Sharma
Cultural Councillor
Ms. Monika Dagar
University Rankers Prizes
Academic Prize of Rs. 2500 is awarded to the following students of final year who have
obtained a University Rank in the North Campus:
I POSITION
Ms. Nahida Khondkar
Ms. Richa Pant
Ms. Reena Kumari
Ms. Ekta Goel
Ms. Divya Raj Juyal
Ms. Sana Kochak
Ms. Dhara Arora
Ms. Saniya Arora
B.A. (H) Bengali III
B.Sc Life Science III
B.A. Programme III
M.A (Final) Hindi
M.A. (Final) Philosophy
M.A. (Final) History
M.Sc. (Final) Botany
M.A (Final) Mathematics
II POSITION
Ms. Divya
Ms. Rebati Sinam
Ms. Jaishree Subrahmaniam
Ms. Vineet Chitra
Ms. Sweta
B.A (H) Geography III
M.Sc. (Final) Anthropology
III POSITION
Ms. Shalini Upadhyay
Ms. Uditi Sarkar
Ms. Abhipsha Deb
Ms. Sweety Sharma
B.A. Programme III
B.A. (H) Hindustani Music III
M.A. (Final) Hindustani Music
M.A. (Final) Mathematics
Academic Prize of Rs. 1500 is being awarded to the following students on the basis of
highest marks obtained in the M.A. / M.Sc. Previous Examinations:
Ms. Maryam Sikander
M.A. (Final) English
Ms. Kiran Tripathi
M.A. (Final) Hindi
Ms. Archana N.G.
Ms. Duanthaoliu Panmei
Ms. Barkha
M.A. (Final) Hindustani Music
Ms. Khumanthem Diana Devi
M.Sc. (Final) Physics
Ms. Priyanka Mangla
M.Sc. (Final) Chemistry
Ms. Parna Saha
M.Sc. (Final) Botany
Ms. Sadhana
M.Sc. (Final) Zoology
Ms. Preetika Sharma
Ms. Sonia Bhattacharjee
M.Sc. (Final) Mathematics
highest marks obtained in the B.A./ B.Sc. Part I and Part II Annual Examinations:
Ms. Aditi Agrawal
B.A. (H) English
Ms. Swetlana
B.A. (H) Hindi
Ms. Aditi Singh
B.A. (H) Economics
Ms. Upasana Hazarika
B.A. (H) History
Ms. Arushi Arora
B.A. (H) Philosophy
Ms. Chhavi Goel
B.A. (H) Sanskrit
Ms. Siddhi Bhatnagar
B.A. (H) H. Music
Ms. Debdatta Ghosh
B.A. (H) Bengali
Ms. Sushmita Neog
B.A. (H) Geography
B.A. (H) Sociology
Ms. Samya Bhushan
B.A. (H) Political Science
Ms. Renu Goel
B.Sc. APS
Ms. Shivangi Sharma
B.Sc. (H) Life Science
Ms. Silpa Sasikumar
B.Sc. (H) Physics
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry
Ms. Konsam Memthoi Chanu
B.Sc. (H) Botany
Ms. Sarika Singh
B.Sc. (H) Zoology
Ms. Sanmeet Kaur Sahni
B.Sc. (H) Mathematics
Ms. Mohini
B.El.Ed
Ms. Pooja Chahal
B.El.Ed
Ms. Neha Nandal
B.A. Programme
highest marks obtained in the B.A./ B.Sc. Part I, II and III Annual Examinations:
Ms. Shikha Kothiya
B.A. (H) English
Ms. Deepti
B.A. (H) Hindi
Ms. Manisha Jain
B.A. (H) Economics
Ms. Prerna Jha
B.A. (H) History
Ms. Piyushi Singh
B.A. (H) Philosophy
Ms. Niharika
B.A. (H) Sanskrit
Ms. Uditi Sarkar
B.A. (H) Hindustani Music
Ms. Nahida Khondkar
B.A. (H) Bengali
Ms. Rebati Sinam
B.A. (H) Geography
B.A. (H) Sociology
Ms. Meenakshi Vimal
B.A. (H) Political Science
Ms. Radhika Bansal
B.Sc. Applied Physical Science
Ms. Richa Pant
B.Sc. (H) Life Science
Ms. Moditma
B.Sc. (H) Physics
Ms. Divya
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry
Ms. H. Jaishree Subrahmaniam
B.Sc. (H) Botany
Ms. Shruti Gupta
B.Sc. (H) Zoology
Ms. Priya Sancheti
B.Sc. (H) Mathematics
Ms. Garima Pandey
B.El.Ed
Ms. Reena Kumari
B.A. Programme
Other Scholarships
I. Science Meritorious Awards
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Name
Course
Ms. Ritu Kumari
Ms. Sangeeta
Ms. Priyanka
Ms. Vaishali Khokhar
Ms. Anupriya Chauhan
Ms. Priti
MS. Jyoti
Ms. Manisha
Ms. Ravina Lore
Ms. Garima Virmani
Ms. Mohsneen Khan
Ms. Karuna Rawat
Ms. Sheetal
Ms. Saloni
Ms. Silpa Sasikumar
Ms. Richa
Ms. Shatakshi Goyal
Ms. Vandana
Ms. Payal Taya
Ms. Shreemoyee Kumar
Ms. C. V Neha
Ms. Konsam Memthoi Chanu
Ms. Tingneilhai Chongoi
Ms. Shubhra Rajput
Ms. Shrishti rajput
Ms. Pragalva Barpanda
Ms. Divya
Ms. Bhumika Choudhary
Ms. Jyoti
Ms. Victoria Rajkumari
Ms. Gyanbati Salam
Ms. Tripati Sharma
Ms. Priyanka Mangla
Ms. Aditi Krishna
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry I
B.Sc. (H) Zoology I
B.Sc. (H) Zoology I
B.Sc. (H) Zoology I
B.Sc. (H) Zoology I
B.Sc. (H) Botany I
B.Sc. (H) Botany I
B.Sc. (H) Botany I
B.Sc. (H) Botany II
B.Sc. (H) Botany II
B.Sc. (H) Botany II
B.Sc. (H) Botany II
M.Sc. (Previous) Chemistry
Amount (Rs)
800
800
800
800
800
800
800
800
800
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800
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800
800
800
1200
1200
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42
Ms. Priyanka
Ms. Khumanthem Diana Devi
Ms. Anita
Ms. Pooja Sharma
Ms. Sandhya Bhatia
Ms. Moditma
M.Sc. (Previous) Physics
1200
1200
1200
800
800
760
II. Vice Chancellor Under Graduate Scholarship
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Name
Course
Ms. Shabana
Ms. Renu Lal
Ms. Supriya Kumari
Ms. Neha Kumari
Ms. Deeksha Supyaal
Ms. Kirti Majusha
Ms. Gunjan Paswan
Ms. Seema
Ms. Suchitra
Ms. Shabnam
Ms. Renu
Ms. Pooja
Ms. Kanchan Chauhan
Ms. Monika Khari
Ms. Rinki
Ms. Archana
Ms. Anjali Bhardwaj
Ms. Pragya Mishra
Ms. Jyoti
Ms. Ritu
Ms. Rita Yadav
Ms. Prerna Rani
Ms. Meenakshi Mishra
Ms. Yashi Tyagi
Ms. Sonia Kaushik
Ms. Nepuni Athini
Ms. S. Hoihmuaching
Ms. Rebati Sinam
Ms. Rajkumari
Ms. Sudha Mishra
B.A. (Programme) II
B.A. (Programme) II
B.A. (Programme) II
B.A. (Programme) II
B.A. (H) Hindi II
B.A. (H) Hindi II
B.A. (H) Hindi II
B.A. (H) Pol Sc. II
B.Sc. Applied Phy. Sc. II
B.A. (Programme) III
B.A. (H) Philosophy III
B.A. (H) Hindi III
B.A. (H) Hindi III
Amount (Rs)
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
120
3000
3000
3000
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
Ms. Ekta
Ms. Soni Singh
Ms. Jyoti Singh
Ms. Mamta Bhardwaj
Ms. Urvashi
Ms. Jyoti sharma
Ms. Megha Chahal
Ms. Aanchal Gaur
Ms. Shewta
Ms. Babita Kumari
Ms. Vandana Rani
Ms. Shubhra Niti
Ms. Anshika Jain
Ms. Teena Garg
Ms. Shalini
Ms. Damanjeet Kaur
Ms. Rekha Talan
Ms. Anjali Tyagi
Ms. Ekta Goel
Ms. Ansumala Minz
Ms. Anchal Singh
Ms. Richa Yadav
Ms. Suman Bharti
B.A. (H) Hindi III
B.A. (H) Hindi III
B.A. (H) Hindi III
B.Sc. Applied Phy. Sc. III
M.A. (Previous) Hindi
M.A. (Final) Hindi
M.A. (Final) Hindi
M.A. (Final) Hindi
M.A. (Final) Hindi
M.A. (Final) Hindi
M.Sc. (Final) Chemistry
M.Sc. (Final) Zoology
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
3000
III. State Scholarships:
A. Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh
1
2
3
4
Name
Course
Ms. Garen Warjri
Ms. Lipi Kato
Ms. Nenger Tumpi
Ms. Nani Obey
B.A. (H) History I
B.Sc. (H) Maths I
Amount (Rs)
7965
8375
13400
7750
B. Distt. Welfare Officer Gaya, Bihar
1
2
Name
Course
Ms. Shrutika Lakshmi
Ms. Khushboo Kumari
B.A. (H) History
Amount (Rs)
8626
15254
C. NIVH Meritorious Scholarship Dehradun
1
2
3
4
5
6
Name
Course
Ms. Sadhna
Ms. Zenab
Ms. Rita Jiyal
Ms. Ankita Singh
Ms. Vineeta Negi
Ms. Supriya Kumari
FYUP Hindi I
FYUP Hindi I
FYUP Sanskrit I
B.A. (Programme) II
B.A. (Programme) History II
B.A. (Programme) III
Amount (Rs)
8000
8000
8000
24000
24000
24000
D. Lady Irwin School Alumni Association
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Name
Course
Ms. Simran Hashmi
Ms. Garjana Rai
Ms. Indu Khatana
Ms. Diksha
Ms. Deepa Dubey
Ms. Sarita Yadav
Ms. Jyoti Mishra
Ms. Kanchan
Ms. Rukhsar
Ms. Shivani
Ms. Supriya Bajpai
Ms. Parul
Ms. Pooja
Ms. Shakti Verma
Ms. Athitra Sugathan
Ms. Priyanka
B. El. Ed I
FYUP Botany I
FYUP Computer Science I
FYUP Economics I
FYUP English I
FYUP Geography I
FYUP Hindi I
FYUP Hindi I
FYUP History I
FYUP Maths I
FYUP Philosophy I
FYUP Pol. Sc. I
FYUP Sanskrit I
FYUP Sociology I
FYUP Sociology I
FYUP Zoology I
Amount (Rs)
6000
6000
6000
6000
6000
6000
6000
6000
6000
6000
6000
6000
6000
6000
6000
6000
E. Sita Ram Jindal Foundation
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Name
Course
Ms. Sunil
Ms. Soumya Choudhary
Ms. Sarita
Ms. Sunil
Ms. Aayushi
Ms. Sarita
Priyanka Verma
FYUP Maths I
FYUP Maths I
B.Sc. (H) Phy. Sc II
B.Sc. (H) Maths II
B. Sc.(H) Maths II
B. Sc.(H) Maths II
B. Tech Comp. Sc
Amount (Rs)
4200
3600
6600
3600
4900
7700
7200
F. All India Confederation of the Blind
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Name
Course
Ms. Nishu Singh
Ms. Rita Jiyal
Ms. Pinki Singh
Ms. Zenab
Ms. Jyoti
Ms. Shehar Nigar
Ms. Priyanka sharma
Ms. Sapna Bhandari
Ms. Indu
Ms. Sadhana
Ms. Pooja Sahai
Ms. Sunaina Kumari
Ms. Roshni
Ms. Poonam Gupta
Ms. Ankita Singh
Ms. Pratishtha Gogia
Ms. Seema
Ms. Vineeta Negi
Ms. Gunjan Paswan
Ms. Supriya Kumari
Ms. Khushboo
Ms. Pratibha
Ms. Prem Lata Gupta
Ms. Archana Gupta
Ms. Chnada Banu
Ms. Shubhra Niti
Ms. Shruti Singh
FYUP Hindi I
FYUP Sanskrit I
FYUP English I
FYUP Hindi I
FYUP Hindi I
FYUP History I
FYUP Hindi I
FYUP Pol. Sc. I
FYUP Pol. Sc. I
FYUP Hindi I
B. El. Ed
B. A. (Programme) II
B. A. (H) Hindi II
B. A. (H) Hindi II
B. A. (Programme) II
B. A. (H) History II
B. A. (H) Hindi III
B. A. (H) History III
B. A. (H) Hindi III
B. A. (Programme) III
B. A. (Programme) III
M. A. (Previous) Hindi
M. A. (Previous) History
M. A. (Final) Hindi
M. A. (Final) Hindi
Amount (Rs)
8000
8000
9000
8000
8000
8000
8000
9000
9000
9000
8000
9000
9000
9000
9000
9000
9000
9000
9000
9000
8000
12000
12000
12000
12000
13500
13500
G. Inspire Scholarships: First Year
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
Name
Course
Ms. Hidangmayum Olivia Devi
Ms. Thorthoi Saikhom
Ms. Tshering Deki
Ms. K.Helena Chawang
Ms. M. Lungshanga
Ms. Zinnia Phuritshabam
Ms. Garima Dagar
Ms. Pooja Kaler
Ms. Monika Singh
Ms. Vedika Mishra
Ms. Mahi Bhargva
Ms. Saloni Sinha
Ms. Rekha
Ms. Anchal Garg
Ms. Haripriya Yengkhom
Ms. Soumy Choudhary
Ms. Mamta Godara
Ms. Priyanka
Ms. Sadhna Rawat
Ms. Priyanka
Ms. Palak Garg
Ms. Gargi Bhatt
Ms. Harshita Agarwala
Ms. Tanvi
Ms. Sonam
Ms. Shubhi Garg
Ms. Sumedha Batra
Ms. Vedika Mishra
Ms. VernikaVatsyayan
Ms. Shameen
Ms. Ritu
Ms. Shilpi Sharma
Ms. Pooja
Ms. Preeti
Ms. Priyanka
Ms. Raagya Arora
Ms. Pragya Arora
Ms. AparnaTomar
B.Sc. (H) Botany I
B.Sc. (H) Botany I
B.Sc. (H) Botany I
B.Sc. (H) Botany I
B.Sc. (H) Botany I
B.Sc. (H) Botany I
B.Sc. (H) Mathematics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.
Ms. Neeraj
Ms. AnuYadav
Ms. Tamanna Joshi
Ms. Aakanksha Thakur
Ms. Shilpa Jangid
Ms. Sharmila
Ms. Rashi
Ms. Anisha Kalra
Ms. Pooja
Ms. Shubham Tiwari
Ms. Radhika Pal
Ms. Vaishali Bhati
Ms. Rekha
Ms. Kirti Atri
Ms. Kajal Saini
Ms. Upasana Mohapatra
Ms. Ekta Yadav
Ms. Kavya Vishwakarma
Ms. Seena
Ms. Pranshi Singh
Ms. Nainsi Singh
Ms. Nidhi Goswami
Ms. Abhilasha
Ms. Raveena Punia
Ms. Usha Devi
Ms. Neha Kumari
Ms. Jyoti Yadav
Ms. Priya Yadav
Ms. Sakshi Gupta
Ms. Supriya Gupta
Ms. Indu
Ms. Sudha
Ms. Saneha
Ms. Monika
Ms. Kalpana Punia
Ms. Anupriya Chauhan
Ms. Roshnee Singh
Ms. Dipshi Singh
Ms. Reena
Ms. Manisha Kumari
Ms. Sakshi Sharma
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
B.Sc. (H) Physics I
80.
81.
82.
83.
84.
85.
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
91.
92.
93.
94.
95.
96.
97.
Ms. Laxmi
Ms. Nikita Yadav
Ms. Jyoti
Ms. Kiran Pandey
Ms. Susmita Baruah
Ms. Pritee
Ms. Renu
Ms. Radharani Okram
Ms. Pravina Rajkumari
Ms. Amber Raza
Ms. Stuti Mohapatra
Ms. Pooja Yadav
Ms. Anamika
Ms. Preeti
Ms. Varta Rani
Ms. Priyanka
Ms. Hashina Ayub
Ms. Ninadini Sharma
B.Sc. (H) Zoology I
B.Sc. (H) Zoology I
B.Sc. (H) Zoology I
B.Sc. (H) Zoology I
B.Sc. (H) Zoology I
B.Sc. (H) Zoology I
B.Sc. (H) Zoology I
B.Sc. (H) Zoology I
B.Sc. (H) Zoology I
B.Sc. (H) Zoology I
B.Sc. (H) Zoology I
Inspire Scholarships: Second year
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
Name
Course
Ms. Elizabeth Huidrom
Ms. Sheetal
Ms. Laikhuram Chanu Pepe
Ms. Soibam Puspa Chanu
Ms. Sheetal
Ms. AlkaVerma
Ms. Vaishali Khokhar
Ms. Sangeeta
Ms. Jyoti
Ms. Jiniya Deka
Ms. Praachi Kakati
Ms. Shikha Gulia
Ms. Saloni Manchanda
Ms. Priyanka
Ms. Suman
Ms. Vilina Langonjam
Ms. Nikita
Ms. Deepanshi Gupta
Ms. Abheesha Gautam
Ms. Sushmita Rose John
Ms. Poonam Devi
Ms. Soniya
Ms. Monu
Ms. Neetu
Ms. Suman Rani
Ms. Neetu Kumari
Ms. Anju
Ms. Priya
Ms. Kruttika Bajpai
Ms. GarimaVirmani
Ms. Ravina
Ms. Monika
Ms. Pooja
Ms. B.S. Sahenaaz Sheikh
B.Sc. (H) Botany II
B.Sc. (H) Botany II
B.Sc. (H) Botany II
B.Sc. (H) Botany II
B.Sc. (H) Botany II
B.Sc. (H) Zoology II
Amount (Rs.)
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
Inspire Scholarships: Third Year
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
Name
Course
Ms. Kavita
Ms. Tingneilhai Chongloi
Ms. Philem Dolly Devi
Ms. Babita
Ms. Manisha
Ms. Rubiya Ahmedi
Ms. Juhi Chaudhary
Ms. Shweta Agarwal
Ms. Shraddha Mishra
Ms. Pinki
Ms. Priyanka
Ms. Pinki
Ms. Priyanka Yadav
Ms. Krishna
Ms. Saloni
Ms. Shibani Ngangbam
Ms. Rekha
Ms. Neelam Yadav
Ms. N. Anushia Devi
Ms. Ruchi Sharma
Shougaijam Anju Devi
Ms. Krishna
Ms. Seema Punia
Ms. Shamma Jain
Ms. Saroj Sharma
Ms. Rogina Wangkheimayum
Ms. Pinki
Ms. Suman
Ms. Ruchi Sharma
Ms. Bidisha Barman
Ms. Komal Chaudhary
Ms. Manisha
Ms. Monika
Ms. Renu
Ms. Akshita Sood
Ms. Punyashree Laishram
Ms. Sudha
B.Sc. Applied Physical Sc. III
B.Sc. Life Science III
Amount (Rs.)
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
1,20,000
Golden Key International Honour Society
The Golden Key International Honour Society (formerly Golden Key National Honor
Society) is an Atlanta, Georgia-based non-profit organization founded in 1977 to recognise
academic achievement among college and university students in all disciplines. Golden Key
International Honour Society (popularly known as Golden Key) is an organisation that
blends academics, leadership and community service. It has over 400 chapters at colleges
and universities in eight countries: Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, South
Africa, The Bahamas and the United States. Golden Key is the world’s largest collegiate
honour society. Membership into Golden Key is offered to undergraduate and graduate
students recognized to be among the top 15% of their class. Golden Key offers a number of
services for its members. These include résumé writing and graduate program assistance,
career planning and opportunities, leadership opportunities, networking, and member
discounts. Golden Key offers more than $1,000,000 annually in scholarships and awards to
its members along with a variety of other opportunities, both academic and career. Golden
Key’s core values include community service and its chapters are involved in a wide variety
of volunteer projects in their local communities.
The society signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Delhi in 2011
and the University authorities chose Miranda House amongst about a dozen other colleges to
be part of this initiative. Based on the results declared by the University of Delhi in July, the
college tabulates the names of the top 15% of the students of each year from each department
who are eligible to become members of this society. The college sends the names of the
eligible students to the society. Official invites to join are mailed to these students by the
office of the society in Australia. The students who choose to become members pay a onetime life membership subscription. The first interactive session with Mr Andrew Roe,
Director, Asia-Pacific, Golden Key International Honour Society was held in our college in
October 2011. In January 2012, at the New Members’ reception organized by the society at
the University of Delhi, thirty five students from Miranda House were awarded their
membership certificates. In October 2012, one of these members, Sandhya Bhatia, received
the Golden Key New Member Community Service Award of Rs 25,000. Subsequently,
interactive sessions with Mr Andrew Roe and Mr Abhiram Prabhu, Golden Key University
Relations, India have been held in the college annually. In January 2013, at the New
Members’ reception organized by the society, nine students of the college were awarded their
membership certificates. At a similar function organized in January 2014, thirty six new
members from Miranda House were awarded their membership certificates.
College Bursary
The college is committed to providing financial assistance to those in need. As an institute of
national eminence, donations to Miranda House enjoy tax exemption. In addition to
proactively seeking endowments for those in need and encouraging students to apply for
scholarships and financial assistance from philanthropic trusts, the college itself remains
empathetic and provides financial assistance to ensure that no student is thrown out of the
system for lack of adequate support.
The Principal has established the Principal’s Fund for Needy Students with the mandate of
providing quick and timely support on the merits of the case. The process begins from the
time of admission when some applicants seeking admission are unable to pay the requisite
fee despite meeting the high academic criteria for admission. Two to three such students are
provided full fee assistance from this fund so that they can be admitted. This year, financial
assistance of Rs. 2500 each has been given to 33 students and Rs. 1250 to 91 students on basis
of parental income, following a due process. One student is being fully supported by the
Department of Philosophy.
Financial Support to Students in Residence: Students in residence are also facilitated. In
addition to the three Sanyukta and D N Chaudhary Scholarships for Resident Scholars that
are need based, this year four other students have been facilitated. One student is being
supported by faculty member Dr. Sushma Moitra and another receives support fromn a
private donor. In the coming year our effort will be to further increase the endowments for
resident or outstation students in private accommodations.
Financial Support to Students with Disability: The college currently has on rolls 59 students
with disability. Of these, 48 are visually challenged. The college provides full fee waiver to
these students, totalling Rs. 5.7 lakh.
Further, although the constitutional requirement is to provide 3% reservation of seats in the
hostel to students with disability, as part of affirmative action, Miranda House currently has
26 instead of mandated 15 students in residence. They are exempted from payment of all fees
except WUS Membership for health services and 50% of Hostel Mess Fee. This is
tantamount to a financial support of Rs. 5.34 lakh.
Miranda House lays great emphasis on project based learning and student research. The D S
Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education provides facilities for
undergraduate research and summer internship. Students also join faculty in their sponsored
research projects. This year within the framework of Four Year Undergraduate Programme,
all first year students worked on projects in collaborative teams as part of course
requirements.
Unviersity of Delhi has launched a scheme wherein it provides financial assistance to
faculty-student teams to work on Innovation Projects. Each team must draw on members
from at least two departments. Miranda House has leveraged this opportunity to engage
students in the creative research process. In the first year college applied for and was
awarded four projects. In the second year of the scheme, seven projects were submitted in the
competitive bid across colleges. All seven were awarded.
The reports of projects completed and ongoing are available on the website. Students put up
excellent interactive displays of the Innovation Projects at the University of Delhi Annual
Festival Antardhwani 2013 and Antardhwani 2014.
The list of the DU Innovation Projects is given below.
Innovation Projects Awarded to Miranda House November 2013-2014
Project Title :
Kashmiriyat- Beyond : A study of colonial and post-colonial
Kashmir
(MH201)
Budget
:
Rs.3,00,000
Faculty
:
1.
Nandini Dutta, Department of Economics
2.
Pushpa Kumari, Department of Political Science
1.
Mahevash Fatima Khan
2.
Karishma Rathaur
3.
Afsheen Jamal
4.
Kritika Agarwal
5.
Harpriya Bains
6.
Diya Sen
7.
Kaniska Singh
8.
Priyanka Basumatary
9.
Shardooli Mann
10.
Nidhi Sinha
Students
:
Project Title :
Gendered socialization-comparative perspective (MH202)
Budget
:
Rs.3,00,000
Faculty
:
1.
Dr. Purnima Roy, Department of Political Science
2.
Ms. MeetuBhatia, Department of Mathematics
3.
Dr. UpaliChakravarti Department of Elementary Education
1.
SakshiVerma
2.
Shubhanginee Singh
3.
Shipra Sharma
4.
Eisha Roy
5.
Bhaswati Choudhury
6.
Prerana Saharia
7.
Ayushi Singh
8.
Deeksha Trehan
9.
Divyanshi Wadhwa
10.
Shabnam
Students
:
Project Title :
Efficacy of Natural Dyes in Dyeing and Imparting Antimicrobial
Properties to Different Textile Materials (MH203)
Budget
:
Rs.4,50,000
Faculty
:
1.
Dr. Jyoti Arora, Department of Zoology
2.
Dr. Rekha Kumari, Department of Zoology
3.
Dr. Mallika Pathak, Department of Chemistry
1.
Gunjan Shukla
2.
Simran Vinaik
3.
Garima Virmani
4.
Priyanka Pant
5.
Prachi Sharma
6.
Prerna Aggarwal
7.
Shivani Sharma
8.
Vaishali Khokhar
9.
Rachna Chauhan
10.
Aayushi Arora
Students
:
Project Title :
More Miles on the Yamuna (MH204)
Budget
:
Rs.3,00,000
Faculty
:
1.
Meeta Kumar, Department of Economics
2.
Dr Reema Bhatia, Department of Sociology
3.
Dr Sharda M. Sonkar, Department of Chemistry
4.
Dr Kalawati Saini, Department of Chemistry
1.
Garima Ghanghas
2.
Aayushi Chawla
3.
Archa Gulati
4.
Sangeeta
5.
Ojaswini Bakshi
6.
Chandrayee Goswami
Students
:
7.
Prerna Dewan
8.
Debasmita Padhi
9.
Kanga Teresa
10.
Sucherita Devi Thokchom, Department of Geography
Project Title :
Disaster Preparedness: Developing a Strategy for Vulnerability
Reduction through Information, Education, and Communication
(MH205)
Budget
:
Rs.4,00,000
Faculty
:
1.
Ms. Punam Behari, Department of Geography
2.
Dr. Poonam Kumria, Department of Geography
3.
Dr. Rakhi Parijat, Department of Geography
4.
Dr. Barnali Biswas, Department of Elementary Education
5.
Ms. Ashu Threja, Department of Elementary Education
1.
Shubham Singh Rana
2.
Shubhashree Pal
3.
Sadaf
4.
Akanchha Singh
5.
Gagan Tanwar
6.
Swati Singh
7.
Shibani Taneja
8.
Aishwarya Gabral
9.
Pooja Jangra
10.
Dhanya Bhatt
Students
:
Project Title :
Nanoparticles and plant systems: in vitro and in silico studies
(MH 206)
Budget
:
Rs.6,50,000
Faculty
:
1.
Dr. Sushma Moitra, Department of Botany
2.
Dr. Saloni Bahri, Department of Botany
3.
Dr. Smriti Sharma Bhatia, Department of Chemistry
1.
Anchal Sharma, Department of Life Science
2.
Sonika Bhatnagar, Department of Life Sciences
3.
Ayushi Rai, Department of Life Sciences
4.
Divya Jain, Department of Botany
5.
Ninadini Sharma, Department of Botany
6.
Nivedita Sinha Borthakur, Department of Botany
7.
Ruchi Bhatt, Department of Botany
8.
Shweta Choudhary, Department of Life Sciences
9.
Pragya, Department of Life Sciences
10.
Rohini Agarwal, Department of Chemistry
Students
:
Project Title :
Eureka! My Lab (MH 207)
Budget
:
Rs.5,50,000
Faculty
:
1.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly Principal
2.
Dr. Mallika Verma, Department of Physics
3.
Dr. Bani Roy, Department of Chemistry
4.
Dr. Janaki Subramanyan, Department of Botany
1.
Manisha Wadhawan
2.
Neha Chaudhary
3.
R. Kartik Lakshmi
4.
Anita Kumari
5.
Vinca Yadav
6.
Bareera Khan
7.
Pragya Chawla
8.
Ritika Singh
9.
Shruti Chakravarty
10.
Taniya Ray
Students
:
Innovation Projects Awarded to Miranda House May 2012-2013
Project Title :
Inheriting Land, Endangering the Girl Child: Interrogating Land
Productivity, Property Rights and Family Planning in Western
Uttar Pradesh and Punjab (MH 101)
Budget
:
Rs. 10,00,000/-
Faculty
:
1.
Bashabi Gupta, Department of Geography
2.
Anindita Sarkar, Department of Geography
3.
Mahuya Bandyopadhyay, Department of Sociology
1.
Navjit Kaur
2.
Madhuwanti Mitro
3.
Namrata Barooa
4.
Rebati Sinam
5.
Ishani
6.
Dipanshi
7.
Shivani
8.
Indira
9.
Jayati Narain
10.
Sakshi Sinsinwar
Students
:
Project Title :
Computational Modelling of Phytoregulatory Profile of Some
Nanoparticles (MH 102)
Budget
:
Rs. 10,00,000/-
Faculty
:
Dr. Sushma Moitra, Department of Botany
Dr. Smriti S. Bhatia, Department of Chemistry
Dr. Saloni Bahri Department of Botany
Dr. Anita Sehgal, Department of Botany
Students
:
1.
Amrita Raj, Department of Botany
2.
T. Chongloy, Department of Botany
3.
Priya Pathak, Department of Botany
4.
Tripti Sharma, Department of Botany
5.
Jyoti, Department of Chemistry
6.
Richa Pant, Department of Life Science
7.
Roopam, Department of Life Science
8.
Shivali Banerjee Department of Chemistry
9.
Neelakshi, Department of Chemistry
10.
Shamashree, Department of Chemistry
Project Title :
Miles on Yamuna (Team A) (MH 103)
Budget
:
Rs. 10,00,000/-
Faculty
:
Meeta Kumar , Department of Economics
Reema Bhatia, Department of Sociology
Rakhi Parijat, Department of Geography
Students
:
1.
Aikantika Das, Sociology
2.
Priyakshi Pandey, Sociology
3.
Priyanka Das, Sociology
4.
Shunyo Dang, Sociology
5.
Vatsala Shreeti, Economics
6.
Bhavyaa Sharma, Economics
7.
Rebati Sinam, Economics
8.
Shreya Banerjee, Geography
9.
Kirti Sharma, Geography
Project Title :
Miles on Yamuna (Team B) (MH 104)
Budget
:
Rs. 10,00,000
Faculty
:
1.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly, Department of Physics
2.
Dr. Mallika Verma, Department of Physics
3.
Dr. Bani Roy, Department of
4.
Dr. Janki Subramanyam, Department of
1.
Moditma, Department of Physics
2.
Anisha Kalra, Department of Physics
3.
Pooja Bhagel, Department of Chemistry
4.
Sandhya Bhatia, Department of Chemistry
5.
. Shivani, Department of Chemistry
6.
H. Jaishree Subrahmaniam, Department of Chemistry
7.
Kavya Agarwal, Department of Botany
8.
Parnasha Banerjee, Department of Botany
9.
Ritu Rani, Department of Physics
10.
Shruti Gupta, Department of Zoology
Students
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Special Achievements (section under construction; incomplete data )
Physics Department
Sai Ahladini Tripathy, B.Sc. (H) Physics-III, was one of the two people to be selected
from India to attend an International Science Camp by XLAB, University of
Goettingen, Germany from 29 July to 23 August, 2013. She contributed to an
upcoming research paper on ‘NSVS 14256825 circumbinary star’.
Sai Ahladini Tripathy, B.Sc. (H) Physics-III, did Summer internship at Vikram
Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO from 26 May to 23 July 2013.
Shiuli Chatterjee, B.Sc. (H) Physics-III, did Summer Internship under the Indian
Academy of Sciences under Prof. H. S. Mani, Chennai Mathematical Institute, from
22 May 2013 to 22 July 2013, on special theory of relativity and Thomas Precession.
Shiuli Chatterjee, B.Sc. (H) Physics-III, has scored 12th rank in Joint Admission Test
for M.Sc. (JAM) 2014 and 59th rank in Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) 2014.
Richa Sharma, B.Sc. (H) Physics-III, attended the Summer Course in Experimental
Physics 2013 organized by NIUS, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
in June 2013.
Saloni Kakkar, B.Sc. (H) Physics-III, attended the Summer Course in Experimental
Physics 2013 organized by NIUS, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
in June 2013.
Tanvi Karwal, B.Sc. (H) Physics-III, interned at Physics Research Laboratory,
Ahmedabad during May-July 2013.
Tanvi Karwal will join Integrated MS/PhD programme in Physics at Johns Hopkins
University, USA in September 2014.
Yakshi Gupta, B.Sc. (H) Physics-III, has been selected to work at Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore during Summer 2014 under the Science Academies’ Summer
Research Fellowship for Students and Teachers 2014.
Anubha Shokhand, B.Sc. (H) Physics-III, has cleared written examination and
interview for Integrated Ph.D. program at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
Anubha Shokhand, B.Sc. (H) Physics-III, has scored 9th rank in Joint Admission Test
for M.Sc. (JAM) 2014.
Taniya Ray, a student of B.Sc. (H) Physics-II attended the NIUS (Physics) Exposure
and Enrichment Camp 10.1 at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR,
Mumbai in June 2013.
Pragya Chawla, B.Sc. (H) Physics-II, has been selected as a Mitacs Globalink
Research Intern for the period May-August 2014 to work at the University of
Lethbridge, Canada. She will be working on a research project on ‘Far-Infrared
Spectral/Spatial Interferometry’ with Dr. Locke Spencer at the University of
Lethbridge, Canada.
The Baseline Test was conducted by DSKC, Miranda House in September 2013. The
first three positions were held by Anubha Shokhand (III year), Shiuli Chatterjee (III
year) and Shruti Chakravarty (II year) respectively.
Pragya Chawla, B.Sc. (H) Physics-II, attended the Radio Astronomy Winter School
2013 held at Radio Physics Laboratory (RPL) from 17 December to 27 December
2013. The programme was a joint initiative of NCRA-TIFR Pune and IUCAA.
Pragya Chawla, Ritika Singh, Taniya Ray and Shruti Chakravarty, B.Sc. (H)
Physics-II, were part of the DU Innovation Project (MH-207) titled “Eureka! My
Lab” and presented it in the Annual Cultural Festival of University of Delhi,
Antardhwani 2014.
Preeti, B.Sc. (H) Physics –II, has been selected to participate in the Summer Project
2014 for B.Sc (Physics) students at Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi.
The program is from 27 May to 25 June 2014.
Tamanna Joshi, B.Sc (H) Physics I, has been selected as an NIUS (National Initiative
for Undergraduate students) scholar at TIFR and will be a summer Internship at TIFR
from 10 to 20 June 2014.
Pragya Arora, B.Sc (H) Physics I, has been selected as an NIUS (National Initiative
for Under graduate students) scholar at TIFR and will be a summer Internship at
TIFR from 10 to 20 June 2014.
Botany
C. V. Neha is a summer intern of Project Oriented Biological Education programme
(POBE) organized by Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
(JNCASR).
Vinca Yadav attended the 2ndSummer School on Bioinformatics organised by the
Department of Biophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, in 2013.
Konsam Memthoi Chanu and Shubra Rajput worked at the Department of Botany,
University of Delhi, as summer interns in 2013.
Ninadini Sharma has also been selected to join POBE from May 2014 onwards.
Vinca Yadav has been selected for the Summer Research Program 2014 at the Indian
Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali.
Divya Jain, Mohsneen Khan, Monica Swaran, Nitika Gupta, Pragati Singh, Pritha
Pande and Sonam Kumari worked as summer interns at the D. S. Kothari Centre for
Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, in 2013.
Elizabeth Huidrom is a member-cum-volunteer at NECEER, and helped organise the
NECEER National Conference on Biodiversity 2012. She is also the editor of an
online magazine called ‘Passion Photography’.
Mohsneen Khan is an active member of a student initiative called BloodConnect.
Many students of the Department are active members of not-for-profit youth
movement – Leaders For Tomorrow (LFT). Anvekshaa Rao and Sakshi Singh are the
core team members of the LFT Miranda House Unit.
Vinca Yadav is a volunteer at Delhi Greens, an environmental NGO. She is also the
campus ambassador of Miranda House for Plants Guardian, a foundation that strives
to save the environment.
Anvekshaa Rao was selected as the Google Student Ambassador of Miranda House
for the session 2012-13.
Konsam Memthoi Chanu was a part of the four-member team from Miranda House
participating in Quest 2014, organized by Centre for Science Education and
Communication, University of Delhi. The team won the second prize in the
competition
Elementary Education
Tushita Rawat, B.El.Ed. IV, worked with NGO Pravah October 2011-12;Udayan
Care in year 2012-13;Vidya Bhawan Education Society May 2013-June 2013.
Anubha, B.El.Ed. IV, worked with NGO Eklavya ;21 May -9 June 2012;15 May-30
June 2013
Komal, B.El.Ed. IV, volunteered for Internship with NGO Eklavya; 21 May-9 June
2012; 15 May-30 June 2013
Harshita, B.El.Ed. IV, worked with NGO Udayan Care in year 2012 ; Pravah in Year
2013
Neha Arora, B.El.Ed. IV, worked with NGO Eklavya for 18 days; Vidya Bhawan
Education Society for 23 days; Udayan Care for one year and Pravah for one year.
Nikita Gagneja, B.El.Ed. IV, worked with NGO Pravah for one year; Udayan Care
for one year; Vidya Bhawan Education Society for 22 days; Eklavya for 22 days;
Shiksharth for one year
Reema, B.El.Ed. IV, was associated with Eklavya foundation in Session conducted
by SCERT in Raipur from 14 May to 30 June 2013
Rama Aggarwal, B.El.Ed. IV, worked with NGO Vidya Bhawan Education Society
from 14 May to 30 June 2013
Ashima, B.El.Ed. IV was associated with Vidya Bhawan Education Society from 29
May to 21 June 2013
Pooja Deswal, B.El.Ed. IV, did Internship for 15 days in Chhattisgarh from Eklavya
to teach Senior Teachers for new course initiated there namely Diploma in Education
Gunjan, B.El.Ed. IV worked with NGO Udayan Care in 2011; Eklavya in 2011;
Pravah in 2012-2013; Mirambika in 2013; Share a Smile Foundation in 2013
;Shiksharth in 2013; Katkatha in 2013-14
Placements
The Placement Cell uses every opportunity to organise seminars by professionals who help
students garner skills that enhance their value as a prospective employee as well as to provide
job opportunities with various companies. At the starting of the academic year the Placement
Cell orgnized a seminar by Time Education on guidelines for writing Curriculum Vitae and
Resume. On 19 September a seminar was held by AmbitionMe, an initiation by IIM Kolkata
Alumni, on Group Discussions and Personal Interviews. They also provided opportunities
for online virtual internships and called for applications for the same. We organised a
placement drive by IBM on 25 September by the end of which about 36 students were given
offer letters authorising joining following completion of their Bachelor’s. Following that we
had a seminar by Princeton Review on 4 October on Education outside India: GRE and
GMAT preparations. Another recruitment programme was held on 14 October, for Zomato,
resulting in the selection of about five of our students for the next level. A presentation was
made by The Oberoi’s on 18 October, followed by a preliminary round of selection of around
10 students for their fully funded two year management programme which is followed by a
job offer at their prestigious chain of hotels.
Followed by a break owing to the end semester exams, News Express selected 3 students for
further rounds on 15 January 2014. Another seminar was organised by Princeton review on
studying abroad on 29 January and a seminar by Time Education on 12 February on Personal
Interviews with the objective of strengthening the skills of large number of students
participating in CAT and other competitive examinations. IMS Health India Private Ltd. and
Thomson Digitals came to the college campus on 26 February and Genpact on 5 March 2014.
This year about 200 undergraduate students have been made offers by recruiting companies
following due selection process. The highest salary package offered is Rs. 6.0 lakh per
annum from the Social Science stream and Rs. 4.5 lakh from the Science stream. The average
package is Rs. 3.5 Lakh. College survey on student preferences shows that most students are
academically accelerated and interested in pursuing higher studies rather than jumping into
the job market too early. This trend is to be expected especially as we do not offer any course
in Commerce. It is in conformity with expectations from a high ranking undergraduate
college with strong reputation as a Liberal Arts and Basic Science College.
Non-teaching Staff
We are fortunate to have dedicated and versatile support staff. The current sanctioned
strength of the support staff is 146. I thank them all for their valuable contributions to the
college.
Best Worker Awards
It is a pleasure to recognize our staff for their dedicated services to the college through the
following awards:
Best Worker Library Award instituted by Ms. P. Tandon, former Librarian of the College
Mr. Latif
Best Worker Accounts Award instituted in memory of late Ms. Santosh Bhutani, former
member of the administrative staff
Mr. Rajesh Kumar
Best Worker in the Garden Award instituted in memory of late Ms. Santosh Bhutani, former
member of the administrative staff
Mr. Ram Adhar
Best Worker among Group C (erstwhile Group D) Employees Award instituted by Shri Singh
Raj, former member of the administrative staff
Mr. Desraj
Best Worker among Non-Teaching Staff in Zoology Department Award instituted by Shri
Milap Chand, former member of the Zoology Department
Mr. Mohan Singh
Promotions, Recruitments
Placement in Senior Grade Rs.6600: The following staff has moved to a higher gade.
Name
Shri Pradeep Kr. Mohanty
Designation
Administrative Officer
w.e.f.
04.02.2012
Confirmations: The following non-teaching staff members were confirmed in their posts:
Name
Shri Kanwar Sain
Shri Bal Krishan
Shri Naresh Kumar
Designation
Section Officer, Accounts
Senior Assistant
Laboratory Assistant
Date of Confirmation
21.5.2012
21.5.2012
18.8.2012
Promotions: The following non-teaching staff members were promoted:
Name
Shri Yoginder Sharma
Shri Latif
Shri Sanjeev Kumar
Shri Sunil Kumar
Designation
Professional Assistant
Junior Library &
Information Assistant
Date of Promotion
21.3.2013
21.3.2013
23.8.2013
23.8.2013
New Appointments: The college has filled up a number of non-teaching vacant posts in
various departments:
Name
Designation
Shri Amit Kumar
Shri Paras Rattan Sharda
Shri Rinki Garg
Shri Sudeep Kumar
Shri Sachin Singhal
Shri Himanshu
Shri Balwant Singh
Shri Jay Prakash
Shri Prakash
Shri Vikash Kaner
Shri Subhash Chand
Shri Amit Kumar
Shri Umesh Chandra Joshi
Shri Uday Kumar Chaudhary
Shri Vijay Kumar
Junior Assistant
Junior Assistant
Junior Assistant
Junior Assistant
Laboratory Attendant
Date of Appointment
31.12.2013
03.12.2013
29.11.2013
07.03.2014
05.12.2013
03.12.2013
29.11.2013
29.11.2013
29.11.2013
29.11.2013
29.11.2013
16.12.2013
03.12.2013
17.12.2013
17.02.2014
Capacity Building Programs
Training Programs: The following Laboratory Attendants successfully completed training
courses at the University of Delhi.
Name
Department
Shri Binod Kumar Mahato
Shri Vinod Prasad
Shri Sachin Singhal
Botany
Geography
Physics
The college is deeply committed to providing growth opportunities to the support staff. We
encourage them to gain experience in a variety of ways. Most of them are now technically
savvy and keep pace with the demands of an institution that has nearly all services
computerized and frequently organizes mega events. The Lab staff has gained strong
competence as they contribute to innovative workshops, research projects and lab
development programmes, especially through the D S Kothari Centre for Research and
Innovation in Science Education. All round development is encouraged. The staff takes to
the sports field in the winter months. Staff members form cricket teams and practice
diligently their batting, bowling and fielding skills. This prepares them to put up a grand
cricket match just before the Annual Sports Day. Another favourite sport, Volley Ball, also
engages many. The winning teams and facilitating staff were duly awarded on the Sports
Day. We congratulate our sportsmen and hope they will continue to lead the way by keen
team spirit off the field as well for the larger good of the institution.
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Profile
The meritorious profile of our faculty enhances the academic credentials of the college.
Currently, the total teaching faculty strength is 183 of which 140 are permanent faculty
members while the rest are on temporary, ad hoc or guest basis.
Currently, 4 permanent faculty members are on study leave and 16 on other types of leave.
Honours and Awards
Dr. Pratibha Jollycontinued as Member, Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet
(SAC-C) constituted by the Government of India in an order dated 26 July 2012.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly was awarded the Ambassador for Peace Award by The Universal Peace
Federation (UPF) at the United Nations World Harmony Week on the theme of Interfaith
Harmony for Peace Building and Good Governance on 04 January 2014.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly was appointed as Chairperson, Delhi Chapter, Institute of Physics, UK.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly along with Australian collaborators at Universityof Sydney was awarded
an AusAid grant of AUD 55,000 for a project titled Building leadership capacity in
undergraduate science teaching in India. Under this, nine faculty members received the
Australian Leadership Awards Fellowships (ALAF). They are: Dr. Pratibha Jolly, Dr.
Mallika Verma, Dr. Usha Malik (Department of Physics); Dr. Bani Roy, Dr. Mallika Pathak
(Chemistry); Dr. Janaki Subramanyan, Dr. Saloni Bahri (Botany); and Dr. Nisha Vashist, Dr.
Sadhana Sharma (Zoology). The group travelled to University of Sydney for three weeks in
April 2013 for academic engagements.
Dr. Monika Tomar received the Best Poster Presentation Award, National Conference on
Synthesis Characterization & Application of Advanced Nanomaterials (NCSCAAN-2014),
Mathura, U.P. Dates
Dr. Monika Tomar received the Best Poster Presentation Award, International Conference on
Nanoscience and Nanomaterials (ICNN-2013), Lucknow. Dates
Dr. Monika Tomar was appointed as Member, Curriculum Development committee for
framing of syllabus for Physics papers of Four Year Undergraduate Program of Delhi
University.
Dr. Rekha Kumari received a 3 month fellowship at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental
Research, UFZ financed by Deutsche Forschungsgeminnschaft (DFG), Germany. The topic
of project undertaken was Influence of Substrate bioavailability on the ecology of microbial
contaminant biodegradation. Duration
Dr. Rama Yadav, Assistant Professor, Department of Hindi was selected on deputation as the
Visiting Professor to ICCR’s Chair of Hindi at ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary, for a
period of two academic years on the basis of her cultural activities like dance and drama
from 04 September 2013.
Ms. Malabika Pal was granted a faculty scholarship by the King’s College, London, to attend
the King’s College London Summer School Course: Introduction to the English Legal
System, July-August, 2013.
Deputation
Dr. Shashi Aggarwal, Department of Mathematics is on deputation as Faculty Member in the
Cluster Inovation Centre (CIC, University of Delhi) since 24 April 2012 for three years.
Dr. Nisha Bala Tyagi, Department of Philosophy is on deputation as Deputy Dean Academic,
University of Delhi, since 01 February 2013 for two years.
Dr. Rama Yadav, Department of Hindi, is on deputation as Visiting Professor of Hindi at
ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary from 3 September 2013 for two years.
Dr. Manua Bandopadhyay, Department of Sociology, has taken lien to join Tata Institute of
Social Studies, Mumbai, as Associate Professor from *** for two years.
Professional Development. The College is committed to providing opportunities to the
faculty to engage in academic and research pursuits for professional growth. During the
academic year, fifteen teachers attended various Refresher/Orientation courses. A large
number of teachers attended talks, seminars, workshops and conferences. These are listed in
Appendix and under individual achievements.
Doctoral Degree Awards.The following faculty members have qualified for the award of
doctoral degree:
Dr. Chanda Sagar, Department of Hindi for her thesis titled submitted to the University of
Delhi
Dr. Parul Bhardwaj, Depatment of English, submitted to the University of Mumbai
Dr. Purva Yadav, Department of Geography for her thesis titled
Dr. Priyankapuri, Department of Geography for her thesis titled submitted to the University
of Delhi
Dr. Bhawna Bansal Gupta, Department of Mathematics, for her thesis titled submitted to the
University of Delhi
Dr. Simmi Valechha, Department of Philosophy, for her thesis titled, submitted to the
University of Delhi
Master’s Course Award
Ms. Hena Oak, Department of Economics has been conferred Degree of Master of Arts in
Economics from the Uniersityof British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, under the Faculty
Training Program of University of Delhi in September 2013.
Dr. Rashmi Shakya has been conferred a Degree of Master in Science in Systems in
Synthetic Biology from University of Edinburgh, under the Faculty Training Program of
University of Delhi in September 2013.
New Research Projects and Grants
Dr. Sadhana Sharma received a grant of Rs. 66.48 lakh from Department of Biotechnology
for a Project titled Moleular clonign and imunological validation of three hypothetical
proteins of M.tuberculosis with long T-cell epitopes for a period of three years 2013-2016.
Dr. Monika Tomar received a grant of Rs. 450 Lakh for a Project titled Demonstration of
LED by PLD from DIT (Ministry of Information Technology & Communication) for a
period from December 2013 to June 2015. She is the Co-PI of the Project.
Dr. Monika Tomar received a grant of Rs. 95.40 Lakh for a Project titled Development of
metal oxide thin flm based low cost sensors for CNG & PNG from GAIL for a period from
October 2013 to October 2015. She is the Co-PI of the Project.
Department of Biotechnology Star College Scheme Grant
The college received Rs. 55 Lakh under the Star College Scheme of the Department of
Biotechnology for a period of three years. In phase one, the college has received Rs. 35 Lakh.
This gives to Departments of Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Physics and Computer Science
Rs. 5 Lakh each for procurement of equipment and Rs. 2 Lakh each as contingency grant for
innovative work leading to strengthening of teaching, laboratory work, curriculum
development and capacity building with interdisciplinary focus on life science.On basis of
evaluation of performance, an additional amount of Rs. 14.07 Lakh has been received from
DBT in the year 2013-2014. Dr. Sushma Moitra, Associate Professor, Depratment of Botany,
is the co-ordinator.
Department of Science and Technology INSPIRE Mentorship Program
The D S Kothari Centre received a grant of Rs. 11 Lakh for organization of the Fourth
INSPIRE Mentorship Programme from 15 to 20 December 2013.
The college received a total grant of Rs. 29.5 Lakh for 07 Innovation Projects awarded by the
University of Delhi for a period of one year from 15 November 2013 to 14 November 2014.
Each project has three to four faculty mentors and ten students from at least two departments.
Innovation Project MH 201: Kashmiriyat Beyond-a Study of Colonial and Post
Colonial Kashmir (Rs. 3 Lakh)
Innovation Project MH 202: Gendered Socialisation –Comparative Perspective (Rs.
3 Lakh)
Innovation Project MH 203: Efficacy of Natural Dyes in Dyeing and Imparting
Antimicrobial Properties to Different Textile Materials (Rs. 4.5 Lakh)
Innovation Project MH 204: More Miles on the Yamuna (Rs. 3 Lakh)
Innovation Prokect MH 205: Disaster Preparedness: Developing a Strategy for
Vulnerability Reduction through Information, Education and Communication (Rs. 4
Lakh)
Innovation Project MH 206: Nanoparticles and plant systems: in vitro and in silico
studies (Rs. 6.5 Lakh)
Innovation Project MH 207: Eureka! My Lab (Rs. 5.5 Lakh)
ICCSR Grant for National Seminar Deconstructing Disability
Dr. Reema Bhatia received a grant of Rs. 1.35 Lakh from ICSSR for a National Seminar on
Understanding Disability for differently abled students held at Miranda House on 17 January
2014.
Ongoing Research Projects
Dr. Pratibha Jolly had received a grant of Rs. 31,320,000 (Rupees Three crore thirteen lakh
twenty thousand) for establishing the D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in
Science Education (DSKC) at Miranda House in Project Mode from January 2008 for a
period of three years. The Centre continues to function with sustained vigour.
Dr. Sadhna Sharma, Department of Zoology, has an ongoing research project titled Cloning,
expression, purification and immunological characterization of MymA operon proteins
funded by Open Source Drug Discovery, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research;
Grant Amount Rs. 12.85 Lakhs; (2012-2013).
Ms. Swati Singh,Junior Research Fellowship, grant of 2.6 lakhs (2013-14) from Indian
Council of Medical Research ; for Ph. D. Title: Molecular Cloning and Immunological
Profile of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Associated Latent T Cell Antigens
Ms. Iti Saraav, Senior Research Fellowship, grant of Rs. 3 Lakhs (2013-14) from Indian
Council of Medical Research; for Ph. D. Title: Cloning, Expression and Immunological
Evaluation of MymA Operon of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Dr. Monika Tomar, Department of Physics, has an ongoing research grant of Rs. 40.71 Lakh
for a project titled Indigenous Development of table top Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)
set up from the Department of Science and Technology, for a period from October 2011 to
2013. She is the Co-PI in this project.
Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
Faculty members actively participated in conferences, seminars and workshops in various
capacities. Their contributions are listed below:
The Principal
Dr. Pratibha Jolly was resource person and presented an experiement titled Elliptically
Polarised Light at the Advancing Science Education by Enhanced Learning in the
Laboratory (ASELL) National Science Workshop, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia,
2-5 April 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly was resource person and presented an experiement titled Velocity of Sound
Using Ultrasonic Grating at the Advancing Science Education by Enhanced Learning in the
2-5 April 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly and eight other faculty members visited the Australian National
University, Canberra, Austrlia, on 9 April 2013. She visited the John Curtis School of
Medical Research on the invitation of the Director Professor Christopher Parish. The also
visited the Research School of Physics and Engineering and the Research School of
Chemistry. The aim was to learn about the current area of research of scientists at the various
laboratories of ANU through interaction and presentation.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly, Dr.Usha Malik and Dr. Mallika Verma visited S P Jain School of Global
Management, Sydney, Australia, 17 April 2013. They were given a conducted tour and a
series of presentations on various aspects of Global Management Education by Prof. Jeff
Laurie, Head of Campus and his team of professors.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly was invited speaker at the Seminar Science and Education Snapshots: A
Summary of Activities at Miranda House, University of Delhi organised by the University of
Sydney South Asia (USSA) Research Network and the Institute for Innovation, at Science &
Mathematics Education (IISME). She made a presentation titled Research, Innovation and
Outreach in Science Education:
Building Collaborative Networks for Change, 16 April 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly participated in a Physics Education Research Graduate Students Research
Seminar hosted by the Sydney University Physics Education Research Group (SUPER),
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 17 April 2013.
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Dr. Pratibha Jolly participated in the12 Asia Pacific Physics Conference (APPC 12)
wherein she delivered an invited Plenary talk titled Research on Undergraduate Physics
Education: Guiding Change, Transforming Ecosystems, Physics Education at Chiba, Japan,
14-19 July 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly participated in the International Conference on Physics Education, ICPEEPEC 2013 and presented an invited Plenary talk titled Physware: A Collaborative Initiative
for Strengthening Undergraduate Physics Education and Promoting Active Learning in the
Developing World at Prague, Czech Republic, 05-09 August, 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly was invited as a panelist at a Seminar in the conext of the course
Integrating Mind, Body and Heart Course (IMBH) onthe theme Gandhi on Educationheld at
St. Stephens College, on 14 September 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly was the Convenor and resource person for Active Learning: Integrating
Hands on Experiments and Multimedia Resources, A Collaborative Workshop for
Undergraduate Physics Teachers, D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in
Science Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi, 07-08 October 2013. This furthers
the International Collaboration with University of New South Wales, Australia, on the
Project REALM: Resources for Enhancing Active Learning with Multimedia.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly participated in the D S Kothari Memorial Lecture by eminent
Neuroscientist Professor Richard J. Davidson on Change your brain by transforming your
mind at Convention Hall, Viceregal Lodge, University of Delhi, on 25 October 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly participated in the Video-Conference on the Fourth China-India Singapore
Dialogue on Higher Education entitled Higher Education in the 21st Century: The Role of
Technology organized by Planning Commission at Yojana Bhawan, New Delhi on 30
October 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly participated in the conference on State of Liberal Arts and Humanities
Education in Indian Schools, Colleges and the University. She delivered an invited talk titled
Miranda Chronicles: The Art and Science of Liberal Educationin the session Role of
Educational Institutions in Promoting Liberal Arts Education – Comparative Perspectives,
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 31 October 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly was the Convenor of the Inspire Internship Programme organized for the
top one percentile of Class X Board Exam students pursuing science in class XI at the D S
Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, from 15
to 20 December 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly participated in the United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week on the
theme Interfaith Harmony for Peace Building and Good Governance and was awarded the
Ambassador for Peace Award by The Universal Peace Federation (UPF) at UN Conference
Hall, Lodhi Estate, 04 January 2014.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly participated in the Conference Neuroscience, Psychology and Educational
Practices and gave an invited talk on Cognitive Science and Education Research:
Transforming Teaching-Learning, Changing Eco-systems, organized by Tibet House,
Cultural Centre of his Holiness the Dalai Lama in collaboration with D S Kothari Centre for
Science, Ethics and Educaiton, University of Delhi, 30-31 January 2014.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly participated in the Branch Forum Meeting and Awards Function, Institute
of Physics, London, UK (in her capacity as IOP Delhi Chapter Chairperson), London, 13-15
November 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly visited the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and other facilities at the
Harwell Oxford Campus and Innovation Campus attending presentations during a specially
designed conducted tour of various facilities, 14 November 2013.
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Dr. Pratibha Jolly participated in the 1 International Conference on Research in Education
and Curriculum Planning for Gifted Minds held at India International Centre, 04-06
February 2014.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly was invited as the Guest of Honour and delivered a talk on Changing
Paradigms of Education. at the 31st Annual Convention of Orissa Physical Society at SOA
University, Bhubaneswar, 08-09 February 2014.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly participated in a round table discussion on Transformative Learning-How
is it driving universities to change?led by Prof. Stephen Toope, President and Vice
Chancellor, University of British Columbia, Canada, and Professor Dinesh Singh, Vice
Chancellor, University of Delhi at theViceregal Lodge, University of Delhi, 17 February
2014.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly organized and gave an invtied talk at the Seminar titled Societaal Research
Fellowship (SoRF) forWomen Scientists & Technologists under the Programme DISHA,
coordinated by The National Academy of Sciences (NASI), Allahabad and the Department
of Science and Technology, on the ooccasion of International Women’s Day, Miranda House,
University of Delhi, 7 March 2014.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly participated in the e-Yantra Robotics Teacher Competition (eYRTC) and
the virtual lab inaugurations at the e- Yantra Symposium (eYS-2014) at IIT Bombay, 10 – 11
April 2014. The Miranda House team was awarded the fourth prize in the competition.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly participated in the panel discussion on Rashtriya Uchhtar Shiksha Abhiyan
(RUSA) and National Commission on Education (NCE) held at India International Centre
on 28 September 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly served as the Jury Member of the Jury team for evaluation of the INSPIRE
Award Exhibits at the National Level from 09-10 October 2013, PragatiMaidan.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly participated in the SAC-C meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee
to the Cabinet at VigyanBhawan, Delhi on 07 June 2013 and 22 October 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Jolly organized and hosted the inaugural of I AM THE TIGER Nine College
Conservation Awareness Programme in association with Shivani Wazir Pasrich Productions
at Miranda House on 30 September 2013.
Dr. Shampa Roy presented a paper titled Errant Wives and Wanton Widows: Gender and
Crime in the Crime Narratives of one of the first crime writers in Bengal at a Conference on
Gender and Sexuality in the Crime Genre held in the National University of Ireland, Galway,
21- 22 June 2013.
Dr. Shampa Roy presented an article titled Pedagogic Predicament: The Problems of
Teaching English within a Post Colonial Spacewhich was accepted for publication in
Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies (Routledge, UK).
Ms. Devjani Ray presented a paper titled The Idea of Inclusion in Selected Periodicals for
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Children in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Bengal at the 34 IBBY
International Congress, Mexico City, 10-13 September 2014.
Ms. Devjani Ray presented a paper titled Identity and Culture of Taste in Colonial Bengal:
Cannibalism and the ‘Other’ Mother in “ThakumarJhuli”(Grandmother’s Bag of Tales) at
the 20th Annual IBBY/NCRCL International Conference on Feast or Famine: Food and
Children’s Literature, University of Roehampton, London, 9 November 2013.
Ms. Devjani Ray presented a paper titled Self and Modernity in Selected Autobiographies of
Women in Colonial Bengal at the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Indian Nationhood
and Nationalism: Perspectives, Representations and Reflections, held at Vidyanagar
College, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, 28-29 September 2013.
Dr. Meena Kumari delivered a lecture at Gandhi Bhavan on My experience with truth.
Ms. Seema Rani participated in the National Seminar on Aadhunik Sanskrit Sahitya held at
Ramjas College, 2014.
Dr. Rekha Arora attended the Workshop as a subject expert and resource person, on Sanskrit
Language organised by State Council of Educational Research & Training, Delhi,15-16
April 2014.
Dr. Sreemati Chakravarti wrote an article titled Music and Literature in a leading literary
Magazine Ajantain April 2013.
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Dr. Sreemati Chakravarti presented a paper titled Historical Narratives of 19 Century at an
International seminar organized by International Congress of Bengal Studies, Kolkata
University, November 2013.
Dr. Sreemati Chakravarti presented a paper titled Indian Renaissance and its Impact on
Contemporary Bengali Literature in a National Seminar jointly organized by the Sahitya
Academy in Dibrugarh University, Assam, February 2014.
Dr. Sreemati Chakravarti was an organizer at the conference and active participant as a
singer and actress in the Cultural Programme at the 50th year of Bengal Studies in the
Department of MILLS, University of Delhi.
Dr. Saswati Ganguly presented a paper titled Sanjay Bhattacharya – ‘Kobitarkichumuhurto
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o onubhab’ in the Seminar of 3 International Bengal Congress, Kolkata University,19-22
November 2013.
Dr. Saswati Ganguly was the Rapporteur at the conference and active participant as a singer
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and actress in the Cultural Programme at the 50 year of Bengal Studies in the Department of
MILLS, University of Delhi.
Dr. Saswati Gnguly was the organizer of the seminar on Literary Theory and Criticism held
at Miranda House, 26 March 2014.
Dr. Manisha Vats participated in an Orientation Workshop on the Foundation Course
Business Entrepreneurship and Management at CPDHE, University of Delhi, 09-11 July
2013.
Dr. Manisha Vats participated in the Financial Literacy Programme conducted by the
Reserve Bank of India, New Delhi on 26 July 2013.
Dr. Manisha Vats participated in the Lecture on Monetary Policy Demystified at the Reserve
Bank of India, 18 November 2013.
Dr. Bhupinder Kaur participated in a Conference on Indian Economy: Issues and
Perspectives organized by Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics,
University of Delhi, 24-25 August 2013.
Dr. Bhupinder Kaur participated in a Seminar on Prospect of Agricultural Exports in 2025:
Opportunities, Challenges and Road Map organized by Centre for WTO Studies, Indian
Institute for Foreign Trade, New Delhi, 6-8 July 2011
Dr. Bhupinder Kaur participated in a National Symposium on Not Me But You organized by
National Social Service Scheme Unit, University of Delhi in 2013.
Dr. Bhupinder Kaur participated in the workshop Changing Face of Indian Agriculture
organized by Centre for Studies in Regional Development, Jawahar Lal Nehru University,
13 August 2008
Ms. Malabika Pal presented a paper titled Land Acquisition and ‘fair compensation’ of the
“project affected”- A Scrutiny of the Law and its Implementation at the International
Conference on The Return of the Land Question: Dispossession, Livelihoods, and
Contestation in India’s Capitalist Transition, Institute of Development Studies, Indian
Institute of Management Calcutta, Faculty of Arts and Australia India Institute, University of
Melbourne, Kolktata, 2-4 March 2014.
Ms. Malabika Pal presented a paper titled Linking School Economics Curriculum to Higher
Education in National Seminar on Economics Curriculum in Schools- Emerging Trends and
Challenges at Department of Education in Social Sciences, The National Council of
Educational Research and Training, New Delhi, 25-26February 2014.
Ms. Nandini Dutta participated in the Delhi Economics Conclave 2013 (Ministry of Finance,
Govt. of India) at the Delhi School of Economics Winter School, 11-12 December 2013.
Ms. Nandini Dutta participated in the National Conference on Indian Economy Issues, Delhi
School of Economics, September 2013.
Ms. Nandini Dutta participation in RBI workshop on Financial Literacy, July 2013.
Ms. Nandini Dutta delivered lectures on Statistical Methods in an International Refresher
Course for practicising bureaucrats from all over the world organised by VVGNLI, Govt. of
India, January 2014
Ms. Nandini Dutta delivered a lecture on Labour Market Theories in a Refresher Course at
VVGNLI, December 2013.
Mr. Vibhash Kumar presented the research paper Challenges and Opportunities in Higher
Education System in India in the technical session Higher Education: Challenges and
Opportunities, in the XIV Annual International Conference on Globalisation: Challenges
and Opportunitie, Lisbon, Portugal, 21-22 June 2013. He was awarded the prize for the best
paper.
Mr. Vibahash Kumar presented the paper Spirituality and Leadership: An Empirical
Analysis through Structural Equation Modelling under the broad theme Spirituality and
Leadership at the National Conference on Transformational Leadership, Shri Ram College
of Commerce, University of Delhi, 6-7 April 2013.
Dr. Nonica Dutta participated in a Public Lecture titled SamajikBadlav Mein Mahilaon Ki
Bhumika, International Women’s Day, State Resource Centre, Haryana (SRC, Haryana),
Karnal, 8 March 2014.
Dr. Nonica Dutta participated ina National Workshop on Honour Killings titled Honour
killing and KhapPanchayats, Hissar Agricultural University, Hissar, 25-26 February 2014.
Dr. Nonica Dutta participated in a Public Lecture titled Towards contemporary India: The
last fifty years, International Summer School, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 12 July
2013.
Dr. Nonica Dutta participated in a National Seminar on Social Sciences and Academic
Publishing Today titled Challenges in history-writing and changes in academic publishing,
India International Centre, New Delhi, 22 March 2013.
Dr. Bharti Jagannathan gave an invited talk titled The Contentious Ramayana, at Barnard
College, Columbia University, New York, USA, 11April 2013.
Dr. Bharti Jagannathan gave an invited talk titled Who’s Afraid of Rama? at Emerson
College, Boston, USA, on 10April 2013.
Dr. Bharti Jagannathan gave an invited talk titled Censorship and the Delhi University
Curriculum, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA, 9April 2013.
Dr. Bharti Jagannathan gave a talk titled Pilgrimage, Text and Praxis in the Tamil
ÚrîvaicGava Tradition at the International Conference on Textual and Lived Religions,
Precepts and Practices, Centre for the Study of Comparative Religions and Civilizations,
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 20-21 March 2014.
Dr. Bharti Jagannathan gave an invited talk titled The RâmâyaGa: All-time Bestseller at the
Indo-Dutch programme at Miranda House, Delhi University, October 2013.
Dr. Bharti Jagannathan gave an invited talk titled A Tale of Many Tails: The Ramayana at
Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, 15January 2014.
Dr. Bharti Jagannathan conducted a Tree Walk for American Fulbright Scholars 2013-14 in
India in the Lodhi Gardens, 7December 2013.
Ms. Maya John presented a paper titled Deskilling Caste: Exploring the Relationship
between Caste, State Regulations and the Labour Market in Late Colonial India at the Tenth
International Labour History Conference – A Return to Politcs? V.V. Giri National Labour
Institute, Noida.
Dr. Pratibha Sharma participated in a Refresher Course on Philosophy and Religion at
Rajasthan University, Jaipur, UGC, December 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Sharma participated in a one day workshop on Self Learning Material at
University of Mumbai, March 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Sharma participated in a two day workshop on Philosophy Teachers Meet at
Punjab University, Chandigarh, March 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Sharma presened a paper titled Structure of the Cosmological Argument in the
World Congress of Philosophy at Athens, Greece, August 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Sharma presened a paper titled Can A Sceptic Be Called An Escapist? in the
International Conference on Greek Studies at JNU, New Delhi.
Dr. Pratibha Sharma presened a paper titled titled Epistemology versus Scepticism in the 58
session of Akhil Bharatiya Darshan Parishad at Udaipur, Rajasthan.
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Dr. Pratibha Sharma presened a paper titled The Methodology of Economics in a National
Seminar on Philosophy for a New Economic Order at Punjab University, Chandigarh.
Dr. Pratibha Sharma presented a paper titled Kant’s Consciousness in a Vat in UGC-SAP
Seminar at Punjab University, Chandigarh.
Dr. Pratibha Sharma presened a paper titled Democracy: Enthronement by Ignorance in
National Seminar on Democracy in Civil Society for North West India at Punjab University,
Chandigarh.
Dr. Pratibha Sharma participated in a Refresher Course Varied Aspects of Religion’at
Rajasthan University, Jaipur, 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Sharma participated in a Workshop on Philosophy Teaching at Punjab
University, Chandigarh, 2013.
Dr. Pratibha Sharma participated in a Workshop on Preparation of Self Learning Material,
organized by IGNOU at University of Mumbai, 2013.
Dr. Ritu Ahlawat successfully completed online RTI Certificate Course by Department of
Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension, Government
of India in association with Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad, 20 August to 03
September 2013.
Dr. Ritu Ahlawat completed online training course on Measuring Health Disparities,
University of Michigan, School of Public Health, July 2013.
Dr. Ritu Ahlawat participated in Special Winter School Programme on Human Rights
organized by UGC-Academic Staff College, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, from 3 to
23 December 2013.
Dr. Ritu Ahlawat participated in the 105th Orientation Programme organized by UGCAcademic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, 5 July to 14 August 2013.
Dr. Anindita Sarkar presented a paper titled Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Punjab, India:
Trends, Turning points and Alternative Solutions, International Conference on
Sustainability in the Water – Energy,
Dr. Anindita Sarkar made a presentation titled Experiments in Curriculum and Pedagogy in
Geography: Four year Undergraduate Programme in Delhi University, in the National
Conference on Rethinking Geography Education and Research in India, Centre for the Study
of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi, 29-30 2014.
Dr. Anindita Sarkar participated in the University Grants Commission Certified Refresher
Course in Geography and Environmental Studies, Academic Staff College, Jamia Milia
Islamia University, New Delhi, November – December 2013.
Dr. Anindita Sarkar participated in the University Grants Commission Certified Refresher
Course in Global Studies in Academic Staff College, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi, April 2014.
Ms. Purva Yadav organized ICSSR sponsored National level Seminar on Deconstructing
Disabilityat Miranda House, University of Delhi, 17 January 2014.
Ms. Purva Yadav participated in Special Winter School Programme on Human Rights
organized by UGC-Academic Staff College, University of Allahabad, UP, 03-23 December
2013.
Ms. Purva Yadav participated in the 105th Orientation Programme organized by UGCAcademic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, 05 July to 14 August 2013.
Dr. Dinaz Mirchandani participated in a Seminar on Science Technology and Progress – is
the world progressing towards the right direction organized by University of Delhi,
Conference Centre, 11 January 2014.
Dr. Dinaz Mirchandani participated in a Seminar on Punjab Today, at Delhi School of
Economics, University of Delhi, 6 February 2014.
Dr. Reema Bhatia organised the ICSSR sponsored National level seminar on Deconstructing
Disability, Miranda House, University of Delhi, 17 January 2014.
Dr. Reema Bhatia presented a paper titled Gender Equality, National Seminar on
Contemporary Gender Issues in Education From Human Rights to Gender Equity,
organized jointly by at, Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, and Expressions India, 6 April
2013,
Dr. Avantika Berva presented a paper titled Understanding HIV-AIDS: A Sociological
Perspective among Tribal Women, the XX National Rajasthan Sociological Association
(RSA) Conference, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, 03-04 October 2013.
Dr. Avantika Berva presented a paper titled A Sociological Analysis of AIDS and STD within
India, XXXIX All India Sociological Conference, Mysore, Karnataka, 27- 29 December
2013.
Priyanshi Kaul participated in a public lecture How religion came about? by Professor
Maurice Bloch, London School of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, 25 February
2014.
Priyanshi Kaul participated in the research colloqium Tales of darker places in paradise:
towards understanding and theorising warzone tourism in Sri Lanka, Professor Sasanka
Perera, South Asian University, Delhi School of Economics, 1 November 2013.
Priyanshi Kaul organised under the ongoing series of seminars The Construction of a Social
Identity, a seminar titled A face in a crowd: Bhirdmeinekshaksiyat, with author Yashoda
Singh and Jyoti Prasad (NGO Ankur), Department of Sociology, Miranda House, 13
February 2014.
Dr. Mallika Verma was resource person and presented an experiement titled Elliptically
2-5 April 2013.
Dr. Mallika Verma was resource person and presented an experiement titled Ultrasonic
Grating, at the Advancing Science Education by Enhanced Learning in the Laboratory
(ASELL) National Science Workshop, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2-5 April
2013.
Dr. Mallika Verma participated in the Seminar Science and Education Snapshots: A
Mathematics Education (IISME). She made a presentation titled Undergraduate Physics
Projects: Flavour of Research, 16 April 2013.
Dr. Mallika Verma participated in a Physics Education Research Graduate Students
Research Seminar hosted by the Sydney University Physics Education Research Group
(SUPER), University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 17 April 2013.
Dr. Mallika Verma was the Coordinator for the Inspire Internship Programme held at D S
Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, 15-20
December 2013.
Dr. Mallika Verma was the Local Organizer for the workshop titled Active Learning
Integrating Hands-on Experiments and Multimedia Resources: A Collaborative Workshop
for Undergraduate Physics Teachers, D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in
Science Education, Miranda House, 07-08 October 2013.
Dr. Mallika Verma was the Resource Person and Organizer, Summer Workshop for
Undergraduate Science Students titled Flavor of Research: Investigative Projects in
Multidisciplinary Contexts held at the D. S. Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in
Science Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi from 6 June to 21 July 2013.
Dr. Mallika Verma was the Coordinator for Physics: Baseline Science Test-2013, organized
by the D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation, Miranda House, University of Delhi.
Dr. Mallika Verma was the Coordinator for a workshop titled Sense it, Control it: Physical
Measurements with LabVIEW: A workshop for Students, held at the D S Kothari Centre for
Research and Innovation in Science Education, Sponsored by Department of BioTechnology, Miranda House, University of Delhi, Delhi, 24-25 March 2014.
Dr. Mallika Verma participated in the First International Conference on Research in
Education and Curriculum Planning for Gifted Minds, India International Centre, New
Delhi, 4-6 February 2014.
Dr. Mallika Verma participated in a workshop for college teachers titled eYantra Lab Setup
Initiative (eLSI) for establishing a Robotics Laboratory at Miranda House, sponsoredby
MHRD, at Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi, Delhi, 24-25 September 2013.
Dr. Mallika Verma participated in the e-Yantra Robotics Teacher Competition (eYRTC) and
Dr. Usha Malik was resource person and presented an experiement titled Elliptically
2-5 April 2013.
Dr. Usha Malik was resource person and presented an experiment titled Ultrasonic Grating,
at the Advancing Science Education by Enhanced Learning in the Laboratory (ASELL)
National Science Workshop, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2-5 April 2013.
Dr. Usha Malik participated in the Seminar Science and Education Snapshots: A Summary of
Activities at Miranda House, University of Delhi organised by the University of Sydney
South Asia (USSA) Research Network and the Institute for Innovation, at Science &
Mathematics Education (IISME). She was co-author of presentation titled Undergraduate
Physics Projects: Flavour of Research, 16 April 2013.
Dr. Usha Malik participated in a Physics Education Research Graduate Students Research
Dr. Usha Malik was the Mentor for the Workshops organized in Physics held during
INSPIRE Internship Programme held at D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in
Science Education, Miranda House, 15-20 December 2013.
Dr. Monika Tomar was Resource Person for a 2 month long Training Program in Physics for
the faculty of Kabul University at University of Delhi, 2013.
Dr. Monika Tomar delivered an invited talk titled Surface plasmon resonance technique: a
powerful tool for development of nanothin film based optical sensors at International
conference on Nanoscience and nanotechnology (ICNN-2013), Babasaheb Bhimrao
Ambedkar University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 18-20 November 2013.
Dr. Monika Tomar presented a paper titled SnO2 heterojunctions for detection of NO2 gas at
low operating temperature at the International conference on Nanoscience and
nanotechnology (ICNN-2013) held at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow,
Uttar Pradesh, 18-20 November 2013.
Dr. Monika Tomar presented a poster titled Novel SnO2 thin film heterostructures using
MgO and V2O5 nanocatalyst for detection of SO2 gas at the National conference/workshop on
synthesis, characterization and application of advanced nanomaterial , Hindustan
Engineering University, Agra, 17-19 January 2014. The poster got the best poster award.
Dr. Monika Tomar presented a poster titled MEMS based SnO2 gas sensor for trace level
detection of NO2 gas at the International conference on Nanoscience and nanotechnology
(ICNN-2013), Babasahed Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, 18-20 November
2013. The poster got the best poster award.
Dr. Monika Tomar participated in a workshop for college teachers titled eYantra Lab Setup
Dr. Monika Tomar was member of the organizing committee and mentor for the Workshops
organized in Physics held during INSPIRE Internship Programme held at D S Kothari Centre
for Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, 15-20 December 2013.
Dr. Monika Tomar participated in the e-Yantra Robotics Teacher Competition (eYRTC) and
Dr. VandanaVerma participated in an Orientation Workshop on Foundation Course Science
and Life organized by Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education, held at
CPDHE, University of Delhi, from 21 - 22 June 2013.
Dr. Vandana Verma participated in a Workshop titled Active Learning Integrating Hands on
Experiments and Multimedia Resources: A collaborative Workshop for Undergraduate
Physics Teachers held by D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science
Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi, 7-8 October 2013.
Dr.Charu Goel participated in the Orientation Programme (OR-74/75) organized by Centre
for Professional Development in Higher Education held at CPDHE, University of Delhi,
October-December, 2013.
Dr. Charu Goel participated in a workshop for college teachers titled eYantra Lab Setup
Dr.Charu Goel participated in an Orientation Workshop on the Foundation Course Science
and Life, organized by CPDHE, University of Delhi, 21-22 June 2013.
Dr. Charu Goel participated in a workshop for college teachers titled eYantra Lab Setup
Dr. Charu Goel was Organizer for a workshop titled Sense it, Control it: Physical
Measurements with LabVIEW: A workshop for Students, held at the D S Kothari Centre for
Research and Innovation in Science Education, Sponsored by Department of BioTechnology, Miranda House, University of Delhi, Delhi, 24-25 March 2014.
Dr. Charu Goel participated and presented at the Finals of the e-Yantra Robotics Teacher
Competition (eYRTC) and the lab inaugurations at the e- Yantra Symposium (eYS-2014) at
IIT Bombay, 10 – 11 April 2014. The Miranda House team was awarded the fourth prize in
the competition.
Dr. Abha Dev Habib participated in the workshop titled Methodology of Teaching Science
and Mathematics to students with vision impairment held at Centre for Professional
Development in Higher Education, University of Delhi, 18-19 July 2013.
Dr. N. Bilasani Devi participated in a Workshop titled Active Learning Integrating Hands-on
Experiments and Multimedia Resources:A Collaborative Workshop for Undergraduate
Physics Teachers sponsored by Department of Bio-Technology, at D S Kothari Centre for
Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi, Delhi,
7-8 October 2013.
Dr Anjali Sharma presented a paper titled SnO2 heterojunctions for detection of NO2 gas at
low operating temperature at the International conference on Nanoscience and
nanotechnology (ICNN-2013) held at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University,
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 18-20 November 2013.
Dr. Anjali Sharma presented a poster titled Novel SnO2 thin film heterostructures using MgO
and V2O5 nanocatalyst for detection of SO2 gas at the National conference/workshop on
synthesis, characterization and application of advanced nanomaterial , Hindustan
Engineering University, Agra, 17-19 January 2014. The poster got the best poster award.
Dr. Anjali Sharma presented a poster titled MEMS based SnO2 gas sensor for trace level
detection of NO2 gas at the International conference on Nanoscience and nanotechnology
(ICNN-2013), Babasahed Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, 18-20 November
2013. The poster got the best poster award.
Dr. Anjali Sharma participated in a workshop titled Active Learning Integrating Hands-on
Experiments and Multimedia Resources: A Collaborative Workshop for Undergraduate
7-8 October 2013.
Dr. Anjali Sharma participated in Workshop on Methodology of Teaching Science and
Mathematics to students with Vision Impairment organized by Centre for Professional
Development in Higher Education (CPDHE), at CPDHE, University of Delhi, 18-19 July
2013.
Dr. Anjali Sharma was the Mentor for the Workshops organized in Physics held during
Ms. Sonam Singh participated in a workshop titled Active Learning Integrating Hands-on
7-8 October 2013.
Ms. Sonam Singh participated in Workshop on Methodology of Teaching Science and
2013.
Ms. Sonam Singh was the Mentor for the Workshops organized in Physics held during
Dr. Bani Roy was resource person and presented an experiment titled Conductometric
Titration at the Advancing Science Education by Enhanced Learning in the Laboratory
2013.
Dr. Bani Roy was resource persons and presented an experiment titled Complexometric
2013.
Dr. Bani Roy participated in the Seminar Science and Education Snapshots: A Summary of
Activities at Miranda House, University of Delhi organised by the University of Sydney
Mathematics Education (IISME). She made a presentation titled Colours of Gold: Exploring
Chemysteries, 16 April 2013.
Dr. Bani Roy participated in a Physics Education Research Graduate Students Research
Dr. Bani Roy was a Member of the Organizing Committee for the Workshop for students
held under DBT Star College Scheme Nature at Work: Studying Biomolecules organized by
D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education and Department of
Chemistry, held at Miranda House, 25 September 2013.
Dr. Bani Roy was member of the organizing committee and Mentor for the Workshop in
Chemistry held during INSPIRE Internship Programme held at D S Kothari Centre for
Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, 15-20 December 2013.
Dr. Bani Roy was the Resource Person in the Summer Workshop for Undergraduate Science
Students titled Flavor of Research: Investigative Projects in Multidisciplinary Contexts held
at the D. S. Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda
House, University of Delhi from 6 June to 21 July 2013.
Dr. Bani Roy was the Member of Organizing Committee for QUEST 2013: A Competition
for Undergraduate Science Students conducted by Centre for Science Education and
Communication (CSEC), University of Delhi.
Dr. Bani Roy was the Coordinator, Baseline Science Test-2013, organized by the D S Kothari
Centre for Research and Innovation, Miranda House, University of Delhi.
Dr. Bani Roy was the Joint Coordinator for the Miranda House stall in Antardhvani,
University of Delhi Festival in February 2014.
Madhulika Johri Verma was Member of the Organizing Committee for the workshop for
students titled Nature at Work: Studying Biomolecules held under DBT Star College
Scheme, organized by D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education
and Department of Chemistry, held at Miranda House , 25 September 2013.
Dr. Amrita T Sheikh was the Member of the organizing committee for the Workshop for
Students titled Nature at Work: Studying Biomolecules held under DBT Star College
Scheme organized by D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education
and Department of Chemistry, held at Miranda House, 25 September 2013.
Dr. Mallika Pathak was resource person and presented an experiment titled Conductometric
2013.
Dr. Mallika Pathak was resource persons and presented an experiment titled
Complexometric Titration at the Advancing Science Education by Enhanced Learning in the
2-5 April 2013.
Dr. Mallika Pathak participated in the Seminar Science and Education Snapshots: A
Mathematics Education (IISME). She was co-author of presentation titled Colours of Gold:
Exploring Chemysteries, 16 April 2013.
Dr. Mallika Pathak participated in a Physics Education Research Graduate Students
Dr. Mallika Pathak was a Member of the Organizing Committee for the Workshop for
students held under DBT Star College Scheme Nature at Work: Studying Biomolecules
organized by D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education and
Department of Chemistry, held at Miranda House, 25 September 2013.
Dr. Mallika Pathak was mentor for the Workshops in Chemistry held during INSPIRE
Internship Programme held at D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science
Education, Miranda House, 15-20 December 2013.
Dr. Mallika Pathak was resource person in the Summer Workshop for Undergraduate
Science Students titled Flavor of Research: Investigative Projects in Multidisciplinary
Contexts held at the D. S. Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education,
Miranda House, University of Delhi from 6 June to 21 July 2013.
Dr. Mallika Pathak was the Coordinator for Chemistry: Baseline Science Test-2013,
organized by the D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation, Miranda House,
University of Delhi.
Dr Mallika Pathak participated in Workshop on Methodology of Teaching Science and
2013.
Dr Mallika Pathak participated in the International Workshop on New Frontiers in Global
Learning and Communication at Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women,
University of Delhi, 28 December to 2 January 2014.
Dr. Sharda Mahilkar Sonkar was the Member of the Organizing Committee for the
Workshop for students held under DBT Star College Scheme Nature at Work: Studying
Biomoleculesorganized by D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science
Education and Department of Chemistry, Miranda House, 25 September 2013.
Dr. Himanshu Kaushik was the Coordinator of the Workshop for students held under DBT
Star College Scheme Nature at Work: Studying Biomolecules organized by D S Kothari
Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education and Department of Chemistry,
Miranda House on 25 September 2013.
Ms. Anita Kumari participated in a Workshop on Foundation Course in Science and Life,
Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education University of Delhi on 21-22
June 2013.
Ms. Anita Kumari was the Member of the Organizing Committeefor the Workshop for
students held under DBT Star College Scheme Nature at Work: Studying
Ms. Anita Kumari was the Mentor for Workshop in Chemistry held during INSPIRE
Internship Programme at D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science
Ms.Nutan Rani was the Member of the Organizing Committeefor the Workshop for students
held under DBT Star College Scheme Nature at Work: Studying Biomoleculesorganized by
D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education and Department of
Chemistry, Miranda House, 25 September 2013.
Ms.Nutan Rani was the Mentor for Workshop in Chemistry held during INSPIRE Internship
Programme at D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education,
Miranda House, 15-20 December 2013.
Dr. Kalawati Saini was the Member of the Organizing Committee for the Workshop for
Dr. Kalawati Saini participated on the Proposal and Project writing sponsored by UGC at the
Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education University of Delhi on 7 - 9
March 2013.
Dr. Kalawati Saini participated in a workshop titled Information Literacy and Competency
of Library Systems organised University of Delhi, 17 January 2014.
Dr. Smriti Sharma Bhatia participated and presented a paper titled Effect of ZnO
nanoparticles in seed germination and seeding biology of Polypleurumstylosum
(Podostemaceae) at the Fourth International Conference on Nanotechnology: Fundamentals
and Applications, held at Toronto, Canada 12-14 August 2013.
Dr. Smriti Sharma Bhatia participated and presented a paper titled Phytoregulatory profile of
ZnO nanoparticles at the Fourth International Conference on Nanotechnology:
Fundamentals and Applications, held at Toronto, Canada 12-14 August 2013.
Dr. Smriti Sharma Bhatia presented a paper titled Effect of ZnO and SiO2 Nanoparticles on
Vigna Radiata at the National Conference on Relevance of Nanotechnology in Biology,
Hansraj College, University of Delhi, 1 March 2013.
Ms. Jyoti Tanwar was the Member of the Organizing Committeefor the Workshop for
Ms. Jyoti Tanwar was the Mentor for Workshop in Chemistry held during INSPIRE
Internship Programme at D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science
Dr. Meetu Bhatia Grover participated in the CIMPA- UNESCO-INDIA research school on
Generalized Nash Equilibrium Problems, Bilevel programming and Mathematical
Programming with Equilibrium Constraints, held at University of Delhi, 25 November - 6
December, 2013.
Dr. Meetu Bhatia Grover participated in the 3 weeks UGC sponsored Refresher Course on
Mathematical Sciences (Mathematics/ Computers/ Operational Research/ Statistics)
conducted by the Centre for Professional development and Higher Education (CPDHE),
University of Delhi, 4 December 2013 to 4 January, 2014.
Dr. Sunila Sharma participated in the International Conference on Generalized Nash
Equilibrium Problems, by leval Programming and MPEC organized by UNESCO-CIMPAINDIA Research School held at the University of Delhi, Delhi, 25 November to 6 December,
2013.
Dr. Sunila Sharma participated in the Foundation course on Building Mathematical Ability
held at Clustor Innovation Centre, University of Delhi, 18-20 June, 2013.
Dr. Sunila Sharma participated on a Seminar titled organized by organized by MatLab &
Simulink for Engineering Education, held at , 24 September 2013.
Ms. Apeksha participated in National Conference on Advances in Mathematics held at
Hansraj College, University of Delhi, 7-8 March, 2014.
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Ms. Apeksha participated in the workshop on M -Mathematical Modeling with
Mathematica p organized by Non-linear Dynamic Research Lab, USBAS, Guru Gobind
Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, 20 March, 2014.
Ms. Apeksha participated in the Foundation Course on Building Mathematical Ability held
at Clustor Innovation Centre, University of Delhi, 24 – 26 June, 2013.
Dr. Daulti Verma participated in Pre-ICM International Convention on Mathematical
Sciences,organized by the Department of Mathematics,University of Delhi,
Dr. Daulti Verma participated in the Foundation Course on Building Mathematical Ability
held at Clustor Innovation Centre, University of Delhi, 24 – 26 June, 2013.
Dr. Daulti Verma participated in the National Workshop on Differential Equation held at
Department of Mathematics, University of Delhi,
Dr. Sushma Moitra successfully completed Innovation project MH 102 Computational
Modelling of Phytoregulatory profile of some Nanoparticles, report submitted in July 2013.
Dr. Sushma Moitra presented a paper titled Effect of ZnO nanoparticles in seed germination
and seeding biology of Polypleurumstylosum (Podostemaceae) at the Fourth International
Conference on Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications, held at Ryerson
University, Toronto, Canada 12-14 August 2013.
Dr. Sushma Moitra presented a paper titled Phytoregulatory profile of ZnO nanoparticles at
the Fourth International Conference on Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications,
held at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada 12-14 August 2013.
Dr. Anita Sehgal presented a paper titled Effect of ZnO nanoparticles in seed germination
and seeding biology of Polypleurumstylosum (Podostemaceae) at the Fourth International
Dr. Anita Sehgal presented a paper titled Phytoregulatory profile of ZnO nanoparticles at the
Fourth International Conference on Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications, held
at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada 12-14 August 2013.
Dr. Janaki Subramanyan was resource person and presented an experiment titled To Test the
Viability of Seeds and Pollen Grains, at the Advancing Science Education by Enhanced
Learning in the Laboratory (ASELL) National Science Workshop, University of Sydney,
Sydney, Australia, 2-5 April 2013.
Dr. Janaki Subramanyan participated in the Seminar Science and Education Snapshots: A
Mathematics Education (IISME). She made a presentation titled Plant Tissue Culture, 16
April 2013.
Dr. Janaki Subramanyan participated in a Physics Education Research Graduate Students
Dr. Janaki Subramanyan was resource person in the Summer Workshop for Undergraduate
Dr. Janaki Subramanyan was the Mentor for the Workshop organized in Botany held during
Dr. Janki Subramanyan was the Coordinator of DBT Star College Project Workshop on
Tissue Culture: A workshop for Students, held at Miranda House, University of Delhi, Delhi,
12—13 Mar 2014.
Dr. Madhu Bajaj participated in a Course on D-LITE (Digital Literacy and Innovation for
Tomorrow’s Education) Course organized by Campus of Open Learning, University of
Delhi, and Edinburgh College, U.K., under UK-India Education and Research Initiative, 1820 November 2013.
Dr. Madhu Bajaj participated in the Workshop titled Biology and Technology of Cultivable
Mushrooms organized by Institute of Life Long Learning, University of Delhi South
Campus, 18-19 February 2014.
Dr. Madhu Bajaj was a Mentor for the Workshop organized in Botany titled DNA: Close
Encounters for INSPIRE Internship Programme held at D S Kothari Centre for Research and
Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, 15-20 December 2013.
Dr. Madhu Bajaj was a Mentor for the Workshop Isolation of Genomic DNA from
Cauliflower by Spooling Method for Chemistry students as part of Nature at Work: Studying
Biomolecules organized by Department of Chemistry, Miranda House, under the DBT Star
College Project, 25 September 2013.
Dr. Meenakshi Sethi was the resourse person of DBT Star College Project Workshop on
Tissue Culture: A workshop for Students, held at Miranda House, University of Delhi, Delhi,
12—13 Mar 2014.
Dr. Saloni Bahri was resource person and presented an experiment titled To Study bacteria
by Gram Staining Technique, at the Advancing Science Education by Enhanced Learning in
the Laboratory (ASELL) National Science Workshop, University of Sydney, Sydney,
Australia, 2-5 April 2013.
Dr. Saloni Bahri participated in the Seminar Science and Education Snapshots: A Summary
of Activities at Miranda House, University of Delhi organised by the University of Sydney
Mathematics Education (IISME). She was co-author of presentation titled Plant Tissue
Culture, 16 April 2013.
Dr. Saloni Bahri participated in a Physics Education Research Graduate Students Research
Dr. Saloni Bahri presented a paper titled Effect of ZnO nanoparticles in seed germination and
seeding biology of Polypleurumstylosum (Podostemaceae) at the Fourth International
Dr. Saloni Bahri presented a paper titled Phytoregulatory profile of ZnO nanoparticles at the
Fourth International Conference on Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications, held
at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada 12-14 August 2013.
Dr. Saloni Bahri presented a paper titled Phytoregulatory Profile of Nanoparticles: ZnO and
TiO2 at the National Conference on Relevance of Nanotechnology in Biology, Hansraj
College, University of Delhi, 1 March 2013.
Dr. Saloni Bahri participated in the Workshop on Biology and Technology of Cultivable
Mushrooms organized by ILLL at Biotech Building, University of Delhi, South Campus, 18
- 19 February 2014.
Dr. Saloni Bahria participated in the Workshop CUBE Delhi - 2014 held at Acharya Narayan
Dev College, University of Delhi, 7 February 2014.
Dr. Saloni Bahri participated in the International workshop titled New Frontiers in Global
Learning and Communication held at Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for
Women, University of Delhi , 28 December 2013 to 02 January 2014.
Dr. Saloni Bahri participated in the National Symposium on Frontiers in Plant Molecular
Biology held at Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of South Campus, 27-28
September 2013.
Dr. Saloni Bahri was resource person in the Summer Workshop for Undergraduate Science
House, University of Delhi from 6 June to 21 July 2013.
Dr. Saloni Bahri was member of the organizing committee and mentor for the Workshop
organized in Botany held during INSPIRE Internship Programme held at D S Kothari Centre
for Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, 15-20 December 2013.
Ms. Renuka Aggarwal participated in a Workshop on Drosophila: an excellent model to
study biology, organized by Drosophila Stock Centre, Department of Zoology, University of
Delhi from 20-21 September 2013.
Ms. Renuka Aggarwal was the Mentor for workshop organized in Botany at the Inspire
Internship Program 2013, held at at D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in
Dr. Monika Jaggi participated in a training course on Applications of Nanotechnology in
Agriculture, organized under World Bank funded NAIP-ICAR Project at Central Arid Zone
Research Institute, Jodhpur , March 10-19, 2014.
Dr. RashmiShakya participated in Digital Literacy for Innovation in Tomorrow’s Education
(DLITE) organized by Campus of Open Learning in collaboration with Edinburgh College,
Scotland, U.K. under UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) program from
18-21 November 2013.
Dr. Rashmi Shakya was the Member of the organizing committee and participated as a
Mentor in workshop organized in Botany at the Inspire Internship Programme 2013, held at
D S Kothari centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, and
University of Delhi,15-20 December 2013.
Dr. Tanima Bose participated in an International Workshop on New Frontiers in Global
Learning and Communications, organized by S.R. College of Applied Sciences, Delhi, in
collaboration with the University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA, 28 December 2013 to 02
January 2014. She received a Special Appreciation Award.
Dr.Tanima Bose contributed as Resource Person and delivered the inaugural lecture An
Overview of Metabolism in the workshop on Nature at Work: Studying Biomolecules
organized by the Department of Chemistry, Miranda House, under the aegis of the DBTsponsored Star College Project, 25 September 2013.
Dr. Tanima Bose delivered Inaugural lecture An Overview of Metabolism, organized by the
Life Sciences Society, Miranda House, 01 October 2013.
Dr. Tanima Bose was the Member of the organizing committee for Workshop for UG Science
students Understanding Proteins: Structures and Functions organized by DSKC, Miranda
House, University of Delhi under DBT Star College Project, 15-18July 2013.
Dr. Jyoti Arora participated in an International Workshop on New Frontiers in Global
Learning and Communications organized by Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences
for Women, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Oriented Program, University of Delhi,
India and University of Massachusetts Boston, USA at ShaheedRajguru College of Applied
Sciences for Women from 28 December 2013 to 02 January 2014.
Dr. Jyoti Arora was the Mentor for Workshop on Designing Life: Small Experiments
organized at the Inspire Internship Programme 2013, held at D S Kothari centre for Research
and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, and University of Delhi, 15-20
December 2013.
Dr. Jyoti Arora was the Member of Organizing Committee for workshop on Understanding
Proteins: Structures and Functions organized under DBT Star College Project at D S Kothari
Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, University of
Delhi from 15-18 July 2013.
Dr. Jyoti Arora was resource person in the Summer Workshop for Undergraduate Science
House, University of Delhi from 6 June to 21 July 2013. The Title of the Research Project
was Limnological studies on three shallow, eutrophic, man-made lakes in Delhi: A
comparative Analysis.
Dr. Anjana Singha Naorem participated in Third training workshop in Drosophila organized
by Drosophila Stock Center, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 20 - 21September
2013.
Dr. Anjana Singha Naorem participated in an Orientation Programme-95 organized by
UGC-Academic Staff College, Gauhati University, Guwahati, 10 June to 07 July 2013.
Dr. Anjana Singha Naorem was the Coordinator for Biology: Baseline Science Test-2013,
organized by the D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation, Miranda House,
University of Delhi.
Dr. Anjana Singha Naorem was the Mentor and the Member of the organizing committee in
the Inspire Internship Programme and contributed to the workshop Designing Life: Small
Experiments organized by D.S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science
Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi,15-20 December 2013.
Dr. Sadhna Sharma was resource person and presented an experiment titled ELISA: Enzyme
Linked Immunosorbent Assay, at the Advancing Science Education by Enhanced Learning
in the Laboratory (ASELL) National Science Workshop, University of Sydney, Sydney,
Australia, 2-5 April 2013.
Dr. Sadhna Sharma participated in the Seminar Science and Education Snapshots: A
Mathematics Education (IISME). She made a presentation titled Searching genes for novel
drug and vaccine candidates from Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome, 16 April 2013.
Dr. Sadhna Sharma participated in a Physics Education Research Graduate Students
Dr. Sadhna Sharma was resource person in the Summer Workshop for Undergraduate
Dr. Sadhna Sharma participated in Annual Scientific Review Meeting, Open Source Drug
Discovery, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, 12-13 September
2013.
Dr. Sadhna Sharma presented a paper titled Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Rv3083 (mymA)
Protein as a Ligand for Toll like Receptors (TLRs) at the Immunocon 2013, 40th Annual
Conference of Indian Immunology Society, University College of Medical Sciences,
University of Delhi, 15-17 November 2013.
Dr. Sadhna Sharma was the Mentor in the workshop DNA and Enzymes: Tiny but Mighty
Players in the Inspire Internship Programme organized by D.S Kothari Centre for Research
and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi, 15-20 December
2013.
Dr. Sadhna Sharma was the Coordinator of the DBT Star College Project sponsored
Workshop for Undergraduate Science Students Understanding Proteins: Structures and
Functions organized by D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science
Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi, 15-18 July 2013.
Dr. Sadhna Sharma was the Coordinator, Short Term certificate Add-on-Course Medical
Biotechnology, D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education,
Miranda House, University of Delhi, August 2013- March 2014.
Dr. Sadhna Sharma was the Coordinator of the DBT Star College Project sponsored Seminar
Quantitative PCR: Procedure and Applications delivered by Dr. SangeetaThatai, Training
Lead, South Asia, Invitrogen Biosciences, 3 December 2013.
Dr. Sadhna Sharma was the Coordinator of the DBT Star College Project sponsored Seminar
Flow Cytometer: Procedure and Applications delivered by Dr. Amitav Mohanty, Training
Head, BD Biosciences, 07 February 2014.
Dr. Nisha Vashishta was resource person and presented an experiment titled To Determine
the Blood Pressure of the Subject and to Demonstrate the Effect of Posture and Exercise in
BP, at the Advancing Science Education by Enhanced Learning in the Laboratory (ASELL)
National Science Workshop, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2-5 April 2013.
Dr. Nisha Vashishta participated in the Seminar Science and Education Snapshots: A
Mathematics Education (IISME), 16 April 2013.
Dr. Nisha Vashishta participated in a Physics Education Research Graduate Students
Dr. Nisha Vashishta participated in a Workshop on Cardiovascular Research organized by
Shriram Institute for Industrial Research, Delhi in partnership with AD Instruments, 2
August, 2013.
Dr. Rekha Kumari was the Mentor in the workshop organized for the INSPIRE Internship
Programme organized by D.S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science
Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi, 15-20 December 2013.
Dr. Rekha Kumari was the Coordinator of the Add-on-Course Medical Biotechnology, D S
Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House,
University of Delhi, August 2013- March 2014.
Dr. Rekha Kumari was the Coordinator, Add-on Course Bioinformatics and in Silico
Medicine organized at the Department of Zoology, Miranda House, 2013.
Dr. Monika Sharma presented a paper titled Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Rv3083 (mymA)
Protein as a Ligand for Toll like Receptors (TLRs) at the Immunocon 2013, 40th Annual
Conference of Indian Immunology Society, University College of Medical Sciences,
University of Delhi, 15-17 November 2013.
Dr. Monika Sharma was the Mentor in the workshop Designing Life: Small Experiments in
the Inspire Internship Programme organized by D.S Kothari Centre for Research and
Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi, 15-20 December
2013.
Dr. Monika Sharma was the Coordinator of the DBT Star College Project sponsored
Workshop for Undergraduate Science Students Understanding Proteins: Structures and
Functions organized by D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science
Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi, 15-18 July 2013.
Dr. Monika Sharma was the Coordinator of the DBT Star College Project sponsored
Workshop for Undergraduate Science Students Protein Modelling and Docking Studies for
Rational Drug Design organized by D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in
Science Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi, 12-13 March, 2014.
Dr. Simran Jit participated in Third training workshop in Drosophila organized by
Drosophila Stock Center, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 20 - 21September
2013.
Dr. Simran Jit was the member of organizing committee of the DBT Star College Project
sponsored Workshop for Undergraduate Science Students Understanding Proteins:
Structures and Functions organized by D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in
Science Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi, 15 – 18 July, 2014.
Dr. Simran Jit was the member of the organizing committee of the DBT Star College Project
sponsored Workshop for Undergraduate Science Students Protein Modelling and Docking
Studies for Rational Drug Design organized by D S Kothari Centre for Research and
Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi, 12 - 13 March, 2014.
Ms. Anuradha Khattar participated in a workshop for college teachers titled eYantra Lab
Setup Initiative (eLSI) for establishing a Robotics Laboratory at Miranda House,
sponsoredby MHRD, at Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi, Delhi, 24-25
September 2013.
Ms. Anuradha Khattar was the Coordinator, Add-on Course Operation Research organized
at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Miranda House, August –
October, 2013.
Ms. Anuradha Khattar was the coordinator of the DBT Star College Project sponsored
Workshop for Undergraduate Science Students Using Free and Open Source Softwares:
Introducing FOSS organized by D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science
Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi, 8 – 9 October, 2013.
Workshop for Undergraduate Science Students Science and Developing Android
Applications organized by D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science
Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi, 22 – 24 January 2014.
Workshop for Undergraduate Science Students Campus to Corporate organized by D S
Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House,
University of Delhi, 26 February, 2014.
Workshop for Undergraduate Science Students Redhat Linix Administration organized by D
S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House,
University of Delhi, 27 – 28 March 2014.
Ms. Anuradha Khattar participated and presented at the Finals of the e-Yantra Robotics
Teacher Competition (eYRTC) and the lab inaugurations at the e- Yantra Symposium (eYS2014) at IIT Bombay, 10 – 11 April 2014. The Miranda House team was awarded the fourth
prize in the competition.
Dr Barnali Biswas presented a paper titled Geography Teaching in Teacher Preparation
Programme in Delhi University at the JNU-CSRD-CAS National Colloquium on
Rethinking Geography Education and Research in India, at Centre for Regional
Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 29-30 March, 2014.
Dr Barnali Biswas participated in the Orientation Programme for the Innovation Project
Disaster Preparedness Developing a Strategy for Vulnerability Reduction through
Information Education & Communication at National Institue of Disaster Management, 7
February 2014.
Dr. Barnali Biswas participated in the Delhi University cultural festival Antardhvani as part
of DU Innovation Project Disaster Preparedness Developing a Strategy for Vulnerability
Reduction through Information Education & Communication, 14-16 February, 2014.
Ms. Garima Bansal presented a paper titled Role of Inquiry Based Textbooks in
Communication and Dissemination of Science at the National Conference Science in
Society and Development: Nehru and Beyond, Centre of Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, Jamia
Milia Islamia, Delhi, October 2013.
Ms. Garima Bansal presented a paper titled Beware of the consequences of Continuous and
Comprehensive Assessment: Implications for Students’ Learning at the National
Conference on Education Education at Crossroads, Regional Institute of Education, Bhopal,
July 2013.
Ms. Garima Bansal presented a paper titled Challenges faced by teachers in the
implementation of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation: Way Ahead at the National
Conference on Assessment Practices in Schools, Regional Institute of Education, Mysore,
May 2013.
Ms. Garima Bansal participated in a workshop titled Active Learning Integrating Hands-on
7-8 October 2013.
Ms. Garima Bansal participated in the Doctoral Student Mentorship Program held at Indian
Institute of Education, Ahmedabad, December 2013.
Ms. Garima Bansal was the member of the organizing team for Buniyad held at Miranda
House, University of Delhi, 5 March 2014.
Ms. Shashi Shukla participated in the International Conference on Higher Education for all,
held at Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, 20 – 21 February 2014.
Ms Vertika Chowdhary presented a paper titled Lifting the Veil off a Dark Childhood Secret:
A Study of Child Sexual Abuse at the Conference on Education and the Significance of Life
organized by the D.S. Kothari Centre for Science, Ethics and Education held on 6-7 March,
2014.
Ms Vertika Chowdhary presented a paper titled Clinical Drug Trials on Women in India: a
Sordid Tale of Oppression at the First International Conference organized by the Women’s
Development Centre, Shivaji College, University of Delhi, 1-2 April 2013.
Ms Ashu Thareja presented a paper titled Mathematics Assessment Practises in Primary
School : An Initiative to Develop Competencies for Assessment among Pre-Service
Teachers at the National Conference on Developing Mathematics Teachers for Quality
Learning for All organized by Regional Institute of Education , Ajmer (NCERT), 20-22
December 2013.
Ms Ashu Thareja participated in a Panel Discussion on Trials and Triumphs of being a
Mathematics Teacher at the National Conference on Mathematics Pedagogy, Jesus and Mary
College, University of Delhi, 10-11 February 2014.
Ms Ashu Thareja participated in the workshop on Technology and Innovations in the
Mathematics Classroom organized by the Department of Elementary Education, LSR
college for Women ,University of Delhi , 9-10 October 2013.
Ms Sonali Chitalkar participated in the Good Governance and Education Policy held at
Swami Shraddhnand College , University of Delhi, March 2014.
Library
Ms. Anuradha Sinha participated in an Oreintaiton workshop on the Foundation Course
Information Technology organized by CPDHE, University of Delhi, 23-25May 2013.
Ms. Anuradha Sinha participated in the Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Birth Centenary Memorial
Lecture at India Islamic National Centre, Lodhi Road, Delhi, 12 August 2013.
Ms. Anuradha Sinha participated in the Interactive Library Event organized by Taylor &
Francis, at the Habitat Convention Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. 22 November 2013.
Ms. Anuradha Sinha participated in the National Convention on Knowledge Literacy
Networking (16th NACLIN) organized by DELNET and National Institute of Technology,
Jaipur, 10-12 December 2013.
Ms. Anuradha Sinha attended the IASLIC All India Conference at Pune, 26 - 29 December
2013.
Publications
Publications
Vats, Manisha: Written E content for the postgraduate program of UGC ( EPathshala Project)
at SGTB Khalsa College for the economics course Money and Banking. Submitted four
modules so far which have been sent for review.
Budhiraja, Alka: Contributing towards the “e-PG Pathshala” project by writing some
modules on the Marco Economics course.
Dutta, Nandini: Third Annual Employment Report to The People of India commissioned by
the President of India through the Ministry of Labour and Employment, and executed by
VVGiri National Labour Institute.
Dutta, Nandini: A Report on “An Evaluation Study of Programmes Run by Coaching cum
Guidance Centres for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Job Aspirants” commissioned
by MoLE, Government of India.
Sarkar, Anindita: ‘Access to Groundwater and Sustaining Rural Livelihoods in Punjab,
India’ (Forthcoming), the Global Environment. The Chartered Institution of Water and
Environmental Management, London.
Ghose, Arpita and Das, Sutapa (2013): Government size and economic growth in emerging
market economies: a panel co-integration approach, Macroeconomics and Finance in
Emerging Market Economies, vol. 6, issue 1, pages 14-38.
Basu, Sujit and Das, Sutapa (2012): Principles of Macro Economics -I, for B.A Programme
IIIrd Semester, Book Age Publication, ISBN 81-924901-2-2.
Kumar, Vibhash (2013): Higher Education; Challenges and Opportunities in Higher
Education System in India. Delhi Business Review, 14 (2), 29-42. ISSN 2277-772.
Kumar, Vibhash and Singh, A. K. (2013): Performance Management through Spiritually
Aligned Employee Engagement, DSM Business Review, 4(2). ISSN 0975-1998.
Kumar, Vibhash (2013): Employee Engagement- A review. View of Space International
Multidisciplinary Journal of Applied Research, 1(8), 35-38. ISSN 2320-7620.
Kumar, Vibhash and Singh, A. K. (2013): Spirituality and Leadership. Proceedings of the
National Conference on Transformational Leadership and Beyond, Delhi, India. ISBN:97893-82880-26-4.
Priya Anu and Kumar, Vibhash (2013): Forms of Business Ownership. In: Business
Entrepreneurship and Management (University of Delhi Book, pp. 47-56). Delhi: Pearson
Publication. ISBN: 978-93-325-2005-9.
Sharma, Pratibha (2013): Values in Indian Culture: Preyas and Shreyas, Anushilana, vol
XLVII, 19-22.
Sharma, Pratibha (2013): Epistemology versus Scepticism, 58 Session of All India
Philosophy Council, (Udaipur), Indian Council of Philosophical Research.
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Sharma, Pratibha (2013): Structure of the Cosmological Argument, World Congress of
Philosophy, Athens, Greece.
Dorjey, Tashi (2013): Presented paper on “Ratna Sri’s Ontology and Metaphysic” in the
Indian Philosophical Congress 88 27 to 30 2013, Madurai.
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Ahlawat, Ritu (2013): Concept of Natural System in Physical Geography. Asso for
Geographical Studies. Study Material Series, VII: 1-14
Ahlawat, Ritu (2013): Morphometry and Network of Hydrological Stations: Betwa River
Catchment. In: Sustainable Natural Resources Management under Changing Climate
Scenarios, (eds. M.D. Nandeshwar, et.al), Proceedings of the Third International Geography
Congress, 146-152. Allied Pub., New Delhi.
Ahlawat, Ritu (2014): Hydrological data network modelling using artificial neural network
in Betwa Catchment. Int. Joul. of Soft Computing and Engineering. 3 (6): 132-134.
Yadav, Purva: Impact of Globalisation on India: An Analysis of capital flow to and from
India, Editor B.Thakur, title of the book not yet decided
Yadav, Purva: In Indian Journal of Environment and Development, Changing patterns of
international trade flows: A comparative study of BRIC Economies.
Srimanjari (2014): Review of ZafarAnd The Raj: Anglo-Mughal Delhi c. 1800-1850 by
Amar Farooqui in The Book Review, Vol. XXXVIII No. 1 January 2014.
Srimanjari (2014): Programme MA in History: Course: Indian National Movement. Block
5: Quit India and its Aftermath: Unit 20: Prelude to Quit India; Unit 21: Quit India Movement
(Forthcoming, 2014)
Dutta, Nonica (2013): N. Dayanand Saraswati, in Knut. A. Jacobson (ed), Brill’s
Encyclopedia of Hinduism (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2013).
Dutta, Nonica (2013): ‘The Language of Narendra Modi’, Economic and Political Weekly (4
May 2013)
Jagannathan, Bharati (2013): “Seasons, India 1 & 2”, Raed Leaf Poetry.
Jagannathan, Bharati (2013): “Last Post”, Indian Literature, SahityaAkademi’s Bimonthly
Journal, Vol. 274.
Jagannathan, Bharati (2013): “Philadelphia Winter”, in Four and Twenty of the Week.
John, Maya (2013): From the Pages of Social Scientist: Tributes, 1983-2013, Remembering
Eric Hobsbawm and His Age, Tulika Books, 2013 ISBN NO.: 978-93-82381-17-4
John, Maya (2013): Social Scientist, Critiquing Reforms in Higher Education, Vol. 41, Nos.
7–8, July–August 2013 [ISSN 0970-0293]
John, Maya (2013): Sanhati, “Fears and Furies of Sexual Harassment: Going Beyond the
Vishaka Guidelines”, December 2013.
John, Maya (2013): Radical Notes, “Class Societies and Sexual Violence: Understanding
Rape in Contemporary Times”, 2013.
John, Maya (2013): Sanhati, “Critiquing Intersectionality, Populism and Gender
Disembodied of Class”, June 2013.
John, Maya (2013): Economic and Political Weekly, “Market, Law and Politics of Trade
Unionism: Maruti and Beyond”, 2013.
Science Publications
Jolly, Pratibha, Malik, Usha and Verma, Mallika (2013): Velocity of Ultrasonic Waves in a
Liquid Using Ultrasonic Grating, Advancing Science through Enhancement of Learning in
the Laboratory (ASELL) Workshop, University of Sydney, Australia, 02-05 April 2013.
Jolly, Pratibha, Malik, Usha and Verma, Mallika (2013): Elliptically Polarised Light,
Advancing Science through Enhancement of Learning in the Laboratory (ASELL)
Workshop, University of Sydney, Australia, 02-05 April 2013.
Jolly, Pratibha (2014): Physics Education Research: Transforming Classrooms, Teaching
and Student Learning at the Tertiary Level, Proceedings of the
Naorem, Bilasini Devi, Roy, S. Malhotra, Y. Srivastava, M.P. (2013): Fabrication of Gold
Nanostructures and Studies of Their Morphological and Surface Plasmonic Properties,
Plasmonics 8: 1273–1278.
Naorem, Bilasini Devi, Roy, S. Malhotra, Y. Srivastava, M.P. (2013): Surface Plasmonic
Properties of Gold-silver Bimetallic Nanostructures Fabricated by Hot Plasma and Their
Characterization in Proceedings of 27 National Symposium on Plasma Science and
Technology “Plasma 2012” (Pondicherry) 201-205 Pondicherry University, Pondicherry.
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Tyagi, M., Tomar, Monika, Gupta, V. (2013): Fabrication of an efficient GLAD assisted pNiOnanorods/n-ZnO thin film heterojunction UV photodiodes, J. Materials Chemistry C (in
press)
Paliwal, A., Sharma, A., Tomar, Monika, Gupta, V. (2014): Magneto-optical properties of
BiFeO thin films using Surface Plasmon Resonance technique, PhysicaB (in press).
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Tyagi, P., Sharma, A., Tomar, Monika, Gupta, V. (2014): Pdnanoclusters integrated SnO thin
film sensor for lowtemperature detection of SO gas with enhanced response, Chemical
Sensors (in press).
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Paliwal, A., Sharma, A., Tomar, Monika, Gupta, V. (2014): Optical properties of WO thin
films using SPR technique, J. Applied Physics, 115- 043104.
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Arora, K., Tomar, Monika, Gupta, V. (2014): Effect of Processing Parameters for
Electrocatalytic Properties of SnO Thin Film Matrix For Uric Acid Biosensor, Analyst 139837-849.
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Shahabuddin, M., Sharma, A., Tomar, Monika, Gupta, V. (2014): Metal Clusters Activated
SnO Thin Film for Low Level Detection of NH Gas, Sensors & Actuators B 194- 410-418.
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Gupta, S., Tomar, Monika, Gupta, V. (2014): Ferroelectric Photovoltaic Properties of Ce
and Mncodoped BiFeO Thin Film, J. Applied Physics 115- 014102.
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Jindal, K., Tomar, Monika, Gupta, V. (2014): Inducing Electrocatalytic Functionality in ZnO
Thin Film by N Doping to Realize a Third Generation Uric Acid Biosensor, Biosensors and
Bioelectronics 55- 57-65.
Tyagi, M., Tomar, Monika, Gupta, V. (2014): Glad Assisted Synthesis of NiOnanorods for
Realization of Enzymatic Reagentless Urea Biosensor, Biosensors & Bioelectronics 52196-201.
Tank, M., Gupta, V., Tomar, Monika (2013): Zinc Oxide-multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes
Hybrid Nanocomposite Based Urea Biosensor, J. Materials Chemistry 1- 6392-6401.
Batra, N., Tomar, Monika, Jain, P., Gupta, V. (2013): Laser Ablated ZnO Thin Film for
Amperiometric Detection of Urea, J. Applied Physics 114- 124702.
Jindal, K., Tomar, Monika, Gupta, V. (2013): Nitrogen Doped Zinc Oxide Thin Films
Biosensor for Determination of Uric Acid, Analyst 138- 4353-4362.
Jindal, K., Tomar, Monika, Katiyar, R.S., Gupta, V. (2013): N Doped ZnO Thin Film for
Development of Magnetic Field Sensor Based on Surface Plasmon Resonance, Optics
Letters 38- 3542-3545.
Rajan, A., Gupta, V., Yadav, H.K., Tomar, Monika (2013): Sol-gel Derived Ag Doped ZnO
Thin Film for UV Photodetector with Enhanced Response, J. Materials Science 48- 79948002.
Gupta, S., Tomar, Monika, James, A., Gupta, V. (2013): Study of A-site and B-site Doping on
Multiferroic Properties of BFO Thin Films, Ferroelectrics 454- 41-46.
Raj, V.B., Singh, H., Nimal, A.T., Tomar, Monika, Sharma, M.U., Gupta, V. (2013): Effect of
Metal Oxide Sensing Layers on the Distinct Detection of Ammonia Using Surface Acoustic
Wave (SAW) Sensors, Sensors and Actuators B 187- 563-573.
Jindal, K., Tomar, Monika, Katiyar, R.S., Gupta, V. (2013): Room Temperature
Ferromagnetism in PLD Grown Zn Li O N Thin Films, Integrated Ferroelectrics, 148- 96101
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Tyagi, M., Tomar, Monika, Gupta, V. (2013): P-N Junction of NiO Thin Film for Photonic
Devices. IEEE Electron Device Letters 34- 81-83.
Sharma, A., Raj, V.B., Jindal, K., Tomar, Monika, Gupta, V. (2013): Realization of Surface
Acoustic Wave (SAW) and Semiconductor Gas Sensors for Room Temperature Detection of
NO Gas, Integrated Ferroelectrics 148- 90-95.
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Sonker, R.K., Sharma, A., Shahabuddin, M., Tomar, Monika, Gupta, V. (2013): Low
Temperature Sensing of NO Gas Using SnO -ZnO Nanocomposite Sensor”, Advanced
Materials Letters 4- 196-201.
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Gupta, V., Tomar, Monika, Gupta, V. (2013): Raman Spectroscopy of Nanocrystalline Mn
Doped BiFeO Thin Films, J. Experimental Nanoscience 8- 261-266.
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Batra, N., Tomar, Monika, Gupta, V. (2013): Efficient Detection of Cholesterol Using ZnO
Thin Film Based Matrix, J. Experimental Nanoscience 8- 280-287.
Rajan, A., Gupta, V., Yadav, H.K., Tomar, Monika (2014): Fast Response Ultra-violet
Photodetectors Based on Sol Gel Derived Ga-doped ZnO. Procedia Engineering, (in
press).ISSN: 1877-7058
Arora, K., Tomar, Monika, Gupta, V. (2013): Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Polyanaline for
Efficient Detection of Uric Acid, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology,
Vol. 78, 1492-1495.
Rajan, A., Paliwal, Y., Gupta, V., Tomar, Monika (2013): Plasmonic Enhancement of Optical
Absorption of UV Radiation in ZnO Thin Film Based Ultraviolet Photodetectors. Proc. of
Materials Research Society Symposium, USA.Vol. 1509. DOI:10.1557/opl.2013.352.
Arora, K., Tomar, Monika, Gupta, V. (2013): An Efficient Uric Acid Biosensor Based on Tin
Oxide Thin Film Matrix. Proc. of Materials Research Society Symposium, Vol. 1530. DOI:
10.1557/opl.2013.470.
Sharma, A.; Shaan Ameer, Avneet Singh, Reema Gupta, Lokesh Rana, Anil Arora, Tomar,
Monika, and Vinay Gupta (2013): MEMS based SnO Gas Sensor for Trace Level Detection
of NO Gas, Best Poster Presentation Award, International Conference on Nanoscience and
Nanomaterials (ICNN-2013), Lucknow, 18-20 Dec. 2013
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Singh, Sonam. & Ganotra, D. (2013): Wavefront Fitting and Comparison of Camera
Aberrations Using Zernike Circle Polynomials. Optik- International Journal for Light and
Electron Optics 124: 2379-2386.
Dhingra, Sunita, Sonkar, Sharda Mahilkar, & Lumb Anshika (2013): Green Technologies in
Academics: Need to Green the Chemistry Laboratories in academic institutions. In:
Proceedings of “International Workshop on Green Initiatives in Energy, Environment and
Health” (Delhi), TERI, Gautam Buddha University and University of Delhi sponsored by the
Royal Society of Chemistry, London. December 2-3.
Roy Bani & Pathak, Mallika (2013): Conductometric Titration. In: Proceedings of the
Advancing Science Education by Enhanced Learning in the Laboratory (ASELL) National
Science Workshop, University of Sydney, Australia, from 02-05 April 2013.
Sehgal, Anita, Sushma, Moitra, Saloni, Bahri, Bhatia, Smriti Sharma, Mann, Neha (2013):
Effect of ZnO Nanoparticles on the Seed Germination and Seedling Biology of Polypleurum
stylosum(Podostemaceae). In: Proceedings of International Conference on
Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 12-14,
2013.
Bahri, Saloni, Bhatia, Smriti, Sharma, Sehgal, Anita, Moitra, Sushma & Mann, Neha
(2013): Phytoregulatory Profile of ZnO Nanoparticles. In: Proceedings of International
Conference on Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
August 12-14, 2013.
Moitra. Sushma (2013): ‘Vegetation’ In: Landscape Architecture in India, a Reader.
Publishers: L A, Journal of Landscape Architecture.
Subramanyan, Janaki. & Bahri, Saloni (2013): To Test the Viability of Seeds and Pollen
Grains, ASELL National Science Workshop Experiments Manual, University of Sydney,
Sydney, Australia, 02-05 Apr 2013, pp. 59—67.
Bahri, Saloni & Subramanyan, Janaki (2013): To Study Bacteria by Gram Staining
Technique, ASELL National Science Workshop Experiments Manual, University of Sydney,
Sydney, Australia, 02-05 Apr 2013, pp. 3—13.
Agrawal, Renuka, Agrawal, N., Tandon, R. & Raina, S.N. (2014): Chloroplast Genes as
Genetic Markers for Inferring Patterns of Change, Maternal Ancestry and Phylogenetic
Relationships Among Eleusine Species”. AoB PLANTS 6: plt056; doi:10.1093/
aobpla/plt056.
Agrawal, Renuka, Tsujimoto, H., Tandon, R., Rao, S. & Raina, S.N. (2013): SpeciesGenomic Relationships Among the Tribasic Diploid and Polyploid Carthamus Taxa Based
on Physical Mapping of Active and Inactive 18S-5.8S-26S and 5S Ribosomal RNA Gene
Families, and the Two Tandemly Repeated DNA Sequences. Gene 521: 136-144.
Dar, T.H., Agrawal, Renuka, Mir, B.A. & Dar, G. H. (2013): Polyploidy: a Tool that Plants
Use to Survive Climate Changes. Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural
Sciences,1: 13-15.
Sharma, B., Shakya, Rashmi & Bhatla, S. C. (2013): Floral Biology of Sunflower- A
Histological and Physiological Analysis. In: Arribas, J. I. (Ed.) Sunflower: Growth and
Development, Environmental Influences and Pests/Diseases. Nova Science Pubs., New
York, USA.
Roy, S., Sharma, Sadhna, Sharma, Monika & Bose, M. (2014): Differential Signaling of
Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Induction in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infected Alveolar
Epithelial Cell Line A549 in Response to Cytokines IFN-ã, TNF-á and IL-1â. Int. J.
Mycobacteriology, Accepted for Publication.
Swati, Singh, Saraav, Iti & Sharma, Sadhna (2014): Immunogenic Potential of Latency
Associated Antigens Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Vaccine 32, (2014), 712-716.
Swati, Singh, Saraav, Iti, Sharma Monika & Sharma, Sadhna (2013): Latency Antigens as
Vaccine Candidates Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Life Science Symposium Current
Advances in Immunobiology and Cancer, BARC, Mumbai, 28-30 November 2013 (P19)
Saraav, Iti, Singh, Swati, Pandey, Kirti, Vishnoi, Ekta, Sharma, Monika & Sharma, Sadhna
(2013): Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv3083 (mymA) Protein as a Ligand for Toll Like
Receptors (TLRs). 40th Annual Conference of Indian Immunology Society, Immunocon,
UCMS, University of Delhi, Delhi, (P72).
Chandolia, A., Rathor, N., Sharma, Monika, Saini, N. K., Sinha, R., Malhotra, P.,
Brahmachari, V., Bose, M. Functional Analysis of mce4A Gene of Mycobacterium
Tuberculosis H37Rv Using Antisense Approach. Microbiological Research. (In Press)
article No.25646.
Lal, D., Jindal, S., Kumari, H., Jit, Simran, Nigam, A., Sharma, P., Kumari, K. & Lal, R.
(2013): Bacterial Diversity and Real-Time PCR Based Assessment of linA and linB Gene
Distribution at Hexachlorocyclohexane Contaminated Sites. J. Basic Microbiol. 2013, 53,
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Department Reports
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Department of English and the Literary Society
The Literary Society, Miranda House, had a busy year with academic and poetry writing
workshops, book club meetings, creative writing competitions, and a variety of other events
with eager and active participation from the students. A hugely successful production of the
Greek tragedy, Sophocles’s Antigone directed by renowned director Keval Arora was held as
V. Krishna Memorial Event on 05 April 2013.
Following are the Literary Society activities and events held from July 2013 to February
2014:
Monthly screenings of plays which are a part of B.A. (H) English syllabus were held
all through the year.
A creative writing group, named Bluestockings within literary society, was formed.
They hold fortnightly meetings and exercises in creative writing, and have
participated in and won a number of creative writing competitions. Teams from the
Miranda House literary Society also won the first position trophies at Creative
Writing Events held at Janki Devi Memorial College, and Gargi College, winning 7
out of 9 competitions held at these events.
The society entered into a partnership with Random House India (RHI) under an
initiative called Campus Connect. Random House provided us with books published
by them, and our students picked out ones that they liked to review. Students were
assured that they would be put in touch with experts from the publishing arena as and
when needed. Some students also got an opportunity to intern with RHI.
An interactive session on creative writing with Professor Garry Lyons, School of
Performance and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds, was organized on 13
January 2014. He gave a talk on Becoming a Writer.
A quiz competition called Sincerely, the Idiot Box and a creative writing competition
called The Marauder’s Quest was organized during Tempest 2014.
The Annual Literary Festival of the society was held on 24-25 February 2014. The
theme for the event was Disputed Territories, Denied Homelands. We invited
reputed scholars and experts for a series of talks. The list included women’s rights
activist, scholar and writer Sahba Hussain; women’s rights and Kashmiri activist and
founding member of Hurriyat Conference Anjum Zamrud Habib; Kashmiri scholar
Umair Gul; award winning poet and Tibetan Activist Tenzin Tsundue; noted
journalist and writer Kishalay Bhattacharjee; writer, scholar and Professor Dr Veio
Pou; writer and head of North-East Studies dept, Jamia Milia Islamia, Dr. Sanjoy
Hazarika; scholar and avid photographer Saswata Bhattacharya. We also organized a
photography and art competition Art-e-Expresar and a creative writing competition
Scriptorum.
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Department of Bengali and Agrani, the Bengali Society
The Bengali Department organized its freshers welcome in August 2014. During the mid
term break in October 2013, a group of department students visited a village in Haryana
where they carried out a survey and discussed about various social issues. They prepared a
report on Child Labour, Gender Discrimination, and Dowry System in the Community. The
Annual Seminar and Fest Utsab 2014 on the topic Theory of Criticism in Literature was held
on ***.
The department began the academic year with a welcome to the Freshers in August 2013.
The Department organised Sanyukta Chaudhari Memorial Lecture on 24 October 2013. It
was delivered by Padmashri Vidushi Smt. Geeta Chandran, renowned Bharatnatyam
Dancer, on Roots & Wings of Culture: A Dancer‘s Perspective. Inter College Compition was
held on 5 March 2014. M.L. Gupta Memorial lecture & K.D. Rustagi & K.M. Rustagi
competition was also organised in the month of March. Our students participated in many
inter college competitions and won several prizes.
Department of Economics and Arthashastra, the Economics Society
Knowledge, perfection and originality, this has been the mission of Arthashastra the
Economics Society of Miranda House for the year 2013-14. Inspired by the extensive
progress made in the last few years alone, the society has aimed to make this academic year
the most successful and most creative year yet. The session began with the target of
implementing two new objectives, specifically, to rekindle connetions with alumnae who
have graduated or taught at the Economics Department in Miranda House, and to expand the
knowledge of the students in our department by introducing them to speakers who are
proficient in their chosen field.
In the beginning of session, Economics Society started with a new initiative in the form of a
discussion group called Vislashen, a platform to discuss and analyse the economic issues.
The idea to initiate and implement enlightening sessions, which would help bridge the gap
between textbook learning and practical application of Economics, emerged from student
fraternity. Run by a sub-committee created solely for this purpose, Vishleshan has exposed
the students of economics to a wide spectrum of speakers and eminent personalities thereby
giving them an opportunity to deepen their understanding of the real world economics and
increase their passion for the subject. So far Visleshan has invited eminent speakers like Mr.
Rohit Azad, currently a professor at JNU; Dr. Subramaniam Swamy, a well known Indian
academician, politician, activist and economist; and Dr. Arvind Virmani, a renowned
economist and the Ex-Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India.
Another endeavour of the department has been a lecture series initiated to establish a link
with alumni of the Economics department by requesting them to come and talk to the
students about the fields they have pursued after graduating from Miranda House. A huge
success, the series began with talks on Energy as a theme. The speakers have included Dr
Nandita Mongia, currently an advisor on the National Clean Energy Fund, India, and Dr.
Amita Baviskar who is currently working as an Associate Professor of Sociology at the
Institute of Economic Growth. This initiative has given a major boost to formation of an
Alumnae Cell for the Economics Department of Miranda House.
The annual Economics fest of Miranda House Zenith held on 25-26 February 2014, took a
whole new turn this year. For the first time ever the fest adopted Crisis as theme. Crisis is
something everyone faces and no one escapes. Be it an economic meltdown or natural
disaster, crisis cannot be ignored. Each event had some form of Crisis embedded within it,
some unknown turn that forced the participants to think fast and stay alert. Apart from the
introduction of new events such as Capture which was a movie making competition open to
all colleges, our traditional events were also given a spin to adhere to the theme. Be it Ace the
Case that was given a makeover based on a popular TV show, or The Econquistador that
challenged the economist hidden inside of everyone by throwing them into economics crisis,
the fest was aimed to attract and amaze participants from all around the country, was a huge
success.
The third Zenith Model United Nations Conference hosted by Arthashastra took place on the
15-16 March. The most popular event Mock Stock was organised this year in collaboration
with IIT Delhi, and we invited a professional third party to host our Quiz 2.0. The fest was
covered by the Indian Economist as official media partner.
Economics Department’s annual magazine Aapoorti is an initiative of undergraduate
students to bring together ideas and opinions regarding various facets of economic life. It has
taken a great leap forward by incorporating contributions from across the country such as
submissions from St. Xavier’s Kolkata, National Institue of Fashion Technology Hyderabad
in addition to the ones received from within the University. The journal also includes
interviews with eminent personalities belonging to the discipline of Economics such as Lord
Meghnad Desai, Dr. Rajat Kathuria and Dr. E. Somanathan. Interactions with such
economists not only enriched the existing stock of knowledge among students but also
provided a new perspective beyond classroom learning based on the application of theories
in the real world scenario.
Arthashastra continued to run a blog Ecotalker: www.ecotalker.wordpress.com. This online
forum gives a platform to aspiring economists to share their views, opinions and ideas about
the world of economics around them. The blog is kept regularly updated. It provides weekly
knowledge boosters in addition to information about the upcoming events or competitions in
and around the campus. The idea is to keep the interest up in the discipline through ways that
interest the student fraternity.
Studnets of Economics are engaged in two DU Innovation projects this year. These projects
are: Kashmiriyat and Gendered socialisation: a comparative perspective.
The department also organized an excursion to Nainital and Jim Corbett in March.
The department organized two lectures on 22 October 2013. The lecture titled Spatial
Aspects of Development by Prof. Abdul Shaban, Department of Development Studies, Tata
Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, was followed by Wearing a sustainable livelihood by
Mr. Mahesh Gulati, Hast Shilp Vikas Nigam, Gwalior Division, Government of Madhya
Pradesh. This was a follow up of the field trip for which the third year Honours students had
visited Chanderi in Madhya Pradesh to understand the dynamics of development related to
weaving industry.
The Department annual fest Globe was organized on the theme The Journey is the
Destination. The event started by a lecture given by a Prof. Mondira Dutta, Centre for Inner
Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi on
the theme Tourism followed by student activities and events which saw huge participation
across colleges.
Faculty and students are busy working on two research projects: first, the UGC major
research project titled Work Participation and Issues in women’s health in Tehri Garhwal
District of Uttarakhand, and second, the University of Delhi Innovation Project titled
Disaster Preparedness: Developing A Strategy for Vulnerability Reduction Through
Information, Education and Communication.
As is practice, the History Society, Department of History, organised talks, panel
discussions, workshops, film screenings and a heritage walk.
Talks: The session opened with a talk by Sohail Hashmi on 18 September 2013 on Living
without Lifeline: Dilli before Jamna. It was an extremely fascinating and illustrative account
of the baolis of the capital city that catered to the water needs of the city from as early as the
Sultanat period. In early November 2013, Dr Bharati Jagannathan, faculty at the department,
spoke on Understanding Complex Ramayana Tradition. This talk was attended by students
of history as well as those of other disciplines. On 3 February 2014m the society organised a
panel discussion on the history of women’s experiences in the labour market. Economists Ms
Neetha Pillai and Dr Shashi Bala were the distinguished panelists. Prof. Rajeev Bhargava
gave a Public Lecture on ** March 2014.
Film Screening: The History Society in collaboration with the Women’s Development Cell
of the college screened on 5 September 2013 the film When women unite: the story of an
uprising based on the anti-arrack movement led by women in Andhra Pradesh in 1995. This
was followed by a discussion by Maya John, Faculty at the department.
Workshop: The Heritage Education and Communication Service (HECS), Indian National
Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) conducted a workshop for the Department on
3-4 October 2013. The workshop included presentations on Natural Heritage, Art Heritage,
Intangible Heritage and Conservation Training. A.G.K. Menon, INTACH Delhi Chapter
Convener spoke about Delhi’s bid to attain heritage city status. He highlighted the syncretic
culture of the city of Delhi which is evident in its distinct Indo-Islamic and colonial
architecture and the intangible aspects of heritage in the city. Prof. Narayani Gupta spoke
about the multilayered history of the city of Delhi. The second day of the workshop included
a heritage walk in Chandni Chowk led by Dr. Swapna Liddle.
The Annual Festival, Tarikh 2014: The society organised Tarikh 2014, the annual history
festival on 11 and 12 March 2014. The theme for this year’s events was State, Law and
Religion. The endeavour aimed at examining how the state has negotiated with religion, law
and community over different periods of history and in contemporary times. Through talks,
debates and paper presentations we engaged with the questions how the state has engaged
with different religions and individual and collective identities in pre-modern and modern
times; what the relationship is between the state and laws (customary, civil, criminal, etc.) in
the context of changing conceptions of religion and community. The event opened with a
Panel discussion by two eminent historians, Dr Dilip Simeon and Dr Raziuddin Aquil. This
was followed by a debate and paper presentations by students.
Theatre: The highlight of this year’s history festival and the grand finale was a play
Ajatashatru by the students of our department. The adaptation of Jaishankar Prasad’s play
was by Ms Rupa Srikumar, alumni of our department and the play was directed by her
daughter and our student Rohini Srikumar. The cast of the play comprised students drawn
from all three years of the undergraduate programme. The success of the production led to it
being staged again at the Founder’s Day on 7 Marh 2014 for the entire college community.
The Department of Philosophy organised a trip to Haridwar, Rishikesh and Dehradun in
April 2013. The trip included activities like camping, river rafting and sightseeing. The new
academic year began with a warm welcome to the fresh batch of students where imagination
of students was challenged with Fusion as the theme. The unpredictable and disturbing
trends in climate change in recent times highlight the need for us to go beyond the academic
perspective and realise the difference that we must and can make to the environment. In
keeping with this idea, the annual Philosophy Department Fest Gnosis, held on 28 February
2014, was premised on the theme Ethics and the Green Footprints. The need of the hour is to
determine how each one of us can put aside the sense of apathy we have resigned ourselves to
and acknowledge the role of self-discipline, morality and individual responsibility in
striving towards a greener planet. The idea behind the theme was to try to make people aware
that each one of us has a responsibility and capability towards making a positive impact on
the environment.The experts invited to speak on the occasion were Dr. Pragati Sahni,
Faculty, Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi and Ms. Pallavi Agarwala,
associated with the organisation Daily Dump. The talk was followed by four simultaneous
events namely Perspective, the Debate Competition; Time and Tune, the Group Song
Competition (Indian); Latitude, the Photography Competition and Phoenix, the Kabaad se
Jugaaad Competition.
The Department of Political Science furthered its academic engagements especially beyond
the classroom in the session 2013-14. In June 2013, the department anchored a two week
course on International Relations offered as part of the King’s College Summer School at
Miranda House. In August Dr. Kamal Nayan Chaube delivered a talk on The State and
Politics in India. On 13 September, Dr. Saroj Giri delivered a talk on Right to Selfdetermination and Arendt’s Political Philosophy. In January 2014, an interactive session on
Policies and Politics of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was organized where Ms. Anjana Mehta, a
ground worker of the AAP critically reflected on the Contemporary Contemplation on
Politics. Along with Department of Sociology, the department hosted a visit by faculty from
University of Sussex, UK. Professor Stephen Shute, Chair, Department of Law, Politics and
Sociology, University of Sussex, delivered a talk titled Criminal Law Process. This was
followed by an interactive session with active participation of students. The faculty of
Sussex generated huge interest among students and entertained their doubts and guided them
on how to proceed for higher studies at universities abroad.
The department celebrated its annual festival Ecclesia on 26 and 27 February 2014. It
included the talk Some Reflection on the Conceptual History of Politics in Modern India by
Dr. Mohinder Singh, Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, followed by a series of
creative activities and competitions by the students. This was followed by a talk on Indian
State and Religious Diversities by Professor Rajeev Bhargava, Director CSDS, Delhi. On
this occasion, the department released the eighth volume of its magazine Vox Populi with
articles illustrating the vast range of ideas that the discipline engages with.
The Sociology Department had an exceptional year. The freshers welcome in the month of
August was followed by screening of several films in September to familiarize students with
the disciline of Sociology. These included India Untouched and God’s Must be Crazy. A
session with the NGO, Swecha, was also organised in September.
The start of 2014 also saw a series of interesting events, beginning with a talk with Professor
Stephen Shute, University of Sussex, UK, who spoke on Individualised criminalisation:
using civil preventive orders to reduce the risk of serious crime – the experience in the United
Kingdom. The department also organized an ongoing seminar series on the theme of The
construction of a social identity. As part of this series, an interactive seminar was organized
with Jyoti Prasad from NGO Ankur and Yashoda Singh, a published author whose writing
focuses on the identity of a common Indian woman and serves as an exemplary example of
usage of research methodology. In the latter half of February 2014, the annual department
festival, Utopia 2014, dwelled on the topic Marriages Are Made In … . The fest began with
an interactive session with renowned sociologist, Dr. Patricia Uberoi, who introduced the
different dimensions of marriage as a social institution. This was followed by various
competitive events including Picture Speak and the Audio Visual and Paper Presentation
Competitions.
The Annual festival Buniyaad was organised in March 2013 after the last Founder’s
Day on the theme Gender, Education and Empowerment. Ms.Kamla Bhasin held an
interactive session with the students on this theme. Other events included poster
making competition, caption the picture, song and dance performance on the theme
by students of Miranda House and other participating colleges. There was an
exhibition of books and teaching –learning materials by Jodo Gyan, Nirantar and
Pratham and display of story boards and art and craft and pottery by students.
A talk cum interactive session on Classroom Management Strategies by Ms.
Moloyashree Hashmi was organized for III year students.
An interactive session cum workshop was organized on Innovative Practices in
Teaching of Primary Grade Mathematics by Mr. Dinesh Rastogi and Mrs. Ruth
Rastogi. The interactive session was followed by hands on activities and exploring
the role of art and craft, games, stories, concrete materials and worksheets in teaching
and learning of mathematics.
An interactive session on Story Telling by Story Teller and Puppeteer Usha
Venkatraman was organized for the II year students.
Yoga Shivir by yoga experts from Munger School of Yoga, Bihar was organized by
the Department. The students of I and II year learnt various yoga asanas not only for
adults but those which teachers could make in their classrooms for students for a
healthy living. Interactive sessions with the experts on varied questions related with
healthy life style too were part of the shivir. The Yoga books published by Munger
School of Yoga, Bihar, were displayed during the shivir.
A self-development workshop was held with the IV year students to prepare them to
deal with issues that may arise during their Internship. They discussed issues related
to teaching young children and their own role as a teacher. The session was
conducted by Ms. Ishani Sen from Pravah and was interactive in nature.
A Language Teaching workshop was organized for the IV year students to orient
them to teaching of English in the middle school classes. Ms. Molyashree Hashmi
conducted this workshop to prepare them to deal with children who are first
generation learners of English.
A workshop by Jodo Gyan was organized for students and teachers. The objective of
the workshop was to orient students and teachers on the importance of using concrete
educational materials for young children in developing mathematics concepts. Two
resource persons from Jodo Gyan organization came for the work shop. Studentteacher teams were made sit in groups of four and required material was distributed
to each group. Concepts related to geometry, fractions and place value were dealt
using activities. The session went up for about three hours. It was a good interactive
session enjoyed by student-teachers.
A talk by Ms. Shikha Takkar, from Homi Bhabha Centre of Science Education was
organized by the Department on the topic Research in Mathematics Education. This
gave exposure to current research work going on in mathematics education in India
as well as the trends of research in mathematics education around the world. The talk
also focussed on the importance of research for teachers.
The Department organized a public interaction on Understanding Muzaffarnagar to
sensitize students to the issues of communalism. The speakers were Prof. Nirmanshu
Mukherji, Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi; Mr. Jamal Kidwai,
Director, Aman Ekta Manch and Ms. Vinerjeet Kaur, Member of the fact finding
team and student, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.
The Department organized a Public Lecture The Idea of India in 21 Century by Prof.
Yogendra Yadav (Senior Fellow, CSDS). The session was chaired by Prof. Nandini
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Sundar, Department of Sociology, University of Delhi. It was attended by students
from across different colleges of the University. He shared his views on the
development of democracy in India and the world and contextualized its future in the
21 century.
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As a part of the Performing and Fine arts practicum, students of B.El.Ed I year went
for for a Heritage Walk to Old Delhi on 10 November 2013. The students were guided
throughout the walk by Mr. Lokesh Jain, the Theatre Resource Person.
The students of B.El.Ed. III year went for a 6 day trip to Digantar, Khel Kud Evam
Shikhsha Samiti, Jaipur in November 2013. The trip was towards partial fulfillment
of the III year practicum Classroom Management and Material Development.
Located just outside Jaipur, Rajasthan, Digantar has been working in alterantive
education for rural children since 1978. Students had an opportunity to observe
teachers employing various alternative practices in classroom apart from
multifarious other activities which are a part of Digantar.
An interactive session on Inclusive Education was organized for the students of first
year. Dr Neerja Sharma, Associate Professor, Lady Irwin College, University of
Delhi, discussed various issues related to the topic and addressed students questions
to help them develop a deeper understanding of the concept.
Ms Heemal Handoo was invited to discuss issues related to classroom management
in a school context. This interactive session was a part of students’ preparation to
undertake block teaching in MCD schools. As a school teacher for almost twenty
years, Ms Heemal shared her experiences with regard to managing large classes,
dealing with young adolescents and other problems that a teacher deals with on dayto-day basis. She also helped students device specific classroom strategies for a
better classroom management.
The department organized a Shelter Home Orientation workshop for students of
second year. The resource person, Ms Nagma from the NGO Pravah sensitized
students about the life and challenges of children living in shelter homes. The
workshop also aimed at helping them understand the need for research in this field.
Ubuntu, a Linux based operating system was loaded on laptops issued by University of Delhi
to all the FYUP students. To facilitate the use of these laptops, the Computer Science
Department conducted a two day workshop on FOSS (Free And Open Source Software)
focusing mainly on Linux on 7 and 8 October 2013.
Considering the phenomenal penetration and use of smart-phones, the use of customized and
off-the-shelf mobile apps has become invaluable. Countless mobile apps have made their
way into the classrooms and laboratories because it is quick and easy, people can include
real-time pictures and videos from their observations. Apps are a perfect observation
documentation tool for projects. In light of this, the department of Computer Science
organized a three day workshop on developing Android applications titled The Science of
Developing Android Applications from 22 to 24 January 2014. Several workshops were also
organized under the DBT Star College projet. These are reported under a different section.
The Annual Technical Festival Orrey was held on 3 March 2014.
The department organised a warm welcome for the freshers by arranging a party in the last
week of August in which freshers showed their talent in different fields and won prizes in the
games organised. Everybody participated with great enthusiasm. The students also
celebrated Teacher’s day on 5 September 2013 with a lot of excitement. The Mathematics
department has always strived for the wholesome development of its students. Three
students from the final year, Nishika Bhatia, Aashima and Neha Budhiraja came up with a
fortnightly maths newsletter,’ Matheletics’, which received immense appreciation among
the students.
The eagerly awaited department’s annual festival, Origin, was held after the mid-semester
break in March. Events included a talk by Professor Amber Habib on Financial
Mathematics, logical quiz, pictionary and different maths related games and activities. Wide
spread participation form other colleges made the festival a grand success.
Department of Chemistry and Rasayanika, the Chemical Society
The academic year began on an exciting note with the Fresher’s Party celebrating the
beginning of the First Year students’ journey in the college. The freshers interacted with the
seniors and displayed their talents. The celebration ended with the crowning of Miss
Chemistry Fresher-2013. A one-day workshop Nature at Work: Studying Biomolecules was
conducted by Rasayanika under the aegis of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
sponsored Star College Scheme. The workshop started with a session conducted by Dr.
Janaki Subramanyan, Department of Botany, Miranda House, on the enzymes present in
coconut water. A presentation by Dr. Subramanyan was followed by an investigatory
experiment performed by the students under her guidance. In the next session, there was an
interesting talk by Dr. Tanima K. Bose, Department of Zoology, Miranda House, on
Biological Processes: Effects of Bio-chemicals. The workshop ended with an experiment
performed by the students on Extraction of Genomic DNA from Cauliflower by Spooling
Method. The workshop was effective in clarifying the concepts of students on the theoretical
domains of Biochemistry.
The Inaugural Lecture 2013-14 of Rasayanika was delivered by Mr. D. Adhikari, Deputy
General Manager and Production Engineer, ONGC on Various Career Opportunities for
Chemistry Graduates in the Oil and Gas Industry. This was followed by another lecture by
Dr. D.S. Tulla, Cosmetic Surgeon, B. L. Kapur Memorial Hospital on Plastic Surgery and
Opportunities in the Field of Cosmetology.
The Department organized its annual field trip to Khetri Copper Complex, Hindustan
Copper Limited, Khetri, Rajasthan, on 8 October 2013. A group of 32 students visiting the
complex were accompanied by 3 teachers and 2 non-teaching staff. The Khetri Copper
Complex was established in 1967 and was initially functioning as a complete copper mining,
concentration, smelting and refining unit. Additionally, the sulphur dioxide obtained as byproduct was converted into sulphuric acid. But the smelter and acid plant are under shutdown
since late 2008 due to the slump in global commodity prices in 2008 and obsolete machinery.
Currently, in addition to the copper mines, only the refinery for production of copper
concentrate is working. During the field visit, the group visited the crushing plant and the ore
treatment plant where the students saw the industrial scale concentration of copper ore. It
was an educative and interesting field visit for all. What the students read in text books about
metallurgy is not enough to prepare them for the sheer scale of the actual operation. It was
exciting to see the real machines in action.
The Green Chemistry Add-on Certificate Course emphasises the importance of Green
Chemistry for sustainable development through talks by notable speakers. The practical
sessions are designed to highlight the use of ‘green’ methods in the laboratory. It had its
inaugural lecture for 2013-14 by Dr. Indu Tucker Sidhwani on the topic Need for Green
Chemistry in Undergraduate Education. Subsequently, Prof. B.S. Garg delivered a lecture
on Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry. The lectures were well received by the students
who were keen on learning chemistry techniques in a greener way. Several laboratory
sessions were also conducted for the students.
Pratikriya, the inter-college Chemistry Festival of Rasayanika was held on 4 March 2014. It
included various events, starting with a paper presentation on topics interconnecting
different streams of science and a scientific poster presentation competition. This was
followed by a talk by Dr. V.C Kalia, Chief Scientist, Institute of Genomics and Integrative
Biology (IGIB), CSIR. Prayog and Chemiscellany were other innovative activities related to
Chemistry. The one-day fest ended with an exciting forensic science based competition on
hunting for evidence in a crime scene.
As always, students of the Chemistry Department have been involved in various Societies
and events of the college, both as members and office bearers. Important posts include
Shreemoyee Kumar (President), Archana Bisoi (Vice President), and Archa Gulati
(Secretary) – MH-Vatavaran, Mohini Thakur (President) – Jigyasa, the Quiz Society,
Mahevash Khan (President) – Adwitiya, the Fine Arts Society; Shweta Chauhan and Shalini
Yadav Coordinators, Mridang, the Indian Dance Society. All these students worked very
hard to make Tempest 2014 a success. Chemistry students have also won honours outside the
college. Shivali Banerjee, a Third Year student was one of the two students invited to visit the
Parliament with the Principal and received a memento from Mrs. Meira Kumar, Speaker,
Lok Sabha. Mohini Thakur was selected as a LeadEarthship Fellow by the Energy and
Resources Institute (TERI) and went for an orientation session in Pune. A number of
Chemistry students are also student researchers in various DU Innovation Projects 2013-14
awarded to Miranda House and represented their project teams in Antardhvani 2014, the
Delhi University Festival held in February 2014.
Department of Physics and Vidyut, the Physics Society
Vidyut started afresh, with a new wave of zeal and gusto in July 2013. After shouldering the
responsibilities very skillfully, for one whole year, the former student council conducted the
elections with proper ballot boxes and campaigning, to choose the official council for the
session 2013-14. Thus the legacy was handed over.
The first event organized by the society was the Fresher’s Party, to welcome the new batch of
students to their first year in college. The party theme was Arabian Nights and the freshers
were in full mood to groove, all dressed to suit the theme. There were a lot of fun activities
where the students got to show off their talents which helped them open up to their seniors as
well as professors, thus everyone getting to know each other better. The party was much
talked about in the college and was appreciated by all.
On 23 October 2013, Vidyut organized its Inaugural Lecture wherein Dr. Rupamanjari
Ghosh, noted physicist from School of Physical Sciences, JNU, New Delhi, now based at
Shiv Nadar Univesity, was invited to deliver a talk on Not-so-classical Light and Matter. The
talk was open to students from all colleges and was attended by an overwhelming number of
young minds from all over Delhi.
On 26 October 2013, more than twenty students from the society attended Celestia, an
overnight sky-observation session organized by Continuum, a nationwide youth based
organization which aims towards imparting knowledge in the field of Technology and
Management among the youth. It was a great learning experience for all.
On 05 and 06 February 2014, Vidyut organized its annual Physics Festival, Iridescence. The
two-day extravaganza featured intriguing lectures on contemporary research topics by
eminent guest lecturers, a mind-boggling Treasure Hunt, that saw an overwhelming turnout
of 300 participants, documentary screenings, a Physics Quiz, Physics Charades and a
Physics Debate. The events saw many participants from colleges all over Delhi and everyone
had a great time learning and sharing knowledge. It was a great experience for all, especially
the first years, for which it was their first time to get involved with the society’s working.
Lectures: After having welcomed the freshers, the department organized the inaugural
lecture by Dr. Sanjay Kapoor, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Molecular Biology,
University of Delhi, South Campus, on 17 Sep 2013. Dr Kapoor spoke on Fluorescence and
Confocal Imaging: Methodology, Applications and Relevance. The Botanical Society was
given a name at the inaugural function. The Botanical Society is now known as Antheia, who
was one of the Graces of Greek mythology and was the goddess of flowers and flowery
wreaths worn at festivals and parties. Her name is derived from the ancient Greek word
anthos, meaning flower. The sixteenth Manasi Ram Memorial Lecture was held on 23 Jan
2014. The lecture was delivered by Prof. Alok Bhattacharya, School of Life Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University. Prof Bhattacharya spoke on How Do Cells Take Up Particles.
The inaugural as well as the memorial lecture were very interesting and informative.
Educational Trips: An educational trip was organized to the 3 National Level Exhibition and
Project Competition (NLEPC) under the INSPIRE Award Scheme which was held at ITPO,
Pragati Maidan, on 8 October 2013. Four teachers from the department accompanied the
students. The students keenly observed the exhibits, asked various questions and made notes
on interesting exhibits as well. A local excursion to the National Bureau of Plant Genetic
Resources (NBPGR) was organized on 25 October 2013 for the students of B. Sc. (H) III
Year studying Environmental Management to become familiar with gene banks and
herbarium collections.
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Research and Mentoring: Four teachers of the department are associated with two
Innovation Projects of the University of Delhi. During the Inspire Internship Programme
held from 15 to 20 December 2013, five teachers assisted by student volunteers conducted
two workshops. Undergraduate students conducted summer projects at the D. S. Kothari
Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education under the supervision of teachers
from the department. The senior laboratory assistants of the department conducted two
sessions of training to the participants of the annual training programme for lab staff by the
University Science Instrumentation Centre. The B.Sc. (H) II year students accompanied by
two teachers visited the Exhibition of Orchids at the India International Centre on 07
February 2014. The students were amazed at the diverse forms of beautiful orchid flowers on
display and it was an enriching experience.
Inaugural Lecture: The inaugural lecture was organized on 26 September 2013 on Infertility
presented by Dr. Neena Malhotra MD, DNB, MRCOG (UK), Professor at Department of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology AIIMS. Through the lecture students were made aware about
the increasing rates of infertility, factors affecting it and how to lower its chances. Dr. Neena
Malhotra appreciated the students for taking interest in spreading awareness for the same.
The lecture was followed by an interactive session. The lecture was followed by an
interactive session. The department launched its T-Shirt with the print of Tree of life designed
by students. The T-shirt was based on the theme of energy conservation since 2013 was a
water conservation year.
Educational Trip: During the mid semester break the department organized its trip to
National Zoological Park, Delhi. The visit was very informative and enjoyable experience
for all the students. The visit was planned to create interest of students in the wildlife. A trip
was also organized to an exhibition of projects by school students under the Department of
Science and Technology Inspire Scheme at Pragati Maidan. The students attended various
workshops in the exhibition. They were amazed to see the small models on waste
management and sustainable development. A trip for the students of Zoology (H) I year and
III year was organized to the National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi on 9 October 2013
where students learnt about some of the vector borne diseases which helped them to prepare
a brief project report on Plasmodium. Another field trip to National Zoological Park, Delhi
was organized for the students of Zoology (H) III year on 27 January 2014. The students had
an informative discussion with the Zoo curator about the upkeep of the animals in the Zoo;
students were also shown documentary movies on wildlife. Students could see endangered
and exotic species of animals and also flock of migratory birds in the wetlands.
Synapse, the Annual Departmental Festival: The Zoological Society, Synapse, organized
department fest jointly with life science society, Tricord, on 25 February 2014. The events
included a talk on Body Aesthetics and Overview by Dr. Biraj Naithani Panchaal, Senior
consultant, Max super Speciality Hospital; Quiz in association with Jigyasa the Quiz
Society; Live Painting; Debate on the motion Artificial Reproductive Technologies leading
to gender biases; model making and Poster making on Innovating Life through
Biotechnology. Various exciting prizes were given to the winners. The same day the
department magazine Evolvere, the unfolding was released. The department plans to
organize an alumnae meet.
B.Sc. Life Sciences and Tricord, the Life Sciences Society
The society began its activity with an inaugural lecture by Dr. Tanima Bose, faculty,
Department of Zoology, Miranda House, on the topic An overview of metabolism on 01 Oct
2013. It was followed by the department fest Impulse on 25 February 2014 that was jointly
organized with Zoology department. A talk on Body Aesthetics and Overview was delivered
by Dr. Biraj Naithani Panchaal, Senior Consultant in Max Super Speciality hospital. The
talk enlightened us about the evolution of the concept of beauty and beautification
techniques. Besides the concept of enhancing beauty with these techniques, it also provides
solution to some of the serious medical problems. It was followed by an interesting session
on live painting by Mr. Ashwani Kumar Prithviwasi, Principal of Delhi Collage of Arts. This
session taught not only the painting techniques on canvas but more importantly, the art of
painting one’s life with beautiful thoughts. It was really a very thought provoking session. It
was followed by several competitive events for students including debate, quiz, treasure
hunt, etc.
Co-Curricular Activities
Co-curricular activities play an extremely important role in the holistic development of students in
their formative years. As part of the process of learning to be socially responsible, each student is
required to engage in NCC, NSS or Sports
NCC, the National Cadet Corps
Miranda house NCC company has a total strength of 120 cadets, all enrolled in the Army Wing. As a
result of a change in NCC policy of making training period for three years, fifty nine first year
students joined NCC. This year too, our cadets excelled in all spheres and proved their talentin
various camps.Their participation was seen in the two Combined Annual Training Camps (CATC),
one held at Delhi Cantt in August 2013 and the other at Mukherjee Nagar in December 2013. Sgt.
Reena and Cpl. Bhawna performed the duties as college senior in the above camps. At national level
camps, Senior Under Officer Nishu Chaudhary was selected for Officers’ Training Academy camp,
held at Chennai in Septenber 2013. Five cadets Sgt. Reena, Cpl.Prachi, L/Cpl Bindu, L/Cpl Aarti, and
Sgt. Neetu were selected for Thal Sainik Camp held at Delhi Cantt in September 2013. Six cadets
attended the National Integration Camp held at Dehradun in June 2013. Six cadets attended NIC
Camp at Karnataka and in Goa in December 2013. Seven cadets attended Tracking Camp June 2013
and two cadets the Army Attachment camp.
Forty four cadets represented Miranda House at the NCC Parade for Antardhvani 2014. Senior Under
Officer Nishu Chaudhary piloted on Delhi Universsity Founder’s Day celebrations on 15 August
2013 and at Antardhwani 2014. Our cadets were enthusiastic volunteers at the NCC stall and the
Gyanoday Express stall at Antardhwani 2014.
NSS, the National Service Scheme
The year began on a positive note for NSS as an overwhelmingly large number of students turned up
for the orientation. A large nuber also registered as members. An orientation was also organized for
the diferently abled resident students of Miranda House. The visually challenged students were taken
around the college. This helped them to identify their path to the mess, canteen, classrooms, ATM and
other places of utility.
Work relating to reading, writing and recording of references for the visually challenged students was
allocated to the volunteers. They helped the Equal Opportunity Cell, University of Delhi, to scan and
edit the essential readings, texts, and references to make a digital collection for the visually
challenged students, participated in the Salawan Marathon, and ran along with the differently abled
students in the spirit of oneness. Volunteers also worked with Lakshita, the Enabling Society Miranda
House to organize a National level seminar on Deconsructing Disability. NSS volunteers undertook
regular remedial teaching for underprivileged children at two centers – Hudson Lane for four days a
week and MCD school for all seven days of the week. Apart from regular teaching, volunteers
celebrated Rakhi with the slum children. They also celebrated Republic Day with Minto Road
Children organized by Samarpan Foundation.
Ten out of twenty slots for DU colleges on the Gyanoday Express were given to Miranda House NSS
volunteers because of our track record on commitment to the cause. Our volunteers administered
medical assistance and also took care of the differently abled students on board. As a part of cultural
exchange, the NSS unit was invited by the Ministryof Youth to host a delegation from Bangaldesh at
the invitation of the Ministry of Youth. The programme specially designed for the visitors included
vibrant music and other performances. Earlier, we had also hosted a delegation from Egypt and
Azerbaijan.We were invited to participate in celebration of United Nations Volunteer’s Day where
our volunteers interacted with Ms Solovieva, Deputy Country Director, UNDP. Students were also
selected and trained by the Times of India at British Council to run English speaking classes for the
Miranda House non-teaching staff members after office hours.
NSS organized a talk on Menstrual Abnormalities among Young Women for the benefit of the
students. NSS, MH was a part of Shramdaan, the cleanliness drive to clean in and surrounding areas
of college. We felt happy when the ladies of Victoria Old age home spent an evening with us. Our
volunteer’s work was appreciated by the IGNCA when they took slum children for a puppet show at
IGNCA. In February, we provided forty volunteers for Antardhwani, the Univerity Annual Festival.
Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences
The Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences is amongst the high profile departments at
Miranda House. It strives to excel at all levels and bring laurels to the college. It mission is to be better
than the best. Physical fitness is an empowering attribute and a key element for a healthy life. Hence
to promote the cause of sports, in addition to nurturing the talent of acclaimed sportswomen, the
department strives to reach out to each member of the Miranda community through specially
designed activities and events for staff and students. The year started in the lush green monsoonperched fields of Miranda House with all the teams participating with great vigour. The Fresher’s
Cross Country race in August was followed by Yoga and Taekwondo classes which extended till
April. In our interminable efforts of promoting the spirit of sports to all, we lunched the InterDepartment matches for Basketball, Skipping and Chess where students from all the departments of
the college actively participated. The Cricket match for the non-teaching staff members is an annual
feature filled with zest and again drew the entire staff to the field.
Miranda House sportswomen continued to excel in almost all disciplines of sports. Our player’s
performance was outstanding this year at International, National, and All India University level in
Netball, Softball, Taekwondo and Volleyball. Our students remained on the winning spree also in the
open tournaments and events at the college fests organized by various colleges of Delhi University.
Our Volleyball team secured 1 position in Bharti Cup Tournament organized by Bharti College. The
taekwondo team secured 2 position in the 1 Taekwondo Junior League and had a good medal tally in
the Festival of Youth Sports Organized by Sri Ram College of Commerce. The Chess team secured 2
and 3 position in Sri Ram College of Commerce and Lady Sri Ram College Sports Fest along with a
good medal tally in Taekwondo.
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Our students also participated and secured positions at International, National, and Inter University
level as summarized below:
Anjali Raina
Neha Nandal
Garima
Anamika Dalla
Chetna
Charu
Swati Goswami
Pragati Kumari
Ruchi Kumari
Tanya Garg
Anjali Raina
Tanu Sharma
Bhawna Bisht
B.A. Programme II
B.A. Programme III
B.Sc. (H) Maths III
B.A. Programme III
B.A. Programme II
B.A. Programme II
B.A. Programme II
B.A. Programme III
B.A. Programme III
B.A. Programme III
B.A. Programme II
B.A. Programme II
B.A. Programme II
Netball
Softball
Softball
Softball
Softball
Softball
Athletics
Netball
Netball
Netball
Netball
Netball
Taekwondo
International
National
National
National
National
National
National
Inter University
Inter University
Inter University
Inter University
Inter University
Inter University
Our college successfully defended the University of Delhi Inter-College Netball Tournament by
winning the Championship for the session 2013-2014. The team members were:
Tanya Garg (Captain)
Dharna Srivastav
M.A. History I
Pragati Singh
B.A. Programme III
Damini Rathore
Deepali Choudhary
Swati Bisht
B.Sc (H) Botany III
Ruchi Kumari
B.A. Programme III
Tanu Sharma
B.A. Programme II
Anjali Raina
B.A. Programme II
Monica Sharma
Akanksha Kapur
B. Tech. Computer Science I
Shailja Aswal
B.A. Programme II
In the University of Delhi Inter-College Taekwondo Championship 2013-2014 our college stood 1
The team members are:
Sweety (Captain)
Bhawna Bisht
B.A. Programme II
Tapasya
B.Sc. (H) Zoology I
Neha
B.A. (H) Hindi I
Parijat
B.Sc. (H) Zoology I
Meenu Dabas
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In the University of Delhi Inter-College Weight Lifting Championship 2013-2014 our college stood
2 .The team members are:
Meenu Dabas (Captain)
Monica Dagar
Akanksha Kapur
B.Tech. Computer Science I
Amarjeet
B.A. (H) Geography I
Swati Goswami
B.A. Programme II
Sakshi Kumari
B.A.(H) Sanskrit III
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In the University of Delhi Inter-College Chess Championship 2013-2014 our college stood 2 .The
team members are:
Gargi Bhatt (Captain)
B.Sc. Mathematics I
Archana Maurya
B.Sc. Botany I
Radhika Pal
B.Sc. Physics I
Vyshali Kottam
B.A. Economics I
Smriti
B.Sc. Chemistry I
Vindhya Arora
B.Sc. Physics I
nd
In the University of Delhi Inter-College Cross Country Championship 2013-2014 our college stood
3rd.The team members are:
Pooja Kumari(Captain)
B.A. (H) Hindi III
Seema
Meenu Dabas
B.A. (H) Geo. III
Swati Goswami
B.A. Prog.II
Akanksha Kapur
B. Tech. Computer Science I
Ramya Annie Varghese
B.A. Programme III
In the University of Delhi Inter-College Power Lifting Championship 2013-2014 our college stood
3rd.The team members are:
Meenu Dabas
B.A.(H) Geography III
Sakshi Kumari
Monica Dagar
Akanksha Kapur
B.Tech. Computer Science I
The University of Delhi Inter-College Athletics Championship 2013-2014 our college stood 4th.The
team members are:
Meenu Dabas
Monica Dagar
Tanu Sharma
B.A. Programme II
Seema
Swati Goswami
B.A. Programme II
Swati Bisht
Babli
B.Sc. Physics I
In the University of Delhi Inter-College Yoga Championship 2013-2014 our college stood 4th. The
team members are:
Jyoti (Captain)
B.A. Programme III
Japneet
B.A. (H) Economics I
Jyoti
B.A. (H)Hindi III
Rakhi
B.A. (H)Hindi II
Sonam
B. Sc. (H) Mathematics II
Aarti
B.A. Programme III
Erobern, the Annual Sports Fest of Miranda House, was successfully organized for the second
consecutive year by the Sports Department. Vibrant participation of sports teams from across the
university colleges made it a grand success. The Yoga team performed at the opening ceremony. The
perfection of the performance drew a resounding applause. We hope to make it a regular feature of the
Sports calendar in the college. The College Sports Award Function was organized in March 2014.
Extra-curricular Activities
Student’s Union
The Extended Students Executive, comprising student’s representatives from all departments, cocurricular and extra-curricular societies in Miranda House, was in place by the time the academic
session 2013-14 started in July 2013. Nominations for the post of President, Vice-President,
Secretary and Central Councillors were invited as per the schedule declared by the University for the
Elections to DUSU. The elected members are:
President
Sushma, B.A. (H) Political Science III
Vice-President
Devanshi Lall, B.A. Programme II
Secretary
Anmol Makkar, B.A. Programme II
Central Councillors
Monika Dagar and Vanni Sharma, both B.A. (H) Political Science III
The students’ union decided to contribute towards collee initiatives to make Miranda House a Zero
Waste Campus. This entailed ensuring that students use the dust bins installed around college and do
not litter. This mission also motivated the message of the Annual Festival.
Tempest 2014, the AnnualFestival
Tempest 2014 was a grand event. It was held on 20, 21 and 22 February. Pre tempest event was
marked by the promotional event for the film Highway on 19 February, when Imtiaz Ali and Alia
Bhatt came to Miranda House. This event was held in collaboration with the Film club and received
an over enthusiastic response from the young Mirandians. Each cultural society performed on the
theme Freedom is …, which was appreciated by Imtiaz Ali and Alia Bhat who gave out CD’s and Tshirts as prizes to the participants.
This year the theme for Tempest was Shades of Green; green, the colour of nature, environment,
renewal, youth and spring imparting vitality, rejuvenation and energy. Miranda House propagated
the idea of three vital R’s – Reduce, Reuse and Recyclefcusing on practicable endeavours. Every
aspect of Tempest was in shades of green. From decorations to the line of events, all celebrated the
green around us. Students used plastic bottles, used CDs and paper cups for decorations. Plant
saplings were sent along with invitations to different colleges across the NCR region as a token of our
Green Friendship. An Artisans Gali (street) was created, the roof of which was woven from scraps of
cloth by the students. In this Gali artisans were given an opportunity to put stalls and display their
incredible work. A rickshaw cycle displaying the products of the NGO Trash to Artwas appreciated
and recorded brisk business.
The first day set the mood with the band performance by the CRPF Band followed by stage play
competition by Anukriti and Ariels. The second day witnessed events like street play, group song, art
exhibition, Western Dance competition, film shows and quiz. Arijit Singh was the artist performer
and large number people attended his concert. Creation of separate barricades for Mirandians
allowed them to enjoy the evening. Third day of Tempest included debates, quiz, Foreign Students
competition, creative writing and poetry competition for visually challenged students, poster making
competition, poetry workshop by renowned poet Amit Dhahiya and band performances by
‘Bandish’. This day was also marked by the ‘Google hangout’ which launched the Miranda and
Google’s tie up.
News from the Societies
Anukriti, the Hindi Dramatics Society
Anukriti, enjoys a formidable reputation, painstakingly built over the years. Started in 1957,
it has produced remarkable plays, several a mile stone in its journey. More than a theatre
group, it considers itself to be a school of thoughts, words, deeds and action. It develops team
spirit with responsibility. Every year Anukriti starts with a theatre workshop that becomes
the ground for recruiting and auditioning new members. It produces Nukkad Natak (Street
play), one act play and a full length play. With dedication, sincereity, hard work and immense
passion, Anukriti reaches great heights. Success gives a platform to many students to evolve
from amateur to professional theatre.
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The Ariels, the English Dramatics Society
The Ariels this year produced an adaptation of Neil Simon’s play Good Doctor. The Ariels
team started working on this script right from the beginning of the session of 2013-14. As it is
deemed a difficult script to work with, the students invested a lot of time in editing, adapting
and re-writing the script. This provided an invaluable opportunity to several members of the
society interested in trying their hand at script writing. The play Good Doctor puts forth the
musings of a struggling writer (the quality of whom is suspect) tormented as she is by one of
the most terrible afflictions – writer’s block. She is isolated and rejected by society. Haunted
by a fragment of her conscience (a successful writer) she is taunted and mocked by the
apparition while she incessantly visualizes his stories. The characters dance around her head
refusing to conclude their business with promise. And so the writer labors on in futility.
Our first performance was at Bela Theatre Karwaan, which is India’s only theatre on
terracefestival. Ariels also performed at Rajpal – a one-act play fest at St. Stephens College.
Later in the year, Ariels put up a performance for Imtiaz Ali and Alia Bhatt on their visit to
Miranda House and stood second among all the participants. This year saw the inauguration
Vaudeville, a stage play fest organised by Ariels. For this event, several theatre societies from
different colleges were invited and from all the teams that showed interest, a few teams were
selected for the final performance/competition. The judges for this event were Dr. Parul
Bhardwaj and Ms Yashita Jhurani. It was an immensely successful event that saw some
brilliant plays and an equally enthusiastic audience.
The Ariels performed at the National Institute of Immunology and Dayal Singh College
March. It is also collaborating with an NGO called Hamraah Foundation to perform at
Akshara theatre, in order to raise funds and create awareness about this NGO.
Music, Dance and Choreography Society
The Music, Dance and Choreography Society of Miranda House, essentially comprises of
four societies, namely
1.
Geetanjali
The Indian Music Society
2.
Mridang
The Indian Dance Society
3.
Orpheus
The Western Music Society
4.
Tanz
The Western Dance Society
Geetanjali, the Indian Music society of Miranda House in the year 2013-14 has many
achievements to its credit. It prepared a composition under Raag Nat Bhairav enhanced by a
play of taal and sur to achieve perfection in the potrayal of the raag. It participated in many
competitive events. It secured second position at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College and IIT
Delhi; third position at P.G.D.A.V. College; third poition in Gargi College in the Duet
competition and second position in solo and group events; first position in classical solo at
Maulana Azad Medical College and at AIIMS; third position in semi classical solos at
AIIMS; found special mention at Delhi Technology University. SoloistsAsthaTripathi,
ChandrikaDutta, ShivaniSolanki and RituAgrawal received a fair share of prizes. The
society performed at various college programmes such as celebrating the Independence Day,
Gandhi Jayanti, and republic day. The special performance at the pre Tempest event with
Imtiaz Ali and the cast of the Bollywood film Highwaywasmuch applauded. The society also
organized an interactive session with Dr. Shiladitya Raj Chowdhary, Professor of Music
from Alabama State, USA. The discussions gave insight about Indian Music in foreign
universities and how it is perceived by the western society. N. N. Kesar Memorial Award
intra-college singing competition including both classical and semi-classical music gave
singers another pportunity to present their talent. Finally, Anunaad – The Annual Indian
Music event held at Tempest2014, comprised of Group song, solo and Jugalbandi
competitions.
Mridang, the Indian Dance society encourages various classical dance forms and folk
dances of India. The members are well trained in Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Odissi, Kuchipudi,
and Satriya. They exhibit the rich culture of our country with the beautiful hastamudra (hand
gestures) and padchap (foot work) that they practice. The society prepares different folk
dances every year likeBihu, Dandiya, Lavni, TehraTaali etc.The society participated in
various ompetitions across the country. These include Indigo Saga Prelims at Mood Indigo,
IIT Bombay; Antaragani, IIT Kanpur where in solo danceSanskritiVashishta got the first
position; Gargi College group folk dance competition; Gargi College solo dance competiton
where Radhkia Gosain got the second poition. Team also participated in solo dance
competitions in Kolkata and Madhya Pradesh. At the IGDTU, Kashmere Gate they received
a special mention from the Judges for Kavaddiattam, a dance form from Tamil Nadu. Again
at Antardhvani 2014 they received a special mention. At the college, Mridang
organisedTarangini, the Indian Dance event at Tempest 2014 where Miranda House student
RadhikaGosain won the first position in the solo dance competition.
Orpheus, the Western Music Society is primarily an A Capella group which performs as a
choir without backing instruments. The society does, however, have a number of talented
instrumentalists. Every year Orpheus prepares a new arrangement to perform at various
college festivals. This year, Orpheus put together a medley of three popular and very
different numbers, an arrangement which has been appreciated for its energy and creativity.
These are a mash-up of Disney’s The Circle of Life from The Lion King and A. R. Rahman’s
MaaTujhe Salaam; Imagine by John Lennon; and a medley of For the Longest Timeby Billy
Joel, VoulezVous by ABBA and Lady Marmalade by Labelle.The intra-college performnaces
this year included those at the Independence and Republic Day celebrations; Closing event
of the Indo-Dutch Cultural Exchange Programme; and the pre Tempest event with Imtiaz Ali
and the bollywood film Highway cast.Orpheus also actively took part in various intercollege events and festivals.At IIT Delhi, they participated in the solo competition. At Gargi
College, participation in the solo and group competitions drew a special mention for the
arrangement from the judges for energy and creativity. At Jesus and Mary College, Opheus
pariticpated in the duet and solo competitions, with Fiona Pachuau receiving the fourth
position in solo. At Delhi Technological University, Orpheus qualified for the finals in the
Solo Competition. At Kamala Nehru College they participated in the duet and group
Competitions. Orpheus volunteered with the NGO Make a Difference (MAD) at BalSahyog,
Connaught Place. They organized an interactive musical session with the children at the
orphanage, for Christmas. Members featured in the Sprite Teen Till I Die campaign. At
Tempest 2014, they organized Euphony, the western music event and the Battle of The
Bandswhich saw impressive performances by various college level Bands across Delhi. The
event was Judged by ChayanAdhikari of Advaita and AveleonVoz of Five 8.
Tanz, the Western Dance Society of Miranda House lives up to the meaning of its name, i.e
dance and has made a mark in the dance circuit of the University of Delhi for its splendid
choreography and innovation. Choreographed and founded by the extremely talented Mr.
Sonu Sharma, Tanz has had generations of gifted dancers who believe in pure dancing and
have had the ability to beautifully showcase with versatility, different western dance forms,
ranging from Ballet to Broadway Jazz to Hip-Hop. The society hosted Sprite Teen till I die Ad
campaign and the preliminary round of Mood Indigo, IIT Bombay. It participated in IIT
Kanpur, ISBF and Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW), Delhi
Technological University (DTU),Ramjas College, Jesus and Mary College, Sri Guru Gobind
Singh College of Commerce festivals and in Delhi Dance Fever. They found a special
mention inChannel [V] India fest and at Kaml Nehru festival. The group was declared
second at Hindu College and Gargi Collge festivals; third at Janki Devi Memorial College
and fourth at Rajdhani College where they also won an exclusive masterclass with Delhi
Dance Academy. Finally, Tanz hosted Merengue, the Western Dance event at Tempest 2014.
Adwitiya, the Fine Arts Society
The new academic session began with auditions and the Freshers’ Talent Search competition
in which the representatives of the Fine Arts Society made it to the final round with their
paintings which with high aesthetic and social value by depiction of female infanticide and
poverty.In the year 2013, the members participated with great enthusiasm in various inter
college art competitions including Kirori Mal College, SRCC, St. Xavier’s College,
Mumbai with special appreciation of the judges. AtPulse, the annual festival of AIIMS,
New Delhi, the first prize was bagged by Adwitiya in the painting competition based on the
theme of Organ Donation. The biggest success, however, came to the society atAntaragni,
IIT Kanpur where they won the first prize in Sketching, third prize in Modern Art and the first
prize in Quilling. Regular practice sessions and workshops were held in the college for the
members. A live painting event was held in the college in October, the theme of which was
India: Taboo which saw huge canvasses being painted by the members in the canteen lawns.
The event was thronged by Mirandians and drew accolades from students and faculty for
being pathbreaking and highly innovative.The members also participated in the painting
competition of I Am The Tiger initiative held in the college which brought them appreciation
from eminent personalities.
During Tempest 2014, the society hosted its first ever annual art exhibition, Miranda Artists
Collective. It was the first of its kind to be held at Miranda House. It was well attended and
admired for its fine quality paintings and sketches. The members put in their heart and labour
in beautiful paintings that ornated the college in the two day cultural extravaganza. The
artworks drew wide appreciation from one and all.Eminent poet Mr. Amit Dahiya bought a
few Artworks and promised to use one of them as the cover for his new poetry book.The
college was decorated during Tempest by reusing Nescafe cups, old cloth pieces and bottles
and paintings which went with the theme of this year’s Tempest – Shades of Green. The
society also held competitive events like Canvas Painting, Sketching, News Illustration,
Movie Poster Design, Book Cover Design and Collage making which witnessed good
participation from colleges all over Delhi.
The society also runs an active facebook page which has paintings and sketches made by the
members.
SPIC MACAY, the Miranda House Chapter
The Miranda House chapter of SPIC MACAY, the Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music
and Culture Amongst Youth, has contributed greatly towards its goals by organising myriad of events
within the college. Many great and renowed performing artists have visited our college under the
aegis of SPIC MACAY. In April 2013, SPIC MACAY Chapter invited Sunnad, a group of 20 music
lovers from Banglaore to present a unique workshop on Kathopnishad followed by a ong
performance on this difficult work. The event marked the inaugural of the new Student Activity
Centre.
Debsoc, the Debating Society
The Debating Society at Miranda House has a long and illustrious history and is a wellknown dynamic member of the national debating circuit. The Debating Society at Miranda
House continues to promote discussions and dialogue on pressing socio-economic and
political issues faced at the local, regional and global levels today while striving to provide a
platform to students for voicing their opinions on the same.
The senior members of the Society have continued to leave their mark on the debating
circuit. Sonali Chowdhry and Nayantara Nath were adjudged the Best Speakers for the
Proposition and Opposition respectively, at the Inter-College Debate Competition held at
RBI, New Delhi in connection with the Golden Jubilee Celebration of the Zonal Training
Centre. Sonali was adjudged Best Speaker as the Union Minister of Finance in the Mock
National Development Council debate at St.Stephen’s College and at Polemic Wars
organized by University Express at Indian Habitat Centre. Navjeet Kaur has won the Second
Best Adjudicator Prize at Premchand Memorial Debate, Hindu College and broke into the
quarter-finals as an Adjudicator at two very prestigious tournaments, National Law
University, Delhi and Mukerji Memorial Debate organized by St. Stephen’s College.
Ananyaa Mazumdar has broken as an adjudicator at Kremlin Debate, JMC and Riddhi Kalsi
also broke at the Parliamentary Debate tournament organized by IIT Kanpur, winning the
prize of Second Best Adjudicator. Navjeet and Ananyaa were also awarded the Second
Runner-Up prize at The Great Debate organized by DU and British High Commission.
Naomi Hazarika was adjudged the Best Speaker at Tariq Debate, Department of History at
Miranda House.
This year the Society has also undergone transformative change with a multi-fold increase in
the number of members inducted, the frequency of training sessions and mock debates and
participation in national tournaments. After rigorous and exhaustive practice debates, the
new members have shown exceptional performance. Mihikaa, Srijoni and Antaripa broke
into the quarter-finals at the SGGSCC Freshers’ Parliamentary Debate. Ninadini and Kanika
were awarded the Best Team prize at the Freshers’ Conventional Debate held at Gargi
College and Sania was adjudged the Best Speaker at the Freshers’ Conventional organized
by Deshbandhu College. Sania and Pooja also won the Best Team prize at Iridescence
Debate, Department of Philosophy at Miranda House.
The Society has endeavoured to be well represented in all major tournaments this year with
large contingents participating in debating competitions held by St. Stephen’s College,
Kirori Mal College, Sri Venkateswara College, IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi and NUJS Kolkata
amongst several others. Each year, the Society begins by hosting the Annual Freshers’
Conventional Debate which invites young debaters from across colleges to battle for the
final laurels with their arguments. This year, the Freshers’ debate saw the participation of
students from more than 16 colleges in the circuit with the prize for the Best Team bagged by
Ramjas College and Kriti Misra, a new member of the Society, being adjudged the Best
Interjector.
The Society also organized the prestigious Shama Kohli Bilingual Conventional Debate as
part of Tempest 2014. The debate saw 12 teams argue on Ayn Rand and J.S.Mill’s
philosophies on whether the pursuit of happiness should be deemed as man’s highest moral
purpose. Passionate and articulate, Hindi debaters from A.R.S.D. and Jamia Milia Islamia
bagged the Best and Second Best Team prizes with Aditi Upmanyu from Miranda House
being adjudged the Best Interjector. Also, Manzar 2014, the Inter-College Parliamentary
Debating Tournament will be organized 10-13 March 2013, with participation from more
than 40 teams from across India and two teams from Sri Lanka.
Jigyasa, the Quiz Society
Jigyasa, the quiz society of Miranda House began the college session 2013-2014 by
conducting an intra college Fresher’s quiz. The event saw many eager fresher’s participating
in it and giving a view to their vast knowledge bank. Adrika Singh and Arushi Aggarwal,
both from Political Science, went on to win the quiz.The members of Jigyasa brought many
laurels to the college by participating in various quiz events held by other colleges and
organizations.During Tempest 2014, Jigyasa held two quiz events. One a general quiz which
was a part of MTV’s Rock the Vote initiative, aimed at motivating youth to take part in 2014
Lok Sabha elections and be the fore runners of our country, India. This quiz was won by Amit
Sinha of Ramjas and Mukund Marodia of St. Stephens, as a cross college team. Runners up
to the event were Shreyans Jain and Ashutosh Mishra of IIT Delhi.
The second event for the Tempest was an environment quiz held in collaboration with MHVatavaran. It aimed at creating awareness among the youth for the need to preserve our
nature. For this videos show casing the environmental issues giving the actual glimpse of our
meddling with nature and its consequences were played and then a quiz was held on these
topics. This quiz was won by Animesh Kundu of Kurukshetra Institute of Engineering and
Ayushi Chawla of Miranda House, as a cross college team. Runners up to the event were
Shivali and Samya of Miranda House.The annual quiz of Jigyasa is planned to be held on 24
March 2014. The quiz will be hosted by the very reputed Quiz Master Mr. Kunal Savarkar.
Gandhi Study Circle
Gandhi Study Circle has been instrumental in spreading awareness about Gandhian values.
The group marked an eventful year, with students of the society participating, learning and
reflecting, in various inter-colleges and national events. In August 2013, to induct the
freshers a creative writing competition was orgamized for the first year students of Miranda
House. The members of Gandhi Study Circle have constantly been involved with the
activities of Gandhi Bhawan, University of Delhi. The students have been an active part of
various lectures by eminent personalities, debates, case study competition, and creative
writing competition. The students have also volunteered for regular shramdaan organised by
Gandhi Bhawan. On 2 October 2013, the members of Gandhi Study Circle and students of
the music society of Miranda House, who are also a part of the society, actively contributed in
the observance of Gandhi Jayanti. On 5 December 2013, 10 students of Gandhi Study Circle
actively participated in shramdaan organised by the society in collaboration with Gandhi
Bhawan. On 30 January 2014, the college observed Martyr’s Day organised by the Gandhi
Study Circle. It was witnessed by the students, teaching and non-teaching fraternity where
all joined their hands in prayer of Mahatma. On 1 February 2014, a group of 8 members of the
society visited Kilkari, a shelter home for girls based at Kashmere Gate for an interactive
session as a part of awareness visits.
On 7 February 2014, Gandhi Bhawan organised shramdaan for the colleges in North
Campus. At Miranda House, the members of Gandhi Study Circle and NSS actively
contributed in cleaning the college premises. At Tempest 2014, Gandhi Study Circle
organised a Creative Writing Competition for the visually challenged across the university at
Miranda House. On the very same day, another Creative Writing Competition was organised
for the rest of the students of the university.
MH Vatavaran, the Environment Society
The activities of MH Vatavaran for 2013-14 opened with a two-day event, the Delhi Youth
Summit on Climate Change 2013 (DYSoC) on 24-25 August 2013. The summit was jointly
organised by MH Vatavaran and Delhi Greens. Although the main theme of the summit was
Water and Sustainability, all aspects of Sustainable Development were taken up during the
various sessions. Ms. Sunita Narain, Director General of Centre for Science and
Environment (CSE), Mr. Amit Sardana (Managing Director, dataserve APAC) and Professor
Dinesh Singh, Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi, were some of the eminent guests.
Miranda House became the first college in the university to install an E-Waste Collection
Dropbox which was donated by Mr. Amit Sardana on behalf of dataserve APAC.
MH Vatavaran volunteers participated in a 9-college art initiative I am the Tiger launched by
Shivani Wazir Pasrich in September-October 2013 to increase awareness about conservation
of wildlife and preservation of the environment. The college organized and hosted the
inaugural function. Students from the Fine Arts Society contributed to the Art Exhibition
held under the programme while Sports students participated in the Awareness Run.
Mohini Thakur, a Final Year student of B.Sc. (H) Chemistry and an active member of the MH
Vatavaran was selected for the Lead Earth Fellowship 2013 organised by The Energy and
Research Institute (TERI) and Tetra Pak after a rigorous selection process. She attended the
orientation program in Pune from 17 to 23 October 2013. In the 7-day programme, she took
part in a variety of personal development, team-building and community work exercises.
She hopes to implement her ideas about community development by working on the project
assigned to her. She will be working on the project Reducing Water Wastage in Chemical
Laboratories for the next six months along with her team-mates from Hindu College and
Jesus and Mary College.
MH Vatavaran has an ongoing Anti-Litter Campaign which was further intensified during
the time of the Delhi University Students Union elections to manage some of the paper waste
strewn all over the university campus in the form of election pamphlets. In the four-hour long
campaign in the road outside the main gate of the college, strewn leaflets were collected in
cartons and sent to the college Paper Recycling Plant. The idea was to do something to draw
attention to the huge problem. Slogans like Use Your Wits, Not Your Chits and The 3 New R’s:
Read, Return, React coined by volunteers for the campaign seemed to go down well with the
larger student community.
On 15 December 2013 MH Vatavaran hosted a film-screening by CMS Vatavaran during the
INSPIRE workshop for high school students in Miranda House. CMS Vatavaran, the
environment wing of Centre for Media Studies is aimed at sensitising people about their rich
environmental heritage and the need to conserve it. The two films screened, one related to
evolution and the other to biodiversity were greatly appreciated by all and there was a lively
discussion with the experts from CMS Vatavaran afterwards. Later, during the 7 CMS
Vatavaran Environment and Wildlife Film Festival, held from 29 January 2014 to 3 February
2014, 16 students from Miranda House attended the award-winning films’ screenings and
the exhibition put up by the various schools of Delhi. Another group of 15 students, namely,
Mahak, Sadaf, Purnima, Deepa, Sujata, Sanjana, Ayushi, Eshita, Bharti, Rimjhim, Vaishali,
Diksha, Pragya, Apoorva and Vinita also presented a nukkad-natak based on biodiversity
named Vasundhara ki Vyatha in the film-festival. Their effort was highly appreciated.
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An intra-society slogan writing competition was held on 29 January 2014 on the theme
Environment and its interpretation for you. Sulbha Kumari and Shipra Pandey stood first and
second respectively. All slogans were equally appreciated and put up on the Society notice
board.
The YUVA Meet organized by TERI from 3 February to 4 February 2014 was attended by 4
students, Mohini, Oindrila, Anveksha and Kavya. Two Miranda House students, Kavya
Agarwal and Jaishree Subrahmaniam, participated in the Youth Session of the Regional
Centre of Expertise (RCE) on Sustainable Development Education, organized by TERI on 5
February 2014. The session consisted of presentations given by students of different RCEs
about the environmental activities and initiatives taken up by their institutions and
organizations. Miranda House is the only college in Delhi to be recognized as a Regional
Centre fro Expertise (RCE) by the UN University (UNU). The session also gave participants
from different RCEs an opportunity to interact and collaborate with each other in awareness
building activities. The presentation by Miranda House students related to their work on the
Yamuna under a DU Innovation Project 2012-13 was highly appreciated.
In the University of Delhi Annual Festival, Antardhvani, the Miranda House college stall
showcased the eco-friendly features of the institution. The display on paper recycling plant
and composting unit were the highly appreciated features of the stall. Society volunteers
handled queries from visitors who were keen to know the working and cost effectiveness of
both the processes. Some recycled paper products and compost were also displayed in the
stall and evoked the interest of visitors.
At Tempest 2014, MH Vatavaran organized 3 competitive events:
Ecoplore (Treasure Hunt): Clues were handed out to the twenty five two-member
participating teams by volunteers at different locations within the campus as the teams
reached the spots after decoding the previous clue. Shweta Chauhan and Neha CV secured
the first position.
Environmental Film-Based Quiz (in association with Jigyasa, the Quiz Society): The
environment films were chosen from CMS Vatavaran, TERI and other collections of
environmental films. 3 film-based rounds and 1 general round were held. 20 two-member
teams participated. Animesh Kundu and Ayushi Chawla stood first whereas Shivali Banerjee
and Samya Bhushan stood second.
Declamation: This was a competitive event for individual participants. Students were asked
to present a piece of poetry, song or speech of their choice, collected or self-composed, on an
environment-related theme. 10 students participated in the event. Amit Rana of Ramjas
College and Archana Bisoi of Miranda House jointly won the first prize. The events were
praised by all.
Tempest 2014 also saw the unveiling of Miranda Tech, the Miranda House Technology
Park, consisting at present of the composting unit and the paper recycling plant. A pottery
studio is soon to be added. A paper recycling plant of higher capacity is also in the process of
being installed with generous support from Dr. Urvashi Dhamija, Department of Political
Science.
Garden Committee
The college garden, especially the hostel garden, looks beautiful with its profusion of
brilliantly coloured flowers. The tall Gladiolus, the grand Dahlias, the vibrant stocks and
Antirrhinums with rainbow hues, the delicate Alyssums and the fragrant sweet peas
combined with the verdant greens make the garden look really enchanting and a treat for the
eyes.
This year inspite of late flowering and a stiff competition we won 10 cups including the two
most prestigious awards, the Vice Chancellor‘s Cup and the Diamond Jubilee Cup at the 56
Annual University Flower Show 2014. The complete list of trophies and cups won is:
1.
The Vice Chancellor’s Cup
for highest marks in the Flower Show
2.
The Diamond Jubiee Cup
for Category A, Class 1, Section 1-4
3.
The Delhi School of Economics Cup for Category A, Class A, Setion 1-32
4.
The Registrar’s Cup for Category A for Category A, Class III, Section 1-6
5.
The University Office Cup
for Category C, Class II, Section 1
6.
The University Architect Cup
for Category C, Class IV,Section 1
7.
The Department of Zoology Cup
for Category C, Clas Xi, Section 1
8.
The Ved Prakash Cup
for Category C, Class Xi, Section 2
9.
The Devi Sarin Cup
for Category C, Class VIII, Section 1
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Antheia, the Botanical Society of Miranda House
The fresh batch of B.Sc. (H) Botany students were given a hearty welcome on 27 Aug 2013
by organizing Fresher’s party themed Angels and Demons. Dr. Sanjay Kapoor, Associate
Professor, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi, South Campus,
delivered the inaugural lecture on Fluorescence and Confocal Imaging: Methodology,
Applications and Relevance on 17 September 2013. The lecture was interesting and
informative. The Botanical Society also got a name for itself on the very day of the Inaugural
Lecture. The Botanical Society is now known as Antheia who was one of the Graces of Greek
mythology and was the goddess of flowers and flowery wreaths worn at festivals and parties.
Her name is derived from the ancient Greek word anthos, meaning flower. The name Antheia
was suggested by Anvekshaa Rao, the President of the Society, and she was rewarded for the
same. Our students participated in various inter college competitions and won many prizes.
The B.Sc. II year students accompanied by two teachers visited the Exhibition of Orchids at
the India International Centre on 07 February 2014. The students were amazed at the diverse
forms of beautiful orchid flowers on display and it was an enriching experience.
Adventure Club
The Adventure Club organised several activities. In September students participated in a
logo paiting competition. In October, a group of 42 students and 5 faculty members
participated in an Adventure Cmp near Kullu. The wholesome package included activities
like River Rafting, Rappelling, Trekking and River Crossing. Finally, at Tempest 2014, the
club organized fun filled adventure sports in the college premesis.
Women’s Development Cell
The Women’s Development Cell (WDC) of Miranda House began the academic year with
the Fresher’s talent search in August where students expressed their views regarding safety
for women through a slogan writing competition. The month of September was dedicated to
a series of discussions on women’s movements and struggles in India. Maya John of
Department of History facilitated the discussion around When Women Unite, a documentary
film on anti-arrack/liquor campaign in Andhra Pradesh. WDC also celebrated Black
Feminism with discussions on the theme and screening of the film Desert Flower.
The month of October was dedicated to celebration of Being a Women. It emphasized the
issue of sexual harassment and breaking the stereotypes. Asmita group through their street
play dealt with issues of harassment and the urgent need to break the silence. This was
followed by an open house discussion, which apart from other relevant issues, raised the
question of what being a feminist meant. The event included poetry sessions, music and art
exhibitions. Women start-up organizations like kavi also joined. On 14 December 2013,
One Billion Rising (OBR), the global campaign for violence against women, was launched in
the University of Delhi. The inaugural event took place in Miranda House. This was a unique
event which brought national and international activists, civil society organizations and
police personnel in large numbers on the same platform. Global campaigner of OBR, Eve
Ensler’s poignant performance called In the Body of Justice enthralled and inspired the
captivated audience. In this performance Eve presented a monologue on violence against
women in different parts of the world and the need to build solidarity to fight against it. Well
known feminist activist Kamla Bhasin exhorted the audience to recognize how patriarchy is
dehumanizing for men as well and the need to question the masculinization of society.
As a part of the inaugural event, the WDC organized a panel discussion on Commitment to
Gender Justice: Zero Tolerance Towards Violence. The panelists included Professor Vidhu
Verma, Chairperson, Centre for Political Studies, JNU, Mr. Sandeep Goel, Joint
Commissioner of Delhi Police, Dr. Ashok Acharya, Associate Professor, Department of
Political Science, Delhi University and renowned feminist activist Kamala Bhasin with
Principal Dr. Jolly in chair. On 17 January 2014, we had amongst us Dr. Asha Sen director of
women studies Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Dr. Theresa Kemp, Anthony Letourneau and Quinn
forss. The Intensive discussion on interactive learning led to the conclusion that it was
necessary for each individual to initiate a change from within and engage themselves with
spaces that provide them with the opportunity to do so. On 6 February 2014 an interactive
session was held with Mr. Sandeep Goel, Joint Commissioner North District to discuss issue
around safety and security of women. With Principal, Dr. Pratibha Jolly in chair.
This year WDC organized the week long Seminar Course Women and Laws from 8 to 13
February 2014. The seminar course included undergraduate students, MA students and
various Ph.D. and research scholars, numbering 125. Members of CFAR, Police Personnel
were also the part of this workshop. It began with eminent theatre personality Maya Krishna
Rao describing her youth days in Delhi and her understanding on safe spaces for women. A
host of eminent legal activists and practitioners also addressed the participants. On Day 1,
an interactive discussion with Ms Prabhleen from Jagori and Akhila Sivadas, a noted activist
of CFAR made us take a deeper look at what were the issues with safety, security, mobility
and dignity of women. The session ended with a short film called the Fifth space by Ashraf
Patel from Pravah, which showed how teenagers who joined as volunteers in the spirit of
helping others end up discovering themselves – their strengths and weaknesses. On Day 2 we
had Supreme court advocate, Anu Narula speaking about Sexual harassment of women at the
workplace (prevention, prohibition and redressal) Act 2013. Ms Kirti Singh, a Supreme
Court advocate and member of AIDWA, spoke on the laws promoting son preference in
India. She gave a detailed presentation which focused on several policies including the noted
two-child norm. On Day 3 by the use of maps to reveal the declining sex ratio in India. Mr
Satish Agnihotri, Secretary Government of India and an eminent Researcher, addressed the
issue of declining sex ratio and issue of daughter discrimination in India. The statistics
revealing that the decline in sex ratio was higher in urban areas rather than rural areas was
appalling. The booming profit market on the practice of sex determination was also
discussed. Increasing the female working population, providing social security at old age
and strict action against culprits were some of the few methods of tackling this heinous
discrimination. Mr Sanjoy Ghosh, Supreme Court Advocate explained the Protection of
Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005. All the sessions were followed up by an
interactive discussion by which students gathered a better understanding of the different
laws and their applicability. Day 4 and Day 5 focused on field work in urban settlements like
Nangal Raya, Rajasthani Camp, Dilshad Garden, alongwith CFAR. The students made a
detailed study on their respective field works and presented it on the closing day of the
seminar course. On Day 6, Kamala Bhasin, the renowned feminist activist spoke about the
power of love and the evils of patriarchy. She also distributed the participation certificates.
The participants presented an Indian adaptation of the VM on that day.
We again celebrated 14February 2014, the day of One Billion Rising. Like last year, this year
also saw a large number of students from Miranda House, all charged up and enthusiastically
taking part in the OBR at Central Park, Connaught Place. Poems were recited along with a
play directed by Maya Rao and performed by a group of students from Delhi University and
the students from the Rajasthani Camp. This was followed by the staging of the play VM to a
standing ovation by more than 2000 enthusiastic audience. On 17 February 2014 Dr. Jill
Steans from University of Birmingham joined us along with Ashok Acharya and Dr. Nonica
Datta. Dr. Steans spoke on Feminist International Relations mainly emphasizing on the state
of the discipline. The session was chaired by Prof. Ashok Acharya; Dr. Nonica Datta from
Department of History acted as a discussant. There followed an interactive session wherein
students could learn more about Dr. Steans’ perspective on masculinities in International
Relations.
As a follow up to the seminar course on Women and Laws in India a brainstorming session
was held with participants at Miranda House on 28 February, 2014. This meeting was joined
by students from Bhagini Nivedita College. It was decided at this meeting that WDC will be
coming out with a joint document called Diverse Realities and a charter of demands from the
youth. Diverse Realities will document the process of this unusual interface between
research scholars, students, representatives of Delhi Police and participants from the
community that this workshop witnessed, while stressing the on the two way learning
process it will explore the way forward. The week long workshop saw coming together of
people from diverse realities, it witnessed creation of this bond between participants that cut
across social boundaries; the need now is to sustain these relationships while working our
way forward.
The College Complaints Committee
The Film Club
Film Club at Miranda House continued with its magical approach of promoting awareness
about modern world’s issues through the celluloid screen. With the belief that Films have the
power to raise your gaze, raise your game and give you a ticket to pleasure and
enlightenment, Film Club at Miranda House started the new academic year with a special
screening of Hindi Thriller Table No. 21. Directed by Aditya Datt, the aptly named movie
touched upon Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, which particularises the Protection of
Life and Personal Liberty and the pertinent social issue of ragging, something which is
critically monitored in University of Delhi. This was followed byscreening of Memories in
March and Chokher Bali as a special tribute to Bengali film director, Rituparno Ghosh, who
tragically passed away in 2013. Next came the Alfred Hitchcock Film Festival which
showcased the legendary director’s unique approach to movie making which defined the
genre of murder mysteries for the coming decades. On the pleasure front, Film Club played a
host to renowned film director, Imtiaz Ali and actress Alia Bhatt. The duo visited Miranda
House for the promotion of their upcoming movie Highway. They were greeted with love
and warmth by screaming fans, who had claimed every vantage point to catch a glimpse of
them. The Film crew also tackled various women-centric and personal questions in an
interactive session. To heat things up, Film Club organized a competition between various
performing arts societies of the college. Themed around the word Freedom, the competition
gave the budding artist a chance to showcase what the word meant to them. As an icing on the
cake, Film Club screened Oscar-nominated movies during Tempest 2014. With successful
events behind them, the Film Club is looking forward to closing this academic year on a big
bang, only to re-emerge much stronger, louder and enthusiastic in the next academic session!
Foreign Students Association
In September the Tibetan students organized an afternoon long session with Free Tibet
volunteers which the students appreciated greatly. In February we had an excellent
competition, part of Tempest, in which students of several nationalities participated. We had
performances-stories, dances, songs and poetry-form Mauritius, Tibet, Sri Lanka and
Belize. A one day event on 31March focused on Tibet. Luminaries in the field of education,
Dr. B. Tsering, Principal, the Dalai Lama Institute for Higher Education in Mysore, and Mr.
Tsewang Yeshi, Principal, TCV schools in India, addressed the students. This was followed
by a film and student testimonies on exile.
Tula, Miranda House Consumer Club
The broad objective of Tula is creating awareness among consumers, especially amongst
students and academic community about their rights; introducing students to the evolution of
the consumer rights movement; imparting education on making judicious decisions
regarding services and goods, and on legal provisions available. The consumer rights and
awareness movement in our college began with Tula, and we are proud of the fact that it is
one of the only two consumer clubs existing in all the colleges of Delhi University. Tula has
been able to attract a large number of students, faculty and activists to join its programmes
since its inception. Tula has been playing a pioneering role in developing consumer
awareness, imparting relevant education, and underlining rights and responsibilities through
a series of workshops, talks and other activities. Awareness will be a powerful tool,
especially for young students, as we are getting drawn into an increasingly consumerist
culture. This academic session began with the release of Fourth Issue of Santulan, Magazine
on Consumer Education in the month of July 2013. An interactive session with the students
and new Tula office bearers on Sustainable Consumption was held in the month of August.
Ms. Sharmista Mohapatra, an economic analyst delivered a lecture on Devaluation of Indian
Rupees – Implication for Indian Consumers in September, followed by an interactive
session. A workshop in collaboration with Indian Cancer Society, New Delhi was organized
on My Body Temple: Breast Cancer in Young Women where students interacted with
survivors and medical practitioners. Our Annual Workshop and Certificate Course on
Consumer Awareness were organized from 4 to 6 March, 2014. The workshop attracted a
large number of participants. The highlights of the workshop included a powerful
presentation by RTI activist and Guinness world record holder Subhash Chandra Agrawal, a
presentation by Rupa Vajpeyi on contemporary consumer issues, a consumer awareness
walk, project presentations by individual students, nukkad natak and several other
interactive student activities.
Entrepreneurship Cell
Founded 5 years ago in 2009, the Entrepreneurship Cell of Miranda House has come a long
way in fostering and promoting the spirit of entrepreneurship among the students from
across the country. We aspire to achieve this by conducting a series of workshops,
competitions and events in future as we have done in the past. Our flagship event is the Youth
Entrepreneurship Summit (YES) which was first organized in 2013 garnering a massive
success. This year some of the main events were B-Inquizitive, a quiz contest organized in
the month of October which turned out to be the biggest quiz competition in Delhi University
with prizes worth half a lac. A workshop by iSEED was conducted on 12 September 2013
throwing light on Women Empowerment and Entrepreneurship and saw a cohort of aspiring
women students attending the seminar. We also collaborated with them for a National Youth
Idea contest, a nationwide business plan competition. Apart from this we held an E-Film
Festival called E-Celluloid on the 3 and 4 October in collaboration with the Film Club of
Miranda House which entailed screening of short movies and documentaries for the students
of Delhi University.
Enactus
Previously known as SIFE, Students in Free Enterprise, Enactus is a worldwide community
of student, academic and business leaders committed to using entrepreneurial action to better
the lives of disadvantaged communities across the world. Enactus Miranda House, under its
flagship project, Project Pehchaan aims at empowering groups of socially, economically
and educationally underprivileged women by helping them realise their potential and utilize
their skills to make them financially independent and self-sufficient. The Project is divided
into two product lines, Project Tarang and Project Zaffran by virtue of the skill-set possessed
by the women.
Project Tarang, in collaboration with NGO Maitri has employed women from the slums of
Sonia Vihar, R.K. Puram and trained them in stitching and sewing. The first sale was a huge
success and was organised in the college itself and products like duppattas and cloth pouches
made by these women were sold. The products are also sold on the online shopping portal
ItsHandMade.
Project Zaffran is aimed at the community of women belonging to Joharipur area of East
Delhi. These women have been trained to make natural and unadulterated handmade spices.
Currently they have tied up with certain wholesale spice merchants in Khadi Baoli for the
procurement of raw materials. Project Zaffran seeks to not only procure cheap raw materials
for them but also provide them with outlets for the sale of manufactured spices.
For their comprehensive growth and empowerment, both the sets of women have also been
educated about their rights not only as rural Indian women in business but also as citizens
whose basic human rights must not be denied.
Enactus Miranda House presented its project in the Enactus National Competition at
Mumbai in June 2013 and stood second in the league and eighth all over India.
Lakshita, The Enabling Society
Miranda House is proud to have very active differently abled students. The students
participated in numerous cultural activities in the university, including the Delhi University
Fest, Antardhwani. The students were oriented to the college life through a Fresher Talent
Search Competition. This was followed by a one day seminar on Right to Information Act
with Mr. Shubhash Vashishth, Lawyer, Delhi High Court, as resource person. The flagship
programme was the National seminar Deconstructing Disability held on 16-17 Januray
2014, sponsored by Indian Council for Social Science Research. This was followed by a one
day training programme and participation in the World Book Fair to promote accessible
printing as a part of the team with Xavier’s Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged,
Mumbai. In addition to this, students participated in several competitions and events
organized across the University of Delhi and brought laurels to the college. They won several
medals in sports in Delhi Paralympic competition. The team of visually challenged students
stood third in Drishtikon, the festival for the Differently Abled organized by St. Stephen’s
college. They stood first in the one act play competition at St. Stephen’s college. Supriya
Kumari got the first position in the dance competition organized by the National Association
of the Blind. Studnets also won several medals at the intercollege festivals for the differently
abled organised by Satyawati College and Indraprastha College.
Equal Opportunity Cell, Miranda House
Equal Opportunity Cell in the present academic session 2013-2014 has two faculty members
as staff advisors. This Cell makes every effort to handle the concerns of the students falling
within the reserved categories.The cell has successfully ran an 80 hour Add-on English
Language Proficiency Course (ELPC) for 25 students. The students have been awarded
certificates after successful completion of this course. Five students of Miranda House from
SC/ST/OBC/minority categories participated in the five days Capacity and Life Skills
Building Course organized from 21 to 25 October.2013 conducted by Department of Adult
Continuing Education and Extension, University of Delhi. The students are: Barsha Chetia,
English (H) I, Qamar Nazmeen English (H) I, Ruchi Poonia Physics (H) I, Simran B.El.Ed I
and Tanuja B.El.Ed I.
College Events
Memorial Talks
The prestigious talks held in the memory of distinguished faculty are major events in the
college. This year, again, we had extremely distinguished speakers.
The XVI Manasi Ram Memorial Lecture was delivered by Prof. Alok Bhattachrya on 23
January 2014. His talk was titled How Do Cells Take Up Particles?
The XVII Sanyukta Chaudhri Memorial Talk was delivered by Padmashri Vidushi Smt.
Geeta Chandran on 24 October 2013. Her talk was titled Roots and Wings: A Dancer’s
Perspective .
M.L. Gupta Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr. Puneeta Sharma on 16 April 2014. Her
talk was titled Astronomy and relevance of Jyotish Shastra.
Manzar 2014, the Parliamentary Debate
Manzar is a Parliamentary style Debating tournament that the Debating Society, Miranda
House has been organizing since 2004. This is a prestigious part of the University Debating
calendar, and sees the participation of the best debating teams from across India, and from
South Asia. Manzar 2014 was held on 10-13 March 2014. Approximately 135 debaters
participated, including an international team from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
Outstation teams included various IITs, BITS Pilani, VIT. Local teams included various
colleges of the University of Delhi, the Delhi School of Economics, and the Law Faculty.
The event comprised eight round of intensive debating on various topics including the role of
state, conflict situations, Indian elections, LGBT movement. Trailer Videos were released
for every round. The organisation committee did not receive any complaints about equity,
transparency or logistics, which is a measure of the success of an event involving a very large
number of vociferous young people. The event was made possible by a sponsorships form
SAIL and Mother Dairy.
Zenith Model United Nations Conference 2014
After the success of the last two editions of Zenith Model United Nations, the college
organized the third edition of Zenith Model United Nations on the 15 and 16 March 2014
under the guidance of Ms. Nandini Dutta (Staff Advisor ZMUN 2014) from the Economics
department and ex-Secretary General and MH alumnus Aayushi Sinha as Senior Advisor for
Zenith MUN 2014 along with Divyanshi Wadhwa as Secretary General; Neha Ahooja as
Deputy Secretary General, ZMUN 2014; and Urvashi Kapila, as Director General, ZMUN
2014. The theme of this MUN was A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark. National
Delegations from all across India and an overwhelming in house participation by the
students of Miranda House made the event a resounding success. The average footfall of
Zenith MUN 2014 was 250 participants. The total budget for the conference was around Rs 2
Lakhs and was accumulated by way of both sponsorships and registration fees. DU Beat was
our Media Sponsor while Best Delegate was the Research sponsor.
The six committees simulated at ZMUN 2014 were:
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UN Security Council
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UN Economic and Social Council
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Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force
Executive Committee of UN High Commission for Refugees
UN Women
Ad Hoc Committee for Banning of Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings (Popular
Choice).
These committees encompassed the social, economical and political situation prevalent
today and the issues that needed to be addressed. The agendas debated were diverse. Each
committee showcased the responsibilities and role of the UN.
This inititiative builds on the earlier two editions of ZMUN. The first, held on 19-20
February 2012 simulated four committees, namely the UN Economic and Social Council, an
Ad-Hoc Committee, the UN Human Rights Council and the Political Bureau of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1988). The aim of the conference was to simulate
discussion on world issues and to allow for hypothetical resolution. It also encouraged the
development of other skills such as reporting, photography and filmmaking. A diligent
International Press team delivered widely-appreciated newsletters before and during the
conference.
The second edition of ZMUN in February 2013 was on the theme “Que La Lumière Soit”
which is the French translation for ‘let there be light’. The organizing committee put up six
committees out of which the highlight was a fantasy committee called The Ministry of Magic
based on the famous Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling. The other committees that
were simulated were the United Nations General Assembly on Disarmament and Security,
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the
International Court of Justice, the Group of 20 Financial Summit and a historical version of
the UN Security Council.
The richness of the event which is essentially student driven gives immense boost to the
process of learning beyond the classroom with a connect with the real worl and
contemporary issues.
I am the Tiger: A Nine-College Art Initiative
A Nine-College Art Initiative I am the Tiger was organised by Shivani Wazir Pasrich
Productions in September-October 2013 to increase awareness about conservation of
wildlife and preservation of the environment. Miranda House co-hosted the Inaugural on 30
September 2014, which featured Shivani Wazir Pasrich who spoke to the students about
environmental conservation and showed a short film conveying the message of tiger
conservation through a dance performance by Shivani. Watching the film, students were
excited about dance as a medium for spreading environmental awareness. Later, the wellknown poet Amit Dahiyabadshah read some of his poems on the environment and was much
appreciated by the students and faculty listening spellbound. In the afternoon, students from
the Fine Arts Society of Miranda House participated in an on-the-spot painting event on the
tiger theme. Their lovely paintings were added to the Art Exhibition held under the
programme. The I am the Tiger art exhibition was on display in the Miranda House foyer up
to 4 October 2014. Sports students from Miranda House participated in the Awareness Run
held as the closing event of the programme. The run began from SGTB Khalsa College at 6
am on 4 October and ended in Hindu College after an hour.
Add-on/ Adjunct Courses
Foreign Language Courses
Miranda House offers a certificate course in 4 foreign languages, nmely, French, German,
Spanish and Russian. The courses are quite popular among not only Miranda House students
but also students from other colleges. The lectures are taken by competent teachers thrice a
week. The duration of the course is roughly 7 to 8 months, begining in August and ending by
the month of February or March. It is a self financing course which has been running for the
last 6-7 years
Green Chemistry and Environment
The Department of Chemistry has been making an effort to inculcate green and
environmentally friendly practices in undergraduate students studying Chemistry. Working
towards this goal, the Department has offered a 60-hour add-on certificate course entitled
Green Chemistry And Environment for the sixth successive academic year. This year, eleven
students attended and successfully completed the certificate course. The course consists of
lectures, practical sessions, and presentations by the participating students on topics related
to green chemistry and environment. It emphasises the importance of Green Chemistry for
sustainable development through talks by notable speakers. The practical sessions are
designed to highlight the use of green methods in the laboratory. The inaugural lecture for
2013-14 was by Dr. Indu Tucker Sidhwani on the topic Need for Green Chemistry in
Undergraduate Education. Subsequently, Prof. B.S. Garg delivered a lecture on Twelve
Principles of Green Chemistry. The lectures were well received by the students who were
keen on learning chemistry techniques in a greener way. Several laboratory sessions were
also conducted for the students. Other speakers who have delivered lectures in this academic
session are: Mr. D. Adhikari, Deputy General Manager and Production Engineer, ONGC on
Various Career Opportunities for Chemistry Graduates in the Oil and Gas Industry and Dr.
D.S. Tulla, Cosmetic Surgeon, B.L. Kapur Memorial Hospital on Plastic Surgery and
Opportunities in the Field of Cosmetology .The practical sessions were conducted by: Dr
Kiran Kapoor, Dr Sunita Dhingra, Dr. Amrita T. Sheikh, Dr. Smriti S. Bhatia and Dr
Kalawati Saini, of the Department of Chemistry at Miranda House, and Dr.Indu Tucker
Sidhwani,Gargi college.
The lectures and practical sessions broadly cover the following aspects:
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Green Chemistry- Principles and Applications;
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Green methods for qualitative organic and inorganic analysis;
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Flower petals as indicators in acid-base titrations;
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Use of computational techniques in Chemistry;
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Oils from various fruits and vegetables by green methods;
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Isolation and use of enzymes as catalysts in the laboratory and industry.
Within this course, students also attended a one-day workshop Nature at Work: Studying
Biomolecules under (DBT) sponsored Star College Scheme. The workshop started with a
session conducted by Dr. Janaki Subramanyan, Department of Botany, Miranda House, on
the enzymes present in coconut water. A presentation by Dr. Subramanyan was followed by
an investigatory experiment performed by the students under her guidance. In the next
session, there was an interesting talk by Dr. Tanima K. Bose, Department of Zoology,
Miranda House, on Biological Processes: Effects of Bio-chemicals. The workshop ended
with an experiment performed by the students on Extraction of Genomic DNA from
Cauliflower by Spooling Method. The workshop was effective in clarifying the concepts of
students on the theoretical domains of Biochemistry.
Medical Biotechnology
The course is now in its seventh year. This year again, Dr Sadhna Sharma, Dr. Rekha Kumari
and Dr. Monika Sharma were the course coordinators. Twenty one students from various
colleges of Delhi University participated in the programme. The Certificate Course consists
of twenty theory sessions of one hour each and 52 hours of hands on experiments. The topics
covered are: Medical Biotechnology and its applications; Recombinant DNA Technology;
Mechanisms of Survival of pathogens; Understanding Immune Response to Diseases; HPV
mediated Cervical Cancer and HPV Vaccines; New Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; Stem
cells: Implications in medical biotechnology; Molecular diagnostic Techniques;
Applications of PCR in biomedical research, Eicher maps; Micro RNA and RNAi in
diagnosis and Treatment; Animal Cell Culture and its medical applications; Bioinformatics;
DNA Sequencing; Systems Biology; DNA Fingerprinting in Forensic Sciences; Mechanism
of antibiotic resistance and its public health implications; Nano-Biotechnology; and
Nanomedicine. Five practical sessions of 5 hours each include all the latest molecular
techniques like genomic and plasmid isolation in E.Coli, transformation, ligation, cloning
and expression in E.coli, purification of recombinant proteins and Western blotting. Five
Practical sessions on mammalian culture systems- both primary as well as established cell
line, DNA isolation, RT-PCR, PCR, ELISA, and primer designing were done. The faculty
was invited from the best research institutes in Delhi and includes Prof. Yogendra Singh ,
IGIB; Prof. Rup Lal, DU; Prof. Daman Saluja, ACBR; Dr. Anupuma Raina, AIIMS; Dr.
Satyajit Rath, NII; Dr. Mausami Bhardwaj,ICPO; Dr. Vani Brahmachari, ACBR; Dr.
Rakesh Sharma, IGIB; Dr. Kamini Walia, ICMR; Dr. Rajni Rani, NII; Dr. Mandira Verma,
VPCI; Dr. Anita Kamra, KMC; Dr. Bina Pillai, IGIB; Dr. Alok Bharti, ICPO; Dr. Anshu
Bhardwaj, OSDD; Dr. Aseem Mishra, ICGEB; Dr. Sadhna Sharma, MH; Dr. Rekha
Kumari, MH; and Dr. Monika Sharma, MH. Ms. Kirti Pandey and Ms. Ekta Vishnoi, DSKC,
MH conducted the practical sessions.
Bioinformatics and In Silico Medicine
Thirteen students from various colleges of Delhi University are enrolled in this add-on
course which consists of fifteen theory sessions of one hour each, 32 hoursof hands-on
experiments and 3 hour session for assessment. The Course Content includes: Next
Generation Sequencing techniques; Generation of Data by Microarrays and ChIPseqencing; Bioinformatics tools; Bioinformatics algorithms; Biological Databases; BLAST
and its applications; Sequence Alignment; Phylogeny (Taxonomy and evolution); 3-D
protein structure analysis; In silico drug design. Guest Faculty is drawn from Institute of
Genomics and Integrative Biology; Jawaharlal Nehru University; International Centre for
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology; University of Delhi, B R Ambedkar Centre for
Biomedical Sciences,; and National Institute of Immunology.
Operations Research: Optimization for Better Decisions
The Department of Computer Science in collaboration with the Department of Mathematics
conducted the Certificate Course Operations Research: Optimization for better decisions.
This year 30 students enrolled for the course. The course duration was of 18 sessions wth
each session being of 1 hour 30 minutes, held twice a week in the Computer Laboratory. Two
separate sessions were kept for the students’ presentations. The students of B.Tech
(Computer Science), Mathematics (H) and Economics (H) from Miranda House joined the
course. Dr.Subhash Kakkar, Director, Omishar Research Center, Delhi, is the expert
conducting the course. The course is designed so that students can exercise analytical skills
and creativity in solving real world problems such as resource management, health care,
public policy etc. The students are also exposed to a wide range of OR related software such
as LINGO, MUPAD, WB8 and Solver.
International Collaborations, Exchange Programmes and Visitors
The college receives a large number of international visitors and proposals for collaboration.
In recent times, students are also getting opportunities to apply for international programmes
that take them abroad.
Indo-Dutch Collaborative Programme – Management and Cultural Contexts
Miranda House has been hosting teams from Utrecht Business School for a week-long
course on Management and Cultural Contexts since 2008. This year we had the VI IndoDutch program from 21 to 25 October 2013. Fifteen students from both Miranda House and
Sri Ram College of Commerce participated in the program, along with seven students from
the Utrecht Business School, Hogeschool Utrecht University of Applied Sciences. The
primary aim of this programme is to provide our students with an opportunity for an intercultural interaction on an academic platform. Our attempt is to keep the course
interdisciplinary, with a mix of lectures from academics as well as industry experts. As a part
of Indo-Dutch Collaborative Programme, the students found themselves amidst the best and
engaging minds of Delhi University and Utrecht Business School. For them the week long
programme was a great learning experience in terms of cultural and management skills
besides enhancing inter-personal relationships. Alongside visits to historical sites in Delhi,
there was an industrial trip to Greater Noida creating a beautiful blended view of the rich
cultural diversity and burgeoning Indian industrial sector. Interacting and working with
students of Utrecht Business School was a unique experience. The lectures by faculty of
Utrecht Business School on management and innovation skills combined with lectures by
faculty of Delhi University on culture and diversity created a pool of rich intellectual variety.
At the end of the programme, all participants were enriched and exposed to different cultures
of India and Netherlands and also found the common denominator of management and
business ethos of both the countries. We look forward to continue this series of programs in
2014 as well.
Collaboration with King’s College: Summer School at Miranda House
Miranda House hosted King’s College London Summer School in June 2013. King’s
College London is one of the top 30 universities of the world (2012/13 QS World University
rankings.) It is renowned for the range of popular short courses itoffers at its International
Summer School in London. Building on last year’s successful Mumbai Summer School,
King’s extended the programme to Delhi as well for the first time. The Delhi Summer School
was organized in Miranda House, University of Delhi, in collaboration with Think
Education, an educational organization which works to create opportunities for promising
students worldwide. Three independent courses were taught by accomplished faculty from
King’s in two sessions, each of two-week duration. The Courses are:
1.
International Relations: This was the first course which started on the 3 of June,
2013, and was attended by 76 students. Dr. Diana Bozhilova kept the students
engaged with lots of interactive activities, including mock simulations, writing UN
resolutions and question and answer sessions. There were two guest speakers for this
course. Mr. Onno Ruhl, the country Director of World Bank spoke on the evolving
strategies of the organization in fighting poverty in various parts of the world. The
students found his hour-long lecture very informative because it gave a history of the
World Bank, valuable insights into its working and also a summary about India’s
place in the global system. The participants asked various questions, some on
controversial global issues of contemporary relevance. Mr. Ruhl answered all
patiently and at length. The other guest speaker for the course was Mr. K.C. Singh. A
retired member of the Indian Foreign Service, Mr. Singh had been the Indian
ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and Iran. He gave a first- hand account of
various strategic discussions and spoke of UN reforms and its future in the current
global scenario.
2.
E-Business: The Online Entrepreneur: There were about 30 participants for this
course, who the tutor, Mr. Michael Bedward, called “entrepreneurs”. They enjoyed
the course and acquired the confidence to present their business proposals to
prospective investors. They sat in groups and enjoyed the team work that Mr.
Bedward assigned to them regularly. The guest speaker for this course was Mr.
Sanjeev Bikhchandani, who is the co-founder and CEO of naukri.com, India’s
foremost online job search business venture. He spoke of his struggle and the
strategies he employed to reach the position he has acquired today. For many, it
turned out to be meeting face-to-face with their role-model.
3.
International Political Economy: The course started on the 17 of June with about 60
students from various disciplines. It was intensive and the tutor, Dr. Gonzalo PozoMartin, spent long hours taking questions and comments from the students. Often
these interactive sessions went beyond class hours. The guest speaker for this course
was Prof. C. P. Chandrasekhar from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He provided a
lucid summary of the subject of international finance and crisis. The participants
found the lecture very insightful and the discussion of India was an addition to what
they had already learnt. According to one feedback, “he helped connect the dots from
the two-week long course”.
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The Scholarships: After a thorough scrutiny of the applications for scholarship, the
following students were selected to attend the King’s London Summer School in the session
22 July to 9 August 2013. They received full tuition fee waiver and free accomodation. The
students are (i) Sameera Rao from the International Relations course. She is a student of
Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi. (ii) Kriti Bharadwaj from the E-Business Course. She is
an independent entrepreneur. (iii) Prajwal Lokesh from the International Political Economy
course. He is from St. Joseph College of Commerce, Bangalore.
The participating students came from various parts of the country; there were two
international students as well, from Germany and the UK. Some of the female students
stayed at the Miranda Hostel and the Gywer Hall was kind enough to accomodate some of the
male participants. They were also from different disciplines and different stages of their
learning paths. The programme brought them together and they enjoyed their time inside the
classrooms, in the hostels and outside. There was a resounding applause from the
participants at the Closing Ceremony. Many said they would come back next year.
The team at Miranda House was led by the Principal, Dr. Pratibha Jolly and consisted of
faculty members Dr. Purnima Roy, Ms. Anuradha Khattar, Ms. Bijayalaxmi Nanda and Ms.
Malabika Pal. Other faculty members who provided valuable contribution in making the
programme successful are Ms. Alka Budhiraja, Ms. Pushpa Mishra, Ms. Shruti Sharma, Ms.
K. K.Subha, Ms. Avni Gupta. The members of the staff who provided steady support are Ms.
Preeti and Mr. Parineet Parmer. Student volunteers helped right from the stage of publicity to
the Closing Ceremony. They were Eisha Roy, Richa Sindhwani, Deeksha Supyaal Bisht.
Other volunteers who contributed in various ways were Pragya, Janki, Neha Rathi, Tamanna
Adhikari, Kirti Manjusha, Ashi singh, Zoha Ashgar and Mallika Narang.
Collaboration with University of Sydney: Australian Leadership Fellow Award
Dr. Pratibha Jolly, Principal and Principal Investigator, D S Kothari Centre for Research and
Innovaiton in Sciene Education was awarded a collaborative project titled Building
Leadership Capacity in Undergraduate Science Teaching in India for the Australian
Leadership Awards Fellowships, AusAid, Australian Government, at a total budget of AUD
55,000. This was with Australian partner Dr. Manjula Sharma, Director, IISME: Institute for
Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education Director, IISME: Institute for Innovation
in Science and Mathematics Education, University of Sydney, Australia. Under the project, 9
faculty members of the science departments of Miranda House were given the Australian
Leadership Awards Fellowships (ALAF) to visit University of Sydney for three weeks in
April 2013 for a collaborative programme centred around an Australian countrywide
initiative on Advancing Science through Enhancement of Learning in the Labortory
(ASELL). They are:
Dr. Pratibha Jolly (Team Leader), Dr. Usha Malik, Mallika Verma: Department of Physics
Dr. Bani Roy, Dr. Mallika Pathak, Department of Chemistry
Dr. Janaki Subramanyam, Dr. Saloni Bahri, Department of Botany
Dr. Nisha Vashist, Dr. Sadhana Sharma, Department of Zoology.
In addition to participating in the ASELL workshop wherein the group presented nine
innnovative experiments developed at D S Kothari Centre, Miranda House, memebers of the
team visited various departments of University of Sydney, made presentations at a seminar
dedicated to showcasing the work being carried out at Miranda House and participated in a
Sydney University Physics Education Research Graduate Students Seminar. The team was
also invited to the Australian National University, Canberra, where they visited the John
Curtis School of Medical Research on the invitation of the Director Professor Christopher
Parish. They also visited the Research School of Physics and Engineering and the Research
School of Chemistry. The aim was to learn about the current area of research of scientists at
the various laboratories of ANU through interaction and presentation.
Prestigious Projects
D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Sciene Education
The D S Kothari Centre has been set up at Miranda House as a national facility with a
generous grant from the Department of Science and Technology, in project mode. It has
given us an opportunity to set up several innovative, state-of-art laboratories and facilities
that are open to students and faculty members not just from Miranda House, but across the
country. Needless to add, faculty and students of the college have a major in-house
advantage. The emphasis of the programmes is on capacity building of teachers and giving a
flavour of research to students. Under its aegis, workshops, specially designed summer
camps, symposiums and lectures are by now a regular feature. Some of the key activities
organized this year are described in detail.
Science Summer Camp: This year the Science Summer Camp was from 06 June to 21 July
2013 and was titled Flavour of Research: Investigative Projects in Multidisciplianry
Contexts. It drew a large number of students from several colleges, many of who have
continued to work through the year.
Baseline Science Tests 2013-14: Baseline Science Tests in Chemistry, Life Sciences and
Physics have been held in Miranda House since 2008-09 by the D S Kothari Centre for
Research and Innovation in Science Education. The top three students from each subject
then make presentations on contemporary scientific topics of their choice and the winner of
the Science Award is selected from amongst them. In the 2010-11 academic session, the test
series was expanded to include Baseline Tests in the Earth Sciences and Mathematical
Sciences. The tests again evoked enthusiastic participation from students this year. The three
top students of each subject test were then required to make presentations on topics of
contemporary interest, with some interdisciplinary content, in the participants’ field of study.
The quality of presentations this year registered immense improvement owing to sustained
opportunities, exposure and mentoring offered by the Centre.
Science Quest: Centre for Science Education and Communication (CSEC), University of
Delhi, has been conducting the prestigious Science Quest since 1987. The competition is
rigorous and comprises of three rounds. The Preliminary Round, requires 4-member student
teams from all participating colleges to compete with each other through a Written Round in
MCQ format; and an Interactive Round in which teams pose questions to other teams. There
is credit for answering questions as well as for defending solutions presented. In the
Exposition Round, top six college teams prepare a brief presentation on a topic of their
choice and defend themselves throughgruelling question-answer sessions. In the Final
Roundthe six teams are required to solve problems within a time frame in the sub-round
titled Problem Round. Each team faces one question each in Chemistry, Physics and Life
Sciences. The answers are contested by the other teams. Exactly the same process is repeated
in the Concept Round with questions related to concepts in the three subjects. Miranda
House has been sending its team to Quest ever since the inception of the contest. The
selection and preparation process for the college team, over the years, has consisted of
identifying four bright science students, moulding them into a team and coaching them for
presentations and problem-solving. Since 2008-09, Quest team members are selected on the
basis of the Baseline Science Tests in Chemistry, Life Sciences and Physics conducted by DS
Kothari Centre. Dr. Bani Roy has been ably coordinating the Baseline Test and mentoring the
Science Quest team.
This year the MCQ Round was held on 06 March 2014 and the Interactive Round is on 11
March 2014 while the Exposition Round and the Problem and Concept Round were on 22
and 29 March 2014. The Miranda Quest Team secured the second position in the competition
and consisted of Shivali Bannerjee, B.Sc. (H) Chemistry III, Anubha Shokhand, B.Sc. (H)
Physics III, Shubangini Tiwari, B.Sc. (H) Zoology III, and Memthoi Chongtham, B.Sc. (H)
Botany III.
INSPIRE Internship Programme
Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) is an innovative program
sponsored by the Department of Science & Technology. The objective is to communicate to
the youth of the country the excitements of creative pursuit of science, attract talent to the
study of basic science at an early stage and thus build the required critical human resource
pool for strengthening and expanding the Science & Technology system and R&D base. A
striking feature of the program is that it does not believe in conducting competitive exams for
identification of talent at any level. It relies on the efficacy of the existing educational
structure for identification of talent. An important component of INSPIRE is theScheme for
Early Attraction of Talent (SEATS) which aims to attract talented youth to study science by
providing INSPIRE Award, to experience the joy of innovations, of Rs 5000 to one million
young learners in the age group 10-15 years. Further, it is stipulated that annually about
50,000 students of classes XI and XII will be given exposure with leaders in science in the
Summer/ Winter camps to experience the joy of innovations.
DS Kothari Centre is a nodal centre for organizing a series of INSPIRE Internship Camps at
Miranda House since 2010. The fourth Internship Programme in the series was organized
from 15 to 20 December 2013. Top 1% of students in their X Board Examination and
pursuing science in Higher Secondary School Education, i.e. XI and XII standard were
eligible to participate. This translated to those having secured more than 95% in CBSE or
ICSE. The program drew 222 students and 90 teachers from 30 schools across the city. As
many as 34 faculty members from science departments and about 90 undergraduate students
acted as mentors ably supported by 52 labortory support staff made the program a great
success.
INSPIRE Motivational Talks: Specially designed to excite young students, the Programme
included motivational overview talks by renowned scientists. This year the highlight was the
interactive sessions with two Nobel Laureates. The complee list of speakers is listed below
along with the titles of the talks.
Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan, Nobel Laureate 2009, Chemistry: From a Childhood in India to
Seeing the Structure of the Machine that Reads our Genes
Professor Sir Paul Maxime Nurse, Nobel Laureate 2001, Physiology or Medicine:
Controlling the Cell Cycle
Professor Dipankar Bhattacharya, Inter-University Consortium for Astrophysics and
Astronomy (IUCAA), Pune: The Big Data in Astronomy: the Citizen Science Initiative
Dr. Satyajit Rath, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi: Immune to change: How
the past meets the future in our microbial defences
Professor Sriram Ramaswamy, Director, TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences,
Hyderabad: Active Matter: Flocks and Swarms from Micrometers to Kilometers
Dr. Sudeshna Mazumdar Leighton, Department of Botany, University of Delhi: Multiple
Dimensions of the Biotic Environment of Plants
Demonstration talks by practicing science educators and those engaged in outreach such as
the National Science Centreadded to the excitement. The latter presented the intriguing
experiments from the World at Low Temperatures.
INSPIRE Workshops: The D S Kothari Centre associate faculty and undergraduate student
assistants conducted 17 specially designed innovative parallel workshop sessions each
afternoon for groups of 20 Inspire Interns to give thm a hands-on exposure to the joys of
experimental science. The workshops were highly successful and are listed below:
1.
Chemistry: The Green Pathway
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Chemistry: Colours of Gold and Silver
3.
DNA and Enzymes: Tiny but Mighty Players
4.
DNA: Close Encounters
5.
The Cell: Life’s Playground
6.
Designing Life: Small Experiments
7.
Molecular Docking: Proteins and DNA
8.
Human Physiology: How fit are you?
9.
Physics: The World in Motion
10.
Physics: Sense, Measure and Control the World
11.
Robotics: Impacting Life
12.
Going Green: Science for a Sustainable Future
13.
Science on the Move: Collecting Data in the Field
14.
Simulations and Video Analysis: The Modelling Game
15.
Remote Sensing: Map Your Environment
16.
Forensics: To Catch a Thief
17.
Lab on Wheels: Innovative Science Demonstrations
Open Source Drug Discovery Centre
CSIR has launched the Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) Project as a team India
consortium with global partnership with an aim to make healthcare affordable and
Tuberculosis is the first target disease of OSDD. DS Kothari Centre, Miranda House, has
been chosen as a partner in OSDD since 2010. CSIR has provided funding for Research
Projects which are being carried out at DSKC, MH, for the OSDD drug discovery program.
The students of B.Sc. Honours and B.Sc. Life Sciences at Miranda House are participating in
the project titled Cloning and expression of selected intraphagosomal expressed genes of
Mycobacterium tuberculosisandExpression and Immunological evaluation of MymA
operon proteins of M.tuberculosis. Dr. Sadhna Sharma and Monika Sharma, Department of
Zoology, Miranda House are investigators in these project. Two Ph. D students, two research
interns and twenty undergraduate students are participating in these projects this year. A
workshop titled Protein Modeling & Docking Studies for Rational Drug Design was
organized by OSDD team lead by Dr. Anshu Bhardwaj on 12-13 March, 2014 to further train
these students for discovering new drugs for tuberculosis.
e-Yantra Robotics Lab at Miranda House
Miranda House signed up for e-Yantra Lab Setup Initiative (eLSI) to set up a Robotics Lab. eYantra is a project led by IIT Bombay and sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource and
Development with a goal to enable effective Embedded systems and Robotics education
across colleges in India, by (i) providing training for teachers and students, (ii) engaging
teachers and students in hands-on experiments with robots and (iii) helping colleges to set-up
Robotics labs/clubs. As part of the programme, a team of four teachers comprising Dr.
Mallika Verma, Dr. Anuradha Khattar, Dr. Monika Tomar and Dr. Charu Goel participated in
a two-day workshop on 24-25 September 2013 at Cluster Innovation Centre, University of
Delhi. An amount of Rs. 4.5 Lakh was spent to procure various equipments required for
setting up the Robotics Lab. The teachers’ team also participated in the e-Yantra Teachers
Robotics Competition 2014 in which they worked on the theme Minesweeper. Out of 35
participating colleges from across India, Miranda House team secured fourth position in the
finals held at IIT Bombay on April 10, 2014.
Department of Biotechnology Star College Report
Miranda House is the recipient of the Department of Biotechnlogy, Govt.of India, Star
College Scheme project grants since 2011. Under this prestigious project, five departments
of the college, namely departments of Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Physics and
Zoology, each received Rs. 11 lakh. Based on excellent performance, the college received
an additional amount of Rs. 13.5 lakh from DBT for the year 2013-2014.
The mandate of the scheme is to strengthen teaching-learning of basic sciences. All
departments have purchased equipment to set up additional facilities and are developing
innovative curricular materials, and adding new experiments to the repertoire. The Miranda
House science faculty are also conducting capacity building programs, workshops and
seminars for students and teachers across the university. Excursions and field studies have
also been augmented. A major thrust is on innovative curriculum deveoment and increasing
retention in science.
Department of Botany: Students visited the INSPIRE National Level Exhibition and Project
Competition, Pragati Maidan, October 2013. Students of Botany (H) III also went for a field
trip to National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi.
Department of Chemistry: The Chemistry department conducted a Workshop for students
titled Nature at Work: Studying Priomolecules on 25 September 2013. Students and 3
teachers visited Hindustan Copper Ltd., Khetri Copper Complex on 08 October 2013.
Department of Computer Science: The department conducted three workshops under DBT
Star College Scheme during the year 2013-2014. These were Introducing Foss and
Workshop on Linux, 07-08 October 2013; Science of Developing Android Applictions, 22-24
January 2014; and Campus to Corporate, 26 February 2014.
Department of Physics: The department organized a unique workshop titled Active Learning
Integrating Hands-on Experiments and Multimedia Resources: A Collaborative Workshop
for Undergraduate Physics Teacher, 07-08 October 2013. This furthered the International
Collaboration with University of New South Wales, Australia, on the Project REALM:
Resources for Enhancing Active Learning with Multimedia.
Department of Zoology: A Seminar was organized on Quantitative PCR: Procedure and
Applications by Dr. Sangeeta Thatai, Training Lead, South Asia, Invitrogen Biosciences.
A four day Workshop on Understanding Proteins: Structures and Functions for
undergraduate students was conducted from 15 to 18 July 2013. It brought together 25
student participants form contemporary fields of Zoology, Botany and Life Sciences from
across the University. The aim was to provide active learning with the help of peer training,
contemporary knowledge regarding the subject and hands on experience in proteomics
techniques. Invited lectures from eminent faculty of the field included The Beauty in Protein
Structure by Dr. Aseem Mishra, ICGEB; Protein Folding, Misfolding & Diseases by Dr.
Laishram Rajendra Singh, ACBR; Homology Modelling & Drug Discovery by Dr. Jasmita
Gill, RCB; Bacterial Pathogens: Designing of Protein Toxins by Prof. Yogendra Singh,
IGIB; OSDD: Systems Biology by Dr. Anshu Bhardwaj. The workshop provided hands-on
experience on six specially designed sessions, viz., Extraction, Isolation, Purification,
Detection and Estimation of Recombinant Proteins by latest molecular biology. A module on
Protein Structure and Homology Modelling was also included to introduce students with the
recent trends in proteomics. The workshop was implemented by teachers having expertise in
proteomics techniques and their applications. The four day module was coordinated by Dr.
Sadhna Sharma and Dr. Monika Sharma. Content development and exercise sessions were
mentored by Dr. Tanima Bose, Dr. Jyoti Arora, Dr. Simran Jit along with the workshop
coordinators. Continuous evaluation of the exercises was carried out wherein students were
asked to answer queries related to the techniques learnt. The goals of the program were
successfully achieved by interactive lecture demonstrations, group discussions and
conceptual evaluation. Ms. Iti Saraav and Ms. Swati Singh, Ph.D scholars at the Life
Sciences Laboratory, DS Kothari Centre, Miranda House, were Teaching Assistants for the
entire program.
Facilities
The Library
The library is one of the most treasured areas for its valued and voracious readers. Spread
over three floors with carpet area of 152 square meters, it employs 22 staff members, several
with degrees in Library Management. The sprawling reading areas can accommodate 280
students with ease, providing them private space for serious reading. Amongst the best
Libraries in the University, it has a collection of more than One Lakh volumes. The number
of volumes pertaining to Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities is about 75,000 and to
Science and Technology about 30,000. As always, this year too the collection was enhanced
by nearly 1000 volumes and few more journals were added. We subscribe to hard copies of
125 Magazines /periodicals; 81 National Journals and 44 Interntional Journals. The Library
System is fully computerized. Excellent connectivity is through the wi fi on campus and
additional nodes to the University Server. Readers have full access to e-resources and soft
copies of the entire range of nationl/international journals available on INFLIBNET. The
Library services include OPAC and a digitl resource centre with more than 30 computers. In
house facility for photocopying and printing is an additional convenience.
Renovations over the last few years have provided a well illuminated, attractive, quiet
ambience making library a haven for the scholar. Besides its regular tasks, the library
organized Intra College Library Fest Maison on 16 April 2013. The fest included
competitions for the students like Book Hunt, Creative Writing on the theme I drive the
change, Screening of the movie Lincoln, Quiz, Book Cover Revamp. The response from
students for the fest was overwhelming. They were glad to receive recognition and gifts. For
Tempest it organized Online Photography competition.
A Digital Resource Literacy Workshop was organized by the library on 2 May 2013 in the
Digital Resource Centre for the faculty. A talk on Gandhian Thought and Environmental
Issues was organized for the benefit of the students. The students enjoyed the interactive
session. The Library also trained the students of the Four Year Undergraduate Progrmme
Foundation Course, covering the section on library procedure and services under Library
Science.
Amba Dalmia Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged
The Amba Dalmia Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged students, located in the
library premises continues to be extremely popular and useful. It is fully occupied most of the
time. The centre is well equipped with several computers. This year also, in addition to
informally providing basic training in use of computers, we continued with a well-structured
certificate course in computer application for the visually challenged students. The
instructor is Mohamad Kaish, visually challenged himself. He is also managing the vast
collection of Braille books and audio materials. This year we have added 17 Angel Daisy
Plyers and 5 Notebooks. JAWS software in English and Hindi on all the computers, Scanner,
E-book reader, voice recorder and a newly acquired Braille Embosser that converts printed
text to embossed Braille dots for easy reading.
IT Infrastructure and Digital Resource Centres
Over the last few years, we have created several modern Computer Laboratories in the
college that include the Computer Science Department Laboratory; the Multidisciplinary
Project Laboratory; the Computational Physics and Computational Chemistry Laboratories;
the Mathematics Computer Lab; Geography Compuer Lab; Web Lab; the Digital Resource
Centre and the Amba Dalmia Resource Centre at the Library. All departments have at least
one computer each with printer for official work; the sciences many more. The Staff Lounge
has several networked computers. All laboratories and Centres are open for use by the entire
college community. This year we have added several new facilities. Projectors have been
procured and made operational in almost all classrooms to facilitate, encourage and leverage
technology for blended teaching-learning and access to knowledge networks. Three
interactive boards have also been installed, one in the department of Computer Science and
two in the Department of Physics. The college has also procured a high lumens projector and
a remote controlled motorized screen having a size of 16x12 feet. It has been installed in the
college auditorium.
All lecture rooms, laboratories, auditorium, remote hostel rooms, and vast open areas around
our college have internet connectivity through the university network. More than 50
Wireless Access Points have been installed and the Wifi system is supported by 9 wireless
switches housed in 9 different department rooms in the college. Through this facility
students, faculty and staff have internet access and also have access to E journals and online
databases to which the University subscribes. Each and every student, faculty and staff has
been given an appropriate login id for internet access. All this is possible and is being
managed by the two high end servers, wireless zone contoller and related equipments
installed in the new control room. The optic fibre linking the university to our college is also
installed here. Most of the computer and WiFi related tasks are being handled by a network
and system administrator. With netbooks issued to teachers, it is eay to leverage technology
for blended teaching-learning and access to knowledge networks.
Miranda House issued netbooks to all its faculty members three years ago. Faculty is
extremely happy with their devices and using them extensively. We were the first college to
do so and remain the only college to thus empower and motivate our teachers to use IT for
teaching-learning. This year, about 1000 laptops supplied by the University were issued to
the first year students of FYUP. All the 30 visually challenged students have also been given
laptops loaded with enabling software. Laptops have also been issued to teachers teaching
the newly introduced Foundation Courses. Mirnda House administrative set up is fully
automated. To retain the leading edge, the facilities are continuously upgraded. Thisi year we
have replaced twenty five computers with high configuration new computers in the office
block to facilitate e-nmanagement, faster and more efficient service to the student and the
teacher.
More than 3500 students, teachers and non-teaching staff are optimally utilizing the college
Wi-Fi facility for enhanced connectivity and accessing Internet resources on a daily basis.
This is made possible with more than 50 Wireless Access Points, the Wi-Fi system supported
by 9 wireless switches housed in 9 different department rooms in the college, two high end
servers, wireless zone controller and related equipment.
Miranda Goes Google
As a first for any college, Miranda House became the first college of Delhi University to sign
up for Google Apps for education. In February, 2014, the college rolled out Google apps for
education (drive, docs, calendar, forms, videos etc.) at its own domain (mirandahouse.ac.in)
in collaboration with Google Ltd. The project was led by Dr. Pratibha Jolly, Principal, and
Dr. Charu Goel, Physics, in collaboration with student volunteers from across streams. Work
is underway to create a rich digital resource centre on the web using Google Apps platform.
As part of the project, unique email addresses on the domain were assigned to the students,
faculty and administrative staff fostering enhanced connectivity among the college
community. This is a big step keeping in mind the fact that future-learning methodology
would rely on students and faculty being able to communicate and collaborate effectively. In
its aim to go green, Miranda House took the first step in this direction by using an online
email-based survey for collecting elective subject choices by over 900 students, instead of
the conventional paper forms.
Cafeteria
The college has several eating outlets. The services of the main Cafeteria are augmented by a
Nescafe Kiosk, a Mother Dairy Outlet, a Quick Bite Kiosk near the Science Block and the
Night Dhaba for the resident students. Day scholars can also use the dining facities of the
hostel mess if they so desire. The Cafeteria provides a wide range of food items. It is housed
in a unique semicircular building that has been completely renovated. It bears a new look
with elegant furniture to accommodate 150 to students at a time, neat serving counters and a
kitchen well equipped with all necessary gadgets. The surroundings are aesthetically
appealing and hygienic. The Nescafe Stall is also located here. The outdoor seating is fairly
large and aesthetically designed, nestling as it does in the Miranda greens with exotic foliage.
The area is the hub of student activity and it is common to see students engaged in deep
conversations, discussions and debates even as they bond over food.
The Hostel
The resident students came back to the hostel after the summer vacations on 23 July 2013, the
start of the academic session. The Principal welcomed the freshers personally and joined
them over the first dinner in the hostel. At the Freshers Talent Search the new students gave
delightful performances and won several prizes as they competed in dancing, singing,
debating, creative writing, sketching and games. The day ended with the much awaited
Fashion Show and a sumptuous banquet. As is the practice, the residents celebrated Dandiya
Night, Guest Night, Independence Day, Diwali, Christmas, Lohri, Republic Day, Mridang
Night and Holi. The Hostel Night will be celebrated on 23 March. The session will wrap up
finally with a farewell for the final year students. The elections for the new Hostel union
members was held on 3 March 2014.
The Hostel common room has been renovated. This year a new large size LCD TV and home
theatre system has been installed. As always, the film club was active with screening films
centered around social issues besides the weekend new releases having an engaging
audience This year the sports society Ethlos organized night cricket for the residents.
Aerobic sessions were also conducted throughout the session. A branch of the Women
development cell opened in the hostel and organized several talks for students in the hostel.
The hostel now routinely offers hospitality to various visitors to the college and programmes
organized by the college.
Medical Support Unit
The college this year opened a Medical Centre. This facility, in collaboration with NuLife
Hospital, was inaugurated by the Principal on 8 January 2014. It augments the exiting
arrangement where all students in residence have to be members of WUS located at Patel
Chest Institute, University of Delhi. WUS provides basic medical fcilites to the students.
Having an in-house facility is a great convenience and also an essential requirement of a
community. Established in the hostel premises, the College Medical Centre provides
services to the entire college community free of cost. This includes students – both in
residence and day scholars, and staff and their families including the contractual workers.
This helps the community, especially the students to cope with common medical issues
like cold and cough, blood pressure, fever and other medical aid required in event of
cuts, injuries, etc. The students are also given the opportunity to get a medical check-up to
ascertain their weight, height, blood sugar levels, etc. Since its institution, an average of 610 students and staff members visit the centre each day.
Dr Alka Saxena is the visiting doctor for staff and students and is available on Tuesdays,
Thursday and Saturday. The nurse Ms. Neisohoi Karoung is on duty in the medical room on
all working days (Monday to Saturday) till 4.30 pm. Going beyond daya to day problems, the
unit in collaboration with NSS has launched regular health awareness talks. The series was
inaugurated with the talk Common Diseases among Young Women: Menstrual
Abnormalities by Dr. Shakuntla Kumar on 22 January 2014.
Guidance and Counseling Unit
Guidance and counseling plays a key role in the personal, social, educational and vocational
development of students. By addressing their emotional needs, they are prepared for their
roles to be objective, participative and responsible members of society. Keeping this in mind
the Guidance and Counseling Unit was renewed at Miranda House College premises in
September 2013 with the recruitment of Ms. Aparn Rustogi, a professionally trained
counselor. She is available three days a week during college hours to address the needs of the
students and staff and provides a variety of confidential counseling services. The Counseling
Unit is open from 1130 hours till 1700 hours on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. Apart
from these days, the counsellor is also available on call as and when required. An open door
policy is favored, with all students welcome and equally heard. Appointments for one-to-one
meetings are easily made by students and parents. Self referrals and Counseling
appointments are made in person or by phone. At an average 3 to 4 students visit the
counsellor daily. Each session extends from 30 to 45 minutes.
The Counseling Unit is committed to providing high quality counseling services which
promote the development and empowerment of a diverse community of learners. The
mission is to help students make informed personal, educational and career decisions, set
realistic personal and career goals and develop the skills necessary to accomplish these
goals. The psychological services to help them with self-exploration issues as it relates to
their personal lives, college experiences and educational goals. Career counseling enables
students to understand their values, interests and skills and to research a variety of career
options. The career planning process also assists students in learning to manage job/life
transitions.
Counseling and ongoing student support is an intrinsic element of the Guidance and
Counseling Unit. Exam worries, stress, personal and social problems are very much a part of
many student’s lives. The college counsellor with the constant support of the Principal and
staff as a team, plays a crucial role in supporting students to negotiate through difficulties in
their lives. Students feel reassured that they have someone to turn to in hour of need and that
someone is always present to hold their hand in times of personal crisis and help them emerge
stronger.
Appendix 1
Administrative Matters Related to Teaching Staff
Currently, the total teaching faculty strength is 183 of which 140 are permanent faculty
members while the rest are on temporary, ad hoc or guest basis. Currently, 4 permanent
faculty members are on study leave and 16 on other types of leave. The meritorious profile
of our faculty enhances the academic credentials of the college.
Doctoral Degree Awards: The following faculty members qualified for the award of the
doctoral degree in the current period.
Dr. Purva Yadav, Department of Geography, for her thesis titled Geographical Interpretation
of changing patterns of International Trade (1990-2005) by University of Delhi.
Dr. Priyankapuri, Department of Geography, for her thesis titled Delhi’s Master Plans: 1962,
2001 and 2021: A critical analysis by University of Delhi.
Dr. Chanda Sagar, Department of Hindi, for her thesis titled Jagdish Chandra ke upannayaso
me Dalit vimarsh by University of Delhi.
Dr. Parul Bhardwaj, Department of English, for her thesis titled Partition Narratives:
Reseaching History in the mirror of Fiction by University of Mumbai.
Dr. Simmi Valechha, Department of Philosophy, for her thesis titled Gender equality: The
Gandhian Perspective by University of Delhi.
Dr. Upali Chakravarti, Department of Elementary Education, for her thesis titled
Disability. Social suffering and caregiving: A case study of cerebral Palsy, by Jawaharlal
Nehru University.
Master’s Course Award
Ms. Hena Oak, Department of Economics has been conferred Degree of Master of Arts in
Economics from the Uniersityof British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Dr. Rashmi Shakya successfully completed M.Sc. in Systems in Synthetic Biology from
University of Edinburgh under Faculty Training Program of University of Delhi in
September 2013.
Deputation:
Dr. Shashi Aggarwal (Mathematics) is on deputation as Faculty Member in the Cluster
Inovation Centre (CIC, University of Delhi) since 24.04.2012 for two years.
Dr. Nisha Bala Tyagi (Philosophy) is on deputation as Deputy Dean Academic, University of
Delhi, since 01.02.2013 for two years.
Dr. Rama Yadav (Hindi) is on deputation for two years from 03.09.2013 for taking up the
assignment as Visiting Professor of Hindi at ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary.
Study/ Earned/Half Pay/Child Care Leave
The following faculty members have availed/ are availing leave during the session 2013-14.
Name
Department
Purpose
Period
Ms. Punam Behari
Geography
Earned Leave
12 August to10 October
2013
Dr. Madhu Khanna
Botany
Earned Leave
30 September to
01 Novemebr 2013
Ms. Sharmila Purkayastha English
Earned leave
12 Novemebr to 13
December 2013
Ms. Aprajita Sharma
Hindi
Commuted Leave 24 July to 07 Novemebr
2013
Dr. Usha Malik
Physics
Commuted Leave 02 September to
27 October 2013
Dr. K.V. Shantha
Mathematics
Commuted Leave 24 July to 13 Septemebr
201302 January to 22
March 2014
Ms. Aruna Popli
Chemistry
Half Pay Leave
02 September to
20 Novemebr 201316
January to 17 May 2014
Dr. Meera Sagar
English
Earned Leave/
Half Pay Leave
23 January 2013 to
01 January 2014
Dr. Adarsh Gulati
Chemistry
Half Pay Leave
26 February to 30 April
2014
The following faculty members are currently availing study leave for Ph. D. or Extraordinary
leave with Lien for Academic appointment in another institution during the session 2013-14
(as on 30 April 2014).
Name
Department
Purpose
Since
Ms. Indira Prasad Bahuguna
English
Ph.D at
21 July 2013
Delhi University
Ms. Devjani Ray
English
Ph.D at IIT,
New Delhi
Ms. Hena Singh
Political Science
Ph.D at
21 July 2013
United Kingdom
Ms. A. R. Sitalakshmi
Elementary Education Ph.D at
21 July 2013
Delhi University
Dr. Mahuya Bandhyopadhyay
Sociology
21 July 2013
Extra Ordinary 16 August
Leave
2013
Maternity Leave: The following teachers availed maternity leave:
Name
Ms. Sutapa Das
Department
Economics
Period
01 April to 27 September 2013
The following teachers are currently availing maternity leave:
Name
Ms. Rekha Badsiwal
Ms. Monika Arora
Dr. Sangeeta Rai
Ms. Bhawna Bansal Gupta
Ms. Hena Oak
Department
Mathematics
Hindi
Mathematics
Economics
Since
1 November 2013
3 January 2014
18 September 2013
3 October 2013
24 February 2014
Child Care Leave: The following teachers availed child care leave:
Name
Dr. Shweta Sachdeva Jha
Dr. Daulti Rani
Dr. Rekha Arora
Dr. Saswati Sengupta
Dr. Monika Arora
Ms. Neetu Rana
Department
English
Mathematics
Sanskrit
English
Mathematics
Period
02 January 2012 to 31 December 2013
02 January 2012 to 01 January 2014
01 May 2013 to 17 November 2013
24 July 2013 to 07 February 2014
24 July 2013 to 01 January 2014
08 September to 29 October 2013
Child Care Leave: The following teachers are currently availing child care leave:
Name
Ms. Meera Sagar
Ms. Seema Aggarwal
Dr. Ravinder Jha
Ms. Sneh Jha
Dr. Simmi Valechha
Dr. Rakhi Parijat
Dr. Ritu Ahlawat
Department
English
Computer Science
Economics
History
Philosophy
Geography
Geography
Since
2 January 2014
21 July 2012
24 July 2013
24 July 2013
24 July 2013
17 November 2013
19 May 2013
Marriage: Ms. Ashu Threja (Elementardy Edcation) and Dr. Sonia Verma (Chemistry) got
married this year. We congratulate them.
Retirements: The following teachers superannuated this year.
S.No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Name
Dr. V. Rajaram
Dr. Svati. U. Joshi
Dr. Vimla Kaushik
Dr. Anita Sehgal
Dr. Rita Chandra
Department
Tamil
English
Mathematics
Botany
Physics
Date of Retirement
31.05.2013
31.07.2013
30.09.2013
31.01.2014
31.03.2014
Appendix 2
Professional Development of Staff
The College is committed to providing opportunities to the faculty to engage in academic
and research pursuits for professional growth. A large number of teachers attended talks,
seminars, workshops and conferences.
During the academic year, the following teachers attended various Refresher/Orientation
courses.
Name
Department
Refresher/ Orientation Duration
Dr. Chanda Sagar
Hindi
Refresher (Held at
CPDHE, Delhi
University)
12-19 November 2013
& 14-28 November
2013
Dr. Anindita Sarkar
Geography
Refresher (Jamia
Millia Islamia)
(Held at Held at JNU)
19.11.2013 to
09.12.2013 &
07.04.2014 to
02.05.2014
Dr. Purva Yadav
Geography
Special Winter School
(Held at University of
Allahbad)
03.12.2013
to 23.12.2013
Dr. Purva Yadav
Geography
Orientation course at
ASC, JNU
15.07.2013 to
14.08.2013
Dr. Ritu Gupta
Mathematics
Refresher (Held at
14.12.2013 to
ILLL, Delhi University) 04.01.2014
Dr. Meetu Bhatia
Mathematics
Refresher (Held at
14.12.2013 to
ILLL, Delhi University) 04.01.2014
Dr Charu Goel
Physics
Orientation (Held at
CPDHE,
Delhi University)
Dr. Pratibha Sharma
Philosophy
Refresher (Held at
09.12.2013 to
University of Rajasthan, 28.12.2013
Jaipur)
05.10.2013 to
15.10.2013,
09.11.2013 to
19.11.2013 &
14.12.2013 to
20.12.2013
Dr.Mukul Priyadarshini Elementary
Education
Refresher course
(held at ASC,
Jamia Millia Islamia)
11.4.2014 to 3.5.2014
Dr. Upali Chakravarti
Elementary
Education
Refresher (held at ASC,
Jamia Millia Islamia)
11.4.2014 to 3.5.2014
Dr. Anindita Sarkar
Geography
Refresher course at
ASC, Jawaharlal
Nehru University
07.04.2014 to
2.5.2014
Participation in Orientation Courses for Foundation Courses being taught under
FYUP (Semester I)
S.No. Topic
Participating Faculty
Duration
1.
LLC-1 Hindi
1.
2.
3.
4.
May 28-30, 2013
July 08-10, 2013
July 22-23, 2013
2.
Business, Entrepreneurship
and Management
5. Mrs. Manisha Vats
July 11-12, 2013
3
LLC-I Sanskrit
6. Dr. Meena Kumari,
7. Ms. Madhubala
July 11-12, 2013
4.
LLC-II English
8.
9.
10.
11.
Ms. Deepika Tandon
Ms. Senganglu Thaimei
Dr. Parul Bhardwaj
Dr. Jenny Rowena
July 15-17, 2013
5.
Building Mathematical Ability
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
Mr. Vikas Dhaka
Mr. Sandeep
Ms. Aakanksha Singh
Dr. Manjari Srivastava
Dr. K.V. Shantha
Dr. Lalita Dhar
Dr. Sunila Sharma
Dr. Meetu Bhatia Grover
Ms. Apeksha
Mr Jatin Anand
July 17-19, 2013
6.
Information Technology
Dr. Rama Yadav
Dr. Chanda Sagar
Dr. Nisha Nag
Dr. Kavita Bhatia
June 12-14, 2013
June 18-20, 2013
June 25-27, 2013
22. Mr. Jatin Anand
23. Ms. Bharti Seth
24. Ms. Anuradha Khattar
July 17-19, 2013
7.
Bengali
25. Dr. Sreemati Chakravarti
July 19-21, 2013
8.
Science and Life
26. Dr. Vandana Verma
27. Dr. Monika Tomer
28. Dr. Charu Goel
June 21-22, 2013
29. Dr. Smriti Sharma Bhatia
30. Ms. Anita Kumari
June 21-22 , 2013
31. Ms. Sumana Devi
32. Ms. Sonam Singh
33. Ms. Anjali Sharma
July18-19, 2013
9.
History of Science
Participation in Orientation Courses for Foundation Courses being taught under
FYUP (Semester II)
S. No. Topic
Participating Faculty
Duration
1.
1. Dr. Uma Meena
February 08-09, 2014
LLC-1 Hindi
2. Santosh
3. Priti Gupta
4. Rajni Disodia
5. Renu Arora
6. Dr. Balwant Kaur
7. Dr. Rama Yadav
May 28-30, 2013
8. Dr. Chanda Sagar
July 08-10, 2013
9. Dr. Nisha Nag
2.
3
10. Dr. Kavita Bhatia
July 22-23, 2013
Business, Entrepreneurship
11. Dr. Shiba Charan Panda
July 11-12, 2013
and Management
12. Mrs. Manisha Vats
LLC-I Sanskrit
13. Dr. Meena Kumari
July 11-12, 2013
14. Ms. Madhubala
4.
LLC-II English
15. Ms. Deepika Tandon
July 15-17, 2013
16. Ms. Senganglu Thaimei
17. Dr. Parul Bhardwaj
18. Dr. Jenny Rowena
5.
Building Mathematical Ability 19. Mr. Vikas Dhaka
July 17-19, 2013
20. Ms. Aakanksha Singh
21. Mr. Sandeep
22. Ms. Apeksha
June 25-27, 2013
23. Mr Jatin Anand
24. Dr. Meetu Bhatia Grover
25. Dr. Manjari Srivastava
June 12-14, 2013
26. Dr. K. V. Shanta
27. Dr. Lalita Dhar
June 18-20, 2013
28. Dr. Sunila Sharma
6.
Information Technology
29. Priti Rai Jain
February 08-09, 2014
30. Mr. Jatin Anand
July 17-19, 2013
31. Ms. Anuradha Khattar
32. Ms. Bharti Seth
7.
Bengali
33. Dr. Sreemati Chakravarti July 19-21, 2013
8.
Science and Life
34. Dr. Vandana Verma
June 21-22, 2013
35. Dr. Monika Tomer
36. Dr. Charu Goel
37. Dr. Smriti Sharma Bhatia June 21-22, 2013
38. Ms. Anita Kumari
9.
History of Science
38. Ms. Sumana Devi
39. Ms. Sonam Singh
40. Ms. Anjali Sharma
10.
Mathematical Awareness
41. Ms. Bharti Seth
11.
Integrating Mind, Body and
Heart
42. Dr. Manisha Vats
July18-19, 2013
Appendix 3
Administrative Structure
Principal
Dr. Pratibha Jolly
Vice Principal
Dr. Mallika Verma
Bursar
Dr. Purnima Roy
Teachers-In-Charge
Department
Teacher-in-charge
From
Till
English
16.07.2012
15.07.2014
Hindi
Dr. Balwant
26.07.2012
25.07.2014
Sanskrit
Ms. Seema Rani
17.01.2013
16.01.2015
Bengali
Dr. Sreemati Chakravarti
-
-
Economics
Ms. Nandini Dutta
21.09.2012
20.09.2014
History
Dr. Srimanjari
01.05.2013
30.04.2015
Philosophy
Dr. Alka Saharan
26.03.2014
20.07.2014
Mathematics
Dr. Manjari Kiran Srivastava
01.08.2013
31.07.2015
Geography
Dr. Monika Vij
23.08.2013
22.08.2015
Pol. Science
Ms. Pushpa Kumari
24.07.2012
23.07.2014
Sociology
Dr. Dinaz Mirchandani
24.07.2012
23.07.2014
Physics
Dr. Abha Dev Habib
31.10.2013
30.10.2015
Chemistry
Dr. Madhulika Johri Verma
04.02.2013
03.02.2015
Botany
Dr. Janaki Subramanyan
02.05.2012
01.05.2014
Zoology
Dr. Rekha Kumari
24.07.2013
23.07.2015
Computer Science
Ms. Anuradha Khattar
23.07.2012
22.07.2014
Physical Education
Dr. O.P.Padma
01.05.2012
30.04.2014
Ms. Ashu Thareja
01.07.2012
30.06.2014
Appendix 4
Staff Council Committees
Academic Year 2013 – 2014
Academic Committee
Dr. Pratibha Jolly
Principal
Convener: Senior most
Teachers-in-charge
Dr. MallikaVerma
Teachers-in-charge
All Departments
(Vice Principal)
Workload Committee
Dr. MallikaVerma
Ms. Lalita Dhar
Ms. PunamBehari
Ms. Madhu
Dr. Adarsh Gulati
Dr. VandanaVerma
(Vice Principal)
Committee to Review Course Options of Students
Ms. Meeta Kumar
Time Table Committee
All Teachers
Ms. Hena Singh
(Co-opted)
Monitoring Committee for Internal Assessment
Dr. Pratibha Jolly
Dr. MallikaVerma
Dr. Abha Dev Habib
Ms. Aruna Popli
(Principal)
(Vice Principal)
(Staff Council Secretary)
(Sr. Most Teacher)
Attendance Committee
Hons. Course
Teachers-in-charge
Convener: Senior most
Dr. MallikaVerma
(Vice Principal)
B.Sc. Integrated Life Sciences
Next TIC/ Nominee of Botany, Chemistry, Zoology
B.Sc. Integrated Applied Physical Sciences
Next TIC/ Nominee of Maths, Physics, Comp. Science
B.A. Programme
Next TIC/ Nominee of Eng, Hindi, Bengali, Eco, Geog
All Departments
Teachers-in-charge
Griveance Commitee
Dr. Purnima Roy
Ms. Lalita Dhar
( Bursar)
ADMISSIONS
PRO Committee
Ms. Nandini Dutta
Dr. Priyanka Puri
Dr. Bharti Jagganathan
Dr. Nisha Nag Purohit
Dr. Pratibha Sharma
Dr. Vimla Kaushik
Department of Hindi
Extended Admission Committee
Humanities & Social Science
Dr. Saswati Sengupta
Ms. Sharmila Purkasyastha
Dr. Shampa Roy
Ms. Sunita Meena
Ms. Manisha Vats
Ms. Neetu Chopra
Ms. Punam Behari
Dr. Punam Kumeria
Dr. Sudeshna Bhattacharya
Dr. Manjari Kiran Srivastava
Ms. Pushpa Kumari
Ms. Shurti Sharma Sethi
Dr. Nonica Datta
Dr. Srimanjari
Dr. Radhika Chaddha
Dr. Srimati Chkaravarti
Dr. Saswati Ganguly
Dr. Kavita Bhatia
Dr. Renu Arora
Dr. Shweta
Dr. Alka Saharan
Dr. Meena Kumari
Ms. Madhu Bala
Dr. Avantika Berwa
Dr. Amita Rana
Dr. Pratibha
Department of Hindi
Department of Hindi
Department of Physical Education
Sciences
Dr. Rashmi Rakshit
Dr. Monika Tomar
Dr. M. J. Verma
Dr. Bani Roy
Ms. Nutan Rani
Dr. Janaki Subramanyan
Dr. Madhu Bajaj
Dr. Saloni Behari
Dr. Sadhna Sharma
Dr. Jyoti Arora
Dr. Anuradha Khattar
ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS
Planning Committee
Dr. Pratibha Jolly
Dr. Mallika Verma
Dr. Purnima Roy
Dr. Abha Dev Habib
Dr. Saroj Mahajan
Principal
Vice Principal
Bursar
Secretary Staff Council
Teacher representative on the
Governing Body
Teachers Welfare Committee
Dr. Abha Dev Habib
Ms. Madhu
Dr. Saroj Mahajan
Secretary, Staff Council
Secretary, Staff Association
Teachers representative on the
Governing Body
Financial Assistance Committee
Dr. Pratibha Jolly (Principal)
Dr. Mallika Verma (Vice-Principal)
Dr. Purnima Roy (Bursar)
Dr. Mallika Verma
Dr. Abha Dev Habib
Dr. Saroj Mahajan
Previous Bursar
Teacher Representative on
Governing Body
Ms. Sushma
Mr. P.K. Mohanty
Mr. Kanwar Sain
President, Student Union
Administrative Officer
Section Officer (Accounts)
Founder’s Day Committee
Dr. Pratibha Jolly (Principal)
Dr. Mallika Verma (Vice-Principal)
Dr. Purnima Roy (Bursar)
Dr. Abha Dev Habib
All Staff Advisors
Dr. Snigdha Singh
Dr. Renu Arora
Ms. Sushma
Ms. Anmol Makkar
Mr. Deepak Kumar
Dr. Pratibha Jolly
Ms. Lalita Dhar
All Departments
Student’s Union
Secretary Staff Association
President, Student Union
Secretary, Student Union
President, Non-Teaching Staff Union
Secretary Alumnae Association
Convernor, Cafeteria Committee
Jubilee Awards Committee
Dr. Pratibha Jolly
Dr. Mallika Verma
Dr. Jayshree Pillai
Dr. Purnima Roy
Ms. Alka Budhiraja
Dr. Amita Rana
Ms. Aruna Popli
Ms. Lalita Dhar
Principal
Vice- Principal
Senior most staff advisor
NSS Program Officer
Associate NCC officer
Sports Teacher – in-charge
Senior most from Sciences
Senior most from Arts and Social
Sciences
FACULTY AFFAIRS
Professional Development Committee
Dr. Renu Arora
Ms. Madhu
Dr. Balwant Kaur
Secretary Staff Association
Department of Hindi
International Collaborations and Exchange Programme & Research Initiatives
Dr. Anita Sehgal
Dr. Monika
Dr. Kalawati Saini
Ms. Anita Kumari
Dr. Balwant
Department of Hindi
FACILITIES
Connectivity Committee
Dr. Mallika Verma
Dr. Poonam Kumria
Dr. Monika Tomar
Vice-Principal
Cafeteria Committee
Ms. Lalita Dhar
Ms. Ira Singh
Dr. Rajni Disodia
Dr. Pratibha Sharma
Department of Hindi
Library Committee
Teachers-in-charge
Ms. Anuradha Sinha
Dr. Purnima Roy
Dr. PriyankaPuri
Dr. Bharati Jagganathan
Ms. Nisha Nag Purhoit
Dr. Pratibha Sharma
Dr. Vimla Kaushik
All Department
Librarian
Bursar
Department of Hindi
Hostel Committee
Dr. Pratibha Jolly
Dr. Mallika Verma
Dr. Purnima Roy
Ms. Bhawani
Ms. Nandini Dutta
Dr. Madhu Bajaj
Dr. Chanda Sagar
Dr. Charu Goel
Principal
Vice Principal
Bursar
Warden
Department of Hindi
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
NSS
Dr. Purnima Roy
Ms. Anuradha Sinha
Dr. Kalawati Saini
Dr. Purva Yadav
Dr. Malti Sharma
Ms. Nutan Rani
Librarian
NCC
Ms. Alka Budhiraja
Dr. Abha Dev Habib
Sports Committee
Dr. Amita Rana
Dr. Pratibha Sharma
EXTRA CURRICULAR
Proctorial Committee/ Anti Ragging
Dr. Amria T. Sheikh
Dr. S. Bhattacharya
Dr. AmitaRana
Dr. Jayshree Pillai
Faculty Advisors for Students Union
Dr. Snigdha Singh
Dr. Namarta Singh
Dr. Smrirti Sharma Bhatia
Dr. Monika Tomar
Anukriti Hindi Dramatics
Dr. Rama Yadav
Dr. Kavita Bhatia
Ms. Nisha Nag Purohit
Dr. Meena Kumari
Department of Hindi
Department of Hindi
Department of Hindi
Ariels English Dramatics
Dr. Parul Bhardwaj
Music, Dance & Choreography
Indian Music
Dr. Nisha Vashishta
Indian Dance
Dr. Sangeeta Rai
Ms. Uma Meena
Department of Hindi
Department of Hindi
Western Music
Western Dance
Dr. Avantika Berwa
SPIC MCAY
Dr. Urmil Singh
Dr. Anuradha Shankar
Dr. Nisha Vashishta
Dr. Meena
Department of Hindi
Fine Arts Society
Dr. Barnali Biswas
Ms. Aprajita Sharma
Department of Hindi
Debate
Dr. Chanda Sagar
Ms. Meeta Kumar
Department of Hindi
Jigyasa Quiz
Ms. Anita Kumari
Dr. Avantika Berwa
Dr. Anjana Singha
Dr. Ritu Gupta
Dr. K. V. Shantha
Gandhi Study Circle
Ms. Anuradha Sinha
Dr. Raj Verma Sinha
Dr Simmi Valecha
Dr. Ritu Gupta
Librarian
Adventure Club
Dr. Rakhi Parijat
Dr. Rekha Badsiwal
Film Society
Dr. Sangeeta Rai
Ms. Sunita Meena
Ms. Mukul Tiwari Kalia
Ms. Apgandita Sharma
Dr. Pushpa Kumari
Dr. Balwant
Department of Hindi
Department of Hindi
Department of Hindi
Foreign Student
Dr. Urvashi Dhamija
Ms. Ira Singh
Dr. Jenny Rowena P.
Equal Opportunity Committee
Dr. Barnali Biswas
Ms. Archana Khuswaha
Dr. Jenny Rowena P.
Dr. Sharda Mahilkar Sonkar
Enabling Committee
Ms. Punam Behari
Dr. Purnima Roy
Dr. Reema Bhatia
Ms. Neetu Rana
Dr. Upali Chakravarti
Ms. Chanda Sagar
Department of Hindi
Women Development Cell
Ms. Bijaylaxmi Nanda
Dr. Renu Arora
Ms. Shruti Sharma
Department of Hindi
Lakshita
Dr. Chanda Sagar
Dr. Purva Yadav
Department of Hindi
Editorial Ventures
Ms. Deepika Tandon
Dr. Rekha Arora
Ms. Madhu Bala
Ms. Nisha Nag Purohit
Department of Hindi
Placement Cell
Dr. Saroj Mahajan
Ms. Ashu Thareja
Ms. Shruti Sharma
Ms. Neetu Chopra
Dr Sadhna Sharma
Miranda House Environment Society
Dr. Bani Roy
Dr. Amrita Tripathi Sheikh
Dr. Priyanka Puri
Ms. Monika Arora
Ms. Sumana Devi
Garden Committee
Dr. Anita Sehgal
Mrs. O. P. Padma
Dr. Pratibha Sharma
Dr. Madhu Khanna
ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS
Planning Committee
Dr. Pratibha Jolly
Dr. Mallika Verma
Dr. Purnima Roy
Dr. Abha Dev Habib
Dr. Saroj Mahajan
Teachers Welfare Committee
Dr. Abha Dev Habib
Ms. Madhu
Dr. Saroj Mahajan
Principal
Vice Principal
Bursar
Secretary Staff Council
Teacher representative on the
Governing Body
Secretary, Staff Association
Teachers representative on the
Governing Body
Appendix
University of Delhi Examinations
Central Evaluation Centre, Miranda House
Odd Semester Examinations: May-June 2013
Subjects:
B o t a n y / Z o o l o g y / B i o l o g i c a l S c i e n c e / B i o l o g y / E n v i ro n m e n t
Science/MIL/Linguistics/GRS Buddhist Studies.
Number of copies received and evaluated: Approximately 32,000
Dr. Pratibha Jolly
Co-ordinator
Dr. Urvashi Dhamija
Deputy Co-ordinator
Dr. Anita Sehgal
Deputy Co-ordinator
Dr. Rakhi Parijat
Deputy Co-ordinator
Mr. Mahesh Singh & Mr. Shishpal
First Assistant
Mr. Satish/Mr. Vinod
Second Assistant
Mr. Shashi
Second Assistant
Mr. Gauri Shankar
Second Assistant
Mr. Rakesh
Second Assistant
Mr. Sanjay Dutt
Second Assistant
Mr. Sunil
Second Assistant
Mr. Rajesh Kumar
Attendant
Mr. Sanjeev
Attendant
Mr. Jai Parkash
Waterman
Mr. Pawan
Waterman
Mr. Sant Ram
Safai-karamchari
Mr. Ramesh/Mr. R. S. Pandey
Security Guard
Mr. Som Nath
Security Guard
Odd Semester Examinations: July 2013
Subjects: English I, II, III Year
Number of copies received and evaluated: Approximately 2,28,829
Dr. Pratibha Jolly
Co-ordinator
Dr. Urvashi Dhamija
Deputy Co-ordinator
Dr. Anita Sehgal
Deputy Co-ordinator
Dr. Rakhi Parijat
Deputy Co-ordinator
Mr. Mahesh Singh & Mr. Shishpal
First Assistant
Mr. Satish
Second Assistant
Mr. Shashi
Second Assistant
Mr. Gauri Shankar
Second Assistant
Mr. Rakesh
Second Assistant
Mr. Sanjay Dutt
Second Assistant
Mr. Sunil
Second Assistant
Mr.Sanjeev/Mr.Hawa Singh/Ms.Aachal
Second Assistant
Mr.Sahansor Pal/Mr.Balwant
Second Assistant
Mr.Mukesh Manik
Second Assistant
Mr. Rajesh Kumar/Mr.Sanjeev
Attendant
Mr. Jai Parkash
Attendant
Mr. Pawan
Waterman
Mr. Sant Ram
Safai-karamchari
Mr. Baid Nath/Mr.Balwant
Security Guard
Mr. Som Nath
Security Guard
Odd Semester Examinations: December 2013
Subjects: Botany/Zoology/Biological Science/Biology/Environment Science/MIL
Linguistics/GRS Buddhist Studies
Number of copies received and evaluated: 31,496
Dr. Pratibha Jolly
Co-ordinator
Dr. Usha Malik
Deputy Co-ordinator
Dr. Reema Bhatia
Deputy Co-ordinator
Dr. Reena Kannojiya
Deputy Co-ordinator
Mr. Hawa Singh & Mr. S. P.Singh
First Assistant
Mr. S.Chander
Second Assistant
Mr. S.Raj
Second Assistant
Mr. Ravi Kumar
Second Assistant
Mr. Rakesh
Second Assistant
Mr. S.Keshyap
Second Assistant
Mr. S.Kumar
Second Assistant
Mr. Vinod
Attendant
Mr.Kender Singh
Attendant
Mr.Uttam
Attendant
Mr. Desh Raj
Waterman
Mr. Amit/Mr.Thomas
Waterman
Mr. S. Ram
Safai-Karamchari
Mr. Ramesh
Security Guard
Mr. Ram
Security Guard
Odd Semester Examinations: April-May 2014
Subjects: Botany/Zoology/Biological Science/Biology/Environment Science/MIL
Linguistics/GRS Buddhist Studies
Number of copies received and evaluated: (To begin on 5 May 2014)
Dr. Pratibha Jolly
Co-ordinator
Dr. Saroj Mahajan
Deputy Co-ordinator
Dr. Rekha Kumari
Deputy Co-ordinator
Dr. Bhupinder Kaur
Deputy Co-ordinator
Mr. Mahesh & Mr. Shish Pal
First Assistant
Mr. Satish Bhardwaj
Second Assistant
Mr. Ravi Kumar
Second Assistant
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar
Second Assistant
Mr. Vijay Kumar
Second Assistant
Mr. Vinod
Second Assistant
Mr. Amit
Second Assistant
Mr. Kender Singh
Attendant
Mr. Parkash
Attendant
Mr. Desh Raj
Waterman
Mr. Subhash
Waterman
Mr. Jagwati
Safai-Karamchari
Mr. Ram
Security Guard
Mr. Som Nath
Security Guard
Four Year Undergraduate Programme
Foundation Courses Central Evaluation Centre, Miranda House
Semester I Examinations: December 2013
Subjects: All Foundation and Application Courses (I Semester)
Number of copies received and evaluated: About 1000
Dr. Pratibha Jolly
Co-ordinator
Ms. Lalita Dhar
Deputy Co-ordinator
Ms. Punam Behari
Deputy Co-ordinator
Mr. Mahesh Singh
First Assistant
Ms. Chhavi Chaudhary
Second Assistant
Mr. Sanjay Dutt
Second Assistant
Mr. Gauri Shankar
Second Assistant
Mr. Balwant
Second Assistant
Mr. Jay Parkash
Attendant
Mr. Rajesh
Safai-karamchari
Semester II Examinations: April 2014
Subjects: All Foundation and Application Courses (II Semester)
Number of copies received and evaluated:
Dr. Pratibha Jolly
Co-ordinator
Dr. Mallika Verma
Deputy Co-ordinator
Ms. Punam Behari
Deputy Co-ordinator
Mr. Mahesh Singh
First Assistant
Ms. Chhavi Chaudhary
Second Assistant
Mr. Sanjay Dutt
Second Assistant
Mr. Gauri Shankar
Second Assistant
Mr. Balwant
Second Assistant
Mr. Jay Parkash
Attendant
Mr. Rajesh
Safai-karamchari
Appendix
Entrance Tests/ Examinations hosted and organized for other institutes
S. No. Name of Entrance
Examination
Institution
Date
Number of
candidates
1.
National Law Entrance
Test 2014
National Law University,
Sector-14, Dwarka,
New Delhi-78
28.04.2013
900
2.
BBS/BFIA and B.A.
(Hons.) Business
Economics Joint Entrance
Examination
Sri Guru Gobind Singh
College of Commerce
(University of Delhi)
Pitam Pura,Delhi-34
02.06.2013
500
3.
SOL Category-B,
Examination
University of Delhi
03.06.2013 to
26.06.2013
500
4.
LLB Entrance Test
Faculty of Law
University of Delhi
Delhi-07
09.06.2013
500
5.
Entrance Test for Admission University of Delhi
to B.Ed. and B.El.Ed. for
Department of Education
16.06.2013
500
6.
Entrance Test for Admission University of Delhi
to B.Ed. and B.El.Ed. for
Department of Education
23.06.2013
500
7.
DRDO Entry Test
Defence Research &
25.08.2013
Deveolopment Organisation
Centre for Personnel Talent
Mangement (CEPTAM),
Metcalfe House, Delhi-54
810
8.
KVPY Aptitute Test 2013
Kishore Vaigyanik
Protsahan Yojana
27.10.2013
1010
9.
TIFR Nationwide
Entrance Test (GS 2014)
Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research
Homi Bhabha Road,
Colaba, Mumbai-400005
08.12.2013
1300

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