International Talkies

The Model United Nations Society of Department of International Studies, Political Science and History organized an event called Dance of Democracy on 17th September 2021 on the occasion of International Day of Democracy. The event was divided into two parts: the prelims in which the participants were supposed to submit their ideas in the form of a PowerPoint presentation, and the final round in which six teams were shortlisted to present their ideas. Teams of two were allotted with countries situated in an era with no democracy in the country and the teams were then required to build a path to establish a democratic system in their respective countries. The six finalist teams represented Lebanon, Thailand, Haiti, and Afghanistan. The emcees for the final round were Neenu Stanly and Aditya, both from 1MAIS, who also briefed the gathering with the concept of the event and the rules to be followed. The event was graced by the presence of two judges, Ms Arushi Ganguly who is currently ...

Lyceum, the post-graduate Students’ Association of M.A (international studies) under the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, organized a debate competition, Talk De Bait, on Saturday, 25th September 2021, from 11 am to 12 pm. Kasvi Batra, through her excellent moderating and hosting skills, smoothly carry forwarded the whole event. The debate was judged by Ningthem Oinam and Archi Kulkarni. The event was then proceeded by introducing the topics and rules for the first round wherein students of MAIS from the first and third semester, namely Deepanshu (1MAIS), Priya Shakti M (1MAIS), Pranjal Prakash Pandey (1MAIS), Kalpana Pandey (1MAIS), Sakshi (1MAIS), Simran Tondi (3MAIS), Sandeep Ghoshal (3MAIS), Vineeth Daniel Vinoy (3MAIS) took part. The topic of debate for the first round was – ‘U.S. doctrine of humanitarian intervention: an exercise in collective security or a form of Neo-colonialism’. The participants showed extreme enthusiasm and zeal to prove th...

The Department of International Studies and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) conducted a talent hunt event on 3rd September, 2021. The event was named “What’s in a Name? Let Talent Speak!” and was organised by LYCEUM, the postgraduate students’ association. The talent hunt included competitions in the categories of music, dance, art, and public speaking. A week before the event, the students of Master of Arts in International Studies, belonging to the first and second years, were divided into four houses - Inclusive Ingenuity, Coffee Club, Axis Powers 2.0, and House of Strange. The students were informed that their respective houses would obtain points on the basis of participation and victory of its members. The event began with the live art competition – ‘Utopiart.’ The participants were instructed to create art pieces on the theme of ‘A Utopian World’ within the time frame of an hour. The event was judged by Ms. Sanjana Krishnan and Ms. Nivedita Dhawan. The next event was...

The Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), organised the Teachers’ Day celebration on 6th September 2021. The event started with a welcome note by Ms. Hanspreet Kaur and Ms. Catherine Sylvia, the emcees for the event. It was followed by a fun activity of Teacher's Day Titles Speaking, where students of 1MAIS and 3MAIS talked about the departmental professors and honoured them with titles. The presentations started with giving the title of The Visionary to Fr. Dr. Jose CC, followed by The Philomath to Dr. Madhumati Deshpande. Similarly, Dr. Vagishwari S.P. was presented with the title of Human Library and Dr. Manoharan N. with Man with a Plan. Ms. Shilpi Roy Choudhary was honored with the title of Ms. Meticulous, and Dr. Gerard Rassendran, with Mr. Assiduous. Akshay Gupta of 1MAIS gave the title of Academic Influencer to Dr. Anu Singh. After honouring Dr. M.J Vinod with the title of Captain Cool, the students of 1MAIS p...

The Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) organised a skill development session on professional communication for students of 3 MAIS on 28th August. The session was planned and conducted by the skill development committee as part of the skill development module. The session was intended to introduce the students to major aspects of professional communication before the process of placements begins. the session was conducted by Mr. Chitresh Shrivastva. Mr. Shrivastva is a former Christite and is working as a communication mentor with CAPS. Mr. Shrivastva is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in public policy from Jain (Deemed to be University). during the session, he put special focus on the use of formal language in the professional setup. he emphasized that there are different levels of formality that must be respected during professional interaction. He also talked about the student presence on social media sites highlighting t...

The Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) organised a session on UGC net exam preparation for the students of 3 MAIS on 1st September 2021. The session was conducted by the skill development committee as part of the skill development module. The session was targeted at helping students prepare for the UGC NET exam. the session was conducted by the skill development committee as a part of the skill development program developed by the Department. the session was spearheaded by Dr. Anurag Tripathi. He began the session by talking about the basic structure of the exam and then began to discuss the specifics. he highlighted the need for conceptual understanding of the subject which would make the process of memorization easier. he repeated the point that the UGC net exams require significant memorization and learning of factual knowledge as compared to analytical understanding. He followed this up with some recommendations for ...