The Dept of English conducted three events for the ‘Prerna 2011’, an intercollegiate fest on9th December, 2011 as a part of the departmental activity. The events were planned much ahead to test the students’ skills in English fluency, vocabulary, memory and presentation.
The first event was ‘Extempore’ which started at 10.30 am and was hosted by Vimal,a B.A Mass Comm I year student. There were about 12 participants from various colleges. The students had to choose from the given topics and speak on the spot. The time limit was 2 minutes. Mrs. Glory and Mrs. Nanditha Kapur, lecturers from the Dept of English were judges.
I prize was bagged by Arghadeep from Bhavan’s College
II Prize was bagged by Vincent Jonathan from Aurora College
The second event was ‘What’s the Good Word?’ which started at 11.30 am. This was a team event with three members in each. There were 18 teams comprising of 54 students. It was hosted by Yassar khan, a final year B.Com Computer student. There were two rounds for the same. The first one was a miming round which was an elimination round. The second round was a guessing round. The judges for the event were Mrs. Juhi Kaur and Mrs. Betty Aparna from the same dept.
I prize was bagged by Najia Farhana, Juwariya Maryam and Juveriya Fatima from Madina Degree College
II prize was bagged by Mir Mohiuddin Mohd, Surabhi Udas and Mubeen Siddique from St Mary’s Degree College, Yousufguda.
The third event -‘Poetry Recitation’ started at 12.30 am which was hosted by Divya from B.A Mass Comm II year. There were 9 participants. The judges for this event were Mrs. Glory and Mrs. Olivia from the dept of English
I Prize was bagged by Vincent Jonathan from Aurora Degree College
II Prize was bagged by Kaavya Seetham Raju from St. Mary’s Degree College.
The participation was encouraging and filled with fun in all the events conducted. The competitive spirit could be seen in the way every student was vying for the prizes. The students represented from Pious Degree College, Bhavan’s Degree College, Madina Degree College, St. Ann’s Degree College, Aurora Degree College and Govt. City Junior College.