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CREST News Bulletin 9 (January – April 2012)
Centre for Research and Education for Social Transformation (CREST) An autonomous institution under Government of Kerala
KIRTADS Campus, Chevayur, Calicut – 673 017 Kerala India Tel: + 91 495 2355342, 2351496 Fax : +91 495 2355342 www.crest.ac.in Email: [email protected] [email protected]
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Panel Discussion on Globalization and Challenges to India's Cultural Identity A panel discussion on ‘Globalization and Challenges to India's Cultural Identity: Films, Media and New Media’ was organized by CREST at Hotel Alakapuri Auditorium, Kozhikode on February 1,
2012 . The Panelists were Fr. Gaston Roberge a Calcutta based media scholar and Sunandan Roy Chaudhury , Lecturer of Asian Studies at Satakunta University, Finland On February 2, Sunandan Roy Chaudhury held a special lecture “Rethinking Indian Higher Education, 1947‐2012: Policy, Politics, Philosophy at Hotel Alakapuri Auditorium Kozhikode. The panel discussion and the talk were held in connection with the general studies programme held for the students of the Post Graduate Certificate Course for Professional Development (PGCCPD) at CREST. Open forum with Iffat Fatima The students of CREST had an ‘open forum’ with with Iffat Fatima, an independent documentary
filmmaker based in Delhi. Iffat Fatima, who was in Calicut in connection with screening her documentary “Where Have You Hidden My New Crescent Moon” at the international film festival held at Sree Theatre on 9 March 2012.
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Theatre Workshop A theatre workshop was conducted for the students from 7 to 12 April 2012. The workshop was conducted by noted theatre person Jayaprakash Kuloor. The workshop was conducted as a part of
communication skills module of the PGCCPD module. On the final day of the workshop, the students performed a short play by Anton Chekhov before an invited audience at Hotel Alakapuri Auditorium , Kozhikode. Valediction 17th Batch The valedictory function for the 17th batch of PGCCPD was held on April 12 2012 at Hotel Alakapuri Auditorium , Calicut. On successful completion of the course 35 students were awarded
their course certificates. Dr. M.N. Bandyopadhyay, Direcrtor, National Institute of Technology, Calicut was the chief guest for the function. Dr. Anandakuttan B Unnithan, Professor,
Marketing Management, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode was the Guest of Honor. The students were felicitated by faculty members Prof. Radha S Nair, Mr.T.Sivadas, Ms.Jyothi and Ms. Usha, Vinod Kaliath , and Interns Ms. Alexandra Tsiolas and Ms. Heidi Mogstad Kannan R and alumni Ramyasree. Prasoon Kumar and Preetha PK representing the students delivered the thanksgiving speeches.
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Peerlevel mentoring workshop at IIMK A peer level mentoring workshop was held for PGCCPD students at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, on January 25, 2012 . The workshop served as an introduction to the regular peer‐level mentoring sessions conducted by IIM students for CREST students. Sessions
covered included communication skills, inter‐personal skills, CV writing and interview skills
Special Lectures/ Workshops Eight special lectures/ workshops were held during January – April 2012. The resource persons
included Balachandran Gopinath, P S Vasudevan , Abhilash Nair, Asst. Professor, IIMK , Prof. Thomas Abraham , Geetha Chandran, Consultant Trainer & Financial Advisor , Prof A Ramanthan, IIT Bombay Prof. Thomas Oommen, Al Mergeb University, Libya and Anil Menon. The special lectures covered a broad range of topics like
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Academic Collaborations A MoU will be signed between CREST and Oslo University College Norway in May 2012 that sets forth a framework of cooperation between these two institutions for Exchange of Faculty and Staff, Exchange of Students and Scholars, Exchange of scientific materials, publications and information, Joint conferences and seminars., Joint study programmes Joint Research activities and seminars. Ahmedabad Management Association, Ahmedabad has shown interest to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with CREST for conducting various joint training/research programmes and Faculty/Student Exchange. South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) Lund University Sweden has invited CREST to be an Associate Partner of Erasmus Mundus international scholarships programme that allows CREST to select SC/ST candidates from Kerala region for higher education in European Union Universities.
Invitation by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
CREST has been invited by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi, one of the most reputed medical science institutions of the country, to conduct a self enrichment programme for SC/ST and OBC students who undergo MBBS courses there. A three member CREST team visited AIIMS on 27th and 28th of March 2012 and held a series of discussions with the Director, Deputy Director, Registrar, Heads of Departments, Deans of students, faculty members, students and interns in connection with a need assessment study.
Faculty Activities Faculty Retreat organised at Hotel Hyson.A retreat for CREST faculty was organized at Hotel Hyson, Calicut on February 26, 2012. Prof. A.R.Vasavi, independent researcher, Bangalore gave the keynote address on ‘Pedagogies and Curricula for training Dalit/Adivasi students: Importance of Social Transformative Learning (STL)’. Executive Director chaired the meeting and CREST faculty members participated in the discussions. Prof.D.D.Nampoothiri, Executive Director presented a paper ,”Rethinking Educational Policies : Addressal of Social Exclusion in Kerala’s Engineering Colleges” at a seminar ‘ Recent Changes in Higher Education Policies’ organized by the Centre for Socio‐Economic and Environmental studies , Cochin on February 22, 2012.
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