The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.

Jean Piaget (1896-1980) Swiss cognitive psychologist.

With these opening words, I welcome all the members of this college and the invited guests to our much-awaited celebration of the session, that is, the 52nd Annual day of our college. As I suggested through the famous quote by Jean Piaget, today, I wish to highlight, in brief, that as a responsible member of an institution like Kirori Mal College, it has been my dream and effort to frame this college into a model institution, remarkable not only in its pursuit of prescribed courses, but also in its ability to interconnect with the greater values, activities and issues that surround us today, by respecting the tradition but at the same time venturing to create a new tradition based on an imagination that every honest worker has in his or her mind to make this world and its people a better one.

Before going ahead with the celebration, I would, with utmost pleasure, first like to present to ourselves our distinguished guest Mr. Rajeeva Ratna Shah, Member Secretary, Planning Commission, and Union Minister of State, Government of India. We also have with us Prof. D.B.Gupta, Chairman of the Governing Body of our College and an eminent economist.

Mr. Rajeeva Ratna Shah has been a leading member of the Indian Administrative Services for 38 years now, throughout which he has held various offices and worked in different capacities under the Government of India and the Government of the State of U.P. Prior to this, he has functioned as Secretary in Cabinet Secretariat, Departments of Information and Technology, Commerce & Industry and Planning Commission. He is also reckoned as an expert on "Convergent Digital Technologies". In his capacity as the CEO of Prasar Bharati (Public Broadcasting Corporation of India), as well as DG, AIR and DG, Doordarshan, he brought about the digitalization of TV channels and has been responsible for the introduction of FM radio broadcasting in the country. As Secretary, Department of Industrial Production and Policy, he conceptualized and put into implementation the Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Programme and also has been responsible for crafting a tripartite partnership between World Economic Forum, CII and Government of India. He has been actively associated with the structuring of Jammu and Kashmir Reconstruction and Special Assistance Plan, with the development initiatives in Bihar and the NCT of Delhi, which is preparing for the coming 2010 Commonwealth Games in our country. Another remarkable aspect of his career is his steering of the Oversight Committee deliberation to monitor the implementation of Reservation of Higher Educational Institutions as its Member Secretary.

This brief sketch of our honoured guest Mr. Rajeeva Ratna Shah is a limited one and would hardly do justice to his much vibrant and variegated personality and career. With a heartfelt apology for a hurried introduction that the time and space of this function permits, I proudly and humbly welcome and thank him for gracing this important occasion of our College.

Prof. D.B.Gupta, our own Chairman of the Governing Body of Kirori Mal College as we all know, has again been kind enough to preside over today's event. As the Chairman, he has been our friend and has been responsible for the vibrancy and development of this College. Being an economist, he has worked in the Institute of Economic Growth for many years, and has been a member of the Planning Commission, Government of India. Apart from that he has been also a constant and strong representative of our nation to international organizations like the World Bank, UNDP and WHO in the deemed capacity of a Consultant.

Friends, without further delay, I would now proceed to announce the achievements of the college for this academic year 2006-07, the 52nd Annual day of our much loved College and acknowledge the contributions of the entire college community for making this session and the institution a place to be proud of. As we all know, today is the rare occasion of appraising the performances of all of us who belong and who have committed to this institution in their special ways. I call upon all my colleagues, teaching and non-teaching and the students to come together in celebrating this day, and rise above common differences to make this function a most memorable event, especially to those precious student members who will graduate from this institution in the next few months and carry forth the fame of our college to the bigger world and make us proud with their success. I congratulate every member of the college community for making this academic session a vibrant and fulfilling year.

With great humbleness, I stand here today, in front of you, in the words of the great writer, Bernard Shaw, " not as a teacher; only as a fellow traveler of whom you asked the way. I pointed ahead-ahead of myself as well as of you."

I will now proceed by announcing the academic achievements of our students, without whom our identity would be incomplete, following which I will highlight the performances of the co-curricular activities, societies and departments in alphabetical order, for matter of convenience.

Annual Report of the non-departmental Societies, 2006-07

Film Society

The Film Society was active throughout the year. It screened a wide repertoire of films ranging from Indian and foreign films, old classics and contemporary films to documentary and feature films.

Some of the most prominent activities included.

• A retrospective of the legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.
• A special focus on contemporary Iranian cinema.
• A week of Hindi cinema of the 1950s, particularly focusing on films of Raj Kapoor like Awara, Mother India and Jagte Raho.

The films were well received and the viewership was good.

Debating Society

Few other activities on campus can claim to be as prolific as debating. 'DebSoc', as we are called around campus, has a rather incomparable roster of prizes and awards under the leadership of our staff advisor Dr. Mrs. Sundaram Shukla.

The first year students set the ball rolling with some fine performances in the various Fresher's Debates organized around the university. Samarth Bharadwaj, Saumya Malviya, Auroni Mookerjee, Akshay Jain all won first prizes at different events. Arjun Singh, Prannoy Nath Banerjee and Deshan Tucker put in fine performances and helped bring in team prizes. In 'group discussion' and 'paper presentation' events of debating festivals of other colleges, our students Shweta Khosla, Parth Phiroze Mehrotra, Apoorva Harsh, Arundhati Pandeya and Sagar Malik raked in many prizes and did the college proud.

Kirori Mal College has always had an enviable record at the seasoned debater's favourite event, the Parliamentary Debate. Parth Phiroze Mehrotra and Apoorva Harsh brought in various 'best team' and individual prizes. Apoorva Harsh won the prestigious IIPM debate and the Murlidhar Memorial Debate at LSR. Parth Phiroze won the Acropolis Parliamentary Debate at Hansraj College. At the prestigious 'People Speak' debate of Sri Venkateswara College, a team comprising of Arundhati Pandeya and Sagar Malik were adjudged as second best. R. K Ranjan won the Sri Ram Memorial Debate (organized by AIIMS) and the B R Ambedkar College Annual Debate besides great performances at national level competitions. Arundhati Pandeya won Caesar Speak at Hindu College and the debate at Hansraj College Commerce festival. Arundhati, Apoorva and Parth wrote fine essays describing their vision for India that were published as part of the fifteen best essays as part of the book, Voices of the Young, which was a part of the 'Young Visionary Award' organized by the India Habitat Centre and National Geographic Magazine. Arundhati Pandeya was among the five who were selected, after defending their vision before a panel of elite judges, for the finals to elaborate on the same before another such panel headed by Montek singh Ahluwalia, Dy Chairman, Planning Commission. Arundhati came third and was awarded an internship with a reputed NGO. Samarth Bharadwaj, Auroni Mookerjee, Saumya Malviya, besides the aforementioned names orated brilliantly to achieve top prizes at various events.

The Debating Society also organized a Freshers' Debate that saw some of the best young talent go head to head to fight it out for various prizes.

Fine Arts and Photography Society

The Fine Arts and Photography Society under the guidance of Dr. Gopa Karmakar, continued to further the aesthetic standards in the academic year, 2006-07. The year started with the Freshers' Talent Show (FTS), which showcased the work of the new members of FAPS. The special feature was the work that newly included members exhibited in a wide array of media such as canvas, pottery based on tribal art. The Society accumulated total of ten (10) prizes from the various inter-college competitions, both within and outside Delhi. The performances in BITS Pillani and IIT, Powai deserves a special mention. The students bagged the following positions:

BITS Pillani

• Collage: 1st position by Swati Rattan, and Jahnavi Prasad 2nd position by Minnie Jain.
• Bull's Eye: 1st position by Swati Rattan and Ashok Jangid.

IIT, Powai:

• Wall Painting: 2nd position by Jahnavi Prasad.

The other institutions, where FAPS participated include IIT Delhi, AIIMS and other colleges of Delhi University.

"Perceptions" (FAPS), the annual festival dedicated to fine arts and photography events exclusively drew enthusiastic response from across the Delhi University. It was organized on the 12th and 13th December 2006. The success of the events was the result of a month of the toil by the members. Starting from the scurry for sponsorships to the last minute pasting of posters all over Delhi. An exhibition of paintings and handicrafts by the members of societies was also organized. The office bearers for the year were Jaspunit Sahota as the President and Dinesh Kumar as Secretary. Special mention may be made of other members: Devrath Joshi, Minnie Jain, Jahanvi Prasad, Swati Rattan, Nupur Jain, Sumit Mishra, Abhinav Kalra, Ashok Jangid, Abhinav Prakash, Abhinav Prakash, Afshan Afroz and Mohd. Faisal.

Garden Committee

Flowers are the most beautiful, mysterious and divine creation of nature.

Bright blooms of dahlia, dimorphotheca, gazania, hollyhock, salvia, stocks, allysum and many others have embellished our college Ashoka Lawns and Araucaria Lawns (one opposite the library) by their splash of colour as perhas never before. Resplendent blossoms of chrysanthemums, cosmos and 'cock's comb' decked the landscape even further. The natural grace and beauty of these flowers brought peace and serenity into the college environment and momentarily stimulate the senses to bring forth the naturalist, lyricist, poet or artist in all those who looked on them. Kochia and Portulacca planted last summer have grown up to add to the greenery of the rear lawns opposite the canteen.

Dr. Bhimsen Singh, together with all membersof the garden committee participated in planting Araucaria as a symbolic gesture to mark the 'plantation week' during the monsoons. Prof. Akhilesh Tyagi of the Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi and the faculty members and students of the botany department of our college took part in the drive. Additional flowerbeds have been constructed in the sports room complex and the chemistry department, who will do their bit in promoting greenery and a stress-free, pollution-free environment for all.

The laudable state of the college gardens has been a culmination of hard work and dedication by all members of the committee. Encouragement and support of the Principal added to the synergy of effort. Dedication and sustenance of staff members, namely Shri Madan Mohan, Ved Prakash, Gishin singh, dhruv, Om Praksh, Nihal Singh, Nanhe and Gajraj has been commendable.

College Library

The Library added 1,846 new books of Rs. 7,20,000/- and at present it has 1,17,898 books. The Library is subscribing to 40 Journals in different subject, 30 Periodicals/Magazines of general taste, and 16 newspapers. It has a book bank with a good collection of 5,592 books and 78 new books have been added to this collection.750 books have been issued to 3000 students from this section for the full academic session, 2006-07. A Reference section, with a very good collection, is situated at 1st floor for consultation. 10 new reference books have been added during this year.

The networking of the Library for computerization has been completed. New Computer Centre at first floor with 11 computers with Internet facility is working satisfactorily for the college community. Database of Library documents has been completed. One computer is kept in the Reading for OPAC search, which has also been working satisfactorily. Issue record of individuals is provided to readers at their request. The Library is providing fully computerized services to the users.

One computer has been provided for the blind students with JAWS software. 26 books in Braille has been purchased and 33 books in Braille for B.A. (P) were donated by All India Federation of Blinds, New Delhi..

MUSOC

MUSOC, the Music Society of the college started its activities this year with their choir workshop. The society added a new dimension yet again by forming another Rock Band called Five8. The last rock band formed by the society was 'Parikrama', too well known by now.

Then came the various Inter-college competitions where they won the top prizes as has come to be a matter of routine. To name a few, there was AIIMS, where, beside the choir winning, the Band too won a first prize. Arpita and Aruna won the first in duet categories while Avinash won the first prize and everybody's hearts as well through his renderings on the violin. Aruna won the Carnatic vocal prize. Aruna has also been singing playback in South India for luminaries like Illia Raja, Rehman etc.

In IP college, Robin and Timson won the western vocals while Rajorshi won the Indian solo.

In IIT Delhi, Tuhin won the instrumental solo on the tabla, while Rajorshi swept the light Indian category. Robin and Timson won the first prizes in Western solo while the College choir as usual took away the First prize.

The Second term started with BITS Pilani festival where again the Fusion Music created by MUSOC, light Indian music by Rajorshi and Arpita, Carnatic vocal by Aruna and tabla by Tuheen, all walked off with the top prizes.

Back home, the LSR festival saw Arpita and Shreya bag the first prizes in Light solo and Classical solo respectively, while Robin bagged the first in Western solo. The choir, as inevitable, got the first prize.

It will be a long, repetitive list, so to make it short, we may mention that such top results were repeated in JMC by Rajorshi, Arpita, Aruna and Shreya, in LIC the rock band won the first, in CBS the choir group, rock band, Rajorshi and Timson won firsts, in St.Stephens the choir and Timson in western solo won the firsts, in DCE and NSIT the western solos came firsts, in Kamla Nehru, the choir, Rajorshi and Robin won the top prizes while in Hansraj it was the choir group and Arpita who won prizes. Incidentally, Arpita has been recording music for several music companies and bringing out CDs. She has also done some playback for Bengali music.

Arpita and Rajorshi won finals of the Gazal competition organized by the Delhi University Culture Council.

In IIT Bombay too, the prizes won were several, and most of all, our music team was declared the best music team in India, as it was last year as well.

The Rock Band Five8 won first prizes in MH, SRCC, LIC, AIIMS and IIT. Besides, the band performed as the opening band for Parikrama on several forums. The band won the second position in Campus Rock Idols competition. Special mention must be made of Robin and Timson (vocals), Adir, Rony and Anurag (base and lead guitars), Anil (keyboard) and Aveleon on the drums.

The Music society also won the first prize in 'Youth Nexus' organized by Hindustan times.

Musoc had organized a lec-dem and workshop on 'Kabir, an oral living tradition' by a well-known Dhrupad singer Ms.Tara Kini of Bangalore.

The success story of MUSOC lies in the efforts, talents and teamwork by every member of the society, led by a capable team of office bearers. This year, Anil Chawla as President led the MUSOC team. He provided the backbone of every performance by deftly playing the keyboard. Arpita Bhattacharya put in all her efforts as the Secretary while Timson Thomas worked very hard as the Joint Secretary.

The members who need special mention are: Anil Chawla, Prsident, Arpita Bhattacharya, Secretary, Rajorshi Sanyal, Aruna Thampi, Gautam Nair and Tuhin Chakrabarti of third year, Timson Thomas, Jt. Secretary, Robin Mathew, Avinash Baghel, Aveleon Giles Vaz, Samarpita Banerjee, Amritabha Bhattacharya and Anurag Gajamer of second year, and Adhir Ghosh, Rony Benjamin, Shreya Bhattacharya and Vasant Bharadwaj of the first year.

National Cadet Corps

"Veer Bhoge Vasundhara"- a famous saying from the Bhagavad Gita, means that only the brave rules the world. History has been a proof to this. From the pages of the Mahabahrata to the most recent World war in 1945, this saying holds true.

Our College holds a very strong N.C.C Unit, which has functioned quite well under the able leadership of Capt. (Dr.) S.K.Kaushik, (Boys' Wing) and Dr. Shalini Nigam (Girls' Wing). From the year 1964, this Unit has traveled leaps and bounds. This year too, the cadets made us proud by giving a new dimension to the training altogether. JUO Rahul Ranawat was declared the best cadet of the Delhi Directorate. The All India N.C.C. Festival, "Cadets 2007", which was held on the 8th, 9th and 10th February 2007 was also a grand success. Director General of N.C.C. Lt. Gen. Prakash S. Chaudhary, AVSM, SM and VSM was the chief guest on this occasion. Some other outstanding achievements of the cadets in various camps have been, listed below:-

Rock Climbing and Trekking Camp:

• Kerela: Sgt. Narender Kumar was the only cadet from KMC to be selected for this camp, which he completed with flying colours.
• Madhya Pradesh: Cpl. Lalita successfully participated in this camp.

NIC:

• Lakshwadeep: Sgt. Poonam Shrama was among the six cadets to be selected for this camp and she successfully completed this camp.
• Madhya Pradesh: Cpl. Sunny and Cpl. Satender Yadav successfully participated in this camp.

All India Trekking Expedition:

• Punjab: Sgt. Simmy and Sgt. Neha were selected from KMC and completed this camp.
• Manimahesh and Kugti: 60 cadets under the leadership of Capt. (Dr.) Kaushik completed in this camp, which took place from 22nd to 27th December 2006. Through this camp, the cadets inculcated the qualities of leadership in them.

CATC:

• Dehradun: JUO Tanupam Singh along with seven other cadets from KMC participated in this camp and was the commander of the Quarter Guard to the DDG Brig. S.K. Chaudhary. She also won the gold medal in Communications. Cpt. Lalita received the gold medal in Medical Services. Cpt. Seema won the silver Medal in solo dance. KMC also won the silver medal in Drill Competition.
• Nainital: SUO Jwala Singh and 16 other cadets participated in this camp. KMC was declared the best marching contingent. JUO.Rahul was selected to be a part of the Quarter Guard to Group Commander Col. M.D.S Mann.

Army Attachment camp, Rajputana Rifles: Cptl. Amit and 13 other cadets from the college successfully participated in this camp.

Basic Leadership Camp: Sgt. Tarun KumarVats was selected for this camp and successfully completed the training of this camp.

Refresher Course (Part - III), OTA, Kamptee: Capt. (Dr.) S.K.Kaushik participated in this camp and was selected to be a part of the Quarter Guard at the course camp.

Parasailing Camp: Cpl. Soniya Vasisth participated successfully in this camp. She was selected in the team to show her skills in front of the Prime Minister.

Republic Day Camp: Sgt. Poonam Sharma and Sgt. Radha Singh were participants of this camp and were also selected to be a part of the marching contingent at the Rajpath on the 26th January.

Delhi State Republic Day Parade: J.U.O Rahul Ranawat was selected for this camp and was declared the best cadet of the Delhi Directorate.

Cadet - 2007: The Annual All India N.C.C Festival, "Cadet - 2007", which was organized by the N.C.C Unit of KMC, was a successful event. Cadets from all over the country - Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Karnataka and Goa participated in this festival. Also a huge number of participation from various colleges of Delhi had taken place.

N.S.S.

The following are the details of the various activities organized y the N.S.S. unit of our college for 2006-07.

1. May I Help You: The N.S.S. unit started its activities this year by helping the students and parents who visited our college during the admissions for the year. A special counter was set up by the volunteers in the main courtyard to guide and help admission seekers in filling up and submitting the ICR and Admission Forms. It introduced the freshers as well as the parents to the College Rules and facilities in order to establish a relationship with them. This activity was conducted from 1 June 2006 to 15 July 2006.

2. Orientation and Enrolment: The freshers were given an introduction to the social services carried out by the N.S.S. unit. They were also given exposure to the advantages in development of their personality through social service as part of their student life and encouraged them to join the unit. There was a very positive response from our students and the campaign was held from 16 July 2006 to 31 August 2006, when a lot of students registered as members.

3. Education for All: Education is an important asset of any individual in which the values of life, punctuality and systematic working are taught. Our school education builds the character of the students. There are man children who get education in the schools but require support and extra coaching which helps them excel in their studies. Our N.S.S.volunteers took up this project of helping in educating needy children in their day to day activities. They helped them in doing their homework, providing books to them, notebook and stationery. This activity started from 1 September 2006 and still continues.

4. Diwali - Festival of Lights: This year, in an innovative way, our volunteers celebrated Diwali with the downtrodden by distribution f lights, candles, crackers and sweets. They also distributed old clothes for the needy so that they also enjoy this festival with pomp. These activities were held on 20-21 october 2006.

5. Reading, Paper Writing and Recording for Blind Students: Our volunteers this year thoughtfully decided to help the blind students in their day to day activities by reading for them their daily lessons, helped them in writing their assignments and further, recorded the lessons for them so that they could repeatedly listen to it and understand the topic. This activity was done by our volunteers with a lot of interest and has helped the blind students. The activity was started from 1 October 206 and still continues.

6. Blood Donation Camp: Our unit held a blood donation camp on 12 february 2006 in the college premises. This has heen a very successful activity in the past few years and this year also it was a grand success.

7. Annual Festival SUPATH 2007: The Annual festival of the N.S.S. unit, SUPATH 2007, is to be held in the first week of March.

This year's activities were actively participated by all the volunteers of the N.S.S. unit but a special mention has to be made of Gaurav Chacharan, Mukesh Sharma, Surender Kumar and Anupama.

The Players

THE PLAYERS moves towards its 50th year of sustained, quality work in the theatre, we find ourselves grappling with a problem that has severely impacted cultural activity in several colleges of Delhi University. The new Internal Assessment Scheme, coupled with the increase in workload posed by the Concurrent courses, imposes great strain on students who would like to balance academic pursuits with cultural interest. This is especially noticeable in colleges where students bring to cultural production the same focus and rigour that is expected of academic work. In that sense, The Players at Kirori Mal College has been no exception - this year we have suffered dwindling membership, delays in schedules and longer working hours than is strictly desirable.

The problem is not going to disappear, and in future years we will have to devise ways of dealing with such an altered workspace. Notwithstanding these constraints, in 2006-07 THE PLAYERS carried on with its practice of performing inside and outside campus space, with perhaps the highlight being an impromptu performance on Platform 7 of the New Delhi Railway Station while waiting for a train delayed on account of winter fog!

As for our regular activities in 2006-2007, THE PLAYERS' work schedule saw:

• 32 students produce 7 plays, of which 3 were newly created and 3 were revivals of previous productions; among other miscellaneous informal pieces.
• Combined, these plays were performed 30 times in a span of 6 months.
• And in 19 competitions, these plays won 24 prizes - 16 team prizes and 8 individual prizes.

More important than these figures, however, is the group solidarity, self-discipline and hard, creative work that keeps the group alive and ticking.

Our new plays in 2006-2007 were:

• Holi: An adaptation in Hindi of Mahesh Elkunchwar's Marathi play, directed by Karan Kohli.
• Kissa Seaton Ka: A street play on the anti-Reservation movement, directed by Niharika Mehta and Kriti Jain.
• Some Explicit Polaroids: An adaptation in English of Mark Ravenhill's play, directed by Samarth Dixit and Shaunak Sen.

As always, these stage plays were created through adaptation, editing and re-writing existing material, while our street plays were created through research, discussion and improvisations.

Over the years, The Players has begun to function as a Repertory Company - that is, as a theatre group that keeps old productions alive alongside new ones. These plays, Murdon Ka Prachar, Abducting Mallika and Nazarandaaz, along with this year's plays, took 30 performances and won 24 prizes in 19 competitions.

Apart from these performances in the campus cultural circuit, THE PLAYERS continued its tradition of offering its plays outside the University. We were also invited to perform at:

• At the Old World Theatre Festival at the India Habitat Centre in November 2006.
• At the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Ashok Hotel in November 2006.
• At the India Social Forum in November 2006.
• In the platform section of the Prithvi Theatre Festival at the Kamani in December 2006.

On 31 January and 3 February 07, we organised TheatreFest 2007, our theatre festival that showcases and discusses the best street and stage plays of the year produced by college groups.

It is a mark of The Players coming of age that this time our expert discussant for 'Sar-é-Aam', the street play festival was an ex-Players member, Nakul Sawhney, who has since passing out from Kirori Mal continued to engage with theatre and film.

Our expert discussant for 'Curtains', the stage play event, was Sukhesh Arora, trainer-director at Barry John's IMAGO THEATRE SCHOOL and founder of the YELLOWCAT THEATRE COMPANY.

As always, The Players continued to plough back the money it won as prizes into purchase of theatre equipment and books for the society's library.

The credit for continuing the tradition of quality work at THE PLAYERS goes to all its student-members. Some students, however, deserve to be singled out for their individual contributions to this year's successes:

• Tarun Sharma, Ashish Verma, Niharika Mehta, Avik Sarkar, Karan Kohli and Samarth Dixit of the final year for leading the way.
• Malay Firoz, Himanshu Kohli, Shaunak Sen, and Prashant of the second year for providing an industrious core; and
• Abhijit Das, Parth Khare, Kisley, Isha Handa, Dinker Sharma and Sargun Mehta of the first year for promising well for the future.

Parivartan, the Gender Forum

Parivartan, the Gender Forum of Kirori Mal College organized and conducted number of formal and informal discussions on various issues related to gender. In these participatory and exploratory discussions of number of burning issues like Domestic Violence Act, Rape, AIDS etc. were addressed. In order to further facilitate the qualitative functioning of the forum, the convenor, Dr. Mamta Sharma also participated in number of workshops on female foeticide, Domestic Violence Act.

The Human Rights Day was celebrated with a two days long event, in which Mrs. Brototi Dutta from Lawyers' Collective gave a presentation on the fallouts of Domestic Violence Act. There was also a discussion on Armed Forces' (Special Powers) Act, 1958. Y. Jilangamba, Research Scholar, JNU, interacted with the students on this issue. Deepa Mehta's Oscar nominated film Water was shown. A panel of gynaecologists from Delhi gynaecologist association headed by Dr. Bajaj, organized a workshop on the common problems faced by the college girls.

Parivartan, in collaboration with an NGO, "SPACE" conducted number of activities to fight the menace of AIDS. Poster exhibitions, photo exhibitions, workshop of peer leader, were also organized. As a part of awareness, musical programme on friendship was a huge success.

On the occasion of the International Women's Day, Parivartan will participate in a annual joint celebration with other women's groups and activists from Delhi, in Arts Faculty, with its own programmes, like songs and poetry reading on the 8th of March 2007. On 9th March, it will do its own programmes to mark its occasion.

The members of the forum have also been holding various internal discussions on relevant issues and topics. The role of the student members have been commendable, in their commitment to the Forum, not only as an activity area but also in terms of making people aware of the gendered way in which the society operates.

The Forum, with the help of the counselor, Ms. Lokesh, has been able to help many students with concerned problems and issues.

Some of the active student members of the Forum, who have shaped the nature of the forum are Saurav (Eco. 2nd Year), Preety (Eng. 2nd Year), Gajendra (History, 2nd Year), Anuj Mittal (Chemistry, 1st Year), Kirti Rawat (Eng. 1st Year), Pratiksha (Eng.2nd Year), Payal (Eco. 2nd Year), Sumit (B.Com.(P) 2nd Year), an Sheeba (Eng. 2nd Year).

However, it is remarkable that the level of the teaching staff's (apart from the convenor) participation and interest shown in the activities of Parivartan has been rather limited this year too, which displays an uncomfortable insight into the space amidst which a gender forum exists. Moreover, the functioning of this forum is sometimes stunted because of the bureaucratic manner in which the state organs release the funds. This sort of lacunae will only turn matters more disagreeable and difficult for the Forum, which is unlike other extra curricular societies.

Portal Committee

The www.kmcollege.com under the convenorship of Dr. Rakesh Kumar Parashar went a step ahead in bridging the gap between the users and the college digital learning environment. Our new service provider (Pathfinder eSolutions) has radically transformed the portal into a digital conclave where the visual impact can be much more than traditional classroom teaching. Many teachers have updated their profiles and started giving study materials (assignments, test, etc) for students. Earlier, during admission time the portal committee worked day and night to successfully complete the process. Now the admission process has become very simple and easy. Our college received maximum number of online applications (2546) for different courses as compared to other colleges of Delhi University. We are greatly encouraged from the response we have received from teachers, students and alumni of this College.

Worth appreciating is the work done by the portal committee comprising the following members: Dr Rakesh Parashar, Dr Seema M. Parihar, Dr. Dinesh Khattar, Dr. R.A Chaudhury, Dr.S.P.Tripathi, Dr. Mamta Sharma, Dr. Sangeeta Gadre, Dr.Rakesh Pandey, Mr. Pushpender Kumar, Mr. Deb Dulal Haldar and Ms. Sonali Patnaik.

Spic Macay

The Kirori Mal chapter of Spic Macay, continuing its rich cultural tradition, hosted Sitar Maestro Padma Bhusan Pandit Debu Chaudhuri, live in concert, on February 15, 2007. he was accompanied o the tabla by Ustad Akram Khan. Panditji enthralled and captivated the audience with his magical performance. We gratefully acknowledge the contribution from the members of the Colege Fine Arts Society for the floral decoration of the stage.

Sports

Along with academic, our sports achievements have been commendable in all the fields wherever our students have participated. As usual college received hundreds of application under sports quota for admission. It was indeed very cumbersome for various sports committees to select suitable candidates for admissions in various courses. It was perhaps due to this rigorous selection that our students brought laurels to the college. The society feels proud to announce some of the achievements in various categories.

Our Hockey team became champion for second time in a row after defeating Khalsa College, which is considered to be the best team of Delhi University. In the whole tournament it has been one-sided game for our College. With our brilliant performance, University hockey selection Committee selected six (6) students from our College to represent Delhi University. Some students need special mention as they have played junior national - Yudhisthir and Ravneet, probable senior national - Naveen Kumar, Hemant , Gurdeep and Jagdeep for their Inter University participation. One more feather is added as for the first time our College has been invited by Nehru hockey Society to participate in 'All India Champions College Hockey Tournament". Apart from this our Hockey team won championship at IIT-Delhi, and Gyan Singh Memorial Tournament.

In Chess, our College team has been giving outstanding performance for many years. This year also the team attained first position and became the champions. Our three students - Jaideep, Himanshu and Ambesh represented the University of Delhi at the Interversity Chess Tournament. The girls have also done exceptionally welll and the College looks forward to see them as champions in near future.

Our Basketball players need special appreciation for their outstanding performance as they have won Bronze Medal after many years. We defeated St. Stephen College by 26 points and lost to Hindu College by 1 (one) point only. The latter went on to become the champions in the University this year. Neeraj Kaushik, Harish Dahiya and Pawan Deep represented Delhi University in the Inter University Championship.

Table Tennis could make it to the quarterfinals where our team unfortunately lost to the Delhi University Champion Team of SRCC.

In Athletics our students won three medals One Gold and One Silver by Rakesh in Pole Vault and Long Jump respectively. Our relay team had to satisfy with Bronze Medal in 4x100 meter relay. Inspite of that subhashish Gorai was selected to represent University of Delhi in both the relays (4x400 & 4x100 meters).

Tournaments are yet to be held in Cricket, Badminton, Football and Boxing. Our previous performances by these teams have been outstanding and our players are mentally and physically prepared to repeat the same. Other than the inter-college tournaments our players have been representing various states in different games. Some need to be mentioned.

In Cricket in the under 19 category Abhishek and Anuj Jain represented Delhi and Chetan Bhist-UP. Our captain ankit Rawat represented Haryana state under 21 category, Deshpande represented Rajasthan and Mridul represented Bihar in the same category. Above all Rakshit Pant played Delhi University and Indian Railway under 21 category.

In Football we have become winner in invitational tournaments at IIT-Delhi and St Stephen College. Shashank and Sunil Negi have represented University of Delhi and Palmei Poupangai has represented Delhi Team in Santosh Trophy. Nicholas needs special mention for his outstanding performance in all the games he has played.

Our Badminton player Gourangshu represented University of Delhi at North Zone and also All-India Inter University Tournament in which he did not lose even a single game. He is also selected for the National Games. Because of him Delhi University became the Runner Up at All India University Championship. Our captain Vikramaditya Chauffla represented Rajasthan State at the National Championship.

Last but not the least it feels proud to announce that our long cherished dream that our College Gymnasium has become operational. It became possible only because of wholehearted support from our Chairman, Governing Body, Sport Council, teaching and non-teaching stuff. We all hope to become fit to play, teach, learn and work to see this college progressing.

KMC Students Union

The Student's Union of Kirori Mal College continued to uphold the democratic credentials of the institution. On the 8th of September, 2006 the Student's Union was formed through a duly conducted election with the help of EVM for the very first time. It began its activities in October 2006 with the 'Fresher's Take Off', showcasing the talents of the newly admitted students of the college.

Also for the very first time, a week long 'intra college sports meet' for students was successfully organized in the month of November 2006. The union conducted 'Zeal 2006, the college academic festival on the 4th, 5th and 6th 2006 with immense success. The goal of this innovative festival was the promotion of academic and cultural enrichment of the college atmosphere.

The annual cultural festival 'Renaissance 2007' was held on the 13th and 14th of February and was met with great enthusiasm. The festival comprised of events like photography, painting, music and western dance along with programmes like 'JAM Session', 'Star Night', 'Fashion Show', 'Rock Show' that were enjoyed by students who participated in large numbers, underlining the cultural aspect of college life.

Teachers' Achievements

Dr.Pragya, Department of Hindi, edited a textbook titled 'Hindi Sahitya Sanchay' for B.A. Hons concurrent courses for department of Hindi, Delhi University. She is an active writer. Last year she has published many articles on social and literary issues in Hindi national dailies like Jansatta, Rashtryiya Sahara and little magazines. Recently she has written and published a research paper on education and pedagogy for Samayik Varta. On 22nd December2006, she was invited to deliver a lecture on a Hindi novel, based on Indian Diaspora in Nigeria named Khuli Khirki Se at Sahitya Akademy, New Delhi.

Dr. Mamta Sharma, Reader, Department of Chemistry, has authored three textbooks for the new B.Sc. Programme. She has also published a research paper in on-line International Journal e-Polymers.

Sh. O.P.Hooda, the Librarian, has been awarded PhD by University of Delhi, on the topic "Financial Management of College Libraries in Delhi and Haryana : A Comparative Study", under the guidance of Dr. S.R.Gupta, former Reader, Dept. of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi.

Ms. Sonali Pattnaik, Lecturer, Department of English has participated in a Culture Studies workshop held in Goa (23-28 December 2006) conducted by CSSS, Kolkota, Ford Foundation India and SEPHIS, Netherlands and presented a paper on the 'Sexual Economy of the Hijra Body'. She read a research paper on 'The collapse of the aesthetic and the political in Watson and Kaye's People of India' at the UGC international seminar conducted by the Department of English, Delhi University on the 5th, 6th and 7th of December 2006 titled 'Nature and Time in Literature and the Visual Arts'.

Pushpender Kumar, Lecturer, Department of Commerce has been engaged in various research projects during the year and has also been actively participating in various other academic activities outside the college. His achievements can be briefly summarized in the following:

• UGC minor project on Life Insurance - Post Liberalisation scenario, cum analysis for Rs. 35,000/- for the period of September 2006 -2008.
• Co-investigator for major project "Mail Motor Service (MMS)- Time and Motion Study for the Department of Posts, Delhi Circle, Govt. Of India for Rs. 4,60,000/- from October 2006-07.
• Coordinated 5 days management Development Programme for Indian Postal Department employees in Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, 5-9 February 2006.
• Coordinated 5 days management Development Programme for Indian Postal Department employees in Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, January 9-13, 2007.
• Coordinated 2 days management Development Programme for (Refresher Course) for Indian Postal Department employees in Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, August 31- 1 September 2006.
• Attended international conference on Management Education at International Islamic University, Islamabad and also visited Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan, in May 2006.
• Working as a research coordinator for FMS 2nd International Conference titled "Marketing Challenges in Globalised Economy", in FMS, 14 -17, December 2006.
• Visiting Department of Marketing, Ball State University, Indiana, as a visiting scholar from 15 January to 30 March 2007.

Departmental Societies

Bengali

The Department of Bengali, Kirori Mal College maintained its rich academic tradition of organizing its annual seminar. Seminal contributions from eminent scholars on "Recent Trends in Bengali Novel", enriched the proceedings. The seminar was well attended and invoked thought provoking discussion.

Botanical

'Medini', the Botanical Society was founded in the year 1973 with the aim to inculcate the spirit of learning beyond textbooks. This year, Prof. A. K. Tyagi inaugurated the Botanical Society on 31st of August 2006 followed by a lecture on 'Rice Genomics'. On the 18th of September 2006, the 'intra-college paper presentation' was held where the topic for papers was 'Avenues in Botany'. Mahesh Yadav of Ist year Botany (Hons) won the first prize, Pankaj Garg of IInd year Botany (Hons) won the second prize and the third prize went to Stenzin of Ist year Botany (Hons).

The second year students of Botany (Hons), third year students of Bsc. (Gen) and first year students of Physical and Life Sciences were taken on a field trip to Biodiversity Park at Wazirabad. The students of Botany (Hons) IInd year visited Binsar where they collected specimens of various plants. Two other trips were organized by the society, the first to Pusa Agricultural Museum on the 8th of December 2006 for students of Botany (Hons) and Life Sciences that proved to be informative and enthralling. The second trip was to the Division of Biotechnology at Pusa on the 20th of December 2006. The students visited various labs along with the museum and were familiarized with techniques like 'gene gun' and 'tissue culture' followed by a visit to the Interantional Phytotron facility center.

A three-day festival, 'Shrishti', was organized from the 13th to the 15th of December, 2006. Prof S. C Maheshwari delivered a lecture on 'Unravelling the Mysteries of Photosynthesis'which included a fascinating slide show which was followed by a choreography performance by Botany (Hons) students. An inter-college paper presentation competition on the topic "Conservation of Household Water" was held. The prizes went to the team represented by Ankit and Bhavani of IIIrd year Botany Hons who were judged first, team led by Pankaj and Jyotsna of IIIrd year Botany Hons who came second and Mahesh and Kriti of IInd year, Botany Hons. who came third year. An inter-college botanical quiz was held where the winners were Pankaj, Ankit and Gaurav (first) of the host college, while second and third prizes went to students from Miranda house and Dayal Singh College.

Students of Kirori Mal College won the Vice Chancellor's Rolling Shield for Environment.

On the 8th of February 2007 an excursion to Narela proved informative for students. Finally, a Valedictory Function was held on 22nd February 2007.

Chemistry

The Chemistry Society, Kirori Mal College, organized its inaugural lecture by Dr. S.C. Mittal, an eminent forensic scientist of the country on " Role of Chemistry in Solving White Collar Crimes and Career Prospects in Forensic Science".

One-day winter school workshop of national level was organized on Infrared Spectroscopy on 17th November, 2006 in association with Indian Society of analytical scientists (ISAS)- Delhi chapter.

The annual department festival, "Khrusos"- 2006 was held on 7th and 8th December, 2006. Various competitions like debate (on Stem Cell Research), quiz (based on energy conservation), paper-presenation (on Biodiesel as an alternative fuel), just a minute, graffiti, crossword, puzzle and science fiction screening took place.

Apart from this, lectures were held by Dr. R.K. Khandel, Director, Shriram Institute of Industrial Research, emphasizing the 'challenges for future chemists I 21st century", and also by Prof. N.R. Jagannathan, Head of NMR, AIIMS, Delhi, enlightening the students on "NMR and its applications in NRI".

Commerce

It is well known to all that the year that went by saw the formation of the 'Commerce Society' and the revitalization of the 'Commerce Seminar', which gave a new beginning to the future of the Dept. of Commerce at KMC. The days that have gone by saw complete new image of department, where we witnessed some really guiding seminars and some mind twisting quiz competitions. All said and done the year was a mark in the history of commerce department at our college. The following events and activities marked the Department's engagement in 2006-07:

• Inter college quiz competition
• Workshop on Enterpreneurship
• Workshop on Marketing
• Educational Trip to Britania Biscuits Factory (Uttarakhand) and Corbett National Park.

Commerce Seminar

     The Commerce Seminar conducted its own activities round the year and organized the following events:

• International Seminar, which was addressed by Prof. Brien N.Smith from U.S.A.
• International Seminar, which was addressed by Prof. Bhatti from Pakistan.

Various other seminars and group discussions conducted for Management and C.A students.

Computer Science

The Department of Computer Science organized a number of activities in the academic year 2006-07. Seminars and discussions were organized throughout. Two of the seminars were on the burgeoning areas of 'networking' and 'algorithm' in which the over fifty students who participated had an enriching experience.

The academic performance of students reached heights and the outgoing batch was well placed. 30% of the students were selected for postgraduate courses in India.

Ravi Prakash of B.Sc (G) Computer Science made an outstanding performance by standing 1st in the University with 90%.

Economics

The Economics Society held its annual academic festival Pareto Time for three days, from the 20th to the 22nd of September 2006. An inter-disciplinary panel discussion was held on "Development and Displacement" on the first day of the festival, with eminent speakers, Prof.Nandini Sunder, from the Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, Prof. Amita Bawaskar from Institute of Economic Growth and Himanshu Thakkar from South Asian Network. The office-bearers of the society Rohan Aditya, Ravi Rathi, Shekhar Singhal, Amit Gupta, Parth Khare and the festival coordinator Anirvan Chowdhury provided effective leadership and along with other students worked hard for the success of the festival. The annual magazine, Oikos was released on the first day of the festival. The editors Awanish Kumar and Aaditya Dar were particular to increase the academic content of the mgazine.

The Economics department helped the college to organize the Second Arun Bose Memorial Lecture. Distinguished economist and historian Prof. Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Director, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, delivered the widely attended lecture on "Imperialism and Genocide" on the 15th of November 2006.

Students from the department have been actively involved in participation, and won accolades for their efforts, in several activities in inter-college festivals. The most notable of these are:

Aaditya Dar and Shaz Hooda won the first prize in paper presentation in National Symposium of Economics students organized by Hindu College. They along with Anirvan Chowdhury also won the first prize in paper presentation in Pareto Time.

Aaditya Dar, won the first prize at the NDTV-Genpact "Celebrating Ingenuity" Award 2007 for a combination of Essay writing and Debate. The college also received a cash award for this achievement of his.

Our students have retained the Saroj Gupta Memorial trophy, for paper presentation, instituted by Lady Shriram College, the third year in succession. Kush Verma, Akshay Jain and Parth Khare comprised this year's team, who won us the trophy.

Parth, Akshay and Riju Bafna also won the first prize in paper presentation at Shriram College of Commerce.

Dhruv Loshali, Kislay, Pronoy Nath Banerji and Ankit Saxena won the paper presentation contest at Daulat Ram College.

Apurva Harsh and Parth Phiroze Mehrotra won the best team in the Economics debate at Hansraj College.

Awanish Kumar, Amit Gupta, Sushant Sudan and Saurav Kumar were part of a team, which went to Jharkhand, MP and Chattisgarh to assess the implementation of NREGA and conduct household surveys.

English

The English Literary Society was formed after a General Body Meeting of all the members of the Department of English, KMC, in the first month of the 2006-07, decided that the Society would be formed through the democratic practice of elections of the students to various responsibilities of the Society.

The activities of this Society, unlike other societies, have been largely closed departmental events. Apart from the poetry reading session (excerpts from his book of poetry) by exiled Tibetan rebel leader, Tensing Tsundue, and a joint seminar on Capital Punishment, in collaboration with Parivartan, the Gender forum and India Social Forum, the Literary society has held closed and low profile film screenings on special topics and books related to the B.A. (Hons.) course. It screened 'Decameron' and 'Medea' by Passolini. The Society had invited Dr. Badri Raina, to deliver a talk on Capital Punishment, with the intention of stretching the imaginative capacity of the students beyond the limited domain of prescribed course and sensitive to the social realities that surround us today.

The wall-magazine team has also been able to display its imaginative and creative skills vis-à-vis its academic pursuits, by putting up one of the most vibrant, aesthetically and intellectually, wall art in front of the department of English. The art is based on an alternative perspective on the storming of Bastaille and traces the French history through its engaging style of narration and collage.

The magazine team is also in the process of bringing out its literary magazine of the department, and organizing an engaging talk on 19th century European Realism in the month of March 2007, as a closing activity of this academic session, 2006-07. Despite the limited activities, the members of the society, through their interest and vibrancy, promised a better session ahead.

The 2nd Year English Honours students have been especially commendable in their vibrancy and engagement with concerns and activities of the department.

Geography

The Department of Geography held department elections in August 2006 in which students were elected to the posts of president, vice president, treasurer and general secretary to handle the Departmental affairs throughout the year. Students from all three years cast their votes in a secret ballot and thus the student body for this academic session was formed and elected members took over their responsibilities.

First year students were welcomed into the Department family in August, 2006. Students introduced themselves, various performances were given by students of all years followed by a delectable buffet lunch, which everyone enjoyed and the 'freshers' were made to feel at home.

As part of a study program the second year students went to Bihar and Orissa under the care of Mr Khusro Moin and Mr. Arun Kumar Tripathi. The tour allowed the students an opportunity to learn how field work is conducted, how observation is documented and to have a better understanding of the underlying processes making it not just enlightening but enjoyable as well.

First year students were acquainted with the nuances of seismological science and earthquake measurement techniques at the Meteorological Station, Kamla Nehru Ridge under the supervision of Dr. Anshu and Mr. Khusro Moin on the 20th of December, 2006. The students benefited greatly from the first hand experience at the station.

On the 25th of November 2006 the students and teachers of the department went for a fun-filled excursion to Taliyar Lake, Rohtak. The day was taken up by boating, games, football, badminton and Kho Kho followed by a big lunch and on the whole it was a much-needed breather.

Final year students went to the 26th India International Trade Fair in November with Dr. Anshu with the aim of understanding different cultures through technological and handcrafted products alike.

The department organized a conference on 17th and 18th January 2007 titled 'Geospatial Digital Learning India, 2007' supported by the UGC, where Dr. Seema Parihar was the convener. It had the unique objective of covering ongoing initiatives and exploring future potential in the domain of ICT based education and learning in GI Sciences. We saw the presence of dignitaries such as Sri Kapil Sibal, Professor Josef Strobl, Dr. M. P. Narayan and Professor Deepak Pental as well as various schools and colleges.

The annual festival of the department, 'Geotime' will be held on 22nd and 23rd February for which many activities, including a meeting of alumni members, have been planned.

Hindi

Seminar: Two seminars were organized in the session 2006-07. One was held on 29.11.06 on the topic "Aacharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi ka Saundarya Chintan". The eminent writer and critic Pandit Nityanand Tiwari, Dr. Vishwanath Tripathi and Dr. Dwarika Prasad Charumitra were the speakers on this occasion. The second seminar was organized on 21.2.07 on the topic "Vartaman Pariprekshya Aur Hindi Sahitya". Pandit Ramesh Gautam, Head of Hindi Dept Univesity of Delhi, an expert in the field of "Natak" chaired the seminar and Pandit Ajay Tiwari and Pandit Sudhish Pachauri, the writer as well as critic, were the speakers on this occasion.

Sahitya Parishad: The Hindi Sahitya Parishad organized its annual three-days long event, as a part of which, on 1.11.06 the inaugural function was held, along with an engaging reading of Hazari Prasad Dwivedi's essay "Manushya hi sahitya ka lakshya hain", to mark the author's birth anniversary. Dr. Prem Singh, Dept. of Hindi, University of Delhi, addressed on the occasion with the purpose of making the students aware of their social responsibility. On 30th September 2006, the Society organized a performance of "Motaram Shastri ka Satyagrah", a play based on a story by Premchand, which enabled the students to engage in questioning the systemic lacunae around them. This play was a production of Smita Natya Samuh.

On 5th Feruary 2007, a discussion cum seminar was held on "The relevance of Gandhi" was organized. It was addressed by renowned scholars and critics, Prof. Anand Kumar, School of Social Sciences, J.N.U. and Prof. Satyamitra Dubey,.,Dibrugarh University.

In the second phase of the event, an inter-college essay writing competition and debating competition on "Is Media (Sting Operation) a custodian of our democracy?" were also held. In this manner, the Hindi Sahitya Parishad organized its annual festival in this academic session.

The participation and the organizational skills of the students have been very commendable.

Mathematics

The Mathematics Society, under the supervision of Dr. Dinesh Khattar, organizes the Second Qazi Memorial Lecture to honour the memory of Shri Qazi Zamiruddin, distinguished mathematician who had taught in the college for over 25 years. Dr Karmeshu, a professor in the school of computer and system sciences, Jawaharlal lal Nehru university delivered a lecture on "Uncertainty, Information and Entropy". The lecture was immensely successful and was attended by students of different colleges of the university.

The annual mathematics festival TENSOR was held with a roaring success in December. Prof. Shobhjit Mahajan, Director, Computer Center, DU, gave the inaugural address and enlightened the students by his presentations. There was an overwhelming participation in the inter college mathematics quiz conducted by the president of the mathematics society Ram Krishna. The other major events were crosswords, graffiti and mathematical tambola. The prizes for the winners of various events as well as the academic prizes were given by the principal, Dr Bhim Sen singh.

Political Science

La Politique, the Political Science Society of Kirori Mal College, under the guidance of our staff advisor Ms. Papia Sengupta Talukdar, organized a thought provoking talk on "Challenges to Civil Rights Movements in India" by Prof. Ujjwal Singh of Dept. of Political Science, Delhi University on 24th November 2006. This was so effective that the 'Education Times', Times of India carried an article on it. La Politique also held a seminar on "Multiculturalism", on 8th February 2007, Prof. Ashok Acharya of Delhi University spoke on "Arguing Multiculturalism" and Mr. Tenzin Tsunde, General Secretary of Free Tibet Society spoke on "Assertions of the Tibetan Nation in the Globalizing World".

Sanskrit

During the academic session 2006-07, the Sanskrit Parishad performed the following activites:

• Welcoming of freshers as well as elections of the members of the Departmental academic bodies, namely Sanskrit Parishad and Sanskrit Seminar, on 17.8.2006.
• 2. Our Dept organized a "Sanskrit Sambhashan Shivir" for 10 days (18.8.2006 - 29.8.2006), which was sponsored by Sanskrit Bharati.
• 3. Departmental prize distribution function aong with farewell to Final Year students will be held in the first week of March 2007.

Our students took part in many Inter-College Delhi University and Delhi Sanskrit Academy competitions, cultural extra-curricular activities and have won various prizes.

Statistics

This year started on a good note for the Department of Statistics, with the list of top ten University toppers being dominated by students of our College and Surabhi Minocha secured the first position in the University yet again.

Le Probabub, the Statistics Society of our College held its annual investiture ceremony in the month of September 2006. Amritanshu Kumar, Rishi Sachdeva and Gokul were elected as President, Secretary and Joint secretary respectively. Neeti Taneja was later entrusted with the responsibilities of fund management.

This year saw some phenomenal changes in the routine structure of EXPECTATIONS, the annual festival of the Department of Statistics. This festival was organized as a congregation of intense literary events with seminars being the highlight of the above. On day one, Prof. Kanwar Sen addressed on the "Role of Statistics in Quantitative Finance". His seminar was followed by an interactive session on 'Statistics and the road to Actuarial Sciences" by Mr. Surjit Gopinathan, Vice President, Trump and gates.

Not losing on the fun bit, events like Sudoku and Crossword were organized, which were participated in large numbers and great enthusiasm. The debaters from various colleges and universities fought it out in the bilingual debate.

The second day saw even better response as management enthusiasts gathered in huge numbers to attend the seminar addressed by Prof. J.K. Mitra, Dean, Faculty of Management Studies. His lecture was followed by a discourse by Prof. M.C. Aggarwal, Head, Department of Statistics, University of Delhi.

In collaboration with the Career Launcher, the Statistics Society organized an interactive session on "MBA as an extension to your Statistics Degree". The former also organized a Corporate Quiz, which was attended and participated by a large number of students from various colleges.

The Editorial team of the Society has taken out its annual brochure, which has been much appreciated by the Department.

Worth mentioning are the efforts of our students in various arenas with Gaurav and Arijit, who secured 2nd position in a statistics based paper presentation at Hindu College, and Abhinav, Mithun, Shruti and Richa who cleared various stages of actuarial papers.

URDU

The department of Urdu, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, is one of the outstanding departments of this college. Prominent educationists and eminent teachers and bright students have been associated with this department. They include names such as Dr. Tayyeba Khatoon, Dr. Khalid Ashraf, Dr. Yahya Saba and Dr. Mohsin. The department organized three major events during this year. The first was the 'fresher's party' on which day the teachers and students of the department together elected the office bearers of Bazm-e-Adab for the academic session 2006-07. Bazm-e-Azad is the literary and cultural society of the department, which provides for the creative and literary pursuits of the students. It holds regular meetings and has been a center of creative and cultural activities, seminars, mushairas, and welcome function for Indian and other countries' writers, scholars, "chahar bait" and "bait bazi". The elected office bearers are Aftab Aslam (president), Md. Kahsif (vice president), Amina BiBi Rojoa (secretary), Amina Rojoa, Nafees Ahmed, Md. Tauseef, Md. Imran (magazine editors).

On the 30th of November 2006 the annual Bazm-e-Adab seminar was organized. Prof. Shahid Hussain from Jawahar Lal Nehru University was the chief guest. The highlight of the academic activities was a lecture by Dr. Khalid Ashraf. The Society and its events and programmes evoked keen interest and active participation from both teachers and students from Delhi University.

On 30th Novemeber 2006, our department organized the annual programme "Apne Fankar se Miliye". Our chief guest was Prof. Shamim Hanafi, who is an eminent scholar of Jamia Milia Islamia and Prof. Qamar Rais, Vice Chairman of Delhi Urdu Academy. As usual this program was a big success. Debates, talks and important discussions related to Urdu language and literature were discussed.