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Monday, July 26, 2010

MEGH MUDRA 2010

“Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rains.”

United with music – MEGH MUDRA, THE RAIN DANCE @ TISS… the smash play of an
exclusive four hours set..!

As the name suggests, it’s an event organized to praise rain gods, but what’s the need for
praise when the city is Mumbai..! This EVENT had beaten out the heat this summer with a
refreshing party on SATURDAY, JULY 3. What more can one ask for, if the venue is the much loved basket ball court? The party started 6 PM onwards and presented hot and high voltage music with great performances.

It's the time of the year again when juniors realize what it means to be at one’s dream place
and seniors realize how far they have come, and yet how much enjoyment is still in store. Last year, approximately the same time, I was breathing in the fresh air after BDS, trying to imagine what the coming years would bring as I was all set for TISS. There was a hope, enthusiasm, excitement, curiosity on my face and in my spirit too. Today, after an year, I look around me, the
campus all lighted up, smart people bustling around and I see my feelings, from an year before mirrored into many new lives. Yes, that's how we were welcomed in TISS and the various new faces were thus integrated into our lives.

The baton had to pass and we decided to do everything in style.The event started with the usual fanfare; and after the freshers were seated, the compeers of the night took over. The batch of 2010 came up and performed in the rain. Technically nothing was audible! Still it was a laugh n
fun riot! Job was done well guys!

Of course, then there were group dances by the freshies, which started off as a group dance alright, but ended up into a mob dance. We were joined by everyone capering around from different schools, and enjoyed it to the hilt. The same continued till 10pm in the night. The best part was that it rained from 5pm to 10pm and throughout we danced. All I can say is that this was the best rain dance I had ever experienced. I would like to thank all those who made our most awaited moment truly special.

Those of you who missed it, however, missed out a special night ! Its vibes were electric… we danced n danced n danced…………

Dr Pallavi Soni
2010-12 Batch

Friday, June 25, 2010

Connecting the Dots

Was given an assignment to analyze the Stanford commencement speech of Steve Jobs in the Strategic Management class by Prof. Thapar.

It was a group assignment and my part was to present first story from his speech, that is "Connecting the Dots".  Liked this story very much and also the way in which it has been told by the man. These three words are just magical and i thought a simple powerpoint presentation wont be able to do justice to this idea.

Some days back came across this article of HBR and came to know about an awesome and innovative way of making presentations; a web based application called Prezi with a zooming user interface. It is a perfect example of a big leap. One of the best feature is that it makes it very easy to express the non linearity and complexity of thoughts. Especially for all you right brain dominant individuals who think images and can see the bigger picture behind things. Now when i look back at powerpoint presentations, they look like dwarfs. Am embedding my presentation below...enjoy connecting the dots!







Sunday, May 9, 2010

70th Annual Convocation (2008-2010 Batch)

70th Convocation of the Institute will be held on Monday, May 10, 2010 at the TISS Convention centre. 
Dr. Purnima Mane, Deputy Executive Director (Programme), United Nations Population Fund has been invited as the honorary chief guest for the occasion.

Best wishes and heartiest congratulations to SHSS 2008-2010 batch from SHSS 2009-2011.