Anugoonj is the famous 21st annual cultural festival of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University which was organized on 17th, 18th and the 19th of February 2020. So as to get to participate in the same contestants every year have to compete and qualify the prelims which are held as per zones. The zonal 3 prelims for Anugoonj 2020 were held in Delhi Metropolitan Education, Sector 62 Noida that is affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University on the 6th and 7th of February 2020. In total, 26 events took place during the two days in the college, the same were systematically organized and were segregated and allotted as per venues with one person as the room in charge to assess the event, one external and one internal judge to evaluate and judge and volunteers were allotted accordingly.  The registration desk was set up at the reception area at 8:30am sharp on both the days for every participant to come register themselves and inquire about the related events.

Day 1

The 1st event in the row scheduled in the same was classical dance, which started around 9:15 am, the judges for the event were Dr Smita Gupta and Ms Nidhisha. The 2nd event was Group song (western), and was evaluated by both Ms Sukriti Arora and by Ms Anupama. The 3rd event was Footloose which was judged by Mr Kush Kalra and Mr Sagar Chand. The last event scheduled in the amphitheatre for the 1st day was Folk Dance, it was judged by Ms Sakshi aggarwal and Mr Sagar Chand. Numerous other events were conducted in seminar hall, amphitheatre, reception area and in class rooms simultaneously like Classical Vocal Solo, Poetry Recitation (English, Poetry Recitation (Hindi), Western Vocal Solo, Just A Minute (Hindi),   Just A Minute (English) , One Act Play,  Mono Acting,  On the Spot Painting  , Collage making, Clay Modeling and Cartooning. The judges for all the events organized there examined the work of each and every participant closely. Artistic skills could be seen at their best. At reception Rangoli competition was conducted. 

Day 2

Events started sharp at 9:15 in the morning and were scheduled accordingly. 1st event was Group Song (Indian), Ms. Sukriti Arora and Mr. Anurag Rathore evaluated the same. 2nd event was Street Play, the judges were Mr. Mohit Vats and Mr. Sumit. 3rd event was Battle of Bands  Mr. Pramood Pandey and Mr. Vibhor were the judges. Numerous other events were conducted simultaneously like Nach Baliye , Mr. & Ms. Anugoonj ,  Light Vocal Indian ,  Debate (Hindi),  Debate (English), Quiz, Creative Writing (Hindi) and Creative Writing (English).The prelims came to an end with the  Validatory Ceremony with the vote of thanks delivered by Ms Navjot Suri who is the head of cultural societies of Delhi Metropolitan Education .The prelims of Anugoonj, 2020 turned out to be a great success and was put together very well.

Welcome Esteemed Buddies – WEB 2022

On Friday December 2, 2022 in Nelson Mandela Auditorium. The event was full of vibrant dances, songs, games and fun performances. Students won titles like Mr & Miss BA(JMC), Best Dressed, Most Talented, Most Elegant and Most Vibrant.

Farewell is a poignant moment that embodies the bittersweet nature of goodbyes. It is a time when individuals come together to bid adieu to someone who has become an integral part of their lives. In the case of the ‘Impeccable Bond,’ the farewell takes on a special significance. This bond, characterized by its unwavering strength and profound connection, has left an indelible mark on everyone involved. As they gather to share their final moments together, there is a sense of nostalgia mixed with gratitude. Memories of laughter, support, and camaraderie flood their minds, reminding them of the irreplaceable moments they have shared.

The students of new batch are every year oriented about the college and their course on the starting of the semester. Experts are invited to guide and motivate the students towards their carrier goals.

Orientation 2018

DME Media School Welcomes Class of 2018-21

The Orientation Programme of BA(JMC) was organised by DME Media School on 4th August 2018 at the Nelson Mandela Auditorium. The chief guest for the event was Mr. Sayeed Ansari (Executive Editor, Aaj Tak). Mr. Sayeed Ansari is one of the most versatile and popular face of the Indian Television. He is known for his impressive style of reporting, Mr. Sayeed started his journey in the media industry in 1997 by joining Doordarshan as an anchor, currently he is among the prominent faces on India’s number 1 Hindi news channel Aajtak where he hosts two prime time shows Vishesh and Dastak.  For past two decades he has worked with some of the biggest news channels like ABP News, Sahara News, Doordarshan, News 24 and others.He is the only Indian Anchor who holds the Limca book of world records for Anchoring non-stop for 18 hours with Star News. He has been bestowed with several awards like the best anchor award by Exchange for media News broadcasting Awards, BCS Ratna Award for Best Anchor, and more.

The Orientation Programme, B.B.A.LL.B., August 9, 2018

 The Orientation programme for the B.B.A.LL.B. course to welcome the incoming batch was organized by the DME on the  9th of August, 2018.  The august gathering was graced by the esteemed presence of Professor M.P. Singh, Chancellor, Central University of Haryana and Chair Professor, Centre for Comparative Law, National Law University, Delhi.

Director General Justice Bhanwar Singh, Vice-Chairman Mr. Aman Sahni, Dean DME Law School and Director Research and Advanced Learning  Professor (Dr.) Manjula Batra, Director Professor (Dr.) Ravi Kant Swamy and the Guest of Honour were called on the dais after the lighting of the lamp and Sarawati Vandana to commence the proceedings. Professor Manjula Batra then gave a speech to welcome the dignitaries, the students and the parents. She introduced Professor M.P. Singh, who had also been one of her beloved teachers. She highlighted the need for an all-encompassing pedagogy of legal education which would inspire the students not just to become eminent lawyers but efficient law makers and proficient legislation drafters as well.

Director General Justice Bhanwar Singh and Vice Chairman Aman Sahni addressed the gathering. They warmly welcomed the students to the five exciting years of college life. These years, he stated, were not only beautiful in forming new friendships but also in carving out future paths which are filled with tough competition. He urged the students to aspire to become all-rounder by focusing on the wonderful opportunities that DME would present before them.The Guest of Honour, Professor Singh was invited to enlighten the students, parents and faculty with his words of wisdom. He stressed on the importance of the date of 9th August, the date on which are forefathers had initiated the Quit India Movement. The Director Professor (Dr.) Ravi Kant Swamy gave the vote of thanks underlining the exemplary growth of DME law school since its inception 5 years ago.

The Orientation Programme, B.A.LL.B., August 10, 2018

The orientation programme for B.A.LL.B. course to welcome the incoming batch was organized by DME on the 10th of August, 2018.  The august gathering was graced by the esteemed presence of Mr. Salman Khursheed, Senior Advocate Supreme Court of India and Former Union Minister of Law and Justice. Director General Justice Bhanwar Singh, Chairman Mr. Vipin Sahni, Dean Law School and Director Research and Advanced Learning Professor (Dr.) Manjula Batra, Director Dr. Ravi Kant Swamy and the Guest of Honour were called on the dais after the lighting of the lamp and Saraswati Vandana to commence the proceedings.

The Guest of Honour, Salman Khursheed gave a scintillating insight into the minds of the jurists and judges and how good sense of humour is directly proportional to the clarity of mind and how anecdotes help in countering the dry word of law. He gave example of V.R. Krishna Iyer J. who created a vocabulary of his own. He urged the students to have an analytical mind and to develop observational powers. The Director Professor Ravi Kant Swamy gave the vote of thanks underlining the exemplary growth of the DME law school since its inception five years ago. The dignitaries were then called upon for the launch of the Journal of DME law school.

DME Management School Welcomes Class of 2018-21

On 7th August, 2018, DME Management School, one of the best media school in Noida 62 organized an orientation programme for Batch 2018-21 at N. M Auditorium. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Mr. Amulya Sah, Senior Director-HR, Samsung R&D Noida and the Guest of Honour was Dr. Sanjeev Gemawat, Executive Director – Legal and Group Company Secretary, Dalmia Bharat Group. The event was also graced by the honourable Vice Chairman, Mr. Aman Sahni, the Director General, Honourable Mr. Justice Bhanwar Singh and the Director & HOD (DME Management School), Prof. Dr. Ravi Kant Swami. The orientation programme saw full attendance from freshers and their parents. The future is surely bright for our budding managers and entrepreneurs.

ORIENTATION 2019

Media school

Deepak Chaurasia calls upon BA JMC fresh blood
DARE TO BE DIFFERENT

“Dare to be different” was the call that Deepak Chaurasia made to the fresh batch students of BA JMC with impeccable valiance in Delhi Metropolitan College (DME), Premier institute of Delhi/NCR on August 17. The words “Seekhna khatam to hjeetna khatam” (Learning stops, Life stops) poured power into the hearts and souls of young minds as he narrated the long, hard journey he had completed to reach where he is today. As chief guest of the Orientation Ceremony for the new batch of DME Media School, Mr. Deepak Chaurasia charmed the students with his magnetic presence and indomitable attitude. Co-founder of Aaj Tak, Mr. Chaurasia posited that there is no shortcut to success by sharing his anecdotes from his years of journalistic experience in the field. Currently the Consulting Editor and Prime Time Anchor at News Nation, he also shared various ethical dilemmas that he faced as a reporter and how he used creativity to create a niche for himself. A special short film on Mr. Deepak Chaurasia prepared by the production team of DME Media School was showcased during the event.

Law school

The orientation of the law freshers was held on 18th of August 2019 in which Dr. Ranbir Singh, Vice Chancellor of National Law University, Delhi was the chief guest. His esteemed presence was highly appreciated and the enthusiasm of the students to participate in the question-answer round was remarkable. Not only this, his words of wisdom included the role and importance of the freedom fighters who were actually lawyers. DME students and parents also witnessed our advisory words from the Chairman, Mr. Vipin Sahni wherein he told 3 golden piece of advice that is to say, take responsibility of your learning, be responsible of what you do and lastly, to make use of the abundant opportunities to flourish.It was a proud moment for DME to felicitate one of the student of DME Law School who is now a Civil Judge in UP Judiciary, the prestigious organ of the government.

Management School

On 20th August 2019, an Orientation Program was organised for the first-year students of DME Management School, best management school in Delhi/NCR 2019-22 in Nelson Mandela Auditorium as they embark their new journey. The chief guest for the day was Mr Pradumna Pandey (Chief Human Resource Officer JK Tyre and Industries Limited). Honourable Director General Mr. Justice Bhawar Singh Sir and Director of DME Management School Dr. Ravi Kant Swami Sir were also present to make this event more informative for all the students and the parents. Mr. Pradumna Pandey to shared his 20 years of experience in management field with every one of us. A HR professional with over 25 years of experience in Human Resource Management, Mr Pradumna is a keen strategist with the flair for designing and implementing innovative HR strategies and OD interventions to suit the needs of organization. He is Currently associated with JK Tyre and Industries Limited. Mr Pradumna is also Skilled in handling large workforces, maintaining peaceful & amicable work environment in the organisation and having sound experience in IR matters. He motivated all the students with the values of happiness, optimistic nature and having a success driven mindset.

ORIENTATION 2020

Media School

Session Orientation Programme – SOP 2020 at DME Media School

The One-Week Session Orientation Programme (SOP) of DME Media School commenced on August 4, 2020 with a session by Dr Ambrish Saxena, Dean, DME Media School and Director of DME Studios and Production. Dr Saxena interacted with all the students of BA (JMC) and apprised them about online classes as well as their new subjects.It was followed by the session of Mr Chetan Sharma, a renowned Media Personality, Entrepreneur, Business Enabler, Coach and Founder of Edumate. He kick-started the orientation programme with his keynote address and insights on media pandemic and fake news.

During the orientation programme, many eminent personalities from academia and industry interacted with BA(JMC) student and briefed them about their subjects. The experts also shared many practical tips with the students to hone their skills and be industry ready. They also told the students about various opportunities in the field of mass communication and how to prepare themselves to grab these opportunities.

Notable names who joined the SOP as experts include:

• Dr US Pandey, Professor, School of Open Learning – SOL, University of Delhi

Topic: Internet of Things: Its Usage in Media

• (Dr) Mira Desai, Head, Department of Extension & Communication, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai

Topic: Media Research: What and Why?

• Dr Sarvesh Dutt Tripathi, Development Expert, USMC,Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi

Topic: Core Issues of Development

• Ms Kajal Suri, Acclaimed Theatre Artist and Broadcaster, New Delhi

Topic: Radio Programme Formats

• Mr Prince Shadwal, Independent Filmmaker, Mumbai

Topic: How to appreciate a film?

• Mr Pankaj Saxena, Filmmaker, media consultant, cinema academic and writer; FTII Pune Alumni, Gurgaon

Topic: Documentary Film

• Ms Divya Vasudeva, Celebrated RJ and TedX speaker, New Delhi

Topic: Radio and Your Forever Friend

• Mr Shibaram Mishra, Technipreneur, Smarketer and Founder of www.buzet.in , Bengaluru

Topic: Digital marketing and the strategies for pushing content

• Mr Unnikrishnan P P, Film Editor, Mumbai

Topic: Video editing

• Mr Raman Raheja, Thought leader, strategic consultant and relationship manager Founder, Sports Flashes

Topic: Event Management

All the sessions turned out to be extremely fruitful for students, who got to learn the nuances of every industry and learn tips from the experts. Each session was followed by question answer session, which gave an opportunity to students to clear their doubts and interact with the experts.

Internal Orientation

Along with the external experts that were called for the Session Orientation Programme – SOP 2020 of DME Media School, faculty members interacted with the students during the entire week to provide them the basic understanding of the subject and prepare them for the upcoming semester.

All the subjects were discussed during these internal orientation sessions.

• Basics of New Media by Ms Kritika Sati
• Event Management by Ms Yashasvika Yadav
• Media Research by Mr Pramod Kumar Pandey
• Digital Media Marketing by Mr Pramod Kumar Pandey
• Film appreciation by Ms Manmeet Kaur
• Development Communication by Ms Sanchita Chakraborty
• Basics of Radio programming and Production by Ms Sukriti Arora and Ms Tinam Borah
• Basics of Video Camera, Lights and Sound by Mr Mohit Kishore Vatsa
• Radio Jockeying and News Reading by Mr Ritwik Ghosh and Ms Tinam Borah
• Video Editing by Mr Sumantra Sarathi Das

During these internal orientation sessions, the faculty members of DME Media School briefed the students regarding the teaching learning process, the syllabus, lab work and most importantly the subject itself and its scope. Faculty members encouraged students to study all the subjects sincerely and develop their skills.

Each internal orientation session was also followed by Q&A, wherein students’ doubts were cleared.

Orientation 2022

DME Media School conducted the 7-day Student Induction Programme – SIP 2022 for Batch 2022 of the BA(JMC) programme. The objective of SIP is to give the freshmen an overview of the journalism course and create an understanding of the construct of the programme by interacting with renowned media professionals as well as with internal faculty members. SIP 2022 was planned and executed in two phases. In the first phase, 12 sessions were held from October 13 to 19 and in phase two from October 27 and 28 five interactive sessions were conducted with the newcomers. Mr Amish Devgan, a celebrated Anchor in New 18 India, Mr Prabhat Shunglu, a senior journalist having worked with reputed TV channels and Ms Shikha Sharma, an Anchor in Republic Bharat and Ms Palak Sharma, a senior TV Anchor working with India Ahead, came to DME to motivate the students. Some of the renowned media personalities who interacted with the students were A separate session with parents/guardians of the newly admitted students was also conducted to apprise them about the activities of media school at DME.

DME Media School celebrates e-Independence Day

COVID-19 warrior and survivors honoured amidst music and dance

DME Media School, one of the best media school of GGSIPU organised a virtual celebration on the 74th Independence Day of the nation on August 14, 2020. The high-spirited get-together got a boost with cultural performances involving – dancing, poetry recitation, just-a-minute speech and singing. The function was enriched by the presence of Mr Aman Sahni, Vice Chairman, Delhi Metropolitan Education (DME) and Delhi Technical Campus (DTC). Speaking on the joyful occasion, he said, “We must be thankful to all the freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the nation while celebrating this Independence Day”. Prof. (Dr) Ravikant Swami, Director, DME, expressed his happiness on organising the celebrations while expressing hope for a better time to come post-corona. Prof. (Dr) Susmita Bala, Head of DME Media School, called upon the students and other citizens to do everything possible for the sake of the country.  Prof. (Dr) Ambrish Saxena, Dean, DME Media School, also endorsed her viewpoint, adding that we have a responsibility to protect our hard earned freedom.

The unique merrymaking of the Independence acknowledged the front-line warriors who have been working day and night to help people during the COVID pandemic. Mr Kiran Verma, who has served food to more than 2400 people, and has been a support system for many corona affected citizens of Delhi-NCR, shared his experience about working for people in these difficult times.

The COVID-19 affected students of BA JMC, Priya Yadav and Yash Makhija, narrated their struggle of fighting with the corona virus.

Various competitive events organised during the function witnessed encouraging participation of the students. The judgment of the events was done by the faculty members. Results of the competitions were declared on the spot. The winners in dance and singing were Ms Rittika Talukdar and Mr Anirudh Das respectively. Ms Ayushi Verma was the winner in poetry recitation as Ms Somya Bhaskar was the runner-up. While Mr Rohit Gupta bagged the first prize in Just a Minute, Ms Kumari Rimjhim was the runner-up in the same event.

International Conference ICAN is the most distinct media conference in terms of number of days, number of technical sessions and number of deliberation-based sessions. No educational institution of the world organizes such an extended and value-loaded conference.

Cineaste International Film Festival of India – CIFFI: This festival is the only film festival in the world organized by two educational institutions of two countries located in different continents. DME organizes this festival in association with Deakin University, Melbourne.