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Dear Readers,

Citius, Altius, Fortius - Faster, Higher, Stronger, words from the Olympic motto best describe the recent events that mark the transformation the SSU campus is going through. These changes are visible not just inside the campus but also from far away. The majestic facade of SSU has now emerged as a prominent landmark in the fast changing landscape of Bhubaneswar-Cuttack, the twin cities which represent a blend of the ancient with the modern.

The academic year 2018-19 started with a big bang as the University rolled out seven new programmes in arts and sciences which were a hit among applicants from different parts of the country. The flurry of events this year right from day one added to the grandeur of the campus and its unique culture, be it the Commencement Day or the Musical Concert for the freshers or the Naval Band Performance. Adding feather to our cap was the Fifth Convocation of the University which was broadcast live in more than one hundred and fifty countries on Youtube.

An ever-increasing number of aspiring learners from the different corners of the country and also the world has added to the vibrancy of the community life one can experience here in the campus. With our horizons having expanded, this issue of SSU Insight offers its readers yet another opportunity to explore and experience the rich diversity our unique campus has to offer. Happy reading.

Dr. Rakesh TripathiEditor

Inside...

SpotLight 02

Dept. of Visual & Performing Arts 09

Dept. of Sanskrit 17

Faculty of Management Studies 20

Dept. of English & Foreign Languages 25

Vivechana- The Counselling Space 27

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Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, Sri Sri University gave five learnings to the new students- Have a Goal; Work Hard; Read, Write Speak, Listen, Network; Practice Gratitude; Be your own Person.

7 th Commencement Day

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A funfilled musical evening with Saurabh Kaushal on the occasion of Commencement Day 2018

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Workshop on Ethical Leadership for Conflict Resolution at the Alternative Dispute Resolution Conference was facilitated at Sri Sri University. Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, reinforced the importance of five Cs- Connections, Courage, Compassion, Context & Commitment

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Sri Sri University hosted the conference on ‘Alternative Dispute Resolution’ with Mr. Louis Moreno Ocampo, (the first chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court) as the keynote speaker. Mr. Ocampo’s insights on Non Violence and Prana as means to peace were fascinating.

Conference on Alternative Dispute Resolution

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13 August 2018:The 20 men Naval band from Indian Navy performed a ‘Band Concert’ in Sri Sri University. Scintillating orchestra and eclectic mix of popular Indian numbers, Western Classical and Rock set the tone for the evening.

15 August 2018:72nd Independence Day was celebrated in the University campus. Dr. Nand Lal, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, hoisted the National Flag.

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5th Convocation 2018SpotLight

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Poojya Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ji presenting the ‘Sri Sri University Excellence Awards’ across various categories including ‘Best Student of the Year’, ‘Best Department of the University’ and ‘Best Non-teaching staff ’ for the year 2018.

Sri Sri University Excellence Awards 2018 SpotLight

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Faculty of Indic StudiesDepartment of Visual & Performing Arts

3rd July, 2018:Extensive coverage in Orissa Post on

Performing Arts Faculty,Ms. Arupa Gayatri Panda.

28th July, 2018: Ms. Pushpa Panda(3rd year student) performed in Megha Utsav at Rabindra Mandap, Bhubaneswar organized by Sangeet Natak Academy, Bhubaneswar.

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31st July, 2018:‘Sarva Mangalam Vabatu’, a beautiful dance performance by students of VPA, choreographed by Shringarmani Rashmi Rekha Das on Commencement Day, 2018.

10th August, 2018:Students of VPA performing during the inaugural session of the Conference on Alternative Dispute Resolution.

1st to 10th September, 2018:Pramila Doshi (3rd year student) was invited as an honorary Judge in International theatre festival held in Sarla Bhavan at Cuttack and organized by Utkal Sanskrutik Yuva Sangh.

16th September, 2018 : Daisy Sharma, Lipsa Dalai & Joyita Sarkhel (3rd year students) performed on the occasion of the Birth Anniversary of Sri Anukul Chandra at Satsang Vihar, Bhubaneswar.

Joyita Sarkhel (3rd year student) acted in a short Odia Film ‘Hrudayare Mahanadi’ under Urvashi Art Production, Cuttack.

Gayatree Sahoo (3rd year student) acted in an Odia Bhajan Album under Sai Maa Production, Cuttack.

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Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, Sri Sri University met Dr. Saule Maciukaote Zviniene, Advisor (Education, Science & Culture) to the President of Lithuania and discussed about collaborations between Sri Sri University and universities in Lithuania on emerging areas of interest like Agriculture, Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, Sri Sri University conducted her first Advanced Meditation Program at the University. Participants experienced true happiness with fun-filled sessions of Yoga and deep guided meditation for a perfect spiritual vacation for mind, body and spirit- a journey from Head to Heart.

Art of Living Apex Body & Committee members of all 14 districts of Kerala visited Sri SriUniversity for their annual convention. They were highly impressed with the academic and residential facilities, food and hospitality here.

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1st August 2018:Orientation Program for freshers organised by VPA Department.

7th September 2018:A visit to the Kala Bhoomi, Odisha state handicraft museum, Bhubaneswar.

Students along with senior artists of India and the Director of the museum.

8th September 2018:BVA students with world famous artistBijay Biswal during his visit to BhubaneswarNational Painting Camp, organised by Odisha Lalit kala Akademy and Tourism Department.

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11th September 2018:Utsha Foundation for Contemporary Art, Bhubaneshwar conducted an interactive session cum one- day workshop on BATs- Navigation Offline with BVA students in SSU campus. This project envisages a 1.3 km walk in the Old Town district with art installation and works from prominent artists along the way.

29thSeptember 2018Inauguration of the Art Exhibition - ‘Impressions 2.0’ by Poojya Gurudev Sri Sri Ravishankar after the 5th Convocation.

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Poojya Gurudev felicitating Goutam Bandyopadhyay and Ravinder Singh, faculty of the department of VPA for their contribution in the field of art during the inauguration of art exhibition "impressions 2.0".

The Department of VPA felicitated Ms. Firdausi Tabassum for the contribution in the field of art during the art exhibition ‘impressions 2.0’.

Team SSU alongwith Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President; Dr. Nand Lal, Vice Chancellor; Dr. Subbarao, Dean FMS; Cmde. (Retd.) Ghanashyam Ojha, Executive Registrar

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31st July, 2018:Saraswati Vandana performed by the students of B. Music (Hindustan Vocal) on the occasion of the Commencement Day 2018.

Hindustani Vocal

15th August 2018:Patriotic Songs performed by students ofB. Music (Hindustani Vocal) on the occasion of Independence day celebration.

Mr. Abhiyan Thapa & Mr. Sritam Lenka, students of B. Music 3rd semester awarded the 1st prize in Singing Competition arranged by the students of MBA on the occasion of Ganeshotsav.

Mr. Ashutosh Dey, student of B. Music 1st Semester performed Raga Yaman in the Annual function of Gurukul Geetanjali at Jaydev Bhavan, Bhubaneswar.

28th September:Saraswati Vandana performed by the students of B. Music (Hindustani Vocal) on the occasion of 5th Convocation 2018.

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Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, World Forum for Ethics in Business (WFEB) spoke at the OPPI India Annual Summit in Delhi on ‘Ethics in the Pharmaceutical Industry’. She also presented an Ethics Framework for Innovation.

All the participants of the Advanced Meditation Program with Ms. Rajita Kulkarni.

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Faculty of Indic StudiesDepartment of Sanskrit

25th Aug - 05th Sept 2018:Sanskrit Week was celebrated in the Campus in which various activities like Shloka-paatha, Sanskrit song recitation, storytelling in Sanskrit, speech in Sanskrit etc were conducted by the students and faculty members of the department of Sanskrit in Sanskrit language.

In the inaugural function on 25th August 2018, the chief guest Ms. Rupali Naik, Administrator, Sri Sri Gurukul encouraged the students to pursue their passion for Sanskrit. Dr. Ajit Kumar, faculty, Computer Science, in his special talk, encouraged the students to take Computer science and Sanskrit together as their research area. All the students, faculty and staff of SSU and Sri Sri Gurukul also joined the ceremony.

This one week celebration ended with the closing ceremony on 5th September 2018, where students enthusiastically presented their best performances of the week before the chief guest of the ceremony, Capt. Chandrashekhar Panda, Director, Students Affairs, SSU. In his encouraging speech, Capt. Panda guided and inspired the students to learn and spread the knowledge hidden in this Devabhaashaa.

Sanskrit Week

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05th-17th Sept 2018:The Spoken Sanskrit Workshop was organized in Sri Sri University from, in which more than 100 students, faculty members and staff of the University as well as Sri Sri Gurukul, learned to speak fluent Sanskrit from an eminent scholar, Jayaprakaasha Shaastree ji. For 10 days, students practised learning easy Sanskrit usages and in the end, participated in various competitions like Gita-path, Sanskrit song and speech in Sanskrit language. Certificates were given away to all the winners and the participants of the competition at the end.The workshop was inaugurated on 5th September 2018 by the chief guest, Cmde Ghanashyam Ojha, Executive registrar, SSU andCapt. C. Panda, DSA, SSU. The honorable guests congratulated the students for their interest in this divine language and wished them good luck for their successful journey of the course. Dr. Prativa Manjari Rath, Faculty, Sanskrit department, talked to the students in beautiful and comprehensive Sanskrit about the importance of this divine language. Dr. Shilpi Mishra, HoD, Sanskrit department, gave an overview of the workshop and its benefits.Mr. Jayaprakaasha Shaastree ji, in his introductory talk, explained the wonderful connection of Sanskrit language with our body and mind.

The valedictory session was conducted on 17th September 2018, in which the guest of honour Shri Pratap Chandra Shadangi, Head, Amrita Vaani Seva Pratishthaana, encouraged the participants for using Sanskrit language in their day-to-day life. On the occasion, students presented various programs like dance, songs, shloka recitation, talks, speeches etc. in Sanskrit language. A small drama on ‘Svachchata Abhiyana’ was also presented by the participants in Sanskrit.

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Students’ Achievements –

28th September 2018Ms. Suvalaxmi Padhy, MA Sanskrit (Vyakarana) student was declared Sri Sri University Topper for the academic year 2018-19, in the Convocation ceremony. Sri Sri Ravishankar ji blessed her and awarded her degree certificate and medal.

October 2018Dr. Gayatri Rath’s article ‘Bhakti: A Bhagawat way of internal sharing with God’ was published in Felicitation volume of Radhamadhavasaurabham.

31.08.2018Prof. Prativa Manjari Rath delivered an Extension Lecture as Resource Person in the UGC Sponsored Refresher Course on the topic ‘Gender Currents of the 21st Century: A Reflection on Theoretical Concerns, Agenda and Actions’ organized by the Dept. of Women’s Studies of Utkal University, Bhubaneswar in collaboration with the HRD Center of Utkal University. The Topic of the Lecture was ‘Gender Issues: Instances from The Vedic Tradition of India’.

30th September 2018,Prof. Prativa Manjari Rath delivered an Extension Lecture in the UGC Sponsored Refresher Course on the topic ‘Research Methodology for Research in the field of Literature’ organized by the HRD Center of Utkal University, Bhubaneswar on the general Theme of ‘Research Methodology’.

23rd September 2018Prof. Prativa Manjari Rath delivered an Extension Lecture on ‘Female Seers of Rgveda’ at Sivananda Yogasrama, Puri, which was organized by the Dept. of Veda of Sri Jagannatha Sanskrit Visvavidyalaya , Puri and sponsored by Maharsi Sandipani Rastriya veda Vidya Pratisthan, Ujjain.

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Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President,Sri Sri University was invited to address the students of Podar college, Mumbai on ‘Insights for a better YOU‘. She is an alumnus of the college.

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Faculty of Management Studies

27th July 2018:FCMS organised a Faculty Development Programme on ‘Business/Advanced Analytics Overview, Trends, Technologies & Application’

10th - 11th Sep 2018:MDP on Finance for Non Finance executive was conducted by Dr. Suresh Kumar Sahoo, Associate Prof., FCMS at Jindal Steel & Power limited, DCPP, Dongamahua, Tamnar, Chattisgarh. Participants were DGM, AGM & Sr. Managers.

17th September 2018:Workshop on Change the Myth ‘Founders are from Mars, Investors from Venus’ (How to raise Money for your Start-up) was conducted at Sri Sri University. The workshop was scheduled in association with Start-up Odisha. The event witnessed participation of seventy plus budding and aspiring entrepreneurs from various parts of Odisha. Four resource persons were scheduled to deliver lectures on how to get investment for start-ups.20 | INSIGHT

The workshop was scheduled in association with Start-up Odisha. The event witnessed participation of seventy plus budding and aspiring entrepreneurs from various parts of Odisha. Four resource persons were scheduled to deliver lectures on how to get investment for start-ups.

T h e c h i e f g u e s t o f t h e i n au g u r at i on pro g r am m e M r. S a m a r e n d r a Sahu, Director General, IED, appreciated this initiative of Sri Sri University to empower start-ups to be investor ready. He also shared funding support which is one among the most crucial elements for start-ups of Odisha. Among the other distinguished speakers were Mr. Prasanta Biswal, Evangelist, Start-up Odisha, Mr. S.K. Rath, Asst. Director, MSMEDI, Cuttack.

Mr. Narendra Lamba, Director Operations, Sri Sri University highlighted the key parameters desired by investors for funding support. Prof. (Dr.) P Srinivas Subbarao , Dean, FCMS, Sri Sri University and CEO of SSU Innovation Pvt. Ltd., the Incubation centre of Sri Sri University, guided the Start-up founders how to develop their business plan with specific focus to key financial ratios. Among the resource persons, CA Harshdeep Gumber, Founder of Acculegal Services Private Limited, Mr. Surojit Roy, He a d of O p e r at i ons , Ambuja Neotia Incubation Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Alok R Ranarahu, AGM, RBI and Mr. J Rout, Chief Manager, Andhra Bank shared their insights on profit and loss, cash flows, balance sheets and key performance indicators from bankers’ point of view. The inaugural session was concluded with the vote of

22nd Sep 2018:The FCMS Department organised one-day workshop on ‘Enterprise Resource Planning.

thanks by the workshop coordinator Prof. Barada Panigrahy.

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22nd Sep 2018:Dr. Subbarao, Dean, FMS with the resource persons Mr. Rajendra Behera, FAO, ILS, Bhubaneswar and Mr. Subrat Nayak, Associate Manager SAP-In2IT Technologies and the participants

29th Aug 2018Mr. Surojit Roy, Head (Operations), Neo-Tech (Incubator Arm of Ambuja Noetia Group) interacted with SSU Startup Team.

10th Aug 2018:An International Guest Lecture organised for the 1st Semester MBA (2018-20) batch on ‘Why have Judges?’. The lecture was delivered by Prof. Gabrielle Appleby, Associate Dean, International Law, UNSW, Australia.

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28th Aug 2018:An interactive and highly knowledge imparting session was organised by the HR club, MBA Dept. of the University. The guest of honour was Mr. Sidharth S Lenka, Senior Consulting Manager, IBM, UK. He shared his experience and talked about various aspects related to HR Analytics.

29th Sep 2018:An important interactive session was organised for 3rd Semester MBA (2017-19) batch, which was conducted by Shri Ajay Bagga, Executive Chairman, OPC Asset Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

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Educators Meet SpotLight

Dr. Nand Lal, Vice Chancellor, SSU addressing the Educators Meet on the need to reduce stress in the youth.

“We need scientific appraisal of meditation. It enhances the perception of students”- Gurudev

Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President delivering the welcome address.

Leading academicians and educators during the ‘Educators Meet’

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Faculty of LanguagesDepartment of English

& Foreign Languages

22nd August 2018:Welcome party hosted by the Department

of English and Foreign Languages for the students of its First Batch (2018-21)

18th August 2018:‘Remembering Naipaul’,a session hosted by the Literary Society of the Department of English and Foreign Languages.

25th August 2018:‘Remembering Vajpayee as a Poet’, a session hosted by the Literary Society of the Department of English and Foreign Languages.

5th September 2018:Teacher’s Day Celebration, in the Department of English and Foreign Languages.

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30th September 2018:Students from the Department of English and Foreign Languages participating in the ‘Odisha Literary Festival 2018’ at Mayfair Convention, Bhubaneswar.

Sri Sri University partnered a three day Veda Vidwat Sammelan at the Art of Living Ashram Bangalore in which Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, spoke on the holistic approach towards education adopted by the University.

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30th September 2018:Students from the Department of English and Foreign Languages alongwith Mr. Prabhu Chawla, Editorial Director of The New Indian Express during in the ‘Odisha Literary Festival 2018’ at Mayfair Convention, Bhubaneswar.

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Vivechana~The Counseling Space

MOU signed between SSU and SSIAR

Vivechana initiated a signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Sri Sri Institute for Advanced Research and Sri Sri University for collaborative research interventions. Cmde. Ghanashyam Ojha, Executive Registrar, and Smt. Divya Kanchibhotla, representing SSU and SSIAR signed the MOU and it was exchanged in presence of Poojya Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ji on 26th of Sept 2018. Air Cmde. Shashank Kulkarni, IEC Member Secretary and Head, Operations, SSIAR and Ms. Shweta Shah, PhD, SSIAR, Social Scientist, Smt Rajita Kulkarni, Hon’ble President, Sri Sri University, Sri Narendra Lamba, Director, Operations, Sri Sri University and Dr Richa Chopra, Chief Counsellor, Vivechana were also present on the occasion.

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Participants of the National Workshop on Research Methodology alongwith Dr. Nand Lal, Vice Chancellor, SSU, and Dr. Subbarao, Dean, FMS

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10-16th September, 2018:Sri Sri University, Cuttack (Odisha) and Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi jointly organised a National Workshop on Research Methodology in Social Sciences at Sri Sri University Campus. The Workshop was facilitated by experts in different areas which included Dr. Amarendra Pani, Retd. Prof. U. N. Dash, Dr. Soumendra Patra, Dr. Rohit Vishal Kumar, Prof. Sandip Anand, Dr. Dukhabandhu Sahoo, Dr. Manit Mishra, Prof. Ranjan Kr. Bal and Prof. G. C. Nanda.The Inaugural and Valedictory ceremonies were graced by Prof. (Dr.) Nand Lal, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Sri Sri University, Chief Guests Prof. (Dr.) Ishan Patro, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack and Prof. (Dr.) Rajendra Prasad Das, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Berhampur University, Berhampur, and among others present were Dr. Amarendra Pani, Deputy Director and In-charge (Research Division), AIU, Prof. P. S. Subbarao, Dean Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies and CEO, SSU Innovation Pvt. Ltd., Cmde Ghanshyam Ojha, Executive Registrar, Sri Sri University, Dr. Usha Rai Negi, Assistant Director (Research Division), AIU and Dr. Subash Chandra Nath, Workshop Coordinator and Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, Sri Sri University.

Poojya Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji addressing media persons after the 5th Convocation

Mahasatsang in the Multi Purpose Hall, SSU

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