Logo Making Competition

Heyy guys!! Let your creative juices flowing as Entretia brings you the Logo Making Competiton this Monday. You have to make the logo for your very own society Entretia. It should accomodate what the entrepreneurship cell of our college means to you and should amply illustrate the role that it plays in college activities. The details of the event are given below:

Date: 6 September 2010, Monday
Time: 12:45 to 01:15
Venue: Principal's Gazebo

Winners will be getting certificates, and there are 1st and 2nd prize to be won by participants! Looking forward to your creative entries for the event! :)

Contest Rules:
• The contest is open to all the students of LSR.
• The logo can also include a slogan/message for Entretia.
• A one-page rationale describing the components of the logo should also be included with the entry.
• Any individual or a team (of two) shall only submit a single piece of artwork; multiple entries will not be accepted.
• No group projects are allowed; only two participants may work as a team.
• The logo must be clear and recognizable at small size
• The logo should look good in black and white.
• Fit the logo into a square layout if possible, avoid obscure layouts.
• Avoid intricate details.
• The logo must have some connection to what it is representing.
• Keep in mind that - Even large companies need small logos.
• The logo must look consistent across multiple platforms.
• The logo should not be distracting.
• Avoid recent logo design trends. Instead, make the logo look timeless.
• Entrants should take care to ensure that their entries are not in any way similar to existing logos or other copyrighted images
• Do not combine elements from popular logos and claim it as original work.
• The entry should be honest in its representation.

Judging  and selection of winner:
• The logo-making competition shall be judged according to the following criteria:
Concept/Message - 40%
Originality - 30%
Impact - 30%
• The winning design will be selected by judges appointed for the purpose.
• Their decision will be final. No further correspondence shall be entered into.
• The winning entry will serve as the official logo for Entretia.
• The winner shall be informed through email and telephone call from a designated Entretia member.
• All entries submitted as entry for the contest shall be considered as property of Entretia, and maybe used by the society.

Entretia Achievements 2009-10

Entretia, helped promote the spirit of entrepreneurship among students by organizing talks, movie screenings and informal events. The movieThe Pirates of Silicon Valley about the lives and entrepreneurial journey of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs was screened. There were talks by Ms. Renuka Sharma, Founder Head, Incredible Routes and Mr. Melvin Bareto, CEO, Orange Cross. In the ‘Know Your Entrepreneur’ competition, participants made several presentations and short videos on various business ventures. Entretia also put up a stall in this year’s Diwali Mela to engage the members in entrepreneurial activity on campus. ‘Untangle the cases’, ‘Creativise yourself’, ‘Virtual traders’, ‘Young Entrepreneur’ and ‘Wall Quiz’ were some of the competitions organized as a part of the Entrepreneurship Week. These saw participation from students across departments. Besides, there were regular updates of various articles, newspaper clippings and case studies related to different aspects of entrepreneurship on the board.

ENTRETIA - The Entrepreneurship Cell

Entretia aims at promoting entrepreneurship in the college and to inculcate entrepreneurial skills in the students. ENTREPRENEURSHIP means the courage to stand out from the crowd, take initiative, think freely and take your own decisions. E-Cell helps students by organizing various interactive sessions with entrepreneurs from different industries, entrepreneurial workshops on idea generation, feasibility studies, product designing, etc., case studies and other fun filled activities. Entretia is a newly formed wing of Infocell which was started on 24th November,2008. Last year it organised an Entrepreneurship Week from 9th Feb - 13th Feb,09 , the theme of which was "Go Green : The World Is Our Business."

E-Cell at Lady Shri Ram College believes:
"WE CAN, WE WILL"

Ohh my god....I am a Senior! :o

So the new session has begun and I still can’t get over the feeling of being a ‘Senior’….just cant get over that word! I was a fresher last year, now we have a whole new crowd of first years…..time flies really fast. The third years we knew have passed out, and the second years who were our companions in not knowing everything on earth have now become the third years! I have a weird feeling whenever a first year comes and enquires about the way to the ‘Upper seminar room’ or the ‘Administrative office’ (we are so used to short forms aren’t we). The same feeling starts taking a hold of you when you sell your books to the freshers or when you tell someone a better route from there place to college. This feeling is difficult to explain…like you cannot explain what an orgasm feels like unless you’ve experienced it, similarly you cannot explain what it feels like once you are no longer a fresher. In the first year you are inquisitive, and full of energy and questions (though it’s the same for the second and third years in LSR), it’s a bit more in the freshers! Its like a baby learning about the world after its born, you want to know everything and understand it in your own way. So if any fresher chances to read this blog, use this fervour, this vigour to the fullest cause time flies away, you wouldn’t even realize and the first year would come to an end. Perhaps you would even be giving the same word of advice to the then freshers! Make most of your first year, you will love it!! :)

Delhi Goes Green: Ecofest at American Centre

Eco Fest 2010 organized by KRITI Team with the American Centre was a three day event (4-6th June). An Eco competition was held which saw active participation from students in the form of paintings, photographs, small installations and poetry on the given themes:
-The impact of the preparations for the Commonwealth Games on Delhi's environment
-Climate change: Myth or reality?
-My contribution: My Eco-footprint

Winners took home eco-friendly prizes! (I won….yippee after a really long time) :)

Eco Art Workshops where they taught you how to make attractive bags, stationary items, etc by recycling stuff and using your junk was rightly named ‘Waste et al creations’. There were innovative dance and puppet performances too depicting climate change and its effect on environment. ‘Eco Reels’ saw screening of documentaries and children’s films like: Shruti and Kuki, The Jungle Gang meets the Rhino, The Story of Stuff, The Story of Bottled Water and The Groundwater UP Project. Other highlights included the EcoHaat, a collection of useful ecofriendly products made by low income community groups for display and sale that provide us alternative options to consume in a sustainable and ethical way. The EcoCafe with a selected organic food menu and drinks that were healthy and tasty for the palette saw a huge rush. There were EcoBins set up at different places within the venue for people to bring recyclable material like paper, plastic, tetra packs, as well as old clothes to get them recycled.

The festival brought together a combination of educational, entertainment and consumption related activities that can enable us to live and work in an eco-friendly manner. Such gatherings show us the right spirit of celebrating World Environment Day (5th June)....go Delhi....go Green!

Fishy Issue: Bhopal Gas Tragedy

The verdict for Bhopal Gas Tragedy is out and has been creating a lot of waves in the media and among the citizens. I have collected some data which hints towards an international conspiracy, and how the issue was brushed under the carpet, check it out and decide for yourself.

The Indian government filed a law suit in an US court and claimed damages worth $3.3 billion, in 1985. In February 1989, the Indian Government, led by Rajiv Gandhi, reached an out of court settlement with Union Carbide for $470 million, about 14% of what they originally claimed. Why did the govt bend so much? Because of the US pressure?

Arjun Singh, the CM of Madhya Pradesh when the disaster happened, 'got a call from someone, and he just obeyed the orders' to treat the Chief of Union Carbide warren Anderson as a state guest when he was "released" on bail, put on a state government flight, and flown to New Delhi. Anderson left the country soon thereafter, never to return ever again. Singh went on to become the Union Cabinet Minister for HRD in the early 90's and in the 2004-2009 UPA government.

Do you know who the lawyer for Dow Chemicals, which took over Union Carbide in 2000, is? Abhishek Manu Singhvi. Do you want to know what his official position now is? He is the official spokesperson of the Congress party at the national level.

Dont you think there's something fishy?? Feel free to comment.

Finally my exams get over!! :)

Yippeeeeeeee!! I am back. Yes, so finally my exams got over. Now I have lots to look forward to. But well am not going to celebrate too much (at least not yet).
Not waiting for the results; but planning to enjoy! I'm back to normal!! Meanwhile, give some excuses I can tell my parents if I don't get expected grades?
P.S:- This probably will be the shortest post in a long time to come.