Memorabilia 2022
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The Memorabilia 2022 released by Dr. Kaushik Bhatt and Prof. Dilip Barad
Video recording of the Annual Function - 9 April 2022
Video recording of the Farewell Function - 9 April 2022
From the Desk of the Head of the Department . . .
This passing out batch, i.e.,
2020-22 will go in the annals as ‘the Corona Batch’. Among several
disruptions #Covid19 pandemic brought in, the disruption to education system is
of a curious kind. On one hand it gave ample opportunities to explore new
dimensions in online pedagogy, while on the other hand it made us realize
several vital pedagogical issues, which were, hitherto, taken as granted.
The benefits of teaching
this batch were innumerable. Right from the beginning, it was challenging to
build a rapport with students as students have never visited department or
teachers, personally. To bridge this gap, we tried our best to make teaching as
interesting and engaging as possible. And hence, we have to ‘revisit &
relearn’ pedagogy of teaching in online remote mode. We also have to try our
hands at new technologies like OBS, Live Streaming, Video Recording, Learning
Glass, Video Conferencing etc. It was not only to use these technologies but
also to make it effective and engaging for learners. Going down the memory lane
of screenshots taken during first week of teaching this batch was a good memory
to see how it all began. The Google Class & the Group were introduced in
live video conferencing session – and OBS was used to make it engaging. The
learning glass was also used to see that the teaching does not become dull and
boring. The first two pictures in the below given collage-pyramid are telling this story. However, the story of disruption does not end
here. The other side of the story, the students’ side, had also been of great
learning importance.
The number of students in this Corona Batch was also considerably low than normal class strength. That was like a double whammy. One, virtual existence of all of us and on it, low number. Some may say it is good. Easy to manage! Well, yes, that’s true but we wanted to do lots of activities. Without good number of participations from equally good number of students, it is difficult to carry on the show. We believe, education is not only completing syllabus and the routine academic rigor. It is all about participating in co-curricular, extra-curricular activities like reading papers in seminars, publishing research papers, participating in cultural and sports events. It is not to say that there was complete stand-still to all these activities. However, it reduced drastically in this passing out batch 2020-22. Even with all these limitations of second wave of corona pandemic and lockdowns of academic institutes and activities not happening as such, our students have participated in around 40 events. Have a look at the chart in Memorabilia 2022 – page number 138/139. In spite of reasonably good participation in the troubling time, we were not able to get laurels and accolades. Except for FIRST positions by Riddhi Bhatt in Essay Writing and Khushbu Lakhupota in Research Paper Writing competitions, the participation did not yield desired result. Apart from this sorry state of affairs, even use of library substantially reduced during this year. Normally, all students have their library card and keep on visiting library occasionally to exchange books. This time, several students did not open an account with University Central Library. To add to this sorry state of affairs, several students’ committees remained ineffective or inactive. This is a great lesson to remembered. This is an example of why education is not only completing syllabus. When the students are not able to have physical gatherings in an academic institute, there are innumerable life-skills which are not acquired. Yes, some are genius and they do not require such training or orientation. Nevertheless, we need to build an environment wherein all these life-skills are acquired without much effort. We are unhappy to see that many talented students are passing out without brushing up their talent, many committee leaders are passing out without learning leadership skills, many are passing out without getting the finishing fine touch of our Department of English.
It is not to be concluded
that all was dark and dull. We have seen amazing participation from Kishan, Latta,
and Sneha in various events. Apart from Daya, Nidhi & Riddhi, Latta &
Khushboo have displayed an amazing development in their performances from first
to the last semester. Chandani, Sneha, Jignesh, Bhavyang, Pina & Aditi were
also very good and performed as expected. Hiral and Nandita are talented but
somehow, they were not able explore their potential during the studies.
Bhumika, Anjali & Stuti are also good in several things but were not able
to perform as per their capacities. You all have incredible spart within
yourself. Had there been no corona pandemic, we would surely have been able to
fire it and see the sparkles that you all are capable of.
With a sense of pastness,
we are all supposed to look forward towards future. Bygone is bygone. No one
can amend the past. But future is still in our hand, in our control. From the
pandemic year we learn to be ready for whatsoever befall on us. Without giving
an iota of doubt or an inch of hesitation, we shall be ready to live life it
all its fullest capacity.
On behalf of Department
of English, MKBU, I wish you all a great future.
Let yourself metamorphose
into something so beautiful that we feel proud to say that ‘s/he is our
student’. ~ Dilip Barad
