Political Science – Newsletter - Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts & Science (KCLAS)

Political Representation of Religious Minorities in Karnataka

Department of Political Science organized an expert conversation on 17-02-2022 through MS Teams coordinated by Dr. Prashant Kumar Choudhary. This session by Mr. Azhar Khan C.A., Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, PES University, Bangalore., aimed at throwing insights into the Political Representation of Religious Minorities in Karnataka

The noteworthy program began with Mr. Azhar Khan’s arguments on the way multiculturalism and multi-ethnicity contribute in democratically governed countries. He pointed out the laws and acts that are mentioned in the Indian Constitution regarding fundamental rights and the right to equality. He emphasized the rights that contribute to equal representations of religious minorities. He then spoke about the political representation of religious minorities in the Lok Sabha, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, and their political representation in the Karnataka Council of Ministers and Karnataka local and urban bodies. He put forth his arguments with exceptional statistical data to establish that underrepresentation and a low level of political awareness stand as barriers to the development of minority groups.

He then moved on to speak about inhibiting social and cultural factors that affect religious minorities. He brought out his observations of the lack of organizational movements and pressure groups in reviving and supporting the minority groups. He strongly felt that the spread of different ideas like progressive, liberals, moderates, conservatives, ultra-fundamentalists affect the development of minorities. Finally, he ended his lecture by summarizing the important points such as low level of political awareness, underrepresentation, fair representation of all people while highlighting the ideas that could help the minority groups to get equal representation in society, politics, and in all wakes of life.

The expert conversation had an interaction session in which the participants raised questions for clarification with the resource person. Dr. Anagha Babu, Faculty of Political Science proposed a vote of thanks after which the session concluded.

Youth from the eyes of Swami Vivekananda

On account of National Youth Day,12th January 2022, the Department of Political Science organized an interactive session with Sabari Venkat, II B.A. Political Science student, who is a winner of DEPwD’s National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and a patron of the great Swami Vivekananda.

Acing Your Examinations

The Department of Political Science and the Department of Commerce together organized a session on effective preparation strategies for the semester exams on 12th January 2022.

# Preparation and Mindset

Resource person: Janani Ramesh, III B.A. Political science

# Art of Answering

Resource person: Shanmughapriya K.K, III B.Com PA

73rd Republic Day Celebrations

Photo Mania

The Department of Political Science in collaboration with the Department of Visual Communication conducted an online Photography Contest commemorating the 73rd Republic Day from 22nd to 26th January 2022.

Winners: Pradeepa S, Annai Naturopathy College, Kumbakonam
Catherine Cynthia, PSGCAS, Coimbatore

What if?

The Department of Political Science in collaboration with Scrabble Kumaraguru conducted an online Writing Contest commemorating the 73rd Republic Day from 22nd to 26th January 2022. Students were provided with (3-4) prompts with historical significance since the period of first Republic Day, following which participants created a story and provided twisty, surprising, unexpected ends to it.

Winners: Shrinidhi B L, II B.A. Political Science, KCLAS
Southington B T, II B.E(ECE), KCT

Rhythm of Art

The Department of Political Science in collaboration with the Fine Arts Club conducted an online Art Contest commemorating the 73rd Republic Day from 22nd to 26th January 2022.

Winners: Kumararajan, B.E Mechatronics, KCT
Aishwarya Lakshmi, VisCom, KCLAS

Meme’ophile

The Department of Political Science in collaboration with the Fine Arts Club conducted an online Meme Contest from 22nd to 26th January 2022, commemorating the 73rd Republic Day to connect young minds with the modern medium of memes.

Winners: M. Parithi, CSE, College of Engineering, Guindy
Nandhakumar, Political science, KCLAS

Patriotic Quiz!

To pay tribute to the day of national importance, the students of the Department of Political Science at KCLAS in association with the Qubate Club of Kumaraguru conducted a Quiz competition on 25th January 2022. Participants tested their knowledge about our nation and current affairs.

Winners: Sowndarya, I B.A. Political science, KCLAS
Sohil J, II B.A. Political Science, KCLAS

Republic Day Discussion

The Department of Political Science at KCLAS in association with the Qubate Club of Kumaraguru conducted Republic Day Discussion on 26th January 2022 to instill patriotism and also to discuss a particular topic with the utmost respect to the nation and with pride

Sare Jahan Se

The Department of Political Science organized an event, Sare Jahan Se on 26th January 2022. The resource person for the event was Ms. Gitanjali Janarathanan, the Indian Forest Service officer of the 2020 batch.

The welcome address was delivered by Dr. Makkalanban, the Head of the Department of Political Science, KCLAS.

In the beginning, Ms. Gitanjali briefed upon the importance of celebrating Republic Day. She then moved on to explain about the UPSC Civil Service Examination and her journey of making it to the rank list. She further threw light on the Forest Service. It was followed by a Q&A session in which the questions raised by the participants were elaborately addressed. It was very interactive and insightful.

Finally, Vote of Thanks was proposed by Adithya Karthick, III B.A. Political Science student.

Launch of official Department Instagram Page

The Department of Political Science launched its official Instagram page on 23rd January 2022, where informative pieces, ideas, and thoughts of our young students are showcased.

https://instagram.com/kclas_political.science?utm_medium=copy_link

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