75 years of India’s Independence (Amrit Mahotsav)

Date: 11th August, 2023                                           Time: 11:30 A.M. Onwards

Venue: AV Hall                                                        No. of participants: 140

Name of Resource person:       IIC Activity, Lucky Bisht, Rachna BishtRawat

Name of the activity Coordinator:  Dr. Aditi R Khandelwal , Dr. Roopam Kothari. Department of participants: BBA, MBA,B.Com(h),BCA,BA B.ED,BA(PC),BSCB.ED,MSC,BDA.

Objective of the seminar:  To emphasises future growth while highlighting India's accomplishments during the previous 75 years. To motivate and encourage students to think beyond their thoughts.Type of eventAn Entrepreneur’s Journey: life lesson from beyond battlefield – from undercover agent to entrepreneur.

IIC, IISU Theatrical Society and Startup Cell of the university organised a  talk show on  the occasion of 76th Independence Day. The  guests, Lucky Bisht, (former NSG Commando) And RachnaBishtRawat, (journalist, writer) Dr.Sunita Sharma, (President) Ms. LalitaKuchhal, (Secretary). Ms. Payal Chaudhary, (Executive, VP), Mrs. ShubhraBohra , (Executive Committee( EC) Member), Mrs. VinniGogna, (Member), Mrs. Sangeeta Gupta (EC),  Mrs. Sushma Dubey (From Army Officers Welfare Association), Mr. Prashant Gupta (The Great Indian Book Tour, bukmybook.com Holistic Publishing) are coming in our university.  All are fromForti- federation of Rajasthan trade and industry Women Wing. We welcomed everyone with TikaMoli. Miss PayalChoudhary started this session with formal introduction.  Lucky Bisht gave his introduction first he said he is Spy and also known as R.A.W Hitman who served as a Personal Security Officer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Bisht received the award of India's Best NSG Commando in 2009. RachnaBishtRawat gave her introduction she said she is a journalist and writer mom to a precocious twelve-year-old and gypsy wife to an army officer whose work has taken the Rawats to some of the quirkiest places in India.She has written for publications such as the Statesman, the Indian Express, Deccan Herald, Outlook, Discover India and Femina. She is a 2005 Harry Brittain fellow and winner of the 2006 Commonwealth Press Quarterly's Rolls Royce Award. Then Miss Lalita Kuchhal told that FORTI - federation of Rajasthan trade and industry Women Wing was founded in 2017. Then back to Lucky Bisht and he told about his past stories that how he contributed towards the Indian army and the problems which he faced during his journey. Then next back to Rachna Bisht Rawat she told that after the death of an army officer, how the life of the wife of the army officer changes and how they move on. And she also told about the story of Vikram Batra and his wife Dimple. Based on their story a film Shershaah is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language biographical war was produced. Then Dr.Sunita Sharma asked Rachna Bisht to tell her story. She said that her father and her husband was an army man and they had gone through ups and downs in their lives. At the end of the session Rutvi and Jaya asked the questions to our guests and the questions were: 1) what kept you going in 4 years of jail? 2)  What inspired you to go into such a dangerous job at a young age and overcome your fear of its dangers? And the answers were given by the guests based on their stories.

Outcome of the seminar: From this seminar we get to know about how the army man’s struggle to give their best and protect our country when needed. Information was covered regarding RAW agents and their duty found to be useful and informative for the students. Overall session encouraged students to work for nation and choose profession to serve the nation.

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