The JNU Faculty Club is
committed to a better interactive social life of its members, their spouses,
senior citizens and children on the Campus. Since its inception, the JNU FC has
striving to achieve these objectives.
Year 2006 was significant
for JNU FC for several reasons, for instance, a series of cultural and sports
activities have been organized. Following is a brief recall of such
activities:
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On 22nd January2006, a nature walk was
organised during which the members along with their families discovered the
natural treasures of our vast campus.
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On 26th January ‘06, a
Cricket Match was held between the Science & Arts Faculties. This
match was followed by another cricket match between the faculty children. A
painting competition for small children was also held on this occasion.
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On 19th February‘06, the second leg of
the nature walk was organised.
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On 15th August ’06, an
afternoon of sports was held in which a friendly football match was organised
between JNU and IIT Delhi boys along with some other sporting activities.
Parallel to this event, a few sporting events were organised for
children.
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22 to 24 September ’06, a Table Tennis
cum Badminton tournament was organised at TEFLAS.
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On 4th November ‘06, a
cultural evening was organised at the SSS Auditorium. More than 200 people
attended the programme.
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On 26th Nov.’06, JNU FC
annual sports day was held.
A large number of members
along with their family members have attended and participated in these
programmes. A special feature was the children who enthusiastically participated
in all these programmes in a very large number.
Besides these activities,
the JNU FC could start a number of creative arts classes on permanent basis such
as dance, music and painting classes. This has become possible thanks to 2 rooms
made available to JNU FC in JNU faculty Centre. Currently the following classes
are being held at the Faculty Club activity room –
Dance – Odisssi, Kuchipudi,
Kathak; Music – Vocal along with a Drawing & painting
class.
The JNU FC feels strongly
that a proper Faculty Club along with appropriate sports and cultural facilities
is long overdue. Incidentally all academic institutions similar to JNU in India
and abroad have fully furnished and equipped Faculty Clubs. There is also a
strong requirement for Children Parks on the campus. During its tenure the JNU
FC EC met twice – in October 2005 & August 2006 - the Vice Chancellor with
the following requests –
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Construction of a separate faculty
Club with all the sports and recreational facilities such as : TT, Badminton,
Swimming Pool, Auditorium, Cafeteria, Halls for dance , music classes
etc.
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Construction of four children’s parks
in 4 khands and 3 children play areas in 3 Transit houses.
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Construction of a faculty gym.
The Vice Chancellor has been agreeable to
these requests and the JNU FC is hopeful that theses requests will be fulfilled
at the earliest.
The outgoing JNU FC team
would like to thank especially Prof. B.B.Bhattacharya , VC and his team for
providing all precious material and financial support . Besides, the JNU FC
Executive Committee would also like to thank each one of you who has contributed
in any possible to way to make JNU Faculty Club a social movement on the campus
of JNU.
With best regards from : (
Out going JNU FC EC)
Abhijit
Karkun
Nilika
Mehrotra
K.M.Ekramuddin
President Vice President
&
Secretary
Cultural Coordinator
Ramnath
Jha Rizwanur
Rahman Sunita Reddy
Jt.
Secretary Treasurer
Sports
Coordinator
· There is already a table Tennis board in the Teflas Indood
Sports Complex. It is open for faculty use. You may go and play TT there between
4 pm and 10 pm.
· JNU FC has revived the Badminton court inside Old Transit
House. The net will be provided by JNU FC. It will be available with Dr.Rizwanur
Rahman staying in 11 Old Transit House. The timings are 4 pm to 6 pm.
· We are also working on getting a TT table and a Badminton
court in Poorvanchal. Some progress has been made. Please contact Dr. Khwaja Md.
Ekramuddin for details.
· Dr. Nilika Mehrotra is the Cultural Coordinator of JNU FC.
· Dr.Sunita Reddy is the Sports Coordinator of JNU FC.
· We will streamline music ,dance and painting classes as
soon as the SBI vacates the room in JNU Faculty Centre. Private classes are
already being run. Please contact Dr.Sunita Reddy or Dr.Nilika Mehrotra for
details.
Report
A GBM of the JNUFC was held on
5th November 2005 at the Faculty Centre.
At the beginning, the minutes of the GBM held on 15th August 2005 were approved.
The President and the Secretary of the JNUFC presented a Status report for the
period of February ’05 to November ’05 to the General Body. Following are the
salient points of that Report.
- A cultural evening was organised on 19th April ‘05 in which more than 150
people participated, including 100 children.
- A sports activity was held on 15th August ’05 in which a friendly football
match was organised between JNU and IIT Delhi boys along with some other
sporting activities. More than 150 people, including 120 children, participated
in it. In fact, for the first time, an outside team was invited to play with JNU
children.
- A Table Tennis cum Badminton tournament was organised from 23 to 25 September
at TEFLAS where more than 80 people, including 50 children, participated.
- On 5th November ’05, a Cultural programme was organised in which 200 people
participated with more than 100 children.
At the GBM, the following was discussed:
- The need for a separate Faculty Club on the campus with adequate facilities
for sports, cultural and sports activities. A request in this regard has already
been submitted to the VC on 10th October 2005.The VC was requested to enhance
the annual JNU grant for the JNUFC from Rs.10,000 to Rs.30,000. Further, JNUFC
requested him to construct 4 children’s parks in 4 khands along with 3 play
areas in 3 Transit Houses.
- The Dean of Students was met and requested to vacate the provost office form
the Faculty Centre. The space thus vacated will be used for Faculty Fitness
Centre. The Dean of Students was also requested to provide the JNUFC with a
proper space for faculty TT board at the Teflas complex.
- The SBI was requested in writing to vacate the room they are occupying in the
Faculty Centre. The room thus vacated will be used for the JNUFC office and also
for organising various dance, music painting classes.
- A large number of the senior functionaries of the University are interested in
participating in our social, cultural and sports activities. In order to
accommodate them, it was resolved that they may be offered the status of
Associate Membership. This may be kept open for the University functionaries of
Deputy Registrar level and above.
The meeting ended with a vote of thanks.
Further to the GBM held on 5th November 2005, the following events/meeting took
palce :
-The JNUFC Annual Sports were held at the JNU stadium on 20th November in which
more than 100 people including a large number of ladies and children
participated in various events.
-The JNUFC EC met Ms.Damaynti V. Tambay, Dy.Director ( sports) to discuss about
possibilities of improving sporting facilities for the Faculty members on 17th
October 2005. She was also requested to ear mark separate timing for
TT,badminton, Yoga, Tennis for the faculty members.
JNUFC organised a successful afternoon of sporting activities on
15th August 2005 at the JNU Sports Complex. The highlights of the programme were a friendly football match for boys between JNU and IIT teams. Prior to that, a three day practice and conditioning camp was organised at the JNU Sports complex by JNUFC.
Prof. D.P.Kothari, Director, IIT Delhi could not attend the programme as he was indisposed. Prof.S.M.Ishtiauqe ,Dean, IIT Delhi was the chief guest of the programme. Prof. Rajendra Prasad, Rector JNU along with Prof. Ishtiaque inaugurated the event. The match was a cliff hanger and ended in a goal less draw. Cheered all through, the spectators enjoyed a great game of football. As a result of the draw, the JNU and IIT team will jointly share the trophy for a year. Incidentally Prof.Mridula Mukherjee, CHS,JNU wished to donate a football trophy to JNUFC. This may be noted that JNU Faculty Children football team played such a competitive football match for the first time.
Prof. Ishtiaque wished that there could be more collaboration between the two sister institutions. JNUFC welcomed this and once the areas of collaboration identified, JNUFC will get back to IIT.
Besides the football match, there were kite flying and the following sporting events: Chocolate race (3-6 years) , Banana race (7-10 years ),Sprint for girls (10-15 years ), Dodge ball for ladies.
Altogether more than 200 people ,including more than 150 children attended the programme. The IIT team comprised of Mr.Patwal and Mr.Kanjilal and 20children.
JNUFC welcomes such joint sporting events with IIT, Delhi and wishes to organise more such events in the future.
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