Movie Screening on Gandhi Jayanti

              NSS organized the screening of the academy award’s winner Ben Kingsley starrer GANDHI on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. The movie was shown in the OP JAIN Auditorium, Civil Department on 29th of September starting from 6.00 pm. Around 150 students turned up to watch the movie. The program started with a brief note on Mahatma Gandhi’s greatness and how Einstein had described him as a man in flesh and blood ever walked on the face of this earth. Students were also informed that the documentary was directed by an English man and it has won several awards and critic's acclaim. This was followed by the screening of the movie.

           The movie started with Gandhi's experience of being removed from the first class coach despite of having a ticket just because he was not white. This provoked him to fight against injustice. The movie vividly described Indian struggle for independence and Gandhi's critical role in it. The audience was watching the movie keenly and was applauding frequently in support of Gandhi. 

              The movie ended with Mahatma Gandhi's lines- "Whenever you are in despair, remember that always throughout the history the way of love and truth has won.” Students were overwhelmed with the experience and clapped heavily at the end. They found the movie a real masterpiece and were over flowing with patriotism and respect for the nation and Gandhi.

Guest Lecture on 'How to be successful in life'

         Carrying on with its tradition of helping people, NSS IIT-Roorkee organized a guest lecture by Dr. G.S. Randhawa on ‘How to be Successful in Life’ on 27th September, 2011 in Bose Auditorium, Physics Department, IIT-Roorkee.

           Dr. Randhawa has been serving in the field of education for the past 37 years and is currently working as senior professor in the Department of Biotechnology, IIT-R for the past 4 years. With his extraordinary lecture the maestro mesmerized the audience, which comprised of more than 100 students. He illuminated various aspects of success showing the students a new facet of success-a new direction, and left a burning desire in the heart of every listener to be successful. He discussed the basic pillars of success-desire, goal orientation, right direction, mentor and attitude. The lecture was complete with details of every aspect followed by live examples of success stories of people inspired by Dr. Randhawa’s words.

            As all good things come to an end so did this wonderful event. Dr. Randhawa was presented with a memento by Vihan Jain, Secretary, NSS IITR. The lecture left everyone spellbound and with a new vision of their lives.