Viscom, The New College, Chennai: 2012

Monday, December 24, 2012

10TH CHENNAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND THE STUDENTS OF VISCOM, THE NEW COLLEGE, CHENNAI

The students of our department participated in the 10th Chennai International Film Festival (CIFF) as Volunteers for the second consecutive year and contributed a great deal to the successful conduct of the Festival between 13.12.2012 and 20.12.2012. They were acting as Guides, Photographers, Videographers, Program Presenters, CIFF DAILY Newsletter Interviewers, Reporters and Editors, Ambassadors and what not. They were the real FOOT SOLDIERS of the festival. Indo-Cine Appreciation Foundation the organizers of the CIFF and all Celebrities, the delegates were all praise for these determined Visual Communication students of The New College.

These Volunteers also brought out a video capsule on the 10th CIFF covering the highlights of the week-long event. This video capsule was screened at the closing ceremony of the festival.

This group of volunteers worked as a team with total commitment under the able guidance and coordination of Prof. RM. Rizwan, who took very active part in the whole volunteering operation through out the festival.

The services of this team got special mention and appreciation from Mr. N. Ram, Managing Editor, The Hindu and Mr. Amitab Bachan, Legend from Bollywood during the closing ceremony.

Ms. Suhasini, actor,director, TV program anchor and a key member of ICAF and CIFF appreciated the services of these volunteers and went on to say that The New College, Visual Communication Department and its students have become part of the ICAF and CIFF family.

GREAT EFFORT RIZWAN AND HIS TEAM. CONGRATULATIONS. THE NEW COLLEGE & THE DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU GUYS.

Student Volunteer Groups for 10th CIFF

Group I – Woodlands Symphony
S.NO	Name Of The Student	Duty Allotted
1	Altaf Alam	Film Intro
2	Fiaz Ur Rahman	Film Intro
3	Pugazhendhi	Guide
4	Narayanan	Photography & Videography
5	Abdul Khader	Guide
6	Aznawi	Photography & Videography
7	Hafeez	Guide
8	Aravind	Guide

Group II – Rani Seethai Hall
S.NO	Name Of The Student	Duty Allotted
1	Shakil Basha	Film Intro
2	Siddarthan	Film Intro
3	Aadarsh	Guide
4	Inzamamudin	Photography & Videography
5	Safwaan Ahamed	Guide
6	Hassana Lebbai	Photography & Videography
7	Ibrahim Shersha	Guide
8	Mohamed Sarafath	Guide

Group III - Inox
S.NO	Name Of The Student	Duty Allotted
1	Rahoof Ibrahim	Guide
2	Nawaz	Film Intro
3	Wasim Hyder	Guide
4	Ahamed Lebbai	Photography & Videography
5	Yahaiya Maraickair	Guide
6	Syed Mohamed Anees	Photography & Videography
7	Jeeva Prasath	Guide
8	Raaja Kumar	Film Intro

Group IV - Casino
S.NO	Name Of The Student	Duty Allotted
1	Dinesh	Photography & Videography
2	Saif Khan	Film Intro
3	Wasim Khan	Guide
4	Kavithran	Guide
5	Syed Ali	Guide
6	Al Rahim Khan	Photography & Videography
7	Mohamed Aarif	Film Intro
8	Prasanth	Guide

Group V – Woodlands
S.NO	Name Of The Student	Duty Allotted
1	Aneezudin	Guide
2	Syed Mohamed	Film Intro
3	Vijaykumar	Guide
4	Yousuf Khan	Guide
5	Santha Kumar	Guide
6	Arul Kumar	Guide
7	Md. Thoufeek	Photography & Videography
8	Ashik Ali	Photography & Videography

Friday, November 30, 2012

Prof. N. Abul Faiz, our HOD delivered Guest Lectures at NTU and JCU Singapore

Prof. N. Abul Faiz, Head of the Department, Visual Communication, The New College was on a semi-official tour of Singapore.

During his one week stay in Singapore he delivered guest lectures in Nanyang Technical University NTU, Singapore. NTU is one of the top five universities of Asia.

He also delivered guest lectures in James Cook University, Singapore. He delivered special lectures on Mass Media, Communication, Media Management, News Reporting and Presentation, Media Ethics etc.

A week of Success stories for our Department

Adesh Chetty, I year student has won All India First Prize in Sharp Shooting Competition held in DELHI

Fiazur Rahuman III year student has won First prize for his documentary named "PORUL" in a competition held at Ethiraj College, Chennai.

Narayanan and Syed Mohamed, both III year students have won First Prize for "Photo Story" competition held at Ethiraj College, Chennai

Hasana Lebbai, II year student has won II Prize for "Best Photo" in photography competition held at Ethiraj College, Chennai.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

III YEAR STUDENTS IN NUCLEAR POWER AWARENESS SEMINAR

There was a two-day Media Workshop on "NUCLEAR ENERGY" jointly organized by Vigyan Prasar, IGCAR Kalpakkam and Anna University on 6th and & 7th November 2012. III year students Aneezudeen, Fiazur Rahman, Inzam Mudeen, Narayan Elango and Syed Mohamed participated in the program accompanied by Prof. P.Ibrahim. The students gained invaluable knowledge about Nuclear Energy, its safety, its future prospects, India's achievements in the Nuclear Research, India's current position in the Nuclear Technology and Nuclear Economics of the world.

In the wake of the protests against KKNPP by the local people this workshop is meant to dispel the unfounded fears of the people about Nuclear Power and its safety, especially after the accidents in Chernobyl and Fukushima (both are Nuclear plants with outdated technology).

Students participated from different colleges and they organized a Student Parliament where they discussed the Safety and Security aspects, Merits and Demerits of Nuclear Power projects in comparison to conventional Energy Sources and non-conventional Energy Sources.

First day the students were taken on a tour to the Kalpakkam Atomic Power Plant near Mahabalipuram. There Senior Scientists explained the whole process of Nuclear Power generation, its safety and future in India. Followed by inter active sessions with students, where all the doubts raised by the students were satisfactorily answered with proper statistics. Students were permitted have a closer look at the Nuclear Power Plant as they were taken round the IGCAR complex and MAPS complex, which are very high security zones and normally out of bounds for people not connected with it.

Second day the workshop was organized in Anna University by the Media Studies Department of Anna University. The students had an opportunity to listen to many Scientists and Experts on Nuclear Power and Safety from morning till evening. The experts answered all the questions raised by the students who participated. It was a great experience for the all the participants and some of the media students have assured that they will spread the message of "Prosperity with Safe Nuclear Power" to the people at large through their writings, Documentaries and other programs through all media.