23 July 2010
Jasmine Jose joins the LYF team as Executive Secretary, LYF.
09 June 2010
INCEPTION WORSHOP for LYF DELHI CAMPUS COORDINATORS (8th June 2010). Great inputs by Saurabh (JOSH), Manali (FNF) and Shabi ( DNC LYF).Thanks to KALINDI, HANSRAJ, MIRANDA and VENKY for participating.
08 April 2010
Liberal Youth Forum Looks for a Executive Secretary to be based in Delhi.
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02 December 2009
“Ad-Mad” event Venkateswara College, New Delhi – Cheistha Kochar.
Ad-Mad is one of the most attractive events for students, they’re given a theme and required to enact an advertisement video within a given specific time. It invites varied participation from students across courses; it was decided to a medium of communication with the students by the LYF club. This was more or less the club’s launch event on a public level. The event saw participation from 10 teams of 3 members each and an audience of approximately 50-60 people. It was also attended by the HOD of Political Science Department. Few of the themes given for Ad mad were broadly as follows, which showcased interesting viewpoints from participants. If teachers were evaluated Mobiles- Medium of communication or distraction Campus politics- dirtier than nation’s politics Placing attendance as a criterion for marks- the negative implications on students and teachers Setting up a grievance redressal mechanism in college The archaic top-bottom approach in campuses- the implications The videos and pictures of the same were delivered to the principal for her perusal, along with highlights of the events. It generated enough mileage for the club, and hence also for the Grievance portal.
11 September 2009
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, September 9 2009
Amritsar’s Guru Nanak Dev University witnessed the first activity in campus with over fifty students. Rishi Kochhar informed students about LYF’s liberal philosophy and how these could improve the quality of lives of the campus and society as a whole. A documentary screening on RTI and mind-opening exercises enabled students to discuss campus issues especially revision of the syllabus.
All the above activities have helped the campus coordinators in expanding membership of LYF on campus and more importantly in building a relationship with the faculty and management. The enlarged campus groups are now planning various events and strategies to increase debate on campus issues and generation of mutually acceptable solutions.
08 September 2009
Cotton College, Guwahati, September 4 2009
In the North-east at Cotton College, Guwahati, a debate competition and a seminar created awareness among 50 students about the Right to Information (RTI) act and how they can use it for reforming the opaque exam evaluation procedure. Participants were well-informed about RTI and presented cogent arguments on both sides of the debate—getting evaluated answer sheets helping students in self-assessment, time-consumed in this process and overload on teachers to RTI not being the ONLY tool for change. RTI activist & renowned Advocate Neelotpal Deka, Guwahati High Court & Pranati Chaudhary, Lecturer at Guwahati Law College were the resource persons. Participants expressed interest in filing RTIs and joining the LYF Club.
07 September 2009
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala, September 4 2009
At the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala, Rishi Kochar and Siddanth Srivastava informed interested students about LYF’s vision, mission and activities. The participants showed keen interest and expressed more involvement of LYF in their campus especially on issues related to law, liberty and public policy. Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court have consented to get involved with LYF. Delhi’s Sri Venkateshwara College also welcomed LYF with the first meeting among 34 LYF Club members. After a presentation on LYF and LYF Club, students shared existing problems in the campus, and discussed strategies to address these through the Club.
07 September 2009
MS Ramaiah College, Bangalore, September 5 2009
IFAN member Amir Ullah Khan spoke on “Right to Information” at the launch of the LYF Club at MS Ramaiah College in Bangalore. About 200 students actively participated in the event and were introduced to LYF and its vision, mission and activities. LYF’s coordinator-Kapil Anshul has established his own organization-Vidhigyan-for legal awareness and education and there possibilities of collaboration between the two organizations.
31 August 2009
St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi, August 29 2009
Amidst turmoil between students and faculty, Ranchi’s coordinators launched the LYF Club at St Xavier’s College with a debate on the topic, The Present System of Education has Outlived its Relevance. Through the debate, students urged for a better curriculum across departments including Sales Management, Insurance, English (H), M.Com, B.ed, Geography(H), Mass Communication, Office Management etc. The format of a debate allowed students to share their views in a constructive way with the authorities.
06 August 2009
Mithibai College, Mumbai, August 4 2009
Starting with Mithibai college in Mumbai, group discussions enabled over 130 students to debate and discuss topics including ‘Youth in India does not have a Leader to Follow and Look Upto’ and ‘Private sector contributes more and faster towards the economic growth of India’. The participants concluded that today’s youth really does not have leaders to look up to except a few personalities of the past like Nelson Mandela, Gandhi etc and that private sector encourages faster economic growth and public-private partnerships can work together to create holistic growth.
04 August 2009
07 June 2009
After attending a 3-day Orientation Workshop, the 10 enthusiastic youth have returned to their campuses recharged and ready to launch the Campus Pulse Project! Delhi, Patiala, Amritsar, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Mokochung, Guwahati, Mumbai and Guwahati will witness in 2009 a first of its kind initiative to get students to become an active part in the governance of their campuses.
29 May 2009
LYF is now a registered Trust.
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