The photographs, interviews, comments stories and scientific insights into the vulnerability of Himalayan Ecology were very nicely presented by the students. This was aired by a local TV News channel also on 3rd March, 2009.

After the successful completion at Nainital we moved to Haldwani & conducted another workshop 10th June in Sacred Heart Secondary School Haldwani.

On 12th June the workshop was being conducted at Gopeshwar with all of our best efforts. Throughout our visit in Uttranchal the eminent T.V. Personality, Mr. Dinesh Kandpal, Brand Director, VOI was with us & he also addressed the students in the best possible way. He addressed students & told many educational - in & outs of mass communication from his past practical experiences.

At all workshops in the end at we conducted Screening Test for the students to check the IQ as well as eligibility for different professional courses offered by PTU.

Many on the spot admissions were also being done.

The students of NAM also participated in the above said Geo-fest. The fest included seminar on “career options in GIS”. Students also participated in the inter college debate competition for which Mr. N. K. Singh, Director, NAM was nominated as one of the jury for the event. Many eminent academicians & professors from university of Delhi also attended the fest.

The function was inaugurated by the Principal of the college Dr. B.C. Sehgal. Many young geographers from Delhi University attended the festival. The Key persons who made this mega event a reality where lecturer from Dept of Geography, to name a few were Dr. DAV Raman, Dr. V.K Tyagi, Dr Poonam Sharma, Dr. Swati Rajput, Dr Kavita Arora, Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Dr. Dilip Kumar, Dr. Anupama Hasiza, Ms. Swati Thakur & Mr. Suraj Mal. Mr. N. K. Singh distributed the prizes to the students who were the winners in different events.

The Director Mr N K Singh himself delivered a lecture in the seminar attended by Jurists, education enthusiasts, scholars and teachers who also presented their views sharing the dais with Mr Singh. The audience comprised hundreds of students and their parents as well.CBI special judge Mr S K Sah also shared his experience .An on the spot screening test was conducted by NAM Students Counselor .The test comprised of questions on current National and International affairs. It was altogether a brainstorming session.

“Hind desh ke niwasi sabhi jan ek hain.rang roop ,vesh bhasha chahe anek hain”.
While addressing the august gathering assembled at Aditi Mahavidyalaya,University of Delhi,Mr.N.K Singh, Director NAM stressed upon the emerging role of youth in nation building to usher in an era of peace ,security, communal harmony and national integration. He further emphasized that women of the country comprise a sizeable  composition in our population and they are subject to problems like violence, poverty, ignorance, illiteracy and lot more against which they themselves have to wage a war on male bastion and march ahead honorably and with pride parallel with their male counterpart to further make India a self reliant and one of the most powerful nations in the world by 2025 envisioned by our former President ,great scientist and author Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam .In the jam packed seminar hall full of scholars ,acamedicians and lecturers from University of Delhi Mr Singh also tried to draw a sketch on how Geographers can build their career in various sectors of employment. The Principal of the college Ms Kalpana Barara,HOD Geography Ms Punia her colleagues Ms Mamta, Ms Anju ,Ms Tahmeena, Ms Roshni, Ms.Kanchana Narsimhan. Mr.Santosh complimented the Director of NAM for his outstanding speech.The Principal  of the college  and Mr Singh jointly distributed the prizes to the outstanding students in their respective spheres.

Overall it was a great time for the students who interacted and solved many of the queries relating to their future career opportunities with Mr Singh.

11.

KALINDI COLLEGE-UNIV OF DELHI-19th Jan 2010

Kalindi College-one of the renowned Womens’ College under University of Delhi hosted an event on the eve of its Foundation Day. NAM was one of the sponsors of the event.  Participated by various colleges under North and South campus of University of Delhi in various events viz quiz, debate ,poster making etc.. Students exhibited exceptional talent and abilities in the show organized by the Dept of Geography. Mr.N.K Singh, Director NAM ignited the minds of the young students with his deliberations on importance of upcoming academic streams in various social sciences disciplines especially in Geography wherein market driven software based courses like Remote Sensing and GIS has its own potential in job market. The lecture was attended by around 300 students including faculties of various Science and Humanity department of the college.

In this event many students of NAM especially Media students actively participated in it. In the Final Year students of the college were carer counseled by Ms.Nidhi Purbey,the Senior students counselor,NAM. Ms.Seema  HOD Geography presented the bouquet and felicitated Mr.N.K Singh for his timely, gracious and thought evoking presence in the event and assured of developing a healthier ties of its own kind with NAM in future.

In the months of November & December 2009,various schools & colleges of Darjeeling District in West Bengal were visited by the Director himself along with team members comprised of TV reporters& student counselors .Large gathering of students were addressed & students were enlightened with various aspects of human existence-geo politics, cinema, art ,culture& the value of higher education in shaping their personality viz a viz making them capable enough in getting the jobs. The seminars at such schools & colleges were made more entertaining & informational as oral quiz comprised of national & international events were conducted to test the barometer of knowledge of the students .The schools & colleges that was covered were mostly located in the Dist. Of Darjeeling viz. Klaimpong, Kurseong, Mirik, Hafflong, Matigara & Siliguri.Schools /Colleges that were addressed are as follows:

Dr.Grahams Homes, St.Philomena’s ,West Point, North Point, Himali Boarding School, St.Joseph’s Senior Secondary School, St.Augustines School, Cluny Womens College, Kurseong College, Glenhill Public School, St.Alfonsis, Rockvale Academy, Royal Academy & DPS Matigara.

Bhagalpur means the 'City of Good Luck' and is the administrative headquarter of Bhagalpur district in Bihar. Famous as the 'Silk city' due to its high quality silk products, the industry is more than 200 years old with traditional clans of silk producers and weavers living here.

Bhagalpur is situated on the banks of The Holy River Ganga and has significant historical importance.

It has been mentioned in the ancient Sanskrit texts like Mahabharata, Ramayana and even Panchtantra as Bhagaddat-Puram. It was a major centre of trade and commerce in the Angad kingdom parallel to Pataliputra (Patna). About 52 km from Bhagalpur is Mandar Hill, which is believed to have been used as a Churner during the Sagar Manthan as per Hindu mythology. It was also considered the kingdom of Daanvir Karna, son of Kunti from the Sun God and is called Anga Pradesh in epic Mahabharata written by a great sage Ved Vyas.

Being born & brought up in the district of Bhagalpur it was my duty to share the experiences of my academic life including various issues, challenges & opportunities associated with higher technical & professional education system in the country .The Seminar were organized in the two Constituent colleges under T M Bhagalpur University, namely Sundarwati Mahila Maha Vidyalaya & Marwari College .The students from these two colleges mostly hailed from professional degree courses like BSc-IT & BBA . At S M College The Hon’ble Principal Ms Nisha Rai while inaugurating the seminar applauded the efforts of NAM in conducting such efforts at Bhagalpur level which has huge potential in terms of the craze for the courses being offered at NAM but are bereft of the proper & effective counseling hence appealed to conduct such events in the college campus in the future as well .Girls shown deep seated interest in enquiring about the career prospects after completion of the various professional programs. Many college Lecturers, Readers & Professors also joined the talk.

At Marwari College, Bhagalpur there were a large gathering of students around 300 in numbers due to the initiatives taken up by Mr K M Singh, Department of Physics & the Coordinator of the Professional Courses.
The inaugural lecture was taken by Mr K M Singh Sir followed by the Principal Mr M S John.

Later the gathering was addressed by Mr N K Singh. Students equally shared their experiences & enquired on various aspects relating to their career prospects.