Doon University (Established By Government Of Uttarakhand)

School of Communication

MA Communication – 25 Students

School of Environment & Natural Resources

MSc Environmental Studies – 20 students
MSc Natural Resource Management – 7 students

School of Management

MBA – 40 students

School of Languages

MA Languages – Spanish– 18 students
German– 17 students
Chinese– 09 students

School 0f Social Sciences

MA Economics– 20 students

Orientation programme for the new students of Schools of Communication, Environment & Natural Resources and Languages was organized separately during 26 – 31 July.

On 26th July in the morning all the students assembled in respective Schools and students and faculty had interaction and gave self introduction. The students were told about the University, campus facilities, etc. This was followed by an address by the Prof Girijesh Pant, Vice-Chancellor attended by all the new students and faculty. Later, there was an address by Mr Juan Jose Santander, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission Argentina Embassy, New Delhi organized by the School of L:anguages. From the afternoon all the programmes were conducted in the respective schools. Every evening there was a common programme of screening of documentary films for all the students.

The School screened several films on environment and wildlife. The following experts delivered invited lectures and interacted with the students:

• Dr. M M Kimothi, Director USAC, Dehradun
• Dr. Anand Sharma, , Director, Meteorological Centre, IMD, GOI, Dehradun
• Prof B.R. Arora, Former Director WIHG
• Dr. Asha Rajvanshi, Head, Department of Habitat Ecology, WII
• Mr. Sarat Sindhwani, Director, Nature Park & Tourist Village, NGO, Bhatoli
• Dr P.S. Roy, Dean, IIRS, Dehradun
• Prof. P.S. Ramakrishnan, Professor Emeritus, School of Environmental Sciences, JNU
• Dr A.K. Bhardwaj, Head, PA Network, Wildlife Management and Conservation Education, WII

The School of Languages screened several films in Spanish, German and Chinese for their as well as students of other schools. The following experts delivered invited lectures and interacted with the students:

• Prof. Apartajit Chattopadhyay, JNU, New Delhi
• Prof. Priyadarshi Mukherji, JNU, New Delhi
• Mr Ravi Kumar, Hispanic India, New Delhi
• Prof Dr B R Deepak, JNU, New Delhi

On the last day of orientation on 31st July, the University has organized a panel discussion: Visioning Doon University chaired by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Girijesh Pant. The Panel members include: Prof A N Purohit, Dr R S Tolia and Dr Shekhar Raha.