Department of Student Affairs (DSA)
The DSA is a microcosm of the world at large as students plan, organize, brainstorm, discuss, and then execute the various activities. This authentic, real-time experience helps them to transfer much-needed skills like cooperation, collaboration, team building, confidence to undertake tasks, time management, and stress management to the real world as they step into their careers, and that is great learning for the students who actively participate in the various tasks at DSA.
Student Representation on Various Committees
At Presidency University, students are empowered to lead from the front. The curriculum is so structured that it places equal emphasis on academics, extracurriculars, and co-curricular activities. Students are given an equal opportunity to be involved in the governance of student-related events and projects.
Various student committees are constituted, some of which have faculty mentors as their patrons. But the roles and responsibilities are so designed that decisions are made by the collective wisdom and efforts of the student members of the respective committee. Students have multiple platforms to hone their leadership skills.
Social
United for women
The Women Empowerment Club at Presidency University stands true to its title by encouraging women and girls beyond the barriers of age, position, and financial status to come and showcase their talents. The club organizes activities like interactive sessions, talks, webinars, etc. where the members can discuss their concerns and issues faced in society and receive emotional support and solutions. The club also conducts training workshops on self-defense, the basics of banking and finance, personal hygiene, etc.
The Women Empowerment Club is not just a platform for women by women; all genders serve an important role and are welcome for their contributions to the club.
Greening the future
The Environmental Cell at the university, with a strength of 50 students, showcases activities like Jugaad, where students recycle waste materials into usable items, thus saving the environment the agony of enduring an enormous amount of waste. This cell organizes many events in tandem with the Science Club. It was in 2020 that the Environmental Cell was constituted, and it has hosted events like the ‘Say No to Plastic’ Campaign, set up herbal gardens and vermicomposting facilities, teamed up with NSS volunteers in some of these tasks, and promoted awareness campaigns in and around the university among the communities outside. As part of the awareness campaign to say no to plastic, students donated about 150 cloth bags made from discarded materials to the inhabitants around Rajanukunte. Some of the activities undertaken by the Environmental Cell are: inviting experts from the field to spread environmental awareness based on their work on the ground; making the environment green; avoiding the use of chemicals; replacing them with biodegradable materials; and ensuring that effluents are not let into the water bodies.
An innovative endeavor was to issue seed flags to all faculty and students during the Independence Day celebrations of 2022 so that they get transformed into plants rather than end up elsewhere.
Student Clubs
All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.
At Presidency University, it is not just rigorous academic work for the students; there are clubs galore where students can enroll themselves, hone their skills and showcase their abilities. With over forty clubs like Stand-Up Comedy Club, Quiz Club, Mad Ads Club, Designer Club, Robotics Club, the Unravel Hub, Entrepreneurship Cell, Trekking and Hiking Club, to name a few, functioning on campus, students are spoilt for choice and most of them are members of many clubs, thus giving wings to their talent.
DSA hires professionals who can guide the students in events like fashion shows, dance, music, music, presenting, and the like. There is constant activity going on in 30+ clubs at any given time.
Cultural
Finding the beat in your feet
Dance, a performing art, consists of movement sequences either improvised or carefully chosen. The club's goal would be to study and use kinesthetic skills to improve interpersonal communications, overcome introversion, and improve performing arts skills, rhythm, and coordination.
Musical expressions
The music club welcomes all music enthusiasts, whether they love singing or playing any musical instruments. There are many club activities where students can participate and follow their passions in music.
Laugh out loud!
To laugh is the easiest, but to make people laugh is tougher than we think. Stand-up comedy is one of the popular comedy sub-genres loved by most, but it takes a lot of effort to talk to the audience and make them split in laughter. Here in this club, members will be taught the technique of writing a comedy script and how to go about it on a stage.
Elevating fashion, celebrating design
The fashion club aims to develop a fresh perspective on fashion and boost the confidence and personality development of its members. The club aims to enhance the fashion design skills of students and create a platform for them to explore the world of fashion through fashion shows and competitions.
Lights on, action!
This club invites all theater-loving people to come and indulge in the world of theatrics and perform under the arc lights to perfection. Learn the art of acting and performing on stage through the creative club activities around the year.
National Cadet Corps
The NCC program at Presidency University, which started with just 54 students in 2021, has 108 students making up the Corps now. Dr. Narasimha Raja is the NCC Coordinator, and he is an NCC ‘C’ certified gold medalist.
29medals and one memento were awarded to PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY within six months of starting NCC at the university.
Literary
Different strokes
Art can help with creative expression, self-discovery, self-esteem, and self-concept. The club seeks to promote students' aesthetic senses and provide a good avenue for them to explore their creative skills.
Igniting minds
The purpose of the Debate Society is to nurture every member to be an eloquent speaker and a creative writer. The club aims to motivate students’ critical thinking abilities, boost their confidence and self-esteem, structure and organize their thoughts, and improve their research and analytical skills.
Transforming ideas
The Cell's mission is to foster and promote the entrepreneurial spirit among students in their pursuit of success in starting their own enterprise. The club will conduct talk sessions on business case studies and strategies of great entrepreneurs and business models, organize workshops where students can participate in startup pitching, etc., to enhance their communication skills and ideation.
Back to the roots
The club stands to promote the importance of one’s mother tongue. Through club activities, the club aims to respect the various cultures and heritages of students coming from different regions and countries.
Sweep your fears away
The mission of the Presidency University chapter of Toastmasters is to uphold its vision to empower individuals by enhancing their communication skills and boosting their self-confidence and leadership qualities.
Crafting words
The aim of the club is to build public speaking skills in its members. The club aims to train students to gain confidence in public speaking and promote interaction in student communities on various issues in society.
Unlock knowledge
Most of us like watching and even answering quiz questions, as it is a very interesting activity where your memory and knowledge help you the most. Through this club, students can participate in various types of quiz competitions to share and gain knowledge and boost their self-confidence.
Namma Kannada
The objective of this club is to promote Kannada and its cultures among all students. The club organizes activities like poetry, recitation, panel discussions, and other competitions based on Kannada literature. The club also aims to build confidence in Kannada-speaking students and thereby improve their academic performance.
National Service Scheme
“Not me but you” is the celebrated motto of the National Service Scheme, and a stint at the NSS during one’s crucial years will certainly instill the value of putting others before oneself. Community service helps in shaping young minds by developing their personalities to become all-inclusive. Empathy is a powerful feeling, and by caring for the less fortunate, the heart gets irrigated, bringing in values of compassion and consideration for others.
Technical
Gaming is fun
This club's main aim is to sharpen the mindset of its members to sharpen their critical thinking abilities, decision-making capabilities, and stress-coping mechanisms through fun-filled activities.
Calling shutter bugs
This club allows for the expression of creativity and sharing of skills and experiences. Photography instruction and guidance are provided. The club aims to educate students to comprehend and apply photography skills to communication ideas in visual format.
Crunching numbers
The club intends to educate its members on the various aspects and emerging developments in data science. The club will be organizing webinars, guest speaker sessions, quizzes, group discussions, hackathons, ideathons, and codeathons to provide hands-on experience for students to be industry ready.
Coding challenges
This club strives to increase students' awareness of current technologies and skillsets while also instilling a spirit of inquiry and encouraging habits of exploration. Talks, projects, hackathons, coding competitions, online webinars, poster creation, and presentations are among the activities.
Structuring complexities
The Big Data Club provides a forum for budding innovative minds to learn, share, explore, analyze, collaborate, and network around the recent developments in fields of data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
Digital detective
The club aims to create awareness and educate its members on the significance of cyber security for a safer digital space. The club provides opportunities for its members to develop skills in this field and organizes workshops, competitions, and projects to enhance their practical exposure.
Trust through transparency
The club aims to promote and educate its members about the concept and developments in block chain technology. The club will inculcate the habit of exploration, inquiry, and development in its members through group activities and competitive participation.
Unleashing algorithms
The club intends to foster a community of like-minded individuals who are passionate about AI and its potential impact on society. The club aims to educate its members on the various aspects of AI and conduct workshops, training sessions, and competitions to enhance the required skillset in the field of AI.
Quantum quests
The club provides a platform for individuals to develop their skills, learn about quantum computing, and also contribute to the larger IBM Quantum Qiskit community by spreading awareness. The club also provides hands-on training in IBM Quantum Qiskit Certification.
Bridging fields for sustainable agriculture
It is a club dedicated to harnessing the power of hybrid AI and robotics in agriculture to create a sustainable and prosperous future. The club aims to educate its members about the possibilities of AI and robotics in agriculture. The club aims to provide students with firsthand exposure to industrial robots and offer real-time training to equip students with advanced technological skills, positioning them as global standouts.
Creating magic visually
The purpose of the Presidency University Graphics and Animations Club is to support the creative streak in the students by using hands-on experience to help them understand their inner talent and nourish it. The club aims to enable students to create visual concepts using computer software or by hand and discuss knowledge of creative ethics and sustainable lifestyles.
NSS at Presidency University
What started with just 50 students in 2016 has now grown to a mini - organization with over 600 students. All it takes to join the NSS is a heart full of love, caring and compassion, unlike other clubs which call for specific skills like singing, painting, speaking, and so on. Students can choose from a huge bouquet of 300+ activities for students to participate in and volunteer their time for.
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The student teams take on a task, own the ideas, brainstorm, plan, organize, and execute it all on their own, earning widespread acclaim for their efforts.
Sports
The sports wing, under the Department of Student Affairs, oversees the sporting activities of the student body and organizes various games for the University. There are different clubs for various sports events under this wing, where students can join and participate in club-related competitions and activities. The sports wing also handles student sporting tournaments (both intra- and inter-university) conducted annually at the University. The sports wing is also responsible for planning and organizing large-scale sporting events.
The various clubs under the sports wing are:
- Cricket club
- Football club
- Basketball club
- Volleyball club
- Throw ball & Handball club
- Indoor games & activities club
- Kabaddi & Kho – Kho club
- Martial arts & Self Defense club
Life Skills
Foodies unite
This club is for students who want to learn about nutrition and cooking. Students practice preparing a number of food items, food selection, correct storage, safety, cleanliness, measuring, teamwork, and cooking skills will all be covered, along with basic nutritional information.
Creating a healthy you
This club's goal is to promote a healthy lifestyle that focuses on individual mental and physical wellness as well as community awareness of the importance of health and wellness.
Calm your nerves
The aim of this club is to promote the benefits of yoga and meditation to its members. The club helps its members to relax their stressful mind and rejuvenate within
Nurture your mind
This club aims to create awareness about the importance of mental health and to destigmatize and reduce discrimination and wrong notions around mental health. The club also aims to make mental health easily available, accessible, and approachable to everyone seeking mental health care support.
Environmental Cell
The Environmental Cell at the university, with a strength of 50 students, showcases activities like Jugaad, where students recycle waste materials into usable items, thus saving the environment the agony of enduring an enormous amount of waste.
This Cell organizes many events in tandem with the Science Club. It was in 2020 that the Environmental Cell was constituted, and it has hosted events like the ‘Say No to Plastic’ Campaign, set up herbal gardens and vermicomposting facilities, teamed up with NSS volunteers in some of these tasks, and has promoted awareness campaigns in and around the university among the communities outside.
As part of the awareness to say no to plastic, students donated
150+cloth bags made from discarded materials to the inhabitants around Rajanukunte.
Some of the activities undertaken by the Environmental Cell are inviting experts from the field to spread environmental awareness based on their work on the ground; making the environment green; avoiding the use of chemicals; replacing them with bio-degradable materials; ensuring that effluents are not let into the water bodies.
An innovative endeavor was to issue seed flags to all faculty and students during the Independence Day Celebrations of 2022 so that they get transformed into plants rather than end up elsewhere.
NCC
Marching from the front
The NCC program at Presidency University, which started with just 54 students in 2021, has 108 students making up the Corps now. Dr. Narasimha Raja is the NCC Coordinator, and he is an NCC ‘C’ certified gold medalist. A total of 29 medals and one memento were awarded to PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY within six months of starting NCC at the university.
“Not me but you” is the celebrated motto of the National Service Scheme, and a stint at the NSS during one’s crucial years will certainly instill the value of putting others before oneself. Community service helps in shaping young minds by developing their personalities to become all-inclusive. Empathy is a powerful feeling, and by caring for the less fortunate, the heart gets irrigated, bringing in values of compassion and consideration for others.
Looking beyond self
What started with just 50 students in 2016 has now grown to a mini - organization with over 600 students. All it takes to join the NSS is a heart full of love, caring and compassion, unlike other clubs which call for specific skills like singing, painting, speaking, and so on. Students can choose from a huge bouquet of 300+ activities that they can participate in and volunteer their time for.
As part of its outreach and community-connect activities, the NSS unit conducted many events during the academic year 2022-2023.
Presidency University National Service Scheme, in association with Prashraya Welfare Foundation, actively organized a "Menstrual Hygiene Awareness Program’ in April 2023 in the labor camp at Presidency University.
NSS Cell, Presidency University, in association with the campus-to-community team, participated in the school bell project of Nehru Yuvak Sangha, Bengaluru. The government school located in Turbanahalli, Yelahanka, Bengaluru, was the location where a newly registered batch of NSS students joined hands to decorate the walls of the school to bring joy to the faces of students studying in that school. The colorful wall has definitely changed the environment of the school, motivating the students to come to school regularly. Around 56 students were involved in the campaign, and they painted around 15 walls with beautiful drawings and sketches.
The NSS team participated in the Green Campus Project called Haritvam in coordination with EY Global Ltd. Company and Sparsha Trust for the Environment Literacy Campaign held on December 15, 2022, at Viveka Auditorium, Jayanagar. Six schools were selected, and a mentor was assigned by the Yuvaka Sangha to each group consisting of five volunteers from Presidency University. The volunteers visited the schools and created awareness about water conservation and waste management. Students were asked to create projects on the themes, and they came up with very creative projects like terrariums, piggy banks made from plastic bottles, etc. Presidency University volunteers hosted competitions for the students such as essay writing, pick and speak, drawing competitions, and slogan writing.
The Presidency University NSS volunteers had organized an essay competition on "International Women’s Day" on the topic of "women.". The history of "International Women’s Day" can be traced back to the early 20th century, when women around the world began advocating for better working conditions, voting rights, and other forms of equality. Around 50 volunteers participated in this event, with boys also taking part enthusiastically.
NSS volunteers organized activities like tree plantation drives, blood donation camps, and outreach programs throughout the year.
Rotaract Club
Making a difference
The Rotaract Club at the University aims to develop the professional and leadership skills of the students by providing opportunities for their personal and collective growth.
Students exchange ideas with leaders in the community, learn how to organize and run their clubs, manage their own funds, and plan and carry out activities and service projects. As they serve the community, they recognize the worth of every individual and learn to respect them all.
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