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Unnayan

Editorial

students'learning experiences. A.P.J

Abdul Kalam said “ Teaching is a very

noble profession that shapes the

character ,caliber and future of an

individual”. Good teachers can make

their students educational experiences

successful including under adverse

conditions. Good teachers can help the

students obtain fundamental learning

even with poor curriculum and limited

teaching facilities .Teacher is the strong

support of educational system which

leads us to the right pathway and shows

the route with appropriate supervision

and inspiration. Teaching is a profession

that teaches all other professions. The

country has reached the edge of the

development of new technologies and

teacher has to constantly progress

themselves with the advancement to

participate in the process of nation

building. It was no more disbelief to say

that the fortune of the country was being

made in the classroom and the teacher

has a significant role to play in the entire

programme of national development

and social changes. Behind every

successful engineer and doctor is a

teacher and sometimes it's often

wonders who teaches these eminent

people like Einstein and Abraham

Lincoln. Alexander the great once said ,

“ Iam indebted to my father for living ,

but to my teacher for living well.” The

role of the teachers and their

competency remain crucial to an

effective outcome of learning. Many

educationist have described the teacher

in different ways some describe him/

her as a dispenser of knowledge while

other see as a leader, coach ,facilitator,

advisor ,motivator ,evaluator and a role

model . Whatever description one

would gave but the teacher plays a

lead role in determining the future of

students. A teacher duty performed is

not easy, because a good teacher does

not just inform illuminate or exhibit, but

also to inspire.

Stanford center for opportunity

policy in education , in its research in

September 2010 states “ in examining

the source of Finland's dramatic rise to

the top , research shows that one key

elements that has impacted Finland's

success above all others : excellent

teachers . Teachers also are the main

reason Finland now leads the

international pack in literacy , science

and math. So being a teacher is great

onus in one's shoulder as you for

someone the ladder to success and

contribute a nation building process.

Thus if the students are the future of the

nation the teacher's are the builder of

nation as. - Helen Caldicott “Teachers , I

believe , are the most responsible and

important members of society because

their professional efforts affect the fate

of the earth”.Such responsible teachers

are the need of the hour for the

betterment of the individual , society

and the nation. It's a matter of great

pride that such pious, perfect, energetic

and responsible teachers are providing

their services in the university of Dev

Sanskriti which is committed to its man

making mission.

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Teacher Are

The Nation BuilderTeacher is the backbone of

educational system, the creator of

mankind and the builder of the nation.

Teacher occupies a pivotal position in

any nation. A nation's growth is

determined by the aptitude of its gurus

to change the character of future

generation Their work is not confined to

a particular country or state but includes

the entire span of life time. Since ancient

period teacher has been a respectable,

reputable and most genuine profession

in the society. In ancient time the teacher

was usually a guru who was no ordinary

person . The traditional guru shishya

lineage or parampara was famous in

the old culture for disseminating

knowledge and wisdom on different

vedic, musical , spiritual and also taught

essential values, ideas, manners and

sanskars which would help them in their

future life . In Indian culture the teacher

is next to God . From traditional

education system to modernized the

role of teacher is to inculcate the seed of

knowledge. What teachers know and

do is the most important influence on

what students learn. Teachers are

undoubtedly the most essential

representatives in the educational

process because they directly shape

‘’Let us sacrifice ourtoday

so that our children can have a better

tomorrow.’’-Abdul Kalam

Message from the Patron

Dr. Pranav PandyaHon'ble Chancellor, Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya

A Unique and Universal Journey to Yoga,

Culture and Spirituality

Dr. Pranav Pandya

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As Victoria Orishinger said “ It's not about the destination . It's about the journey to get there”. And this expedition of celebrating the Indian Culture , its teachings of Yog and spirituality started five years ago with the yearn for celebrating the true spirit of yoga and spirituality and offering a unique platform to the aspirants of spirituality to explore different facets of Indian Culture.

Dev sanskriti university under the guidance of Shantikunj Haridwar instigated and created a symposium as a festival for people to rejoice by being together and learning the essence of the soul of India.The very first festival in March 2010 was embarked on the auspicious world famous Mahakumbh where we were joined by over 200 friends and participants representing 20 countries across the globe , including , Korea ,Russia ,Italy, Spain ,Thailand ,Australia , USA , UK ,Singapore, China and Japan . with over 10 key notes, 20 spiritual luminaries and 30 adepts in various aspects to have interactive sessions with, the 1st festival offered a rich blend of wisdom and experiences to enable the partakers enrich themselves.

The 1st, 2nd ,3rd and 4th international festivals witnessed the presence of more friends from across the planet and brought new flame to the gatherings. The spirit of life was celebrated among more than 50 countries and the teachings of their respective cultures colored the festival with colors of the universe . The atmosphere was filled with the joy of mutual learning and contemplating upon how to inculcate them so as to lead better lives. This is an ongoing journey which gives us an opportunity to spread the message of our culture and meet new friends like you all . Some meet and part but most become companion in continuing the noble work .

The All World Gayatri Pariwar cordially invites and welcomes the global family to join this eternal spiritual journey . Keep coming and keep enriching because it's a your presence which makes all this meaningful and we again welcomes u for the upcoming event of 5th international festival on yog culture and spirituality from Oct- 1 to 6 ,.2015. Wish u a very very happy journey.

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Transformation

With the auspicious presence of Chancellor and Guardian,

Dr. Pranav Pandya, the Unnayan 2015 was celebrated with deferent

colours manifesting it’s man making mission. It’s a unique tradition where

seniors students gives Unnayan party and welcome their juniors like

younger siblings rather than taking a raging of new students. Dr. Pranav

Pandya said these kind of fresher's meet celebration should be

celebrated at every university as it promotes the feeling of brotherhood

and harmony and also encourages a raging free environment. Unnayan is

again a very creative exposure for the new students and they got to know

about DSVV with the help of different cultural activities like play, cultural

songs and motivational dances. On this occasion besides the fresher's

Chancellor Shri Sharad Pardi, Pro Vice Chancellor Dr. Chinmay Pandya,

Registrar Prof Sandeep Kumar, Head of the Departments faculty and

other staff members of the University were present.

Unnayan celebration

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Dr. Thomas Porter during workshop

A ten days workshop was conducted at DSVV in Collaboration with the

UTSA(University of Texas at San Antonio) . It was coordinated by

Dr.BettyMerchant, who is Dean of the College of Education and Human

Development (COEHD) at TheUniversity of Texas.

SAWP ( San Antonio Writing Project) assisted the staff in developing

the pedagogical skills necessary to become better writing teachers across

the curriculum. It included the model of professional development and

excellence, teacher leadership, and reform.

The writing project team included Dr. Roxanne Henkin, professor and

director of SAWP and HWP , Dr. Kalpana Iyengar, COEHD alumna and co-

director of the Kahani Project and SAWP Teacher Consultant and Ph.D.

candidate Thomas Porter and Mary Lou Daugherty Technology Director .

The 10 days' workshop contained Morning conversations, Journal

writing and sharing in which one reflects their observations and experiences

in any form, daily log which covered the whole events of the day in a

creative style, demonstration, and writing and reading response groups.

Departments’ DiaryInternational Workshop on " Writing Project"

Prof Henkin Roxanne during workshop

Workshop on Journalist Role

Department of communications conducted a workshop on role of Journalist in a

newspaper office. Amit Shukla shared his experience with students on how

Journalists work on Desk and complete the reporting assignments.

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Workshop on “Essentials for writing a Thesis”

Ms Shraddha Thakkar, ORISE fellow, U.S

Stating the importance of writing a thesis,

Shraddha Thakkar , who is at present working

at National center for Toxicological research,

U.S food & Drug administration, and a

research fellow of ORISE( Oak Ridge Institute

for science & education) presented her views

on how meaningful is the journey of

conducting a research. Focusing on self-

realization she emphasized that a researcher

is not only a scientist but has to work for

meaningful contribution to the society, as the

ultimate aim of any research is to contribute

for the social cause. She discussed the ethical

way of writing research and how to maintain

the balance in the various circumstances.

Amit Shukla, senior sub editor,

Dainik Jagaran, Noida

Uttrakhand has got its first Judo academy, with its

inauguration at DSVV, Haridwar. This Academy would provide

training to the Judo aspirants from uttrakhand and students of

DSVV. This event was inaugurated in the divine presence of

Hon. Chancellor Dr. Pranav Pandya, Chief secretary, UK Govt.,

N. Ravishanker and Chief Secretary irrigation Dept. shri

Anand Vardhan. The chief guests happily gave their consent to

the fact that Judo as a sport would add to the personality of

the youth, it would improve the physical health of students too.

Hon. Chancellor Dr. Pranav Pandya in his presidential

address believed that this academy would increase courage

and happiness in people joining it. With this academy at UK ,

India would get players of both national & International level.

Secretary of Judo federation of India Mr. Mukesh Kumar,

encouraged the opening by promising a coach from Japan,

and a special training for girls too. This occasion marked the

opening of the National Judo Championship.

Mrs Sudha Raghuraman with HOD Prof. Shiv Narayan

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First Judo Academy at Uttrakhand

Judo demonstration by students

Dr. Betty Merchant Dean of the College of Education and Human

Development (COEHD) at The University of Texas has signed a

Memorandum of Understanding named as "Haridwar Writing

Project" with DSVV Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidalaya so that a

sustained, professional relationship can be established between

the universities to benefit students and researchers.

DSVV IN GLOBE

MOU signed

Dr. Betty Merchant with Dr. Chinmay Pandya

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Inaugration of the Writing Project workshop

Prof.of University of Texas and other faculty member of DSVV with Dr. Chinmay Pandya and Dr. Betty Merchant

Harela Celebration At Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya Haridwar

Himalayan Divas was jointly celebrated by department of

Environmental Science at dev Sanskriti Vishwavidalaya

Society of Environmental education and Mass awareness

Haridwar.

Dr. Pranav Pandya “stressed the urgent need to conserve

the Himalayan ecosystem by more tree plantation in the

Himalayan areas” .

The Session for the new students at Dev Sanskriti

Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, was started with celebration

of Harela Festival on 1st August 2015. On this occasion, a

plantation program was jointly organized by Department

of Environmental Science, DSVV,Haridwar, Society of

Environmental Education & Mass Awareness, Haridwar and

Uttarakhand Science Education & Research Center

(USERC), Dehradun at Dev Sanskriti University,

Haridwar.This program was organized to create

awareness among the students for Environmental

Conservation.

In this Program, Shri Sharad Pardhi (Vice-Chancellor,

DSVV, Haridwar) and Shri Sandeep Kumar (Registrar,

DSVV Haridwar) motivated the students for Environment

conservation. Prof. B. D. Joshi (Director, Research & Extn.,

DSVV, Haridwar) welcomed all the guests and participants

by Tilak Procession.The Plantation program was started

with chanting Gayatri Mantra. Shri Sharad Pardhi (Vice-

Chancellor, DSVV, Haridwar) and Shri Sandeep Kumar

(Registrar, DSVV Haridwar) and Shri Sandeep Kumar

planted Rudraksh Tree Sapling.

Students encouraging tree plantation

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Himalayan Divas:Celebrated

Celebrated Ganesh Mahotsav

The celebration ceremony of 69th Independence

Day of India started with Flag hosting by Hon'ble

Chancellor Dr. Pranav Pandya on 15th august

2015and then all the respected Dignitaries, Faculty

members and students remembered the brave

freedom fighters pad their tribute to them for their

great contribution to the glory & independence of

India. The events organized were a conscious effort to

teach the young minds, students presented a colourful

march past, followed by a vibrant patriotic dances ,

songs and skits .

CelebrationsGrand Independence day Celebration

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AchievementsNIMHANS trained on CBT

Fellowship awarded by Govt. of Netherland & UNESCO

Dr. Shambhavi

Mishra,

Assistant

Professor of

Dev Sanskriti

University

awarded with

a fully

funded prestigious fellowship from

Government of Netherlands. She will be

going on a two weeks advance training

on Small hydropower development at

UNESCO, Netherlands. Small

hydropower (SHP) is a renewable

energy source which is very suitable for

rural electrification in developing

countries. He further elaborated that

the substitution of conventional sources

of energy with renewable energies like

SHP can help to decrease CO2

emissions contributing to climate change

mitigation.

Film Appreciation Course from FTII Pune Maharashtra

Neema Negi,

Faculty of

Journalism

and Mass

communication

and Film

Scholar

completed

four weeks' film appreciation course

organized by Film and Television

Institute of India Pune, Maharashtra

and National Film Archive of India

where more than 15 well known

faculties from cinema studies deliever

the lectures on the different aspects of

World Cinema.

Certificate Awarded by Veteran Film Director Kundan Shah

OJMR- Online Journal of Multidisciplinary Research

Department of Psychology has

taken lead by starting an online Journal

named as OJMR .The journal

encourages the submission of original

unpublished works that are not under

consideration by other journals. The

acceptance of an article by OJMR

implies the exclusive copyright to the

Online Journal of Multidisciplinary

Research. This journal maintains high

scientific standards for articles, papers

and reviews that contribute to the

existing knowledge. The editorial board

includes eminent scientists of the field

from Dept. of Psychology ,DSVV

including Dr. Hemadri Sao (Chief Editor)

Prof. & Head (Dept of Clinical

Psychology), Dr. Santosh Vishwakarma,

Associate Prof. (Dept of Clinical

Psychology)Dr. Gaurav Agrawal,

Assistant Prof. (Dept of Clinical

Psychology). Advisory board consist of

eminent experts Prof. B.D. Joshi, Head

of Research Committee, Dev Sanskriti

University,Haridwar, Prof. M.S. Khan,

Dept. of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim

University, Aligarh,Prof. B.S.

Sandhu,Head, Dept. of Psychology,

Punjabi University, Patiala, Prof. C.P.

Khokhar ,Head, Dept. of Psychology,

Gurukul Kangri University,

Haridwar.Prof. Ishwar Bhardwaj ,Head,

Dept. of HumanConsciousness and Yogic

Science, Gurukul Kangri University,

Haridwar.

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A notable

contribution

has been

made by Ms

Deepshikha

Paliwal, to the

Dept. of

Psychology.

She has been trained by NIMHANS on

CBT, Bengaluru, CBT is used as an

intervention technique in most of the

psychological illnesses. Methods of study

used there were topic discussions , case

conferences, role plays , seminars and

journal clubs. She even got the chance to

treat 54 cases, including the patients of

OCD, Panic disorder, depression,

adolescent problem, GAD, SAD,

adjustment disorder, dissosciative disorder

etc. in which 10 cases had more than 80%

recovery. She successfully presented the

case of OCD among M.Phil students and

senior consultants which was appreciated

by all. She is very confident that she can

deal with any kind of neurotic illness and

can serve the society in this way too.

DSVV ChroniclesAkhand Jyoti, The Light of Enlightenment

Akhand Jyoti is an Indian monthly magazine published from Mathura. It was

started in 1938 by Pt. Sri Ram Sharma Acharya. Published in more than 7

languages, it is main magazine of All World Gayatri Pariwar. It broadly covers

social issues, personality development and scientific spirituality. Akhand Jyoti, in

its true sense is the light of enlightenment for its readers.

Inaugural issue of this magazine was published on vasant panchami,

January 1938. Magazine was started in Hindi with a small circulation from Agra.

Publication had to be stopped soon due to unavailability of raw material caused

by second world war. Publication started again in January 1940 with 500

copies. In 1941 it shifted to Mathura. Since then, it has continued without any

interruption till date. Magazine now gets published in more than 7 languages.

Publishers claim its circulation to be more than 1.5 million.Akhand Jyoti Sansthan

is located in Mathura, India. This is the place where Gurudev lived for about

three decades, and completed most of his Mahapurascharans (reciting 2.4

million Gayatri Mantra s per year), participated in India's peaceful freedom

struggle, and launched the Yug Nirman Mission 's principal magazine “ Akhand

Jyoti”– the source of spreading the divine light of his thoughts.

First editor of magazine,Sri Ram sharma Acharya was a journalist and active

participant of the Indian freedom struggle. He had assisted Shri Krishnadatt

Paliwal in Hindi daily Sainik where he had his own daily column Matta Pralap.[He

has authored more than three thousand books including bhashya of ancient

Hindu scriptures.

In 1990, Bhagwati Devi Sharma, co-founder of All World Gayatri Pariwar,

took over the editing work.

Dr. Pranav Pandya, Director, ,head of the All World Gayatri Parivar and

chanceller of Dev sanskriti vishwavidyalaya became chief editor in 1994 and

still serving.Dr. Pandya has authored many books in Hindi and English. He has

also guided various research works and PhDs and travelled across the globe with

a vision to propagate the universal and divine message of the Indian culture

and scientific sprirituality. If there is any spiritual magazine to which goes the

credit for introducing the ground for scientific spirituality it is undoubtedly

Akhand Jyoti. On accout of yugrishi Sri Ram Sharma Acharya's spiritual and

scientific vision the monthly magazine Akhand Jyoti became a force for the

propagation and dissemination of scientific spirituality.

Pt. sri Ram sharma Acharya, a sage, visionary , a reformer initited a

movement called Yug Nirman Yojna for global transformation. The spiritual

sparks and integrity of his character can be easily felt while going through

Akhand jyoti and his other writings as well. It still continues and would continue to

enlighten and inspire its readers for centuries to come.

Presently under the inspiring and schloarly guidance and editorship of

shradheya Dr. Pranav Pandyaji this magazine is ever creating new records of

success.

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Dr. Ajay Bharadwajajay.nirala@dsvv.ac.in

Neema Negineema.negi@dsvv.ac.in

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