The Department of Political Science conducts various activities under the
Association named Political Science Association. In every academic year,
it organizes elocution competition, debates, Quiz, seminars. The Head of the
Department Dr. Chhaya Bakane presently chairs the Association. A unique thing
about the Association is that the students initiate and organize its
activities.
The Department of Political Science on 25 July 2008, organized a lecture
‘Understanding Nuclear Deal’ by theoretical physicist Dr. T. Jayaraman. Dr.
Jayaraman is currently associated with Tata Institute of Social Sciences. The
lecture included a detailed yet lucid discussion on the Indo-U.S. Nuke Deal and
its political, energy, economic dimensions. 170-180 students attended the
lecture. While answering some questions, Dr. Jayaraman explained the strategic
and military nuances of the Deal.
The Department arranged a felicitation ceremony for meritorious students of
T.Y.B.A. 2007-2008 on 17 September 2008. A lecture by Dr. Manisha Tikekar on
‘India’s relation with its neighboring countries’ was organized on this
occasion. Dr. Tikekar dealt with all problems of the neighboring countries to
India with reference to the political, economic and social aspects. There was a
question-answer round followed by the session.
The Department also invited Dr. Rajesh Basrur on 3rd January 2009. Dr. Basrur is
currently associated with the Singapore University in the Department of
International Studies. He delivered a talk on India-Pakistan Relations. The
subject is extremely relevant and interesting due to the tensions built up in
the relations between the two after the terrorist attack on Mumbai on 26
November 2008. He stated that the relations between India and Pakistan could be
termed as stability-instability paradox. According to him, though the strained
relations between the two would continue for some time, the war will not take
place. The students enjoyed the lecture, as it was a brief but realistic
analysis of the events in the post 26/11.
In the academic year 2008-2009, the Association organized a Quiz competition.
Third Year student of Department Mr. Nachiket Kulkarni won first Prize in the
English debate in Inter-University National Youth Festival. He represented
University of Mumbai in ‘P.C. Alexander extempore Marathi elocution
competition’ where he won first Prize. He presented paper in an international
conference organized by York University and Delhi University at Delhi.
Dr. Chhaya Bakane
Department of Political Science
Department of
Political Science and Political Science Association
Political Science Association of Ramnarain Ruia College
is actively engaged in various
activities for the benefit of the students. Every year lectures by eminent scholars,
journalists,
and famous political personalities are
arranged. The department of political
science started its activities from September 09. Dr Anand Teltumde a leading intellectual in
India working and writing on the issue of caste, Dalits, globalization and
democratic politics was invited for the inaugural function of Political Science
Association. He delivered a talk on
“Globalization and Dalits”. On October
31st 2009, a felicitation function of the meritorious students of
the department of TYBA 2008-09 and the former head of the Department, Dr.
Chhaya Bakane was organized. Dr. A.K.
Mukadam was invited as a Chief Guest. On
this occasion he gave a talk on "Communal Politics in Maharashtra".
Another major activity of the department was the two Day
festival “WE the People”. This festival
was organized on 10th and 11th February 2010. The Political awareness campaign was
conducted by the students of the department.
The pamphlets containing the information regarding the values of
citizenship were sold by charging the token amount of Rs. 1. This festival was full of events. To celebrate the 50th year of the
formation of Maharashtra, the festival began with the talk on Samyukta
Maharashtra movement by Vijay Vaidya, who was closely associated with the
movement. Also the exhibition of the
photos and posters in connection of Samyukta Maharashtra was organized in the
quadrangle. Another event of the
festival was screening of the film “Parzenia” based on communal riots and the
documentary “The Birth of Israel”. The Quiz on Politics was also organized. The novel event in the festival was the
“Model Parliament”. It is a 45 minutes
session where the students perform all those activities held in the one
parliamentary day. This event was judged
by Ashish and Rinkesh the former students of Ruia College and winners of the
Youth Parliament at the University level.
Department of
Political Science and Political Science Association
The year 2010 -11 was year of achievements and full of
diverse programs organized by the Department of Political science and Political
science association. The department is proud of Prof. Mr. Mrudule Nile who got
selected for a Workshop on the issue of International terrorism and visited
USA. Mrs. Sanhita joshi was appointed as
the assistant professor and she successfully also submitted her thesis on
“Local Governance in the context of globalization.” The faculties of the
department attended various seminars and workshops organized by University and
different colleges round the year.
A talk on “Changing notion of security” by Dr.
shailendra devalankar was organized by the department on 28th august
2010 which also marked the inauguration of the activities of the department and
the association. The meritorious students of TYBA 2009-10 batch were also felicitated
on the same occasion.
On 1st of September 2010 a talk on “evolution of documentaries” by Dr. Kunda
Nilkanth was organized to guide the students of TYBA especially because this
year our department has opted for a new paper namely understanding politics
through films.
We at the department always try to deliver best to the
students and therefore we organized a short study trip to Roha in the Raigad
district. The visit was organized with a purpose to see the establishments of
Adivasis and meet activists of Sarvahara Jan Andolan led by Ulka Mahajan. It
was an eye opener for many students as they got an opportunity to see the
ground realities and conditions under which the tribals live and survive.
An intra-college Quiz competition was also organized by
the political science association on 24th September 2010. From 23rd
November to 27th November we planned a study tour to Delhi. This
visit gave students to see the Parliament museum at New Delhi and many other
heritage and archeologically and politically important sites. We also had the
opportunity to see the fatehpur sikari fort and understand the political dynamics of that era.
The biggest extravaganza of the year of was much awaited
annual festival of our department “We the People” organized on 11th
and 12th January 2011. This year the festival received spectacular
response. Our student volunteers toiled hard to get good financial support in
the form of sponsorships from various private and public institutions.
The festival was
inaugurated at the hands of IRS officer Mr. Sameer Wankhede who also
enlightened students on changing pattern of UPSC. It was followed by a talk on
Politics of Climate change by Prof. Dr. Uttara Sahatrabuddhe from the
University Department of Civics and Politics.
The annual festival also invited great participation of
students from our own college and other colleges of the city. We organized
elocution competition, Quiz completion, power point presentation, poetry
writing and street play competition. Our students did a fantastic job at
organizing youth parliament competition. This competition gave them an
opportunity to understand the parliamentary procedures and also gave them a
chance to discuss divergent issues like Jaitapur power plant issue or Adarsh
scam etc.
Thus the year was marked by innumerable achievements for
our department and it will remembered for many more to come
Head of the Department of Political Science
Department of Political Science and Political Science
Association
Report of “We the People” 2011-12
The first native college of the City of Mumbai-
Ramnaraian Ruia College on the occasion of its platinum jubilee celebrated a
confluence of all departmental festivals in the form of “Samnvay”. The
department of Political Science and Political Science Association organized a
two days academic festival called “We the People” on 13th and 14th
of September 2011 on the same occasion. The students of political science
department had put a month’s hard work to put up an excellent show on the final
days.
The first day of the festival began with an
inter-collegiate event called Asia Eleven- A Summit of South Asian Countries.
We received over whelming response from several colleges of the city. It
provided a platform to participating teams to represent the country allotted to
them and defend that country on issues like Trade, Terrorism, Millennium Development
Goals and Human Rights. The event was adjudged by Vinod Deshpande, Director
Dhruv Academy and Professor Louisa Rodrigues from Department of History. The
event was an instant hit amongst the participating teams as well as the
audience.
The second day comprised intra-college events. The day
began with Youth Parliament competition. 30 students of First , Second and
Third Year BA participated in the event. It was a mock parliament put up
by students where students enacted like
Members of Parliament and Ministers. Mr. Gaurav and Mr. Rinkesh judged the
event and offered their valuable suggestions to the students. On the same day
simultaneously Quiz completion was organized which happened to be one of the
most promising events of all. Finally the students of department of Political
science coined a Fun Game called Throne-Dethrone- a Battle for the Chair. The
event captured the imagination of the students as it was a fun event woven
around the nitty-gritty of the game of Politics and Fight for chair. All the students
and volunteers enjoyed the entire event to the fullest.
On 16th of September the department of
Political science in association with Ruia Film Society organized screening of
a Marathi movie called “Ek Pyali Chya”. The Movie was based on spreading awareness
about right to information and empowering the people at the grass roots. The
movie screening was followed by a panel discussion. The panel comprised of
luminaries like Dr. Aruna Pendse, Reader Department of Political Science
University of Mumbai, Yashwant Oak Producer of the Movie and Mayank
Gandhi-Mumbai Co-ordinator of ‘India against Corruption’. The full packed
auditorium of the college proved to be a testimony to the grand success of the
progarmme. Thus Samnvay and We the People ended on a promising note where
students could enjoy at the same and learn a lot from all the academically
oriented events.
Head of the
Department of Political Science
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