Eight out of Nine final year Lingua Franca members got job offers during Infosys's on-campus recruitment drive. Since more than 160 students got final offers, this is probably not too much to boast about. But the news reiterates Lingua Franca's belief that sound communication skills and a rounded personality play a extremely positive role when it comes to jobs and interviews.
Many students who appeared for the written round called the compulsory "Comprehensive English Language Test" extremely difficult, while Lingua Franca Members termed it "manageable". Again, our members were a confident lot during the "Behavioural Interview" Round and came out with flying colors in the end.
PS - The 9th member did not participate in the recruitment drive.
Showing posts with label events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label events. Show all posts
Monday, December 14, 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Inchoation 3.0 received with mixed enthusiasm
Inchoation 3.0, Lingua Franca's orientation programme was received with mixed enthusiasm. The participation was not as much as we had expected, mainly due to a music n dance event going on in parallel; But we sure had fun!
Apart from the stupid microphone that acted on it's own will and a final-year student (that's me!) embarrassing himself, there were some good activities.
Word games like crossword (hosted by Etika), a vocabulary based word-thambola (hosted by Avijit and Meghna), a round of dumb-charades (hosted by Shradha and Shubham), and some short movie clips were the highlight.
Some pics from the event
I must appreciate the students who came and participated in the programme. Once again, a warm welcome to freshers!
Apart from the stupid microphone that acted on it's own will and a final-year student (that's me!) embarrassing himself, there were some good activities.
Word games like crossword (hosted by Etika), a vocabulary based word-thambola (hosted by Avijit and Meghna), a round of dumb-charades (hosted by Shradha and Shubham), and some short movie clips were the highlight.
Some pics from the event
I must appreciate the students who came and participated in the programme. Once again, a warm welcome to freshers!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Upcoming Activities
Happy New Year to all Lingua Franca members!
First of all, I would like to welcome all the first year students into Lingua Franca. I sincerely hope you enjoy your membership in the society and have a good time. As the title reads, I’ve dropped in here to talk about the upcoming events this semester.
Vocab Workshops
Ritika and Shubhangi set the ball rolling by conducting the first vocabulary workshop of the semester.. Sadly, I couldn’t make it that day. I am sure they did a wonderful job. More vocabulary workshops are lined up for the coming weeks.
Basic Grammar Workshops
Meghna has been consistent with her workshops on Basic Grammar and public speaking cum confidence building workshops. Although participation has been average, we’ve seen a loyal set of audience to these sessions.
Movie Club
After having failed to kick-start the movie club twice, we’ve decided enough is enough! Shashank and Abhishek along with some more second year fellows have been given the responsibility. We have received permission to screen movies in the seminar hall twice a month, on alternate Saturdays. Over this one semester we hope to show a series of quality English flicks. We encourage members to come up with suggestions. Yes, you heard that right! We will try to accommodate your requests. Write in your suggestions as comments to this post.
Boys’ Hostel Book Club
Vivek has been working hard on this. We have prepared an extensive list of over 200 books (both fiction and non-fiction), which has been forwarded to the Principal via the Humanities Dept. Members may note that we already have all the necessary permissions in place. Once this list is approved, the college authorities will procure the books and hand them over to Lingua Franca. Hostlers will then be able to issue these books just like they do from the library.
Other Events
We are thinking of interesting Debating formats like Parliamentary Debate, and other innovative forms of public speaking competitions. Other events like Group Discussions and Extempore are also lined up. With the Annual Fest - Zealicon also coming up in March, it looks like an exciting semester ahead.
First of all, I would like to welcome all the first year students into Lingua Franca. I sincerely hope you enjoy your membership in the society and have a good time. As the title reads, I’ve dropped in here to talk about the upcoming events this semester.
Vocab Workshops
Ritika and Shubhangi set the ball rolling by conducting the first vocabulary workshop of the semester.. Sadly, I couldn’t make it that day. I am sure they did a wonderful job. More vocabulary workshops are lined up for the coming weeks.
Basic Grammar Workshops
Meghna has been consistent with her workshops on Basic Grammar and public speaking cum confidence building workshops. Although participation has been average, we’ve seen a loyal set of audience to these sessions.
Movie Club
After having failed to kick-start the movie club twice, we’ve decided enough is enough! Shashank and Abhishek along with some more second year fellows have been given the responsibility. We have received permission to screen movies in the seminar hall twice a month, on alternate Saturdays. Over this one semester we hope to show a series of quality English flicks. We encourage members to come up with suggestions. Yes, you heard that right! We will try to accommodate your requests. Write in your suggestions as comments to this post.
Boys’ Hostel Book Club
Vivek has been working hard on this. We have prepared an extensive list of over 200 books (both fiction and non-fiction), which has been forwarded to the Principal via the Humanities Dept. Members may note that we already have all the necessary permissions in place. Once this list is approved, the college authorities will procure the books and hand them over to Lingua Franca. Hostlers will then be able to issue these books just like they do from the library.
Other Events
We are thinking of interesting Debating formats like Parliamentary Debate, and other innovative forms of public speaking competitions. Other events like Group Discussions and Extempore are also lined up. With the Annual Fest - Zealicon also coming up in March, it looks like an exciting semester ahead.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Group Discussion Workshop
Our team organised a GD WORKSHOP on 5th march. It was a huge success. The workshop was conducted by MR.ARINDHAM BHATTARCHARYA, the renowned faculty of IMS, a leading management coaching institute in Noida.
The mood was upbeat. We had planned this workshop deliberately before the tech fest of our college,in order to give an overview to the students regarding how a GROUP DISCUSSION is conducted, 'CONCLAVE' being one of our major events in ZEALICON '08. We are grateful to MR. BHATTARCHARYA for taking out time for us from his packed schedule.the session was very interactive.our members were able to approach him with their queries which were answered well. The tips he gave will be very useful for our members. He also gave suggestions to overcome stage fright in order to speak confidently in public.
Two mock GDs were conducted in the end. The speakers were given individual remarks and were judged on various points like content,number of examples included,active participation and fluency.
The feedback from the members was very encouraging for us and we will definitely conduct many more such workshops in the coming future.
The mood was upbeat. We had planned this workshop deliberately before the tech fest of our college,in order to give an overview to the students regarding how a GROUP DISCUSSION is conducted, 'CONCLAVE' being one of our major events in ZEALICON '08. We are grateful to MR. BHATTARCHARYA for taking out time for us from his packed schedule.the session was very interactive.our members were able to approach him with their queries which were answered well. The tips he gave will be very useful for our members. He also gave suggestions to overcome stage fright in order to speak confidently in public.
Two mock GDs were conducted in the end. The speakers were given individual remarks and were judged on various points like content,number of examples included,active participation and fluency.
The feedback from the members was very encouraging for us and we will definitely conduct many more such workshops in the coming future.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Recently Conducted Events
VOCAB TEST:-
Lingua Franca conducted a VOCAB TEST on the 1st of feb.The response was overwhelming.Precisely,107 teams turned up.
The test was prepared on the GRE cum CAT pattern.There were 5 kinds of questions-synonyms,antonyms,fill in the appropriate word,one word substitution and analogies.We had shuffled the questions by making 3 sets-A,B & C to avoid unscrupulous means and to ensure that we got deserving winners.Each team consisted of 2 members.There were a total of 25 questions and the duration for the test was 30 min.
There were 4 winning teams.The 2nd place was shared by 3 teams.The winning team was awarded a cash prize of Rs. 200 while each runner up team received Rs. 100 each as a token of appreciation.The scores and solutions were e-mailed to all participants.
We will conduct many such tests in the future and thereby give opportunities to all the members to improve with every performance.
RESULT:-
1st prize: ROHAN JAIN(EE 4th year) & AMIT BARNWAL(EC 4th year)
SCORE:18/25
2nd prize: PARUL SHUKLA(EE 4th year) & PRANAYE ASHOK(CSE 4th year)
SCORE:17/25
ANKUR CHAUDHARY(EC 3rd year) & NISHITH SINHA(EC 3rd year)
TRIPTA(CSE 4th year) & RAMYA(IT 4th year)
SUGGESTIONS:
To improve vocabulary,NORMAN LEWIS is a great help for beginners.But first and foremost reading the newspaper is extremely important,especially the editorial section.For preparing for various competitive examinations,GRE BARRONS is highly recommended.
RECRUITMENTS:-
Lingua franca held recruitments from 1st year students for joining the team of organizing members.It was delightful to know that a fairly large number of students were interested.They were interviewed by a panel of 7 senior organizing members of the society including the president,RUPALI TYAGI.We were impressed by the CVs’ of most registered people.But due to the limitation on the number of new organizing members,we had no choice but to consider the very best ones.Some interviews were carried out in the hostel also.Though the achievements and credentials of most were commendable, we finally narrowed down to 11 candidates whom we found most deserving and promising. The jury had laid emphasis on some of the following factors-confidence,eloquence of speech,team-spirit,leadership and communication skills.We hope that the newly recruited members who are now a part of our team will work diligently for the upliftment of the society.
The newly recruited 1st years are:-
1.NITISH
2.ROHIT
3.ANUJ
4.ETIKA
5.RITIKA
6.AKANKSHA
7.NANDINI
8.SHUBHANGI
9.GARGI
10.ASHUTOSH
11.MANASVI
12.ARJIT
13.PRATEEK
14.SHIKHAR
VOCAB TEST FOR BEGINNERS:-
Lingua Franca organized another vocab test on 13th feb in the girls hostel.This idea was proposed to us by the first years as they needed practice exercises on vocabulary and grammar.The test paper prepared had questions on words starting from alphabet ‘A’ to ‘D’.There were 25 questions,each carrying 1 mark each.There wasn’t any negative marking.The overall performance was very good.The results and solutions were displayed on the notice board.
JUMBLES:-
This event was conducted on 13th feb in the college.Jumbled words were given which had to be arranged to form the correct words.A team of two members was eligible for the test.The winning team comprised ROHAN JAIN(4th year-EE) and AMIT BARWAL(4th year-EC).Their score was 32/32.
Lingua Franca conducted a VOCAB TEST on the 1st of feb.The response was overwhelming.Precisely,107 teams turned up.
The test was prepared on the GRE cum CAT pattern.There were 5 kinds of questions-synonyms,antonyms,fill in the appropriate word,one word substitution and analogies.We had shuffled the questions by making 3 sets-A,B & C to avoid unscrupulous means and to ensure that we got deserving winners.Each team consisted of 2 members.There were a total of 25 questions and the duration for the test was 30 min.
There were 4 winning teams.The 2nd place was shared by 3 teams.The winning team was awarded a cash prize of Rs. 200 while each runner up team received Rs. 100 each as a token of appreciation.The scores and solutions were e-mailed to all participants.
We will conduct many such tests in the future and thereby give opportunities to all the members to improve with every performance.
RESULT:-
1st prize: ROHAN JAIN(EE 4th year) & AMIT BARNWAL(EC 4th year)
SCORE:18/25
2nd prize: PARUL SHUKLA(EE 4th year) & PRANAYE ASHOK(CSE 4th year)
SCORE:17/25
ANKUR CHAUDHARY(EC 3rd year) & NISHITH SINHA(EC 3rd year)
TRIPTA(CSE 4th year) & RAMYA(IT 4th year)
SUGGESTIONS:
To improve vocabulary,NORMAN LEWIS is a great help for beginners.But first and foremost reading the newspaper is extremely important,especially the editorial section.For preparing for various competitive examinations,GRE BARRONS is highly recommended.
RECRUITMENTS:-
Lingua franca held recruitments from 1st year students for joining the team of organizing members.It was delightful to know that a fairly large number of students were interested.They were interviewed by a panel of 7 senior organizing members of the society including the president,RUPALI TYAGI.We were impressed by the CVs’ of most registered people.But due to the limitation on the number of new organizing members,we had no choice but to consider the very best ones.Some interviews were carried out in the hostel also.Though the achievements and credentials of most were commendable, we finally narrowed down to 11 candidates whom we found most deserving and promising. The jury had laid emphasis on some of the following factors-confidence,eloquence of speech,team-spirit,leadership and communication skills.We hope that the newly recruited members who are now a part of our team will work diligently for the upliftment of the society.
The newly recruited 1st years are:-
1.NITISH
2.ROHIT
3.ANUJ
4.ETIKA
5.RITIKA
6.AKANKSHA
7.NANDINI
8.SHUBHANGI
9.GARGI
10.ASHUTOSH
11.MANASVI
12.ARJIT
13.PRATEEK
14.SHIKHAR
VOCAB TEST FOR BEGINNERS:-
Lingua Franca organized another vocab test on 13th feb in the girls hostel.This idea was proposed to us by the first years as they needed practice exercises on vocabulary and grammar.The test paper prepared had questions on words starting from alphabet ‘A’ to ‘D’.There were 25 questions,each carrying 1 mark each.There wasn’t any negative marking.The overall performance was very good.The results and solutions were displayed on the notice board.
JUMBLES:-
This event was conducted on 13th feb in the college.Jumbled words were given which had to be arranged to form the correct words.A team of two members was eligible for the test.The winning team comprised ROHAN JAIN(4th year-EE) and AMIT BARWAL(4th year-EC).Their score was 32/32.
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