Amity University Noida organized an exclusive screening of “Pata Lapata”, Award Winning Documentary, written, directed, edited and produced by Aditya Bhasin, Alumnus Amity University Noida. The thought-provoking documentary explores the true life of the underprivileged sections of the society comprising of ragpickers, beggars and children who lack opportunities and raises pertinent questions about the survival of this class in the society. The documentary has won several awards including Best Director Cannes Film Festival-2024 and Best Director, Dada Saheb Pahlke Film Festival-2024.

On this occasion, Mr. Aditya Bhasin was awarded Amity Alumni Achiever Award, by Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan, Founder President Amity Education Group and Dr. Atul Chauhan, Chancellor Amity University.

Congratulating Aditya Bhasin, Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan, Founder President Amity Education Group stated that this is a historic moment for all Amitians as Amity Alumnus, Aditya, has made the entire country proud by making this excellent documentary, which is extremely relevant in today’s scenario, and Amity feels immense proud of his huge achievement.

Dr. Atul Chauhan, Chancellor Amity University, said that it is a moment of extreme pride for all Amitians since Aditya is a highly talented and passionate film maker, who has worked extremely hard to achieve his goals.

Also present on the occasion were Mrs. Pooja Chauhan, Chairperson Amity Humanity Foundation, Mr. Abhay Chauhan, Vice President Amity Online, Prof. (Dr.) Balvinder Shukla Vice Chancellor Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Prof. (Dr.) Gurinder Singh, Group Vice Chancellor Amity Universities, Dr. Lalit Bhasin, Managing Partner, Bhasin & Company, Prof. (Dr.) M. Sajnani, Mentor Amity School of Communication, and students of Amity School of Film and Drama, amongst others.

“Deeksharambh” the Orientation Programme was organized for newcomers of Postgraduate students at Amity University Uttar Pradesh.

The goals of the orientation programs are to create student’s familiarity to the university rules and regulations, Academic processes, infrastructure, student support services, Administrative procedures like campus safety, clubs etc.

The newly joined students got an opportunity to interact with their institutional faculty members and classmates. This will help them to build new relationships, ask questions, and get the support they need to succeed in their academic pursuits.

Alumni from different domain interacted with students and guided them about various career opportunities available in the market. Students felt confident and excited as they moved step-forward in their educational pathway.

The Case Study Competition was organised in the prestigious “International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Leadership (ICEIL 2024), on the theme ‘Leveraging Emerging Technologies for a Self-Reliant Nation’ by Amity University, Sector – 125, Uttar Pradesh, from 9^th Oct – 11^th October 2024, at the Noida Campus and was a great success.

100 + Case Studies were received for the conference and based on rigorous review by the committee, 76 cases studies were approved and 55 turned out for presentation. The diverse case studies included 32 from various premier universities and business schools across India and one from Hiroshima university, Japan and 11 from Amity Lucknow Campus and 32 from Amity Noida Campus.

This was followed by double -blind review process and recommendations of jury members, only 19 case studies scaled the academic rigour for publication in the ICEIL 2024: Case Book Selection.