DRISHTIKON

ABOUT

Drishtikon is a student-run committee which organizes weekly discussions on contemporary socio-legal, political and historical issues. We provide a platform for students of DSNLU to freely express their drishtikon or point of view. Each week, we put up a new topic which is in the talks and students show up to share their understanding of the issue. We have a moderator for the discussion who starts the discussion by giving a brief on the topic and sets the flow of the discussion. It’s the moderator’s duty to make sure that the discussion goes on smoothly and all viewpoints are heard without making it a polarising debate. So far, our moderators have ensured peaceful discussions even on highly controversial topics like Religion and Ethnic conflicts. Since it’s almost like an informal discussion, students feel free to express their unfiltered and raw opinions. We provide a platform for students to learn and grow as individuals and professionals.

Apart from our weekly discussions, we also conduct panel discussions and policy discussion competitions.

So far, we’ve conducted 3 panel discussions. The first Panel Discussion was on the Abrogation of Article 370 and the second one was on the Supreme Court judgement on the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The latest edition was on the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill. It also had an esteemed academician, Dr. J. Uma Rao from GITAM School of Law, on the panel. More editions of the panel discussion with interesting topics are in the works.

VIVIDH is our annual policy discussion competition. It is a one-of-its-kind event wherein the participants are given a draft legislation (made by the members of Drishtikon) and asked to propose amendments. They would be marked on their skill of interpreting the clauses, proposing the amendments, viability of these amendments and their ability to lobby the fellow participants for their amendments to be passed. So far three editions have been conducted. Last year (2^nd), we invited Mr. P.S. Arun, a public policy expert, as the judge for the final round. This year, our 3^rd edition, all the judges for the final round were experts in public policy and research – Mr. Ayush Jaiswal, Ms. Tanika Chandana and Ms. Apurva Singh. All the three editions have been a grand success.

We are coming up with many more interesting discussions and events.

MEMBERS
Drishtikon Founders:

Sanyam Jain

Nishu Kumari

Bhargav Kumar

Shubham Singh Jha

Faculty Convenor: Dr. Neelima Boghadi.

Core Members:

Sri Roshini Nakka

Shashwat Sinha

Shanmitha Bhogadi

Amarveer Kaur

Members:

Udaya Bhanu Peddireddi	Animesh	Gowthami Nalluri
Harshitha Karanki	Naila Shaik	Aashritha Batthula
Koppula Nikhil	PBS Charitha	Sandhya Pollisetty
Chandrika Yenugupalli	Sharmishta Shree	Harika Kamisetty
S.T. Sana Anjum	Kurra Samskruthi Yadav	Palepu Krishna Vijay
Chanadanasriya K	Shantanu Singh	Sanchari Mohanthy
Kishore Komanabelli	Aanchal Tiwari

CLUBS

For the smooth and effective functioning of the Committee, we have three clubs or sub-committees.

Firstly, we have the Report-Making Club headed by Sri Roshini Nakka. The main task of the Report-Making Club is to make reports on the weekly discussions and all the other events that Drishtikon does.

Secondly, we have the Co-Ordination Club headed by Shashwat Sinha. They are responsible for securing permissions, co-ordinating with the faculty members, students and other committees of the university and also contacting resource people for our events.

Thirdly, there is the Social Media Club headed by Shanmitha Bhogadi. They do the majority of the promotional work. They also manage our social media handles (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn).

Fourthly, Bits and Bytes Club is headed by Amarveer Kaur. They make short videos with opinions of the general people on the topics that Drishtikon is conducting its discussions on. They also do promotional work in coordination with the Social Media Club.

CONTACT US

Email: drishtikon@dsnlu.ac.in