Saturday, November 29, 2008

"Character buildiing among young Indians under Transition"

29th November 2008.

Dear Professionals,
MULISSA(Mysore University Library and Information Science Students Association) organised its famous 'Friday talk' on Saturday 29th November 2008.

This week's guest Col.Bhanuprakash spoke about "Character buildiing among young Indians under Transition". He talked about character, attitudes and most importantly self-discipline. He also reasoned out why people in developing countries have different attitude compared to developed countries. He also spoke about compromise, consensus and dedication.

Chairperson and Faculty advisor to MULISSA Dr. Khaiser Nikam welcomed the guest. Research Scholars and Students were present on the occasion.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

"Get an edge to realize your dream"

21 Nov. 2008
Dear Professionals,
The 5th talk of the ‘Friday Talk’ series of MULISSA (Mysore University Library and Information Science Students Association) was held at the First year Lecture hall of Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore on Friday, 21st Nov. 2008.

This week’s topic of discussion was ‘Get on edge to realize your dream’.
Mr. Prashanth Kumar, Managing Director of EDGE (Enhancing Individual Growth and Excellence), Mysore, gave an interactive presentation on how to realize our dreams.
He began by defining the word ‘success’, which means many things to many people. Intent, effort and God’s grace are three ingredients for success. He emphasized certain issues such as

- Why some people are not successful.
- The art of dream conversion being a structured process.
- Handling fear
- Dealing with criticism

He ended with the quote ‘Dreams can come true, if you make them come true’.

Dr. Mallinath Kumbar presided over the function, welcomed and introduced the guest, Faculty, Research Scholars and students were present on the occasion.

Friday, November 14, 2008

November, 14, 2008
Dear Professionals,
Special 'Friday talk' lecture of Mysore University Library and Information Science Students Association (MULISSA) was held at First Year lecture hall of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore on Friday, 14th Nov. 2008.
This Friday's talk was special because National Library Week starts from the same day, i.e. 14th - 20th Nov. 2008.This week's guest Prof. N.S.Venugopal of Basudev Somany First Grade College, Kuvempunagar, Mysore gave lecture on the 'Ethics in Advertising'.
He began by tasking a question 'Does advertisement sell product?' He continued on to the concept of business ethics, meaning of ethics, qualities of ethics, present day advertisement trends and how advertisements can be helpful in serving the purpose of the library.He ended by explaining the self regulatory methods for the advertising industry.
Dr. Khaiser Nikam, Chairperson and faculty advisor to MULISSA, gave a lecture on the history and imporatnce of National Library Week and read some excerpts from Padmashree S.R.Ranganathan's classic 'Five Laws of Library Science'.Faculty, Research scholars and Students were present on the occasion.