Amity University Gwalior organized a Mock Press Conference

Amity University Madhya Pradesh Convenes 

Mock Press conference 

Report

Amity School of Communication, Amity University Gwalior organized a Mock Press Conference on Tuesday 16 September 2014. The program commenced with the lighting of the lamp by Hon’ble Vice Chancellor AUMP Lt Gen V K Sharma, AVSM (Retd) and Dean Academics AUMP Prof. (Dr.) R.S. Tomar.

The event began with Hon’ble Vice Chancellor's opening remarks to the HOIs, faculty members, participants and all the students. The Mock Press Conference was organized with an idea to the communication skills of the students, prepare them to face press conferences and to provide them with a platform and opportunity to express their views and thoughts on various domains like Politics, Law, Entertainment, Corporate and Sports.   

The Mock Press Conference comprised three rounds, the preliminary round, semifinal and the final. In each round the participants were given two minutes to express their views on the given topic. This was followed by a question and answer round in which five questions were asked from each participant by the judges and from the audience.

The students were judged on their content, delivery, confidence and appearance, communications skills and handling of the questions. The final round was followed by declaration of the results. The first award was won by Mr Stanley Johnson (MBA I Semester), second prize was bagged by Niharika Bhowmik (BJMC I Semester) and the third prize was bagged by Ms Ruby Rajawat (BJMC III Semester).

Certificates were also distributed to the participants by Hon’ble Vice Chancellor accompanied by the panel of judges.

The program was concluded with the closing remarks delivered by Dr. Sumit Narula, Dy. Director and Head, Amity School of Communication.

Participants handling audience queries

Participant receiving the certificate from the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor

A bemused participant during the Mock Press Conference

Making a Point

The panel of Judges

A magnified view for the audience

Participants, Co-coordinators and Judges with the Hon’ble VC