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Resonance
NU's Orientation Programme
They get to interact with the NU Leadership team to share their aspirations. Students are given a campus tour and are taken trekking. They take part in tree planation and are given an overview of the various sustainable approaches such as EAT (Earth Air Tunnelling), the STP treatment plant, rainwater harvesting, solar harvesting, ground water recharge, etc., put in place by NU.
Key objectives
Resonance aims to:
- Make the transition from school to university smooth for new students by familiarising them with academic and campus life at NU
- Enable them to get to know their batch mates, seniors and faculty members thus forging the way for friendships and collaborations lasting a lifetime
- Expose them to ways of gainfully using their new-found freedom
- Help students become self-aware and reflective learners by undergoing NU’s unique teaching-learning practices.
- Internalise the ‘NU way’ by absorbing NU’s values and aligning with NU’s Vision and Mission.
Resonance 2024
Resonance 2024 was held from July 12 – August 03 2024. The faculty coordinators were Dr Utkarsh Raj and Dr Jitendra Joshi. The student leads were Rainy Varshney, Himanshu Rathi and Amy Soni. The orientation programme consisted of
- Invited talks by eminent personalities
- Workshops external experts
- Academic sessions
- Briefing sessions on academics, placements, alumni relations, etc.
- Briefing sessions on NU clubs, events and fests by student coordinators
- Invited talks:
- Ms Archana Kumar (Senior Associate Director at Walker Chandiok & Co LLP)
- Dr Manoj Chhabra (Ex DG Police Odisha)
- Mr Aman Nath (Co-Founder & Chairman – Neemrana Hotels)
- Dr Chandra Bhushan (President & CEO iFOREST)
- Dr Rajendra Singh (Waterman of India)
- Mr Jayant Krishna (Fellow of AlMA & the Computer Society of India)
- Mr Pankaj Jathar (CEO – NIIT Ltd)
- Mr Arvind Thakur (Member BoM, NU)
- Dr Ramesh Chandra Gaur (Dean – Administration, Director & Head, Kala Nidhi Division, IGNCA, New Delhi)
- Mr Mayank Tyagi (Vertical Head – Digital, Indigo)
- Mr Harpal Singh (Member BoM, NU)
- Mr Ashish Rastogi (Vice President, Growth Enablement & Insights for Genpact)
- Invited talks:
Workshops:
- Personal Quality Initiative (PQI) by Charu Kapoor, NIIT Foundation
- Joy of Gratitude by Vibha, Advisory Board Member of The World Happiness Foundation
- Design My Future by Charu Kapoor and team
NU Briefings:
- Education Process at NU
- Life on the Campus
- Research Opportunities at NU
- Industry Practice & Placements
- Administration Support
- Anti-ragging
- Quality Assurance and Excellence at NU
- Competency Skill-Sets, Career Aspirations and Learning Styles
- Gender Sensitization
- NU Library System
- TALF: The Asian Lenses Forum
- NUcleus and Nugget
- CIIE
- NSS
- Fraud Protection
- Vision, Mission, POs, COs, and PSOs
Academic Sessions:
- Code Yourself! An Introduction to Programming with Python
- Oh My Git! An Introduction to Git and GitHub
- AI – the most transformative technology in the history of mankind
- Communication Skills for Workplace Success
- Learn to Manage
- Manage to Learn
- Mad over Marketing
- Mind your Money
- Finance for Managers
Resonance 2023
Resonance 2023 was held from July 12 – July 31 2023. The faculty coordinators were Dr Sanjeev Kumar and Dr Achintya Roy. The student leads were Aritra Bhattacharya, Heshica Vanapalli and Krishna Routh. The orientation programme consisted of several invited talks by renowned personalities from diverse fields. It also had workshops conducted by external experts. Academic sessions were conducted by NU professors. The programme also consisted of briefing sessions on various aspects of the university such as academics, placements, alumni relations, etc. by various heads and administrators. New students were also briefed about NU clubs, events and fests by the respective student coordinators.
- Invited talks:
- Mr Aman Nath, Co-founder and Chairman, Neemrana Hotels
- Mr Sandeep Kumar, IIT Delhi
- Mr Harpal Singh, Member NU BoM
- Prof Ashok Misra, Member NU BoM
- Dr Rajendra Singh, Waterman of India
- Dr Sangeeta Kaul, Director DELNET
- Mrs Geeta Mathur, Member NIIT Ltd Board of Directors
- Mr Kunal Bhatia, Partner EY Consulting
- Mr Arun Maira, Author and Thought Leader
- Mr Arvind Thakur, Member NU BoM
- Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General of the International Solar Alliance
- Invited talks:
Workshops:
- Personal Quality Initiative (PQI) by Charu Kapoor, NIIT Foundation
- Joy of Gratitude by Vibha, Advisory Board Member of The World Happiness Foundation
- Design My Future by Charu Kapoor and team
NU Briefings:
- Education Process at NU
- Life on the Campus
- Research Opportunities at NU
- Industry Practice & Placements
- Quality Assurance and Excellence at NU
- Competency Skill-Sets, Career Aspirations and Learning Styles
- Gender Sensitization
- NU Library System
Academic Sessions:
- The Future of AI: How AI will change the World
- Fun with Algorithms
- Probability and Statistics – The Science of Uncertainty and Data
Resonance 2022
Resonance 2022 was held from August 24 – September 10 2022. The faculty coordinators Dr Thota Sivasankar, Dr Ashwini Kumar and Dr Chandan Medatwal. The orientation programme consisted of
- Invited talks by eminent personalities
- Workshops external and internal experts
- Academic sessions
- Briefing sessions on academics, placements, administration, etc.
- Briefing sessions on NU clubs, events and fests by student coordinators
- Invited talks:
- Dr. Alkesh Kumar Sharma, IAS, Secretary MeitY
- Lt Gen Rajesh Pant, National Cyber Security Co-Ordinator in the National Security Council of India at the PMO (Prime Minister’s Office)
- Mr R Sampath, Customer Success Manager, Deloitte Digital
- Mr Ajay Sawhney, IAS, Former Secretary, MeitY
- Mr Saurabh Saha, Director of Product Management, NASSCOM
- Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India
- Mr Harpal Singh, Member, NU BoM
- Dr Arunabha Ghosh, CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)
- Mr Rajendra Singh, Waterman of India
- Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Former Chairman, Planning Commission
- Invited talks:
Workshops:
- Joy of Gratitude by Vibha, Advisory Board Member of The World Happiness Foundation
- Design My Future by NU Faculty Coordinators
- Heartfulness by Dr Chandan Medatwal, NU
NU Briefings:
- Education Process at NU
- Life on the Campus
- Connect with Environment
- Appointment with Yourself
- Research Opportunities at NU
- Industry Practice & Placements
- Administration Support
- Anti-ragging
- Quality Assurance and Excellence at NU
- Gender Sensitization
- NU Library System
- Social Media Code of Conduct
- TALF: The Asian Lenses Forum
- NUcleus and Nugget
- CIIE
- NSS
- Fraud Protection
- Vision, Mission, POs, COs, and PSOs
Academic Sessions:
- Python for Engineers
- Mobile Application Development
- Cyber Threats and Defense
- Quest for Biotechnology
- Mathematics Concepts
- Learning to Learn (L2L) Engagements
- Learning Styles
- Know My Employability Skills Futures Survey
- My IT Competency Skills Survey
- Management Engagement
- Problems, Perspective and Possibilities
- Learnings from Japanese Culture
- Community based programme
Resonance 2021
HSBC included:
- Interaction with co-founder Mr V K Thadani
- Interaction with NU Leadership
- Separate academic workshops (CSE, ECE, Bio-Tech and IMBA) by the Technology and Management departments
- Invited talk by Prof Sugata Mitra on ‘Perceptions of Self’
- Workshop on PQI (Personal Quality Initiative)
- Yoga and Meditation sessions (virtual mode)
- Parents’ interaction with NU Leadership
- Virtual cultural performance
- Welcome address by Prof Parimal V Mandke, President NU
- Test on programming and mathematical proficiency
- A session addressing and inspiring NUtons by Mr Rajendra Singh Pawar and Mr VK Thadani.
- Academic workshops (parallelly for all areas).
- Invited talks:
- Mr Som Mittal on ‘Living on Campus, a Life-Changing Experience’
- Ms Avani Davda on ‘Leading an Iconic Brand’
- Mr Kiran Karnik on ‘The Mind is a Parachute: How to be Counted Amongst the Countless’
- Prof (Dr) Koo Voon Chet (Malaysia) on ‘Improving quality of life through smart sensing’
- Ms Sanya Kapoor (Alumni) on NU experience as NUton
- Invited talks:
- Workshop on Career Navigation – ‘Design My Future’
- Workshop on ‘Joy of Gratitude’
- Briefing and interaction by Deans, Area Directors and Unit Heads
- Briefing by Club Coordinators and Activity Heads (ingeNUity, siNUsoid, TedX, AIESEC, Hult Prize, NSS and TALF)
- Cluster meetings and cluster reporting
- ‘Show Your Talent’
- Virtual club activities
- Virtual campus tours (Eco tour, Green air-conditioning, Suryoday sthal, Ashtachal, nooks and corners of NU)
- Parents’ interaction with NU Leadership
- Ms and Mr Fresher Competition
- Yoga and Meditation sessions
Avani Davda (Strategic Advisor, Bain Advisory Network)
Som Mittal (Former President and Chairman, NASSCOM)
Kiran Karnik Director, Central board of directors of Reserve Bank of India
Professor Koo Voon Chet, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Sanya Kapoor
(Alumni Ex -NUton)
Resonance 2021 – Results
- Cross Country:
- Girls (1.6 kms):
- First: Prachi Bharti.
- Second: Samvida Shukla.
- Third: Chetana More.
- Boys (3.2 kms):
- First: Abhinendra Yadav.
- Second: Aarya Ghai.
- Third: Siddharth Saini.
- Girls (1.6 kms):
- Ms & Mr Fresher:
- Ms Fresher: Prachi Bharti.
- Mr Fresher: Krishna Routh.
Resonance 2020
- Prof Prabhu Aggarwal, President, NU – Welcoming students to NU
- Founders Mr Rajendra Singh Pawar & Mr Vijay Thadani – sharing their vision and experience
- Prof Parimal Mandke, Vice President – Journey through the unique education process followed at NU
- Maj Gen AK Singh, Dean, Student Affairs – A virtual campus tour as well as a virtual trek to Suryoday Sthal
- Air Cmdre Kamal Singh, Advisor and NU Leadership team – experience of viewing the beautiful sunset at Ashtachal virtually
- Prof Ratna Sanyal, Dean, Research – Undergraduate research opportunities at NU
- Prof Vijay Mandke, Founder & Mentor Professor – Preparing for the Unknown – Learning Futures
- Several interesting sessions – Design My Future, Learning to Listen, Unnat Bharat and Swachh Bharat, Problems, Perspectives & Possibilities and many more
- Invited talks by eminent personalities
Resonance 2019
Design My Future Workshop
Incoming NUtons underwent a two-day workshop named ‘Design My Future’ (DMF) as part of NU’s Induction programme – Resonance 2019. DMF is a specially designed programme conducted by invited experts.
As part of the workshop, every student undertakes a Career Navigator exercise, a test that allows them to find out the careers for which they are most suited.
The students were then taken through a set of group activities designed to increase self-awareness and to help them visualise their careers after graduation.
At the end of the workshop each NUton came up with his/her career vision and purpose and built a roadmap with timeframes to achieve the same.
The Design My Future initiative goes beyond the 2 days of the workshop. It provides individual mentoring to fresh recruits for their entire 4-year duration at NU. Students are mentored by NU faculty, CIC (Centre for Industry Collaboration) mentors and external experts with several years of industry experience.
| Mrs Syeda Imam, Writer & Filmmaker |
| Mr Rajendra Singh, Waterman of India |
| Mr Mahesh Shastry, Flynava |
| Mr Ashish Kashyap, Finzoom Investment Pvt. Ltd. |
| Mrs Parvathy Eswaran, Storyteller |
| Mr Pradip Baijal, Former Chairman, TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) |
| Mr Harpal Singh, Chairman, Impact Projects Pvt. Ltd. |
| Mr Om Prakash Pal, Director Campaigns, Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation |
| Mr Vamsi Krishna Rupakula, Global Head, Infrastructure Management Services, NIIT Technologies |
| Mr Rajat Rai, Senior Analyst, PwC (NU Alumni) |
| Ms Ayushi Jain, Data Specialist, IBM (NU Alumni) |
| Mr Arvind Thakur, Former Chairman & Managing Director, NIIT Technologies |
| Maj Gen Neeraj Bali (Retd.) |
| Mr R Ramanan, Mission Director, NITI Aayog |
| Mrs Harjinder Kaur Talwar, President, FLO (FICCI Ladies Organisation) |
| Mr G K Sukumar, Vice President Global Training Services, IBM |
Activities
- Theater
- Robotics
- Adventure
- Music
- Dance
- Yoga and Meditation
- Photography and Video making
- Arts
- Debate
- Computer Gaming
Sports
- Basketball
- Badminton
- Volleyball
- Soccer
- Gym
- Table Tennis
- Cross Country
- Cage Cricket
Resonance 2018
NU’s orientation programme for Early Admissions students, called Head Start Boot Camp (HSBC), was held from 7-14 July 2018. Apart from familiarising the incoming students with the campus, faculty and their seniors, the programme had intensive workshops on Actionable Analytics, Robotics & IoT, Digital Marketing and Business Ideation.
Resonance 2018 was held between 13 July 2018 and 4 August 2018 during which time incoming NUtons felt completely at home on the campus, made friends with their batchmates and seniors & were aligned to the NU way.
The programme began with the registration process for fresh students. While students busily completed registration formalities, parents were given an opportunity to ask questions and clarify any issues during the ‘Interaction with NU Leadership’ sessions which included the President and Deans. There were separate sessions with Mr Rajendra Singh Pawar, Founder & Mr Vijay K Thadani, co-Founder. Mr Thadani’s speech about the seven Ps to realise your future was well-received by both parents and students. The session was followed by the ‘The President’s Welcome Dinner for Parents of NUtons 2018’ hosted by Prof VS Rao, President – NU.
The students also had a one-on-one session with the Deans and Area Heads during the Coffee with the Deans sessions. Prof Parimal V Mandke, Dean-Academics; Prof Sunil Khanna, Dean-Research & Area Head – BT; Prof Prosenjit Gupta, Area Head – CSE; Prof Navin Kapoor, Area Head – ECE; and Prof Sushil Kalyani, Area Head – Management, participated in individual discussions.
Resonance 2018 inspired incoming NUtons to imbibe life-changing values from the Invited Talks series that saw luminaries and technology leaders including Mr Pavan Verma, Mr Aravind Thakur, Mr Arun Maira, Ms Chhavi Rajawat. NU’s alumni, Ms Prachi Singh (BTech – Biotechnology) and Mr Saharsh Tibrewal (BTech – CSE) shared their student-to-workplace transition journeys.
| Speaker | Title |
|---|---|
| Sameer Anja, Co-founder & COO, Arrka | Cyber Security & Data Privacy |
| Som Mittal, Former President & Chairman, NASSCOM | Where are We Headed |
| Arvind Thakur, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, NIIT Technologies | Opportunities & Challenges in Tech Industry |
| Mohit Thukral, Senior Vice President, GENPACT | Future of Work |
| Pavan Verma, Former Indian Foreign Services (IFS) Officer and Rajya Sabha MP | Adi Shankaracharya |
| Chhavi Rajawat, Sarpanch, Village Soda | Inclusive Development |
| Rajendra Singh, Waterman of India | Solutions to Global Warming and Climate Change |
| Pramod Bhasin, Vice Chairman, GENPACT | |
| Arun Maira, Former India Chairman, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) | Listening and Learning |
| Harpal Singh, Chairman Emeritus, Fortis | Perspectives |
| Prachi Singh, NU Alumni | Anything can Happen |
| Saharsh Tibrewal, NU Alumni | #LifeisFunny |
In keeping with its guiding declaration – University of the Future – a workshop on ‘Design your Future’ provided several tools and techniques that students could use to convert their career aspiration into goals and goals into actions so that they could begin to work towards achieving them from day one.
Other workshops such as ‘Know your learning styles’, ‘Learning to learn’, and ‘Intensive programming’ aimed at assisting students to become strategic learners with abilities to pick up higher order thinking and performing skills that are required in workplaces. Challenging activities such as the Branding Game, Contemporary Business Issues and movies on management brought home interesting perspectives to students.
Several activities were conducted outside the classrooms and outside the campus. Students visited the Neemrana market just outside the campus, Rani ki Baoli, an awe-inspiring 9-storied stepwell, and the magnificent Neemrana Fort as part of the Neemrana Heritage Visit.
Exploring the campus included treks to the various peaks of the Aravalli Hills right behind the campus – Camel’s Back, SCAR, as well as Valley Crossing. Students also planted trees and explored the workings of the green campus cooling system – Earth Air Tunnelling (EAT). Students were divided into clusters and houses and participated in keenly contested tournaments in various sports such as badminton, basketball, volleyball, table tennis and cage cricket. They also participated in a cross country race.
Resonance 2017
Resonance 2017 aimed to:
- Instil team spirit, sense of responsibility, cooperation and camaraderie
- Emphasise the importance of maintaining a healthy body, mind and spirit
- Inspire positive outcomes – better grades, improved communication skills and a strong academic foundation
- Sensitise learners to sustainability and protection of the environment
- Hone students’ skills and encourage them to display their latent talent
List of Activities
- Arts & Yoga
- Theatre
- Dance
- Music
- Photography & Film Making
- Computer Gaming & Social Media
- Debate & Elocution
- Adventure
- Electronics
- Robotics
- Sustainability
Resonance 2016
- Preparatory classes in concepts and practice in programming and mathematics for courses that follow
- Intellectually stimulating sessions on ‘Puzzles for algorithms thinking’
- Sessions on ‘Learning to learn’ enabling students to understand this learning style
- Awareness about The Asian Lenses Forum (TALF).
- Interaction with alumni through panel discussion
- Microsoft Innovation Centre Activities
- Interaction with eminent personalities from different walks of life through Invited Talks
- Science Quiz
- Opportunity to cultivate a hobby of choice
List of co-curricular activities
- Arts Club: A place for aspiring artists to hone their skills, develop their techniques and portfolios, collaborate with other artists like themselves, create bonds with the community through the arts, and learn how to work together
- Dance club: Students were taught basic choreographic elements and tools. The purpose of the workshop is to help them create on their own dance sequence and to be able to express themselves through body movement. The workshop culminates in a dance competition on the last day
- Debate club: Students were encouraged to identify and express opposing viewpoints on current relevant societal topics
- Electronics club: High frequency radio communication was discovered by electronics enthusiasts. The club enthused students to make a few discoveries of their own
- Music club: Entertainment was free and featured the musical group, A Little Bit of Heaven. Students were taught the basics of singing and to play instruments like guitar, drums, etc.
- MIC Club: Demonstration and enrolment in various Microsoft portals like Dreamspark, MVA, bizspark, etc. Technical training on topics like HTML, C#, Introduction to game development, innovative product ideas competition, etc.
- Photography & Video making club: Students were taught to use DSLR camera for photography and video recording. They were also trained in Photoshop and movie making tools for enhancing the quality of captured photo/video
- Theatre club: Theatre is a team activity. The teams were given random themes for which they had to write the script and plot the characters. The teams rehearsed and presented plays
List of outdoor activities
- Sport: All clusters participated in various sports like volleyball, table-tennis, basketball, cricket, etc.
- Sustainability: It’s a great way to get students energised about taking care of Earth and helping society while learning about some of the most important issues facing the world in the 21st century
- Adventure: Adventure sports are a great way to build confidence and leadership. Activities such as trekking and valley crossing were organised
List of a few invited speakers
- Mr Harpal Singh, Chairman, Nanhi Chhaan Foundation (also Mentor & Chairman Emeritus, Fortis Healthcare Limited)
- Mr Keshav R Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS Global Services
- Mr Rahul Patwardhan, CEO, NIIT
- Ms Syeda Imam, Former member of the National Commission for Minorities, India
