2016-The Year that was!
Now that 2016 is officially over, it’s time to re�ect on the year that went by. ough
you cannot travel back in time (at least not as of yet!!), there is always fun in a little bit
of indulgence in the bygone.
ough, there is and will always be scope for improvement of Students’ Union
activities, we feel we had done a reasonably good job in the past year and the
subsequent SUs may learn from both our successes and failures.
We could revoke the decision to not allow rooms in house job; get sofas for TV rooms
and chairs for messes; push for the timely completion of laying optical �ber in hostels;
and with relentless pursuing could �nally start granite �ooring for hostels and tender
process for new and improved lighting in quadrangle. In between, we could also address
the issue of non- availability of logbooks, erratic exam schedule and poor hygiene in
messes among others. However, we could not restore the freedom we used to enjoy in
either our research /clinical electives or in deciding the internship batches.
Students’ Union
Feb Ÿ
e very �rst event was annual Inter semester cricket championship in which batch
2013 (SU Batch!) emerged champions.
Ÿ We had a memorable Valentines’ Day celebration, with the evergreen bond we have
with LHMC continuing strongly.
Mar Ÿ
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We added two brand new speakers for ever growing party space in the institute. We
also bought a projector and screen so that we could curtail the expenditure on
renting the same from outside and have more screenings in the succeeding months.
Ÿ We inaugurated our speakers and projector by screening a thrilling T20 World Cup
Cricket match between India and Pakistan.
Ÿ We celebrated Shivaratri and Holi keeping with AIIMS tradition. (Of course that
included Bhaang and a mud bath during Holi)
Ÿ We had an early Infest last year from March 30 to April 2. Innovative ventures like
the Suture workshop was conducted as part of Infest 2016- 'Panacea'. e annual
Blood donation drive as part of infest received unprecedented number of donors.
Apr Ÿ
We concluded an enthralling Infest with a rain dance party that extended late into