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CLUBS HINDU SOCIETY QUT Spotlight ON QG CLUBS The Hindu Society of QUT (HSQUT) is affiliated with the QUT Guild and got it’s first AGM on 16th August, 2016. It is a platform for the Hindu communities (students, staffs and alumni) and who value/practice the philosophies and cultures of Hinduism on/off campus. The aims and objectives of HSQUT are as follows: • • • • Practice solidarity on/off the campus among - • QUT students, staffs and alumni who belong to Hindu communities from all over the world, and • Individuals and groups, who value and/or practice philosophies and cultures of Hinduism, from inside and outside the campus. Provide a multinational and multicultural platform to explore, discuss, learn, and practice various paths of Hinduism. Organise, celebrate and participate various rituals, events, festivals, and occasions associated with the Australian and International Hindu communities. Providing ‘Seva’ (service) to the greater community. HSQUT is organising/participating social gathering, events/rituals, cultural concerts, discussion sessions, lectures, exhibitions, workshops and humanitarian activities. Short after affiliation, HSQUT has arranged the successful event Diwali at GP campus on 28/10/2016. It is highly appreciated by the students and staffs of QUT. HSQUT is planning it’s signature event ‘Swaraswati (the Goddess of knowledge) Puja’ in February/March 2017. HSQUT 26