Activities

ACTIVITIES

Campus TV- Nirmala Darshan

For being in coherence with the changing needs of time and to give an empirical knowledge to the students of mass communication we have started a campus television, Nirmala Darshan. The venture keeps on giving a hands-on experience on televising and processing of visuals along with soft skills for giving a lively screen presence.

Department Newsletter- The Resonance

The Department of Communicative English proudly publishes the monthly newsletter ‘The Resonance’, which edifies the whole campus with its magnificent way of bestowing events steadfastly

Campus Radio Programme- Campus Beats

The Communicative English students, as part of their curriculum, oversees the functioning of the Campus Radio, entitled Campus Beats. The programme started in the year 2012. It diffuses Information, Education and Entertainment across the campus.

Twenty For Plenty 

A book drive named ‘Twenty for Plenty’ was conducted by the Department of Communicative English at Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha to bring joy and inspiration to the lives of children in need. It was held on June 23, 2023, as part of the Reading Week Celebration. The collection of 13K+ rupees, with 20 rupees contributions from students and teachers, aided in acquiring captivating books for Saviour’s Home, the orphanage for girls in Thalayanadu. Staff Coordinator Mr. Amal Sebastian and Student Coordinator Mr. Akshay Raj  led the Department in this meaningful initiative.

Field Trips

Press Visit

Trips to the press will make them see the printing process and procedures, the editorial conglomeration and ultimately it imparts an understanding about the hitherto obscure process. They get explanations and clarifications of their doubts from the men at printing. Print media visits are often made to Kottayam, the city of letters, which has the most sophisticated printing machinery in Kerala. Students are demonstrated with multicolour as well as greyscale printing, photo typesetting, typography, layout and design with all the nitty gritty of those machines.

Radio Station Visit

Radio station visit gives the students a chance to have a closer view and understanding of the modus operandi of Radio Stations. There they get a chance to see the programme production methods, along with the technical mechanism of FM radio broadcasting. Students can gather first-hand information on the process and they can come back with an awareness about radio broadcasting.

TV Station Visit

As a best practice that supplement the pedagogy, the mass communication students are taken to one of the leading Television Stations every year. There they get a chance to watch the operations of TV studio and control rooms (PCR and MCR). Visiting TV studio will impart an understanding on the various equipment and settings that facilitates programme production.

Recording Studio

To caress the ears with more clarity and improved technical brilliance, the college has a cutting edge audio recording and processing facility. The fully furnished acoustic Recording studio has all the advanced equipment for audio processing and ON-AIR programming across the campus.

Language Lab

The facility polishes the linguistic capability of students by giving special emphasis on software driven performance oriented instruction methods. Our cutting edge educational package from eTail Networks Limited (ETNL) facilitates the learner to imbibe with the natural order of language acquisition; Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. The package has unique provisions to rectify the upturned notions about language learning that are hindering the learner from attaining fluency. The language lab is equipped ETNL version 3 software with the licence of one teacher computer and thirty student computers

Nirmala ‘Hello Monday’

Inspirational quotes gleaned from famous personalities touching ethos, logos and pathos are cast through the official Facebook page of the college on every Mondays as a better way to start a week. The practice is getting wide acceptance from the various internal and external publics of the college.

Wissy Wednesday
Wednesdays are going to be a reason to beat the brains out. On all Wednesdays, a valid GK question will be posted on the official Instagram page of our Department. The college community is asked to comment the right answer from the four given options and wait for the right answer to be revealed at 9pm on the same day. This practice commenced on 28/04/2021 and is still continuing.

Fluent Friday
Building vocabulary is the key towards effective expression of thoughts. Communicative English focuses on enhancing the communication skills of its students. To that there is a practice is instilled among our students to find an English word every day from random situations of life with its meaning/ meanings, usage of the word in a sentence and synonyms. Students read English newspapers and listen to talks in English to find words for this programme. As an extension, the words collected are posted on the official Instagram page of the Department on every Fridays under the head ‘Fluent Friday’, to diffuse the content to the various stake holders of the college.

Spot Light Round the Globe. It’s your Day, Love it, Live it.
Everything happens for a reason! Spot Light is an initiative by the Department of Communicative English to enlighten Nirmalites with the reason that makes some days more special. Students prepare short videos on the significance of days that are nationally/ internationally acclaimed and also report on serious events happening round the globe.

Invited Talk on Media

An invited talk is conducted every year with resource persons from prominent media organisations to diffuse knowledge to students related to the media studies dimension of their curriculum.

Brilliant Scribbles

Brilliant Scribbles is an initiative by the Department of Communicative English to enrich the artistic skills of the whole student community of Nirmala College. This venture allows the young minds to fly and peck the burried literary, cultural and artistic notions in them and get featured in the Brilliant Scribbles page in diverse social media such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Thus, the sprouting skills of students get published as Poetry, Short Stories, Essays, Drawings and Paintings in online platforms and are applauded by the public. So far many students of the college have utilized this facility to showcase their talents.

Workshops

A workshop on Camera Handling and Editing Techniques is organized every year by the Department of Communicative English for third year students for providing practical experience on handling camera and editing.