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The students, picturing themselves as the characters in the scenes, realize they have

committed the same mistakes or are facing similar problems /issues in their everyday life.
They also learn how to correct these mistakes and tackle these problems / issues.

The Actual Practice:
Film analysis is conducted as a group activity involving critical viewing of short films depicting

various situations in life. The students are divided into small groups; 15 minutes are given to

groups to analyze and coordinate their ideas and make a short crisp presentation. The time
frame creates a healthy stress that leads to intense focused thinking, team-spirit and creativity.

The Films have been purposely shot with no dialogues. This compels the students to learn to
observe the characters and their expressions; the music in the background.

Though the department has produced more than 26 films from the past few years, this year
has been earmarked to produce and focus a few special projects which are theme based like

Vriksha depicting our Indian Culture and Heritage on growing and protecting local species of

trees.

A few films are currently being produced on Temple Architecture, ‘Why Conserve Nature’,
Places of Worship and National Integration. The department is also at present involved in a

special project of producing 8 short films on Swami Vivekananda’s Childhood Days for

Ramakrishna Mutt to commemorate the ‘150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’. It
has been proposed that this film will be showcased in all schools across the country.

The best practices of IQAC, JAIN (Deemed to be University) focuses on aspects of experiential
learning to build entrepreneurial/ intrapreneurial competencies for overall holistic

development of the students. It lays emphasis on creativity, leadership, empathy and feelings

towards humanity. The university aims at not only creating an educational environment but
also myriad things which establish close connections with the community. These practices are

in the interests of both stakeholders and the community.

IQAC best practices at Jain (Deemed to be University) have impacted the stakeholders and had

lead to discussions, thoughtful questions, and reflective responses developing cooperative
groups, creating jobs, job opportunities, honing entrepreneurial skills, survey studies, hand

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