Sharda University Present’s
Celebrating 75 years of India’s Independence August 24-25 2021 | 9:45AM – 4:15PM
The Liberté Fest aims at celebrating the vibrance of Independence month through speaker sessions by eminent personalities from the field and a host of activities including Youth Parliament, Debates, Singing Competition, Quizzes, Painting Competitions, and so on. also including Virtual tours of Heritage sites like Red Fort, Commemorating 75 years of Independence and internalizing the essence of Liberty in its broadest sense.
GUEST SPEAKERS
Sumit Awasthi
Vice President (News Production) ABP News Network Renowned journalist and news anchor
Manimugdha S. Sharma
Senior Assistant Editor, Hindustan Times
Aryan Adityo
Filmmaker, Entrepreneur, Leading the The Sensible Indian Campaign
Deepak Wadhwa
Actor, Media Industry
Dr. Amit Chandra
Policy Fellow, Centre For Civil Society
PATRON
Prof. (Dr.) Anubha Vashisht
Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Dr. Pramod Kumar
HoD, School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
CONVENER & CO-CONVENER
Prof. (Dr.) Anubha Vashisht
Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Meenal Dharia
Assistant Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences
Kirtika Trehan
Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
- 9:45am - 10:00am
- 24th Aug 2021
- Opening note
Ms. Kirtika Trehan
Assistant Professor, School of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Online
- 9:45am - 10:00am
- 24th Aug 2021
- Inaugural address
Dr. Anubha Vashisht
Dean School of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Online
- 10:05am - 10:35am
- 24th Aug 2021
- Guest of Honour
Mr. Sumit Awasthi
VP (News Production) ABP News Network
- Online
- 10:35am - 11:15am
- 24th Aug 2021
- Expert talk in collaboration with 'Students for Liberty'.
Mr. Manimugdha S. Sharma
Sr. Editor Hindustan Times
- Online
- 11:15am - 12:30pm
- 24th Aug 2021
- Harmonies of Freedom (Singing competition)
- Online
- 12:30pm - 1:45pm
- 24th Aug 2021
- Lunch Break
- 02:00pm - 3:15pm
- 24th Aug 2021
- Virtual Heritage Walk by Students for Liberty
- Online
- 3:15pm - 4:00pm
- 24th Aug 2021
- Freedom Quiz (Quiz Competition)
- Online
- 9:45am - 9:55am
- 25th Aug 2021
- Opening note
Ms. Meenal Dharia
Assistant Prof SHSS
- Online
- 9:55am - 10:30am
- 25th Aug 2021
- Talk on “Freedom of Expression and Media Censorship”
Mr. Deepak-Wadhwa, and Mr. Aryan Adityo
- Online
- 9:55am - 10:30am
- 25th Aug 2021
- Youth Parliament conducted by 'Swatantrata Center'
Dr. Amit Chandra
Policy Fellow, Centre For Civil Society
- Online
- 1:30pm - 2:30pm
- 25th Aug 2021
- Lunch Break
- 2:00pm - 3:30pm
- 25th Aug 2021
- Debate (Topic: Should Hate Speech be Banned)
- Online
- 3:30pm - 4:00pm
- 25th Aug 2021
- Slam Poetry
- Online
- 4:00pm - 4:10pm
- 25th Aug 2021
- Freedom Strokes (Painting Competition)
- Online
- 4:10pm - 4:15pm
- 25th Aug 2021
- Words of Wisdom
Dr. Anviti Gupta
Professor, SHSS
- Online
- 4:15pm - 4:30pm
- 25th Aug 2021
- Prize Distribution
- Online
Important Guidelines
All the events & competitions are focused on the theme of Freedom to celebrate India’s Independence Day.
• Video Submissions for singing and pdf submission for painting have to be submitted on kirtika.trehan@sharda.ac.in or meenal.dharia@sharda.ac.in latest by 21 August 2021.
• Students and scholars from outside Sharda are also invited.
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES
in collaboration with Swatantrata Center and Students for Liberty
