STUDENT ACTIVITIES@ABS
Active Learning beyond the Classroom
Education is not just about classrooms, books, lectures and examinations. It is exploration of oneself beyond realms and boundaries of the curriculum. It is a process facilitating an individual to rejuvenate the soul and reinvent oneself to set ambitious goals towards reaching zeniths of success. This is truer in case of those who pursue business management education as these students are supposed to be future business leaders working towards being the architects of modern – progressive – happy society.
At Aurora’s Business School, students are provided with ecosystem which helps in facilitating self-discovery and transformational change while enjoying oneself by demonstrating their latent abilities. ABS supports and encourages students to participate in a variety of activities beyond curriculum. These activities help in nurturing leadership qualities and social sensitivity while ensuring a stable balance between body, mind and emotions. Students participate in various social activities, leadership activities, club activities, yoga, sports and games. To express its strong commitment towards the importance of student activities, ABS has allotted 3 credits which are included in the overall assessment of the students performance and CGPA. Students are given choice to participate and excel in any of the student activities that they enjoy (social activities is a compulsory element for everyone. The details of the assessment are given in the social initiatives @ ABS document) and based on the level of their participation and excellence achieved they are allotted points measured on a four point scale.
The details of various student activities is given in the following table
Professional activities
The professional activities for students will provide an insight into how their decisions impact the business. The participants will be exposed to the situations that are closer to the real life situations. The participants will be able to review their ability and strengths through these activities. Therefore, they will be able to gain far more than conventional development activities from these activities.
ABS has been encouraging students participating in various national and international business management festivals, conferences, seminars, presentations. The students are trained and nurtured to excel in competitions such as business quiz, business plan, debating, ad plan, business presentations, research papers. Exposure to these events and competitions not only help to increase the competencies of the student in respective skills but help them to gain confidence.
Club Activities
To make student life at ABS exciting and useful, the most effective way to turn the leisure time into captivating adventure is created in the form of exciting club activities. Clubs and associations at ABS offer some of the most memorable and enjoyable moments in college. There are two categories of clubs that are facilitated by the Faculty and run by the students: professional and special activity clubs.
The following are important elements of student clubs
● A vibrant community facilitating healthy competitive culture
● Networks for alumni and the wider school community
● Opportunities to explore personal interests
● Opportunities to d evelop leadership potential
Activities organized by Student Clubs of ABS will include speeches by distinguished leaders, conferences, and social events that enrich the entire community and facilitate the professional growth of the students. The clubs are student run and faculty would be facilitating enough opportunities to fuel their growth. Student interaction with these clubs can be on any level – as a participant, member, or a coordinator.
The clubs are divided into professional and special interest clubs. The professional clubs include the HR club, E cell, the stock market club, and the general clubs include nature club, tourism club, and movie club.
Leadership activities
Every individual has a leader within oneself. Leaders have the ability to manage time and prioritize their tasks to operate with maximum efficiency. They realize the objectives of life and work towards achieving them. For identifying this leader, several activities are designed to bring out the qualities of entrepreneurial ability, team building, and social sensitivity. Every student is given ample opportunity to excel as a leader through various roles such as: group leaders, captains, coordinators in various committees. Rekindling interest and igniting the ability to question the existing system transforms a student into true leaders. Students have opportunities to be actively involved in decision making process of various programs and the initiatives taken up at the school.
The Student governing council serves as the liaison between the student community and the management. It is completely student run and supported by the faculty. ABS cultivates, educates, empowers, and inspires the leader through experiential learning processes.
Various leadership training programs organized by the school are the outbound training programs at Pegasus Institute of Leadership and Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence. Students have also championed for the cause during the ‘Joy of giving week’ where they brought together students of several institutes to raise funds for the poor and needy. This act of selflessness was recognized by various leading national dailies including the Times of India.
Co-curricular activities
Learning can turn monotonous when the student is burdened with assignments, projects, and exams. It is essential to create a lively atmosphere where the students are provided with an opportunity not only to relax but also to explore and exhibit their inherent talent to the world. At ABS, literary activities such as debate, extempore, and cultural activities such as the dance, music, drama, and mime are conducted so that we create an exciting experience for the students. Every individual is motivated to discover talent latent in them. Frequent workshops, seminars, events, and activities are organized to enable students to explore their dormant talents. Co- curricular activities give ample opportunity to the students to display their latent abilities while enabling them to self discover and march forward in life.
Co-curricular activities do not just act as a platform for the personal development but also help in developing the professional networks. It is this network that would help the managers to prosper in their careers.
Health and Fitness activities
Yoga and Meditation:
Business world is getting increasingly competitive. Hence, a leader needs sound physical and mental health to surge ahead. We as business school nurture young and competent business leaders who can take up challenging roles in the ever changing world. Keeping these in view, we have introduced several steps towards making a physically and emotionally stable individual. Having regular yoga and meditation classes is one such initiative. All students necessarily participate in the yoga and meditation classes before the day begins with the academic sessions, seminars, and workshops. This lets them face the challenges awaiting them in the corporate world with a smile.
Sports and games:
ABS is dedicated to enriching sportsmanship through various sports and games in and outside the campus. The school provides the students the best of indoor games like snooker, table tennis, chess, puzzles, and scrabble to pursue their leisure time activities. Sports and games are an integral part of ABS. Sports meet is conducted once a year. This meet enables students to participate and compete in groups.
