Over the past three years, the centre has organized various activities to reach out and engage students and the larger community both inside the university and outside.
OUTREACH
January 2022
The Centre introduced itself to the student community at FLAME, by announcing a Mock Parliament competition. The contest involved students reading and researching a hypothetical Constitutional amendment (prepared internally), familiarizing themselves with the procedure of arguing for and against it in Parliament, from the respective standpoints of a government and an opposition, and voting on it.
TATTLE
We initiated student awareness on fake news by conducting a workshop with Tattle on fact-checking in March 2023. The first conference on misinformation was held in Bangalore in May 2023 by FIELDS OF VIEW To encourage younger engagement with policy and law making, games devised by Fields of View are proving to be an effective learning tool and we staged this during the city wide Mock Parliament in March 2023.
Mock Parliament
March 2023: The Mock Parliament really was a landmark event for us given the interest it generated locally and the intense participation of 100+ students from Pune. It was action packed with talks and workshops and we hope to do even more next year.
Lavale School visit to campus (20 October 2023) of over 400 children towards setting up a community library
TEACHING
Online Course: Legislative Basics in 2022 Term 4
In-Person course with Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe on Introduction to Politics in 2023
TALKS An invited lecture was held with Prof. Suhas Palshikar(Political Scientist) and Mr. Vivek Singh(Chairman of RERA and key architects of Bihar Caste Census) was held for policy students
CONFERENCE
Accessing Democracy Conference (September 22nd to 23 2023): The Center organized a 2 day conference [slide 9 pic] https://sites.google.com/flame.edu.in/accessingdemocracy/home?authuser=0
GUEST LECTURES
Prof. Ravi Ranjan (5 December 2023), Prof. Suhas Palshikar(Political Scientist) and Mr. Vivek Singh(Chairman of RERA and architect of Bihar Caste Census On April 5, 2024)
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
Group Discussions with FLAME Students (December and January 2023) detailed in the document that is linked. Since then FLAME Electoral Literacy Club launched the Voter’s Gazette in Feb 2024 to continue bi-monthly.
FLAME Constitution and Electoral Literacy Club
We support the FLAME Constitution and Electoral Literacy Club. The Centre organised campaign colosseum where students were assigned political parties and pitted against one another to convince the audience that they had what it takes to lead India. In 2025 we will host another youth parliament. LOCAL PROGRAMMES - Constitution Day Debate (26 November 2023) and ‘Campaign Colosseum’ (Feb 8, 2024)
