Amity University has become the only university in Noida /NCR which has been selected by Organising Committee of Commonwealth Games to provide over 200 National Doping Control Officials from amongst its students. The department requires 447 such officials for the Games.

Today, the initial phase of screening process, which is a three day general training started with the first batch comprising of 72 students from Amity Institute of Physiotherapy (AIP) and Amity Institute of Forensic Sciences at Amity Campus, Sector-44, Noida.

The screening process will have three stages namely “General Training on Doping” (amalgamation of theoretical and practical components), “Role Specific Training” (one day training which will be conducted in July, 2010) and “Venue Specific Training” ( one day training which will be conducted in August, 2010), and subsequently, based on their performance in written examination, the students will be certified and registered as “National Doping Control Officials”

The training session started with an informative presentation by Dr. Prerna Bali-Director Training, DCP who apprised the students with the mission, vision, values and the role of OC during CWG Delhi 2010; 35 functional areas under OC and competition venues and non- competition venues of the games.

While presenting his views during a session on “Doping Control Induction”, Dr. Munish Chander -DDG (Doping Control), OC CWG highlighted various anti- doping organizations functioning across the world and the objectives of the training programme. Talking about the reason behind the growing use of prohibitive substances during the games, Dr. Chander said that the athletes face a lot of pressure from society, their coaches and their country during the International Games, where even a millisecond counts in attaining name, fame and money. Therefore, the athletes resort to prohibitive substances to enhance their performance. Dope Control is very important from legal and ethical point of view. WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) has made it mandatory for all the participating nations to sign WADA code, which is the core document that provides the framework for harmonized anti-doping policies, rules and regulations within sports organizations and among public authorities. Highlighting the training objectives and the benefits accruing from the same, Dr. Chander said, “the training programme aims to develop skills and knowledge for the Doping Control Program for CWG and evaluate and identify suitable candidates for training as Doping Control Officials. The certification will be valid for two years, after which a person has to go for one day refresher training to continue the certification. On the completion of the training module, the successful candidates will become Certified Doping Control Officials, which is an International level accreditation and will become a member of National Anti- Doping Agency”

The training programme will cover a plethora of topics namely “Brief Outline of Doping Control Personnel”; “Authorization and Preparation Of Testing”; “Doping Control Stations” ; “Athletes selection and Notification Procedure”; “Sample Collection Procedure ( Blood & Urine )”; “Partial Sample procedure “; “Additional Sample procedure”; “Modifications for Testing for Para-athlete & Minors”; “Post test Administration”; “Transportation Of Samples” and “Doping Control Documentation”

Doping Control Department will conduct over 1500 Urine Test, 150 Blood Test and 150 EPO Test on the athletes during CWG. Maximum level of tests will be done in the highly susceptible games which include Weightlifting, Swimming, Cycling and Athletics. The Doping Tests can be conducted “Out of Competition”, when the selected athlete is in his own country before the starting of the games; “Pre- competition”, when the athlete is in games village or training venue and “ In Competition”, when the athlete is competing during the games.

The Doping tests on athletes will start as soon as games village will open from September 23. All the samples collected will be sent to world’s 35th WADA (World Anti- Doping Agency) accredited “National Dope Testing Laboratory” which is housed near CGO Complex.

Over 200 doctors from medical colleges across Delhi and Indian arm forces with over 16-17 years of experience are already being trained as “National Doping Control Officials”

Fashion, fun and fiesta with a dash of knowledge sharing and hobnobbing with renowned artists, fashion designers marked the beginning of two day “ Kreativ 10”, the annual Fashion and Art event by Amity School of Fine Arts (ASFA) and Amity School of Fashion Technology (ASFT).
The event started with a talk show on “ Indian Art in Global Scenario” in which renowned artists Keshav Malik – Art Critic; Suneet Chopra, Art Critic, Mithu Sen- Artist; M. Ramachandran- Regional Secretary, Lalit Kala Academy, Delhi and Rosshni Vadhera- Vadhera Art Gallery presented their views.
Historically, good art always survive and the interesting thing about an artist is nobody can stop him from getting acknowledged in future if his art responds to certain forces, said participants.
The seminar was followed by honoring of the eminent artist, Satish Gujral with Lifetime Achievement Award for Art by Divya Chauhan- Chairperson, Amity School of Fine Arts (ASFA) and Amity School of Fashion Technology (ASFT). Satish Gujral and his wife inaugurated “ SRIJAN”, which is an exhibition and display of the works of graduating students of Amity School of Fine Arts.

Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has emphasized to sensitize law students about social, economic and political realities of the country and world.

“While a law degree does enable a person to enroll as an advocate, the curriculum must also take into consideration the broader mandates of sensitizing students about social, economic and political realities. Legal education must promote a strong interdisciplinary agenda; disciplines such as Political Science, Sociology, Economics, Literature and Philosophy enrich our understanding of the evolution of the laws and helps us engineer reforms for the future”, Justice Balakrishanan said in valedictory function of National Moot Court Competition at Amity Law School, Noida.
Justice Balakrishnan also said t that best talents are not coming in the field of legal education as more lucrative career options are available these days for a law graduate.

“We should devise methods to attract some of the best talent to the teaching line, after all any law college needs highly qualified and motivated faculty members to train the students in the careers in the bar and the judiciary…”, He said.

National Law University, Jodhpur won the Rolling Trophy and cash prize. NALSAR, Hyderabad emerged as Runner-Up team. The Best Memorial Award went to the team of NALSAR, Hyderabad. Niharika from NALSAR, Hyderabad was declared the Best Speaker. Best Researcher Award was lifted by Prabhat Kumar from NALSAR, Hyderabad

The semi-finals of the Moot Court were contested between four teams NALSAR, Hyderabad; IIT , Khadagpur; Gandhinagar National Law College and National Law College, Jodhpur out of which NALSAR, Hyderabad.

Noted lawyer and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Arun Jaitley and Chancellor of the Amity University Ashok K. Chauhan were also present on the occasion and shared their views.
Over 28 colleges and institutes across India participated in the competition including NALSAR, Hyderabad ; Government Law College, Mumbai; NLIU, Bhopal; University Law College, Bangalore and GGSIP University.

Amity Law School is organizing Amity National Moot Court Competition on Friday March 05 at Amity University, Noida. The focus of the competition will be on the issues relating to “Intellectual Property Law/Constitutional Law and Administrative Law”.

Veerappa Moily, Union Minister of Law & Justice and Justice Arijit Pasayat, Chairman, Competition Appellate Tribunal will inaugurate the function. Ashok K Chauhan- Founder President, Amity will also address on the occasion. Students of over 28 colleges and institutes across India are participating in the competition including NALSAR, Hyderabad ; Government Law College, Mumbai; NLIU, Bhopal; University Law College, Bangalore and GGSIP University are participating in the competition.

The three day management fest and international business summit INBUSH has started today at Amity University. Many leaders from the corporate sectors as well as education and ambassadors are participating in the summit. Dr. Ashok. K. Chauhan, Founder President, Amity Universe and Atul Chauhan, Chancellor, Amity University also participated in the summit and addressed the gathering.This year theme of the summit is “Inspiring, Involving, Integrating Individuals for Creating World Class Innovative Organizations”.

The fest will include an entire gamut of discussions and deliberations ranging from “Exploring Opportunities for growth, revival and sustainability”, “ Involving and integrating Industry and Academia to build prosperous nation”, “ Strategies for enhancing Indian Trade and Investment”, “Inspiring Individuals to Innovate Technologies for a greener world” by eminent speakers from industry and academia

Media Fest-Big Picture has started today at Amity University, Noida. Commonwealth Games’ Shera met students in the Amity Campus on the occassion to create awareness among them.

Students of Amity International School (Saket) and Lahore Grammar School, Lahore will visit NASA. The team of these students, belong to 10th, 11th and 12th classes of both the schools, today met US Ambassador Timothy J. Roemer after winning 16th Annual International Space Settlement Design Competition. The competition was jointly sponsored by NASA and Boeing.

These students have designed a space city having a population of over 10,000 people through their creativity, technical competence, management skills and teamwork. They have also explained the way to overcome from the difficulties of a space settlement through their 40 page report. The team will join 12 other finalist team from other countries of the world to compete at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas.
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