The two-day media fest, Spandan 2019, organised by the students of journalism and mass communication of the Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, lived up to the epithet of it being among the best media schools in the country. The exercise aimed at sharpening skills of the students not just at managing an event but also creating and marketing them. The event began with Media Panchayat, a panel discussion between eminent media persons Ashok Tandon, KG Suresh and Madhukar Upadhyay on the issue of ethics and survival in today’s media. Over the next two days, 12 competitive events and skill development workshops were held. Waterman of India Rajendra Singh, a Magsaysay awardee, addressed the participants on day-two on the need to conserve water. Singh also gave away awards to the winners of the Spandan-IFUNA film festival on water conservation, the prizes for which were sponsored by HP. The finale of the two-day media fête was Dastan-i-Cinema, which celebrated the 100 years of Hindi cinema with Devika Rani to Deepika Padukone walking on the same stage as well as from Ashok Kumar to Akshay Kumar. The two-hour exhibition of the art of cinema included multimedia presentations and live performances by actors, dancers and musicians. There were 150 students present, who achieved the goal of creating and conquering the stage for themselves.
