National Law Institute University (NLIU) Bhopal, on Monday took a unique initiative and organized D.E.A.R.(Drop Everything and Read).
This program was organized by Gyan Mandir (The University Library) and Meaningless Club of NLIU to celebrate the upcoming World Book and Copyright Day in line with the UNESCO's theme "Read Your Way’. This initiative saw a 30-minute reading session across campus, involving faculty, administrative staff, guards, and students engrossed in reading books, newspapers, magazines, or any material of their choice.
The aim was to integrate reading into daily routines. The objective of this program was to reduce gap between books and readers which is happening due to addiction/over usage of social media and disruptive technologies.
This Program aims to re-develop the habit of reading in the readers and attract them towards books. During this program from 04:00PM to 04:30 PM the entire university campus turned like a library in which any reader could sit anywhere as per their choice and read as per his wish and the reading material has distributed among all as per their choice. Further during this period, the entire university was declared a reading zone and all regular work/programs were postponed during the period. To make program popularized and meaningful Various selfie points were installed, a special board was set up with thought-provoking questions for participants to engage with, such as their favorite book/Character they relate most across genres and the hypothetical title of a book they would write.
Further Bookmarks were distributed among the readers. Over 900 individuals enthusiastically participated in the event, indicating its success and potential for future iterations. In this program, all the officers, teachers, employees, Conservancy staff, security personnel, Students of the university participated enthusiastically. The outline of this initiative was given by Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor Prof.(Dr.) S.Surya Prakash and Registrar Vivek Bakshi and executed by Mohit Gupta, Library Incharge, along with all the library staff in collaboration with Meaningless Club Faculty Incharge Ranjan Kumar, Student Convenor Monish Raghuvanshi, and Saloni Agarwal and other members.
