Themes for Footprints Bengaluru '09

THE GREEN BATTLE-

Global warming, temperature fluctuations and depletion of our natural resources seem to be taking an unstoppable toll on the environment. None of us operate in a vacuum. Our choices and behaviours have a ripple effect that reaches across the world today, and is passed on to future generations. The current lifestyle and technological advancements also seem to be adding on adversely to our environment. It is almost mandatory for the present generations to act and now, in order to keep the world green and alive.

To a large extent the responsibility of exploring various ways of creating a sense consciousness about the issue lies in the hands of the media. The green battle is a representation of the fight against all forces that threaten the future of our home, the earth. Through this theme, the focus will lie on how the media has as well as can create interest and awareness on this critical issue and battle out to go green.

RESURGENCE OF KANNADA IN MEDIA-

As the city emerges as a cosmopolitan entity, the Regional Language is blurring out to be replaced by the English Language. Nevertheless, there are conscious efforts that are being made to inculcate Namma Bhashe in various cultural expressions along the lines of music, dance, theatre, film, television and other media as well as performing arts. This has also been seen in a large way among radio broadcasts in the recent past.

With centres like Ranga Shankara cropping up in the city, the audiences as well as the performers now receive abundant opportunities to celebrate Kannada in media. In this year’s Footprints we intend to trace these attempts and encourage the blooming movement to keep our sakkath language alive!

Highlights

Lens View:
We believe that the media should help people make informed decisions about their lives and that this can promote development. The photo competition aims to do that, by showing how ordinary Bangaloreans fight the green battle.

There are two basic themes to the contest:
a) Highlight the effort of the local people working to reduce the effects of environmental degradation in this city. They can be simple everyday endeavors like shutting the tap after use or switching off lights, to large scale activities like a green building or an eco friendly product. You have complete freedom of interpretation, all you have to do is go out and shoot anything that deserves applause and recognition, irrespective of the magnitude.
b) Make your lens an opening to expose an area that is taking its toll on the environment: This can be a geographic area, the manner in which a facility is utilized/used or any other thing that in your opinion takes its toll on the environment, specific to our city. Its tell tale time and what better way to do that than photographic proof.

GET CLICKING, There Are No Limits To The Green Imagination!
The rules are simple:·

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   All photographs must be your own and must be fresh: Any trace of plagiarism and entries will be disqualified.
   
   
   
   
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   All entries should reach the inbox of lensview.fb@gmail.com by November 12, 2009 before 5.pm. Late entries will not be considered. Judges decision will be deemed final.
   
   
   
   
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   Participant submitting soft copies of their photographs must ensure they have a minimum resolution of 2 megapixels.One photograph per participant only.
   
   
   
   
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   The photographs must not be a collage of two or more images.
   
   
   
   
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   Participants must ensure that their entries are not retouched by software to any extent whatsoever failing which entries will be disqualified.
   
   
   
   
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   While sending in your entry, the caption makes the subject line of email. Include Name, Email ID, Phone number, School/College name, Designation in the body.
   
   
   
   
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   The three best entries will be awarded with a certificate and uploaded on http://www.tossedsalad.com/.
   
   
   
   

The three best entries will also be screened in Footprints 2009


Inkling : Article writing contest Topics -

a) Media's role in helping Bengaluru fight the Green Battle

b) Media Today


Pick any one topic and write an articleWord Limit - 500 words Articles to be sent to inkling.fb@gmail.com by November 12, 2009 before 5 pm. Subject line should have the Article Heading as mentioned. Include Name, Email ID, Phone number, School/College name, designation in the body. If the article is found to be plagiarized, it will be disqualified. Best 3 entries will be uploaded on www.icmlive.com. Winners to be awarded with certificates and gift hampers.

Speakers

• Inauguration:

1. Dr. A Ravindra, IAS (Retd.) - Advisor to Chief Minister on Urban Development (GoK) & Chairman, Centre for Sustainable Development, Bangalore.
2. Dr. Jurgen Porst - Senior Advisor, GTZ

• Speaker Panel: For the Green Battle: ·

1. Dr. Yallapa Reddy : Former Secretary, Environment & Ecology Department, GoK ; Noted Environmentalist.
2. Gerry Martin : Herpetologist, India' 1st National Geographic Adventurer, Wildlife Conservationist, Heads the Gerry Martin Project.
3. Pravinjith K.P : Director, Paradigm Environment Strategies, Bengaluru; Noted Speaker on Environmental Issues.
4. Suresh Heblikar : Noted Environmentalist and Film Maker.
5. Bineesha. P : Chief Environmental Advisor, GTZ

• For Resurgence of Kannada In Media :

1. Sri. A.S Murthy : Playwright, Radio Anchor, Considered the father of Kannada Street Plays.
2. Arundathi Nag : Renowned Theatre Personality.
3. Rachana Krishnamurthy : RJ, Radio Mirchi.
4. Chitrashri : Actor, VJ, Host of many Entertainment Events

We will also have a Guest Speaker, Mr. Krishna B. Mariyanka - Vice President - National Executive & Director - Governing Council Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) on "Brand Bengaluru and Gearing up for the professional world of Communication."

Mr. Rakesh from Edukarma will also be addressing the gathering on "Gearing up for the Professional World" 

Details of the Event

Day - Saturday

Date- 14th November ‘09

Venue - Auditorium, Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication, Bengaluru. Symbiosis Campus, 95/01, 95/02, Electronics City, Phase -1, Hosur Road, Bengaluru- 560100

Footprints

FOOTPRINTS- SIU (Symbiosis International University) in association with SIMC presents FOOTPRINTS’09

FOOTPRINTS is the Annual city centric media & communication event organized by SIMC Media Trainees across India. Its core objectives are:
1. This Nationwide Student initiative provides a platform for the interaction between the Indian Media Industry and aspiring media professionals during the course of a daylong seminar.
2. The Footprints team, the students of SIMC, who conduct the event, get a great insight into the functioning of the industry and event management at a grand scale.

History...

Footprints started in 1999. It was an initiative to ensure that the students have a hands on learning experience in the field of Event Management.

Footprints Bengaluru ‘08 was held on November 30th. The themes covered were Innovations in Marketing Communications, Citizen Journalism and Bengaluru beyond IT. Among the speakers were R.K Mishra – Winner, Lead India Movement; Vasanthi Hariprakash- Special Correspondent, NDTV; Ramanujam Sridhar - CEO BrandComm; Santhosh Gnanakan - RJ Radio Indigo; Kartik Iyer - Creative Head, Happy Advertising; Manoj Chandra - Marketing Head, Mindtree; Vijay Pamarathi - Campaign Manager, Jagore and others.

Ten years since its inception, FOOTPRINTS '09 now serves a wider footprint, spreading across 22 cities in India and three International cities.
The seminar will comprise of interaction between students and the media stalwarts. The audience will comprise students from the age group of 16-25. This year FOOTPRINTS Bangaluru ‘09 will have an audience of over 600 media aspirants.

SIMC, Bengaluru

SIMC, BENGALURU :
Bangalore or the present avatar Bengaluru is the capital of the state of Karnataka. Famous as the ‘Garden City’, or the’ Silicon Valley of India’, Bengaluru shelters the first campus of Symbiosis outside Pune- SIMC ( Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication) and SIBM(Symbiosis Institute of Business Management).
SIMC is located at the heart of the IT & Software hub- The Electronics City which is about a half- hour drive from the city centre. This central location has close proximity with the Software icons like Infosys, Wipro, HCL, HP and a host of others.
The maiden batch of SIMC is an excited bunch of students eager to learn, make their mark and create a legacy for the batches to come living up to the Symbiosis reputation.
Welcome to Namma(our) SIMC, Bengaluru!
Welcome to Namma (Our) Bengaluru, as we like to call it.

Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication (S.I.M.C.)

SIMC: -
Established in 1990, originally as the Symbiosis Institute of Journalism & Communication (SIJC), the Institute was renamed in 1999 as the Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication (SIMC) to enable the Institute to go beyond journalism and introduce other media-related courses in the curriculum in keeping with industry requirements. Going with the times, SIMC has been finally christened Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication. SIMC is a constituent of Symbiosis International University and has evolved into a leading media and communication education and training Institute, providing the industry with trained and competent professionals.SIMC's mission is to serve the multi-faceted needs of the media and communications industry in particular, and society in general, through education, training, research and advocacy. It seeks to develop competent, responsible and innovative professionals in the practice, development and management of media and communication. SIMC offers Masters in Journalism and Audio-Visual Communication and Management degrees in Advertising and Public Relations (MBA – Public Relations & MBA - Advertising). SIMC’s alumni are now well-placed and hold responsible positions across various media.

Symbiosis

SYMBIOSIS - Vasudeva kutumbkam
Symbiosis is one of India’s premier educational institutions imparting quality education and values for over 30 years. It is a family of 36 academic institutions spread across 17 campuses in and around Pune and Bengaluru. These campuses epitomize the Symbiosis motto, “Promoting International Understanding through Quality Education”.
It is a host to over 45,000 Indian and International students on campus and over 1, 00,000 students off campus.
The Founder Director of Symbiosis, Dr. S.B. Mujumdar is a distinguished academician and educationist. A multi-lingual, multi-national, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary educational complex of international repute, he was awarded the prestigious “Padmashree” by the Government of India in 2005. He is also the Chairman of the Education wing of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industries, (FICCI).