Talk:Pulse (festival)

Pulse(The annual festival of AIIMS,New Delhi)

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The spam filter is not allowing me to just insert the <references /> tag.. Some admins please look into it.. ;( --Dr.saptarshi (talk) 17:07, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Some potantially citable references to make this article more encyclopedic

http://healthbase.wordpress.com/ Mahipal S Sachdev (1976 entry batch AIIMS), eye surgeon.. "“I did my MBBS from AIIMS, where I was the secretary of the students’ union. We were the ones who threw open Pulse, the students’ festival at AIIMS, to fashion, jam sessions and music. Before that, it was a sporting event. We made it socio-cultural,” he says."

https://549ffbfc-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/nonscholasticabilities/CompiledNon-scholasticabilitiesOnlin.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7codBy3Ycu9t0udp5W330fvzpMkc_kyb3VhSQGfpXRZB7HN8tqEtO8Vx0idpSmuyjxllydfzz7tMkVL5FYES2w6iBjbtc2ddZjPK-DPNFB7fnCLqVipVNRN4l0Fq4CuV-LlUp-JWNvfMXmM1ozi-friGa-uWD3OrRgVnevWTgxMG_c8JSHivPlAj34jdbIIDYRCCa54cZAVXLv7Gt0s7Jzg5CTHhX_LUzhVff7VEjk7-ajoLvfYpsXV4DiQjzCZaJJWcdyuz&attredirects=0

NON-SCHOLASTIC ABILITIES COMPILED RESOURCES OF THE ONLINE DISCUSSION CARRIED OUT BY THE CMCL-FAIMER FELLOWS IN JULY 2007 MODERATORS : Dr Chetna Desai, Dr Anshu, FACULTY INCHARGES: Dr Tejinder Singh, Dr Rita Sood FOR MORE RESOURCES: http://nonscholastic.abilities.googlepages.com/

" 3. Non-scholastic abilities...

SHEENA SINGH: You are having an interesting exchange of views. I agree that in India there is a conscious moulding of students to pursue studies more than extra curricular activities so that they are able to do well in competitive examinations to enter medical school.

Last year I accompanied the students of my college to the National Cultural fest 'PULSE' at AIIMS (The All India Institute of Medical Sciences) and was amazed at the richness of talent displayed by them.

Sometimes 'PULSE' is looked upon with a jaundiced eye as it pinches time and attention away from studies, but I feel the students return rejuvenated.

Sometimes students transform their hobby or talent in art, writing, oration or music to fit in with opportunities the medical school offers as in designing covers for souvenirs, college T-Shirts, painting backdrops for musicals and plays, creative writing for the college magazine, participating in debates, playing the piano/ other instruments in chapel or in the musical...

BALACHANDRA ADKOLI: It is interesting that we are shifting the paradigm of medical education to include ethics, behaviour, attitudes, values and now touching the core abilities and attributes of a health professional. I agree with Stewart that the demarcation between scholastic and non-scholastic should be considered as artificial and abolished to a great extent. But unfortunately, in a hierarchical society, this distinction is likely to stay longer.

In fact, the very process of admission based on MCQs is the first blunder in tapping right type of candidates to medicine. The mistake is continued throughout when the students are always kept under the hanging sword of examination based on "acquisition of information". The example of student festival PULSE at AIIMS is an example where students put in their best of efforts, skills, talent and hard work to the success of the show, without any consideration given in the exam. Now a days B schools have realized the need for the pursuit of hobbies and talent as an indicator of successful managers. As such weightage is given during interview if not in the written test.

CHETNA DESAI: It is paradoxical that as teachers we appreciate and enjoy non scholastic abilities in our students but do little to identify and nurture them. None of our evaluation systems give due weightage to these abilities. It is just grades, marks and nothing else. How then do we expect our students to work towards these? While internal tests and University exams are mandatory for qualifying, participation in PULSE and like programs require special permission from the Dean. How often do we evaluate the ability to communicate/empathize/work as a team/etc in our students?"

--Dr.saptarshi (talk) 17:27, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/revolving-around-rock/article2640355.ece “AIIMS used to have a very good tradition of Rock earlier... We were quite proud of AIIMS at one time as the Mecca of Rock, but in the last five to six years it's just gone down the drain,” he complains...

Clarifications needed about the number

http://www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/news/story.asp?ID=JN5RE9 Says 50,000 students..!!! the actual number is quite large no doubt.. but is it possible to be this large?..to cram this many on the central quadrangle.. 12 years back the numbers used to hit 10000 and it was already suffocating on the rock nite.. but we need a neutral citable 3rd party reference for the number.. --Dr.saptarshi (talk) 17:32, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

http://www.news4education.com/article/Jamia-student-bags-1st-Position-in-Chess-13133/3/, http://dnasyndication.com/showarticlerss.aspx?nid=WrL4B3F3cXrI7AvDwbIsHg, http://www.engineering.careers360.com/college-fest/states/varunelango@gmail.com, and http://collegekhabar.com/events/pulse-2012annual-cultural-sports-festivalaiimsnew-delhi/ Says 600 colleges.. But there are only 345 medical colleges in India per List_of_medical_colleges_in_India.. and if this number would be true.. number of dental and engineering colleges would have diluted the medical colleges.. So is it credible? Or is the number really this high because of new private colleges which are not yet updated on wikipedia? --Dr.saptarshi (talk) 17:54, 17 November 2012 (UTC)