‘Club’bing can be fun!

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Sure, there’s a lot of lethargy and lazing around during college life. But you can also use your talent and explore your interests by being part of a club that you might find appealing. From mountaineering to radio and photography to debate, colleges have various clubs for students. Joining them not only makes them use time effectively, but also teaches them unforgettable things.
Being part of a club of your choice certainly adds to your knowledge, believes third year environmental science student Aishwarya Krishnan, who studies in Mount Carmel College. “We have a student-based club called Green Shield of which I’m the president. We’ve been active for two years now and have this initiative called SCAP (School College Awareness Program) where we pick a topic and go to different schools and have presentations about it. The members comprise environmental science students and other combination students can volunteer for the club,” she says.
Last year, their topic was climate change. Adds Aishwarya, “We have 24 hours in a day and so much of it is wasted doing nothing. Being in a club helps you with time-management and multi-tasking. You also have the satisfaction of having done something and made a difference.”
IBS, Mumbai is another institute which has a lot of student clubs. Harsh Dugar, a second year MBA student is a member of the photography club called i-fOcus — Photographer’s Destination. Talking about his journey as a member, he says, “When I joined college, I heard about the club and was interested in being a part of it. When I was in first year, my seniors were planning the second edition, an exhibition which happened in December. We had 50 entries from outstation colleges including Pune, Delhi, Kolkata and Bengaluru.” Harsh is currently the joint-head of the club along with another student Tapas Biala.
Go to the Facebook community of the club initiated by Abhishek Behani and it says ‘i-fOcus allows students and professionals to meet peers with an interest in photography to whom they can go for help, advice and feedback. Members can interact and bond with photo friends, old and new, share and discuss photos, exchange tricks of the trade, and even get together for group photo excursions!’
Vinodhini Srinivasan, a second year student at NLSIU was a part of the ASP (Academic Support Program) last year. “The members took classes for first and other year students by helping them out with subjects. If they have a problem or need tips during exams, we helped them. There are also other committees like event management committee which organises fests and cul-com which organises cultural events.”
Vinodhini feels that students should definitely be a part of a committee/club that will help hone their talent. “As part of ASP, I got organisational experience. As a first year, I interacted with a lot of seniors who took classes,” she adds.