3T Newsletter | April 2022

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Dr. Dolly Kikon, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Melbourne, visited our college and had a brief interaction with the faculty on 3rd March 2022. Amongst other important issues discussed, Dr. Kikon encouraged the faculty to be true to ourselves in terms of our unique culture, while also being wary of being “conditioned” by the environment and structures of human construct to behave as a minority, inhibited or consumed by self doubt. Dr. Kikon also suggested that open dialogue is important to tackle any issues in education and the power structures as far as gender issues are concerned.

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The NSS Unit Tetso College, Dimapur, Nagaland were delighted to have Sir. Sangma, Youth Officer, Regional Directorate, Guwahati. He visited and had an interactive session with the NSS programme officers and the NSS student leaders on 4th March 2022 at the NSS office, Tetso College.

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The Department of Psychology conducted its first Psych Fest on the theme ‘Eunoia’ on 4th March 2022. The fest consisted of both activities and competition which was held both on campus and online. The fest received external participants and attendees from Livingstone Foundation International College, Dimapur, Nagaland and St. Joseph University, Dimapur Nagaland. Overall, Tetso college was declared the winning college of the fest.

The winners of various events are:

Quiz

Winners:

1. i) Kenei Ritse, 2nd Semester, Psychology
2. ii) Hamshen, 2nd Semester, Psychology

iii) Yimtiyong Longkumer, 2nd Semester, History

Runners-up:

1. i) Kikali T Shikhu, 4th Semester
2. ii) Hito

iii) Sorhun Khing, 4th Semester, Psychology

Ad Critique

Winners:

1. i) Apeinuo Ziephrii, 6th Semester, Economics
2. ii) Senchumla Ngullie, 6th Semester, Economics

Runners-up:

1. i) Tenyele  Semp, 4th Semester, Psychology
2. ii) Imlimenla N Longkumer, 4th Semester, Psychology

Charisma

Winner: Moamenla Longkumer, 2nd Semester, Psychology

Runner-up: Manle M Konyak, 2nd Semester, English 

Photography

Winners: Setila T Sangtam, 2nd Semester, Political Science

Runner-up: Luntan Hopongkiu, 2nd Semester, Political Science

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The Department of History, Tetso College organized a department picnic for its students and teachers on 6th March 2022 at Manja, Assam.

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The NSS & RRC Units Tetso College celebrated International Women’s Day, 8th March 2022 with the female students and teachers of Government Middle School Sugarmill, Dimapur. The team of 5 students and 2 teachers gave a short awareness talk on the themes of gender equality and menstrual hygiene and also distributed sanitary pads to the female students and teachers.

The team also donated sanitary pads to the Women Cell, Tetso College. A poster exhibition for the same was also done in the college campus.

Meanwhile, the Women Cell, Tetso College also observed International Women’s Day on the theme ‘Celebrate Women’ with Temjenkala Aier, Founder and CEO of Emporium Skills Training Institute, Dimapur as the guest speaker in the College Auditorium.

Addressing the gathering, the guest speaker Temjenkala Aier focused her speech towards empowering women through skill development and capacity building. She also discussed prospects of entrepreneurship by taking the example of Emporium Skills Training Institute and how it has led to the employment of hundreds of Naga youth. Aier encouraged the students to recognize the significance of women in our lives and in society and inspire them for greater future achievements.

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The Departure Ceremony of Tetso Mountaineering Club to scale Mt. Saramati under the banner ‘Nova Iter Expedition 2022’ was held on 11th March 2022 with Colonel Md Raza Israil, Sena Medal, Commandant, 5 Assam Rifles as the special guest.

A special prayer & blessings for the departing team was invoked by Subedar K Kamei, Unit Pastor, 164 Naga TA while Kvulo Lorin, Director, delivered a word of encouragement.

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The Tetso Students’ Council and Tetso Sports Club jointly organised its annual sports meet from 9th – 11th March 2022 with Sashizungla Ao, Administrator and Principal of Hope Academy, as the Special Guest for the opening ceremony. After three gruelling days packed with energy, excitement and passion, the overall champions of Tetso Olympics 2022 was bagged by Team Titan with 40 medals in total, closely followed by runners-Up Team Spartan with 36 medals. The Best Player of the Year award went to Viboto Yepthomi, BA 4th Semester of Team Titan while Team Spartan was adjudged the Best Discipline Team of the Year.

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To kick start the new semester, a Meet & Greet event was held for PG students on 15th March 2022 where the academic schedule was highlighted and students participated in icebreaker activities.

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The NSS Unit, Tetso College successfully organized the NSS Special Camp 2022, under the theme – ‘Youth For Eco-development’ from 15th to 19th March 2022 at Sovima Village and Dzüleke. Day One of the camp kicked off with a cleanliness drive along Sovima Village road. Campers visited Nagaland Bamboo Resource Centre on Day Two to observe and interact on eco-development. On the third day of the camp, students conducted social work and donated some saplings to Rengma Baptist Church, Sovima. The camp’s fourth and fifth days were spent at Dzüleke, where campers interacted with nature and donated plant saplings to the campsite.

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Yi Nagaland in partnership with Educentre Nagaland held a one day Graduate Career Fair on 16th March 2022. Our students benefited greatly by acquiring knowledge on jobs, internships, skill training programs, entrepreneurship programs, and future master courses.

The participating institutions were ALS IAS Dimapur, Achievers Academy, Imperial Coaching Centre, Pinnacle Skills, NPSC Mentors, Guru Nanak Institutions, Manav Rachna Educational Institutions, ABBS School of Management Bangalore, and Clefnote Music Academy.

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The Department of English, Tetso College organized a Drama Competition to celebrate World Theatre Day on 24th and 25th March 2022. The objectives of this activity were to celebrate the importance of theatre arts to teach, move, entertain, and impact for a positive change, to encourage students to enhance public speaking skills, inculcate teamwork among the students and to discover talents in the students and build their confidence.

BA 4th Semester Section F was declared the winner with their performance of ‘The Gift of the Magi’ by O’ Henry and BA 4th Semester Section D came second with their performance of ‘The Bet’ by Anton Chekhov. The judges were Anjan Behera (Guest Faculty, Department of English), Heninle Magh (Asst. Professor, Department of Commerce & Management) and Khyochamo Yanthan (Asst. Professor, Department of Economics).

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The Department of Education, Tetso College organized Edufiesta 2022 on the theme ‘Permissum Iuvenes Mentes (Empowering Young Minds)’ on 28th March 2022. The goal of this inter-collegiate event was to bring out the best of students – abilities & creativity, also to enhance their communication & leadership skills, and build confidence impacting their overall aspects as a student.

The winners of the events are:

Photography 

Winner: Ntsenlo Khing, BA 2nd Semester, Department of Psychology, Tetso College

Runner Up: Impusor, BA 2nd Semester, Department of Education Tetso College

Slogan Writing

Winner: Diezeno Tunyi, Kros College, Kohima

Runner Up: Lochumbeni Kikon, Department of Education, Tetso College

Declamation

Winner: Moamenla, BA 2nd Semester, Department of Psychology

Runner Up: Nivi S Zhimomi, BA 2nd Semester, Department of History

Calligraphy Writing

Winner: Lhouti-u Sami, BA 4th Semester, Department of Education, Tetso College

Runner Up: Watimongla, BA 2nd Semester, Department of Economics, Tetso College

Spelling Bee 

Winner: Manle M Konyak, BA 2nd Semester, Department of English

Runner Up: Sushen Debnath, BCom 2nd Semester, Tetso College

Sketching 

Winner: Imtinungsang, BA 4th Semester, Department of Political Science

Runner Up: Ntsenlo Khing, BA 2nd Semester, Department of Psychology

Commercial Act

Winner: Team 5 (Arentila Azukumer, Yimtiyong Longkumer, Mesuchulo Thele of BA 2nd Semester), Tetso College

Runners Up: Team 6 (Vito Sumi, Vivi Awomi, T Aliba of BA 2nd Semester), Tetso College

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Congratulations to Sneha Gupta (Gold Medalist in English, 2021) & Prasenjit Bhadra, Asst. Professor, Department of Commerce & Management (Gold Medalist in MBA, 2017) who were felicitated during the 5th Convocation of Nagaland University, Lumami held with Governor of Assam and Nagaland and Chief Rector of Nagaland University, Prof Jagdish Mukhi, as the Chief Guest on 17th March 2022.

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Tetso College students participated in the World Water Day Silent Rally campaign organised by the Public Health Engineering Department, Dimapur Division and Act of Kindness Society under the theme ‘Ground Water – Making the Invisible Visible.’ on 22nd March 2022.

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In view of the upcoming Asian Cross Country Championship 2022 to be hosted by Nagaland Athletic Federation starting from 26th March 2022, 250 hostellers of Pelo Boys Home and Sinle Girls Home along with NSS Unit, Tetso College participated in a mass social work on 23rd March 2022 by cleaning up the National Highway 29 around the Sovima Village stretch.

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The Society For International Affairs, Tetso Chapter in collaboration with Institute For World Affairs & Security conducted a webinar titled ‘Conflict in Ukraine – Implications for Russia, NATO, Middle East and the World’ with Col. (Res.) Miri Eisin, Intelligence Expert, on 12th March 2022.

About the Webinar: The recent conflict in Ukraine has been described using several terms: invasion, interest management, NATO at the door steps of Russia or an attack on Europe. The conflict can be dated to 2014 if not earlier and in 2022 we see that Russia as a state has the capability and will to use military methods. The way the battles and movements have taken place have been described as failure to cease the moment by some while others have described the Russian offensive as going only slightly slower than planned. What is this conflict and what are its implications?

About the Speaker: Col. (Res.) Miri Eisin served in the Israeli intelligence community and retired at the rank of full colonel in 2004. Over her twenty year career in the military she served in diverse positions in the field, combat units and research departments. Miri served as the Israeli Prime Minister’s spokesperson from the second Lebanon war until the end of 2007. She now teaches at IDC Herzliya. Miri is a fellow at the Center for International Communication at Bar Ilan University and an associate at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism. Miri is a board member of the Deborah Forum, Women in Foreign Policy and National Security; and the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel. Miri holds a BA from Tel Aviv University in Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science, an MA from Haifa University in Security Studies, and is a graduate of the Israeli National Defense College.

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The Tetso Mountaineering Club successfully reached the summit of Mt. Saramati on 17th March 2022! The Expedition also known as ‘Nova Iter Expedition 2022’ was undertaken under the guidance of Dr. Aniruddha Babar, Founder and Training & Expedition In-charge, Tetso Mountaineering Club.

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The Short Term Certificate course on ‘Language Documentation and Archiving for North East Indian Languages’ was virtually inaugurated on the 26th March 2022. The course is being offered by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi in collaboration with Computational Resources for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL), University of North Texas and Tetso College, Dimapur.

The inaugural session was chaired by an eminent linguist Prof. Shobana Chelliah from the Dept of Linguistics, University of North Texas. Professor Dr. Ramesh Gaur, director, IGNCA New Delhi shared his long term plans of such a course at IGNCA, after welcoming all the resource persons and participants, in his welcome address. Dr. Hewasa L. Khing, Principal of Tetso College, introduced Tetso College and explained how the partnership with CoRSAL and IGNCA would benefit the students and scholars in and around Nagaland. Thereafter, the resource persons and participants had an interaction about what they expected to gain from the course and what the course offered. Coordinators at the various institutions participating in the project, including CIT Kokrajhar, Nagaland University and Tetso College, interacted with the participants and resource persons.

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We congratulate the following students of our college who won the Dimapur District Competition on the New India 75 Awareness on HIV, TB & Blood Donation Phase-3 in the category Publicize Your Thought (poster making competition) organized by NSACS & NACO:

Theme- HIV:

1st position- Noksangmenla of BA 4th Semester (English Honours)

Theme- Blood Donation:

1st position- Pukivi V Zhimo of BA 4th Semester (Pol. Sc. Honours)

2nd position- Imtinungsang of BA 4th Semester (Pol. Sc. Honours)

3rd position- Kinali Sumi of BA 4th Semester (Pol. Sc. Honours) and Toshila of BA 4th Semester (General)

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The Tetso Sports Club organised a Futsal Friendly Match between the College Staff and the Students at Sovima Futsal ground on 29th March, 2022. Staff with their amazing performance won the match with the scores of 8-7.

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On account of the 3rd IGNITE FEST 2022 organized by the Department of Management and Commerce, St. Joseph University from 23rd to 25th March, 2022, we would like to congratulate all the participants for their well-deserved success.

The Voice Champion

1st Position – Khrietsonuo, BA 2nd Semester

Penalty Shootout

1st Position – Team Cute Jesse FC, Tetso College

1) Jesse K Aye, BA 4th Semester

2) Kinoto Aye, BA 4th Semester

3) Alokiye A Chishi, BA 4th Semester

4) Vituna K Sumi, BA 4th Semester

5) Tohuka Assumi, BA 4th Semester

Penalty Shootout

2nd Position – College Team (Junior)

1) Kanito, BA 6th Semester

2) Jasten Mech, BA 4th Semester

3) Mhademo Kikon, BA 2nd Semester

4) Bendangsunep Walling, BA 2nd Semester

5) Machigum, BA 2nd Semester

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Day 24 of the 40 Days Of Revival with the theme ‘Awake, Arise, Shine’ (Ephesians 5:14) initiated by Sinai Ministry was held at Tetso College on 3rd April 2022.

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Niboto Achumi of BCom 2nd Semester bagged the gold medal at the second Assam State Arm Wrestling Championship 2022 held on 31st March – 1st April 2022 at Baan Theatre Auditorium, Tezpur. Niboto Achumi bagged the gold in the youth men 63 kg ‘right’ hand category and will be taking part in the National Arm Wrestling Championship to be held May 18-20 2022 in Goa.

We congratulate and wish him the very best for the nationals!

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The Society For International Affairs, Tetso Chapter in collaboration with Institute For World Affairs & Security presents a webinar titled ‘Ripples throughout Eurasia-Turkish-Russian Relations after Ukraine’ with Samuel Halton, an Independent Researcher, on 24th March 2022 at 3:00 PM.

About the Speaker: Samuel Halton is an independent researcher based in Istanbul, Turkey. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Middle East Studies from the University of California (UCD) and an M.A. in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of London- School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Samuel’s research focuses on the history of conflict, nationalism, and migration in the borderlands of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Samuel spent almost two years working in Iraqi Kurdistan and previously worked as a conflict observer in the Palestinian territories. In 2019 he was a research assistant at the Middle East Institutes Turkish Studies Department in Washington D.C.

About the Webinar: Turkey is a country at the crossroads of Europe, The Caucasus, and the Middle East and controls the strategically important Bosporus strait. The war in Ukraine will not only affect Europe but will have an effect on the whole of Eurasia. Turkey’s geography gives it options, but it also means it has to find a difficult balance in a precarious area. Though Turkey has been known to negotiate with its northern neighbor Turkey is historically at odds with Russia, and despite strained relations with the West, Turkey remains a NATO member. A regional power, Turkey, has had to make agreements with Russia in order to retain control over the land it occupies in northern Syria. While at odds with Russia, Turkey is also a major importer of Russian gas and, in 2017, an importer of the S-400 Russian weapon system. Conversely, Turkey remains on the opposite side of Russia in Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Ukraine, where they have been providing drones and military training to the Ukrainians in their war against Russia. What does the Ukrainian conflict mean, and how will it affect Turkish-Russian relations and the wider region?