Clubs and Societies at AURO University
Aadhar
The AADHAR club of AURO UNIVERSITY is a humble initiative of the students and faculties of this university to pay back to the environment and society at large. We can never be cleared off from the debt that nature and environment has accredited to us for zillions of years. However, we can do our bit by lending a hand to the less privileged among us so that they can at the least empower themselves to become good human beings. And good human beings will surely bring peace into this world. Also we aim at combining the idea of social work.
The club aims to rope in interested people who want to lend their hands for the less privileged by a series of fund raising activities and events. Our mission is to convey to the people that “AURO CARES” for everyone.
Art and Design
The Art Club aims to express and explore art in it many creative forms. The art club aims to bring out the inner creativity in every individual. Providing them with a comfortable environment to free themselves and express themselves without being criticised or judged. We aim to achieve the vision by organising various activities and workshops.
- Art Exhibition
- Art Gallery
- Workshops
- Guest Artists
- Creating art work and models for social cause
- Art competitions
- T-shirt, logo and tagline competition
- Collaborating with other college events for decoration and in their creative department
Dance
Our club is to imbibe dance as a tradition in Auro University. The dance club at Auro University is designed to bring out the hidden dance talents of its students, be it a dancer or a non-dancer. Through this club the committee wants to create a chain of network amongst students where bonds are created through dance.
This club will help students form their own image in college and help them shine bright amongst fellow students. Also, students will be able to develop work ethics and discipline that will not only be associated with dance but with general life skills so that they are nourished in body, mind and spirit.
The objectives to be accomplished by the formation of the club activities would be aimed as follows:-
- To provide opportunities to AUROites to express themselves through Dance to help them build confidence, co-operation and creativity.
- To provide dance-training to all members from Indian classical to International and at all levels from Beginner to Proficient.
- To help each member in preparation of Intra and Inter-University concerts, competitions and performance opportunities
Digital Builders
Our clubs binary code is to promote knowledge of Information Technology throughout social events, workshops, organize training skills and finally to help the student’s community at AURO University, Surat by providing free services in the Information Technology field.
The IT Club shall use ways and means to expand and enrich the knowledge among not only its members but also to all students who are interested in the innovations in information technology. During their Process of becoming Learners to Leaders they will acquire specific values such as:
- Academic integrity and accountability.
- Respect and tolerance for the views of every individual.
- Attention to issues of national relevance as well as of global concern.
- Breadth of understanding, including knowledge of the human sciences.
- Appreciation of intellectual excellence and creativity.
- An unfettered spirit of exploration, rationality and enterprise.
Dramatics
The drama club at Auro University is designed to expose students and bring out their inner potential towards professional drama and theatre in various forms to celebrate and record the achievements of our current students and follow our alumni who would go on the study and work in the performing arts.
The mission and objectives to be accomplished by the formation of the club activities would be aimed as follows:-
- To demonstrate proficiency in oral communication.
- To gain proficiency in various areas of preforming arts.
- To revive a long-standing tradition of theatre.
- To educate through original, character centred dramatic storytelling.
In order to achieve the mentioned objectives the club would organize a wide range of innovative activities that will step beyond the boundaries of traditional education
Music
Student life is a large part of any college experience. Apart from academics, a sense of entertainment is central to colleges and student DEVELOPEMENT. Music Clubs are very prevalent in colleges and are fast becoming a popular co-curricular activity. Music education can play a vital role in the development of the whole child and their scholastic journey.
The Club’s Vision is: “Music being the epithet of intellect, discipline, emotion and expression”
The Club’s Mission is: “Producing musical maestros of tomorrow”
- To attain efficiency in learning music.
- Creating a platform for everyone who's interested and talented.
- To inculcate the essence of teamwork when being part of a music ensemble
- To promote stage confidence.
Photography
Agenda:
- To spread the knowledge and fun of the ART.
- To encourage the photography enthusiasts and/to share the knowledge and experience.
- Field trips to various parts of Surat City to learn and try a hand on various forms and genres of photography.
- Talk shows featuring well renowned photographers.
- Monthly Contests.
- Features in the college magazine and many more.
Psychology – Psynergy
Purpose Statement:
Psynergy is a student-led club that seeks to provide a setting for open discussion of current and past psychological ideas and themes, to host campus wide events to promote psychological knowledge.
We are a club dedicated to the enrichment of knowledge in psychology and related fields and to increased awareness of psychological applications and endeavors in everyday life.
The club will serve the following objectives:
- To provide a platform where AURO students can discuss/seek solution to/provide help for psychological issues related to their day to day life.
- Can understand/know/comprehend applied aspect of psychology through games/experiments/activities etc.
- Can promote/participate in Research in the field of psychology.
- To make the people acknowledged with experts and perform experiments/activities with them and learn at a professional level.
Sports and Adventure
Student life is a large part of any college experience. Apart from academics, a sense of community and entertainment is central to colleges and student retention. Athletic programs also provide non-tangible benefits such as health and wellness promotion for all students. The national and international exposure and visibility gained from a successful athletic department provides huge benefits to colleges.
The vision and mission of AURO SPORTS CLUB is to support college sports with keeping following factors in mind:
1. Stress relief – College students are experiencing a time of their lives when they need to blow off steam. They have what seems at times to be boundless energy, and they need to channel it somewhere. They also require outlets to help them relieve stress. Athletics and physical-fitness activities in general can provide effective ways to channel energy and relieve anxiety. And such activities are certainly better alternatives than drug and alcohol use.
2. Alumni loyalty and involvement – Every college and university wants to build a loyal and involved alumni base that can serve the institution in many ways. One of the most effective routes is to provide opportunities for alumni to serve as advocates and ambassadors, helping create a positive reputation. College athletics tend to keep alumni tied to and involved in the college. An important by product of these connections is the ability of alumni to hire graduates and otherwise assist them as they navigate through their careers.
3. Branding – The quality of an institution’s brand helps determine the kind of students and faculty a college can attract; the resources that can accrue to it; and the general reputation it experiences in the community, state, country—and even the world.
Jus Gentium
Jus Gentium is a club that aims to empower a person as an individual and enhance his personality as a whole. It focuses on providing the best skills required for a person to be a better lawyer. The club organises a wide range of activities, events and guest seminars that are developed in a manner that allows the participant to create a balance between their Emotional Quotient, Intelligence Quotient and Spiritual Quotient. Therefore, in a nutshell the aim of the club is to enrich and empower the individual by the medium of its events and activities
Auro Litigious Club
The AURO Litigiousus Committee, constituted in 2014, is the mooting society of Auro University.
The agenda/aim behind constituting ALC was to bring in a primary body which would encourage, conduct and smoothen the mooting process in the university. To help students moot better, ALC conducts workshops and seminars to facilitate and enhance the research abilities, cognitive as well as analytical capabilities of our law students. It promotes Clinical education, learning through experience, so that students can gain the imperative for education to prepare themselves for the cut-throat competition of the 21st century.
6th AURO National Moot Court Competition 2020
The 6th AURO National Moot Court Competition which is the flagship event of the School of Law, AURO University held annually by the Moot Court Committee – AURO Litigiosus Committee (ALC) was held from Friday, 28th February to Sunday, 1st March, 2020.
The moot problem for the 6th edition of the AURO National Moot Court Competition 2020 was based on “Regulation of Autonomous Vehicles in India” posing an intersection of several fields of commercial laws including technology law and policy, motor vehicle law and practice, data protection and consumer protection laws.
The Inaugural Ceremony on 28th February, 2020 was graced by the presence of Dr. Subramanian Swamy, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha and Former Law & Commerce Minister who interacted with the students and faculties and spoke on the need to have laws progress with the pace of advancing technologies.
The 6th AURO National Moot Court Competition witnessed participation from 23 teams across the country including participation from three national law universities. The Competition was divided into two preliminary rounds wherein the teams would have to argue from sides of both the appellant and respondent and top 8 teams would qualify for the quarter finals rounds. Top 4 teams from the quarter finals rounds advanced to semi-final rounds and top 2 teams from the semi-final rounds would then advance to the final rounds held on 1st March, 2020 at the Moot Court of AURO University. The Researcher’s Test was organized on 28th February, 2020 which tested the participants about the nitty-gritties of the laws involved in the moot problem.
This year we had 28 judges from across India who are academicians and practitioners before various forums including the Supreme Court of India, various state High Courts, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal and Consumer Forums in the field of data protection and data management, motor vehicles practice, consumer law and policy and constitutional praxis. The semi-final rounds were judged by a 3-judge bench comprising of Ms. Ruchita Chakraborty, Professor- Delhi University, Mr. Arunabha Chakraborty, Professor- NLU Jodhpur, Ms. Ritu Soni, Partner- Chir Amrit, LLP and Mr. Jeet Bhatt, Miss Vidhi Bhatt- Advocates, High Court of Gujarat and Mr. Vikrant Parashurami- Advocate, High Court of Bombay.
The final rounds were judged by a 5-judge bench. The bench for the final round consisted of Mr. Tejas Karia, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., Mr. Soumen Vidyarthi, Advocate, Bombay High Court, Mr. Asim Vidyarthi, Advocate, Bombay High Court, Mr. Raghavindra Gupta, Senior Associate, Wadia Ghandy & Co. and Mr. Ieshan Sinha, Senior Associate, Wadia Ghandy & Co.
The Winners of the Competition were School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore. The Runner-Up and Best Researcher were RMLNLU, Lucknow. Best Memorial went to School of Excellence, Chennai and Best Mooter to NLIU, Bhopal. All the winners were awarded with a trophy, cash prize and merit certificates.
For the 6th edition, we saw support from various financial sponsors including Student Startup & Innovation Policy (SSIP), Government of Gujarat, Union Bank of India, SmartInfosys.Net, EBC/SCC Online, Advocate Hemant Desai and Advocate Pradeep Jariwala.
The event was covered live by Times of India, Sandesh Newspaper and EBC/SCC Online.
7th AURO National Moot Court Competition 2021
The 7th edition of the AURO National Moot Court Competition 2020 organized in association with Competition Commission of India was based on the theme of “Anti-competitiveness of Blockchain Technology and competition regulation of personal and non-personal data”. The theme was inspired by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology report on Non-personal Data regulation under the chairmanship of Mr. Kris Gopala Krishnan, and its intersection with personal data protection bill, 2019 and conflicting judgments passed by the completion regulators worldwide.
This year the event was held for three days from 02nd April to 04th March, 2021 which witnessed participation from 18 teams across the country including participation from five national law universities. The Inaugural Ceremony was graced by the presence of Prof Thibault Schrepel’s, Assistant Professor Antitrust Utrecht and Faculty Affiliate at Stanford on 2nd April, 2021 who gave his insights on the subjects of Anticompetitive and procompetitive effects of blockchain technology on competition law.
The Competition was divided into two preliminary rounds wherein the teams would have to argue from sides of both the appellant and respondent and top 8 teams would qualify for the quarter finals rounds. Top 4 teams from the quarter finals rounds advanced to semifinal rounds and top 2 teams from the semi-final rounds would then advance to the final rounds held on 04th of April, 2021 through the Zoom Application. The Researcher’s Test was organized on 02nd April, 2021 which tested the participants about the nitty-gritties of the laws involved in the moot problem.
This year we had 37 judges from across India who are academicians, policy regulator and practitioners before various forums including the Supreme Court of India, various state High Courts and Competition Commission of India in the field of data protection and data management. The semi-final rounds were judged by a 3-judge bench and the final rounds were judged by a 3-judge bench. The bench for the final round consisted of Mr. Rahul Singh, Partner, Khaitan & Co., Mr. Karan Singh Chandiok, Partner, Chandiok & Mahajan, and Mr. Ved Prakash Mishra from Competition Commission of India.
