Our Salute

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We have reached the first milestone of this relaunched Health and Fitness (NSO) program and entered the mid-semester examination week. Attached are few pics picked up from a continuous shot of a video (6:30 - 7:00 sec. of Video 8) where the trainer salutes his officer at the end of a session. The officer too returns salute. So do we, the entire team of students and faculty associated with this program.

We would like to salute our trainer Corporal Josh, his officer Wing Commander Trilok Bandhu Gupta, entire team of Air Wing, NCC for the way they have come forward to serve our young students.

We salute our Director, Dean (UGS), Registrar, EAA Coordinator, President (Gymkhana), NCC Coordinator, ERP team, NSS lead members and larger campus community for their direct and indirect support to this program without which we would have missed this magnificent experience. It inspires us when in a social gathering, not only a faculty member but the family discuss if they can participate in this program meant for our students.

Triggered by suggestion of a student of this program (Link), we started video logging of segments of the exercise from second day. The fifth day's work out had an interesting warm up exercise! It was start up material for a martial art training. We have video of it (Video 6) which may help those who takes interest in this.

The third video (Video 7) shows why it is so much fun to work together, how to coordinate body and mind and be in synch with a large team. While we conduct this drill, it takes us beyond our individual self and immerse in an identity which is that of 800+ members in a team. The feeling may last for the period of exercise now, but we start getting that feel - what is like being in a disciplined team and working in coordination with each other.

Video 6, 7 and 8 and later few still images from day's work out:

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