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MIRROR — A NEWSLETTER APRIL 2019
LIBRARY & INFORMATION CENTER Volume 1, Issue 1
KV NTPC DIBIYAPUR

OUR PATRON PARIKSHA PE CHARCHA : PM MODI and their teachers for selecting

Sh AJAY PANT, DC all those who will interact with

Sh TP GAUR, AC Prime Minister, Shri Naren- start at 11.00am tomorrow. the Prime Minister this year.
dra Modi will be interacting The event which will be tele-
with a cross section of Stu- cast live on Doordarshan and
dents, Teachers and Parents will be carried live by other
from India and abroad inan TV Channels also. The par-
expanded edition - Pariksha ticipants have arrived in the
Pe Charcha 2.0 at Talkatora capital from various States/
Stadium, New Delhi tomor- UTsfrom all across the coun-
row. A lot of excitement try. This year, college stu-
and enthusiasm is being seen dents from 24 States/UTs will
among the students, teachers also be participating in the
and parents to not only partic- programme. A total of 2000
ipate in the unique event but students, teachers and parents
also to receive valuable tips will take part at Talkatora
from the Prime Minister who Stadium from all over India
is keen to ensure that the stu-
in Pariksha Pe Charcha 2.0.

dents take exams in a relaxed

atmosphere and donot come An online competition was

under stress to ensure better organized from 7th January to
results in the long run.
17th January, 2019, for stu-

Mrs SNEH LATA, PRINCIPAL All arrangements are in place dents of classes 9 to 12, grad-
for the successful conduct of uate and undergraduate col-
EDITOR the programme which will lege students, their parents
PIC
BOOK REVIEW

Inside this issue: For all the simplicity of its setup, Milkman is a richly complex
THINKING DAY 2 portrayal of a besieged community and its traumatized citizens,
of lives lived within many concentric circles of oppression ...
EXAM STRESS 2 Among Burns’ singular strengths as a writer is her ability to ad-
dress the topics of trauma and tyranny with a playfulness that
LIBRARY SERVICES 3 somehow never diminishes the sense of her absolute serious-
ness ... The book’s long sentences, its penchant for the exhaus-
CAREER 3 tive, can at times be challenging, and there were stretches EDITORIAL BOARD
where I found its uncanny energies stagnated for too long. But it
ONLINE REPOSITORY 4 also seems clear to me that these insistent strategies are in ser- 1 Aman Kumar, Editor
vice of the book’s mood of total claustrophobia, and that they 2. Shraddha, compiler
PHOTO GALLERY 4 contribute to, rather than diminish, its overall effectiveness ... 3. Vijay Kumar, Photos
New Arrivals 4 There is a pulsating menace at the heart of the book, of which 4. Shyam Singh, Coordina-
the title character is an uncannily indeterminate avatar, but also
a deep sadness at the human cost of conflict ... For all the dark-
ness of the world it illuminates, Milkman is as strange and varie-
gated and brilliant as a northern sunset. You just have to turn
your face toward it, and give it your full attention.

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CHINTAN DIWAS

“There are World Thinking Day, selected a focus country founder Lord Robert Ba-
formerly Thinking Day, is from each of their five den-Powell and of Lady
many little celebrated annually on 22 world regions. Girl Guides Olave Baden-Powell, his
February by all Scouts and Girl Scouts use these wife and World Chief
ways to enlarge and Guides . It is a day as an opportunity to study
when they think about and appreciate other ALL FAITH PRAYER
your child’s their "sisters" (and countries and cultures,
"brothers") in all the coun- and equally increase
world. Love of tries of the world, the awareness and sensitivity
meaning of Guiding, and on global concerns. Do-
books is the its global impact. nations are collected for
the Thinking Day Fund
best of all.” Most recently, World As- which supports projects
sociation of Girl Guides to help Girl Guides and
and Girl Scouts has se- Scouts around the world.
lected an important inter-
national issue as the 22 February was chosen
theme for each year's
World Thinking Day, and as it was the birthday of

Scouting and Guiding

“There are Exam stress
worse crimes
than burning Exam stress is a feeling of and exam preparation and Learn to make „mind maps‟.
books. One of pressure that many young
them is not people feel coming up to study seems impossible. Use them to collect ide-
reading them.” exam time. It usually oc-
curs during the revision MANAGING EXAM STRESS as and summarise
period before exams and
immediately before the thoughts, and use bright
exams.
If you're experiencing ex- colours to help remem-
Stress is defined as an am stress, it's important to ber important links.
individual's response to try to remind yourself that - Make a clear plan of what
pressure. A small amount this is only a small part of you want to cover in each
of pressure can be useful your life (even though it study period. Break it down
to keep you focused during might not feel like it at the into small tasks and work on
exam time. However, for time). It won't last forever. one task at a time.
some students, when they
experience too much pres- STUDY IDEAS - Take regular short breaks
sure for a long period of
time, it becomes stressful It's never too late to set up of about 5 minutes to have a
good study and revision drink or something to eat.

habits. - Ask for help sometimes. It

- Have an uncluttered may be useful to have
space to work with ready someone hear you summa-
access to any materials rise points or to practise an
oral presentation.
you need.

- Find out exactly what the

exam involves, are there

past exam papers you can

look at to help you under-

stand what to expect?

- Ask your teacher if you‟re

unsure of what to expect or

what will be tested.

Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 3

CAREER AFTER 10+2 opt. Here, we are listing many
courses which a science stu-
Choosing a right career is as important switch to commerce stream? Or you dent can choose after passing
as choosing a correct life partner. If the may not want to choose an education their 12th standard.
work you are choosing does not match field and looking for some creative and
your interest, you will never be able to enthusiastic career.
satisfy with your life and of course in just
an age of 16-17, choosing a right career Science students generally ask which
on which your rest of life will depend is are the best courses available after 12th
not an easy task. science with Biology or with Mathemat-
ics. Most of the students who are having
First of all Congratulations! to all stu- Mathematics in 12th standard, they ask
dents for the exceptional performance questions about the courses available
which can be seen in their class 12th other than engineering. Here you can
result. Now, there might be a lot of ques- check the career counselling material
tions running into your mind. Like should which will clear all of your doubts related
I go for B.com, and start some profes- to science stream.
sional course with it like CA, CS, CMA
or enroll for BBA and later follow it with Science students are generally familiar
MBA. And if you are a student from Sci- with the courses
ence stream (PCM) then you might be like MBBS, BDS and B.Tech. Apart from
thinking like Does Engineering is the these courses, there are many other
only option we can go with or should I courses which a science student can

LIST OF CAREERS

Accessory Designer Anthropologist
Accountant Archaeologist/ Historian
Actor Architect
Actuary Army Officer
Advertising Executive Astronauts
Astronomer
Aerobic Instructor Auctioneer
Aeronautical Engineer Audio Recording Engineers
Aerospace Engineer
Agricultural Engineer Automotive Designer
Agricultural Scientist Ayurvedic Doctor
Air Force Officer Baker
Air Hostess Banker
Air Traffic Control Officer Banking Ombudsman
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Bartender
Animal Trainer
Animation

LIBRARY SERVICES

9. Story Telling

1. Book Review should organise Green Day on * Book exhibition should be or- • It’s and excellent way to engage
• Students should be told to write the very first day of academic
the review of the books they read. session. Students should be moti- ganised in the library regularly on young students and introduce
The best reviews may be read vated to gift their books to the
during morning assembly on a students of next batch. special occasions them to the pleasure of reading.
prescribed day. 4. Quiz Competition
2. Clipping File Preparation • Quiz competition may be orga- 7. Book Week celebration 10. Debate on renowned charac-
• Groups of students can be made nized time to time. Quiz may in-
for collecting a specific infor- clude GK quiz, book quiz, quiz on • The week-long event is an annu- ters
mation from news papers, maga- eminent personalities etc.
zines and from any other re- 5. Book Fair al celebration of books written for • Such types of activities inspire
sources to prepare clipping file. • Book Fair should be organised
3. Green Day Celebration by any external agency like NBT, young people, and hopes to in- the young students to read about
*To promote reduce, reuse and CBT, local book vendor etc
recycle theory, every Library 6. Book Exhibition spire a love of reading. Schools, the characters.

libraries, and communities across 11. Best Reader Award

the country host numerous events • The best reader award may be

and activities that connect readers announced on Annual function

with books and celebrate the joy every year which will inspire the

of reading. other students to become a good

8. DEAR day celebration reader.

• Drop Everything And Read 12. Birthday celebration of re-

e RESOURCES

E-resources

Electronic resources (or e-resources) are materials in Important e-resources for school students and
digital format that can be accessed on an electronic teachers

device such as a computer, mobile phone etc. these https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/

are published resources in electronic version/format http://epathshala.nic.in/
such as encyclopedias, pamphlets, e-books, e-
http://cbseacademic.nic.in/
journals etc.

• E-resources provide access to literally thousands of http://www.ebasta.in/

books, magazines and newspapers far more than the http://www.ncert.nic.in/NCERTS/textbook/

library could possibly make available in paper format. http://www.scholasticworld.in/

Types of e-resources http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
https://byjus.com/
• E-Books (example- www.digitalbookindex.com) https://www.goodreads.com/
• E-Journals (example- journal of zoology) www.onlinegktest.in/
• E-Zine (example-www.indiatoday.com)
• E-Thesis and dissertation(example- shodhganga)
• E-News Papers(example-epaper.thehindu.com)
• E-Reference books(example- www.britannica.com)
• CD-ROMs related to various topics.
• Data bases.(example- database of a library)

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PREPARED BY—READER’S KV NTPC DIBIYAPUR