Music, Theatre, Dance and the Visual Arts are areas that each student needs access to as part of an educational programme. It is this component of education that in retrospect in the future brings so much joy and a sense of accomplishment. It is the opportunity to blend creativity with facts that makes the learning experience truly real, alive and tangible. In order for this creativity to be fostered and to find for itself an outlet, we have myriad Clubs and Associations for the students to be a part of. Christ PU College promotes the overall development of a student and thus encourages students in joining various activities conducted throughout the academic year. The college actively participates in inter-collegiate fests across the colleges in the city of Bangalore. Sports activities and National Cadet Corps(NCC) are also a big part of the college.
The objective of the office is to work for the welfare of the student community. It provides a common platform for students to exhibit their talents, skills and exchange ideas with like-minded people. The SWO is involved in hosting a gamut of activities throughout the academic year. Under the aegis of SWO, both I and II PU classes participate in a cultural performance that showcases students' talents. This prestigious association aims at overall development of students in all areas of their two-year college life by providing the students with workshops and talks on various topics.
A beginning where there is no end – that’s what the commerce association is all about. This association aims at giving students a platform to launch their talents and thereby make them feel confident to face the challenges ahead of them in their career. Students are actively involved in various competitions and organize events. The commerce association is at the core of all commerce related activities in the college.
The language association of Christ PU College is a platform for the students to exhibit their talents in poetry, creative writing, theatre, and other art and literary activities in the three-language group - Kannada, Hindi, and French. Students take part in various inter-college and intra-college competitions like page-to-stage, street theatre, proscenium, and many more.
The editorial board of Christ PU College consists of content creators, editors, photographers and designers. The board releases special editions of newsletters throughout the year and is also responsible for publishing the college magazine every year. The editorial board is the stepping stone for all those budding creators and editors to express their thoughts and views through print and digital media.
The Association of Christian Christites caters to the spiritual needs of the Christian students in Christ PU College. An annual retreat, prayer meetings along with leadership camp and development programmes are conducted by the association in its attempts at enabling students to lead a meaningful Christian life.
The Quiz club of Christ PU College, ‘Ques Tain’, is a locus which spurs its students to the summit and trounce its competitors. It is an ideal platform, where students are trained to organize various types of quizzes throughout the academic year.
The debating society organizes workshops for students and trains them about MUN and Model Parliament. Mock sessions are conducted by second year students for the first year students for both MUN and Model Parliament. This society helps in preparing students for inter collegiate MUNs and Model Parliament competitions.
The college choir comprises students from various disciplines who are united by a common passion for music. The college choir consists of students who enjoy singing a wide range of music styles. Through its repertoire, the choir adds melody to the college programs. The students are trained for singing on different occasions.
Metaphor the literary association of Christ PU College, has a two fold manifesto. The primary attempt is to ignite the students true love for reading and appreciating literature of all genres. Training happens to equip the students to master the skills of flawless writing for all seasons and purposes. Literary competitions await students all through the year.
The college offers training for both boys and girls under the Army wing of the National Cadet Corps in the campus. The training programme includes around twenty parades in a year on Saturday afternoons, training in drill, map reading, weapon training, social service, parasailing, horse riding, bike expedition and others.
The literary club of Christ PU College aims at developing the analytical and critical thinking of the students. The club promotes the knowledge of various cultures so that they accept the world’s variations and be broad-minded. Training is given to the students for the events (MC) and also arranges literary workshops for students.
Centre for Social Action(CSA) aims at nurturing budding minds and hearts towards social sensitization. It is a student movement aiming for a humane and just society with women and children as their focus. Various activities like rural exposure camps, publications, street plays, and child sponsorship are conducted by the Centre for Social Action.
The Eco club is a nurturing ground for young environmentalists and aims to create awareness about the conservation of nature. The club plays a vital role in sensitizing students about various environmental issues.
"Play is the only way the highest intelligence of man can unfold '', said Joseph Chilton Pearce. To unleash this intelligence that is dormant in our students, we support and motivate them to participate in the various sport activities at college. We have separate courts for basketball, volleyball, football and hockey. We also have a cricket pitch for cricket buffs and facilities for throwball as well. Selections for the college team are held at the beginning of the academic year. Special coaching camps are held for major sports like football, basketball, volleyball, hockey, cricket and throw ball. Our students are encouraged to participate in inter-collegiate, state, national and international level competitions. The annual sports event held for two days provides students a platform to participate in march past during the inaugural ceremony. It also includes a host of sports events like athletics, shot-put and the like in which students compete and prove their talent. Magna Sports, our inter-collegiate sports fest is one of the many opportunities for exhibition of sportsmanship by our students.
The Student Development Office at Christ PU College coordinates all the activities of clubs and associations, organizes training programmes for participation in prestigious international and national competitions. It also conducts a few major events like the International Gateway Programmes of the college. It oversees the clubs and associations by streamlining their activities, facilitating the budget preparation for the entire year, increasing the effectiveness of their activities by fostering continuous dialogue between different stakeholders to space out their activities adequately to maximize participation, conducting major events in which more than one club has stake, such as, the common inauguration and valedictory of all clubs apart from the stream clubs, continuous assessment to benchmark and improve processes in them and finally, facilitating the preparation of cumulative record, especially the special achievement segment of the same which records all the remarkable achievements of the students in a year. The Student Development Office is in charge of the international gateway programmes of the Indo-German Student Exchange Programme.
Attitude changes, an increasing self-consciousness, dissatisfaction with one's body image, peer pressure, identity crisis and the desire to belong are just some of the legions of issues that comprise growing pains. Adolescence is a transition phase of stress and storm and the Department of Counselling at Christ PU College tries its best to make this change a smooth experience.
Apart from going through the process of physical and mental growth, students often face challenges from various sources, be it from home or the world at large. We, at Christ PU College understand that this period of their life is one that requires a great deal of positive reinforcement and unconditional care. Our counsellors ensure support and guidance in an environment of comfort and confidentiality, where students can talk freely about their concerns, difficulties, thoughts and feelings. Through the personal counselling offered here, we aim to enable students to balance all the spheres of their life and achieve academic excellence and develop a positive personality. At Christ PU College, the role of a Counsellor is to motivate and empower students by promoting the development of highly effective and adaptive behaviour.
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We also conduct awareness programmes for parents on guiding tips for good parenting as well as workshops on motivation.
The Editorial Board of Christ PU College every year comes up with two editions of the college newsletter “Xpressions”, one edition of book & movie review “Exponere” and two editions of the language newsletter “Vartavaran”. In addition to the newsletters, the college proudly releases the annual magazine “Epitome” every year.