GREEN BEANS

Green Beans is the KNC eco club. It works on creating awareness and sensitizing the students about issues concerning the environment and spearhead campaigns to protect the environment. Green Beans is proud of the fact that it sinds a place in the United Nations Environment Program. As members of this club, students also learn the symbolic, spiritual and cultural significance of each activity. The club organizes seminars, interactive session, the 'Best out of Waste' annual exhibition and creates awareness through workshops, and street plays. KNC was accepted as a major partner in TERI's Blog initiative for youth and the participation of KNC members was registered in the Eco Exhibition by the Environment Ministry.

CREATIVE WRITING SOCIETY

The English Creative Writing Society is a platform for the students to give expression to their creative talent. Students members are encouraged to write in both prose and verse forms through Inter-class competitions, workshops and discussions. Eminent poets, authors and journalists are invited for interactive sessions with students and faculty members of the society. Mind-Talk, the Inter-College-Creative-Writing Competition as part of the College-Festival Ullas, is an event that all members look-forward to. For the coming session the members of the society have chalked out a very fascinating and interesting programme of an Intimate Dialogue" between creative writing and other art forms.

Srijan - The Hindi Creative Writing Society is actively involved in organizing several literary activities at the Inter-Class and Inter-College levels, including debates. Well known literary personalities and media persons are invited to familiarize the student-members with various aspects of literary writings. Srijan provides ample opportunities to students writing in Hindi to put their creative spirit on paper. During the academic year 2005-06 the society plans to conduct a poetry-writing workshop on one of the current burning issue to encourage students to freely express their views.

WALLPAPER SOCIETY

This society creates awareness regarding current national and international issues through posters, articles, photographs captions etc and relates them to everyday experiences to make students socially responsible. It is also a forum for students to expand their cognizance beyond regular academic curriculum and give rent to their creativity. Students are exposed to thought provoking issues through the WallPaper and that makes a significant difference to their outlook and thinking. Each department has a notice board for a wall paper which is to be done by students of I, II & IIIrd year, term wise.

FINE ARTS & DECORATION SOCIETY

This society was established in the year 2002, it comprises of a team of talented students besides some faculty members in advisory capacity. This society helps young minds grow as they traverse the gamut of activities through the year at the inter -class as well as the inter -college levels. Some of these include Poster-making (often related to social issues), Card making, Cartoon making and T-shirt painting besides Rangoli Competitions. The Fine Arts Society plays a significant role during Ullas and annual day when they decorate the College brightly. They have an artist's corner in the new students activity centre where they can splash all the colors of life.

DANCE SOCIETY - NUPUR

Dance Society Nupur comprises - the Indian and Western Dance sub categories. The Society of Indian Classical and Folk dances exposes students to the rich cultural heritage of our country in one of the very graceful artistic performing art form. An annual event is held to search the talent amongst the students of the College in both categories. This Society together with the Indian music Society Sur Sadhna encourages students to exchange views and give joint performances. Nupur is also the inter-college event of this Society where besides solo performances in the classical category, the very popular and colourful group dances bring the folk dances of India to the fore in the College Campus. Workshops in Indian dance forms and lecture demonstration are on the anvil.

The WESTERN DANCE Section is comparatively new. The team has been on a winning spree since the year 2003 when it received great accolades for its performance at Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, and won a number of prizes. They rock with equal efficacy and grace to a variety of Indian and western numbers. Choreography is surely their forte.

MUSIC SOCITIES

The INDIAN MUSIC SOCIETY has been in existence since the inception of the College. Aptly called Sur Sadhana, this Society brings life to all aspects of college life. Be it a celebration, an inauguration, a competition or the annual college-day function, members of Sur-Sadhna keep alive the traditional forms of Indian music namely the classical Hindustani, Semi-Classical like Thumri, Dadra, Kajri etc, Light -Classical Bhajans, Ghazals and Geet and of course the folk songs from all corners of the country. Pop music is never far behind. Student members participate in many inter-college competitions and have been appreciated for their performance and talent several times.

The WESTERN MUSIC a popular society comprises of a talented band of eleven students. Even though the emphasis is on singing most members play various instruments. The team is comfortable with a range of numbers from Beatles to Celine Dion and even Dido. They have won a number of prizes at various inter-college competitions. They remain active with their practice and activities like talent hunt and inter college contests brimming with talent and enthusiasm, they echo their sentiments through music. From time to time interactions with established singers helps them to enhance their performance and absorbs the syntax of western music.

LAKSHYA

The DRAMATIC Society needs no introduction. It is known in Delhi University circles for pioneering street-theatre in colleges. The group has been specially invited by academic institution like AIIMS, DAIICT, JNU to perform at their festivals. From scripting to conceptualization the 25-member group does it all with great alacrity, efficiency and finer taking care of all technical aspects. The team has won many accolades in various competitions in as well as outside the city. Lakshya, through its street play performances has been very successful in influencing young impressionable minds by bringing fore many social evils that plague the society. The stage performances both in English and Hindi are not far behind because of the state of the art auditorium, which KNC can boast of.

DEBATING SOCIETY

The debating Society of KNC provides a forum for developing public speaking and debating skills among the students Debates are held in both English and Hindi. There is an enthusiastic response from students of all the three years and many of the post-graduate students also join in from time to time. Their skills are manifested in the recognition and prizes they have won during various inter-college festivals. Debates in Hindi & English are a significant event at the annual college festival Ullas.

WIDE ANGLE - FILM SOCIETY

The Wide Angle film Society was formed by a small group of film enthusiasts of KNC in 2005 and was inaugurated by noted film personality Ms.Nandita Das. The Society aims to promote creativity, imagination and build social awareness among the students through quality films. It organizes weekly screening of films in a variety of genres, followed by lively discussions. Occasionally special guests (directors/film personalities) are invited. In the coming session the Society plans to organize workshops, film festivals and other activities apart from the regular screenings.

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

The Alumni Association of KNC called Smriti comprises of a committed group of faculty members as well as members from amongst the non-teaching staff who themselves were part of KNC as students. A unique feature of the association is that retired faculty members of the College are special invitees on the annual felicitation day when fresh graduates receive their University degrees and other alumni members are guests for the day. A stage show is organized on this occasion and former students and staff members join the present faculty to take a journey down nostalgia lane. Together they plan and discuss activities for the coming year so that the Association grows with each passing day.

THE COUNSELING CENTER

The counseling center of KNC comprises expert faculty members of the Psychology Department . The center attempts to help students to convert their weakness into potential area thereby increasing their productivity and leading stress free balanced lives especially in the present hectic scenario of the 21st century. Students are free to approach the counselors with their individual problems for rational solutions.

WDC - WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Since the inception of W.D.C. in the College, it has made significant contributions to the cause of women. Kamala Nehru College stand for the empowerment of today's woman and continuous to exercise a strong influence on the personal, social cultural and economic upliftment of the life of the modern Indian woman. The W.D.C. aims at infusing positive energy in generations to come and taking affirmative action towards making each of us independent and capable of living life on our own terms. The Centre builds, promotes and facilitates sensitivity towards a woman's rights at every level besides organizing workshop around themes of changing gender rules, sexual harassment, assertiveness training and emerging patterns of identity. A monthly service of academic seminars and talks for increasing on various issues and a project focusing on old age and Indian women are planned for the coming session.