Maithry Timeline

2005-06

President              A. Shanil

Secretary               Aparna John 

              

The first Onam celebration of Maithry was inaugurated by Michael Vetha Shiromoni , Kerala House Resident Commissioner and Dr.Amarander Kumar Dubey IAS ,DU Registrar 

      

Cultural events like Mohaniyattam (Swapna), Bharata natyam (Children of University staff),Thiruvadira Kalli (Vasanti Sasidharan and party),poem recitation (Manoj Joseph) , group dance (Saumini S. Pillai and party),Ona pattu(Shiva Prasad and group from faculty of Music), Mono acting(Vinny Ponath) and two mime shows were conducted. But Onam lunch following the cultural events was the show stopper.

 In the later part of the year , we celebrated Ifthar and Christmas without missing the warmth of  our home. An informal talk session with Sachidanadan, Vayalar award winning poet happened at Bhuddha vattika was the concluding event of the year.

2006-07

    President              Thathagathan

A session with C R Neelakandan renowned environmentalist and critic was one of the most memorable events of the year. Maithry’s show on Koodiayatam  and kathakali  using LCD projector was also a crowd puller.

               

Onam celebration of the year 2006-2007 was held at DSSW Hall on September 10^th.  In the auspicious presence of Dr. K. P. Kannan , Member of National Commission For Enterprises In Unorganized  Sector and Dr.Amarander Kumar Dubey IAS ,DU Registrar, we celebrated Onam with cultural events and Onam lunch

2007-08

President              P. T. Thufail

Vice-president       Asif

Secretary                 Soumini S. Pillai

Joint –Secretary    Gayathry Devi

Treasurer              Neenu Suresh

 Onam celebrations of the year 2007-08 happened at DSSW hall inaugurated by the then principal adviser to PM- T.K. Nair, V.N. Rajsekharan Pillai, IGNOU Vice-Chancellor , N.K. Dubey, Delhi University Registrar. The program cherished the presence of other dignitaries like Valson Thampu ,Principal of St Stephen’s College, Prof. Omcheri, N. N. Pillai and Dr. Leela Omcheri.

             

 Cultural events like Mohaniyattam, Kolkalli,Thiruvathara Kalli , Veena-poolam kuzhal playing added all colours to the event . The ona pattu performed by students in group enliven the lasting tangents of a dying culture.

               

 ‘Vishwavidayalaya’ – a short movie was one of the first cultural creative production of maithry. Rather it was an idea that took birth among maithry members which became a movie under the direction of P. V. Nazer and it was screened during Onam celebration.

2008-09

President               Prashanth.G.Pai

Vice-president       Aseem E. Ismail

Secretary                  K. Shaheen

Joint –secretary     Vijay R Pai , Keerthy

Treasurer              Mohammed Niyaz

        

 Onam celebration of 2008-09 was held at Shankar lal Concert Hall on September 20^th . T K A Nair ( Principal Secretary to PM of India ), Shyam B Menon ( VC Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University) , Dr. A.K. Dubey IAS( Registar DU) ,Prof. Akavoor Narayanan (Retd. Malayalam Lecturer ,DU) I B Rani IPS( Additional DCP , New Delhi) , Rajesh S Kumar IFS (Deputy Conservator of Forest) formed the honored guest list

2009-10

President              Jaffer Ali

Secretary                  Vijay R.Pai

         

Onam Celebrations happened at DSSW Hall with various cultural event spirited by games and sumptuous onam feast. 

2010-11

President          Unnikrishna Das(Kirori Mal College ’12)

Vice President   Anuroop Sunny(St.Stephen’s College’13)

Secretary          Abel Thomas (St. Stephen’s College ’11)

 Joint Secratary  Geetanjali Gopakumar(Miranda House ’13)

Iftar Celebrated

Though we had a small number of members who observed fast, the function was held in great spirit and fervor. Shamseer gave a small speech on "Ramadan fasting" and the philosophy behind it.

Malayalam Film Festival

Maithry organized its first annual malayalam film festival- Nostalgia. It was held on Febraury 14 -18 at the Art faculty Activity Centre Award winning Malyalam movies like  Kutty Shrank, Vanaprastham, Kerala Cafe and Gulmohar were screened with subtitles. It was a grant success with the huge presence of movie buffs from Delhi University .

2011-12

President         Lithin Thomas(Faculty of Law’12)

Vice President  Jenny S (Lady Shri Ram College for Women’12)

Secretary          PriyaLekha (Dept. of MIL, Research Scholar)  

Joint Secretary Christy Alex Varghese (St.Stephen’s College’14)    

P.R.O                 Anuroop Sunny(St.Stephen's College'13)