The Future Ai

Prem Ramayan by Atul Satya Koushik

Continuing its centenary celebrations, Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) commemorated Founder’s Day last week, celebrating the founder’s birth anniversary. The evening featured a play by alumnus Atul Satya Koushik at Shridhar Sriram Auditorium, followed by commemorative honors marking the milestone year.

Commemorative stamp issued by India Post to mark 100 years of SRCC

‘Heads turn when I say I’m SRCC graduate’Theater director Atul Satya Koushik, batch of 2006, brought his play Prem Ramayan to the stage with its emotionally charged performances and layered messaging. Narrating the play himself, he said, “This is a different kind of play, an attempt to present the hidden, small love stories in the Ramayan with a new perspective. I have read them sitting in the Xerox lawns here. All these stories and poems have been with me for the last 20 years, whatever little name I have earned today goes to this college.”

Atul Satya Koushik, batch of 2006

Talking about SRCC’s impact on his journey, he said, “I feel emotional today because 20 years ago I passed out from main iss college in 2006. I started doing theater in my teenage years. The dramatics club here is my main part in my teenage years. I must say, in my introduction, first of all I said that I’m a graduate from SRCC, heads did turn.”‘Started as a school with 12 students’The college also received a commemorative postal stamp, marking its centenary, issued by India Post along with a centenary medallion. Ajay S Shriram, chairman of SRCC’s governing body, reflected on the institution’s origins and founding vision, “Over a hundred years ago, on Basant Panchami in 1920, what began humbly in Daryaganj with 12 students and four teachers was driven by a simple yet powerful belief that education must serve society and that knowledge must be accompanied by character. That belief remains the enduring force behind SRCC even today.”

(L-R) Principal Simrit Kaur, president of the alumni association Girish Ahuja, retd Justice AK Sikri, chairman Ajay S. Shriram

‘Learning does not end with degrees’Speaking on guiding values ​​such as learning, leadership, relationships and values, Ajay S Shriram drew from the life of founder Shri Ram to underline their continued relevance. “SRCC itself was founded on the idea that learning must be continuous, relevant and purposeful, as Sir Shri Ram believed learning does not end with degrees,” he said.Simrit Kaur, principal of SRCC, said in her vote of thanks, “A song comes to my mind that sometimes this thought has come to me. Sometimes I will call my pal. It goes, ‘Every moment this thought has come to me that SRCC has been made for us. Those years ago I was sitting in the stars, SRCC has been made for us’.”

Prem Ramayan portrayed spiritual characters as deeply human, reinterpreting stories from a fresh lens