Bachelor of Arts in Geography

Complete matrix of which Parul University programmes access which Lakshya 2047 labs across all 13 major programme groups, with primary and secondary lab access detailed for Engineering, Design, Architecture, Medicine, Nursing, Psychology, Pharmacy, Sciences, Management, Commerce, Agriculture, Arts.

Campus safety is always a point of concern for international students that students and their families ask. And the two international students from Uzbekistan and Malaysia answered this question directly. This article presents their testimony of the students.

Parul Institute of Design’s students met Rochelle Pinto, head of editorial content at Vogue India in Mumbai. Her exclusive session covered how fashion journalism works at all levels; she even spoke about her reading habits, parental influence, vocabulary, ethics, fashion journalism, and emotional resilience, which are required to survive cancel culture and instant feedback. How one can lead a creative team in sync with the Indian Design Imagination and by ending Western validation. She suggested students read core dictionaries and use AI limitlessly, read thoroughly and carve their craft accordingly!

At VFDF 4.0 on 11 April 2026, Belure Innovations CDO Neeraj Shah told PID students design thinking is a framework for non-designers. Designers need something deeper: continuous thinking. He explained why the brain is a small-world network, why confusion during the creative process is a sign of growth, and why same-brain students produce different work.

At VFDF 4.0 on 9 April 2026, the New York Indian Film Festival director and biographer of Irrfan Khan, Shashi Kapoor, and Priyanka Chopra told PID students his career began when he found an arts editor’s email during an Om Puri screening. He explained why star ratings are not reviews, why critics matter more than ever for small films, and why every book he wrote required months of persistence.

At VFDF 4.0 on 9 April 2026, two filmmakers with over three decades of independent cinema between them sat with Aseem Chhabra. Sudhir Mishra on why major Bollywood stars won’t play his flawed protagonists. Rajat Kapoor on crowdfunding Raghu Romeo by email in 2002, probably India’s first crowd-funded feature film.

VFDF as known as Vadodara Film & Design Festival 4.0 was recognized by top creative brains, nationally & internationally. On 8th April 2026, filmmaker Pan Nalin visited PID and walked students through the major financial sacrifice behind Chello Show, followed by India’s entry to the 95th Academy Awards. His thesis comprises of the future belongs to storytellers, not technology. A proof – a house sold, an Iranian shoot relocated to Chile, and a film made about melted reels that found its audience in Japan before India!

IAS Nidhi Chaudhry: UPSC after caesarean, RBI and CAG before IAS, IGP sister, JK Rowling and KFC references, sex education article pinned on notice boards, does not eat after sunset, Zimbabwe student, KBC finalist in the room. Dr Ujwala Chakradeo spoke on breathing techniques and Vikram Poddar explained Naruto framework, Ramayana Investment Banker, 60 comedians in 2009, mind mapping, three layers, arrange marriage. Saurabh Bajaj: physicist to author and Diya Sen Gupta: Cubbon Reads inspiration.

Shrishti Behl: Netflix 35+ films, Phantom Films (Anurag Kashyap, Masaan, Queen would be digital today), pirated GoT, Dunki vs spectacle, Tumbbad rerelease, Reed Hastings, Gujarati cinema under-highlighted, The Pivot podcast, favourite film one I have not made yet. Amit Rai: Ulhasnagar 5-hour commute, earth on tulsi leaf for a sadhu, tea boy reading camera frames, Kung Fu Panda mirror, Kishore Kumar, IPS couple, Bimal Roy son, Gullak S4 clapper boy, stories found me. Makarand Deshpande: barood, bhavnaon ka tanaav. NMIC: Lumiere to AR/VR.

Jaico Publishing: blind submission, 6-8 months, AIDA marketing, Yudhishthira character introduction, aisle manager is the most important person, five-star hotel vs motel. CNN News18: Marathi medium to English journalism, All India Radio, does not scream on screen, Barkha Dutt Kargil inspiration, news in contradiction. Boathouse Media: Rs 7,000 to Rs 75 lakh, Racold uncle with blowtorches, HDFC pencil box orange, content-to-media 1:5. Ritu Kapoor: journalism homogenisation and AI.

Shiv Tandan: 300+ songs, Clicking Together (Davis Peace Award), Fistful of Rupees (4 actors, Singapore festival), The Chattan (Indian superheroes with useless powers). Karina Pandya: 7 careers before author, 5 AM daily, writing is forgiving. Dr Radhakrishnan Pillai: 24 books, 6 formats (butter-dosa), Rumi is world’s bestselling poet, Sachin Tendulkar comparison, 45 Arthashastra versions, Kerala teacher.

Writers Tour 2026. 19-22 February. Parul University students from psychology, journalism, law, literature, pharmacy, and computer science met a Netflix India film head, a CNN News18 editor, an IAS officer at NGMA, Jaico Publishing’s editorial team, SNDT’s Vice Chancellor, a 24-book author at Indian Merchants’ Chamber, a standup comedian who writes financial humor, ad filmmakers, and Makarand Deshpande at Prithvi Theatre.

Eleven sessions. Eleven programme mappings. If Dr Anuj Kumar Varshney’s DRDO session inspired you, the course is B.Tech ECE or M.Sc Physics. If Saina Nehwal’s discipline appeals, look at B.PEd or Sports Scholarship.

Dr. Al Ryanne Gatcho (Hunan IST, China) taught 3 creative writing sessions at Parul University: story structure, publishing strategy, student story reviews. Mountain metaphor, Alice Munro, Ichigo Ichie.

PU recently hosted the 3rd AIU International Youth Festival 2024-25, an event that brought together the vibrant energy of youth and the richness of global cultures and the power of unity in diversity. Marking the centennial celebrations of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), the festival is an ode to the legacy of AIU in fostering academic excellence and cultural collaboration across the globe.