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8 2022 | Spectrum | Volume 15 Number 5

COP26: Unite for our planet

SUMISHA MOHAN

COP26, also known as The
UN Climate Change Conference
in Glasgow, was a 13-daylong
event that saw the massive
participation of over 120 world
leaders and 40,000 registered
Champions being champions! participants. The outcome of
A push towards victory COP26 was the Glasgow Climate
Pact which builds upon the
Paris Agreement and outlines
ANAMIKA TRIPATHI first prize under the leadership measures to accelerate action
and guidance of their coach R. on the global issue of climate
The sports domain of SRMIST Arivalahan. Not only did the team change. It developed through
never fails to make their mark participate in the State Level intense negotiations amongst A step towards a cleaner, brighter future
irrespective of the level of Senior Kabaddi Tournament, almost 200 countries and constant, for Nationally Determined Watson, Greta Thunberg, Vanessa
the competition as proven yet but also secured their place in in-person engagements spanning Contributions—shall aim to Nakate, Malala Yousafzai, Tori
again by SRM men’s kabaddi the finals by beating Annamalai two years - since when the event reduce carbon emissions by Tsui, Viviam Villafaña, Daphne
team, who won the state level University with the prodigious got postponed from 2020 due 45 per cent to reach net-zero Frias, Mya-Rose Craig, and
open tournament by defeating score of- 21 / 13. to the COVID-19 emergency. by 2025. Dominique Palmer together
Presidency College with a Amongst the numerous aspects agreed that collective, coalition-
clear knockout of - 12 / 0. The Unsurprisingly, it’s not the first on its agenda, the most notable Developed countries reaffirmed led leadership is most conducive
tournament was organized by time the men’s Kabaddi team has was that the COP26 addressed their pledge to provide developing to the intersectional thinking that
Namakkal District Kabaddi brought home the first prize in the tackling of coal and fossil countries with US$100 billion the climate challenge demands.
Association in Mick Daisan their field’s championship. The fuel subsidies - a first for a as climate finance. At the heart
brother’s kabaddi club, Namakkal team has, in the past, lifted up climate change conference - of all progressive action are The pressing issue of climate
from Oct. 24-30, 2021 the cup in the 68th Tamil Nadu making it a crucial step towards the people; panels featuring change is slowly permeating mass
Senior Kabaddi Tournament adopting clean energy resources. influential climate activists from consciousness that is imperative
Mostly composed of students held in Arani, Vellore. This is Nations vowed to limit emissions all over the world emphasized the to drive any constructive social
from first-year/second year indeed an applaudable effort in order to contain global importance of diverse sections of change. The COP26 was one
BSc/M.Sc in Physical Education, by the team and a truly proud warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. society taking collective action stride forward in this long
the team was able to bag the moment for all of SRMIST. Countries’ NDCs—which stands to combat climate change. Emma journey ahead!

SRM achiever’s connect, 2021 Is Empty Scrolling

SUVAM NAYAK Nova Systems and Mr Sarvagya Tripathi, the New Smoking?
co-founder of Miyuki Technologies.
The Directorate of Alumni Affairs, They talked about making their years of
SRM Institute of Science and Technology engineering memorable and combining KIRAN LOTEY
and SRM University - AP organized the knowledge and experience to achieve
8th edition of SRM Achiever’s Connect the best professional result. Concerns stemming from social media
(SAC) from Nov. 20-22, 2021. It was a Day two commenced with an introduction are numerous now, and empty scrolling
three-day flagship event consisting of of the speakers for the day: Abhishek is just another addition. Empty scrolling
esteemed chief guests who are SRM Choudhary, a full-stack engineer at or “doomscrolling” primarily refers to
scrolling social media sites for hours
alumni, and a high number of participants. Microsoft and Vishvendra Singh Rathore, without motive or conscience. One
The first day of the three-day flagship a clean code enthusiast at Google. does not know what the actual reason
event kicked with Dr A. Rathinam, Director, Choudhary gave a well-rounded talk about is, behind scrolling for hours. By the
Directorate of Alumni Affairs, SRMIST the ubiquitous excitement surrounding a time the realisation occurs, it has already
warmly welcomed all participants and fresher’s life at SRM. Rathore elaborated been plenty of hours.
introduced the esteemed alumni, Sai on his internship experiences, focusing Empty scrolling can be compared Empty scrolling has the same effect
Vineeth, a software engineer at Samba on his stint at Amazon. to smoking. Similar to how smoking as 15 cigarettes a day
The three day programme is injurious to one’s physical health, empty-minded in their exchanges. Most
concluded with three empty scrolling is harmful to their of the energy is dampened in scrolling
founders of WittyFeed mental, social and emotional health. for endless hours, leading to a lack of
and SRM alumni focusing It also does not feed our brains with communication and interaction.
on the networking element the dopamine spike, as explained by While there are certain ways to
of college life, and how it psychologist Joshua Ehrlich. “It is really realize when a person is falling prey
helped them build their an addiction, and we’re wired for this, to empty scrolling, it is very difficult
company. They elaborated the same brain pathways get stimulated to consciously implement these ways.
on the importance of human as they do in a chemical addiction,” he Hence, youngsters and teenagers are
connections, and how they says. We have now entered a dangerous falling into the trap laid by social media
help one excel in life. new era where the exchange of ideas platforms. Artificial intelligence and
Overall, this edition was and perspectives has diminished. Social algorithms are diligently put into clever
a large pot of knowledge media is keeping us inside bubbles of use and man is programmed to stick to
for every student aiming scrolling and out of touch with humanity. it. We need to be more discreet about
to achieve the most out of Just how smoking causes harm to not our decisions and more conscious of our
their college experience only you but also the people around surroundings. Social media is to be used
and lay a solid foundation you, empty scrolling affects society as as a tool. However, man is becoming a
The successful line-up of speakers for the event to form the best career. a whole, since people tend to be more tool for the tool.