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New Concept’s Hyderabad office spent their annual outing at Mount Opera this year! Here are some pictures!

These wonderful and “in the moment” pictures were taken by our very own Gajendra! Kya karen woh humara peecha hi nahi chhodta! We are glad though

These photos were submitted by the ICT team! yenjoy!

The carrom tournament at New Concept has begun! The first day saw three teams move on to the second round. We wish all the teams participating all the very best. Friendship first, competition second!

The New Concept annual picnic was a big hit among children and adults alike. Enjoy the pictures! More will be put up soon.

The New Concept Delhi sports events began this Monday. Everyone had practiced and some have done extremely well in their teams. The qualifying rounds are over and we are going to start the quarter finals of the Badminton matches soon. The volleyball matches are also going to begin with four of the strongest teams in New Concept. If you’re in the neighborhood and love sports, drop in between 1-2 pm on weekdays.

Delhi School of Social Work (DSSW), the alumni know it all! DSSW always invokes mixed reaction from its teachers and students, both present and former. Being from a background of elite and privileged educational institutions where the teachers were interested only in our academics and their petty squabbles amongst themselves, I was not prepared for an institution where everyone knew I was going to sneeze, even before the familiar itch in the nose began. At the same, as few of my brave and ‘padhakoo’ colleagues would agree (wink at Swati); we did learn a lot of new things, both academic and diplomatic. We grew to understand ourselves and the world around us. We learnt to comfortably interact with and stroll through localities which were previously perceived to be dirty, dangerous and therefore out of bounds.

DSSW in its own eccentric way erased boundaries and opened opportunities. It seems like yesterday that I was entering my first day of DSSW student life and suddenly I have graduated, employed and have come to recruit from DSSW. Time seems to have flown in a dizzying cascade of exams, assignment, projects and proposals. As I enter DSSW in January 2012, I am anxious; will my juniors be smart, intelligent or embarrassingly foolish? At DSSW we have a mixed crowd of genius- like intellectuals and also our share of dumb blondes (Apology to all the blondes who are not!).

Deep Breath! From diplomacy (the most that I could manage) at DSSW, interaction at DSSW are very different. Last January (2011), I distinctly remember Pravin Sir and Uma Ma’am saying that New Concept has zero office politics. The cynic in me immediately (albeit silently) retorted, Yeah Right! Like that can happen!!! Now after completing nearly eight months, I am forced to take back these hasty words. New Concept offices make me feel like I am half-way home. It might have something to do with the old Alaknanda Office, as we know first impressions are often long lasting. I have been (even though it causes me great sorrow to acknowledge) badgering people after deadlines (like Surkhi right now!), everyone who has been by hook or crook been drawn into the lengthy and complicated process of sending out proposals. This badgering has not fostered any bad blood (here I take the opportunity to apologize to those who might have been offended by my badgering). New Concept has allowed the time/deadline-obsessed, closet-disciplinarian in me to show my true colors like saying stupid things and celebrating the silliest things.

New Concept is a potpourri of interesting characters. At 202, D&E, I have had the pleasure to know, the singing Ps (Pravin and Paresh Sir), the great home-made foodie (Subhashji), the Non-Vegetarian instigator (Vidhu), Rajnikant (Kishor), Karunanidhi (Prasannaa), the loveable Pankaj Kapoor( Negi ji), the new Non-Vegetarian convert who has fasts on fast-food on Tuesdays (Vinay) and the NC Supercomputer (Malli Ma’am). I hope the new recruits from DSSW would add more flavor to the existing mix.

Anjali Thomas

Today we said goodbye to three of our very important colleagues. Paresh, Parul and Prabu. We wish you all the very best and hope you find joy and happiness in all your endevours.

“And he alone is great who turns the voice of the wind into a song made sweeter by his own loving. Work is love made visible” – kahlil Gibran.

See you again soon!

Let me just begin by telling you what we believe a brand not to be.

Branding is not – the logo, the marketing, the mementos. Does that surprise you?

Historically branding was done to show a sense of ownership and that is what we have clearly understood – Who owns?

Branding is developing a sense of belonging. Think about it…if you didn’t think you could use something, would it be a brand?

An organization’s branding is of no use, unless it is recognized as useful to those it markets its products or services to.

We have understood brand to be quality work, creativity and usefulness. The solution to developing your brand is simple – have you been useful lately? If you can answer this question, you have your branding. This simple and human question is what makes your brand inclusive, something you need because you want to reach out.

Don’t fret about colors and how many items you can produce as part of the branding. Your organizations branding is not the same as your personal choice in color, or what have you. Think about your organizations work, what distinctive set of values and principles it has and what passion defines and drives it.
So, before you make use of any service, we urge you to think about this and understand your passion, your values and your actions better to design your brand.

by Surkhraj

The workflow team as they are popularly known are members of different departments at New Concept who are being trained in the art of project management specific to ICT projects. Here we see them all writing their first test as a team. We are proud to announce that all members scored very well in the test, each scored 70% and above with many scoring 99.99%!