JELS (Josephs English Literary Society)--English Club
JELS is listed in India Reading Olympiad as a best club for its pleasure reading.
The English literary club is what makes for a vibrant campus experience, taking learning beyond the classrooms. The sub clubs under the umbrella of JELS include the traditional debaters club, the Quizzers Club, the drama club, apart from Creative Writer's Club, Book Lover's club, Think Tank and Civic Engagement Clubs that conduct various competitions and engage in socio-cultural activities. The pride of place goes to the International Cultural Exchange program hosted by JELS for the Duke University students.
JELS finds a creative scope as it offers a dynamic platform to not only engage the students in traditional literary forums like debating, elocution, essay writing, poster making, spell bee, street plays, but also being part of vibrant inter faith dialogues organized. by British High Commission.
Our outreach programs under the civic engagement sub club include organizing AIDS Awareness Rally in collaboration with Desire Society; Cyber Safety Awareness Programs in collaboration with Telangana Police; Awareness programs/5K run / medical camps for Women in collaboration with eminent collaborators like Gynaec and Obstetric Society of Hyderabad, U.S. Consulate, She teams, etc., Environment Awareness programs for school students in collaboration with AP Productivity council, India. Folk etc.
The Club also successfully cohosted two editions of Sakshi Arena One inter-collegiate literary events in collaboration with Sakshi Media Group.
Our biggest recent success includes our JELS prime members Akanksha and Imran winning the Great Britain Debate 2017 championship!