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ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT (AQAR)
2005-2006 S.V.T. COLLEGE OF HOME SCIENCE
(AUTONOMOUS)
S.N.D.T. WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY, JUHU ROAD, SANTACRUZ (W) ,MUMBAI – 400 049.
Tel: 91-22-26602504/2660 8179 / 26605896/ 2661 3277 Fax: 91-22-2660 6427
Email : [email protected] Website: www.svt.edu.in
ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT (AQAR)
OF THE IQAC
S.V.T. COLLEGE OF HOME SCIENCE (AUTONOMOUS)
S.N.D.T. WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY, JUHU ROAD, MUMBAI – 400049
Year: 2005-2006
Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC of S.V.T. College of Home Science
The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) was established in April 2004 in our College. The IQAC, has developed mechanisms and procedures for ensuring :
a) Timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks. b) The relevance and quality of the academic and research programmes. c) Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning opportunities. d) The appropriateness and transparency of evaluation procedures and e) The adequacy, maintenance and proper allocation of support structure and services. COMPOSITION OF THE IQAC Dr. Sunanda Chande - Chairperson Dr. Suja Koshy - Chief Coordinator Mrs.Bharati Goswami - Core Committee Member Mrs. Manjiri Bhalerao - Core Committee Member In the IQAC, different subcommittees were set up under the following heads to work for the improvement of quality in all the different areas of functioning of the College.
1) Academic subcommittee
2) Administrative and Finance subcommittee
3) Student welfare subcommittee
4) Examination subcommittee
5) Evaluation Subcommittee
CHAIRPERSONS and MEMBERS OF THE IQAC SUBCOMMITTEES (2005-06) Academic Committee
Dr. Jalaja Ramaswamy- Chairperson Dr. Meena Godhia Mrs. Mrs. Vipra Banerjee Mrs. Anju Dutta Mrs. Putul Sathe Mrs. Armaity Shukla Mrs. Anuja Das Evaluation Committee
Mrs Putul Sathe, - Chairperson Mrs. Manjiri Bhalerao- Chairperson Dr. Jagmeet Madan Mrs Chetna Raje, Mrs Vidya Thakur, Mrs Anuja Das Mrs Madhuri Nigudkar Administration and Finance Committee
Mrs. Milan Desai- Chairperson Mrs. Maya Shah Mrs. Archana Jain Ms. Vidya Thakur Dr. Rekha Battalwar Dr. Manjitkaur Chauhan Mr. Bhatia Mrs. Deepa Tayshetye
Examination Committee Mrs. Bharati Goswami – Chairperson Mrs. Manjiri Bhalerao Dr. Jagmeet Madan Mrs. Vipra Banerjee Mrs. Neera Das Ms. Surbhi Mahajan
Student Welfare
Dr. Khurshed Mistry- Chairperson Dr. Rekha Battalwar Mrs. Chetna Raje Mrs. Suman Mundkur Mrs. Kamini Pradhan Ms. Jasmeet Anand Ms. Bini Thomas
At the beginning of the year all the subcommittees chalked out a plan of action for this academic year. Each subcommittee met at least 3-4 times a term and reviewed their plans and activities. The enthusiasm and involvement of all the staff members in the process of achieving quality has been commendable. All the different committees of the IQAC have been working with lot of enthusiasm to try and bring out a change in the functioning of the College. It indicates that the College has definitely started new positive initiatives in the right direction.
Though it is only two years since IQAC has been set up in our College, it has definitely given a direction for our College which is continually striving for academic excellence. It has given an impetus to all the staff members, to critically look at the weaknesses and strengths of the College and work towards development. The key words through the year for IQAC were goal setting, looking ahead and plan of action, initiation of new activities and programs, hard work, teamwork, accountability, etc. This is evident in the innumerable academic and extracurricular activities conducted the year around.
Part A: Plan of action chalked out by the IQAC in the beginning of the year towards quality enhancement and what is the outcome by the end of the year? IQAC Subcommittee
Plan of action at beginning of year (June 2004)
Outcome at end of year (April 2005)
Academic Committee
Plan to motivate the different departments to plan the “Continuing Home Science Education” series of lectures on the newer areas of interest in the different specialization of Home Science at least once every term.
Four departments planned the Continuing Home Science Education” series of lectures for their staff and students.(Details presented in Part B)
Content analysis of the different subjects to be encouraged.
Three departments completed the content analysis for different subjects. Some initiated it and some reworked on it (Details presented in Part B)
Encourage National or state level seminar
2 proposals for funding of National level seminars have been sent, one on “Childhood Obesity” and the other on “Science Fiction” .College awaiting funds for the same.
Student Welfare Committee
Parent Teacher meeting to be planned
Parents of F.Y.B.Sc. students invited for orientation program of College and department
Workshop on Presentation skills, Interpersonal skills to be planned
Workshop on Presentation skills, Interpersonal skills were planned for the students at different levels (Details given in part B)
Career Orientation for T.Y.BSc. students to be planned
All the five departments planned “Educational and Career Opportunities” for T.Y.BSc. students in the month of January.
Evaluation Committee
Entry level, mid point and exit level evaluation forms. forms will be implemented from this year.
Entry level, mid point and exit level evaluation forms have been filled by the students this year.
Examination Committee
Data bank of students to be initiated.
Data bank of F.Y.BSc. students with addresses was set up.
Orientation about exam rules would be planned classwise.
Orientation about exam rules was given to each class of students by the representatives of the examination committee. Rules about unfair means in examination were also discussed.
Attendance records would be maintained with accuracy and efficiency
Attendance records were maintained with accuracy and efficiency, and the defaulters list of students were not allowed to write the final examination.
Finance Committee
Motivate students and staff to conserve the use of electricity
The committee worked towards sensitizing the staff and students about the ways in which electricity consumption of the College could be reduced. They were encouraged to put off the fans and lights when not in use.
Explore the possibility of students paying fees in installments
Students of diploma or certificate courses were allowed to pay the fees in installments.
Display the details of the split up of the fees for the benefit of the students
The details of the split of the fees were displayed on the notice board for three months.
Explore the possibility of issuing College-leaving certificate without any payment.
This year the College leaving certificate was issued without any payment. The Grade that the student obtained was also entered on the same.
Administrative Committee
Explore the option of providing systematic medical checkup for students
Unfortunately this plan did not materialize this year
Financial aid would be provided for students so as to encourage students to avail of the aid.
Rules and details of financial aid were displayed on the notice boards and the students were encouraged to take advantage of financial aid being provided by College.
Staff Development
Lectures and workshops to be planned for teacher development
A lecture was organized on “ Plagiarism in Academics” by Dr. M. R. Kurup, Founder principal of V.G. Vaze College, Mulund and a NAAC assessor and trainer on 13th of June 2005. The session oriented the staff to the concept of Plagiarism and its application in various academic settings. An interactive session on “ The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” based on a book by Dr. Stephen Covey was conducted by Prof. Prakash Vakil, Buisness Performance Enabler of Franklin Covey South Asia on 6th of October 2005 .
Part B:
1. Activities of your dept. reflecting the goals and objectives of the institution Department of Textiles and Clothing :
1. Various workshops, field trips were organized to develop the skills in embroidery, illustration, etc.
Commercial method of stitching Gent’s shirt by a master tailor Mr. Acharya.
A workshop on peg warping of handloom for weaviving by the expert Mr. Lade from Weavers service Centre, Mumbai.
Fabric painting by latest technique by a professional Mr. Sandip Mankar from ‘Rachana Sansad’, Mumbai.
Textures in Textile Designing for Printing
Innovative techniques of making Leheria by President’s Award winner: Badshah Miyan from Jaipur.
Visit to the flat bed screen printing unit of Paramount Printing Ins. Students experiencing the work.
Visit to the factory Paramount Printing Inds.: Rotary Screen Printing
A visit to the Quality control Unit – Bluechip Dyechem Inds, Andheri Mumbai.
Visit to the Yarn Spinning mill. Department of Communication and Extension : To evolve and develop a scientific attitude and all round growth, efforts are made to design assignments in a scientific way e.g. Communication Technology – E.g of assignment : Photo slide making, feature articles, jingle making etc. These require the student to research before designing the assignment. Students are sensitized to social issues through subjects like “Introduction to Communication and Extension” (F.Y.) “Non-Formal education” (S.Y.) “Rural and Urban Development” (T.Y.), “Environment and Health” (S.Y.) To prepare students for profession and enterprise, subjects like Entrepreneurship Development and Internship are offered to the students. The workshop on “Client Servicing in Advertising and Public Relations helped students immensely to obtain placement in agencies. The goal of aesthetic sense cultivated is developed through assignments in the field of Photography, Visual Aids, Appreciation of Media (film making, music etc.). Advertising and PR, Photo Journalism and many more activities.
Department of Family Resource Management : Discussion at the classroom level, regarding responsibilities and rights of being an alert citizen. Awareness of actions that should be taken in order to seek redressal in case of any malpractice. Nirmitee, the annual exhibition of the department meets the following objectives by:-
- Providing an entrepreneurial opportunity to the final year students by guiding and encouraging them to conceive and venture into manufacturing and /or trading of various items.
- Exhibiting the artistic skills of first year students in creating various decorative accessories. And thereby promoting its sales.
- Providing a platform to the Interior design students to showcase their talent in representing residential and commercial interior design drawings in the form of models.
Department of Human Development Organised the Santa’s funfiesta in December 2005 to prepare the students for the professional and entrepreneur skills. More than 325 children participated in this event for the whole day in which the S.Y. B.Sc. and T.Y.BSc. students of the Human Development Department participated in the planning, organizing and implementing of the total event. (See annexure 1 for photographs). The students also sensitized other children in schools on different social issues like Children’s Rights, orphan and street children and in the process increased their own sensitivity to such issues. Subjects like “Women in Changing India”, “Child Welfare” sensitize the students to the different issues The students were also sensitized on health issues through their involvement in a quiz and seminar on the topic of “Breast feeding and Weaning Foods”.
2. New academic programmes initiated in your dept. (UG and PG) Different departments are in the process of planning certificate and diploma courses but yet has not been finalized and approved by the Board of studies.
3. Innovations in curricular design and transaction
Department of Communication and Extension : Introduced 1 credit worth of Research Projects for a 3 credit course of Rural and Urban
Development at T.Y. VI Semester level. Intra Dept. Resource Utilization : Course Assignments designed by teacher and students
in a given course was used as Teaching Aids by the lecturer for other courses. E.g.
Assignment in the subject “Communication Technology” used for “Leadership
Development” and “Introduction to Communication and Extension”.
Department of Family Resource Management
In the process of restructuring the entire course structure so that the students are
professionally equipped to meet the current demands of the industry.
Department of Human Development
The restructured syllabus of “Women in Changing India” offered by the department of
Human Development was introduced and implemented in June 2005. The department has also
initiated the overall restructuring and reformatting of the syllabus, which is planned to be
implemented from June 2007.
Content analysis
The IQAC Academic committee organized a lecture on “Content Analysis” by Dr. Maithili
Venkateswaran on 4th March 2006 to clarify the concept of content analysis and to draw up a
format for content analysis of subjects.
S.No. Department Subjects where content analysis is complete
1. Human
Development
Child Development
Guidance during Childhood Years
Methods of working with children
Introduction to Guidance and Counselling
Child Welfare
Counselling a developmental approach
Introduction to Remedial Education
2. Department of
Communication
and Extension
Leadership Development for Home Science
Professionals.
Communication Technology.
Audio Visual Production.
Advertising and Public Relations.
Introduction to Communication and Extension.
3. Department of
Textiles and
Has completed content analysis for all VI
Clothing semester course.
4. Interdisciplinary programmes started:
Department of Communication and Extension : The interdisciplinary element is added to some extent by inviting Guest Lecturers from diverse fields to the Department for enriching the various courses.
Course Topic Interdisciplinary Field
1. Writing for Media Media Advocacy Social Work 2. Communication Technology Feature Writing Journalism 3. Advertising and Pub. Ref. Client Servicing Public Relations
Department of Family Resource Management
Organized a seminar on “Ergonomics, Performance and Physical fitness” in collaboration with the Department of Foods and Nutrition.
Department of Foods and Nutrition collaborated with the Human Development
The celebration of the Breastfeeding and Family Foods week in the Month of August was one of the big events of the department of Human Development. Two activities were planned by the Dept. of Human Development in collaboration with the Foods and Nutrition Department. These events were sponsored by ACASH and MBIAP.
The first program was a Seminar on “Breast feeding and Family Foods” on 6th August, 2005. Here the speakers were Dr. Shailesh Gupta, a leading pediatrician of Mumbai and Dr. Tanmay Amladi, a renowned practicing pediatrician of Mumbai.
The second event was a Quiz on “Breastfeeding and Family foods”. It consisted of two rounds of the quiz – a preliminary written round of quiz for all the T.Y.BSc. students of S.V.T. College of Home Science and a final oral round consisting of 10 finalists on 22nd August, 2005. The quiz master was Dr. Tanmay Amladi who was assisted by Dr. Srivastava.The winners of the quiz were Ms. Yati Shah and Ms. Neha Chopra of the T.Y.B.Sc. (D.C) and the runner ups were Ms. Rizwana Biviji and Ms. Forum Taphkirwala from the T.Y.B.Sc. (FSN) dept.
Quiz Competition on Breastfeeding and Family Foods.
5. Examination reforms implemented: Though the College already had a system of moderators for moderating the answer books of students for the various subjects, for the first time, the examination department introduced the system of Moderators for the question papers. This was a step towards quality as the moderators kept in mind various aspects of good paper setting while moderating the question papers prepared by the different teachers. 6. Number of candidates qualified during this academic year : NET/SET Though this year there has been no new candidates who have qualified NET/SET, there are 16 staff members who have already cleared their NET/SET in previous years. 7. Total number of seminars/workshops conducted:
S. No
Organizing dept./committee
Title of the seminar Date Sponsor Participants
1. Textiles and Clothing
Traditional folk art of India
29th and 30th January, 2006 (Saturday and Sunday)
- S.Y., T.Y. -T.C. major and Fashion Designing students 37 + 44 + 50 =131
2. Dept. of FRM
Eco-living : Bio-diversity and Ecotourism and importance of Mangroves
3rd Sept.’05
- S.Y. `A’ and T.Y. `A’
Ergonomics, Performance and Physical Fitness
10th Mar.’05
Part Sponsor : • Janata
Book Centre
Nestle
• Staff and Students from Nirmala Niketan
• Dr.BMN College of Home Science, Matunga.
• Dr.NBM College of Home Science, Ghatkopar.
• PGSR - FRM Dept. • PGST - Diploma in
Sports Nutrition. • S.Y. `A’ and T.Y. `B’
students of SVT College of Home Science
3.
Dept. Com. and Extension
“World Photo Day”
26th August,05
- F.Y. C III, D III S.Y. C III, D III T.Y. C III, D III And P.G. dept. Extn. Edu. Staff and students
Opportunities for higher learning and career guidance
15th Feb. 2006
- T.Y.B.H. Sc C III, D III and 7 parent s(one each representative)
4. Dept. of Human Development
Educational and Career Options after Graduation
24th January, 2006
- 5 speakers were invited to speak to 52 final year students of the Human Development department.
S. No
Organizing dept./committee
Title of the workshop Date Participants
1.
Textiles and Clothing
Pile Embroidery and Abla (Mirror) fixing
19, 22, 26th July, 2005
T.Y. T.C.-45 S.Y. T.C.-37 T.Y. Comp. -19
Texturising, effects in modern printing
1st Sept.’05 S.Y. T.C. - 35
Stress Management Health and Memory through Yoga
3rd Sept.’05 T.Y. T.C. - 44
Fashion illustration and Design Development
23rd Sept.’05 T.Y. T.C. -44
Fabric painting for fashion products 24th Sept.’05 F.D. students -50
Grooming and Finishing 27th, 28th Dec.’05
F.D. students -50
Grooming and Finishing 27th, 28th Dec.’05
F.D. students -50
2. Dept. of FRM
Rendering with pen and ink Sept.’ 05 S.Y. `A-I’ and T.Y. `B-III’
Customer Care Services 4th Mar.’06 T.Y. `A-III’ 3.
Dept. Com. and Extension
Training Prog. - `Teaching - Learning Dyanmics’
8.6.2005 till 10.6.2005
Teachers and care takers of Fidai Institutions Malia-Hatina (Gujrat) Panchgani and Pune
. Puppetry Making
27th Aug.05 F.Y. C and D
Puppetry Making 14th Jan. 06
F.Y. A and B
Photojournalizm - “Role of Photo Editor in a News papers
18th Feb. 06 T.Y. C III
. Fashion Photography
25th Feb. 06 T.Y. C III
Skill Training : `Flower and Candle Making
4th Mar. 06
Domestic Maids at Sevalaya, Borivali
Man a Social and Emotional being and not just for Economic being
11th March.06 T.Y. students of the entire College T.Y. C III, D III
Advertising - `Client Servicing and Public Relation’
26th March 06 T.Y.C III, D III
Jingle Making’ 12th Dec.’05 S.Y. C III, D III
4. Dept. of Human Development
Coping with disappointment
22nd Sept 2005
Students of S.Y.BSc
Building Self confidence
23rd Sept 2005 Students of S.Y.BSc.
Building blocks of successful relationships
24th Sept 2005 Students of S.Y.BSc “C”
Continuing Lecture series organized by different departments
S. No.
Department Title of Continuing Lecture series
Date Speakers Specific title of talk
1 Textiles and Clothing
- 6th July, 2005 Ms.Anuradha Abhyankar
“Polymer and its application”
- 19th July, 2005
Ms.Carol Waltkinson
“Cotton Textile Glossary”
2. Human Development
Sensitization Continuing Education Series on the topic of “Old Age – Concerns and Services
August, 2005( 2.00 –3.30 p.m.
Ms. Nandita Jhaveri, And Dignity Foundation
Facets and Concerns of Aging – an Indian Perspective
14th September, 2005
Dr. Vrinda Dutta, Faculty, Dept. of Child and Family Welfare”, T.I.S.S.
Prevention of Problems during Old Age- Practical tips
3.
Foods and Nutrition
Bariatric Surgery
22nd of September, 2005
Dr. Raman Goel, Bariatric Surgeon, Bombay Hospital
Bariatric Surgery
22nd of September, 2005
Ms. Payal Batra, Dietitian, Hiranandani Hospital
18th March, 2006.
Beena Chedda, Chief Dietitian, Hurkishandas Hospital,
Pediatric Nutrition – An Applied Perspective”
18th March, 2006.
Dr. Roshni Bhagwat, from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
“Stem Cell Transplant’
4. Communication and Extension
Script Writing
13.1.2006 Shahla Raza Intro. to Screen Play
Script Writing
20.1.2006 Shahla Raza Intro. to Classical Film Scripts
Script Writing
27.1.2006 Shahla Raza Intro to Classical of film scripts
Script Writing
10.2.2006 Shahla Raza Intro. to Children’s Cinema
Script Writing
24.2.2006
Shahla Raza
Appre. To film-camera writing and contemporary scenarios in Bollywood
Writing for Media
17.2.2006 Nandita Mondat Media Advocacy
8. Details of Research projects of the dept. (a) Newly implemented Department of Foods and Nutrition is currently studying the breakfast habits of 8th standard
children from 3 different schools and will cover approximately 250 children. The project is
ongoing and the complete data will be available next academic year. This is in collaboration with
Nestle India Ltd
(b) Completed: 3 staff of the department of Foods and Nutrition -Dr. J Ramaswamy, Dr. K. Mistry and Dr. M
Godhia collaborated with Kellogg’s India Ltd in the nutrient data analysis of commonly
consumed break fast foods.
In the department of Communication and Extension, under the guidance of Dr. Jennifer
Alexander,
the students of (T.Y. D III) were encouraged to undertake research through surveys in the subject
- RURAL AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT on the following topics:
1. Knowledge and practice of secondary students of Municipal Schools Concerning Hygiene and Sanitation on 22.3.2006 .
2. A study to know the level of awareness among urban men and women regarding types of Pollution on 23.3.2006.
3. A study to determine the level of nutritional awareness among urban slum developers on 28.3.2006.
4. A study of child laborers working in local trains in Mumbai on 29.3.2006. The department of Human Development has completed the survey of the “Counselling centers in Mumbai” and “Daycare centers in Mumbai and Thane”. Booklets of the same will be published next year. 9. Patents generated, if any: -Nil- 10. New collaborative research programmes (details):
The department of Foods and Nutrition collaborated with Kellogg’s India Ltd in the nutrient
data analysis of commonly consumed break fast foods.
11. Total research grants received from various agencies: S.No Title of Minor research
project Staff working on it
Name of the agency
Sanctioned on
1 A study on prevalence and associated risk factors of vitamin D deficiency in children – Rickets in Thane
Dr. Rekha Battalwar
UGC Rs. 72,000/- sanctioned on 7th February, 2005
Region. 2 The assessment of
anthropometric measurements, body composition its relationship with biochemical parameters and lifestyle related factors in adolescent children
Dr. J Madan UGC Rs. 100,000/- sanctioned on 7th February, 2005
12. Number of research scholars:
NA as our College is an undergraduate College 13. Citation index of faculty members and impact factor:
Nil 14. Honors/ awards to the faculty:
Mrs. Manjushree Desai from the Department Of Family Resource Management was awarded the BEST TEACHER AWARD by Rachna’s Sansad School of Interior Design, Prabhadevi, Mumbai.
Dr. J Ramaswamy has been appointed as the treasurer of the Mumbai branch of the Home Science Association of India.
Dr. J. Madan Elected as the Vice President of Indian Dietetic Association (Mumbai Chapter) in March, 2006.
Dr S. Chande presented a paper on “Contribution of NGO’s in the field of environmental management” at an International conference on Environmental Management at Hyderabad on 28th October, 2005.
Dr S. Chande chaired a session during the XXVIth Biennnial conference of Home Science Association of India, Pune on 28th December, 2005.
Dr S. Chande was invited as a resource person to talk on “Reaccredidation pain and gain” at a NAAC sponsored seminar at Kolhapur on 8th January, 2006.
Dr. J Ramaswamy presented a paper entitled “ Dietary aspects of Iron Deficiency Anemia”at the National Consensus of Iron Deficiency Anemia organized by the Indian Association of Paediatrics at New Delhi on the 13th March 2006.
Dr. M Godhia completed a short-term course entitled “Fitness Instructor. This part time course was offered by Qi,Life in collaboration with the Asian Heart Hospital from the 5th May to the 25th July 2005
Dr. J Ramaswamy presented a paper entitled “CHILDHOOD YEARS IMPORTANT FOR BONE BANK DEVELOPMENT --- ROLE OF NUTRIENTS” at the seminar organized by International Life Sciences Institute at New Delhi on the 20th April 2006.
Dr. K Mistry has been invited to be on the panel of referees by the editorial Board of the Journal of Research “ANGRAU”, to evaluate the suitability of research papers for publication in the Journal.
Dr. J. Madan presented two papers 1. Role of Diet in Prevention and Control Of Obesity – at a collaborative workshop
of World Health Organization(WHO) and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi (western region) on “ Diet Related Chronic Non – Communicable
Disorders and Healthy Life Style” on 11th of December,2005 at All India Institute Of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mahalakshmi, Mumbai-400034.
2. Diet and Metabolic Syndrome- an Indian Perspective at the Asia Pacific Obesity Conclave (APOC-2006) organized by the Department of Minimal Access Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi in collaboration with Asia Pacific Bariatric Surgery Society(APBSS); Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Surgeons (IAGES) and All India Association for Advancing Research in Obesity (AIAARO) from 1st to 5th of March ,2006.
Dr. J. Madan Was the Chairperson - Continuous Medical Nutrition Education (CMNE) programme for the senior dietitians organized by the Asian Heart Institute and Research Centre (AHIRC) in association with IDA ( Mumbai Chapter) on 18th February, 2006.
Dr. J. Madan Was a Panelist and resource person for the 2nd Certificate Course in Obesity Management, conducted by All India Association for Advancing Research In Obesity(AIAARO) on 17th and 18th December, 2005.
Dr. J. Madan Was the Nutrition Expert/ Counselor for an in house Programme on Fitness, Health and Nutrition Education for sales team (western region) of Nestle (I) Ltd in January,2006.
Dr. J. Madan’s Publications include: 1. Jagmeet Madan (2005),“ Prioritising Early Nutrition Intervention in HIV/AIDS Patients:
An Indian Perspective ; In Nutrition In Disease Management; Centre For Research On Nutrition Support Systems(CRNSS) Update series- 28; Nutrition Foundation of India, New Delhi- 110016.
2. Salome Benjamin; Jagmeet Madan (2005); “Nutritional Intervention in a Hospital Setting in a Patient with HIV; A case study; In Nutrition In Disease Management;
Nutrition Foundation of India, New Delhi- 110016. Dr. R. Battalwar: Delivered a guest lecture on the topic “Importance of sports towards
career enhancement” on 17th December 2005 at Maniben Nanavati Women’s College, Vile Parle, Mumbai.
Mrs. Milan Desai presented a paper on “Fashion Forecasting” in the National seminar at “Kongu College of Arts and Science and Fashion”, Erode, Tamid Nadu on 30th Jan. ’06.
Mrs. Neera Baroach presented a paper on “Recent developments in fibres – corn and bamboo fibres” in the National seminar at “Kongu College of Arts and Science and Fashion”, Erode, Tamid Nadu on 30th Jan. ’06.
Dr. Suja Koshy presented a paper on “Cohesive families and effective parenting” at a seminar “Women- vision and mission” organized by the Gregorian community on 2nd April, 2006
Dr. Suja Koshy was appointed as a co-guide for the Masters dissertation of “Psychosocial adjustment of Adopted Adolescents’ in the Department of Human Development, Department of Postgraduate Studies and Research in Home Science, SNDT Women’s University.
15. Internal resources generated: Different certificate and diploma courses offered by the College helped to generate internal resources for the College. Besides these, the different departments also organized activities and events to generate funds. The details of the same is given below: Department of Family Resource Management
• NIRMITEE, an annual exhibition which showcases the skills and talents of the students also aims at generating funds for the College. (The profit this year was Rs.6135/-).
Department of Communication and Extension : • Graphics on `Road Safety’ borrowed by Johnson and Johnson. • Resources in kind : Printer as donation from Johnson and Johnson. • Income generated from two courses :
1) Sound Recording and Reproduction. 2) Still Photography.
• Resources (Monetary) from Training Programme conducted by the Department for Fidai Academy.
Department of Human Development : For the funfiesta the department generated resources through sale of tickets and sponsorships. The department earned Rs. 38,240/- out of which spent about 18,713/- leaving a profit of Rs. 19,527/- for this event. Department of Foods and Nutrition Nestle Grant – Rs. 60,000/- Sale of Food: Eldora do – Rs. 1540/- Santa Fiesta – Rs. 2524/- Quantity Food Production – Rs. 9431/- Food Preservation Quantity – Rs. 8347/- Catering Management Quantity – Rs. 1403/- 16. Details of departments getting SAP, COSIST / DST. FIST, etc. assistance / recognition.
-NA- 17. Community services: Department of Foods and Nutrition
• Three demonstrations have been organized in the community. i. Balkanji Bari Nursery school, Juhu, on 23rd Sept. August 2005 at 11 to 12 Noon. ii. Rims International School, Juhu Road, on 21st September, 2005 at 12.00 Noon iii. Children’s Park, Vile Parle (East), on 27th September 2005 at 11.00 A.M. • Forty seven students from the department were volunteers for the Marathon organized by Standard Chartered Bank on the of January 2006. • Students participated in an event “ Healthy Hearts” – an exhibition cum Nutrition Education venture organized by National Society for Prevention Of Heart Disease and Rehabilitation, Mumbai-400036 from 24th to 26th of February, 2006 at Nehru Centre Worli, Mumbai. Students were involved in counseling sessions with the public which attended this exhibition.(See annexure 2 for photographic details). • Nine TY students of the Applied Nutrition specialization were involved in an anthropometric assessment of the children who attended the Santa Fest from various schools and evaluated their weights and heights. Students from the Dietetics specialization made Pav Bhaji, Cup cakes and lemon twist for about 400 of these children.
Department of Textiles and Clothing :
1. Children’s and Ladies dress making 3 months course was offered from August 2005 to September 2005 to girls from unprivileged families from various villages from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.
2. Ladies dress making 3 months course was offered from January 2006 to March 2006 to women’s from transit camps of Sion and Govandi.
3. Workshop on “Entrepreneur development from Community Women (Tie and Dye)” was organized on 23rd February, 2005. 15 women from Mangalwadi Community attended the workshop.
Department of Family Resource Management
• Organized lecture cum demonstration of “Detection of Common Adulterants in Food”. • Interactive session on “Safety in Home”.
Both these activities were conducted at Mangalwadi Slum, Santacruz (W) on 20th March,
2006 by students and staff of the F.R.M. Department who are members of the N.S.S. Committee.
Department of Comunication and Extension
• Extension services at Sakwar Village, Vasai , Thane. Activities (Rural Development) : (1) Teaching Balwadi Children (2) Volunteered at the T.B. Hospital (dispensing medicines, prep. And distributing food packets to patients.
Date : November 2005 till March 2006 (each Sunday).
• Urban Development : Venue : 1) Tata Compound Muncipal School Andheri West. 2) Mangalwadi Slum, Juhu Tara Road. 3) Konkanipada Slum Malad (East) 4) Sevalaya - Home for the Domestic Maids, I.C.
Colony Borivali.
Sr. No.
Urban Development Area Activities
1. Tata Compound Municipal School, Andheri (West)
Remedial Class students were coached by the Department students on topics a. Value education. b. Moral Science c. Basic Science
2. Mangalwadi Slum, Juhu Tara Road, Santacruz (W)
Adolescent girls and Women were the target group. Sessions on : a) Basic Nutrition. b) Yoga c) Health d) Skill Training - flower making (with
stocking, crepe paper etc.)
3. Sevalaya - Home for the Domestic workers, I.C. Colony, Borivali
Adolescent domestic workers were the target group. a) One day training workshop on : ( i) flower making - from different material. (ii) wax candles.
4. Kokani Pada and Shantarao Talao Slum, Malad East
Target group - Women a) Basic Nutrition. b) Yoga c) Food recipies demonstration.
5 Rural NGO Visit Yusuf Meharally Centre, Tara Village
Dept. students were exposed to the following Rural Small Scale industries : a) Oil Extraction b) Carpentry c) Pottery d) Bakery e) Soap making f) Vermiculture g) Diary h) Horticulture i) Gobar Gas Plant
Department of Human Development As a part of the community outreach program, the following activities were planned for children. Sensitization workshops were conducted in the community under the guidance of the staff of the department. For all these workshops, the interactive methodology included skits, sensitization games, discussion and posters. Sr. no. Title of workshop
Target group Conducted by Date
1. Women’s Rights 30 College Student inmates of Fidai
S.Y. DC 22nd Sept 2005
2 Safe guarding against exploitation
40 Std. VIII and IX girl students of Fidai
S.Y. Dc
23rd Sept 2005
3 Enhancing one’s self-esteem
30 Junior College students of Fidai
S.Y. DC 24th Sept 2005
4 Protecting yourself 150 Girls of the 7th Std
S.Y. ECCE 20th and 21st Sep 2005
5 Educating yourself 150 Girls of the 7th Std S.Y. ECCE 20th and 21st Sep 2005
6 Enhancing yourself 150 Girls of the 7th Std S.Y. ECCE 20th and 21st Sep 2005
7. Children’s Rights VIth std. children,Utpal Sanghvi School, Juhu
T.Y. ECCE 13th -15th Feb.’06
8 Street Children VIth std. children,Utpal Sanghvi School, Juhu
T.Y. ECCE 13th -15th Feb.’06
9 Orphans VIth std. children,Utpal Sanghvi School, Juhu
T.Y. ECCE 13th -15th Feb.’06
10 Competition v/s Co-operation
Vth std. Children, Arya Vidya Mandir School, Juhu
T.Y.DC 24th Feb.’06
11 Creative and Critical Thinking
Vth std. Children, Arya Vidya Mandir School, Juhu
T.Y.DC 24th Feb.’06
12 Developing Individuality
Vth std. Children, Arya Vidya Mandir School, Juhu
T.Y.DC 24th Feb.’06
The Santa’s Funfiesta, which was planned for the children from the community on 17th Dec. 2006, was a great success and a feather in the cap of the department. Advantaged children and disadvantaged children participated in this event (see details of the event and photograph in Annexure 1 ) 18. Number of teachers and officers newly recruited
Re-appointed Newly appointed Teaching Nonteaching Teaching Non-teaching Leave
vacancy Com. and Ext. – 1 Science –2 Vice Principal -1 FRM –1
HD - 3 FRM -2 FSN- 2 Science -1
FSN - 2 FSN –1(2nd term) FSN- 1 (ist
term) TC -3 19. Teaching - Non-teaching staff ratio:
4:3 20. Improvements in the library services: LIBRARAY:
A DVD Writer was added to a computer, thus facilitating copying download information onto a CD-RW.
21. Number of new books/journals subscribed and their value: LIBRARY :
This data is for financial year i.e. from 01.04.2005 to 24.03.2006
New journals subscribed : 5. New books added: 418 Total library expenditure : Rs.2,57,181.21 (up to 31.3.2006)
22. Number of courses for which student assessment of teachers is introduced and the action taken on student feedback.
The staff development committee conducted the Teacher Assessment Questionnaire (TAQ) from 12th of December to 22nd December, 2005. The departments which underwent the process for the entire staff for this year were : • Human Development, • Textiles and clothing, • Communication and Extension
All the temporary and on probation staff of other departments were also assessed by the students. In total 24 teachers were assessed by the students on the TAQ for 29 subjects. 23. Unit cost of education: Unit cost of education per student Excluding the salary : Rs. 3,358 Unit cost of education per student Including the salary : Rs. 24,272
24. Computerization of administration and the process of admissions and examination Merit wise list generated by computer for the students who are applying to the College for admission. Though the final Degree certificate is issued by the SNDT University, the examination results and marksheets of F.Y.BSc. , S.Y.BSc and T.Y.BSc. is issued by the computerization process initiated at College. Certificates were given to the toppers in all the examinations. A final aggregate marksheet was also given to the students which was based on all the marks obtained by the student in all the 6 semesters. 25. Increase in the infrastructural facilities: 2 new coolers bought Student Toilets repaired 26. Technology upgradation: S.No. Department Item 1. Examination Mike system for announcement 2. Office Printers –2
CD Writer 3. Audio Visual
Section LCD -1
4. HD OHP -1 5. Com. and Ext Sound system- DVD cum cassette cum CD cum radio
player Printer - 2. Manual SLR Cameras –2 1 digital SLR and Background papers for photoshoot
6. FSN One refrigerator 7. Library `Web-enabled OPAC’ module was added to the library
software `SLIM’, which is more user-friendly than the `OPAC’.
8. Gym Cycle –1 Fitness equipment like plates, dumbbell, walker
27. Computer and internet access and training to teachers and students: Department of Family Resource Management S.No Target
Group Name of the course
Previous course content
Modified course content from June 2004
1. T.Y. A-II Computer Application
• Corel Draw • Photoshop • Pagemaker
• Corel Draw • Photoshop • 3-D Max
2. T.Y. A-I Computer Application
• AutoCAD 2-D • AutoCAD 3-D
• AutoCAD 2-D • AutoCAD 3-D • 3 - D Max
28. Financial aid to students:
Six students applied for financial aid and all of them were given financial aid from the College funds as per the norms. 29. Activities and support from the Alumni association: The alumni committee of S.V.T. College was formed in July 2005. The major mission of the committee was to enroll more alumni from all the departments. The major event of the year was the great “Alumni Meet” held on 7th January, 2006 which was attended by 127 members. Five illuminous alumni from different departments made presentations about their work and the role of SVT in the success at work. The total enrolment of the alumni membership this year has gone up to 287 due to the untiring efforts of the members of the alumni working committee. For the first time the alumni also took active interest and showed enthusiasm to conduct many vacation courses for the College. 30. Activities and support from the Parent-teacher association: Parents of the F.Y.BSc. students were invited for the general orientation programme held on 25th June 2005. The parents also attended the departmental orientation and went around the College during the organized tour of the respective departments. Parents of T.Y.BSc. (Com. and Ext) students also attended the seminar on “Opportunities for higher learning and careers” held on 15th Feb. 2006 31. Health services: Health Week: In the 1st week of September 2005, N. S. S. committee organized ‘Health Week’. Following were the activities of ‘Health Week’:
On 1st September, a ‘Malaria Test’ and ‘Blood Group Test’ were carried out. A ‘Diabetes Detection Camp’ was organized on the same day only for the staff members
of our College. On 2nd September, 2005, an ‘Eye check up camp’ was held in collaboration with Rotary
club (Andheri-W). There was overwhelming response to this camp. On the same day, a talk was delivered to students and N. S. S. volunteers on ‘Art of Mind
Control’ by Dr. Sita Subramanium. In collaboration with ‘Bhakti Vedant Hospital’ Mira Road, a ‘Dental Check-up Camp’
was held on 2nd September, which was organized by Ms. Dipti Chhabria. About 85 students and members registered themselves in this camp for check up.
As a part of ‘Health Week’, a general health counselling session was organized with Dr. Nina Chandrani on 16th September 2005.
Ms. Priyanka Shah held a counselling session with students on ‘Stress and Anxiety’ on 23rd Sept’2005, which was highly beneficial to the students
On 1st December –‘World’s AIDS Day’, N.S.S. Committee observed as ‘Red Ribbon Day’. Red ribbons were distributed among all members of the College to create an awareness regarding the seriousness of the problem. Committee members of the Communication and Extension Dept. presented a display of poster at the College foyer
On 16th December, 2005, the N.S.S. committee organized a training cum workshop on ‘AIDS Awareness’. About 50 N.S.S. volunteers and several staff members participated in the programme. The camp conducted by Dr. Mamta Manglani of Sion hospital, who is a pioneer in this subject was highly successful.
32. Performance in sports activities: Through the year the students of Junior and senior College participated in various events like rope mallakhamb, badminton, cricket, table tennis, basketball, athletics, chess and won many prizes at the intercollegiate sports held from 14th to 16th December, 2005 The outstanding players of this year were
Ms. Apurva Surve who won a gold medal at the rope mallakhamb at district level in Andheri and state level at Pune. She also received the Best Mallakhamb award from SNDT university.
Jr. Cricket Team stood 2nd with Ms. Nidhi Shah
See details in annexure 3 of the same 33. Incentives to outstanding sportspersons:
Tracksuits were given to the sportspersons for their participation in different events. 34. Student achievements and awards. (See annexure 4 for details of the same) Department of Textiles and Clothing :
Ms. Dhara Gandhi, Ms.Gurav Meenakshi and Ms.Nahar Devanshi participated in All India Tex-guest Paper presentation comp. and Ms.Dhara Gandhi’s and Ms.Nahar Devanshi’s paper were selected.
T.Y. T.C. students designed costumes for the movie “Love Story 2050” - Baweja Movies Pvt. Ltd. - 71 designs were prepared.
Department of Family Resource Management :
1. Ms. Chinmayee Barve (T.Y.A-II) won the title Ms. S.V.T. in the inter collegiate personality contest.
2. Ms. Heema Shah (T.Y.A-II) was second runner-up at the Ms. S.V.T. Contest, the inter collegiate personality contest.
3. Ms. Chinmayee Barve won the S.N.D.T. Women’s University personality contest and was awarded the title Ms. Tejashwini.
4. The S.N.D.T. Women’s University awarded the BEST STUDENT Ms. Chinmayee Barve. 5. Ms. Krinali Doshi, Ms. Jyoti Goenka, Ms. Ekta Gala and Ms. Meghana Agrawal won the
1st Prize in the Treasure Hunt Contest at Rezendous –2005, Lala Lajpat Rai College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Mahalaxmi on 5th December
6. Ms. Krinali Doshi and her team (S.Y.A-II) won the treasure hunt contest, El Dorado 2005 7. Ms. Neha Patil, Ms. Varsha Kudtarkar, Ms. Suchita Gurav and Ms. Ruchali Wadhavkar
(S.Y.A) won the 3rd Prize in the dance competition at Cresendo – 2005, Rutumbara College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Vile Parle (W) on 21st December
8. Ms. Neha Patil, Ms. Varsha Kudtarkar, Ms. Suchita Gurav and Ms. Ruchali Wadhavkar (S.Y.A) won the 3rd Prize in the dance competition at Jashn –e-Rizvi– 2005, Rizvi College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Bandra (W), on 15th December.
9. 3 FRM students have been appointed as office bearers for the academic year 2006-07: Ms. Rashmit Kaur (Vice President); Ms. Beena Patira (Asst. Gymkhana Secretary); Ms. Harsha Rabadia (Vice Chairperson- Management).
10. Ms. Naina Patel, Ms. Shweta Shah, Ms. Nishi Rathod and Ms. Akshatha Shetty have been elected as members of the Core Committee, El Dorado –2006.
Department of Communication and Extension : 1. Ms. Ketki Doshi - best actress (T.Y.) - Smita Patil Award and Ms. Sneha Trivedi -
Special Prize (T.Y.) - P. L. Deshpande Inter-collegiate Hindustani Drama - 29.12.2005.
2. Ms. Harshdeepkaur - Playback (S.Y.) - Singing in the film “Rang De Basanti” - 10.3.2005.
3. Ms.Devika Gupta - stood 1st amongst all 5 specialization in SVT, in F.Y. I semester June - October 2005.
4. Ms. Shazia Patel was awarded II prize for chess competition in the SVT group, at the University Sports Day celebrations, at Churchgate Campus on September 2005.
5. Group Dance Competition - stood 1st at Inter Collegiate Festivals (Mumbai University) and ELDORADO - SVT College and MALHAR - St. Xaviers College (Mumbai Univ.)
• Ms. Ridhima Vengurlekar - T.Y. C III • Ms. Ashwini Bendre - T.Y. D III • Ms. Neeha Parkar - S.Y. D III
Department of Human Devlopment
7 of the T.Y.B.Sc students participated in the Inter collegiate Poster Painting and Slogan Competition organized by the Post graduate Department of Food Science and Nutrition as part of the Nutrition Week.
Ms. Dolly Kanakia, T.Y.B.Sc. (ECCE) won the first prize in the Slogan competition and Ms. Kuntal Doshi T.Y.B.Sc.(D.C.) won the first prize in the Poster Competition on the theme of Nutrition for the Adolescence.
The team of Ms. Yati Shah and Ms. Neha Chopra of the T.Y.B.Sc. (D.C) won the first prize a cash prize of Rs. 2000 in the quiz “Breast feeding and Family foods” on 22nd August, 2006.
Ms. Bhavana Dharod (S.Y.BSc. ECCE) was the Vice-Captain of the Cricket team representing S.V.T. College of Home Science for the Senior Collegiate Cricket Tournament. Her team won the 3rd position in the Senior Inter Collegiate Cricket tournament and she herself received the “Best Batsman Award”.
Department of Foods and Nutrition
1. A quiz competition was organized for the students by the FSN and the HD departments of College in collaboration with MBIAP, MBPN and ACASH on the occasion of the breast feeding week on the 22nd August 2005. Team of Two students - Ms. Rizwana Bivji and Ms. Forum Taphkirwala from the department won the second prize and a cash prize of Rs. 1500.
2. Four students -------- Shraddha Jalani, Forum Malde, Chandni Mehta, Bhavika Nandu and Poonam Shah ------ participated in the inter College quiz competition organized by AFST(India) and Dr. B.M.N. College of Home Science, Matunga on the 11th February, 2006. Forum Malde and Poonam Shah won the 2nd Prize in the Nutrition Debate on the topic Nutritional Advertising.
3. The SVT College of Home Science, in collaboration with Nestle India Ltd. organized an intra College cooking competition on 8th December, 2005 in the College premises. The contest was open to all students of the College. Ms. Jalani Shraddha won the first prize.
Cooking Competition- Nestle
4. A group of 24 Applied Nutrition students attended a attended a four day workshop on “Microbiological Aspects of Food Analysis” from the 6th to the 9th of October at the Department of Microbiology, Bhavan’s College, Mumbai.
5. Forty seven students from the department were volunteers for the Marathon organized by Standard Chartered Bank on the of January 2006.
6. Students participated in an event “ Healthy Hearts” – an exhibition cum Nutrition Education venture organized by National Society for Prevention Of Heart Disease and Rehabilitation, Mumbai-400036 from 24th to 26th of February, 2006 at Nehru Centre Worli, Mumbai. Students were involved in counseling sessions with the public which attended this exhibition
7. Nine TY students of the Applied Nutrition specialization were involved in an anthropometric assessment of the children who attended the Santa Fest from various schools and evaluated their weights and heights. Students from the Dietetics specialization made Pav Bhaji, Cup cakes and lemon twist for about 400 of these children.
35. Activities of the Guidance and Counselling unit: The main activities undertaken by the counselor were as follows: a) Individual one-to-one counseling Total number of 31 students have sought the counseling services. These students have come in from varied departments and grades, though the majority of students seem to come from Degree College. The nature of the problems that students came in during the first semester were varied, ranging from - personal relationship issues, familial issues and academic adjustments, to broadly name a few. The nature of cases as reported in the second semester, were observed to be much deeper and severe as compared to the first semester, thus requiring longer sessions per case and requiring more active interventions. The issues have ranged from;
1. sexual, physical and emotional abuse, 2. relationship-based problems with parents, friends and 3. heterosexual relationships (romantic involvements).
4. two students had approached with concerns regarding their careers. Vocational guidance and help was provided at the initial level and then these students were guided to the relevant sources for specialized guidance. (i.e. for psychometric assessments and testing)
b) Workshops conducted
On the 23rd of September 2005, a workshop was conducted on “Stress management and Test
anxiety”. The workshop helped to generate ideas on;
1. How to control stress in students’ lives and 2. Ways in which students could learn to deal with the pressures and
requirements of student life. 3. Lastly, the workshop helped students from all areas come together to voice a
common concern, helping each other find strategies to cope, by modifying the approach to the work.
A workshop on “Heterosexual Relationships” was conducted on 30th January 2006. The
duration of the workshop was 2 hours and 10 students attended. Through the medium of role-
play, topics such as communication patterns within couples, trust, compatibility, fidelity, abuse,
value differences, suicide and other common relationship-based issues were addressed.
36. Placement services provided to students: Different departments guide their students in their area of interest. The internship placement for 6
weeks i in different centers also help some students to be absorbed in the same organization.
When any organization sends intimation about vacancies, the same is conveyed to the students
through notice boards, e-groups or telephonic messages.
37. Students Development Activities:
The Student welfare Committee organized the following lectures and workshops for the students. S.No Topic of workshops Resource
person Dates Target audience
1. Presentation skills Dr. J. Mistry, St. Xaviers College
27th August, ’05 and 3rd Sept. ‘05
S.Y.BSc.
3. Golden rules for success Feb. 7th 2006
F.Y.BSc. students
Improving Interpersonal Relationship
Dr. Gururaj Karajagi, Director
11th March 2006
T.Y.BSc. students
Academy for creative teaching, Bangalore
4. Effective learning – SQ3R method
Ms. Ashima Deshmukh, Smt. Kapila Khandvala College of Education
Feb. ‘06 S.Y.BSc -Composite Home Science
On 10th March, 2006, N.S.S. committee organized a seminar on Right To information conducted
by public Concern for governance trust to mark international Rights Week, which was attended
by 60 volunteers and several staff members. It was quite informative and was highly appreciated.
Department of Textiles and Clothing :
Lecture was organized by Indo Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry - on 8th February, 2006 on “Higher Education in Italy”.
Lecture by Ms.Geeta Castelino was organized on “Career Opportunities in Textiles and Clothing” on 1st March, 2006.
Department of Family Resource Management :
T.Y. `A’ - students attended as Soft Skill development programme in Interpersonal Relationships - at Ramkrishna Mission Khar - An activity planned by Student Welfare Committee.
Department of Communication and Extension :
Besides the mention of all previous mentioned Development Activities, the following oher activities were conducted -
(1) Visit to Gyanvani Studio (F.M.) studio SNDT , Churchgate. (2) A Five day edcuational tour to Hyderabad (28th November, - 3rd December). (3) Visit to (F.Y. and S.Y.) to International Photo Fair January 27, 2006 Bandra-Kurla
Complex. (4) An outdoo shoot - conducted for T.Y. and F.Y. (Vocational) and S.Y.
Communication students on 18th February, 2006 at Elephanta Caves. (5) 7 students attended a seminar `Careers in New Media” on July 1st 2005 organized
by COSMOS (Comel-Media Foundation) at St. Andrew’s Church, BOSCO Hall, Bandra Mumbai. Seminar topics were : Animation, Post Production, Audio Visusal, Bloggers, Careers in Internet.
(6) A Film Appreciation Club, C2 (Classic Cinema) was inaugurated on 27.8.2005. Two Satudays of the month Classic Movies were Screened e.g. Sound of Music, Charulata, Heda-Hoda etc..
(7) With an objective of getting the F.Y., S.Y. and T.Y. acquainted with each other and interation session was organized on 13.8.2005.
Department of Human Development
The S.Y.BSc. and T.Y.BSc.(ECCE students of HD dept) were taken to see an exhibition on “Helping Young Children “to see the different teaching aids exhibited by the Center for learning resources, Pune on 23rd Sept. “05 at Govind Dalvi Sabhagruh, Goregaon (W).
T.Y.BSc.(ECCE batch I celebrated the festival of Gokulashtmi at Blooming Dales
preprimary school , Khar. They set up various corners depicting the different activities related to Krishna eg. – a role play corner where different dress materials and jewellery were kept. Also art activities related to Gokulashtami were conducted by
T.Y.BSc.(ECCE) batch II had organized learning centers fro the pre-primary school
children of Blooming Dales, Khar. The centers were focused on sensory activities, wherein various activities related to sound, touch, smell, vision, taste were organized.
The T.Y.BH.Sc specializing in ECCE assisted the teachers of preprimary section of
the Jasudben High School for the following events : Sports day , Republic day celebrations and Parent-teacher meeting
S.Y.BSc. students were taken to see exhibitions and other events:
Katputli Festival at Kapila Kandwala Animal Safari at Matunga SNDT Sea world Annual exhibition of teaching aids at St. John’s School, Goregaon
Department of Foods and Nutrition
A talk on Application of Statistical techniques and Research was organized for the TY students of the department on the 16th July 2005 by Ms. Nilima Shah, faculty, Mithibai College, Vile Parle, Mumbai.
A group of 24 Applied Nutrition students attended a attended a four day workshop on “Microbiological Aspects of Food Analysis” from the 6th to the 9th of October at the Department of Microbiology, Bhavan’s College, Mumbai.
A Workshop on Research Methodology and comprehensive Statistical course was being organized for the SY BHSc students of the department from the 26th to 29th of April 2006.
37. Development programme for non-teaching staff:
A programme was conducted on 22nd of November 2005 for the non teaching staff on the practical application of physiotherapy exercises in day to day work situation. This programme was attended by 35 non teaching staff members. The format of the programme was a workshop and the resource person was Dr. Tripti Verma, a physiotherapist, trained in KEM hospital and having her own physiotherapy center- Mobility and More in Bandra(W), Mumbai-50. The participants were asked to perform the exercises in a sitting position and some in standing position and suggested a protocol to do the same on a routine basis in a work environment. It was followed by a brief orientation about Healthy Eating which was done by Dr. Jagmeet Madan, Nutritionist and Reader (D), Dept. of Foods and Nutrition. The programme ended with an open forum of question and answer session.
A one-day picnic was organized to Kumar Resort, Lonavala for the non-teaching staff of the College on 30th December, 2005. Around 40 staff members enjoyed this outing, as it was a refreshing change from their routine activities. The members returned rejuvenated after this outdoor activity.
The College also organized a workshop on “Sanskar Bharati” Rangoli to encourage the creativity of the non-teaching staff members of SVT College of Home Science on 3rd May to 5th May 2006. .Nine staff members learnt the skill of making Rangoli designs during this workshop and they are now motivated and waiting for any function/festival to show their newly learnt skills.
38. Healthy practices of the institution
Encourage staff development A lecture was organized on “ Plagiarism in Academics” by Dr. M. R. Kurup, Founder
principal of V.G. Vaze College, Mulund and a NAAC assessor and trainer on 13th of June 2005. The session oriented the staff to the concept of Plagiarism and its application in various academic settings. It was proposed that an institute should evolve a code of conduct for plagiarism and sensitize the staff and students for the same.
An interactive session on “ The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” based on a book by Dr. Stephen Covey was conducted by Prof. Prakash Vakil, Business Performance Enabler of Franklin Covey South Asia on 6th of October 2005 . The session highlighted the attributes by relating it through different anecdotes, which the staff could relate to.
1. Staff Development Programme on ‘Creative Teaching’ by Dr. Gururaj Karajagi on 11th of March 2006 - a group of 40 teachers of SVT College of Home Science, SNDT Women’s University, Juhu, Mumbai, participated in a seminar on ‘Creativity in Teaching and Evaluation in Higher Education’ which was conducted by Dr. Gururaj Karajagi, Director, International Academy for creative teaching, Bangalore on 11th of March,2006 at Ram Krishna Math and Mission, Khar(w), Mumbai –4000052. This programme was organized in collaboration with Ram Krishna Math and Mission, Khar(w), Mumbai –4000052. It was highly appreciated by all the staff members.
A staff picnic was organized on Saturday, 21st of January, 2006. A group of 32 staff
members of senior College joined the picnic. They were taken to Shanti Sagar Water Park and Resort (Ambernath). The group enjoyed through the journey by participating in Quiz, games, songs planned by them, for them .This was followed by a sumptuous meal and water park rides In the later half the staff members assembled by the river side and housie was organized with interesting prizes, which was led by an energized session of singing and dancing.
Peer Counseling
10 sessions of “Peer counseling” of an hour and a half each were conducted each week in the second semester. These sessions began on 11th February 2006 and continued until April. From over 30 students who registered, 13 students from S.Y. Div. C II (Department of Human Development) were chosen to undergo the training. The sessions were aimed at equipping these students with counseling skills required for Peer Counseling. These “peer counselors” will be able to offer basic initial guidance for students who hesitate to approach the counselor for help. These students will act as a link between the students and counselor, and will therefore help increase the reach and impact of counseling services. The peer counselors will remain in constant touch with the counselor to ensure proper supervision and coordination.
Small-group learning and field projects incorporated into the teaching-learning process. Rapport between students and teachers, which leads to helping each student to discover
her own potentials.
39. Linkages
Linkages with MBIAP, MBPN and ACASH helped the department of Foods and Nutrition along with the department of Human Development to plan a Seminar on “Breast feeding and Family Foods” and a quiz on “Breastfeeding and Family foods”.
Sponsorship by Cadbury India Ltd and Camlin Ltd enabled the department of Human development to invite 54 street children to the Santa’s Fun Fiesta planned in December 2005.
A new linkage with National Institute for the mentally Handicapped, Belapur, Navi Mumbai enabled 3 staff members from the department of Human Development to give lectures in that institute.
Linkage developed between “Dept. of Communication and Extension” and “Johnson and Johnson Ltd”, where the students from the department celebrated the Safety week at the Factory through display of posters and street play on Safety. Johnson and Johnson is planning to make commercial posters from the posters prepared by the students for their worker
Any other relevant information the institution wishes to add:
OUR COLLEGE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A “CENTER FOR POTENTIAL FOR EXCELLENCE” BY THE UGC IN MAY 2006.
The College organized a mega event this year i.e. the ELDORADO 2005 from 7th to 9th of December. Intracollegiate and intercollegiate events were organized. 15 Colleges in Mumbai participated in ELDORADO 2005.
The department of Textiles and Clothing in collaboration with Agha khan Social Welfare Board for India organized a three months training programme on “Ladies Dress Making course” for girls from under privileged families from various villages of India. Three months from 18\7\05 - 17\10\05
Office Automation - The College has undertaken a two-year project of office automation wherein the data bank of students will be generated from the time the student is enrolled in the College. Details related to her attendance, fees, marks etc. will be available online for the reference of the student, parent and teachers. The students will also be able to view the teaching plans of the different teachers for the different subjects that they would be learning. At the administration level, details of leave, etc. would be available on the computer.
Ms. Madhuri Nigudkar attended an orientation programme organized by the UGC staff Academic College from the 19th September to the 19th October 2005
Nature club was very active with different monsoon trek organized A group of 53 students trekked to Peb, near Matheran on 17th July ‘ 05 . A group of 19 students trekked to Naneghat on 4th Sept. 05. It was a very difficult uphill trek for 4 hours. (See annexure 5 for photographic details) The nature club also planned a star gazing program and a night trek.
Part C: Explain the plans of the institution for the next year (2006-2007)
S.No. Department/Committee Plans for next year
1. College Organize a Refresher course in Home Science in
November 2006
2. Foods and Nutrition Start a PG Diploma Course in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics.
Intensify collaborations with food industries and Take up more research projects
3. Department Of Textiles
and Clothing
Lecture series on “Eco-friendly Textiles and Processing”
Workshop and seminar on “Natural Dyes”. Exhibition of products prepared by Young
Entrepreneurs. Seminar with the help of weaves service centre on
Block and screen-printing. 4. Department of Family
Resource Management :
Improvise on the Household Equipment Manual authored by Ms. Bhalerao Manjiri, Ms. Dutta Anju and Ms. Rao Roopa.
Publishing a text book on Consumer Education based on the T.Y. Syllabus.
Compiling a handbook on “Materials in Interiors” to be used by the S.Y. and T.Y. FRM students.
5. Communication and Extension :
Ist Term A seminar Celebrations for World Photography Day
August 19, 2006. Puppetry Workshop (F.Y.) Fashion Photography Workshop (Voc.). Workshop on Sound Vocational.
IInd Term : State level seminar on Leadership Development for
Home Science Professionals. Puppetry Workshop. Department Exhibition.
6. Human Development To work on the major restructuring of the syllabus. Departmental exhibition inviting the children of 8 to
10th std. of the different schools around College/ Organize a Puppet show for children from the schools nearby.
Plan a National level seminar on “Childhood Obesity”
Organize a lecture series on “Computer aided Instruction”
7. Library :
1) Adding two more CD-Writers to library computers.
Introducing broadband internet connectivity.
8. Academic Committee Main Goal : To attract better students to enroll for the
Home Science course. Specific Activities:
To reach out to the students of reputed schools and Colleges and make presentations and put forth our strengths and professional outlook,and the focused and comprehensive nature of our undergraduate curriculum.
Tapping the print Media – starting with write ups in regular columns on education about our College and courses and initiating the collaborative effort to come out
with a booklet for 10-12th grade students on Home Science education.
Initiate departments to organize a combined event like Disha in the month of September 2006 and project the vocational focus of our courses and create awareness about our courses. This should also involve Junior College.
SemesterII:
Main Goal: To strengthen our teaching inputs. Specific Activities:
Plan activities to consolidate the knowledge base of the teachers, which can be spelt out further in terms of initiating development of resource material to teach in different departments.
Conduct workshops on “teaching skills” especially for the new entrants in teaching arena of the College and provide them with some hands on experience using their own subject matter as a resource.
Make information available for applying minor research projects , funds available and writing a project.
9. Evaluation Committee Review and modify the present questionnaire of Entry level, Mid point and exit level after inputs from various departments and experts of other reputed Colleges.
Device software programme for data entry of the evaluation forms
10. Student Welfare
Committee
Try to implement Earn while you learn scheme
Try to have Student insurance
11. Finance and
Administrative
committee
Office automation to improve the work efficiency and to create an physical environment conducive to teaching learning process
Implementation of ITC system Training for office automation Posting information on website Investment planning May consider ITC integration for accounts
12. Peer Evaluation
Committee
Develop a peer evaluation criteria and motivate the staff
to take benefit of this facility.
13. Examination Committee Organize a workshop on “Question bank format for
online examination”
Encourage staff members to post online assignments
after teaching
Sensitize students of consequences of unfair means in
examination through posters and skits.
14. Library Add 2 more CD writers to library computers
Introduce Broadband internet connectivity
DR. SUJA KOSHY DR. SUNANDA CHANDE Name of the Co-ordinator, IQAC Name of the Chairperson, IQAC Signature of the Co-ordinator, IQAC Signature of the Chairperson, IQAC
Annexure 3 S.V.T. COLLEGE OF HOME SCIENCE [AUTONOMOUS]
SENIOR COLLEGE SPORTS ACTIVITIES 2005-2006
This year the students participated in the Inter Collegiate tournament in various games and were
selected for the Inter University tournament.
Badminton Team won the Inter-Collegiate championship shield. The following were the
member. 18 teams participated (23rd and 24th August, 2005).
1] Ms. Kaaviya Shrinivasan : S.Y.B.H.Sc.
2] Ms. Radhika Khullar : T.Y.B.H.Sc.
3] Ms. Adiba Khan : T.Y.B.H.Sc.
4] Ms. Nupur Jain : F.Y.B.H.Sc.
5] Ms. Ekta Gala : S.Y.B.H.Sc.
Ms. Kaaviya and Ms. Radhika were selected for Inter University but could not participate due to
Exam.
The team participated in Table Tennis, Essay, Chess, Volleyball and Basketball.
13th to 15th September, 2005 volleyball and Basketball was held in Pune.
Ms. Supriya Nair of S.Y.B.H.Sc. and Reshma Shetty of F.Y.B.H.Sc. were selected for Inter
University Basketball tournament.
Ms. Supriya Nair received the University Promising Player for Basketball.
Ms. Kaavya Shrinivasan received the University Best Badminton Player Award.
Sr. Inter Collegiate Athletic meet was held at Itola, Vododara, Arya Kuimar Mahasabha College
of Physical Education for Women on 24th and 25th October, 2005. Ms. Nupur Jain of F.Y.B.H.Sc.
and Mrs. Khare attended the meet.
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Sports prizes were given on College Day 9th December, 2005 to the outstanding S.V.T. Sports
Student
1] University Best Badminton Player :
Ms. Kaaviya Shrinivasan : S.Y.B.H.Sc. - D
2] University Badminiton Player :
Ms. Radhika Khullar : T.Y.B.H.Sc.
3] University Basketball Player :
Ms. Supriya Nair : S.Y.B.H.Sc.
4] University Basketball Player :
Ms. Reshma Shetty : F.Y.B.H.Sc.
5] Best Chess Player :
Ms. Ketki Gujar : T.Y.B.H.Sc.
6] Best Volleyball Player :
Ms. Richa Doshi : S.Y.B.H.Sc.
7] Best Athlete in Throws Events :
Ms. Nupur Jain : F.Y.B.H.Sc.
8] Special Cricket Prize :
Ms. Singdha Hodarkar : S.Y.B.H.Sc.
Sports Day was held on 21st December, 2005 nearly 300 students participated the response was
good. Miss Linda Dennis was the Chief Guest (Asst. Director of Sports S.N.D.T. Women’s
University) and she distributed the prizes.
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On 17th and 18th January, 2006 U.M.I.T. organized the Junior and Senior Inter Collegiate Cricket
tournament. Dr. T. J. Mathew, Incharge of Juhu Campus was the Chief Guest. Mrs. Asha S.
Khare of S.V.T. College was Guest of Honour and Miss Linda Dennis, Asst Director presided
over the function.
S.V.T. College of Home Science stood 3rd position and Bhavana Dharod of S.Y.B.H.Sc.
RECEIVED THE university Best Batsmen Award.
The following were the Cricket team member.
1] Ms. Snigdha Hodarkr [Captain] : S.Y.B.H.Sc
2] Ms. Bhavana Dharod [V. Captain] : S.Y.B.H.Sc
3] Ms. Tanvi Desai : S.Y.B.H.Sc
4] Ms. Reshma Shetty : F.Y.B.H.Sc.
5] Ms. Rajani Passi : F.Y.B.H.Sc.
6] Ms. Priyanka Naik : F.Y.B.H.Sc.
7] Ms. Aradhana Mistry : F.Y.B.H.Sc.
8] Ms. Auja Sabhnis : F.Y.B.H.Sc.
9] Ms. Vaishali Shinde : F.Y.B.H.Sc.
10] Ms. Kinjal Desai : F.Y.B.H.Sc.
11] Ms. Krinali Doshi : S.Y.B.H.Sc.
12] Ms. Namrata Kamble : F.Y.B.H.Sc.
13] Mrs. Asha Khare : Sports Incharge
14] Mr. Mayekar : Coach
Annexure 4
GYMKHANA ACTIVITIES YEAR 2005 – 2006 The office - bearers for the Academic year were as follows –
1. Ms. Neha Chopra – President
2. Ms. Divya Chugh – Vice President
3. Ms. Ruchi Charekar – Gymkhana Secretary
4. Ms. Harsha Rabadia – Cultural Secretary • Freshers Day was celebrated on 23rd July, 2005 for both the Junior and Senior college
students. • On 12th August 2005, S.V.T. Day was observed to pay homage to Sir Vithaldas Thackersey.
Mrs. Vishaka Dalal from ISCKON gave a talk on ‘Moral Values’. Power point presentation
on the life of Sir Vithaldas Thackersey and bhajans were also the highlights of the
programme. • Students participated in “Malhar” the Inter college festival hosted by St. Xavier’s College.
The elimination round were held on 6th and 7th August 2005 and the final on 14th and 15th
August, 2005. S.V.T. students have received the following prizes: • First prize in Drama (Street play) – - Ms. Urvi Malvania
- Ms. Siddhi Narichania
- Ms. Bodalia Kurtika
- Ms. Anjali Shetty
- Ms. Pandit Neha
- Ms. Ritu Parekh
- Ms. Khileshwari Nagrani
- Ms. Hetal Mehta
- Ms. Shamita Gupte
- Ms. Ankita Parikh
• Second prize in Western group Dance (Light Illusion) – - Ms. Vishaka Sagwekar
- Ms. Minoti Dighe
- Ms. Kruti Mehta
- Ms. Neeha Parkar
- Ms. Riddhima Vengulekar
- Ms. Harleen Kaur
- Ms. Kala Dargi
- Ms. Purna Shah
- Ms. Jyoti Patil • Second prize in Marathi Humorous Poetry – Ms. Namita Ankolekar
• Students participated in “Andreamz”, the inter college festival hosted by St. Andrew’s
College. The elimination rounds were held on 24th of August 2005 and the finals on 2nd
September 2005. S.V.T. students have received –
• First prize in folk dance (Jhankaar) - Ms. Varsha Kudtarkar
- Ms. Meghna Agarwal • Students participated in “S.N.D.T. Yuva Mahotsav, 19th to 23rd September, 2005 in events
like on-the-spot painting, dumb charades, skit, drama, mimicry, monoacting, folk dance,
poster painting, debate, light vocal, classical vocal, essay writing and elocution, The winners
are –
2nd prize in monoacting – - Ms. Nina Kamath
2nd in English debate – - Ms. Ansari Shums
- Ms. Vaishali Gandhi
2nd gujarathi essay writing –
- Ms. Kritika Bodalia
3rd in English essay writing – - Ms. Zainab Rangwala
1st consolation in folk dance – - Ms. Nina Kamath
- Ms. Neha Nayak
- Ms. Aradhana Mestry
- Ms. Kinjal Shukla
- Ms. Varsha Kudtarkar
- Ms. Neha Patil
- Ms. Ashwini Bedre
- Ms. Bhavna Dharod
- Ms. Meghna Agarwal
- Ms. Ruchita Bhatt
- Ms. Anuja Sabnis
2nd consolation in solo classical vocal – - Ms. B. L. K. Sahiti
• Students participated in the “Rendezovous” college festival at Lala lajpatrai college of commerce on 5th December, 2005. Students won 1st prize in the treasure hunt competition (Charades) - - Ms. Jyoti Goenka
- Ms. Meghna Agarwal
- Ms. Krinali Doshi
3rd prize in Love Bites – - Ms. Isha Mody
• Students participated in “Jashn-E-Rizvi”, Organized by Rizvi College and won –
3rd Prize in Group dance – - Ms. Suchita Gurav
- Ms. Kanchan Gauri
- Ms. Neha Patil
- Ms. Ruchali Wadhavkar
- Ms. Varsha Kudtarkar
• Ms. Chinmayee Barve and Ms. Heena Shah participated in the Life skill education programme organized by the S.N.D.T. Women’s University as part of the Miss Tejaswini 2005 – 2006 competition. Ms. Chinmayee Barve was crowned as Miss. Tejaswini 2005 – 2006.
Annexure B
REPORT OF GYMKHANA COMMITTEE : ELDORADO – 2005 A three day mega event Eldorado – 2005 was organized by the College Gymkhana Committee from 7th December 2005 to 9th December 2005. The flow of event were as follows – 7th December 2005 – Intra Collegiate day Various events under literary arts, Fine arts and Performing arts were organized for our Junior and Senior college students starting from 10.00 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.
I. Literary arts – events such as 1.Ad-mad, 2.Horrible handwriting, 3.Just a minute and
4.Thrash a Page 3 celebrity were organized.
II. Fine arts – events such as 1.Make a castle, 2.Thrash a painting, 3.Make over and 4.Nestle
cookery contest were organized.
III. Performing arts – events such as 1. Group dances and 2. Solo signing were organized.
Judges for Solo singing were Mrs. Sulochana Devalkar and Mrs. Nasreen Kale. Judges
for Group dances were Mrs. Kishupal, and Ms. Nidhi Chaitalia, Mr. Serin Panikar
IV. JAM session (Dance Party) was also organized for the students sponsored by Nestle India
Ltd.
V. 15 Stalls of Eatables, Cosmetics, Apparels and Designer wear, Academic, Tarot reader, etc.
were put up by the sponsors in the college premises.
8th December 2005 – Inter Collegiate Day Three events i.e. Treasure Hunt, Group Dance and Fashion Show were organized wherein 15 colleges of Mumbai participated.
List of the colleges participated in the events –
1. ST. Xavier’s College, Mahapalika road, Fort, Mumbai – 1, Ph:2621633.
2. Mittal College of Arts and Commerce, Bhandarwada, Gaothan Road, Rajanapada, Malad (W), Mumbai – 64, Ph:28822452/1673.
3. L. S. Raheja College of Arts and Commerce, Juhu Road, Mumbai – 54, Ph:26606806/9320.
4. Bhavan’s College, Munshi Nagar, Andheri (W), Mumbai – 53, Ph:26234552/2192.
5. Mulund College of Commerce, Sarojini Naidu Road, Mulund, Mumbai – 80, Ph:25650257.
6. M. K. Sangvi College of Commerce and Economics, J.V.P.D. Scheme, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai - 49, Ph:26241751.
7. Lala lajpatrai College of Commerce and Economics, Lala lajpatrai Marg, Mahalakshiim,
Mumbai – 34, Ph:24928240.
8. S.S. and L.S. Patkar College of Arts and Science and V.P. Varde College of Commerce, S.V.T. Road, Goregaon (W), Mumbai – 62, Ph: 28723731.
9. Rizvi College, Rizvi Complex, Off Carter Road, Bandra (W), Mumbai – 50, Ph:26480348.
10.Sir Vithaldas Thackersey College of Home Science (Autonomous), S.N.D.T. Women’s
University, Sir Vithaldas Vidyavihar, Juhu Road, Mumbai – 49, Ph:26602504.
11.Usha Mittal Institute of Technology, S.N.D.T. Women’s University, Sir Vithaldas Vidyavihar,
Juhu Road, Mumbai – 49
12.S.I.E.S. College of Commerce and Economics, Plot No.71/72, Sion-Matunga Estate, Sion,
Mumbai – 22, ph:24074944.
13.Smt. Mithibai Motriam Kundnani College of Commerce, 32nd Road, T.P.S. III, Bandra,
Mumbai – 50, Ph:26495230.
14.ST. Xavier’s Technical (THINC International), Mahapalika Road, Fort, Mumbai – 1.
15.Khar Education Society (K.E.S.), Khar, Mumbai.
Treasure Hunt was organized on the S.N.D.T. University Campus between 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon, and colleges participated in this event.
Group Dance competition was organized from 5 p.m. onwards on the S.N.D.T. University ground, and 8 college performed in this event. This event was judges by a panel of eminent Dancers and Choreographers such as –
Mr. Kunal Tawri
Mrs. Vijaya Srinivasan
Mr. Tobhy Fernandes
Mr. Raoul
Ms. Mellody
Mr. Rajiv Kinchi
Mr. Mehul Gadam
Fashion Show was organized on the S.N.D.T. Univeristy ground, and 4 colleges had performed. This event was judges by a panel of eminent Celebrities such as –
Mrs. Geeta Casterlion (Director, Dept. of Fashion Tech.Rizvi College)
Mrs. Nikarika khan (Fashion Designer)
Mrs. Sayali Bhagat (Ex-Miss. India World 2004)
Mr. Harsh Gupta (Faculty, NIFT)
Mr. Parvez mantra (Model)
Mr. Ashok Saliyan ( Fashion Photographer)
The second day was concluded by Rock band performance by a professional Team.
9th December 2005 – Annual College Day The programme started at 5.00 p.m. with the address of the Principal, Dr. Snehalata Deshmukh Chief Guest, Mr. Vivek Mashru Guest of Honor, Vote of thanks by Vice Principal, followed by the distribution of the academic excellence was organized. Wherein our college students presented various dances, drama, Fashion shows and Final Miss. SVT round, followed by crowing. The judges for Miss. SVT final round were –
Mr. Vivek Masheu (Actor)
Mr. Sanjay Jumani (Numerologist)
Mrs. Jherrna Jumani (Gemologist)
Ms. Neha Nagpal (Fashion Designer)
Dr. Meena Godhia
There were performances by the teaching and non-teaching staff members followed by the Grand Finale.
Both on 8th and 9th December the 15 Stalls were put up on the venue of the S.N.D.T. University Ground.
For the successful organization of the 3 day mega event Eldorado 2005 various committee were set up. Teaching, non-teaching staff members, students of both Junior and Senior College were involved in various committee’s. The committee’s such as Organizing Committee, Invitation committee, Publicity committee, Stage/Decoration Committee, Light and Sound Committee, Sponsorship committee, Prize and Certificate Committee, Finance Committee, Reception Committee, Security Committee, Hospitality Committee, Stall Committee, Graphics Committee were set up.
The reports of Shahara Mumbai and Janmat attended the event. The event coverage was publish in the Marathi Newspaper “LokSatta”, on 11th December 2005 and also published in “Westside Plus” on 16th December 2005.