ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE In accordance with the guidelines and regulations of the Univeristy of Mumbai, the College has taken appropriate steps to regulate and ensure that all students comply with the rule of 75% attendance in class. Defualters were identified and thereon meeting with their parents or guardians were held commencing August 28, 2013. 

     

   

      

COLLEGE ACHIEVEMENT The Kamgar Kalyan Mandal had organized and Inter-Collegiate Open Traditional Folk Dance Competition in the last week of October 2013. Our group of students that participated in the competition won the Second Prize in the FOLK DANCE  EVENT. 

             

 

     

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES Improving the personality of students through extra-curricular activities like fine arts competition is an ongoing and continuous endeavour at the College. A Talent Week was organized by the Cultural Committee between August 29 and September 3, 2013 which comprised of competitions like Nail Art, hair Styling, Origami, Balloon Structuring, Rangoli, On-the-spot Painting, Theme Poster Making and Mehendi. Participation was very encouraging and enthusiastic. Winners will be awarded Certificates at the Annual Prize Distribution Ceremony.

        

 

   

    

     

TEACHERS’ DAY CELEBRATION On Spetember 5, 2013, the Trust arranged a get-together of teachers of all sections of the Trust which was followed by a Movie at Cinemax (Bandra) – Satyagraha. The celebrations did not seem to end there for the degree section lecturers - the Students’ Council planned for a lavish and beautiful Teachers’ day Celebration on September 6, 2013. The teachers were goven a royal welcome followed by performances by the students. During the function snacks were distributed to the teachers.

         

       

 

  NSS – ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP The NSS group of our College works very closely with Saher NGO. On September 6, 2013, a representative of the NGO, Ms. Mansi, conducted a half day Workshop on Entrepreneurship Development. It oriented the students towards self-employment. As there is intense competition for students to get employment after graduation, providing them an alternative means of subsistence is important. Through the workshop the NGO tried to give business ideas to the students. This was open to all students of the College. 

                

  

 

              

INDUSTRIAL VISIT BBI Students of our College were taken on an Industrial Visit to the RBI office at Kharghar on September 17, 2013. Students were refurbished with information about the RBI operations and the policies undertaken by it towards the improvement of the Indian Economy. 

  

      

GANDHI VICHAR Gandhiji – the Father of our Nation – how well do we know him. In memory of this great man, the ‘Gandhi Vichar’ Exam was conducted in the College on September 17, 2013. More than 50 students appeared for the same.

 

 

ALUMNI ACTIVITY The Alumni Association of our college spearheaded by our Librarian, Ms. Sunita Bhuiya - this academic year, decided to conduct activities which would make the association more active. In view of this, on Sunday, September 22, 2013, the College Alumni Association had organized a picnic to “Kondana Caves”, near Karjat. Around 22 alumni - 16 boys and 6 girls from B. Com., BMS & BBI programs had joined the picnic. With the efforts of alumni core-committee members it became possible to organize and make it successful. All were happy interacting with each other. Alumni wanted to have many such opportunities to meet and be associated with the College 

   

 

 

  

PTA MEET A Parents’ teacher Meet was organized on September 29, 2013 to orient parents about the short term and long term plans of the College. It was also an opportunity to get feedback from the parents about certain issues which needs to be bettered in the College.

  

DLLE FIRST TERM ORIENTATION In a drive to make the students more computer savvy, the College has opted for the University of Mumbai’s DLLE program. The first term orientation program for all the participants was held on October 1, 2013. The Field Co-ordinator, Dr. Arvind Luhar was the resource person who briefed the students about what needs to be done in the program to successfully complete it. He also lectured the students about how to develop soft skills and skills required when they join their workplace. .

        

 

 

   

PLACEMENT Edusharp – a recruiter to many Indian and Multinational Corporations conducted a pre-employment test on Campus on October 19, 2013. Around 60 students attempted the test. Results will be declared at an All-India level. After which meritorious students would be facilitated with interviews at various corporate. 

     

SPORTS This academic year the Sports Department has gone the extra mile to develop the sports dexterity of students. On the ongoing effort, it decided to hold practice sessions for indoor and outdoor games, during the Diwali vacations. The schedule followed was: Football – November 6-11, 2013; Volleyball and Kabbadi – November 12-18, 2013; Kho-kho – November 21-23, 2013; Badminton and all indoor games – November 6-23. 2013

              

NSS The NSS Unit of the College organized for all its volunteers a 7 day Rural residential Camp from November 7-13, 2013 at Mande, Saphale (West). The daily normal schedule at the camp consisted of awaking at 5.30 am followed by exercises and then the kitchen and cleaning work and other labourious activities. The day generally ended with one group performing an entertaining act between 7-8 pm. An achievement of the camp was building a dam for the villagers – the water that is collected and flowing from a river alongside the camping site was diverted to be used by the villagers for farming purpose. A medical camp for the villagers was organized, in which more than 100 villagers participated and they were provided free medical aids and tests like eye-test, ECG etc were conducted. Street plays passing on messages of social evils like, domestic violence, gender equality, literacy awareness, family values etc, were more than spontaneously performed by our NSS volunteers for the villagers. The NSS program Officers who accompanied the student volunteers were Ms. Tasfiya Shaikh and Mr. Prashant Salvi. The NSS volunteers (around 40) went for an Exposure Camp to Ahmedabad sponsored by Saher NGO. It was for 4 days

  

 

(November 19-23, 2013). The volunteers were camped at Trimurti Mandir Aashram. Lectures on Self Development and Youth Building were delivered to the students by the Trustee members of the Sansthan. Gandhi Vichar was also a part of the program. Volunteers were also made to participate in mind refreshing games, to sharpen their mental abilities.  

 

COUNSELING ORIENTATION WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS On November 27, 2013, our College Counselor, Ms. Sunita Naha, conducted a workshop orienting the teachers of the various activities that the Counseling Cell intends to do in the year. It was an interactive session with an open forum for teachers to discuss matters like - work-life balance, managing stress and student related problems  

      

        

PAPER PRESENTATION BY FACULTY The College encourages faculty members indulging in research activities and this brings a positive outcome on the teaching abilities. As every year, teachers’ papers are selected for presentations at Conferences of various levels and the paper is published thereon.

            

Sr. no.

Faculty Name

Title of Paper

Title of Conference

1 Ms. Renita Vazirani

Swadeshi vs Videshi : FDI in Multi brand Retail of India

National Conference on “Indian Economy in 21st Century : Issues & Challenges”

2 Ms. Byshi Panikar

Role of Micro Finance in Shaping Indian Economy

National Conference on “Indian Economy in 21st Century : Issues & Challenges”

3 Ms. Deepti Sadvelkar

Current Issues in HRM

National Seminar on “Best Practices in Human Resource Management in the Changing Business Environment”

   

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS The College follows a tradition to celebrate birthdays of all the employees by holding a small get-together. In the past three months the following birthdays have been celebrated : 

Sr. No.

Name of the Staff Date

1 Sagar Awalkar September 11 2 Vijay Dubey September 13 3 Monisha D’costa September 14 4 Renita Vazirani October 1 5 Riddhi Parab October 6 6 Byshi Panikar November 16 7 Sandhya Solim November 27

ENTERTAINER One day a man goes to a pet shop to buy a parrot. The assistant takes the man to the parrot section and asks the man to choose one. The man asks, ''How much is the yellow one?'' The assistant says, ''$2000.'' The man is shocked and asks the assistant why it's so expensive. The assistant explains, ''This parrot is a very special one. He knows typewriting and can type really fast.'' ''What about the green one?'' the man asks. The assistant says, ''He costs $5000 because he knows typewriting and can answer incoming telephone calls and takes notes.'' ''What about the red one?'' the man asks. The assistant says, ''That one's $10,000.'' The man says, ''What does HE do?'' The assistant says, ''I don't know, but the other two call him boss.''

 

A SMALL BEAUTIFUL STORY A water bearer in China had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his house.

Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect for which it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.

After 2 years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by thestream. “I am ashamed of myself, and because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.” The bearer said to the pot, “Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot’s side? That’s because I have always known about your flaw, and I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you’ve watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house”

Each of us has our own unique flaws. We’re all cracked pots. But it’s the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You’ve just got to take each person for what they are, and look for the good in them.

Feel good about what you are and not what you could be.

 

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