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IMPRESSIONSANNUAL NEWS LETTER 2014-15

PAZHASSI RAJA N.S.S. COLLEGE, MATTANUR2

To cater to the needs and aspirations of higher education in a just equitable manner.

The higher educationsector in India is facingseveral challenges in spiteof the tremendous growthwitnessed in terms ofnumber of institutes andenrollment, over the pastfew years.The countryneeds an education system

that can deliver quality education for promotingresearch and to create skilled and employableyouth. Knowledge not only lights up the mindand soul of those who seek it,butalso illuminatethe present and future of the country.PazhassiRaja NSS College, Mattanur, has been a centreof higher learning for the past fifty years. It hasproduced great men and women who are wellplaced in different walks of life.I have been apart of the institution for the last 31 years of mycareer as a Professor of Chemistry and in thelast two years as head of the institution. Lookingback, I feel that I have done my duties andresponsibilities to the best of my ability. I stepdown with a deep sense of satisfaction andfulfillment. I take this opportunity to express myheartfelt gratitude to the management,colleagues, students and parents for thesupport and friendship given to me. I wish theinstitution and all its stakeholders the very best

This academic year was marked withvarious events and success stories. Renovationworks of the college and hostel buildingsinitiated in the previous year continued with fullvigour in this year also. All these works werefunded by our management. Along with theseworks, two rain water harvesting tanks, each ofone lakh liter capacity were built using GDA OFUGC 12th plan. With these, educationalambience of the institution has improved greatlyto cater to the curricular experience of thestudents in various disciplines.

Dr K Pradeep Kumar

FROM THE

PRINCIPAL’S DESK

The Chemistry of Life

The Department Of Chemistry &Research Centre successfully organised the opendefence seminar of the first research scholar, Smt.Prasanna M.K, guided by Dr. K. Pradeep Kumar,Principal, PRNSS, College, Mattanur, at theDepartment of Chemistry and Research Centre, ,on 09.06.2014. Kekule club activities of theacademic year 2014-15 was inaugurated by Dr.Nygil Thomas, Assistant Professor, NirmalagiriCollege on 11.07.14, followed by a talk on thehigher study and career opportunities of thechemistry courses. Extension activity of the

department on Water Quality Analysis wasinaugurated by Dr. Harikumar of CWRDM,Kozhikode on 13.11.14 . Survey on the naturaland artificial water bodies of the town ward ofMattanur municipality was conducted by studentson 14.11.14. students manuscript magazineNANO and news letter PAZHASSI CHEM werereleased by Dr.Balakrishnan, HOD, PlantScience, by handing over the copies to the

Principal, Dr. K.Pradeep Kumar. Dr. Balakrishnangave a talk on food safety and Pesticide Control.Department of Chemistry and Physics jointlyorganised a programme for honouring theeminent scientist Dr. Mukundan Thelakkat, whoonce belonged to this department and is now with



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the University of Bayreuth, Germany on 30.01.15.Chemistry Kekule club together with Women's cellas part of cleanliness cleaned the college road byremoving the the waste materials and placingwaste baskets on 12th February. Chemistryassociat ion was inaugurated by Prof.Prabhakaran (Rtd. Professor Govt. BrennenCollege, Thalassery) on 24.02.15. He delivered atalk on Basic concept in Chemistry. NationalScience day was observed by the departmentthrough a series of activities. Department ofchemistry &Research centre organized a one daynational seminar in honour of Dr.K. PradeepKumar (former HOD of Chemistry who retiredfrom his service as Principal of PRNSS college,Mattanur, this year) on 21.05.2015. Seminar wasinaugurated by Prof. N.K. Govindan, HOD ofChemistry KMMGWC, Kannur. Technicalsessions were handled by Dr.P. Raveendran(University of Calicut), Dr. N.K. Renuka (Universityof Calicut) and Dr.A.Sujith (NIT Calicut).

The Word OfBusiness Affairs

A two day Camp, under the bannerwas arranged for all

students of Commerce department on 27th and28th of September 2014. The camp wasinaugurated by Dr.Joselette Mathew, Principal,Nirmalagiri College, Kuthuparamba who made alecture on “ Environment and Ecology”. A sessionon 'Career Guidance and Options for HigherEducation' was organized with Mr. MidhunKrishna, DMS Palayad, Mr.Alex Abraham,Deloitte, Bangalore and Aiswarya Raveendran,Federal bank, Payyannur (Former student of ourdepartment) as resource persons who discussedopportunities under MBA, CA, Banking Careeretc. Sessions on Cyber Law was also held bySri.M.K.Hariprasad, Sub Inspector of Police, KAP,Mangattuparamba leading the discussions. Anexhaustive session on stock market operationswas held by Mr.Lijin Narayan, Relations managerof Sharekhan Ltd, an expert on the subject.

Rarish.P of II MCom class proved hisexcellence in academics by securing IIIrd Rank inthe Kannur University Examination held in March2014. Our students excelled in competitions heldby other colleges under Kannur University.

'Com- Contenance - 2014'

They secured recognition asin the Management Fest conducted by the

Dept. of Commerce, Devamatha Arts & ScienceCollege, Paisakkari andin the Management Fest conducted by MGCollege, Iritty.

We have commenced anof 100

hours duration, for students of IInd and IIIrd BComstudents, in which 42 students have beenenrolled. Classes are engaged during Saturdaysand other holidays. An , toinvolve students on socially relevant issues, wastaken up by the department to ensure totalfinancial inclusion in a selected village. Studentswere oriented on the subject by Sri. P. Dinesh,Asst. General Manager, NABARD. Studentsconducted a door to door survey in a selectedarea to collect the details on the status of bankaccounts and need for financial product. Theformat for the purpose was designed inconsultation with the AGM, NABARD. Localbankers and the people's representatives wereinvolved in the programme.

“Best ManagementTeam”

“Best Marketing Team”

“Add onCourse” on Accounting and Taxation

extension programme

Activities of the Post Graduate DepartmentOf Commerce began with the

on8th July 2014, followed by an educativesession handled by Sri.K.V.Raveendran(Development Officer, LIC of India)..

inaugurationof the Commerce club - RAIN.COM



To fulfil the pedagogic needs of the region

A Field ForSocial Inclusion

The inauguration of 'ECONSS' clubactivities and a talk on

was held on 16th July 2014 by SriNarayanan P, Assistant Professor, PGDepartment of Economics, KMM Govt. Women'sCollege, Kannur. The department in collaborationwith CDS, Mattanur organized a 'WomenEmpowerment Programme' for Kudumbashreemembers of the Municipality, as part of the UGCExtension activity. The program was inauguratedby the Municipal Chairman Sri. Bhaskaran K andpresided by the Principal Dr. K. Pradeep Kumar.The Economics Association was inaugurated bySri. T.P. Premarajan, DYSP, Crime Branch,Kannur on 6th March, 2015.

'Career Opportunities inEconomics'

department celebratedon 10th December 2014, in collaboration with

the Taluk Legal Services Authority, Thalassery.The function was inaugurated by Sri. AbdulSathar, Family Court judge, Thalassery. Theinaugural function was followed by classes onhuman rights by advocates Omana P and Jyothi Mof District Courts, Thalassery.

The department also organized a Bookand Poster Exhibition and an Essay competitionon human rights in connection with the worldHuman Rights Day

The World Human RightsDay

The Department introduced a 'FoundationCourse in Human Rights Education' of 3 monthsduration with financial assistance from UGC in theacademic year 2011-12. The departmentconducts moot courts and classes in human rightsas part of the course. Three batches havesuccessfully completed the course and the fourthbatch is in progress. The inauguration of the fourthbatch and the certificate distribution of the thirdbatch were held in August, 2014 by Prof. Sarala KA., District Panchayath President, Kannur. The

The Language ofPossibilities

The department of English as part ofExtension Activity conducted a workshop on“Techniques of Teaching English” for schoolteachers on 7th Feb. 2015 by the faculty membersof the department. A literary festival, “Lit Fest”was conducted for the students during the firstweek of October. As part of this, Magazinecreation, Essay, Versification, and Literary Quizcompetitions were conducted. The EnglishAssociation was inaugurated outside the campus,on the scenic background of Kakkayam Dam bySmt. Leelamma M M., Lecturer, Govt.Polytechnic, Mattanur on 15th March.



To familarise the Fourth Estate to the students,conducted an interaction with the journalistHarish.C. Menon from Times of India, on the topic,“The Role of Media in Society”, on 16th Sept.2014.

To recognise and promote latent talent and special skills of students

The Language ofThe Nation's Psyche

The Department of Hindi in tune with thegrowing demand of Hindi in southern Indiasketched out methods to facilitate the change. TheDepartment of Hindi as its 1st Extension Activityfor the year 2014-15, conducted a two dayexhibition and it was inaugurated by Dr. G.Kumaran Nair, former HOD of Hindi Departmentand former Principal of this College, on 24th and

25th September 2014. The main objective of theexhibition was to improve the knowledge and toeducate the students, research scholars andteachers of nearby schools and colleges aboutthe Hindi Language and Literature. The 2ndExtension Activity of the Department was a 10day Hindi Exhibition conducted as part of the AllIndia Exhibition in connection with the MuchilottKaav Perumkaliyattam Festival, Cheruvathur,Kasargod. The 3rd ExtensionActivity is a SpokenHindi Class on all Saturdays and it is stillcontinuing for the Inmates of Sachidananda BalaMandir, Kolari, Mattanur

The Department of History, conducted aweek long programme -

- to commemorate the history andlegacy of great martyr Kerala Varma PazhassiRaja. The programme was conducted from 24-11-2014 to 01-12-2014 and it included an essaycompetition for students, Pazhassi exhibition, filmscreening, Pazhassi Memorial Lecture, visit toPazhassi Kovilakam and a valedictory function.The programme organised as the extensionactivity, could enrich one's understanding of thesaga of Pazhassi Raja

CharithrapathangalilePazhassi

The Past is TheSource Of Future


To consistently aim for quality and uncompromising enquiry


The most important event of the week-long programme was the Pazhassi MemorialLecture delivered by eminent historian and formerVice Chancellor of Calicut University Prof. Dr.K.K.N. Kurup. As a historian, Prof. Kurup haswritten extensively on various topics likeindigenous encounter with colonialism and theanti-colonial resistance of the peasants. Prof.Kurup has penned , in whichhe detailed the heroic struggles of Pazhassi Raja

Pazhassisamarangal

The Language ofNative Thought

The Department of Malayalam conductedon19th June 2014. An Essay

writing competition on “Reading and Society” wasalso conducted on the same day. TheDepartment in association with SPICMACAYorganized a Kathakali performance in the collegeon 8thAugust 2014. The story was

The programme provided thespectators an aesthetic literacy to appreciate thissublime art in a better perspective.Thedepartment in association with VidhyarangamKala Sahithyavedi Mattannur sub-districtorganized a programme entitled

Vayanadinam

NalacharithamAttakatha.

The MalayalamLanguage Pedagogy and Intimation of Kerala

Dance performance on 6th February atMahadeva Hall Mattannur. On the programmeaimed to inculcate a passionate awareness in theminds of the new generation about our language,art. Dr.Sumitha Nair presented a demonstration ofMohiniattam, and Sumesh A. delivered a talk onLanguage pedagogy.

Department of Mathematics conducted aMathematics exhibition, 'ELEMENTS -2015' on2nd February 2015, as its extension activity,funded by UGC and college PTA. The main aim ofthis programme was to raise awareness amongstudents, youths and public about the importanceand essential nature of Mathematics in everydaylife and in all sciences. Former HOD ofMathematics Prof.P.P. Kunhikrishnan inauguratedthe function, presided by the Principal Dr. KPradeepkumar.

The puzzles, games, working and stillmodel of various principles are the main items inthe exhibition. The power point presentation ofKlein bottle, mobius strip, rubics cube were themain attraction of the exhibition.. The programmewas a grand success as many school children

The World of ZeroTo Infinity



The Department of Physics organized atalk on higher studies options in physics on27.06.2014. VaishakhVV, SRF, IISC Banglore,was the resource person

Bohr Centenary celebrations wereconducted in association with APT and KSCSTEon 10.10.2014. Dr. VPN Nampoori, Emeritus Profof CUSAT inaugurated the programme. Dr. A VHemalatha presided over the function. Dr. V P NNampoori and Sri. K B Roy of Pattambi Govt.College delivered two lectures on Genesis of

Energy CanNeither Be CreatedNor Destroyed

To uphold democratic and multicultural values as the basis of higher education

made a visit.On 23rd February 2015, the department

conducted Elements 2015 at NivedithaVidyalayam at Punnad. Around 250 students andteachers of nearby schools visited the exhibition.

The formal inauguration of Compactumclub activities of the academic year 2014-15 wasdone by Noufal A., Asst.Professor, Govt: BrennenCollege, Dharmadam on 10th July 2014.

Namratha KV and Dhanya VK, the toppers ofKannur Univers i ty B.Sc. Mathemat icsexamination were felicitated on the same day.There was a technical session on “Careeropportunit ies and higher education inMathematics,” handled by NoufalA.

Compactum club organized a PSCcoaching class, especially in arithmetic reasoningand aptitude in Mathematics. Around 70 studentsparticipated in the coaching programme. Theclasses were handled by M.Sc. students and finalyear B.Sc. students of the department.

The Compactum Club published a wallmagazine namely 'Zero to Infinity', fortnightly.Namratha K V, who was appointed at FederalBank, was felicitated by the club on 27th October2014. The club released a manuscript magazineon 31st March 2015.

quanta and Bohr atom model- a groundbreakingtriology respectively.

The department launched an extensionactivity based on conservation of energy.As a partof our social responsibility an awarenessprogramme on energy conservation wasconducted in a selected ward of MattanurMunicipality. To equip the students for this activitya two day residential camp had been conducted atour college and eminent persons from KSSP,KSEB and ANERT handled various classes. As afirst phase of our programme 71 students of IVand VI Semester visited 272 houses in Nelluni,Ward-26 of Mattanur municipality regularly andawareness classes were given. A data collectionof all electrical equipments in those houses werealso carried out to audit the electrical energy.

A poster presentation on energy conservationwas organized by spectrum club. The club alsoconducted interdepartmental science quiz inconnection with National science daycelebrations.

Physics and chemistry departmentsjointly organized a felicitation on 30-1-15 to formerfaculty of this institution Dr. T MukundanThelakkat, Professor, University of Beyreuth. Hedelivered a talk on research innovations inphysical sciences. The Physics Association wasformally inaugurated by Sri. Dineshan, Asst.Professor, Govt. Brennen College on 14-2-2015and was followed by a talk on cosmology.


The Department of Botany to propagatethe message of living close to nature initiatedpopularization of Organic Farming in the campusduring this academic year and cultivated differentvegetables in the campus by April 2015. As part ofthe programme, the department provided B.Sc.Plant Science students opportunity to interact withleading scientists in the field including a seniorfaculty of Indian Council of Forestry Research andEducation. The Department also conducted anextension programme on Edible MushroomCultivation and the project is in progress.

To serve national vision and aspirations from a regional platform


Decoding the Flora

Decoding the Fauna

Curious to learn and eager to extendourselves to society, the Dept. of Zoology,conducted events which are sure to make lastingimpressions in our college. The Zoology Clubactivities for the year were inaugurated by Dr. P.R.Swaran, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Zoology,Payyanur College. Our students visited 'Niravu' ,the South Indian Agricultural Festival atAmbalavayal and Association inauguration wasdone at that venue by Sri. Rajesh K, Course Co-

In addition to the regular activities, thisacademic year, Nature Club mainly focused itsattention to make the campus a 'Clean GreenCampus'. The members actively participated incleaning the college premises and evolving aneco-friendly method for disposing food waste. Dr.Amrutha is the Convenor and Ms. Manjari is theJoint Convenor of the Club.

Chrysalis Nature Club


The achievements in Sports and Gameswere praise worthy with much recognition. OurSoft Ball team got first place in Kannur UniversityIntercollegiate Championship. Swimming teamgot 2nd place and Volly Ball team got 3rd place inthe University Championship. Our studentsMubasheer K P and Akhil P represented KannurUniversity in the South Zone VolleyballChampionship, Jithinkumar and Divek Thomasrepresented Kannur University in the All IndiaInter-University Swimming Championship,Deepak V got third prize in the Kannur Universityintercollegiate Kalaripayattu Championship andArun M, Abhijith Raju, Abhinav T and Vijesh Kwere selected in the District Volleyball


ordinator, Dept. of Education, Mananthavady.The inspirational lecture by Dr. Sudha.K,Associate Professor, PG & Research Departmentof Zoology, SN College, Kannur marked thisyear's Dr. Balamani Endowment function. Ms.Induja. K of Payyanur College, winner of theendowment was felicitated in the function. So asto reach out to the society, the Departmentmeticulously chalked out and implemented theextension activities with hands-on training, for theparents of our students. Sri. Jayaraj Nair.K,Agricultural Officer, Chelora led the class onOrganic Farming and Vermicomposting. Class onApiculture was handled by Sri. Unnikrishanan ofKhadi and Village Industries, Kannur.

An awareness procession was organizedby our students on Ozone day and a blood groupdetection camp was organized. A session onhigher study options and career advancementwas done by Ms. Kavitha Anand, VIT, Vellore,former student of the Department. Otherimportant activities done in the year includeNational Science Day Celebrations funded byKSCSTE, and Environment AwarenessCampaign funded by NEAC and MOEF, Govt. ofIndia.

Faster, Higher, Stronger

Career guidance and counseling cellorganized various programmes during thisacademic year. Orientation programme on higherstudies options was conducted for all disciplinesfrom 27-6-2014 to 28-9-2014 inviting eminentresource persons. A motivation and personalitydevelopment class was conducted for VIsemester students on 3-2-2015.The resourceperson was Sri Jayapalan, International Jayceestrainer. Group counseling programme for the IVsemester students was conducted from 23-2-2015 t0 27-02-2015. Personal counseling wasgiven for required students by psychologist Dr.Girish Nambiar. A mock bank test was conductedfor the final semester students with the assistanceof TIME, Kannur. 10 of our students participated ina one day training programme outside the collegeconducted by World Malayalee Council

Kannur Dist. Youth Volleyball Winner

Career Guidance andCounseling Cell

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PAZHASSI RAJA N.S.S. COLLEGE, MATTANUR10IMPRESSIONSANNUAL NEWS LETTER 2014-15

The Internal Quality Assurance Cell(IQAC), a post accreditation quality sustenancemeasure has become a part of the institution fromthe year 2009 onwards. The IQAC works towardsthe realization of the goals of qualityenhancement and academic excellence byundertaking various activities beneficial for thestaff and students. A one day 'E-contentAwareness Programme' conducted byEducational Multimedia Research Centre(EMMRC), Calicut University was a major activityorganized by IQAC for the faculty improvement ofthe institution. An Orientation programme for FirstSemester students, Online Examination for thethird semester students, physical training for girlstudents, Financial Literacy programme, andHealth Awareness programme are other activitiesorganized by IQAC this academic year. In order toensure student participation in qualityimprovement, regular student feedback onfaculty, department, institution and curriculum isundertaken by IQAC every academic year. DrK.B. Vidhya, Head, Department of Economicsacts as the coordinator of IQAC.

IQAC National Cadet Corps (NCC)

Our NCC cadets participated inIndependence Day and Republic Day parades atthe District level. Lt. E V Shaji of CommerceDepartment is in charge of NCC. Four cadetsattended National Integration Camp and anotherfour attended the Trekking Camp. ANO Lt.Shaji EV escorted the SNIC at Nagaland.

10 students of different disciplines got placed in various firms during this academic year.

Details are furnished below.

SL.NO

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Name of the student

Namratha K.V

Resna M.V

Dijil V.P

Shilpa

Manasa

Nithya

Swathi Raveendran

Anusree Raveendran

Vandana Ambat

Aswathi P.V

Discipline

Mathematics

Commerce

Commerce

Commerce

Physics

Physics

Physics

Physics

Physics

Physics

Placement

Clerk, Federal Bank

Clerk, Federal Bank

P.O Federal bank

P.O Federal Bank

JSO,ICICI Bank

JSO,ICICI Bank

WIPRO

WIPRO

WIPRO

WIPRO

To produce and disseminate critical knowledge and scientific wisdom


This year NSS units did a variety ofactivities under the leadership of the ProgrammeOfficers, Mr. Ravikrishnan T., Ms. Mahima C V.,and Mr. Anil Chandran. Some major activities areG r e e n C a m p u s P r o g r a m m e , Yo u t hEmpowerment Camp, Senior Citizen DayCellebration, and Palliative Care DayObservation. The Special Camp of the year wasconducted at Vayakkara U. P. School,Sreekandapuram, during Christmas Vacation.

National Service Scheme (NSS) WWS and SSP

These are a part of the New Initiative inHigher Education offered by the Dept. of HigherEducation, Govt. of Kereala. ASAP FoundationCourse was introduced this academic year. Dr. PT Muraleedharan of Physical educationdepartment is the Coordinator of the course. Dr.Sumith P V of Hindi department is the Co-ordinator of WWS programme

Coaching for Entry in Services

As part of this UGC sponsoredprogramme, a series of coaching classes for entryin services was conducted on Saturdays. Ms.Manjeri of Zoology Department is the Coordinatorof the programme.

Tutorial System

Tutorial system plays significant role toimprove the self confidence of the students. Ithelped to understand the problems of thestudents and help maintain a healthy teacher-student-parent relationship. Ms. Usha K K ofMathematics Department is the Convenor of theTutorial system.

SSP launched in the year 2013-14intended to help the poor students continued thisyear also. Under this programme financial aid wasgiven to a family for the construction of a house.Free food, Hostel fees and Examination fees fordeserving students were given this year. Dr.Radhamani is the Coordinator of SSP.

Student Support Programme

Women Cell

A series of unique activities wereperformed by the women cell during the year.Students were given training in umbrella making.With the help of Resource EnhancementAcademy for Career Height (REACH) a soft skilldevelopment session was organized. The Cellwith the support of the college union alsoconducted a seminar on Women and Society inconnection with International Women's Day. Dr. KPrasanna is the convenor of the Cell

Retirements

Dr. K. Pradeep KumarPrincipal

Prof. K.N. VijayalakshmiH.O.D Commerce

Prof. Vijayan. MAssociate Prof. Commerce

Mr. M.V. RamakrishnanLab Assistant (Chemistry)

Mr. K.K. SurendranHead Accountant


In everlastingmemory of

Babu Sanath Kumar

Lab Assistant(Physics Dept.)

Editorial BoardDr. Biju

Ms. Lekha P. &

Mr. Ravikrishnan T.

R. K.

Flagging off Run Kerala Runorganized to express solidarity with

the National Games 2015

Kannur university softballtournament winners

Receiving Trophy for Kannur universityswimming competition (II Place)

Sports

Annual Athletic Meet 2015

Dr.Sumitha Nair receiving Ranghasree PuraskaramFor Mohiniyattam National dance Fest 2015

Dr. Sumith Pothuval receiving Sriajanlok Sammanaward for his poetry from Prof. Nandakishor Acharya IIT

Kannur University Kalolsavam 2015

Amrutha A.S.Kuchipudi (First Prize)

Amruthanand S.Thabala (First Prize)

Administrative Staff

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