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Murgaon Education SociEty’S COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE

Zuarinagar-Goa

(Established-1972)

Affiliated to Goa University

accredited by National Assessment & Accreditation

Council (NAAC)

With B Grade(3RD cycle)

PrinciPaL’S rEPort 2015-16

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ADMISSIONS

STUDENTS ADMITTED DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2015-16

Program Name Semester Number of students

enrolled

Total number

of students

enrolled

B.Com. I and II 311 733

III and IV 201

V and VI 221

B.A. (English, Sociology,

Economics, Konkani, Psychology,

Political Science, Tourism &

Travel)

I and II 132 330

III and IV 104

V and VI 94

B.B.A. F.Y.B.B.A. 44 124

S.Y.B.B.A. 39

T.Y.B.B.A. 41

B.B.A. (Shipping & Logistics) F.Y.B.B.A. (S & L) 16 31

S.Y.B.B.A. (S & L) 05

T.Y.B.B.A. (S & L) 10

B.C.A. F.Y.B.C.A. 29 87

S.Y.B.C.A. 21

T.Y.B.C.A. 37

TOTAL 1305

RESULT FOR THE YEAR 2014-15

Our College secured excellent results at B.A, B.Com, B.B.A, B.C.A & B.S.M degree

examinations conducted by Goa University in April 2015. Out of 241 students who appeared for

the exams from the B.Com stream, 180 passed, the passing percentage being 74.69% .08

students secured distinction and 68 students secured first class. Out of 98 students, 84 students

passed at the T.Y.B.A degree examination, the passing percentage being 85.71% out of which 13

students secured distinction and 28 students secured first class. Bachelor in Computer

Application (BCA Course) for the academic year 2014- 2015 secured 100% result at TYBCA

Semester VI with 11 Distinctions and 08 First Class, B.B.A students passed out with flying

colors with 91.66% passing percentage. Out of 30 students 29 students passed at the T.Y.B.S.M

degree examination, the passing percentage being 96.67% out of which 02 students secured

distinction and 18 students secured first class.

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Programe Number of students

appeared in the final year

examination

Number of students

passed in final year

examination

Pass

percentage

B.COM 241 180 74.69

B.A 98 84 85.71

B.C.A. 44 44 100

B.B.A. 36 33 91.66

B. Com. (Shipping

Management)

30 29 96.67

COLLEGE COUNCIL

The activities of the college council for the academic year 2015-16 started with the holding of

the general elections with the university elections. The College Council under the chairmanship

of shri. Ashish M Joshi conducted election for the college election as well as university election

for the post of Class representative, Secretaries, ladies representative and university class

representatives from all the streams on Thursday 30th

July 2015. Mr.Oscar Travasso T.Y.B.A

was elected as the General Secretary, Ms.Debangana Ghosh of T.Y.B.Com was elected as the

ladies representative, Mr.Carl Figueredo of F.Y.B.Com was elected as the Debating Secretary,

Mr As’ad Shah of T.Y.B.A was elected as the literary secretary and Ms.Shweta Thapa of

F.Y.B.A was elected as the sports secretary.

Election for the post of University class representative (UCR) was also held on the same day,

following were the results stream wise.

Year B.Com/B.B.A B.A B.C.A

1st Mr.Mayuresh Shetye Mr.Sagar Kasar Ms.Saniya Inamdar

2nd

Mr.Tabish Sayed Mr.Shubham Sakhlekar MsRaheela Shaikh

3rd

Mr.sahil Mandrekar Mr.As’ad Shah Mr.Ramu Rathod

The elections for the post of University Faculty representative (UFR) were held on Friday, 7th

August 2015. Mr.Tabish Sayed of B.Com stream, Mr.Shubham Sakhlekar of the Arts stream and

Mr.Ramu Rathod from the B.C.A stream were elected.

The first meeting of the college council was held on 14th

August 2015 to decide upon the date of

inauguration of the college council and to also decide upon various activities for the odd

semester.

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The newly constituted College Council for the academic year 2015-16 was inaugurated on

Tuesday, 25th

August 2015 at the hands of Shri.Narayan Navati, Joint Chief Electorate Officer,

Govt. of Goa. All the elected members of the council were felicitated by the chief guest and were

administered oath of allegiance on this occasion.

The college council organised fresher’s party to the first year students on 4th

nSept 2015 in

Swami Vivekanand Hall, various events like singing, group dance, on the spot events and Mr &

Ms fresher were held. The program was followed by high tea to the fresher’s.

On 5th

Sept 2015 the college council celebrated teacher’s day in the seminar hall which included

an entertainment program by the students, students expressed their feelings on this occasion, the

program concluded with high tea to the staff.

The second meeting of the college council was held on Tuesday 1st Dec 2015 in the seminar hall

to plan the activities of the even semester which included fun week, annual social gathering,

annual prize distribution and farewell function to the outgoing final year students.

The annual fun week was organised from 16th

to 18th

Dec which included various cultural events,

competition, novelties onstage plus some off stage events were organised.

ASSOCIATION OF ART & CULTURE

The college believes in all round development of the students as goal of education. It aims to

provide rich cultural experiences so that student appreciates the multi cultural diversity of the

society. Various cultural events and activities provide an excellent platform for students to

express and develop their individual skills. The events are organized keeping in view the

students, faculty collective interest of talent exhibition. Arts & Culture association report

highlights various inter- collegiate and inter class activities, events organized by the association

have been detailed below:

1. All-Goa Inter-collegiate Patriotic Singing competition (22nd

August 2015)

Shree Damodar College of commerce and economics, Comba, Margao-Goa had

organised All-Goa Inter-collegiate Patriotic Singing competition on 22nd

August 2015 in

two different categories: Solo & Group. Ms. Debangana Gosh and Ms. Geneve D’Souza

& group participated in solo and group singing respectively. Participation certificates

were awarded to the students.

2. Panjim Youth Club “Inter-Collegiate Dance competition” (29th

August 2015)

Panjim Youth Club had organised inter collegiate competition at Dinanath Mangeshkar,

Kala Academy Panaji, on 29th

August 2015. Solo dance & group Dance categories were

held for which Mr. Vijay Naik and Mr.Suraj Kanpur & group participated respectively &

won second (2nd

) place for group dance. Participation certificates were handed over.

3. Inter class Ghumat-Arti & Rangoli Competition(15th

September 2015)

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Ghumat Arti competition was held on 15th

September 2015 in the seminar hall. All

together 5 classes participated namely, F.Y.B.Com, F.Y.B.A, S.Y.B.A, S.Y.B.Com and

T.Y.B.Com. F.Y.B.Com won the first place while second place was won by F.Y.B.A

class. Rangoli competition was also held for students of college on different themes,

active participation was shown by students and prizes were won at individual level.

4. Inter-Collegiate & Higher Secondary School Dance Competition (14th

December

2015)

Inter-Collegiate & Higher Secondary School Dance Competition was organised by Fr.

Agnel High School, Pilar-Goa, on 14th

December 2015. A group of students were

deputed for the competitions. Students were awarded with certificate for participations.

5. GURU- SRUJAN- Art Festival for Teachers at All –Goa level (1st December 2015).

Art festival for teachers at all goa level an Innovative concept initiated by Mr. Bhaskar

Nayak, The Director of higher education was organised by S.S.Dempo College of

commerce & Economics, Altinho, Panaji – Goa at Taleigao Community Centre on 1st

December 2015. Various events such as Ice breaker, Singing, Boasting, Ad-Mania, group

Dance, Fashion show, treasure hunt, photography, games, rangoli and package designing

were held. Around 17th

teachers (Faculty) participated at the event. Mr. Gorak Sirsat

faculty of department of Konkani won 3rd

place for photography. Participation certificates

were given at the end of the event.

6. State Youth Festival 2015

Directorate of Sports and Youth festival Affairs, Panaji –Goa, organised District Youth

festival at Ravindra bhavan Canacona on 4th

and 5th

December 2015 & XIV State Youth

Festival 2015 at Ravindra bhavan Fatorda – Goa on 16th

December 2015. Various events

such as Folk Dance, Folk Song, table, guitar, flute, bharathanatyam, kathak Elocution,

rangoli and one Act play were held at district level on 4th

& 5th

December at Canacona.

A group of student’s team was deputed along with faculty member Mr. Aquib Sayed,

Asst. Professor in Commerce & Member of Art & Culture Association accompanied

Students for the above competitions. College participated in almost all the events and

won prizes in events. Mr. Yogesh chodenkar stood 2nd

place for table competitions, Ms.

Divya Bhar won 1st place for Kathak, Mr. As’ad Shah won 2

nd place for Elocution, while

Ankita Vasant Fadte & group won 3rd

place for Folk Song.

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XVI State Youth Festival at state level was held on 16th

December, while the participants

who had won prizes were shortlisted to perform their respective acts at final state level

competitions. Mr. Yogesh chodenkar won 2nd

place for table competitions while Mr.

As’ad Shah could manage to win 3rd

place for Elocution competition at state level.

7. Annual Social Gathering 2015-16 ( 21st December2015)

Annual Social Gathering was held on 21st December 2015 in the college quadrangle.

Various competitions /activities were held for students in groups as well as at individual

level. Competition such as Solo singing, duet singing, group singing, solo dance, group

dance, fancy dress, mimicry and monologue were held. Special Screening of activities

was done on 19th

December 2015 and only best acts were finalized for final gathering.

All together 41 items/Events were finalized and schedule was prepared. 10 students

participated for solo singing, 7 pairs participated for duet singing, 2 groups participated

for group singing, 11 students participated for solo dance, 6 groups participated for group

dance, 4 participated for fancy dress, while only 1 student participated for monologue

event.

Top three (3) positions were awarded with certificates and cash prizes in every category.

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Rs. 500,300 & 200 cash prize was awarded respectively for 1st, 2

nd & 3

rd positions. Prizes

were handed over at the hands of Principal and Vice Principal at the valedictory.

DEBATING ASSOCIATION

i) Inauguration of the debate club: The debate club was formed under the Association of

Debating with the view to inculcate and develop public speaking skills among students.

The club was inaugurated on 10th

August 2015 by the hands of the chief guest Mr. Ashfaq

Shah, Manager-Workforce Management and MIS and business consultant from Vasco.

ii) Elocution competition: Following the inauguration of the debate club on 10th

August

2015; an elocution competition was conducted on the topic, ‘India’s Missile Man’ to

remember and honor the sacrifices that our late president Dr. A.P.J. Kalam made in his

service to our nation.

iii) Public Speaking Classes: To follow up on the initiative to inculcate and develop public

speaking skills among students, we began conducting weekly public speaking classes. The

club membership is currently at 40 members. The classes involved discussing the

importance of public speaking and power that it can bring to individuals, watching videos

of famous orators and debates and learning their art through discussion and practice. The

classes also involved self-help exercises to overcome the fear of public speaking that

many members expressed at the beginning.

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iv) Practice Debate: The debate club organized two Practice Debate session for the debate

club members on the topics

‘Ban on Pornography’ and ‘Capital Punishment’ on 28th

August and 18th

September 2015

respectively.

An Inter-Class Debate Competition

v) An Inter-Class Debate Competition: An Inter-Class Debate Competition was organized

on the topic ‘Award Wapsi’ on 10th

December 2015. Six teams were selected for the final

date. An Elimination round was conducted prior to the finals.

Competitions Participated by our students for the academic year: 2015-16

i) The student from our institution namely Ms. Saynax D’Souza and Ms. Rudrani Tirodkar

participated in an all Goa Inter college Quiz competition titled ‘Budvont Goemkar’

organized by Prudent Media, a local TV channel in Goa on 3rd

and 5th

August, 2015.

ii) In collaboration with Maxxcell Institute of Professional studies Pvt. Ltd; the association of

debate organized for the conduct of the elementary round of a Quiz ‘Intelligence Quest’ on

17th

July 2015. Of the 133 students that participated in the elementary round, 15 students

from our institution were short-listed for the finals. Ms. Neema Kumari from B.Com and

Mr. Akshay Pednekar from BBA secured the third place at the finals of ‘I Quest 2015’.

iii) Our institution deputed four students namely Ms Debangana Ghosh from B.Com Semester

V, Mr. Fazer Gonsalves from BBA Semester V, Mr. Aslam Shaikh from B.A. Semester I

and Mr. Ajin Kishan from BBA Semester V for the Indian International Model United

Nations Conference at the Indian International Model United Nations chapter Goa 2015. The

conference was held from 4th

to 6th

September 2015.

iv) Our students, namely Ms. Ruksana Shaikh and Mr. Aslam Shaikh from B.A. Semester I

participated in a contest ‘Leaders of India’ organized by the Sardar Patel Foundation at

GVM’s College Ponda on 9th

and 10th

September 2015.

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v) Our students, namely Ms. Aarti Belani from B.Com Semester I and Mr. As’ad Shah from

B.A. semester V participated in a debate competition organized by television for

environment, difficult dialogues and South Asia Centre of London School of Economics at

Goa University held on 9th

December, 2015.

vi) Our students, Mr. Prashant Tawde, Mr. Shivanand Raikar, Mr. Sheldon Esquire and Mr.

Nikhil Janathan from B.Com. Semester-VI participated in debate on “Should sex-education

be implemented in schools” organized by NSS Unit of M.E.S. Higher Secondary School on

4th

December 2015. Mr. Prashant Tawde & Mr. Sheldon Sequiera won the debate.

vii) Our students namely Ms. Rudrani Tirodkar, Ms. Rekha Baramani, Mr. Prakash Baramani,

and Mr. Shakeel Shaikh from B.Com Semester VI participated in a quiz competition ‘Biz

Quest 2016’ organized by Dempo College of commerce and economics on 6th

January 2016.

REMEDIAL TEACHING

REPORT OF REMEDIAL COACHING SCHEME UNDER UGC XII PLAN

2015-2016

It is indeed a great pleasure to present the report of the Remedial Coaching Scheme of the UGC

under XI plan in the college during the academic year 2015-16 for the students of both Arts and

Commerce streams. The scheme which is meant for remedial coaching to the underprivileged

students especially belonging to SC, ST, OBC and minority category was also extended to the

General Category students.

Under the UGC XII Remedial Coaching Plan, Free Remedial coaching classes were conducted

for the Academic year 2015-16 for the students of BA/B.Com belonging to

SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Physically Challenged and students belonging to General Category

below poverty line. The Remedial classes commenced from July 2015 and are presently

continued in 2016. Teachers engaged remedial classes for the students after 1.00 pm in subjects

where they have difficulties. Students who have difficulties in any subject avail of the remedial

coaching. The students who registered under remedial coaching scheme were also provided the

Remedial book bank scheme through library.

The committee left no stone unturned this year too to make this scheme successful in the college

during the academic year 2015-2016. After chalking out the strategies and programmes to

execute the scheme and extend special coaching facilities to the needy students, the members of

the committee made it a point to personally meet the students and create awareness about the

objectives and benefits of the scheme. Accordingly, the awareness sessions were held by the

members of the committee by visiting all the classes and then enrollment for the scheme was

completed. Parents were also sent letters by post regarding enrolment of their wards for free

remedial coaching.

PLAN OF ACTION

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Remedial Coaching XI Plan- UGC Scheme 2015-16

1) Registration of students for the classes by filling the Remedial forms along with relevant

documents twice a year in the month of July/August 2015 and December 2016.

2) Identification of teachers and selection of teachers to assign remedial teaching.

3) Preparation of time table for the implementation of the scheme 2nd week of July and the

subjects.

4) Orientation of students about the Remedial scheme by visiting all the classes.

The total number of students registered for the remedial classes were 259 till from July 2015 to

January 7th

2016 were as follows:

Sr. No. Class Number

01 B.Com Sem I & II 56

02 B.Com Sem III& IV 10

03 B.Com Sem V & VI 69

04 B.A Sem I & II 38

05 B.A Sem III& IV 17

06 B.A Sem V & VI 69

Total students registered 259

The following teachers conducted the remedial classes for the academic year 2015-16

Sr

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Name of the teacher Subject Class

01 Prof Champa Parab Major I- Advanced Accounting B.Com Sem V&VI

02 Prof. Sanchiliana Faria Financial Accounting- I B.Com Sem I &II

03 Prof Ashish Joshi Income Tax, Service Tax, &

Goa VAT

B.Com Sem V& VI

04 Prof Shveta Desai Accounting Paper II B.Com Sem III& IV

05 Prof Swati Shigaonkar Business Management Paper -II B.Com Sem VI &VI

06 Prof Safal Narvekar Auditing B.Com Sem V& VI

07 Prof. Shruti Nayak Mathematics B.Com Sem I& II

08 Prof. Maria Fatima Gomes Fundamentals of Psychology B.A Semester I& II

09 Prof Valerie Andrea Pereira Managerial Economics B.Com Sem I& II

10 Prof Savina Rebello a.Accounting I

b.Financial Accounting -III

Sem I

Sem III

11 Prof Supriya Kanumbekar Konkani B.A Semester V& VI

12 Prof Cedila Gomes Criminal Psychology B.A Semester VI

The performance of the students has improved in the Semester end exams after attending the

remedial coaching classes. The Remedial coaching scheme under the chairperson of Assoc.

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Professor Ms SanchilianaFaria and other members of Remedial Coaching scheme, Asst.

Professor Ms Gouri Manerkar, Asst. Professor Ms Safal Narvekar and Asst Prof. Ms Valerie

Pereira assisted in conducting the remedial classes successfully.

READERS CLUB

Inorder to felicitate reading habits in students, the readers club has been constituted by the

college. Dr. Cidalia Bodade is the chairperson of the club. Students are given an extra library

card if they are members of the Readers club.

Padma Shri & Jnanpith awardee Shri. Balachandra Nemade, creative writer, literary critic

and teacher inaugurated the Readers’ Club of the College on 08 Aug. 2015.

SPORTS

Inter Class Competition:

The Department of P.E. & Sports had organised Inter Class

Badminton for women and Football for men. In Football FY

BA (A) were crowned winners where as SY BCom had to

settled for Runners up.

In Badminton FY B.Com

Inter Collegiate Competition:

M.E.S. College has participated at various competitions

organised by Goa University and other Colleges.

Below mentioned are the achievements by the students as a

team and as an individual:

1. Miranda Steffi from TYBA won Bronze medal at Inter Collegiate Judo women

Championship organised by Goa University.

2. MalaginimaniVenkatesh(FY BA), MallahRavindra

(TYBA), RathodRamu (TYBCA) and KasarSagar

(FYBA) won Bronze medal in their respective

categories at Intercollegiate Men Taekwando

Championship organised by Goa University.

3. Patil Basangouda, KankonkarTejasvi (FY BA)

won silver medal at Inter-Collegiate Taekwando

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Championship in their respective section and categories.

4. Rajput Vijay won Goal medal in his respective weight category at Intercollegiate Men

Taekwando Championship organised by Goa University.

5. Landez Myron from F B.Com won Silver and Bronze

Medal in 400m and 200m respectively at Inter-Collegiate

Athletic organised by Goa University. He was also the

member of 4*100m Relay.

6. BepariTanveer won Silver medals in 200m & 100m Run

respectively. He was also the member of 4*100m Relay team which won Bronze medal.

7. Bind Suraj from FY BA won Silver medal in 10000m run.

8. LamaniShivraj from FY BA won Bronze medal in 4*100m Relay.

9. GosaviTejas from SY BA won Bronze medal in 4*100m Relay.

10. Mast. TanveerBepari was selected to say the Sportsman’s oath at the

Inter Collegiate Athletic Championship by Goa University

State Level Competition:

Suraj Bind from FYBA won 1st place at Excitement Marathon organised by Sada Association.

Besides this he also won 2nd

place at half marathon race in Goa Section organised by Goa River

Marathon Association. He also stood 4th

at U+21 men 24km marathon organised by Catholic

Association of Goa. He also won 2nd

place at All Goa Maralize race.

National Level Competition:

1. Mast. Landez Myron won Gold, Bronze and Silver Medal in 4*400m Relay, 400m and

4*100m Relay respectively at 27th

West Zone Junior Athletic Championship 2015 at

Ajmer, Rajasthan.

2. Kefira Rodrigues from FY B.Com participated at South zone women Table tennis

Championship held at Chennai. She also participated at All India National Table Tennis

Championship held at Dharamshala.

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3. Mast. DheerajYadav and YogeshNaik (FY B.Com) represented Goa Cricket Association

at All India U-19 Boys Cricket tournament organised by BCCI. DheerajYadav also

participated at All India U-23 men’s Cricket tournament organised by BCCI.

4. Ajay Kumar Kewat (TYBA) and YogeshNaik (FY

B.Com) represented Goa University team at West Zone

Inter-University Men Cricket tournament.

5. Pranita Korgaonkar (SYBA), MadhuGiri (SYBA),

Monica Saroj (S.Y.B.Com) & Shivleela Bajantree

(TYB.Com) represented Goa University at West Zone

Inter-University women Cricket Championship 2015-16.

6. PranitaKorgaonkar&MadhuGiri were the part of runners

up team at 26th

Senior Women National Tennisball cricket championship held at

Fatehpur, UP.

Team Championship

Men’s Taekwondo team were crowned 2nd

runners up at Inter Collegiate men

taekwondo Championship organised by Goa University.

Men’s Cricket team was runners up at intercollegiate cricket tournament 2015-16

organised by V.M. Salgaonker College of Law.

Individual achievement – Mast. DheerajYadav from FY B.Com was the Best bowler

of the said tournament.

Mast. HemantOli was Best batsmen of the tournament he also received two man of

the match awards at same tournament.

National Workshop

College Dir. Of P.E. & Sports Mr. Shailesh G. Chodankar attended National workshop on “Yoga

for Health and Peace” organised by Rosary College of Commerce & Arts – Navelim on 6th

– 9th

January 2016.

XXXX Annual Athletic Meet 2015-16

XXXX Annual Athletic Meet of the college was held on 23rd

December 2015 at S.A.G. Chicalim

Ground. Chairperson Vasco Municipal Council and ex-student of MES College Mr. Deepak

Naik was the Chief of Opening Ceremony and he unfurled the college flag and inaugurated the

meet. In his address he spoke about various Govt. schemes available for sportspersons and also

motivated satudents to take part in Sports. Principal Dr. R.B. Patil, manager of the meet Shri.

B.S. Ingallhali, Chairperson of Sports Advisory Committee and organizers Secretary of the meet

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Shri.SandeepKadam and College Dir. of P.E. & Sports ShriShaileshChodankar were present at

the Inaugural function. ShriShaileshChodankar introduced the Chief guest where as welcome

address was given by Prinicipal Dr. R.B. Patil, Prof. B.S. Ingalhalli gave vote of thanks. Oath

was read by Ms. AkshataGanguliker from FY B.Com and the prayer by Sports Secretary Miss

ShwetaThappa.

As the part of Annual Athletic meet various track and field events were held. SY B.Com-D were

crowned as the best March Past team, the overall championship in Athletic event was won by FY

BA (A). The individual championship for men and women was won by BepariTanveer from (SY

B.Com) and ShimpyYadav (TY B.Com) respectively.

At the valedictory function Chief guest and former College Dir. Of PE & Sports expressed his

happiness over the emerging talented youth in field of Sports from M.E.S. College. The Chief

Guest was introduced by the manager of the meet Shri B.S. Ingalhalli. At last vote of thanks was

given by Shri. ShaileshChodankar followed by lowering of the flag, which was handed over to

the Chief Guest and then to the Principal for safe custody.

WOMENS CELL (JYOTI)

The Women Centre (Jyoti) under the chairperson of Asst Prof. Gouri K. Manerkar and her team

members Asst. Prof. Valarie Pereira, Asst. Prof. Ishwari Kalangutkar and the elected ladies

representative Ms. Debangana Ghosh had organised the following activities for the academic

year 2015-16.

1) Inter Class Poster Making Competition

The Women Centre (Jyoti) of M.E.S. College of Arts & Commerce, Zuarinagar, Goa

organised interclass Poster making Competition for the girl students of the college on 31st

August 2015 on the theme “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao”. This competition was organised

mainly to highlight the importance of a girl child. Around 20 students had participated

for the competition.

2) Inter Class Fugdi and Garland making Competition

On the eve of Ganesh Chaturti, the Women centre (Jyoti) organised interclass fudgi and

Garland making competition on 14th

September 2015. A total number of 24 and 28

students respectively participated in the competition. The Women cell in association

with Arts & Culture had also organised creative Eco-friendly Ganesh Idol making

competition

3) Ladies week held from 16th

December 2015 to 18th

December 2015

The ladies week was organised for the girl students during the fun week from 16th to

18th December 2015 from 8:30 to 10:30am in the college premises .

The following competition was organised during the ladies week such as –dress me

up(product packaging),spread the light(Christmas candle decoration),mirror on the wall

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(mirrior design),it’s a popsicle world(popsicle stick art),rangoli and dressing of hair

accessories.

There was overwhelming response from the student, the principal appreciated the student

for their participation in various competition. Students had put up stall such as-quelling,

earning, homemade eatables, during the ladies week. This activity was done for the first

time where students made attempt to sell their things and earn marginal profit.

4) Short Term courses held from 2st to 7

th November

The Women’s cell of the college had also organised short term courses for the girl

students of the college during the Diwali vacation so as to enable these students to

develop their own skills. Courses such as Varli painting, Quilling and Flower Making.

Around 41 students had registered for the short term course.

5) All Goa Inter collegiate Rangoli Competition

Two of our girl students Vinita Jaiswar and Ekata Mandrekar had won first place in All

Goa Inter collegiate Rangoli Competition organized by S.V.’s Sridora Caculo College of

Commerce as a part of ‘Silver Jubilee Year’ Celebration.

PLACEMENT CELL

The Placement Cell, headed by the Chairperson Associate Professor Ms. Champa Parab and the

members Assistant Professors Ms. Cedila Pereira, Mr. Viraj Mahatme, Ms. Sweta Shet Verenkar,

Aquib Sayyed and Ms. Palia Gaonkar, conducted the following events:

1. Arranged for interview by Sesa Goa (Vedanta) Ltd. in July 2015 wherein five girl students

graduated in April 2015 were selected.

2. Have been disbursing the data base of students graduated in April 2015 to the industrial

units in Sancoale, Verna and other places within and outside Goa as per the request.

3. Organized one-day workshop on 15th

August 2015 on the topic “Stepping to the Corporate

World” by Director of Xplore Consultancy Services, Bangalore, Shri Rajendra Kulkarni.

Picture 1 Shri Rajendra Kulkarni conducting activities as part of the workshop

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4. Three B.Com students of the current batch (2015-16) have been selected to work on Part-

time basis and one student on Commission basis as Marketing Executives for ATGOA

Advantage Card.

5. Campus Recruitment Drive by Infosys (BPO) Ltd. was conducted on 8th

January 2016 for

the current batch (2015-16) wherein 34 students ( 01 each from BA, BBA, BCA and 31

from B.Com) have been selected in the areas of Marketing & Sales, Finance, Legal, HR

and others and are offered Letters of Interest.

Picture 2 Campus Recruitment Drive by Infosys(BPO)

6. Conducted talk on “Work Culture and Professional Ethics” on 11th

January 2016 by Ms.

Ledia Selvaraj, HR, ADP Ltd.

Picture 3 Ledia Selvaraj delivering talk

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Picture 4 The audience consisting of Placement Cell Members during Ledia Selvaraj's Talk

Looking forward to Campus Recruitment by ICICI Prudential, Idea Cellular Ltd and others.

CAREER GUIDANCE CELL

1. The Government of India has launched Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (

PMKVY ). This will be the flagship scheme for skill training of youth to be implemented

by the new Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship through the National

Skill Development Corporation ( NSDC ). The scheme will be implemented through

NSDC training partners.One of the training partner by the name of FINPLAN had

approached our college to train all students nta(BCOM, BA, BBA, BCA). Ms. Anisha

Khilnani, director, Finplan visited our college to orient the students about the details of

the course. The Career Guidance Cell facilitated this orientation programme by escorting

her to the various classrooms where she addressed the students of all streams.

2. Members of the Career Guidance Cell accompanied 50 students to attend the

inauguration of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana ( PMKVY ) launched by the

Government of India at Kala Academy on 15th

July 2015 from 3.30 pm to 6 pm. The

chief guest for the inauguration was Deputy Chief Minister, Shri. Francis D’souza. A live

telecast of Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi’s speech from New Delhi was shown to

the students.

3. Shri. Gajendrababu, a Chartered Accountant and Mr. Manish Tailong of J.K. Shah

classes conducted orientation programme on “ Careers in Chartered Accountancy” for

BCOM Sem I,II III and IV from 8.15 am to 10.30 am on 16th

July 2015.

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4. Asst. Prof. Dattaprasad Shirgurkar, faculty Department of Political Science of our college

gave a talk on “ Civil Services (UPSC) examinations” to the students of our college . The

session was open for all the streams of our college. The lecture received overwhelming

response and 119 students attended the talk. He spoke on the Indian Administrative

system and career opportunities available to successful candidates. He gave an overview

of the UPSC exams, recruitment procedure, pattern of the exams and the paper, IAS ,IPS

IFS, IRS exams, their syllabus etc. he also informed the students books and magazines to

be referred. The session was followed by question answer session.

5. The Career Guidance Cell has started an innovative concept of “Career Options And

Higher Studies Open To Students” studying in the various streams and various subjects

in our college. To this end the committee members have collected data of compiling the

data of career options and higher studies open to students from respective departments in

the college. This data is put together in a booklet form and a file is kept in the library for

the scrutiny of the students. Students can get first hand information and valuable

guidance on the future avenues open to them.

6. A talk on BANKING EXAMS was organized by Career Guidance Cell on 7th

December

2015 in room no. 19 at 12.15 p.m. Shri. Joe Figueredo of C.J. Academy was the resource

person for the talk. 68 students of third year BA,BCOM, BBA and BCA attended the

talk.

After a brief introduction of the guest speaker the session began. Shri. Figueredo gave a

brief overview of the Indian banking industry. He spoke briefly on the history of banking

in India, types of banks and their names, foreign banks and the future of banking in

India.

He then spoke about banking exams, recruitment process, types of exams, minimum

qualification for answering clerical and probationary level exams. He discussed the

pattern of the paper etc.

Lastly he ended with a word of encouragement to the student to take such exams

seriously and told that there is no substitute for hard work.

Shri. Joe Figueredo giving a talk on Banking exams.

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7. The career guidance cell of MES College of Arts & Commerce, Zuaringar Goa organized

a session for the third year BA/BCOM/BBA/BCA students of the college which was

conducted by Maxxcell Institute of Professional Studies Pvt. Ltd. The session was

organized on 8th

December 2015 at 12.15 pm. 35 students attended the talk. The talk was

on CAT/XAT/GRE/GMAT/study abroad counseling. Mr. Tarun Anand of Universal

Business School was the resource person for the session. He spoke on the topic “

Winning is a Game of Inches and Seconds”. He covered the following aspects in his

session: how to become a global CEO, how to win in the corporate world, how a pitch

and timeline can change your career trajectory, how to deal with international markets

and how risk taking is a must for high growth strategy. The session was a good exposure

to students desiring to do MBA after their graduation.

8. The Career Guidance Cell of M.E.S College of Arts and Commerce,Zuarinagar – Goa

organised an informative session on career counselling conducted by Zeal Institute of

Business Administration, Computer Application And Research, Pune. The session was

held on 14th

December 2015 in room no. 19. At 12.15 p.m. The resource persons for the

session were Prof Rajesh Kumar Kashyap and Prof.Ashish K.Vyas from ZIBACAR,

Pune. There were a total of 42 students from third year B.A/B.Com/BBA/BCA.

At the onset management activities and games were conducted to reinforce the pre-

existing ideas about career in the minds of the students .A presentation was done on the

theme ever changing world. Students were also given an aptitude test to answer. The

session included information on clearing entrance exams conducted by university of

Maharashtra which will expand the scope of taking admission in professional institutes in

Goa or Maharashtra. It also helped the students to understand the facilities provided by

the government regarding free ships and scholarships.

Talk by Zeal Institute, Pune.

9. Tendolkar Academy, Margao gave a talk on “Careers in Accounting and Taxation” on 5th

January 2016. Mr. Chetan Tendolkar and Mr. Dhruv Dedhiya who run the academy were

the resource persons. Initially they visited all the FY, SY and TY BCom classes as well

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as BBA and BCA classes where they gave a brief talk to the students on this topic. They

also informed the interested students to attend their session at 12.15 p.m. in room no. 19.

At 12.15 p.m. a session was conducted by them wherein they informed the students about

the “Certificate Course in Accounting and Taxation” conducted by the academy. 41

students attended the session.

10. American Culinary and Cruise Line Academy, Margao gave a talk on “Career Guidance

in Cruise Line and Culinary” on 7th

January 2016 in room no. 27 at 11.30 am. The

resource person was Mr. Parikshit Fondekar, Director, Operations, ACCLA. 20 students

from BA- travel and tourism and TYBCOM attended the talk.

At the onset Mr. Fondekar discussed the cruise business world wide. He explained the

hierarchy in a cruise liner F & B department. He explained the merits of working in a

cruise liner. He then spoke of ACCLA, its various courses, both short term and long term.

He spoke about the benefits of culinary courses offered by the academy, their fee

structure and the career opportunities in cruise liners.

NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME NSS

Following Activities were conducted by NSS unit of our College:

1. Celebration of International Day of Yoga

The N. S. S. Unit of the college started the

new academic year by organising a session of

yoga on 21st June, 2015 to celebrate the

International Day of Yoga. Twenty N. S. S.

volunteers and five programme officers

participated in the event which was held at

07: 30 am in the Seminar hall of the College

premises. The yoga was performed within the

33 minutes duration as a part of common

yoga protocol

NSS voluteeers along with NSS

P.O’s. performing Bhramri

pranayam.

2. Inaugural of NSS activities in M. E. S. College of Arts & Commerce

The activities of NSS Unit for the academic year 2015-16 of M. E. S. College of Arts and

Commerce was inaugurated at the hands of Shri. Krishna ‘Daji’ Salkar on 15 July, 2015

at 03: 00 pm in the Seminar hall of the College. Dr. R. B. Patil, Principal of MES

College, presided over the function and Shri. Sanjiv K. Shirodkar, NSS Programme

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Officer In-charge, welcomed the gathering and provided insights on NSS – its history,

functions, roles and responsibilities. Dr. S. Susan Deborah compeered the event and Ms.

Shveta S. Desai proposed the vote of thanks. 150 NSS student volunteers and 5 NSS

Programme Officers were present for the inaugural ceremony.

Shri. Krishna ‘Daji’ Salkar Lighting the traditional Lamp to mark the Inauguration of

NSS activities of NSS Unit

3. Talk on Organ Donation

The N. S. S. Unit of the college organized a talk on “Organ Donation” in collaboration with

Lions club, Mormugao, on 13th

August 2015. The speaker on the occasion was Dr.Amol Ramesh

Mahaldar. 130 NSS volunteers participated in the talk which was held at 2.00 p.m. in the

Seminar hall of the College premises.

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4. Awareness on Narcotics

The NSS Unit of M. E. S. College of Arts and Commerce, Zuarinagar in collaboration with

the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of the Government of India organised a talk for the NSS

volunteers on the ill-effects of drugs and their hazardous impact on the youth community on

01st July, 2015. 130 NSS volunteers participated in the talk. The resource person for the talk

was Mr. Jeetendra Ranjan, Superintendent, Narcotics Control Bureau, Sub Zone Goa. The

one-hour talk-cum-presentation presentation was interspersed with images, videos, examples

and personal experience of dealing with drug addicts and their families and discussed the

kinds of drugs, symptoms of those under the influence of drugs, economic and psychological

costs of drug abuse, statistics of drug-related deaths, and watch list for parents and teachers to

identify and check drug addicts. Two personnel from the Narcotics Control Bureau, Mr. Vijay

Shinde, Intelligence Officer, NCB and Mr. Mohit Sehrawat, Constable, NCB were also

present on the occasion.

Mr. Jeetendra Ranjan, Superintendent, Narcotics Control Bureau, Sub Zone Goa

addressing NSS volunteers

5. Competitions held on 15 August, 2015 in M. E. S. College of Arts & Commerce on

the occasion of Independence Day

The NSS Unit of MES College conducted the following competitions to mark the

celebration of Independence Day (15th

August, 2015).

a) Patriotic Singing Competition: A patriotic group singing

competition was conducted for the NSS volunteers. 100 NSS

volunteers participated in the competition.

The judges were Shri. V.V.Sail, Vice Principal, Dr. Sandhya

Bhandare, Senior faculty and Asst. Prof. Aniket Shetye.

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b) Poster Competition: A poster making

competition on the theme, “Spirit of

Freedom” was conducted for the NSS

volunteers. 57 NSS volunteers

participated in the competition.

c) Elocution Competition: An Elocution

competition on the theme, “Spirit of

Freedom” was conducted for the NSS

volunteers. 06 volunteers participated in

the competition.

6. International Youth Day

NSS unit of MES College participated in the celebration of International Youth Day on

19th

August 2015 organized by Goa State AIDS control Society at Dr. Shyamaprasad

Mukherjee indoor stadium in Goa University campus. A total of 38 NSS volunteers

accompanied by NSS P.O. Shri. Dattaprasad Shirgurkar attended the program from 09:30

am to 01:00 pm. The function was graced by Union Minister for AYUSH Shri. Shripad

Naik, Chief Minister of Goa Shri. Laxmikant Parsekar, Deputy Chief Minister of Goa

Shri. Francis D’Souza and Minister for Sports & Youth Affairs Shri. Ramesh Tawadkar,

Government of Goa.

The organizers and the dignitaries spoke on the importance of Youth and created

awareness against AIDS. Two children from Bangaluru suffering from AIDS shared their

experience and tried to convince that a person suffering from AIDS can live a normal life

and can make significant achievements in public life. A separate technical session was

organized for NSS Program Officers from 02:00 pm to 05:00 pm to create awareness

about AIDS and Drug Trafficking.

7. Talk on Career Guidance

The NSS Unit of M. E. S. College of Arts and

Commerce, Zuarinagar, organised a talk on Career

Guidance for the NSS volunteers on 26 August, 2015.

The resource person for the talk was Dr. Honey

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Kalaria, a Bollywood choreographer, dancer and artistic director. The talk-cum-

presentation was interspersed with images, videos, examples and personal experience of

Kalaria in dealing with her career and tackling various issues that comes in one’s

aspirations and dreams.

8. Talk on Road Safety Awareness

The NSS Unit of M. E. S. College of Arts and

Commerce, Zuarinagar in collaboration with

the Directorate of Transport, Government of

Goa organised a talk on Road Safety

Awareness on the occasion of “05th

Goa State

Road Safety Week” for the NSS volunteers in

the Meeting hall of the College Campus on 28th

August, 2015. The resource person for the talk

was Mr. Jack De Souza, Senior Motor Vehicles

Inspector, Traffic Bureau, Goa. 150 student

volunteers were present for the awareness talk.

Three personnel from the Traffic Bureau, Mr.

Francis Quadros, Senior Motor Vehicle

Inspector, Mr. Dattaprasad Naik, Asst. Motor

Vehicle Inspector and Mr. Shivanand Pednekar, Asst. Motor Vehicle Inspector were also

present on the occasion.

9. Talk on Decision making, Empathy and Stress Management

NSS Unit of MES College successfully organised talks on the topic Stress Management,

Decision Making and Empathy on 4th

September 2015 between 2.00pm – 5.00 pm in the

Seminar Hall of MES College. More than 150 NSS Volunteers participated in the talk.

NSS P.O. Incharge Sanjeev K Shirodkar delivered the welcome address.P.O. Bhiku V.

Bhave and Dattaprasad Shirgurkar introduced the resource persons. JC Asfaq Shah spoke

on stress management and decision making and JC Sudesh Goankar spoke on Empathy.

Both the sessions were very informative and interactive. NSS P.O. Dr. Susan Deborah

proposed the vote of thanks.

10. Talk on Leadership

The NSS Unit of M. E. S. College of Arts and Commerce, Zuarinagar in collaboration

with JCI-Dabolim organized a talk on Leadership for the NSS volunteers in the Meeting

hall of the College Campus on 14 September, 2015 between 03: 30 and 04: 30 pm.

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The resource person for the talk was Mr. Rohan Bandekar, JCI trainer. The talk-cum-

presentation was interspersed with images, inspirational quotes and examples drawn from

real life. 100 student volunteers and four NSS Programme Officers, Ms. Sveta S. Desai,

Dr. S. Susan Deborah, Mr. Dattaprasad Shirgurkar and Mr. Bhiku Bhave were present for

the talk. Mr. Ganesh Lamani, President, JCI-Dabolim was also present on the occasion.

11. Rally on Road Safety

A rally on road safety awareness was

organized by the N.S.S unit of MES College

in collaboration with JCI Daborlim on 15th

September 2015. Around 300 NSS

Volunteers. The rally began from MES

College to Zari area and back. The students

carried educative placards and shouted

slogans to sensitize people about the

importance of driving slow, driving without

alcohol, wearing the helmet and seat belt

while driving.

12. Blood Donation Camp

The NSS Unit of M. E. S. College of Arts

and Commerce, Zuarinagar in

collaboration with Lions Club of Cortalim

and Blood Bank Goa Medical College

organized the blood donation camp on

24th

September 2015 where in 82 units of

Blood was donated.

13. Regular Campus Development Activity

N.S.S volunteers undertake campus

cleaning as part of a regular campus development

activity.

14. Paper and Cloth Bags Collection

NSS Volunteers of all the six NSS units together collected around 2500 paper bags and

700 cloth bags.

15. Celebration of Gandhi Jayanti Day

NSS Volunteers of all the six NSS units together collected 20 sacks of plastic bags full of

plastic as a part of Shramdan followed by felicitation of less privileged members of the

society.

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16. 3 Day Meditation-

based Self Development

Programme

3 days Meditation-based

Self Development

Programme was organised for

NSS volunteers of our

units in association with

U-Connect, Shri Ram Chandra Mission, Goa, India. 83 NSS volunteers took the benefit

of the programme. Mr. Dattaprasad Bhonsle (Centre Coordinator), Ms.Priti S. Pai, Mr.

Nasir Tahsildar and Ms. Rajalaxmi Balagi were resource persons for the above

programme

17. 7 days NSS Special Camp

The 7 days NSS Special Camp of NSS Unit of our College was held at Shree Damodar

Saunsthan, Zambaulim-Quepem, Goa from 02/11/2015 to 08/11/2015.

139 student volunteers participated in the Camp. Many Socially useful activities were

carried out in the village such as

a. Cleaning in and around the school & Temple premises and bus stop adhering to

the spirit of Swaach Bharat mission,

b. Distribution of cloth & paper bags to the villagers and shops in and around the

village.

c. Anti plastic rally

d. Plastic Collection drive was carried out in the village wherein 36 gunny bags of

plastic was collected

e. Socio economic survey of village

f. A Trek was organised for NSS volunteers with the objective of sensitizing

volunteers towards preservation and conservation of Nature.

g. Free Medical camp for villagers

h. Cultural programme for villagers

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18.Orientation course for NSS programme Officers

The following four untrained teachers had attended Orientation course for NSS programme

Officers at ETI Ahmednagar, Maharashtra for academic year 2015-16:

1. Prof. Dattaprasad shirgurkar

2. Prof. Bhiku Bhave

3. Prof. Shveta Desai

4. Prof. Fatima Gomes

19. Inter state youth Exchange and Home stay programme

Two NSS volunteers namely Ms. Darshani Naik of B.com Semester IV and Mr. Mayuresh

shetye of B.com Semester II participated in 10 days Inter state youth Exchange and Home stay

programme from 13th

to 22nd

December, 2015

Two NSS volunteers namely Ms. Darshani Naik of B.Com Semester IV and Mr. Mayuresh

Shetye of B.Com Semester II are selected to attend the National Youth Convention at Raipur,

Chattisgarh from 12th

January, 2016 to 16th

January, 2016.

20. Goa River Marathon 2015

The NSS unit of M.E.S College of Arts & Commerce, Zuarinagar was part of organising team

for Goa River Marathon 2015 organised by Vasco Sports Club Vasco, Goa. 141 NSS Volunteers

participated and they were divided into various teams as per the requirement like Hydration,

Medical, Traffic Control, Refreshment Etc. The event was organised on 13/12/2015. All

Volunteers reported at 3.30 am in the morning as SAG Chicalim. NSS programme Officer Ms.

Shveta S. Desai and Shri Bhiku V. Bhave were present for the event. The event is co-ordinated

by NSS PO Shri Bhiku V. Bhave

NATIONAL CADET CORPS: NAVAL WING

Naval NCC unit of MES College of Arts and Commerce started its training activities for year

2015-2016 with is active participation in International yoga day celebration organized by DG

NCC, New Delhi at Margao on 19 June 2015. Regular parade training started from 4th

July 2015,

unit has enrolled total 50 cadets of its full strength.

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Success of our NCC unit began with getting good results of 85% in B certificate examinations

where in 4 of our cadets achieved A Grade and remaining 4 got B grade.

Main highlight of our unit Achievements is feeding maximum of 16 cadets for preliminary

nausainik camps held at Udupi. After the going through screening in preliminary camps one of

our cadet Angad Prajapati represented state of Goa in National Nau-sainik Camp at INS

Kadamba, Karwar organized by DG NCC.

Another highlight is that two cadets of our college PO cadet Shabanam and PO cadet Prakash

Singh were selected from Goa to participate in NATIONAL SAILING REGATTA at INS

Chilka, Orissa. These cadets were also selected on the basis of their sailing skills exhibited at

selection level camps held at Mysore. We are proud of these cadets.

Two of our cadets’ Suresh Jalihal and cadet Abdul Jhangi participated in NATIONAL

INTIGRATION CAMP held at Madikere (COORG) of Karnataka and won the second prize in

group singing competition.

Beside these professional achievements our Naval NCC unit is actively participated in social

service activities like tree plantation, cleanliness drive in and around college premise. Unit is also

planning to arrange the blood donation drive in this month of January. Naval unit of NCC is

always in the forefront to give the Guard to the National Flag on National Festival days like 15

August, 19 December and 26 January of 2015-2016.

As a concluding part of the training this year 8 cadets will be appearing for C certificate

examinations and 12 cadets are appearing for B certificate examinations

NCC unit would like to express sincere thanks to the principal and commanding officer of 1 Goa

naval unit NCC for extending their cooperation.

NCC 1 GOA GIRLS BN REPORT

NCC 1 Goa Girls BN of our college attended ATC (Annual Training Camp) from 24th

Dec 2015

to 2 Jan 2016 at Vidya Prabodhini School Porvorim. All together nine Cadets participated. The

Cadets won First place with Gold medal for Drill Competition and excelled in cultural activities

i.e. Group dance and solo dance. CDT. Shimpy Yadav (T.Y. B.com D) and CDT. Nazneen Kazi

(F.Y.B.com) were selected for Guard Of honour.

4 Cadets answered ‘B’Certificate Examination on 14th

Feb 2015 and successfully cleared the

examination.

CDT. Shimpy Yadav was selected for NIC (National Integration Camp)held at Madikeri

Karnataka on 25th

Oct 2015 to 6th

November 2015 and won first place and trophy for Group

song competition.

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CDT. Gulzar begum and CDT. Madhavi Battini has attended CATC/GP RDC (Combined

Annual Training Camp)held at Dharwad from 1st Oct 2015 to 10

th Oct 2015.

The poster competition was held on the theme ‘Swach Bharat Abhiyan’ on 15th

August 2015 and

the prize is won by Cdt. Lata Satelkar(T.Y.B.Com) and Cdt.Supriya Naik(T.Y.B.Com).

NCC ARMY COMPOSITE WING

The enrollment of cadets for this year was held on 07th

July, 2015.52 boys and 28 girls were

selected and enrolled. The combined Annual Training Camp was held in Parye from 24th

Dec,

2015 to 2nd

Jan, 2016. Nine cadets of our college attended this camp and participated in various

competitions. Our girl cadet Manisha Prasad won first place in Cross Country race, Cadet Shreya

Singh won the second place in Cross Country race, we also won second place in Kit layout,

group song, and solo dance. We won Third place in Drill, Quarter guard, and group dance. Our

cadets have also participated in the centrally organized camps and done extremely well at various

levels and they are

Cadet. ARJUN SINGH RATHORE

Achievements of RDC 2015:

1) Briefed as a motivation hall briefer of naval wing in Delhi DG NCC camp.

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2) Briefed the vice president of India, chief of army staff, Naval staff, Air staff, Raksha

Rajya Mantri, Raksha Mantri .

3) Had participated in NIAP at Delhi DG NCC camp as a master of ceremony.

4) Was intervied on all India Radio.

5) Got selected under Youth Exchange Programme 2015 to Khajakistan.

6) Achieved DDG commendation card 2015.

Achievements for Youth Exchange Programme 2015 At Khajakistan:

1) Represented as an Indian Ambassador and was the represented member of the delegation

To Kazakhstan 2015.

2) Briefed Indian Defence Attachie To Kazakhstan.

3) Participated In NIAP performed In Kazakhstan

4) Briefed The Officer Incharge Of Army Training Facility Of Almaty.

5) Participated In Sports Event Organized by Army Training Facility Of Almaty.

6) Briefed DG NCC Lt Gen. Ak Chakravarty For De Briefing Presentation.

NAME : CDT SHARADHI SHRIDHAR

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Achievements Of RDC 2015:

1) Got Selected to March on Rajpath on 26, January Republic Day Parade.

2) Was Belgaum Group Best Cadet Senior Wing.

3) Had Brief Conversations with Chief of Army Staff, Naval Staff, Air Staff, Raksha Rajya

Mantri, Raksha Mantri.

4) Was interviewed Live On ABP News Channel.

5) Had participated in Group Dance, Group Song And Balley at Delhi DG NCC Camp and

Was Master of Ceremony Group Song.

6) Achieved DDG Commendation Card 2015.

Selected for the Army Attachment Camp and attended the Army attachment Camp at “ Officers

Training Academy “ At Chennai from 17th

To 28th

August,2015.

Our Cadets Have Also Done Well In “B” & “ C” Certificate Examination. We Have Achieved

89% Result In “B” Certificate And 100 % In “C” Certificate.

INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL

The NAAC Committees for the seven criteria of NAAC have been formed for the next five

years. These committees have started documentation of data pertaining to their respective

criterion.

Shri V.R. Shirgurkar, Former Principal, Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science

delivered a talk to the faculty on NAAC accreditation with special reference to the teaching-

learning process on 12th

March 2016.

A team of teachers visited DMs Bandekar College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Mapusa on

27th

April 2016 so as to study the following aspects: Innovations in teaching-learning process,

Conduct of ISAs , Automation, Internal academic audit, Mentoring system, Student progression,

Post-graduate courses, Functioning of alumni association, Criterion-wise perspective plan, Best

practices and activities of Research Cell.

The institutional feedback from parents was obtained in December 2015 and an analysis was

made of the same.

RESEARCH CELL

The Research Cell organized a state-level workshop on ‘Writing Research Papers and Drafting

Research Proposals in Social Sciences’ organized by the Research Cell on 29th

& 30th

March

2016. Prof. Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Department of Economics, Goa Univeristy, was the Chief

Guest for the inaugural function of the workshop. Dr. Purshottam Bung, Director, KLS’s

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Institute of Management Education and Research, Belgaum, Dr. Poornima M. Charanthimath

and Dr. Shashidhar G. Chiniwar were the resource persons for this workshop.

The objectives of the workshop were as follows:

1. To promote and encourage research

2. To sensitize young faculty on research methodology

3. To enable faculty to draft research proposals and write research papers by identifying the

research problems

The workshop comprised of six sessions, namely,

1. Session I: Identification and Formulation of Research Problem

2. Session II: Research Design and Methodology

3. Session III: Sources of Data Collection

4. Session IV: Literature Review

5. Session V: Drafting Research Proposals

6. Session VI: Structuring Research Papers

A total of about 60 faculty members from 7 colleges across the state participated in this

workshop.

SOME GLIMPSES OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE RESEARCH CELL

State-level workshop on ‘Writing Research Papers and Drafting Research Proposals in

Social Sciences’

Address by the Chief Guest of the Inaugural Function, Prof. Pranab Mukhopadhyay,

Department of Economics, Goa Univeristy

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Dr. Purshottam Bung, Director, KLS’s Institute of Management Education and Research,

Belgaum present at the inaugural function

Dr. Poornima M. Charanthimath, Professor, KLS’s Institute of Management Education and

Research, Belgaum, delivering her session

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Dr. Shashidhar G. Chiniwar, Professor, KLS’s Institute of Management Education and

Research, Belgaum, delivering his session

Mrs. Lalita Joshi, Director, Planning and Development, Murgaon Education Society,

delivering her address as Chief Guest at the Valedictory Functio

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Dr. Meenakshi Bawa, Chairperson, Research Cell, proposing the vote of thanks

Participants at the state level workshop

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FACULTY & DEPARTMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

It is the pleasure to present the report of Department of Commerce

Result for B.com Semester V for the academic year 2014-15, passing percentage-76%.

Distinction-. 08, First Class- 68, Second Class-75 and Pass Class- 23.

B.com Sem I Commerce Student, Mr. Carl Figueredo topped at the CA-CPT (Chartered

Accountant Common Proficiency Test) in Goa held in June 2015.

TALLY 9 certificate course was conducted by Prof. Swati Shigaonkerfor the BCOM

students in the month of August 2015. 12 students successfully completed the course.

The Department is conducting coaching classes for entrance exam for Chartered

Accountancy (CPT) under the co-ordination of Asst. Prof. Atmaram Tarpe

The Department also conducting coaching classes for entrance exam for Company

Secretary (Foundation) course under the co-ordination of Prof. Safal S. Narvekar. Two

student, Mr Abhishek and Ms Nafiya have cleared the C.S Foundation course in one

attempt.

The Department organised various activities such as.

1. COLLAGE COMPETITION was organised on 31st July 2015 for B.Com Semester I.

No. of students- 150 students participated in the contest (30 teams consisting of 5

members each).

Five themes viz, Digital India, Swachh Bharat , Swachh Goa, Skilling India- New

Entrepreneur, MAKE IN INDIA- Manufacturing Hub, Media –Killing Corruption or

Creating chaos and Save Girl Child were given to the students.

2. Created awareness among B.com students about various books/ journals/ magazines and

other course material related to commerce are available in our college library through

orientation in respective classes.

3. Two students namely Shaik Shakil and Baramani Prakash were deputed for Inter –

Collegiate Commerce Quiz Competition held on 31st July 2015.

4. Organized “CAREER LITERATURE EXHIBITION WEEK” for all the B.Com

students between 6th August to 13th August 2015 in the Commerce Lab of College. The

career literature exhibition was basically to create awareness about the future career

options.

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5. Two B.com Sem V students namely Nema Kumari and Rudrani Tirodker selected for

“BAP- Exec” Online Skill Building Course, for 60 hrs. duration by E-Palmleaf,

Bangalore.

6. A talk on C.A Professional (CPT) Course on 17th August 2015 organised. The talk was

delivered by the Shri Shilpesh Naik – Chartered Accountant, Vasco and Mr. Ankit Dube

– (present student).

7. ‘INNOVERTISING COMPETITION’ was organized for B.Com Semester III

students on 29th August 2015. A total of 95 students participated in the contest wherein

19 teams consisting of 5 members each participated in the competition.. The Competition

was of “Presentation of Innovative skill in Advertising a product or service”.

8. A 5 day programme on “Change in mindset” (CMS) was conducted by Department of

Commerce under the co-ordinatorship of Nodal Officer Prof. Sanjiv Shirodkar from 7th

to

12th

September 2015. The CMS Programme is the outcome of MOU signed by MES

College with GCCI, I-create India. 14 students from B.com & B.A participated in the

programme.

9. The Commerce Association organized an ANNUAL STUDY TOUR from 14th

November to 20th November, 2015 to Goa-Mangalore-Coimbatore-Kodaikanal. A group

of 58 thrilled students, accompanied by 13 faculty members took benefit of the tour.

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10. The Association conducted a talk on professional course “Cost and Management

Accountancy” by Shri Rammohan Menon (ICMA) on 11th

December 2015 for B.Com

Semester IV & VI students.

11. A talk on Professional Body “Company Secretary” was organized by the Commerce

Association on 12th December 2015. The talk was delivered by Ms. Swati Hegde (ICSI)

for B.Com students.

12. A group of 50 student of B.com course participated at annual event “Phoenix 2016” at

Kala Academy – Panjim organised by Saraswat College- Mapusa. Accompanied by Shri

Aquib Sayed, Assistant Professor of Commerce. A team of 2 students namely Shivanand

Raikar and Sheldon Sequeira won a first place at Business Plan competition even in

Advertisement and Dance competition students won 2nd

place.

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Up Coming Activities

13. Two day National Seminar on “MAKE IN INDIA- India as a Future Global

Manufacturing Hub” will be organized by the seminar Department of Commerce,

convenor Prof. Safal Suresh Narvekar on 22nd & 23rd January 2016. The seminar is

partly sponsored by ICSSR.

14. A Talk on Career Prospects After Graduation will be organized by the Commerce

Association in the month of February 2016 .The talk will be delivered by Shri. Rahul

Ravikumar, Cineframes.

15. Industrial Visit will be conducted for B.com Sem VI students in the month of January

and February 2016. The industries which will be visited are NESTLE, MRF, Sanjeevani

Sugar Factory etc.

16. The Commerce Association will be organizing a One Day Youth Event called

COMMERCE FIESTA for all the B.com students on 27th

February 2016.

17. The Commerce Association will publish Annual Commerce Magazine “C-IGNITE 2” in

February 2016.

TEACHERS PROGRESS

ASSO. PROF V.V.SAIL – VICE PRINCIPAL & H.O.D

Member of Board of Studies at Goa University.

Attended a Nation Symposium on “Skill Development for Make in India” organized by

Goa Multi Faculty College, Goa at International Centre, Goa.

ASSO. PROF. B. V. KOLEKAR

Worked as CAP Director, Goa University October/ November 2015.

Presented a paper entitled on “Corporate social Responsibility and sustainability with

reference to Goa Shipyard ltd” at National Conference on "'Corporate sector in India:

Emerging Issues" organized by Shree Damodar College Of Commerce & Economics,

Margao, Goa on 30th

& 31st January 2015.

Attended a Nation Symposium on “Skill Development for Make in India” organized by

Goa Multi Faculty College, Goa at International Centre, Goa.

Attended a meeting of CII WR Education Excellence forum.

ASSO. PROF CHAMPA R. PARAB

Attended a subject related workshop on Major 1- Advanced Accounting on 1st July 2015.

State level workshop “Relevance Applicability and Suitability of Statistical Tools in

Commerce and Management Research” will be attended on 17th

, 24th

& 31st January 2016

at Narayan Zantye College of Commerce, Bicholim Goa.

Attended a subject related workshop on Major 1- Advanced Accounting on 15th

January

2016.

ASSO. PROF. SANCHILIANA FARIA E RODRIGUES

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Presented and published a paper on the title “An Analysis of the Fisheries sector of Goa

for sustainable development” at International Commerce and Social Science Conference

held on 06th

September 2015at Pune and Published in ISSN: 2249-7463 International

Journal of Business Management and Social Science.

Workshop on Writing Research Papers & Drafting Proposal in Social Science will be

attending on 12th

& 13th

January, 2016, organized by Karnatak Law Society, Institute of

Management Education and Research, Belgaum.

PROF. ROCHANA KHARANGATE

Presented a paper titled on “Issues in Human Resource Management in cooperative banks

and organisation” at National Conference on “Strengthening Cooperative Sector in India:

Academicians and Cooperators Interface” organized by DM’s College and Research

Centre on 30th & 31st October 2015.

Attended a subject related workshop on Major 1- Advanced Accounting on 1st July 2015.

Attended a subject related workshop on Major 1- Advanced Accounting on 15th

January

2016.

ASSO. PROF. SAVIA MENDES

Papers Published

Paper titled “Corporate Social Responsibility– Perspectives in Indian context” published

in Conference proceedings /Choice college of Arts & Commerce, Pune at International

Seminar on the topic Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility: Emerging Issues and

Challenges to be held on 8th and 9th March, 2014 at Hotel Aurora Towers Pune. Indo

Global Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture In association with Faculty of

Management Sciences, Pune and Centre for Educational and Social Development, India

(CESD). ISBN No. 978- 81-923835-3-8 Serial No. 15 page 56 to 60. (2014) Author Dr.

B. Ramesh and Savia Mendes

Paper titled “Corporate Social Responsibility: A Comparative Study Of Select Public

Sector Banks in India” published in Scholars World – International refereed

multidisciplinary journal of contemporary research at National Conference on “Corporate

Sector in India: Emerging Issues” organised by Shree Damodar College of Commerce &

Economics, Margao, Goa on the 30th and 31st January, 2015. ISSN 2319-5789, online

2320-3145, Vol III, special issue Jan 2015 pg 82-89 Author Dr. B. Ramesh and Savia

Mendes.

Paper titled ‘‘SWOT Analysis of E-Commerce.” Published in Conference proceedings at

UGC sponsored One Day National Level Conference on “CHALLENGES AND

OPPORTUNIES IN E-COMMERCE IN INDIA” organised by SPMTM Arts &

Commerce College Chikhli on 12th February 2015. ISBN 978-81-925599-1-9 Pg.10 to

12(2015) ISBN 978-81-925599-1-9 (2015). Author Dr. B. Ramesh and Savia Mendes.

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Paper titled ‘‘A study on CSR in the select Indian Pharmaceutical sector.” published and

presentation at the National Conference on “Sustainable Development and Business

Strategies” organised by DPM’s Shree Mallikarjun College of Arts & Commerce, Delem

-Canacona, Goa, on 13th& 14th March 2015. ISBN 9789331326416. Author Dr. B.

Ramesh and Savia Mendes

Paper titled ‘‘Corporate Social Responsibility : A Study of Multinational Companies in

India” published in Conference proceedings / Society for Education & Research

Development India(SERD) at International Conference on Corporate Social

Responsibility & Sustainable Development Dubai (UAE) 04-05th May 2015 Organized

By: Society for Education and Research Development, India & Asia-Pacific Institute of

Management, India. CSR and Sustainable Development : a Multinational Perspective

ISBN: 978­1­63415­327­0Pg 91-99 (2015) Author Dr. B. Ramesh and Savia Mendes

Paper titled ‘‘Women Entrepreneurs in Goa with reference to Beauty palours” published

in EDI India Ahmendabad at Eleventh Biennal Conference on entrepreneurship Feb 18-

20 2015. ISBN 9789380574783. Author Savia Mendes

Paper titled ‘‘Exploring the Responsiveness towards Corporate Social Responsibility: A

study of Select Banks in India” published in Bonfring publication 2015 at Two Day

National Seminar on Innovative Management Practices for Sustainable Development &

Global Competitiveness. Impetus’15 organised by Dept. Of Management Studies, School

of Management, Pondicherry University. 8th

& 9th

October 2015.ISBN 9789385477256.

Author Dr. B. Ramesh and Savia Mendes

Paper submitted for publication

Paper titled ‘‘Corporate Social Responsibility: A Comparative Study Of Select Public

And Private Sector Banks in India” will be published in Indian Journal of Commerce at

In India’ Indian Commerce Journal, New Delhi (Bhubaneswar on 27th, 28th&

29thDecember 2014) ISSN 19-512X vol 68 no. 4 oct-dec 2015. Author Dr. B. Ramesh

and Savia Mendes

Paper titled ‘‘IS THE INDIAN BANKING SECTOR READY FOR CORPORATE

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY?” Presented and will be published at International

conference by SSPES Goa Multi faculty College Dharbandora 17 &18 Oct 2015. Author

Dr. B. Ramesh and Savia Mendes

ASSO. PROF. ASHISH JOSHI

Presented a paper titled on “Service Quality and Customer satisfaction among

cooperative banks in Goa” at National Conference on “Strengthening Cooperative Sector

in India: Academicians and Cooperators Interface” organized by DM’s College and

Research Centre on 30th & 31st October 2015.

ASST. PROF. SWATI SHIGAONKER

Coordinator of TALLY ERP.9 course

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Conducting lectures for C.S Foundation Course on Business Environment from January

to May 2015. Total 09 students had enrolled for the course.

ASST. PROF. SHVETA S. DESAI

• Conducting lectures for C.S Foundation Course on Accounting from January to May

2015. Total 09 students had enrolled for the course.

ASST. PROF SAFAL S. NARVEKAR

Co-ordinator of Commerce Association for the Academic year 2015-16. Conducted

various activities like Collage competition, career literature exhibition week,

Innovertising Competition, talk on professional course etc. National seminar, C-Fiesta,

Cignite2 are the upcoming events will be organised.

Co-ordinator of C.S Foundation Course and conducting Lectures on Financial

Accounting , Auditing and Management. Total 09 students had enrolled for the course. In

2014-15, two Students have cleared the exam at first attempt.

Organized an ANNUAL STUDY TOUR from 14th November to 20th November, 2015

to Goa-Mangalore-Coimbatore-Kodaikanal. A group of 58 thrilled students, accompanied

by 13 faculty members.

Attended a UGC sponsored Orientation Programme at Human Resource Development

Centre, Goa University from 3rd

June 2015 to 30th

June 2015.

ASST. PROF. ATMARAM M. TARPE

Published paper titled “Problems Faced by Banks in Lending to MSMEs in Goa: Case

Study Analysis” in the edited book titled “Management of Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises (MSMEs) in India: Problems and Prospects” ISBN: 978-81 -927211-2-4,

published by PraRup Publication, Kolhapur.

Published paper Titled “Financial Reporting Practices of Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises in Goa: Case Study Analysis”, in the ZANTYE’S International Journal of

Commerce and Management, ISSN no. 2454-6526 , August 2015, Vol. 1, Issue 1.

Presented a paper titled “Financial Management Practices of Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises in Goa: Case Study Analysis” at the 2015 IMRA- IIMB International

Conference on the topic “Inclusive Growth & Profits with purpose: New Management

Paradigm” held on 16th

, 17th

and 18th

December 2015 at Indian Institute of Management

Bangalore.

Attended three days National Level workshop on Instrument Development form 2-4th

November 2015 organised by Samarth in collaboration with SCARF (Schizophrenia

Research Foundation) at SCARF’s Training and Resource Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

PROF. NARENDRA GAONKAR

Attended a subject related workshop on Major 1- Advanced Accounting on 1st July 2015.

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Attended a subject related workshop on Major 1- Advanced Accounting on 15th

January

2016.

Attended the FDP on Relevance, Application and Suitability of Statistical Tools in

Commerce and Management Research from 17th

to 31st January 2016

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

The Department Of Sociology organised the following activitiesduring the current academic year

2015-2016.

Inaugural of the activities of the Sociology Study Circle by Dr Shaila De Souza,

Incharge, Centre for Women’s Studies, Goa University on 25th

July 2015.DR Shaila De

souza conducted a session on the theme - ‘Gender Equity’

A photography competition on Social Issues for all the students of the college was held

on 31st August, 2015 titled “What the Picture Tells You”

HIV Awareness workshop was conducted for Sociology students by an NGO ‘Human

Touch’.

A series of documentary films were screened – ‘Daughter of Darkness’, which deaIs with

the issue of prostitution, ‘I am Kalam’ – which is about providing educational

opportunities to an illiterate child and ‘Awdaitam’, addresses discrimination based on the

caste system.

A guest lecture was organised on the topic‘Paedophilia in Goa’ by Ms.Andrea Fernandes

Project Incharge, Human Trafficking.

A guest lecture by Ms.Prachi Prabhu, fellow researcher at Goa University on ‘Speak

Against Menstrual Exclusion’.

The Department organised their annual intercollegiate and interclass event Socio –

Expressions under the sociology study circle in the month of February, 2016

FACULTY

Dr. R. B. Patil attended the Orientation program on Planning and Management of Higher

Education Institutions for Principal of Affiliating colleges organized by Department of

Higher and Professional Education, National University of Educational Planning and

Administration, Mysore, Karnataka from 5th

to 9th

October 2015

Ms. Sonal Thakker submitted her Ph.D Thesis entitled “Migration and Family Dynamics

in Goa” to the department of sociology Goa University in November, 2015.

She is appointed as a member of board of studies in the subject of sociology at the

undergraduate level for a period of three years w.e.f 31/03/2015.

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DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

The faculty of the Department of Economics is actively involved in research. The faculties have

presented papers at various state, national and international seminars/conferences and have

research publications to their credit.

Dr. Meenakshi Bawa presented a paper titled ‘Regional Disparities in Financial Inclusion in

Goa’ at the 19th

Annual Conference of Indian Political Economy Association organized by the

Departments of Political Science and Economics, Goa University on 4th

and 5th

December 2015

on the Theme 'Changing Trajectories of India's Political Economy: Challenges and Options'.

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Ms. Gouri Manerkar presented a paper titled ‘Socio-economic Profile of Female Domestic

Servants in Vasco Town: Case Study’ at the International Conference on’Issues and Challenges

in Commerce, Humanities and Social Sciences’ organized by SSPES’s Goa Multi-Faculty

College on 17th

and 18th

October 2015 at International Centre, Goa. She also presented a paper

titled ‘Self Help Group: A Catalyst for Social Inclusion’ at the National Seminar on ‘Social

Inclusion- Mainstreaming the Marginalized’ organized by Department of Commerce, SV Sridora

Caculo College of Commerce and Management Studies on 27th

March 2015. She will be

presenting a paper titled ‘Motivating Factors among Women Entrepreneurs in Goa’ at the

National Seminar being organized by the Department of Commerce, MES College on 22nd

and

23rd

January 2016. Ms. Gouri Manerkar attended a short-term course on Research Methodology

organized by the Human Resource Development Centre, Goa University from 27th

July to 1st

August 2015.

Shri Yasser Hussain Razak has registered for Ph.D. at Goa University. He is working on his

thesis titled ‘Human Capital and Economic Growth’ ‘under the guidance of Dr. Pranab

Mukhopadhyay, Professor, Department of Economics, Goa University.

The Department of Economics has organized the following activities:

1. The inauguration of the Certificate Course on ‘Quantitative Techniques and Basics of

Econometrics was held on Monday 10th

August 2015. Dr. P.K. Sudarsan, Professor,

Department of Economics, Goa University, was the chief guest and resource person. Dr.

Sudarsan delivered a lecture on the development and importance of quantitative techniques

and econometrics in economic analysis.

2. Dr. Radhika Nayak, Principal, DCTs S.S. Dempo College of Commerce and Economics,

Panaji, delivered a talk to all students on ‘Career Options for Economics Graduates’ on 13th

August 2015.

3. A Certificate Course on ‘Quantitative Techniques and Basics of Econometrics of 20 hours per

semester is being conducted by Asst. Prof. Yasser Hussain Razak and Asst. Prof. Rajesh

Shetgaokar.

4. An inter-collegiate essay competition on ‘Goa: The Next Educational Hub of India’ was

organized on Monday 24th

August 2015. 25 students from 13 colleges participated in this

competition.

5. ECOBUZZ 2015, comprising of various inter-class competitions, was organized for the first

time from 7th

to 12th

September 2015 between 1.00pm and 3.00pm. The following inter-class

competitions were organized:

Sr.No Event Date

1 E-tunes 7/09/2015

2 Group Discussion 7/09/2015

3 Street Play 8/09/2015

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4 T-Shirt Painting 8/09/2015

5 Treasure Hunt 9/09/2015

6 Eco-fusion 10/09/2015

7 Fashion Show 10/09/2015

8 Quiz 11/09/2015

9 Collage 11/09/2015

The prize distribution function was held on Saturday 12th

September 2015. Shri Vishal Keni,

Founder, Core Stratagem Consultant and Director Sales, Pure Snacks Pvt. Ltd. was the chief

guest for the function.

6. A total of 144 students from FY/SY/TY B.A./B.COM participated in the “Know Your

Economy Test” organized by Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science, Margao, Goa in

collaboration with Scientific Research Association for Economics and Finance, Chennai on 6th

December 2015

7. The Department of Economics will be organizing the National-level ECOFEST 2016 on 9th

and 10th

February 2016. The annual magazine ‘KIRAN’ will be released at ECOFEST 2016.

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Six Units of English Literature approved by Goa University

Dr. Cidalia Bodade

Appointed member of Board of Studies of English, Goa University

Attended the workshop on Choice-based Credit System and how it affects the Dept. of

English in Sep. 2015.

Dr. Sandhya Bhandara Sequeira

20 cash prizes (scholarships) constituted - Dr. Sandhya Bhandare’s initiative to encourage

the students of English Literature.

Resource person in the Multilingual Yuva Srujan Program organised by the Menezes

Braganza Institute in July 2015. 20 students from the Dept. of English attended the

programme.

Dr. S. Susan Deborah

Chaired a session titled, “Landscapes: Representations of Ecosystems” in the National

Conference on “Ecocinema: Celebrating Landscapes and Waterscapes” organised by The

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani – K. K. Birla Goa Campus,

Goa on 08-10 Oct. 2015.

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Presented a paper titled, “Hearth, Laptop and Community: Exchanging Notes on Food

over Blogs” in the International Conference on “Media and Communication Studies

2015: Changing Paradigm of Media Landscape in the Digital Age 2. 0” organised by

Amity University, Rajasthan on 20-22 Nov., 2015.

Participated in “Guru Srujan 2015 – The College Teacher’s Cultural Fiesta” organised by

DCT’s S. S. Dempo College of Commerce & Economics, Panaji – Goa, held on 01 Dec.,

2015 at Taleigao Community Centre, Taleigao.

Ms. Palia Gaonkar

Presented a paper titled, “Role of ICT in Pedagogics of Poetry” in National Conference

on “Bonding Pedagogy with Technology and Ethicality: Value Addition to Teaching of

Language, Literature and Social Sciences” organised by Department of English, Goa

University held on 29 & 30 June, 2015.

Co-authoured and presented a paper titled, “Exploring Mahaswetadevi’s Adhikar

Aranyacho in the light of New Historicism” in “Sarjan-Anusarjan,” Two day National

Seminar on Contemporary Women Writers at World Konkani Centre, Mangaluru

organised by Konkani Language and Cultural Foundation, WKC Mangaluru, Dept. of

English, Goa University and Department of Kanada and Culture, Government of

Karnataka on 05-06 Nov., 2015.

Activities of the Department of English

A four-hour Digital Story-telling (DST) Workshop was organized for SY B. Com

students on 11 Sep., 2015. DST is part of the curriculum for Business Communication

offered to SY B. Com. The resource person for the workshop was Mr. Salil Konkar.

A fun event Fun with Literature aimed at students from schools in and around Vasco to

participate and learn about literature was organised on 08 Jan., 2016. Mr. Oscar

Gonsalves was the Chief Guest for the event. Eight schools participated.

An International Conference on The Culture of Food will be organised by the Department

on 25-27 Feb., 2016.

Activities of students of the Department of English

Two students, Ms. Sahila Affreen Shaikh and Ms. Vijayalakshmi Tamanna Bajantri, B.

A. Sem I participated in Spin a yarn: A Short Story Writing Contest organised by St.

Xavier’s College, Mapusa on 27 & 28 Aug. 2015.

Five students attended the Goa Arts and Literature Festival (GALF) organised by The

International Centre, Goa on 10-13 Dec., 2015.

Our students participated in Pegasus 2015 organised by ParvatibaiChowgule College of

Arts & Science, Margao and won the following prizes:

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III Place – Radio Verve

I Place – Graffiti Art

III Place – Silhouettes

III Place – Montage

II Place – Pegasus Rearview

DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM & TRAVEL

The Department of Tourism and Travel celebrated World Tourism Day on 28th

September 2014.

In keeping with the theme ‘One Billion Tourist, One Billion Opportunities’, there was a talk on

Career and opportunities in Tourism related services. Mr. Raj Nair, Chef, HQ hotel Vasco, was

the chief guest and he delivered a talk on Career in Hotel Management especially in the culinary

field. Ms. Pamela Mascarenhas , Guest of Honour, also spoke on various Job opportunities and

self employment in tourism and travel field.

Students of T.Y.B.A (Tourism & Travel) displayed a fashion show, where they had showcased

various segment of jobs in the tourism related field. Students of SYBA had put up a stall where

they sold Mocktails like Kiwi Fizz, Blue Hawaiian and Pinacolada and various types of chaats.

Dr. Cidalia Bodade (HOD- Tourism & Travel) welcomed the gathering and Ms. Rupali Shetye

(Asst. Professor in Tourism & Travel) proposed the Vote of Thanks.

The Tourism students of TYBA participated in “D-Tour” at Dempo College, Altinho, on World

Tourism Day.

A career guidance talk by Frankfin was organised in the college. Faculty members of Frankfinn

gave a presentation on the short term courses which are conducted in their institution. The FY,

SY and TY BA tourism students attended the talk. Another career guidance talk by American

Culinary & Cruise Line Academy was organised for TYBA students. Director of ACCLA

delivered a talk on various job opportunities in the culinary field on Cruise liners.

The students of Travel and Tourism will go on a tour to Karnataka in the 1st week of March. On

25th

, 26th

, and 27th

February an International Conference on ‘The Culture of Food, Literature and

Society will be organised by the Department.

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Inaugural of the World Tourism Day, Chief guest Mr. Raj Nair, Guest of Honour Ms. Pamela

Mascarenhas, Vice Principal Prof. V.V.Sail, Dr. Cidalia Bo

Dr. Cidalia Bodade , HOD and Ms. Rupali Shetye , Asst. Professor with the Chief Guest and

Guest of Honour and the students of Travel and Tourism.

DEPARTMENT OF KONKANI

Department of Konkani organised and participated in various activities, competitions and

seminars organised by various educational and literary institutions in and outside Goa.

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Department of Konkani organised:

1) The department observed 138th

Birth Anniversary of Vaman Ragunath Shenoi Varde

Walawlikar alias Shenoi Goembab. Sahitya Academy Award winner Shri Prakash

Padgoankar was the Chief Guest. While speaking Shri Padgoankar said that, if at all the

Konkani language has received the honour and respect it deserved, it is only because of

Shenoi Goembab.

On the occassion, Ms. Ashwini Chari, Ex-student of department of Konkani was felicitated for

qualifying UGC-NET at the hands of Shri Prakash Padgoankar.

2) The Department of Konkani commemorated the 31st death Anniversary of renowned

Konkani poet Padmashri Bakibab alias B.B. Borkar. Eminent Poet and President of Goa

Konkani Academy was the Chief Guest. On the occasion students recited and sang

beautiful poems written by B.B.Borkar. Speaking on the occasion Chief Guest Shri

Madhav Borkar narrated interesting anecdotes of Bakibab’s life, which made it evident

that Bakibab’s creativity, intellect and humour led him to be a popular personality in his

prime and even now.

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On the occasion the department in collaboration with college library had also put an exhibition of

Bakibab Borkar’s Books.

Students participation in Seminars:

1) Our students participated in the State level seminar on ‘Konkani Drama and its influence

on society’ which was organised by Fr. Thomas Stephens Konkani Kendra,Porvorim held

on 12th

September 2015.

2) Three of our students namely Reeya Redkar, Sneha Ajgaonkar and Excil Pereira

participated in ‘Katha Lekhan: Tantra Ani Mantra’a full day Konkani seminar based on

the technicalities in writing short stories. The Seminar was organised by Parvatibai

Chowgule College in collaboration with Goa Konkani Academy on 28th

November 2015.

Students participated in various competitions:

1) Our student Ms. Arpita Gad, SYBA won the 3rd

prize in the 2nd

Annual Poetry Recitation

Competition organised by Dayanand Kala Kendra, Curchorem in memory of first Chief

Minister of Goa Late Dayanand Bandodkar. Master Amresh Bind and Ms. Saynex

D’Souza also participated in this competition.

2) Our students namely Shrutika Gossavi, Arpita Gad, Ankita Majik, Pravina Kerkar and

Saynex D’Souza participated in 5th

All India Konkani Poetry Recitation Competition

organised by Kavita Trust, Manglore, held at Konkani Bhasha Mandal, Margao on 4th

September 2015.

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3) Our students namely Shrutika Gossavi and Sulaksha Kotkar participated in ‘Parmall’, All

Goa Konkani Poetry Recitation Competition organised by Guardian Angel Higher

Secondary, Curchorem on 26th

September 2015.

4) Our students Raksha Salgoankar and Saynex D’Souza have participated in All Goa Quiz

Competition organised by Konkani Bhasha Mandal in memory of Late Adv. Arun

Singbal on 29th

September 2015.

5) Our students namely Shrutika Gossavi and Sulaksha Kotkar participated in the Inter-

collegiate Poetry Recitation and Abhang Gayan Competition organised by Govt.College ,

Khandola, Marcel-Goa on 10th

December 2015.

6) Our students namely Shrutika Gossavi, Sweta Naik, Arpita Gad, Sulaksha Kotkar

participated in Inter-Collegiate Poetry Recitation Competition organised by Gomant Kala

Association on 19th

December 2015.

7) A team of 37 students participated in 21st Goa Yuva Mahotsav was organised by Konkani

Bhasha Mandal on 12th

and 13th

December 2015. Students participated in various

competitions such as Geet Gaytana, Lokmand, Nach Nach Nachuya, Prasnmachi,

Mustayki and Shooting. Ms. Raksha Salgaonkar of FYBA was selected in the final

round of singing competition.

8) Three of our students Arpita Gad, Sulaksha Kotkar and Sonali Gawas participated in the

Literary Programme ‘Kala Sadhak’ organised by Fr. Agnel College of Arts and

Commerce, Pilar on 9th

January 2016.

Teachers Participation

Shri. Satyawan Naik participated in 21st Goa Yuva Mahotsav was organised by

Konkani Bhasha Mandal on 12th

and 13th

December 2015.

Shri. Satyawan Naik attended a UGC sponsored Refresher course in Languages

(Inter-Disciplinary) at Human Resource Development Centre, Goa University from

9th

March 2016 to 29th

March 2016.

Prof. Cosma Fernandes presented a Research paper on Konkani Tiatr “Baiyla

Boropaiche Yogadhan” at the two days National Seminar on the theme Sarjan ani

Anusarjan – Samkaleem Stree Lekhanacher (Contemporary Women Writers) at

Vishva Konkani Literary Festival at Mangaluru, Karnataka.

Prof. Supriya Kaneumbekar participated

21st Goa Yuva Mahotsav, was organised by Konkani Bhasha Mandal on 12

th and 13

th

December 2015.

State level seminar on ‘Konkani Drama and its influence on society’ which was

organised by Fr. Thomas Stephens Konkani Kendra, Porvorim held on 12th

September

2015.

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‘Katha Lekhan: Tantra Ani Mantra’a full day Konkani seminar based on the technicalities

in writing short stories, organised by Parvatibai Chowgule College in collaboration with

Goa Konkani Academy on 28th

November 2015.

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Political science department of our college conducted following activities under ‘Political

Science Association” during academic year 2015-16.

(1) Essay Competition:

On the eve of 146th

Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi an essay competition for the

students of Political science on the theme of Gandhian Thought and Struggles was

organized on 30.09.2015, five students had participated in this competition and following

students Mr. Shubham Sakhalekar, Miss Manoja Naik and Miss Renuka Sagnekar of

S.Y.B.A class won first, second and third prizes respectively.

(2) Indian Constitution Day Celebration:

Political Science Association celebrated Indian constitution Day on 26th

November, 2015.

Mr. Sayed Abdulla, Associate Professor of Govt. College of Arts and Science, Sanquelim

was the Chief Guest and he delivered speech on the importance of Indian constitution.

Nearly 200 students attended this function and taken pledge to adhere to the values and

ideals enshrined in the preamble to the Indian Constitution.

(3) Participation in Student Parliament Competition:

Department is preparing students to take part in the student parliament competition

organized by Goa Legislative Assembly.

Achievements of Faculty members

Prof. Ashok M. Sambargi

(1) Karnataka University, Dharwad awarded Ph.D. degree for Thesis entitled “Theory and

Practice of Gandhian Non-Violence” Got distinction marks (72%) in this examination.

(2) A book on “Border Dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra” was published.

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

The following are the activities that were conducted in the academic year 2015-16 in the

Psychology Department.

The ‘Certificate Course in Counselling Techniques’ started in July 2015 with an

enrollment of 24 students for the said course under the coordinatorship of Ms. Cedila

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Gomes. Various resource persons were invited to deliver lectures on Person Centered

Therapy, Anger Management, Dance and Music Therapy, Handwriting Analysis,

Hypnotherapy etc.

Moreover, the counseling students who have completed the said course last year have

successfully completed a three months internship program with an NGO called

Presentation Society in Vasco working with HIV/AIDS children.

Movie Screening of ‘I am Sam’ and ‘Sybil’ “for Psychology students was conducted by

chairperson of the psychology club Ms. Fatima Gomes and Mr. Brian Pacheco for the

final year students of BA (Psychology) on 18th July 2015. The movie screening was

followed by a discussion on the various aspects of the disorder, its causes and the type of

treatment used.

A Community Based program on Music Therapy- was organized for the school students

of neighboring schools of Vasco on the 1st

of August 2015 with Ms. Aarti Sinha was the

resource person.

Ms Cedila Gomes organized a field visit for the TYBA students to I.P.H.B on the of 28th of

August 2016.

Ms Sheryl Afonso e D’Souza delivered a guest lecture on “Nutrition and Diet’ on the 3rd

of

September 2015.

A State level Psychology Festival- Psychozest funded the ICSSR was organized under the co-

ordinatorship of Mr. Brian Pacheco on the 11th

of September 2016. Ms. Valencia D’Souza

was the student co-ordinator. Dr. Amit Dias was the chief guest of the inaugural function while

Dr Ravi Agrawal was the chief guest of the valedictory function. A total of 9 colleges

participated in this one day event and Chowgule College won the Championship trophy for the

second consecutive year.

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Ms Cedila Gomes organized an Educational Field Trip to Dharwad for the students on the

2nd

and 3rd

of December and visited the Departments of Psychology, Sociology and Criminal

and Forensic Sciences at Dharwad University and the Dharwad Institute of Mental Health

Sciences. Ms. Fatima Gomes also accompanied the students.

The Psychology Department organized a three-day 'Canteen Mela' on the 10th, 11th &

12th December 2015 to generate funds for the in-house psychology magazine to be

released in March. The teachers in charge of the Canteen Mela were Mr. Brian Pacheco

for TYBA, Ms Cedila Gomes for SYBA & Ms. Fatima Gomes for FYBA. The staff and

students of the college wholeheartedly supported the event.

The department organized interclass competitions from 19th

January -21st January called

Psychobuzz to give students an enriching experience of various issues pertaining to

psychology while providing them with a platform to showcase their creativity and talent. The

events for on- stage events were Skit, Monologue and Dance while the off- stage events were

T-shirt painting, Rangoli and Cartoon Strip.

Achievements of the Faculty:

Ms Cedila Gomes presented a research paper titled ‘An Assessment of Conflict Management

Style, Occupational Stress and Job Satisfaction of Educators’ in a peer reviewed journal ,

Anushandhan.

Ms. Maria Fatima Gomes and Mr. Brian Pacheco presented a joint paper titled ‘A gratitude-

centered intervention to foster resilience and well being among adolescents’ at the

‘International Conference On Counselling And Psychotherapy: Diversity In Training &

Practice’ at Sampurna Montford College, Bengaluru held on 1st & 2nd May 2015.

Ms. Maria Fatima Gomes attended a UGC sponsored Orientation Programme at Human

Resource Development Centre, Goa University from 3rd June 2015 to 30th June 2015.

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Ms. Freda Pereira Published Two papers in “STRESS MANAGEMENT

PROFESSIONAL” International Journal.

Paper Titled- “Impact of Integrated Counseling on Reducing Anxiety and

Improving Parent Child Relationship among Goan Adolescents”.

Paper Titled- “Strengthening and Promoting Self-Esteem and Emotional Maturity of

Goan Adolescents Through Psychological Intervention”.

Presented Research paper in International Conference on Stress Management

Professional in Hyderabad on 6th

November 2015 on “Impact of Demographic Factors

on Parent Child Relationship of Goan Adolescents.”

Future plans :

A workshop for students and staff –will be organized with Dr Vikram Patel as the

resource person and Ms. Fatima Gomes as the coordinator.

A Dance Movement Therapy Workshop for College students will be held in February

under the coordinatorship of Ms. Cedila Gomes.

The release of Department magazine and the valedictory function of students enrolled for

‘Certificate Course in Counselling Techniques’ will be held in March 2016.

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

1. Ms. Shruti B. Nayak attended Faculty Development Programme on role of a teacher

in enhancing student potential organized by Academic Staff College, Mumbai- university

from 05 /10/15 to 10/10/ 15.

2. Ms. Shruti Nayak attended a workshop on Number theory and Cryptography

organized by BITS Pilani, Goa campus from 15/12/15 to 17/12/15.

3. Department of Mathematics and Statistics organized Poster making competition for

B.Com semester II and IV students on 10th

December 2015. All together 24 students

Participated in the competition. There had been an overwhelming response for the

Competition.

The themes of poster competition were as follows:

1. Mathematics in everyday life

2. Mathematics in nature

Following students were declared as prize winners:

1st prize : Ms. Shital Verma of B.Com II semester ‘E’ division.

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2nd

prize : Ms. Sumangala Mesta of B.Com II semester ‘C’ division.

3rd

prize : Ms. Shivani Korgaonkar B.Com IV semester ‘A’ division.

Following are the prize winning posters :

FIRST PRIZE SECOND PRIZE

THIRD PRIZE Principal Dr. R. B. Patil giving prize to

Ms. Shital Verma

Principal Dr. R. B. Patil giving prize to Ms. Sumangala Mesta

DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND E.V.S

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Field trip conducted on 3/10/2015 to Ecological sensitive areas of Sattari Taluka like Devrai

Sacred grooves, Pali waterfall, Bio gas projects, agricultural plantation, the dairy farms at Sri

ram Gou Sourakshana Kendra Volpoi. It was a very enriching experience of learning to the

students of ecology.

Talk organized on environmental awareness by eminent environmentalist Shri Rajendra Kerekar.

A workshop was also organized on waste management and a water conservation by the resource

persons Sabana Khazi and Ashwini Pai Pandikar from TERI organization.

Proposed Activities:

Department also planning another field visit to Government Arboretum Sancordem, Tambdi

Surla sites to study the medicinal plantation and the surrounding biodiversity.

In addition to these activities another workshop is planned on application of GIS in various fields

of coastal ecology and environmental issues.

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATION

1. BCA Department organised a guest lecture in the month of August on the topic “Digital

Transformation” for BCA students. Resource person for this guest lecture was Mr.

Vinayak Bhomkar, Team leader, Persistent systems private ltd (PSPL).

Mr. Vinayak Bhomkar, Team leader, Persistent systems private ltd (PSPL)

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2. BCA Department organised 3 days’ workshop on “ANDROID” technology. 50 students

participated in this workshop. Mr. Prajyot Mainkar, Director, ANDROCID Ltd.

conducted this workshop.

3. BCA Department organised career guidance talk by Maxcell professional training

institute. Resource person for this event was Mr. Shyam Manavat Managing Director

Maxxcell Institute and Ms. Kanan Tandi Director & Trainer Body Speaks Better.

4. BCA Department organised 1 day workshop on personality development and career

guidance. Resource person for this workshop was Mr. Ryan Vaz, Proprietor, Dimensions

Ltd.

Mr. Prajyot Mainkar, Director, ANDROCID Ltd

Mr.Shyam Manavat, Managing Director Maxxcell Institute

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5. BCA Department organised a session on communication skills & interview answering

techniques. Resource person for this session was Mr. Dileep Parab, Corporate

Professional Trainer.

6. BCA Department organised a session on leadership & time management by Mr. Nirmesh

Tyagi, AGM Zuari Cement.

7.

Mr. Ryan Vaz, Proprietor, Dimensions Ltd.

Mr. Dileep Parab, Corporate Professional Trainer.

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8. Technosparks 1.0 Event was organised for the higher secondary students of south goa. 4

Higher secondaries participated in this event. Various competition held under

Technosparks were :

Essay Writing

Computer poems E-Newsletter

Mr. Nirmesh Tyagi, AGM Zuari Cement.

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Seminar/ Workshop/ Conference

1. Prof. Gauri Dessai – Coordinator BCA

Attended 3 days’ workshop on ANDROID technology at M.E.S – College

organised by BCA department

Attended International conference on Service oriented computing organised by

Dept of Computer Science Goa University.

Attended workshop on Educational Technology Research: Guidelines on

planning, conducting, and reporting your research study by Prof. Sahana Murthy,

faculty Department of Educational Technology, IIT Bombay

2. Prof. Sweta S. Verenkar – Assistant Professor BCA Department

Attended 3 days’ workshop on ANDROID technology at M.E.S – College

organised by BCA department

Attended a one day State level Hands on Training workshop organised by

Department of Computer Science & Technology, Chowgule College Margao

Goa.

3. Prof. Bhiku Bhave - Assistant Professor BCA Department

Attended 3 days’ workshop on ANDROID technology at M.E.S – College

organised by BCA department

Pursuing Ph.D from IIIT

4. Prof. Alpa Malik - Assistant Professor BCA Department

Attended 3 days’ workshop on ANDROID technology at M.E.S – College

organised by BCA department

Technosparks 1.0

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5. Prof. Aniket Shetye - Assistant Professor BCA Department

Attended 3 days’ workshop on ANDROID technology at M.E.S – College

organised by BCA department

6. Results of BCA department

a. Total percentage of SYBCA Students is 95.23%

i. 6 - Distinction, 5 - First, 8 - Second, 1- Pass

b. Total percentage of FYBCA Students is 79.31 %

i. 9 - Distinction, 5 - First, 7 - Second, 2 – Pass

7. Team of BCA Students participated in “SPECTRA 2K16” organised by Damodar

College of Commerce and Economics. Following students have won the prices.

Raheel Mohammed and Saliha Shaikh won 1st place in IT Quest Excellence a

STATE LEVEL IT- Quiz.

Nadisha Shaik and Yash Naik won 1st place in “crozzle”.

Raheel Mohammed and Zane Vaz won 1st place in “DB-Inspector”.

Ramu Rathod and Akash Vats won 1st place in “Synsense”.

Raheel Mohammed and Zane Vaz won 1st place in “Code-X”.

Zeba Makandar and Akash Vats won 2nd

place in “Tech-Art”.

8. T.Y.B.C.A student Mr. Singh Prakash B represented whole Goa as well as Karnataka &

Goa directorate, “All India Yachting Sailing Regatta Camp” held at NAVAL BASE INS

CHILKA at Orissa. Karnataka & Goa secured 5th

place at All India National Camp.

9. SYBCA student Mr. Arjun Singh Rathore represented Karnataka and Goa as a member of

a delegation to KAZAKHSTAN at international as an army ambassador. He scored all

India ranking in top 20 of all India merit list. He also represented whole goa as well as

Karnataka and Goa directorate for Republic day Camp held every year in New Delhi.

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

The year started with a Faculty Workshop for teachers on 29th June 2015. The workshop was

conducted in collaboration with Goa University, department of Management studies. BBA

teachers of all the colleges of Goa attended the workshop.

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6th

July 2015 an oriented program for parents and students of First year BBA was held. The chief

guest was Mr. Parag Joshi – MD of Jutex Limited and the Guest of honor was Sneha Bhandari -

Managing Partner Nirvana.

On 12th

September, 2015 Parent Teachers meeting was held for second and Third year students.

Results of batch 2013-14 had cent per cent results. All 34 students passed. We had 33 first

classes and 1 second class.

Students Achievements:

Our students participated in ODYSSEY 2015 held by Saraswat College of Commerce &

Management Mapusa.

Mr. Gautam Shetty our TYBBA student won the second place for Human Resource and

Ms. Tanvi K our TYBBA student won the third place in the Quiz.

Our Second year BBA students attended the IMPRESSIONS 2015 organized by Rosary

College of Commerce and Arts, Navelim.

Mr. Shreyas Santosh won the 1st place fo Production Management.

A Career Counselling session was organized for the students of TYBBA students and

shipping students. Professors from entrepreneurship Development Institute Ahmedabad

Gujarat addressed the students on the topic “Why Formal Education is necessary to be a

good manager & Entrepreneur”.

Faculty Achievements:

Two of our Faculty members Mr. Veeraj Mahatme and Ms. Semele Sardesai are pursuing

their P.hd in Goa University under the Department of Management Studies.

Mrs. Semele Sardesai presented a paper at the 17th

International conference organized by

Research Development Association and Research Development Research Foundation

jaipur.

Ms. Semele Sardesai attended CII-HIGHER EDUCATION SUMMIT 2015 POLICY

IMPETUS & INDUSTRY INSTITUTTE PARTNERSHIP held in Mumbai on 8th

September, 2015.

Lakshya a Management event was held on 4th

& 5th

of December, 2015 at Ravindra

Bhavan, Vasco-da-Gama, Goa

Mr. Veeraj Mahatme attended the training held for Entrepreneurship Development

Institutte of India Ahmedabad from 15th

December to 24th

December, 2015

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SHIPPING &

LOGISTICS

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The inauguration of BBA (Shipping & Logistics) course for the academic year 2015-16 was on

1st July, 2015. It was held for the parents and students of FYBBA Shipping & Logistics. Mrs.

Sonali Singh explained the students and parents the importance and relevance of Shipping &

Logistics course. Two eminent personalities from shipping industry Mr. C Dayal and Mr.

Sandeep Sood were invited as Chief Guest and Guest of honour.

World Maritime Day was celebrated on 8th

October, 2015 on the theme “Maritime Education and

Training”. Three eminent personalities from shipping industry Capt. Tarun Gupta – General

Manager Samsara Shipping, Capt Robert Vaz – Marine consultant and Mr. Manjinder Singh –

Legal and CS south West port Goa were the key speakers for the Event.

There was a Small exhibition by BBA (Shipping & Logistics) students as per the theme

Maritime Education and Training.

LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT

The library has a total collection of 28617 books and subscribes to about 98 periodicals 16 local

and National Newspapers.

During the year 2015-16, 572 books were added to the library collection.

The library provides a book bank facility to the needy and meritorious students. In order to

enhance reading habit among students, the library has a reading club where in an extra library

card is given to the members for general books reading.

Workshops and Seminars Attended

Librarian Sudhir B. Halvegar attended International Conference on “Paradigms of Digital

Library, E-Resources, Open Access and information” held on 9th

and 10th

October, 2015 at

Hubbali organized by Karnataka state College Librarian Association Hubballi.

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Dr. R.B. Patil

Principal