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ANNUAL INTERNAL QUALITY

ASSURANCE CELL REPORT

2009 - 2010

St. Xavier‟s College

5, Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai 400 001, INDIA.

Tel. 022-22620661 Fax : 022-22659484

E-mail : [email protected]

Website : www.xaviers.edu

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http://www.xaviers.edu/

PART – A

What is the plan of action chalked out by the IQAC at the beginning of the year

towards quality enhancement and what is the outcome by the end of the year?

THE PLAN OF ACTION INVOLVED :

Themes of the year

– Mentoring of students and new faculty

– Campus Cleanliness – Litter Free Campus

Preparation for Academic Autonomy, as St. Xavier‟s College has applied for

academic autonomy and the University of Mumbai and State Government

inspection teams had visited college and both the University and State

Government had sent positive reports to the UGC.

Design of the credit – semester system

Planning of Quality practices in tune with the autonomy systems and the

enhancement of pre-existing best practices.

Continuation of the 140 year celebrations of the college

The Key Objective: To bring alumni back into the campus and build a

relationship with them

Hence the plans involve new initiatives along with the continuation of old

practices and programs – to enhance the quality of education imparted.

PLANNED AND EXECUTED

a. Themes of the year

Mentor programs were made formal and institutionalised

Mentoring of students: Students were divided into groups and allotted a faculty

member who mentored the group primarily on academic issues. For Science

students, the faculty in charge of their practicals was their mentor.

Mentoring of new faculty : Senior faculty of the department mentored new faculty

with respect to:

- the development of teaching and evaluation techniques

- planning of laboratory sessions

- administrative aspects like maintaining attendance records

- skills such as class control

- future research plans

Campus Cleanliness – Litter Free Campus: several initiatives were adopted

b. Preparation for Autonomy

Teaching faculty were involved in discussions and training with respect to various

aspects of the systems of academic autonomy.

– Interactive faculty session on „Lecturing and Assessments for Large Group

Teaching‟ : Dr. (Ms.) Momna Hejmadi, University of Bath, U.K. – 24th

June 2009.

– Staff Workshop : „Alternatives in Continuous Internal Assessments‟

– November 2009

– Staff Workshop: Group Discussions :Semester System, Credits and Syllabi under the

autonomy system :14th

December 2009

– Staff Seminar : „Service Learning‟ January 2009

Design of the Credit Semester System

Visit of UGC Review Committee

c. New Faculty development programme:

An Orientation workshop for new faculty to expose them to the Jesuit traditions,

the work principles and culture of St. Xavier‟s, to introduce them to teaching and

assessment methodologies and to familiarize them to the TAQ administered by

the college was conducted on 16th

& 17th

June 2009. The Faculty mentors also

attended the workshop.

d. Student development programmes conducted:

Orientation Programmes for F.Y.B.A., B.Sc, B.Com., B.M.M., and B.M.S. and

M.Sc Biotechnology students

The Honours Programme for the academically better students, consisting of 8

extra credits, earned over the 3 years, including an introduction to research

continued

Fieldtrips and Guest Lectures made academics more experiential.

Summer Internships helped students gain experience of industry and the corporate

world.

The Yearly Department Khandala Seminars for student presentations were held

Department Journals for student articles were published

Additional courses for interdisciplinary work were conducted

External expertise was made available to students through college and department

organised seminars and workshops

Students were mentored by Faculty, in groups assigned to each of the latter

e. Additional support services to students

Library facilities were further improved which included a new broadband

connection , free library internet services and N-List. Several new books and CDs

were purchased

Services of a well-established Counselling Centre for Aptitude Testing and

Career guidance for students and Personal Counselling of students and parents

helped many.

The Placement Cell gave training in the soft skills needed for Applications and

Interviews and facilitated interaction with the Corporate world leading to several

student placements

Special efforts at Inclusive Education through the XRCVC, disabled-enabled

campus, Scholarships for the Disadvantaged through the Student Beneficiary

Fund were highly successful

The Department of Inter-religious Studies encouraged dialogue with and

sensitivity to other religious traditions in the world.

The Language Lab with a full time faculty member, helped upgrade language

skills of several students

f. Research promotion :

Research infrastructure was developed

– Renovation of laboratories

– Setting up additional research facilities/up gradation of existing facilities

A Faculty research Seminar which involved the sharing of research work by four

faculty members(2 Arts and 2 Science) helped promote a research environment.

Faculty applied for University, State & Central Government and UGC funding for

research projects

College awarded a faculty member with a Research Prize for the high quality of

scientific research

Faculty made several Oral and Poster Research presentations at Conferences and

seminars and published papers in research journals

g. Globalization efforts

The college had increased tie ups with foreign universities

Faculty and Students visited several foreign universities on International

Exposure programmes: University of California, Berkeley, New York University,

Harvard College, Yale University, USA and University of Bath UK

The admission of foreign students to courses on Campus increased cultural

diversity.

The college hosted the HCAP international seminar

h. Parent interaction

To increase parent involvement in college activities a parent teacher meeting was

held.

Parents were also invited for and attended the Student Orientation Programmes at

the beginning of the academic year

i. Alumni involvement

Eminent Alumni were involved in visioning for and in assisting the college in its

activities through the Advisory Council set up by the college.

Efforts were made to increase the alumni data base and increase communication

between the college and its alumni

An alumni lunch was held in New York in March 2010 which was attended by the

Principal of the college, Vice principal of Academic Involvement and

approximately 150 US based alumni

The Alumni Association organised an At-Home programme for the newly

graduated students of the College

Alumni helped with Placements of students, served as guest speakers and

resource persons , financial contributions etc.

j. Non teaching staff seminar was planned and conducted

k. Collaboration with Civil Society

The college hosted several events- conferences, coaching camps, conventions etc.

An important event hosted by the college was the Teach for India Conference on

Education, with Secretary Hillary Clinton and Aamir Khan, televised by Times

Now channel, in July 2009.

l. Infrastructure was further developed

m. 140 Year Celebrations

College Exhibition: The college celebrated 140 years of its existence through the year

2009. Thus, a series of activities were held throughout the year. One of the highlights was

an exhibition – August 2009 wherein each department put up a stall highlighting its

achievements, its research and its future plans. This was well attended by ex-students,

students from schools, media and industry. The exhibition ended with the Honour‟s

Programme Convocation with Mr. Goolam Vahanvati, the Attorney General for India as

the chief guest. He is also an alumnus of the college.

International Seminar on Human Rights on the 10th

and 11th

of December 2009 with

speakers and participants from all parts of the world. We received a UGC grant of Rs. 1

lakh for this event.

Conclave inaugurated by Former President Abdul Kalam – August 2009. Comprised of

two key notes “A Young India in Tomorrow‟s World” and “Sanctity of Human Life”

Forums : August 2009 Faith, Science, Rationalism; Millenium Development Goals;

Media Based Event : Be The People; Environment Based Event : Handle with Care

Felicitation of Eminent Alumni: January, 3rd

2010

- Ms. Anu Aga, Former Executive Chairperson and currently Director, Thermax India

Ltd and Padma Shri awardee 2010.

- Mr. Ameen Sayani, the voice of Binaca Geetmala. Padma Shri Awardee.

- Professor Armaity Desai, a former chairperson of the UGC.

- Mr. Farouque Shaikh, a well-known face from Hindi film, television and theatre.

- Lt. Gen Francis Dias, Awarded the Vir Chakra, the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and the

Param Vishisht Seva Medal

- Mr. Himanshu Roy, Additional Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch.

- Dr. Milind Kirtane , a consultant ENT surgeon at Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai.

- Mr. Rajdeep Sardesai , Editor-in-Chief, CNN-IBN

- Ms. Shaheen Mistri , the mastermind behind the Akanksha Foundation, and is now

CEO, Teach for India.

- Dr. Subir Gokarn ,Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

- Mr. Soli Sorabjee served as the Attorney-General of India and has been awarded

the Padma Vibhushan

- Ms. Vidya Balan - popular film actress

- Mr. Walter Viera is widely accepted as the guru of marketing in Asia and the

founder of India‟s first marketing consultancy company

Felicitation of Retired Teaching Faculty: January 3rd

, 2010.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Attorney_General

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan

PART – B

1. Activities reflecting the goals and objectives of the institution:

St. Xavier‟s College looks upon itself as an academic community where scholars -

both students and teachers - have the freedom and responsibility to communicate,

evaluate and enlarge humanity‟s store of knowledge. The College stands for academic

excellence and endeavours to create an environment, which generates a love of learning,

habits of critical thought and of accurate expression. It strives after character formation

based on the love of God and the service of the human, with a view to training citizens

who are remarkable for all-round development, for a sincere commitment to God and

country and who lead lives that are socially meaningful.

St. Xavier‟s College thus endeavors to contribute to the necessary

transformation of the prevailing social conditions. This transformation envisages

that the principles of social justice, equality of opportunity, genuine freedom and

respect for religion and moral values, enshrined in the Constitution of India, shall

prevail, and that all humans shall live in keeping with their human dignity and self-

respect.

The Goals and Objectives of the College are:

The transformation of society through teaching, research, publication

and extension services.

To build a world of inter-religious dialogue and solidarity, where

discrimination is done away with and the needs of all are respected and

fulfilled.

To address the practical concerns of our students of finding productive

and socially relevant occupations.

To provide equal access and opportunities especially to disadvantaged

groups like the minorities and those socially, educationally, economically

and physically disadvantaged.

To challenge ourselves, staff and students, to strive for excellence.

These goals and objectives are stated clearly in our College Handbook, received

by every student at the beginning of the year. They are also stated unambiguously on our

website at www.xaviers.edu. We highlight them in our College Anthem, the College

Magazine and in numerous activities organized by the College, including in the day to

day lectures.

- With these goals and objectives in mind, St. Xavier‟s College conducts socially

relevant programmes for the enrichment of students. To enhance the academic

standards and to give greater choice to our students, the College offers Self–

Financing Courses like: Degrees in Media and Management: BMM and BMS,

BSc. in Information Technology, Postgraduate course in Biotechnology, Diploma

courses in Forensic science and Cyber Forensics, Post-graduate Certificate Course

in Clinical Research.

- To keep pace with the current academic trends as well as with technological

advancements the college periodically reviews its performance by eliciting

feedback from teachers, students, parents, alumni, those connected with industries


and the general public. Their responses are evaluated. Based on these results and

in a phased manner, the infrastructure, the learning technology and the

teaching-learning process are upgraded.

Over the last few years the college has focused on attaining world-class

infrastructure. Fiberglass boards and drop-down screens have been provided in each

classroom, so that with portable Overhead and LCD Projectors, along with Laptop

computers, every class is potentially I.T. enabled. Our Biological Science Laboratories

have been excellently equipped through the DST/FIST Programme. An expanded, state-

of-the-art Knowledge Centre with Video Conferencing Facility provides access to

computers and to the Internet has been provided for some years and. The Fell Gymkhana

is now better equipped to promote physical well-being and sports. The SCAVI and MMR

are fully-equipped audio-visual centres to keep pace with the latest learning technology.

A Language Laboratory helps us develop language skills in English, French & Hindi.

(A). SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT PROGRAMME (SIP)

The activities were designed to stimulate their thoughts and raise valid questions about

socio-economic realities.

Energy conservation: Approximately 20 students attended lectures to understand the

looming energy crisis and to brainstorm solutions. Following the awareness sessions they

systematically drafted steps to spread the word to others and to conduct energy audits on

campus and in other areas.

Environment Protection – cleanliness and awareness drives at railway stations, at Dadar

chowpatty; working with the Maharashtra Nature Park, the Bombay Natural History

Society and the Mangrove Conservation Centre for tree planting and nature conservation

Health Awareness – assisting doctors and patients at Cama, Wadia and Cardinal Gracias

Hospitals; counselling cancer patients and their families at the Tata Memorial hospital;

spreading information about cancer and the preventive measures;

Sports and recreation – organising state-level sporting events for special children;

training street and special children in football, basketball, hockey, athletics, etc; helping

to organise adventure sports activities for less privileged children

Educational resources – creating study material in accessible formats, that is, audio

books and e-books for the visually challenged

Learning through teaching – helping domestic workers to appear for the National Open

School exams, trying to tackle the high drop-out rate by helping municipal school

students with studies, teaching English to school and college students from tribal learning

centres in Gujarat. Prior to the 12-day camps the students are trained in innovative

teaching techniques

Computer Literacy – imparting basic computer skills to the visually challenged students

and also to the reforming-drug-addicts

Dealing with the Differently-abled – conducting art, craft and music sessions at schools

for special children, reading and helping the visually challenged.

(B). SOCIAL SERVICE LEAGUE (SSL)

Started more than 50 years ago, the SSL caters to the altruistic sensibilities of our

students. Prominent among its activities is an Exhibition on a socially relevant theme, an

annual Rural Work Camp building infrastructure for people, an annual event called

Project Care – a two-day festival for children who are differently challenged - visits to

Homes for the disadvantaged and similar activities. Some of the activities were:

Screening of „the Story of Stuff‟, followed by a talk on e-waste

Drive for e-waste, clothes and books that were donated to Ashadan.

SSL Exhibition - Awareness for Transgenders.

Photography exhibition called „Voices of Children‟in collaboration with the

Wollogong University from Australia

SSL‟s flagship, Project Care, took place in December with children from

Navjeevan and Pavement School.

The NGO Mela

Blood Donation Drives in September and February.

(C). THE HONOURS PROGRAMME:

St. Xavier‟s College has been a pioneer institution for innovative teaching

methods. Over the last decade, University syllabi have become more and more unrelated

to real-life situations and practical application. When a fresh graduate leaves the portals

of the institution, s/he is hardly able to fathom the intricacies of the tasks that s/he is

expected to perform. We are, therefore, trying to do our best to make our students better

prepared for life by making their studies more relevant.

The College launched the “Honours Programme” in the year 1985-86. An

additional certificate (with details of ratings and credits) is given to those students who

successfully complete the programme by getting 8 credits or more over the 3-year degree

course. The credits and the activities are distributed over the three years. Each

department plans its own Honours Programme activities with definite credits for each

activity. Since 1999, participation in the Social Involvement Programme (SIP) has been

made compulsory for students who wish to qualify for the special Honours certificate of

the College. The SIP involves a minimum of 60 hours of work with an NGO in the city

or in the rural areas under the guidance of the SIP Co-coordinator, and this is equivalent

to one full credit. Some of the activities of the Honours Programme are:

1. Presentation of papers and seminars on current events.

2. Assignments on related non-syllabi topics.

3. Research projects.

4. Lecture courses on topics related to the subject but going beyond the syllabus

(to give a firm grounding in the subject).

Each of these activities has its own credits and grades given to the students on the

basis of their performance. For each of these activities in the respective departments

professors are entrusted with the work of coordinating their tasks with the overall

Honours Programme coordinator for that department. In turn, the departmental

coordinator provides these details to the Vice-Principal for Academic Improvement, who

is the one overall in-charge of the entire programme. This is a special post created by St.

Xavier‟s College, which oversees such academic initiatives and ensures quality and

excellence.

The Programme has enabled students to present papers at seminars, to carry out

independent research projects, to get admission into reputed institutions in India and

abroad and Corporate India has acknowledged the quality of our students by showing a

preference for them.

The activities of honours programme carried out by each department for the last

academic year (2009-2010) are highlighted below:

DEPARTMENT OF ANCIENT INDIAN CULTURE

Number of qualifying students: 03

The department of Ancient Indian Culture has always strived to conduct activities

coordinating the practical aspects of the subject with the theory that is covered in all the

six papers of the Under Graduate degree of the University of Mumbai.

The course material aims to give and provide a holistic and in-depth knowledge of the

Socio, Religious, Economic aspects of our culture with a complete understanding of the

same with an in-depth study of Art architecture, Archaeological evidences with Literary

evidences. It gives immense and very creative scope for the activities for the honors

programme.

Keeping the practical interests of the students and the value addition that they would get

because of the course work several programmes were conducted for the Academic year

2009-2010.

1. Field trips

When a field trip was planned the parameters that went in for the credit acquisition was

a) Relevance to the topic of study

b) The practical learning from the Site, Structure, or the Museum

c) Challenges faced in the space of Conservation

d) Acquaintance with the treasure trove of sites in the State of Maharashtra

e) The Geological perspective

f) Local knowledge /Relevance of the Site today?

g) A complete explanation of the site by the faculty in charge

h) Submission of a written Report or an assignment critically studying the value of the

visit focusing on a research problem in the areas of Conservation, Tourism, Religious

value, or how the ancient structure in some ways blended with the modern living spaces.

Based on these parameters field visits was undertaken by the Faculty to the Caves of

Ajanta, Elephanta (31stOctober) Jogeshwari (5thNovember), Mahakali (16th June). The

trip to the Caves of Ajanta (3th to 5th August) was an unique experience as the great

Scholar Dr. Walter Spink was with the students. With Prof Anita Rane and the great

scholar the learning for our students was extensive and in-depth. While the Ajanta caves

was an intensive study in the Archaeological and Art perspective the caves in Mumbai

the focus was apart from, analyzing the architectural and the religious background also to

comprehend the challenges facing the ASI to upkeep these Historical sites in a modern

bustling metro like Mumbai.

2. Workshops

The credit programme workshops which span from a minimum of a week to ten days

help the student to have a complete understanding of the Topic of study. Since it is an in-

depth analysis the topics centered on learning a classic language with Script and basic

grammar, or a specific topic from the course.

a) The workshops were conducted by specialists in the field.

b) Apart from attending the sessions the student, for the credit, had to submit an

analytical report on a topic given by the resource person.

c) Study material and papers relevant to the topic was provided to enhance the

learning further.

Keeping the parameters in view workshops were conducted in Manuscript logy by

Dr. Sonali Pedneakar and Ms. Shilpa Chedha in collaboration with the Museum

Society of Mumbai and the Heras Institute on 13th, 14th and 15th of January. The

students learnt the script of Ardha Magadhi and Modi.

A basic Pali learning workshop from November 13th to 17th was conducted by

Dr.Yojana Bhagat. For the credit the students were required to work on five

assignments, a project and clear a fifty mark test.

Further in collaboration with the Portuguese consulate a six month Portuguese

language learning workshop was successfully completed.

Yet another workshop with the Chatrapathi Shivaji Vastu Sanghralaya on

Heritage management and conservation by very eminent scholars was conducted

in April. The workshop included a practical demonstration of the process in the

museum itself.

3. Display/ Exhibition

It is very important for students of our department to have a very explicit idea of the how

the artifacts have to be displayed. To give hands on experience to our students under the

guidance of Prof Anita Rane a two festival VIVIDHA in December, was organized in

collaboration with the Brazilian consulate. For the credit the students had to work on

making Models, Charts, Craft items centering on a theme. This year the display focused

on the state of Maharashtra. Extensive and very detail models were made by students and

the credit requirement was making six charts along with a model on any aspect of the

State and planning its display. The processes enabled the students to research and

understand the Geo political and social status of the topographical aspects of our

country/State. The other aspects of heritage sites, conservation, tourism, culture and

modern day challenges were focused in the display.

4. Seminar

Our programme also included a two credit work through the Seminar on 12th and 13th

January at the Multi Media room in our campus.

a) The students were given 15 min for presentation and 5 min for interaction

b) The topics largely stemmed from their course study

c) The students who presented papers were across the Three years

d) Almost all of them made very well researched power point presentations

e) The unique feature of this academic year was the presenting the paper in front of

two very eminent scholars Dr. Meenal Kapadia and Dr. Yojana Bhagat both

pursuing their post doctorate research under the eminent scholar teacher and guide

Dr. Meena V Talim. The scholars interacted with the students very keenly giving

poignant observations and scope for further study. The students found this

experience very challenging and at the same time very intense.

f) Submission of the paper completed the credit requirement.

5. Lecture Series

A two day lecture series on ICONOGRAPHY on the 8th and 9th October was conducted.

The scholars who spoke were Dr. Parineeta Deshpande and Dr. Yojana Bhagat who

highlighted the role of iconography in the Brahmanical and the Buddhist traditions. For

the credit the students were required to submit a project on any one aspect from the

lectures.

6. Courses outside the campus

The department encourages students to pursue courses outside the department. The

stipulation only being it has to be in sync with the Academic syllabi. In this space our

students have always participated in the programmes conducted by the Heras Institute-St.

Xavier‟s College, Museum society and the Somaiya Centre for Buddhist studies-

Vidyavihar

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

The department undertook a group project on Models of leadership. 30 students

participated in the project, each focusing on different aspects of the subject, primarily

revolving around the central theme “influencing without authority”. The concept was

based on Gandhiji‟s philosophy of transcending the lower threshold to reach the higher

levels.

Gandhi found that the Indian society was suffering from four Need Dependencies. They

were

Gratification dependency

Protection dependency

Inclusion dependency

Approval dependency

Gandhi and the Agenda of Change

In his personal journey of self actualization, Gandhi identified these dependencies, which

prevented him from achieving his own potentials.

Based on his own experience of dealing with these dependencies, Gandhi evolved an

agenda for Indian society. He led the Indian movement by undertaking several programs

and movements designed to counter these dependencies and unlock the creative

potentials of Indian people.

Group exercise

The group was supposed to identify and describe how specific programs , policies and

practices of the Indian Freedom Movement helped in countering the four Need

Dependencies discussed above.

The presentations, group as well as individuals, were made using varied forms of

creativity.

Dr. Gaurang Mehta was invited as the guest lecturer to provide the broad frame work of

the subject to the participants

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS


1.The Economics Department arranged a couple of lecture series:

a. “Financial Markets” (September 2009): Various aspects of the financial world

were analyzed. Different resource persons gave the participants various insights

into the functioning of this market.

b. “Corporate Social Responsibility” (October – December): The finer nuances of

CSR were discussed in detail by Prof Alpana.

c. “International Political Economy” (January 2010), Ms. Deblina Chakrabarthy,

an ex-Xavierite conducted a course in. This course exposed the participants to the

subtle economic dynamism that currently rules the world.

2. In collaboration with the Mathematics Department of St Xavier‟s College, a course on

“Mathematics for Economics” was conducted for the students of the Economics

Department. The participants learned how to apply basic mathematics to analyze

economic phenomenon.

3. The Honours theme for the Department‟s Annual Seminar at Khandala was 'Upturn the

Downturn' - this theme was chosen in view of its relevance with the recent recession

and its impact on the globalized world in general and our students in particular. A total

of a 100 research papers were written out of which 60 were presented at the in

Khandala held on the 20th

, 21st and 22

nd of December 2010.

4. The Department was involved in some of the inter-disciplinary courses and

programmes conducted in the College during the current academic year. These

programmes were:

a. Courses on “Development and Displacement” as well as “Climate Change,

Equity and Justice” conducted by XISR,

b. A programme on religious studies in the light of meeting economic targets was

conducted by the Institute of Inter-Religious Studies.

c. Summer School 2010 on the theme, “Health Issues: Beyond the Medical

Paradigm” in which 30 students from across the faculties and disciplines

participated.

5. The Department conducted a Microeconomics test for the first year students and a

Macroeconomics test for the second and third year students. A number of students

reviewed economics-related books or movies, some students also prepared

“Economics File” on a variety of topical issues. A few students worked with NGOs on

certain economics projects and then submitted their findings.

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH


Our Honours Programme this year focused on African – American literature and film (1-

2 credits). We had an introductory session at the American centre with the talk by Ms.

Sandhya Das one of the counselor officers. Later in the year we watched two films Birth

of The Nation and Boys‟n The Hood. These were followed by spirited discussions and

the same liveliness of thought was reflected in the journals and critical papers which the

students submitted for credits. For the literature modules we were once again assisted by

the American centre which screened documentaries on contemporary women writers. We

also had lectures by Dr. Sunanda Pal and Prof. Paromita Chakrawarthy. We are very

grateful to the American centre for their unstinting support.

Our exciting collaboration with Stuttgart University continued this year with another

online course on globalization, the American effect and cultural spaces. (2 credits). This

stimulating and challenging course ran through December and January and culminated in

project week where the German group visited Mumbai for Traditional class room session

and joint field work. Their arrival coincided with that of the high power official

delegation to celebrate the sister city ties between Mumbai and Stuttgart. Among the

highlights of the week were excellent student presentations which were inaugurated by

the mayor of Stuttgart, as well as special invitation to a performance by the Stuttgart

chamber. For our seven participating students it was an unforgettable experience.

Several students took part in the “magic and theatre” workshop conducted by Mr.

Chaitanya Tamhane. (1 credit) Credits (1 each) were also awarded for articles published

in department journal Ithaka , for summer internships and for exceptionally high

academic performances.

DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH


1. Workshop on subtitling of movies A lecture series was organised on subtitling of movies with French subtitles. Prof.

Rajanigandha Deshmukh from Dhirubhai Ambani International School conducted the

workshop. It was an extremely enriching and interesting workshop during the course

of which the students were introduced to the finer nuances of subtitling.

2. Impressionism as a school of French painting The workshop was conducted by Prof. Riaan George from Alliance Française de

Bombay on Impressionism as a school of painting. The traits of the school and of

various painters belonging to the school were discussed followed by written

presentation on the same. It was an individual activity.

3. Photo-roman (for F.Y.B.A. students only) It was a group activity where students selected a theme or a location. They shot around

20 photographs related to it and then they wrote a short story revolving around the

photographs. A lecture initiating the students to Photo-roman was organised.

DEPARTMENT OF HINDI


1. Khandala Seminar, (2 Credits) where students presented a paper and made a

formal presentation on a topic of their choice. Some of the presentations were:

Madhushala (Dr. Harivanshrai Bachhan)

Javed Akhtar (Scripts and songs)

Chhayavaadi poems

Bhakti and Sufi Poetry

2. Poetry Appreciation Workshop by Dr. Induprakash Pandey, ( 1 Credit) retired

HOD, Hindi Department from Frankfurt University, Germany and Well known

poet and critique of Hindi literature. This insightful workshop included reading of

some of his poems. He told the students how to understand and appreciate the

beauty of Hindi poetry. Students were given a credit on the report they submitted

on it.

3. Writing A Script And Directing A Play. (1 Credit)

“ Angel”, a light hearted comedy ; Poetic play : Kaun Dega Jawab”, the timeless

struggle of women in a male dominated society.

4. Reading And Reviewing Three Hindi Books (1 Credit)

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY


The Department this year continued with last year‟s theme of Art history of India for the

Honours Programme. The Honours students attended many of the lectures and workshops

held throughout the year by the Heras Institute as well as other allied institutes across the

city and papers were submitted.

1. The various lectures/ seminars/ workshops attended and the papers submitted by

the students were:-

Annual Bombay Local History Society Seminar 2009 on „Drama In Mumbai‟

was held in September and was conducted by Mr. Alyque Padamsee, Mr. Sunil

Shanbag and Mr. Vijay Kenkre.

The 25th Coomaraswamy Memorial Lecture 2009 was held in November and was

conducted by Malavika Sarukkai on “Dance In Relationship with Painting and

Sculptures”.

A Workshop on “Modi Script” was held in November and was conducted by the

Heras Institute of Indian History And Culture.

The 46th Heras Memorial Lecture was held in December and was conducted by

Dr. Uma Chakravarti on the „Transitions In History‟.

A Workshop on „Development And Displacement‟ was held in December and

was conducted by the Xavier‟s Institute Of Social Research And Action.

The 32nd Historians Workshop on „Reconstructing History Through Archival

Records‟ was held in December and was conducted by Dr. Aravind Ganachari.

A Workshop on „Architecture As Social History‟ was held in January 2010 and

was conducted by the Cama Institute of Oriental Studies.

A Workshop on „Dance as Reflected in Art and Architecture‟ was held in

February and was conducted by Shrusti Iyer.

A Workshop on „Maritime Heritage of India‟ was held in February and was

conducted by Prof. B. Arunachalam

2. Student paper presentation on „Construction Worker And Human Rights‟ at the

International Seminar On Human Rights which was conducted by St. Xavier‟s

College, Mumbai and Liverpool Hope University U. K. in December 2009.

Papers submitted:

– Traditions In Krishna Worship

– Critical Evaluation Of The Bandra Worli Sea Link Project

– Land Acquisition For Vallarpadam Rail-Road Project

– The Effects Of The Bandra Worli Sea Link On The Koli Community

– Maritime History Of Mumbai Agglomeration

– The Beginnings Of India‟s Maritime Heritage

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE


Continuing with the tradition of organizing highly enriching and engaging activities as a part

of our honors programme, so as to help our students, to keep themselves abreast of the

developments at an international level, we started off with a workshop in September on

“CYBER DEMOCRACY” conducted by the knowledgeable Dr. Kanamma Raman, Reader

with the University of Mumbai. Through a visually stimulating audiovisual presentation she

highlighted the impact of the internet on politics and the relationship between online activism

and real activism. Tracing the genesis of popular democracy and its changing nature in the

modern world via the medium of internet, she cited the examples of the upheaval in the

Islamic republic of Iran after elections in 2009, which were allegedly fixed and manipulated,

where in the opposition agitation was to a large extent supported and organized via social

networking sites and information available on the internet. A similar case in China where

Google has raised allegations of cyber violence inflicted on human rights activists and

unwarranted censorship imposed by the Chinese government via internet, were also brought

to the fore. This was rounded of by 3 healthy debates by the students who were divided into

groups regarding censorship, open software and its benefits, piracy, etc.

Later on in January the annual seminar at the St. Xavier‟s Villa in Khandala was held for the

Honors students of second and third year. The group presentations made by the third year

students covered the following issues; “The Great Escape” looked into the dictatorial regimes

of Pinochet and General Franco, “Crisis of the Suez and Panama Canal” looked into the geo-

politics of the two regions over the years and an intensive research into the burning issue of

“Separatist Demand in Telangana”. The second year students made individual presentations

on a myriad of topics such as; East Timor Crisis, Secularism, Chinese Incursions, Politics Of

Inheritance, Peace Education and Conflict Resolution, Global Warming, et.al. The

presentations were followed by discussions and exchange of opinions amongst the students.

In the later part of January the Annual Seminar was held for the first year and second year

Honours students in St Xavier‟s College. Here group presentations were made by the

students through power point presentations and documentaries. Groups of FYBA students

made presentations on Ethnic Conflict In Sri Lanka, Role of Egypt In Middle East,

International Political System And Human Rights Violation In Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan ,

Tajikistan And Uzbekistan.

The three groups of SYBA students also made presentations via documentaries. The subject

matter of these concerned „Right to Education‟, International Organizations‟, Armed Forces

Special Protection Act (AFSPA). Apart from this, individual well researched projects, on

political themes were also submitted by students the likes of it being; „Important Events In

20th Century USA, Peace Movements Of The World, Blood Diamonds, Sierra –Leone And

Siberian Conflict, Russian Gas Pipeline Politics, Lal Bahadur Shastri – A Genuine Politician”

, etc.

The Honours programme has proved to be very educative and thought stimulating exercise

this year.

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY


Department Activities 1. International Programme

We began the year with an international program once again, in collaboration with the

Institute of Public Health Science, Yeshiva University, New York. The lecture series on

„Health Psychology: Stress and Coping‟ involved presentations and discussions by the

faculty and students of both institutes.

2. Workshops: All the following workshops involved not just participation, but also a

written task or report, based on the content covered. The tasks were designed and

evaluated by the respective resource persons who were all ex-students of our department,

currently working as professionals in their respective fields.

– Choices (Ms. Fiona Vaz)

– Team Work (Ms. Ashwini Gangal)

– Research Methodology (Ms. Nekshaan Irani)

– Effective Communication (Ms. Anushka Paul)

– Power and Politics (Ms. Shenaya Pochkhanawala)

– Qualitative Analysis in Research (Ms. Toru Jhaveri)

– Conflict Management (Ms. Ruby Pavri & Ms. Gaynelle Pereira)

3. Seminar: The departmental seminar was held in Khandala in January. The overall theme was

“Psychology of Children” . 95 students attended and 27 papers were presented on topics like:

Autism

Play Therapy

Dyslexia

Child Abuse

Children‟s Fears

Children‟s Drawings

Analysis of children‟s literature

ADHD

Feral Children

Parent child relationship

Moral reasoning in children

Giftedness

Creativity in children

4. Written assignments:

Students submitted written assignments in the form of essays on a controversial issue,

evaluation of a phenomenon and book reviews.

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY


Courses Conducted

1. Media and Society This course made students critically analyse the role media plays in creating and

constructing our knowledge of the world

Conducted by- Nasreen Fazalbhoy and Geeta Seshu

2. Sociology Goes to the Cinema This course encouraged students to investigate the medium of cinema through a variety of

critical, theoretical and sociological approaches, examining cinema's aesthetic importance

in the context of an increasingly visual and media oriented-culture.

Conducted by- Narendra Panjwani

3. Society Law and You This course introduced students to basic law and then Looked at various dimensions of

law in India and at its impact. It consisted of a series of lectures conducted by people who

are experts in the field.

Conducted by- Mallika Iyer of India centre for Human Rights and Law.

4. Reading and writing Social Sciences The objective of this workshop was to impart practical skills to students on how to read,

sift through information and think about the Social Sciences, with an emphasis on

Sociology and Anthropology

Conducted by- Kimberly Dixit and Veeranka Shah

Engaging some Contemporary Feminist Debates

This course provided students with a critical gender lens to examine concerns that are part

of their everyday urban worlds.

Conducted by Shilpa Phadke ,Assistant Professor at Centre for Media and Cultural

Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

5. Education through Visual Media Co-ordinated by the Sociology Academy, Department of Sociology,St. Xaviers

College,Mumbai

This course looked at how visual media has been used as a tool for education.

Mallika Iyer of India centre for Human Rights and

Law Ms. Shilpa Phadke engaging contemporary feminist debates

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY


Following Projects were undertaken.

I. Plant Tissue Culture: Guide: Dr. (Mrs.) U.C. Bapat

The aim of the activity was to make students learn the basics of plant tissue culture. The

students learnt the collection of plant, selecting of explant, sterilization of glassware and

instruments by dry heat and flame, media composition and sterilization using autoclave, use

of millipore membrane filter and laminar flow cabinet. The students selected three plants for

culturing, i.e. Calotropis gigentia, Potato and Carrot. In Calotropis, the shoot tips were used

as explants and 10 bottles were inoculated, the plant showed good response in 2 months and

resulted in formation of callus with some degree of shoot formation. In potato the buds

coming out of tubers were used as explants, but no proper results were obtained. In carrot the

pith part was used for inoculation, growth of callus was seen in 3 culture bottles with little

differentiation of shoot. Various combinations of different rooting and shooting hormones

were used to stimulate root and shoot formation. Thus the students learnt the use of plant

tissue culture in conservation of medicinal plant.

II. Study of monsoon flora of plateau of flowers (Kaas, Dist- Satara) Guide: Dr. Rajendra Shinde

Kaas plateau is a part of Sahyadri range in western ghats in district Satara. The place is full of

diverse plants specially herbs and shrubs with flowers blooming during rainy and early

winter seasons of the year. The diversity of flora is due to the characteristic wind, rainfall and

lateritic soil factors prevailing in the area. The students visit was for 3 days to the „Kaas‟

plateau during the first week of October 2009. The field trip was intended to help students

observe, study and understand plant diversity, their characteristics, taxonomical status,

ecological status, their economic importance. The students got the opportunity to see some of

the rare and endangered plants and also some insectivore‟s plants that are not easily located

elsewhere. The students saw plant species like Gloriosa superba, Ceropegia, Habenaria,

Ipomoea, Vigna, smithia, Impatiens, Drosera, Utricularia and many others. They took

photographs of many plants and flowers, and later studied the characteristics of plant using

written literature on plants and prepared a report on the same.

III. Visit to Khandala and preparation of key for plant families found in the area using

punch card method and computer software. Guide: Mr. Kevin D‟Cruz

The project aimed at studying the different plant families and preparing a key for their

identification, categorization and to obtain knowledge of peculiar characters at a glance. The

students went to Khandala for field study for 2 days during the monsoons, photographed the

flowering plants and collected some specimens of algae, fungi, ferns, mosses and few

flowering plants. Many plants were photographed in and around „Xaviers villa‟ in order to

create a database of the plant species occurring in the villa and its vicinity. The students

studied the plant families and noted down the characters of each plant using punch card

method which makes plant families study easy to understand, relate and differentiate among

themselves. The study is not yet complete as the students are using special computer software

to study plant families.

IV. Study of In-vitro pollen germination using different sucrose concentrations. Guide: Mr. Alok Gude

The study of germination of pollen grain was carried out on the pollen of different plants.

Almost 20 plants were tested for pollen viability and in-vitro germination i.e. formation of

pollen tube. The pollen grains were kept in solution of different sucrose concentration in a

humid environment for 30-60 minutes and then later checked for the growth of pollen tube

under light microscope. The pollen showed varied percentage of germination with all

different sucrose gr4ades. Sucrose is the principle carbohydrate source for pollen germination

and pollen tube growth in most pollen grains. The variation in pollen tube growth depends on

pollen viability and its endogenous carbohydrate source and also many other factors which

hearer not considered in the study. The pollen germination is a crucial step of fertilization in

plants which ultimately leads to fruit and seed formation and thus helps in success of plant

species.

V. Molecular Biology Techniques Guide: Mr. Alok Gude

The project was undertaken specially for TY.BSc students so that they may become

acquainted with the basic techniques of molecular biology and their uses in various studies.

The experiments are very important tools used nowadays for the students studying any

branch of Biology. The students learnt many techniques in this project, i.e. isolation of

genomic DNA from human blood, isolation of plasmid DNA from E.coli, PCR technique,

digestion of DNA fragments using restriction enzymes, transformation of E.coli bacteria,

growth curve, and finally gel electrophoresis. The students learnt the use of gel

documentation system, cooling centrifuge, PCR thermocycler, laminar air flow cabinet,

water-bath shaker incubator, etc. The project was taken under supervision of Prof. Conrad

Cabral of the Zoology Department who took great efforts for completion of the experiments.

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY


I lecture series: 1. An Insight Into The Pharmaceutical Industry :

Dr. Bhuvesh Surve, an external resource person from the Pharmaceutical industry

conducted this programme and exposed our students, of all three years to various aspects

such as Good Laboratory Practices, designing, development and testing of drugs and

instrumentation used in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Evaluation was on the basis of an

assignment and a test.

2. Human Nutrition :

For the first time the department had a “student” resource person who conducted this

lecture series for our F.Y. and S.Y. students and made them understand the significance of

nutrition. The evaluation was on the basis of assignments written on different topics and a

formal test.

3. Pericyclic Reactions :

This fascinating topic of Organic Chemistry was handled by Prof. Shweta Sharma and our

S.Y. and T. Y. students that had enrolled for this benefited a lot. Evaluation was on the

basis of assignments written by the students on different topics.

4. Chemistry In Forensic Science :

Once again this activity attracted a huge response and the students that had enrolled for

this were exposed to a thrilling journey of forensic studies where several topics were

covered. Some of them were blood patterns, toxicology, firearms, explosives, alcohol, etc.

A „ Mock Crime Scene‟ was also created to enable the students to understand the

application of these concepts.

II Library Work Professors Surabhi Potnis and Shweta Sharma, Dr. Zoeb Filmwalla , Dr. Ashma Agarwal

and Dr. Geeta Kotian, gave our students opportunities to probe areas and topics , beyond

the syllabus , that caught their interest, guided them into collating information from

several sources and presenting the same in a creative manner.

III Project Work 1. Prof. Surabhi Potnis helped our students into selecting a suitable topic, doing reference

work on it and working with it experimentally.

2. Prof. Surabhi Potnis also conducted „Analytical Techniques‟ , a project work for some of

our students who had already attended the lecture series on Pharmaceutical Industry It

involved practicals using instrumental and non-instrumental methods.

3. Dr. Zoeb Filmwalla helped students into discovering through experimentation some

concepts of Chemistry.

All these projects had written repots for evaluation.

IV Literature Survey: Prof. Marazban Kotwal had a group of students do a literature survey on “ the applications

of thermodynamics in Biological studies ” and creatively write an independent report on

the same.

V Book Review: Prof. Gulshan Shaikh helped students select a reference book on Chemistry or related to

Chemistry. The book chosen was read and reviewed by the student. The presentation that

was made on the review was indeed a very enrichening one.

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY


Modules Offered:

For F.Y.B.Sc 1. Palaeontological Classification and Sorting of Fossils

Faculty in-charge: Prof. Bobby Mathew

2. Oddities of the Mineral World

Faculty in-charge: Dr. Pravin Henriques

3. Geological Fieldwork and Sample collection

Faculty in-charge: Dr. Hrishikesh Samant

For S.Y.B.Sc and T.Y. B.Sc 1. Petrographic slide preparation and study of rock thin sections.

Faculty in-charge: Dr. Goutam Bandyopadhyay

2. Guided Assignments:

Topics : Use of Minerals in Medicines,

Image interpretation of digital imagery of Mars,

Microfossils as indicators of oil in Indian Stratigraphy

Cause and Impact of El Nino.

Porphyroblasts and Metamorphism

Magnetic properties of Biotite

3. Field Tutor (tutoring F.Y.B.Sc students)

Faculty in-charge: Prof. Bobby Mathew and Dr. Hrishikesh Samant

DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCE & BIOCHEMISTRY


The various Honour's activities carried out in the department are as follows:

1. Developmental and Toxicological studies in Zebra fish Teacher: Dr Seema Das

Culturing techniques for Zebrafish were standardized. These techniques comprised of

feeding cycles, breeding cycles, rearing and maintenance of the fish and eggs. Next, the

developmental stages of the embryos were observed and studied in detail. The pictures of

the various stages were documented on camera. Further, these developmental stages were

used as a reference to study the toxicological effects of Lead and Cadmium (in varying

concentrations) on the embryos at defined time intervals. The fish were exposed to varying

concentrations of the same metals and the behavioural changes in the fish were observed &

documented. Quantitative analysis for the amount of metals absorbed by the fish was carried

out.

2. Problems in Bioinformatics Teacher: Dr Priya Sundarajan

Students registered under this program selected different enzyme/protein molecules like

hemoglobin, pyruvate dehydrogenase and kinase to study. Different bioinformatic tools and

databases like CBI-BLAST, pfam, CATH, PDB, Uni prot, etc. were used for study.

Structural, functional and evolutionary aspects of the proteins were analyzed by these tools.

Evaluation of the students was continuous and also by a test at the end of the program.

3. Biochemical & Behavioural Effects of Stress on Chironomus Larvae Teacher: Dr Nandita Mangalore & Ms. Sheetal Fernandes

The effect of various types of chemical, temperature and radiation stress was studied on

Chironomus larvae. Larvae were exposed to high doses of chemicals and extremes of

temperature to study their survival rate under such conditions. The biochemical changes that

happen in the larvae in response to stress were documented using biochemical tools like

Spectophotometric assays and Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis. Also, the effect of certain

substances that act as protectants against stress for the larvae were studied. Evaluation was on

the basis of individual journals, reports and a group presentation at the end of the program.

4. Study of Chromosomal Abnormalities due to Heavy Metal Toxicity in Onion Root

Tips Teachers: Dr. Radiya Pacha Gupta & Dr Sheela Donde

The aim of this experiment was to study the effect of varying cadmium concentrations on

onion root-tip growth and mitosis. On the basis of the following factors : number of tips,

length of tips and abnormalities in mitosis; 5.6ppm of cadmium was found to be the most

toxic. The root lengths and mitotic index of the onion root tips grown in the different

cadmium concentrations were statistically analysed using 'anova' and 'T-test'. The mitotic

abnormalities observed were: c-mitosis, chromosome bridges, chromosome stickiness and

chromosome fragments. Comet assay was attempted using DNA extracted from the treated

onion root tips.

5. A Reading Course in Virology: Teacher: Ms. Sangeeta Shetty

This course was started with the aim that it would add on to the students knowledge about the

basic concepts of virology, including the structure, modes of replication and classification of

viruses in general. The emphasis was on animal viruses. Apart from the general concepts,

each student had to select one animal virus for a more detailed study. Students found the

concept of virulence, antigenic variation and immunity very interesting. The vaccines

available were analyzed and reviewed for their efficacies

6. Literature Survey Guiding Teacher: Prof. Prashant Ratnaparkhi

The students did an in depth literature survey on a relevant biological topic chosen by them.

Evaluation was based on a written report and a presentation or viva. The topics reviewed: E-

waste, WICAB-brainport, Electrocardiography, GFP, Carbon nanotubes, Molecular Motors

and Nanotechnology.

7. Teaching Aids in Biology Guiding Teacher: Dr. P.Sundarrajan

The students prepared charts as teaching aids. They were evaluated on the basis of viva and

exhibition. A few of the topics were as follows: Estrus cycle in rats, Homologous and

analogous organs in plants and animals, Statocyst and compound eye, Comparative

embryology.

8. Great Discoveries in Biology Guiding Teacher: Dr. P.Sundarrajan

The topics chosen were some important Nobel prize winning discoveries.The students had to

find out about the scientists, their background, how they came across the respective problem

and the experiments performed to elucidate their discovery. Evaluation was based on a report

and presentation. The topics were: Penicillin discovery, Helicobacterium pylori discovery,

discovery of Lysosomes, Elucidation of the Genetic Code and Insulin discovery.

9. A Reading Course in Neurosciences: Guiding Teacher : Dr. S. U. Donde

An introduction to Neurosciences was held for the F.Y.B.Sc students for one credit. Various

topics in neurobiology were covered such as Eye disorders in Humans, Alzheimer‟s, Sleep,

Dreams , Humour, and Parkinson Disease. Evaluation was based on a report submitted by

each student.

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS


Following ativities were undertaken by

department in the academic year 2009-2010.

1. Lecture series in “Complex Analysis”

This lecture series was conducted by Prof. G. D. Padukone . Students showed a good interest

in the course and participated in classroom discussions. Grades were decided on basis of

regular assignments and class participation.

2. Lecture series in “Mathematics for Economics”

Like many other subjects , Economics also needs a very good base of mathematics. This

lecture series was designed to teach mathematical concepts which are useful in economics. It

was conducted by Prof. Ashok Bingi and Prof. Divya Revankar.

3. Khandala Seminar

This year there was a very good response. Seminars were based on different topics showing

applications of concepts in maths in various areas such as “Music and Maths”, “Application

of Eulerian circuits in DNA sequencing” etc. These seminars were judged by Prof. Mangala

Gurjar.

DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY


1. Workshop on Western Blot and ELISA Techniques A hands-on workshop on two important molecular biology techniques was conducted in

the second term. The students were evaluated on the basis of their involvement, skills

developed during the workshop and a written report for 1 CREDIT.

2. Mini Exhibition – “MICROBLAST”-the department‟s annual exhibition which was held

in July 2009 covered varied aspects of MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, i.e.-

Environmental biotechnology – Group Envirobes, Industrial biotechnology – Group

Microwave : What‟s cooking, Agricultural biotechnology - Group Greenomics, & Medical

biotechnology - Group Medisin.

The students made use of charts & models to highlight the basics & advances in Microbial

Biotechnology. Nanobiotechnology, Use of monoclonal antibodies, Genetically Modified

crops, Use of microbial systems to control pollution, Role of microorganisms in the Food

and Pharmaceutical Industry were some of the exhibit themes. The students were

evaluated on the basis of their exhibit content, presentation skills and a viva for 1

CREDIT.

3. Written Assignments, Viva and Power Point Presentations Students submitted detailed written assignments on varied topics. This was followed by a

viva and power point presentations. Topics included were Genetic engineering and its

applications, Autoimmune Diseases, Vaccines, Cloning Vectors, Prions and Viroids etc.

This year the department insisted on handwritten assignments

4. Workshop on Bioassays of Penicillin and Vitamin B12- aimed at training the students

for the pharmaceutical world. They were taught the theoretical and practical aspects of this

technique with a rigorous training schedule.

5. Projects on

i. Probiotics

Students isolated lactic acid bacteria and studied the characteristics that could class them

as probiotic organisms.

GUIDING TEACHER: Prof. Sangeetha Chavan

ii. Isolation of organisms for preparation of BIOPLASTICS

Micro-organisms from soil and aquatic environments were isolated which produced Poly-

B-Hydroxy Butyrate (PHBs) granules , which was extracted for preparation of Bioplastics.

GUIDING TEACHER: Prof. Miriam Stewart

6. Making of Teaching Aids: Students prepared Power point presentations covering

different aspects of Microbiology. Topics covered were - Malaria, , Safety in the

Laboratory,DNA vaccines, Probiotics, The Eucaryotic cell, The Electron Microscope etc.

The students were evaluated on the basis of their presentation skills and content for 1

CREDIT.

GUIDING TEACHERS: Prof. Miriam Stewart, Prof. Karuna Gokarn, and Prof. Sangeeta

Chavan

7. Biotechnology Module-basic techniques in molecular biotechnology and general

biotechnology were part of this module. This included-

a. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT-cultivating edible mushrooms on straw

b. PLASMID ISOLATION-The students mastered the technique of horizontal gel

electrophoresis- a basic technique in molecular biology.

c. STUDY OF ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF HERBS AND SPICES. A variety of

spices and herbs were tested-pepper, turmeric, licorice, basil, mint, clove. These were

found to have good anti- bacterial properties.

GUIDING TEACHER: Prof. Karuna Gokarn

8. Summer Internships : Four students spent their summer vacation training at Pathological

Laboratories in various Hospitals, while one student trained at Clariant Chemicals (India.)

9. Summer Teaching and Learning Project – “GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS”:

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND EMERGING DRUG – RESISTANT

INFECTIONS EMPHASIS ON : TUBERCULOSIS AND HIV/ AIDS‟ IN

COLLABORATION WITH DR. RUTH A. GYURE , WESTERN CONNECTICUT

STATE UNIVERSITY (WCSU) IN DANBURY, CT, USA.

– In this project 7 students of the department shared information with students of WCSU

across the globe which they obtained from lectures attended on the Microbiological

aspects of Tuberculosis, by using Inflibnet, attending a workshop, visiting Microbiology

Departments of J.J. Hospital and Hinduja Hospital to study the DOTS and DOTS plus

program, HIV infections, modern diagnostic techniques and MDRTB. Information was

shared - power point presentations, design of a joint questionnaire to determine

perceptions with respect to TB in Indian and US student populations and analysis of the

results with the Conneticut students - using Blackboard technology.

It was a novel teaching experience which was well received and appreciated by the

students. There was a sense of excitement of interacting with students across the globe on

an academic issue.

GUIDING TEACHER: Dr. Vivien Amonkar

10. Service Learning - Students from the department together with students of Technology

UNIV. OF BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, USA, HAAT MEIN SEHAT worked on a

project which assessed the quality of drinking water received in the slums of Bandra

Reclamation throughout the year. On the basis of the results obtained they introduced

educational programmes to teach slum dwellers hygienic practices while collecting,

storing and using drinking water. This programme enables students to apply their

knowledge of the subject to real life situations so as to better the lives of the less fortunate.

This project was considered for the S.I.P. credit.

GUIDING TEACHER: Prof Karuna Gokarn

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS


Prof. A. J. Divan guided three students of FYBSc on “Problem Solving in Mechanics and

Heat” based on their syllabus but at little advanced level.

Under the guidance of Prof. A.Y. Chokshi, four students of FYBSc constructed electronic

circuits and demonstrated their working.

Two students of SYBSc, under the guidance of Prof S. P. Bodhane, did take the opportunity

to learn the construction and working of some instruments they have been using in the

physics lab regulary. Three other students of FYBSc learned the experimental optics and tried

out some demonstrations of optical phenomena under the guidance of Prof. S. P. Bodhane

Eight students of FYBSc studied Power LASERs under the guidance of Prof. Veda Sankari.

Two more students of SYBSc presented their guided study on “Defects in Solids” with the

guidance of Prof. Veda Sankari

“Photography and digital Image processing” course was completed by two students of

SYBSc with the guidance of Prof. Rajesh Singh.

Prof. Jyoti Singh guided four students of SYBSc and six students of FYBSc for the “Reading

Course in Astrophysics”. Two students of SYBSc also completed their project on

“Instrumentation and observations in high energy Astropysics” under her guidance

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS


1. Market Research Project– Alita Sequiera, XIMR

It introduced to the first year students the concept of market research and they were

taught how to design a questionnaire, conduct a sample survey and learn techniques of

data analysis.

2. A Beginners Course in SPSS –Pooja Ochaney, Myrtle Fernandes, Ayesha

Dias,Saju.V.George, S. Annapurna & Piyali Unnikrishnan Dept. Of Statistics,SXC

SPSS is a statistical software designed for the social sciences and currently used in all

fields especially when the data is voluminous. The students were taught how to input ,

tabulate & analyse data using this package. This course was conducted in 3 batches for

TYBSc,SYBSc & SYBA students.

3. Categorical data analysis – Dr Rajan , MVLU college

A lecture series was conducted to acquaint the students of TYBA & TYBSc with the

specialized technique to handle qualitative data .

4. A beginners course in JAVA programming –Mr. Ashok Bingi, Department of

Mathematics,

The course focussed on pure object oriented programming, inheritance, applets (small JAVA

programs used in internet programming) & drawing graphics.This course was designed for

SYBA students.

5. Research Project for Undergraduate students, Dr Anjali Panigrahi, Raheja college

This Honour‟s program involved actual participation of students in small research projects

or case study. The students were exposed to scientific methods of research & analysis of

their work through SPSS package.This program was designed for SYBSc and TYBSc

students.

6. Geogebra- Dr Subramanyam, Dr Chowdhary,TIFR, Smita Patil, Homi Bhabha Science

center

GeoGebra is a multi-platform dynamic mathematics software of learning and teaching. for

all levels of education that joins arithmetic, geometry, algebra and calculus. The idea

behind GeoGebra is to connect geometric, algebraic, and numeric representations in an

interactive way. The course gave students exposure to Geogebra and its mathematical

capabilities in six interactive contact sessions. At the end of the course, students

completed an assignment, based on which they were evaluated. 7. A lecture series on “Simulation” – Felix Almeida ,ex HOD,Mathematics

department,SXC

This lecture series dealt with the specialized Operation research techniques which

simulates real life situations with various mathematical models. The course was designed

for TYBA and SYBA students.

8. Project on social networking sites- S.Annapurna, Department of Statistics, SXC

Students conducted a survey on the various social networking sites, analyzed the obtained

data. This highlighted the benefits as well as dangers and problems associated with it.

9. Operation Research using EXCELL- Sarah Vaidyan, XIMR

In this course students were taught the technique of solving numerical problems of

Operations Research using MS Excel. Topics covered include Linear Programming,

Assignment and Transportation problem.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY


The Department of Zoology conducted the following activities as part of the Honours

programme:

1. Hands on experience in Molecular Biology Techniques was conducted by Prof. Conrad

Cabral where in students isolated plant and animal DNA and Plasmids. Cloning,

Transformation, SDS Page gel, Restriction digestion and PCR techniques were also

covered in this programme. 2 credits.

2. A project on “Serum Profiling and Analysis” was guided by Dr Madhuri Hambarde.

Analysis of serum was done from various species of animals. 2 credits with a suitable

grade was awarded to the students on completion of the project and submission of a

report.

3. A lecture course was conducted by Ms Riva Pocha and Dr P.U.Sinkar on Forensic

Toxicology . 1 credit was awarded for this activity. Students were graded on the basis of

their overall attendance and performance in the written examination.

4. A lecture course on Wildlife Forensic was conducted by Ms C. Samyukta and Dr Leon

Pereira. 1 credit was awarded with a grade based on their attendance and presentations.

5. A lecture course in “Basics in Ornithology and Herpetology” was conducted by Dr. Leon

Pereira. A field trip to Sewri to observe the Flamingos and an overnight trip to Khandala

to observe the birds and reptiles in nature, was conducted as a part of this programme.1

credit was awarded and students were graded on the basis of their participation and

submission of a report

DEPARTMENT OF MASS MEDIA


1. Learning photography Course co-ordinator: David D‟souza

The students were taken through the various eras in photography and the evolution of

different styles. They were exposed to the work of several legends like Cartier Bresson and

Richard Avedon.

Students did a presentation (using any medium) of the perception of the world through the

eyes of the Visually Challenged and a Fashion Portfolio with a theme of the environment

running through it.

2. Introduction to cinematography Course co-ordinator: Devdutt Trivedi

• The focus was on learning to create Visual Impact through the camera and understanding the importance and role of Sound in films.

• Students were introduced to the affairs of the world and how they influence our way of being, our economies and the kind of art that is produced.

• The course also included reference to literature like Matter and Memory by Henri Bergson.

• The Project included adapting a short story into a film, thereby transforming text into visual

content and at the same time moving over from a set guideline over to a documentary style

3. Critical Media Studies Course co-ordinator: Sonia Nazareth

• The aim of the course was to give students an exposure to a range of non-western media

activities and events.

• The project included screenings made by the students related on the topics covered by the

course coordinator.

4. Creative Workshop Course co-ordinator: Fr. Terence Quadros

• The aim of the course was to give students an exposure to various creative writing exercise,

poetry and a lot of thinking that involved students to write on their own.

• The project included a write-up done by the students on the topic assigned to them by Fr.

Terence Quadros.

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES


HR In Practice: A Corporate Perspective

Anita Guha, Global Design Team Member, Leadership Development Programs, IBM India

Credits 3

Topics Covered: – Overall Introduction and Introduction to Diversity

– Diversity Constituencies and IBM

– Barriers faced by Diversity Constituencies : Presentations – Insider-Outsider Dynamics (Jane Elliot Video, A Class Divided) – Diversity and Culture (Multicultural Diversity)

– Introduction to Organizational Culture (Business Leadership framework)

– Seven Habits: Presentations (Habit 1 to 3)

– Seven Habits: Presentations (Habit 4 to 7)

– Measuring Culture and Impact on Business Results

– Building a High Performance Culture (Feedback, Johari Model)

– Building a Learning Culture (Coaching, GROW Model)

– Coaching Review and Practice and Introduction to Positioning – Positioning: Presentations (Brand Xavier‟s & Employer Branding)

– Introduction to Business Etiquette/Netiquette

The Course In-Depth

The course focused on providing a corporate perspective of Human Resource Management at

the workplace and started off with the instructor, Ms. Anita Guha, an HR Manager at IBM

inviting students to share their views and opinions about HR in general and their expectations

from the course.

The students were introduced to the concept of Diversity, the various diversity constituencies

including women, SC/ST, GLBTs, differentially challenged individuals; with special

emphasis on the barriers faced by members of such constituencies and the steps taken by

IBM to help create an all-inclusive environment for such persons at the workplace.

The presentations were followed by a session on understanding the behavioural types in

Insider-Outsider interaction and the students were introduced to the passive reinforcers,

active perpetuators and change agents of the insider-outsider dynamics. The powerful skill of

being able to identify one‟s own behaviour and that of others is indispensable in applying a

new understanding to the interactions and social dynamics at work which helps us address the

associated conflicts and issues. Prior to this session, students were given an online link to

watch the first chapter of Jane‟s Elliot‟s The Class Divided which revolved around a

powerful experiment on „how racism can be learnt‟ and provides an insight to the working of

insider-outsider dynamics.

In the next couple of sessions, students were introduced to the concept of culture as an

„iceberg‟, and that culture is much more than what we ordinarily observe and know it to be.

The similarities and differences across cultures were discussed, with special emphasis upon

learning to accept and respect cultural differences. Students were introduced to the process of

adapting to changes in one‟s cultural environment, being better prepared to deal with cultural

differences and concepts such as style switching. The concepts of Organizational Culture,

Organizational Climate, and Employee Engagement were also introduced through the IBM

Business Leadership Framework. Students were introduced to the various techniques of

measuring organizational culture, such as Gallup‟s 12 Questions; and the correlation of a

company‟s culture with its profitability.

The next set of sessions, revolved around building a high performance learning culture. The

importance of effective feedback was emphasized, the Johari Model as a means to expand

one‟s potential was introduced, the concept of Coaching and the GROW Model were

discussed and practiced. The sessions not only provided students with a theoretical

perspective, but the class exercises (on Coaching and the GROW Model) conducted under

the supervision of the instructor, helped students better understand the models in practice.

Towards the last session, students were introduced to the concept of Positioning, which is all

about creating a perception in the mind of a prospect. They had to read certain chapters from

the book „Positioning: The Battle For Your Mind‟ by Al Ries and Jack Trout. These included

positioning a country, product, the Catholic Church and others. The students discussed

various business etiquettes and netiquettes.

Projects & Presentations:

The primary aim of the projects circled around enriching the learning experience of the

students. A group of seven-eight students were carefully handpicked (avoiding repetition

over different projects) and formed into a team. Each team included a healthy mix of First &

Second Year BMS Students and a balance of male and female students across the teams.

The course included three projects:

– Barriers faced by Diversity Constituencies

Each team was allotted a particular diversity constituency (Example: Women, SC/ST, GLBT,

etc.). The teams had to make a presentation which emphasized upon the possible barriers

faced by the diversity constituency allotted to them, the role of leaders and the steps

organizations could take to create an inclusive environment for their constituency. Teams

also had to share their personal experiences about the kind of treatment and level of comfort

experienced by the members of their diversity constituency as students at St. Xavier‟s

College, and the steps taken by the college to reduce the distress levels of such students. 44 – Seven Habits

Each team was allotted one of the seven habits from Stephen Covey‟s „Seven Habits of

Highly Effective People‟. The teams had to make a presentation explaining the habit allotted

to them. They were also to suggest ways through which a leader could use the habit to

influence employee experience at the workplace. Prior to the project, the students were

encouraged to read the entire book over their Diwali vacations.

– Positioning (Branding Xavier‟s and Employer Branding)

The five teams, in a presentation, had to help St. Xavier‟s College position itself on its

website. Using the theme allotted, the teams framed two paragraphs to serve as an

introduction to the college. The teams had to also make either a campus recruitment poster or

an internal employee poster based on the same theme for an organization of their choice.

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Number of students (FY, SY, TY): 15

B.Sc. (IT) has successfully completed its second year of Honours Program. This year we

conducted the following courses. Prof. Remya Panicker conducted a two credit course of

VB.Net. Prof. Remya Panicker conducted another one credit course of C programming for

F.Y.IT students

Prof. Karen Mansukhani conducted a one credit course of U.M.L. (Unified modeling

Language) for S.Y.IT students. Prof. Roy Thomas conducted the second part of Oracle 8i i.e.

PL/SQL for which the students had registered in the year 2008-2009. Students have also

registered for the internship program.

DEPARTMENT OF INTER-RELIGIOUS STUDIES

A broad range of programmes for students were organized and conducted by the Department

of Inter-Religious Studies (DIRS) during the year 2009-2010. Designed to widen their mental

horizons and inculcate a multi-perspectival view of life, its varied courses and projects

brought into relief not only the intersection of diverse wisdom traditions in their rich

distinctiveness, but also their great potential for fostering a spirit of oneness in plurality – a

significant aim of the department.

Students from all streams - science, arts, management and communications - enrolled for

DIRS courses. Twenty students registered for World Religions. Fifteen showed keen interest

in wrestling with the Philosophy of Religion questions. These two courses included

stimulating inputs, much interaction, and the inescapable written paper on a chosen theme in

a comparative perspective. A larger than usual group of students – eighteen to be exact -

signed up for Zen Buddhism and acquainted themselves with both the fundamental ideas as

well as with the actual practice of Zazen (sitting) meditation. They also produced colourful

papers on the Zen aesthetic and martial arts. Fifteen students sought to understand the role of

religion vis-à-vis the ecological crisis. On the foundation of a good understanding of the

current ecological crisis, its causes and consequences, they explored the insights (scriptural,

mystical, and ethical) conveyed by creative contemporary religious interpreters to foster a

respectful and responsible attitude to nature. Students worked even during summer to

produce insightful written papers on this subject.

Twenty-five students explored the basics of the Islamic tradition under the scholarly guidance

of Dr. Zeenat Shaukat Ali.

A few students worked om projects such as Religion and science, Role of religious leaders

across faiths, and religious fundamentalism. These projects included some introductory

inputs, guided, reading, and written assignments.

INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES This year‟s theme was “Environmental Activism”

Activities

1. Inaugural lecture by Mr. Gaurav Gupta, Director, The Climate Project-India

2. Lecture/talks: A three- lecture series on climate change, Lectures on remote sensing as a

tool to monitor environmental degradation, history of environmental movement, carbon

credits and biodiversity in and around St Xavier‟s College. Resource persons were Mr

Gaurav Gupta, Ms. Anokhi Parikh, Ms. Saudamini Dabak, Fr. Arun D‟Souza, Dr.

Rajendra Shinde and Dr. Hrishikesh Samant .

3. Project work: The students did a project on „Generating a comprehensive plan for a

walkway between Haji Ali and Juhu using the sea link as the major hub‟. The students

were divided into groups with each group looking at a different aspect of the plan.

Evaluation was by means of a project report and group presentations.

4. The college was a venue for a one day long public hearing on the impact of climate change

in urban areas on the 24th of October, 2009. The honours students helped in the various

organizational aspects of this activity.

5. Some of the students participated in Nivritti, a 3-day National Symposium on

sustainability held by the VJTI.

Overall assessment was on the basis of regularity, presentations, project report and

continuous evaluation.

(D). PERSONALITY AND HUMAN VALUES (PHV) There were 20 groups each consisting of 50 students. Each group had a session

once a week from July to January, altogether 16 sessions. Resource persons were from

Jesuits and other faculty members. The programme had common syllabus for both

Christians and others. In our efforts to work for Communal Harmony, presentations and

discussions on the main religious traditions were made more participative and interactive

by means of groups discussions, debates, questionnaires and quizzes together with

frequent use of audiovisual aids and movies. Outside experts/resource persons for special

topics were invited.

The syllabus included topics like:

Group dynamics/Serendipity exercise

The founders and scriptures of world religions: in-depth study

World religions (comparative study)

Social Justice issues and one,s conscience

Certificates were awarded for regular attendance and active participation. 182

students were awarded PHV certificate in the year 2009 – 2010

2. New academic programme initiated (UG & PG):

----

3. Innovation in curricular design and transaction: Department-wise innovative programmes conducted through Honours Programme are

listed above under Honours programme activity in Item 1.C

In addition, an Honour‟s Programme in Information Literacy was conducted by the

Library staff and an Interdisciplinary Course on Environment Issues which involved

lectures, practicals and an exhibition was conducted.

Faculty of the college were also involved in innovations in curricular design and

transaction at the University level and at the department level. See Item 38 C

4. Inter-disciplinary programmes started: In keeping with the College‟s long tradition of encouraging close interaction between

various departments/units on campus, the academic year 2009-10 witnessed numerous

academic activities of an inter-disciplinary nature.

Contribution of the Honours Programme

The Honours Programme of the College has for long fostered inter-disciplinary inquiry

and work. All departments that run the Honours Programme allow their students to

collect up to 25 per cent of their credit requirements by being involved in an Honours

activity organised by another department. This has fostered closer interaction between

different subject disciplines.

Further, as in previous years, this year too has witnessed students successfully completing

an Honours Programme in more than one subject and in a discipline other than their own

graduation major. This definitely contributes to broadening their horizons.

Some of the inter-disciplinary programmes of the current academic year that were

organised by different Honours Programmes are given in detail in Item 1C especially the

programmes of the Department of Inter-religious Studies and the Interdisciplinary Course

on Environment Issues.

Xavier‟s Institute of Social Research and Action entered one new area which

is known to be highly under-researched although high in social significance – Migration

(seasonal and permanent). Focused on distress migration, both seasonal and permanent,

and did a study on the migration of the Pavra adivasis of Shirpur in Dhule Dt and the

Katkari adivasis of Raigad.

5. Examination reforms implemented: A separate committee of eight members to handle exam related work. Four PCs

dedicated for Exam related work, a Gestetner copying machine, and two printers are

available in a separate room for typing, printing and distribution of exam papers.

Air conditioned room facility for the exam paper correction during summer

(March and April) was provided. A separate room for disabled students to write exam

was provided.

6. Number of candidates qualified: NET/SET: No information available

7. Total Number of Seminars/workshops conducted: BY THE COLLEGE

Orientation Programme for new Teaching faculty – 16th

& 17th

June 2009

Orientation Programmes for F.Y.B.A., B.Sc, B.Com., B.M.M., and B.M.S.

and M.Sc Biotechnology students

Interactive faculty session on „Lecturing and Assessments for Large Group

Teaching‟ : Dr. (Ms.) Monna Hejmadi, University of Bath, U.K. – 24th

June 2009.

Staff Workshop : „Alternatives in Continuous Internal Assessments‟

November 2009

Staff Workshop: Group Discussions :Semester System, Credits and Syllabi

under the autonomy system :14th

December 2009

Staff Seminar : „Service Learning‟ January 2009

Faculty Research Presentations : February 2009

International seminar on Human Rights on the 10th

and 11th

of December

2009.

SEMINARS, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED BY THE

DEPARTMENTS FOR THE STUDENTS OF HONOURS PROGRAMME

Ref to Item no 1C

8. Research Projects:

Mumbai University Funded Research Projects

Dept. of Life Sciences & Biochemistry

Dr. Radiya Pacha Gupta „Toxicological and Developmental studies on the guppy fish,

Poecilia reticulate.‟ -Rs. 30,000/-

Dept. of Microbiology

Dr. Ms.Vivien Amonkar- „Assessment of drinking water quality in slums – source and

storage waters‟ - Rs.22, 500/-

Ms Sangeetha Chavan „Isolation of Lactobacillus species from lactic acid fermented

products and evaluation of its probiotic potential‟ -Rs.22, 500/-

Department of Zoology

Dr. Madhuri Hambarde „Effect of dl-menthol on fertility in male rats‟ - Rs. 15000/

BRNS-DAE, Govt. Of India, Grant

Department of Life Sciences & Biochemistry

For the third year: Rs. 4, 60, 350/- received by Dr. Sheela Donde for the project on

“Cloning of Cellulase genes in Deinococcus radiodurans.”

UGC Grant

Department of Botany

A grant of Rs. 8,60,800.00 for 3 years received by Dr. (Mrs.) Ujwala C. Bapat for a

project on Phytochemical analysis and antimicrobial activity of a few plants belonging to

family Euphorbiaceae

Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission, Govt of. Maharashtra Grant


A grant of Rs. 23,40,710.00 received by Dr. Rajendra Shinde for a project on Digitized

Inventory of Medicinal Plants Resources of Maharashtra – Thane, Mumbai and Raigad

District

Rameshwardasji Birla Smarak Kosh Fellowship: Ms. Deepali Mhapsekar, under the guidance of Dr. Ujwala Bapat, Head, Dept of Botany:

granted a Fellowship assistance of Rs. 24,000/- and contingency grant of Rs. 6000/- for

research on Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of plants”.

9. Patents generated, if any:

Dr. Freddy Havaldar: Applied for and secured a Patent through the Nadkarny

Sacasa Laboratory, St. Xavier‟s College, Department of Chemistry, Mumbai, for

the invention titled: Novel Process for Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure ® 5 –

[(1R)-1-(4-AlKYLPIPERAZIN-1-YL) ETHYL]-2 Methoxybensenesulfonamide,

granted on the 11th

of December 2009, in the names of: Bhushan Vasant

Dabholkar, Freddy Havaldar and Ganesh Baban Mule.

10. New Collaborative Research Programmes: ----

11. Total Research grants received from various agencies: College with Poetential for Excellence grant for promotion of basic scientific

research – 30 lakhs received

Additional as given in Item No. 8

12. Number of Research Scholars:

Year PhD-Arts PhD-Science

2009-10 4 25

13. Citation index of faculty members and impact factor: Department of Economics

1. As a member of the Course Development Team of Indira Gandhi Open University

School of Gender Development Studies drafted a part of the module on Women

and Labour Market, Aug, 2009. Dr. T. V. Mathew

2. Written a research paper on “Upturn the Downturn” sent for publication in “The

Journal of Millennium Development Studies” (Forthcoming). Dr. T. V. Mathew

3. Paper on India‟s Business Process Outsourcing Sector – An FDI „Sink‟ to be

published in April 2010. Prof. Mrs. Hermione Salazar

4. Paper on Global Economic Crisis and FDI in Services Sector in India to be

published in April 2010. Prof. Mrs. Aditi Sawant


Ethnobotanical Studies on Kokani tribals of Nashik District of Maharashtra. Accepted for

Publication on 13/01/09 Ref.No. IJKT/TK-962/2008 by Sachin Kuwar and U.C. Bapat

Department of Chemistry

1. Synthesis of Phthalocynanines fron phthalonitrile in aqueous solution of sodium

xylene sulphonate chandrate, ZA Filmwala, Green Chemistry Letter and Reviews

Page 2 – 6, 4 Jan 2010

2. Solid state investigation and characterisation of the polymorphic forms of

indapamide P. Ghugare, V. Dongre, Pravin Karmuse, Ramesh Rane, Ashok

Kumar, Zoeb Filmwala, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

2009 (online acceptance; article in press)

3. Synthesis and Biological activity of N. Acetidinyl / Thiozolidinyl phenyl

substituted 3(2H) pyridazinone, Submitted to Indian journal of Heterocyclic

chemistry, Under review By Satish Bhalekar and ZA Filmawala

4. One paper in Xavier‟s Research Journal – Z.Filmwala and P.S.Fernandes

14. Honors/Awards to the faculty:

Dr Sam Taraporevala, Director, XRCVC was awarded the 11th

Shell

Helen Keller Award by the NCPEDP

15. Internal Resources Generated:

Source of funding Quantum (Rs.)

Donations

66,99,436 Fund raising drives

Alumni Association

Consultancy -

Self-financing courses 31,000

Any others: Certificate

Courses 2,00,000

Total 69,30,436

16. Details of Departments getting SAP, COSIST/DST, FIST etc.,

assistance/recognition: ----

-

17. Community Services:

a) Social Involvement Programme SIP: Item A

b) Social Service League: Item B

c) Xavier‟s Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC)

The Xavier‟s Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) is a

specialized support and advocacy centre for the visually impaired. The XRCVC is

mainly involved in Print, Financial and Educational Access for the visually

impaired.

The XRCVC‟s work through the last year can be summarized as follows under

the key areas of work.

Print Access:

- The XRCVC was part of the national seminar with World Intellectual Property

Rights Organization (WIPO), the publishing community and the organizations

working for the Visually Impaired to find common ground on the issue of

accessible content availability.

- The XRCVC has been also a member of the National Right to Read Alliance and

the XRCVC conducted a very successful Mumbai Chapter of the Right to Read

Campaign in January 2010. As part of the campaign the XRCVC collected

support from over 600 publishers and authors for their commitment to make

material available in accessible formats.

- The XRCVC also signed an international MoU with Cambridge University Press

(CUP) to give CUP‟s permission to convert material into accessible formats to be

made available to print impaired people across India

- The XRCVC as part of the National Right to Read Alliance has also been active

in meeting with and advocating with the Minister of HRD to work towards

appropriate amendments for the print disabled in the forthcoming Copyright Act

Amendment.

- The XRCVC also holds the responsibility for Copyright and Publisher contact for

the DAISY Forum of India (DFI). In this capacity it has succeeded in securing

permissions from a number of leading publishers and has started dialogue with

over 30 publishing houses to create appropriate channels for accessible

publishing.

Financial Access:

- This year the XRCVC worked with the leading ATM manufactures in the country

– NCR Corporation, Diebold and Wincor to work on models of accessible ATMs.

Based on their work the XRCVC in partnership with NCR and Diebold launched

models for Accessible ATMs for the Indian market in August 2009.

- The XRCVC in partnership with Confederation of Indian Industries (CII)

conducted a seminar on Accessible Banking for the Banking industry in January

2010. As a follow up to the seminar the XRCVC has become part of the

Accessibility Forum of CII to take forward concepts of accessible banking in the

industry.

Educational Access:

- The XRCVC in order to work towards inclusive education worked on two key

areas: Rules for admission and examination for T.Y.B.A Psychology - University

of Mumbai, and Rules for examination for admission to Degree courses in

physiotherapy for the Blind.

- The University of Mumbai did not have rules for admission to entire Psychology

for visually impaired students at the T.Y.B.A level. The XRCVC after working

with the University and Board of Studies has created a system for admission and

examination. This will be issued as a university circular on the subject soon.

- Currently a totally blind student is not permitted to take the MH-CET (medical)

entrance examination which is needed for degree Physiotherapy courses in

Maharashtra. The XRCVC has been supporting a totally blind student currently

in her 12th

std science who wishes to sit for this examination. In this regard the

XRCVC has been working with the Government of Maharashtra, Department of

Medical Education and Drug Control to set up appropriate systems.

Awareness and Sensitization:

- Through this year the XRCVC conducted various workshops with corporates,

teacher educators and school students to spread the message of inclusiveness.

- In its annual event Antarchakshu conducted in September 2009 the XRCVC

reached out to over 1000 participants through innovative simulation of disability

including a photography exhibition by the visually impaired as well as eating in

the dark.

Accessible Technology and Direct Service Delivery:

- The XRCVC through this year has expanded its direct service delivery of

volunteer support, accessible format creation and accessible aid training to over

100 members across the city.

- The XRCVC also conducted training in accessible technology for students of

partner organizations – TCS Maitre, National Association for the Blind and Voice

Vision

- The XRCVC also helped its members sit for the Computer Society of India (CSIs)

computer examinations

- XRCVC also coordinated and implemented scholarship in higher education for

the visually impaired across the country in partnership with Tech Mahindra

Foundation and awarded 12 students for this year.

Networking and Recognition:

- The XRCVC has also been networking with a range of organizations to take up

issues of accessibility, as also been involved in seminar presentations on the same

theme

- Further the XRCVCs work has been recognized through the following award:

i. Dr Sam Taraporevala, Director, XRCVC was awarded the 11th

Shell

Helen Keller Award by the NCPEDP

ii. The XRCVC team was also present in New Delhi to receive The Manthan

Award 2009 towards the Digital Inclusion for Development.

18. Number of teachers and officers newly recruited: 06

19. Teaching and non-teaching staff ratio:

Arts, Science, Commerce Teaching Staff – 86

Non-Teaching Staff – 87

BMM/BMS/BSc IT/MSc Biotech

(Self-financing Courses) Teaching Staff – 08

Non-Teaching Staff – 08

Total - 189

20. Improvements in Library services:

A broadband connection with a permanent IP address was acquired and four terminals for

internet access have been made available in the Reference Library. These are available

exclusively for access to academic websites and online databases. Economic and Political

Weekly- current issues with complete archives- is made available from here along with

others, e.g. Sage Journals.

Other websites made available from here are, Government of India websites, Government

of Maharashtra, National and International Organisations… etc.

The Library Database is made searchable on the College website. Bar-coding of Books

was begun in September 2009. Bar code labels have been pasted on books in HR,

(including Christianity Collection) and Reserve Counters.

The beautiful wooden shelf for OVERSIZE BOOKS was enlarged to hold the books

upright. The journals loose issue shelves were extended by 2 -3 rows to accommodate

increasing no. of journals. The Gratis Journals have been moved to the Lending Library

Mezzanine.

The Library Software was enhanced from simple DOS 3.0 version to Slim 21Lx Web-

enabled version. The Library Web-OPAC is available on four terminals in the Library, on

the College website and Intranet. The total no. of records in the database exceeds 74,000

including 3,497 bound volumes of journals. Accessioning of bound volumes of Journals

continues.

21. Number of new books and journals subscribed and their value:

YEAR TYPE OF

BOOKS

OPENING

STOCK

NEW BOOKS

ADDED

CLOSING

STOCK EXPENDITURE

2009-10 Textbooks 60598 81 60679

Non Textbooks 75876 511 76387 Rs 4,76,490/-

YEAR TYPE OF

JOURNALS

NO OF

JOURNALS EXPENDITURE

2009-10 Indian 67

Foreign 23

Total 90 Rs 2,60,067/-

22. Number of courses for which student assessment of teachers is

introduced and action taken on student feedback:

172 Courses were assessed and action taken.

23. Unit cost of Education:

Arts & Commerce : Rs.28, 000/-

Science : Rs.39, 000/-

24. Computerization of administration and the process of admissions

and examination results, issue of certificates:

Office administration, Admission, Monthly Attendance, Results, Examination and

Mark sheet: All these facilities are computerized. Some of these are available on the

college website www.xaviers.edu.

25. Increase in the infrastructure facility:

Part renovation of post-graduate Science Labs using funds obtained from the

CPE Grant.

Heritage restoration of the outer façade of the Science building.

Total Renovation of Department of Microbiology.

New Laboratory for Department of Biotechnology

26. Technology up gradation:

Several classrooms were fitted with LCDs and made IT enabled


27. Computer and internet access and training to teachers and students:

XAVIER KNOWLEDGE CENTRE : COMPUTER LABS.

AND VIDEO CONFERENCING

COMPUTER LABS.

No. Particulars Space

(sq.ft.) 1. Class room 1 (Computer Lab big – 30 computers) 700 sq.ft.

2. Class room 2 (Computer Lab big – 30 computers) 700 sq.ft.

3. Class room 3 (Computer Lab big – 30 computers)

cum Video Conference Room

700 sq.ft.

4. Laboratory (small – 16 computers) 240 sq.ft.

5. Cyber Café (student use – 18 computers) 400 sq.ft.

Programmes

1. Forensic Science Certificate Course: June – April

a. Diploma in Computer Forensics :- (DCF) Diploma in Computer Forensics is related on Computer storage

investigation like hard disk, pen drive etc.

b. Cyber Crime Investigation :- (CCI) Cyber Crime Investigation is related with Internet investigation like

Email Hacking etc

2. Moodle Training was conducted for the college staff.

3. SPSS : SPSS classess conducted by Stats Dept. in the month of November 2009

to Feb 2010.

4. Computer practical sessions were conducted at the Computer Center for 3rd

yr

Maths/Stats, 1st & 2

nd year BMS/BMM, Junior college 11

th & 12

th Arts & Sc and

1st 2

nd & 3

rd year Bsc.I.T . Other department Students also utilized the center for

there project works.

Video Conferencing for International Programmes, XRCVC & XIC

28. Financial aid to students:

Student beneficiary fund disburses 2.5 lakhs per year to deserving students.

Govt. merit scholarships and free-ships are facilitated through College.

29. Activities and support from the Alumni Association: The Association organized an At-Home programme for the newly graduated

students of the College

Alumni helped with Placements of students, served as guest speakers and

resource persons etc.

Eminent Alumni are members of the Advisory Council of the college.

A few alumni made financial contributions to the college

30. Activities and support from the Parent-Teacher Association:

The College does not have a Parent-Teacher Association. However it organises

annual Parent-Teacher Interaction sessions, to give feedback about student

attendance and performance, to involve parents in the education of their children and

to seek financial collaboration. Parents are also invited for the Orientation

Programme at the beginning of the academic year

31. Health Services:

Three Staff members of the college have been trained in First aid

First aid kits are available in each department

A general practitioner, close to the college attends to any emergencies that

may occur.

The college has an understanding with St. Elizabeth Hospital for diagnosis

and treatment of College employees and for emergency treatment of

students. The neighbouring G.T. Hospital is also used for emergencies.

Potability of Water in terms of absence of coliforms is monitored on a

monthly basis.

32. Performance in sports activities:

ACHIEVEMENT IN CHESS: Swarna Yadav stood Third in Individual Championship (Mumbai University)

ACHIEVEMENT IN Athletics: Reetham Salian came Second in 400m run and 800m run. (Mumbai University)

ACHIEVEMENT IN TableTennis: Anul Jain stood Third in Individual Championship (Mumbai University)

Sport Boys Girls

Football Runners - up

Winners

Basketball Third Winners

Volleyball Participated Participated

Table-Tennis Quarterfinalists Runners-up

Badminton Pre-quarterfinalists Pre-Quarterfinalists

Hockey Quarterfinalists Fourth

Cricket Participated ----------------------

Chess Participated Participated

Participation at University Level Competition

ACHIEVEMENT IN Aquatics: Meghna Moses represented India in the Asian Age Group Aquatic Championship held in

Tokyo (Japan) in Water Polo and won the Bronze Medal. She also represented

Maharashtra State in the Senior National Aquatic Championship in Water Polo and won

the Gold Medal.

Ayesha Lobo represented India in the Match Racing Qualifiers where in she stood 7th

overall and 1st in Women and the International Match-Racing where in she stood 12th

overall and 1st in women. In the Doha International Matching racing cup she was 5th

overall and 1st in Women. Her present Asia / Africa ranking is 24th overall and 4th

women.

Sam Johnson was selected to represent Maharashtra State at the Inter State Squash

Championship 2009 at Daly College, Indore in October 2009.

The Following Students were selected to represent Mumbai University: Football (Men) – Rodrigues Pablo, Machado Lineker, Shetty Jignesh.

Basketball (Women) – Caldeira Junasha, Shetty Kavita, Nair Roshni.

Basketball (Men) – Quereshi Furquan

Athletics – Reetham Salian

Football (Women) – Durva Vahia, Mistry Natasha (Represented Maharashtra State).

33. Incentives to outstanding sports persons:

As per University rule they are given a concession in attendance and 10 additional marks

in the final examination for representing College at the University, State or National

level. We also have numerous College scholarships for outstanding sportspersons.

34. Student Achievements and Awards:

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION

MERIT HOLDERS

TYBSC EXAMINATION

Sr. No Name of Students Order of Merit

1 Ms. Mhatre Nehali Ashok Second

2 Ms. R Madhura V Ramamurthy Fifth

3 Ms. Dadarkar Zoya Mujeeb Seventh

SUBJECT WISE

Sr. No Name Of Students Subject Order Of Merit

1 Ms. Khadilkar Manali

Shrirang Life Science First

2 Ms. DeSouza Sarita Raul Life Science Third

3 Ms. Mhatre Nehali Ashok Statistics Second

4 Mr. Shankar Sidharth Dinesh Geology First

5 Mr. Menezes Lloyd Andrew Geology Second

6 Mr. Zaveri Vismay Parimal Geology Third

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION

MERIT HOLDERS

TYBA EXAMINATION

Sr. No Name Of Students Order Of Merit

1 Ms. Nirula Garima Mohit Second

2 Ms. Kochuparampil Priya Rose Seven

3 Ms. Vasi Zenobia Zulfikar Eight

4 Ms. Rao Ahana Ajit Nine

5 Ms. Shah Shama Jayesh Ten

SUBJECT WISE

Sr.

No Name Of Students Subject Order Of Merit

1 Ms. Moghe Aditi Neelkanth Economics First

2 Ms. Gaitonde Amelia Shivanand Economics Second

3 Ms. Gaidhane Arpita Sharad AIC Second

4 Ms. Rajpal Bhavna Vijay English First

5 Ms. Sayed Maaria Amjad English Second

6 Ms. Panchmatia Anuradha Sudhir English Third

7 Ms. Boman Piroja Kamal Hoshang History First

8 Ms. D‟mello Nereen Jeffrey History Third

9 Ms. Demelo Leanne Francesca Sociology First

10 Ms. Pilgaonkar Shriya Sachin Sociology Second

11 Ms. Kochuparampil Priya Rose Psychology Third

12 Ms. Patil Pranjal Lahensing Pol.

Science First

13 Ms. Gandhi Namrata Hemendra Pol.

Science Second

UNIVERSITY RESULTS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2009 - 10

Class

No. of

Students

appeared

No. of students passed

I Class II Class Total Pass %

T.Y.B.A. 351 267 67 337 96.01

T.Y.B.Sc. 233 155 57 216 92.70

T.Y.B.Com. T.Y.B.M.S.

T.Y.B.M.M 60

60

58

-

2

60

100

UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS

1. "The Dwarkanath Purshottam Naik Gold Medal Jointly with the University of

Mumbai" for the year 2010, for securing the highest number of marks in the

subject of English from amongst the successful candidates at B.A. degree

examination held in April, 2010.Ms. Rajpal Bhavna Vijay

2. "The Kashinath Trimbak Telang Prize" for securing highest number of marks in

the subject of Ancient Indian Culture from amongst the successful candidates at

the M.A. degree examination held in May, 2010. Ms. Poladia Itisha Nailesh

3. "The Salehbhai Kaderbhai Khalil Endowment Prize" for securing the highest

number of marks in the subject of Geology from amongst the successful

candidates at the T.Y.B.Sc. Degree examination held in April, 2010. Mr.

Shankar Sidharth Dinesh

4. "The Sent Kumar Bajoria Scholarship" for securing second highest number of

marks on the aggregate from among the successful candidates at the B.A. degree

examination held in April 2010, on the condition that to prosecute the studies for

the M.A. degree examination. Ms. Nirula Garima Mohit

5. "The Frank Educational Foundation's Professor Frank D'Souza Scholarship for

English" for securing highest number of marks on the grand total in the subject of

English from amongst the successful candidates who offer six papers in English

as their major subject at the B.A. degree examination held in March, 2010, on

condition that to prosecute the studies further with English as your Principal

language for the M.A. degree examination of Mumbai University. Ms. Rajpal

Bhavna Vijay

6. "The Professor T.M. Advani Scholarship" for securing the highest number of

marks in the subject of English from amongst the successul candidates at the B.A.

degree examination held in March, 2010, on condition that to prosecute the

studies for the M.A. degree examination with English as principal language.Ms.

Rajpal Bhavna Vijay

7. "The Kamal Wood Prize" for securing the highest number of marks in the subject

of English from amongst the successful candidates at the B.A degree examination

held in March 2010, on condition that to prosecute the studies with English as the

principal language for the M.A. degree examination. Ms. Rajpal Bhavna Vijay

8. "The Lotus Foundation Scholarship" for securing second highest number of marks

on the aggregate from amongst the successful candidate at the B.A. degree

examination held in April, 2010 on condition that to prosecutes the studies for the

M.A. degree examination course of Mumbai University. Ms. Nirula Garima

Mohit

9. "The Dossabhai Framji Kareka Memorial Prize" for securing the highest number

of marks in the subject of English from amongst the successful candidates at the

B.A. degree examination held in March, 2010. Ms. Rajpal Bhavna Vijay

10. "The Rao Bahadur Kashinath Ramchandra Bakhle Prize in English" for securing

highest number of marks in the subject of English from amongst the successful

candidates at the B.A. degree examination held in March, 2010. Ms. Rajpal

Bhavna Vijay

11. “The Ellis Scholarship” for securing the highest number of marks in the subject of

English from amongst the successful candidates at B.A. degree examination held

in March, 2010. Ms. Rajpal Bhavna Vijay

12. "The Lotus Foundation Scholarship" for securing second highest number of marks

on the aggregate from amongst the successful candidates at B.Sc degree

examination held in April, 2010 on condition that to pursue the studies for the

M.Sc / B.Ed. / B.Lib.Sc Degree examination of Mumbai University. Ms.

Mhatre Nehali Ashok

13. "The Lions Club of Bombay Scholarship" for securing highest number of marks

in the subject of 'Sociology' from amongst the successful candidates at the B.A.

degree examination held in March, 2010 on condition that to prosecute the studies

for the M.A. degree examination in Sociology (Gr.I. & II). Ms. Demelo Leane

Francesca Mario

14. "The Ranchhoddas Lotvala Foundation Sociology Prize" for securing the highest

number of marks in Sociology as the major subject from amongst the successful

candidates at the B.A. degree examination held in March 2010. Ms. Demelo

Leane Francesca Mario

15. "The Professor F. Correia Afonso Prize" for securing highest number of marks in

the subject of English (six papers) from amongst the successful candidates at the

B.A. degree examination held in March 2010. Ms. Rajpal Bhavna Vijay

16. "The Dr. C.M. Kulkarni Scholarship" for securing highest number of marks in

History as the major subject from amongst the successful candidates at the B.A.

degree examination held in March 2010 on condition that to prosecute the studies

for M.A. degree examination with entire History. Ms. Boman Piroja Kamal

Hoshang

17. "The Professor William Coelho Scholarship" for securing highest number of

marks in History as the major subject from amongst the successful candidates at

the B.A. degree examination held in March 2010 on condition that to prosecute

the studies for the M.A. degree examination with History or Politics. Ms.

Boman Piroja Kamal Hoshang

18. "The Lotus Foundation Prize (in Economics)" for securing the highest number of

marks in 'Economics' as a major subject at B.A. degree examination held in

March, 2010. Ms. Moghe Aditi Neelkanth

19. "The Snehalata Pendse Prize" for securing the highest number of marks in

'Economics' as a major subject at the B.A. degree examination held in March

2010. Ms. Moghe Aditi Neelkanth

20. "The Venishankar Madhavji Bhatt Scholarship" for securing highest number of

marks in 'Economics' as a major subject at the B.A. degree examinaiton held in

March 2010 on condition that to prosecutes the studies with Economics as subject

for the M.A. degree examination.. Ms. Moghe Aditi Neelkanth

21. "The Late Shri Arvind Vishnu Chitnis Memorial Prize" for securing the highest

number of marks in 'Economics' as a major subject at the B.A. degree

examination held in March, 2010. Ms. Moghe Aditi Neelkanth

22. "Br. P.G. Patil Prize" for securing highest number of marks in the subject of

'English' from amongst the successful candidates at the B.A. degree examination

held in March 2010 Ms. Rajpal Bhavna Vijay

23. "The Harishchandra Baboorao Joshi Memorial Scholarship" for securing highest

number of marks in 'Economics' as the major subject at the B.A. degree

examination held in March 2010 on condition that to prosecute the studies further

at least for one year. Ms. Moghe Aditi Neelkanth

24. "Bai Allanmai Jamshedji Dubash Prize" for securing the highest number of marks

in the subject of entire 'English' amongst the successful female candidates at the

B.A. degree examination held in March 2010. Ms. Rajpal Bhavna Vijay

25. "Late (Kum.) Ratan F. Karaka Memorial Prize" for securing the highest number

of marks in 'English' (six papers) at the B.A. degree examination held in March,

2010. Ms. Rajpal Bhavna Vijay

26. "Professor T.A. Kamat Memorial Prize" for securing the highest number of marks

in 'History' from amongst the successful candidates at the B.A. degree

examination held in March 2010. Ms. Boman Piroja Kamal Hoshang

27. "The Professor Dr. Krishnaji Ramchandra Mahishi Memorial Scholarship" for

securing the highest number of marks in six papers in 'English' from amongst the

successful candidates at the B.A. degree examination held in March 2010 on

condition that to prosecute the studies further for M.A. degree examination with

'Entire English'. Ms. Rajpal Bhavna Vijay

28. "The Smt. Gulestan Rustom Billimoria Prize" for securing the highest number of

marks in the subject of Sociology (6 Papers) from amongst the successful female

candidates at the B.A. degree examination held in March 2010. Ms. Demelo

Leane Francesca Mario

29. "The Dr. Lakshminarayan K. Mundra Bharatiya Memorial Prize" for securing the

highest number of marks in 'Economics' as a major subject (6 papers) from

amongst the successful candidates at the B.A. degree examination held in March

2010. Ms. Moghe Aditi Neelkanth

30. "The Late Shri Anant Sakharam Bakre Memorial Prize" for securing the highest

number of marks in Economics as the major subject at the B.A. degree

examination held in March 2010. Ms. Moghe Aditi Neelkanth

31. "The Sadashiv Kanoji Patil Prize" for securing the highest number of marks in

Political Science as major subject from amongst the successful candidates at the

B.A. degree examination held in March 2010. Ms. Patil Pranjal Lahensingh

32. "The Framji Sorabji Bhavnagri Prize" for securing the highest number of marks

six papers in Political Science as a major subject from amongst the successful

candidates at the B.A. degree examination held in March 2010. Ms. Patil

Pranjal Lahensingh

Other Student Achievements

1. Srushti Hebbar, Natasha Mohan and

Stella Varghese

Won 1st prize in T-shirt designing at the

Mahim Nature Park

2. Neha Lakshman 2nd prize in the Essay Competition

3. Shreya Suri Consolation Prize in the Essay Competition

4. Rohit Sinha Selected to conduct surveys in Chattisgarh

and Jharkhand.

5. Rochelle D‟Souza Selected by SIGNIS INDIA as the young

Video Journalist from India to participate in

the Signis World Assembly at Thailand from

15th to 24th Oct.

6. Alisha Pinto Secured First Position in the 4th National

Young Economist Competition 2009

organised by Christ University, Bangalore

7. Dina Rasquinha and Urooj Kazi Participated in the National College

Diamond Jubilee Inter collegiate Vigyan

Yatra “kanad se Kalam tak‟ on 25th Jan.

2010 and won 2nd place.

8. Meenakshi Ramalingam Participated in Elixir 2009, (Ruia College)

the inter-collegiate Economics festival held

in Dec. 2009 and secured 1st prize in

Mimesis competition.

9. Pandey Rishabh Appeared for the Madhava Mathematics

Competition from Greater Mumbai Region

held in Jan. 2010 and was selected. This was

organized by the Tata Institute of

Fundamental Research.

10. Prajakta Kuwalekar Received the Honourable Mention in the

Disarmament and Security Council in the

Symbiosis International Model United

Nations Conference 2010 organised by

Symbiosis International (deemed) University

11. Brinda Poojary and Arunabha Bose Participated in the quiz competition titled

„Battle of Brains‟ and won 2nd prize in the

inter-collegiate program „Palindrome‟

organised by the PG Dept. of Biotechnology,

St. Xavier‟s College on 18th Nov. 2009.

12. Rishabh Pandey and Nikhil

Ajgaonkar

Along with 2 others from the Life Sciences

Dept. bagged the 2nd prize in the inter-

collegiate quiz competition in Science

organized by R. D. National College.

13. Rohit Jha and Rishiddh Jhaveri From SYBSc. were awarded the First Prize

in a Quiz competition at the inter-collegiate

festival, Ozone fest 2009, held at the

Institute of Science, Mumbai.

14. Shruti Jadhav and Jeneshmary Nadar From SYBSc. secured 2nd position with a

Power Point presentation on „Environmental

Adaptations‟ at the inter – collegiate festival

at Ratnam College, Bhandup.

An international event called Super Congress 2009 held in August 2009 at Coimbatore

organized by the Teens for Unity, Focolare Movement had the following 10 participants

from the college: Avila Antao, Wilber D‟Almeida, Benjamin Fernandes, Connie Lobo, Alex

Manikam, Conrad Noronha, David Pinto, Geraldine Pinto, Dean Sequeira and Janice Vaz

Intercollegiate Cultural Activities

Sr.no. Name of the cultural festival and college Overall achievements/

trophies

1. University Youth Festival „O9- Mumbai 4 prizes

2. Umang- Nm College 4 prizes

3. Vibes- Somaiya College Vidyavihar Overall second championship

and la trophy

4. Kshitij, Mithibai College Overall fine arts trophy

5. Olia, St. Andrew‟s College 2nd

place

6. Mood Indigo, Iit Mumbai 2nd

place

7. Malhar, St.Xaviers, Mumbai Overall

Performing arts trophy

8. Kiran- K.C College Festival Overall championship trophy

35. Activities of the guidance and counseling unit:

The Counselling Centre continued the services it provides in assisting students in the

needs they might have, particularly in the areas of vocational guidance, as well as in

matters of personal counselling. For vocational guidance a battery of psychometric tests

was conducted and the results were discussed to help students make choices for courses

or careers.

Over two thousand students availed of the services this year. These were students of St.

Xavier‟s College as well as students of other colleges. Non-students also came in

occasionally for vocational guidance and personal assistance.

Talks, panel discussions on examination stress, workshops and orientations were also

undertaken by the counselling centre. These were either in the college itself or in other

institutions in response to requests for the same

36. Placement services provided to students:

Placement cell of St. Xavier‟s college was set up in January 2005 to find jobs for our

graduates. The cell comprises of a staff committee and student representatives from all

streams.

Registration of students for placements begin after Malhar. Third year students from BA,

BSc., BMS, BMM register by payment of Rs.50/. The preference of our students with

regards to companies is obtained through forms that are distributed to the various

departments. The students are informed about the job offers through the placement notice

board, a Yahoo group, and student representatives who are selected by the staff

committee. An official Email account ([email protected].) exists in order

to communicate with the industry as well as students and keep them posted. On an

average about 90 – 95 students regularly attend the placement process.

In the year 23 students have been placed through the cell. Some of the companies which

hired our students were Google India, Maruti Udyog Ltd, A.C.Nielsen, Tresvista, D E

Shaw, Godrej Properties, , Universal Consulting. Salaries ranged from Rs. 2.5 lakhs to

4.0 lakhs.

The Placement cell invites companies from diverse fields so that students from all

streams get opportunities for placement in the years to follow

37. Development programme for non-teaching staff: A two day workshop was organized for non teaching staff.

38. Any other relevant information the institution wishes to add:

A. Cultural Activities

Cultural Activities continued through the structures already developed, like the Malhar

Intercollegiate competition, the Indian Music Group for classical Indian music, the Ithaka

festival for English poetry and drama, the Anthas festival of Hindi music and theatre, and

Aamod, the Marathi cultural festival. Students won prizes at Intercollegiate cultural

festivals - Item 34.

B. International Programmes

Short Term Exchanges:

Prime Minister (UK) Global Fellowship Program (along with British Council, Mumbai):

For the second year we hosted four British students for 15 days under the Prime

Minister‟s Global fellowship Programme. These students stayed with four of our Junior

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college students from 2nd August 2009 to 15th August 2009. The guest students attended

the regular Junior college lectures in various subjects along with the host students who

were assisted by a team of another enthusiastic 10 students. The objectives of this

programme were:

• To meet and work with counterparts from another country

• To understand attitudes towards education and motivation for success

Our special thanks to all the host students and their respective families for making this

event a grand success: Ms. Ashwini Srinivas, Ms. Esther Verma, Ms. Sharvi Mewada and

Mr. Sikandar Soin.

Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

A group of 42 students and six professors from the Law and Business faculty led by Prof.

Craig McGowan visited Xavier‟s from 29th November 2009 to 6th December 2009. This

has been the fourth consecutive visit of Deakin University to Xavier‟s and KC College.

Our faculty members conducted a Heritage walk, six lectures on “Economics &

Business” and a field trip to Crawford Market for these students. A number of our BMS

and Economics students attended the lectures delivered by the Australian faculty. SUC

members were invited to interact with the Australian students and faculty over a dinner.

A traditional Garba dance, a debate between the students of Xavier‟s and Deakin on “The

Olympics is not about sport” and a T20 cricket match between the faculty & students of

the two institutions were organized. The rotating debate trophy was won by Deakin‟s

students while the Cricket trophy was retained by our students.

World Christianity Study Tour from Liverpool Hope University – Prof. Rev. Daniel

Jeyaraj and three students from the department of Theology and Religious Studies,

Liverpool Hope University visited us from 3rd Jan 2010 to 6th Jan 2010. A two-day

seminar on Religion in India - was organized by Fr. Lancy Prabhu, Director of the

Department of Inter Religious Studies. Eminent speakers were invited to deliver talks and

to interact with the guests. The visitors were taken on a religious tour of Mumbai to

shrines of different religions.

India Leadership Exchange Programme – L. N.Stern School of Business. New York

University, NY, USA : This is a unique exchange programme involving not only St.

Xavier‟s College, but also H.R. College of Commerce. In continuation of the May 2009

visit of St. Xavier‟s students and faculty to NYU, this year from Jan 3, 2010 to Jan 17,

2010 twenty nine students led by Prof. Srivastan from NYU visited Xavier‟s. Prof.

Madhuri Raijada and Prof. H. Salazar coordinated this programme with the help of other

faculty members. Prof. Avkash Jadhav gave the opening talk on - Odyssey of India -

5000 Years‟ History and Prof. Kalpana Vora conducted a lecture-cum-workshop on Yoga

– an alternative therapy‟. Prof. Madhuri Raijada and Prof. H. Salazar led the group to the

Yusuf Meher Ali Centre and Tara Village to give them a taste of rural India..

Prof. Rajesh Vora and Prof. Rajinder Singh Saluja of the Commerce College led a group

of twenty students to Stern, NYU from 17th May 2010 to 30th May 2010. NYU provided

full scholarships to 11 of our students (10 Commerce students and 1 BMS student), 4

students received partial funding from the college. The remaining five students were self

funded.

The Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy, New York University:

Ann Marcus, Professor and Director and her group of 24 students visited the college on

12th Jan 2010 for a day. Fr. Frazer Mascarenhas, s.j., Principal, Dr. Vivien Amonkar, Dr.

Nandita Mangalore & Dr. Rajendra Shinde interacted with the group and briefed them

about various Indian Educational Policies and educational systems in India and in

Mumbai. They were told about various good practices adopted by the College.

Harvard College in Asia Program:

This year the main theme of the HCAP program was – “Social Entrepreneurship –

Service, Innovation and Empowerment.” After a rigorous exercise, eight Xavierites

across all faculties including Commerce were selected to attend the HCAP conference at

Harvard, USA from 30th Jan 2010 to 7th Feb 2010. The visit was reciprocated by ten

Harvard Students from 13/03/2010 to 21/03/2010. We organized a two day international

conference on the same theme provided by HCAP, but from Indian perspectives. The

Harvard students were also given a feel of Indian family life by some of our HCAP

participants and this was well appreciated. The entire event was sponsored by our

generous patron Mr. Adi Godrej.

Yale University, USA

The Ivy League School – Yale University offered USD 10000/- as a scholarship to be

disbursed to two students of the college to enable them to attend the Summer session at

Yale from 30th May 2010 to 2nd July 2010. After scrutinizing and interviewing thirty

five students who applied for this prestigious programme, Ms. Vasundhara Adukia and

Ms. Amrita Sampath were selected to attend the summer session at Yale.

In Exchange, college hosted ten students and two faculty members from Yale University

on our campus who would complete their Summer Session Abroad programme from 29th

May 2010 to 2nd July 2010. The two courses namely - Bombay: City, Society & Culture

and a Linguistic History of India (taught in English) by Prof. Ashish Chadha and Prof.

Ashwini Deo from Yale University were conducted during this period.

Sciences Po, Paris, France:

Two students from Sciences Po spent a year with Xavier‟s from June 2009 to March

2010. Ms. Manka Bajaj, our SY student spent a year at Sciences Po and is returning next

year to Xavier‟s. She was offered scholarship by the French Embassy, New Delhi.

The present academic year, three students from Sciences Po will be on our campus for the

entire year doing Humanities, whereas three of our students – Ms. Mansi Seth (for

undergraduate programme), Ms. Alisha Pinto and Mr. Nikhil Eapen (M.A. in

International Economy Policies programme) have been offered admission at Sciences Po

as Exchange students. Our students will be offered a complete fee waiver for one year

under this exchange programme.

IESEG School of Business – Lille Catholic University – Lille, France:

Three Students from IESEG attended a full year‟s BMS programme during the academic

year 2009-10. Three more IESEG students will be attending the BMS programme during

the year 2010-11.

OMG Canada:

Ontario - Maharashtra-Goa (OMG) Government Exchange programme is a collaborative

programme between the Canadian Government and Maharashtra, Goa Governments.

From the Canadian side, 16 universities from Ontario State and 7 Universities from

Maharashtra and Goa are participating in this exchange programme.

During the academic year 2009-10, Mr. Karan Hingorani from Life Science department

spent one year at York University.

This year, three Xavierites have been shortlisted by OMG for the year 2010-11 and we

will be hosting one Canadian Student.

Stuttgart University and English Department – St. Xavier‟s College – Online

Diploma

Under this collaborative programme with the English Department of St. Xavier‟s

College, 10 students and two faculty members from the University of Stuttgart, Germany

visited Xavier‟s from 3rd Jan 2010 to 7th Jan 2010. Ten of Xavier‟s students and one

faculty member from Xavier‟s participated in this Joint Diploma Programme. This

programme is initiated by Dr. Shefali Balsari-Shah, HOD, English Department.

Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid, Spain:

During the year 2009-10, one student from Spain spent the first term on our campus

studying BMS. He also did a certificate course in Hindi. The coming academic year, we

will have three students from Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid for the BMS.

In exchange three students from Xavier‟s have been nominated to do one year with

Comillas for the year 2010-11.

University of California, Berkeley Summer Session 2010:

This year 27, (the highest number of students) registered through St. Xavier‟s College for

the Summer Session at Berkeley from 24th May 2010 to 2nd July 2010. Dr. Rajendra

Shinde accompanied the group to Berkeley.

International Conferences:

The Council for International Programmes successfully orga¬nized two international

events during the year.

• Liverpool Hope University and St. Xavier‟s College – International Conference on -

„Human Rights in a Globalized World‟ was organized during 10th -12th December 2009.

Baroness Caroline Cox, member of the British Parliament and Chancellor of the

Liverpool Hope University gave the Key Note address. Other notable speakers included

Justice Chandrachud, Dr. Binayak Sen and Joshua Castellino.

• Harvard Colleges in Asia Programme: Two days International Conference on “Social

Entrepreneurship: Service, Innovation and Empowerment” Sponsored by Godrej. – 17th

and 18th March 2010. Total 94 students including 10 from Harvard and 20 from other

colleges attended the conference. The key Note address was given by Mr. Nadir Godrej,

Vice-chairperson, Godrej Industries. Other eminent speakers included Ms. Shaheen

Mistry, Mrs. Jyoti Mhapsekar, Mr. Josy Paul, Mr. Nitin Upadhyaya, Fr. Trevor Miranda,

Prof. Agnelo Menezes, Fr. Anthony Dias and Prof. H. Salazar.

• A Two day Career Orientation Seminar in Feb 2010 by Bath Faculty and Leaders

from Industries. Dr. Momna Hejmadi, Dr. Shailesh Nadkarni and others, took the

sessions.

Scholarships:

• The University of Sheffield, UK has offered one Microbiology Student Mr.

Adnan Faizullabhoy – one year‟s full scholarship to do MS at Sheffield

University, UK.

• Two Arts students have been offered $ 5000/- each to do the summer course at

Yale.

• Ten Commerce students have been sponsored by Stern School of Business for 15

days exchange programme. Five more students have been awarded partial

scholarships.

• SOGANG University is offering 26,80,000 KRW (about INR 100,000/-) for a six

month program in Management Studies from 2010.

• Three students will receive OMG Scholarships to do one year in CANADA – The

scholarship includes complete tuition fee waiver and Canadian $2500/- as one

time travel grant.

• Two students going to Comillas Pontifical University – Madrid – will receive

complete tuition waiver.

• University of Bath has offered one student - 3000 UK GBP to do M.Sc. IBE

Programme.

• Two students will receive complete fee waiver for One year from Sciences Po,

Paris to complete their two years M.A. programme. One undergraduate student

has also been awarded one year‟s complete tuition fee waiver as an exchange

student for undergraduate studies.

Other Programs:

Yeshiva University, NY and Department of Psychology, St. Xavier‟s College:

In the last week of July 2009, the Psychology department conducted a series of lectures

and student presentations, on Health Psychology. The theme this year was „Stress and

Coping‟. Participants included 32 TYBA psychology students and a small team of 5

students and 2 staff from Yeshiva University, New York, led by Dr. Sonia Suchday.

Dr. Suchday is Program Director, Clinical Psychology, Co-Director - Institute of Public

Health Sciences. From St. Xavier‟s, Prof. Ruby Pavri coordinated the programme.

BRAZINDIA - The Department of Ancient Indian Culture organized the Brazindia

festival which was inaugurated by the Consul General of Brazil in Mumbai.

UKIERI GRANTS –

University of Bath, UK and St. Xavier‟s College Collaboration - One Year

Diploma/M.Sc. in Industrial Biotechnology and Enterprise: Through the prestigious

United Kingdom India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) programme, funded

by the British Council, the College successfully implemented a one year Diploma leading

to an M.Sc. in Industrial Biotechnology. The Programme has been coordinated by Dr.

Madhuri Hambarde from its inception. As its first year comes to an end, 4 students who

attended one semester at Xavier‟s, one semester at Bath and 22 weeks Industrial training

at Nicholas Piramal Life Sciences - will be completing the M.Sc. IBE – (University of

Bath) in July 2010.

Faculty Enrichment Program: Its the dream of our Principal to send all the faculty

members abroad for a Faculty enrichment programme. And while working towards this,

we have managed to send - Three Staff Members from the Arts Faculty to Teeside

University, UK and Two faculty members from the Science stream to the University of

BATH, UK under the UKIERI grant. A group of 10 faculty members from various

departments of senior and junior college visited the University of Liverpool Hope, UK.

Under the EuMInd initiative one Junior College teacher visited Belgium. One faculty

member visited the University of California, Berkeley, USA and two commerce faculty

members visited the Stern School of Business, NYU, New York. Two faculty members

attended a conference in Mexico. They also attended an alumni Dinner in New York. The

Principal attended a conference at Liverpool Hope University, UK.

Visitors: During the academic year 2009-10, St Xavier‟s had a number of international

dignitaries which included the Secretary of State Ms. Hilary Clinton USA (July 2009),

Baroness Caroline Cox, Member of the British Parliament (December 2009), Dr. Prof.

Janjira, President, Christian University, Thailand and her delegation (October 2009), –

President Jehuda Reinharz, Brandies University, USA (Feb 2010); Dean of Oxford

University Dr. Francis Cairncross (March 2010); Dr. Roseann Runte, President of

Carleton University, Ontario – Canada (Feb 2010); Dr. Neville Roach, Chairman

Emeritus – Australia and Business Council (March 2010).

International Programs – Dept. of Microbiology

For the third consecutive year, the Department of Microbiology in collaboration with the

University of California, Berkeley conducted a service learning programme “Haath Mein

Sehat”. This year the programme was carried out at the low-income group community of

Bandra Reclamation.

Dr. Ms. Vivien Amonkar conducted a Summer Teaching and Learning Project -„Global

Health Crisis: Environmental Factors and Emerging Drug – Resistant Infections

Emphasis on : Tuberculosis and HIV/ AIDS‟ in collaboration with Dr. Ruth A. Gyure,

Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) in Danbury, CT, USA.

C) Faculty Achievements

PARTICIPATION IN THE WORK OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI

There are several senior teachers of St. Xavier‟s College serving in the various

committees of the University of Mumbai .

ARTS & COMMERCE SCIENCE

No. of Departments

16 9

No. of Faculty

47 61

As Resource persons for

Refresher Course and

Orientation Programme

03 06

Syllabus Committee

12 09

Board of Studies

01 02

Examination:

a) Undergraduate

12 42

b) Post graduate

05 18

Moderators

12 22

Post graduate teachers

14 18

Ph.D. guides

06 08

Ph.D. Examiners

05 06

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF STAFF :

OTHER THAN MUMBAI UNIVERSITY

BOTANY

Dr. Rajendra Shinde

1. Kalpit Mhate, Sweedle Cerejo, Rajdeo Singh & Rajendra Shinde. (2009). Diversity

and Conservation of Mangroves in Raigad District, Maharashtra, India. XIX Annual

Conference of Indian Association of Angiosperm Taxonomy and International

Symposium on : Angiosperm Systematics and Phylogeny: Retrospects and Prospects:

Abstract PE/P-13, page 123.

2. Sweedle Cerejo, Rajdeo Singh, Kalpit Mhatre & Rajendra Shinde. (2009).

Chasmophytic flora of Bassein fort. XIX Annual Conference of Indian Association of

Angiosperm Taxonomy and International Symposium on : Angiosperm Systematics and

Phylogeny: Retrospects and Prospects : Abstract BD/O-20, page 58.

3. Rajdeo Singh & Rajendra Shinde (2009). Diversity of Asteraceae in Mumbai. XIX

Annual Conference of Indian Association of Angiosperm Taxonomy and International

Symposium on : Angiosperm Systematics and Phylogeny: Retrospects and Prospects:

Abstract BD/P-23.

4. Dhanisha A. G., Chintamani Pai and Rajendra D. Shinde (2009). Use of GPS

technology for cartographic studies on vegetation of MIDC Ambernath. UGC Sponsored

International Conference on Recent Advances in Environmental Biotechnology: Abstract

P-55, 74.

ECONOMICS

T.V.Mathew

• A research paper on „Urban Poor in the Informal Economy in Mumbai in the

Globalizing Context‟ to members of the Lions Club Paika, Kottayam on 15th

May 2009 at the Personality Development Programme organized by Lions Cub,

Paika, Kottayam

Prof. Mrs. Hermione Salazar • Paper on India‟s Business Process Outsourcing Sector – An FDI „Sink‟ at The

National Conference on the impact of FDI on the Indian Economy, 10th

& 11th

Feb. 2010 held at Loyola College, Chennai

Prof. Mrs. Aditi Sawant

• Paper on, Global Economic Crisis and FDI in Services Sector in India at The

National Conference on the impact of FDI on the Indian Economy, 10th

& 11th

Feb. 2010 held at Loyola College, Chennai

• Paper Presented on ' Rational Approach to FDI in agriculture in India' in the

National Seminar on ''Contemporary Issues in Agriculture, Environment and

Rural Development'' organised by the Department of Economics and Politics,

Visva-Bharati, under the UGC-SAP (DRS-I) Scheme at Santinikatan, West-

Bengal on 14th March, 2010.

• Paper presented on 'Conditional Volatility and Returns on Indian IT stocks' in

the International Conference on ''Quantitative Methods in Money, Banking,

Finance and Insurance'' organised by IBS, Hyderabad in collaboration with Indira

Gandhi Institute of Development and Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, on 20th

March, 2010. (Seminar was held at IBS, Hyderabad).

ENGLISH

Dr.Shefali Balsari-Shah

• The Case of the Queer Detective. Paper on gay and lesbian detective fiction presented at a National Seminar “New Perspectives in Gay and Lesbian Writing”

at St. Andrew‟s College, November 2009.

• Searching: New Identities in Young Adult Fiction. Paper presented at a session

of staff presentations, SXC, February 2010. (Published in Reality and Fantasy in

Children‟s Literature, St. Andrew‟s College, January 2009).

• Presentation on The Decline of the English Department at the American

Center, Mumbai, February 2010.

• Presentation on Junot Diaz, a contemporary American writer of Dominican

origin, at a seminar “Multicultural Literature in the United States” at the

American Center, Mumbai, March 2010.

• Presentation at „National Conference on American Studies in the 21st Century‟,

Hyderabad, March 2010.

GEOLOGY

• Dr. Hrishikesh Samant: Delivered the Plenary Lecture in the National Conference

on Climate Change and Challenges in Biodiversity Conservation, Dept of

Zoology, Fergusson College, Pune on Dec 11th

and 12th

, 2009.

• Dr. Praveen Henriques: Delivered special lectures on Gemology at the Third

National Seminar cum Workshop in Gemology, in Bhopal, organised by the

South Asian Association of Economic Geologists and the Indian Science

Congress Association Bhopal Chapter, on March 8th

, 2010.

HISTORY

Prof. Avkash Jadhav

• Presented a paper titled “Growth of Trade Union Consciousness in the Early

20th

Century” at Two day National Seminar organized on 24th

-25th

Sept, 2009

by the Dept of Political Science, University of Mumbai.

• Presented a Paper on “The life we should Aspire for” on Gandhiji at

V.K.K.Menon College Bhandup on 28th

Jan, 2010.

• Presented a paper on “Agony of the Mills” on 5th

-6th

Feb, 2010 at two days State

Level Seminar on “Mills to Malls” at Kirti College.

LIFE SCIENCES AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Dr. Sheela Donde

• Cloning of cellulase genes from cellulolytic microorganisms and their transfer and

expression in Deinococcus radiodurans”, Sachin Telang & Dr. Sheela Donde

presented at the 33rd

All India Cell Biology Conference, 10th

-12th

Dec. 2009, at

University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.

Dr. Radiya Pacha Gupta

“Study of Haemagglutination using plant lectins,” presented by at the Faculty

presentation in St. Xavier‟s College, Mumbai, in Feb. 2009

MICROBIOLOGY

Dr. Ms. Vivien Amonkar & Prof. Karuna Gokarn

• Poster presentation at the 2009 ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators

(ASMCUE). was held 28-31 May 2009 at Colorado State University Fort Collins

Service Learning – Intervention Strategies in Malaria and Water Borne Disease

Awareness Programs in Low Income Communities

PHYSICS

Ajay Patwardhan

• Paper presented on “Discoveries in Astronomy”June 2009- Indian Planetary

Society Conference at Ahmedabad.

• Paper Presented On “Making Physics Effective”, December 2009 - Indian

Association Of Physics Teachers' Regional Conference At Latur On Physics

Education

SOCIOLOGY

Dr. Sam Taraporevala

Presentation - Inclusive Education - A case study (Steps wards inclusive

education- The St. Xavier‟s Experience) 19th June 2009. SNDT College

Ghatkopar, Mumbai

Presentation - “Setting up Resource Centres and Capacity Building". The theme

of this track was 'capacity building for NGOs'. A step towards an Inclusive

Society: Bridging the Digital Divide through linking the Micro and Macro

dimensions, 1st December 2009, Loyola College, Chennai a National

Conference on ICTs for the differently able / under privileged communities in

Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship 2009 (NCIDEEE 2009)

PROJECTS: See Item 8

PUBLICATIONS: See Item 13

D) ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANISATION OF THE COLLEGE

ACADEMIC COUNCIL

1. Dr. (Fr.) Frazer Mascarenhas S.J. Principal

2. Dr. Arun D‟Souza S.J. ( Rector)

3. Dr. (Ms.) Vivien Amonkar Vice-Principal (Academic

4. Improvement)

5. Dr. (Ms.) Fleur D‟Souza Vice-Principal (Arts)

6. Dr. (Ms.) Nandita Mangalore Vice-Principal (Science)

7. Fr.Conrad Pesso, S.J. ( Secretary of the Trust & Treasurer)

INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL (IQAC)

1. Dr. Frazer Mascarenhas S.J.

2. Dr. Vivien Amonkar (Convener)

3. Dr. Nandita Mangalore

4. Dr. Fleur D‟Souza

5. Dr. Shefali Balsari-Shah

6. Dr. Sheela Donde

7. Ms. Hermione Salazar

8. Dr. Dionysia Coutinho

9. Fr. Arun D‟Souza

10. Ms. Neelam Shetty

11. Mr. Maurice Monis

STAFF COMMITTEES

1. Committee for Cultural Activities

2. Committee To Conduct University Exams

3. Custodians Of Exam Papers For Final Exams

4. Examination Committee

5. Infotech Committee

6. Infrastructure Committee

7. International Council

8. I.M.G. Staff Committee

9. Library Advisory Committee

10. Magazine Committee

11. Malhar Staff Committee

12. Placement Committee

13. Scholarship Committee

14. TAQ Committee

15. Time-Table Committee

16. Unfair Means Committee

17. U.G.C. Committee

18. Women‟s Development Cell

E) COLLABORATION WITH CIVIL SOCIETY

Teach for India Conference on Education, with Secretary Hillary Clinton and Aamir

Khan, televised by Times Now channel, in July 2009.

Special Olympics Coaching camp for 7 days for Athletes and Coaches in Oct. 09.

Interaction with Chief Election Commissioner, Mr. Navin Chawla on 6th

Oct. 09

Civil Society Organisations‟ Public Hearing on the Copenhagen Meet on Climate

Change, Voices from Mumbai‟s Margins, on 24th

Oct. 09.

Release of Book on Human Rights by Mumbai Initiative for Human Rights Education

MIHRE on Oct 31, 09.

Voices of Children – an Exhibition in collaboration with the University of

Wollongong, Australia, on the 9th

of Nov. 09

Chanting for Peace, Desh ki Awaz: an event organised by Wisdom Foundation on

26.11.09

South Mumbai Area Service Committee, Narcotics Anonymous, Convention at St.

Xavier‟s Villa, Khandala from 10th

to 12th

Dec. 09.

NGO Mela, on 14th

and 15th

Dec, 09 organised by SSL.

Public Hearing on Denotified Tribes, by Ghar Bachao – Ghar Banao Andolan, on 2nd

Jan, „10

Visit to Departments of Geology and Zoology by the Science Club of St. Xavier‟s

High School on 14th

Jan. 2010.

Training to two Faculty Members of Bamiyan University, Afghanistan, on

Biodiversity, by faculty from our Departments of Zoology, Botany and Geology, over

one month in January-February, 2010.

F) Commerce College – Special Features The Commerce College continues to serve the under privileged students with its

unique features . It helps the under privileged and poor students and caters to

employed students (men and women) of the lower income groups.

Activities for the year

Participation of the Commerce Section in the College Exhibition: "Unity in

Diversity", in July 2009

Khandala Seminar for TY students in July 2009

Efforts at giving opportunities to Commerce Evening College students for

Cultural Activities and Soft Skills training.

Special English Language classes for students from the FY and SY.

Design of the Autonomous Semester and Credit System for the Commerce

Section.

G) ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY MEASURES The college is committed to the maintenance of a safe environment and hence

continues to adopt environment friendly measures Vermiculture pit for raw vegetable waste

Solar Panels for hot water needs of sixty hostelites and for the canteen kitchen

A Bore well for nonpotable water for use in the toilets and gardens

Use of electronic chokes and CFL bulbs

PART-C

EXPLAIN THE PLANS OF THE INSTITUION FOR THE NEXT YEAR

The Plans of the institution for the year 2010-11 involved :

The institutionalization of the systems of Autonomy as academic autonomy was

expected for the next academic year

Conscious Adoption of the learning goals outlined in the Bloom‟s Taxonomy.

The setting up of Quality practices in tune with the autonomy systems and the

enhancement of preexisting best practices.

Documentation of all quality mechanisms of the college to ensure excellence of

education

Thus the plans were related to:

a. Autonomy systems:

Setting up an Academic calendar

Appointing the various Autonomy related Boards

Appointment of a Controller of Examinations

Design and validation of Syllabi for all the First Year Degree Courses including

two new Courses - Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and Giving Voice to

Values.

Modification of the pre-existing Social Involvement Programme of the college to

ensure an enriching experience as students earn two mandatory non academic

credits

Setting up of a faculty committee to monitor the involvement of students in

extracurricular activities as they earn two mandatory non academic credits

b. Practices involved in the Teaching learning Process to be introduced

c. Practices to ensure Quality Assessments :

Designing Assessment related Quality Mechanisms to reflect the learning

objectives of the Blooms Taxonomy and to ensure excellence in education

d. Staff development programmes:

Faculty Seminars and workshops for skill building

Orientation of new faculty

Non Teaching staff development programme

e. Student development programmes :

Orientation Programmes for F.Y.B.A., B.Sc, B.Com., B.M.M., and B.M.S. and

M.Sc Biotechnology students

The Honours Programme for the academically better students

Fieldtrips , Guest Lectures, student seminars, department journals and other

student development activities

Students Mentoring by Faculty

f. Research promotion :

The launch of the inaugural issue of the Peer-Reviewed Research Journal by the

College Faculty

The Faculty research Seminar

University, State & Central Government and UGC funding for faculty research

projects

Faculty Research Prize to be awarded

g. Globalization efforts

Tie ups with foreign universities

Faculty and Students visits to foreign universities on International Exposure

programmes

The admission of foreign students to courses

International seminar/s

h. Additional support services to students

Library facilities

Services of the Counselling Centre for Aptitude Testing and Career guidance for

students and Personal Counselling of students and parents

The Placement Cell

Special efforts at Inclusive Education

The Department of Inter-religious Studies

The Language Lab

i. Parent interaction

To increase parent involvement in college activities

j. Alumni involvement

Efforts to increase the alumni data base and increase communication between the

college and its alumni

Involvement of Eminent Alumni in visioning for and in assisting the college in its

activities through the Advisory Council.

k. Collaboration with Civil Society

l. Infrastructure development

m. Documentation of the quality mechanisms of the College

Name and signature of the coordinator Name and Signature of the

IQAC Chairperson QAC

Dr. Ms. Vivien Amonkar Dr. (Fr.) Frazer Mascarenhas

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