Annual Report : 2015-16 (Held on 26.08.2016)
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Annual Report : 2015-16 (Held on 26.08.2016) Respected Prof. J.P. Khurana, Prof. K.S. Rao, distinguished Guests, my eminent Colleagues, Parents and Dear Students, It is a great privilege and pleasure for me to extend our heartiest welcome to you all on this august occasion of celebrating the 55th Annual Day Function of the college. On this happy occasion, we are indeed honoured by the gracious presence of Prof. J.P. Khurana, Director, University of Delhi South Campus. Prof.J.P. Khurana is an outstanding academician and a man of many talents. We are indeed privileged to have such distinguished personality amongst us today as the Chief Guest. I express my sincere thanks to him for accepting our invitation to be the Chief Guest for today‟s function. We are also honoured by the gracious presence of Prof.K. S. Rao, an eminent academician and scientist who is presently holding the post of Professor in Botany. In his illustrious career spanning over 30 years, he has held prestigious positions in the field of science in various reputed institutions and won several fellowships and awards for his outstanding scientific contributions. He is one of our Governing Body member for the last three years. We are indeed privileged to have such distinguished personalities amongst us today as the Chief Guest and Guest of Honour. On behalf of the Management, Staff and Students, we welcome you Sir. With these introductory remarks, I would now like to present the Annual Report for the year 2015-16. I would like to say a few words about our college for the benefit of our distinguished guests present here on this happy occasion. Sri Venkateswara College was established by T.T. Devasthanams in 1961 and acknowledged as the South Campus‟s top co- educational college offering a wide-ranging of undergraduate programmes in sciences, humanities and commerce. The college imparts high quality education to students through innovative pedagogy and modern training facilities, provides holistic personality development through strong academics coupled with active participation in co-curricular programmes that include fine arts, sports and leadership training. Sri Venkateswara College today has nearly 180 dedicated teaching and more than 100 non-teaching staff members and around 3500 students on its roll. Wt also offers 10 post-graduate courses and provides one year PG Diploma course in Molecular and Biochemical Technology and a certificate courses in German, French and Spanish Languages. Over the years, several Innovation Projects funded by Delhi University provide the students with fellowships as well the space to work beyond curriculum. This year the Delhi University sanctioned 15 innovative projects to the college. To promote undergraduate research, college provides State of Art facilities to students, but also granted research projects funded by DBT,DRDO,DST,ICSSR. Our College achievements: Our college is one amongst ten colleges across the nation to have been awarded DBT Star College Status (2015) in the year 2015 with the budget of 1.17 crores for three years Sri Venkateswara College has also partnered with National Institute of Immunology (NII) under Science Setu (2015) for collaborative activities with eminent scientists of the institution. The DBT funded bioinformatics facility in the college has been awarded the DBT- Incentive Award (2015) for higher number of publications in the BIF category. The initiatives of these academic collaboration and co-operations are reflected in the excellent academic results by the students that brings laurels to the institution. Smt. Durgabai Deshmukh Science Block The college obtained all the approvals from the local agencies viz. Airports Authority of India, Survey of India, Delhi Fire Service, Delhi Urban Arts Commission, Land & Development Office, Ministry of Urban Development and Delhi Development Authority. The construction work will commence now. Admissions: The academic year started with the admission process for the under graduate Honours courses and PG courses. The Convener, Dr. S. Venkata Kumar and members of the Central Admission Committee and Teachers-in-charge of respective Departments with the cooperation of Non-teaching Staff have efficiently conducted the admission process for the academic year 2015-16 and nearly 1400 students were admitted. Students achievements in Academics: The academic results during the year 2014-15 has once again been outstanding and most satisfying. The hard work of the staff and students with zeal and energy, resulted in to securing University toppers in Mathematics & Biological Sciences at (Undergraduate level) and in Zoology (at post graduate level), 10 toppers at UDSC level in the subjects of Hindi, History, Physics, Electronics, Zoology, Bio- Chemistry, Mathematics (UG level) and Sanskrit, Physics, & Mathematics (PG level). This year our students have obtained a total of 230 ranks in different subjects which included 75 First ranks 76 Second Ranks and 79 Third Ranks at the DU/UDSC level. Details are given in the following pages. Successful students are awarded Prizes and Certificates of Merit. The following Delhi University Toppers (at the end of 3rd year annual examinations held in April/May 2015): At Delhi University : (30 gms. Silver medals) Sl.No. Name of the Student Name of the Course Rank 1 Kritika Gulati B.Sc. (H) Statistics III year 1st Rank at DU 2. Kollori Dhar B.Sc. (H) Biological Sciences III year 1st Rank at DU 3. Priya M.Sc. Zoology, Final year 1st Rank at DU At University of Delhi South Campus: (20 gms. Silver medals) Sl. No. Name of the Student Name of the Course Rank 1 Amal Sahid B.A. (H) History III year 1st Rank at UDSC 2 Abhilash Rajdev B.A. (H) Hindi III year 1st Rank at UDSC 3 Abhishek Aggarwal B.Sc. (H) Physics III year 1st Rank at UDSC 4. Kamakshi Pandey B.Sc. (H) Electronics III year 1st Rank at UDSC 5. Pooja Mittal B.Sc. (H) Zoology III year 1st Rank at UDSC 6. Rashi Goel B.Sc. (H) Biochemistry III year 1st Rank at UDSC 7. Tanushree Arora B.Sc. (H) Mathematics III year 1st Rank at UDSC 8. Hem Chander M.A. Sanskrit, Final Year 1st Rank at UDSC 9. Anuja M.Sc. Physics Final Year 1st Rank at UDSC 10. Himani Sharma M.Sc. Mathematics Final Year 1st Rank at UDSC Due to constraint of time I am not able to read the names of the students who have won various Medals & Prizes, Science Meritorious awards and I/II/III ranks at DU/UDSC/college level. The list of students who have won various MEDALS & PRIZES, SCIENCE MERITORIOUS AWARDS and I/II/III ranks at DU/DUSC/College level: FIRST RANK HOLDERS IN THE DELHI UNIVERSITY:- Sl.No. Name of the Student Name of the Course Rank 1 Kritika Gulati B.Sc. (H) Statistics III year 1st Rank at DU 2. Kollori Dhar B.Sc. (H) Biological Sciences III year 1st Rank at DU 3. Priya M.Sc. Zoology, Final year 1st Rank at DU FIRST RANK HOLDERS IN THE DELHI SOUTH COMPUS:- Sl. No. Name of the Student Name of the Course Rank 1 Amal Sahid B.A. (H) History III year 1st Rank at UDSC 2 Abhilash Rajdev B.A. (H) Hindi III year 1st Rank at UDSC 3 Abhishek Aggarwal B.Sc. (H) Physics III year 1st Rank at UDSC 4. Kamakshi Pandey B.Sc. (H) Electronics III year 1st Rank at UDSC 5. Pooja Mittal B.Sc. (H) Zoology III year 1st Rank at UDSC 6. Rashi Goel B.Sc. (H) Biochemistry III year 1st Rank at UDSC 7. Tanushree Arora B.Sc. (H) Mathematics III year 1st Rank at UDSC 8. Hem Chander M.A. Sanskrit, Final Year 1st Rank at UDSC 9. Anuja M.Sc. Physics Final Year 1st Rank at UDSC 10. Himani Sharma M.Sc. Mathematics Final Year 1st Rank at UDSC STUDENT UNION MERIT MEDALS(30 Grams Silver Medals):- ( Nos. 4) S.NO NAME OF THE STUDENT NAME OF THE COURSE RANK 1 TANUSHREE ARORA B.SC.(HONS)MATHEMATICS I UDSC III YEAR 2 KRITIKA GULATI B.SC. (H)STATISTICS III YEAR I DU 3 OJASVITA BAHL B.A.(Hons)ECONOMICS III UDSC III Year 4 SAJAN KAKKAR B. COM. III YEAR II UDSC LORD VENKATESWARA MERIT MEDALS(30 Grams Silver Medals): ( Nos. 2) S.NO NAME OF THE STUDENT NAME OF THE COURSE RANK 1 VEDANSH ARYA B.SC.(HONS)MATHEMATICS III DU I YEAR 2 RITIKA B.A.(HONS)ECONOMICS III UDSC I YEAR G V SUBRAMANYAM MEMORIAL MEDALS(30 Grams Silver Medals):- ( No. 1) S.NO NAME OF THE STUDENT NAME OF THE COURSE RANK 1. HARSHITA LALL B.A.(HONS)ENGLISH III YEAR III UDSC SEEMA KATYAL MEMORIAL MEDALS(30 Grams Silver Medals):- ( No. 1) S.NO NAME OF THE STUDENT NAME OF THE COURSE RANK 1. RITESH VERMA B.Sc.(Hons.)Mathematics I SVC II Year DR. E S NARAYANAN MEDALS AND PRIZES(30 Grams Silver Medals)::- a) SRI NARAYANAN AYYAR AND PARVATHI MEMORIAL MEDALS( No. 1) S.NO NAME OF THE STUDENT NAME OF THE COURSE RANK 1 PANKAJ KUMAR JHA B.A.(Hons)SANSKRIT I SVC III Year b) SRI SUNDRA AYYAR AND ALAMLU MEMORIAL MEDALS( No. 1) S.NO NAME OF THE STUDENT NAME OF THE COURSE RANK 1 TANUSHREE ARORA B.SC.(HONS)MATHEMATICS I UDSC III YEAR c) SMT. SITA NARAYANAN MEMORIAL MEDALS( No. 1) S.NO NAME OF THE STUDENT NAME OF THE COURSE RANK 1. DEEKSHA CHAUHAN B.Sc.(Hons)BOTANY III Year I SVC SOUNDARYA NAYAKI GOVINDASWAMY MEMORIAL MEDALS(30 Grams Silver Medals):- ( No. 1) S.NO NAME OF THE STUDENT NAME OF THE COURSE RANK 1. OJASVITA BAHL B.A.(Hons)ECONOMICS I SVC III Year EMANI`S MEDALS(30 Grams Silver Medals):- ( No.