COLLEGE DAY REPORT 2016- 17

25/03/17

BIDECENNIAL CELEBRATIONS: 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION :

Kumararani Meena Muthiah College of Arts and Science celebrated 20 years of success in the field of education on September 1st at Kamaraj Arangam. Dr.(Mrs). Meena Muthiah, Secretary and Correspondent, Kumararani of Chettinad, presided over the function.

Guests of Honour included Dr. G. Viswanathan, Chancellor, VIT, Col. Dr. G. Thiruvasagam, Vice Chancellor, AMET University, Dr. Preetha Reddy, Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd., and Dr. P. David Jawahar, Registrar, .

A Centre for Business Excellence was officially launched and installed by Dr.Mrs.Meena Muthiah, Secretary and Correspondent of the college. The Centre for Business Excellence is a knowledge hub and has partnered with South Indian bank and has established a simulated bank inside the college premises. It provides practical exposure to students to acquire knowledge in Business and managerial skills.

The centre has also collaborated with Finmark to provide practical exposure in capital market sector. The capital market sector in the centre for business excellence provides practical exposure to students to trade in stock exchange

ACADEMICS:

The following students secured centum in the university papers.

✓ S.Lathik Lekha Bcom(A&F) Secured Centum In ✓ K.Prabhakaran, T.Venkatesan, M.Deepika , J.Ramya , S.Sangeetha, K. Thilagavathy & D.Thulsi Kharel B.Com (C.S) Secured 100% In Institutionaltraining: ✓ Sriram M.ScIT Secured Centum In Project. ✓ P. Gowtham Raj, K. Jagathratchagan, N.Karthik, Roshan Choudry,S. Santhosh Kumar, Johra Jabeen, K. Keerthana, M. Anupriya,C. Srivignesh,K. Megala,R. Mohanapriya ,N.Priyadharshini,M.Vinitha,Vellala Sumithra of BBA Secured Centum In Project.

DEPARTMENTS CONDUCTED VARIOUS EVENTS AT INTER, INTRA DEPARTMENT LEVEL-

Hindi- Debate(Tamil) , debate(English), Dumb charades, Speech(English), Speech(Hindi), Translation and off stage events Photography, hand writing , Paper presentation ,“video presentation about college life”,Bridal makeup” .

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Sanskrit Power Point Presentation, Dumb charades, collage and logo designing ENGLISH

• The department organized a poetry reading session -Mr.Ragavendra Madhu, poet, founder,Poetry Couture, a Pan-India, Multi-lingual Poetry Movement and Mrs.Shuvashree Chowdhury, poet, novelist and short story writer were the resource persons. • A seminar on English as an essential means of communication was conducted by spell bee for the third year students. Quiz, Connections, Painting, Creative writing, Literary Potpourri, comprises dumb charades, quiz, connections, drawing, treasure hunting and rapid fire rounds • A Guest Lecture was organized on the topic ‘Critically Thinking on Literature’.The resource person was Dr.Anvar Sadath, Associate Professor, New College and the dept. magazine, Excalibre was released by him.

MATHEMATICS

Paper presentation in the topic “Application of Mathematics -Mr. Mahesh Babu Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Danish Ahmed College, Alumni was the chief guest of the day

The events included Infinitalk, Cubic Mind, Analytic Mind, Amazing Pirates, Number Ninjas, and Differential Dimensions.

The III year students visited the NSS camp at Thanderai village Chengelpet. Various events like Quiz, Maths Pictionary, Thambola and Rangometry were conducted for the school children.

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

A Seminar on Game Programming was conducted for the II and III year B.Sc(CS), M.Sc(IT) and BCA(shift –II) students. Mr. Mohammed oriented the students about the importance of Game programming in current scenario.

Live Wire conducted an aptitude test for II and III year of computer science students.

The department of M.Sc.(IT), B.Sc.(CS) and BCA (shift –II) jointly organized InterCollege event. Mr Sathish from Image, Head, 3D Dept was the chief guest gave an interesting speech on the background work behind animation in the movies and film making. Quiz, Online Photography and off stage events debugging, paper presentation and e-waste were conducted.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

Intradepartment onstage events Just-a-minute, variety, Adapt tune, solo singing and offstage events Content writing, Technical Quiz and Tattoo designing were conducted.

An Inter-Department Workshop on ‘PYTHON’, “Open source” in association with Mozilla Developers, JAVA, App development in association with mationalytics was conducted.

PG DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The PG Department of Information Technology organized a Faculty Development Programme on “Creative Thinking” for two days, in collaboration with ICT Academy. The trainer for the session was Ms. Kalpana Gopal.. Faculties from various colleges’ all over the state enthusiastically participated and got trained.

DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

The department has organised a workshop - Popularisation of Science for school children along with Biotechnology. Mr. N. Wilson , St. Mary’s Boys Higher Secondary School The department has inaugurated Jenner’s Club. Dr Rani addressed on the “importance of vaccination and meticulous use of antibiotics”. The MEMBERS of the club have conducted a workshop and a survey on Hygiene - Hand washing for B.A English Lit. Students

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCE

The Department organized an “Inter School Workshop – Techfiesta 2016” on for the 11th & 12th students. Dr. N.Nedumaran Associate Professor, Head i/c, department of Central instrumentation & service Laboratory addressed the gathering on the career opportunities of electronics fields and Mr.E.David physics teacher gave a motivational talk. Around 150 students from various schools participated in the workshop. The Department also organized an “intercollegiate technical fest” at regional level. Mr.G.Sundaresan CEO A.G. Automation addressed the students on the “role of electronics students in Industry”. Around 70 students from various colleges in participated in competitions namely Project Expo, Fun Xerox and Make best out of e-waste.

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PG DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECH

The Department of Biotechnology organized a State level workshop on “NANOTECHNOLOGY- INNOVATIVE APPLICATION OF METAL NANOPARTICLES” for UG, PG, Research scholars and Academicians on 7th October 2016. Around 100 participants from various colleges around the state were benefited. A plenary lecture on “Synthesis and Innovative scientific usage of Metal Nanoparticles” was delivered by Dr. S. C. G. Kiruba Daniel, Post Doc Fellow, Optics and Microfluidics Lab, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Two mini projects apart from curriculum was designed and executed by the department students on the socio-beneficial Topic “Vector borne disease” and “Treatment of Microbial contaminants using Herbal derived Nanoparticles” from 26th December 2016 to 05th January 2017 and the report was submitted to the department. A one day seminar on “Importance of Food, Health and Nutrition to Teenagers” was conducted on 22nd February 2017. A guest lecture was delivered by Dr. Preetiraj, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Food &Nutrition, Ethiraj college of Arts and Science for Women and also founder of Wootu Nutrition, Chennai. benefited. An interdepartmental event “Rhymezone – Guess the word” was conducted.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

The Department of Commerce conducted a National conclave on Corporate Social Responsibility- Future Perspectives. The Resource persons - Dr. B.Ravi Managing Partner B. Ravi&Associates, Company Secretaries spoke on the significance of the Companies Act with reference to CSR,

Dr. Selva Shanmugam M.S (Siddha) Phd.President, World Siddha Trust, Secretary Health India Foundation Research, Professor, World Institute of Scientific Exploration(USA) Prof(Academic & Research Vetha centre for Transdisciplinary Studies New Jersey Institute of Technology )New Jersey, spoke on holistic healthcare & CSR. Mr. Velu Jaya Prakash Founder Swarna Prashna, Life coach spoke on natural farming, tree plantation and eye donation.

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

The Department of Business Administration and Economics conducted its Inter Collegiate Admin Fest Competition – Chetna 2K17 on 7th Mar 2017 under the name BIZZ START UP.

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Dr. G. Ravi kumar – Director CED (Centre for Entrepreneurship Development), was the chief guest, released the students news letter “Bits and Pieces” and Department Magazine “Insight and Foresight”

DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE SECRETARYSHIP:

The Department organized a guest lecture on “ Income tax- Profits & Gains from business or profession- Dr.S.Thothadri, Assistant professor, department of Commerce, new college, Chennai

Master Minds – Intra department events Couverture-de-magazine & Best book keeper , The Instigator & Read-a-Thon were organized: The inter-department events Jiggling and Mind mapping were organized .

Department of Computer Applications (Shift II) organized a workshop on PYTHON. Mr.Senthil CTS served as a resource person. Mr. FENITON ROHAN (CTS) &Mr. SAGAR MULLA (IIT) Accompanied with him and provided hands on training. Around 127 students from various colleges enthusiastically participated and gained knowledge on Python.

DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

The Department conducted “Workshop on Interview Tips and group discussion” by Dr.K.R.Subramany- International certified business coach and mentor.

On 27/09/2016 an Intra – departmental activity “Mock interview on Accounting concepts “ was conducted. The Department also organized Onam Celebration, an interdepartmental Pookolam, face painting competition for all the students of our college

CULTURALS:

The Inauguration of the Students’ Council was held on 5th august, 2016. Mr. Sanjay Pinto, Lawyer, Columnist, Author, Former Resident Editor of NDTV 24*7 had been the Chief Guest of the occasion. The day witnessed the investiture ceremony where in all the newly selected members of the Students’ council took up charges of their duties and responsibilities.

Indradhanush and The Freshers’ Social- provided a platform for the students to showcase their talents .Doubt Senthil and Agalya Venkatesan, Anchors of Adithya TV were the judges for the competitions.

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INDUSTRIAL VISIT:

Sankrit Department organized a temple visit 2as an initiative to enhance the Sanskrit skills of the students and to kindle their interest in the language field. Venue of visit called Thirupuleswarar Temple, and Kanakambigai Sametha Kailasanathar Temple of Vaayaloor. The following activities were done there.

• gathered the History of the Temple. • donated a Thambalam and some clothes for the temple. • And also collected some pictures of the Inscription from the temple for further research.

• The English department organized a visit to the Anna Centenary Library on 26/07/2016 for the Literature students. • Department of Computer Science and M.Sc(IT) organized an industrial visit for students to BSNL on July 1st 2016 • Organized a one day Industrial visit to Modern food industry for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of Biotechnology students. • The students and staff of the PG Department of Biotech Visited Indian institute of Crop Processing technology, Tanjore on 19th August 2016. • The Department of Commerce organized a visit to SEBI and RBI. • The department of accounting and finance organized industrial visit to Sriharikota (ISRO) and SEBI.

OTHER EVENTS CONDUCTED:

The 70 years of Indian Independence was celebrated on 23.8.2016. A veteran freedom fighter and a renowned lawyer Mr. Pandiyan was honoured during the occasion. Mr.Mohan, the secretary of Gandhi Study centre was also present during the celebration. A debate was conducted on the topic -“After 70 years of Independence, is the common man educated (informative) or exploited still?” A Quiz competition on ‘Indian Independence’ was also conducted

Around 80 students of our college participated in ‘Arivu Kozhunthu’, an exclusive program for college students in News 7 Tamil channel which was later telecasted on 12th March 2017. Students from various departments exhibited their Tamil vocabulary and diction through this program.

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SPORTS

Department Of Physical Education Conducted Kumararajah Muthiah Memorial National Level Volleyball, state level Kho-Kho (Men ), Throw Ball (Women) Tournament From 17th october To 19thoctober. Inauguration of the MAM Tournament was done by Dr.Mrs.Meena Muthiah Secretary and Correspondent of our college. Shri. M.Vikram Senior Customs officer, Indian Volleyball Player distributed the prizes of MAM tournament. 20 Volley ball teams at National Level ,14 Kho – Kho Men & 14 throw ball men team participated in the tournament. 17th ANNUAL SPORTS DAY was conducted on 12.01.2017. The guest for the day was Dr. M.Nagarajan Senior Manager Sports, Asia pacific region, special Olympic international Washington,DC, USA The overall champions winners were AGNI HOUSE comprising of Computer Science, Microbiology and M.Sc(IT) and the runners were PRITHIVI HOUSE comprising of BCA & BES. March Past Winners were AGNI HOUSE. Over All Individual Championship: Men: Ashok Kumar (II BCA), Women : Yamini (III BCA)

RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY FORUM • Conducted certificate course on the topic “Web Designing” for the II year students of B.Sc(CS), B.C.A, B.E.S, B.Sc(Mathematics) and B.C.A (Shift II) with K.S.J.P Softech Resources Pvt Ltd from July 2016 – September 2016.

• Going to conduct WORKSHOP ON UGC NET/SET for the faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science on 5th April 2017.

EXTENSION AND SERVICE UNITS

All extension service unit of krmmc organized a walkathon based on the theme “Live well, work well, dimensions of wellness”

NSS In connection with our secretary and correspondent’s birthday, nss unit organized a blood donation camp along with “madras voluntary blood bank” in which 190 members donated blood , NSS volunteers took part in “swatch bharath” rally conducted by hindustan petroleum, “road safety awareness” rally ,organized a dental camp jointly with parasu dental clinic,10 nss volunteers attended a seminar and workshop on “on youth for better tomorrow” organized by national service scheme, university of madras & smile dental, sankara nethralaya in collaboration with nss cell, university of madras organized a rally on eye donation awareness, in which 80 nss volunteers of our college took part.

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ROTARACT CLUB

Rotaract club of KRMMC was installed and 26 rotaractors were given position for the year 2016-2017. The guest of the day was Rtn.RAJE VIJAY SARATHI past president rotary club of Chennai towers. 30 rotaractors participated based on awareness on cancer. 100 green rotaractors participated for the orientation programme held in TTDC resort, mahabalipuram. Leo. Bharathi venky was the guest for the day On behalf of 70th year independence day ‘candle light walk’ was conducted by the club. 30 Rotaractors and few staff members hold the candle and walked from our college premises to our college ground

YOUTH RED CROSS TEN YRC volunteers participated in the programme organized by Extension Services Unit of the college to celebrate “International Yoga Day” on 20thjuly, INDIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY organized 67th anniversary of Geneva Conventions by organizing competitions at IRCS, Egmore. Students participated in Tamil and English essay writing, English oratorical and Quiz competitions, participated in the “International Coastal Cleanup Day 2016” organized by Indian Coast Guard, TREE Foundation, Roots & Shoots India and Syndicate Bank at Marina Beach. One Day Disaster Management Awareness Programme” conducted by the Indian Red Cross Society at IRCS, Egmore. organized a Diabetes camp in association with Alwarpet Diabetes Center. A free blood test was conducted for the staff to detect their blood glucose level.

YRC organized a “Disaster Management” programme for the second year students. First-Aid course in association with St. John’s Ambulance Services for all the first year students

NATURE CLUB:

Nature club organized a Camp to Silent Valley by Natix – G and Exnora ,28 students and 2 staff members attended the camp.

International Coastal Clean up day was celebrated at Marina Beach along with Indian Coast Guard, Tree Foundation Roots and Shoots of India 150 students along with 3 staff members participated.

Nature Club was the venue partner for Wild Wisdom Quiz organized by State Level by WWF and the members served as volunteers

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LEO CLUB

LEO Club Installation Program was organized on 28.09.2017 – Welcome address was given by President of Lions Club MJF Ln. M. Krishnamurthy. Induction and Installation of Leo club was done by MJF Ln. S. K. Karunkaran, Guest of Honour - Ln. SathiqBasha – DC-LEO has spoken about the importance of Leo & Lions club. LEO Advisor MJF Ln. Dr. V. A. Satyaprema has given address on Do and Don’ts of Leo club

Leo club students participated in the distribution of White cane to blind people organized by LEO Advisor MJF Ln. Dr. V. A. Satyaprema. On behalf of Leo club Rs. 1000 has been given for the purchase of White cane for the blind people.

The students actively participated in the Cancer Screening Program organized by CANCARE foundation and CRRT in the area of Velachery organized one day “Leadership Training Programme for Youth” in which PMJF Lion R. Sampath gave a speech on “Traits of a Good Leo” and Lion S. Rajesh Kannan gave a talk on “Training in Leadership” for the students.

Leo club along with Lions club conducted one day visit to Thangal village in Kanchipuram District, . Various programmes like Dental Checkup by Parasu Dental Hospital, Cancer Awareness & Screening by Cancer Institute, Adyar were conducted and Expert doctors presided over the function and also conducted sports events for the School students . Leo students planted tree samplings in and around the Govt. School in the Thangal Village.

Leo club conducted Tree Plantation in the primary school at Thandari Village in Kanchipuram District for the NSS camp activities.

Two day temple cleaning programme has been carried out by LEO club in Walajabat in Kanchipuram District.

KALAM CLUB

Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam club organized yoga programme along with Isha yoga centre on celebration of International Yoga day Kalam club,Centre for Youth Development participated in “Green Kalam” rally organized by Actor.Vivek and NSS unit of Madras University on project for billion saplings planting. The club organized an event “Remembering Kalam” on 27th July 2016 first death anniversary of Dr.APJ.Abdul Kalam, Chief guest for the event Dr.S.Iniyan,Professor and former Director, Institute of Energy Studies, Anna University planted a sapling in the college premises and launched “Kalam Learning Club” to encourage learning habits among younger generation. He also addressed about Dr. Kalam’s vision towards Younger generation.

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PLACEMENT AND CAREER GUIDANCE CELL

Campus to corporate finishing school programme was also conducted for the final year students in the month of June. Vista Mind and college faculty members provided training to students.

8 students from B.Com., general and BCA attended the independence day celebrations at Confederation of Indian Industry on 15th August.

CAREER GUIDANCE

The Placement Cell along with Rexona Confidence Academy conducted a workshop exclusively for women students on interview grooming skills on 23rd August 2016.

HCL Talent care oriented on TCS jobs in September 2016.

An orientation programme on career opportunities in multimedia was conducted for the computer science and computer application students. Mr.Nithya anand from Arena Multimedia provided an insight on the job opportunities.

PLACEMENT

7 students got selected in the campus drive of Capegemini.

12 students got selected in the campus drive of Ntust held on 15th September 2016.

5 students got selected in campus drive of Alcance Technologies.

16 students got selected in campus drive of TCS conducted on 24.01.2017 and few students got placed at Sutherland.

INTERNSHIP

3 students underwent internship at Shiyali Pvt Limited. One student underwent internship at Viveks.

Organized a Panel Discussion on “Effects and Impact of Demonetisation” on 18th of January.

The Panel Discussion was inaugurated by Mr.V .Murali, Chairman,SIRC of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India Mr.V.Nagappan , Financial Consultant delivered the key note address

Panelists Dr.Malin Pande, Dean - MGR University advised to utilize cash effectively in order to create capital formation in the country.

Mr.M.K.Anand, Co Chairman skill development subcommittee, Andhra Chamber of Commerce highlighted that there are abundant job opportunities in IT, ITES, Financial

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Technology, Tele- Communication, Infrastructural Development, Pharma, Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Banking and Finance in future and Mr.S.Ramakrishnan , Senior Banking domain consultant stated that the opening of savings bank account by individuals have increased due to demonetization.

The Moderator for the Panel Discussion was Dr.K,R.Subrahmany.

CENTRE FOR BUSINESS EXCELLENCE

A workshop titled ”Gateway to Banking, Financial and Business Success” was organized on 14th october 2016. 150 students of class 12 from Chettinad Vidyashram School attended the workshop. The workshop was organized by the Centre for Business Excellence in association with South Indian Bank, Finmark and Dr. M. M. Study centre for Entrepreneurship. Mr.Vinod, Assistant Manager, Mr.Sivanesh, from South Indian Bank addressed the students on basics in banking. Mr.Glen, Director of Finmark provided an insight on capital market. Dr.Hema and Mrs,Deepa from KRMMC Conducted activities to inculcate 6the spirit of entrepreneurship among the younger generation.

GURUKUL- SKILL DEVELOPMENT & HEALTHY PRACTICES

The centre for life skills education conducted a one day workshop on “Gearing up for the transformation” for the 1st year students on 05/07/16, by Winners Zone. A one day workshop was also organized on the theme “Ramayana for today’s youth” for the second year students. Dr.Ranjini Parthasarathy, Asst.Professor, Anna University was the resource person.

ALUMNI- FOOT PRINTS:

The get together of the old students association for this academic year was held on 20th August 2016.A few alumni of the Department of Corporate Secretaryship sponsored refreshment for participants at the walkathon held on 27th August 2016. Mr.Vinod, Assistant Manager, South Indian Bank, an alumnus of the Department of Commerce was instrumental in the functioning of the Commerce Lab. Alumni Mrs. K. Artheeswari, Mrs. Anupa, Mr. Ramesh Thilak, Dr. Kabilan, Mrs. Latchmi, Mrs. Madhumala, and Mr. P. Abhinand offered felicitations to the college on the occasion of the Bi-Decennial Celebrations on 1st September 2016. Mr. S. Ganapathy an alumnus of the Department of Mathematics contributed Rs. 10,000/- towards the fees of students. UG Biotech: OSA Student M. Guru (2015 batch) has given a motivational talk and career guidance to our students , Ms.Mithunaa.S.R gave a motivational talk and Career Guidance in the Field of Biotechnology.

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DR.MEENA MUTHIAH CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP

DRMM Centre for entrepreneurship development, a research and activity unit of KRMMC commenced its activities for the year by organising a EDP programme for 25 final year students in association with ICTACT and SIDBI for 5 days. Through this programme the centre has raised Rs. 5,000 fund for the centre. Internal faculties handled the sessions for the first five days and the final day session was handled by the experts from SIDBI. The Centre Fosters "Archis" the ED-Cell of KRMMC with the aim of training students to become job creators. The centre has signed a three year MOU with National Entrepreneurship Network with the aim of promoting entrepreneurship education and nurture the spirit of entrepreneurship. The ED-Cell has launched and finished the certificate course NEN100. The Ed-Cell conducted a workshop on "Unleashing the power of Entrepreneruship" for the students of Chettinad vidhyasram. Totally 150 students participated and the workshop was well received by the students. Thamizharasan. M of III B.Com (CS) and Jerome Paulraj of I B.C.A participated in the E- Leaders work shop organised by NEN on 27th October 2016. The centre also arranged a seminar on Women Entrepreneurship in association with India Trust, the nodal agency for promoting entrepreneurship in southindia during December 2016. Totally 150 women students participated in the workshop.

The ED-Cell has conducted various events during February 2017 to trigger the spirit of entrepreneurship among students namely, One dollar venture, The idea box, Cross word, word search etc., The Ed-Cell has come up with the idea of its first ever campus company called " The College Shop" which will be launched shortly.

The centre offers vocational training courses to all the first years. This year the following courses were offered: 1. Tailoring. 2. Jewellery making and Embroidery. 3. Basics of Beauty care. 4. App Development. 5. Basics of Photography. 6. Cake baking. The centre will conduct the ED-workshop for the final years on 27.03.2017

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SAHASRA- WOMEN FORUM

Sahasra - Women Forum of KRMMC celebrated Women's Day on 8th Mar Programs such as ETHNIC WEAR (FASHION SHOW) on the topic Traditional wear of India, Selfie pose, (SELFIE PULLA ) , Bridal Make up, Group songs were conducted.

STUDENTS PARTICIPATION

Sai Ravali of III year Mathematics performed Kuchipudi in the International Kuchipudi dance festival conducted by INTERNATIONAL DANCE RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE in association with SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY and DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE.

A.Amritha - I B.Sc.Mathematics Won I prize in speed Math conducted by Vista Mind.

R.Harish - II B.Sc.Mathematics : Won II prize in Web Designing conducted by Anand Institute.

S.Deepika - II B.Sc.Mathematics :Won I prize in Treasure hunt conducted by dep. of Sanskrit, Stella Maris college.

N.Shobana, S.P.Abhirami, C.Aishwarya, M.Nandhini, A.AzhaguGeetha, V.Saranya – II B.Sc.Mathematics : Won I prize in Miming conducted by S.S.S.Jain college.

M.Yasaswi – III B.Sc.Mathematics : Selected for an internship conducted by ‘ntrustinfotech’.

Jerome Paul Raj of I BCA has won the 3rd prize in PPT at Sri Kanyaka Parameshwari college on 15th September,2016

Mukunda Sai .V of II BCS has won the 1st prize in Classical solo singing at S.D.N.B. Vaishav College on 8th September,2016.

Bhuvaneswaran K., Prabhu V. of I B.Sc Computer Science won the first place in Gaming Event with a cash award of Rs. 750/- conducted by Jerusalem college of Engineering on 3rd Sep 2016.

Malini.V ,Sivagami.D, Sathya Bama T.T , Priyadharshini M. of III Computer Sceince won the II place and received a cash prize of Rs 750/- in the clash of Titans( Paper Presentation) competition held at MGR Janaki College on 16th Sep 2016.

Shamili – III B.Sc Biotechnology won the I Prize in Poster Presentation on the eve of Wind Energy Day Celebrations

Mukand sai of II B.Com (CS) won first place in singing at SDNB Vaishnav College. Suganya of II B.Com (CS) won first place in Treasure hunt at Stella Maris College for women.

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S.Ranjith Kumar and Mohammed Siddiq of III B.Com (CS) were selected for Madras University A Zone Cricket team.

Adarsh.B, Pavithra.P, Navitha.B.G, Seenivasagi .K of III B.Com (CS) , and Jafia Margret, Suvarnavalli and Mohana Krishna Of II B.Com (CS) presented papers at the International conference organised by the RKM Vivekananda College , Mylapore.

Mohana Harish S. Jaya Ganesh Mani L. Jawahar K. Chinnadurai R. Ansia Banu Of Iii B.Sc., Electronics & Communication Science Won The Second Place In Adzap Organisecd By Scp College Of Arts & Science

R. Pavithra S. Mohan Raj Of Iii B.Sc., Electronics & Communication Science Won The Second Place In Junk Art

S. Deena Dhayala, Saravanan, . Jaya Ganesh Mani,K. Chinnadurai J. Mohana Harish Jawahar Of Electronics And Communication Science Won Prizes For The Various Events Organized By Srm College Of Arts & Science

S.R. Aksharaa of I Bio-Tech won I Prize and a cash award of Rs. 1000 for solo singing at the inter collegiate culturals conducted by T. Thomas Elizabeth College

Surendar, Prakash and Praveen of Computer Science Department won I prize in Adzap.

Students from Computer Science Department won III prize in Adzap at Pradharshini- Kilpauk Medical College.

Dheeraj Dinakar of III BBA won I prize in shipwreck at intercollegiate of MOP Vaishnav College

Kamali and Niruba of II B.Com (General) bagged II Prize in Connexions at patrician college

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FACULTY PARTICIPATION Dr.J.Jebajothi Pushpam, submitted the paper for the International Conference conducted by Rani Anna College, Thrunelveli Dr.A.Pooranalatha o Participated in the 25th edition of Bridge 2017, Chennai (The largest industry – Institute interaction event of India), organized by ICTACT acdemy, on March 1st, 2017. o Served as a judge for the essay competition conducted by the Tamil Nadu Road Transport Corporation during January, 2017. Dr. Malathi, presented the paper “in the International conference at Singapore

Mrs. Preethi .V

• Presented a paper on Modes Of Addresses in Sanskrit Drama conducted by Ethiraj College for women on 7th September, 2016. • Gave a radio talk at M.O.P community radio station on 27th July in the Topic “Significance of Indian Jewellery”.

• Served as a judge for PPT and quiz competition conducted by Sri Kanyaka Parameshwari college on 15th September, 2016.

• Presented a paper on tamil works rendered in Sanskrit conducted by S.Kuppusami Shastri Research Institute on 17th September, 2016.

• Served as a judge for Sri Narasimbha Suprabhatham competitions conducted by Sri Gnana Vikas Sabha on 23rd October, 2016.

➢ Mrs.S.Vidya has been compiling an Indo-Us News Letter “Indian MSME” which is to be released in a multiproduct catalogue show at Atlanta, U.S.A in April, 2017. ➢ Mrs.V.Rajalakshmi delivered a motivated talk to 12th standard students of Bharath Senior Secondary School on January 31st 2017. ➢ Mrs.V.Rajalakshmi judged an essay competition for school children organized by RTO to create awareness on road safety during January. ➢ Miss V.Deepa judged an oratorical competition for school children organized by RTO to create awareness on road safety during January.

Mrs.S.Ammani

o Conducted In house FDP on NAAC Reaccreditation

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Mrs.Anitha Vinodhraj

o Served as a judge for Adhvaitha Organized by VIVEKANANDA EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

Mrs.G.Navamani

o Presented a Research paper entitled “external m-subdivision number a graph” in International conference on applied Mathematics ICAM – 2016 & the same paper accepted in international journal of pure & applied Mathematics, Stella Maris College. .

L.M.Santhi

➢ Published & Presented a paper titled “ Routing Protocol and simulation study for Vehicular Adhoc Network Environment” organized by IDE-University of Madras on 22.2.16 & 23.2.16

Srideivanai Nagarajan

➢ Published the research article “Supervised Machine Learning Techniques for Predicting the Risk Levels of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus” in the International Journal of Applied Engineering Research in November 2015. ➢ Published the research article “Diagnosing Diabetes using Data Mining Techniques” in the International Journal of Engineering Sciences and Research Technology in November 2015. C.K.Babini Served as a Resource Person for Science Project Srujan 2017 at AMM Matriculation Higher Secondary School B. Nagamani Authored a book on Bioinstrumentation and also attended the National level NAAC sponsored Awareness Seminar on Quality Systems in Higher Education at Anna University. Faculty members of Commerce department participated in the Panel Discussion on “Demonetisation” organised by Placement and Career Guidance Cell, Prof. R.Vijayalakshmi received participation impacto award. Dr. M. Alagammai served as an external member for Academic Audit conducted by Vivekananda college on 31/1/2017

M. Deepa

➢ Participated in panel discussion on "impact of demonetization " and received the "Best impacto" award organized by career guidance,KRMMC,Jan 2017

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Y.M.Shiney presented a paper entitled “A study on opportunities and challenges of entrepreneurs at global level on 17th and 18th Aug 2016 held at Justice Basher Ahamed Sayeed College for Women.

DR. B. Hema, Head, Department of Corporate Secretaryship has attended the NEN- Entrepreneurship Educator workshop twice this year. o Published a paper at the International conference organised by the RKM Vivekananda College, Mylapore. Dr.B.Hema has delivered guest lecture on "Empowerment of Women through Entrepreneurship" at Sri Sankara College of Arts & Science, Enathur, Kanchipuram. o Delivered a guest lecture on "Empowering Thyself" at Sri Kanyaka Parameswari College of Arts & Science for Women, Chennai. o She has been the Member of External Academic Audit Committee of Sri Kanyaka Parameswari College of Arts & Science for Women, Chennai representing the department of Corporate Secretaryship.

DR .S.Rega

➢ Served as a judge in Poster presentation in District level competition for School students in the “climate change and Renewable Energy” jointly organized by National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) to commemorate Global Wind Day 2016. ➢ Organized Nature Camp to Silent valley, National Park, Kerala along with EXNORA & Kerala Forest Department ➢ Served as judge in Tamil Elocution competition at National park, Guindy, Chennai. ➢ Presented a paper on “A PILOT STUDY ON THE ESTIMATION OF CALCIUM PHOSPHOROUS & PROTEIN IN THE HOME MADE CURD AND PROBIOTIC ENRICHED CURD” in the National Conference on Environmental protection and Sustainability(NCEPS) at P.G and Research Department of Zoology.Sir Theagaraya College , Chennai 21. ➢ Served as a resource person and delivered a speech on the topic “Impact of plastics in marine eco-system and conservation of sea turtle” at New kalpakkam

R.Arockia Badhsheeba.

➢ Presented a paper on “ADULTERATION IN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OF SELECTED BRANDS - A CASE STUDY ON ERIYUMANTHURAI AREA”in the National Conference on Environmental protection and Sustainability(NCEPS) organized by P.G and Research Department of Zoology . Sir Theagaraya College , Chennai 21.

M.Shantha

➢ Presented a paper on “STUDIES ON INVITRO REGENERATION OF CUCUMBER- CUCUMIS PROPHETARUM(L)” in the National Conference on

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Environmental protection and Sustainability(NCEPS) organized by P.G and Research Department of Zoology . Sir Theagaraya College , Chennai 21.

S. Revathi Chitra.

➢ Served as a judge for Poster presentation for the topic “DIMENSIONS OF WELLNESS” in popularization of science program conducted for School students organized by the Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology on 7th July 2016. ➢ Presented a paper on “A PILOT STUDY ON THE SYNTHESIS OF SILVER NANO PARTICLES FROM MUSHROOM AND TO FIND IT ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY IN INVITRO CONDITION” in the National Conference on Environmental protection and Sustainability(NCEPS) organized by P.G and Research Department of Zoology . Sir Theagaraya College, Chennai 21.

S. Revathi chitra ,Dr .S.Rega, S.Shantha and R.Sheeba

➢ Participated and published a paper in the topic on “MICROPROPAGATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF PHOTOPERIOD IN G9(GRAND NAINE ) UNDER IN VITRO CONDITION in International journal of Innvotive science (ISBN NO: 978-93-81992-27-2) Volume -2. in the National conference on Emerging Horizons in Biotechnology organized by the Department of Biotechnology , Alpha Arts & Science College, Chennai

➢ Dr.S.Rega ,M.Shantha attended Nature Camp to Silent valley, National Park, Kerala along with EXNORA & Kerala Forest Department.

➢ Visited one day field trip to Arun mushroom Agri farm at Cheyyur taluk was organized by the Department of Biotechnology. ➢ Dr. R.S. RAMYA, Dr. M. Akila and Dr. D. Selvakumar of the Department of M.Sc Biotechnology has published four articles in the International Journal of Current Research and Academic Review.ISSN: 2347-3215 Special Issue-3 (August 2016).

➢ Dr. SelvakumarDharmaraj has participated in 14th Indian Association of Applied Microbiologists conference on “Transitional and Translational Scenarios in Biological Sciences (3 I`’S – In vitro to Insilico)” held at Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science college, Coimbatore on 9&10thSeptember 2016. ➢ Bharathi K, Akila M and SelvakumarDharmaraj (2016) Evaluation of Probiotic Characterization of Marine Bacteria and its Growth Performance in Zebra Fish, Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 2(10): 2129 - 2136[ISSN: 2454- 1362]

➢ Dr. SelvakumarDharmarajhasparticipated in the workshop entitled “Workshop and Training on Sequence Analysis and Molecular Simulation”conductedby Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University Chennai during December 20th - 23rd, 2016.

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➢ Dr. R.S. Ramya, Dr. M. Akila and Dr. D. Selvakumar of the Department of M.Sc Biotechnology have participated in the National conference on “Emerging Horizons in Biotechnology” held at Alpha Arts and Science College on 11th January 2017.

B.Com (A&F)

➢ Sidheakkya.PG presented the paper “An empirical study on acquiring and sharing knowledge in Chennai city -2016” in the National conference conducted by Vels University, pallavaram. ➢ Dr. Gengadharan, Presented papers in the following tiles at various national and international conferences

Faculty Development Programmes

➢ S.Kavitha attended Intel IOT workshop organized by ICTACT at KCG college of Technology from 20-06-2016 to 21-06-2016 ➢ K.Artheeswari attended workshop on Emotional Intelligence sponsored by ICTACT at Mohammed Sathak College from 28-07-2016 to 29-07-2016 ➢ R. Gomathi attended a seminar on Introduction to cloud infrastructure & services. In DMI College of Engineering on organized by ICTACT.from 23-06-2016 to 24-06- 2016 ➢ S. Revathi Chitra attended state level Hands on Training in ‘DNA Bar Coding ‘ organized by Alpha Arts and Science College, Porur from 21-09-2016 to 22-09-2016 ➢ A.Sheela attended a workshop on Emotional Intelligence sponsored by ICTACT at Mohammed Sathak College from 28-07-2016 to 29-07-2016 ➢ Y.M. Shineyraj attended Faculty development program on personality development organised by ICT at Panimalar engineering college from 14-07-2016 to 15-07-2016 ➢ V.Rajalakshmi attended FDP on ‘Creative thinking’ conducted by ICT Academy at KRMMC from 28-11-2016 to 29-11-2016 ➢ R.Suriya attended FDP on ‘Creative thinking’ conducted by ICT Academy at KRMMC from 28-11-2016 to 29-11-2016 ➢ Dr.A.Poornalatha attended FDP on ‘Creative thinking’ conducted by ICT Academy at KRMMC from 28.11.2016 to 29.11.2016 ➢ R.Aruna Devi attended FDP on Creative Thinking in collaboration with ICT Academy from 28-11-2016 to 29-11-2016 ➢ K.Vijaya Lakshmi attended FDP on Creative Thinking in collaboration with ICT Academy from 28-11-2016 to 29-11-2016 ➢ T.Gowri attended FDP on Creative Thinking in collaboration with ICT Academy from 28-11-2016 to 29-11-2016 ➢ S.Rega attended FDP on Creative Thinking in collaboration with ICT Academy from 28-11-2016 to 29-11-2016 ➢ S.Meena attended FDP on Creative Thinking in collaboration with ICT Academy from 28-11-2016 to 29-11-2016 ➢ S.Ammani attended FDP on Creative Thinking in collaboration with ICT Academy from 28-11-2016 to 29-11-2016

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➢ C.K.Babini attended FDP on Creative Thinking in collaboration with ICT Academy from 28-11-2016 to 29-11-2016 ➢ S. Meena attended Intel and Ideation workshop from 20-06-2016 to 21-06-2016 ➢ Leena Merlin Biju attended International Conference on Modern Diagnostic Tools in Health Science organised by Dr. MGR Janaki College of Arts & Science for Women from 22-08-2016 to 23-08-2016 ➢ S.Ammani attended NAAC Awareness Seminar /Training on Quality System in Higher Education organised by IQAC, Anna University from 29-09-2016 to 30-09- 2016 ➢ B.Nagamani attended NAAC Awareness Seminar /Training on Quality System in Higher Education organised by IQAC, Anna University from29-09-2016 to 30-09- 2016 ➢ V.Preethi attended National Seminar on Sanskrit and Tamil Nadu organised by The Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute from 16-09-2016 to 17-09-2016 ➢ S.Ammani attended National Seminar Titled Quality Initiatives in Teaching, Learning and Evaluation organised by M.O.P.Vaishnav College for Women from 30.01.2017 to 31.01.2017 ➢ Anitha Vinodhraj attended National Seminar Titled Quality Initiatives in Teaching, Learning and Evaluation organised by M.O.P.Vaishnav College for Women from 30.01.2017 to 31.01.2017 ➢ B.Nagamani attended National Seminar Titled Quality Initiatives in Teaching, Learning and Evaluation organised by M.O.P.Vaishnav College for Women from 30.01.2017 to 31.01.2017 ➢ S.Sumathy attended UGC XII Plan Short Term Course on State of the Art Analytical Equipment organised by Anna University from 09.01.2017 to 10.01.2017 ➢ Juliet Sangeetha attended 3 day workshop on Trainers Enrichment Program at KRMMC from 08.06.2016 to 10.06.2016 ➢ M.Deepa attended 3 day workshop on Trainers Enrichment Program at KRMMC from 08.06.2016 to 10.06.2016 ➢ B.Hema attended a course for faculty conducted by NEN at Ramachandra University from 09.02.2017 to 11.02.2017 ➢ Prema Jansi Rani.M attended Trainers Enrichment Programme from 08.06.2016 to 10.06.2016 ➢ V.Deepa attended workshop onTrainers Enrichment Programme organised by KRMMC from 08-06 2016 to 10-06-2016 ➢ Dhanya Praveen attended workshop onTrainers Enrichment Programme organised by KRMMC from 08-06 2016 to 10-06-2016 ➢ N.Nancy Poornima attended a workshop onTrainers Enrichment Programme organised by KRMMCfrom 08-06 2016 to 10-06-2016 ➢ V.Rajalakshmi attended a workshop onTrainers Enrichment Programme organised by KRMMC from 08-06 2016 to 10-06-2016 ➢ R.Suriya attended a workshop on Trainers Enrichment Programme organised by KRMMC from 08-06 2016 to10-06-2016 ➢ T.D.Uma Maheswari attended a workshop on Trainers Enrichment Programme organised by KRMMC from 08-06 2016 to10-06-2016 ➢ S.Meena attended a workshop on Trainers Enrichment Programme organised by KRMMC from 08-06 2016 to10-06-2016 ➢ C.K.Babini attended a workshop on Trainers Enrichment Programme organised by KRMMC from 08-06 2016 to10-06-2016

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➢ Leena Merlin Biju attended a workshop on Trainers Enrichment Programme organised by KRMMC from 08-06 2016 to10-06-2016 ➢ Dr.Sanghamitra attended a workshop on Trainers Enrichment Programme organised by KRMMC from 08-06 2016 to10-06-2016 ➢ V.Geetha attended National Conclave on “Corporate Social Responsibility – Future Perspectives” held at KumararaniMeenaMuthiah College of Arts and Science, Adyar, Chennai on 31.01.2017 ➢ R.Arunadevi attended a National Conclave on “Corporate Social Responsibility – Future Perspectives” held at KumararaniMeenaMuthiah College of Arts and Science, Adyar, Chennai on 31.01.2017 ➢ S.Nagarani attended a National Conclave on “Corporate Social Responsibility – Future Perspectives” held at KumararaniMeenaMuthiah College of Arts and Science, Adyar, Chennai on 31.01.2017 ➢ Dr.J.Jeba Jothi Pushpam attended a National Conclave on “Corporate Social Responsibility – Future Perspectives” held at KumararaniMeenaMuthiah College of Arts and Science, Adyar, Chennai on 31.01.2017 ➢ Dr.A.Poornalatha attended a National Conclave on “Corporate Social Responsibility – Future Perspectives” held at KumararaniMeenaMuthiah College of Arts and Science, Adyar, Chennai on 31.01.2017 ➢ S.Kavitha attended a National Conclave on “Corporate Social Responsibility – Future Perspectives” held at KumararaniMeenaMuthiah College of Arts and Science, Adyar, Chennai on 31.01.2017 ➢ S. Vidhya attended a Panel Discussion on “Effects and Impact of Demonetisation” held at KumararaniMeenaMuthiah College of Arts and Science, Adyar, Chennai on18.01.2017 ➢ R.Vijayalakshmi attended a Panel Discussion on “Effects and Impact of Demonetisation” held at KumararaniMeenaMuthiah College of Arts and Science, Adyar, Chennai on 18.01.2017 ➢ M.Deepa attended a Panel Discussion on “Effects and Impact of Demonetisation” held at KumararaniMeenaMuthiah College of Arts and Science, Adyar, Chennai on 18.01.2017 ➢ B.Hema attended a Panel Discussion on “Effects and Impact of Demonetisation” held at KumararaniMeenaMuthiah College of Arts and Science, Adyar, Chennai on 18.01.2017 ➢ Dr.A.Poornalatha attended a Panel Discussion on “Effects and Impact of Demonetisation” held at KumararaniMeenaMuthiah College of Arts and Science, Adyar, Chennai on 18.01.2017 ➢ A.Rajesh Sahayaraj attended a workshop on Research Methods and SPSS organised by Spellbee conducted by Natesan Institute of cooperative Management on 24.09.2016 ➢ Dr.A.Pooranalatha attended 25th Edition of Bridge 2017- Chennai (The largest Industry-Institute Interaction Event of India), Organized by ICT Academy held at ITC Grand Chola, Chennai. On 01.03.2017 ➢ V.Deepa attended a Faculty Enrichment Seminar on English Language Skills Development organised by SpellBee Graduate on 06.08.2016 ➢ A.Sheela attended a National Conclave on Corporate Social Responsibility organized by dept of Commerce at KRMMC 31.01.2017 ➢ R.Sheela Kumari attended a National Conclave on Corporate Social Responsibility organized by dept of Commerce at KRMMC 31.01.2017

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➢ V.Rajalakshmi attended a National Conclave on Corporate Social Responsibility organized by dept of Commerce at KRMMC on 31.01.2017 ➢ R.Suriya attended a National Conclave on Corporate Social Responsibility organized by dept of Commerce at KRMMC on 31.01.2017 ➢ G.Navamani attended FICCI'S Education Coference on 29.11.2016

➢ N.Sumathi attended FICCI'S Education Coference on 29.11.2016

➢ P.Shoba attended IQAC Symposium on Role of Higher Education in Enhancing the Career Readiness and Employability Skills organised by Sri Kanyaka Parameswari Arts & Science College for Women on 07.01.2017

➢ Juliet Sangeetha attended National Conclave on Corporate Social Responsibility- Future Perspectives organised by KRMMC on 31.01.2017

➢ R.Sangeetha attended National Conclave on Corporate Social Responsibility- Future Perspectives organised by KRMMC on 31.01.2017

➢ M.Deepa attended National Conclave on Corporate Social Responsibility- Future Perspectives organised by KRMMC on 31.01.2017

➢ S.Rega attended a National Conference on Emerging Horizons in Biotechnology organised by Alpha Arts & Science college on 11.01.2017

➢ M.Shantha attended a National Conference on Emerging Horizons in Biotechnology organised by Alpha Arts & Science college on 11.01.2017

➢ Arokia Bath Sheeba attended a National Conference on Emerging Horizons in Biotechnology organised by Alpha Arts & Science college on 11.01.2017

➢ S.Revathi Chitra attended a National Conference on Emerging Horizons in Biotechnology organised by Alpha Arts & Science college on 11.01.2017

➢ Dr.R.S.Ramya attended National Conference on Emerging Horizons in Biotechnology organised by Alpha Arts & Science college on 11.01.2017

➢ C.K.Babini attended National Seminar on Career Prospects in Life Sciences organised by Ethiraj College for Women on 31.01.2017

➢ Leena Merlin Biju attended National Seminar on Career Prospects in Life Sciences organised by Ethiraj College for Women on 31.01.2017

➢ V.Geetha attended a Panel Discussion on “Effects and Impact of Demonetisation” held at KumararaniMeenaMuthiah College of Arts and Science, Adyar, Chennai on 18.01.2017 ➢ S.Ammani attended Panel Discussion on Effects and Impact of Demonetisation organised by KRMMC on 18.01.2017

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➢ Anitha Vinodhraj attended Panel Discussion on Effects and Impact of Demonetisation organised by KRMMC on 18.01.2017 ➢ S. Vidhya attended Role of Higher Education in Enhancing the Career readiness and Employability Skills” at Sri Kanyaka Parameswari Arts and Science College for Women on 07.01.2017 ➢ R.Vijayalakshmi attended workshop on “Highlights of Companies Act 2013” conducted by Guru Nanak College on 30.09.2016 ➢ S.Rega attended a workshop on Climate Change and Renewal Energy organisedvby National Institute of Wind Energy & World Wide Fund for Nature on 14.06.2016 ➢ M.Shantha attended a workshop on Climate Change and Renewal Energy organisedvby National Institute of Wind Energy & World Wide Fund for Nature 14.06.2016 ➢ Arokia Bath Sheeba attended a workshop on Climate Change and Renewal Energy organisedvby National Institute of Wind Energy & World Wide Fund for Nature on 14.06.2016 ➢ K.Vijaya Lakshmi attended a workshop on Research Methods and SPSS organised by Spellbee conducted by Natesan Institute of cooperative Management on 24.09.2016 ➢ Prema Jansi Rani.M attended a Workshop on UGC NET/SLET organized by Research & Consultancy Forum on 05.04.2017 ➢ R.Sheela Kumari attended a Workshop on UGC NET/SLET organized by Research & Consultancy Forum on 05.04.2017 ➢ S.Ammani attended a Workshop on UGC NET/SLET organized by Research & Consultancy Forum on 05.04.2017 ➢ Anitha Vinodhraj attended a Workshop on UGC NET/SLET organized by Research & Consultancy Forum on 05.04.2017 ➢ N.Sumathi attended a Workshop on UGC NET/SLET organized by Research & Consultancy Forum on 05.04.2017 ➢ A.Rajesh Sahayaraj attended a Workshop on UGC NET/SLET organized by Research & Consultancy Forum on 05.04.2017 ➢ K.Vijaya Lakshmi attended a Workshop on UGC NET/SLET organized by Research & Consultancy Forum on 05.04.2017

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IQAC

Quality in higher education includes producing learners who are healthy and willing to participate and learn. It should aim at preparatory knowledge, skills and attitudes and should be linked to the national goal for education. The role of IQAC is very significant in maintaining quality in all the quarters. IQAC strives to develop a system which focuses on the consistent improvement in the overall performance of the institution. The IQAC of the college is constantly engaged in developing strategies for the efficient, timely and progressive performance of academic and administrative tasks. Development and application of benchmarks of various key aspects and dissemination of information on the quality parameters of higher education are the main functions of IQAC.

NAAC Reaccreditation presentation

A FDP on NAAC Reaccreditation was conducted by Mrs S. Ammani, Director, IQAC and Mrs B. Nagamani, Member, IQAC on 25th November 2016 for the faculty of the college. The aim of the presentation was to create awareness on the various criteria of NAAC, and the key aspects involved. Each assessment indicator under the key aspects was reviewed at length. The presentation also pointed out the strategies to be implemented for the various recommendations mentioned by the NAAC peer team in their exit report. The programme aimed at orienting the faculty on the expectations of NAAC and to enable them to plan for programs in tune with the quality parameters of NAAC.

FDP Attended:

➢ S. Ammani, Director IQAC and B. Nagamani, Member 1QAC attended the NAAC sponsored seminar / training on Quality System in Higher Education organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell at Anna University on 29th and 30th September 2016. ➢ Mrs. S. Ammani, Director, IQAC, Mrs Anitha Mathematics) and Mrs B. Nagamani, (Microbiology) attended NAAC ponsored seminar / training on Quality Initiatives in Teaching, Learning and Evaluation organized by by Internal Quality Assurance Cell of M.O.P. Vaishnava College for Women(Autonomous), at Anna University on 30th and 31st January 2017.

Dear students, Make a list and of your priorities and plan your goals. Likewise determine your short-term and long-term goals and evaluate your progress frequently. Nothing remains the same and so do job requirements. Update your knowledge and skills. Seek improvement of your know-how’s. Learn to communicate effectively. Listen to what others are saying and focus on how to give and receive constructive feedback

The secret of success is to try to always improve yourself no matter where you are or what your position is. Learn all you can. Start to look for the good in everyone and everything. Not only do encourage those around us by focusing on their more positive traits, we win their trust and loyalty.

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We at KRMMC strive to give that success which leads to your goal in a right way and right path. I take this opportunity to thank all my fellow faculty and support staff for all their support in enhancing the horizon of knowledge and in nation building.

On behalf of the faculty, heartfelt thanks and pranams to our source of inspiration, energy booster and motivating spirit, Mother to all of us – Our beloved Meena Aunty with whom everything under earth is possible for us.

I wish all success and all the very best to all the KRMMCians for their future endeavours.

God bless you

Thank you.

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