Monthly Report on College Events during July, 2019 The following programmes were held in St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata during the month of July, 2019. Innovision, 8th-12th July 2019 The Xavier’s Commerce Society recently organised INNOVISION’19 from the 8th to 12th of July, 2019. Over the years, Innovision has focused on providing the college students with detailed knowledge of potential future paths through enriching seminars and workshops. This year, carrying on our legacy, XCS has yet again successfully organised Innovision hosting a plethora of speakers from various educational and corporate institutions, the eminent ones being RBI, Deloitte, World Bank, Toastmasters and many more. Innovision witnessed huge crowds of students eager to seek knowledge about the available opportunities in the future. Following the vision of a greener environment, this year, XCS chose to go paperless. All the feedbacks were collected online, thereby minimizing paper wastage to almost negligible. Page 1 of 145 DBT STAR College Programme on 11th July 2019 Inter-disciplinary Lecture on ‘Variation of Cooperativity and the role of ligand-field states in spin- crossover compounds’ as a part of the DBT STAR College Programme on 11th of July (Thursday), 2019 by Dr. Pradip Kumar Chakraborty of the Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur. Undergraduate students of Chemistry & Physics departments participated in the Programme. Ninth Lecture of XRC-Anusandhan 15th July 2019 The ninth Lecture of XRC-Anusandhan was delivered by Dr. Arindam Mandal, Associate Professor and Chair of the Economics Department Siena College, New York, USA on 15th July 2019 at 3 p.m. in room 15 on the topic “Does Greater Political Representation of Women help to Protect Worker Rights? A Cross-national Investigation”. Page 2 of 145 Inception, 19th-20th July 2019 The Xavier's Commerce Society organised the Inception 2019 on the 19th and 20th of July. Inception seeks to test skills of participants, who are mainly 1st years and grill them to the highest level. Forwarding our legacy, this year we witnessed a variety of students trying to explore their potential. Proceeding from the Group Discussion, the chosen participants were asked to sit in a personal interview and further rounds. One Day National Seminar on “Data Science – The Key to future” 22nd July2019 One-day National Seminar on “Data Science- The key to Future”, was jointly organised by the Departments of Computer Science and Statistics, in collaboration with The Data Science Foundation on 22nd July 2019, at Fr. Depelchin Auditorium. Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs of University of Calcutta, Prof. Asis Kr Chattopadhyay was the Chief Guest and Dean of Faculty Councils for PG studies in Engineering and Technology, University of Calcutta, Prof. Amlan Chakraborty was the Guest of Honour. Mr. Kaustav Majumdar and Mr. Gautam Banerjee, from Data Science foundation were the first two speakers of the day. Prof. Sourabh Bhattacharya from Indian Statistical Institute and Mr. Sanjoy Karmakar from IBM were speakers for the third and fourth session respectively. More than 400 students from our college, along with teachers and professionals from Other Colleges/Universities attended the seminar. Page 3 of 145 PRISM, 23rd-24th July 2019 Entrepreneur Development Cell organised a two-day competitive programme for students and learners. The programme was distributed in six rounds. Starting with about 200 participants the final level ended with 8 finalists. The basis for selection of Top 3 was performance in Rounds 5 and 6, with differing weightage. Overall, the event judged Innovation, Spontaneity, Public Speaking, Body Language, Number Skills, Negotiations, Composure, Quick Thinking. Page 4 of 145 Monthly Report on College Events during August, 2019 The following programmes were held in St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata during the month of August, 2019. X-GENESIS’19 (1st & 2nd August, 2019) The Launch - Revelation of the X-Genesis banners with all the details and the taglines written on the banners. Cardboard boxes were designed in such a way that each box contained a letter and together formed ‘Genesis Loading’. Water bottles were distributed among the first years. The bottles had the X-Genesis logo and details the plastic wrapper. Cups with X-Genesis sticker on them, were distributed in the canteen. X-GENESIS EVENT BREAKDOWN: Participants per team - 2 se Xin. A wooden model of ‘XMS’ was made with LED bulbs highlighting the letters. Facebook page was kept active by posting the online registration link, rounds of X-Genesis, shortlisted participants after each round, Speaker release, winner post and event summary. Registrations for participation was taken with the ‘XMS Loading’ cardboard model pointing towards the registration desk. Passes for the speaker sessions were distributed. There were two speaker sessions organised by the Xavier’s Management Society in X-Genesis for which distinguished speakers were arranged: 1. Mr. Sahil Shah, the founder of East India Comedy and Youth Influencer. 2. Mr. Rajiv Ghosh, the CEO at Selvel One Group and Mr. Mudassar Hossain, the Managing Partner at Ogilvy. Page 5 of 145 Blood Donation Camp 2019 On 6th August 2019, 112 students volunteered for the 50th Blood Donation Camp. On that day nine blood banks, namely Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre and Research Institute, R.G.Kar, SSKM, IBTM, Canning, Mercy Hospital, National Medical, NRS and M.R. Bangur were present to cater to the steady inflow of donors. The camp started at 7:00 am and came to an end at 6:30 pm with a donor count of 601. Page 6 of 145 Dawn to Dusk-The Rooftop Concert (8th August 2019) Dawn and dusk, the beauty of their own periphery explore and express their elegance. Here, the moments are turned wondrous with the members of Xaverian Academy of Dance and Music in the concert, 'Dawn to Dusk - The Rooftop Concert' organised by XADAM on 8th August 2019. A talk on "Sociology in and of the City" organised by the Department of Sociology (9th August 2019) The department of sociology organised a talk for 3rd year Sociology students by Prof Peter Doak of School of Sociology and Public Policy, University of Leeds on 9th August 2019. The talk was on "Sociology in and of the City". It was attended by 3 faculty members including the HOD. The session was a lively interactive one. The students benefited from this session and the Leeds faculty and representative were much impressed by the level of knowledge of our students that became evident in the course of this interactive lecture. Page 7 of 145 AAMNA SAAMNA'19 REPORT. St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata inaugurated the first event of Hindi Literary Society - Aamna Saamna which was held on 8th and 9th August 2019. It was an opportunity for the students to embark with the mastery of language. It was a platform to showcase their debating skills. On the very first day the inauguration was held by Mrs. Kiran Singh, Assistant Professor, St. Xavier’s College(Autonomous), Kolkata. The entire event was divided into three rounds. It’s first round which were the prelims were held and the selected participants moved on for the second leg. The following day was initiated by the chief guest, Mr. Balwant Singh Gautam, Assistant Professor, La Martiniere Calcutta, addressing the audience and the selected finalists. The final debate round which was furious and an amazing debate. The event was concluded by the prize distribution ceremony and the final address by the chief guest. The purpose of our society which is to promote our mother tongue and acknowledge the sanctity of our culture. Page 8 of 145 SWC Seminar’19 - Women Beyond Belief: A seminar on Issues regarding Women and Religion (9th August 2019) The State Women’s Commission (SWC) of All India Catholic University Federation (AICUF), West Bengal organised a seminar on the theme Women Beyond Belief, discussing various pertinent issues regarding women and religion. The seminar was organised on 9th August,2019 at Rohinton Kapadia Hall, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. The seminar saw in presence a number of dignitaries including Rev. Father M.S Arockiasamy S.J., State Advisor, AICUF WB, Prof. Dr. Charlotte Simpson Veigas, State Co-ordinator, AICUF WB and Prof. Aparajita Hembrom, State Co-ordinator Santhali Unit, AICUF WB. Along with the two key note speakers of the seminar Prof. Dr. Jhumpa Mukherjee,M.A Ph.D., St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata and Prof. Subhajit Naskar, M.A M.Phil., Jadavpur University, Kolkata. The seminar started off with welcome address and the felicitation ceremony. Followed by the two speaker sessions where the first session with Prof. Jhumpa dealt with understanding the nuances of the provisions regarding women and religion in the context of Indian laws and Constitution. Deciphering the lopsided constitutional set up which is often facilitated by the religious norms and customs. While the second speaker session saw a thought provoking dive into the paradigm of religion and secularism. Bringing to light the intrinsic nature of misogyny and how religion often is the crutch which lends the support to misogyny which is entrenched in various social structures and institutions. The speaker session was then followed by an interactive session where the speakers engaged with the audience and made an attempt to answer the various curiosities and questions of the young minds. The speaker session came to a close and was then followed by a thought provoking poetry session on issues such as women safety, identity and more. The seminar came to an end with a impactful play on gender roles performed by the student which left the audience mesmerised. Maitreyee Sarkar Memorial Lecture and Cultural Programme, Department of Bangla, (10th August 2019) Department of Bangla organised a day-long programme on 10th August.