Annual Report 2018-19
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RAMANUJAN COLLEGE 61st Annual Day & Prize Distribution Ceremony Tuesday, 16 April, 2019 Principal Report Dear friends, distinguished guests, Rao has been awarded the Saraswati colleagues and students, on behalf of Samman by the Department of Higher Ramanujan College, I welcome you all on the Education, Uttar Pradesh and the Nehru auspicious occasion of the 61st Annual Day Literacy Award by the Indian Adult and Prize Distribution Ceremony of our Education Association. Besides carrying the College. It gives me immense pleasure to onerous responsibility as the Vice Chancellor especially welcome Prof. Nageshwar Rao, of the world largest Open University, Prof. Vice Chancellor of the world's largest open Rao is also the Chairman of the National Task university, The Indira Gandhi National force to develop the parameters for Open University as our distinguished Chief assessment and accreditation for ODL Guest and Shri Amarjit Chopra, ex- institutions for the National Assessment and president of the ICAI and Shri Shashank, the Accreditation Council. He is also the Hon. Chairman of our College as the respected Vice Chairman of the very important national guest of honour today. I also heartily scheme of the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha welcome the esteemed members of the Abhiyan or the RUSA. Sir, we are indeed governing body of our College, the specially privileged to have you amongst us on this invited guests, my teaching and non- special occasion. teaching colleagues, the alumni of the College present here and all the students of We also have the privilege of having CA our College to this formal function. Amarjit Chopra, Ex-President of the ICAI as our guest of honour. It is indeed a very happy Prof. Nageshwar Rao our distinguished occasion for us to have Mr. Chopra with us as Chief Guest has an exemplary record as an it is a kind of home coming for him. Mr. academic and an education administrator. A Amarjit Chopra was once a teacher in our D. Phil from the University of Allahabad and college and thus a very dear and esteemed an ICWA from the Institute of Cost and colleague. Management Accounts, Kolkata he was a reader in the Faculty of Management Studies Highly acclaimed Chartered Accountant for in Banaras Hindu University. He was the more than 43 years, Mr. Amarjit Chopra is a Professor at the Jawaharlal Institute of senior partner of GSA & Associates Business Management, Vikram University, Chartered Accountants, New Delhi. He was Ujjain. He has published eight books, guided the Chairman of National Advisory a large number of Ph.D scholars and has to Committee on Accounting Standards by the his credit published more than 170 research Central Government. Also he was nominated papers. His record as an administrator is as a member of Investor Education and equally impressive. He has been the Protection Fund Authority by Central Govt. President of the Indian Accounting of India. He was also nominated by IRDA on Association. He had previously held the the standing committee of Accounting Issues position of the Vice Chancellor of Kumaun in Insurance Companies. He has been a University and the Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi member of the Securities & Exchange Board Tandon Open University. Prof. Nageshwar Committee on Disclosures and Accounting Annual Report 2018-19 Standards, Board Member of the Insurance The growth of the college has been Regulatory Authority of India and member phenomenal in the past decade and today we of the Audit Committee of the Reserve Bank stand at the threshold of being one of the best of India. He contributed significantly to the colleges in the University. The hard work, professional development of the auditing loyalty and dedication of our faculty, our and accountancy discipline in India over the students and our office staff, has made years. He was responsible for introducing Ramanujan College an institution that is on a IFRS Certificate Course in India and Middle path to rapid progress. East and is a part of IFRS training programmes for member countries. He has It is always a privilege to present the annual been conferred honorary membership of the report of the College, especially when the Institute of Chartered Accountants of College has so much to be proud of. Let us Australia and honorary Life membership of begin with the infrastructural development the Association of International Accountants in the past one year. With the construction of London. new porta cabins to house the library, the office and the gym we are now ready to shift A prolific speaker, he has delivered more completely from Deshbandhu College and than 2750 lectures on various topics not use their premises any more. The college including Accounting and Auditing has signed a 5 year MOU with WCL Sports Standards, IFRS, Banking including Management Pvt. Ltd. Faridabad to develop Financial Inclusion, Insurance, Corporate three playing fields for the college. It will Laws, Corporate Governance, Peer Review include the construction of a cricket pitch, both in India as well as abroad. He has been basketball, volleyball courts and the laying of included on the roaster of IMF as a resource running tracks and the maintenance of these person and has conducted missions in facilities. I take this opportunity to thank the Mauritius and Bhutan. Deshbandhu College administration for their support and cooperation during the past few Sir, we welcome you whole heartedly and years while Ramanujan College grew into an hope that you will appreciate the changes independent entity. and development that the college has undergone in the past decade. On this auspicious occasion I would like to share good news with you. The college has The Chairman of the governing body of our been sanctioned a sum of Rs.10 crores for College, Shri Shashank, as we all know, is an building purposes by the University Grants illustrious officer of the Indian Foreign Commission. As soon as we receive this Service. He retired as the Foreign Secretary of money, we will begin earnestly the India, the highest rank in the Indian Foreign construction of the remaining portions of our Service. In a diplomatic career spanning four building to augment the infrastructure. decades, he has been appointed ambassador in the countries of Denmark, Republic of Academically the college is touching new Korea, Libya and Malta. He is widely heights every year. Last year in the University regarded as an architect of India's economic of Delhi examination held in May-June a total diplomacy and for strengthening of 2524 students appeared in the annual relationships with the nations in Africa and examination. Of these as many as 1347 East Asia. Sir, your guidance, support students secured first division marks which contribution in the growth of this college has are more than 53 percent of the examinees. been remarkable and we are indeed fortunate This is indeed very encouraging. The cut off to have you as the Chairman of the governing percentages during admissions remain very body of our college and are truly honoured by high indicating that the best of the students your esteemed presence with us today. are seeking admission in our college. 2 Ramanujan College It is with great pride that I wish to announce industrial projects and nurture them as that the college is now ready to sign an future corporate professionals. This will Agreement of Academic Cooperation with bridge the gap between industry and MCI Management Center Innsbruck, Austria academics and make student industry ready. for a period of five years recognizing the The initiatives of this cell will benefit not benefits to be gained by both institutions only students of computer science but through a cooperation in teaching, academic students from other streams as well. research and operations, promote exchange of students, staff and knowledge within the Teaching, evaluating and mentoring are interests and abilities of each institution. activities the teachers of this college pursue Exchange of students and academic staff with diligence and responsibility. The along with joint development and achievement of individual teachers has been organization of academic programs, courses listed in this year's Annual Report of the or seminars and research will be the focus of college. As every year the teaching faculty this collaborative effort. Our students will get members have participated in numerous an opportunity for admission in MCI Workshops, Faculty Development Programs, Management Center Innsbruck to pursue Refresher Courses and Orientation post graduate studies. This is a great step Programs. They have also published a forward for the college and we look forward number of research papers. I urge them to to a very fruitful collaboration with the MCI continue with their hard work in this regard Management Centre, Innsbruck. In future the and publish in top quality journals listed in college hopes to engage in more of such SCI, Scopus and Web of Sciences. I collaborative effort nationally and congratulate Dr. Ashwani Kumar, internationally. Department of Applied Psychology, Dr. Shruti Jain, Department of English and Many of our students have got admission for Dr. Zairunisha, Department of Philosophy post graduates studies in the University of who have received their Ph.D. degrees. Delhi and other prestigious Universities of Mr. Arnav Kumar, Department of Commerce the country. The Placement Cell of the college has submitted his Ph.D. thesis. Ms. Shipra has invited more than 40 companies of repute Yadav, Department of Political Science and for final placements and these companies Ms. Sonia Mudel, Department of Commerce have recruited more than 130 students . 250 have received M. Phil degrees this year. It is students have undergone internship also a matter of great pride for us that some of training. our faculty members have also been invited as speakers, panelists, resource persons and This year we have established the Ramanujan session chairs in various academic events Yuva Chapter by signing an MOU with organised by other institutions.