MGM College Calender 2019-20
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¸ÀvÁÛ÷évï ¸ÀAeÁAiÀÄvÉà eÁÕ£ÀA'' Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College '' Mahatma Gandhi Memorial P. U. College Kunjibettu, Udupi - 576 102, Karnataka, INDIA 70 Years of Academic Excellence Calendar & Hand Book 2019-2020 Our Founder Padmashree Dr. T.M.A. PAI (1898 - 1979) M.G.M. College VISION A student of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College will be an individual endowed with a spirit of enquiry, eager to acquire knowledge and skills, competent to be employed in his field, possessing qualities of leadership, responsible to family, society and nation, capable of appreciating aesthetics and understanding our cultural heritage and rational as well as humane in attitude. MISSION The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College strives to provide students with quality education using innovative and humane methods of teaching and learning, to develop in them competence for employment as well as entrepreneurship, to promote their power of thinking and creative ability, to organize activities that will contribute to the understanding of their responsibilities to the family the society and the nation and to promote national integration through cordial relationship between and among stake holders. Under the aegis of the Academy of General Education, Manipal, the College has been well nurtured by the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College Trust and College Governing Council, both of which have contributed a lot to shaping of this college as an “Institution of academic and cultural distinction”. We are proud to say that the MGM alumni constitute a considerable part of the Indian Diaspora. OBJECTIVES l Character building l Excellence in teaching-learning l Building competence for employability / entrepreneurships “¸ÀvÁÛ÷évï ¸ÀAeÁAiÀÄvÉà eÁÕ£ÀA” Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College UDUPI - 576 102, Phone: 0820 - 2520359, 2530410 Fax: 0820 - 2530410 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.mgmudupi.ac.in and Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Pre-University College UDUPI - 576 102, Phone: 0820 - 2525165, 2536417 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.mgmudupi.ac.in Sponsored by: THE ACADEMY OF GENERAL EDUCATION MANIPAL - 576 104 CALENDAR & HAND-BOOK 2019 - 2020 Issued by: THE MAHATMA GANDHI MEMORIAL COLLEGE TRUST Name of the Student Class Section Roll No. “The End of All Knowledge must be building up of Character“ -Mahatma Gandhi Prayer Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls Where words come out from the depth of truth Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit Where the mind is led forward by thee Into ever-widening thought and action Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake Rabindranath Tagore ¥ÁæxÀð£É J°è ªÀÄ£ÀPÀ¼ÀÄQgÀzÉÆÃ, J°è vÀ¯É¨ÁVgÀzÉÆÃ, J°è w½«UÉ vÉÆqÀPÀÄ vÉÆÃgÀ¢ºÀÄzÀ°è; J°è ªÀÄ£ÉAiÉÆPÀÌlÄÖ, ¸ÀA¸ÁgÀ £É¯ÉUÀlÄÖ zsÀƼÉÆqÉAiÀÄ¢ºÀÄzÉÆà vÁ£Á£Ár£À°è; J°è ¸ÀvÀåzÀUÁzsÀ £É¯É¬ÄAzÀ ¸À«ªÁvÀÄ ¸À°è°vÀ £ÀqɬÄAzÀ ªÀÄÄA§jªÀÅzÀ°è; J°è zÀt«gÀzÀ ¸ÁzsÀ£ÉAiÀÄÄ ¸À¥sÀ®vÉ PÀqÉUÉ vÉÆüÀ ¤ÃrºÀÄzÉÆà vÁ£Á£Ár£À°è; J°è ¸ÀÄ«ZÁgÀ - ¤ªÀÄð® d®zÉƸÀgÀÄ ºÀjzÀÄ PÁ¼À gÀÆrüAiÀÄ ªÀÄgÀ¼ÉƽAV PÉqÀzÀ°è J°è ¤Ã£ÉªÀÄä aAvÀ£ÀªÀ£ÀÄzÀåªÀĪÀ ¸ÀÄ«- ±Á®vÉAiÀÄ ¥ÀÇtðvÉUÉ ªÀÄÄ£ÀßqɸÀĪÀ°è; C°èAiÀiÁ §AzsÀ£À gÀ»vÀ ¸ÀÄRzÀ ¸ÀéUÀðzÀ° ¥Á°¸ÉʦvÀ £ÀªÀÄä £ÁqÉZÀÑjgÀ° §AUÁ½ ªÀÄÆ®: gÀ«ÃAzÀæ£ÁxÀ oÁUÉÆÃgï PÀ£ÀßqÁ£ÀĪÁzÀ: JA. J£ï. PÁªÀÄvï §AUÁ½ ªÀÄÆ®: gÀ«ÃAzÀæ£ÁxÀ oÁUÉÆÃgï PÀ£ÀßqÁ£ÀĪÁzÀ: JA. J£ï. PÁªÀÄvï 2 Introduction Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi, founded in the year 1949 by Dr. Tonse Madhava Ananth Pai was his dreamchild, visualised to bring education to the doors of the youth of Udupi and its neighbouring towns. Until then, there were only two colleges in the then Dakshina Kannada District and both were situated in Mangalore. Dr. Pai could inspire a band of enlightened citizens of Udupi to work towards founding the college in this town. The Project was termed then as the wildest of dreams. Dr. Pai faced many obstacles, and at one stage he had to even return the donations he had collected for the establishment of the college. But Dr. Pai, a man of grit that he was, did not forsake his dream of establishing the college. With sheer perseverence, he could mobilise public opinion in favour of the college and inspire and attract donors for this noble cause, irrespective of how much or how little they could contribute. Dr. Pai then had the task of bending the will of the much reluctant authorities of the Government and the University of Madras. With great effort, he secured the permission to found the college in the practically rural environs of Udupi. Dr. Pai’s perseverance in this regard was equal to the legendary perseverance of Bhagiratha who brought the heavenly waters of the Ganga down to the earth. Dr. Pai still had another hurdle in his path. The University and the concerned authorities, in accordance with the prejudices of the time refused to grant permission to admit lady students and the famous ‘Shantha versus University of Madras’ case was fought on the basis of equality of rights ensured by the Constitution of India. The matter, then in the court of Governor, Sri Prakash, was settled in favour of girls with the timely intervention of Smt. Indira Gandhi who was not yet a prominent political gure, but only Jawaharlal Nehru’s daughter. Things did not move very fast, public opinion was slow to change and it was an uphill task. However, once Dr. Pai sincerely set out on his mission he got tremendous and overwhelming support from all concerned. The Swamijis of the Ashtamatas of Udupi blessed the project. The public of Udupi willingly and freely offered shramadhan to raise the building on the site at Sagri where the college now stands. When the building was ready, in 1952, the college which was initially housed in an Elementary school was shifted to the present campus. A dedicated band of eminent citizens of Udupi stood by Dr. Pai and the dream of setting up a college became a reality. That was seven decades ago. Since then the college has witnessed phenomenal growth and expansion. It is a premier Institution sponsored by the Academy of General Education, Manipal and a pathbreaker to the citizens of many other towns who saw in Dr. Pai, a mentor and guide to help them in 3 similar ventures. The era of higher education in the district also ushered in an economic revolution. The college celebrated its Silver Jubilee, Golden Jubilee and the Diamond Jubilee with great splendour. We can recall with pride the milestones in the path of the development of the college, including the inauguration of Madhava Raksha, the magnicent new Administrative Block by Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi, (Ex-Hon’ble Minister for Human Resources Development) on the occasion of inaugurating the Birth Centenary Celebrations of our founder Dr. TMA Pai. The college is the rst educational institution founded by Dr. T.M.A. Pai under the Academy of General Education, Manipal which is celebrating its Platinum Jubilee this year. The college is a premier institution with its dynamic faculty known for their scholarship and academic excellence. It also has a dedicated band of non-teaching staff who look into the diverse administrative tasks of the college. The college has carved a niche for itself in these sixty nine years of its existence. The college began functioning with stalwarts and pioneers in the eld of education like Prof. H. Sunder Rao, Prof. K.S. Haridas Bhat, who rmly established a tradition of academic and cultural activities in the campus, which was ably carried on by Prof. K Ramdas, Prof. K.K. Easwaran, Prof. K. Rama Bhat, Dr. Alwyn D’Souza, Prof. K Shreesha Acharya, Prof. P.N. Narasimhamurthy, Prof. S. Daniel, Prof. Dr. Gopalan Puthuseri, Prof. Ganapathi Bhat, Prof. M.L. Samaga, Prof. Dr. Jayaprakash Mavinakuli, Dr. P. Venkatramana Gowda, Dr. N. Hala Naik, Mrs. Kusuma Kamath and Dr. Sandhya R. Nambiar. The college has a state of the art library (Granthaloka) which has a rare collection of books. A Library with more than one lakh volumes, innumerable journals and periodicals which could do credit even to a University, a roll of honour with names of rank holders entered every year. The Department of German Language is unceasingly at work throughout the year. The college has a centre for Gandhian studies which conducts research and organizes workshops and seminars on Gandhian thought.The college provides a forum for many cultural organizations like the Rashtrakavi Govinda Pai Samshodhana Kendra, the Regional Resources Centre for Folk Performing Arts and Yakshagana Kendra to hold the mega events which provide a rare opportunity for the students and teachers of the college to extend the horizon of their knowledge. Cultural activities like the Vadiraja Kanakadasa Music Festival taking place every year, various activities organized by the students 4 have brought to MGM College the status of an eminent educational institution. The management caters to all the academic requirements of the students. The college offers a post graduation course in Computer Science to impart higher education to the aspiring students. Every year several students get placement in reputed companies which come to the campus for recruitment. Career Oriented Add-on courses sponsored by the U G C enables the students to acquire additional skills and have an edge over the others. The college also strives for the all round personality development of the students. By giving emphasis not only to academics but also Co-curricular and extra curricular activities.