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ANNUAL REPORT 2014-15
After a successful adni "Swagath", the degree managing trustee, Smt. Ar essful admission process the academic year 2014-15 began on an auspicious note with the degree induction programme. The occasion was marked by the presence of the trustee, Smt. Archana Surana and Principal Dr. B. S. Srikanta. The Chief Guest for the day Brigadier Arun who enthralled the audience with his energy and positive attitude. Achievers in academics and extra- curricular activities were awarded during the program.
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
The Cultural Committee's calendar began with the Independence Day Celebration. The flag was hoisted by Nadoja Dr. Chidananda Murthy, eminent Kannada poet. Shri Dilip Surana, Chairman, MicroLabs & Smt. Archana Surana, Managining Trustee, who also presented awards to NSS volunteers and our own Yoga Expert, a student from I yr B.Com, Rajeshachari.
Anveshana, the college Freshers day was celebrated to welcome the new entrants and to give them an opportunity to display their talent in different fields such as singing, dancing as well as general knowledge.
Saraswathi Pooja was performed to invoke the blessings of the goddess of learning by the students. staffand the management. Varnothsava, our college's annual cultural fest was conducted with much fanfare. This year's theme was state festivals. The states chosen were Rajasthan, West Bengal, Maharastra and Karnataka (Dakshina Kannada). The chief guests were eminent personalities from the fields of cinema and theatre Shri Sanchaya Ganesh and Shri Anand Sabhapathy.
Paraspara, the annual event for all faculty members of Surana College was conducted over a span of three exciting days with creative competitions that got all the faculty members on their toes. There were six groups named after the six seasons and the activities conducted this year were Quiz on Karnataka, Medley Relay event, Group Song, Tug of War and many others.
Parva, the college Annual Day was a celebration of academic, co-curricular and extra- curricular success combined with an electrifying cultural extravaganza. The prices on the
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occasion were given away by the chief guest Shri Dhananjaya, Kannada Film Star and the Principals of Surana Group of Institutions.
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Dr. Anuradha Roy, HOD, Department of English, Seshadripuram College conducted a workshop on "Understanding Verbal Ability Tests' for all final year students. An inter-collegiate, inter-disciplinary paper presentation seminar was organized jointly by the Departments of English and Psychology titled "Literary Analysis of Psychological Concepts: An Inter-disciplinary Approach" where two groups of our students presented papers . The department also conducted various competitions and other activities including the Wallmag. film screening and theatre visits for the students.
DEPARTMENT OF HINDI
The department activities included celebrating 'Hindi Day' and a guest lecture on 'Drama in Hindi Sahitya' by Dr. Vinay Kumar Yadav, which also included an interclass competition. Dr. Basavaraju presented a paper in National level Seminar at Maharaja college, Mysore.
DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT
The department of Sanskrit celebrated "Sanskrit Day". Dr. Vydehi participated in a workshop on "Revised Syllabus of Uundergraduate Courses' held at Vijaya College. Dr. Nagaratna Hegde presented a paper on "Upanishadi kaavyasoundaryam" at ISKCON Temple and recited self-composed poetry at the "Gandhi Smrithi Samskrit Kavi Sangama" organised by Karnataka Sanskrit University and also at the All India Women Writers' Meet" that was organised in Bhopal.
DEPARTMENT OF KANNADA
Dr Baragur Ramchandrappa inaugurated 'Kannada Sambhrama Sangha' for the annual year on the occasion of Guruvandane (Teachers Day). He was felicitated in the presence of Sri Pichalli Srinivas, Chairman of the Kamataka Janapada Academy.
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'Computer mathu Kannada' An Introductory textbook on computers in Kannada published by the department in association with Mitramaadhyama Academy was released by Sri Raghu Dixit renowned musician. Dr Vishala Varanashi along with 2 students, participated in "Ninasam Samskrithi Shibira" an annual academic meet organized in Heggodu. Dr Sumatindra Nadiga's "Aakantha Lokantha" was released by Dr. Mallepuram Venkatesh in the presence of Prof. CN Ramchandran and MLC Sri DS Veeraiah. A guest lecture by Sri Sathyesh N Bellur on 'Change Management was also organised by the dept. The department has organised the release function of Sundara Prakashana's books authored by Dr. Basavaraja Sabarada, Sri C.V. Shivashankar & Sri. Gowri Sundar and Hemantha Prakashana's book authored by Shri Beluru Rammurthy.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCES
Apart from field visits to Lalbagh and GKVK Microbiology Lab, the department of Botany conducted inter-class cooking without fire and chart making competitions. The Department of Biotech also conducted an inter-collegiate TECHZONE-MODEL MAKING competition. The Department also supported various project such as "Extraction of proteins by salt and solvent method of leaf and fruit of Terminalia cattappa" done by final year students, "Isolation of DNA from Human Blood cells by using Agarose gel electrophoresis" and "Isolation and comparison of DNA from Lake water bacteria with known strains using Agarose Gel Electrophoresis done by graduating students. The dept. of Chemistry organized a visit to GKVK Microbiology lab and conducted a model making, crossword competitions and an IQ test for the students. The dept. of Physics organized an Educational visit to The Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium and guest lecturers on "Stellar Evolution" by Mrs. Shylaja. Director, and Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium Another guest lecture on "Research for God's particle: Present Experiments at CERN" by Dr. G. Venkatesh, Professor of Physics was also organised. The Department of Mathematics conducted a Guest lecture on Mathematical Modeling by Dr S. Pranesh which focused on the Application of Mathematics in real Life. The department conducted inter-class General Aptitude test and Dumb Charades for all the students.
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HUMANITIES
Department of Journalism
The department activities included Field Visits to Sri Siddhartha Media Center and Community Radio Station; TV Studio at Tumkur; Press Club; Vidhan Soudha;_Movie Screening. As promotional activity organised an Orientation Programme by Popular Radio Jockey Mr. Guru Prasad for the II PUC. The Guest Lecture and promotional activity by Mr. Naveen Ammemmbala, Chief Reporter of DNA newspaper and weekly updation of Wall Magazine the "Reporters Desk are few of the highlighting activities of the dept. The department also released its first issue of the college newsletter SURANATIMES. Various internships were organised for the students in media outlets such as Vijayavani Newspaper and Janashri News channel.
Department of History
Apart from regular annual activities, the department organised a historical field visit to Lepakshi and Vidurashwatha.
Department of Psychology
The Ingitha Club organised activities such as Film screening, Interclass competitions, Wallmag editions and Walkathon in association with Youth-Pro volunteers of the positive psychology unit of NIMHANS, to spread awareness about positive mental health. Interdisciplinary seminar on "Literary Analysis of Psychological Concepts: An Interdisciplinary Approach" was conducted as an inter-collegiate paper presentation seminar. One student paper is slated for publication in the conference journal of St. Anne's College. The final year students completed Internship programmes at Manasa Neuropsychiatric Hospital and Cadabams Psychosocial Rehabilitation Center.
Department of Political Science
The department screened various important films on political and social issues and celebrated the birth anniversary of Nelson Mendela.
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A seminar on 'Indian Constitution', RTI and Human Rights was also organised by the department.
Department of Economics
Inter-class competitions were conducted on account of "World population Day". A Guest lecture by Prof R. Shashi Kumar, Associate Professor, Bangalore University delivered a speech on "Globalization & its impact on foreign trade in India". Other activities of the department include an industrial visit to the Karnataka Milk Federation, interclass currency competition and jewellery making workshop in association with the Entrepreneurs Development Programme Cell of the college.
Department of Tourism
Departmental Activities included orientation program for the first year students, Quiz competition and a Guest lecture on "Tourism and Community Development to commemorate World Tourism Day. A field visits was organized to "Travel and Tourism Fair" and a 4 days Educational Trip was organised to Munnar, Alappuzha, Kochin, and Wayanad to educate students about Tourism destination, Planning and Development. The dept also assisted students who intemed at various tourism related firms such as Thomas Cook KSTDC, Cox and Kings and Air India.
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
ESOTERIC the computer club was inaugurated by Dr Chandrasekhar, Consultant, Infosys. Events such as Memory Game, Pick n speak, Dumb Charades, Product launch, Collage, IT QUIZ, Group Discussion and IT Manager were organised. Guest lecturers were organised for BCA students in 'Emerging IT Technologies' to keep them updated with current market trends. Short term courses on DOT NET and PHP for final year students was conducted. Activities like Aptitude, Quiz, Presentations on subjects, and Vocabulary enrichment were regularly conducted for all semesters. Student Achievements: 1. BCA students won Overall Trophy for the year 2014-15 in intercollegiate Fest INTERFACE V 18 held at Christ University. 2. BCA students won Overall Trophy for the year 2014-15 in intercollegiate competitions held at SL Claret College, Bangalore.
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Staff Achievements: 1. Prof A. Srinivas, HOD went as Resource person and spoke on "Usage of ICT in Research and Academics" at Computer Science Refresher course, Bangalore university. 2. All degree faculty presented papers at International Conference held at SRN Adarsh Institute of Management, National Conference held at Sambram Institute of Technology and Garden City College . 3. Various text books were authored by the faculty members on computer Science subjects.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Vishnu, a final year student won the Skill Gap Assessment Programme Contest held by 'ARTHAVIDHYA' and is entitled to a full fee waiver to the "Business Accounting Process" executive course. Rohit Sharma, a second year has won an iPad by securing highest marks the in aptitude test conducted by Merit Trac, Assessment Company. The Praneethi FORUM conducted Management events, Explore for PUC students, Emporio for first year degree and Pinnacle for all B.Com students. The following guest lecturers were conducted: Role of an Entrepreneur in the present scenario Mr.Rashmi Rao Sustainability & Business Ethics Mr.Claudius Corporate World-Finance & Accounting Mr.Subramanya Puranik Entrepreneurship Prof. Suryabrat Buragohian Financial Sector Significance Ms Anitha N Cracking CAT Exams Mr. K N Vinay Raj Expectations of an Employer from Candidates Mr. N V Srinivas Stock & Commodity Derivatives . Mr .Gangadhar Swamy
Short Term Courses: Students underwent various certified short term courses like 'Commodity Markets' by Commerce Champion, Tally' by Tally Solutions and 'Facing Interviews' by Career Mapping.
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DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
The department offered Personality Development Programme by KWEC, TALLY ERP 9, NCFM Beginner's Module and Diploma in Finance & Capital Markets as certificate courses. The Proficiency Club of the department conducted Surge, an exclusive management fest organized by Il year BBM students to identify the potential of 1 year BBM students. Industrial visits to Volvo Construction Company and Prerana Packaging Industries were organised. All Faculties of the dept attended a one day Workshop on Revised syllabus of Bangalore University. GUEST lectures on Sustainability and Business Ethics by Claudius Baumann Bosch. Entrepreneurship by Kalpana Heblekar, Class Room to Board Room by the faculty of IMT, Nagpur Bangalore were conducted. and Career opportunities after CMA was delivered by Mr. Sanjay Singh, Consultant Logic Bangalore were conducted. A one day Seminar was conducted on Marketing in International Trade and Career Opportunities. A Faculty Development Programme on "Intellectual Property Rights- Significance for Academ in association with VTPC, Bangalore was organized.
Library The following books were edited and published by the college library Edited and published a book KUMARAVYASA BHARATA: BHASHA VAUJNANIKA HINNELEYALLI VISHLESHANE Edited and published a book RAITANOBBANANENAPUGALU Edited a book KUVEMPU NUWITORANA published by ASHTARAKAVI KUVEMPU PRATHISHTANA KUPPALI and the same was released by Chief Minister Sri Siddharamaiah on 29.12.2014 (Birthday of Kuvempu) POORNADRISHTI KUVEMPU MATTHU TEJASVT an article Published in the book TEJASVIYA HUDUKUTTA' published by SAPNA BOOK HOUSE, Bangalore.
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NCC
Lt Harisha T, Department of Political Science pursued his training from Officers Training Academy (OTA) Kamtee, Nagpur and took charge as ANO of Surana College NCC under 5/3 COY, SKAR BN. On the occasion of Independence Day celebrations cadets BSUO-Arbaz Khan, CSUO- Vishal Nazre, CJUO Jeevan R. CSM-Shivraj Kumar Singh and COMS-Naveen Kumar were awarded ranks. Cadets participated in Blood donation and Eye checkup camps. Surana College NCC Unit has conducted unarmed combat techniques for girls. LL Col Lokesh Saxena trained self-defense techniques to girls as a drive to eliminate sexual harassment. Cadets were also taken to a one day trek to Shivgange covering 120 kilometers.
Individual Achievements
CJUO Arbaz Khan was unanimously chosen as the camp senior at CATC Doddaballapur and was awarded as The Best camp senior under whose leadership we won the first place in drill competition and the Volleyball team won the runner up trophy. 25W and 2SD cadets got selected for Bangalore 'B' GROUP TSC troop, where CJUO Arbaaz Khan was again awarded the Best cadet and the Best parade commander. The Honorary rank of BSUO (Battalion senior under officer) was given to Arbaaz Khan by Lt. Col. aveen Chauhan to lead 2.400 cadets of 8KAR BN NCC. He also won the All India Silver medal at the Jammu & Kashmir Mountaineering Camp. The cadets attended the IBC camp at Doddaballapur and CATC at Delhi Public School, Sarjapur Road where they bagged several prizes.
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NSS
NSS This year's activities included Volunteering for the ALL India under 14 5-A Football tournament and rally for Protection of Women against Harassment. 100 NSS volunteers participated in the Independence Day celebrations and in a Blood Donation Camp in Sathya Sai Hospital . Tree plantation activity was conducted to commemorate the NSS inauguration by Prof. G.B. Shivaraju, Honorable Secretary of Gandhi Bhavan. The volunteers participated in the activity of Naming of Trees in M.N Krishna Rao Park which was presided by Sr. N.R Ramesh, Corporator, BBMP & Dr. Gunavantha J. Deputy, Lalbagh Botanical Gardens. Gandhi Jayanthi celebrations involved a visit to an old age home called Belaku. Swachatha programme in South End Circle Park was undertaken by the NSS volunteers and in association with Bengaluru University, the volunteers cleaned the roads of Rajarajeshwari Nagar with the help of B.B.M. P workers. At Uttarahalli, they did a door to door Swatchhata campaign. Volunteers funded 25,000 rupees from our college and 50,000 rupees from NSS volunteers for "Sports Association For Physically Challenged and our NSS unit leaders Arun Kumar R and Madhusudhan B.S. were appointed as assistant secretaries for this association. Eye Check-up & Blood Donation Camps in association with the Rashtrothana Blood Bank and donated blood Narayana Hrudyalaya hospital were organised. More than 200 students and faculty members Special Camp Activity this year was a 7 days stay in Ramakrishna Ashram, Shivanahalli, Banerghatta where volunteers constructed a check dam in Jaipuradoddi.
SPORTS
RAJESHACHARI M. 1 year B.Com has to his credit various state and national level awards for Yoga including the Runners up in the Yoga Olympiad and winner in National Yogasana Championship. Clinton Andrew, Ganesh, Gagan Reddy & Sharath KP have represented the state at zonal and national level tournaments including the 65 National Basketball Championship at Bhilwara.
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Manohar, Shravan Rao, Raison Benett Rebello & Omkar G. Jadhav have participated and won several zonal and national level championships including the federation cup senior volleyball championship the 'A' division held at Chennai. Raison has also secured 7" Position in the 10" Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship held at Sn Lanka. Ponnanna P. E & Subbaiah C.A.Chendanda of Hockey were Winners in the all India inter University competition held in Anantapur, the 18th Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa Memorial Hockey Tournament and the 2nd Hockey Bengaluru League Championship held at Bengaluru. Ashwathi Satheeshan Shuttle Badminton player Won Silver medal in the Bangalore University inter collegiate tournament. Raiavanth Kaur & Sushmitha Fencing champions from our college represented Bengaluru University in Fencing Competition held in various locations in the country. YOSHODHA.M & Asha G NETBALL players: Participated in the All India Netball Championship camp held at Bengaluru University & Annamalai University. Akshatha & Swathi Table Tennis players Participated in the Bengaluru University table tennis competition. Sharath & Suhas Participated in the All India American football Championship Camp held at Bengaluru University, Punjabi University & Krishna University. The college Netball team Ravi, Balaji, Gowtham, Vinay Prasad, Sharath Raju & Manas participated in the All India Netball Championship camp held at Benagluru University and Annamalai University. The college Cricket team Yathish, Farhan, Abdul Lateef, Pradeep & Stalin.R participated in the Belagavi Panthers in the Karnataka Premier League and other prestigious tournaments. Ganesh Raju (Best Physique) participated in the Karnataka Amateur Body Builders Association held at Bengaluru.
Group Events
HOCKEY (Men) Surana College won the Christ University Hockey Tournament, the K.S.A. hockey tournament held at Mysore & the SPIEL Hockey tournament. They were also Runners up in the Hockey Karnataka inter college Hockey tournament & the State Level St. Johns medical college Hockey tournament .
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SHUTTLE BADMINTON (Women) Winners in the National College & Sindhi College Inter Collegiate Shuttle Badminton Tournament. BASKETBALL Runners up in the Christ University Basketball tournament & in the All India State Level Basketball tournament. CRICKET TEAM Runner up in St. Joseph's, Spiel Cricket tournament & Collegiate Cricket tournament organised by St. Joseph's College of Commerce. THROW BALL (WOMEN) Runners up in the SJR College Throw Ball Tournament held at JNR College Ground . TABLE TENNIS( Women) Winners in the B.U. Inter Collegiate tournament organized by I. John College. Hand ball (Men) Runner up in Intercollegiate Star Shooters tournament Organized by National College Bengaluru from 30 to 31 Jan 2015. FENCING (Women) Represented in the B.U.B Inter collegiate Fencing Woman tournament held at Bengaluru & Punjab University.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT ELIMINATION CELL/WOMEN EMPOWERMENT CELL
The Cell organized a seminar on Challenges and opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs' with special reference to Handicrafts and Textiles. A guest lecture on "Success and Self Protection" by Mrs. Sunitha Kishore was conducted. A workshop on Self Defence was organised for girl students by Defence personnel. Aworkshop on jewelry making was conducted.
CAREER GUIDANCE & PLACEMENT CELL
Career Guidance & Placement Cell received Highest Number of offers Award from Wipro & HP for the placements during the academic year 2013-14. An Aptitude Test was organized in association with Merittrack Services Ltd., for Second year degree students, Rohith Sharma of ll Year B.Com, topped with 97% and won an Apple ipad mini. Campus recruitment for the final year degree students was organized and the students of BCA. BCOM, BBM, BSC & BA were placed in prestigious corporate organizations like Infosys Technologies and BPO, Wipro Technologies, HP, Northern Trust, IBM, CONCENTRIX, Tech been placed in this year. Mahindra, SAP, TE Connectivity, E-litmus, ICICI Prudential, etc. More than 175 students have been placed in this year.
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ROTARACT CLUB
Rotaract Club of Surana College is sponsored by its parent club, Rotary Club of Indiranagar. This is the and year of Rotaract in Surana headed by President Rotaractor Gulam Zaveri. Sri D.N.V Sandeepan Smt. Sharmila Mehta are the faculty coordinators. The year's activities began with the Installation Ceremony where the President, Secretaries, Board Members and other members were officially inducted in the presence of Rotarian Col. Ry Subramaniam, Rotarian Sivasankaran and Rotarian Sanjay Koppikar & Rotaractor DRR Adeshwar Mehta from Rotary Club of Indiranagar. A short play on the theme "Eradicate poverty, unemployment" was enacted in the college. The club co-hosted Transform-4 workshop in collaboration with the host club RC-Kormangala. The workshop included Effective communication skills, Decision making strategies and other skills. "CAMPAMENTO" was for PG & UG rotractors of RCSC and YOUNG INDIA members. There was active participation in the 5 km marathon run organised by SIMB "LIFE DART 5K RUN" A Book Bank project was started in the college to collect textbooks for the financially backward students. The club members participated in the annual district conference "SAMYOG".
OUT STANDING ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2015
Sujay Shanbagh, a prodigious Bharatanatyam Dancer received the Balashree award for excellence in Performing Arts. Govindh Singh P was awarded the "Best NSS Volunteer" for the year 2013-14 by the Governor in recognition of meritorious services rendered in the field of NSS. Sowmya S secured 92.5% in Commerce to get a Gold Medal. Tejas, Suraj and Sowmya of final vear have scored 100 marks in Income Tax. Divya of I-SEM has secured full Marks in FA and MTBD and Adarsh Sin MTBD.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION:
Prof. Muralidhar V was felicitated with Kala Jyothi Award by the Kamataka Civil Defense Corps, 14* January 2015.
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Mr. Ramesh G, Head & Asst. Professor, Political science Department cleared Karnataka State Eligibity for Lectureship and Assistant Professorship.
BOOKS PUBLISHED:
Prof. Muralidhar V. Prof Shylaja N & Prof. Suma CV have authored several Management related Text Books for Bangalore University. Prof. Anand Tanvashi from the department of Computer Science has authored a text book titled E Business'on Computer Science for Bangalore University. Prof. Mini Abraham, Prof. Mahalakshmi & Prof. Keerthi published Papers & Presented in National and International level Seminars & conferences.
GENERAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Students from across the streams presented papers in different colleges of Bangalore, Manipal Institute of Humanities & Philosophy, and participated in seminars & workshops organized by the University. Our students won individual and team events in intercollegiate management & cultural fests including overall championship trophies in colleges such as Vijaya College, Cambridge College and Govt. First Grade College. Industry Visits, Field Visits and Study Tours were organised for students of Commerce, Management, Sciences, Journalism, Psychology, History and Tourism to industries and companies such as BWSSB, Bangalore Dairy, Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, Kerala, GKVK, Cadabams Rehabilitation Center etc. Personality Development Workshop by KWEC was held for all first year students. Faculty Development Programmes were conducted by Surana College and Quality Management Systems Internal Auditor Training Course based on ISO 9001:2008 standard certification was conducted by BSCIC. Faculty Members from across the streams have participated in seminars and conferences organized Bangalore and elsewhere.
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