VOYAGER 2010-2011 MEDIA SNAPSHOTS TIMES CITY | MISSION ADMISSION THE TIMES OF INDIA, MUMBAI FRIDAY, JULY 23, 2010 ‘You will learn the meaning of education’ Indu Shahani Coming from smaller classrooms, you festivals. It is these memories that will Welcome to will suddenly find over 120 students in be with you forever. But again t h e v i b r a n t your class and God forbid if a teacher is remember, it is participation that is world of junior absent and a class is joined; you will important and not winning that is college. As you have more than three hundred students. essential. leave school Don’t let the numbers overwhelm you. A final word of advice to all young and enter the Take this opportunity to make new students: this is an opportunity for you corridors of friends from different schools. to unlearn, learn and relearn the true city colleges, The adage ‘the survival of the fittest’ is meaning of education. Develop y o u w i l l most applicable to college life. While independent thinking, be positive and experience a you were in school, there was a lot of proactive, build accountability and sense of joy, enthusiasm and optimism. spoon-feeding, but that will no longer responsibility, create a passion for your But you will also have apprehensions be the case in college. You will have to work and compassion for others. Use about leaving school, friends and pursue teachers who are very busy. But your time effectively and enjoy the favourite teachers. Life in junior college college life gives you the opportunity to dynamic world of college life. will be different and it is important that grow up quickly and develop your This is the first in a series of columns in you prepare yourself so that your personality by interacting with other transition is smooth and that you can which principals talk about the highs students and participating in activities. and lows of college life. Dr. Indu make the most of the new exciting Go all out and participate actively in challenges that await you. Shahani is the Principal of H.R. College debates, dramas, competitions and of Commerce and Economics. HASSARAM RIJHUMAL COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ECONOMICS Dr. (Mrs.) Indu Shahani Principal & Hon’ble Sheriff of Mumbai Mrs. Anila Pillai Mrs. Rekha Bahadur Vice-Principal - Jr. College Vice-Principal Mrs. Deepika Bhatia Mr. Parag Thakkar Vice-Principal - Jr. College Vice-Principal Ms. Misha Bothra Editorial Team Editor-in-Chief Priyanka Khiani Arunima Trigunayat Nidhi Thanawala Nihal Daswani Sub-Editor Junaid Khan Ms. Kamni Bahl Niharika Anand Graphic Designer Tanya Khiani ABOUT US I 1 CONTENTS > CONTENTS About Us 1 Cultural Reports 119 From the Editor 2 Articles & Poems 143 From the Principal’s Desk 3 Annual Prize Distribution List 161 From the President HSNC Board 4 Media Snapshots Reminiscences 5 Inside Front Cover Principal Leads 17 Inside Back Cover Sheriff’s Delegations 19 Sheriff's Trail 24 Academic Achievements 37 Internationalization of HR 77 Beyond Academics 95 > EDITORIAL India’s twenty first century economic our capacity and multiply the number of become adept at surviving the fierce story has just begun. We as a country are schools and colleges to provide quality pace of innovation and economic headed towards the third decade of education to our growing young downturn. liberalization (which started in 1991). population. Vocational training is At H.R. the results create records, the Time has come that we take stock and equally essential and needs to be set up college faculty is ever ready to go approach with a little more imagination on a war footing as we are beginning to beyond the call of duty to help the and daring. feel the shortage of plumbers, masons, students. The college is open 24x7 for the students to prepare for their exams With 65% of our population under 35, electricians etc. in an undisturbed environment. Our India should have a youthful, dynamic Our focus ought not to be solely on social projects like CHIRAG have become and productive workforce for the next education and training today, but on benchmarks by themselves, from being thirty years while the rest of the world is what we need to do to make today’s small projects started by a few students ageing. Indians employable. A badly trained they have become international youth India’s greatest strength is Indians engineer from a second rate technical movements. themselves. In some sense we are college will in the next decade and a half At H.R. we endeavour to provide just the culturally predisposed to view material be unemployable. An unemployable or right mix of academic excellence, and intellectual success as important unemployed workers are potential encouraging atmosphere for learning and opportunities to become fine and worth striving for. The critical revolutionaries. The frustration of a human beings. challenge then is to ensure that we jobless youth lies behind most of the foster our human capital base. violent protests in the world. - Misha Bothra Faculty, Department of English A great deal needs to be done to expand We need to ensure that our children Jr. College 2 I EDITORIAL PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE > FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK Greetings from the Sheriff of Mumbai and Principal of H.R. College of Commerce and Economics affiliated to the University of Mumbai! It is our endeavour at H.R. College to provide high quality of education, and help accelerate the careers of all our students into successful professions and businesses. The college offers a variety of courses including five undergraduate commerce degrees, three add-on courses and a post graduate specialization in Business Management. From the AY 2011-2012 H.R. has two new offerings for the students - a Bachelor degree in Mass Dr. Indu Shahani Media and a Masters in Commerce with specialization in Accountancy. The academic year 2010-2011 has been an outstanding one with the students doing very well in their academics. At the University of Mumbai examinations H.R. College bagged 1st and 3rd rank at the TYBMS, 1st and 2nd rank at TYBAF and 3rd rank at TYBBI. H.R. College students also marked their presence with 8th, 9th and 11th rank at TYBCom examination. In extra curricular activities H.R. created history in the University of Mumbai by winning all five major inter-collegiate festivals in this academic year. The Under 19 cricket team won the T-20 1st Ionian Cricket Schools Tournament 2011 held at Corfu, Greece. Our focus centers on developing ethical leaders, inspiring entrepreneurial spirit within each student, and helping them gain a vision of what they can accomplish. Recently we have added a fourth area of emphasis: mastery in communication and critical thinking skills. We want our students to have the courage to experiment with bold, innovative ideas and to reach for the skies. We do hope the result is that we produce ‘Managers with a heart.’ H.R. has been amongst the first colleges in Mumbai to initiate strong industry-academia relations. Industry experts are regularly invited to come and share their business strategies and experiences. This interaction helps the students to keep abreast with the latest developments in the business sector which in turn equips them for their professional lives. Each year the best names in the corporate sector offer H.R. students internships and placements. We are also proud of our alumni who support the college at all times. lnternationalisation has become the focal point of the teaching learning process at H.R. The college leads the way in student and faculty exchange programs. This exposure helps the faculty to understand the best practices of leading institutions and incorporate them in their teaching methods. The students are offered scholarships and exchange programs from prestigious institutions like NYU Stern, USA and King’s College, UK. At the end of this year a student delegation visited New Jersey City University to interact and to understand the dynamics of the diverse economic markets. As the 110th Sheriff of Mumbai and as the Principal of H.R. College, I welcome you to this culture of excellence and to the strategic planning and decision making that support excellence as we propel ourselves to be an engine of growth for the student community, the nation, and the world. FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK I 3 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE > FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE HSNCB MESSAGE It is with great pleasure that I send this message for another issue of the H.R. College magazine “Voyager” after the glittering celebrations of the golden jubilee of this iconic college of our board. H.R. College under the dynamic leadership of Principal Dr. lndu Shahani has laid strong emphasis not only on academic progress of the students but also on development of their character, through extra curricular activities with the objective of inculcating values of social service. I am sure the distinguished students of H.R. College will continue to work with great passion towards a successful future and bring pride to our country. Shri Kishu Hashmatrai Mansukhani President Best of luck to all of you, who will be graduating from H.R. College and Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board entering into various professions. ABOUT THE PRESIDENT Mr. Kishu H. Mansukhani, Trustee, HSNC Board, is the current President of Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board. He has been associated with the Board since May 1974 and is committed to excellence in higher education. After completing his studies in Mechanical Engineering, and Management in the USA, Mr. Mansukhani returned to India as he was selected for a senior position in the newly created Export Department of Telco (Tata Motors).