Editors ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU Mr Naveen Mascarenhas Mr Harsha Paul VOL 6 ISSUE 4 [email protected] November-December, 2020

Felicitation Programme for the Rank Holders

reasoning should enable us to take wise decisions for A grand formal felicitation programme for the Rank the environment. holders of St Aloysius College (Autonomous) who gradu- He advocated to live a life of enlightened living and de- ated in the year 2019 -20 was held on Monday, 21 De- tach from material things and suggested the graduates cember, 2020 in L F Rasquinha Hall, LCRI Block of the to look for a balanced life. He concluded by saying that College. one must understand the meaning of life before search- 73 students of UG and PG programmes who secured ing life across universe and find happiness within before ranks are felicitated by the Chief Guest, Dr Rio D’Souza, finding happiness elsewhere. Principal, St Joseph’s Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Rev. Fr. Melwin J Pinto SJ, in his presidential remarks Mangalore. Rev. Fr. Melvin Joseph Pinto, Rector of St stated that “The education received from this institution has given a pathway to your lives but the real education is gained when you face the challenges in life. What one has received from here in the form of knowledge and skills must be applied in your lives. There is no alterna- tive to hard work. The more you keep doing what you are supposed to do, the happiness and success will fol- low. One must do something for society by embracing whole of humanity by feeling for one another. One must consider whole of the planet for contributing something, only then fulfillment is found”. Principal, Rev. Dr. Praveen Martis S J, in his initial re-

Aloysius Institutions presided over the function. Princi- pal, Rev. Dr. Praveen Martis SJ, Dr Alwyn D’Sa, Regis- trar-in Charge, Finance Officer Rev. Fr. Vincent Pinto SJ, Directors of various blocks and Convenors, Premala- tha Shetty & Sonal Steevan Lobo were present on the dais. While addressing the gathering chief guest Dr. Rio D’Souza congratulated the rankholders and advised the young generation to create a better future by caring for the environment. He stated that the students must uti- lize the tools to think and act logically, given by the in- marks elucidated “Students are the ambassadors of the stitution along with the academic lessons. College and you - the rankholders are the masterpieces”. He motivated the graduates to achieve their goals by choosing the less chosen paths in their future life. Dr Alwyn D’ Sa, Registrar-in charge read out the rank- holders list during the felicitation ceremony. Dr Norbert Lobo, Director of Administrative block welcomed the gathering. Mr. Sonal Steevan Lobo, Co-convener intro- duced the chief guest. Dr. Vidya Vinuta D’Souza com- pered the programme. Ms Premalatha Shetty, Convener of the programme proposed the vote of thanks. Members of the Academic Council, Staff of the College and parents of the rank holders were present during the programme. Rank holders with the inconvenience to join the function physically were accommodated through He conveyed his take on what is artificial - “since hu- Zoom Online portal and event was streamed live on You mans are outcome of nature, all their developments Tube for the public. should be classified as natural”. Yet the power of Reported by Ms Chandrakala

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Applied Biology Lab of SAC identified Noctiluca Scintillans (Sea Sparkle)

While icy blue light on a cool sea lit by the moonshine N octiluca Scintillans - the Sea Sparkle of the Manga- appears to be a picture straight out of a fantasy movie, it lorean coast identified and documented by Laboratory of hides a scary secret. This overgrowth of the dinoflagel- Applied Biology, St Aloysius College, Mangaluru. late could mean disaster for our marine fish industry. Mangalore has been buzzing with news of icy blue The sudden overgrowth throws off the balance of the sea streaks across our coastal waters. From Udupi to and could cause a drastic decline in the marine fishing Someshwar, our seas are lit by sparkly blue luminescent harvests. The overgrowth also leads to an excessive pro- waves that are visible from sunset till day break. What duction of ammonia in the sea water which is quite toxic to the other marine animals in the waters.

Reported by Dr Shashikiran Nivas

The Great Conjunction 2020

T he Astro-club Association of the college facilitated for viewing the Jupitar-Saturn Conjunction on Decem- ber 21, 2020. The event was unique and observed after several decades. The Telescope of the Observatory Al- solarium is used for the viewing. Astro-club members, faculty members and few interested public participated in the event. Mr Shwan D’Souza and Mr Harshith B narrated the proceedings to the participants. causes this spectacular phenomenon and why? Ms Sulakshana Karkala and Mr Sachin Patavardhan of the Laboratory of Applied Biology, St Aloysius College, Mangalore under the guidance of Dr Leo D Souza SJ and Dr Shashi Kiran have identified the causative organism as Noctiluca scintillans. It is a small transparent balloon shaped microscopic dinoflagellate that has two hairs like structures (flagella) for movement. Only one flagella is prominent and spoon shaped and therefore helps to scoop up phytoplankton into its mouth. Noctiluca scintil-

Reported by Dr Chandra Shekhara Shetty T

Traditional Konkani Food

T he virtual meet held on 13th November was learning about traditional Konkani food. The resource person for the same was lans itself is colorless; it looks green from all the green Mrs. Irene Rebello. Mrs. microscopic phytoplankton that it consumes. Irene Rebello briefed about So how does this tiny little fellow produce such brilliant various traditional Kon- shots of lights? Noctiluca scintillans has numerous kani food and also told us strands inside it which contain a chemical called lucifer- the logic and reason for in and an enzyme called luciferase. Luciferin reacts with making this food. Apart oxygen to give light flashes. This is called biolumines- from the members of the cence because it is light that is produced by a living or- association some of the e- ganism. This light flash is triggered by mechanical mo- konkani bhas and culture online certificate course par- tion such as waves crashing. Thus the strongest light sparkles are usually seen with the highest waves folding. ticipants attended this session. Association member Vio- The effect it produces appears like a sparkly shiny wave la Lewis welcomed and hosted the programme and Jeni- and that is why Noctiluca scintillans is also called the ta Pinto rendered the vote of thanks. Sea Sparkle. Reported by Ms Flora Castelino

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Commercio 2020

and the feedback for the same was taken from the par- C ommercio 2020 was conducted from 10th November, ticipants and judges at the end of the event. 2020 to 12th November, 2020. We had an enthusiastic par- The event PLEAD THE FIFTH was conducted for the 3rd ticipation from all the 24 classes of B.Com which included years from 3:00 p.m. All the participants were really the first years, second years and the final years. The events enthusiastic and the jury did their job really well. The were conducted virtually via GOOGLE MEET. whole event went on perfectly without any hindrance. Commercio 2020 consisted of five events namely- ENTRE- The event QUIZZARD OF OZ had no round on this day. PRENOW O' NEVER, THE ESCAPE ROOM, ENTREVISTA, The event THE ESCAPE ROOM was conducted with 3 links PLEAD THE FIFTH AND QUIZZARD OF OZ. Day 1 : 10-11-2020 at around 4:45 p.m. with 6 contestants. The round was Commercio 2020 commenced its activities with the inau- named as “Impromptu Marketing”, where the partici- gural ceremony held at 3:00p.m. The inaugural for Com- pants were shown an unconventional picture, in which mercio 2020 was carried out by popping off the balloons they were supposed to market the product or service dis- done by our Principal and Chief guest, Rev. Dr Praveen played within the picture, with just 30 seconds of prep Martis SJ. The inaugural ceremony wrapped up at 3:40 time, 1 min presentation time and around 3-4 minutes p.m. Commercio 2020 commenced its events at 4:00pm. for questioning. The event ENTREPRENOW O' NEVER commenced at 4pm All the events went on smoothly. and conducted 2 rounds each for the first years, second However, certain issues faced years and the final years. They had a total participation were: Contestants or teams not of 23 classes. Their first round consisted of each team, appearing or responding at the from different classes delivering a PowerPoint presenta- specified time. Network issues. tion and the second round wherein they would be cross- Day 3 : 12-11-2020 questioned by the judges for the same. ENTREPRENOW O' NEVER had their final round, which com- The event ENTREVISTA had a total of 7 participants. Here, the CV prepared by the participants was changed menced at 3:20 p.m. The round, 3 mins prior to their turn of speaking. relating to public relations, saw the product of the team being The event PLEAD THE FIFTH conducted the round only for the first years with a total of 8 participants. Some of the put in a bad position and the team of 4, correcting the students defended their stand really well and they even affected public perception of the same. 9 teams present- counter-questioned the judges. ed, 3 from each respective year, with around 10-15 minutes of preparation and counter-questioning from The event QUIZZARD OF OZ was conducted at 5:00 p.m. There were a total of 50 participants out of which 25 the judges. nd qualified. The quiz was conducted via a gaming app ENTREVISTA had their round for the 2 year students. The contestants were made to fill a questionnaire, which called QUIZIZZ. It was well organised and went on smoothly. was judged separately and a switch of the CV took place before the interview was taken, bringing in the element The event THE ESCAPE ROOM was conducted with three links for the first years, second years and the final years of surprise. In spite of a few network issues from the respectively, with one core member for each link. Two judges and contestants, the feedback from the same was rounds were held for each year. Eliminations were based great. on how fast the participants answered. In total it had 24 PLEAD THE FIFTH conducted their round for the 2nd year participants. The number of participants who moved to students, with 6 contestants participating, as 1 of them the 3rd round were 18; ie. 6 from first years, second was facing network issues. The round started at 3 p.m. years and final years respectively. wherein, the contestant was first made to select a case The only shortcomings faced in common were incon- and a criminal that they will be defending and were then sistent network issues. The events although went on made to join the meeting where the Judges and the Jury smoothly as everyone cooperated well. were present. They were given 3-4 minutes to present Day 2 : 11-11-2020 their case and 5 minutes of counter-questioning with the The event ENTREPRENOW O' NEVER was conducted from judges. 3 p.m., which was based on Financial and Human Re- QUIZZARD OF OZ which was conducted for the entire col- sources policy. The contestants were asked to present lege to participate, had their final round with 25 contest- the Balance Sheet, Cost Sheet or financial statements ants. As mentioned previously, it was executed on the for their respective product or service. They were judged app named “Quizizz” and had 3 winners. on the basis of how efficiently they managed their fi- THE ESCAPE ROOM had their final round in Room No.4, nances. There were a total of 9 teams, 3 from each year, named “The Interview Round” wherein the participants respectively. 5 minutes were allotted for presentation are seeking a job as a marketing manager at their em- and 5 minutes for questioning. The judges did a great job ployers, the judges’ company The contestants were with perfect analysis and patient judgement. Altogether judged on the basis of their spontaneity and quick think- the contestants and the judges had a great time and eve- ing. There were 4 contestants from each year, out of rything went on smoothly. which 2 from each year won. The event ENTREVISTA was conducted for the 3rd year Overall, Commercio 2020 was a grand success in spite of students from 3p.m. to 5p.m. with 7 contestants. The being executed online. The feedback collected from the contestants were asked to fill in a questionnaire based contestants, judges, teachers, students in general and all on which they were judged (10 minutes presentation related parties, was positive. time was given). The whole event went on smoothly Reported by Ms Metilda Pais

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Report on Smart Chalk

organized by Al-lure Association in Collaboration with T he COVID-19 pandemic has led the corporate in pur- Arrupe Block Board was resourced by Ms. Akshatha P, suit to grasp talented new brains that fit to their corpo- Assistant Professor at Sahyadri College of Engineering rate world with & Management. The session began with a general intro- enough competence duction followed by a prayer. Later Ms. Sahana Mathew, to tackle the eco- member of Al- lure Association introduced the resource nomic difficulties person and welcomed the gathering. Following introduc- the world is facing tion and welcome Ms. Akshatha P took over the session now. The employers and endowed a fruitful session. This was followed by now need young Q&A Session where our participants actively interacted minds with great with the resource person. Ms. Vaishnavi Shetty, member skills and we St Alo- of Al-lure Association thanked the gathering. The ses- ysius College sion was moderated by Mr. Akash N Shaji, Secretary of (Autonomous), Man- Al-lure Association. The session focused on General Ap- galuru is privileged titudes and Quantitative analysis; the resource person to help the students solved quantitative mathematical problems. to enhance and im- Day 3 – 2nd December 2020. Resource person – Mr. B prove their skills by Kranthi Kumar. Topic: Aptitudes providing an opportunity to attend the “SMART Day 3 of the Placement Enhancement Programme orga- CHALK” a 6 days Placement Enhancement Programme. nized by Al-lure Association in Collaboration with Ar- PEP is a package of Aptitude and Recruitment essentials rupe Block Board. The resource person Prof B Kranthi which will make the students - Industry ready. Kumar is an MTech From IIT Allahabad, in the urge of “SMART CHALK”, organized by Al-lure Association in completing Ph.D. from NIT Trichy in the Area of Net- Collaboration with Arrupe Block Board was aimed at work Security and Cryptography. The session began providing an overview regarding essentialities to be with the general introduction by Moderator Mr. Prathik adept in the corporate world. In the 6 days’ workshop the Jayaprakash, POC of Arrupe Block Board. Later, Miss resource persons had covered important aspects ranging Giselle Megan Aranha, member of Arrupe Block Board from ‘Resume Writing’, ‘Aptitudes’, ‘Communication and welcomed the resource person and the gathering. After Interviews’. which Prof B Kranthi Kumar took over the session and The programme was open for registration to graduates endowed us with an interactive session which was fol- and graduating students. About 58 students participated lowed with Q&A session. The session of the day was con- and completed the workshop. With much interactive and cluded by Mr. Preemal B, member of the Arrupe Block open session by highly qualified resource persons the Board who gave the vote of thanks. In the session re- “SMART CHALK” Placement Enhancement Programme source person focused on aptitudes and communication helped its participants to gain more knowledge and in- and it’s importance in interviews. formation making them more adaptable to the corporate Day 4 – 3rd December 2020. Resource Person: - Mr. world. Samarth Shenoy. Topic - Communication Day 1 – 30th November 2020. Resource person – Mr. Day 4 of the Placement Enhancement Programme orga- Samarth Shenoy. Topic: Quantitative Aptitudes. nized by Al-lure Association in Collaboration with Ar- Day 1 of Placement enhancement programme was orga- rupe Block Board was resourced by Mr. Samarth nized by Al-Lure Association in collaboration with Ar- Shenoy, Assistant Professor at Sahyadri College of Engi- rupe Block Board. The session began with the almighty’s neering & Management. The session began with a gen- blessing after which the participants were welcomed to eral introduction. Following introduction Mr. Samarth the first day of the workshop along with the mandatory Shenoy took over the session and endowed a fruitful ses- rules that were to be followed throughout all the days. sion. This was followed by Q&A Session where our par- The resource person for the day Mr. Samarth Shenoy, ticipants actively interacted with the resource person. Assistant Professor at Sahyadri College of Engineering Ms. Vaishnavi Shetty, member of Al-lure Association & Management was welcomed to the gathering by Miss thanked the gathering. The session was moderated by Kritika Poojary, member of the Arrupe Block Board. Lat- Mr. Adithyan, Member of Al-lure Association. The ses- er, Mr. Prathik Jayaprakash, POC of Arrupe Block sion was entirely focused on communication and written Board introduced the resource person and welcomed the English. A general grammar and writing training were gathering. After the introduction and welcoming Mr. undertaken. Samarth Shenoy took over the session and endowed us Day 5 – 4th December 2020. Resource person – Mr. with his knowledge. The session ended with the Q&A Samarth Shenoy. Topic: Interview Antiques session along with the vote of thanks which was given by Day5 of Placement enhancement programme was orga- Mr. Preemal B, member of the Arrupe Block Board. The nized by Al-Lure Association in collaboration with Ar- session mainly focused on understanding the relevance rupe Block Board. The resource person for the day Mr. of Quantitative Aptitudes in Interviews and selection Samarth Shenoy, Assistant Professor at Sahyadri Col- procedures lege of Engineering & Management was welcomed to the Day 2 - 1st December 2020. Resource Person: - Ms. gathering by Moderator Miss Giselle Megan Aranha, Akshatha P. Topic: - General Aptitudes. member of the Arrupe Block Board. The session was tak- en over by the resource person of the day which was Day 2 of the Placement Enhancement Programme Continued … Page No.5

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HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Learning Experience Series-1 organized by Point)-Level 3 and FoSTac Certificate PG Dept. of Social Work Training Program

H uman Wellness Forum-Medical Psychiatric Social F ood must be safe and free from pathogenic germs; Work (MPSW) of PG Department of Social Work, St Alo- therefore, food safety is essential. From the trans- ysius College (Autonomous) Mangalore organised Practi- portation and storage of products, the production and cal Learning Experience Series-1 on the topic “Mental preparation of food, right through to the sale – every Health Intervention in Schools”, held on 11 Novem- stage must comply with HACCP guidelines. To acquire ber 200, Wednesday 2.00 pm to 3.30 pm. The resource person of this session was Mr Jobin John, Director, AT- the insight of food safety safety and Regulations, PG OM International, Idukki, Kerala. Former School Coun- Studies & Research in Food Science, St. Aloysius college sellor, Gems International School, Al Warkka, Dubai. He organized HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control addressed to the participants on the role of Social Work- Point) -Level 3 and FoSTac certificate Training er as a School Counsellor is ‘need of hour’. There are lot th th program from November 17 to 19 November,2020. of psychological and emotional issues faced by school Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) is children and they are not addressed in proper systemat- a systematic approach to hazard identification, assess- ic methods and means. Role of Social Worker required in ment of risk, and control. It is used by many facilities in building schools as student friendly institutions, he add- the food industry to ensure that all food that is con- ed. Around 50 members of the forum were actively par- sumed is safe to eat. ticipated. The main purpose of this programme was to enhance the knowledge and skills required to become an effective School Counsellors. Since it was the first forum activity of the academic year, Dr Loveena Lobo, Director, PG Social Sciences spoke on introduction and signifi- cance of the forum. Dr Roshan Monteiro Staff Coordina- tor of the forum introduced and welcomed the resource Person and Mr Geo II MSW student proposed the vote of thanks.

Report on Smart Chalk

Continued from page no.4 followed by Q&A Session where our participants actively The 3 days Training program is conducted by Advans- interacted with the resource person. Miss Kritika sure Technical Solution which has been established Poojary, member of Aruppe Block Board gave the vote of for Food safety training and consultancy service. They thanks for the session. In the session the resource person are the approved center of Highfield Awarding Body for discussed various interview antiques which are im- Compliance (HABC),UK’s OFQUAL to award accredited portant while facing an interview. Food Safety, Health safety and HACCP Trainings. Day 6 – 5th Dec 2020 Highfield certification is also recognized by Dubai Mu- Resource Person: - Mr. Anup Boakar nicipality apart from most of the food manufactures and Topic: - How to face an Interview? caterers in the Gulf region also insisting on HABC’s cer- The 6th and last day of the Placement Enhancement Programme organized by Al- lure Association in Collabo- tification on HACCP for better employment prospects ration with Arrupe Block Board was resourced by Mr. and career growth n Gulf countries. Anup Boakar, Director Sales- Home and Distribution The Program began with the Welcome speech by the Business, Schneider Electric, Bangalore. The session HOD of the Department Dr.SN. Raghavendra. Mr. began with a general introduction and a silent prayer. Aneesh Thekkepurath Trainer and consultant of Ad- Later Mr. Arwin Sandesh D’Souza, President of Al-lure vanssure Technical Solutions spoke about the im- Association introduced the resource person and wel- portance of the HACCP in food safety and their employ- comed the gathering. Following introduction Mr. Anup ment opportunity in Food Sector. The convenor of the Boakar took over the session and endowed a fruitful ses- program Ms.Shilpa Lekha M.S concluded the program sion. This was followed by Q&A Session where our par- ticipants actively interacted with the resource person. by giving vote of thanks to the dignitaries and the partic- Ms. Pooja, President of Al-lure Association thanked the ipants. On the third day of the program, students ap- gathering. The session was moderated by Mr. Akash N peared for the exam to procure certificate. Dr. Richard Shaji, Secretary of Al-lure Association. The final day Gonsalves, Director of LCRI congratulated the precipi- session was mainly focused at giving an “Interviewer tants and thanked the Organizers for conducting this Side Perspective’ to the participants. Mr. Boakar provid- program. The moderator for the program was Mr.Kiran ed a clear insight on how an interviewer thinks and acts and Ms Elsa student of M.Sc. Food Science. in an interview and how a candidate is expected to act in an interview. Reported by Ms Shilpa Lekha S Reported by Ms Pooja

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Christmas Celebration at SAC ‘zÉñÀ -¥ÀæzÉñÀ: PÀgÁªÀ½ PÀ£ÁðlPÀzÀ ¸ÀA¸ÀÌöÈw ªÀÄvÀÄÛ gÁdPÁgÀt’ M onth of December brings along with it the happy tidings of Christmas. At St. Aloysius College the Christ- AiÀÄÄf¹AiÀÄ ¸ÉÖçöÊqï AiÉÆÃd£ÉAiÀÄ ¨sÁUÀªÁV ¢£ÁAPÀ 18.12.2020 mas celebrations brought new ±ÀÄPÀæªÁgÀzÀAzÀÄ ‘zÉñÀ -¥ÀæzÉñÀ: PÀgÁªÀ½ PÀ£ÁðlPÀzÀ ¸ÀA¸ÀÌöÈw ªÀÄvÀÄÛ hope and meaning to many staff gÁdPÁgÀt’ JA§ «µÀAiÀÄzÀ §UÉÎ gÁµÀÖç ªÀÄlÖzÀ rfl¯ï ªÉâPÉAiÀÄ and students. The students of eÁ®UÉÆö×AiÀÄ£ÀÄß £ÀªÀÄä PÁ¯ÉÃf£À ¸Á¤zsÀå ¸À¨sÁAUÀtzÀ°è AICUF designed a wonderful crib ºÀ«ÄäPÉƼÀî¯Á¬ÄvÀÄ. ªÀÄAUÀ¼ÀÆgÀÄ «±Àé«zÁ央AiÀÄzÀ £ÉºÀgÀÆ aAvÀ£À PÉÃAzÀæzÀ and dedicated it to Fr. Stan SJ, a ¤zÉðñÀPÀgÀÄ, £ÀªÀÄä £ÀqÀÄ«£À ¥ÀæªÀÄÄR ¸ÀA¸ÀÌöÈw aAvÀPÀgÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ gÁdQÃAiÀÄ great social worker, who was un- justly arrested in the month of «ªÀıÀðPÀgÀÆ DVgÀĪÀ ¥ÉÇæ. gÁeÁgÁªÀÄ vÉÆüÁàrAiÀĪÀgÀÄ F October. Our crib also won a «ZÁgÀ¸ÀAQgÀtzÀ ¸ÀA¥À£ÀÆä® ªÀåQÛAiÀiÁV ¨sÁUÀªÀ»¹zÀÝgÀÄ. prize in the competition conduct- EzÀÄ AiÀÄÄf¹AiÀÄ ¸ÉÖçöÊqï AiÉÆÃd£ÉAiÀÄrAiÀÄ°è £ÀqÉzÀÀ ¸ÀgÀt eÁ®UÉÆö×AiÀÄ 5 ed by the Karnataka Jesuit Prov- £ÉAiÀÄ «ZÁgÀ¸ÀAQgÀtªÁVzÉ. zÉñÀ CxÀªÁ gÁµÀÖç vÀvÀÛ÷ézÀ ¸ÀªÁ®ÄUÀ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ince. ¥ÁæzÉòPÀªÁV zÀQët PÀ£ÀßqÀ f¯ÉèAiÀÄ ¸ÁA¸ÀÌöÈwPÀ gÁdPÁgÀtzÀ gÀÆ¥À- AICUF, CLC and Northeast asso- ¸ÀégÀÆ¥ÀUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ¥Àj±ÉÆâü¸ÀĪÀ £É¯ÉAiÀÄ°è F eÁ®UÉÆö×AiÀÄ£ÀÄß ciations of the college in collaboration with the campus ºÀ«ÄäPÉƼÀî¯ÁVvÀÄÛ. ministry team organised umpteen number of online com- petitions for all the PG and UG students. The competi- F AiÉÆÃd£ÉAiÀÄ ¤zÉðñÀPÀgÁVgÀĪÀ qÁ. D°é£ï qÉøÁ CªÀgÀÄ ¥Áæ¸ÁÛ«PÀªÁV ªÀiÁvÀ£ÁqÀÄvÁÛ, £ÀªÀÄä PÁ¯ÉÃf£À°è ¸ÉÖçöÊqï AiÉÆÃd£ÉAiÀÄ ¸ÀA±ÉÆÃzsÀ£À PÁAiÀÄð ZÀlĪÀnPÉUÀ¼À §UÉÎ w½¹zÀgÀÄ. PÁ¯ÉÃf£À ¥ÁæA±ÀÄ¥Á®gÁzÀ gÉ. qÁ. ¥Àæ«Ãuï ªÀiÁnð¸ï CªÀgÀÄ ªÀiÁvÀ£ÁqÀÄvÁÛ, MAzÀÄ gÁµÀÖç, MAzÀÄ ¨sÁµÉ JA§ KPÀgÀƦà gÁµÀÖçvÀvÀÛ÷ézÀ ¥Àæw¥ÁzÀ£ÉAiÀÄ EA¢£À ¸À¤ßªÉñÀzÀ°è MPÀÆÌl ªÀåªÀ¸ÉÜAiÀÄ CjªÀÅ £ÀªÀÄä°è eÁUÀÈvÀªÁUÀ¨ÉÃPÁVzÉ, §ºÀÄgÀÆ¥ÀvÉAiÀÄ ¸ÀAPÉÃvÀªÁzÀ ¥ÀæzÉñÀzÀ C¹ävÉAiÀÄ §UÉÎ £ÁªÀÅ UÀnÖAiÀiÁV zsÀé¤ JvÀÛ¨ÉÃPÁVzÉ JAzÀgÀÄ. eÁ®UÉÆö×AiÀÄ ¸ÀAAiÉÆÃdPÀgÁzÀ qÁ. ¢£ÉÃ±ï £ÁAiÀÄPï CªÀgÀÄ PÁAiÀÄðPÀæªÀĪÀ£ÀÄß ¤gÀƦ¹zÀgÀÄ. ¸ÉÖçöÊqï ¸ÀºÀ¤zÉðñÀPÀgÁzÀ qÁ. gÀvÀ£ï w®Pï ªÉƺÀAvÀ CªÀgÀÄ D±ÀAiÀÄ VÃvÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ºÁrzÀgÀÄ. PÁ¯ÉÃf£À ¥ÁæzsÁå¥ÀPÀgÀÄ, tion included crib making, greeting card making, cosplay «©ü£Àß «±Àé«zÁ央AiÀÄUÀ¼À «zÁéA¸ÀgÀÄ, ¸ÀA±ÉÆÃzsÀ£À «zÁåyðUÀ¼ÀÄ ªÀÄvÀÄÛ etc. Attractive cash prizes were awarded to all the win- ¸ÀA¸ÀÌöÈw aAvÀPÀgÀÄ F UÉÆö×AiÀÄ°è ¥Á¯ÉÆÎArzÀÝgÀÄ. ners. Reported by Dr Dinesh Nayak On the 21st Dec the Student Council organized an online Christmas celebration for all the UG and PG students of the college. The program included magic show, carol COVID-19 TEST HELD AT COLLEGE singing and other such attractions. Fr. Melwin Pinto SJ, the Rector of St. Aloysius College Institutions, was the In association with the District Wenlock Hospital , Man- Chief Guest for the program. Both Fr. Rector and Fr. galuru , the College organised Covid-19 test for its staff. Principal inspired the students with their heart render- Also the stu- ing message and encouraged the students to celebrated Christmas meaningfully. dents who did On the 23rd Dec the college staff celebrated Christmas. not have the Rev. Dr. Ronald Serrao, the Rector of Jeppu Seminary, recent certifi- cate for Corona Virus were sent for the test in groups. Total of participated in this programme

was the chief guest for the day. In his message he insist- ed upon certain acts of mercy during the season of Christmas. Multi-lingual carols, musical drama, instru- mentals and a sumptuous lunch added colours to our celebration.

Reported by Rev. Fr Felix Victor SJ

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National Webinar on “Know Your Rights Before You Fight”

Veera D’Souza, Dean of Arts Faculty & HOD of Political T he Department of Political Science, St. Aloysius Col- Science, saw very interesting questions on how to curb lege (Autonomous) Mangaluru in collaboration with despotic and authoritarian tendencies within the ruling Ashakiran Jesuit Study House conducted a national dispensation, how youth can be useful to counter undem- webinar titled, “Know Your Rights Before You Fight”, on ocratic rule, role of opposition etc. Brother Pankaj con- 04th November cluded the webinar through vote of thanks.

2020 (4.30 Reported by Dr Joyce Sabina Lobo p.m. to 6.00 p.m.). The webinar saw National level webinar on “Investors Aware- the participa- ness Program under BSE banner” tion around 700 partici- pants sched- T he Dept. of PG studies and Research in Commerce uled on Zoom in association with Bombay Stock Exchange organized a and You Tube national level webinar on “Investors Awareness Pro- platforms. gram under BSE banner” on 10th of November,2020 Brother Pratap from Ashakiran led the participants at 2’o clock on zoom through the recital, “Where the Mind is without fear…”, platform. The speaker while Father Kevin Sequeira welcomed the eminent re- for the webinar was source person, dignitaries and participants. Rev. Dr. Mr. Tanuj Poddar. Praveen Martis SJ., the Principal of St. Aloysius College The session began with lauded the initiative undertaken by Department of Polit- knowing oneself. Once ical Science and Ashakiran Jesuit Study House. He re- we know who we are, minded the need to respect the human rights as a gift we can manage the from God while not choosing ignorance as a reason to finance i.e., budgeting remain silent. Mr. Alwin D’Souza, Asst. Prof. from the for mandatory out- Dept. of Political Science formally introduced Advocate flows, expenses, sav- Cliffton D’Rozario, the resource person who is rich in ings etc. For the better activism and a practicing advocate with “Manthan Law”. management of fi- While delivering the talk on “Know Your Rights Before nance, we have to first You Fight”, Advocate Cliffton D’Rozario walked the par- save and then manage ticipants through the democratic principles enshrined in the expenses. the Constitution of India. He made the participants to A person may save the view a short video clip on Fr. Stan Swami, who is arrest- money for various pur- ed by the NIA, on his role for working with the impris- poses like supporting oned Adivasi youth wrongly implicated on charges relat- family, child’s education, child’s marriage, vehicle, ed to Bhima Koregaon case. Citing the example of Fr. house, retirement planning etc. While saving, one needs Stan and his selfless work, Mr D’Rozario explained the to keep in m mind the inflation prevailing in the econo- political reasons behind such arrests. He explained the my. So, one needs to be cautious about investing and need for being aware of the rights and principles enu- invest for financial dream. merated in the constitution. Another important point that an investor has to keep in Mr. D’Rozario emphasized that for democracy to work mind along with implication of inflation is implication of within India, all aspects—political, social and economic tax. A person can go for investment in equity shares as democracies were to be realized. Democracy stands on the return on equity is higher than any other investment two strong pillars—presence of a strong opposition and avenue. conduct of free and fair elections. Giving examples on the Before investing in any avenues, one should map your stark disparities that India society allows due to caste investment to your goals. Planning for retirement is im- criteria atrocities have increased over the last few years portant in every person’s life. The speaker ended his ses- as reflected in the National Crime Records Bureau. The sion by telling the do’s and don’ts of an investment. plight of the labourers who are least paid and worst af- Around 100 participants were present for the webinar. fected stands as a witness. On the current scenario in All the participants were given the e-certificates. India, he cited that two of the democratic checks and Reported by Ms Renita Joyce Fernandes balances have failed—one, the media that parrots the ruling dispensation, and the other, failure of the judici- OBITUARY ary to correct the lackadaisical executive. For instance, Dhiraj J of II B.Sc. (PEM), Reg No the Supreme Court has failed to take up the Electoral 192236 Bond case that overlooks the non-accountability by hav- ing anonymous bearers. Expired: November 23, 2020 Mr D’Rozario concluded that there’s a need to respect people’s opinions yet who have the right to differ. Com- May his Soul Rest in Peace plete clamp on dissent cannot be in the form of ‘my way’ or ‘jail’. The Q&A session, moderated by Dr. Rose

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Report of the Christmas Programme held on 21st December 2020

support to Fr. Stan Swamy SJ, “He has shared the life O n the 21st of December 2020, a Christmas pro- he has received with the tribals”, he added. gramme was conducted at LCRI hall at 12:00 pm. The Ms. Paloma Rodrigues and team lifted up the Christmas event was live- spirits with a live Christmas Carol Session. streamed via The Rector of St. Aloysius Institutions, Rev Fr. Melwin Zoom and Pinto SJ, began his message by congratulating the Office YouTube. The Bearers of the Students’ Council for the programme put occasion was forward by them. He spoke of the importance of solidari- graced by the Rec- ty and showed his solidarity towards Fr. Stan Swamy tor of St. Aloysius SJ. Institutions, Rev “Let us think of sharing this gala with some poor soul Fr. Melwin Pinto who needs our help, by doing that, we will be celebrating SJ, the Principal a happy Christmas” he added. of St. Aloysius The event was compered by Ms. Jasline and Mr. Kevin. College The welcome address was delivered by Ms. Swati Arun (Autonomous), Rev Dr. Praveen Martis SJ, the Campus and the Vote of Thanks was delivered by Ms. Sweedal Minister, Rev Fr. Felix Victor SJ, Dean of Student Wel- Pais. fare, Dr. Ishwar Bhat, Director of Students’ Council, Dr. The Christmas programme successfully spread the Ratan Mohanta and Asst. Director of Students’ Council, Christmas cheer and joy and served as a reminder of the Dr. Santosh Goveas. true meaning of Christmas. The programme began with the invocation of God’s Reported by Students’ Council blessing through a prayer service by Ms. Alina Peris and team. Alumni Experiential Sharing-Series 3: PG Dept of The staff and students of St. Aloysius College shed light Social Work on the meaning of Christmas through a video. They shared their Christmas experiences and spoke of the F orum Activity on Alumni Experiential Sharing: Se- ries-3: Supporting People with Disabilities-Social

importance of family, friends and togetherness, ‘Make Someone Else’s Christmas’, a fundraiser organ- ised by the Students’ Council of St. Aloysius College was launched during the event. The fundraiser sends out the message, ‘to buy one outfit less, attend one party less, and make any small sacrifices that you can, to make someone else’s Christmas.’ The funds collected, will be used to provide concessions and financial assistance to the students of St. Aloysius College. Ms. Alina Peris and team spread the cheer and vibes of Christmas through a Christmas Carol Medley. A time-lapse of the intricate Christmas artwork made by Ms. Simona Fernandes was presented which was fol- Work Approaches was organised by Human Wellness lowed by a song in support of Fr. Stan Swamy SJ by Ms. Forum of PG Department of Social Work on 17 Decem- Shalini Ayyappa and team. ber 2020 Wednesday 11.00 am to 12.30 pm. Ms Melanie A live, close up magic segment was conducted by Mr. Pereria Support Coordinator-people with Intellectual & Ashwyn D’silva. He presented numerous mesmerizing Physical Disabilities at Uniting Care, Croydon, New card tricks. For his final act, he revealed a card, that was South Wales, Australia was the resource person. She hidden in the invitation of the Christmas Gala posted on addressed on the scope of Social Worker in the field of the Instagram page of the Students’ Council, Intellectual Disability at international level. Staff and @sacstudentscouncil. students of the department were the participants of this The Principal, Rev Fr. Praveen Martis SJ delivered his programme. Ms Josmi II MSW student introduced and message. He spoke of the true meaning of Christmas. He welcomed the speaker and Ms Anishka I MSW student complimented the students who came forward to make proposed the vote of thanks. the Crib. He spoke of the 7 ‘S’ factors, and showed Reported by Dr Roshan Monteiro

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Minutes of the IQAC meeting held on November 12, 2020

 Having large number of entrepreneurs to serve local T he Virtual Meeting of IQAC began with the prayer communities. service rendered by Rev Fr Vincent Pinto, Finance Of- Rev. Fr Principal said we have started “Aloysius ficer of the College. Rev Dr Praveen Martis, Principal Jalasanthe” and he also he explained the ‘Care Pachana- and Chairman of IQAC Committee welcomed all the di’ project and the College role in it members. Special welcome was accorded to the new team Dr Kishori Nayak appreciated the Vast report indicating of external experts Smt Kishori Naik from Mangalore Quality culture in the College and she said the Research University, Mr Allan Colaco- Former Chairman of Bank Centre committee from Mangalore University shall visit of Maharashtra and Illustrious Alumnus, Dr Rio D’Sou- soon to the College for Research Affiliation. Student za – Principal St Joseph’s Engineering College, Mr Ger- should be given a lot of support for placements. ald Colaco, Charted Accountant. Mr Prakash Prabhu – In response Fr Principal said that Placement office will Expert from the Industry was absent be strengthened with new office space Minutes of the previous meeting held on 5 February With regard to Question bank software, Dr Kishori ex- 2020 was read by the IQAC Coordinator Mr Naveen pressed that Learning in very subjective and she asked Mascarenhas. He also read the Action taken Report. The the like the college to think about this while implement- report was accepted as proposed by Mr Allen Pereira and ing the question paper generation using software Seconded by Mr Gerard Colaco Allen C Pereira, while complementing the College on its Principal Rev Dr Praveen Martis presented the College achievements asked the College to focus on entrepre- Updates since the previous meeting. New Rector, Rev Fr neurship development. Small and Medium producers Melwyn J. Pinto was welcomed & he placed on record should be able to market their products to the wide base the services of Rev. Fr Dionysius Vaz SJ, the outgoing of customers. Study Circles for faculty and students, Rector who is appointed as the New Provincial of Karna- Incubation centre for Social entrepreneurship, Central- taka Province ised Energy conservation mechanism in the Campus, He spoke on Aloysian Literary Fest held during Febru- Students giving solutions to the problems like Traffic ary 2020 under the STRIDE scheme of UGC and said management in the city were the other issues he spoke that a total of 14 research projects on cultural diversity on and said need to be attended to. With regard to Ques- were selected and Grants of Rs 22,85,000 is allotted. On tion Bank he said Questions can be contributed by differ- ranking of the College, he said in NIRF we are in the ent people/experts, to make it more relevant. band 101-150, in Karnataka we are in top 4 Colleges and In response Fr Principal said that The Entrepreneur we are the only college to feature in the list from this Cell of the College has implemented number of initia- district. tives and 3 staff members have received VGST Grants In India Today survey All faculties are ranked below 50 for doing Research and in Week Hansa - Science is ranked at 24 & Humani- Dr Rio spoke on Technology enablement of various ties at 36. For the first time we took part in Outlook Sur- courses. He asked the College to Give students credits vey 2020 and all the faculties applied for the survey have for doing MOOCs Courses, to incorporate Self-learning rank within 100. modules in Syllabi. He expressed his happiness for the 49 free certificate programmes were held by the College progress the College has made during April-May 2020, and at present there 13 paid In Conclusion Allen C Pereira, asked the College to have certificate courses including UGC NET Course of 150 Consultancy service between Canara Chamber of Com- hrs, JAM Course of 100 hrs. merce and the Innovation Cell of the college– to guide Mr Royal of the Dept. of BCA was thanked for College in the entrepreneurs House LMS Portal. He also Thanked science faculty for Mr Naveen Mascarenhas, IQAC Coordinator proposed initiating JAM & UGC – NET programmes. the Vote of thanks. Speaking further on College updates Fr Said, further as on October 01,2020 106 webinars are organized. 7 stu- Reported by Mr Naveen Mascarenhas dents have received Summer Research fellowships in Indian science Academy and BARC. Inaugural of New Placement & Library Hall The new deans appointed during the year 2020 are: Dr Suresh Poojary – Dean, Research, Ms Mamatha Dean- Entrepreneurship and Consultancy, Dr Ishwara Bhat – he Placement Dean, Student welfare. 2 Endowment Lectures by Dr P T and Library Hall Sainath & Mahesh T S were organised and in Administrative to handle the Covid 19 situation effectively Fr said , the Block was inaugu- college had made 3 Centres in Kerala, 5 Centres in rated on Saturday North East and 1 in Goa for the final year students to 21 November answer their semester exams 2020 at 11.00 am. Mr Gerard Colaco congratulated the College and he said Principal, Rev. Dr the College has achieved so much during Covid Pandem- Praveen Martis, ic He made two suggestions SJ, inaugurated to engage with community to further research, Bet-  and Finance Officer, Rev. Fr Vincent Pinto, SJ, blessed ter waste management, Domestic composting – man- the halls. All the Directors, Deans, Teaching and Non- aging wet waste in all the houses of students. teaching staff were present.

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Inauguration of Digitalisation of Entire works of Late A.T. Lobo's literature.

all the literary endeavours of the konkani institute. D ecember 19, 2020 was a milestone at The Institute Rector, Fr. Melwin Pinto, concurred with Shri Gurudatt of Konkani, St. Aloysius College (Autonomous), Manga- Baliga and Shri K Jagadish Pai and said that luru, which will go down in Konkani history. The President of Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Akademi, Dr K. Jagadish Pai inaugurated the long awaited project by scanning a page of A.T. Lobo's famous Konkani Novel `Vell Ghedi’. This memorable programme commenced with a documentary on life and literature of A T Lobo; Dr Edward Nazareth presented an analysis of A T Lobo’s novel; John M. Permannur presented an analysis of A T Lobo’s dramas and Melwyn Rodrigues presented an anal- ysis of A T Lobo’s Poetry. Late A.T. Lobo’s niece Mrs Celine sequeira spoke on ATL’s life. Alice Lo- bo, president of A.T. Lobo foundation was present on the dias and spoke on the many awards he was honoured with. Welcoming the gathering, in his inaugural address, the this digitalization of Shri A T Lobo's works would help bring out his books from dusty shelves and cupboards into a virtual world available to all. One major reason why people do not elicit interest in books is that their fragile condition after being kept in library shelves for years. Digitalization will encourage readers to access works of literature from their own locales. Therefore we need to work hard to facilitate the transition of books in their physical state to a virtual one. Rev Fr. Praveen Martis SJ, Principal noted that the Kon- kani institute, which is 41 years old now, was begun to commemorate 100 years of services of St. Aloysius In- stitutions. He said that the Konkani Institute has been working hard over these years for the social cultural President of the programme Dr(Fr.) Melwyn Pinto,SJ and linguistic development of Konkani in this region. In Rector of St.Aloysius College said that even after the this direction the institute has for the past 40 years been demise of Shri A T Lobo, the great konkani writer we publishing or bringing out Bi-annual editions of a re- could still feel his presence in our midst; he said that the search oriented journal called "Amar Konkani" period during which such a prolific writer as Shri AT the Institute has always accorded great importance Lobo wrote, can be considered the golden age of kKon- to research, apart from the recent efforts to digitise old kani writing in spite of all the trials and difficulties faced books in the light of the work going on to get recognition during those transforming days. Socially and culturally of St. Aloysius Institution as deemed university, the con- seen as a very vibrant and productive period for our re- tribution of the Konkani Institute towards the growth of gional Konkani literature. the language and research is now parallel to the work Gurudatt Baliga, Director, Vishwa Konkani Kendra, done in various departments of this historical college of Shakthinagar, gave an enlightening talk on digitalization Mangaluru. of old books, he stressed that St Aloysius College is the Mrs Alice Lobo, president of A.T. Lobo foundation was one great factor, as a home for konkani and it's 42 present on the dias. groups of diverse user speakers of Konkani from different At the beginning of the programme Dr (Fr) Melwyn Pinto communities. "This great institution has worked tireless- welcomed the gathering. In his welcome speech he said ly for the development of Konkani as a language and cul- that despite of the demise of Shri A T Lobo a great kon- ture for more than a 100 years. Therefore it’s a matter of kani writer we could still feel his presence in our midst in great satisfaction and joy that such an institution should his literature. The period during which such great writer take up the work of digitalization of the works of Shri A T as late AT Lobo wrote can be considered as the golden Lobo. This type of digitalization of the regional works of age of Konkani writing inspite of all the trials and diffic- Shri A T Lobo will now be accessible to people interna- luties faced during those changing days. tionally." Further, he reiterated that the process of dig- Joachim Pinto, the program coordinator proposed vote of itization was a multifold one, including scanning and thanks. Mr Raoul Samuel Noronha, first year student of converting the text into OCR, this then can be translated, SAC compered the programme. A documentary on life transliterated, into any number of languages. Besides, and literarture was showed at the beginning of the the font format can also be changed. In future this ven- praogramme. In that Dr Edward Nazareth presented an ture can be used with the help of artificial intelligence to analysis of A T Lobo’s novel, Mr John M. Permannur pre- generate 6th volume from the existing 5 volumes of sented an analysis of A T Lobo’s dramas and Mr Melwyn ATL's famous novel “Vell Gheddi”. We wish to assure you Rodrigues presented an analysis of A T Lobo’s Poetry. at St. Aloysius College that Vishwa Konkani Kendra Late A.T. Lobo’s niece Mrs Celine sequeira spoke on is ever willing to extend a keen and heartfelt support to ATL’s life and Mrs Alice Lobo spoke on his rewards

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NCC AIRWING Activities : November 2020

Webinar: St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru, College (Autonomous), Mangaluru on 26/11/2020 on as a NCC WINGS organized a webinar on ‘Indian Air Force: part of NCC day celebration. A Total of 39 units of blood Your way to being a cut above’ on 03/11/2020. More than was donated. 180 interested cadets, ex cadets and aspirants from vari- Reported by Fg Offr Alwyn Misquith ous Colleges attended the webinar. Fg Offr Alwyn Mis- quith hosted the webinar. Cdt/Cpl Navyashree intro- December To Remember: AIMIT Celebrates duced and welcomed the resource person. Rev. Fr Christmas Praveen Martis SJ, principal delivered his presidential message and motivated the cadets to join Indian Armed Forces. Resource person Fg Offr Dishan Joy Martis- Indi- an Air Force, shared his experience, guided and motivat- T he management and staff of AIMIT came together ed the cadets to join Indian Armed Forces. The officer on December 23 to celebrate the season of Christmas. In also answered the queries of more than 10 cadets. Cdt/ his Christmas message, Dr Dhananjaya K, Associate Cpl Roshni proposed the vote of thanks. Professor, Department of MBA said that this year of the Online Swachhta Awareness Programme: pandemic had prompted everyone to pause and ask the According to the guidelines given by NCC India, NCC question, are we leading a purposeful life? He said that AIRWING of St Aloysius College conducted online we try to get happiness from pleasure, passion or pur- swachhta awareness programme. Cadets actively partici- pose. But true happiness is gained from having a pur- pated in the various competitions like Poster Making- 17 pose-driven life. “Purpose gives maximum happiness cadets, Drawing-13 cadets, Creative quotes writing- 13ca- compared to pleasure and passion and this has been dets, creative wrting-16cadets. proved in many research studies that have been con- NCC Day Celebration: ducted. When you look back, only the things that you As 22/11/2020 was the 72nd have done for others appear more meaningful and satis- anniversary of NCC, on this occasion NCC AIR WING Flt A of St Aloysius College, Autonomous Mangaluru, conducted some activities for the cadets, like poster mak- ing, collage and calligraphy. The following number of cadets have actively partici- pated in the same. 20 cadets in poster, 15 cadets in col- lage and 6 cadets in calligra- phy. Constitution Day Celebration: NCC AIR WING of St Aloysius College (Autonomous), factory,” he added. He also inspired the gathering with Mangaluru, in coordination with 6 KAR AIR SQN NCC the quote by John Bunyan, “You have not lived today Mangalore organised a National Level Online Quiz com- until you have done something for someone who can nev- petition on ‘INDIAN CONSTITUTION’ on the occasion of er repay you.” Indian Constitution day 26/11/2020. 831 participants Fr Pradeep Sequeira SJ, the chief guest of the day, in his from all over the country actively participated in the message highlighted two areas uncommon to Christmas, quiz. The participants who scored 50% and above in the namely option for the poor and sharing. He said that we quiz were given certificate of appreciation. The quiz was must always think ‘what can I do for others that will open only on 26/11/2020. make a difference for them.’ He also said that God al- Blood Donation Camp: ways gives and He gives good things to His people, and St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru, Wenlock He gave us His only son Jesus. Similarly we must imi- Hospital Mangaluru in coordination with 18 KAR BAT- tate this act/action and always give to others. “True hap- piness lies in giving not only material gifts but also non- material gifts that are far more precious, namely, friend- ship, love, patience, time and company,” he said. The audience was treated to a host of dances, carols, songs by the members of teaching and non-teaching staff. A video of Christmas at AIMIT prepared by Mo- handas, admin staff, was also played. Dr Fr Melwyn Pinto SJ, Director, AIMIT congratulated the coordinators of the Christmas programme Dr Swap- na Rose, Mrs Annapoorna Shetty and Mrs Harinakshi and the staff for putting in their heart and mind to bring out a successful Christmas programme. C. G. Thomas TALION Mangalore and 6 KAR AIR SQN NCC Manga- and Vinay Krishna compered the programme. Christmas lore organised a blood donation camp at St Aloysius gifts were distributed to all members of AIMIT family.

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A webinar on “Cancer Prevention and A webinar on “Production Pipeline in Healthy Lifestyle Animation”

Organized by: Sanjeevani Life beyond Cancer in col- laboration with PG Department of Social Work, St Aloys- webinar on “Production Pipeline In Anima- ius College (Autonomous), A tion” was organised by department of Computer Sci- Mangalore. Date of pro- ence, Applications and gram: 12th November Animation, St Aloysius 2020. college (Autonomous) Name of the resource Mangaluru on Wednes- person: Madam Sumki day 12.11.2020 at 2:00 Begum PM in online ZOOM The webinar began at platform. 11.00 am with the intro- The resource person of ductory video of the activi- the webinar was Mr. ties done by Sanjeevani Gautham R Suvar- Life beyond Cancer. After that Mrs. Manjutha welcomed na,3D Character Ani- all the students and faculties, further Dr Shwetha mator, Spice Media Pvt Rasquinha (HOD of PG Department of Social Work, St Ltd. Mumbai. Aloysius College, (Autonomous) Mangalore expressed Few of his projects her gratitude for inviting the students of social work de- are CGI partment to be part of the program. The resource person Sanjeevani is an award-winning non-profit organization demonstrated and reviewed his projects namely “Doc devoted for enriching the lives of cancer patients. The makes stuffins Series5” by Disney Studios, organization was set up by Ruby Ahluwalia in 2012 with “Jax and Jane” of Biju’s project and “Rogo”- A Holly- the motive of making the journey of cancer for the under- wood movie. privileged patients and families less painful. The webi- He spoke about the importance of story boarding in nar primarily focused to address the youth about how films, how animatics are produced and tested in indus- unhealthy lifestyle can also be a factor that cause cancer. try, preparing character model sheets, and rigging the If our lifestyle is checked properly and by inculcating character for 3d animation. good food habits and exercises then there are chances to He also spoke about the importance of creating show- prevent the risk of cancer to an extent. reels for getting better placements. A quiz was also conducted at the end of the session and Mr. Sathish Nayak welcomed the resource person and three students, Albin Shaji, Joel Joseph and Libin Joe the participants and well as proposed vote of thanks. Mathew were the prize winners of the Quiz competition. Ms Vanaja, Ms Renita Menezes, Mr Santhosh Notagar, Vote of thanks was delivered by Anusree K of second Ms Priya George assisted in smooth conduction of the MSW of St Aloysius College (Autonomous ) Mangalore. webinar. Reported by Dr Prithwi M Reported by Ms Chandrakala

National level webinar on “Investment Awareness Program”

The Dept. of PG Studies and Research in Commerce in association with Larsen and Toubro Mutual Fund organized a national level webinar on “Investment Awareness Program” on 17th December,2020 at 3’o clock on zoom platform. The speaker for the webinar was Mr. Neeraj Verma. The session began with a question to the participants about “What do you do with your money?”, Save, spend, invest? The speaker states that inflation eats up savings over time and the percentage of impact of inflation varies every year as the inflation goes up. Investment should be such that it should become another source of income for the in- vestor. Always the investment should be goal-based investment. Before investing the investor has to keep in mind how much time left and how much money is required. The speaker also provides various options for investment. He also suggests that asset allocation is the answer for proper investment and asset allocation should match one’s need. A brief explanation was provided on mutual funds and their functioning. The discussion on convenience and safety dealings of mutual funds were also made. The speaker stated that mutual funds were the safest measure to invest even in the early or young age of the person with a little penny. Various mutual fund schemes like equity funds, debt funds, hybrid fund schemes were also brought into picture. It continued with the information regarding index fund, fund of funds, arbitrage fund. Brief idea on systematic investment planning was also provid- ed in the session. The session ended with a motive of investing on mutual funds for better investment measure in life.

Reported by Ms Renita Joyce Fernandes

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E-Workshop : Dept. of BBA Introduction to GST Mechanism

R ural Entrepreneurship and Development Cell in T he Department of Business Administration (BBA) association with Department of Business Administration scheduled an Online Guest Lecture on the theme (BBA) under the guidance of MGNCRE has organised an “Introduction to GST Mechanism” on 09th of Decem- E-WORKSHOP for encouraging entrepreneurship activi- ber 2020. The eminent resource person for the lecture is ty at the institutional lev- Mr Prashant Kumar A, Assistant Professor, Assistant el. It was scheduled on Professor, Depart- 12th of November 2020 ment of Business Ad- from 12 PM to 1 PM. ministration, SDM P The eminent resource per- G Centre for Manage- son for the session was Dr ment Studies and Re- Narayana Kayarkatte. Dr search, Mangaluru. Narayan Karayakatte He highlighted the enlightened the partici- conceptual under- pants on the skill for pre- standing of GST, How paring an effective B- GST is better for Indi- Plan. He highlighted the an economy. He also potential areas for devel- stressed on the Mech- opment inclusive of organ- anism of registration ic sector. He stated that and the supply Levy 82 per cent of the farmers with suitable illustra- being small and marginal- tions. ized, with the curve of The guest lecture was stooping in the field of agriculture industry and the organised for final heartening fact that 70 per cent of the population is still year BBA students. 159 students participated for the dependent on agriculture to meet their means. session. The session was moderated by Mr Manoj Dyson He discovered the concept of importance of promoting Fernandes, Lecturer, Department of Business Admin- rural entrepreneurship to enhance farm production and istration, St Aloysius College (Autonomous) Mangaluru. increase the farmer producer organisation outcomes monetarily. He enunciated on optimizing the opportuni- Reported by Ms Arati Shanbhag ties available locally by imbibing the concept of MAKE IN INDIA by improving our network and reach stream- Webinar on ‘IT Returns – A Practical lining creativity, risk taking, challenges and just being Approach’ an opportunistic. The welcome address was delivered by Dr Ishwara Bhat, Dean-Student Welfare. Rev. Dr. Praveen Martis, the T he Commerce Department of St Aloysius College Principal offered presidential remarks. Mrs Arati Shan- (Autonomous), Mangalore organised a webinar on ‘IT bhag, Dean- Department of Business Administration Returns – A Practical Approach’ on 11 November 2020 proposed the vote of thanks. The technical assistance via Zoom platform. was provided by Mr Ananth Rohith Bhat. Mr Sonal Lo- CA Ashok G.U, a practicing bo, Assistant Professor, Department of Business Admin- Chartered Accountant was istration moderated the programme. The faculty of De- the eminent resource per- partment of BBA coordinated the programme schedule son for the webinar. and organising this programme effectively. Dr Manuel Tauro, Dean,

Reported by Ms Arati Shanbhag Faculty of Commerce, Wel- comed the participants. Dr Denis Fernandes, Director Teach for India-Fellowship Programme of Arrupe Block, gave his Presidential remarks. Teach for India a non-profit organi- CA Lovel Monterio moder- zation is inviting applications for ated the session. CA Ashok their fellowship program in India and G. U. demonstarted filing they have expressed interest to hire the IT returns specially for the students of St Aloysius College. the salaried individuals. It In this regard an awareness webinar was followed by a Question nd was scheduled for the students of 2 &Answer session and many rd year PG and 3 year UG across de- participants actively participated in it. partments. The details are as below: The event was compered by the Convenor, Mr Paul Resource Person: Alia Omer, Recruitment Manager, Dsouza. Arwin and Anwin, students of second year th Karnataka. Date: 16 December 2020. Time: 12pm on- B.com lead the prayer session. Ms Shobha, Head of the wards. Mode: Google meet Department of Commerce, proposed the vote of thanks.

Reported by Ms Kavitha Reported by Ms Chandrakala

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World Food Day Celebration 2020 National Webinar on The 'Folk' in Theatre

W orld Food Day Celebration 2020 (Career Opportu- T he Department of English, at St. Aloysius College nities in Food Sector) jointly organised by Department of (Autonomous) Mangalore, in collaboration with Scheme Food Processing & Engineering, DDU Kaushal Kendra, for Trans-Disciplinary Research for India's Developing Dept. of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Microbiology Economy (STRIDE), (UG) St Aloysius Col- held a National Webi- lege (Autonomous) nar on The 'Folk' in Mangalore and in asso- Theatre: Colonial En- ciation with Depart- counters and the Idea of ment of Biology, St Alo- a Genre on 17 Novem- ysius Pre University ber 2020. The Resource College, Mangaluru person for the Webinar was held on 22nd Octo- was Dr Dheeman ber 2020. Bhattacharyya, Assis- Around 400 partici- tant Professor in Lin- pants joined the webi- guistics and Compara- nar from different in- tive Literature at Visva- stitutions and cities Bharati University. Rev Dr Praveen Martis The webinar witnessed S.J, Principal, St Aloys- participation from all ius College over India and the MA (Autonomous) wel- English students of the college, also took an active part. comed the resource The Webinar commenced at 12:00 PM, with Ms Fathima persons and the partici- Masna playing hostess for the entire duration. Ms Re- pants. becca Rex led the event through supplication, invoking Dr. Richard Gonsalves Director LCRI & DDU Kaushal the blessings of the almighty. Dr Ratan Mohunta, HOD, Kendra introduced the experts. Department of English, welcomed the gathering. The webinar included three sessions. The resource per- Rev.Father Praveen Martis S.J., Principal at St. Aloys- sons for the sessions were Dr.C. Anandharamakrishnan, ius College (Autonomous), delivered the Principal’s ad- Director, Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, dress and informed the participants about the purpose of Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of the collaboration with STRIDE. India, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, Dr. Ravishankar, Ms Josna Susan delivered a brief introduction on the Director, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Indi- personal and academic life of Dr Dheeman an Council of Agriculture Research, Ministry of Agricul- Bhattacharyya, exploring his background and achieve- ture and Farmers Welfare, Govt of India, Cochin, Kerala ments. Dr Bhattacharya, through his talk, attempted to and Mr Amuleek Singh Bijral, Cofounder and CEO, Chai de-marginalise the notion of ‘folk’ in theatre and ex- Point, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. plored the broader trajectory which is not part of the Dr.C. Anandharamakrishnan spoke on Carrier Opportu- mainstream literary canon. His talk was accompanied nities in Food Sector. Mr Amuleek Singh Bijral spoke on by a PowerPoint presentation, along with the incorpora- Importance of being detailed oriented. tion of short clips from a few movies. Dr. Ravishankar presented on the Entrepreneurship The Webinar concluded with a question-answer session Development in Fisheries post Harvest. and Dr Girish K from the Department of English was All the questions asked by the participants were an- the moderator for the session. The programme concluded swered by the experts. Dr. Adarsha Gowda St Aloysius at 1:15 PM with Ms Shruthi delivering the vote of College (Autonomous) delivered the vote of thanks. thanks. Reported by Dr Adarsha Gowda Reported by Mr Manuel Souza

Parched Pages SAC New Lift in Xavier Block New lift in Xavier Block was inaugurated on Tuesday 3rd November 2020 at 10 am. Finance Officer, Rev. Fr Vincent Pinto, SJ, This is a New Initia- conducted the pray- tive of Student Coun- er service. Rev. Fr Marcel Rodrigues, cil of the College. This SJ, blessed the lift. Book Club will be for Rev. Fr Leo DSou- za, Principal Rev. the Staff and Students Dr Praveen Martis, SJ, Directors, of the Institution Deans and Teach- ing & Non-teaching staff members were present.

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Webinar on Leveraging Culture for Webinar on Let’s Dream to Innovate Organisational Growth T he webinar on “Let’s dream to innovate” was conducted by A n International Webinar on “Leveraging Culture for Research and Innovation Organisational Growth” was held on 9th November, 2020 Cell, St. Aloysius College at St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru, orga- (Autonomous), Mangaluru nized by the Department of Commerce. The resource on 28th November, 2020. person was Mr. Allen Pereira, Former Chairman & MD, The webinar was moderated Bank of Maharashtra & Former Director, National Insti- by Ms. Binni Chan, Depart- tute of Bank Management, Pune., and a proud Alumni of ment of Business Admin- St Aloysius College. istration. Dr. Suresh Apart from having Poojary, Dean, Research and served in top manageri- Innovation Cell presented al positions at various the welcome to Mr. Anup governing bodies of George Rebello, Product Banking Sector, he had Manager (Digital Banking) been an advisor for Hu- CSB Bank Ltd., Chennai man Resource Manage- who delivered the lecture. ment and Industrial Around 200 participants Relations in the Bank- attended the webinar ing Sector. In his talk through Google meet plat- Mr. Allen Pereira form and YouTube live stream. shared his rich and The speaker of the session Mr. Anup George Rebello brought to wide experience as a the forefront the importance of having dreams that will provide banker and had man- solutions to the society and the world at large. His viewpoints aged cultural diversity were supported with best suitable real-life examples which are in banking organisa- essential for understanding the importance of innovation. tions very efficiently. The objective of the webinar was achieved. This programme was Dr Manuel Tauro, Dean, Department of Commerce, in- arranged with the motive of sharing the knowledge and practical troduced Mr. Allen Pereira and welcomed the delegates. experience of Mr. Anup George Rebello, who has long years of Director, Commerce and Management, Dr Denis Fer- experience in Banking and corporate training. The overall organi- nandes, gave presidential remarks. Assistant Professor, zation and deliverance of the webinar was helpful and satisfied Mr. Mahammad Thauseef was the host, Assistant Pro- the participants. This webinar would help the participants to add fessor, Ms. Pooja moderated the Question and Answer value and understand the everchanging needs of the community session and the Convenor of the webinar, Assistant Pro- where others have failed to understand. fessor, Ms. Zeena Flavia D’souza expressed gratitude to Also, the feedback about the session was collected from all the all involved in hosting the webinar. participants to improve the sessions that will be conducted in the Reported by Ms Zeena Flavia D'souza mere future. Dr. Neelakanthan VK, Postgraduate studies and research in Phys- Webinar on IoT Technology ics, proposed the vote of thanks. Reported by Ms Grace Jose Mary

T he Department of Computer Science, Applications Learning Experience Series- 2 : PG Dept. of and Animation, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Man- Social Work galuru organ- ised a webinar on “IoT Technol- Human Wellness Forum-Medical Psychiatric Social ogy” on Wednes- Work (MPSW) of PG Department of Social Work, St Alo- day 18.11.2020 ysius College (Autonomous) Mangalore organised Practi- through online cal Learning Experience Series- 2 on the topic “Organ ZOOM platform. Donation and Counselling Approaches” held on 02 M r E r r o l December 2020 Wednesday, 2.00 pm to 3.30 pm. During Joshuva D’Sou- the session the resource person, Ms Spurthi P Fer- za, a Software nandes Transplant Coordinator Columbia Asia Hospital, Developer and Trainer from Siona Solutions, Mangaluru Bangalore spoke on the importance of organ donation was the resource person of the webinar. and she stressed upon the counsellor’s role to convince Mr Errol spoke about the different open source softwares the clients and there is need of collaborative teamwork to start IoT based projects. of health professionals for organ transplantation. This Mr Royal Praveen D’Souza welcomed the resource per- webinar witnessed representation by staff and students son and the participants. Mr Praveen B proposed vote of of the department. Ms Sabina II MSW student intro- thanks. duced and welcomed the resource Person and Ms Swa- Reported by Ms Chandrakala thi I MSW student proposed the vote of thanks. Reported by Mr Roshan Monteiro

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Report on “Chemconnect – Igniting Young Minds”

by the staff of Department of Chemistry. E ducation is all about igniting young minds and ena- Concluding session was held on 7 November 2020 at 5 bling them to attain their fullest potential. With a goal of pm along with Prize announcements. Coordinator of the keeping young students connected through scientific ac- program, Dr Roshan F D Souza reiterated the vision of tivities and thus to motivate them for higher learning, the entire program and noted that the Department had Department of Chem- assumed an instrumental role in connecting students istry organized through competitions. He thanked everyone in-charge of “Chem Connect – the events and congratulated participants for a competi- Igniting Young tive and fair participation. Some student participants Minds” - three-day shared their experience of participating in online activi- online competitions ties thanking College and the Department for providing for pre-university such an opportunity to engage in Science activities. Ms students from 5 to 7 Crystal Menezes then announced the winners of differ- November 2020. Stu- ent competitions. Addressing the students, Dr Ronald dents from different Nazareth called out to students to take challenges in PU colleges from in exploring scientific endeavour in their academic and pro- and around Karna- fessional life. Pointing to various opportunities available taka participated in Sciences he stressed that it’s essential to make stu- virtually in various dents aware of the opportunities in the first place Final- competitions. ly, he announced the overall winners & Runners up and Inaugural ceremony invited all winners to the College campus for a valedicto- of the three-day event ry program to be held in the last week of November to was organized on 5 collect prizes and trophies. Little Rock Indian School, November 2020 at Brahmavar and Expert PU College, Kodialbail, Manga- 1.30 pm. About 250 participants from different institu- lore emerged as the overall champions and runners-up, tions participated through Zoom platform. Dr Pavan Ku- respectively. mar N, Assistant Professor at the Newcastle University Reported by Dr Roshan F. D Souza in Singapore graced the occasion as chief guest of the program. Ms Jyothi Vaz welcomed the gathering and Dr Roshan F DSouza introduced the Chief Guest. This year Students Undergo Covid Testing at AIMIT being the decennial year for this event, a promotional video, prepared by Ms Sahana, was played out to com- he students of AIMIT underwent COVID test here memorate last 10 years’ journey of this program. Rev Dr T on December 1, 2020. Health officials associated with Praveen Martis, SJ, Principal, who presided over the Kotekar Town Panchayat health center came to the cam- program, welcomed the chief guest and delivering his pus to conduct the test. Over 100 students underwent Presidential address congratulated the Department for the mandatory COVID test. enabling students across different colleges to connect It can be recalled that the government of Karnataka has through a single platform. He also challenged young stu- made it compulsory for students to have COVID nega- dents to cultivate innovative thinking that could bring tive report to attend physical classes. Accordingly, the about novel solutions to the existing global issues. AIMIT management organized this camp to make sure Dr Pavan Kumar inaugurated the event and delivered that students are free of COVID as they begin attending keynote speech, highlighting the significance of research offline classes. “All our staff have undergone COVID test guided teaching & hands-on research and recommended and all of them are negative. We want to make sure that some of crucial research zones in Biochemical area. He also stressed on the importance of developing a right attitude and passion for learning. Dr Ronald Nazareth, Head of the Department then addressed the assembly with a message highlighting the objective of the pro- gram. He emphasized on the quality of education and variety of extra-curricular activities that St Aloysius College (Autonomous) offers. Furthermore, he invited students to assume a career that’s challenging and which they’re passionate about. Ms Crystal Menezes compered the ceremony. Inauguration was followed by ice-breaking session, where the participating teams pre- sented videos on Chemistry concepts in innovative ways. Over the three days, students across different PU colleg- es were engaged in various creative and thought- our students are also safe. Hence we have organized this provoking competitions - twelve online activities ranging camp. The health officials will come tomorrow also to from singing, photography, videography, creative writ- continue testing students,” said Director of AIMIT Dr ing, quiz, video juggling, mock press, comedy, seminar (Fr) Melwyn Pinto SJ and other interactive sessions, organized and conducted

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International Webinar on Career Webinar on “Prevention and Control of Orientation HIV/AIDS”

The Department of Computer Science, Applications and Animation of St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Manga- A l-Empower, HR Forum of PG Department of Social luru organised an International Career Orientation pro- Work and Department of MA Journalism and Mass gramme on “My Experi- Communication of St Aloysius College (Autonomous) ence with Numbers” on conducted a webinar on “Prevention and Control of HIV/ 24/11/2020 in Sanidhya AIDS” through Google Meet on the 3rd December 2020 hall on the Zoom/Youtube which was attended by the students and staff of various Platform. institutions of Mangalore. Ms. Namitha Pais, Gradu- The Resource person, Dr Pracheth Raghuveer, an Asst ate Assistant, University Professor from Department of Community Medicine, of Connecticut, United Yenepoya Medical College and an alumnus of St Aloys- States and an Alumna of ius Institution spoke St Aloysius College about the burden, (Autonomous), Mangaluru causative factors, clini- was the resource person. cal features, preven- Ms. Namitha introduced tion and control of the blossoming openings HIV/AIDS. He also accessible in different col- gave further insights leges in abroad for the IT about the role of Medi- - Graduates. She addition- cal Social Workers and ally clarified the various assessments and strategies to the student community get into these colleges for the advanced education and in facilitating care and research. She instructed the potential colleges concern- providing support to ing abroad where one can scrutinize the experts and people living with HIV/ Ph.D. programs. AIDS. He also empha- 50 participants joined the webinar through Youtube and sised about what needs 320 participants joined through Zoom Platform. to be done to eradicate stigma associated with this dis- The program began with invoking God’s blessings by ease. Further, Dr Pracheth explained the audience about Ms.Vinaya Durga Assistant Professor of the department. the significance of World AIDS Day with focus on the Ms. Premalatha Shetty Assistant Professor, introduced theme for World AIDS Day 2020. The talk was followed the resource person and welcomed the participants. Dr. by a question and answer session. Ravindra Swami, Dean proposed words of gratitude. Programme was also attended by Rev Fr Marcel Ro- Mr. Royal Praveen D’Souza and Mr. Praveen B, Assis- drigues, SJ, HOD-Department of Journalism and Dr tant Professors co-ordinated the program. Vidya Vinutha Dsouza- Convenor of the programme and Mr. Yathish Ravindra Rao and Mr. Anil Lobo offered the the Coordinator of Al-Empower HR Forum of PG De- specialized and technical support. partment of Social Work. Reported by Ms Chandrakala Reported by Dr Vidya Vinutha D'Souza

Human Rights in India Today: A Challenge

PG Department of Social Work, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore organised a talk On Human Rights in India Today: A Challenge by Rev Fr Cedric Prakash SJ, Human Rights and Peace Activist from Gujrat on the Human Rights Day- 10th December 2020. Speaking to the student’s Fr Cedric spoke about the challenges that one has to face in the context of the human rights situation in India. He emphasised that there were gross violations of human rights taking place all over the country today. Most of the victims, he said are the poor and the marginalised, the mi- norities and other vulnerable groups in society like the Adivasis, the Dalits, women and children. He challenged the students to look into themselves in the three inter- related dimensions of YOUTH, STUDENTS of SOCIAL WORK and studying in a Jes- uit Institution he urged them to respond with creativity, courage, compassion and commitment to each of these dimensions. He called the students to criti- cally analyse the realities of Indian society today and act to uphold every citi- zen’s human rights. He also emphasised the need to conscientize ourselves and have the courage to conscientize others too! The session was followed by an interaction of resource person with the partici- pants. Ms Aysha and Mr Abhiraj, students of PG Department of Social work hosted the programme. Dr Shwetha Rasquinha, HOD of MSW Department, Dr Loveena Lobo and Dr Vidya Vinutha D'Souza were present for the session. Reported by Dr Vidya Vinutha D Souza

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Webinar on the theme ‘Start-ups at New Webinar on ‘Water Splitting Catalyst for Normal: A Journey of an Entrepreneur’ Green Hydrogen Energy’

E ntrepreneurship and Innovation Cell of St Aloysius T he Undergraduate and Postgraduate departments of College (Autonomous) Mangaluru organised a webinar Chemistry Organized a International Webinar on on the theme ‘Start-ups at New Normal: A Journey of an ‘Water Splitting Catalyst for Green Hydrogen En- Entrepreneur’ on 17 November 2020 via zoom platform. ergy’ On December 2, 2020 via online platform. Mr Harish Hande, Ramon Magsaysay Awardee, Co- Dr Prashanth Menezes, Group Head, Inorganic Mate- founder of SELCO was the eminent resource person for rials Technical University, Berlin, Germany, is recently the webinar. Dr Suresh Poojary, Dean Research and In- recognized in Stanford University's list of World's top novation Cell welcomed the gathering and Rev. Dr scientists was the Praveen Martis Speaker for the ses- SJ, Principal, sion. Principal, Rev. gave his Presi- Dr Praveen Martis dential remarks. SJ, presided over the The Social En- programme. trepreneur, Mr Hande spoke The Webinar began about creating with a prayer, fol- an enterprise lowed by welcome which is inclu- note by Jyothi Vaz, sive, harmless Assistant Professor, and beneficial to department of increase the Chemistry, Crystal quality of life of Menezes, the Coordi- every living and nator introduced the non-living be- Guest Speaker Dr i n g s . H e Prashanth Menezes. stressed on being efficient and contributing towards sus- Addressing the par- tainable development. Mr Hande also motivated youth to ticipants Rev Dr Covert the crisis into opportunity by providing solutions Praveen Martis SJ to the plethora of issues India faces and thus becoming said, “I compliment the Solution Providers or the change agents by using the department of Chemistry for their great efforts in education as a tool. organizing such national and international Webinars, He urged the students to have five solutions to one prob- which have received tremendous response. Many more lem they see from college to home and thus mature the attempts like this will boost students to take up Chemis- habit of finding solutions than accusing others for the try and also explore in the field of research”. difficulties seen around. He also mentioned about de- stroying the idea of comparing Financial poverty with Dr Prashanth Menezes began the talk by congratulating Intellectual poverty and prioritized the focus on justice the department of Chemistry for such initiatives. He and equality. Mr Harish Hande also suggested the par- spoke about the basics of Photocatalytic water split- ticipants to reverse the way they think and speak and ting as an artificial photosynthesis process with photo bring in social change. catalysis in a photo electrochemical used for the dissoci- The participants for the webinar included the student ation of water into its constituent parts like hydrogen community and academicians. This was an initiative to and oxygen, using either artificial or natural light. promote innovation in enterprising activities especially Further he also said that Hydrogen fuel production has among the student community. gained increased attention as public understanding of Webinar was anchored by Ms Akshatha and Ms Ma- global warming has grown. Methods such as photocata- matha, Dean of Entrepreneurship and Consultancy Cell lytic water splitting are being investigated to produce proposed vote of thanks. hydrogen, a clean-burning fuel. Water splitting holds particular promise since it utilizes water, an inexpensive Reported by Ms Chandrakala renewable resource. Photocatalytic water splitting has the simplicity of using a catalyst and sunlight to produce hydrogen out of water. Plagiarism Detection Software The webinar concluded with the discussion followed by thanking note by Jeesu George, Assistant Professor De- The College has subscribed Turnitin iThenticate Plagia- partment of Chemistry. Rachael Natasha Mary from rism Detection Software and the virtual user workflow Department of Chemistry compered the event. training was conducted on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at 3.15 p.m. on the ZOOM platform. The staff About 450 Participants actively took part in the webi- members were benefited from this training. nar. Reported by Mr Udaya Reported by Ms Crystal Vivita Menezes

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Report on Huddle

discourse of the newly emergent hybrid society in Nigeri- D epartment of English organized Huddle- a month- an culture laced with religion, conversion and radical ly meet, a platform of book review, presentation and doc- politics through the book The Purple - Hibiscus by umentary screening on 11th November, 2020 at 1.30 pm Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche. Dr. Melissa Goveas, Dept. of in Sanidhya Hall. The programme commenced with a English, PG studies was the moderator for the second small prayer which was proceeded with the opening re- Huddle. Miss Sai Divya was the convenor for the event. marks by the Head of the English Department, Dr Ra- Ms. Shruthi delivered the vote of thanks. The students tan Tilak Mohuntha. The rationale behind Huddle is to of I MA English also actively participated in the event. get all the staff of the English Department, in unison, to The consensus ruled that the second huddle was a suc- partake in an intellectual discourse on textual or visual cessful event. material. All the present staff of the department of Eng- lish including COE, Dr Alwyn D’sa, staff from other de- partments and the students of MA English were present for the inaugural session. The presenters of the session were Mr Jessin Baby and Ms Rabecca Rex, who cri- tiqued the books titled Antigod's Own Country and The Handmaid's Tale independently. Predominantly being a political charged book, Antigod's Own Country is a short

Reported by Lynn Marceline Pinto

Green Initiative Drive

O n 4th November, 2020 at St Aloysius College (Autonomous), in Xavier Auditorium at 3pm, Mentors of B.Com department participated in a Green Initiative Drive in the campus in association with Centre for Social history on the ingrained Brahminical Colonization of Concern. Kerala. Through a detailed study, Mr Jessin brought to the forefront the myths associated with God's own coun- try and attempted to debunk the fallacies. The Hand- maid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is a dystopian genre fiction that explores a dynamics of a fictional patriarchal society, but powerfully resonates what could be a future governed by religious fanaticism. After the presentation the room was opened for discussions. The parley was moderated by Dr Alwyn D’sa along with Dr Ratan Tilak Mohuntha who also conveyed the closing remarks. Ms Annie Vincent was the compere for the day. Ms Severine Pinto delivered her words of gratitude, highlighting the Mr Jayaprakash Yekkuru the resource person, an active potential of the monthly Huddle, as a vigorous initiative environmentalist shared his expertise and trained the by the department. mentors to make eco-friendly paper pens in which a veg- Reported by Ms Alita Maria D Sa etable seed was implanted. He also created awareness among the mentors regarding eco-friendly fish bags and to collect plastic waste in plastic water bottles. T he Department of English, organised it’s second Around 33 mentors from the department of commerce monthly Huddle under the guidance of Dr.Ratan participated in the program and learnt to make paper Tilak Mohunta (HOD) on 11 December 2020 in the AV pens as a part of Sahaya Activity. The mentors will in room at Arupe Block. The Registrar in-charge , of St. turn guide their mentees to make five more pens. Aloysius College (Autonomous), Dr. Alwyn Dsa, graced As an extension of the paper pen making activity, each the event with his presence. The speakers for the second student will make five paper pens and distribute them to Huddle were Ms. Annie Vincent and Ms. Fathima five other younger students and thereby create and Masna who both engaged in book reviews. Ms.Annie re- spread awareness to use eco-friendly pens. viewed the Book One Part Woman by Perumal Murugan. This program enriched the resourcefulness of the men- She explored the subdued role of women in a patriarchal tors in conserving the environment and in sensitizing set-up and the preconceived notions in society pertaining the mentees under their care. to woman’s bodies and reproductivity. Ms. Masna spoke Reported by Ms Chandrakala

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Awareness Programme on “Cyber and Other Crimes”

Dr Ishwara Bhat, Dean of Student Welfare, welcomed T he Student Activity Cell, Students’ Council and the gathering and introduced the guests. Paloma Ro- NCC Units of St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Manga- drigues proposed the vote of thanks. luru organized an Awareness Programme on “Cyber and Reported by Ms Chandrakala Other Crimes” in association with Bunder Police Station on 15th December, 2020 in the College Auditorium. This programme was organized in view of the celebration of AIMIT Welcomes Students Back to Campus Crime Prevention month. The Sub Inspectors, Sri Nagaraj, Sri Vijayaraj and Sri Rama Nayak from Bunder Police Station were on the A fter the abrupt closure of educational institutions due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, AIMIT has geared up to welcome its final year IT and MBA stu- dents back to the campus. With COVID-19 precautionary measures in place, the department of IT began offline classes on November 17, 2020 and the department of MBA began with second internal exams from November 19, 2020. Coming to the campus on Tuesday, Ron from II MBA said, “I'm glad I'm back at college. My temperature is checked every day. Social distancing is followed. Exam halls are quite hygienic. I feel safe in and around the campus of AIMIT. I really missed this place in the last 8 months.” Another student of II MBA Elroy Braganza said that although it dais. Sri Vijayaraj briefed about the programme and Sri seemed scary to return to the College premises due to Nagaraj spoke on various crimes and specially about the prevailing pandemic, the College had made sure to cybercrime and insisted the students be careful about thoroughly follow the required protocols with regard to the social media and the use of the electronic gadgets. social distancing and other required precautions. “The He briefed students about the impact of drug addiction exams were conducted in an orderly manner by ensuring among youth and also advised the students not to be the that all students went through screening as soon as they victims of drugs. Principal, Rev. Dr Praveen Martis, SJ presided over the programme. He said that the students should fulfill the society’s debt along with their studies. He suggested that the students should respect and abide by the Statu- tory Laws and Regulations of our Constitution. He urged the students to be aware of the cybercrimes and join hands with the officials to prevent and also spread

arrived at the campus,” he said. Students have been strictly told to leave the campus im- mediately after the exams. Dean of MBA Dr Rowena Wright said the students were very cooperative. “Our vibrant campus was missing one vital component and that was ‘our student community’. After almost eight awareness to their fellow beings. He also congratulated months, the campus is buzzing once again. It is a joy to the officials of the Bunder Police Station for organizing have the students back on campus. They have been very such a meaningful progrmame which is the need of the cooperative and have adhered to the COVID protocols. hour. During the programme, Mr Robin D’Souza, an alumnus The College has taken steps to ensure the safety of the of SAC and an expert on Cyber Crime Information gave students. Thermal check is conducted every day and insights on how to make proper use of the gadgets. He rooms/halls are sanitised regularly after use. Class sizes gave several examples of cybercrime victims and how have been drastically reduced to ensure social distanc- they duped by frauds. He told the students to be aware ing,” she added. of such crimes and not to allow themselves to be victim- ized.

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Student Placements/ Other News List of students selected for Pin Click 2020 List of students selected for Hashtag India solutions Sl. Reg. Sl. No. Reg. No. Course Name No. No. Name Course 1 182202 Jerwin Madtha BSc PEM 1 183584 BCom Glencilla Fernandes Amal mathew 2 183290 Sebastian BCom 2 183585 BCom Haniya Rhea Dsouza Aaron christon 3 183142 dsouza BCom 3 184665 BCA Joylin Francis 4 173360 Rayan Noronha BCom 5 173440 Lancy BCom International Day of Persons List of students selected for Winman Software with Disabilities: Mitra Jyothi Trust in association Sl. Reg. Course Name with Dept. of Psychology, St Alo- No. No. ysius College (Autonomous), orga- nized an awareness programme 1 189511 MCom Avrel Martina Fernandes on Disability on the occasion of International Day of Persons with 2 173145 BCom Jayashree R Shetty Disabilities on December 03, 2020 List of students selected for ShopDoc Webinar: Onboarding: Role of HR Sl. Reg. No. Course Name Al-Empower HR Forum No. - PG Dept. of Social Work organized webinar 1 174132 BBA Harshith C M on Onboarding: Role of HR on December 19, 2 174158 BBA Sohan Gangadhar Bolar 2020. Resource Person - List of students selected for Medoc enterprises Pvt Jaideep K, HR Officer, ltd R L Fine Chem Pvt. Ltd Sl. Reg. No. No. Name Course Webinar: Employee Man- agement 1 184122 Abdul Hameed Afeel BBA Al-Empower HR Forum - PG 2 184125 Afnan BBA Dept. of Social Work orga- 3 184742 Muhammed Aakif BCA nized webinar on Employee UT Mohammad Management on December 4 184770 Mashfooq Hussain BCA 17, 2020 R.P : Ashvi Uthappa - HR List of students selected for KPMG Career Consultant, Teksys- Sl. Reg. tems Co. No. No. Name Course Guest lecture: Impact of 1 199551 Shirley Shilpa MCom Online Learning - Health Is- 2 199506 Ananya kv MCom sues and Remedies 3 198530 Shreya Shetty MCom F& A IT Club and Department of Com- Adlin Mishel puter Science, Application and 4 198501 Dmello MCom F& A Animation in association with 5 198519 K Ashika Prabhu MCom F& A Rural Health Care Development Centre Yenepoya (Deemed to be 6 198527 sabah misbah MCom F& A University) organized a guest List of students selected for an internship at lecture on Impact of Online ATMAS SOFTWARES Learning - Health Issues and

Sl. Remedies on November 13, 2020 No. Reg. No. Name Course 1 174158 Sohan G. Bolar BBA RANT : One of the Videos created and posted by the department of Sociology as a part of the unlearning se- List of students selected for an internship at KRG ries on the department of sociology’s Instagram page Strategy Consultants “Rant” crossed 80k views and a story on it has been pub- Sl. lished. No. Reg. No. Name Course https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2020d 1 183019 Tejus Prabhu B.Sc ece/31/learningfromunlearning-2243294.html

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Nineteenth Academic Council Meeting

T he Nineteenth Meeting of the College Academic Council was held on Saturday, 12 December, 2020 at 10.00am the Gelge Hall (Main Auditorium). The Chairperson, Rev. Dr Praveen Martis, SJ, the Principal officiated at the meeting. Rev. Fr Vincent Pinto, the Finance Officer, rendered the invocation. The Chairperson accorded a warm welcome to the external ex- perts, university nominees, directors, deans and all the chairper- sons of the Boards of Studies. He also introduced the newly ap- pointed dean of placements, training and careers. A minute’s si- lence was observed in honour of late Sri Ananthakrish- na, former member and eminent alumnus who passed away recently. Principal presented an audio-visual presentation on the recent developments and initia- tives undertaken by the College. The meeting was attended by 77 seven members. Rev. Fr Marcel Ro- drigues, SJ, Secretary, presented the proceedings of the Seventeenth Academic Council meeting. This was followed by the discussion on the various agenda. Members took active part in the deliberations and many innovative ideas were suggested for taking the institution to a higher level of performance. The meeting concluded with the vote of thanks proposed by Dr Alwyn D’Sa, the Registrar (In-Charge).

Reported by Dr Alwyn D Sa

College in News

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Webinars organized from September to December 2020

1. September 04, 2020 Dept. of Political Science A national webinar on Covid-19, Galwan and the Vortex of India- China Relations? 2. September 04 & 05, Dept. of MBA International webinar on Analytics “Business Intelligence & Analyt- 2020 ics (BIA) for Smart Decision Making” 3. September 05, 2020 PG Dept. of Commerce National webinar on Indian Banking System: Challenges and Oppor- tunities Ahead 4. September 07, 2020 SAC ‘Revised Accreditation Framework for Autonomous Colleges’ 5. September 11, 2020 Journalism Emerging Technologies in Film and Television Production 6. September 14, 2020 NCC Army Wing National Webinar on Fit India Movement 2020 7. September 16 , 2020 Dept. of Hindi & Hindi Sangha National webinar on Future of Hindi in New Education Policy 2020 8. September 19, 2020 Dept. of Commerce International webinar on Demystifying ACCA 9. September 24, 2020 St Aloysius Institute of Civil Services Webinar on Crack IAS in First Attempt After Graduation 10 September 25, 2020 Human Rights Cell Webinar on Gender & Health: Sustainable Development 11 September 26, 2020 PG Commerce Webinar on “How to become an innovative Leader?” 12 September 28, 2020 PG Commerce National Level webinar on – Digital Innovations in Banking 13 September 30, 2020 Dept. of Chemistry Webinar on Crystal Field Theory to Ligand Field Theory to Molecu- lar Orbital Theory 14 October 05, 2020 Dept. of Political Science International webinar on Mahatma Gandhi 15 October 13, 2020 Dept. of Commerce National Webinar on “Career opportunities for B.Com Professionals” 16 October 15, 2020 Dept. of PG Commerce and Webinar on Career Counselling for Commerce and Management Dept. of BBA Students 17 October 15, 2020 Dept. of Mathematics MATH FIESTA 2K20 - National Webinar on “Vector Representation of Line” 18 October 16, 2020 PG Dept. of Food Science National Webinar on the occasion of World Food Day Food Sustainability Spot light on Technology of Reduced fat Foods

19 October 16, 2020 Dept. of Sociology National Webinar on “Migrant Lives Matter” 20 October 17, 2020 Dept. of Commerce (UG & PG) National Webinar on Wealth Creation & Preservation 21 October 20, 2020 Dept. of Botany National Webinar on Regenerative Medicine A Ray of Hope Towards COVID – 19 22 October 22, 2020 Dept. of Food Processing & Engi- World Food Day Celebration – Webinar on Career Opportunities in neering, Dept. of Biochemistry, Food Sector” Biotechnology & Microbiology (UG) 23 October 22, 2020 Dept. of Counselling Webinar on Online Gamers Anonymous – Need of the Hour 24 October 28, 2020 Dept. of Commerce National webinar on “Discover the Diamond in you” 25 November 02, 2020 PG Commerce National Webinar on Eyes on the Ground for Agricultural Micro- credit 26 November 03, 2020 NCC Wings National webinar on Indian Air Force: Your way to Being a Cut Above 27 November 04, 2020 Dept. of Political Science National webinar on Know your Rights before you Fight 28 November 07, 2020 Human Rights Cell Webinar on Government Health Initiatives and Challenges in Dakshina Kannada in time of Covid - 19 29 November 09, 2020 Dept. of Commerce International webinar on “Leveraging Culture for Organizational Growth” 30 November 11, 2020 Dept. of Commerce National Webinar on IT Returns – A Practical Approach 31 November 12, 2020 Dept. of MSW Webinar on Cancer Prevention and Healthy Lifestyle 32 November 12, 2020 Dept. of Computer Science, Webinar on Production Pipeline in Animation Application & Animation 33 November 17, 2020 STRIDE in collaboration with National webinar on ‘The Folk in Theatre: Colonial Encounters and the Dept. of English the Idea of a Genre’ 34 November 17, 2020 Entrepreneurship & Innovation Cell Webinar on Startups at New Normal – A journey of an Entrepreneur 35 November 18, 2020 Dept. of Computer Science, National Webinar on IoT Technology Application and Animation 36 November 21, 2020 Dept. of Physical Education Webinar on RED-S: Specific Concerns of Female Athletes (Relative Energy Deficiency on Sports) 37 November 24, 2020 Dept. of Computer Science, Career Orientation Programme “ My Experience with Numbers” Application and Animation 38 December 02, 2020 Dept. of Chemistry International webinar on Water Splitting Catalyst for Green Hydro- gen Energy 39 December 03, 2020 MSW & MA Journalism & Mass Webinar on Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDs Communication 40 December 10, 2020 PG Dept. of Social Work Webinar on Human Rights in India Today : A Challenge 41 December 11, 2020 PG Dept. of IT Webinar on Social Media in the Age of Artificial Intelligence 42 December 16, 2020 Dept. of Training, Placements Webinar on ‘Become future leaders with Teach for India’ and Careers 43 December 17, 2020 Dept. of BBA Webinar on Education to Employment 44 December 17, 2020 Dept. of MSW Webinar on Employee Management 45 December 17, 2020 PG Dept. of Commerce National webinar on Investment Awareness Program 46 December 18, 2020 STRIDE National Webinar - ದ ೇಶ - ꣍ರದ ೇಶ: ಕರಾವ첿 ಕ샍ಾಾಟಕದ ಸಂಸೃ邿 ಮತ್ತು ರಾಜಕಾರಣ

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Student Excellence

Ex Cdt Cpt Ashika Shetty of NCC Naval Wing of St CLEARED UGC - NET HELD DURING JUNE 2020 Aloysius College (Autonomous), Anwith G Kumar (2016-19) Mangaluru, was commended by the Aleena M Jolly (2015-18) Chief Minister of Karnataka for her exceptional service in NCC during PoetrySoup, a the year 2019-2020 with a Certifi- worldwide poetry cate and a Medal. community and Cdt Ashika Shetty has joined NCC poem resource, Naval Wing of St Aloysius College has published its NCC Subunit in 2017 as a Cadet. first poetry an- She attended the first camp of NCC thology. Po- Annual Training Camp in May etrySoup has 2018. She also attended NCC At- almost 40,000 tachment Camp held at OTA Gwalior in May 2019. members, but only about 1% were She has participated in All India Nav Sainik Camp-2018 chosen for inclusion. Congrats to at INS Kadamba, Karwar from Oct 14 to Oct 22, 2018. Mr Savan Damian Nia Feren, BA first year, who has She has won Silver in SW Boat Pulling, Bronze in All D Souza been selected for the same. Her India Best Cadet Competition and was a part of Champi- Former Student and poem, The Tree That Never Out- on Directorate 2018. Former Cadet of grew Love can be found on page Besides this, she has secured 'A' Grade in NCC ‘C’ Certif- NCC Airwing. 438 in the book PS: It's Poetry. icate Examination in 2020. Placements: PG Biotechnology Faculty Excellence  Dr Smruthi G Prabhu from PG Biotechnology DR GIRISH N., PG Dept. of cleared UGC -NET exam. English  Students named Pooja and Prajan got placed at Trans Tales: Anthology of Trans- Bhami Research Labs, Managluru. lated Stories from Kannada, Mala-  Amal P George, Bhagyalakshmi E and Ashwathi yalam and HIndi comprising thir- Damodarangot placed at Molbio Diagnostics, Goa. ty two short stories, translated by  Dhanusha C Nair got placed at Molecular Connec- 32 students of PG Dept. of English tions Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru of both St Aloysius College  (Shreyoshree Mukherjee got placed in Cli- (Autonomous), Mangalore and Shri nisyd Research Global Solutions, Bengaluru Dharmasthala Manjunatheswhara College (Autonomous), Ujire has Poetry Writing: NIA FAREEN from I BA bagged first been published. The anthology is place in the poetry writing competition that was conduct- edited by Dr Girish N (SAC) and ed by St Joseph’s Law College, Bangalore. Dr Shankaranarayana K (SDM) SUO Advaith NCC DR LOVEENA LOBO, PG Dept. of Social Work Army wing got Chief Resource Person: Delivered an online Lecture for MBA Minister award for students of SDM college of Business management on the securing first place topic “Managing Stress to achieve Positive Life” on 07 with gold medal in December, 2020. para jump on Decem- Publication: Thomas Jubin, Lobo Loveena. Social Sup- ber 10, 2020. He port and Quality of Life among Rural and Urban School stands first in the teacher Retirees of Kozhikode District, Deeksha, Bi- country by jumping Annual Peer Reviewed Journal of Social Work, Volume from 2000ft height. 18, Number -1, March 2020 DR FLORIN SHELOMITH SOANS, Dept. of Eco- Cleared KSET 2020 Examination nomics/Commerce  Merita Stanley - M.Sc Chemistry Publication: Paper title: Tourism and Economic indi-  Avishma Jolen Lasrado - M.Sc Physics cator. International Journal of creative Research  Namratha Ullal - M.Sc Chemistry thoughts. ISSN:23202882, Impact factor: 7.79. Pun-  Vinita Deepa Lobo - M.Com General ished on 17.12.2020  Amina Luthfa - M.Sc Chemistry  Harsha (2018-20) Dr Girish N, from PG  Deyona (2018-20) Studies and Research in  Sachinraj (2017-19) English edited the Col- lege Research Journal  Ms Pallavi Bhat - M.Sc Biochemistry AL-SHODHANA, Vol  Ms Rakshita M—M.Sc Biochemistry VII– 2 Isuues  Neil Calvin Sequeira - (2018-20) M.Com Genral  Fr Anil Avild Lobo (2018-20) - M.Com General

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Faculty Recharging

FR DENZIL W LOBO SJ, Dept. of Social Work MS SAVITHA D SOUZA, Dept. of Social Work  National Webinar on “Mitigating discrimination and  International Webinar by Dr. Alka Raghuvansi, First exclusion of marginalized during pandemic” orga- Indian Trained Art Curator, on the topic Dwindling nized by UG & PG Dept. of Social Work, on June 24, Folk Performing Arts organized by St Aloysius Col- 2020 lege (Autonomous), Mangalore under the aegis of  Webinar on “Financial Management and FCRA” orga- STRIDE SCHEME-UGC on 12 August 2020 nized by Financial Management Service Foundation,  National Webinar on ‘National Education Policy- 24 October, 2020 2020’ organized by B.V.V.S Akkamahadevi Women’s Arts, Science and Commerce College, Bagalkot held DR DEENA D SOUZA, Dept. of Social Work on 02/08/2020  Webinar on “Navigating through stress and anxiety  Webinar on “Walk and Talk with Youth” held on the during pandemic” organized by St Agnes College occasion of International Youth Day, 12 August 2020 (Autonomous), Mangalore & Mangala Alumni Associ- Participated in the online Five-Day International ation (MAA), Mangalagangothri, on 28 May, 2020.  Symposium on “Women’s Rights During Covid-19  National Webinar on “Migrant Workers: A long walk Pandemic- Myths And Realities – organised by the ahead’ organized by the Dept. of Sociology, St Aloys- PG Department of History and Department of Sociol- ius College (Autonomous), M’lore, on 12 June, 2020. ogy and Social work, Fatima College (Autonomous),  International webinar on “Covid 19 implemented Madurai between 27th -31st July, 2020 strategies in Taiwan” organized by IQAC & depart-  Webinar on Research And Method In Literary Stud- ment of Social work, Hindustan College of Arts and ies organized by St. Joseph’s College Science, on 17 June, 2020.  National Webinar on Regenerative Medicine- A ray of  National Webinar on “Mitigating discrimination and hope towards COVID-19 by Dr Kavina Ganapathy, exclusion of marginalized during pandemic” orga- Senior Scientist, ONNSA Research and Innovations nized by UG & PG Dept. of Social Work, on June 24, 2020 PVT Ltd. Bangalore, organized on October 20, 2020  International webinar on ‘Compassion and self care’ by Department of Botany, St Aloysius College IQAC & Department of Social work, Hindustan col- (Autonomous), Mangalore. lege of arts and Science on 2 July, 2020  National Webinar on “Migrant Lives Matter” held on  National Webinar on ''Open Educational Resources 16 October, 2020 and Effective Search Techniques' organized by the  International Webinar on ‘Gandhi and Ethics of Department of Library, St Aloysius College Nursing: A Pedagogy of Care in Times of the Corona (Autonomous), Mangaluru, on 06 August, 2020. virus’, an expert session by Prof Vinay Lal, eminent  National Webinar on “New Education Policy 2020: An Historian and Gandhi Scholar, University of Califor- overview” held on 07/08/2020 organized by the De- nia, Los Angeles (UCLA), organized on 5.10.2020. partment of Economics, St Aloysius College  National Webinar on ‘Indian Air Force: Your way to (Autonomous) Mangaluru. being a cut above’ held on 03/11/2020 organized by  Webinar on ‘Guidance for financial Assistance NCC Wings of SAC (Autonomous) Mangalore. through various financial schemes for the patient’s  National Webinar on “Know your Rights Before You treatment in hospital. Role of medical Social Work Fight” held on 04 November, 2020 Professionals’ organized by AIIMS Medical service officer Association & Madras Christian Col- MS ROLLIN PREETHA VAZ, Dept. of Mathematics lege(Autonomous), Department of Social work Chen-  Participated in the colloquium on “New Education nai, on 22 August, 2020 Policy 2020” on August 26, 2020 organized by St Alo-  National webinar on “ National Education policy 2020 ysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore. (Policy vision and higher education)’ organized by St  Participated in National webinar on “New Education Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru in associ- Policy 2020” on August 25, 2020 organized by St Alo- ation with Centre for Educational & Social studies, ysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore. Bengaluru, on 25 August, 2020  Participated in National webinar on “Application of  Colloquium on “National Educational Policy 2020” Mathematics in Real Life” on August 17, 2020 orga- organized by St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Man- nized by PSG Polytechnic College galuru, on 26, August 2020, under Paramarsh scheme  Participated in the FDP on Fixed Point Theory and  Webinar on ‘Revised Accreditation framework for Au- its Applications held on August 08 & 09, 2020 orga- tonomous Colleges’ organized by St Aloysius College nized by St Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai. (Autonomous), Mangaluru in association with NAAC  Attended the invited talk on “ Role of Mathematics in Bangalore on 17 September, 2020 Cyber Security” held on August 15, 2020 as the part  International Webinar on ‘Gandhi and the Ethics of of webinar series; MATHS ECSTASY: on Online Od- nursing: A Pedagogy of care in times of the Corona yssey through mathematics organized by Career De- Virus’ An expert session by Prof Vinay Lal, An emi- velopment Centre, Kerala. nent historian & Gandhi Scholar, University of Cali- DR CHANDRA SHEKHARA SHETTY T, PG Dept. of fornia, Los Angels (UCLA), Organized by Neharu Participated in 10 days FDP on Teaching Study Centre, Mangalore University in association Physics : with Department of political Science, St Aloysius Col- Learning and Assessment between 23rd Nov - 3rd Dec, 2020 organised by Central University of Rajastan. lege (Autonomous) Mangaluru, on 5 October 2020.

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MS SUCHETHA VIJAYAKUMAR, PG Dept. of Soft- MS MANIMOZHI R, Dept. of MCA ware Technology  Attended- AICTE’s eSIP: Online Student Induction  Attended ATAL FDP on Blockchain Technologies from Program 2020 from 8th – 13th and 16th – 20th No- October 12 - 16, 2020 hosted by NMAMIT, Nitte vember 2020.  Attended a National Level Webinar on "Healthtech -  International Webinar on “Gandhi and the Ethics of Current Trends and Challenges" organised by IEEE Nursing: A Pedagogy of Care in times of the Corona Student Branch Srinivas University on November 6, virus”, an expert session by Prof. Vinay Lal, eminent 2020 Historian and Gandhi Scholar, University of Califor-  Attended a National Level Technical Talk on Industry nia, Los Angeles (UCLA), on Oct 5th 2020. & Company Analysis - A Research Perspective orga- nized by IEEE Student Branch Srinivas University on MS NAUSHEEDA B S., PG Dept. of ST November 30, 2020  Participated & completed successfully AICTE Train-  Attended ICARA 2020, International Conference on ing And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on AI, Robotics and Automation on October 14, 2020 "Artificial Inteligence" from 2020-10-19 to 2020- 10-23  Attended ICIHPE 2020, International Conference on at Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology. Advances in IoT, High Performance and Edge Compu-  Participated & completed successfully AICTE Train- ting on October 15, 2020 ing And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on  Attended ICSEHV 2020, International Conference on "Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Video Ana- Advances in Sensors, Energy and Hybrid Vehicles on lytics" from Nov 02 to 06, 2020 at Mangalore University. October 16, 2020 MR RAKESH KUMAR B., Dept. of MCA  Attended ICSCES 2020, International Conference on  Attended - AICTE’s eSIP: Online Student Induction Signals, Communication and Embedded Systems on Program 2020 from 8th – 13th and 16th – 20th No- October 17, 2020 vember 2020. MR THOMAS C G., Dept. of MCA  AICTE Sponsored 6 Days short term training pro-  Attended ATAL FDP on Blockchain Technologies from gramme on "Cyber Security and Block Chain Technol- October 12 - 16, 2020 ogy" organized by department of Information Technol-  Attended NIRF Workshop - Strategic approach to ogy, Sanjivani College of Engineering, Kopargaon Ma- NIRF Excellence organized by ICT Academy and harastra from 23-11-2020 to 28-11-2020 KPMG in India on November 5, 2020  Attended ICARA 2020, International Conference on  Attended a National Level Webinar on "Healthtech - AI, Robotics and Automation on October 14, 2020 Current Trends and Challenges" organised by IEEE  Attended ICIHPE 2020, International Conference on Student Branch Srinivas University on 6.11.2020 Advances in IoT, High Performance and Edge Compu-  Attended a National Level Technical Talk on Industry ting on October 15, 2020 & Company Analysis - A Research Perspective orga-  Attended ICSEHV 2020, International Conference on nized by IEEE Student Branch Srinivas University on Advances in Sensors, Energy and Hybrid Vehicles on November 30, 2020 October 16, 2020 Embedded Systems on 17.10.2020.  Attended ICARA 2020, International Conference on  Attended ICSCES 2020, International Conference on AI, Robotics and Automation on October 14, 2020 Signals, Communication and Embedded Systems on  Attended ICIHPE 2020, International Conference on October 17, 2020 Advances in IoT, High Performance and Edge Compu- ting on October 15, 2020 SAPIENTIAE  Attended ICSEHV 2020, International Conference on Advances in Sensors, Energy and Hybrid Vehicles on October 16, 2020  Attended ICSCES 2020, International Conference on Signals, Communication and Embedded Systems on October 17, 2020 MS LAVEENA C CRASTA, Dept. of MCA  Participated & completed successfully AICTE Train- ing And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Data Sciences" from 2020-10-5 to 2020- 10-9 at Cen- tral University of Tamil Nadu.  Attended an expert Session on "Machine learning" Conducted by TCS in collaboration with ISI, Kolkata  Attended an International Webinar on “Recent Ad- vances in Biostatistics and Data Science”, organized by the Department of Data Science, Prasanna School of Public Health (PSPH), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) Manipal on October 20, 2020

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MS RANJITHA, Dept. of Chemistry MR CLIFFORD D'COSTA, Dept. of MBA  Authored a research paper which has been accepted  Mr. Clifford D'Costa spoke on the topic - Mastering the and published online (Dec 9th 2020)- spoken word, on December 3, 2020 for the students of R.Ranjitha et.al., "Rapid Photocatalytic Degradation Fr Muller College of Nursing as part of a webinar ti- of Cationic Organic Dyes using Li-doped Ni/NiO tled "Communication: The Sky's the limit". nanocomposites and their Electrochemical Perfor- MR REJI P JOHN, Dept. of Economics mance", New Journal of Chemistry published by RSC  His Article on the topic, ‘An Analysis of Breast Cancer publications. Awareness Among Christian and Muslim Wowen in New Journal of Chemistry, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/ Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka State’ has D0NJ05268J been published in SAMBODHI a Multidisciplinary Online Courses completed by the faculty: Journal (Print) Vol-43, Issue – 04. ISSN: 2249-6661 Sl. Name Department No. of Source No. Courses DR RAJANI SURESH, Dept. of MBA 1. Dr Deena D Souza Social Work 4 Coursera Conducted a session for Staff Training College, Karna- 2. Fr Denzil W Lobo SJ Social Work 2 Coursera taka Bank on the topic: Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 3. Ms Savitha D Souza Social Work 1 Coursera DR S.N. RAGHAVENDRA, PG Dept. of Food Science 4. Mr Udaya Librarian 1 Coursera Chair a session for oral presentation by the conference 5. Ms Laveena C MCA 4 Coursera  Crasta delegates on the theme Affordable strategies for Food Technology on 22nd Dec 2020. MR THOMAS C G., Dept. of MCA  Participated & completed successfully AICTE Train- Completed a Certificate Course on "Digital Teaching ing And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on Techniques" from November 23-28, 2020 organized by "Waste Technology" from 23-11-2020 to 27-11-2020 at ICT Academy and earned a Digital Badge of B.M.S. College of Engineering. "Certified Digital Teacher" by ATOS Syntel DR NORBERT LOBO, Dept. of Economics MR HARIPRASAD SHETTY, Dept. of Zoology  NEP 2020: To the Governing Council Members of CE- Attended as a speaker in the symposium held at Nation- SU of Udupi Diocese. 27.11.2020 al institute of mental health and Neurosciences  NEP 2020: To the correspondents of all the institu- (NIMHANS), Bengaluru during December 16-17th, 2020. tions under CBE of Mangalore Diocese. 23.11.2020  NEP 2020: To the Heads of Institutions managed by DR NORBERT LOBO, Dept. of Economics CBE of Mangalore Diocese. 16.11 2020 Resource Person: “New Education Policy 2020: An  Career opportunities for Commerce and Arts After Overview:” The Generalate Ursuline Franciscan Educa- PUC, St Aloysius PU College, Harihara, 12.11.2020 tional Society, Deralakatte; December 16, 2020. DR ADARSHA GOWDA, of B.Voc Food Processing MR REUBEN MACHADO, Dept. of and Engineering Journalism  has conducted online Ph.D Viva Voce online examina-  A instrumental challenge held tion of a student form Saurashtra University Gujarat by T-Series,  Speaker at the 2nd International Symposium on Food for a song of and Nutrition (2nd ISFAN) via Online on the topic Tulsi Kumar, Sharing experiences in sport nutrition for athlete’s Reuben Ma- performance organized by Food and Nutrition Socie- chado won first place in this In- ty of Indonesia. strumental Challenge.  Resource person for the webinar on Career Opportu- nities in Food Sector on November 13, 2020 organized  Won 2nd place in Mangalore's by P.A First Grade College, Mangalore got Talent, organised by Namma DR RICHARD GONSALVES, Dept. of Chemistry Flea. Resource Person : Webinar o History, Scope and Oppor- DR ROWENA WRIGHT, Dept. of MBA tunities in Chemistry on November 02, 2020 organized  Dr Rowena Wright took a session on 'Answering the by St Aloysius Pre-University College, Mangalore right way - interview techniques for aspirational Felicitation: Dr Richard Gonsalves felicitated on No- nurses on December 3, 2020 for the students of Fr vember 28, Muller College of Nursing as part of a webinar titled 2020 in the "Communication: The Sky's the limit". A G M of SACTCC MS ROLLIN PREETHA VAZ, Dept. of Mathematics Society for  participated and scored 90% in the Mathematics serving as Sec- Quiz for Undergraduate Students organised by De- retary of the partment of Mathematics, Seth Kesarimal Porwal Society for the  College of Arts and Science and Commerce, period from Kamptee, Nagpur, Maharashtra on 14-8-2020. 1999 to 2020.

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Awarded Ph.D: Shekar P., a re- DR PRIYA S. SHETTY AND DR NORBERT LOBO search student of St Aloysius Ad- from the Department of vanced Research Centre, Mangalore Economics have pub- has been awarded Ph.D. in Economics lished a book titled for his thesis “New Technology and Health and Health Care Labour Utilisation in Agriculture: An Determinants in 2020. Empirical Study in Ramanagara Dis- This is the research work trict in Karnataka State” by Tumkur of Dr Priya guided by Dr University. He was successfully guided Norbert Lobo. The book is by Dr Norbert Lobo, Head of the Department of Eco- published by Mohit Publi- nomics, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore. cations, New Delhi with ISBN 978-81-7445-762-2. CLEARED UGC - NET HELD DURING JUNE 2020 The book is useful for the  Mr Sonal Steevan Lobo students dealing in  Ms Smitha D K Health Economics.  Mr Ananth  Dr Smruthi G Prabhu KSET FOR ASSISTANT PROFESSORSHIP HELD  Ms Renita Menezes DURING SEPTEMBER 2020. The following staff members have cleared the examina- MS ARATI SHANBHAG, Dept. of BBA tion. Resource Person: Guest Lecture on Personal Financial  Ms Severine Pinto – UG English Planning on November 23, 2020 organized by SDM Col-  Mr Ajith - B.Voc (Pharmaceutical) lege of Business Management PG Centre for Manage-  Fr Felix Victor SJ – BBA ment studies and Research, Mangalore.  Ms Ashwini – Chemistry MS SWETHA S. MANGALATH, Dept. of Journalism  Ms Jennifer Maria Quadras – PG Commerce Paper Publication :  Ms Deshel L. Fernandes – Commerce  Paper entitled "Performance Goes Online: Usage of  Mr Santhosh Notagar – Dept. of BCA, CS & Anima- Social Media Platforms by Classical Dance Practition- tion ers of Kerala at the Time of Covid-19 Pandemic" got  Ms Aswini T – Economics published in International Journal of Arts Humani-  Ms Joyline Jessica Correa – Commerce ties and Social Science Studies- Volume 5 Issue  Mr Glavin Rodrigues – Zoology 9, ISSN: 2582-1601  Ms Sowmya –Physical Education  Paper entitled 'An aesthetic analysis of virtual art festivals' (Translated) got published in a Multi- Awarded Ph.D - Nandini Shet, disciplinary Journal in Malayalam 'Sanghatitha' Vol- Dept. of UG Chemistry and Re- 17, Issue- 10. ISSN: 2319- 9741. search scholar of St Aloysius Ad- Guest Speaker in webinar : Resource person for Nation- vanced Research Centre affiliated al level Webinar conducted by Sree Sankara University to Tumkur University, successfully of Sanskrit- Kalady, Ernakulam, Kerala. Took the ses- defended her thesis enti- sion on the topic 'Media as a Performance space'. tled ‘Electrochemical investigation of corrosion and corrosion inhibition of MS JYOTHI SIMAV VAZ, Dept. of Chemistry 316 stainless steel in acid media’ on Delivered a Guest Lecture on ”Culinary Chemistry- December 19, 2020 at Tumkur University under the Chemistry in Kitchen” on November 6, 2020. The guest guidance of Dr Suchetan P.A. of Tumkur University. lecture was for the Science students and faculty of St. Aloysius Pre University College, Harihar. Awarded Ph.D - Ms Rachael N. Mary, Dept. of UG Chemistry and Commendation by Chief Research scholar of St Aloysius Ad- Minister of Karnataka vanced Research Centre affiliated 2020 to Capt Shakin to Tumkur University, successfully Raj, NCC Officer Army defended her thesis entitled ‘Study of Wing, in a programme Electrochemical Behaviour and Cor- held on December 10, rosion Resistance of Maraging Steel 2020 at 11am at the in Acid Media’ on December 19, 2020 NCC Office, Manga- at Tumkur University under the lore. guidance of Dr Suchetan P.A. of Tumkur University.

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