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Sifara Annual Magazine 2019-20 SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK Roshni Nilaya, (Autonomous) Mangaluru Affilitated to Mangalore University College with Potential for Excellence Re-Accredited ‘A’ by NAAC (3rd Cycle) Website: www.sswroshni.in Email: [email protected] Phone: 0824-2435791 Fax: 0824-2436720 This is my prayer to thee, my Lord - Strike, strike at the root of penury in my heart. Give me the strength lightly to bear my joys and sorrows. Give me the strength to make my life fruitful in service. Give me the strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees before insolent might. Give me the strength to raise my mind high above daily trifles. And give me the strength to surrender my strength to thy will with love. Rabindranath Tagore To be a Centre of Excellence in Education, Developing Personal and Professional Competencies to build a Just, Sustainable and Inclusive Society. & To Impart General and Professional Education fostering Love of Learning, Integrity and Social Responsibility for Holistic Development. Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Dr. Juliet C J EDITORS Ms. Veena B K Dr. Meena Monteiro EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Ms. Rachitha P. Cabral Dr. Keshava Gowda U. Mr. Obanath Chalene Mariette DSouza, II MSc. Counselling Priyali Prakash, I MSc. Counselling Dr. Saritha D’Souza Ms. Jennifer Carlo Ambreena Sharoon Karat I MSW Editorial Board “Education is the most powerful weapon that can change the world” -- Nelson Mandela. “Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which if fulfilled can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our Institute.” At the very outset, I wish to extend to each one of YOU, dear staff and students of School of Social Work, my gratitude for all that has been undertaken during the academic year in the process of fulfilling the Vision and Mission goals of the Institute of Social Work. I have learnt much about the various activities in and out of campus that you have been involved in since I have come in January 2020. I am also aware of all your struggles that you have to cope with during the pandemic; but with God’s blessings and support from each other and from others near and far, you have achieved much amidst every adversity. There are yet obstacles to be crossed and ideals to be achieved – but I know with the team support, you will be able to cross the bridge over the deep troubled waters of running an educational institute of such great a stature. My congratulations to the Editorial Team for bringing forth this magazine which provides an overview of the year’s activities. My wish and prayer is that while you become more wise through gaining knowledge and experience that will enlighten the minds you teach, you surely must ignite the hearts of those whom you teach to become persons more humane and courageous in facing the world ‘outside’. Society and our Nation are in great need of leaders, teachers, social workers, counsellors, who can stand-up to the onslaught of deteriorating standards and moral values which have almost already vanished from our families and cultural heritage. We look forward to see the campus buzzing with students involved in academic work and co-curricular learning activities around the campus. God bless each one of YOU and your dear families. With my best wishes and prayerful support, President’s Message Ms. Vida Sequeira President At the very outset, on behalf of the management, staff and students of School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, I place on record our respectful tribute to the Founder Principal of School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, late Dr. Olinda Pereira, who left for her heavenly home on 31st May,2020 at the age of 94. Dr. Pereira has been an outstanding woman of heart and intellect, compassion and vision a woman of God who followed her dream of leading this institution towards greater heights. In the 1960s she dreamt of imparting education to women in Mangalore and introduce programmes in Social Work, Criminology, Rural Development apart from Psychology, Secretarial Practice, Economics, Sociology, English Major and Kannada Major. She also initiated establishment of extension centres to serve the rural and urban communities of Mangalore. After retirement she initiated another innovative project for the care of the elderly in Mangalore, namely, Vishwas Trust. We ever lovingly remain grateful to late Dr. Olinda Pereira for her services to the Institute and to the society at large. I also wish to place on record the loving and kind services of Prof. Shobhana N., Dean of Arts and HoD, Department of English who attained superannuation on 31st May, 2020. We remain deeply grateful to her for her valuable contribution towards the holistic growth of students as persons and as a dynamic faculty. I am glad to state that the Ullal Municipal Council has recognised the contributions of our faculty and students who worked with the zero waste management project for which a citation was presented by Shri. U. T. Khader, former Minister and Ms. Vani Alva, the Commissioner. The college has also been ranked 12th among the Social Work educational institutions in India as per a survey conducted by India Today. Our students have also brought laurels to the college in co-curricular and sports activities. The academic year 2019-’20 remains ‘unique’ in the history of education with digitalisation of education and prolonged academic year. The year remains special in our own history as School of Social Work, since we complete 60 years of our existence in Mangaluru in 2020. As stated by Dr. L. N. Bhat, former Registrar (Evaluation), the year also Principal’s Message marked the closure of an ‘Era of Social Work’ with the demise of Dr. Olinda Pereira. There has been an intermittent interruption in the academic calendar with suspension of classes due to floods, CAA protests and the ongoing pandemic, COVID 19. Irrespective of these interludes, the academic and co-curricular activities have proceeded and the Magazine, Sifara, presents a glimpse of the academic year. My hearty congratulations to the editorial team and contributors of articles for designing and bringing out the document irrespective of the contextual challenges. The Lock-Down came as an unexpected halt in our lives. At times while getting exhausted in the hustle and bustle of daily responsibilities, we must have longed for a halt to enjoy - Time to be with my students rather than computers, programmes and reports, Time to be with my family to just cherish and value one another in our homes, Time to be with nature and spend time to save nature…The lockdown satisfied our such longings initially. But as the number of lives that COVID 19 claims goes alarmingly higher, we are aghast, we are pained. We see our sisters and brothers going hungry, migrant labourers walking miles and miles across districts and states to reach their home towns, villages…We see millions yielding to the tiny Virus… On the other hand, the world also experienced the heroic, humane and heartening acts of love of our ‘unsung heroes’, the medical and police personnel, the administrative wing, the frontline warriors risking their lives to safeguard fellow citizens…We even watched in astonishment the healing of nature from the harms caused by us, human beings – the healing of ozone layer, water sources, air and the freedom of animals to step in when human beings could not step out. It looked as though the Almighty God is doing a research study using the experimental design.. Keeping all polluting and harmful human activities controlled, and proving the result… Take away lessons are many after the pandemic… Many states have already implemented Sunday lockdown as a routine. Under these circumstances, what can we do as professionals and trainees of Social Work, Counselling, Criminology and Forensic Science, Rural Development, Languages, Economics, Sociology and Secretarial Practice. We, the staff and students of School of Social Work, have been trying to contribute to alleviate the sufferings of our sisters and brothers in ways possible… Even if it’s only a drop in the ocean, every single drop makes an ocean. We thank our alert, efficient and empathetic faculty, staff and students who are taking a lead in these circumstances… We thank our alumni who have always stood by us in all our challenges, and who are now reaching out to the institute in offering traineeship, placements and relief assistance. We thank all our benefactors and well-wishers who are ever with us.. Dear all, let us rise to meet the situation, live our annual events, ‘Spandana – responding to Realities, Expressions and Scintilla’ and reach out to persons in need to the maximum extent possible… May the Lord God Most High continue to lead us in our life’s journey through thick and thin. With best wishes, Dr. Juliet C. J. Principal I am extremely happy to share with you our life journey in the College Campus of Roshni Nilaya as it has unfolded the miracles of inner self at various capacities as teachers, learners and researchers. We together galvanise all our internal and external resources to experience life with its holistic abundance. The creative methodology of teaching and learning would definitely hope to extract the Implicit, Explicit and Tacit Knowledge through the process of internalizations, externalization and socialization among us. The evening in house programmes are designed to strengthen the Knowledge, Skills, Values and Professional Competencies. It can be stated with aplomb that the certificate and diploma courses, research endeavours, personal and professional development presentations can allow the enormous human potential to progress in the process from being to becoming.

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