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VISION STATEMENT Mahatma Educaon Society, one of the leading instuons for quality educaon founded in the year 1970, is a living example of a vision linked irrevocably to naonal goals. Born in a me when educaon was a deemed service, it set about bringing social and economic change through the proacve personal development of every child that came into its fold. The vision of Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai (Founder, Chairman and CEO) and Dr. Daphne Pillai (Secretary) guided the trust which grew from a single school into a mul-instuon, mul-locaon group, delivering quality educaon at all levels.

MES owns and manages over 48 instuons, from pre-primary to Ph D. Well known as the Pillai Group of Instuons, this educaon major has its own teacher training instutes, which allow it to define its own standards and to achieve 100% results unfailingly. It does so through a highly movated faculty, a learning environment powered with the latest technologies, a spirit of innovaon that sees it reach for the highest standards of accreditaon in its field. MES recognizes that the sharing of knowledge remains the finest manifestaon of a unified world. The Pillai Group of Instuons believes that a more informed India is a stronger India.

Pillai HOC College of Architecture (PHCOA) was established in 2010. PHCOA offers a five year full- me professional degree in architecture (B.Arch.) affiliated to the University of Mumbai. PHCOA is recognized by the Council of Architecture (COA).

VOLUME 1 I ISSUE 1 NEWSLETTER 2018 I 2019

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seminar by Ar. Kamal Malik

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Urban Sketching workshop conducted by 04Ar. Yash Chavan as part of Foundaon Week acvies. 05 FOUNDATION WEEK

Graffi workshop conducted by Ar. Raj Pathare, an alumnus of PHCOA. Students spray painted a wall and created a large scale mural as part of foundaon week acvies 01 ma c & ma with theirfir their w Principal MadamSuchit Annual Ac ons t erials. trucon t t erials show ork f ademic Exhibioninaugur or fir s t modulesonc echniques basedonthena s c t semes asing anunder a Sa t er tled y ons aji. Studen trucon t s t 'Idea ofShelt anding of a t ed b ts e tur echniques y xhibit e of er' EXHIBITION ed Annual Architecture Building Construcon Exhibion inaugurated by Principal Madam Suchita Sayaji. Studentsdisplayed final technical sheets and models showcasing brick elements from semester one and semester two.

EXHIBITION 02 EXHIBITION First year Academic Exhibion featuring work from Basic Design studios based on semester one and semester two. 03 01 COMMUNITY SERVICE

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A Community service wing of PHCOA undertook a Live Project to revive the lost glory of school playgrounds, christened 'The Open Classroom’ by designing fun play furniture for a Municipal School in New Panvel. 02 Community service day COMMUNITY SERVICE Interacon, Lunch and Games with prizes arranged for children from the Vanwasi Kalyan Ashram in Mohopada as part of Community Service day, organised each year by MES. Kids between the ages of 6-12 enjoyed creang greeng cards, clay arcles, hand painng and dancing to music facilitated by PHCOA students and faculty. or Iy r their designpr Rane, Thir Mark Mohit Sriv on UrbanIn Compe s AIKT R Mumbai. BIG IDE FL Design Dissert PHC K 02 eceiv

ACHIEVEMENTStuden ar ohan Joshi,Thir er DesignCompe g O anised b an Bhansushali,Finaly TELS O C SO e 01 A s ed ac t Design. t w on 2018-19or A C - Floa tuden A on theK d Y as , P ONFERENCE y AIKT t ommenda t er an ear PHC a ng hot a v ojects intheK t pr v on' 2018tled: v a andSiddhesh en el f d Y C SO esen amu Iy on inpublic on 2018-19 or hispr ear PHC O els a on f A A s t ed his , P in g er Design anised b tuden ear t the an or O oject amu v A el. ts y MihirPalhande, Alumnus of PHCOA won the TRENDS Excellence Awards in 2018 in the ACHIEVEMENTS category of Architecture Photography for Visual Design. 03 PHCOA Alumni designed & taught the Landslide vicms of Dasgaon, Konkan Region to build cost effecve environmentally sustainable housing Maharashtra. 04

Alumni student of PHCOA Design & Built a house for the Landslide vicms of Dasgaon, Konkan Region (Maharashtra) Mumbai inF led onaHerit Studen Cons s Gandhi Na visit Studen tudy f ed K trucon t 02 or Humaniesand ts ofFir ts ofSec anheri Ca 01 onal P ort andColabapr ag echnology s s ond Y t Y e W v ear PHC ark asane es andSanja alk ofGr ear PHC O tudio. A w ea xt O ecincts. A ended t er y er e HERITAGE WALKS 01 P t t sacr the f visit Thir emple c o visitP ar o v d Y ed Bhut ed Himala amed Tig alle ear PHC ar omple y o T .

an, undert ak er's Nes y O x inupper an Buddhis tsang A s tuden , the t T ook r ek ts t STUDY TOUR Student Faculty parcipaon in ‘Sketchfest 2018' at Urban Haat, CBD Belapur

Students of Architecture, and faculty members parcipated in the Sketch fest iniated by urban sketchers, Navi Mumbai. It was a prodigious plaorm for the exchange of ideas in the process of 01construing Design ideas on paper through the medium of Sketching. Students parcipated in SITE VISITS various workshops, seminars and sketch walk 02 Third Year PHCOA students visited Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporaon for an interacve session on Building Services covering Fire fighng and Parking guidelines.