Gujarat Law Society's H.A. College of Commerce Activities at a glance 2015-2016 Sr.No Month Date Activities and Events 1 MAY 22-5-2015 Donation to Nepal Earthquake Relief Fund 2 20-06-2015 60th Birthday Celebration 3 21-6-2015 Celebration of International Yoga Day JUNE 4 22-6-2015 Library Renovation 5 26-6-2015 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 7 10-7-2015 Inauguration of 60th Anniversary Celebration & Orientation 8 21-7-2015 Eye & Dental check-up 9 JULY 21-7-2015 Celebration of Umashankar Joshi’s Birth Anniversary 10 27-7-2015 Lecture on Self Defence by A.C.P. Kanan Desai 11 31-7-2015 Celebrating Guru Purnima 12 04-8-2015 Blood Donation Camp 13 07-8-2015 Lecture on Health & fitness by alumni Rajan Dalal 14 10-8-2015 Lecture on Focus & Concentration by Swami Shri Shyam Das 15 12-8-2015 Seminar under Vanche Gujarat highlighting Gujarati Lexicon App AUGUST 16 14-8-2015 Orientation Programme for new NSS candidates 17 20-08-2015 Visit to IIM-A 18 22-8-2015 4-day workshop on banking by NIIT 19 28-8-2015 Celebration of Zaverchand Meghani’s Birth Anniversary Sr.No Month Date Activities and Events 20 04-9-2015 Teachers’ Day Celebration 21 10 & 11-9-2015 SANGAM- Gujarat Uni. Ellisbridge South Zone Youth festival 22 15-9-2015 Workshop on Swachhta by M.P Kiritbhai Solanki 23 16-9-2015 Poster making competition on Swachhta SEPTEMBER 24 18-9-2015 H.A Trophy an Inter College Elocution Competition 25 22-9-2015 Exhibition of Posters, Photographs, Slogans etc. on Swachhta 26 26-9-2015 Workshop on How to crack UPSC 27 30-9-2015 Hosted Sri Satya Sai Elocution competition 28 2-10-2015 Celebrating International Non-Violence Day 29 16-10-2015 Lecture organized by CWDC on Gender Sensitization 30 19,20,21-10-2015 Lecture Series (Climate Change, ICT & Human Rights) 31 OCTOBER 27-10-2015 HACC Navratri Mahotsav 32 28-10-2015 Industrial Visit 33 28-10-2015 Visit of New Jersey City University President to HACC 34 30-10-2015 Sardar Patel birth anniversary 35 NOVEMBER 1-11-2015 Alumni Parents Meet S. No. Month Date Activities & Events 36 23-12-2015 Placement for Kotak Securities Pvt. Ltd. December 37 28-12-2015 Visit of alumnus Mr. Chirag Patel, and formalization of MoU with NJCU 38 02-01-2016 National Conference on: “The Status of Commerce Education in India” 39 08-01-2016 AIDS Awareness Programme 40 09-01-2016 A Lecture on Swami Vivekananda 41 09-01-2016 An ICT Workshop for Faculty 11-01-2016 HACC Culfest: Signature Day and Just-a-Minute Games Day 42 12-01-2016 HACC Culfest: Rally & Group Day January 13-01-2016 HACC Culfest: Refreshment Day 43 23-01-2016 HACC Alumni Meet 24 to 31-01- 44 NSS Camp at Bakrol 2016 45 26-01-2016 Republic Day Celebration 46 29-01-2016 Career Guidance Seminar by ELITE, a career guidance organization 47 31-01-2016 Cyclothon : a Drive for Cleanliness 48 04-02-2016 Cancer Awareness Programme 49 February 04-02-2016 A workshop on Leadership 50 10-02-2016 A Lecture for girls on gynaecology by CWDC S. No. Month Date Activities & Events 51 12-02-2016 Placement camp by TCS 52 15-02-206 “No Vehicle Day” – Principal felicitated by Mayor Gautam Shah 53 15-02-2016 Workshop on “How to prepare a CV/Resumé 16-02-2016 Placement camp by ICICI 54 February 16-02-2016 A guest lecture on Accountancy and Finance 55 56 20-02-2016 A Workshop on Web Designing 57 21-02-2016 Celebration of “Matrubhasha Divas” 58 25-02-2016 Grand celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the college 59 01-03-2016 Dr. Lee Lu from NJCU visits HACC 60 March 18-03-2016 Sports Day 61 19-03-2016 Students taken on a visit to an Exhibition on Ahmedabad Heritage 62 02-04-2016 Prize Distribution Function & Farewell to the Final Semester students 18-02-2016 63 to Course on Accountancy, Taxation & Finance April 02-04-2016 64 23-04-2016 Celebration of World Book Day 23-04-2016 FDP on Taxation and other contemporary issues in Company Law 65 25-04-2016 FDP on E-Commerce and Contemporary Practices in Business 22 May 2015 H.A. CONTRIBUTES TO THE EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS HACC believes in sensitizing students towards the suffering, irrespective of nation, class and culture. Following this principle, the college collected funds for the Nepal Earthquake victims even after the official end of the college academic year. The principal, staff and students contributed towards this fund and collected fourteen thousand rupees which were donated to SEVA BHARATI – GUJARAT for the aid of those suffering from the effects of the earthquake. 20 June 2015 H.A.C.C. CELEBRATES ITS 60TH BIRTHDAY! The staff and the students of H.A. College of Commerce celebrated the completion of fifty nine years of the establishment of H.A. College of Commerce on the 20 June. This is the 60th anniversary year of the college. The story of Haridas Achratlal College of Commerce began in 1956 when Sheth Shri Haridas Achratlal, a philanthropic businessman and visionary, made a generous donation to Gujarat Law Society to establish this educational institute. The staff and the students of the college cut a cake to mark this occasion. The college proposes to have many other celebratory events during this anniversary year. 21 June 2015 YOGA FOR BETTER LIVING H.A. College of Commerce celebrated International Yoga Day on 21st June 2015 at the GLS lawns. Prof. Viral Raval from Lakulish Yoga University addressed the gathering of staff and students. He spoke about the significance of Yoga, the need to practice it in contemporary times, and the huge benefits of this ancient Indian system of wellbeing. He also demonstrated different yogasanas with agility and flexibility. Then he went on to make the audience also perform different asanas. The students and the staff tried out various positions and postures as directed by him. He also made the audience do some breathing exercises of pranayam and kapaal bharati. About 150 students participated in the programme, and fifteen staff members were present. The principal, Dr. Sanjay Vakil, spoke to students about the importance of yogic practices in students. Dr. Bhalchandra Joshi, Registrar, Gujarat Law Society, encouraged the students with his presence. Dr. Anuradha Pagedar, Professor of Business Laws, anchored the programme. At the end of the programme, the students and staff were invited to a breakfast of milk and bananas, as well as coffee and biscuits. It was an enriching and refreshing programme. 22 June 2015 LIBRARY RENOVATION As part of the preparation for the Reaccreditation process the college team of students and staff re-arranged the library of more than 30,000 books. These volunteers spent an extra 5 hours daily to arrange the books, make a log of the newspapers and magazines, and re- organize the furniture. They also come on holidays and Sundays to accomplish the task. In the process of arrangement, they glued the torn pages of certain books and covered some of them to prevent the further damage. They segregated and labeled the books to make for an easy access in future. 26 June 2015 HACC JOINS HANDS TO STOP ADDICTION HACC, in collaboration with the Narcotics Control Bureau, conducted a programme to teach students the dangers of drug abuse. This programme was hosted with the international courier association, Ahmedabad, on the occasion of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on 26 June. Students were given pamphlets and information about de-addiction. The college also distributed the pamphlets to the students seeking admissions. 10 July 2015 INAUGURATION OF 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION & ORIENTATION The College combined the commencement of the academic year with the beginning of the 60th anniversary year celebrations. 20th June 1956 is the establishment day of the college, and therefore, when the academic term for the first year students began, the anniversary celebrations of this jubilee year were also inaugurated. Shri Pankaj Joshi, the Chief Secretary, Education, was the chief guest of the function, and the college released the anniversary logo made by the staff and students, as well as a book about the past of the college and the plans for the year. 10 July 2015 21 July 2015 EYE & DENTAL CHECK-UP In association with e-swasthya, the college organized a free eye and dental check-up camp for students and staff members. Ophthalmologists and dentists of repute came to the college to render their services. 21 July 2015 CELEBRATION OF UMASHANKAR JOSHI’S BIRTH ANNIVERSARY The 104th birth anniversary of the great poet, Umashankar Joshi, was celebrated at the college with a guest lecture by Dr. Parul Rangparia, Associate Professor of Gujarati at Smt. L & C Arts College. She spoke about the versatility of the personality of this gujarati writer and recited some of his poems. 27 July 2015 LECTURE ON SELF DEFENCE BY A.C.P. KANAN DESAI Ms. Kanan Desai, IPS, visited the lecture to deliver a lecture on self-defense and women empowerment. She spoke about how girls and women are not helpless and have the strength to defend themselves if they use the right techniques. She then went on to demonstrate some of these self-defense techniques to the girl-students and taught them how to use these. 31 July 2015 CELEBRATING GURU PURNIMA The students paid homage to their teachers on Guru Purnima, and showed their Indianness.