About the Library, Library Resources Granthavedh New Arrivals, articles , Staff publications, Book reviews , College Library E-Newsletter, Volume VII, Issue I, Jan 2015 Updates, etc P.E.Society’s Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ganesh-Khind, Pune—16 It is my great pleasure to release this Seventh Volume and First Issue of “Granthavedh” to all my Patrons after long gap. Central Library is offering this online platform to all staff and students since 2011 and we are receiving good Editor-in-Chief Ms. Sangeeta N Dhamdhere, response from staff and students. Since last two years we have broaden the scope of this online newsletter. This Librarian newsletter is not limited to Library activities and updates Editorial Assistant but becoming a showcase to activities and contribution from many other departments of the college. Ms. Sheetal Shetty, Library Clerk On this occasion I would like to congratulate our Principal Mrs. Vidya Sundar, Dr. Sanjay Kharat who won the prestigious “Best Principal Award” of Savitribai Phule Pune University in the month of Library Clerk February 2015. Without his guidance and support smooth Advisors library functioning and initiation of various library activities are impossible. I thank him , Prof. Prakash Dixit, Joint Sec- Prof. S.V. Todkar, retary, Progreassive Education Society, Professor Suresh Chairman Todkar, LMC Chairman , All Vice Principals, Head of the De- Prof. P.G. Dixit, partments, Colleagues for their constant encouragement, motivation and support. Visitor Published by This issue covers library updates, departmental activities Dr. Sanjay S Kharat, and individual activities of staff members in the academic year 2014-15, articles, book reviews and photos of differ- Principal ent events. Dr. Sanjay Kharat “Best Principal Award” Savitribai Phule Pune University Dr. Abaso Shinde Doctor of Philosophy In Economics Awarded by Savitribai Phule Pune University Dr. Amita Dharmadhikari UGC Major Research Project Sanctioned Amount Rs. 27Lacs Library Activities in 2014-15 saiva~Ibaa[- fulao jaMyatI AaiNa mahasvacCta AiBayaana idna ]%saahat saajara maa^Dna- klaa ¸iva&ana va vaaiNajya mahaivaValaya gaNaoSaiKMD puNao­16 yaoqao 3 jaanaovaarI 2015 raojaI sakaLI 9vaajata ga`Mqaalaya vaacana kxaamaQyao k`aMtIjyaaotI saiva~Ibaa[- fulao yaaMcaI 182 vaI jayaMtI maaozyaa ]%saahat saajarI krNyaat AalaI. yaa inamaI%tanao mahaivaValayaamaQyao ivaivaQa kaya-k`maacao Aayaaojana krNyaat Aalao. mahaivaValayaacyaa sqaainak vyavasqaapna saimatIcao Aqyaxa p`a.sauroSa taoDkr va mahaivaValayaacao pa`caaya- Da^. saMjaya Krat yaaMnaI saiva~Ibaa[- fulao yaaMcyaa p`itmaocao pUjana kolao. Aqyaxa p`a.sauroSa taoDkr yaaMnaI svacCta AiBayaanaacao mah%va ivaVaqyaa-Mnaa saaMigatlao va pa`caaya- Da^. saMjaya Krat yaaMnaI k`aMtIjyaaotI saiva~Ibaa[- fulao yaaMcyaa jaIvanaacao ivaivaQa pOlaU va kaya- ivaVaqyaa-Mnaa saaMigatlao. tsaoca p`a. gaaOrI kaopDo-kr yaaMnaI yaavaoLI saMivaQaanaatIla maUlaBaUt kt-vya idnaainamaI<a saMivaQaanaatIla maUlaBaUt kt-vyaaMcaI maaihtI idlaI. mahaivaValayaatIla ga`Mqapala p`a. saMigata ZmaZoro yaaMnaI kaya-k`maacao saU~saMcaalana kolao. mahaivaValayaacyaa ]ppa`caayaa- Da^.jyaaotI gaganaga`asa yaaMnaI mahaivaValayaat yauvaa saPtahainamaI<a haoNaa­yaa ivaivaQa ] pk`maaMcaI maaihtI sava- ivaVaqyaa-Mpya-Mt paohcaivalaI tsaoca A^nTI r^igaMgacao hmaIp~ jamaa krNyaacao ivaVaqyaa-Mnaa Aavaahna kolao. svacC Baart imaSana AMtga-t mahaivaValayaatIla ivaVaqaI- pirYadonao mahasvacCta idna saajara kolaa. yaa AiBayaanaat itnahI SaaKaMmaQaIla 500 hUna AaiQak ivaVaqaI-¸ p`aQyaapk va p`SaasakIya kma-caarI yaaMnaI sahBaaga Gaotlaa va mahaivaVayaacao maOdana¸ ga`Mqaalaya¸ p`yaaogaSaaLa¸ va pirsar svacC kolao. %yaanaMtr mahaivaValayaatfo- ivaVaqyaaM-Mnaa Alpaophar va fLo vaaTp krNyaat Aalao. k`aMtIjyaaotI saiva~Ibaa[- fulao yaaMcyaa jaMyatIcao AaOcaI%ya saaQaUna mahaivaValayaat vaRxaaraopNaacaa kaya-k`ma Aayaaoijat krNyaat Aalaa. ivaVaqyaa-McaI vaRxaaraopNa iBa<aIp~k va GaaoYavaa@ya spQaa- Aayaaoijat krNyaat AalaI ivaVaqyaaM-MnaI iBa<aIp~kaMcyaa maaQyamaatUna pyaa-varNaacao mah%va pTvaUna idlao. yaa spQao-cao ]d\\GaaTna p`a. sauroSa taoDkr va mahaivaValayaacao pa`caaya- Da^. saMjaya Krat yaaMnaI kolao va vaRxaaraopNaacyaa ]pk`maamaQyao sahBaagaI Jaalao. National Unity Day Celebration in Modern College, Ganeshkhind Pune 16. On the occasion of Birth Anniversary of Iron Man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on 31st Oct 2014in the Central Library of Modern College under the guidance of Principal Dr. Sanjay Kharat. On this event college organized various programs which include Rally Run of the unity of staff and students from the college to Chaturshrungi Temple, Library Prof. Sangeeta Dhamdhere administered the Rashtiya Ekta Diwas Pledge. The respected guests of the program offered flowers to the photo of sardar Patel, Prof. Shruti Bhatkhande, Head of the History Department delivered speech on Sardar Patel’s life and his struggle to achieve unity, safety and securityof India . Doucumentary films on Life and work of Bharat Ratna Sardar Patel and his message in his own speech were shown to audience. The Display of his work, biography and quotations were displayed in the Library. The function was compared by Prof. Gauri Kopardekar and Votes of Thanks are given by Vice Principal Prof. Jyoti Gangagras. At the time of program Vice Principals Prof. Shubhangi Joshi, Prof. Swati Kandharkar, Prof. Shampa Chakravarty, Prof. Varsh Joshi and Office Superintendent Mr. Ganesh Sath were present. SciFinder Awareness Program SciFinder Awareness Program/demonstration organized by Central Library on 9th July 2014 at 11.30a.m. for all staff and students. SciFinder Demo: is a database which covers various disci- plines like General Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Phys- ics, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biochemistry, Nanotechnol- ogy, Biotechnology, Polymer Sciences, Life Science, Envi- ronmental Sciences, Toxicology, Food Sciences, Material Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry and many more. It gives access to 57 million values-added Abstracts, 85 million or- ganic / Inorganic substances, 65 million sequences, 71 mil- lion chemical reactions, more than 3.5 billion property val- ues, more than 350 million citation and much more cov- ered from 10,000 journals and patents from 63 issuing authorities for multi-disciplinary re- search environment since 1907. SciFinder is a world-class research discovery tool designed especially for use by faculties and students to get easy access to Chemical Abstracts databases. A demonstration of SciFinder arranged for all staff and students Book Exhibition: Organized competitive examination book exhibition by Vision Academy on 17th and 18th February 2014 at 50% discount rates for all staff and students. Poster Compition Report yauvaa saPtah 2015 AtMga-t id. 12.1.2015raojaI iBa%tI p~k spQaa- ga`MqapalayaatIla ga`Mqapala p`a.saMigata Zmazoro yaaMcyaa maaga-dSa- naaKalaI GaoNyaat AalaI. yaa kaya-ËmaasaazI p`saad doSamaanao¸ sauvaNaa- mhsaokr¸ pllavaI baulaak¸ naotoSa gaujaraqaI¸ jayaEaI gaujaranaI yaa sava- iSaxakaMnaI maaolaacaa sahBaaga idlaa. yaa spQao-caa ivaYaya sava- Qama- samaBaava va Qama- inarpoxata ha haota.maulaaMmaQyao Qamaa-tIla inatImaulyaaMcao mah%ca $jaivaNyaasaazI tsaoca Aaplyaa Qamaa-saaobat dusa­yaa Qamaa-bad\dla Aadr baaLgaNyaasaazI¸ vaogavaogaLyaa Qamaa-tIla iSakvaNa samaanata samajaNyaasaazI Asaa ivaYaya doNyaat Aalaa haota. Baartat ivavaIQa Qamaa-caa samaavaoSa¸ sava-Qamaa-caI maulyao $jaivaNyaacaa va AaNaKI GaT\T krNyaacaa ha CaoTasaa p`ya% na haota.yaa spQao-saazI maulaaMca p`itsaad ]sfut- p`itsaad laaBalaa. ekuNa 21 ivadyaaqyaa-MnaI Baaga Gaotlaa. saadr kolaolyaa iBa%tI p~kad\vaaro Qama- va BaartIya saMskRtI¸ vaogavaogaLo Qama- %yaaMcao ivacaar¸ Anaok saMskRittIla ekta [. ivacaar yaat idsaUna Aalao.ivadyaaqyaa-MnaI banaivalaolaI paosTr A%yaMt maaima-k va baaolakI haotI. yaa spQao-saazI p`ao.Da^. AivanaaSa Avalagaavakr ¸ marazI ivaBaaga p`mauK¸ saaiva~Ibaa[- fulao puNao ivadyaaipz¸ puNao va p`ao. gaaOrI kaopDI- kr rajyaSaas~ ivaBaaga¸ maa^Dna- ka^laoja gaNaoSaiKMD ho prIxak mhNaUna laaBalao. pirxaNaa drmyaana pirxakaMnaI ivadyaaqyaa-cao ivacaar jaaNaUna Gaotlao va Qamaa-caI saM&a spYT k$na %yaaMcao maaga-dSa-na kolao. Qama- va maanavaI jaIvana pRqak krta yaot naahI Asaa %yaatIla saaraMSa haota. yaa spQao-saazI p`acaaya- saMjaya Krat va p`a. mainaYaa baolao samanvayak yauvaa saPtah yaaMcao bahumaulya maaga-dSa-na laaBalao. Organized a sale of withdrawn books (old syllabi textbooks) from 4th Feb. to 28th Feb. 2014 in the reading hall for all patrons. In the examination period library reading hall kept open (8.00am to 9.00pm) for study purpose. Many students availed this facility and appreciated the efforts of library. Dr. Sanjay Kharat, Principal supported for this. 14 Hour Study: Central library has organized 14 hours study in the library on the occasion of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanthi for students and teachers on 12th April 2014 at 7.00p.m. to 9.00 p.m. to encourage and inculcate reading /learning habits among the students and teachers. Library is organizing a mini Anapana Meditation Session for all Library staff member on 22nd Aug 14. Librarians attended Vipashana Course at Dhammagiri Nashik and guided her staff too mini meditation for healthy and happy mind. All library staff were present for this session. As per every year this year also book bank facility is provided for the needy students from all category. Total 42 students availed this facilty. The students list is as below Sr.No Name Class 1 Sadanand V. Gadade F.Y.B.Sc 2 Londhe Sagar Mahadeo F.Y.B.Sc 3 Palnate Vishnu Gunwant F.Y.B.Sc 4 Pawade