COLLEGE REPORT 2017-18 “I will give thanks to the Lord, with my whole heart. I will tell of, all Your wonderful deeds.” Ps 9:1 St. Mary’s College has been, the torch bearer of knowledge for 72 years, imparting education and life skills, to thousands of women, from all over Kerala, starting as the pioneering first grade women’s College, of Thrissur district in 1946. Today when we celebrate our College day, I am sure our patroness Mother Mary, with her son Jesus, is closely watching each and every activity going on here, and thus helping us to aspire for greater things in life. The rich tradition that she is proud of, is to a great extent the product of the dedicated service, of the staff of this institution. But every year she is a sad witness to the retirement of her staff who have been a part and parcel of this College for many years. This year, we are bidding farewell to our beloved herbarium keeper Smt. Valsa Johnson, who rendered 32 years of dedicated and fully committed service to the institution. She is of a very calm personality who always puts her heart and soul into her work to attain perfection. She lives a life close to God and also strives to keep everyone around her, taste the love of god. Her retirement is going to be a great lose to our institution. I wish her a peaceful, healthy and happy retired life. Now, to the activities and achievements of our college. I am so proud to announce that St. Mary’s College has been ranked 55th among Colleges in India, in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2017 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. Another milestone in the history of the College was the institution of Mahitha award by the PTA Staff and Elder St. Marians in the honour of the former Principal Sr. Dr. Chrislin. It is a matter of utmost joy and satisfaction that the second Mahitha award was presented to a worthy recipient proff.. Bhanumathy P, founder of association of Mentally Handicapped Adults in recognition of her committed services to the unprivileged in the society. Our College participated in YUVA Mastermind Competition, a joint venture of Malayala manorama and IBS with technical support by Amal Jyothi Engg., College and won 3rd prize for our new invention, “Emergency Water Purification Cartridge” we were crowned as the best women colleges in Kerala which excels in sports. RS. 1,00,000 was shared by colleges who got the same overall points. A long cherished dream of ours was materialized when we blessed the Marian Auditorium, which can accommodate all 2000 of our students at a time. Dr. Binu K, Department of sociology has been appointed as a social scientist in the land acquisition Board, government of Kerala. Dr. T. Geetha , has been selected as a member of District level monitoring committee, Sastra Poshini Team. Meseys . Anu P. A, Dept. of Biotechnology, Ms. Malathy V M, Dept. of Biochemistry and Ms Sini Thomas Dept. of Economics have been awarded Doctorate during this academic year. Our medicinal plant exhibition by Dept. of Botany in the flower showorganised by Thrissur corporation has been chosen as the best stall in the educational institutions category. Inorder to extend our helping hands to the needy principal staff and NCC cadets visited the okhi affected areas near kodungallur and distributed grocery and other essential items. Two months of Vacation Programs for empowerment of women were conducted at our newly purchased land and house for Jubilee Memorial Kudumbakshema Padhathi in Mission Quarters. As a part of wetland day celebrations, sponsored by KSCSTE, Dept. of Botany and swimmers of health hub, jointly participated in cleaning a public pond at chembukkavu, for creating an awareness about conservation of water resources. I take this opportunity to congratulate Ms Gladwino Ous Jes, who has won Ist prize in all India Level Quiz Competition during the Thal sainik Camp at New Delhi. Our sports students have made us proud by their outstanding achievements Riya TC Secured Silver Medal and Revathy Prakash secured Bronze Medal, in the All India Inter University Championship in Power Lifting Competition. Sanisha N. B , Binisha N. B. and Johncy P. K bagged bronze medal, in the all India Interuniversity Championship, in Judo Competition. Ann Mariya T C represented Calicut University in the All India Inter University Weight Lifting Championship and bagged Silver Medal. Anly Stephen represented Calicut University in the All India Inter University KHO- KHO Championship and bagged second position. Presently the college offers 14 UG Courses and 10 PG Courses. It is indeed a great joy to pronounce that we are doing quite well in the overall success rate. We have 2 UGC sponsored Add-on Courses, 1 UGC sponsored diploma course, 2 UGC sponsored advanced diploma course, 11 Skill Enhancement Programmes, 12 Departmental Certificate Courses and an ASAP Foundation Course this year. Two of Our faculty have published books and also wrote chapters for books. year we have 30Publications and 23 Paper Presentations to the credit of our faculty. Our faculty updated themselves by attending various Seminars and Workshops. Consultancy services are provided by various departments: Associations of various departments were inaugurated by eminent personalities: file sent separately The institution has always given importance to student participation in helping the needy in the community: To commemorate the year of Mercy of the Catholic Church, the College had introduced ‘Karunardram’- serving lunch to the people in the streets once in a week. All the departments take turns to distribute more than 100 food packets to the destitute in the streets. Marian Monsoon Fest-2017 was inaugurated by Sri. Rafiq Ahammad, the famous lyricist and it was successful in raising an adequate amount to help the little unfortunates among St. Marians. IQAC, PTA, Alumnae and SMART are the four pillars which support the College in all its activities. IQAC of the College monitors all the curricular, co-curricular and extracurricular activities of the institution. IQAC Committee meets periodically and evaluates the activities of the institution and provides necessary suggestions and guidance. Two day faculty Development Programme on - Effectiveness in Teaching and Efficient Management by Dr. Joslet Mathew (Retd.Principal) Nirmalagiri College, Kannur Two day Orientation on Personality development for students by Rev. Fr. Jino Plathothattil, Director, De Seles Academy of talent Assistance, Aluva A one day Workshop on Digital Based Learning and E content Development was arranged for the faculty. The session was led by Sri Anurag K G, Faculty, De Paul Institute of Science and Technology, Angamali Redesigning of Certificate and Skill Enhancement Courses Uploading of AQAR 2016-17 Orientation on Academic Quality Enhancement Initiatives and Academic Administrative Audit by Harry Cleetus, Former Principal, St Albert’s College, and NAAC peer team member Conducted Entry Level Test for I sem UG students and prizes were awarded to the toppers in General Paper Organised two day Marian Monsoon Fest for Student Entrepreneurship and welfare . The fest was inaugurated by Sri Rafeeq Ahmed,Writer Organised orientation on MOOCs .18 MOOC courses were submitted by faculty of Different Discipline to University of Calicut Conducted Toppers Day to celebrate the achievement of students in University Exams. Sri Wahid, Asst Commissioner of Police, was the guest of the Day Organised Vth Rev. Sr. Dr. Rani George Endowment Lecture and Paper and Poster presentation competition for UG students on the topic Go Green Stay Healthy. The lecture was delivered by Dr T N Jagadeesh Kumar, Retd Professor and Director of Students’ Welfare, KAU. An expert in Solid Waste Management and Organic farming and was the Chief Consultant and Co-ordinator of the solid waste Management Project of Thrissur Corporation. University Level Paper Presentation Competition was organised for the faculty on topic- Go Green Stay Healthy. Spectrum 2018- Paper presentation Competition was conducted for UG students of the College Organised IQAC Student interaction One day Workshop for Administerial staff on Office Automation Refresher By Sri Jyothidas K S PTA stands as a backbone for all that is happening in the College: Apart from PTA general body meeting and executive committee meeting ,class level meetings were held regularly. Contributed 1000 chairs to the new Auditorium . Active participation in the Monsoon fest and contributed Rs 50,000 /for Student Welfare Fund Collection Contributed Rs 35,000/ to conduct Marian Hockey Cup . Contributed Rs. 75,000/ for D.Zone competition . Allocation of Rs. 15,000/ towards finishing school programme. Organised an interaction session with student council and class representatives. Elder Marians: Conducted a talk and a demonstration class (Thumburmuzhi model) on the topic “Solid waste recycling” by Ms. Indira Gopinath (1963-64) Participated in Marian Monsoon fest with the sale of Amla juice, bags, soaps and degradable sanitary napkins . Organized Lecture Series on “Capital Market Derivatives” by Smt. Sini Thomas M, a Research Scholar . Conducted a talk on “Life style diseases and Remedies“ by Dr. E. R Rakesh, Lecturer of International Sujok Association. Organised a free eye camp in collaboration with the departments of Microbiology and Botany together with Vijayasree Eye hospital, Thrissur, at ST. Theresa’s C L P school, Kanimangalam Conducted a talk on “Trend and Pattern of Foreign Trade in India” by Dr. Thushara George, Asst. Prof, Dept of Economics, St Teresa's College, Ernakulam Organized a demonstration class on Mushroom cultivation by Dr. Deepa James, Teaching Assistant, College of Horticulture, Mannuthy . Demonstration session on “Khichdi and Beetroot salad” by Mrs. Santha Rajagopal (Elder Marian-1975-77), the renowned host of Cookery Shows. Gem of St. Mary’s’ competition was organised and Ms. Sadiya Bathul II MSc.