CMS COLLEGEKOTTAYAM

ANNUAL REPORT 2014 -15

Published by : PrincipalCMS CollegeKottayam -686 001, KeralaTel: 0481-2566002,Fax:0481-2565002Email:kottayamcmscollege@gmail.comWebsite.www.cmscollege.ac.in

Chief Editor : Mr. Ditto PrasadEditorial Board : Dr.Mini Chacko

Dr. TomyMathewDr. Susan MathewMr. Jacob Eapen KunnathuDr. Joji John Panicker

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Rt. Rev. Thomas K. Oommen Bishop

MESSAGEGreetings to you all in the mighty name of our

Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

I am happy to learn that CMS College, Kottayam ispublishing the annual report for the academic year2014-15. This is indeed a meaningful achievement ofthe community since the college is preparing tocelebrate its bicentenary of its academic journey. Asthe Manager of the college, I congratulate the Principal,the teaching and non teaching staff and students for theircontributions to the society and for achieving ‘A’ gradein the NAAC re-accreditation and for securing theSpecial Heritage Status from the UGC.

The CMS College Kottayam has always shownsignificant growth in academic as well as extra-curricularand co-curricular activities. The annual report providesthe sum total of its one year journey. As the collegemoves for celebrating its 200th year of existence, thisreport serves as a historical record of its faithful servicein the educational sphere in the 2014-15 academic year.I hope and pray that God may help you all to continuethis in the days to come.

Let this be a real blessing to the college and I praythat you will be able to bring out many more vividdescriptions of the service rendered by the college inthe days to come.

I wish this noble venture all success.

With warm regards,

Yours in God’s service,

Kottayam,30.09.2015

PRINCIPAL’S ADDRESS

On the onset, I congratulate the teaching and nonteaching faculty of the CMS College for securing ‘A’grade in NAAC re-accreditation. We consider it a trueprivilege and blessing to be one among the earliestcolleges in India to function unimpaired from itscommencement. Starting from 1817 the College haswitnessed many epoch making events which have changedthe course of history and the condition of society inKerala and India.

In the first century of its existence the Collegebrought liberal thought and English education within thereach of the common man and the marginalised. In theearly years of the second century the College threw openits portals to women, giving them an access to highereducation. By the second half of the twentieth century,the College was upgraded with Bachelors and MastersProgrammes in several disciplines. This year the collegehas attained ‘A’ grade for the NAAC Re-accreditation andsecured the special heritage status, along with its otheracademic and cultural achievements.

Our illustrious alumni who have kept the beacon ofCMS College shining brightly in whatever fields theyhave worked- as the President of the nation, or as Justiceof the Supreme Court, or as a prodigy in theoreticalphysics worthy to be considered for the Nobel Prize oras litterateurs, artists, theatre personalities, dramatists,educationists, doctors, lawyers, diplomats, politicians anda host of others. Indeed we who are the present of CMSCollege are inheritors of great renown. Let us keep thetorch lit by the first missionary founders burning brightly,by treading their path of selfless service pursuing thegoal of moulding young minds into worthwhile citizensable to contribute their mite for the welfare of the world.

Remembering this heritage on which we have basedour fundamentals, I take this opportunity to congratulateand express my gratitude to each and every personinvolved in the advancement of the college in all itsfacets. I also encourage the college community to keepup the spirit of commitment and sacrifice that has broughtus this far. Let us empower the voiceless, shoulder thenaive and be instrumental in bringing about atransformation.

With all good wishes,Dr. Roy Sam DanielPrincipal, CMS College

PREFACE

CMS College, Kottayam is one of the premierinstitutions of Higher Education in India which hasperformed a continuous journey of two centuriessince its inception. Founded by the ChurchMissionary Society of England in 1817, the Collegehas been spreading the light of education among theless privileged. The College with its humblebeginning as a Grammar School has nowmetamorphosed into a College that enjoys the statusof being one of the top colleges in India. Thevisionaries of the College took as their mission toimpart value-based liberal education aimed atpromoting inclusive and holistic growth of the learnerwith thrust on real time needs. The College strivesto actualize this vision through the relentless effortsof the dedicated faculty members, students and nonteaching staff.

With the liberal attitude of the management, theCollege provides a progressive academic ambianceto the faculty members and students. The variousdepartments of the College function together inharmony with the purpose of giving maximum benefitto the learning community. This mutually beneficialattitude in which every department co-operates andcontributes to the holistic growth of the college isthe pivotal foundation of the College's success. Weattract talented students and mould them to committhemselves to the cultural life and social mobility ofthe region. Through the two centuries of its thriving,the College has acquired moral strength and a maturityin cognition- the two vital ingredients for an idealacademic pursuit.

This annual report acknowledges the contributionof the faculty members and the students to theCollege, reflects the various activities that adornedthe College in the academic year 2014-2015.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Departmental ActivitiesThree new faculty members, Smt. BettyElsa Jacob, Mr. Ditto Prasad and Dr. SusanMathew were appointed aspermanent teaching membersof the department.ASAP- Additional SkillAcquisition Programme, ajoint venture of theGovernment of Kerala and theHigher Education Councilstarted its second edition inCMS College from 9 June ,2014. Mrs. Selin Samuel wasthe staff coordinator and

PROFILEThe department of English offers an undergraduate programme,

a postgraduate programme and a research programme.

students from various colleges participated. Rendezvous, the association of the English

department was inaugurated by Shri. Shalu

Mathew, Secretary of theKottayam Press Club.

The Reading Room of theEnglish department and ThirdSpace, an open forum for thedevelopment of the creativetalents of the English literaturestudents was inaugurated on 1stOctober, 2014 by the Principal,Dr. Roy Sam Daniel. Dr. Joji JohnPanicker, the department staffsecretary introduced the purpose

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of the forum andwelcomed the gathering.Signature Club, aventure of I BA Englishstudents was inauguratedon 10th October, 2014by the Head of thedepartment Smt.Rebecca Mathew at1.30 pm. This is aplatform where thestudents display theircreative and artistictalents. The studentsmeet every week. Dr.Aleena Manoharanworks as the coordin-ator.A one day seminar, 'Literature of Resistance:Writings from the Fringes' was held on 4th

of December, 2014 at the Reading Roomof Collins Library. Shri. Sharan KumarLimbale, a dalit writer and Professor and

Tenzin Tsundue, a Tibetanactivist were the guestspeakers. Dr. Joji JohnPanicker was thecoordinator. On the sameday, two books, one byMr. Hemant. M of II BAEnglish and another byMr. Tarun Kurian Alex, aformer student werereleased.

In December, theII BA English studentsvisited SnehaBhavan, anold age home atPuthanangady, along with

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their faculty advisor Dr.Joji John Panicker,HOD Smt. Rebecca Mathew and Smt. SelinSamuel. The students performed varietyentertainments along withthe inmates and distributedcakes, sweets and dressitems. An amount of Rs.2000/- was given as a tokenof love to the inmates.An interactive session withRev. Dr.Valsan Thambu washeld on 30th January, 2015for the students and thefaculty members.The 8th Frances CollinsMemorial lecture was heldon 3rd February, 2015 by

Dr.Chandrika Balan, popularlyknown as Chandramathi.Thesame day, a poetry collectionWoes of a Working Woman bySmt. Anju Sosan George, afaculty member of thedepartment was released.

BLF- Bagshaw LiteraryFest, was inaugurated by cinedirector Sidarta Siva on 24thof February, 2015. SBCollege, Changanassery

turned out to be the winners.The second year BA English students releaseda hand written manuscript Reminiscences.

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DEPARTMENT OF MALAYALAM

PROFILE

The department of Malayalam offers an undergraduate programme and aresearch programme.

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Departmental ActivitiesGanitham Lalitham, a venture ofMathematics department, CMS CollegeKottayam organized at GovernmentMohammaden UP School ,Thazhathangadiis a programme which aims to enhance the

mathematical ability of schoolchildren .It has been conducted by thedepartment since 2012. Dr.Roy SamDaniel, Principal, CMS CollegeKottayam inaugurated the program on17 July, 2014.The cordinator of theprogramme was Prof. SindhuThomas.The classes were taken by PGand UG students of the department.24 classes were conducted in theacademic year for classes 5, 6 and7.Classes were taken twice in a week

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

PROFILE The department of Mathematics offers an undergraduate programme, onepostgraduate programme and a research programme.

from 9 am to10 am. The classes were takenregularly from July,2014 to February 2015.Mathematics Association had started itsactivities during the academic year 2014-15 with an orientation programme for thefirst year B.Sc Mathematics students.Theprogramme was on 25 August 2014 at theChemistry Seminar Hall. Prof. Jacob EapenKunnath was the chief resource person.The association meetings had been servingas a platform for the students to exhibit theirtalents . As a part of the associationactivities various cultural programmes ofthe students were conducted.The department has won the first prize indepartment-wise competition for best

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pookkalam (flower arrangement) whichwas conducted by the College inassociation with the Onam Celebrations .This is the third time the department iscontinously winning the prize. The Department of Mathematics organized

a lecture series during the academic year2014-15.The Lecture series which was

conducted on 8 January 2015 broughttogether three internationally recognizedmathematicians - Dr. Choi Bong Dae, Dr.Rein Nobel and Dr. A Krishnamoorthy.

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The department honored the students of2011-14 batch who secured creditablepositions in the M. G. University B.Sc.degree examination. Mrs. SunithaAchiamma Mathew secured the 3rd rankwith 'A+' grade and Jordy Jose, GeethuGopi, Alan Shaji and, Cyril John Kuriensecured 'A' grade.

The department celebrated the success ofMangalyaan, the first Indian mission tostudy Mars. The programme entitled "IndiaReaches Mars" was held on 24.09.2014.Principal Dr. Roy Sam Daniel alsoparticipated in the celebrations along withteachers, PG and UG students of thedepartment.

The JAM/NET coaching was formallyinaugurated by the Principal Dr. Roy SamDaniel on 15th October 2014. Head of the

depart- mentDr. P. Raja-g o p a l a nD e p a r t m -ental Coord-inator of thepro-gram Mrs.Rinsy Thomasexplained thecourse stru-

cture and the schedule of classes to theparticipants. .

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICSPROFILE

The Department of Physics has 13 teaching staff, four laboratory assistants, 119undergraduate students, 47 post graduate students and four research scholars.The department offers an undergraduate course, two post graduate courses withspecializations in electronics and photonics respectively and Ph.D programmesin the fields of vibrational spectroscopy, material science and nanotechnology.

A meeting was held on 19th November 2014in the department to bid farewell to labassistant Mr. Laji George. Dr. RachelMathew, Vice Principal joined the teachersin thanking and offering felicitations to Lajifor his 30 years service to the college.

An association of Physics alumni,Rendezvous was formulated in thisacademic year and its first meeting was heldon 27th December 2014.

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This year's K. R. Narayanan Scholar wasallotted to the department of Physics. Theselection of the scholar from UG studentswas made on the basis of a written test and aninterview conducted on 23rd January 2015.20 students appeared for the writtenexamination selection.Mr. Anandhu KrishnanA. (I DC) was selected for the scholarship.

A two day national conference on "Advancesin Crystal Growth and Nanotechnology"(ACS2015) was held from 15 and 16thJanuary 2015. The conference wasinaugurated by Dr. V. Radhakrishnan, Director,IISER, Trivandrum and he delivered thekeynote address. There were participantsfrom other districts and also from otherstates. Dr. Ramesh Chandra Nath, AssistantProfessor, IISER, Trivandrum, Dr. V.Natarajan, NPOL, Kochi, Dr. NarayanaKalkura, Professor, CGC, Anna University,Chennai and Dr. C. Sudarshanakumar,Professor, SPAP, M.G. University, Kottayamwere the other distinguished speakers. Theconference was funded by UGC. Dr. N. V.Unnikrishnan, Emeritus Professor, M.G.University, Kottayam was the chief guest forthe valedictory function. Dr. P. Rajagopal wasthe chairman and Dr. Preema C. Thomas wasthe convener of the conference.

With the aim of equipping the students tobuild up a career in Astronomy andAstrophysics a centre called Centre forAstronomy and Astrophysics (CAAP) was

started in March 2015. This is a joint ventureof departments of Physics and Mathematics.On 1st September 2014 department ofPhysics signed an MoU with department ofChemistry of St. Michael's College,Cherthala to promote research in the areasof organic electronics and nanotechnology.

The department set up a new research centre- Nanotechnology and Advanced MaterialsResearch Centre (NAMRC) in August 2014in collaboration with the Bio-NanoElectronics Research Centre (BNERC),Toyo University, Japan. According to theMoU between the department of Physics andBNERC joint research programmes will betaken up in the field of nanotechnology. Thisis an initiative of one of the distinguishedaluminums of the the department, Prof. D.Sakthikumar, BNERC, Toyo University,Japan. The centre was formally inauguratedby Sri. Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan,Honorable Minister, Government of Keralaon 11th August 2014.

Renowned Professor and Scientist from SahaInstitute of Nuclear sciences, Kolkatta Dr.P.M.G. Nambissan gave an invited lecture on18th of December 2014. The topic was‘Basics of Nanoscience and PositronAnnihilation Spectroscopy.’

The activities of the Physics associationALBEDO for the academic year 2014-15were inaugura ted by Dr. Ison G. Vanchipu-

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rackal, Assistant Professor in Physics, St.Thomas College Pala on 15th October 2014.He gave a talk on Blue LED.

Prof. Mohan Kurien Memorial Quiz wasconducted on 2nd February 2015. Dr.Mathew George, Assistant Professor,

Departmentof Physics,CMS Collegewas the quizmaster. Sr.S u r e s hKurup, MLApresented theM o h a nK u r i e n

memorial trophies to the three teams whosecured the first three positions. He alsodistributed the Mohan Kurian memorialscholarships for PG students instituted by thefamily of Prof. Mohan Kurien.

International Year of Crystallography 2014,An Awareness Programme in ScienceEducation and Research (APSER),Department of Physics, Kerala State Councilfor Science, Technology and Environment(KSCSTE), Mar Ivanios College,Thiruvanathapuram jointly organized aprogramme to celebrate international year ofcrystallography on 17th October 2014. Theaim of the programme was to kindle theinterest of young students to study physics.

The target group was school students. Invitedlectures and quiz competition were the majoractivities. Dr. Jijimon K. Thomas and Dr. SamSolaman, Associate Professors, Mar IvaniosCollege, Thiruvanathapuram were thedistinguished speakers. About 60 studentsfrom various schools in the districtparticipated in the programme.

A sky watch programme was arranged on 27thFebruary 2015 for school students andgeneral public of Kottayam. About 70students and public participated in theprogramme. The event was open to allteachers and physics students of the college.Sri. K. Thangappan, Retd. Engineer, KSEB

and an armatureastronomer wasthe resourceperson. He alsodiscussed thetheory of skywatching andfundamentals oftelescope fabri-cation and

functioning. Sky watch program-me startedat 7 pm. Around 8.30 pm the spectators wereable to see clearly the craters of moon,Jupiter and satellites, Cerius star, etc.

A lecture was delivered by Dr. AnandNarayanan, Associate Professor, IIST,Trivandrum, on two topics, CosmicPerspective - An Astrophysical View of theUniverse and Understanding the Cosmos -More than Just a Career.

The GMT Trust activities were rejuvenatedafter a span of 14 years. Most of the retiredteachers of the department were present inthe meeting and they shared their memoriesand experiences with the great teacher Dr.Geroge M. Thomas. Mr. Blesson George,Secretary, GMT Trust welcomed the

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gathering. Dr. P. Rajagopal, Chairman, GMTTrust presided the meeting.

At present the department has two majorprojects and eight minor projects. The total

funding received through the project is Rs. 54lakhs. DST FIST programme sanctioned a fundingof Rs. 70 lakhs to the college and the departmentof physics received a grant of Rs. 8 lakhs underthis scheme. A total of 9 articles were publishedby the faculty members during this academic year.

Department is providing a number of merit cummeans scholarships to deserving B.Sc. and M.Sc.students with own generated funds and with thesupport of well wishers and alumni.

1. Dr. GMT endowment trust Scholarship2. Prof. Mohan Kurien Memorial Scholarship3. Dr. George Sudarshan Scholarship4. Dr. Dionysus Scholarship

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Departmental Activities

The department association was inauguratedon August 11, 2014. The chief guest of thefunction was Dr. Praveen George Ittycheria,Dental surgeon and Environmentalist.

The department organized an invited talk on"Insect taxonomy and Identification" byProf. E. Kunjikrishan, HOD of Zoology,University College, Trivandrum on 25/06/2014. Students from Maharajas Collegeand CMS College participated in theprogramme.

The department organized an invited talk on'Prakrithi Krishi' by Hilal K M, a passionatezero budget natural farmer, on 25/07/2014.

Department of Zoology along with theDepartments of Botany, Chemistry andEconomics organized a 5 day internationalconference on “Climate Change andDeveloping World” from 21st to 25thJanuary 2015.

The department maintains Vermicomposting,Biocomposting and Pipe composting units.

A survey was conducted by the B.Sc. Zoologystudents on waste management measuresadopted in ward number 49 of KottayamMunicipality and subsequently pipecomposting units were installed incollaboration with Kottayam municipality.The department provides training for studentsin the preparation of farmers EM solution

PROFILEThe Department of Zoology offers an undergraduate and a postgraduate programme withspecialization in Entomology and a research programme. The faculty includes six permanentteachers and two guest teachers. The Department of Zoology has 120 undergraduatestudents, 18 postgraduate students.

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and it was kept for sale in College Eco-shoprun by the Botany and Zoology department.The department maintains an oystermushroom farm and extends trainingprogramme for the students as well as for thewomen of Kudumbasree Unit, KanjiramVillage, Kottayam.The department maintains an Apiary forstingless bees (Melipona rearing).

The Department of Zoology along withBotany Department were awarded with

Certificate of Merit 'Green campus Award'issued by CSI Madhya Kerala Diocese .

The Zoology Department organized anexhibition for the school and college studentson September 25th 2014.

The department organized Nature camp toAgasthyakoodam Hill Range on 26th to 28thJanuary 2015 in association with KeralaForest and Wild Life Department.

The1972 Batch B. Sc Zoology Alumni Meetwas held on 28th February 2015 in thechemistry seminar hall of CMS College.

Ms. Geetha C. S, Research Scholar of theDepartment submitted her Ph.D. thesisentitled "In vitro toxicological evaluation ofhydroxyapetite macro and nanoparticle acomparative analysis" during this academicyear.

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DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY

PROFILEThe department of Botany offers an undergraduate programme, a postgraduateprogramme and a research programme.

The department celebrated 50 years of itsexistence.

The department of Botany activelyparticipated in the WorldEnvironment day celebrations on5th June, 2014.

A Molecular Biology laboratoryvisit to Stem Cell Research Centre,CMC, Vellore was conducted forthe M.Sc. Botany students on 8thand 9th August, 2014.

This year's activities of the Botanyassociation, Flora wereinaugurated by Rev. M.J. Joseph,

Former Principal of Mar Thoma TheologicalSeminary, on 18th August, 2014.

A State level seminar on“Angiosperm Systematics” wasorganised in association withthe Kerala State BiodiversityBoard on the 22nd and 23rd ofAugust, 2014. Mr. Rogimon P.Thomas, Assistant Professorserved as the organisingsecretary.

"Florill"- Flora on thecampus hill- A diary of visualsfeaturing 545 plant species ofthe CMS College campus, wasreleased by the Department ofBotany in association withKerala State Biodiversity Board

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on 22nd August, 2014. Mr. Rogimon P.Thomas, Assistant Professor, Department ofBotany is the editor of this compilation.

The G. Robellen Endowment prize for thebest outgoing student was awarded to Mr.Chinthu S. Kumar.

An Ecotour was organised for the M.Sc.Botany students to Thenmala on 22ndNovember, 2014, as part of their studies inEnvironmental Biology.

A five day International Conference on"Climate Change and Developing World"organised by CMS College in associationwith the CSI Synod's Department ofEcological Concerns and the NilackalEcological Commission was held from 21stto 25th January, 2015. It was sponsored byUGC, Kerala State Council for Science,Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) andKerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB).Dr. Mini Chacko, Associate Professor,Department of Botany was the organisingsecretary.

The proceedings of theInternational Conference on"Climate Change and DevelopingWorld" was compiled and editedby Dr. Mini Chacko, Dr.Rogimon P. Thomas and Dr.Elizabeth Cherian of Botanydepartment and Mr. Vijo ThomasKurien of Zoology department .

"Ecoshop" featuring thesales of organic vegetablescultivated in the college campusand eco-products wasinaugurated on 21st January,2015.

Green college award for the most eco-friendly campus and activities was awardedto CMS College, Department of Botany andZoology, by CSI Madhya Kerala Diocese on28th January, 2015

Invited talk by Dr. Joseph P. Varghese,Former HOD of Botany department, on thetopic “Genetically Modified Plants” washeld on 3rd February, 2015 for the studentsof Botany department.

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Sale of Curry leaf saplings was organised bythe Department. More than 500 seedlingswere sold out.

Seedlings of Lakshmi Tharu, a plant known forits anti-tumour medicinal property were collected

and planted on the premisesof our college and hostel.

The department doesorganic farming andvegetable cultivation underthe institutional cultivationscheme of the AgriculturalDepartment, Governmentof Kerala. Under-utilisedplants and vegetable cropswere cultivated in 1.5 acresof land in the collegecampus. The products weresupplied to the collegehostel and canteen.

Shanthisthal, a 15cent area of land was setapart for the conservation of

RET (Rare Endangered Threatened) speciesin the campus.

In addition to the above, environmentawareness programmes, water audits andsocially relevant projects are taken up by theUG and PG students. In a nutshell, theDepartment activities were very fruitful andrelevant to the community in and around thecampus.

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DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

PROFILEThe department of Biotechnology offers an undergraduate and a postgraduateprogramme.

Departmental ActivitiesDepartmental competitions based onliterary and scientific works wereconducted throughout the months July andAugust from 1:30 to 2:00 pm. The year's Biotechnology Association,

GENEX was inaugurated on 14th ofOctober. An encouraging talk was delivered by Prof.

C.A. Abraham, former Principal of CMSCollege. The year's ANDREAS GRANER

ENOWMENT AWARD was presented toNeethu N. Nair, the best outgoing studentof the academic year 2013-2014. Wayanad and Mysore were visited as part

of Taxonomy collection. High altitudeplants were collected and preserved forherbarium preparation. Pilot scale mushroom cultivation was

initiated in the department and themushrooms were harvested on 17th ofMarch 2015. Under graduate students carried out their

curriculum project works at-1. TROPICAL INSTITUTE OF

ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES, VELLOOR2 AGROBIOTECH, POOVANTHURUTH3. BIOGENIX , TRIVANDRUM4. NUPAL PHARMACEUTICALS5. UNIBIOSYS, ALUVA

DEPARTMENT LABORATORY

Post graduate students carried theircurriculum projects at

1. PUSHPAGIRI MEDICAL COLLEGE2. REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

STATION, KUMARAKOM3. CASHEW EXPORT PROMOTION

COUNCIL, KOLLAM4. NUPAL PHARMACEUTICALS

Ornamental fish culture was started on a pilotscale. Four aquarium and fish bowls wereinstalled in the department. Different speciesof fish like Carp, Gambusia, Sucker, Blackmolly, White molly, Angel fish and tiny sharkwere allowed to breed.

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M.Sc. Semester III students visited MSSwaminathan Research Foundation, Wayanadfor an Industrial visit.

A scientific talk on Biosafety policies, IPRand Ethics was delivered by Dr. D.

Narasimhan, Associate Professor, Dept. ofBotany, Madras Christian College, Chennai

B.Sc. Semester IV students visited RegionalAgricultural Research Station, Kumarakomand attended hands on training in noveltechniques of agricultural biotechnology.

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PROFILEThe department of Family and Community Science offers one undergraduate andone postgraduate programme.

DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY ANDCOMMUNITY SCIENCE

Mrs.Suma Siva Das Inaugurated theAssociation Activities. It was followed bydifferent cultural activities of the students

An extension activity on wealth from wastewas done by BSc.students .Extension Activity on “Balanced Diet” andimproved dietary practices was done by Bsc.students. The beneficiaries were themothers who are covered under the Childfocused Community Development Project(Oasis),Kaduthuruthy. A competition on the preparation on low

cost nutritious recipes made out of locallyavailable food materials was conducted withthe aim of making the students to be awareabout the nutrient dense food itemsavailable in their own locality.

Students prepared posters and pasted in thecampus to give awareness on World FoodDay. They collected information on worldheart day in detail and prepared a folderbased on it and exhibited on the departmentnotice board. A class wise discussion on thesame was also done.

A brief class on the new technology in thetextile sewing machine and its features

were was described by the sales manager ofUsha.

Demonstration by Vishnu Narayanan V, Salesmanager, Usha International.

UGC Sponsored National Seminar onNutrition for Bone and Dental Heath was heldon the 9th & 10th of December,2014.Provided an avenue for teachers,students, and those who are in the subjectrelated area to meet each other and shareviews and ideas. Most of them opined thatthe structure and organization of the seminar

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in meeting the objective of creatingawareness on bone mass & to emphasizedietary factors for one health through lifecycle, disseminating information onpreventing osteoporosis and rheumatoidarthritis and to highlight the role of Nutritionin Preventing Periodontal diseases were allwell done.

A three day food fest was conducted for thestaff and students of the college. Chinese,Kerala and North Indian cuisines were theattraction of the food fest

A class on “Stress management and maint-aining healthy heterosexual relationship”was taken by Ms.Leena , College Counsellor.

A survey was conducted at Kallunkathara ,Aymanam Panchayat to find out theirnutritional status and the dietary practices.

Based on their nutrition problems a nutritioneducation programme was conducted.Decreased consumption of fresh producewas identified to be the most prevalent

problem and Vegetable kits were distributedamong the surveyed subjects.

The students conveyed the message ofhealthy eating practices by a combination ofmethods such as lecture, skit, puppet showetc. The method of preparing nutrient densefoods and healthy weaning foods wasdemonstrated.The students of II Year MSc visited thePallithazham Anganwadi to study theactivities carried out under the IntegratedChild Development Scheme and the growthindicators of the children were assessed.In a visit to the District Poverty AlleviationUnit to study the activities carried out by theagency, the DRDA Project Manager briefedthe students on objectives and functioningof the agency. A calendar was prepared based on five food

groups recommended by Indian Councilof Medical Research.The Meridian, the annual published with thearticles of staff and students and a briefreport of the activities of the department waspublished

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The association inauguration of thedepartment was held on December 8th2014. Mrs. Grace Lal, (personalityDevelopment Trainer, professionalcounsellor) was the chief guest of the day.She delivered an interactive session ontranscending youth culture in a globalizingworld.

Under the initiative of the students of thedepartment, a manuscript magazine'SOCIOUS' was released on 22nd July 2014by former HOD of the department, Mrs. I.

PROFILEThe department of sociology offers a post graduate programme and a research programme.Consisting of five faculty members the department has 46 postgraduate students and 3research scholars.

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

Mary. Following it the students performedcultural programmes.

On December 10th , Human rights day wascelebrated in our department. An intra

departmental essay writing competition wasorganized on behalf of "socious" thesociology association. Our students ChrisBastin Tom and Ravindranath P, presented ajoint paper on the topic "Inalienable rights ofhuman beings" in the state level seminarorganized by Human Right ProtectionCouncil Kottayam.

The department organized a three day UGCsponsored National workshop on researchMethodology on 29th, 30th September and1st October 2014. Dr. Mahajan P Mani ,Professor, SGTDS, M G Universityinaugurated the workshop. Dr. Jacob JohnKattakayam Professor Emeritus KeralaUniversity delivered the Keynote address. Dr.Alwin Prakash ,Dr. Vijayakumar, Dr. DineshanKoovakkai, Dr. Stephy Thomas served as theresource persons for the various sessions.

The staff and students of our departmentvisited American corner - A wing of publiclibrary Kottyam, on 25th September 2014.Dr.Elizabeth Samson, director of Americancorner familiarized the programmes andfacilities.

On 28th November 2014, the staff and studentsof department of sociology visited MalayalaManorama work unit in Kodimatha, studentsgot an opportunity to understand the activitiesin pre-press printing unit, packaging anddistribution section and also an awarenessabout environment hazardous and healthproblems of workers in such industries.

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¢ Mr. Nishad. S, Research scholar in MantricPara Psychology, Harvard University, USAserved as a recourse person for an interactivesession on Mantric Para Psychology,

conducted on 25th September 2014 In ourdepartment .

Dr. Jiss V John , Bethenia Holistic TreatmentCentre, Kalathipady, Kottayam was invitedto deliver a talk and a practical session on"Ayurveda & Yoga Role In Present SocialLife" on 11th December 2014 .

On 22nd July 2014 , a session onpersonality development and image buildingclass was organized in the department. Mrs.I Mary, former HOD of the departmentserved as resource person for the session.

An interactive session on Health Educationand Physical Fitness was arranged in ourdepartment on 19th November 2014.Dr.Jackson Paul. V, Assistant Professor,Department of Physical Education, CMSCollege was the resource person for thesession.

Rev. Joby Joy Mullackal delivered a lectureon the role of youth in Environmentalprotection on 28th November 2014. Heshared his experience of Plachimada strugglewith the students and this session was veryinspiring to the students in developing anattitude of environment protection.

Mr. Titto Thomas, secretary of Smile Indiaand Pakalveedu had a talk with students toorient them about the functioning of'Pakalveeedu' which is a fellowship for seniorcitizens of Kottayam town on 5th December2013. He inspired the students for palliativecare and protection of elderly.

In memory of late, Dr. E. Vijayakumari theFormer HOD of CMS College, the familymembers of Dr. E. Vijayakumari gave to thedepartment of Sociology a sum of Rs. 1 lakhfor conducting annual seminar/ talks in themonth of January.

The first Dr. E. Vijayakumari Memorial Talkwas conducted on 11th of February 2015.The talk was delivered by a close friend ofDr. E. Vijayakumari, Dr. L Tara Bhai, former

President Kerala Sociological Society on thetopic “Crime against women.”

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A health survey was conducted by the studentsof the department of Sociology on 19thSeptember 2014.

A medical camp was organised on the 4th ofOctober 2014 at Kumarakom by We Care.Dr. Venugopal, General physician was themain doctor in charge of medical camp. 65patients were treated. Free medicines werealso supplied to the beneficiaries.

Two flood relief programmes were organizedfor the beneficiaries, by We Care.

1. We care distributed 125 rice packets eachcontaining 5 kg rice on 21st June 2014 tofamilies in Kumarakom who were badlyaffected by flood in recent monsoon. Nearly525kg rice was distributed in the adoptedvillage in connection with flood.

2. As part of flood relief programmes, We Carethe extension programmes of the departmentof Sociology distributed one lorry fire woodto the beneficiaries in Kumarakom who werebadly affected by flood in the recentmonsoon . This programme was conductedon july 23, 2014.

Medical Assistance of Rs. 4000 was given to4 cancer patients by We Care in Kumarakom.The fund for the program was donated by Dr.Jackson Paul V, Assistant Professor Dept. ofPhysical Education, CMS College Kottayam.141 onam kits were distributed to thebeneficiaries. The kit consists of rice,dal,green gram, payasam kit etc. This programme

were organised with the help and generouscontribution from the CMS College teachingstaff.

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PROFILEThe Department of History being the first department in the College in theBachelor of Arts commenced in 1950. The PG programme in self financing streambegan in the year 2013.

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

National and International affairs” onDecember 22, 2015. The resource personwas Dr. Jacob John, a retired professor fromCUSAT.The students organized a poster exhibitionon the topic “Land Marks in the IndianFreedom Movement” in connection withRepublic day celebrations on January 27,2015Dr. Sumi Mary Thomas was awarded PhD onMay 2014 on the topic “Role of SirC.P.Ramaswamy Aiyar in the Modernizationof Travancore(1931-1947)”.The department organized a Heritage Tour toWayanad – Ooty on February 12 – 15, 2015

under theleadership ofMr. SujinK.P., AneeshS and Ca-rthica. S. TheH e r i - t a g ewalk providedthe stud-entswith first

hand inform-ation of megalithic remains ofAncient Kerala

Departmental ActivitiesThe Department invited essays on the topic“Challenges to Indian Democracy” inconnection with Independence DayCelebrations. About 36 articles were receivedfrom different departments of the college.Mr. Hemanth from English Department andMiss Minu from Economics Department wonthe first and second prizes respectively.

The Department participated in the OnamCelebration organized by the college andcompeted in the Athapookkalam contest.A team of PG Students from KottayamMedical College led the Health Awarenessprogramme on the topic “The Importance ofWater in the Human Body” on September 30,2014. The programme created an awarenessamong the students about the sound intake ofwater.Dr. Razeena Padmam took a class on CareerGuidance to the B.A. Students on October 25,2014.The department organized a one day seminaron the topic “Impact of Globalization on

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PROFILEThe department of Economics offers an undergraduate.

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

The Department of Economics launched aMonthly Lecture Series under the title,‘Meet the Scholar’. The inaugural talk was

delivered by Prof.A.K.Ramakrishanan(Professor of International Relations,Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) on30.06.2014.The Second Lecture in the ‘Meet the Scholar’was delivered by renowned Environmentalist,Prof.Punnen Kurien on 31.07.2014.A ‘100 % Mental & Physical LiteracyProgramme for all Woman Students,‘Nirbhaya’ was launched by the Department.Dr.Prameela Devi (Member, State WomenCommission) inaugurated the programme on02.08.2014 at Great Hall.Inauguration of Economics Association, ‘X-Efficiency’ and the Third Lecture of ‘MeetThe Scholar’ was done by Sri.George

Pulickan ( Renowned Journalist and TVAnchor) on 11.08.2014.The UGC Sponsored Three Day NationalSeminar was organized by the Departmentof Economics from 28, 29 & 30 of August2014. Mr.P.C. Cyriac IAS (Retd) inauguratedthe Seminar. Manager of CMS College,Rt.Rev.Thomas K Oommen presided overthe event. Prof . Dr. Thomas Isaac MLA,Mr.C.P.John (Member, State PlanningCommission), Mr.C.V.George (Manager inCharge, RBI Cochin), Prof.Dr.D.Sambandhan (Rtd.Dean, School of SocialSciences, Pondicherry University) etc werethe key resource persons. The seminar wasattended by 250 students and facultydelegates in and out of Kerala.An International Seminar on the theme,‘Climate Change and Developing World’ wasorganized by the Department of Economics,along with the departments of Zoology,Botany and Chemistry from 21’st to 25’thJanuary, 2015.A workshop on ‘Financial Inclusion’ wasconducted by the Department in associationwith Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) on 16.07.2014. Prof. Shibin Philipwas the key resource person.

Departmental Activities

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PROFILEThe department of Commerce offers an undergraduate programme,a postgraduate programme and a research program.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Departmental Activities 'Luminous' the Department Association wasinaugurated on 14th August 2014 by Mr. S.Rajan, the Zonal Manager of Federal BankLtd.On 16th August 2014, the departmentcelebrated 'Avani Pulari', the New Year as perthe Malayalam Calendar. The students andteachers celebrated the spirit of sharing and

caring by bringing homemade delicacies. Dr.Babu Cherian, Head of the Department ofMalayalam delivered the New Year message.To complement the existing syllabi of undergraduate programme, Certificate Programmein Professional Taxation, a new add-onprogramme was introduced during the year.The programme was officially inauguratedon 19th July, 2014 by Mr.K. Balaji, B.Com.,

FCA, Partner, Rangamani & Co CharteredAccountants., and the meeting was presidedover by Dr. Roy Sam Daniel, Principal ofCMS College. Mrs. Ann Abraham serves asthe Coordinator of the programme.The Annual get together of the Alumni of thedepartment was held on 15th September2014 at the Joseph Fenn Hall.

In order to providean exposure to businessactivities, an Industrialvisit to MalayalaManorama Works Unit,Kodimatha wasconducted in February2015. The post graduatestudents of thedepartment visited theunit along with Dr.Samkutty George.

Mrs. Remya Rama-chandran, a researchscholar of the depar-tment, under theguidance of Dr. Tomy

Mathew was awarded PhD.Ms. Chinnumol Sasindran, a final year postgraduate student qualified the UGC-NETconducted in December 2014.An intra-department fest was organised bythe Department Association in 13th and 14thof February, 2014. The students were divided

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into four groups and all students weremandatorily required to participate in the

various events that were organised. In additionto this, the students of the department alsoparticipated in fests organised by variouscolleges in and around Kottayam.Two students who held high the name of theinstitution at the national level werefelicitated for their achievements in sportson 19th February 2015. Ms. Anjumol Josephof second year B.Com, who won the Bronzemedal in Wrestling at the National Games andMr.Aneez Rahman of third year B.Com forhis overall achievements in athletics at the

national level, were awarded with cash prizesduring the event.

During summer vacation, the second year B.Comstudents worked in various firms as part of theirinternship programme and submitted a report onthe same.The department study tour was organised forundergraduate and post graduate students.As part of Institutional Social Responsibility, agroup of students visited the Navjeevan Trustunder the leadership of Dr. Jacob Thomas.Dr. Samkutty George retired on 31st of May after33 years of illustrious service. The departmentorganised a befitting farewell.

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PROFILEThe department of Communicative English offers an undergraduateprogramme.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIVEENGLISH

Departmental ActivitiesA few students from the departmentwere invited to participate in theinteractive session with thesuccessful IAS candidates at theMalayala Manorama office on 23June 2014.The Department association wasinaugurated on 21 August 2014 bythe well known film script writerand an alumnus of C.M.S College,Shri Unni R. He delivered aninaugural address on ' Travails ofScript Writing in Films Today'.The fifth semester students ofCommunicative English worked in variousschools in the month of November for onemonth as a part of their of 'On The Job

Training' programme. OJT is a part of thecurriculum.The Sixth semester students of Communicat-ive English spent one month in November-December 2014 in various media centres as

part of their curriculum. This was thesecond OJT programme of the course.

The department organized aseminar on ' When the stars comealive' . The theme was on revival offashions of yester years on 21 August2014. Mr Unni R, the noted film scriptwriter was the main speaker.

The students of CommunicativeEnglish attended a seminar - photoexhibition at Marian College,Kuttikkanam on 18 September, 2014.

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PROFILEThe Department of Physical Education has two Assistant professors. The

department encourages students across departments to take part in sports andcompetitions.

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

The Sports activities of CMS College beganwith the coaching camps for various games.20 students participated in the cricketcoaching camp, which started from June 7onwards and lasted for three months.15 students participated in the softballCoaching camp, which was started on July15.15 students participated in the Baseballcoaching camp, which was started on October10.

Coaching camp for Foot ball started from10th June. Almost 17 students participated inthe coaching camp.

Coaching camp started for Hockey from 20th

July 2014. 16 students participated in thecamp.

The college organized theM G University InterCollegiateCricket Tournament from 17th

November to 15th December2014.

The college organized theM G University Inter ZoneCricket Tournament from 6th

March to 11th March 2015.The college Cricket team

stood 2nd in the Red Bull allKerala Inter Collegiate CricketTournament held at Palace OvalGround Ernakulam on January

2015.

The college Cricket team got first place inthe M G University South zoneIntercollegiate Cricket Tournament bydefeating N S S College, Rajakumari.

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The Baseball team secured 2nd position in theM G University in the Inter collegiatecompetition held at University Ground 2015.

After a long gap, the college teamparticipated in the M G University Intercollegiate Hockey tournament held at UCCollege Aluva. In the Quarterfinals, we lostthe match against St Aquinas College, Cochin.

The college Athletic team participated in theM G University Inter collegiate AthleticChampion ship held at Maharajas CollegeErnakulam.

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Athletics

Name Class Position

Anees Rahman E

3rd B.Com

SILVER MEDAL IN 400 METER

HURDLES IN ALL INDIA INTER UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIP HELD AT RGUHS BANGALORE.

INTER CLUB STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 1ST IN 400 METER HURDLES

BEST ATHLETE IN M G UNIVERSITY

PARTICIPATION IN INDIAN ATHLETIC SENIOR TEAM CAMP 2015.

1st 400 METER HURDLES, AND 2ND IN 4X100 METER RELAY & THIRD IN 400 METER IN MG UNIVERSITY INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC MEET.

Gijo M Kurian

2nd B.A History

2nd IN HIGH JUMP, IN MG UNIVERSITY INTER-COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC MEET. HELD AT MAHARAJAS COLLEGE.

2nd IN HIGH JUMP, IN JUNIOR STATE ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014.

REPRESENTED MG UNIVERSITY.

Niphin William

2nd B.A Economics

2nd PLACE IN 4 x 100 MTS RELAY IN THE M G UNIVERSITY INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIP 2015.

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Thomas P Mathew

III Year Economics

3rd POSITION IN DISTRICT BODY BUILDING CHAMPIONSHIP HELD AT KOTTAYAM.

FENCING

Our college Fencing team participated in the M G University Inter collegiate Fencing Championship held at Assumption College, Changanassery.

JEWEL JOY

2nd B A Malayalam

3rd PLACE IN THE M G UNIVERSITY FENCING CHAMPIONSHIP. 3rd PLACE IN THE FENCING STATE JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP.

AYANA P NAIR 2nd Botany 3rd PLACE IN THE M G UNIVERSITY FENCING CHAMPIONSHIP.

ANJU RAJ 2nd Home Science 3rd PLACE IN THE M G UNIVERSITY FENCING CHAMPIONSHIP.

VIJITHRA K 1st History 3rd PLACE IN THE M G UNIVERSITY FENCING CHAMPIONSHIP.

WRESTLING

Our college wrestling team participated in the M G University Inter collegiate wrestling Championship held at St Joseph’s College, Choondassery.

ANJUMOL JOSEPH 1st Commerce 1s t PLACE IN THE M G UNIVERSITY WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

ANJITHA UNNI 1st History 1s t PLACE IN THE M G UNIVERSITY WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

AYANA P NAIR 2nd Botany 2nd PLACE IN THE M G UNIVERSITY WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

ANJU RAJ 2nd Home Science 2nd PLACE IN THE M G UNIVERSITY WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

VIJITHRA K 1st History 2nd PLACE IN THE M G UNIVERSITY WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

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KABADDI

NITHYA MOHAN 2nd MA Sociology

REPRESENTED M G UNIVERSITY KABADDI TEAM.

TEAKWONDO

Our college Taekwondo players had participated in the M G University Inter Collegiate Taekwondo Championship held at B P C College, Piravom.

BINSHEES BABU 1st B Sc Mathematics

Secured 1st in M G University Intercollegiate Teakwondo Championship.

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One of the most enthusiastic groups of thecollege, NSS unit no 11, commits itself tomany social and ecological activitiesthroughout the year.

There are currently two NSS Units with200 hundred student members in. MiniMariam Zachariah and Shinu Peter serveas the Programme Officers; Alex David andNileena Jose as the Volunteer Secretaries,and Syam P. Mohanan and Akshara AccaVarghese as the Volunteer Leaders.

On 5th June 2015 the NSS unit of CMSCollege Kottayam celebrated WorldEnvironment Day in which plant seedlingswere distributed to the Head of thedepartments and students and planted in thecollege campus. A class on "Environment"was taken by Prof. Rojimon Thomas,Department of Botany, to all the students.

On 20th December 2014 Kerala ChiefMinister Sri Oommen Chandy inauguratedthe project KOOTTUKARKKORUKOOTAYI an attempt to avail the Governmentfinancial assistance towards the deservingstudents of nearby schools and colleges.

On 21st December 2014 Kerala Chief, Sri PC George inaugurated the distribution ofenergy conserving booklet by handing overthe first copy to Principal, Dr Roy SamDaniel.

MG University NSS Fest, Sapariya 2015 wasinaugurated by Dr N Jayaraj on 28th February2015. On the same day # Dr. K Sabukuttan,Programme Coordinator MG University washonoured for securing BEST NSSPROGRAMME OFFICER in INDIA.

CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS

NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME UNIT

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Teachers' Day was celebrated by the NSSvolunteers on September 5 by giving sweetsand flowers to the teachers. A speechcompetition was held on that day and prizeswere distributed.On October 2, Gandhi Jayanthi wascelebrated by the NSS volunteers by cleaningthe college campus and removing plastic,

Blood donation camp was organized inassociation with Medical College Kottayam.150 NSS volunteers including teachersdonated their blood.Jeevasparsam is an initiative to collect foodevery Friday and donate it to theneedy, which includes thementally diseased persons atSanthi Bhavan and poorstudents.Independence Day wascelebrated on 15 th August2015 where the national flagwas hoisted by our principal Dr.Roy Sam Daniel and messagewas delivered by NSS volunteersecretary, Nileena Jose.NSS volunteers celebratedtheir Christmas with orphansand it was inaugurated by

Sri.Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan. Household items, medicines, soaps, paste etcwere collected from students and given tothe orphans.Organic Farming project of NSS CMS Unitwas inaugurated by Dr. N Jayaraj,Kanjirappally MLA, by giving a tree saplingto the NSS Leader Syam P Mohanan on28th February 2015.

NSS volunteers visited Kottayam sub jailin July and installed a library. More than150 books were collected from studentsand handed over to the Superintendent.Chess boards and charams boards were alsodonated.

NSS unit of CMS College secured thefirst place in the NSS fest conducted byNewman College Thodupuzha.

A magazine named "INFINITIUMcomprising of articles, poems, short storiesand other creative pieces by the studentswas introduced.

NSS volunteers helped a large number ofstudents for applying to first year UGcourse, by assisting them in filling forms.

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Reading week was celebrated in the month ofJuly by conducting quiz and essay writingcompetitions for the students. As a part of the

celebration more than 100 books to weredistributed to the children of Nirmithy colony.

A NSS calendar which includes the majoractivities was prepared and distributed to allthe departments.

A health survey was conducted in the NirmithyColony, Near CMS college.

Nileena Jose and Alex Davidof our unit have participatedin the Volunteer SecretaryIntercollegiate MIni Camp atDevamatha CollegeKuravilangad on 13/07/2014

The NSS Day was inauguratedby Malayalam Missioninternational Trainer Sri. BinuK SAM , the NSS pledge wasrecited by the students underthe guidance of our principalDr.Roy Sam Daniel. A debate

competition was also conducted among theNSS volunteers

NSS Volunteerscelebrated Elders Daytogether with theinmates of Santhib-havan Kottayam.Special kits includingnew cloths weredistribu-ted among theelders .Culturalactivities were alsoconducted. Pogram-meofficers Prof. ShinuPeter and Prof MiniMariam Zachariahguided over thefunction conducted on

8th October 2014.

A seven day special camp was conduct from18th December to 24th of December duringthe academic year 2014-2015.

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The NCC unit of CMS College with themotto Unity and Discipline is under 16(k)BN NCC Kottayam. Lt. Col. R.K. Nair.serves as the commanding officer of theunit, Brig. M.D. Chacko as the group

commander and Lt. Sheeba Thomas.,Assistant Professor of Botany as theAssociate NCC Officer of the College.

C.M.S. College has 107 cadets out of which56 are boys and 51 are girls. 19 second yearcadets have passed 'B' CertificateExamination with 7 'A' grade and 12 'B'grade.

The aim of NCC is to enhance and developthe leadership qualities including courage,discipline, secular outlook, spirit ofadventure and ideals of selfless service inmoulding dedicated citizens of nation and

also strives to maintain order and disciplineduring various programmes conducted by thecollege.

Quite a few cadets have brought laurels toour college by attending National Campsoutside the state during 2014-15. Sgt. SuryaAnna Mathew (III DC Physics) and CQMS

NATIONAL CADETS CORPS

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Ajith Varghese (III DC Chemistry)attended NIC at Bihar in November 2014;Su/o Prathiesh N.K. attended NationalGames at New Delhi; U/o Gokul Vijayan(III DC Physics) attended special NIC atKavarathy, Leksha-Dweep; U/O Arun K.Punnen (III DC Chemistry) and Sgt. NebinVarghese Ninan (III DC Zoology) attendedtracking camp at Thiruppathi,Andrapradesh. Sabin M.B. (II DC History)and Sarangi Raj (II DC Botany) haveattended 09 camps and were selected tothe final camp of T.S.C. at New Delhi.

The Cadets of our college activelyparticipated in various events likeInternational Yoga Day celebration, RunKerala Run and blood donation camps.

The NCC Unit was also honoured by the visitof DDG Brig. Sanal Kumar in August 2014.

An amount of Rs. 25000/- was donated toChief Minister's Kashmir Relief Fund onSeptember 2014 which was handed over toSri. Ajithkumar IAS, District Collector ofKottayam.

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CLUB

The entrepreneurship developmentclub of the CMS College is registeredunder the directorate of Industries andCommerce.

This club aims to nurture theundergraduate students to be leadersand to fuel the young minds forbecoming job providers.

The activities of the EntrepreneurshipDevelopment Club for the year 2014-15 were inaugurated byMr.K.T.Thomas, CEO, Paraqon on20th July 2014, in which the students of theclub interacted with the entrepreneur and alsowith the Deputy Director of the DistrictIndustries Centre regarding the variousschemes available for the emergingentrepreneurs.

On 5th September 2014 as part of the Onamcelebration, the club in association with theDistrict Industries Centre for the Promotionof Handloom Industry organized an elocutionand athapoo competition. The topic forelocution was "Growth and Prospects ofHandloom Industry". The prizes for both thecompetitions were sponsored by the DistrictIndustries Centre.

On 19th December 2014, a one day fest wasorganised by the students of the club wheresale of homemade food items and Christmascards was arranged along with some excitinggames and quiz competition.

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NATURE CLUB

Nature club of CMS College consists of100 members and aims to inculcate instudents a love for nature. It promotesorganic farming practices and eco-friendly lifestyle and its main objectivesinclude awareness programmes, survey ofwild animals and animals present incampus, and identification and naming ofplants in campus.

World Environment Day was celebrated on05 June 2014. Dr. Roy Sam Daniel,

Principal deliveredthe keynote address.An awareness rallyfrom CMS Collegeto the central squareKottayam wasconducted on thesame day to conveythe message of theenvironment day tothe public. Treesaplings weredistributed to thepublic on the way.

Hands owntraining in melano-ma rearing andorganic farmingusing indigenouscow product was

conducted.

Many trees in the campus were identified andname boards showing scientific name,common name and family of each tree wereinstalled on the tree.

A nature camp was organized from February15 to 17, 2015 in association with KeralaForest Department at Shenthuriny Wild LifeSantuary, Thenmala, Kollam

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JYOTHIS is a platform for the female students of the college to express their viewson any subject aiming at their wellbeing. All female students are members of JYOTHISand it supports them in every aspect with due consideration to all types of grievances.

One teacher representative from each department along with student representativeswere selected and given charge of Jyothis. Ms. Soorya George from II PG Sociologyand Ms. Renju S. Mary from I PG Botany served as student secretaries.

Essay writing and elocution competition were conducted. Jewelry making classeswere also organized during the academic year.

Ladies' toilet facilities were improved by installing sanitary vending machines andincinerators and students were trained to use it. A common room for ladies was alsorenovated by the college authorities.

A lecture by Adv. Neethi Chacko was given on Women Rights and a list of help linesagainst atrocities on women were prepared and distributed to students. Dr. AliceZacharia from the Dept. of Chemistry had delivered a demonstrative class on detergentand soap making process and interested students were trained in that field.

The teachers in charge of JYOTHIS are Dr. Elizabeth Cherian of the Dept. of Botanyand Smt. Ani Merly Paul of the Dept. of Sociology.

JYOTHIS

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THE SCHOLAR SUPPORT PROGRAMME (SSP)

The Scholar Support Programme (SSP) is apart of the 'New Initiatives in HigherEducation' of the Department of HigherEducation, Govt. of Kerala. This programmeaims to overcome the academic weakness ofstudents who belong to the bottom of themerit hierarchy at the time of admissions andaims at imparting additional support.

The New Initiatives, Department of HigherEducation, Govt. of Kerala started the SSprogramme in Aided Colleges forundergraduate students in the year 2014-15and the programme was also introduced in ourcollege.

Smt. Rinsy Thomas of the Department ofPhysics serves as the co-ordinator of theScholar Support Programme.

Under SSP a maximum of 5 subjects are tobe identified as difficult and a maximum offifty students as beneficiaries. The fivesubjects which were selected are English(Common Course) for all subjects,Economics complementary for B.A History,Mathematics complementary for Physics,Physics complementary for Chemistry andMathematics, and Chemistry complementaryfor Botany, Zoology and Home Science.

Ten students were selected for English andthe other subjects beneficiaries were selectedas per the needs of the students. One studentwas included in only one subject other thanEnglish and the marks in the qualifyingexamination were used as the criterion forselection of students (lowest percentage of

marks in the qualifying examination). Fifteensessions (7 in the first semester and 8 in thesecond semester), each of one hour durationhas been imparted for each subject. Theselected students have been receivingsupport for the entire period of theprogramme.

The following teachers were handling theclasses during 2014-2015

1. Smt Ambily P Mathew ,Asst Professor,Dept Of Mathematics

2. Sri Shahvas Sherif ,Asst Prof ,Dept OfEconomics

3. Smt Betty Elsa Jacob ,Asst Prof ,DeptOf English

4. Dr Vipin Ipe Daniel and Manoj B,AsstProf.Dept of Chemistry

5. Neha P R ,FIP Substitute(2014-2015),Dept Of Physics

Students under SSP are given tutorials, studymaterial and question banks. The plan is slatedto be extended to the second and the third yearof the degree programme in the subsequent years.All the classes for semester I were completedby 2nd week of November 2014. By the firstweek of December 2014, steps were taken toconduct the programme during the secondsemester. Classes commenced by the first weekof January 2015 and were completed by thesecond week of March 2015. The programmehas offered a great opportunity for the studentsto improve their study.

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WALK WITH A SCHOLAR PROGRAMME

Walk With a Scholar Programme (WWS) ispart of the 'New Initiatives in HigherEducation' introduced by the Department ofHigher Education, Govt. of Kerala.

WWS scheme proposes to arrangespecialized mentoring programs for studentspursuing Under Graduate Programs in Arts,Science, and Commerce andto providenecessary orientation, guidance, andmotivation to students so as to enrich andnourish their talents for higher studies andbetter employment.The scheme introducesthe idea of mentoring and builds on theconcept of mentor as a 'Guide' and'Friend'.For the purpose of mentoring, twocategories of mentors are identified - 'InternalMentors' and External Mentors'.InternalMentors are faculty from the College, whoare able to mentor and support the scholars,and guide them in building their career.External Mentors are reputed personasoutside the College from variousprofessions like business, media, law,accounting, engineering etc.

A One day Orientation Workshop for co-ordinators and internal mentors of the WWSprogramme of various colleges, conductedby Collegiate Education Department, was

held on 25thSeptember,2 0 1 4 a tC.M.S. College, Kottayam.About seventyfive participants fromv a r i o u scolleges werepresent at thew o r k s h o p .The co-ordinator and thefive internalmento rs ofour college

helped the organizers to make nece-ssaryarrange- ments for the workshop.

External mentoring on 'Communication skillsand Behavioural Skills' by Dr. Mary Matilda(Rtd. Special Grade Principal, MaharajasCollege, Ernakulam), was held on January 26,2015 in Seminar Hall.

External mentoring on 'Personalitydevelopment' by Dr. Ruble Raj (Rtd.Principal, St. Mary's College, Kuttikkanam)was held on March 07, 2015.

External mentoring on 'Leadership Training'by Prof. Motti Thomas Zachariah(Rtd.Associate Professor in Chemistry, St.Stephen's College, Uzhavoor) was held onMarch 21, 2015.

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SARGASHALA

Sargashala is the cultural wing of CMSCollege. Through Sargashala, regular trainingis given to students in traditional and culturalart forms. A screening test was conducted andselected studentswere coached byexperienced teac-hers. The faculty incharge were Dr.Sumi Mary Thomasfrom the Dept. ofHistory and MissJeny Paul from theDept.of Malayalam.

The inauguration ofthe activities of

Sargashala was heldon 20th August2014 by notableFilm Director SriJude Antony (OmShanti Oshanafame).

A talk on photogr-aphy was deliveredby Sri Vinod Illamp-ally, Director ofPhotography.

The college par-tici pated in sixgroup items in the

University Youth Festival, Dhwani2015, andalso bagged several prizes in the individualitems. 'A' grade was awarded to the Skit teamand Eastern group Song in the Youth Festival.

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WOMEN'S STUDIES CENTRE

Female students constitute sixty percentage ofthe college community and are a visible presenceon the campus. The Women'sStudies Centre was instituted inOctober 2005, in order tointroducethe female members tothe progressive changes ineducational, cultural, social,religious and literary realms.Further, the Centre aims to moulda new generation of women,committed to theorizing andchallenging the position of womenat global and local levels.Taking itsimpetus from the willing sacrificeof the missionaries who strived to promote

women's education, the centreprovides a space for women tocome together as an empoweredand empowering group. It aims atpromoting a society wherewomanhood is celebrated .Guidedby the spirit of goodwill andoptimism, the centre hopes touphold the principles ofcompassion and reverence forlife.Training degree students tocraft paper bags, seminars on

women's issues, lectures on health, homemanagement and legal rights of women, and

gender auditing are some of the programmesorganized by the Centre. Prof Susy Joseph Vof the Dept of Chemistry serves as the

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Director, while Dr Sumi Mary Thomas isAsst. Director of the Centre.

For the outgoing girls of the PG andDegree classes , a programme called'Better Tomorrow' was organized on 4thof March 2104 to develop their skillsand attitudes to make them capable andresponsible women. Sessions werehandled by Dr. Sherin Varghese,Gynaecologist, Bharat Hospital,Kottayam and Dr ReseenaPadmam ,Director , School of BehaviouralScience.

Bicycles were provided for female students in the campus and a bicycle training programme was held onMay 2, 2014, for which Ms Nisha Jose K &Ms Sumi Cyriac Thoppil were chief guests

OASIS

'OASIS' is the noon meal project in our college functioning with help of the teachingfraternity of CMS College for the past 2 decades. Funds for the project are raised throughteachers' contribution to help the helpless. Last year the OASIS project was availed by 64students from various departments of our college. Through our activities, we hope to bringa social concern in the minds of the students to help those in need.

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MUSIC CLUB

CMS College has always been known for itsvibrant music environment. The year 2014-15 wasvery fruitful and noteworthy in terms of musicaloutput and was largely contributed by the bandsmentioned below. Students of our college haveproved their mettle in light music, classicalmusic, and group song Western and Eastern.

Devika S Kartha (BA Communicative English) hasparticipated in Light Music inNSS fest and University YouthFestival. Amal A Kumar (BScPhysics) has participated forClassical Music in UniversityYouth Festival. Our Group Songteam comprising Raveena R(B.Com), Devika S Kartha(B ACommunicative English), AmalA Kumar (BSc Physics),Jickson Thomas(B AEconomics), Lekshmi (BScPhysics), Blessy have enthralled

audiences at programmes conducted byCollege and University

Astrophels is the all men western musicband of CMS College. Founded in theyear 2012 by a few students, Astrophelsspeaks volumes of the high standardsof music the band strives to maintain.With a capella music as their forte,Astrophels have carved a niche forthemselves through the competitionsand their numerous performances.Since 2012, the quality of music hasalways been on the rise with newtalented musicians roped into the groupas the seniors graduate. The line-up ofAstrophels for the years 2014-2015 is

quite impressive. Aswin John David, M.A EnglishLiterature(lead vocals), Sam George(backingvocals), M.A Sociology, Year,Nidhin PItty(backing vocals &violin ), M.Sc Physics,Jovan Paul (backing vocals,keyboards & piano),M.Sc Zoology, Mijin Mathew Jose(backingvocals &guitar) B.A English Literature, JosephNirmal Andrews (lead vocals and keyboard), B.A

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English Literature, Vivek SijuJohnB.com(backing vocals &guitar),AdarshGeo Joseph, B.com(backing vocals), RanjithRajan, B.A Communicative English(backingvocals). Their claim to fame is listed belowas

Western Music Winners, English Literaryfest, SB College,

Western Music, Runners up, English Literaryfest BCM College, ,

Performed at the Cultural events, NAACPeer Team Visit, Cultural Night

Performed at the orientation programme ofAIACHE at Trichy

Performed at Christmas Carol programme ofPower Vision Channel

Performed at Jerusalem Mar Thoma Churchfor Ecumenical Christmas Recital

Represented CMS College for the WesternMusic event of the MG University YouthFestival 2015

Regular Singers forprayer songs in ourcollege

The Stellars arethe all women westernmusic band of CMSCollege. It is remarkableto state that Stellars wereformed in the year whenthe college celebrated thecentenary of admittingwomen students to highereducation. Theirrendering of ChrisTomlin's song, 'Women of

faith 'won accolades for the band and thepiece was subsequently performed at allmeetings celebrating the centenary. Themembers are Mrs.Betty Esla (Faculty,Deptof English),Liya Anna Yovel(BAEnglish),Rachel Viju (BA English), GizaRachel(BSc Zoology),Reshma Thomas(B.Com),Biji Sara(BA English), JyothiJose(A English). Few of their performancesare listed below.

Particiapted at the Literary Fest,BCMCollege

Performed at the Alumni AssociationMeeting

Participated at the University YouthFestival

Performed at the Cultural events, NAACPeer Team Visit, Cultural Night

Regular Singers for prayer songs

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CAMPUS LENS

Campus Lens, the Film and Photography Club of CMS College offer a platformfor the students who are passionate about film and photography. The programmesfor the year 2014-15 wereinaugurated by Mr. Venu,National award winningCinematographer. Campus

Lens organized World Photography Daycelebrations on August 19th with aPhotography Contest and Photo Exhibition,Film Festivals and technical sessions on ScriptWriting, Film and Photo Editing techniques,Wild Life photography, Press Photography andFilm making were also conducted. Interactionswith experts from the field of Film &Photography like Aparna Gopinath (Film & Theatre Artist), Unni R (Script Writer), and SanalKumar Sasidharan (Kerala State Film Awards 2015 Best Director) offered the students a platform

to get expert advice.Wild Life PhotographerSeema Suresh tooktechnical sessions for aphotography workshopfor the students. Shortfilms by our studentshave won accolades invarious competitionsboth at the Universitylevel and national level.