ASTRAL AT AVC

AVC TimesNewsletter

Private circulation onlyFebruary 2018

'ASTRAL', the annual

inter-collegiate cultural

fest was hosted on 23rd

February 2018 in the

college premises. The fest

provided a wider arena to

unearth the talents of the

younger generation. The

On-stage events were

Steal the Show and Step

Hoppers, while the off-

stage events included

Master Chef, Mesmerizing

Brides, Fancy Workshop, Bio Taller, Time and Talent, Think to Link, Innovative

Disenadores and Vasana oli Nadippu. 'Aruvi' film Heroine Ms.Aditi Balan was the

Chief Guest for the inaugural function. It was a star studded programme with an array of

celebrities from both silver screen and small screen like Mr. Kalaiarasan(Actor),

Mr.Tanson(Drums), Ms. Preethi Reddy(Model), Ms.Ritu Varma(Actress),

Mr.Arun&Mr.Aravind twins (Co-Directors of Vijay TV), Mr.Daniel(Actor), Mr. Praveen

and his troupe (Fifth element), Mr. Theenadayalan(Zee Tamil Chef), Mrs.

Ramaniyammal(Rock star-Singer), Mr.Akshay Partha(Adithya Channel), Dance Jodi

Dance Mr. Deva, Ms.Deepika(Model), Mr. K. Vijay(Adithya Channel), Mr.Uma

Shankar(Ghatam Musician) , Mr.Sundar(Choreographer) , Ms.Shobana

Ramesh(Classical Dancer), Ms.Shifath Fathima(Beautician), Mr.Saran(Actor),

Ms.Priya(Beautician),Mirchi fame Mr.Jai Ganesh, Mr. Shiva, Ms. Kala Kalyani(Actress),

Ms.Latha Krishna(Singer), Mr.Lingesh(Actor), Mr. Sathish(Dancer), Mr. Harsha

Varthan(Director) and Dr.Arumugam(University of Madras). The celebrities enthralled

the audience with their sterling performances. The programme was interspersed with

some scintillating host performances by the students of Annai Veilankanni's Educational

Institutions and LAAB crew, the winners of kings of Dance Season 2, conducted by Vijay

TV. An enviable strength of 300 students from 27colleges in and around Chennai

participated in the fest. Attractive cash prizes worth Rs.1,00,000/- and Trophies were

awarded to them. The Prestigious Rolling Trophy of Astral was bagged by Guru Nanak

College. The programme was powered by the Media Partner Polimer, Vendar, DT News

and Tamil oli News TV. Some of the benevolent sponsors of Astral were Naturals,

Femina, Green Trends along with 24 food and snacks stalls which added fun and

excitement to the day.

PATRONS

DR.D.DEVANAND

SECRETARY

DR. D. JOHNY CHRISTOPHERDIRECTOR

MRS. DELPHIN DEVARAJVICE-CHAIRMAN

DR.S.DEVARAJCHAIRMAN

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE

Ms.K. Adlin Deva SuginVice Principal & HOD, Dept of English

Ms.K. Adlin Deva SuginVice Principal & HOD, Dept of English

Ms.T.S.Lakshmi, Asst ProfessorDept of Computer Applications

Ms.M.Z. Annes Fathima BanuAsst Professor, Dept of English

DR. J. NOMILA MERLIN

PRINCIPAL

JOB FAIR 2018

A mega Job Fair was organized on 17th of

February, 2018. Fr. Dr.S. Ignacimuthu,

S.J., (Former Vice Chancellor , University

of Madras and Bharathiyar University)

Director Entomology Research Institute,

Loyola College, Chennai was the Chief

Guest. Placement Cell of AVC organized

placement training for a week prior to the

Job Fair and had invited around 33 prominent companies like ICICI

Academy, Radan Technologies, Dev Tech Systems, TATA strive, First

Source, Mahindra Pride, Vertex, Mpower Young India etc..to take part in

the Job Fair. Around 850 students including Alumni of AVC participated

in the fair and many of them got their offer letters. Mrs. B. Mallika,

Placement Officer & Assistant Professor (Dept. of Commerce) coordinated

the programme

DENGUE AWARENESS PROGRAMME

The Rotaract Club was inaugurated at

Annai Veilankanni's College on

14/02/2018 . Rev. Fr. Jegath Gaspar ,

Founder, Tamil Maiyam gave an

affable speech regarding social service.

Mrs. S. Kala, Assistant Professor,

(Computer Applications) introduced

the office bearers of the Rotaract Club.

Installation of President and Office bearers was initiated by the Chief

Guest Rtn. R. Srinivasan, District Governor. Ms. S. Sivagami Sundhari,

Rotaract Club President presented the Action Plan for 2017-18. Pledge was

administered by Rtn. Pradeep, direct Youth Service and followed by

Rotaract club President and office bearers. Rtn. V. Punniyamoorthy,

President rendered the special address. Rtr. Danakoti, D.R. Representive

and Rtn. Tamilselvan, Director, Youth Service addressed the gathering.

Ms.N. Rekha, Student, Secretary, Rotaract Club proposed the Vote of

thanks.

ROTARACT CLUB INAUGURATION

As per the directives of the Govt of Tamil Nadu, NSS Units of the college participated i n t h e Dengue Awareness Programme conducted in the college premises on 9.2.18.

LEGAL AWARENESS PROGRAMMEOur NSS volunteers participated in the Legal Awareness P r o g r a m m e organized by the D i s t r i c t L e g a l Services Authority at Jafferkhanpet and learnt about new legal services.

DRUMS SIVAMANI LIVE-IN CONCERT HOPE 2018

L e t s r e b u i l d Kanyakumari – Drums Sivamani Live-in Concert Hope 2018 (Fund raising event for Ockhi Cyclone Victims in Kanyakumari) was organized at SBOA School and Junior College, Annanagar West on 18th Feb 2018, Our management along with staff and students participated and supported the cause by offering financial and emotional support.

DEPARTMENT OF BIO CHEMISTRY

Final year UG and First year PG students participated in Lab Instrumentation Visit to Department of Zoology, University of Madras on February 3, 2018.

Mr.Syed of Professional Infotech delivered an enlightening talk on M e d i c a l C o d i n g , Clinical Research and Pharmacovigilance on 8th February, 2018.

The final year students parti

cipated in National Conference o n N o n - C o m m u n i c a b l e Diseases and Therapeutic Interventions at Vel's Institute of Science, Pallavaram on 15 and 16, 29 of February, 2018.

COMPETITIVE STUDIES PROGRAMME Dr.V.Vijay Anand Sriram, Chief Executive Officer, RIPE Consulting

Services, Pvt. Ltd., inaugurated the programme. The Syllabus was framed

for 30 hours encompassing of Quantitative Aptitude, Career Prospects,

Awareness on Competitive Studies, General English, Science, History,

Gen. Awareness, Reasoning, SWOT Analysis, Interview Etiquettes etc.

During the first two days of the programme a team from Eva Stalin IAS

Academy gave an Orientation on Competitive Studies and Job Skills. Staff

members from various disciplines of our college were allotted the topics

along with a schedule to be taken for the final year students. On

completion of the programme, the students gave positive feedback about

the programme in the General Assembly.

SOFT SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMME

Soft skills training committee conducted job oriented

training programme for the second year students of all

disciplines. The topics discussed were Stress management,

Time management, Leadership skill, Body language,

Problem solving skill, Decision making, Attending

interviews, Addressing the gathering, Group discussion,

Guidelines to make presentation and Listening skills.

Students have opined that the program was very useful and

they have gained an insight into the specific job oriented

skills which they hoped would boost up their morale during

their job hunt in today's competitive world.

An NGO named 'Samarthanam' collaborated with the soft

skill training committee of Annai Veilankanni's College for

women to offer a week long pre-placement training for the

final year students of all disciplines prior to the job fair

conducted on 17-2-2018.The volunteers from the

organisation gave training to our students on various

subjects such as Interview skills, Body language, Power point

presentation, Current affairs and Public speaking.Mr.Arun

Kumar who had qualified in the Civil Service

Examination(Mains) gave an inspiring speech on cracking

the coveted IAS Examinatiin by offering many useful tips to

our students.Mr.Edwin of 'Samarthanam' organisation co-

ordinated the program.The sessions were very interactive

and informative.The students found the sessions to be very useful to attend the job fair

with confidence.Value added courses were conducted for first year students of all

disciplines. The courses such as Silambam, Spoken Hindi, Spoken English, Basic

Etiquettes, Karate, Mobile Computing, MS – Office, Fine arts, Beautician Courses and

Yoga were conducted:

A n I n t e r -Collegiate Model m a k i n g ( B i o -T a l l e r ) Competition was organized by the Department on F e b r u a r y 2 3 , 2018 for which Dr.M.Arumugam, Retd Professor, Emeritus Scientist, Department of Zoology, University of Madras was the event's judge.

An Inter-Collegiate Model making (Bio-Taller) Competition was organized by the Department on February 23, 2018

for which Dr.M.Arumugam, Retd Professor, Emeritus Scientist, Department of Zoology, University of Madras was the event's judge.

A j o b o r i e n t a t i o n programme was held by a Consultancy on Feb 28, 2018.

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS-GUEST LECTURE

A Guest Lecture was a r r a n g e d o n 19.2.2018 by the D e p a r t m e n t o f Mathematics. Ms.A.S Purnalakshmi, HOD,

Alpha Arts and Science College, Porur delivered the Lecture on the topic 'Operations Research'.

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS

ANNA UNIVERSITY YOUTH HEALTH MELA

International summit o n ' S t u d e n t Volunteerism in the global scenario' was held under 'Youth Welfare Summit' by the NSS unit Anna University on 23.2.18. Our students along with the NSS Coordinator Ms.P.T. Rani participated in the programme

MENTOR MENTEE MEETING REPORT

Mentor – Mentee meeting for the Even Semester of t he academic year 2017 – 2018 was conducted on 20-02-2018. Various issues such as preparation for the forth coming examinations, maintenance of discipline in class rooms as well as in all activities of the college, regularity in attendance were discussed.

Ms.Rani , HOD, Department of Tamil v is i ted

Mahabalipuram to do field research on folk songs on 17.2.18.

Ms.Rani, HOD, Department of Tamil was honoured by

Thalainagar Tamil Sangam on 1.2.18.

Ms.Rani, HOD, Department of Tamil has written a review

on the Tamil book 'Koovi Azhaikkuthu Kaagam' released by

Amarakkavi Abdul Hameed's Memorial Trust on 19.2.18

Ms.Rani, HOD, Department of Tamil received the

first prize in the Essay Writing Competition

conducted by the Chennai Christian Literary

Forum on 24.2.18 . Sofia Roselin, III Bio Chemistry

received the first prize in the Essay Writing

Competition of students' category.

Dr. S. Beulaja, HOD, Department of Bio Chemistry was

the Chief Guest for National Science Day held at Sri

Sitaram Vidyalaya School, West Mambalam and was also

the Judge of the Science exhibition held there on Feb 28,

2018.

STUDENTS' CORNEROn behalf of the Department of Tamil, the following students participated in the programme on 'Swami Vivekananda's exemplary personality exhibited at Chicago international forum' conducted by Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Mylapore, Chennai on 15.2.18 and received certificates.

1. Sivakami (I B.Com), 2. R.Soundharya(I B.Com)3. SivaRanjani (I B.Com) 4. Renuka (I B.Com) 5.R.Nivetha (II Accounting &Finance) 6. J. Bhavya (II Accounting &Finance)

S. Divya Bharathy, II B.Sc Mathematics received the second prize of Rs.2000/- cash and a book worth Rs.1000/-in the Tamil Poetry Competition.

V.Uma Mageswari (II M.Com) participated in ENANTRA(Entrepreneurship Mantra) in Anna University on 9.2.18

K.Priya ( II B.Com B) and M.Maheshwari ( II B.Com B) participated in the Paper Presentation at Alpha Arts and Science College, Chennai on 16.2.18.

The II B.Com students namely N.Manjula, D.Pavithra, M.Maheshwari, S.Manjula, R. Revathy, R.Nishanthi and V.Monika participated in the Group Dance event held in Alpha Arts and Science College, Chennai on 16.2.18

The following students attended a Seminar on Human Resource -Expectations and Innovations held at Aachi Institute of management and Entrepreneurial Development on 17.2.18 and received their certificates.

1.K.Sansiya(II B.Com C) 2.M.Shynas(II B.Com A)3. S.Vinodhini(II B.Com C)4. R.Revathy(II B.ComB)5. S.Manjula(II B.ComB)6.V.Civilshya(II B.ComA)7. B.Anitha (III BA Eng) 8.P. Jaba Rosy(III BA Eng) 9.S.Muthamizh(III BA Eng) 10. D.Angela Lincy (III BA Eng)11. Infant Lydia (III BA Eng)12. Roshan banu(III BA Eng)and 11. Joice Freeda

Seventeen students of III BA English attended a State Level seminar on 'Sculpting successful Career' organized by Kumararani Meena Muthaiah College of Arts and Science college on 9.2.18 . The students were C.Krishnaveni, R.Marthal, E.S. Saranya, R.Joice Freeda, Agumela, Deepika, Manju,, Roshan Banu, Muthamizh, Anitha,, Divya, Anchana, Eswara Sowmiya, Anila Anil, Angela Lincy, Sneha and Kesava Lakshmi.

B.Anitha, RRC Secretary(III BA Eng) and A.Deepalakshmi (II B.Sc Bio Chemistry) attended the District Level Peer Educator Programme on 8th February 2018 at Shri Krishnaswami College for Women, Anna Nagar.

Five III B.Com Students namely K.Meenakshi, A. Kavitha, M.Madhubala, S.Poornima and G.Mariya participated in the Quiz competition held at Aachi Institute of management and Entrepreneurial Development on 9.2.18

Pughazselvi, II Ism & Hema Jessi, II A&F attended a Workshop on Disaster Management in Asan Memorial College on 22/2/2018.

Sofia Roselin, III Bio Chemistry received the first prize in Essay Writing Competition conducted by the Chennai Christian Literary Forum on 24.2.18

A. Deepakshmi of IInd year Bio Chemistry took part in Aids awareness programme on February 8, 2018 at Sri Krishnaswamy College for Women, Anna Nagar

The students of the Department of Bio Chemistry namely K. N. Poongothai, V. Gomathy, B. Dhanalakshmi, V. Adiparameshwari and S. Selva Jenifer participated in Internship programme at Department of Medical Bioinformatics in Ramachandra University, Porur on February 20, 2018.

Two final year students of the Department of Bio Chemistry participated at National level Inter-Collegiate Meet at Mohamed Sathak College of Arts and Science on February 21, 2018.

Six of the final year students of the Department of Bio Chemistry participated in various events at an Inter-Collegiate at Sri Chandra Prabhu Jain College, Meenjur on February 22, 2018.

FACULTY PAPER PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS

Ms.K. Punitha Bio Chemistry

Participated in the International Conference

Advancements and Challenges in Chemical Sciences

Pachayappa’s College, Kilpauk.

2.2.18 & 3.2.18

Ms.Subitha Rani Commerce

Presented a paper in the International conference.

Problem in promotion of Women Entrepreneurs in chennai

Nasereth College of Arts and Science

24.2.18

Dr.M.Saraswathi, Commerce

Presented a paper at the National Conference on ‘Emerging Trends in Commerce and Management in the present decade(etcm’18)”.

E-banking : problems and prospects

Dhanraj Baid Jain College

24.2.18

Ms.B. Arasi Commerce

Presented a paper at the National Conference.

Technological innovations in Indian Banking sector

Dhanraj Baid Jain College

24.2.18

Ms.M.Sankari Commerce

Presented a paper at the National Conference

Impact of core banking system implementation on business performance and profitability of selected urban cooperative banks

Dhanraj Baid Jain College

24.2.18

Ms.B.Mallika Commerce

Presented a paper at the National Conference

Future of Banking: IOT, Retail & Mobile Banking industry trends

Dhanraj Baid Jain College

24.2.18

Ms.Premala David, Commerce

Presented a paper at the National Conference

Challenges of Core banking transformation

Dhanraj Baid Jain College

24.2.18

Ms.R.Aishwarya Commerce Presented a paper at the National Conference

Technological advancement in Banking Services

Dhanraj Baid Jain College

24.2.18

Ms.B.X.Jonitha Stany Mary

Commerce Presented a paper at the National Conference

Prospects and Challenges of Online Banking Services in India

Dhanraj Baid Jain College

24.2.18

Ms.W.Malini Prema Kumari

Computer Applications

Participated in Educator’s Meet 2018

Amazon’s Academy

Radisson Blu Hotel,Chennai

15.2.18

Ms.B. Arasi

Ms.T.A Nirmala

Ms.M.Ruby Evangelin

Accounting & Finance

Informations Systems

Management

Participated in the

Conference

Faculty Development

Programme on GST

M.G.R Janaki college of arts

and science

10.2.18

Name of the Staff Department Programme Topic Venue Date

BLOOD DONATION CAMP AND BOOK DONATION PROGRAMME

NSS, YRC, RRC and Women Cell units of Annai

Veilankanni's College for Women in collaboration

with Lions Club of Mylapore organized a Blood

donation camp & Book Donation programme on

05/02/2018 in its premises. LION Farida Sait and

PMJF. LION.A.I. Sait , District Chairperson and

Chairman of Lions Club welcomed the gathering.The

Chief Guest of the programme was the second Vice

District Governor PMJF.LION.K. Jeganathan. Mr.

Arun Jenarthanan, Vice President, All India

Chairman of Lakshmi Vilas Bank, Rev. Father Ignatius

Thomas Parish Priest, Dr. Peer Mohammed, HOD,

Govt Arts College , Nandanam and Dr. Magitha

Syamsundar, CEO, Lions Blood Bank, Egmore were

the dignitaries who addressed the gathering.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATIONS

Rotaract Club, Women Cell and YRC celebrated the International Women's Day on 27th

Feb 2018. Mrs. K. Shantha Kumari, Advocate, President, Tamil Nadu, Federation of

Women Lawyers was the Chief Guest of the programme. She delivered a speech on

“Women empowerment”. Ms. Rekha, Student Secretary, Rotaract Club proposed the

NSS SPECIAL CAMP AT TIRUVALLUVAR GURUKULAM MIDDLE SCHOOL

NSS Special Camp was held at Tiruvalluvar Gurukulam Middle School, Anna Salai ,

Saidapet from 15.02.2018 to 21.02.2018. The following activities were conducted.

DAY PROGRAMME CHIEF GUEST/RESOURCE PERSONS

I Inaugural function Mrs. Jeeva, Principal, Thiruvalluvar Gurukulam

II Legal awareness programme Mrs. P. Mariya Pushpam, Lawyer, Chennai High court

III Free Medical Camp Dr. John, General Medicine, Govt.Hospital, Saidapet

Mr. Sekar, physiotherapist, Govt.Hospital, Saidapet

IV Tree Plantation and

Environmental Awareness Dr.S.Devaraj, Chairman,AVGEI

Programme

V Tuberculosis Awareness

Programme Dr. Pavithra, General Medicine

VI Census Programme Interaction with Villagers

VII Valedictory Function Mr. G. Baskaran, NSS Co-ordinator University of Madras.

DEPARTMENT OF BIO CHEMISTRY

Eight final year students participated in 32nd National Science Day- Scifuture 2018 at

School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore on February 28,

2018.