COMMERCE ASSOCIATION

2019-2020

REPORT

INDEX

Sl. No. Content Page No.

01 List of officials 1

02 Association Inauguration 2-3

03 Teachers Day Celebration 4

04 Onam Celebration 5

05 Commerce Cricket League (CCL) 6-7

06 Kaleidoscope: Dentro 7-11

07 Intra-department Competition 11

08 Kaleidoscope 2k20 12-13

09 Tutelage Lecture Series 13-15

10 Comclave 15-16

11 Seminars/ orientation conducted in

association with various agencies 17-18

12 Other activities of Association during 2019-

2020 19

13

Details of Prize won in various inter-

collegiate fests in the academic year 2019-

2020

20

14 Details of prizes won in various inter-

department Competitions 21-22

15 Conclusion 22

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COMMERCE ASSOCIATION 2019-2020

1. List of Officials

Sl. No. Role Name

1 President Sri. Manoj Narayanan K.S.

2

Vice-Presidents Prof. Tissy Eruthickal

Sri. Ajay Abraham

3 Secretary Akhil T.S.

4

Joint-Secretary Surya S Kumar

Melvin Mathews

5. Treasurer Haritha P.V.

5 Kaleidoscope P.G Convener Basil M Raju

6

Kaleidoscope U.G Conveners Ashbin K Ninan

Riby Ann Varghese

7

Kaleidoscope Fund Manager Govind R Nair

Febin K Kurian

8 Kaleidoscope Coupon

Convener Aileen Susan Joseph

9 Comclave Co-ordinator Arya Sali

8

M2 Commerce Representative Neema Susan Varghese

Basil Saji Zacharia

9

M1 Commerce Representative Britta Mary Vinod

Kevin Kuruvilla Jacob

12 D2 B.Com Representative Stephin V Shalan

14

D1 B.Com Representative Aaron Anna Joseph

Amal Skaria

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2. Association Inauguration

The most awaited formal Inauguration of the Association was held on 12th October

2019 at our College Auditorium. The Association in-charges Prof. Tisssy Eruthickal

and Sri. Ajay Abraham along with the Student in-charges of Association jointly

inaugurated the association activities for the year 2019-2020 by lighting the lamp. Like

every year the Inauguration ceremony was followed by the talent show of the students

of our Department. It was conducted in the form of competition, and for the same the

students were grouped into 3 groups, namely ‘Group A’, ‘Group B’ and ‘Group C’.

Group A won the first Prize and bagged the ever-rolling trophy. Group C and Group B

finished in second and third spots respectively.

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3. Teachers Day Celebration

As a part of honoring the teachers for their contribution to the society and thanking their

endless efforts, the association organized a special program on September 5th as part of

Teachers’ day. Students themselves presented handmade gift packs including greeting

cards, pen, chocolates etc. to the teacher’s and expressed gratitude to them for their

endeavor.

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4. Onam Celebration

Onam is the biggest festival celebrated with joy and enthusiasm by people of all

communities in Kerala. It commemorates the subsequent homecoming of the legendary

Emperor Mahabali. This year’s Onam was celebrated by the association on 6th

September, 2019 at 1.30 p.m. in room number 301. The programs started with a

traditional Thiruvathira dance performed by the students of Commerce Department.

Competitions were also organized by the association as part of onam celebrations for

the students as well as teachers. The students as well as teachers actively participated

in all events organized by the Association. Association also served payasam to all the

students and teachers. The program ended with a beautiful group song performed by

the students.

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5. Commerce Cricket League (CCL)

An intra-department Cricket League named COMMERCE CRICKET LEAGUE

(CCL) was conducted on 7th and 8th of September, 2019. Students as well as teachers

actively participated in the cricket tournament. The league consists of knockout stages,

that is the winning team in each match moves to the finals. This year for the first time

Women’s Cricket League was conducted to ensure the active participation of women

in games like cricket. The preliminary knockout rounds for the men’s CCL was

conducted on the first day and finals was on the second day. Sri. Manoj Narayanan K.S.

and Sri. Githu K. Giji were the umpires for the men’s final match. In the first edition of

women’s CCL, the team of D2 B.Com became the Champions and the team of D3

B.Com became the Runners-up. In the men’s edition, the team of D2 B.Com became

the Champions and the team of D1 B.Com became the Runners-up.

Cool drinks, Medical supports etc. were provided to the players by the association.

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6. Kaleidoscope: Dentro

Before the inter-collegiate gala fest Kaleidoscope 2k20, the association conducted

Kaleidoscope: Dentro, the inter- department competitions. Three competitions were

conducted as part of Dentro, and it includes quiz competition, debate competition and

Mock IPL Auction.

I. Inter- Department Quiz Competition

An inter-department quiz competition on the topic “Indian Democracy &

Parliament” was conducted on 29th November 2019 at 10.00 am in Mrs Mammen

Mappilai Hall. Sri. Clement Mathew Kuriakose, the faculty of our department

served as the Quiz Master for the competition. A team of two members from each

department participated in the competition. The team of Joel Joseph & Vishnu

Shibu of Dept. of English won the 1st Prize, the team of Jitty Mol Philip &

Nandana Manoj of Dept. of Politics won the 2nd prize and the team of Joji John &

Mohammed Yaseen of Dept. of Economics won the 3rd prize. Cash prizes were

awarded to the winners which was sponsored by Institute of Parliamentary Affairs.

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II. Inter- Department Debate Competition

An inter-department Debate competition was conducted on 18th December, 2019

in room number 304 at 11.00 am. Eight teams from eight departments consisting

of two members each, participated the competition. Sri. Clement Mathew

Kuriakose, faculty of Dept. of Commerce and Ms. Dona Elizabeth Sam of Dept.of

English served as the judges for the debate competition. The team of Elena Elsa

George & Ashna Mariam George of Dept. of English won the 1st prize, the team

of Jitty Mol Philip & Soumya P.B of Dept. of Politics won the 2nd prize and the

team of Riya Rachel Abraham & Anjitha Prasad of Dept. of Chemistry & the team

of Rilin Robin & Nija Mariam Gribu of Dept. of Botany shared the 3rd prize. Cash

prizes were awarded to the winners which was sponsored by Institute of

Parliamentary Affairs. Mr. Akhil T.S. Association Secretary, delivered vote of

thanks to all the participants as well as to the judges of the competition.

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III. Inter- Department Mock IPL Auction

An inter-department Mock IPL Auction was conducted on 6th January, 2020 in

Room No. 314 at 1:30 pm. The auction was conducted with two rounds,

Preliminary round and the Auction. Ten teams participated in the prelims, each

team consists of four members only. The first six teams with highest marks

moved to auction round. Mr. Basil M Raju of M2 Commerce was the auctioneer.

The team of Vishnu Shibu, Shakeel Hasan, Nivin K.S. & Anandhu Krishnan of

Dept. of English won the 1st Prize and the team of Austin J.K. ,Akshay S. , Lan

P.K. & Abhijith Prasad of Dept. of Mathematics won the 2nd Prize. The winners

were awarded with cash prize and certificates. Mr. Akhil T.S., Association

Secretary, delivered vote of thanks to all the participants and event coordinators.

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7. Intra- Department Competition

Besides inter-department competition Association also conducted intra-department

competitions for the students of Commerce department. The following competitions are

conducted;

i. Intra-Department quiz Competition

An intra- department quiz competition was conducted on 1st October, 2019 at

1:30 pm in Room Number 301. Basil M Raju of M2 Commerce won the first

prize and Sujin Jacob of M2 Commerce won the 2nd prize.

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8. Kaleidoscope 2K20

The 16th edition of the most prestigious program of our Department,

“KALEIDOSCOPE, DUEL OF THE ERUDITE”, the inter-collegiate Commerce

fest was conducted on 11th January, 2020. We hosted 123 students from around 16

colleges across Kerala. This year’s fest was conducted in two segments, that is the

inter-collegiate fest and cultural eve ‘SARGAM”. The fest was inaugurated by

showing the making video of the 16th version of Kaleidoscope by the Association

Teacher in charges Smt. Tissy Eruthickal, Sri. Ajay Abraham and Ms. Vidyasree V

and displaying the Overall Champions Trophy to the student representatives followed

by dispersion of participants to their respective event locations. The events of the fest

were ‘PRAABHAVAM-(Marketing Game), VIDAAYAM (Management game),

GEETAKAM (Vocal solo), DAAYANAM (Mock IPL Auction) and Praajnikam

(Paper Presentation). All the events excluding PRAAJNIKAM were conducted on

11/01/2020. The Paper Presentation (Praajnikam) was held on 25th February, 2020. It

was conducted as a One Day National Conference titled- “PARADIGM SHIFT IN

BUSINESS, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY”.

Being a platform set for the battle of erudite, St. Thomas College, Palai won the

overall championship of the fest. The overall runner up position was bagged by

Devamatha College, Kuravilangadu. Thus ‘Kaleidoscope’ which reflected art and

challenged the intellect of participants was curtained down for the year giving

inspiration to conduct the fest in more colourful way for the coming years.

The 16th version of Kaleidoscope was title sponsored by Achayans Gold

cosponsored by Milma, Josco Jewellers’, Canada Bank, SBI, SIB, Logic, AFP Finance

School, and Narmada with event partner Max Events.

The cultural eve ‘Sargam’ began on 6.30 pm. Students, Teachers and former

Aluminis performed the occasion. It was a grand cultural evening filled with a blend of

music, color and different dance forms by the members of Commerce family consisting

of students, teachers and alumni. The curtains of the grand fest fell over by 7:30 pm.

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9. Tutelage Lecture Series

The first Session of Tutelage Lecture Series of this academic year was conducted

on 2nd August, 2019 at Dr. A.P Mani Media Centre. Rev.Fr. Dr. M.P. George was

the chief resource person. He threw light upon the topic “Meaning of Life through

Music”. The students of D1 B.Com and D2 B.Com attended the lecture series.

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The Second Session of Tutelage Lecture Series of this academic year was

conducted on 1st October, 2019 at Mrs. Mammen Mappilai hall. Dr. Nisha P

Aravind was the chief resource person. she threw light upon the topic

“Environmental Issues and Future”. The students of D3 B.Com and D3 BBA

attended the lecture series. It was a much needed session which could help our

students to know and learn more about the same.

10. Comclave Comclave is yet another initiative of Commerce Association introduced with the

intension to bring in creative conference on various commercial topics. The discussion

was decided to be conducted every Tuesday and students from each class

simultaneously will present various concepts. The details of the Comclaves organized

in this academic year are given below:

SI

No.

Name Date Topic

1. Emy Ann Thomas 16/07/2019 Freelancers

2. Revathy S Nair 30/07/2019 Budget

3. Stephin V Shalan 27/08/2019 Fail..Learn..Leap

4. Aashna Anil 24/09/2019 Crypto Currency

5. Kavya Krishnan 27/01/2020 Green Marketing

6. Pooja K Nair 10/02/2020 Forensic Accounting

7. Sreelakshmi

Sreekumar

18/02/2020 Green Washing

8. Devapriya V Bhatt 02/03/2020 Indian Management

Thoughts and Practices

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11. Seminars/Orientations/ Academic Lecture

Programmes conducted in association with various

agencies

SI

No Date Area/Topic Resource Person

01 19/06/19 Orientation on MBA

Entrance Exam

Sri. Shaji M

02

26/06/19 MS Excel Orientation Sri. Anandhakrishnan,

Enbridge Kottayam

03

03/07/19 Orientation on Financial

Management

Ms. Dessy,

Logic School of Management

04 09/07/19 Career opportunities in

Insurance

Life Insurance Corporation

05

10/07/19 Orientation on Capital

Markets

Sri. Sunil Kumar P.N.

Hedge Equities

06

16/07/19 Orientation on Financial

Management

Ms. Dessy,

Logic School of Management

07 17/07/19 Union Budget 2019-20

Analysis

Dr. V Mathew Kurian

08 26/07/19 Orientation for first year

students

Fr. Jison Paul Vengassery

09 16/10/19 Seminar on “A Birds Eye

view of GST”

CMA Shibu Gopi

10

25/10/19

One day Seminar for PG

first year students

Dr. Cris Abraham kochukalam

Asst. Prof. SB College,

Changanacherry

11

19/11/19

Orientation regarding

Professional Courses

Sri. Jithin M Mathew,

T.I.M.E Institute

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12

25/11/19 Orientation on CMA(US) Mrs. Vidya

IMA, Kochi

13 25/11/19 Seminar on Online

Marketing

Sri. Telson Thomas

14

29/11/19

All kerala Best Manager

Contest & Corporate

Training Session

Mr. Anto C Biju

GIIMS Institute of Logistics,

Cochin

15

18/12/19

Career guidance with

special focus on Banking &

Financial Sector

Mr. Satheesh Kumar,

Managing Director

Institute of Banking Studies

16

02/01/20

Expert Lecture Series on

Human Resource

Management

Ms. Asha Thomas

17

07/01/20 Career guidance on

opportunities after B.Com

Mr. Abin Sajeev,

AFP Business School

18

09/01/20

Orientation on CA,CMA Sri. Balamurali,

Momentum Institute Kottayam

19

13/01/20 Kerala Business Challenge Ms. Julie

ISDC Infopark

20

15/01/20 Orientation on CA, CS,

ACCA

Mr. Nidhin K Jose

Lakshya CA Campus, Kottayam

21

13/02/20

Career guidance for Final

Year Students

Ms. Suby Jospeh

Biswas Institute of Management

Studies

22

14/02/20 Awareness of KMAT exam Mr. Nikhil S.

MIIMS

27/02/20

Seminar on Banking

Ombudsman Scheme

Office of the Banking

Ombudsman, RBI,

Thiruvananthapuram

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12. Other Activities of Association during 2019-2020

Visit to Madonna Jyothis School of Mentally Challenged

On 04th October 2019, as a part of the non-academic extension programme the

student representatives and faculties of Commerce and Management

department Baselius college, Kottayam, visited the Madonna Jyothis School

of mentally challenged in Puthupally at 1:30 P M. A fund collected from the

students and teachers of the department was presented to the Head of the

institution. The students also spent some quality time with the inmates of the

centre. The institute has a total of 60 members & staffs with 32 Boarding at S.

H. Convent Puthupally.

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13. Details of Prize won in various inter-collegiate fests in

the academic year 2019-2020

SI

NO

Name

Class

Event Prize

1

Ashbin K Ninan

D3 B.Com

Best Management team

1st prize

2

Sethulekshmi S

D3 B.Com

Best Management team

1st prize

3

Stephin V Shalan

D2 B.Com

Best Management team

1st prize

4

Karthika P Nair

D2 B.Com

Best Management team

1st prize

5

Yadhu Raj

D2 B.Com

Best Management team

1st prize

6

Sujin Jacob

M2

Commerce

IPL Auction

3rd Prize

7

Kevin Kuruvilla

Jacob

M1

Commerce

IPL Auction

3rd Prize

8

Akhil Sunil Joseph

D2 B.Com

IPL Auction

3rd Prize

9

Nanthu K Regi

D1 B.Com

IPL Auction

3rd Prize

10

Sujin Jacob

M2

Commerce

IPL Auction

2nd prize

11

Kevin Kuruvilla

Jacob

M1

Commerce

IPL Auction

2nd prize

12

Akhil Sunil Joseph

D2 B.Com

IPL Auction

2nd prize

13

Mijo Timy Abraham

D2 B.Com

IPL Auction

2nd prize

14

Akhil Kumar A.

M2

Commerce

National level Paper

Presentation Competition

1st Prize

15

Basil M Raju

M2

Commerce

National level Paper

Presentation Competition

1st Prize

16

Riby Ann Varghese

D3 B.Com

All Kerala Best Manager

Competition

1st Prize

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14. Details of prizes won in various inter-department

Competitions

SI No

Name Class Event Prize

1 Rahul Suni D3 B.Com Group Song 2nd Prize

2 Archana Remesh D2 B.Com Group Song 2nd Prize

3 Abhijith Radhakrishnan D2 B.Com Group Song 2nd Prize

4 Emy Ann Thomas D3 B.Com Group Song 2nd Prize

5 Diya Mary Alex D3 B.Com Group Song 2nd Prize

6 Neaha Susan George D1 B.Com Group Song 2nd Prize

7 Stephin V Shalan D2 B.Com Group Song 2nd Prize

8 Sethulekshmi S D3 B.Com Kerala Salini 1st prize

9 Diya Mary Alex D3 B.Com Carol Song (X-mas

Celebrations 1st prize

10 Neaha Susan George D1 B.Com Carol Song (X-mas

Celebrations 1st prize

11 Abhijith Radhakrishnan D2 B.Com Carol Song (X-mas

Celebrations 1st prize

12 Archana Remesh D2 B.Com Carol Song (X-mas

Celebrations 1st prize

13 Nithin Koshi D1 B.Com Carol Song (X-mas

Celebrations 1st prize

14 Stephin V Shalan D2 B.Com Carol Song (X-mas Celebrations

1st prize

15 Emy Ann Thomas D3 B.Com Carol Song (X-mas Celebrations

1st prize

16 Aswin Suresh D1 B.Com Carol Song (X-mas

Celebrations 1st prize

17 Alin Prasobh D1 B.Com Carol Song (X-mas

Celebrations 1st prize

18

Nanthu K Regi

D1 B.Com Carol Song (X-mas

Celebrations

1st prize

19 Karthika P Nair D2 B.Com Poetry Writing

1st Prize

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Conducted by Dept.

of Malayalam

20

Alin Prashob

D1 B.com

Poster Designing

Competition

1st Prize

21

Greeshma Elsa Mathew

D1 B.com

Poster Designing

Competition

1st Prize

22

Elizabeth Shaji

D1 B.Com

Selected as

“Campus Queen”

of Baselius

College

Conclusion

The various programs conducted by the association have been instrumental in

achieving the objectives of the association and the motto of the association “Coming

together is a beginning, keeping together is progress and working together is success”

have been justified.

Sri. Manoj Narayanan K.S. Prof. Tissy Eruthickal Sri. Ajay Abraham

(President) (Vice-President) (Vice-President)

Mr. Akhil T.S.

(Secretary)