University of Mysore has declared the dates of the odd se-

mester exams for the academic year 2015-16. The exams

will commence on November 20th and will continue till

December 26th. This year De Paul college has got the

university approval for having an exam centre at its own

campus. A total of 101 students from BA, BCA, BBM and

B.Com will be answering their exams at the centre.

Univers i ty Exams s tar ts f rom November

20th

Pr ide of De Paul

Cadet Abin Abraham of second year B.Com

received the award for best firing in the

Combined Annual Training Camp at Hassan .

Grand release of the book Tedium

Troopers : Phantasmagoria written by

Prof. Sunny Francis from Department

of English was held on 27th November

2015 at the De Paul College Audi-

torium. It was

launched by

the Honour-

able Vice

Chancellor of

Mysore Uni-

versity Prof.

K.S Rangappa

in the pres-

ence of Sri. V.

Sidharthacharry, IFS (Retd), Founder

patron, Acharya Vidyakula, Mysore;

Rev. Dr. Jose Aikara CM, Former

chairman ICSE, Delhi and Dr. N.R

Parsuraman, Director of SDMIMD,

Mysore.

Theme of the Year

Ms. S. Mamatha, faculty of EVS was invited to take part in

three week training programme on e-mammal

project at North Carolina State University mu-

seum from 29-06-2015 to17-07-2015. In

continuation of it two areas in Karnataka will

be selected to set up camera traps and to

understand the mammal diversity which

ultimately will be used for conservation planning and action.

Alberto Brunio of first BBM, participated in

the singing competition IDOLE INDIENNE—4

organised by Indian Association of Teachers

of French on 31st October 2015 and won the

third place

Cadet Jubel Thomas of Final Year B.Com got

selected for the National Level SSB coaching at

Gwalior from 16th to 24th November.

Upcoming Events

De Paul First Grade College in

collaboration with Association of

International Researchers of Indian

Origin (AIRIO, Mysore Chapter) will

be organizing a two day national

conference on the theme ―Transition

towards Sustainable Development‖ on

February 26th and 27th 2016 at the

college campus. This conference aims

at bringing together an inter-

disciplinary audience to present their

research that shows a transition

towards systemic changes to bring sus-

tainable development in the complex

world.

―Make Youth

Make India”

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On 23rd September, centre organized a field visit

to Mysore milk production unit. Students ob-

served he production process and packaging of

products such as

ghee, butter, but-

ter millk, peda,

khova, Mysore

pak . The students

were accompa-

nied by faculties.

On 19th August

to commemorate

World Photog-

raphy day, the

centre organ-

ized a photog-

raphy competi-

tion on the

theme click for

Social Cause.

40 students‘ participated in the event. The photographs

were judged by noted journalist editor Mr.

Chandrashekar G. The first prize was won by Kushal of

2nd yr B.COM

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Centre for Career Development

An introductory session in Business Analysis by Mr. Praveen Udupa,

Certified Business Analysis Professional was organized, to familiarize

students on the role of business analyst and the job opportunities

available to a certified business analyst. The centre for career

development is also planning to offer a 30 hour certificate

programme on Business Analysis certified by BA ValueBase LLP

(Bengaluru) in the next semester to equip students with the skills

required to take up business analyst roles .

A five-week hands-on training in English

Academic writing in collaboration with the

University of Reading, UK; was offered through

futureslearn platform to help students to

improve their English writing skills for University

study.

The knowledge of MS Excel is a pre-requisite for all jobs.

An eight week hands-on training in MS Excel was offered

by Prof. Vinu under the aegis of Centre for Career Devel-

opment to equip the students with the basic and advanced

MS-Excel concepts, formulas and functionalities with the help

of real business scenarios.

Wor ld L i teracy Day

On 21st of August on the behest of world literacy day, a

poster making competition was organized. It was a group

event where in 11 groups participated and each group

consisted of four participants. The competition was con-

ducted by cultural committee co-ordinaters Prof Vanitha &

Prof Dr. Vineeth. The posters were judged by Mr. Adrarsh

A Panel Discussion and Workshop on ‗Sustainable

Cities and Climate Change‘ was organized by The

Consulate General of Germany, Fraunhofer

Society India, and The Energy and Resources

Institute (TERI) on 23rd September at Bengaluru.

Prof. Mamatha Sathyanarayana along with two

students Ms. Madhuri and Mr. Jubel of final year

B.Com participated in the workshop.

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Department of Arts and humanities, conducted an

elocution competition on the issues of global

terrorism, to pay tribute to the victims of ghastly

Nagasaki incident on August 6th and to bring

awareness against terrorism.

Department of Soft Skills organized a session on “Emotional Quotient

and Personal Excellence”. This was part of a three-year certificate course

on soft skills offered to all the students of the college. The event was con-

ducted by a well-known soft skill trainer, Mr. Jacob Chandy, who sensi-

tized the students on the importance of knowing one‘s own and others‘

emotions in the pursuit of personal excellence .

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Wednesday Seminars

Department of Soft Skills organized a session on

Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) as part of Soft

Skills Certificate Course . The resource person was

Mr. M.S. Rahgu, a Certified Neurolinguistic Program-

mer created an awareness among students about

this breakthrough advance human psychology.

Dr Heidi Riddle, Veterinarian and co founder of Riddle's

elephant Sanctuary, USA was invited to give a guest lec-

ture for the students of Environmental studies. She spoke

about in-situ and ex- situ conservation requirements for

biodiversity conservation. Heidi spoke about various

wildlife conservation methods used in conservation

around the world, the need for captive breeding and

also about wildlife of USA.

Founder ’s Week Celebra t ion (September 27th to October 3rd)

Founder‘s week was celebrated with various programs and activities involving the management, faculty, staff, and

students. The theme for this year was "Imbibe with

passion, impart with compassion."

The Founder‘s week celebration began with the Feast Day

Eucharist on the 27th of September. The inaugural

function was held on the 28th September, with all its

grandeur here at the college auditorium. The chief guest

for the occasion Rev. Fr. Jomesh, VC, the Financial Admi-

nistrator of De Paul Global School, Mysore presided over

the function and shared some of the key Vincentian values

with our college community. A ―Caption Writing‖ contest

was launched on the same day to trigger thoughts of

compassion in the hearts and minds of the students.

On 29th September, an Essay Writing competition was conducted on the topic ―Being passionate about being com-

passionate‖.

On September 30th, 53 students and 10 faculty members volunteered to join in the on-campus service program

which included cleaning the campus, the dining area and the gardens along with the domestic and house-keeping

staff of the campus.

On September 1st, 59 students and 7 faculty members took part in the off-campus service program. They visited

Asha kiran, Kaliyuva Mane, Aashiana and SVEL. It provided them an opportunity to serve and learn the values of

love, Service, and respect which are some of the core values of St. Vincent de Paul and De Paul Degree college.

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Teachers ’ Day Celebra t ion

On the occasion of Teacher‘s day, Rotaract club of De Paul

College organized a function to express their gratitude to

their teachers. The programme began with the lighting of

the lamp by the Principal and the Executive Administrative

Officer. Prof. C.U Chittiappa and Prof. K.V Sasidharan, two

senior professors at De Paul college were felicitated for

their selfless contribution to the field of education.

Freshers ’ Day

Tyros -15 was celebrated as Freshers‘ Day on Aug

which marked a memorable day in the life of every

fresher at De Paul College. The day was filled with

excitement, joy, fun, music, dance and laughter. All

fresher‘s participated in several events like mime,

dance, solo singing etc which was performed on the

stage.

MICA Fest Campfi r e and DJ night

Depaulians participated in the fashion event canvas 2015

organized by MICA –Mysore.

campfire and DJ night for the residential students

before the Dusserah break.

Medical Camp

A team of medical professionals from

Aditya hospital, Mysore conducted a

general medical check up and blood

group identification for all the students.

One to One Mentor ing

The college offers one to one mentoring

session to all its students to help them in

their personal and professional growth.

Editorial committee

Prof. Vinu Wilson (Editor)

Prof. Sasidharan K.V

Prof. Sadia Tabassum

De Paul Academy

Is the flagship and prestigious initiative of

De Paul College aimed at provid-

ing coaching for Civil Service, CA, CS and

other competitive exams. The present batch

has 25 aspirants. Coaching for all the

competitive exams are held regularly every

weekend.

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NSS @ De Paul

A registered unit of the

NSS, under the ministry of

youth affairs and sports,

Government of India for

the development of stu-

dents through community

services has been started

from this academic year

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