DWARAKA DOSS GOVERDHAN DOSS VAISHNAV COLLEGE …

Principal’s Report 2020‐2021

1

DWARAKA DOSS GOVERDHAN DOSS VAISHNAV COLLEGE (Autonomous)

College with Potential for Excellence, Linguistic Minority Institution Affiliated to University of Madras Arumbakkam, Chennai – 600 106

56thAnnual Report 2020-21

Jai Shri Krishna

Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College had its humble beginnings in

the year 1964, founded by the Sri Vallabhacharya Vidya Sabha on the principles of

Vaishnavism with the objective of imparting education and empowering the youth. The

college, over the five decades, has recorded phenomenal growth in terms of infrastructure,

introduction of innovative job-oriented courses and the impressive student strength.

This academic year, 2020-21, despite being the most challenging one because of the global

pandemic, has witnessed some important milestones being achieved. The college has been

striving to sustain quality and excellence in all spheres of activity.

To enrich the teaching-learning experience, the college constantly collaborates with the

industry to provide a platform for the students to develop necessary skillsets required for

their professional lives. This year the following MoUs have been signed.

Memorandum of Understanding (File Shots)

Vetri Education Centre

Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Women Society

Tamilnadu Advanced Technical Training Institute, Chennai 2.

Integrated Intelligent Research (IIR)


2

Hubert Enviro Care Systems (P) Ltd

Kirkee Cheese Private Limited

CSIT-Computer Software Institute of Technologies (Association with MHRD, Govt of India)

CSIT-Computer Software Institute of Technologies (Association with MHRD, Govt of India)

KALVI World Solutions Pvt ltd.

VJ Biotech

Indian Healthcare BPO

National Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development (NFED)

Indian Institute of Materials Management

The Institute of Cost Accountant of India (ICAI)

The college, in tune with its vision, embodies the true purpose of education—to

impart knowledge as a service to the society in order to make a difference and foster the

spirit of camaraderie and oneness. The departments conduct various academic and co-

curricular events and programmes throughout the year. This year, even though, most of the

programmes have been conducted on online platforms, efforts were taken to retain the

spirit of the events albeit the challenging times that we live in. I am proud to record the

remarkable performance of each department and would like to highlight some of their key

events.

Department of English (Shift II)

Workshop on E-Resources for 35 staff members and 445 students on useful

tips to access online databases such as Kanopy and Proquest.

Oratorical Competitions were conducted for students on the topics ‘Exam

Scores have little Indication on a Student’s Abilities’, ‘Health Care – A Human Right or a

Commodity’ and ‘Books are better than Movies’.


3

Essay Writing Competition on ‘New Education Policy’, ‘Climate Change –

A Global Concern or Individual Responsibility’, and ‘Role of Students in Improving the

Society, was conducted.

Department of Hindi

National Webinar on Hindi Bhakti Kavya Ka Samajik Yogdan, (The social

contribution of Hindi Bhakti Kavya) and Importance of Journalism for Students was

organized.

Webinar on “Online Hindi Teaching and Examination—Difficulties and

Solutions”.

“Bhaktikavya – The Golden Era of Hindi Literature” was conducted.

Workshop on `The comparative study on Ramcharitmanas and Valmiki

Ramayana’, `Kavita Lekhan’ were conducted.

Series of guest lectures on the topics `Adhunik Hindi Sahitya’, `Hindi

Ekanki Sahitya’, “Shikshan evam adhigam mein Suchana evam sanchar prodyogiki ka

prayog” were organized.

Department of Sanskrit

Ratha Saptami - Maitri Sanskrit Association organized a lecture on the

topic, “The Influence of Surya Shakti in Individual—from Yogic Perspective”.

Department of Tamil

National Workshop on “Folkloristics: New Trends”.

Series of Thamizhthen activities were conducted.

Online Skill Development Test.

International Online Workshop on Nannool Learning & Teaching,

Nambiyagapporul: Learning & Teaching.


4

Department of Chemistry

The DG Vaishnav Chemical Society was inaugurated.

National Level E-Quiz on significance behind the chemistry of lanthanides

and Actinides.

National Level E-Quiz on Co-ordination Chemistry.

National online workshop on Computational Chemistry – A Leeway to

theoretical Chemistry.

National level online workshop on molecular modelling for beginners.

National Level CSIR, UGC- NET Workshop.

Inspiring Alumnus lecture series to motivate the students.

First international e-conference on new vistas in chemical research

(ICNVCR-2021).

UGC sponsored- national level five days’ online faculty development

programme on recent advances in chemistry teaching & learning.

Two-day workshop on skill development & entrepreneurship.

The 24TH edition of RASAYANOTSAV was conducted through the virtual

mode.

Department of Physics (Day)

National level Webinar Series-Nurturing Global Competencies in STEM.

Workshops on Innovative Thinking, Tamil dubbing, understanding IPR &

Patent Cooperation Treaty.

Let's Celebrate Physics- student induction.

Meet your Alumni.

Meet Your Scientists – an online interactive programme.


5

Training Programmes on Build on SDG Goals and explore opportunities in

Physics, Self-Awareness for personal growth.

Celebrating Global Women’s Breakfast IUPAC-Women in STEM-

Empowering Diversity in Science, a panel discussion.

Lilavati’s Daughters: The Women Scientists of India-online quiz.

Department of Botany

Biofertilizers-An Eco Friendly Approach for Crop Improvement.

Skill Development Training on the Art of Bonsai Making.

Zoology - E Quiz was conducted through google forms.

Biovision for Botanist, Marine Biodiversity and Conservation – An Indian

Context -Webinar was conducted.

Cassava Biotechnology: Applications and Challenges.

Department of Commerce

Webinars on “Career opportunity for Commerce students – CSEET

(Company Secretary Executive Entrance Test)”, “Looming Progressions and Practicality

of Audit in Corporate Sector – Finance and Accounts”, “the Importance of Tally

certifications and its career opportunity, “Research in Commerce and Social Sciences”,

Identification of Problem in Research”, “Relevance of Statistical Analysis in Social

Science Research”, “Data Analyzing using Open-Source tools”.

The department, in association with the Institute of Cost Accountants of

India organized a Lecture Series on Tax Payer’s Awareness, titled “Reforms in Income

Tax & Assessment Procedures”, Taxpayer Services in GST & E- invoicing”, “E-WAY

BILL in GST”.


6

The department in association with Miles Education Private Limited

organized a Skill Enhancement Workshop on “Building The Right Analytics and Artificial

Intelligence Solutions for A Better Future”.

The Department released its first edition of a quarterly newsletter, COM

talk.

Department of Corporate Secretaryship

National Webinar on “Changing Facets of Trade and Commerce in the Post

Covid-19 Era”, Business Processes under Enterprise Resource Planning for Strategic

Decisions and Business Innovations were conducted.

One-day Faculty Development Programme was conducted on Holistic

Approach to Skill Based Higher Education to Face the New Normal – NEP

2020.

An inter collegiate Online Quizard competition was initiated by the

department.

Tax Payer’s Awareness Lecture Series was jointly organized with The

Institute of Cost Accountants of India.

Skill Enhancement through a workshop On Emotional Intelligence—An

Exemplary Life Skill for Everyone.

Department of Business Administration

Webinar on Financial Analysis and Landscape and Career Opportunities in

Investment Banking, Documents Requirement for Businesses in India.

Minerva, a student-based initiative was organized.

The Department in association with National Foundation of

Entrepreneurship Development (NFED) organized two-day national webinar on Research

Structuring and Publication Strategies.


7

NeNe 3 – Distributed sanitizer and masks to the roadside vendors.

Vayalum Vazhvum – A tribute to farmers and Pongal Celebrations.

Students and soil, an Agripreneurship initiative by the department.

Epitome, an annual magazine published by the department was unveiled.

Student Training Program on Personal Finance Management.

Inauguration of BBA Studio.

Blood Donation Camp.

The Department organized a student induction Programme.

Women’s Day Celebration – The Wonder Women – Equity to Equality.

Women Empowerment Cell was constituted.

Industrial visit carried out at Tea Factory, Doddabetta Tea Factory Group,

Ootacamund, Nilgiris.

Synergy 2021 - An Interdepartmental & Intercollegiate Business Fest cum

Cultural extravaganza.

Career Guidance for TOEFL.

Webinar on Understanding Technostress & Balancing Strategies.

Business Administration Student Forum Inauguration.

Department of Visual Communication and M.A. Journalism and Communication

Webinar on “Watchdog Journalism”.

National Level Interactive Session with Padmashri Santosh Sivan,

Cinematographer.

Pandemic Spotlight – Inter Collegiate Panel Discussion on “Human Rights

and Migrant Workers” by Mr. Henri Tiphagne, Human Rights Defender and Executive

Director, People's Watch and “Media and Government Policies”by Dr. V.S.

Sambandan, Chief Administrative Officer, The Hindu, Centre for Politics and Public

Policy.


8

Participation of the students in a Webinar on Career Prospects in

Advertising, Holy Cross, Trichy.

A one-day photography workshop was organized by the Department of

Visual Communication.

Meet Your Alumni

Guest Lecture on Topic on Product Launch and Publicity Strategy, Client

Servicing and Brand Analysis.

Fashion Photography workshop for the final year students conducted by an

alumna of the department.

Adhokshaja, department association activities - Presentation of Public

Service Advertisements, Innovative techniques of Radio Jockeying for rural audiences,

Community Radio Operations, Photography Outdoor Shoot, PR Campaign by MCC,

Advertising Campaign.

Guest lecture on Writing for News Media, News Edition Planning.

Content Writing Workshop.

Workshops on Maya and VFX, Indoor Lighting in Photography.

Webinar series on ‘Career Prospects in Communication’ on ‘Advertising’,

‘Public Relations’, ‘Digital Marketing’, ‘Event Management’.

National level series of webinars on ‘Journalism’ covering the topics

‘Basics of Journalism’, ‘Ethics in Journalism’, ‘Yellow Journalism’, ‘Careers in

Journalism’.

Field Visit

Mr.Prashant a Landscape researcher and his colleague Ms.Viswaja an

Environmentalist from Vettiver collective collaborated with students to understand the

aspects of Toxic Management in Ennore.


9

A visit to Dakshina Chitra to organize a Photowalk cum Interaction session

along with a live demo on glass blowing techniques by Glass artist Mr.Raghavan.

Women’s Day Celebration - ‘A Visual Ode to Women’s Liberation’,

Intercollegiate graffiti competition.

Live Art Form workshop for the first years.

A Four Day Terracotta workshop for the first years was organized.

A 5 day National Level Faculty Development Programme on

‘Transforming Teaching Methodology using Digital Media’ was organized.

Department of B.Com. Honours

National level webinar on the Capital Markets and the Impact of COVID-

19, Skill Sets requirement for enhancing employment,

Webinars on demystifying the corporate recruitment process, a refresher on

SEBI.

Panel discussion on Communication Skills.

Student Panel discussion on the union budget of 2021.

Department Newsletter launch – Honours Insider.

Workshop on Social Science Research.

Honours webinar series- big five- ‘Filing of IT Returns’, ‘Forensic Audit,

Employee Training and Development’, ‘A theoretical view to corporate insight’

‘Environmental Pollution’, ‘Organisational Analysis - An Overview of Strategic Tools’.

Department of Maths with Computer Applications

Webinar on “Recent Advancement of Fuzzy Theory”, “An Overview of

Cryptography”, “Fundamentals of Mathematics and Its Applications”.

Online Quiz series and competitions for CSIR-NET aspirants.

Invited talk on “Aesthetics and Applications of Mathematics”.


10

Department of Computer Science (UG)

Webinar on Understanding Technostress & Balancing Strategies.

International Webinar on “Building Model Web Application Using J Query

and Boot Strap”.

Alumni Seminar on “Development Cycle in Server and Serverless -AWS”.

“Techraze-2021” an intercollegiate event.

Department of Biochemistry

Health Checkup.

EXPO.

Trip – Tholkappia Poonga an ecological park.

ICT Workshop.

Online Quiz.

Webinar on the topic “Biochemical aspects of Covid19”.

International webinars on the recent developments in the field of

Biochemical research.

National webinar on “Understanding the signs and symptoms of COVID-19

Infection”, “How to read scientific literature & Introduction to Human Atlas Initiative”.

Orientation Programme on “International healthcare profession and the job

potential”.

Webinar on “Habitat within a Habitat”, “Perspectives in antioxidants

research-current scenario and future prospects’.

Department of BCA

National webinars on “Android Apps Development – An Introduction”,

“Nosql – Emerging Technologies for Big Data Processing” “Nosql Databases - The Future

of Big Data Analytics”.


11

Lexical Analysis in Compiler Design”, Developing Machine Learning

Applications Using Python Framework, Enhance Your Employability Skills.

Webinars on IT Concepts for Students by Customer Analytics Hive in Big

Data, Map Reduce in Hadoop.

National Level Seminar on Creativity with Passion Leads to Success.

Inter department technical symposium.

Department of English Literature

Online Literary Quiz.

Webinar on “Post colonialism and the Politics of Representation”.

Webinar on English Language and Linguistics.

Guest Lectures on Introduction to Literature, Women’s Studies, Translation

Studies, Modern Age and Poetry.

Workshop on “Content Writing”.

Outreach program, MASKTASTIC - One Step to Save for the students.

INCUNABULA, a visit to the library.

Paper presentation competition on the topic “Contemporary Perspectives:

Interpreting Literary Texts.

LITEROSODY 2020 - An Intercollegiate Virtual Fest.

“Ignite the Young Minds”, Alumni talk.

Department of B. Com Accounting & Finance

Rinnovamento, Investiture Ceremony of Luca Fama .

Xenium, an Intra Department Virtual Fest.

Webinar on “Artificial Intelligence Driving Business Intelligence and the

Role of IoT”, “Online Banking Frauds, “Africa – Sales Business Development

opportunities”, “Is investment in Stock Markets a good option or Gambling?”, “Insurance


12

and Shipping Industry – an insight” , “Intellectual Property Rights” were conducted.

Online Essay Writing Competition on the occasion of National Financial

Awareness Day.

Finance Forensics – the first edition of the department e-Magazine was

launched.

Stock Buzz – Inter Departmental Stock Market Fest.

FRESHERISTA, 3-day fresher's meet.

Wonder Women, a 3-day webinar on women entrepreneurship.

Envision A&F, a two-day academic event.

Festive Present, a social outreach event.

Workshop on e-filing of Income Tax Return (ITR).

Vasthram – a community outreach programme.

A series of Career Guidance sessions.

Girl Power, a self-defence session.

A workshop on Adobe Photoshop.

The social team of Luca Fama, “Socio Warriors” organized “Vasthram”, a

charity event.

Connexions, an intra-departmental event.

IRAI, a domestic animal feeding drive.

A 2-day workshop on MS Excel.

Aram Pazaghu was organized on 24 March 2021 to instil social

consciousness among students.

Negotium, an inter-collegiate, online academic event.

Department of Bio‐Technology

International Web Conference on Advances in Biotechnology-Gene

Technology.


13

Student Induction Programme.

National Level Virtual Webinar on "Emerging Water Contaminants & the

Treatment Technologies for Providing Safe Drinking Water”, "COVID 19 associated

innovations in Medical Biotechnology”, “Phytomedicine- A New Look”, “Food Safety &

Good Clinical Practice”.

Technosaviour Club Activity- “Magnum Opus Doodle Competition”, “End

Violence against Women Contest”.

Guest Lectures on “Job Readiness in Biotech Market”, “The Dreamers and

Doers”, “A Journey from India to Hungary to work with Stem Cells”.

“Emerging Technologies on Coral Reef Conservation”.

Department of Bank Management

WEBINAR on Career Options in Current Economic Scenario & Post

COVID Scenario, Job opportunities in BFSI SECTOR, Career Options in Bank & SSC,

“Issues & Trends in Placement”.

BANCO’21, an intra-collegiate event.

Department of Sociology

Three-day National Webinar On Covid-19.

Five day FDP on E-Teaching and an E- Workshop on Conducting Online

Classes.

Webinars on Civil Services-You Can Crack It, Personality Development,

Experiences in Sociology.

Workshop on Discovering Talents, Discover Your Ideal Career.

Two Day National Conference on Current Scenario of Social Development.


14

Department of Statistics

World Population Day.

World Statistics Day.

Guest lecture on “Welcome Party 2020”.

Ramanujan Day.

State Level webinar on “Applications of Statistical Methods for Social

Sciences”.

Guest Lecture on “Statistical Inference”.

Workshop on MS-Excel and R-Programming.

Department of Marketing Management

Business Regulatory framework.

Webinar Series- aspects and dynamics of Digital Marketing, Dynamics of a

LinkedIn session.

MBA Introductory Programme, Career Planning.

Seminar on Marketing.

Impressionz -The annual inter departmental cultural event.

VIHAAN – Freshers meet.

Kalavarna, an intra-departmental event.

Go Green-The Kotler’s Quorum was implemented.

Women’s Day celebration.

Department of Finance and Taxation

Skill Development Workshop On 'E-Filing of Income Tax Return for

Salaried Tax Payers, Form: ITR.

Orientation on Career Prospects of ACCA Professional Course,

“International Taxation and Technology Course”.


15

LETZ QUIZ conducted by “TAXRADES”, The Students’ Association of

Department of Finance and Taxation.

Skill Development Workshop on “IFRS-Language of Business.

Extension Activity- (E- Filing of Income Tax for the teaching and non-

teaching staff).

‘Plan to Prioritize” –Invited talk on Time Management.

“Discovering Dreams-Guidance and Counselling On Finance as A Career

Option.

Department of Journalism

Webinars on Domestic Violence, Changing Economic Scenario in the

context of Covid-19, Strategic Planning in Television News Production, Trends in Radio

Broadcasting, Nuances of Crime Reporting were conducted.

Online Guest Lectures: Television News Anchoring, Mobile Journalism

were conducted.

Industrial Visit: Salesian Institute of Graphic Arts.

Field Visits:

Field Visit 1: Beat – Civic Issues.

Field Visit 2: Beat – Lifestyle.

Field Visit 3: Beat – Event reporting.

Students Participation at press meets at Chennai Press Club.

Department of Social Work

Guest lectures on ‘Role play in counseling’, ‘How to Unlock the Lockdown

for Employees-Through the Lens of Positivity’, ‘Employee Engagement: Manpower

Matters’, ‘Theoretical Approaches to counseling’, ‘Employee Life Cycle Management’.


16

Orientation Programme on Manufacturing Field work, Understanding the

new normal in manufacturing sector, Critical Capabilities for Future HR, Transformation

of HR in the IT Industry - Adapting to the New Normal, Managing Diverse Talent

Workforce in a Global Context – Role of Human Resources.

Counselling for Mental Health, Significant areas of counseling, Employee

Relations Management – An Experimental Sharing.

CSR Orientation.

“Insights into Organisation Development – Employee Engagement and

Employee Experience.

An Overview of Performance Management and Change Management.

Student Induction Programme.

Swasti Inauguration.

Placement Brochure Release.

Human Resource Management

A series of webinars to a tune of 50 were conducted.

A series of HRD programs/ workshops were conducted.

TANTHRA – 2021.

School of Management

Outbound Training.

UBA (UnnatBharatAbhiyan).

COMBAT 2K20.

IGNITE 2K20- A three-day entrepreneurial development Programme.

TARANG- a national level HR Congress.

Madras Management Association Annual Convention was held.

Cloud Connect Series – Guest lectures.


17

Department of Microbiology

Induction Programme 2020 for freshers.

Guest Lectures on ‘Methicillin resistant space craft, NASA’, ‘Gut

microbes’ and ‘Opportunities in Microbiology’.

The Micromatsuri, organized the Farewell and Freshers program.

Webinar on Role of Bioinformatics in Life Sciences.

Guest lecture on The obstacle crossing and considerations in thesis writing.

Post Graduate Department of Computer Science and Application

Guest lectures on Introduction to Cloud Computing and Cloud Services,

Introduction Full Stack Development and Devops.

Workshop on Applications of IoT, Introduction to Big Data Analytics,

MySQL.

Seminar on Introduction to Information Security, Introduction to Data

Analytics.

Soft Skills Workshop as a part of Student Orientation Programme.

Webinars on “Cloud Based Google Services”, “Keras Fundamentals for

Deep Learning”.

Sports

The college extends its fullest support to sporting activities which encourages our

students to excel. We are proud to have in our midst state, national and international

champions.


18

Placement

Despite the challenges faced during the global pandemic, in terms of layoffs and

slowdown in recruitments, 205 students were successfully placed, which is around 10% of

the overall number of job aspirants of the college.

Faculty Achievements

Mr. D. Venkatesh has been awarded "Best oral presentation award in

conference organized by Dr. Ambedkar government college in association with Tamil

Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Department of Science and Technology,

Government of India on 3rd & 4th 2020.

Dr. R. Uma received Best paper presenter at BioSpectrum 2020 an

International conference on Biotechnology and biological science organized on 19-21st

November 2020.

Ms. Sangeetha Sathyanarayan has been awarded Honour of Excellence in

Teaching (4 star) from Edge India Publishing Private Limited on 15th November 2020.

Prof S. Vaidehi, Honour of Excellence in Teaching (5 Star) from Edge

India Publishing Private Limited on 15th November 2020.

Ms. G Vasanth, won the Best Paper award in the International Summit

organized by M O P Vaishnav College on “Innovation and Deep Learning Summit”.

Quality enhancement is a continuous process. As an autonomous and accredited

institution, the college strives to set the standard of excellence in the teaching‐learning

process, quality of academic research, knowledge sharing and efficient functioning of the

entire system. The college enjoys the status of College with Potential for Excellence and

has adopted effective measures to ensure quality sustenance and move towards the status

of College of Excellence.


19

I express my deep sense of gratitude to the management for their philanthropic

zeal in contributing towards the growth of this institution. I whole heartedly thank the

efforts and support extended by the faculty members and the administrative staff

throughout the year in sustaining the growth and development of the institution. My

special thanks to our students who have built the college to be what it is now. My sincere

thanks to everyone who, through their trust and faith, have been the motivating force and

inspiration for us.

Jai Hind

Dr. S. Santhosh Baboo

Principal

DWARAKA DOSS GOVERDHAN DOSS VAISHNAV COLLEGE …

Documents

Transcript of DWARAKA DOSS GOVERDHAN DOSS VAISHNAV COLLEGE …