R J Herald Januray February 2010

R. J. HERALD

Dr. Usha Mukundan was selected by

the Association of training Scholarship

(AOTS) Japan and she underwent a

training in Corporate Management for

India from Jan 27 -Feb 9, 2010. The

training included TQM, 5S, Kaizen and

visits to industries like Toyota, Oval

Corporation, Meri etc.

Dr. Shashi Mishra, Head, Dept. of So-

ciology, was invited as a member of

panel for the session on Moving Women

into Decision Making at the State Level

Seminar on Challenges to Women Em-

powerment in the 21st Century organised

by K.B. College of Arts and Commerce,

on Jan 22- 23, 2010.

Dr. Amita Valmiki, Head, Dept. of

Philosophy, presented a paper titled

Mind Your Business! Let me Mind my

Business !! at the State Level Seminar

on Trade: Elixir to Human Progress

organised by M.D. College, Parel ,

Mumbai on Jan 16, 2010. She also

presented a paper titled Terrorism:

Anarchy with a Religious Base at a

National Level Seminar on Terror-

ism, Human Rights, Peace and Jus-

tice organized by Momin College,

Bhiwandi on Jan 30, 2010.

Prof. Neeta Chakravarty, Dept. of

English and Dr. Shashi Mishra

jointly presented a paper titled In-

dian Women and Rights of Equality

at the National Conference on

Changing Society and Changing

Relationships organised by Adarsh

College, Ambernath, on Jan 22- 23,

2010.

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Vol. 9 Issue:1

A word from the Principal Challenge

On Panel

Distinction

Presentation/Publication

“Challenge!" Upon hearing this term, one immedi-

ately imagines scenes of battles being won after a

mighty struggle, of a team overcoming all others on

the way to the championship. Although there are

many types of challenges, the widespread conception

is that a "challenge" is a win-or-lose match; overcom-

ing the challenge brings victory and accomplishment,

while anything else is a defeat. In the field of team

building, "challenge" is thought of in a completely

different sense. Here it is not a case of win-or-lose, success or failure. Instead, "challenge" is seen as a continuous process towards growth, learning, and un-derstanding. Challenge is simply a means for the par-ticipants to engage in communication, teamwork, and problem-solving processes. Lets get together to address our adversities and make corrections. Through this process, we will learn how to work to-gether effectively.

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FACULTY NEWS

Prof. Lakshmi Chandrasekar,

Dept. of BBI and Prof. Vijayalak-

shmi Iyer, Dept. of BMS presented

a paper titled Economic Empower-

ment of Women & Self – Help

Groups at a State Level Seminar on

Microfinance: A Tool for Women

Empowerment and Poverty Allevia-

Empowerment and Poverty Allevia-

tion at Shailendra College, Dahisar,

on Feb 5, 2010.

Dr. Sneha Deuskar, Head, Dept. of

Marathi presented a paper titled

Meghana Pethe Yanchya Kathanche

Streevadi Vaachan in the U.G.C.

sponsored State level Seminar on

Ekvisaavyaa Shattkatill Marathi

Saahityatil Badalate Pravaah. organ-

ised by S.K. Patil College, Sind-

hudurg, on Feb 13-14, 2010.

Dr.Shashi Mishra authored a book

titled Women and Urban Informal

Sector published by Discovery Pub-

lishing House, Delhi, in January

2010. She presented a paper titled

Women Empowerment and Poverty

Alleviation at a UGC sponsored

State Level Multidisciplinary Semi-

nar on Microfinance: A Tool for

Women Empowerment and Poverty

Alleviation organised by Shailendra

College, Dahisar on Feb 5-6, 2010.

She also presented a paper titled

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Condition of Women in Unorganized

Sector – Issues of Human Rights at a

UGC sponsored National Seminar on

Human Rights and the Role of Law

organised by S.K. Somaiya College of

Arts , Science and Commerce on Feb

15-16, 2010.

Dr. K Raghunath, Head, Dept. of

Kannada, published 8 weekly col-

umns in Udayavani, a Daily Kannada

News Paper in January and February.

Prof. Maria Shaikh, Dept. of Eng-

lish, presented a paper titled Develop-

ing Transformational Leadership

Skills in Schools in a National Semi-

nar on Developing Transformation

Leadership Skills for Excellence in

Education organised by K.J. Somaiya

College of Education on Feb 25-26,

2010.

Prof. Maria Shaikh, Dept. of Eng-

lish, attended a National Symposium

on Gay and Lesbian Literature held at

St. Andrew’s College on Nov 21,

2009.

Dr. A.P. Pandey, Head, Prof. Shar-

mila Jajodia and Prof. Maria

Shaikh, Dept. of English, participated

in a workshop on the Proposed Sylla-

bus Revision in Communication Skills

organised by the Dept. of English,

SIES College in collaboration with

the BOS in English, University of

Mumbai on Jan 2, 2010.

Dr. Shashi Mishra attended a Semi-

nar on Pre – Marital Counselling: A

Contemporary Social Need organised

by Dr. BMN College of Home Sci-

ence , SNDT, on Jan 20-21, 2010.

Dr. Abhay D. Sawant, Dept. Chem-

istry attended a Seminar on Global

Warming: Causes, Consequences &

Coping Strategies organised by VES

College of Arts, Science & Com-

merce, at Chembur & RCF on Jan 22-

23, 2010.

Prof. Rashmi Wagle, Vice Principal,

attended a workshop on Revised Syl-

labus for Business Economics Paper

III, organised by the Board of Studies

in Business Economics and Depart-

ment of Economics held at R. A

Podar College on Feb 17, 2010.

Prof. Bindu Achary, Dept. of Zool-

ogy, Prof. Meher Mistry, Dept. of

History, and Prof. Bhushan Arekar,

Dept. of Political Science success-

fully completed the Orientation

Course conducted by the U.G.C.

Staff Academy College with an ‘A’

grade during the months of Dec 29-

Jan 25, 2010.

Dr. Shashi Mishra acquired a Post

Graduate Diploma in Human Rights,

with a first class from the University

of Mumbai on Jan 7, 2010.

Prof. Shubhangi Vartak , Dept. of

Economics and Prof. Jayashree

Vaze, Dept. of Statistics participated

in Faculty Development Programme

( DST – NIMAT PROJECT ) organ-

ised by Maharashtra Centre for Entre-

preneurship Development under

sponsorship of Department of Sci-

ence and Technology, Govt. of India,

New Delhi and EDM, Ahmedabad

from Jan 18-30, 2010.

Prof. Bhakti Todankar, Dept. Bio-

technology attended a Bioinformatics

Workshop at ACTREC, Kharghar on

Jan 21- 22, 2010. She also attented

Lady TATA Bioinformatics Work-

shop at Ruia College on Feb 1- 5,

2010.

Prof. Neelambari Kulkarni, Dept.

of Marathi and Prof. Sharmila Ja-

jodia, Dept. of English attended a

Refresher Course in Comparative

Literature organised by U.G.C Aca-

demic Staff College, University of

Mumbai, from Jan 27- Feb16, 2010.

Dr. Abhay Sawant has been sanc-

tioned Minor Research Project Grant

in Chemistry for the year 2009-2010.

Dr. Janhavi Bhagwat, Dept. of Zo-

ology, has been sanctioned Minor

Research Project Grant in Zoology

for the year 2009-2010.

Prof. Meher Mistry, Dept. of History

has been appointed as project associ-

ate for a Research Project on The Ge-

nealogy of the Sethna Family being

conducted under the aegis of the K.R.

Cama Oriental Institute.

Faculty Development Programme

Seminar/Workshop

Research Projects

Academic Outreach

Prof. Shyamala Kulkarni, Dept. of

Biological Sciences, Jr. College, was

invited as judge for Science exhibi-

tion of West Zone on Nov 11,

2009.She was also a Judge for Homi

Bhabha Young Scientist interview for

Std. VI (English) of Thane & rest of

Maharashtra Zone on Feb 21, 2010 .

Prof. Anagha Kamble, Dept. of His-

tory, was on the organizing commit-

tee for an International conference on

Culture of Peace on Jan 8- 9, 2010.

Dr. Shashi Mishra was invited as a

guest speaker on the topic Human

Rights for TYBMS students at Joshi-

Bedekar College on Jan 11, 2010.

She was also invited as a special in-

vitee at the inaugural session of an

International Seminar on Mind, Brain

and Consciousness at Joshi- Bedekar

College, Thane on Jan 13, 2010.

Prof. Pratibha Singh, Vice – Princi-

pal, was invited to judge an Intercol-

legiate Poster Competition for post-

graduate students at Ruia College on

Jan 15, 2010.

Prof. Kamlakar V. Indulkar Dept.

of Biology, Junior College,was in-

vited to Judge District Level Science

Exhibition organised by department

of Education at R.S.T. High School,

Govandi, on Jan16-17, 2010. He also

delivered a guidance lecture to SYJC

students on 'How to prepare for Biol-

ogy paper I and II.' at Ratnam Junior

College of Science, Bhandup on Jan

27, 2010.

Dr. A. P. Pandey, conducted a work-

shop on Paper VI – Rhetoric, Compo-

sition and Applied Language Skills

for the T.Y.B.A students at Birla Col-

lege, Kalyan on January 22, 2010. He

also delivered an expert lecture for

Postgraduate students on Literatures


in Translation at R.K.T. College, Ul-

hasnagar, on Jan 27, 2010.

Dr. Mithilesh Sharma, Dept. of

Hindi, compered a Seminar titled Sufi

Sahitya Ka Punar Mulyakan organised

by Sathaye College, Vileparle on Feb

5-6, 2010.

Dr. Jyotsna Nijsure, Dept. of Biology

Community Outreach

Dept. of Biotechnology organized a lecture by Dr. Narendra Chirmule, Executive Director, Amgen. Inc, U.S.A on

Challenges In Developing Vaccines On HIV for TYBSc, & MSc students on Jan. 6, 2010. Dr. Archana Shivpurkar,

CREMA, Mumbai delivered a lecture on Clinical Research for MSc-I students on Jan 9, 2010.

Dept. of English organised an inter-collegiate Script Writing Workshop on Jan 12, 2010. Dr. Kishan Pawar, Dept. of

English, M.D. College, graced the occasion as the Resource Person.

Women’s Department Cell organised a street play on Gender Sensitization. In- Charge, Dr. Shashi Mishra, organized a

one-day workshop for NSS students at, Kotwalwadi Rural Camp, Neral on Jan 7, 2010 on gender related issues.

Economics Association organised Arth– Gyaan, the one-day inter-collegiate students event on Jan 9, 2010. The Chief

Guest was Mr. M. Savarimuthu, General Manager, Indian Bank, who spoke on Lessons from the Recession. 95 students

from various colleges participated in the following four competitions.The competition I – Lead had the students doing a

role-play of world leaders and speaking on their economics policies. The world leaders were –. Dr. Manmohan Singh,

Mrs. Margaret Thatcher and Mrs. Benazir Bhutto. In Business Buzz, there were group presentations on four entrepre-

neurs – Ms. Chanda Kochhar, Ms. Kalpana Morparia, Mr. Nandan Nilekani and Mr. Vineet Nayyar. Eco- Talk had cur-

rent issues discussed. Visual Impact competition saw posters displayed on Landmarks of Mumbai.

Political Science Association and History Association jointly conducted a poster competition on Picturing the Decade

2000 – 2010 on Jan 13, 2010 and an elocution competition on Modern Indian Thinkers’on Jan 18, 2010. A field trip to

Vidhan Sabha was also jointly organized on February 1, 2010. A Personality Development Course was conducted by the

Association for students of TYBA from February 16 to 25, 2010. A joint Valedictory cum Prize- Distribution function

was organized by the Political Science and History Associations on February 26, 2010. Students who successfully com-

pleted the Certificate of Excellence Programme and prize winners of the various competitions organized were felicitated

by Vice Principal, Prof. Rashmi Wagle.

History Association conducted its annual History Quiz competition on Jan 16, 2010.

Philosophy Association conducted On the Spot Writing competition on the topic Gender Equality and Essay Writing

competition on Jan 15, 2010. Parents Meet for FYBA Philosophy was arranged on Feb 3, 2010. A Farewell cum Vale-

dictory function was organised on Feb 25, 2010. A PPT competition was held for the T.Y.B.A students on Feb, 5, 2010.

Large number of F.Y.B.A and S.Y.B.A Philosophy Students, attended Philo – Feast and Yoga organised by Dept. of

Philosophy, University of Mumbai and participated in various competitions.

Sociology Association organised a workshop on Women and Violence conducted by eminent speakers, Ms. Hasina Khan

DEPARTMENT NEWS

ASSOCIATION NEWS

Community Outreach

Jr. College, was invited as a guest

speaker to speak on Introduction to

Biotechnology & Nanotechnology at

Thane Vigyan Mahotsav organised

by Thane Municipal Corporation &

Jidnyasa Trust, Thane on Jan 28-31,

2010.

Prof. Shyamala Kulkarni was in-

vited as resource person for Lak-

sha,organised by Congress party at

Dombivli to guide students for HSC

& CET. She also judged the inter-

collegiate dance competition organ-

ised by Rotaract Club of R.J.College

at Saboo Hall, on Feb 22, 2010.

Dr. Mithilesh Sharma compered a

seminar titled Hindi Jan Sanchar

Madhyam. organised by M.M. P.S

College, Matunga on Feb 26, 2010.


LIBRARY NEWS

and Ms.Yasmeen from Awaj –a –Niswa , an NGO, on Jan 18, 2010.

Chem – Bond organized Spontaneous Chemistry & Poster Competition on Jan 25 & Feb 13, 2010 respectively.

Rotaract Club of R. J College arranged Danza La Gusto,an inter – collegiate dance festival on Feb 23, 2010. Rink Foot-

ball was organized on Feb 12- 14, 2010 and inter – collegiate Cricket Tournament was held on Feb 13, 2010.

Kannada Sangha organised a special lecture on Kannada Development and inter- collegiate Elocution, Debate, Singing

and Mono-acting competitions on Feb 14, 2010.

SAP Valedictory function was held on Feb 2, 2010. Sw. Ameetanandaji from Chinmaya Mission was the chief guest.

She delivered a talk on Essential Learning.

A rural camp was organized for NSS students at at Nerul, Raigad, from Jan 4- 10, 2010. Prof. Pratap Kamble accompa-

nied the students.

Junior & Degree Mix Girls Kabaddi Team was a runner up at the Kabaddi Tournament organized by M. D. College on

Jan 4-8, 2010. Junior & Degree Mix Boys Kabaddi Team won the Kabaddi Tournament organized by D.Y. Patil College,

Vashi on Feb 4-8, 2010.Junior & Degree Mix Boys Kho- Kho team won the Kho- Kho Tournament at D. Y. Patil Col-

lege, Vashi on Feb 4-8, 2010.

The College Cricket Boys Team (Degree) was a Runner Up at the Cricket Tournament at D. Y. Patil Cricket ground,

Vashi on 4th Feb 2010.Over all the College Sports Team was declared a Runner Up at the D.Y.Patil University tourna-

ment. They also won Raheja College, Inter College Cricket Tournament.Cricket Degree Team has reached the semi final

league stage at Sangam Lad Inter- Collegiate Cricket. Our Junior College Boys Cricket Team won Junior College Sports

Association Cricket Tournament Boys at Cross Maidan , CST Mumbai on Jan 4-15, 2010.Our College Junior boys

cricket team won Junior College’s Sports Association Cricket tournament beating Rizvi College in the finals.

Our College Taekwondo Men and Women team participated in University Taekwondo Tournament at Kirti College

Dadar on 11th Feb, 2010 .

Students of R.J College won Prizes at the intercollegiate event Arth – Gyaan organised by Economics Association. Ms.

Aarti Singh of T.Y.B.A. History and Mr. Amrutraj Poojary of T.Y. B.Com got the second and third prize respectively

in the Visual Impact Poster Competition. Mr. Manoj Vyas , Ms. Sangita Keni and Ms. Arpita Singh of the B.M.S

Dept. won the third prize in Business Buzz Competition. Mr. Punit Shah and Ms. Meghana Singh bagged the first

prize and Ms. Shaheen Sheikh and Ms. Aarti Sharma of BMS received the second prize in the Eco- Talk Competition.

Ms.Sujata Bugaji Godre of S.Y.B.Com received the Best Raider Award at the Kabaddi Tournament organized by M. D.

College on Jan 4- 8, 2010.

Mr. Shaikh Aquib Mobin was selected to represent Mumbai University Team at All India Inter University Cricket

Tournament held at Mumbai.

Mr. Pardesi Jaydeep Deepak, Mr. Jay Kumar Naik were selected to represent Mumbai under 19 Cricket team at All

India Inter Zone.

Mr. Imran Murtuza Ali Khan of SYBA won Silver Medal in University Taekwondo Tournament.

Ms.Swapnali Vinayak Dhanve of FYBSC won Gold Medal in University Taekwondo Tournament.

GYMKHANA NEWS

NCC NEWS

STUDENT NEWS


Why Not I?

Life often brings in moments when we have an

opportunity of doing new things and in different ways.

However, at such moments people cave in, to precedents

set before them. Is it not possible for us to set new prece-

dents? While my mind was munching over this question

in an attempt to find an answer, I came across a book

that filled my heart with contentment. Let me share my

experience of reading this book. I wish to send this mes-

sage to enthuse new hopes, new zeal and new happiness

in our hearts, in an otherwise commonplace life.

The book ‘Why not I?’ is a story of a woman &

her daughter – with a ‘Positive Syndrome! A. woman all

alone, with her daughters fights against all odds that

come in her life. At a very young age, she loses her hus-

band. He dies due to heart attack. Within a year, her

younger daughter, Devu, becomes a victim of wrong

medicines administered to her by her pediatrician. Thus,

is Devu made to suffer from a life long illness, ‘Stevent

Johnson Syndrome! at the tender age of six. Due to this

illness, she loses her eyesight completely & starts suffer-

ing from numerous medical complications. However,

they do not give up their hopes. They struggle, exhibiting

immense positivity. At the end, Devu excels in her ca-

reer, even achieves international recognition through

her work in her subject.

Now, let me let the cat out of the bag. This is a

real life story and not the brain child of a writer. Today

the central characters of the book are, in reality, also

leading their lives in the same way as is narrated in the

book. We can associate ourselves with the entire atmos-

phere in the book. The relationships of the two with other

people – whether that be their relatives, friends or

neighbours or even their pets, is unique, but yet, so real-

istic, so intensely touching!

At some point of time, almost everybody of us is

defeated by everyday problems of life. We go on strug-

gling, making petty complaints & making a mountain of

a mole. But Devu teaches us to believe in ourselves. In-

spite of losing eyesight completely, she is neither de-

pressed nor suffers from inferiority complex or feelings

of inadequacy. Devu sets an example for us: how with a

sound self confidence and humbleness we can carve a

GUEST EDITOR’S COLUMN success out of our lives. A sense of inferiority &

inadequacy always interferes with the attainment of

our hopes. Usually sour experiences by our dear

ones demoralise us & dampen our spirit of living.

Devu & her mother have ‘Minds of steel’. They

keep negativity out of their minds by building an

invisible wall of goodness. Devu’s openness to all

types of experiences in life, attracts us to her. In

spite of being blind, she is brought up by her

mother like any other normal child. When a blind

co- student requests her to join their group of

blinds to show the normal children their unity &

through this, their power, she decisively refuses to

adapt this attitude. Her philosophy is ‘even if she is

blind & she is not able to ‘see’ the world around, it

is unnecessary to create barriers in ‘feeling’ it by

keeping biases & grudges against others. People

around us are not always to take pity on us.’

Throughout the book, Devu & her mother

keep us in a trance. What Devu has achieved is un-

paralleled but the role that her mother played in

her life is truly exemplary. While reading this book,

a question that continuously hovers in my mind is–

if Devu inspite of her physical limitations & other

obstacles can lead a very positive & fruitful life,

‘WHY NOT I ?’

Prof. Manasi Vinod

Know your Guest Editor:

Prof. Manasi Vinod is lecturer in the Depart-

ment of Economics. She likes reading, travel-

ling, trekking and has an inclination for yoga.

R. J. Herald, Published by Principal Dr. Usha

Mukundan, R. J. College, Ghatkopar (W),

Mumbai-400 086.

Core Editorial Board: Prof. Neeta Chak-

ravarty, Prof. Meher Mistry, Prof. Maria

Shaikh, Dr. Janhavi Bhagwat, Prof. Suvarna

Kalshetty, Ms. Shailaja Mathapati.

(For Internal Circulation Only)


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