A M O N T H L Y   N E W S L E T T E R J U L Y 2 0 1 9 • V O L U M E 1 • I S S U E 2

A DAY WITHTHE NATURE

FIFTHENDOWMENT

LECTUREMOTHER MARY

ALOYSIA A.C.

SWACCHBHARAT

PROGRAMME

Physical andBiologicalSciences

CareerOpportunities

INTER-NATIONAL BUSINESS

WorldEnvironment

Day

Physical andBiologicalSciences

CareerOpportunities

STRUCTURALEQUATIONMODELING

CabinetInaugural

AGNESTOWARDS

COMMMUNITY

SACCSAInaugural

ANTI-DRUG

DAY

JULY 2019

Highlights

Mother MaryAloysia A.C. fifth

endowmentlecture

AgnesTowards

Commmunity

SR. DR. JESWINA A.C

PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGEThe season of the rains, July, meant a breath of fresh air and new life for us at StAgnes College when we celebrated VANAMAHOTSVA both on campus, and inthe five villages adopted by St Agnes College by planting hundreds of sapling offruit bearing and shade giving trees.The annual feature of Mother Mary Aloysia Endowment lecture on 2 July broughthome to us a fond remembrance of our Founder and our Foundation Day. The most colorful event of the month was the installation of student cabinet ofUG and PG for 2019-20. Maintaining a perfect balance between academics andco/extra curricular activities the students had their Mid Semester examination. We hope you will enjoy reading this edition and relive your memories of StAgnes.

'Vanamahotsava'celebrated byplanting anddistributing

saplings

The Internal QualityAssurance Cell of St AgnesCollege (Autonomous)organised ‘Mother MaryAloysia A. C. - FifthEndowment Lecture’ on 2ndJuly.  Meena Vaidyanathan,Founder and CEO – NittiConsulting and also analumna of St Agnes Collegewas the guest speaker. Sr DrMaria Kripa A.C., Superiorand Joint Secretary of StAgnes Institutions, Sr DrCarmel Rita A.C.,Administrator, Sr Dr M.Jeswina A.C., Principal of StAgnes College(Autonomous),Sr Dr Venissa A.C.,Vice-Principal, Sr Dr Olivia A.C.former principal, Dr ItaGonsalves, IQAC coordinatorand Prof. Mariola C. Pinto,convener, were present.  Adocumentary on the worksand achievements of MotherMary Aloysia A.C., foundressof the College, whichwas compiled by Sr Dr

Mother Mary AloysiaA.C. fifth endowment

lecture

The Departments of Botany and Economics ofSt Agnes College organised ‘Vanamahotsava– Connecting People and Nature’ on 1st July2019.  The Chief guest, P Shreedhar, RangeForest Officer, Mangaluru division in hisinaugural address gave a call to the studentsto protect forests and spoke on theimportance of caring and saving trees. Sr DrMaria Roopa A.C., Joint Secretary, St AgnesInstitutions, Sr Dr Carmel Rita A.C.,Administrator, St Agnes College, Sr Dr MVenissa A.C., Vice Principal andShubharekha, Dean Administrator of StAgnes College were present. The dignitaries along with studentrepresentatives planted fruit trees and herbalsaplings in the college premises.  St AgnesCollege is all set to celebrate its centenary inthe year 2020. In connection to this event,the organizers distributed 100 saplings to100 students, wishing them all success. Inkeeping with World Environment Day 2019Theme ‘Beat Air Pollution’ is the 160countries all over the world are taking stepsto save the environment and planet.

Venissa A.C. was screened. Afloral tribute to Mother MaryAloysia A.C. was given by all thedignitaries present.  MeenaVaidyanathanthan in her inauguraladdress spoke on “Start Ups,Innovation, Technology – Futureof the Millennials”. In her lecture,she said, “Those who swimagainst the tide are those whocreate a niche for themselves.”“One needs to always follow theirgut as it knows what the headhasn’t figured out yet,” sheadvised.  Distinguished alumnaeRenitia Lobo and Shamitha Rao,the founders of Mother TheresaMemorial School,Shankaranarayana, Kundapurwere awarded for their pathbreaking services in the field ofeducation. Mrs Marina, IQACsecretary welcomed the gatheringand Dr Vidya Saraswathi sharedfew words of gratitude. MrsVinatha compered the programme.The faculty and the students of UGand PG, the alumnae of the collegeand the PTA members werepresent.

The UG Department ofEnglish of St Agnes Collegelaunched its extensionactivity of conducting‘Communicative EnglishCourse’ for the BA students ofGovernment First GradeCollege for Women, Balmattaon 24 July. The students offinal year Major English of St

Agnesians help Govt. College students better their communicative EnglishAgnes College are the facilitatorshelping their counterparts in theGovernment College to improvetheir English speaking skills.DrMalini Achar, Associate Professorof English, St Agnes College andDeepika Suvarna, AssociateProfessor of English, GovernmentFirst Grade College for Women arethe course coordinators.

The Department of UG Chemistry organised atalk on the topic “Higher studies andemployment opportunities in physical andbiological sciences” by Prof. Ronald Pinto on9th July at 3pm. The programme began with a prayer song leadby Namitha and team of ІІІrd B.Sc. AlishaMenezes of ІІІrd B.Sc introduced and welcomedthe chief guest.  Prof. Ronald Pinto motivatedthe students to pursue higher education, spokeabout its importance and career opportunities inthe field of physical and biological sciences.  Around 150 students attended the programme.Students who secured 85% and above inchemistry during the academic year 2018-19among which 16 students were from I B.Sc (ІІsemester),12 students from II B.Sc (ІV semester)and 7 students from III B.Sc (VІ semester) werefelicitated by Prof. Ronald Pinto. Students of IIIB.Sc Areeba proposed the vote of thanks andMaleeha compered the programme.

Seminar on “Higher studiesand employment

opportunities in physical andbiological sciences” held

Data is the key toeverything in this era: Dr

Amitabh Anand

The Department of Computer Applications organised a talk onInternational Business on 10 July 2019 for the M.Com andMSc Big Data Analytics students of St Agnes Centre for PostGraduate Studies and Research. The resource person for thesession was Dr Amitabh Anand, SKEMA Business SchoolCote d’Azur, France.Dr Amitabh gave a deep insight on how Business influence anindividual and also every aspect across the globe. He explainedthe importance of International policies. He said the technologyera currently is the Data Era, where everything speaks of onlydata.Dr Amitabh spoke on how students can choose interdisciplinary research topics to gain in-depth knowledge onvarious challenges faced in the International Business withData Analysis. The session started with a silent prayer. DrCathrine, HOD Department of M.Com, florally welcomed theresource person, while Mr Thousif Assistant ProfessorDepartment of M.Com presented a memento as a token ofgratitude.

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The ‘World Environment Day’ was celebrated byMangaluru Municipal Corporation, ForestDepartment, Mangalore Smart City Ltd, NationalService Scheme (Mangalore University), BharatScouts and Guides D.K District and Karnataka StatePollution Control Board, Mangaluru on 12th July. The programme began with an awareness rally fromMangala Stadium to T.M.A Pai Convention Centre at9 am. More than 2000 students from variouscolleges across the city, including St Agnes,participated in this programme. The chief guests were Saalumarada Thimmakka,Piyush L Rodrigues, U T Khader and Dr Sudhakar.The guests spoke on the importance of conservingthe environment for a better and healthier future.This was followed by an oath taking ceremony whereparticipants pledged to protect the environment.

T H E W O R L D E N V I R O N M E N T D A YC E L E B R A T I O N

National Level workshop onStructural Equation Modeling

The Department of Statistics organised atwo day national level workshop on'Structural Equation Modeling (SEM),' on12 and 13 July. The programme was opento the faculty members, researchscholars and students of variousconstituent colleges of the country. 62delegates representing 32 institutions ofIndia participated in this workshop. Theprogramme began with a prayer and thewelcome address was delivered by MrsShubharekha,the programmecoordinator. DK Zilla Panchayat CEO DrSelvamani R inaugurated theworkshop.  “Even though officialstatistics is considered as one of theyardsticks of development, it need notnecessarily indicate the realdevelopment. Official statistics and the  real statistics differ a lot. We haveplenty of data. But the challenge is toextract knowledge from the collecteddata,” Selvamani said.He focused on the fact that the real timedata plays a significant role in any fieldof social or agricultural sciences. Thechief guest gave a statistical touch to hisexpression and explained the importanceof structural equation modeling. Hestressed on manipulation, duplicationand nonresponse data which may lead toan error. Statistical techniques haveshown tremendous development over theyears, he said. Principal Sr Dr M.

Jeswina A.C. presided over theprogramme. In her address shehighlighted the importance of StructuralEquation Modeling (SEM) and alsomentioned about the upcoming centenaryyear celebrations. This programme wasdesigned to equip the participants withadequate knowledge about the variouscoding forms and data reductiontechniques with structural relationshipbetween the variables. Dr Ismail BProfessor of Statistics, MangaloreUniversity was the chief guest. Theprogramme concluded with the vote ofthanks by Ms. Harshini.

Cabinet Inaugural 2019-20

“Individuallywe are one

drop,together we

are anOcean”

AGNESIANS

The inaugural ceremony of the student cabinet for theacademic year 2019-20 took place on Saturday, July 13 atthe St Agnes PU auditorium. Rajni Lobo Patrao, PGDIB analumna of the College was the chief guest. Among thedignitaries present at the ceremony were Sr Dr M JeswinaA.C, Principal, Sr M Carmel Rita AC, Administrator, Sr DrM Venissa AC, Vice Principal, Sr Dr M Vinora A.C, PGCoordinator, Charles Pais, Registrar. IQAC Coordinator,Dean Administration, Deans, the PTA Executive Committeemembers, alumni, faculty, UG and PG students of theCollege were also present.The student cabinet comprises 29 members who are electedby the student body. The PG student president Anna UnaCrasta and UG student president Jerusha Maben took theoath administered by the principal along with eight Vicepresidents and 19 members of the student cabinet.

The theme that the cabinet has adopted for the year 2019-20is, 'Individually we are one drop, and together we are anocean'.Rajni Lobo Patrao in her address inspired and guidedthe new cabinet from her own experience as the privilegedstudent president of St Agnes College in the millennium year

2000-2001 and her working experience inthe corporate world as well as in the creativefield.

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AGNES TOWARDS COMMMUNITY

AGNESIANS TAKE UPENGLISH CLASSESAS PART OF ATC

The final year students of III BBA visited Dakshina

Kannada Zilla Panchayat Govt Higher Primary

School, Hosabettu, to conduct spoken English

classes to the students studying in I to VII

standard on 13 July. The aim of conducting this

activity was to help students of the government

school improve their English language. The pupils

of the school were divided into different groups

and each group had two students, teaching

them English. The students of St Agnes College

used creative methods to train the young minds.

The primary students were also taught some

action songs in English. All the students of the

school enthusiastically participated and learned

to introduce themselves to the audience in

English. The classes benefited 54 primary school

students.

As part of Agnes Towards Community (ATC), 40

students pursuing graduation in the science

stream checked the quality of water in

Amblamogaru village on July 20.

The students collected water samples from

various water sources and conducted several tests

under the leadership of Ms Smitha and Ms Hezil

from the Department of Chemistry and Mrs

Prajwal Rao, the HOD of the Department of

Microbiology.

The Department of Chemistry conducted water

tests to determine pH, conductance, turbidity and

hardness of water. Meanwhile, the department of

Microbiology performed microbial examination of

water. This involves tests such as - presumptive

coliform test, confirmed coliform test and

completed test.

AGNESIANS CHECKWATER QUALITY IN

AMBLAMOGARUVILLAGE-ATC

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'NEVER GIVE UP,' DR

AMITABH ANAND

ADVISES BBA STUDENTSA guest lecture was organisedfor the BBA students on thetopic, ‘Career Building and itsImportance’ on 18 July. DrAmitabh Anand, AssistantProfessor, SKEMA BusinessSchool, France was theResource person. The programme began with aprayer led by Viyona andgroup. Mrs Sabina, HOD ofBBA Department welcomedthe gathering and introducedthe guest.  Dr Amitabh Anandspoke on the importance ofbuilding a career. He spokeabout Sochiro Honda, thefounder of Honda, who nevergave up in spite of facingmany failures. Honda’sperseverance led him toachieve success. Dr Amitabh spoke about hisown life's journey and how hesucceeded in building up acareer for himself. The talkwas inspiring as it includedreal life examples. He alsospoke about the variousopportunities or scope forBBA graduates in India andabroad. Dr Amitabh concludedthe session with a message,follow your dreams, nevergive up and be happy in whatyou do.  Shreya Mallya of IIBBA delivered the vote ofthanks.

S A C C S AI N A U G U R A T E DW I T H G R E A TE N T H U S I A S M

S t A g n e s C o l l e g e C o m m e r c e

S t u d e n t s A s s o c i a t i o n ( S A C C S A ) w a s

i n a u g u r a t e d o n 1 5 J u l y b y S r D r

J e s w i n a A . C , P r i n c i p a l o f S t A g n e s

C o l l e g e .

“ I f e e l g r e a t j o y t o s e e t h e

e n t h u s i a s m o f t h e s t u d e n t s p r e s e n t .

Y o u n e e d t o s t r i v e , t h r i v e a n d

a c c o m p l i s h g r e a t h e i g h t s , ” s h e t o l d

t h e s t u d e n t s i n h e r i n a u g u r a l

a d d r e s s .

M r s A n i t a , t h e s t a f f i n - c h a r g e o f t h e

D e p a r t m e n t o f C o m m e r c e , R o d n e y

V a z a n d D e l a n L o b o , t h e S A C C S A

c o o r d i n a t o r s a n d t h e f a c u l t y

m e m b e r s o f t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f

C o m m e r c e w e r e p r e s e n t f o r t h e

i n a u g u r a t i o n .   S r J a n c y f r o m I I I

B . C o m l e d t h e p r a y e r s o n g w h i l e

S a n j a n a a n d g r o u p p r e s e n t e d t h e

w e l c o m e d a n c e . R a k s h i k a M a r i a m ,

t h e V i c e - p r e s i d e n t o f C o m m e r c e ,

w e l c o m e d t h e g a t h e r i n g .

J e s s i c a e x p r e s s e d t h e v o t e o f

t h a n k s a n d M e l i s s a c o m p e r e d t h e

p r o g r a m m e . P o s t t h e i n a u g u r a t i o n ,

S A C C S A o r g a n i s e d a p r o d u c t l a u n c h

c o m p e t i t i o n f o r I I a n d I I I B . C o m

s t u d e n t s . T h i s w a s t h e A s s o c i a t i o n ’ s

f i r s t a c t i v i t y .

T h e j u d g e s f o r t h e e v e n t w e r e

S a b i n a D ’ S o u z a , H e a d o f

D e p a r t m e n t o f B u s i n e s s

A d m i n i s t r a t i o n a n d S h e r y l

P r e e t h i k a , D e a n o f C o m m e r c e a n d

B u s i n e s s A d m i n i s t r a t i o n .

GUEST LECTURE

"Follow yourdreams,

never give up. Behappy with what

you do".Dr. Amitabh

Anand 

"Students need tostrive, thrive andaccomplish great

heights,”Sr Dr Jeswina AC

NSS VOLUNTEERS FROM ST AGNES PROMOTE SWACHH BHARAT WITH

CLEAN-UP DRIVES

T h e C u l t u r a l A s s o c i a t i o n

o f S t A g n e s C o l l e g e

( A u t o n o m o u s ) o r g a n i s e d

a d a n c e c o m p e t i t i o n

b a s e d o n I n d i a n d a n c e

f o r m s o n J u l y 2 0 . T h e

c o m p e t i t i o n w a s

c o n d u c t e d f o r t h e f i r s t

a n d s e c o n d y e a r

s t u d e n t s . 1 1 t e a m s

p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h e

c o m p e t i t i o n . T h e

c o m p e t i t i o n w a s j u d g e d

N S S v o l u n t e e r s o f S t A g n e s C o l l e g e

( A u t o n o m o u s ) t o o k u p c l e a n - u p d r i v e s

i n d i f f e r e n t s t r e e t s o f M a n g a l u r u a s a

p a r t o f t h e S w a c h h B h a r a t

A b h i y a n .     F i f t e e n N S S v o l u n t e e r s l e d b y

N S S c o o r d i n a t o r D e r i k D i a s c l e a n e d t h e

l i t t e r e d s t r e e t s o f A m b i k a N a g a r o n 6

J u l y . T h e y v o l u n t e e r e d f o r m o r e t h a n 5

h o u r s . P l a s t i c a n d o t h e r w a s t e d u m p e d

o n t h e r o a d w a s p i c k e d u p . T h e w e e d s

w e r e c l e a r e d . T h e r e s i d e n t s o f t h e a r e a

e x t e n d e d t h e i r s u p p o r t b y j o i n i n g t h e

c l e a n - u p d r i v e .   M e a n w h i l e , a n o t h e r

g r o u p c o n s i s t i n g o f 2 0 N S S v o l u n t e e r s

a l o n g w i t h t h e N S S c o o r d i n a t o r H e l e n

AGNESIANS PERFORM VARIOUSINDIAN DANCE FORMS IN ACULTURAL COMPETITION

AGNESIANS MARCH

TO RAISE

AWARENESS ON THE

HARMS OF USING

DRUGSThe NSS Unit of St AgnesCollege observed WorldAnti-Drug Day byparticipating in theprogramme organised byShri Dharmasthala RuralDevelopment Project, B.CTrust, Mangalore Taluk,Karnataka State AlcoholRestraint Board, Bengaluru,Canara Bank, SyndicateBank, Karnataka Bank andDistrict Legal ServicesAuthority of DakshinaKannada on July 18.The programme began withan anti-drug awarenessrally at 9 am from JyothiCircle to Town Hall. 21 NSSvolunteers from St AgnesCollege participated in thisrally. After the rally, allparticipants assembled inTown Hall to witness theformal programme.Dr M Mohan Alva,Chairman, Alva's EducationFoundation, Prof. PSubramanya Yadapadithaya, Vice-Chancellor,MangaloreUniversity DarshiGangadhar, Senior CivilJudge and Legal ServiceAuthority member andMahabala Chauta were thechief guests. They enlightened theparticipants on the use aswell as the abuse of drugsand the impact of the sameon society.The talk was followed bythe screening of anawareness video on ‘DrugAwareness’ and an oathtaking ceremony whereparticipants vowed to stayaway from drugs.

Serrao cleaned the littered roads of Kanain Hosabettu village on the same day.Along with the clean-up drive, threesaplings were planted. Prathibha Kulai,the area corporator, arranged for the toolsrequired for the drive and a vehicle todispose the collected garbage from thearea. Rotarians Naveen Kumar andRajendra P supported the programme andmotivated the NSS volunteers. The driveended with refreshments provided by thecorporator.  One of the NSS volunteersopined that the day was well spent byrendering social service, motivating andeducating people about a plastic freenation.

place was bagged byVarnika and team and theThird by Anusha andteam. The participantswere encouraged by thehuge and supportiveaudience. The programmewas compered by JewalRophine Crasta and itconcluded with the vote ofthanks by Anjali Nambiar,secretary of CulturalAssociation.

by Deepthi Bharnekar,who has completed herVidwath under theguidance of VidushiSharada Mani Shekar andSrilatha Nagraj fromSanatana Natyalaya andHarshini B.M, coordinatorfor Cultural Association.The winners of thecompetition were, Firstplace was bagged bySaksha and team, second

Seminar helps students to discoverthe Leader within

The Department of BBA organised a guest talk on the topic ‘The leader in meand the seven habits of a highly successful leader’ on July 23 at 2 pm.

Mrs Aruna Doreen Menezes, Assistant professor, St Aloysius College, Beeri wasthe guest speaker. Elson Dsouza, Assistant professor of BBA department

welcomed the gathering and introduced the guest. Mrs Aruna advised studentson how to think like a leader and become one.  The speaker concentrated onStephen Covey’s 7 habits of a highly successful leader such as Be Proactive,

Begin With the End in Mind, Put First Things First, Think Win-Win, Seek Firstto Understand, Then to Be Understood, Synergize and Sharpen the Saw. Mrs

Aruna concluded with the message, “to be a successful leader we should beginwith a change in ourselves.”Jinisha of II BBA delivered the vote of thanks.

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ST AGNES AND BAJAJ FINSERV LAUNCHCERTIFICATE PROGRAMME

(CPBFI)

Effectiveness of a leader iswhat matters the most

The management of St AgnesCollege (Autonomous) organised aseminar for the student cabinetand the class representatives onthe topic ‘Leadership - Nothing isImpossible’ on 24 July.Dr AustinD’Souza Prabhu, Editor of VeezKonkani Illustrated WeeklyInternational e-Magazine was thechief guest. Mrs Chethana,Assistant Professor of BBADepartment welcomed thegathering and introduced theguest. Dr Austin Prabhu highlighted theimportance of being a leader andstressed that it is not enough to bea leader but what counts is howeffective a leader is. He

The launch of Bajaj Finserv’s Certificateprogramme in Banking, Finance and Insurance(CPBFI) was held on July 24 at St Agnes College(Autonomous).  Archana Bhat, senior manager atBajaj Finserv, Peter Pinto, insurance expert andtrainer, Lawren Castelino, placement officer, StAgnes College were present for theinaugural.    The programme began with a prayerconducted by the students. Thereafter, thedignitaries and the audience were welcomed.Archana briefed the students about CPBFI andhow it is helpful. She also gave her insights onhow the course will help women in their careers.She highlighted on what to expect fromCPBFI.  Peter Pinto gave more information aboutinsurance sector and career prospects in theinsurance field.

Linsa Lobo proposed the vote of thanks. Nerissa Noronhacompered the programme.After the launch, the MoU was signedby Bajaj Finserv and St Agnes College.

mentioned instances from hispersonal life to motivate studentsnot to give up and advised themto strive to be a role model for all.He said that a leader should puttheir duty first and foremostabove others and expect nothingin return. He also spoke about theimportance of working harddespite the obstacles in the wayand even reminisced about hissuccess story when he was young.His story inspired the studentcabinet and class representativesto work hard and achieve greatheights. The session ended withArolyn Rodrigues delivering thevote of thanks.

'' Strive and Thrive

in extremelyunfavorable, thinkout of the box to

come up with newideas that can

benefit the societyin general''

DR. AustinePrabhu ''

N C C C E L E B R A T E SK A R G I L V I J A Y D I W A S O NT H E O C C A S I O N O F 2 0 T H

A N N I V E R S A R Y

A programme on Awareness on dengueoutbreak and the precautionary stepsthat need to be taken was held at StAgnes College (Autonomous) on 22July. The programme was organised bythe staff coordinators of NSS and YouthRed Cross, St Agnes College. Around100 students of NSS and YRC attendedthe programme. Jayashree, staff coordinator of YouthRed Cross welcomed the gathering. SrPrathima, Ruth and Sona, students ofRoshni Nilaya School of Social Workwere the resource persons for theorientation.The programme comprisedof two sessions. The first sessionfocused on the highlights of the diseaseand its mode of transmission. Duringthe second session, the speakersenlightened the audience on preventionand management of the disease. Ayisha Abdul Kader, secretary of YouthRed Cross, delivered the vote of thanks.

National Cadet Corps (NCC)of St Agnes College,Mangaluru, celebrated KargilVijay Diwas with great prideat the College Conference Hallon 26 July. The day marksthe 20th anniversary of thesuccess of ‘Operation Vijay’,where Indian armed forceswon over the infiltratingPakistani troops.The Kargil Vijay Diwas is aday of great pride for thenation in general. It is the dayto remember the martyrs,rejoice their sacrifices andstrengthen the resolve of theArmed Forces to the cause ofthe nation. Lt Col GracianSequeira, administrativeofficer, 18 KarnatakaBattalion NCC was the chief

guest on this occasion. In hisaddress, Lt Col Sequeiraenlightened the students regardingthe values and standards of IndianMilitary. He also stressed on therighteous cause for the celebrationof Kargil Vijay Diwas.Sr. Dr Jeswina AC, Principal, StAgnes College, presided over theprogramme. During the programme,cadets of Army Wing were honouredwith ranks. The cadets showcasedthe role of Indian Army with aperformance.Dr R Nagesh, ex-serviceman, HOD Department ofHindi delivered a talk on thesignificance of the day. Lt GayathriB.K-ANO, Army Wing, Dr HithakshiAnand of Air Wing, Dr TressyMenezes, in-charge of NCC of StAgnes PU College were present. Thefaculty of the college and the NCCcadets of St Agnes and St AloysiusCollege were also present.

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A W A R E N E S S O N

D E N G U E

O U T B R E A K

god is MY strength

St Agnes College Principal SrDr M Jeswina A.C wasappointed as an expertCommittee Member by theUGC to review the Autonomystatus of Bharathi Women'sCollege, Chennai, Tamilnadu,affliated to University ofMadras on 18-19 July 2019.

as AN Expert

Committee

Member

St Agnes College organised afarewell programme for  sixsupport staff members on July26. Bernadine Pinto, GregoryLeonard Sequeira, JeofreyFernandes, Francis CliffordFernandes, Eliza Monteiro Pand Poovamma were the staffmembers who were felicitatedon their retirement. Theyrecalled and

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shared their memories and

experiences working at St Agnes

College. The support staff

members expressed their

gratitude and contribution of the

college in their personal and

professional life. All the principals

and adminstrators were recalled

by the retiring support staff

during the delivery of their

message.  

Farewell programme for

support staffs 

POST GRADUATION

J U L Y 2 0 1 9

The latest news and updates from St Agnes Post graduation &research centre

Complexities ofresearch can bereduced by followingapt methods: DrVishala B K

ORIENTATION FOR ISTYEAR M,SCPSYCHOLOGYSTUDENTS

GUEST LECTURE ONMUTUAL FUNDS GIVESTIPS ON INVESTINGINTELLIGENTLY

INTERNATIONALBUSINESS FOR PGCOMMERCE STUDENTS

ORIENTATIONPROGRAMME FOR IYEAR STUDENTS

I N T H I S I S S U E

St Agnes College Chief Librarian Dr Vishala B Kconducted a session for the Commerce post graduatestudents on different methods of conducting researchon July 4. Dr Vishala spoke on various steps involvedwhile conducting research. She also helped studentsin understanding the complexities of research whichcan be reduced by following proper methods andreferring right articles. She gave students information regarding e-journals such asN-List, J-Gate, Shodhganga etc. which could be easilyaccessed by students. “Prepare, organise, combine andevaluate,” were the four key aspects she explained in hersession. Prior to the session, Vamshi T G welcomed thegathering. Priyanna D’Cunha on behalf of students,expressed gratitude to Dr Vishala.

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Session on International Business for PGCommerce students

International Business. The twohour session was an informativeand knowledgeable one which notonly gave students a clear idea onInternational Business but alsoexposed them to the currentscenarios and highlighted theimportance of Big Data.The audience included the HOD,faculty and students (I year and IIyear) of the PG Department ofCommerce; the HOD, faculty andstudents of the PG Department ofBig Data Analytics. The sessioncame to an end with LavitaSaldanha from II M.Com proposingthe vote of thanks.

Business. He stressed on certainareas and sectors which are of highimportance like the travel and tourismindustry. Dr Amitabh spoke about  websiteswhere students can start workingwithout making any investment andalso told them about the platforms tohost businesses. He spoke about thesteps that need to be followed whileengaging in International Business.He also spoke about a few websiteswhere one can get funds fromdifferent geographical locations. DrAnand spoke on the data mining thatis taking place in the world today andalso about the cyber hacking that ishappening in

Psychological perspectives analyzed with moviescreening, book review and music therapy

Dr Amitabh Anand, AssistantProfessor and HOD Department of BBASKEMA Business School, France,delivered a guest lecture on the topic‘International Business’ for postgraduate students of St Agnes Collegeon July 10. Dr Anand spoke on thepresent situation of InternationalBusiness and helped studentsunderstand the global businessscenario. He gave real life examplesand his experiences relating to variousconcepts including big data andhacking. He provided informationrelating to the policies and relationsbetween countries and the websitesone needs to read to gain knowledgeabout the trends in International

The PG Department of Psychology heldthe screening of the movie ForestGump for I and II year M.ScPsychology students on July 15. Areview session and interaction washeld post the screening. Students weremade to note down variouspsychological perspectives shown inthe movie and asked to submit a reporton the same.

was conducted by Dylan from IIyear M.Sc Psychology. On July 29,II year Psychology studentUnnimaya held a session on ‘Musicas a therapy’ for students of I andII year Psychology. She playedmusic which all had to analyse andshe discussed various perspectiveson how music could be used forhealing.

On July 22, a book review session washeld. Susan Cain authored ‘Quiet: ThePower of Introverts in a World ThatCan’t Stop Talking’ was analysed. Thesession was conducted by Rajath fromI MSc Psychology. The same day,short film ‘Peanut Butter’ directed byManu Chobe was screened and lateran analysis was held. The session

GUEST LECTURE ON MUTUALFUNDS GIVES TIPS ON

INVESTING INTELLIGENTLY

'EARLIER THE BETTER; LONGERTHE BETTER’, A guest lecture on ‘Mutual FundInvestment for Wealth Creation’ by APrashanth Kumar, AssistantProfessor, SDM College was held forCommerce post graduate students ofSt Agnes College on July 19. Themain focus of the lecture was on howindividual investors can invest andgenerate returns from mutual funds.It included the explanations abouthow mutual fund industry has grownalong the years being one of thesuccessful avenues in investmentsector. The key factor stressed uponby the speaker was ‘earlier the betterand longer the better’, that is, theinvestment can fetch good returns 

only if one can invest in it as early aspossible and keep it invested till alonger period of time.He also spoke about the financialgoals one needs to have and how itcan be matched with investments.Prashanth spoke about the ‘Rulenumber 72’ which is used to calculatethe number of years it takes formoney to double and the various keyinvestment considerations. Thedifferent rates of return for differenttypes of investments were alsotouched upon by the speaker.  Thestudents got to know about thedifferent types of mutual funds basedon various classifications. Hementioned about the high

risk, moderate risk and low riskmutual funds which one needs toconsider while investing.The session was helpful especiallyfor the final year M.Com studentswho will soon start earning and canmake productive utilization of theirincome.The guest lecture facilitatedstudents to gain an insight into howmutual funds work, how one canmake investments in mutual funds,what will be the returns, what kindof mutual funds are best to invest inetc. The two and a half hour sessionhelped students in understandingunknown aspects regarding mutualfunds.

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ORIENTATIONFOR I YEAR M.SCPSYCHOLOGYSTUDENTS HELD

“Turn your

spark into a

flame”

The Department of Psychologyorganised an orientation sessionfor the new set of students ofM.Sc Psychology on July 8.The session began with an icebreaker, where the 47newcomers got an opportunity tointeract with their classmates. Later, faculty members Dr VPremanand, HOD of Psychology,Assistant Professor DeepthiKodoth, Assistant ProfessorDeepa Kotari and AssistantProfessor Anirudh Rameshproposed their ideas about thecourse.They gave an introduction to thesubjects which the first yearswill study in the academicyear.This was followed by asession explaining thefunctioning of the department.The II year students briefed thefreshers on what to expect in theupcoming years and aboutcertain college rules they are tofollow. Post which, II yearstudents introduced themselvesthrough a documentary.

PG Fresher’s Day brings outstrengths and talents ofnewly inducted students

The Fresher’s Day for First year post graduate students was heldon July 20. The programme was themed “Turn your spark into aflame” and the students were motivated to explore theiruniqueness and showcase their strengths and talents to the entirepostgraduate family. The programme commenced at 9:30 am where Arathy Chandhrantook the privilege of welcoming everyone. The I year ClinicalPsychology students gave a good start to the programme with aperformance on the theme ‘Retro’. It was followed by a shortperformance by the I year Big Data Analytics students on thetheme ‘Music Trends’. Next were the students of I M.ScChemistry who gave an amazing performance on the theme ‘FearFight Survival’. In order to cheer up the seated audience, amusical chair game for the Lecturers was conducted. Dr GeethaNazareth from the Department of Chemistry turned out to be thewinner. Next performance was from the PG Department ofEnglish with an exclusive theme of ‘Be Yourself’. The I yearGeneral Psychology students put up a play on the theme‘Halloween’.The final performance was from the students of I M.Com whogave a perfect end for the Fresher’s day performances with theirtheme ‘Kudla Express’.The college cabinet introduced ‘The NewAgnesian  Contest’, to recognise the proactive spirit amongfreshers. PG student president Anna Una Crasta took charge tointroduce the contest and its objectives. Mr Delan Lobo from the UG Department of Commerce and Ms Athena Aranha, UGDepartment of Psychology were the judges.Chris was conferred the ‘New Agnesian’ title. She was crownedby the PG Coordinator Dr Sr Vinora AC. The HODs of variousdepartments awarded a bookmark and pen to their respectivenew Agnesian participants.The contest was hosted by Sharon Vasand Unnimaya Madhu with charm and cheer. Anna proposed thevote of thanks. Dr Sr Vinora AC gave a memento to the judges asa token of gratitude.