mLAC NEWSLETTER

Volume 1, Issue 1 mLAC NEWSLETTER July-September 2019

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mLAC NEWSLETTER A Quarterly Newsletter of

Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College For Women Autonomous

Volume 1, Issue 1

Editorial Board

Chairperson

Mr.K.Jairaj, IAS (Retd.)

Managing Trustee, mLAC

Editor in-Chief

Dr.Sushama Bavle

Acting Director and Principal

Co-Editor

Dr.Manjula.K

HoD, Journalism

Design and Layout

Ms.Mamatha.M,

Dept. of Comp. Science

Members

Dr.Subramanyaswamy

Dept. of Kannada

Ms.Kamala. A

Dept. of Biochemistry

Ms. Rajeshwari

Dept. of Commerce

Ms. Nischitha

Dept. of English

Editor's Desk

Greetings!

Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women was

established in 1972 by Dr.K.N.V.Sastri, noted scholar,

author and professor in Indian History and Politics, for

furthering the cause of women’s education in North Banga-

lore. The far-sighted vision of the founder has resulted in

the institution evolving into a centre for holistic develop-

ment of young women. Currently with a strength of over

2000 students, the college offers main stream courses in

Arts, Science, Commerce, Management Studies and Com-

puter Applications. Various add-on courses and value-

added programmes are also offered to enable holistic devel-

opment of personality.

It gives me immense pleasure to present this first quarterly

newsletter of Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College For

Women, Autonomous, for the academic year 2019-20.

During the last three months, a series of activities were

conducted with huge success. These include the orientation

for students, teachers, Freshers Day, Students’ Association

Election, Teachers Day, Ganesha festival, Pragathi,

Kalakriya and activities conducted by NCC and NSS. This

quarter also witnessed the teaching faculty and students

making a mark for themselves as achievers in their chosen

fields.

On behalf of mLAC community, I would like to express my

gratitude to Mr. K. Jairaj, our Managing Trustee who

sowed the seed of thought in bringing out this digital

newsletter.

My special thanks to Dr. Manjula K for compiling the

newsletter and Ms. Mamatha M for contributing to the

design.

-Dr.Sushama Bavle, Acting Director and Principal

July-September 2019

News At a Glance

Orientation Program for students 2

Election for Students’ Association 2

Inauguration of Students’ Association 2

Fresher’s Day Celebration 2

Ganesh Chathurthi Celebration 2

IIM Indore Make Intern Business Plan 3

Disha Workshop 3

Orientation Program for faculty 4

Independence Day Celebration 4

Faculty Development Program on AAA 4

Teachers Day Celebration 5

Humanities Intercollegiate Fest - KalaKriya 5

Interactive Session 5

Best Project Award 6

NCC 6

NSS 7

Achievements 8

Sports 8

mLAC in News 8


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Inauguration of Students’ Association and Fresher’s Day Celebration

The inauguration of Students 'Association and Fresher’s Day for the academic year 2019-20 was held on

31st July 2019. Dr. Sushama Bavle, Acting Director and Principal inaugurated Students’ Association and

presented them with badges.

The President, Vice-President, Joint Secretary, General

Secretary and other committee co-ordinators took the pledge to

serve the institution with utmost sincerity. Endowment prizes were

awarded to meritorious students.

The Fresher’s day events such as Fresh face, Fashion show, Dance and

Singing competition were conducted to provide an opportunity to freshers

for showcasing their talents. Chief Guest, Ms.Adithi Prabudeva, an ac-

tress of the Kannada film industry called upon the students to focus on

both curricular and co-curricular activities to optimise their potential in

student life.

Election for Students’ Association

The election for the academic year 2019-20 for various positions in the Students Association of the

institution was held on was held on 17th July 2019. The contestants

were given one week to file their nominations. The election was

held for the posts of President, Vice-President, General Secretary

and Joint Secretary. Candidates put in their best efforts to gain as

many supporters as possible. The voting was carried out using

EVMs supplied by Bharat Electronics Limited.

Orientation Programme for students

The orientation program for the fourth autonomous batch of students enrolled to the BA/

B.Sc./B.Com./BBA/BCA/B.Voc. courses for the academic year 2019-20 was conducted on

Wednesday, 3rd July 2019. Students and their parents were formally welcomed and intro-

duced to the culture and campus of the college. Dr. Asha Sidd,

Counselor and Psychotherapist and former Director- Academics of Banjara Academy was

the Chief Guest. In her address to students she encouraged them to dream high and work

towards accomplishing their goals. She highlighted the role of mind power on their ability

to achieve success and advised the students to seek the guidance of their elders and

experts.

Dr. Sushama Bavle, Acting Director and Principal presided over the function. Mr. K G Lokesh, Administrative Officer briefed the

students about CBCS. Ms. Kala N, Controller Examination highlighted the need for students to follow the stipulated regulations.

Ganesh Chaturthi Celebration

Ganesh Chaturthi was celebrated with great joy and pomp on 3rd September 2019. After installation of

the idol, the Maha mangalaarthi was performed, followed by darshan and prasad distribution. The sig-

nificance of the festival was highlighted to the students as Lord Ganesha is the symbol of wisdom,

prosperity and good fortune.


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IIM Indore Make Intern Business Plan 26th July 2019 and 27th July 2019

Certificate of Excellence to B.Com Final year students Ms. Ashwathy P.K., Ms. Chandana Sharma, Ms. Shruthi H., Ms. Yashaswini T., and Ms. Gow-

shika J awarded by IIM Indore as part of International B–Plan Championship

Disha Workshop


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Orientation Programme for newly recruited faculty

An orientation program was organized by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) for newly recruited faculty on Tuesday,13 thAugust,

2019 at the K.N.V Shastri auditorium of the college. The focus of the FDP initiated under the Programme for Reinforcement, Acceleration,

Growth and Advancement Through Internalization (PRAGATI) was to empower teachers with attitudes and skills for achieving excellence

as 21st century educators.

Independence Day Celebration

Faculty Development programme on AAA

The orientation program on Academic and Administrative Audit (AAA) was conducted on Thursday, 5th Sep-

tember 2019 in the Dr. KNV Sastry Auditorium. Fr.Joseph Xavier who is

currently the Director, Xavier Institute of Management , Palayamkotai and

formerly Principal, Loyola College, Chennai was the resource person for the

orientation.

He outlined the need for autonomous institutions to conduct AAA in order to

check whether the institutions have progressed from the previous NAAC visit

and also to follow a structured system of internal and external review. While the internal audit is con-

ducted by the IQAC of the institution, the external audit is performed by external agencies. Fr.Xavier

highlighted the role of IQAC in ensuring the smooth conduct of AAA.

NCC Cadets and NSS volunteers at

the Independence day celebration on 15th August

2019.

Dr. Sushama Bavle, Acting Director and Principal

hoisted the flag on the occasion. Ms. Veena, Princi-

pal PU College and Mr. Lokesh K G, Administrative

Officer addressed the audience.


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Teachers Day Celebration

Teachers Day was celebrated on 5th September 2019 with great enthusiasm and cheer. Various events such as Volleyball, Relay, Tug of

war, Lemon and Spoon race, Cricket, Treasure hunt, Just a minute, Pictionary, Housie, Musical Chair and cultural events were organized

for teachers to showcase their talents. Teachers actively participated in all the events and the prizes were distributed to all the winners.

Humanities Intercollegiate fest - Kalakriya

The Social Science fest, Kalakriya is an annual intercollegiate event. Kalakriya provides a platform for

students to exhibit their academic and creative talents. The fest conducted on 11th September 2019 in-

cluded events such as Crossword, Bhagavadgeetha recitation,

essay writing, Quiz, Debate on GST, Photography, Street play,

Logo Psyche and Mock Parliament .

Interactive Session

An interactive session on starting employability enhanced undergraduate degree courses in mLAC from

the academic year 2019-20 was organized on 9th September 2019.

Prof. R M Ranganath, Former Registrar BU and academic council members

interacted with the teaching faculty.

Mr. K Jairaj,IAS(Retd.), Managing Trustee, mLAC Trust graced the occasion

and provided valuable inputs. Ms. Vijayalakshmi Shibaroor and Mr. Dilawar

Ramadurga were special invitees for the session. Their inputs to enhance

employability skills in the UG curriculum was noteworthy.

Prof. R M Ranganath Ms. Vijayalakshmi Shibaroor Mr. Dilawar Ramadurga

Mr. K Jairaj


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Best Project of the Year- By Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology

NCC (ARMY)

13th July 2019: Conducted health awareness medical camp for teachers in the campus

26th July 2019: Participated in Kargil Vijay Divas rally organized by 1 Kar Bn.

27th July 2019: Participated in a rally organized by BBMP to create awareness about use of plastic.

20th August 2019: Participated in Sadbhavana Divas celebrations in college premises

20th August 2019: Participated in collection of relief material for North Karnataka flood victims.

30th August 2019: As part of Swachh Bharat, cadets took the initiative to create awareness about reducing the use of POP in making idols and promoting clay idols of Ganesha.

CPL Roopa.M and CPL L.Priyanka took part in Basic Leadership Camp held at Mysore in 2019.-2020

L/CPL Shrusti.T.N took part in Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Camp conducted at Amritsar 2019-2020

NCC (AIR WING)

Swacch Pakkad on 19th September, 2019

NCC Airwing Health Run

Ms Yashaswini N., Ms Surekha A. Hiremath and Ms Aashrutha R. of M.Sc. Biotechnology, III Semester, presented their project

“Production of lipase by solid-state fermentation of biofuel seed cakes and its use as a biocatalyst in biodiesel production”, carried

out under the guidance of Dr. S. Saraswati and Dr. Suneetha P., as part of the 42nd Series of the Student’s Project Programme spon-

sored by the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology. The project was adjudged as “Best Project of the Year” at the

Seminar and Exhibition held at K.L.E Society’s Dr M. S. Sheshgiri College of Engineering and Technology, Belagavi on 26th and

27th July 2019. Seventeen teams from different colleges in Karnataka participated in this event.

Cadet Under Officer Vatsala was one

among 2 Cadets from Karnataka selected

for National Level Camp.

Vayu Sainik Camp in September 2019


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Capacity building for 20 NSS volunteers

on 20th July 2019

Launch of Green Ambassa-

dor program and Green

Campus on 3rd August 2019

NSS

Hands on session and workshop of green ambassador and

waste management on 11th September 2019

B.PAC in Association with Israel consulate and MLAC has

partnered for the Beyond Leadership program. The program

had the Consul General of Israel to South India Ms. Dana

Kursh address the students on Leadership on 13th September

2019.

GAP Orientation program by Mrs.

Meenakshi on 13th July 2019

NSS Volunteers took part in Swachatha

Pakkad on 5th August 2019

mLAC NSS team collaborated with Campus to Community (School Bell)

Organization to renovate Government Schools from 20th to 22nd September

2019.


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Sports

Shruthi. G II B.Com represented Karnataka State Rugby team, nationals held

at Bihar from 16th to 24th July 2019,

Preethi N.P III B.Com, Bhavana H.S II B.Com and Lakshmishree S II B.Com

represented Indian Throwball team championship which was held at Pattaya,

Thailand from 24th—29th September 2019 and won the “GOLD MEDAL”.

mLAC Kabbadi team represented Karnataka State 30th Senior Nationals Cir-

cle Kabaddi tournament , held at Chandigarh from 18th to 25th September

2019.

mLAC in News Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women

18th Cross Road, Malleshwaram, Benga-luru, Karnataka 560012

Phone: 080 2334 9311

Email: [email protected]

We’re on the web:

www.mlacw.edu.in

Achievements

Dr..Hemamalini, Placement Officer, presented a paper on "Relationship between Stress and Instagram ad-

diction among college students” at the Second Canadian International Conference on Humanities & Social

Sciences 2019 (HUSO 2019) which was held on 13-14 July 2019 at University of

Toronto, Canada.

Dr.Paul Newman, Associate Prof. and HoD, History was invited to be the Keynote

Speaker by the Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi to address on

the topic, “Sri Lanka and the emerging threats to India” on 18th September 2019 at the

Strategic Conference on South Asia.

Dr.Annadanesha, Associate Prof. and HoD, Kannada was invited as a resource person by

Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, Ministry Of Culture, Govt. of India, on 30th August

2019

Dr.Subramanya Swamy , Associate Prof. , Dept. of Kannada was invited as resource person at Samkalin Sahitya

Spandana (Nataraj Huliyar’s literature) organized by Mysuru Geleyara Balaga Kannada Sahitya Parishattu on 22nd

September 2019.

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