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Webinar on How to use and Participate Responsibly on Virtual Platforms St. John Technical and Educational Campus – NSS units of SJCHS, SJCEM, SJIPR organized webinar on how to use and participate responsibly on Virtual Platforms on 6th February 2021, at 4:00 to 5:00 pm. The objective of this session was to create awareness among all the students about Basic Etiquettes, Behaviour, Technical Awareness while attending online lectures. Ms. Shraddha More (Asst. Prof. Department of Information Technology) was the resource person for the event. The introduction speech was given by Ms. Rushika Tevar, S.Y.BMS NSS Volunteer of St. John College of Humanities and Sciences. Ms.Shraddha More gave brief introduction on importance of online lectures after Covid 19 pandemic situation, challenges faced by faculty and students, online basic etiquette to all volunteers while attending online classes, lectures on various online platforms like Google meet and Zoom. She even informed students how to use Chat box, Overall Behaviour, different types of difficulties of students about online classes and how to overcome it. She also explained the different types of Interview etiquettes while attending interviews on virtual platforms, Responsive participants, Presentation, Communication skills, Body language, Online video Interview, Dos and Dont’s while attending interviews. 104 students including NSS and Non – NSS volunteers attended session online via Google meet and You tube live. Students from University of Mumbai and other NSS units also participated on You tube live. The session was interactive and many queries were asked by the students to the resource person. Many students appreciated the initiative and gave a positive feedback and requested to conduct such programmes more often. The vote of thanks was given by Ms. Showkiya Khan, S.Y.B. PHARM NSS Volunteer St. John Institute of Pharmacy and Research, Palghar. St. John Technical and Educational Campus Always organized innovative and technical based programmes to develop skills of the students.

Webinar on “The virtual show-around: The Leela Palace Bengaluru” The Department of B.Sc. (Hospitality Studies) of St. John College of Humanities and Sciences, Palghar had organised a webinar on the virtual show round of the five star hotel named “The Leela Palace, Bengaluru. Students of First Year, Second Year and Third Year of Hospitality Studies attended the webinar. The webinar commenced with the introduction of Mr Dhaval Kolhapure, Associate Director of SalesThe Leela Palace Bengaluru by Mr. Ranjan Sharma (T.Y. B.Sc. HS). The motive behind conducting this webinar was to introduce the hotel by virtual visit in the current pandemic scenario. The webinar started with the orientation of the hotel such as number of rooms, types of rooms, number of Functional Areas such as ballroom, banqueting and so on. Mr. Kolhapure also explained about the covid-19 situation and explained the way they handled the hotel in this pendamic. With the help of videos/photos Mr. Kolhapure even explained the details of the hotel how they function. A thank you speech was given by Mr. Ranjan Sharma (T.Y. B.Sc. HS) at the end of the session.