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Research Activities by students “AVISHKAR” Governor of Maharashtra, Shri. S.M. Krishna has initiated a novel inter university research project competition named ‘AVISHKAR’ in the year 2006. The prime objectives of AVISHKAR are to inculcate research culture among students and to encourage original and novel thinking. Five groups of students participated with their projects in the undergraduate category at District level on 7/12/19 under the guidance of Dr. Upma Paliwal. Three projects have won at the district level and qualify for the Final round of 14th Inter-Collegiate Avishkar Research Convention 2019-20. The names of the winning projects are: Delivery linkage channel for self help group in Palghar. To enhance the parking space availing possibilities in an easy way. Gas Automation system.

The Constitution Day on 26/11/2019 Department of Commerce, SJCHS, organises seminar on “Constitution Day” on 26th November, 2019. Seminar was conducted by Dr. Rambali R. Maurya, Assistant Professor, SJCHS on Fifth floor of SJCHS Bldg. In the seminar 55 students were present and took benefit of this seminar. This day is celebrated every year on 26 November in the country. On this special day Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, the creator of the Constitution, is remembered. On 26 November 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India formally adopted the Constitution of India. It came into force on 26 January 1950. It was declared by the government of India on 19 November 2015 to celebrate 26 November as Constitution Day every year. The announcement was made while laying the foundation stone of Ambedkar’s Statue of Equality Memorial. In Seminar speaker has explained various provisions of the constitutions with special reference to fundamental duties given under Article 51A.

Elocution Competition Literary Club of St. John College of Humanities & Sciences organized an Elocution Competition in English, Hindi and Marathi for the students of all the courses of the college. The objective of this competition was to encourage students to express their awareness about the contemporary issues of the Indian society and develop confidence in public speaking. The students were required to prepare their speeches for 3-4 minutes on the topics which were given to them in advance. The topics were:Topics :English If I were the Prime Minister of India Status of Women in India Technology; Boon or Bane for human life? Hindi अगर मैं भारत का प्रधानमंत्री होता… भारतीय महिलाओं की सामाजिक स्थिति टेक्नोलॉजी-मानव जीवन के लिए वरदान या अभिशाप Marathi मी भारताचा पंतप्रधान झालो तर… भारतीय समाजातील स्त्रीयांचे स्थान मानवी जीवनात आधुनिक तंत्रज्ञान – वरदान की शाप Sister Hilda Albuquerque, Administrative Head, appreciated all contestants for their interests and participation. She reiterated that such events should be held more so often. There were total 22 contestants: 15 in English, 3 in Hindi and 4 in Marathi. There were two judges for each language: English: Mr. Nelson Pereira and Ms. Manasi WalimbeHindi: Ms. Anuradha Jaiswal and Dr. Upma PaliwalMarathi: Mr. Rahul Khachane & Ms. Mrunal Bhoir The winners of the competition are: English: First Position: Sayli Jadhav (TYBMS)Second Position: Achinthya Bhat (FYBBI)Third Position: Shyamli Sharma (SYBMS) Hindi: First Position: Anandeshwar Singh (FYBSC IT)Second Position: Bhavesh Patel (FYBMS) Marathi: First Position: Rakesh Chauhan (TYBMS)Second Position: Aastha Raut (FYBMS)

BYB(Build Your Brand) A seminar on BYB (Build Your Brand) was organized by the department of B.Sc.(I.T) on 12th November 2019 in St. John College of Humanities and Sciences for FYBSc (I.T) and SYBSc (I.T). The seminar commenced by Mrs. Vandana Dubey (Bsc I.T) with the objectives and importance of the workshop. The motive behind conducting this seminar was to introduce the basic idea about BYB (Build Your Brand). It is said by someone that “our personal brand is what people say about you when you are not in the room– remember that.” The session was conducted for one hours explaining how to make their e-portfolio and resume on MIS. A demo session was taken to teach them how to make their own resume. Students then actively participated in making their CV.

How to crack Group Discussion A session on ‘How to crack Group Discussion’ was conducted on 5th October 2019 in Classroom No. 11, 4th floor SJCHS building. Mr. Nishant Mahadeshwar was the Facilitator for the Seminar. The seminar was attended by 34 students from B.Sc (I.T.) . The motive of the seminar was to conduct a group discussion among the students, to observe their personality and skills, ability to discuss on the given subject and to guide them on how to take part in Group Discussions. The session opened with the ‘Self Introduction’ of students. Continuing with the training, Mr. Nishant gave a topic to the students to involve into group discussion. The topic given was“ Your view on Article 370” The students were given 2 minutes to think over the topic before beginning with the discussion. The group discussion lasted for about 15-20 minutes. The highlights of the discussion are as follows: 1. There was an initiator who was also a dominator in the group. 2. The group discussion was in English as well as Hindi both Languages. 3. There were few silent observers who didn’t involve in discussion. 4.Some students were fumbling for vocabulary. 5.Students could highlight many important facts and figures pertaining to the topic. 6.Students were unable to understand the topic properly. 7.Lastly nobody could summarize the topic The session opened with the types of GD i.e. 1. Factual based 2. Controversial 3. Abstract 4.Case-based The main focus of Mr. Nishant was on the positive task roles in a GD. Few such roles are mentioned below 1.Initiator 2.Opinion giver/seeker 3.Information giver/seeker 4.Clarifier 5.Energizer 6.Social Supporter 7.Gatekeeper 8.Summarizer He emphasized that performing a positive role will have a good impact on the interviewer. He also warned them to not to be involved in negative roles like 1.Being disgruntle 2.Attacker 3.Dominator 4.Clown Mr. Nishant suggested students to use quotes, facts, figures, definitions, statistics, shocking statements, short story or general statement in the discussion. He gave hints on how to enter a GD midway and ideas to silent members on how to enter a GD. He also gave importance on the non-verbal communication i.e. body language by which attitudes and feelings are communicated. Lastly he tried to draw attention of the students to summarize and conclude the GD highlighting all the important points’ discussed by the group. Concluding the session Mr. Nishant advised the students to read newspapers and enlist three local, national and global news each which shall help them to be aware of the current news in the world.