Guest Lecture

Workshop on Flower Arrangement St. John College of Humanities and Sciences, Palghar Department of Hospitality Studies conducted a workshop “Flower Arrangement” on 20-07-2022 from 10:00am onwards. The objective of this workshop is to create an awareness and enhance students of SYHS and TYHS creativity in flower arrangement using various techniques, types, shapes and colours. A social media post was created with the help of the media team and the same was uploaded on various social media platforms. Introduction to the resource person Mrs. Priyanka Khandekar was given by Ms. Prachi Patil Madam Faculty of Front Office. Later the charge was taken by the Mrs. Khandekar explained various types of arrangement , flowers, equipment, containers, accessories used in making different arrangements. Demonstration was for taken place in which Mrs. Khandekar covered a few academic topics for the students and simultaneously made the arrangements. She demonstrated with proper explanation of each arrangement with styles and also innovation using students’ ideas. In between question-answer sessions were held after every demonstration where all the students clearly understood the points. After a short break of lunch, all the students were assemble back to the session where students were individually prepared arrangements and shown to Mrs. Khandekar. After doing this workshop students were aware about the arrangements that are used in the hospitality industry, understood about the importance of flowers, selection, care and conditioning of plant materials.

Webinar on “Religious Nationalism and Communal Violence in India” The B.A. Department organised this Webinar on 11th April 2022 from 11:00 am-12:00 pm The session began with Dr. Ravi Shankar Mishra, HOD of Arts Department of St. John College of Humanities and Sciences welcoming the participants and introducing the resource person. The resource person, Dr. Basil Philip Kunnath, working as a Research Fellow at Centre for Social Research and Advanced Studies, Calicut, conducted the webinar using the online platform Google Meet. Dr. Basil Philip Kunnath started by explaining the concept of religious nationalism and its consequence in the terms of communal violence. He then quickly moved to his comparative historical method to trace the deep roots of religious nationalism and communal violence. He firstly began with deconstruction of the misconception that religions have nothing to do with regard to communal violence. As in common sensical understanding religion is always associated with its primordial aspiration to unite with almighty and spread the message of peace, it is not so often interrogated as a root cause of the communal violence. The petty-political interests of political leaders are definitely found as reasons for inciting of such violence, but religion is mostly spared. Thus, in this regard he traces a number of instances where religious clerics and preachers have in the past given many irresponsible and inflammatory speeches that have incited communal violence. Yet, the onus of communal violence is never placed on religion. He further gave examples of surging of religious nationalism in the context of neo liberal context where people who face an identity crisis while migrating to a different country become more latched to one’s own primordial identity. So, while they adopt the modern lifestyles and consumerism, they develop a neo-traditionalism, where they take recourse to their pristine past an assert their religious identity through reviving the traditional practices or symbols that become essential consumption material of their life and further mobilize a religious nationalist thinking. While upwardly mobile people who can move from one country to another in search of better livelihood and lifestyle, manufacture and develop rigid religious nationalist thought, the lower class are also swept by it. In this regard, he cited the Hindutva and Khalistan movements approach and their surge In the conclusion, the speaker emphasized on the importance of comparative historical method that has the potential to clarify many misconceptions and bring the fact to the light. Religious nationalism is one of the extant topics in sociology that is needed to be approached from new frameworks so as to understand its historical moorings in proper perspective After the lecture session, Dr. Ravi Shankar Mishra, requested students to ask questions from the resource person with regard to his lecture. The speaker answered their questions with an intent to register in their mind the importance of a scientific approach in sociologically studying such a sensitive subject and the need of dislodging the preconceptions in their mind. The event was attended by 27 participants. The event received positive feedback from the participants. After the question-answer session, the webinar concluded with a vote of thanks by Dr. Ravi Shankar Mishra to the resource person, principal sir, technical team and the participants.

A Seminar On The Topic ‘Functions Of Human Resource/Industrial Psychologist In Recruitment, Appraisal And Job Satisfaction.’ An informative seminar for the students of St. John College of Humanities and Sciences (SJCHS) was organized by the Department of Arts, SJCHS on the topic ‘Functions Of Human Resource/Industrial Psychologist In Recruitment, Appraisal And Job Satisfaction.’ scheduled on 31st March, 2022 at 10 a.m. in its endeavors to help the students to understand the functions of an Human resource department in terms of recruitment, appraisal and job satisfaction. The session was conducted by Mr. Sudhir Babu (Human Resources Manager of St. John Technical and Education Campus.)). The webinar was started by Mr. Saurabh Chavan, Asst. Prof. (Psychology), Dept. of Arts, SJCHS who introduced the speaker to the students. This intriguing session was attended by 10 students and 2 teachers. The speaker started with an introduction to HR and its various functions. He explained the concept of organization structure and organization chart. He talked about his personal experiences in the session related to the subject matter. He explained the process of recruitment in our campus and how an organization recruits people as per the recruitment of the employees. He also explained about some life changing aspects of taking interest in life which made students aware of how important life is and how not to waste it in unnecessary activities. He talked about appraisal and employee satisfaction. Many examples were given by the speaker from his personal life because of which students could easily relate it and understand the concepts. Lastly a question session was taken and students were happy to get proper answers for their questions from the speaker. Finally, Mr. Saurabh Chavan expressed his gratitude and vote of thanks towards the Speaker for conducting such an enriching session. He further thanked the Management, Principal of the college Dr. Brajabandhu Das and HOD (Dept. of Arts)- Dr. Ravi Mishra for their exemplary efforts in providing such platforms to the Teachers and the Students and helping them increase their knowledge on the subject. Feedback form was later sent to the students and the webinar was concluded.

a webinar on the topic ‘binge watching and its effect on health’​ An informative webinar session for the students of St. John College of Humanities and Sciences (SJCHS) was organized by the Department of Arts, SJCHS on the topic ‘Binge watching and its effect on health’ scheduled on 28th February 2022 at 11.10 a.m. in its endeavors to empower the students with the effects of binge watching and the benefits of controlled watching of audio visual content. The session was conducted by Mr. Tanmay Joshi (Asst. Prof.- Psychology, REBT Therapist, psychologist). The webinar was started by Mr. Saurabh Chavan, Asst. Prof. (Psychology), Dept. of Arts, SJCHS who introduced the speaker to the students. This intriguing session was attended by around 90 students and teachers. The speaker started with an introduction to binge watching. He explained to the audience the effect on cognitive decline due to binge watching. He elaborated on a case study based on binge watching explaining a student who got addicted to watching porn series and movies and how it impacted his life negatively. The speaker talked about some quick facts related to binge watching in which it was found that 61% of the audience on netflix watch 2-6 episodes in one single sitting. Other such facts were also discussed. Later, the speaker enlightened the audience with the effect on social isolation due to binge watching. He also talked about the average required screen time and the screen time which usually binge watchers have. Behavioral addictions related to binge watching were also discussed briefly. Then the speaker spoke about some takeaway points which can help students to control binge watching. Finally, Mr. Saurabh Chavan expressed his gratitude and vote of thanks towards the Speaker for conducting such an enriching session. He further thanked the Management, Principal of the college Dr. Brajabandhu Das and HOD (Dept. of Arts)- Dr. Ravi Mishra for their exemplary efforts in providing such platforms to the Teachers and the Students and helping them increase their knowledge on binge watching and its effect on health. Feedback form was later sent to the students and the webinar was concluded.

a webinar on the topic ‘economics in everyday life’​ An interesting webinar session for the students of St. John College of Humanities and Sciences (SJCHS) was organised by the Department of Arts, SJCHS on the topic ‘Economics in Everyday Life’ scheduled on 14th February 2022 at 11.10 a.m. in its endeavours to empower the students with the Economic concepts that they use in everyday life but unaware about it or don’t know how to use them . The session was conducted by Ms. Melista Rodrigues (Asst. Prof. of Economics),Dept. of Arts, SJCHS. The webinar was started by Mr. Saurabh Chavan, Asst. Prof. (Psychology), Dept. of Arts, SJCHS who introduced the speaker to the students. This intriguing session was attended by around 86 students and teachers. The speaker started with an introduction to uses of economics in everyday life. She explained to the audience the concepts of economics. She elaborated on the concepts such as opportunity costs, consumer surplus, Diminishing marginal utility and so on. The concepts were explained with the help of examples of real life. The speaker talked about some everyday market situations and explained how people used these concepts unknowingly. Later, the speaker enlightened the audience by giving them a practical market situation and asking them their reaction to it and further asking them which concept they have used for the same. Finally, Mr. Saurabh Chavan expressed his gratitude and vote of thanks towards the Speaker for conducting such an enriching session. He further thanked the Management, Principal of the college Dr. Brajabandhu Das and HOD (Dept. of Arts)- Dr. Ravi Mishra for their exemplary efforts in providing such platforms to the Teachers and the Students and helping them increase their knowledge related to economic concepts. Feedback form was later sent to the students and the webinar was concluded.