Guest Lecture

Virtual Awareness Session on Cancer Prevention & Healthy Life Style on the Occasion of World Cancer Day St. John Technical and Educational Campus SJCHS, SJCEM, SJIPR NSS units Palghar organized – “ Virtual Awareness Session on Cancer Prevention & Healthy Life Style on the Occasion of World Cancer Day from 4: 00 pm to 5:00 pm through online mode with active participation of NSS volunteers. The Introductory speech was given by Ms. Diana Fernandes (NSS Volunteers) The Objective of this session was to spread awareness among students about Common Cancer, Symptoms, Preventive measures, risk factor of cancer. And same information will be replicated by NSS Volunteers in the community outreach programmes. Ms. Sumki Begum – Programme Co-ordinator Outreach and Counselor Sanjeevani Life beyond cancer, Mumbai was the resource person for the event. Sanjeevani – Life beyond cancer, NGO Mumbai works for the prevention awareness programme for Cancer patients, Awareness session for college students. She gave information about Cancer awareness. Three aspects of Awareness, i.e Probability of getting cancer, Early Detection, Thought process etc.She also explained about nutrition and diets, Risk factors of Cancer, Different types of cancer and its symptoms and causes, Basic Do’s and Dont’s to the NSS volunteers while dealing with Cancer patients. Total 79 NSS Volunteers registered for online awareness programme and many students participated online on youtube stream. The programme was very much informative and societal concern. St. John technical and Educational campus always encourage students for community outreach programmes. Its not only creating changes within students but also its develop social awareness among the people within community. Volunteers are always keen interested to attend such events which help them to create value towards society as a unique and responsible citizens.

Webinar on Making Sense of “Social” during and after COVID Situation The B.A. Department organised this Webinar on 30th January, 2021 from 11:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m.The session began with Ms. Manasi Walimbe, faculty of Arts Department welcoming the participants and introducing the resource. The resource person, Dr. Ravi Shankar Mishra, the faculty of Sociology in Arts Department conducted the webinar using the online platform Google Meet.Dr. Ravi Shankar Mishra started by giving an introduction to the structure of his presentation, where he divided the Presentation into four broad topics: person1. Theoretical Deliberation on the Category/Concept – “Social” in Social Sciences:2. How the Conventional Sense of “Social” has been Operating in the Covid Situation?3. How the Extended Sense of “Social” has been Experienced in the Covid Situation?4. Conclusion (Possible Trajectory of “Social” in post Covid Situation) In the first topic he historically traced the emergence of the concept and the varied sense that it has come to convey. In this regard, he went to the enlightenment period and the various changes that happened in that time in the western world and that led to the necessity of exploring the category of “social”. Thus, he pointed out that the category “social” was posited against the category “natural” and a distinct domain of inquiry was carved out by the social philosopher which led to emergence of social sciences disciplines, and hence the domain of social emerged as a distinct subject matter for the social sciences. He further went on to discuss the varied etymological sense of “social” and stated that how the domain of “social” has increasingly shrunk. He drew attention of the participants towards its conventional sense. How conventionally the term has been used to refer to the domain of human relations Further he also presented the critiques of the scholars who have criticized this conventional sense of ‘social’ and have drawn attention towards the extended sense of social. In the second part he discussed about the conventional sense of social in the light of the present COVID crisis. How the social behaviour of people has got transformed due to the lockdowns and various restrictions that they have to undergo through He presented some factual data with regard to both—the aspects of relationship turmoil and relationship enrichment in the midst of COVID, domestic violence, loss of jobs etc. Here, he also presented a symbolical study of the social relationship through interpreting the comic strips on the COVID situation In the third part of his presentation, he presented the critique of the conventional sense of “social”. He elaborated on the extended sense of social that includes the relationship with non-humans, like objects, technology etc. Here he gave examples of people engaging with internet and computer technology for their work and studies and how the social can be mediated through them. Further, he dealt with the concept of ‘technical mind’ and ‘technicity’ as conceptualized by philosopher Gilbert Simondon. He explained this concept through the example of computer professionals/designers who engage in the act of whipping out the techniques through using various tools of various computer aided software. Further he drew attention towards the creativity of the professional as well as common men in this regard and how they come to innovate new things In the conclusion, he ended the presentation by appealing to look at the social in the extended sense where both humans and non-humans can have sensible interaction. Here, he also drew our attention towards our responsibility towards the other species in the environment and how we can look at these relationships in evolved sense.After the session, Dr. Ravi Shankar Mishra, himself invited the students for a brief session of questions form the participants. The event was attended by 20 participants. The event received a positive feedback from the participants. E-Certificate were awarded to the participants.

Webinar on “Current Trends in Mixology” On 21st of January 2021, St. John college of Humanities & Sciences-Hospitality department conducted a webinar @ 13:15 hours IST on the topic of “Current Trends in Mixology” and the guest speaker was Mr. Ajinkya Chaughule currently the Head Mixologist & Innovations, Cocktails & Dreams, Mumbai & Bar Solutions LLP. The session was open for all age groups irrespective of gender, area of services & Institution. The webinar was conducted via medium of ‘Google Meet.’ The webinar started by introducing the guest speaker by the student of TYHS (Ashley Pereira). Later on Mr. Ajinkya started his session by explaining the basic idea about a bartender and a mixologist. He talked about his personal journey in the hospitality industry, the highs and lows what he faced during his initial years of working and what he learned in his tenure and how he acquired and furnish his skills. The session then moved to the actual practical knowledge about bartending and the current trends which has been followed in the industry. The students get the chance to see the actual making of few cocktails prepared by Ajinkya and how each and every ingredients plays a very vital role in a drinks which we serve to a guest. He also talked elements of a drink or an ingredient which includes flavour, presence of oil & bitterness in a particular ingredient. He also explained the importance of ice and its various types which are been used in the beverage sectors. He also talked about the molecular mixology and usage of liquid nitrogen, dry ice, siphon gun, flavour blaster, smoke machine, etc. in the making of drinks as well as for the presentation of it. As the session was continuing various students raised their questions and doubts in front of Mr. Ajinkya and he answered the questions and cleared all the doubts of students with great examples in a very effective manner. It was very informative discussion going through between the speaker and the students while demonstrating cocktails.At the end of the session there was a questionnaire prepared by students and Ajinkya answered them in a very professional way. At last in the honour of our guest speaker Mr. Ajinkya Chaughule a ‘Vote of Thanks’ was given by the student of TYHS (Ranjan Sharma) and hence a very informative session came to an END…!!!!

Creating Application using python Department of B.Sc. (I.T.) had organized a webinar on “Creating Application using python” 16th January, 2021. The webinar was organised for S.Y. B.Sc. (I.T.) and T.Y. B.Sc. (I.T.) students to help them understand python and how to create mobile and web applications. The resource person for this webinar was Mr. Zulfikar Chamdawala who is a programmer/Analyst in Cognizant and the webinar coordinator was Mrs. Vandana Dubey. More than 80 students have attended the webinar and good knowledge was shared by our guest speaker.

Webinar on “Professional Email Etiquette” The B.A. Department organised a Webinar on “Professional Email Etiquette” on 16th January, 2021 from 11:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m. In today’s digitalized world, the knowledge and practise of professional emails is essential. Emails that adhere to etiquette are more direct and convey the message quickly. The session began with Ms. Upasana Adwa, faculty of Arts Department welcoming the participants and introducing the resource person. The resourse person, Ms. Sarah Roy, the faculty of Arts Department conducted the webinar using the online platform Google Meet. After the session, Dr. Ravi Shankar Mishra, Head of the Department of Arts invited the students for a brief session of questions form the participants. The event was attended by 76 participants. The event recieved a positive feedback from the participants. E-Certificate were awarded to the participants.