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M.O.P. NEWS
October 2020 Vol 7 Issue 1
A Virtual Teachers’ Day
M.O.P. installs new Student Cabinet
Students and faculty members celebrate Teachers’ Day
Principal Dr. Lalitha Balakrish- The teachers enjoyed the cog-
nan spoke about the importance of nitive challenges posed by a
Mr. M. Sathya Kumar addresses the Student Cabinet
teachers and their effective work few rounds of rebus puzzles
Jananie Mohan from B.Com a beacon of innovation and during the pandemic in her ad- and other online games, with
(Honours) was installed as the said the day’s event was an dress during the virtual Teachers’ answers corresponding to lo-
Prime Minister of the Student instance of such innovation. Day celebrations held on Sept. 4. cations on the M.O.P. campus
Cabinet for the year 2020-21 in The college’s Student Cab- The theme for this year’s cele- and other references familiar to
the investiture ceremony held inet replicates the democratic bration was ‘Pastels and Florals’. the M.O.P. family. The Student
on July 20, which also saw the form of leadership with a student The teachers from undergraduate Cabinet followed up the online
installation of deputy ministers prime minister at the helm, ably departments, post graduate de- meeting with a ‘Certificate of
Yashvi C. Bhansali from B.Com assisted by two deputy prime partments, language and sports Appreciation’ expressing grati-
(A & F) Shift I and Jananis- ministers and a cabinet of eight departments and other college tude and respect dispatched to
ri S. from B.A Economics. ministries, 18 ministers and dep- faculty attended the virtual event. the faculty members on Sept. 5.
In her welcome address, the uty ministers holding various
principal, Dr. Lalitha Balakrish- portfolios like home, health and
nan, noted that sound leader- hygiene, sports, entrepreneur- Freshers break ice online
ship at all levels is the need of ship, youth affairs, environment,
the hour and will help the world innovation and communication.
tide over these testing times. The principal administered
The chief guest Mr. M. Sathya the oath of office to the newly
Kumar – Chartered Accoun- elected leaders. The event came
tant, Chief Mentor at Tycoon to an end with a vote of thanks
CA Academy and founder of proposed by the newly induct-
Swami Vivekananda School ed student Prime Minister.
of Public Policy – brought out The Student Cabinet will plan
eight impeccable leadership and roll out several literary, First-year students on Freshers’ Day
principles from the life and cultural and social events for On Sept. 5, Sruthi S. from B.Sc The traditional carnival atmo-
teachings of Swami Vivekanan- the student community. These Computer Science bagged the sphere of M.O.P. Freshers’ Day
da and their relevance in the will be presented in the form first prize on Freshers’ Day. was recaptured with the first-
current scenario. He congrat- of a proposal at the first par- The second and third prizes year students’ talent competition.
ulated the college for being liamentary session of the year. were won by Varsha R. from Pre-recorded videos exhibiting
B. Com A&F Shift II, Srin- a special talent were shortlist-
Sudha Raghunathan speaks about power of music ithi Ashok from B. Sc Visual ed by a jury, and the winners
Communication and Shweta were later announced by Prin-
Kochar from B. Com Market- cipal Dr. Lalitha Balakrishnan.
ing Management respectively. Ice-breaking games facil-
The theme for this year itated open interaction among
was ‘Sparkle and Shine’. The the students. A three-round quiz
Ministers and the Deputy Min- was followed by the party game
From L to R: Ms. Sudha Raghunathan, Mr. M. Murali isters of the 17 departments ‘Two truths and a lie,’ which
conducted the event separate- required participants to state
Isaiyan Shakthi: Ms. Sudha Raghunathan speaks about the ly for their first years. Along three sentences, of which class-
healing nature of music at an online seminar organised with the cabinet members, a mates had to identify the lie.
by the Tamil Club of the college, in association with Sri faculty from every department By the end of the evening, the
Krishna Sweets, on June 24. Mr. M. Murali of Sri Krish- accompanied the students. ice was well and truly broken.
na Sweets also addressed the audience on the occasion.
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Virtual friendships deepen ties among
From the Principal’s desk
M.O.P. freshers
This unprecedented collective experience that the world is living
through has enforced a paradigm shift in leadership thinking. From
a single-minded goal-oriented strategy, what has now emerged is a
nuanced approach that combines balance with empathy.
Balance, more than anything else, has been uppermost in the
minds of all leaders. On the one hand, of course, is the infection rate
and measures to contain it. On the other hand, for Heads of State,
has been the need to bolster the economy. For corporate houses, it
has been the necessity to maintain business and the bottomline. For
us, on the other pan of the scale has been our long-standing mission
to deliver quality, holistic education to our thousands of keen, mo-
tivated students.
As soon as the country went into lockdown, while we watched
for guidelines from the University Grants Commission and the Ed-
ucation Departments of the Centre and State, we also plunged into
some furious preparation. When it became clear that online plat-
forms would be the way of the near-future, we zeroed in on a suit-
able online platform for the conduct of classes.
After a smooth transition of all classes onto the virtual mode,
From L to R: Bhavana W.R., Yogavigneshwari M.
we have managed to give the incoming batch of freshers a vintage
M.O.P. welcome with a virtual freshers’ party. Other notable days
on the M.O.P. calendar – Student Cabinet investiture, Teachers’ day, The 2020 batch of first- about each other’s likes, dis-
Ganesh Vandan and Nand Mahotsav – all made a seamless move year students define virtual likes, and personalities, and we
to the online mode so that none of the M.O.P. flavour and fervour college in interesting ways. share memes, too,” she says.
have been lost. We have also successfully conducted end-semester “It seems very futuristic, like Virtual friendships form at a slow-
examinations in the online mode for the outgoing batch of students a misplaced puzzle piece in the er pace, and cast a narrower net.
as mandated by the UGC, and even announced the results in record puzzle of college experience,” “The circle [of friends] would
time. says Sushma G. from B.Sc have been wider if it had been
On campus, operating with a skeletal staff for maintenance of in- Food Science Management. physical. We would have gelled
frastructure and administrative affairs, we have implemented safety Bhavna from B.Com (Honours) with people from other depart-
measures in the form of mandatory temperature checks at the gate, equates virtual college to watch- ments and our seniors, too,” says
and touch-free, automated sanitiser dispensers on every floor. ing “a movie to which we have Yogavigneshwari M. from B.A
to pay a lot of attention as the Sociologyaboutaphysicalfriendship.
While we all yearn for human companionship, and ardently wish movie will only be played once.” The sharing of objects makes
for the day to quickly arrive when it will be safe to admit students Virtual college has changed all the difference for Sushma.
into classrooms, for the present, it is a blessing to be able to meet definitions of friendships, too. “In a physical class, we could
students in virtual classrooms and see “Friendships formed through share notes, thoughts, food,
them as engaged and keen to learn as ever. virtual classes would be more opinions and even advice. We
M.O.P. is proud to say that we are formal than the ones formed wouldn’t have worried about
on-target, online. in a physical classroom,” said internet speed and the en-
Dwiti Mehta from BBA Shift 1. tire focus would have been on
Sarve jana sukhino bhavantu. For Bhavna, her friendships the conversation,” she said.
are similar to those formed over The need for physicality is
social media platforms. “We strong in virtual friendships.
NSS volunteers take COVID - 19 pledge think we know each other to Dwiti phrases it as “the sense
some extent but we can nev- of being together and work-
er be sure. Many are different ing on assignments and proj-
when you actually meet them. ects together rather than
They may not be who you over a [Google] Meet call.”
thought they were,” she said. Bhavna misses the solidity of
Besides this, virtual-only physical surroundings, “the noise,
friendships, given the fact that distractions and most important-
they do not have a foundation ly the presence of other people.”
in real-life interactions, are con- This need for physicality trumps
toured differently from those whatever discomfort they may
formed in physical classrooms. feel on returning, and virtual
NSS students pledge personal responsibility Their “lifelines” become un- friendships, in fact, strengthen
official WhatsApp groups, Zoom their desire to know each other.
On Oct. 7, the college’s vol- sponsibility to remain vigilant calls and online gaming sessions. “Our first plan is to meet
unteers from National Service against further spreading of the Dwiti fixes the heart of her in- each other physically and
Scheme (NSS) took the COVID virus. It listed the key appropri- teractions with classmates at talk freely. This is our fore-
– 19 pledge. The core purpose ate behaviours to practise when one of these groups. “We have most plan,” said Bhavna.
of the exercise was to reiter- ensuring the same. This includ- an unofficial WhatsApp group “When we do meet up, we are go-
ate the crucial role individuals ed wearing a mask, maintain- where we discuss class assign- ing to have a blast. It doesn’t mat-
play in preventing infection. ing the prescribed distance of ments and try to know more ter what we do,” said Sushma G.
The pledge stressed on one’s re- six feet, and washing hands.
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NSS Day 2020 focuses on Madras Day quiz explores Chennai
spirit of volunteerism and Madras
Ms. Lakshmi Menon and Mr. Unnikrishnan quiz students
NSS students attend the leadership webinar
A quiz titled ‘Fundastic Madras’ prize with Mr. Krishnan A.S. from
Mr. Moses Selvakumar – the Madras School of Social Work, was held on Aug. 15 and 16 to Fokal AI and Mr. Moheet Kumar
chief guest for NSS Day cel- and a trained NSS program co- commemorate Madras Day. The from D.A.V. Public School finish-
ebrations held on Sept. 24 ordinator – talked on the topic event was organised by the col- ing second and third respectively.
– talked about the role and ‘Invoking the Power and Spirit lege with The New Indian Express The quiz included a round in
scope of NSS, the leadership of Volunteerism in youth’. and X Quiz It. Six finalists were which celebrities around the city
qualities and the responsi- The National Service Scheme picked from 250 participants. posed questions through video
bilities of a volunteer, and (NSS) members celebrated the Mr. Jayakanthan from Tata Con- messages. The questions explored
sultancy Services won the first aspects of Chennai and Madras.
the training programs that NSS Day along with the orien-
NSS provides for volunteers. tation session for the new batch
Mr. Selvakumar – assistant pro- of volunteers for 2020-2021. M.O.P. alumna to play in Women’s
fessor for the PG department
of Development Management,
The session concluded with a
small quiz on India and the NSS.
T20 Challenge
Ganesh Vandan Nand Mahotsav celebrated with
music and dance events
Hemalatha Dayalan selected to play T20 Challenger Trophy
Hemalatha Dayalan, an alum- In 2016 and 2017, she played
Virtuality no obstacle to virtuosity
na of the college, was selected matches for the Challenger
for the Trailblazers team to Trophy as part of the India
Ganesh Vandhan - Nand Ma- es in the light music event.
take part in the Women’s T20 A team. In September 2018,
hotsav – the annual celebration Varsha R. from B.Com A&F
Challenge. The tournament she became India’s 125th
organised by M.O.P. to mark Shift II, Pragnya (B.A Econom-
is set to be conducted from ODI player. In November,
festivals in honour of Lord ics) and R. Bhavani from B.Com Nov. 4 to 9 in UAE alongside she made her T20 debut play-
Ganesha and Lord Krishna (Honours), and Vishnulakshmi Indian Premier League play- ing against New Zealand.
was held this year on Sept. 4. from B.Sc Electronic Media won offs. Hemalatha made her Now, her entry into the T20
Sudarsana from B.Com A&F the first, second and third prizes cricket debut in 2011 playing Challenge is her latest achieve-
Shift I, Sanjana Harikumar in the folk dance event, with the for Tamil Nadu and entered the ment. The final round for the T20
from B.Com A&F Shift II and second prize being won joint- senior South Zone team in 2013. Challenge will be held on Nov. 9.
Arushi Ramesh from B.Com ly by Pragnya and R. Bhavani.
(Corporate Secretaryship) won The events were judged by Ms.
the first, second and third priz- Kamalaja and Ms. Vasudha Ravi.
Virtual birthday messages for M.O.P.
On July 13, marking the 28th an- a competition for the students on
niversary of the college, Swathi the theme ‘Virtual Birthday wish-
Music Doyenne’s anniversary marked with Viswanath from B.B.A Shift 1, es to my M.O.P on her birthday’.
talk by Visakha Hari Anjana C. from B.Sc. Viscom The students were asked to send
The Tamil Club hosted an online seminar along with and Smriti Mishra from B.A in their wishes in the form of vers-
Journalism were awarded prizes es, rhymes, slogans or phrases. The
the Academy of Life Skills Based Education (ALBE)
for their messages congratulat- best three entries from three lan-
on Sept. 16. Ms. Visakha Hari, an expert in Hari- guages – English, Tamil and Hin-
ing the college for her birthday
katha, was the special guest. She spoke on the topic of in English, Tamil and Hindi re- di – were chosen and were posted
‘Self-discovery’ on the occasion of legendary classi- spectively. The college hosted on the college’s Facebook page.
cal musician on M.S. Subbulakshmi’s 105th birthday.
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DEPARTMENT & CLUB ACTIVITIES (UG & PG)
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF BBA (SHIFT I)
A webinar titled ‘Impact of titled ‘Big Data Engineering for The Department of BBA, on June 10, organised a webinar titled
COVID-19 on IT Industry’ was Analytics’ was organized ‘Capacity Building for Effective Student Mentoring’ by
held on May 12. Inaugurated by on May 26. Resource per- Ms. Mina Dilip – psychologist, trainer and writer. It revolved
Principal Dr. Lalitha Balakrish- son Mr. Surya Priya around issues of mentoring students during these difficult times.
nan, the webinar included, as Aasaithambi – Member &
resource persons, Mr. Gane- Principal Lecturer, Institute DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
san Sriraman – Director-Prod- of System Sciences, National
uct, Temenos India Pvt Ltd and University of Singapore -
The Department of English Through a series of interac-
Mr. Guru Prasanna – Di- discussed the role of big data conducted a webinar for teach- tive exercises and discussions,
rector, eSolve Technolo- in engineering analytical ap- ers on the topic ‘Web Tools the webinar presented insights
gies. The webinar highlight- plications. The Department for English Language Teach- about a variety of web tools,
ed thacceleration of digitali organized national online ing’ on June 30. The resource the process of learning and
zation during the pandemic. quizzes in May and June on person for the webinar was language acquisition, and the
On May 23, a webinar technical computing topics. Dr. Sujatha Priyadarshini – Asso- need to utilize digital tools to
titled ‘Data Warehousing using The quiz ‘Code Fights - Pro- ciate Professor, Anna University. make online classes engaging.
Azure Platform’ was conducted. gram Debugging Challenge’
The resource person, Mr. was organized to test the de-
Karthick - Lead Architect bugging skills of 482 students DEPARTMENT OF B.COM (A&F) SHIFT 1
from Tectura Infotech - spoke during May. The quiz ‘Agile
about the implementation Software Engineering Prac- M.O.P. Vaishnav College in for Consumer Studies, Indian
of Data Warehousing Tech- tices’ was aimed to assess the collaboration with B.L. Am- Institute of Public Administra-
nology in Azure platform. software engineering skills of lani College of Commerce tion (IIPA); Ms. Mamta Pathani
An international webinar 285 students in June. and Economics conducted a – Co Project Director, National
webinar on the topic ‘Role Consumer Helpline, Centre for
of Consumer for Sustainable Consumer studies, IIPA, and Mr.
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY Development’ on May 31. Vijayathilagam – Assistant Com-
The speakers included Mr. missioner, Department of Civil
Suresh Mishra – Chairper- Supplies & Consumer Protec-
son & Coordinator, Centre tion, Government of Tamil Nadu.
DEPARTMENT OF BCA
On May 14, the undergradu- san – Director, Business Solu-
ate Department of Computer tions, Qapitol QA,UK and Mr.
Application organized a webinar T.M. Sivakumar – Founder,
on the topic ‘Cloud Services – Pivotrics Technologies LLP,
Sales force CRM & Applications Bangalore. They spoke about
Setup’ by Mr. Ravi Kiran Varma cases of digital transformation
Students of the Department of Psychology attend the webinar
– Project Manager-Sales force use and product engineering. An
CARE IT Services Inc, U.S.A. online quiz competition for stu-
A webinar on ‘Cyberspace and may Club organised various On May 20, a webinar on the dents on the computer language
Humans – An Introduction to inter - and intra-departmental topic ‘Artificial Intelligence’ was Java was conducted on June 8.
Online Behaviour and its effects’ events in the spirit of spreading conducted by Mr. Ramsri Gau- A guest lecture for BCA stu-
was conducted by the Depart- awareness. The event also in- tam – Lead Data Scientist from dents was conducted on July
ment of Psychology on June 15, volved a speech by Ms. Keerthi Right Hand Security, Singapore. 29 using the Cisco Webex plat-
revolving around safety measures Pai – consultant clinical psy- A faculty development pro- form by Cognizant on the top-
when using online forums and chologist, Apollo Hospitals and gramme was conducted on the ic ‘User Design Interface(User
social media. It was facilitated co-founder and partner, Element topic ‘Digital Transformation’ experience)’ by resource per-
by Dr. N. Kala Baskar – Former Psychological Support Services. on May 27. The resource per- son Mr. Savio Kiran George,
Director in-charge, Centre for On the occasion of World sons were Mr. Aravind Gane- Manager, CDBI-Design, UX.
Cyber Forensics and Information Mental Health Day on Oct.10,
Security, University of Madras. the Chinmay Club conducted
The Department also organ- online intercollegiate events DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
ised a webinar on ‘Psychology with active participation from
of Pandemics and Dealing with 23 colleges across Chennai. In MATHEMATICS EMBEDDED IN TAMIL CULTURE & LITERATURE
Uncertainty’ on June 17, about addition to this, a week-long
the cognitive flexibility to deal campaign was initiated by cir- The π-β Club, Department Council for Higher Education.
with adversity. Dr. Sowmya Put- culating posters. An awareness of Mathematics, organized The webinar focused on the rel-
taraju, psychotherapist and mind program was organised where- a webinar titled ‘Mathemat- evance and synchronization of
coach facilitated the session. in, students from the department ics Embedded in Tamil Cul- mathematical concepts in Tamil
In commemoration of World portrayed their thoughts through ture & Literature’ on June 7 by culture. An online quiz ‘Math-
Suicide Prevention Day on Sept. various mediums and their work Ms. A. Uma Maheswari, re- quest’ was conducted to enhance
10, the Department’s Chin- was showcased online. search officer, Tamil Nadu State the arithmetic ability of students.
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DEPARTMENT & CLUB ACTIVITIES (UG & PG)
DEPARTMENT OF MBA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
On May 9, the Department of tapped, she noted. Effective con-
Commerce organized an online trol measures over cash outflow
faculty development program were discussed – such as paying
titled ‘Impact of COVID-19 credit card dues on due date to
and Management of Personal avoid interest payment, and re-
Finances’ that explored mea- view of auto debits to cut unnec-
sures to handle finances during essary expenditure. Finally, the
the pandemic with Chartered speaker discussed relief measures
Accountants Mr. Abhishek Mu- provided by the government
rali and Ms. Divya Abhishek. and the Reserve Bank of India.
Mr. Murali emphasised on As the institution is gearing up
Ms. Preethi Sankkari and Mr. Glen Roger address the MBA department appropriate levels of cash in- for the 4th Cycle of NAAC Re-Ac-
flows and cash outflows, reduc- creditation, the IQAC conduct-
The students of the Post Grad- USA, a seasoned research- ing credit sales and increasing ed a NAAC Awareness e-Quiz
uate Department of Business er, presided over the event. cash sales to improve profitabil- for the faculty of the college on
Administration participated On May 7, an exclusive ity. To manage working capital the NAAC Assessment and Ac-
in the business quiz ‘Athena workshop on capital markets deficits, he also spoke about the creditation process on June 12.
Great Mind Challenge’ hosted by Mr. Glen Roger Carr of ‘Just in Time’ inventory model On May 23, the Department
by XQuizIt and Madras Man- Finmark Trainers India Pri- that focuses on ordering inven- of Economics and the Depart-
agement Association. The quiz vate Limited was conducted. tory only when it is required. ment of Commerce organized a
highlighted various business On May 29, a webinar on Another point of emphasis was virtual panel discussion on the
cases and scenarios, and was ‘Enhancing Employability the creation of innovative pricing topic ‘Post COVID -19 Econo-
conducted as a series through through Reskilling and Upscal- strategies to attract customers. my - From Survival to Revival’
the entire month of May. ing’ was conducted by Mr. E Ba- Finally, Mr. Murali discussed that explored the best methods
A workshop on ‘Research laji – President, People services, the pandemic’s impact on the to reshape the post pandemic
Methodology Practices’ was TVS Supply Chain Solutions. education sector and on stu- economy. The panellists includ-
conducted in collaboration The session was organized dents. Increased online class- ed Ms. Gowri Ramachandran –
with the Madras Management along with the HRM depart- es, recorded videos, innovative Chief Financial Advisor School
Association on May 6 to guide ment. A sequel to this workshop online certificate courses, and of Excellence, Chartered Wealth
the MBA students on choosing was conducted on June 1 by devising placement strate- Manager and Economic Analyst;
their research topics, the statis- Ms. Preethi Sankkari, a busi- gies were some suggestions. Mr. Sathya Kumar – Economic
tical techniques that could be ness development strategist at Talking about the per- & Public Policy expert, Direc-
applied to the available data the School of Excellence. The sonal dimension of financ- tor, Swami Vivekananda School
and on the interpretation of workshops were intended to help es in present circumstances, of Public Policy & Founder, Ty-
the data. Mr. Vasudevan – Di- the students adapt to the pace Ms. Divya Abhishek discussed coon Academy; and Mr. Mohan
rector, Institute of Analytics, of learning in the new world. revenue maximization and con- Kumaramangalam – Director,
trol over cash outflow. To maxi- Ainon Investment Services. The
mize revenue, alternative sources panel discussion was moderated
HINDI CLUB - MANJARI of revenue should be explored by Ms. Kiran Varma, the head of
and government incentives the Department of Economics.
DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE
Ms. Sunitha Shanoo judges the poetry competition online
On Oct. 3, The Hindi club Dr. Sudha Trivedi, followed
‘Manjari’ organised its first by poetry writing which was Mr. N. Ramasubramanian speaks on pandemic effects on food sector
event ‘Rangayatan’ – an inter- judged by Ms. Sunita Shanoo
departmental and intercolle- and the essay writing com- The School of Food Science manufacturing sector, consumer
giate event. Three events were petition, which was judged organized a webinar on ‘Post behavior post COVID-19, chal-
organized - gnanyatan (quiz), by Ms. Monika Sharma. COVID-19: Challenges and lenges faced by the food industry
kavyaytan (poetry writing) Interdepartmental poetry writ- Opportunities for the Indi- and potential opportunities for
an Food Industry’ on May overcoming the challenges. The
and vicharaytan (essay writ- ing was judged by Ms. Prathima
25. The webinar provided in- guest speaker was Mr. N. Rama-
ing). Rangayatan started with Sharma and the essay writing
sights on the pandemic’s im- subramanian – Director, VR Food
the quiz, which was judged by was judged by Ms. Vasundhara.
pact on the food industry and Tech Private Limited, Mumbai.
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DEPARTMENT & CLUB ACTIVITIES (UG & PG)
STUDENT CABINET DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Ms. Usha Ramky addresses the Student Cabinet
On Aug. 5 and 6, Ms. Usha Ram- enable one to love their work.
ky conducted a workshop for the The workshop included Janani Sridhar (II B.Sc Vis Department of Electronic Me-
members of the Student Cabinet braintorming sessions on cur- Com), Priyadahrshini (II B.Sc dia in July on the theme ‘Life
(2020 – 2021) with the agenda of rent issues and the media, EM) and Preethy S. ( I B.Sc during Lockdown’. The con-
equipping them with leadership seeking inspiration from oth- EM) won the online short test was judged by direc-
qualities. Taking the pandem- ers’ work, positivity, insightful film contest organized by the
hypothetical tasks that stressed tor Mr. Pandiaraj, a director.
ic’s difficulties as an example,
the sessions taught leadership on constructive communi-
by teaching optimism. The five cation instead of accusatory DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT
qualities of a leader were stressed communication, and intro-
- gratitude, positivity, account- spective group discussions. A webinar on ‘Day-to-day Illness- Ayurveda has the potential to
ability, humility and resilience. Other significant pointers es and Ayurveda’ was conducted by cure mild and moderately severe
Over two days, Ms. Ramky were the importance of fun and the Department of Sanskrit with the cases of COVID-19, he said .
discussed the importance of growth in life, balancing good Department Cub Saras- He noted simple yet power-
improving self-esteem, appre- mental and physical health, the vata Samiti on July 10. ful day-to-day practices like
ciating others for their contri- importance of praising publicly The resource person for waking up before sunrise,
butions and developing a sense and criticising privately, and the the day was Mr. S. Bharath washing your eyes with cold
of dignity of labour that would need to take criticism positively. Narendra, Associate Profes- water to avoid any irritation,
sor and Head of Department massaging the body with
DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM of Roga Nidana, Sri Jayendra necessary oils and stretching and
Saraswathi Ayurvedic College & exercising to maintain a fit body.
The Department of Journalism the dynamics of the profession. Mr. Narendra also provid-
Hospital (SJSACH), Nazarathpet.
hosted three events between the On Sept. 30, the investiture cere- ed guidelines to manage
He is also the Chief Consulting
months of July and September. mony for the Present Tense Club neck pain, back pain, diabe-
Doctor in Bharath Clinic, Chennai.
The events included a webinar was held virtually. The head tes, PCOD, skin problems,
In Mr. Narendra’s words,
on ‘The Growing Importance of of the journalism department, ligament/tendon injuries, in-
“Ayurveda is a science that helps
Data Journalism’, the investiture Dr. Sandhya Rajasekhar, fertility, anaemia, asthma, etc.
maintain a long and healthy life.”
ceremony for the Present Tense installed the new mem-
Club followed by an interactive bers of the department club.
session on ‘Journalism during It was followed by an inter- – 2020) batch completed a Se- national level paper painting
the COVID-19 Pandemic’. active session with Ms. Sho- mester Abroad Program from competition (Bio Efest Com-
During the first event held nali Muthalaly, the editor of
the Juniata College of Liber- petition 2k20) conducted on
on July 3, Mr. Vignesh Rad- the Hindu MetroPlus on the
al Arts, Pennsylvania - USA June 19 by Cauvery College
hakrishnan, a data journalist topic ‘Journalism during the
from The Hindu, explained to COVID-19 Pandemic’. Ms. for Women (Autonomous),
students the growing impor- Muthalaly provided insights on *Supraja Ashok of B.Com (Mar- Trichy. She also received the
tance of data journalism and navigating this challenging career keting Management) (2017 first prize in a National level
how it has helped in expanding during this time of uncertainty. – 2020) was featured on the art contest organized by ‘Al-
cover story of The Week mag- liance for Cause’ on July 18.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS azine (September 2020 issue).
The cover story featured new *Poorani E. of II M.Sc FTM
*Sruthii S. from I B.Sc Computer Rs. 1 lakh in ‘Reality Sing- graduates who ventured into off- worked on a project titled
Science won the title ‘Ms. Fresh- er’ competition hosted by beat jobs during the pandemic. ‘Feedback Analysis on Breakfast
er’s 2020-21’ in the Freshers’ Shankara Super Singer from Supraja is currently placed as a Cereals on E-commerce Plat-
Day celebrations held on Sept. 5. Sri Sankara TV in August. digital marketer at Social Beat. forms’ with Nestlé India Ltd un-
der the Nesternship Programme
*Samanvitha Sasidaran, III *Sowparnika J. of B.Com (Mar- *Sanjanaa Madhan of III B.Sc between Aug. 4 to 31 and received
B.Sc. EM won a cash award of keting Management) (2017 FSM won the first prize in a Rs. 5000 as stipend for the same.
Faculty Advisor: Vidya Padmanabhan; Editing: Godhashri S; Design: Sowbhaghya V
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