Workshop

NSS Programme Officer Dr. Tushar Pawar made the opening remarks and welcomed the resource person Mr. Madhu Kadam. NSS Programme Officer Dr. Lata Krishnan welcomed the resource person with a bouquet of flowers. Mr. Madhu Kadam explained with examples the meaning of disaster and various types of disasters. He distinguished between natural and man-made disasters.

The concept of “Disaster Management” and the importance of disaster management to help save the lives of people was clearly explained. He stressed on the fact that people are not aware about safety precautions and hence man-made disasters occur. Mr. Madhu Kadam demonstrated simple techniques to help victims in the scene of disaster.

The knowledge of first aid, various simple disaster management techniques and the importance of remaining calm and composed in the event of disaster were well explained. Various examples were shared.

Mr. Madhu Kadam gave the students all the details of the Civil Defence Training Programme and stressed the importance of every student enrolling for this training programme.

NSS Programme Office Dr. Lata Krishnan proposed the vote of thanks.

Mahatma Night Degree College of Arts and Commerce in association with BSE’s Broker’s Forum organized a program on An Introduction to Financial Markets from 11th to 15th July, 2022 from 6 p.m. to 6.45 p.m. in Room Number 404. The program was specially designed for T.Y.B.Com. Students as they were the target audience for the program. BSE Brokers’ Forum is organising such programs to spread awareness about the stock market. They target students for their awareness campaign as they are going to become future investors. All the interested students for the program were asked to remain present for the program at 5.50 p.m. as the resource person for the program was expected to start the program at 6.00 p.m. All the arrangements were made in rooms 404 so students can attend the program and thereafter join the lecture. Mr. Mujabir Sheikh and Mr. Kaushal Mishra was the resource person for the program. There were 3 topic which were taught by Mr. Mujabir Sheikh and 2 topics were taken by Mr. Kaushal Mishra. The topics covered in the program were as follows.

The students were really happy after receiving information about stock market and understanding the various career opportunities available to them in the stock market. Regular Attendance was taken during the program. Students were told that they will be given a short tour of BSE Brokers’ Forum in the month of August.

The workshop began with the opening remarks by the Convener of the event, NSS PO Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lata Krishnan. She started the event by wishing all the participants a very happy International Day of Yoga 2022. She expressed her joy for gathering physically for the event and asked all to pray as it was the first NSS event of the academic year 2022-23 for all to remain healthy and have a productive NSS year ahead. She spoke about the inspiration and message received by the nation from Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. PM Shri Narendara Modi performed yoga asana with local participants in Mysuru, outside the beautiful Mysore Palace. In his message to the nation he said “I extend my greetings to all on this 8th International Yoga Day. Today, Yoga is being practiced in all parts of the world. Yoga brings peace for us. The peace from Yoga is not only for individuals, it brings peace to our nations and the world,” Lighting of the lamp by resource person. Principal and NSS Programme Officers accompanied by a prayer song sung by Tasmiya of S.Y.B.Com. The resource person was introduced by NSS Leader Iqura Shaikh of S.Y.B.Com. This was followed by the welcome address by Principal Dr. Eknath Zhrekar.

In the welcome address Principal Dr. Eknath Zhrekar explained how yoga for humanity emphasizes yoga asana for a balancing body, mind and soul. He reiterated the importance of yoga for college youth and encouraged them to practice yoga every day for a healthy and energetic life. Principal Eknath Zhrekar warmly welcomed the resource person, Shri. Amit Datattray Sarpotdar, teachers, NSS volunteers and students for the workshop. He wished the event success.

Resource person Shri. Amit Datattray Sarpotdar started the session with interesting real life examples. He explained with illustrations the significance of Yoga for Humanity. He explained the Principles of Ashtanga Yoga which are the fundamentals of a good life. The Eight limbs of Ashtanga Yoga are

1. Yama – principles of moral code (Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya, Aparigah)
2. Niyama – principles of personal discipline (Shoucha, Santosh, Tapa, Swadhyaya, Eshwar Pranidan)
3. Asana – yoga positions or yogic postures – A stable and comfortable posture which helps attain mental equilibrium
4. Pranayama – yogic breathing – Extension and control of breath
5. Pratyahara – withdrawal of senses – A mental preparation to increase the power of mind.
6. Dharana – concentration on object – Concentration of mind on one object and its field.
7. Dhyan – meditation – Withdrawing mind from all external objects and focussing it on one point and meditating on it.
8. Samadhi – salvation – State of super bliss, joy and merging individual consciousness into universal consciousness. Union between Jivatma and Paramataman. Pure consciousness.

At the question and answer session, a student asked a query on the concept of Aura. What is aura and how can we see aura.? Amit Sir explained that the auras referred to the chakras in the body. With intensive meditation and yoga asanas we can activate the chakras and there are chances to see the aura of the chakras.

After the Question and Answer session, the CYP Common Yoga Protocol was taken up. A few simple yoga exercises like Tadasan, Vrikshasan, perbatasan etc. were demonstrated and the students performed these yoga asanas. The NSS Programme Officers and teachers also participated in performing yoga asanas. The event ended with a formal vote of thanks proposed by NSS Leader Lekhraj Dholpuria of T.Y.B.Com. class. All the participants stood up for the National Anthem.

This special workshop was organized by the NSS unit of our college in association with Stree Mukti Sanghatana on the 24th and 25th November, 2021 in our college. About 105 students (boys and girls) from first year, second year and third year participated in the both days sessions.

On the first day, the 24th November 2021 the session was inaugurated by the I/C Principal Dr. Eknath Zhrekar and Resource person Ms. Sangeeta Saraf. Assoc. Prof. Tushar A. Pawar introduced the guest of honor and the resource person Ms. Sangeeta Saraf.

The opening session was delivered by Ms. Sangeeta Saraf on the topic Gender equality. The speaker highlighted need of considering equal physical and mental power in both genders. She underlined that the time had come to respect mutually and appreciate the strength in each other. It is also pointed out that unlike previous generation, females cannot be side line in any area. The session was a strong attempt to erase the mind-set existing even in the young generation with a reserved discriminative mentality. However, the entire session was thought provoking and very much Live. The students came forward with a few queries and the speaker clarified them very well.

The second session of the day was on selection of life partner. This was also very interesting and very much interactive. The speaker then motivated the students to imagine the scene of their proposing to their life partner. After some time, the speaker collected their demands made to their partner at the time of proposal. Each demand was jotted down on the board and analysed them. Letter she sang songs related to each of the points written on the board. Toward the end of the session the students were found very positive in selecting the partner to lead a happy married life.

The programme was concluded after the vote of thanks proposed by the Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lata Krishnan.

The second day’s session was on marital adjustment by Mr. Chandrakant Sarvogod. The speaker, first of all, laid down a few case studies regarding the tendencies to get divorced after a short-married life. The speaker opened out the possible reasons and the strong one of them is weakness in mutual understanding. He advocated the need of open talks about the thought about the partner and feelings to be respected. The other reason for separation being not recognizing or supporting the decisions taken by either-or. In-fact the partners can counsel each other whenever a stress or strain disturbed the relation. Giving mutual respect is only solution for a prospective married life. After formally winding up the session the house was open for question answer time. The students well utilized this period to get clear many of them confusing thoughts they observed in other family relations which should not take place in their future life.

Mr. Chandrakant Sarvogod started new session on the same day after five minutes break on Sexuality education and legal aspects. This was more or less on anatomic knowledge imparting about the mis-concepts in about reproductive system. The speaker detailed each segment of getting fertility and pregnancy. He also gave an idea about X and Y chromosomes and classification in the birth of boy and or girl child. He also enlightened the students by giving some idea about the infertility and the possible reasons and also the treatment availability. He also lessoned the extra care and need of keeping the reproductive organs and areas with great hygiene and cleanliness for preventing venereal diseases.

In the legal aspect session, he started with the careful documentation of marriage related papers to ensure correct nomination to safe guard the survivors. If anything, fatal occurs to anyone. Before the session concluded there was a brief interactive give and take round up. The feedback from the students was very satisfactory.

The final days all the sessions came to an end and programmed was disbursed after vote of thanks by Asst. Prof. Tushar A. Pawar.

A Career Guidance Session on “Career Opportunities in Professional Courses (CA/CMA/CS)” was organised by IQAC of Mahatma Night Degree College of Arts and Commerce with the objective to make Commerce students aware of scope of CA, CMA and CS courses and to motivate them to get enrolled for the same for better career opportunities. The session was conducted in room no. 401.

Dr. Nitin Agarwal, Director of Knowledge Inclusion was the resource person for the session. Mr. Agarwal guided the students with regards to Professional Examinations they can opt for after their graduation. He used PowerPoint presentation to explain the scope of such examinations. He also guided students with regards to procedure to be followed and eligibility criteria for CA, CMA and CS examinations.

At the end of the session the students asked their doubts and queries during Q&A session. The students were found very inspired and encouraged to opt for professional courses.

As per the guidelines of state government Department of Foundation Course of the college has organized “Vachan Divas” on the occasion of death anniversary of father of library movement Late P. N. Panicker. In order to enhance the reading ability and make them importance of reading and inculcate reading habit among students this online programme was conducted. This programme was conducted on 19th June, 2021 at 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Zoom meeting. The Programme was started at sharp 6.30 p.m. with “Saraswati Vandana”. Asst. Prof Tushar Pawar hosted the event with key note address and also elaborated the importance of the day. After the key note address student’s participants were asked to present their article. Five students were participated in the reading activity. They presented their article on the topic of Covid-19 pandemic and on environmental issues. After the reading of articles participants were started discussion on the same topic and discuss on the same issues with positive thoughts. I/c Principal Dr. Eknath Zhrekar appreciated the presentation of students and also thanked them for participation. Teachers also commented on the presentation of students and appreciated them for their efforts and also wished them to participates in many such events. Asst. Professor Tushar Pawar proposed formal vote of thanks to the management, Principal, teachers, student participants and special thanks was given to Mr. Sanjay Singh from DTP section of Mahatma Education Socety’s for beautiful banner. The programme was concluded with National Anthem.

Internal Quality Assurance Cell of the college has arranged One Day Training cum Webinar for the non-teaching and teaching staff of our college. In order to enhance their knowledge and skill in the use of google suite this training cum webinar was conducted. This programme was conducted on 25th May, 2021 at 4.00 p.m. on Zoom meeting. Asst. Prof Tushar Pawar started this programme with key note address and requested to I/C Principal Dr. Eknath Zhrekar to give welcome address. Dr. Zhrekar Welcome our resource person Asst. Prof. Sunita Saini and other participants. He also highlighted the importance of such programmme for teaching and non teaching fraternity.

Dr. Anaya markandeya Convener of the webinar has introduced our resource person. Asst. Prof. Sunita Saini has good experience about google suite and conducted several trainings for teachers for conducting online lectures using google suite. After the formal introduction of resource person Asst. Prof. Tushar Pawar requested Asst. Prof. Sunita Saini madam to start the webinar.

Prof. Sunita madam has stared her webinar with power point presentation to make us understand the steps to start google suite. After her presentation she started hands on training of Google doc and excel and taught us each and every function of google doc and excel, how to translate the letter, how to translate the image into text matter, how to type letter using voice recording function, how to generate and store data in excel sheet and how to share our google doc and spreadsheet work with others. It was very informative webinar and really helped us to learn and enhance our knowledge to use goggle suite. Asst. Prof. Sunita madam explain each and every function of google doc and excel in lucid way. The session was ended at 6.00 p.m.

After the webinar formal vote of thanks was proposed by Assc. Prof. Dr. Lata Krishnan. Dr. Lata Krishnana extend her gratitude to our resource person for conducting such information session for our staff. She also thanks our management and principal for their support and motivation. She also extended her gratitude to organizing committee for organizing such wonderful session. At last she also thanks to DTP section for making beautiful banner and all the participants for participating in the webinar. The programme was ended with National Anthem.

Research and Development committee in association with IQAC of our college has arranged webinar for students on Fundamental Aspects of Research in Commerce. This programme was conducted on 26th March, 2021 at 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Zoom meeting. Asst. Prof Tushar Pawar convenor of the Webinar was started this programme with key note address and requested to I/C Principal Dr. Eknath Zhrekar to give welcome address. Dr. Zhrekar Welcome our resource person Dr. Swapnesh Ragnekar and student participants. He also highlighted the importance of research in everyday life and why students require to undertake research project.

Dr. Anaya Markandeya has introduced our resource person. Dr. Swapnesh Ragnekar has good experience of research in the area of Environmental Science. His area of interest are Biodiversity and wild life.
Dr. Rangnekar stated his presentation with the definition of research, its objectives and why we need to do the research. He has also explained the student’s what kind of topic one commerce students can take for research and what are the fundamentals of research in commerce stream. Dr. Ragnekar also explained what are the types of research and their method, sampling methods, how to collect data, how to represent the data and how to interpret the data for final result and conclusion. Around 56 participants were present for the session and students really enjoyed and motivated with the webinar.

After the webinar formal vote of thanks was proposed by Assc. Prof. Dr. Lata Krishnan. Dr. Lata Krishnana extend her gratitude to our resource person for conducting such information session for our staff. She also thanks our management and principal for their support and motivation. She also extended her gratitude to organizing committee for organizing such wonderful session. At last, she also thanks to DTP section for making beautiful banner and all the participants for participating in the webinar. The programme was ended with National Anthem.

The program started at 4.30 p.m. with the opening remarks given by Principal Dr. Eknath Zhrekar. The welcome address was given by Asst. Prof. Harsh Shukla. Dr. Anaya Markandeya introduced the resource person Dr. Vilas Gaikar.

The budget has its impact on every section of society either directly or indirectly. We need to understand the positives and negatives impacts of a budget on an individual’s life. Covid -19 pandemic destroyed the world economy except for china and caused the loss of life all over the world. Dr. Vilas Gaikar stressed that this year we might face a negative growth rate. This situation comes once in a century. However, It is expected that the Indian economy will achieve 11 percent growth rate in 2021-22. During the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, we should not think about the fiscal deficit.

Dr. Gaikar emphasized that there should be appropriate employment opportunities available in the unorganized sector. Industrial Growth should be given priority as it can provide more employment in the economy. Agricultural reforms have become a controversial issue in the current circumstances.It should be noted that only the agriculture sector showed positive growth even when industry and services failed to show any positivity. Sir said that this year we need to focus on how to survive and next year we should focus on how to revive the economy.
The government and revenue collection was debated as the middle class was expecting tax relief from this budget. However, sir said we need to understand that at present government revenue sources dried so they are also not in a situation to provide any rebate. A lot of emphasis was given to health expenditure in this budget as sir explained health is wealth in real sense.

Sir beautifully explained from where the rupee comes and where it goes. The interest payment is a big burden for the government. Privatization of Institutions of national interest like the defense sector is a big issue. Selling PSU which are in profit or of in loss because of administrative issues should not be the strategy. Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan was introduced in the budget but it’s a long road ahead. The migrant workers faced the brunt of the covid -19 pandemic and therefore one nation one card scheme is initiated by the government. It is not good to tax solar products to tap solar energy. Sir raised his concern as the union budget has not given priority on human capital formation as it was expected from the budget. Sir said that we need to put in effort to strengthen Indian higher education system as Indian higher education sector is not on par with the international level.

Summary of the program was given by Asst. Prof. Harsh Shukla and Vote of thanks for the session was given by Dr. Lata Krishnan.

The CMCA Workshop on Critical Thinking began at 3.00 p.m. The host Dr. Lata Krishnan welcomed the resource persons and participants. The Mumbai University Song was played. The opening remarks were made by Dr. Lata Krishnan in which she appreciated the efforts of the CMCA Educators for organizing the Campus Yuva Workshop Series. The objective was to nurture civic awareness among the students. Ms. Brinda Ganesh addressed the gathering and spoke about her experience with the students of MNDC over 4 years of interaction. Ms. Effie Acharya introduced CMCA and the objectives of Campus Yuva Workshop series.

A team of four CMCA Educators conducted the workshop in an interesting and interactive manner. There was role play, reading, recitation and Q&A woven into the workshop. Story telling and response from audience were the tools to take the message forward. A story was narrated where the power of social media and social groups and people in society and their impact on a piece of news was narrated. The students were stimulated to think. They clearly understood how news gets distorted and changes as it moves from person to person. The impact of news going viral on social media was also highlighted. The students were taught how not to forward news received on social media. They were taught to read, wait and find out the source of the news and its authenticity. Cultivating Critical Thinking is the need of the hour. Students participated enthusiastically. Many questions were asked and answered. It was a fun-filled activity-based workshop enjoyed by all participants.

The event ended with a vote of thanks where Dr. Lata Krishnan thanked the CMCA Educators and organizing team for their efforts. She thanked the Management of the college Chairman and C.E.O. of Mahatma Education Society’s Pillai Group of Institutions Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai and Dr. Daphne Pillai Secretary MES, Chairperson Management Board, MES and Principal Dr. Padma Rangan for their motivation. DTP support from Mr. Sanjay Singh, technical support form Asst. Prof. Harsh Shukla and Asst. Prof. Dr. Eknath Zhrekar, teachers and the enthusiastic student participants were acknowledged. Together they worked to make the event a success!

The event ended at 4.30pm with the national anthem

The program started at 11.00 a.m. with the opening remarks given by IQAC Coordinator Dr. Eknath Zhrekar. The welcome address was given by principal Dr. Padma Rangan. Dr. Anaya Markandeya introduced the resource person Ms. Keyaa Mukherjee.

Ms. Mukherjee is an office superintendent at her college. She is well known for her work in digitally transforming the office work of her college. She opined that to achieve the goals of sustainable development in an environment-friendly manner, it is inevitable to go for paperless and digital administration. Digital Technology can be used for Management of various aspects of College Administration like Electronic Correspondence, Electronic Service Record, Digital File Archive, Students information, inventory Management. Madam explained the Student’s Information Management System. She said that we have to minimize the use of paper and increase the use of digital documents. The use of E-Correspondence Management was explained in great detail by Ms. Keyaa Mukherjee. The system makes it very easy to receive and send the document at one click. Madam explained the E correspondence system, its Inward numbering, Concerned Departments who should be tagged likewise Outward Correspondence system in a very simple manner. Optimize Storage System and Option of Advance Search also there to search any document. Due to the digitalisation of administrative work, it’s possible to work from home during this lockdown period. Staff can access there documents 24* 7 for anywhere in the world.

She explained that E-Service Records, NOC, Approval Letter, Online Leave Records can also be maintained online. Most important how can you maintain salary records in digital forms. How much money can be saved by reducing paper realms was also discussed during the session. She emphasized that you can be ready for any audit because of a fully digitalized accounting system. The benefit of digitalization is increased productivity, reduces cost, the benefit of working remotely, enhanced improved customer service, disaster protection and tackles the challenge of global warming. The First Step is to go for physically properly manage the permanent records, sorting and colour coding and should be kept in a centralised record room and then go for digitalization according to Ms. Mukherjee. Madam explained the importance of Execution of DCRM as per quality management system in great detail. Particularly why internal admin audit is necessary to improve the quality and productivity of the teaching and non-teaching staffs. How to keep List of Permanent Records of the institutes in the digital forms in a manner of Starting with government Records, university records, other records, audit records and Important GRS records for streamlining the institution work was also explained by her. Mrs. Key Mukherjee Madam briefly explained data centricity from the NAAC perspective.

Summary of the program was given by Asst. Prof. Harsh Shukla and Vote of thanks for the session was given by Dr. Lata Krishnan.

Mahatma Night Degree College of Arts & Commerce conducted a Workshop on Revised Career Advancement Scheme on 28th August, 2019 at Room No 401. The target audience for the workshop was teaching faculties who were due for their respective promotions. The resource person for the workshop was Associate Prof. Dr. Khushpat Jain from Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics. Dr. Eknath Zhrekar was the workshop Convenor and Asst.Prof. Harsh Shukla was program Co-convenor.

The Registration process for the program started at 12.30 pm. After the registration, participants were invited for lunch. The Program Commenced at 2.30 pm. The welcome address was given by Asst. Prof. Harsh Shukla. Dr. Anaya Markandeya introduced the resource person Dr. Khushpat Jain. Subsequently, she requested the Principal Dr. Padma Rangan to felicitate the resource person with floral tribute. Thereafter, Dr. Padma Rangan addressed the participants of the workshop. The technical session was started after the Principal’s address. Dr. Khushpat Jain explained the importance of teachers awareness with changing rules and regulations. He quoted the old and new acts of UGC which deals with Promotion of the faculties. His presentation minutely dealt with each and every aspect of past and present form of Career advancement Schemes. In addition to this, he gave elaborated explanation of the new AAR of seventh pay commission and criteria for promotion of the faculty. The last session was question answer session were all doubts and difficulties of the participants was solved by the resource person. The vote of thanks was given Asst.Prof. Tushar Pawar which is followed by the certificate distribution to the participants.

Being the first in the Workshop series of Campus Yuva, after a brief introduction, students were made aware of the consequences of spreading news through a Role play and the dangers of fake news. They were made to think critically and analyse through tests if any piece of information was received or even when connecting to everyday life.

That it is our fundamental duty to develop social scientific temper and a spirit of inquiry and reform formed the conclusion of the workshop.

On Wednesday 12th December, 2018 a workshop on Composite Culture was organized for the students of S.Y.B.Com. Division A and S.Y.B.Com. Division B. The organizers were the resource persons from CMCA CAMPUS YUVA Citizenship and Life Skills Education Ms. Effy Acharya and Ms. Brinda Ganesh. The workshop was organized in room number 401 from 6.45 p.m. to 8.15 p.m.

The Composite Culture workshop is part of a series of workshops announced for college students.

Theme: Composite Culture
Objective: To orient the students towards facts: That India has a composite culture which has been constantly adapting and evolving was introduced and made to understand by students through the Story of 1001 Arabian Nights.

The different eras in History which have contributed to the Composite Culture of India was explained and the source of different items in our everyday use was introduced to students through a Quiz.

Finally that India’s culture is ancient and it is one of our Fundamental Duties in our Constitution to cherish our Composite Culture was underlined.

Methods: Story telling and Quiz

Feedback: Feedback form per group of 5-6 students was collected.

Participants: 10 groups of 5-6 students per group of S.Y.B.Com A and B divisions participated in the CMCA Composite Culture workshop.

Date: 12th December, 2018 Time: 6:45 to 8:15 p.m.

Educators: Effie Acharya and Brinda Ganesh
Asst. Professor Mr. Harsh Shukla

Learning Outcome: India has a composite culture which has been constantly adapting and evolving. India’s culture is ancient and it is one of our Fundamental Duties slated in our Constitution to cherish our Composite Culture.
They learnt many new things which they had not known before.
They enjoyed the workshop and the historical part as well.

The CMCA Workshop Series for College Students:
The F.Y.B.Com. students will participate in this series of workshop in the next term post examinations in October 2018.

The objective of the workshop series:
Young people are concerned about their future, career and life. CMCA workshops empower students with values and skills which are important in everyday life and for any workplace.

CMCA programmes instil critical life skills like empathy, critical thinking, team work, communication, confidence and more. CMCA students learn to work in a team, focus on solutions, live with differences, are gender sensitive and value different opinions.

CMCA Programmes are on innovation – transforming in education for democracy into a more empowering and democratic learning process for young people in India.

On 22nd September, 2018 a Workshop on “Social Scientific Temper” was organized for the students of S.Y.B.Com. Division A and B. The organizers were the resource persons from CMCA CAMPUS YUVA Citizenship and Life Skills Education Ms. Effy Acharya and Ms. Brinda Ganesh. The workshop was organized in room number 401 from 6.45 p.m. to 8.15 p.m.

The Social Scientific Temper Workshop is part of a series of workshops announced for college students. The class was divided into groups. One group was sent out of the class. Four students volunteered to read the case on hand. There was a narrator and three students played the role of citizens from different groups of society.

The narrator began with stating the real story where four young men form another state living in Maharashtra, working in Maharashtra visited the police station to give the officers some personal details about themselves as this was a requirement for their job. The police officers received the young men well, spoke to them respectfully and the formalities were completed. The four young men had to leave Maharashtra and go back to their home town in another state to attend a family wedding. They were away for a month. This was the true story.

A news reporter looking for a juicy story reports it like this – Four young men from another state, working in Maharashtra were held up by the police for questioning. The boys have absconded since then. The police are looking for them as they are involved in a criminal case.

A Municipal Corporater visited a housing society to address them before the local elections. In his talk he narrated the story stating that many young boys from outside states are roaming around the city. They work in the city and live on rent in housing societies. These boys are anti-social elements and criminals. The Corporater warned the society members not to allow boys from different states to enter the society. He asked them to be careful and vigilant about such instances. He wanted to protect members from such criminals.

A member from the housing society hearing this speech immediately sends a WhatsApp message to his friends in different housing societies announcing the arrival of criminal young boys from outside states living on rent in housing societies, posing to work in offices in Mumbai. Do not let them enter your society! These boys are criminals. BEWARE BOYS FROM OUTSIDE STATES THEY ARE CRIMINALS.

The students in the class were told the real story by the narrator. The group standing outside did not hear the true story. They were called in when the other members performed their part as the news reporter, Municipal Corporater and Member from the housing society. On listening to them the group that entered the class were asked to form their opinion on what had actually happened. They were influenced by the three stories they heard and believed that there were young boys from an outside state who were criminals.

The entire class listened in pin drop silence and appreciated the gap between reality and what was reported FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES in every instance. The students were called up one by one and asked to comment on what they understood. They explained that each of the characters in the case had twisted the facts to serve their own purpose. The news reports wanted a juicy story, the Municipal Corporater wanted votes and the member of the housing society wanted to connect with his friends with an interesting message. NONE of the stories were true.

The workshop concluded. The objective of the workshop to understand the importance of SCIENTIFIC TEMPER was achieved. Students realised that Reasoning and questioning the source of information is very important. Do not believe blindly what you hear and see. Find out the source of the information and question its authenticity before you believe anything you hear.

This was the message given to the students in the workshop.

The feedback of the students participating in the workshop are attached along with the pictures taken in the workshop.

The CMCA Workshop Series for College Students:

The F.Y.B.Com. students will participate in this series of workshop in the next term post examinations in October 2018.

The objective of the workshop series: Young people are concerned about their future, career and life. CMCA workshops empower students with values and skills which are important in everyday life and for any workplace.

CMCA programmes instil critical life skills like empathy, critical thinking, team work, communication, confidence and more. CMCA students learn to work in a team, focus on solutions, live with differences, are gender sensitive, and value different opinions.

CMCA Programmes are on innovation – transforming in education for democracy into a more empowering and democratic learning process for young people in India.

The new academic year 2018-19 was inaugurated with the workshop in collaboration with University of Mumbai. Internal Quality Assurance Cell of Mahatma Night Degree College of Arts and Commerce in collaboration with University of Mumbai organised One Day Workshop on “Revised Syllabus of T.Y.B.Com. (Semester – V & VI)” on 7th July, 2018 in the College campus at 9.00 a.m. onwards.

Programme Schedule
Registration and Tea: 9.00 a.m. to 10.00 a.m.
Inauguration: 10.00 a.m. to 10.30 a.m.

Dr. Lata Krishnan, Head, Department of Commerce of the College welcomed all the resource persons and participants for the One Day Workshop. After welcoming, the function was inaugurated by lighting of the lamp by the Chairman of the Mahatma Education Society, Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai, Principal, Dr. Padma Rangan Chief Guest Dr. Vidyagauri Lele and Guest of Honour Dr. Shanti Suresh. Principal Dr. Padma Rangan addressed the gathering and spelt out the theme of the workshop.

Dr. K. M. V. Pillai sir addressed the gathering. After the introduction of the Chief Guest, Dr. Padma Rangan was requested to felicitate her. Dr. Vidyagauri Lele, Principal, N. G. Acharya and D. K. Marathe College, Chembur talked about the syllabus changing procedure and thanked the entire team contributed to such changes.

Asst. Prof. Anaya Markandeya introduced the Guest of Honour, Dr. Shanti Suresh, Head, Department of Commerce, SIES College, Mumbai. After her felicitation Dr. Shanti Suresh also threw some light on the changes made in the T.Y.B.Com. syllabus.

Principal of the college welcomed all the participants from various colleges and introduced the college and workshop organised.

After formal inaugural ceremony three technical sessions started simultaneously in three different classrooms i.e. Technical Session I for Accountancy Group in class No. 401, Technical Session II for Commerce, Export Marketing and Marketing Research in class No. 404 and Technical Session III for Business Economics in class No. 301. The sessions were really proved fruitful for the teacher participants as it facilitated one to one interaction with the resource person who were the members of Board of Studies of respective Departments.

All the sessions ended by 1.30 p.m. The certificates were distributed at the end of the sessions. All participants and resource persons enjoyed the sumptuous lunch.

The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) and the Department of English of Mahatma Night Degree College organised a One Day Workshop on “Communication Skills” with a theme “Towards Winning the Goals Set” on Wednesday, the 7th March, 2018 from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. in the lecture hall No. 401 on the fourth floor. The workshop was mainly for the B.Ed. and Final year B.Com. students with an objective of equipping to secure a career that they are dreaming for.

After the breakfast and registration, the Workshop Secretary spoke about the three sessions by eminent resource persons from the Departments of English of various colleges affiliated to the University of Mumbai. The Principal Dr. Padma Rangan welcomed the Guests of Honour and invited them along with the C.E.O. and the Secretary of Mahatma Education Society Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai to inaugurate the workshop by lighting the lamp. Dr. Pillai in his inaugural speech underlined the role of writing skills which is the key to open the door to enter the world of effective communication.

The first session was on “Effective Body Language” by Dr. Kanaka Lata Tiwari, the Head of the Department of Humanities form K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, in Vidhya Vihar. The session covered the entire expressions possible through body language that can boost the skills for effective communications.

The session after the tea break was by Dr. Hemangi Bhagwat, the Senior Professor, Ex-Member of Board of Studies of University of Mumbai as well as an Associate of NAAC. The topic was “Resume Writing and Interview Techniques”. She being also a trainer to the Corporate Sector could impress the students by dictating the most modern interview techniques.

The post lunch as well as the last session was on “Non-Verbal Communication and Para-Language” by Dr. Rajesh Yeole the H.O.D. of English from Changu Kana Thakur College, New Panvel. He could literally win the best attention of the students by giving a mind-blowing lecture.

Dr. Rajesh Yeole himself was the Chief Guest for the valedictory session. The certificates were distributed to the participants by the Principal Dr. Padma Ranagn and Dr. Rajesh Yeole.

Asst. Prof. Tushar Pawar, Asst. Prof. Anaya Markandeya and Dr. Lata Krishnan introduced the guests of honour of respective sessions. Dr. Eknath Zhrekar was the incharge of registration formalities and Asst. Prof. Harsh Shukla was Incharge of Certificate writing and distribution.

The workshop concluded at 4.30 p.m. after the proposal of vote of thanks by the Workshop Secretary Asst. Prof. Chandramohan Varma.

Date: 28th and 29th July, 2017

This special discourse was jointly organized by the NSS unit of our college and Women Development Cell in association with Stree Mukti Sanghatana on the 28th and 29th July, 2017 in our college. This programme was the first of its kind. About 70 students (boys and girls) from first year, second year and third year participated in the sessions held on both the days of the workshop.

On the first day, the 28th July 2017 the session was inaugurated by the Principal Dr. Padma Rangan by lighting the lamp. The Principal Dr. Padma Rangan also introduced and felicitated the guest of honour and the resource person Ms. Sangeeta Saraf with a floral tribute.

The opening session was delivered by Ms. Sangeeta Saraf on the topic ‘Gender Equality’.The speaker highlighted the need of considering both the genders at par in physical and mental abilities. She underlined that the time had come to respect mutually and appreciate the strengths in each other. It was also pointed out that, today, females cannot be side lined in any area as was done in the past. The session was a strong attempt to erase the mind-set existing even in the young generation which was found to have a reserved discriminative mentality. However the entire session was thought provoking and very lively. The students came forward with a few queries and the speaker clarified them very well.

The second session of the day was on selection of life partner. This was also very interesting and very much interactive. The speaker then motivated the students to imagine the scene of their proposing to their life partner. After some time the speaker collected their demands made to their partner at the time of proposal. Each demand was jotted down on the board and analysed. Later she sang songs related to each of the points written on the board. Towards the end of the session the students were found to be very positive in selecting the partner to lead a happy married life.

The programme was concluded after the vote of thanks proposed by the Convenor of the workshop Asst. Prof. Tushar A. Pawar.

The second day’s curtain raising was on marital adjustment by Ms. Savita Kurhade. The speaker, first of all, laid down a few case studies regarding the tendencies to get divorced after a short married life. The speaker opened out the possible reasons and the strong one of them is weakness in mutual understanding. She advocated the need of open talks about the thought about the partner and feelings to be respected. The other reason for separation being not recognizing or supporting the decisions taken by either-or. In-fact the partners can counsel each other whenever a stress or strain disturbed the relation. Giving mutual respect is only solution for a prospective married life. After formally winding up the session the house was open for question-answer time. The students well utilized this period to get clear many of their confusing thoughts which they observed in other family relations. They did not wish to repeat in their future life. The session was wound up after vote of thanks proposed by student representative Ms. Gazala Sheikh.

The second session of the final day was on Sexuality Education and legal aspects by Ms. Pradnya Saraf from Stree Mukti Sanghatana. This was more or less on anatomic knowledge imparting about the mis-concepts in about reproductive system. The speaker detailed each segment of getting fertility and pregnancy. She also gave an idea about X and Y chromosomes and classification in the birth of boy and or girl child. She also enlightened the students by giving some idea about the infertility and the possible reasons and also the treatment availability. She also lessoned the extra care and need of keeping the reproductive organs and areas with great hygiene and cleanliness for preventing venereal diseases.

In the legal aspect sessions she started with the careful documentation of marriage related papers to ensure correct nomination to safe guard the survivors. If anything fatal occurs to anyone. Before the session concluded there was a brief interactive feedback given and take round up. The feedback from the students was very satisfactory.

The final days all the sessions came to an end and programme was disbursed after vote of thanks by Principal Dr. Padma Rangan.