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SAC-IQAC BULLETIN, VOL 6, ISSUE 3, September-October, 2020

ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU Editors Mr Naveen Mascarenhas

Mr Harsha Paul [email protected] VOL 6 ISSUE 3 September-October, 2020

International Virtual Conference on Physics of Solid State Materials

Compartmentalization of science subjects will be

no more relevant – Prof. Prakash P Karat

If there is a third world war, it is for the share

of 2.5% of available freshwater in the globe-

Prof. Arun M Isloor

Artificial Molecular Machine- is the future of

Science –Dr Smrithika Subramani

4th Industrial Revolution Merges Digital and Bio-

logical Worlds using Light- Prof. Chennupathi

Jagadish AC, Department of Electronic Materials

Engineering, Australian National University, said dur-

ing the keynote address in the International Virtual

Conference organized by the Department of Physics, St

Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru on 2-3 Sep-

tember, 2020. Dr Richard Gonsalves Director, Loyala

Center for Research and Innovation (LCRI) Chaired the

session

Prof. Arun Isloor, National Institute of Technology,

Karnataka (NITK), stressed importance of polymer

membrane technology to protect 2.5% of available

freshwater during his talk on the topic Tailormade

Polymeric Membranes and Applications of Membrane

Technology. Prof. Girish M Joshi Institute of Chemical

Technology, Mumbai, India chaired the session.

Dr Deepa Raghu PhD, Senior Scientist, R&D Services,

Bioreliance|Sigma Aldrich|Merck KGaA, Rockville,

MD, USA., gave an interesting lecture on the topic Bio-

physical tools in basic research and drug development.

Dr Ronald Nazareth chaired the session.

Dr Smrithika Subramani, University of Wisconsin-

Milwaukee USA gave an inspiring lecture on the

topic ‘Bottom-up approaches to building autonomous

nanomachines’. Dr Prakash Kamath chaired the ses-

sion.

Dr K. P. Mohanchandra, Scientist, Mechanical and Aero-

space Engineering, University of California, Los Ange-

les, USA., gave a lecture on the topic Magnetic Materials

for Multiferroic Applications. Prof. S.M. Dharmapra-

kash of Mangalore University Chaired the session.

Prof. Harish Kumar, Pondichery College of Engi-

neering, Puducheri, spoke on the topic

‘Optimization as research tool’. Dr Narayan Bhat

Chaired the session.

Dr Dhavala Suri, TIFR-Hyderabad spoke on the topic:

Proximity Coupled Effects in Quantum Materials, Dr

Ishwara Bhat, Chaired the session.

Rev. Dr Praveen Martis SJ, Principal, St Aloysius Col-

lege (Autonomous) Mangaluru presided over the Virtual

Conference and congratulated the department.

Prof. Prakash P Karat, Formerly Professor of Physics,

Mangalore University and presently Adjunct Professor

at the Department of Physics, St Aloysius College Man-

galore from the conference Chair said the compartmen-

talization of science subjects like physics, chemistry,

mathematics, biology, statistics and computer science

etc will be no more relevant in the present time re-

search. In the conference 35 research scholars presented

their research findings. More than 700 participants at-

tended the conference. Mr Lawrence Pinto, HOD of the

department welcomed all the participants. Dr. Chandra

Shekhara Shetty T, Convener, of the conference in his

initial remarks explained the motive of the conference,

Dr Kumara K, Organizing secretary proposed the vote of

thanks. The international conference is supported by

PARAMARSH Scheme of UGC.

Reported by Dr Chandra Shekhara Shetty T

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Felicitation to Soorikumeru K. Govinda Bhat & Yakshagana Talamaddale

International Webinar on “Demystifying ACCA”

T he commerce department of St. Aloysius College,

had organized Webinar titled “Demystifying AC-

CA” on 19th September, 2020 at 11:55AM – 12:40PM.

The webinar focused on notifying students on career op-

tions and the pathway to be an accredited ACCA mem-

ber and the platform used was Google Meet.

The meeting was hosted by Ms Brindha, I BCom ACCA

and was coordinated by Ms.Pooja. Ms. Zeena D Souza,

HOD, faculty of BCom (professional) and ACCA students

were present

in the meet.

The session

was then

handed over

to Ms.Lisa

Sequeira, As-

sociate Con-

sultant Advi-

sory-KPMG

Lower Gulf

who ad-

dressed upon

ACCA struc-

ture. She also

briefed upon

her study ex-

perience and how she coped up with working as well as

studying for ACCA, and we learnt how supportive the

companies are.

Towards the end of the session, the floor was reserved

for few minutes of queries. Students raised numerous

questions and they were all answered by the concerned

authorities. Finally the session was concluded with a

vote of thanks proposed by Ms.Brindha.

Reported by Ms Namitha Mundayil - I B.Com ‘G’

S t Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru in asso-

ciation with Radio Sarang 107.8 FM and STRIDE

Scheme of UGC organised Yakshagana Thalamaddale

titled “Anaatha Ajeya” the singular tale of Ekalavya, on

Wednesday, 28th October 2020 in the L. F. Rasquinha

Hall, LCRI Block between 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm.

During the programme, Soorikumeru K. Govind Bhat

was honoured for his Seven decades of long and dedicat-

ed service to Yakshagana. After honouring, Rector of St.

Aloysius Group of Institutions Fr. Melwin J. Pinto said,

“Surikumaru K. Govinda Bhat is known as ‘The Walking

Encyclopedia of Yakshagana’. It is not an easy task for

an artiste to travel continuously for 70 years in

Yakshagana. Govinda Bhat knows art and maintains

physical fitness. This shows the commitment and disci-

pline of Govinda Bhat as an artiste. He is truly an exam-

ple for everyone.”

Principal, Rev. Dr Praveen Martis, SJ, said that,

“Having a long history of 140 years, St Aloysius College

has always been a center of literary and cultural activi-

ties. Yakshagana is a vibrant art of our soil and we

should constantly promote this great art in the educa-

tional institutions.” K. Govinda Bhat is one of the most

versatile performers of Yakshagana art. He has ably per-

formed the characters from ‘Chaaraka’ to ‘Thaaraka’ in

Yakshagana.

Kavya Shri Nayak Ajeru performed Bhagavathike,

Chaitanya Krishna Padyana played Maddale and Sri-

dhara Vittal played Chende. Veteran artiste Sooriku-

meru K. Govind Bhat played the role of “Ekalavya”, Dr

Dinesh Nayak played the role of Arjuna and Jabbar Sa-

mo Sampaje played the role of Dronacharya.

Various Jesuit priests, Directors of various blocks,

Deans, Heads of Departments, teaching and non-

teaching staff and Yakshagana lovers from Mangaluru

participated in the programme.

Director of Radio Sarang, Rev. Dr. Melwyn Pinto SJ,

welcomed and introduced the artistes. Dr Dinesh Nayak

read the Citation of Soorikumeru K. Govinda Bhat. RJ

Abhishek compered the programme and proposed the

vote of thanks.

The programme was live telecasted in Namma Kudla

Youtube and Facebook of Radio Sarang.

Reported by Ms Chandrakala


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Webinar on “Mitigating Discrimination & Exclusion of Marginalized during Pandemic”

T he UG and PG Department of Social Work, St Aloys-

ius College (Autonomous) jointly organized a National

level Webinar on “Mitigating Discrimination & Exclu-

sion of Marginalized during Pandemic” on 24, June

2020. The eminent speakers for the webinar were, Ms

Kathyayini Chamaraj, Freelance Journalist and Execu-

tive trustee, CIVIC Ben-

galuru and Ms Brinda

Adige, Founder and

Mentor, Global Concerns

India, Bengaluru. The

webinar commenced

with the welcome ad-

dress by Dr Deena D

Souza, the convener and

Head of the UG Depart-

ment of social Work fol-

lowed by the introducto-

ry remark by the Princi-

pal, Rev. Dr Praveen

Martis SJ. Dr Shwetha

Rasquinha, Head of the

PG Department of Social

Work, introduced the resource persons.

The first speaker, Ms Kathyayini Chamaraj addressed

on the topic “Contract Labor Distress: Can Social Justice

be assured?” She highlighted on the situation of the mi-

grant laborers’ during pandemic lockdown and also pre-

sented the effects of lockdown on them. She spoke about

the laws that are prevalent to uphold the rights of mar-

ginalized. She gave her view on how the government

should have tackled this issue and what is the way for-

ward. Finally, she concluded by highlighting the contri-

butions of NGO’s, Industries, Civil society towards miti-

gating the problems of migrant workers during pandem-

ic lockdown

The Second resource person addressed on the topic

“Countering Plight of Unorganized Workers: In Search

of Dreams & Hope Again!” with special reference to do-

mestic workers, contract laborers and garment workers

and specially focused how the pandemic has impacted on

women labor force. This was followed by interaction ses-

sion moderated by Dr Loveena Lobo. There were number

of questions by the participants, which were clarified by

both the resource persons. This webinar witnessed rep-

resentation from universities, colleges, NGO’s and In-

dustries across India and abroad.

Reported by Dr Deena D Souza

Webinar - Revised Accreditation Framework for Autonomous Colleges

N AAC accreditation for colleges is an integral part of

the functioning of higher education institutions in India

to know its strengths, opportunities, and weaknesses

through an informed review process. As a preparation

for its Fourth cycle of NAAC Accreditation, St Aloysius

College (Autonomous) Mangaluru, in association with

National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC),

had organized a webinar on Revised Accreditation

Framework for Autonomous Colleges on Monday, 7 Sep-

tember, 2020 at 2.00 PM. Dr Ganesh Ananth Hegde, Ad-

visor, NAAC, Bengaluru was the resource person for the

Webinar.

Principal, Rev Dr Praveen Martis SJ initiated the webi-

nar with his initial remarks, Dr Ganesh Hegde started

the session with the mission statements and core values

of NAAC envisages. He provided the instructions to the

institutions for submission of documents to the Institu-

tional Information for Quality Assurance Cell. He ex-

plained in detailed about the seven criteria and the key

indicators of NAAC Accreditation. He also said that sta-

tistical analysis of each criterion in 500 words should be

presented to the NAAC committee during the Peer Team

visit to the College. He stressed on the importance of

Student satisfaction Survey for the NAAC Grading. He

concluded his session with the explanation of Data Vali-

dation and Verification process. Around 200 participants

from the different Autonomous Colleges of Mangalore

city and from the Colleges affiliated to St Aloysius Col-

lege (Autonomous), Mangaluru under PARAMARSH

Scheme of UGC participated in the webinar.

Dr Divya Shetty, Assistant Professor, Department of PG

studies and Research in Chemistry invoked god’s bless-

ings through a Melodious Prayer Song. Dr Loveena Lobo,

Director of PG Block introduced the Resource person to

the participants. Mr Mannual Souza, Assistant Profes-

sor, Department of English Proposed the vote of thanks.

Mr Manoj Fernandes, Assistant Professor, Department

of Business Administration compered the program. Mr

Naveen P Mascarenhas, Coordinator of IQAC of the col-

lege moderated the session. Dr Richard Gonsalves, Di-

rector, LCRI block and Dr Adarsha Gowda took the over-

all in charge of the Programme.


OBITUARY

Fr Vijay Kumar Prabhu SJ, (80

years) former Rector of St Alo-

ysius Institution during the

years 2001 to 2004 and former

Provincial of Karnataka Jesuits

from 2004 to 2009, has left to

his heavenly abode on Septem-

ber 15, 2020. May his noble

soul rest in eternal peace.


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International Webinar on “Gandhi and the Ethics of Nursing: A Pedagogy of Care in Times of Corona virus”

T he Department of Political Science, St. Aloysius Col-

lege (Autonomous) Mangaluru is collaborating with Neh-

ru Study Centre of Mangalore University the envisioned

project entitled ‘Multi ways of Imagining India’. This

project is a series of online academic presentations on a

set of 19th and the 20th century intellectual luminaries of

India. Prof. Vinay Lal, Historian and Gandhi Scholar at

the University of

California, Los An-

geles (UCLA), made

the first presenta-

tion under the

above series

through an interna-

tional webinar held

on Monday 05th Oc-

tober 2020.

Prof. Rajaram

Tolpadi, Director-in

-charge of Nehru

Study Centre

(NSC), in his wel-

come speech em-

phasized that the

aim of Nehru Study

Centre is not only

to conduct critical

study on Nehru, but

also to expand the horizon by discussing several other

Indian intellectual thinkers irrespective of their ideologi-

cal base.

Prof. P.S. Yadapadithaya, Vice Chancellor, Mangalore

University inaugurated the ‘Multi ways of Imagining

India’ by delivering the inaugural address and com-

mended the organizers for aptly choosing Mahatma Gan-

dhi as the principal thinker. Rev. Dr Praveen Martis SJ,

the Principal of the College, welcomed the collaboration

between the College and Nehru Study Centre. He high-

lighted Mahatma’s life as inspiring people then and now

during covid 19 times. Dr Rose Veera D’Souza, Dean of

Arts Faculty & HOD of Political Science formally intro-

duced Prof. Vinay Lal through a rich, yet short, CV.

While delivering the talk on “Gandhi and the Ethics of

Nursing: A Pedagogy of Care in Times of Corona virus”

Prof. Vinay Lal walked the participants through Mahat-

ma Gandhi’s understanding and practice of ‘nursing’

from Gandhi’s childhood days to the time spent in South

Africa later in India. He focused his talk on two ques-

tions: how Gandhi would react to the present Pandemic

and how does one think of non-violence during this time.

Gandhi believed in self-reliance in the context of nursing

rather than on modern medicines and treatment while

not denying to others. Apart from mother, Putlibai Gan-

dhi, he was greatly influenced by Florence Nightingale

on nursing. His practice of ‘ahimsa’ and ‘satyagraha’

found him catering to the wounded or sickened during

the Second Boer War and Zulu Rebellion through the

establishment of Natal Indian Ambulance Corps, pneu-

monic plague (Johannesburg) etc. Gandhi’s work in Jo-

hannesburg was an important phase, says Lal.

He worked through the affected without any protective

gear/PPE. He was critical of the ‘third party’ in his Hind

Swaraj wherein he says a doctor comes between the pa-

tient and one’s own physical being. For Gandhi it was

nursing oneself and others.

Gandhi went through a transformation in 1906 wherein

he vowed chastity as care of children was inconsistent

with public work. While Gandhi would have stressed on

self-reliance, there is no saying that the present circum-

stances would demand some form of state intervention

while self-responsibility, self-discipline and restraint

were the need of the hour at the individual level. Prof.

Lal argued that Gandhi had deep suspicion of the state.

State intervention in corona virus times has been uti-

lized to suppress dissent in many parts of the world. The

current talk was based on his recent book that will be

published by Pan Macmillan this year: The Fury of

Covid-19: The Passions, Journeys, and Unrequited Love

of the Coronavirus.

The Q&A session saw very interesting questions on

nursing and feminism, Gandhi’s ideas on modern medi-

cine, missionaries, state intervention and authoritarian-

ism, passive resistance etc. Melnitha Correa, BA student

delivered the vote of thanks.

Reported by Dr Joyce Sabina Lobo

National webinar on ‘Discover the Diamond in you’

N ational Webinar on “DISCOVER THE DIAMOND

IN YOU” was organized by the Department of Com-

merce, St Aloysius College (Autonomous) Mangaluru

on 28/10/2020 at 3.00pm on the zoom and YouTube plat-

form. Dr Manuel Tauro, Dean, Faculty of Commerce in-

troduced the speaker and welcomed the gathering. Ravi

Hemnani, Head, Learning and Development, Siemens

India, Mumbai was the resource person. Around 620

participants from eight states participated in the webi-

nar. Mr Hemnani emphasized on self discovery, self

belief and optimism. Dr Dennis Fernandes, Director of

Arrupe block in his presidential remarks lauded the ef-

forts of the Department especially for the webinars, cer-

tificate courses and other programs conducted. Ms Shob-

ha, Head of Department proposed the vote of thanks.

Reported by Ms Caroleena Janefer


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National Webinar on “Migrant Lives Matter”

T he Ashakiran Jesuit Study House in collaboration

with the Department of Sociology, St Aloysius College

(Autonomous), Mangalore, organized a national webinar

on the theme “Migrant Lives Matter” on 17th October

2020. Rev. Fr. Martin Puthuserry SJ, Head of Labour

and Migration Unit, Indian Social Institute, Bangalore,

was the speaker of the day. Rev. Fr. Martin has done

and continues to do extensive study on the migrant

workers on India (with special concentration on the

Northern and Eastern part of the country) and thus had

enormous amount of

information and his

personal experiences

to share.

The webinar began

with a soulful prayer

by the Jesuit Broth-

ers followed by a

warm welcome to the

speaker and the par-

ticipants by Rev. Fr.

Alphonse Fernandes

SJ, Superior,

Ashakiran. The open-

ing remarks of the

webinar was made by

Rev. Fr. Dr Praveen

Martis SJ, Principal, St Aloysius College (Autonomous),

Mangalore. A very thought provoking message was made

by the Principal where he spoke about the woes of the

migrants which has been there always and was height-

ened during the Lockdown during COVID 19 and how St

Aloysius College has come forward in performing their

social responsibility in these trying times.

The speaker, Rev. Fr. Martin opened his talk stating

“Migrant woes ‘greatest manmade tragedy’ in India since

Partition” which is one of the most highlighted quotes in

recent times by the famous historian Ramachandra

Guha. He presented a completely new perspective to the

migrant situation by comparing their plight with two

historical events: firstly with the disturbing images of

mass migration during the partition of India in 1947 and

secondly, the exodus experiences of the people of Israel

from the slavery in Egypt (Biblical reference).

He went on to stress that in contemporary India decades

of rural distress has led to forced migration among land-

less agricultural labourers and marginal farmers. How-

ever, he pointed towards the fact that urban India did

not really care for these migrant labourers till the

COVID 19 lockdown was announced and the services of

these migrants were not available. And to add to it there

was complete failure and lack of preparedness by the

government during that time. However, despite the

struggle and hardships, these migrant labourers pre-

ferred taking all kinds of risk and trouble to get back to

their villages and hometowns. This was basically their

means of survival in their workplace was no longer avail-

able and the only way they could survive was getting

back to their homes where somehow they could manage

to live. Amidst all of this there was a ray of hope be-

cause when the government failed these poor and help-

less migrant labourers the common man played a

major role. Various NGOs, Civil Society, Educational

Institutions, Students etc. came forward to help.

Rev Fr Martin had four suggestions to give in order to

improve the erstwhile troubled situation of these mi-

grant workers: accepting them as fellow citizens; protec-

tion of their rights; including them in unorganised work-

ers’ social security boards; and providing them with

basic services and entitlements. The talk concluded with

the reference to the Constitution of India [Art.19] (1) (d)

and (e) which states, “all citizens shall have the right ...

to move freely throughout the territory of India; to reside

and settle in any part of the territory of India”. However,

this is possible only when everyone ensures that mi-

grants get justice and only then will they be ever able to

lead a dignified human life throughout the country.

The last part of the webinar, an interactive session, was

moderated by Ms Joan Rita O’Brien, HoD, Department

of Sociology, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Manga-

lore. The speaker took questions from participants

across the country and answered each of them with his

expertise and experience over the years and ended on a

very positive and optimistic note that Indians have the

never to give up spirit and that what has kept us all go-

ing during the difficult times of COVID 19.

The webinar was moderated by Bro. Dapulu Dukru and

the vote of thanks was delivered by Bro. Joseph Maxwell

Jeevakan.

Reported by Ms Joan Rita O’Brien

Guest talk on Equity as a Investment Avenue

Department of Commerce organised a Guest Talk on

Equity as an Investment Avenue for Iind year B.Com

students on 12th September, 2020 via Google Meet .The

Resource person was Mr. Yvonil Roshan Dsouza, Invest-

ment services professional

based in Mangalore. He

has corporate experience

with J.P. Morgan Chase

and interned at Colaco &

Aranha, an investment

services firm based in

Mangalore.

The session started with a

welcome address and In-

troduction of Guest by Ms Metilda Veronica Pais, Facul-

ty of commerce. Guest speaker started the session with

the introduction of capital and shares. He explained

about the basic ideas an individual should have before

investing in stock market like personal finance, invest-

ment v/s speculation, debt and equity, inflation, diversi-

fication, return pattern and performance, how to invest

in equity and the quickest way to earn money etc. He

made clear the students about the primary capital mar-

ket and secondary capital market. He concluded the ses-

sion and encouraged the students to make investments

in small amount of shares to know about the stock mar-

ket. Overall the session was very interactive and useful

to the students. 210 students from IInd B.Com attended

the sesion. The session was closed with a vote thanks by

Ms Metilda Pais.

Reported by Ms Metilda Pais


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National Webinar to commemorate the World Food Day, 16th October, 2020.

G row, nourish and sustain together, the theme of the

World food day 2020 calls for global solidarity to help the

most vulnerable people recuperate and make food sys-

tems more sustainable and shock resilience . The COVID

-19 global health pandemic has been a time to reflect on

things we truly cherish and our most basic needs. In a

crisis like this it is more important that we take a mo-

ment to recognize the need of supporting our food heroes

-farmers and workers throughout the food system who

have been making sure that the food reaches us from

farm to fork. Hence, To commemorate the importance of

this day, PG Studies and Research In Food Science St.

Aloysius College, took immense pride in organizing a

National Webinar.

The Webinar began

with the Inaugural

Ceremony moderat-

ed by Ms. Sherin

Mathew, and eve-

ryone was led

through prayers by

Ms. Daniella and

Ms. Meghana CM.

The Participants

and Dignitaries

were warmly wel-

comed by Dr. Rich-

ard Gonsalves, Di-

rector of the LCRI

Block. Dr. SN

Raghavendra, HOD

PG Studies and

Research in Food

Science, gave a

brief insight on the program theme, talking about Acces-

sibility to Food. The ceremony proceeded further by a

Presidential Speech on the importance of food as a basic

necessity of live, which was delivered by our beloved

Principal, St Aloysius College, Rev. Dr. Praveen Martis

SJ. To conclude the inaugural ceremony, Ms. Shilpa Lek-

ha, the Organising Secretary of the Webinar proposed

her vote of thanks and put forward a though provoking

message for all to unite, integrate and collaborate in or-

der to ensure sustainability along the food chain.

The conclusion of the Inaugural Function was then pre-

ceded by the scientific sessions on the two aspect of Food

Security and Nutrion viz hunger and over-nutrition. The

importance of types of fats and the technological meth-

ods for reducing fats in foods was beautifully dealt by the

first speaker of the day, Dr. A. Surendra Babu, Assis-

tant Professor, Hindustan Institute of Technology and

Science, Chennai. He emphasized that fat in foods is the

most predominating factor towards Over-nutrition or

obesity hence developing methods for its reduction would

mean a great contribution towards Nutrition Security.

On the other hand, Dr. Chetan A Nayak took over the

limelight of the session with his talk on the relation of

Food Sustainability toward Food Security and Nutrition.

He addressed everyone on issues concerning food safety,

food productivity and agro-farming all of which are very

important for hunger alleviation. The Scientific session

was chaired by Ms. Jovita Carol Soans and wonderfully

concluded by Ms. Rachita, Lecturers of the PG Studies

and Research in Food Science, St Aloysius College

(Autonomous), Mangalore.

Reported by Ms Daniella Anne L Chyne

National webinar on Career Opportunities for B.Com Professionals

Tina Youthers quotes “You just have to have the guidance

to lead in the direction until you can do it yourself”

The ongoing pandemic has made the job market more

competitive and lucrative and at this outset the budding

B.com Professionals needs a roadmap to successful ca-

reer ahead to them.

To facilitate this, Dept. of Commerce of St Aloysius Col-

lege (Autonomous), Mangaluru organised a National

Webinar on 13th Oct,2020 at 2:45 pm on the topic

“Career Opportunities for

B.Com Professionals”

facilitated by eminent CA

S.S. Nayak. About 200

participants including

faculties, students of var-

ious colleges participated

in the webinar

Mr. S.S. NAYAK is a

Chartered Accountant

practicing in Mangalore

for the last 3 Decades &

also has Associates in

Udupi & Bangalore. He

has completed his C.A

from M/S CL Agarwal &

Co, Mumbai and LLB (GEN) from Bombay University.

The session began with the silent prayer, followed by

General introduction and welcome by Dr Manuel Tauro,

Dean, Dept. of Commerce. Mr Arjun Prakash introduced

the session speaker after which CA S.S. Nayak took

over.

The session aimed at making the audience aware of the

multiple career options available in the field of com-

merce. Mr Nayak’s contents focused on facilitating the

students with ideas on career opportunities in the areas

of Banking, Insurance, IRDA, Tax advisory, Forex, stock

market etc. He also motivated the students to develop

career in the field of charactered accountancy. CA Nayak

shared information regarding competitive and govern-

ment exams. The queries of the participants were moni-

tored by Mr Thauseef and was addressed by the speaker

during the last 15 minutes.

The session ended at 4:45 pm by Ms Zeena D Souza,

HOD, Bcom (Professionals) proposing vote of thanks.

The session was moderated by Ms Pooja.

Reported by Ms Pooja


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Aloysius Jaalasanthe

S uccess and satisfaction of a work can also be defined

by how our work benefits our neighborhood and socie-

ty. One such way of experiencing it is through Social

entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurship prompts and

brings the essence to drive social change which has ever-

lasting transformational benefit to the society as a

whole. It is a golden mixture of Commerce and high-

lighting social concern.

Keeping in mind the quintessence of Social entrepre-

neurship and the very purpose of our col-

lege, Entrepreneurship cell has created an online mar-

ket for our local and rural entrepreneurs by bringing

together the Producers and Consumers in and around

Mangaluru through our Noble project ALOYSIUS

JAALASANTHE. This has created a Win-Win situation for

both producers as well as the consumers wherein the

producers get an opportunity to market their home-

grown and homemade products such as pickles, papad,

extracting honey, vegetables etc., and on the other side

the consumers are availing the best quality local prod-

ucts in a convenient E- Shopping format. The Pandemic

COVID 19 has damaged the market and many Entrepre-

neurs have lost their livelihood. This forum makes a sin-

cere effort to create a market by bringing Producers and

Consumers together to create a self-reliant society. Our

students are part of this project through which they are

getting entrepreneurship ideas and skills.

Reported by Ms Mamatha

National Webinar on “Covid-19, Galwan and the Vortex of India-China Relations”

T he Dept. of Political Science, St Aloysius College

(Autonomous), Mangaluru organized the National Webi-

nar titled “Covid-19, Galwan and the Vortex of India-

China Relations”. The webinar was held on September

04, 2020 from 1.45 to 3 p.m. Rev. Dr Praveen Martis SJ.,

the Principal of the College delivered his message where-

in he raised the important question on why the Galwan

incident and the esca-

lation of tensions be-

tween India and China

took place at a time

when the world was

grappling with the

pandemic covid-19.

Dr. Avinash Godbole,

Assistant Professor at

School of Liberal Arts

and Humanities,

Jindal Global Universi-

ty (Sonipat) addressed

the students on the

above theme. Analys-

ing the party cadres,

centralization of power

at the Polit bureau and

its implications to po-

litical system in China Dr. Godbole laid the background

of emergence of Covid-19 in Wuhan and the manner in

which China as a surveillance state controlled the pan-

demic to bring normalcy, particularly to its economy by

April 2020. He linked the pandemic to the current vortex

in India-China relations by focusing on the following

perspectives:1) The self-perception of China towards crit-

icism from the global public and its imagery of ‘world all-

out against China’ particularly after the Covid-19 spread

from the epicenter of Wuhan especially from the US. 2)

The need to go on war footing to contain the pandemic so

as to restart its economic that is largely 60% export-

oriented and therefore pose as a goodwill ambassador in

foreign countries. It’s restarting of the economy was fur-

ther possible given the then policy vacum across the

globe, paralysis in Europe, inability of the US to enforce

the new normal amongst its people, etc.

Dr Godbole maintained that Beijing’s behaviour as in

the Galwan crisis is like any other aggressive behavior

that the former has displayed with countries across the

East China Sea and the South China Sea or Taiwan.

This emanated strongly from its perception of being vic-

tim of world politics.

Galwan looks like an exception during Covid-19 times as

this has erupted as a crisis that has stalled the India-

China relations. This signals a major break in relations

as all the procedures broke down with China attempting

to change infrastructure and patrol points, with at-

tempts to reach higher points in Ladakh. Galwan ap-

peared so far as a symptom of border management

wherein India and China may not have anticipated cau-

salities. China has an attitude of state which wants to

establish transactional economic relations be it with In-

dia or others, applying pressure on countries like India

by playing with small countries within the neighborhood.

Since the Doklam standoff of 2017, relations

between India and China have remained symbolic and

have not made much headway ss suggested by the out-

comes of the Wuhan Summit between Prime Minister

Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping. He argued

that China has hardly shown any interest in pursuing

any long-term engagement with any Indian corporate

units and have concentrated only on training their na-

tionals.

Dr. Godbole answered several questions largely coming

from the students and the faculty on QUAD, WTO, India

-US relations, rising powers, etc. The session was moder-

ated by Dr Rose Veera D’Souza the Dean of Faculty of

Arts and HOD, Dept. of Political Science. The entire pro-

gram was coordinated by the Asst. Prof. of the Dept. of

Political Science—Dr Joyce Sabina Lobo (Convenor), Mr

Alwin D’Souza and Ms Maria Shaila D’Souza, Ms Shaila

D Souza delivered the vote of thanks.

Reported by Dr Joyce Sabina Lobo


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Online Inauguration of Kalothsava 2020

T he inauguration of students’ cultural activities

“Kalotsava 2020” of St Aloysius College (Autonomous)

was held on 19th October 2020 through Online Zoom

Platform.

Sri Gurukanti, Sub Inspector of Police, Bunder Police

Station, Mangaluru was the Chief Guest for the pro-

gramme. After inaugurating the programme, through

his message, he expressed his pleasure about the college

in organizing Kalothsava through online mode which

would help the all-round development of the students.

He also explained that the mere knowledge of subject

alone is not sufficient for the all-round development of

students. It is possible only when they take part in cur-

ricular and extra-curricular activities. He advised the

students to develop the attitude of respect to parents,

teachers and to the nation at large.

Student Council President, Gavin Abner Pinto adminis-

tered the Oath following the SOP Norms of the Govern-

ment in order to prevent spreading of COVID-19 and

hence to help the district administration to check the

spread of the disease.

Principal, Rev. Dr Praveen Martis, SJ, in his presiden-

tial remarks, advised the students to make use of the

various platforms provided by the College to showcase

their hidden talents. He further mentioned that the in-

volvement in extra-curricular activities gives better in-

teraction among them and gives good experience in life

which will provide the students very good leadership

qualities.

Dean of Student Welfare, Dr Ishwara Bhat gave a brief

insight about Kalotsava and welcomed the gathering.

Convenor of the Programme and Dean of BBA, Arati

Shanbhag compered the programme. Binni Chan from

Department of BBA introduced the chief guest. Student

Council Secretary, Paloma Rodrigues proposed the vote

of thanks. The programme ended with a video presenta-

tion of cultural events by the students.


State Of The Art Computer Lab Inaugurated at AIMIT

T he blessing and inauguration of new computers was

organised on September 29, 2020 at AIMIT, St Aloysius

College (Autonomous), Mangalore. Thanks to the good-

will and generosity of Mr Prem Watsa and Mr Michael

D’Souza, AIMIT has been able to secure the latest state

of the art computers for its students.

Mr Watsa is known as the “Warren Buffet of the North”.

He manages the financial investment company FAIR-

FAX, Canada. Mr Michael D’Souza is a philanthropist

and generous donor of the College.

The computer laboratory was inaugurated by the chief

guests of the day Mr Stephen Pinto, co – ordinator, Edu-

care Trust; and Mr Arjun Mascarenhas, a social worker.

Soon after the inauguration, the laboratory was blessed

by the new Rector of St Aloysius Institutions, Fr Melwin

Pinto SJ.

Fr Praveen Martis SJ, Principal, St Aloysius College, in

his address said that there is a value in giving. “We are

happy to receive always; but there are many who make

giving as their life’s mission to be generous. Mr Prem

Watsa and Micahel D’Souza fall in that category,” he

said.

In his address, the Chief guest of the day, Mr Stephen

Pinto said that Educare Trust is always ready to support

various ventures of St Aloysius Institutions.

Rector, Fr Melwin Pinto SJ spoke about giving and re-

ceiving. He said we must be open to giving and reaching

out to people in these tough times. “People like Mr Prem

Watsa and Mr Micahael D’Souza are giving because they

have received much at different phases of their life. It is

their way of giving back to society,” Fr Pinto said.

Director of AIMIT, Dr (Fr) Melwyn Pinto welcomed the

gathering.

How to Join Indian Air Force– An Interaction

Fg Offr Dishan Joy Martis - Indian Air Force, visited St Aloys-

ius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru on 18/10/2020. Few ca-

dets quickly turned up to interact with the officer and to seek

guidance about how to join Indian Air Force. Fg Offr Dishan

Joy Martis mentored the cadets about how to apply, methods of

joining, selection and training process of Indian Air force.

Reported by Fg Offr Alwyn Misquith


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Taking Charge of the New Rector

A fter a very short period of the announcement of

Fr Dionysius Vaz, SJ as the new Provincial of the Karna-

taka Jesuit Province, another good news gushes in with

the appointment of Fr Melwin Pinto, SJ as the new Rec-

tor of the St Aloysius Institutions, Mangalore.

Fr Dionysius Vaz, SJ rendered his selfless service for

around four and a half years. He left no stone unrolled to

keep up the reputation of the institutions. His love for

the poor, it was under his leadership tremendous relief

work was done in and around Mangalore city during the

early months of the pandemic. The way he addressed the

needs of the economically backward students is notewor-

thy. His oratory and counselling skills were of par-

excellence.

These specifics made it a Himalayan task to find a new

leader for the St. Aloysius Institutions amidst several

novel challenges. It is indeed a blessing to have Fr. Mel-

win Pinto, SJ as the new Rector. He is a man with an

intellectual depth, extensive public relation skills, expe-

rience of working internationally and above all a hu-

mane, jovial, approachable and a compassionate person.

On September 22, 2020 during the Annual Governing

Body Meeting of Mangalore Jesuit Education Society, Fr

Melwin Pinto, SJ took charge as the new Rector. Though

the prestigious, St. Aloysius College felt it hard to part

away with Fr. Dionysius Vaz, SJ, the arrival of Fr Mel-

win Pinto, SJ has filled us all with lots of hope and as-

surance.


Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin Mary Celebrated at AIMIT

S eptember 8 is the feast of Mary, mother of Jesus.

The feast, marking the birthday of Mother Mary is a

very special feast for the Catholics of coastal Karnataka

and is fondly called as Monthi Fest in Konkani. It is also

celebrated as the family feast and harvest feast.

The students and staff of St Aloysius College, AIMIT

came together on September 7, 2020 to celebrate this

grand feast of Mother Mary. The celebration began with

the blessing of the paddy corn, followed by the Holy Eu-

charist.

The main celebrant of the festive Mass was Fr Wilson

Moras SJ. In his homily, Fr Moras enlightened the devo-

tees as to why Mother Mary is given great prominence in

the Catholic Church. He said that every devotion of

Mother Mary is to lead the faithful to Jesus and make

Christ known. “The call for us Christians is to become

like Mary, imitate her motherhood and give birth to Je-

sus by making him known to the people we come across

in our daily life,” he said.

Fr Moras also said that just as Mary said yes to God,

“we must offer ourselves to God’s will and say yes to

God, yes to family, yes to love, life, responsibility, soli-

darity, justice, social responsibility, truth and yes to re-

spect others.”

The celebration ended with the distribution of sugarcane

and a cup of traditional Mangalorean payasam.

Adult literacy

T he purpose of adult education is to increase the literacy rate

in India and to put those illiterate people further on the path of

knowledge. Their rights and duties are expressed as citizens. After

getting an education, at least the person is expected to write and read

the letter, read newspapers, and be aware of the current events of the

world.

According to 2011census 35% illiterate people are there across in In-

dia. In order to increase the number of literates, Centre for Social

Concern taken up a project called ‘Adult Literacy’ to improve the basic

reading and writing skill among migrant workers at Bangra kuluru

slum in Mangalore city.

In the initial phase Centre for Social Concern have chosen five school going children to teach one adult in their family

or neighborhood who is not able to read and write among them. As the next step of learning they were taught by fol-

lowing symbols such as zero, circle, semicircle, bracket and numeric. Learners age group is between 30-50 years. This

project will be continuing for a year and there are totally 06 beneficiaries from 06 families.

Reported by Ms Gopika Suvarna


10

Math Fiesta 2020

T he Department of Mathematics, St Aloysius College(Autonomous), Mangaluru organized Math Fiesta 2020 dur-

ing 3rd October to 10th October 2020 for PU and UG students of various colleges through online mode on the occasion

of 107th Birth Memorial Celebration of Prof. K. A. Krishna-

murthy. With a total of 73 participants from 15 colleges

from various states of the country, the event was a success-

ful one. The different competitions included MathSnap, Ori-

matics, Mathedle, Imagica, MathGreets, As I Know It and

MathVision. As a part of the fest, a National level Webinar

titled “Vector Representation of Line” was held on 15th Oc-

tober 2020. Dr Vellat Krishna Kumar, Formerly Professor,

University of Calicut, was the resource person. The winners

of various competitions were announced during the webi-

nar. The winners were awarded with certificate and cash

prizes. Participation certificates were given to all partici-

pants of the webinar as well as the competitions.

Reported by Ms Anupriya Shetty

PODCAST

T he Inaugural Ceremony of Ruminate – A

‘PODCAST’ by the students for the students an unique

initiative by the students of commerce association was

held on 20th October 2020. The Chief Guest for the cere-

mony was Rev. Dr Praveen Martis SJ, Principal of St

Aloysius College, the Head of Department Ms Zeena

D'souza and the presidents of the Commerce Association,

were present. The program commenced with a short

prayer song. Mr Kian, Secretary of Commerce Associa-

tion welcomed the gathering and introduced the Chief

Guest. He further went on to present the idea and mo-

tive behind the podcast.

Rev. Dr Praveen Martis SJ, unveiled the cover of the

podcast and addressed the students and wished the

team good luck with all its future endeavours and prom-

ised his full support for the same.

In lieu of the Podcast's inaugural, Commerce Association

hosted two events like Think outside the box and Cover

me crazy. The much-awaited announcement of winners

of various competitions held in connection with the pod-

cast was done by the Principal Rev. Dr Praveen Martis

SJ.

The inaugural ceremony concluded with Ms Metilda,

President of Commerce Association proposing the vote of

thanks. The ceremony was compered by Ms Krithika,

Secretary of Commerce Association.

Reported by Ms Metilda Veronica Pais

Report on Podcast- Ruminate

I n lieu of the Podcast's inaugural, Commerce Associa-

tion hosted two events namely, Think outside the box

(Group discussion) and Cover me crazy (cover designing).

Think outside the box (the group discussion) took place

on the 2nd of October 2020, Via Google meet. The topics

discussed during the event ranged from the 'fall of the

telecom sector' to the 'legal age requirement'. The stu-

dents participated whole-heartedly in both groups and

after two vigorous rounds.

The winners for the event were as follows:

1st Place: Aiswarya Ramesh

2nd Place: LlMohammed Arfaz Reaz

3rd place: Neil Nazareth

The winners and a few others from the top 12, were then

chosen to be a part of the team, based on the way they

spoke and presented themselves during the event.

Cover me crazy (cover designing), officially commenced

on the 1st of October 2020.

The participants were asked to design an origin square-

sized cover, in the medium of their choosing. The topic

given to them for their artwork was 'Students perspec-

tive of the corporate world', with an additional bonus to

those who implemented the association's colours.

The winners of the event include:

1st place: Riya Veigas

2nd place: Ashlia Menezes

3rd place: Sahl Abdul Rafeeque

The winner's artworks were then used to inspire the offi-

cial cover of the podcast.

Reported by Ms Metilda Veronica Pais


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Virtual Get Together of Physics Faculty of SAC (Past & Present)

T he Dept. of Physics, St Aloysius College Autono-

mous, Mangalore, recently organized Virtual Get To-

gether (VGT) of the faculty of the Dept. of Physics both

past and present with the repre-

sentatives of their families

along with distin-

guished Alumni.

The meeting was attended by

Prof. Stephen Joseph Cheriyil

from Kerala and Mr Anto Simon

from USA representing Prof

V.J. Joseph who served in the

Physics Dept. from 1917-

1947, Dr M Ravindranath

Nayak, former Head, Aerospace

Electronics & Systems Division,

National Aerospace Laborato-

ries, (NAL), Bangalore, M Nar-

endranath Nayak, former Head of Indian Subsidiary

Synchronoss Technologies Inc, Mahendra Nayak M. who

retired as Associate Professor, PES University repre-

senting Prof Sadananda Nayak who served in the Dept.

of Physics from 1941 to 1976, Mr Denzil Castelino, Own-

er, Romantic Stores, Mangalore representing Prof. Alban

Castelino (1949-1980), Sri S. Govindaraja Bhat, B.Tech,

Retd. GM, KIOCL Ltd representing Sri Mahalinga Bhat.

Former faculty members, K V Rao, Prof FJM Crasta, Dr

Sudhakar Rao and JWF Saldana were present in the

meeting while Prof I V Rao was represented by his

son Sri Shivaprakash Rao, Consulting Professional.

The virtual gathering began with a prayer song sung by

Ganapraveena Yogeesha Sharma Ballapadavu. Dr Pra-

kash Kamath, Dean of Physical Sciences welcomed the

gathering and Dr Chandrashekar Shetty T, Head, PG

Dept. of Physics proposed the vote of thanks.

The formal function began with an opening remarks

by Rev Fr Leo D Souza, SJ, Former Principal and Rector

of St Aloysius Institutions and a message by Rev. Fr

Praveen Martis, SJ, Principal, St Aloysius College

(Autonomous). Prominent Alumni of the College Prof

Raghuram, (Director BITS Pilani, Goa Campus) and Sri

SR Bhat (Former Group General Manager, MRPL)

shared their experiences in the college while Prof. Law-

rence J M Pinto, Dr. Chandrashekar Shetty T, Dr. Sar-

fraz Hasim, Dr. Nilakanthan, Sri Shawn D’Souza and

Sri Harshith Spoke about their teachers.

The programme which was attended by many more fac-

ulty members and students was compered by Ms. Sonali

Noronha.


ACCA Orientation Programme

D epartment of Commerce of St Aloysius College

(Autonomous), Mangalore in association with ISDC, or-

ganized a virtual orientation programme on 1st Septem-

ber, 2020 at 11:00 AM for the students of I Bcom (ACCA)

The orientation focused on enlightening the students

regarding the ACCA course through Zoom platform.

The session began with an Introduction and Welcome

from Ms Pooja, Coordinator of ACCA. The session was

handed over to Ms. Vasumathi R Shetty, Learning Head,

India who addressed upon ACCA structure. A brief in-

troduction was made on ACCA course along with the

syllabus layout.

Ms. Aira Fathima, Operations manager – addressed on

registration, study material, exam procedure, placement

and career oppotunities. All the details regarding the

fees, documents required for registration were conferred

upon.

Ms Nandha and Mr Puspendra, in association with

ISDC, monitored the session.

Towards the end of the session, the floor was reserved

for 15 minutes of queries. Students raised numerous

questions and they were all answered by the concerned

authorities. The session ended at 12:30 pm

Reported by Akshara Rageesh - I BCom G

T he Konkani Sangha of St Aloysius College

(Autonomous) for the academic year 2020-2021 was in-

augurated on 25/09/2020 on an online mode. The Poet/

writer/theatre artist Sannu Monis Boliye from Abudhabi

entertained the web audience with the traditional in-

strument ‘Gumat’.

Rev. Dr. Praveen Martis S.J., Principal of St Aloysius

College (Autonomous) graced the occasion. Presidents

Ms Flora Castelino, Ms Severine Pinto, Mr Olwin

DSouza and Ms Sharol Rodrigues were present on this

occasion.

Members Anna Maria and Josline introduced the

guests to the audience. Secretaries Sharrel Dsouza

and Elson Dsouza welcomed & rendered vote of

thanks. Ashwia Dsouza compered the programm.

Cultural programme was also hosted by the associa-

tion members through the online platform. Reported by Ms Chandrakala

Inaugural of Konkani Sangha


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Inauguration of IIT-JAM Training Program

T he Undergraduate and Post Graduate Departments

of Chemistry Inaugurated “IIT-JAM online Training pro-

gram in Chemistry” On 30th October, 2020 via Zoom

platform.

Prof. M S Balakrishna, Senior Professor at IIT Bombay,

Mumbai was the Chief Guest. The program began with

the prayer song fol-

lowed by the welcome

address by Ms Rachael

Natasha from the De-

partment of Chemistry.

Addressing the Partici-

pants Rev Dr Praveen

Martis SJ said “St Alo-

ysius College is a High-

er learning premier

Educational Institution

in this region of Karna-

taka and is renowned

for quality education.

And whatever new

challenge it takes up, it does it with lot of pride and also

with excellence. Today as we are Inaugurating ‘IIT-JAM

Training Program in Chemistry’, I would like to thank

and congratulate the Department of Chemistry for their

wonderful effort. This will be a great help to all our stu-

dents”. And he also encouraged all the students to join

the same.

Ms Sahana - Coordinator of IIT-JAM Training Program

gave a brief highlights of the program. She said “The IIT

-JAM Training Program aims to prepare the young

minds towards developing the scientific temper and com-

petency in the field of Chemistry. For this venture we

have already received tremendous response from various

students across India”.

Some of the highlights of the programme are

Scientifically designed modules.

Classes by NET/KSET/GATE Qualified teachers who

also have undergone intensive training with rich

experience.

Convenient timing where the sessions are conducted

alternative days in the evenings.

If the students are unable to attend a live session,

recorded session is available for registered partici-

pants in college online platform.

The program is of 100 live sessions with option for

the interaction at the end of every session.

Uniquely Designed Performance Analysis test will

be conducted every week

In order to accommodate existing First BSc Students the

program is designed with a synergistic approach to both

the University the curriculum is integrated with the

competitive examination. This also helps students to

perform better in University examinations

Further She Introduced the Chief Guest M S Balakrish-

na, Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, IIT-Bombay, Mumbai.

Inaugurating the IIT-JAM Training program Prof. M S

Balakrishna Congratulated the Department Chemistry

and said “The department of Chemistry has taken a good

initiative by Starting up this IIT-JAM Training Program

for students of undergraduate level to enter Indian

Institutes through IIT-JAM Entrance Examinations.

And all the other Institutes and Colleges should also put

such an effort to encourage their students and enhance

their confidence to take this exam”. Further he said

“Basic knowledge in a subject is a main key to success in

the IIT-JAM Examination”.

The program continued with a webinar on the topic

“Crystal field theory to Ligand Field Theory to Molecular

Orbital theory” by Prof. M S Balakrishna.

The Inaugural session was concluded with the Discus-

sion and Thanking note by Ms Ranjitha – Assistant Pro-

fessor Department of Chemistry.

More than 900 Participants had actively taken part in

the Inauguration.

Reported by Ms Sahana

Brandomania

Brandomaniais a departmental activity organised by the

Management association

consisting of four events-

brand poster making,

brand rangoli, brand

wars and brand quiz.

Owing to the pandem-

ic,this year Bran-

domania was launched

on the google meet plat-

form on 3rd October,

2020.

The first event brand

poster making was held

on 10thOctober, 2020 on

the google meet plat-

form. Thirty participants

had registered for this event. Following the initial wel-

come and introductory remarks the event was declared

open at 3:15 pm. The contestants displayed the materi-

als for poster mak-

ing before proceed-

ing with the activi-

ty. The partici-

pants were allotted

90 minutes for the

completion of the

activity.

The contestants

were instructed to

submit their brand

posters in the form

of a time lapse vid-

eo. The activity

was concluded at

5:00pm after all the

participants sent

the scanned images

of the poster along

with the time lapse video.

Reported by Ms Revathi Radhakrishnan


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Students’ Council Investiture Ceremony

T he Investiture Ceremony of the Students’ Council of

St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore took place

on the 22nd of September 2020 at 3:00 P.M. 30 Students’

Council members joined the ceremony via Zoom and the

ceremony was broadcasted through the online streaming

platform, YouTube.

Dr Anil Joseph Pinto, Registrar of Christ University,

was the Chief Guest of the occasion. Rev. Fr Melwin Pin-

to SJ, Rector of St Aloysius Institutions, presided over

the programme. Rev. Fr Praveen Martis SJ, Principal of

St Aloysius College, graced the occasion with his pres-

ence. The Director of the Students’ Council, Dr Ratan

Tilak Mohunta, and the Asst. Director, Dr Santhosh Wil-

son Goveas, were present on the dais.

The programme began with an invocation of God’s bless-

ing through a prayer song. The Welcome Address was

delivered by Dr. Ratan Tilak Mohunta, Director of Stu-

dents’ Council.

Rev Fr. Praveen Martis SJ administered the oath to the

President, Mr. Gavin Abner Pinto, after which the Presi-

dent administered the oath to the Vice President, Ms.

Aparna Prashanth, Secretary, Ms. Sneha Dsouza, Joint

Secretary, Mr. Steeve Thomas Shaji, Cultural Secretary,

Ms. Paloma Rodrigues, Sports Secretary, Mr. Yusuf Sha-

heer, the Principal’s Nominees, Mr. Aditya Kamath and

Ms. Anoma Nehel Lobo and the rest of the Class Repre-

sentatives and Association Secretaries.

The President, Mr Gavin Abner Pinto, spoke about how

he, along with his team, wish to make valuable contri-

butions to the college. “ If you want to shine like the sun,

first, you must burn like it, there is no responsibility

without accountability” , said Mr. Abner.

In his address, the Chief Guest, Dr Anil Joseph Pinto,

spoke of his experiences during his college education.

“Undergraduate is the most important period in one’s

life”, said Dr Anil. He also stressed on the importance of

shattering gender roles in leadership.

In his Presidential Address, Rev. Fr Melwin Pinto SJ

gave his words of wisdom to the council members. “The

students have elected you and that makes it special, be-

cause somewhere along the line, you’ve won their hearts,

and now you have to live up to their expectations”, said

Fr Melwin Pinto.

The Principal, Rev Dr. Praveen Martis SJ, congratulated

the Students’ Council members and gave them his words

of encouragement. He also wished them courage and

wisdom to face any challenges that may come their way.

The Controller of Examination, Dr Alwyn D’Sa, the Fi-

nance Officer, Rev Fr. Vincent Pinto SJ, Dean of the Xa-

vier’s Block, Dr John E D’Silva, Dean of the Admin

Block, Dr Norbert Lobo. Dean of the Arrupe Block, Dr

Dennis Fernandes, Dean of Physical Sciences, Dr Pra-

kash Kamath were also present.

Ms. Aparna Prasahnth, Vice President, delivered the

Vote of Thanks and the event was compered by Dr

Senek D'Souza, Dean of Human Resource.


On the occasion of Hindi Diwas, Department of Hindi

and Hindi Sangh of St Aloysius College (Autonomous),

Mangaluru jointly organised a National Level Guest

Lecture on the topic “Naye Shiksha Niti- 2020 Me

Hindi Bhasha Ka Bhavishy” (Future of Hindi Lan-

guage In New Education Policy 2020) on 16th Sept. 2020.

The Chief Guest of the program was Dr Jayanthi Pra-

sad Nautiyal, (Rtd. deputy General Manager, Corpora-

tion Bank, Mangalaru, Director General, Global Hindi

Research Institute, Deharadun, Uttarakhand) who

spoke on the importance of language, culture and socie-

ty. During the questionnaire session, he said that lan-

guage and culture are social assets. Earlier, education

was to get job but in the new education policy, the focus

is mainly on entrepreneurship.

Rev. Dr Praveen Martis, SJ, Principal, presided over the

programme and delivered Presidential remarks. Dr

Mukunda Prabhu, Head of the Department, welcomed

the gathering and also introduced the chief guest.

More than 400 participants had participated in the

guest talk from all over India. Many Research scholars,

professors, students cleared their doubts on the topic.

The programmme was compared by Dr Mamatha N R

and Mr. M A Nadaf delivered the vote of thanks.

Reported by Dr Mukund Prabhu

Hindi Diwas—Guest Lecture


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Gandhi Jayanthi Celebration

O n 2nd of October NSS Unit of St. Aloysius College,

Mangaluru Celebrated Gandhi Jayanti. On this day NSS

Volunteers of Group 1 conducted a Quiz for all other

NSS Volunteers based on Gandhi's life.

The Celebration began with a prayer song, sung by Ms.

Melbha, NSS Volunteer, followed by a speech on Gandhi-

an Values and life by Mr Keerthan, NSS Volunteer.

Ms Dhilsha, the group leader compered the programme

and as the quiz

master ex-

plained the

rules of the

quiz. There

were 3 rounds

of questions,

in the first two

rounds, each

group had to

answer 2 ques-

tions respectively and the round 3 was open for all the

volunteers. The time allotted to answer each question

was 10 seconds. Group 8 and 14 secured the first place

whereas group 4 secured second place.

Program was concluded with the NSS anthem sung by

Ms. Shreya, NSS volunteer of group 1. The NSS officers

and 190 NSS Volunteers were present for the celebra-

tion.

Reported by Ms Carrel Sharel Pereira

NSS Observed International Girl Child Day

O n 8th October, NSS unit of St. Aloysius College Ob-

served International Girl Child Day.

Group 2 of NSS Unit organised Pictionary Competition

for the volunteers on this day. The programme was com-

pered by Ms. Sandra mariya shiju.

The Programme began with the invoking of God's bless-

ings through a prayer sung by Mr Muhammed Hashir,

followed by a welcome speech by Ms Prathisha, one of

the volunteer of group 2. Ms Greeshma presented the

previous week's activities’ report. Ms Sandra mariya

shiju gave a speech on the importance of Air Force Day,

which is celebrated on 08/10/2020. Ms. Divya gave a

speech on the importance of International Day of Girl

Child.

The Pictionary competition that was organised for the

volunteers was based on the life and achievements of

women in various fields. Ms.Prathiksha conducted the

Pictionary competition. In the 1st round jumbled letters

were given of certain female leaders to each group, in

the 2nd round pictures of female leaders to each group

which was to be identified and in the last round ie; 3rd

round 4 hints about the female leaders were given and

the groups should find the leaders using the hints , it

was a common round. 5th, 10th and 4th group won the

First Place , 3rd group won the Second Place, 7and 8th

group won the Third Place.

Mr. Alwyn Dsouza, NSS programme Officer Congratu-

lated Vidhula K L of I B.A. who has been selected as

the Best Essay under the English category in the State

level Essay Writing Competition held on the occasion of

Gandhi Jayanthi organised by SDM College. He also

congratulated Group 2 for systematically and successful-

ly organising the activity based on International Girl

Child Day.

Ms. Preema Tauro, NSS programme Officer motivated

other volunteers to continue the same enthusiasm and

interest and organise better activities in the coming

weeks.

The officers along with all the NSS Volunteers together

took Covid Pledge in order to create awareness against

the spread of deadly Covid- 19 and Promised to take all

the necessary precautions to prevent the spread of virus.

Ms. Sweedal Lobo proposed vote of thanks. The pro-

gramme was concluded with the NSS anthem sung by

Ms.Nayana of group 2.


Inaugural of CLC

The Inaugural ceremony of CLC Association commenced

on 10th October, 2020 @ 3.30 pm with the prayer by Mr

Melroy D'Silva. Ms Ashna D'Silva was the host for the

afternoon. Ms Clarita Tau-

ro, Secretary of CLC Asso-

ciation welcomed the

guests as well as students

for the Inaugural. Mr

Glan Fernandes, Secretary

of CLC Association pre-

sented the report of the

year 2019-2020. Ms Jenis-

sa D'Souza, President of

CLC Association intro-

duced the chief guest.

Fr. Melwin Pinto SJ, Rec-

tor of St Aloysius Institu-

tions addressed does stu-

dents about the growth

and importance of CLC

and also wished success

for the association.

Fr Praveen Martis SJ, Principal of St Aloysius

(Autonomous) College motivated everyone to actively

participate in the association.

Ms. Glevita Monteiro proposed vote of thanks. Number

of students present : 46

Reported by Ms Jenessa Cinora D Souza


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NSS Orientation Programme

O n 18/09/20 activities of NSS for this academic year

began With the NSS Orientation Programme. Officers

and volunteers attended the meeting through Google

meet.

The meeting began with the prayer. As our culture

taught us each and every work which we do should be

started by seeking God's grace, the NSS volunteers in-

voked God’s blessings through a prayer song which was

sung by our volunteer, Pavithra Shenoy.

Mr.Alwin Dsouza, NSS Programme Officer welcomed the

gatheing and also Introduced and welcomed new Assis-

tant NSS Programme officers Ms Carrel Pereira and

Ms.Nandini Shet.

Ms.Preema Tauro, NSS Programme Officer gave a brief

introduction about NSS and it's history as a part of ori-

entation for the first years. She also introduced the sec-

retaries and support incharges of NSS for this academic

year.

There was a Audio Visual presentation of various activi-

ties and camps conducted during the previous academic

year which helped the first year students familiarise

themselves with the NSS UNIT and NSS activities con-

ducted by the college NSS UNIT.

There was discussion on future NSS activities that can

be conducted during this academic year considering the

Covid-19 Situation. Mr. Alwin Dsouza, NSS Programme

Officer Clarified Students queries regrading functioning

of NSS. He also taught First year NSS Volunteers the

NSS Anthem and “NSS disperse clap” .

The meeting was concluded with NSS Anthem which

was sung by the volunteer, Supreetha. Reported by Ms Carrel Sharel Pereira

NSS Inauguration 2020-21

N SS unit of St Aloysius college had its inauguration

of the activities for the year 20-21 on 25/09/20 through

Google meet.

Ms Jyothsna Compered the programme. Mr. Shreesha,

volunteer invoked Gods blessings on the gathering and

the programme through a prayer song after which Mr.

Alwin Dsouza, NSS programme officer introduced the

Inaugurator Dr. Nagarathna K.A the NSS coordinator of

Mangaluru University and the president of the pro-

gramme Dr.

R i c h a r d

Gonsalves, the

director of LCRI

block, St Aloys-

ius college, to

the gathering.

He welcomed

the guests and

the gathering

and gave an

audio visual

report on previ-

ous year’s NSS

activities in or-

der to motivate

the first year

students to take active part in the association.

The Chief Guest of the programme Dr. Nagarathna K.A

inaugurated the NSS activities of the year 2020-21

through her inaugural address. While addressing the

volunteers she appreciated them and the Officers for

their great work during the previous academic year. She

also inspired the new volunteers to continue the same

during this academic year.

President Dr. Richard Gonsalves,the director of LCRI

block, St Aloysius college during his presidential address

immensely explained the importance of being an volun-

teer and appreciated the way needy people got benefited

by the work which is done by NSS volunteers of St. Alo-

ysius College, Mangaluru.

Ms. Babitha Rego, NSS volunteer thanked the guests

and the gathering.

After which meeting continued, Mr Alwin Dsouza, Pro-

gramme officer divided the volunteers into 13 groups

and gave instructions to the group leaders regarding

how they need to organise events during the year.

The meeting was concluded with the NSS anthem which

was sung by Ms. Sharanya, NSS volunteer.


Department Of Microbiology-Report of Interactive Session

A n online interactive session was held on 9th October at 2pm for the

students of microbiology.

Title of the session: Carving a career in Science.

Resource person : Dr.Lakshmi Ramachandran, Programe Manag-

er(CITI) DUKE –NUS Medical School, Singapore.

Target audience: Microbiology students

No of participants: 93


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Radio Sarang Report for September & October 2020

In the month of September the station broadcast very

interesting yakshaganas. Some of them were Sorkuda

Ponnu, Palandu Charithre, Angada Sandana, Tuluvala

Baliyendre, Chathurjanma Moksha, and Papanna Vijaya

Guna Sundari.

For Radio Sanje programme, Mr Vital Nayak Kalladka,

stage performer; Dr Ganesh Amin Sankamar, Tulu

scholar; and Dr Srinivas Bhat came to the studio for a

live programme. Many listeners interacted with them.

As part of the project by MJES called Mission Corona,

Dr Caroline D’souza Neuro-Psychiatrist, was the guest.

As part of the project by UNICEF Mission Corona, we

broadcast programmes like radio magazine and inter-

views on how to deal with mental stress.

As part of the project by Rural Drinking Water and Sani-

tation department (RDWSD), government of Karnataka,

Dr Joseph G.M Rebello, water recharge expert, Tha-

ranath P Saliyan, assistant engineer RDWSD, Bantwal,

came for live phone-in programme. For the recorded pro-

grammes, CR Narendra, assitant engineer, department

of Water Supply and Sanitation (DWSS) Dakshina Kan-

nada Jilla Panchayat, Rajendra Kalbjavi, director of

Jilla Nirmithi Kendra, Gopi R, assitant engineer, DWSS,

Dakshina Kannada Jilla Panchayat, G Narendra Babu,

Assitant Engineer, DWSS, Dakshina Kannada Jilla Pan-

chayat, Vishwanath Bailamoolya, Pachyath Develop-

ment officer, Kinya Grama Panchayath Dakshina Kan-

nada came to the studio.

The station also broadcast programmes like radio maga-

zine, radio feature, success story and radio interaction

with Vishwanath Bailamoolya, Naveen, IEC consultant,

Dakshina Kannada Jilla Panchayath Mangalore, Domb-

bayya, IEC Dakshina Kannada Jilla Panchayath, Man-

galore.

In the month of October the station broadcast very inter-

esting yakshaganas. Some of them were Papanna

Vijaya Guna Sundari, Mayathilotthame Rukmini

Shrinivasa Kalyana, Hasya Prasanga, Jabali Nandini,

Dakshadwara, and Guru Dakshine

For Radio Sanje programme, Shobharaj Pavoor, artist

and film director; Vijay Kumar Kodiyalbail, theater and

film director came to the studio for live programmes.

Many listeners interacted with them.

For the Hrudaya Raga programme, Santhosh Andrade,

national award winning film artist, came to the studio

for a live programme.

For Thalo Umalo Programme, Charles Fernades, actor;

Patrick and Wilma Pereira, musicians, came to the stu-

dio for live programmes. Many listeners interacted with

them.

In association with Ramakrishna Mission we organised

an awareness programme called “Mooru Madake Ondu

Sadhana”. For this programme, Anand, vice secretary

and district nodal officer, Swaccha Bharath Mission,

Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayith, Mangalore; Ran-

jan Bellirpady, Swaccha Mangalore Ramakrishna Mis-

sion; Fr Melwin J Pinto, Rector, St Aloysius Institutions,

and Dr (Fr) Praveen Martis SJ, Principal, St Aloysius

College (Autonomous), were present. Prizes were dis-

tributed for the winners of video documentaries on the

theme “Namma Thyajya Namma Hone”. The I prize was

won by G Preetham, II by Pruthvisha Darmasthala and

III by Sreeparvathi Mangalore.

As part of the project by Rural Drinking Water and San-

itation department (RDWSD), government of Karna-

taka, Prakash Shetty, Panchayat Development Officer

(PDO) of Ujire Grama Panchayat, Arun Pradeep

D,Souza, PDO of Kembral Grama Panchayat, Dr Ramya,

PDO Mannabettu Grama Panchat, came for live phone-

in programme. For the recorded programmes the follow-

ing were present: Prakash Shetty, Anitha Catherin,

PDO Padupanamboor Grama Panchayat, Gokul Das

Bhakta, PDO Edkidu Grama Panchayat, Dr Prasanna

Mithra, Associate Professor, Department of Community

Medicine, KMC, Shri Kisan Rao, Assistant District Pro-

gramme coordinator of MGNREGA Division, Dombbay-

ya Idkidu, IEC Dakshina Kannada Jilla Panchayath

(DKJP) Mangalore, Naveen, IEC consultant, DKJP,

Kusum D’Sa, Former Principal, VIBGYOR School Kulur

Mangalore. The station also broadcast programmes such

as radio documentary and success story on solid waste

management of Kembral village in Dakshina Kannada

District.


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Demanding Justice for Fr Stan Swamy SJ, Human Rights Defenders at St Aloysius College Institutions, Mangalore

C itizens forum for Managlore Development, St Aloys-

ius College Institutions, Mangalore and Spandana Trust,

Mangalore jointly organized a protest demanding justice

for Fr Stan Swamy SJ and other human rights defenders

on 12.10.2020 from 3.45 pm to 5.30pm.

Protest began with the live zoom session where in emi-

nent speakers like Ms Lara Jesani, Advocate, Bomaby

High Court and Rev Fr Tony PM SJ from Jamshedpur

Jesuit Province shared the contribution of Fr Stan Swa-

my for the marginalized and what led to his arrest. They

also encouraged the protesters to continue to stand

strong to condemn the false allegation and illegal arrest

of Fr Stan Swamy and all human rights defenders. A

total of 500 citizens from city of Mangalore and from

other parts of the country joined for this cause. This ses-

sion was moderated by Citizens forum for Managlore

Development, Ms Vidya Dinkar and was concluded with

the message by Rev Dr Praveen Martis SJ, Principal, St

Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore

This was followed by a silent human chain formed by the

protesters outside St Aloysius College on the light house

hill, Mangalore. Nearly 300 protesters stood to show

their solidarity with human right defenders.

Rector of St Aloysius College Institutions Rev Fr Melwin

Pinto SJ strongly condemned the incident, and insisted

the need to be united to uphold constitutional values.

Spandana Trust, Jeppu and many voluntary organisa-

tions, colleges contributed for the success of the protest

by their presence.

Reported by Dr Shwetha Rasquinha

In order to facilitate and motivate towards December

ACCA exam, Dept of Commerce conducted an orienta-

tion to the students of II BCOM (ACCA) on 21.10.2020 at

10 am through google meet. This meeting was gathered

to give useful insights to students who were preparing

for their ACCA exam which is to be held in the month of

December. It Mainly focused on how to attempt the re-

mote based exam, which will was addressed by the stu-

dents who attempted and cleared their ACCA exams

online.

The session eminently had 5 speakers who shared their

wide knowledge and experience on what are the points

that students need to keep in mind. The session began

by Introduction and general welcome by Ms Pooja. Coor-

dinator of ACCA, after which Mrs Vasumathi R Shetty,

Learning Head, India, ISDC addressed and motivated on

importance of foresing the. She also suggested us to

solve multiple mock exams that would enhance our con-

fidence

Secondly, Ms Anusri Kamath from 3rd BCom ‘F’batch

shared her experience on how her exams went. Basically,

she gave all the necessary details to be kept in mind

while attempting the exams.

Thirdly, we had Daren Naren Miranada, who spoke

about the difference between center based exam and re-

mote based exams and suggested few points to avoid any

technical discrepancy.

Lastly, we had Amal Joy and Venkatesh Bailga focused

on preparing for Financial Reporting exam. During the

last 15 minutes queries of the students were addressed

It was indeed overwhelming to have our own seniors to

talk about the exam preparations which motivated all us

to study and get good marks.

Key take aways

Book your exam for week 1, this will give you a con-

fidence as to if we have any technical errors.

Ensure the students solve the mock tests multiple in

number.

Practice

Keep calm and stay motivated.

Reported by Ms Kavya K - II Bcom (G), 183741

Orientation Programme—ACCA Exam


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National webinar on “Regenerative Medicine - A ray of hope towards COVID – 19”

N ational webinar on “Regenerative Medicine- A ray

of hope towards COVID – 19” was organized by the De-

partment of Botany, St Aloysius College ( Autonomous ),

Mangaluru on 20th of October 2020 at 3pm. 180 partici-

pants were present in the webinar including participants

from five other states of the country in Zoom platform.

The programme started with a prayer song by Mrs.

Rashmi K, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany.

Dr Jyothi Miranda, Head of Botany Department wel-

comed the Speaker, Dr Kavina Ganapathy, Senior Scien-

tist, ONSSA Research and Innovations Pvt. Ltd. Benga-

luru, the resource person, Dr John Edward D’silva, Di-

rector of Sciences, participating Faculties, scholars and

students to the webinar.

Dr John Edward D’silva addressed the participants with

his inspirational words and briefed about the knowledge

and importance of regenerative medicine in curing pan-

demic disease like COVID-19. Ms. Akshitha, Assistant

Professor, Department of Botany, introduced the speaker

to the participants.

Dr Kavina Ganapathy during the webinar shared her

thoughts, knowledge and her research experience on ap-

plication of regenerative medicine in curing Parkinson’s

disease and her work progress on COVID–19. The over-

all organization and deliverance of the webinar was

helpful and satisfied the participants and the session

discussion with queries benefitted the faculties and re-

search scholars.

Organizing Secretary Mr. Rakesh Bhandary, Assistant

Professor, Department of Botany delivered the vote of

thanks and Ms. Akshitha, compired the programme.

Reported by Ms Shilpa B

National webinar on Fit India Movement 2020

A National Level Webinar on the theme Fit India

Movement 2020 was organised by the NCC ARMY

WING of St Aloysius

College (Autonomous),

Mangaluru on 14th

September 2020 un-

der the guidance of

Col Manoj V U

(Commanding Of-

ficer) and Lt Col

Amith, Administra-

tive Officer of 18 KAR

BN NCC Mangalore

Group.

Webinar was presided

over by Rev Dr

Praveen Martis, SJ,

Principal of St Aloys-

ius College, (Autonomous), Mangaluru.

The Webinar was co-ordinated by Capt. Shakin Raj, As-

sociate NCC Officer, NCC Army Wing of St Aloysius Col-

lege, Mangaluru.

The Webinar focussed on the meaning, relevance and

significance of Fit India Movement and why is the need

of fit India movement. It also covered various topics such

as physical fitness and components of health related and

skill related physical fitness. The Webinar highlighted

various activities and their health benefits for cardiovas-

cular endurance, muscle endurance, muscle strength

and flexibility. There were also other topics that were

covered like safety precautions to be taken while per-

forming gym exercise.

Besides, it is informed the participants on what is physi-

cal activity, how much physical activity is recommended

for adolescents (15-17 years) and adults (18-40 years),

benefits of physical activities, consequences of the lack of

physical activities etc. The Webinar covered issues re-

garding mental and emotional benefits of physical exer-

cise, social benefits and factors affecting fitness. The

Webinar also highlighted the government initiatives for

the promotion of Fit India Movement.

183 Cadets from various institutions of Mangalore par-

ticipated in this National Level Webinar.

At the end of the Webinar, everyone took the pledge to

maintaining physical fitness.


T he Department of Counselling organised webinar on the topic

‘Internet Gaming Anonymous-Need of the Hour ’on 22nd Oct 2020

at 3 pm. Dr Rekha B Raveendran, Counsellor, KSCSTE POST

DOCTORAL FELLOW was the resource person along with conven-

ors Ms Rajina R. and Mr. Shimil P.V, Counsellors. The webinar

focused on creating awareness on mobile gaming addiction among

students and also discussed the need of Internet Gaming Anony-

mous Group. There were 60 participants and their doubts were

clarified at the end of the session.16 members joined the IGA group.

Reported by Mr Shimil P V

Webinar on’ Internet Gaming Anonymous-The Need of The Hour’


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Staff Induction – 2020

T he department of Human Resources facilitated in-

duction for 30 new staff who joined us in the UG & PG

programs at ST Aloysius College in 2 batches. The first

batch was inducted in September 2020 & the second in

October 2020.

The outbound induction program that was earlier planed

prior to the break of the Pandemic had to be altered to

keep our staff safe but an equally intense and connected

program was organized to welcome and get the incum-

bents acquainted with the essentials that make teaching

different at St Aloysius Institutions.

Induction sessions for first batch of UG staff was con-

ducted on August 27, 28 & 29th, 2020 and the second

batch on October 1, 2 & 3rd, 2020. Riding on the success

of the FDP-2020 “The Road Ahead” that had invested on

digital learning with modules such as LMS, Rich media,

Google tools, editing tools Brand & Communication were

included into the induction sessions. The programs start-

ed with grace from prayer and indulged with an ice-

breaker of self- introductions. Participants shared their

strengths and passion while knowing the entire group

and common interests that they share.

The induction module included intense learning with

practical session that geared them to be ready for online

class and blended learning. The program had a perfect

blend of theoretical concepts that included the institu-

tional vision for new staff delivered in an interesting

session by the Principal Rev. Dr. Praveen Martis. The

same was backed up by contemporary topics such as

“Process & Protocol” delivered by Dr. Denis Fernandes &

“Best Practice” by Dr. Ronald Nazareth. It was also

interesting for the participants to have a walk around

the campus and know the institutions offerings along its

length and width.

The program also included common sessions for both

batches under one roof which provided detailed infor-

mation on the different must know elements such as EC-

CC, Library, Sahaya, Finance, IQAC/NAAC, Autonomy

& Evaluations.

Human Resources Department guided by Dr. Senek

D`Souza thanks all facilitators including Royal, Vanaja,

Vishal, Sathish Ashok, Udaya, Dr. Shwetha, Rev. Fr

Vincent, Rev. Fr Felix victor, Dr. Alwyn, Godwin &

Nivya for their dedicated support in different sessions.

Reported by Dr Senek D`Souza

NEW COURSES

UGC has granted Two New B.Voc Courses under DDU

Kaushal Kendra to our College.

1. Renewable Energy Management

2. Software Development.

WE ONE AQUA CENTRE

Inauguration of We One Aqua Centre held on October

17, 2020 at St Aloysius Swimming Pool.

Congratulations

Our Principal, Rev. Dr Praveen Martis, SJ was invited to undergo an

Intensive Virtual Assessors' Orientation Programme conducted by the National Assessment

and Accreditation Council (NAAC)

The Virtual Orientation was held on 14 & 15 of September, 2020. Now, he is officially in the panel of Assessors and member of the NAAC Peer Team for the assessment of Autonomous Colleges.

The Management & Staff congratulate our Principal on this rare achievement and

wishes him all the best.


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Inaugural Ceremony of Commerce Association

The Hierarchy Tree showing the chain of command was

them formally presented before the students, by the

Chief guest.

Dr Dennis Fernandes, Director of the Arrupe Block

shared his words of wisdom and wished the associa-

tion good luck with all its future endeavors.

The inaugural ceremony concluded with Ms Metilda,

President of Commerce Association proposing the vote

of thanks. Ms Delina D’souza compered the pro-

gramme. Total 200 students from first and second year

commerce stram attended the programme through

Google Meet portal.

Reported by Ms Krithika, Secretary,

Commerce Association

Student Excellence

KSCST Project Award: ‘Best Project of the Year’ under

Student Project Programme (SPP)

43rd series, 2019-20 is awarded to

Ms. Umadevi. S. M and Ms. Vaish-

navi.N. H, students of Post Gradu-

ate Studies and Research in Bio-

technology of St Aloysius College

(Autonomous) Mangalore by the

Karnataka State Council for Sci-

ence and Technology, (KSCST)

Bangalore.

The novel work on the

‘Detection of adulterants in

coconut oil using paper

strips’ is guided by Dr. Jiji

George, Assistant Professor,

Department of Biotechnology, St

Aloysius College (Autonomous)

Mangalore. This projected has

been funded by KSCST and the

award is unique achievement

under College category.

National Level Quiz: Shreya Elizabeth Koruthu (201311) student of Political

Science won second place in National Level quiz con-

ducted in memory of Mahatma Gandhi's Birth Anniver-

sary by Laxmi Venkatesh Desai College

NCC AIRWING:

The SDM College of Business

Management, Mangaluru had

conducted a state level essay

writing competition on the topic

“The Relevance of Gandhiji’s Phi-

losophy in the Contemporary

World”, on 3 October 2020 on the

occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi. The

essay written by Vidhula Kodira

Lokesh of I BA Reg No:201189

has been selected as the Best

Essay under the English category.

T he Inaugural Ceremony of Commerce Association

was held on 25th September 2020 via Google Meet. The

Chief Guest for the ceremony was Mr. Isaac Vas, Presi-

dent of Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry

(KCCI), Managing Director of Merger Beverages P.Ltd.,

Manager of Jyothi Advertisers. The program commenced

with a short prayer. It was followed by the Dean of the

Department of Commerce, Dr. Manuel Tauro, who wel-

comed the gathering and introduced the Chief Guest.

The Action Plan of Commerce Association for the aca-

demic year 2020-21 was presented by Ms. Krithika, Sec-

retary of Commerce Association.

The Action Plan of the association for this academic year

includes the following:

The Association has decided to widen its horizon and

enter into tie-ups with various Entrepreneurs and or-

ganisations to expose the students to real-life experi-

ences in the corporate field to ensure that value-added

interactions take place.

The Association is currently working on an exciting

new project in the form of an official podcast, present-

ed by the members of this very association. This will be

open to all the students and would discuss the corpo-

rate world matters in a fun and understandable man-

ner making the podcast a medium for students by the

students.

This semester the Association will be primarily focus-

ing on improving the skills of its members. We have

taken steps to ensure that the students are trained

both with regards to fests and well equipped with real-

world experiences and information.

We are also working on organizing seminars, with the

main aim of educating the students on aspects of real

life that one cannot simply acquire by reading a book,

rather by engaging in meaningful conversations with

the speakers of the various seminars and heeding their

stories and advice.

Mr. Isaac Vas then unveiled the new logo of Commerce

Association by presenting a video to all the partici-

pants present during the program. The Chief Guest

Mr. Isaac Vas gave insights on entrepreneurship and

stated what it would entail being a successful entre-

preneur. He highlighted the various booming indus-

tries of the time. He also motivated the students to

explore their potentials and take up self employment.


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Student Excellence

Student activities of Department of PG Studies and Research in Mathematics Ms Megha Shetty completed certificate course Python

basis for data science from edx

Ms Shwetha Hebbar participated in "Two day Nation-

al Webinar on Functional Analysis" organised by the

department of Mathematics, Malabar Christian Col-

lege, Calicut, Kerala on 30th September and 1st Octo-

ber 2020.

Ms Pallavi attended two day national webinar on

Functional Analysis organised by the Department of

mathematics, Christian College, Calicut Kerala On

30th September & 1 st October 2020

Ms Rosemary Mathew:

Attended an open course on Fundamentals of Busi-

ness Finance, with Goldman Sachs 10000 women

(Coursera) completed on 7th September 2020

Attended a webinar on Higher studies in Mathemat-

ics in association with IQAC, Kuriakose Elias College

Mannanam on 11th September 2020

Attended a webinar on How Scientists are looking for

Aliens? by Dr Seth Shostak, senior Astronomer at

SETI, Institute in California organised by Shas-

trasnehi on 12 th September 2020

Attended a webinar on Developing an innovative

product or service hosted by business expert Dr Emi-

lee Simmons organised by Goldman Sachs 10000

women on 14 th September 2020

Attended a webinar on Challenges and Successess of

conducting NREUP online organised by Mathemati-

cal Association of America on 23 rd September 2020

Attended a quiz on Quantitative Aptitude organised

by Department of Mathematics in association with

Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Government First

Grade College Kundapura on 23rd September 2020

Attended a webinar on Hands on session: Crack it

with AI by Rachana IBM organised by IET CHEN-

NAI LOCAL NETWORK collaboration with NASA

space app [boot camp series] on 27th September 2020

Attended a webinar on Applications of satellite image

processing in disaster mitigation by Vijayan by IET

CHENNAI LOCAL NETWORK collaboration with

NASA space app on 28 th September 2020

Attended a webinar on Communications aspects of

satellite communications by Sundara Moorty ( ISRO

retaired Scientist) organised by IET CHENNAI LO-

CAL NETWORK collaboration with NASA space app

on 1St October 2020

Attended a webinar on Data science Applications in

space by Bala Vivek organised by IET CHENNAI LO-

CAL NETWORK collaboration with NASA space app

on 30 th September 2020

Attended a webinar on Sustaining our planet for fu-

ture generations by Shubham Saraff organised by

IET CHENNAI LOCAL NETWORK collaboration

with NASA space app on 30 th September 2020

Essay Writing: The essay written by Vidhula K L of I

B.A. has been selected as the Best Essay under the Eng-

lish category in the State level Essay Writing Competi-

tion held on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi organised

by SDM College.

Shreesha (192385 II BSC) Volunteer of NSS* won First

place in State level

singing competition

held for NSS volun-

teers on Account of

Independence day by

NSS Unit of Sri Deva-

raj Urs Academy of

Higher Education and

Research, Tamaka,

Kolar.

AWARDED PH.D: MS. PALLAVI B. has been

awarded Ph.D. Degree from Man-

galore University for her thesis

titled "Radiation induced muta-

genesis studies in Zinnia spe-

cies". She has conducted her re-

search work in the Laboratory of

Applied Biology, Department of

Postgraduate Studies and Re-

search in Biotechnology, St Aloys-

ius College (Autonomous), Mangalore. She has submit-

ted her thesis under the able guidance of DR SMITHA

HEGDE, Associate Professor.

QUIZ: NSS and Rovers Units of

Laxmi Venkatesh Desai College

(LVD) Raichur, Karnataka orga-

nized a “National Level Online

Gandhi Quiz 2020” on account of

151th Birthday Anniversary of

Mahatma Gandhiji on 13 October

2020. The Quiz covered the com-

plete life history of Mahatma Gan-

dhi. Shreya Elizabeth Koruthu of I

BA Reg: 201311 has scored 84/100

points and bagged the second position.

NCC AIRWING: Veer Suresh Kotwal of I B.A Reg No:

201188 has been selected as a dele-

gate from India in the Asia Youth

International Model United Na-

tions (AYIMUN) online conference

to be held from 6-8 November 2020.

Veer will be representing India in

the IMF (International Monetary

Fund) council to debate the topic

"emergence of cryptocurrency".

Our student Shradhha M from 2nd

year B.Voc Food Processing and En-

gineering has been selected for

online Interaction session on World

Food Day which is Organised by Indi-

an Institute of Food Processing Tech-

nology (IIFPT) Tamilnadu, In-

dia.


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Students’ Council 2020-21

Gavin Abner Pinto President

Reg. No - 183625 III B.Com

Aparna Prashanth Vice President

Reg. No - 181177 III BA

Sneha D Souza Secretary

Reg. No - 193471 II B.Com

Steve Thomas Shaji Joint Secretary

Reg. No - 194185 II BBA

Paloma Rodrigues Cultural Secretary Reg. No - 194151

II BBA

Yusuf Shaheer Sports Secretary Reg.No - 182224

III B.Sc

Anoma Nehal Lobo Principal’s Nominee

Reg.No - 193424 II B.Com

Aditya Kamath Principal’s Nominee

Reg.No - 183776 III B.Com

YRC Orientation Program - Introduction to the world of Red Cross and Volunteering

Y outh Red Cross Unit, St Aloysius College (Autonomous) had or-

ganized a guest lecture on the topic “Introduction to the world

of Red Cross and Volunteering” on 16 October, 2020 at 2.00 PM.

The talk was organized in Online platform through the Google Meet

Conference.

Ms Irene Arathi, a well known humanitarian professional of Karna-

taka State was the Resource person for the session. Secretary of Youth

Red cross unit of the college, Mr Mohammed Arfaz Reaz welcomed the

dignitaries, participants and introduced the Resource Person. Dr

Norbert Lobo, An Associate Professor Department of Economics &

Director of Administrative Block initiated the talk by giving the initial remarks.

Ms Irene Arati gave a detailed presentation on the formation and history of the Red cross. Henry Dunant, during the

Battle of 1859, wanted to volunteer and alleviate the sufferings of victims. The Red Cross was born after a diplomatic

conference in geneva. 16 Governments approved and signed up the proposal to protect wounded Soldiers and formed

the “Committee for relief of wounded “. In 1901. The 1 st Nobel prize was jointly given to the Red Cross and HD. She

gave detailed information regarding the emblem, its history, and the seven fundamental principles of the red cross.

She also mentioned that the mission of the international Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is to prevent and alleviate

human suffering wherever it may be found, to protect life and health, and ensure respect for the human being.

She also explained about the formation of Indian Red cross society which was formed by in 1920. In 1929 Indian Red

Cross Society was recognized as a member of IFRC. This year Indian Red cross society celebrated 100 years of its ex-

istence. Currently, IRCS has 715 branches with a President, Secretary-general, and active managing body. She men-

tioned different activities that are a part of the IRCS operations .. like Emergency relief, HID & AIDS awareness, vol-

untary and safe blood donation, etc. The guest lecture concluded with words of wisdom and encouragement from Ms

Irene Aarti.

Ms. Sarah Lucia Dsouza of II BSc proposed the vote of tanks. The session was moderated by Ms Premlatha Shetty,

Program Officers of Youth Red Cross Unit of the college. Mr. Ashok M. Prasad, the EC/CC coordinator, graced the

occasion with his virtual presence. Mr Reji John, Program Officer, and around 105 volunteers of Youth Red Cross

Unit of the College were present virtually for the guest lecture. Reported by Ms Premalatha Shetty


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College in News


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Faculty Recharging

MS SUMA DEVI PG., Dept. of PG Mathematics Participated in the National level Webinar series con-

ducted by the Department of Mathematics, Manga-

lore University during September 9 – 12 ,2020.

Attended the Webinar 'Revised Accreditation Frame-

work for Autonomous Colleges' which was conducted

by St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru on

7 September 2020.

Participated in the National Webinar on ‘Higher

Studies in Mathematics’ organised by the Depart-

ment of Mathematics, K E College, Mannanam on 11

September 2020.

DR RITA CRASTA, Dept. of PG Physics Participated in the webinar Revised Accreditation

Framework for Autonomous Colleges organized by St

Aloysius College (Autonomous) Mangalore in associa-

tion with NAAC Bangalore on 7th September, 2020

DR KUMARA K., Dept. of PG Physics Participated in the webinar Revised Accreditation



tion with NAAC Bangalore on 7th September 2020

DR CHANDRA SHEKHARA SHETTY T., Dept. of PG Physics Participated in the International Virtual Conference

on "Supercapacitors and Batteries for Future Ave-

nues (ICSBFA-2020)” conducted during 8- 9th, Sep-

tember 2020 at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchi-

rappalli, 620024, India.

Participated in the webinar Revised Accreditation



tion with NAAC Bangalore on 7th September 2020.

Participated in the International Webinar on

“Nanomaterials and Flexible Electronics” Conducted

by Mangalore University Incubation Centre from 15-

10-2020 to 16-10-2020.

DR SHILPA T. H. Dept. of PG Physics Participated in the webinar Revised Accreditation




DR LOVEENA LOBO, Dept. of PG Social Work Attended National Webinar on "Revised Accreditation

Framework for Autonomous Colleges" held on 7, Sep-

tember, 2020 organised by St Aloysius College

(Autonomous) and NAAC, Bengaluru.

MS FELICIA ROZA MARTIS, Dept. of Statis-tics/BBA Participated in a webinar titled "Atmanirbhar- Think

Local, Act Global" organised by Department of Busi-

ness Administration in association with Entrepre-

neurship and Consultancy cell under STRIDE held on

28 August 2020.

2) Participated in a Colloquium on " National Educa-

tion Policy 2020" organised by St Aloysius college on

26 August 2020 under the UGC- Paramarsh scheme.

MR M. A. NADAF Dept. of Hindi has participated in the following Webinars and Quizzes:

One international level.

Four National levels.

Two online Quizzes.

from 22th August 2020 to 9th October 2020.

has participated one day National level Webinar on

“Rashtriya Shiksha Neeti 2020: Aatma Nirbhar

Bharat aur Shodha ki Disha” Organized by ‘Mahatma

Gandhi Kashi Vidya Peetha, Varanasi and Education

Culture Development Trust Kashi.’ Date 30th October

2020.

DR ISHWARA BHAT S, Dept. of physics Attended and chaired a session in the two days online

international Virtual conference on Physics of Solid

state materials held on 2-3,September 2020 organised

by the Dept. of Physics St Aloysius College

(Autonomous), Mangaluru.

Attended the online webinar held on September 7,

2020 on the topic Revised accreditation framework for

Autonomous Colleges organised by St Aloysius Col-

lege (Autonomous) Mangaluru

Attended the one day International webinar on

“Nanotechnology -The Way Ahead” held on 30th Sep-

tember 2020 organised by Dept. Of Physics Guru Na-

nak Khalsa College affiliated to Kurukshetra univer-

sity, Kurukshetra.

Attended Online Interaction on Astronomy and As-

trophysics held on 30th September, 2020 organised by

Kurseong College, Darjeeling, west Bengal.

MS JOAN RITA O'BRIEN, Dept. of Sociology Participated in the National Level Webinar on

"Globalization: New Opportunities, Wider Choices,

and Continuing Genger Gaps" organized by Depart-

ment of Sociology, Bishop Cotton Women's Christian

College, Bangalore on 25th September 2020. Participated in the International Level Webinar on

"Gandhi and the Ethics of Nursing: A Pedagogy of

Care in Times of the Corona Virus" organized by Neh-

ru Study Centre, Mangalore University and Depart-

ment of Political Science, St Aloysius College Autono-

mous, Mangalore on 05th October 2020. Participated in the International Level Webinar on

“Relevance of Mahatma Gandhi in Post Modern Era”

organized by Department of Sociology, Jagat Taran

Girls P.G. College, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh on 14th

October 2020.

MS LAVEENA C CRASTA., PG Dept. of IT

Participated & completed successfully AICTE Train-

ing And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on

"Data Sciences" from 2020-9-16 to 2020-9-20 at K.E.

Society's Rajarambapu Institute Of Technology Ra-

jaramnagar.

DR NILAKANTHAN V. K., Dept. of PG Physics Participated in the webinar Revised Accreditation





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Faculty Recharging

MS SUCHETHA VIJAYAKUMAR, Dept. of PG ST Attended International webinar on "Artificial Intelli-

gence-Present State and Future Perspectives” from

24th -26th Sep 2020 conducted by Assumption Col-

lege, Changanacherry, Kottayam, Kerala

MS MANIMOZHI R. PG Dept. of IT Participated and completed successfully AICTE

Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP

on "Internet of Things (IoT)" from 7th to 11th Sept.

2020 at National Institute of Technical Teachers

Training and Research (NITTTR), MHRD.

Participated and completed successfully AICTE

Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP

on "Internet of Things (IoT)" from 14th to 18th Sept.

2020 at Central University Jharkhand

International Webinar on “Business Intelligence and

Analytics (BIA) for Smart Decision Making” orga-

nized by the PG Dept. of Business Administration,

AIMIT, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Manga-

luru on Sept. 4th & 5th 2020

MS NAUSHEEDA B S., Dept. of PG ST Attended AICTE sponsored STTP on Machine Learn-

ing for Societal Applications from 24 to 30 August

2020 at PACE, Mangalore

Attended Hands on Workshop "Data Analytics" from

5th Sep 2020 organized by IPSR solutions

attended FDP on " AI & ML Using Python" from 7-18

Sep 2020,National Social Summit, IIT Roorkee

Attended International webinar on "Emerging Trends

in Intelligent Computing and informatics" organized

by Dept. of Computer Science, University College

Mangalore on 28th August 2020

Attended webinar on "Artificial Intelligence for Bioin-

formatics" organized by PG Dept. of Information

Technology, AIMIT, Mangalore on 13th August 2020

Attended webinar on "Fostering Well being and De-

veloping Resilience during Covid Times" organized by

PG Dept. of Management, AIMIT on 14th August 2020

Attended international webinar on "Artificial Intelli-

gence- Present State and Future Perspective 24-26

Sep organized by Assumption College, Changanacher-

ry, Kottayam, Kerala.

MR RAKESH KUMAR B, PG Dept. of IT Participated & completed successfully AICTE Train-


"Leadership & Excellence" from 7-9-2020 to 11-09-

2020 at PDPM Indian Institute of Information Tech-

nology, Design & Manufacturing, Jabalpur. M.P.

Participated & Completed successfully AICTE Train-


"Cyber Security" from 21-09-2020 to 25-09-2020 at Dr

Harisingh Gour University, M.P.

Participated in webinar held on 07-09-2020 on the

topic “Revised Accreditation framework for autono-

mous colleges” organized by St Aloysius college in

association with NAAC, Bengaluru

DR SANTHOSH B., PG Dept. of IT Participated & Completed successfully ORACLE

Academy Online FDP on "Java Programming" from

28-09-2020 to 30-09-2020

participated in ACF Intro Workshop - sept 11 and

October 2 organized by AWS

participated in Workshop on using Oracle Academy

Cloud-Based Member Hub 23-09-2020 organized by

oracle academy



mous colleges” organized by St Aloysius College in



topic “VISUAL NOTE TAKING” organized by DR B R

Ambedkar University, New Delhi

MS ANNAPOORNA SHETTY, PG Dept. of IT Participated and Completed successfully AICTE

Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP

on "Leadership & Excellence" from 7th September

2020 to 11th September 2020 at Utkal University.

Participated in Workshop on using Oracle Academy

Cloud-Based Member Hub 23-09-2020 organized by

oracle academy

DR HEMALATHA N., PG Dept. of IT Participated in webinar held on 07-09-2020 on the




MS VANITHA T., PG Dept. of IT Participated in webinar held on 07-09-2020 on the



association with NAAC, Bengaluru.

Participated in webinar held on 04-09-2020 and 05-09

-2020 on the topic “Business Intelligence and Analyt-

ics (BIA) for Smart Decision Making” organized by St

Aloysius college Institute of Management and IT

(AIMIT).

MR THOMAS C.G., PG Dept. of IT Attended International webinar on "Artificial Intelli-

gence-Present State and Future Perspectives” from

24th -26th Sep 2020 conducted by Assumption Col-

lege, Changanacherry, Kottayam, Kerala

MS LAVEENA C CRASTA., PG Dept. of IT

Participated & completed successfully AICTE Train-


"Data Sciences" from 2020-9-16 to 2020-9-20 at K.E.

Society's Rajarambapu Institute Of Technology Ra-

jaramnagar.

MS GRACE MARY JOSE, Dept. of BBA 07-09-20 Participated in the Webinar on Revised ac-

creditation framework for Autonomous Colleges on

September 07, 2020.

Participated in the National level Webinar on "Digital

innovation in Banking" on September 28, 20

MR HARIPRASAD SHETTY, Dept. of Zoology Attended international webinar series on "Recent

trends in neuroscience research" organized by depart-

ment of physiology KMC, MAHE, Manipal, Karna-

taka , India on 22/11/2020 to 24/11/2020.


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DR PRIYA S. SHETTY, Dept. of Economics National Webinar Indian Banking System: Challeng-

es and Opportunities Ahead” organized by PG De-

partment of Commerce, St Aloysius College

(Autonomous) Mangaluru on 5th September 2020.

National Webinar Doubling of Farmers’ Income in

India” Issues and Challenges held on 12th September

2020, Organised by Department of Economics in asso-

ciation with IQAC, Cauvery College, Virajpet.

Panel Discussion on Ordinance of Karnataka Land

Reforms Act 2020 organised by KLE Society’s Arts

and Commerce College, Gadag on 22 September 2020.

National Webinar Digital Innovations in Banking

organized by PG Department of Commerce, SAC

(Autonomous) Mangaluru on 28th September 2020.

International Webinar Gandhi and the Ethics of

Nursing: A Pedagogy of Care in Times of the Corona

Virus organized by Nehru Study Centre Mangalore

University and Department of Political Science, SAC

Mangaluru on 5th October 2020.

National Webinar on Econometrics and Social Scienc-

es and Higher Education Dynamics during and Post

Pandemic Period on October 15, 2020 organised by

Dept. of Economics and Cooperation, Mysore University.

Webinar series on New Challenges of Census 2021

organised by PG Department of Economics, Sree Na-

rayana College, Kannur on 17 October 2020.

National Webinar organized by K.L.E. Society,

Dharwad on the eve of World Statistics Day 20th Oc-

tober, 2020 on Connecting the World with the Data

we can Trust” organised by Department of Statistics

Faculty Recharging

MR UDAYA, Librarian Participated in the National Webinar on ‘Information

Sources’ organized by Nehru Institute of Engineering

& Technology, Coimbatore on 15-10-2020.

Participated in the National Webinar on ‘Importance

and need of Libraries in enhancing digital learning, e-

learning, virtual learning and lifelong learning’ orga-

nized by Nehru Institute of Engineering & Technolo-

gy, Coimbatore on 16-10-2020.

MS CAROLEENA JANEFER, Dept. of Commerce Attended International Conference on 'Emerging Op-

portunities and Challenges in Indian Economy: an

Interdisciplinary Approach' organised by Rizvi Col-

lege of Arts, Science and Commerce on 18th October

2020 and presented paper titled 'Impact of Covid-19

on Consumer Behaviour'.

DR SANA SHEIK, Dept. of Botany Attended National Webinar on Medicinal plants, Raw

drug identification and Standardization - SDM Col-

lege (Ujire)

Participated in the Webinar held on September 7,

2020 on the topic "Revised Accreditation Framework

for Autonomous Colleges". St Aloysius College

(Autonomous)

Participated at International Virtual Conference on

Physics of Solid State Materials, organised by the

Dept. of Physics, St Aloysius College (Autonomous),

Mangaluru, during 2-3 September, 2020

Participated in webinar Career in Medical Scienc-

es organized by SDM College (Ujire )

Participated in Webinar Impact of COVID 19 pan-

demic organized by St Philomena College, Mysuru.

Participated in International webinar on Nutrition

and Health conducted by Department of Physical Ed-

ucation Mangalore University on October 28, 2020

Participated in International webinar on Discover in

Diamond in you conducted by department of com-

merce - St Aloysius College (Autonomous) on October

28, 2020

Participated in World Food Day webinar on Career

opportunities in Food sector - St Aloysius Col-

lege October 22, 2020

Organized and participated in Webinar on Regenera-

tive Medicine - A ray of hope towards COVID 19 con-

ducted by Department of Botany - St Aloysius Col-

lege on October 20, 2020

MR JUSTINE JAMES, Dept. of MBA Participated in the National Virtual Conference on

"NEP 2020: A Transformative Educational Policy for

Aspirational India" organized by the Bengaluru

North University in collaboration with Internal Qual-

ity Assurance Cell (IQAC of Kristu Jayanti College

(Autonomous), Bengaluru and Centre for Educational

and Social Studies (CESS), Bengaluru on 15/09/2020

and 16/09/2020.

Attended a Virtual Case Study Seminar on 21st and

22nd September 2020, organised by St Joseph`s Insti-

tute of Management, Bangalore

Faculty Excellence

DR CHANDRA SHEKHARA SHETTY T., Dept. of PG Physics Resource person for webinar at St Aloysius PU College

Mangalore on the topic "Magnificent ideas in physics

that changed the world" on 20 September 2020

DR NILAKANTHAN V. K., Dept. of PG Physics Conducted Examination at St Joseph College

(Autonomous) Devagiri, Calicut Centre as an extend-

ed centre for St Aloysius College Mangalore UG and

PG End semester examination.

Sl.No Name Department No. of

Courses

Source

1. Dr Rita Crasta PG Physics 03 edX, Coursera

2. Dr Kumara PG Physics 02 edX, Coursera

3. Dr Nilakanthan V K PG Physics 01 Coursera

4. Dr Chandra Shekhara

Shetty T

PG Physics 01 Coursera

5. Ms Preema Cealla Pais PG Chemistry 01 edX

6. Ms Sai Divya Darshan English 05 Coursera and

Udemy.

7. Ms Felicia Roza Martis Statis-

tics/BBA

02 Coursera

8. Dr Sana Sheik Botany 01 Future Learn

9. Ms Laveena C. Crasta PG Dept. of IT 03 Coursera

10. Ms Manimozhi R PG Dept. of IT 01 edX

11. Ms Annapoorna Shetty PG Dept. of IT 02 Coursera

12. Ms Vanitha T PG Dept. of IT 01 Udacity

13. Mr Udaya Librarian 01 Coursera

ONLINE COURSES COMPLETED BY THE FACULTY


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Teaching Staff - New Recruits 2020-2021

Ms Anvitha Jain

Statistics

Mr Glavin T.

Rodrigues

Zoology

Mr Reuben J.

Machado

Journalism

Dr Mamatha N R

Hindi

Ms Rabecca Rex

English

Ms Alita Maria

D Sa

English

Ms Lynn Marcel-

ine Pinto

English

Mr Jessin Baby

English

Ms Fathima

Masna

English

Mr Mahammad

Thauseef P

Commerce

Ms Sharoon

D Souza

Commerce

Mr Arwin S.

D Souza

Commerce

Dr Roshan F.

D Souza

Chemistry

Ms Nileena Jose

PG Chemistry

Ms Priya George

A

BCA

Ms Grace Mary

Jose

BBA

Ms Ashwitha

Acharya

PG Biochemistry

Ms Cyble Melinda

Sequeira

PG Biochemistry

Dr Smruthi G

Prabhu

PG Biotechnology

Mr Roysten Dias

PG Food Science

Dr Aswin Alora -

M.Com

Ms Annie Vincent

English

Ms Avilla

Valonia Pinto

BCA

Ms Sneha

Thomas

B.Voc

Ms Carrel Sharel

Pereira

Economics

Ms Savitha

D Souza BA Social Work/Sociology

Ms Crystal Vivita

Menezes

Chemisty

Ms Aswini T

PG Economics

Ms Laisha

D Souza

PG Mathematics


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Faculty Excellence

RESEARCH GRANTS: Vision Group on Science and

Technology (VGST) Department of Electronics, IT, BT

and S & T, Government of Karnataka recognized the

Department of Post-graduation

Studies and Research in Bio-

chemistry, St Aloysius College

(Autonomous) under K-FIST L1

for the proposal submitted by

Dr. Lyned D. Lasrado, Assis-

tant Professor of the Department.

The Grant amount of Rs 15 Lakhs

will be utilized to develop re-

search facilities in the depart-

ment for the next two years. Her

project title is “Establishing a laboratory for the prepa-

ration of biodegradable packaging

material from food and agricultural

waste.”

Dr. Ambarish C N, Assistant Pro-

fessor, Department of Biochemistry,

is awarded with a grant of 3 Lakh

under Research Grant for Scientist/

Faculty (RGS/F) for his research

proposal titled “Study on the Eco-

toxicity Effect of Micro plastics on

Marine fauna on the Coast of Kar-

nataka”

Dr. Sana Sheik, Assistant Profes-

sor, Department of Botany is

awarded with a grant of 3 Lakh un-

der Research Grant for Scientist/

Faculty (RGS/F) for her research

proposal titled “Preparation and

characterization of healthy and fun-

gal infected plant extract loaded

films for potential biomedical and

bio remedial applications “. The Management, Principal

and Research C0ell of the College congratulated them

for their achievements.

DR BABU THOMAS, Dept. of MBA Invited by Social Science & business Research Net-

work (SSBRN ) from Singapore as reviewer of re-

search papers and the member of research commit-

tee beginning from September 2020.

MS JOAN RITA O'BRIEN, Dept. of Sociology Participated and secured 72% in the National Level

e-Quiz in Sociology organized by Department of Soci-

ology, Bishop Cotton Women's Christian College,

Bangalore on 10th September 2020.

DR NORBERT LOBO, Dept. of Economics Resource Person: “New Education Policy 2020: An

Overview”, Catholic Board of Education, Mangalore,

October 30, 2020.

DR ELIAS GERALD D'SILVA, Department of PG Social Work, was awarded Doctorate In Philoso-

phy from Mangalore University.

He has awarded PhD for the thesis

on "A Study on the Functioning and

Effectiveness of Government Prima-

ry School Education in Mangalore

Thaluk - A Social Work Context"

under the guidance of Dr Jacinta

D'Souza, Former Principal, School

of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, Man-

galore.

DR RAJANI SURESH, Dept. of MBA Conducted 6 sessions during Staff Training for Karna-

taka Bank programme Professional Excellence for Wom-

en. She spoke on the topics: Work Life Balance & Emo-

tional Quotient v/s Professional Quotient

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Published by

Principal, St Aloysius College (Autonomous),

Mangaluru

For Correspondence

IQAC, St Aloysius College (Autonomous),

P.O. Box 720

St Aloysius College Road,

Mangaluru - 575 003

AWARDED PH.D: Dr Mona Jacqueline Mendonca

was awarded Doctor of Philosophy

(PhD) degree by Kannada Universi-

ty Hampi for her thesis titled “The

Apostolic Carmel Congregation:

Women Education and Social

Change in Coastal Karnataka (1870

-1970)” She did her research work

under the supervision of Dr Denis Fernandes, Associ-

ate Professor, St Aloysius College (Autonomous) .

DR LOVEENA LOBO, Dept. of PG Social Work As Resource Person: An Online Interactive session

for the YCS/YSM students (Young Christian Stu-

dents/Young Students Movement) and Animators of

Mangalore Diocese on the topic "Ädolescent Anxieties

and Responses to the Present times" on 13, Septem-

ber, 2020

DR SANA SHEIK, Dept. of Botany Successfully completed MOOC course - Understand-

ing Dementia - UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA

Co authored an anthology book - UNSAID WORDS

available on Amazon

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