Inaugural lecture was arranged
for S.Y. B.Sc. and T.Y. B. Sc students on 14th June 2007 and
for F.Y. B.Sc. students on 11th July 2007, to explain the rules
and regulations of the college and facilities provided by the
college using audio-visual facility.
The
programes of the cultural association 2007-08 began with the
40th University Youth Festival Elimination Round, Zone IV in
collaboration with Joshi Bedekar College on 3rd August 2007.
The function commenced with "Ishstavan" by Sheetal
Sonone & was followed by the lighting of the lamp by Dr.Vijay
Joshi, vice-principal, Birla College Kalyan & Dr.P.N.Pabrekar
Director, Department of Student's Welfare, Mumbai University
along with Principal Dr.Madhuri Pejaver, Dr. Shakuntala Singh.
Various competitions like Music, Literary Events, Fine Arts
were organized in this Festival. Near about 40 colleges participated
in this Youth Festival.
The second event of the cultural
association was the Funny programs organized by Radio Mirchi
on 29th August 2007 at Thorale Bajirav Peshawe Sabhagrah.
The third event of the cultural
association was Singing competition organized for our college
students on 13th September 2007 at Auditorium. Near about 20
students participated in this competition.
Annual Gathering "Aakanksha"
had an artistic start from 18th December 2007 with Mehndi, Bridal
& Bride Groome Makup & Haire style competitions. Our
judges were Mrs.Trupti Sonawane from Joshi Bedekar College &
Mrs. Nutan More. Many boys also participated in these competitions.
The next morning was equally artistic & had various competitions
like Flower Arrangement, Salad Making & Rangoli. Our judge
was Kajal Gaytonde. The first out door competition was Personality
contest, Talent Hunt for our Mr. & Miss. Bandodkar. Krunal
Bhosale was selected as Mr.Bandodkar & Nivedita Bendre was
Miss.Bandodkar. They achieved the crown by passing many elimination
rounds. The next was Mono Acting & Mimicry competition
20th December 2007 was again exciting
& started with Instrumental, Singing, Antakshari along with
Fashion Show. "Akanksha" Festival came to an end with
Ramp Walk by Teaching & Non-teaching Staff, Core committee
members & volunteers of cultural association.
Dramatics
committee
Our students participated in the
Drama competition held by Mrugajal and presented the drama "Mi
Ka Melo"
Throughout the year the wallpapers
were displayed based on certain themes. Cartoon competition,
Short story competitions were arranged through this committee.
On 17th January 2008, the magazine
"Sanyuja" was published, with reports of various committees,
many articles, and poems in Marathi, Hindi and English.
The activities of Literary Association,
for the academic year 2007 - 2008 were started from the month
July 2007. Our students participated in various competitions
which were organized in various colleges. Various competitions
were organized for Junior and Degree college students. Essay
Writing, Story writing, Quiz, Poetry writing, Elocution and
debate in our college. About 87 participants enjoyed these competitions.
List
of excursions arranged during year 2007-2008. Department of Zoology
Dr. R. P. Athalye, Dr. (Mrs)
V.D.Manjramkar and Dr.(Mrs) P.N. Kurve, Shri Amrutkar accompanied
S.Y. B. Sc. Students to Urali Kanchan -Pune on 13th and 14th
Dec 2007. Students visited
i) BAIF at Urali Kanchan, ii)
B V Rao Poultry farm, Urali Kanchan
iii)Bee keeping center, Pune.
iv) Snake Park - Katraj Pune.
Dr. (Mrs) M. K. Pejaver, Dr.(Mrs)
N. N. Patil, Dr. K.M. Pariya and Shri Jagtap P R accompanied
and guided T.Y.B.Sc. students to Rajasthan from 31st Dec.07
to 07th Jan 08. They visited ,
i)Ranathambor National Park ii)
Keoladeo Ghana National Park
iii)Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary
iv) Gothada Talao
v)Jaipur City. vi)Jaipur
Zoo
Dr. (Mrs.) P. N. Kurve, Mr.
Rathod accompanied and guided T.Y.B.Sc. students to Karanja
on 23th Jan.08. They Observed different types of fishes at the
fish landing centers, fisheries as well as the shore flora and
fauna.
Institute visits
Dr. K.M. Pariya and Dr. (Mrs.) P. N. Kurve, accompanied
T Y B Sc students to FSI, Mumbai. on 1st Aug.07. The FSI staff
explained about the activities of the institute, the research
activities and different fishery aspects.
Dr. R P Athalye. Dr. (Mrs.) N. N. Patil, Dr.
(Mrs.) S.V.Mahajan, Dr. (Mrs.) Vinda Manjramkar. accompanied T.Y.B.Sc:
students to Thyrocare, Sanpada, Navi Mumbai.on 26th Nov.07 &
27th Nov.07 The students observed the recent and advanced facilities
for pathological and clinical studies. It was a 4 hour course
in clinical studies.
Dr. (Mrs.) Vinda Manjramkar accompanied T. Y.
B. Sc: students to ACTREC, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai.on 06th Dec.07
The students and staff were briefed about recent trends in cancer
research and the facilities for the research.
F.Y B Sc students visit to Prince of Wales Museum,
Mumbai, was arranged on 04th Jan.08
Department of Botany
An excursion was arranged
for the students of F.Y. B.Sc. & T.Y. B.Sc. on 15.12.07
Saturday for Kissan Expo, Mushi - Pune. Dr. (Mrs.) M.S. Mulgaonkar,
Dr. N. S. Tekale, Dr. (Mrs.) M. Saha and Dr. V. M. Jamdhade
accompanied these students. At Kissan Expo, Mushi - Pune students
were introduced to some of the modern techniques used by the
farmers Students observed the tissue cultured banana plants,
bamboo, sugarcane and Jatropa plants used as biofuel. There
was a beautiful display of fruits, vegetables and flowers growing
in different parts of Maharashtra. Nursery products and different
flowering and foliage plants were in display and were also for
sale. Note worthy was the artistic display of Orchids and lilies.
An excursion was arranged
for the students of S.Y. B.Sc. & T.Y. B.Sc. (Botany) for
three days 06.01.08 to 08.01.08 to Aurangabad. Dr. (Mrs.) M.S.
Mulgaonkar, Dr. (Mrs.) M. Saha, Dr. V. M. Jamdhade and Mr. Rakesh
Bane (lab attendant) accompanied these students. There a visit
to 'Institute of Science' was arranged. Students studied the
flora of Aurangabad and enjoyed landscape gardens, flowering
and foliage plants at Dnyaneshwar Udyan.
Department of Information Technology
Industrial Visit
Thirty two students of T.Y.B.Sc.(I.T.) along with Mr. A. A. Kale
went to Bangalore to visit industries from Feb. 06, to Feb. 10,
2008. They visited
i. Indian Space Research Organization
(ISRO)
ii. Indian Institute of Management
(IIM), Banglore
iv. Microsoft Global Technical Support
Center
v. ISKON Temple
vi. HAL heritage center & aerospace
museum
vii. Viswesvariah Industrial &
Technological museum
Department of Biotechnology
F.Y B Sc students visited following laboratories
1. 'Trivector scientific Pvt ltd'
Mulund, Mumbai on3rd Jan 2008.
2. 'Biogenomics Ltd Thane on 29th Jan 2008.
This year for children's science
congress the theme declared is "Biodiversity". Hence
a number of schools from Thane city requested us to guide them
in various projects.
Guidance was given to the students from following schools
1. A.K.Joshi school ,Naupada Thane
2. Bedekar vidyamandir Saraswati school ,Rabodi
3. SES school ,Pachpakhadi, Thane
4. Saraswati marathi medium school, Thane.
5. Municipal school,Vaghbil ,Thane.
6. Peoples Education Society School Thane (East)
7. St. Lowrence school, Pokharan road,Thane.
The projects were on various topics such as insects, fishes, mangroves,
Flora of Yeoor, relation between leaves and plants, lake biodiversity,
palms, leaves used as Ganpati patri etc.
Our 80 students participated in
various inter-collegiate & open state level competitions.
Group Participation and Achievements
1] Chess Tournament
Our Degree college Boys team was selected among
the Probable for University of Mumbai Tournments.
Our Degree college Girls team participated in
Chess Tournaments organized by University of Mumbai.
2] Cricket Tournament
Our Degree college team reached quarter final
in Inter collegiate Cricket Tournaments. University of Mumbai
under the able guidance of our cricket coach Mr. Shashikant Naik.
Our Degree college team was Third in Thane District
Zone.
Our Junior college team participated in Tournaments
organized by Zilla Parishad under the able guidance of our cricket
coach Mr.Shashikant Naik.
Our cricket team won Trophy at Dimensions 2007
, organized by KET's V.G. Vaze College of Arts , Science and Commerce,Mulund
(East).
3] Volleyball Tournment
This year our Degree college Boys team participated in Volleyball
Tournaments organized by Bombay University.
4] Badminton Tournment
Our Junior college Girls team was runner up in
Badminton Tournaments organized by Zilla Parishad.
Our Junior college Boys team participated in
Badminton Tournaments organized by Zilla Parishad.
5] Table Tennis Tournment
Our Junior college Boys team participated in
Table Tennis Tournaments organized by Zilla Parishad.
Indoor Activities were held from December 03,
2007 to December 17, 2007.
Annual Sports Meet was organized on December
18, 2007 on college ground.
The social activities
of NSS students are given below
VPM Establishment Programme followed
by tree plantation in college campus.
Mass tree plantation in association with
NGO Hariyali, Thane at the Dindeshwar hill Sonale Village,Thane.
Peace March Hiroshima day peace march
arranged by Mumbai. Azad maidan to Hutatma chowk Mumbai.
Blood Donation Drive was organized jointly
with NCC and LIONS Club in association with J.J. Hospital Blood
Bank. 119 Units blood collected. College campus, Thane.
Gandhi Peace March - Rally Arranged by
Mumbai Sarvodaya Mandal and NSS Unit Mumbai University At University
Stadium Marine Lines.
NSS Mass Rally On the occasion of the World
AIDS Day in College Campus ,Thane.
Street Play Arranged by NGO Akshara on
womens Harassment at College Campus Thane.
Seminar on AIDS awareness in association
with women's cell at College Campus Thane.
Rally On Gandhiji's 50th From Anniversary
Arranged from Azad Maidan to Hutatma Chowk.
NSS unit conducted a joint programme with
Hariyali regarding dual presentations on Deluge Survey and Hariyali's
Environmental journey. Municipal commissioner Mr.Nandakumar Jantre
was the chief guest on this occasion.
A big rally was organized on AIDS day along
with the NGO Akshara.
Our NSS Unit worked in collaboration with
an NGO Hariyali, students volunteers had conducted a survey of
repetitive water logging in Thane city. Hariyali along with our
college NSS Unit gave a presentation of this survey in our Thorale
Bajirao Peshave Sabhagruh.
Yoga Club organizes yoga classes
for students teachers and non-teaching staff of V.P.M. Institutes,
with the support from Shri Ambika Yoga Kutir, Thane. This year
classes were held from July to September (every Wednesday and
Saturday) and from December to January (every Saturday)
This year the activity
of women cell started on 28th July 2007 with the lecture of Dr.
Sandhya Mainkar who is a Head of Business unit (PCI Cannon Hygiene)
and is working in the field of pest control and Hygiene Care Services.
She emphasized that college is the workplace for the students
and must be properly maintained. More than 100 students attended
the lecture.
In collaboration with Rotary Club
of Thane East AIDS awareness programme was organised on 12th Dec
2007. Doctors from Rajjv Gandhi Medical college were present to
answer the difficulties of the students. A short film related
to the subject was shown. About 100 students attended the programme
A lecture on "Women and Law"
by Mrs. Srividya Jaykumar I/C Principal TMC Law college was arranged
on Wednesday 28th Nov 2007. She emphasized on the sexual harassment
at work place as well as at home. She also explained which acts
will come under this law and where one can complain against such
acts, where one can get information about it. She explained that
everybody must be aware of not only the rights but also about
the duties and responsibilities to be a good person.
Our college
has Employment cell through which we guide the students for placement.
Letters from various companies and institutes looking for suitable
graduates were displayed on the special notice board 'Grab It'.
Also campus interviews of various companies were arranged Details
are as follows:
We organize felicitation programme for retiring staff . On 26th
April 2007, send off function was arranged for our colleges from
Chemisry Department Mrs. V.V.Mahajan & Mr. A.K. Jagtap. We
felicitated Mr. S.G. Medhekar(Chemistry Dept) on 25th Oct 2007
and Mrs S.N. Jogalekar (Maths Dept) on 31st Jan 2008.
Hiking committee of our college arranged monsoon trek to 'Peth
fort'. 43 students from degree and junior college attended the
hike. They enjoyed the hike in heavy rains. During the hike they
took the unusual route to the top and enjoyed the thrill of rock
climbing. Six teachers accompanied the students and made the hike
successful
University of Mumbai
has granted recognition for graduation course in Biotechnology.
Hence we have started F. Y. B. Sc. Bio-tech division of 30 students.
Also we have got the permission
to have additional division for graduation course in Information
Technology, hence we have started 2nd division of F. Y. B.Sc.
I.T. of 60 students.
Our aim is to generate awareness
among students. Hence a with the help of Swami Vivekananda Kendra
Thane ,an exhibition of books and portraits of Swami Vivekananda
was arranged in our college on 11th -12th Dec 2007.
Our Non teaching members retired
during this academic year are Shri T.B. Giri who was felicited
on 31st March 2007, Shri A. Y. Raut on 30th April 2007 & Shri
Govekar on 30th Jan 2008.
A workshop was arranged for the
office staff on 4th Oct 2007, to know how to Work with Thin Client
technology which is newly installed in our office.
The various programmes conducted
in the academic year 2007-08 are as follows.
Mr. Mahesh Temghare an Ex-student
addressed T.Y.B.Sc. students about importance of horticulture
on 16th Aug 2007. He also conducted several interactive training
sessions during the basic course in indoor gardening arranged
for our students in Aug-Sept 2007.
Mr Sushil Samant our Ex student
who passed B.Sc (Physics) in March 2005, after completing M.Sc
,he is presently a research student at T.I.F.R., guided our
students regarding practical examination, he also explained
the various courses available for B.Sc physics students. The
programme was held on 21st Jan 2008.
Miss. Kamakshi Nayak an intelligent
Ex student from Zoology department who completed her graduation
in the year 2006-07 with 80%. She is doing M.Sc. in Physiology
from Mumbai University and has simultaneously cleared GRE &TOEFL,
guided the students on 2nd Feb2008 regarding GRE. She gave information
about different scholarships, funding organizations, etc. she
even told about various professional courses available after
completing B.Sc. (Zoology)
Miss. Silvia Fernandes our brilliant
Ex student from chemistry department who stood 1st in college
in the subject of chemistry by scoring 85% marks in March2006
and presently doing M.Sc, had an Interactive session with our
present students, in which she impressed upon the students the
need for hard work and how the students can make the most of
left out days of the current academic year for scoring good
marks. The programme was held on 4th Feb 2008
Ms Mansi Bhagdeo our brilliant
Ex student from chemistry department who passed out in March1997,
who has done M.Sc in 1999 with distinction, completed M.S. in
chemistry, and also a masters degree in education, and working
as education researcher at Virginia University US, guided our
students about various technical formalities required to be
completed for getting admitted to US Universities. The programme
was held on 4th Feb 2008 .
Alumni of Mathematics Department
has organized a lecture on "Block Design" by Mrs S.
N. Joglekar on her retirement on 28th Jan 2008. Mrs. S.N. Jogalekar
was felicitated on that occasion
