College school
complex
Last year's theme is
continued for this academic year, for children science congress
and the theme is "Planet Earth: Our Home Explore, Care &
Share" and sub themes are Atmosphere, Weather & Climate,
Sky and air pollution, Energy , Lithosphere L Soil, Land and Agriculture,
Biodiversity , Hydrosphere-Water & Wetlands , Human Influence
on Environment .Following schools approached our college for guidance:Sr.No.
Name of the School Topic
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Sr.No
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Name
of the School
|
Topic
|
|
1
|
Peoples'Education
Society English medium school Thane- East . |
Mangrove
vegetation, Thane (East) |
|
2
|
Mangala
Hindi High school Thane East
|
Comparative
study --Soil analysis |
|
3
|
Shrirang
Vidyalaya Thane (West) |
1Biodiversity
of live edges and hedges 2.Riparian vegetation |
|
4
|
St.LawrenceSchool,Thane(West) |
1.Coral
Ecosystem |
All
projects are selected for district level project presentation.
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Gymkhana
Committee (Sports)
Indoor Activities were held from
10th December 2009 to 23rd December 2009. Annual Sports Meet was
organized on 21st December 2009 on college ground. Students participated
in various events. College Gymkhana committee arranged Carom,
Table Tennis Tournaments for the Teaching and Non-teaching staff
members.
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The social activities
of NSS students are given below
On
15th September 2009 blood donation camp was organized on college
campus in collaboration with Sir J. J. group of Hospitals, Byculla.
The students and teachers donated 130 bottles of Blood.
Our
NSS students volunteers participated in various University Level,
Area based and College level activities.
University
Level Activities:
1.
10th - 11th July: Seminar on Vasundhara Bachao was arranged by
NSS Cell, University of Mumbai at Gadakari Rangayatan, Thane.
2.
12th Aug. 09: Yuvak Melava at Civil Hospital, Thane.
3.
1st Oct. 09: AIDS Awareness Rally arranged at Civil Hospital,
Thane.
4.
2nd Oct. 09: Gandhi Peace March - The rally held on International
Day of Non - Violence at Azad Maidan, Churchgate, by NSS cell,
University of Mumbai in association with Sarvodaya Mandal, Ghatkopar.
5.
15th Oct. 09: Peace Rally was conducted at Somaiya College, Vidya
Vihar by NSS Cell, University of Mumbai.
Area
based activities:
1.
From 14th June 2009 to 20th Nov.09 :Saplings preparation and post
plantation care activities conducted through trekking at Kasarvadavali
and Kajupada,Ghodbunder,Thane was conducted on every Sundays in
association with Hariyali, Thane.
2.
On 20th Sept. 09 &27th Sept. 09: Watershed development project
studied at Bhavale Lonad forest at Bhiwandi in association with
Hariyali.
College
Level Activities:
1.
Blood donation camp was arranged in association with Rotary Club
of Kanjurmarg in the college campus on 15th Sept. 09and 48 Bottles
of Blood collected Blood donated to J.J.Hospital, Mumbai..
2.
Celebration of NSS DAY was arranged at Patanjali Auditorium in
the college on24th Sept. 09. Dr. (Mrs.) Bhavana Motwani from CHM
College, Ulhasnagar conducted Personality Development Workshop
and NSS Rally was also arranged in college campus.
3.
From 23rd Oct. to 25th Oct.2009: seminar was arranged on Gender
Equality by Akshara in the college.
4.
On 29th Oct. 09: Pathways of Excellence seminar and on 9th Nov.
09: Exposure Rally was arranged by Akshara at Govandi.
5.
On 15th Nov. 09 Seminar on "Life Reborn" - Dwij Puraskar
by Dr. Anand Nadkarni was arranged at Gadkari Auditorium, Thane.
6.
Special Residential Camp was arranged at Waphe nursery, Shahapur,
Asangaon from 25th Dec.09 to 31st Dec. 09 During this camp development
of Butterfly Garden was ndertaken.
Jointly
in association with Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti
& National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Thane, NSS organized
1)Inter Collegiate Workshop on "Scientific Point of View
& Youth" and 2) AIDS Awareness Workshop by Dr. Aasha
Hedge, Programme Officer, Thane (NACO) on 16th January 2010. Around
245 students from various colleges participated in workshop.
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NCC
Boys and Girls (Army and Navy)
Activities
conducted during academic year 2009-10
|
Sr
No.
|
Activity
|
Place
|
Date
|
Participation
|
|
1
|
National
Integration Camp
|
Itanagar,
Arunachal Pradesh
|
1-12
June, 2009
|
4
Cadets
|
|
2
|
State
Level Shooting Competition
|
Amaravati,
Maharashtra
|
29
Jun- 6July, 2009
|
1
Cadets
|
|
3
|
State
Level TSC1
|
Nashik,
Maharashtra
|
15-24
June, 2009
|
3
Cadets
|
|
4
|
State
Level TSC2
|
Nashik,
Maharashtra
|
1-
10 July, 2009
|
1
Cadets
|
|
5
|
State
Level TSC3
|
Nashik,
Maharashtra
|
16-
26 July, 2009
|
1
Cadets
|
|
6
|
State
Level Army Attachment
|
Kamptee,
Nagpur
|
31
Aug- 15 Sept 09
|
6
Cadets
|
|
7
|
Commanding
Officers visit
|
Thane
|
10
Sept,2009
|
All
Cadets
|
|
8
|
Annual
Training Camp1
|
Mumbai
|
12-
22 Sept, 2009
|
11
Cadets+officer
|
|
9
|
Annual
Training Camp1
|
Mumbai
|
5-14
Oct, 2009
|
7
Cadets
|
|
10
|
Annual
Training Camp1
|
Mumbai
|
21-30
Oct, 2009
|
9
Cadets
|
|
11
|
Annual
Training Camp1
|
Mumbai
|
31
Oct- 9Nov, 2009
|
10
Cadets
|
|
12
|
Pulse
Polio Programme
|
Thane
College
|
8-14
Nov, 2009
|
2
Cadets
|
|
13
|
Yoga
Training
|
|
|
All
Cadets
|
|
14
|
National
Integration Camp
|
Chitrakoot,
M.P.
|
2-13
Dec, 2009
|
3
Cadets
|
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Yoga Club
Yoga
Club organized 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 we conducted classes in 4 batches for
Jr.Colllege, Dr. College and NCC cadets from1st July 2009. 119
students including 80 girls completed the yoga course.
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Women's
Development cell
Women development
cell had organized lecture on 19th December 2009 at 11.00
a.m. in Patanjali Sabhagruha by Ms. Mangala Padhye activist
of Stree Mukti Sanghatana on the topic "Rights of Women".
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Staff Academy
Head
of the Physics department Mr. V.D. Golatkar retired on 30th Nov.
2009. Send off function was arranged by Staff academy.
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Alumni Association
·Congratulations!
Kedar Bhat our Past student has won second place in the Landscapes
and Plants category, Pro division of 2009 National Wildlife Photo
Contest. This year's
contest winners were drawn from nearly 70,000 entries (the largest
pool in contest history) and three rounds of judging.
·Alumni - meet of 1984 batch students was arranged on 25th
December 2009 in Pantanjali Sabhagruha to celebrate Silver - Jublee
of graduation year. Mr. Girish Tilve, Mr. Nitin Shinde, Mr. Sunder
organized this meet. Fourty five students actively participated
in this meet. Mr Mayuresh Dhond and Ms. Alpana (from USA) were
online on video for the interaction throughout the programme.
From this group of students a donation of Rs. 40,000/- was given
to VPM for giving Endownment Prizes to the toppers at T.Y.B.Sc.
class in the subjects Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Statistics,
Botany and Zoology.
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Other
2. Community/
Social service- given by Students and faculty
