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SAC-IQAC BULLETIN, VOL1, ISSUE 10, April - May 2016 SAC IQAC BULLETIN ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU EDITOR DR DENIS FERNANDES [email protected] VOL I, ISSUE 10 April – May 2016 T he Staff Association, of St Aloysius College (Autonomous) every year has a unique get together of the staff present and retired with their family members. This year the Staff Association Day was celebrated on 2nd April 2016. Mr Santhosh Notagar was the convener of the event. The celebration began with games where staff, their spouses and children participated. The for- mal programme was under the president ship of Mr Lawrence Pinto who welcomed the gathering. Ms Priya Shetty, secretary of the association read the report for the year 2015-16. Rev Fr Denzil Lobo SJ, the rector and Rev Fr Swebert D'silva SJ, the principal addressed the Aloysian family and also distributed prizes for the year long sports activities conducted. the cultural programme which followed the formal programme was very enter- taining. The staff Association day is indeed a feast where all the family members of the staff present and retired come together with the management as one Alo- ysian family. Reported by Mr Santhosh Notagar Staff Association Day - 2016 MOU with Wilmington University A n MOU between Wilmington University and St Alo- ysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore, India was signed on 30-04-2016 at St Aloysius College, Mangalore. The documents were exchanged between Rev. Fr Swe- bert D‟Silva, the Principal of St Aloysius College and Ms Simone Marie George, Director of Government Relations on behalf of Wilmington University, USA in the pres- ence of Rev. Fr Dynisious Vas, Rector, Fr Denzil Lobo, Former Rector, Dr A.M. Narahari, Registrar, Prof. Vin- cent Mascarenhas, Dean, International Relations, Rev. Fr Praveen Martis and Dr Sandra C. Williamson, Pro- fessor Chair, Instruction and Applied Technology in Education The MOU will enable both the institutions for a fruitful and constructive partnership for exchange of students, exchange of staff, conducting joint academic pro- grammes and research. A detailed proposal to take our understanding forward with the opportunities and other possibilities will be worked out from both sides shortly. Reported by Dr A.M.Narahari Registrar

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SAC-IQAC BULLETIN, VOL1, ISSUE 10, April - May 2016

SAC IQAC BULLETIN

ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), MANGALURU

EDITOR DR DENIS FERNANDES

[email protected] VOL I, ISSUE 10 April – May 2016

T he Staff Association, of St Aloysius College

(Autonomous) every year has a unique get together of

the staff present and retired with their family members.

This year the Staff Association Day was celebrated on

2nd April 2016. Mr Santhosh Notagar was the convener

of the event. The celebration began with games where

staff, their spouses and children participated. The for-

mal programme was under the president ship of Mr

Lawrence Pinto who welcomed the gathering. Ms Priya

Shetty, secretary of the association read the report for

the year 2015-16. Rev Fr Denzil Lobo SJ, the rector and

Rev Fr Swebert D'silva SJ, the principal addressed the

Aloysian family and also distributed prizes for the year

long sports activities conducted. the cultural programme

which followed the formal programme was very enter-

taining. The staff Association day is indeed a feast

where all the family members of the staff present and

retired come together with the management as one Alo-

ysian family.

Reported by Mr Santhosh Notagar

Staff Association Day - 2016 MOU with Wilmington University

A n MOU between Wilmington University and St Alo-

ysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore, India was

signed on 30-04-2016 at St Aloysius College, Mangalore.

The documents were exchanged between Rev. Fr Swe-

bert D‟Silva, the Principal of St Aloysius College and Ms

Simone Marie George, Director of Government Relations

on behalf of Wilmington University, USA in the pres-

ence of Rev. Fr Dynisious Vas, Rector, Fr Denzil Lobo,

Former Rector, Dr A.M. Narahari, Registrar, Prof. Vin-

cent Mascarenhas, Dean, International Relations, Rev.

Fr Praveen Martis and Dr Sandra C. Williamson, Pro-

fessor Chair, Instruction and Applied Technology in

Education

The MOU will enable both the institutions for a fruitful

and constructive partnership for exchange of students,

exchange of staff, conducting joint academic pro-

grammes and research.

A detailed proposal to take our understanding forward

with the opportunities and other possibilities will be

worked out from both sides shortly.

Reported by Dr A.M.Narahari

Registrar

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DEPARTMENT OF MBA BON VOYAGE - BATCH 2014 - 16

A solemn Farewell function for the outgoing 2014 –

16 Batch of the Department of MBA was organized on

the 28th April 2016. The function commenced with a

prayer service conducted by Rev. Fr Denzil Lobo S.J,

Rector, St Aloysius Institutions. Rev. Fr Pradeep Sequei-

ra S. J. and Rev. Fr Manoj D‟ Souza were present at the

occasion.

A Photographic memento was distributed to each stu-

dents at the end of the prayer service. An informal func-

tion was organized by the I MBA students bidding adieu

to their beloved seniors.

DEPARTMENT OF MBA WORKSHOP ON TIME VALUE OF MONEY

A workshop on Time Value of money using excel as a

tool was conducted by the department on Monday

30/5/16 for the faculty members. The Resource Person

for the program was Mr. Ruben Menezes, Associated

Financial Advisors Pvt. Ltd., Mangalore. The audience

for the workshop we people in the Financial Industry

like Banks, Mutual Funds, Insurance etc. and faculty

members and students too

Academic Evaluation of the Departments

Internal assessment marks/Examinations are Not

Optional

Do not entertain late comers to the class

During first hour no student is allowed to sit at

Katte.

Dress Code for Student should be strictly main-

tained on all days

Onam celebrations should be restricted for one day

Reported by Dr Denis Fernandes

T he Departmental Evaluation meetings were held

from March 23, 2016 to April 13, 2016 . Rev. Fr Swebert

D‟Silva Principal, Dr A.M. Narahari, Registrar and Dr

Denis Fernandes, IQAC Coordinator led the evaluation

process. Each Department presented their reports

along with students feedback and made a SWOC analy-

sis. Dr A.M. Narahari scrutinized BOS, BOE meeting

minutes and gave necessary suggestions. The place-

ment Cell Coordinator Ms Kavitha gave a brief report of

Placement details of each faculty during 2015-16. Prin-

cipal concluded the meetings with the following re-

marks.

Regularity & punctuality for Class & invigilation

Signing on time (Twice)

To be in the campus except for lunch break

Staff to switch off mobiles during the class hours,

lab & exam invigilation

Outside Unwanted Elements not to be Entertained

Staff should be Unbiased to Students

Class guides should be on time to sign leave notes

ID Cards compulsory for both Teachers and Stu-

dents

Staff to be present for All College Programmes

Staff to publish at least one paper per year in a re-

puted journal

Staff in charge must send list of participants stu-

dents to Vice Principal when they are deputed for

competitions

Staff to take up Guide ship

Student intake coming down in some PG Depart-

ments and steps to be taken.

Staff must accompany students in Rural Exposure

Camps

All science teachers should take equal number of

Theory Classes

Students to be in the Library when there are no

classes

Counselling Services are available to the students.

Keep a watch over the Absentees

Sangam – cut short the duration of competitions

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T o educate SHG members about vermicomposting

and to pro-

mote organic

farming a

Training on

vermicompost

for SHG mem-

bers of Akash-

bhavan was

organized on

26.04.2016 by

Centre for

Social Concern in association with Zoology department

St Aloysius College (Autonomous) Mangaluru. Mr

Hariprasad Shetty, Lecturer and Dr Anita D. D‟Lima,

Assistant Professor of Zoology department gave demon-

stration on vermicompost preparation.

Mr Hariprasad

Shetty ex-

plained the

p r o c e d u r e s

involved in the

preparation of

Vermicompost

and how they

are beneficial

for sustainable

development

in agriculture without harming Ecosystem.

Seven SHG members from Akashbhavan area were ben-

efitted by this demonstration. This session was very in-

teractive and winded up at 3.00pm.

Reported by Ms Shwetha Rasquinha

Activities of Centre for Social Concern

Water Pots for Birds

Reported by Ms Shwetha Rasquinha

Milana - 2016

M ilana- 2016 Field Work Partners Meet held at Audi-

torium St Aloysius College (Autonomous) Mangaluru on 12

April 2016 at 2.30 pm organised by P.G. Department of So-

cial Work. There were around 20 members were participat-

ed from various NGOS and hospitals. The purpose was to

acknowledge and appreciate their service in training our

MSW students.

Reported by Mr Roshan Monteiro

Human Resource

Development

Forum of MSW

Dept. sponsored

and placed

water pots for

the birds in our

college campus

Centre for Social

Concern of spon-

sored and placed

water pots for the

birds in our college

campus

Community

Development

Forum –

KIRANA of

MSW Dept.

sponsored and

placed water

pots for the

birds in our

college campus

Training on Vermicompost for SHG members of Akashbhavan

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FACULTY RECHARGING

MS TEENA IMMACULATE BANGERA - Dept. of

Mathematics

Participated in one day workshop on "Wolfram Tech-

nology Seminar -2016"

Conducted by G.T. Enterprises on 3rd May 2016 at Ma-

nipal Institute of Technology, Manipal.

MR ROBIN RAJ - Dept. of Business Management

Participated in a two day workshop conducted by the

World Konkani Centre Mangalore on the topic High Im-

pact Facilitation skills - Train the Trainer programme

on 21st and 22nd of May 2016.

DR ASHA ABRAHAM - Dept. of PG Studies & Re-

search in Biotechnology

Attended a National Workshop on Emerging Tar-

gets and Biomarkers in Cancer Therapy, organized

by Centre for Application of Radioisotopes and Radi-

ation Technology at MANGALORE UNIVERSITY

during 16th May till 18th May, 2016

Attended a workshop on “Principles of Biosafety,

Biosecurity and Lab Quality” jointly organized by

Departments of Microbiology KMC Mangalore and

Manipal and American Society for Microbiology

(ASM) & Society for Biosafety, India (SBS) held on

28th May 2016 at Medical Education Unit, KMC,

Mangalore.

MR CHANDRA SHEKHARA SHETTY T & MR NIL-

AKANTHAN V K- PG Dept. of Physics, DR RAVIN-

DRA SWAMI K - Dept. of BCA, MR HARSHITH B &

MR SHAWN AJAY D'SOUZA - Dept. of Physics

Participated in two days Workshop on Planetarium

held on 21 and 22 April, 2016 at Regional Science Centre

Pilikula, Mangaluru

MR SANTHOSH NOTAGAR, MR SATHISH

NAYAK, MR YATHISH RAO - UG Dept of BCA &

ANIMATION

Attended 2 days Conference in ABAI & KAVGC Sum-

mit the annual event for Animation, Visual Effects,

Gaming and Comics (AVGC) industry organized by

ABAI with the support of Government of Karnataka,

Department of IT, BT and S&T and KBITS. On 16 &

17th April at Hotel Lalith Ashok, Bengaluru

STUDENT EXCELLENCE

MS DEBORAH CRASTA, 2nd MSW Student from

PG department of Social Work

Co-authored a research paper on “Issues and Con-

cerns of Working Mothers at Government Schools”

published in International Journal of Advanced Educa-

tion and Research; Volume1 Issue-4) April 2016) Impact

Factor: RJIF 5.34; ISSN: 2455-5746

MS NIKITHA IRAL MENEZES, 2nd MSW Student

from PG department of Social Work

Co-authored an empirical study on “ Health Con-

cerns of Migrant Workers at Construction Sites”

published in Indian Social Science Journal; Volume-5 No

-1 (April-May 2016) with ISSN 2319-3468

MS ASVI UTHAPPA K, 1st MSW Student from PG

department of Social Work

Co-authored a research paper on “Issues and Con-

cerns of Working Mothers at Government Schools”

published in International Journal of Advanced Educa-

tion and Research; Volume1 Issue-4) April 2016) Impact

Factor: RJIF 5.34; ISSN: 2455-5746

MS SNEHAL RANE AND MR AINSLEY ANTAO

from Dept. of PG studies & Research in Biotechnology

have been selected by Syngene after their Masters

course. Both students have completed the course during

the academic year 2015-16.

Al_solarium (Observatory activity)

T ransit of mercury observed at St Aloysius College, Mangaluru, 9th May 2016 at 4.40 pm on the top of 9th

floor of Xavier block, near the Obervatory: Al-Solarium.

MS DIANA LAVEENA D’SOUZA - Dept. of PG Maths

Participated in One day programme on “Wolfram Technology Seminar - 2016 conducted by G.T. Enterprises on

May 3, 2016 at Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal.

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STUDENT EXCELLENCE

DEPARTMENT OF MBA - PLACEMENT DESK

Ruokuonuo Glesilda Kesi

Sneha K

Saima Shaikh

Runaly Chris Misquith

Sneha Stanley

Chaithya K

Jinu Joseph Prabhav Bharadwaj

Sunil T

Kuladeepa Kr

Shreyas S

SHRADDHA.S

BALAMURUGAN

JASON DSOUZA

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FACULTY EXCELLENCE

DR RATAN TILAK MOHUNTA - Dept. of English

Working on content development for MHRD Project

called E-PG Paathshaala along with Dr B.Hariharan,

Professor of English, Kerala University who is the Paper

Coordinator. As Content developer, wrote 3 modules:

MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO TWENTIETH

CENTURY (BRITISH SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, CUL-

TURAL AND INTELLECTUAL BACKGROUND -

(1900 - 1920)

MODULE 2: INTRODUCTION TO TWENTIETH

CENTURY (BRITISH SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, CUL-

TURAL AND INTELLECTUAL BACKGROUND -

(1920 - 1999)

MODULE 16: POETRY OF G.M HOPKINS AND

THOMAS HARDY

The modules will be uploaded as e-content to add to the

knowledge resource of UGC- INFLIBNET.

MS VIDYA VINUTHA D’SOUZA - PG Department

of Social Work

Authored an empirical study on “ Health Con-

cerns of Migrant Workers at Construction

Sites” published in Indian Social Science Journal;

Volume-5 No-1 (April-May 2016) with ISSN 2319-

3468

Published a research paper on “Issues and Con-

cerns of Working Mothers at Government

Schools” in International Journal of Advanced Edu-

cation and Research; Volume1 Issue-4) April 2016)

Impact Factor: RJIF 5.34; ISSN: 2455-5746

DR ALWYN V D’SA - Dept. of English

Was the Chief Guest at the Annual Special Meeting

of the Rotary club of Mangalore South and conducted

a workshop on “Neuro-Linguistic Programming

Techniques” on Wednesday, 18 May, 2016.

Was the Resource Person at the Faculty Develop-

ment Programme at The Cambridge International

School and conducted a workshop on

“Empowerment through Phonetics” on Thursday,

26 May, 2016.

Was the Resource Person at Mahatma Gandhi Pre

-University College, Bondel and conducted a work-

shop on “Effective Communication with Adoles-

cents” on 31 May, 2016.

DR ASHA ABRAHAM - Dept. of PG Studies & Re-

search in Biotechnology

Reviewer for journal:

Appetite - ISSN: 0195-6663 www.journals.elsevier.com/

appetite/

Details of Publications:

D‟Souza Serena Stephen and Asha Abraham. Met-

abolic Syndrome: Challenges and Opportunities in

the Indian scenario, „Handbook of Research on Sci-

ence eEducation and University Outreach as a Tool

for Regional Development‟ published by IGI Global

E-Editorial Discovery. Accepted in Press, 2016

Serena Stephen D'Souza and Asha Abraham High

Fat Simple Carbohydrate feeding impairs central

and peripheral monoamine metabolic pathway trig-

gering the onset of Metabolic syndrome in C57BL/6J

mice. Neurology India Accepted in Press, 2016

Impact factor 1.232

Swarnalaltha B.N, Serena Stephen D'Souza and

Asha Abraham Insulin resistance precedes glucose

intolerance and hyperleptinemia in High Fat Simple

Carbohydrate fed C57BL/6J mice. Endokrynologia

Polska Accepted in Press, 2016 Impact factor

1.02

Swarnalatha BN and Asha Abraham. “High Fat

Simple Carbohydrate diet induces hyperlipidemia

and histological changes in thyroid of C57BL/6J

mice” Full length paper In the Proceedings of Na-

tional Seminar in Frontiers of Biotechnology held at

Bharathiar University during Feb 18-19, 2016. Ac-

cepted in Press, 2016

MR CHANDRA SHEKHARA SHETTY T - PG Dept.

of Physics

Research Publication T. Chandra Shekhara Shetty, C. S. Chidan Kumar,S.

Raghavendra, T. S. Chia, S. Chandraju, S. M. Dhar-

maprakash, H.-K. Fun and C. K. Quah,„Structural and

Optical Properties of a New Organic Crystal 3-(2-chloro-

5-(trifluoromethyl) phenyl)-1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)prop

-2-en-1-one for Nonlinear Optical Applications‟, Journal

of Materials Technology (2016) published on line on 31st

March 2016, http://

dx.doi.org/10.1080/10667857.2016.1159016

DR HEMACHANDRA - Dept. of Zoology

Published research article Seasonal Occurrence

of Anurans in two Habitats of Kodagu District,

Western Ghats, India recently in Journal of Theoreti-

cal and Experimental Biology (ISSN: 0972-9720), 11 (3

and 4): 73-80, 2015.

DR. BENNY GODWIN J - Dept. of MBA

PAPER PUBLICATIONS:

Godwin, B. J.,& Dias, Beena. (2016). Gratifying the

Gratification: Pragmatic Approach Toward E-Shopping

Behavior. European Journal of Business and Manage-

ment, Vol. 8 No.8, 53-59, ISSN 2222-1905.

RESOURCE PERSON:

Resource person and delivered talk on topic “Working

with Excel” for Department of MBA, AIMIT on 27th May

2016.

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FACULTY EXCELLENCE

DR ROWENA WRIGHT - Dept. of MBA

PAPER PRESENTATIONS:

Rowena, Sumitha. “Brand Switching of cosmetic brands

among youth: empirical evidence” International confer-

ence on “Sustainable Growth and Innovation in the New

Millennium- Frontier Global Issues and Challenges”

Research Development Association, Jaipur, April 2016.

DR BEENA DIAS - Dept. of MBA

PAPER PUBLICATIONS:

Godwin, B. J.,& Dias, Beena. (2016). Gratifying the

Gratification: Pragmatic Approach Toward E-Shopping

Behavior. European Journal of Business and Manage-

ment, Vol. 8 No.8, 53-59, ISSN 2222-1905.

RESOURCE PERSON:

Resource person and delivered talk on topic

“Questionnaire Designing” for UGC Sponsored National

Level Research Methodology Workshop on “Empowering

Scholars for an effective Research Design” organised by

Besant evening college on 25-27 April 2016.

MS. SUMITHA P.V- Dept. of MBA

PAPER PRESENTATIONS:

Sumitha, Krishnamurthy. “Management teachers‟ perception in assessing the dimensions of teacher empower-

ment” International conference on “Sustainable Growth and Innovation in the New Millennium- Frontier Global

Issues and Challenges” Research Development Association, Jaipur, April 2016.

Rajani, Sumitha. “A demographic exploration of role stress among health care professionals” International con-

ference on “Sustainable Growth and Innovation in the New Millennium- Frontier Global Issues and Challenges”

Research Development Association, Jaipur, April 2016.

Rowena, Sumitha. “Brand Switching of cosmetic brands among youth: empirical evidence” International confer-

ence on “Sustainable Growth and Innovation in the New Millennium- Frontier Global Issues and Challenges”

Research Development Association, Jaipur, April 2016.

Preethi, Pakeerappa, Sumitha. “Talent Calibration: An upshot of talent management” International Conference

on “Management in 21st Century-Issues, Challenges and the Road Ahead” St. Aloysius Institute of Management

& Information Technology (AIMIT), St. Aloysius College, April 2016.

BEST PAPER AWARD:

Received “BEST PAPER AWARD” for the paper “Management teachers‟ per-

ception in assessing the dimensions of teacher empowerment” in 18th Interna-

tional conference on “Sustainable Growth and Innovation in the New Millen-

nium- Frontier Global Issues and Challenges” organised by Research Devel-

opment Association, Jaipur, April 2016.

RESOURCE PERSON:

Resource person and delivered talk on topic “Language of Research-

Research Designs” for UGC Sponsored National Level Research Methodology

Workshop on “Empowering Scholars for an effective Research Design” organ-

ised by Besant evening college on 25-27 April 2016.

Resource person and delivered talk on topic “Statistical tool for research

and data analysis” for four day Workshop on Research Methodology organ-

ised by Mangalore University, Hampankatta on 26th – 27th April 2016.

MS RAJANI SURESH - Dept. of MBA

PAPER PRESENTATIONS:

Rajani, Sumitha. “A demographic exploration of role

stress among health care professionals” International

conference on “Sustainable Growth and Innovation in

the New Millennium- Frontier Global Issues and Chal-

lenges” Research Development Association, Jaipur, April

2016.

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