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THE BANYAN ENCLAVE Private Circulation only

Half - Yearly News Letter June - November 2015

From the Principal's Desk…

Greetings to all our Readers!

I take immense

pleasure in writing

this “Foreward” for

the maiden issue of

our college in-

house newsletter,

” T h e B a n y a n

Enclave”. This will

be released biannually to record and

share the important events on the

campus.

The College is scaling greater heights

under the dynamic leadership of

Mr.Harbans Singh Anand, President

and Mr. Manjit Singh Nayar, General

Secretary and Correspondent. During

its more than four decades of existence,

the College has recorded exponential

growth. It is a full-fledged co-

educational, post graduate and

r e s e a r c h i n s t i t u t i o n w i t h 4 0

programmes, affiliated to the University

of Madras. The student strength at

present is 5200.

This academic year is a very special

year in the history of the Guru Nanak

College. We began functioning as an

PatronsPatrons

Mr. MANJIT SINGH NAYARGeneral Secretary and Correspondent

Dr. M.SELVARAJPrincipal

Chief EditorChief EditorDr. GUNITA ARUN CHANDHOK

Director

EditorsEditorsDr. C.N.ESWARI,Head, Dept. of English

Mrs. R.RADHIKAAsst. Prof., Dept. of English

Mrs. C.R.MARCELIN VASANTHAHead, i/c, Dept. of Visual Communication

Student ReportersStudent ReportersSRIVATS BALAJI

I B.Com (Hons)

Affiliated to the University of Madras

autonomous institution and the first

year students. Were admitted into the

autonomy stream.

We have been bracing ourselves for

the changes and challenges that lie

ahead. The state-of-the-art Guru

Harkrishan Block, a three storied

building, with a total built up area of

54,316 sq.ft . , comprising The

Principal's cabin , Director's cabin, a

Board Room and 26 classrooms, of

which 10 are smart classrooms, was

completed last year to accommodate

the growing strength of students. It has

become functional this academic year.

The office of the Controller of

Examinations is fully operational and

the first batch of students have taken

their examinations.

The focus now is to equip our students

with the knowledge and skills

necessary to compete amongst the

best in a global economy. We have set

ourselves a goal to be a beacon of

educational excellence. Our new

status as an autonomous college gives

us the extra edge to introduce

innovations in the curriculum and the

system of evaluation and I am

confident we will realize all our dreams.

Mr. HARBANS SINGH ANANDPresident

Mr. GURMEET SINGH KHANUJATreasurer

T. KAMAKSHI III B.Sc. Computer Science

G. SRUTHIIII B.Com.

N.KIRUBAKARIII B.Sc. Physics

FRESHERS DAY

thFreshers Day, Shift I & II was held on 26 June, 2015.

The Chief Guest, Dr. C.Sylendra Babu, IPS, Additional

Director General of Police, Coastal Security, spoke

about the importance of physical exercise, good

communication skills and planning the day through

proper time management.

The Chief Guest, for Shift - II, Dr. Jayashree Suresh,

Dean, School of Management, SRM University, in her

special address stressed the importance of value

based education, especially honesty and integrity.

Dr.Gunita Arun Chandhok, Director Shift II, welcomed

the gathering and introduced the Chief Guest to the

august audience. Sardar Manjit Singh Nayar, Gen. Sec

and Correspondent , graced the occasion. Dr.Selvaraj,

Principal, highlighted the rules and regulations of the

college and stressed the importance of Mata, Pita,

Indelible Moments.....Guru and Deivam. He also introduced the Heads of

various Departments, and Staff Advisors for Student

Welfare Programmes.

THE ECSTATIC DAY OF INDEPENDENCE

Mr. Karthik Seshadri, Advocate and Partner, Iyer and

Thomas, Attorneys at Law was the Chief Guest at the th

Independence day, celebrated on the 15 August 2015.

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A few colleagues along with the Director

Dr. Gunita Arun Chandhok volunteered themselves for

this praiseworthy accomplishment, which is now in your

hand. I congratulate and thank them sincerely for their

gesture and good efforts. I also appeal to all my

colleagues and students volunteers to extend their

cooperation in nurturing “The Banyan Enclave” in its

growth and prosperity.

The campus is vibrant with activities and “The Banyan

Enclave” will capture the essence of our excitement and

enthusiasm.

May God bless us in all our endeavors….

FEATHERS IN THE CAP

wGuru Nanak College was re-accredited at “A Grade”

by NAAC in 2013

wThe College was conferred with “Autonomous

Status” by UGC in 2015

wAccording to the Nielson Survey on “India's Best 50

colleges”, conducted by India Today in 2015, Guru

Nanak College was ranked as:

FThe 6th Best College in Chennai

F35th Best College in Science stream, on all India

basis

F39th Best College in Commerce Stream, on all

India basis

wIntroduced 7 new courses ( 5 in Commerce, 1 in

Science and 1 in Mathematics) from the academic

year , June 2015 - 2016 onwards

wImplemented digital attendance through mobile

phones in campus since June 2015

The ceremony began with flag hoisting. A highly

motivating speech was delivered by the Chief Guest.

This was followed by the cultural extravaganza.

INVESTITURE CEREMONY

The Investiture Ceremonies of the Students Council nd

Shift-I & II were inaugurated on 22 August, 2015. The

Chief Guest for Shift-I Dr. A.R. Veeramani, CDC,

University of Madras, advised the students to uphold

the values of punctuality, hard work and benevolence to

achieve success..

The Chief Guest for Shift II, Dr.S.Thirumagan,

Controller of Examination, University Of Madras ,

highlighted the importance of higher education in

creating socially responsible citizens. The Chief Guests

administered the Oath of office to the democratically

elected student leaders.

LAURELS AND ACCOLADES.....

sDr. Gunita Arun Chandhok, Director, Shift II, was

conferred the “All India – Best Academic

Administrator Award”,by Dr.A.Kalanidhi, former

Vice-chancellor, Anna University, organised by

Venus International Foundation Centre for thAdvanced Research and Design, on 5 July,2015,

for her valuable contribution in the field of

Education and Management.

sDr. M.K.Shakila, Director, (MBA), was conferred

“Young Faculty Award”.

sMr. M.Thenkovan, Asst. Prof, Dept. of Commerce,

received “Best Teacher Award”, from Kalaimamani

S.P. Muthuraman, organised by Ilakiya Solai,

Perambur.

G.S.GILL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

G.S.Gill Research Institute started in the year 1990,

recognized by University of Madras in 2005, to offer

research programs leading to the award of M.Phil and

Ph.D. Degrees. The institute is basically concerned with

research relating to inter-disciplinary approaches in

insect-plant relationships that results in the building up

of a strong information base for specific extension into

agriculture, forestry and environment. GRI recently

received a face lift at Maharani Devi Vidyavathi Block th

on 24 August 2015 with Dr. S.Natarajan, Associate

Professor and Head, Department of Plant Biology &

Plant Biotechnology taking charge as the Director. Dr.

J. Jayanthi, Associate Professor, Department of

Advanced Zoology and Biotechnology, and recipient of

'Young Scientist Award' has taken charge as the Deputy

Director and Dr.Amandeep Hora as the Deputy Dean.

The G.S. Gill Research Institute (GRI) in association

with the Indian Science Congress Association, Chennai

Chapter conducted a Science communicator's Search thmeet on 30 October 2015. Of the several papers

received for presentation four speakers were shortlisted

and presented their views on Science and technology

for indigenous India. The meeting was presided by

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Dr. C.Muthamizchelvan, Director Engineering &

Technology, SRM University, Kattankulathur and

Convener, Indian Science Congress Association,

Chennai Chapter. The presentations were on the

scientific topics like Indian Science - Beyond stone and

pestle, Seaweed fertilizers, Bioactivity enhancement of

Andrographolide and oral cancer- Primary prevention

to tertiary care.

“FOOD FESTIVAL - 2015”

st rd“Food Festival – 2015-1 Edition” was organised on 3

September 2015. Elaborate preparations of

aesthetically balanced diet were displayed and smartly

marketed by the students of the B.C.A Department,

under the guidance of Mrs.V.Devi, Dean(Students)and

Head, Dept. of BCA. Over 30 food stalls were

organized by the vibrant students. Around 4000

students visited the stalls and relished the dishes.

This mega fest was organized with the primary

objective of encouraging team spirit and inculcating

social responsibility amongst students. The profit of the

food fest was donated to Guru Nanak College's in-

house “Mid-day Meal Scheme (Langar)”, which caters

to around 350 economically and socially backward

students of the college on all working days of the

college.

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

The MBA Department organized a one day faculty th

development programme on “Case Analysis” on 19

September 2015. Dr. Jayashree Suresh, Dean,

Department of Management Studies, SRM University

was the resource person. The programme was

organized for the faculty members of colleges in

Chennai and Corporates with the aim of inculcating in

them the skill of identifying different approaches in

solving a specific case and to use it effectively as a

teaching methodology. Over 67 faculty members from

various city colleges actively participated in the

programme.

The Departments of Computer Application (BCA) and

Computer Science (BSc) conducted a one day Faculty th

Development Programme on 30 , Sep - 2015.The

resource person for the day was Dr. T.G. Sambanthan,

Professor/EDP Manager, Head-Computer Centre,

National Institute of Technical Teacher Training and

Research and Dr.D.Arivudainambi Associate

Professor, Anna University. Dr. T.G.Sambanthan spoke

on the topic “Today's Adolescents and the need for

outcome based Learning”. Dr. D. Arivudainambi gave

an insight on “How to write and publish a technical

paper?” He gave the faculty an in-depth idea on how to

write and publish journals and do research optimally.

Over 75 faculty members from various colleges and

universities in TN actively participated.

G A T K E B A A Z I - A N E X H I L A R A T I N G

PERFORMANCE

Gatka is the martial Art of the Sikhs. It is a key part of the th

array of Sikh Shastar Vidiya developed during the 15 , th th

16 and 17 centuries. It involves the use of various

traditional weapons such as Chakar, chakram, shield

,khanda, kirpan, lathi , soti and talwar. It symbolizes

discipline , bravery and passion.

thOn 6 September 2015, an exhilarating performance of

Gatka was showcased by Sikligar Sikh students of

Sant Sipahi School of Sports and Martial Arts at Guru

Nanak College, Chennai . The students exhibited their

talents under the Stewardship of Dr. Jagmohan

Singh.The display showed the level of concentration

and bravery , which was inculcated in the young

performers.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CELL

INAUGURATION

G u r u N a n a k C o l l e g e i n a u g u r a t e d t h e th“Entrepreneurship Development Cell” on 14

September 2015.The objective of the ED Cell is to

conduct Entrepreneurial Workshops and Drives, Guest

lectures and enter into MoU with PSU's to promote

budding entrepreneurs. The Chief guest, Padmashri,

Kalaimamani, Dr.Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti, Chairman-

Nalli House shared his valuable experiences and

narrated the achievements of note worthy

entrepreneurs who made it big in life by sheer will

power and determination. Mr. Manjit Singh Nayar,

General Secretary & Correspondent, in his address,

advised the students to take up the challenges in life

and become job providers than remain mere job

seekers

WOMEN STUDENTS' FORUM

The activities of the Women Students' Forum (Shift I)

started with an 'Orientation Meeting ' for the first year thWomen students on 24 July 2015 where the students

were given general advice and counseling. A “Health thAwareness Programme” was organised on 29

S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 5 , M r s A . J a y a l e k s h m i ,

President,Women's Life Care Centre (WLCC), the

resource person spoke to the students about the thWomen's major health issues. On 5 October 2015, “

One day Craft Workshop” was organised. Ms. Sasikala

and Ms. Bharathi of II M.Com ,taught the students to

make clay jewellery, silk thread bangles and glass

painting .

Women Students' Forum – 'Shakti' Shift II for the thacademic year 2015-16 was inaugurated on 15

September, 2015. Dr. N.C. Rajashree, CoE, GNC, the

chief guest, highlighted the importance of time

management, hard work and honesty to succeed in life.

Later cultural promos by students entertained the

audience through song, dance and yoga.

GNC ALUMNI FROM SINGAPORE ON “THE

SECRET OF SUCCESS”

A special lecture on the topic “The Secret of Success” stwas organised on 21 September 2015. Dr.Kanniah

Desti, Senior lecturer , James Cook University-

Australia, Singapore Campus and Alumni of the college

was the resource person. In his inspiring speech, he

highlighted on “SHEDS”- Self Confidence, Hard work,

Efforts, Divinity and Sincerity to achieve success.

THE EUPHORIC GRADUATION DAY

Guru Nanak College (Shift I) organised the “Graduation thDay” ceremony on 26 September 2015 in the august

presence of "Sri. M. Venkaiah Naidu, Honourable

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Union Minister of Urban Development and Poverty

Alleviation & Parliamentary Affairs", Govt. of India. He

delivered an inspiring speech advising students to

become complete individuals and also emphasized

that higher learning must enable empowerment and

enlightenment. He also stressed on 'Make in India,

Skill India, Digital India and Clean India' are well

thought components to make resurgent India. 'To

achieve these objectives, our educational policies,

curriculum, academia-industry interface, priorities

need to be revisited to ensure that they are in tune with

national demands and goals. He advised the students

to always remember their mother, motherland and the

mother tongue. As many as 450 students got their

degrees on the occasion and of them 18 were

university rank holders.

thShift II organized its “Graduation Day” on 10 October,

2015. Hon'ble Mr.Justice. Satish. K.Agnihotri, Madras

High Court was the Chief Guest. In his address, he

emphasized the importance of ethical values as the

students enter into the new stage of life. He mentioned

that the key to excellence can be achieved by

passionately following their goals.He also touched

upon the four stages (Ashramas) of life: Brahmachari

(Student life), Grihasta (Family life), Vanaprastha

(retired life) and Sanyasa (renunciation)”. 494

Graduates received the degrees on this occasion.

Extension Activities....NCC- ACHIEVERS FELICITATED

The Air Wing Cadets were honoured with Gold, Silver,

Bronze medals at the All India Vayu Sainik Camp (final)

held in Bangalore .

The Cadets are CWO. Sairam.R (II BSc Phy) –micro

light flying, Cdt .Sgt .K.Sangili Raja(II B.A.Eco) –micro

light flying, CWO.YaminiSahu- (II B.A Defence)micro

light flying (silver medal), Cdt.Sgt.Harini (II B.com)-0.22

Rifles Firing, Cdt.sgt.G.vijay (II B.com)-Aero modeling

control line flying (gold medal),Cdt.Sgt.K.Rajaguru (II

B.com C.S)- Aero modeling control line flying (gold

medal), Cdt.Cpl.R.Shriram (II BSc.Comp) -contingent

Drill (gold medal) and tent pitching (Bronze Medal),

Cdt.Cpl.P.Varun Kumar (II BSc.Comp )- contingent Drill

( go ld meda l ) and ten t p i t ch ing (B ronze

Medal),Cdt.Cpl.R.BalaMurugan (II BA Defence ) -0.22

rifle firing.

Five Air wing Cadets represented our state in National

Integration Camp held at Dimapur (North Eastern

region). The cadets are Cdt.Cpl.Suresh Krishna,

F/C.R.Manivannan, F/C.E.Sathees, F/C.P.Narayanan

and F/C.G.Mahendran.

Cdt. Sgt. K.Sangili Raja attended SSB Training Camp. A proud moment for GNC is that K.Sangili Raja, III B.A. Economics, has been selected from Tamil Nadu to

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attend Air Force Academy Camp at Secunderabad, st nd

from 21 December to 2 January 2016.

Cdt.Cpl.N.Kirubakar attended All India Advance

leadership Camp at Agra and was honoured with “The

Best Personality Award”.

NSS - MANKIND'S SUPREME BENEFACTOR

The NSS unit organized an orientation program for the thfirst year NSS volunteers on 24 August 2015.The

resource person was Mr. Edwin Thomson, Retd., HoD,

Dept. of Economics, Guru Nanak College, Chennai. He

enlightened the students on social service,

cleanliness, hard work and inspired the gathering to

serve the society and the country to the best of one's

ability. Over 200 first year NSS volunteers attended the

orientation programme.

NSS Unit received "Shield Award" from “Association of

Voluntary Blood Donors”, Adyar, Chennai for mobilising

200 units of Blood.

SPORTS ARENA

In Cricket, at the National Level, Aparajith, III B.Com got

selected for India A team. At the State Level, the

students selected for the Tamil Nadu Ranji Cricket

team are: Aparajith-III B.Com.,Indrajith-III B.Com.,

(Vice Captain), Sharukh Khan-III B.Com, B.Rahul-II

MA.Eco., and S.Lokeshwar, D.Anchit and S.Aravind.

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Our college teams actively took part in sports events

organized by Madras University A-Zone. The positions

received by our students are Cricket – Winners, Kho

Kho – Runners, Handball(Men)-Runners, Table Tennis-

Runners, Basketball(Men)-III Place, Football(Men)-

IVPlace.

In Inter-collegiate Sports Events, our college Kho kho

team won the runner up position in “Buck Tournament”

conducted by YMCA college of Physical Education.

Throw Ball(Men) team won the First Position in

Independence Day cup conducted by SDAT Chennai.

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRE-YOUTH

RENAISSANCE DAY

The Department of Library, in association with

Noolagam Pesugiradhu (Tamil Magazine), Society for

Advancement in Library Science and Kalam Sindhanai

Peravai organised a one day seminar in th

commemoration of the 84 birthday of our beloved

People's President Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam as “Youth

Renaissance Day”. Inter-collegiate competitions in

essay, Poetry and drawing were conducted under the

topics “Kalamin Kanavu India” and “Ennai Kavarndha

Kalam”, for the college students from Chennai,

Thiruvallur and Kanchipuram districts. About 323

students from 31 colleges participated. Winners were

awarded cash prizes and certificates. The Chief Guest

was Mr.Manjit Singh Nayar, Gen. Secretary and

Correspondent. Noolagam Pesugiradhu – the

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co-organizer honoured the best School, College and

Public Librarians from Tamilnadu. The eminent

Resource persons were Speaker Mrs.Bharathi Baskar,

Dhinamani Cartoonist Mr.Mathi, Maruthuvar.

Ku.Sivaraman and the popular speaker in media talk

show, Prof. Parveen Sultana.

DEPARTMENT OF TAMIL

The Department of Tamil organised “Muthamizh Vizha th“on 19 October 2015. Mr. Samas, Writer, The Hindu-

Tamil, was the Chief Guest. He spoke about the role of

media in today's world. Students gained immense

knowledge about Tamil Sangam.

A team of students participated and exhibited their

creativity such as poems, short stories, skits & plays in

Youth Programme, Ilaya Bharatham, All India Radio,

Chennai. Padaiparangam is an innovative forum to

bring to light the Creative works of Students. Every

week –students gather on all Wednesdays and stage

their creative works.

On the occasion of 113 th birth anniversary of Kamaraj ,

the former Chief Minister,The Department of Tamil and

Samadarma Samudayakamaraj jointly conducted thoratorical and essay writing competitions on 10 July

2015, over fifty students participated in the

competitions and won various prizes.

The central vigilance commission and Indian Oil

Corporation jointly conducted various competitions on

the concept of Anti corruption on 28th October, 2015 in

which around thirty of our students participated and

won prizes.

DEPARTMENT OF HINDI

The Department of Hindi, organised a workshop st

“Uccharan Karya Shala”, on 21 August,2015. Mr.Uday

Meghani, All India Radio, Chennai, was the resource

person and addressed around 80 students on the

importance of the language. “Parichaya”- A two-week

Hindi learning camp for non Hindi students was

organised and around 95 students participated and

they learnt to read, write and speak basic Hindi words

and sentences.

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

LSRW- THE FOUR PILLARS OF SUCCESS

To succeed in any career, the four skills namely

Listening (L), Speaking(S), Reading(R) and Writing (W)

[in short LSRW must be present in every student.The

Department of English, conducted a workshop on thLSRW skills for the first year students on 24 of July

2015. The resource person Sri. Kanteesh Kumar, CEO,

COMMUWAY highlighted the importance of having

LSRW skills and why students must develop these

skills to succeed in any career.

DEPARTMENT OF BBA

The BBA Department, organized a guest lecture on the

topic C2C-Campus to Corporate for the II and III year th

students.on 13 August 2015.The resource person was

Dr.Ramanathan, Senior Executive, Tata Consultancy

Services, Chennai. He stressed on having practical

skills rather than just having theoretical knowledge, to

attain success.

BANKING AND FINANCE-CATALYSTS TO CAREER

DEVELOPMENT

It is very important for students of commerce and

management to know about the opportunities involved

in banking and finance., A seminar was conducted on th

the topic Opportunities in Banking and Finance on 7

July 2015 for the first year students of commerce and

BBA. The resource person Mr.Ayappan

Ramamoorthy, Former IIM, Ahmedabad and MD, Ab

Southern Energy Solutions & Benjamin Franklin –

Consultant – NESTO, focused on the essentials and

scope of banking and financial services.

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DEPARTMENT OF BCA

The Department of Computer Application (BCA) th

conducted a workshop on “Interview Skills” on 7 , Aug-

2015. Mr.Aravindhan, Assistant Manager HR from

Syntel discussed the key points required for attaining

success in an interview. He also stressed on the

different skills necessary to survive in today's

Corporate. Around 135 students participated in the

workshop.

DEPARTMENT OF B.Sc. COMPUTER SCIENCE

The Department of Computer Science organized five th

workshops on 16 September, 2015, on the topics Key

concepts in C++ Programming , Creating Web

Application using JSP & Servlets, System Assembling -

Hardware Implementation, Developing Windows

Application using ASP.NET , Workshop on PHP &

MYSQL. Ms. Suriya, Senior Trainer& Oracle Certified

Trainer, NIIT, Mr. Saravanan, Java Certified Domain

Expert, Senior Trainer, NIIT, Mr.Shanker & Team ,

GNC System Admin, Ms. Manimegela, Microsoft

Certified Technology Specialist & DOT NET Certified

Trainee, NIIT, and Mr.Mohan, Corporate Trainer,

Opportunity Infotech, were the resource persons.

Students of all the three years of the department

participated and gained experiential learning on their

respective domains.

A Workshop was conducted on “Resume writing”

Dr.Shakila, Director, Department of MBA, GNC, the

resource person briefed on the key factors required for

an effective curriculum-vitae which proved useful for

the final year students.

DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION

thwThe Department welcomed the freshers on 10 July

2015. Dr.Gunita Arun Chandhok, Director advised

the students on the scope of media studies and to

become proficient in photography, Documentary

making, Film making, Drawing, which would add

value to their course.

thwThe Department initiated a “Film club” on 7 July

2015 which would screen a movie once a week

followed by a session of movie review.

wGuest Lectures were arranged on “How to become

an effective media professional”, “Candid

Photography”, “Videography”, “Art of acting &

Advanced technologies of 3D Animation” on August st nd th st st

21 , 2 September, 19 September 21 Sept. & 31

September 2015. The resource persons were

Mr.Ramesh, CEO of Chevuri f i lm club,

Mr.G.Ramesh, CEO of Lights on studio, Mr.Senthil

kumar and Mr.Dhanasekaran of Visual tech Pvt.Ltd,

Mr.Ramkumar from AAT Animations & Mr.Shyam,

Director of Raging bull acting studio.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE & CENTRE FOR

RESEARCH IN COMMERCE

Commerce Association inaugurated its “COM FEST TH

2015-16” ON 11 September 2015. Mr.Govindhrajan,

Labour Welfare Officer, Kaleesuwari Refineries

Pvt.Ltd., the chief guest delivered an interesting,

thought provoking speech on self-awareness, self

confidence, building leadership quality and focused

team work.

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COMMERCE FEST IN CAMPUS

The Departments of Commerce and Management storganized “XPLORE 360°”, a workshop sequence -1

thEdition on 20 August 2015, under 11 different titles on

investment planning, people management, hospitality,

animation, retailing, insurance, branding & marketing,

corporate social responsibility, career in aviation,

advertising and trends in banking services, with the aim

to ignite the inquisitiveness among the students and to

explore the awareness beyond curriculum. Over 600

students attended these workshops with eminent

resource persons from the corporate sector.

ndA Two-Day mega event” BIZNIS 2015-2 Edition” - a

Commerce Fest was organised by nine departments

namely the assorted Departments of Commerce, BBA nd

and MBA on 22 September 2015.It was inaugurated

by Dr.S.Ramachandran, Director-HR and Business

Strategy, AMET University, the Chief Guest. The event

consisted of nine subject oriented contests of novel

approach such as Bizniz Twist, Corporate Walk,Wise

Venture, Bizniz App, Pack N Move, Spoof, Channel

Surfing, Brainy Bytes and Bizniz Incubator. Dr.Gunita

Arun Chandok in her address highlighted that “students

need to apply conceptual knowledge into practice

through such contests and they are the brand

ambassadors of the college who had to carry the flag of

the college to greater heights by winning laurels both in

inter- collegiate and intra-collegiate fests”. Over 1100

students participated in various events and 18 experts

from Corporate and Academia judged the various

events and gave valuable tips to the participants.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - ACCOUNTING &

FINANCE

The Department of B.Com (A&F) organized a lecture

on the topic "Importance of English in day to day life" on s t31 July 2015.The speaker was Dr.Savithri

Swaminathan, Asst.Prof ,Dept of English, Guru Nanak

College, Chennai, She highlighted the importance of

having English interlocution, writing and reading skills.

Her lecture proved beneficial for over 250 students.

Seminar on “Professional Career and Job Opportunities th

beyond B.Com Degree," was organized on 15

September 2015.The speaker, Mr.R.S.Sivaraman FCA,

ACS, Practising Chartered Accountant & Company

Secretary, gave insights into the various career

opportunities available in Banking & Insurance Sector.

He highlighted the facilities available in Chennai which

can help the students in clearing CA, CS & CWA exams

with ease. He also made a mention about international

courses like CIMA, ACCA & IFRS .

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - CORPORATE

SECRETARYSHIP

Department of B.Com. (C.S) organized a workshop

on the topic "Career Development Programme on th

Corporate Secretaryship" on 27 July 2015. The

resource persons were Mr. Mohan Kumar- Member of

ICSI Unit and Ms. Chitra Anatharaman, Deputy Director,

ICSI Unit. They highlighted the importance of pursuing

the Company Secretaryship course and motivated the

students to pursue a career in the field of Corporate

Secretaryship.

DEPARTMENT OF B.Com (HONOURS)

Department of B.Com.,(Hons), under the guidance of

Dr.M.Selvaraj, Principal and Dr. Gunita Arun

Chandhok,Director, conducted "Yoga for Youth - Way to

manage stress", a workshop on stress management th

through yoga on 12 August, 2015. The teachers of

Sathyanandha Yoga Centre conducted the session.

NKT.M.Jeyagopal (Sannyasi Shiva Rishi) and Ms.

Vedavalli Parthasarathy explained why yoga was

important and then had taught some basic asanas to

the students. Mr Balaji Gorantla , Founder and CLO

(Chief Learning Officer) of Ankur Learning Solutions Pvt

Ltd; and CEO of GF Impex Private Limited, a third

generation entrepreneur in BLISS Group of Companies

- A Joint Family Business Group, was the chief guest .

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DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE - BANK

MANAGEMENT, MARKETING MANAGEMENT,,

INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

A workshop on “Importance of Corporate nd

Communication” was conducted on 22 July 2015 for

the first year students of B.Com ISM, B.Com BM and

B.Com MM. The resource persons were Ms. Priya Ram

(Head Trainer) and Ms. Bhooma Sriram (Lead Trainer)

from Bell Soft Learning and Development Pvt.Ltd,

Chennai. The session threw light on how

communication can make or break careers and in fact

live demonstrations were given to students in an

interesting and interactive manner.

PG- M.Com- FIELD TRIP .

Mr. Jagan and Mr. Sarvanan the Directors of

Nalakeerai Ltd., provided M.Com students an

opportunity to visit the organic farming situated near

Pakkam, to explore entrepreneurial development and

opportunities available in organic agricultural and

marketing areas .

DEPARTMENT OF M.C.A.

2 Seminars were organised by the Department of MCA

to impart knowledge on PHP with MYSQL. Vipin M

Jacob - CEO Avancer Software Solution, taught

students how to use PHP Hypertext Pre-processor

(PHP) programming language that helps them to plan

their career as web developers.

Mr. Kasim , CEO Opportunity InfoTech, briefed the th

students on 28 August 2015, on web services and how

these services can be used with different technologies

like .Net, Java.

DEPARTMENT OF MBA

The MBA Department organised workshops to tap and

nurture the managerial skills of the MBA students. Five

workshops were conducted under the topics “Threats in

E-Banking” on 1st July,2015 , “Retail Internship

Programme” on 10th July 2015, “Stock Market

Operation” on 17th July 2015, “Alumni Talk” on 21st July

2015, “Commodity Market Operation- Future Market”

on 22nd July 2015.The resource persons for the

respective workshops were Dr.Subramaniam,

Consultant - NESTO, Mr. Asslam- HR Manager,

Pantaloons , Mr.Narayanan, Branch Manager, Alice

Blue,Mr. Ulaganathan and Mr. Guru Rajan, Alumini and

Mr. Senthil Nathan, Branch Manager-Ambalal Stock

Broking.

As part of field trips, the students also had an

opportunity to visit Kaleesuwaari Refineries Pvt. Ltd., to

understand the nuances of production and marketing.

STAFF PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS

wDr.Gunita Arun Chandhok published an article on the topic

“Micro Insurance – A tool to foster Economic Development “,

in the book “Global Maritime Development”, ISBN:978-81-st926045-2-7, by AMET University, on 1 September 2015.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

wDr. M. .V. Arulalan (2015),, “ An empirical study on Life &

Career skills of student youth (With reference to Chennai

city), published in “Make In India- Issues & Challenges”

organised by East Point College of Higher Education in

association with Khadi and Village Industries Commission

(Ministry of MSME, Govt, of India) and Federation of

Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Bangalore.

wDr.T.K. AvvaiKothai and B. Anuradha (2015) ”Organisational

Citizenship Behaviour: Need for Engaged Employees Vs

Productive Employees” in Conference proceedings of the

National Conference on Emerging issues in Global

Economy, Commerce and Management: Challenges and

Strategies for International Competitiveness conducted by th thMadras Christian College 14 and 15 September 2015,

ISBN-978-93-8199-55-7.

wDr. T. K. AvvaiKothai and B. Anuradha (2015) “Indian Family

Businesses- Unique Challenges and growth Strategies” In

Conference Proceedings of the National Conference on

Current trends and opportunities in Entrepreneurship thorganised by the Alpha Arts & Science College, 7 October

2015, ISBN 978-93-81992-35-7

wDr.S.Manikandan authored a Text Book entitled “Financial

Accounting” with ISBN 978 81 8371 287 3 Sci Tech

Publications.

wMrs.R.Tamilselvi(2015), “Change Management”, GNJMDR,

Vol.2, No.3

wProf. K. Uma Devi (2015) “Strategic Advantage Of

Minimization Of Brands and Pooling Of Stores in Retail

Chain” Research Journal Of Social Sciences & Management

ISSN 2251-1571- Vol 4, No 12.

wDr.C.P. Senthilkumar (2015), “A Study on Micro Finance :

sustainable Development of Women through Self Help

Groups with reference to Vembi Village in Conference

Proceedings of the National Conference on Current trends

and opportunities in Entrepreneurship organised by the thAlpha Arts & Science College, 7 October 2015, ISBN

wDr.C.P. Senthilkumar (2015), “A study on Empowerment of

women through Self-Help Groups with reference to

Vilupuram District published in Global Research Review in

Business and Economics” ISSN 2395-4671,, May 2015

wwDr.M.Kavitha, P.Balaji (2015) “A study on factors influencing

the quality of work life (QWL) among working women in

Chennai city” published in International Journal of Business

Intelligence and Innovations , ISSN 2348-4705. Vol.4. Issue

II, Aug. 2015.

wDr. C. Revathy (2015), “Impact of Knowledge Management

on Business Organisation” published in International

Journal of Business Intelligence and Innovations , ISSN

2348-4705. Vol.4. Issue II, Aug. 2015.

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wMr. R. Yuvaraj ( 2015) “ Evolution of Credit Card and its

usages” published in Indo-Global Journal of Commerce and

Economics ISSN 2393-9796 Vol.II, Issue I.

wDr.S.Kavitha, and Caroline Priyanka Koorse, (July 2015)

“An Analysis Of Financial Derivatives And Its Growth Rate In

India” EPRA International Journal of Economic and

Business review.e-ISSN:2347-9671, p-ISSN:2349-0187

Vol. 3, Issue 7.

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

wMrs. V.Srimathi and Miss Bharani, presented paper on the

topic “An Optimization Fuzzy Economic Order Quantity

Model wi th discount and ful l Back order ing,

and“Issues/Problems Pertaining to Single Parents USING

Combined Fuzzy Clustering Model (cfclm), National

Conference On Fuzzy Theory and Applications-NCFTA 15,

at KCG Technology.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - BANK MANAGEMENT

wMr. M.Thenkovan, presented a paper on the topic “A study

on the revenue expenditure of Tamil Nadu during 1990-91 to

2011-12", at a National conference on Make In India thOpportunities and Challenges on 30 September, 2015.

DEPARTMENT OF MBA

wMr.K.Jayaprasad, attended a seminar on Country's

Competitiveness and Aerospace Industry – Immense

Opportunities conducted by Madras Management st ndAssociation on 21 August and 2 September respectively.

wMs. Chitra N Kesavan and Ms. T. Lakshmi Pradha presented

a paper (ISBN)on the title Green HRM-A Future Perspective

of Organisations and Global HRM-Issues, Challenges and

Strategies at Rathinam College of Arts and Science, thCoimbatore on 19 August 2015.

G.S.GILL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

wMullainathan and Dr.Natarajan. S (2015). Effect of Induced

mutagenesis on quantitative characteristics of Chilli

(Capsicum anuum (L.) var. K, IN M; Generation. Indo-Asian

Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IAJMR).

wMullainathan and Dr.Natarajan. S (2015). Induced physical

and chemical mutagenesis and its effect in Cytological

Behaviour of Sorgham (Sorghum bicolour (L.) MOENCH.

Aug. 2015. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. Vol.

DEPARTMENT OF B.COM HONOURS & DEPARTMENT OF

COMMERCE - INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

wMs. Sowmya. D & Ms. Aswini. V, A Study of Digital

Governance - For Transparent & Faster Economic Growth in

India. Predictive Analytics - An Approach to Definitive Future

in International Journal of Business Intelligence &

Innovations - Special Edition Volume 1 - Issue 1 -

ISSN 2348 4705

wMs. Sowmya. D & Ms. Aswini. V, Redefining Business

Process Model - A Smarter Conduit To Get Better Business

Dispositions. A Study On Bridging Gap Between Industry

Expectation And Academics in Proceedings of the

International Conference on Innovative Trends in Business

and Management Vol - I - ISBN -978-81-929292, Vol - II -

ISBN -978-81-929292

4. Issue 101.

wAmandeep Hora, C.P. Malik and Baby Kumari, (2015) “

Assessment of genetic diversity of trigonella foenum-

graceum L. In Northern India using RAPD and ISSR

Markers”, in International Journal of Pharmacy and

Pharmaceutical Science, ISSN 0975-1491.

wDr.J.Jayanthi, Dr.M.G.Ragunathan, Ms.T.G.Nithya, (2015)

“Antioxidant activity, total phenol, flavonoid, alkaloid, tannin

and saonin contents of leaf extract of salvinia molesta

D.S.Mitchell” and “Phytochemical, antibacterial and GC MC

analysis of a floating fern salvinia molesta”, in Asian Journal

of Pharmaceutical and clinical research, ISSN 0974-2441,

ISSN 0974-4304.

wMs.Lipshi Deb, Ms.Bharathi Ravikrishnan, Dr.J.Jayanthi,

Dr.M.G.Ragunathan,(2015) “Bacterial Diversity in some

edible marine crabs at Kovalam beach, East coast of

Chennai”, “Antibacterial effects of certain spice extracts on

pathogens isolated from a freshwater crab, Oziotelphusa

senex”, in European Journal of Biomedical and

Pharmaceutical, ISSN 2349-8870.

wMs.Abirami.S, Ms.Bharathi Ravikrishnan, Dr.J.Jayanthi,

Dr.M.G.Ragunathan,(2015) “Antioxidant Property of the

pigment extracted from the edible crustacean shell waste”,

“Crustacean shell waste pigment based anticancer property

analysis”, in European Journal of Biomedical and

Pharmaceutical, ISSN 2349-8870.

wMs.N.Parimala Gandhi, Ms.Shanthi.S, Alwin Rajan,

D.Ramesh, Dr.J.Jayanthi, Dr.M.G.Ragunathan, (2015)

“Quantification of cellulolytic bacterial population in two

d i f ferent an imal wastes and prob io t ic added

vermicomposts”, “Assessment of Pseudomonas population

in the some vermicomposts”, in European Journal of

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical, ISSN 2349-8870.

STAFF PARTICIPATION

wMs.Olive Samantha, Placement Officer, Mrs.R.Radhika,

Assistant Professor, Dept. of English attended a Three day

workshop conducted by Sutherland Global services on ACE thProgramme 0n 29 June 2015.

wMrs.Sowmya, Head i/c, Dept. of B.Com. Honours, Ms.Olive

Samantha, Placement Officer, Mrs.R.Radhika, Assistant

Professor, Dpt.Of.English attended a five day workshop

conducted by TCS – Campus to Corporate – A Transition.

wDr.C.Revathy, Mr.Yuvaraj, Ms. Carloine Priyanka koorse,

Ms. Agila devi and Ms. Rajeswari, Asst. Professors

Department of Commerce have participated in the Faculty

Development Programme of Case analysis conducted by

the Guru Nanak College Chennai in the month of September

2015.

wMs. K.Umadevi, Mr.Yuvaraj, Ms. Carloine Priyanka koorse,

and Ms. Agila devi have attended the Faculty Development

Programme conducted by Andhra Chamber of Commerce

Chennai in the month of October 2015.

wDr. M. Annez, Asst. Prof. Department of English, Mr. A.

Jeyaganesan, Director of Physical Education, Mr. T. Senthil

Kumar, Head & Librarian, participated in the "Orientation

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Programme" ogranized by the UGC - Human Resource

Development Centre, University of Madras, Chennai from

12th November 2015 to 09th December 2015.

Ph. Ds AWARDED

wMs. S. Santhi, Mr. S.ArockiaRaj, and Ms.Nirmala Joseph

have been awarded Ph.D. Degrees under the guidance of

Dr.Marlene Morais , former Head of Commerce & Principal,

GNC .

wMr. R. Vajiravel and Mr. K. Nithyanandam have been

awarded Ph.D. Degrees under the guidance of Dr.P.A.

Sathya Narayana, former Head Research in Commerce

Guru Nanak College.

wMr.K.Namasivayam, has been awarded Ph.D. Degree under

the guidance of Dr.K.Manikandan Department of Defence.

wMrs. N.Malathi, Department of Economics, has been

awarded Ph.D.Degree by Centre for Research on new

International economic order (CReNIEO).

wMr. Sasikumar, Dept. of B.A.Economics, has been awarded

Ph.D.Degree under the guidance of Dr.J.E.Thomson,

Former Head, Dept. of Economics, Guru Nanak College.

wMr. R. Purushothaman, Dept. of Commerce, GNC, was

conferred Ph.D. Degree by University of Madras.

wDr. Amandeep Hora Deputy Dean, GRI, was conferred Ph.D.

Degree by Jaipur National University, Jaipur, Rajasthan.

wMr. P. Rajan, was awarded Ph.D., under the guidance of Dr.

S. Prem Kumar, Associate Professor, Tamil Nadu Physical

Education and Sports University.

wMrs. K. Umadevi, Assistant Professor of Commerce, was

awarded Ph.D., under the guidance of Dr.J.Srinivasan,

Associate Professor of Commerce, by Thiruvalluvar

University, Vellore.

wMs.M.Srivalli, has been awarded her Ph.D. degree in

Zoology under the guidance of Dr.J.Jayanthi, Associate

Professor, Department of Advanced Zoology and

Biotechnology, Guru Nanak College.

UNIVERSITY DUTY

As the Vice-Chancellor's Nominee and Subject Expert, Dr.

M.V.Arulalan, HOD of Commerce is a member of Academic

Council of SDNB Vaishnav College, Chrompet, Board of

Studies in Commerce in MOP Vaishnav College,

Nungambakkam, Staff Selection and approval Committee in

Annai Violet College, Ambattur and Course Affiliation Inspection

Commission of University of Madras.

FACULTY INVITED AS GUEST SPEAKER AND

CONSULTANT

wDr. Gunita Arun Chandhok, Director was invited as the chief

guest by Anna Adarsh School for the “Student Investiture

Ceremony” and she delivered a speech on “Leadership”.

wDr. Gunita Arun Chandhok, has been appointed as “Advisory

Board Member” and is providing consultancy for “NESTO-

Chennai”, a corporate dealing in Banking and financial

services.

……..thus continues the academic, research and service

endeavor of the staff of Guru Nanak College.

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LAURELS WON BY GNC STUDENTS – INTER-COLLEGIATE FESTS

DATE INTER – COLLEGIATE EVENT &

ORGANISER PRIZE WINNERS / DEPT PRIZES WON

28.6.2015 Inter-collegiate Road Safety Awareness

programme competitions on Film making,

Cinematography & Best Director – organised

by IRIS Events.

M.Sarath Kumar , H.Yuvaraj, V.Siva,

K.Sundaramoorthy, D.Vignesh R.

Mohana Sundram and S. Ajith Kumar

II BCA

Secured Overall

Trophy and

received 7 gold

coins

7.7.2015 Neeya Nana, a reality show organised by

Vijay TV

Shruthi Ganesh - II B.Com (Gen) Awarded “The

Perfect Youth

Representative”

15.7.2015 Inter-collegiate Tamil Oratorical Essay

competition organised by Kamarajar

Foundations, Chennai

R.K.Vignesh I, Defence, N.Nirmal

Kumar, K.Brindha,

R.Janani – I B.Com,

P.Sathish Kumar - I Physics,

S.Ishwarya-II Plant Biology,

P.Gnavel -IB.Com(CS)

N.Sathyavani – II Economics,

L.Divya, M.Rajiv Gandhi-II Zoology,

R.Suresh-I Chemistry

I, II & III Prizes

24.7.2015 Face of Chennai – IRIS Events M. Eneya Veshalene, II B.Com A&F

Madhumita-III BCA,

Sinnu kumari-III B.com

II Place

8.8.2015 Inter-collegiate Commerce Fest - DIGI COMM,

organised by SSS Jain college,Chennai Kajal-I BBA, Prerna, Abha-I-B.Com

Vineeta Dubey-II B.Com A&F,

R.Vaishnavi & Vibha Yadav,

S.Divya-II B.Com Hons,Jensi,

P.Soudharya and

I, II & III Place

V.Sheela-IB.Com-MM

12.8.2015 Inter-collegiate Commerce, French & Tamil

Fest - SOUL 2015, organised by Hindustan

college of Arts and Science.

Students of I,II,III B.com,

M.Mithun – I B.Com,

M.Dinakaran-II Viscom,

I prize with

Cash award of

Rs. 6000, and

certificates

12.8.2015 Inter-collegiate Cultural Fest,

organised by Madras Medical College

Ramesh, Bharath, ShanmugapriyaJagadish, Manirathinam - III B.Com

II place and

cash award of

Rs.1000/-

29.9.2015 Inter-collegiate cultural competitions,

organised by Saveetha College of Law

Thamarai, Pradeep, Murali - II M.Com II place

29.9.2015 Inter-collegiate cultural competitions Kalloori

Salai, organised by Hello FM

Students of II B.Com A&F Overall

Runners-Up

Trophy,

Certificates &

Cheque worth

Rs.15000/-

M. Kavya, V.Vishali, L. Monisha III B.com,

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22.8.2015 Inter-collegiate competitions

organized by Department of Computer

Application, Loyola College

1. S.Sudhakar- II BCA.

2. G.Sekar

3. M.D. Dinesh Kumar

4.S.Suvanesh

5. V.Pradeep

Overall

Runners-up

trophy

22.8.2015 Inter – collegiate Paper Presentation

Competition, Regaaliya 2015 – Carta Knock

Down – I C,

organized by Ethiraj College for women

S. Priyanka and K. Monica of III BCA,

and students of I,II and III B.Com

II place with

certificates and

Shield

22.8.2015 Inter-collegiate Language Competition,

“Bhashotsav-2015”, organized by Loyola

College

R.Aditya-II Viscom

Diksha Kumari – II B.com A&F

I and III place

28.8.2015 Inter Collegiate Paper Presentation

Competition INSTACACHE- organized by

Department Of Computer Applications

Loyola College

B.Rahul and Yogesh Kumar of I B.Sc.

Com. Sci.

III Place with

Certificates

27.8.2015 ‘ESTRADE ‘ 15, Inter collegiate competition

organized by Department of Computer

Applications Hindustan College of Arts and

Science

V.Pradeep of II BCA II place with

certificate and

cash award of

Rs.1000/-

27.8.2015 Training Programme – College to Corporate,

organized by Aircel and Harvard Business

School.

M.Maruthi – III B.Com, V.Harini -III

B.Com, V.Vijaya Raghavan,

T.E. Mukund,

Ekta Singh- III B.Com A&F,

Megha Misra and

Sangeetha- III B.Com C.S

Selected for 6

months training

on Personality

Enrichment

29.8.2015 Amigos- JFX events “AMIGO’S – ANYTHING

FOR KALAM” –Inter-collegiate Commerce

Fest at Vidyodaya Higher Secondary School,

Chennai

S.Thenmathy, S.Lavanya, S.Deepa

and Team

I Place

5.9.2015 ‘Fresh Face’- An Inter-collegiate competition

organised by Radio Mirchi

Durai Murugan, I VISCOM,

Prerna, I B.Com

Awarded Mr.

and Ms.

Freshers

21.8.2015 Inter collegiate BBA and B.Com A&F Fest -

organized by Loyola College

Prijith Prakash Pillai,

Anantharaman.R,

Divyesh Kumar S.,

Umar Farook . II B.com A&F.

Runners-up

Trophy and

cash award

5.9.2015 Inter-collegiate Short film Competition

organised by Dream Zone

Dinesh Kumar,

Vivian Sanjeev Cherian-III Viscom

I Place and

Cash award of

Rs.5000

28.10.2015 Star Reporter – Campus Talk,

Business Standard Newspaper

Srivats Balaji- I B.Com (Hons) Selected as

“Best Campus

Reporter “

Chennai Flood and Initiatives @ GNC Rescue Relief

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……… and the journey continues.

During the recent floods in Chennai city, Guru Nanak College was actively involved in rescue and relief operations under the stewardship of Mr.A.K.Viswanathan, IPS, Additional Director General of Police, Mr. Manjit Singh Nayar, General Secretary & Correspondent and Dr.M.Selvaraj, Principal, Guru Nanak College. They were ably assisted by a team of Volunteers. Guru Nanak College was one of the control centres for delivery and distribution of essentials to the flood victims. Rescue operations were carried out with courage and zeal and more than 250 people were evacuated from Tansinagar coconut grove, Velachery, which was one of the most affected areas in Chennai. Commitment and dedication accentuated in the Relief operations. Guru Nanak College langar kitchen was utilized to prepare food packets for distribution. Over 2 lakhs food packets , water bottles, over 5000 breads, 7500 boxes of biscuits , 2 truck loads of fresh vegetables from Ooty, and huge quantities of medicines, clothes, blankets, bedsheets, candles, matchboxes, toiletries etc were distributed.