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LIVE WIRE

AUGUST 2019 ISSUE

TEACHER CO-ORDINATORS

1. Dr. P.LALITHA (FN SESSION)

2. Mrs. S. MUSARATH PARVEEN (AN SESSION)

STUDENT EDITORS

1. Ms. IFFATH FATHIMA (FN SESSION)

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

2. Ms. ZIYANA SAMA (FN SESSION)

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

3. Ms. AMEER TABASSUM (AN SESSION)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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4. Ms. SANMITHA.R (AN SESSION)

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

REPORTS

1. YRC- Suicide Prevention Programme (FN)

2. Dept. of History- Association (FN)

3. Dept. of Chemistry- SWIM 2019(FN)

4. YRC- Accident-Free Nation Programme(FN)

5. NSS- Swachhta Pakhwara Week (FN)

6. Women’s Studies- SELFIE 2019(FN)

7. Placement Unit- Digital Marketing Training(FN)

8. Dept. of Zoology- Inauguration of Life

Science(FN)

9. Dept. of Psychology- Annual association(FN)

10. Dept. of English- Association(FN)

11. YRC- We are your voice(FN)

12. Dept. of English- Content Writing

Workshop(AN)

12. ED Cell Inauguration (AN)

13. Independences Day Celebration

14. Pasteur Club Inauguration (AN)

15. Econoista 2019 (AN)

16. Graduation Day (AN)

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REPORTS

YOUTH RED CROSS UNIT (FN)

AN AWARENESS PROGRAM ON IMPORTANCE OF LIFE

AND SUICIDE PREVENTION

VENUE: JBAS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, (CAMPUS

AUDITORIUM)

SPEAKER: N. KHAALID AHAMED B.E

(FOUNDER OF URAVUGAL TRUST)

The unit of YRC conducted an awareness program on suicide

prevention and importance of life, which helped students

interactive section for the fresher’s and YRC members of 2nd&

3rdyears and there was an amazing feedback from students. The

badges were issued for the department representatives.

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DEPARTMENT OF HISTORICAL STUDIES-

ASSOCIATION (FN)

Inauguration of the Historical Studies Association was held on 6th

August 2019 at10.00a.m. in the Seminar Hall. The Chief Guest of

Honour was Prof.N.E. Raj, Hon.Professor, Indian Institute of

Human Rights ,New Delhi,(Tamil Nadu Region). He highlighted

the various articles on Human Rights particularly to women from

the Indian Constitution through a Power Point Presentation .Later

he had an interactive session with staff and students.

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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY(FN)

SUSTAINABLE WATER INTEGRATED

MANAGEMENT(SWIM-2019)

The Department of Chemistry of our college organized an

International Seminar on the topic Sustainable Water Integrated

Management(SWIM-2019) held on 21st of August 2019 at the

Golden Jubilee Seminar Hall. The Chief Guest for the day was Dr.

Oleg V. Shipin, Associate Professor, Asian Institute of

technology(AIT),Thailand and the other guests were Mr. Gowher

Sheriff, Caustic-Chlorine plant specialist, Perfect Technologies and

Trading, Perumbakkam, Chennai, Mr. Vignesh Ramanan, Global

Business Development, VATECH WABAG Ltd, Chennai and Dr.

Ramesh Duraiswamy, Associate Professor, Faculty of Natural

Sciences, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia and the valedictory

address was proposed by Dr.K.Pandian, COE, University of Madras.

Students also put up stalls and sold hand-made, hygienic dish

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wash and hand wash liquids. Students also tested water samples

for acidity and TDS brought by the participants and faculty.

YOUTH RED CROSS UNIT (FN)

Accident free nation Programme

Venue: Natesan park and panagal park

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The YRC unit of our college in collaboration with

'THOZHAN'(NGO) did an awareness programme on 'Accident free

nation' which took place at 73 parks throughout chennai and our

college girls took charge of 'Panagal park' and 'Natesan park' in

which they demonstrated first-aid techniques to the adults and

children.

NSS-SWACHHTA PAKHWARA WEEK (FN)

The NSS unit of JBAS college conducted a SWACHHTA

PAKHWARA PROGRAMME from 7th of august 2019 to 14th August

2019. Under this programme the NSS Volunteers of the college

took part in various activities such as rallies, campaigns, cleaning

projects and seminars. The programme gave platform for the

students to express their concerns regarding the environment and

gave them an opportunity to spread awareness regarding the

environmental pollution and educating them in ways that one

could help keep the environment clean and green.

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CENTRE FOR WOMEN'S STUDIES (FN)

SELFIE

On the 27th and 28th of August 2019, The Centre for Women's

Studies organised an event called SELFIE - a Self Image

enchancement training program for the UG students by Global

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adjustments foundation. It was for the first and third year students

for their communicative and career guidance by the speaker Mrs.

Usha Ramakrishnan, director of global adjustments foundation.

PLACEMENT UNIT- DIGITAL MARKETING

TRAINING (FN)

The career guidance and the placement unit of our college

offered various job and training opportunities to the students.

The Digital Marketing training took place for two weeks . Students

were given an opportunity to explore their creativity level in

marketing.

Online promotion procedures were also taught with giving a hope

of job offer.

Protector and Gamble Hygiene &healthcare has blown

opportunities for the students as trial assistants ,the interview

took place in our college on august 13th.It is a part time job in

which more than 20 students were selected to work in Apollo

hospital

Hire mee conducted assessment test for the final year students in

which more than 150 students from both morning and evening

shift has enthusiastically participated.

Redisolve interview was taken place on 15th of August in our

college premises.

More than 30 students were selected for second round.

The CSR funded 3Dprinting training took place in our college lab

for one week . Students came up with creative miniature models.

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PG & RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY (FN)

Inauguration of Life Science Association

On 16th August2019, the Inauguration of Life Science association

was jointly organised by the PG and Research Dept. of Zoology,

Dept. of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology and Dept. of

Biochemistry.

The Guest of Honour – Dr.D.Sudhakaran, General Manager,

Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Women Society, Navallur

delivered the Inaugural address on the topic: Scope of Bioscience

and its Current Trends.

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Department of Psychology: Annual association (FN)

On 7th August, the Department conducted it's annual association. The

speaker for the day was Mr.Karthik Lakshmanan-a counseling psychologist

and psycho-oncologist. The topic was based on 'Easy integration

counseling model'. The 3rd year students also received their add-on

course certificates on the same day.

Department of English: Association (FN)

The department of English conducted their association on 30th of

August in the college auditorium. The event was graced by the

presence of Vibha Bahtra ,Mahat and Meera Mithun. It was an

Intra departmental competition. The students of English

department showcased their acting skills and creativity. Later

prizes were distributed based on various criteria. It was a

successful event.

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YOUTH RED CROSS UNIT- We are your voice (FN)

Venue: Loyola college

Date : 25-08-2019

35 of the YRC volunteers rendered their service on at the Job Fai -we are

your voice ,held exclusively for the differently abled seeking for job.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH (AN)

REPORT ON WRITING WORKSHOP

The Department of English Literature of the Afternoon Session

conducted a workshop on ‘Rubrics of Writing’ on the 6th of August,

2019 at the college premises. The workshop was conducted by

Dr.Savithri Sundar, who was accompanied by Mrs. Padma

Subramaniam. Dr.Savithri Sundar is the retired Principal of

Government Arts and Science College, Uthiramerur and Mrs. Padma

Subramaniam is the Director of Academy for Career Excellence. The

workshop began with a prayer recital by Ms. Fathima of II BA English

Literature. The Welcome Address was delivered by Ms. Banumathy of

III BA English Literature. Dr.Savithri began the workshop with a ‘Word

Game’ activity based on literary works, where the students were

made to guess the correct words. She then explained about the

development of the ‘Writing Process.’ She also conducted other

activities for the students such as a ‘Crossword on Verbs’, “Sona-

Brainstorming”, ‘Word Building’, ‘Paragraph Analysis’ and ‘Mind

Mapping’. Dr.Savithri talked about ‘LSRW’ (Listening, Speaking,

Reading, Writing) skills. She also explained the “Five Steps in Writing”

and gave the “Three tools for Business Writing.” She also gave

mnemonics as tips for writing. The mnemonics were ‘PROMISE’ which

stood for “Paragraph, Reading, one idea and One paragraph, Make

notes, Introduction, Summarize, Example” and ‘GAP’ which stood for

“Genre, Audience, Purpose.” She concluded the workshop by

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reminding the students of the famous adage “A Pen is mightier than

a Sword” and advised the students to choose words carefully while

writing or while expressing in any other form. The students found the

workshop to be insightful, interactive and entertaining. The Vote of

Thanks was proposed by Ms. Sanmitha of III BA English Literature

and the workshop concluded with the rendition of the National

Anthem by the student choir.

REPORT ON ED CELL INAUGRATION (AN)

The Inauguration of the ‘ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT

CELL’ was held on 6th August 2019 in the college Auditorium. All

the ED Cell members were a part of the program. The event

started with the Prayer by the student coordinator of the IDD

department. The welcome address was given by Ms.Ayesha of

BBA department. The guest of honour for the event was Mrs.

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Vijayalakshmi Devarajan. She is a successful entrepreneur with 19

years of industrial experience. She is one of the 100 Women

achievers in the category of women empowerment. The stage was

taken over by her and she explained the importance of

entrepreneurship and the three P’s to success that is ‘Policy,

Persistence, Patience.’ Her speech was inspiring. The chief guest

then launched the logo and Facebook page of the cell.

After this, the stage was taken over by the ED Cell students. The

students performed a skit on “Inspiration to Entrepreneur’s”,

which was based on young entrepreneurs who came to know

about the government schemes and succeeded in life.

The students also performed a mime act that showcased a

struggling girl and how she became a successful entrepreneur.

The students skilfully enacted the girl’s life starting from

graduation, taking up a job, insecurity in a job and eventually

starting up a new venture. This was followed by the badge

distribution to the respective student coordinators and staff

ambassadors of all the departments.

The Vote of Thanks was delivered by Ms.Ayesha of BBA and the

event concluded with the recition of the National Anthem by the

College Team.

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REPORT ON INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

The 73rd Independence Day Celebration was held at the college

on 15th August 2019 at 10:00 am. The Chief Guest for the event

was Dr. C.L. Ramakrishnan, Former Director of Vigilance and Anti-

Corruption. The event began with a parade by the NCC student

cadets and was followed by the Chief Guest hoisting the flag. The

Welcome Address was delivered by Dr.Shahnaz Ahmed, Principal

of JBAS College for Women. The Chief guest gave a patriotic

speech about Freedom. He also talked about possible steps that

could be taken to make our nation a better one such as abolishing

Corruption, Black Money, etc. Several activities such as singing,

drama, and dancing were performed by the students to instill the

spirit of patriotism into the minds and hearts of their fellow

students. The Vote of Thanks was delivered by Dr.Amthul Azeez,

Vice- Principal of the Forenoon Session.

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REPORT ON PASTEUR CLUB INAUGURATION

(AN)

The Pasteur Club (AN) inaugural event for the academic year

2019-20 was held on the 17th of August, 2019. The Chief Guest

for the event was Mr. M.MuhammadSherif, Assistant Professor,

Government Unani Medical College, Chennai. The event began

with a prayer recital by Ms.Ayesha Sayed, I M.Sc Microbiology and

its translation was delivered by Ms. Shabana Tabassum, III B.Sc

Microbiology. Ms. Esther Fedora delivered the Welcome Address.

Ms. Irfana Tabassum, Coordinator of the Pasteur Club gave the

Dynamics of the club and the proposed activities. Ms. Humeira

gave the annual club report of the previous academic year of

2018-19. This was followed by a speech which was given by the

chief guest, Mr. Sherif, on “Unani Tib- A Holistic Approach to

Health.” He talked about the Principles of Unani, Classification of

Diseases according to the Unani medical system, Role of Unani in

promoting Modern Medicine and Preventive and Promotive

Health Care. The speech was followed by the Felicitation and the

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Oath-taking ceremony of the new office bearers of the club for

the current academic year. Ms. Esther Fedora was appointed as

the President of the Pasteur club, Ms. Jennifer Diana as the

Secretary, Ms. Humeira as the Treasurer, Ms. Shifa Mariam as the

Vice- President and Ms. Ramya as the Joint Secretary respectively

and the former office bearers were also honored. The prize

winners for the E-Poster competition held on March 2019 were

announced where Ms. Pooja bagged the first place, Ms. Reshma

the second and Ms. Fathima Raja bagged the third place

respectively. The Vote of Thanks was delivered by Ms. Jennifer

Diana and the event concluded with the rendition of the National

Anthem by the student choir.

DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE ECONOMICS (AN)

REPORT ON ECONOISTA 2K19

The Department of Corporate Economics (AN) conducted an

intercollegiate and inter-department fest, Econoista-2k19 on 19th, 20th

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and 21st of August, 2019. There were several on- stage and off-stage

events that were conducted and awarded. Dr.Kumar Ganesan, Scientist

and NLP Therapist were the Chief Guest for the inaugural ceremony and

he addressed the gathering on the topic of Environment and how we can

make it clean, safe and green. This was followed by various events with the

first event being Photography which was judged by Mr. Michael O’ Brien.

The second event was Shipwreck and it was judged by Mr. Vamsi

Rajkumar. The third event was Face Painting for which Mrs. Deepika

Augustine was the judge. The fourth event was Mime competition and the

last event, Adzap, was judged by Mrs. Rama Rajesh. Mr.Chandra Mohan,

Film Maker and Social Activist was the Guest of Honour for the valedictory

ceremony in which he addressed the gathering about the necessity of

water and awarded the prizes to the winners of various competitions (both

intercollegiate and interdepartmental). Finally, the function concluded by

4:30 with the rendition of the National Anthem by the Student Choir.

REPORT ON GRADUATION 2018 (AN)

The Graduation Ceremony for all the students of the batch 2015-2018

(AN) was held on 31st August 2019 at the college premises. The Chief

Guest for the event was Dr. R. Ravanan, Joint Director of Collegiate

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Education, Chennai Region. Other dignitaries present were Mr. Moosa

Raza, Chairman, Southern India Education Trust (SIET), Mr. Faizur Rahman

Sayeed, Secretary, Southern India Education Trust (SIET) and

Correspondent, JBAS College for Women and Dr. (Mrs.) Shahnaz Ahamed,

Principal, JBAS College for Women. The event began with the recital of

prayer by Ms. Fathima Raja, I M.Sc (Microbiology). Next, Mr. Ravanan

delivered the Graduate Address, He talked about life after college and the

upcoming experiences that the graduates were going to face in their life.

He also provided tips on how to make the right choice and choose the

best career based on their interests. The event concluded with Mr.

Ravanan awarding the degree certificates to all the students.

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