Vol. 8, JUNE 2016

Director Desk’s

Good education is not merely to produce degree

holders but to form good persons and honorable

citizens of the nation. Our college does this work

very well. I wish our academics should provide

accountability to society and create accountability

within. I congratulate the principal and the staff of

S.N.R. Sons College for devoting themselves in

creating great souls.

Principal Desk’s

The rain Gods had been smiling the whole night.

The roads were muddy and the potholes were

filled to the brim. It was the day for the market

and Raju, the farmer was riding his cart along the

country road. He had to reach the market early

so that he can sell his hay. It was very difficult for

the horses to drag the load through the deep

mud. On his journey, the wheels of the horse cart

suddenly sunk into the mire.

The more the horses pulled, the deeper the wheel sunk. Raju climbed down from his seat and stood beside his

cart. He searched all around but could not find anyone around to help him. Cursing his bad luck, he looked

dejected and defeated. He didn't make the slightest effort to get down on the wheel and lifted it up by himself.

Instead he started cursing his luck for what happened. Looking up at the sky, he started shouting at God, “I am

so unlucky! Why has this happened to me? Oh God, come down to help me.”

After a long wait, God finally appeared before Raju. He asked Raju, “Do you think you can move the chariot by

simply looking at it and whining about it? Nobody will help you unless you make some effort to help yourself.

Did you try to get the wheel out of the pothole by yourself? Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel and you

will soon find the way out.”

Raju was ashamed of himself. He bent down and put his shoulder to the wheel and urged on the horses. In no

time, the wheel was out of the mire. Raju learnt a lesson. He thanked God and carried on his journey happily.

So whenever we come across a hurdle, we should not wait for someone to help us or do not accept the hurdle

and suffer by blaming your fate. If you think wisely for a while you will surely find a solution. Problems are

meant to be solved, but unfortunately, a lot of people choose to complain, worry, and cry about it.

(AN AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTION)

COIMBATORE - 641 006

S.N.R. SONS COLLEGE

SNR TIMESA Bi - Annual Newsletter

Dr K KarunakaranPrincipal & Secretary, SNR Sons College

Dr A Ebenezer JeyakumarDirector, SNR Sons Trust

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INCREDIBLE SNR – One more jewel in the crown ofSNR SONS College, a true reward for

perseverance towards setting high standards, we wonthe Best Arts and Science College Award for the year 2016

A GUINNESS RECORD EVENTAn Organ Donation Programme – Gift Organ Give Life

was held on 19 March 2016 at SNR SONS College premises,organized by Sri Ramakrishna Trust, Coimbatore.

The programme was a huge success creating a Guinness Record ofa mammoth 13,459 people voluntarily donating their organs.

2“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing

your temper or your self-confidence.” - Robert Frost

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ØA one day National Level Workshop was conducted on Opportunities and Challenges for Budding Entrepreneurs on 11th January 2016, Mr. P. Shanmuga Siva, Assistant Director, DIC Coimbatore was the resource person.

ØA Skill Development Program was organisedon Career Crest by the Department of Commerce on 1st March 2016. Dr. Mercia Selvamalar, Dean of Academics, LEAD College of Management, Palakkad, Formerly Dean - Academics in Higher College of Technology, Dubai was the chief guest.

ØA three day National Level Workshop was conducted from 15th to17th March 2016 on Mobile Web Development (HTML 5.0, PHP) by the Department of Information Technology.

ØA one day National Level Conference on Green Marketing – Opportunities and Challenges was jointly organised by the Department of International Business and the Department of B.Com with Computer Application on 10th February, 2016.

ØA two day National Level Workshop on Network Security Championship was conducted by the Department of Computer Science. Jointly with E-cell, IIT Kanpur on 1st and 2nd March 2016.

ØA National Level Workshop on Effective Initiatives for a Successful Career was organized by the Department of Management Sciences (UG) on 8th January 2016.

ØA one day National Level Conference was conducted on HR Technology Trends–A Revolution in the World of Work by the Department of Management Studies (UG) on12th January 2016.

ØA Seminar was conducted on Know thyself by the Department of Management Sciences (UG). The chief guest was Dr. Vikkraman P., Director, School of Management Studies, Anna University.

ØA two day National Level Workshop was conducted on Customer Relationship Management by Mr. John Franklin, CEO, Defrank Group from 21st to 23rd March2016 by the Department of Management Sciences (UG).

National

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL - SEMINARS /WORKSHOPS / CONFERENCES ON DISTINCT TOPICS

“True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invitetheir students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse,

encouraging them to create their own.” - Nikos Kazantzakis

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ØOn 02nd February 2016 the department of Master of International Business organised a guest lecture programme on Career Prospects in Trade Services provided by Commercial Banks. Mr. Kennedy Santhiyagu, Yes Bank, Tirupur was the chief guest.

ØOn 15th March 2016 the department of Master of International Business organised a guest lecture programme on Emerging global markets for Coco Products. Mr. Dhrivia Deepan Yasothar, the Managing Director, Dhriviam Coco Products. Nagercoil was the chief guest.

ØOn 28th January 2016 the department of Catering Science and Hotel Management organized a guest lecture on Scope forCaterers in the United Kingdom. Mr. Karthik Sivakumar B. (Alumnus of the department), the Managing Director, Dosa Village, UK was the speaker.

ØOn 08th January 2016 the department of Electronics organized a guest lecture on Recent Trends in Embedded System, Mr. Thangavel K., AGT Electronics, Coimbatore was the speaker.

ØOn 23rd January 2016 the department of Electronics organized a guest lecture on Recent Trends in Power Electronics, Mr. Vinod Deva Kumar J. Precimeasure Controls Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore was the speaker.

ØOn 18th February 2016 the department of Electronics organized a guest lecture on MATLAB Programming, Mr. Govindharajan R., BLUECHIP Corporate Investment Centre Ltd., Coimbatore was the speaker.

ØOn 15th March 2016 the department of Electronics organized a guest lecture on Computer Network Technology, Mr. Babu Unnikrishnan, INFOGNANA System Pvt. Ltd., Trichy Road, Coimbatore was the speaker.

SNR’S SEMINARS / GUEST LECTURES

“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles,but to irrigate deserts.”- C.S. Lewis

TECH- SAVVY EXHIBITION

ØA State Level Symposium was organized by the Department of Electronics on 2nd March 2016.The exhibition was unveiled by Mr. R. Kathiresan Managing Director, Abhik Energy Systems & Consultancy, Coimbatore. Dr. K. Karunakaran, the Principal and Secretary, SNR Sons College presided the function and Dr. A. Ebenezer Jayakumar, Director of Academics honoured the toppers with Gold Medals.

1. III B.Sc ECS – Lawrence Laiju L.

2. II M.Sc ECS – Arthy C.

3. II M.Sc VLSI – Sathiyakala S.

Synchronics 2K16

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ONLINE WEBINARS

ØThe members of staff took part in online seminar on conducted by Mentor Graphics scheduled on 28th January 2016.

ØThe members of staff took part in online seminar Understanding the IP flow in Vivado conducted by Doulos scheduled on 5th February 2016.

ØThe members of staff took part in online seminar on Easier UVM Helping FPGA Designers Get Started with UVM conducted by Doulos scheduled on 24th February 2016.

IOT Security for Gateways and edge Devices

BRIDGING THE PAST AND PRESENT –AN ALUMNI INTERACTION

Østudents, during alumni interaction held on the 22nd January 2016.

ØAn alumni meet of the Department of Commerce was held on the 12th February 2016.

Ms. Karthika, an alumnus of MBA, (2010 - 2012 batch) interacted with the present day MBA

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” - Plutarch

AWARD WINNER

Mr. Vivek E. received the Best ANO award 2016, NCC Coimbatore, at PSG Tech on 25th February 2016.

CELEBRATIONS - HEIGHTS OF JOY

With great fervor and extravagance PONGAL was celebrated on 12th January 2016. In a traditional way, Pongal was prepared by the students of various departments. To depict our custom and culture of the Harvest Festival of Tamilnadu, various events took place in college premises like Puliattam, Poikal Kudhirai, Oyilattam and Uri Aditthal. The events broughtout the festive spirit of our students.

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TEMPTING THE TASTE BUDS

Books are the means by which we build bridges between cultures – Dr.Radhakrishnan

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMEAT

SNR PREMISES

A Two day Faculty Development Programme was organized on Structural Equation Modeling on 22nd and 23rd January 2016. Twenty members of faculty and research scholars from various institutes participated in the programme.

Multivariate Analysis and

ØCOIMBATORE VIZHA 2016 - A cookery competition, displaying Traditional Kongu Cuisined was organised by the department of Catering Science and Hotel Managementalong with Kovai Foodies in the college campus on 5th February 2016.

ØHealthy Eating for Healthy Living - an awareness program for Coimbatoreans was conducted.

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When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen,you may learn something new – Dalai Lama.

SHARPENING FACULTY SKILLS - Faculty Develop Programme in other institutions

ØMr. Ashokkumar K., Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics participated in the programme Joy of Teaching organized by K.V. Institute of Management and Information Studies conducted on 13th May 2016.

ØMr. Prasanna Kumar M., Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics participated in a two day programme on Emerging Trends in IOT using RASPBRRYPI organized by RVS Technical

campus conducted in association with VI Micro systems on 12th and 13th January 2016.

ØMrs. Balasaraswathi M., Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology attended a programme on Data Centre Virtualization Fundamentals. The programme was organized by Sona College of Technology in association with ICTACT and VM ware from 30th May to 1st June 2016.

GROOMING THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILL

‘Fiesta 2016’ - Business Venture was organized on 17th February 2016. The students of various departments displayed their products ranging from food, fabrics, fun games to books were in their stalls. To kindle the entrepreneurial ‘skills of the students’, a cash advance of Rs.1000 was given to each team as an investment, which was to be returned by the end of the day. Most profitable ventures were awarded with Trophies.

SHARING ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE

ØDr. Deena S. delivered a guest lecture on Habits – Healthy Vs Unhealthy at the NSS Camp on 16th February 2016.

ØIn the month of February 2016, a guest lecture was delivered on Success Mantra-Healthy Eating by Dr. Deena S., Head, Department of Catering Science and Hotel Management to the students of Sri Ramakrishna Matriculation

Eating Higher Secondary School and Sri Ramakrishna Matriculation School, Vattaamalaipalayam, Coimbatore.

ØOn 21st April 2016, a guest lecture on and Health, Nutritional Deficiency Diseases and Methods of Cooking Food was delivered by Mr. Sri Hari, Assistant Professor of Catering Science and Hotel Management to the nursing students of Coimbatore Medical College.

Food

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LITERARY CLUB ACTIVITIES

The clubs of the department of English conducted guest lectures and seminars to enrich the students' language through literature. Dr. Sreekumar, Dean of Academics, CMS College of Science and Commerce, Coimbatore delivered a lecture on Literary Theory and Criticism in the month ofMarch 2016.

The students won prizes in Essay Writing, Oratorical, Debate, Poem Composing, Sketching a Poem and Word Building competitions. The Principal distributed the prizes to the winners during the Valediction of the club.

COMPETITIONS

QUIZ : students of SNR IMS. 37 teams from various departments actively participated in the competition.

A Quiz competition was conducted on 23rd February 2016 for the students of SNR Sons College by the

ZEPHYR 2016 :students was held on 1st March 2016. Students from31 colleges across Coimbatore and Nilgiris district actively participated in the events and won prizes. Competitions like Business Leader, Paper Presentation, Poster Presentation, Wealth out of Waste and Quiz were conducted. The Quiz competition was conducted byone of the famous quiz masters from PSG CAS, Coimbatore -Prof. Rangarajan.

An inter collegiate competition for the under graduate

Respect is love in action - Bangambiki Habyarimana

TALENT SEARCH IN FINANCEFor the under graduate students, an inter-collegiate academic event Talent Search in Finance 2016 was conducted on 09th February 2016. The winners bagged cash prizes and certificates of participation were also given.

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OUTBOUND TRAINING / INDUSTRIAL VISITS

AN EXPEDITION

ØTo develop team building and leadership skills for the under graduates and post graduates, the department of Information Technology ar ranged an outbound training to PRR Training Center, Coimbatore.

ØAs a part of the industrial visit the students of BBA visited Summits Hygronics Pvt. Ltd., on 5th February 2016.

ØShuttle relief for students from academic activity, a nine days trip to Delhi from 07th March 2016 to 15th March 2016 was arranged for the students of M.Com FCA.

NSS EVENTS

ØA se ven day Residential Camp, from 17th to 23rd February 2016, was organised at Government Middle School, Kondanoor, Anaka t t i , Co imbatore . During the camp, various activities were conducted for the empowerment of the villagers.

ØKeerthivasan P., II BBACA participated in the prestigious Republic Day Parade at Rajpath, New Delhi.

Spec ia l

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. - C.S. Lewis

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WOMEN IN ACTION

SELF DEFENCE

ØInternational Women's Day was enthusiastically celebrated on 8th March 2016. The guests of honour were Dr. Alamelu N.R., Principal, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Dr. Chandrakala M., Gynecologist and Ms. Swathy Rohit, the Chief Business Officer,SNR Sons Charitable Trust. Competitions were held in the college premises Dr. Karunakaran K., the Principal and Secretary ofSNR SONS College gave away the prizes and appreciated the prize winners and the participants.

ØA programme for the girl students was conducted on 15th February 2016. The programme was arranged by Aram Foundation – Charitable Trust, Coimbatore.

ØLegal issues in Women Empowerment - A special session was conducted on 11th February 2016 for all the final year girl students of the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Ms. Sreejaya, a senior advocate was the speaker.

The department of Physical Education elected the office bearers for the academic year 2016 - 17.Mr. Khrishikesh E. of III B.Sc. IT was elected as the Sports Secretary. The cricket team won Runner-up in the Bharathiar University intercollegiate 'A' Zone Cricket Tounament, held at Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidhyalaya College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore.

The following students were selected to represent the Bharathiar University cricket team.

1. Mohammed Ashik N. - I B.Com.

2. Rubak Kumar S. - III B.Sc., (CS).

ØOur students played in the South ZoneInter-University Cricket Tournament organized by Savitha University Chennai.

ØMr. Mohammed Ashik N. was selected forthe Combined District Cricket team for under19 category.

ØThe teams of Kabaddi & Volleyball (Mens) reached Quarter finals in the South Zone Inter Collegiate Sports Festival held at Karunya University, Coimbatore.

ØArun P. of II B.Com. P.A. secured 4th Place in800 Meters race in Bharathiar University’s - Sports Meet held at Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore in December.

ØRajesh C. of II B.Com. secured 6th Place in100 Meters race and 5th place in 200 Meters in Bharathiar University’s Sports Meet.

ØLogesh G. of II B.Sc. CS finished 5th position in Javelin Throw. The Rally Team also finished 5th place in the same meet.

ØOur college cricket team won Runner – up in the Third Division and was promoted to Second Division in the Coimbatore District Cricket Association's League Tournament for the year 2015-16.

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. - J.K. Rowling

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NCC – EVENTS

Combined Annual Training Camp – The camp was organized by

6 TN MED COY NCC at SNR SONS College, Coimbatore from

5th to 14th June 2016. 10 Associate NCC Officers and

532 Senior Division and Junior Division cadets participated in this

camp. The NCC cadets of our college won prizes in various

culturals events - 1st prize, Firing - 2nd prize, Volley Ball -

2nd prize, Drill - 3rd prize, the Best Cadet Award and the Best

Senior Award.

NCC Cadet G. JOTHISH KUMAR of II B.Sc Physics participated

in 50m Peep Site prone position on 06th June 2016 at KKC

Paramathivellur and won the Gold Medal. He marked a new record

in Inter-Group Firing Competition (IGC) and also was selected for

the 26th All India G.V. Mavalakar Shooting Competition in

Mumbai.

NCC Cadet Sekar won Silver Medal in 25th All India GV

Mavalankar shooting championship for 300m big bore rifle event.

NCC Cadet Sekar participated in Asian Trails 1 and 2 shooting

competition for 50m small bore rifle event held from 28th February

to 02nd March 2016 and scored

590.5 and 595.0 for 654.

Air Rifle firing practice for

NCC Cadets was inaugurated by

Dr. Karunakaran K., the Principal

and Secretary, SNR Sons College

during 67th Republ ic Day

Celebration.

20 NCC cadets participated in

mini marathon organized by

Coimbatore Group on 24th

January 2016 at Government Arts

College, Coimbatore.

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed. - Maya Angelon

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SCENARIO'16

Manavar Manram club conducted an intercollegiate cultural fest

SCENARIO'16 on 4th March 2016. Students from various colleges

participated in the cultural events. Sri Vijaya Kumar R., the Managing

Trustee, SNR Sons trust presided over the function. Dr. Karunakaran K.,

the Principal and Secretary distributed the prizes and rewards to the

achievers. The overall trophy was bagged by PSG College of Arts and

Science, Coimbatore.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

EDITORIAL TEAMDr K Karunakaran Principal & Secretary

Mr B Balamayuranthan Assistant Professor in English

Mr A J Niyaz Hussain Assistant Professor in Information Technology

Mr S Marutha Vijayan Assistant Professor in Management

Mrs M Mary Velanganni Assistant Professor in English

Mrs S Jayashanthi Assistant Professor in Commerce