Editorial
Dear
GJCians,
We,
the students of Mass Communication, are very glad to bring you the first issue
of The GJCians, a fortnightly
newsletter that mirrors our active and colorful college life.
This
is the first issue of this newsletter, published on 5th July 2014. Every
day and every week you, as the college students, participate in a variety of
activities; you learn, you serve, and you compete and succeed. The news of all
such major acts and deeds of the GJCians - the students and teachers of GJC -
would be covered for you in this wall paper. Besides news, the pages will also
contain interviews, articles, success stories and other interesting things.
Thanks
to our principal, Dr. Subhash Dev, for the ample space provided. The wall paper
will be displayed at various locations such as Students’ Notice Board, Library,
Ladies Hostel and the Ladies Room. It will also be uploaded on the website of
our college and our blog (http://thegjcians.blogspot.in/) in
due course. So friends, please keep on reading The GJCians wherever you can. And moreover, give us the opportunity
to cover your own activities and success stories as true GJCians.
You
may send your details for publication or register your feedback by email to gjcians@rediffmail.com
or can see us personally.
Truly
yours,
Sana Naik,
Himani Kotre,
Shruti Salvi.
(Editors)
Principal Dr. Subhash Deo honoured with
Gurukul Pratishthan ,Pune has declared the life time achievement
award—Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar- to Dr. Subhash Deo, the Principal of our college , the most
famous college of the Konkan region.In the letter of intent, the Pratishtan has
praised him as a rare kind of person who
has devoted his whole life to the cause of educational development of the
Konkan region.
Principal
Deo, a past student of this college itself, joined in 1979 as a Professor of
Commerce. In 1993, he became the V.P. of
the Commerce faculty. From 1995 he took
the charge as the Principal of this renowned college. In last two decades he
worked on various bodies of the University of Mumbai in various important
capacities. He had also been the Director of Examinations of the university
last year.
Dr. Deo had also the opportunity to work as a
NAAC assessor and under his leadership our college has been declared as an ‘A’
grade college for the 3rd time by the NAAC Committee.
He has also made significant
contribution to the social and educational development through innumerable
programmes and activities and established cordial relations with various institutions.
No wonder, the Gurukul Pratishtan thought him worthy of this award .
Hearty Congrats to Dr. Deo Sir!
4 GJCians
Clear SET with Flying Colours
15 June 2014
Prof. Rodge, Prof.
Karmarkar, Prof. Sathe and Miss Abhyankar
3 of our phenomenal professors
& one of our students have achieved success by clearing their SET exams for
the year 2013-2014.
Professor Ambadas Ramchandra Rodge
of Zoology department achieved the brilliant score of 72.50%. He also succeeded
in passing NET & GATE exams.Miss Megha Vasant Karmarkar from IT
department passed her SET exam with 61.71% in Computer Application.Mr.
Shreevallabh Sathe of Geography department succeeded his SET exam with 66.29. Suvarna
Abhyankar became the first student of M.A- English to crack the SET exams in
the history of our college while still being a student. She achieved the score
of 72.57%. The year 2014
has had a marvelous beginning with this successful bang.
Suvarna Abhyankar Cracks SET in
First Attempt
In the history of our college it happened for the first time that an M.A (English) student has cleared the State Eligibility Test to become a senior college lecturer in her very first attempt, even before getting her MA degree !
Shruti: In the history of our college, no
one has passed SET exams while still completing his / her post- graduation. How
do you feel by achieving this glorious success?
Suvarna:
I am very happy.
It was a really a pleasant experience.
Shruti: In the 10th you scored 91% and yet you
chose arts and completed your further education? What’s the specific reason
behind it?
Suvarna: I deliberately chose Arts Faculty because from the
very beginning I was interested in languages And my decision did not prove wrong.
I passed my BA( English ) with flying colours.
Shruti: How did you prepare for your SET exam and managed
the time and the study pattern?
Suvarna: Actually
this was my first experience and I was not fully prepared for it, as many
candidates are, but even then I read in depth about English Literatures such as Indian and American literature as
well as criticism. The habit of reading
itself is very useful.
Shruti: What is the specific nature of SET
exam and how is its marking system?
Suvarna: There are 3 papers for SET; you
can appear for the subject of your post-graduation – as I did in English. 1st
paper is of Teaching and Research Aptitude for 100marks. 2nd paper
is of 100 marks and 3rd paper is of 150 marks- both in the respective subject chosen by you. It is
an exam of objective type questions of total 350 marks.
Shruti: What is your aim in life and what
are your future plans?
Suvarna: Of course I want to be a lecturer as teaching is my
passion.
Shruti:
What are you doing currently?
Suvarna: I
am undergoing a training at the All India Radio Station. There were auditions
conducted for the post of an announcer and I was selected .Presently, I am also taking the ‘Vaani’ ( voice culture)
course.
Shruti:
Through this whole journey, who was your inspiration?
Suvarna: My parents and my teachers. I got
good teachers in life.
Shruti: What message would you like to
give for the students preparing for the SET?
Suvarna: I think we should start studying
sincerely from the very beginning i.e. from First Year itself. We shouldn’t
start at the 11th hour or after our post-graduation. Also we should
cultivate the habit of reading extra material from the very beginning.
Shruti: Anything else that you’d like to
share with us? We’ll surely love to know!
Suvarna: It was an honor to come here. I
thank you that you gave me this good opportunity.
Shruti: Thank you so much, Suvarna. Your
example will prove a great motivation for us.
Sanskrit Department Observes Kalidas Day
28TH
JUNE 2014
The Literary
Association and the Sanskrit Department of College observed the ‘Kalidas Day’
on 28TH June.
The first day of the month
Aashaadh is celebrated as Kalidas Din all over the country. The Sanskrit Department of our college too
observes the day every year in some unique and innovative manner. The department gives its PG students an
opportunity to build up their confidence by overcoming the stage fright. As a
part of this tradition an M.A. student of the dept is invited every year to
deliver a lecture on some topic related to the Sanskrit studies. This year, Dr.
Swapnali Parwadi, was invited to share her thoughts on ‘Ritusanhar’ of Kalidas.
The Programme was arranged
in the Radhabai Shetye Sabhagraha.
Vaidehi Chitale and Chaitali Harshe, students of SYBA, recited shloks in
the praise of Kavi Kalidas to make a wonderful beginning of the programme.
Prof. Jayant Abhyankar gave the introductory speech and then called upon Dr.
Swapnali Parwadi to deliver her lecture. Dr. Parwadi in a very eloquent style
compared and explained to the audience the similarities between Kalidas’
‘Ritusanhar’ and Vaghbhatta’s, `Ashtanga sangraha’.
Dr.
Atul Pitre, the Vice Principal of Arts Faculty, chaired the programme. The
wall-magazine of the department viz. ‘Geervankaumudi’ was also released on the
occasion by Dr. Pitre. The programme
was anchored by Vedavati Masurakar, an SYBA student. The vote of thanks was
delivered by Abhyankar Sir. The function ended with the ‘Shantimantra’ recited
by Kiran Joshi.
At the left - Kiran Joshi, Shubham Gandhi, Chaitali Harshe
At the right - Chetna Ghate, Vaidehi
Chitale and Vedavati Masurakar
with the wall magazine “Geervankaumudi”.
Students
of GJC Attend ‘Shibir Chalak Prashikshan'
8 of our Gogate Jogalekar College students
actively participated in a ‘Sanskrit Shibir Chalak Prashikshan Workshop’ at
Wagle High School, Fonda in Goa. The workshop dated from 11th to 21stmay
2014. This workshop was headed by Mrs. Sunita Phadnis.
GJCians attend “NSS Chhawani Camp”
10 volunteers from Gogate
Jogalekar College attended the “Residential Chhawani Camp” of NSS Students
organized in Thane district in the first week of May 2014.The batch of
volunteers was headed by Neha Shewade.
Volunteers were given
special training for personal skills improvements. They learned soft skills and
skills of working in rural areas for better living. The participants enjoyed
the experience of working together in teams. On the last day of the camp all
the volunteers were awarded with certificates.
Two young teachers participate in
ICSSR’s Capacity Building Workshop, Goa
16.6.14
Two of our GJC lecturers, Mr. Sachin Sangare
(Sociology Dept) and Miss Madhura Athavale (English Dept) participated in the two week ‘ Capacity Building Workshop'
organized by the Indian Council of Social Science Research in collaboration
with Govt. College Quepem, Govt. of Goa from 2nd June - 13th June, 2014. 35 lecturers
from Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka participated in the workshop.
The
workshop aimed at giving thorough knowledge to novice researchers about the key
concepts in research methodology and motivating them to take up various
research activities in their career. It included many interesting and
interactive sessions on the topics such as research design and structure,
writing research proposal, research papers and research articles, ethics in
academic writing, hypothesis building, observation and sampling techniques and the
use of software like SPSS and R for statistical analysis. All these sessions were conducted by eminent
resource persons such as Dr. Anil Sutar, Dr.Vivek Patkar, Dr. Vivek Balekar,
Dr. Shailaja Sardesai, Dr. Mrudul Nile, Dr. Ganesh Somayaji, Dr.Satish Kumar, Dr.Neelkantu
Bankar and Dr. Shrinath Jayanti.
GJC Observes Shahu Maharaj Smritidin
26th June 2014
"Shahu
Maharaj was a person concerned about the sorrows of his poor subjects. He
opened the doors of free education to all the girls in Kolhapur. The present
leaders should take an example of Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj, as he is the ideal
figure for the society. Great stars like him belong to all and no community
should imprison them in narrow domestic walls ", said Mr. Prakash Deshpande, the chief guest and
speaker of Ch.Shahu Maharaj Memorial Function held in the college on June 26.
The
programme was chaired by Dr. Kishor Sukhatankar, the Principal in charge. Also
Dr. Atul Pitre, Vice Principal of Arts Faculty and Prof. Dr. R.H. Kamble, the convener
of Function Committee, were present on the dais.
The entire programme was anchored by Dr. R.H.Kamble. Prof. Gopale
introduced the Chief Guest Mr. Deshpande and the vote of thanks was given by
Prof. Ukarande.
Akshay
Pilankar’s dynamic Interview on Akashvani
28
June, 2014
Akshay Pilankar,
a student of SYBA, was interviewed at Akashvani, Ratnagiri on 18th
June, 2014. The show was broadcast on 27th June, 2014 at 6.30 pm.
Purnima Sathe interviewed him
on the show “YUVAVANI-MAZI GAANI, MAZYA GAPPA”. Creating Ganesha’s idols is
Akshay’s family business. He is very fond of clay art and he has won a
consolation prize in clay art competition along with a Bronze medal in
Installation competition, at the university level. His father has also achieved
a National Award for clay art.
Akshay wants to prove himself
best in their business. We GJCians congratulate him on his success and wish him
all the very best for his future.
GJC
Walk to Mark International Anti-Drug Abuse Day
27th June, 2014
The GJCians participated in a
walkathon in Ratnagiri on Thursday, 26th June, 2014, to raise public
awareness about the drug abuse.
The United Nations General Assembly in
1957 decided to observe June 26 as the International day against drug abuse and
for co-operation to achieve the goal of
an international society free of drug abuse. As part of this, Maharashtra Naval
Unit of NCC, Ratnagiri organizes the campaign every year. This year too, it was
organized on the GJC campus under the guidance of commanding officer commander
S.D.Singh and some selected naval cadets.
The inauguration of this rally
was done by the hands of the commanding officer S.D.Singh . The rally was taken
out from Gogate Jogalekar College to Civil Hospital, GGPS high school and it
ended at Law College.
Cadets
Mandar Gorivale, Rahul Pawar , Akshay Mayekar , Akshay Devrukhkar , Sanket
Ramane and Shubham Lalikar participated in this rally. Chief P.T. officer
B.P.Keshari, P.T. officer Sachin Raturi, Sushil Kumar, building writer Sanjay
Kumar also participated.
The Principal
Addresses to New Entrants
As
goes one of the best practices of the college ,all the First Year students of
all the streams like Arts, Science and Commerce were addressed by the
Principal, and administrative and other
vice principals on the first three days of July.
In
this college, it is practice of decades that after the admission process is
over and the classes start, the new entrants are addressed by the Principal ,
respective vice principal and the conveners of major co-curricular and
extra-curricular activities to introduce
them to the functioning of the college and let them learn about the various
opportunities and support schemes they can benefit from.
Following
the practice , the newly admitted 1000 plus students of FYBA, FYBCom and FYBSc were
addressed by Prin. Dr. Subhash Deo, Dr. Kishor Sukhtankar(Vp –Administration),
Dr.Atul Pitre ( VP-Arts) , Dr. M.R.Sakhalkar( VP- Commerce) and Mr. Rajeev
Sapre( VP-Science).
Dr.
Chitra Goswami and Mr. V.M. Athalye (NSS) , Dr..Milind Gore ,
Mrs. Seema Kadam and Mr. Sardesai ( NCC)
,Mr. Kiran Dhandore( Librarian ), Mr.Anand Ambekar (Cultural) and Mr. D.s. Kamble ( Life Long Education )
introduced their respective departments and activites and schemes to the
students.
We Will Select Our Teacher
"The Salary of a teacher should be
based on how many students’ voluntarily attend his lecture".
-Adam Smith
Of course this is quite
funny, eccentric, unrealistic, exaggerating and unacceptable statement, but it
is thought provoking too. In India, feeding the employees with fat salaries and
packages without the proper assessment of performance is quite common, most
dominantly in the educational field. Students don't attend the lectures regularly,
not only because they are irresponsible, but also because it is of no use. The
teacher must be so skilled, versatile, student friendly, knowledgeable, warm
and active, that maximum number of students should themselves get hungry for
lectures and should be delighted by the same. Then the question of compulsion
and hatred among the students for study and education won't even arise. We can
get favorable feedback only when the system is worthy of it. Consumer must have
the right to reject the product.
An
ideal method of the appointment of teachers is student's voting. All the applicants will deliver a lecture
each on the given topic and the students will vote to whom they like most.
Applicant getting majority of votes will be appointed as a teacher. Then making
the attendance compulsory will not be a problem.
Let
us hope for such reforms!
Harshad Tulpule , SYBA
One
of our GJCians, Deepali Gothankar, studying in TYBA performed a noble deed.
During the admission period, she found cash of Rs.400 in the college premises and
very sincerely she submitted it to the Vice Principal of Arts faculty. As the
respective owner was not found, the money was then transferred to office and
then it was used to pay the fees of one
of our needy students.
We salute her for her honesty
which we find very rarely now-a day. Through this incident we can say, that
there is still enough honesty in the world, and especially among the GJCians.
Contributors
Sana Naik, Himani
Kotre, Shruti Salvi,
Omshree Gavankar, Renuka
Joshi, Prashant Lingayat,
Chetna Ghate, Vedavati Masurakar, Swati More, Taisin Hujre,
Diksha Dhabhade, Shubham Jadhav, Prachi Joshi, Pranali Zade,
Omkar Borkar, Chaitali Harshe, Zaiba and group
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