JNV Kolhapur Alumni Association | Newsletter | Issue 01 | Feb, 2016 Quote From President: "Together we can & together we will strive for betterment of our alumnus, school friends and society” IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Alumni Meet, Pune 2. Medical Camp 3. Alumni Meet, Kolhapur 4. Website Inauguration 5. Prizes From JNVKAA 6. Adolescent Workshop 7. A Helping Hand 8. Placement Cell Formation 9. Career Counseling 10. Batch Representatives 11. Activities Planned In Future Behind the Screens!!! Every year we gathered in Navodaya for the yearly alumni meet. We used to re-live fondly the old school-days, thank teachers and school for their role in our lives, pledge/dream of giving something back to our alma mater in some or the other way.. Every time, every single time! And then, we used to forget!! Every single time!!! Few years back, some of us and teachers thought of forming an association of alumni students. But then again, we dragged our feet. Same story continued. But this year was different. Thanks to some alumni's and teachers' untiring efforts, we were able to give a formal structure to our feelings, our ideas and our goals in the form of JNV Kolhapur Alumni Association. A large number of alumni gathered in Pune to discuss and finalize the nitty gritties of association formation. All ideas and issues were discussed and debated upon in truly democratic way, ranging from what name/logo for the association to what aims the association should pursue. Senior-most batch led from the front under the guidance of Dengle Sir and Awari Madam. After Pune meeting, a meeting in our school followed to give final touches to the association structure. What do we want to do? Every alumnus had a say here and will have a say in future. Few said let's do something for the school, few others wanted to concentrate on students who've completed the JNV schooling and few wanted to do something for the society we live in, the ultimate aim of every true Navodian. Finally everyone agreed that we need to do all three!! These goals will feature in our future activities. Why the organization, roles and rules? There is an African saying "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to far, go together." And that's what we want to do. Go far and go forever. Unless we institutionalize our efforts now, we may fall short of our goals in future. An organization helps in better planning, efficient execution and wider reach of activities. Our association will provide a stage and mechanism to every willing alumnus to connect to school and alumni network, to work for the school and the society. A core committee comprising alumni as active members and teachers as advisers will give direction and oversee the activities. There will be dedicated teams for various fields of works such as Job Placement Assistance, Career Guidance, and Social Awareness etc. Everyone is welcome to join these teams as per their liking. Take a small step today. Join us in this journey. Following pages lists down the meeting details and the activities carried out by the association within a short span of time. For more information, please feel free to contact any of core members or your respective batch representatives. The details are listed at the end of this document.
First inaugural meeting of our alumni association held at Pune , 76 alumni participated in association’s core objectives and 5 year roadmap discussions
The excerpts from the meeting are as follows:
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Task: Association Objective and Roadmap finalization Decision Taken: Activities to be divided as short term, long term as per durations, feasibility and workforce availability. Action assigned: Chandrashekhar Shrikhande , Suresh Naik , Abhijit Patil Remarks & Timeline: Association Roadmap be finalized and circulated before Alumni day / Kolhapur Meet
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Task: Constitution Framing of Society Decision Taken: To be drafted by Core Committee and legal advisor Action assigned: Core Committee & Legal Advisors Remarks & Timeline: The constitution/draft is an integral part of an organization and hence needs to be drafted considering future perspective. ETA: 1 month
Task: Dress code and ID-card design Action assigned: Promotion & Communication Team (Design team) Remarks & Timeline: T-shirt design and Id card design ETA: 3 months to 1 year
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Task: Committee formation Decision Taken: Core committee formed with
President: Chandrashekhar Shrikhande
Vice President: Abhijit Patil
General Secretary: Dayanand Yesane
Treasurer: Kiran Deshapande/Janardan Gayakwad
Expert Member : Suresh Naik
9 Committee heads nominations noted. Remarks & Timeline: Top 4 roles were decided after discussion with senior members, Dengle Sir and Awari madam. Alumni from all batches were requested to nominate themselves for their interest area. 9 committees envisaged-
1. Legal Adviser & constitution drafting 2. Promotion & Communication 3. Girls & women empowerment 4. Social responsibility 5. Fund raising & land acquisition 6. Navodaya development aid 7. Career guidance for alumni/ Coaching assistance for Navodaya students 8. Finances & account management 9. Placement cell
Task: Social activities/responsibilities Decision Taken: Social areas identified for work. Action assigned: Social welfare committee Remarks & Timeline: Discussed on below topics
1. Health – medical camps, blood testing for Navodaya students 2. Education- coaching and computer training 3. Child and women empowerment 4. Disability 5. Environment – plantation, solar lamps 6. Water treatment and sewage treatment
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Task: Promotion & Communication Strategy Decision Taken: Alumni Directory & Design templates Action assigned: Promotion & Communication Team & Alumni Remarks & Timeline: P & C Team has to Design
Magazine contents may include: Achievements of Navodayans, activities conducted, career updates, editorials, articles/poems, Alumnus can share their writings from other magazines. ETA: Road map to be submitted in 1 month min.
Task: Coaching assistance for Navodaya students Decision Taken: Rough plan. Action assigned: Career guidance alumni committee And Coaching assistance Navodaya committee Remarks & Timeline: Discussed below points
1. Civil service program 2. Entrance exam program 3. Soft skill development program 4. Basic computer training for navodayans. 5. 1 week Career guidance Workshop for 12th class students including their parents.
Trainings for 9th
, 11th
class student in their vacations ( with minimal or no fees) with help of Dnyandeep academy, Pune.
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Task: Association Name and Logo finalization Decision Taken:
1. Finalized association name “ JNV Kolhapur Alumni Association” 2. The Logo with full form “JNV Kolhapur Alumni Association” has been finalized. 3. The decision has been taken by all members who attended the meet.
Action assigned: Promotion & Communication Team Remarks & Timeline: P & C Team has to do below changes to the logo.
1. Replace Kagal with Kolhapur 2. Use Full form of the association name in logo. 3. Improve image resolution.
Task: Monthly planned Activities Remarks & Timeline: Medical camps for children in Navodaya Alumni birthday celebration with under privileged students(celebration fares will be given by the association) ETA: 3 months to 1 year.
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Task: Contribution Strategy/ fund raising strategy Decision Taken: An alumnus has to register with minimum registration fee of Rs. 200 per year. Batches will decide within themselves the contribution amount. Action assigned: Treasurer & batch representatives Remarks & Timeline: 2 ways of contribution discussed
1. An alumnus can directly transfer contribution amount to association bank account and inform the batch representative who will further inform the same to treasurer.
2. Batch representative can transfer amount to association bank account and inform the details to treasurer.
Treasures and batch representatives have to keep and monitor all transaction records. Also treasurer has to submit the annual report. All batches have to decide their contribution amount. Batch 1 declared their contribution amount Rs. 2000 per year. Batch 9 declared amount 1200 per year. ETA: Submit road map and contribution amount before Kolhapur meeting
Core committee President: Chandrashekhar Shrikhande Vise-President: Abhijit Patil General Secretary: Dayanand Yesane Treasurer: Kiran Deshapande/JanardanGayakwad Expert Member : Suresh Naik
Abhijit Patil Addressing A Query During Association
Roadmap Discussions
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Task: Silver Jubilee function plan Decision Taken: Volunteer name collected for Silver Jubilee function. Activities to be conducted throughout the year as part of JNVK silver jubilee function. Action assigned: Silver jubilee team Remarks & Timeline: Volunteer nominations requested to form Silver Jubilee team. Activities to be conducted throughout the year as part of JNVK silver jubilee function. ETA: Submit road map before December end.
108 alumni attended alumni day of 2016, 12th class students and Kolhapur based alumni participated for association roadmap & objective discussions.
Principal Sir appreciated association’s efforts for Objectives and roadmap. Sir also assured Navodaya’s help& active participation in association’s activities , moreover agreed to be guiding members of association’s core committee
Core Committee till Silver Jubilee Function (2017) appointed as below
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N A M E O F A L U M N I R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y C O N T A C T N U M B E R
1 Chandrashekhar Shrikhande President 9819964141
2 Abhijit Patil Vice President 9767953559
3 Dayanand Yesnae General Secretary 8380067235
4 Janardan Gaikwad Joint Secretary 8806952140
5 Kiran Deshpande Treasurer 9404140341
6 Abhijit Desai Legal Adviser 9049301011
7 Niraj Dengale Promotional Activities 9922346652
8 Amol Sangar Contribution Coordinator 9011048812
9 Nelson Bardeskar Career Guidance 9405146974
10 Sujata Yesane Placement Cell 7843039314
11 Parnita Bhosale Women Empowerment 9922346652
12 Vikrant Pawar Social Responsibility 9975144802
13 Jitendra Rawan Fund Raiser ( External Sources) & Land Acquisition
9209207111
14 Samrat Patil Navodaya Development Aid 9527003490
15 Chetan Magdum Silver Jubilee Function Committee Coordinator
Most of us are now connected through social media Facebook, WhatsApp groups or emails. However, still few are outside these mediums or rarely use them. There was a necessity to have our own system to get all of us connected. Having digital presence is very crucial in these times. Neeraj Dengle and Prathmesh Patil spent great efforts in building a website for the association. It, www.Jnvkalumni.com, was inaugurated on the occasion of Alumni Day. Association will regularly publish information about activities, special achievements, job postings, career guidance articles on this site besides our Facebook page. Association is also in process of building comprehensive database of our alumni network. Hence all are requested to spend some time to register and create your profile on our web site www.Jnvkalumni.com. All one needs is an email id and 5 minutes of time!!
Since last three years third batch (1996-2002) is giving prizes to meritorious students of 10th and 12th standard
classes. Next year onwards they will lead this activity, on behalf of JVNKAA, to honor maximum alumni and students
of our School.
UNICEF with the help of Rajmata Jijau Mother-Child Health & Nutrition Mission (Govt of Maharashtra) conducts WORKSHOP FOR ADOLESCENT STUDENTS in schools across Maharashtra. With help of Suresh Naik (Expert Member, Core Committee JNVKAA) we took the opportunity to organize one such workshop in our school for 11th class students. Workshop was spanned 3 full days as: Day 1 - Lifestyle of Adolescent Day 2- Introduction of reproduction system Day 3- Nutrition requirements of adolescents Dr Gopal Pandge, Shaku Akaa, Dr Aparna, Sharmila Mukherjee mam facilitated this workshop. Some words from Trainers “We were stunned by seeing students’ positive & active response on first day and we had to rework on our strategies. Truly overwhelmed by hospitality and management of school and JNVK Alumni Association” Some Words from Principal Sir “This is good workshop. Looking at students’ feedback, I think such workshops should be conducted in all JNVs and our alumni association should take some steps in this direction.” Students’ Feedback: “We loved the entire workshop, it was with full of activities and great learning.” Kiran Deshpande, Dr. Rahul, Dr. Tushar, Jitendra Rawan and Rahul Kamble spent tremendous efforts in planning and executing this workshop on behalf of the association.
