Half-Yearly Issue7 2013-2014

SREE SARASWATHI THYAGARAJA COLLEGE(AUTONOMOUS)

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Annual Report

NAACVISIT

Commerce and International Business organized on

April2ndand3rd2013,twodaysNationalWorkshopon

“Research in Social Science Withers or Not?” 150

participants were benefitted by the programme. The

primeobjectiveof theworkshopis to impartextensive

trainingtoenhancetheresearchskillsoftheparticipants.

Researchersuseawiderangeof statisticalmethods to

analyze the data. Survey analysis is one of the most

commonlyusedresearchmethods.Quantificationofdata

throughstatisticaltoolsisanessentialelementinsocial

scienceresearchtogivehighreliabilityandvaliditytothe

findings.ThisworkshopmainlyfocusedonusageofSPSS

package, application of 'R' package and econometric

models.

TheNAACpeercommitteevisitedthecollegeonFeb11th

12thand13th2013.Theoverallperformanceandallthe

activities of IQAC relating to quality enhancement and

sustenance were very much appreciated by the NAAC

Peer-Team, whichhasbeenevidentlysubstantiatedby

theawardof̀ A'grade(CGP3.17)toSTC.

NAACPeerTeamvisittoSTC

PresentationbyPrincipaltoNAACteam

NAACPeerteamdiscussiontofacultymembers

ValedictoryAddressbyDr.M.RamachandranProf.&HeadinEconomics,

SchoolofManagement,Pondicheryuniversity

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w Dr.B.MythiliAssociateProf.ofB.Com(CA)andMr.K.

JayaprakashAssistantProf.inB.Com(CA) presentedapaper “Problems and Challenges ofMicro and Smallenterprises”atGovtArtsandScienceCollege,Karuron

thMarch 6 2013. The paper highlighted the variousproblems faced by women entrepreneurs inCoimbatoreDistrict.

w Dr.MythiliAssociateProf.ofB.Com(CA) andN.Chitra

HODofB.Com(CA)presentedapaper“WorkingCapitalrequirements of Exporters in Garment Industry –Tirupur”onthesponsoredbyICSSR seminaratGovt

thArtsandSciencecollege,Karuron6 March2013.

w Ms. T. Maheswari Assistant Prof. of B.Com (CA),

publishedpaperintheJournalofIndianManagementStrategyISSNNo.0973-9335-FinancialperformanceofOilNaturalGasCorporation(ONGL)Ltd.

w Mrs. C.KothaiAndal Assistant Prof. of B.Com(CA)

published a paper “Determinants of Medical Policyholders Awareness in Marketing” Journal ISBNN0.0978-82-338-33-8.

TeachonSPSSpackegebyDr.T.vanniarajanAssociateprofessorin

BusinessAdministrationNMSSVellachamayNadarCollege,Madurai

PONGALFESTIVAL

Pongal festival was conducted in Sree saraswathi

ThyagarajaCollegeon11.1.2013,Ln.M.A.Vijayamoghan

presidedthefestival.Vice-chairmanLn.T.Sethupathiand

DirectorGeneralMr.M.Settu,felicitatedthefestival.Mr.A.

K.Rathinam,Chairman,PollachiInstituteofTechnology,

deliveredthespecialaddress.Inhisaddress,hespokeon

thecultureandlegacyoftheTamil.Schoolstudentsfrom

various schools, in andaroundPollachi andudumalpet

regions participated. Various folk games and cultural

competitionwereconducted.Folkgameslikeuriyadithal,

valukkumaram yeruthal, folk dance, folk songs were

conducted in order to rejuvenate the legacy of Tamil

culture.PrincipalDr.V.Venkateswaranproposedvoteof

thanksthefestivalwasorganizedbythefacultymembers

ofthecollege.

FacultyDevelopmentProgrammeatIIM

Dr.B.THAYUMANAVAR, AssistantProfessor,MBADepartmentattendedtheFacultyDevelopmentProgrammeattheIndianInstituteofManagement,Indorefrom22.4.2013to28.6.2013.Ithelps in the updation of knowledgeand know the recent trends in thesubject discipline and the uniqueteachingpedagogyofIIMs.

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The 7th Academic Council was held on 14.05.2013 at11.00a.m.inthecollegetodiscusstheacademicactivitiesandtopassthevariousresolutionsrecommendedbytheBoard of studies and the Standing Committee onAcademicAffairs.

Dr.K.Srinivasan,AssociateProf.ofPhysics,BharathiyarUniversity, and Dr. R. Vijayaragavan, Professor, Dept ofStatistics. Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore were thenomineesandtheExternalexpertsDr.B.SampathkumarandMr.P.M.Jegadeesan,VivePresident–CorporateHR,SARA ELSI groups, Coimbatore attended the meeting.They congratulated the institution for NAACreaccreditationwithAgradeandtheoverallperformanceofthecollege.

7thAcademicCouncilMeeting

PaperPresentation&Publications

byfaculties

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InternationalConferenceonWomenEmpowerment

International Conference on Rural Empowerment and

Sustainable Development was held at Sree Saraswathi

ThyagarajaCollegePollachionMarch27th&28th2013.

Themainfocusoftheconferencewas'EmpoweringRural

Families,Women and Girl Children'. This International

Conference was intended to inspire people at various

levels for an empowered India through sustainable

developmentofruralareaatitspopulation.

TheconferencewasinauguratedbytheHonorableVice-

ChancellorofAvinashilingamUniversity forWomenDr.

Sheela Ramachandran. In her inaugural address she

highlightedtheroleofwomeninagriculturalproduction

ishigherthanthemanandthebullockthatworksinthe

farmland. She was very optimistic that rural Indian

women would be powerful in the coming years.The

conferencewasattendedbynearly200participantsfrom

alloverIndiaandabroad.Besidestechnicalsessionsthere

weretwopaneldiscussions.Oneon'thestatusofwomen–

ahistoricalperspective'andanotheronthesecondday,

therewas an panel discussion on Rural empowerment

around the globe chaired by Mr. M. Settu. The panel

compriseofdelegatesrepresentingEthiopia,Singapore,

Nigeria,ThailandandBhutanandIndia.Therewere12

technical sessions in which 82 research papers were

presentedbyIndianandforeignauthors.

A book on Rural Empowerment for Sustainable

Developmentwhichcomprisesof78selectedpaperswas

released by the Sub-collector of Pollachi Ms.

RashmiSiddharth Zaagade, IAS who delivered the

valedictoryaddress.Sheexpressedherview,quotingfrom

herownexperiencethatinrecenttimeswomeninIndia

aresufficientlyempoweredincertainareastooccupykey

posts.Howeversheexpressedherconcernthatthereisa

lotmoretodoforruralwomenempowerment.

Theinternationalconferencewasjointlyorganisedbythe

Centre for Counselling and Guidance and the PG

DepartmentofSocialworkofSreeSaraswathiThyagaraja

College,coordinatedbyDrJanetius,Director,Centrefor

CounsellingandGuidance.

NSSProgrammes-

2013-2014

inauguratedbytheHonorableVice-Chancellorof

AvinashilingamUniversityforWomenDr.SheelaRamachandran.

ValedictoryAddressbyDr.Janetius,Director,CCG,STCAnAlcoholAwarenessRallywasorganizedby

Sub-CollectorinPollachi

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Dr.V.Venkateswaran -Chairman

Dr.B.Mythili -EditorinChief

Mr.P.JohnLeeson -Member

Ms.T.Maheswari -Member

Ms.A.Anitha -Member

Dr.S.Dhandapani -Member

Ms.V.AbiramaSundari-Member

Mr.S.Ramkumar -PrintDesigner

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SREE SARASWATHI THYAGARAJA COLLEGE

Palani Road, Pollachi - 642 107, Coimbatore Dist, Tamilnadu.

Tel : 04259 - 266550, 266008, Tele Fax : 04259 266009

Email : stc@stc.ac.in Website : www.stc.ac.in

An Autonomous, NAAC Re-Accredited with 'A' Grade, ISO 9001:2008 Certified Institution, Affiliated to Bharathiar University , Coimbatore

Approved by AICTE for MBA/MCA and by UGC for 2(f) & 12(B) status

Ÿ On 11-01-2013 The Vivekanandar Panimandram

conductedaprogramatMahalingapuramPolicestation

on Nation Development”. Ln M.A.Vijayamoghan,

Chairman,STCgaveaspeechontheroleofyouthinthe

developmentofIndia.20NSSvolunteersparticipatedin

theprogram

Ÿ On 12-01-2013 NSS organized a fund collection

programforArmedForcesFlagDay.

Ÿ On25-02-2013AprogramonWaterConservationwas

organized. A team of officials from Pollachi PWD

presented a topic on water which the source of

nourishment. 200NSS volunteers participated in the

program

Ÿ On 01-03-2013 AIDS awareness program was

organizedunderthetitle“CelebratingLife”.Mr.Sekar,

DistrictManager,TANSACS,Coimbatoregaveaspeech

on AIDS control and preventive measures. 103 NSS

volunteersparticipatedintheprogram.

Ÿ On 15-03-2013 An Alcohol Awareness Rally was

organized by Sub-Collector in Pollachi. 50 NSS

volunteers participated in the rally and spread the

awarenessabouttheevilsofdrinkingandalcoholism.

Ÿ On March 2, 2013 Women’s Day was celebrated in

Nehru stadium, Coimbatore. NSS volunteers

participatedintheprogramandwonchampionshipin

MIME event. The team was headed by Mr. F.

Subramanian

STCIASAcademy

STC IAS Academy, four awareness programmes for all

studentsoftheSTC,Pollachi.Asaresult13studentshave

optedtojoinintheIASAcademy.Asondate22students

are on roll and this includes 9 old students who have

attendedtheIAScoachingclasseslastyear(2011-2012).

OneoutsidestudentaftercompletingtheB.EDegreehas

joinedtheAcademyon26.10.2012.

Eveningclassesarebeingconductedeverydaybetween

3.30 pm and 5.30 pm besides week end classes on

Saturdays.Studymaterialsinvarioussubjectspertaining

to Civil Services Preliminary Examinations are being

downloadedfromtheUPSCwebsiteanddistributedto

theStudentsoftheIASAcademy.Weeklyrevisiontestsare

beingconducted.Thestudentsarebeingtrainedinsucha

manner to face various competitive Examinations

conductedbytheTNPSCandStaffSelectionCommission.

OnestudentwhoattendedtheCoachingclassesregularly

has successfully cleared the competitive Examination

conductedbytheSSCforthepostofSubInspectorsinthe

CentralPoliceForces.

Some of the students who have joined the STC IAS

Academybelong to the familiesbelowpoverty lineand

they are experiencing many hardships to pay the

prescribedfeetotheCollegeforcontinuingtheirclasses

intheAcademy.Inordertoencouragetheiraspirationto

preparefortheCivilServicesExaminations,scholarship

has been arranged for them from Sri Vijayalakshmi

Charitable Trust, Coimbatore and a Cheque for Rs.

1,00,000/- has been received from the Trust as

Scholarshiptoall20students@RS.5000/-each.

OurvisionistomakethisAcademyapremiercoaching

centrecommittedtoGuidanceandHolisticTrainingtoIAS

AspirantswhoarehailingfromruralareasofPollachiand

UdumalpetTaluk.

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SREE SARASWATHI THYAGARAJA COLLEGEAn Autonomous, ISO 9001 Certified and NAAC Re-Accredited Institution with 'A' Grade

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WORDSWORTHLANGUAGESOFTWARE

To enrich students efficiency in English language and

communicationandtotrainthemonparwiththeneedof

the hour, Words Worth language software has been

installed in three labs at STC. This software covers all

aspectofEnglishlanguage.Withthestaffmonitoringthe

system, this software is of vital use in enhancing and

channelizingstudent'sflairforlearningEnglish.

Installed in198systems,WordsWorthsoftwareassists

thestudentstolearnthegloballanguageinanadvanced

way.AlltheFacultymembersweregiven2daystrainingin

Wordsworthlab.

Dept.ofMBAorganizedHRMeetentitled"PreparingforGlobal Competitiveness - A HR Perspective" on05.09.2013. Mr. P. M. Jegadesan, Vice President, &Corporate HR, M/s. Sara ELGI Group, Coimbatore,Mr.V.Nagarajan, General Manager, TTK Prestige Ltd.,Hosur,Mr.P.Shanmugasundaram,TeamAnchor,PeoplesMetricsPvt.Ltd.,CoimbatoreandMr.A.Sriram,ExecutiveDirector, Adhi Annam Comforts Pvt. Ltd., Pollachi tookpart in this meet. Mr. M.Settu, Director General, STCmoderatedtheproceedingsofthemeet.

MOUwithCoimbatoreProductivityCouncil

AsapreludetoPGDiplomainPersonnelManagementand

Industrial Relations, an MoU to this effect was signed

betweenSTCandTheCoimbatoreProductivityCouncilon

10.10.2013.Mr.S.Ramamurthy,HonorarySecretary,CPC,

Dr.A.M.Natarajan, GB Member, CPC, and Dr.B.Vanitha,

Chairman,BoardofPGDPMStudies,CPCtookpartonthis

occasion.

HRMeet

MoUwassignedbetweenusandthe

CoimbatoreProductivityCouncilon10.10.2013

The inaugural function of Muthamil Mandram was

conducted at Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja, Pollachi on

5/7/2013.SecretaryLion.M.A.Vijayamoghan, presided

thefunctioninthepresenceofthecollegeprincipalDr.V.

Venkateswaran.PoetBoobalamP.Murugesapandiangave

the special address on the title Eeram Enkae ?

Prof.R.Padmanabhan,Dean,AcademicAffairs felicitated

theoccasion.KamarajarBirthdaywascelebratedbythe

Department of Tamil on 15/7/2013.Lion .M.

A.Vijayamoghan,Secretary,STCpresidedinthepresence

of Dr.Venkateswaran, Principal, STC. Greatness of

Kamarajar was spoken by Dr.M.Subramaniasiva on the

title“Kamarajarareview”.Thefunctionconcludedwith

thefelicitationsofProf.R.Padmanabhan,Dean,Academic

Affairs.

MuthamilMandramThuvakkaVizha

IQACMEETING2013

IQACmeetingwasheldon17.12.2013.VariousexternalexpertsandinternalmembersofIQACattendedandgavesuggestionsonqualityenhancementsandsustains.

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Mr.SivaSubramaiyan,AssistantProf,KovaiArtscollege

was invited as the chief guest for the occasion . He

presidedoverthegreetingandgaveatalkonNavarathiri

Celebration.Ln.M.A.Vijayamoghan,Secretarygavespecial

addressontheoccasion.

NAVARATHRICELEBRATION

Department of Mathematics of Sree SaraswathiThyagarajaCollege, organizeda,"OnedayWorkshoponLaTeXforResearchers"on6thSeptember2013.Totallytherewere102participantsfromthesamecollegeand14fromotherColleges.Dr.M.KALIDOSS,ReaderinPhysics,St.JosephCollege,TrichyactedasResourceperson.Thesessionwasinterestingandwasmuchinformativefortheresearchers.

“OneDayWorkshoponLaTeXforResearchers”

AKSHAYA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

STUDIES selected Mrs. Shobana.P,

Assistant Professor of UG Information

Technology andMrs. B. Geetha, Assistant

ProfessorofUGCommerceandgavethem

the “BEST TEACHER AWARD” for the

Academic year 2013. The committee

consisted of Students, Staff Members,

Principal and Academicians. AIMS

appreciatedteacher'sserviceinthefieldof

H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n . O n

DR.RADHAKRISHNANs' BIRTHDAY –

TEACHERS' DAY celebrations on 2013,

AIMS gave honor for valuable services in

the field of Higher Education with

CertificatesandMementos.

BESTTEACHERAWARD

On6.09.2013MuthamilKalaimandramatSTCCelebrated

the Onam festival. Kerala students drew the colourful

rangoli with flowers. Dr. V. Venkateswaran Principal of

SreeSaraswathiThyagarajaCollegeheadedthefunction.

LionM. A. Vijayamoghan, Secretary of Sree Saraswathi

ThyagarajaCollegewasthechiefguestforthisoccasion.

HeparticipatedenthusiasticallyandwishedalltheKerela

studentsHappyOnam.TheKeralastudentsparticipated

andmadethefunctionagreatsuccess.

ONAMFESTIVAL

KeralastudentsdrawntheRangoliwithflowers.

TheResourcepersonDr.M.Kalidossaddressingtheparticipants

LaTeXisadocumentpreparationsystemforhighqualitytypesetting. It ismost often used formedium to largetechnicalorscientificdocumentsbutitcanbeusedforalmost any form of publishing. LaTeX is not a wordprocessor! Instead, LaTeX encourages authors not toworry too much about the appearance of theirdocuments but to concentrate on getting the rightcontent.

LaTeXcontainsthefollowingfeatures:

ä Typesettingjournalarticles,technicalreports,books,

andslidepresentations.

ä Controloverlargedocumentscontainingsectioning,

crossreferences,tablesandfigures.

ä TypesettingofcomplexMathematicalformulae.

ä Advanced typesetting of Mathematics with

AMSLaTeX.

ä Automaticgenerationofbibliographiesandindexes.

ä Multilingualtypesetting.

ä Inclusionofartwork,andprocessorspotcolour.

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DepartmentSeminars,Workshopand

InterCollegiateMeet

ä The Department of MCA in association with ICT

Academy of Tamilnadu organized a PowerSeminar

entitled “Trends inMobileApplicationDevelopment

“on 17 August 2013. The students of MCA were

enlightenedbytheproceedingsoftheworkshop.

ä The department of Commerce and International

Business Organised two day National Conference

entitled on Rural Entrepreneurship: An Inclusive

StrategyForManagingRegionalImbalanceson“18th&

19thDecember2013atSTC.247participantsattend

thisconference.

The UG Department of B.COM(CA) of Sree Saraswathi

Thyagaraja College conducted an intercollegiate meet

“DAZZLE'13” on 31st August 2013. The student's

PresidentMs.NikilaGopinathgavewelcomeaddress.The

function was inaugurated by Dr.V. Venkateswaran,

Principal, STC. 118 students participated from13

differentcollegesinandaroundCoimbatore.

Five different events were conducted, namely AdZap,

Com Quiz, Word Hunt, Molto Simile and Mr/Mrs.

DAZZLE'13.Theoverallchampionshipawardwasgivento

Mr.R.Sameer–SNRandSonsCollege,Coimbatorebyour

honourable Secretary Ln.M.A.Vijayamoghan. Prof. P.

Manickam,DirectorofUGCommerceandMrs.N.Chitra,

Head,DepartmentofB.COM(CA)alsoparticipatedinthe

functionanddistributedtheprizesandcertificatesforthe

winners. Finally the students Secretary of Compu.com

AssociationMs.J.Mahasathya,proposedvoteofthanks.

Theoverallchampionshipawardwasrewardedto

Mr.R.Sameer–SNRandSonsCollege,Coimbatore

Ln.M.A.Vijayamoghan,Secretary,STCwelcomesthegathering

TheworldteachersdaywascelebratedatSreeSaraswathi

Thyagaraja College on 05.10.2013. The function was

headedbyLn.T.Sethupati,Chairmanand Mr.M.Settu,

Director General Ln. M.A.Vijayamoghan, Secretary,

welcomed the gathering . On this occasion the best

teacher awards were given to Mr. M. Krishnan, Govt.

Higher Secondary School, Udumalpet, Mrs. T. M.

Manimegalai, Kottur Govt. Higher Secondary School, S.

Marimuthu,PacnhayatUnionMiddleSchool,Aachipatti,

M. Aathimoolam, Adi Dravidar Govt. Hr. Sec. School ,

Thondamuthur,K.Paaribegam,PanchayatUnionMiddle

Shool,R.Ponnapuram.

WORLDTEACHERSDAYCELEBRATION

Dr.B.THAYUMANAVARhasbeenappointedas

Editorial Board Member for “International

JournalofHumanResourceManagementand

Research (IJHRMR) of Trans Stellar Journal

Publications(TJPRC).

RAMZANFESTIVAL

TheDepartmentofTamil,ofSreeSaraswathiThyagaraja

Collegeconducted theRamzan festivalon29/07/2013.

ThefunctionwaspresidedbyLn.T.Sethupati,Chairman,

STCinthepresenceoftheSecretaryLn.M.A.Vijayamoghan

MaulaviM.M.MohammedIsmailInthathi,Correspondent

HidhayaArabicCollegedeliveredthespecialaddresson

the greateness of Ramzan. “The presence of the Lord

shouldberealizedthroughhispowernotthroughidol”–

wasthevitalpointofhisaddressDr.V.Venkateswaran,

Principal and prof. R. Padmanabhan, Dean, Academic

Affairs,felicitatedtheoccasion.

Dr.V.Venkateswaran -Chairman

Dr.B.Mythili -EditorinChief

Mr.P.JohnLeeson -Member

Ms.T.Maheswari -Member

Ms.A.Anitha -Member

Dr.S.Dhandapani -Member

Mr.S.Ramkumar -PrintDesigner

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SREE SARASWATHI THYAGARAJA COLLEGE

Palani Road, Pollachi - 642 107, Coimbatore Dist, Tamilnadu.

Tel : 04259 - 266550, 266008, Tele Fax : 04259 266009

Email : stc@stc.ac.in Website : www.stc.ac.in

An Autonomous, NAAC Re-Accredited with 'A' Grade, ISO 9001:2008 Certified Institution, Affiliated to Bharathiar University , Coimbatore

Approved by AICTE for MBA/MCA and by UGC for 2(f) & 12(B) status

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ALUMNIMEET-2013

The tenth alumni meet 2013, was inaugurated by our

SecretaryandDirectorGeneralon15thDecember2013.

Themeetstartedtraditionallywiththelightingoflampby

alumnipresidentMr.N.Nattudurai,Probationaryofficer,

SBIandfollowedbytheprayersong“GuruveGuruve”

Theoccasionwasgracedbymorethan750alumniand

theirfamilymembersfromvariouspartsofthecountry.

Speakingon theoccasion, theDirectorGeneralpraised

theachievementsofalumniinallworksoflife.Hefeltthat

itwas a great pride of STC that its alumni are holding

positions of responsibility in various government

organizationspublicsectorundertakings,privatesector

etc.,Manyofthemaresuccessfulentrepreneursproviding

jobstootherswell.

The president of alumni association Mr. N. Nattudurai

welcomed the alumni and their family members.

Secretary Ln. M. A Vijayamoghan appreciated alumnis'

have to assembled here and he outlined many future

activitiestobetakenupbyalumniassociation.

Theinauguralsessionwasfollowedbyculturalprogram

byourstudents.AlumniNewLetterandalumnidirectory

werereleasedbyDirectorGeneralandsecretary.

Mr. Boopathi an entrepreneur was selected for

outstandingalumniawardfor2013.

PG Department of Management Science of Sree

SaraswathiThyagarajaCollegehasorganizedaoneday

National Conference on “India Specific Challenges in

GlobalGrowthDynamismAManagementPerspective”on

9th January 2014, Thursday. Mr.R.Sundar, General

Manager&Head–CentralManagement,Larsen&Toubro

Limited, Coimbatore inaugurated the conference. The

conferenceacceptedpapersfromvariousfunctionalareas

such as marketing, HR, finance, technology and cross

functionalareas.Therewasanoverwhelming response

for the conference by way of presenting research and

conceptual papers by faculty, research scholars and

students.Intotal163papershavebeenacceptedforthe

conference(Faculty–75,Researchscholars–53,Students

–35), fromwhich35papers havebeenshortlisted for

publication in the conference proceedings with ISBN

numberand6papersareshortlistedforpublishinginthe

research journal “Management Wisdom” with ISSN

number.Bestpaperfromeachfunctionalareahasbeen

givenawaywithcertificatesandshields.

“A teacher affects eternity: He himself dose not know

wherehisinfluencestops”-Anonymous

NationalConferenceon“IndiaSpecificChallengesinGlobalGrowthDynamism-AManagementPerspective”

AlumniMeet2013