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CANOPYING THE DRENCHED LIVESBharata Mata College served as a Relief Camp when Kerala was struck with the devastating flood in the month of August. The relief camp, under the leadership of the manager of the college, Rev. Fr. Jacob G Palackappilly was open from 16th to 25th Aug 2018. The members of the faculty and 290 students of the college wholeheartedly offered their voluntary services to the affected ones. The college accommodated 192 families which included 300 men, 296 women and 180 children. Special attention was given to pregnant women, old people and patients. The hospital cases were dealt with utmost care and sincerity. Food, drinking water, clothes, mats, medicines and all the other stationary items necessary for the stay were provided from the very first day onwards. The college canteen, the main source of food took the best care to provide the best food to the inmates. Food was also collected from the CUSAT campus where the Navy provided food. The medical camp under the leadership of

Sr.Tessy, Dept. of Commerce was served by 27 doctors, 27 health workers, nurses and a number of volunteers from BMC. .

The ‘Collection Centre’ which was a part of the BMC store was made into a separate relief godown on August 18th under Mr.Sunil, the Village Officer, Vazhakala. There were around 20 relief centers under BMC Collection Centre. A lotion was prepared in the college that could be used for cleaning the post flood debris. This lotion was included in the kit that was provided to the inmates as they left the camp. Cleaning kits and food grains were distributed to the inmates once they left the camp. Clothes, cleaning materials and food materials were also distributed to various areas in Kuttanad.

Thiruvonam

The camp celebrated Thiruvonam by organizing cultural events. Folk songs and dances were performed and onakodi was distributed. Thiruvona Payasam was also served to the inmates. Talks were given to the inmates to mentally equip them to

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overcome the havoc created by the flood.

The Solicitous Touch of Luminaries

The BMC flood relief camp was blessed with a number of prominent persons. Cardinal Mar George Alencherry (Major Arch Bishop), Mar Sebastian Adayanthrath (Auxiliary Bishop), Mar Jose Puthenveetil (Auxialiary Bishop), Mar Sebastine Vaniyampurackal (Curia Bishop), Mar Jacob Manathodath (Apostolic Administrator), Sri. P.T Thomas (MLA), Sri. K.V Thomas (MP),Sri. Ibrahim Kunju (MLA), Sri. Benny Behanan (Ex MLA) Smt. Medha Padkar (Environmentalist/Indian Social Activist), Sri. C.R Neelakandan (Environmentalist/Indian Social Activist), Sri. Arun Gopi (Director), Sri. Neeraj Madhavan (Actor), Sri. Roopesh Peethanbaran (Actor), Ms. Preyaga Martin (Actress), Ms. Nitha (Radio Jockey, Red FM),Sri. Chethan Jayalal (Actor) and Sri. Jayaprakash (Navy Officer) visited the camp and supported the flood victims.

Smt. K. Omana (Thrikkakara Chair Person), Sri. Sunil (Vazhakala Village Officer), Sri. C.A Nishad (Ward 5 Counsellor), Smt. Nisha B.V (Ward 38 Counsellor), Sri. Yousaf (Ward Counsellor), Smt.Vrinda (Thahasildhar Kanayannur Taluk) and Sri. Shibu (Thrikkakara Municipal Secretary) are the officials who always offered their support to the camp .

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The Manager of the college Rev. Fr. Jacob G. Palackappilly hoisted the flag to kick start the Independence Day celebrations. The students along with the NCC, NSS, BeFORE and Music Club organized various cultural programmes as a tribute to Mother India. In the afternoon the college celebrated BMC day which brought together the families of the BMC staff. The presence of Cardinal Mar George Alencherry,

Major Archbishop of Syro Malabar Catholic Church graced the occasion. He emphasised the importance of the underprivileged strata of society and also about their economic upliftment. The switch on ceremony of Radio BMC, which was a moment of pride and honour was also held. The families enjoyed as they participated in the games and cultural programmes.

INDEPENDENCE DAY & BMC DAY

DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIESDEPARTMENT Of PHYSICS

Merit Evening to felicitate the A+ and A grade holders of the academic year 2017-18

Training Programme on “LED serial bulb making and star making”

Fr. Dr. Augustine Pamplani inaugurating the Physics Association

Fr. Dr. Augustine Pamplani conducting a seminar on “Develoment in Physics- Some

Interdisciplinary Perspectives.”

INDEPENDENCE DAY

BMC DAY

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Alumni Meet

Quiz competition conducted for the students of the department

DEPARTMENT Of ENGLISH

PHYSICS...

Awareness on human rights

A wall magazine on ‘Transgender Rights as Human Rights’ was unveiled and inaugurated by Dr.Thomas Panakkalam, HoD, Dept.of Malayalam.

internship at AMAArA

The Department of English in collaboration with AMAARA Foundation organised an internship programme for the students. The student volunteers visit Government schools every Saturdays and take classes according to the prescribed curriculum.

Dr. John T. Abraham being felicitated for securing the State level College Teacher Award of Kerala State Parents Teachers

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fACuLTY ACHIEVEMENT

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The programme aims at enhancing the literacy rate and communication skills in Government school children and to initiate hands-on academic training to the students of the department. Two of our students Ms. Priya Varughese and Ms. Varsha V Varma, co-created the curriculum which was tailor made to suit the needs of the children.

Talk on Career Opportunities

Mr. Adithya Vijay, a former student of the Dept of English conducting an interactive session for the students of the department on Network Engineering

Purple Patches: Enactmennt of Shakespearean Plays by the Final Year Students


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ENGLISH...

Beach Cleaning

The Postgraduate Dept of English in collaboration with Clean Fort Kochi Foundation and Couch Surfing Volunteer Group organised a mass Beach clean up at Vasco Square, Fort Kochi. Chrysalis’19, an inter-collegiate literary and cultural fest for a cause was flagged off by Ms.Shiny Mathew,Town Planning Committee Chairperson. The fest stands unique in its initiatives as it is done for a social cause and the department works for the same throughout the year. The beach cleaning drive earned wide coverage in the media and bagged letters of appreciation from Kochi Municipal Corporation and Clean Fort Kochi Foundation.

Association Inauguration

AZORA, the English Literary Association was officially inaugurated by the film director Benjith Baby and the actor Anto James. The inaugural ceremony was followed by the oath taking of the new office bearers. The toppers of the academic year 2017-18 and the students who qualified the NET were felicitated on the occasion. The after movie of CHRYSALIS’18, the annual inter-collegiate fest of the Post graduate Department of English was released by the manager of the college, Rev. Fr. Jacob G. Palackappilly . The official function was followed by an interactive session by the chief guests. The cultural programmes of the students added colours to the function.

Tribute to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Victims

The students of the Dept. of Zoology paid homage to the people who lost their lives in the atomic bomb explosion by the USA in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug 6th & 9th respectively in 1945. The students assembled in front of the college to spread the message of Peace. They made 1000 origamy cranes

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(SENBASURU) and hung it on a tree in the front of the college, which the Japanese consider as a holy one to get their wish granted. The Vice-Principal Dr. Sr. Jaya Rose delivered a ‘message’ on the occasion which was followed by a students’ rally in the campus.

ZOOFEST 2018

ZOOFEST 2018, the Intercollegiate Academic Fest of the Ernakulam Zone jointly organised by Zoological Society of Kerala (ZSK) and the Department of Zoology Bharata Mata College Thrikkakara was held on Saturday, 4th August 2018 based on the focal theme Chordate Diversity. Around 120 students and 13 teachers participated in the programme apart from the ZSK office bearers. A variety of competitions were held separately for I, II and III B.Sc. Zoology students. Bharata Mata College bagged the maximum points (63).

Dr. Babu Joseph (Former Vice-Chancellor of CUSAT) inaugurating the Zoology Association

Dr. AK Prema, former HOD Zoology, The Cochin College, Kochi, presenting the ever rolling trophy to the champions

The students of the department planted cabbage seedlings in the green house. First seedling was planted by the Manager Rev. Fr. Jacob Palackappilly.

STuDENT AChiEVEMENTS

1. Anagha K E of I B.Sc. Zoology won II prize in the Individual Doubles category in the 33rd Junior State Level Tennikoit Championship for boys and girls held at Mannar.

2. Arya Subhash of II B.Sc. Zoology attended the Pre-IGC RDC NCC Camp from 15.09.2018 to 24.09.2018 at Marthoma School Muhamma.

3. Haripriya, 1st Bsc Zoology secured 3rd position in Newspaper Reading competition conducted by the department of Hindi as part of Hindi week celebrations.

DEPARTMENT Of BOTANY

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The Post Graduate Department of Commerce and Research Centre, in association with Financial Literacy Centre, Union Bank of India held a seminar on financial literacy for

parents on 14th of August 2018.

DEPARTMENT OfCOMMERCE

Chief Guest M.G. Kodandaraman IRS inaugurating national seminar on GST: ‘A Paradigm Shift in Indirect Taxation Regime’

Rev Sr Jaya Rose, Principal in charge, distributing Flood Relief Funds to the affected students of the Department.

DEPARTMENT Of fINANCE & TAxATIONDEPARTMENT Of ECONOMICS

DEPARTMENT Of TRAVEL AND TOuRISMALuMNI MEET Of THE DEPARTMENTS Of TAxATION & MARkETING

As a part of tourism day celebrations, a workshop was conducted by Content Tourism Pvt Ltd on 27th September 2018. The programme was given to the final year students which was on personality devel-opment.


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MSw & BefORE

DEPARTMENT Of BBA

Flood Relief Camp & Food Materials Distribution

BeFORE held a flood relief camp in Alappuzha un-der the guidance of Rev. Fr. Jacob .G. Palackappilly, (Manager BMC). The club also took initiative to dis-tribute food materials to the needy people of Thera, a small hamlet which is 16 km inside the forest area.

FLOOD rELiEF CLEANiNG WOrK iN PuThANVELiKKArA

Flood relief cleaning work was held at Mary Ward School Puthenvelikkara, a panchayat adopted by BMC under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan ( a project of the central government). The members of the facul-

Faculty Achievement

Dr.Shibi.B and Asst.Prof. Neenu Varghese published a paper titled ‘A Study on Consumer Attitude to-wards Instant Food Mixes with Special Reference to Masala Powder in Ernakulam District’in the Interna-tional Journal of Research , Volume 7, Issue X, Octo-ber-2018

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A meeting was conducted at Puthenvelikkara Pan-chayath after the flood to reframe the activities un-der UBA. President, ICDS Supervisor, Kudumbasree Chairperson,ward members and other officials were present on the occasion. The two important sugges-tions made during the meeting are:

• As the Panchayat cannot collect the accurate data about the loss incurred in self employment programme in flood, Bharata Mata College will help collecting the accurate data ward wise.

• Awareness classes and psychological support needed for the anganwadi children and their parents to be provided by the college

Bharta Mata College has already begun the data collection and organizing awareness classes. Stu-dents from Bharata Mata College visit Puthenve-likkara Panchayath every Friday and Saturday from the month of September. So far the students have covered 200 households to find out the loss of self employment units over 3 wards.

ty of the dept of MSW, Honey Mary John, Reny Rajan and Mr. Tony M Tom (Project coordinator, BeFORE), Mr. Sherin Varghese (Executive member, BeFORE) along with 50 students of the department cleaned the entire school which was filled with dirt.


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Water Purifier Distribution at Kuttanad

Bharata Mata College, under the initiative of BeFORE provided 100(50+50) water purifiers to the rural ar-eas of Kuttanad.

COrN hArVEST AT BhArATA MATA COLLEGE

The students of Bharata Mata College, Thrikkakara under the initiative of BeFORE harvested corn from 40 cents of land within the campus. The chief guest of the program was Malayalam film actors Sunny Wayne and Jacob Gregory. A divine touch was provided by Rev. Fr Jacob Chakkiyath and Rev.Fr. Jacob .G. Palack-appilly, (Manager BMC). The corn was harvested by the students along with the actors and teachers. The harvested corn was cooked and served for everyone. The event was coloured by cultural programmes like dance and the craft work of the students.

PAPEr PEN

As a part of moving to eco friendly culture Club B4 initiated to make paper pen for the national seminar conducted by the Department of Taxation, Bharata Mata College Thrikkakara. The club BeFORE students made 150 paper pens and sold to Department of Tax-tion at a cost of 5 rupees per pen. This provided an

income for the students who made the paper pens.

STrEET ThEATrE WOrKShOP

Alzheimer’s Awareness Day

Flash mob and street plays were conducted at differ-ent parts of the Ernakulam district.

Mr. Manu Jose, founder of Me and You Foundation conducting a workshop on street theater for the 1st year MSW Students. As the workshop ended a script was compiled for a street play to be performed to observe Mental Health Day in association with Ku-sumagiri Mental Hospital, Kakkanad

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Push up competition held in conection with National Sports Day

Dr.A.U Varghese, The former Head of the Department of Hindi inaugurated the

Hindi Week Celebrations. Various competitions were conducted for the students as a part of Hindi week

The Dept. organised MG Universiy North Zone Badminton Tournament

Suraj.M of B.com won bronze medal in district level wrestling competition

NCC unit organized a rally to commemorate the Kargil war victory and the soldiers who sacrificed their life for the nation

Chess North Zone winners

Geo Joseph of II Year Economics secured Silver Medal in Kerala State Interclub Powerlifting Championship

DEPARTMENT Of HINDI DEPARTMENT Of PHYSCIAL EDuCATION

NCC

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NCC......

Manager Rev. Fr.Jacob G Palackappilly inaugurating the Add-On courses for the academic year 2018-19. The External experts handling the courses and the students of the various courses attended the meeting.

Commanding Officer of 21 Kerala battalion NCC Ernakulam, Col Gopikumar addressing the first year cadets. He enrolled them into the unit

NCC unit of BMC honouring the former cadet of the college Sgt. Rohith V R who has been

selected to the Indian Army.

ADD ON COuRSES

Fourth Ambit Technologies Pvt Ltd conducted Fourth Ambit Kaleidoscope - A Unique Onground Recruit-ment Drive. About 14 companies and students from various colleges participated.

PLACEMENT CELL

NSS

ASAP COMMUNITY ASPIRATION SURVEY CHALLENGE CANCER


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The College union election was held on 11th September 2018. The following are the new Office Bearers :

COLLEGE uNION ELECTION

K.r. SrEErAGChairman

AFrA NAVAS Vice- Chairperson

SrEEJiTh SurESh General Secretary

ANJALi MENON III DC REP

FriSTy PhiLiP II DC Rep

AKShArA K.rI DC rep

ViNCENT JOSEArts Club Secretary

AMAL K.SUUC

ShAhANA A.A UUC

ABhiNAV N. MuruKEShAN College Magazine Editor

JuLiET JOSE Lady Rep

AThirA C.S II PG Rep

CiCiL SANDrA I PG Rep

JOSiMALady Rep

Published by IQAC, Bharata Mata College, ThrikkakaraChief Editor : Dr. Shalini Jose, Associate Editors Dr. Gayathri P.J, Ms. Priya Antony


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