V.S.R. Government Degree College NAAC Accredited with a CGPA of 3.01 Score at “A” Grade

ISO 9001:2015, 14001:2015, 50001:2011 Certified Institution

Movva-521135, Krishna Dt. Andhra Pradesh

FEBRUARY NEWS LETTER

College Profile

V.S.R. Government Degree & P.G. College was established in 1984. This

College has been established in order to cater to the educational needs of the

rural students from the surrounding villages of Movva Mandal. The land of

the college has been donated by the Local Philanthropists. The motto of the

College is to focus on the objectives of education to the students from the rural

communities, thereby imparting skills of employability to meet the job

opportunities and to mould themselves as the responsible citizens of India.

The College has been offering 10 UG and 3 PG Programmes.

The College is covered under 2f and 12 B of UGC Act 1956 and getting

general development grants since 1992. At present the College is affiliated to

Krishna University, Machilipatnam.

The vision of the College:

To contribute to the advancement of knowledge through teaching,

research, publications and dissemination and to train students to acquire good

communication skills and leadership qualities so as to mould them to be global

citizens.

The College has been offering relevant, needbased courses from time to

time. The College went for first accreditation in 2004 andwas awarded “B‟

Grade and Second accreditation in 2011 and was awarded “B‟ Gradewith 2.56

CGPA and third accreditation in 2017 and was awarded “A‟ grade with 3.01

CGPA.

MICROSOFT UPSKILLING PROGRAMME

Microsoft Up Skilling Programme, a New Initiative of APSCHE to

empower employability skills among students. The courses are categorized

into Technical / Computer Science and other conventional type. Students after

completion of these courses in a prescribed format and process in stipulated

time will get a certificate and may get an opportunity with a job offer of

30,000/- PM by Microsoft. Total 138 students got registered from our college in

this programme.

PARTICIPATION OF FACULTY IN

WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/WEBINARS

Three faculty members of English Department participated in One Day

International Virtual Conference on Research Methodologies of Contemporary

Times: Exploring English Language, Literature and Teaching on 5th February

2022 organised by SRR & CVR Government Degree College (A), Vijayawada.

The outcome of this programme is that the faculty can be able to

comprehend fundamental principles for research and guidance and also

methodologies in Inter Disciplinary, Cultural and English Language Teaching

(ELT).

ORCHARD MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE

Orchard management refers to the management of the orchard soil in such a

manner that the fruit trees give higher yield of quality fruits in successive years for

sustainable economic returns.

Department of Botany organised a training programme on “Orchard

Management & Maintenance” at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ghantasala Mandal

(Dist-Krishna) for II & III B.Sc (BTBC & BZC) students from 7th February 2022 to

14th February 2022 The Resource persons for this programme were Dr.K.Jhansi,

Programme Coordinator, Dr. Manju Vani, Hoticulture Scientist, Krishi Vigyan

Kendra, Ghantasala and Dr.P.Srilatha Principal Scientist, Agriculture

Extension, Krishna District.

The Objectives of this programme are:

To provide information on Orchard Management & Maintenance and

propagation techniques of fruit crops

To provide training to handle various grafting methods and

To make the students aware of getting loans for Employment and

Marketing opportunities.

It was a very educative and enriching programme and at the end

of this training programme students were able to learn grafting

techniques, high density plantation in fruit crops and they were aware

of marketing strategies, getting loans, subsidies etc. All the students

were issued certificates on their successful completion of 7 days training

programme on “Orchard Management & Maintenance.

TOTAL NO. OF STUDENTS

PARTICIPATED

TOTAL NO. OF STUDENTS

COMPLETED TRAINING

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CAMPUS RECRUITMENT DRIVE

JKCs established in degree colleges provided with a world class infrastructure and

experienced faculty and totally encourages students to be creative, independent and

self reliant. JKC Centre helps students in colleges gain dedicated to students and

totally involved in providing the best training to help the students climb the ladder

of success and the ability to contribute to the economic and intellectual prosperity of

the country JKC helps students to realize their potential and aim high in life and

particularly it motivates and confidence.

Campus Placements/Campus Recruitment drives are conducted in various

educational institutes for providing job opportunities to the students who are

pursuing their particular academic courses. Creating a new job is a crucial one and

plays an important role. With the help of Campus Placements; the company will

identify suitable, skilled, talented candidates before they complete their education.

It reduces the time for a company to choose suitable aspirants according to their

need. Our college JKC Team in association with Sri Chaitanya Educational

Society, Andhra Pradesh, conducted a Teacher Recruitment Drive on 8th

February 2022. Total 27 students participated and had taken a written test

followed by Demo teaching and personal interview. 15 students were

shortlisted based on their on their performance throughout the process of

Confirmation and Temporary Appointment orders recruitment including the

subject knowledge and communication skills. Placement were given to the

selected candidates.

TOTAL NO. OF STUDENTS

PARTICIPATED

TOTAL NO. OF STUDENTS

SHORTLISTED

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INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head.

If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart –Nelson Mandela.

International Mother Language/Tongue Day is a worldwide annual observance

held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity

and to promote multilingualism. Mother Language Day is part of a broader initiative

"to promote the preservation and protection of all languages used by people of the

world". “Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and

opportunities” is the theme for this year 2022. This year's theme focus is to advance

multilingual education based on the potential role of technology and support the

development of quality teaching and learning for all. On this occasion our

college Telugu Department conducted an essay writing competition on “The

Role of student in Preserving Mother Tongue”. All the students enthusiastically

participated in this essay writing competition.

Language is the key to our creative thinking and expression. We all have

the responsibility to preserve, promote and pass on our mother tongue to

future generations.

PROGRAM ON CAREER GUIDANCE AND ENTREPRENEUR SKILLS

On 23rd February JKC team of the college organized a program on Career

Guidance and Entrepreneurship Skills for the first and second year students from

11a.m. to 1p.m. in the college new library hall. Smt. Gayathri Sridhar, CCE

consultant acted as resource person to this program. In this lively, interactive

session Smt. Gayathri Sridhar focused on time management, goal setting, life

planning, women empowerment and self-employment opportunities. She

discussed with students about their future targets and their present day

requirements. The program was chaired by our college Principal

Dr. S. Madhavi, supported by Smt.K.R.Manjula, Academic coordinator and

Dr.LVKrishna Rao, IQAC coordinator. Later in the afternoon session Smt.

Gayathri Sridhar interacted with the teaching faculty and discussed various

methodologies and strategies being employed in the teaching learning process

for undergraduate students. She also suggested the staff members to employ

more student centric and activity based methods in order to overcome the

monotony of traditional teaching methods.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY CELEBRATION

National Science Day commemorates the discovery of the Raman Effect by

Dr.C.V.Raman, for which he won the Nobel Prize in Physics. The National Science

Day is celebrated on 28th February every year across the country in honour of

physicist C.V.Raman’s discovery of the Raman Effect, which gave Asia’s Nobel

Prize in the Sciences in 1930. Sir.C.V.Raman and his student-collaborator

K.S.Krishnan made this discovery of the phenomenon in 1928. It was the first

Nobel in Physics for a non-white person and for an Indian scientist.

The theme of National Science Day 2022 is 'Integrated Approach in Science and

Technology for a Sustainable Future'. On the occasion of National Science Day,

the Department of Physics conducted Science day celebrations in our college.

Science day celebrations started with the inaugural session on 28th Feb 2022

with the lighting of the lamp and paying homage to Sir.C.V.Raman. Students

and faculty of our college, Junior colleges and various schools attended the

programme. Our college principal, Dr.S.Madhavi presided over the session

and gave a brief introduction about the significance of celebrating National

Science Day on 28th February and she motivated the students to choose scientific

research as their career and to come up with new inventions.

In this connection, Science exhibition was organized. The students from

various science departments of our college exhibited working models. All the

faculty, students, media and others visited and appreciated the exhibits. The

Department of Chemistry, also conducted Science Exhibition and conducted

experiments on Osmosis, Chromatography and Food Adulteration. They also

conducted a National Level online Quiz on this occasion.

National Science Day’s primary objective is to ignite an interest in

science, inspire people, especially students, to perform new experiments, and

make them aware of the latest developments in science and technology.