VIGNANA JYOTHI INSTITUTE OF ARTS & SCIENCES Xavier Bhavan, Plot No.7, Road No.16, West Marredpally, Secunderabad-500 026

Affiliated to Osmania University

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June-August- 2017 Sky makes many thunders VJIAS makes many wonders VOL: 2; Newsletter-1

Editorial Board

Editor Ms. N. Aruna, Principal

Associate Editor Ms. T. Rama, Vice-Principal

Executive Editor Ms. T. Radhika, Lecturer

Technical Editor Ms. V. Padmavathi, Office Assistant

Asst. Editors Pratik Trivedi, B.Com III

Adnan Chinwala, BBA III

Unnati Yadav, BBA II

S.Satya Raj, B.Sc II

Adviser Dr. D. Vijaya Prasad, Director

In order to avoid the communication gap among the various

stakeholders of the institute on all academic and administrative

matters and also to facilitate the achievement of the intended

student learning outcomes, the ‘Faculty Council’ of the college

resolved to bring out a quarterly e-newsletter. The various

activities organized from time to time, be it co-curricular or

extracurricular will be a part of this newsletter. All important

events planned will also be covered.

Besides mailing online to all the concerned, this will also be kept

on our website. We earnestly seek suggestions for improvement.

- Director

OSMANIA UNIVERSITY CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

On the occasion of OU Centenary Celebrations, President Pranab

Mukherjee’s inaugural speech was aired live for all the students

and faculty in the college on 26-04-2017

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President Pranab Mukherjee’s inaugural speech

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

A Faculty Development programme was held on “Effective

Teaching & Learning strategies”. It was inaugurated by Sri. K.

Harishchandra Prasad, Vice-President, Vignana Jyothi and the

Guest Speaker was Prof. M. Pardhasaradhi , Siva Sivani Institute

of Management”. The programme was held on 09-06-2017.

FDP in progress

Principal Ms. N. Aruna made a presentation on GST to the faculty on 29-07-2017

Mrs. N. Aruna’s presentation on GST in progress

ACHEIVEMENT AWARD:

Ms. N. Aruna, Principal received ‘WOMEN IN EDUCATION AWARD’ from Business School

Affaire & Dewang Mehta National Education Awards on 15-04-2017 on this occasion she was

felicitated on behalf of Staff and Management by Dr.Vijaya Prasad,director.

Receiving Award Felicitation to Mrs. N. Aruna, Principal

THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA: International Day of Yoga was celebrated on 21-06-2017 in the college premises. The Chief Guest was

Sri. Laxma Reddy Guruji of Siddhi Samadhi Yoga.

Yoga Day celebrations

DASARDHI KRISHNAMACHARAYULU JAYANTHI CELEBRATIONS: Dasaradhi Krishnamacharayulu Jayanthi was celebrated in college on 22 July. The program was

organized by the Telugu Dept. The principal, vice principal, faculty and students spoke on the

contribution of Dasaradhi Krishnamacharyulu to Telugu literature and on his life.

Dr B.Venkateshwarlu, Telugu lecturer, played the role of an anchor.

PLACEMENT CELL ACTIVITIES: Mr. K.N. Rao, Managing Partner of Skill India Edu Tech Pvt. Ltd. gave a presentation on 15th July on

the job opportunities available for undergraduates and how Skill India can help the students get trained

and get jobs.

Presentation by Skill India Edu Tech Pvt. Ltd

VISIT TO JETKING TRAINING INSTITUTE: 42 students from II and III year BCom, BSc and BBA along with Ms. T. Rama and Ms

Gayathri, from the Placement Cell, visited Jetking Training Institute at Secunderabad to know

about the courses offered by them for employment and to see their infrastructural facilities on

22nd July, 2017.

On 29th July, Ms Kalpana, member of the placement cell of the college organised a presentation

on the process of placement, i.e., all the stages of an interview which the students have to go

through at the time of placements. Ms. T. Rama, convener, Placement Cell gave introductory

remarks and made students who have already gone through the interview process to share their

experiences with others.

TRAFFIC AWARENESS WEEK: Mr. Thakur Vir Singh, ASI and Mr. Venkat, constable, Hyderabad Traffic Police, Marredpally Station

visited the college and conducted Traffic Awareness Week in the college on 05-08-2017.

ORIENTATION PROGRAMME FOR THE FRESHERS: Orientation programme for the freshers was conducted on 19th July. The Principal, Vice-Principal, and

the conveners of all the committees addressed the students. The freshers were given an overview of the

curricular and extracurricular activities in college by the respective conveners.

RALLY FOR RIVERS- AWARENESS PROGRAM: Representatives of the Isha Foundation visited the college on 10th August to spread awareness on the

condition of the Indian rivers that are disappearing rapidly and to support the program, ‘Rally for

Rivers’ by giving a missed call to the number 80009 80009.

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS: Independence Day was celebrated in the college on 15th August by the students and the faculty. The

Principal, Vice-Principal and students spoke about the freedom struggle and freedom fighters and the

important role students can play in safeguarding our freedom.

Independence Day Celebrations

COMPUTER CLUB

Computer club was inaugurated by the Computer Science Department on 22 July, 2017. Ms. T. Radhika

initiated computer club as a monthly event. The aim of this event is to create awareness about the new

and emerging technology. The seminars will be given by students. Ms.Alekya and Ms. Veena of

B.Com II year, talked about Drone Cameras and its Technology. Ms.A.Swapna is nominated as the club

coordinator.

‘FRESCO FIESTA’ FRESHERS’ DAY The students of 2nd and 3rd year organised ‘Fresco Fiesta’ Freshers’ Day for the 1st year students on 26

August. The 2nd and 3rd year students showcased various performances and the freshers participated

actively to win the title of ‘Mr & Miss Fresher’

Mr & Miss Fresher Mr. & Miss Fresher Competition

Mr & Miss Best Costume

Saturday Seminars: Garry Kasparov’s ‘TED TALK’ “Don’t Fear Intelligent Machines, Work with Them” was shown to

the faculty on 6 June. Two motivational videos on Artificial Intelligence were shown to the faculty to

motivate them to use technology productively in teaching. It was followed by a discussion on

Artificial Intelligence.

A seminar on the topic ‘My Story’ was conducted on 24 June for the students of 3rd Semester. The

students spoke about people who inspire and motivate them.

A seminar on the topic ‘Inter personal skills’ was conducted for the students of B.Sc 3rd Semester; on

the topic ‘Self Motivation’ for the students of BBA 3rd Semester; and on the topic ‘Gaining

Knowledge’ for the students of B.Com 3rd Semester on 1 July.

A debate on the topic, “Love Marriage Vs Arranged Marriage”, was held on 19 August for the 1st

semester students of all streams.

A JAM session was conducted on the topic ‘Corruption’ on 29 July. Students from all the streams

participated very enthusiastically in the JAM Session.

A debate was conducted on the topic ‘Skills v/s Degrees’ between the students of BBA and BSc 3rd

Semester on 22 July.

Debate on ‘Skills Vs Degrees’ was conducted for I and II year students.

NSS Activities: Haritha Haaram Program was organised by the NSS wing of the college and saplings were distributed.

The NSS Committee organised food distribution to orphans of Manchikallalu.

On 22nd and 23rd August, clay Ganesh Idol making workshop was conducted.Mr. N,

Shashidhar was the coordinator .

Clay Ganesha idols were sold to promote eco friendly Ganesha on 24th August, 2017.

Volunteers from Isha Foundation

visited the college and addressed the

students and faculty on ‘Rally for

Rivers’ to create awareness on the

condition of the Indian Rivers that are

fast disappearing on 10-08-2017.

A promotion of eco friendly Ganesha competition was

conducted at Mahaboob college by department of

pollution control NGC. Our NSS students participated &

Ms. B. Geetha of B.Com II year and Mr. E. Shiva

Shanker of BBA II got first prize on 18-08-2017.

Our NSS students participated in 5K Marathon

at Hitech-city which was conducted by Airtel on

19-08-2017.

The NSS Committee organized a plantation

drive for faculty in the college under Haritha

Haaram Program on 05-08-2017.

News in Brief: A new course – B.Com General was introduced this year.

Nina Bandwagon Organisation conducted dance auditions in the college on 10 August.

Mr Aditya and his team from Art of Living visited the college and addressed the students on the

topic ‘How to Make Ourselves Happy’.

Activities Planned:

As a part of Centenary Celebrations of Osmania University, it is planned to organise a State

Level Seminar on the theme “Financial Reforms in Indian Economy” on October 27, 2017.

Several industrialists, academia of Osmania University, Principals, faculty and students of

several colleges are expected to participate in the seminar.

Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of Osmania University, Prof. Ramachandram, has kindly consented to

be the chief guest for the inaugural session. Two competitions are proposed to be held on this

occasion which include:

(a)Paper Presentations by the students on the theme

(b) Business Idea competition.

Cash awards will be given to the winning participants.

GOVERNING BODY, VJIAS

1. Sri. Y. J. Venkata Rao -- Chairman, GB.

2. Sri. K. Harishchandra Prasad -- Member

3. Sri. B. Sarath Gopal -- Member

4. Sri. Koteswara Rao S.S.R, -- Member

5. Prof. D. Ravinder -- Member, OU Representative

6. Ms. N.Aruna -- Member

7. Dr. D. Vijaya Prasad -- Member Secretary

VIGNANA JYOTHI EXECUTIVE COMMITEE MEMBERS

1. Dr. D. Nageswara Rao -- President

2. Sri. K. Harishchandra Prasad -- Vice-President

3. Sri. D. Suresh Babu -- Vice-President

4. Sri B. Sarath Gopal -- General Secretary

5. Sri. Er. J. Seshagiri Rao -- Joint Secretary

6. Sri. N. Bhanu Prasad -- Joint Secretary

7. Sri. Koteswara Rao S.S.R, -- Treasurer

8. Dr. V. Venkata Ratnam -- Member

9. Sri. N. Ajay -- Member

10. Sri Sandeep Ramesh -- Member

11. Sri. Narendra Paruchuri -- Member

12. Sri. Ch. Achyuta Rama Prasad -- Special Invitee