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News:
March
2010
Annual Punnasseri Talk
on Chemistry
March 3: The Punnassri talk
of the chemistry department,
organized in association
with the PTA, took place
today in the Seminar Hall.
Dr. P. Narayanan, head of
the department welcomed the
audience that consisted of
teachers and students of
various departments. Dr. M.
Raveendran, former head of
the department, presided
over the function and Dr.
K.C. Vilasini, Principal,
inaugurated the program. Sri
Vinod P. Raphel and H.K.
Santhosh offered
felicitations for the
department and the PTA
respectively. The main talk
on “Infrared Spectroscopy
and Chemical Applications”
was delivered by Dr. P.
Ananthapadmanabhan, KKTM
College, Kodungalloor. Sri.
K.H. Subramanian gave away
the K.S. Hariharan Memorial
Endowment to Miss C.P.
Priyakumari, an outstanding
alumnus who pursues doctoral
research at Indian Institute
of Science, Education and
Research, Trivandrum.
News:
February
2010
Marar Anusmaranam
February 25:
The annual Marar
commemorative speech,
conducted by the department
of Malayalam as part of the
Punnasseri lecture series,
was held in the college
Seminar Hall today. Sri. U.P.
Jayaprakash, head of the
department, welcomed the
gathering. Noted critic and
scholar Prof. K.P. Sankaran
delivered the keynote
address. It was followed by
a general discussion that
attempted to evaluate the
social life of Marar. K.P.
Narayana Pishorody endowment
was awarded to Aparna
Krishnan, M.A. student of
the college.
Ph.D. open defense
February 24: The open
defense of the Ph.D
dissertation submitted by P.
Basheer under the
supervision of Dr. N.M.
Nampoothiri took place
today. The topic was the way
in which chidren’s tales
have evolved in Kerala since
the ninetieth century and
its dialectical relation
with the shifting social
milieu. In the function
presided over the research
supervisor, Sri U.P.
Jayaprakash, head of the
department of Malayalam
welcomed the audience.
U.G.C. NET Regular
Coaching
The Placement Cell and the
Multimedia Center offer long
term regular coaching for
UGC NET in various subjects.
The training is open to
everyone and is free of
cost. In order to
accommodate as many
aspirants as possible, the
classes will be conducted on
Sundays and other public
holidays. The programme
starts on February 27. You
can download registration
form from
this
link.
For more information, feel
free to contact 9037852621
and 9037936905.
Long term training for
NET in economics
The postgraduate department
of economics and the Center
for Economics and
Development Studies (Kerala
chapter) have joined hands
to impart intensive long
term training for NET exam
in economics. Designed for
250 hours to last until
November, the program got
underway on 21 Feb. The
training is open to everyone
and is free of cost
College Day
February 16 & 17: The annual
celebrations of the college
were held on 16 and 17
February. On the first day
there was an academic talk
delivered by Sri N.P.
Chandrasekhar, Executive
Editor, Kairali Television,
on media and contemporary
society. Afternoon session
was marked out by a vocal
concert performed by the
students of the college. On
the second day the Principal
presented the annual report.
The session was inaugurated
by C.H. Ashique, Chairman of
the Standing Committee of
Calicut University. The
noted cine artiste Santhosh
and promising singer Ranjin
Raj were the invited guests
on the occasion. Ms. A.R.
Ammu, member of the
university senate and a
student of the college, Sri.
C.P. Chithrabhanu, staff
advisor and G. Priyadarshsan,
UUC, offered felicitations.
A dance performance weaving
all the local traditions
into a cohesive whole,
presented by Jananayana,
took place in the afternoon
session
Sanskrit
Association Day
February 10: The Sanskrit
association day was
celebrated today. The
programme was formally
inaugurated by Dr. P.C.
Muraleemadhavan, Head of the
Department of Sanskrit
Sahithya, Sanskrit
University .There was a
mohiniattom concert in the
afternoon session.
Botany Association Day
February 8: The Botany
Association day was
celebrated in the college
Seminar Hall today. Dr. K.
Krishnakumar welcomed the
gathering and the program
was formally inaugurated by
Smt. K.M. Vanajakshi,
Vice-Principal. Dr. V.C.
Narayanan Kutty, professor
of horticulture, Rice
Research Institute of India,
Pattambi, delivered the
keynote address on
biodiversity Conservation and
Food Security. Mr. Bosco
Lawrance proposed the vote
of thanks.
Botany Association Day
February 4: The inauguration
of Chemistry association
took place today. In the
function presided over by
Dr. P. Narayanan, head of
the department, Dr. P.
Raveendran, reader in
chemistry, delivered the
keynote address on green
chemistry. Dr. M. Raveendran,
former head, also
participated.
Film Festival
February 3:
day long film show under the
joint auspices of the
College Union and the
English-History Association
was organized today. Dr. K.C.
Vilasini, Principal,
inaugurated the program
Founder's Day 2009-10
February 3:
The annual Punnaseri
memorial talk, jointly
organized by the PTA and the
department of Sanskrit was
held at 1.30 in the
auditorium. Dr. P.P.
Ravendran, School of
Letters, MG University,
Kottayam, delivered the talk
on Nineteenth Century Kerala
and Renaissance.
In the morning session, Dr.
J. Prasad, Vice-Chencellor
of Sree Sankaracharya
University, inaugurated the
digitization of the extant
volumes of Vijnanacintami
and launched the last
issue of the electronic
journal of the same name.
The project is conceived and
executed by the Multimedia
Center of the college with
the academic assistance of
the Sanskrit department and
the financial support of the
district panchayat. Dr. C.M.
Neelakantan, head of the
department of Vedanta, Sree
Sankaracharya University,
performed the gurusmarana.
Principal Dr. K.C. Vilasini
inaugurated the function.
News:
January
2010
Economic Association Day
January 22: Smt. Maria
Susani, former principal
inaugurated the Economics
day and Association. The
inaugural session was
followed by a music concert.
Malayalam Day
January 20:The inauguration
of the Malayalam Association
and Day was held on 20. Sri
K.B. Rajanand delivered a
talk on the relation
between music and poetry.
In the afternoon session,
there was folk song
performance.
College Welfare Committee
January 12: A Development
Committee( College
Vikasana samithi) which
has the MP, MLA and other
people’s representatives as
members, was formed to
address and realize the
needs and aspirations of the
college with a long term
vision. The impending NAAC
visit and the centenary
celebrations prominently
figured in the meeting and
resultant discussions. Dr.
P. Narayanan, dept. of
chemistry, was elected the
convener of the committee.
The gathering was
inaugurated by Adv. M.B.
Rajesh M.P.
H.K.Santhosh, PTA secretary
presented the five year
development plan of the
college.C.P. Muhammed M.L.A
presided over the function.
News: October
2009
Film Making Workshop
The department of Sanskrit
in association with the
college union organized a
daylong session on film
making on October 23. In the
morning session there were
talks on the basic nature
and possibilities of cinema
while the forenoon session
was meant for practical
lessons.
Seminar
A seminar on business system
and information management
was arranged by the
department of commerce and
management studies for the
first semester B.Com. and
BBA students on october 21.
The seminar discussed
business intelligence
technologies adapted by
contemporary business
houses. Sri N.K. Babu of the
department welcomed the
gathering. Mrs. Swapna,
delivered the key address.
An open discussion followed
the talk. Ms Sreekala G.
Mennon proposed the vote of
thanks.
Art Fete
The annual art fete of the
college was held on four
days. The first two—8and
9—were for offstage events
like drawing and writing.
Stage events were
inaugurated by the
celebrated cine artiste
Mukesh on 13. There were
mimes, tableau and plays
presented by students.
News: September
2009
Talk on Contemporary Kerala
The College Union organized
a talk entitled ‘Varthamana
Keralam’ (Contemporary
Kerala) in the auditorium.
Sri C.Raveendranath MLA
delivered the lecture.
Green House
The College Development
Council (CDC) decided to
render financial assistance
to the department of botany
for the construction of a
green house immediately
behind the main block.
Ph. D Awarded
Ms P. Sheeja, having
successfully defended her
doctoral dissertation
‘Asambandha thmakatha
Khatanayum Darsanavum O.V.
Vijayante Krithikale
Aspadamakki Oru Pathanam’,
was awarded Ph.D. by the
Syndicate of the
University of
Calicut
. She completed the work
under the supervision of Dr.
P. Geetha, department of
Malayalam.
News: August
2009
Ph. D Open Defense
The open defense of the
doctoral thesis
‘Kalamezhuthupattum
Sahithyavum’ by Sri C.
Radhakrishnan took place on
August 26. The work was
supervised by Dr. P.
Maraleedhar
Women and Law
Under the auspices of the
Women’s Cell of the college,
a talk was conducted on
‘Women and Law’ on 24
August. Adv. K.M. Arya
delivered the talk and Dr.
N.K. Geetha, Coordinator of
the Cell, presided over the
function
Orientation Programme on
Credit System
The Internal Quality
Assurance Cell (IQACA)
conducted an orientation
program for all the first
semester degree students on
August 20. R. Muraleedharan,
Convener of the IQAC.
Dr.
C.K.Raveendranath, Student
Advisor, Rajesh,
Dr. K.C. Vilasini,
Principal and P. Rajesh,
department of economics,
spoke on the occasion
College Union Inauguration
The College Union of 2009—20
was formally inaugurated by
Sri P.K.Biju, M.P., on
August 21.
Sri Mattanur
Sankarunkutty, noted Chenda
Maestro, was the chief
guest. The program was
followed by a fusion music
concert led by Sri.
Kuzhalmandam
Ramakrishnan.
Onam Celebration
For the second time in a
row, the College Union
arranged a sumptuous Onam
Sadya for the students,
teacher and office staff of
the college on August 20.
The event was carried out by
a committee headed by Dr. P.
Narayanan, head of the
Department,
Chemistry.
The Staff Club of the
college had its onam
celebrations on
25 August. The mood of
festivity and
jubilation
was enhanced by the variety
entertainments such as
solos, choruses and talks
offered by the teachers.
N.S.S units of the College
organised Onam celebration
on 27 August. Apart from the
Pookala Malsaram the
programme included a variety
of cultural events
Career Orientation Programme
The department of commerce
conducted an orientation
program on various
certificate courses on
capital market on August 18.
Mr Radhakrishnan, Business
Associate of Asit C Mehtha
delivered the main talk.
Workshop on Restructured
Malayalam Degree Courses
The department of Malayalam
conducted a one day workshop
on the restructuring of
undergraduate education with
the financial assistance of
the Kerala State Higher
Education Council on August
12. Thirty teachers from
various colleges attended.
Sri Kavumbai Balakrishnan,
Chairman, Board of Studies,
headed the discussions. The
program produced a clear
blueprint for the changes
ahead.
Road Safety Class
On
August
8, the Pattambi Circle
Inspector of Police V.I.
Krishnadas was invited to
the college to deliver a
speech on baseline road
safety measures. Given the
escalating number of road
accidents and resultant
casualties, the programme
was
all
the more relevant and
succeeded in sensitizing the
student community to the
basics of road etiquette.
The programme was arranged
by the NCC and the
Multimedia
Centre.
News: July
2009
College Union Election
Elections to the college
union for the current
academic year took
peacefully on 30 July with
Sri. V. Ramakrishnan, depart
of botany, as the returning
officer. The following is
the list of newly elected
office bearers. Mohammed
Rasik KU:
The Chairman,
Jayalakshmi.U:
Vice Chairperson
,Mohammed Jamsheer TP
:The Secretary, Jiji.
KV
:Joint Secretary, Ammu
AR :U.U.C,
Priyadarsan S
:U.U.C, Hariharan.K
:Chief Student
Editor, Nishad P
:Secretary Fine
Arts, Shameer
AK :General
Captain, Sanskrit
Association
: Sivaprasad K,
Malayalam Association
: Sandeep TP,
Economics Association
: Krishnapreethi K.R,
Botany Association
: Manoj K, Zoology
Association
: Vineeth N.K,
Commerce Association
: Jyothish E.,
Chemistry
Association
: Vineesh V,
English/History Association
: Sahal Mohammed C,
P.G Rep
: Alfred Solomon, III
DC : Ramya AP, II DC: Nithin
C,
I DC: Sreeraj N.
New Principal
Dr.K.C. Vilasini, former
principal of
Govt. College , Manimalakunnu, Ernakulam
has joined the college as
the new principal. She
taught philosophy at the
prestigious Maharajas’s
College, Ernakulam, for the
last couple of decades
before assuming duties of
the Principal.
Promotion
Koodathil Krishnan, Vice
Principal of the College,
has been appointed the
Principal of PTM Govt.
College,
Perinthalmanna. Sri
Krishnan, a second rank
holder for his PG, had
served the college for more
than twenty-five years as a
teacher of chemistry
Seminar on Deflation
The Interdisciplinary Forum,
a part of the
Multimedia
Center , organized
a large scale seminar
entitled ‘Deflationary
Paradox in India ’ in
the college auditorium on 23
July with the assistance and
active participation of the
postgraduate departments of
English.
Sri Koodathil
Krishnan inaugurated the
program moderated by Sri N.K.
Babu, department of
commerce.
Sri. R.
Muraleedharan, department of
statistics, delivered the
keynote address. Sri P.
Rajesh, department of
economics presented the main
paper. Students of economic
and commerce as well as
others alive to the
financial weather of the
country formed the audience.
Ph. D Open Defence
The
second consecutive doctoral
defence in Malayalam in the
ongoing academic year took
in the college Seminar Hall
on 23 July. The dissertation
‘Poems of Kunjunni as a
Pedagogical Medium’,
submitted by Ms Suja under
the research supervision of
Dr. Muraleedhar stood apart
by virtue of its elegant
presentation and relevant
subject. Students and
teachers from department of
Malayalam and others were
present on the occasion,
rising questions and making
the whole session lively and
vibrant.
N.C.C. enrolment
The Formal
enrolment to the NCC
for 2009—10 was held
in the college auditorium on
15 July. Twenty-six students
from and an equal number
from six local schools also
joined.
Ph. D Open Defence
The open defence of the
doctoral thesis submitted by
Ms P. Sheeja on the elements
of the absurd in the oeuvre
of the trailblazing
Malayalam writer Sri O.V.
Vijayan under the
supervision of Dr. P. Geetha,
member of the department.
The dissertation that
dwelled at length on the
aesthetic, political and
sociological dimensions of
the manifestations of the
absurd in his works,
predictably, triggered a
series of animated
discussions. Dr. D. Benjamin
was the Chairman. Dr. P.
Geetha proposed the vote of
thanks
N.C.C Orientation Programme
Under the joint auspices of
the NCC Unit and Multimedia Centre, a demonstration class was
organized on 9 July to
familiarize and lure more
youngsters to the NCC.
Subaidar Major T.P.J.
Nair, training-in-charge P.T.
Mohandas and P.A. Staff
member B.P. Pun were present
on the occasion. Sri P.Abdu,
caretaker of the unit,
accorded a warm welcome to
the audience that comprised
more than six hundred
students. As part of the
program, two documentaries
on the scope and
possibilities of the NCC
were screened.
T.P. Sukumaran Anusmaranam
The department of Malayalam
joined hands with the
Folklore Fellows of Malabar
(trust) to commemorate
the noted scholar,
teacher and musician Sri
T.P.Sukumaran on 7 July.
Sri C.P.
Chithrabhanu welcomed the
audience. Sri U.P.
Jayaprakash, Head of the
Department, presided over
the function. The pioneering
folklorist Dr. Raghavan
Payyanad delivered the
keynote address, dense with
information and marked out
by perceptive insight, with
sharp focus on the intricate
and problematic relationship
between the social
discourses of the
postcolonial era and
folklore. In the following
seminar on the ways in which
folklore survives,
H.K.Santhosh of the
department played the
moderator. Dr. E.K.
Govindavarma Raja (Folklore
Studies, Calicut Uty) Dr.K.M.
Bharathan (Mahathma Gandhi College,
Mahe) presented papers which
sparked off questions and
arguments from the audience.
The afternoon session was an
appreciation session on
music led by the celebrated
singer Sri V.T.Murali.
Various folk tunes and ragas
used in popular music were
introduced and sung out. Sri
P.P.Prakashan proposed the
vote of thanks
News: June
2009
Workshop on Blog
The postgraduate department
of Malayalam and the Multimedia Centerconducted a one day workshop on
the basics and possibilities
of the medium of blog on
June 26. Sri. K. Rajendran
welcomed the audience. Sri.
H.K. Santhosh introduced the
new medium by highlighting
the ways in which it
has emerged and the ways in
which its radically
questions the traditional
concepts of writing, ,
reading and understanding.
Sri. Vishnu Prasad Wayanad
talked on how together to
create and successfully
maintain blogs and their
infinite possibilities.
Ten million financial aid to
the college
The UGC, in its ongoing XI
Plan, has allotted 101 lakhs
for the comprehensive
development of the college.
As per the scheme
granted by the Commission in
a face-to-face
interaction with the college
authorities at the University of Calicut on 25 from June, 16 lakhs goes undergraduate development, 23 as
postgraduate assistance and
the rest under various
merged schemes.
The college is
gearing up to utilize the
amount within the stipulated
period.
Ph.D Open defence
The Open Defense of Smt.
Latha K took place on 6 June
2009. She had completed his
research in the Sanskrit
department of the college,
under the supervision of
Dr.P.V.Ramankutty on the
topic Iconography in
sanskrit literature.The
functioon was presided over
by the chairman, Dr. N.P.
Unni.
Transfer and Posting
Sri.M.P Rajan (Mathematics),
Sri Dennis Joseph (English),
Dr.P.V.Ashalatha
(Chemistry), Dr. Jacob M.
Jose (Chemistry), Dr
A.Nelson (Commerce) Smt.T.S.
Ajitha (Sanskrit),
Smt.K.S.Minimol (Malayalam)
and Sri. Ajimon George
(Politics) have been
transferred to various
colleges. Sri.A.
Vasu,(Sanskrit)
Sri.P.K.Vijayan, Sri R.
Jayaraj (Commerce)
Sri.Asharaf Panancheri
(Economics), Sri Manoj,
Sri.Vinod P. Raphel,
Smt.Anjali Matew, Smt.
Ramani K.C (Chemistry),
Smt.Betty (Sanskrit) and
Smt.Shabna AM.(Mathematics)
have been posted to the
college.
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