‘Marathi Bhasha Samvardhan Pandharwada’ Celebration at Kaveri

 

Kannada Sangha Pune’s Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce organized various activities for Promotion and Propagation of Marathi Language during 14^th January 2021 to 28^th January 2021.

During this period, college circulated various e-books in Marathi like Kalidas, Dadasaheb Phalke, Mahatma Gandhi, Pandita Ramabai etc. to promote the language and encourage students to read Marathi.  Students also participated and presented posters on the subject.

A lecture by Prof. Vrushali Deodhar was organised on 23^rd January 2021 on Promotion of Marathi language. She emphasised on reading as it leads to personality development. She also said that  language is a tool to facilitate communication and expression of thoughts. She also mentioned various famous and talented writers like Da. Ma. Mirasdar, Va. Pu. Kale, Shankar Patil to name a few. She emphasized on the use of Marathi language.

Dr. Ashok Agrawal, Principal, Dr. Muckta Karmarkar, Vice-Principal were present for the event. Mr. Nilesh Nemade, Programme Officer, NSS welcomed participants and Mrs. Manasi Joshi, Assistant Programme Officer proposed vote of thanks. Many students participated in the activities and benefitted from the events organised by the college.

National Youth Day Celebration at Kaveri

 National Youth Day was celebrated on 12^th January 2021. The celebrations started with paying reverence to Swami Vivekananda’s portrait by Principal Dr. Ashok Agrawal, Vice Principal Dr. Muckta Karmarkar , NSS Programme Officer Mr. Nilesh Nemade and  the Course Coordinators.  The birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda was celebrated through a lecture on the life and learning of Swami Vivekananda. The resource person was Mrs. Vaijayanti Chiplonkar, Former Principal and renowned author. The resource person took us through a verbal story of Swamiji’s young life, and talked about his immense intelligence and grasping power. By sharing an anecdote of his young life, Mrs Chiplonkar talked about how the virtue of social responsibility was imbibed in young Narendra by his mother. She mentioned about the world famous Chicago speech and how it still inspires people. By narrating incidents of Swamiji’s life, Vaijayanti Chiplonkar madam talked about self talk, self confidence and self dialogue. She also talked about how Swami Vivekananda’s mentor Shri Ramkrishna Paramhansa taught to respect the Daridri Narayan and how one should devote time to serve the poor and the disadvantaged.

The session ended by taking the 'Majhi Vasundhara' pledge by the staff and students.

On 18^th January 2021, a virtual session on ‘The Changing Mindset of Youth due to COVID 19’ was undertaken by the NSS Unit at 1 pm. Dr. Ashok Agrawal, Principal, Dr. Muckta Karmarkar, Vice Principal attended the session. Mr. Nilesh Nemede , NSS Programme Officer introduced the topic and the guest. The resource person of the session was Ms. Rucha Shrikhande, practising Clinical Psychologist.  She stressed on the difference in physical and mental health. She brought to the notice of the audience that due to the pandemic and the lockdown there has been a tremendous increase in the cases of depression. The worry about the future has led to cases of anxiety and stress. She discussed the issues of the pandemic like no physical activity, career obstacles, work life balance, negative thinking etc.

She gave a four point remedy to the above issues, which were- express your feelings, find out what one needs, What are the things that can make oneself happy and feeling happy about yourself.

Mrs. Bhakti Dandekar proposed a vote of thanks. During the session, all COVID guidelines were strictly adhered to and norms regarding social distancing, mask wearing and use of soap and sanitizer were followed.

Workshop on 'Financial Literacy' at Kaveri College

 The NSS Unit of the college along with our academic partner NSDL organized a financial literacy workshop on 31^st December 2020 from 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm.

Mr. Nilesh Nemade, NSS Programme Officer introduced the programme and welcomed the resource persons and the students.

The resource persons for the workshop were Mr. Marlin Corriera from NSDL and Mr. A.K Prabhakar , Head of Research IDBI Capital Markets and Securities Ltd.

Mr. Marlin Corriera talked about financial securities like equity shares, preference shares, etc. He talked about investing, stock markets, etc. He also talked about exchange traded funds, and the power of compounding in the stock markets.  He gave the example of Infosys Ltd about how a meagre investment could gain huge returns. He appealed to the students to invest early.

Mr. A. K Prabhakar talked about dematerialization and the procedure of opening a ‘Demat Account’ and gave detailed information about it. He emphasized on the ‘Role of Depository’ in the capital market. He also made the students aware about working of Indian Capital market and explained the benefits of investing in the stock market.

After the session, it was opened for questions and answers. The students enthusiastically asked questions to the resource persons. More than 150 participants participated in the workshop.

Session was very informative and students enjoyed it a lot.