Intra-college PPT competition in Electronics, Computer Science and Mathematics/Statistics at Kaveri College

 

B.Sc. and M.Sc. Computer Science Department of Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce organised Intra-college PPT competition in Electronics, Computer Science and Mathematics/Statistics. The competition was conducted online on Zoom platform.

The topics for the competition were- Virtual Reality, Cyber Security in Education system, Interne of Things, Applications of Embedded systems, Mathematics in Ancient Architecture and Role of Statistics in Computer Science.

Total 11 teams from B.Sc. CS, M.Sc. CS and BBA CA of the Kaveri College were participated in the competition.  

First prize was won by Saket Karlekar from TYBSc CS, second prize was won by Aditi Kathalay and Isha Hosur from SYBSc CS. The third prize was won by Piyush Lachake from SYBBA CA. E- Certificate of participation were given to all the participants.

Celebration of National Science Day

 B.Sc. and M.Sc. Computer Science Department of Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce organised a session to celebrate National Science Day on 28th February, 2021 at 11:00a.m. The session was conducted online on Zoom platform.

Dr. Jayashri Bangali , Coordinator B.Sc. Computer Science welcomed the resource person, students and faculty members of Kaveri College. She introduced the programme and briefed about the session. She said, every year, on 28 February National Science Day is celebrated in India. Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, the Indian Scientist, on this day in 1928 discovered the phenomenon of scattering of photons which later came to be known as the ‘Raman Effect’ after his name. In 1930, he got Nobel Prize for this remarkable discovery and this was the first Nobel Prize for India in the field of Science. To mark the discovery of his famous phenomenon in 1986, the National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) asked the Government of India to designate 28 February as National Science Day, the then Govt. of India accepted and declared the day as National Science Day in 1986. So National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February each year. She also gave a brief introduction of the resource person, Dr .V.R. Patnakar.

The topic of the session was ‘Vaidnyanik Gappa-Tappa’. Dr .V.R. Patnakar, the Resource Person for the session talked about the scientific invention in an informal way and told science stories to the students.

Dr. Ashok Agrawal, Principal, Dr.Muckta Karmarkar, Vice Principal, Dr. Jayashri Bangali Coordinator B.Sc. computer science, Ms. Chitra Alavani, Coordinator M.Sc. Computer Science, the students and staff members of Kaveri College attended the session.

Dr. Jayashri Bangali proposed vote of thanks.

Kaveri College organized a National Webinar on ‘National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and Indian Ethos’.

 On 26 February 2021, Kannada Sangha Pune’s Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce in association with Vidyapeeth Vikas Manch, Pune and Skillslate Foundation, Pune organized a National Webinar on ‘National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and Indian Ethos’.

The Inaugural Session of the Webinar was graced by the presence of stalwarts from the field of Indian Education,Chief Guest Dr. Bhushan Patwardhan,Vice Chairman, University Grants Commission, Keynote SpeakerShri Mukul Kanitkar, National Organising Secretary, Bhartiya Shikshan Mandal, Pune, Trustees and Management Members of Kannada Sangha,Dr. A.P. Kulkarni, Member, Vidyapeeth Vikas Manch, Pune and Mr. Ameya Agrawal, Founder, Skillslate Foundation, Pune. Dr. Ashok Agrawal, Principal Kaveri College welcomed all the dignitaries and introduced the programme to the participants. He emphasized that the real philosophy of the New Education Policy lies in the fact that the Policy focusses on ‘सा विद्या या विमुक्तये’ meaning ‘learning that secures us from all evils’. And Kaveri College believes in this philosophy to bring in holistic development of its students.

Mr. Kushal Hegde, President, Kannada Sangha Pune in his welcome address asserted that the NEP 2020 will transform India to become super power in education in future.Dr. Bhushan Patwardhan in his address acclaimed that the NEP 2020 is a remarkable reform, as the Policy is the right step towards transforming India into Bharat. He mentioned that Indian education has a rich legacy, Indian civilization was a centre of learning, imbibed in deep rooted culture, ‘Nalanda and Takshasheela’ being the base of Indian education and culture. And the Policy framed will rekindle the education practices of older times for the betterment of the society.Shri Mukul Kanitkar, in his keynote address on the topic ‘Role of teachers in NEP – Awareness, Challenges and Responses’, termed NEP 2020 as a revolutionary reform. He threw light on the making of the Policy and appealed that the Policy can be successfully implemented only when it is accepted by each member of the society, more so by the teachers.

The Technical Session witnessed deliberations on several aspects of the NEP 2020like NEP and Indian Ethos, Early Childhood Education to HSC, NEP and Higher Education by renowned educationist and Former Principal, Jnana Prabodhini Prashala, Pune Dr. Nalini Gujarathi, Dr. Neha Belsare, Director, MIEPA, Aurangabad and Dr. A. P. Kulkarni, Member, Board of Management, YCMOU, Pune and Member, Vidyapeeth Vikas Manch, Pune respectively. Dr. Gujarathi stated that the NEP 2020 lays the foundation for ethical and moral reasoning for building character for developing good human being in the better interest of the society. Dr. Belsarelauded NEP 2020 as the first Education Policy in India which gives much importance on ‘Baal Shiksha’. Quoting the nitty-gritty related to higher education system mentioned in NEP, Dr. Kulkarni shared that the reformed education system will enable Bharat to become Vishwaguru,bringing back the glorious experiences of Nalanda. If this materializes then Bharat will surely become atmanirbhar in education by 2040.

Dr. Nitin Karmalkar, Vice Chancellor, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune visited College as the Chief Guest of the Valedictory Session. Dr. Karmalkar, in his address, appreciated the efforts taken by the college to arrange the webinar. He also appreciated the social activities conducted by the College during pandemic. He added that the University has taken Covid-19 as an opportunity as it could assist the Government by extending facilities to conduct several tests at the laboratories of the University. He shared this in order to highlight on the fact that educational institutes must cater to the needs and requirements of the society. He emphasised that NEP 2020 will further strengthen the interdependence between learners and the society.

Mrs. MalatiKalmadi, Secretary, Kannada Sangha, Pune asserted that at Kaveri, Indian ethos are being carried out from the time of Sangha’s inception and its foray into the field of education in 1963. She added that Indian ethos will make India superpower and the education fraternity will enable it happen.

The National Webinar witnessed huge response.

Two Days Workshop on 'Website Development using WordPress' at Kaveri College

 Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce and SkillSlate Foundation, Pune had organised a 2 Days Workshop on “Website Development using WordPress” on 3rd and 4th February, 2021 from 10:00a.m. to 12:00 noon. In the wake of Covid19, this workshop was organised online on Zoom and YouTube live platform.

Dr. Ashok Agarwal  Principal, Dr. Muckta Karmarkar Vice Principal, Mr. Amey Agarwal, Founder Director, SkillSlateFoundation graced the workshop.

The workshop was conducted by Mr. Sameer Panchadhari Founder Director, Aayati Solutions.

On the first day, Mr. Sameer showed the client server architecture, WordPress framework, prerequisites and step by step installation of WordPress. He also explained about the WordPress dash board and how to create a website using default themes. He showed how to configure the database required for building the website.

On the second day, Mr. Sameer explained how to add logo to website, how to create custom themes, adding blog facility, how to publish website, add widget to website, what is hook, adding bootstrap sheet, adding images to blogs, create menus.

The session was very interactive, informative and interesting and many students got benefited out of this workshop.

Two Days State Level Webinar on "Ethical Hacking & Cyber Crime Investigation" at Kaveri College

B.Sc. and M.Sc. Computer Science Department of Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce organised a Webinar on "Ethical Hacking & Cyber Crime Investigation" on 27th & 28th January, 2021 from 10:00a.m. to 11:30a.m. The webinar was organised online on YouTube live platform.

As the whole world is becoming more digital day by day, cyber-crime has become a serious issue, internationally, and also which is causing harm to security. The aim of this webinar was to literate the students about cyber crimes and its investigations.

Dr. Ashok Agrawal, Principal, Dr. Muckta Karmarkar, Vice Principal, Dr. Jayashri Bangali Coordinator B.Sc. Computer Science, Ms. Chitra Alavani, Coordinator M.Sc. Computer Science, the students and staff members of Kaveri College attended the webinar.

Dr. Jayashri Bangali, Coordinator B.Sc. Computer Science welcomed the resource person, all the participants and introduced the program. She gave the introduction of the resource person Mr. Tanmay Dikshit and explained the importance of cyber security.

Mr. Tanmay Dikshit, the resource person of the webinar is an international hall fame personality. He is an author, cyber consultant, security researcher, and a highly energetic speaker. He has conducted numerous webinars on cybercrime investigation.

On Day one, Mr. Tanmay Dikshit explained the meaning of ethical hacking and types of hacking such as White Hat hacking, Black Hat hacking, Gray Hat hacking and Red Hat hacking.

Mr. Tanmay described how financial crime is carried out by hackers. He further explained many cases of ethical hacking, showed different videos and also suggested different ways of protecting from hacking such as use of RFID gadgets. He focused on mobile hacking and gave important tips to avoid mobile hacking to the participants.    

Second day of session was based on cyber crime and investigation. Mr. Dikshit explained about phishing, spoofing, email bombing, cyber bulling or cyber stalking, identity theft and how hackers are applying different ideas to hack. He also explained about malware attack, cyber pornography, source code theft, denial of service attack, access the Wi-Fi illegally, online gambling, cyber terrorism, cyber warfare etc.

He also briefed the need of cyber awareness and suggested some ways to implement it using smart bulbs, CCTV sets. He explained the role of digital forensic in cyber crime investigation.

Both the sessions were interactive and informative. Mr. Tanmay also guided students for choosing cyber security as a career and answered all the queries/questions asked by students.

Ms. Chitra Alavani proposed vote of thanks. 

Guest Lecture on ‘Overview of Budget- 2021’ at Kaveri

 

Commerce Horizon, Department of Commerce of Kannada Sangha Pune’s Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce has organized a guest lecture on ‘Overview of Budget 2021 on 9th February 2021’ on Zoom platform.

 Dr. Deepa Sathe, Co-ordinator, Commerce, Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pune, welcomed Chairperson of the session, CMA Dr. Damodar Kulkarni( Fellow Member of Cost Accountants of India ) and Resource person, CA Dhanashree Khot.

Dhanashree Khot mentioned that in budget 2021 emphasis given on health care sector and digital education to handle the post covid situation. She also mentioned that there is no change in tax rates and income tax slabs. She elaborated the concepts related to tax and tax reforms made under budget 2021 and explained deductions in direct tax in detail. She also talked about modifications in Indirect tax laws like GST, Customs. She also said government done commendable job by not introducing any covid cess and creating extra burden on tax payers and not changed any tax slabs. She also mentioned that as a layman one looks after budget products became cheaper and costlier, however we should step up and think from other perspective.

CMA Dr. Damodar Kulkarni explained the perception to understand the budget. We need to look at budget from strategic point of view not as individualist approach.  He also emphasised that stock market movements are short term and cannot be indicator of quality of budget. He focused on the fact that substantial amount allocated to healthcare in this budget 2021. Internal development, subsidies to farmers, infrastructure development including railways, buses and solar energy is focused in the budget. He also mentioned the gap between rate of inflation and rate of interest on savings which can lead to difficulty to senior citizens.

Dr. Deepa Sathe, Co-ordinator, Department of Commerce, proposed vote of thanks.

‘Martyr’s Day’ observed by NSS at Kaveri

 The NSS Unit of Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce observed Martyr’s Day on 30^th January 2021 to commemorate the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and the martyrs who have laid down their lives for the motherland. Principal Dr. Ashok Agrawal, Vice Principal Dr. Muckta Karmarkar, NSS Programme Officer Mr. Nilesh Nemade, Office Superintendant Mr. Ravindra Bhalerao, teaching and non-teaching staff of the college were present for the event.

A few NSS student volunteers did ‘shramadaan’ and cleaned the college campus on this day. Principal Dr. Ashok Agrawal first paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi  and he reiterated the sacrifices made by all the martyr’s.  The teaching and non teaching staff observed two minutes of silence to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and other martyrs. Ms. Sayee Kulkarni compeered the event.

All the COVID 19 protocols and social distancing norms were followed rigorously during the entire event.