Wednesday, 7 October 2020

Dr. Shamarao Kalmadi State Level Elocution Competition at Kaveri

Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce organised the 10th Dr. Shamarao Kalmadi State Level Elocution Competition on 21st September, 2020 on a virtual platform due to the Corona virus pandemic. The Competition was inaugurated at the hands of Chief Guest Mr. Kushal Hegde, Hon President, Kannada Sangha, Pune along with the gracious presence of Mrs. Indira Salian, Vice President-Kannnada Sangha, Dr. Narayan Hegde, Vice President Kannada Sangha, Mrs. Malati Kalamadi, Secretary, Kannada Sangha, Joint Treasurer Mrs. Radhika Sharma, Hon. Trustee Mr., Sudhakar Rao, Mrs. Shashikala Gurpur, Principal Dr. Ashok Agrawal and Vice- Principal Dr. Muckta Karmarkar. The competition had the staff members and students as audience, in large numbers.


Mr.Hegde boosted the enthusiasm of the participants saying, “One should embrace opportunities with open arms, be fearless always”. Principal Dr.Ashok Agrawal, in his address, briefed everyone present about the progressive journey of the College. Mrs. Manasi Joshi, Head, Elocution and Debate committee gave an introduction of the competition and made everyone present as audience, aware about the rules of the competition.

Participants got a chance to choose from a plethora of interesting topics like Maharashtra Bhuhsan Kusumagraj, Skill Building and Youth, Post Covid World- Challenges and Opportunities, Mental and Emotional well-being- The Need of time, Virtual Teaching -Learning: Opportunities and Obstacles etc. Students from all over Maharashtra like Nashik, Mumbai, Aurangabad, Ahemadnagr, Ichalkaranji,Vadgaon Maval, Pimpri participated in the competition. They were from different colleges and universities like MIT-WPU, Symbiosis, Abasaheb Garware, MUCC, P.Jog, CSIT, Siddhivinayak College, New Law College,VIT, St.Mira’s College, etc. All these participants used the Zoom online platform to share their views. Dr. Supriya Sahastrabuddhe, Mrs. Vrushali Deodhar and Dr. Balchandra Kaprekar judged the competition.


Dr.Mandar Bedekar, M.D.Ayurveda, M.A.Sanskrit and Diploma in Journalism was the Chief guest for the prize distribution ceremony. Being a multilinguist himself, he emphasised upon the significance of knowing multiple languages for becoming an effective speaker. Participants who secured 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions were Ummesalema Karu from St.Mira’s College, Ashwini Tavhare from MES Abasaheb Garware College, Pune and Rushil Tambekar from P.Jog College, Pune. They bagged a cash prize worth Rs. 5000 and the prestigious rolling trophy, Rs.3000 along with a virtual trophy and Rs.2000 along with a virtual trophy, respectively. Dr. Bedekar congratulated all the participants and appreciated their enthusiasm. The programme was a huge success and was concluded by a formal vote of thanks moved by Mrs. Soniya Kumbhojkar.

  


National Workshop on Skill Building: Creating & Empowering Leaders of Tomorrow

 Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce in association with Skillslate and MKCL had  arranged a 4 days National Workshop on “Skill Building: Creating & Empowering Leaders of Tomorrow” on 28th & 29th August and 3rd & 4th September 2020.

On 28 August, 2020, the session was inaugurated at the hands of Chief Guest Mr. Vivek Sawant, Chief Mentor, MKCL, Dr. Shirish Limaye, Guest of Honor, Mrs. Malati Kalmadi, Secretary Kannada Sangha, Pune, Dr. Ashok Agrawal, Principal, and Dr. Mukta Karmarkar, Vice-Principal.

Principal Dr. Ashok Agrawal welcomed all the participants from across India. Sir congratulated Mr. Omkar Joshi MSc(CS) student for getting placed in Somic Ishikawa, Shizuoka Hamamatsu, Japan with a package of approximately 27 Lakhs per annum.

Mrs. Malati Kalmadi, in her presidential address, appealed to all the participants to look at this pandemic situation as an opportunity to upgrade various skills which will help them to work with confidence. She also emphasized that we should work in collaboration.

In his address as Chief Guest, Mr. Vivek Sawant, Chief Mentor, MKCL congratulated Kaveri College for conducting 4-day National Workshop on Skill Building.

Mr. Sawant guided participants on numerous Career Opportunities available in the market. He encouraged everyone to ‘Go Digital, Go Green’. Mr. Sawant asked the participants to grab the opportunities available locally and globally by going digital. He discussed various online and offline ways to get the requirements, finish the given work and submit the final product.

Dr. Shirish Limaye, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Accountancy at Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce was the Guest of Honor of the session. He emphasized on to cultivate moral & ethical values that will help everyone to sustain through out their life.

The resource person Ms. Devaki Purohit, Language Trainer, conducted a session on “Resume: A Pathway to Career Building”. She guided the participants on how to write job application letter and resumรฉ. She explained the do’s and don’ts while writing an application and resumรฉ so as to make the effective start of the career.

Sessions on “Effective Time Management” and “Digital Profile Building” were conducted on Day – 2 (29 August 2020) of 4-days National Workshop on “Skill Building: Creating & Empowering Leaders of Tomorrow”.

Session on “Effective Time Management” was conducted by Dr. Muckta Karmarkar, Vice-principal, Kaveri College. Dr. Muckta Karmarkar explained the importance of time management by giving the examples of legends who are very punctual. She discussed 4 important techniques to manage time effectively. She emphasized to achieve the small goals in the stipulated time.

Session on “Digital profile building” was conducted by Ms. Meeta Kanhere and Ms. Pallavi Lawlekar, Founder Meraki Leadership Solution, Pune. Ms. Pallavi encouraged participants to have their own digital brand in the form of digital profile on LinkedIn or any other job portals. She also made participants aware about Facebook posts which are also checked by the recruiters for “background check”.

Ms. Meeta Kanhere guided the participants on email etiquette. She explained the various parts of email with examples.


On Day – 3 (3 September 2020) of 4-days National Workshop on “Skill Building: Creating & Empowering Leaders of Tomorrow”, sessions on “Mastering Interview Skills” and “Campus to Corporate” were conducted.

Session on “Mastering Interview Skills” was conducted by Mr. Munir Damani, Founder, Nester Career Consulting (OPC) Pvt Ltd. Munir Sir during his session emphasized that the participants should go prepared for the interview. He stated that participants should rehearse and practice the mock interviews many times before appearing for the real interview. 

Session on “Campus to corporate” was conducted by Mr. Sanjeev Suryakumar, Behavioral & Leadership Facilitator, EQ Fellow. Mr. Sanjeev conducted the entire session in the form of a story telling to state the change from campus to corporate behavior. He emphasized that students should be patient to get themselves adjusted in the corporate event as it is a change from campus to corporate. He emphasized that the first 5 years in the corporate world are  for learning and growing.

Sessions on “Corporate Manners and Etiquette” and “Decoding Group Discussion” were conducted on Day – 4 (4 September 2020) of 4-days National Workshop on “Skill Building: Creating & Empowering Leaders of Tomorrow”.

Session on “Corporate Manners and Etiquette” was conducted by Dr. Prassanakumar Deshmukh, Principal, Anantrao Thopte College & Research Center, Bhor, Pune. Dr. Deshmukh shared corporate manners to be followed during meetings, on telephone etc . He gave various tips to observe the good manners and etiquette in the corporate world.

Session on “Decoding Group Discussion” was conducted by Mr. Mahesh Gaikwad, Dy. General Manager Corporate – HSE Shapoorji Pallonji & Company, PVT LTD. Mr. Gaikwad explained the coding standards of Group Discussion. He shared points that one can start group discussion with a thought, quote or question. Mr. Gaikwad emphasized that the participants in the group discussion should never loose the track of the topic of discussion.

Mrs. Pallavi Joshi proposed Vote of Thanks to all the stakeholders involved in making the event successful.

Mr. Amey Agrawal, Founder, Skillslate foundation, successfully made the entire four day event as  YouTube live, reaching the maximum number of participants.

Academic partners & sponsors for this National workshop were  Dhaka International University, Dhaka, Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Ltd., Anantrao Thopte College & Research Center, Bhor, Matoshree Group of Institutes, Nashik, Maratha Chamber of Commerce, Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce and many others.

There were more than 4000 views daily for these sessions.

Placement & Vocational Guidance Cell of the college conducted a webinar on ‘Placement Insights’

  Placement & Vocational Guidance Cell of the college conducted a webinar on  ‘Placement Insights’ which covered the sub topics like, ‘An IT industry is much more than just coding!’,  ‘How ‘T’ shaped skills are important’, ‘Pathway to Public Cloud’ during 1 to 14 August 2020.

A session on '๐€๐ง ๐ˆ๐“ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐๐ข๐ง๐ !' was conducted by Mr. Ajinkya Ganoo, an experienced developer skilled in Node.js, NestJS, Angular, JavaScript/Typescript.  Mr. Ganoo guided students on various opportunities available in IT industry other than developer and the skills required for those positions. The various opportunities included in the IT Industry are Business Analyst, Quality Analyst, Data Analyst, SEO Analyst, Digital Marketing, Technical Recruiter, Content Writers, Game Testers, System Administrators / Network Administrator, Social Media Managers, etc.

 


A session on '๐‡๐จ๐ฐ๐“๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ!'  was conducted by Mr. Ravi Gorawade. Mr. Ravi has 17 years of experience in IT industry. He possesses deep knowledge and expertise in solution architecture & designing large and complex financial systems.  Mr. Gorawade talked about what is the meaning of 'T' shaped skills and how IT industry is more inclined towards hiring the people with multi-skills. He also guided the students to acquire and implement industry required skills while working on projects during their college days.

 Mr. Ravi Gorawade also conducted a session on Pathway to Public Cloud.

As a cloud certified professional, he guided the students to compare cloud with the Uber services. This helped students to understand the working of cloud services.

Mr. Ravi discussed various cloud domains available and how students can start using cloud available for free for some duration. He also discussed various job opportunities that are associated with cloud platform. All the sessions were conducted using Google Meet. More than 100 students were benefited from these sessions.

“Omkar Joshi of Kaveri College received a Package of 27 lakh from Japanese company”



 

Omkar Joshi, a final year computer science student, of Kaveri College was awarded 38.50 lakh Japanese Yen, equivalent to a package of Rs. 2.25 lakhs per month, recently. He is one of the students of M.Sc. Computer Science, and the one who has received such a large package till date. Hon. President of Kannada Sangh Pune, Mr. Kushal Hegde, Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Malati Kalmadi, Principal of the College Dr. Ashok Agarwal and Vice-Principal Dr.Muckta Karmarkar congratulated him for his great success.

     Only six people from all over India were called for interview. Omkar was selected on the basis of his personality traits and language skills. He is the second Indian to get a chance to work with the Japanese firm named Somik Ishiwaka Company. He will have the opportunity to work on machine learning and artificial intelligence. Omkar has successfully passed Japanese language level N-5,4,3 so far. All expenses for his interview were borne by Japan. Omkar thanked Kaveri College and all the professors for their cooperation.

          M.Sc final year students of Computer Science, Archit Joshi, Bhagya Pillai, Swapnil Mahale, Rituja Dhumke have been selected for 'Learn Aid Software Solutions' and Nilesh Sapra has been selected for 'Gunakar Private Limited'.

The Management of the college has congratulated all these successful students.

Friday, 21 August 2020

Kaveri College organizes An Online Investor awareness Programme in ‘Role of Regulator in Developing Capital Market’

 As a part of commitment to the society, Kaveri College organized an investor awareness webinar in association with SEBI and BSE-IPF on 18th July 2020 through online platform for the commerce students and teachers of the college.

Resource persons for this webinar were Mr. N. Hariharan,Chief General Manager SEBI,Mumbai and Mr. C. Vasudevan BSE-IPF,Mumbai. Mr. Bharat Dave guided for arranging the program as a Co- Ordinator.

Dr. Ashok Agrawal, Principal of the college welcomed all and inaugurated the webinar.

The webinar was in line with the objectives of Securities and Exchange Board of India and the Investors Protection Fund of BSE to educate the young generation to understand the capital market and enter in the capital creation process.

Mr. N. Hariharan guided the students about the four regulators in financial sector, securities market, banking, insurance (IRDA) and pension (PFRDA)in detail. He further referred Indian economy as fastest growing economy in the world. He further explained Pre-SEBI scenario which was based on merit, there was lack of transparency and Frequent market failures.

Mr. Hariharan further explained the functions of SEBI in detail as to protect the interest of investors, to promote the development of securities market and regulate its business, to impart financial literacy, transparency and to redress investor grievances. He also explained the functions of securities market such as to channelize savings into investment, to provide alternative to bank finance, to diversify/ transfer risk and to accelerate economic growth. He further took review of constituents in securities market, growth of Indian securities market, process and participants of reforms etc. He also explained the students about the functioning of primary and secondary market, commodity derivatives market, options of fund raising and grievance redressal scores etc. which was very useful for the students. He further touched securities market frauds and possible actions.

Mr. Bharat Dave, Co-ordinator of this webinar advised students to be self-reliant i.e. aatmanirbhar, cautious as an investor during this lockdown situation. He asked students to save more and invest in mutual funds.

The programme received a huge response as it was attended by the commerce students, parents and teachers in large number. Around 300 students attended the programme.

Kaveri College Organises Learn to Lead – Virtual Leadership Training Programme for Students

 

Learn to Lead –a two-day Virtual Leadership Training Programme for the students of Kaveri College was carried out by the Kaveri Skill Development Cell (KSDC) on 24 and 25 July 2020. The programme was organised in association with M. R. Pai Foundation, Mumbai and Forum of Free Enterprise, Mumbai. It was conducted in the memory of Late M. R. Pai, a visionary who devoted his life and time for the betterment of the society and for developing good citizenship. The objective of this programme was to empower students with the right skill sets necessary for enabling them to become good human beings and good citizens.

The programme was inaugurated in the presence of Dr. Ashok Agrawal, Principal, Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ms. Swati Kapadia, CEO M. R. Pai Foundation, Mumbai & Forum of Free Enterprise, Mumbai, Mr. Krishna Devadiga, Member, Forum of Free Enterprise, Mr. Sachin Kamath, Resource Person, Dr.Muckta Karmarkar, Vice Principal, Kaveri College and members of KSDC. Ms. Suchismita Mohanty, Head, KSDC introduced the programme and stated its objectives to the participants.

Principal Dr. Agrawal welcomed all the participants and expressed his warm regards for the Foundation and the Forum for proposing our College to conduct this programme. He also appealed to the Forum that such types of programmes should also be conducted for parents and students community at large. And for which Kaveri College will be happy to be associated with.

Ms. Kapadia thanked Principal Dr. Agrawal for pro-actively accepting the proposal and providing the platform for the betterment of the society. She emphasised the vital role of youth to transform the nation and how such programmes help igniting the young minds.

Mr. Sachin Kamath and Ms. Clarissa Jathanna were the two expert facilitators provided by the M. R. Pai Foundation for guiding our students on various essential skills like ‘Setting & Achieving Goals’, ‘The Power of Habits’, ‘Sharpening Vital Skills’ and ‘Understanding Self and Others’.

On 24 July 2020, Mr. Kamath while conducting session on ‘Goal Setting’ emphasized on clearly writing down the specific goal with a particular time line of achieving the goal. He highlighted that to achieve the clearly defined and set goals, there are three essentials, namely, knowledge, skill and attitude. He motivated students, with numerous examples, to proceed towards achieving goal by finding strengths, opportunities, identifying obstacles and by finding solutions on one’s own. ‘เคคूเคšเค†เคนेเคคुเค्เคฏाเคœीเคตเคจाเคšाเคถिเคฒ्เคชเค•ाเคฐ’ meaning ‘you are the creator of your destiny’ is a very apt statement applicable to everyone, he emphasised.

During his session on ‘Power of Habits’, Mr. Kamath took students over a journey of introspection, urging students to make a list of daily activities and a list of habits. In order to cultivate good habits, he introduced the Time Management Matrix to the students. He explained stating that habits work in 3-step loop: cue, routine and reward. He said habits depend on one’s willpower. He explained the attributes of good habits. In order to enable students to understand how habit influences, Mr. Kamath divided students into different groups having different boardrooms.

On 25 July 2020, Ms. Clarissa Jathanna made the sessions on Sharpening Vital Skills and Understanding Self & Others very interactive by throwing open the virtual platform to students to come forward and participate in the training. She said effective communication skill is the core of all vital skills. She highlighted on the 4-P’s Technique of Speaking – Pitch, Pace, Pause and Power. she explained that speaking should be concrete, concise and with clarity. She extended tips to students on how to face interview, becoming punctual, time management and setting goals.

The second session was introduced to students in a very effective and unique way of letting the students understand the ‘Johari Window’ concept. The pictorial representation of Open, Blind, Hidden and Unknown quadrants of one’s life was very intriguing. She explained each quadrant in very simple way and also responded to the queries of students with ease. She urged students to take a stock of ‘self-inventory’ by asking oneself a set of questions and find the answers. Further, she discussed with the participants about the basic causes of anger and how can they control their anger. She advocated to have a mood tracker in order to enhance the quality of understanding self and others.

During the valedictory session, Principal Dr. Agrawal admired the facilitators for their adept and interactive facilitation of the two-day programme even on virtual platform. He further expressed his satisfaction over enthusiastic participation by the students. The programme witnessed a feedback session from few students about their learnings from it.

More than 70 students actively participated in the Leadership Development Programme. They enthusiastically participated during all these sessions. All the sessions were very inspiring and motivating for the participants.

Kaveri College Students Secured Sports Scholarship from Savitribai Phule Pune University amounting to Rs. 36000

 The sportspersons from Kaveri College have been honoured with sports scholarships by the Board of Sports and Physical Education, Savitribai Phule Pune University for the year 2019-2020.

The scholarships will be awarded to the players in the form of cash prize.  Rucha Dhopeshwar (SY Bcom) for Judo (Women)  will receive a scholarship of Rs 22000 / -,Ashish Francis, (FY Bcom) will receive Rs.5000 / - for contribution in Squash Racket (Men), Gayatri Dhamale (FYBSc.)  for Kho-Kho (Women) Rs.7000 / -, Pratik Ubhe (TYBBA)  for Basketball(Men) Rs. 2000 / -

Prof. Rohit Tambe, Director of Physical Education provided proper training and guidance to the students and encouraged them to participate in various State and National Level competitions. All the sportspersons thanked the Management, the Principal and the Sports director for the unflinching support and assistance they received over the years.



Dr. Ashok Agrawal, Principal of the College and Vice-Principal, Dr. Muckta Karmarkar appreciated the success achieved by the students.

 Mr. Kushal Hegde, President, Kannada Sangha, Mrs. Malati Kalmadi, Secretary and the Board of Trustees also appreciated the special achievement of the students in the field of sports.