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.

 

‘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.