‘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.

'Samvidhan Diwas' celebrated at Kaveri College

 The NSS Unit of Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce celebrated the Samvidhan Diwas on 26^th November 2020. This auspicious day was observed online where the NSS volunteers and other students of the college took the oath about the observance of the Indian constitution. The students wholeheartedly took the oath and vowed to observe and respect the Indian democracy and the Indian constitution.

This online event was followed by the oath taking ceremony by the teaching and non-teaching staff of the college. Principal Dr. Ashok Agrawal, Vice Principal Dr. Muckta Karmarkar, NSS Programme Officer Mr. Nilesh Nemade, Office Superintendent Mr. Ravindra Bhalerao were present forthe event.

Principal Dr. Ashok Agrawal first paid tribute to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. He addressed the audience to pay their respect to the Indian constitution. He emphasised on the greatness of the Constitution, which keeps the huge Indian democracy in place. He made the audience aware about the smooth functioning of the political rule which is only because of the provisions in the Constitution. He appealed to everyone to pay respect to the document more than any religious text. He said that the country comes before any religion, or any other group and the country runs on this holy document.

He also paid his tributes to the martyrs of the 26/11 terrorist attacks and the martyrs of other terrorist attacks. Mr. Nilesh Nemade, NSS programme officer administered the constitutional oath. All the teaching and non-teaching staff members participated in the oath taking ceremony. Mrs. Bhakti Dandekar compeered the event.

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

A session on ‘Role of Women in Social work’ conducted at Kaveri College

 

The Department of Student Welfare in association with NSS organized a session on ‘Role of women in Social work’ on 31^st October 2020. The session was organized on Google Meet platform because of Covid-19 pandemic. The resource person for the session was the alumna of the college, Ms. Asmita Pawar, Social worker, Centre for Youth Development Activity (CYDA). Ms. Asmita is a B.Com graduate and has completed her MSW from Karve Institute of Social Service. Mr.Nilesh Nemade, Programme officer welcomed the resource person and all the participants.  Dr. Jayshree Bangali, Student Development Officer introduced the programme.

Ms. Asmita Pawar highlighted the point during her talk that though it may seem difficult for women to undertake social work due to the tough schedules, environment and safety concerns, there is no discrimination between males and females in the area of social work. Both genders are given equal opportunities.

She gave inputs through her personal journey into social work, her mother’s encouragement towards her pursuing a career in social work, etc.

She also discussed the avenues in social work like counselling, rehabilitation, etc. She also encouraged the students to think of social work as a career option. She put an emphasis on the fact that in spite of working for several hours in the corporate sector this profession is the only one which gives maximum satisfaction to the mind and soul. 

Around 60 NSS volunteers attended the session. Mr. Nilesh Nemade proposed vote of thanks.

 

 

National Unity Day’ Celebration at Kaveri

 

The NSS Unit of the college celebrated National Unity Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on 31^st October 2020. The event was organized on Google Meet platform because of Covid-19 pandemic.  Mr Nilesh Nemade, NSS Programme Officer introduced the programme. The oath on National unity and integration was administered by Mrs. Manasi Joshi, Assistant NSS Programme Officer and the students wholeheartedly took the oath and pledged to remain united.  A virtual session on the life of the ‘Iron Man of India’ was conducted. A video on the life of Sardar Patel was shown followed by an interactive discussion session. The life and times of Sardar Patel and his efforts in the unification of the nation was deliberated upon. 

Around 60 NSS volunteers attended the session. Ms. Sayee Kulkarni, member of NSS proposed vote of thanks.

A Session on ‘My Family My Responsibility’ at Kaveri

 NSS unit of Kannada Sangha Pune’s Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce organized a virtual session through Google meet platform on the topic ‘My Family My Responsibility’ on 17th October 2020. Ms. Sarita Chitodkar was the resource speaker for the session. She is actively involved in social service activities and counselling since last 14 years.

Mrs. Manasi Joshi, Assistant Programme Officer, NSS unit, introduced the event and welcomed Ms. Sarita Chitodkar, Resource Speaker, Dr. Ashok Agrawal, Principal, Dr. Muckta Karmarkar, Vice-Principal, Mr. Nilesh Nemade, Programme Officer, committee members and students.

Ms. Sarita Chitodkar, Resource Speaker for the day emphasized that all NSS volunteers should take the responsibility of their family members in this pandemic situation of COVID 19. Youth can bring favourable changes in the society. She also focused on the issue of mental and physical health during these difficult times. Students should take care of elderly as well as young family members.

Ms. Sayee Kulkarni, member NSS proposed vote of thanks.

More than 35 students were benefitted from this event.