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PRINCIPAL’S

ANNUAL REPORT

2014 -2015

VIDYA VIKAS MANDAL’S

SHREE DAMODAR COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ECONOMICS

PEOPLE

• New full-time faculty in the B.Com programme

– Ms. Preksha Chopdekar Asst. Professor in Commerce

– Ms. Prachi Kolamkar Asst. Professor in Commerce

– Mr. Vishal Chari Asst. Professor in Economics

– Ms. Mamta Kumari Asst. Professor in Mathematics

• In the FIP vacancies of 3 teachers we took on Ms. Sonal Undakoti &

Ms. Shameem Memon in Commerce and Mr. Andrew Antao in

Economics

• Mr. Rupesh Shirodkar was appointed Systems Administrator, Ms.

Sheetal Kavlekar joined as Lab instructor and Mr. Harish Borkar

joined as LDC (Examinations)

They joined us…

Faculty

• Dr. Manasvi Kamat is on lien

• Mr. Shekhar Sawant – M.Com Programme Coordinator resigned

Administrative and Support Staff

• 1 Office staff – Ms. Maria Fernandes and 2 support staff Mr.

Ramakant Shetkar and Mr. Shivaji Bhandari retired during the year

• Ms. Namita Naik, Mr. Kiran Sawant, Ms. Ranjani Raposo, Ms.

Aparna Naik and Ms. Sangeeta Sakhwalkar resigned

…& they moved on

ACADEMICS

Results

TY B.Com April 2014

Appeared: 196 Passed: 185 Pass %: 94.38%

Distinction ------- 33

1st Class ------- 88

2nd Class ------- 55

Pass Class ------- 11

Distinction

1st Class

2nd Class

Pass Class

TY BCA April 2014

Appeared: 41 Passed: 41 Pass % : 100%


1st Class ------- 12

2nd Class ------- 14

Pass Class ------- 05

Distinction 1st Class2nd Class Pass Class

TY BBS (FS)

Appeared: 25 Passed: 25 Pass %: 100%


1st Class ------- 13

2nd Class ------- 04Distinction

1st Class

2nd Class

M.Com April 2014

Appeared: 40 Passed: 37 Pass %: 92.50%

Grade No of studentsO ---------- 04A+ ---------- 07A ---------- 20B+ ---------- 05B ---------- NIL

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B.Com

Programme

Department of Commerce & Management

National Conference: 30th & 31st January 2015

Theme: “Corporate Sector in India –

Emerging Issues”

Entrepreneurship Development:

Guest faculty - Mr. Prashant Shinde,

President, Verna Industries Association

Forthcoming Activities

Talk on ‘Opportunities & Prospects in the Insurance Sector’ ResourcePerson - Mr. Shekhar Keni, LIC Development Officer

A workshop on various Govt. Schemes available for buddingentrepreneurs on 25th February 2015

B.Com Highlights 2014-15

Department of Economics & Banking

Post-Budget panel discussion: “Union Budget 2014-15 and its

implications for the Indian Economy” in July 2014

Syllabus Workshop for B.Com Semesters III & IV in June & Dec.respectively


State-level Seminar on the theme:

“Sustainable Economic Development of

the Goan Economy - Challenges &

Strategies” in November

Dept of Economics & Banking Forthcoming Activities

Inter-collegiate Students’ event ECONOMICA: February 23rd

Pre & Post-budget discussions at the end of Feb and first week

of March

National Seminar: proposed for end-March


Miss Melisa Fernandes, T.Y. Bcom Student

Attended the Change the Mindest program won the South Goa

Inter- Collegiate business competition

Was runner- up at the All-Goa business plan competition

Represented Goa at the All- India Business plan competition

held at Bangalore


Incharge

Mrs. Manasi Rege

Library Report

Facility on V-gyankosh to use

N-List which Gives access

to thousands of e-books

and e-journals

indiastat.com database

which offers the statistical

and up–to-date information

on India.

Library Report

V-granth is a library App

Developed keeping in mind

the interest of our students.

is the first of its kind in India.

e-books are loaded on these

10 tabs in various subjects

Library Report

Library day was celebrated

on 15th December, 2014.

Technology- enabled

transformed Reading Room

with good ambience was

inaugurated along with

launching of Library App.

Library Report

IT workshop for Library staff was conducted on 29.12.2014

A Presentation on e-books was also arranged on 27.1.2015.

In the month of December 2014, Off-stage events such as

Photography, Quiz, Essay, Story-telling and Poster competitions

were organized by our library.

BCA

ProgrammeProgramme Coordinator

Mr. Sunil T. Naik

Mr. Deepak Chodankar, Vice-President, Product Development,

Smartlink Network Systems and Member BoM of VVM, was

appointed Chief Mentor of the BCA programme

Activities

Workshop on Moodle by Ms. Deepa Pujari for faculty members of

other programmes

BCA Highlights 2014-15

Android in Action: 18-20 August Workshop on

Android Technology for TYBCA students &

Faculty members by Mr. Prajyot Mayenkar,

Director & Android Devloper at Androcid Media


Capturing Moments: 4-10 Sept

Workshop on Photography by Mr.

Prasad Pankar, Proprietor CMYK

Academy; attended by 29 Students & 3

Faculty

Talk on Cyber Security: 13th SeptemberResource Person – Mr. Rakshit Tandon

Cyber security workshop: 3-6 Nov.

Resource Persons - Mr. Rakshit

Tandon & Mr. Atul Ojha, IMAI;

78 students and all faculty participated


Industry Interaction: 4th October

Mr. Nitin Gupta, Senior ManagingConsultant, IBM India & Mr. VijayMangalgi, Sr. Soft. Development ProjectManager, IBM India

Animation: 17th December : Session for TYBCA Students by Mr.Francis D’Souza, Animation Academy, Navelim


IT-Quest Excellence 2015: 16th Jan.

A 2-tier State-level IT QUIZ for Higher

Secondary students & College students

conducted by the Dept. of Computer

Science on behalf of the Cultural Council

Quiz Masters - Mr. Shreyas Dessai &

Mr. Sumit Kumar

Student Participation at Inter-Collegiate IT Events

I-RIX 2014 – organized by Smt. Parvatibai Chowgule

College; 15 students participated; Won 2 events and 2nd

place in 1 event

Noesis 2014 - organized by Rosary College; 10 Students

Participated; won 4 events; Overall College Standing - 3rd

Technotronics 2015 – organized by DM’s College; 8 students

participated; won 5 events & 2nd place in 1 event


BBA (Fin. Services)

Programme

Programme Coordinator

Ms. Snehal Jadhav

Achievements

College registered as center for answering NCFM online certificate

examinations in South Goa.

5 Final year students cleared the NCFM capital market dealersmodule.

Second Year Students cleared the IRDA certification examination.

Study Tour To Mumbai: visited NSE, NSDL, BSE, SEBI, RBIMuseum.

Participation in Moneta: international Financial Markets Event

Organized by Podar College Mumbai

BBA (FS) Activities

Workshops / Activities / Talks Organized

Money Matters 2.0: Annual intercollegiate

event; Theme: “Financial Inclusion”

Union Budget 2014-2015 Live Screening

in College premises.

Guest faculty

IRDA And Life Insurance: Ms. Roshni Sagar Development Officer, LICof India, Vasco, Goa.

G-Sec Market In India: Ms. Priyanka Shiraly, CCIL – Mumbai.

Capital Markets & Invest. Avenues: Mr. Allan D'souza, NSE- Mumbai

Capital Markets Awareness: Mr. Aditya Srinivas BSE Mumbai

BBA (FS) Activities

Investor Hub Activities

Mock Trading

Students tracked the market for 3-4 months, & based on theinformation available the students traded in shares of variouscompanies on paper.

Poster Competition

Financial Inclusion and Financial Literacy

War of Nations

Students were assigned an economically backward country to do adetailed study of the economy & identify potential investmentopportunities.

BBA (FS) Activities

Newspaper Reading (Economic Times)

Groups of students present the weekly news

Financial Screening

Students are shown documentaries related to finance, mgmt., marketing

etc to make the theoretical concepts more interesting to the students.

Some screenings

Bhopal Gas Tragedy (management case study)

Wall Street (to understand the stock market crisis)

Guru (to understand the open outcry system in India)

Rocket Singh (to understand marketing strategy)

BBA (FS) Activities: Investor Hub Activities (contd.)

M.Com

Programme

In-charge Coordinator

Ms. Sheryl da Silva

Study Tour to Mumbai:

7-11 Dec 2014

43 Students & 3 Facultymembers

Visited BSE, NSE, SEBI, RBI andITM-IFS institute

Visit to Centre for Incubation &Business Acceleration, Verna:26th Sept 2014

80 M. Com. Students

M.Com Report

Careers in Animation Industry for Commerce Students: 24th

July 2014

In association with Cineframe School of Animation, Vasco

at Daivajna Hall

Research Methodology Training: Conducted in association

with Career & Placement Cell

Resource Person: Mr. Vishal Chari, Asst. Prof. in Economics

Attended by 32 M. Com. Students

M. Com Report Cont…

Research Centre

Management Studies: 2 more students registered in 2014-15

bringing the total no. of Ph.D. candidates registered at the Centre to

6

The College will be applying for affiliation for Research Centre in

Economics in the coming academic year

Research Centre

Faculty

Achievements

2013 - 14

Dr. SANJAY P. SAWANT DESSAI, Assoc.

Professor, Dept. of Commerce

Promoted to the rank of Major in NCC

Appointed as Coordinator IGNOU

Study Centre, Margao in August 2014

Appointed Vice-Principal of the College

in July 2014

Faculty Achievements


Dr. B. P. Sarath Chandran Assoc. Professor, Dept. ofEconomics

Presented papers at International and National seminars

Elected to the Academic Council, Goa University

Elected to the Executive Council of Indian EconomicAssociation

Recognized as a Research Guide in Economics

C.A. Subrahmanya Bhat Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Commerce

Resource Person for a National Seminar

Dr. Rodney D’Silva Asst. Professor, Commerce

Conducted a 4-day "Change the Mindset" program for 39 students of

TYBCom/TYBBA in association with I-Create, Goa and GCCI

Mr. Sudhakar T. Naik, Director of Physical Education

Manager cum Coach of Goa University Swimming team for All India

Inter-University Swimming Championship held at Bangalore in

October 2014.

Technical official & volleyball Referee for 5th All Goa Tribal Sports.

Nodal Officer by Election Commission for VVM’s Shree Damodar

College of Commerce & Economics to Enroll Students


Mrs. Ekta Agarwal, Asst. Professor, Computer Science

Project In-charge for VConnect - Implementation of Campus

Management Software for all VVM institutions

Mr. Andrew Antao Asst. Professor, Economics

Seminar Coordinator for departmental State Level Seminar

Ms. Anjali Sajilal & Ms. Prachi Kolamkar registered for Ph.D. in

June 2014


Papers Presented

No. Faculty Member

1 Dr. B. P. Sarath Chandran

2 CA Subrahmanya Bhat

3 Mr. Edwin B. Barreto

4 Dr. Rodney P. D’Silva

5 Mr. Vishal Chari

6 Ms. Mamta Kumari

7 Ms. Shameem Memon

8 Mr. Mandar Fatarpekar

NATIONAL

Seminars / Conferences / Workshops Attended

No. Faculty Members No. Faculty Members

1 Ms. Lydia Menon 8 Ms. Mamta Kumari

2 Mr. Edwin B. Barreto 9 Ms. Sonal Sharma

3 Ms. Anjali Sajilal 10 Mr. Andrew Antao

4 Ms. Sharmila S. Kunde 11 Ms. Ekta Agarwal

5 Mr. Rodney D’Silva 12 Ms. Annette Santimano

6 Ms. Sheetal Arondekar 13 Ms. Snehal Jadhav

7 Ms. Maithili Naik 14 Ms. Savina Rebello

8 Ms. Prachi Kolamkar 15 Ms. Rashi Bhise

Councils’ Report

2014 – 15

NSSOfficers

Dr. Manoj S. Kamat - Chief

Mr. Vishal Chari

Ms. Preksha P. Chopdekar

Ms. Maria Rodrigues

Mr. Andrew Antao

Ms. Shameem Memon

N.S.S. Report

07/07/14: Orientation Programme by NSS Chief Programme Officer Dr.

Manoj Kamat.

12/07/14: Inauguration by Shri. V. M. Prabhudesai, Dy. Director of Youth

Affairs, Govt. of Goa. The chief guest urged the students to work for

society with a sense of selfless service and dedication.

15/08/14: on Independence Day around 50 Volunteers participated in

Margao Muncipal Council’s “Dustbin Distribution Task” with a motive to

keep the surrounding environment clean and healthy.

21/08/14: Sadbhavana Diwas was celebrated in the college. Inter-

religious prayer meeting was conducted by the students. 100 students

attended the program.

N.S.S. Report Cont …

21/09/14: Vanamohatsav day was celebrated in. Mr. Digambar Kamat

was the Chief Guest. Several chikoo, mango, coconut and cashew nut

saplings were planted. All TY and SY volunteers attended & helped in

digging the pits for planting the saplings.

24/09/14: NSS DAY was celebrated onthe theme “Road Safety” as a part ofRoad Safety Week. The Resourcepersons for the programme wereAssistant Director, Transport, Mr.Sandeep Dessai, RTO Inspector Mr.Nickson Suwaris & Mr. Abhijeet Gauns.150 NSS volunteers participated


25/09/14: OLD Age Home Visit. Around 100 NSS volunteers visited

old age home located in margao city, spent productive time with

them and helped them by doing their work with love & care.

28/09/14: Campus Cleaning was undertaken under the directions

and supervision of NSS programme officers.

02/10/14: Gandhi Jayanti was celebrated by cleaning the college

campus. All the NSS volunteers collected & disposed it strategically.

28/10/14 – 03/11/14: The 7 days NSS Special Camp was held at

Shree Shantadurga Kunkallikarin Temple premises, Fatorpa Goa. 50

volunteers and 6 NSS Officers participated in the camp.


01/12/14: World Aids Day was observed and the around 80 NSS

volunteers participated in Aids Awareness Programme. The key Speaker

was Miss. Nazmin Shaikh, a Professional Counselor for NGO “Zindagi”.

10/12/14: Campus Cleaning of the college was undertaken by all NSS

volunteers.

08/01/15: National Youth Week was observed on the birth anniversary

of Swami Vivekananda on the theme “value based education & youth

development”. The Keynote Speaker was Mr. Sanjeev Sawardekar, Retd.

Principal of Dhempe Higher Secondary School, Panjim. The programme

was attended by 80 NSS volunteers.


25/01/15: National Voters Day

celebrated in association with the

Office of the District Election Officer /

District Collector and Nehru Yuva

Kendra.

A rally of 250 students was flagged off

by the District Collector Mr. Venencio

Furtardo.

College students (new voters) were

presented the EPIC Cards.

26/01/15: Republic Day Celebration

N.C.C. (ARMY)

Officer

Major Sanjay P. Sawant Dessai

Activities Undertaken

Enrolled 68 cadets during the year ( 46 Boys and 22 Girls )

35 cadets & ANO Captain Sanjay P Sawant Dessai attended 10 days

annual training camp from 25th October to 3rd November 2014 held at

Bhumika High School Parye Sattari Goa

Cdt Naik siddhi, Pednekar Shewta, Joel Saldahana, Rakesh Bhandari &

Valram Devasi attended Thal Sena Camp held at Belgaum, Karnataka

from 1st Aug. to 10th Aug. 2014.

Cadet Joel Saldhana attended Pre-RDC camps held at belguam, Hubli &

bangalore & completed 7 phases to attend Republic day parade 2015 at

New Delhi

NCC (ARMY) Report


Joel Saldana represented Goa at Republic day parade Jan. 2015 at

New Delhi.

At South Goa District Collectorate Ground, 30 Cdts participated in

Goa Liberation day celebration parade on 9th December 2014

Republic day parade on 26th January 2015

NCC (ARMY) Report

NCC (ARMY) Report


Organized tree plantation activity

in campus on 15th august 2014.

Conducted cleanliness drive in

and around college premises as a

part of Swacch Bharat Mission on

2nd January 2015.

Awards And Achievements

Won first place in drill competition

held on occasion of Goa

Liberation day celebration function

organised by South Goa District

Collectorate Margao-Goa, on 19th

Dec. 2014.

NCC (ARMY) Report

Won 1st place in drill competition held at Republic day celebration function on

26th Jan. 2015 organised by South Goa District Collectorate Margao Goa.

At Annual training camp held at Bhumika High School Parye Sattari Goa.

CPL Sweta Pednekar won 1st place in firing competition

CPL rakesh bhandari won 2nd place

Won 1st place in volleyball

03 cadets passed C Certificate Examination held in March 2014.

NCC (ARMY) Report

N.C.C. (NAVY)

Officer

Lt. Subrahmanya Bhat K. M.

Activities

Vanamohatsav Celebrated in July

2014.

31 Cadets Participated in Swatch

Bharat Abhiyan at Majoroda in August

2014

32 Cadets Participated in College

Campus Cleaning On 02nd October 2014.

Shree Damodar College Cadets

Conducted Aids Awareness Programme

for the Society

NCC (NAVY) Report

Activities

07 Cadets attended Nau Sainik Udupi Camp

06 Cadets attended Pre-RDC Camp at

Belgaum.

03 cadets attended sailing Camp

02 cadets attended National Integration Camp at Gujarat.

03 Cadets Selected for All India Girls Camp at Kannur –Kerala which

completed in December 2014.

NCC (NAVY) Report

NCC (NAVY) Report

Activities

24 Cadets attended Annual

Training Camp at Mapusa in

October 2014.

Our team stood 1st in Volleyball &

shown good performance in

swimming, cross-country, & cultural

activities.

Lt. S. Bhat was Deputy Camp

Commandant for the Annual

Training Camp.

Career CellTeam

Ms. Lydia Menon - Convenor

Mr. Sumit Kumar

Ms. Snehal Jadhav

Ms. Prachi P. Kolamkar

Ms. Nagratna Naik

Ms. Sheryl Da Silva

The motto is to create & enhance skills & self confidence among students &

make them job ready

according to their capacity and inclination.

Talks / Workshops

Workshop on Leadership Skills: 11th July 2014

In collaboration with the Student’s Council, BDC INFOTECH & Academy of Skill

Enhancement & Training

Resource Persons were Mr. Pravin Sabnis and Ms. Cheryl Patel & attended by 37

students.

Talk on Tally.ERP 9: 25th August 2014

By Prathamesh Infotech & Tally Champs & attended by 142 students

Career Cell Report

Career Cell Report

Sessions on Career opportunities in Commerce & Computers: 25th

August 2014

Resource Persons: Mohd. Bilal, Asian School of cyber laws, Dr. Manoj Kamat, &

Tally Champs

Attended by 142 Third Year Students

Training / Add-on Courses

Resume writing and Interview Skills: August and September 2014

Resource Person: Ms. Nandini Kunde, HR Consultant

Attended by 150 Students of BCom, BCA, BBA, and Mcom

Culinary and Hospitality Courses: November 2014 onwards

By Gesto Culinary and Hospitality Academy in association with ITDC

Courses offered in food production, bakery and front office management

Has conducted the food production course – 2 batches (60 students) in Nov. 2014

to Jan. 2015.

Career Cell Report Cont…

Training / Add-on Courses

A Short Training for MBA-CAT Entrance: September & December

2014

By TIME Pvt. Ltd. & attended by 25 students

A 3 Months Banking Exam. Training: Going on

By TIME Pvt.Ltd. & 62 Students Registered

Research Methodology: Conducted by Mr. Vishal Chari, Asst. Prof.,

Commerce and was attended by 32 M.Com. Students.

MCA Entrance Exam. Training: Being Conducted by Mr. Sunil Naik and Mr.

Sumit Kumar for BCA Students.


Skill & Confidence Development Club: Initiated by Career &

Placement Cell. Activities includes:

Confidence Building Programme attended by 15 students.

Classes were conducted to develop the basic concepts and skills in

Mathematics and Financial Accounting among the students with poor

academic performance. These classes are being conducted on a weekly

basis.

On request Statistics classes have also been started.


CAMPUS RECRUITMENT

Students attended

Wipro Campus interview on 14th January 2015 at Smt. Parvatibai

Chowgule College.

Caculo Group interview process on 5th February 2015, at Shree

Damodar College of Com. & Eco.

Students will attend

Mphasis & Infosys interviews on 12th & 16th February 2015 respectively at

MES College


Forthcoming Activities

Placement Fair: Tentatively in first week of march in collaboration with local

industrialists

Summer Internship: In industries, commerce establishments & chartered

accountants during may month

Add-on Courses / Training

Tally, Global Skills and Business etiquette

Starting from 2nd week of February 2015.(Batches of 30 students each)

Resource Persons: Ms. Maria Rodrigues, Ms. Florence Rebello, and Mr.

Sumit Kumar


IQACTeam

Dr. Prita D. Mallya – Chairperson

Ms. Sharmila S. Kunde - Coordinator

Ms. Lydia Menon

Dr. B. P. Sarath Chandran

CA Subrahmanya Bhat K.M.

Dr. Manoj S. Kamat

Ms. Manasi D. Rege

Reconstituted as per new NAAC Guidelines in April 2014

Prepared the Annual Quality Assurance Reports(AQAR’s) of the last 5 years &

were submitted to NAAC in June followed by submission of Letter of Intent

As per NAAC Requirements SSR (Self Study Report) was prepared &

submitted to the NAAC office in December 2014.

The College is eagerly waiting for the NAAC peer team visit which is likely to

be scheduled in March 2015.

IQAC Report

The IQAC Team’s suggestion / initiation of activities for the staff and students

during this year:

3 new Inter-Collegiate events conducted by the Students’ Council, Cultural

Council and the Department of Computer Science

Guest lectures for the staff and the students organised by various

Departments

Add-on Short term courses through the Career Cell such as Soft Skills

Development, Communication skills and Practical Accounting

Short term courses in latest technologies for BCA students

Creativity workshops through Creativity Cell

Placement week inviting local companies to conduct campus placements for

our students

IQAC Report

V A S U N D H A R A(Nature Club)

Incharge

Ms. Mamta Kumari

Nature Club Report

Organized hike for students of the

college at Tambdi Surla on 26th July

2014. Around 220 students have

participated along with 2 staff

members.

Waste Collection Drive

On 28/10/14 used Tetra Packets were collected by VRecycle Waste

Management Services

On 10/02/14 110 odd e-waste items which are already collected, will be

given to the concerned authority

Nature Club Report

21/09/14: Vanamohatsav day was celebrated in our college campus.

Ex-Chief Minister Mr. Digambar Kamat was the Chief Guest. Several

chikoo, mango, coconut and cashew nut saplings were planted. All TY

and SY volunteers attended & helped in digging the pits for planting

the saplings

Creativity Cell

Team

Mrs. Pooja Pai Khot

Mrs. Sheetal Arond

Mrs. Maithili Naik

21st September 2014: A one-day crafts workshop was organised in

collaboration with Banglanatak. Crafts form viz. Kaanta and Patachitra were

demonstrated by the Bengal craftsmen.

24th to 29th September 2014: 5 days Candle Making Certificate course was

conducted The Resource Person Mrs. Julekha Shaikh, demonstrated a variety

of candles using Wax & Gel.

September 2014: College Logo, Letter Head & Motto design entries were

invited.

Forthcoming Activities:

Photography Workshop

Chocolate making and Flower Making Classes

Creativity Cell Report

Consumer

Awareness Cell

Incharge

Mrs. Sneha Lotliker

22nd January 2015

A Poster Competition on the Theme

“Consumer Awareness on E-

Commerce” was organized in

collaboration with Cultural Council.

Total 10 participants were judged by

Mrs. Hema Kakodkar, Art teacher,

Vidya Vikas Academy & Mrs. Pooja

Pai Khot, BCA Department.

Consumer Awareness Cell Report

To all the Management members,

Teaching, & Non – Teaching Staff, Students & Parents

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