Thursday, September 10, 2015

TEACHERS’ DAY CELEBRATION

TEACHERS’ DAY CELEBRATION
(Contributed by Achilles Rasquinha, GS 2015-16)
WHEN:   September 5th, 2015
    In India, Teachers’ Day has always remained a day filled with celebrations and joy for teachers’ within all institutions, nation-wide. And so, St. Francis Institute of Technology’s newly elected Students’ Council left no stone unturned to make the day for their teachers, a memorable one.
        While the teaching and non-teaching members of the staff remained busy in their meets and discussions for the day, our student-volunteers ensured to pull them out of their busy schedules and gather them into groups, for a morning surprise awaited them. Teachers were then engaged in a healthy battle to bag as many chocolate bars they could, based on the questions put forward by our volunteers. We’ve ensured that volunteers leave no one behind, even teachers who reside in isolated rooms all alone, in order to join into the game filled with fun and frolic.
        While volunteers entertained our teachers upstairs, little did they know that an event organized was been given its final touches, downstairs. And so did it begin at 2:30 P.M, in the Assembly Hall. We believed to have lived with the theme of the event which ensures that each teaching and non-teaching member of the staff receives at least one chocolate for the day, if not many, which is why we had volunteers placed at the entrance with two baskets filled with toffies for our teachers to pick one as they took their seats.
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        Prachi Kate, our newly elected Cultural Secretary introduced our guests for the event – our teachers. We had Lenryl Sequeira, a student of the third-year, perform beatboxing, a skill what he described to the audience gathered at large as, “a person who makes weird noises with his voice”. With beats echoing till the edge of the Assembly Hall, Lenryl sure did introduce a new form of art, unbeknown to all. He, along with Achilles Rasquinha, sang out some melodious hits as well. Next, we had a dance performance by Naithika Shetty, a student belonging to the third year, and her dance group of second-year students, providing yet another taste of art form and entertaining the audience gathered at large.
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        Savvy Sequeira, the newly elected Sports Secretary introduced the highlight of the event – “SO YOU THINK YOU’RE AN SFITIAN”, an entirely enacted game show hosted by Achilles Rasquinha for 16 teachers, divided into teams of 4, contesting for an ultimate prize. Teachers rushed to catch their seats placed on the podium as soon as voluntary participation was declared. With rounds divided into as follows – LEVEL F.E., S.E., T.E. and B.E., teachers’ went through a set of questions related to simple observations around the campus, and “MINUTE TO WIN IT!” games in each level, wherein the objective was to score maximum number of points based on the task to be performed. Little did the audience know, that a day before the event, as the received their invites, was a number tagged below it. We used these numbers to pick out members from the audience, who then could try answering the questions flashed on the screen along with the contenders seated at the gaming arena and win a prize. With jokes, laughs and heat of the game filled within the Assembly Hall, our teachers ended up with smiles throughout the event. Akash Dhongade, the newly elected Technical Secretary ensured that the game goes smooth with his support, ranging from LIVE projections, to hospitality.
        With the game over, winners declared and snacks being served by our volunteers, Mitali Ghotgalkar, the newly elected Women’s Representative of the Students’ Council, gave out her message and thought with respect to the gifts for our teachers to be received. Each teacher was given a tulsi sapling, which denotes how they’ve come to help us students grow into a plants of holiness and strength. We had teachers thanking students for making their day, truly a memorable one.

All were merry.

Friday, September 4, 2015

FE Students - Bar-coding of Library Cards

All the FE students are requested to submit their Library cards back to the library for bar-coding on or before 18th. September, 2015.

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

ACADEMIC BODIES' LAST MEETING - Univ may exclude internal test scores in credit system

ACADEMIC BODIES' LAST MEETING - Univ may exclude internal test scores in credit system
Mumbai:


After four years of flip-flop on the weightage given to internal assessment scores, Mumbai University (MU) is toying with the idea of scrapping it and holding a term-end 100-mark exam in each of the two semesters in a year. If the proposal is accepted, students may not have internal exams from next year, at least in traditional courses.
The issue was discussed in the last academic council meeting for the current academic bodies on Monday , but no decision was taken. When the credit-based grading system was introduced in 2011, internal assessment was given a weightage of 40 marks out of 100. The weightage was reduced to 25 marks in 2014.
A principal said the use of internal assessment scores has been delaying results as the system is not in place. But others pointed out that MU has to make use of the best international practices in following the credit-based grading system. “It will be unfair to evaluate students from self-financed courses only on the basis of a written test and no project work,“ said a member.
The council also decided to follow uniform guidelines for internal assessment this year and to change the grading scale from the current 7 to 10.“Earlier PET scores were valid only for 3 years. Now, students can register for PhD any time with their scores,“ said Madhu Nair, dean of commerce.
Member Gautam Gawli's proposals to make MU infras tructure disabled-friendly and to introduce a course in dis ability studies were also ac cepted. The decision to extend Sardar Patel College of Engi neering's autonomy for the next five years was sanctioned by both the academic and man agement councils. It was also decided that skill development initiatives will be taken as part of NSS activities.
Even as the term for all the academic bodies came to an end on Monday , the state didn't release any notification an nouncing the next senate elec tions. While there is no clarity on how varsities in the state will function without the aca demic bodies, vice-chancellor Sanjay Deshmukh called for a final review meeting for both the councils on Monday .
Exams, which are sched uled to begin in October, may be hit with no board of exam ination in place. Members of the Yuva Sena boycotted the V-C's dinner held for al members on Monday after he allegedly failed to address stu dents' issues.
On Friday , education min ister Vinod Tawde had said the academic bodies will run only with nominated members til the Maharashtra Universities Act comes into force. “We wil try to pass the Act in December and universities can hold their senate elections in January .“

Source: The Times of India dated 1/9/2015
http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/index.aspx?eid=31804&dt=20150901

Active Users for the month of August 2015

Active Users for the month of August 2015

All the below mentioned students are eligible for one extra card for the month of September 30, 2015:
Sr. No. Member No's.
1 SARVESH NARKAR 14
2 VENEEZA CARDOZO 14
3 SHRADDHA SHINDE 13
4 RISHABH TIWARI 12
5 ASHOK MORE 12
6 MIHIR PARIKH 12
7 SHAILIN SHAH 12
8 SHREYAS MENON 12
9 DIVYA PANDIT 11
10 SONI MAYUR ASHOK SANGEETA 11
11 MITALI SABLE 11
12 LECT.VIPULA RAWTE 11
13 KRUPA FADIA 10
14 NEVIL JEEVAN 10
15 TEJASWARARAO MOTAMARRI 10
16 JEVIN MENEZES 10
17 AKASH GHAGARE 10
18 PRIYA CHAUDHARI 10
19 K.B.VINDUJA 10
20 DHIKESH KARUVANKANDY 10

Monday, May 18, 2015

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All the below mentioned students are eligible for one extra card for the month of May 31st, 2015:

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Member
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POOJA PANDIT
19
2
ASHOK MORE
18
3
SAWANT SAISH UMAKANT SHRADDHA
16
4
JOANNA PERIS
14
5
K.B.VINDUJA
14
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SAMIKSHA SALGAONKAR
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Friday, April 10, 2015

Book Donation Drive from April 10 to 22, 2015

“GOT BOOKS YOU DON’T NEED,
DONATE TO OTHERS WHO WISH TO READ!”

Rather than giving a financial contribution or donation, SFIT Library, Borivli,  plans to forge a long-term relationship with the people around, through the mutual love for books on the eve of ‘World Book and Copyright Day’, which falls on April 23.
In 1995 UNESCO decided that the World Book and Copyright Day would be celebrated on 23 April, as the date is also the anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, as well as that of the birth or death of several other prominent authors.
We have always attempted to develop a reading culture among the people and now we are keen to harness the same enthusiasm to the persons who are not as fortunate as we are.
The aim of this initiative is solely to connect with the people outside the Institute and share the resources with them.
For the purpose, the ‘SFIT Social Responsibility Cell’ and ‘SFIT Library’ have decided to organize a “Book Donation Drive” in the campus from April 9 to 22, 2015. We all have so many un-used books lying in our book-shelves. Some are read, re-read; others have no foreseen use.
You are requested to donate such books and other new books for this event and make it a success. Books related to engineering subjects, educational, general and novels are most welcome.
Please ensure the following points so that your donation of a book may be considered:
ü The books should be in good reading condition.
ü They should not have any obscene content.
ü Photocopies of original books are a strict no-no.

Collection Dates: 10th April to 22nd April, 2015
Collection Points: Boxes will be available outside the Canteen (Ground floor) and the Library (2nd floor) for your valuable donation of books.


PLEASE CONTRIBUTE TO THE BOOK DONATION DRIVE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Active Users for the month of March 2015

All the below mentioned students are eligible for one extra card for the month of April 30, 2015:


Sr. No. Member No's. ofTransactions
1 KEITH DIAS 20
2 RISHABH TIWARI 20
3 POOJA PANDIT 16
4 ASHOK MORE 16
5 SAWANT SAISH UMAKANT SHRADDHA 15
6 SONIA FERNANDES 13
7 RAMYA THOMAS 13
8 VASUDEV PURANDARE 12
9 SANCHEZ SEBASTIAN 12

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