READING INSPIRATION DAY 2021: REPORT

 READING INSPIRATION DAY 2021

We salute APJ Abdul Kalam and celebrate his monumental achievements as a Scientist, Scholar and the President of India. We fondly remember his passion for teaching education and for reading. Dr. Kalam truly ignited young minds with the power to think and innovate. Dr. Kalam is not with us today but his thoughts, ideals and vision for India live on forever.

As part of the virtual celebrations, the library conducted the following two events in collaboration with the NDLI Club:

1. Online Quiz on the Life and Times of Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam

2. Online Book Review Competition

3. Book Exhibition for the faculty members of SFIT

                                                    Poster for the Quiz Contest

24 students participated in the Online Quiz conducted as part of the Reading Inspiration Day.

Online Book Review Contest

Book Exhibition: 160 books were kept in the exhibition.

22 books were selected by faculty members (Ms. Josna Jose and Ms. Varsha Thandasarry) of the Electrical Engineering Department for their Departmental Library from the Book Exhibition.

As part of the virtual events, the library launched the following:

Wakelet on Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam - https://wakelet.com/wake/3t6vUJO2hXrmqHe4MRfsF

Padlet: https://padlet.com/sfitlibraryreference/zs4m6k35fys49ulw

Reading Inspiration Day 2021: e Quiz 1

 

St. Francis Institute of Technology Library & NDLI Club, Borivali, Mumbai organizes Quiz on “READING INSPIRATION DAY OR VAACHAN PRERANA DIWAS 2021”, to commemorate the Birth Anniversary of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on 15th October.

e Quiz Link: https://forms.gle/xdy4J9DWD4ngWqbS8

Reading Inspiration Day 2021: Online Book Review Contest

 

Dear SFITians

A Warm Greeting from….

St. Francis Institute of Technology

On the occasion of 'Vaachan Prerana Divas' (15th October), Birth Anniversary of our Former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 

 “NDLI Club” Invites you to participate in an Online Book Review Competition

🗓️ Date: 22nd October 2021 

⏱️ Time: 5:00 pm to 6:00pm

📌Registration is Free

 Registration Link: https://forms.gle/7vdwiRxujn7zEtKT7

 

Last Date for Registration: Friday, 15th October, 2021

Note: 

Registration is mandatory

 Rules and Guidelines: 

Students are required to review book other than textbooks and religious books.

One entry per student

Only SFIT students, faculty and non-teaching staff are allowed to take part in the contest.

The book review must be uploaded in pdf on the Google form itself.

Time allotted is strictly five minutes for presentation..

Medium of presentation English / Hindi /Marathi.

Join the meeting 10 minutes before the given time.

Decision of the Judges will be final and binding.

E-certificate will be provided to all the participants through the NDLI account present for the event.

All the other details will be given on the WhatsApp group from time to time.

 Join the whatsApp group for further information

WhatsApp group Link:

https://chat.whatsapp.com/DxXLUiJ34swKLa17aRrvXz

📌e-certificates will be generated through the NDLI account for all the participants  present for the event.

WISH YOU ALL THE BEST

Best Regards,

Dr. Sincy George

Principal

St. Francis Institute of Technology,

Borivali, Mumbai.

For any query contact:

Viral Soni

8898106479

Paul Fernandes

76660 90565

Chinmayee Bhange

9820336910

READING INSPIRATION DAY 2020: Report

 READING INSPIRATION DAY 2020

LIRC celebrates Reading Inspiration Day or Waachan Prerana Diwas every year on 15 October to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam – our ex-President and the Missile Man of India. Every year, we organize various activities such as Exhibition of books and Take Away of Donated books. 

This year due to the COVID 19 lockdown, we  conducted an Online Quiz which judged the respondent’s knowledge through guessing the book by the given description. 61 responses were received. The favourite genre of books was Fiction followed by True Stories and Autobiographies. Many varied book recommendations were received which we will compile and a selected few will be soon added to the library’s collection. A big thank you to Asso. Prof. Bidisha Roy (CMPN) and Asst. Prof. Jovita Serrao (ExTC) for the creative digital bookmarks.

Ms. Bidisha Roy

Ms. Jovita Serrao

                                    Department Wise Participation for the Quiz

Top Users for the Academic Year 2018-2019

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TOP USERS OF THE LIRC!

SN	NAME OF THE BEST USER	NO. OF TRANSACTIONS
1	MASCARENHAS RACHEL	278
2	LOBO ANDREA	222
3	GUPTA PRADEEP	196
4	CHAVAN ANKITA	187
5	PRASAD KAUSHAL	177
6	CRASTA RYAN	174
7	ANTONY ALEX	171
7	YADAV ANKIT KUMAR	171
8	OJHA ANOOP	167
9	BISHT SHIVANI	164
10	PHILIP FRANCIS FERNANDES	163

Reading Inspiration Week 9th October to 15th October 2019: Report

To commemorate the birth anniversary of our Ex-President and Visionary Scientist, Late Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam on 15^th October, the Learning and Information Resource Centre will be organizing the following activities:

Day	Activity
9th October 2019	Face-a-Book An Exhibition of In-House Books
11th October 2019	Sale of Weeded Out Books Come, grab the books at a nominal cost of Rs. 20/-
14th October 2019	Free Take Away of CDs
15th October 2019	Free Take Away of Donated Books

9-15 October 2019	Book Mark Design Contest	Theme – Read to Lead
9-15 October 2019	Share your thoughts on	Why I love books…
9-15 October 2019	Essay Competition on	I just love reading books

Participants of the Contest: Chaitanya Shirodkar, Sneha Patange and Manasvi Bhand

Best Readers of the Academic Year 2018 – 2019 Awards:

SN	NAME OF THE BEST USER	NO. OF TRANSACTIONS
1	MASCARENHAS RACHEL	278
2	LOBO ANDREA	222
3	GUPTA PRADEEP	196
4	CHAVAN ANKITA	187
5	PRASAD KAUSHAL	177
6	CRASTA RYAN	174
7	ANTONY ALEX	171
7	YADAV ANKIT KUMAR	171
8	OJHA ANOOP	167
9	BISHT SHIVANI	164
10	PHILIP FRANCIS FERNANDES	163

Reading Inspiration Week 8 to 15 October 2018: Report

To commemorate the birth anniversary of our Ex.President and Visionary Scientist, Late Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam on 15th October, the Learning and Information Resource Centre is organizing the following activities:

Day	Activity
8th -9th October, 2018	In-House Exhibition of Books
10th October,2018	Take Away of CDs
11th-12th October,2018	Take Away of Donated Books Display and Sale of Book Bank Weeded out Books
15th October, 2018	Display of books on Late Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

 

An Inhouse exhibition of a variety of books on subjects other than engineering such as Psychology, Presentation Skills, Management, Leadership.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A few CDs received along with books and magazines were kept for “Take Away” for the benefit of members. As many as 72 CDs were taken by students. 

 

Our faculty members, students - both current and alumni are gracious book donors, thereby refreshing our collection. Thanks to all of them! We continued with their legacy by making these books available “free of cost” to anyone who visited the library on that day. A total of 255 books were displayed and all these books were happily carried by our students and staff members.

28 books from the Book Bank were kept for sale at a minimum cost for the benefit of our members.

8 books on the theme Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam were kept on display. Many students borrowed the books inspired by the life of the great scientist of India.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Following books were kept on Display: 

1] B8162 INDIA 2020: A VISION FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM.    By KALAM, A.P.J.ABDUL./RAJAN,Y.S. NEW DELHI/VIKING/1998 [On Display] 658.15

[2] B8164 ETERNAL QUEST. LIFE AND TIMES OF DR.AVUL PAKIR JAINULABDEEN ABDUL KALAM.    By CHANDRA, S, ED. NEW DELHI/PENTAGON PAPERBACK, NEW DELHI./2002 [On Display] 920.02

[3] B9764 ENVISIONING AN EMPOWERED NATION : TECHNOLOGY FOR SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATION    By KALAM, APJ ABDUL/PILLAI, SIVATHANU A. NEW DELHI/TATA McGRAW-HILL/2004 [On Display] 920 KAL/PIL

[4] B12980 IGNITED MINDS : UNLEASHING THE POWER WITHIN INDIA    By KALAM, APJ ABDUL NEW DELHI/VIKING/2002 [On Display] 920 KAL

[5] B17607 INDOMITABLE SPIRIT    By KALAM, A.P.J. ABDUL DELHI/RAJPAL/2006 [On Display] 808.85 KAL

[6] B19208 YOU ARE BORN TO BLOSSOM: TAKE MY JOURNEY BEYOND(BIO)    By KALAM, A.P.J. ABDUL/TIWARI, ARUN K. NEW DELHI/OCEAN PAPERBACKS/2008 [On Display] 920 KAL/TIW

[7] B20695 SCIENTIFIC INDIAN, THE: A TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY GUIDE TO THE WORLD AROUND US    By KALAM, A.P.J./RAJAN, Y.S. NEW DELHI/PENGUIN/2010 [On Display] 629.40954 KAL/RAJ

[8] B23664 TURNING POINTS: A JOURNEY THROUGH CHALLENGES    By KALAM, A.P.J. ABDUL INDIA/HARPER COLLINS/2012 [On Display] 926 KAL

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