LIRC@SFIT

  Vaachan Prerana Diwas (Reading Inspiration Day) was celebrated in St. Francis Institute of Technology (Borivali, Mumbai) to commemorate the birth anniversary (15 October) of Late dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam - the Missile Man of India. As part of the celebrations, the Learning and Information Resource Centre (Central Library) initiated a few activities as outlined below: 1) Take Away of Books 2) Sale of withdrawn books 3) Book Exhibition 4) Modification of the overdues 5) Extending Scholar's Card facility to students whose GPA is =/> 8.6. The LIRC witnessed a huge response for the Take Away of books and the Sale of Withdrawn book bank books. More than 150 people visited the library and an odd 100 availed the same. Staff and students alike were happy and all smiles since almost everybody got something to carry with them. Book Exhibition was well organized with a majority of the books on "Wireless Communications". Many faculty members glanced ...

Happy to note that 100 people including staff and students of SFIT availed the "Take Way of books, CDs and magazines! A big thank you for making the " Vaachan Prerana Diwas " ( Reading Inspiration Day) " a success!! Photos will soon follow this post!

GOOD NEWS!! GOOD NEWS !! GOOD NEWS !! Fine Structure has been changed with effect from October 15, 2015 to mark the Celebrations of Vaachan Prerana Diwas. Rupees 2/- per day for the first five days Rupees 5/- per day for the next ten days Rupees 10/- per day subsequently

 Vedantu enables students in remote areas to receive tuition from highly qualified teachers The platform has now completed providing 21,000 hours of live learning to more than 17,000 students through 180 listed teachers. Bengaluru: Its almost 4 pm on a Tuesday afternoon and Vasavi gets ready to take her daily physics lessons for 9th and 10th graders. An Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras graduate, Vasavi, on maternity leave from her corporate job, dedicates three hours daily to tutoring students from Bengaluru, Delhi, Chennai and remote towns such as Rudrapur in Uttarakhand. In Wani taluk, Yavatmal district in Maharashtra, 9th grader Tanusha M. gets ready for her physics and mathematics class. She takes two classes from highly qualified teachers whose location Tanusha does not know. She only knows them through their qualifications and names. Vasavi and many others like her are teachers by choice and Tanusha is one of the thou...

MUMBAI: In an effort to garner interest for poetry among students, the state education department will put the poems in textbooks to music in the voice of popular artists with background scores. Sur Kavitanche, as the initiative is called, is a brain child of deputy director, Mumbai, B B Chavan. It is slated to kickstart with the launch of an album of poems from the Class V Balbharti textbook in Marathi. "Children learn movie songs so quickly because they are catchy and interesting. We wanted to do something similar for the poems as well. If the poems have a tune to it, students will be able to sing them and teachers too will be able to teach them better," said Chavan. The album will be launched at the B N Vaidya Auditorium, Dadar, on October 20. To ensure easy and free access to these recordings, the education department will host them on their website. "We want maximum number of teachers and students to benefit from this. We will also be creating a mobile applicat...

CELEBRATION OF “VAACHAN PRERANA DIWAS” (READING INSPIRATION DAY) IN THE LIRC To mark the birth anniversary (October 15) of our ex-President, Late Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, WACHAN PRERANA DIWAS (READING INSPIRATION DAY) would be celebrated in the Learning and Information Centre from October 13 to 16, 2015. Following activities would be organized as a part of the 4- day long celebrations; mark your calendars accordingly: 1) Sale of withdrawn book bank books on 13 October, 2015 2) Take Away of books on 15 October, 2015 3) Book Exhibition on 15 – 16 October, 2015