DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES REPORT 2018-2019

REPORT ON STUDENT’S ORIENTATION PROGRAM

Date : 4th June 2018, Monday

Venue : Marian Auditorium, St Marys College, Thrissur

Timing : 9am – 3pm

Attendees : 2nd and 3rd year degree students and 2nd year Post

Graduate students of St Marys College

Facilities arranged by : Department of Commerce and

Department of Management Studies (BBA)

Resource Person : Father Raju Akkara

Profile of the resource person:

Ordination in the year 1994.

Done Masters in Theology from Dharmaram College Bangalore

Currently the vicar of Holy Family Church Chiyyaram

Organises classes and counselling sessions for parents, teachers, children etc

Topics covered :

Pencil Parable – 5 points that the pencil maker told the pencil before it was

being packed for sale.

1. You will be able to do many great things only if you allow yourself to be held

in someone’s hands.

2. You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time. But it will make

you the best pencil it can be.

3. You will be able to correct mistakes you might make or grow through them.

4. The most important part of you will be what is inside you.

5. And Five: On every surface you are used on, you must leave your mark. No

matter what the condition, you must continue to write.

How to gain self confidence?

How not to worry too much about others opinion

How to be a good social being

Targeting life skills – through Head, Heart, Hand, Health

Games conducted : Social skill games - Human Chess

Problem solving games – Human Knot

Utility of the program: Students were given recent life examples from the media. The class

threw light on how mis-happenings and unwanted thoughts can creep into their life. It gave

insights as to how they could find ways to sway them away. The class would help them to

grow as a god fearing good human beings and it was definitely an eye opener to the teenage

girls.

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REPORT ON STUDENT’S ORIENTATION PROGRAM

Date : 6th June 2018, Wednesday

Venue : Jubilee Hall, St Marys College, Thrissur

Timing : 9am – 3pm

Attendees : 2nd and 3rd year degree students and 2nd year Post

Graduate students of St Marys College

Facilities arranged by : Department of Commerce and

Department of Management Studies (BBA)

Resource Person : Dr. Joselet Mathew

Profile of the resource person:

Former Principal of Nirmalagiri College

Former vice president of The Principals Council Kerala

Senate member of Kerala Fisheries University

Master Trainer in Human Resource Development

Great Consultant of Higher Education

Topics covered :

Education – a spiritual journey through knowledge and enlightenment

Education process. – Information – Formation – Transformation

Stories explaining how to overcome hurdles, output of confidence and hard work,

listening and carelessness effects.

Principles to be followed to be successful in life

Utility of the program : Students were given live examples. The class threw light on

how to transform life with education. It gave insights as to how they could find ways to

overcome the hurdles in life. The class would help them to grow with confidence, pleasing

personality and right attitude.

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YOGA SESSION ON INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY 21/06/2018

The International Day of Yoga has been celebrated annually on 21 June since 2015,

following its inception in the United Nations General Assembly in 2014. Yoga is

a physical, mental and spiritual practice which originated in India. The Indian Prime

Minister, Narendra Modi, in his UN address suggested the date of 21 June, as it is

the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and shares a special significance in

many parts of the world.

The first International Day of Yoga created a record for the largest yoga class, and another

for the largest number of participating nationalities.

The Day has been criticised in India as a waste of money, and by religious groups as an

attempt by India to promote Hinduism through yoga.

As part of this mission Department of Management Studies organized a yoga session on

21st June 2018 atb Room No. 609 of BBA Department of St. Mary’s College.The duration

of the programme was from 2.00 pm to 3.15pm. Resource person for the programme was

Ms.Siji Andrews ,Yoga trainer, Pranah Yoga and Health Centre.She dealth with the topic

“Beating Menstrual Cramps with Yoga”.

Trainer explained the need of being healthy and the benefits of Yoga to the students.The

students were demonstrated few asanas which would help them in coping the menstrual

cramps and doing way wih gynec problems like PCOD.The demonstration was done by

Miss Dayana Rose student of 2nd year BBA who has been practicing Yoga for many years.

The session also included step by step practice of medication and explanation on maximum

inhale and exhale procedures that will help them in being refreshed in the classroom

atmosphere. There was a doubt clearing session too.

REPORT ON BLOOD DONORS DAY CELEBRATION

PROGRAMME 14/06/2018

Every year on 14 June, countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor

Day (WBDD). The event, established in 2004, serves to raise awareness of the need for

safe blood and blood products, and to thank blood donors for their voluntary, life-saving

gifts of blood.

World Blood Donor Day is one of eight official global public health campaigns marked by

the World Health Organization (WHO), along with World Health Day, World

Tuberculosis Day, World Immunization Week, World Malaria Day, World No Tobacco

Day, World Hepatitis Day, and World AIDS Day.

Transfusion of blood and blood products helps and save millions of lives every year. It can

help patients suffering from life-threatening conditions live longer and with higher quality

of life, and supports complex medical and surgical procedures. It also has an essential, life-

saving role in maternal and perinatal care. Access to safe and sufficient blood and blood

products can help reduce rates of death and disability due to severe bleeding during

delivery and after childbirth.

As part of this mission Department of Management Studies conducted a procession with

pluck cards throughout the campus to pass on the information of how important is donating

blood. The event was conducted on 14th of June 2018 at St. Mary’s College, Thrissur. Total

of 65 students participated in the programme from 2nd year and 3rd year BBA classes.

KARUNADHRAM

Business is always not profit. It is also a group of persons who have a good heart and

are empathetic to the needy segment of the society.

Department of Management Studies has actively participated in the initiative of St

Mary’s College named as “KARUNADRAM”. This year we were given an opportunity to

gift the food packets to the street livers, on July 27th, 2018 Friday. Students and teachers

brought food packets and they were collected near the college enquiry by 11 am. It was

taken to various streets in Thrissur, for distribution.

Department take these opportunities to bring an awareness among our students that we are

the ones who are liable to support the needy section of the society with a good heart. Filling

the stomach is equal to filling the heart and their smiles will give us more satisfaction than

any other luxury.

Our students never missed a chance to help the poor and they took charge of this event also

heart fully. And look forward for such chances in future.

KARGIL REMEMBRANCE DAY CELEBRATIONS 31/07/2018

Kargil Vijay Diwas, named after the successful Operation Vijay, is celebrated in India on

26 July. On this date in 1999, India successfully took command of the high outposts which

had been lost to Pakistan. The Kargil war was fought for more than 60 days, ended on 26

July and resulted in loss of life on both the sides. The war ended with India regaining

control of all the previously held territory, hence re-establishing the status quo ante

bellum. Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated on 26 July every year in honour of the Kargil

War's Heroes. This day is celebrated in the Kargil–Dras sector and the national capital New

Delhi, where the Prime Minister of India pays homage to the soldiers at Amar Jawan Jyoti

at India Gate every year.[2] Functions are also organized all over the country to

commemorate the contributions of the armed forces.

On 31st July 2018 Department of Management Studies conducted Kargil Rrmmbrance Day

Celebration at Chavara Seminar Hall of St. Mary’s College. Talk by Shri. Gopinathan

Nair, Secretary – Jilla Sainik Welfare Association, Thrissur. The talk was organized with

the sole focus of in-building national feeling in the young minds of the department.

REPORT ON STUDENT’S PARTICIPATION IN KERALA FLOOD RELIEF MISSION 2018

August 2018 saw a wild disaster of flood in the state. Students of Department of

Management Studies whole heartedly participated in flood relief mission organized by the

college, churches and local authorities.

St Mary’s college organized cleaning mission and personal hygiene and awareness

programs in various Panchayath. The most important one among those was at Tholoor

Panchayath. It is an island in the Adat Panchayath. It is surrounded by paddy fields (Puncha

paadam) and hence the area was very badly affected. All the house hold was evacuated.

The team from St Mary’s college cleaned all the houses with cleaning lotions and detol.

The wells were chlorinated. Personal hygiene awareness classes were also given.

TEACHER’S DAY REPORT 05/09/2018

A teacher (also called a school teacher or, in some contexts, an educator) is a person who

helps students to acquire knowledge, competence or virtue.

Informally the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. when showing a colleague

how to perform a specific task). In some countries, teaching young people of school age

may be carried out in an informal setting, such as within the family (homeschooling), rather

than in a formal setting such as a school or college. Some other professions may involve a

significant amount of teaching (e.g. youth worker, pastor).

In most countries, formal teaching of students is usually carried out by paid professional

teachers. This article focuses on those who are employed, as their main role, to teach others

in a formal education context, such as at a school or other place of initial formal education

or training.

Department of Management studies conducted Teachers Day on 5th September 2018. All

the teachers were fondly invited with roses and there was teacher’s day message from

Principal. Appreciation certificates were given away after that. There was also experience

sharing by faculty Dr Binu K, non-teaching faculty Ms. Leena and student Miss Gladwino.

They shared their experiences during their serving period in the relief camps, which was

very tearful. The function was indeed a rare heart touching experience for the campus. It

could refresh the human-hood of the students who were present there

REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES

INAUGURAL FUNCTION

Date : 18th September 2018, Tuesday

Venue : Jubilee Hall, St Marys College, Thrissur

Timing : 10.30 am – 12pm

Attendees : 1st and 2nd year degree students of the dept of BBA of

St Mary’s College

Facilities arranged by : Department of Management Studies (BBA)

Resource Person : Mr. CMA Madhu AP

Profile of the resource person:

As a Promoter / Entrprenour

Director , Hampshire Group of Companies - Financial, Cost & Management

Consultants

Director , Occident Management Solutions Pvt Ltd

Director , Frontline Polymers Pvt Ltd

Director , Baywatch Entertainments Pvt Ltd

Designated Partner , Masmara Collections LLP

Promoter – Hampshire Tax and Accounting Consultants , Dubai

As a Professional

Senior Partner , A.P.Madhu & Associates, Cost Accountants

Director , Hampshire Group of Companies - Financial, Cost & Management

Consultants

Director , Occident Management Solutions Pvt Ltd

Overall more than 27 years of experience on Costing , Management Audits ,

Accounts , Financial Management etc

Practising for about 13 years implementing Costing systems aiding companies in

Cost Reduction. Cost and Management Consultant for Elite Group of Companies,

Manappuram Group , Vaidyaratnam Group , Hykon , Oushadhi, SIFL , Amalgom

Group Kalyan Jewellers , KOSO India , Malabar Cements , Frontline Polymers ,

Everest Group of Companies etc

An expert in HR practices - TQM , 5S , Balanced Score Card , Performance

appraisal , PBIS etc

As a Teaching Professional

Served as a visiting Faculty to

John Mathai Centre , Calicut University MBA – MHA Programs – from 2005

onwards

Manappuram Academy for Professional Education 2013 , 2014

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India , Thrissur Chapter 2005 to 2011

Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India , Thrissur Chapter – 2005

to 2015

Amrita Institute of Arts and Management , Edappally as a Speaker for the

Management Seminars for the whole campus

Corporate Trainer in the areas of Cost Management , HR – Practices etc

As an Artist

Performed Various stage programs.

Chief Architect of Masmarasangeetham , a quarterly program of Music for

promoting young talents

A performer in monthly program of The Music Club Trichur , a charitable club

formed for past - for past two years

A performer in Thalam Cultural program

Positions Held

Past Chairman , Trichur Chapter of Cost Accountants of India.

Member , Institute of Management Accountants , USA

Member , Institute of Certified Management Accountants , Australia.

Hon Secretary , Music Club , Thrissur

Centennial President , Royal Lions Club , Thrissur

Life Member , Thrissur Management Association.

Life Member for Thyagaraja Brahma Sabha , Thrissur .

Patron , SWARAM – Society for Welfare , Assistance and Relief of Artists and

Musicians

Member , Railway Consultative Committee , Thrissur

Topics covered :

How to be a successful entrepreneur / Manager?

How competent is the world?

Explained with lots of videos and pictures the attitude of customers and

how to deal with them.

Utility of the program : Students were given recent business life examples. The class

threw light on how to be a successful businessman. It gave insights as to how they could

find ways to come up in our own away. The class was an eye opener to the upcoming

entrepreneurs.

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AWARNESS ON WATER BORNE DISEASES PROGRAM

The term waterborne disease is reserved largely for infections that predominantly are

transmitted through contact with or consumption of infected water. Trivially, many

infections may be transmitted by microbes or parasites that accidentally, possibly as a result

of exceptional circumstances, have entered the water, but the fact that there might be an

occasional freak infection need not mean that it is useful to categorise the resulting disease

as "waterborne". Nor is it common practice to refer to diseases such as malaria as

"waterborne" just because mosquitoes have aquatic phases in their life cycles, or because

treating the water they inhabit happens to be an effective strategy in control of the

mosquitoes that are the vectors.

Use good environmental management. Practice good personal hygiene. Take food safety

precautions to learn about the fundamentals of food safety so that you can protect yourself,

your friends, family and people in your community and by drinking properly treated water

will help to prevent such diseases.

In relation with Oral Rehydration Therapy, ORT Department of Management Studies of

St. Mary’s College, Thrissur organised an awareness programme about the topic ‘Water

Borne Diseases’ at Jubilee Hall on 26th October 2018. Dr.Prashanth (RMO), Mr. Varghese

(Health Inspector), Ms. Sreeparvathy (Sptd.Nurse) were the delegates who came for the

event, in which Dr. prashanth (RMO), addressed the issue. Duration of the programme was

about 2 hours. All 1st year degree students of BBA, B.COM, B.VOC and BSW departments

of our college participated throughout the session actively. Students were given a detailed

class about water borne diseases, how it’s caused, how can we overcome these diseases?

The class threw light on various diseases which was eradicated from the world due to

advancement in the medical field. It gave insights as to how we could find ways to sway

them away. The class helped them to grow an awareness program about the self hygiene

to be maintained in life.

Poster making and exhibition on management and women entrepreneurship

STEM related fields are heavily populated by men, and women are extremely

underrepresented. Many people believe this issue to be getting better, and although

it may be, it is still a large issue that must be addressed on a larger scale.From a

study done in 2010 by AAUW, it seems as though the underrepresentation stems

from societal norms that cause barriers. Some of these barriers include stereotypes

and gender bias. But one of the most important aspects that is often not recognized

as much is that some of these barriers come from the way that engineering and

mathematics programs at universities are geared more towards men. An example

outlined in this study was that a woman going into a math exam naturally feels more

pressure due to the idea that men are better at math, and the environment of being

in a room with more men would subconsciously affect performance as well. In

addition, women having the ability to get out of the mindset that they have a fixed

amount of intelligence is imperative in achieving more in the scientific world. There

are hundreds of peer-reviewed research papers written focusing on many different

aspects of education, specifically regarding STEM, that explain the implicit bias

against women. For example, a review, “Males under-estimate academic

performance of their female peers in undergraduate biology classrooms”, stated that

men rank their fellow male classmates as more knowledgeable than their female

peers.

Management is a daily task but it can be done efficiently when there is proper

training and education on it. Department of Management Studies of St. Mary’s

college Thrissur conducted a poster making and exhibition. The title of the activity

was “Poster making and exhibition on management and women

entrepreneurship.” The main aim was to propagate management concepts and

entrepreneurial traits in students in the campus, on 29th November 2018, also to

make them familiarize with the famous women entrepreneurs of Indian Business

scenario.

TAX TIME 11/12/2018

Income Tax Return is the form in which assessee files information about his Income and

tax thereon to Income Tax Department. Various forms are ITR 1, ITR 2, ITR 3, ITR 4, ITR

5, ITR 6 and ITR 7. When you file a belated return, you are not allowed to carry forward

certain losses.

The Income Tax Act, 1961, and the Income Tax Rules, 1962, obligates citizens to file

returns with the Income Tax Department at the end of every financial year. These returns

should be filed before the specified due date. Every Income Tax Return Form is applicable

to a certain section of the Assessees. Only those Forms which are filed by the eligible

Assessees are processed by the Income Tax Department of India. It is therefore imperative

to know which particular form is appropriate in each case. Income Tax Return Forms vary

depending on the criteria of the source of income of the Assessee and the category of the

Assessee.

Income Tax filing is the prime duty of every citizen in a country. To implant this knowledge

Department of Management Studies organized a session named “Tax Time”on 11/12/2018

at Chavara Seminar hall. Mr. Rajeev CMA and Mr.Jagadeesh CMA were the resource

persons for the session. They introduced the different slabs in tax filing and they also

described the importance of tax filing. All of our second year students actively attended

the session.

The programme was very informative and successful.

PARTICIPATION IN LEADERSHIP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM

AT NEHRU SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, PAMPADY

Final year graduates of Department of Management Studies of St Mary’s College

participated in the leadership empowerment program organized by Nehru School of

Management, Thiruwilwamala. It was on 12/12/2018. The students had an enlighting

session with a talk by Prof Alex Kuruvila, Senior Faculty of the college. It was followed

by two tasks – building the tallest structure with straw in 10 minutes and making

commercial project plan with paper planes. The tasks were enthusiastically completed by

the students, who had a real experience on how the leadership skills are going to be

beneficial for an individual and a team.

AWARENESS CLASS ON PERSONAL HYGIENE AT

ANGANVADI 18/01/2019

Apart from entrepreneurial traits, Department of Management Studies of St. Mary’s

College motivate their students to be socially responsible. Involving young people in

important community activities is growing in popularity. Through this involvement, the

youths are able to contribute positively to the development of their communities. Engaging

in social responsible activities also is seen as offering them an alternative to destructive

activities, such as drug and alcohol abuse. The idea of social responsibility is aimed at

developing the youths' social skills to appreciate the community, the environment and their

participation in the social and political processes.

Youth social responsibility involves developing a sense of commitment to the community.

From this commitment, youths are then able to engage in activities such as organizing

campaigns around certain societal issues, caring for the homeless, sick or elderly. Youths

who participate in such activities have been found to demonstrate better social skills in how

they interact with others in their community. They also have higher levels of civil

awareness and problem-solving skills. Engaging in social responsible activities also

increases career opportunities and higher academic achievement.

A team each from BBA 3rd year and 2nd year visited Government Anganvadi at

Venginissery and Pazhayannur on 18th January 2019. Our students distributed chocolates,

colouring books and crayons to the kids. The motive of the team was to give awareness

about personal hygiene to kids. It included the need for washing the hands properly before

and after food and toileting, regular bath on every day, covering hands while coughing etc.

As a part of imparting knowledge to others, the grass root level was selected. Government

Anganvadi was an apt selection for it. Students got to know how the small kids can be

educated for the well being of the future generations. They also recognized value of their

contribution to the community health and hygiene.

OLD AGE HOME VISIT 21-01-2019

We live in a world full of splendid things on one side, and on another side there is deep

darkness. That darkness led some people to earn their livings in an unfair way. Right now

there are millions of people living their lives on the footpath. We watch them from a

distance while passing in a car and wonder in what condition they are going through. But

could you remember; have you ever taken any action to help them? Have we ever taken

care of them? Have we ever tried to heal them with our kindness? Kindness is the action to

show them that you care and you want to love them more than they deserve. Kindness is

the most valuable traits that can be seen and felt by the blinds and heard by the deaf. People

would forget their pain with the flow of time but never forget the small kindness you

shower upon them.

Department of Management Studies of St. Mary’s College not only train their students to

do Business, but also we induce them to be kind and generous with their fellow beings.

Our department has organized a visit to Government Old Age Home, Ramavarmapuram

on 21st January 2019. It’s a yearly initiative by the department as a part of planting empathy

towards the depended and elderly citizens of the society. Monetary contributions were

collected from the students along with daily use items such as tooth paste, brush, soap and

bath towels for the inmates.

Students performed many entertaining programmes for them. It was very heart touching

when few of the inmates shared their experience on how their children left them in the old

age home. Students promised them that they will never do such things to their family

members.

We should keep in mind that we are not going to be remembered by our wealth, we will

live through our kind deeds .

MANAGEMENT QUIZ COMPETITION

Department of Management Studies initiated a quiz program for scholars on 13th February

2019.Selected students from all 1st year 2nd year and 3rd year students participated in the

event. The main focus was to enrich the team by assigning the team leadership to the

scholars. The students were instructed to prepare on management topics and current affairs.

This would also help them in preparation for MBA entrance examinations and interviews.

(Photographs are attached below)

KARUNADRAM

According to the concept of social responsibility the objective of managers for

taking business decisions is not merely to maximize profits or shareholders' value but also

to serve and protect the interests of other members of a society such as workers, consumers

and the community as a whole. Social commitment is an important feature of a successful

manager. Social responsibility is a duty every individual has to perform so as to maintain a

balance between the economy and the ecosystems. A trade-off may exist between economic

development, in the material sense, and the welfare of the society and environment, though

this has been challenged by many reports over the past decade.

We, Department of Management Studies focus on building a committed group of managers,

right from the campus.

As a part of this, the Department is always connected with the Karunardram programme

of giving food packets to the hunger and needy. It was on 27th July 2018 and 15th February

2019 that our students were ready with the food packets for this mission. Some brought

the packets from their homes, while some bought it from the canteen by paying for it.

There were 110 food packets each time. They enthusiastically took the responsibility of

neatly arranging and packing the packs, so that it was carried easily to the needy hands.

TALK ON WOMEN RIGHTS

Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide,

and which formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century

and feminist movement during the 20th century. In some countries, these rights are

institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behavior, whereas in others they

are ignored and suppressed. They differ from broader notions of human rights through

claims of an inherent historical and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women

and girls, in favor of men and boys.

Issues commonly associated with notions of women's rights include the right to bodily

integrity and autonomy; to be free from sexual violence; to vote; to hold public office; to

enter into legal contracts; to have equal rights in family law; to work; to fair wages or equal

pay; to have reproductive rights; to own property; to education and etc.

The Department of Management Studies of St.Mary’s College Thrissur organized a talk

about the topic “Women Rights” on 29th March 2019 at St. Joseph’s seminar hall. The

resource person for the programme was Advocate Sri. K G Satheesan. The programme

began at 2.00pm and ended up at 3.15pm. 1st year and 2nd year BBA students participated

in the event.

All women are valuable, capable, powerful, strong and women will not be silenced was the

end note of the programme

Profile of the resource person:

He is one of the leading advocates of Kerala. He is a Law

Graduate from Government Law College Thrissur. Also holds a Masters Degree in Social

Work in Family Counselling. He is handling civil, criminal and consumer cases in various

courts throughout Kerala. He also works as a legal advisor of life insurance corporation of

India. Apart from all these, he is handling different classes in various professional colleges,

residence associations etc, as a trainer of legal service authority.

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