The NSS takes the initiative to educate students by organizing Leprosy Education, Rehabilitation and Treatment Campaign by an NGO, ALERT – INDIA every year. Donor cards are issued by Alert India and the college holds an incredible record in collecting and donating contributions to ALERT – INDIA. This year too the N.S.S. unit received award from ALERT – INDIA for the applaudable contribution given for leprosy eradication.
Kotak Education Foundation is an NGO. It supports children and youth from under privileged families through various education based interventions. N.S.S. Unit of Pillai College of Arts, Commerce & Science (Autonomous) has been collaborated with the KEF to bridge the gap with the Spoken English Programme, by training these students to understand and speak the language better. These efforts taken by the N.S.S. Unit has been recognized and has been awarded by Kotak Education Foundation for helping in remedial coaching in government schools in Govandi and Mankhurd areas
Kotak Education Foundation is an NGO. It supports children and youth from under privileged families through various education based interventions. N.S.S. Unit of Pillai College of Arts, Commerce & Science(Autonomous) has been collaborated with the KEF to bridge the gap with the Spoken English Programme, by training these students to understand and speak the language better. These efforts taken by the N.S.S. Unit has been recognized and has been awarded by Kotak Education Foundation for helping in remedial coaching in government schools in Govandi and Mankhurd areas
B.M.S. department organized a seminar on ‘Management skill Development Programme’ on 16th August, 2019 at 11 a.m., in association with ‘Barclay’s Bank’ and ‘Ace Pro factor US’. The idea behind having such a seminar was to guide the 300 BMS students who attended the seminar regarding managerial & corporate skills.
The department coordinator Mrs. Nithya Varghese delivered an introductory speech by welcoming the speaker and Hon’ble guests. Madam explained the purpose behind the seminar, while the guests were lighting the diyas.
The speaker for the seminar was Squadron leader Neha Malhotra, who is a seasoned ex IAF Officer with over 10 years of services in dept. of HR & 3 years of experience as National level corporate trainer. She is specialist in corporate soft skill development, campus to corporate programs, corporate leadership & recruitment programs.
The Guest of Honor was Jeffin Ani Johns & Jasmine Nannavan. The former is a certified international trainer & award winning entrepreneur with a clientele of over 120 clients in 4 continents & winner of over prestigious awards from Economic times, Brainfeed magazine.etc. He is CEO & Cofounder of Brainkeeda & CEO for JTE group; who have been nominated last year to represent India in European startup festival in Italy. The latter, Ms.Jasmine, a dual PG, helps at Ace Pro Factor.
The speaker, Ms.Neha, first explained the importance of management skills in today’s corporate world. She then informed students about the VUCA world & how to survive in it. She then further went on explaining about strategic thinking & decision-making by conducting an activity. She also shared her personal experiences from IAF to explain it well. She continued by explaining about working in groups & the barriers to it along with its solutions.
“Different people perceive things differently; so communication should be clear & concise”, was concluded by Ms. Neha from an activity she gave the students. She spoke briefly about the 7 C’s of effective communication & the different ways of communication. She told, “46% of our communication is based on our body language. Rest all is secondary.” She concluded the seminar by sharing few leadership skills. The seminar was highly informative and interactive.
After that, Mr. Jeffin took over the stage and spoke about Barclay’s Bank. He also announced that all the students will be getting a participation certificate.
The seminar ended on a happy note; with students having knowledge of management, leadership & communication skills. Overall it was a wonderful experience. More than 600 B.M.S. students benefited out of this program.
The NSS unit organized a session on Youth and HIV-AIDS Awareness on 16th August, 2019.
The Key speakers of the day was Mr. Sanjay Man DPM, Alibag, Mr. Vikas Kompale, Councilor and Mr. Rameshwar Mule, Councilor. The speakers’ highlighted the impact of HIV/AIDS on young people. The aim of the HIV/AIDS Awareness Programme was to empower and increase the awareness of HIV/AIDS, its impact, management and availability of support systems.
The NSS Unit of PCACS organised the Swachha Bharat Abhiyan Activities as per the action plan on 14th August, 2019. Students of S.Y. and T.Y. B.Sc. Information Technology visited the Zilla Parishad School at Vichumbe and conducted these activities. Around 25 students participated in this. The volunteers reached the venue by 10:00 a.m. They got into groups and were engaged in cleaning the class rooms, the floors, benches, blackboards and the entire school premises. The volunteers did their best to bring smile on the faces of the students and villagers. They also visited Old age home and conducted cleanliness drive. Their work was highly appreciated by the inmates.
As per the permission granted by CIDCO the N.S.S. unit of PCACS conducted cleanliness activities at CIDCO garden near CKT College. NSS Volunteers of S.Y. B.Com. A & B engaged in cleaning the entire garden and also generated cleanliness awareness among the masses. All these activities were organized on 14th August, 2019. Around 15 students participated in this activity. The public who witnessed the work, highly commended the active participation of the volunteers.
Alarmed by the increasing environmental threat posed by plastic, volunteers of N.S.S.
Unit launched an anti-plastic drive by distributing paper carry bags to the vendors of the Panvel market on 14th August, 2019. The youngsters, committed to spreading the environmental message, organized rally carrying placards. They also urged the public to refrain themselves from the use of plastics in their daily life. The public appreciated the efforts of the students.
The National Service Scheme of Pillai College of Arts, Commerce & Science celebrated Golden Saturday with Alumni on 10th August, 2019 on account of 50 years of Mahatma Education Society in 2020. The Chief Guest of the day was our alumni, Ms. Gurpreet Kaur Khalsa, Founder, Gurpreet Kaur Leadership and Development. The session was on ‘Mental Health and Positive Thinking’ and all the NSS volunteers participated with great enthusiasm.
As a part of the massive drive launched by the Maharashtra Government to increase the green cover across the State, the N.S.S. volunteers of Pillai College of Arts, Commerce & Science organized a one day tree plantation drive on 2nd August, 2019. 36 students successfully planted 180 saplings at Khuthari village in spite of heavy rains. The students showed great enthusiasm in planting them and they knew their hard work would yield more benefits.
180 planted successfully in spite of heavy rain.
The FINANZA Association of B.Com. (Accounting and Finance) of Pillai College of Arts, Commerce and Science conducted One Day Intra Collegiate Festival Finacle 2019 on Thursday 1st August, 2019. The Committee was enthusiastic and happy for getting more than 70 participants from the college itself from various streams like B.Com.A&F, B.Com., B.M.M. and B.M.S. The participation of students of first year of all these classes was overwhelming. The inauguration was done by the head of the Department of B.Com. (Accounting and Finance) Dr. Abida Khan under the guidance of Prof. Sunita Saini and Prof. Chaitanya Athalye. The participants learned finance in a fun way through games such as Tally Ho-Jaa, Think Reverse, and Guess the price. The students also actively participated in Fun Games such as Fastest Mouth First, Whisper Music Challenge, Emoticon Dum Charades, Word Search and 4-Event Game wherein they learned co-ordination and Co-operation with enjoyment and fun. The winner of each game was given on the spot cash-prize and the winners of all the games and participants of Finance Games were facilitated with certificates as well.
The feedbacks of the participants were appreciating and they enjoyed the event and showed their interest to participate in the event next year as well. The event ended around 3:00 pm with Vote of Thanks by Prof. Sunita Saini.
A social awareness program on Yuva Mahiti Doot was organized by NSS unit of Pillai College of Arts, Commerce & Science, New Panvel on 30th July, 2019 which is an initiative by Maharashtra Government. The purpose of this initiative is to increase volunteerism among youths and to disseminate information about various Government schemes directly to the prospective beneficiaries through students at graduate and postgraduate level in different streams in colleges all over Maharashtra. All Volunteers attended the demo of Yuva Mahiti Doot Mobile application and Process of Registration. The students were also appealed to spread this awareness to others.