Nikhil Poojary, PCACS student got selected in the Indian Under 23 years Football Team.
Ankita Kathayat, PCACS student got selected to represent the University at WEST ZONE INTER-UNIVERSITY VOLLEYBALL Tournament for Women 2015-16 to be held at Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University.
Mahatma Education Society’s Pillai College of Arts, Commerce and Science Football team has created history by becoming the First Navi Mumbai College to win the prestigious Mumbai University Inter-Collegiate Football Championship. A truly great achievement as they came first out of the more than 200 colleges who participated in the tournament.
They defeated Khalsa College in the finals by a score line of 1-0 held at the University Pavilion in Marine lines on the 11th October, 2015. Mohammad Ishaq was the Man of the Hour as he scored the winning goal of the match just before halftime.
Nikhil Poojari and his brother Vinil Poojari, Vaibhav Karpe and Daniel Muttu played exceptionally well for Pillai’s. The team was trained by coach Mangesh Daniel and guided by Prof. KT John.
This was the third time in succession that the Pillai team had reached the finals of the tournament. In the previous two years they lost the finals in nail biting encounters. But third time proved to be lucky for the Pillai team. They dominated the match from start to finish and were deserving winners of the tournament beating top teams such as Thakur College on their way to the finals.
Sandesh Puthran, captain of the team stressed, “Teamspirit and years of hard work were responsible for us winning the tournament”.
Star player Nikhil Poojary took time to thank the people behind the scenes such as the coaches and the management who supported the team throughout the year.
Dr. Daphne Pillai, Principal, Pillai College of Arts, Commerce and Science, commented, “We are truly very proud of the whole team. They promised us that they would win the tournament this year and practiced day and night to attain their goal. They truly deserve to be Champions.”
The spiking of champions of Raigad and Navi Mumbai retain the second position and the runners-up position of University of Mumbai Volleyball 2015-16. The team led by Dishant Rawat trashed every teams they came across in handsomely, but unfortunately didn’t make it to the top slot.
In the semi final (league) the the Pillai College of Arts Commerce and Science (PCACS), New Panvel the host, over powered a star studded Ramnarayan Junjunwala College, Ghatkopar, a team which positioned itself as a top contender by volleyball experts in a five set thriller (25-14, 26-28, 25-22, 23-25, 15-7).
But in the finals unfortunately, PCACS fail to show up their performance they shown with RJC-Ghatkopar and went down in a four setter match (26-28, 23-25, 25-14, 22-25) against the defending champion Thakur College of Arts Commerce and Science, Kandivali.
The tournament was conducted at Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai Campus from 2nd to 5th October, 2015.
Department organized One Day Workshop on “Preparation of Subjects and Question Papers of T.Y.B.Com. Accounting and Finance VI Semester” where 195 students participated from various colleges from Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Uran area. Experts were experienced faculty from well known colleges.
Details of the workshop as below:
Inauguration - Chief Guest | Dr. Vishnu Nivrutti Yadav, Principal, Shankar Narayan College, Bhayandar |
Session I - Cost Accounting | C.A. Gurunathan Pillai, Coordinator, B.Com.A/F Ghanshyamdas Saraf College, Malad |
Session II - Financial Accounting Paper VII | C.A. Chandrashekhar Sawant, S.I.E.S. College, Sion |
Session III - Financial Accounting Paper VI | Prof. Dhanabalu Naikar Raju |
Session IV and V - Financial Management and Tax | Dr. Allan D’Souza, Vice Principal, Gurunank Khalsa College |
Guidance lectures are regularly conducted to boost confidence of students and motivate them towards the examination at college and university level.
During the first term for third year students, guidance lectures were conducted in the subject of financial Management, Cost Accounting, and Financial Accounting V on 30th September, 2015. The experts were Prof. Dhanabalu Naikar Raju and Prof. Chandrashekar Ashok Sawant from SIES College, Sion.
Conducted Guidance Lecture by inviting Guest Lecturers from different colleges to guide the Final year students of Semester V in subjects like Global Capital markets, Foreign Exchange Markets, Regulations of Securities Markets and Derivatives Markets etc. on 28th and 30th September, 2015.
Revision Sessions were conducted for T.Y.B.Sc.(I.T.) students from 21st to 30th September, 2015.