Pillai College of Arts, Commerce and Science organised a Workshop for the NSS students on leprosy in association with the group of ALERT INDIA on 3rd August, 2012.
The organisers of ALERT INDIA explained today the diagnosis and treatment of leprosy is easy and most endemic countries are striving to fully integrate leprosy services. This is especially important for those under served and marginalised communities most at risk from leprosy, often the poorest of the poor.
The NSS students come to know information campaigns about leprosy in high risk areas are crucial so that patients and their families who were historically ostracised from their communities are encouraged to come forward and receive treatment. The most effective way of preventing disabilities in leprosy as well as preventing further transmission of the disease lies in early diagnosis and treatment with MDT.
The NSS students decided to help ALERT INDIA by contributing donation so that they put some effort in the elimination of leprosy. The entire workshop was coordinated by the NSS programme officer Prof. Shabab Rizvi.
Organized an Expert Lecture on the topic “Financial Planning for Young Investors”, on 19th June, 2012 by Prof. Shashank Dublish, Rajkumar Goyal Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad.
Organised a Seminar on “Appropriate Career Selection and Planning for Women” on 17th January, 2012 by Prof. S. S. Lele, Professor and Head, Food Engineering and Technology Department, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai.
A visit to RBI Monetary Museum on 10th January, 2012.
- Our S.Y. B.M.M. student, Ms. Aishwarya Sridhar is very fortunate to have been awarded the Sanctuary Asia’s Young Naturalist Award in 2011.
- She has written more than 50 poems on natures which have been published in many leading newspapers and wildlife magazines like Sanctuary Asia and Saevus.
- A conservationist at heart, she has conducted nature trails for students to spread the message of conservation.
- She also conducts campaigns at various schools on the need to preserve our environment.
- She was also a part of the NDTV Save Our Tiger Campaign 2010 and 2012 had come live form Mumbai with Bollywood Actress Dia Mirza to recite her poem on Tiger Poaching.
- Some of her wildlife photographs had been showcased in an exhibition at Pune.
- Her photograph of a mother sparrow feeding its chick won the second prize in the World Photography Competition by PAWS. Also her poem on sparrows won the 2nd prize in the World Poem Writing Competition by PAWS.
- Three photographs of her were displayed at the 34th International Codisssa Exhibition. She won a special mention too for one of the picture.
- Recently three pictures taken by her were selected for “Aves”, which is an All India Bird Fest.
Mahatma Education Society would like to congratulate Pillai College of Arts, Commerce and Science (PCACS) student Suryakumar Yadav for winning the MA Chidambaram Trophy for the Best Under-22 cricketer of the year award at the BCCI Awards Ceremony held in Chennai on 10th December, 2011. He scored 721 runs at an average of 80.11 in seven matches, inclusive of two centuries and four half centuries in the calendar year.
Suryakumar Yadav has not looked back since playing a starring role in the finals of the Champions League Twenty 20 Cricket tournament in which his team, the Mumbai Indians defeated the Royal Challengers from Bangalore. He has followed that achievement by scoring a double hundred for Mumbai against Orissa in a Ranji Trophy game and then by scoring a cracking century against Saurashtra. He has been in brilliant form all season and if he continues this scoring trend he will definitely in consideration to play for the Indian Cricket National team pretty soon.
The whole of Mahatma Education Society is behind Surya for him to fulfill his lifelong dream of playing for the national team one day. Good luck Surya!
A Lecture on “Power of Mind” was organized by Mr. Sanjay Rahate on 21st October, 2011 for staff members.
A Lecture on “Eye Care” was organized by Dr. Santosh Kumar Nair on 20th October, 2011.
Literary Association organised an invited talk on “Being Ordinary to Extraordinary” on 21st September, 2011. This session was headed by Mr. Sanjay Rahate.
Tobacco is the single greatest cause of preventable death globally. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that tobacco caused 5.4 million deaths in 2004 and 100 million deaths over the course of the 20th century. To create awareness among the youngsters, Pillai’s N.S.S. Unit organized a talk on “Substance Abuse – Side Effects of Smoking” by Dr. Manish Bhanushali at Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai Campus on 12th September, 2011. Dr. Manish stressed on the long term effects of smoking such as lung cancer, emphysema, cardiovascular diseases and premature ageing. He also said that It’s important to understand in the short term smoking cigarettes can be every bit as dangerous.
The following are 6 of the most dangerous short term side effects of smoking that were highlighted by him:
- Increased blood pressure.
- Increased heart rate.
- Narrowing of the arteries.
- Reduced amount of oxygen the blood can carry.
- Carbon monoxide levels in the blood rise.
- Creates an imbalance in the demand for oxygen by the cells.
- The talk really helped the young minds to be on the right directions for a better health.