Rizwan Shaikh has participated/officiated in the All India Shito-Ryu Open Karate Championship organized by Asian Shito-Ryu Sports Karate-Do Association and Belgavi Zilla Karate-Do and Boxing Association of Karnataka (R) held at Indoor Hall, Yadur, Belgavi, Karnataka on 4th and 5th November, 2017. He is awarded Gold Medal in the Kumite event in the Open Category.
Pillai College of Arts Commerce & Science, New Panvel Men’s Volleyball team clinched the Mumbai University Inter Collegiate Volleyball Championship 2017-18 title by beating the defending champions of long 9 years Thakur ACS, Kandivali by a score of (25-21, 25-18). This is the first time in the history of Mumbai University that a college from Navi Mumbai Raigad winning this title. The team led by Ashish Pandit (S.Y.M.Com.) played an excellent volleyball throughout the championship which held at five zones. Atotal of 142 colleges participated in the tourney. In their first inter zone match Pillai ACS beat the champion of V zone SH Hegshetye College from Konkan region. In final league they beat RJC, Ghatkopar and SPK College, Sawantwadi in straight two sets. Dishant Rawat, Manoj Seegu, Jaydeep Holgar and Sagar Rathod played exceptional volley with the supports of Ashutosh bhoir and Manthan Raut. The Inter zone Volleyball held at Birla College, Kalyan.
Pillai College of Arts Commerce & Science, New Panvel Handball Women Team won Runners-up position in the Mumbai University Inter Collegiate Handball Championship held at CKT College, Panvel. In the finals they narrowly lost to Banda College, Thane by mere score of 7-6. Team led by T.Y.B.Com. student Ms. Suman Salian played an excellent show of Hand ball skills inn the tourney.
Pillai College of Arts Commerce & Science, New Panvel retained Runners-up position and Silver Medal in Mumbai University Football Championship, were more than 200 college teams participated.
The team led by Vinil Poojari (T.Y.B.Com.) showed wonderful display of soccer, failed to convert a goal after attempting it for a dozens of time and positioning the ball more than 65% of total time duration. The defending champion and the finalist KC College never get an upper hand in the match scored a goal which is the only time they managed to attack PCACS. PCACS Eleven displayed a high degree of soccer skill throughout the tournament.
The following students of our college are selected to represent the University of Mumbai at All India Inter-University Ball Badminton (Men) Tournament 2017-18 to be organized by Yogi Vemana University, Vemanapuram, Kadapa (Andgra Pradesh).
1. Ashwinraja Fernando, S.Y.B.Com.(A.F.)
2. Shubham Vaishnav, F.Y.B.Com.(A.F.)
3. Sachin Choudhary, F.Y.B.Com.(A.F.)
4. Pradeep Ravriya, T.Y.B.M.S.(H.R.)
5. Naved Shaikh, S.Y.B.Com.(A.F.)
It is a double warmly for Pillai Volleyball as their Men won the Gold and the counterpart women’s Volleyball team led by Ankita Khatayat (T.Y.B.Com.) won Silver Medal at Mumbai University Inter Collegiate Women Volleyball Championship 2017-18 held at Podar College, Matunga from 3rd to 6th October, 2017. This is also came as a great achievement as team who ranked 13th managed to reach 2nd slot out of 62 college teams. Prerana Sharma, Akansha Pandey, Sweta Gowda and Sneha played good game of volleyball throughout the tournament.
PCACS Men Team won Gold Medal in Pep Sight Rifle Shooting Competition and the Women’s Team won the Gold Medal in Open Sight event. In Men’s Open Sight Team event the Pillai College of Arts Commerce and Science Men Team stood runners-up with Silver Medals. The PCACS team become the overall champions in Air Rifle Shooting Championship of Mumbai University.
Kiran Jadhav of Pillai College of Arts Commerce and Science, New Panvel won the individual champion in the Men’s Peep sight event and Miss. Kirandeep Saini of the same college won the Silver Medal in women’s Open Sight event. Another PCACS man Sumit Patil won Bronze Medal in Open Sight event.
Pillai College of Arts Commerce and Science, New Panvel Men’s Volleyball Team retained the runners-up title of Mumbai University Inter Collegiate Volleyball Championship held at K.B. Patil College, Vashi. The team lost to Thakur College in a five setter game (3-2).