NEWS @ MANGALAM

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Volume 1 Issue 1 A Quarterly Publication from Mangalam Group of Educational Institutions November 2010 Paid news syndrome can tarnish polity, says Ansari “The recent practices of leveraging political and economic content in our media for overt and covert revenue generation have the malevolent potential to tarnish our polity and even destabilize the economy,” Mr. Ansari said. Speaking at the inauguration of M.C. Varghese Memorial Lecture series in Delhi, he said this has led the Editors Guild and the Press Council to investigate “the phenomenon of electoral malpractices of paid news and coverage packages.” Mr. Ansari, who was speaking on the topic ‘Indian Media in the New Century’, said that while by the 1990s, the tradition of a free press had been firmly established, “the winds of economic liberalisation brought with them the elements of the market economy that have changed the DNA of our media organizations.
The Vice‐President expressed concern that with media organisations turning into large business entities with thousands of employees and huge financial assets, “their primary professional duty to their readership has been diluted by the commercial logic of catering to the interests of the shareholders of the holding companies.” Mr. Ansari said the pursuit of profit has altered the profile of the media entrepreneur. “Today, a media enterprise is seen as a necessary subsidiary for a growing business enterprise, a political party and even individuals seeking to leverage public influence for private gain. “On the other hand deception, opaque flow of political information, or slanted economic data prevents political and economic actors from exercising rational and well considered choices. They impede the democratic process and could lead to public disenchantment,” he said. Vice President Hamid Ansari inaugurates the M C Varghese Memorial Lecture Series in New Delhi. Beside him is Former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan and Shri M.P. Veerendrakumar 1 An Era of Corporate Responsibility Today, main stream corporate are not sidelined as mere entrepreneurs or business establishments. On the contrary, big companies are now identified as true friends of the society in rendering a portion of their net profit for socially committed services. In the years to come, socially responsible corporate will be able to serve a lot for the overall development of our country. “Never ever let yourself a prey to any mode of corruption. Uphold your personality by exalting your professional integrity .” We at Mangalam aim at generating professionals with integrity. We exhort that the students have to realize their real self, develop an artistic approach, uphold the values and fundamental qualities and continue with professional ethics and expertise obtained during the professional education Our sole objective is to cultivate initiative, innovation and inspiration in students and developing their potential to succeed in a global management leadership. ­ Director Commercialisation of media is a dangerous trend : Former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan
Former Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan called for “introspection” on the recent commercialisation of the mass media as it had some adverse effects on journalistic practices. Mr. Balakrishnan said when media establishments become preoccupied with the size of their readership or viewer ship, there is a greater likelihood of journalists resorting to intrusive news‐gathering methods and editors approving content without verifying the relevant facts or explaining their proper background. The Former CJI felt while “sting operations” and high‐
decibel reporting may be justified in exceptional circumstances, “they should not be resorted to as a matter of routine.” “Especially with regard to the legal system, there has been a raging debate about how unrestrained reporting often dilutes the right to fair trial for accused in high‐profile cases,” he said. Referring to suggestions to identify clear thresholds for restricting reporting on sub‐judice matters, he said “these restrictions will carry meaning only if the journalists themselves are willing to exercise restraint.”
Our Director Mr. Biju Varghese with the Former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan during the Inauguration of M.C Varghese memorial lecture series in New Delhi 2 Activities Moving From West to East ‐ Recent Trend The rate of robust economic growth that India is witnessing is a solid growth even as compared to that of China. The Consumption of rubber is an index which will probably tell us about the performance of a country. India has been taken the 4th position in consumption after China ,U.S and Japan .But we overtook Japan as well as US (which was expected after a decade) to hold the 2nd place. But as US recorded a negative growth of 32%, India could easily overtake US. Activities are moving from west to east. Now the trend is east produces and east consumes. So there will be lot of opportunities for the management graduates as the country needs them, said Shri Sajan Peter IAS ,Chairman, Rubber Board, while addressing the MBA graduates at the Farewell and Passing out Ceremony of the 4th MBA batch at Windsor Castle, Kottayam DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
The 6th MBA batch was inaugurated by Sri A J Rajan IAS on 14th July 2010.The Department felt very proud to have another batch of brilliant youngsters with us. We are honoured with the august presence of the parents. of the new students for the inaugural ceremony organised in the campus . Words of
Wisdom
“Let us hear
good, let us see
good, let us do
our mission
oriented divine
work of
serving God’s
creations and
all human
beings as long
as we are alive.
Let us work
together, let us
share the work
results
together, let us
get ourselves
enlightened
through cooperation, let
us not have
hatred towards
anyone, let
noble thoughts
come from all
over the world”
3 Induction Programme to Freshers INTERACTION WITH THE UNION MINISTER The induction programme “Erudition” was conducted from 28th June to 10th July by a Cochin based HR training firm Corporeta headed by Mr Vipin Roldand. The two week induction programme was designed in such a way to equip the student adaptive to the new professional environment An interactive session with the Hon’ble Union Minister, Prof. K V Thomas (Ministry of Agricuture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution ) by our S3 MBA students at his Delhi office on 2nd November 2010. “A student with dedicatiion, commitment and hardwork can reach greater heights” ‐ The politician turned Professor responded to the students while asking about the opportunites of management graduates in various sectors. Guest Talks:‐ Mr K M Roy, Columnist, gave a talk on “India –An Emerging Global Power” •
An interactive session on “Invesment in Capital Market ‐ Advantage of Starting Early” by Mr. Akshay Agarwal, MD of Acumen Capital Market India Ltd. •
A talk on “Performance Management – Practical skills required” by Dr.J Rajan, Professor IMK, University of Kerala ,Trivandrum. •
Mr Herbert Peters gave a talk on “Efficient use of anecdotes to success” •
Prof Prakash Nair, Asst. Prof., Musaliar College of Engineering, Pathanamthitta took a session on "Effective communication &Telephonic Etiquette” University Toppers :‐ “Getting our college’s
name on the University
rank slots was just a
small way of telling a
‘big thank you’ to our
institution, teachers and
friends”
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The Passing Out of 4th MBA batch – A Moment of Pride “Flame of lamp always burn upwards.
Similarly let the light of knowledge always
lead us to higher ideals”
-Gita N Ravi Karoor &
Merin Annie Kuriakose
4 An industrial visit by S1 MBA to HNL, Vellore. PTA Meeting 9
PTA meeting was conducted and an executive committee was formed with parents and teachers to strengthen the student department activities. Our Students During An Environment Visit To Vagamon Industry Institution Interface
A real time experience with the working of the organisation that helps the students to connect the theoretical knowledge gained during the academic pursuit. Our students with faculty members at Dharuhera Plant of Hero Honda, Haryana (left) and at The Times Of India (Bennet. Coleman & Co Ltd.), New Delhi (above). Our Third semester students also visited The Rashtarpathi Bhavan during their visit to Delhi. They got an opportunity to visit all the historic places in Agra, Jaipur and Delhi Other Industrial Visits ƒ
Our students visited Apollo Tyres, Perambra ƒ
A visit was made to Cochin Stock Exchange to augment their practical knowledge about capital market ƒ
Our students and faculty members also visited HUL’s bread Making Unit ,Edappally( Modern Foods) “Lighter Moments, Greener
thoughts”
An exhilarating experience with deep valleys and lush green meadows giving an ethereal touch Upcoming Events ‐ International Seminar on Green Management ‐ Placement Training & release of Placement brochure ‐ Visit to Navajeevan trust as part of the social service activities to serve the deprived ‐ Inhouse training programs for the students ‐ Budget Analysis
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Dr. Alexander Jacob (DGP) inaugurating the 9th batch of B.Tech students. Placement Activities Many reputed National and Multinational companies visit MLMCE for campus recruitment every year. Over 90% of the students secure job offers before they complete their program of studies. Good academic record, self confidence and personality are the ingredients to enroll in placement cell. This year 170 final B.Tech students were registered in the placement cell. On 6th November, Cyber Slash Support Conducted a campus recruitment drive at our college, where more than 250 students from 27 colleges came to our campus for recruitment process. Out of the total 18, our 8 students got Congratulations !!! placed. ™ Mr. Rijo Sebastian, (Lecturer ECE) secured first Ms. Silpa P.T EEE rank with Gold medal in Master Of Engineering Ms. Lavanya .V EEE (Embedded System Technology) from VMU Ms. Deepa S EEE Salem in July 2010. Mr. Venkadesh .K ECE ™ Ms.Indu Menon M, (Lecturer ECE) secured Ms. Aparna S ECE second rank in M.Tech (Digital Communication Mr. Kevin Kora Abraham ECE and Networks) from Kalasalingam University in Ms Ann Mathew CSE July 2010. Ms. Aiswarya S Kumar CSE Sixth branch added to Engineering The curriculum and branches of Engineering are in resonance with the vision and mission of Mangalam College of Engineering. One more feather to its decorated cap is the introduction of Civil Engineering Branch (the oldest and broadest Engineering discipline) with the objective to build quality engineers, who are behind the infrastructure of the world, from waterworks to sky scrapers, with their amazing creativity and technical skills. Onam at MLMCE.:‐ The Spirit of spreading the cultural extravaganza of Onam was well kept by the celebrations organised by the staff club of MLMCE.To add colour to the function,various cultural competitions were also held. “Spirit of Onam Beyond Boundaries “‐ Celebrations Organised by the Staff Club of MLMCE 6 ArtsOFiTech
Association of Royal Technical Students of IT, created by Vijay and
Bipod (during IT-7) triggering the start of some technical activities at
our college and to improve knowledge and skills of IT students of
Mangalam College of Engineering. With a vision in front of doing
something innovative which in turn can be beneficial for the IT
students, we also started a website www.artsofitech.com where all the
technical stuffs and study materials are made available to students
We had the official inauguration of our Association and of our blog on 5.10.2010 by our respected principal Mr. Binoy A
Mattamana along with our Dean and HOD's of the entire department and all the members of faculty from IT. We also had
an interactive session like Linux promotion, a quiz competition and a small cultural stuff on that day.
It’s the IT students who make this association “rhythmic, “and made it a beat of Technology. Physical Education Basket ball: Mangalam College of Engineering got the opportunity to host the M G University Inter Collegiate basket ball tournament, which was held from 13 to 16th September 2010. 24 teams participated in the tournament. S B College, Changanacherry won the tournament followed by Marian college, Kuttikkanam and Mangalam College of Engineering with second and third places respectively. Mangalam College of Engineering defeated Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally to reach the third place. Foot ball:‐Our college team participated in the M G University Inter Collegiate Foot ball tournament which was held at Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta on August 2010. In our first match we defeated Musaliar College, Pathanamthitta (2‐0). Fitness Center:‐To provide proper physical fitness to our students we have started a new fitness center. The center facilitates the most modern machines like Tread mill, Elliptical trainer, multi stations and free weights for the hypertrophy of muscles. The center is utilized by boys and girls of the college. COLLEGE UNION ELECTION 2010‐2011
The election to the various posts of the College Students union was conducted on 18th September 2010. The list of elected officials is as shown below: “AU REVOIR 2010” The farewell and Passing out Ceremony of the 4th Batch of Engineering students was inaugurated by Dr Rajan Varghese, the Pro Vice Chancellor of MG university at Windsor Castle, Kottayam Chairman
Mr. Ansal A.O. ( EC7 )
Vice-Chairman (Lady
student)
General Secretary
Ms. Rajalakshmi T.P.( EC7)
Councilor to University
(Engg.)
Councilor to University
(MBA)
Editor College Magazine
Mr. Sreeraj S. ( EC7 )
Arts Club Secretary
Mr. Mithun M.S.
Mr. Arun Shah S. ( CS7 )
Mr. Subin K. Joseph (S3 MBA)
Ms. Samantha Sunny ( ME5)
( EC7)
“ Let The Knowledge Of Light Be Spread To All” ‐ HODs Of our Engineering Departments During the Passing Out Ceremony “Au Revoir 2010” 7 To be like a Swan, pick the hearts of Wisdom, From the garden of Mangalam MANGALAM CBSE SCHOOL
The institution focuses not only on academic excellence but on cultural, emotional and spiritual empowerment of each and every student as well. With this view the new academic year was started with orientation classes for parents and teachers separately that was led by well known personalities. ƒ On June 5th ‘World Environment Day’ was celebrated by conducting seminars by senior students. A poster competition was also held on the same day. ƒ We conduct Inter school Quiz Competition every year. This year 10 teams from different schools in and around Kottayam district participated in the competition, and the winner was awarded with a cash prize of Rs. 1000 and an ever rolling coveted Trophy ƒ District Karate Championship organized by ‘Karatenomiche’ World Federation of India was held on 13th of November, 2010, and four students Welcome Dance By Our Students
secured the first three prizes. ƒ World Newspaper day was celebrated on 16th Nov by the representatives of the Four Houses‐Blue, Green, and Yellow & Red. Students prepared a Sargasangamam 2010
model newspaper according to their taste & views. Photo Gallery ƒ Inauguration of Science Club, Maths Club and Language Club were also conducted separately Gala of the Campus-“Sargasangamam 2010”
About 3700 students, 14 stages , 141 items……………… a three day cultural fete – “Sargasangamam 2010”, the Regional CBSE Youth Festival has produced a dossier of evidence showcasing the range ,strength and oneness of Mangalam Group of Institutions in co‐coordinating such a mega event . Inauguration of the Youth Festival by Film Actress Ananya “Great pride for the recipients,
a movement that they will
cherish for many years to come”- Winners of the CBSE Regional Kalolsav “Sargasangamam 2010” receiving the trophy from actress Bhama 8 MANGALAM ENGLISH MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL HSS New Launches
A child blooms in an environment with a cheerful ambience. The Euro kids @ Mangalam (Butterflies) offer preschool programs that are developmentally appropriate and foster all‐round development with an integral approach, helping the child grow physically, intellectually, emotionally and socially. 'Playing, learning and enjoying every minute' is the motto of BUDDY, the mascot and that is exactly what Euro kids is all about. Euro kids Butterflies is showing keen interest in molding the child in such a way to get acquaintance with the environment by conducting field visits to various places We are starting Euro Junior from the Next academic year MANGALAM INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION ™ The various clubs for Science, Social Science and Inauguration of Mangalam Institute of Journalism and Health are functioning effectively. Vidya Rangam Communication by Sri M.P Veerendrakumar. and Kala Sahityavedi also function in the school. The Arts and literary competitions and quiz programmes are a source of inspiration and encouragement for the students ™ Every year our students and teachers go on a 3 day –trip to various interesting places. ™ Mangalam English medium Residential Higher Secondary School has completed its twenty fifth year of excellence. It is the foundation stone on which all the educational institutions in the Mangalam campus are built up. ™ The present academic year (2010‐‘11) was started on 1st June with the grand function ‘Pravesanothsavam’. Then came the moments of pride and pleasure on the 25th of the same month. It was the ‘Vijayothsavam’ to congratulate the outgoing students from the very first batch. The batch has secured 100% result. Special prizes were distributed to toppers with grade A+ for all subjects. ™ It’s true, celebrations are essential for the proper revival of man’s heart and brain. We celebrate festivals and days of importance in colourful manners. ™ Arrangements are made for a school level exhibition for science and Work Experience. ™ Thus Mangalam School is in its every leap forward in providing ideal education, imparting knowledge, shaping the character and moulding the personality of the younger generation. New College It is heart warming to announce the opening of the new M C Varghese College of Arts and Science, which is about to start functioning from the next academic year, offering undergraduate courses like B.Com, BBA and BCA •
The School offers one year course in Journalism. Mr. K M Roy, Columnist took charge as the Director of the School. M Tech Programs: This year we started the M Tech program in Industrial Engineering and Management with the objective to build Industrial engineers, and enable them to create wealth and prosperity. The program’s core helps in developing the industry‐standard skills ‐ the skills that can be used to open the door to many career opportunities which can offer financial rewards and exceptional professional growth. 9 MANGALAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION The new academic year was started welcoming the new buds with a call to relish each moment of the coming days. We felt very proud that our institution secured cent percent results in B.Ed and M.Ed University Examinations. Mangalam College of Education stands at the apex in academic excellence among other training colleges affiliated to MG University A Research Colloquium was conducted on 8th and 9th of November 2010, led by Dr. K R Sivadasan, former Dean and Professor of Education, Kerala University. A seminar on “Changing role of Teacher in a technologically Advanced Environment” was conducted, and keynote address was given by Dr. Prem Nath R Kurup, Professor, Latrobe University, Australia. The programme was inaugurated by Smt. Mini Antony, IAS Honorable District Collector of Kottayam. Dr. K R Sivadasan, Chairman of RGI, Former Dean and Professor, Department Of Education, University of Kerala chaired the function. Research papers were presented by several research guides and research scholars from various universities. This programme was sponsored by RGI. The staff and students of the PG department of Mangalam College of Education got an opportunity to work for an international project in collaboration with UK, Australia and India. Professional Credentials Dr. Peter Mathew, the Principal of Mangalam College of Education, the professional expert in research guidance has been awarded the guide ship of University of Kerala and Vinayaka Mission University Hostel Day Celebrations “Cynosure 2010” Inaugurated by our Dean Brig (Retd) Prof. Joseph Mathew MANGALAM TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTE This academic year also we were able to meet our expectations in academic as well as co‐curricular activities. The festivals like Onam, Kerala Day etc, were celebrated in a grand manner. With an outlook to develop teachers capable of nurturing children from the very early stages we have arranged various sessions by experts in the field. This academic year we have arranged the following sessions for the students: Mrs. Sumathy, (Govt UPS Kidangoor) took a class on the “Effective Ways of Primary School Teaching “ Mrs. Bindu (Govt UPS Punnathara) took an effective session on “How to Handle English Classes for UP Students” which was really beneficial to our students. The Institute really felt proud to receive the First Runner Up position in the Revenue District TTI Kalolsav held at Govt TTI, Ettumanoor 10 Mangalam College of Allied Health Sciences Publications/Books ™ Prof Dr. Janahanlal, (Dean ECE) has co‐authored an E‐book on “Information Processing and Management, ISBN 9783642122149 by Springer Publication ™ Mr. R. Radhakrishnan, (HOD Civil Engg Dept.) published a paper named “The sustainability indicators on the functioning of privately managed wastewater treatment operations in Kerala”& in the proceedings of 22nd Kerala Science Congress of Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment” Graduation Ceremony of the First Batch of Students from Mangalam College of Allied Health Sciences ™ Ms. Indu Menon M (Lecturer ECE) published a paper named “Exploitation of Network Coding for throughput Mangalam School of Printing and Technology Enhancement in wireless adhoc networks” in the proceedings of National conference on ‘Recent Trends in Communication systems’ held at Kalasalingam University in March 2010. ™ Mr. Rijo Sebastian (Lecturer ECE) published a paper named “Zigbee controlled mobile robot for human detection and Tracking” in the proceedings of the Second National Conference on ‘Convergent Communication Technologies’ held at V.M.K.U Engineering in August 2010. Distribution of 2009‐10 Topper Award by Mr Sajan Varghese, Managing Director, Mangalam Publications. ™ Ms Reena Alias (Asst. Prof. MBA) and Dr. Sibu C Chithran (Prof.& Head, MBA) jointly published a paper on “Managing Hearts Intelligently: The Ethical Implications of Emotional Labour” at the AIMS International Assignments International Conference on Value –based Management organized at the DSVV, Haridwar ¾ Prof. Dr. Janahanlal, (Dean ECE) has delivered the key note speech on ”System Dynamics simulation Modeling”, at the IEEE indexed proceeding Forthcoming Events of the Campus
Conference on “Advances in Computing, Control, and Telecommunication Technologies‐ACT 2010” held at ¾ Mega job Fair 2010 on 16th December to the Faculty of Information Sciences, BINUS University, fill more than 2000 vacancies Jakarta, Indonesia. The CD media of the proceedings have been published by the Conference Publishing ¾ “Pyros 2K11” –National level Technical system and archived in the IEEE Xplore and IEEE CS Fest Organised by Computer Science Digital Library. Besides he has chaired various sessions Department in January 2011 in the conference ¾ Prof. Dr. Janahanlal, is appointed as the Technical ¾ “ Inceptra’11" Technical Fest organized Head for the International Joint Conference on By Information Technology Department “Advances in Signal Processing and Information in the month of February 2011 Technology”‐SPLIT 2011, in MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY, Egypt. Proceedings will be published by Springer LNCS‐CCIS and it will be available in the Springer Digital Library. 11 Seminars/ Workshops/FDPs
™ Mr. Charles A Joseph (HOD, Physical Education) presented a paper on “Importance of Emotional Competence in Sports” in a National Seminar on ‘Recent Trends in Physical Education, Sports, Health Education, Yoga & Stress Management’ at Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta in August 2010. ™ Ms. Parvathy P (Lecturer, MBA) attended Faculty Development Programme on Multivariate Analysis using PASW statistics (SPSS) organized by SNGCE, Kadayiruppu ™ Ms. Reena Alias (Asst. Prof. MBA) attended a workshop on Indian Ethos and Values organized by Adishankara Institute of Engineering & Technology, Kalady ™ Ms. Parvathy P (Lecturer MBA) attended a faculty development Programme on “Excellence in nurturing managerial skills ‐ Innovative approaches organized by SMBS, MG University , Kottayam ™ Ms. Preethi Sebastian (Asst. Prof. EEE) attended a workshop on Recent Trends in Power system at Saintgits College of Engineering and Technology, Pathamuttom ™ Mr. Rajeev. K .Mohan (Lecturer ME) and Mr. Jinto George (Lecturer ME) attended the training programme in Theory ,Programming and Machining operations of CNC Machine Tools Laboratory of SJCET, Palai ™ Ms. Annu Paul (Lecturer MBA) attended the “Ankit Fadia Certified Ethical Hacking Programme” ™ Mr. Bose Tom ( Lecturer MBA) attended the Encon Club Orientation Programme organized by BPCL Kochi Refinery at BPCL KR Training Centre, Jwalagiri ™ Mr Siby James (Asst. Prof. MBA) presented a paper on “Customer Loyalty and Store's Patronage in relation to Organized Retailing in India with special reference to Kerala" at the International Conference on Rural Markets(ICMR‐2010), "Exploring Rural markets for Growth and Inclusion" organized by SMBS, MG University, Kottayam. Editor’s Desk “We are but pencils in the hand of God, it is He who
make us draw pictures “. This is a humble Endeavour to bring the happenings of our Campus under a single umbrella. My deep felt gratitude to all the institutions for their prompt response and timely advice. Thanking You Reena Alias (Asst Professor ,MBA )
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