The Annual Awards day of VVM’s Shree Damodar College of Commerce & Economics was held on 18th February 2017. Prof. Varun Sahni ,Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Goa University was the Chief Guest for the function. CA Ganesh Daivajna President of Vidya Vikas Mandal, presided over the function.
The function began with an invocation song and was followed by a welcome address by CA Mr. Ganesh Daivajna. Mr. Daivajna gave a brief background of the Mandal and highlighted the major changes that had been brought in over the last two years, particularly in the area of Information Technology.
The General Secretary, Students’ Council, Mr. Kaushik Jain, and General Captain, Sports Council, Ms. Kajal Verenkar presented the reports of the three major student bodies.
Principal Dr. Prita Mallya, presented the annual report of the College, and congratulated all the students and faculty members for their various achievements throughout the year. Her presentation highlighted the achievements of the faculty and students, the various events / seminars / conferences conducted by various Departments of the College.
Dr. Sanjay Desai introduced the Chief Guest. Prof. Sahni began his address by expressing his appreciation for the management and also acknowledged the fact that the founder members of VVM were simple citizens, who had a vision and sense of responsibility towards society. He commended the role of Principal Dr. Prita D. Mallya for her active participation and contribution to the cause of education in various educational forums and addressing the concerns of higher education in our state.
Prof. Sahni emphasized that the entire teaching-learning mechanism needs to be revamped in order to match the changing mindset of the student community with the help of the technology. He emphasized that academicians need to reflect and reinvent the process of knowledge creation, dissemination, examination and assessment. The teaching learning process should focus on the fundamental interests of an individual and the content should be tuned to the passion and aspiration of the learner.
Vice Chancellor opined that reforms are needed in the existing education system, so as to give the learner the flexibility to decide the pace, the scheme and content of his interest. Teaching learning should promote peer to peer learning and knowledge sharing in active circles of interaction across different streams.
He added that the teaching community should be mentally equipped to deal with the changing demands of the learners and the availability of real time information. Teachers should be facilitators, to guide students through the learning process. Hence adaptability and flexibility should be the primary characteristics of a teacher. Prof. Sahni concluded by expressing his concern regarding the need to harness the latent knowledge that is not recognized in the society, which needs to be included into formal education system.
Prof. Varun Sahni’s speech was well received by students, faculty and all the invitees. Later he gave away trophies and certificates to all the achievers who brought laurels to the institution in academics, sports, cultural activities, NCC and NSS. Prof. Varun Sahni released the Placement Brochure on the occasion.
The program concluded with the vote of thanks proposed by Mr. Edwin Baretto, Convenor, Students’ Council, followed by the National Anthem.
