The Annual Awards Day function of the College was held on 23rd March 2019. The Chief Guest for the function was Mr. Lalit Saraswat, Chairman, CII Goa Council. CA. Sheela H.N. Gaunekar, President of Vidya Vikas Mandal, presided over the function. CA. U N Bene, Treasurer of Vidya Vikas Mandal and Chairman, Shree Damodar College Governing Council, was present on the occasion. Smt. Deepali Naik, Director Women and Child Development, and Member, Shree Damodar College Governing Council, graced the occasion with her presence.
The function began with an invocation song to Ma Saraswati – the Goddess of Learning. Dr. Prita D. Mallya led the gathering in paying tribute to our late Chief Minister and Minister for Education – Shri Manohar Parrikar. This was followed by a one-minute silence.
President of VVM, CA. Sheela Gaunekar delivered the welcome address. She appreciated the hard work of students and teachers and congratulated all the prize winners. The General Secretaries Mr. Bonrich Noronha (Students’ Council), Mr. Deepak Biradar (Cultural Council) and Mr. Habib Shaikh (Sports Council) presented the reports of their councils highlighting their achievements and activities organised during the current academic year. Gender Champion, Ms. V. Harini also presented the report of the activities undertaken by the Women’s Cell and Internal Complaints Committee.
The annual report of the college was presented by Dr. Prita D. Mallya, Principal of the College. The Principal congratulated the teachers and students and highlighted the various achievements of the College. A brief report of all the programmes B.Com, BCA, BBA (FS) and M.Com was presented which included results, guest lectures, outreach activities, industry visits, certificate courses and participation in workshops, competitions and projects. Besides this, faculty achievements, activities of the IQAC, Research Cell, NSS, NCC(Army), NCC(Navy), Career Cell, Placement Cell, Entrepreneurship Cell, Institution Innovation Council, Mentoring Cell, Faculty Development Cell and Recreation Cell were presented. In her report, the Principal also mentioned the Add-on Certificate courses, Life Skills courses, RUSA and MOOCs. The Principal acknowledged the hard work of all the departments and staff.
Dr. Lina Sadekar, Head of the Department of Commerce and Management introduced the Chief Guest, Mr. Lalit Saraswat. The Chief Guest during his address stated that the industry landscape is growing faster than the education sector and one should go beyond the curriculum in order to fulfil the industrial skill requirement. He also mentioned that we should always be updated not outdated and complimented the teachers who have completed the MOOCs courses. The address by Mr. Saraswat was well received by the students, faculty members 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.
Seminar proceedings of the Students’ Seminar and Paper Presentation competition organised by the Commerce Club on the topic, “Recent Issues and Developments in Commerce” was released on the occasion.
The program concluded with the vote of thanks proposed by Dr. Rodney D’Silva, Vice-Principal of the College.
Subsequently, the Chief Guest inaugurated the Skill Development Centre and Incubation Centre, which have been set up under the Centrally Sponsored RUSA scheme.
