The Inter Collegiate Basketball Men Tournament was organized at St. Thomas College, Ruabandha, Bhilai on Friday, 20^th October, 2023. The Chief Guest of this event was Mr. N. K. Banchhor, President Officers Association BSP. First of all principal of the college Dr. M. G. Roymon welcomed all the guests and players and motivated them to play the fair game with sportsman spirit. Chief Guest Mr. N. K. Banchhor said that many players represented at national and international level in different sports from Bhilai city. During the event Administrator of the College Rev. Fr. Dr. Joshi Varghese, Rt.Rev. Thomas Rambhan and Secretary of Officers Association BSP Mr. Parvinder Singh were also present. The tournament was played as per knock out Rule in which 8 teams participated from Durg district. In the first semifinal Rungta College won the match from Swarupanand College by 32 – 31. In the second semifinal St. Thomas College won the match from Surana College by 38 – 6. In the final match St. Thomas College won the game from Rungta College by 36 – 10 and won the title. College Management and all the staff members congratulated to all the players and motivated them to improve the performance in coming future also. Dr. Rincy B. Abraham, Dr. Sunita Kshatriya, Dr. J. Maju, Mr. Amitabh Sharma and Mr. Mahendra Ikhar played a significant role for successfully organizing the tournament.

The P.G. Department of Commerce of St. Thomas College, Bhilai celebrated Gandhi Jayanti by organising a one-shot (comics) contest on the theme “Kindness is the way of life”. Students from all disciplines enthusiastically participated in the contest. After a rigorous review by the judges, Vishva Mohan Singh of B.Com final year was declared the winner of the contest. The runner-up was Riya Sara Jijy from B.Com final year.
The administrator of the college, Fr. Dr. Joshi Varghese accentuated the role of educational institutions in nurturing empathetic and compassionate citizens. He also appreciated the department for promoting unconventional art careers like comic illustrators and writers among the youth.
Principal Dr. .G. Roymon congratulated the students and advocated the need for building social and emotional competencies based on Gandhian values. He recommended holding this contest again next year on a larger scale to support talented students to pursue a career in the comic book industry which has become one of the fastest-growing areas in the literary world.
Dr. Sapna Sharma,Head of the P.G. Department of Commerce highlighted the importance ofcomic books in connecting students with other works of literature, enabling complex literary analysis, and inculcating skills needed for deeper comprehension.
Dr. Sheeja Varkey, Additional Head of the P.G. Department of Commerce exhorted the students to follow their own paths, experiment fearlessly and let the creativity evolve at its own pace during their artistic journeys.

On 1^st October, 2023 as per the directives of Ministry of Housing and Urban Work Department Govt. of India and Hemchand Yadav Vishwavidyalaya, Durg the NSS and NCC unit of college jointly organized the cleanliness drive in the college premises under the aegis SWACHCHHATA HI SEVA. On occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on 2^nd October, this cleanliness drive was organized to pay clean tribute to Mahatma Gandhi in which NSS volunteers and NCC Cadets cleaned jointly in the areas of inside and outside of the campus. First of all NSS program officer Mahendra Ikhar welcomed all the guests and students on today’s occasion. Principal of the college Dr. M. G. Roymon motivated all the students to keep maintain the cleanliness in their surroundings and also conducted a cleanliness oath for all the students and staff members. The administrator of the college, Rev. Fr. Dr. Joshi Varghese gave his best wishes to the volunteers for successfully organizing this program. On this occasion the Treasurer of St. Thomas College, and St. Thomas Mission Rev. Fr. Aju K. Varghese, Brother Josen from Nagpur Seminari, NSS co convenor Dr. J. Maju Professors Dr. Anupama Gangrade, Dr. Neelam Gandhi, Mr. Kailash Verma, Ms. Priyanka Ganjir, NCC Female Officer Captain Dr. Surekha Jawade, NSS volunteers and NCC Cadets were present.