“Think Big, Start small and Grow gradually”

Entrepreneurship Development Cell of St. Thomas College, Bhilai organized a National webinar on the topic “Entrepreneurship – The need of 21st century” on 8^th May. Prof. Dr. Rajkumar Singh and Mr. MukeshPorwal were the keynote speakers of the event. Prof. Dr. Rajkumar Singh is the Dean R&D and HOD Commerce, School of Management Sciences, Varanasi, U.P. and Mr. MukeshPorwal is an Entrepreneur and the Director of a Home Care Product Manufacturing Company in Bhilai.

The event was organized by Dr. Shubha Diwan,Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, Convener of the program assisted by Co-Convener Dr. Sunita Kshatriya, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Commerce, under the guidance of Dr. M.G.Roymon, Principal of St. Thomas College and Dr. Vinita Thomas, Dean Academics. His Grace Dr. Joseph Mar Dionysius, Manager Bishop, Fr. Dr. Joshi Varghese Administrator appreciated the whole efforts.

The first speaker, Dr. Singh laid great emphasis on pursuing ideas and working hard. He said, “Think big, but start small and grow gradually.” He explained what cost benefit analysis in start ups is and what ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ thoughts in business are. He also talked about managing one’s business through all the risks, uncertainties and fluctuations in market and that a businessman should always be aware of the GOI’s schemes. After his speech, he cleared the queries of the students.

The second and final speaker of the event, Mr. Porwal focused his discourse on the importance of practical knowledge in entrepreneurship. He shared his personal experience of how he had started working in his father’s establishment as a student to gain work experience, and how he had started his own company after his mother’s name ‘Swarna’. He also talked about his father’s struggles and hardwork and how he gave him a lot of work related knowledge.  He also said that one should never compromise the quality of their products. Dr. Rincey B. Abraham from Dept. of Commerce and Dr. Aparna Ghosh from Dept. of Economics technically assisted for the smooth conduct of the program.  The event was wrapped up with a vote of thanks delivered by co-convener of program Dr. Sunita Kshatriya from Dept. of Commerce.

A certificate program on “Inland Aquaculture” has been started in the P.G. department of Zoology of St. Thomas College , Bhilai. The program is of 30 hours duration and lasts from 5^th to 15^th of June,2021. The modules include topics like sustainable aquaculture,major aquaculture system and practices, monoculture, polyculture, pearl culture, Mussel culture, Socio-economic evaluation of Aquaculture Technologies, etc.

Prof. Dr. Madhusoodhana Kurup, Former and Founder Vice Chancellor of Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Chairman, advisory committee, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture,Ministry of Commerce and Industry, was the key note speaker on the inaugural day of the program. The Principal of the College, Dr.M G Roymon welcomed the guests, Dr. Jayasree Balasubramanan,Convener of the program and Head of Department of Zoology briefed the topics and theme of the certificate program and introduced the resource persons. Dr. Joyamma John, Assistant Professor and Organizing Secretory of the program proposed the vote of thanks.

Renowned fisheries scientists from different regions of India,Dr. M Harikrishnan, Director,School of Industrial Fisheries,CUSAT,Kochi, Dr. K K Anikuttan, Scientist, ICAR-CMFRI, Dr. K.Ganesh, Assistant Director, Marine Products Export Development Authority,Dr.M.K.Anil,Principal Scientist & Head,Vizhinjam Regional Centre of CMFRI, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Dr. K V Radhakrishnan,College of Fisheries,Central Agricultural University,Agartala  and  Dr. T.Ganesh, Dr. S Venu, from Department of Ocean Studies & Marine Biology, Pondichery University,Port Blair Campus  will be the  resource persons in the 15 days program.

An online Condolence meeting was organized by St. Thomas Mission in collaboration with MGM College Dimapur Nagaland at St. Thomas College Bhilai to give memorable tribute to heavenly abode Catholicos of East & Malankara Metropolitan Supreme head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church India, H.H. Baselios Marthoma Paulose II. On this occasion, the chief guest and speaker was Fr. Abraham Thomas Faculty, Old Theological Seminary Kottayam, Kerala & Secretary Dept. of Ecumenical Relations, MOSC.  H. G. Dr. Joseph Mar Dionysius SST Metropolitan, Calcutta Diocese said that Marthoma Paulose always worked for social development and he motivated others also to serve the society. Chief Guest and speaker Fr. Abraham Thomas said that being a spiritual personality Marthoma Paulose II was a symbol of simple living high thinking motive. He always believed to serve the society as a whole. He was a dynamic and multitalented personality and these kinds of persons are very rare in today’s time. His visionary thoughts and beliefs will always motivate us. Administrator of College Rev. Father Dr. Joshi Varghese presented a short and brief introduction about the life of Baselios Marthoma Paulose by sharing a short documentary video. He said that H.H. Baselios Marthoma Paulose II sacrificed his whole life to service the society and poor people. Assistant Professor and Additional HOD of Dept. of Commerce Dr. Sheeja Varkey said that being a social activist Marthoma Paulose always worked for the betterment and development of economically weaker people of society. At last Principal of College Dr. M. G. Roymon proposed vote of thanks and presented his gratitude towards the chief guest Fr. Abraham Thomas. He also thanked to College Administrator and Manager Bishop for their continuous support and guidance. On this occasion the Principal of MGM College Dimapur Nagaland, Fr.Dr. P. S. Varghese and other staff members were also present. The program was conducted by Mr. Pratik Sharma Assistant Professor, Dept. of Commerce.

“Chhattisgarh is the most preferred place for entrepreneurship”

Bhilai : St. Thomas College, Bhilai’s Department of Economics
has organized a Five-Day virtual workshop for student development on “Entrepreneurial Ability, Opportunity and Personality Development” from 23rd April, 2021 to 27th April, 2021. Dr. Aruna Palta, Vice Chancellor of Hemchand Yadav University, Durg was the Chief Guest of this event. The guest speaker for Day 1 of this workshop was Dr. P. K Nimonkar, State Head of Chhattisgarh Industrial and Technical Consultancy (CITCON), Raipur.

The event was headed by Dr. Aparna Ghosh, Assistant Professor of the Department of Economics, under the guidance of Principal, Dr. M.G Roymon and Dr. Mariam Jacob, HOD of Dept. of Economics. Dr. M.G Roymon delivered a welcome speech at the beginning of this event. Bishop His Grace, Dr. Joseph Mar Dionysius, Manager of St. Thomas College and Father Dr. Joshi Varghese, Administrator of the college, appreciated the workshop and greeted everyone. Dr. Aruna Palta gave a short speech after which Dr. Nimonkar began his presentation on the topic “Business and enterpreneurial opportunity in Chhattisgarh.”

Dr. Nimonkar brought the fact to light that Chhattisgarh is the most preferred place for entrepreneurship. He went on to highlight the reasons behind this. Chhattisgarh being the 9th largest state in India is only at the 17th position in terms of population. This shows that it has ample place available for development. Chhattisgarh also has good transportation system, robust telecom infrastructure and abundance of minerals and agricultural products. All of these make Chhattisgarh an ideal place for entrepreneurship. He spoke in great detail about the various agricultural products and industries that are flourishing in the state and also threw light on the Industrial Policies.

After the presentation, Dr. Nimonkar cleared the queries of the students. Dr. Mariam Jacob concluded the event by giving a Vote of Thanks to all the participants of the workshop. The guest speaker for the 2nd day of the workshop, Mr. Chandrahas Behar, Retd. IAS Officer, Raipur will speak about “Self Management”. Day 3’s guest speaker, Mr. Vivek Joglekar, Academic Director of Aadharshila Vidya Mandir, Bilaspur will speak on the topic “How to face an interview ?”. Day 4’s guest speaker, Mr. Kaustubh Dharmadhikary, Director and owner of KAPS Ice-cream, Raipur, will speak about “Pursuing enterpreneuship as a career”, and the special guest of the final day of the workshop, Dr. Prasant Shrivastava, Dean Student Welfare, Hemchand Yadav University, Durg will be speak on “Personality Development”.

वनस्पति विज्ञान के स्नातकोत्तर विभाग ने “मृदा विश्लेषण” पर 15 दिवसीय ऑनलाइन प्रमाणपत्र कार्यक्रम का आयोजन किया। यह प्रमाणपत्र कार्यक्रम छात्रों में मृदा विश्लेषण की बुनियादी समझ विकसित करने और मृदा परीक्षण के लिए आवश्यक कौशल को बढ़ाने और मृदा स्वास्थ्य के संबंध में रिपोर्ट तैयार करने पर जोर देता है। यह कार्यक्रम मृदा परीक्षण प्रयोगशालाओं में रोजगार के अवसर प्रदान करेगा और अपनी स्वयं की मृदा परीक्षण प्रयोगशाला स्थापित करने में भी मदद करेगा।

कार्यक्रम का उद्घाटन कॉलेज के अध्यक्ष हिज ग्रेस, डॉ जोसेफ मार डायोनिसियस ने किया। अपने उद्घाटन भाषण में हिज ग्रेस ने वर्तमान परिदृश्य में मृदा विश्लेषण के महत्व पर जोर दिया जब प्रदूषण मानव स्वास्थ्य पर भारी पड़ रहा है। हिज ग्रेस ने यह भी कहा कि मृदा विश्लेषण से कृषि पृष्ठभूमि वाले छात्रों को विभिन्न कृषि और गैर-कृषि उपयोगों के लिए भूमि की उपयुक्तता का आकलन करने में कौशल विकसित करने में मदद मिलेगी और साथ ही जैविक खेती की आवश्यकता पर जोर दिया।

कॉलेज के प्रशासक रेव. डॉ. जोशी वर्गीस ने मृदा विश्लेषण पर एक प्रमाणपत्र कार्यक्रम विकसित करने पर वनस्पति विज्ञान के पी जी विभाग द्वारा की गई पहल की सराहना की। डॉ. जोशी वर्गीस ने यह भी कहा कि चूंकि मृदा विश्लेषण एक मूल्यवान कृषि पद्धति है जो मिट्टी में उपलब्ध फसल पोषक तत्वों की सटीक मात्रा निर्धारित करती है, इस व्यावहारिक दृष्टिकोण से किसानों को लाभ होना चाहिए। प्राचार्य डॉ. एम. जी. रॉयमन ने सभा का स्वागत किया और इस प्रमाणपत्र कार्यक्रम में शामिल अनुभवी संसाधन व्यक्तियों के समूह के प्रति आभार व्यक्त किया। इस कार्यक्रम में डॉ संतोष कुमार सार, प्रोफेसर और प्रमुख, अनुप्रयुक्त रसायन विज्ञान, बी आई टी, दुर्ग सी जी; डॉ. आलोक तिवारी, प्रधान वैज्ञानिक, मृदा विज्ञान और कृषि रसायन विज्ञान विभाग, आई.जी.के.वी, रायपुर सी जी; डॉ मीनाक्षी भारद्वाज, सहायक प्रोफेसर वनस्पति विज्ञान, इंदिरा गांधी कला और विज्ञान कॉलेज, वैशाली नगर, भिलाई सी.जी; डॉ सतीश सेन, सहायक प्रोफेसर वनस्पति विज्ञान, वी. वाई. टी. पीजी ऑटोनॉमस कॉलेज, दुर्ग सी जी; डॉ आर.के. ठाकुर, सहायक प्रोफेसर मृदा विज्ञान, जवाहरलाल नेहरू कृषि विश्व विद्यालय, बालाघाट एम पी; डॉ आशीष भुई, सहायक प्रोफेसर रसायन विज्ञान, पं. दीनदयाल उपाध्याय स्नातकोत्तर कॉलेज, झालमाला कबीरधाम सी.जी और कुमारी जागृति खिचरिया, एप्लाइड केमिस्ट्री बी आई टी, दुर्ग।

सर्टिफिकेट प्रोग्राम की संयोजक और वनस्पति विज्ञान विभाग की प्रमुख डॉ. विनीता थॉमस उद्घाटन सत्र की वक्ता थीं। डॉ थॉमस ने मिट्टी के बुनियादी पहलुओं पर एक अद्भुत अंतर्दृष्टि दी और कहा कि मिट्टी सबसे महत्वपूर्ण कृषि संपत्तियों में से एक है जो फसलों को पानी और पोषक तत्वों का एक मूल्यवान भंडार प्रदान करती है। प्रत्येक प्रकार की मिट्टी के अपने गुण होते हैं जिन्हें बदला नहीं जा सकता, जैसे कि बनावट। उन्होंने इस बात पर भी जोर दिया कि मिट्टी की गुणवत्ता के प्रबंधन में सबसे महत्वपूर्ण कारकों में से एक नियमित मिट्टी विश्लेषण है। इसके बाद प्रतिभागियों के साथ संवाद सत्र का आयोजन किया गया। कार्यक्रम का संचालन डॉ. ज्योति बख्शी, कार्यक्रम समन्वयक ने किया और कार्यक्रम के सह-समन्वयक डॉ. सुरुचि पारखी ने कार्यक्रम को सफलतापूर्वक आयोजित करने में सहायता की।