PRINCIPAL'S ANNUAL REPORT :

(Principal’s address at the College Day (Evenning) function held on  8th  April 2008)


* Highly esteemed Chief Guest, Dr. M. Ranganatham,
        Registrar In-charge, University of Madras,
* Distinguished members of the Management
* Members of the Staff – Teaching and Non-teaching
* Special Invitees, My Dear Students, Ladies and Gentlemen


The Guru Nanak College was started as an undergraduate institution for men in 1971, in commemoration of the 500th birthday of the great Saint Guru Nanak Devji, with Late Lt. Col. G.S. Gill as President and Late Padmashri P.N. Dhawan as the Secretary.  In the next phase of the expansion programme, the Management started the Evening College in the year 1981 in order to make full use of the infrastructure facilities and cater to the growing demand for admissions to the College.. This esteemed institution has recorded steady growth for over three decades, contributing to the all round holistic development of its students.  Today, the college has blossomed into a full-fledged co-educational post-graduate and Research Institution with 9 Under graduate courses and 3 Post Graduate Courses in the Day College and 9 Under graduate courses and 3 Post Graduate Courses in the Evening College.  In keeping with the times, special mention may be made of  the new courses introduced in the Evening College, namely, B.Sc.(Visual Communication), B.Sc (Electronic Media), M.Sc(Bioinformatics) and MBA with AICTE and University of Madras approval. Next year we shall be starting MCA Course. The student strength of the Evening College is around 2200 and the Staff strength is 90. 

Besides offering instruction for the Degree courses of the University of Madras, we also have facilities for research leading to M.Phil., and Ph.D., Degrees in the faculties of Zoology, Economics, Defence Studies and Commerce.    The total number of Ph.D., holders on the teaching staff rolls is 34.  It is indeed a pride for the institution that above 50% of the staff are Doctorates.  

In 2003, the college was accredited with B++ Grade ( equivalent to 5 star level) by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of the UGC.  In 2005, Our College obtained ISO 9001:2000 Certification. 
    
       Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) created by the University of Madras, measures the quality of the Colleges affiliated to the University of Madras, based on various criteria.  For the year 2005, only 9 Colleges out of 117 affiliated colleges were awarded distinction under IQAC.  I am proud to state that  Guru Nanak College is one among the top  9 Colleges to achieve this distinction. This year we are yet to receive the results of the analysis.

ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES:

    The MBA Dept. has brought in innovative approaches in its teaching methodology, pedagogy and student development.  All efforts are directed towards preparing  the students for the corporate anchor.  The students are given professional training  on soft skills, group discussion skills, mock interviews, management games, personality development exercises and business intelligence. Our MBA Dept. had the honour of being chosen as one of the very few institutions for a panel discussion on the Finance Budget 2008, organized by the Hindu Group, “Business Line”.  The Dept. organized a workshop titled “Diksha-the career workshop” .  The PR Syndicate – an active industry institution forum has selected our  MBA Dept. for the Joseph Juran Award for quality Excellence for enhancing the professional standards of the Management students.

 The Dept of Bio-informatics  conducted a two day workshop “Vissitudes in the Science of Bio-informatics sponsored by Tamil nadu State Council for Science and Technology and Cognisant Technology Solutions.  Every year Seminar is conducted under the banner insight. The last batch of MSC Bio-informatics students secured 70% result  with three University ranks 

  The Dept. of Computer Science has conducted an Inter-Collegiate Competitions titled  “InfinIT – o8 sponsored by Airtel.  The Dept. conducts value added programs following the motto “Earn while you Learning” which also prepares the students to be ready for the industry while they complete the degree.  Over 50% of the final year students have been placed in various companies.

     The Dept. of English organized a Guest Lecture on “English” for  communication by Dr. Devaki Reddy from the Dept. of Humanities, I.I.T. Madras. She spoke on the importance of English in communication and enumerated some guidelines for spoken and written communication skills thr ough practical examples.  The Dept. also conducted competitions such as Essay Writing, Extempore, tongue twisters and word play to test and tap the oral and written skills of the students.

    The Dept. of Commerce conducted two days Inter-Collegiate culturals under the banner “Guru’s Com.Quotient during Feb. 2008.

    The Dept. of Media Studies conducted one day Inter-collegiate culturals under the banner “Dream weavers” during March 2008.

Women Students Forum: --  organized Shakthi fest – a day long programme of information and entertainment during Feb. 2008.  Madam Letika Saran, Addl. DGP (CBCID)  was the Chief Guest.   In her address to the students, she stressed the importance of having a goal, a mission, a dream in life and to learn how to achieve it.  The Shakthi Fest had debate, symposium and competitions.  The valedictory function of Shakthi was held  in March, 08.  Mrs. Janaki Sabesh, Business Manager, Real Image and also a cine artist, was the Chief Guest.

MOU  WITH  WAYNE UNIVERSITY:


University Results:

Consistently, the college pass percentage gets  higher year by year and far exceeds  the University pass percentage. 

Research Projects:

    The total  number of recognized guides are 20. 

    I am proud to state that a total of 29 Doctorates have been produced by the college.  At present, there are  30 candidates pursuing their Ph.D., Degree.

STUDENTS COUNCIL AND WOMEN STUDENTS FORUM

    Elections for the Students Council were held  in Aug. 2007 in a most disciplined manner.  Student representatives for the post of Chairman, Vice-Chairman,  General Secretary and Gen. Sec. (Women) were elected.

    The Students’ Council activities are successfully guided by Dr. Y. Hariprasad Reddy, Vice President, Students’ Council.  The Women’s Student Forum is taken care of by  Mrs. Pramila and Mrs. Vimala Chandrasekhar.

Extra-curricular Activities:

    As usual the sports and games and other Extra-curricular activities were organized excellently this year too under the banner of NSS, NCC – Army and Air wings, YRC, Rotaract, Students Council, Women Students Forum, Placement Cell and the Sports Council.  I must especially appreciate the efforts of all those in-charge of these activities : Dr. S. Jayakumar, Prof. K.G. Sanjeevibabu, Dr. M. Murthy and Prof. B. Kumaran for NSS, Dr. I. Baburathinam and Dr. G. Rajendran  for NCC. DR. M.V. Arulalan for YRC, Dr. Y. Hariprasad Reddy, Mrs. Pramila and Mrs. Vimala Chandrasekhar Students Council and Women Students  Forum,  Mr. Ramasamy,  for the Placement Cell and Dr. R. Vasudevan for Sports.  I commend all the staff in charge and the student office bearers for their involvement, social concern and commitment to a common cause.  

    I feel proud to announce that 15 students have represented Madras University and State of Tamil Nadu in various  Sports  and retains the Third position in the whole Madras University Arts and Science Colleges.  11 Students represented Tamil Nadu  State in Cricket,  Kho-kho, snooker, swimming and Kabaddi. Senthilkumar  has been selected for Vizzi Trophy (South zone). 

   NCC – Army wing: Sathyamuthu  attended Nation al Integration  camp  at  Jammu    and    Kashmir  representing Tamilnadu.

S. Karthiga attended TSC camp at Delhi for one month representing Tamilnadu.

   NCC  Airwing:  F/c K. Rajasekar, F/c G. Ganapathraman   F/c P. Harikrishnan   represented Tamilnadu in the All India Vayusainik camp held at Bangalore  during Oct. 2007.  Sgt. Ganapathiram and G. Sandeep Kumar won Gold Medal at the  National level Inter-collegiate NCC Competitions. D. Sudhir  Sidhu  represented Tamilnadu in the All India Basic and Advance Mountaineering Camp held at Manali, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarkasi, respectively.

      This year, the students have won over 200 prizes at inter-collegiate cultural competitions and several prizes at sports and games.  At the General Assembly held every Monday, these prizes are announced and the winners are congratulated by the Principal.
         I am  happy to announce that this year about  65%  of our Final year students ( 404 to be precise) have already been placed and have also received their appointment orders from leading companies  such as Wipro, TCS,  CTS, HCL, HP, Ajubha, Sutherland, Ford, Slash Support, Mphasis, Synthes,  ITC, Optimus, Alsec, Patni Computers,  BASF, Biocon and Orchid Chemicals etc.  While on an average   70% of the students are  placed; in departments like M.Sc (Chemistry), the placement is 100%.

       Our Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor is very keen on giving soft skill Programme to all the UG and PG Students.

   Taking into account the need of the Industry also, I am very happy to state that, various soft skill programmes have been conducted for all the students, throughout the year.  Each student has been given 24 hour session of soft skill programme.

   All these achievements were possible because of the commitment of all concerned,  the Management, Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff and the students.  I wish to specially thank the President, Secretary and Correspondent and other Members of the Management for their wholehearted support, encouragement and advise on all matters pertaining to the administration of the College. 

    I pledge to work zealously with the support of all sections concerned towards taking the College to greater heights.