Junior College

Attendance Committee

In the first term the SYJC defaulters’ parents were called to meet the classteachers.In the second term the Attendance Committee called a meeting of the SYJC defaulters’ parents (alongwith the students), on the 11th of January, 2017. Parents met the respective class teachers.This enabled a personal communication of the parents and class teachers. The FYJC defaulters’ list was put up and parents were again asked to meet the class teachers. Letters were sent to parents who failed to attend this meeting. A second defaulters’ list of the FYJC students was prepared in February

Generation Dialogue

The following programmes were conducted in the academic year 2016-17:

1. 1st July Speech by Prof. Usha Bal on Social Media and Students.
2. 29th September 'Amrit' movie was shown to the students and discussion was done on the same.
3. 29th November Essay writing competition was conducted on the topic :
1. Responsibility of youngsters towards parents.
2. Importance of parents in our life.
3. Orphanage- Need of hour
4. 10th December Speech by Anagha Deshpande on 'Discipline in the Life of Students.'

Indian Culture and Heritage

The committee conducted a programme on World Heritage sites of India. It also organized power point presentation for FYJC and SYJC student on 5th Oct 2016 in Kattyayan. Bodhigaya, Sanchistup of sarnath, Bhimbetaka caves of Madhya pradesh, Sun temple of Konark, Taxila and Nalanda University, Pattadakal and Jantar Mantar of Jaipur were sub topics. Entire programme gave valuable information to student.

Literary Association

The Literary Association of Junior College was inaugurated by Mr.Ashok Chitnis. A programme of kathakathan was conducted for the student’s.Two students participated in inter-collegiate competition organised by Pragati college, Dombivali. One student participated in intercollegiate elocution competition organised by SP college, Pune.Two students participated in inter-collegiate kathakathan competition organised by Vishwa Anand Gurukul college, Thane.Two students participated in inter-collegiate elocution competition organised by Dnyansadhana College, Thane.Literary Association celebrated Dr. Abdul kalam’s birthday (15th Oct.) as a ‘Reading Inspiration Day’.Poetry reading and essay writing competition was conducted for students.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s birthday (11th Nov.) was celeberated as a ‘National Education Day’. Kumari Gargi Goregaonkar has won special prize for katha-kathan. G.Panditrao state level katha-kathan competition organised by Shree Samarth Vidyalaya, Thane. One day workshop on ‘Compeering skill’ by Prof. Santosh Rane was held for students.

Nature Club

Junior college Nature club was inaugurated by Dr. Sanjay Joshi on 21st July 2016. He delivered a speech on ‘How to protect environment in routine life.’ More than 100 students participated as volunteers. Various activities undertaken are as follows.

• The volunteers of our college participated in Nature photography competition organized by Nisarg Mela and Netree jadhav won 1st prize in Thane region.
• Nature club student’s group won 3rd prize for a street play (Impact of package water) organized by Paryawaran Dakshata Manch on 2nd October.
• Our students participated in PowerPoint presentation organized by paryawaran shala on 22nd sep.2016
• Volunteer attended a ‘Documentary show on Environment, organized by paryawaran shala at Gadakari Rangayatan on 9th Dec 2016.

Research Academy

In 2016-17 Research Academy of Junior College was inaugurated with the programme held in Kattyayan headed by Sandip Tendolkar,UNICEF Consultant for Maharashtra Government. Library orientation programme was organized for students of Arts and Commerce on ‘How to use books in various researches.SUDOKU competition was organized for Maths students by the research academy. “Problems to learn English language for other medium students’ and ‘Easy ways to learn English language” such type of topics were given to students, forming various groups of the students topics were given and told to do research on the topics.

Scholar's Academy

Junior College Scholars Academy organised an inaugural function on 4th July 2016.The Chief Guest of the programme was Ms.Vedvati Paranjpe, Professor of Psychology and member of Counselling Cell, who delivered an excellent speech on the topic “On the Threshold of Youth.”It was an interactive session as students shared their teenage problems and learnt that how to deal with it. We conducted 2nd programme on 13th December on Career and Guidance.Prof. Mahesh Patil and Mrs. Vimukta Raje guided our students regarding ‘Career in Media’. Both the speakers provided a lot of information regarding various options of career in media. Another programme on the topic ‘Teenage & Yoga’ was conducted on 24th Jan 2017. Chief Guest of the programme was Mrs.Vijaya Khare who influenced our students with her talent and experiences. Students actively participated in this session and learnt how to concentrate on studies with the help of yoga.

Speaker's Academy

The Speaker’s Academy held weekly sessions with its members starting from 30th June, 2016. On 16th of August, the Academy invited Dr. Ms. Gitoshree Deb to speak on “Effective Communication”. A session to discuss on women’s security vis-à-vis the movie ‘Pink’ was also conducted. A talk show on the topic “We Teenagers” was arranged on 2nd of December, in which parents and students discussed teenage issues face to face, with Dr. Mrs. Suchitra Naik playing the mediator. The Academy bought books in order to promote reading amongst its members. The mini library was inaugurated by Dr. Mrs. Shakuntala Singh.

Vyas Sabha

The Vyas Sabha of Junior College started from 26th July 2016. Junior college conducts Vyas Sabha on every Tuesday at 4.55p.m. in the staff room. Various current issues like ‘Whatsapp and me’, ‘Indian cinema’ ,‘Pulanchi duravastha’, ‘Rio- Olympics 2016’, ‘Bharatiya Sananmadhe Rajkarniyancha Hastakshep’ ,‘Avayavdaan Shreshthadaan ’, ‘Bhondlyachi gaani’ , ‘Demonitisation’, ‘Selfeechi Nasha’ and so on were discussed by teachers. Till date 9 (nine) Vyas Sabha were conducted by Jr. College teachers. Teachers are actively and enthusiastically participating in the discussion of Vyas Sabha.