A Morning with a Police Commissioner

29th Nov. 2006 will be remembered by Joshi-Bedekar College students for a long time.

On behalf of Scholars' Academy, Shri. Shivanandan, Police Commissioner of Thane, was invited to deliver a lecturer on "Personality Development and How to be Happy."

Thorale Bajirao Peshwe Hall was packed to capacity. Shri Shivanandan spoke for more than an hour, discussing different problems along with their possible solutions. He started with focusing on how one should be positive, clear about one's ambition, and then discussed different stages of achieving one's ambition.
His message to the youth was "Get up at least one hour before the world gets up, plan your day's schedule and then start working."

Before joining the Police Force, Shri. Shivanandan was a lecturer of Economics in a college for three years. Even today, he said, he enjoyed giving lecturers to his police - force.

He could come to the level of our students and empress the most complicated and difficult thoughts in a simple way. He enjoyed being with them. So also our students were thrilled to be with him.

He has invited our students to discuss with them, over a cup of tea, different social issues related to the Police Force. He has also promised to come again and deliver lecturers for our students as well as staff on different topics like "Students and Cyber Crime", "Women's Development Cell" etc.

A real "Student-friendly" Police Commissioner, if ever there was one.