The orientation program for the newly admitted MCA students was organized from 31 st January 2022 to 3 rd February 2022. Distinguished resource persons from the college and industry participated in this program to enlighten the vision and mission of the department. The fresh batch of students actively participated in the event.
Mr Hareesh B Assistant Professor introduced the College, Department, Faculty, and staff members to students. He also spoke about the central computing facilities and department facilities provided to the students.
Ms Sadhana Kumble, Assistant Professor oriented students on the topic 'Outcome Based Education & Research at SJEC'. The talk was focused on how OBE emphasizes the curriculum, to measure the student expectations and the eaed knowledge after finishing the course and curriculum. Awareness was given to the approach of Outcome-based education in which decisions about the curriculum are driven by the outcomes the students should display by the end of the course- professional knowledge, skills, abilities, values, and attitude- rather than on the educational process. It highlights the fact that students have to know the final destination of their jouey before they start voyaging. At the end of the session, a glimpse of the Research Strategy at SJEC and its operations were discussed. Students are also made acquainted with the research areas focused at MCA Department.
Dr. Vincent Crasta, Dean of Academics of the college presented the complete plan and schedule of academic activities for this new autonomy batch. He highlighted the curriculum structure, credit system, and also very importantly the academic evaluation plan in the presentation. Dean motivated the students to take up the MOOC courses and also welcomed them to MCA Program.
The Director of the Institution Rev Fr Wilfred Prakash D' Souza welcomed students to the campus by giving a clear picture of the structure of the Institution including campus facilities that support teaching, leaing, and other operations and also campus rules. He also spoke about values in life that help us grow and develop and the importance of decision making which reflects the values of our life.
The Assistant Director of the Institution Rev Fr Alwyn Richard D'Souza addressed the students. He welcomed students to the campus with some innovative activities which is part of the continuous leaing required for the life. He also spoke about facilities on the campus and requested the students to best use of the same.
Mr Gopala Krishna Bhat, Kakunje Software Pvt. Ltd., Mangalore briefed about his industrial experiences and the opportunities and trends in the market for young developers through real life examples. This industry-institute interaction is an initiative by the Department helping students grow beyond the curriculum and also to get awareness about entrepreneurship.
Dr. Ramananda H S, Dean of Student Welfare, explained the importance of mentoring process. He spoke about the facilities available in the college for the student grievances. He also highlighted the basic academic and other rules of the college and requested students to follow them accordingly.
Ms. Preetha Aroza, the college counsellor, spoke about counselling and its importance in real life. She presented the counselling facilities available in the college for students to use this facility whenever required. She spoke on the activities conducted under Jagruthi committee.
Mr Sathyendra Bhat J, Placement Head of the college presented the placement and the training process of the college. He also showed the road map of the college placement and training activities of the college. He also motivated the students to enhance their personal profiles. The placed student details and the company for which the students placed were presented.
Ms Vaneesha V Rodrigues, Physical Education Director of the Institution addressed the students about the facilities of the Physical Education Department. She also briefed them about the rules and regulations to be followed to avail the sports facilities. A brief report on the achievements of all SJEC teams in the year 2020-21 was presented
Technocrats and activities conducted under the banner of this association were given by Mr Gururaja S, Assistant Professor. Students were made aware of the opportunities in terms of networking and strengthening their leadership skills by conducting and attending Technical Fests and other activities. He also briefed about the Department Library facility.
Mr Yathish Kumar K, Manager, NAIN Incubation Center, SJEC conducted activities to explore the innovative skills which we have. He also showed how we can be an entrepreneur by transforming our innovative ideas into products. The activities are ended with good results as students finally came with some product prototypes.
Dr Sudheer M, Dean R&D spoke about the research opportunities for the MCA students. He also presented a road map for the research initiatives which can be adopted by students.
Dr Rio D'Souza, Principal _SJEC welcomed the students to the campus. His lecture gave a glimpse of professionalism which is a combination of values, qualities, and ethics that employers look for in their potential candidates. He advised students on being reliable and that they should be capable of shouldering major work responsibilities. They should be highly responsible for managing and accomplishing all their tasks. The principal motivated students to become good professionals in their careers and to be successful in life.
Mr Ragesh Raju, Assistant Professor enlightened students with an activity-based session on Active leaing by introducing some of the techniques and strategies used for implementing active leaing in the classroom which is practiced in the Department. He also spoke about the importance of MOOC courses, especially Coursera.
Ms Sumangala N, in charge HOD- MCA briefed about the Department. She explained the curricular and co-curricular activities conducted for the benefit of students. Students were told about the mentoring system followed in the Department. In her presentation, she spoke on outcome-based education and the graduate attributes used to assess student performance using the measurable course outcomes. She briefed about the semester-end examination and the eligibility criteria for passing, inteal evaluation system and the evaluation methods followed in the Department. Ms Sumangala N has ensured that students will be exposed to quality education with a focus on the overall personality development of students. In charge HOD also highlighted the senior student's achievements in academics. She has advised them to be focused on academics along with co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.
Dr Felcy D' Souza, Librarian gave an orientation on resources, services, and facilities offered by the Central Library. She also familiarized the functional divisions of the library membership, timings, library online catalog, and digital library. She also demonstrated VTU consortium and other e-resources.
