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LIVE WIRE

FEBRUARY- MARCH 2017 ISSUE

TEACHER COORDINATORS

1. Dr. P. LALITHA (FN Session)

2. Mrs. KHATIJA NAFEESA (AN Session)

STUDENT EDITORS:

1. AIMAN BANU

III B.A. English Lit (FN Session)

2. MOYINEH FATHIMA

III B.A. English Lit (FN Session)

3. TASNEEM RASHID

II B.A. English Lit (AN Session)

4. YASHIKA SRUTHI. S

II B.A. English Lit (AN Session)

5. SYED ALI FATHIMA. R

II B.A. English Lit (AN Session)

6. KANIMOZHI. B

II B.A. English Lit (AN Session)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

2. DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY

3. DEPARTMENT OF URDU

4. CENTRE FOR WOMEN STUDIES

5. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY

6. DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

7. CHARISHMA

8. COLLEGE DAY

9. R.I. FUCNTION

10. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

11.VALEDICTORY

12. NSS

13. DEPARMENT OF ENGLISH (A.N.)

14. DEPARMENT OF MATHS (A.N.)

15. DEPARMENT OF COOPERATE ECONOMICS (A.N.)

16. DEPARMENT OF IDD (A.N.)

17. ENVIROCLUB (A.N.)

18. STUDENTS IN THE MEDIA

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

1. CONSUMER RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

As part of activities of the Students Consumer Club at JBAS College, an awareness

program on "Medical Negligence and Rights and Responsibilities of Patient" was held on

23rd February, 2017, 9 to 12 noon.

Dr. V. Dekal, Professor and Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at Saveetha Medical

College spoke on medical negligence cases.

Mr. M. R .Krishnan, Deputy Director, CAI, addressed the student members on Rights and

Responsibilities of patients in Hospitals.

Mrs.KalyaniRajaraman, Project director presided over the meeting and outlined the need and

awareness among students on Consumer Protection Act, with particular reference to Health care

in India.

2. MASTER TRAINING PROGRAMME

A training programme, “Train the Trainers” was held on the 13th of February, 2017 by

the Consumer Association of India (CAI) to impart training to members of Consumer Rights

Association of JBAS College. The theme of the programme was Water Sanitation & Hygiene,

abbreviated as WASH. The students who receive training under this programme will in turn train

the students on 27th February in the city thus living up to the theme of “Train the Trainers” The

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schools that are likely to be covered under the ambit of this initiative are CHSS schools at

Perambur and Maduvingarai & the CGHSS group of schools at Saidapet, Aminjikarai and

Perambur.

3. GUEST LECTURE ON GROUP DYNAMICS & CONFLICT RESOLUTION

The Department of Commerce organized a guest lecture on the 1st of March, 2017 on

the topic “Group Dynamics and Conflict Resolution”. The Guest of Honour was Mrs.Amala,

Assistant Professor of the Department of English and a former HR personnel and trainer at L&T,

a very famous construction and manufacturing company. The guest lecturer, very explicitly

discussed the topic by incorporating practical exercises of management games, role play and a

short video on how conflicts arise in an organisation and measures to resolve the same. Her

lecture was also substantiated by a power point presentation to highlight the theoretical aspects

of Group Dynamics and Conflict resolution. It truly was a very enriching experience as the

students were exposed to a member of the industry who was well aware of the nuances and

working of the industry.

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3. YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS FORUM

“TIPS”-AN INTER DEPARTMENTAL COMPETITION

In order to assess the response and grasp the intricacies of entrepreneurship, an inter

departmental competition “TIPS” was held on 6th February 2017.

Students from different departments participated enthusiastically in various competition of T-

shirt painting, Logo Designing, Poster Making, Product Packaging and Wealth of Waste. The

creativity displayed at each of these events was very commendable and truly was a treat to the

eyes.

T-shirt painting and Logo Designing were judged by the Associate Professor of Home Science

Department, Mrs .ThejoMaye Mohan. Poster making, Product packaging and wealth from waste

was judged by the Vice Principal Dr. Mrs. Amtul Aziz.

WORKSHOP

A one day workshop on “BAKE A COOKIE” was organised by the Young Entrepreneurs Forum

in collaboration with Women Entrepreneurs India on 25th February, 2017. A total of 32

participants registered for the workshop and learnt how to bake varieties of cookies. The

participants not only learnt baking but were also promised assistance if they were interested in

setting up a baking unit.

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DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY

On February 2nd intercollegiate competitions were organized by the Department of

Biochemistry. The Judges for the event Quiz were, Dr. Mrs. Malathi and Ms. Rajshri Sharma

Asssistant .Professors from Department of Biochemistry, Ethiraj College for Women.

Competitions like Bioprobe (Quiz), Biolyrics and Cookery were held. A National seminar on

'Biology of Aging' was organised in which the topics, Aging- Issues, Concerns and solution

were discussed.

On 28th of the same month lectures by eminent scholars on the topic Biology of Aging

were given. In Session 1, Professor B.Sashidhar Rao Member, Scientific Panel, FSSAI, Govt. of

India. Coordinator UGC -CPEPA Hyderabad,spoke on the topic “Cataract-A eye disorder

of aging”. In Session 2, Dr. (Mrs.) Mathangi D.C Professor, Department of Physiology,

Chettinad Academy of Research & Education, Kelambakkam. Spoke on the topic “Physiology of

Aging”. In Session 3, Dr. Yasmini Sudha Lakshmi AsstisstantProfessor, Department of

Biochemistry, Taramani Campus, spoke on the topic Genetics of aging. Valedictory Address was

given by, Dr.(Mrs.) A.J. Hemamalini, Professsor & Head, Department of Clinical Nutrition, Sri

Ramachandra University.

DEPARTMENT OF URDU

The Department of Urdu conducted the 13th Fathima Akhtar Memorial State level Inter-

collegiate debate on 9th February at the College auditorium. The topic for the debate was “Are

libraries more useful than Internet”. The chief guest for the event were Dr. Qazi Habeeb Ahmed

from University of Madras, Department of Arabic, Dr Ameenullah, S.V University, Department

of Urdu, Thirupathi and Dr Parveen fathima, Retd Proff of Urdu, Queen Maries College,

Chennai. The first Prize was bagged by Islamia College, Vaniyambadi and the second prize was

bagged by JBAS College.

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CENTRE FOR WOMEN STUDIES

A training programme for safety and security of women was organised on 3rd February at

the College auditorium at 9:30 am by the centre for women studies in collaboration with NGO-

Periya Karupu. Students were thought self defence, and tips were given to them on how to be

safe at public places. On 18th February a legal awareness programme for women was conducted,

the chief guest for the event was Nazeer ahmed, a Judge from the high court. Many eminent

speakers like Sumithra Chakravarthy, Bharathy, Arunachalam, Thilakeshwaran, all are advocates

and spoke on topic like, Gender Justice and women empowerment, Role of women in nation

building and Laws for the protection of women - Final year students from the department of

English, History, Psychology, Commerce and Political Science attended the programme.

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY

1. Inter class competitions on Rangoli, Essay writing, Hand painting, Bio sketching &

Specimen identification were held on 01.02.2017. The Chief Guests were Mrs. G. Jeelani Begum

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from the department of Chemistry and Mrs.Bheema Jainab from the Department of Plant biology

and Plant Biotechnology.

2. Interdepartmental competitions on Slogan writing, T-shirt designing, Junk modelling,

Poster making, Logo designing were held on 06.02.2017. The Chief Guests were Mrs. Ayesha

Saleem from the Department of Physics, Mrs. G. Jeelani Begum from the department of

Chemistry and Mrs.Bheema Jainab from the department of Plant biology and Plant

Biotechnology. Students from PG & research department of Zoology, Biochemistry, Physics,

Chemistry, Home Science, Maths & Psychology participated enthusiastically.

3. Intercollegiate competition (Valedictory function) was held on 09.02.2017. Various Colleges

like Stella Maris, Chellammal, Quaid- E- Millat, Presidency, Guru Nanak participated. The

judges for the day were Dr.S.Kaneez Fathima, Dr.N.Nayeema Tabassum Shiraj. The events were

Block & Tackle, Channel Surfing, Adzap, Quiz, Paper presentation, Comic Strip Tale,

Photography, Memory of the Grey Cell.

The valedictory function for Entrap 2016-17 was conducted on 9th Feb 2017. The Guest Speaker

Dr.Ramesh Senior Scientist- ICAR, delivered a lecture on "Recent Applications In Insect Pest

Management"

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4. A National Seminar on Marine Biotechnology was held on 16th February. Eminent

academicians spoke on various topics:

Dr. Ana’s Abdul Aziz (Principal Scientist, CSIR- National Institute of Oceanography, Regional

Centre, Kochi)

Topic - Alternative methods replacing antibiotics application in Aquaculture

Dr. Kalaiselvam (Department of Marine Science, Annamalai University)

Topic - Marine Resources

Dr. Sriyutha Murthy (Scientific Officer,BABA Atomic Research Centre, Kalpakkam)

Topic - Interaction of Organisms @ the Nano- Bio Interface

Dr. Dharani, NIOT, Ministry of Earth Science, Govt. Of India, Velachery, Pallikaranai

Topic - Microbial Biotechnology for Biofuel & Nutraceutical Production

Dr T.T.Ajith Kumar (Senior scientist- ICAR, Govt. Of India, Lucknow)

Topic - Marine Ornamental Aquaculture & Biotechnological applications

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DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

1. MATH FIESTA:

The Department of Mathematics conducted ‘Math Fiesta’ and an interclass competitions

viz. poster and model presentation, origami, kirigami and math quiz on 19th January. The

interclass competition- powerpoint presentation was conducted on 16th February for the final

year students. The events included the math wizard quiz and Pirates of the Carribean (treasure

hunt). Over 10 departments participated. The Department of zoology secured the first place

followed by Biochemistry and Psychology securing the second and third place respectively.

2. WORKSHOP:

A one day workshop on “MATLAB” was conducted on 15th February by Mrs.

Munasshirunissa and Mrs. Kavitha Priya of VIT, to help the students explore the impact of

MATLAB in the industry and academics. The students were assisted in learning the basic

concepts of MATLAB by practically solving MATLAB problems.

CHARISHMA

The intercollegiate culturals was conducted on 7th and 8th of February, the Chief Guest for

the event was Kala Master and actor Gayathri, the students had a lot of fun and more than 10 city

Colleges participated in the culturals and made it a grand celebration. There were various events

like solo singing, dance; group singing and group dance, channel surfing, adzap, RJ hunt and so

on. There were also off stage events like creative writing, debate, Terribly Tiny Tales, Icing on

the cake, Photography and so on. GSS Jain College got the overall trophy.

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COLLEGE DAY

College day was celebrated on March 16th at the College auditorium. The chief guest was

Ariel Pollock, the public relations officer at the U.S consulate. She spoke about the current

affairs and the importance of women in the society. Students were felicitated for their excellence

in their academics and the Principal gave a beautiful presentation on the activities of College for

the year 2016-2017.The day ended with a scintillating plays performed by the Department of

Home Science and English.

R.I FUNCTION

The Religious Instruction or the R.I function was held on 14th March at the College

auditorium, the chief guest for the event was the Principal of Preston College. The students who

secured first second and third in the R.I exam were given prizes. Students from various

departments participated in the interdepartmental competitions were they performed a small skit

on topics like charity, deen, obedience to parents and hijab. The department of psychology won

the first place.

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

The Department of English conducted the Kennedy Memorial Debate and the Gandhi

Memorial Quizon 3rd March, 2017. The topic for the debate was ‘Jalikattu as a culture or

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structure’. The judges for the event were Mr. Alex Jacob, a passionate toastmaster and Dr.

Fathima Banu, Head, Department of English. The first place was secured by Stella Maris

College, Second by JBAS (F.N. Session) and the third by JBAS (AN Session). The debate was

followed by quiz and the quiz master was Mr. Abhijeet Shyam. There were about 10 teams from

various Colleges. The day came to an end with the National Anthem.

VALEDICTORY

The valedictory function was held on 17th February 2017 at the College auditorium. The

chief guest for the day was Dr. Sashi Shyamsundar. She is an endocrinologist for the past 28

years and also a motivational speaker. On this day, the new council members took their pledges.

Trophies and certificates were given to the students for their services. The proramme came to an

end with the National Anthem.

NSS

1. Tree Planting programme was conducted by the NSS in collaboration with Exnora

International.Dr. Nirmal inaugurated the planting of the sapling in Bharadidasn Road and gave a

lecture on the importance of Afforestation.

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2. In Commemoration of the World TB day, the NSS and the Rotary Club organised a Human

Chain programme on 24th March 2017 in order to create awareness on Tuberculosis. The event

was covered by Sun news and Dinathanthi.

AFTERNOON SESSION:

1. The Department of English conducted the "Literary fiesta 2017” at the seminar hall on 15th

and 17th of February. Mr. Arunkrishnamurthy (CEO) was the chief guest. The on stage events

like quiz, channel surfing & shipwreck and the off stage events like twist the tale, puzzle &

limericks were conducted. The coordinators were Mrs. Shabina Fareed & Mrs. Saraswathunisha.

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2.The Department of Mathematics conducted the Math Fest "Confidis 2017" on march 1 & 2.

The chief guest was Dr. Charles Robert Kenneth, assistant professor of Loyola College. The

events of day 1 & day 2 were math'o'brain, colloquia, math pirates, pic-tab-dum, quiz, fun brain

(on stage) inspire, math waves, just do it, math mania, fetch it, affiche & dumboom (off stage).

3. The Department of Corporate Economics conducted the "eco-fest 2017" on 21st and 22nd

of February. The inaugural address was given by Dr. Sugumar (H.OD, Department. of

Economics, Vivekananda College). The competitions were adzap, debate, paper presentation.

Around 167 participants from various city Colleges participated. Mr. V. Purush, Director,

Trident Solutions gave away the prizes to the participants.

4. The Department of Interior Design and Decor conducted "strokes 17" on 27th and 28th

February , the annual exhibition to showcase the young talent. They conducted vegetable carving

competition and various other competitions.

5. The Department of Microbiology organized an international seminar cum workshop on

"Application of Bio Infomatics in Lifescience Research". The seminar was inaugurated by Dr.

Damodaran (Chief Scientist, Chaugi General Hospital, Singapore). The seminar was coordinated

by the faculty members Ms. Anuswedha & Ms. Sumitha.

6. The Enviro club members organized Inter Departmental competitions on 1st march. Events

like leaf art and plastic recycling were conducted. The coordinators for the events were Dr. S.

Kaneez Fathima & Mrs. M. Parveen. The judges for the event, plastic recycling were Dr. S.

Kaneez Fathima and Mrs. Iffath Jahan and the judges for the event leaf art were Mrs. Sharin and

Mrs. Janitha.

STUDENTS IN THE MEDIA:

JBAS students, Sameeha Shaik and Moyineh Fathima of 3rd B.A English literature created

history by winning the prestigious Elihu Yale debate conducted on March 3rd at Chevalier T.

Thomas Elizabeth College for Women in collaboration with The Indo-American association

Chennai. The topic for the debate was “Demonetization – will it heal or hurt our economy?”

Indo- American Association has been consistently holding the Elihu Yale debate since 1973. It is

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named after Elihu Yale, a president of the East India Company Settlement in Fort St. George,

Madras. Their speech is as follows:

DEMONETISATION WILL HEAL THE ECONOMY.

“Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” said Robin Sharma, the

motivational speaker, the author of the the best seller “The Monk who sold his Ferrari.” This

exactly true with the case of demonetisation announced by the Indian Prime Minister at 8 pm on

8th Nov 2016. The announcement shocked the nation, people couldn’t believe it, politicians

became sceptical.

Ofcourse I am not going to talk about the hard and messy part of it but I am here to highlight the

gorgeous part of it. The PM’s motive to introduce demonetisation was to curb cross borderd

terror funding and to bring out black money. Cross bordered terror funding and black money are

like tumours in the body and it has to be treated or removed, only then the survival is possible.

As our Prime Minister said only a surgical demonetisation can cure it. Generally for cancer

Chemotherapy treatment is given which is very painful and has lot of side effects but when a

good doctor administers this treatment at the right time, inspite of the side effects , the cure is

certain after a period of time. This is what the “ONCOLOGICAL SURGEON” Mr. Narendra

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Modi has given to India on the 8th of November. My worthy opponents would be talking about

the side effectsand pain but I would be focussing on the cure.

After the anouncement of Demonetisation 95% of demonetised currency has come back to the

banking systems, by depositing the demonetised notes it is not gonna become white but the

hoarded money has been channelised into the banking sectors, which means banks will have

more money for funding various developmental projects.

Good people have already come forward to disclose their wealth on their own, one such person is

Lalji Bhai Patel , a daimond merchant from Surat eho has surrendered 6000crores which is the

single largest amount disclosed by an individual.

Do you know how much the country is gonna gain by this disclosure?

It is 5400 crores that comes to exchequers (i.e) 30% tax for 6000 crores ewhich is 1800 crores

and 200% penalty on the tax amount 3600crores which amounts to 5400 crores.

In addition to such disclosures the Income Tax department has also conducted several rides

across the country and unearthed several 1000 crores.

So far in the process of demonetisation only 2 countries have succeeded one is the U.S.A and

other is Australia and ours is the third country in the list of succesful nation.

To tackle the problems of demonetisation, the Govt anounced cashless transactions which is

going to take the country to great heights in the economic sector.

When we do cashless transactions , everything is going to be legitimate, clean and white. You

may have to pay a percent or two by way of tax but this tax money is not going into any

individual’s pocket but to the government exchequer which in turn will reach the people in the

form of good infrastructure, hygenic living conditions, super speciality hospitals etc.

Normally business men and big traders go hand in hand with politicians , they fund huge sums

for their politicians and inturn they get a lot of favours from the ruling part which emboldens

them to carry out substanded work. To clamp this, the RBI has made an anouncement tha none

should donate more than 2000 rs to any political party without proper ID card, pan Card, now the

traders can work with a clean conscience and serve the society better.

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These are the effects of demonetisation:

Civic Bodies have collected a tax of more than 14000 crores but in the previous year during the

same period it was only 3000 crores.

No terrorist attacks in the country after the anouncement, on the other hand Mavoists have given

up their guns due to cashless economy.

No bank robberies have been repoted, the price of essential comodities have come down.

Yesterday the PM anounced that the Indian GDP is on the upward swing.

Whom do you want to cerify, well the World Bank?

THE WORLD BANK SAYS” the after effects of demonetisation will disappear in the medium

terms and in the financial year 18-19 , India will be a force with among the world super powers.”

I can hear you all murmuring which means I have to wait for 2 more years?. Yes you have to

give some time for healing.

The healing is possible becasue of the people of this great nation who inspite of all the hardships

faced during the initial stages have not given up. There were long queues but no violence,

more than 100 people died but they are all martyrs and the nation would proudly

remember them on reaching the goal.

Finally I say that Demonetisation is gonna be a succes because of the youth of this country.

Statistics say that 74% of the Indian population is below 40 years which means they havent seen

the last demonetisation in 1978, but after that India has undergone a lot of turmoils in hands of

politicians but in the recent years youth have come to occupy the centre stage, they want a

change in every aspect, they are ready to face challenges, even sacrifice their lives. What I told

may sound empty words but if we recollect the Marina Awakening For Jallikattu , You cant deny

my words. The youngsters believed that there is no gain without any pain, so if I undergo the

pain now, my future and the future of the great nation will be very bright. “The secret of

Change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but building the new.”

Demonetization will hurt the economy

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Pain, suffering, anguish and confusion was leashed on the common man on November 8th when

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that all higher denomination notes would cease to be a

legal tender. The promise which the Prime Minister made was that with this move, India would

be able to combat Black money, Drug mafia, Human trafficking and Terrorist funding. If

Demonetization was the answer to all these major problems of the world then every country

would have adopted this solution. According to me, Demonetization has not stood up to the hype

it has created. Let me remind the Prime minister most hoarders of Black money have only 6% of

it in cash and the rest is saved in Benami, real estate, gold and diamonds. So with this move the

rich have not been affected at all. Daily wage earners, people who live on hand to mouth

existence, are the main sufferers of this scheme.

Over a 100 people have lost their lives, dreams have been shattered, businesses closed, hunger

and loss of savings are the affects of Demonetization. After the announcement of this scheme

marriage of Karnataka MLAs daughter which crossed the expense of corers and many such

lavish parties have been thrown, through which it is known that the rich were never affected by

this move. This is the governments surgical strike on the common man of our country. India is a

Democracy, no one can become a dictator here and play with the innocent lives of people. When

the move did not fulfill its goal, it was deemed that India is heading towards Digitalization. First

I would urge the Prime minister to supply Electricity to the villages, give education and tackle

unemployment. Who wants digital India when a common man in India is struggling for two

meals per day? We want results,We want peace, We want the promises to be fulfilled and do not

make our lives even worse.

The new 2000 rupees note does not have any specific security features to tackle counterfeit

currency it is more over very easy to hoard this money as it is a higher denomination, and

within three months of the circulation of new notes, fake notes have been found and they have

50% of the security features. Long hours spent in standing in the queue, loss of work , loss of

labour, waste of time, this is what Demonetization has done to India. It has given a big blow to

the economy and to the people of India.

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Editor’s note: The year 2016-

2017 has been amazing, we

are very proud to have

contributed our creativity and

talent to this magazine, this is

the last edition of livewire for

the semester. We thank our

teacher for being the guiding

support and all our students

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for cooperating with us. So

dear readers its farewell now.

Happy vacation and we

wish all the very best to the

final year students, May you

all have a bright future ahead.

Thank you.