Minutes & Report of First Advisory Committee Meeting held on 11th March 2017

at KME Society’s G. M. Momin Women’s College, Bhiwandi (Dist Thane), Maharashtra

Adviser to the Department of Biotechnology, Hon’ble Dr. Suman Govil visited G.M.Momin Women’sCollege on 11th March 2017 for Star Advisory Committee meeting along with external experts Dr. SunilKumar Deshmukh, Scientist, TERI, New Delhi and Mr. Avinash Lewis Senior Engineer, United Nations.External Expert Dr. Rajendra Shinde, Vice Principal, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai was granted leave ofabsence. Dr. Mussaddiq Patel, Gen Secretary, KME Society and member of the managementMr. ShafiMuqri graced the occasion.

Principal Dr. Moses Kolet gave his presentation where he briefly introduced the college, its aims,objectives, vision and mission, its management and local education scenario and relatedchallenges in the small culturally isolated town of Bhiwandi, especially from point of view ofeducation of girls; as our college is a women’s college.

The Committee interacted with the students in the college auditorium whereinstudentsofdepartments selected for star college scheme voiced theirpositive feelings and gave feedback onbenefits derived from various activities conducted under the Star college scheme.Dr. VaishaliNirmalkar conducted this part of the programme. Following were the students who gave thefeedback of various activities sponsored by DBT under Star College Scheme.

S.No. Name Department1 Ms. Kharbe Ruqaiya Botany2 Ms. Divkar Ayesha Chemistry3 Ms. Saher Ansari Information Technology4 Ms. Ansari Monam Physics5 Ms. Khwaja Nukra Zoology6 Ms. Safa Khan Biotechnology and Team member, Inter University

Research Convention

Dr. Suman Govil shared her experiences with students and motivated them to take up challengesin life. Students loved and appreciated her heartfelt interaction with them. Students looked uponDr. Suman Govil as their ideal role model.

Departmental presentations, along with the presentation of star coordinator were organized in theIT Laboratory.

Coordinator Ms. Jayashree Thakre informed the committee on planning of the scheme andactivities conducted by departments receiving funding from DBT under Star college scheme forbenefit of students.

Activities conducted under the Star scheme by departments were presented by departmentalcoordinators as mentioned below:

S.No. Name Department1 Ms. Tarannum Attar Physics2 Ms. Laxmishree Chengala Botany3 Dr. Naheed Azam Chemistry4 Dr. Nisar Shaikh Zoology5 Ms. Misbah Momin Information Technology

Dr Suman Govil appreciated the activities, gave valuable suggestions and guidelines to the members inorder to implement Star scheme more effectively.

The course coordinator thanked all the members.

In the later part of the day the external experts visited the departments and interacted with staffmembers.

Star Coordinator PrincipalMrs. Jayashree Thakre Dr. Moses J. Kolet

Principal Dr. M J Kolet escorting Dr. Suman Govil

Welcome and Felicitation of DBT representative Dr. Suman Govil and external experts

Staff and students during interaction with Dr. Suman Govil

Our External Experts, Advisory Committee, Star DBT Scheme-Dr. Suman Govil

(Advisor, DBT)Dr. Sunil Kumar (Scientist, TERI, New Delhi), Mr. Avinash Lewis (Engineer, UN) with Management Members during

interaction with students on 11th March 2017.

Presentation of Work done under Star Scheme by Department of Botany

ADIEU to Dr. Suman Govil