Faculty Participation: BRIDGE 2022

Our department faculty Mr.P.Kishore Kumar, Head i/c cum Asst. Prof., Participated in the BRIDGE 2022, an event organized by ICT Academy of Tamilnadu, on 28th March, 2022 at Nagercoil, on the theme “A high impact industry institute interaction”. Thiru T. Mano Thangaraj,Hon’ble Minister for Information Technology, Government of Tamil Nadu, was the chief guest. The event focused on Bridging Skill Gapfor Better Employment, Identifying New Generation Workforce, and Industrial Partnership for Talent Development, Future-Ready Skills Roadmap, and Recruitment Trends.

Field Visit to AzhagarKovil

The D. P. Roy Choudhury Association of Animation Department organized a field trip on 21.03.2022, Monday for II year B.Sc., Animation students and PG Diploma in Animation Techniques.The studentswere taken to the Azhagarkovil. The studens enjoyed the trip. Mr.P.Kishore Kumar, Head i/c cum Asst. Prof., Mr.M.Abdul Aziz Hakkim, Asst. Prof., Mr.N.Naveendrakumar., Asst. Prof., and 29 students participated in this field visit.The students were taught Photography and drawing by the staff members, They developed skills in drawing and live portrait sketches. It was a one day tour to enhance the student’s skill in drawing & photography. The education tour started at 9.00 AM and was over by 01.00 PM.

SLCS Samaaj seva – Outreach Programmeon “Clean the Society”

The D. P. Roy Choudhury Association of Animation Department conducted an outreach programme “Clean the Society” at AzhagarKovilareaon 21.03.2022, Monday, between 01:30 P.M. and 04:30 P.M. Totally 29 students and 3 faculty members participated in this event. Mr.P.Kishore Kumar, Head i/c cum Asst. Prof., insisted the students about the natural resources conservation and Protection. Mr.N.Naveendra Kumar, Asst. Prof., shared with the students about the impact of Plastic cover usage and its disposing methods. Mr.M.Abdul Aziz Hakkim, Asst. Prof., addressed the students about waste Management system. The students collected all the waste materials and dropped at the dustbin.

ART FROM WASTE COMPETITION

Art & Media Club, the students of SLCS had an opportunity to participate in the “Art from Waste Competition” in the Animation Classroom – Iheld on 11.03.2022 from 02.00 pm to 03.30 pm.

“BEST OUT OF WASTE” is one such craft which follows this environmental friendly principle and at the same time creates useful and attractive objects out of waste products. Young hands and imaginative minds came together in a creative burst of energy. Mind-blowing, beyond expectation, fantabulous ideas were demonstrated by students. They prepared very creative and innovative models and art items from different waste materials. They used reusable and recyclable materials like newspapers, shoe boxes, bangles, ice cream stick’s and much more. From these items, they created an amazing array of display items and useful everyday objects leaving everyone totally impressed. The values like preservation, recycling, conservation, reduce, reuse etc. are imbibed on the young heart and minds by demonstrating this noble act of caring our environment.

Totally 20 Students from various departments participated in the competition.

DRAWING COMPETITION

Art & Media Club, the students of SLCS had an opportunity to participate in the “DrawingCompetition” in the Drawing Hallheld on 10.03.2022 at 11.00AM to 12.30PM. The students made beautiful sketches on paper.

The theme of the competition was“The World after Covid-19”. The main objective of this competition is tolearn and engage in skillful learning through the medium of Art. All the Students participated with great enthusiasm, zest and exhibited their creativity.The competition provided a platform for theircreative expression. The Winners of the competition will be honored in the Annual Day 2022.

Totally 46 students took part in this program.

Miniature Sculpting Workshop

The Department of Animation conducted an Workshop on “Paper anatomy models making” on 10.02.2022 and 17.02.2022 (Thursday and Thursday) In Drawing Hall. Mr. S. Praveen Kumar, Instructor, Dept. of Animation handled the “Miniature Sculpting” Workshop for the students. He thought a new and creative way to make 3D models with simple papers and tape, which leads them to make different fascinating characters .They, also learned how to make their own character with physic and balance. This led them to understand the balance of an object in real life and how to keep the same balance in models while making it in 3D software’s. The Students enjoyed the activity and ended productively.

Totally 23 students on 10.02.2022 and 13 students on 17.02.2022 were participated in this programme.

CELEBRATION OF WORLD RADIO DAY

The Department of Animation & Visual communication jointly celebrated the “World Radio Day 2022” on 14.02.2022 (Monday) between 11.00 AM and 01.30 PM. Mr. P. Kishore Kumar, Head i/c cum Asst. Prof., Department of Animation welcomed the gathering. Mr.BabuShajan Kevin, Head i/c cum Asst. Prof., Department of Viscom introduced the chief guest, Mr. John Raja Durai, Associate programming director, Music Broadcast Private Limited (Radiocity 91.1FM). He addressed the students that the World Radio Day is observed to recognize the contribution of the mass communication medium in providing news and entertainment across all strata of society. He advised the students to discuss the current affairs, general knowledge and narrate stories through Podcast. He inspired and motivated the students by sharing the tactics and nuances required to become a Radio Jockey. He stressed on delivering the content in one’s own style with creativity which is one of the most important factors needed for attracting audience though it might be in a grumpy, squeaky, soft or loud voice. He reinforced the idea that the nature of the voice is never an issue. He mentioned that at times, a person well prepared to deliver the content might be rejected and the one who talks with originality and confidence is selected.The students eagerly participated in the activity. Besides they got clarified their doubts with the resource person regarding taking up RJ as a profession. The event helped the students in understanding the medium of radio better. Totally 66 Students from both the departments participated in this event.

“Preventing the people from the infected Community Dogs”

The I & II year students of Animation Department in the SLCS –Samaaj Seva-Extention Activity of “Preventing the people from the infected Community Dogs” on February 02, 2022 between 10.00 A.M to 01.00 P.M in the areas like Avanyapuram, Chinnaudappu, Valayangulam, Perungudi. Students of I year Animation prepared food for the activity for feeding the dogs with medicines and V.Suganeshwaran, P.Surya,B.M.Mathan Kumar and R.Balamurugan of II year Animation provided tremendous support on feeding the medicines for more than 40 Dogs.Along with the food ,tablets like Neomee and Praziplus were mixed to treat the Infected community dogs in order to prevent the further spread of any viral disease from these dogs to the people residing in the community. More than 500(200 Families) people benefited from this activity and totally 6 students participated in this activity.

Career Guidance Programme on “Corporate Expectations from a Fresher”

The Department of Animation organized a Career Guidance Programme on “Corporate Expectations from a Fresher” on 02.02.2022 (Wednesday) between 03.30 PM and 04.30 PM through Google Meet. Mr.M.Abdul Aziz Hakkim welcomed the gathering and introduced the resource person, Ms. Uma, Client Service Executive, Deolite Digital, Chennai. The purpose of this event was to enlighten the students about the important expectations from the industry when they enter into the Corporate Sector.

She advised the students to absorb the things whatever they see, adapt to the things in the market and also always be smart in doing things. The Company always expects from the freshersCommunication skills, Knowledge beyond textbooks, confidence,ability to lead,knowledge of foreign language(niche technology), ability to travel to different location, versatile and ability to engage people, ambitious about achieving things, team player. They collectively called it a RAINBOW factor.Overall,thesessionwasfilledwithknowledgeandvaluewhichcouldbeseenintheappreciationwegotpost-sessionfromparticipants.

Totally 55 Students from I & II year participated in this event.

SLCS Samaaj seva – Extension Activity on “Prevention & Safety measures for Covid-19”

On January 21, 2022 D. P. Roy Choudhury Association of Animation Department organized an Extension Activity creating awareness on “Prevention & Safety measures for Covid-19” between 11.00 A.M. and 01.00 P.M. The Students from I & II year Animation actively participated and gave a peech among the people in the village about the preventive measures against Covid-19. S. Madhubala from II year Animation creates awareness using the Animated Videos which will be easy for the people to understand the seriousness of the issue. P.Surya from II year & D.Jeyanthan from I year Animation demonstrated and educated about the Hand hygiene, hand washing techniques, correct way of wearing mask and travelling advice.

The local community were sensitized about the spread of Corona Virus and its prevention. Educating the rural people about the preventive measures, talking to them about their fears, and giving them a sense of some control over risk of infection helped in reducing their anxiety. Mr.N.Naveendra Kumar, Instructor, Department of Animation and Mr.Jeyaraman, Lab Incharge guided the Students during this extension activity. Totally 50 People in the village were benefitted from this programme.