MENTOR MEETING REPORT

On behalf of the Department of CS, the third Mentor Meeting for the odd semester 2020 – 2021 was conducted online on 18.09.2020 in the Academic Lab-1 and Academic Lab-II at 1.30 PM. All mentors in the department met their mentees separately through Google Meet and Google Classrooms. The mentees were informed that the mentor meeting will be conducted every Friday at 11.50am. The students were informed of the new mentor mentee list.Students shared their grievances and various personal problems faced by them with their mentors.

Webinar on Creative Lighting Techniques “Mr. J. Pandiaraj”

The Department of Visual Communication conducted a webinar on Creative Lighting Techniques for our Students on 18.09.2020. The inaugural session started at 02.00 pm. Mr. Babu Shajan Kevin, Assistant Professor, gave a brief introduction about the college and the department. Mr. J. Pandiaraj, Assistant Cinematographer, Chennai was the guest of honor. He has worked with Mr. Rajiv Menon, renowned cinematographer, for various advertisements as lighting supervisor and camera operator. Mr. Sivarajan, Assistant Professor delivered the key note address.

During the session the guest presented on various types of lights used in films and he also demonstrated by playing the subsequent clip. The students were asked to identify where the lights were placed. They actively responded. He covered seven major areas of lighting used in films. He used references from classical movies to commercial films. He also shared his experience working as a lighting supervisor with various leading cinematographers in the film industry. The session went on well with a total number of 42 students participating actively. He gave the students exercises relating to lighting. Later, the students asked their queries. He responded to each and every students query and also provided career guidance. Students enjoyed the session very much and thanked the management for providing such a wonderful opportunity and expecting more such events in near future.   Mr. C. Rajavardhan, Instructor proposed the vote of thanks. The event was a grand success.

Test Your Skills – Creative Arts & Literary Activity

Art and Media Club & SIP Cell of SLCS organized an Activity session on “Test Your Skills – Creative Arts & Literary Activities”.

Mr.P.Kishorekumar, Assistant Professor of Animation cum SIP Coordinator, conducted an activity oriented session on the topic “Test Your Skills – Creative Arts & Literary Activity” on 17.09.2020. The following were the activities posted during the session.

  • Drawing                              –        Topic         :  Current Affairs
  • Tamil Verse Writing        –        Topics       : நம்நாடு, தாய்மை, நட்பு
  • English Verse Writing     –        Topics       : Success, Failure, Beauty.
  • Art from Waste                 –        Topics       : Waste from home
  • Literary Activity                –        Platform  : Read Theory

The SIP Coordinator explained about the activity by creating an interest towards the students. The students showed their eagerness towards this session by their active participation. The students were again informed about this participative learning and experiential learning through these activities. They were also asked to post the articles in the given mail id. Totally 250 students Participated and got benefitted.

Online Refreshing and Rejuvenating Workshop on Sound Therapy

ZEAL, BBA Association of Subbalakshmi Lakshmipathy College of Science, Madurai organized an Online Refreshing and Rejuvenating Workshop on Sound Therapy on 16.09.2020. Ms.Sunithi S.Ramesh, Sound Therapist and Gong Master, Satvat Holistics was the resource person. Students actively participated in the workshop and experienced a complete relaxation and rejuvenation by listening to different sounds arising out of various bowls using gongs. The connection between sound and body was explained in detail and demonstrated. Students were able to receive a positive vibration through the workshop. No. of Students Participated: 114(36+47+31)

Guest Lecture on “How to read and validate NEWS? (Virtual Tour)”

Art and Media Club & SIP Cell of SLCS organized a webinar on “How to read and validate NEWS? (Virtual Tour)”. NEWS – North East West South, the expansion of this acronym. Dr.R.Jeyakrishnan, Special Correspondence, Win TV, Chennai, shared his views on the topic “How to read and validate NEWS?” on 16.09.2020. He initiated the session by the virtual tour in the Win TV Channel, Chennai. He also explained the students that all the TV Stations’ gates will be opened always to receive the news from the public 24/7. He shared the students about the difficulties in collecting news. He then explained about the freedom given to each and every reporter while collecting news. A news reporter can even enter into a whole where the air cannot be entered. He answered the query raised by the students regarding the TRP rating. Finally he insisted the students to hear and read newspapers regularly for updating themselves about the current scenario. Totally 240 students attended and got benefitted.

Board of Studies Meeting

The Department of Marine Catering and Hotel Management conducted an Online Board of Studies Meeting on 15.9.2020 between 2.00 p.m. and 3.00 p.m. Dr. R.Kannan, Ph.D, Professor & Research Guide, Centre for Tourism and Hotel Management, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, represented as the University Nominee , Prof.RameshRaj.S ,Associate Professor, Dept of  HM&CS , MKU  College, Madurai  represented the  Subject Expert, Prof. Jayanthi, Assistant Professor, Dept of French, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai was the university nominee for Language, Mr. P. Balasubramaniam, Director – Operations, Hotel Amika, Madurai represented as the Industrial Expert , Mr. Karthikeyan.R,  participated as an Alumni,  Mr. C. Sureshkumar, Head of the Department  represented as the Chairperson. The Department Faculty members, a Parent and a Student participated as members in the Board of Studies Meeting and gave their valid feedback and recommendations for framing the syllabus.

Guest Lecture on “Teaching & Learning Pedagogy”

CDC & SIP Cell of SLCS organized a webinar on Teaching & Learning Pedagogy”. Teaching and Learning is a dependent pedagogical approach which is followed by a teacher in the classroom. On 15.09.2020, Dr.R.Parthiban, IQAC Administrator of SLCS explained the variety of pedagogical approaches used in Colleges that are more effective and appropriate in the process. The effectiveness of pedagogy often depends on the particular subject matter to be taught, on understanding the diverse needs of different learners, and on adapting to the on-the-ground conditions in the classroom and the surrounding context.

He also explained about the differences between Teacher-Centered Pedagogy and Student-Centered Pedagogy.  He added that at SLCS we follow the Outcome Based Education which is a Student-Centered Methodology of Education. The teachers at SLCS use the ICT facilities for teaching the students in an effective manner. So automatically, the students will be much interested in the classroom session. Finally the resource person motivated the students by showing few videos from the movies which replicates the Teaching Learning Pedagogy and links the same with the process at SLCS. The students enjoyed the session. Totally 240 students attended and got benefitted.

Guest Lecture on “How to utilize Resource Center Effectively?”

SIP Cell & Library Managing Team of SLCS organized a webinar on the topic “How to utilize the Resource Center Effectively?”. Information plays an important part in the wider learning process – to understand the context of the work. Guest Lecturer Dr.P.Ravichandran, Head-Dept. of LISC, Annamalai University, Chidambaram presented a wonderful session on “How to utilize the Resource Center Effectively?” on 15.09.2020. Learning takes place not only at workshops or on training courses, but also through discussions with colleagues, practical experience, and consulting newsletters, books and audiovisual materials. Resource centers can support a wide range of learning activities by making information available. Resource centers have an important part to play in improving access to information. A resource centre collects and organizes materials that are useful to a particular group of people. A resource centre actively seeks to share the information that it contains. The main aim of a resource centre are to create a pleasant environment for learning, to contain a relevant and accessible collection of resource materials (based on the actual needs of users), to provide a range of information services, to encourage people to use the information in the resource centre and to help users gain access to information from other sources. Finally the resource person informed the students to utilize all the resources regarding the government schemes and also regarding the education. Totally 228 students attended and got benefitted.

Alumni interaction

As part of academic enhancement, our alumnus Mr.S.Gokulnath (2017-20 batch, placed in Equitas Bank) interacted with the III Year students of B.Com B&I on 15.09.2020. He shared his interview experience with his juniors. He stressed on the importance of Communication and gave tips to clear competitive examinations. He, also, answered the queries posted by the students regarding the interview process. All the students of III B.Com (B&I) thanked him for sharing his experience.

Webinar on Short Film Making with Sony Video Cameras

The Department of Visual Communication conducted a webinar on “Short Film Making with Sony Video Cameras” on Tuesday, September 15 at 11:30 a.m – 1:45 p.m. The resource persons were Mr. Musthafa Basha Sony Specialist & Mr. R. Ahamed Abdullah Compositing Artist, D.I Online Editor, Rotoscopy Artistheld, handled the sessions via Google meet. A total number of 50 students participated in the webinar. Mr. C. Sivarajan, Instructor, Department of Visual Communication delivered welcome address.

The webinar session was initially handled by Mr. Musthafa Basha from 11.40 am to 12.30 pm and he covered the following topics during the live session.

  • Film making trends
  • Current trend & its shift
  • Basic structure of film making
  • Digital film Production
  • Multiple Line-up Knowledge
  • Codecs & Quality
  • Log

Then last session was handled by Mr.R.Ahamed Abdullah from 12.30 p.m to 1.45 p.m and he covered the following topics during the live session.

  • Post Production
  • Compositing
  • I (Color grading)

            The resource person also showed a demo of the color correction process by using the industry professional software like Davinci resolve. A clip from an advertisement was taken and it was demonstrated with the basic of color values.

Then, he also showed a demo of how simple visual effects can be done in short films. For this purpose, a clip was taken from a Telugu movie and it was composited with another clip to match the sequence by using motion tracking technique

The students and faculty members of the department attended the session. Students actively participated in the session by posting their queries and it was clarified by the resource persons. They also shared their professional experience and provided career guidance to the participants. Students were also given tasks during the session and our students responded well. Due to the positive response and interest from the students, the resource person expressed their willingness to handle another session in the forthcoming days.

The session concluded with a vote of thanks by S. Abirami, final year student of Visual Communication. The students gathered lots of information and they requested the department members to conduct many more sessions in future.