Students Welfare Association

Students’ Welfare Association 2014-15

The session of the Students’ Welfare Association began on 12th _{November, 2014 with the}

Installation ceremony. Dr Kajal Mitra was installed as the Chairman and Dr. Anne Wilkinson as the Co-Chairperson for the SWA 2014-15. The elected body of students sworn in was –

President - Mr Rohan Roy

Secretary - Mr Abhishek Mankar

Joint Secretary - Mr Shardul Khade

Joint Secretary - Mr Yashendu Khullar

Vice President - Ms Sanober Sheikh

Vice President - Mr Anurag Mishra

University Representative - Mr Rahul Chaudhary

Sports Secretary - Mr Govind Pawade

PG Representative - Dr Amey Kulkarni

PG Representative - Dr Gunjan Loney

Intern Representative - Dr Surabhi Mitra Ladies Representative - Ms Krutika Ramdin Ladies Representative - Ms Sangya Malik Class Representatives –

Batch 2011 - Mr Husain Najmi

Batch 2012 - Mr Shravan Khetan

Batch 2013 - Mr Nrupal Dande

Batch 2014 - Mr Mohammad Mushtaq

The core committee teachers –

Dr Sulbha Joshi - PG Committee

Dr Anil Modak - Hobby Lobby

Dr Prabhat Nichkawade - Music Committee Dr Aniruddha Deoke - Sports Committee

Dr Meenakshi Girish - Publication and Debate Committee Dr Sushil Gawande - Social Service and Outreach activities Dr Mohana Majumdar - Cultural committee

HOBBY-LOBBY ART EXHIBITION:

The SWA 2014-15 was the first council to have a Hobby Lobby Committee, which was

inaugurated at the hands of Dr Sudhanshu Kothe on the morning of 12th _{November, 2015. An}

Art exhibition was organized on this occasion. The exhibits on display were the entries of the Photography competition held for the UG students and also the photos clicked by enthusiastic teachers. The 1st _{prize was bagged by Mr Arpit Roy, 2}nd _{Prize by Ms. Neha Rahate and 3}rd _prize

went to Mr Ankit Gupta.

INAUGURATION OF THE SWA OFFICE:

The SWA office room was inaugurated at the hands of Shri Ranjeetbabu Deshmukh, Dr Amol Deshmukh and Dr Suchika Deshmukh.

INSTALLATION CEREMONY:

The installation of the SWA 2014-15 was done at the esteemed hands of Dr. Vinayak

Deshpande, Vice-chancellor, Nagpur University in the presence of Shri Ranjeetbabu Deshmukh, Dr Amol Deshmukh, Dr Ruchika Deshmukh and Dean, Dr Dasgupta.

The various activities of the Students’ Welfare Association 2014-15 were as follows-

CLEANLINESS DRIVE:

Following the nationwide movement of Swaccha Bharat - Swastha Bharat, the SWA organized a cleanliness drive in the college and hostel campus on 14th _{October, 2014. Students as well as}

DIABETES AWARENESS RALLY:

The SWA was a part of the Diabetes awareness rally held on 14th _{November, 2014 on World}

Diabetes Day.

YOUNG DOCTOR’S PROGRAM:

A program was organized for all the Post Graduate students of NKPSIMS by the PG committee of SWA. Guest speaker for the program was Dr. Shailesh Pangaonkar. He touched upon various aspects of doctor patient relationships like paying attention to patients complaints, taking proper history and being a good listener

FRESHERS DEBATE:

The welcome of the freshers batch of 2014 started with a debate competition organized on 11th

role. The winners were Mr Shivam Garg, and Ms. Jasmine Kaur. Mr. Anubhav Dubey won the consolation prize.

FRESHERS SPORTS MEET:

For the first time in NKPSIMS, a sports meet was held to welcome the freshers batch. Sports competitions for the new students were organized on the morning of 20th _{December,2014}

which included 100 m running, Chess, Carrom and Table tennis. The first three winners were awarded for each sport from the boys’ and girls’ teams.

FRESHERS PARTY – EXCAPADE 2014:

A personality contest was held where the students competed for the title of Mr and Ms Freshers. The contest included 4 rounds – introductory round, talent round, a surprise round where each contestant was given an unusual prop to entertain with and the last - Judges’ question round. Ms. Pooja Bhange won the Ms Freshers title, while Mr Arpit Roy was named Mr Freshers. The runners up for the contest were Ms Aafreen Sayeed and Mr Divyansh Mathur. The contest was followed by DJ night and dinner.

INTERCOLLEGIATE DEBATE COMPETITION:

An intercollegiate debate competition was held at LAD college on 22nd _{December, 2014. Mr}

Yashendu Khullar won the 1st _{prize while Mr Utkarsh Gaur stood 3}rd_{. NKPSIMS was awarded}

with the Best Team award.

SARASWATI PUJA:

The SWA organized a Saraswati puja on the occasion of Basant Panchami on 24th _{January, 2015}

at the central library. The puja was done done in presence of students, teachers as well as the non teaching staff. Everybody was served traditional Bengali Bhog and Dona Prasad courtesy Dr Kajal Mitra, Dr Mohana Majumdar and Dr Ratan Roy.

WALKATHON 2015:

The SWA played a major role in organizing the Walkathon 2015 – an initiative by the Silver Jubilee Committee to celebrate the 25 years of NKPSIMS on Republic day, 26th _{January, 2015.}

Students of NKPSIMS, led by Ms. Aarzoo Meghrajani participated in the Annual Vidarbha level Folk dance competition organized by IMA Nagpur on 26th _{January, 2015. The team won the 1}st

Runners Up prize performing the folk dances of Madhya Pradesh.

THE GREAT WALL OF HINGNA CONTEST:

As an initiative for beautification of the college campus, the SWA organized a wall painting contest wherein students from the MBBS, Dental and nursing college participated. The contest was held on 8th _{February, 2015. The theme for the outer wall was ‘Innovations and Technology’}

while that for the inner wall was ‘India’. The team of Mr Shubham Varma, Ms Neha Rahate and Ms Suhaani Chandak won the 1st _{prize for the inner wall while the 1}st _{position in the outer wall}

went to Ms. Devyani Wanjari.

JOSH 2015:

The annual social gathering, JOSH 2015 was held from 12th _{February to 28}th _{February 2015.}

• 12th _{to 18}th _{February - Lakshya – the sports meet}

• 24th _{February – Jugalbandi – the Antakshari}

Tarana – the Musical night • 25th _{February – Kalagram – the Art exhibition}

Ablaze – the Fashion show

• 26th _{February – Crossfire – the Intercollegiate debate}

Ignite – the Intercollegiate Rock nite • 27th _{February – Zenith – the Cultural extravaganza}

❖ Celebrating 25 years of NKPSIMS, the SWA organized 3 Vidarbha level Inter Medical Collegiate competitions for the 1st _{time ever in NKPSIMS–}

1. Cross fire – Intercollegiate Debate (26th _February)

2. Malhar – Intercollegiate Singing Competition (1st _March)

There was once again a clean sweep of awards by the NKPSIMS students. Ms Devyani Wanjari and Mr Yashendu Khullar won the 1st _{prize For and Against}

respectively in the debate competition.

Dr Suresh Iyer won the 1st _{prize in the Intercollegiate singing competition.}

Team “South Africa” led by Mr. Abhishek Mankar won the 1st Prize in the intercollegiate dance competition.

❖ As a part of the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of NKPSIMS, the SWA for the first time ever organized a STAR NIGHT where INDIAN OCEAN – India’s first ever Rock band performed live in concert and enthralled the audience with their melodious songs, on 2nd _March

INTERCOLLEGIATE COMPETITIONS AT GMC, NAGPUR:

Mr Yashendu Khullar - 1st _{prize in the Intercollegiate Debate competition.}

Dr. Nikhil Ingle - 1st _{prize in the Intercollegiate Solo Singing Competition.}

The Resurrected group, led by Mr Shalabh Janbandhu – 2nd prize in Intercollegiate Dance Competition

FAREWELL TO DEAN, DR DASGUPTA:

The SWA gave a special farewell to the outgoing Dean, Dr Dasgupta on 27th _{March, 2015.}

CČD – Coffee With Dean was an informal affair where Dr Dasgupta chatted about all aspects of his life with the host Mr Yashendu Khullar and then the Rapid fire round with Mr

Abhishek Mankar. The students then gave him a farewell gift basket and sang a farewell song for him.

2013 BATCH TRIP TO DELHI- MANALI:

In the first week of April 2015 the SWA helped to organize the first ever batch trip for the 2013 batch MBBS batch – with the total organization being looked after by batch

representative Nrupal Dhande and his team of batchmates. The students enjoyed the great weather and snow in Manali and sight seeing in Delhi. Dr Anne Wilkinson and Dr Sanjay Walulkar accompanied the students.

GRADUATION CEREMONY 2014:

The graduation ceremony of the 2009 ABCD and EFGH batches was held on 22nd _August

2014. Dr Vedprakash Mishra was the Chief Guest for the ceremony. Dr Amit Daphale and Dr Surabhi Mitra were awarded the Outstanding Student of 2009 batch. The graduates were given a folder containing the Hippocratic oath, their alumni contacts and a certificate and a pen engraved with their names. The ceremony concluded with the hats off ceremony and passing of the torch to the next batch students.

Abhishek Mankar Dr Anne Wilkinson

Secretary SWA 2014-15 Co-Chairperson SWA 2014-15 MBBS 2012 batch