Damodar Utsav
The Students’ Council held one-day Damodar Utsav for students of all programs on 12th May 2022. Onstage and offstage competitions were held simultaneously from 8.30am to 2.00pm. The offstage events were; Rangoli, Face Painting and Wordsworth. While the onstage events were; Dance competition, Fashion Show and Mr. & Ms. Damodar 2022.
Below are the details of each event;
1) Rangoli Competition
Date: 12th May 2022 Timing: 8.30am -10.30 am
Venue: Quadrangle
Details of Participants: 08 teams (16 participants) (15 Female, 01 Male)
The Floral Rangoli competition, an off-stage event was held in the college quadrangle. The competition was open for all students across all the programmes. Around 08 teams participated for the same. The event started sharp at 8.30 am. The student coordinators for this event were Ms. Anisha D’Souza and Mr. Ved Borkar, students of M. Com Part I. The theme for the competition was ‘Festivals of India’. The competition was organized to explore and encourage creativity in the students and offer them a platform to promote their artistic excellence. This fun-filled competition witnessed an enthusiastic participation from all the students. The Judges for the competition were Dr. Anjali Sajilal, Asst Prof. (B.Com.) and Ms. Snehal Jadhav, Asst. Prof BBA(FS). The judges evaluated each entry on the basis of relevance to the given theme, originality, creativity, uniqueness, neatness and overall presentation. 08 teams participated in the competition.
The winners were as follows:
First Place: Ms. Dekasha Odarkar and Ms. Shradha Naik, (M.Com Part II)
Second Place: Ms. Anisha Nadkarni and Ms. Ashwini Kalal (S.Y.B.Com)
Third Place: Ms. Prachi Paradkar and Ms. Isha Kudalkar (M.Com Part II)
The teacher coordinator for this event was Ms. Pooja Shanbhag, Asst Prof. Post-Graduate Department of Commerce.
2) Face Painting Competition
Date: 12th May 2022 Time: 08:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Venue: College Smart Classroom
Details of participants: 15 teams of students (14 females, 16 males)
Face Painting competition was held in the college Smart Classroom. The objective of the competition was to provide the students with a platform to showcase their artistic skills and talent and get an opportunity to participate in co-curricular activities necessary for holistic development. The theme for the competition was “Halloween”. 15 teams of two members each, participated in the competition. The competition witnessed an array of artistic talent displayed by the participants. The face-painted were judged on the basis of relevance to the theme, creativity, originality, artistic composition, and overall presentation. The first place for the competition was bagged by Mr. Nishant Heggannavar and Mr. Sanatan Tarai of FY B.Com (D). The second place went to Ms. Aemisha Azavedo of SY B.Com (A) and Mr. Alrich Fernandes of SY B.Com (C). While the third place was bagged by Mr. Sathvik Satardekar and Mr. Vibhav Bhagat of FY B.Com (D). The judges for the competition were Ms. Meher Rodrigues and Ms. Amba Prabhu. The teacher coordinator for the event was Ms. Lizette D’Costa, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics & Banking, and the students in charge were Mr. Aditya Joshi and Mr. Aryan Shaikh.
3) Wordsworth competition
Date: 12th May 2022 Venue: Time: 8:30 am to 10:00 am
Venue: College Smart Classroom
Details of Participants Attended: 49 Students
Off-stage event Wordsworthwas divided into 3 rounds. The participants were given 2 words and they were supposed to make multiple words within the time frame of 4 minutes. For round two again two words were given with time duration of 2 minutes. For the final round top nine participants were selected and only one word was given and 45 seconds. Ms Ashwini Devari Assistant professor in Financial Service was teacher in charge for the event. Ms Saniya Kadar and Joshita Fernandes student from SYBBA(FS) and FYBBA(FS) were in charge for the competition. The winners were – Vaishani Gaokar TYBCOM(C) – First Place, Siddhi MCOM- II – Second Place and Vanessa Carrasco MCOM- I –Third Place
4) Dance Competition
Date: 12th May 2022 Venue: Time: 10:30 am to 12:00 pm
Venue: Multipurpose Hall
Details of Participants Attended: 14 Teams
The dance competition was on stage event which was held in the multipurpose hall. The dance competition was into two categories: Solo and Group. Students participated in large numbers in the dance competition and presented different dance forms. The judges for the event were Ms Trisha Vadil Assistant professor in Commerce and Ms Rama Borkar Assistant Professor Computer Science. Ms Ashwini Devari Assistant professor in Financial Service and Sneha Prabhudessai were teacher in charge for the event Ms Saniya Kadar and Joshita Fernandes student from SYBBA(FS) and FYBBA(FS) were in charge for the competition. The first place for the solo dance went to Sahil Khanvilkar of SY B.Com (A), second place went to Roshni Khatun of TY B.Com (B) and third place went to Anand Chauhan of of SY B.Com (D). For the Duo round, the first place was bagged by Abigale Pujari and Jeslin FernandesFYBBA(FS) A. While for the group dance Prasanna Vengurlekar, Shreya Naik, Rohini Kamat and Shama Kharangate of SY B.Com.
5) Fashionista (Fashion Show)
Date: 12th May 2022 Timing: 11.30a.m. – 12.30 pm
Venue:Multipurpose Hall
Fashion show was an off-stage event held in the college multipurpose hall. Teams of students comprising of 8 to 12 members were allowed to participate in this event. The competition started with the introduction of judges. Ms. Sheryl Sanches, Asst. Professor in Commerce and Mr. Ajinkya Kudtarkar, Director of Physical Education were invited as the judges for the competition. The students selected various themes like Bollywood, Mat-gala, Bollywood v/s Hollywood, etc. Altogether 6 teams participated in this event. The teams consisted of students from all programmes. All the students enthusiastically performed in the competition and it ended with the judges’ final comments on each performance. The event was coordinated by Students Council Members – Ms. Koel Jana – Divisional Representative of FY BCom C, Ms. Shaleen DSilva – Divisional Representative of FY BCom B and Aditi Satardekar Divisional Representative of FY BCom D and the Teacher incharge for the competition was Miss Sushrusha Naik Khandekar, Assistant Professor in Commerce. The team Alchemist won the 1st Place in this competition. Team Action Replay won the second placeand Team Falcons won the third place. The first place for Fashion Show went to team ‘Alchemists’ comprising Eshwar Gupta, Prathamesh Dessai, Smruti Kudnekar, Darren Coutinho, Aarti Mishra, Musheet Bhat, Sailee Majrekar, Kunal Singh, Vaishnavi Sawal, Disha Dessai, and Disha Dessai. The second place went to team ‘Action Replay’ comprising Alizia Clara Fernandes, Sofia Gauncar, Simran Colaco, Minoshca Dias, Falusha Fernandes, Ryan Ferrao, Wendell Silva, Anrich Rodrigues, Alrich Fernandes, Peter Fernandes, Jesley Colaco, Jovino Da Costa and Dina Pacheco. The third place went to team ‘Falcons’ comprising Falguni Khatri, Melbourne Pinto, Girishma Rotangar, Atharva Naik, Rohini Lotulkar, Ayush Kale, Sumayya, Vivek Singh, Harsha, Mhamadhasm Bilal Mulla, Darren Dias, Vaidhaiyee Patekar and Kamini Singh.
6) Mr. & Ms. Damodar 2022 “Lord & Lady”
Date: 12th May 2022 Timing: 12:30 p.m. – 01:30 pm
Venue: Multipurpose Hall
Details of Participants: 13 participants (08 Females and 05 Males)
The objective of the event ‘Lord & Lady’ was to provide students with an opportunity to present their skills and talents and increase their self-confidence and learn beyond academics to face the challenges of life. The student coordinators for this event were Ms. Shine D’Souza and Ms. Simren Mascarenhas student of T.Y B.Com and the faculty In-charge were Ms. Lizette D’Costa, Assistant Professor in Economics and Ms. Pooja Shanbhag, Assistant Professor in Commerce. The competition was open to all the students of the college. The competition was based on three rounds. Participants qualifying these two rounds were further selected for the final (third) round. The participants were judged on the following criteria:
Round 1- Ramp walk and introduction round
Round 2: Talent round
Round 3: Final Q & A by the judges
Winning the title holds immense responsibility and is looked upon as a role model by the others. So, for the second round, the participants were requested to showcase their talent or unique skills to the audience. The judging criteria for the first 2 rounds were vocabulary, confidence, poise, personality and overall performance. Top three participants scoring highest score in round one and two got a chance to participate for the final round. Here the candidates were judged for their intelligence, communication skills and their response to the questions asked by the respective judges. The judges for the event were Dr. Maithili Naik, Faculty B.Com dept and Mr. Mayuresh Adsul, Faculty BBA(FS) dept. All the participants remained enthusiastic throughout the program. The creativity of the students was much appreciated by the judges. Mr. Damodar Title (Lord) was awarded to Mr. Jackson Fernandes, while Ms. Damodar title (Lady) was bagged by Ms. Roshni Khatun, both students of T.Y B.Com. (B). The competition was a successful attempt in providing students with a platform to showcase their multifarious talents.