Literary Club

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“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, it goes to his heart.”

– Nelson Mandela

OBJECTIVES

  • To develop and the literary skills among student teachers
  • To inspire the students to develop a taste for literature
  • To encourage the students to be familiar with the new literary trends

ACTIVITIES

  • To instill a love for language, the club organizes various activities like the spell bee and elocution competition, essay competitions, debates and workshops on fun with grammar.
  • It also conducts an Add on course on Spoken English.
  • Celebration of various important days is undertaken by the literary club like Hindi divas, Marathi bhasha divas and Matru bhasha divas.

2023-24

Composition
PrincipalDr Sally Enos
Teacher in-chargeMs. Manju Vinish
Student Council MemberMs. Umaima Dhature
Mr. Alan D ’silva
Student RepresentativesMs. Gayatri Roy
Ms. Sonia Handa
Ms. Navami S. Kumar
Ms. Ankita Bhandari

Activities 2023-24

Hindi Bhasha Samman
A session was organized on September 16th September 2023 to honor Hindi Language. The event was celebrated with great enthusiasm and zeal to promote linguistic diversity and cultural appreciation among its students. The event was filled with various activities that showcased the beauty and cultural richness of the Hindi language. The programme was anchored by Ruchita Kadu and Umaima Dhature. The welcome speech was delivered by Seemran Sahaani, General Secretary S.Y. B.Ed. who eloquently welcomed everyone and emphasized the importance of celebrating Hindi Diwas. She highlighted how language is not just a means of communication but also a medium that binds us together as a nation. A vibrant and energetic dance by Priya Menon and Prajakta. put up a spectacular dance. Zainab Sayyed, Snehalata and Supriti recited beautiful Hindi poems that celebrated the beauty of the language. The event concluded with a heartfelt vote of thanks by Divya Samota, Council Member. She expressed gratitude to all the participants and teachers who contributed to the success of the celebration.

Celebrating Linguistic Diversity: Bhartiya Bhasha Divas
The Literary Club marked Bhartiya Bhasha Divas with a Mother Tongue Extemporaneous Competition. This cultural gathering resonated with speeches in Malayalam, Tamil, Marathi, Punjabi, Hindi, and Marwari, celebrating India’s linguistic richness. Assistant Professor Manju Vinish’s welcome speech encouraged widespread participation. The event, held in a vibrant setting adorned with cultural motifs, underscored the importance of native languages. Students enthusiastically showcased their oratory talents, highlighting the club’s dedication to fostering linguistic diversity and cultural exchange.

Introduction of New Vocabulary in Morning Assembly
Effective from 4th January, 2024, the Literary Club had decided to introduce new vocabulary during the morning assembly. Each student participated in this activity according to their roll number, with three new words being introduced daily. The student presenting the words also provide their meanings and randomly select students to form sentences using the new vocabulary. This initiative enhanced students’ language skills and vocabulary in an engaging manner

Celebrating Verse: Poem Recitation
In honour of World Poetry Day, the Literary Club organized a captivating poem recitation competition. More than 5 or 6 students enthusiastically prepared and presented their own poems, showcasing their literary talents. Assistant Professor Shruti Nair also participated, adding to the event’s charm. Each participant brought their printed or handwritten copies of their poems, which were displayed on the notice board, enriching our college with a display of creative expression. The competition not only celebrated the art of poetry but also encouraged a deeper appreciation for literature among students and faculty alike.

Celebrating Rabindranath Tagore: A Literary Tribute
The Literary Club conducted a special program on 7th May, 2024, in honour of Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary. Ms. Ananya Bhattacharjee delivered a moving speech in Bengali, eloquently capturing Tagore’s enduring legacy and literary contributions. The program also featured a documentary on Tagore’s life, enriching the audience’s understanding of his profound impact on literature and culture. This event was a poignant celebration of Tagore’s birthday, emphasizing his timeless influence and inspiring the appreciation of his remarkable literary achievements.

2022-23

Composition
PrincipalDr. Sally Enos
Teacher in-chargeDr. Saramma Mathew
Mrs. Pradnya Jadhav
Student Council MemberMs. Ummaima Dathure
Student RepresentativesMs. Sonia Handa
Ms. Gayatri Roy

Activities 2022-23

Pronunciation and Synonyms Activity
On 20th February, 2023, the Literary Club successfully executed a planned activity on Pronunciation and Synonyms. The dynamic presentation was conducted collaboratively by Gayatri Roy and Umaima Dhature, F.Y.B.Ed. Students, who set the tone for an engaging session. Umaima initiated proceedings with a welcoming speech, outlining the Literary Club’s objectives, setting the stage for an enlightening experience. Gayatri seamlessly transitioned from the welcome address to the main agenda, introducing the first activity on pronunciation. Demonstrating creativity and organization, she categorized words based on their difficulty levels.

The activity not only captivated the participants but also instilled an element of enjoyment, as everyone actively participated in exploring various pronunciation styles. Gayatri’s inclusion of sentences and visual aids, such as pictures, proved instrumental in clarifying concepts, making the learning process both entertaining and educational.

The momentum of the session was maintained as Sonia Handa took the stage to introduce the second activity, focusing on synonyms. Sonia’s careful selection of words from textbooks, coupled with her eloquent explanations and beautiful usage in sentences, contributed to an interesting and interactive learning experience.

The students were not only enriched with vocabulary but were also informed about upcoming activities, fostering a sense of anticipation and excitement. The activity concluded successfully leaving the participants with valuable insights and a heightened enthusiasm for future Literary Club engagements.

Hindi Diwas Celebration
The Student Council had organised for Hindi Diwas Celebration on 15th of September, 2022, to mark the importance of the centuries old Hindi language. Everyone was asked to communicate only in Hindi for the day. Students prepared speeches in Hindi and sung songs to highlight the importance of the language. The event culminated with some Hindi puzzles, games and quiz which surely tested our linguistic skills.

Book Pe Charcha
‘Books are a gateway to unfettered imaginaiton and limitless creativity’, from 27th August, 2022, a series of book review sessions was conducted by the college. The student teachers had to present a brief summary of the book which they have read recently. The main idea behind such sessions is to encourage and develop the habit of reading.

2021-22

Composition
PrincipalDr. Sally Enos
Teacher in-chargeDr. Saramma Mathew
Mrs. Pradnya Jadhav
Student Council MemberMs. Sonal Didwania
Student RepresentativesMs. Soumya Itagi
Ms. Jamila Kalolwala

Marathi Bhasha Diwas
February 27th is recognized as Marathi Bhasha Day and celebrated in Maharashtra as well as in regions like Goa, Karnataka, and Madhya Pradesh. Marathi-speaking people in these states honour the rich history and literature of the Marathi language on this day.

Pillai College provided its students with the opportunity to organize Marathi Divas, and they came up with creative ideas such as dance, drama, speeches, and traditional clothing to celebrate the occasion. The college’s intention was to promote awareness of Marathi Divas among all students, and the beauty of the event was that it was celebrated without regard to anyone’s caste, religion, or culture.

Spell Bee Competition
On 30th March, 2022. Spell Bee Competition was held for the student teachers. It was a part of the two day long Cultural Competitions.

2020-21

Composition
PrincipalDr. Sally Enos
Teacher in-chargeDr. Bhavna Dave
Mrs. Pradnya Jadhav
Student Council MemberMs. Aditi Shanbaug
Student RepresentativesMs. Poornima Shetty
Ms. Divya Wadhwa

Marathi Bhasha Diwas (Marathi Language Day) was celebrated annually on February 27th in PCER and PHCER. There was online celebration of “Marathi Bhasha Diwas” on 27/02.2021 to honour the birth anniversary of famous Marathi poet Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar, who was popularly known as ‘Kusumagraj’ and was an eminent Marathi poet, playwriter, novelist, short story writer and humanist.

The day was celebrated to recognise and honour the greatness of Marathi literature. First year and Second year students from both the colleges participated in the celebrations and presented different programmes and activities through online mode. All the students and professors joined the Google Meeting at the scheduled time. For the convenience, the entire programme was divided into 3 parts, and 3 groups presented their part of the performances. All the groups prepared beautiful PowerPoint presentations in the respect of Marathi Bhasha in different ways and performed nicely on various Marathi bhasha related activities mentioned below:

1st group – S.Y. B.Ed. – Panvel PCER students:
Dhanashri Tandel, Samrudhhi Kulkarni, Mukta, Dipali Choudhari participated actively in the introduction of Kusumagraj, Marathi poem recitation, Monologue from Marathi drama, Poem recitation.

2nd group – F.Y. B.Ed. – Panvel PCER students:
Prajakta Karle, Vijaya Mhatre, Jasmine Parulekar, Ashwini Bhakare performed nicely on the significance of Marathi Bhasha Diwas, Natyachhata, Marathi poems recitation, Different forms of Marathi Music and songs and beautiful Marathi Bana – Folk Dance.

3rd group – F.Y. B.Ed. – Rasayani PHCER students:
Dibya Jyoti, Archana Dhaygude, Asmita Patil, Cathy, Parvati Sharma presented meaningful Marathi Slogans, Self-composed poem on Corona, Saints in Maharashtra, Poem recitation, Famous Marathi poets.

After these presentations, S.Y. student Samrudhhi conducted an interesting game related to Marathi words. All the students and professors enjoyed the entire programme. They all appreciated the efforts of all the participants and the Professor-in-charge “Pradnya Jadhav”. The programme was successfully presented though online mode. Then Pradnya Jadhav proposed a vote of thanks to all.

The programme was concluded by F.Y. student Jasmine Parulekar with a Famous Marathi Prayer– Pasaydaan – Prayer to Universal God. It was really worth celebrating Marathi Bhasha Diwas to promote Marathi language and culture.

2019-20

Composition
PrincipalDr. Sally Enos
Teacher in-chargeDr. Bhavna Dave
Mrs. Pradnya Jadhav
Student Council MemberMs. Vrinda Agarwal
Student RepresentativesMs. Jasmine Maria
Ms. Nafisa Ali

The literary club of PCER-Panvel encourages students to organize the daily assembly on all working days. A team of students takes their turns to begin the day with an apt prayer, discuss a beautiful thought for the day, read aloud the news headlines and share a short poem or story.

The members of the literary club organized the ‘Hindi Bhasha Diwas’ celebrations with great zeal. The students were divided in different groups and every group had put up a great show including poetries, skit, hasya-kavi-sammelan, songs and thoughts on Hindi Bhasha Divas.

Students were motivated to participate in competitions such as essay writing, extempore and poster making and showcase their literary skills in Felizia an inter-collegiate event was organized by the University of Mumbai in association with MES Pillai College of Education, Chembur at the University sub-campus Thane, on 23rd November, 2019.

Ms. Deepika Yadav and Ms. Nirupama Kumari participated in Hindi Vad- Vivad Spardha, intercollegiate competition on ‘Is social media beneficial for the society?’ held on 28th September, 2019.

An essay writing competition was held in the college for all first year students on 16th December, 2019. All students were asked to write about two National Holidays and ways to celebrate it.

Poster presentations by students were done on the International days celebrated worldwide related to literature. The student highlighted the significance of the day and why it is celebrated.

2016-17

Workshop on Ancient Vedic Scripts:
Mrudula Naik, Alumni of our college conducted a session on three different scripts that were used widely at different times. They are – Bramhi, Modi and Sharada scripts. Brāhmī is the modern name given to one of the oldest writing systems used in the Indian subcontinent and in Central Asia during the final centuries BCE and the early centuries CE. Sharda is used mainly in Kashmir from the 8th century CE onwards, and evolved into several variants in a few centuries. By the 10th century, the first variant, the Landa script, has appeared in Punjab, and would eventually transform into the Gurmukhi script. And by the 14th century CE, other variants such as Kashmiriand Takri also appeared in the Kashmir region. Modi is a script used to write the Marathi language, which is the primary language spoken in the state of Maharashtra in western India. Although Modi was primarily used to write Marathi, other languages such as Urdu, Kannada, Gujarati, Hindi and Tamil are also known to have been written in Modi.
Mrudula spoke about the origin and decline of these scripts. She brought out the beauty and essence of each script to our students and made them write their names in one of these scripts. It was an engrossing and fun learning session by the young alumni of our college.

2015-16

Composition
PrincipalMs. Alpana Sharma
Mrs. Pradnya Jadhav
Student RepresentativesJonia Sheryl
Prateeksha Kedare
Nausheen Pathan

Activities 2015-16

English Essay Writing Competition
12th September, 2015
Ms. Deepa Pal of B.Ed. was awarded 3rd position in English Essay Writing Competition held at MES’ Pillai College of Education and Research, Chembur on 12th September, 2015.

Hindi Divas
14th September, 2015
To pay tribute to 2nd largest language in the world, our student-teachers had put up a delightful celebration on Hindi Divas on 14th September, 2015 as a respect to its cultural heritage and values. Its importance was demonstrated by lovely presentations, a group song, self-composed poems by our talented students. The day also served as a patriotism reminder to Hindi-speaking population of their common roots of unity. The students brought out the great works of ever-green poets and various known litterateurs of Hindi bhasha. It was a skillful presentation by the students.

Workshop on Ancient Vedic Scripts
Mrudula Naik, Alumni of our college conducted a session on three different scripts that were used widely at different times. They are – Bramhi, Modi and Sharada scripts. Brahmi is the modern name given to one of the oldest writing systems used in the Indian subcontinent and in Central Asia during the final centuries BCE and the early centuries CE. Sharda is used mainly in Kashmir from the 8th century CE onwards, and evolved into several variants in a few centuries. By the 10th century, the first variant, the Landa script, has appeared in Punjab, and would eventually transform into the Gurmukhi script. And by the 14th century CE, other variants such as Kashmiri and Takri also appeared in the Kashmir region. Modi is a script used to write the Marathi language, which is the primary language spoken in the state of Maharashtra in western India. Although Modi was primarily used to write Marathi, other languages such as Urdu, Kannada, Gujarati, Hindi and Tamil are also known to have been written in Modi. Mrudula spoke about the origin and decline of these scripts. She brought out the beauty and essence of each script to our students and made them write their names in one of these scripts. It was an engrossing and fun learning session by the young alumni of our college.

2014-15

Composition
Teacher in-chargeMs. Bhavna Dave
Ms. Alpana Sharma
Ms. Pradnya Jadhav
Student RepresentativesPurvasha
Manisha Waghmare
Chandra Prabha

Activities 2014-15

Hindi Essay Writing Competition
13th September, 2014
Mrs. Rinki Kumari secured the 2nd position in Hindi Essay Writing Competition and Ms. Surabhi Deherker won the 2nd prize in the English essay writing competition at ‘Valeur’ an intercollegiate fiesta, hosted by PCER, Chembur on 13th September, 2014.

Hindi Essay Writing Competition
28th January, 2015
Mrs. Manjurani won the 3rd prize in Hindi Essay Writing Competition while Mrs. Rinki Kumari won the 2nd prize in the Hindi elocution competition held at Lords Universal College, Malad on 28th January, 2015. Expressing their strong views on the theme ‘Peach Education’, they added a feather on our cap by winning glory for the college.

Handwriting Competition
26th December, 2014
Mrs. Shraddha Kemble secured the 1st position in Handwriting Competition held by Karnala sports Academy on 26th December, 2014.

Hindi Diwas
16th September, 2014
Hindi Diwas was celebrated on 16th September, 2014 to mark the importance and use of the language in the country. The day inspired everyone to speak in our national language and not only respect it but also be proud of it. Under the guidance of Pradnya mam and other teachers, students of B.Ed. expressed the vital role of the Hindi language in their lives through poems, presentations and explaining the literary contributions of all.

Matru Bhasha
27th February, 2014
To mark the essence of mother-tongue, what we call the Matru Bhasha, our college celebrated this day on 27th February, 2014. It was a remarkable day in B.Ed. session. The importance, value and origin of Marathi language were brought out beautifully and colorfully by the students of B.Ed. they spoke Marathi poems, shlokas, abhang and other literary aspect of the language.

2013-14

Composition
Teacher in-chargeMs. Devanshi Praveen
Ms. Pradnya Jadhav
Student RepresentativesMilicia Fernandes
Kavita Kharat
Shushma Sharma

Activities 2013-14

Hindi Diwas
14th September, 2013
Hindi Diwas was celebrated on 14th September, 2013. The Hindi speaking student teachers under the guidance of our teacher Ms. Pradnya Jadhav took the initiative to make this day memorable. We stressed on the contributions made by literary scholars and how to imbibe in each one of us the love and art of knowing the correct language.

English Add on course
13th January, 2014
With a view of helping such students, a certificate add-on course was organized for the B.Ed. students free of cost from 13th January, 2014. The students who were scoring comparatively less marks in their exams due to language barrier, were given the opportunity to register for this course. Thirty two students enrolled for the course. The classes were conducted six days a week from 10.00 a.m. to 10.45 a.m. by Asst. Prof Mrs. Bhavna Dave. Our current students Ms. Smitha Kurup and Ms. Ichha Mehrotra did the follow up activities with them. The students were given training in the usage of verb forms, tenses, prepositions, subject-verb agreement and other basics of Grammar to be able to improvise in the written structures. A pre-test of the students was taken before starting the training programme and a post-test conducted after a month. A significant improvement was seen in the performance of the students. This course continued till 15th April 2014, and we at PCER-Panvel are pleased to carry on such tasks for the benefit of our students.

Teaching Knowledge Test
With the aim of providing a strong foundation in the core areas of teaching, knowledge needed in English classroom teaching TKT (Teaching Knowledge test) was introduced to our students. This test not only will enable the upcoming teachers to update their teaching skills, but also will enhance their career opportunities by broadening their teaching experience into specialist areas. This test will add to the professional credential that focuses on core teaching concepts for the teachers of English as a foreign language.

2012-13

Composition
Teacher in-chargeMs. Devanshi Praveen
Mr. Vikas Tupsundar
Student RepresentativesJohnson Shanthi Susanna
Anubhuti Lal

Activities 2012-13

Hindi Diwas
14th September, 2012
As 14th September, 2012 is celebrated as Hindi Diwas, we marked the day by putting together a small programme comprising of speeches, poem recitation and sharing information on renowned Hindi authors and other famous literary personalities who made our nation proud. It was a wonderful and informative programme as we realized the importance of preserving our National Language.

Principal Mathews Chacko Memorial Intercollegiate Extempore Competition
15th September, 2012
Mr. Rajesh Kumar and Ms. Susanna Johnson bagged the first prize in elocution competition in Hindi and English respectively in the ‘Principal Mathews Chacko Memorial Intercollegiate Extempore Competition’ organized by the Pillai College of Education and Research, Chembur on 15th September, 2012. The theme for the competition was ‘Values’ undoubtedly one of the most important issues to be addressed in today’s fast paced and materialistic world.

Intercollegiate Elocution Competition
27th September, 2012
Our students – Ms. Alpana Sharma won the first prize in elocution competition under the theme ‘Values in jainism’ in Dineshbhai Mody Intercollegiate Elocution Competition organized by Department of Students Welfare at the University of Mumbai on 27th September, 2012.

Debate Competition
5th January, 2013
Mr. Rajesh Kumar and Ms. Alpana Sharma participated and won first and third prize respectively in Debate Competition organized by Ramseth Thakur College of Commerce and Science, Kharghar on 5th January, 2013. Where Rajesh spoke effectively against the topic ‘Freedom of speech-Are we enjoying enough?’ and Alpana spoke in favour of ‘FDI-Good or bad for Indian Economy.’ Our other two students participated enthusiastically against the topic-‘Computers replacing human.’

Alegria – The festival of Joy – 2013
28th January, 2013
Mr. Rajesh Kumar bagged first prize in elocution competition under the theme ‘Is corporal punishment necessary?’ and Ms. Ananya Raha who won first prize in Essay writing competition under theme ‘Is todays’ youth useless or used less’ at the intercollegiate festival ‘Alegria – The festival of Joy – 2013’ organized by Pillai College of Arts, Commerce and Science on 28th January, 2013.

Quiz Competition, Mono-Acting Competition, Spell-bee
6th March, 2013
On 6th March, 2013 our club organized Quiz Competition, Mono-Acting Competition, Spell-bee and it was wonderful time competing against each other with positive energy and collaborations of teachers and students was tremendously large.

2011-12

Composition
Teacher in-chargeMs. Devanshi Praveen
Ms. Harshani Patre
Student RepresentativesSonia Vaid
Shailaja Kinagi
Nisha Pande

Activities 2011-12

One Day International Workshop on “Creative Approaches for Teaching English and History”
14th September, 2011
Student-teachers, Mrs. Nisha Pande, Mrs. Sonia Vaid and Mrs. Shailaja Kinagi accompanied by Asst. Prof. Mrs. Bhavna Dave and Asst. Prof. Dr. Pratima Pradhan attended and participated in the One Day International Workshop on “Creative Approaches for Teaching English and History” organized by Guru Nanak College of Education and Research on 14th September, 2011. These approaches were then shared with the other students in the college in the English method class.

Extempore Competition
7th March, 2012
An Extempore Competition was organized on 7th March, 2012 wherein the students were asked to articulate on the topic ‘An ideal B. Ed. College’. A mono acting competition was also arranged on the same day. These competitions helped the students to gain confidence and removed their phobia of speaking and acting in public. It also helped to cultivate their linguistic skills, voice modulation and expression. The students were allowed to use English, Hindi or Marathi.

Fun with Prepositions
9th March, 2012
A workshop on “Fun with Prepositions” was organized for the English method students on 9th March, 2012. The resource person for the workshop was Ms. Sudha Nair, an experienced Secondary School teacher. This workshop taught the students different activities that could be used to teach prepositions and prepositional phrases. It helped everyone realize how prepositions, if not carefully used, can change the meaning of a sentence.

Literary Exchange Programme
19th March, 2012
The club conducted a Literary Exchange Programme on 19th March, 2012. The English, Hindi and Marathi method students participated in this programme. Student shared the works of their favourite authors and poets in the form of stories, poems and description of special characters.

2010-11

Composition
Teacher in-chargeMs. Simran Kasu
Ms. Harshani Patre
Student RepresentativesNamrita Rastogi
Reena Sharma

Activities 2010-11

International Youth Day
The Annual All India Essay-writing Event commemorating the International Youth Day was presented by Shri. Ram Chandra Mission in Collaboration with the United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan. Our students Ms. Nandita Shah bagged the third prize in the post-graduate regional level. The event was conducted by Saaj Marg Research and Training Institute (SMRTI) in our college.

Mathews Chacko Memorial Inter-collegiate Competition
18th September, 2010
On 18th September, 2010 students Ms. Nandita Shah and Ms. Namrita Rastogi participated in Mathews Chacko Memorial Inter-collegiate Competition was held on 12th September, 2009 at Pillai College of Education and Research, Chembur. The theme was ‘save our mother earth.’

Inter-collegiate Debate Competition
2nd October, 2010
On 2nd October, 2010, our students Ms. Reena Sharma, Ms. Namrita Rastogi and Ms. Neelima Powar and Ms. Komal Ghone participated in the Inter-collegiate Debate Competition on the theme ‘Gandhiji ke vichar vartaman kaal mein prasangik hain’ organized by Lions Club of New Panvel at I.T.M College campus, Kharghar on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.