Women’s Helpline
Women’s Helpline (Mahila Helpline) is a unique project aimed at providing immediate relief to women in distress. It is a toll free telephone service for women in need of care and protection.The project was launched on October 1, 2004. Women’s Helpline is sponsored by the Department of Social Welfare, Women & Child Development, Government of Jharkhand while Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi is the implementing agency. CSS, Samadhan, ISSS and THUDA are also associated with the project. Ever since its inception, the Women’s Helpline has received a great number of cases several districts of Jharkhand as well as other states such as West Bengal, Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Chhatisgarh etc.
Objectives of Women’s Helpline include reaching out to every woman in need of care and protection by responding to emergencies on toll free phone, ensuring connectivity of toll free phone through government telephone exchanges in both urban and rural areas, working together with allied systems/agencies to create women friendly environment, advocacy for women’s rights, providing a platform for NGOs working for the welfare and empowerment of women, and formulating strategies to curb violence against women based on field experience.
Women’s Helpline provides a platform for women to report and register cases of violence committed against them and seek immediate relief, socio-legal and psychological assistance and above all, justice. It works from 7.00 AM till 10.00 PM. Women’s Hipline provide counseling, medical aid, free legal aid and temporary shelter. Women from all income groups approach the Helpline in times of crisis. The Women’s Helpline has successfully resolved significantly large number of cases of domestic violence, sexual abuse, rape, dowry, trafficking, etc. During 2006-07, the Women’s Helpline received 1830 phone calls, took up 381 cases for intervention, settled 200 cases while 59 cases are under observation. During this period, the Helpline closed 122 cases.
Some of the constraints of Women’s Helpline are partial phone connectivity in the rural areas, inaccessibility to remote areas, absence of a full-fledged shelter home for women and difficulty in handling women with psychiatric problems and mental retardation. Sometimes the staff members of Women’s Helpline have to bear the brunt a violent person when the visit the home of the victims to settle the issue. Despite all hardships, they are working with a missionary zeal to create an environment enabling women to lead a dignified life sans any fear.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Campus News
Department of Personnel Management
Industrial Relations Camp
An Industrial Relations Camp for the class of 2006-08 was held at Bhilai Steel Plant, Rourkela during 3-13 March 2007 under the leadership of Prof S R Shauq, Dr. Somendu Biswas and Mohit Spring. In the pre-lunch sessions, the students interacted with the practising managers of the plant while they visited the shop-floor and conducted a socio-economic survey in workers’ colony during the afternoon sessions.
Campus Placement
Breaking all previous records, 63 students of the class of 2005-07 got placed in 21 companies. Compensation package ranged from the lowest Rs 2.5 lakhs to the highest Rs 6.80 lakhs with an average offer of Rs. 4.00 lakh per annum. Students were placed in Tata Consultancy Services, GMR, Tech Mahindra, M&M, ICICI Pru, Reliance Retail, Hindalco, ITC, Taj Hotel, Reliance Energy, Raymonds, Essar Steel, VSNL, Pantaloon, ACC, Satyam, Visa Steel, Reliance Infocomm, NTPC, Tata Motors (Telcon), and JK Group.
Summer Placement
Class of 2006-08 have received summer placement offers from over 25 companies: HDFC standard Life, Tata Steel, Ushacomm, Max Healthcare, Hindalco, NTPC, SAIL, BHEL, VSNL, ITC, ALSTOM, TCS, Bluesatar, HUTECH, Mafoi, L&T, Genpact, ACC, Standard Chartered, Airtel, Tata Motors, MMTC, Cadbury, Indian Oil Corporation etc.
Department of Rural Development
Educational Tour
Class of 2005-07 went on a 15-day educational tour (9-23 December 2006) to feel the socio-economic nerves of the nation. The class was divided into three groups who visited north, south and western parts of the country. During the educational tour, the students visited a number of civil society organizations, distinct field projects and interacted with the stakeholders and village communities. The educational tour provided the students with an opportunity to develop their insight, self-confidence, team spirit and learning through mutual sharing at the grass roots level.
Seminars and workshops
A seminar on National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme was held on 1 February 2007. Mr A K Singh of SPAR, Ranchi was the resource person for the seminar.
A three-day workshop on Disaster Management was held on 26-28 February 2007. Resource person for the workshop was Mr R John Suresh Kumar, Group Facilitator, Synodical Board of Social Service, Church of North India, New Delhi.
Campus Placement
The department achieved 100 percent placement for the class of 2005-07 with significantly high compensation packages in merely 9 days in February 2007. Altogether 21 organizations participated in the campus placement and offered 103 jobs while 70 students were finally selected. The originations that came for campus selection included NDPL, Udyogini, Aid-et-Action, FES, CCF, World Vision India, KNNA, Srijan, Unnati, Essel Mining Industries, ASA, Basix, PGEI, Aravali, FSS etc.
Department of Information Management
Campus placement
Altogether 51 students of the Class of 2005-07 got employment through campus placement. The companies that came for campus placement included IFB, Lason India, Vati consulting, Newzen Software Technology Ltd., Bridging Talents, Satyam computer Services Ltd., Web Information Technologies –USA, Basix, United Bank of India, ICICI Pru, Life Development Foundation, and Life Business Project Pvt Ltd. Reliance General Insurance.
Summer Placement
Class of 2006-08 have been placed in the following companies for summer internship: Airport Authority of India Ltd., Bombay Rayons, Central Coalfields Ltd., HCL-BPO, HCL Infosystems Ltd., HCL Technologies Ltd., HDFC Standard Life, HPL India Ltd., HP Invent, ING Vyasa, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., J K Tyres, Millipore India Ltd., MTI-SAIL, RDCIS-SAIL, Tata Motors Ltd., TISCO, Satyam Computers, and Usha Martin Industries Ltd.
Department of Marketing & Finance
Workshop / Training
The department conducted a one day workshop cum training on Employee Awareness and Motivation for the junior level officers and promotees of United Bank of India, Jharkhand and Bihar Circle on February 11, 2007. Dr. Fr.Benjamin Lakra, s.j, Assistant Director, XISS welcomed the participants. Mr. A S Bhattacharya, General Manager (Resourses Management) and Mr. S P Sinha (Chief Regional Manager) Jharkhand & Bihar Circle chaired the session. The Workshop was conducted by Prof.Aseem Kandulna who spoke on Personality Development. Prof. Bhaskar Bhowani deliberated on Retail Banking while Prof. Amar Tigga spoke on Customer Service. Prof. Anmol R Bodra discussed Motivation and Behavioural Aspects.
Campus Placement
Within a span of just two years since its inception, the department witnessed a large turnout of companies to the campus for selection of students for suitable positions in Marketing, Finance and Operations areas. Some of the major recruiters were Raymonds, Satyam, Pantaloons, Equations Marketing Consultants, Reliance Telecom, Reliance Infocom, Ajiwika Micro Finance, UTI-Bank, IDBI-Bank, HDFC-Bank, United Bank of India, HSBC Bank, ICICI Bank etc. It was also very encouraging to hear the Company Executives lauding the performance of the graduating students in the interviews. As per the confirmations received till now, 97 students have already been placed. With the placements still on a few more companies are expected to turn up and in the final count, 80 % of the outgoing students would be gainfully placed this year.
Summer Placement
The class of 2006-08 have received summer placement offers from Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Godrej and Boyce, NTPC, IPCL, ESSAR, ONGC, Emerald Energy : Dubai: UAE, TCS, Airtel, ICICI Bank, Bank of India, HDFC Bank, Narnolia Securities, Taj Hotels and The Oberoi Group among others.
Department of Management Development
Certificate Course in Management
The Department of Management Development conducted a Certificate Course in Management from September 2006 to March 2007 in which 26 persons participated. Besides industrial exposure through short term internship, project work and industrial visits, the participants were provided with a holistic theoretical knowledge pertaining to human resource management, leadership, accounting, financial management, communication etc.
Management Development Programme
Human Resource Management for Line Managers (11-13 December 2006 & 14-16 December 2006) at NTPC, Korba
Corporate Social Responsibility and NGO Management for Managers (18-20 December 2006) at NTPC, Korba
Personality Development and Behavioural Science for Managers (12-15 February 2007) at NTPC Korba.
General Management Programme for Assistant Engineers (13-15 February 2007) at NTPC, Korba
Management Development Programme for Scientific Officers (20-24 February 2007) at Uranium Corporation of India Ltd., Jadugoda Mines, Singhbhum.
Personality Development and Behavioural Science for Middle-level executives of Jharkhand State Electricity Board (19-20 March 2007).
Prof Dr R K Biswas, Prof S R Shauq, Prof S N Singh, Prof G Kurian, Prof Dr K K Bhagat, Prof A Kandulna, Prof Dr M H Ansari, Prof Amar Tigg and Sant Kumar Prasad conducted the MDPs.
Development Resource Centre (DRC)
Development Resource Centre (DRC), a Training and Capacity Building wing of Xavier Institute of Social Service organized following training programmes and workshops for the benefit of various stakeholders during January-June 2007:
Training programme on resource mobilization and conflict resolution (8-12 January 2007 & 15-19 January 2007).
Refresher training on micro-planning (21-24 January 2007).
Workshop on NRHM and RCH II (8-9 February 2007)
Training on gender, reproductive health and legal issues (22-25 February 2007).
Workshop on right-based perspective on reproductive health (9-10 March 2007)
Annual review workshop (24-25 March 2007).
Second follow-up training on reproductive health (16-20 April 2007).
Industrial Relations Camp
An Industrial Relations Camp for the class of 2006-08 was held at Bhilai Steel Plant, Rourkela during 3-13 March 2007 under the leadership of Prof S R Shauq, Dr. Somendu Biswas and Mohit Spring. In the pre-lunch sessions, the students interacted with the practising managers of the plant while they visited the shop-floor and conducted a socio-economic survey in workers’ colony during the afternoon sessions.
Campus Placement
Breaking all previous records, 63 students of the class of 2005-07 got placed in 21 companies. Compensation package ranged from the lowest Rs 2.5 lakhs to the highest Rs 6.80 lakhs with an average offer of Rs. 4.00 lakh per annum. Students were placed in Tata Consultancy Services, GMR, Tech Mahindra, M&M, ICICI Pru, Reliance Retail, Hindalco, ITC, Taj Hotel, Reliance Energy, Raymonds, Essar Steel, VSNL, Pantaloon, ACC, Satyam, Visa Steel, Reliance Infocomm, NTPC, Tata Motors (Telcon), and JK Group.
Summer Placement
Class of 2006-08 have received summer placement offers from over 25 companies: HDFC standard Life, Tata Steel, Ushacomm, Max Healthcare, Hindalco, NTPC, SAIL, BHEL, VSNL, ITC, ALSTOM, TCS, Bluesatar, HUTECH, Mafoi, L&T, Genpact, ACC, Standard Chartered, Airtel, Tata Motors, MMTC, Cadbury, Indian Oil Corporation etc.
Department of Rural Development
Educational Tour
Class of 2005-07 went on a 15-day educational tour (9-23 December 2006) to feel the socio-economic nerves of the nation. The class was divided into three groups who visited north, south and western parts of the country. During the educational tour, the students visited a number of civil society organizations, distinct field projects and interacted with the stakeholders and village communities. The educational tour provided the students with an opportunity to develop their insight, self-confidence, team spirit and learning through mutual sharing at the grass roots level.
Seminars and workshops
A seminar on National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme was held on 1 February 2007. Mr A K Singh of SPAR, Ranchi was the resource person for the seminar.
A three-day workshop on Disaster Management was held on 26-28 February 2007. Resource person for the workshop was Mr R John Suresh Kumar, Group Facilitator, Synodical Board of Social Service, Church of North India, New Delhi.
Campus Placement
The department achieved 100 percent placement for the class of 2005-07 with significantly high compensation packages in merely 9 days in February 2007. Altogether 21 organizations participated in the campus placement and offered 103 jobs while 70 students were finally selected. The originations that came for campus selection included NDPL, Udyogini, Aid-et-Action, FES, CCF, World Vision India, KNNA, Srijan, Unnati, Essel Mining Industries, ASA, Basix, PGEI, Aravali, FSS etc.
Department of Information Management
Campus placement
Altogether 51 students of the Class of 2005-07 got employment through campus placement. The companies that came for campus placement included IFB, Lason India, Vati consulting, Newzen Software Technology Ltd., Bridging Talents, Satyam computer Services Ltd., Web Information Technologies –USA, Basix, United Bank of India, ICICI Pru, Life Development Foundation, and Life Business Project Pvt Ltd. Reliance General Insurance.
Summer Placement
Class of 2006-08 have been placed in the following companies for summer internship: Airport Authority of India Ltd., Bombay Rayons, Central Coalfields Ltd., HCL-BPO, HCL Infosystems Ltd., HCL Technologies Ltd., HDFC Standard Life, HPL India Ltd., HP Invent, ING Vyasa, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., J K Tyres, Millipore India Ltd., MTI-SAIL, RDCIS-SAIL, Tata Motors Ltd., TISCO, Satyam Computers, and Usha Martin Industries Ltd.
Department of Marketing & Finance
Workshop / Training
The department conducted a one day workshop cum training on Employee Awareness and Motivation for the junior level officers and promotees of United Bank of India, Jharkhand and Bihar Circle on February 11, 2007. Dr. Fr.Benjamin Lakra, s.j, Assistant Director, XISS welcomed the participants. Mr. A S Bhattacharya, General Manager (Resourses Management) and Mr. S P Sinha (Chief Regional Manager) Jharkhand & Bihar Circle chaired the session. The Workshop was conducted by Prof.Aseem Kandulna who spoke on Personality Development. Prof. Bhaskar Bhowani deliberated on Retail Banking while Prof. Amar Tigga spoke on Customer Service. Prof. Anmol R Bodra discussed Motivation and Behavioural Aspects.
Campus Placement
Within a span of just two years since its inception, the department witnessed a large turnout of companies to the campus for selection of students for suitable positions in Marketing, Finance and Operations areas. Some of the major recruiters were Raymonds, Satyam, Pantaloons, Equations Marketing Consultants, Reliance Telecom, Reliance Infocom, Ajiwika Micro Finance, UTI-Bank, IDBI-Bank, HDFC-Bank, United Bank of India, HSBC Bank, ICICI Bank etc. It was also very encouraging to hear the Company Executives lauding the performance of the graduating students in the interviews. As per the confirmations received till now, 97 students have already been placed. With the placements still on a few more companies are expected to turn up and in the final count, 80 % of the outgoing students would be gainfully placed this year.
Summer Placement
The class of 2006-08 have received summer placement offers from Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Godrej and Boyce, NTPC, IPCL, ESSAR, ONGC, Emerald Energy : Dubai: UAE, TCS, Airtel, ICICI Bank, Bank of India, HDFC Bank, Narnolia Securities, Taj Hotels and The Oberoi Group among others.
Department of Management Development
Certificate Course in Management
The Department of Management Development conducted a Certificate Course in Management from September 2006 to March 2007 in which 26 persons participated. Besides industrial exposure through short term internship, project work and industrial visits, the participants were provided with a holistic theoretical knowledge pertaining to human resource management, leadership, accounting, financial management, communication etc.
Management Development Programme
Human Resource Management for Line Managers (11-13 December 2006 & 14-16 December 2006) at NTPC, Korba
Corporate Social Responsibility and NGO Management for Managers (18-20 December 2006) at NTPC, Korba
Personality Development and Behavioural Science for Managers (12-15 February 2007) at NTPC Korba.
General Management Programme for Assistant Engineers (13-15 February 2007) at NTPC, Korba
Management Development Programme for Scientific Officers (20-24 February 2007) at Uranium Corporation of India Ltd., Jadugoda Mines, Singhbhum.
Personality Development and Behavioural Science for Middle-level executives of Jharkhand State Electricity Board (19-20 March 2007).
Prof Dr R K Biswas, Prof S R Shauq, Prof S N Singh, Prof G Kurian, Prof Dr K K Bhagat, Prof A Kandulna, Prof Dr M H Ansari, Prof Amar Tigg and Sant Kumar Prasad conducted the MDPs.
Development Resource Centre (DRC)
Development Resource Centre (DRC), a Training and Capacity Building wing of Xavier Institute of Social Service organized following training programmes and workshops for the benefit of various stakeholders during January-June 2007:
Training programme on resource mobilization and conflict resolution (8-12 January 2007 & 15-19 January 2007).
Refresher training on micro-planning (21-24 January 2007).
Workshop on NRHM and RCH II (8-9 February 2007)
Training on gender, reproductive health and legal issues (22-25 February 2007).
Workshop on right-based perspective on reproductive health (9-10 March 2007)
Annual review workshop (24-25 March 2007).
Second follow-up training on reproductive health (16-20 April 2007).
XISS Annual Fest: Panache 2007
Students and faculty went for a three-day chill out on the campus just before the onset of summers in the middle of cool February. Well, the occasion was first ever cultural festival of XISS –Panache 2007 during 15-17 February 2007. The campus rejuvenated with a number of innovative programmes and events such as face painting, T-shirt painting, ad-mad-show, crossword, business dumb charade, rangoli etc. Students of other institutes and colleges of Ranchi participated in various contests with matching enthusiasm.
Mr Adish Ekka, CRPF Commandant, Ranchi inaugurated the festival by lighting the traditional lamp in a colourful function on 15 February 2007. In his inaugural address, Mr Adish urged the youth to be more responsive to the social needs. He observed that a holistic education makes one competent to serve the society in most fruitful and creative manner. Speaking on the occasion, XISS Director Fr Beni Ekka said that the fest provides a unique opportunity for the students to showcase their talents in an integrated manner. Vidya performed a classical dance item in the inaugural function. The students also presented a folkdance on the occasion. Fest coordinator Mr Sajeet Lakra presented mementos to the chief guest, director and assistant director on the occasion. Divya Samuel conducted the inaugural function.
Extempore, flower show, collage, quiz and song competition (solo and duet) were held on the first day of the festival. In the extempore, Manjita Osta, Sharpee Tekriwal and Nilendri Biswas won first, second and third prizes respectively. Cap. G Kurian and Prof Anmol Bodra were on the panel of judges. The programme was anchored by Rajni Sinha. Naman Sinha & Vivek Saurabh (NIFFT) won the first prize in quiz. Ankur and Vishal (NIFFT) were the runners up in the quiz which conducted by Vinay Singh of AMS Careers. Amrit Pal Singh coordinated the quiz programme. In collage, Manisha Kindo (XISS), Payal Panchi (BIT, Mesra) and Shruta Singh (XISS) won first, second and third prize respectively. Panel of judges for collage comprised of Prof S R Shauq and Prof Abha Ekka. Collage was coordinated by Tanvi. Divya Samuel stood first, Shweta Singh second and Shruti third in the flower show contest that was judged by Ms Alka Lakra. Flower show was coordinated by Neelam Toppo. In the solo singing contest, Varsha Srivastava stood first while Raj Kumar and Mainak Chaterjee came second and third respectively. Prof S R Shauq and Sujan Pandit served the panel of judges for the singing competition.
On the second day of Panache 2007, face painting, business dumb charade, ad mad show, crossword, laughter show, free style dance and War of Dj’s were held. Amit Lama and Manjita Osta (XISS) won first and second prize respectively while Shantanu Roy (ICFAI) stood third in the face painting contest. Prof S R Shauq and Mr Bashir Ahmad were the judges for this event. Dawn Sangama coordinated the face-painting contest. In the business dumb charade, Ruma Kunar & Soni Sharma stood first while Vikram Anand & Biplab Gupta came second and Anil Kumar Singh bagged the third prize. Sunaina Garodia coordinated the business dumb charade. In the crossword event, Kavita stood first while Ankur and Sunaina won second prize. Wilson David was the programme coordinator for crossword.
The team of Anisha, Manjita and Farzana (XISS) won first prize in Ad Mad Show while Sumit and Akashdeep (BIT, Mesra) won second prize and Pranjal Shukla (XISS) won third prize in the event. The panel of judges for this event comprised of Prof Rohit Vishal Kumar and Prof Pinaki Ghosh. The laughter show was appreciated overwhelmingly. Akashdeep (BIT, Mesra), Amit Kumar (XISS) and Neeraj Kumar (XISS) won first, second and third prize respectively in the laughter show. Prof Mohit Spring and Prof Harpreet Singh were the judges for this event. In the solo dance event, Vidya, Popa Dasgupta and Manjita won first, second and third prize while in group dance event Monalisa & group, Rachita Sharma & group and Kunjit Kaur & group won the first, second and third prizes. Ms Amrita Gupta was the judge for the event.
T-shirt painting, dumb charade, debate, faculty games, rangoli, antyakshari and Mr and Miss Panache 2007 were the fascinating events on the third and final day of Panache 2007. In the T-shirt painting contest, Agnesia Beck & Rensu Joana Minz (XISS) won the first prize while Manjita Osta & Farzana Kausar (XISS) stood second and Amrita Rao and Sujit Kumar (ICFAI) came third. Mr Basheer Ahmed was the judge for the event. In the dumb charade, Kiran Kumari & Shipra won first prize while Snigdha & Anita Jigga won second prize. The event was anchored by Anisha and George. Manjita Osta was declared the best speaker and Smriti Sudha runner-up in the debate competition. The panel of judges comprised of Dr Srirang Jha, Prof Abha Ekka and Mr Leo. The event was anchored by Farzana Kausar and Wilson.
In the Rangoli competition, Shivangi & Rashmi (BIT, Mesra) stood first while Sheela & Pooja stood second and Chandravati & Nirusha came third. The panel of judges for the event comprised of Mr Vinod Ranjan (DPS, Ranchi), Mr Alok Kumar (CCL) and Ms Roshani Chakravorty
Antyakshari for faculty members received tremendous applause. Prof S R Shauq and Prof R K Agrawal won the first prize while Prof S R Roy and Prof Mahua Banerjee were the runners up. The event was anchored by Sanjay Dua and Ankur Chaudhary. Shreya Wali & Anupama (BIT, Mesra), Mona Verma & Devyani (XISS) and Ruma Kunar &Soni (XISS) won first, second and third prize respectively in the Antyakshari event for students.. The last event was selection of Mr and Miss Panache 2007 which ran for several interesting rounds. Manish Thakur was declared Mr Panache while the title of Miss Panache went to Manjita Osta. Ms Namrata Singh and Ms Vandana Gupta were the judges for the event.
Mr Anil Gupta, DGM, State Bank of India gave away the prizes to winners of various events. Fr Beni Ekka thanked all the faculty members and students for making the cultural event a grand success. He also praised the Fest coordinator Prof Sajeet Lakra for all his efforts to make the event unforgettable.
Panache organizing committee comprised of Shoma Rani Bodra, Binay Prabhakar Khalkho, Tanvi, Rajni Sinha, Sanjay Dua, Amrita Singh, Sunaina Gavodia, Ankur Chaudhary, Arunava Ray, P. Jena, Sharpee Tekriwal, Agnesia Beck, Anjana Tirkey, Abhijeet Victor, Malvika Mony, Ruchi Chourasia, Afrina Ahmed, Prasanna Mohan Jha, Ginni Babbar and Naveen Kumar.
Panache 2007 was sponsored by AMS, Bank of India, Birsa Club, Capcom Ltd., Cement Manufacturing Co., Chotanagpur Graphite Industries, Dayal Timberworks & Plywood Centre, Firayalal, Hindalco, Kailash Paper Conversion Pvt. Ltd., Khar Industries, Krishna Hardware Stores, Mangalam, Minmin’s, Novelty Sarees, Maithan Smelters Pvt. Ltd., Metal Power Analytical Pvt. Ltd., Paul Opticals Raj Kumar Chaudhary, Rampuria Cloth Stores,. Siddhant Construction Pvt. Ltd New York Tailors, , State Bank of India, Sweety Medicines, Tekriwals, Telco Construction Equipment Ltd. United Bank of India, Ved Textiles, Vikas Enterprises, etc.
Mr Adish Ekka, CRPF Commandant, Ranchi inaugurated the festival by lighting the traditional lamp in a colourful function on 15 February 2007. In his inaugural address, Mr Adish urged the youth to be more responsive to the social needs. He observed that a holistic education makes one competent to serve the society in most fruitful and creative manner. Speaking on the occasion, XISS Director Fr Beni Ekka said that the fest provides a unique opportunity for the students to showcase their talents in an integrated manner. Vidya performed a classical dance item in the inaugural function. The students also presented a folkdance on the occasion. Fest coordinator Mr Sajeet Lakra presented mementos to the chief guest, director and assistant director on the occasion. Divya Samuel conducted the inaugural function.
Extempore, flower show, collage, quiz and song competition (solo and duet) were held on the first day of the festival. In the extempore, Manjita Osta, Sharpee Tekriwal and Nilendri Biswas won first, second and third prizes respectively. Cap. G Kurian and Prof Anmol Bodra were on the panel of judges. The programme was anchored by Rajni Sinha. Naman Sinha & Vivek Saurabh (NIFFT) won the first prize in quiz. Ankur and Vishal (NIFFT) were the runners up in the quiz which conducted by Vinay Singh of AMS Careers. Amrit Pal Singh coordinated the quiz programme. In collage, Manisha Kindo (XISS), Payal Panchi (BIT, Mesra) and Shruta Singh (XISS) won first, second and third prize respectively. Panel of judges for collage comprised of Prof S R Shauq and Prof Abha Ekka. Collage was coordinated by Tanvi. Divya Samuel stood first, Shweta Singh second and Shruti third in the flower show contest that was judged by Ms Alka Lakra. Flower show was coordinated by Neelam Toppo. In the solo singing contest, Varsha Srivastava stood first while Raj Kumar and Mainak Chaterjee came second and third respectively. Prof S R Shauq and Sujan Pandit served the panel of judges for the singing competition.
On the second day of Panache 2007, face painting, business dumb charade, ad mad show, crossword, laughter show, free style dance and War of Dj’s were held. Amit Lama and Manjita Osta (XISS) won first and second prize respectively while Shantanu Roy (ICFAI) stood third in the face painting contest. Prof S R Shauq and Mr Bashir Ahmad were the judges for this event. Dawn Sangama coordinated the face-painting contest. In the business dumb charade, Ruma Kunar & Soni Sharma stood first while Vikram Anand & Biplab Gupta came second and Anil Kumar Singh bagged the third prize. Sunaina Garodia coordinated the business dumb charade. In the crossword event, Kavita stood first while Ankur and Sunaina won second prize. Wilson David was the programme coordinator for crossword.
The team of Anisha, Manjita and Farzana (XISS) won first prize in Ad Mad Show while Sumit and Akashdeep (BIT, Mesra) won second prize and Pranjal Shukla (XISS) won third prize in the event. The panel of judges for this event comprised of Prof Rohit Vishal Kumar and Prof Pinaki Ghosh. The laughter show was appreciated overwhelmingly. Akashdeep (BIT, Mesra), Amit Kumar (XISS) and Neeraj Kumar (XISS) won first, second and third prize respectively in the laughter show. Prof Mohit Spring and Prof Harpreet Singh were the judges for this event. In the solo dance event, Vidya, Popa Dasgupta and Manjita won first, second and third prize while in group dance event Monalisa & group, Rachita Sharma & group and Kunjit Kaur & group won the first, second and third prizes. Ms Amrita Gupta was the judge for the event.
T-shirt painting, dumb charade, debate, faculty games, rangoli, antyakshari and Mr and Miss Panache 2007 were the fascinating events on the third and final day of Panache 2007. In the T-shirt painting contest, Agnesia Beck & Rensu Joana Minz (XISS) won the first prize while Manjita Osta & Farzana Kausar (XISS) stood second and Amrita Rao and Sujit Kumar (ICFAI) came third. Mr Basheer Ahmed was the judge for the event. In the dumb charade, Kiran Kumari & Shipra won first prize while Snigdha & Anita Jigga won second prize. The event was anchored by Anisha and George. Manjita Osta was declared the best speaker and Smriti Sudha runner-up in the debate competition. The panel of judges comprised of Dr Srirang Jha, Prof Abha Ekka and Mr Leo. The event was anchored by Farzana Kausar and Wilson.
In the Rangoli competition, Shivangi & Rashmi (BIT, Mesra) stood first while Sheela & Pooja stood second and Chandravati & Nirusha came third. The panel of judges for the event comprised of Mr Vinod Ranjan (DPS, Ranchi), Mr Alok Kumar (CCL) and Ms Roshani Chakravorty
Antyakshari for faculty members received tremendous applause. Prof S R Shauq and Prof R K Agrawal won the first prize while Prof S R Roy and Prof Mahua Banerjee were the runners up. The event was anchored by Sanjay Dua and Ankur Chaudhary. Shreya Wali & Anupama (BIT, Mesra), Mona Verma & Devyani (XISS) and Ruma Kunar &Soni (XISS) won first, second and third prize respectively in the Antyakshari event for students.. The last event was selection of Mr and Miss Panache 2007 which ran for several interesting rounds. Manish Thakur was declared Mr Panache while the title of Miss Panache went to Manjita Osta. Ms Namrata Singh and Ms Vandana Gupta were the judges for the event.
Mr Anil Gupta, DGM, State Bank of India gave away the prizes to winners of various events. Fr Beni Ekka thanked all the faculty members and students for making the cultural event a grand success. He also praised the Fest coordinator Prof Sajeet Lakra for all his efforts to make the event unforgettable.
Panache organizing committee comprised of Shoma Rani Bodra, Binay Prabhakar Khalkho, Tanvi, Rajni Sinha, Sanjay Dua, Amrita Singh, Sunaina Gavodia, Ankur Chaudhary, Arunava Ray, P. Jena, Sharpee Tekriwal, Agnesia Beck, Anjana Tirkey, Abhijeet Victor, Malvika Mony, Ruchi Chourasia, Afrina Ahmed, Prasanna Mohan Jha, Ginni Babbar and Naveen Kumar.
Panache 2007 was sponsored by AMS, Bank of India, Birsa Club, Capcom Ltd., Cement Manufacturing Co., Chotanagpur Graphite Industries, Dayal Timberworks & Plywood Centre, Firayalal, Hindalco, Kailash Paper Conversion Pvt. Ltd., Khar Industries, Krishna Hardware Stores, Mangalam, Minmin’s, Novelty Sarees, Maithan Smelters Pvt. Ltd., Metal Power Analytical Pvt. Ltd., Paul Opticals Raj Kumar Chaudhary, Rampuria Cloth Stores,. Siddhant Construction Pvt. Ltd New York Tailors, , State Bank of India, Sweety Medicines, Tekriwals, Telco Construction Equipment Ltd. United Bank of India, Ved Textiles, Vikas Enterprises, etc.
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