Book Review Competition

Chandrabhan Sharma College, (Khwaish 2021 Intercollegiate Fest) & Library and Information Centre organized Intercollegiate Book Review Competition for Undergraduate Students. 

The competition was conducted to inculcate the reading habit among student and to enhance the thinking, analyzing and summarizing capacities of Students. The books for the Review Competition were general books i.e., fiction, non-fiction, biography, autobiography etc. (not specifically related to any subject). This competition was organized on 23rd December, 2021 from 11.00 pm onwards in College Library. Students from different colleges participated in this event.All of them were awarded with e-certificates and winners were awarded with winner’s certificate and medals at the end of the competition.

The First winner Ansari Almas (FYBCOM) K. J. Somaiya College of Scince and Commerce who reviewed the book ‘Man's Search for Meaning’ by Viktor E Frankl. She received e-certificate and Gold Medal. The Second winner was Rajesh Arjun (TYBMS) Chandrabhan Sharma College, who reviewed the book ‘Think Like a Monk’ by Jay Shetty. He received e-certificate and Silver Medal.

BookMark Competition

Chandrabhan Sharma College, (Khwaish 2021 Intercollegiate Fest) & Library and Information Centre organized Intercollegiate BookMark Competition for Undergraduate Students. The competition was conducted to promote reading habit among students. The students used handmade paper, paints, glitter, adhesive etc. and made the creative eye-catching bookmarks. It was indeed not only learning but also a fun-filled activity. This fun-filled activity unleashed their creativity on paper with a message to learn and follow. The students worked enthusiastically and experimented with different shades of colors to flaunt their artistic imagination. Total 07 students participated in this competition. All of them were awarded with e-certificates and winners were awarded with winner’s certificate and medals at the end of the competition.

The First winner was Neha Patel (SYBA) K. J. Somaiya College of Science and Commerce. Received certificate and Gold Medal, The Second winner Abhishek Gupta (SYBMS) Sinhgad College of Commerce. Received certificate and Silver Medal.

 

 Library Orientation Programme

Library Orientation was organized for First Year Students in the library itself to make them awareness about the information resources and facilities available and to make them understand how to access needed information effectively and efficiently. This orientation program was conducted from 17th November to 20th November, 2021 for different classes according to their roll no, date and timing all this details was shared with students in the form of notice circulated in their classrooms during lectures and around 300 students attended this orientation programme. (in different batches)

N-LIST E-Resources

All Students are here by inform that our Chandrabhan Sharma College Library has subscribed the membership of INFLIBNET N-LIST Database. N-List Cover 1,99,500+ E-books and 6000+ E-journals which is freely accessible.

All the students must take benefit of this facility and you can access N-LIST database from anywhere, 24/7 using your login id and password.

Those who have not generated their Login Id are requested to contact librarian through whatsapp (9664284770), e-mail id & Mobile No. is compulsory for generation of User id to access N-List database.

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Best Regards,

Sunil Ubale,

Librarian,

Chandrabhan Sharma College of Arts, Science and Commerce,

Powai - Vihar Complex, Mumbai - 400 076.

Online Essay Writing Competition

Chandrabhan Sharma College, Library and Information Centre organized an online essay writing competition on 15th August, 2021 as part of 75th Independence Day of India.This competition was organized to help the students develop writing and analytical skills, expose themselves to diverse information and gain insight to translate their thoughts and ideas with precision and clarity. 

Students were asked to write essays on the above given topics and have to upload in pdf form only, Total 25 students participated and an E-certificate was issued to all the participants who participated in this competition and a winner’s certificate was awarded to 1st, 2nd & 3rd Winners. The students wrote wonderful essays and shared their knowledge on the given topics.

The winners were – 1. First Prize – Chandan Suhas Shinde, 2. Second Prize – Munshi Zulfa Mahek, 3. Third Prize – Sangeeta Panigrahi & Shivani Chitnis

The event was judged by Prof. Vandan Ravikumar and Prof. Prajakta Mahajan and with help of all the participants the event became successful.

One Day Webinar on N-List: E-resources User Awareness Programme

Chandrabhan Sharma College, IQAC Cell & Library and Information Centre organized One Day Webinar on N-List: E-resources User Awareness Programme to all the students through GoogleMeet Platform on 12th August, 2021 (Thursday) from 12.30pm to 01.30pm. This programme was conducted by Mr. Sunil Ubale, Librarian, Chandrabhan Sharma College and Mr. Snehal Sambhar Asst. Librarian, Chandrabhan Sharma College, Powai, Mumbai.

The session started by giving tribute to Padma Shri Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (Father of Library Science in India) on his birth anniversary and gave glimpses of his role and contribution towards developing library education and library profession in India.Started with introduction of what is N-List, its functions and features, showed N-List web-page how its look like, and the top 10 college users flashing on N-list web-page. Users were taught how to register and how to login, discussed with them how to access this database and e-resources i.e, e-books and e-journals available in this database.

 Online Book Exhibition

Chandrabhan Sharma College, Library and Information Centre organized Online Book Exhibition on 21^st June, 2021 on the occasion of National Reading Day that was on (19^th June 2021, in honor of P N Panicker, the father of the Library and Literacy Movement in Kerala) and International Day of Yoga (Be with Yoga, Be at Home), the purpose of this exhibition was that at you can sit at home and enjoy reading this books online full text at free of cost and practice yoga by accessing these books online, following instruction and seeing photos given in the books which helps.

Book Exhibition brochure has been made where 23 books on yoga and 7 books on motivation, their cover page inserted in the brochure with link given to each cover page and access given them full text from pdfdrive.com, NDLI website.

One Day Webinar on READING: A Habit to Achieve Academic Excellence

Chandrabhan Sharma College, IQAC Cell & Library and Information Centre organized One Day Webinar on READING: A Habit to Achieve Academic Excellence online on  Google Meet Application to all the students, on 26th February 2021 (Friday) from 03.00pm to 04.00pm. The resource person for this webinar was Mr. Ramesh Paloti, Librarian, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan's College, Andheri (W), Mumbai. 

The Webinar was organized specially for students with a view to inculcate reading habits among themselves, this event helped them to express themselves in better manner and improve their reading and communication skills. Ramesh Sir has started the session with giving his own example how he developed habits of reading and started his presentation with How to simplify your Reading Habits, What World Leaders think and how they Do?, Shared his own experiences – shared examples of good books he read, why do we read and what to read, what is the impact of reading, choosing your best reading place, create reading plan, and make your reading a fun activity, shared various books on developing reading habits.     

Online Quiz on International Mother Language Day (Matribhasha Diwas)

Chandrabhan Sharma College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Library and Information Centre organizes Online Quiz Competition on account of International Mother Language Day (Matribhasha Diwas). This quiz conducted through Google form, link for the competition was shared through WhatsApp messenger to all the staff members of the college, scholars, students and professionals working in the domain.  20 questions were asked to solve each question carry 2 marks & received around 472 responses from the participants. There were no registration fees to this event. E-certificates were issued to the participants who answered 50% of the questions right to this quiz and the link was open till next day i.e, till 22nd February 2021.

International Mother Language Day is a worldwide annual observance held on 21st February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism.

Online Quiz on National Girl Child Day

Chandrabhan Sharma College of Arts, Science & Commerce, IQAC Cell & in association with Library and Information Centre organizes Online Quiz Competition on account of National Girl Child Day. This quiz conducted through Google form, link for the competition was shared through WhatsApp messenger to all the staff members of the college, scholars, students and professionals working in the domain.  20 questions were asked to solve each question carry 2 marks & received around 87 responses from the participants. There were no registration fees to this event. E-certificates were issued to the participants who answered 50% of the questions right to this quiz and the link was open till next day i.e, till 25th January 2021.

National Girl Child Day is observed annually on January 24 to raise awareness about the rights of the girl child and importance of their education, health and nutrition. The year 2021 marks 13th National Girl Child Day. 

Online Book Review Competition

Chandrabhan Sharma College, Library & Information Centre organized Intra-collegiate Online Book Review Competition to students of our college on 16th January 2021 (Saturday) from 03.00pm to 04.00pm. This competition was organized online on Google Meet Platform and competition judged by Mr. Vijay Ramchandra Namdas, Assistant Librarian, N. L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mira Road.

The competition was conducted to inculcate the reading habit among student and to enhance the thinking, analyzing and summarizing capacities of Students. The books for the Review Competition were general books i.e., fiction, non-fiction, biography, autobiography etc. (not specifically related to any subject) and should present in English, Hindi & Marathi languages. 

• The First Prize winner - Mr. Khushraj Singh Sandhu (SYBAF) 
• The first runner up Mr. HarmanPreet Singh Dhillon (SYBAF)
• The Second runner up was Mr. Shivam Mishra (TYBMS) 

This event was very exciting and helpful to all students; chief guest Mr. Vijay Namdas Sir gave a very enlightening speech to all students that motivated them.

  

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Best Regards,

Sunil Ubale,

Librarian,

Chandrabhan Sharma College of Arts, Science and Commerce,

Powai - Vihar Complex, Mumbai - 400 076.