Junior College

New year - new hopes, aspirations and yet another chance to do what has yet - not been done before. Rooted with this firm belief, the Student's Council of Junior College 2007-08 embarked upon a journey with its members to teach, learn and most of all, have fun. A list of activities undertaken is given below:

Orientation and a warm welcome of new Rahejaites - the 2007-08 batch of FYJC

Inaugral Function of Students council (with special guests including Mrs. Rohini Suri and famous comedian Mr. Deepak Raja)

White day, Blue and Green day, Red-Yellow-Pink day, Rainbow day, Tri-Colour and Khadi day, Denim day, Friendship's day and many more such days to commemorate a young student's free spirit.

"Meri Awaz Suno": A tribute to Mohd. Rafi was held and much enjoyed

A D.J. bash cum Rain dance: A definite crowd pulling experience

Patriotic Songs Competition in association with the Hindi Yuva Manch

Teacher's Day celebrations - an ode to the everlasting efforts of Raheja teachers with loads of games and merriment

English Quiz Competition in order to test the IQ and EQ of Rahejaites

Talent contest to promote budding Raheja Stars

Annual Day Celebration combined the first time ever with the Student's Council of degree college.

Raheja Week (alias UNMESH) : A 7 days extravaganza consisting of
-Personality Contest and Rose Day
-Traditional Day
-Mehendi, Thali and Rangoli Decoration Competitions.
-Dustbin and Banner Decoration Competitions
-.J. Socials
-Antakshiri

Prize Distribution Ceremony : Felicitation of Academic, Co-Curricular and Extra-Curricular excellence. This included mementos for all student council members as acknowledgement of their hard work and efforts.

An Outing to Shangrila Resort

The Student's Council 07-08 comprised of:
Professor In-charge: Mrs. Sunita Gupta
Talent contest & Annual Day In-charge: Mrs. Jayshree Teli

 

Senior College

With the nomination of Professor-in-charge by the Principal of the college, other committee members were nominated as per the guidelines given by the Student's Welfare Department circular issued by the University of Mumbai The Student's Council Committee was as follows

Principal Dr. M. B. Madlani - Chairperson
Mr. Mahesh Sathe - Professor in Charge
Mr. Hrishikesh A. Wandrekar - Cultural in Charge
Mrs. Shobha Mathew - Cultural - in - Charge
Mrs. Akshata A. Kulkarni - N.S.S. - in - Charge
Mr. Suresh M. Sawant - Gymkhana - in - Charge
All Class Representatives.

Mr. Pratik Panchal of TYBCom was unanimously elected as General Secretary of the council for this academic year.

With the beautiful natural surroundings and to appreciate the blue skies and greenery, the council members celebrated "Blue & Green Day" on 21st July 2007 with great cheer and joy. On 31st July the death anniversary of the great singer the Late Mohammed Rafi, a musical programme "Meri Awaaz Suno" was organized. Twenty three students participated in this programme and showed their singing talent. Ms. Nimra Khan of SYBCom anchored the audience-packed programme nicely. "Rain Dance" with D. J. Blast was organized on 4th August. There was a huge response for the Dance Party. Friendship Day and Chocolate Day was celebrated with great fun and love. On 15th August, Independence Day, student's council and N.S.S. unit jointly organized a rally from the college to Juhu Beach to make people aware about "Global Warming." Students prepared a lot of placards and banners for this rally. Headed by Principal Dr. M. B. Madlani and Vice- principal Dr. Nandita Roy who walked down with other teachers and students from the college to the beach, this rally was a great success. At the beach the students and teachers gave speeches, sang songs and performed a street play.

Teachers Day was celebrated on 5th September. On this day teachers were felicitated and entertained by the students with dance, singing and speeches. Group discussion competition was or ganized on 17th September to improve student's confidence. Mr. Gagan Khandelwal's group won the 1st prize. The best speaker prize was shared by Mr. Gagan Khandelwal and Mr. Bhushan Shelat. Annual Day and Raheja Week were named as "UNMESH" which means enthusiasm. A new song was written and composed by Prof. Mahesh Sathe for "UNMESH" which was sung by him. This year Annual Day consisted of western and traditional dances, singing, fashion shows, dramas, mimicry, tabla playing and compereing which was of a high standard.

"UNMESH" festival consisted of Tradional Day, Personality contest, Mehendi and Rangoli competition, Dustbin decoration and Banner making competition. Fun-n-fair and D.J. Dance Social Party. "Fashion House," a business unit, sponsored the T-shirts and prizes. Prof. Hrishikesh Wandrekar, Prof. Shobha Mathew and active students council members all worked very hard to make "UNMESH" a grand success! Mr. Grenville D'Souza of T.Y.B.A. was selected as Mr. Raheja and Ms. Deepika Shell of F.Y.B.A. was selected as Ms. Raheja. Mr. Krishan Hoda of T.Y.B.Com and Ms. Tasneem Pacha of T.Y.B.Com were the run ners-up. Ms. Bhumika Bhatt, an active member of the student's council bagged the "Best Student" award of the college. Mr. Hashim Shaikh of S.Y.B.A. was awarded as "Talent of the Year" and Mr. Pratik Panchal of T.Y.BCom was awarded "Best Event Organiser for UNMESH, 2007"

Our students participated in many festivals and won many prizes in inter-collegiate competitions. Hearty congratulations to all of them

1)Enigma - Poddar College Festival - Overall 5th Rank for our college
Cricket - 1st Prize
Mover & Shakers - Mr. Krishan Hooda - 1st Prize
Mock - Stock - Mr. Yash Punamia
Mr. Chirag Waghela
Mr. Bhushan Shelat - 2nd Prize
Antakshari - Ms. Bhumika Bhatt
Ms. Bhavika Gadhiya &
Ms. Meera Gadhhiya - 3rd Prize
Beat Box - Mr. Sarang Chauhan - 2nd Prize

2)UMANG - N. M. College festival
Ghazal Singing - Ms. Meghana Bharat - 1st prize

3)Chakrawyuha - KES College Festival, Kandivali
Duet Dance - Mr. Hashim Shaikh &
Ms. Binal Shah - 1st Prize
Mimicry - Mr. Sarang Chauhan - 2nd Prize
Charcoal Sketching - Ms. Mithrani Bhunia 2nd Prize.
On 26th January, Republic Day, Prof. Mahesh Sathe gave a speech and Mr. Saik Ali, Ms. Meghana Bharat and Mr. Sarang Chauhan sang patriotic songs.

The student's council thanks all the teachers, supporting staff and students who helped the council in making this academic year's activities memorable and a grand success.