Priyadarshini Literary Club

About Priyadarshini Literary Club :

Dr. Dora Thompson
Incharge, Literary Club
Contact No.: 9422808492
Email: dnt296@gmail.com

About the Cell:

English Literary Club has been conceived by the Department of Humanities, Priyadarshini College of Engineering,Nagpur. With over 120 members, it is one of the busiest clubs in campus. The Literary Club aims to develop analytical and creative skills. It offers opportunities to appreciate different types of multiple literature among students and increase their own literary skills . The Literary Club aims at not only refining the literary skills of the students but also developing in them logic and curiosity to know more and to instill in them a confidence to speak well.

Objectives of the Cell:

To inculcate among students a flair for English language and enhance their literary skills
To promote oratory skills, Presentation Skills & communication skills needed for personal interviews, group discussions, etc.
To promote team spirit, interpersonal relationships, ability to speak and emote before an audience thereby increasing the emotional quotient of the students.
To promote a sense of unity & harmony among students by involving them in celebrating national festivals.
To help them groom their personalities & recreate universal human values so that they become good human beings & become ready to tackle the world.
To eliminate any kind of stage fear and become confident in public speaking, Open house Debates, Group Discussions & Interview Techniques.
To propagate reading habits in students
To encourage students to become orators and display their intellectual, independent thinking skills and imbibe a sense of confidence
To provide a platform for debating events, To improve and encourage creative writing.

Committee Members:

S. N.	Name of Faculty	Designation	Role
1	Dr. Dora Thompson	Incharge
2	Dr.Roman Janbandhu	Member	Preparation of News article
3	Ms. Priyanka Mishra	Member	Identifying the names & types of activities based on important days & festivals (In advance) Technical Upkeep(for online activities - Google form,certificates)
4	Mr. Vinay Khorgade	Member	Preparation of documents (in soft)including notice,write ups,invitation etc. Venue Preparation Including Birth Anniversaries of Freedom Fighters
5	Dr. Sujitha Reddy	Member	Documentation/Filing-Updation of files of Literary club
6	Ms. Shraddha Sukhadeve	Member	Identifying the names & types of activities based on important days & festivals (In advance) Preparation of documents (in soft)including notice,write ups,invitation etc.

Events organized under the cell (if any):

Sr. No	Name of Event	Date	Brief Details	Faculty Coordinators	No of Students Participants.
1	Savitribai Phule Jayanti	3/01/25	To commemorate the birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule	Dr. Dora Thomposn Mrs. Arti Singh Somvanshi	10
2	Wall Magazine Competition	2/01/25	To draw learner interest towards artistic work and improving soft skills	Dr. Dora Thompson Ms. Harshada naik	17
3	Rani Laxmi Bai Birth Anniversary	19/11/24	To commemorate the birth anniversary of Rani Laxmi Bai	Dr. Dora Thompson Mrs. Arti Singh	9
4	Cloth Donation Drive	26/10/24	To uplift and empower the poor community of our society	Dr. Dora Thompson Mrs. Arti Singh	32
5	Dhammachakra Pravartan Din	14/10/24	To celebrate the buddhist acceptance of Dr. B.R Ambedkar	Dr. Dora Thompson Dr. Roman Janbandhu	115
6	Rass Garba	8/10/24	To instill the spirit of navratri celebration	Dr. Dora Thompson	670
9	Gandhi Jayanti	2/10/24	To commemorate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi	Dr. Dora Thompson	15
10	Bhagat Singh Birth Anniversary	28/09/24	To commemorate the birth anniversary of Tilak	Ms. Anjali Khatwani	20
11	PCE Got Latent	27/09/24	Platform for students to present their unique talent	Dr. Dora Thompson	50
12	International Literacy Day	8/09/24	To spread awareness about the importance of literacy in th world	Dr. Dora THompsons	80
13	Teacher’s Day	05/09/24	To commemorate the contributions of Dr. Radhakrishnan towards mentoring students	Ms. Meenakshi Paunikar	70
14	Sarfarosh & Installation	13/08/24	Inculcate spirit of patriotism and leadership among the students	Dr.Dora Thompson Ms. Anjali Khatwani	17
15	Lokmanya Tilak Death Anniversary	1/08/24	To commemorate the death anniversary of Tilak	Mrs.Arti Singh	15
16	Kargil Divas	26/07/24	To commemorate the sacrifice of soldiers during war	Dr.Dora Thompons	52
17	Lokmanya Tilak Birth Anniversary	23/07/24	To commemorate the birth anniversary of Tilak	Ms.Harshada Naik	19
18	World Population Day	11/07/24	To remind people about challenges faced by people due to overpopulation	Dr.Dora Thompson, Ms.Anjali Khatwani	22
19	Swami Vivekanad Death Anniversary	04/07/24	To commemorate the death anniversary of Swami Vivekanand	Dr.Dora Thompson, Ms. Meenakshi Paun	16
20	“Campus Chronicles-Readers” book Inaguration	4/03/23	The book club will be an excellent opportunity fro book lovers to come together	Dr. Dora Thompson	45
21	Patriotic Singing Competition	21/01/23	The activity provided a platform to the students to showcase their feelings of patriotism	Ms. Meenakshi Paunikar	80
22	MoU signed between IDP and Literary club	19/1/23	The Signing of MoU will initiate activities relevent to higher education and proved a platform fro general awraness of the options available after engineering.	Dr. Dora Thompson	80
23	Essay Writing Competition on the occasion of National Youth day	12/01/23	The participants wrote essay on the life of swami vivekanand.	Mrs. Arti Singh	23
24	Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekanand celebrated as National Youth day.	12/01/23	The teachers along with the students celebrated the event and commemorated swami vivkeanand	Mrs. Arti Singh	23
25	Wall Magazine Inauguration	10/01/23	Students from First year participated in the program.	Dr. Dora Thompson	35
26	Quiz Competitionm	19/02/23	The participants took active part and solved the quiz	Dr. Dora Thompson	200
27	Expert Lecture	27/03/23	All the students interacted with the expert and enjoyed the session	Dr. Dora Thompson	42
28	Short documentary on the topic “ Promote Our College”	10/04/23	All the students have used their creative minds and presented the novel and raw ideas in the most artistic ways.	Dr. Roman Janbandhu	15
29	Natrang: The dramatic Interpretation Competition	10/04/23	All the students played different characters and portrayed the hidden artist within themselves.	Dr. Roman Janbandhu	20
30	Yoga Workshop for Teaching and Non- Teaching Staff	3/04/23-8/04/23	All the teaching and Non-teaching staff of institution practise various asanas and breathing techniques.	Dr. Dora Thompson	60
31	Inter-Collegiate Mock Parliament	4/05/23	Students participated in this event and spoke as the members of ruling and opposite party, they had discussed bills. amendments.	Dr. Dora Thompson	74
32	Mock Parliament	2/12/22	The students participated in the Mock-Parliament session and spoke as the member of the ruling and opposite party.	Dr. Dora Thompson	32
33	Constitution Day celebration	26/11/22	The students and faculty members read the preamble of the constitution , took oath.	Ms. Shraddha Sukhdeve	512
34	Visit to old age home	14/11/22	The students spent time with senior citizen and knew the actual status and condition by exchanging their thoughts	Dr. Roman Janbandhu	25
35	National Education Day/Open mike story telling.	9/11/22	The Students shared their thoughts and persona; experinces they had while completing their education.	Dr. Dora Thompson	11
36	Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel	31/10/22	This activity was organized to commemorate the contribution of Indias freedom fighter Sardar Vallbahai Patle	Dr. Sujitha Reddy	20
37	Raastriya Ekta divas	31/10/22	The activity was organized to help understand the importance of the “ Iron Man if India”	Dr. Sujitha Reddy	20
38	Tree Platation	19/10/22	The students plated trees and contributed their share in the conversation of nature and spread a mesage of Protect tyhe environment	Dr. Dora Thompson	25
39	Cloth Donation Drive	19/10/22	This Ctivity was organized to encourage faculty to donate cloths fro the needy ones.	Dr. Dora Thompson	25
40	Literary Club Installation	15/10/22	This activity was organized to recognize the new committe members in order to officially constitue the club.	Dr. Dora Thompsonn	125
41	Cloth Donation Drive	3/10/22	This Ctivity was organized to encourage the stundents to donate cloths fro the needy ones.	Dr. Dora Thompson	25
42	Navaratri Celebration Garba Rass	3/10/22	Faculty and staff members were in traditional grooming. It was a colorful event with teachers joining enthusisastically.	Dr. Dora Thompson	57
43	Debate Competition	8/09/22	This activity was organized to raise awareness and concerns for literacy problems	Dr. Dora Thompson	105
44	Birth Anniversary Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	5/09/22	This activity was organized to help students to understand the imporatnce of teachers day.	Dr. Sujitha Reddy	14
45	Extempore Competition	20/08/22	The activity was organized to commemorate the contribution of India’s sixth prime minister Rajiv Gandhi is observed as Sadbhavna Diwas	Dr. Sujitha Reddy	14
46	International Youth day E-Poster making	12/08/22	Students of firts year participated in the competition and showcased their technical and computer skills.	Dr. Dora Thompson	150
47	Bal Gangadhar Tilak Death Anniversary	1/08/22	This activity was orgainzed to commemorate the contribution of Bal Gangadhar Tilak.	Dr. Sujitha Reddy	17
48	World Tiger day	28/07/22	The activity encouraged the work of conservation of tigers.	Ms. Shraddha Sukhdeve	71
49	International Yoga day	21/06/22	Students of firts year and faculty members performed asanas on the coccasion of inetrnational Yoga day.	Dr. Dora Thompson	50
50	Coronation Day of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj	6/06/22	To celebrate coronation day Anniversary of chhatrapati shivaji maharaj.	Ms. Priyanka Mishra	30
51	Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar	14/04/22	To commemorate the contribution of Dr. B.R Ambedkar.	DR. Roman Janbandhu	465
52	Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule	11/04/22	This activity is organized to help stundents to understand the importance of valuable comtribution of mahatma jyotiba Phule.	Ms. Priyanka Mishra	20
53	World Health Day	7/04/22	This activity was oraginzed to bring awraness about the mental health in students and guide them to strike a balance between work and social media.	Dr. Sujitha Reddy	586
54	Birth Anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj	19/02/22	The objective behind conducting the quiz was to honour the great kings pivotal role.	Dr. Dora Thompson	70
55	National Anthem day	24/01/22	This activity was organized to help students ton understand the importance of National Anthem Day.	Dr. Dora Thompson	720
56	Birth Anniversary of Shubhas Chandra bose	23/01/22	This activity was organized to help students to understand the importance of valuable contribution of Netaji towards independence movement and National Anthem.	Dr. Sujitha Reddy	720
57	Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekanand	12/01/22	Commemorated Swamijis spiritual teachings.	DR. Dora Thompson	720
58	Birth Anniversary of Savitribai Phule	3/01/22	Commemorated the contribution of Savitribai as a social reformer and educationalist.	Ms. Priyanka Mishra	24

One page report of Events organized

Minutes of meeting (Session 2021-22 & Session 2022-23):

Events - B. E. First Year, 2022-23
Department: First Year - Humanities


Event: Slogan Writing Competition on the theme “Conserve Endangered Species” on July 29, 2022, No.Of participants :71	Event: Tribute to Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Date: 01/08/2022 No.Of participants :17

Event: Tribute to Rajiv Gandhi, Date: 20 August 2022, No.Of participants :12	Event: Extempore Competition, Date: 20 August 2022, No.Of participants :14

Event: Tree Plantation, Date: 19 October 2022, No.of participants : 16	Event: Clothes Donation, Date: 19 October 2022, No.of participants : 20

Event: Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Integration Day), Date: 31 October 2022, No.Of participants : 10	Event: National Education Day / Open Mike Story Telling, Date: 09 November 2022, No.Of participants : 11

Event: Visit to Old Age Home, Date: 14 November 2022, No.Of participants : 25	Event: Constitution Day Celebration, Date: 26 November 2022, No.Of participants : 512

Event: Mock Parliament, Date: 02 December 2022, No.of participants : 32	Event: Financial Education Workshop-SEBI, Date: 17 December 2022, No.of participants : 32

Event: Wall Magazine Inauguration, Date: 10 January 2023, No.of participants : 35	Event: Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekanand Celebrated as National Youth Day, Date: 12 January 2023, No.Of participants : 23

Event: Essay Writing Competition on the occasion of National Youth Day, Date: 12 January 2023, No.Of participants : 23	Event: Patriotic Singing Competition, Date: 21 January 2023, No.Of participants : 80

Event: Quiz Competition on the occasion of Birth Anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Date: 19 February 2023, No.Of participants : 200	Event: Campus Chronicles-Readers' Delight, Date: 04 March 2023, No.of participants : 45

Event: Expert Lecture, Date: 27 March 2023, No.of participants : 42	Event: Yoga Workshop for Teaching And Non-teaching Staff, Date: 03 April to 08 April 2023, No.of participants : 60

Event: NATRANG : The dramatic Interpretation Competition, Date: 10 April 2023, No.of participants : 20	Event: Short documentary on the topic "Promote Our College, Date: 10 April 2023, No.of participants : 15

Event: Inter-collegiate Mock Parliament, Date: 04 May 2023, No.of participants : 74	Event: "9th International Yoga Day Celebration", Date: 21 June, 2023, No.of participants : 80