The primary objective behind setting up of the self-development center was "All-round development of self". The college takes care of shaping students' careers through academics and the self development center takes care of facilitating students in growing up as competent professionals by building on essential life skills.
Various activities run by SDC are:
- Personal counseling.
- Personal development sessions.
- Career counseling.
- Personality Testing.
- Aptitude testing.
- Aptitude testing sessions for career guidance,
- Class talks for students from vernacular medium on effective communication skills in English,
- Group sessions on study skills for students having low scores in academics,
- Life skills development series for the non teaching and library staff of the college,
- Parental counseling,
- Orientation sessions with students and teachers about the self-development center.
Study Smart Session Series:
The primary thought behind arranging a series of sessions for failed students was "Inclusive Growth" which meant that the self development center is not just for the students who excel in their academics but also for the ones who did not fair well in the exams, who have experienced failures and find it difficult to handle the failure. It was also initiated as a preventive measure. The students were encouraged to not allow failure to become a recurring phenomenon in their academics. The self development center had arranged a series of seven sessions for the students who failed in some or all subjects. In all, 23 students attended the session.
Life skills development series were arranged with a perspective to help the library staff to grow as an individual and also as a valuable employee. Ten different interactive group sessions were held in the self development centre to work on prominent skills. Following are the ten sessions held in the series:
- Rapport building:
- Positive thinking:
- Stress management:
- Self esteem:
- Time management:
- Communication Skills:
- Team Building:
- Goal Setting:
- Office Values:
This series ended with a valedictory session wherein, Principal Dr. Shobana Vasudevan, SDC Head Ms.Jajoo and Librarian Mr.Patil attended the sesssion and shared their thoughts with members and felicitated them.
'Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen and a push in the right direction'
The Self Development Centre believes in all round development of our students. The centre uses innovative practices for the same. An opportunity was given to the T.Y.B.Com. students to serve a friend, philosopher, guide in short be a 'Mentor' to the F.Y.B.Com. students, who are presently at the stage of transition from junior to senior college. Four students from T.Y. volunteered to be 'The Mentor'. This Mentoring Programme will not only benefit the F.Y. students to be the ultimate 'Podarite' but also help the T.Y. students to become better leaders in the future.
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Schedule of activities for year 2010-11 :-
| YEARLY CALENDAR: | Teaching staff |
| July | Positive Thinking at the Workplace: Boredom and fatigue reduce the productivity in work. Positive approach towards work helps to counteract the negative factors of working and consequently enhance performance. |
| August | Identifying "at risk" students: This session focuses helping teachers identify and deal with "at risk" students;i.e., students with different kinds of learning problems, psychological issues. |
| September | Bettering one's communication and interpersonal skills: Focuses on helping participants handle various forms of communication such as speaking, writing, and listening to reach decisions, achieve understanding, and develop relationships. |
| October | Assertiveness Training: Designed to teach individuals successful ways of interacting with others, expressing anger positively, saying "No" in a non aggressive manner and most important, equipping their behavioral repertoire so that they can make the choice to behave assertively. |
| November | Stress and burnout: Focuses on empowering employees to manage workplace stress and turn it to their advantage. |
| December | Time Management:Enabling employees master time rather than be its slave. The workshop helps to identify strengths and weaknesses and pinpoint areas for development, prioritize tasks on a daily basis and build their skills and confidence in managing time---the most precious resource. |
| January | Emotional Intelligence:High emotional intelligence contributes to superior performance on the job. The workshop helps focus on personal qualities such as adaptability, initiative, empathy, emotional literacy, and persuasiveness. |
| February | Self awareness and self esteem: Self awareness is about paying attention to our many senses, thoughts, feelings and intuition and diving deep into our emotions to tap their sources. It is seeing our thinking and how it creates our reality. Self-esteem is confidence in our ability to think and to cope with the basic challenges of life. |
| March | Team building: Empowering team members in terms of personal and interpersonal development, managerial effectiveness and organizational productivity. |
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Year 2008-09
Chairperson- Prof (Ms) Kavita Jajoo
Counselor-Ms. Prerna Kambli
The Self-Development Centre established in the year 2003 has since been helping students towards their development.
Personal counseling for solving issues such as low self confidence, stress management, exam anxiety, communication skills improving concentration were undertaken.
Career counseling session focused on imparting career information and providing the students with timely knowledge and advice were arranged throughout the year.
Interactive workshops on topics like time management, leadership, communication skills, study skills, and importance of Career planning were organized.
Group sessions on topics like communication skills with respect to English as a language were mainly held for the student coming from vernacular medium.
Academic session was also arranged for students who have difficulty in clearing exams. These sessions were arranged so as to help them cope up with their emotional issues if any, developed as result of their academic performance and to equip them with better techniques. The centre also had a session with parents to help them manage their child’s academic failure.
Chairperson: Ms. Kavita Jajoo
The Self Development Center in Podar College has embarked on a journey since the past 4 years to help students in every step that they take towards self-development. The Self Development Center became fully functional from November 2003 in the College.
The objectives of the centre are:
Personal counseling, Development sessions, Career counseling, Personality assessment, Workshops and seminars, Ms. Smita Naroji is the consultant for the self-development cell and the counseling session are arranged on every Thursday in the A.V. room from 10.00 a.m. to 2.00. p.m. Students have been benefited from the counseling that is held the year round. The cell will continue to provide more facilities for the students in the coming years.