G.K. ASSOCIATION

In Today's world, one thing which you can always count upon to uproot obstacles and pave your way to success, is undoubtedly, knowledge. Indeed, the world is progressing and it is quite essential to match over pace with it. Knowledge, with its numerous streams is always waiting to be explored and conquered. In an attempt to make life a little easy for all Josephites striving towards this common aim, the General Knowledge Association has been working for the past few years and has continuously achieved success in its endeavour under the able guidance of the coordinators Mr. Shivaji Srivastava and Mrs. DivyaRaj.

The academic session of the year 2008-2009 had been quite successful for the GK Association. Immediately after the Investiture Ceremony, there was a competition for the membership drive, but as usual, the G.KAssociation emerged the winner. While other students ate their tiffins and enjoyed, our office-bearers were busy in increasing the members. After all this pain, our association successfully crossed the 200 mark. Kartikey Asthana, the treasurer of the association and Anant Bhatia, the vice-president had made all this possible.

Now it was time for implementing our plans. We started our scenario with the Kabir Peace Mission Quiz. Out of these 15 boys, 5 from each class 6^th, 7^th and 8^th, were to appear for the second round.

It was noteworthy that Anupam Bajpai of class 12-A was selected from our college for a national-level GK quiz competition and secured 3^rd position.

As a President, I would like to thank our chairperson Mr. Shivaji Srivastava and Mrs. D. Raj for being there as a constant source of inspiration. I would also like to thank my entire team for extending their help. And last, but not the least, I would like to thank all the Josephites who bonded with us in this journey and I hope they have benefited from it. I wish the G.K. Association a very good luck and I hope that it will continue to work towards its goal and scale even greater heights.

Hussain Shauzab Abis
President

'Imagination is more important than knowledge.'
- Albert Einstein

Science tends to infinity; it's not just about physics, chemistry and biology. However, science as taught today, is just reduced to a subject that has a value of 100 marks in the school examinations. The above line said by Einstein is what really science is about – IMAGINATION.

St. Joseph's College has always endeavored to impart to its pupils imaginative power and not just bookish knowledge; and the Science Association of St. Joseph's College constantly works towards this aim.

The academic session 2008-09 was a milestone for the Science Association as we reached great success in the first step of our initiative of inculcating creativity and power of imagination among josephites. A threefold increase in the membership of Science Association, with membership count reaching 290 members; made it one of the most popular associations among students.

The motto which we had this year was to 'Think beyond the limits' and this was reflected well in our totally new step of guiding students through 'Career Guidance Seminar'. This was a totally new concept devised by Science Association for helping senior students of S.J.C in deciding their field of interest and working towards their careers of interest. The Guides invited for the students were none other than the ex-josephites currently pursuing higher education in premier institutes of our country. This programme was a great success among students and also appreciated by our guests.

We further reached a new milestone this year by organizing a lecture on 'Robotics and Artificial Intelligence' which was attended by students of St. Mary's Convent, St. Anthony's Girl's Inter College' Boys High School, Maharshi Patanjali Vidya Mandir and St. Joseph's College. The Lecture was delivered by Prof. G.C. Nandi,' Dean (Student Affairs), IIIT, Allahabad. Following this, a surprise quiz on the topic 'Mechanics' was also organized with two participants from all the participating schools. Abhishek Kumar (B.H.S.), Shikhar Gupta (S.J.C.) and Ritesh Kewlani (S.J.C.), came Ist, 2nd and 3rd respectively in this quiz.

The prestigious 'Rotary Science Fest was also hosted by St. Joseph's College this year. The Science Association took this as a responsibility to encourage students to participate well in this competition and as a result more than 70 projects were displayed from S.J. C. in this competition.

Next step towards our aim was to encourage the young josephites to see science not just as subject but as means of understanding our world. To work towards this objective we organized science quizzes for classes 6th,7th and 8th. We got enthusiastic responses as more than 280 students participated in these quizzes.

On the whole the Science Association has been successful to a large extent in inculcating a spirit of imagination and innovation among the Josephites. With our Chairperson Mr. Rakesh Sharma always motivating us for greater heights we succeeded in making a distinct place among students.

As the President of Science Association, I would like to congratulate my fellow office- bearers of Science Association for their hard work. I would also like to thank Mr. Rohit Cutting and Mr. S.B.Rai for coordinating in all our activities. Also, thanks to all the fellow students who volunteered to work for the Science Association.

Now as I conclude, I would like to extend my whole hearted best wishes to the office- bearers of Science Association in the years to come; with a heartiest hope that Science Association may reach new heights in serving the student community.

Parushya
President, Science Association

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"Man expresses himself through art."
Shri Rabindra Nath Tagore

'Art' is nothing but 'dabbling with colours' in a unique way. The valuable experience of dabbling with colours has been a very important feature of our school curriculum. The art association provides a platform for the young talents of SJC to express their delight in God's work. It plays a very dominating and leading role in the extra- curricular activities in the college.

Due to great interest of students towards artistic creativity, the able guidance of Mrs. A. Joseph and co-operation of the office bearers, the membership toll reached a record of 217 members.

To bring out the artistic talent hidden in the students, we organized various events like college cartooning, poster-painting, still life drawing competition for classes 6 to 8 throughout the year at various occasions.

Just after the incorporation of the association, we began our work. The first task taken was to decorate the college bulletin board with beautiful and colorful charts.

As soon as the first term exams were over we put our utmost effort for an exceptional presentation for teacher's day. The association worked for a week and decorated the wall with colours for teacher's day and presented a memento to every teacher.

We also decorated the notice board with colourful pictures and wishes for the Birthday of our Principal who celebrated his birthday on 29th September. Then the heaviest responsibility fell on the shoulders of the Association, to prepare the stage for the presentation of the Josephest 2008. This year the theme was 'Josephest Rainbow 2008' The association members and some of our colleagues like Faizal Islam, Ankur Bhargava, Vishan Uddin and others worked day and night under the able guidance of Mrs. A. Joseph and Mrs. C. Walia and put up a wonderful show for the Josephest. We decorated the wall and performed a very colourful opening ceremony which was liked and appreciated by everyone. We also bagged the 1^st prize in cartooning 2^nd in face making and 2^nd prize in collage. The task was not over here only, rather we prepared the stage for the Bible Fest too.

I would like to express. my sincere gratitude to Mrs. C. Walia and Mrs. A. Joseph for their continuous support and guidance in all our activities. I wish all the best to the association and I hope in the years to come, the Art Association will rot only strive to maintain its rich traditions but also will take it to greater heights.

Nadeem Ahmad Jafri
President

I.T. ASSOCIATION

"I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user."
Bill Gates.

Today in the 21^st century the Information Technology has a great impact on the world. It has contributed substantially towards the growth and development of many nations and it also act as an instrument of modernization. This has led to the increase of awareness about this field among the youth. Today we are also using this technology for interacting with one another and also getting updated with whatever is happening around us.

The I.T. Club at St. Joseph's College spreads the knowledge and also inculcates a scientific spirit in the minds of the young Josephites. The IT Club also helps the students in relaxing from their stress by organizing some of the events.

The year began after the installation of the new office bearers for the Academic Session 2008-09. Like every year many events were . organized by the I. T. Club for the classes ranging. from 6^th to 8^th. The first among them was CREATEK for 7^th and 8^th. The students were given topics on the spot and they had to use their thoughts and put them to use by putting them to the canvas at the MS-Paint. The next was QUIZ for classes 9^th and 10^th which brought out about their knowledge related to the IT field. The Club also arranged for a movie show for classes 6^th and 7^th. The members enjoyed and relaxed themselves after a tight school schedule by watching the movie "OPEN SEASON".

A major role was played by the Club during the Mega Event JOSEPHEST Rainbow '08 and the Teacher's Day. The "Welcome 2 SJC", "Life @ SJC " and the presentations were appreciated a lot by everyone. The club also supported and helped other associations to carry out their functions successfully.

The I.T. Club worked hard and devoted itself to achieve its goals under the able guidance of our Chairperson Mrs. Anjani Singh, our Principal and Vice-Principal. The Office Bearers for this session were very attached to one another and worked hand in hand to take the Club towards new heights. There is still a long way to go and we hope that the tradition continues and enlightens the young minds and the club reaches the Zenith of success.

Tanmay Saxena

COMMERCE ASSOCIATION

The super structure of a nation's prosperity and success is built on commerce which provides a strong financial base. Commerce finances the infrastructural activities and ensures economic development of a nation. It acts as the backbone of every country's economy.

The commerce association had been made last year mainly to guide the boys of 9^th, 10^th, 11^th and 12^th who had taken commerce. This is just the second year of our association and we have achieved _ a lot this year. Well begun is half done - this was an idea that we had in our minds at the beginning of this academic year. Every organization requires' members to function. Our association also required the support of our brothers. This was just our second year and we were quite successful as we were able to enroll more than 300 members. The first event which was organized by the 'commerce association' was a seminar. which was, organized on 23^rd September 2008. Mr. Pankaj Mishra the branch manager of ICICI Bank was the chief guest. Mr. Mishra discussed the various problems of inflation and importance of commerce along with various career options; This was the first time that an association was able to bring together the entire commerce section of Class XII of SMC and SJC. The association also organized as assembly in which various consumer rights were discussed.

As an association we are improving every year. This year we were able to achieve most of our goals such as making the boys aware of the various things happening around them. In the end I would like to thank our principal, vice-principal, chair person Mr. N.B. Lawrence and all the teachers and students for their help and support.

LEADERSHIP TRAINING SERVICE

The LTS began the year with the motto that – "the day we were born in this country, this country was born in us". And true to its principles of 'service to God' and service to country, the LTS with its various activities tried to instill the minds of the young budding potentials with patriotism and leadership qualities, inspiring their minds to lead India.

When we talk about leading India, we do not mean one has to necessarily enter a political arena, and be a member of the parliament house attending the not-so-docile parliamentary sessions to decide the fate of our country. Leading India has to be started and initiated at the very root level, in our own homes, schools, colleges and society.

We began the year with our activities on the labour's day (1^st May), where we appreciated and honoured the selfless and hard work of the co-workers of our college and all the other co-workers spread throughout the world, organizing a special assembly in their respect. Then the LTS took part in the rally on the 15^th of August (Independence Day), where we promoted the ideals of the world peace and national integrity. We also took part in a rally (28^th September) along with the other schools in the protest against the atrocities committed on the Christian communities of Khandhamal (in Orissa). For the emancipation of women and to uproot the evil of female infanticide, we also took part in a cycle rally, along with collecting food materials, clothes and other amenities for the flood victims in Bihar.

Looking back at the year 2008, the incident on the 26^th November, left quite an unpleasant effect on the minds of the Indians, with the terror attacks in Mumbai. Our sympathy is with all those terror affected families, and the families of all those . anonymous heroes from across the nation who saved Mumbai from the hands of destruction. We firmly declare that democracy cannot be turned into a playground for the dissection of the ideas of India and that we will stand shoulder-to shoulder against any force which will try to wreck the national unity of our country. We will not let toothless political ministers and ineffectual leadership turn a tough nation like India into a soft state.

In the end, we would like to thank our chair-person Dr P. Souza, who like a perpetually burning torch, has been showing us the way and helping us to achieve our aims and objectives. We would also like to thank all our sear LTS for their overwhelming support and dedication, without which we wouldn't have been able to keep our flag- "For God and country" -flying high in the sky.

Apurva Bhushan Mishra,Treasurer X B
Mohd. Hanzla, Organizing Secretry X B