Staff Profile

Dr. (Fr.) Daniel Fernandes, SJ

Rev. Dr. Daniel Fernandes, SJ., M.A. Ph.D.

PRINCIPAL

Fr Daniel completed his MA (Kannada Folklore) from the Mysore University in 1993 and thereafter pursued and completed his doctoral thesis on Kannada folklore entitled "A Study on Kannada Folklore Literature, with special reference to the works of Dr G Shankara Paramashivya" at the Mysore University in 2006.  During his academic carrier he has been the recipient of three gold medals for academic excellence from the Mysore University. 

He is the Principal of St. Joseph’s College of Commerce. Prior to this he has been the Vice Principal of St. Joseph’s College of Commerce (2000-02), and at St. Joseph’s Evening College (1996-2000). He was also the Assistant Director of Ashirvad (1987-2000) which is a Centre for Non-formal and Continuing Education.

His areas of interest are Kannada Literature, Cultural Studies, Tribal Studies, Psychology and Counselling.

He has academic achievements include:

1. Presentation of papers, “Siddis of Karnataka” at University of Mysore, 1999, and "Methods of Teaching Literature" at Maharaja College, Mysore, 1997.

2. Lecture on  “Paulo Freire and The Development Questions”, Loyola Vikas Kendra, Mundgod, 1994.

3. He has delivered guest lectures on issues related to Tribal studies, Culture and Literature at St. Joseph’s College,  Mysore University as well as various NGO Forums.

4. Translation of a book "JEEVANA MAULYA" (Values of Life), from English to Kannada,  published by the Kannada Sangha, SJCC,  2002.

5. He has authored "KUVEMPU SAMPADA" (ed.), published by the Kannada Sangha, SJCC, 2006.

He has attended various seminars and conferences at various levels:

1. "Higher Education Summit 2008" conducted by ICFAI University, Hyderabad, 2008.

2. "Aligning Academic Excellence with Access", conducted by Loyola College, Chennai, 2008.

3. National Conference on “Role of Autonomous Colleges in Strengthening the Quality of Higher Education”, UGC, SERO, Hyderabad, 2006.

4.  “Christian Vision of Higher Education Excellence with Relevance”, Conference of Catholic College in Karnataka (CCCK), Bangalore, 2004.

5. National conference on “25 years of Autonomy - Vision, Experiences and Future Directions”, Loyola College (Autonomous), Chennai, 2003.

6. "A Road Map to Private Universities - Breaking Paths, Charting dreams", conducted by CCCK, Bangalore, 2002.

7. “Workshop on College Administration”, an eight day workshop conducted by All India Association for Chrisitan Higher Education (AIACHE), Delhi 2001.

8. “Effective Leadership”, a five-day workshop conducted by LIBA, Loyola College, Chennai, 2000.

9. "Innovations in Language Teaching Methods", A three-day seminar conducted by Sahitya Parishad, Bangalore, 1998.

He is a Member of the Governing Body of the Bangalore Jesuit Educational Society, and has been appointed as the Karnataka Jesuit Province Coordinator for Higher Education. He is also a member secretary of the NAAC Peer Team which assessed eight colleges in the western region of India.  He is a  member of the UGC Expert Committee.

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Rev Fr Sebastian Fernandes, SJ

Rev Fr Sebastian Fernandes, SJ

Controller of Examination

He graduated from the Agricultural University, Hebbal (Bangalore) in 1973. After Ordination to the priesthood in the Society of Jesus in 1978, he served in the North East for 3 years.  From 1984-88, he was the Coordinator for National Adult Education at Anekal (Bangalore Rural Dt) as also the Parish Priest of St Joseph's Church.  From 1988 till 2001, he was the Manager of St Joseph's Estate, Gudalur (Nilgiris).  Before joining SJCC, he was the Superior of the Regional Theology Centre at Anekal.

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Dr. Rajaram

Dr. Rajaram, M.A. Ph.D.

Professor & Head of the Department of English.

He has taught English Literature and Language at the undergraduate level for over two decades. His early specialization has been in Linguistics and American Literature. His recent area of engagement is postcolonial Indian literature. His research work is on Narratives of Marginality with a special focus on Caste and Gender issues. He obtained his PhD from Bangalore University in 2004.

Dr. Rajaram’s articles on language, literature and culture, have periodically appeared in newspapers and journals. His bilingual translations in English and Kannada have featured in the journal of Central Sahithya Academy. He has also translated the Writings of Ram Manohar Lohia, which have been published by Department of Kannada and Culture, Government of Karnataka. His talks on Vachana Sahithya and the Poetry of Kabir have been broadcast by All India Radio Bangalore.

In May 2001, Dr. Rajaram was honoured with Kirana Prabha Award for Contribution to Educational Excellence.

Dr Rajaram is the Staff Coordinator for the Association for Literature, Music and Arts (ALMA) which is a forum for students who are keenly interested in appreciating the subtle nuances of Fine Arts and Literature.  Dr. Rajaram is at present, guiding two research projects in the area of postcolonial studies.

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Dr. Lily N. David

Dr. Lily N. David, M.Com., Ph.D.

Professor & Head of the Department of Commerce

Prof. Dr. Lily N David has a Doctorate in Marketing awarded by the Bombay University. She started her teaching career at her Alma Mater, the Narasee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai, in 1980. She has been a part of Jesuit Education for more than two decades, and has taught in various reputed college in Mumbai, Mangalore and Bangalore.

Her field of specialization is Marketing. However she has developed an keen interest in subjects like Accountancy and Management Accountancy. She handles subjects like Marketing Management, Corporate Accountancy, Financial Management, Management Accounting, Auditing, etc.

Her ability to empathize with students enabled her to carry out the duties of the Governor of the Student's Council effectively for a period of four years. At present she is the coordinator of the Grievances Committee. She has also been appointed as a member of the Academic Council and Board of Studies for B.Com, BBM & M.Com.

After the College was granted the Autonomous status in Sept. 2005, Dr Lily David was largely responsible in coordinating the efforts of various staff members for the framing of the autonomous syllabus.  She personally interacted and obtained the consent of more than a hundred senior and experienced faculty of reputed colleges in Bangalore and Chennai to be on the Board of Examiners as this would help to enhance the credibility of the Examination System under autonomy. 

Dr Lily David has also guided 5 M.Phil. students who had registered under the Alagappa University, Madurai Kamaraj University and Vinayaka Mission University.

Dr. Lily David considers teaching as her vocation and is constantly experimenting with new methods of teaching and means to handle students effectively.  She regularly conducts a two day workshop on “Teachers Laboratory: Effective Classroom Teaching” for teachers of various educational institutions in the city.

As a result of interacting with the student community for more than two decades, she has developed a great interest in the areas of counseling and emotional intelligence. She has attended many workshops and national seminars in this field. She also conducts workshops on Self Awareness, Proactive Behaviour, Leadership Skills,  etc.  At present she is the resource person for the Certificate Course on “Personal Growth Practices” at SJCC, Bangalore.

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Mr. Augustin Amaldas, M.Com., AICWA, B.Ed., PGDFM, DIM.

Reader in Commerce

Mr. L. Augustin Amaldas is a qualified Cost Accountant and a post graduate from Loyola College, Chennai.

This dynamic teacher started his career in Jakhama (Nagaland) where he served for two years and then moved to this prestigious institution in 1988.  Subjects taught: Costing, Statistics, Income Tax, Accountancy, Financial Management, etc.

Mr Augustine took the initiative to formulate and prepare the entire syllabus and course material for "Course Integration", under the Autonomous Syllabus, a new subject, hither to not taught any where in the Bangalore University.

He has held the responsibilities of Staff Co-ordinator for NSS, Placement Cell Officer and Co-coordinator of  professional courses like CA PE-I & PE-II, (CPT & PCC)

As a teacher he is willing to learn and relearn.  He strongly believes that a teacher should have a positive mind and must work for the benefit of students both in academic and extra curricular activities.

During his tenure as Placement Officer from 1999-2008, the college obtained 100%  placement for  its outgoing batches in reputed companies such as Infosys, KPMG, HP, Ernst & Young, J P Morgan, DE Shaw, Goldman Sachs, First Source, TCS, IBM, Google, CIMA, OBOI, Standard Chartered Bank, International School Inventure Academy, Fedral Bank, ICICI, Northern Trust, ANZ Bank, HSBC, etc.

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Mr. Ravi A Richard

Mr. Ravi A Richard, M.Com.,MBA.

Reader in Commerce

Mr Ravi holds a Master Degree in Commerce from Bangalore University and has passed the National Eligibility Test (NET) for lectureship, conducted by the UGC. He has obtained MBA in Finance from the Symbiosis University.

In 1992 He started his teaching career in his Alma Mater, St Joseph's College of Commerce. He is specialised in teaching Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting and Banking. He has published articles in leading newspapers and has co-authored a textbook for Business Studies for the second year Pre-University Course, “A Text Book for Business Studies", published by M/s Kalyani Publishers. He conducted a Corporate training programme for Software Engineers entitled “Fundamentals of Accountancy and Finance for non-finance professionals”.  His scholarly article "User Perception of Retail Banking Services: A Comparative Study of Public & Private Sector Banks" was published in the ICFAI Journal of Bank Management in May 2008.

Besides his academic responsibilities he also served as the Governor of the Student's Council from June 2003 to May 2008.  During the NAAC Re-Accreditation in June 2005 Mr Ravi was the Staff Coordinator.  He has been the Coordinator of the NAAC–IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell) of the College since June 2005.  Earlier, he was the Staff Cultural Coordinator of the Student’s Council and the Secretary of the College Alumni Association.

He has served as the NSS Officer of the College from 1997 to 2004, and was instrumental in the construction of low cost houses for poor families in villages located in Bangalore Rural district.  He helped to set up a Rehabilitation Centre for the Disabled at Chikballapur. He has conducted numerous rural exposure camps and personality development programmes for school and college students. He is also a HRD consultant to the YMCA, Bangalore.

At present Mr Ravi is the Staff Coordinator for the E-Cell which helps to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship among students.  At his initiative the College has tied up with the National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), a non profit organisation for promoting entrepreneurship on college campuses.

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Dr. Sajida Ahmed

Dr. (Ms.) Sajida Ahmed, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Professor & Head of Department of Hindi

Born in Mangalore,  Dr Sajida is an M.A. gold medalist in Hindi Literature and Literary Criticism from the Bangalore University in 1989.  She completed her M.Phil (1991) and Ph.D (2002) at the Bangalore University.

She takes an active interest and provides able guidance to the vibrant student members of the Hindi Parishad of which she is the Staff Coordinator.  Earlier, she headed the Ladies Council for a period of two years.

She gives importance to interaction among students and is open to suggestions put forward by the students. Although she ensures a very friendly atmosphere in class, she never compromises on the level of discipline that ought to be maintained in class.

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Ms. H G Manjula

Ms. H. G. Manjula, B.Sc., M.Lib.

Librarian

Ms Manjula joined St. Joseph’s College of Commerce in 1985.   She has completed her Masters in Library Science from Bangalore University.

As a fruit of her rich experience Ms Manjula has been instrumental in improving the facilities in the college library and introduced the Open Access System in 2007.  Students are now able to browse through the books before selecting the titles thus making the Library more student friendly.

She has helped to steer the library into the digital world and at present the library is fully computerized with an online data base searching facility. The SJCC library is the member of DELNET, which provides on line bibliographical information of books. A separate Computerised section with internet facility is exclusively at the disposal of the Post Graduate and Research scholars of the College.

She has attended many national seminars and an International Seminar "Digital Library" organised by University of Mysore in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore.

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Dr. S. Duggal, M.Com, MPM, MBA, Ph.D.

Professor and Head of Department of PG & Evening Studies

Qualification: M.Com, M.P.M (Masters in Personnel Management), M.B.A (Finance) PhD, Executive programme in Management from IIM Bangalore, Advanced Accounts Officer’s Course (AAOC) at Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) Advanced Data Processing Course (ADP) at Army institute of telecommunications & engineering, MHOW, MP.

Professional Career:      He has been associated with Indira Gandhi National Open University, Kota Open University, Mount Carmel Institute of Management, Christ College, Presidency College, St. Joseph’s College of Business Administration, International Institute of planning and Management.  He is certified by All India Management Association, New Delhi as AMT (Accredited Management Teacher). He has attended a number of State, National and International level Seminars and Workshops and has been resource person in some of the workshops. He has authored two books, Titled "Company law & Secretarial practice" and "Project Management". He writes regular columns for two fortnightly magazines published from Delhi, "Business & Economy" and "4Ps".

He is also member of All India Management Association and National Institute of Personnel Management.

As part of the Social Service he is associated with teaching English to students from the economically weaker sections from rural background at Mother Theresa College of Education, Bangalore.
At present he is Professor and Head of Department of PG and Evening Studies at the College.

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Dr. A. M. Sheela, M.A., Ph.D.

Reader in Economics

A Postgraduate in Economics, Dr A M Sheela completed her doctoral thesis on gender studies entitled "Economic Conditions of Working Women in Bangalore Urban District - a Study on the Relationship between Employment, Income, Consumption and Savings in the Formal Sector"  from the Bangalore University in 2001. 

She has been teaching since 1993.  She started her career in Maharani's College as a guest faculty and continued to teach in many institutions in Bangalore.  Teaching has not only enabled her to widen her knowledge, but also to acquaint herself with students from varied back grounds, which in itself is an enriching experience.

Being a researcher by interest she has  contributed to various scientific journals and publications. She has authored a text-book entitled ‘Economics of Hotel Management’ for the first year Bachelor of Hotel Management students of Bangalore University.

She has also presented papers at various national and international seminars.

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Ms. N. Sharmila

Ms. N. Sharmila, M.A., M.Phil.

Lecturer in English

A post graduate from the University of Calicut, M.Phil from the University of Kerala, and having cleared the National Eligibility Test for Lectureship in ’96 Dec, Ms. Sharmila began her career as a teacher in 1997, teaching post graduate students at Vidyanikethan, Kochi (97-98). She moved on to St. Teresa’s College, Kochi, handling classes at the PU, UG and PG levels (98-2000). For a period of three years (2001-04), she was working at St Joseph's College of Arts and Science, teaching General and Additional English to the UG students.  She joined SJCC in 2004.

Ms. Sharmila has a passion for teaching and creates a conducive environment for learning, in her classes. A firm but humane teacher, Ms. Sharmila is able to gauge and understand the academic requirements of her students. The pattern of testing for the first year students of Additional English, evolved by Ms. Sharmila, was accepted as model by Bangalore University in April 2003. She was one of the staff coordinators in charge of the Theatre Fest ENACT organized by SJCC in 2004. Guiding the students in bringing out the College Newsletters and Magazine are other responsibilities that Ms. Sharmila fulfills successfully.

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Ms. Reema Andrade

Ms. Reema Andrade, M.Com., M.Phil.

Lecturer in Commerce

Ms. Reema Andrade graduated from the Goa University and completed her masters at St. Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bangalore (2004), and her M.Phil from Bharatidasan University (2007).

She started her teaching career at her Alma Mater in 2004 and also taught as a part time lecturer in St. Joseph’s Evening College. She has conducted classes for students of Secretarial Training, and handles  classes for the B.Com.,  BBM  and CA Foundation students.

Ms. Reema handles various subjects like Auditing, Production and Operations Management, Organisation Behaviour, etc. Her field of specialization is Marketing.  She has been the Staff coordinator of the Sports Council, and was actively involved in the various activities of the AICUF students, master minding its annual inter-collegiate fest REVELATIONS.  She also successfully coordinated the Rural Exposure Programmes organized for the BBM students of the college.

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Mr. Arun M D’Souza

Mr. Arun Melcom D'Souza, B.Com., B.P.Ed., M.P.Ed.

Physical Education Director

Having graduated with a B.Com. from the Mangalore University Mr. Arun opted to switch over to physical education and obtained B.P.Ed. from Karnataka University and M.P.Ed. from Barkatullah University, Bhopal. He was a Karate instructor from 1997 to 2001 in Mangalore. He joined St Joseph's English Medium High School, Bangalore as Physical Education Teacher in 2003, and joined SJCC as Physical Education Director in May 2004.

He attended a National Conference on Physical Education and Sports Sciences held at Christ College, Bangalore.  He regularly encourages students to participate in sports and games.  His contribution to the successful organization of SPIEL, an inter-collegiate sports extravaganza of the City,  is greatly appreciated. He  aspires to undertake research work in Physical Education.

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Ms. Muktha, M.Com., ICWAI (Inter), MBA.

Reader in Commerce

Head of the Department of BBM

A Graduate from Mount Carmel College and post graduate from the Bangalore University Ms Muktha holds an MBA from the Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies, Pune.  She has also completed ICWAI Intermediate and cleared the National Eligibility Test conducted by the UGC. 

Ms Muktha started her teaching carrier at UG level in 1994, and joined SJCC on a full time basis in 2006 as a Reader in Commerce.  She taught as  visiting faculty at the Canara Bank School of Management, Bangalore University, and for the post graduate students of SJCC.  She has specialized in Cost Accounting, Income Tax, Financial Management, Business Maths, Statistics, Marketing and Financial Accounts.  She regularly conducts Business  Quiz  at  Collegiate and Inter-University level at the Bangalore University.

She has served as Staff coordinator for various Councils such as the Academic, Cultural and Ladies Council of the College.  Her meticulous planning and attention to the detail helped her to organise a very successful National  level seminar on Women Entrepreneurship in 2007.  At present she is the Head of the Department of the BBM stream.

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Ms. T. S. Ravi Darshini

Ms. Ravi Darshini, M.Com., M.Phil.

Lecturer in Commerce

She completed her B.Com. from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore with a distinction.  She  obtained her M.Com. from the same institute in 2004, and M.Phil from  the Madurai Kamaraj University in 2006.

She started her teaching career in 2004 having taught at various institutions at the Post Graduate level.  She joined SJCC in 2005 and has been one of the staff coordinators of the Ladies Council, Academic Council and Cultural Council.  She was mainly instrumental in setting up the Business Lab at SJCC. Her cheerful disposition along with her ability to make even a difficult subject simple, has endeared her to her students.

She has prepared course material on “Human Values and Business Ethics” for the students of PGDHRM, PGDMM, PGDBA of Bangalore University.  At present, she is pursuing her Cost and Works Accounting (CWA),  and aspires to secure a Ph.D in Finance.

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Ms. Veenu Joy

Ms. Veenu Joy, M.Com., M.Phil.

Lecturer in Commerce

She graduated from Christ College and obtained her M.Com. specializing in Advanced Accountancy and Tax from St. Joseph’s College of Commerce. She completed her M.Phil. from the Madurai Kamaraj University (2008).  She has attended and presented papers at State and National level seminars.

Ms Veenu joined SJCC as Lecturer in Commerce in June 2005. She handles subjects such as Entrepreneurship,  Banking, Marketing, International Business and Human Resource Management.  Her lively disposition infuses enthusiasm in students to actively participate in the class room discussion and debates.  Students are encouraged to learn "beyond the syllabus"  and Ms Veenu contributes towards it by arranging suitable guest lectures by Corporate Experts who  enlighten the students about the current business scenario.

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Ms. S. Suganthi Raj, M.Com., M.Phil.

Lecturer in Commerce

She graduated from Jyoti Nivas College, Bangalore and obtained her post graduation from Joseph’s College of Commerce in 2005.  She completed her M.Phil. from  Madurai Kamaraj University in 2007. 

She began her profession by joining St. Joseph’s College of Commerce in 2005.  She has been the staff coordinator of the sports and cultural councils. 

In 2005 she was invited and took part in the celebrations of ‘World Youth Day’ held in Germany.  She is kinesthetically endowed and has taken keen interest in the formation and development of the college dance team.  She has choreographed many dances and is a member of Seraphims, a youth choir. 

From June 2008 she has undertaken the responsibility of Governor, Student's Council, SJCC. She intends to pursue her doctoral studies in the area of finance.

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Ms. Ruth Lily Job

Ms. Ruth Lily Job, M.A., M.Phil.

Lecturer in English

Having completed her Master of Philosophy in English and Linguistics Ruth Lily Job joined the Department of English at SJCC in 2005.   Prior to this she worked in the Corporate sector at MPHASIS for a period of 7 months. 

She has attended a number of courses such as "Workshop in Corporate Training" organised by Call Ready - an Institute for Corporate Training, and Soft Skills course organised by AIACHE.

Her field of interest includes Corporate Training, Business English and Phonetics in which she intends to pursue her doctoral studies in the United States.

Her sincerity and striving to excel in a task undertaken prompted the Management to appoint her as the Staff Coordinator for Certificate Courses in its Department of Training & Development.

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Ms. Gretta Furtado

Ms. Gretta Furtado, B.A., B.Ed., M.Sc.(Counslg),  Dip. Counselling (UK).

Student Counsellor

Ms Gretta completed her B.A. from Kumaon University, Nainital (1990), Bachelor of Education from St Anne's College, Mangalore (1994), and M.Sc. Counselling from Mother Teresa Women's University, Kodaikanal (2008).  In addition to this, she has obtained a Diploma in Counselling from the Institute of St Anselm, Kent, U.K. (95-99).

She started her career as a teacher at St Antony's High School, Bharabanki, Lucknow (1989-95).  Between 1999 and 2000 she worked as a Trainer, conducting various programmes on Personality Development, Training in Counselling skills and Group Therapy.  She was on the Staff of the National Vocational Service Centre (NVSC), Pune (2000-2003) which conducts Pycho-Spiritual Training Programmes. She has also conducted Orientation Programmes for High School Teachers in Mangalore.

She has a number of years international exposure and has conducted counselling skills programmes in UK as well as in Sri Lanka.  As a trainer she is a part of the team which conducts workshops for Religious Formators of Asia, held in Sri Lanka.

She joined SJCC in 2005 as a full time Students' Counsellor. Her forte includes empowering people to deal with day to day emotional crisis and teaching them skills such as Anger Management, Building self-esteem, Stress Management, Grief Counselling, Adolescence Problems. coping with Depression, etc.

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Mr. T. H. Lavakumar

Mr. T. H. Lavakumar, M.A., MPA.

Lecturer in Kannada

Mr. Lava Kumar completed his B.A in Journalism, and proceeded to complete, M.A. in English from KSOU, Mysore (1999).  He has a Diploma in Theatre Arts from NEENASAM, the prestigious Govt. recognised Institute of Performing Arts (2000).  He has the distinction of being the first rank holder bagging two gold medals while completing his M.P.A. (Master of Performing Arts), from Bangalore University (2004).

Mr Lava Kumar joined SJCC in 2006 as a Lecturer in Kannada. 

He has actively participated in a number of people’s movement such as Karnataka Rajya Raita Sangha (KRRS), Narmada Bacchao Andolan, etc. He held the post of District Coordinator for the Govt. sponsored Janapada Jathre (State level Folklore Fest).  He has been the Convenor of the Karnataka Nataka Academy for Bangalore Rural District from 2005 to 2008.

He is a regular columnist on theatre criticism in AGNI, HOSATU, which are popular Kannada magazines.  He has authored 23 street plays and two plays for children namely “MALE HANIYA JAADU HIDIDU” and “BEDARU BOMBE”. He has translated the play of J M Synge’ “In the Shadow of the Glen” in to Kannada as “Henada Mane” (2008). He established Theatre Forum called “Janamukhi” in 2005.

The College Theatre Troup has greatly benefited from Mr Lava Kumar’s vast experiences and expertise.  He not only writes the script and trains the student but also accompanies them when they take part at the inter-collegiate, inter-university and National level theatre competitions. In 2007 at the Christ College inter-collegiate competition the play Kaniveya Neralalli won the award for best actor and the best stage-set. In December 2007 under his able stewardship the College Theatre Team participated at a National level theatre competition held at Hyderabad, where his work “Colours of Shadow (in English) was staged.  The play won the II Prize, and also prizes for best stage design, best costume and best actress award.   

In October 2007, Mr Lavakumar was instrumental in organising a Street Theatre competition on issues related to Child Labour in association with International Labour Organisation (ILO), Child Right Trust. In April 2008 at Abinaya,  a National level theatre competion conducted by Jain College, another of his works Hanada Mane, won prizes for Best Lighting, and Best Stage Set.

Mr Lava Kumar also extends his expertise to other NGOs and has conducted a number of Theatre Workshops for organsiations such as Hengasara Hakkina Sangha (Women Right Forum), Karnataka Rajya Raitra Sangha, Association of People with Disability (APD), Samvadha (School for Alternative Education), Child Rights Trust, Oxfam India, and the students of the Bangalore University. 

He has worked with popular theater directors like Kanhiya Lal (Manipur), Naripatta Raj (Kerala), B V Karanth (Karnataka), Jaya (Delhi).  Mr Lava Kumar presented a paper in an International conference on “Caste & Gender Marginality in Post Independence Indian Theatre” conducted by IFTR (International Federation for Theatre Research) jointly with Bangalore Universit, and paper has been selected for publication.

At SJCC he conducts a Certificate Course in Theatre Arts.  He is the Staff Coordinator for the College’s inter-collegiate theatre festival called ENACT. He has been the Programme Officer of NSS since 2007, and the Staff Coordinator for the Extension Activities of the college which includes rural exposure camps, social awareness campaigns, visit to orphanages and home for the aged.

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Ms. Ruqsana Anjum

Ms. Ruqsana Anjum, M.Com., M.Phil.

Lecturer in Commerce

Having graduated from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore Ms Ruqsana completed her M.Phil on "Retail Banking Services in India" from the Madurai Kamraj University in 2006.   She joined the staff of SJCC in August 2006.  Having specialized in financial accounts, cost accounts, statistics, financial management and marketing she ably handles these subjects for the B.Com. and BBM classes.

She has prepared study materials on various commerce and management subjects like Banking, Advanced Financial Management, Business Statistics and Investment Management for the Bangalore University B.Com/BBM students, which has been published by  M/s Himalaya Publications.

Currently she is pursuing her Cost  & Works Accounting exams,  and intends to complete her doctoral studies in Finance.

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Ms. Sandhya Rasquinha

Ms. Sandhya Rasquinha, M.Sc.Counselling.

Students' Counsellor

Ms Sandhya has a Master’s degree in Psychological Counselling from Sampurna Montfort College, Bangalore.  She has specialised in Marriage and Family counselling.   She has attended and conducted group counselling programmes and workshops.  She has far and varied interests such as tribal studies and anthropology, which gives a holistic approach to her counselling as well as her worldview. 

She joined SJCC in 2006 as a full time Students' Counsellor.  At present, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Counselling.

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 Rev. Sr. Joyce

Rev. Sr. Joyce Lucas, B.A., B.Th. Dip. Media Studies.

Lecturer in Holistic Studies

Sr Joyce Lucas belongs to the Daughters of St. Paul (Pauline Sisters). She completed her schooling at St Ann’s High School (Mumbai). Having graduated in Sociology from the Mumbai University she completed her studies in Philosophy from St Charles Seminary (Nagpur) and Theology at Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth (Pune).  Her interest lies in the area of Media & Communication and this motivated her to complete a Diploma in Media and Communication at National Institute of Social Communication and Research Training Centre (NISCORT), Delhi. 

Her passion for youth, discipline and activities related to their integrity is what motivates her to address their needs. She has a high sense of responsibility with total belief in teamwork.  She is highly motivated to realize the cherished dream of youth animation.  Her work experience includes conducting of personality development/media education and value education seminars.

She joined SJCC in 2006 and takes classes in Wholistic Development (Life Skills), Religion & Value Education for the B.Com. and BBM students. 

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Ms. B. Ramani Mabel

Ms. B. Ramani Mabel, MBA, MBM, MPM.

Reader in Commerce

A triple master degree holder with an MBA in Marketing, Masters in Bank Management and Masters in Personnel Management Ms Ramani Mabel joined SJCC in 2007. She has been the part of the Women's Forum and the Cultural Council of the College.  

She started her career as a lecturer teaching the MBA students.  During this time,  between 1995-97, she was one of the delegates from her institution for the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).  Thereafter she worked for a span of five years in the Corporate sector holding positions such as Branch Manager for a Bangalore based private medical insurance company and and CEO-Customer Relations for the Indian Granite Industry.

After a small stint in the industry sector, she got back to teaching in reputed institutions like Birla Institute of Technology (BITS), handling MBA & BBM classes at the Ministry of Higher College of Technology in Muscat, Oman. She has taught subjects such as Marketing Management, Human Resources Management, Organizational Behavior, Principles of Management, etc.

Apart from teaching, she had been associated with institutions for student counselling and conducted workshops to employees of private sectors on Leadership Styles, Interpersonal Skills and Communication Skills.  She has attended an international conference on Transactional Analysis.

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Ms. P. Ambily

Ms. P. Ambily, LLB, LLM.

Lecturer in Commerce

She completed LLB from the Govt. Law College, Ernakulam which is affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kochi, in the year 2000, securing the Fourth Rank in the University.

She passed her  Masters in Law (LLM) from the Cochin University of Science and Technology in the year 2003 specialising in Consumer Law and Labour Law.

She also has a Diploma in Business Management and Labour Law from the National Council For Labour Management.

She has specialized in Cyber Law having earned a Diploma from the Mumbai Law College in association with Asian School of Cyber Laws.

She joined SJCC in 2006 as a part time faculty and teaches Business Law.

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 Ms. Indumathi

Ms. Indumathi Philip, MSW (HRM).

Lecturer in H.R.

Ms Indumathi Completed her graduation from St Joseph’s Evening College, Bangalore and Masters in Social Work, specializing in Personal Management and Industrial Relations, from the School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, Mangalore (2005).   She completed her Post Graduate Diploma in International Business in 2007 and is currently pursuing her M.Phil. at the  the Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi. 

She started her teaching career at St Joseph’s Arts and Science College, Bangalore immediately after her post graduation.  She joined SJCC  as a full time faculty in June 2007.  She has attended National Seminars on Higher Education - Challenges and Responses at Bangalore, Women’s Rights at St. Xavier’s College, Ahmadabad and Human Resource Management at Mangalore. She has been actively involved in various academic and cultural activities, and is currently the Staff Coordinator for AICUF.

She was awarded the Best Outgoing Student in the college and has won awards for academic excellence throughout the college days. 

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Ms. Sneha S. Rai

Ms. Sneha S. Rai, M.Sc.(Maths), PGDCA.

Lecturer in Business Maths

She completed M.Sc in Mathematics and PGDCA (Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications) from the Mangalore University.  She is currently pursuing her M.Phil. from the Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi.  Her main area of interest in mathematics is graph theory and operations research.

After her studies she opted for teaching as her profession,  and in 1995 she joined St Agnes College, Mangalore as a lecturer and served for a period of four years. She continued her teaching profession in Miranda Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore.  She has served this college for seven years and was designated as Head of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. 

She joined SJCC in June 2007 as a a full time faculty.  She has been teaching Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics for B.Sc, B.Com, BCA, & BBM students.  Her methodology of teaching and approach to the subject has been appreciated by the students and enabled them to learn Maths with ease.   She values students satisfaction the most.

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Ms Rose Mary Thomas V

Ms. V. Rose Mary Thomas, MCA, M.Phil.

Lecturer in Computer Science

Ms Rose Mary completed her graduation from the University of Calicut, her Masters in Computer Applications from the Bharathiyar University (2004), and M.Phil. from the Bharathidasan University (2007).  She began her teaching career in 2005, and joined SJCC in June 2007. She teaches Management Information System and Business Applications to the B.Com. & BBM students and E-Commerce for the M.Com & MIB students.

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Ms. Theresa Rathi David

Ms. Theresa Rathi David, M.Com., PGDCA, M.Phil.

Lecturer in Commerce

Ms Rathi completed her M.Com. at the Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, bagging the 5th Rank, and a PGDCA from St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai. She completed her M.Phil. in 2008 specializing in "Capital Market Analysis" from the Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.

She started her teaching career in 2006 at the Miranda Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore, and joined SJCC in 2007.   

During her college days she was a member of the NCC Tamil Nadu Contingent which won the Inter Directorate RD Championship Banner in 1987. She has been the Staff Coordinator for the Cultural Council, and in June 2008 she was appointed as Staff Secretary. 

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Ms. Gayatri Sasi Tampi

Ms. Gayatri Sasi Tampi, MBA.

Lecturer in Commerce & Placement Officer

Ms Gayatri Sasi Tampi did her MBA at the PSG Institute of Management with a dual specialization in Human Resource and Marketing.  She bagged the Second Rank at the State Level Pre-University Examination, and was a  rank holder in her College during the B.Com. course.

She has to her credit six years of work experience in the IT and ITES (Information Technology Enabled Sector) sectors. Thereafter she chose teaching as her profession and handled both B.Com & BBM students at the Indian Academy Group of Institutions (2007-08).

She joined SJCC as Lecturer and Placement Officer in June 2008. She handles subjects like Consumer Behavior, HRD and Business to Business Marketing.

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Ms.  Jhumur Roy

Ms. Jhumur Roy, M.A., B.Ed. M.Phil., MBA.

Lecturer in Commerce

Ms Jhumur Roy  completed her M.A. (Economics), M.Phil (1996), MBA Finance (2004), B.Ed.(2007) and Post Graduate Diploma in HRD. She has cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET).  She is a University rank holder having bagged the third rank in the Bhopal University during her M.A. and the Second Rank during her M.Phil. & Post Graduate Diploma in HRD. 

She has worked in Bhopal University for five years and has also taught in Wellington Staff College, Wellington.

She has to her credit a Degree in Kathak and a Diploma in French.

Ms Jhumur Roy handled the PG students as a part-time lecturer and in June 2008 she was appointed as a full time teaching faculty at SJCC. She handles both UG and PG classes.

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Ms. Jinu Paul

Ms. Jinu Paul, M.Com., M.Phil., B.Ed.

Lecturer in Commerce

Ms Jinu Paul completed her B.Com. from the NSS College, Kerala, and her M.Com. and B.Ed. from the University of Kerala.  She completed her M.Phil (Financial Management) from the Vinayaka Mission University in 2008, and is pursuing her Ph.D on the topic “Effectiveness of Technology on CRM in Banking Industry” from the Bangalore University. 

She commenced her teaching career in 2004 as a Lecturer in Commerce, and joined SJCC in June 2008. She handles subjects such as Accounting, Costing, Management Accounting, Statistics, Banking, etc.

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Ms. Komal A Dave

Ms. Komal A Dave, M.Com.

Lecturer in Commerce

Ms Komal A Dave is a Post Graduate in Commerce from St Joseph’s College of Commerce  (2008) and an alumni of St Anne’s First Grade College for Women (Miller Road), Bangalore.

During her post graduate studies at SJCC she actively participated in the E-Journal Editorial Team (Nov 2007), the Placement cell and various cultural activities. 

While she was still an under graduate student she started working for ITC Info Tech Sitel on a part time basis from 2004 to 2008, thus acquiring  experience in the industry.

In June 2008 she commenced her teaching career in her Alma Mater as a lecturer in commerce. Her field of interest is Finance and she aspires to do her Ph.D. in this area of studies.

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Ms. Tasmiya Hussni

Ms. Tasmiya Hussni, M.Com.

Lecturer in Commerce

Ms Tasmiya completed her M.Com specializing in Finance from St. Joseph’s College of Commerce, topping the batch in 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd semesters, in April 2008.  She received the "Best Outgoing Student" award during her undergraduate studies at the Seshadripuram College (2005-2006)

During her post graduate studies at SJCC she was a part of the  E-Journal Editorial Team [Nov 2007] and also took active part in placement cell for the PG Department of SJCC. She was the Student Representative in the Academic Council of SJCC for the year 2007-08. She has coordinated and participated in various cultural events during her post graduation course.

In June 2008, she was appointed as a full time faculty in the department of commerce at SJCC and is extremely glad to have begun her teaching career in her Alma Mater.

She intends to further equip herself professionally by pursuing her doctoral studies in Finance.