A quiet month of June experienced sparse activities void of students and teaching faculty who were off with their vacations! Except for the non-teaching staff of the campus, who were continuously engaged in skill developmental activities, a trending system followed every year during the end-semester breaks. Apart from these interactive sessions, the administrative offices were busy with admission duties, Timetable allocation for the upcoming academic year and designing the University magazine.

The world environment day and International Yoga day were celebrated in a fruitful manner.

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-Director, BGR Campus

News from BGR Campus | June 2022
Monthly Newsletter

" We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the Earth as its other creatures do" _ Barbara Ward

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

The event commenced at 8.45 AM on 4 June 2022 with the attendance of all the administrative, housekeeping and maintenance staff. Ms Krithika Balaji, the SWO coordinator began the event with a brief introduction to the significance of the gathering and appreciated Ms Arundathi and Mr Robert for taking the initiative to organise the event. Mr Robert, the Facility Manager of the campus elaborated on the importance of a green environment. He said that the funds received from the sale of plants and compost produced by the campus resources will be used for the child sponsorship program for educating poor children. Ms Lakshmamma, coordinator of BGR Library also gave a speech in Kannada, the native language and highlighted the importance of preserving nature.

Dr Fr Biju KC, the Director of the campus insisted that for a healthy living oxygen levels are important in the atmosphere and that can be possible only if more number of trees are planted. He called Ms Arundathi, Sports Coordinator of the campus to enlighten the audience about recycling and reducing the usage of plastic in our daily lives. Following her speech, Dr Fr Biju distributed plant saplings to all the attendees. The event concluded with an oath-taking ceremony by all the participants who swore to protect the Earth and Environment for the future generations to come.

INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY

The event commenced at 8.55 AM on 21 June 2022 with the attendance of all the administrative, housekeeping and maintenance staff. Ms Arundathi.SV, the Sports coordinator began the event with a brief introduction of the guest Ms Nidhi Shrivastsa, the Yoga Instructor who took over the Yoga session with a 'Wholesome wellness yoga'. Around 60 participants actively took part and followed the demonstration.

The aim of the session was to propagate basic yoga practice and try to improve the flexibility and enhance the concentration of the participants with meditation exercises. The session commenced with WARM-UP EXERCISES, FLEXIBILITY EXERCISES, SURYA NAMASKAR, COOL DOWN EXERCISES and LOOSENING AND RELAXATION.

Mr Robert, the Facility Manager of the campus elaborated on the importance of yoga and thanked Ms Nidhi Shrivasta for the fruitful session which highlighted on the importance and practice of yoga. Thanking Dr Fr Biju KC, the Director of the campus for giving an opportunity to organize the event. Mr Robert, called Ms Arundathi to give away the memento to the resource person.

Skill Enhancement sessions for the non-teaching staff of BGR campus

CHRIST Bannerghatta Road campus organised a series of skill enhancement sessions for the non-teaching staff members in the month of June 2022. The first session was held on 13 June 2022 by Ms Arundathi who discussed on the topic of 'Sustainability', attended by all the administrative staff members. Ms Sonia Joseph, the coordinator of Centre for Health Services conducted a session on 15 June titled ' Administering Insulin Injection- theory and practical'. The Administrative staff and the Housekeeping & Maintenance staff underwent a Fire & Safety training session by the Security Officer Mr Manoj on 14 June where the participants were given a live demonstration on how to put out different kinds of fire accidents.

On 17 June, Ms Stella Veigas, the mentor for BGR CAPS took a session on 'Mindfulness' and Ms Chitra from the Dean's office covered the topic on 'Etiquettes' on 18 June. On 20 June, the administrative staff actively participated in the session lead by Ms Krithika Balaji, the SWO coordinator of BGR, on 'Ikigai: the Japanese secret to a long and happy life'. On 21 June Mr Appasaheb from the IT Services enlightened about A+ and N+, the hardware and networking tools generally used in computer systems. The Library team of BGR campus conducted the 'Treasure Hunt' and 'Quiz' on 21st and 29th June respectively. A session on 'Mudras and Meditation' was handled by Mr Sebastian of the admissions office on 29 June who engaged the audience in practising mudras for healing and meditation. An interesting session on the 'Blue Ocean Strategy' was held on 24 June, with Dr Fr Biju as the resource speaker. He explained the 'Eliminate, Reduce, Raise and Create' strategies to enhance our personal and work potentials. The administrative staff also enrolled themselves in online certification courses and successfully completed them within the stipulated time.

Apart from these, the housekeeping, Security and Maintenance staff were engaged in daily sessions between 11 to 12 pm of personality development training with resource person Ms Krupalini Swamy,the founder of HowNWhy and Project Njan. The Bannerghatta campus holds dear the University motto of 'Excellence and Service' and these skill enhancement sessions serve as a stark example of the its implementation.