Loyola Alumni Bulletin
August 2010
Dear Alumni/ae,
As an illustrious alumnus of the college, we are very proud of you and speak about you often.
We are organising a convention of the alumni from all over the world on August 28, 2010. We will be delighted if you can join us on that day. It will be a great inspiration for the youngsters and a moment of joy and pride for the elders. Please make yourself free to participate in it. I request you to inform about the event to your batch mates and your friends.
We are charging a nominal sum for registration. We start the event at 3.00 pm with tea and end with dinner around 9.00 pm. The registration fee is Rs.100/- (Cash/DD) Rs.125/- (Outstation Cheque). The DD/Cheque in favour of “Director, Loyola Alumni Association”, and sent the filled in form with the DD/Cheque to the Director, Loyola Alumni Association, Loyola College, Chennai – 600 034. You can also pay it directly in the Alumni Office. I invite you to register at the earliest.The Online Registration is also available in the college website www.loyolacollege.edu
Kindly register yourself at the earliest. The last date for the registration is 25th August 2010.
I am looking forward to meeting you.
Yours sincerely,
Fr. N. Casimir Raj SJ
Director, Loyola Alumni AssociationB. H. Kothari
President, Loyola Alumni Association
The New Secretary & Correspondent, Rev. Dr. C. Joe Arun SJ
The New Principal, Rev. Dr. B. Jeyaraj SJ
The New Deputy Principal, Rev. Dr. S. Arockiasamy SJ
Our New Secretary & Correspondent
Rev. Dr. C. Joe Arun SJ
Our New Principal
Rev. Dr. B. Jeyaraj SJ
Our New Deputy Principal
Rev. Dr. S. Arockiasamy SJBrief Bio-Data: He has been appointed as Secretary and Correspondent of Loyola College. He holds a Ph.D in Cultural Anthropology from Oxford University, Oxford, UK. He writes and researches on three key areas of culture, communication and management. He has published many books and gives training programmes on capacity building, leadership skills, and motivation. He guides PhD theses of eight scholars. Earlier he worked as Dean of Foundation Courses and Director of International Programmes. In addition to the new responsibility as Secretary of the college, he is an Executive Director, Institute of Dialogue with Cultures and Religions (IDCR) in the campus and Deputy Director of the new engineering college inside the campus.
We wish him every success in his new responsibility.
Brief Bio-Data : Born in 1955. Entered the Society of Jesus in 1973. Did B.Sc. Chemistry at Loyola College, Chennai, from 1976-1979. Got the First Rank in Chemistry and Gold Medal from the University of Madras. Did M.Sc. Chemistry at St. Joseph 's College (Autonomous), Trichy, from 1979-1981. Got Gold Medal in M.Sc. Was Ordained as a Jesuit Priest in 1987. Joined the Department of Chemistry as a staff member in 1988. For three years, from 1988 – 1991, he was Minister and Treasurer of Berchmans Hall, the residence of the young Jesuits in training. He was the Vice – Principal of Loyola Evening College during academic year 1991–1992. He was the Hostel Director and Vice–Principal (Day College) for one year (1992-1993). He went to Boston College, USA, to do his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1994. In 1999, he got the `Outstanding Student Paper Presentation Award' for his presentation in an International Conference held in Boston . After obtaining his Ph.D. (Chemistry), he rejoined Loyola in 2000. Once again, he became the Hostel Director and Vice–Principal (Day College) in 2000. He was the Rector of Loyola College from 2001–2007. He was the Controller of Examinations of Loyola College for one year (2009-2010). In 2010, he became the Principal of Loyola College.
We wish him a fruitful Principalship.
Brief Bio-Data : Born in 1956 ; Entered the Society of Jesus in 1978 and Graduated in Economics at St. Joseph 's college, Trichy from 1975-78. He pursued his M.A. Economics at Arul Anandar college, Karumathur from 1984-87. He joined the Department of Economics in 1991 as a Lecturer. He served the Jesuit community as Minister from 1994-97. Besides, he served as the Director of RADAR. In addition, he was the Library Warden at St. Joseph 's college, Trichy from 1999-2000. In Loyola College, he was the Director of LIBA Hostel as well as the Deputy Director of Loyola Hostel. He shouldered the responsibility of the PU-LC Twining Programme for 7 years (2002-2004 and 2005-2010). He was the Vice-Principal of SHIFT-II from 2008-2010. In June 2010, he assumed office as the Deputy Principal of Shift II.
We wish him every success in his new responsibility.
for their continuous support and encouragement
- Rev. Dr. S. Peter Xavier SJ - Former Secretary & Correspondent, took charge as Minister, Arul Anandar College , Karumathur
- Rev. Dr. A. Albert Muthumalai SJ - Former Principal has gone to teach in the Dept. of Mathematics and Secretary of St. Joseph's College, Trichy
- Rev. Dr. John Pragasam SJ - Former Deputy Principal, continues to teach in the Dept. of Chemistry and took charge as Library Director and President, Sports & Games
- Rev. Dr. Xavier Vedam SJ - Former Vice Principal, took charge as Principal, Arul Anandar College, Karumathur
What have we done?
What are we doing?
What ought we to do?These are the three questions constantly haunted St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus under whose patrons and guidance, LOYOLA COLLEGE – Chennai is functioning. And July 31st is the day dedicated for him and the feast is celebrated in full gusto and gaiety at Loyola.
As true Loyolaites of all times we too ponder over these questions. True that our elders, in the past, were poignantly stalwarts, and contributed their mite to the nation with their ingenuity and creative thinking and imagination. No second opinion about it, and people were looking up to Loyolaites.
Can we proclaim, at present, the same? The genuine answer is that we struggle, we search, we grope. It does not mean that the blame rests on the present generation. When the entire world is on a mad race, the humanity is panting to survive in the Tsunami of changes and developments – very often lopsided ones, occurred in the 2 decades so swiftly in a mindboggling manner. Coupled with this there are continued alienation processes at work ideologically, culturally, geographically and physically as well.
While realizing that there is a dearth of new knowledge, new models and alternatives available particularly in the field of higher education, the spontaneous question is What ought we to do as true sons and daughters of Loyola?
Here is a golden opportunity when Loyola Alumni Association is going to gather in a mega scale on AUGUST 28th, 2010 under the leadership of Mr. Shyam Kothari (president) and Fr. Casimirraj (director). A day of integration of the past and the present Loyolaites will be an ideal time to grapple with such questions. The answers cannot be far away from us.
Our founding members are asking us if not you Loyolaites, then who else? It is our turn to contribute to the turn of events in the history, today, right now, in the field of higher education and research in particular. Our efforts and its fruits will certainly contribute in a formidable manner to the buildup of a new society provided we keep our hearts and minds open.
I take this opportunity to wish every success and support to the Alumni Director, President and their teams who are working round the clock so passionately with high level of commitment and dedication.
As a Head of the Loyola Family it is my pleasant duty to WELCOME EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR ALUMNI/AE from all over the world. Do come and enrich the gathering by your presence.
Rev. Fr. K. Amal, SJ
Rector, Loyola College
Rev. Dr. C. Joe Arun, SJ
Secretary & CorrespondentRev. Dr. B. Jeyaraj, SJ
PrincipalRev. Dr. S. Arockiasamy SJ
Deputy PrincipalRev. Fr. S. Samuel Jeyaseelan, SJ
Controller of ExaminationsRev. Dr. Joseph Antony Samy, S.J.
Vice Principal (Scholarship and Attendance -Shift – I) ;
Director, Outreach Programme & Director, LIVE,Rev. Dr. Mahalingam, SJ
Vice-Principal (Administration - Shift – II)Rev. Dr. John Pragasam, SJ
Director, Library & President, Sports and GamesRev. Dr. Albert William SJ
Director, Twinning Programme &
International Programmes
Prof. I. A. J. Jeyadoss
Dean of StudentsDr. A. Jeya Rajendran
Dean of Women StudentsDr. Joesph Jeyaraj
Dean of CommerceProf. T. Eugine
Asst. Controller of ExaminationsDr. Albin T. Fleming
HOD, Department of Advanced Zoology & BiotechnologyDr. Francis Jose
HOD, Department of CommerceProf. B. P. Jeyachandran
HOD, Department of History & Applied HistoryDr. S.J. Kingsley
HOD, Department of Plant Biology & BiotechnologyProf. T. Ambrose
Co-ordinator, Medical Lab Technology
MR. A. LAWRENCE has put in 37 years of service as Lab Assistant-Special grade in Loyola College . He performed his duties always with a smile. He is a dedicated staff, highly co-operative with all his colleagues.
DR. B. JOSEPH JEYARAJ, the Head of the Department of Commerce has put in 37 years of service in the Department of Commerce. He is an excellent teacher and loved by all the students of his department. He is highly cooperative with officials in dealing the problems connected to the staff and students.
DR. B. CHANDRASEKAR, the Head of the Department of Statistics has put in 35 years of service in the Department of Statistics. He is very committed and serious minded Professor involved much in research work. Due to his untired work and interest in the Department, today almost all the staff members are holding Ph.D. degree in this department.
DR. P. VENKATESAN, former Head, Vice-Principal (Shift-II) and Dean of Sciences, has put in 35 years of service in the Department of Advanced Zoology and Biotechnology. Medical lab technology course is the brain child of him and till today he is running the course very popularly both at a post-graduate level and at diploma level in LIVE (Loyola Institute of Vocational Education). He was awarded D.Sc. degree by the University of Madras .
DR. P. CHANDRASEKAR, Associate Professor, has put in 31 years of service in the Department of Statistics. He is a calm, pleasant and silent dedicated teacher. He is a man of principle and extremely systematic in his approach.
DR. (Ms) R. BHARATI, Associate Professor, has put in 29 years of service in the Department of Mathematics. She is loved by all her students for her systematic approach in teaching Mathematics in a simpler way. She has conducted 5 international symposiums successfully.
PROF. A. BRITTO KUMAR, Associate Professor, has put in 27 years of meritorious and fruitful service at Loyola College in the Department of English. He served this College in many capacities including Dean of Students. He had shouldered the responsibilities with all the officials at the time of the Teachers struggle for UGC scales of pay.DR.S.P.THIRUTHUVADOSS, Associate Professor, has put in 26 years of service in the Department of Commerce. He was elected as a member of senate in the University of Madras and he served as the Principal in SIVET College, Gowriwakkam, Chennai.
REV. DR. S. XAVIER ALPHONSE, SJ, Associate Professor, has put in 26 years of meritorious service at Loyola College in the Department of English. Community College concept is the brain child of him. He was the former Principal of Loyola College, Hostel Director, Director of LIVE, member in many advisory boards and now a member of UGC.
MR. V. RAMAN has put in 22 years of dedicated service in Loyola College. He is a role model to all office assistants. He was the President of Loyola College non-teaching staff association successfully for 6 years consecutively. He has written and published a lot of poems and short stories in leading news papers, and has published three books in Tamil.
REV. FR. G. AROCKIARAJ, SJ, the Head of the Department of History, has put in overall 19 years of meritorious service. He is very kind towards students particularly from poor background. He served Loyola College as Hostel Director, Deputy Director and Director of LIVE, President of Sports and Games.
Loyola Alumni Association takes this opportunity to thank them for their dedicated service at Loyola College and wishes them a happy retired life. We also welcome them to take active participation in the activities of Loyola Alumni Association.
Loyola College has continued to remain for the past 9 years in the list of the top 10 colleges in India ranked by
India Today (see the issue of June 28, 2010).India Today Ranking (2002 to 2010) Loyola College position
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
Arts
1
1
3
3
1
1
7
Science
1
1
1
1
3
4
1
Commerce
2
3
3
8
4
4
4
Source: India Today Magazine, May / June 2002 to 2010
Loyola Alumni Association is one of the very active wings of the Loyola College . The total membership of the Association is 22651 as on 28th July 2010. Nearly 2450 fresh graduates have become members of Alumni Association in the current academic year alone.
Loyola Alumni Bulletin was published in August 2009, it was circulated to all the life members and also it was sent by email to all the new graduates.
Loyola Alumni Association had its AGM on 21st August 2009. Nearly 80 members participated in the meeting.
Loyola Career Fair 2009-2010 – joined hands with Training and Placement Cell and conducted successfully on 15th December 2009.
B.Com. 1985 batch and their companions met in the Madras Race Club.
B.Com. Batch of 1982 Reunion was held on 10th January 2010, 35 members along with their family (around 110) came for the gathering.
LOHO – 2010. The usual gathering of the former inmates of Loyola Hostel was held in Loyola Hostel on 24th January 2010. 200 LOHO Alumnus along with their family members (150) enjoyed their Home Coming. Lohoites with their family visited Loyola Hostel and had Lunch.
Loyola Student Directory (2006-2009) was distributed among new graduates on the Graduation Day 2009 – 6th March 2010.
Rev. Fr. Jerome D' Souza, S.J. Endowment Lecture (2009-2010) was delivered by Swami Atmapriyananda Vice-Chancellor, Vivekananda University on 22nd March 2010
Financial assistance to the tune of Rs. 2, 40, 000/- was given to the poor and deserving students for payment of their semester fees and hostel mess fees.
Loyola Alumni Association, through the Alumni Login gives information about the activities of the College and invites the members for the Alumni meetings and invites the Alumni/ae to get involved in the various activities of the College.
Reliving experience by various Dept. like History, Commerce, and MCA in collaboration with LAA was conducted successfully.
Our Loyola's future :
• To raise fund for the School of Business Studies – various programmes are organized.• Starting Various Chapters.
Alumni Login
All the Alumni are requested to make use of the Loyola Alumni Login. They can view the Alumni page in the college website. Apart from enrolling, they can also update the existing details. Option for Password change is there, so others cannot edit the details about them. The existing members can search details about their batchmates either Year-wise, Department-wise or Name-wise.
Updating the Database
Alumni/ae is requested to update their details through the Alumni Login. All your updations will be tracked and preserved in the database. Option has been given to change the password. Alumni forms are available in the web, the Alumnus are requested to pass this message to all your batch-mates to strengthen the Loyola Alumni Association. So that your batch mates, friends and your college can keep in touch with you.
Email ID
Kindly update your email ID for getting the emails from the Alumni Association and from the College. All the members are requested to provide compulsorily the email ID through Login or alumni@loyolacollege.edu
For getting the Login details, please contact the web office 91 44 28178447.
Group Photos
Group Photos of all the departments from 2006 batch onwards upto 2010 outgoing batch have been updated in the Group Photos you can download this photos and preserve it for your nostalgic memories.
We at Loyola College believe in pursuing the art of perfection, the sports department is a standing example to this fact as we have not rested on our past laurels but have grown stronger over time. At this esteemed institution, we believe in all round development of students and hence, apart from our success stories in the field of education, the college provides encouragement and support to sports in a big way. With this unconditional support, the sports department went on to bring glory to the college in all disciplines of sports. The department has evolved into a team which is committed to producing athletes of very high standards, some of whom are competing at the national and international levels.
Loyola Sports teams won 58 Trophies and Produced 69 University players for the year 2009-2010:
Athletics Basketball Ball Badminton Football Hockey Cricket Chess Volleyball Table Tennis Tennis Rowing, Squash, Boxing Loyola College Chennai lifted Sivanthi AdithiyanTrophy for sending maximum number of sportsmen to the Madras University team for All India Inter University competitions for the year 2009-2010 from Vice Chancellor, University of Madras on 16th June 2010.
Loyola Won the A.L Mudaliar Trophy 2009 - 9th year in succession.
The Inauguration of the Loyola Students' Union 2010 marks the beginning of all student-related activities, especially cultural activities of Loyola College, including the celebrated ‘Ovations' , and all significant activities of the Clubs and the Forums flourishing in the College.
This platform assumes significant importance, since this is the first decisive event to kick-start cultural and co-curricular activities in the college. The spirit of leadership fortified by stringent protocols of commitment, compassion and competence, makes the principles of our institution truly impregnable.
This Students' Union has a vision to meaningfully integrate every student - undergraduate or postgraduate, man or woman, into the central nervous system of Loyola's cultural atlas, so that it truly lives up to its outstanding reputation in the academic fraternity.
The Chief Guest for the Inauguration of the LSU was Thiru. Dayanidhi Maran, Hon. Union Minister of Textiles, Govt. of India and a distinguished alumnus of our esteemed institution. Thiru. M. Ravi, IPS, Addl. Commissioner of Police, Chennai Traffic, presided over the function as the Guest of Honour. Mr. Maran reminisced his wonderful experiences during his stay in the college and motivated the students to serve the society, and thereby, helping to build a better community. The Management and the Students' Union of Loyola College felt extremely honoured and privileged to have invited them to the Investiture Ceremony.
Thiru. Dayanidhi Maran administered the oath to the newly elected members of the Students' Union for the year, 2010-2011, as given below.
Mohamed Rashan Sultan
President
Harish B.
Vice-President
Vigneshwaran P.
Secretary
Prashanth S.
Joint Secretary
Prabbhavathi R. V.
Associate Secretary
Rev. Dr. B. Jeyaraj SJ, Principal, Rev. Dr. C. Joe Arun SJ, Secretary, Rev. Dr. S. Arockiasamy SJ, Deputy Principal offered their felicitations. The function was held under the auspices of the Dean of Students, Prof. I. A. J. Jeyadoss.