An exclusive Newsletter for Computer Science Faculties of University of Madras Affiliated colleges from Anniyappa Publications.

1. Computer Science
November 2019
Faculty
Greeting… November
becomes an event
month, it becomes a
practice for many Institu-
tions to conduct pro-
grams for Faculties since
there was not much
teaching happening and
the End Semester breaks
are becomes history.
This month we covered
few department events
along with an usual arti-
cle section exclusively for
our stressful teachers. I
wish all the Best for those
who prepared seriously
for your NTA NET Dec ’19
exam, and Best of luck
for the rest!!!
Inside this issue:
Department Events 1
NTA NET important
dates
1
Noble Profession in a
Pressure cooker
2
Department Events 3
Even Semester Com-
bo offer
4
Catalog 4
Lions Club Book
Bank
4
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Digital Security & Privacy @ Anna Adarsh
A panel discussion and
presentation on Digital
Security and Digital Privacy
was organized by Comput-
er Society of India, Chen-
nai Chapter in collabora-
tion with Department of
Computer Science, Anna
Adarsh College for Wom-
en on November 16th,
2019. Cyber-advocate, Mr.
V Balu highlighted the need
for privacy today. The
Pannelest were Mr. Rav-
ishankar, Associate Vice President, K7 Computing, Ms. S.P. Lavanya, Asst.
DSP, Mr Naveen KK,IBM, Mr Aashiq Ramachandran, student entrepreneur
FromEditorsDesk
Volume 3, Issue 4

2. Noble Profession
Teaching is a very noble profession isn’t just a job, it’s a volun-
tary pledge to shape the character, quality, and future of an
individual. Teachers have always played the role of catalysts
for various social changes in society. But today their life is in a
pressure cooker and whether they remain peaceful or become
stressed-out depends on how they handle that pressure
Why Noble?
For teachers, it’s always all about the students. They deal with
a sweat, tears, stress, headaches and mental
breakdowns, because they believe
they serve a purpose much larger
than anybody else. Teaching is
not for everyone. It takes a spe-
cial type of person to handle the
absolute disorder and depres-
sion that comes with the job.
But they do it for the difference
they make in so many student’s
lives every single day. Even when
they put them to their very limits to the
point where they lose their minds, their social life, and any
youth left in them, they find a way to laugh about it, exhaust
about it, and keep going.
Pressure on Teaching
According to studies, teachers are facing an unmanageable vol-
ume of planning, marking, administrative duties, and non-
teaching tasks. Many research suggests that without active en-
gagement, teachers cannot connect with their stu-
dents and teach them effectively.
Many media news consistently show
that teaching is one of the occupations
experiencing the highest levels of work
-related stress. Excessive workload is
one of the key factors in this. Continu-
ing stress can also impact teachers’ job
performance. Unwell teachers have a
reduced ability to teach and therefore call in sick. The more
absences teachers rack up, the less time they spend with their
students. Research has confirmed that excessive teacher absenc-
es are linked to student underachievement.
Pressure on Teachers
It is a popular misconception that teachers have a short work-
ing day - from 9am - 3:30pm. The college day may be shorter
than the standard office day but teachers put in many extra
hours before and after the working day and at weekends.
Teachers spend many hours planning lessons, marking work,
assessing pupils, inputting data, organising and running extra-
curricular activities and taking on wider-school roles and re-
sponsibilities. Beyond that their workload had drastically in-
creased after the launch of NAAC, NBA and other accreditation
activities but only few institutions are able to actively address
the problem.
Target Teachers
As the budget reduces, class sizes become larger and the TA
(Teaching Assistant) support which reduced, further impacting
on workload. And teachers do much more than teach academic
lessons such as they must also manage classroom behavior
and keep an eye on helping students grow and develop so-
cially in a healthy way, even when their students face diffi-
culties outside the classroom, from un fulfilled needs to
mental health issues. The more needs students have, the
more teachers are expected to do. Beyond this many teach-
ers are having to work too many hours each week on unnec-
essary tasks, On top of that, they must coordinate to keep
records of just about everything they do.
It is very difficult for faculties to take time off during term
end since Institutions makes it compulsory for the faculties
to took part in professional development activities such as
FDP’s and Workshops at least one each year which usually
happen in their term end holidays.
Consequences
Our system has failed to tackle the “workload burden”. In-
stitutions are already losing staff. Workload stress has a
direct impact on quality of teaching. Many studies on men-
tal health on education professionals, predicts today’s teach-
ers are suffering from more severe psychological problems,
many recent incidents reveal that prolonged stress had in-
creased risk of continuing fatigue, heart disease and other
ailments. Stress also depletes mental stamina. Common
symptoms include irritability, mood swings and exhaustion,
which may escalate into depression, anxiety and lower qual-
ity of life. The consequences, however, faculties themselves
feel that they don’t teach properly and they are probably
correct because “demoralized workforce” that did not have
the resources to carry out its role to a high standard. The
teaching workforce is being pushed to “breaking
point”, because of this it is all too common
for good teachers to leave the profession.
It leads to the Institutions to face huge
problems in recruiting and retaining staff.
We see many Institutions facing signifi-
cant challenges in recruiting and retaining
sufficient numbers of faculties by their
repetitive advertisement in Facultyplus.com. But now it is
beyond ‘crisis’, we are in a state of distress. If the situation
continued, it would result in “burnt-out faculties on a manu-
facturing scale”. There is a clear need to improve the work-
ing conditions of teachers, with a focus on making the teach-
ing career more manageable and sustainable. The whole
system does not contribute to a healthy education system.
Suggestions
It is true that at times these pressure also helps force the
teachers to unleash their potential, which helps them to per-
form faster and also helps certain hidden qualities, and tal-
ents to bring into limelight. It is not the load that breaks you
down, it’s the way you carry it.
Marking practice that does not have the desired impact on
student’s outcomes is a time-wasting burden for teachers
that has to stop. Teachers should not be spending their time
on bureaucracy that does not add value. Teachers’ time
should be protected and used to make a difference. Institu-
tions needed more funding to provide teachers with the
training and development they needed.
Noble profession in a Pressure cooker
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Computer Science Faculty
Dr. C.V. Suresh Babu
“It is a popular mis-
conception that
teachers have a short
working day - from
9am - 3:30pm. ”

3. The Department of Computer Science, Chevalier T.
Thomas Elizabeth College for women organized one
day workshop on “PHP & MYSQL” on 25/11/2019 for the
students from Department of Computer Science, Computer
Application, Physics, and Mathematics. The participants were
given hands on training to gain in depth knowledge in Web
Application skills. Mr.J.Jerald Inico, Assistant Professor,
Department of Computer Science, Loyola College was the
Resource Person for the event.
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Volume 3, Issue 4
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Vadapalani organized a three-day
Faculty Development Programme on A Hands-on Approach for the Design and Implementation of Deep Learning in Cloud"
from 13th to 15th November 2019. The Workshop focused on various Deep Learning Algorithms, Implementing them in Cloud for Effec-
tive Dr. Ajantha Devi, Research Head, AP3 Solutions was the Resource Person
KCS Kasi Nadar College’s IQAC
organized a FDP on “Teaching Be-
yond Syllabus” on 19-11-2019. Dr.
C.V. Suresh Babu, Professor, De-
partment of Information Technology,
Hindustan University was the Resource Person. About 70 faculties of Eng-
lish, Maths, Commerce, Computer Science and Computer Applications
attended the Programme
PHP & MYSQL @ Chevalier T. Thomas Elizabeth
FDP @ SRMVadapalani
Teaching Beyond Syllabus @ KCS Kasi Nadar College
November 2019

4. Computer Science Faculty
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I. You can do it yourself” series:
1. Writing Journal Papers
2. Doing Project
3. Self Learning
II FDP’s
1. Teacher—Do’s and Don’ts
2. Personalized Teaching
3. Teaching Beyond Syllabus
4. Project Based Teaching
5. Teaching with Technology
6. My Teacher—student’s perspective
7. Challenge the Challenge—A Road Map UGC
NET
8. Once upon a time long long ago-Teaching
through stories
9. From Guru to Teacher, Trainer, Coach,
Mentor — Channing role of a Modern
Teacher
III SEP—Student Empowerment
Programs:
1. I am ready for University Exam
2. 5 units in 150 minutes
3. After UG what NEXT…
4. Activity Based Learning
IV Skill Development Programs
1. Document Management System through
Word processor
2. Effective Presentation
3. Build your own website
4. Decision Making through Spread sheet
5. Data Analysis through Spread Sheet
6. Problem solving using C / C++ / Java
7. Story, Screenplay, Dialogue and Direction — Multimedia product
development
V Quiz Programs on following subject areas:
1. Computer Science
2. Information Technology
3. Management
4. Teaching Methodology
5. Research Methodology
Titles available
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2. Anna Adarsh College for Women
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4. CTTE College for Women
5. Dr. M.G.R. Janaki College of Arts and Science
6. Guru Nanak College
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8. Kumarani Meena Muthiah College of Arts and
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11.Shri Shankarlal Sundarbai Shasun Jain College
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