SAMAR 2017, an intercollegiate workshop event, was conducted by Thiruthangal Nadar College on August 30th, 2017. More than 10 colleges participated in the event, which was intended for talented students. Dr. Gopinath, Associate Professor from Madras University, was the guest of honor.

1. SAMAR 2017 an inter-
collegiate event was conducted by Thi-
ruthangal Nadar college on 30/08/2017.
More than 10 colleges have participated
in this event. This is a workshop for
talented brains. Dr. Gopinath, Associate
Professor, Madras University was the
Guest of honor for this event.
I N S I D E
T H I S I S S U E :
Editor’s Desk 1
Best Teacher
Award
1
College Events 1
NET Dream 2
Don’t Reinvent
the wheel
3
Teachers Day
Celebrations
3
Book Review 4
Computer Science
FacultyO C T O B E R 2 0 1 7
S P E C I A L
P O I N T S
O F I N T E R -
E S T :
 Teachers
Day Award
winners
 Depart-
ment Ac-
tivities and
Events
 NET
Dream:
Article
 Book Re-
view
- Mrs. Kasthuribai, HoD (CS),
Thiruthangal Nadar College
Even though
we celebrate
September 5 as Teachers
day, the rest of the world
celebrate World Teacher’s
Day on October 5 every year
since 1994. The day is an
opportunity to promote and
recognize the importance of
educators in the future of
every generation. I am happy
to share some award winning
faculties in this month issue
too. I would like to thank Dr.
R. Deepalakshmi, for helping
me to bring yet another color-
ful issue. This issue focuses
on NET, i strongly felt crack-
ing the NET was no more a
subject matter but mind mat-
ters a lot. I wish all those
NET aspirants who are going
to take up this November
exam, “All the very best”
Laurels to Guru Nanak College
Dr. R. Deepalakshmi, Sir Thegaraya College, Dr. Arunadevi, Vidyasa-
gar, College and Ms. P.S. Rohini, Sri Devi Arts and Science College
Students of
Guru Nanak
College have
successfully
won the
Overall
Trophy in
Intrcollegiate
events
conducted by
Stanley
Medical College.
V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 3
-Dr. V. Devi, Head (BCA)

2. P A G E 2
“While most of us
are dreaming of
success, winners
wake up and work
hard to achieve
it.”
NETNET DDREAMREAM
And the story continues..
The Sunday started little early, many
of us were busy searching for their hall
ticket, got ourselves ready, suddenly
we will think of GOD and say our
prayers too..and rush to the exam
centre. Once the answer booklet
seals are open, a big smile on
most of our faces, because it
seems like all most all the
questions are so familiar to all
of us, but as usual, the given
four options for the answers
were so similar. We know that
choices are important in life,
but these four choices make our
life difficult to take a decision.
That moment our mind says… “Ok..
Next exam I will definitely prepare
and crack the exam..” (Same thing we
would have told to ourselves on last
attempt too)… and the story contin-
ues….
Dream-to-success -A roadmap
Today, it is a dream for every NET
aspirants, hoping that one day it come
true.. But today, there were at least
one or two NET qualified faculties in
our department in almost all the col-
leges, who have proved that “Yes, it is
possible”.
There are faculties among us, with
many years of experience but NET
remains has a dream for them, inter-
estingly among those made it, many
are youngsters, there are even people
just completed their PG have NET
cleared. These made us to study the
issue… we found there is something
beyond experience and knowledge.
We found certain factors common
among the faculties who made it; they
are Planning, dedication, consistency
and sustainability. Similarly there are
few factors common among those
who not made it, which is, Reasons
and excuses. This reminds us the say-
ing “While most of us are dreaming of
success, winners wake up and work hard
to achieve it.”
Advice yourself
We teachers do many tasks methodol-
ogically, time bound, sincerely to per-
form our duties to our students and
department, but when it comes to our
own self development, we give rea-
sons and excuses. For a change, we
imply the teacher within us to our-
selves, why do we expect someone to
train us, when we are the best train-
ers, yes, we try to apply our tech-
niques to our own selves by
“Test yourself”. “The best way
to succeed in NET is to act on
the advice which you give to
your students.”
No Mantras, only princi-
ples
We do not need mantras to
crack the NET. We carry all of
the power we need inside
ourselves already, just follow
the basic principles:
Seven principles
1. Sound Planning and Prepara-
tion
2. Commitment
3. Zeal and Enthusiasm
4. Focus and concentration
5. Time Management
6. Remain Healthy
7. Visualize Success
In learning process, I always
believe the transformation
should be made from known
state to unknown state, hence
here we suggest our favorite
water fall model for preparing
NET Exam.
Planning
i. Familiarize yourself
ii. Time Scheduling
iii.Sleep and Eat Well
iv.Be confident
v. Opt for new Subjects for
teaching
Analysis
i. Systematic Approach
ii. Previous Year Question Paper
iii.Identify and concentrate on
important topics from each
subjects
Design
i. Make Notes
ii. Get Assistance
iii.Teach some one
iv.Mock Test
Implementation
i. Concentrate for Paper-I , it
will help your aggregate
ii. Elimination of irrelevant Op-
tions
iii.Attend all the questions
Testing &Maintenance
i. Self-evaluation of previous
attempts
Self Analysis using SWOT
The SWOT (Strengths,
Weaknesses, Opportunities,
Threats) analysis is a com-
monly used matrix tool that
can provide an objective and
critical self-assessment as a
background to strategic plan-
ning.
It looks at both the external
and internal factors of a NET
aspirant faculty:
 Strengths and Weaknesses
are faculty’s internal fac-
tors.
 Opportunities and Threats
are faculty’s external fac-
tors.
This tool can deal with broad
or narrow issues, as long as
they are clear and under-
standable.
Method:
Draw a matrix that has nine
fields, Label the fields as
Strengths, Weaknesses Op-
portunities and Threats as
shown below.
Participants begin by listing all
strengths and weaknesses in
the respective fields.
Strengths: Key strengths, core
competencies in those subjects.
Weaknesses: things it does less
well and/or cannot cope with
specific subjects.
Opportunities: Opportunities
that may arise for handling those
new subjects.
Threats: Those subjects never
learnt during in your course.
Conclusion
People are more likely to
take credit for their success,
but give reasons for their
failure. This is known as a self
-serving bias. Learning hap-
pens in the minds and souls,
not in the multiple-choice
tests. The proper route to an
understanding of the NET is
an examination of our errors
about it. Even very ordinary
people, upon clearing the
NET, can often look extraor-
dinary. Every minute you
waste in doing nothing, just
remember that someone is
getting smart somewhere. It’s
not your alarm that wakes
you up. It’s your dedication.
“Even very
ordinary
people, upon
clearing the
NET, can often
look
extraordinary”
C O M P U T E R S C I E N C E
The only place where your
V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 3
Dr. C.V. Suresh Babu
Prof. N.S.K. Kothai,
Dr. MGR Janaki College for Women
becomes impossible
is in your
own thinking

3. Set your Strategy for SET/NET
-Don’t Reinvent the Wheel, Just realign it.
P A G E 3
-Dr.C.V. Suresh Babu
Solved Questions Subject wise
1. http://compscibits.com/
NetCategories/NET-computer-
science-preparation
Study Materials
1. http://ugcnetcompusc.blogspot.in/p/
study-material_09.html
2. http://www.avatto.com/computer-
science
3. http://www.brightways.org/
4. http://ugc-net-computer-science-
khatri.blogspot.in/
Video Lectures
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=xV5P205_thY
2. https://www.youtube.com/channel/
UCCbHlQRF99DGR8USBQ073Jg/
featured
3. https://www.youtube.com/channel/
UCbCohw2YjjHFm-fo2qbLulg
Practice portals
1. https://www.doorsteptutor.com/
Exams/UGC/Computer-Science/
You're not alone. At any
given moment, some-
where in our country
someone struggles with
the same challenge of
cracking the NET exam
you have. You know you
don't want to reinvent
the wheel, so you look
to Design Patterns – the
lessons learned by those
who've faced the same
exams. With study Pat-
terns, you get to take
advantage of the best practices and experience of oth-
ers, so that you can spend your time on something else.
Something more challenging. Something more complex.
Something more purposeful..the following section I com-
piled some of the online resources on UGC NET Com-
puter science. Again it is you the one to decide which
one suits you..
Previous year Question Pa-
pers
1. http://ugcnetonline.in/
2. https://www.examrace.com/
CBSE-UGC-NET/CBSE-UGC-
NET-Previous-Years-Papers/
Computer-Science/
Solved Question papers
1. http://
www.netcomputerscience.co
m/p/ugc-net-computer-science
-solved.html
2. http://www.netugc.com/ugc-
net-solved-question-papers-in-
computer-science-and-
applications
3. http://ugcnetsolved-
computerscience.blogspot.in/
Dr. C.V. Suresh Babu delivered a guest lecture “ 5 units in 150 minutes – Pro-
gramming in C++ and Data Structure” for 2nd B.Sc. (cs) students on Septem-
ber 25, 2017, 100 students attended the program
Lions club Elite Stars have organized
"Best Teacher Award" for the year
2017-18 on 23/09/2017 at Meenakshi
Sundarajan Engineering college. Teach-
ers specialized in each subjects are
nominated and awarded. Our Faculty
Members Dr. R. Deepalakshmi, Sir
Thegaraya College and Dr. Arunadevi,
Vidyasagar Women’s College and in a
District Award Function held at Sir
Thegarya Hall, T.Nagar, P.S. Rohini, Sri
Devi Arts and Science College were
honored by Dr. K.S. Babai, District
Governor 324(A1) and Principal,
Meenakshi Sundarajan Engineering
College
Important Dates for UGC NET 2017 Exam November
 Correction in Particulars of Application Form on the Website:3rd
week of October 2017
 Date of UGC NET 2017 Examination:05th Nov. 2017 (Sunday)
FDP on Active Learning was conducted on September 18,
2017 by Dr. B.G. Barki, Former Director NITTTR was the
Resource Person, 40 faculties participated
Programs conducted at SSS Shasun Jain College — Dr. Anita Indhu

4. Simplifying the Complexities
Book Bank @ Sir Thegaraya
BookReview
Lions Club of Chennai Elite Starts
(District 324 A1) has initiated a
permanent project to serve
“Economically weaker section”
students by sponsoring them for
their Academic books for their
entire course with association
with Anniyappa Publications. For
further details please contact
anniyappapublications@yahoo.com
an Computer Science Quiz
Competition for faculties
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
https://sites.google.com/
site/anniyappa/
Dr. R. Deepalakshmi,MCA, Ph.D
Head (CS & CA) ,
Sir Theagaraya College
EditoroftheMonth
November Issue Editor
Prof. V.R. Viju, Head (CS & IT)
Dr. MGR Janaki College for women
Prof. C. Arun Kumar, MCA, ME,
HoD (CS), SIVET College
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