In order to promote co- curricular activities and to make the subject of Physics more interesting and give it a practical orientation, the Physics Society was formed in 1981. It fulfils its aims through the following activities every year.

i) Educational field trips to research institutions.
ii) Public lectures by eminent scientists.
iii) Science Quiz.
iv) Poster Competition
v)  PHYZEX (Annual Science Exhibition)

Our motto
Tell me and I’ll forget,
Show me and I may remember,
Involve me and I’ll understand……    

Apart from the rich college library, which has a large section of chemical books, the department has its own collection of books under the ‘Chemical Society’.

This society has encouraged student’s participation in inter-collegiate competitions, presentations, symposia’s, workshops, etc. This has helped them to bag many awards and accolades from highest agencies in this field.

• Roots-n- Genes” - the biological society was established in the year 2000 under the chairmanship of Dr. B. Sasikumar (Ex head Department of Botany). Presently it is chaired by Dr. (Mrs.)B. M. Tamhane (Head Department of Botany)

• Activities of Roots-n-genes

- Fruit and Vegetable Carving
- Workshop on making Terrarium; Dish & Bottle garden; Landscape etc.
- Western, Indian and Japanese style of floral display
- Bio-jewellery
- Science exhibitions

Dot Com Club

Originally started in 1997, with Jai Hind College promoting subsidiary club activities, The Computer Society came into formation. In 2005, The Computer Society was renamed to the Dot Com club. With initial club activity limited only to holding technical quiz. Today DOT COM CLUB is hosting inter collegiate events including Gaming, Programming, Seminars and so on.

Two Main Events Hosted by DOT COM CLUB are

1. Chocolate Day
2. Cyber Strike
   1. Gaming
   2. Quiz
   3. C++ Debugging
   4. Workshops or Presentations in the Auditorium

In all the years the Events were successful and encouraging to the students.

G.S.M. one of the shining cultural associations of jai hind college family invites all students  to  share their talents and therby enrich their potentialities.

G.S.M. was established right with the inception of jai hind college. since then it has encouraged the students to exploit and enhance their potentialities in various fields like leadership, organizing events, dancing, singing, drama etc.

Every year g.s.m. welcomes the freshers of jai hind college by organizing ‘ friendship day’ 0n a grand scale.

The  very first cultural shaw of the college is also organized by g.s.m. wherein students participate with lots and pots of enthusiasm.

JASHNA – THE GRAND ANNUAL FUNCTION OF G.S.M – 2010 :11
G.S.M. – GUJARATIYA SAHITYA MANDAL

Hindi Parishad is a cultural arm of the Department of Hindi. It is one of the most popular language groups. Its main aim is to encourage more and more students to use the Hindi language and learn to appreciate it.

Faculty members

1. Ms. Shiromani Y Sikka (Chairperson).              
2. Mr. Rabindranath Tiwari (Vice Chairperson)  
3. Ms. Neeta Singh (Vice Chairperson).                
4. Mr. Rajesh S Joshi (ex- officio member)                    
5. Ms. Veenita Bhatia (ex-officio member).                            

Activities of Hindi Parishad

HP celebrates its annual show, DHOOM, in the month of September. DHOOM features orchestra, fashion shows, Indian and western dances, mimicry and the Mock Show. Besides these cultural activities, HP also conducts literary activities like Hindi essay writing competition, poetry writing competition, poetry recitation, story writing and debate competition. HP also organizes TRADITIONAL DAY, which is always a great success, as it provides students with the opportunity to turn out in their most colourful and dazzling outfits!  

Rotaract is the largest world wide youth organizations consisting of more than 5000 Rotaract Clubs all across. It is basically the youth wing of 'Rotary International' and is quite well known for carring out professional development, community service and Global projects. Rotaract Club of Jai Hind College is one such prestigious Rotaract Club based in Mumbai, which is made up of a group of like-minded people, wanting to give their best to the task at hand, surpassing their own achievements and challenging their equilibrium.

It started in 1994 and was revived in 2006 . Currently in its 5th year, it is one of the best Rotaract Club among over 100 Rotaract Clubs in Mumbai and is doing exceedingly well.

With over 350 students in its current year, it boasts of some of the biggest activities in Jai Hind College ranging from corporate grooming to fellowship parties, from international tie ups to community service.

It's activity calender's highlights are the Jai Hind College MUN, the official Jai Hind Prom Night, a major chunk of Jai Hind's CSR activities and a great amount of sports centric events. With increasing popularity amongst the students, its the most preffered choice of Jai Hindites when it comes to going beyond the constricted cubicle of acaedmics and making a difference to onself and the society

The NSS unit strongly believes in the statement: “A nation as a society forms a moral person. And every member of it, is personally responsible for his society.”

History / Legacy :

The NSS was launched on September 24, 1969 in 37 Universities covering all States.

The cardinal principle of the programme is that it is organized by the students themselves and both students and teachers through their combined participation in social service, get a sense of involvement in the tasks on National Development.

Besides the students, particularly, obtain work experience which might help them to find avenue of self-employment or employment in any organization at the end of their university career.

Purpose / Aim of establishing:

The objective of the National Service Scheme is “developments of the personality of students through community service.”

This objective is sought to be achieved by enabling the students to:

1. Understand the community in which they work
2. Understand themselves of relation to their community
3. IIdentify the needs and problems of the community in the solution of which they can be involved.
4. Develop among themselves a sense of social and civic responsibility.
5. Apply their education in finding practical solutions to individual and community problems.
6. Develop competence required for group-living and sharing responsibilities.
7. Gain skills in mobilizing community participation.
8. Acquire leadership qualities and democratic attitude.
9. Develop capacity to meet emergencies and disasters.
10. Practice national integration.

Chairperson and Ex-Officios/ Student Members :

Programme Officer: Udhav Zarekar

Ex Officio’s: Ms. N.K. Jyothi

Mr. Ashutosh Saxena

Secretary: Darshan Furia

Joint Secretary: Nishaat Mukadam

Treasurer: Arjun Chugh

Core Committee Members: Rahul Gautam

 

Significant achievements so far :

Yearly calendar :

The NSS unit conducts activities under 3 categories; Area based projects, College based projects and University based projects.

The Happy Ganesha Project, was based on creating awareness about the importance of using eco friendly material to make Ganesha idols.

For the Cleanliness Drive students of the NSS were linked with MCGM which helped the NSS members to obtain official ID cards, which authorized us to warn (but not fine) people who littered, spat, urinated etc. on “A” road – the zone which Jai Hind College had adopted.

All NSS members automatically become members of the Red Ribbon Club which aims to create maximum Aids Awareness. We took part in essay competition, the quiz and the scavenger hunt.

For the Disaster Management workshop we had Dignitaries from the Fire Brigade, our Police force, the MCGM and LIHS.

We worked for an NGO called “Navjivan” which works for the upliftment of sex workers and their children. We helped raise funds by selling 2010 calendars for them and took part in the Slogan writing competition.

The year 1948 marked the foundation of the Marathi Vangmay Mandal. The foremost chairperson of this committee was Dr. Samudra Gupta followed by Dr. Charusheela Gupte, Ms. Jyoti Salunke & presently Dr. Pushpalata Parshuran Dhuri.
Dr. Dhuri is an effective,enthusiastic chairperson & the head of department of the Marathi Vangmay Mandal since a large span of nearly 13-14 years. The Marathi Vangmay Mandal efficiently promotes the Marathi culture among all the Jai Hindites irrespective of their Religion, Cast, Culture etc.

Programs conducted by the Marathi Vangmay Mandal:

1)Dance 2)Elocution 3)Singing 4)Drama
5)Painting 6)Rangoli 7)Debates 8)Mimicry.

Committee members :

Secretaries: Prachi Apte, Vallari Chourasia, Vinayak Gaikwad.
Deputy Secretaries: Yashwardhan Dahake, Aishwarya Snenai, Abhijit Chalkar.
Treasurer: Shashank Anil Deshpande.
Members: Vedang Lokegaonkar, Rucha Patil, Rutvij Pradhan, Harish Patil.

History:

Started in 1998 in commemoration of 50 years of Jai Hind College, with the aim of spreading the joy of Psychology. A point worth noting is that the Psychology Department was among the first three Departments of Psychology started in Mumbai University.

Purpose: 

To contribute to community service and, at the same time, enable students to find various opportunities to develop their skills in the field of psychology.

Achievements: 

Students work for various NGOs as part of the Psychology Association activity, thus contributing to community development while becoming sensitized to and acquiring skills in handling special populations such as the visually impaired, children with language problems or muscular control problems, street children and others. In addition, managing the events of the Psychology Association enables students to acquire event management skills.  Activities like test administration and interpretation, editing psychology journals and magazines, getting sponsorship, and working in teams and groups, gives students a wide range of skills that they can use in their future careers. 

Publications: Espectro  Psychologico 

This is  the news letter  which includes information and entertainment  in Psychology. The Journal of Psychology, which is now in the fourth year of its publication, features well researched articles on Psychology that are scientific and presented according to the norms set by the American Psychological Association.

Psychology Association Team

Chairperson : Mrs. M .Kumar 
Ex.Officio Members : Ms.N.K.Jyothi
Dr. R.D.Chaturvedi
Secretaries : Arjun Chugh
Nishaat Mukadam

Aims

The History Association was initiated with the aim to promote awareness of the importance of knowing our past, and to cultivate an interest in the historical order of things – the progress of man in time of space. This was to be achieved by taking the tag of History beyond the classroom, and making its study a more enjoyable experience.

Significant Achievements

1. Three National level Seminars –

1857 Revisited: Myth or Reality (January 2007)
India on the Move, Different faces of Brand India: Last two Decades of Transition (2009). This was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Ashok Chavan.
Seminar on 60 years of our Constitution – Retrospect & Prospect (September 2010) ­

• Abhay Doshi – Won 2nd Prize for research work at Heras Institute of Historical Research, St. Xavier’s College.
• Aldish Edroos – Won 3rd Prize for research work at Heras Institute of Historical Research, St. Xavier’s College.
• Paper readings and presentations on “Contribution of Communities to the growth of Mumbai”. Nasir Engineer, Shazia Akhai and Roshni Mistry won the 1st prize for their work on East Indians.
• Snigda Sanjay and Urvashi Punwani were judged the best speakers in a panel discussion on ‘Communal Harmony’ organized by Burhani College.
• Purvaja Modak and Minnal Joshi of SYJC, Sonali V. of FYBA, Maitri Shah of SYBA and Friyan Umrigar of TYBA were the recipients of the Mrs. Nirmala Gupta prize for securing highest marks in the subject of History.
• A Seminar on Women in Maharashtra was held in August 2010. Papers were read by students of the History, Political Science and English Departments on various Women Personalities of Maharashtra. The 1st prize was won by TYBA History Major students, Pranav Shukla and Nicole Pestonjamasp on the topic of Ahilyabai Holkar  

The Department of Political Science has a Forum which organizes a number of interesting activities like talks by eminent scholars, debates, movie-screenings, field trips, etc. Such programmes help direct the interest of students towards national and international issues, adding depth and value to a subject that is so relevant today.

The highlight of this academic year is a UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Sixty Years of the Indian Constitution: Retrospect & Prospect”.

Martin Luther King III is the Chief Guest of the seminar, and Tushar Gandhi the guest of honour. Eminent speakers from across the country have agreed to present papers on the occasion.

Pictures of activities organized by the Forum

In 2005, the Department of Life Sciences established its own Biological Society. After a lot of contemplation the society was named “IRIS” for the following reason:
“While science may help explain how a virus multiplies,
It leaves unanswered why a tear is shed.
We biologists wish to put the two together and try to find answers to some unanswered questions.
And so we use our indispensable tool – the microscope
And look through it enthusiastically – as enthusiasm is contagious.
Cherish your dreams as they are the children of your ultimate achievements
Dream on and use this “INSIGHT” and make your dreams come true.
No one can predict to the heights you can soar. Even you will not know until you spread your wings.
So, be “RESILIENT” –  go ahead achieve it.
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but empties today of its strength.
A mind once stretched by a mew idea never regains its original dimensions
Forge ahead – “INNOVATE”
If everyone moves forward together, then “SUCCESS” takes care of itself....

   

IRIS.
Insight Resilience Innovation Success
The society organizes various workshops, seminars, talks and trainings for students under its aegis.

The Commerce Association was set up in September 2005.

The Commerce Association from its inception has aimed to create a challenging and elucidating environment for commerce students to improve their soft skills in the areas of Marketing, Finance and Human Resources so as to prepare them for the highly competitive corporate job market.

The Commerce Association conducts some flagship events & workshops every academic year and introduces many innovative additions every successive year. In the academic year 2009-2010 Commerce Association organized the following events:

1. The Annual Group discussion & Mock Interviews Workshop.
2. The Annual Advertising Workshop.
3. The Anniversary Celebration & Personal interview competition.
4. The Resume writing Workshop.
5. The Corporate communication Workshop.