The objective of the C E P is to prepare students for the world
of work, equipping them with the skills and a mindset necessary for effectiveness
at a workplace. To this end,
workshops by professionals are organized for exposure to career possibilities. There are workshops on personality development through a residential
camp. The students are put on a placement for four weeks in industry
in a work-area of the student’s choice.
Important Resource Persons:
From 1993 onwards, we find some top HR trainees in Western
India acting as resource persons. Dr.
Om Kaul, Michael David, Duru Gada, Joe Rodrigues, Ivan Mathair, Dr. Singh,
Conrad Saldhana are some examples. A
lot of CEPians are regular resource persons. They include Adi Pocha, Dr. Nahciket Mor, Rajshree Naik, Amrish Shethi,
Rajendra Rao, and Savio Dias.
Wilson College has had a rich tradition of encouraging and
nurturing talent. The Cultural
Center, as it was called then was headed by a Staff Convener or Staff Advisor
and was responsible for organising the College Day and other cultural activities.
The Curtural Center was renamed as The Fine Arts Circle in
1987. It has been occupying a
permanent place since 1998 in a small room next to I-1 in the New Building. The Fine Arts Circle co-ordinates participation in inter-collegiate
events, organizes workshops, competitions and cultural events in the college.
The Wilsonians have their own Gymkhana Pavilion and a green
patch of land attached to it on the Netaji Subhash Road, with facilties for
almost all indoor and outdoor games such as Athletics, Carrom, Chess, Table
Tennis, Tennis, Hockey, Football, Cricket, Weight Lifting and Gymnastics. The resident attendants (peons) look after the maintenance of equipment
and the ground.
The college campus offers facilities for Boxing Karate, Volley
Ball and Basket Ball. It is gratifying
to find that even as early; as in the beginning of the century, the college
authorities considered sports activities as an integral part of total education
that a student should receive.
In 1913, formal permission was received for erecting a pavilion.
Sir Shapurji Bharucha gave a handsome donation of Rs.10,000/-
to meet the cost of its construction. The work started towards the end of 1915 and was completed
in the summer of 1916. The new
pavilion was opened by Lord Willingdon, the then Governor of Bombay, on 20th December 1916.
And since then, over a period, the sports activities of the
college have expanded immensely with more and more college students taking
advantage of the facilities offered.
Rugby was introduced in 1970, due to the persistent
efforts of Dr. James Barton. In
1976, the Wilson College Gymkhana Rugby team won the national championship
and the Bombay Cup.
Women’s cricket was the other new activity introduced
in 1975. Wilson
College was the first college in Bombay University to have a women’s cricket
team. Wilson College Gymkhana
was the venue of the first night cricket match organized in Bombay, or perhaps
in India, by two local cricket clubs in May1981.
Wilson College Nature Club was established in 1979 to create
awareness about nature and nature conservation.]
It’s activities include:
Conservation Activities : Tree planting, Desilting of water
bodies
Educational Activities : Nature Trails, Slideshows, and Newsletter
Trails and Camps are also organized for different colleges.
Annual Camps have been arranged for the members
once in a year to various places where nature in at its best. For example, Sikkim, Kodaikanal, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,
Garhwal, Lakshadweep and Kerala.
Student Council is a body of nominated students of the college. The formation of the Council is guided by Students’ Welfare Department
of Mumbai University.
Students ranking 1st in the previous academic year
are appointed class representatives of their class in the following year.(E.g.
a student ranking first in F.Y.B.A. from the college becomes class representative
of S.Y.B.A. class
NSS, NCC, Fine Arts Circle & Gymkhana representatives to
the Council are nominated by the Principal. The Principal also nominates two additional representatives of women
students.
The Principal is the Chairman of the Council. However the Dean of students deals with the day to day functioning
of the Council on behalf of the Principal. The Dean of lady students is also a member. Student council deals with different student activities.
An Intra-collegiate festival viz., KSHITIJ provides a platform
to maximum number of students to express their talent. The idea of intra-collegiate festival was conceived by a group of students
led by Sri Harsh Kaushik and Dr. Prabhu, the then Dean of students in 1991.
This festival is re-christened as “MORPHOSIS”
The College Day programme, which is held on a grand scale,
is also organised by the Council. In
addition, the Council conveys the feelings and needs of students to the college
authorities.
Mr. S.S. Parkar, Zoology Department, is the Dean of students
and looking after the Student Council for last eight academic years.
The Wilson College library has a large collection of books
and is one of the best college libraries in the city. It has many rare books not available in similar libraries.
A Library Orientation Programme is held for new students to
acquaint them of the various services provided by the library and of the procedure
to borrow books and other reading material.
Academic displays are organized in the library for different
departments. New books acquired
by the library are also displayed for the benefit of students and staff.
Periodically the library organises essay, quiz and art competitions
for the students.
