The college offers fee concessions to students from disadvantaged groups. The college has announced scholarships for deserving students from the deserving students fund. This fund has been built up by the generosity of the staff, alumnae and well-wishers. The scholarships offered are called LUCINI scholarships for deserving students. Contributions to this fund are welcome except at the time of admissions.
Eligibility for the scholarships is open to all deserving students whose annual family income is below Rs. 3,000/- p.m. who have a good academic record, who are regular in attendance and with a record of good conduct.
- SC / ST Scholarship
- Prathibha Scholarship
- BC Scholarship
- National Merit Scholarship
- Non-Hindi Scholarship
- Residential & Non-residential Scholarship
- Students Aid Scholarship
Counselling Cell
The counseling cell is a unique feature of the college, constituted in 1996, it continues to help students in learning and living better in a pressure-ridden, fast-paced and competitive world. Its sole directive is ‘helping students help themselves’. A separate cell is set up with private space to maintain confidentiality, headed by a professionally qualified counselor.
The cell
- Provides personalized counseling for adjustment problems and dilemmas faced both in college and in personal life.
- Interacts with students and works in classroom dynamics
- Provides Psychometric testing to the students to plan their future.
- Initiates short and long term programmes in personality development and counseling.
The cell has grown to become more effective with each endeavour and remarkable positive change has been observed in the students in academic and interpersonal relationships, both by the faculty and parents. In addition, the Principal, Vice Principal and staff of various departments counsel students informally on both academic related & personal issues.
Career Guidance
The college guides students in career choicesand in planning their course of study according to their aspirations through orientation programmes. arious courses and talks related to career prospects areconducted with the help of members from reputed organizations. The college organizes interface sessionsand interaction with experts from the industry for the final year students.
Grievance Redressal Cell
The college has a grievance redressal cell, consisting of Principal, Vice Principal, Senior Faculty members of different departments. The function of the Grievance Redressal cell is to evolve redressal mechanism and provide solutions to the aggrieved.
The Grievances Redressal covers aspects such as:
- Attendance for Regular classes & exams
- Payment of Fees
- Dress Code / Use of Cell Phones
- Malpractices during exams
- Facilities in colleges
- Staff related problems
- Peer group problems
- Theft
- College Timings
- Discipline related problems
Parents Teachers Association
Parents Teachers Meet is organized at the beginning of every academic year for the parents of the first year students to acquaint them with the objectives and culture of the college. Suggestions are called for, and parents have responded enthusiastically in terms of sharing their expertise for the benefit of students. They have also offered to be guest lecturers and share their expertise with the students. They have also extended the use of their facilities for projects.
Institute - Industry - Interface
The college strives to match its aspirations with the demands of the globally competitive industrial environment.
There are several initiatives in this direction:
- On the job training programmes
- Project evaluation by Industry
- Entrepreneurial development seminars by NISIET
- Extension lectures by practising managers
- Coaching classes organized by TIME & CARREER LAUNCHER
- Campus interviews by leading Companies
- Faculty training by AIACHE & XAVIER Board
LUCINI Scholarships
The college offers fee concessions to students from disadvantaged groups. The college has announced scholarships for deserving students from the deserving students fund. This fund has been built up by the generosity of the staff, alumnae and well wishers. The scholarships offered are called LUCINI scholarships for deserving students. Contributions to this fund are welcome except at the time of admissions.
Eligibility for the scholarships is open to all deserving students whose family income is below Rs. 3,000/- p.m. who have a good academic record, who are regular in attendance and with a record of good conduct. Other Scholarships include
- SC / ST Scholarship
- Prathibha Scholarship
- BC Scholarship
- National Merit Scholarship
- Non-Hindi Scholarship
- Residential & Non-residential Scholarship
- Students Aid Scholarship
Social Outreach Program - Swarnojwala
We stand at the threshold of a new era, quite determined to achieve further excellence and fulfill our vision of completely empowering women students to reach greater heights. As part of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations the institution has planned to introduce a new venture, a first of its kind in the history of our college, a scheme titled SWARNOJWALA – Rural Student Adoption Programme.
The scheme was formally launched during the Valedictory ceremony by the Provincial superior of the Sisters of Charity, Sr.Mary Kuriakose, in the presence of Hon.Min. of State (HRD) – Smt.Daggubati Purandareswari, Vice-Chancellor of Osmania University-Prof.Tirupati Rao and other distinguished guests. This scheme will become operational from the academic year 2009-2010.
The Swarnojwala scheme in a very humble manner hopes to address the issue of gender parity and quality education for all. A heritage of concern for the under-served has been bequeathed to every member of the extended St. Francis’ family. It is this concern that has seeded the idea of a rural student adoption programme, as part of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations, as the institution’s modest contribution to the cause of rural social development.
- This scheme aims to provide education to girls who are economically backward and first generation learners from rural background irrespective of their caste or creed.
- A team of dedicated experts would visit the rural areas and with the help of the local educationalists and identify girl students who have an aptitude for learning but are denied due to a number of constraints.
- An informal interview would be conducted to adjudge the aptitude of the student, her interests and her career aspirations. Based on the above exercise, ten girl students will be admitted into the 3 year degree programme of B.A, B.Sc. and B.Com..
- This programme will take care of the Financial, Academic and the Social needs of the student. The student will be provided for food& accommodation (36,000 per year) tuition fees (10,000 per year), and books and other requirements of a regular student of the college. The above mentioned need would require a minimum corpus fund of Rs. 7 lakhs per student which could generate an annual income of Rs. 70,000 annually.
- The academic support will be given by the staff who will volunteer to take over as an Academic Counselor and Guardian, providing the necessary direction and guidance to the students.
- The student would be provided the benefit of extra tutorials, courses to develop soft skills and other avenues for the overall personality development
- Utmost care will be taken to enable them to adjust to the environment and successfully complete their graduation.
- The college Placement Cell will assist them in providing employment on successful completion of their respective course.
St. Francis College invites you to be part of this exciting time, as you partner with us in this noble exercise. We appeal to your generosity and kindness, in bringing to fruition the dreams of these rural girl students who could in turn be instrumental in bringing great change in their villages. Come, join hands with us as we take this leap of faith, hoping for a better tomorrow for our rural sisters.
We hope your generous contribution will help us in our continuing pursuit for excellence. Kindly do let us know at the earliest regarding your capacity of involvement in contributing towards this scheme. Donors can avail tax exemption available to the institution.
Placement Cell
Welcome to the St.Francis college placement cell. The placement cell has been instituted to provide a platform and an opportunity for job providers and job seekers to interact. The Placement month for the current academic year is scheduled to take place
from 23rd Nov - 21st Dec.
About the Placement Cell
The college has a placement cell to look after students needs with regard to Training, Placement / Campus Interview etc., functioning with the following objectives:
1. To keep track of the current status of our ex-students and to help them with their career plans
2. To create and maintain a data bank on profiles of our students.
3. To build and maintain good relations with the industry.
4. To keep track of all job opportunities and communicate them to the students seeking employment.
5. To organize training programs, inviting industry experts for visiting the campus etc.
6. To assist our students in getting vocation training and outgoing students in placement opportunities.
Prospects:
Currently the employment opportunities in the industry are extremely good and the work situation allows room for development and diversification.
Members of the Placement Cell
Faculty
- Ms. Purnishat
- Ms. Mallika Shetty
Students
- Monica - B.Sc. III C
- Preeti K. - B.Sc III D
- Kruthi - B.A III A
- Supriya - B.A III A
- Sneha Kothari - B.Com IIIC(F)
- Ranita - B.Com IIIP(F)
- Disha - B.Com IIIP(M)
- Kiran - B.Sc IID
- Riddhima - B.Com IIP
- Deepika - B.M.S II
Contact Information
E-mail address: purnipatell@yahoo.com
Web address: www.stfranciscollege.ac.in
Office phone: 040 - 23403200
The National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN E-Cell)
St.Francis College has joined the National Entrepreneurship Network of 470 top tier academic institutes across the country in August 2009. This Network is a non profit initiative supported by the Wadhwani Foundation and was established in the year 2003 with a mission to create and support entrepreneurs ,thereby driving job creation and fuelling economic growth in India. It partners with academic institutes to help them build an effective and a vibrant entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus to develop and support entrepreneurs. Two faculty members Ms.Mallika Shetty, Dept. of BMS and Ms.Mary Anthony, Dept. of Botany have qualified to be the NEN Campus Advisors after successful completion of the 5 day FDP during October 2009 held in Aurora Business School, Hyderabad.
Ongoing NEN Support for member academic institutes:
- Faculty Development programme(FDP): This is designed and delivered by leading Indian and International faculty in Entrepreneurship.
- E-Leader programme: This targets students heading campus based E-Cells (Entrepreneurship Cell) .The E-Cell of our college is looking to expand its membership base so as to spread the entrepreneurial spirit across the various faculties in the college.
- NEN Resources: Member institutes can have access to teaching materials including cases,exercisesand videos on entrepreneurship education.
- NEN 360-Newsletter: This is a compilation of news, stories ,expert guidance, events and competitions from around the NEN Community. It is shipped free of cost to member institutes.
- NEN Members(Faculty)Hyderabad Chapter : This association intends to be a via media between NEN Faculty as well as E-Cell student members across member institutes of the twin cities.
St.Francis College for Women will strive to leverage the partnership with NEN to the maximum advantage of its enthusiastic students.
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