(Second from right) St Xavier’s College principal Father Thomas Perumalil SJ and other delegates at the orientation programme and (below) Sri Arvind Mahila College students on campus. (The Telegraph and Jai Prakash)

Sri Arvind Mahila College will have a change of name soon so that there is no misunderstanding after whom the institution is named — Sri Aurobindo.

A quick trivia: Established on August 15, 1960, the college was named Sri Arvind Institute. In 1980, its name was changed to Sri Arvind Mahila College. But unfortunately people think the college got its name after somebody called Arvind.

Name it right

Sri Arvind Mahila College will soon be renamed Sri Aurobindo Mahila College after freedom fighter and philosopher Sri Aurobindo. Magadh University, to which the college is affiliated, recently approved the institution’s proposal in the matter.

Shivnarayan Singh, an associate professor at the college, said: “We had sent a proposal to Magadh University to change the name of the college to Sri Aurobindo Mahila College because we found many people thought the institution was named after some Arvind. The college was named after Maharshi Aurobindo but that cannot be understood from the name. We are happy that Magadh University approved our proposal soon. Our principal Asha Singh is right now in the US. When she returns, a programme will be held to rename the college.”

New faces

The new academic year at St Xavier’s College of Education took off with the orientation programme of BEd students on Monday. Over 100 trainees, who had undergone the admission process, attended the event that started with a prayer service followed by the National Anthem.

Faculty member Preeti Sinha gave the trainees their syllabus and timetable, while principal, Father Thomas Perumalil S.J., welcomed them to the institution. His words of wisdom — spend more time in reading books, accessing knowledge and striving to become competent and efficient teachers for the country, and particularly for Bihar.

The admission process to MEd for 2013-14 at the college also started on Monday. The last date of submission is July 10, while the entrance test will be conducted on July 18. The list for students selected for interview will be displayed on July19 while the final list of candidates selected for admission will be declared on July 24.

Nikita Sharma, a BEd student, said: “Getting an MEd degree adds to the CV of a candidate as he/she can get jobs in schools with it.”

Finance class

Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Patna, organised its first executive programme of finance for non-finance executives last week.

Vijoy Prakash, principal secretary, department of planning and development, inaugurated the executive development programme on Friday. He said every department and its executives need to have knowledge about financial management and doing it properly could save the government around Rs 300 crore-Rs 400 crore a year.

The programme continued till Sunday when participants from industry and academics discussed various aspects of finance such as accounting, capital budgeting, working capital management and financial markets.

Research tips

Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) Patna, will hold a two-day faculty development programme on its campus in collaboration with BIT Mesra from July 20.

Institute director S.L. Gupta, also the programme coordinator, said teachers and PhD holders would attend the event.

Management faculty and research scholars attending the programme would be equipped with various statistical tools widely used in research. They would also be given tips on writing thesis and research papers.

Gupta said: “Analysing quantitative and qualitative data using contemporary statistical techniques is a necessity. This programme is primarily targeted at faculty members of management institutions, PhD scholars and other professionals who are engaged in the area of research. The programme will be very useful for people teaching research methodology and marketing research.”