St. Thomas College, Ruabandha, Bhilai celebrated National Sports Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of Famous Indian Hockey Player Major Dhyanchand. First of all Sports Officer Mr. Kailash Narayan Verma presented a brief introduction of Major Dhyanchand and motivated all the students for regular exercise to become fit and healthy. Principal Incharge Dr. Debjani Mukherjee also motivated the students to take active participation in the events of sports day. Principal of the college Dr. M. G. Roymon and Administrator Rev. Fr. Dr. Joshi Varghese congratulated the organizers for successfully organizing this event. During the program Half Marathon was organized for both boys and girls and all the winners were awarded by the prizes from Principal Incharge and other faculty members. On this occasion Rhythmic Zumba was conducted by Dr. Anupama Gangrade Asst. Prof. Dept. of Education in which all the students and staff members participated very actively. Dr. J Maju Asst. Prof. Dept. of Education and Dr. Santosh Miri Asst. Prof. Dept. of Computer Science were the referees of today’s activity. Mr. Mahendra Ikhar, Asst. Prof. Dept. of Management Studies conducted the program and proposed the vote of thanks. All the faculties, other staff members and students were present on this occasion.

Department of Education, National Service Scheme and IQAC of  St. Thomas College, Ruabandha Bhilai organized Mega Tree Plantation in collaboration with Lions Club Bhilai Royal on 28^th July, 2013. The chief guest of this program was Mr. Anil Agrawal, GLT Coordinator Lions Club Bhilai Royal. First of all Administrator of the college Rev. Fr. Dr. Joshi Varghese appreciated the efforts taken by college towards environment safety. Principal of College Dr. M. G. Roymon welcomed all the guests and explained the importance of plants for the safety of environment. Chief guest Mr. Anil Agrawal gave his best wishes to the college for organizing this program. Mr. Abhishek Agrawal, President Lions Club Bhilai Royal presented a brief report about the programs run by club for environment safety. On this occasion all the guests, NSS volunteers and other staff members planted many trees of various fruits. The program was conducted by Dr. Anupama Gangrade, Assistant Professor Dept. of Education and Vote of thanks was proposed by NSS Program Officer Mr. Mahendra Ikhar. On this occasion IQAC Coordinator Dr. Debjani Mukherjee, Co-convener of NSS Dr. Maju Joy, Sports officer Mr. Kailash Narayan Verma, other faculties and staff members were present.

The P.G Department of Psychology St Thomas College, Bhilai under the aegis of Psychometrician conducted a workshop on techniques of Counselling. The session was very engaging where training focused on various theoretical perspectives and practical knowledge on how to set up a private practice. The main idea behind this session was the inculcating awareness on which techniques to use in different psychopathological cases.

The resource person of the program was Dr. Kirti Sachdeva, practicing Psychologist and Counsellor, Mumbai. The resource person has MPhil degree in Clinical Psychology  from JNU, Delhi and PhD from Delhi University and is at present  practicing in Mumbai. The diagnosis, interventions applied and the future scenario of counselling in India was also explained to the students. The studentslearned about the techniques through which resistance in the counselling process can be resolved and fruitful behaviour modifications can be achieved through various directive, non directive  and eclectic techniques of counselling.

Fr. Dr. Joshi Varghese, Administrator of the college appreciated the program, Principal Dr. M.G. Roymon always promotes experiential learning processes for the students and believes that to achieve expertise, the main learning is through gaining practical insights in any field. Dr. Debjani Mukherjee, HOD, spoke on the occasion and motivated the students to gain knowledge of various therapies and wisdom from experienced speaker.

Assistant Professors Dr.Sumita Singh welcomed the gathering and Dr. Ankita Deshmukh proposed the vote of thanks.  Miss. Sanchana Sahu organised the program and helped in its smooth execution. The session was compered by Ms. Dally Jain, MA 3^rd semester.

Ms Jhilam Sahu, a student of the Department of Physics & Electronics, St. Thomas College, Bhilai of batch 2021-22 has cleared the CSIR-NTA NET/JRF with AIR 163. She completed her B.Sc. then belongs to the first batch of M.Sc. Physics of the College. She was also the first student  in the College who earned a certificate from NPTEL.

Administrator Rev. Fr. Dr. Joshi Varghese and the Principal Dr. M. G. Roymon gave their blessing for her achievement. Incharge of the Department of Physics & Electronics Mr. Amit Kumar Tamrakar, Mrs. Tulika Harshit, Ms Priya Sai and Mr Suryaprasad Singh congratulated her by giving best wishes for her bright future ahead.

Department of Management Studies, St. Thomas College, Ruabandha Bhilai organized one day Orientation Program for newly admitted students of BBA First Semester. The keynote speaker of this program was Dr. Susan R. Abraham Head, Department of Management Studies. First of all madam has provided the basic details of department and course and then she presented the structure of curriculum and pattern of semester examination. It is worth mentioning that department of management studies is running in the college successfully for last 24 years. Principal Dr. M.G. Roymon congratulated to the department for successfully organizing the orientation program and said that St. Thomas College Bhilai provides the best platform to students to excel their academic as well as personal skills on regular intervals. Mr. Mahendra Ikhar Assistant Professor, Dept. Of Management Studies gave presentation on Effective Presentation Skills. This program was coordinated by BBA students Aryan Vishwakarma, Guatam Jaiswal, Neeraj, Nidhi Gaikwad and Ananya Pandey.