Extracurricular Activities in MEC
MEC Being the top engineering college conducts various extracurricular activities that help students to improve their attitude and responsibilities. Let us discuss some of them.
The Rotaract Club
The Rotaract Club is reverberating with many extracurricular activities with a senior faculty member to be in charge of it and the students’ volunteers from all branches. The major objective of the club is to provide an opportunity for the students to enhance their knowledge and skills that will assist them in personal development, to address the physical and social needs of their communities, and to promote better relations between all people worldwide through a framework of friendship and service. It holds formal meetings regularly.
Youth Red Cross
The college has Youth Red Cross – Its main objectives are
- To inculcate in the students an awareness on the care of their own health and that of others.
- The understanding and acceptance of civic responsibilities and acting accordingly with humanitarian concern.
- To enable the growth and development of a spirit of service and sense of duty with dedication and devotion.
Women Welfare
The Women Welfare Cell of the College has been in operation since the inception of the college. The foremost objective of this cell is to safeguard the self-esteem and rights of the women students; empowering them to take part in all the activities of the college and thereby make them to feel that they are no longer inferior to men. Student counselors are there to render help to the girl students in need.
International Women’s day is celebrated in our college every year. This year it was celebrated on 8 March 2019 by Women Development Cell in a grand manner. About 1200 girl students and 75 lady faculty members and Management dignitaries participated in the celebration. Women’s Development Cell was established in the college for the improvement of girl students of rural areas.
Mrs. S.Nithya,MSc., Debate Speaker was the Chief Guest of this year’s program. The program started traditionally with devotional songs. Competitions like flower arrangement, Cookery, Soap art, Crafts and games were arranged for student and lady faculty members. The prize winners were awarded by the Chief Guest. Mrs.S.Nithya,MSc., and gave an excellent speech on Women empowerment. At the end of the celebration various cultural events were conducted
Sports Activities
Sport is an activity that Mailam Engineering College is often engaged in competitively and is governed by a set of rules or customs in our Physical Education Department. Used by itself, sports commonly refer to activity where the physical capabilities of our Mailam Engineering College players are the sole or primary determiner of the outcome – the winning or losing, but the term is also used to include activities such as mind sports and motors where mental acuity or equipment quality are the major factors. All sports of our college have a winning player or team and a losing player or team. If there is no loser or winner its not a sport.
MECZION
MECZION is the Annual Magazine of Mailam Engineering College. It is released at the end of every academic year. MECZION marks the culmination of all the activities of MEC. The paramount objective of the magazine is to call for and collect good articles from the staff and students, both technical and non-technical. It showcases the best articles that are handpicked by the editorial committee comprising both faculty and students. It gives a great opportunity for them to exhibit their caliber to others.
Apart from the Annual Magazine, a college News letter called MECNEWS is also released biannually. It speaks of the departmental activities and the achievements of staff and students.
NSS
MEC also has NSS and organizes various camps to encourage students towards social responsibilities and society services.
