Graduation Ceremony

of the 7th Batch

and
Lamp Lighting
Ceremony of the 12th
batch 05.03.2015
“What you leave behind is not what
is engraved in stone monuments,
but what is woven into
the hearts of others”
 Our Honorable Chief Guest of this
evening Smt. A.Vani Prasad, IAS,
Commissioner of Technical and
Collegiate Education, Telangana

Dear Rev. Sr. Philomena Thomas,

Provincial Superior and President of
this function

members of the Management, Fathers,

Brothers, Sisters, esteemed Parents,
Doctors
 Faculty of Vijay Marie College and School of Nursing,
other staff and employees of our Institution, students,
friends, well wishers and my dear Graduates of 7th Batch
and the budding nurses of 12th Batch of this esteemed
institution.
 It is with profound warmth and genuine
gratitude, I welcome once again each one of
you who have come from far and near. We
are honored by your presence.
Harmony, beauty, safety and peace thrived in the
garden of Eden in the beginning of this world ,
and God walked with man hand in hand,
instilling the true peace, joy and love.
 But today we live in a world that is very much
threatened by unexpected violent attacks, sudden
bomb blasts and painful and petty Regionalism,
division of every kind and motivation with self vested
interest, corruption and bribery rule the world today.
An era of touch screen mobiles and
fast communication soft ware,
super computers and fast
advancing electronic medias.
 I can say faster than the speed of light rays, yet with such a great
advancement we find that true wisdom is lacking, human and moral
values are eroding. The pulsating human life has become insensitive
matter.

It is evident from the painful killing of innocent children at Peshawar in

December last year. All these leading the human relationships to the periphery
not deeply rooted. We are heading towards quick and easy methods of making
money; even in the world of Health Care System the attitude of human service,
respect for life and human touch are fading away.
Still what makes Vijay Marie stand out in
its 66 years of existence is its record of
human care and human touch. These are
the timeless values and the hallmark of
our Institution and Education.

Vijay Marie school and college have always

focused and are committed to mould our
young students on the foundation of
professional excellence, spiritual integrity
and sustained deep convictions of human,
moral and Christian values.
We aim at preparing professionals who can contribute productively to the
health stream of society, kind and compassionate persons who can see others face
before one’s own, persons who can see the entire humankind as brothers and
sisters of human family. Therefore no matter what the era is, nursing practice
calls for dedication, education, intelligence and skill. This is the quality brand of
our institution.
 Congrats dear graduates for as you stand tall and bright today,
you must be feeling elated as you look at your accomplished life at this
moment. 5 years have gone by and today you stand as a professional with
knowledge in your mind, compassion and care in your heart and skill in
your hands ready to serve the society at large.
Though our memories of today will soon be yesterdays, they will forever
live in our tomorrows. So lead your life similar to a dictionary providing
meaning to everyone who refers you.
Continue to lead people to health in compassion, intelligence
and competence, be accountable, provide safe and effective
care. Surge ahead to be agents of peace with an attitude of
tolerance and acceptance of all.
 Dear students of 12th batch, you are at the start of this training,
indeed a new chapter in your life has begun, filled with challenges
and hard work. Our profession calls us to be persons of dedication,
devotion and discipline. It requires dauntless courage and strength
to be responsible and accountable for the life of others.

So as you take your pledge today, which reminds us of that great

lady with the lamp, Florence Nightingale, let us resolve to
become comforting and healing presence to those ailing
 As you light your lamp from the main lamp, which symbolize the
divine light of God; may your life shine with the touch of kindness
and compassion.

We pray that during the coming years of your training you may imbibe
the depth of knowledge, right skills and good attitudes. May God give
you enough strength and courage, determined will and wisdom, and
the confidence to pursue your studies successfully till the end.
 Dear friends, nurses are the heart
of health care, without them we
can’t maintain the health care
system. So do hold all the nurses in
the world in high esteem of service
to the human kind; a most
challenging service to the
humanity, but not given due
recognition by our Indian society.
 Congrats dear graduates of
7th batch and the budding
nurses of 12th batch,

life is better when you are

happy but life is at its best
when other people are
happy because of you.
Be inspired give peace and share
your smile. May God be at your
side always, may you become an
icon of peace and a beacon of
light to human kind.
THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS EVENING

1.On the strings of our past history

2. Admissions – Induction of the new batch

3. Examination and Results

4. Clinical Experience Hospitals – Parent & Affiliated

Community health Nursing

Field Visits Urban

Research work Rural

5. Faculty Development programme

6. Professional and co-curricular activities

(a) Other celebrations

7. Special Features

8. Moral and Spiritual Growth

9. Conclusion
 On the strings of our past history:-

The society of the Sisters of Charity of St.Bartholomea

Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa was founded in Italy in 1832 on
November 21st at Lovere, Milan. Its primary aim is to serve the
poor and the needy at all time .
Even today after 183 years it continues to extend the compassionate service to
the human kind. The sisters of Charity of Secunderabad Province is a
Registered Society under the public registration act in the year 1963.
 Vijay Marie Hospital and
Education
Society is a unit of our Main
Society.
Vijay Marie Hospital had a humble
beginning in the midst of
Chintalbasti slum in the year
1948.
Today it has grown into a 200
bedded general hospital caring for
all the sections especially the poor.
Planted, watered and nurtured by
our great missionary sisters from
Italy; the hospital is in its 66th year
of committed service to the Society.
 Vijay Marie Hospital is our parent hospital, it carries out 3
nursing programmes namely:
 General nursing and midwifery course of 31/2 years;
 B.Sc (N) course of 4years
 M.Sc. (N) course of 2 years.

The hospital also has DNB – post graduate

programme for doctors and family medicine
training in collaboration with CMC,
Vellore.

We thank and appreciate

the management for the hard work put in
for the realization of these courses in our
institution.
 Our late dear
Sr. Delphine Rasquinha, a
genius and dynamic woman
with a vision was the
Founder Principal of Vijay
Marie School of Nursing
started in the year 1973.
She laid a strong foundation of
excellence and service that was the
legacy which she left behind and it
continues to live on in the service
which we render today. It was her
dream to start a college of Nursing
but it was materialized much later
.
 Sr. Anne Ponnatil, her own student who
took over the torch from her, took the
institution to the heights of establishing
the B.Sc (N) course in 2003.

With the due permission and blessing from then Mother General, Mother
Piercarla Mauri and after obtaining the permission from the Govt, Dr.
N.T.R. University and Indian Nursing Council, New Delhi; the new
building of the college was blessed On 28 th December 2005 by his grace
Marampudi Joji, the then Archbishop of Hyderabad, and inaugurated by
Rev. Sr. Romana Fernandes the then Provincial Superior .
Today Vijay Marie College of nursing stands as a
model college for its quality and standard.
At this juncture we raise our
hearts to God in profound
gratitude and to all the persons
who toiled for the realization
of this dream.
 Admissions:-
The dream of having
M.Sc (N) course in our
college became a reality
in October, 2013. We had
the great joy of inaugurating
the newly constructed
M.Sc (N) block on 29th October, 2013
by Madam Mini Mathew,IAS (Retd),
the member of central administrative
tribunal.
We are deeply indebted to mam, for the great
help extended to us in procuring the Govt
and other official permissions needed to start
the course.
 We obtained the due permission from INC and Dr.
N.T.R. University after the required inspections by
respective bodies in March and July 2013, respectively
and the 1st batch of students 10 of them were admitted
in Nov – 2013, they are now pursuing the 2nd yr of
their course.
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 Examination and Results:-
Focused mind and hard work will
always bring success to life. We
have cent percent results every
year except few promoted students
in the first year. The 7th batch of
graduates – 32 of them appeared
and they secured 12 distinctions
and rest all first division.
 t h a t t h i s i s the
p r o u d l y say
We ca n a n d e d i c a ted
h e c o l l e ctive
fruit o f t
d t h e c o n s tant
h e f a c u lt y an
work of t e m e n t and
f t h e ma n a g
sup p o r t o e m p lo y e es
o f a l l othe r
ti o n
collabora nect e d w i t h o u r
w h o a re c o n
institution.
The rank holders from today’s graduates
are:-
Karen
1st Rank

Sailaja Mereena
2nd Rank 3rd Rank
.
Congrats dear graduates, the story of your success will go
down in the history of our college. We are grateful to all
who constantly and effectively worked towards the
teaching and training of the students.
Clinical Experience:-

Nursing requires great commitment and selfless

service. Its curriculum has an integration of theory
and practicals. We have a team of faculty who are
well qualified and committed to provide quality
education and supervision.
Vijay Marie our parent Hospital provides basic
experience in various departments.

For advanced procedures and other experiences we

are affiliated to
 Gandhi Hospital
 Nilofouer
 Asha, Railway
Maxi Vision
 Indo US Hospital .

With such exposure the students

become skillful and confident in
practice.
Field Visits:
 
Field visits are organized to different centers and Institutions like:-

 Devnar school for the Blind Children

 Water Purification Plant
 Sewage Plant
 National institute of Nutrition
 Home for the aged
 Leprosy Rehabilitation and DOT Centre
 Genetics Hospital and Research Centre
 National Institute of Mentally handicapped
 Milk Diary – Govt. of A.P.
 Thakur Rehabilitation Centre
Community Health Nursing
Department (CHN):-
Under the dynamic and dedicated leadership of

Mrs.Dhakshayani Mrs. Fatima Begum

M.Sc.(N) HOD of the Department The responsible assistant

the department perform very well in conducting of

various urban and rural health activities.
 Urban
Health
Programme
Rural Health
Camp at
Gagilapuram
 The students gain rich
experience and learn to
appreciate the hard life in the
rural areas.

Thanks to the sisters of Karunajali convent for

their co-operation and timely help to the
students during their camp there.
Research Work :
The UG and PG students take up project and
conduct a methodical and scientific research
under the guidance of M.Sc.(N) faculty. The
undergraduates get a solid foundation by
going through the research process. This
prepares them for higher and greater research
projects.

The post graduate take up the

dissertation in partial fulfillment of
their requirements by the University.
 We have external and visiting scholars and
experts in research methodology to guide
and advice the M.Sc (N) students in their
scholarly work on the project studies.

All 10 of them have been

registered for their dissertation
at N.T.R. University which they
are pursuing now in their second
year. They need to complete and
submit the dissertation before
July this year.
Development programmes / workshop / seminars:

Sr. Theresa N.L, Sr.Christine

Micheal and
Mrs.Dhakshayani attended a
5 days’ work shop at
St.Francis College for
Women, Begumpet, on
Research Methodology and
Statistics. It was truly
enriching and a heavy feed
to their brains.
Miss Stephina and Miss Deepa Prince M.Sc (N) 1st year
students presented papers at inter college seminar at
Jana Deepa Vidya peeth (JDV) Pune, in Feb. last year.
The theme of the seminar was Gender Issues /
Society / and Science. It was an excellent and
enriching exposure for the PG students.
Mr.Gladwin, Asst. Professor, Psychiatry
Nursing Dept, attended a National seminar
in Ahmedabad. The theme was “Mental
Health Nursing Perspective in Emergency
Care”
 The first batch students of M.Sc (N) organized and conducted a 2
days workshop in our college the theme being “Research
Methodology” 7 colleges participated and 150 students attended
the sessions. Experts from prestigious universities were the
resource persons. It was a well organized and enriching workshop.
 Miss. Sony, Asst.professor of medical surgical Nsg
Dept, along with 1st year M.Sc(N) students attended
a day’s seminar
on “Importance of Critical Care Nursing” at
Continental Hospital. The session was
thought provoking and enriching one.

Sr.Mary Rappai, HOD, Psychiatric Nsg. attended 5

days National Workshop on – counseling and trends

in counseling at St.Francis College for Women. It

was truly enriching with lots of inputs by experts.

The 2nd year M.Sc (N) Students attended two days
workshop at St.Francis College for Women,
on “Fitness and Health”
 Mrs. Swetha and
Miss .Sony along with 3 of
our first M.Sc (nsg)
students attended an
inter college workshop at
Pune JDV.
Theme: Science, technology and values

The students presented

papers and it was
highly appreciated by
all.
Professional and co-curricular activities:
The student cabinet:
The youth are the hope of our tomorrows. To
develop good leadership qualities in the students we
have the student cabinet elected by the students from
the student body.
 TNAI – SNA – CNGI-
The associational activities:

The present generation is highly

talented breed . To develop their
God given talents and gifts, the
college organizes varieties of literary
and cultural events at different
occasion and significant days.
Designing
Caption writing
Face painting
Cartoon drawing
Fancy dress
Paper garments
Tableau
Dance
Group singing
Poetry and essay writing
Real to unreal
Flower arrangements with
dry twigs & dry leaves.
Oh the fantastic and creative
ideas which the students
bring out are truly marvelous
and wonderful.
 IndependanceDay

To inculcate patriotic spirit in the students independence

day and Republic day are kept up with very special and
colorful celebrations. We have special features of March
past, cultural events and patriotic songs.
 Last year on Independence day Rev. Sr.Alphonsa sany, superior of capitanio
convent was our chief guest . She gave an inspiring message and appreciated
the excellent performance of the students.
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 On world TB Day students participated
in the TB Rally organized by CHAI at the
necklace road, Hyderabad.
Christmas celebration:

The most joyful and globally

celebrated great day is Christmas.
Students are vibrant and jubilant
with Christmas Carols, sharing of
gifts and giving Christmas message
in various forms and ways.
All these occasions provide moments of
relaxation, education and it strikes a
balance between the packed life of a
student nurse.
 Special Features:-

GFATM – Round 7 – INC – New Delhi

Global Fund for AIDS, TB & Malaria – Indian Nursing
Council Project – New Delhi
The Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
(GFATM) set up in 2002, is a unique global public /
private partnership dedicated to prevent and treat HIV /
AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Indian nursing council has taken up this project for
the last 6 years. Our college is one of the 55
colleges in our country who has been chosen to
conduct trainings for staff nurses, to equip them
in the care of HIV / AIDS and ART.
 Since its commencement in September 2009, we have conducted 70
trainings, trained more than 2000 staff nurses from various hospitals
and health centres from the city, from the districts of Khammam,
Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Warangal & Hyderabad. The resource
persons for this workshop are trained by INC and we have some of our
staff trained for the same.
They also have trained us to organize workshop on TB and
its treatment. Since last one and half years we have
conducted 10 such workshop of 3 days duration.
We thank CBCI-INC who have placed their great trust in our
institution.
INC conducts periodical evaluation and monitoring of this project. Mrs.Kankvar
from Karnataka and Mrs.Laressa from Mangalore had been to our institution and
had monitored and evaluated the total conducting of this project.

Also at the end of every 3 months we have the auditing by INC . In all
these evaluation, of the project Vijay Marie secured ‘A’ grade and stood
under the category of excellent.

We are grateful to God Whose unfailing

guidance and divine assistance we experience
every day .
 At this juncture we would like to
acknowledge and place on record the
untiring contribution of the following
persons, namely Mrs.Mamatha Despande,
training coordinator, Mrs. Rani.K , DEO cum
accountant, Sr.Gemma, Sr.Mary Rappai,
Sr.Jacintha Joseph, Sr.Shilly and Sr.Mary
Padma and all the employees for their
responsible and united contribution which
made the project a great success.
Vijay Marie once again
proved its hallmark of
quality and standard.
 Vijay marie – centre for Science, society and religion:

In collaboration with Indian institute for science and religion our

college has an established unit of science and religion cell. Talks are
organized periodically to inform the students the contribution and
richness of science and religion in our day today life.

Rev. Dr.Fr.Job Kozhamthadam ,

Director, IIISR and former president of
JDV, Pune, and Rev. Dr.Fr.Stephen
Jayard , professor papal seminary and
JDV, Pune, have delivered talks on
science and religion, humour and health,
respectively. those were thought
provoking and enriching sessions for our
students.
Moral and spiritual growth:-
To lay solid foundation in moral and spiritual values, to
mould the youth to be rooted in faith, the college takes
keen interest in providing moments of Prayer and
Religious activities.

The day begins with

Holy Eucharist, and
assembly Prayer. All the
important events of the
college begin with the
Celebration of Eucharist and
special prayer .
 The Annual Retreat of 3
days for 2014 was conducted
by Rev.Fr.K.T.Jose, Director,
BIRDY, Kismathpur . Members
from Jesus Youth also
assisted in leading the
students in praise and singing.

It was a deep spiritual

experience of God and his
Divine presence.
 Also each class has an active Prayer
Cell. Jesus youth group prayer,
confessions, daily Mass, daily
rosary, bible conventions etc.
provide opportunity to care for the
soul. Spiritual and value talks are
organized by experts.

Last Year at different occasion we had talks

by Fr.Benny, SDB, Fr.Sagay Raj ,principal,
St.Joseph’s junior college, Fr.Stephen
Jayard ,Professor JDV and papal
seminary ,Pune and
Fr.K.T.Jose ,Director ,BIRDY. Our focus is on
the all round development of the students.
Therefore we strive to feed them with food
for their mind, heart and soul.
 Conclusion :-
Success does not depend on size of
the brain, It always depends on size
of thoughts, speed of execution,
depth of determination and
strength of attitude. Its with such
deep trust in God almighty we
carried out our responsibilities .
We always relied on the divine wisdom and assistance that
strengthened us in our unexpected difficulties and problems of
life. God walked with us at all times .
Collective minds, collaborative spirit and united effort are the
secret of the success of our college. In thick and thin we
stood together as one family, therefore my gratitude flows
towards my sisters and faculty in the college , Sr.Mary
Rappai – responsible and committed, HOD Psychiatric
Department, Sr.Gemma , Sr.Shilly, Sr.Jacintha & Sr.Padma
whose co-coperation and hard work are praise worthy.
The committed and efficient team of faculty of
our college, responsible and trustworthy
staff of other departments, who deserve
great appreciation for their co-operation and
commitment.
All these accomplishments
would not have been
possible, but for the
unstinted support and
guidance of the provincial
and her council, the great
support and collaboration
of the management.
The sisterly understanding, and wise
guidance of Sr.Alphonsa Sany and
Capitanio Sisters

the skillful and responsible ward incharges, dedicated

team of doctors and staff, the dedicated
non teaching staff, responsible hostel wardens and all
the employees who in their unique way, have given
their best to carry out our mission smoothly and
effectively.
 We recommit ourselves
to the sublime cause of service
to the society
and continue to Endeavour to
bring out good nursing
professional, with sound
qualities of mind and heart, to
bring God’s healing to the world
at large.
With the motherly mantle of mother Mary covering
our institution, we shall strive to bring alive the
presence of Jesus into our world.
Hope the memories of this evening will
touch your hearts and will linger in
your minds for longer time.
 Thank You
Dear Sister

May God Bless you and walk with you

all the days of your life