Sister Anna A. C.

• Name: Sister Anna A. C.
• Gender: Female
• Department: Geography

• Teacher: Leaven’s Academy, Lohardagga, April 2008 – Feb 2009
• Teacher: Carmel Junior College, Sonari, Jamshedpur, July 2011- May 2013
• Asst. Professor: Patna Women’s College, Patna, August 2015 till date.

• Prayag Sangit Samiti – Tabla
• Carmel Technical Institute – Typing

1. Guiding Students’ Research Projects at college level under the CPE (College with Potential for Excellence) Scheme of the UGC at the Department of Geography, Patna Women’s College, Patna University since 2017- 2018, 2019- 2020, 2021-2022.

1. Coordinator of AICUF Patna Women’s College Unit (All India Catholic University Federation) from July 2019
2. Coordinator of MVDF (Mother Veronica Development Foundation) from July 2020
3. Member Secretary, MVDF Committee, Patna Women’s College since 2020

1. ‘Growth of Secondary School Education in Bihar’ in the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Development and Management of Urban Infrastructure in India: Growth, Constraints and Prospects’ organized by the Dept. of Geography, Patna Women’s College, Patna University, on 18^th & 19^th January, 2016.
2. ‘Women Victimization in India and our Response’ in the International Seminar on ‘Challenging Patriarchy: A Humanist Perspective’ organized by the Departments of Political Science and History, Patna Women’s College, Patna University, in collaboration with Women Development Corporation, Patna and Centre for Gender Studies, Patna on 26^th  to 28th October, 2016.
3. ‘Ecological Crisis: An Ethical Response’ the National Seminar on ‘Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah: Revisiting Paradigms of Wellness’ organized by St. Xavier’s College, Patna and St. Xavier’s College of Management & Technology, Patna , on 8^th & 9^th April, 2017.
4. ‘Journey to Empowerment of Rural Women and the Role of NGO’s: A Case Study of ‘MANTHAN’ Bihar’ in the National Seminar on ‘Women in Contemporary India: Context and Possibilities’ organized by the P.G. Department of Home Science, Patna Women’s College, Patna University, Patna  from 18.09.2020 to 19.09.2020.
5. ‘Cultural Outlook of South Indian Migrants in Patna’ in the National Webinar ‘Population, Environment, Health, Sustainable Development Goals and Appropriate Technologies: Post-COVID-19 Scenarios’ organized by the 43rd Indian Geography Congress, held in the Department of Geography, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P. from October 28-30, 2021.
6. ‘Demographic Attributes of South Indian Migrants in Patna’ in the International Web Conference ‘Environment, Population and Sustainable Development’ organized by the Centre for Geographical Studies, Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna from 10^th to 12^th September, 2021.
7. ‘Cultural Assimilation of South Indian migrants of Patna: A Case Study of PMC Area’ in the International Web Conference ‘Understanding Urban Ecosystem and Moving towards Sustainability’ organized by the Department of Geography, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous), Patna University from 22^nd to 24^th August, 2022.

Seminars/ Workshops/ Symposia attended:

1. UGC Sponsored National Workshop on ‘Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in Geographical Studies’ organized by the Department of Geography, Patna Women’s College, Patna University, from 26^th & 27^th September, 2013.
2. Participated in the ‘National Youth Conference’ organized by Marian College Kuttikkanam (Autonomous) in Association with the Xavier Board of Higher Education in India from 7^th 10^th December 2017.
3. National Workshop on ‘Research Methodology and Application of SPSS’ organized by IQAC, Patna Women’s College in collaboration with The Dept. of MCA, Patna Women’s College from 7^th & 8^th March, 2018.
4. National Conference on ‘Counseling Practices in Christian Higher Education, Theme as Transforming Young Adults’, held from February 15^th and 16^th 2019 organized by the Centre for Counseling and Health Services, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, Karnataka.
5. National Workshop on ‘Effective Tools for Online Meeting and Teaching’ organized by Dept. of MCA, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous), Patna, from 29.04.2020 to 30.04.2020.
6. National Webinar on ‘The Role of E-Learning during Lockdown: Academic Challenges and the Road Ahead’ organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) in collaboration with the Department of Education, Patna Women’s College, Autonomous, Patna University, Patna, from 08.05.2020 to 09.05.2020.
7. International Webinar on ‘Covid-19 pandemic and world tourism hospitality: challenges and future prospects’ organized by IQAC, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous), Patna University, Patna, from 26th & 27th May 2020.
8. Training on ‘NAAC Assessment and Accreditation: Preparation and Training’ organized by IQAC, Patna Women’s College in Collaboration with St. Aloysius College (Autonomous), Jabalpur from 29th & 30th May, 2020.
9. National Webinar on ‘Geo-Hazard: A Prerequisite to Geo Conservation’ organized by Department of Geography, St. John’s College, Agra on 2.6.2020.
10. National Webinar on ‘Research Methodology’ organized by Loyola College, (Autonomous) Chennai from 12.6.2020 – 13. 6.2020.
11. National Webinar on ‘Research Methodology and Application of GIS tools in Geography’ organized by Department of Geography, Patna Women’s College, (Autonomous) Patna university, in collaboration with Sophia Girl’s College (Autonomous) Ajmer from 19.6.2020 – 20.6.2020.
12. National Webinar on ‘Key Insight of Intellectual Property Rights: An Interface and Emerging Issue’ organized by IQAC, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous) Patna from 25.06.2020 to 26.06.2020.
13. National Webinar on “Strategy of Atmanirbhar Bharat in the Context of Youth Migrant Labourers : A Sociological Analysis” organized by The Department of Sociology, In Collaboration with The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) , Patna Women’s College, Autonomous, Patna University from October 19th & 20th, 2020.
14. National Webinar on “Environmental Hazards & Disaster Management Using Geospatial Technology” organized by The Department of Geography, Patna Women’s College, Autonomous, Patna University on 30th June, 2021.
15. National Webinar on ‘Holistic Approach towards Community Health’ organized by the Department of Home Science, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous), Patna University from July 29-30, 2021.
16. Two Day International Web Conference on “Responding to COVID 19 challenges to Business and Society” organized by the Department of Business Administration, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous), Patna University, In collaboration with Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Patna Women’s College (Autonomous), Patna University from 8th to 9th September, 2021.
17. Three days XVI DGSI International Geography online Conference on ‘Environment, Population and Sustainable Development’ organized by the Centre for Geographical Studies, Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna  from 10^th to 12^th September, 2021.
18. The Lecture series on ‘Contemporary Development Debates’ organized by the IIT Patna (under ICSSR-IMPRESS funded project) from October-November, 2021.
19. Three days training programme on ‘ArcGIS Pro: Essential Workflows’ organized by Esri India, THE SCIENCE OF WHERE from 15^th to 17^th November, 2021.
20. National Webinar on ‘Understanding Research Ethics: The Principles and Practices’ organized by IQAC, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous), Patna University, on 21st April, 2022.
21. The RUSA sponsored Six Day Workshop ‘Capacity building for IQAC Functioning Accreditation Process’ organized by the IQAC, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous), Patna University from 10th to 15^th March 2022.
22. IP Awareness/Training program on ‘National Intellectual Property Awareness mission’ organized by the Intellectual Property Office, India on 28^th April 2022.

Faculty Development Programmes attended:

1. 7-day FDP on ‘Institutional Benchmarking on Best Practices’ organized by Shree Mallikarjun and Shri Chetan Manju Desai College, Canacona on 08.06.2020 to 14.06.2020.
2. 2 Day FDP on ‘Standards of Excellence in Higher Education’ organized by IQAC, Patna Women’s College on 5.7.2020 to 6.7.2020.
3. 5 Day FDP on ‘Curriculum Development for Outcome Based Education’ organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous) 28th September, 2020 to 3rd October, 2020.
4. Two weeks – FDP on ‘ENHANCING PSYCHOLOGICAL SKILLS FOR TEACHING & PRACTICE’ organized by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, under the aegis of MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, PANDIT MADAN MOHAN MALAVIYA NATIONAL MISSION ON TEACHERS AND TEACHING on September 15- September 29, 2020.
5. The RUSA sponsored Five Day Online Faculty Development Programme ‘Creating A Positive Work Culture: Strategy For Quality And Excellence’ IQAC, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous), Patna University, in collaboration with Aloysius College (Autonomous), Jabalpur from 23rd June to 27th June, 2021.
6. Nine days Faculty Development Programme on ‘The Nuances of Scientific Writing and Publishing’ organized by All India Association for Christian Higher Education, New Delhi and Madras Christian College (Autonomous) Chennai from 11^th July to 19 July 2022.
7. Five days Capacity Building workshop on ‘Effective Research Methodology and Publication Strategies’ organized by All India Association for Christian Higher Education, New Delhi and Madras Christian College (Autonomous) Chennai from 27^th February to 3^rd March 2023.

Publications: 

1. ‘Socio – Economic Condition of Street Food Vendors: A Case Study of Patna Municipal Corporation Area (PMC) published in ‘Explore’ (ISSN 2278-0297 – print and ISSN 2278-6414 – online), Vol. X 2018, a peer reviewed research journal published from Patna Women’s College, Patna University in 2018: 121-126.
2. ‘Growth of Secondary School Education in Bihar’ in ‘Development and Management of Urban Infrastructure in India’ (ISBN 978-93-83684-38-0), Edited by Sister Maria Rashmi A.C., Sarkar, Debjani and Chowdhury, Amrita; Rajesh Publications, New Delhi in May, 2017:156 – 167.
3. ‘Women Victimization in India and Our Response’ in ‘Challenging Patriarchy: A Humanist Perspective’ (ISBN 978-93-82059-62-2), Edited by Roy, Shefali and Sister Matilda Pereira, A.C.; Synergy Books India, New Delhi in July, 2017:22 – 32.
4. ‘Journey to Empowerment of Rural Women and the Role of NGO’s: A Case Study of Manthan Bihar’ ‘Wisdom Herald’ a international peer reviewed research journal published by Society for Indo – Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Delhi. Vol. XII, No. 3 and 4 July – December 2021 (ISSN No. 2231 1483) 85 – 92.
5. ‘Changing socialization patterns among South Indian migrants in Patna: A case study of New Capital Circle, PMC Area’(ISSN 2278-0297 – print and ISSN 2278-6414 – online), Vol. XIV, No. 1, 2022, a peer reviewed research journal published from Patna Women’s College (Autonomous) Patna University in 2022: 309 – 317.
6. ‘Cultural Outlook of South Indian Migrants: A Case Study of PMC Area’ (E-ISSN 2348-1269, P- ISSN 2349-5138) Volume 10 | Issue 1 | January 2023, UGC and ISSN Approved – International Peer Reviewed Journal, Refereed Journal, Indexed Journal, 828-836.

Other Achievements:

1. Was the Member for the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Development and Management of Urban Infrastructure in India: Growth, Constraints and Prospects’ organized by the Dept. of Geography, Patna Women’s College, Patna University, on 18^th & 19^th January, 2016.
2. Worked as a Rapporteur in the Technical Session I B in the National Seminar on ‘Development and Management of urban Infrastructure in India: Growth, Constraints and Prospects’ organized by the Department of Geography, Patna Women’s College, Patna University.
3. Worked as a Rapporteur in the Inaugural session, Plenary session and Technical Session I, in the International Web Conference on ‘Understanding Urban Ecosystem and Moving towards Sustainability’ organized by the Department of Geography, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous), Patna University from 22^nd to 24^th August, 2022.

PhD Registration:

1. Registered for PhD in the year July 2018, in Patna University, under the supervision of Dr. Sister M. Rashmi A.C Principal Patna Women’s College.