Udupi: Teachers should qualify to author books - Dr U Poojary

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Udupi, 10 Feb 2016: ‘Mastery over the subject, clarifying critical issues, understanding the concepts, experience in teaching the subject is necessary to write a book on any subject. Teachers should rise to the level of writing books,’ said Dr Ummappa Poojary, former treasurer of Federation of University and College Teachers of Karnataka and Associate Professor of Commerce, Gokarnatheshwara College, Mangaluru.

 

Dr Poojary was speaking on the occasion of release of the text book titled ‘Cost and Management Accounting - II’ at St Mary’s College, Shirva near here on Wednesday February 10. The text book wass authored by Associate Professor Rajan V N, principal of St Mary’s College, Shirva and Assistant Professor Seema Prabhu of Canara College, Mangaluru to the fourth semester B Com students of the University.

 

 

The programme was presided by Fr Stany Tauro, the Correspondent of St Mary’s and Don Bosco Education Institutions, Shirva, near here.

 

Speaking on the occasion, Fr Tauro said, ‘Talking is easy but writing is really difficult task. Writing books by the teachers shows the academic maturity and comprehensive knowledge of the teachers on the subject.’ He congratulated the authors for their achievement in writing the books and wished that the book going to be accepted by the students and staff.

 

 

The book was published by one of the renowned publisher United Agency, Mangaluru.

 

 

Professor Rajan V N welcomed the guests and gathering and said that St Mary’s College is known for many publications of books written by the great authors like Professor Bhavanishanker (Kannada), Dr Padmanabhan (Political science) and Assistant Professor Praveen Kumar (Computer Science). Assistant Profssor Seema Prabhu, the co-author of the book said, ‘This book is written in a simple language understandable by even rural students. The highlights of points in each chapter helps the students to make last minute preparations, the book includes the solved problems ranging from 1985 to December 2015.’

 

 

Dr Ganesh Bhat, the director of Commerce Association of the College, proposed the vote of thanks. Pearlvita of III B Com compered the programme.