Principal
Dr. Sr. Jasintha Quadras, f.m.m.,
M.Sc, M.Phil, Ph.D, PGDCA, M.S(CS).
Dr.
Sr. Jasintha Quadras, fmm took office as the eighth Principal of
Stella Maris College on May 1, 2008, after serving as Vice-Principal
of the college for over three years.
As an academician and
administrator, she is committed to expanding academic opportunities
for students and in helping to chart the future of Stella Maris for
the next generation.
Sr.
Jasintha holds an M.Phil degree and a Doctorate in Mathematics from
the University of
Madras. Her area of specialization
is Graph Theory and her research was titled ‘Embeddings and
Interconnection Networks’. In addition, she has a Postgraduate
Diploma in Computer Applications from Stella Maris College and MS in Computer Science from
Marquette
University, USA. She has also undergone a
course in Theology at Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune.
Sr.
Jasintha has published several research articles and presented
papers in her area of specialization. She was the recipient of the
Fr. Racin, SJ Award in 2004, for having published the Highest Number
of Research Papers during her doctoral programme at Loyola
College,
Chennai.
She
joined the faculty of the Department of Mathematics in 1996, and
held the additional post of Director, Department of Computer
Science, Stella Maris College from 1996 to
2000. During this time,
she conceptualised and set up one of the earliest state-of-the-art
computer labs in the college and helped design the syllabus for the
newly introduced BCA degree programme in 1998. As faculty, she has helped
organize and conduct symposia and workshops in the college. In addition, she has
participated in numerous seminars, workshops, conferences and
training programmes in a wide range of areas including leadership
training, capacity building, networking and quality sustenance in
educational institutions.
She has been M.Phil Supervisor for research students of
Mathematics from 2003 onwards.
An
able and tech savvy administrator, Sr. Jasintha streamlined the
functioning of the office of the Vice-Principal, automated the
day-to-day working of the campus through intranet software, and
carried out key tasks as Dean of Faculty in her position as
Vice-Principal.
A
native of Karnataka, Sr. Jasintha is a polyglot with good command
over five languages - English, Tamil, Konkani, Kannada and Hindi.
She belongs to the Congregation of the Franciscan Missionaries of
Mary, and is a firm and committed adherent of the charism of its
Foundress, Blessed Mary of the Passion.
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