179.A Role Model

28 February 2020, was like any other working day. There are two  entry points to the  class rooms and  different departments. One the main entrance next to the college office. The second one at one end of the extension of the  main building is  normally used by the ASAP  Centre   and was identified  as an ideal  point to enter unnoticed by a clever bag snatcher.

The unexpected presence of a stranger in the corridor prompted an alert Ms.Sheena Jose, Assistant Professor to question him... Finding his answers  evasive, Ms.Sheena quickly drew the attention of Dr.Sreekala whose room the ‘stranger’ appeared to have entered.

What followed was a chase...Dr.Sreekala, her students  and college  staff who were sipping tea in the canteen adjacent to the main building. A chase that lasted almost one hundred metres led to the capture of the thief who had managed to give the slip with Dr.Sreekala’s bag.

The prompt  action and  presence of mind  displayed by  Dr.Sreekala came for appreciation in both the social media and local press. The following  working day the staff and students  felicitated Dr.Sreekala for being a role model for over 90 percent of   students of the college who are women.