Non-Teaching Staff are hidden pillars of the Educational Institute. They work hardly without seeking any recognition/reputation. Most of them stay with the Educational Institute throughout their life.
Here, I am happy to introduce some of the best
Non-Teaching Staff, in my life.
October 2000
I was a Computer Science Lecturer for Degree and PG Students, at S Ch College, in Maddirala.
Mrs. Aruna was a Non-Teaching Staff in our College.
One day, she came to our Computer Lab; and said “Sir…! Our Principal asked me to get this ‘University
Letter’ to be typed in Computer and bring the printout. I am trying to get it completed with our
Lecturer’s help, since two days. But,
almost all Lecturers are busy with their class-work. Can you help me …!”.
I said “Yes… Madam!
It’s true.
I too have to go to the class within 10 minutes. I am getting ready.
It’s a surprising matter that you are trying for it,
since two days.
But, it’s very simple task. Why can’t you do it ?”.
She said “I don’t know anything about Computer.”.
I said “These are very simple things. I can explain, if you want to know…!”.
She said “I came to know that I need to visit some
Computer Institute externally, to learn about Computer.”.
I said “There is another way… You can also learn along with your work.”.
She was very much excited 😊; and said “Can I learn ? Is it easy ?”.
I said “Microsoft makes everything simple.
Learning Computer is as simple as making your favorite dish.
Do you want to start, now ?”.
She was very happy with my question. Immediately, she said “Yes… Sir…!”.
☺
I asked her to sit in front of a Computer.
There were few more Lecturers around us. But, everyone was getting ready for going to
their Class.
She sat in front of a Computer.
By showing Computer’s ON button, I asked her to press
it.
She pressed Computer’s ON button. Then there was a big sound… DAAM…! 💥
Madam worried; and looked at me, then said “What
happened… Sir…?”. 🤔
I was smiled 😊; and said “That sound is not from
Computer. One of our Lecturers has made
it.”.
With slightly upset, she looked at back; and said
“Sir…! I am learning Computer newly. But, you are making fun…?”.
I said “He is also an old Student of this
College. So, he is privileged to do
it.”.
[ Both Prof. Nageshwara Rao and Prof. Ramesh
S are classmates in this College, during their studies. Now, they both became colleagues. Both are having habit of making environment
funny. Prof. Nageshwara is a
Cricket-lover. So, he always speaks in
Cricket language. ]
Then, Prof. Nageshwara came front; and said
“Sir catched perfectly.
Sorry Madam…! I
am just kidding…!
Learning Computer is as simple as doing Fielding. Please carryon.”.
Prof. Ramesh said “Madam…!
After becoming Lecturer also, he is behaving as a Student.”.
Then, all were laughed a lot.
Then, I said “Topic is getting diverted.”. Then, all were kept quite silent.
Madam was listening carefully with my Lecture.
I said “Madam…!
Initially, you can note down all points to get remember. Once you are on track, you will understand
very easily.
Whenever you have questions, you can make a note. You can take the help from any one of our
Lecturers, based on their availability.”.
She said “Sure.
Sir…!”.
I have explained Microsoft Windows and Word to
her.
Then, Madam was typing the ‘University Letter’.
I said “I am going to the class.
Another Lecturer is coming from his class, now. He can help you.”.
She said “Yes.
Sir…!”.
After an hour, I came from the Class.
She has completed typing work.
I have verified the document; and modified the Font
and alignment. I have selected ‘Comic
Sans MS’ Font for the entire Letter; and selected another (connected alphabets)
Font at Principal signature.
She said “Generally, we select Type-Writer Font. Is it fine changing the Font ?”.
I said “These are Computer days.
Type-Writer is having only one Font. Computer has many Fonts.
As well as, text is readable, it’s fine to change the Font.”.
She asked me reason for selecting particular ‘Comic
Sans MS’ Font.
I said “It looks very nice and artistic; and also,
slightly similar to connected alphabets.”.
Then, she took a (draft) Print; and went to get approval
from Principal.
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After seeing the Letter, Principal said “Oh. Can we change the model of alphabets like
this ?”.
She said “Yes.
Sir…! In Computer language, it is
called as a Font.”.
Principal
said “Well done…!
Now onwards, you make sure all College Correspondence
(letters) should be in Computer printed.”.
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She came back to Lab; and said “Sir…! Principal made an ORDER by seeing this task.”.
I said “Oh. You got an appreciation from Principal, with your first task. Great Madam…!”.
Our Department Staff appreciated her, with claps.
She said “Thank you very much, for your help. Sir…!”.
Then onwards, she was taking care of College Correspondence related matters.
[ Later, she was also started selecting same ‘Comic
Sans MS’ Font for her Computer work; and nicknamed it as “Sir Font”. Because of her compliment, the Font’s nickname
became very popular, than it’s original name; in our College.
Generally, nickname becomes very popular than original
name, in College life. ]
August 2002
One day, our College Electrician Mr. Murali was
in Computer Lab.
I said “In our College, we have only one Inkjet
Printer. Now, it is in another
Lab.
But there is a TVS Dot Matrix Printer also… in
our College. It was purchased in 1991,
during our College opening. It’s working
fine.
Can you verify with Prof. YagnaNaaraayana; and
bring it to our Lab. We need at least
one Printer in our Lab.”.
Mr. Murali met Prof. YagnaNaaraayana; and brought the Printer. He attached the printer to a Computer.
[ In those days, Computer Operating System was Windows ME.
Generally, all features of the device may (not) work
with default driver. Most of the time,
we need to install device driver explicitly.
Device manufacturer provides the original driver. ]
Mr. Murali said “Sir…! How to check this Printer, now ?”.
I said “It needs Ribbon, Device Driver, and Paper; to
make it work.”.
On my request, Prof. YagnaNaaraayana came to
our Lab; and said “You can get Ribbon from a shop in our hometown, by
specifying printer’s name. It’s not
costly.
I will try find original device driver from TVS
website. Due to lack of internet, I may
need one week time.
Meanwhile, you can try with the default driver. There is one default driver in Windows
printers’ drivers list. It works for
only Text, but not Images.”.
Next day, Mr. Murali bought Printer’s Ribbon,
with College Admin approval.
I have made a sample Word document with a
paragraph. I asked Mr. Murali to
verify it with each printer’s driver.
After careful observation, he has identified the suitable default driver;
and noted it. Then, Printer was working
fine (for text), with default driver.
Next week, Prof. YagnaNaaraayana brought a CD
(with Printer's latest Driver) and a Marker Pen.
He noted both ‘default and original’ driver names on printer, with the
Marker Pen.
Thus, Printer was working perfectly, for both text and
image.
Prof. YagnaNaaraayana said “TVS is a great company. TVS Dot Matrix Printer is working
perfectly, even after 10 years; and its maintenance is also very simple; i.e.,
Ribbon is not costly. We can get latest
driver from TVS website, at any time.
I have downloaded latest Printer Driver; and made a CD.”.
I said “Thank you very much for your help. Sir…!”.
[ Prof. YagnaNaaraayana brings perfection to
any request/task. ]
September 2002
One day, I went to College Office room. During the conversation with our College Admin Mr.
Moorti; he said “Sir…! I want to
know certain possibilities with Computer.
Every year, we need to send ‘Students (Admission) Report’ to University. As of now, we are doing everything with a Type-Writer. There is a lot of work, we are retyping and also with Carbon papers.
I came to know that we can save the data in Computer, and retrieve it whenever required. Can you help us in this matter.”.
I said “Sir…!
Your understanding is correct.
Even we can do better than that.
If we store the data initially, the same data can be saved, retrieved, updated, modified, recreated as many times as required, without Carbon papers. Even we can make corrections without whitener.”.
Office Typist Mrs. Nageshwari was also joined with us; and said “Yes. Sir…!
I too came to know that.”.
Mr. Moorti said “Mrs. Aruna will
come to your Lab, with required documents.
Can you help us in this matter.”.
I said “Sure.
Sir…!”.
Next day, Mrs. Aruna came with A3 sheets and
Students Registry. Mr. Murali was
also with us. I have explained to them
about Printer settings, for A3 sheet printing.
We have made a sample draft copy. Mr. Murali took it to Mr. Moorti
for review. Mr. Moorti was very
happy by seeing the draft.
Then, Mrs. Aruna was taking care of the
remaining task. Mrs. Nageshwari
was also joined with her, whenever possible.
Frequently, Mr. Moorti was also visited our Lab, to know the
progress. We have arranged one separate Computer
with UPS, for them.
[ Initially, they have entered three years Students’
data in Computer. Next year onwards,
First Year and Second Year Students information was recreated and modified, as
Second Year and Third Year Students.
Finally, one month Type-Writer’s hard-work was
converted into one week Computer’s smart-work. ] ☺
Mr. Moorti was very happy.
☺
December 2002
There was College Notification about Half-Yearly
exams.
Each Faculty member have to submit (their subject
related) Question paper in Office. As of
now, question papers were handwritten by all Faculty, on stencils.
But, the Paper print from ‘handwritten stencils’ was
not very good.
So, I asked with Mr. Murali “Can we print
Question paper on stencil with Printer, instead of handwritten ? Can we try ?”.
Mr. Murali brought two stencils from Office, for
verification.
I have made a sample Word document, with half-page.
Mr. Murali took a print on Dot Matrix Printer on stencil. We observed impression was more on stencil, due to Printer’s Ribbon.
Then, we thought “Why do we need Ribbon for stencil print ? Because, Printer’s pointer is pinching on stencil directly.”.
He lifted the Ribbon-roll
up; and took the print on remaining stencil.
Now, we have observed that Font was not very clear. I have increased the Font size to 12”. Now, Mr. Murali took print on second
stencil.
Awesome. Print
on stencil was decent, very clean, and clear.
[ Mr. Murali was having experiment
mindset. He always try to bring
perfection in work. ]
I said “As of now, I have given Question papers on
printed papers.
Now, we can print on stencil also.
Can you verify with Mr. Moorti, whether they
need question paper in (printed) paper or (printed) stencil form.”.
Mr. Murali went to meet Mr. Moorti with a sample
stencil.
Mr. Moorti asked Office Staff (Mr. Shreenu and Mr.
Sheshayya) to verify the sample stencil till we see the final paper
print. They confirmed the task as perfect.
Mr. Moorti went to meet Principal with the final (sample)
printed paper.
Principal was wondered by seeing the (computer printed stencil) work. Then, he said “Both Print and Printed text are excellent. Now onwards, let all Faculty members have to submit their question paper in ‘computer printed stencil’.”.
[ I have selected our National poem as text, on
that sample stencil. ]
Mr. Moorti felt very happy; and said "Another Principal ORDER.". ☺
Mr. Murali came back to Lab; and said “To make the question
papers, Mr. Moorti has selected ‘stencil print’, as better option than the
direct ‘paper print’; on Printer. To
print question papers in bulk, stencil powder is cheaper, when compare to the
availability of Printer’s Ribbon in our hometown.”.
In our next meeting with Mr. Moorti, I said
“Sir…!
Our Lab is in First floor; and Office room is in Ground Floor. Both are not nearer. Now a days, your (Office) Staff are coming to our Lab, frequently.
Instead of that, can we make one Computer here in
Office, permanently.”
He was surprised and impressed with my request. He said “In fact, we need to request you, for
Computer in our Office. But, you are
requesting me.
It’s really great.
You are not only old student of this College, but also Lecturer in this College.
You helped us a lot, by taking many initiatives to
computerize our Office work.
We proud of you. Sir...!”.
I said “Thank you very much. Sir…!”.
Later Mr. Moorti said “But, I came to know that AC is required for Computer. How to manage it ? We don’t have AC in Office room.”.
I said “Our College is built with hill-stone bricks. Temperature is normal in all seasons. We can manage by keeping a fan at Computer. ... ... Mr. Murali can make all the necessary arrangements.”.
Mr. Moorti said “Excellent.
But, after bringing Computer to here, in Office; how to do its work
? Who will do it, here ? We don’t know anything. Again, we need to depend on your department.”
I said “Office Staff Mrs. Aruna can do all
Computer related work for you.”.
[ All of
the Office (Non-Teaching) Staff are listening to our conversation. ]
Mrs. Aruna came forward and said “I can do it, now. Sir…!”.
Mr. Moorti was surprised by listening to her words; then, he said “Oh. It’s really great to know. Sir…!
She has learned Computer work. I thought that she is only helping to communicate between us. But, she might have given trouble to you, while learning.”.
I said “No. Not
at all. Sir…!
In fact, she was learned as a Student; with
concentration, obedient and perfection. She
took help from our Department Staff, based on their availability. During Lab hours, when our Department Staff
were not available, I asked a Student (who was familiar in Microsoft Word)
to sit at Computer, which was beside her Computer, to help her, whenever she
needs help.
So, we never faced any difficulty in helping
her.”.
Then, Mrs. Aruna said “Sir has initiated and
helped me, at each and every stage; while learning Computer.”, with Mr. Moorti.
Mr. Moorti said “Great. So,
Madam became ‘Office Computer work’ specialist, now.”.
Then, everyone appreciated Mrs. Aruna, with claps.
Later, Office Staff Mr. Jilaani said “Sir…!
Madam has learned Computer, without paying the College fees.
We need to mention to Principal.”, with Mr. Moorti.
Then, all were laughed a lot.
Mr. Murali made a cabin for Computer, at a corner of the Office
room. He has attached UPS and Printer to
Computer, along with a stand-fan.
Later, other Non-Teaching Staff members were started
learning Computer from Mrs. Aruna. Thus, she became a role model in Office
Computer Work, for Non-Teaching Staff, in our College Office.
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Kudos to
all
Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff
S Ch College, Maddirala
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Name : Pronunciation
Nageshwara Rao ( నాగేశ్వర రావు ) : Naageashwara Raavu
Ramesh ( రమేష్ ) : Rameash
Nageshwari ( నాగేశ్వరి ) : Naageashwari
Sheshayya ( శేషయ్య ) : Sheashayya
