▪ Students Professional Development Conference 5.0 Breakthrough to Excellence is the biggest Inter-College Conference, which is similar to TEDx wherein we nominate various leaders from different careers to be our honorary guests and inspire our students. ▪ Through SPDC we try to make the students aware of what careers are available in today’s day and what all options they have to choose from. ▪ The Second Speaker for the day was Dr. Mekhala Bawsay, a fashion and lifestyle influencer, entrepreneur and an MBA student currently nominated in the best fashion and lifestyle influencer of DGLITZ magazine.
Theme: Awareness of trends in technology. Number of Participants: 294. Methodology/Details: Department of Botany organised an International Webinar on Molecular communication across the fungus – host interface in association with Mycolgical Society of India, (Mumbai Unit). It was held online through MS Teams platform on Sunday, 7th February 2021 from 2.00pm to 3.30pm. Eminent mycologist, Dr. Naweed Naqvi, Temasek Senior investigator and Professor (Adj.), Temasek Life Science Laboratory, 1 Research Link, NUS, Singapore accepted the invite to be the guest speaker.
Department of Botany organised an International Webinar on “Molecular communication across the fungus – host interface†in association with Mycolgical Society of India, (Mumbai Unit). It was held online through MS Teams platform on Sunday, 7th February 2021 from 2.00pm to 3.30pm. Eminent mycologist, Dr. Naweed Naqvi, Temasek Senior investigator and Professor (Adj.), Temasek Life Science Laboratory, 1 Research Link, NUS, Singapore accepted the invite to be the guest speaker.
In the year 2021, the team of ITerationz(); organized two events, Cicada and Gaming League.
As a part of UTKARSHA, the academic Festival, History, Philosophy and Economics Department jointly organized a Workshop. This workshop was all about business/start up ideas and how to work on them. Mr. Prabhu Swaminathan – Founder of AFMOI, LAFORS Talent Solutions India Pvt. Ltd, g gave students, an insight into the corporate world. His ideologies, formulas for a successful start-up were very outstanding and knowledgeable.
Department of Philosophy, History and Economics cooperatively organized a digital workshop as part of the intra-collegiate Fest UTKARSHA 2021. This workshop was all about business/start up ideas and how to work on them. The workshop was conducted on MS. Teams. The resource person took over the workshop and gave an insight into the corporate world. He then proceeded with explaining the underlying principles. His way of giving examples and placing questions in front of the students was liked by everyone. Students enthusiastically answered his questions. The ‘Soft skills’ gave us an idea as to how creativity is the key to stand out and be unique. Moving ahead he threw light on ‘Mental blocks’ which are the barriers to be creative. His personal experiences added a special touch to the workshop. His ideologies, formulas for a successful start-up were very outstanding and knowledgeable. After his wonderful explanation, a Q/A session was open to all
Raashtrakavi Subramanya Bhaaratee Inter- Collegiate Seelf Composd Poetry Recitation Competition was organized on 11th Feb, 2021. Students from 12 colleges Presented their Poems ,on this occasion senior journalist and poet Mr Ravi Jain and Akhilesh Mishra were present there to Judge the competition .
• The Department of Chemistry organized Chemorisis 2021 as an Intercollegiate online Quiz on behalf of the College Annual Cultural festival “Utkarsha”, on 11th Feb 2021. 256 Students from different colleges in Mumbai had participated in Basis online Quiz while 88 students participated in Advance Chem Quiz. The entire programme was well appreciated and was overall a grand success.
It was organised under the broad objective of soft skill development and awareness creation amounts participants and volunteers. No. of Participants: 130 Department of Botany organized celebration of Departmental festival - Kalpavriksha on 11th February 2021. It was held online through MS Teams platform. Following inter-University events were conducted through the same: Kalpavriksha-Botanic Heaven (Garden Designing) Kalpavriksha-Chip-Chop Create (Vegetable & Fruit carving) Kalpavriksha-Plantfie Kalpavriksha-Green Label- Plantify Kalpavriksha-Phtygyaan-Botany Quizzaria Kalpavriksha-Florathon
An intra-collegiate advertisement making competition consisting of 24 participants to test creativity, pursuance, presentation and marketing skills was organized on 11 th February, 2021.
Department of Botany organized celebration of Departmental festival - ‘Kalpavriksha’ on 11th February 2021. It was held online through MS Teams platform. Following inter-University events were conducted through the same:  Kalpavriksha-Botanic Heaven (Garden Designing)  Kalpavriksha-Chip-Chop Create (Vegetable & Fruit carving)  Kalpavriksha-Plantfie  Kalpavriksha-Green Label- Plantify  Kalpavriksha-Phtygyaan-Botany Quizzaria  Kalpavriksha-Florathon
An intra-collegiate ad making competition was organised on MS TEAMS platform where advertisements made by the participants were screened to the audience. The product given to them was “Hand Sanitizer”. Point wise evaluation was done considering parameters such as creativity, understandability, pursuance, dialogue, background music, casting, cinematography, audio video mixing, theme, relevance and effective communication. A total of 24 students participated and presented their advertisement which was evaluated by Prof. Saravanan Nadar from the Department of BMS of SIES College of Arts Science and Commerce (Autonomous). All the ads submitted by the participants were shown to the audience during the event. Out of the 24 participants, only 2 teams won. Winners and the participants were given certificates of appreciation and participation respectively.
The NSS Cell in association with MCGM successfully collect significant amount of household and commercial waste like cardboard, paper, light bulb, items of plastic, etc. and handed over to the MCGM Waste Collectors
Department History and Politics jointly organized and online certificate course. The course was conducted by an expert in Ancient Indian Architecture and Archaeologist Ms. Anuja Joshi.
A wide variety of people from different backgrounds come together to talk about their life journey, about their work in GSPS.
On 16th February, Ms Arushi Raj from Symbiosis University and Ms Janani Srinivas from the Department of Communication and Journalism threw light on the sectors of ‘Self-publication’ and ‘Journalism’ respectively. Attendees: 44
Title: An Insight into NET/SET Preparation Objective: Guidance to NET/SET aspirants of Degree College Methodology: Online Symposium Report: On 24th March 2021, a symposium was held for the students of Third Year who were interested in pursuing teaching and applying for NET/SET exams. The guest speaker- Ms Pranali Kadam, a copy editor and doctoral candidate, guided the attendees on the topic and also provided them with exclusive study material for the same. Outcome: The students gained an insight into preparation for NET/SET examination Attendees: 18 Title: Discover Your Calling- a 5 –Day symposium about Careers and Courses after TY Objective: To give students an idea about the various careers options that are available to them after TYBA Methodology: A 5 –Day online symposium Report: From 16th February to 20th February 2021, one week, several educational talks on a wide array of professional fields were organised by the Association. A total of ten speakers guided the students on what courses and paths to take after graduation and motivated them to discover their true callings. On 16th February, Ms Arushi Raj from Symbiosis University and Ms Janani Srinivas from the Department of Communication and Journalism threw light on the sectors of ‘Self-publication’ and ‘Journalism’ respectively. On 17th February, an alumna, Ms Diana Ignatius explained the ‘B.Ed.’ course, followed with a joint-session on the ‘Teacher Training course’ by Ms Rupal Vora and Ms Rashmi Pradhan. On 18th February, Ms Sreenandini Rajiv from Pune University, spoke on the domain of ‘Editing’. Later, Ms Huda Sayyed gave insight into the MA course at SNDT University. The sessions on 19th February covered topics on careers beyond Literature and Pedagogy, which were by Ms Priyal Gala on ‘Public Relations’ and Mr Saikumar Shanmugam on ‘Media and Direction’. The fifth and the final day of the career week was by Ms Nikshitha Raja, Project Management Junior at Group Lactalis Headquarters, France. She presented information on ‘Human Resources’ and ‘Resume building’ on 20th February. Attendees: 44 Each session ended with an interactive Q&A session with the students. Outcome: The students gained a clearer insight into all the career options that are available to them after TYBA.
On 17th February, an alumna, Ms Diana Ignatius explained the ‘B.Ed.’ course, followed with a joint-session on the ‘Teacher Training course’ by Ms Rupal Vora and Ms Rashmi Pradhan. Attendees: 44
On 18th February, Ms Sreenandini Rajiv from Pune University, spoke on the domain of ‘Editing’. Later, Ms Huda Sayyed gave insight into the MA course at SNDT University. Attendees: 44
The sessions on 19th February covered topics on careers beyond Literature and Pedagogy, which were by Ms Priyal Gala on ‘Public Relations’ and Mr Saikumar Shanmugam on ‘Media and Direction’. Attendees:44
The fifth and the final day of the career week was by Ms Nikshitha Raja, Project Management Junior at Group Lactalis Headquarters, France. She presented information on ‘Human Resources’ and ‘Resume building’ on 20th February. Attendees: 44
The main motive behind conducting this project was to spread awareness regarding menstrual hygiene in rural areas.