Botany Department Report- 2018-2019

25th April 2020, Botany Department

Report of Departmental activities conducted during the academic year 2018-2019

Talk by Ms. Lynn D’Lima

13th April 2020, Physics Department

Ms. Lynn D’Lima, Research Fellow, Microbiology Department, SIES College gave a talk on the working of UV-Visible Spectrometer. 18 students of F Y BSc attended the lecture. This was followed by the demonstration in the Microbiology lab

workshop for Non teaching staff

13th April 2020, Physics Department

Under the guidance of Mr. Kiran Nabar, colleagues in the department conducted a workshop on the working and maintenance of power supply

Summer school

13th April 2020, Physics Department

Physics Department conducted IAPT summer school 2018 from 4th June 2018 to 15th June 2018 . 34 students from different colleges in Mumbai benefited. The sessions were conducted the teachers from different colleges and IIT, Mumbai

Guest Lecture

11th September 2019, English Department

An intriguing session was organised by the Departments of Philosophy and English on Adorno, Exile and Culture by Mr. Jatin Wagle on 11th September 2018

Internships 2018-2019

1st May 2019, Microbiology Department

20 students of F.Y,S.Y and T.Y did internships in different clinical Laboratories, Hospitals, Biopharmaceuticals and Mahananda dairy in the city

Developing Research Skills in Social Sciences

28th March 2019, Politics Department

Workshop under UGC Grants on “Developing Research Skills in Social Science” for academics, faculty and students.

Staging of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

22nd March 2019, English Department

Students of FYBA English LIterature staged Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and the play was very well received by the audience.

Guest lecture on Creative Writing by novelist Damini Kane

5th March 2019, English Department

The award winning novelist Damini Kane spoke to the students of English Literature on plot development, character creation and writing a novel.

Guest Lecture

5th March 2019, English Department

On 5th March 2019 Damini Kane, author of The Sunlight Plane spoke to our degree college students on ‘Creative Writing’ in a highly interactive session.

Workshop on Creative Writing

1st March 2019, English Department

15 students of English Literature and the Head of the Department, Dr. Lakshmi Muthukumar actively participated in a creative writing workshop conducted by Dr. Peter Gerlach, Adjunct Faculty, University of Iowa at the Dosti House, BKC.

Visit to USIS

1st March 2019, English Department

On 1st March 2019 SYBA and FYBA students attended a Creative Writing Workshop conducted by Dr. Peter Gerlach at Dosti House (the American Library).

Placements

27th February 2019, Information Technology Department

Placements by Learning Curve on 27th February 2019

Placements

27th February 2019, Information Technology Department

Placements - Infosys on 27th February 2019 - (12 students selected)

Recruitment Drive

27th February 2019, English Department

The English Association in collaboration with Mahindra Integrated Business Solutions arranged a Recruitment Drive on 27th February 2019.

Workshop

26th February 2019, English Department

On 26th February 2019, the English association in collaboration with the Tamil, Marathi, Hindi and Malayalam associations organized a lecture cum demonstration on “Dubbing as a Career” by Ms. Indu Iyer of Traffic Signal fame.

Placements

25th February 2019, Information Technology Department

Placements - TCS on 25th February 2019 - (1 student selected)

National Seminar titled Cityscapes: The Metropolis in Verse

23rd February 2019, English Department

The Department of English organized a One Day National Seminar on city poetry called Cityscapes: The Metropolis in Verse which was attended by 88 participants. Several poets from across the country partipated.

Placements

14th February 2019, Information Technology Department

Placements - ACTY Systems on 14th February 2019

Placements

11th February 2019, Information Technology Department

Placements - Savage & Palmer on 11th February 2019

Alumni Interaction

11th February 2019, Politics Department

Department alumnus Dr.Rashmini Koparkar (PhD, JNU) delivered a talk on “Opportunities and Avenues in Higher Education”

Placements

7th February 2019, Information Technology Department

Placements - Adhar Housing Finance Ltd.on 7th February 2019

Placements

7th February 2019, Information Technology Department

Placements - Manorama Food Products on 7th February 2019

Workshop on Effective Report Writing

7th February 2019, Bachelor Of Mass Media(bmm) Department

A workshop on Effective Writing was conducted by department of Mass Media hosted by Mr. Pawan Badlani

Certificate Course in Food History & Culture in India

2nd February 2019, Politics Department

A Certificate Course on ‘Food History and Culture in India’ acquianting students with culinary history of India. The course was organised jointly with Department of History from 2nd-28th February, 2019 under UGC Grants.

Alumni Interaction

2nd February 2019, English Department

A Session on ‘The Art of Creating Advertising Copy’ was taken by Mr Nigel George on 2nd February2019

Visit to Jaipur Literature Fest

29th January 2019, English Department

The English and Economics Departments organized a visit to the Jaipur Lit Fest in Jaipur, Rajasthan from 25th -29th January 2019 for TYBA students. The students interacted with many writers and attended various literary events.

Industrial Visit to the Jaipur Literature Fest

26th January 2019, English Department

15 students of English Literature (TYBA) along with two staff members actively participated in the Jaipur Literature Fest in Jan 2019.

Parents'-Teachers Interaction

19th January 2019, Psychology Department

Department arranged an Interactive session for the teachers of the Department and parents of current batch of TYBA Psychology students

Guest Lecture

19th January 2019, English Department

A Guest Lecture on ‘Careers in Media’ by Mr S. Saikumar, Managing Director, ITP Publication was held on 19th January 2019

Placements

18th January 2019, Information Technology Department

Placements --TCS on 18th January 2019

Placements

17th January 2019, Information Technology Department

Placements - Calvin Klein & Tommy Hilfiger on 17th January 2019

Placements

14th January 2019, Information Technology Department

Placements - CapGemini on 14th January 2019 (8 students selected)

Alumni Interaction

12th January 2019, Information Technology Department

Project Guidance Lecture for Msc IT students by Elise Justin & Aishwarya Mishra (2018 passouts) on 12th January 2019.

Workshop on Basic Skills in Microsoft Office

8th January 2019, Biochemistry And Food Technology And Nutraceuticals Department

ICT based workshop, 'Basic Skjills in MS Office' conducted on 8th, 9th and 10th of January, 2019 in collaboration withy Centre for Excellence, SIES College .

Workshop on Basic Skills in Microsoft Office

8th January 2019, Biochemistry And Food Technology And Nutraceuticals Department

The department of Biochemistry in collaboration with Center for excellence, SIES College had organized a three day workshop on Basic skills in Microsoft office for TY BSc. Biochemistry (3 Units) .MS Office being the most widely used application around the world, every student /working professional needs hands-on knowledge to complete his tasks effectively. In this course, the participants were introduced to MS Word , MS Excel and MS PowerPoint.

Bootcamp on Data Science

5th January 2019, Information Technology Department

TYBSc(IT) students taken for “Bootcamp on Data Science” organized by ISME – School of Entrepreneurship, Indiabull Centre, Lower Parel on 5th January 2019

Placements

5th January 2019, Information Technology Department

Placements - Infosys on 5th January 2019 - (1 student selected)

Iterationz

15th December 2018, Information Technology Department

Under (UTKARSH -“Iterationz”) - an Exhibition on “Artificial Intelligence” conducted on 15th December 2018.

Placements

12th December 2018, Information Technology Department

Placements - Endurance on 12th December 2018 - (1 student selected)

Placements

5th December 2018, Information Technology Department

Placements - Media.Net on 5th December 2018

Suit Up

1st December 2018, Bachelor Of Management Studies (bms) Department

This event helped the teams to get an overall up gradation of their skills. The first round was based on the writing skills, the second was based on the investment skills and the final round was based on the overall management skills. The different situational scenarios helped them in building up their team decision making which is a must to become a great entrepreneur.

Moderation of TYBSc Sem V

3rd November 2018, Microbiology Department

Moderation of TYBSc Sem V Paper II & III done by external moderators on 3rd November 2018

Moderation of TYBSc Sem V

2nd November 2018, Microbiology Department

Moderation of TYBSc Sem V, Paper I & IV done by external Moderators on 2nd November 2018

RECRUTIFY

27th October 2018, Bachelor Of Management Studies (bms) Department

The event was a step towards making people Job creators instead of job seekers. It provided them with a boost in their confidence and helped them to know and understand a broader perspective of what their creativity is capable of.

NDTV SPOTLIGHT: NAMASTE ENGLAND

14th October 2018, Bachelor Of Mass Media(bmm) Department

The students of BMM attended NDTV Spotlight event of Namaste England which was Fun and interactive for the students

Alumni interaction

11th October 2018, Microbiology Department

Miss Sharada Iyer (Bsc:-2017-2018) briefed TY students about admission to MSc Vellore Institute for Msc in Genetics on 1st Oct 2018

LIC visit for PhD lab recognition's continuation

11th October 2018, Microbiology Department

University appointed LIC committee constituted of two members, Dr Anushree Lokur (Principal, Ruia College) and Dr Bela Nabar HOD Microbiology CHM college, visited department of Microbiology on 11th October 2018 for continuation of Lab recognition of Ph.D.

NDTV SPOTLIGHT

11th October 2018, Bachelor Of Mass Media(bmm) Department

the students of BMM were enlightened in the by the speech given by the cast and crew of the movie Badhaai Ho

Street play under the subject Effective Communication Skills

6th October 2018, Bachelor Of Mass Media(bmm) Department

Every Student of FYBMM participated in the street play to aware the college students about the social issues which are a concern of the society.

SYBMM UC Short Film Competition

1st October 2018, Bachelor Of Mass Media(bmm) Department

SYBMM Conducted a Short Film Competition for SYBMM on 2018-19

Placements

30th September 2018, Information Technology Department

Placements - Wipro on 30th September 2018, 9th October 2018 and 19th January 2019

Placements

29th September 2018, Information Technology Department

Placements - Deloitte on 29th September 2018 – (7 students selected)

Mock Stock

29th September 2018, Bachelor Of Management Studies (bms) Department

Students from different streams and colleges gained knowledge about what a stock market is and how it works. This event was very productive for every participant as they learnt about every aspect of investing and divesting. The event was closed by providing them feedback forms. Their feedback was filled with enthusiasm and love about how they loved the event and their want for more such events.

Alumni interaction

27th September 2018, Microbiology Department

Miss Gargee Chawande from B.Sc 2017-2018 briefed TY BSc students about how to study for Sem V & admission to food microbiology

Parents Teacher meet of TYBSc students

22nd September 2018, Microbiology Department

Parent’s teachers meet was arranged on 22 sept 2018 attended by 29 parents out of 35.

Value Lab Event on the theme of ‘TIME’ - Drawing Competition

22nd September 2018, Bachelor Of Mass Media(bmm) Department

Value Lab is an initiative started by Dr. Uma Shankar, the Principal, to restore the values that people tend to forget over time. Every year, each department gets a value to be propagated and this year the department of BMM got Time as their value.

TYBA. Politics Industrial Visit (Baramati, Pune)

22nd September 2018, Politics Department

A field visit to Baramati Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Baramati, Pune for the TYBA students acquainting them to the changing political economy of Maharashtra on 22nd-24th September, 2018.

VALUE LAB CLASS ACTIVITY REPORT - DEBATE

19th September 2018, Bachelor Of Mass Media(bmm) Department

A debate was conducted on topics like Ethics followed by TV News Channels in light of TRP needs, Body-shaming and Sexual abuse of males and females, Portrayal of LGBTQ community in mainstream media.

Essay writing competition by Sir Sathya Sai Seva Organisation

12th September 2018, Bachelor Of Mass Media(bmm) Department

The essay writing competition was held by Sir Sathya Sai Seva Organisation as a part of their Youth Awareness Programme. The topics for the competition were regarding social development as an individual and a society.

Symposium on 'Role of Media in wildlife reportage’

11th September 2018, Bachelor Of Mass Media(bmm) Department

FYBMM attended the symposium. The symposium covered the life of leopards in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Aarey Milk Colony and how they are portrayed in news reports.

Symposium on 'Role of Media in wildlife reportage’

11th September 2018, Bachelor Of Mass Media(bmm) Department

FYBMM attended the symposium. The symposium covered the life of leopards in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Aarey Milk Colony and how they are portrayed in news reports.

Guest talk by Dr. Jatin Wagle

10th September 2018, Philosophy Department

The Departments of English and Philosophy jointly organized a guest talk ‘Adorno: Exile and culture’, for TYBA students. Adorno’s life journey was presented in a vivid way to the audience by Dr. Wagle. He highlighted the different aspects of Adorno’s life namely his exile and the way he influenced the German culture through his literary works.

Godrej Cultural Lab event - 'Manto now'

7th September 2018, Bachelor Of Mass Media(bmm) Department

The students of BMM went for the NDTV Spotlight in was 'Manto now: Free speech in contemporary India’. The conversation centered around how there are consequences just for expression of views.

NDTV Spotlight with the cast and Crew of the movie Manto

6th September 2018, Bachelor Of Mass Media(bmm) Department

The students of BMM were enlightened by the speech given by the cast and crew of the movie Manto

Inauguration of students unit (Microbiological society of India)

1st September 2018, Microbiology Department

Inauguration of students unit of Microbiological society of India on 1st September followed by a guest lecture by Dr Madhura Ghayal (Jai Hind College, Dept of Microbiology), attended by 96 PG and UG students.

NDTV Spotlight with Paltan

30th August 2018, Bachelor Of Mass Media(bmm) Department

BMM students took part in an interview for NDTV Spotlight with the crew of the film "Paltan".

Poetry Competition

25th August 2018, English Department

A Bilingual Poetry competition was jointly organized by the Departments of English and Hindi, in collaboration with “Synergy” on 25th August 2018.

Movie Screening by Bhaskar Sir

21st August 2018, Bachelor Of Mass Media(bmm) Department

The students stayed back after the screening to discuss the nuances, plot, and scenes of the movie with Bhaskar Sir. He entertained their doubts and views with enthusiasm.

Industrial Visit

20th August 2018, Microbiology Department

T.Y.B.Sc 6 unit student were taken for industrial visit on 20 August 2018 to Organica Biotech, Govandi

Pose for a Cause

20th August 2018, Bachelor Of Management Studies (bms) Department

The after-effect of this event was great, we got an engagement of more than 2000 people visiting our profile and knowing about EDC. It was very helpful for EDC in reaching out to the students of our college who yet didn’t know about our cell.

Manmoklya Gappa

18th August 2018, Psychology Department

Actors Ms. Jui and Actor Mr. Ms. Jui spoke about her experience in Marathi Industry. She was recently screened in a reality show 'Big Boss'. She mentioned that Big Boss was not scripted but very well edited. Students asked both the actors a lot of questions. It was a very interactive session. Students are always fascinated about the glamorous cine world hence the program was very well received.

Can You Quiz It?

13th August 2018, Bachelor Of Management Studies (bms) Department

Different questions which were from different fields helped the event to cover all the aspects of general knowledge. This online event was very productive for the participants as they were learning about the different aspects which they weren’t aware of, simultaneously. After the event was over, the participants gave a feedback about the event and are expecting more similar online events.

Godrej Cultural Lab event on Civic Entertainment

11th August 2018, Bachelor Of Mass Media(bmm) Department

the students of BMM Godrej were enlightened by the Cultural Lab event on Civic Entertainment

Guest Lecture

10th August 2018, Hindi Department

a guest lecture organized by Hindi Dept. on the topic 'Nari Vimarsh va Hindi Kavita' by Dr. Rajam Natrajan.

BOS meeting

10th August 2018, Microbiology Department

BOS meeting for PG was conducted successfully on 1st August 2018.

Induction Ceremony

7th August 2018, Bachelor Of Management Studies (bms) Department

The induction was a mesmerizing ceremony creating an aura of nostalgia for the outgoing Board of Directors while showcasing what the cell aspires to be as well as motivating the incoming Board of directors to work toward and realize the vision.

Guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Kanchana Mahadevan

6th August 2018, Philosophy Department

Philosophy Association organized a guest talk on 'Study of Philosophy: its role in research prospects and career enhancement', by Prof. Dr. Kanchana M.

Workshop by alumni

1st August 2018, Information Technology Department

Yash Khona (passed out in 2018) conducted 10 hours hands on workshop on “Scratch Programming” for FYBSc(IT) students to improve their logic building and programming skills in the month of August 2018

Nature Trail to SGNP

1st August 2018, Politics Department

Nature Trail to Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Kanheri Caves for students of SYBA studying Applied Component Paper of Travel and Tourism Management on 1st August, 2018. Dr. Aditya Akerkar (Department of Zoology) guided the trail.

1st August 2018, English Department

An alumnus of the department, Ms. Anmol Dutta, held a talk for the Third Year BA English Literature students about various educational opportunities after graduation, on 1st August 2018.

31 st July - Premchand Jayanti

31st July 2018, Hindi Department

31st July - Premchand Jayanti was celebrated . On this occasion the movie 'Shatranj ke khiladi ' was screened and a discussion by faculty & students followed.

Praja Foundation's Orientation Programme

30th July 2018, Politics Department

Praja Foundation is a non-partisan organisation working towards accountable governance. This programme was organized to orient students towards Praja's initiatives and especially its Fellowship Programme to assist Municipal Councillors in creating good governance.

Book release and Career Symposium

27th July 2018, English Department

Ms. Laxmi Natraj's novel ' A Bride, A Murder and a Trail of Blood' was released and followed by a Career Symposium at which Ms. Rachna Tyagi, Senior Correspondent, The Week, Ms. Sangeeta Balachandran, Actress, Scriptwriter and Director, and Mr. Raamesh Raghavan, poet and entrepreneur spoke on various career choices after graduation.

Team Mania

26th July 2018, Commerce Department

The First event of Commerce Association 18-19 in collaboration with The Value Lab is named 'Team Mania'. Following the Monthly Value of The Value Lab the event was based on the value 'Team Work' and was open to all streams for participation. Team Mania event had 3 rounds and there were 20 teams who had participated.

Placements

24th July 2018, Information Technology Department

Placements - Larsen & Tubro Infotech on 24th July 2018 – (7 students selected)

Field visit to Parsi Madarassa

21st July 2018, Philosophy Department

Students of SYBA Comparative Religion visited the Parsi Madarassa at Dadar as a part of their academic study visit. A talk was arranged where Dr. Karanjia, a Zoroastrian scholar interacted with the students and explained them about the religion.

All about Entrepreneurship and more.

18th July 2018, Bachelor Of Management Studies (bms) Department

Prof. Samish Dalal had grabbed everyone’s attention the minute he started talking. With his admirable knowledge about entrepreneurship and student-friendly humour, he gave an accountable insight to the students about entrepreneurial world, by which the students are looking forward for more such enthusiastic events by the EDC.

Guest Lecture

13th July 2018, English Department

Ms. Shama Todurkar, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, gave a lecture on 'Freudian and Jungian Psychoanalysis' to TYBA English Literature students.

Field Visit tp Mahim Nature Park

12th July 2018, Philosophy Department

Students from TYBA Philosophy were taken for a field visit to Mahim Nature park as a part of their academic study visit for the paper 'Living Ethical Issues'.

Introduction of Foldscope at Amboli

11th July 2018, Zoology Department

80Students from Amboli public School and Union Public School attended the first workshop in introduction of Foldscope.

Student's presentation on Zoroastrianism

7th July 2018, Philosophy Department

Students presented on Zoroastrianism religion highlighting the festivals, calender and the symbols associated with the religion.

MOVIE SCREENING

6th July 2018, English Department

The movie 'Emma' was screened for the students of SYBA and TYBA and there was a discussion after that.

Workshop on Materialist Philosophies

5th July 2018, Philosophy Department

The Department took TYBA students to R.N. Jhunjhunwala College for a workshop on “Materialist Philosophies: Comparative and Contemporary Perspectives” Multicennial Reflections on the Legacies of Karl Marx (1818-1883) & Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya (1918-1993)

Alumni Interaction

2nd July 2018, Information Technology Department

Seema Shaikh and Rahul Kallil (passed out in 2018) demonstrated their project on “Data Mining” to the TYBSc(IT) students in the month of July 2018.

Alumni Interaction

2nd July 2018, Information Technology Department

Srikanth Gaddapati, Nagaraju Singaram, Abhirami Dinakaran and Aslam Shaikh (passed out in 2018) demonstrated their project related to Embedded Systems to the TYBSc(IT) students in the month of July 2018.

Activity - My Persona: Express yourself

24th June 2018, Bachelor Of Mass Media(bmm) Department

The students of FYBMM had an event under their subject Fundamental of Mass Communication under which they explained their persona by dough and also they even presented with full creativity

International Yoga Day

21st June 2018, Philosophy Department

Philosophy Department celebrated Yoga Day, jointly with NSS Unit of the college, to acquaint the students with the practical aspect of Yoga philosophy

BOS meeting

19th June 2018, Microbiology Department

BOS meeting for sanctioning of UG syllabus was successfully conducted on 19th June 2018

Commerce Board of Studies Meeting

14th June 2018, Commerce Department

Meeting of the Board of Studies of Commerce under Autonomy for passing syllabus and evaluation pattern.

Guidance Lecture

5th February 2018, Information Technology Department

Guidance Lecture for TYBSc(IT) students on the forthcoming “National Upskill Entrance Test” at IIT, Bombay on 5th February 2018