1. The Voice of SIESCOMS September 2012
The Voice of
SIESCOMS
Reaching out to
the world
SEPTEMBER 2012
Celebrating Teacher’s Day
By Neha Joshi, Richard Manickam, Ashita D’Almeida
In our entire lifetime, if there is anyone who A day where we express our gratitude,
influences us, moulds us and adds meaning to In a non academic way,
our impressionable minds it is ‘The Teacher’. Presenting you with a few lines,
This role can be carried out by one’s parents, An attempt to make your day
friends, lecturers or any individual who
nourishes and enriches our lives for the better! Our parents left us in the class,
This day is the hallmark for all great teachers With a stranger that day,
around the world; including all the great But you comforted us,
mentors and professors at SIESCOMS! In the most special way
In order to show our love and respect for our
From tears to smiles,
dear teachers, we had organized a special
event to celebrate this day, which was nothing From hate to love,
short of splendid. You are the unbiased, unnamed parent
Who enriched us with knowledge every day
A prayer song marked the start of this get-
Without you,
together on melodious note followed by a
There would be no joy of learning,
lovely presentation on the importance and
value of having a teacher in our lives. A group
You are the source of the light
of students put forth their feelings through a
Which keeps the candle of knowledge ever burning
song to express their love and appreciation for
teachers. A string of interactive games like
If we ever had a chance to set up an exam for you,
“Complete the Sentence”, “Identify the Song”
To correct the papers and highlight the corrections to
and a few riddles entertained one and all. The
you,
element that brought life to these fun and
We would use the Pen of Love and humbly remark,
games was the active participation by our
That we love and adore you
teachers which further strengthened the bond
between them and the students. And this
To all the teachers in the world today,
bonding and relationship is something that we
Wish you the happiest Teacher’s Day
will cherish always.
-Richard Manickam

2. THE VOICE OF SIESCOMS | SEPTEMBER Issue 2
With support and encouragement of our
SIES NEWS
Web seminars conducted:
Alumni Speak
By: Mr. Akshit Gupta
I am an alumnus of PGDM 2008-10 batch, All my involvement in college activities ' has
having specialized in Finance. Presently, I am a today helped me to be a top performer at work
part of HDFC Bank working as a Relationship and I thank SIESCOMS for providing me and
Manager for Emerging Corporate Group
(Corporate Banking). My role involves
relationship management and client As a part of its continuing innovative practices
acquisition for corporate finance requirement and new initiatives at SIESCOMS, a webinar was
of mid corporates. conducted for MBA students on the topic of
Mr Akshit Gupta was a part of Pratigya, a “How to be Corporate-ready”. Mr.Ranjan Goyal,
movement for supporting the ban against CEO, Edvance Pre-schools was the expert
smoking in public places. The group carried speaker on the topic. The webinar was highly
out street plays in 20 places in Mumbai. interactive and also effective in terms of bridging
They also distributed pamphlets to spread the geographical distance between the expert
awareness for the same. speaker and the students.
The group had liaisons with several NGOs Encouraged by the success of the first webinar,
and Art of Living. They had organized a two more webinars were organized with Mr.
‘Mask-a-thon’ where participants had to Sanjay Muthal, MD, Nugrid Consulting and Mr.
walk for four kilometers wearing a mask to Thothathri Raman, Consulting Editor, Business
protect them from smoke. India as expert speakers.
The message was well received and the Elections for Student Council:
event witnessed people coming in huge Student Council elections were held in a
numbers and making the event successful. democratic manner in the month of
September. Each class (MMS, PG, PG
Pharma, PG Biotech and MCA) voted for
my batchmates a platform to hone our skills. two representatives. The newly
constituted student’s council is all geared
Corporate world only expects you to apply up for upcoming events at SIESCOMS.
your mind and knowledge with
complete focus and sincerity. For this, one Book donation drive by Sahyog:
needs to be thorough and updated in all
relevant subjects. One of the greatest
advantages at SIESCOMS is the vast pool
of highly experienced professors! I have
greatly benefitted from them and I urge
While at SIESCOMS, I was not only an attentive
every student to learn from experience of
student in the class room but also actively
participated in extracurricular activities ranging professors.
from organizing various events, corporate
interactions to branding. I was heading the
branding committee of the college and lead
one of the biggest marketing campaigns aptly The Sahyog committee had organized a ‘Book
titled ' Pratigya ' - which was greatly Donation Drive’ which received a great
appreciated by one and all including the then response. A total of 270 books including classic
CM - 'Vilasrao Deshmukh'. story books, comics, novels, textbooks,
mythological books, educational magazines
etc. were contributed by the students and the
I joined the institute with the objective of not
staff. The books were then donated to
only enriching myself but also to contribute to
underprivileged children at an NGO named
the institute. Me and my batchmates along
Aarambh at its Turbhe support center.
with our professors worked all year round to
Aarambh is an NGO which provides free
increase the brand visibility.
education to underprivileged children across
Mumbai.

3. THE VOICE OF SIESCOMS | SEPTEMBER Issue 3
SIES NEWS
Onam celebrations at SIES:
Onam was celebrated with great enthusiasm at
SIESCOMS. Students used colorful flowers to
draw a huge rangoli (pookalam).
Internal Events:
This month, internal committee organized
various events like Debates, Case Study
Competition and Singing Competition for our
students.
THE EDITORIAL TEAM IN THE NEXT ISSUE
Placements have begun in full swing at SIES College of Management
Editors: Studies. Stay Tuned in for more details!
Parag Amin , Sharmila Mohapatra &
Susen Varghese
Newsletter Committee:
Apoorva Shenoy, Divya Bhandaru, Jay Mehta,
Prerana Sawant, Sneha Shet
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