Genograzia09 was a three - day festival organized by the students of Biotechnology under the aegis of VISIONS. It was flagged off by our Principal, Dr Harsha Mehta on 21st Dec. 2009.

'Grazia' stands for 'GRACE' and it will be our strongest endeavor to incorporate grace as an essential element in all our events. Genograzia09 attracted both the UG and PG students from all over Mumbai. The participants were from various faculties namely, Microbiology, Bioanalytical Sciences and other branches of Life Sciences apart from Biotechnology.

It had some novel events which were a great hit among the participants. In its first year itself over 15 colleges participated which is a formidable achievement by itself. The events were as follows:

The judges for the above events were faculty from various colleges of Mumbai as well as in-house faculty members.

KALPAVRIKSHA

Following workshops were a great hit among the participants.

• Workshop on Horticulture - Making of terrarium, dish garden, hanging baskets, vegetable and fruit carving etc.
• Workshop on Cosmetology - Making of cosmetics using plant extracts.

• Making Herbal juices - Varieties of fresh herbal juices & Kashmiri tea (Kahwa) were prepared by the students and offered to the visitors.

Following inter collegiate competitions were held.

• Flower arrangement - Arrangement of flowers in a very attractive manner.
• Sip-n- slice- Making cock tails and salads by using any fruits or vegetables.
• Plant-o-Craft -? Use of only plant materials(dead or alive).?????

We also had an? exhibition of various Medicinal plants & the students explained the medicinal values of each plant in a very vivid manner. It was a very satisfying experience.

MICROXPLORE

?Microxplore? is an exhibition organized annually by the Department of Microbiology. The 18th MICROXPLORE was held on 25th and 26th September 2009.

The exhibition was conducted basically to introduce Microbiology as a subject to newcomers i.e. FYBSc students and also 11th and 12th standard students to make them aware about the scope and careers in Microbiology.

The event was conducted by our SYBSc students under the guidance of Dr. Manju Phadke and Ms. Rajitha Radhakrishnan.

The exhibition covered the following topics in interesting manner to the new comers.

History and Scope of Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Food Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Industrial Microbiology, Genetics, Immunology, Biological warfare and Cell structure of microbes.

As part of Golden Jubilee celebration of our college the exhibition also included inter collegiate events . The events included:

Students from 8 different colleges from the city participated in the above events. The event was partially funded by Union Bank.

PHOENIX

The academic? year 2009-2010 witnessed the rise of PHOENIX from its ashes, after 5 long years!!! Hence this title matches the IT department in its truest sense?

The combination of a supportive faculty and 60 dedicated team mates contributed to the grand success of PHOENIX.

IT students showcased their talents and sincerity in the fields of Marketing, Public Relations, Creativity, and Event management.

PHOENIX? comprised of four unique events that were executed in a span of two days.

• JIGSAW C challanged the C programming skills of IT enthusiasts. The event relied heavily on the basics of C language in which a C program was split into a number of parts. The challenge was to assemble all the parts of the given program in correct sequence in the minimum time possible.

• RUSH HOUR mustered a huge crowd attracting 100 people in the first few hours of registration. This is about Remote controlled circuit car race. The participants were provided with RC cars and were required to cross all hurdles through their ability to swift through the circuit.

• COMEDY CLUB event proved to be the ultimate laughter ride. Stand up comedy, Comedy with props, Video round were the heads under this event.

• ?WHATS YOUR CQ? tested the basic computer knowledge of the participants. This event comprised of two rounds. The preliminary round involved identification of the hardware components of a computer. The eventual round tested the ability of participants to utilize the shortcuts through keyboard without using mouse.

A whooping 15 colleges registered with PHOENIX and the participants were very happy.

PHOENIX boasts of 30 large and small sized artistic posters to attract intra and inter participants. Every nook and corner of the college seemed to display the creative skills of PHOENIX.

The articulate event names and taglines targetted to capture the mind of one and all.

Finally, PHOENIX was a learning cum fun filled journey?? ?AN UNFORGETABLE EXPERIENCE? and ?VISIONS will rise to greater heights in the coming years?

XZOOBERANCE

The festival of Zoology department XZOOBERANCE, this year had the theme ?UNISOL-THE LAST DROP OF WATER?. It was held on 21st, 22nd and 23rd December 2009 along with VISIONS, the college fest. The fourth year of XZOOBERANCE has been our small contribution to the movement against the apathy of our lifeline-WATER. We use it, misuse it and strive for it and we curse it. We are happy for it and we cry because of it. Water is just like our own property. This is what we think and this is what we err at.

Thus we set out this year to find out what we humans are erring at. And, the event based platform like XZOOBERANCE helped us. We have been successful in accomplishing our goals of creating awareness. The different competitions helped us in justified portrayal of water as a commodity, as a source, as the pacifier and as the danger. We received participation from other colleges as well.

The only event away from the theme was the ?KNOCK OUT? which was held on 23rd. It was a combination of many fun games akin SU-DO-KU, LUDO, BRAINVITA etc. This was a unanimous volunteer demand which was duly fulfilled and greatly enjoyed.

Overall UNISOL - THE LAST DROP OF WATER?. attracted a good audience and they left highly enlightened.

ZIEGERS

Ziegers - Computer Science Festival is being celebrated from last four years. This year Zeigers ?09 ?was held on 21st, 22nd and 23rd December 2009 during Visions ? The College Fest.

The first day commenced with an enormous response to the star event of LAN gaming - NFS and Type Racer. On the second day LAN gaming - FIFA was played. Masters in Programming and Web Designing event had its share of participation from the brainy and creative lot of students. Both the events continued to receive overwhelming response. The third day began with finals of LAN Gaming. The game Counter Strike was played. Photomate along with IT Quiz / Crossword, the brain wrecking events, were held, where participants were tested on their IT knowledge and creativity.

Thus the 3 day fest was great hit among the students of not only our college but also among students of 30 other colleges who participated and contributed to the success of ZEIGERS ?09.

The entire Ziegers team whole heartedly thank all the supporters.