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STUDENT ACTIVITIES : 2010-2011
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The first students? council meet was held on the 16th of September, 2010. It was presided over by Prof George Abraham, Prof Dinesh Pathak and Prof Pallavi Rege .? Principal Dr Harsha Mehta welcomed the students of the council and informed them about their duties and responsibilities as part of the council. The Principal also motivated the students and explained the significance of being the leaders of the college. She said that students should participate in various activities of the college more fervently. The student leaders discussed the problems that their classmates usually face and put forth many suggestions for the same. Then came the most important aspect ? the elections for selecting the General Secretary of the college.?? This year elections were held on the 8th of October and Ms. Devi Dinesh from SYBSC was selected as the General Secretary for the academic year on the 6th of December 2010.
Activities of the Council:
  • Council goes to Parliament
To transform today?s youth into ambassadors of change, to take on the challenges and occupy worthy offices in the democratic institutions of India is the vision of the first parliament of Indian students? council leaders. SIES felt that such ?an event would enable youth of India to be conscious of the issues of the regional, national and global concern and will be well equipped to deal with it. With this purpose in mind the college decided to send three students namely Devi Dinesh, Prathamesh Pai and Vincy Abraham to the first ever parliament from 12th to 14th January 2011 at MIT school of Government ,Kothrud, Pune.
  • Job Opportunities
The college is a storehouse of talent, so every year we have a large number of companies visiting our campus for recruitment. The placement cell this year is constituted of the student council members. The companies which have already visited the college this year were Mahindra Finance, First Source, EClerx and Patni Computers. Many more are scheduled in February. The career counseling centre for the college students is another feather on the Council?s cap!
  • Vision IT IS!
Visions! The festival the entire college waits for was held this year on the 9th, 10th and 11th of December. The Visions committee was headed by Khozema Nulwala, Shankar Narayan, Kalpitha Reddy and Devi Dinesh. Both the core members and the volunteers had huge participation from the council. The prize distribution was held on the 9th and 10th of December during Visions. A large gathering of people assembled in college for the ceremony and Students? Council helped the staff members during the event. The immense participation from other colleges was the biggest success for the council.
  • Eminence Award
SIES organized an annual event where eminent personalities contributing to the society in the field of education, theatre, social work, politics, philosophy etc were felicitated. This year the event was held on 22nd January at Shanmukhananda hall, King Circle. Illustrious luminaries like ??the Nightingale of India Ms. Lata Mangeshkar, The Yoga Guru and social reformer Baba Ramdev ?and Scientist Dr Arvind Gupta ?were awarded for their immense contribution to the society and service to humanity. K Shankar Narayanan (Governor of Maharashtra) presided over the function. ?All council members were volunteers and helped the professors in putting up a great show.
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REPORT ON 1ST PARLIAMENT OF INDIAN STUDENT?S COUNCIL LEADERS
The MIT School of Government, Kothrud, Pune organized a three day event ? (dated 12th January 2011 to 14th January 2011) known as ?1st Parliament of Indian Student?s Council Leaders, where class representatives of various universities (and their affiliated colleges) across Maharashtra and India attended. These representatives were nominated by their respective institutions at the ?1st Parliament of Indian Students Council Leaders?.? The S.I.E.S College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Sion (w), Mumbai sent three members of their Student?s Council, namely:
  • Devi Dinesh (General Secretary ? SYBSc )
  • Prathamesh Pai (NSS Representative ? SYBA)
  • Vincy Abraham (Class Representative - TYBA(Politics))
In a span of three days participants like us were given an opportunity and privilege to meet and interact with several prominent personalities from different walks of life. These personalities are known both nationally and internationally. The list ranges from parliamentarians to prominent political leaders and bureaucrats , from the media to personalities from the corporate world? and from social workers to activists and academicians.? A few eminent key note speakers include:

Sr. No

Name

Profession/Known For

Topic And Session
1

Honorable Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Former President of India

Session 1 : India ? The Super Power
2

His Holiness Sri Sri Ravishankar

Founder, Art of Living

Session 2 : India Vs. Bharat : Urban ? Rural Divide
3

Dr. Vandana Siva

Noted Ecologist

Session 3 : Emerging Threats of Environment
4

Dr. Amol Patil

President, ABVP, Maharashtra

Session 4 : Youth Participation in Democracy
5

Shri. P K Biju

MPC Lok Sabha and National President, SFI

Session 4 : Youth Participation in Democracy
6

Shri. N R Narayan Murty

Founder, Chairman ? Infosys

Session 5 : Opportunities for youth in globalized era
7

Shri. Ashutosh Gowarikar

Film Producer and Director

Session 6 : Is Today?s Media and Entertainment Far Away from Reality?
8

Shri. Rahul Bajaj

Chairman, Bajaj Auto

Session 7 : Role of Corporate Sector in Nation Building
9

Smt. Aruna Roy, Shri. Nikhil Dey, Shri Shankar Singh

Founders of MKSS

Session 8 : Combating Corruption
10

Shri. L. K. Advani

Chairman ? Parliamentary Party, BJP

Session 9 : National Security
11

Shri. Chhagan Bhujbal

Honorable Minister for Works and Tourism, Government of Maharashtra

Session 10 : Developing Grassroots Leadership
12

Dr. Kiran Bedi

IPS, Retired

Session 11 : State od Women Empowerment today
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Other prominent speakers include:

Sr. No.

Name

Profession/known for
1

Shri. Kapil Sibal

Honorable Union Minister of HRD and
Communication and IT
2

Shri. Prithviraj Chavan

Honorable Chief Minister of Maharashtra
3

Shri. Nana Patekar

Renowned Actor
4

Shri. Subhash Ghai

Renowned Film Director
5

Smt. Supriya Sule

MP, Lok Sabha
6

Dr. Vijay P Bhatkar

Eminent Computer Scientist
7

Smt. Margaret Alva

Honorable Governor of Uttarakand
8

Shri. Vijender Singh

Olympic Boxing Medalist
9

Shri. Sushil Kumar

Olympic Wrestling Medalist
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The highlight? of the Parliament session was the voting session where Student?s Council Representatives could vote for the resolutions put forth in the house. The resolutions were as follows:
  • Commitment by all political parties of India to select 50% youth candidates for? assembly and local body elections.
  • Opening up of vocational training institutes in 200 Naxalite affected districts of India to train local youths.
  • 2 mandatory workshops about RTI per year in each village to contain corruption and red tapism.
  • Limiting the unrestricted consumption of electricity in urban centers and to reduce the load shedding hours in villages.
  • Setting up of Khadi textile units in each district of Maharashtra to generate employment in rural areas and to reduce the ever widening divide between rural and urban areas.
  • Commitment from each youth to plant and protect one tree in the lifetime.
  • Capacity building training for a month for all people residing in urban slum areas.
  • Elections to be conducted for constituting Student?s Council in all colleges of Maharashtra.
  • A workshop? bi-annually in each village to be conducted to? impart computer literacy and creating awareness about its needs.
  • To facilitate inter-state annual study tours for college students at concessional fares to be provided by the Ministry of Railways, Government of India.
  • To increase the number of women police personnel by threefold in the present police force.
All eleven resolutions were successfully passed. These resolutions would now be forwarded to the Parliament, the State Legislature and other government bodies and also the UNESCO.
We, the members of the Student?s Council like to extend our sincere thanks to for having sponsored our stay in Pune. It has truly been an enlightening and motivating experience for young student leaders like us.
Devi Dinesh
Prathamesh Pai
Vincy Abraham
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