Info Brochure 2021

Professional Body Activities

The Global Conference: SIES GST MUN 2021

SIES GST Model United Nations is a two-day international relations
conference for college students held annually at SIES Graduate School of
Technology,Nerul since 2015. This conference offers delegates the
chance to discuss pressing global issues and challenge them to present
their perspectives in a way which can be an asset for the world which
further enables them to become the world leaders of the future. It is a
golden opportunity for students to showcase their debate skills , bring
their thought process and problem solving abilities to discuss the issues
and draft resolutions in response to various issues worldwide.The
seventh iteration of Model United Nations 2021 was a two-day
international relations conference for students conducted online on
Microsoft Teams platform. This year, we received a letter of
encouragement from the Secretary General of the United Nations
acknowledging our attempt to address the challenges of the current
times and to build a healthier, more equitable and sustainable future for
all. The theme for the SaatvaGSTMUN was ‘Brighter Tomorrow’. There
were three committees- SOCHUM, AI for Good Summit and MoE.

The first committee, the SOCHUM or Social,Cultural and Humanitarian Committee had an agenda to discuss the
social, cultural and humanitarian issues involved in treatment of prisoners of War. The second committee, The AI for
Good Summit had the agenda to discuss advancing human rights and development through Artificial Intelligence. The
third committee was the MoE or the Ministry of Education which had an agenda of discussion over the ‘National
Education Policy 2020’. This agenda had to be discussed with special emphasis on creation of a legislative framework.

BIZENCE

Ideas are many but only the sustainable ones find their way in Bizence organized by the Entrepreneurship
Development Cell of SIES Graduate School of Technology. It is a national level B-plan competition for budding
entrepreneurs aiming to turn their ideas into businesses. It is EDC’s Flagship event that has been conducted for the last
10 years. Over the years we have seen a tremendous amount of participation from students and professionals of
diverse backgrounds like Engineering, MBA, Commerce, etc.

Teams are challenged to conceive of a new service or product offering, and then create a business plan and concept
pitch aimed at convincing potential investors to finance the business. The ultimate goal is to provide funding not only
to ideas but also naive startups. Well-known industry professionals and venture capitalists are invited as judges and
panellists to groom our participants in the right direction.

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TECHXTER

TECHXTER is a National Level Technical Paper Presentation Competition, open to all the branches of Engineering
& Polytechnic. The aim of IETE Students’ Forum of SIES GST, in organizing a National Level Technical Paper
Presentation Competition, TECHXTER is to provide a unique platform for all tech-savvy students to express one’s
deep understanding of the technical aspect and exhibit, and their presentation abilities.
This event is specially designed in such a way that it tests all aspects of the students’ knowledge on varied topics. The
march of technology is unstoppable. This unprecedented growth has given rise to new avenues of research, for
conserving our resources and protecting our environment at the same time.

Through Techxter, we aim to bring about a new revolution in this field. Innovative ideas and abstracts from
students all over the country are accepted and the best ones are presented on this platform of ingenuity. With a
footfall of over 500, Techxter is an annual flagship event of the IETE Students' Forum of SIES Graduate School of
Technology, Nerul, Navi Mumbai. TECHXTER presents an excellent opportunity for demonstrating technical
competence and innovative talents in the form of papers. It is a place where your intellect gets noticed and
showcased in front of people who are stalwarts in the scientific community. This event is specially designed in such a
way that it tests all aspects of the students’ knowledge on their respective topics.

TECHXTER Receives more than 120 paper submissions every year from all over the country. The event is judged
by very experienced senior faculty members of various colleges and by an industry expert. IETE strives to engineer a
better world by inspiring, informing and influencing its members, engineers, and technicians, and in keeping with its
primary goal, the Technical Paper Presentation event showcases the very essence of the unbridled technical know-
how of the participants.

INNOVATIONS

Innovation is the key to development in any field. As people say one should have an innovative mind because it
contributes to the society in the best possible way. As the famous saying goes, “Necessity is the mother of invention”
which implies indirectly that it is very important to figure out a problem to come up with an innovative solution to it.
In order to encourage students to be more innovative, the CSI Student Chapter of SIES Graduate School of
Technology conducts a National level project competition, Innovations annually. It serves as a platform for young
minds to take this window of opportunity and bring forward their innovative ideas in the form of projects. Each year
teams from various institutes all over Maharashtra as well as other states, participate in Innovations in large
numbers.

The projects are from various fields such as computers, information technology, electronics, Internet of Things,
Robotics, Mechanical, etc. The submitted projects are carefully analysed based on parameters such as novelty,
effectiveness, positive impact on society and scalability. This competition provides an opportunity to demonstrate
technical prowess and excellence in their domain.

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TECHOPEDIA 2020

This is the flagship event of the IEEE team that is conducted annually. The 9th edition of Techopedia was hinged
on the theme ‘Realm of Ethical AI’. The motive of this Tech Fest was to develop various skills of students in Co-
Curricular activities and to expose them to the current trends in the technical and professional fields. It included 4
events, namely Squabble(Debate), Inquisitive(National Level Quiz), TechForage(Treasure Hunt), and
Technopreneur(national level entrepreneurship event).

BYTECAMP

The 5th iteration of SIESGST’s official hackathon took place on 20th and 21st March 2021. This year our theme
was, ‘’India: into the future’’ and related to the sub theme of Crime, Agriculture, Economy, Healthcare and Defense.
This year out of 80+ registrations we had short listed 19 teams for the day hackathon. We had 11 team from SIES, 2
from Anjuman-I-Islam’s Kalsekar Technical Campus and 1 each from Xavier Institute of Engineering, Lokmanya Tilak
College of Engineering, St. Francis Institute of Technology, Dr D.Y. Patil Institute of Engineering, team ‘we are
together’ and team ‘innovative wizards’. The hackathon started with a panel discussion with our 5 panelists Dr.
Aparna Tawte, Dr. Avanti Rane, our bytecamp mentor Mr. Artur Shaikhutdinov and our alumnis Ms. Shreya Reddy and
Mr. Utkarsh Chauhan. The theme for panel discussion was our hackathon theme, India: Into the Future. Out of these
19 teams we had selected 10 teams for the final idea presentation with help of our mentors Mr. Harshit Singh and Mr.
Artur Shaikhutdinov. The top 10 selected team presented their idea after the end of 24 hrs in front of our Judges Mr.
Kashyap Kompella, Mr. Apoorv Durga and Mr. Vivekanandn M.

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IMPRESSIONS

IMPRESSIONS is the annual technical festival which is organized by the Students of Printing and Packaging
Department since 2010. This event is organized for the students from various printing colleges which is conducted
under SIES Graduate School of Technology’s Flagship Annual Intercollegiate Cultural fest-“Tatva Moksh Lakshya''.
Impressions consist of two major events PACKATHON and NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM. For the very first time in India,
'Packathon- A Packaging Marathon' with its tagline ‘THINK, CREATE, MARKET’ took place wherein participants created
a suitable package for the given product. On the other hand, Symposium consisted of webinars and panel discussion
based on this year's theme, ‘The impact of covid-19 on printing and packaging industry and future'. These events prove
to be a huge platform to give good exposure to students which will enhance the ideology and perspective of students
towards the Printing & Packaging industry.

SYMPOSIUM

The National Symposium on various aspects in Printing and Packaging is organized by the Department of Printing
and Packaging Technology in collaboration with SIES School of Packaging and ISTE during Impressions. The 2nd
National Symposium on “AI and Automation in Printing and Packaging ” was organized by the Department of Printing
and Packaging Technology in collaboration with SIES ,School of Packaging on 29th February 2020. The event was graced
by various experts in the fields of AI, Automation, Machine learning and Panel Discussions covered major topics like
‘Technology applications and challenges in Printing and Packaging’ and ‘Future of AI and Automation in Printing and
Packaging Industries ’.

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PROMETHEAN

Second year students of SIES Graduate School of Technology organized an event called Promethean: An engineer's
solution to environmental problems to attain sustainability, for the First year students. This event is held in two rounds,
the First round being a Powerpoint Presentation and the students who qualify for the second round have to prepare for
a Poster Presentation. With numerous environmental problems faced globally and climate change being the matter in
hand, students play a crucial role in bringing a change. This is the main intention behind organizing Promethean. It is a
poster presentation competition where the students were exposed to environmental problems of today and they have
to come up with engineering ideas of their own. Workshops are held prior to every round by the Promethean
volunteers to guide the participants with the presentation of their ideas.

P-PACK

The department of Printing and Packaging technology(PPT) at SIES GSTunder the student chapter Indian Plastic
Institute(IPI),Mumbai organized “P-PACK“. A national level technical quiz on plastics in packaging conducted every year
during SIES GST’s Flagship Annual Intercollegiate Technical Festival ``Cognition”. Students of Undergraduate B.E/B.Tech
degree and diploma courses in Plastic/Polymer/Packaging related fields participate every year from all over India.
Under P-PACK, Junior P-PACK is conducted for the students at Junior college, where students develop a real time
package for a given product. It is an excellent platform for students to showcase their technical & non-technical skills
and compete amongst the brightest minds and win a handsome amount of cash prizes.

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LFPA

The Literary Team is an integral part of SIES Graduate School of Technology’s Students’ Council and the larger
GST Community. The Literary team announced a three-day Literary Festival of Performing Arts (LFPA), staging
some of the most vibrant voices, poets, storytellers, thespians, lyricists, stand up comedians and musicians to
give a chance to students to express their feelings to their peers. LFPA was held between 30th of March and 1st
April. Puppetry, Bharud, Stand up Comedy, Odd(ly) enough, Alfaaz, Kirdaar, Music, Debate, Language Workshop,
Meme Mania were the events which were part of our very first Literary Festival of Performing Arts. The
competition was very high but as it's said every competition should have a winner and so did these. Debates are
necessary to add a little spice to an event and the debate competition did just the thing it was meant for. Debate
added a fighting spirit in all the contestants and the online crowd.Memes have become an integral part of our
daily conversation and so everyone's eye was on this competition. Alfaaz means words but not any kind of words,
they are magical words and this event gave the contestants a chance to spread their magic.This Festival ended
with a mesmerizing closing ceremony.

OPEN MIC

Open Mic is the signature event of the Cultural Team. This year it was conducted online. There was a mixture
of both live as well as recorded performances. Students showcased their talents like Dance, Music, Stand-up
Comedy, Storytelling etc. A number of special performers were also called for the event. This year’s highlight of
Open Mic was when an On-field Stand-up comic Pratyush Chaubey joined us in Open Mic. He had an incredible
interaction with the students.

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BAATCHEET

The Literary Team of SIES GST conducted the first ever edition of
BAATCHEET, an online interview series which included multiple
speakers from various domains. They were the ones who have been
contributing to our society and shared their captivating journeys and
enriching experiences with the GSTians in their ‘baatcheet’. This series
included seven speakers from different backgrounds and had an
extraordinary story to convey. The speakers were - Aqsa Mushtaque,
Ronit Ranjan, Shreeyash Changle, Reeta Bhagat, Nicholas Furtado,
Anurag Salunke and Nisha Agaskar. This series of interviews acted as a
great platform for those who want to walk down the path of public
speaking and hosting. The speakers connected with the viewers using
Instagram Live as its medium.

CodeBinary

A coding contest specially organized for the First Year Engineering students to give them an exposure to
competitive coding at a very nascent stage of their engineering career. The coding competition tests their subjective
knowledge in the MCQ round and their problem solving skills in the Coding round. The event is organized on our
Codechef SIES GST Chapter’s website. This is a perfect platform for the students to learn, explore and showcase their
talent in this domain. Along with the incredible experience, they also gain many benefits by being a part of this
initiative. The judges who were our very own Alumni guide the participants on how to choose the right procedure of
learning programming and the importance of taking part in Hackathons which not only boosts up technical skills but
also the ability to solve real world problems.

COUNCIL SPEAKS

Kaustubh Salgaonkar
Literary Secretary | 2020-2021
“While I was a part of the dynamic student council of SIES GST, where
there’s a ton of energy and everyone is excited to jump in and contribute, I
have gained a lot of valuable experience and skills apart from managing
events and festivals. The student council served as a medium to have
difficult and uncomfortable conversations where we could talk about
race, gender, politics and still be friends at the end of the day. Being in the
student council, I also realized how valuable everyone else around me is,
and how valuable their opinions are, and this helped me to find the
weaknesses in my ideas and plans. There is a lot of peer learning involved,
where not only did I see a positive change in myself but also in my
teammates which then again pushed me to be better.”

Jay Pradhan
Cultural Head | 2018-2019
“Being in Student Council it was always a responsibility to constantly strive
as a team to enhance a comfortable and enriching experience of the
campus. You learn how to effectively collaborate with others and use
empathy to guide you in your decision-making.”

Ankita Dharurkar
Ladies Representative & Treasurer | 2018-2020
“My time in college was highlighted by my active involvement with the
Student Council. I have grown and learnt a lot in this period. Tackling
situations, handling finances and all other aspects of student life beyond
academics. The experience taught me a lot beyond the usual sphere and
you make excellent connections and memories!”

Mandar Sawant
Cultural Secretary | 2020-2021
“They say some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and
heartwarming. To partake a gist, my college journey is from being a shy
underconfident guy when I entered the college in FE to being the Cultural
Secretary of SIES GST ,I have come a long way and this wouldn't have
been possible without the Student Council. Student Council for me was an
escape from reality, it gave me a platform where I could freely express
myself, discover my personality and learn new things. These memories
are a lot closer than I could ever describe and I hope you can find the
same.”

The SIES Fraternity

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SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Sion(W).
SIES Institute of Comprehensive Education, Sion(W).
SIES Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology, Sion(W).
SIES College of Commerce and Economics, Sion(W).

SIES College of Management Studies, Nerul.
SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Nerul.
SIES Indian Institute of Environment Management, Nerul.

SIES School of Packaging, Nerul.
SIES Graduate School of Technology, Nerul.
SIES College for Professional & Distance Education, Matunga
SIES Center of Excellence in Management Research and Development, Nerul.

SIES Senior Citizens Home, Nerul
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