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EVENTS & HAPPENINGS IN FEB 2013

LAURELS OF SCIT

COVER STORY

GULLY CRICKET LEAGUE

ADMISSIONS 2013

FAREWELL TO THE 2011 – 13 BATCH

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FACULTY CORNER

COVER STORY

EVENTS & HAPPENINGS

STUDENT SPACE

NOTE OF THANKS

GRAFFITI 2013

ADMISSIONS

EDITOR’S CORNER

Mrs. Sadhana Ghalsasi

Where all the action happened!

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FAREWELL TO

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CONTRIBUTIONS

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SCREENING

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SESSIONS

Admissions for the 2013 – 15 batch

Gully Cricket League

Team Drishtikon’

Team Drishtikon’

A Farewell to fare well

Laurels of S.C.I.T.

Editor’s Note

Amongst the farewell and the keep in touch messages, amongst the promises to coming

back to campus, amongst the seniors retiring and juniors taking over, we hand over this

final issue of this academic year 2012-13 to you all readers. This issue is special because

it is brought out in a fast track manner by the juniors, making it the only issue so far to

come out in the least time.

But, we have not compromised on the quality of the contents. We have Graffiti as the

cover story, followed by GCL, which took place during the month of February. We had

another big event at campus the GEPI process for aspirants. Read about the heroes

behind making it a successful event. Drishtikon carried out activities such as GDs and

movie screening. Find more about it in this issue. Also we do have an article

acknowledging the senior students’ contribution to Reflections magazine.

With a promise that we will back again, with a brand new issue of Reflections, in the

month of August,

Wish you all the best.

Sadhana Ghalsasi

Chief Editor – SCIT Reflections

Editor’s Note

A SPECIAL NOTE OF THANKS TO THE

REFLECTIONS SENIORS

The discussions about a magazine by students of

SCIT started last year during internship time,

when Devesh Mathur posted about such an idea in

Drishtikon FB page. He was seeking views from

the audience. I liked the idea and volunteered

myself. Then, we had an initial brainstorming

through some excel exchanges and a structure was

in place. Once everyone joined back from

internship, the concrete work started. We put a

team together and started working on it. And it

was so fast that you can see the first issue

covering the August events. Since then it has been

a successful journey.

As all of us know, in order to build such work, a

dedicated team and their untiring efforts are

required. The team Devesh Mathur, Abhay Patodi,

Abhishek Dutta and Gupta, Anupam Prasad,

Avichal Sinha and Hammad Malik did their best

in creating the reader base for this magazine. It’s

the time, now, to continue this tradition in the

coming years and I am sure the current batch

students will also strive to make it the preferred

journal of readers.

Look forward to a continued association of the

seniors with the magazine in future also.

- Sadhana Ghalsasi (Chief Editor)

On Behalf of Team Reflections

Reflections Feb 2013 Events & Happenings

Graffiti 2013

Where all the action happened!

Ruchi Nandita MBA 2012-14

February 2 and 3, 2013 has left a strong impression in the history of SCIT. Graffiti, our annual

college fest was a major success in the true sense. The hard work of all the members of Graffiti

paid off beautifully. What a glorious Graffiti it was this year!

Students from various colleges participated in this unique event. The theme of this year’s Graffiti

was “Numerogenesis” – evolution of numbers. All the teams worked day and night, be it logistics,

events, creatives, sponsorship or PR team; along with all the volunteers to make the event a

huge success. Senior batch students also mentored us all throughout to come out with the

splendid performance.

This work was not without some toll; the students had to miss quite a few classes to find time and

make things work out. Coping with assignments and studies simultaneously was a huge

challenge but with the support of all the teachers, it was managed well. There were many events

which made this year’s Graffiti eye-catching. Advitya – the Flagship event, Cric Subasta-IPL

Auctioning, Wallet 2 Vault , Virtualannihilation, XQuizIT, Round Table Rendezvous, Filler events,

marketing strategy, treasure hunt, Mystery Inc. - Crime Scene Investigation and many more

grabbed attention of students of different colleges who flocked in with full enthusiasm to

participate in our college fest. Students from colleges like Indira Institute of Management, SICSR,

IBS Mumbai, SIES Mumbai, VESIMSR Mumbai, PTVA Mumbai, SIMS and many more

participated in Grafitti making it a huge hit.

Under the mentorship of Savitha Mam, the event blossomed into a great one. The sponsorship

list that hung from Boys Hostel terrace was long enough to reach the ground. IPL Auctioning

event got an exclusive sponsorship. The college was full of excited participants who came to

participate in various events. A whooping number of around 1300 students came on-campus.

Many won and many didn’t, but the overall experience they shared on the handmade feedback

book by our Creatives team showed how nicely they enjoyed the overall experience.

The evenings rocked with DJ Nite and Band performance where the SIC campus danced their

hearts out while Chinese lanterns filled the skies with their light and with the amazing ‘Grafitti’

crackers ending the show.

All’s well that ends well. Grafitti’13 came out to be a magnanimous event in true terms. This

triumph makes us await Graffiti ’14 with even more ardor.

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The admissions process at SCIT runs almost throughout the academic year, starting from designing next year’s admission calendar in the month of June to the candidates confirming their seats in the month of March. The GEPI process is the major activity towards which all the other activities are headed for. There are many stakeholders involved in this process – from the management, faculty, staff, students at the institute, to the external panelists, alumni and the aspirants. It is a complex activity which needs careful orchestration of its components to make it successful. The major contributor for this success has always been the SCIT students – coordinators and volunteers. The students of SCIT are involved in planning, budgeting and executing the process. Since 2008, I have witnessed the student involvement increasing year after year. The new batch sets a tougher benchmark for the next batch. This year we implemented the idea of badges, campus tour with other meticulous plans of communicating with the aspirants. The professionalism, punctuality, team work and leadership exhibited by the students in these days serve a motivation for the aspirants to follow them. We had our alumni also participating in a big number this year. Through this platform SCIT acknowledges the efforts of the student admission team.

Reflections Feb 2013 Events & Happenings

Admissions

Admissions 2013

Prof. Sadhana Ghalsasi

Admission Team

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For the first time in SIC, a Cricket tournament was conducted in which colleges from outside SIC as well as from corporate circles were invited. The matches were conducted from 16th Feb to 21st feb ’13.

It was organized by the SnC committee, SCIT. The founding members of GCL are:

Anupam Prasad (Batch 2011-13), Aditya Nishant (Batch 2012-14), Aamir Arafat (Batch 2012-14), Sourav Roy (Batch 2012-14) Manuj Rana (Batch 2012-14) along with Co-Founder Abhishek Savarikar (Batch 2012-14). A total of 16 teams participated in the tournament, namely BITM, MMCC, SIBM, two teams from NICMAR, two teams from SIIB, SCMHRD, two teams from SCIT, SIC Staffs, two teams from INFOSYS, ACCENTURE, MINDTREE and COGNIZANT. Initially, all the teams played matches on a knock-out basis. The top two teams from this went straight to the qualifier round and rest of the teams were put in the losers’ bracket, which was used to form another pool. Then the team which won all the matches from losers’ bracket, played against loser of the match conducted between the top two teams to qualify for finals.

Following this format, the two teams which qualified for finals were, SCIT (Anupam) and MMCC College. It is notable that MMCC claims to have 4 state players in their team. Final Match statistics:

SCIT won the toss and choses to Bat first: SCIT: 73/2 in 8 overs MMCC: 69/4 in 8 overs SCIT won the match by 4 runs. Man of the Match in Final: ANUPAM PRASAD (46 Runs and 2 wickets) Best bowler of the Tournament: ANUPAM PRASAD (9 Wickets) Best batsman of the tournament: ANUPAM PRASAD (approx. 200 Runs)

Reflections Feb 2013 Events & Happenings

GCL 2013 Gully Cricket League

Anupam Prasad MBA 2011-13

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Player of the Tournament: ANUPAM PRASAD (approx. 200 runs and 9 wickets) Winning Team Squad: Anupam Prasad (Captain) Sourav Roy (Vice Captain) Sahil Khurana Aamir Arafat Aditya Nishant Manuj Rana Malav Mankad Abhishek Maid Abhishek Savarikar Vineet Pandita It was a tournament which was highly appreciated by all the participating teams for fairness and the way it was conducted. Also they have promised to participate in the next season of Gully Cricket League as well. We wish the victorious team from SCIT all the very best for their future endeavors.

Reflections Feb 2013 Events & Happenings

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The students of SCIT have always been innovative, and this time too it was no different. As always, Team Dristikon pioneering in this school of thought; arranged for a movie session to act as a breather for students who were caught up in the busy routine of assignments, tests, submissions and presentations during the last few weeks of the semester. This was met with an overwhelming response form the SCIT-ians who were looking for a break from their hectic routine. The movie, ‘Andaz Apna Apna’, was selected for screening. It’s a hearty comedy revolving around two friends and their love-life – something which everyone could thoroughly enjoy watching together. Special trailers of the upcoming movies were screened and a short fun quiz was also organized during the interval, which kept the audience at the edge of their seats. All in all, it was a much needed escape for students from the routine; and at the end of it, everyone was left asking for more!

Sketch Credit: Mayur Pawar MBA 2012-14

Reflections Feb 2013 Events & Happenings

Drishtikon Movie Ka Andaz

Mayur Pawar MBA 2012-14

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Drishtikon – the management club of SCIT has always been in the thick of things when it comes to development of business and management acumen of the students. This year, as part of the process, the 2012-14 generation of Drishti-ites arranged a series of events which included mock GD sessions and movie screenings. After attending the placement screenings of a few companies, our students realised that they needed to improve upon their communication skills. In general, students needed a program to build the required skill sets and boost their confidence. So Drishtikon decided to give the students a good platform for improving not only their communication skills but also the domain knowledge. This was the thought behind kicking off the mock GD Sessions. Members of the club brainstormed about different aspects of this session such as timings, topics, judges, format of the GD etc. and decided on the scheme of things. Finally things started rolling with the first session of mock GDs which was judged by our beloved seniors – Avichal Sinha, Hammad Malik and Devesh Mathur. Around ten students participated in the first batch of the GD and it was an extremely good session. The judges pitched in with their valuable comments such as body language, use of correct words, clarity of thought etc. After this thundering response, the next session was judged by Dr. Sufi Pore, a retired IAS officer who has worked extensively in the field of Disaster Management along with the UN. Hearing the argument of students involved in the GD, he was thrilled and marvelled at the range of thoughts about the topic of discussion, ‘Traffic makes sense’. At the end of the GD he provided some rare insights about the parameters on which they were judged. Students were able to finally understand what goes into the mind of a judge when deciding the marks. The session was welcomed with a very warm response from the students, who got to learn many intricacies involved in a group discussion and work on their competence, based on the valuable feedbacks. Drishtikon has planned to continue its constant endeavour to add value by conducting many more such sessions for the students in the future.

Reflections Feb 2013 Events & Happenings

Drishtikon Aspiring

Discussions

Mayur Pawar MBA 2012-14

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SAKET KRISHNA MBA 2012-14

Laurels of SCIT - Feb 2013

Business Quiz, Technikallah'13, NICMAR, Pune

NIKHIL MOTLAG (2011-13) ANIRUDH INGLE (2011-13)

Business Quiz, Indira Informatics Technothelon, Indira Group of Institutes

Indira Informat

2nd NIKHIL MOTLAG (2011-13)

AKASHDEEP SINGH MAKKAR (2011-13)

Reflections Feb 2013 Contributions

Achievements

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UNIFY Cricket Tournament, By SICSR at

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Winner

Winning Team Squad: Anupam Prasad (Captain) Sourav Roy (Vice Captain) Sahil Khurana Aamir Arafat Aditya Nishant Manuj Rana Malav Mankad Abhishek Maid Sandipan pal Vikas Diwedi

ANURAG VERMA

MBA 2011-13

PRATIK VIMAL

MBA 2012-14

SIDDHARTH IYER

MBA 2011-13

CONTENT EDITORS

ADHIRAJ DARE RUCHI NANDITA

MBA 2011-13 MBA 2012-14

NAVYA BANDHAKAVI SAMPAD SENAPATI NEERAJ KUMAR MBA 2011-13 MBA 2011-13 MBA 2012-14

AKASHDEEP SINGH

MBA 2011-13

LOKESH JAIN

MBA 2011-13

ANURAG VERMA

MBA 2011-13

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NIDHI JOSHI

MBA 2011-13

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DEEPALI SARDANA

MBA 2012-14

VARUN MANKODI

MBA 2012-14