Centre for Excellence won 1st prize for the team project titled “Enhancing Competency and Empowering Students for Employability through Online Courses” which was presented in the 11th Best Educational Quality Enhancement Team (BEQET) President Award 2016 competition organized by National Centre for Quality Management (NCQM) on 28th January 2017. College received ‘Star Status’ from Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India in February 2017. College has been sanctioned a grant of Rs. 77 Lakh for developing undergraduate programs in the Departments of Biotechnology, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Physics, Principal Dr. Uma Shankar was conferred with Padmashri Microbiology, and Zoology. Sadashiv Nimbalkar Yoga Mitra Award 2017 instituted by College received highest grant Yoga Vidya Niketan for extraordinary contribution in the amongst all the city colleges. field of Philosophy of Yoga on 22nd January, 2017. DAKSHINAYANAM 2017 OUR PRIDE Ankita Nair stood first in M.Sc Zoology examination. She received the Prof. A. Gopalakrishnan Gold Medal from the University of Mumbai. Lynn Dlima’s (PhD scholar, Department of Microbiology) project titled ‘Screening for potential Nanosilver Synthesising Actinomycetes : An unexplored green synthesis’ won Third Prize at the Eighth Indian Youth Science Congress, February 16-18, 2017. She was also selected to represent the University of Mumbai at the the National Youth Research Festival 2016-17. Vijay Naidu was selected to represent the University of Mumbai at the All India Inter-University Tournament. Mohammad Hanif Khan of TYBSc (IT) won Gold Medal at the University of Mumbai Inter-collegiate Carrom Tournament 2016-17 and he will be representing the University of Mumbai at the All India Inter-University Tournament. Mithila Naik-Satam and Smruti Mani won the Quiz Competition at Mumbai University Youth Fest, June 2016. 1 Dakshinayanam Volume 57, 2016-17 THE EDITORIAL Contents BOARD Literary Section Chairperson Dr. Uma Maheshwari Shankar Staff Editors Dr. Manju Phadke Dr. Rashmi Bhure Student Editor Satyendra Nair Co-Editor Shweta Kushe Advisory Editor Mithila Naik Satam Faculty Editorial Team Varsha Muley Aditya Akerkar pg13 Eraserhead Vidya Hariharan A Piece of Surrealist Dr. Shaileshkumar Dubey Cinema Karunanidhi Rai Renuka K pg19 GG, WP Student Editorial Team Good Game, Well Played Sukhada Gole Rishabh Shetty No more a Damsel in Distress! pg Vanessa Mathews 20 Is a ‘feminist Disney princess’ an oxymoron? (Student Photographer) Divya Sharma Cover Page & Illustrations By pg41 Shraoshree Majumdar Shweta Kushe विश्व कोअंधेरे से उजाले की अोर ले Designed and Printed By जाने िाले थाॅमस अ쥍ा एडिसन The Drawing Board From the Principal’s Desk 4 Staff Editorial 6 SIES College of Arts, Science & Commerce Student Editorial 7 Sion West, Mumbai - 400022, Annual Convocation Ceremony Tel.: 2407 2729, 8 Fax: 2409 6633. Results at a Glance 10 Website: www.siesascs.edu.in Email: [email protected] 2 Remembering the Bard She will move mountains pg34 “Better a witty fool than a foolish pg23 Chronicles of Asia’s lesser known wit”, said Shakespeare about 400 Proto-feminists and feminist struggles years ago, and surprisingly, the world is still trying to adhere to it. pg The Korean Divide 27 Evolved equation of the Korean conflict (LGBTQ’s) Pride pg25 and (Society’s) Prejudice Demystifying the Rainbow Filming pg14 pg29 the Line नोटाबंदी: A common thread to एक प्रयोर deal with the partition pg30 Love not man the ‘Bawlywood’ pg17 less, but nature more All about the ‘good story’ Finding solutions to lost in the entertainment business the ‘green question’ against the ticking clock pg22 ‘शिकिणी िर㔗’ काळाची गरज की फॅड! pg38 ामी वििेकानंद: अ饍픿तीय व्य啍鄿त्व Toppers 2015-16 11 Staff Achievements 79 Down the Memory Lane 44 Inter-collegiate Participation 95 Memorial Lectures 46 Academic Prize Winners 101 Seminar Reports 50 Annual Prize Distribution 111 Reports 54 Statutory Committees 113 Disclaimer: The views in the articles are of the authors and not that of the college or editors 3 PRINCIPAL’S DESK ‘Where there is education there is freedom!’ hree decades ago I walked into this mighty institution with mixed feelings Tof not only fear and anxiety, but also joy and excitement coupled with hopes and promises to keep. The motivating environment at SIES for knowledge integration, foundation and dissemination with a sense of social responsibility gave me academic excellence. Over the years they shaped also, my administrative skills along with human values and concern for societal commitment, thus giving the impetus to adorn the role of Principal. Having taken the reins of the college as Principal from September 2016, I earnestly believe in the freedom of thought and expression and its significant role in education. Tuned to our motto ‘Rise with education’ we are engaged in this academic endeavour with sincerity and commitment. Success is not easy, yet, not impossible. It is the result of perseverance and perfection. We help the students to take the path of success without fear nor favour. We believe that we are what our thoughts have made us. Nurturing good thoughts, right emotions and fine intelligence mark the beginning of a 4 DAKSHINAYANAM 2017 student’s career. Education is the most powerful tool to change the mindset of society and thereby the world. Our earnest efforts in seeking greater benchmarks I earnestly believe helped us in earning the Star status to our seven science departments conferred in the freedom by Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi for Physics, Chemistry, Botany, of thought and Zoology, Microbiology, Biotechnology & Computer Science with a grant of Rs. expression and its 5 lakh for each department and Rs. 2 lakh per year per department. A total of significant role in Rs.77 lakh has been granted to the College for a period of 3 years. This is highest education. Tuned grant received by any college in the city. I also wish to place on record that our to our motto ‘Rise college won first prize for the team project titled “Enhancing Competency and with education’ Empowering Students for Employability through Online Courses” which was we are engaged presented in the 11th Best Educational Quality Enhancement Team (BEQET) President Award 2016 competition organized by National Centre for Quality in this academic Management (NCQM). endeavour with Also, this year we had a proud moment to celebrate as our student sincerity and Ms Ankita Menon bagged the Mumbai University Gold medal in M.Sc. In commitment. sports, Mohammad Hanif Khan of TYBSc won Gold Medal at the University of Mumbai Inter-collegiate Carrom Tournament 2016-17, and Aarti Jaiswar of MSc won a Silver Medal in Taekwondo at the National Level. Young minds have the potential to create, recreate, and fashion their lives. The power of youth can never be underestimated. We are dedicated to their overall development which includes- educational, cultural, sports, performing arts, literature and many more. We initiated a forum called Jignyasa for students to come together to explore research papers and articles. This is planned to be engaged in discussion, deliberation and guest talks. This year value lab activities were enthusiastically taken by various departments to motivate and understand value based education. We shall continue to put our sincere efforts in moulding the young minds and provide a platform to blossom and move ahead in life holding their heads high on strong shoulders. Dr. Uma Shankar, Principal 5 STAFF EDITORIAL isions, the student fest of B. Narayanswamy. We felt that in VSIES this year completed the present scenario these articles 25 years. We celebrated this are relevant though written six proud moment with the theme decades back. We are sure that these ‘Retrospect’. Keeping in line with pieces would inspire our present this theme the Dakshinayanam readers. The theme retrospect has team too has continued with the given our students an opportunity theme ‘Retrospect’. to relook at the footprints of the Every year the editorial team world events that have influenced plans to add some new section the human discourse. Articles on Dr. Rashmi Bhure to the magazine. This year we are important personalities like Swami going beyond three languages and Vivekananda, legendary writer and are presenting an article in Tamil poet Shakespeare’s work, women’s language. Dakshinayanam for the struggle across Asia which are first time is featuring reports on relevant even today, critical social the memorial lectures oragnised issues of LGBT, Partition of India by the college. Apart from these and Pakistan that changed the South new additions we are happy to Asian politics forever, the Korean state that Dakshinayanam has Conflict that had larger ramification changed its traditional print format for the global politics and many and has also gone online at www. other articles by our students are siesdakshinayanam.com. Our shift the important highlights of the from print to web was featured in magazine. the Bombay Times in March 2017. Finally, we hope that our readers Dr. Manju Phadke Also, this year, in line with would be cheerful to see the coloured the theme of Retrospect, we have new look of Dakshinayanam — a included notable articles from transformation possible due to the earlier editions of Dakshinayanam, exceptional support given by our including articles by Professor Ram Principal Dr. Uma Shankar and the Joshi and former SIES President SIES Management. 6 STUDENT EDITORIAL Vanessa Mathews, Student Photographer From left to right - Satyendra Nair(Editor), Mithila Naik-Satam, Shweta Kushe(Co-editor), Sukhada Gole, Divya Sharma and Rishabh Shetty. the capabilities that the new team brought, this was soon set in motion. A ‘This Day in History’ series was f we take a moment to reflect on human history started on our Facebook page to build up to the theme, Iwe see so much complexity that it’s difficult ‘Retrospect’, and soon enough an e-blog was set up at to comprehend it in totality.