Teachers and students participated in the celebration in virtual mode, where they shared their experiences, poems and articles along with remembering former President of India, Dr. Radha Kirshanan who also had served as teacher in India and at Oxford University in the United Kingdom, known for his work on comparative religion, comparative Eastern and Western philosophy.

A virtual workshop on gender sensitisation and awareness was held on August 29, 2020 for students. It included a short movie screening on gender sensitisation, and introduction to the gender champions of the institute. The gender champions interacted with the students and informed them about their role. The session concluded with a question and answer session.

At Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research, the Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din was celebrated on 27th Feb 2020. All the teaching and non-teaching staff members along with the students were invited to attend the program.

An awareness campaign about the go green initiative was held during the Navratri celebrations at the institute. The staff members were dressed in green to support the campaign. The session was conducted by Dr.Sarika Sharma at the entrance parking area of the institute. She spoke about the green initiatives and activities being conducted at the institute. The faculty members gave many valuable suggestions, which were well taken.

To celebrate Gandhi Jayanti, ‘Swachhata Hi Sewa Campaign’ was initiated by the Government of India to spread awareness about eliminating the use of plastic waste. SICSR volunteers walked around Model Colony to perform ‘Shramdaan’ and pick up plastic waste. Waste was mainly collected from Firodia Park. The waste was collected in jute bags and was brought to the parking space at SICSR.

To brief the first time delegates about all the proceedings of a Model United Nations conference and all the queries regarding the same were addressed in the session, Kushagra Goyal, Vice President of the UNHRC,and has an experience of about 15 MUNs, did an excellent job as the speaker and the orientation sessions helped the candidates with their research for any MUN’s to follow and essentially gave all attendees basic knowledge of an MUN. They could then, participate in upcoming conferences and SSLA Summit 2019 which was to be held on 21st and 22nd of September and represent SICSR.This was open for all as the primary objective of the club is to promote public speaking among students.

Participants understanding and preparing for their MUN sessions.

Ms. Renuka Kadam, independent consultant and trainer on gender issues, POSH – Prevention of Sexual Harassment at workplace, conducted a session for the staff, on August 14, 2019. The expert touched upon various aspects of gender sensitisation. The session was interactive and Ms. Kadam answered all the questions that came from the audience.

Ms. Renuka Kadam, independent consultant and trainer on gender issues, POSH – Prevention of Sexual Harassment at workplace, sensitised students on gender related issues during the common induction programme, on July 9, 2019.

Constitution Day (National Law Day), also known as Samvidhan Divas was celebrated at the institute to create awareness about our constitution among the students. We also conducted a extempore competition named BLOCK AND TACKLE with some rules during the event with 12 participants and audience of around 50 students. Some students also delivered speech and poems at the same time. The topics given to the students covered the constitutional articles. It was great to see the participants debating about some of the contradictory decisions taken by the government and finally getting into conclusions in their own unique way. The students as well as the teachers attended the event enthusiastically.

SICSR celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8, 2017. The contribution of women employees was acknowledged by the institute. The employees actively participated in games and winners were also announced.