posted by Shaila Kagal

When you stand outside the boundaries of a playground and watch the play like a spectator, you know whether you kicked the ball in the right direction; or balls were passed skillfully to the right guys; or how far or close is the goalpost. Else you are lost in the melee in that urge to make a goal.
The last month has been something like that for me. While still being in Symbiosis, I have this wonderful view of what is happening with SCIT.  I can only say I am very very proud…  More so because Anil Vaidya is a wonderful coach and guiding so beautifully that SCIT is closing the distance to the goalpost.
Wherever I go, “SCIT Journal” is certainly a talking point. Prof. Ajey is doing such a wonderful job as an Editor.  Same is the case with our case-studies. Prof. Bharathi and all others have published such wonderful cases from which, I am sure, not just our students but all others too will benefit.  SCIT students too are not far behind. If the MRA camp is any indication, we will certainly see more SCITiians blazing the trail on the horizon!
So, kick hard to the goalpost! I am cheering.

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Anil V. Vaidya, December 24, 2009
Change is the name of sustenance and progress. The MRA (Moral Re-Armament) camp that I attended along-with my 78 young friends turned out to be a ‘Road to Discovery’. We were nestled in beautiful cool natural surroundings. IofC (Initiatives of Change) volunteers got into act the moment we announced our arrival with noisy and fuming buses. First suggestion was to bus driver to kill the engine; in that tranquility the engine groan was completely out of place.
I could write essays on four day experience, however here I want to talk about my 78 friends, the SCIT juniors whom I accompanied. The business guys who will be our managers and leaders of tomorrow exhibited an overwhelming enthusiasm in all sorts of activities. Those included not only the most popular dances and bollywood songs but also finer humane angle. They were touched by the ‘Relationship’ sessions and the Morrie’s movie. The family group meetings showed understanding and emotional side of this wonderful generation.
If all this was not enough they also had high level intelligent interaction in the leadership arena. Topping it all were the cultural programmes, the service & wash-up activities  and the multi-faith prayer. These four days really underlined the versatility, the caring emotional and sensitive side of our future leaders. I was glad to be with the energetic and aspiring leaders of India       

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Anil V. Vaidya, December 15, 2009
The month of November was a month of churn for me, filled with multiple activities, events and occasions. It opened up with Ms. Kagal, our popular Kagal Madam, moving to another senior role in Symbiosis Society; building the SCIT brick-by-brick over ten years must have been a ton of gratification. On my side, I prepared myself for prime responsibilities and the march into 2010.
I completely immersed myself into tasks on hand. SCIT has been in the midst of placements, internships, preparation for new admissions, annual events and so on. During the fervour of all such activities the most notable and the pleasant interaction has been the exchanges with the present and the past students;  the dinner meetings in different cities with alumni and the pleasantries exchanged during convocation was simply heart-warming. I really felt at home with these groups. During my earlier years of teaching I always had closeness of minds with my students and I experience the same here. 
As a next step, I want to strengthen the bond with our alumni. Our present alumni committee has started putting in major efforts to get in touch with all our alumni. I am sure we will be in regular contact with all our alumni over next few months. The Alumni meet in January will be the icing on cake.