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Monday Motivation: Digital Detox

“Please keep that phone away,” or “Please switch the TV off,” may sound like regular pleas in any household. While earlier, these could be said only in the context of children, they have now become valid, even for adults. This is because so many of us knowingly or unknowingly have become addicts to mobile phones, be …

Monday Motivation: Wishing Everyone Immense Happiness!

Wishing everyone loads of happiness on International Day of Happiness! In two weeks, two Bhutanese Ministers, the Finance Minister Mr Lyonpo Tshering and the Home Minister H.E Ugyen Dorji, visited Symbiosis International University to address our students under the banner of the G20 Festival of Thinkers and Y20 Youth Festival. Both these Ministers spoke about the …

Monday Motivation: Youth 20 Consultation 2023

Y20 – ideas from the youth that can result in actions! It was a proud moment for Symbiosis International (Deemed University) yesterday as we hosted the fourth Youth 20 Consultation in the country. In January this year, Symbiosis International University was selected from among hundreds of universities in the country to host the Youth 20 consultation, …

Monday Motivation: Happy Women’s Day!

We are living in a progressive age. Women are becoming aware of the need for empowerment, and I am often asked questions seeking answers to the key to women’s further empowerment. In this blog, I will bring out the answers to a few I am often asked. One such question is, “How do you balance your …

Monday Motivation: Marathi Bhasha Diwas 2023

India is known to be a land of diversity. Yet, the largest democracy in the world, India is united in its diversity. In every state, one will find a mix of people from other states of India, and still, every state preserves its heritage and culture. Maharashtra is also a home for people from so many …

Monday Motivation: G20 Festival of Thinkers Summit

India has been given the G20 Presidency for the year 2023. While as an Indian, this makes me proud, I also feel obliged to drive the country’s G20 motto of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam- One Earth, One Family, One future. The motto is also close to my heart, as Symbiosis’s motto is the same- Vasudhaiv Kuttumbakam- the world …

Monday Motivation: The Story of John kaka…

Dr. S. B. Mujumdar established Symbiosis in 1971 as a small welfare organization for foreign students. The first centre that was established was the Symbiosis International Cultural Centre. It started in our house as Dr. Mujumdar did not own any land or buildings to create an organization. Therefore, Symbiosis was born and established in our little …

Monday Motivation: An Educationist’s Perspective on ChatGPT

Progress is dependent on our adaptability to change. Change is inevitable and as the human mind is programmed to think, development is unstoppable. It is the human mind that has created Artificial Intelligence and the field is growing rapidly. For the past several years I had been hearing about the intervention of AI in various fields, …

Monday Motivation: Imbibe the Attribute of Humility

Last week Symbiosis celebrated the Symbiosis Sanskrutik Mahotsav which was initiated 28 years ago. It is organised for three days before the anniversary of Symbiosis which is on 26th of January. During the three days of the regalia, artists are invited from various parts of the country, recognized for their contribution to the world of art …

Monday Motivation: Four Year Undergraduate Programme

The National Education Policy 2020 has come with various changes. Symbiosis International University was recently commended by the Hon’ble Minister of Education, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, for implementing it in earnest at SIU. After launching the NEP in 1986, the Government of India launched this policy, which is a policy of the 21st century. The NEP 2020 …