As a part of Golden Jubilee Celebration, Manzilein - Career Fair was organized by SIES Institute of Comprehensive Education on 17th, 18th and 19th of Dec ’09 .

The following were the highlights of the fair:

• Career Foundation collaborated  in this effort  by providing over 150 posters of different careers available for HSC and Under graduate students.
• Disha counselling centre provided their expertise with free counselling sessions, Aptitude tests and also with 50 posters in different careers available both in English and Marathi.
• KarRox Technologies Ltd. provided a Resource Person for all the 3 days on - Mastering group discussions, How to choose a Career, Resume writing, How to attend an Interview, Being proactive, Avoiding procrastination and Enhancing inter-personal skills.
• Career talks by Eminent speakers on Self-employment, Company secretary, Mass communication, Travel and Tourism, Emerging trends in IT, Taking education beyond the walls, Study Abroad, ICWA and many more were a part of the fair.
• State Bank of Mysore held sessions on Education loans and other Banking facilities / products for students.
• Technology centre, Dept. of Biotechnology, Institute of Comprehensive Education and Centre for Excellence provided information regarding their respective courses and future careers.

All the sessions were well attended and were enlightening, meaningful and highly useful. The career fair was well received by students and parents.

On 24th July 2009, a meeting was conducted by Shri. Mrudul Nile, Director of Student Welfare. The time table of all events to be conducted as part of 42nd Youth festival organized by the University of Mumbai was proposed.

We submitted the entry form for 11 events in the category of performing arts, Literary, Fine Arts and Theatre. More than 30 students participated. The dates of the festival were postponed from August to September 2009. Another meeting at V. K. Menon college was scheduled on 1st September. Topics of Debate, Elocution and other queries were discussed.

The winners of the Zonal Round had to appear for the finals almost immediately.

For the meeting and every round, the Contingent Leaders (Anuja Kapadia and Sajan Gupta) were present for registration, during the various events to cheer up the participants and even during declaration of prize winners function. The C Ls also managed  and co-ordinated rehearsals for the participants and looked after all administrative details.

Teachers from the college, especially Ms. Kamala Shrinivas and Ms. Surekha Joshi helped in training the students for English Debate and Music respectively. We are grateful to them for having spared their valuable time for the same. We also would like to appreciate the translation work done by Ms. Asha Gala for the synopsis that was required for Folk Dance.

For  the One Act Play (Marathi), Mr. Amol Sankhulkar who is a noted theatre and T.V. artist, musician and director was appointed to train our budding actors.Ms. Aparna Bhadbade, a participant on one of the most popular Marathi Shows called “Eka Peksha Ek” agreed to choreograph a Garba for our  talented dancers. Ms. Aparna is a well known stage performer and also a distinguished choreographer.