Every year the 20-year-old SIES College of Management Studies (SIESCOMS), located in Nerul - a residential and commercial node of the city of Mumbai, becomes a battle ground of massive knowledge exchange between students and professionals. Hence, ‘Virtualities,’ the management fest of SIESCOMS does not fall into the category of ordinary management events that take place across the country. ‘Virtualities’ is designed to give students an opportunity to showcase their talents and skills acquired in various disciplines and it also provides them a forum to share ideas with the members of the industry. Every year, the festival offers a platform for over 200 corporate speakers to impart their knowledge and expertise to young management students. While ‘Virtualities’ completes its 15th successful edition in 2016, SIESCOMS has been scripting a unique way of preparing the students to face the ultimate challenges of ever changing industrial demands through a world class application-driven curriculum with combination of classical and innovative pedagogy. “The lack of demand for MBA education and the absence of good jobs are some of the important pain points of MBA education in the country. This of course is accentuated by absence of relevant curriculum coupled with good faculty members. The answer is innovation on a constant basis,” says Dr. A. K. Sen Gupta, Mentor, SIESCOM. Indeed, that is what SIESCOMS has been attempting: to create an institute with a difference and a view to be known as one of the innovative business schools always doing something new and creative, either in product or process. The institute has been doing so and the result has been obvious – SIESCOMS