Annual General Meeting & Elections 2016-18 SIBC conducted its Annual General Meeting on 23rd April, 2016 at its registered office in Chembur. The meeting commenced with the Soroptimist Prayer and Pledge. Namrata Saxena, PAC presented a review of the activities conducted throughout the year 2015-16. This was followed by the annual accounts presentation by Dr.

SIBC in association with the Pillai group of institutions celebrated International Women's Day by honoring two exemplary women with the Soroptimist Excellence Awards at Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai Campus, Panvel. The Soroptimist Excellence Awards were initiated this year to honour women who have impacted society through their outstanding work in various sectors of industry.

Soroptimist International of Americas Founder Region District II invited Dr. Daphne Pillai and Dr. Celina Joy to speak on the special challenges women face in India. Region Governor Bobbi Enderlin, District Director Bev Gomer and SI president of club 24-680, San Francisco – Kim Grossberg were present along with Soroptimist members from the various clubs

Dr. Daphne Pillai and members from SIBC interacted with the girl school dropouts from Rasayani to find out the reasons for their dropping out of school and to help them with a sustainable livelihood opportunity. The young girls were happy with the new opportunites fro learning and requested SIBC to conduct modules for development of