novellus-2015-16

CHAIRMAN’S
Editorial
mESSAGE
It gives me great pleasure to note that Novellus, the CBS Students’ magazine, is bringing out yet
another edition - a tradition well worth continuing in a Centre such as ours. I am delighted to
see the enthusiasm and commendable effort on the part of students which results in productions
such as Novellus.
I should like to convey my warmest greetings to the community and all my good wishes for a
flourishing future, in the hope that they will bring credit to CBS which is striving to prepare
them for professional careers to help build up our national programmes in Science & Technology
and Industry. Equally, we expect them to contribute to the needs of Society by rendering
services to the community at large.
With all my best wishes,
S. M. Chitre
Okay, so you know how the caterpillar metamorphoses into a butterfly? That always intrigues
us. Like, does it know at birth that it is going to become one? How does it know? Moreover,
why does it do so? Is it destined to be so, or does it just go with the flow and end up being that
beautiful mess? We’d like to think it’s a little bit of both. Or so we hope for our little caterpillar:
Novellus, now in its third edition!
We welcome you to this edition of the annual student magazine of CBS. This edition comes
at the end of one of the most amazing academic years in the short (but sweet) history of CBS,
Mumbai. As the Institute’s age nears the double digits, CBS has started taking new strides in
multiple directions.
Astounding performances in Inter and intra-college events, rejuvenated Art and Music fests,
Science talks that blew our minds, and most importantly, CBS becoming a Grant in Aide institute
were some of the main highlights of this year(for more details, read the magazine. No
Spoilers!).
This brings us to the issue of this edition. Novellus is in the third year of its print. Anything that
calls itself half a student magazine must change itself with the students and the institute itself
(That being one of the reasons we submitted it for publication later than usual). In that vein, it
is a matter of joy to us that the pages further ahead carry on themselves the works and much
more active contributions of a larger group of students and people associated with CBS. The
augmented and freshly minted Team put their best foot forward to accommodate everyone’s
requests, while adding their own individual tastes towards augmenting this magazine into what
it is now: Our magazine. We sincerely hope that you find something inside that catches your
interest (If nothing does, write something and submit it to us next year!)
~ Team Novellus
Disclaimer : Team Novellus is not responsible for any views expressed by the authors!
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