Symbiosis is a family of academic institutions which include University, Colleges, Centres, and Schools which have been imparting quality education for 50 years. It is host to over 40,000 Indian and International students on campus.

These campuses epitomize the Symbiosis vision, ‘Promoting International Understanding through Quality Education’, and are a beehive of international students from all across the globe, being privy to Indian culture and hospitality. Many of these campuses are fully residential and have recreational facilities which include swimming pools, amphitheaters & Health Care centres.It was afternoon on a hot day. I was standing near a window of my house overlooking the first hostel block, of which I was a rector. A strange thing happened. A girl walked up to the window of the boy’s hostel room, quickly handed over something and disappeared. My curiosity was aroused and I kept watching the girl walking up to the window day after day and suspected, like any other rector would, that an affair was afoot.So one day, I made up my mind and walked up to the door and knocked. When the door opened, I saw a Mauritian student lying in bed. His face was pale and his eyes seemed to have sunken low.When I turned to the boy for an explanation, he said, “Sir, I have an attack of jaundice and I’m feeling extremely weak. I cannot stand up, nor walk a few steps. A girl from my country brings me food. However, since ladies are not allowed to enter the boy’s hostel, she hands over the lunch box through the window.