JULY 2026 ARTICLES EVENTS ACHIEVEMENTS RESEARCH campus life SICSR'S E-MAGAZINE CURSOR 5.0 VOL. VIII | ISSUE II WHERE THOUGHTS. TALENTS. STORIES. FIND EXPRESSION TABLES OF CONTENTS Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 ABOUT About Cursor 5.0 Vision and Mission Messages From The Director’s Desk From The Deputy Director’s Desk From The Editor’s Desk ARTICLES India's Agentic AI Moment: Why LLM Tooling Is the New Infrastructure Play Why is AI free? Your Privacy, Their Surveillance: What Wearables Really Know What is Earth without Art & Pop Culture? Just a Rock!!! Addicted to Understanding Hurt people, hurt people 01 02 07 09 10 15 20 24 27 32 36 EVENTS 1. Mr. Prashant C. Bhosarkar Wins Bronze Medal in Table Tennis at Symbiosis Staff Sports Festival 2026. 2. Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Divas 3. IIC Internal Hackathon- 2026 4. Badminton Mixed Doubles Tournament 5. Chess Tournament 6. Debut Of Symbiland 2026 03 40 42 43 44 45 46 TABLES OF CONTENTS Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 03 04 SPECIAL EVENTS 1. Raisina Dialogue: India’s role in global governance 2. Simultaneous Localization and Mapping - SLAM 3. From Text to Insights: NLP Techniques in Data Science 61 62 63 EVENTS 7. SICSR Students Gain Industry Insights Through Forbes Marshall Visit 8. Session on Start- up Legal & Ethical Steps 9. IP Awareness and Patent Filing Workshop 10. IIC Poster Presentation Of Business Plans 11. Futsal Tournament 12. Traditional Day 2026 47 49 50 51 52 53 03 EVENTS 13. ISR Initiative Waste Management Drive 14. SICSR Rubyon Sports Fest (Cricket) 2026 15. Industry Readiness Training Session 16. Session on Business Model Canvas (BMC) & Business Model Fit 17. Thematic Research-Based Hackathon/Ideation in Campus 18. Collegare 2026: AI to Quantum – The Future Unlocked 54 56 58 59 55 60 Chishki Series TABLES OF CONTENTS Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 INTERNATIONALIZATION Beyond the Classroom: SICSR Students Experience the World in Dubai Elected to Lead: SICSR Students Earn a Seat at the SIU International Students Council 04 05 73 72 FACULTY ACHIEVEMENT 1. Prof. Dr. Jatinderkumar R. Saini Invited as Resource Person 2. Dr. Parag R. Kaveri Invited as Jury Member 3. Prof. Dr. Jatinderkumar R. Saini Celebrating 200+ Scopus Publications 4. Prof. Dr. Jatinderkumar R. Saini Honoured for Contribution At NPLC 06 75 76 77 78 SPECIAL EVENTS 1. LLM and its Security 2. AI value Chain 3. Brain Computer Interface 4. Secure and Intelligent Financial Data Analysis Using Machine Learning, Fuzzy Logic, and Cryptography 5. Text analytics and AI 6. Research Discussion Session 65 68 69 Forschung Series 66 67 70 TABLES OF CONTENTS Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 06 07 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 86 89 91 FACULTY ACHIEVEMENT 5. Prof. Dr. Jatinderkumar R. Saini Recognized for Innovation Ambassador Training Accomplishments 6. Prof. Dr. Jatinderkumar R. Saini for 3000+ Citations on Google Scholar 7. Dr. Madhu Arora Serves as Session Chair 8. Prof. Dr. Jatinderkumar R. Saini Appointed as External Expert to the Board of Studies at Sarala Birla University 79 80 81 82 06 FACULTY ACHIEVEMENT 9. Dr. Rajashree Jain Honoured for Academic and Research Excellence by IEEE 10. SICSR Faculty Members Received Dual Best Papers Awards at ICCTRDA 83 84 1. Mr. Gamit Paniel 2. Ms. Laxmi Atkari 3. Mr. Harkirat Singh 4. Mr. Saartha Bhandari 5. Ms. Shruti Nair and Ms. Anvi Sharma 6. Ms. Ananya Bahadur 7. Mr. Soilianmang Thangsing and Mr. Yog Redkar 87 88 90 92 TABLES OF CONTENTS Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 07 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 93 96 98 94 95 97 99 8. Mr. Ronak Parekh 9. Mr. Kartik Singh 10. Mr. Saartha Bhandari 11. Ms. Anushka Sharma 12. Ms. Aindri Mishra 13. Mr. Jayesh Aggarwal 14. Mr. Harshit Srivastava ABOUT CURSOR 5.0 Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 CURSOR 5.0 is an official Electronic Magazine of Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR), a constituent of Symbiosis International (Deemed) University, Pune Starting Month and Year: July 2019 Language: English Frequency of publication: Two per year: Every July and January AIM CURSOR 5.0 will act as a medium for the exchange of thoughts of faculty members, students, alumni, and other stakeholders of the institute. CURSOR 5.0 also be a quick look-book for all the important events, news, and notifications of SICSR. It encourages freedom of expression through articles, reviews, art, and poetry. SCOPE Through this endeavor, staff, students, and alumni of SICSR would get a platform to express themselves through various forms of writing like: Technology updates and/or reviews of technology trends Research articles Comments on current topics Literary/creative writing On topics related, but not limited to Computer Science and Information Technology Student and Campus Life Happening at the institute Staff, Student, and Alumni Achievements and Awards Internationalization at the Institute Connecting with Alumni 07 PUBLISHER’S DETAILS Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 Owner Name/ Responsible Person Name/Name of Issuing/ Publishing body: Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research E-mail: cursor@sicsr.ac.in Address: SICSR, Atur Centre, Model Colony Town \ City: Pune Pin Code: 411016 State: Maharashtra 08 CURSOR 5.0 VISION & MISSION Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 Promoting international understanding through quality education VISION To inculcate the spirit of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' (the world is one family) To contribute towards knowledge generation and dissemination To promote ethical and value-based learning To foster the spirit of national development To inculcate cross-cultural sensitisation To develop global competencies amongst students To nurture creativity and encourage entrepreneurship To enhance employability and contribute to human resource development To promote health and wellness amongst students, staff & the community To instil sensitivity amongst the youth towards the community and environment To produce thought provoking leaders for the society MISSION 09 MESSAGES Voices that Lead.Words that Inspire. Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 10 FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK Dear SICSR Community, Getting to know you through the pages of our lively college magazine is a great pleasure. Every edition is a celebration of our community's resilience, inventiveness, and constant evolution in the quest of excellence, not merely a compilation of stories. The spirit of SICSR,where ideas flourish, talents grow, and milestones are accomplished collectively is encapsulated in this journal. It provides an insight into the ingenuity, intelligence, and commitment that our staff, teachers, and students bring to the table on a daily basis. By doing this, it serves as a reminder of the spirit of unity that propels us forward. I want to sincerely thank the editing team for their dedication, foresight, and narrative.This publication is now a platform that inspires as well as informs thanks to their efforts. We appreciate you being a vital part of our journey, readers. Your interest, encouragement, and participation keep us inspired to keep developing and getting better. I hope that this edition inspires fresh thinking, fosters closer relationships, and piques everyone's curiosity and desire to learn. I hope your reading is enlightening and that you continue to succeed in everything you do. Sincerely, wishing you an enriching read and continued success in all your endeavors. Best regards, Prof. Dr. Jatinderkumar R. Saini Professor & Director, Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR), Pune Every edition is a celebration of our community’s resilience, inventiveness and constant evolution in the quest of excellence. Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 11 FROM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR’S DESK Esteemed Readers, It’s with immense pleasure and a strong sense of pride that I welcome you to the latest edition of CURSOR 5.0! As the deputy director, it has been a thrill to see both talent and creative thinking from our incredible student population, and I was delighted to see it in these pages. For many, CURSOR becomes more than a magazine; it provides our students the opportunity to create, share, articulate, and build a community. CURSOR creates opportunities for our students to learn from one another, teach one another, and grow, while serving as a fantastic testament to our achievements, recognitions, and initiations. My sincere appreciation goes out to the exceptional team who meticulously crafted this edition. Their dedication, editorial prowess, and commitment truly shine through these pages. They have captured the essence of our institution and its bright young minds. I want to encourage all of you to read the latest issue, see what your peers are doing, be inspired, and go create! More importantly, I invite you to become an active part of CURSOR’s journey. Your contributions and feedback are invaluable and help shape future editions and strengthen our cherished community. Thank you for your continued enthusiasm and support. I hope that CURSOR will keep igniting new ideas and fostering innovation. Best regards, Dr. Parag Kaveri Managing Editor, CURSOR 5.0 Assistant Professor & Deputy Director, Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR), Pune Cursor becomes more than a magazine, it provides our students the opportunity to create, share and build a community. Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 12 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK Dear Readers, It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the latest edition of CURSOR 5.0, Volume 8, Issue 1. As the Editor, I’m truly excited to present a collection of thought-provoking articles, insightful interviews, the achievements of our students and faculty, and creative expressions from our talented contributors. CURSOR 5.0 continues to be a space where ideas come together, reflecting the diversity, creativity, and brilliance of our SICSR community. Each article and artwork captures our shared commitment to excellence and innovation in the field of computer studies and research. I extend my heartfelt gratitude to all the contributors whose dedication and passion have made this edition possible. Your creativity, time, and enthusiasm have truly brought CURSOR 5.0 to life. I invite you to take a moment with these pages , explore the stories within, celebrate the voices of our community, and feel the connection we all share through this platform. Your support and feedback mean the world to us as we continue growing CURSOR together. Thank you for being a part of this journey. I hope CURSOR 5.0 inspires and informs, sparking new thoughts, smiles, and conversations along the way. Warm regards, Dr.(Mrs.)Rajashree Jain, Ph.D Professor & Editor, CURSOR 5.0 Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR), Pune Cursor 5.0 continues to be a space where ideas come together, reflecting the diversity, creativity and brilliance of our SICSR community. Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 13 ARTICLES Ideas. Perspective. Stories Worth Reading. Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 India's Agentic AI Moment: Why LLM Tooling Is the New Infrastructure Play Aayush Vanzara | BBA IT 2024-28 1. The Shift Nobody Announced Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 Abstract "An agent is not a smarter chatbot. It is a program where the decision logic runs inside a language model, and that distinction changes everything about how you build." No one sent an email announcing that the rules of software development had changed. It just happened slowly over time. Last year, developers began connecting language models directly to backend systems instead of using them just for auto-complete. So, a model that once could merely generate text now does more. Today, it can read from a live database, update a customer relationship management system, and even send follow-up messages all in one go. That's quite a shift. People call this agentic AI. If we cut through the jargon, it’s basically a large language model tied to tools, running in a loop. The model reads something, performs an action, then checks the outcome. Based on that, it chooses its next move. Now, despite how simple that loop might sound, it really shakes up conventional software design. Developers need to rethink a lot of their usual assumptions because of this new setup. For Indian developers, this means more than it may seem at first glance. The country's engineering community is already huge, spanning IT services, product startups, and freelancing. They've got the skills to build agentic systems too, API integration, workflow logic, data schema understanding, they've got it all. But what they often lack is experience with the specific tools needed to make these systems run smoothly in real-world settings. Large Language Models aren't just stuck in chat interfaces anymore. They're now part of software systems that actually do stuff out in the real world – hitting databases, calling APIs, sending messages, and making workflow choices on the fly. This change, known as agentic AI, is totally transforming software development. This piece looks at that shift from an Indian perspective, checking out what it means for developers and product makers in the country. It also says that the teams getting LLM tooling now will likely design future platforms. 16 Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 There's a side of this discussion that exists mainly in academic papers and keynote speeches. It's all about multi-agent frameworks, reasoning traces, and emergent behavior at scale. It's pretty interesting stuff, but it's not what most Indian developers deal with daily. The actual tools Indian developers use right now include API models from frontier services like Claude, GPT-4, or Gemini. They handle the reasoning layer. For organizing workflows, there's Make.com, n8n, or Zapier. As for the CRM backbone, companies go with HubSpot or Zoho. Plus, there's a growing system of MCP servers to link these tools up. Each tool needs to connect to a client's existing setup too—databases, WhatsApp Business accounts, accounting software, and more. So, it's a bunch of practical stuff put together specifically for the job. Model Context Protocol (MCP) stands out in this tech discussion because it’s the part of the AI stack that’s really got people playing catch-up. Anthropic introduced it late last year, and now it's been picked up by big names like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Microsoft. Essentially, MCP acts as a universal connector for AI agents. Before MCP, linking an LLM to an external tool was a headache—everyone had to write custom integrations. You’d have to rewrite everything even if you just switched models. But MCP changed that. Now you write the server code once, and it works across any AI system that supports MCP. The adoption numbers are huge. By March 2026, downloads for the MCP SDK hit 97 million a month, up from about 100,000 when it first came out, that’s a 970 times increase in under 18 months. HubSpot’s official MCP server went into general availability in April 2026. Plus, Zoho, popular with Indian developers, now integrates MCP into 13 of its products. The ecosystem has clearly crossed over from just an experiment to being actual infrastructure. 2. What the Tooling Landscape Actually Looks Like 3. The India Opportunity: Genuine, but Specific Tech writers tend to hype up each new wave of innovation as a huge win for India, but you know, it doesn't always pan out. This time, with agentic AI, I believe the chance to do something meaningful is real, though the benefit will be more targeted than advertised. India sits in third place globally for MCP server searches as of early 2026. That ranking isn't just bragging rights; it hints at the growing interest among local devs. Right now, there's a mismatch: While many wanna-build stuff using this tech, those who actually get it and can make it happen are scarce. And that's where the real opening lies. 17 Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 Where do agentic systems really shine? Not often in big firms with large engineering teams. Nope, the sweet spot's in the mid-tier — small businesses running on Zoho or WhatsApp threads, accountants slaving away over tax forms, property salespeople keeping notes in spreadsheets. These operations can't support whole data science divisions, yet they could totally use a solid AI workflow to streamline their day-to-day. "The real estate agent in Pune does not need a billion-dollar AI platform. She needs a system that reads her WhatsApp messages, updates her CRM, and reminds her when a follow-up is overdue. That is an agent. That is buildable today." Beyond MSMEs, there's also a whole bunch of specific areas where Indian native tooling is completely missing. Take Razorpay, for example; it's super popular for payment APIs in India, but there's no official Multi-Currency Processing (MCP) server. The same goes for Gupshup and Kaleyra, major providers of the WhatsApp Business API that many companies use. Plus, APIs like GST, DigiLocker, and Aadhaar-based verification lack standard, easy-to-use code for developers. This isn't about some niche stuff either; these form the basic backbone of digital business operations in India. 4. What Actually Goes Wrong in Production Most writing about agentic AI zeroes in on what these systems can do. But not enough talks about what can go wrong. From my experience working on real automation pipelines, I know that the actual failures don't match demo perfection. First off, tool reliability falters. When an agent needs to call five tools one after another, well, there are five spots where things could go haywire. Let's say the third tool spits out a messed-up response, like a field expected to be a string shows up as null, or you hit a rate limit at 11 PM on a Sunday. The agent might stop working entirely, retry wrongly, or just keep going with the faulty data. Fixing this stuff is hard; it's way tougher than creating the basic functionality path that everything demonstrates. The second issue is cost. When you've got API bills in dollars but your budget is in rupees, it's pretty mind-boggling. Each extra call just eats into profit margins. Practitioners in India are getting skilled at minimizing these costs by compressing prompts, caching lookups, and sending simpler queries to cheaper models. This expertise will become essential worldwide as we rely more on bigger agentic systems. Write access is the third problem, and it's seriously undervalued. An agent that can only read your database helps, but one that can write to it? That's game-changing—and risky. Designers need to figure out what requires human approval ahead of time. It's about security, not just user experience. They've gotta sort this before anything bad happens during testing. 18 Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 5. What This Means for Indian CS Students and Early-Career Developers If you’re in your second or third year of a CS program right now, the skills that'll be key in the first decade of your career aren't what was important a decade ago. Knowing how to write a REST endpoint? Still useful. But if you can design a tool schema for an LLM agent, manage state in a multi-step workflow, and figure out whether an agent is actually improving at its task – well, those are pretty rare. To break it down: It’s not just about building software; it’s about understanding how the tech behind machine learning functions deep down, enough to actually build servers, not just use them. Plus, writing code to measure agent output quality is crucial, not just showing it works under perfect conditions. Cost per workflow run should be a top concern, not just latency and accuracy. Also, really grasp at least one orchestration layer – Make.com, n8n, LangGraph – so you get why and how they might fail. This doesn't require fancy equipment at all. The MCP Inspector, the go-to debugging tool, is totally free. You can experiment with Claude Desktop and a connected MCP server without spending a dime. Creating a wrapper for an Indian public API, like a GST lookup endpoint, and making it accessible via an MCP server, is something you could knock out over a weekend. Plus, it's both helpful and great for your portfolio. If Each infrastructure shift creates a chance for folks who grasp the new tech to build stuff others can't. But once that window slams shut, everyone else catches up thanks to better tools and common knowledge. Right now, the world of agentic AI and LLM tooling fits that bill. The protocols are steady, major platforms have their servers up, and there are plenty of tools to build stuff with, yet not everything's been done already. Historically, India's ace has been rolling out tech designed abroad. However, this doesn't have to continue. Developers and builders creating agentic systems today are spotting what works, what falls apart, and gaps in customer needs. They'll shape the next wave of architecture based on these insights. The big Q is if we're paying enough attention to seize that chance. By- Aayush Vanzara BBA-IT(2024-2028) 6. Closing Thought 19 Cursor 5.0 | Volume VIII Issue 2 | June 2026 Why is AI free? Oorvija Sil BCA 2024-2028