Prof. P. S. Ramaswamy was the Principal of SIES College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Sion (W) between 1997 and 1987. He was associated with the college since inception. The college made rapid progress under his stewardship. He died on 1st February 1997. To perpetuate his memory, it was decided to institute an endowment lecture in his name. An endowment of Rs. 6,25,000/- was created out of the resources of the society. The scheme of Endowment provides for an annual lecture to be delivered by an eminent teacher of the city selected by the college as the Best Teacher. The Award carries a cash prize of Rs. 50,000/-. The Awards ceremony is followed by the Endowment Lecture by the Awardee.
| The Endowment lectures were delivered by: | |||
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| 1 | 18.4.2010 | Ethics in Governance | Dr. Marina Pinto, Retired Professor, Dept. of Civics & Politics, University of Mumbai and Former Head of Politics Department, SIES College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Sion (W) |
| 2 | 6.3.2012 | Role of a Teacher as Mentor in Education System | Prof. Nandini Sardesai, former Head Mentor in Education, Department of Sociology, St. Xavier's College and Professor of Sociology, SNDT University, Mumbai |
| 3 | April 2013 | Drought | Dr. Usha Mukundan, Principal, Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College, Ghatkopar, Mumbai |
| 4 | 14.3.2016 | Reimaging Higher Education in India - Towards Inclusion with Quality and Excellence | Prof. S. Parasuraman, Director - TATA Institute of Social Sciences |
| 5 | 18.2.2017 | Transforming the marginalised through education | Dr. Girish M. Kulkarni, Snehalaya, Ahmednagar |
| 6 | 17.3.2018 | Chemistry for Sustainable Life | Prof. Bhalchandra M. Bhanage, Dean (Infrastructure and Campus Development), Department of Chemistry of the Institute of Chemical Technology (formerly UDCT) |
| 7 | 9.3.2019 | Experiments with Inclusive Education | Shri. Yajurvendra Anil Mahajan of Deepstambh Foundation, Jalgaon. Educationist, Social Worker and Teacher. |
| 8 | 2.3.2020 | Humanising Education to create a Healthy Society | Dr. Bindu Chowdary, co-ordinator at the Steiner Education and Teacher Training Centre |
| 9 | 2020-21 & 2021-22 | These years the awards function could not be held due to Corona pandemic | |