IMPRINTS Edition No.: 49 | SIMSR Alumni Newsletter | March 2019
In This Issue: MOUs with Intl Universities International HR Conference
SIMSR Global Mktg Conference
Team ALCOM Speaks The Alumni Committee is delighted to present to you the March edition of Imprints. This edition features Alumni and Faculty Achievements. It also talks about SIMSR City Meets 2019, MOUs signed with International Universities, Conferences at SIMSR, Samavesh 2019, and much more
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Faculty & Alum Achievements
SIMSR City Meets 2019
The Alumni Committee launched City Meets 2019, a get together of SIMSR Alumni residing in various cities
The schedule for City Meets is as follows:
Melange 2019
Melange, the management-cultural fest, held on 15th and 16th February, 2019, comprised of myriad of events ranging from quizzes, case studies
City
City Meets
Hyderabad
Friday, 1st March Dinner – 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Kolkata
Friday, 1st March Dinner – 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Bengaluru
Saturday, 2nd March Dinner – 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Chennai Gurugram
Tuesday, 5th March Dinner – 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm Friday, 8th March Dinner – 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Ahmedabad
Friday, 8 March Dinner – 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Jaipur
Tuesday, 12th March Dinner – 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
th
City Meets Venue Lemon Tree Premier, Phase 2, HITEC City, Hyderabad Oceanic @ The Peerless Inn, New Market Area, Dharmatala, Kolkata Lemon Tree Premier, St Johns Rd, Hermit Colony, Ulsoor, Bengaluru Piano @ Savera, Mylapore, Chennai Lemon Tree Premier 1, Sector 29, Leisure Valley Park, Gurugram Double Tree by Hilton, Ambli Rd, Vikram Nagar, Ahmedabad The Pavilion @ Sarovar Portico, Sarthi Marg Off Queens Road,Vaishali Nagar, Bhan Nagar, Jaipur
to cultural events like War of Bands, Razzmatazz (fashion show) and
Rang Manch (live theatre)
Chief Guest for Inaugural Ceremony was Dr. Lalit Kapadia (Chairman, Datamatics Group of Companies) and
Guest
of
Honour
was
Mr. Munaf Kapadia (CEO, The Bohri Kitchen)
Students from various colleges participated in the fest, marking a successful 17th year of the flagship event of SIMSR
Click here to register for City Meets
Pune City Meet 2019
SIMSR City Meets 2019 in Pune was held on 23rd February, 2019
It
was
an
interactive
session where the Alums fondly remembered their college days and got to
know about the recent developments in SIMSR
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Alum Achievements
Naveen
Bachwani,
Alum of Batch 1998, Group
Partner,
(ANI
Head
-
Customer
Ltd),
Experience,
Edelweiss
Ola Pvt.
youngest
Financial Services, was
person to qualify in the
awarded as one of the '50
coveted '40 under 40 HR
Most Impactful Customer
leaders' list by Jombay
Service Professionals'
became
Mr.
Batch 2017, HR Business Technologies
Mr. Anuj Mishra, Alum of
He
the
credited
SIMSR
for
The award was conferred
imbibing leadership skills
on him by CMO Asia, on
within him
16th February, 2019
SIMSR congratulates him for his achievement and
SIMSR congratulates him and wishes him the best in all his ventures
wishes him the best for his future endeavours
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Faculty Achievements
Prof. (Dr.) Vandana Khanna, Professor, Department of Marketing, was awarded the Best Marketing Professor in Mumbai
The award was conferred by Guru Nanak Institute of Management Studies (GNIMS) as a part of their yearly marketing festival organised under their Centre of Excellence
Dr. Vandana Khanna has been associated with SIMSR for more than a decade and currently heads the Retail Management Programme at SIMSR Click here to know more
Prof. (Dr.) Smita Ramakrishna, Assistant Professor, Department of Finance and Co-ordinator - PGDM Finance at SIMSR completed her Ph.D. successfully
Prof. (Dr.) Krupa Rai is the Assistant Department
Professor, of Marketing
and Co-ordinator - PGDM Communications at SIMSR
her Ph.D. by defending her
The thesis was titled ‘A study of the Prospects and Challenges for Select Commercial Banks for Financial Inclusion in Thane district of Maharashtra’ This achievement was attained under the guidance of Prof. (Dr.) Pankaj Trivedi
Click here to know more
She successfully completed thesis on: ‘A Study on Retail Therapy:
Consumption
Behaviour among Women in Mumbai’
She completed her PhD under the guidance of Prof. (Dr.) Ajoy Joseph & Prof. (Dr.)Shrinivasa Mayya D at Srinivas Institute of Technology, Mangaluru Click here to know more
SIMSR Global Marketing Conference
International HR Conference
The 14th SIMSR Global Marketing Conference was organised on 7th and 8th February, 2019 by the Marketing Department and powered by Team Interface
The 6th International HR Conference was organised on 1st & 2nd February, 2019 by HR Department and powered by Team Humanist
The theme of the Conference was ‘Marketing to Millennials’
The theme of the event was ‘Demystifying Team Dynamics’
The conference was inaugurated by Mr. Parthodas Gupta, CEO - Bureau of Advertising & Research Council (BARC) as Chief guest, Mr. Prabhakar Nori, Chief General Manager, PR and Branding - BPCL as Special Guest and Mr. Rajiv Bagayatkar, Director Product Specialist, Nielsen as the Guest of Honour
The conference was organized in association with California State University, San Bernardino College of Business and Public Administration, USA, Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA) - a SAARC initiative and The University of Yunnan, China
Click here to view the inaugural ceremony
Click here to watch the conference
MarCquest - Marketing Festival
MarCquest was held on 22nd February, 2019 with a Keynote address by Ms. Deepa Krishnan, Executive Director, Kantar IMRB and Guest of Honour, Mr Rajiv Puri, DGM at Brand & PR, BPCL The flagship live case study competition was held in association with BPCL and judged by Mr. Rajiv Puri and Arnab Deb, General Manager Marketing service, BPCL
There was a panel discussion on ‘Future of TV in the Light of Disruptive Innovations’ and workshop on ‘Celebrity Marketing and Management - Challenges and Solutions’
Mr. Amitabh Tiwary, Alum of Batch 2006 was a jury member for the event Abki Baar – Mock political PR campaign
Click here to watch MarCquest
Samavesh 2019
Samavesh 2019 was organised by the PGDM-HCM students on 9th February, 2019
The Chief Guest, Mr. Srinivas Madabusi, Director Fertility Merck India, enlightened the audience about the changing dynamics of Healthcare due to digitalization
The eminent panelists included Mr. Venkatram V, VP Finance, Apollo Hospitals, Mr. Gaurav Patel, HR Roche, Dr. Urmila Joshi, Principal, K M Kundanani College of Pharmacy, Mr. Prayat Shah, Co-founder and VP Enterprise Sales, Wellthy Therapeutics and Ms. Sanju Yadav, Divisional Head – Sales and Marketing, Alembic
The esteemed panelists discussed the myths and realities around Healthcare 4.0 as Mr. Sachin Parekh moderated the discussion
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Commercio - Country Analysis Competition
Job Opportunities - February Total no. of recruiting companies
Total no. of Vacancies
10
21
Top recruiting companies Zensar Technologies Khanna Paper Mills ICICI Bank
Maruti Suzuki Michael Page Fossil India HDFC Life Kantar TNS
International Business Society hosted Commercio a country-analysis competition in Melange 2019
Mr. Ujjaval Shah, Alum of Batch 2004, General Manager and International Business Head at Godrej and Boyce Mfg Company Ltd was present to judge the candidates Click here to know more
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Team Alumni Relations
MOU with University of Limerick
been signed between University of Limerick, Ireland and SIMSR
Chairperson
This agreement would help in opening up various opportunities and shall ensure
Dr. Bharati VW
that best practices from other parts of the world are inculcated in our own curriculum
Advisor Dr. Radha Iyer
MOU with St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Head
Arvind Pandi Dorai
We are proud to share that an MOU has
An MoU has been signed between Peter the
Assistant Manager
Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University,
Hemanchi Hublikar
Russia and SIMSR
Team Imprints
Chief Editors Arvind Pandi Dorai Hemanchi Hublikar
University, which is confirmed by its RAEX ranking: it is 11th among the top 100 Russia’s universities and the 36th place in EECA University Ranking
Editors Ankit Kumar Shreyas Bhaskare Designer Yesha Kulshreshtha Contributors Apurva Bhushan Ayush Khare Divya Yadav Malvi Chawhan Neel Bhinde Neha Jain Ruchika Singh Shubham Shankar Shriti Lodha Varuna Hajela Akanksha Garg (Co-Convener, Alumni Committee)
St. Petersburg is positioned as a world-class
Click here to know more
E-Summit’19
Pathfinder and E-Cell of SIMSR organised E-talk as a part of E-Summit'19
Dhaval Shah, Co-Founder of PharmEasy was the speaker for the event
He spoke about various topics that could affect an entrepreneur and shared his own personal experiences with the students Click here to watch E-Summit
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