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FOREWORD Dear Alumnus,
As we step out of the first quarter of the New Year we hope that 2014 has begun with a fruitful and positive energy for you !It certainly has for us at SIMSR! We have participated in many events some of them being - HR Case Study Competition- Virtualities, the annual fest of SIES college of Management, Clash Of The Titans,ICFAI, Mumbai and RannNeeti – Annual Fest Drishti 2014 organized by SIOM Nashik. We have emerged winners in most and we encourage you to read the details and also take the initiative to assist our bright students in future. The last quarter also saw the 9th SIMSR Global Marketing Conference which was conducted by SIMSR in association with College of Business & Public Administration, California State University, San Bernardino, USA and Management University of Africa. The event was sponsored by DRAFTFCB +ULKA, Godavari Biorefineries, and Euromonitor International. This Conference was inaugurated with much gusto in the presence of the eminent services marketing personality, Prof A Parasuraman (he holds James W. McLamore Chair in Marketing, Professor, and Department Chair, Marketing at University of Miami. The start of the year saw an international conference on the theme ‘Transforming into Learning Organization: Linking the Present with the Future’. The two days were graced by many industry experts, academicians, and students. There is all of this and a lot more in this issue of Imprints! Exam fever will begin next month. As the frenzy rises, we will also be sad to see a lot of our students leave and take on new assignments. We wish all of them the very best in their new endeavors. We have our Chapter Meets scheduled in various cities and we look forward to meeting you. We encourage each one of you contribute your articles, achievements, any special news so we can share it with us all. Happy Reading.. Vidhya Sharma Manager – Alumni Relations.
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Welcoming SIMSR’s ARM Alumni Committee is pleased to welcome SIMSR’s Alumni Relations Manager - Ms. Vidhya Sharma. She is an MBA from XLRI (Marketing and HR specialization) with experience in the telecoms, hospitality and logistics industries. Although new to the education industry, she comes with extensive customer-handling, process development and team management experience. Reach her at : E-mail : vidhya@somaiya.edu Work : 022 - 267283094 Cell : +91– 9820248420
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1. Mélange
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2. National Retail Summit
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3. ICON ‘14
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4. Alumniscence
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5. Saraswati Puja
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6. Mentorship
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7. SIMSR Global Marketing Conference
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8. Lohri
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9. Yudh
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10. International Learning Organization Conference
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11. Outreach
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12. Achievements
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Mélange K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research (SIMSR) has always pioneered encouraging its students to devote themselves towards the betterment of society in a way that adds value to their corporate as well as individual life. In lines with this, Melange’14, the annual intercollegiate event of SIMSR, was set around the theme of ‘a better tomorrow’. In other words - a small step towards creating a beautiful future. As every year Melange gets bigger and better, this year was no exception. Melange’14 was one memorable event filled with fun, enthusiasm and lots of learning. The event held for three days from 14 th to 16th of February created a huge buzz among B-schools across the country and participants turned up in numbers from institutes like S P Jain (Mumbai),IIM Indore, SIBM Pune NITIE(Mumbai),IMT Ghaziabad, SJMSOM(IIT Bombay) and many more. As a part of pre-Melange’14 activity a blood donation drive in association with Lion’s Club for Samarpan Blood Camp was organized on 11th of February. About 150 people including students from SIMSR, faculty and staff registered for blood donation, out of which, 100 candidates were able to donate blood as the donors went through a series of medical check-ups before donating blood. The various management events spread across three days touched upon all aspects of management. With the ever changing corporate world, these
competitions
Following
are
added
some
value
highlights
to of
the
students
these
learning.
competitions
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Alpha Manger was a real test of talent for all budding mangers including all facets of management from HR to PR. The
winners
truly
proved
to
be
real
alphas
willing
to
take
on
the
corporate
world
ahead.
Stratinnova the event for strategizing, tested the acumen of the students on how will they apply their knowledge in an actual real world scenario. The event enriched the students with new ideas and innovation. Commercio undoubtedly offered a platform to the participants to formulate country entry strategies for a particular sector, based on the in depth analysis of the country with respect to various parameters like political, legal, economic and social; strategies for MNEs to enter into that country using Porter diamond theory and Porter’s five forces model. Jigayasa was a case study competition which was built on a hot topic of retail management serving as a platform to enhance the real marketer in students. Kurukshetra Battle Contest (KBC) tested the students on the divine and sacred knowledge of Ramayana, Mahabharata and the Bhagvad Gita. The event encouraged the students to acquire knowledge from our rich culture and become future managers with ethics and values.
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Green Trade this competition was the need of the hour as it focused on the environmental issues that the world is facing today. It helped Melange achieve its aim for a better tomorrow. Finstruct was a hard core finance competition which enabled the future Raghuram Rajans and Amartya Sens to display their finance expertise in a case study to restructure a sick company. All this and many more competitions made Melange’14 a fest that enriched the management skills of students and reach a level closer to the corporate world. However, it’s not only about the learning, it’s also about the fun, play and excitement. The cultural of Melange’14 were the best among all these years. Day 1 : The opening bash with Bollywood touch The event was inaugurated by our Director, Dr. (Prof.) Satish Ailawadi and Faculty Coordintor, Dr. (Prof) Ramkishen Y and it kick started with culturals ‘Burn the Dance Floor’ the ultimate dance competion. And first time in SIMSR, bollywood stars made their presence felt. Amit Sadh (Kai Po Che actor male) and Tapsee (the Chashm-eBadoor actor female) interacted with students and made the evening memorable. Day 2 : The musical day The head banging, cheering, singing, and enjoying the music was something that the War of Bands was meant to signify. The Country's most musically gifted teams showcased their talent in this competition. There were truly some unforgettable moments like the adrenaline rushing roadies, the mesmerizing Razzmatazz (salsa workshop) and the thrilling stunt show. Well Roadies was a test of patience and endeavour for young SIMSRites, Razzmatazz was a two day workshop on the Latin American inspired dance art form – Salsa, and the bike stunt was a surprise to SIMSR from Melange team, a display of nerves and control with fearlessness. Day 3 : The most awaited and coveted day of melange Very few institutes in this country offer a huge landscape and ‘Mad over Booty’ made sure SIMSRites explore it in a mindboggling treasure hunt. The climax of such a great event had to be grand and pompous. And yes it was indeed. First time in the history of Somaiya, ‘Sunburn campus’, an idea of Percept Company was held, an event that rocked every brick and sole in this institution. With new experiences, memories, and learning the students bid Melange’14 farewell but not without the zeal to take on excited planning, ideas and hopes for many more such events in years to come.
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National Retail Summit With the ongoing debate over FDI in multi-brand retail in
Great Lakes Chennai, SIMSR etc. Simultaneously
India, Flipkart acquiring Myntra, etc. retail has become
Retail Mela with the theme of “The Great Indian Me-
the talk of the town in most of the board meetings and
la” was carried out at a popular
management colleges.
“Green Benches” which dazzled with stalls that of-
The National Retail Summit, flagship event of the Retail Management Course was held on 6th and 7th of February 2014. This event is organized by students of PGDMRM, SIMSR and it was the students of Team NRS 2K14 who left no stone unturned to make it a grand success. The pre-buzz events started right from the first week of January with new contests like “Whatsapp with NRS”,
hangout place called
fered finger licking food to exquisite jewelry and artifacts. The same day a workshop on e-tailing was conducted by Mr. Amit Tripathi, MD IdeateLabs. He enlightened the students on various e-commerce insights and data. Laying emphasis on the Active User Usage, he explained how ephemeral digital world is and said the very existence of Market Research will vanish
logo quiz competition on whatsapp and many others. As
provided we have a fancy Big Data Analytics team.
a matter of fact, there was some offering or the other
Not to forget the fun quotient, Team NRS had orga-
from the house of team NRS throughout the month of
nized a Stand-up comedy show with outstanding per-
January.
formances by various young comedians like the very
Interesting and engaging events like Shop-o-mania (the
famous, Mr. Akash Mehta. Day 1 concluded wonder-
theme being capture your shopping experiences), Palm-o -kraft (unleash your creativity without sketch-pens), Candy Crush Saga (the gaming competition with people getting crushed at each level), Manthan (battle of the
fully with Re-Connect, Annual Retail Alumni Meet wherein super seniors managed to take time out on a weekday and addressed the students of the current batches.
strengths i.e. tug of war) and Eldorado (wake up your Sherlock neurons i.e. treasure hunt) made the summit very effectual. Following were the highlights of the two days:
Day 1 6th morning saw the inaugural ceremony of NRS, with eminent guests comprising of LocalBanya.com - Mentor and Strategy advisor, Mr. Nitin Mukadam; Managing Partner, RDS Consulting, Mr. Siva Rangaswamy; Deputy Brand Manager, Worldwide Media Mr. Mihir Mukadam; Director SIMSR, Dr. Satish Ailawadi; and Program Head Marketing Communications and Retail Management, Prof. Isaac Jacob. The guests emphasized on the exponential rise in online retailing and the benefits of FDI in retailing format. Following suit was the flagship event of NRS called Kurukshetra - A Case Study Competition, wherein the finalist teams were from SCMHRD Pune,
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Day 2 : The second day as planned was a mélange of both engrossing and motivational sessions. The day opened with welcoming esteemed guests viz. Mr. Siva Rangaswamy (MD, RDS Consulting), Mr. Vivek Rastogi (SAP Retail Consultant, TCS), Mr. Ravi Ramanathan (Business Strategist and Offshore Advisory Consultant), Prof. Isaac Jacob (Program Coordinator, PGDM-RM and Marketing Communication), Mr. Rajesh Ingle (DOM, True sense) and Mr. Manish Taneja (Co-Founder and CEO Purplle.com). The program proceeded with a panel discussion on “Retailing a decade ahead” followed by the Retail Success story of the event’s title sponsor Ram Krishna Travels Pvt. Ltd., purplle.com and a budding student entrepreneur’s venture. The Retail Business quiz saw participation from various well-known colleges like IIT-B, SIMSREE and SIMSR. Meanwhile other students and faculty members were enjoying shopping at the Retail Mela. It was the end of the National retail summit that marked the beginning of yet another one, Melange’14 themed “For a better tomorrow”
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ICON’14 – Determination to Destination, the flagship
There was a mixture of Technical, Management and
event of I.T Department, organized by the students of
Sports events wherein students from various I.T. Institu-
MCA, SIMSR witnessed the ultimate battle of wits
tions and B-Schools like Symbiosis Institute of Technol-
and creativity and achieved greater heights of success
ogy Pune, VESIT, NMIMS, NITIE and many more par-
this year. The pre-buzz event of ICON’14, started two
ticipated and won exciting prizes. Following are the
days prior to the main event and it was called “What
glimpses of few competitions held in ICON’14.
do you want to do before you DIE”. The idea was to keep a wish wall in K.J. SIMSR campus for the students from all over the Somaiya Vidyavihar campus. Team ICON’14 was successful in fulfilling the wish of one lucky winner Mr. Akshat Vijaywargiya from PGDM IB (1st year).
Gallery : Students of MCA 1st and 2nd year created a gallery showcasing how transformation took place in IT starting from punch cards and main frame computers to current technology tablets, smartphones, and future technology of Google glass .
The event started with a marvelous rangoli art of ICON’14 by virtuoso in rangoli art, Mr. Umesh Panchal. The inaugural ceremony of ICON’14 held on 28th February, 2014, was graced by the presence of the chief Guest for the day-Dr. Padmaja Joshi, Joint Director C-DAC, Mumbai; Dr. Satish Ailawadi. Director, KJ SIMSR; Dr. D.G Jha, Program Coordinator, MCA; IT Department faculties and all MCA students. It was followed by a welcome speech by Dr. Padmaja Joshi. She also gave a presentation and shared her industry knowledge on E-Governance.
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Inglorious Geeks: The event was a quiz competi-
code.
tion
for
the
students
which
tested
their
technical and management knowledge. These and many more such competitions contributed to the great success of ICON’14. The day ended with a valedictory session by Mr. Rahul Avasthy VP-Business and Creative Zapak digital entertainment in the presence of Dr. D.G Jha, Program Coordinator MCA and all the faculties of I.T Department. It was then followed by the prize distribution ceremony for the event winners. The event finally concluded with felicitation of guest and winners of various competitions.
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Alumniscence SIMSR has a long and enviable list of alumni who have ascended and proved their mettle across the spectrum of business world. Our institution remains a nurturing ground for the new generation of aspiring managers and continuous learning comes naturally. Alumni committee, in its endeavour to foster sharing of knowledge and perspectives, invited Mr Sanjay Shah to the campus to deliver a talk to the current students, which he kindly agreed to. Mr Shah is an alumnus of the batch of 1992 and has had an illustrious professional journey so far. He currently serves in the capacity of Managing Director at Morgan Stanley. He has extensive experience in capital markets and is known for his deep insights regarding the same. Speaking to the attendees who included students and faculty members, he spoke at length about the current macroeconomic scenario and how he perceives the sentiment in the markets. He discussed the opportunities and looming threats to Indian economy and how policy decisions (or lack of them) affect the financial ecosystem. He mentioned how his career progressed over years and how one has to be constantly learning. He happily answered the questions posed to him by the curious crowd and offered his take on things. Students found Mr. Shah very humble and the talk extremely enriching. He signed off saying that in addition to all the hard work and knowledge it is very important for a manager to be confident in order to make a pitch. Concluding the session, Professor Manish Gupta thanked him for his valuable time and audiences for their enthusiasm.
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Saraswati Puja A pinch of Bengal in the heart of Mumbai Call it Vasant Panchami or Sree Panchami or Saraswati Puja, the greatest festival of spring for Indians was celebrated with pomp and grandeur this year as well at SIMSR. Keeping up with the traditions till date, we SIMSRites, on the auspicious morning of 4th February, 2014, gathered together to worship the Goddess of Learning in our very own institute campus. It was mainly organized by the Bengali Association of Students of SIMSR with unconditional support from the entire student fraternity and faculty. Preparation for the puja had begun a week before; wherein stationeries were bought, decorations were done, and the idol was finally brought to adore our campus. The goddess was worshipped in many modes such as floral offerings, Prasad, new notebooks, and pens. With girls clad in yellow saris and boys in kurtas the entire campus wore a happy look on this sacred occasion. After early morning prayers or “Pushpanjali”, the delicious “bhog” was distributed to all the students
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MENTORSHIP There goes a famous belief that it is always nerve wracking to hold shows on Saturdays as it can either make you swim or sink. Well, one such lazy evening at SIMSR campus on the 22nd of February 2014, did turn the mentorship initiative by the alumni com-
date. As she left the campus, she also promised to come back to SIMSR whenever time would permit her and be a part of a number of events organized by the Alumni committee in order to strengthen relationships with the college and people around it.
mittee into a true story of success when we welcomed our highly esteemed and adorable Alumna Ms. Shweta Vora to our campus to enlighten our students on Credit Ratings. Ms. Shweta Vora has been working as a Credit analyst at CRISIL since last 3 years and thus had invaluable insights into the different work domains of CRISIL. She graduated from SIMSR in the year 2010 and has been working with CRISIL ever since then. Her area of expertise includes Credit analysis, Corporate Finance, Financial Modeling, Equity Research, Credit Risk etc. The session began with a brief introduction on Ms. Shweta herself and then she took over the discussion to explain how CRISIL in reality rates companies. As she mentioned, CRISIL ratings are of 3 different types, namely Corporate rating, Financial Product rating, & FIIs Rating. These ratings are mainly arrived at by a team working through rigorous set of rating processes at CRISIL. The lucidity with which Ms. Vora explained the complicated know-hows of Credit Ratings kept each and every participant engrossed in her lecture. She stressed on the fact that there is much more than only number crunching jobs in finance but and thus encouraged students to pursue a career in Finance. After the classroom session, she also told us about her College days, how they used to have fun and how much she misses the institute till 14
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SIMSR GLOBAL MARKETING CONFERENCE pers on diverse subjects ranging from brand management to rural marketing. The theme this year was “Ubiquitous Marketing Unwiring Consumers….Rewriting Rulebooks” Our chief guest of honor, Prof. Parasuraman elucidated the concept of this year’s theme very effectively to the audience, emphasizing on the reasons why service providers should in particular catch up to this trend. Day 1 saw a workshop being conducted by Prof. Parsuraman for executives and SIMSR professors where he shared his contribution to the The 9th SIMSR Global Marketing Conference was conducted by SIMSR in association with College of Business & Public Administration, California State University, San Bernardino, USA and Management University of Africa. The event was sponsored by DRAFTFCB +ULKA, Godavari Biorefineries, and Euromonitor International. As a precursor to the event, the college hosted a CEO Dinner for some of Mumbai’ top industrialists and marketers at ITC Grand Central where the 9th SGMC was inaugurated with much gusto in the presence of the eminent services marketing personality, Prof A Parasuraman ( he holds James W. McLamore Chair in Marketing, Professor, and Department Chair, Marketing at University of Miami. This marketing conclave played host to industry czars and
world of services marketing. The inaugural function also saw Mr. Sumanta Datta (VP, Company Bottling Operations-Coca Cola India) who shared insights of his rich domain knowledge. After a series of informative and detailed presentations, the 9th Global conference came to an end with an intriguing panel discussion on “Doing business in Africa”. The panel saw revered industrialists and businessmen viz. Mr. Satyam Prakash, Dr. Manendra Sahu and Mr. Anil Balani. They discussed on the brighter prospects of setting up business in Africa and the countless unseen benefits of doing the same. The panel discussion marked the end of this 3 day saga with many recalling the event as a grand success.
academicians and research scholars who shared their pa-
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LOHRI Lighting the bonfire in Lohri, symbolizes offering prayers to Lord Agni (god of fire) to shower blessings on the land with abundance of crops and prosperity. Amidst the cold weather on 13th Jan 2014, members of the Students Activity Forum (SAF) at SIMSR celebrated the longawaited bonfire festival Lohri in the institute campus. A bonfire was lit and was encircled by students and few staff members as well. The celebration witnessed students gathering for the bonfire, dressed in ethnic who danced to the tunes and beats of the traditional dhol and sang Lohri songs. Students also offered peanuts, popcorn and sweets made of ‘til’ and ‘revri’ to the holy Lohri fire. Students celebrated the spirit of brotherhood and oneness, while thanking the Almighty for a bountiful life on earth. It was a fun-filled evening that helped students rejuvenate and rejoice.
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YUDH “One man practicing sportsmanship is far better
cilities in SIMSR, the main attraction was the open
than 50 preaching it.” – Knut Rockne.
chess board, squash stadium, and the race track.
Very rightly quoted by Rockne, amidst all the hustle-bustle of ever-hectic MBA life, sports opens the door for reviving the spirit of winning. With this
Recently in another event the famous athlete P. T. Usha ran in the same race-course.
idea in mind, SIMSR Sports, the official sports
In athletics, more than 18 players participated in
committee of K J Somaiya organised Yudh (the
which the winner was SIMSR and the runner-up
th
famous Inter B-school Sports festival) from 7 to
was SJMSOM, IIT Bombay. Badminton was quite
10th February.
engaging in boys, in which final winners were NI-
More than 12 premium B-Schools including JBIMS, SJSOM, NITIE, SIMSREE, S P Jain, NMIMS participated in the festival making it a
TIE and the runners up SIMSR. In ‘Battle of Minds’, NMIMS made it to the top, while next was IIT Bombay.
huge success. But that’s not it, before this event the
In Squash, NMIMS team easily out-played other
active members of the committee conducted Sports
teams and won both first and second position.
quiz, Counter-strike, Need for speed and Box-
Players of TISS displayed excellence in basketball
cricket which was enthusiastically accepted by
acquiring first rank while in volley-ball they stood
players.
second. SIMSR emerged as winner in football,
From athletics to indoor games like chess, badminton, table-tennis and squash to outdoor games like Cricket, football, tennis, throw ball, and volley-ball
throw ball, lawn tennis, table tennis and athletics and naturally as the over-all winner of the event with maximum points.
was organised. The first day was mainly a get-
Just to note, SIMSR Sports, guided by Prof. Man-
together and elimination day, as in many games the
ish gupta and managed by Saumil Maheshwari,
format was knock-out. All the players were ex-
Anshul, Nivedita Prakasham and team, recently
pected to register before-hand and the fixtures were
emerged as an over-all winner in Josh (a similar
mailed. With the help of specific arbiters and refer-
sports tournament), conducted by NITIE.
ees, all the games were conducted in parallel. Final rounds of most of the games were conducted on the second day itself and only few games such as football and cricket had final rounds on the third day. Gradually the competition became fiercer and only the fittest survived. Each of the participants, winners and runner-ups
In addition to Yudh, the flag-ship event of SIMSR Sports, the committee also organises Elan-e-Yudh and Kurukshetra as an inter-class sports competition. To conclude, Sport has a unique power to attract, mobilize and inspire. By its very nature, sport is about participation and this is exactly what this committee spreads, encourages and achieves.
were given a certificate of participation and medals of honour respectively. While the out-side players were pleasantly surprised looking at the sports fa-
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INTERNATIONAL learning organization CONFERENCE On 3rd and 4th January, K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research organized an international conference on the theme ‘Transforming into Learning Organization: Linking the Present with the Future’. The two days were graced by many industry experts, academicians, and students. The conference began with the Director Prof. Ailawadi’s speech followed by the keynote speaker Prof. (Dr) S. Ramnarayan, who is a clinical professor at ISB Hyderabad. He spoke of his personal experiences in trying to bring about a continuous learning culture in the organizations he has worked with. He explained the theory by Peter Senge and added his own perspective to it.
The conference was concluded by Prof. (Dr) Preeti
There was also a speech by Mr. G. Kalaisel-
Rawat with a speech that talked about how every or-
van GM, BPCL on how his company had success-
ganization has to transform itself into a Learning Or-
fully adapted to the changing times. This was then
ganization, only then will it be able to survive in this
followed by paper presentations from academi-
competitive environment.
cians from various universities like IIT, Symbiosis, University of Sargodha (Pakistan), to name a few. On the 2nd day of the conference, there were panel discussions from industry experts, speeches from Corporate Representatives from Reliance Infra, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Zensar Tech, Mahindra & Mahindra Finance and Syntel. They spoke about how their company matched the competency and mindset of their employees with the Learning & Development interventions in order to have blended learning and synergy in business. Later that day, there was another panel discussion by the consultants from Tata Motors, Hay group, Maruma and Cerebrus. The panellists discussed about the difficulties faced by organizations to continuously innovate itself and be relevant to the business environment.
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outreach For timeless anniversaries of our communion As we take little steps towards building relation-
S Vitamins (India) and Cynamid before he initiated his
ships with our Alumni as a part of the latest initia-
successful association with Wyeth Limited. He also
tive called “OutReach�, in every edition we bring to
very graciously offered to be a part of the ongoing ac-
you a glimpse of the same and unfold to you the
tivities conducted by ALCOM whenever possible.
stories of the various eminent Alumni we meet round the year.
When requested for tips for young professionals, he suggested that developing a healthy relationship with
To begin with, we on behalf of the Alumni Com-
the company helps in the long run and though reaching
mittee at SIMSR would like to extend our heartiest
out for better opportunities is a welcome idea but one
thanks to all those Alumni who could shell out
must give each career stage sufficient time to grow to
some time amidst their busy schedules and share
get the best results.
with us the precious learnings of their life and enlighten us on how the future is going to shape up in the business world.
Ms. Shivani Gupta, Director, Capgemini Consulting Our next Outreach moment was when we met our alumna Ms. Shivani Gupta, the Director at Capgemini Consulting. She is an alumnus of 1994 batch. We discussed about the current happenings of college and numerous initiatives of ALCOM all year round. She showed keen interest to be a part of some of the ALCOM activities. We then discussed about her career path and success. She also provided us with some valuable suggestions for the students. She said that having a keen desire to learn and being proactive are the most important features anyone should have while joining the corporate world. She also gave insights on how we can connect better with our alumni and activities which
Mr. Mangesh Kukalkar, Associate Director
can be taken up. Moreover she promised to visit the
(Market Planning), Wyeth Limited. Beginning the year on an inspirational note, we got an opportunity to meet with Mr. Mangesh Kukalkar, Associate Director (Market Planning), Wyeth Limited. He is an alumnus from the 1987 batch. He spoke about K J SIMSR quite fondly. Taking us up the staircase of his professional journey, he shared with us how he began his fruitful career with Vilco Labs and then progressed with companies such as U
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campus more often to enrich our students by sharing
couraging thought that if only one pursues one’s
her corporate experience.
dreams and follows one’s heart, one will be happy.
Ms. Lata Pillai, Director, Deutsche Bank As a part of this initiative we also met our alumna Ms. Lata Pillai, the Director at Deutsche Bank. She is an alumna of 1988 batch. We discussed about the current happenings of college and numerous events conducted by ALCOM all year round. She showed keen interest to be a part of some of the ALCOM activities. She also gave insights on how we can connect better with our alumni and activities which can be taken up. She has ensured us that she would be on campus more often so that the present batch students will get an opportunity to learn from her corporate experience. Mr. Chinmay S Gheewala, Group Head — Marketing Wockhardt In the month of February, we had the opportunity to meet Mr Chinmay .S. Gheewala who is currently acting as the Group Head, Marketing, Wockhardt Hospitals. Based out of Mumbai, Mr. Gheewala has had a career of love and passion with Wockhardt Hospitals which was his maiden organization after he graduated from Our Institute. As the conversation went on, on one hand, Mr. Gheewala shared with us his love for his company and his role in the organization; on the other he enquired about different activities going on in the campus and activities undertaken by The Alumni Committee. A true marketer at heart, Mr. Gheewala admitted, though it is difficult to sell products in the Hospitality Business, the key to success is only to focus on building relationships with the customers beyond the business arena. He also shared his views on various latest happenings in the marketing world, especially in the field of digital marketing, which he feels would be booming in the coming decade. As a departing message, Mr. Gheewala left us with an en-
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Achievements 1. 'Killer Deal' at Prayaag 2014 - JBIMS Position : 1st Participants : Mihir Babaria, Dharam Joshi, Ricken Ramchandani (MMS 2013-15) 2. ARVIND SABARMATI CYCLOTHON AMDAVAD 2014 Achievement : Completed a round trip of 100 km gear-less cycle race Participant : Deepanshu Gupta of PGDM Finance (2012-14) 3. Kriti Prarochna – Annual Fest Drishti 2014 organized by SIOM Nashik Position: Winners Participants: Sayoni Maitra (PGDM-IB 2013-15) & Srabana Chaudhuri (PGDM 2013-15)
4. HR Case Study Competition- Virtualities, the annual fest of SIES college of Management Position : Winners Participant : Roshan Singh Nagi & Saurabh Suman (PGDM 2012-14) 5. Rann Neeti – Annual Fest Drishti 2014 organized by SIOM Nashik Position: Winners Participants: Chetan Dua & Anurag Yelkur (PGDM 2013-15) 6. Debate competition Sparks 2013 organized by Benchmark Six Sigma Position: 2nd Participants: Swati Kamilla and Sahil Kaswan (PGDM 2013-15) 7. HR Event,ICFAI,Mumbai Position: 1st Participants: Anurag Yelkur (PGDM 2013-15)
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