IMPRINTS
Alumni Newsletter
February 2016 Edition
CONTENTS
TEAM ALCOM SPEAKS
SOMAIYA ALUMNI REUNION 2016
The Alumni Committee is glad to present Imprints – February Edition.
MELANGE 2016
To reconnect with our Alumni who live in various cities across India,
SIMSR GLOBAL MARKETING CONFERENCE
we bring for you, The City Meets 2016! Over the coming weeks, the Alumni Committee has planned a meet in eight different cities. Join us to network with other SIMSR Alumni living in your own city.
SAMAVESH 2016
NAVIKARAN
welcome you at The City Meets soon!
FINSTREET FIESTA
We are happy to announce that SIMSR’s Annual Management and
EXPERENTIAL LEARNING INITIATIVE
YUDH 2016
Mark your calendars for the city of your choice. We hope to
Cultural Festival – Melange 2016 is here! This year, Melange will celebrate the unique spirit of the city of Mumbai and the plethora of opportunities found here.
CITY MEETS 2016 Mumbai—27th February Ahmedabad—5th March
Delhi—12th March Kolkata—12th March Bengaluru—19th March Chennai—22nd March Hyderabad—22nd March Pune—2nd April Time—7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
SOMAIYA ALUMNI REUNION 2016
Shri Samir Somaiya President of the Somaiya Trust
Dignitaries and Honourable Members of the Somaiya Trust
addressing the audience
Dr. Rajan Welukar Provost at the Somaiya Trust addressing the audience
Panel Discussion on “Organizational
Medical Conference on “How to fight Cancer”
Leadership in the Digital Age”
by renowned Oncologist, Dr. Advani
Live in Concert with Neeraj Arya’s Kabir Cafe
Winners of the Reunion Raffle
Alumni engaging in activities at stalls
Alumni at the Gargi Plaza during SAR
MELANGE 2016 The flagship event of KJ SIMSR- Melange – is knocking on the doors. And
this time, its bigger! Think of Mumbai, Bollywood, long beaches, the hustle and bustle of never ending crowd and the invincible Dabbawalas who never fail our apetite. Above all, the eclectic diversity and colors of this tinsel town brimming with people from all across the country. After all, it’s Mumbai, meri jaan! We invite all SIMSR Alumni to join in the celebration of Melange
2016.
Revisit
your
Alma
Mater
to
participate
in
exciting management events & engaging panel discussions.
EVENTS AT MELANGE 2016
STRATINNOVA (Case Study Competition)
PRAVARTHANA (Financial Modelling Competition)
MODEL UNITED NATIONS (Debate Competition)
COMMERCIO (Country Case Analysis Competition)
VARIEAGATING BRANDS QOMBAT (Analytics Competition) THE GREEN TRADE (Strategy Based Game) WAR OF BANDS
What’s more? Euphoria, the biggest Indian rock band which stole a billion hearts in the mid-90s, with its hits like “Maeeri”, “Ana Meri Gully” will perform at Melange 2016! So come, be a part of the undying zeal and unmatched pace of Mumbai. Find yourself immersed in a whirlpool of excitement as the waves takeover!
Save your dates: 11th – 13th February 2016
Visit Us At: www.melangesimsr.com
SIMSR GLOBAL MARKETING CONFERENCE SIMSR hosted the 11th SIMSR Global Marketing Conference from 13th to 15th January under the guidance of Convenor Dr. Vandana Khanna. The round table conference was moderated by Prof. Isaac Jacob. The topic was “Experiential Marketing” and the eminent speakers were – Dr. S.M. Dhume (Associate Professor, NITIE) Dr. M. K Jain (Professor, School of Business, Kenyatta University) Ms. Chumki Neyogi (Sr. VP, Operations, Andromeda BPO) Mr. Satish Rajamani (Lead Digital Strategist, FCB Ulka) Mr. R. Ravishankar (CEO, P.S. LIVE)
Key note address was given by Mr. Vidyadhar Wabgaonkar, Sr. VP, Strategic Planning, Interface Communications.
SAMAVESH 2016 On 16th January, SIMSR’s annual event of panel discussions – “Samavesh” was organised. Samavesh was initiated at SIMSR through the efforts of Prof. C P Joshi. International Business Society at SIMSR organized a session on strategies implemented by MNEs.
ENACTUS Social Cell organised a panel discussion on “Ethical Leadership”. Humanist – the HR Club of SIMSR, organized a panel discussion on “Leadership and Succession Planning”. One of the panelists was Niketa Thakar, SIMSR alum of batch 2007 and VP of Performance and Business Management, Corporate Services at The Royal Bank of Scotland. Pathfinder Innovation and Entrepreneur Cell conducted a session on “Changing dynamics in Education Sector”.
MCA INDUSTRIAL VISIT The students of the MCA program at SIMSR were taken on industrial visits to Indivar Software Solutions and A2IT in Punjab by faculty Dr. Bharti Veerendra and Dr. Sujata Rao on 26th January. Both the sessions were very helpful in introducing the students to workplace environment in the field of software and web applications. Students used this opportunity to ask career centric questions to the employees and experts in the industry. The industrial visit also covered Manali and lasted for 8 days.
NAVIKARAN Navikaran, the annual marketing fest of SIMSR was held from
21st to 23rd January. It was conducted by Interface. The panel discussion on Hybrid Consumer Engagement included prominent names like – Ms. Chavi Jafa (Senior Director, Head of Payments, IDFC Bank) Mr. Anirudha Rohit Patel (AVP, The Economist) Mr. Harikrishnan Pillai (Reliance Broadcast) Prof Hardeep Singh (faculty of Marketing, SIMSR) Ranniti, the B-plan competition, was conducted on 23rd January. The winner team was from MICA.
FINSTREET FIESTA Finstreet celebrated “Finstreet Fiesta” from 4th to 9th January where an entire week was dedicated to the world of Finance and Economics. The first event was All-India Undergraduate Finance Quiz. Next was Investrix - a corporate panel discussion on "Prospects and Challenges for Investment in Capital
Markets". Third day featured Lock Stock and Trade which provided a stimulated stock trading platform for open outcry. On the last two days, SIFICO - SIMSR International Finance Conference was declared open with the release of the IOSR Journal of Economics and Finance. Mr. Rambhushan Kanumuri, SIMSR alum of batch 1995 and Head of Corporate Finance & ECM at Investec India participated in the event.
EXPERENTIAL LEARNING INITIATIVE ELI (Experiential Learning Initiative) is a voluntary mentoring program taken up by the students of KJ SIMSR. The post graduate students mentor school children of S K Somaiya Vinaymandir School and assist them in the development of soft skills and communication in English. The current ELI team comprises of 5 teachers and 40 mentors (5 from second year PGDM batch and 35 from first year PGDM batch) who take out time dedicatedly and assist the students of 7th and 8th grade in getting ready for the competitive world ahead.
YUDH 2016 YUDH 2016, a three-day annual sporting fest of SIMSR was held
from 22nd to 24th January in the campus. Cricket, football, basketball, volleyball, throw ball, athletics, badminton, squash and LAN games were featured in the competition. Players from various colleges in Mumbai such as JBIMS, SIMSREE, Devi Durga, Welingkar competed with one another with great fervour and enthusiasm. After three days of exhilarating action and stellar performances on the field, final results were declared where SIMSR finished first and claimed the prestigious Yudh trophy. The second place was bagged by NMIMS. And the third place was awarded to TISS.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES Top Recruiting Companies
Total Number of Recruiting Companies
Number of Vacancies
Axis Bank, Adobe, City Bank,
32
40
Deloitte, Yes Bank, Zomato
ALUMNI RELATIONS
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Rohan Pai - 98197 10256 (Convenor, Alumni Committee)
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