IMPRINTS June 2016 Edition
SIMSR Alumni Newsletter
Contents
Team AlCom Speaks
Chairperson for SIMSR
The Alumni Committee is happy to present Imprints - June edition.
Alumni Relations
Team Alcom expresses heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Radha Iyer for her
Alumni Achievements
valuable contribution to Alumni Relations and welcomes Dr. Rupali
AlCheMy
Gadkari
SIMSR Alumni Meet
strengthening the bond that our Alumni share with their Alma Mater, we are
Outreach with Alumni
glad to present the AlCom Calendar AY 2016-17. We warmly welcome our new
Class of 2016 - Message
Alumni, class of 2016! It also gives us pleasure to present the launch of our new
for our new Alumni
initiative ‘AlCheMy’! We are eager for a great year ahead, and hope to
ALCOM Calendar
continue building this association further!
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Chairperson for SIMSR Alumni Relations The Alumni Committee is thankful to Dr. Radha Iyer for her exemplary work as the Alumni Relations Chairperson at SIMSR. Under her leadership, the Alumni Committee achieved the following milestones –
Establishment of an alumni relations department
Initiatives to engage alumni from all SIMSR programs – MCA, PG Executive, MFM, MMM, MIM and MHRDM
Dr. Radha Iyer
Introduction of alumni into various institutional functions
Faculty ALCOM Team involvement
Excellent rapport with several SIMSR Alumni
Building global alumni relations
Dr. Rupali Gadkari
We will miss Dr. Radha’s guidance going forward. The role of Chairperson for Alumni Relations at SIMSR will now be handled by Dr. Rupali Gadkari. She is a SIMSR Alum of MFM, batch 2006. She has been a professor of Financial
Management at SIMSR for 10 years and is an active member of SIMSR Alumni Relations. She helped in organising the SIMSR Alumni Singapore Meet of 2015. We welcome Dr. Gadkari to our team and look forward to her support.
Alumni Achievements Sweta Agarwal, SIMSR alum of batch 2010, has secured 19th rank in UPSC. After qualifying for IPS she pursued her childhood dream of becoming an IAS officer. Sweta graduated with a B.Sc. Hons in Economics from St. Xavier’s in Kolkata. After graduating from SIMSR she worked with Deloitte as an Analyst in Mumbai for 13 months. When she qualified for IPS she had a rank of 497 in the Civil Services Examination of 2014. Narayanan Palani, SIMSR PG Executive Alum of batch 2012, is an internationally known software test automation specialist and author of best selling books. His book ‘Advanced Test Strategy’
Sweta Agarwal
published by Penguin Partridge Publishers on digital technology
Narayanan Palani
stands as the best reviewed book across the globe. His latest book ‘Software Automation Testing’ has been listed as a Best Seller among New Releases in Computer Science on Amazon India.
AlCheMy The Alumni committee takes great pleasure in announcing the launch of a new program – ‘AlCheMy’ where 'Al-' stands for Alumni, '-Che-' stands for friend and ‘-My’ refers to the mentee. We take pride in inviting our biggest strength, our Alumni for this program. Just as the word's literary meaning suggests (turning metal into gold), this
program aims at turning SIMSR students’ 'mettle' into something more valuable. We believe that our Alumni’s rich and diverse experience will help SIMSR students make informed decisions for their future. Also, we hope this initiative helps us strengthen the bond that our Alumni share with their Alma Mater. This mentorship program will involve 59 SIMSR Alumni who will mentor 124 second year students belonging to different programs at SIMSR. The Alumni Committee has also formed a SIMSR Alumni Google Group where alumni can share job opportunities directly with each other. Write to us at simsrjobs@googlegroups.com to join this alumni networking portal.
SIMSR Alumni Delhi Meet A few SIMSR Alumni in Delhi organised a meet at Chaayos, Connaught Place on 2nd May 2016. A member of our Alumni Committee was also present. The following points were discussed at the Alumni Meet Bringing
alumni base together to understand their aspirations and fund them collectively
Eliminating
geographical barriers to improve the reach of SIMSR alumni forum
Strengthening
intra-alumni networking to share job opportunities in each others’ organizations
Need to have an alumni portal run by the alumni Fund raising for alumni portal
Outreach with Alumni Ms. Khushbu Kankaria, a member of the Alumni Committee, met with
Mr. Neeraj Vakil, SIMSR Alum of batch 2006, on 9th May 2016. Mr. Vakil is currently the Product Marketing Manager at Somsonite. Mr. Vakil participated as a panelist for the GD/PI rounds during SIMSR’s admission process (PGDM batch of 2016 - 18). He suggested that more number of smaller initiatives should be taken to bring alumni closer. He also expressed interest in mentoring a few students from the retail specialization. Mr. Vikram Gupte, a member of the Alumni Committee, met with Mr. Arvind Jain, SIMSR Alum of batch 2005, on 24th May 2016. Mr. Jain is currently the VP, Private Wealth Management at Motilal Oswal. Mr. Jain explained how his two years at SIMSR taught him the importance of team work. He says it gave him the confidence to explore unchartered territory. He believes SIMSR students can gain valuable insights from industry professionals through guest lectures.
Congratulations Class of 2016
Congratulations graduating batch of 2014 -16! Welcome to the SIMSR Alumni family!
ALCOM Calendar Alma Matter - 30th July 2016 Reunion of Ex-AlCommers Anveshan - 20th August 2016 Meet between graduates of 2016 and first year students at SIMSR Nostalgia - 3rd September 2016 Annual Alumni Homecoming Meet Alumni High Tea - 15th October 2016 Reunion of MCA, MFM, MMM, MIM, MHRDM and PG Exec Alumni
Job Opportunities Top Recruiting Companies (in May)
Total Number of Recruiting Companies
Number of Vacancies
Deloitte, HSBC, CEAT,
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KPMG and Deutsche Bank
To know more write to us at simsrjobs@googlegroups.com
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Team Imprints
Chief Editor— Ankita Rajadhyaksha
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Sharma, Tanvi Vassa
Sanjog
Singh
Ahuja
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Arvind Pandi Dorai
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Contributors— Priyanka Mirajkar, Akshay
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Managers—
Parul Pathak and Abhijith Varma
Vidhya Sharma
Shriya Pawar
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(Officer, Alumni Relations, SIMSR)
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Vikram Gupte
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7276686693
(Convenor, Alumni Committee)
alcom.simsr@somaiya.edu