TEAM ALCOM SPEAKS
CONTENTS
The Alumni Committee constantly strives to maintain a healthy and lasting relation
Amish Speaks
between our alumni and their alma mater. Our team of highly motivated members
Lord’s Homecoming
strives hard to come up with new and creative ideas for making the experiences of
PG Executive Alumni Meet
our alumni as personalized and memorable as possible. Our ultimate motto is to keep
Rendezvous with Anupama Chopra
Job Updates
PANGEA 2015
the SIMSR family closely knit together. We truly appreciate the support and enthusiastic participation from our alumni that encourage us to perform better each time. We hope to receive the same cooperation for our future initiatives as well. We look forward to hearing from you!
AMISH SPEAKS SIMSR had a startling treat on 23rd September when Amish Tripathi, the literary star of the nation visited our campus to talk about his latest book ‘Scion of Ikshvaku’. The event was organized by the Guest Lecture Committee. The bestselling author of Shiva Trilogy and a national sensation, talked in length about his journey of becoming a storyteller after graduating from IIM-Kolkata and spending 14 years in the financial services industry. Towards the end of the event, the author pleased his fans by giving autographs.
PG EXECUTIVE ALUMNI MEET PG Executive Alumni Meet took place on 12th September. The Alumni present were:
Mr. Haresh Ashar , Proprietor, Anagh Enterprises
Mr. Prashant Arekar, Associate Manager Business Development, TDI International
Mr. Narayanan Palani
(via Google hangouts from
London) Prof. Monica Khanna, Prof Isaac Jacob, Dr. Radha Iyer, Dr. Rushi Anandan and Prof Raghu Kumari graced the event with their presence. The event ended with Prof Isaac Jacob delivering an incisive lecture on the importance of personal branding and the art of shaping public perception.
LORD’S HOMECOMING
Ganesh Utsav has always been an integral part of SIMSR’S festive celebrations and this year was no exception. The festival breathed a new life and enthusiasm into the campus. The celebrations continued for two days and students enjoyed games like tambola, ladoo eating competition. Praying for a happy and successful future, our students bade adieu to lord Ganesha and asked him to visit SIMSR soon in the coming year.
Month
Total Companies
Total Job Postings
April
6
8
May
5
8
June
10
16
come forward and helped create job opportunities
July
11
15
for their colleagues in the alumni network resulting
August
17
22
in conjoint benefits.
September
7
8
Total
56
77
JOB UPDATES One crucial contribution of the Alumni Committee is circulation of job mails in our vast SIMSR Alumni Network. Alumni from different organizations have
Here is a glimpse of the number of job opportunities that have opened up for the alumni network over the past few months.
PANGEA 2015 On 26th September, IBS@SIMSR organized their flagship event PANGEA 2015 - The International Business Conference. The event had on board some of the leading industry veterans:
Mr. Arvind Mehra, Regional Sales Head (Middle East and South Asia), Cobham Surveillance UK,
Mr. Ankur Mehta (Alumnus 2006 Batch), Vice President, Marsh India Insurance Broker Pvt. Ltd.,
Mr. Durgesh Buxy, Deputy General Manager, Raymond Ltd. and
Mr. Mangesh Kukalkar (Alumnus 1987 Batch), Marketing Manager, Pfizer Ltd.
RENDEZVOUS WITH ANUPAMA CHOPRA Anupama Chopra, an eminent Indian author, journalist, film critic and currently the Festival Director of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image (MAMI), visited SIMSR on 22nd September. The event was organized by SIMSR Talkies, the Movie Club of SIMSR. She talked about the “Mumbai Film Festival” organized by MAMI every year which is an international film festival promoting cinema worldwide. Hats off to her dedication towards making MAMI reach new heights.
ALCOM ANNOUNCEMENTS
IMPRINTS TEAM Chief Editor - Anshumala Sinha Sr. Designers & Content Managers - Swinston D’Almeida & Ridhi Gupta Designers & Content Managers - Ruchi Sharma, Riya Guin, Sweta Lakhani, Gauri Sardar & Abhijith Varma Contributors - Neha Shugani, Pooja Dhingra, Rashida Degani, Sanjog Singh, Anuradha Bhat, Khushboo Kankaria,
Man-
isha Pathakala, Parul Pathak, Simrad Hasan & Diwansh Garg Vidhya Sharma (Senior Manager, Alumni Relations, Somaiya Vidhyavihar) - 98202 48420 Arvind Pandi Dorai (Alumni Relations Coordinator, SIMSR) - 90294 08800 Rohan Pai (Convenor, ALCOM) - 98197 10256 Ridhi Gupta (Co-Convenor, ALCOM) - 75065 64237 Swinston D’Almeida (Co-Convenor, ALCOM) - 80974 06559
CONNECT WITH US:
ALCOM CALENDAR 10th October
PGDM-2015 Convocation
Please reach out to us for any queries at:
17th October
MCA High Tea
alcom.simsr@somaiya.edu
23rd October
Milaap-1995 Batch Reunion