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Imprints Volume 3 Issue 4
IMPRINTS
K.J. SOMAIYA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES & RESEARCH
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
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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StartUp – The true Entrepreneur is a doer, not a
dreamer: The event was aimed to test the skills of
students in running a business through a simulation
model. The event helped the students unleash their
entrepreneurship skills.
Webonix – Design IT Creatively: This competition
tested the web development skills of students. Students developed extremely magnificent websites and
enhanced their skills in web development.
Code O Swap – You code, we swap: It was a hardcore IT event. Participants were told to code in different programming languages and then at one particular time their codes were swapped and their competitors were then told to complete the remaining
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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and faculties, who turned up in large numbers. The
idol was worshipped the next morning as per rituals
and delicious dessert named “Dodhi Karma” was
served to all the visitors at that time. In the evening
we finally bid adieu to Ma Saraswati for this year as
the idol was immersed in the waters with a stronger
belief in our hearts -“ Asche bochor abar hobe” (In
Bengali it means - Next year we will again welcome
the Goddess to our campus.)
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
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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
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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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Editors
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Srabana Chaudhuri - 9769079620
Design and Layout
Saina Sathar
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Contributors
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