SPECTRUMNostalgia, the annual alumnihomecoming event is one ofthe most anticipated andmagnificently celebratedoccasions in SIMSR. This yearit was no exception andneedless to say thatNostalgia'14 was atremendous success. Thetheme for this year wasSafarnama - Road back to 77.Preparations had started wellin advance, towards the end ofwhich the entire collegepremise was embellished withlamps, posters, banners, pitstops showcasing glimpses ofa student's journey to SIMSRand beyond. Every committeehad put up a stall in theamphitheater and ChanakyaBuilding lobby. It was since noon, that the alumni had started arriving inclusters and Alumni Committee members had begun registering themdiligently. The event was inaugurated by Professor Dr. Satish Ailawadi,Director along with Prof C.P. Joshi, Dr. Radha Iyer and Ms. RupaliGuptare. With the Convocation ceremony happening on the same day,the entire campus looked very festive with joyful and smiling faceshovering around. After the initial welcome, the Sports Committee tookcharge of all the sport enthusiast alumni and escorted them to the sportsground. They tried their hands at badminton, squash and basketball.Then, the Annual General Meeting was conducted in which we had 18esteemed alumni from all walks of life. We shared with them in detail ourprogress and achievements for the year, the challenges we face and alsothe milestones we have set for ourselves as the K J Somaiya AlumniCommittee. The meeting provided us with vital insights that will provevaluable in pursuing our vision and mission. The next in the event list wasParichay, the networking event. This is a new initiative kicked off from thisyear, where forty-five alumni from different batches interacted with eachother and the faculty. The multilateral dialogue brought new perspectiveon current job requirements as well as global market scenario. By late evening, there were around 500 alumni who had paid visit to the campus at the call of their alma mater. Furthermore, batches of 2001 and 2004 were felicitated by Dr. Radha Iyer. The former students were more than glad to come on stage and share memories of their life at SIMSR. They were given gifts as a token of admiration and good luck for future.Totop that, there were spellbinding performances by NSPA and SIMSR's own band MAUJ. The sereneclassical and fusion music mesmerized everyone. After that, the DJ took over the stage and all the studentsand alumni shook a leg in the open theatre. It was a sight to behold. The ceremony ended at 11pm with agrand banquet dinner organized for our alumni. Gifts were distributed to all.We collected feedback from ouralumni They were very happy to be back at their Alma Mater and bade us a touching goodbye with apromise to come back again along the road of 77.December 2014 45
SPECTRUM Roobaroo There are a lot of inhibitions before one actually enters into a B-school. It is necessary for the coming batch to get their queries resolved from their seniors on a more personal and informal platform. In a quest to continue the tradition of holding a pan-India senior junior meet before welcoming the new batch to college, the official Admissions Committee of SIMSR aka ADCOM left no stone unturned to turn this initiative into a hit this year as well. In order to transform this effort of organizing Senior-Junior meet across India in different cities into a success, the committee named it as Roobaroo along with naming each city meet in a unique and fun manner. These city meets happened on 1st June 2014 in 12 cities viz. Interactions between Senior - Junior Pan-India organised by Admissions Committee Ahmedabad - Renegades of Rann, Bengaluru - Bengaluru Blasters, Bhuvaneshwar - Kalinga Fighters, Chandigarh - Sher-e-Punjab, Delhi - Dilli ke Dilwale, Hyderabad - Hyderabad Nizams, Jamshedpur - Jamshedpur Titans, Kolkata - Kolkata Addas, Lucknow - Lucknow Nawabs, Mumbai - Mumbai Mavericks Patna - Patna ki Paltan, and Pune - Pune Warriors. The seniors while on their summer internship locations took out time to meet their juniors. Alumni were also present to guide and meet the incoming batch. All the queries regarding placements, places to visit, mess food, hostel accommodation, lectures, committees, events and SIMSR were covered through this activity. The newly admitted excited, curious and confused students met their seniors in different cities and interacted with the seniors from their cities, backgrounds and culturally similar places and course specializations on a personal level.To sum it all, Roobaroo'14 was a huge success. Team ADCOM46 December 2014
SPECTRUM VaktavyaVaktavya, the annual extem-pore competition conducted byCII-YI which had its inception atSIMSR last year, had its secondinnings this year. The competi-tion was started by CII-YI in 2011with the objective of engagingstudents to voice their viewsabout various ongoing issues aswell as to promote the YI themeamong the future leaders. Thetheme adopted this year was'Accelerating economic growththrough innovation, transforma-tion, inclusion and governance'.This year, Vaktavya invited The Winner, Mihir Shah, SIESCOM receiving the Prize from Dr. Reena Mehtaregistrations from other collegesin Mumbai as well like institute.The criteria for evaluation were coherenceWellingkar, SIMSREE and S.I.E.S College of of thought, fluency in speech and the use of correctManagement Studies, apart from SIMSR itself. For English. With some very thoughtful and insightfulthe first round, the forty registered candidates had points provided by most of the candidates, theto provide a write-up on any one of the three judge had a really difficult time in selecting theprovided topics. After a rigorous evaluation pro- winners. Finally, Mihir Shah from S.I.E.S College ofcess, the top 20 candidates were shortlisted for the Management Studies was declared to be thefinal round, held on 2nd September. winner while Dax Fernandes from our own SIMSR became the runner-up. The top 2 were awardedThe finalists were given a topic and a thinking time prizes while the top 5 were awarded certificatesof 1 minute after which they were given 2 minutes to from CII-YI. Overall, the event was a great successspeak forth their views. They were judged by Mrs. and ended with the promise of even better things toReena Mehta, one of the esteemed faculty of this come in the succeeding years. The Vaktavya Team December 2014 47
SPECTRUM JANMASHTHAMIJanmashthami, or the ceremony marking the honorable Shri Krishna Chaitanya Das who is the mentor and felicitator of Gita Club delivered abirthday of Lord Krishna was celebrated with great sermon on the importance of celebrating suchfervor in the campus of SIMSR. The Gita Club of occasions in our daily lives. He used the moment toour college took the responsibility of organizing the interact with students and provided them with hisevent and turned the festival into a memorable wise two cents on various issues of an MBAexperience for one and all.The celebrations started student's life. Driving the event to its inevitable end ,at 7 pm on 17th of August in the Activity room which we all stood up for Arti. With bells, mridang andwas being decorated grandly since morning. By bhajans echoing in the room, everyone was movedevening, colorful rangolis, streamers and lightings and we all prayed to the The Creator and Sustaineradorned the activity room which was transformed of this world for his blessings and goodwill on us,into an abode of beautiful idols of Radhe Krishna. our friends and family. Thereafter, prasadam wasIt was a sight to behold! served to one and all.Once students had gathered, the celebration Students were grateful for the celebration andinitiated with members of Gita Club singing shared that such spiritual occasions offered thembhajans. The crowd joined in and sang in chorus. respite from their hectic schedule and moreAfter that a small skit was presented which importantly, provided them with the much neededchronicled the birth of Krishna and his childhood peace of mind. They say they are already lookingmischiefs.The participants were much appreciated forward to the next Janmashthami !for their delightful performances. Then, our48 December 2014
SPECTRUMThe much talked about Social Media wave has taken a new level by becoming a high involvement, lowcost business. Not surprisingly, teenagers and young adults are the most fanatic users of these socialmedia sites as it gives them a platform to keep themselves updated and maintain their networks. Out of theseveral strategies and campaigns that have been running on social media platforms, Theme tags or bucketlists has been quite successful - a post that requires people to tag their friends upon a certain pre-definedtheme. Some of the famous theme tags in the recent past were Book Bucket Challenge, Ice bucketchallenge, and Movie bucket challenge.On similar lines, LABEL embarked an online campaign related to the retail industry, named as, LABELbrand challenge. Students were encouraged to relate a minimum of three friends to a brand that definesthem, which in turn, was to be continued by those three people. The posts were tagged as#LABELbrandchallange.The campaign was received well and went viral very soon with the tags and postsby more than 300 people from the college in a week's time. Further, LABEL announced best brand tags tothe students who tagged their friends in the most interesting manner. This proved that an interesting ideaand a motivating fun quotient, work well for the youth and social media is the best place to keep themengaged. December 2014 49
SPECTRUM QUIZwIZAfter two events at SIMSR,this time Acumen was all setto take it to the next stage.Theresult was QuizWiz-2014, ageneral quiz for the entireSomaiya Vidyavihar Campus.It was organized as a part ofthe Founders Weekcelebrations and all collegesof Somaiya campus got ataste of Acumen quizzing.In the preliminary round,about 175 quizzingenthusiasts from variouscolleges like SomaiyaPolytechnic, Arts and ScienceCollege, Engineering and ourvery own SIMSR engaged in The Winners and Runners Up! with the Quizmastersa battle of wits. Prelims were including a Lateral Connect and an Audio Visualconducted in a very novel way with 26 questions round handled with aplomb by quizmasters Joelwhose answers started with A-Z. The subtle clues George and Ridhi Gupta.There were \"moments\" ofgiven to the teams led to much excitement among extreme anxiety, excitement and even a smallthe teams as they vied with each other. Due credit brawl and exchange of words among participantsmust be given to Quizmasters Harsh Jha and that added much ‘mirch masala’ to the GrandBhaskar Kumar for thoroughly engaging the Finale!! But the highlight of the show were the lastparticipants with not only brilliant questions but two rounds \"Pick your Poison\" and the \"Rapid Fire\"also humor and banter. which completely altered the course of the Quiz, ensuring a tantalizing end.Six teams, three from SIMSR and one each fromArts&Science, Engineering and Polytechnic were Finally after a closely fought battle, Teamthe chosen finalists ready to battle it out for the final Invincibles, the duo of Monysh Bandeally andglory. The event had 6 Rounds of intense quizzing Saurabh Prasannaraj from K J Somaiya Institute of Management kept their cool and striking the \"hammer\" at the right moment emerged as the Champions of QuizWiz 2014 while two other teams from SIMSR (Leneil Gomes and Kshitij Gore; Satyajit Gahana and Binit Sinha) emerged as the first and second runners up! The audience too had its share of fun with audience questions, picking up goodies along the way with a couple of faculty tickling their grey cells too.Prof. Debraj Ghosal engaging the crowd To sum up, the event was a resounding success that cemented the quizzing culture across Somaiya paving the way for many such events in the future.50 December 2014
SPECTRUM SIMSR TalkiesSIMSR Talkies is the movie club of SIMSR startedby a few ardent movie enthusiasts with the aim ofproviding regular entertainment to the students. Byfar the most celebrated club, it occupies a specialplace in every student's heart. It's the clubcomprising of students who are enthused aboutmovies, be it Bollywood, Hollywood or any othercinema. Its primary objective has always been toimpart the knowledge through movies as they canbe a great, fun source of learning. Movies such as'12 Angry Men' impart the negotiation power and'Invictus' teaches leadership and other requiredmanagement traits. Moreover, it also collaboratesmovie and television fans in a constructiveenvironment where their opinions are bothconsidered and appreciated.Films are a prime inspirational source for collegestudents. There are a lot of good documentariesthat show us different realities of the world. Keepingthis in mind our club screens movies at regularintervals. Before the screening, a member spendsfive minutes with the audience to inform themabout the various management principles reflectedin the movie. With the commencement of the newsession, two movies have already been screened.One of them is 'Sarfarosh', which was screened onthe occasion of Independence Day and the other is'Rush', a movie on the dramatic rivalry between thetwo world F1 champions.Besides movie screenings, SIMSR Talkies alsoorganizes movie quizzes that brings togethermovie aficionados and quizzing enthusiasts on thesame platform to battle it out. The quiz consists ofmovie related questions, trivia, dialogues.Basically anything a movie lover ought to know.Studio 77 is the latest venture from SIMSR Talkies.It is a movie magazine that focuses on variousgenres of movies like sci-fi, horror, comedy, drama,etc. It also focuses on directors like ChristopherNolan, Quentin Tarantino; their style, the scienceand philosophy that goes into the movie makingetc. Besides this the magazine contains moviereviews written by student members of our club.Wealso invite guest articles by other students andfaculties .Though we are a closed club with a fewmembers, but are open to anyone who is notmerely a spectator but knowledgeable aboutcinema. December 2014 51
IMPACT KNOWLEDGE ZONE Mr. Rahul Avasthy, Lead, Digital Marketing, Abbott One of the official and exclusive student-driven through his use of lucid language was Mr. Rahul Avasthy, Lead, Digital Marketing at Abbott. He gave committees of SIMSR, the Guest Lecture insights on rise of digital marketing as an industry Committee, brings eminent personalities from in India. across the industry to campus to deliver guest lectures. Also, Mr. R.V Balasubramaniam Iyer, Vice- President (Learning and Development Facilitator) This academic year, the Guest Lecture Committee at Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, delivered a roped in Mr. Sunu Mathew, Founder and Managing lecture on the topic 'Sustaining Relevance with Director, LEAP INDIA Private Limited, who Industry'. His use of extremely relevant examples delivered a lecture on “how to choose a to get his points across played a great role in the specialization” to provide a road map to all the first increase of the intellectual capital of the students. year students with insights from his own corporate journey. He briefed about the career cycles of There were many other spine - tingling lectures various specializations prevalent in corporate delivered by the experts of the industry which world. helped in the enhancement of knowledge of the students outside the periphery of their everyday The other stalwart who mesmerized the students lessons.52 Engrossed Audience during lecture December 2014
IMPACTMANTHAN-“The Churning of Ideas”The rage for public debate now The teams were evaluated on theshelves itself in all quarters of basis of 3 rounds by our judges,corporate world. On 27th Prof Deepika Atawar and ProfAugust, 2014 ACUMEN-The Pramod Shetty. First year MMSQuizzing and Debating Society students Ankit Redkar andof SIMSR, offered the students Ashish Dangra gave a tough fighta valuable opportunity to to all the finalists and wereparticipate in MANTHAN, its declared as winners.Mohitfirst debate competition .The Juneja and Krishna Thakkarstudents portrayed their art of were declared as the runners uppersuasion to the fullest. The for the event.event received overwhelmingresponse for its online prelims The event was a grand successround followed by 8 teams spanning students from variouscarving their way out for the genres. Team Acumen looksmain event. forward to the participation from the students in all the forthcoming events of the year. Face-Off at ManthanManthan Winners - Ankit Redkar and Ashish Dangra Manthan Runners Up with Judge December 2014 53
IMPACT HeadrushAcumen kicked off the new trimester with The finalists were an equal measure of juniors and seniors and it set up for a crackling contest. TheHeadRush, a general quiz with Anurag Yelkur finals introduced many new and exciting formats ofdonning the quizmaster's hat. His questions are quizzing like Pounce and Infinite Bounce which hadalways crackable and the number of \"aha\" all the participants literally at the edge of theirmoments just keeps on increasing as the quiz goes seats. Finally after many intense rounds ofalong. quizzing, Bhaskar Kumar and Aakanksha Vats emerged as the winners while Satyajit Gahana andThis time too, there was amazing participation from Binit Sinha were the runners up.SIMSR with as many as 60 teams turning up for theprelims event. The prelims round format was a This was Anurag Yelkur's second quiz and asspin-off to the well-received format that Acumen promised was even better than his quiz last year.had tried out in Quiz Wiz. After 35 brilliant This certainly proved to be an event every quizzingquestions, 6 teams were selected with many teams enthusiast would cherish.missing the cut with a single point. Quizmaster Anurag Yelkur with Winners Bhaskar and Aakansha Quizmaster Anurag Yelkur with Runners up54 December 2014
IMPACT FUNDAMENTALS Just know your “FUNDAS” &you're all set to getACUMENEDThe first quiz of the season:“FUNDA”mentals was All the participants had a good experience on being exposed to such a vast array of questions. Winnersheld on 6th August by ACUMEN, The quizzing & & runners ups were awarded with a trophy,debating society of SIMSR. certificates & prizes. ACUMEN hopes to conduct more of such events inThe students were very enthusiastic and excited to future & will try to involve even greater participationtest their knowledge, thus turning up in huge from students…!!!numbers for the event. It started with a preliminaryround where 20 Questions were displayed & The Acumen Teamstudents had to answer them individually. Thequestions were from a wide variety of topics,covering everything from business to sports toadvertisements.Two highest scorers from each class representedtheir class in the finals. The finalists gave eachother a really tough competition. The differentpattern of rounds like connecting different imagesto find a common link and finding the answer withthe help of different clues made each round veryinteresting. Finally after a lot of brainstormingVarun Ratnakaran & Ashay Pahadia from RMcame out as clear winners.Quiz Master with 'Funda'mentals Winners QuizMaster with 'Funda' Mentals Runners-up Varun Ratnakaran Ashay Pahadia December 2014 55
IMPACT Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification An extensive workshop was conducted by SSA Finally upon the completion of the 4 day workshop, a test was conducted by SSA based on the study Business solutions from 21st to 24th August, 2014 material provided. Students securing 75% and at SIMSR providing the students a lucid above were conferred with Green Belt Certification understanding of the concepts related to Lean Six in Six Sigma. 25 students spread across all Sigma. The course outline was spread across 4 streams of management (marketing, finance, days wherein students were exposed to several operations, retail and communications) were statistical tools and models in the field of awarded the certificate on successfully completing Operations Management. the course and passing the examination. The workshop was designed in such a manner so The Six Sigma Certification workshop was just one as to provide a holistic view about Lean of the many bright initiatives taken up by FORSE to manufacturing combined with Six Sigma give the students a cut throat advantage stepping processes. This included an understanding of the into the world of Operations Management.With the changing business scenario and developments, successful participation in this workshop students introduction to Lean Six Sigma and the 'RDMAIC' can claim to have gained an insight on several approach to process improvements. concepts related to world class manufacturing.56 Audience at Six Sigma Workshop December 2014
IMPACTTranscend ‘Rise beyond Ordinary’ Mock GD PI SessionTranscend Mock GD PI - HumanistHumanist, the HR Club of SIMSR, kick started interview comprised of both frequently asked questions in Interviews and some tricky questions.with its flagship event “Transcend- rise beyond The interview was conducted in a simulatedordinary” in the month of October, 2014.Transcend environment which reflected that of an actualis a mock GD and PI event for the students of interview.SIMSR to help them to get a cutting edge inplacement process. Lastly, Prof. Dipika addressed the students and gave them collective feedback. She also discussedThe event was spearheaded by the members of the strategies that students should embark on, toHumanist.The main focus of the event was to tackle group discussions with abstract topics. Apartenable students to tackle difficult interview from that she also highlighted various facets ofquestions and crack tough group discussions. The answering the tricky questions. She stressed onaim of the event was to provide valuable feedback the importance of conducting a SWOT analysis forto the students on the same. oneself and understanding the importance of using the right words and good vocabulary. The eventFacilitator of the event, HR Faculty Prof. Dipika was concluded by a round of question and answersAttavar and Prof. Shreya Shah commented on the from the participants enabling them to get furtherperformance of the students and suggested guidance.waysto improve the domain knowledge andarticulation, to present in a better way. This event provided tremendous insight to students regarding group discussions and interviews. ThisThe GD was followed by personal interviews (PI) will surely act as the stepping stones for their futurespecially conducted for each student by Prof. endeavours.Dipika Attavar and Prof. Shreya Shah. The December 2014 57
IMPACTNITIE Inter-College Sports Fest “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” - Michael JordanThis truly was the messageconveyed by the SIMSRITES atJOSH 2014, the annual Inter-College Sports Fest of NITIE. Allthe players showed their utmostdedication, perseverance, hardwork and worked in unison tobag the first position at this fest.The competition was intense asthe various top B-schools ofMumbai like IIT-B, NMIMS,Welingkar, TISS, SIMSREE andNITIE showcased their bestplayers. Amongst all, KJSomaiya Institute ofManagement Studies andResearch stood victorious and Winners in NITIE sports fest won the coveted trophy for the first prize. The players performed exceedingly well throughout the course of the event, bagging medals and trophies in many sports. The students showed great enthusiasm with an outstanding talent and temperament. They put in some very inspiring performances, and displayed great sportsmanship, hence proving their mettle. The results from JOSH 2014 are as follows: Trophies won at NITIE Sports Fest uFirst Position in Men's Basketball uFirst Position in Men's Football uFirst Position in Women's Throwball uFirst Position in Lawn Tennis uRunners-up in Women's Basketball uRunners-up in Men's Volleyball uRunners-up in Women's Table Tennis Women's Throwball Team after winning at NITIE The performance at NITIE once again proved that the students at SIMSR don't confine the horizon of their talent to just academics, but they also bring laurels o the institution in the field of sports. Heartiest congratulations to all the winners and best wishes for their future endeavors as well.58 December 2014
IMPACTElan-e-Yudh2014WhenSIMSRturnedintoasportingbattleground2 phases, 6 days, 12 sports, 18 classes,160 event that turned out to be a monumental success. Spread over two phases, Elan-e-Yudh comprisedmedals at stake, over 270 participants - Elan-e- of 12 different sports namely - Ring Football,Yudh 2014 was not only a highly successful event, Throwball, Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton,but one that once again proved why sports as a Squash, Table Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Athletics,medium holds paramount importance when it Chess, Arm Wrestling, Tug of War and Carrom.comes to learning management.“Sports does not build character. They reveal it”, A total of 18 classes comprising of both the seniorsHeywood Campbell Broun, one of America's and juniors participated with full gusto during therenowned journalists once quoted about sports. course of the event. At the end, a consistent run ofAnother famous sports journalist Howard Cowell performances in multiple disciplines helpeddescribed sports as “human life in microcosm”. PGDM-A Juniors bag the overall Winners Trophy along with the tag of “Sports Champions ofOver the years, the significance of sports as a SIMSR”. The runners-up Trophy was won bymedium that teaches essential life skills has grown PGDM-IB Seniors who missed out on thein stature. And more so in a place like KJ SIMSR, Championship by a whisker. The third-place wentwhich has been a strong proponent of developing to PGDM-IB Juniors.students holistically, the presence of sports in theacademic calendar has remained a prerequisite. On the whole, Elan-e-Yudh provided an ideal platform for SIMSR students to not only showcaseRecently, the Sports Committee of SIMSR closely their sporting prowess on the field, but also gaveaided by the faculty members, kicked off its first them an opportunity to develop certain crucialmajor event in style when they organized Elan-e- management skills that no classroom teaching orYudh2014 - the annual Inter-class Sports Meet - an textbook can provide.PG A after winning Elan-e-yudh December 2014 59
IMPACTSTUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENTSChetan Dua (PGDM) 2013-15 Arka Ghosh (PGDM-MC)1st - Best Summer Intern - 2nd-\"WATERAvartan NITIE CONSERVATION\" strategy and case studies competition ME2GREEN NGO, BMCPravin Bokil (PGDM) 2013-15 Mukti X Osta (PGDM)3rd-Article Writing Contest 2014-16Aug 2014-MBASkool1st-OpsMerge-IIM Shillong 2nd-Four-te! NMIMS HyderabadGauri Paranjpe (PGDM) Chandan Trehan (PGDM)2013-15 2013-151st-SPRIHA (Inter-college andIntra-College)-SIMSR 2nd-SPRIHA (Intra-college)- SIMSRShruti Sharma (PGDM-MC) Mohit Juneja (MMS) 2013-152013-15 1st-Unilever Unplugged-1st-SPARDA 2014-IRMA UnileverLokesh Dash (PGDM) Namita Talreja (PGDM-MC)2014-16 2014-16All India Rank 2-FLIP NationalChallenge-FLIP 1st-Café Carnival Selfie- SJMSOM IIT BombaySaona Bhattacharya Varun Ratnakaran(PGDM-FS) 2013-15 (PGDM-RM) 2014-161st-Summer InternshipCompetition-SIMS Runners Up-DIG IT- SunBazaar-IIM KozikodeJinesh Ajmera (MMS) Akhilesh Khanna (PGDM-RM)2013-15 2013-151st Runners Up-Mark Yudh-SIMSR 2nd-E-NNOVATE-SIMSR60 December 2014
IMPACTSTUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENTS Anurag Yelkur (PGDM) 2013-15 Chetan Dua (PGDM) 2013-15 1st-BPCL Launchpad-Case Study Competition-NITIE Vivek Dole (MMS) 2014-16 Darshak Gandhi (MMS) 2014-16 1st-Smart Manager-GIM Bhaskar Kumar (PGDM) 2013-15 Harsh Chandra Jha (PGDM) 2013-15 1st-Quantiz-SIMSR S Vikas Raj (PGDM) 2014-16 Vignesh V (PGDM)2014-16 2nd-Operandi 2.0-NMIMS Bangalore Zameer Shah (MMS) 2013-15 Krishna Thakkar (MMS) 2013-15 1st Runner Up-Stock Pitch-XLRI Sukanya Remesh (PGDM-IB) 2014-16 Nandini Sharma (PGDM-MC) 2014-16 2nd-Samarthya- Football (Girls)-NMIMS Gunjan Arora (PGDM) 2014-16 Sambhav Khetarpal (PGDM) 2014-16 1st-Integrated Marketing Communication Competition ‘Flop Show’-IIM Udaipur December 2014 61
IMPACT STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENTS Varun Ratnakaran (PGDM-RM) 2014-16 Joel George (PGDM) 2014-16 1st-Inquizzitive-Marketing Quiz-SIMSR Pavanshu Aggarwal (PGDM) 2013-15 Nitish Shetty (PGDM) 2013-15 3rd-Eye-Dea National B Plan Competition-SIMSR Varun Ratnakaran (PGDM-RM) 2014-16 Kaushik De (PGDM-MC) 2014-16 Runners Up-Trendin's Social Sartaj-Eximius-IIM Bangalore Akshay Dhuri (MMS) 2013-15 Punit Joshi (MMS) 2013-15 2nd-Fin-O-Mania-SIMSREE Chetan Rane (PGDM-RM) 2014-16 Aniket Suryarao (PGDM-RM) 2014-16 Article by DNA covering Students-Entrepreneur Startup- Lawangi.com-SIMSR Mukti X Osta (PGDM) 2014-16 Shagufa Afrin (PGDM) 2014-16 1st (Popular Choice Award)- Videosis-Fore School of Management Nandini Sharma (PGDM-MC) 2014-16 1st-JOSH-Throwball (Girls)-NITIE 2nd-JOSH-Basketball (Girls)-NITIE62 December 2014
IMPACTSTUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENTS Abhinav Kausik (PGDM) 2014-16 Pooja Kishore Babu (PGDM) 2014-16 Anita Fernandes (PGDM) 2014-16 1st-Riscon'14-IMT Ghaziabad Kapil Kothari (MMS) 2013-15 Yash Goradia (MMS) 2013-15 Vispi Adajania (MMS) 2013-15 2nd-IRF Rising Star Challenge-Tommy Hilfiger Soviljot Singh Behl (PGDM) 2013-15 Anurag Yelkur (PGDM) 2013-15 Chetan Dua (PGDM) 2013-15 2nd-Schnieder Synergy-Case Study Competition- NITIE 2nd-Perfect Pitch-B Plan Competition-NMIMS Urvi Dharamshi (PGDM) 2013-15 Varun Purohit (PGDM) 2013-15 Shweta Doke (PGDM) 2013-15 Runners Up-After Taste-Case Study Competition- NMIMS Joel George (PGDM) Amol Singh (PGDM) 2014-16 Aayush Velaga (PGDM-IB) 2014-16 1st-JOSH-Basketball (Boys)-NITIE Arka Ghosh (PGDM-MC) 2014-16 Deepesh Kishnani (PGDM-MC) 2014-16 Varun Ratnakaran (PGDM-RM) 2014-16 3rd-Star Manager-Insight 2014-IIM Ahemdabad Pavanshu Aggarwal (PGDM) 2013-15 Nitish Shetty (PGDM) 2013-15 Arpita Tripathi (PGDM) 2013-15 1st-\"Creating Hopes\"-Case Study Competition- Toyotomi Corporation December 2014 63
IMPACTSTUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENTS Pravin Bokil (PGDM) 2013-15 Amit Divekar (PGDM) 2013-15 Jitendarkumar Panda (PGDM) 2013-15 1st-Prove Your Mettle-IIM Kozhikode Mohit Juneja (MMS) 2013-15 Dharam Joshi (MMS) 2013-15 Mansi Gorasia (MMS) 2013-15 Krishna Thakkar (MMS) 2013-15 Campus Winners and Finalists in Western Zone Evaluation Round-Mahindra War Room-Mahindra Amol Singh (PGDM) 2014-16 Rohit Patil (PGDM) 2014-16 Joel George (PGDM) 2014-16 Dhaval Somaiya (PGDM) 2014-16 2nd-Elan-e-Yudh Volleyball (Boys)-SIMSR Rohit Patil (PGDM) 2014-16 Palash Linge (PGDM)2014-16 Abilu Bin Akbar (PGDM) 2014-16 Amol Singh (PGDM) 2014-16 Joel George (PGDM) 2014-16 2nd-Elan-e-Yudh Basketball (Boys)- SIMSR Aayush Velaga (PGDM-IB) 2014-16 Joel George (PGDM) 2014-16 Amol Singh (PGDM) 2014-16 Nandini Sharma (PGDM-MC) 2014-16 Vishal Rajkumar (PGDM-MC) 2014-16 1st-JOSH-Inter College Sports Tournament-NITIE Arka Ghosh (PGDM-MC) 2014-16 Deepesh Kishnani (PGDM-MC)2014-16 Disha Bedi (PGDM-MC) 2014-16 Nandini Sharma (PGDM-MC) 2014-16 Ruchika Singh (PGDM-MC) 2014-16 Supriya Tripathi (PGDM-MC) 2014-16 1st-Maha Mandi 2014-NITIE64 December 2014
ALMA MATERChapter One : Dubai BooksWe would give an arm and leg to build a friendly perseverance ahead of that to take us to greater heights. However the power of a strong networknetwork and I truly believe this an opportunity not to cannot be ignored. We all spoke about variousbe missed. institutions that support such alumni meets; it's our turn now to make it happen for us. Let's all moveDubai had its first SIMSR Alumni meet on towards the initiative taken by Rajat Khatri andSaturday, 10th May, 2014 at Kulcha King, Sheikh connect and partner together wherever we can. IZayed Road, Dubai. The initial slight hesitation, request each one of you to reach out in this groupsoon added to the gradually increasing numbers and not hesitate to ask for any help. Each one of usas, one after the other people dropped in to reach a is in a position where we can help fellow alumninumber of 12 SIMSRites. Beginning with multiple grow professionally and advance in their career. Itrounds of introduction, the discussions went on may be as small as talking about the work of yourabout Professors and deans (where Prof organization, its culture, your role, introduction toNarsimham & Prof Ghai stole the show off course!), someone you know etc. Reach out and pay itcurrent job profiles, job hunting, placements in forward! ”.SIMSR and so on.The age old debate of PG versusMMS, deep rooted in the minds of SIMSRites Alumni Committee would like to express thanksdefinitely topped the list. “Even though we passed and best wishes to the entire alumni batch in Dubaiin different years, I could feel a common thread that - Sandeep, Damodar, Mukul, Naveen, Avinash,bound us together. - “says Neha Malik, an Alumnus Akhil, Ashish, Nutan, Enayet, Lokesh and Rajat forof SIMSR currently working in Dubai. She goes on making the time and taking the effort to connectadding “We all realize that our college was good for with each other.our first placement and it was hard work and12 SIMSR alumni from all walks of life get together in Dubai in the first episode of Dubai chapters December 2014 65
ALMA MATER Chapter Two : Dubai Alumni Meet Staying abroad is an exciting experience in itself. And it becomes overwhelming, when you meet old friends from the place you belong. The second episode of Dubai chapters meet which was successfully organized by our alumni saw a turnout of 29 SIMSRites from different batches. As said by one of our alumnus Mr. Rajat Khatri, “I hope you would have felt nostalgic and enjoyed meeting people who had been in same classes, canteen, campus and hostel but during different years. Although we expected to be 40+, I am sure people who couldn't make it missed a lot (and gave a tough time in settling the finances with Utsav Club). The alumni discussed on various things like registering at the Alumni Portal, staying connected through LinkedIn group of SIMSR, staying updated through Imprints and many more. It feels heartwarming to see our fraternity growing and we hope that all of you keep meeting more often with greater enthusiasm. 29 SIMSR alumni from all walks of life get together in Dubai in the second episode of Dubai chapters66 December 2014
ALMA MATERENLIGHTENEUSEntrepreneurship is not a sprint but it's a Mr. Naveen Bachwani .The session started with Mr.marathon. Karan Sharma, the Vice President in the Digital Media & Technology group at 'Avendus Capital',‘Enlighteneus'- a 2 day entrepreneurial workshop India's leading mid-market Investment Bank. Hewas organized for all budding entrepreneurs in K J gave an insight into the Venture Capitalists fundingSomaiya on 26th and 27th of July, 2014 by ALCOM the budding entrepreneurs. He talked aboutin association with Somiya Vidyavihar. On the first incubators and Angel investors in India, theday of the workshop, we had with us, two of our evaluation process by VCs for retail companies inesteemed SIMSR alumni Mr. Vikram Bhatt and India and abroad, the different stages ofMrs. Gurdip Wadhwa Sial. investment in India and abroad.The workshop began with Dr. Ailawadi, Director of Our next speaker was Mr. Ashish Kyal began theK J SIMSR, speaking on how the strengths session by sharing his own journey frompossessed by our alumni can always be leveraged professional to entrepreneurial world, speakingfor the benefit of future students. Prof. Bhushan about his experience from his stint with LehmanDewan, Provost of Somaiya Vidyavihar introduced brothers and Nomura to finally starting his own firmthe students to the 6 E's of entrepreneurship - 'Waves Strategy Advisors Pvt. Ltd.'- annamely Employment, Economic Development, independent research house providing trading andEmpowerment, Equality, Eco system & Excellence. investment advice using Elliott wave & technical analysis. He encouraged budding entrepreneurs toAfter the introduction and warm welcome, it was identify the need and create their own market,the time for our alumni to share their experiences. being innovative and providing quality service toOur alumnus, Ms. Gurdip Wadhwa Sial, founder the customers, constantly keeping oneselfand owner of G-Corp Media with over 12 years' of updated, believing in self and overcoming fear.industry experience, talked of how she convertedher hobby of producing creative audio content to Our last speaker for the day was Mr. Naveenfull-time profession by starting her own firm - 'G- Bachwani, the founder of 'ThinkShop' - a consultingCorp' which now provides content management firm offering Technology Solutions and Businessservices in the area of Telephony (Mobile and Solutions to the clients. He described the idealBasic) and Media (Advertising, Radio and launch sequence for entrepreneurs, motivatingTelevision. Ms. Sial left the class with the firm belief youth to step out of their comfort zone and thinkthat the only way to do great work is to love what and act out of the box.you do. She also impressed on the importance ofthe thought \"If you haven't found it yet keep looking. The workshop ended post Q & A session, on a veryDon't settle. And as with all matters of the heart you enthusiastic note where everyone was pumped upwill know when you finally find it.\" and ready to go and try to make something of their ideas and visions. The students left discussing inOur second alumnus speaker for the day was Mr. soft murmurs about how they wanted to begin andVikram Bhatt. He has 16 years of professional & where they thought they would find themselves 5entrepreneurial experience having sailed in two years down the line.boats for the large part of his professional journeyand finally opting to focus full time on hisentrepreneurial journey with Enrich Salons in May2011, which has a current spread of 54 outletsacross different states in India. He said becausethere is a risk there is a reward and invoked thestudents to think differently, to be quick, intuitiveand involved and to not always believe in structureor process.On the second day we had three Alumni as ‘Shaping Dreams’ - Students attend the Enlighteneus session,speakers - Mr. Karan Sharma, Mr. Ashish Kyal and a new initiative by ALCOM for all budding entrepreneurs December 2014 67
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