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THE FIELD MARSHAL SHFJ MANEKSHAW LECTURE

In the 12th edition of The Field Marshal SHFJ

Manekshaw lecture held on 3rd October 2015,

Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies was

privileged to host one of the most revered

personalities in the domain of international

business, Mr. Adi Godrej, Chairman of The

Godrej Group. It was only fitting to have Mr.

Godrej deliver his thoughts since the topic of the

lecture was Leadership. His opinions were

genuinely apprising for everyone present in the

gathering. He elaborated that being a passionate

leader involves establishing a clear mission and

a path during the tough times, he accurately

mentioned that dynamism is again a critical

aspect of a pertinent leader as he/she should be

open to new ideas at every juncture and as the

saying goes 'learning never ends', it stands true

for a leader too, knowledge is never enough and

a good leader must always be open to learning.

According to the esteemed corporate stalwart,

leadership is about open and honest

communication, adhering to the truth no matter

how difficult it may be to sustain. Ultimately

you will not have to remember who you lied to

or cheated on. An aspiring leader should never

settle, standards should continuously be elevated

and should be targeted to be met. A leader

should be equipped to conquer his/her fear, he

should fight the voice inside that sparks fear

within, fear of failure, fear of others being more

talented or more competent.

It is critical to preserve the intrinsic value

because ultimately that is what glows to be the

distinguishing factor in a person. A leader must

learn to make his vocation and definitely must

have a mutually enriching relationship with the

profession he is involved in. Mr. Godrej very

successfully blended in his talk with the

occasion and effectively linked Field Marshal

Sam Manekshaw's 1971 example of leadership

and concluded that 'Leadership' is a virtue that is

required in every walk of life.

Chancellor Dr.S.B. Mujumdar felicitating Mr.Adi Godrej

Panelists at the Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw lecture

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Western Zone Regional Rounds for the

Deloitte Maverick challenge held in SIMS

SIMS was the venue for the Western Zone

Regional Rounds for the Deloitte Maverick

challenge held on 20th Aug 2015. Students from

all across western India came to SIMS to

compete for business solutions challenge, War

of Bands and Roll the reel challenges.

The Corporate Summit

The biggest event for of the year was held on

16th October 2015- the CEO Conclave and

Corporate Summit. CEO conclave involves

interactive discussions among the CEO's of

various esteemed organizations who would share

their experiences and views. This conclave

helped SIMS to strengthen ties with various

organizations and was very beneficial for the

students.

A foundation is laid for future synergies between

the Placement Cell and various organizations

through the purpose of this corporate interaction

and continues to maintain the same for future

endeavors. The Topic for the CEO Conclave

2015 was “Top 10 business Mantras”. The core

essence of the Summit was panel discussions

among the corporate highlighting their

experiences, thought provoking views and the

practical aspect of the current business scenario.

The Summit generated an interactive and

collaborative meeting of the minds which was

very insightful and enriching. The topics

discussed during the panel discussions in the

summit were

Finance: The Great Fall of China.

Human Resources: RIP the bell Curve

Marketing: Digital Marketing Vs Traditional

marketing

Operations: India moving from a service

based Industry to Manufacturing based

industry.

The thought behind this summit was to nurture

our students through corporate interactions

before they venture into the industry. More than

30 Leaders from across all fields attended the

CEO Conclave and The Corporate Summit. The

CEO Conclave and The Corporate Summit was

sponsored by Hitachi, Mapro and Mother Dairy.

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360 DEGREE LECTURE SERIES

The main purpose of 360 degree lecture series is

to enhance the thinking abilities of our Student

Managers and widen their scope of knowledge

through a series of motivating talks by

prominent personalities across different sectors

in our very own campus. In the academic year

2015-2016, Mr. Rahul Bose was invited as a

guest lecturer on 12th August 2015 to enlighten

the student managers of SIMS about the

leadership lessons he learnt in his field of

cinema, rugby and from being a social activist.

The lecture started with Rahul Bose giving a

brief description about his NGO “The

Foundation”. He spoke of a free India where

every citizen mattered and would be cherished

by the state regardless of class, caste or religion.

He believes in reaching out to the ones who have

been neglected and empowering them with tools

of education and helping them find their inner

strength. Further, he spoke about how facing

failure in life has taught him more about

leadership than success. He mentioned how

having faced rejection in his career has taught

him some of the most important lessons of life.

Recalling the time when he got recognition for

his work in his first film ‘English, August’ at the

Toronto film festival, the incident made him

firmly believe that creativity stems from a place

of turbulence and pain. Despite the harsh

conditions he faced during his shoot in

Narsipatnam in the scorching heat in July 1993,

he was able to deliver a remarkable

performance. He said, for a good leader it is

essential to have a vision, to have a direction of

where and how to achieve the final outcome. He

went on to say that we should never hesitate to

accept our ignorance on various aspects that we

face in our daily lives; rather we should transfer

power to the hands of people and learn from

their constructive criticism. His inspiring talk

left a deep impression on the young minds and

the student managers will consistently strive to

imbibe the useful insights in their lives.

Rahul Bose addressing the student managers

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In the month of September, the MBA batch of

2015-17 was addressed by the eminent banker-

turned-politician Ms. Meera Sanyal on 8th

September, 2015. She until recently was

heading the banking giant Royal Bank of

Scotland. Ms. Sanyal initiated her talk in a very

spontaneous manner getting the audience to first

point out the facets that they would like to have

further insights on. She highlighted a

fundamental ideal that all of us are essentially

the product of our roots and hence the defense

background that we hail from teaches us to land

on our feet. Recounting an anecdote from her

MBA days, she spoke of the struggle she went

through while appearing for several rounds of

scholarship interviews in preparation to go to

INSEAD, Paris whilst studying at IIM-Calcutta.

This was also the moment she realized the

importance of Indian family values and her

family played a crucial role in supporting her

through her struggles in this difficult time. Ms.

Sanyal spoke about the importance of a belief

that each one of us can make a difference in a

democracy and urged the student managers to

believe that each one of them has the power to

make a difference. She left the audience with a

very inspiring thought that she would fight every

election and one day somebody like her would

win and change the entire structure of the

political system in our country.

Ms. Meera Sanyal with the organizing team

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BARCODE

Running for the 5th year in a row, and

superseding new heights of unparalleled success

and ingenuity by conquering the epitome of

managerial crest, Symbiosis Institute of

Management Studies introduced BARCODE

2015 with the theme ‘Ziggurat: An

unparalleled Management Mastery’. Just like

the ancient Babylonian massive structures

'Ziggurats', one had to climb up each level, to

reach that ultimate management pedestal in our

very own 36 hour managerial event “Best

Manager”. It guaranteed a series of

unimaginable levels, engaging the students in

untested waters, pitting them against fierce rivals

for a continuous 36 hours and at the last

unleashing the managerial mystique .The one

who succeeded in this, walked away with a cash

prize of Rs 40, 000 and also earning the respect

of being awarded with the trophy of 'The Best

Manager'.

Transcending the set boundaries on 19th and

20th September, this year the managerial fest,

Barcode got even bigger and better with over

250 registrations from reputed management

institutes like IIM- A, L, K, NMIMS, NITIE,

FMS, NMIMS, Great Lakes, TISS,

XLRI,SCMHRD, IMT-G, K.J. Somaiya and

many more. The competition was sponsored by

Forbes Marshall, Reliance Communications,

Zoomcar, Endurance, HDFC, Red FM and other

renowned companies. The winner of the best

manager event was Rohit Jaiswal of NMIMS and

the runner up was Raksha Kumawat of SIMS.

Barcode 2015 also saw various managerial

events happening in parallel with the main event

of best manager and this time it got bigger with

new games such as “Conundrum” for marketing,

“Interpreter” for HR, “Smooth Operators” for

operations, “Stratefin” for finance, MUN and

SIMSTREET.

Barcode 2015 was a big success .The contestants

who came from outstation colleges were also

very happy with the way the whole fest was

conducted by the organising team and found it a

good learning experience. Barcode also has

digital presence on Facebook, to keep everyone

updated with upcoming events and photos.

Barcode promises to keep getting bigger and

better each time it happens!

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INGENIO 2015 Ingenio is a series of guest lecturers and

moderated sessions for the benefit of the current

batches at SIMS. These guest lectures are

conducted with the assistance of renowned and

well established alumni and corporate working

across industries, who have immense experience

and domain knowledge.

Guest Lecture - 25th July 2015 – Aditi

Mudholkar

Guest Lecture - 1st August 2015 – Ashutosh

Sharma

Moderate Session – 26th August 2015 –

Madhav Mohan, Vikram Bector, Venkatram V,

Nilesh Ghuge

Guest Lecture – 12th September 2015 – Akshay

Mehrotra

Guest lecture – 25th September 2015 – Manoj

Sahasrabudhe

Alumni Meets

Bangalore Alumni Meet 2015 – 12th July 2015

Delhi Alumni Meet 2015 – 9th August 2015

The Alumni Season of 2015-16 saw an

impressive turnout at the Regional meets that

The main purpose of these meets was to provide

a platform to the alumni to network for

professional purposes, reconnect with their batch

mates and other Sims-ites and reminisce about

their time spent while at SIMS were conducted

in Delhi and Bangalore on 9th August 2015 and

12th July 2015 respectively.

The meet saw active participation by our alumni

and celebrated the anniversaries of the Batch

1993-95, 1998-2000 and 2003-2005 that

celebrated their 20-year, 15-year and 10-year

anniversary respectively.

INGENIO – Guest Lectures organized by the Alumni Cell

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Incendium National Alumni Meet –

17th and 18th October 2015 The National Meet is held in SIMS Pune campus

for two days every year. Alumni participate with

great gusto in sports activities, cultural programs

and interactive sessions that are held on campus

on the first day of the meet. The Alumni Meet

provides a platform to alumni to revisit, relive

and reminisce about their time at SIMS. The

following day a pool side lunch is organized

which is thoroughly enjoyed by the Alumni. The

pool side is indeed lively during the meet.

INCENDIUM – National Alumni Meet 2015

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Freedom Run

This year, on the 15th of August, SIU organized

the 4th "Fitness For Freedom Run" for the

entire staff, faculty members and students of the

Symbiosis family at the Lavale Campus. Living

up to the SIMS tradition, this time the

participation was in large numbers and SIMSites

proved to be "Champions of the Marathon" for

the third time in a row. A total of 11 boys and 18

girls secured positions within the top 30 runners

which helped us bag the trophy. Amongst the

Veteran Male Category, our director Brig. Rajiv

Divekar Sir secured the 3rd position and Lt. Col

BRG Patil stood 6th. Amongst the Elite Women

category, it was Sugandha Rajian who secured

the 1st position followed by Pooja Kaushik who

stood 7th and Japinder Virk who stood 8th. The

elite Men Category had Karthik Maira and

Praveen Kumar Verma who also did us proud by

securing the 6th and 8th positions respectively.

Orientation 2015

Orientation is a 20 days long event conducted by

members of the student council and is a

vigorous, challenging and exciting way to

introduce the student managers to the MBA

program giving them a sense of the organized

chaos and the sea of opportunities the college

tosses the Simsites into. A typical morning

would pan out in this manner - multiple alarms

setting off all within the space of a few minutes

of each other at 5.30 a.m. to make it for the 5:45

a.m. fall in. Everyone jostles with one another to

brush in their zombied state because no one

wants to miss out on the amazing morning

sessions, be late and land a penalty.

June

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GUEST

NAME DESIGNATION Topic

04th Mr. Prakash

Rohera Director – The Redwood Edge

JOSH TO WIN

05th Mr. Rajesh

Talathi

General Manager –

John Deere, Pune

Project

Management

06th Ms. Manasi Teacher Art of Living

08th Dr. Aditya Srinivas

Chief Operating

Officer – BSE BROKERS FORUM

Current developments

in economy and stock

market

09th Mr.

Shashank

Director –

Marketing, Mobiliya

Interaction

with the

Shwet Agreeya Mobility

company, Alumni

students

10th Prof. P.N.N.

Iyer

Visiting Professor of International

Business

International

Business

11th Mr. Sourabh

Kholkute

Vice President, Corporate Human

Resource Suzlon

Energy Ltd.

Interaction

with students

11th

Mr. Samir Patham &

Mr. Sauraj

Jhingan

Managing Director –

Adventure Pulse, ALUMNI -2007

“WHAT’s

YOUR EVEREST”?

12th Lt. Gen. K

Surendranath

PVSM, AVSM**,

SM, VSM

Time

Management

13th Mr. Saurabh

Sharma Alumni

What is your

sustainable competitive

advantage

13th Ms.

Yashashree

Gurjar

CEO & VP -

Avantha Foundation

Interaction with the

students

17th Dr. Rahul Joshi &

Team

MD. Sangeet

Visharad, Hon Homeopath to

Governor of Maharashtra

Health Management

through Music

These were the most eagerly awaited sessions –

the rigorous jog that pumped up the morning, the

adrenaline filled dance and aerobics routines that

would allow the batch to let their hair down and

have fun, the calming meditation and yoga

classes where invariably most of the class would

refuse to snap out of the popular Shavasana

position. A series of guest lectures are conducted

during the orientation by well-known industry

stalwarts that provide the students with an

insight about corporate life. Some of these

included sessions by Col Girish Wagh on Cyber

security, Mr. Milind Apte on Psychometric,

Miss. Urvashi Rathore - How to learn, Miss.

Renuka and Prof Ashwini Abhyankar on Gender

Sensitization.

In addition to which there are sessions held by

various faculty members providing insights on

the subject areas part of the curriculum besides

which there are various sessions conducted on

managerial games, interactions with the senior

batch and team building activities that include a

host of fun games and a visit to MAHER.

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N Buzz- a newsroom simulation

This intra-college debate competition was

conducted on 14th September 2015. The

competition was won by Smriti Pandalai and the

2nd and 3rd position winners were Shwetabh

Rathore and Renu Dhillon respectively. The

topic of discussion in the final round of the

competition was "Amendments to Present

Land Acquisition Act is a step in the Right

direction to take Indian economy forward"

which but only helped in making the discussion

stimulating and informative.

TATVA - National Level Case Study

competition The flagship event of the Academic cell is the

National Level Case Study competition called

TATVA. A vast number of students participate

in the event across the nation from prestigious

institutes like Indian Institute of Management

Lucknow, Indian Institute of Management

Kozhikode, XLRI, BITS Pilani, Welingkar

College, Narsee Monjee Institute of

Management Studies to name a few. The final

round of the event conducted on 26th

September, 2015 witnessed an exchange of

innovative ideas and solutions by the 5 selected

teams in a competitive environment with the

ream from IIM Kozhikode emerging as winners.

Quizzidi An intra college quiz competition named

Quizzidi was also conducted this year by the

cell. Quiz competitions are always considered a

pursuit of trivial knowledge and by the huge

number of participants from among all

specializations we hope to make this a grand

success as well.

Academic Cell conducted a Paper Presentation

Competition in collaboration with an alumnus,

as a platform for the students to display their

research capability, innovativeness and

presentation skills. A chance for the inquisitive,

competent, curious and analytical of all to

participate and with the plethora of thoughts in

mind, come up with the most incredible ideas.

N Buzz – newsroom debate Winners of TATVA with the Judges

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MODEL UNITED NATIONS

Model UN addresses the problems of the current

times by recreating the UN Assembly meetings.

The conference unfolds with the roll call, which

is followed by setting the agenda. A motion is

put forward by a delegate and the topic of debate

is established, based on the agenda prevailing in

the committee in progress. This is followed by

formal and informal rounds of debating. While

formal debate consists of a speakers list with the

delegates stating their country positions and

offering recommendations for action, the

informal debate or caucuses, involve

discussions, brainstorming on ideas, and

formulating draft resolutions. Resolutions are

the final results of discussion, writing and

negotiation. The resolution is passed based on

majority vote. The entire process tests the

mental alertness, flexibility, debating prowess

and the awareness of participants on issues of

global significance. SIMS MUN Team

successfully conducted Intra-SIMS MUN in the

month of August. The committee was

‘Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)’ and

the agenda for discussion was ‘Evaluating the

Impact of Global Narcotics Drug Control and

Curbing the menace of drugs (prescribed and

contraband)’. A total of 67 teams participated.

The event was chaired by Prof. PNN Iyer. The

Best Position Paper was won by Aradhana

Bakshi and Ravi Prasad, the Best Delegation by

Divyanshu Joshi and Prajakta Pande, the

Second Best Delegation by Rohit Nair and

Vignesh Srikant and the Best Speaker was won

by Vikram Mehra. The participants benefited

from the process, which involved substantial

research, public speaking, writing skills, besides

putting critical thinking, teamwork and

leadership abilities to test. More recently, the

SIMS MUN team organized national-level inter-

college MUN as part of Barcode. The event was

held on 19th September 2015, with a total of 66

teams across the country registered for the same.

The overwhelming response and the buzz are

only more so encouraging for the MUN team,

who has been working hard to put things

together for the event. The event was sponsored

by Bombay Bronx, Picantos and VLCC. The

MUN team will also be organizing a national

level inter-college Model UN event in the month

of January.

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP CELL

A guest lecture was conducted on “Business

Startup Strategy” by Mr. Rohan Chhaze,

Marketing Manager- Zoomcar and Mr. Agam

Garg, City Manager Zoomcar.

Market Beat 2015 : 5th August 2015

Market beat is an initiative of SIMS which

provides a platform to the budding

entrepreneurs. It is a daylong event wherein

participants are given an opportunity to put their

ideas to action, show case their marketing skills

to attract customers and find innovative ways to

run their business in order to gain maximum

possible profit. The college benefits through

these live examples of incubation while the

students experience one year of running a

business in a controlled environment.

Auction - Creativa: 12th August 2015

Under the

banner

of Market Beat-

2015, an

opportunity was

given to the

batch of 2015-

17, to experience

firsthand the

challenges of

doing business

and enjoying its

fruits in the form

of profits by

auctioning a

preset and

functional

laundry set up by

the winners of Market Beat 2014.The laundry

was auctioned for Rs 70,000/- after a series of

bids. The Base price of Creativa started at Rs

53,000/-

Barcode Case Study19th -20th September 2015

E-Cell in collaboration with the Events Cell

organized and conducted the final round of

Barcode 2015, which is the annual flagship

business competition of SIMS. As part of this,

the participants were given a case study to solve,

during which, timely twists and turns were

introduced to check the acumen and presence of

mind of the participants.

National Alumni Meet 2015- Executive Meet

26th September 2015

E-Cell along with Dr. Pravin Kumar (faculty in

charge of E-Cell) welcomed Alumni of various

batches of the Executive MBA program for the

Alumni Meet. During this program, the alumni

were engaged in a number of fun games and

activities.

Participants in Market Beat 2015

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Entrepreneurial Conference Illuminati:

13th October 2015

Illuminati is an entrepreneurial conference,

where eminent speakers who are SIMS Alumni

are invited. A Coffee Table book was launched

during this event covering the success stories of

the SIMS Alumni. The college gains access to a

data base that showcases the successful

entrepreneurs from the college, which gives a

boost to other budding entrepreneurs and to the

incubations from the college. The students

benefited from the exposure of the said speakers

and the experience of interacting with the alumni

who have made it large and have lived their

dreams of being an entrepreneur.

Pitch Perfect: 17th and 18th October 2015

An initiative of the E-Cell in collaboration with

the Alumni Cell, it is a B-plan competition

where participants get a chance to pitch their

ideas to the SIMS Alumni. If convinced, the

Alumni may sponsor the best B-plans in terms

of seed capital.

Alumni of various batches of the Executive MBA program with the organizing team

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SIMS WOMEN’S CELL

WOMANCIPATION-2K15

The cell organizes a flagship event

"Womancipation", that invites eminent men and

women personalities who have made the

difference by surmounting various obstacles in

all spheres of life to share their experience and

inspire our student managers to excel.

Womancipation 2015 was organised on 22nd

August 2015, with the theme of "Role of

Women in Enhancing Operational Efficiency

of organisation". The focus was prominently on

encouraging gender balanced leadership in the

field of Operations. Our emminent speakers

from diverse work backgrounds enlightened our

student mangers to get an insight of new and

innovative ways in which women are adding

value and promoting

organizational efficiency in the field of

Operations.

RAKHI CELEBRATIONS

Moreover to celebrate the festival of love and

togetherness, the auspicious occasion of Raksha

Bandhan was celebrated on campus on 29th

Aug 2015; to express our heartfelt thanks to our

security team, housekeeping staff and canteen

staff for their zealous efforts. As a token of

gratitude to thank the staff for their selfless

services, Rakhis, blankets and sweets were given

to the staff with the voluntary contribution from

faculty and students of SIMS. The event was

graced by Director Sir and was supported by the

student managers.

Rakhi Celebrations on campus

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SIMBLAZE

SIMBLAZE is an IntraSIMS tournament which

was held on 22nd and 23rd July 2015. Games

organized included chess, pool, table tennis,

carrom and darts. The event was a great success

driving participants from both senior and junior

batch and helped provide them a diversion from

the rigmarole.

CONTENDO - INTERDIVISION GAMES

Contendo was organized from 11th to 21st

August 2015. This event was organized for the

first time for the junior batch to instill the spirit

of team work and a sense of competition.

Students came out in large numbers to

wholeheartedly participate in sports like

basketball, badminton and volleyball. Section E

(2015-17) was adjudged the winner of the pilot

event. Results were as follows:

1. Volleyball (boys)

Div E vs Div A - won by Div E

2. Badminton (girls)

Div E vs Div B - won by Div B

3. Basketball (girls)

Div E vs Div D - won by Div E

4. Basketball (boys)

Div D vs Div B - won by Div B

SIMFAST

Simfast (SIMS Faculty and Staff Tournament)

was organized on 10th September 2015. Fun

games were organized for the staff and faculty

members like minesweeper, relay game, gems &

straw etc. All faculty and staff members

thoroughly enjoyed themselves and the event

provided them with a good break from their

busy schedules.

ACHIEVEMENTS

The SIMS team was adjudged winner of the SIU

Fitness for Freedom Run for the 3rd consecutive

time after 11 boys and 18 girls finished in Top

30 of both boys and girls category. SIMS had a

contingent of over 130 student managers.

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SIMS Girls Volleyball team was declared the

SIU Volleyball Champions for the 3rd time in a

row and SIMS Boys Volleyball Team finished

3rd.SIMS Girls Football came 3rd in the SIU

Football Tournament. SIMS Girls Swimming

team stood 3rd overall in the SIU Swimming

Tournament. SIMS Boys Swimming team stood

2nd in the Freestyle Relay and 3rd in the Medley

Relay.

Foundation Day - Sports Cell conducts faculty

and staff games on the foundation day of SIMS

which is celebrated on 15th February every year.

SMARK

Since mid-June and the start of July, SMark has

been up to a lot. The club got sponsorship from

Marinare, JW Marriott (Courtyard), Times of

India, and a bagful of others for their various

events.

In the month of August, SIP Warrior was

conducted as a curtain raiser to SMark’s

Flagship Event 4thought. A large number of

entries were received from various institutes like

IIMs, NMIMS, KJ SOMAYA, etc for the

competition but only 15 participants were

shortlisted and invited to SIMS campus to

present their Internship experiences/insights in

front of an august panel which constituted of

esteemed professionals from the Industry.

Later in the month of August, SMark conducted

4Thought which was a panel discussion on the

topic of “Business Consulting”. The 21st of

August witnessed a panel of industry experts,

namely- Mr. Vamsi Moola, VP – Talent,

Deloitte Consulting, Mr Rajiv Gauri -

Additional VP - Marketing, Reliance Industries,

Mr. Matthew Joy - Senior Manager, Symantec

Corp, Mr. Sandeep Khedkar, Mr. Pallab Roy,

Director - Capgemini Consulting - come

together to deliver insights, gathered from their

experiences.

On 11th September, SMark conducted a movie

quiz by the name of Cinemark. This quiz was

open to students of both, senior and junior batch.

They were judged on their knowledge of the

“woods” and the first two winners who proved

their Cinema Quotient were from the batch

2014-16

Winner - Saudamini Kulkarni (2014-2016),

Runner Up - Sudarshan Chavan (2014-2016),

Second Runner Up - Taniya Srivastava (2015-

2017)

The club also came out with SMark-o-share, the

monthly update on the marketing world. The

latest edition was dedicated to the ultimate

search engine - Google. The August edition

highlighted various aspects - How SMark is

Taking Social Media to a Whole New Level,

Maggi - Attempt to put a Lazarus, India - The

next Education Hub of the world and the Airtel-

4G Roll out.

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OPERATIONS CLUB - NOESIS

In the August edition of the newsletter

LeadTime", an article writing competition on

the theme "The Suppliers world" was

conducted which observed stiff participation

from B-schools like IIM Raipur, IIT Roorkee,

SIOM, SITM, Great Lakes etc. It also included

internship experiences from the Senior Batch to

guide the junior batch for the same.

Guest lectures by operations faculty were

conducted in the month of September on the

topic “Importance of choosing operations as a

specialization” to eliminate the dilemma

amongst students in choosing Operations as a

specialization and make them aware of the

significance of Operations in today’s world and

highlight the scope of Operations as a

mainstream.

“The Beer Game”, a simulation game related to

supply chain management, was conducted for

the first time in September. It saw participation

from 33 teams (132 participants) from SIMS. It

is based on the concept of Bull-Whip effect.

A case study was designed keeping in view the

aim of the game which was to fulfil the demand

of the customer for beer bottles while keeping

inventory and back order at its minimum.

PRANAY

Pranay is a social initiative managed by SIMS

students. The first activity carried out by Pranay

for this academic session began with the Visit to

“MAHER” an NGO situated not very far from

Pune city. Of the many establishments of

MAHER, we went to VATSALYADHAM-

Home for mentally challenged women and kids.

The student managers had a day full of activity

with kids, it was a learning experience for all of

us, and a great change during the orientation.

On 21st July 2015 Pranay organized a‘clothes

donation drive’ with energy and passion. They

took this opportunity to help the unfortunate and

needy by choosing a slum in the vicinity of the

railway station.

An anti-drug awareness rally was organized

on 24th July 2015 and covered the stretch

between Pune University and Pune Central to

bring awareness about the ever increasing

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problem of drug addiction in our society. The

wet and unsettled weather did not deter the

team’s motivation and they successfully

managed to grab a lot of attention with their

posters and antidrug slogans.

A voluntary blood donation camp was

organized in our college on the 31st of July

2015 on occasion of the birthday of

Padmabhushan S.B. Mujumdar Sir, in co-

ordination with SIHS, SCHC and Sasoon

Hospital, Pune. More than 200 units of blood

were collected during the blood donation drive.

In honor of our country’s 69th Independence

Day celebration, PRANAY hosted an event at

SIMS, wherein 120 children hailing from

economically underprivileged families including

those from Tara Mobile Creche, the Railway

Line slum and children of the SIMS staff were

invited to be a part of the celebrations. Many

activities were lined up for them for the whole

day. To make the day truly special, clothes and

chocolates were distributed to them.

Some of the activities that are planned for the

upcoming month include a tree plantation drive

‘SIMS hariyali’ where tree saplings will be

planted to increase the green cover in nature.

Pranay strives to abide by its motto - Espouse.

Enlighten. Empower

CONFERO – DEBATING CLUB

Confero conducted a presidential style debate in

the month of August in which participants had

to come prepared both for and against the topic

Ban on pornography- a responsible step or a

radical measure. After a grilling first round

which tested the wits, communication skills,

research skills and analytical abilities of the

contestants, 8 participants were shortlisted for

the final round. The final showdown was

witnessed by the entire junior batch. The final

round was a British parliamentary style debate

in which there were two sides- a government

and an opposition. Each side consisted of 4

positions. The government had the prime

minister, deputy prime minister, member of

government and government whip. The

opposition consisted of the leader of opposition,

deputy of opposition, member of opposition and

opposition whip.

Each member had a specific role to play. The

topic was given two days prior to the event. The

topic was “The house believes that polygamy

should be legalized”. The roles were given to

the participants on the day of the event. Judges

for the event were Dr Jaya Chitranshi and Mr

Quresh Moochala, both members of faculty of

SIMS itself. Two members of the senior confero

team- Prannav Sood and Anurag Raj also

assisted in judging the event. The parameters

used to judge the contestants were – relevance of

content, role played in the debate, ability to ask

questions and answer the questions put forward

by the judges etc. After a fierce battle, the top 5

contestants were chosen for the Confero team,

with the winner being Ms Radhika Mahalanobis

and the runner up being Mr Divyanshu Joshi.

The event was a great success with the audience

enjoying it as much as the participants and the

judges.

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CONNECT WITH SIMS Eventually Everything Connects!

Apart from being active on Facebook, Pagalguy,

Instagram etc., CWS has recently started its

YouTube channel with the name “Melmilap”. It

is another initiative taken to make people aware

of what happens at SIMS and going beyond that,

it also showcases the creativity of the students at

SIMS.

In addition to this, CWS also helps the aspirants

by solving their queries regarding the SNAP

test. CWS solves queries on its Facebook and

Pagalguy pages, through seminars and also

through telephonic conversations.

CWS started its journey on 25th August, 2014

by conducting a seminar in the Army institute of

Technology, Pune for the students studying in

the final year of Engineering. CWS also reached

out to aspirants from different cities like Delhi,

Chandigarh, Jodhpur and Mumbai. CWS is

growing day by day making more and more

people aware of the SIMS brand. But they

believe the journey has just started and they

have a long path ahead for the welfare of the

students.

CWS Events in 2015:

Seminar at AIT, Pune on 7th September, 2015

It was aimed at making students aware of SIMS,

telling them about the importance of MBA and

also to solve their queries regarding SNAP and

SIMS.

Seminars at Chandigarh, Bangalore & Mumbai

in the month of November & December have

also been planned.

IT CELL

The IT cell of Symbiosis Institute of

Management Studies, Pune under the guidance

of Prof. Arti Chandani organized an event on the

subject “The role of ICT in judiciary system”. A

competition on the same theme was made open

to students on 13th August, in which they had to

submit a PowerPoint Presentation.

On 18th August, a guest lecture on the same

topic by Adv. Damodar Vaidya was organized

for the student managers. Other panellists

included Dr,Atmaram Shelke, Dr Shashikant

Hajare, Professors at Symbiosis Law School,

Pune and Mr Sachin Sachdeva. The enthusiasm

and interest shown by the student managers was

commendable which made it quite a difficult

task for the panel to decide on the winners.

KYR Series – One of the new initiatives started

by IT Cell last year, Know Your Recruiter series

helps students to get a glimpse on company

details and to better prepare themselves for

upcoming placements.

Moodle for internal quizzes – The team had

made available MOODLE (Modular Object

Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) on

the institute’s network - which can be used as an

e-learning platform and to post course material

for students, conduct exams, assignments,

organize online quiz, analyse adaptive behaviour

of students and lots more

IT cell successfully collaborates with most of the

cells and clubs to provide IT Support during

guest lectures and events.

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Onam, the harvest festival of Kerala was

celebrated in the Malayalam month of Chingam

(Aug – Sep) with much pomp and splendor in

the college premises. On this auspicious day, the

central dome of the college was decorated by a

breathtaking Pookkalam..Following the lighting

of the lamp was a witty and entertaining speech

by our very own Iyer Sir. The afternoon saw

cultural performances such as the folk dances,

singing and a skit depicting the origin and the

significance of Onam. The icing on the cake was

the Onam Sadhya, the feast prepared during

Onam consisting of pure vegetarian dishes

served on a banana leaf by the students of the

Keralite community. It was truly an experience

for everyone in college be it a Malayali or a non

Malayali.

5th September i.e. Teachers Day marked the

127th birthday of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

and was a culturally vibrant day at SIMS. It was

an exemplary blend of fun with an element of

enlightenment. Starting from compulsive

activities like involving our faculty in games to

the cultural staging including performances by

Sur and Vibes, the day was an impeccable one

where everyone underwent a day distinct in

itself which will definitely be engraved in the

minds of the SIMS family for months to follow.

Ganesh Utsav celebrations were organized on

campus on the 17th and 18th of September,

2015. There was a breath taking performance by

the ''Dhol and Taashaa' group followed by

Rangoli and Mehendi making competitions. The

occasion was graced by the Director Brig. Rajiv

Divekar and campus admin Lt. Col Patil (Retd.)

who were seen in traditional Maharashtrian

attire. Lt. Col Patil carried the idol of Lord

Ganesha

to the

campus.

The

Sandhya

-Aarti

was a

major

part of

the

celebrati

ons

along

with an

energeti

c dance

perform

ance. Besides, the Satyanarayan Puja was held

on the 18th, which was followed by the Maha

Prasad that served delicacies of Maharashtra. In

hope for a prosperous year ahead, the Visarjan

ceremony took place where everyone bid

farewell to the supreme, Lord Ganesha.

Durga Puja was celebrated with a lot of

enthusiasm in October. The event began with a

traditional touch of Agomoni signifying the

welcoming of Goddess Durga followed by a

small skit portraying the slaying of Mahishasura

by Goddess Durga. Traditional Bengali cultural

performances enthralled the crowd. The students

mess served authentic Bengali delicacies that

day which was liked by one and all.

Festive celebrations and performances by Sur and Vibes on Teacher’s Day

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Summary Of Achievements

S.No. Date Name of Faculty/ Student Achievement

1.

17/11/2015 Susmita Mondal, Vivek

Trivedi, Siddhant Singh, Nitin

Patil, Ajinkya Thorat, Akshay

Kulkarni, Manish Jena,

Vikrant Jagdale

Acceptance of research papers in the International Conference on

"Marketing Challenges in the emerging markets"

2. 5/11/2015 Piyush Kumar and Kamlesh

Shah

Stood 3rd in Constratum, Agaon 2015 organized by IIM Ranchi

3. 5/11/2015 Anchal Jolly and Munir

Ahmed Tahir

Won quiz 'Surfathon' organized by SCIT, Pune

4. 5/11/2015 Prof. Komal Chopra 18 citations with an h index of 3

6.

27/10/2015 Shobit Kumar, Swapnil Dutta

and Kaveri Khorana

Research paper titled “Influence of Pester Power on Family Purchase

Decisions in Urban India” accepted for presentation at the International

Conference on “Skill Development and Technological Innovations for

Economic Growth” held at IMS Ghaziabad.

7. 22/10/2015 Prof. Arti Chandani 19 citations with an h index of 2

8. 19/10/2015 Ankur Shukla and Ashish

Kumar

2nd position in the IIM Shillong Case study titled 'Vishleshan'

9. 30/09/2015 Anurag Raj and Sukhbir Kaur Won Second Prize in the prestigious MCCIA Competition 2015 -16 on

Live Industrial Project on HR Issues

10. 19/09/2015 Dr. Santosh Bhave "Fellowship Award" from NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (NIPM )

11. 17/09/2015 Anshuman Srivastava Won bloggerheads event competition of Sprout IT'15 at SCIT

12. 2/9/2015 Hemani Yadav Scoring highest marks in supply chain management course with A+ at

Hochschule Bremen Summer School

13. 31/08/2015 Dr. Vanishree Pabalekar and

Nigyasha Shrivastava

Completed PhD

14.

2/8/2015 Dr. Asha and Rashi Garg,

Lokesh Sawant, Shraddhanjali

Behera, Arshya Singh and

Niranjan Alakh

Publication of joint research paper in the Feb 2015 issue of the

International Journal of Management Sciences with ISSN 2349-6568.

15. 16/07/2015 Dr. Debrati Bir Started a website called Ecomaze

16.

8/7/2015 Prof. Vanishree Acceptance of research paper titled "Service offerings and Customer

Satisfaction in Telecom segment”. Accepted for publication in

International Journal of Applied Services Marketing Perspectives

17. 3/7/2015 Ms. Archana Patil and Ms.

Shaliki Sharma

Won the 3rd prize in MCCIA HR Live Project competition

18.

30/06/2015 Pankaj Sharma, Nikitha

Pandiri, Oruganti Karthik

Acceptance of Research Paper Titled "Analysis Of Service Quality In

E-Commerce - Pre And Post Sales" Paper Id: IJRDTM-053073.

Selected for publication in International Journal of Research and

Development in Technology & Management Sciences

19.

19/06/2015 Dr. Asha Nagendra Publication of research paper "A Study of the Existing Conventional

Practices of Person Organization Fit (POF) in the Organizations" in

Shodh Drishti (An International Refereed Research Journal)

20. 16/06/2015 Dr. Pradnya Chitrao Research paper in INDJST, Volume 8, Supplementary, 6 March 2015

21. 12/6/2015 Dr. Suruchi Pandey and

Shagun Kanwar

Selection of case study for presentation at IBS Hyderabad conference -

ICSC 2015- International Case Study Conference

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EDITORIAL AND MEDIA RELATIONS CELL

The Editorial and Media Relations Cell is the

voice of SIMS. It provides the institute with

corporate and media exposure, bringing the

students to the forefront of the latest happenings

in the business world. It manages the social

media channels like Facebook, Twitter and

YouTube which help connect SIMS with the

corporate world. It conceptualizes, creates and

reviews the in-house monthly newsletter ‘SIMS

Express’.

With consistent efforts the cell has managed to

make a mark on all the major social media

platforms and also our very own blog

www.simswayoflife.wordpress.com. However,

there was a need to showcase the everyday life

of SIMS and to highlight the daily happenings

right from the heart of the college. Be it the daily

classes, guest lectures, fun events or just the

happy faces of our SIMSites. The cell thought of

putting forth all this and much more through

curated pictures and rich visual imagery to

promote brand SIMS. With this thought and a lot

of excitement, SIMS made its debut on another

social media platform Instagram and this move

was met with a very enthusiastic response as the

official account gathered over a 100 followers in

a very short span of time.

It is not often that you can manage to engage a

very young, restless audience of 20-somethings

for over 90 minutes. But the MBA batch of

2015-17 was fortunate to be part of an

interactive and riveting session, the first guest

lecture organized by the Editorial and Media

Relations Cell on 23rd September 2015, where

TED speaker, United Nations Young Change

maker speaker and the pioneer behind a

wonderful initiative Project Fuel, Deepak

Ramola shared various anecdotes from his life

and his teaching journey with much enthusiasm.

He spoke about his foray into this sphere and

more so about his passion – meeting different

people and sharing their life lessons.

The Cell also submitted a report on the sessions

of the International Research Conference

conducted at SIU, Lavale on 10th October 2015.

In addition, there was a report prepared on the

NHRDN workshop on HR Analytics conducted

at SIMS too.

The Facebook page acts a point of contact with

prospective students and is highly effective for

query handling. The Editorial Cell essentially

handles all external and internal communication

of SIMS besides the coverage of all events and

guest lectures conducted by the other cells and

clubs of the institute.

The Editorial and Media Relations Cell believes

in continually creating and adding value to the

brand that is SIMS for all stakeholders

concerned.

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