Life @ K J Somaiya Institute of Management

INVESTRIX 2019, the Annual Corporate Panel Discussion by Finstreet, the finance committee of SIMSR which hosted some of the most renowned personalities from the financial domain.The Experts include Mr. Ralph Acampura (Co-founder, CMT Association), Mr. Brett Villaume (Vice- president, CMT Association), Mr. JC Parets (Founder, All Star Charts), Mr. Gautam Shah (Founder, Goldilocks Premium Research), Mr. Prakash Gaba (Technical Analyst,CNBC Awaaz), Mr. Vijay Bhambwani (Founder, Bhambwani Securities Pvt. Ltd.) and Mr. Akshay Chinchalkar (Director, CMT Association). 

 SIMSR conducted General Management Area Conference on Qualitative Research which was the 2nd International conference on challenges in Emerging Economies. 

SIMSR hosted Mr. Abhishek Dube, General Manager- Sales and Marketing at Tata Motors, as a part of Tata Motors Talk (TTalk) series. He enlightened the students on the missions and values of Tata Group, their history and legacy of Tata Motors. He explained the commercial vehicles segment, their market share, their competitors and also about curbing the market slowdown in the automobile industry.   

We congratulate Aishwarya Jain and Vighnesh Bhandarkar PGDM CORE-A (2018-20), runners-up of Sahastrabuddhi, a Business Quiz competition organised by IIT Bombay - Shailesh J Mehta School of Management.

Mauj the official band of SIMSR organized JAM with Mauj an evening full of melodies to lighten up the mood in midst of a busy schedule.

International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3) is an international observance promoted by the United Nations and we are very proud to have celebrated this day by kickstarting Melange '20 with a CSR event for visually challenged entrepreneurs in association with the NGO, Voice Vision and Enactus Somaiya Social Cell. 

The event started with a 3-day workshop for the visually challenged entrepreneurs which was followed by the Entrepreneurial Idea Awards where the participants got a chance to pitch their ideas to investors and get seed funding.  

Siddhi B. Shinde ma'am has been working at SIMSR for 6 years now. She plays a vital role in the team by taking care of all the approvals needed from the Government authorities for taking forward different courses that SIMSR offers. She also helps in the process of getting scholarships for students from the Government. Her sincerity towards work is one of the factors for which everyone at SIMSR admires her. 

The fourth edition of MarCquest - the first and only Marketing Communications festival of Mumbai was organized by a team of students from PGDM-IMC at SIMSR on 29th and 30th of November,2019. It had events like CaseQuest - the flagship case study competition in association with BPCL, Abki Baar - a simulation of political PR campaign and mock press conference, AdMad - the ad making competition in association with Zee5. The event also had a workshop on how to hack your way past a creative block and what actual content writing is on Instagram and a panel discussion on 'Contextual Marketing: converting needs through programmatic advertising. 

SIMSR Power Profile #2 - Bhakti Ashturkar Bhakti set her mind from a very young age. A published paper on Alzheimer's, helping blind kids, these are just the beginning of what is sure to be a power-packed life and journey.

From the main gate to the fountain, nostalgic vibes are spreading everywhere. On this special day we welcome PGDM batches of 2019 and PGDM- Executive batch of 2018 to receive the badge of honour that you earned here.
 

We congratulate Ritesh Singh, Gaurav Raj, Siddharth and Ishaan Gupta, runner-up of Street Sangram, at Influx, annual Management and Cultural Fest of IIM Indore.

 FORSE- SIMSR's Operations Committee conducted the Final Round of its long-awaited event "The Walk of Green". It gave each participant a platform to dig into the operations processes within Somaiya Vidyavihar Campus, understand how it works and suggests GREEN initiatives for enhanced environmental sustainability. The finalist teams shared their Green & Sustainable Ideas such as E-laundry, Food Management System, Online Examination and Connect within the campus (Biometrics). Team "Chasers and Makers" (Siththardhan, Febin Thomas & Jeet) were crowned the winners.  

The Power-Packed SIMSR Power Profiles 2.0 are here! SIMSR Power Profile #3 - Anwesha Sarker Donning a successful hat with her journey at MTV LinkedIn, she has always had a go-getter attitude. She is someone with a fierce passion and energy. Presenting to you one of our many gems Anwesha Sarker

We are way more powerful when we turn to each other and not on each other, when we celebrate our diversity and together tear down the mighty walls of injustice.

SIMSR is proud to announce that The Global Leaders Awards, 2019 facilitated marvelous and great work of our esteemed faculty, Prof.(Dr.) Asha Bhatia. She was awarded 'Education Excellence Award for Social & Economic Development' at Baku, Azerbaijan. The organisers award those who promote entrepreneurship at the national and international level.   

With the motive of delivering an analytical treat for quant enthusiasts, Quantinuum - The Quants and Analytics Committee of SIMSR organized Quantiz 2019. An online round was followed by 4 offline rounds which comprised of interesting puzzles and mind-boggling excel tactics to work upon. The 2 teams - '3 Guna Lagaan' and 'The Hustlers' emerged as the winners and runners-up respectively.
 

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Greetings from the Admissions Committee of SIMSR!

We are organizing a webinar on TICKET TO A B-SCHOOL in collaboration with IMS to help you with the tips and tricks for XAT, CMAT, GMAT, and other entrance exams.

Date: 13th December 2019

Time: 7:00 PM

See you soon!

SIMSR Power Profile #3 - Pratheesh Surya A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, Pratheesh has come a long way & continues to keep going. He has dedicated himself to becoming an expert in his field of choice.

Let’s have a quick look at the events that took place at SIMSR this week. The 23rd edition of the Ultimate Communication Strategy Contest- ‘FCB India Comstrat 2019’ was organized by Interface, the flagship marketing committee of SIMSR.

SIMSR Director, Prof. Dr. Monica Khanna has shared her views on teaching ancient Indian texts and philosophies as management lessons in B-schools in one of the leading business magazines, BW Businessworld