Life @ K J Somaiya Institute of Management

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rps4ever Says
Today we had good interaction with Prof. Vinod Gupta, Professor and Co-Director, California State University-San Bernardino. He talked about inclusive growth and also about the teaching practices at the U.S. Universities.:):)


Sorry, its Prof. Vipin Gupta......
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SAMAVESH 2011 is in progress.

In first half of today, we had very enriching experience of knowing the function of two government bodies involved in export and import i.e. ECGC and EXIM Bank. We also got to know their views on the current economic crisis of world and macroeconomic problems of India.

The esteemed speakers were:
1) Mr. Rohit Pandya, GM, ECGC of India Limited.
2) Mr. Tarun Sharma, Astt. GM, EXIM Bank of India.

Industry exposure is forte of SIMSR and this is proved time and again by the kind of events orgainzed. Kudos!!! to all the volunteers involved in SAMAVESH 2011.

SIMSR Rocks...!!!

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And Samavesh-2011 continues for the second day.... while on the 1st day IBS proved its mettle by calling stalwarts as mentioned in rps's post, we guys managed to take a refuge and visit Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City under CII-YI industry visit which, needless to say, was awesome. Well done CII-YI 😁 😁

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SAMAVESH' 2011 was a grand success...

Day 1 ( Session 1): Started with a bang with insights of International Business organized by International Business Society @ SIMSR. I have posted about the speakers in my previous post.


Day 1 ( Session 2): The momentum SAMAVESH11 gained continued to post lunch session which was organized by E-Cell where we had My Story by Indias youngest CEO of a Media Company - Mr Samyak Chakrabarty and Panel Discussion on Challenges & Opportunities in E-Business & IT Sector Speakers for Panel Discussion:

1) Akshay Shah, Founder & COO, iWeb Technology Solutions Pvt.Ltd
2) Samarjeet Singh, Director / Co-Founder, Iksula
3) Vikas Chauhan, Alumni & Co-Founder, PRAVIS Retail

Day 2 ( Session 1): Human Equations 2011 brought a Case Study Competition, Panel Discussion and a Workshop!!!
Esteemed panelists for the event were :
1. Mr. Vijay Paradkar VP, M&A;, Mahindra & Mahindra Limited.
2. Mr. Kumar Priyaranjan Senior VP Corporate HR, Raychem RPG (P) Limited
3. Mr. Saurabh Singh, Senior General Manager (Human Resources), ICICI Bank
4. Mr. Narayan Hariharan Adani Enterprises

The second event "HR case study Competition" was won by SIBM, Pune. NMIMS, Mumbai were declared as runners-up, later a workshop was conducted on - 'HR as a business partner' by SHRM.

Day 2 ( Session 2): SIFE Somaiya Social Cell organized a panel discussion on "Corporate Social Responsibility: A Genuine Concern for the Society or a Marketing Gimmick". Eminent speaker gracing the event were:
1. Mr. Venkat Rolla- CSR Head (RPG Group)
2. Mr. Milind Ambadkar- CSR Head (Cognizant)
3. Ms. Shweta Gopalachari- Founder and CEO (Toy Bank)
4. Ms. Sarika Kulkarni- Chief Coordinator, IIFL


Another successful completion of an event involving corporate bigwigs proved again the level of industry exposure SIMSR is providing to the students time and again to learn about the current practices of the industry. :):)

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In the last couple of weeks, SIMSR was bustling with students from universities in the U.S. visiting the campus and working on various projects..

Students from California State University along with students at SIMSR worked on a project in the manufacturing industry, to study corporate sustainability and Return on Investment in CSR investments. Students from Cornell University (Johnson school) flew down to work along with our students on various live industry projects related to BoP marketing, NGO operations, medical tourism industry among others. It was a great learning experience for us not only in terms of project exprience but also in cross-cultural communication and teamwork 😃

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Had an awesome Christmas weekend ... Came back refreshed :))
Melange - The annual fest is arriving and arriving soon.. preps have started with various committees planing their own events and conducting volunteer meets ....

Finally "my" very own committee came with their pending freshers party after long long time 😁 and boy...it was worth the wait...

With new year zooming up in few days, people are busy planning for their parties and trips... and poor souls like me sometimes have more than one options for the same and sometimes have zero options to enjoy new year eve 😞 😛 ...Lets see whats on the cards:D

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Had an awesome Christmas weekend ... Came back refreshed :))
Melange - The annual fest is arriving and arriving soon.. preps have started with various committees planing their own events and conducting volunteer meets ....

Finally "my" very own committee came with their pending freshers party after long long time 😁 and boy...it was worth the wait...

With new year zooming up in few days, people are busy planning for their parties and trips... and poor souls like me sometimes have more than one options for the same and sometimes have zero options to enjoy new year eve 😞 😛 ...Lets see whats on the cards:D


But MB you forgot to mention another big event before Melange'12...7th SIMSR Asia marketing conference to be held on 6-7th Jan, 2012 featuring whose who of corporate world. To name a few:

Mr. Nitin Paranjape- CEO, HUL
Dr. Bhaskar Das- President, Benett Coleman & Co. Ltd.
Mr. Vidyut Arte- MD, Krafts food, Thailand
Mr. Sanjiv Sarin- President, Tata Beverages, South Asia Region

So, watch out this space for more details of the event...!!!!
Corporate interaction at SIMSR continues.....
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The charm of celebrations in India's most happening city Mumbai forced the hostel to have a deserted look. Alas!!! I had to take rest due to bad health.

BID ADIEU 2011....

A very Happy and Prosperous New Year to all SIMSRites.....
May this year be one of the best in every respect to you all as well as to SIMSR. May we and SIMSR attain great heights and break all the past records this year.

HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2012......:):)

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Happy New year to all my fellas 😁 :D

Had a rocking trip to Kashid, Alibaug and Nagao in the new year weekend :)

Wish everyone loads of success and happiness in 2012

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What a day @ SIMSR....!!! Today,We had in our campus Mr. Nitin Paranjape, CEO and MD, HUL, sharing with us his experience on marketing unbound...:):)..... @ 7th SIMSR Asia Marketing Conference.


More to go for tomorrow...

Dr. Bhaskar Das- President, Benett Coleman & Co. Ltd.
Mr. Sanjiv Sarin- President, Tata Beverages, South Asia Region

SIMSR in action.......:biggrin::biggrin:

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What a day @ SIMSR....!!! Today,We had in our campus Mr. Nitin Paranjape, CEO and MD, HUL, sharing with us his experience on marketing unbound...:):)..... @ 7th SIMSR Asia Marketing Conference.


More to go for tomorrow...

Dr. Bhaskar Das- President, Benett Coleman & Co. Ltd.
Mr. Sanjiv Sarin- President, Tata Beverages, South Asia Region

SIMSR in action.......:biggrin::biggrin:

Trust RP for such insightful and delightful updates. Thanks for such wonderful posts :)

But life@simsr is not only about seminars, conference and guest lectures ....
SIMSR is also hosting interclass cricket tournament and today my team PG-IB mauled PGDM-B division team in every aspect of the game be it bowling , batting and sledging ..... yes sledging 😁 😁 they started it and we made sure that we surpass them 😃 .... its all part of the game and the adrenaline rush 😃 ....boasted by superfine performance by our birthday boy captain 😃

Team IB progresses to next rounds...
BRING IT ON \m/
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Day 1: SIMSR Asia Marketing Conference

Truley believe my friends, I have never heard such a speech with so much energy, enthusiasm and what more can I say.. I don't have words to express the kind of insights, food for thought etc.. shared by Mr Nitin Paranjpe, CEO and MD of Hindustan Unilever in the inaugural function of the Conference. I am sure, today he inspired all of us to go much more than an extra mile .

Got a chance to hear few research papers and liked the concept and research done by the participants and delegates from all over the world.

Now the end of the day, like the start of the conference, the end was also mind blowing. Performance by Prof Atul Mishra and Prof Isaac Jacob and Prof Ramke and delegates mesmerized the audience by back to back songs and it seemed that singers of 70's are singing in front of us , standing ovation by the audience.

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Day 2: SIMSR Asia Marketing Conference

Finally attended the 2nd and concluding day of SIMSR Asia Marketing Conference after missing out on Nitin Paranjpe's session on day 1 due to cricket match. Today's dignitaries were

Mr. Bhaskar Das, President , The Times of India Group, Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.,
Mr. Sanjiv Sarin, South Asia President , Tata Global Beverages Limited
Mr. Kinjal Medh, COO, Cogito Consulting

And i must tell you, it was an awesome experience listening to such industry stalwarts giving their views on "Marketing Unbound" , the theme of this year's marketing summit.

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After a scintillating start to the conference by Mr.Nitin Paranjpe on Day 1, Day 2 began with an equally inspiring talk from Dr. Bhaskar Das - President at The Times Of India Group, Benett Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL). It was perhaps one of the most engaging and interesting talks I have ever heard Dr. Bhaskar started with something as basic as defining 'marketing' and as he progressed, enthralled us with his innovative insights on branding and digital marketing.. The best part of the talk was it was so contemporary and something we cannot find in our marketing text books.

The second speaker was Mr. Sanjiv Sarin - Regional President for South Asian Region, Tata Beverages. Mr.Sanjiv talked about the evolution of Tata Tea's positioning and explained in detail the need and making of the popular Jaago Re campaign :)The talk was followed by Mr. Kinjal Medh - Chief Operating Officer, Cogito Consulting.

The valedictory function had Dr. Prafulla Agnihotri, director of one of the IIMs holding a brief presentation on the theme 'Marketing Unbound'.

With Samavesh and Navikaran being a huge success in the last few weeks, SIMSR Asia Marketing just proved to be an icing on the cake!!
Way to go SIMSR..
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On January 6th and 7th, 2012 The 7th SIMSR Asia Marketing conference was held at K.J Somaiya Institute of Management and Research (SIMSR). The conference is conducted by SIMSR in collaboration with its academic partners School of Management Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand; Deakin University, Australia and College of Business and Public Administration, California State University, San Bernardino, USA.

This year saw participation from the US, the UK and the Asia Pacific regions with reputed scholars from the world of Marketing, assembling at SIMSR to share their knowledge.
The theme for this years conference was Marketing Unbound, which is aptly relevant in todays business environment where boundaries of all business functions and consumers are being demolished.

Amongst the dignitaries who graced the conference were Nitin Paranjpe, CEO and MD, HUL; Dr. Bhaskar Das, President, The Times of India Group, Benett, Coleman and Co. Ltd, Mr. Sanjiv Sarin, South Asia President, Tata Global Beverages Ltd & Mr. Kinjal Medh, COO, Cogito Consulting.

Kudos to Interface (The Marketing club of SIMSR) for conducting the event.

Priyadarshini Pant (PGDM FS 2011-13)
ADCOM, SIMSR
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In the midst of exam preparations, Lohri was celebrated and it was great fun n frolic and lots of dance n masti :D

That time of the trimester has arrived again when people sleep with books as their pillows and under their pillows. Yes... its the end term exam time.

As soon as I opened the IB book, I struggled to keep myself awake 😛 😛

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hey seniors,
My cat 2011 score 95 percentile
qa-87.1
va-97.2
cls 10th-86
cls 12th-92
graduation-52.2 (economic hons frm delhi univ)......wat are my chances for pgdm?????will a low grad score be a hindrance???? ..pls reply

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hey seniors,
My cat 2011 score 95 percentile
qa-87.1
va-97.2
cls 10th-86
cls 12th-92
graduation-52.2 (economic hons frm delhi univ)......wat are my chances for pgdm?????will a low grad score be a hindrance???? ..pls reply

Dude, please post your queries here
http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/2012-14-queries-for-kj-somaiya-imsr-pgdm-pgdmib-pgdmrm-pgdmfs-pgdmex-25072960

and not on this page.
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hey seniors,
My cat 2011 score 95 percentile
qa-87.1
va-97.2
cls 10th-86
cls 12th-92
graduation-52.2 (economic hons frm delhi univ)......wat are my chances for pgdm?????will a low grad score be a hindrance???? ..pls reply

Dude, please post your queries here
http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/2012-14-queries-for-kj-somaiya-imsr-pgdm-pgdmib-pgdmrm-pgdmfs-pgdmex-25072960

and not on this page.
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OMG .......IB paper........the best part was its preparation....

What say Mrinal Banerji, Shivam Awasthi??

Studying all night..(khauf IB ka..) with barely 2 hours of sleep and already knowing that you can not do much is a mix of tension and hardwork at that time but a memory to cherish for lifetime....

Around 300 pages to study and only 10 hrs..(bahut na insaafi h...)..3-4 friends in a room reading the pages with a wish to grab it all in a flash...then discussing some points....cursing ourselves for not understanding......counting the pages.....making resolution that from next trim will read every subject from start of the trim....drinking water like anything....trying to wake up all night.....sleeping at 3 AM and then waking up at 5 AM.....telling to friends"kuch padha de na yaar"....and "sab bhool gya"......


A night to remember..... everyone fought hard to save........

Thats a flash of life@SIMSR......