hi all,
fels nostalgic thinkin that its gonna be Vandita maam's last class with us tomorro before she moves. We all wish her real good luck ... hope her farewell is gonna be gr8..
2 PM tomorro kicks off the teacher's day celebration...I am sure its has lots in store .
This saturday we have the All Big retail seminar lined up .Marketing ppl need to b thr for sure .. all others interested need to register by tomorro 4 PM max...thats the deadlines seniors have set. expecting a gr8 turn up for this one as always ..
I have my idea research pres tomorro .The thot of the 30th Sep deadline stops me to end my post ...
Cheers
Santarocks:
hey Santa pretty much right.
I mean I was just shocked to see that its been more than a week that we have written anything, either on bog or on Pagalguy.
Its been a hectic weekend.
Recently we celebrated Teachers Day.
There were lots of songs and shayaris :))
We enjoyed a lot.
This is the platform were the talent comes out.
And man i should tell you guys, we have a hell of Talent in our college.
We can easily form a Band.
One more thing last week's Corporate Interaction was mind blowing.
We had, you will not believe, MD of TATA industries in our college.
So watch out the bog spcae for more on the Speech.
Till that time you guys can find out who is the current MD of TATA industries.
"Retail Extravaganza"
wat a grand saturday...( cant be called hectic ..all we had to do was jus listen!!!!) .
it was time when seniors got down to business and put up a great Retail Seminar titled
"DETAILLANT"( french for retailer).
Imagine, having Ms Roopa Purshottaman ( Head-Economic&Str; unit)-Future Group. She shared with us a report she had made about "Is Urban India really urbanized?"
Then we had Sachin Marya- CEO Retail Magazine.
This was followed by Mr Sumit Sahay- Head- Marketing &Sales; Infiniti retail sharing with us key notes on "Footfall Management" ..gr8 to hav an IIM-A grad share with us gr8 details....
S . Ranganathan Chief of Ops-Shoppers stop startled us by questioning us.. footfall again..
4-6 PM- The last leg of the day ..but probably most interesting one. The HR panel discussion.. Our own Prof PP Roy, Naresh Mehta -Raymonds, Rupesh Basu- HR Head, Hypercity Retail..and Srees Prabhakar. The topic of discussion was Critical HR issues in retail. Gr8 thinkers in their own fields , had gr8 ideas to share . Q&A; round as usual was good , made a few heads turn tho... All in all a gr8 day for wannabe retailers and for ppl like me 2 ..
Special mentions -
Rajpal Singh Ghai- our own ex-SIESComian. kudos to him to get gr8 speakers to his alma mater..
Raheel Merchant- senior in his own right . bags the Samsika award for the Best Summer project , which is a rolling trophy. Kudos Miyan!!!!
All in all a gr8 day . hav to move .Its a sunday and thr's the Personality dpt session scheduled at 10. the stress buster is back again ..
Thanks
Santarocks
wat a grand saturday...( cant be called hectic ..all we had to do was jus listen!!!!) .
it was time when seniors got down to business and put up a great Retail Seminar titled
"DETAILLANT"( french for retailer).
Imagine, having Ms Roopa Purshottaman ( Head-Economic&Str; unit)-Future Group. She shared with us a report she had made about "Is Urban India really urbanized?"
Then we had Sachin Marya- CEO Retail Magazine.
This was followed by Mr Sumit Sahay- Head- Marketing &Sales; Infiniti retail sharing with us key notes on "Footfall Management" ..gr8 to hav an IIM-A grad share with us gr8 details....
S . Ranganathan Chief of Ops-Shoppers stop startled us by questioning us.. footfall again..
4-6 PM- The last leg of the day ..but probably most interesting one. The HR panel discussion.. Our own Prof PP Roy, Naresh Mehta -Raymonds, Rupesh Basu- HR Head, Hypercity Retail..and Srees Prabhakar. The topic of discussion was Critical HR issues in retail. Gr8 thinkers in their own fields , had gr8 ideas to share . Q&A; round as usual was good , made a few heads turn tho... All in all a gr8 day for wannabe retailers and for ppl like me 2 ..
Special mentions -
Rajpal Singh Ghai- our own ex-SIESComian. kudos to him to get gr8 speakers to his alma mater..
Raheel Merchant- senior in his own right . bags the Samsika award for the Best Summer project , which is a rolling trophy. Kudos Miyan!!!!
All in all a gr8 day . hav to move .Its a sunday and thr's the Personality dpt session scheduled at 10. the stress buster is back again ..
Thanks
Santarocks
great work guys!!!
Why ?
The fact that you guys have been posting even though we have such a tough schedule !!!!
I remember I was a regular at Pagalguy.... and today its been months since i visited on PG............ thanks to SIESCOMS 😃
Its an experience of a lifetime...You want to enjoy and take in all you can .... As soon as i enter the gates (at siescoms) i can fel that energy:)
I know Im gona learn something today ...Friends i wud like to tell u...what I have learnt in these 2months ....i havn't in my last 21 years!!!
I mean it... Its an exhillarating enthralling expreience...
Be it finance,Eco,mktin,Gen Mgmt, MIS,OB u name it guys and every lecture is an eye opener... Lectures...well not exactly....its interactive learning through...presentations,speeches, games,working on projects.
And in true sense i am learning and fine tuning my concepts,working in teams , developing leadership qualities!!!
Boy I have already started feeling the diff... today im more confident , understanding, a happy indivisual,and i attribute and give all the credit to SIESCOMS!!!
Thank you friends,seniors and my wonderful Profs at SIESCOMS!!!
About the retail summit
I guess the retail summit was one landmark in the SIESCOM's journey towards success
The session of Ms.Roopa Purshottaman ,Mr.Sachin Marya was damn good.
I mean this was one summit that gave a complete overview of the retail sector
Where its heading and how does the youth contribute in it..
Santosh I'm sure u wud agree on this ...even after that 9 to 6 session we werent exhausted..
Also what Ms.Purshottaman had said...the difference between the growing india and growing china...
The gap between Rural and urban in India is decreasing while in China its increasing...phew
that stats spoke a lot man..I mean even if we think of cross sectional analysis...it helps!!!
Looking forward to further such events..
I guess the retail summit was one landmark in the SIESCOM's journey towards success
The session of Ms.Roopa Purshottaman ,Mr.Sachin Marya was damn good.
I mean this was one summit that gave a complete overview of the retail sector
Where its heading and how does the youth contribute in it..
Santosh I'm sure u wud agree on this ...even after that 9 to 6 session we werent exhausted..
Also what Ms.Purshottaman had said...the difference between the growing india and growing china...
The gap between Rural and urban in India is decreasing while in China its increasing...phew
that stats spoke a lot man..I mean even if we think of cross sectional analysis...it helps!!!
Looking forward to further such events..
wat a day that was..
Anmol wud vouch fr that ..rite sir??? first hand exposure on real branding and marketing...anyways got to get goin with my "Idea Research" project.deadlines fast chasing me ... hav to take my team to get the primary interviews and the final report done ASAP.
and guyzz a special mention. 3 cheers to Darshan to take us all thru that simple and nice session on financial markets .. a gr8 initiative ..more of these wud be fun..the trend is setting in guyzz.first it was Amol &prasad; o Toyota .Now Darshan.. waitin for the nex trensetter..
Lookin ahd for Mani Sir's marketing career session t 3. personally lookin forward to the experiential outbound learning we all r goin to on Friday(finally its scheduled!!!!)
hurrah!! long week end this time .
Keep goin
Satosh
gr8 outin!!!!!
hope all of u thr jus luvd it ...
The experiential learning program was more than "EXPERIENTIAL"... sans the late start and the jam on the Ahmedabad highway evrythin else was fantastic ..
Then briefing with the teams followed by the gentleman who has been an avid trekker all his life, with Keyur Kapadia - our guide and trek lead to Vajreshwari(correct me if I got that wrong).. sum 5 KM'd off Vasai Road... remember we had all left home at 6 AM ..and it was 10 when v started the trek.. a small hike of at 1.5 Km's but still no sign of breakfast ..I cud make that out frm the anxious faces..but no 1 still outta spirit.. the flame on the shiv ling was a clear symbol of what believes ppl hold in diff parts of our country ...1 cud c a lot of ppl meditating early morning .the place has an amazin sense of silence ..wud luv to b back ...
back to the base resort .. we had this gr8 game of main poha/sandwiches- with role reversals of couzzzz.. the guyzz try their hand at poha and the gals on sandwiches...My team finished 1st(yuppie!!!) and a gr8 poha we made..and then had a gr8 brunch ... happy to make the food ourselves and devour it ...
then the gunny bag and skip game ....Raghu's team won it ..but he wasnt once satisfied with the goodies he got for that ...
Then the rets period ... followed by lunch and then the ball pass game ...
The real stand outs were to c ppl skippin ... sum were jus hoppin the rope ...
a good tiring day cums to an end ....was funn..I am sure more to cum ...
(wil be a busy week ahd with submissions and stuff)
Cheers &keep; goin
Santarocks
Well its been a long time now, As santa rightly said this past week has been very hectic, and the expirential learning was a real good idea. Esp the cooking breakfast part. Wont forget that for a long time. Sriram made some real yummy poha, for us hungry souls :smile:
Out CL/TL Santa was hopping with glee as we began the trek, but i guess somewhere down his avid trekking streak was not fulfilled by the short trip, as to me, surprisingly i enjoyed it too.... and am raring to go for a longer trek, provided Santa gets some time and plans a nice outing. 
And guess what santa was wearing a CP Tee..... (certified pagal) man was i jealous...
Anyways apart from that it has been a real busy time, with sponsorships, going to colleges, meeting with people, trying to make them cough up money.
And trust me its real tough too.... ask Anmol.... my marketing chuddy buddy...
We now will be having tests and assignment deadlines fired at us like bullets... so i`d better get a move on...
Till next time....
i am feeling guilty of not able to post on pagal guy.
sorry guys.
Filhaal i have just dropped to say that, the article on MD TATA, Mr Chaukar has been updated pls check it.
Mr Chaukar - MD TATA Industries Speech Siescoms Weblog
The experiential learning was really really awesome man. Imagine that you are hungry like anything, that is after a long session of trekking. And now you are asked to cook your own breakfast, it was really challenging. But everyone of us did it well and we loved to eat like "BHUKKADS". The games were also very motivating.
The best part it did was it brought the whole of the 120 students very close.
hello guys me back with mms news (sry couldnt contribute much as i was sick)
The retail event that santa talked about was really an excellent exposure for us.
A detailed report will be posted on blog in parts.
First 2 parts are as follows
DETAILANT: part - 01- Rupa Purshottaman Siescoms Weblog
DETAILLANT: part - 02- Sachin Marya. Siescoms Weblog
One more fantastic article I got fro web have a look at it:
For all retail Aspirants Siescoms Weblog
wooo,
its 12:30 PM now and Zombie is buzzin arnd in the class... thanks to the event tomorro..."Inter-Alia" has all got us at our toes...
+ was a gr8 runnin arnd with placements jus given a start at SIESCOMS .staring out with pharma and bio tech companies kickin off this yr's campaign ...
I am rushin back home now .... show kicks off at 10 AM tomorro..
for more info chk
http://www.bmsexcellence.com/bms-college-fest-details.aspx?col_fest_id=20
Cheers
Santarocks
Santa or Anmol, plz update something realted to Iner ALia on the blog
Hi all,
Back after one helluva time mannn
Thanks to the event we had..INTERALIA..Which one can say was a success..
Heres a snapshot of it
SIES College of Management Studies, Nerul welcomed all TYBMS students to its management oriented intercollegiate workshop, 'Inter-Alia' on the 22nd of September 2007. 'Inter-Alia' brought out the managerial and the latent potential within the TYBMS students when they would deal with the practicalities of the corporate world.
The workshop was based on Case Study Analysis by University Professors, followed by a Panel Discussion wherein the gurus from corporate world will be throwing light on what awaits the budding management students once they step out of college and thus help them take the right route.
The panel included:-
1)Mr.Amit Saboo ,Consultant PCI
2)Mr.Ajit Khurana,Owner of Peek Seekers
3)Mr.Sundar Sarma, Head HR,KPMG
4)Prof.Anil Menon, Faculty at variuos colleges like SPJAIN,SIESCOMS etc.
They discussed at large on careers after BMS and helped students develop a thought process, to achieve their goals.
Friends, SIES College of Management Studies (SIESCOMS), a B-School which has always been involved in novel activities and events has organized this one of its kind event for the undergraduate community.
Now we r heading towards the next major event by our buddy Krishnan..WALKATHON..
3 cheerz to SIESCOMS
whooo,
what a merry-go-round it has been .Inter-Alia has been one helluva event ... I personally wud giv a thumbs-up to the panel discussion.was amazin!!!! enthraled the crowd..
(I shall upload the pics soon). Guyzzz our end has cum as the 30th marks the deadlien for submision of Idea research initiatives ..so gear up .jus 2 more days ..hant touched accounting as yet ... all projects to be submitted too.
by the way , 7 of us and me were part of the cool audience(also included the guys from Xavier's yesterday at CNN-IBN's show
"The Week that wasn't".. Cyrus as usual was too cool and the kinda prankster he is!!! was fun..it was the programs 1st anniversay and we had a great cake cutting ceremony with a Live band .... watch it this Sunday 10:30 IST on CNN-IBN or 9:30 PM the same day ..
Thanks
Santarocks
After a gap of 2 weeks the leadership lec series was back in full swing ... time for sum retail gyaan . hence e-retailing was the flavor of the day .
Mr Sankarson Bannerjee, CEO of Future Bazaar.com had a great information session . Our topic of dicsussion was relevance of internet in India and the growing e-retailing sector ... we discussed abt the prospects and limitations ...
The best part of the discussion was discussing the relevance of e-retailing from a
"Rural American"Vs "Rural Indian" perspective ... brought out a lot of points from the 180 strong audience yesterday .
The offline talk with him was also really fruitful ..
On a separate note thanks to Prashant and Anmol for putting up that gr8 show on The Telecom sector gyaan .
Kudos to Yegnesh and Sameera for bagging 1st prize in the AdMad contest at Father Agnel's college of management .
The week thats gonna be will be the most hectic with all sorts of submissions ..still will keep postin if sumthin keeps comin up....
Cheers
Santarocks
Hey santa
sure thingy...this week was gr8!!
That reminds me of THE WEEK THAT WASN'T..I guess its gunna be tonight at 9:30 righto??
The week for us has been cool
I am glad people liked our insight on the telecom industry...after that butt slogging 3 am nightout (which was nostalgic in a way...reminded me of my engineering daz!! )
Also our awesome fresher's party @ ZERO DEGREES...supercool...lolzzz
Dude..Prashant and I will be going for The Bombay Times Debate Contest..Its gunna be on the 27th and 28th of October...Also our Biz guru Deepak Nair wud be going for the Quiz contest...
i guess got to gear up..lolzzz
newaz gotto get back to the OB,MArketing,Finance,Stats...lolzz the list goes on..
Guyz must say...forget the rest and honeymoon period when u r in a Bschool
cuz if u dont...u will find that in no time u r simply lost!!!!
OB Game.
Guys this was one of the best OB lecture i ever had.
We played a management game of BROKEN SQUARES.
We were divided into teams(not group) of 5 ppl and one moderator.
Each member in a team were given pieces which eventually made a square.
The trick was not everyone had sufficient pieces for their square.
Instead they were jumbled across the team members.
What we have to do is take which eve piece fits our square from other members.
BUT,BUT,BUT without uttering a single word.
Once every one completes the square, the moderator jumbled it again and gave us once.
This was repeated 5 times, the group that made squares 5 times First were the winner.
Man the Class loved the game so much.