Part 2/4 - In conversation with Mr. Varun Chugh, of SIMSR Alum of Batch 1996-1998, Managing Director & Global Market Manager-Global India Business, Citi Private Banking
Data Science and Technology Department, SIMSR organized a webinar on "Business Analytics and Big Data" on 21st November, 2019.
The webinar was attended by MCA students and faculty and had brief emphasis on topics like Big Data, Industry 4.0, Digital Business Transformation, Data Modelling and Analysis etc.
Dhananjay Kothari , the Chairperson of MarCquest 2019 gives us an insight into how working for MarCquest - the annual flagship marketing communication festival of SIMSR gave him an opportunity to manage and lead a team of 60+ strong headed individuals. He added that having undertaken this path has moulded him into a much better version of himself. MarCquest has helped him to transform his leadership skills and has given him an opportunity to learn more about Integrated Marketing Communication.
Pratiksha Ugade Ma'am has been associated with Somaiya since a very long time. She completed her B.A. from Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce and now, has been associated with SIMSR for 8 years and is also pursuing her part time MBA from here.
She started as the Front Desk Executive and is now the Admin Assistant of the Admissions team. She says that Somaiya has had a big impact throughout her life, from academics to developing a career. She also was the first person to receive the Outstanding Employee Award at SIMSR.
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.
The Power Packed SIMSR Power Profiles 2.0 are here!
SIMSR Power Profile #1 - Akash Jain
A state topper in the sciences and being one of the few crème de la crème students in CET are some of the accomplishments Akash has bagged. He isn't just an Academic scholar but also excels in co-curriculum. A budding entrepreneur, having won the 'India's Best E-cell award' there's no doubt that there is a lot of Power in this Profile.
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