'SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT' Session by Mr. Vishwadeep Khatri

Mr. Vishwadeep Khatri, CEO, Benchmark Six Sigma visited SIMSREE on 27th December, 2013 as a part of SIMCON’s initiative to spread awareness among the batch regarding the relevance of ‘Six Sigma Practices (6ϭ)’ in today’s business world. Mr. Khatri is one of the most renowned trainers of six sigma worldwide, having over 15 years of experience in business process improvements related to service as well as manufacturing industries. He has worked as...

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Dr. Glen Brodowsky at SIMSREE Campus

Students at SIMSREE witnessed the first international guest lecture organised by BUZZ Marketing club, SIMSREE on 27th Dec, 2013. Dr. Glen H. Brodowsky, California State University, San Marcos, CA, USA, (Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo) is a Professor of Marketing at California State University San Marcos. The lecture started with Dr. Glen quoting Charles Dickens’ views and later sharing about his life. It was primarily focused...

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Guest Lecture by Mr. Chandrasekaran Ramamurthy

The SIMSREE students witnessed a guest lecture by Mr. Chandrasekaran Ramamurthy, Chief Reinsurance Strategist, Mahindra Insurance Brokers Limited on 26th Dec, 2013. Mr. Chandrasekaran has more than three decades of experience in domestic and international insurance and reinsurance industries, spanning India, UK and Middle East. Previously he has worked as Director, RCS Managing Consultants Private Limited, Member of IRDA Sub Committee, Senior...

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Guest Lecture by Mr. Mahesh Balasubramanian

At SIMSREE, continuing the tradition of guest lectures by eminent industry personalities, Mr. Mahesh Balasubramanian addressed the first year students on Thursday, 26th December. He is the Executive Vice-president, Kotak Mahindra Bank and also an alumnus of the institute from the 1991-92 batch.  The topic of the guest lecture was ‘Ring side view of Retail Banking’. Mr. Balasubramanian elaborated on how the banking industry has moved from a ‘product-centric’ approach to a ‘consumer-centric’ approach: ‘Every customer is a segment’ is the...

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The Corporate Connect- Mr. Asgar Khorakiwala

The members of the Corporate Relations Committee (CRC) of SIMSREE had an enriching interaction with Mr. Asgar Khorakiwala an entrepreneur who runs Akbarallys Furniture. In this interview he discusses his family history, commencement of the business, challenges faced and values that helped him go up against all odds. Mr. Asgar Khorakiwala comes from the reputed family which owns India’s first department store -Akbarallys. The family has a remarkable...

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Guest Lecture by Mr. Gautam Thakker

The Marketing Club, BUZZ arranged a guest lecture by Mr Gautam Thakker, CEO of Everymedia Technologies. The lecture was insightful and an informative one. He particularly highlighted the digital marketing of movies and brands which was the forte of Everymedia. Mr Gautam started with a montage showing the digital marketing campaign of the super hit movie Agneepath, starring Hrithik Roshan and Sanjay Dutt which he had handled. The campaign was hugely...

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Guest Lecture by Ms. Anita Zutshi

The SIMSREE students witnessed a guest lecture by Ms. Anita Zutshi, GM Finance-Sales and Customer Development at Hindustan Unilever Limited. Ms. Zutshi talked about "Career in finance and FMCG sector". Ms Zutshi talked about the industry expectations from MBA students. She stressed on hard work, along with thorough research and ability to get along with people. This is quite important for today's manager since he is expected to deal...

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Coffee With Alumni - Mr. Mahesh Kalsekar

We were delighted to have the first ‘Coffee with Alumni’ session of our batch with Mr Mahesh Kalsekar, Director – Strategy and Business Development at Takeda Pharmaceuticals and alumnus of the 1995 batch. He has close to twenty years of experience in the healthcare sector across Corporate Strategy, Business Development, Consulting and Market Research verticals. In the session, coordinated by the Alumni Committee, nine students got the opportunity...

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HUL VP visits SIMSREE campus

A Guest Lecture was arranged by the Corporate Relations Committee for the first year students of SIMSREE on the topic- Managing Business in a VUCA World. The speaker for the lecture was Mr. Kabir Ahmed Shakir- VP, Finance, HPC Division, Hindustan Unilever Limited. Mr. Kabir is a finance and business professional with over 20 years of experience, distributed equally between developed and D&E markets. He worked in various positions at Unilever,...

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SIMSREE'ites at the 2nd edition of Inclusive Innovation Summit

Businesses in India are being buffeted with grim head-winds on many fronts. Innovation is the need of the hour to achieve profitable growth in such a difficult environment. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) partnered with Singapore Management University (SMU) to organize the 2nd edition of Inclusive Innovation Summit based on the theme 'Innovating Practices in Turbulent Times' on 28th October 2013 at Vivanta by Taj President, Mumbai. 11 SIMSREE...

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Raining Awards at SIMSREE – Sydenham Management Institute shines at Award functions

SIMSREE ruled the awards’ sweepstakes at the B-School Affaire event held at Taj Lands End, Bandra. SIMSREE won two awards in the ‘Dainik Bhaskar National Education leadership Awards’ ceremony and one award in the ‘Dewang Mehta Business School Awards’ ceremony held on 23rd Oct, 2013. We were crowned ‘Outstanding B-School (WEST) & ‘Industry Related Curriculum in Marketing’ in the ‘Dainik Bhaskar National Education leadership Awards’...

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The Corporate Connect – Mr. Heramb Ranade

‘The Corporate Connect’ continued going from strength to strength, this time having a freewheeling session with Mr Heramb Ranade, Chief Marketing Officer- Tikona Digital Networks Pvt Ltd. He has been the Senior Vice President at Reliance Communications and has also worked with Tata Lucent Technologies as Deputy General Manager. The session was held at Mr Ranade’s office on 24th of October 2013. The session started with technicalities...

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Guest Lecture by Mr. V. Sarangapani

SIMCON (SIMSREE Consulting Club) blazed its trail by helping students to get a better perspective of management consulting as a career option, its opportunities and expectations. The guest for the lecture was Mr. V Sarangapani, Executive Director of Bombay Management Association (BMA) and an advisor for Micro Technologies (India). He has over 36 years of experience which includes 28 years in TCS. With an experience of over 18 years in management...

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