The Asia Pacific International Conference

6 participating countries, hosted at SIMSREE

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

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,...

Monday, October 28, 2013

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...

Sunday, October 27, 2013

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’...

Thursday, October 24, 2013

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...

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

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...

Friday, October 18, 2013

Guest Lecture by Mr. Sandeep Zutshi

We were delighted to have Mr. Sandeep Zutshi, founder of Ascentaz Consulting Ltd. and alumnus of 1994 batch at the campus for a guest lecture. He delivered an engrossing session on sales and marketing with special focus on the FMCG sector. He had the audience in splits over his anecdotes of life as an MBA fresh out of B-school. Mr. Zutshi touched upon various topics like B2B and B2C marketing, the difference between sales and consulting,...

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Guest Lecture by Mr. Chandrashekhar Bhide

We were very fortunate to have on campus Mr. Chandrashekhar Bhide, DGM & Head - mBanking/mPayments at Idea Cellular Ltd for a guest lecture. The session was arranged by the Alumni Committee with support from our esteemed alumna Ms. Dimple Kaul of the batch of 2003. Mr. Bhide delivered an enriching lecture on m-commerce and digital payments. He enlightened students about the various aspects of m-commerce including but not limited to online wallets,...

Thursday, October 10, 2013

The Corporate Connect - Mr. Anil Kamath

The success story of ‘The Corporate Connect’ continued its unstoppable run with Mr. Anil Kamath gracing the campus on 10th October 2013 for a personal interaction with our students. The batch of 2013-15 consisted of a mix of students from marketing, finance & operations background. Mr Kamath is the Ex Executive Vice President of Blue Star Ltd and Ex Managing Director of Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd. Mr. Kamath is also an entrepreneur in his...

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Fiscus 2013: India and China – The New Torch Bearers of World Economy

5th October 2013 is a date that all SIMSREE students will remember for a long time. Through FISCUS ’13 – the annual financial summit of the institute - it was an honor and a privilege to have with us the stalwarts of finance in the corporate world. The theme for this year was ‘India and China: The new Torch Bearers of World Economy’. Mr. Seshagiri Rao – the joint Managing Director and group CFO for JSW Steel – was the Chief Guest. Mr....

Friday, October 4, 2013

SIMSREE Foundation Day

It was another milestone for the Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education (SIMSREE) as the institute observed its 30th Foundation Day, the venue being The Sydenham Management Excellence Centre (Auditorium).  Prof Dr. Madhuri V. Kagalkar, the principal of the mother institute i.e. Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics was the chief guest for the event. The event was graced by the presence...

Thursday, October 3, 2013

The Corporate Connect - Mr. Bhaskar Bhattacharya

After the success of the first Corporate Connect, the Corporate Relations Committee invited Mr. Bhaskar Bhattacharya to our campus. Mr. Bhaskar Bhattacharya is currently the Associate Vice President-Hindalco Industries Limited. He has a work experience of around 15 years in which he has worked for prominent companies like ABG Cement Limited, MIRC Electronics Limited (ONIDA) and Grasim industries Limited. He specializes in Communication,...

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

MUNIJAN 2013

The University of Mumbai, on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti had organized the event – Mumbai University New Initiative Joint Action Now (MUNIJAN) in Mumbai. The objective of this initiative is to bring about positive changes to society by involving students in a series of constructive and socially responsible activities. MUNIJAN rests on the belief that effective transformation in society can be achieved through collective efforts to inspire, support...