The Asia Pacific International Conference

6 participating countries, hosted at SIMSREE

Friday, February 28, 2014

Guest Lecture by Mr. Prasad Akerkar

On 28th February 2014, SIMCON organized a guest lecture by Mr. Prasad Akerkar, SAP Practice Head & Learning and Development Department Head at Larsen & Toubro InfoTech Ltd. Mr. Akerkar spoke on “ERP System Implementation & Change Management”. Mr. Akerkar started his lecture by explaining basics of ERP, its use and implementation in a company, methodology and benefits in different departments....

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Literathon’14

Literathon is the flagship literature event of SIMSREE, organized by Sydenham Management Review (SMR) Committee. Literathon’14, sponsored by LeadstartTM publishing, was organized on 23rd February, 2014 in the Sydenham Management Excellence Center at SIMSREE. It comprised of two events: - 1.       Acumen: Acumen is a research paper writing competition which aims at providing a platform for young management students...

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Guest Lecture by Mr. Parimal Sheth

Over the years, Finance stream has been regaining the momentum among MBA aspirants. In SIMSREE itself, more than half the batch constitutes of Finance aspirants. The reasons can be attributed to many and is beyond the scope of this article. Within finance, Private Equity and Investment Banking are among the preferred career options. The SIMSREE students were in for a pleasant treat when Mr. Parimal Sheth, from J.R. Laddha Financial Services came...

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Guest Lecture by Mr. Nitin Gokarn

Sunday afternoons are usually meant for sitting back and relaxing at home. But Sunday afternoon on 16th Feb was rather an exciting one for SIMSREE’ites. Because, they witnessed an industry stalwart unfolding his vast and profound work experience in front of them. An alumnus of 1979 PGDBM batch, Mr. Nitin Gokarn, visited back his alma mater on 16th February, 2014. He is currently working as Vice President of Supply Chain Management at Bharat Serum...

Saturday, February 15, 2014

The Corporate Connect - Mr. Ajjay Tavaadia

On 15th Feb 2014, Corporate Relations Committee organized Corporate Connect with Mr. Ajjay Tavaadia at SIMSREE. Mr. Ajjay Tavaadia is Regional Manager for Wireless Business Development SME at Tata Teleservices Ltd. With more than sixteen years of rich and unique experience across Sales, Marketing, Distribution and Operations, he has worked in three sectors namely Telecom, Retail (FMCG) and Banking. He has held positions of AVP – Current Account...

Friday, February 14, 2014

Guest Lecture by Mr. Ashvin Parekh

Continuing the rich tradition of guest lectures by eminent industry professionals; February 14th, 2014 marked one more of such memorable occasions. SIMSREE students were blessed with the presence of a well-known veteran in the field of consulting industry: Mr. Ashvin Parekh. Mr. Parekh is currently working as the Managing Partner - Ashvin Parekh Advisory Services LLP and Sr. Expert - Advisor, Global Financial Services - Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd. The distinctive feature in Mr. Parekh’s illustrious career is that he has worked...

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Guest Lecture by Mr. Dheeraj Sinha

The tradition of industry stalwarts delivering guest lecture to the students continues unabated in SIMSREE campus. SIMSREE students got an opportunity to interact with a veteran from Media world, Mr. Dheeraj Sinha, Chief Strategy Officer(CSO), South & South East Asia at Grey Group on Thursday, the 13th of February. Dheeraj is the author of a highly acclaimed marketing book ‘Consumer India – Inside the Indian Mind and Wallet’, published globally by John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pvt Ltd, Singapore. Till recently, he led...

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Guest Lecture by Aditya Srinivas

SIMSREE got a golden opportunity to interact with our esteemed guest, Dr. V. Aditya Srinivas, for the second time after the induction period on 12th February, 2014. He is the COO & Chief Economist, BSE Brokers’ Forum, Chartered Wealth Manager, MBA (Gold Medal), Ph.D, MDP (IIM Ahmedabad). He has presented 20 research papers and has published 18 papers in National and International journals. He is also the editor of Forum Views, a monthly in-house magazine. The topic for guest lecture was “Careers in capital markets”. Sir began the lecture...

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Guest Lecture by Mr. Vibhor Gujarati

One of the main reasons for SIMSREE being one of the top B-schools in India is the industry interaction that the students receive. The Business World, Dewang Mehta Awards, etc. are fine examples to prove the point. The aim is to try and interact with stalwarts from almost all industries which will make the institute better prepared to face the corporate world. After all, MBA is more about gaining practical knowledge. It was yet another highlighting...

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Guest Lecture by Ms. Deepti Gadekar

The Alumni Committee was delighted to welcome back to campus Ms. Deepti Gadekar, an alumna of the batch of 2002 and currently the Marketing Communications Manager of South Asia at DHL Express. Ms Gadekar was at SIMSREE to address the batch of 2015 about 'Integrated Marketing', and demonstrate a case study in which she explained how the process of Integrated Marketing was conducted at the world’s largest logistics firm, DHL. Starting with...