SIMSREE Honoured at ABP News Awards Function!

It was a proud moment for SIMSREEites as SIMSREE was honoured at the recently held ABP News Awards Function. The awards were meant to recognize and honour excellence in education throughout the nation. SIMSREE was presented with 2 prestigious awards: “B school with Outstanding Industry Related Curriculum in Marketing” and “Outstanding B school in the West Zone”. SIMSREE has always been at the forefront in using new and improved pedagogy. It has always strived to give its students practical and relevant business knowledge which is exemplified by the number of guest lectures and events held at SIMSREE, which gives the students a chance to interact with industry stalwarts. The awards were a means to recognize the efforts put in to give the students of SIMSREE an all-round learning experience.  It was received on behalf of the director by the chairpersons of SIMSREE which seemed fitting as the USP of SIMSREE has always been that it is a student driven college.

The event was also a great opportunity for SIMSREE to mingle with the directors and professors of other prestigious institutes and promote the brand SIMSREE.

We hope that with the support of our director Dr. M.A.Khan and guidance of our faculty members we are able to scale greater heights in future.

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SIMSREE Gets a New Auditorium

                         Wednesday, 4^th July was a proud day for SIMSREE. The grand opening of the new auditorium – the Sydenham Management Excellence Centre - took place. The inauguration was done by eminent people like Mr. Rajesh Tope - the Hon. Cabinet Minister of Higher & Technical Education, Shri D.P. Sawant - Ministry of State, Higher & Technical Education, Dr. Rajan Welukar - Vice Chancellor of Mumbai University, Dr. P. R. Gaikwad  - Director Higher Education Maharashtra State and  Shri. Sanjay Kumar - Principal Secretary Higher and Technical Education.

                      The auditorium is built with an aim to seat the increased student intake of SIMSREE, which has been raised from 120 to 180 this year. This state of the art auditorium is an addition to the already well-equipped infrastructure of SIMSREE and will surely help the future batches in their academic endeavours.

                    As always, we have our Director, Dr. M.A. Khan to thank for this. It is because of his constant support and guidance that this has been made possible.

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SIMSREE at SIFE

SIFE India is a growing network of over 2000 students in 46 teams across the country, SIMSREE being one of them. This year SIMSREE presented the project DESI i.e. 'Development and Empowerment Student Initiative' through which a sustainable business model was created to empower the below poverty line (BPL) people.

SIFE represents the premier international business and higher education network with programs in 39 countries. SIFE brings together a diverse network of university students, academic professionals and industry leaders around the shared mission of creating a better, more sustainable world through the positive power of business. It has various community programs, leadership and career connections, regional and national competitions followed by the World cup which is the final round.

The western region regional competition was sponsored by KPMG and was held on the 3rd July, at Hotel Lalit, Mumbai where SIMSREE competed against 11 other teams from Mumbai and Pune. The presentation made by SIMSREE was appreciated and liked by the 20 odd eminent judges present.

The project includes fabrication of jute bags by the BPL people which will be painted with civic messages and sold under the brand DESI. The tagline for this initiative is ‘Show your DESIness ’. This project would empower the women of Cheeta camp; which is the second largest slum area after Dharavi, where the drug addicts, alcoholics are taken care of by JeevanDhaara.

We would like to thank our principal Dr. Khan for supporting us always and Prof Augi Dalton and Prof Anuja Mutha for making this project possible. Also, Prof Aashish Pawaskar and Prof Amit Bobhate for encouraging us throughout.

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SIMSREE Conducts Orientation for Aspirants

SIMSREE successfully conducted an orientation session for the aspirants of SIMSREE 2012-14 batch on Sunday,  1^st July 2012. The agenda of the session was to solve queries regarding Life at SIMSREE and CAP rounds. The session got an overwhelming response and was attended by around 100 aspirants. The session kicked off with a presentation on SIMSREE, which explained the working of the college, curriculum, esteemed visiting faculties, role of various committees, etc. Aspirants then got a chance to clear their doubts regarding SIMSREE, placements, CAP rounds and numerous other queries which were convincingly answered by the senior students. The students also had an opportunity to interact with Prof. Ashish Pawaskar who mentioned about the uniqueness of SIMSREE being a Student Empowered Institute. It was great to see the curiosity and enthusiasm of future SIMSREEites and their keen interest in getting their queries solved on campus which made the session last for 2 hours. It was a great opportunity for them to interact with fellow seniors and learn from their experiences. We hope the future batch will continue to maintain the legacy of SIMSREE and keep its standards high.

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SIMSREE Students take up a cause on World No Tobacco Day

The results of the CPAA, Snap-a-moment, a photography competition were announced during a press conference at Trident Hotel, BKC on 25^th May 2012. SIMSREE students were present at the press conference as volunteers due to their association with the Cancer Aid Body. Mr. Arup Patnaik, Police Commissioner of Mumbai was the Chief Guest for the event. The event also saw the presence of noted celebrities like Vivek Oberoi, Atul Kasbekar, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Rituparna Sengupta among many others.

The Cancer Patients Aid Association of India (CPAA) has always supported the notion of a tobacco free world. SIMSREE has been associated with CPAA and has been an active partner in the events conducted by the cancer aid body. The SSR (Student Social Responsibility) Committee at SIMSREE had partnered with CPAA in organizing a social event, Sankalp earlier this year.

On 27^th May 2012 CPAA will be organizing a Music Concert that will feature the likes of Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Shaan, Shweta Pandit and Neha Basin at the Rang Sharda Auditorium, Bandra. SIMSREE students will again be present for this Music Concert as volunteers to ensure the smooth functioning of the event.

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SIM'ergence 12

On Thursday, 1^st March 2012, the Convention Hall of the Bombay Stock Exchange saw an amalgamation of industry stalwarts. The event was SIM’ergence 2012, the flagship corporate event of SIMSREE. SIMSREE has been successfully hosting this event for the last decade. SIM’ergence, a combination of SIMSREE and Convergence is meant to bring about an interaction between management students and corporates.

SIM’ergence 2012 was kick-started by the ceremonial lighting of the lamp by Chief Guests, Ms. Meera Sanyal, Mr. Motilal Oswal, Mr. Ajit Mahadevan, Mr. Kashyap Deorah and Dr. M A Khan (Director, SIMSREE) Mr. Rohit Khatau, Head, Corporate Communications at BSE and SIMSREE alumnus of the 2002 batch made the inaugural speech.

The theme for SIM’ergence’12 was “Envisioning Emerging Economies”. Ms. Meera Sanayal, Chairperson and Country Executive India at Royal Bank of Scotland, was the Chief Guest for the event. In her address, she chronologically traced the path of India’s growth and highlighted the important socio-political and economic changes that have impacted India’s growth story. Mr. Motilal Oswal, Chairman & MD, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. was the Special Guest Speaker for SIM’ergence’12. He made a very intriguing presentation with valuable facts and data, highlighting the peculiarities of the Indian economy. He spoke about the demographic advantages available in India, consumption boom and the savings and investment boom in India.

Mr. Ajit Mahadevan, Partner, Ernst & Young, was the Corporate Speaker for the event. While expressing his views on the topic “Envisioning Emerging Economies”, he said that India has a sustained growth momentum and hence India will continue to grow steadily and strongly. Mr. Kashyap Deorah, Presidesnt, Futurebazaar.com was the Keynote Speaker for SIM’ergence’12. He spoke about the emergence of e-commerce in India and its role in India’s growth. Mr. Prakash Gaba, Technical Analyst, Gaba & Gaba Financial Advisors Pvt. Ltd., conducted a session on Capital Markets in India. He shared with the eager audience, interesting experiences from his own academic and professional journey. His session was extremely insightful and interesting.

The post-lunch session started with a panel discussion on the topic “Building India for Sustainable Economic Growth”. The panel consisted of eminent corporates like Mr. Sanjay Parikh, CEO Taurus Mutual Fund ( Moderator ), Mr. Sachin Khandelwal, MD & CEO of ICICI Home Finance Co., Mr. Alok Churiwala, CEO, Churiwala Securities Pvt Ltd, Mr. Vikas Sachdeva, MD & CEO, Edelweiss AMC Ltd., Mr. Ashis Sen, GM and Head Training and Balanced Scorecard at HPCL, Mr. Rajiv Ranjan, CEO and MD, Reliance ARC. They spoke on a variety of topics ranging from problems in bank regulations and practices, the rise of SMEs to the need to create thought leaders. The conclusion that came out of the discussion was that sustainable growth requires sustainable businesses and meaningful profits. This would require all of us to be responsible corporate citizens. The panel discussion was extremely engaging and enriching.

The topic for the second panel discussion was “Rise of Indian Consumer Markets”. The panel consisted of industry stalwarts like Dr. Hiru Bijlani, Board of Directors, Zenith Global consultants Ltd (Moderator), Mr. Brijgopal Jaju, Global CFO, Welspun Corp, Mr. Rajesh Pant, Founder, Kandor Solutions, Mr. Abhijit Avasthi, Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather, Mr. Roosvelt D’Souza, Executive Director, The Nielsen Company. The corporates spoke on a host of issues ranging from captivating consumers’ fancies to creation of niche markets. The discussion turned out to be extremely insightful.  Both the discussions were followed by Question & Answer sessions in which the students got a chance to get their queries cleared from the eminent panellists.

SIM’ergnece’12, which saw an audience strength of around 400 people, comprising of students, faculty members and professionals, turned out to be a grand success. The credit of the success of the event goes to the students of the Corporate Relations Committee of SIMSREE who worked very hard right from the inception to the execution of the event. The constant support and guidance of our Director Sir, Dr. M A Khan and all our faculty members was also instrumental in making this event a grand success.

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CET Workshop and Mentorship Programme @ SIMSREE

CET Workshop and Mentorship Program@ SIMSREE

on 4^th march 2012 organised a CET workshop and Mentorship workshop for CET aspirants. The workshop saw an overwhelming turnout. It was a 3 hour workshop with 2 hours devoted to quantitative ability and logical reasoning and an hour for verbal ability. The sessions were taken by 1^st year students at SIMSREE who have had previous teaching experience. The sessions were aimed at helping the students with most frequently asked questions and giving them last minute tips. These sessions were followed by a counselling session where in students received handy tips on what questions to attempt first and how to manage their time. This was followed by a talk by the 2011 CET toppers from SIMSREE who shared their valuable experience with the students. The screening of the college video motivated the CET aspirants to give their best shot and try and convert SIMSREE. The workshop ended on an informal note with students getting a chance to interact with their coaches on a one on one basis over tea and snacks.

The mentorship programme is an extension of the CET workshop where each student who attended the workshop would get a mentor from 1^st year students of SIMSREE based on their intended specialization which would help students through the whole post CET journey like cracking the Group Discussions and Personal Interviews as well as answer various questions related to life at SIMSREE.

The media committee is extremely grateful to the coaches Mr Rahul Krishnan, Mr.Mihir Gathani, Ms.Gauri Sawant, Ms.Nupur Khare who worked extremely hard to prepare for the workshop and also to Mr.Nikhil Mahajan, Mr.Harsh Dhruva, Mr.Abhijit Singh for their invaluable contribution. A special thank you to our general secretaries Mr.Anilraj Pazhety and Mr.Gaurav Mewati. We are also extremely grateful to our director Sir Dr. M.A Khan who always encourages new initiatives and our faculty members for their constant support.

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