IMSCDR, Ahmednagar

Annual Activity Report 2013-14

Students Strength – 2013-14

(i) Management Courses

(ii) IMS-Videocon Academy of Fine & Performing Arts

(iii) Other Skill Development Courses

Sr.No Course No. of students 2013-14 No. of students 2012-13

1. M.B.A. I 98 120

2. M.B.A. II 116 + 8 second spl. 117 + 3 second spl.

3. MCA I 15 100

4. MCA II 168 58

5. M.C.A. III 57 56

6. M.C.M. I -- 28

7. M.C.M. II 27 51

8. P.G.D.B.M. I 25 19

9. P.G.D.B.M. II 16 21

10. M.B.S. 6 + 1 second spl. 21

11. M.P.M. 19 21

12 M.P.M. II 19 23

Total 576 638

Sr.No Course No. of students 2013-14 No. of students 2012-13

13 Bharatnatyam 187 195

14. Kathak 85 96

Total 272 291

Sr.

No

Course No. of students

2013-14

No. of students

2012-13

1. Japanese language certification course 18 20

2. French language certification course 15 08

3. Certificate course in Jewellery designing 10 09

4. Certificate course in Travel & Tourism 05 N.A.

Result: The result of various Management courses of April/May 2013 examination is

attached herewith.

���� Achievements ����

• The Institute participated in BT Top – 100 Business Schools Ranking-2013 conducted

by ‘Bureaucracy Today’. The Institute ranked 15th

amongst top 100 Business

Schools. The Institute was rated on various criteria like Intellectual Capital, Students

& Admissions, Placement, Infrastructure facilities, Sports, Curriculum, Pedagogy &

Industry interaction.

• The Institute participated in Indian B-School Ranking 2013 conducted by Discovery

Education Media’s MBA by choice. The Institute has been ranked B+ on various

parameters like Intellectual Capital (C+), Infrastructure (AA), Curriculum Pedagogy

(A), Industrial Interface (C+) & Placement record (B).

• Most upcoming Best –B-School

The Institute has received ‘Most Upcoming B-School award’ from Associated

Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHEM) on 19th Feb 2014 in

ASSOCHEM National Education Summit & Excellence awards. The award was

given by Padmavibhushan Dr. Karan Singh.

The evaluation was done on the basis of Teaching Learning Process, Research,

Placement, Innovations, Infrastructure, Library, Various Co-curricular and Extra-

curricular activities organized by the Institute. Prof. U. H. Nagarkar and Prof. Manoj

Kulkarni attended and received award in ASSOCHEM National Education Summit &

Excellence awards in New Delhi.

5. One year diploma in Hospital

Administration

16

6. Certificate course in Flower making

���� Management Departmental Activities ����

Student Achievement

• Ms. Chaitali Lodha of MBA I scored 100/100 marks in Statistical & Quantitative

Techniques subject in University examination May 2013.

• On 25th

August 2013 two MBA students won prizes in the following category in an

inter collegiate drama competition. The play titled ‘Makad Mewa’ won two awards.

For Vachik abhinay Mr. Shantanu Joshi of MBA I & for Prakash Yojana Mr. Nikhil

Gandhi of MBA I won awards.

• Mr. Santosh Chaluke, Ms. Isha Kyadar and Mr. Sumesh Nair students of MBA II

participated and secured first runner up position in ‘Bliztkrieg’ , a state level Case

study competition conducted by Sinhgad Education Society, Pune on 4th

and 5th

February, 2014.

• Ms. Aarti Bhansali student of MBA stood 9th

in University Merit List in the academic

year 2012-13

Faculty Achievement

•••• Dr.M.B.Mehta published two books titled ‘Financial Management’ and

‘Geopolitics and the world economic system’ with Success Publications, Pune in the

academic year 2013-14.

•••• Dr. Ms. Meera Kulkarni & Prof. Ms. Isha Punjabi was Awarded best paper

award for paper titled, ‘Ethical conduct as an element of organizational culture’ in

National Conference on ‘Buddhism & corporate culture’, held at IMSCD&R,

Ahmednagar on 26-27October 2013.

•••• CA. Prof. D.A. Kulkarni is elected as a ‘Managing Committee Member’ of

Ahmednagar branch of ICAI.

•••• Prof. Ms. Isha Punjabi completed DLL&LW course in the academic year 2012-13

and stood first in the Institute for the same.

•••• Prof.Isha Punjabi published a book titled ‘Life Skills’ with Success Publications,

Pune in the academic year 2013-14

• Orientation for MBA

Orientation programme for MBA-I students was conducted on 25th

July and 6th

August

2013. On 25th

July, in the pre lunch session, Director General , Dr. S.B.Kolte guided the

students on “importance of 3 C’s( Change, Competition, and core concepts) in life.”.

Director Dr. M.B.Mehta introduced the students with B.P.H.E. Society, Dr.Meera

kulkarni, Head Management Department introduced to the course. In the post lunch

session group activity was conducted. The objective of the activity was to break the ice

and make the students familiar with the culture of IMS in an informal way.

On 6th

August, orientation series – II was conducted in which Mr. Yogesh Deo, Plant

Manager, Eaton, Ahmednagar delivered a lecture on “Manager V/S Leader.” He talked

about the qualities of a leader by quoting examples of great leaders.

• Management Games

Management Department organized Management Games “SHAURYA 2013” with an

objective of building and enhancing different managerial skills among the students. This

event was held on 3rd

and 4th

September 2013. MBA I and MBA II students were divided

into ten groups. Various games took place in this event which included Social Activity,

Sponsorship, Brand Wagon, Ad Mad Show, Mock Stock, HR Team Building and Best

Manager. Ms. Khanuja Ishpreet Bajinder from MBA I won the Best Manager award.

Team Mechanized Infantry Regiment were the overall winners and Team Sikh

Regiment were the overall Runners up in the event.

• Guest Lectures

Sr. Name of the speaker Topic Date

1. Mr. Shrikant Laddha ‘Marketing – Strategy & Challenges’ 25th

Sept.

Proprietor, Bawarchi,

Ahmednagar

2013

2. Mr. B. Narasimhan & Mr.

Prakash Pandya, Members,

Institute of Company

Secretary of India – Western

India Regional Council

(ICSI – WIRC)

“Micro Small and Medium Enterprises”

& “Understanding Capital Market”

26th

August

2013

3. Mr. Bhushan Kolekar,

Consultant, Pune

“Talent Plus” 12th

Feb

2014

4. Dr.K.K. Kanojiya,

Acting Director, ISWR-

CSRD, Ahmednagar

“Yoga in Management” 12th

Feb

2014.

• On the job training – Real life

MBA II students (23 Marketing & 1 HR) supported Big Bazaar from 10th

– 15th

August

2013 during the 6 Mahabachat din. They were paid a stipend and given a certificate of

appreciation. MBA I students supported Big Bazaar from 24th

to 26th

January 2014

during the 3 Mahabachat din.

• Parent Teacher Meet

Parent Teacher Meet of MBA Students was organized by Management Department on

Wednesday, 21st August 2013 at 5:30 PM onwards. The meeting started with a welcome

address by Dr. S. B. Kolte. This was followed by address on B.P.H.E. Society and about

the institute from Dr. M. B. Mehta and address on the departmental activities from

Dr. Meera Kulkarni. Prof. P A Laxmanyya also discussed various aspects related to

Placements. All the parents were divided into ten groups and each faculty member

personally answered different queries and doubts from the parents. The meet ended with

a vote of thanks proposed by Prof. D. A. Kulkarni.

• Two sessions of MDP training

Two sessions of training was conducted by a team of faculty members of Management

Department for employees (managerial, workers & staff) of Hoganas India, Ahmednagar

on ‘Personality Development’ on 26th

February 2013 & 29th

June 2013. The Institute

charged Rs. 10,000/- per day for the said training.

• FDP on MBA Semester II (CBCS Pattern)

A Faculty Development Program was organized by the Institute in association with

University of Pune and Association of MBA/MBS Institutes (AMMI) on Wednesday

19th

Feb, 2014. The FDP was organized for six courses namely Marketing Management,

Financial Management, Decision Science, Human Resource Management, Management

Information System and Operations and Supply Chain Management. Lead faculty

members from Pune, Dr. Abhay Kulkarni, Dr. Milind Marathe, Dr. Shriram Nerlekar,

Dr. Satish Ubale, Dr. Sharad Patil, Dr. Ashuosh Misal and Prof. Santosh Shinde guided

the participating faculty members. 55 faculty members from nine management institutes

in Ahmednagar district participated in the FDP. Honorable Dr. E. B. Khedkar, Dean

Faculty of Management, University of Pune and Executive President AMMI graced the

valedictory function of the FDP and enlightened the participants with his thought

provoking speech. Dr.A.R.Mancharkar was the coordinator of this FDP.

• Faculty Development Programmes attended by faculty

• Prof. Ms. Isha Punjabi & Prof. Prerna Tripathi attended one day Management

Development Programme on ‘IR Complexities in the Manufacturing sector’

organized by Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil Institute of Management Studies, Pune on

16th

November 2013.

• Dr. A.R.Mancharkar attended a NAAC sponsored national seminar on ‘Innovative

techniques in teaching –learning and evaluation’ organized by Ahmednagar College,

Ahmednagar on 10th

and 11th

February 2014.

• Dr. S.B. Kolte, Prof. Ms. R.U. Tandulwadkar & Prof. V.V. Shinde attended

Maharashtra Industrial and SME Summit organized by Maharashtra Industrial &

Economic Development Association (MIEDA) and SME Chamber, Mumbai on 21st

February 2014 at Nashik.

• Research papers presented by faculty :

1. Dr. Meera Kulkarni & Prof. Isha Punjabi presented a research paper entitled

‘Ethical conduct as an element of organizational culture’ in the National

Conference held at Institute of Management Studies, Career Development &

Research, Ahmednagr on 26th

& 27th

Sept. 2013 on the theme ‘Buddhism and

Corporate Culture’. The paper was awarded as the best paper under special

category.

2. Prof. Sayyed Muddasar presented a paper entitled ‘Engaging & retaining Gen-Y:

A case study of young management graduates in Ahmednagar’ in second

International Conference on ‘Paradigm Shift in Innovative Business

Management’ organized by Vishisht Institute of Professional Studies &

Research, Indore on 7th

December 2013.

3. Prof. Rucha Tandulwadkar & Prof. Sachin A. Gholap Published a Paper titled

'Bhimthadi: Roadmap to Success' in Online Electronic Journal named as

'ZIJBEMR' (ISSN: 2249-8826) Global Impact Factor of the Journal is 0.503. The

journal is internationally indexed and listed at Cabell's Directory of Publishing

Opportunities, Texas.

4. Sachin Gholap Published a Paper titled ‘Quality of Higher Education & its

Evaluation’ (in Marathi) in Online Electronic Journal named as 'Global Online

Electronic Interdisciplinary Research Journal (GOEIIRI, ISSN 2278-5639) –

Volume II’.

5. Prof.Vikram Barnabas authored a research paper titled ‘Entrepreneurship

problems and prospects’ which was published in International journal of

Management and economics (ISSN No 2231-4687) in the month of August 2013.

6. Dr.Meera Kulkarni Co -Authored a Paper titled: Customer Service Technology is

a key for customer loyalty- A case of MSRTC in 1st International Conference on

Interface of Information Technology on 23-25 Sept 2013 at IBMRD,

Ahmednagar.

7. Prof. Manoj Kulkarni published a research paper on ‘Consumer rights awareness

amongst management students’ in MERC International Journal in the month of

September 2013.

8. Dr. M.B. Mehta & Prof. H. F. Kayumi attended the 7th

International Business

research Conference at Mumbai on 21st & 22

nd Feb, 2014 and presented a paper

on ‘Effect of India’s current Account Deficit on external Debts and Foreign

exchange rates’. The paper was published in IOSR International Journal of

economics and Finance Vol I (ISSN (e): 2321-5933, ISSN (p) 2321-5925)

• IMS Faculty invited as Resource person:

1. Prof. Rucha Tandulwadkar was invited as a resource person by Dr.N.J.

Paulbudhe College of Polytechnic to deliver a lecture on the topic “Market

Survey” on 20th

Sept, 2013.

2. Prof. Isha Punjabi was invited as a resource person by Dr.N.J.Paulbudhe

College of Polytechnic to deliver a lecture on the topic “Introduction to

Entrepreneurship, Qualities of entrepreneur and Success stories” on 19th

Sept,

2013.

3. Prof. Rucha Tandulwadkar was invited as a resource person by New Arts.

Commerce College, Ashwi to deliver a lecture on the topic “Entrepreneurship

Development” on 11th

December, 2013.

4. Prof. V.V. Shinde was invited as a resource person by New Arts. Commerce

College, Ashwi to deliver a lecture on the topic “Motivational talk” on 11th

December, 2013.

5. Prof. Rucha Tandulwadkar was invited as a resource person by Rayat

Education Society’s Dada Patil College , Karjat to deliver a lecture on the

topic “Business Opportunity Identification for Women” on 17th

January,

2014.

6. Prof. Rucha Tandulwadkar was invited as a resource person by Sanjivani

Rural Education Society’s College of Engineering, Kopargaon to deliver a

lecture on the topic “Business Opportunity Identification” on 25th

February,

2014.

7. Prof. Isha Punjabi was invited as a resource person by Sanjivani Rural

Education Society’s College of Engineering, Kopargaon to deliver a lecture

on the topic “Entrepreneurship as a career choice” on 25th

February, 2014.

8. Prof. Vijay Shinde was invited as a resource person by Sanjivani Rural

Education Society’s College of Engineering, Kopargaon to deliver a lecture

on the topic “Motivational Talk on Entrepreneurship” on 25th

February, 2014.

9. Prof. Rucha Tandulwadkar was invited as a resource person by PIRENS'

Institute of Business Management & Administration (IBMA), Loni Bk. to

deliver a lecture on the topic “Entrepreneurship as a career choice” on 4th

March, 2014.

• MPM activities

Study tour of MPM students

� A study tour of MPM students was organized during 19th

September 2013 to 21st

September 2013. During the study tour students visited the following:-

1. Met Hon. Shri Sharad Pawar, Minister of Agriculture, Govt. of India. They

had a discussion with him on various topics.

2. Students visited ‘Parliament House’, New Delhi and observed work culture

of the Parliament.

3. Students visited Planning Commission and discussed the process of

development of the country

4. Students visited ‘Rashtrapati Bhavan’.

� MPM students visited DSK motors, Ahmednagar for studying the activity of HR

functions. Mr. Ashish Redkar & Mr. Gajanan Khairkar gave all necessary

information to students. During the visit Hon D.S. Kulkarni, Chairman of DSK

group also guided the student which was very effective and motivational.

� An industrial visit was organized for MPM students to Vrudheshwar Sahakari

Sakhar Karkhana, Kasar Pimpalgaon on 25th

Feb, 14. The students gained insight

into the processing of sugarcane into sugar. It was a highly informed visit for the

students.

• Authors speak jointly with Library

Mr. Anand Awadhani & Mr. Sanjay Joshi, (Ex Vice President, Idea Cellular) two

individuals associated with the book “Big Boss” (A compilation of successful

Maharashtrians from the corporate sector) were invited to interact with students. A book

exhibition was sponsored by Uday Agency & Parle biscuits were sponsored by Parle

Company .The talk motivated on having the right attitude in ones work life.

PGDBM and MBS activities

Orientation programme

Orientation programme was conducted for PGDBM and MBS students on 22nd

July, 13.

Prof. D. W. Kamlapurkar, Course Coordinator, Dr. V. S. Dikonda and Prof. Isha Punjabi

guided the students on new syllabus and the examination pattern. The students were also

guided on the code of conduct of the Institute.

Visit to MIRC and Armored Static Workshop

A Visit to MIRC and Armored Static Workshop was organized for students of PGDBM

and MBS on 31st August, 2013. Students were explored to horse riding school, Armored

tanks and Military canteen. They were also given the information about the Army

protocols.

Guest Lecture

Two guest lecturers were arranged for the students of PGDBM and MBS on 25th

and 26th

Feb,2013 by Mr. Kiran Joshi of Hogans India Ltd and Adv. Maya Sose on the topic

‘Principles of Effective Presentation and Economic Environment of Business with

reference to Agriculture Sector’

���� I.T. Departmental Activities ����

• Spirit of Partnership Award from TCS

Tata Consultancy Services presented Spirit of Partnership Award for our

outstanding achievement in making ‘GATE’, the largest online aptitude assessment

an enormous and resounding success This award was awarded by Venguswamy

Ramaswamy, Global Head , iON Tata Consultancy Services.

Staff achievement

Mr Pratap Gaikwad Senior Technician completed M.B.A. from Y.C.M.O.U & M.C.M.

from University of Pune.

Students achievements :-

� Ms. Ankita Khandelwal and Ms.Bobby Katarpawar ( MCA I) won 2nd

prize

in PPT building competition on the topic ‘Green Computing’ in State level

competitions organized by Sinhagad Institute of Technology, Lonavala –

‘Technobit 2013’. Mr. Padmanathan and Ms. Arul Jency ( MCA II) won 2nd

prize in Project Exhibition & Lab innovation in State level competitions

organized by Sinhagad Institute of Technology, Lonavala – ‘Technobit

2013’.

� Interaction 2014 - Modern college of Arts, Science & commerce Pune had

organized a state level competition ‘Interaction 2014’ on 21st & 23rd

January

2014. 35 colleges & more than 500 students, participated in the event.

Students of IMSCD&R bagged the ‘Overall championship’ in the

competition. Individual prize winners are

� Mr. Akshay Jaggi, MCAII, first prize in seminar and group discussion, second

prize in quiz competition,

� Mr. Gokul Gawali, MCAII, first prize in Java Programming and group

discussion, second prize in quiz and 3rd

prize in project competition.

� Mr. Vaidbhav Thombre, MCAII first prize in Java Programming and group

discussion, second prize in quiz and 3rd

prize in project competition.

� Mr. Anil Mhaske, MCAII first prize in Group discussion, second prize in quiz

and 3rd

prize in project competition.

� Mr. Shivaji Tanpure, MCAIII 3rd

prize in Java Programming.

• Workshop

� A two days workshop on ‘Mobile Technology’ was organized on 13th

& 14th

July

2013. Mr. Prashant Sable, Mr. Kalim Sayyed & Mrs. Amrutha Patil, , Trainers,

Veloziti LLC (proquest) Pune, conducted the workshop. Introduction to mobile

Computing, Opportunities in mobile technology and 3 hour hands on session on

web services & Android Technology was also conducted as a part of this

workshop.

� Alumni’s of our Institute Mr Prashant Sable ,Mr Kalim Sayyed and Ms

Amruta Patil from Veloziti, Pune, conducted a workshop on ‘Development of

Mobile Application’ MCA III students on 13th July 2013.

� Career Guidance Interaction session was organized for MCA III students on

10th Aug. 2013. Star Alumni Mr. Satish Shetty, currently working with

Amdocs, Pune guided the students on “How to become ready for Industry”.

� A one day workshop on Agile Methodology was conducted by Mr. Shrinivas

Kalvit, for MCA and MCM students on 1st February 2014. Mr. Shrinivas Kalvit

is Certified Scrum Master, having 10 years of IT experience working on Oracle

PL/SQL, forms, report, Unix, PRO*C platforms and is currently working as an

Architect and Scrum Master for a team developing retail banking products and

expertise in data modeling, PL/SQL programming and performance tuning in

Opus Soft Solutions, Yarawada, Pune. The workshop was arranged in two

sessions. At the end of each session an activity based on Scrum development life

cycle was conducted by making groups of students.

� A guest lecture on PL/SQL and developer 2000 (D2K) was organized for the

students of MCA I & II on 1st March 2014. Mr. Shrinivas Kalvit, who is

currently working with Opus Soft Solutions, Pune guided the students on how to

develop project and create reports using Developer 2000(D2K), Forms6i, Report

6i as front end and Pl/SQL (Oracle 10g) as back end.

� IT Department has conducted Two Days Workshop on Android Programming

sponsored by University of Pune on 17th

January 2014 and 18th

January 2014.

Workshop was inaugurated by Chief Guest Mr. Ajit Thadani, Retailware

Technologies, Pune.

• Guest Lectures

Sr. Name of the speaker Topic Date

1. Ms Sonal Gundecha

Chrysalis,

Ahmednagar

‘Design Issues In PHP’ 27th July

2013

2. Ms. Monika Gandhi,

Software Engineer for

Android phone,

Infosys Pvt. Ltd., Pune

‘Java Server pages Tag Library (JSTL)

with eclipse’

14th

&

15th

Sept.

2013

3. Mr. Shrinivas Kalvit

Certified Scrum

Master ,

Opus soft solutions,

Pune

PL/SQL and Developer 2000(D2K) 1st March

2014

Fest-Der-Tech2013

On the occasion of IT day (20th

August) IT department organized various competitions

which received an overwhelming response.

These competitions were organized for the students of B.A, B.Com, B. Sc, B.C.A,

B.C.S, M.Sc, M.C.M and M.C.A from Ahmednagar District. 774 students from 19

different institutes/colleges throughout the district participated in the event.

These competitions were organized for under graduate and Post graduate students.

Different competitions in the event according to UG , PG program were as follows:

UG Competitions:

1. Paper Presentation

2. Quiz Competition

3. Online C Programming

4. Aptitude test

5. Poster Competition

PG Competitions:

1. Paper Presentation

2. Blind programming using ‘C’

3. Website Development

4. Aptitude test

Dr.M.B.Mehta, Director of IMSCD&R, Ahmednagar was the Chief guest for the

inauguration function.

Following are the details of Fest-der tech 13 events and number of participants:

PG Category:

Sr. No Name of the Event No. of

Participants/groups

1 Paper Presentation 36

2 Blind programming using ‘C’ 30

3 Website Development 40

4 Aptitude test 167

UG Category:

Sr. No Name of the Event No. of

Participants/group

1 Paper Presentation 102

2 Quiz Competition 230

3 Online C Programming 133

4 Aptitude test 604

5 Poster Competition 54

There were total 8 prizes for each UG competition

First: Rs.1500

Second: Rs.750

Third: Rs.500

And 5 consolation prizes per event (Rs. 200 each)

There were 6 prizes for each PG competition

First: Rs.1500

Second: Rs.750

Third: Rs.500

And 3 consolation prizes per event (Rs. 200 each)

‘Award of Excellence for Fest-Der-Tech 2013 –UG’ for Best Performance in the event

was awarded to the ‘Ahmednagar College’.

‘Award of Enthusiastic Participant Excellence for Fest-Der-Tech 2013 (UG)’ was

awarded to News Arts Commerce & Sc. College, Ahmednagar.

‘Award of Excellence for Fest-Der-Tech 2013 – PG’ for Best Performance in the event

was awarded to IBMRD, Ahmednagar.

‘Award of Enthusiastic Participant Excellence for Fest-Der-Tech 2013 (PG)’ was

awarded to IBMRD, Ahmednagar

• FDP on Android Application Development

As per the new syllabus of MCA and MCM, a Faculty Development Programme on

“Android Application Development” was organized for the faculty members of IT

Department. A FDP was conducted by Mr. Mahesh Mulay during 11th

– 12th

May and

18th

– 19th

May 2013 at IMS campus. Total 4 days of training was delivered which

included topics like Introduction to Android O.S., Android SDK, Architecture, Setup,

Application Lifecycle, Intents, Services, Resources, UI, Dialogs, and Database handling

etc. Faculties were trained on theory concept as well as its practical implementation

using live sessions in lab. Overall training was very useful.

Following faculties have attended the FDP:

1. Prof. Sanjay P. Bhakkad

2. Prof. Supriya G. Sapa

3. Prof. Sangita B. Phunde

4. Prof. Mudassar I. Sayyed

5. Prof. Utkarsha R. Dethe

• FDP on Data Structure Using C++

As per the new syllabus of MCA-III rd semester, a Faculty Development Programme on

Data Structure Using C++ was organized for the faculty members of IT Department. A

FDP was conducted by Prof. Lagad of Ahmednagar College, Ahmednagar during 24th

June 2013 to 4th

July 2013 at IMS campus. Total 10 hours of training was delivered

which included topics like using pointers in C++, template design and implementation,

creating standard libraries and project in C++, as well as various data structure concepts

like Stack, Queue, Link List, Trees, Infix, Postfix and Prefix expressions, Polynomial

expressions, Heap, Graph, Matrices, and Array etc. Faculties were trained on theory

concept as well as its practical implementation using C++. Overall training was very

useful.

Following faculties have attended the FDP:

1. Prof. Sanjay P. Bhakkad

2. Prof. Supriya G. Sapa

3. Prof. Sangita B. Phunde

4. Prof. Gauri A. Patil

5. Prof. Utkarsha R. Dethe

6. Prof. Hari A. Rai

7. Prof. Pritam R. Munot

8. Prof. Manoj L. Kapare

9. Prof. Mahesh P. Potadar

10. Prof. Pragati V. Hiwarkar

11. Prof. Prakash B. Sonar

12. Prof. Suvarna R. Badwe

• FDP on revised curriculum

University of Pune and B.P.H.E. Society’s IMSCD&R had organized a full day FDP and

Orientation Programme on Revised Curriculum of MCA, MCM and PGDCM

programmes on 2nd

August 2013 at IMS campus, Station road, Ahmednagar.

The purpose of the programme was to make the faculties aware about the new grading

system which was implemented from academic year 2013-14 and to discuss various

issues related to revised curriculum of the said programmes.

Hon.Dr. E.B. Khedkar - Dean, Faculty of Management, Dr. S.B. Kolte – Director

General, and Dr. M.B. Mehta – Director, IMS were present to give the introductory

remarks.

Dr. A.G. Goje – VIIT Baramati, Dr. Vilas Nadawadekar – SIOM Pune, Dr. Santosh

Deshpande – IMCC Pune, Dr. Deepali Sawai, IICMR, Nigdi, Prof. N. Khachane, Prof.

Seema Bapat, and Dr. Ajay Kumar were the resource person for the said programme and

they conducted orientation for the faculty members.

Various issues like new grading system, project work, change in subjects, teaching and

evaluation methodology were discussed during the programme. It was decided that there

is a need for subject wise FDP for all the subjects of MCA Sem.-III and for MCM

subjects. Accordingly a schedule has been prepared for the several FDPs which are

going to be conducted at various institutes in Pune University region. A copy of

suggestions and points discussed in the programme was also going to be submitted for

implementation to the BOS Committee and the Dean.

About 80 faculties from various institutes from Pune University region have participated

in the said programme. Overall programme was very useful and faculties were

enlightened about revised curriculum.

All the faculty members of IT department have attended the said programme.

• Google Development Group session

Google Development Group’s session on 19th Feb 2014 was arranged in the

institute. Google Developer Group members Mr. Shishir Vaidya Manager GDG

delivered session about PIIC program. It was organized by IT placement team.

• Faculty Development Programme attended by faculty:-

1. Prof. Ms. S. A. Manolkar & Dr. Ms. Pronoti Telore attended a seminar organized

by Department of Computer Science, University of Pune & Cambridge Business

English Certification on awareness of English language certification programmes

for MCA students on 24th

August 2013.

2. Prof. Munot Pritam attended National seminar on the topic of ‘Cyber Crime &

Cyber Security’ organized by Institute of Industrial & Computer Mangement &

Research, Pune on 27th

& 28th

September 2013.

• Research papers presented/published by faculty

1. Dr. Pronoti Telore’s research paper entitled ‘A study to understand if financial

considerations & service factors affect the housing loan-borrower / customer

selection of the financial institution (bank/nbfc/co-operative bank) to borrow loan in

Ahmednagar city and district’ was presented & published in the International

Journal of Business, Management & Social Sciences (IJBMSS), Issue 10 (III), June

2013.

2. Prof Sangita Phunde ,Prof. Supriya Sapa, ,Prof Madhuri Godbole attended the

International Conference on “Interface Of Information Technology “ organized by

IBMRD, Ahmednagar on 25th

September 2013 & presented two papers entitled

‘Relative Study Of Students Awareness And Usage Of Green Computing With

Respect To Gender’ & ‘Impacts of ICT Application on the Insurance Sector (e-

insurance)’

3. Prof. M.L. Kapre & Prof. H.A. Rai attended an International Conference on

‘Interface of Information Technology’ organized by IBMRD, Ahmednagar on 23rd

–

25th

September 2013. They also presented a paper entitled “Online Purchasing

Issues – an Exploratory”.

4. Prof.Supriya Sapa, Prof.Sangita Phunde, Prof.Madhuri Godbole attended &

presented a paper titled ‘Buddhism in IT’ in the National Conference on

‘Buddhism and Corporate Culture ‘ organized by IMSCD&R, Ahmednagar and

received the best paper award with a cash prize of Rs 1000/-.

5. Prof. Ms. Pronoti Telore’s research paper entitled ‘A study of housing loan

borrowers opinion about the lending bank/NBFC/Co-operative from whom they

have borrowed housing loan in Ahmednagar city and district’ was published in

International Journal of Advances in Management, Technology & Engineering

Sciences, Vol III, Issue 1 (II), October 2013 (ISSN 2249-7455).

6. Prof. Ms. S.G. Sapa, Prof. Ms. M.R. Godbole & Prof. Ms. S.B. Phunde attended the

National seminar on ‘Business Environment, Entrepreneurship and Society’

organized by Arts, Science and Commerce College, Rahata on 8th

– 9th

February

2014. They also presented a paper entitled ‘Entrepreneurship opportunities in

Waste Management’. Prof. Ms. M.R. Godbole was appointed as chairperson for

technical session 6.

7. Prof. U.H. Nagarakr, Head IT presented a paper in the National Conference held at

New Arts Commerce and Science College, Ahmednagar 19th

and 20th

December

2013 on the theme ‘Preventive Measures to avoid Cyber Crime ’.

8. Prof. Mahesh Potdar published a paper, titled ‘Literature Survey on Non-

Algorithmic Methods for Software Development Cost Estimation’ in CiiT

International Journal of Software Engineering, Vol 5, No. 12, December 2013, 386

– 391 having Print: ISSN 0974 – 9748 and Online: ISSN 0974 – 9632, Impact

Factor - 0.955.

9. Prof. Mahesh Potdar published a paper titled, ‘Literature Survey on Algorithmic

Methods for Software Development Cost Estimation’ in International Journal of

Computer Technology and Applications (IJCTA), ISO 3297 – 2007, Vol 5 (1), 183

– 188, Jan – Feb 2014 issue having ISSN: 2229 – 6093, Impact Factor – 2.015, IC

Value – 5.17, Open Access Journal.

10. Prof.Sanjay Bhakkad presented a paper titled ‘Study of the impact of information

system on managerial efficiency of production managers working in manufacturing

industry of Ahmednagar MIDC area’ in the National conference on the theme

‘Nurturing innovations in Business building the future’ organized by G.H. Raisoni

Institute of Business Management ,Jalgaon on 30th

Jan 2014. Paper was also

published in ISBN book No. 978-93-82975-71-1.

11. Prof. Sayyed Mudassar presented a research paper in 2nd

International Conference

organized by CIPSAR, Indore. The paper was selected for publication in the book

namely ‘Dynamic Approaches for Dynamic Business Environment’ having ISBN

No. 978-93-5110-502-2 published by Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd.,

Mumbai in the month of March 2014.

Faculty members invited as a Resource person :

• Prof. Mahesh Potdar was invited as a Jury Member and Chief Guest for

Quiz Competition on C and C++ Programming” at PIRENS Institute of Computer

Technology (PICT), Loni, Ahmednagar on 15th

September 2013. He also worked as

a chief guest for the quiz competition validictory function

• Prof. U. H. Nagarkar and Dr. Anjali Vaidya were invited as a ‘Panel of Chair’ for

technical session in National Conference held at New Arts Commerce and Science

College, Department of MCA, Ahmednagar, on 19th

& 20th

December 2013, with

the theme ‘Preventive measures to avoid Cyber crime.’

• Prof. Mahesh Potdar conducted guest lecturer at Institute of Business Management

and Rural Development, Vilad Ghat, Ahmednagar on 29th

and 30th

January 2014.

The topics covered project related activity such as Software Requirement

Specification (SRS), Project Synopsis, Database Design and final year project

documentation etc.

���� Entrepreneurship Development Centre Activities ����

• A Speech by Mr.D.S. Kulkarni Managing Director, DSK Developers Ltd, Pune was

organized by Entrepreneurship Development Centre of IMS. The speech was

organized on 18th

July, 2013 for commerce and management students of all the

colleges and institutes in Ahmednagar city. For this programme apart from students

many other dignitaries from Ahmednagar like industrialists, principals, directors and

professors of various colleges and institutions were present. Programme has got

enormous success; more than 3000 students from the schools & colleges in & around

Ahmednagar took the benefit of his lecture. Mr. D.S.K. shared his journey of

entrepreneurship with the students. He motivated students by telling his story of

“conversion of Rs. 60 crs. Capital to Rs. 6000 crs. Turnover.

• An Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp was organized in Shri Ramkrishna Education

School and junior college. Camp was Organized on Saturday, 3rd

July 2013 for the

students of 10th

, 11th

and 12th

Standard. The camp was jointly organized by IMS

Entrepreneurship Development Centre and MCED, Ahmednagar. 140 students

participated in the camp. Prof. Rucha Tandulwadkar, Coordinator, IMS

Entrepreneurship Development Centre and Mrs. Radhika Mulay, Project officer,

MCED, Ahmednagar addressed the students on various aspects of Entrepreneurship.

An Elocution competition was organized on the theme of Entrepreneurship. Three

winners will receive an award worth Rs.500, Rs. 300 and Rs. 100.

• An Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp was organized in Hind Seva Mandal’s

Schools viz. Smt. Parvatibai Dahanukar Kanya Vidyalaya, Sitaram Sarda Vidyalaya

and Dada Chaudhari Vidyalaya on 31st August, 6th

and 7th

September 2013 for the

students of 10th

Standard. The camp was organized by IMS Entrepreneurship

Development Centre Ahmednagar. 200 students participated in the camp. Prof.

Rucha Tandulwadkar, Co-ordinator , IMS Entrepreneurship Development Centre,

Prof. Sanjay Bhakkad and Prof. Muddasar Sayyed (Management Department) guided

the students on various aspects of Entrepreneurship. An Essay competition was

organized on the theme of Entrepreneurship. Three winners from these schools will

receive an award worth Rs.500, 300 and 100.

• An Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp was organized in ADS Education Society’s

Bhausaheb Firodiya High school on 23rd

and 24th

September 2013 for the students of

9th & 10th

Standard. The camp was organized by IMS Entrepreneurship

Development Centre Ahmednagar. 200 students participated in the camp. Prof.

Rucha Tandulwadkar, co-ordinator , IMS Entrepreneurship Development Centre, and

Prof. Muddasar Sayyed (Management Department) guided the students on various

aspects of Entrepreneurship. An Essay competition was organized on the theme of

Entrepreneurship. Three winners from these schools will receive an award worth

rs.500, 300 and 100.

• Entrepreneurship Development Cell of the Institute organized a special lecture on

‘Careers in Aviation’ for people of Ahmednagar city on 28th

November 2013. Mr.

Yazdi Marker & Mr. Ronald Smith, experts from International Air Transport

Association (IATA) interacted with the people of Ahmednagar city.

• Meeting of IMS ED Centre: The meeting of ED centre Committee was conducted

on Tuesday, 21st January 2014. ED Centre has planned an ‘Ahmednagar District

Entrepreneur’s Meet’. Suggestions on creating entrepreneurial opportunities,

vocational training to aspiring entrepreneurs etc was given by committee members.

• Alumni Entrepreneur’s Meeting: Alumni Entrepreneur’s meeting was organized

on 13th

February, 2014. Alumni Entrepreneur’s from different field were present for

the meeting. Fruitful suggestions were given by them for strengthening the activities

of ED centre as well as to motivate the students towards entrepreneurship.

• Guest lecture was organized on 8th

February 2014, for the students of MBA – I &

MBA – II Finance Specialization. Lecture was conducted by Mr. Milind Kulkarni

(Entrepreneur) on the topic ‘Entrepreneurship Development’. The students were

motivated for opting Entrepreneurship as a career. Also emphasis was given on

generating ideas for businesses by visiting industries in Ahmednagar MIDC.

• Guest lecture was organized on 14th

March 2014 for the students of MBA I. Lecture

was conducted by Mr. Vyankatesh Raghuraman & Mrs. Tejaswini Vyankatesh,

ICreate India, Mumbai. Motivational talk on Entrepreneurship Development was

delivered by both of them.

���� Research Centre Activities ����

• The Research Committee of the Institute has successfully conducted Ph.D. course

work part I for 30 hours from 9th

July 2013 to 13th

July 2013. The resource persons

for the course work were Dr. S.B. Kolte, Dr. M.B. Mehta, Dr. Meera Kulkarni, Dr.

Roshan Kazi, Dr. A.R. Mancharkar, Prof. M.S. Kasture & Mrs. Swati Barnabas. 18

Research students from various research centers within Ahmednagar, Nashik & Pune

districts have successfully completed Ph.D. course work part I.

• The Research Committee of the Institute has conducted Ph.D. course work part II. 8

research students pursuing their Ph.D. programme under Management faculty in IMS

PG Research Centre have successfully completed Ph.D. course work Part II for 10

credits. The research students have given PPT presentation on Literature Review &

Secondary Data Analysis (5 credits) in front of the Committee members on Saturday,

6th

July 2013. The research students have also submitted their presented / published

research papers (5 credits) to Research Centre of the Institute.

• Mr. Sunnichan V has successfully completed Ph.D. under the guidance of Dr. V.D.

Barve in August 2013.

• The Research Committee of the Institute has conducted Ph.D. Course Work Part III.

08 Research Students pursuing their Ph.D. programme under Management Faculty in

IMS PG Research Centre have successfully completed Ph.D. Course Work Part III

for 05 credits. The research students have given PPT presentation on the basis of

Pilot Survey data analysis in front of the Committee Members on Tuesday, 7th

January 2014. The research students have also submitted their presented / published

research papers to Research Centre, IMS, Ahmednagar.

Research Grants From Board of College and University Development (BCUD),

University of Pune, Pune

•••• The research projects submitted for research grant by Dr. M. B. Mehta and Prof.

Madhuri Godbole were sanctioned by BCUD, University of Pune for the

academic year 2013-15.

•••• Prof. Ms. Sangita Phunde, Prof. Ms. Utkarsha Dethe, Prof. Ms. Sonal Ahuja

and Prof. Manoj Kulkarni are doing their research projects for which research

grant was sanctioned by BCUD, University of Pune, Pune in the academic year

2012 – 14.

• Research Project / Work

The Institute is doing a research on 'Status of Primary & Sub Primary Health Centre's

in Ahmednagar & Pathardi Taluka'. For this research, Institute has conducted survey

of 15 Primary Health Centre's & 43 Sub Centre's in Ahmednagar and Pathardi

Taluka. Two faculty members Mr. Sachin Gholap & Mr. Pawar N. D. participated in

the same survey. Institute has also conducted a survey of beneficiaries of health

centres in Ahmednagar & Pathardi Taluka. 80 students from MBA, MCA & MPM

participated in the survey.

���� Institutional Activities ����

• Dr. Ms. Pronoti Telore attended a one day workshop ‘Sensitization workshop on

Sexual Crime against Women’ organized by AICTE on 31st August 2013. The

workshop was inaugurated by Shri K. Shankarnarayanan, Governor of Maharashtra,

presided by Mrs. V.E. Gaikwad, Minister of Women & Child Development,

Maharashtra and the Guest of Honour was Shri D.P. Sawant, Minister of State for

Higher & Technical Education, Maharashtra. Directives to schools, colleges and

institutes to have active preventive measures to curb the social evils of sexual crimes

against women were suggested.

• IMS Theatre Group has participated in “Natashreshtha Shahu Modak Karandak

Ekankika Spardha held on 24th

– 25th

August 2013. IMA presented short play

‘Makad meva’ and bagged two prizes :-

i) Best light arrangements - Mr. Nikhil Gandhi, MBA I

ii) Best Vachik Abhinay – Mr. Shantanu Joshi, MBA I

• Jewellery Designing Exhibition

On 6th

July 2013 Jewellery Designing exhibition was organized in the Institute. It

was inaugurated by Mrs. Heema Shelot. All the designs displayed in the exhibition

were designed by the students of the said course. Certificates were issued to passed

out students of Jewellery Designing course during the programme.

• Jewellery Designing Competition

On 29th

September 2013 Jewellery Designing competitions was organized in the

Institute. 21 participants were present for the same. On 8th

October 2013 a

programme was organized to give prizes to the winners of the competition. Mr.

Sagar Kaigaonkar & Mr. Dnyanesh Shinde were invited as guests for the programme

& prizes were distributed to the students.

• Vidyarthini Manch activity

� To mark the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi,

a seminar for all lady students & faculty members was organized on

‘Women’s health’. Dr. G.S. Gupta, a renowned ENT practitioner in

Ahmednagar, spoke on women’s health issues, diet and maintenance.

Followed by the seminar a Hemoglobin count check drive was organized by

Janakalyan Raktpedhi, Ahmednagar. 138 lady students’ & faculty members’

blood count was checked.

� A sensitization seminar on sexual crime against women was organized by

Vidyarthini Manch for lady students of Management & IT department on 29th

& 30th

January 2014. Sexual harassment was defined, complaint mechanism

and tips for women’s safety was discussed by Dr. Ms. Pronoti Telore.

� The Institute organized a program ‘Samvad’ on the occasion of International

women’s day on 13th

March 2014. Renowned film & drama actress Ms.

Rohini Hattangadi & Ms. Bharati Acharekar were interviewed by renowned

comparer Ms. Mangala Khadilkar. All lady faculty members of all the three

units under B.P.H.E. Society, girl students and ladies from Ahmednagar

attended the programme.

• NSS Activity

� The Institute received permission of University to start NSS Unit &

accordingly 40 students have been enrolled for this.

� Students of NSS unit visited ‘Pumpkin House’ Orphans school at Arangaon

road, Ahmednagar on 12th

October 2013. Students interacted with the kids &

staff of the house & gave ‘Parle Biscuits’ to them.

� Students of NNS unit visited Adarsha gaon Hivre Bazar on 8th

January 2014.

19 students from MPM I, II & PGDBM course were present. Students had

interaction with the villagers & Sarpanch Shri Popatrao Pawar.

� NSS unit of the Institute & Sakal Foundation jointly organized ‘Voters

awareness camp’ in our campus. Shri Anilkumar Kawade, District Collector,

Ahmednagar, Shri R.D. Shinde, Superintendent of Police, Ahmednagar &

Mr. Sunil Mali, Deputy District Election Officer, Ahmednagar were present

for this programme. They made an appeal to give vote and enroll names in

voters list. Prizes of sports competitions were given away at the hands of

these guests during the programme.

• Four students of ‘Certificate course in Travel & Tourism’ were selected as

Commercial Trainee by Air India. Interviews of the students were conducted by

Station Manager & Airport Manager. Selected students will get stipend of Rs.

8000/- p.m. during training period.

• National Conference On ‘Buddhism & corporate Culture ‘

A two days National Conference with the theme ‘Buddhism & corporate Culture’ in

association with ‘University Of Pune’ was organized by the Institute during 26th

&

27th

Oct 2013. Three States Participated in the conference & more than 100

Delegates were present from all over the state & country. 20 delegates presented

their paper in the Conference.

Objective of the Conference was to bring awareness of age old Buddhist practices in

a relevant way in today’s corporate culture, both at the individual & group level. It

was to improve productivity through furthering harmony, peace, nonviolence &

mindfulness to create a better & peaceful world. Sharing of this rich knowledge,

expertise & practice was of immense benefit to the audience.

The Chairman for the Inaugural ceremony of the conference was Dr. Vijay

Pandharipande -Vice Chancellor- Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University,

Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The Chief Guest of the inaugural function was Hon’ble

Adv. Prakash Ambedkar- Ex Member of Parliament & Prof. Dr. W.K.Sarwade-

Director-Department of Management, Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada

University Aurangabad, Maharashtra was the guest of honour.

Keynote address was given by Dr.Asoka N. Jinadasa – a Consultant & Master

Trainer in Soft Skills, SriLanka. Dr. G.K. Shirude, Dr.T.A Shiware & Dr.Asoka

Jindasa were invited as Technical experts for Technical session-I, & for Technical

session-II Dr. Arun Ingale & Dr.Asoka Jindasa shared their expertise. Panel

Discussion-I was chaired by Dr. (Capt.) C .M. Chitale, Professor & Head-

Department of Management Sciences, University of Pune, & other panel members

were, Prof. Dr.Yojana Bhagat, Head of Department –Pali, Mumbai University

Mumbai, Prof. Dr. Sumit Paul -Expert in Semitic religion & Philology.

For Panel Discussion-II Dr. Gautam Gawali-Head-Department of applied

Psychology, Mumbai University Campus, Mumbai, was Chairman of the panel

consisting other panel members as Prof. Dr. Firdos T. Shroff-Professor/Mentor,

Fellow IIBF, Senate Member, University of Pune, Mr. P. B. Ambhore-General

Manager-Bank of Maharashtra, Pune, Dr. Ambadas Jadhav- Head- Sociology

Department Mumbai University, Mumbai.

For Valedictory Ceremony, Dr. N. M. Aston –Chairman B.P.H.E. Society was

Chairman, Prin. Dr.V.N.Magare, Principal- Kirti M.Doongursee College, Mumbai,

was Chief Guest & Dr. E.B. Khedkar, Dean, Faculty of Management, University of

Pune, Pune was the guest of honour.

A Guest lecture of Mr. Vikas Shirodkar , Vice President Human Resource General

Motors India, was organized on 18th

Feb, 2014 on the topic ‘Organization

expectations from the HR Students’. HR invitees from various organizations,

Dr. S. B. Kolte (Director General IMSCDR), Dr. Meera Kulkarni , Head of Mgt.,

Prof. U. H. Nagarkar, Head of IT and all MBA & MCA faculties, students in full

strength have attended this lecture.

• Blood Donation Camp:

On Founders day, (22nd

Jan 2014) a blood donation camp was organized by the

institute in association with Arpan Voluntary Blood Bank, Ahmednagar. 75 students

and faculty members donated blood on that day.

• The Institute started One Year Diploma in Hospital Administration’ course with 16

students. A guest lecture was organized for students of Diploma in Hospital

Administration course on 8th

March 2014. Dr. Ashok Singhal, Head, Dr. Ram

Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi guided the students on ‘Hospital Planning –

Engineering Services.

• Alumni Meet

Alumni Meet ‘Nostalgia 2014’ was organized on 8th

March 2014. Col. P.S. Lamba

from ACC, Ahmednagar was the Chief Guest. More than 300 Alumni participated

in the meet with enthusiasm and nostalgic memories. The Alumni interacted with

the present batch students and shared their experiences.

‘Alumni Newslettter’ was published in the meet. The ‘Star Alumni’ were awarded

for their achievements in professional career. The Alumni participated in variety of

entertainment programmes with vigor. The Alumni also gave valuable feedback.

The meet concluded with dinner.

• Management Day

Management Day was organized on 10th

March 2014. Ex-Air Chief Marchal

Pradeep Naik, was the Chief Guest of the programme & Dr. N.M. Aston, Chairman,

B.P.H.E. Society was present as the Chairman of the programme. Students

Magazine ‘Reflections’ was released on this day. The activities included Annual

Report by Director, address by Chief Guest and vote of thanks. This was followed

by Prize distribution and cultural programme. The programme ended with dinner.

���� Placement Cell Activities ����

Placement Status as on April 2014

Course Year Companies

Enquired/

Appointed

Percentage of

Placement

Higher

Studies

Self Employed

MBA 2012-13 47 66% 12% 22%

MBA 2013-14 15 Companies

till date

Ongoing - -

MCA 2012-13 38 67% - 33%

MCA

2013- 14

22 companies

till date

Ongoing

- -

Major Companies Recrutied / Enquired :-

Godrej Agrovet ,Sunrise Capital ,Axis Bank, Chrysallis, Crysatl Crop Protection Pvt

Ltd, Infosys, Mahindra Club Holidays, Conserv Infotech, Lonar Consulting, Potdar

International School, Netwin India, Larsen And Toubro,KSPG, Eaton,Synechron,

Softinger, Persistent, Axion Technologies, Expersis etc

Placement Cell of the Institute strengthens the bond between Industries and Students.

Companies like Godrej Agrovet ,Sunrise Capital ,Axis Bank, Chrysallis, conducted

campus drives for our students and students have been placed through Institute. Students

also tried on their own and have been placed in Angel Broking and Vespa Showroom.

Compaines viz., Zettabyte technologies, Reddvise Technologies and Sunrise

Coldstorage(FMCG) are coming for Campus Recruitment in near future.

���� Library Activities ����

• Mrs. Swati Barnabas attended two days workshop in ‘Research in Progress’ organized

by Department of Library and Information Science, University of Pune, during 18 –

19 July 2013.

• Mrs. Swati Barnabas was invited as one of the resource person for Ph.D. course work

Part I conducted by IMS, Ahmednagar on 9th

July 2013. She guided on the topic

‘Review of Literature’.

• Ms. Vasudha Deshpande attended National level workshop on Library Automation

software ‘Koha : a open source software’ organized by Gokhale Institute of Politics

and Economics, Pune during 9th

– 11th

August 2013.

• Library has been conducting Orientation programme to the new students admitted

every academic year. Library tour & orientation for fresher’s was conducted during

academic year 2013-14. The students were scheduled in a batch of 25-30 students

and they were given information about the library by Mrs. Barnabas & library staff.

The orientation was conducted on 26th

July 2013 for MBA students, on 30th

July 2013

for MCA & on 2nd

August 2013 for MPM students. The tour cum orientation

encouraged students to use the Library by motivation & thus inculcating reading

habits and self study among the students.

• The program ‘Author speaks’ was conducted to raise awareness about the author’s

books, and to provide platform for author-user interaction for the optimum usage of

the library collection.

The IMS, Learning Resource Centre organized ‘Author speaks – Big Boss’ i.e. a book

talk for Management students in association with M.P.M. Course. The Chief guests

were renowned author, Mr. Anand Awadhani, Founder Unique Features and Mr.

Sanjay Joshi, Ex-CEO Idea Cellular, under the auspices of the Information Literacy

Programme (User education). The programme was inaugurated by Mr. Anand

Awadahni. The programme had the exhibition cum display of the posters of 16

marathi speaking CEOs from different companies lime Parle, Merico, Mahindra and

Mahindra etc. with their photograph and biographical details. The release of the

Library’s Newsletter Vol.4, Issue I was done at the hands of Mr. Joshi. A book

exhibition was arranged by ‘Uday Book Agency’, Ahmednagar. The programme

received best wishes from Mr. Pravin Kulkarni, CEO, Parle Group of Industries who

sponsored their product which was distributed to the participants. The programme

motivated the readers and educators in order to foster good reading habits.

• Two days State level seminar on ‘Library Automation’

A two days State level Seminar on ‘Library Automation’ co-funded by University of

Pune was organized by IMS Learning Resource Centre on 23rd

– 24th

October 2013.

About 25-30 participants took part from all over the state. The Chief Guest for the

Inaugural function was Dr. Madhukar N. Shewale, Librarian & Head, Library and

Resource Centre, Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik.

The other dignitaries were Prof. Amol D. Potgantwar, Head of Dept. & Asst.

Professor, Computer Engineering, Sandip Institute of Technology & Research Centre,

Nashik, Prof. Jayant M. Nandagaoli, Assistant Professor, Department of Library &

Information Science, HPT Arts and RYK Science College, Nashik, Dr. Nanaji

Shewal, Librarian Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Pune and Dr.

Sanjay K. Desale, Assist. Librarian, Jayakar Library, University of Pune.

The objectives of the seminar were:

1) To provide opportunity to select library software, e-resources and online

databases.

2) To acquaint with methods to fulfill requirement of users and different

committees.

3) Library automation using Koha Open Source Software.

• Mr. Shankar Rashinkar attended National conference on Changing Trends in

academic Librarianship in electronic environment organized by Chandmal Tarachand

Bora College, Shirur, on 13th

& 14th

December 2013.

• The Library organized the sale of old and bound books related to Management &

Information Technology on the occasion of Alumni Meet on 8th

March 2014 &

Management Day on 10th

March 2014. All users were encouraged to visit the exhibit

& approximately 155 books were sold to the users at a very reasonable rate.

���� Administration Section Activities ����

• Mr. C.D. Mohite attended a one day workshop on ‘Online Eligibility Process

Training’ organized by University of Pune on 24th

July 2013.

• Mr. M. R. Dixit attended a one day training program on ‘Examination online system’

organized by University of Pune on 21st February 2014 at Amrutvahini Institute of

Management, Sangamner.

• A financial grant of `. 1,00,000/- was sanctioned by the University of Pune for

purchase of heavy duty Xerox machine.

• A financial grant of `. 3,00,000/- was sanctioned by the University of Pune for

construction of Toilet block.

���� IMS- Videocon Academy of Fine and Performing Arts Activities ����

• In May 2013, students from third year to sixth year and also passed out students of

Bharatanatym and Kathak appeared for the Exams of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya

Mandal, Miraj. The result was out in July 2013 and all the students passed with good

grades.

• Four Academy Students completed Diploma in dance, Bharatanatyam. It is known as

‘Nrutya Visharad’. The names of the student are Mrs. Varsha Pandit, Ms. Ashwini

Bhore, Ms. Kavita Bhmbare and Ms. Natasha Pandit.

• In September 2013, Academy celebrated its 12th

Anniversary Function. It was

celebrated as two days dance Festival on 28th

and 29th

September. Mr. Jayant Yelulkar

was the Chief Guest on first day and Mrs. Usha Deshmukh on the second day. On

both the days Bharatanatyam and Kathak dances were performed. Classical, Fusion

and semi classical performances were showcased by students and faculty members of

the Academy. The Program was appreciated by the audience.

• On 16th

February 2014 academy students and faculty performed in IMS campus on

the occasion of publication of biography of late Dr. S.K. Halbe.

• On 13th march 2014 students and faculty members performed on the occasion of

International women's day program 'samvad' organized by IMS. It was theme dance

based on women.

• On 21st march 2014 VAFPA students and faculty members performed in gyandeep

VIdyapeeth , Pune in International conference in presence of Smt. Pratibha Patil,

former president of India.

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