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FOREWORD Dear Alumnus,

As we step out of the first quarter of the New Year we hope that 2014 has begun with a fruitful

and positive energy for you !It certainly has for us at SIMSR!

We have participated in many events some of them being - HR Case Study Competition- Virtual-

ities, the annual fest of SIES college of Management, Clash Of The Titans,ICFAI, Mumbai and

RannNeeti – Annual Fest Drishti 2014 organized by SIOM Nashik. We have emerged winners in

most and we encourage you to read the details and also take the initiative to assist our bright stu-

dents in future.

The last quarter also saw the 9th SIMSR Global Marketing Conference which was conducted by

SIMSR in association with College of Business & Public Administration, California State Uni-

versity, San Bernardino, USA and Management University of Africa. The event was sponsored

by DRAFTFCB +ULKA, Godavari Biorefineries, and Euromonitor International.

This Conference was inaugurated with much gusto in the presence of the eminent services mar-

keting personality, Prof A Parasuraman (he holds James W. McLamore Chair in Marketing, Pro-

fessor, and Department Chair, Marketing at University of Miami.

The start of the year saw an international conference on the theme ‘Transforming into Learning

Organization: Linking the Present with the Future’. The two days were graced by many industry

experts, academicians, and students.

There is all of this and a lot more in this issue of Imprints!

Exam fever will begin next month. As the frenzy rises, we will also be sad to see a lot of our stu-

dents leave and take on new assignments. We wish all of them the very best in their new endeav-

ors.

We have our Chapter Meets scheduled in various cities and we look forward to meeting

you.

We encourage each one of you contribute your articles, achievements, any special news so we

can share it with us all.

Happy Reading..

Vidhya Sharma

Manager – Alumni Relations.



Welcoming SIMSR’s ARM

Alumni Committee is pleased to welcome SIMSR’s Alumni Relations Manager - Ms. Vidhya Sharma. She is an MBA from XLRI (Marketing and HR specializa-tion) with experience in the telecoms, hospitality and logistics industries. Although new to the education industry, she comes with ex-tensive customer-handling, process development and team management experi-ence. Reach her at : E-mail : [email protected] Work : 022 - 267283094 Cell : +91– 9820248420



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1. Mélange 05

2. National Retail Summit 08

3. ICON ‘14 10

4. Alumniscence 12

5. Saraswati Puja 13

6. Mentorship 14

7. SIMSR Global Marketing Conference 15

8. Lohri 16

9. Yudh 17

10. International Learning Organization 18 Conference

11. Outreach 19

12. Achievements 21



Mélange

K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research (SIMSR) has always pioneered encouraging its stu-

dents to devote themselves towards the betterment of society in a way that adds value to their corporate as well as

individual life. In lines with this, Melange’14, the annual intercollegiate event of SIMSR, was set around the theme

of ‘a better tomorrow’. In other words - a small step towards creating a beautiful future.

As every year Melange gets bigger and better, this year was no exception. Melange’14 was one memorable event

filled with fun, enthusiasm and lots of learning. The event held for three days from 14th to 16th of February created a

huge buzz among B-schools across the country and participants turned up in numbers from institutes like S P Jain

(Mumbai),IIM Indore, SIBM Pune NITIE(Mumbai),IMT Ghaziabad,

SJMSOM(IIT Bombay) and many more.

As a part of pre-Melange’14 activity a blood donation drive in associa-

tion with Lion’s Club for Samarpan Blood Camp was organized on 11th

of February. About 150 people including students from SIMSR, faculty

and staff registered for blood donation, out of which, 100 candidates

were able to donate blood as the donors went through a series of medi-

cal check-ups before donating blood.

The various management events spread across three days touched upon

all aspects of management. With the ever changing corporate world,

these competitions added value to the students learning.

Following are some highlights of these competitions -

Alpha Manger was a real test of talent for all budding mangers including all facets of management from HR to PR.

The winners truly proved to be real alphas willing to take on the corporate world ahead.

Stratinnova the event for strategizing, tested the acumen of the students on how will they apply their knowledge in

an actual real world scenario. The event enriched the students with new ideas and innovation.

Commercio undoubtedly offered a platform to the participants to formulate country entry strategies for a particular

sector, based on the in depth analysis of the country with respect to various parameters like political, legal, economic

and social; strategies for MNEs to enter into that country using Porter diamond theory and Porter’s five forces

model.

Jigayasa was a case study competition which was built on a hot topic of retail management serving as a platform to

enhance the real marketer in students.

Kurukshetra Battle Contest (KBC) tested the students on the divine and sacred knowledge of Ramayana, Mahabha-

rata and the Bhagvad Gita. The event encouraged the students to acquire knowledge from our rich culture and be-

come future managers with ethics and values.



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Green Trade this competition was the need of the hour as it focused on the environmental issues that the world is

facing today. It helped Melange achieve its aim for a better tomorrow.

Finstruct was a hard core finance competition which enabled the future Raghuram Rajans and Amartya Sens to dis-

play their finance expertise in a case study to restructure a sick company.

All this and many more competitions made Melange’14 a fest that enriched the management skills of students and

reach a level closer to the corporate world. However, it’s not only about the learning, it’s also about the fun, play and

excitement. The cultural of Melange’14 were the best among all these years.

Day 1 : The opening bash with Bollywood touch

The event was inaugurated by our Director, Dr. (Prof.) Satish Ailawadi and Faculty Coordintor, Dr. (Prof)

Ramkishen Y and it kick started with culturals ‘Burn the Dance Floor’ the ultimate dance competion. And first time

in SIMSR, bollywood stars made their presence felt. Amit Sadh (Kai Po Che actor male) and Tapsee (the Chashm-e-

Badoor actor female) interacted with students and made the evening memorable.

Day 2 : The musical day

The head banging, cheering, singing, and enjoying the music was something that the War of Bands was meant to sig-

nify. The Country's most musically gifted teams showcased their talent in this competition. There were truly some

unforgettable moments like the adrenaline rushing roadies, the mesmerizing Razzmatazz (salsa workshop) and the

thrilling stunt show. Well Roadies was a test of patience and endeavour for young SIMSRites, Razzmatazz was a two

day workshop on the Latin American inspired dance art form – Salsa, and the bike stunt was a surprise to SIMSR

from Melange team, a display of nerves and control with fearlessness.

Day 3 : The most awaited and coveted day of melange

Very few institutes in this country offer a huge landscape and ‘Mad over Booty’ made sure SIMSRites explore it in a

mindboggling treasure hunt. The climax of such a great event had to be grand and pompous. And yes it was indeed.

First time in the history of Somaiya, ‘Sunburn campus’, an idea of Percept Company was held, an event that rocked

every brick and sole in this institution.

With new experiences, memories, and learning the students bid Melange’14 farewell but not without the zeal to take

on excited planning, ideas and hopes for many more such events in years to come.



Captured Mélange



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National Retail Summit

With the ongoing debate over FDI in multi-brand retail in

India, Flipkart acquiring Myntra, etc. retail has become

the talk of the town in most of the board meetings and

management colleges.

The National Retail Summit, flagship event of the Retail

Management Course was held on 6th and 7th of February

2014. This event is organized by students of PGDM-

RM, SIMSR and it was the students of Team NRS 2K14

who left no stone unturned to make it a grand success.

The pre-buzz events started right from the first week of

January with new contests like “Whatsapp with NRS”,

logo quiz competition on whatsapp and many others. As

a matter of fact, there was some offering or the other

from the house of team NRS throughout the month of

January.

Interesting and engaging events like Shop-o-mania (the

theme being capture your shopping experiences), Palm-o

-kraft (unleash your creativity without sketch-pens), Can-

dy Crush Saga (the gaming competition with people get-

ting crushed at each level), Manthan (battle of the

strengths i.e. tug of war) and Eldorado (wake up your

Sherlock neurons i.e. treasure hunt) made the summit

very effectual. Following were the highlights of the two

days:

Day 1

6th morning saw the inaugural ceremony of NRS, with

eminent guests comprising of LocalBanya.com - Mentor

and Strategy advisor, Mr. Nitin Mukadam; Managing

Partner, RDS Consulting, Mr. Siva Rangaswamy; Deputy

Brand Manager, Worldwide Media Mr. Mihir Mukadam;

Director SIMSR, Dr. Satish Ailawadi; and Program Head

Marketing Communications and Retail Management,

Prof. Isaac Jacob. The guests emphasized on the expo-

nential rise in online retailing and the benefits of FDI in

retailing format. Following suit was the flagship event of

NRS called Kurukshetra - A Case Study Competition,

wherein the finalist teams were from SCMHRD Pune,

Great Lakes Chennai, SIMSR etc. Simultaneously

Retail Mela with the theme of “The Great Indian Me-

la” was carried out at a popular hangout place called

“Green Benches” which dazzled with stalls that of-

fered finger licking food to exquisite jewelry and arti-

facts. The same day a workshop on e-tailing was con-

ducted by Mr. Amit Tripathi, MD IdeateLabs. He en-

lightened the students on various e-commerce insights

and data. Laying emphasis on the Active User Usage,

he explained how ephemeral digital world is and said

the very existence of Market Research will vanish

provided we have a fancy Big Data Analytics team.

Not to forget the fun quotient, Team NRS had orga-

nized a Stand-up comedy show with outstanding per-

formances by various young comedians like the very

famous, Mr. Akash Mehta. Day 1 concluded wonder-

fully with Re-Connect, Annual Retail Alumni Meet

wherein super seniors managed to take time out on a

weekday and addressed the students of the current

batches.



Day 2 :

The second day as planned was a mélange of both engrossing and motivational sessions. The day opened with wel-

coming esteemed guests viz. Mr. Siva Rangaswamy (MD, RDS Consulting), Mr. Vivek Rastogi (SAP Retail Con-

sultant, TCS), Mr. Ravi Ramanathan (Business Strategist and Offshore Advisory Consultant), Prof. Isaac Jacob

(Program Coordinator, PGDM-RM and Marketing Communication), Mr. Rajesh Ingle (DOM, True sense) and Mr.

Manish Taneja (Co-Founder and CEO Purplle.com). The program proceeded with a panel discussion on “Retailing

a decade ahead” followed by the Retail Success story of the event’s title sponsor Ram Krishna Travels Pvt. Ltd.,

purplle.com and a budding student entrepreneur’s venture.

The Retail Business quiz saw participation from various well-known colleges like IIT-B, SIMSREE and SIMSR.

Meanwhile other students and faculty members were enjoying shopping at the Retail Mela.

It was the end of the National retail summit that marked the beginning of yet another one, Melange’14 themed

“For a better tomorrow”



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ICON’14 – Determination to Destination, the flagship

event of I.T Department, organized by the students of

MCA, SIMSR witnessed the ultimate battle of wits

and creativity and achieved greater heights of success

this year. The pre-buzz event of ICON’14, started two

days prior to the main event and it was called “What

do you want to do before you DIE”. The idea was to

keep a wish wall in K.J. SIMSR campus for the stu-

dents from all over the Somaiya Vidyavihar campus.

Team ICON’14 was successful in fulfilling the wish

of one lucky winner Mr. Akshat Vijaywargiya from

PGDM IB (1st year).

The event started with a marvelous rangoli art of

ICON’14 by virtuoso in rangoli art, Mr. Umesh Pan-

chal. The inaugural ceremony of ICON’14 held on

28th February, 2014, was graced by the presence of

the chief Guest for the day-Dr. Padmaja Joshi, Joint

Director C-DAC, Mumbai; Dr. Satish Ailawadi. Di-

rector, KJ SIMSR; Dr. D.G Jha, Program Coordina-

tor, MCA; IT Department faculties and all MCA stu-

dents. It was followed by a welcome speech by Dr.

Padmaja Joshi. She also gave a presentation and

shared her industry knowledge on E-Governance.

There was a mixture of Technical, Management and

Sports events wherein students from various I.T. Institu-

tions and B-Schools like Symbiosis Institute of Technol-

ogy Pune, VESIT, NMIMS, NITIE and many more par-

ticipated and won exciting prizes. Following are the

glimpses of few competitions held in ICON’14.

Gallery : Students of MCA 1st and 2nd year created a

gallery showcasing how transformation took place in IT

starting from punch cards and main frame computers to

current technology tablets, smartphones, and future tech-

nology of Google glass .

ICON ‘ 14



StartUp – The true Entrepreneur is a doer, not a

dreamer: The event was aimed to test the skills of

students in running a business through a simulation

model. The event helped the students unleash their

entrepreneurship skills.

Webonix – Design IT Creatively: This competition

tested the web development skills of students. Stu-

dents developed extremely magnificent websites and

enhanced their skills in web development.

Code O Swap – You code, we swap: It was a hard-

core IT event. Participants were told to code in dif-

ferent programming languages and then at one par-

ticular time their codes were swapped and their com-

petitors were then told to complete the remaining

code.

These and many more such competitions contributed to the great success of ICON’14. The day ended with a vale-

dictory session by Mr. Rahul Avasthy VP-Business and Creative Zapak digital entertainment in the presence of Dr.

D.G Jha, Program Coordinator MCA and all the faculties of I.T Department. It was then followed by the prize distri-

bution ceremony for the event winners. The event finally concluded with felicitation of guest and winners of various

competitions.

Inglorious Geeks: The event was a quiz competi-

tion for the students which tested their

technical and management knowledge.



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Alumniscence

SIMSR has a long and enviable list of alumni who have ascended and proved their mettle across the spectrum of

business world. Our institution remains a nurturing ground for the new generation of aspiring managers and continu-

ous learning comes naturally.

Alumni committee, in its endeavour to foster sharing of knowledge and perspectives, invited Mr Sanjay Shah to the

campus to deliver a talk to the current students, which he kindly agreed to.

Mr Shah is an alumnus of the batch of 1992 and has had an illustrious professional journey so far. He currently

serves in the capacity of Managing Director at Morgan Stanley. He has extensive experience in capital markets and

is known for his deep insights regarding the same.

Speaking to the attendees who included students and faculty members, he spoke at length about the current macro-

economic scenario and how he perceives the sentiment in the markets. He discussed the opportunities and looming

threats to Indian economy and how policy decisions (or lack of them) affect the financial ecosystem. He mentioned

how his career progressed over years and how one has to be constantly learning. He happily answered the questions

posed to him by the curious crowd and offered his take on things. Students found Mr. Shah very humble and the talk

extremely enriching. He signed off saying that in addition to all the hard work and knowledge it is very important for

a manager to be confident in order to make a pitch.

Concluding the session, Professor Manish Gupta thanked him for his valuable time and audiences for their

enthusiasm.



Call it Vasant Panchami or Sree Panchami or Saras-

wati Puja, the greatest festival of spring for Indians

was celebrated with pomp and grandeur this year

as well at SIMSR. Keeping up with the traditions till

date, we SIMSRites, on the auspicious morning of

4th February, 2014, gathered together to worship

the Goddess of Learning in our very own institute

campus. It was mainly organized by the Bengali As-

sociation of Students of SIMSR with unconditional

support from the entire student fraternity and fac-

ulty. Preparation for the puja had begun a week

before; wherein stationeries were bought, decora-

tions were done, and the idol was finally brought to

adore our campus. The goddess was worshipped in

many modes such as floral offerings, Prasad, new

notebooks, and pens. With girls clad in yellow saris

and boys in kurtas the entire campus wore a happy

look on this sacred occasion.

After early morning prayers or “Pushpanjali”, the

delicious “bhog” was distributed to all the students

A pinch of Bengal in the heart of Mumbai

and faculties, who turned up in large numbers. The

idol was worshipped the next morning as per rituals

and delicious dessert named “Dodhi Karma” was

served to all the visitors at that time. In the evening

we finally bid adieu to Ma Saraswati for this year as

the idol was immersed in the waters with a stronger

belief in our hearts -“ Asche bochor abar hobe” (In

Bengali it means - Next year we will again welcome

the Goddess to our campus.)

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There goes a famous belief that it is always nerve

wracking to hold shows on Saturdays as it can either

make you swim or sink. Well, one such lazy evening

at SIMSR campus on the 22nd of February 2014, did

turn the mentorship initiative by the alumni com-

mittee into a true story of success when we wel-

comed our highly esteemed and adorable Alumna

Ms. Shweta Vora to our campus to enlighten our stu-

dents on Credit Ratings.

Ms. Shweta Vora has been working as a Credit ana-

lyst at CRISIL since last 3 years and thus had invalua-

ble insights into the different work domains of CRI-

SIL. She graduated from SIMSR in the year 2010 and

has been working with CRISIL ever since then. Her

area of expertise includes Credit analysis, Corporate

Finance, Financial Modeling, Equity Research, Credit

Risk etc.

The session began with a brief introduction on Ms.

Shweta herself and then she took over the discussion

to explain how CRISIL in reality rates companies. As

she mentioned, CRISIL ratings are of 3 different

types, namely Corporate rating, Financial Product

rating, & FIIs Rating. These ratings are mainly arrived

at by a team working through rigorous set of rating

processes at CRISIL. The lucidity with which Ms. Vora

explained the complicated know-hows of Credit

Ratings kept each and every participant engrossed in

her lecture. She stressed on the fact that there is

much more than only number crunching jobs in fi-

nance but and thus encouraged students to pursue a

career in Finance. After the classroom session, she

also told us about her College days, how they used to

have fun and how much she misses the institute till

date. As she left the campus, she also promised to

come back to SIMSR whenever time would permit

her and be a part of a number of events organized

by the Alumni committee in order to strengthen re-

lationships with the college and people around it.

MENTORSHIP



The 9th SIMSR Global Marketing Conference was con-

ducted by SIMSR in association with College of Business

& Public Administration, California State University, San

Bernardino, USA and Management University of Africa.

The event was sponsored by DRAFTFCB +ULKA, Goda-

vari Biorefineries, and Euromonitor International.

As a precursor to the event, the college hosted a CEO Din-

ner for some of Mumbai’ top industrialists and marketers

at ITC Grand Central where the 9th SGMC was inaugurat-

ed with much gusto in the presence of the eminent services

marketing personality, Prof A Parasuraman ( he holds

James W. McLamore Chair in Marketing, Professor, and

Department Chair, Marketing at University of Miami.

This marketing conclave played host to industry czars and

academicians and research scholars who shared their pa-

pers on diverse subjects ranging from brand man-

agement to rural marketing. The theme this year

was “Ubiquitous Marketing Unwiring Consum-

ers….Rewriting Rulebooks”

Our chief guest of honor, Prof. Parasuraman eluci-

dated the concept of this year’s theme very effec-

tively to the audience, emphasizing on the reasons

why service providers should in particular catch up

to this trend. Day 1 saw a workshop being conduct-

ed by Prof. Parsuraman for executives and SIMSR

professors where he shared his contribution to the

world of services marketing. The inaugural func-

tion also saw Mr. Sumanta Datta (VP, Company

Bottling Operations-Coca Cola India) who shared

insights of his rich domain knowledge. After a se-

ries of informative and detailed presentations, the

9th Global conference came to an end with an intri-

guing panel discussion on “Doing business in

Africa”.

The panel saw revered industrialists and business-

men viz. Mr. Satyam Prakash, Dr. Manendra Sahu

and Mr. Anil Balani. They discussed on the bright-

er prospects of setting up business in Africa and the

countless unseen benefits of doing the same. The

panel discussion marked the end of this 3 day saga

with many recalling the event as a grand success.

SIMSR GLOBAL MARKETING CONFERENCE



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Lighting the bonfire in Lohri, symbolizes

offering prayers to Lord Agni (god of fire)

to shower blessings on the land with abun-

dance of crops and prosperity.

Amidst the cold weather on 13th Jan 2014,

members of the Students Activity Forum

(SAF) at SIMSR celebrated the long-

awaited bonfire festival Lohri in the insti-

tute campus. A bonfire was lit and was

encircled by students and few staff mem-

bers as well.

The celebration witnessed students gath-

ering for the bonfire, dressed in ethnic

who danced to the tunes and beats of the

traditional dhol and sang Lohri songs. Stu-

dents also offered peanuts, popcorn and

sweets made of ‘til’ and ‘revri’ to the ho-

ly Lohri fire.

Students celebrated the spirit of brother-

hood and oneness, while thanking the Al-

mighty for a bountiful life on earth. It was

a fun-filled evening that helped students

rejuvenate and rejoice.

LOHRI



“One man practicing sportsmanship is far better

than 50 preaching it.” – Knut Rockne.

Very rightly quoted by Rockne, amidst all the hus-

tle-bustle of ever-hectic MBA life, sports opens the

door for reviving the spirit of winning. With this

idea in mind, SIMSR Sports, the official sports

committee of K J Somaiya organised Yudh (the

famous Inter B-school Sports festival) from 7th to

10th February.

More than 12 premium B-Schools including

JBIMS, SJSOM, NITIE, SIMSREE, S P Jain,

NMIMS participated in the festival making it a

huge success. But that’s not it, before this event the

active members of the committee conducted Sports

quiz, Counter-strike, Need for speed and Box-

cricket which was enthusiastically accepted by

players.

From athletics to indoor games like chess, badmin-

ton, table-tennis and squash to outdoor games like

Cricket, football, tennis, throw ball, and volley-ball

was organised. The first day was mainly a get-

together and elimination day, as in many games the

format was knock-out. All the players were ex-

pected to register before-hand and the fixtures were

mailed. With the help of specific arbiters and refer-

ees, all the games were conducted in parallel. Final

rounds of most of the games were conducted on the

second day itself and only few games such as foot-

ball and cricket had final rounds on the third day.

Gradually the competition became fiercer and only

the fittest survived.

Each of the participants, winners and runner-ups

were given a certificate of participation and medals

of honour respectively. While the out-side players

were pleasantly surprised looking at the sports fa-

cilities in SIMSR, the main attraction was the open

chess board, squash stadium, and the race track.

Recently in another event the famous athlete P. T.

Usha ran in the same race-course.

In athletics, more than 18 players participated in

which the winner was SIMSR and the runner-up

was SJMSOM, IIT Bombay. Badminton was quite

engaging in boys, in which final winners were NI-

TIE and the runners up SIMSR. In ‘Battle of

Minds’, NMIMS made it to the top, while next was

IIT Bombay.

In Squash, NMIMS team easily out-played other

teams and won both first and second position.

Players of TISS displayed excellence in basketball

acquiring first rank while in volley-ball they stood

second. SIMSR emerged as winner in football,

throw ball, lawn tennis, table tennis and athletics

and naturally as the over-all winner of the event

with maximum points.

Just to note, SIMSR Sports, guided by Prof. Man-

ish gupta and managed by Saumil Maheshwari,

Anshul, Nivedita Prakasham and team, recently

emerged as an over-all winner in Josh (a similar

sports tournament), conducted by NITIE.

In addition to Yudh, the flag-ship event of SIMSR

Sports, the committee also organises Elan-e-Yudh

and Kurukshetra as an inter-class sports competi-

tion. To conclude, Sport has a unique power to

attract, mobilize and inspire. By its very nature,

sport is about participation and this is exactly what

this committee spreads, encourages and achieves.

YUDH



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On 3rd and 4th January, K. J. Somaiya Insti-

tute of Management Studies and Research orga-

nized an international conference on the theme

‘Transforming into Learning Organization: Link-

ing the Present with the Future’. The two days

were graced by many industry experts, academi-

cians, and students. The conference began with the

Director Prof. Ailawadi’s speech followed by the

keynote speaker Prof. (Dr) S. Ramnarayan, who is

a clinical professor at ISB Hyderabad. He spoke of

his personal experiences in trying to bring about a

continuous learning culture in the organizations he

has worked with. He explained the theory by Peter

Senge and added his own perspective to it.

There was also a speech by Mr. G. Kalaisel-

van GM, BPCL on how his company had success-

fully adapted to the changing times. This was then

followed by paper presentations from academi-

cians from various universities like IIT, Symbiosis,

University of Sargodha (Pakistan), to name a few.

On the 2nd day of the conference, there were panel

discussions from industry experts, speeches from

Corporate Representatives from Reliance Infra,

Sun Pharmaceuticals, Zensar Tech, Mahindra &

Mahindra Finance and Syntel. They spoke about

how their company matched the competency and

mindset of their employees with the Learning &

Development interventions in order to have blend-

ed learning and synergy in business.

Later that day, there was another panel dis-

cussion by the consultants from Tata Motors, Hay

group, Maruma and Cerebrus. The panellists dis-

cussed about the difficulties faced by organizations

to continuously innovate itself and be relevant to

the business environment.

The conference was concluded by Prof. (Dr) Preeti

Rawat with a speech that talked about how every or-

ganization has to transform itself into a Learning Or-

ganization, only then will it be able to survive in this

competitive environment.

INTERNATIONAL learning organization CONFERENCE



As we take little steps towards building relation-

ships with our Alumni as a part of the latest initia-

tive called “OutReach”, in every edition we bring to

you a glimpse of the same and unfold to you the

stories of the various eminent Alumni we meet

round the year.

To begin with, we on behalf of the Alumni Com-

mittee at SIMSR would like to extend our heartiest

thanks to all those Alumni who could shell out

some time amidst their busy schedules and share

with us the precious learnings of their life and en-

lighten us on how the future is going to shape up in

the business world.

Mr. Mangesh Kukalkar, Associate Director

(Market Planning), Wyeth Limited.

Beginning the year on an inspirational note, we got

an opportunity to meet with Mr. Mangesh Kukal-

kar, Associate Director (Market Planning), Wyeth

Limited. He is an alumnus from the 1987 batch. He

spoke about K J SIMSR quite fondly. Taking us up

the staircase of his professional journey, he shared

with us how he began his fruitful career with Vilco

Labs and then progressed with companies such as U

S Vitamins (India) and Cynamid before he initiated his

successful association with Wyeth Limited. He also

very graciously offered to be a part of the ongoing ac-

tivities conducted by ALCOM whenever possible.

When requested for tips for young professionals, he

suggested that developing a healthy relationship with

the company helps in the long run and though reaching

out for better opportunities is a welcome idea but one

must give each career stage sufficient time to grow to

get the best results.

Ms. Shivani Gupta, Director, Capgemini Consulting

Our next Outreach moment was when we met our

alumna Ms. Shivani Gupta, the Director at Capgemini

Consulting. She is an alumnus of 1994 batch. We dis-

cussed about the current happenings of college and nu-

merous initiatives of ALCOM all year round. She

showed keen interest to be a part of some of the AL-

COM activities. We then discussed about her career

path and success. She also provided us with some valu-

able suggestions for the students. She said that having a

keen desire to learn and being proactive are the most

important features anyone should have while joining

the corporate world. She also gave insights on how we

can connect better with our alumni and activities which

can be taken up. Moreover she promised to visit the

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campus more often to enrich our students by sharing

her corporate experience.

Ms. Lata Pillai, Director, Deutsche Bank

As a part of this initiative we also met our alumna

Ms. Lata Pillai, the Director at Deutsche Bank. She

is an alumna of 1988 batch. We discussed about the

current happenings of college and numerous events

conducted by ALCOM all year round. She showed

keen interest to be a part of some of the ALCOM

activities. She also gave insights on how we can con-

nect better with our alumni and activities which can

be taken up. She has ensured us that she would be on

campus more often so that the present batch students

will get an opportunity to learn from her corporate

experience.

Mr. Chinmay S Gheewala, Group Head —

Marketing Wockhardt

In the month of February, we had the opportunity to

meet Mr Chinmay .S. Gheewala who is currently

acting as the Group Head, Marketing, Wockhardt

Hospitals. Based out of Mumbai, Mr. Gheewala has

had a career of love and passion with Wockhardt

Hospitals which was his maiden organization after

he graduated from Our Institute. As the conversation

went on, on one hand, Mr. Gheewala shared with us

his love for his company and his role in the organiza-

tion; on the other he enquired about different activi-

ties going on in the campus and activities undertaken

by The Alumni Committee.

A true marketer at heart, Mr. Gheewala admitted,

though it is difficult to sell products in the Hospitali-

ty Business, the key to success is only to focus on

building relationships with the customers beyond the

business arena. He also shared his views on various

latest happenings in the marketing world, especially

in the field of digital marketing, which he feels

would be booming in the coming decade. As a de-

parting message, Mr. Gheewala left us with an en-

couraging thought that if only one pursues one’s

dreams and follows one’s heart, one will be happy.



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Position : 1st

Participants : Mihir Babaria, Dharam Joshi, Ricken Ramchandani (MMS 2013-15)

2. ARVIND SABARMATI CYCLOTHON AMDAVAD 2014 Achievement : Completed a round trip of 100 km gear-less cycle race Participant : Deepanshu Gupta of PGDM Finance (2012-14) 3. Kriti Prarochna – Annual Fest Drishti 2014 organized by SIOM Nashik Position: Winners

Participants: Sayoni Maitra (PGDM-IB 2013-15) & Srabana Chaudhuri (PGDM 2013-15) 4. HR Case Study Competition- Virtualities, the annual fest of SIES college of Management

Position : Winners

Participant : Roshan Singh Nagi & Saurabh Suman (PGDM 2012-14)

5. Rann Neeti – Annual Fest Drishti 2014 organized by SIOM Nashik Position: Winners

Participants: Chetan Dua & Anurag Yelkur (PGDM 2013-15) 6. Debate competition Sparks 2013 organized by Benchmark Six Sigma

Position: 2nd

Participants: Swati Kamilla and Sahil Kaswan (PGDM 2013-15)

7. HR Event,ICFAI,Mumbai

Position: 1st

Participants: Anurag Yelkur (PGDM 2013-15)

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