CONTENTS Guest lecture by

Richard Coyle Milaap Outreach Joy of Giving Dandiya Night Entrepreneur Expo Finstruct Cii-Yi Resolution Elan-E-Yudh

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SIMSR hosted a guest lecture by Richard J. Coyle in the month of October for the students and alumni of the college. Mr. Coyle has pursued his MBA from Cornell University and worked at retail giant Wal-Mart. He is a Global Communica-tions & Public Affairs professional with experience spanning the private sector, public sector and academia. Mr. Coyle’s informative lecture on the emerging markets threw light on subjects like the growing economies of BRICS nations and importance of establishing good relations with local governments when MNCs expand into emerging markets. The lec-ture gave way to an interesting discussion about the kind of opportunities available for management students who are studying in developing nations with emerging markets and the Alumni alike. It was indeed an insightful session.

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GUEST LECTURE BY RICHARD J. COYLE

SIMSR ALUMNI NEWSLETTER November, 2015 Edition

IMPRINTS

OUTREACH PROGRAM

MILAAP

On 23rd October 2015, the Alumni Committee organized ‘Milaap’, a get together for SIMSR graduates of batch of 1995. This was a reunion after twenty long years, wherein Dr. Monica Khanna (Acting Director, SIMSR) and Dr. Radha Iyer (Chairperson, Alumni Relations) welcomed the alumni who attended Milaap. The Alumni were taken on a tour of the campus and were shown the latest developments at SIMSR. Ms. Vidhya Sharma (Senior Manager, Alumni Relations, Somaiya Vidhyavihar) spoke of the management’s plans for the entire SVV campus and invited the alumni to attend the Somaiya Alumni Reunion in January. Mr. Arvind P. Dorai (Alumni Relations Coordinator) spoke of all the initiatives undertaken by the institute to in-crease alumni engagement. The alumni were very pleased to relive old memories. The alumni shared their suggestions on how to enhance our institute’s placements, mentoring programs and research funding.

In an effort to reconnect with its alumni base, the Alumni Committee has initiated the Outreach Program. Two members of the committee visit our alumni at their workplace to give them updates about SIMSR and seek their suggestions on our insti-tute’s overall development. ALCOM members have visited the following Alumni:

Mr. Manmath N. Katare , Director at Elmot Alternators Private Limited (Batch of 1998).

Mr. Binwant Singh Puri, Category Head of Marketing at Mahindra (Batch of 2001).

Mr. Vijay Bauva, Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank (Batch of MMS, 2004).

Mr. Jigar Vashi, Chief Manager of Business Planning at SBI General Insurance (Batch of MMS Finance, 2008).

Mr. Hetal Javeri, HR Generalist of Talent Management at SBI General Insurance (Batch of MMS HR, 2010). These prestigious alumni received us very warmly at their workplace and were quite pleased with our efforts to engage with them.

Joy of Giving is one of the events that Enactus - Somaiya Social Cell takes pride in organising every year for it aims to en-gage the entire Somaiya campus in noble ‘acts of giving’. On 20th and 21st October was the ‘Cloth Donation Drive’ through which Enactus members collected clothes from SIMSR’s students and faculty members. These generous contribu-tions were distributed among the institute’s housekeeping staff. From 21st to 23rd October, Enactus organised a fund raiser for National Association of the Blind, an organisation at Khan-dala that houses and takes care of elderly, blind people. We saw immense charitable participation from everyone at SIMSR and were able to raise funds worth more than Rs.10,000.

SIMSR celebrated Dusshera with a fun filled Dandiya night. It was organized by Student Activity Forum and sponsored by Roposo in association with brands Hash and LocalJini. There was a stellar performance given by Jigar Shah and his band. They brought the evening to life by orchestrating beautiful Garba music. Students were dressed in colorful ethnic wear and danced their hearts out to the upbeat tunes. Prizes were distributed to students for their enthusiasm. The night adorned with beautiful smiles came to an end with a bagful of memories in store.

ENTREPRENEUR EXPO E-Cell organized Entrepreneur Expo, a two-day event that took place on 27th - 28th October, 2015. It provided a platform where entrepreneurs from various sectors presented themselves to more than two hundred MBA students. The objective of this expo was to provide a chance to young intellectual minds to test the waters of a growing startup ecosystem via concurrent projects and internship opportunities. Shareshoppe, AllEvents, LogiQids, Zupp, Jmoon Technologies, Banaao, PlanThyBusiness and Shaastr were the companies that took part in this expo. A total of 34 students were selected for the concurrent projects. Entrepreneur Expo’15 was hugely appreciated by the entrepreneurs and students alike.

JOY OF GIVING

DANDIYA NIGHT

FINSTRUCT

Finstreet successfully hosted it’s national level quiz FINSTRUCT 2015 on ‘Corporate Debt Restructuring’. The event brought up innovative financial solutions and in depth analysis. The panel of judges was adorned by two esteemed executives - Mr. Saurabh Jain , Senior Director of Financial Markets at Yes Bank and Mr. Sanjay Panday, Assistant General Manager of Corporate at IDBI Bank. It was a much talked about event in the campus. The top three teams who aced the final round by accomplishing an online quiz and case study were: THE FIN MUSKTEERS from NMIMS- winners of Rs.15000/- TEAM INDIA from SIMSR and NM WARRIORS from NMIMS- runners up with prizes worth Rs.10000/-

RESOLUTION

CII-YI, a student driven committee registered under the Young Indians chapter of the Confederation of Indian Industries, organized and hosted RESOLUTION 2015. More than 140 teams from top B-schools across the nation poured in. The first round of elimination was an online quiz. The second round involved an interesting case study on a hypothetical village de-velopment scenario. Finally, the best 5 teams were shortlisted for the final round. Creative ideas were stirred up for vision of India 2020. The competition ended with the announcement of the result. Team Subway-Surfers of SCMHRD was declared the winner and Biz Traderz from NMIMS held the spot of the runner up.

SIMSR has always welcomed sports inside its wonderful campus with open arms. Having a state-of-the- art athletics track accompanied by a lush green football field and other sports facilities reflects SIMSR’s love for sports. Elan-E-Yudh, an inter-class sporting event conducted by SIMSR’s Sports Committee, resumed its second phase on 5th Octo-ber . This time outdoor games such as athletics, basketball, lawn tennis, throw ball, volleyball and table tennis took the spotlight. Many students from all batches took part with great fervour and enthusiasm. Elan-E-Yudh was well received by everyone. At the end of the day, it was SPORTSMANSHIP that won.

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