INDEX

EDITOR’S DESK

SUKANYA ROY4 BBA F&A

KEVIN DOMINIC4 BCOM F&A

SHUBHAM AGARWAL6 BCOM P

MAHESH KUMAR.D6 BCOM M

MOHAMMED MISHAL4 BCOM F&A

HARSHITHA S4 BCOM F&A

ZIAD WAZIR4 BCOM F&A

VIVEK NERALA4 BCOM F&A

SHREYA RAJPUT4 BCOM F&A

AJITH THOMAS4 BCOM F&A

ASHLIN FERNANDES4 BCOM F&A

MAHAK BATRA4 BCOM F&A

VARSHINI SV4 BCOM F&A

RIFAH FAIZAL4 BCOM F&A

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EDITORIAL

Moments are what last for the lifetime. The Department of Professional Studies for the past 18 years has been on its astounding journey of making moments and changing its students’ lives. We are proud and exuberant to acclaim that we are ready with the third edition of ‘Pratibimb’ which as its literal meaning ‘reflection’ is the true reflection of our department’s remarkable feats and delighted moments of the past one year.

ChangeChange is the rule of the world and our department is no exception to it. This was yet another splendid year for our department. As a collective family, we’ve had extraordinary accomplishments be it be in curricular, co-curricular or extra-curricular activities. From the academic exams to artistic assessments, from business fests to cultural fiestas we have been nothing less than best in all.

This magazine is our deliberate attempt to encapsulate all the wwonderful moments and cherished memories of our department and to celebrate the great achievements both in academics and cultural activities by all our students and teachers.

KEVIN DOMINIC MATHEWBCom Finance & Accountancy

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CONFLUENCE

Confluence means, the way in which two or more things come together to become one single thing. As it is defined the freshman who attends college for the first time and the seniors of the college comes together under one roof.

The Department of The Department of Professional Studies at Christ University conducts an induction program for the newly joined students who are the strength of our college and makes them com-fortable and acquainted with the culture of this department. This is exclusively conducted by the second years for the first years.It is obvious that when we start something new, we fear. When a studentstudent joins the college for the first time, he will feel a little intimidated and may feel a little insecure in the new So, confluence plays a major role for such students.The core committee also conducts informal orientation, ice breakers, games and gives space for the juniors to bring out their talent and feel comfortable. The seniors also encourage the juniors to interact with the class and to socialize. The juniors should feel at home and carry a lot of memories from confluence. They would also have good memories and stories about confluence to share.

TheThe core committee members were guided by Mr. Jossy Peter Muttath. The weeks of hard work and effort fruitfully shown in the successful program ‘Confluence 2019’. The formal orientation towards the end facilitated the students to learn about their scholastic program, enlist themselves into add-on course and familiarise themselves with the rules and culture of the department and the university.

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INSIGHT

Insight 2019 is an Intra Department business fest or-ganized by the second years for the newly joined first years that introduces them to the amazing world of Business Festing. The event has become well known over the past few years for its rigor and demanding tasks.

Spreading over nine events and seventeen days, the event also aims at training new entrants for the de-partment’s festing team. The top twenty partici-pants from the various events compete with each other for the Best Manager in the final rounds. In-sight has been a tradition that the department has been following and each year, the second years uphold the same and pass it on to their juniors with many guiding hands from the third years.

This year’s event was sponsored by Zee Loft (title sponsor) and Bounce (beverage partner) who made it possible to hold this event on the scale and level, much higher than the past years.

Organizing committee- Insight

INSIGHT WINNERS

Participants – Insight 2019

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DARPAN

STREET PLAY– TEAM PROFESSIONALS

PROSCENIUM – TEAM KRANTI

DARPAN is an intra-cultural fest of CHRIST(Deemed to be University), held in the beginning of every year to find hidden talents among the students. The events were held from 4th July ,2019 to 27th Ju-ly,2019. Darpan saw participation of over 350 students from DPS.

Many students and teams won medals and prizes, with Team Professionals topping the University The-atre Leader Board, securing 5 places across 3 theatre events. In this academic year many students from our department represented the University Cultural Team. Our Department saw 35% of its representation in the theatre part of the University Cultural Team. There were also students representing our department in the University Cultural Team in different events such as dance, music and quiz.

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MUSICAL PERFORMANCE - TEAM VIHAR

DANCE – TEAM MAAYA

DANCE – TEAM DAKSH

DARPAN WINNERS

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DARPAN WINNERS

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FIRMA CONCLAVE

Firma Conclave is the event organised by MSc Actuarial Sciences, Department of Professional Studies on 26th July, 2019 at Main Auditorium, Audi Block.The event was organized to mark the initial steps of association with the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) and the University. The University welcomed Mr. John Taylor, President, IFoA and showcased the immense potential of the institute.

The corporate connect marked the kick-off of the day with various eminent professionals from the field of Finance, Insurance, Risk Management and Actuaries.TheThe panel discussion commenced by introducing the actuarial profession as the audience included un-dergraduates from other fields. On discussing the burgeoning growth of data analytics, the President said that IFoA is formulating a module dedicated to the field.

The lively panel discussion was followed by a paper presentation on Microfinance by Ms. Anjani, Alumni, Visiting Faculty, MSc AS and Prof. Jeshwanth, Faculty, DPS.

DIGNITARIES AT THE FIRMA CONCLAVE

PARIKSHIT 2.0

Following yester year’s tradition the budding actuaries of the Depart-ment of Professional Studies, upheld the essence of the Actuaries Day by coordinating PARIKSHIT 2.0, held on 21st August,2019, remembering the first actuary of India, Late Shri L.S. Vaidyanathan. A man of noble ser-vice, achievements and glory whose contribution to the profession have been extensive. Mr Karthikeyan Ses-hadri, Vice President, Swiss Re Global Business Services, Bangalore was the chief guest for the day. Other dignitaries being Prof. Biju Toms, Head of the Department of Professional Studies, Ms Sameena Tarannum, Coordinator of MSc Ac-tuarial Science, Prof. Padmavathi Madhavan, Prof. Anand Ramachandran, Ms Anjani Chaudhary, Adjunct faculties and professionals from the discipline, were also a part of the event.Starting off with the significance of the title, ‘Parikshit’, the keynote speaker Mr Karthikeyan Seshadri enunciated about the role of actuaries in the real-life. The speech was followed by an interactive ses-sion with Prof. Padmavathi Madhavan, Prof. Anand Ramachandran and Ms Anjani Choudhary along with Mr Seshadri as the panellists. The dignitaries shared their experience of having been part of the profes-sion in its early walks.

Lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries

Panel Discussion

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SAMARPAN

As a Student Council initiative, Teach-ers’ Day - Samarpan 2019 for all the faculty members of Department of Professional Studies was celebrated on 4 September, 2019 from 11am to 12noon in Main Auditorium at CHRIST (Deemed to be University). Prof. Johny Joseph, Controller of Ex-aminations and Director of Student Council, Dr Jain Mathew, Dean of Commerce and Management

Prof. Biju Toms, Head of Department of Professional Studies graced the occasion. All the teachers were welcomed with roses. The program started with the symbolic lighting of lamp followed by an invocation dance. On behalf of all students, Mr Chinappa shared a beautiful thanksgiving message to all teachers of their immense dedication in transforming the lives of students after which there was a melodious song performance. Prof. Johny Joseph and Prof. Biju Toms addressed the gathering about the significant role played by Teachers in shaping the lives of students. Then, there was a spectacular dance perfor-mancemance by Team Kanuvu and a group song performance. The program ended with a vote of thanks and college anthem.At the end of the program, all the Teachers were given a sapling, a coffee mug and a snack box as a token of gratitude.

Prof. Biju Toms, Keynote Address

Dance Performance- Team Kanavu

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UNRAVEL

Unravel 2019 is an event organised by BBA F&A and MBA LM on 16th September, 2019. There was a Panel Discussion on “Journey of Entrepreneurship.”

The founders of different start-ups from various walks of life were part of the panel:

1. Mayura Balasubramanian – Craftizen2. Abhinav Shankar – Namma Fitness3. Sushmitha Subbaraju – Carrots Restaurant4. Dr Saji Varghese – Evlogia EcoCare5.5. Pavitra – Studio Y6. Kavya Chandra – A Green Venture7. Paras Pundir – Community Folks 8. Sagar N Mehta – Vgungho9. Punit Raj Kumar – Edu-connect10. Garima Pande – WanderingJane

Panellists - Unravel 2019

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JOURNEY TO REMEMBER

B.Com Morning Students with Dr. Jerlin Jose

A flagship event of BCom (Morning) which is held every semester to felicitate the students for their achievements in Academics, Sports, Extra-curricular and Co-curricular activities.

A National Business Fest, Commera 2019 was held in St Joseph’s College Hyderabad, wherein the fest-ing team of BCom Morning won the Overall Championship. Prof. Biju Toms – New director and Dr. Kavitha Desai – New Head of the Department were felicitated at the event.Dr. Jerlin Jose was felicitated for his achievement in PhD. The event was held in Sky View on 18th October 2019.

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FUTURE MUN

Future MUN is an initiative of the Department of Professional Studies, created to simulate the vibrant global dynamics for over 3 days to serve as a platform to make a difference. It has grown ever since its inception in the year 2013. In the year 2015, Future MUN consisted of India’s best Executive Board, and this very fact had compelled young diplomats from Universities such as Kennesaw State University of USA, The London School of Economics (LSE), Yale NUS of Singapore to sign up as delegates. ThisThis year witnessed the 5th Edition of Future Mun which was held across 3 different days (21st,22nd,23rd of November 2019) which saw participation of 260 students from 23 institutions across the country. This is also the largest edition hosted yet. It involved 8 different committees where stu-dents discussed about various issues pertaining to the world and brought up interesting ideas on finding solutions to various issues.

The 8 committees this year were:1. United Nations General Assembly (Disarmament and International Security Committee) – UNGA DISEC2. United Nations Security Council - UNSC3. United Nations Economic and Social Council - ECOSOC4. All India Political Parties Meet - AIPPM5. Continuous Crisis Committee - CCC6. International Atomic Energy Agency - IAEA7.7. NITI Aayog8. International Press – IP

Left to Right:Adrian Anto Isaac, Dr. Tomy K Kallarakal, Smt. Padmachandran IAS, Fr. Dr. Jose CC, Dr Kavitha Desai

A Global Village (Samagam) was held this year as a pre-promotional event as consulates from 6 different countries viz., Federal Republic of Ger-many, Kingdom of Ireland, Republic of France, Japan, United Kingdom, Maldives came together discussing about the dif-ferent cultures, cuisines, education systems and other various things.The event had different stalls representing the countries of the United Nations, stalls from above mentioned foreign consulates, various ed-ucational partners and a stall of Make My Trip.A Gala Night was also organized this year on the 2nd Day of the event. With its huge success, the next edition expects more participation from various institutions and make the event bigger.Christ Bannerghatta Campus have won the over-all trophy for this edition of Future MUN.

The Organising Committee

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DAKSH

DAKSH, an initiative of the University Student Council, is an annual Career Guidance Fair conducted in the Christ (Deemed to be University), Main Campus. It focuses on the various opportunities made avail-able to pre-university, undergraduate, and postgraduate students. DAKSH helps to guide students to ac-quire knowledge and make informed choices regarding their higher education and careers.

A few highlights include - 50+ exciting and fun stalls that showcase the different courses, career op-tions and the skills taught through each course. This year, the event was strengthened by the participa-tion of the Campus France, French Embassy as well as the British Council, who extended their support through setting up a stall and conducting a Webinar for Christites, respectively. Various talks by emi-nent personalities were delivered on different career prospects to students from various programmes, like Major General Vikram Dogra’s Talk on “Career in Defence”, Zeba Kohli’s Talk on “Entrepreneur-ship,

Chocolates and the Art of Balance”, Dr. N.H.Ravindranath’s Talk on “Climate Change: How can the Youth tackle the Concerns and Consequences effectively?” and Devangana Mishra’s Talk on “Following your Curiosity, Chasing Wonder”

Stall Set up By Department of Professional Studies- Daksh 2019

COGNITO

Cognito is the flagship event organised by Department of Professional Studies. It is a national level in-ter-collegiate business fest, that provides participants with a life-like simulation of the corporate world. It helps participants develop team work and communication skills, as 4 participants per team battle it out for the coveted title of winners of Cognito.

Attracting challenges from all over the country, the name Cognito has always been held in high regard and is easily considered one of the most challenging business fests of the country. With the tagline “Welcome to Reality”, all its themes and concepts have been centred around current events, extract-ing their essence to develop challenging rounds

Cognito Conclave is a platform where experts from numerous avenues come together, discuss and de-liberate on issues of great significance in the world of business. The theme of this year was, “Sustain-ability in the corporate world.” The panellists comprised of highly qualified dignitaries from various fields. The discussion was moderated by the Director of the Department, Prof. Biju Toms. The panel-lists included :1) Mr. Ravi Khetan (CFO, Go Digit General Insurance)2) Mr. Arun Bharadwaj (Director, Happiness Technology)3) Mr. Pramod Kumar (Director, Guesture)4) Mr. Amit Bajoria (Senior Vice President, Wipro)

Left to Right : Albin George, Karan Ganaga, Renith Narayan, Arjun Vardharaj, Narsimhan Enangovan , Suraj S Nair, Abhinav Mouli, Moiz Izzy, Biju Tom’s, Prateek Poojary, Niket

Shaju,David Pinto, Anirudh Ramesh, Devharsh Toshinwal

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This year, Cognito was held on 16, 17, 18 December 2019 featuring 11 teams participating from across India. The theme of this year was ‘Aviation’. The chief guest for this event was Mr. Tejasvi Surya(Mem-ber of Parliament) and Mr. T N Manoharan(Chairman, Canara Bank) was the guest of honour.

The quiz event was conducted by Mr. Akshad, the quiz master who explained all the instructions to the participants.

The winners of Cognito Aviation – Christ (Deemed to be University), Bannerghatta Campus

Awarded by - Amuleek Bijral, CEO Chai Point

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A special dance performance with various teams of the department joined by Mr. Renjith Narayan and Prof. Harsh Dhanuka

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The Organising committee of Cognito Aviation

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MISTELTOE

On 21st December 2019, the Mistletoe Christmas celebration was held by the students of BCom Morn-ing. The students decided to celebrate and spread the season of happiness with all the faculty mem-bers and students. The Christmas celebration was a package of mind blowing student performances in the form of dance, mime and more.

To enhance the event, there was a carol singing from first and second year BCom Morning students. One of the most memorable incidents in this event was the Santa Claus dancing and giving away gifts to the lucky students. The celebration was graced by Prof. Biju Toms, the Director of the Department of Professional Studies, Dr. Kavitha Desai, the Head ofof the Department, Dr. Jerlin Jose, the Academic Coordinator of the Department,Dr. Bhagyalakshmi, the Coordinator of BCom Morning along with other faculty members. The event was concluded with a thought provoking mime performance which aptly depicted the season of joy.

Carol singing of BCom Morning second year students

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YULE

2nd Year BCom F&A A

Winners Dance and Best Costume Competition- 2nd Year BCom F&A

3rd Year BCom F&A A

Yule is a celebration where all the 12 classes of BCom F&A come together to celebrate the spirit of intimacy and love of Christmas Yule-2019 was celebrated on 14 th December 2019 at PU Quadran-gle, Christ Junior College.

The programme commenced by 5:00 pm. It was indeed an action-packed eve-ning.

The program had cultural events like Dance competition, Best Santa Clause attire contest,Snow Man making contest and Best Costume Competition among all the classes of BCom F&A and fun events were also organized for the teachers as well. The keynote address andand the prizes to the winners was given by Dr. Buddha Anuradha the Course Co-ordinator of BCom F&A.

Dr. Ravi Thangjam, Ex-Course Coordina-tor of BCom F&A blessed the occasion with his presence and inspiring words.

BLOSSOMS

Blossoms 2019-2020 witnessed yet another season of events and competition which brings out the challenge and the best within every individual in the department. This year the theme for blossoms was ‘village’.

BlossomsBlossoms is an inter- department fest which pits the departments against each other for the overall trophy. The first stage of blos-soms begins at the intra – deanery level, the winners of which goes ahead to perform for the Blossoms Finals.But the most awaited performance of them all was ‘Dance Extravaganza’, the jack of all cards. There were 8 teams performing from DPS. It was a two-day event and on day one Team Elementrix placed 2nd and Scene Contra productions bagged 2nd place on day two.Other event that adds up a lot to the overall score is the Theme Portrayal put up by each department’s decor team which is in sync with the theme of the year and its judged on the basis of its aesthetics and the relevance of the same. The departments Art club- Alekh was incharge of this year’s theme por-trayal and placed 2nd in the overall university.The department was placed 2nd in the parade.The three days of fierce competition and the judging certainly establishes the intensity of the competition but this year the bar was raised much higher than ever.

Winners of DPS blossoms

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Faculty and student in charge for DPS blossoms

Team Alekh – Blossoms 2020

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YOUTH WEEK

“Go ahead and take risks in life - If you win, you may lead but if you lose you may guide”YYouth week was celebrated in the memory of Swami Vivekananda’s 150th birth anniversary. Swami Vivekananda was a pioneer, visionary and an inspiration to the world alike. To this day, his values, morals and unrelenting eloquence, continue to influence the society and the youth in the most impactful and pious manner. In order to celebrate his birth anniversary, we had organised a plethora of interesting events. The event was organised by faculty co-ordinators and 2nd and 3rd year students. The events were as follows :TURN COTURN COATThis is an interesting form of a debate in which you have to flip sides. The participants will be given a topic and some time to think and frame their points. Then the person has to start speak-ing for or against the topic. After a tap or a bang, the participants have to change the sides. The tapping may happen at regular intervals. This was conducted on January 16, 2020. There were 14 participants in this event. For the above event Dr. Jerlin Jose and Dr. Kiran were called as judges. On the basis of the evaluation criteria, Stacey from 4 BCom F&A secured the 1st place and Ansuman from 6 BCom F secured the second place. After the event, the judges gave feedback along with certain areas where the speakers could have improved.CREATIVE WRITINGThis is an art of sorts - the art of making things up. ItThis is an art of sorts - the art of making things up. It’s a writing done in a way that is not aca-demic or technical but still attracts an audience. Though the definition is loose, it can for the most part be considered any writing that is original and self-expressive. This may include - poetry, plays, movie and television scripts, fiction(novels, novellas, and short stories), songs, speeches, memoirs, personal essays etc. This was an event conducted on January 17,2020. There were 11 participants in this event. The topic given was “ Make a Difference ” which was also the theme of Youth Week. For the above event Prof. Pritha Biswas was the evaluator. On the basis of the evaluation criteria, Rashmi Singh from 2 BCom P secured the 1st place and Sripriya from 6 BBA F&A secured the 2nd place.YOUTH RALLYAn overindulgence of anything can lead one into the state of intoxication. Substance abuse, also An overindulgence of anything can lead one into the state of intoxication. Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, is use of a drug in amounts or by methods which are harmful to the individ-ual or others. If you have the faith and will even the strongest substances in the world cannot do any harm to you. Youths may feel indestructible and might not consider the consequences of their actions, leading them to take dangerous risks with drugs.Based on this idea of drug abuse or substance abuse, a rally was conducted on 18th January, 2020 from 1 pm onwards. There were 15 students who participated in this rally wherein the students marched from the Audi Block to Block 4 spreading awareness about the impact of drug abuse.

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Topic Presentation-Turn Coat

Drug Abuse Awareness Campaign

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CRESCENDO

The Department of Professional Studies at Christ (Deemed to be University), recently held ‘Crescendo 2020’, a risk management conclave and business fest. This first-of-a-kind programme brought together professional insurance educational bodies, Insurance Industry and Corporate professionals and students from across the country under one roof.

TheThe inaugural session was attended by the Fr Dr Abraham V M, Vice Chancellor, Christ(deemed to be University), Zakir Thomas, Principal Commissioner, Income tax Karnataka, Bhaskar Rao, Police Commis-sioner, Bangalore City, and various CEOs and Vice Presidents from the industry. There were industry ex-perts from IRDAI Hyderabad, NIA Pune, BIMTECH Delhi, III Mumbai, CII Mumbai, Ernst & Young, Pondi-cherry University, LIC Of India Policy Inn, Grant Thornton, Oriental Insurance, National Insurance Muscat, JB Boda, Bharti Axa, Policy In, Broking Firms and TPAs.

The experts shared their views during panel discussions on the themes as varied as protection in the field of cybersecurity, disaster management, personal lines of protection in morbidity, mortality and financial stability, health care management and insurance research in academia. The idea of the conclave was to promote learning of insurance and risk management outside classroom learning and help students experience the application of the concepts learnt through interaction with the experts. The concluding ceremony and the valedictory was graced by Fr Dr Jose CC, Pro Vice Chancellor, Dr Mamta Suri, CGM Finance IRDAI and Mr Alvin Kressler, ED & CEO, CMT New York.

Panel Discussion- Crescendo

PROATHLON

Both games and sports are extremely important in life to keep us healthy, strong and fit. At DPS we are constantly given various activities and events to promote the existence of teamwork and character building. Every year our department upholds an intra-department sports event under the name Proath-lon. Proathlon deals with both indoor and outdoor games for both boys and girls. It comprises of sports such as football, cricket, table tennis, handball, kho-kho, volleyball, throwball, basketball, chess and trea-sure hunt.

On 3rd February we held the inauguration and just like every other year we had an opening cricket match between the faculty and the students. The captain of the faculty team was Dr. Sameena Tarranum who won the toss and decided to bat but eventually the students went ahead to win the match.Around 2500 students participated in the event. The additional sports for this year was cricket for girls.

TheThe degree of competition this year led proathlon to give the overall champions to two classes, 2BCom F and 4BCom F.

The overall champions trophy awarded to 2nd and 1st year

Bcom F

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Runners up of Cricket 4 BCom F&A

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The endeavours to find solutions to complex social, environmental and economic challenges demand a dynamic collaboration between universities, corporate and professional bodies. As a department our efforts have always been directed at making our academics on par with global standards, at making our students corporate-fit and at inculcating a research spirit in the student community among other things. For this reason we consider it very important to have regular corporate-professional body inter-actions. The following were the speakers for the event were:Mr Raymond Jack, Executive Director of Finance and Operations at ACCA, the global body for profes-sional accountants.

Mr Mohammed Sajid Khan, Head of International Development at ACCA

Mr Yashesh Sampat, CII goodwill ambassador.

Mr Alok Saraf, Partner- Audit, Grant Thornton

Other dignitaries present were,

Mr Kush Ahuja, Head of Business Relations, ACCAMr Prashant Jawanjal, Regional Manager- South, ACCAMs Jhelum Dhar, Human Resource Manager at Grant Thornton

INDUSTRY- ACADEMIA- PROFESSIONAL BODY INTERFACE (In collaboration with ACCA and Grant Thornton)

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CULMINARE

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

The department of professional studies aims at increasing the competency of students through both extra- curricular and co- curricular activities. Culminare is an event that felicitates such students. 259 students were felicitated under various categories, ranging from culturals to professional achieve-ments to academic toppers. They also attempted to recognize those students whose contributions to the department in the year 2019-2020 has been unparallel to the events held in our department.

Parents serving in the force were also invited to express our gratitude for their service. The event also unwrapped the hidden talents of our professors when they put up a dance performance dedicated to the graduating batch of DPS.

They also felicitated two of our faculties Ms Reshma Roy and Mr Ranjith J. Narayan for their contribu-tions to the department events. Towards the end of the event they revealed the much-awaited Student of the Year award. After metic-ulous rounds of academic evaluation, teacher and student votes, Yash Raj Singh Nigam from Post Grad-uate and Peddina Sripriya from the Under Graduate category bagged the award.

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Student of the YearLeft - Yash raj Singh Nigam | Right – Peddina Sripriya

Parents serving in the armed force

The faculty of DPS performing a dance to celebrate the acheivement of students

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KRITHARTH

The organising committee with Prof. Rejoice Thomas

Dance performance by BCom Morning students

Mime team of BCom Morning

Kritharth is a flagship occasion pre-sented by BCom Morning students, through which they connect and ally with the students and fraternity of Bachelor of Hotel Management.

Kritharth is a programme one of its kind, started in 2019 by the BCom Morning students, where the whole idea of the programme was to convey their gratitude to the students of Bachelor of Hotel Management, who did not mind miss-ing on their curriculum classes to work towards the preparation of the after lunch on all the 6 days in a week.

It is an event in which they thank those hands of love with profuse feelings of thankfulness and appreciation, who work hard consistently towards pre-paring tasty food filled with love and care called Afternoon Lunch. It was held on February 18, 2020.

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ALEKH

Alekh is a platform for all the creative minds and artists of the department – our very own and first ever art club for the Department of Professional Studies.

The décor committee of every event in this department is handled by Alekh. It was founded in the year 2019-2020 by AbhayAbhay Shankar (3rd year B.com F&A ‘A’) and Rishikesh CV (2nd year B.com F&A ‘A’).

Alekh has been a part of various fests like FutureMUN, Cognito, etc and they placed 2nd at Blossoms finals theme portrayal in the year 2019-2020.

2nd Place, Theme Portrayal – Village (Blossoms 2020)

Team Alekh – Future MUN 2019

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SAMMILAN

Sammilan – The celebration of truth, an initiative by the Department of Professional Studies tocelebrate the true essence of tran-quil coexistence living by destroying the futile paradigms ofprejudice, inequality and targeted injustice in the world we live in and celebrating the lives of thepeople who dedicated their exis-tence for the larger benefit of the society they live in.

diverse difficulties of sexual minorities and eloquently expressed the struggles of the sexual minorities through songs and storytelling leaving the audience spellbound. AnAn Interactive Session hosted by, Prof.-Jossy Peter set out to deliberations on pertinent issues in the current day fo-cusing on women and the empowerment of sexual minorities. The floor was open to questions and there were discussions which shed light on the important matters at hand.The event in a nutshell was an educa-tive, lucrative and mind gasping one coordinated by Dr. Nilofer

It was presided over by Ms. Samyuktha Hornad, a proud Christite, who spoke about her personallife and her challenges as a woman and enlightened all of the students on the importance of being kindand lovable to one another.  Ms. Divya Sara Thomas, Deputy Commissioner of Police, City Armed Reserve, Head Quarters,Bengaluru. Spoke about the importance of women empowerment, the need of confidence andvitality of not settling with how far we have come in our life but focus on what service we can do toothers because of our position. others because of our position. Dr. Akkai Padmashali, a transwoman social activist, was the star of the show, who elucidated the

Prof. Nilofer delivering the welcome address during Sammilan

Left to Right - Divya Sara Thomas IPS, Samyukta Hornad, Dr Akkai Padmashali on an interactive

session with students

S.A.F.E CLUB

The Sustainability and Forest Education (S.A.F.E) Club is the only club in the Department of Profession-al Studies, that is working towards spreading awareness about animal cruelty and environmental deg-radation, by aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - SDG 5, SDG 11, SDG 13 and SDG 15.

SDG 5: Gender InequalitySDG 11: Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesSDG 13: Climate ActionSDG 15: Life on Land

Vision: To spread environmental awareness and provide sustainable efforts for preserving, conserving and improving our environment.Mission: To spread awareness about environment issues, conduct environmental drives, facilitate recy-cling and reusing initiatives, and provide volunteer support to other organizations working towards the betterment of animals and the environment.

Objectives: • To foster an environment where responsibility towards animals and the environment is inculcated in the club members and students of the department.• To provide sustainable solutions to environmental issues being faced in various localities.• To organize environmental drives for spreading awareness and improving the environmental condition of identifiable localities.• To work towards implementing recycling and reusing initiatives in the department.•• To provide volunteer support to organizations working for the protection and conservation of animals and the environment.

OTHER ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED TILL NOW (MARCH 2019) :1. 4 visits to Wildlife SOS Bear Rescue Center, Bannerghatta.2. 1 fundraiser organized for Wildlife SOS within campus by selling Wildlife SOS Merchandise.3. Inauguration of Club during the opening ceremony of Cognito.4.4. Election of Office bearers.

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5. TEACHERS’ DAY (SDG 13)On Teachers’ Day 2019, SAFE Club ensured that the teachers were given a flowering plantinstead of any memento, that would be damaging to the planet. By giving a plant to each teacher, the club ensured to bring a touch of sustainability to the event.

6. GIVING TUESDAY (SDG 15)InIn association with Wildlife SOS, SAFE club members organized Giving Tuesday- a campaign to support the organization with required donations and funds. A total of Rs. 6000 was collected from the students of DPS along with 5 kgs of rice and few packets of daliya.

7. DOCUMENTARY SCREENING- GODS IN SHACKLES (SDG 15)In association with Voiceless India, an organization that aims to spread awareness about animal rights and environment sustainability, SAFE Club organized a screening of the documentary-documentary- GODS IN SHACKLES, that aimed to put forth the plight of temple elephants in Kerala. The screening was arranged in the KE Auditorium and saw an audience of over 300-400 students from across the campus.

8. ANIMAL CRUELTY DAY (SDG 15)InIn association with Cognito, SAFE Club organized a day that was dedicated to raising our voice for the voiceless. The students of the entire department were instructed to wear red, as a representation of the plight that animals go through in different industries that use them for human greed. The entire department was decorated with posters about animal rights. The students were also given petitions to sign, which was sent to the office of Maneka Gandhi via the organization- “Voiceless India”.

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ACTIVITIES DONE BY S.A.F.E CLUB1. BOTTLE RECYCLING PROJECT (SDG 11, SDG 13)The members of SAFE Club collected used and plastic bottles from the students by placing dustbins on each floor. The bottles were then painted by the members of the club and a money plant was planted in each of the planters.

2. VOLUNTEERING VISITS AT WILDLIFE SOS, BANNERGHATA (SDG 11, SDG 15)TheThe members of the Sustainability and Forest Education, have made about 7 volunteering visits to the Bear Rescue Center, to assist the staff at the center with creating reinforcements, enrichments, food etc for the bears who have been rescued from the dancing bear practice.

3. TALK ON ECO-FRIENDLY MENSTRUAL HYGIENCE PRODUCTS (SDG 5, SDG 11, SDG 13)BreakingBreaking all social barriers, SAFE Club members took on the project to talk about the social taboos surrounding around menstruation, and spoke about the environmental damages of using, use and throw sanitary pads before giving eco-friendly solutions as some of the alternatives for the same purpose.

4. CONFLUENCE 2019 (SDG 13)AsAs a token of appreciation to the parents who attended Confluence 2019 with their children, SAFE club members took the initiative to give a plant or a seed packet to all the parents who came for the event.

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DPS MUN SOCIETY

The DPS MUNSOC was established with the aim and objective of nurturing the young delegates and the enthusiastic MUNers of the department.

Since its inception the DPS MUNSOC has been to various national MUN conferences and have bagged lot of lorals.

Within a short period of time DPS MUNSOC has established itself in the southern circuit and is a true backbone of the department conference Future MUN.

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C.A.L.M

C.A.L.M (Calling Against Living Miserably) is the first mental health awareness club hosted by the De-partment of Professional Studies to break the stigma and build a society where “Mental Health Is The Foundation of A Healthy Society”.In order to send out this message it is important that each and every student of the Department of Professional Studies come up with innovative ways to be resourceful to raise awareness about the same.

Objectives:• Raise awareness about mental health continuum,• Reduce stigma associated with mental health,• Promote help seeking behaviours and emotional wellbeing practiced,• Prevent misery and suicide through individual events and outreach programs.

Focus Groups:• Learning disability • Suicide helplines •• Peer education• Focus groups • Self-help mechanisms

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Initiated back in 2016, LEGO is a student driven asso-ciation that constitutes of personality and grooming sessions towards honing communication skills, and giving an opportunity to the young minds to develop and intensify their confidence. This forum consists of two sets of skilled people - the trainers and the content developers.

They together improvise on activities blending it with a corporate touch, in order to help a Profes-sional Studies student.

This idea struck to the Director, Prof. Biju Tom's mind back in 2016, understanding that there is a need for the students to take out some time in a week and dedicate it towards identifying the hidden potentials present within oneself, and in the class giving students a different exposure.

The goal is to apportion best value addition of skills to every individual by means of conducting de-bates, group discussions on current affairs and burning topics, mock fests, presentations and various business related exertions.

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KANNADA NUDI

Kannada Nudi is a language club, aiming to develop one’s understanding and speaking ability of Kanna-da language, with a special emphasis on providing contextualized learning. This includes sentences and words across various languages, and providing an insight into the local culture to further impress upon the meaning learnt by certain words.

Kannada Nudi has always strived towards making classes as relatable and interesting as possible, using various media such as movies, advertisements and songs to create an atmosphere conducive to both un-derstanding meanings, as well as pronunciations.

Students were first taught self introduction, including their name, the place they come from, the col-lege they are studying at etc., to help them build a better rapport with the people around Bangalore. Then they were taught Wh-words such as why, where, what etc to help them understand the context of the sentences. After some time into the programme, they were being taught on how to begin with basic conversations, starting with hailing an auto, buying a ticket on the bus, ordering at a hotel etc.

In the last few classes, the Kannada Nudi team aims to teach students how to read letters as well as provide an overall sense of the Kannada Language.

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Students involved in discussions with the Kannada Nudi Trainer

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PROFUSE

The literary society of the Department of Professional Studies, PROFUSE, presented the fifth edition of its annual collective, which is crafted with care and a passion for the written word. “PROFUSE” is an amalgamation of “pro”, both short for “professional” and a prefix to express favour or support, and “fuse”, the seamless joining of the thoughts, ideas, emotions, and expressions, always varied and co-lourful but never fragmented. The PROFUSE team and the fruit of their labour - the collective - are both forums for a vibrant and unapologetic celebration of a multitude of voices that ultimately come together in unison.

This academic year saw the beginning of a new journey, with the first order of business being the re-cruitment of new writers to join the team as editors, all of whom shared a deep passion for writing and collaboration. After a three-stage selection process, the new members, along with the old guard, began envisioning this year’s edition of the collective. Having just reborn from the shadows with re-newed energy, it was now time to conquer the loftiest of goals. The journey has been a long and wind-ing one, equal parts treacherous and exhilarating, and it finally culminates at the highest of peaks.

Perched at the very top, Team PROFUSE takes you through the theme “Pinnacle” with stories embody-ing the epitome of the zenith. As they celebrate these ideals, they present to you their brainchild,

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Saturday evening with the kids

Pablo Picasso once said, “The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it away. It takes a big heart to help shape little minds”.“You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere”. -Lee Iacocca

Developing digital literacy and communication skills in young minds is the crucial role of Genesys. This is an initiative of Department of Professional Studies to teach the children of housekeeping staff.

AfterAfter the children are taught computer skills, during break time they all come together and watch life hacks or other informative videos on YouTube. They make the best use of time and resources. It’s defi-nitely a mutual learning experience. The classes are held during Saturdays from 12:30 to 3:00 pm.

Activities undertaken by Genesys:1. Digital literacy - teaching the children basic computer skills like using Paint, Microsoft word, Power-Point and excel depending on their age.2. Developing oratory and public speaking skills.3. Making them aware about current affairs and various global issues.4. Imbibing in them a love for the environment and a concern for social issues.5. Explaining their subjects through practical examples and developing in them a conceptual frame-work.

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SAHYOG

Sahyog is an initiative from the De-partment of Professional Studies in collaboration with Centre for Social Action (CSA). This platform aims in reaching out to the people who are facing numerous disabilities to ex-press their talent and prove their worth. This involves visits to various NGOs across Bengaluru with the aim of helping them out in the best ways possible.

The team is currently headed by Swarnamalya P and Arvind B, Yogesh, Saaru, Suresh. The notable visits done by the team so far are Seva in Action, Deepa Academy, Christ Special School, Diya Foundation, Samarthanam, Youth of Brigade. The students have showed their interest taking part in visits and they have consistently helped in proper functioning of various activities. Sahyog aims to extend their arms further by reaching out to more and more NGOs in the future. A Sign Language Class was organized by Enable India in the Seminar Hall as part of Sahyog where stu-dents were taught on the usage of Sign Language.

Mr. Gautam and Ms. Kavya (The Coordinators from Enable India)

The Sahyog team that visited Christ Special School for Annual Sports Day 2020

WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL

Department of Professional Studies in association with CSA organized Sahyog, a social initiative by the students and faculty of the Department. Sahyog aims at empowering the differently abled and raising awareness amongst the student body about the differently abled and facilitates interactions with them. As a part of the program the team organized a Wheelchair Basketball match on 29 February 2020 As a part of the program the team organized a Wheelchair Basketball match on 29 February 2020 from 12:00 PM to 02:30 PM. In association with Wheelchair Basketball Federation of India, (WBFI) a registered society based in Chennai with a mandate to promote the sport of wheelchair basketball in India. It is also affiliated to International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) and Paralympic Committee of India, (PCI). WBFI actively advocates and supports players, grass root organizations, and coordinates with government and other stakeholders with the aim of developing a string contin-gent of wheelchair basketball players across States.

The mission of the event being:� To promote development of wheelchair Basketball as a sport and entertainment in India� To facilitate mass following and participation in wheelchair basketball� To inculcate leadership, sportsmanship, good citizenship and confidence among WCB sports persons.There were around 12 players and the coach Mr. Lee Roy Simon, who is the president of Karnataka Wheelchair BasketballKarnataka Wheelchair Basketball Association and also the current coach of Indian Women Wheelchair Basketball. He has served as a coach for four seasons and is still continuing.

The players were of great inspiration and also set examples as to how to overcome challenges and negativity to have a positive mind set, to stand up for themselves, and to grow through team spirit. Their skills and conduct throughout was very motivating for the students.

The children from Genesys were a part of the audience in this event and the feedback from all the children is that they were inspired by the players. Many of them wanted to take up basketball as a sport. Setting examples and being a role model for children was one of the best outbasketball as a sport. Setting examples and being a role model for children was one of the best out-comes of this initiative.

Dean of Commerce Dr. Tomy K Kallarakal and CA Arjun Varadaraj also experienced how it feels to play wheelchair basketball. The match was for a duration of 30 minutes and the women’s team won the match. The players were felicitated by Dr. Kavitha Desai, Head of the Department, Department of Professional Studies and Dr. Budha Anuradha, faculty in-charge, Sahyog.

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FACULTY RESEARCH

Prof. Biju Toms and Dr. R. Sivarethinamohan have contributed an article titled ‘Interlinkage of Macro Economics factors and Indian Stock Market’, which is the 1st Edition of 2020, of the book named ‘Infor-mation Technology, Entrepreneurship, Humanities and Sustainable value chain in a challenging envi-ronment’ published by Primax Publications and Gulf American, ISBN- 978-81-941390-4-1.

Prof. Biju Toms and Dr. R. Sivarethinamohan have presented the research paper titled ‘Econometric Modelling and Testing of the random walk behaviour and equity market efficiency of selected market indices of India’, at the International Conference on Economics and Finance-II, organised by SVKM’s NMIMS Bengaluru and The Indian Econometric Society on December 13-14, 2019.

DrDr Budha Anuradha has participated and presented a paper in the three day International Conference, on ‘Emerging Research Paradigms for Sustainable Development: A move towards Quality Enhancement in Education’ organised by the School of Education, Christ (Deemed to be University) and Council for Teacher Education Foundation(CTEF), India in collaboration with Association of International Re-searchers of Indian Origin (AIRIO) Global from January 16-18, 2020.

The paper presented was ‘CSR by the way of crowd funding platforms: A way forward for Sustainable Development in India’.

Dr Kavitha Desai published a research paper titled ‘Impact of Digital Financial Literacy on Digital Financial Inclusion’, in the ‘International Journal of Scientific and Technology Re-search’, Volume 9, Issue 1, ISSN- 2277-8616 in January 2020.

Dr Nilofer Hussaini attended the International Conferences and presented research papers on the fol-lowing topics -1) ‘Empirical Study on Factors Determining Hyper Inflation in Zimbabwe’ held on February 14-15, 2020 at Kristu Jayanti College.2) ‘Entrepreneurial Human Capital Influence on Financial Performance of the Company - Evidence from India’ held on February 14-15, 2020 at Kristu Jayanti College.3) ‘Economic Growth and Higher Education in South Asian Countries - Evidence from Econometrics’ held on December 13-14, 2019 at NMIMS, Bangalore.4) ‘Panel Date Study on Economic Growth and Government Spending on Education: A Regional Study of India’ held from November 25-27, 2019 at Guru Gobind SinghIndraprastha University, New Delhi.

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Dr Macherla Bhagyalakshmi has presented the paper on ‘An inclusive importance of Management Edu-cation at Present Competitive World’, in the two-day 10th International Multidisciplinary Conference on ‘Issue and Challenges in Higher Education’, jointly organised by Department of Economics, Universi-ty of Mysore, PG Centre, Mandya, Department of Political Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore, Universal Digital University, USA, Haldia Institute of Management, Haldia, West Bengal, ICDR, Mysuru, International Economics University, Maldives and Sri Guru Sai Degree College, Bangalore on November 11-12, 2019 at Jyothi Auditorium, Central College Campus, Bengaluru.

Dr Sivarethina Mohan R published three research papers in the academic year 2019-2020 on the fol-lowing topics -1) ‘Investigation of detoxification nature of activated carbons developed from Manilkara Zapota and de oiled soya’, in the journal named ‘Material Today: Proceedings (Science Direct)’, Volume 21, Part 1, ISSN- 2214-7853 on August 16, 2019.2) ‘Econometric Modelling - Testing of randomness, volatility, casualty and cointegration of emerging stock market indices of India and MIST countries’, in the ‘International Jour-nal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IITJEE)’, Volume 9, Issue 2, ISSN- 2278-3075 on December 5, 2019.3) ‘Ethical living and work self-efficacy beliefs of academicians of higher education in Asia: A key de-terminant of one’s belief in one’s ability to achieve the desired result in precise state of affairs’, in the ‘International Journal of Higher Education’, Volume 8, Number 6, ISSN- 1927-6044 on October 23, 2019.

He has presented the research paper titled ‘An empirical investigation of Macroeconomics antecedent of BSE Index Return and five key macroeconomics variables during the financial crisis’, at the Interna-tional Conference on Economics and Finance-II, organised by SVKM’s NMIMS Bengaluru and The Indian Econometric Society on December 13-14, 2019.He has also presented the research paper titled ‘The Impact of Decolonisation of Social Work Practices that Revolutionizes and Transfigures Rural and Urban Change in Asia: Dwindling Behind and Catching Up’ at the UGC sponsored National Conference on De-colonizing Social Work Education and Practice, organised by PG & Research Department of Social Work, Bishop Heber College (autonomous) on February 17, 2020.He has also participated in the two-day Na-tional Level Faculty Development Programme on ‘Research Methodology and Data Analysis using Statis-tical Package for Social Science (SPSS) and Analysis of Moments Structure (AMOS)’ conducted on Janu-ary 30-31, 2020 at Bishop Heber College.

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Dr Manjunatha Shettigara M contributed an article titled ‘Corporate Governance in Indian Banking System’ in the book ‘Banking and Development Challenges in India (2020)’, published by Spring Leaf Publications, ISBN- 978-81 927970-9-0.

Dr Sameena Tarannum presented a paper ‘Sinusoidal and non-sinusoidal temperature modulations on three-component convention in Newtonian fluid’ in the 64th Congress of Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (An International Meet), held during December 9-12, 2019 at IIT Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.She has also published a paper on ‘Effects of Magnetic Field and Internal Heat She has also published a paper on ‘Effects of Magnetic Field and Internal Heat Generation on Triple Diffusive Convection in an Oldroyd-B Liquid’ in the International Journal of Re-search in Advent Technology, Volume 7, Number 6, paper 154-163, 2019. (Co-authored with Gayathri M, S Pranesh).She has also presented a paper titled ‘Weak non-linear analysis of triple diffusive connection in visco-elastic liquid’ in the International Conference on Recent Advances in Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences organized by Government Science College, Bangalore on September 6, 2019.

Dr Elizabeth Renju Koshy has published a research paper titled ‘Impact of Micro Finance on Empower-ment of Self-Help Groups in Tamil Nadu’, in the ‘International Journal of Analytical and Experimental Model Analysis’, Volume 11, Issue 10, ISSN- 0886-9367 on October 15, 2019.

Dr R.Sivarethinamohan has contributed an article titled ‘Interlinkage of Macro Economics factors and Indian Stock Market’, which is the 1st Edition of 2020, of the book named ‘Information Technology, En-trepreneurship, Humanities and Sustainable value chain in a challenging environment’ published by Primax Publications and Gulf American University , ISBN- 978-81-941390-4-1.

Prof. Pritha Biswas and Prof. Divya R Krishnan have compiled a textbook of Language for first year undergraduate(UG) students, ‘ENGlogue 1’ from the Department of English, published by Cambridge University Press.

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CORPORATE CONNECT

Industry-academia interaction Prof. Biju Toms attended a two-day university round table conference, and India Investment Confer-ence held at Taj Land’s End, Mumbai on January 8 and 9, 2020. The agenda included discussion on the following topics : 1) Industry-academia interaction 2) Competency framework3) Investment Professional of the Future 4) Research collaboration and other areas

CPA (Certified Public Accountants) Australia Meet-The CPA meet was conducted on 11th September 2019. The meeting discussed the possibilitiespossibilities of integrating CPA Australia and BCom F&A. The session was chaired by Prof. Biju Toms, Di-rector, DPS and attended by Mr. Leslie Leow, Regional Manager, Middle East and South Asia, CPA Austra-lia and Ms Preeti Dang, Business Head, CPA Australia, Indian liaison office, Dr. Kavita Desai, HOD, DPS, Dr. Budha Anuradha, Coordinator, BCom F&A and other faculty members of the Department. In the further discussions, student representative team from BCom F&A headed by Mr. Raghavendra Thejaswi K presented the syllabus of the integrated Course of BCom F&A and CPA Australia. Further dis-cussions happened in Mumbai where Dr. Tomy K Kallarakal, Dean, Deanery of Commerce and Prof Biju Toms met the top management officials of CPA Australia and deliberations were successful. CPA Austra-lia will be integrated with BCom F&A in due course.

Rondtable conference of CFA Institute, Mumbai

CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Roundta-ble Conference-Dr. Kavita Desai, Head of the Department, De-partment of Professional Studies and Prof. Pritha Biswas, Coordinator, BCom IF attended the CFA Roundtable Conference in Mumbai. The conference was aimed at discussing about the future prospects of the CFA integrated course of the department BCom International Finance ofof the department majorly focussing on the student research for the CFA Journal, only af-filiated colleges to CFA were invited in the meet.

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A HELPING HAND

It is not often that we get to see someone who actually made this quote a reality. One such person is Mr Suresh Verma of BCom Morning track programme, who donated his bone marrow to save the life of an 11-year-old girl suffering from blood cancer. His donation was a part of an initiative in the Universi-ty in his first year, in collaboration with a German NGO, for which he registered never knowing that he would be a match and, despite personal challenges and consequences to his health, he volunteered to donate his one marrow for a little girl called Akshaya who needed it urgently. Later on, he was of-fered to become the brand ambassador of the NGO and was given multiple opportunities to go to Ger-many in a fully funded capacity but he declined, and didn’t want to make this a big deal and saw it only as an opportunity to save another life.

Even now he is changing lives of cancer patients by making small contributions from whatever he earns by giving inspirational talks. Mr Suresh shows us the best of humanity and has in-spired many of his peers and the entire department at large

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VOICELESS INDIA

Founded in 2016 by Mr Ankit Puri (a 17-year-old student), 6BBA F&A Voiceless India is an organization registered under Section 8 (Not for Profit) of The Companies Act 2013. Voiceless India endeavours to reduce and eventually eliminate animal abuse by spreading awarenessawareness about veganism and compassion towards animals. The organization is also working towards creating a better tomorrow by promoting environmental protection in Delhi NCR and Bengaluru. VVoiceless India conducts school and college workshops on Veganism, Documentary Screening of Veganism and Environmental Related Documentaries, Reflective Collar Drives for Stray Dogs, Wall Painting Drives to spread the messagemessage of Compassion towards Animals, Sterilization Drives for Stray Dogs, Planta-tion Drives, Cleanliness Drives and severalmore projects to drive the people to raise their Voice for the Voiceless.

Impact: Voiceless India has conducted more than 55 workshops in several schools across Delhi and Ban-galore, and created the required awareness about Veganism, Compassion for Animals and Environmen-tal Sustainability. Through their recent reflective collar drive, they have reached out to more than 500+ stray dogs in Bengaluru to collar them with reflective collars, to prevent accidents at night.

Ankit Puri has done exceptionally great work towards promoting veganism. He is also leading S.A.F.E Club which is the department’s initiative towards promoting overall sustainable growth.

Wall painting done outside Lal Bagh

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FACULTY ACHEIVEMENTS

Research Leadership Award of the Year 2020 awarded to Dr. Sivarethinamohan R

Dr. Jerlin Jose completed his Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in Financial Inclusion, on ‘Impact of Finan-cial Inclusion Initiatives on Rural Households with Special Reference to Below Poverty Line Families in Selected Districts of Kerala’, on July 19, 2019 from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.

Dr. Soumya Christina completed her Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in Management(Finance), on ‘A Study of Financial Health of the Companies in BSE 100 and its Relationship with the Share Price using Altman Z Score Model’, on February 22, 2020 from Jain (Deemed to be University), Bangalore.

Dr. R. Sivarethinamohan received ‘First Presenter Award’ from Gulf American University, Dubai in the International Conference on ‘Information Technology, Entrepreneurship, Humanities and Sustainable Value Chain in a Challenging Environment (IEH-2020)’, held on February 24, 2020 at Al Khoory Executive Conference Hall, Al Dana, Dubai, UAE organised by Gulf American University and Primax Foundation.

Dr. R. Sivarethinamohan received ‘Research Leadership Award of the Year 2020’ at the International Distinguished Researcher Management under RULA Awards, awarded by IJRULA, accredited by World Re-search Council and United Medical Council, USA. This was presented to him on January 26, 2020.

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FLOOD RELIEF

Heavy rainfall combined with dis-charge from Kosi and Brahmaputra river during July 5–16 resulted in severe flooding over Bihar and Assam and caused huge damage in the form of life and property.Bihar suffered floods again in Sep-tember—October 2019. At this hour of need the students of the Department of Professional studies stepped up to do their part in providing relief.

This initiative was carried on in collaboration with the NGO “Feeding India”, they encouraged students to contribute in cash or kind. Numerous cartons filled with essentials and upto 21k in cash were collect-ed. This venture was spearheaded by Prof. Bhagyalakshmi and Umang Jain of 6Bcom F&A who is a volun-teer at Feeding India, and a number of other student volunteers.

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