MBA Program (2019-21) at SOB took off on July 25 with an exciting 3 Day Induction Program. Chief Guest of the program, Debjani Roy, ex-Chief Peoples Officer, SRL Diagnostics (a FORTIS Group Company) addressed the batch and urged them to be fearless & chalk out their own future. She said that India of today is full of opportunities and there is a space for every kind of talent - one has to know and understand self and check out how does she want to make a mark in life. Debjani drew examples from her personal life to demonstrate that if one has the drive to achieve something, she can achieve that despite all odds.

While Debjani was physically present on the campus, all others logged in through video conferencing (Skype) from wherever they were ? Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, California. The students realized that geography is no longer a constraint with advent of technology.

The students ? just two days into the system ? were seen gaining in confidence with every passing session. They gradually came out of their shell, asked lot of meaningful questions to all the speakers ? made every session highly interactive ? resulting in every speaker pledging all their support to mentor these students during their MBA journey in whatever possible way.

Induction Program for the undergraduate students ? BBA, B.Com, BA (H) Economics and Dual Degree BBA + MBA ? also took off in parallel. This program was much more action and activity-driven ? Know Your Campus; Talent Hunt; presentation on inspiring personalities; address on Indian ethos and values, plan beyond UG, workshop on communication & career building, etc. They were also addressed by Kunal Kundu, Indian Economist, Societie Generale on Indian economy and career opportunities going forward.

INDUCTION PROGRAMA THREE DAY INDUCTION PROGRAM WAS CONDUCTED FOR FIRST YEAR STUDENTS FROM BOTH UG AND PG COURSES

NewsletterJULY - AUG

SCH O O L O F BU SI N ESS (SO B)

The SOB NEWSLETTER is a bi-monthly newsletter from School of Business (SOB), conceptualised and run by its students, to keep its various stakeholders updated about the various happenings on campus over the last two months. I keenly look forward to the inaugural issue to get released and wish all its readers a very happy reading.

DEAN'S MESSAGE

ISSUE 1

YEAR 2019-20

Nation Building Through Women Leadership

The other speakers who joined us through video conferencing were :

- Lakshmi Iyer, Chief Investment Officer, Kotak Mahindra Bank AMC; - Poornima Batish, Founder Director, Woman At Work; - Disha Hoskote, Vice President Marketing, India and Singapore, Duff & Phelps; - Paragranjita Bhowmik, Vice President, Wholesale Analytics, Wells Fargo,

California; - Vidya Srinivasan, ED & CFO, PUMA India; - Ranjita Ghosh, Global Marketing Director, Telecom 5G Mkt & Competitive

Intelligence, WIPRO; - Vandana Vishnu, Faculty & Executive Coach, Center For Creative Leadership

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BOARD OF STUDIES- Dr. G Sridhar, Marketing Area, IIM Kozhikode- Dr. Reshmy Nair, Center Director, Administrative

Staff College of India, Hyderabad- Dr. Debabrata Chatterjee, Organizational Behavior

Area, IIM Calcutta- Dr. A. Kanagaraj, Finance Area, XLRI Jamshedpur- Dr. Som Sekhar Bhattacharya, Strategy Area, NITIE

Mumbai- Dr. Satyendra Sharma, Supply Chain Area, BITS

Pilani- Dr. Vidya Sagar Athota (Business Psychology & HR

Area), University of Notre Dame, Australia- Akash Kumar, Senior Vice President, AXIS Bank - Sonjoi Kumar, Joint Secretary, Risk Management

Association of India

INDUSTRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

- Mashreq Bank, MD and Head of Corporate & Investment Banking UAE, Chiradeep Deb

- L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad), Head Corporate Communications, Anindita Sinha

- Societie Generale, India Economist, Kunal Kundu - IBM India, Leader - Academic Partnerships

Career Education, IS/A, Anuka Kumar - IMRB Kantar, Executive Vice President, Shamik

Ray - Woman At Work, Founder Director, Poornima

Batish - Bain Consulting India, Sr. Manager, Shailendra

Singh, - Drishti, Chief Impact Officer, Vasundhara Kaul - Johnson & Johnson, Associate Sales Director ?

Middle India, Ashish Singhal - Straumann Group, Marketing Director, Ranjit Kaur

Chandel - Infiniti Retail Croma, Head Brand Strategy,

Ankana Bhalla, - Medium Consulting, Managing Partner, Ritesh

Dogra - Concourse Consulting, Principal Consultant,

Vijender Sharma - Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India, VP & Head

HR, Savio Dsouza, - Acuite Ratings & Research India, Sr. Vice

President ? Ratings, Antony Jose - Tech Mahindra, Dr. Swaminathan Mani, Vice

President (Marketing) & Head ? Analyst & Advisor Relations

- NISM, Adjunct Faculty & Independent Consultant, Dr. Rachana Baid

WELCOMING BRILLIANT EDUCATORS & GREAT MENTORS

Dr. Awantika Rajauria has joined us as Assistant Professor. She has had more than 2 years of experience in teaching and more than 7 years of corporate experience. Graduated in Bachelors of Commerce, MBE, UGC NET in Economics and Commerce, and a PhD in Economics. Research interests are Public Policy and Financial Inclusion. Published as well as presented 5 research papers in various reputed journals. Has been professionally associated with Pipal Research Analytics and Information Services India Ltd., CRISIL Global Analytics Ltd., Amity University Rajasthan, and Enroute Consulting LLP. Participated in several workshops and conferences.

Dr. AWANTIKA RAJAURIA

Dr. Kailash Choudhary has joined us as Assistant Professor. He has had 6 years of teaching experience and several years of experience in research. Graduated in Bachelors of Engineering (Mechanical) from GEC Ajmer, and Masters in Engineering (Production and Industrial) from MBM Jodhpur, and a PhD from BITS Pilani. Research interests are Green Supply Chain Management, Life Cycle Engineering, Green Manufacturing and Lean Manufacturing. Published 8 research papers in various reputed journals, all of which are either SCI or Scopus indexed publications. Awarded with a UGC-JRF fellowship and DAAD fellowship to work at Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany.

Prof. KAILASH CHOUDHARY

Dr. NEETA JAIN

Dr. Neeta Jain has joined us as Assistant Professor. She has had 6 years of teaching experience, and 9 years of experience in research. Graduated in Economics Honours (2006) and MBA in Finance from Banasthali University (2008), M.Phil. from ICFAI University (2010), FDPM from IIM-A (2011), and PhD in Finance from Amity University (2016). Research interests are Initial Public Offerings, Mutual Funds, and Portfolio Management. Published 25 research papers in various reputed journals and 4 are Scopus indexed publications. Certified for various financial courses from NSE and ICICI Bank. Participated in the several workshops and national and international conferences.

CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE

- Center for Women Leadership

- Center for Retail and Supply Chain Management

- Center for Travel and Tourism

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - Center for Finance, Insurance,

Risk, Economics (FIRE)

- Industry 4.0- The Third Sector- Sports Management- Healthcare Management- Infrastructure Management- Performing and Visual Arts

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The session was organized for all the UG and PG students of SMS on August 22, 2019. Mr. Karan Kapoor, the Honorable Chief Guest, started with providing an insight of the history and present conditions of the Stock market. He explained how and why the whole system has changed nowadays. Then he talked about the six ways of investing our money wisely so that minimum risk is associated with our investment which are Gold, Insurance, Real estate, Banking products like Fixed Deposits, Mutual Funds and finally Stock market products

like Shares, Debentures, Derivatives, Currency and Commodities. While discussing about the avenues, he presented both the advantages as well as the disadvantages related to each one and finally considered investing in shares as the best as well as the safest option. During the whole discussion, he was constantly interacting with the students and the faculty present there which made the session even more interesting. It was followed by a Q&A session. At the end, we can say that the workshop was practical, engaging and educational one.

SEMINARS THIS MONTH

A one day workshop was organized on August 20, 2019. The whole event was coordinated by Mr. Rajeev Singh. Mr. Sutirtha Sanyal, Editor of Outlook Money-Digital, and the former Senior Correspondent of Indian Express had arrived all the way from Delhi to conduct the workshop as a Chief Guest. The workshop was conducted in 3 sessions. The 1st session was all about the experiences gained by Mr. Sanyal while working in a news agency. Here, he focused on character development, establishment of a focal point in order to provide a direction to one?s story and then the art of weaving all the things altogether. The 2nd session was an interactive one where he helped the students to develop their own plots. Finally, the third session was directed towards digital media in which he included the art of photography as well as web designing.

MR. KARAN KAPOOR, DEPUTY MANAGER OF THE NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE ANALYZED THE BEST WAY TO INVEST YOUR MONEY AND MORE

BY: VIDUSHI BHAGERIA

A WORKSHOP ON CREATIVE WRITING AND DIGITAL MEDIA BY: VIDUSHI RAJPUROHIT

MR.RAHUL BHATNAGAR SPOKE ABOUT VARIOUS TOPICS RELATED TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP; GAVE USEFUL TIPS FOR FUTURE BY: VIDUSHI BHAGERIA

Rahul Bhatnagar, an Entrepreneur, was invited as the Chief Guest for the seminar organized on August 20, 2019. He is the Co-Founder & Director of Geeko Computech Private Limited and a Professional Speaker and Mentor. He began the session by asking the perspective of students towards entrepreneurship. Then he informed about the 4 essentials of a business viz. Profitability, Feasibility, Scalability and Movability. He focused on the importance of Attention as he said that ?The best product never wins but the best marketed product always wins? and also explained Traffic Temperature where he described the attributes of Cold, Warm and Hot audience. After that, he

discussed Funnel, Average Order Value, Law of Averages and the importance of Communication skills for a business. He then advised us to grab business opportunities, available easily through our smart phones. He also recommended making our decisions on the basis of time and not money, to start taking initiative to defeat 90% people lying in our niche and to start ignoring those who do not deserve to be in our life and most importantly, to constantly train ourselves. Finally, he inspired us to be a ?Shameless Self-Promoter? in order to achieve something in life and to get the recognition we deserve. In a nutshell, the session was very interactive and inspirational.

NATIONAL SPORTS DAY29th September was National Sports Day and was celebrated as Sports Day in the university too. The event was organized from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., with different competitons being held simultaneously or one after the other. School of Business (SOB) was also represented in a variety of sports.

SOB students Madhu Mali and Bhavya Mehta were in the team that won the Basketball tournament which was held from 6:15 p.m. to 7:05 p.m.

The Table Tennis tournaments were held from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. SOB student

Mrinalini Upadhyay was the 1st runner up in the Singles Table Tennis, and also the Doubles Table Tennis in which she played alongside SOB student Akriti Agarwal.

The Volleyball team which won the tournament for the same included four students from SOB; Kritilata Poddar, Indu Sharma, Sonali Sharma, and Kanika. The tournament took place right before the prize distribution ceremony, from 7:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

The prize and certificate distribution ceremony was 8:15 p.m. onwards.

BY: KSHIPRA BHANDARI

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Sir, you have joined School of Business about eight months back, are you happy with whatever you have achieved so far?

Yes and No.

I say Yes, because, we have been able to put in place the basic blueprint for SOB of tomorrow. MANAGEMENT, ECONOMICS, COMMERCE are the three pillars of SOB - with BUSINESS being the over-arching theme. However fundamental to all these is women leadership - it is the base of all that we do and will be doing at SOB. We have thus re-defined our credo as ?Nation-building through Women Leadership?. And we strongly believe that developing women leaders not only contributes to the GDP of the nation, but also lays the foundation for development of the next generation and thus results in nothing short of nation-building. We have introduced a core course on Women Leadership in Business in semester I of our MBA Program. We have so far got about 25 very senior women achievers to the classroom ? either physically or through video-conferencing and skype ? to share with our students their corporate journey so far. And ? we have also been able to win the unconditional support of 30 top professionals from academics and industry ? who have come on board with us ? through our Board of Studies, Industry Advisory Committee and Center for Women Leadership ? on a pro bono basis ? to inspire, motivate, support and guide us in our journey of developing women leadership and contribute to nation building.

I say No, because, there is so much more to do! We have brought in a fair amount of innovation in our MBA program ? by having a WOMEN-ONLY MBA which is already a bit different from the regular MBA being delivered by most other B-Schools, including the IIMs. We need to reach out to both, industry as well as the student community and communicate this. We must get recognized as the leading WOMEN-ONLY B-School of the country. We have quite a long way to go in this area. We need to reach out to our alumni, and start tracking their career movements ? many of them I am sure are doing so well and have their inspiring stories to share with our

current students. We need to communicate the benefits of our Dual Degree (BBA ? MBA) program which I strongly believe is a great program especially for those students who want to get into academics as

a career. We would like to attract more and more practitioners to our PhD program ? who are senior industry executives. We need to develop our various Centers of Excellence and show tangible output in the foreseeable future.

Overall, I will say I am happy - it has not been a AAA performance, but definitely a AA!

What are the three major areas that are your primary focus right now?

- Instilling a sense of belief in our

students that they are second to

none;

- Increasing industry linkage;

- Enhancing internationalization

initiatives.

5 MINUTES WITH THE DEAN...

These are currently the three top priority areas for me.

Could you please tell us more about the Special Interest Groups that you have introduced in the school?

Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are small groups of students who may have interest in certain niche areas ? which cannot be supported in the form of a Center of Excellence ? but still we would love to encourage and support and nurture.

- Industry 4.0;

- Sports Management;

- Business Analysis;

- Healthcare Management;

- Infrastructure Management;

- Performing & Visual Arts;

- The Third Sector

These are seven such SIGs which we are currently encouraging and supporting.

As SOB students come to know more and more about these SIGs, I am sure interest in some or all of them will be growing in the coming days.

Dr. Anirban Sengupta, Dean, School of Business

"...we strongly believe that developing women leaders not only contributes to the GDP of the nation but also

lays the foundation for development of the next

generation..."

JANMASHTAMI CELEBRATIONSBY: KSHIPRA BHANDARI

Janmashtami was on 24th of August and the students of SOB planned a great deal to celebrate the festival with each other in the college itself. The function started off with an introductory presentation detailing how the celebration of Janmashtami came to be and how different parts of India celebrate it in their own style.

Next, Dr. Anirban Sengupta, Dean, School of Business, addressed the students for a litt le while before the performances started. The audience was a big fan of the several dance performances throughout the event. A musical depicting the life of Lord Krishna ? from his birth to his vengeance from the ruler of Mathura, Kans ? was also organised, which gathered a lot

of applause and a few too many hoots from the audience as well. The anchors also conducted a round of trivia and fun questions to sustain the event?s light-hearted essence. To keep with tradition, an aarti was held with prasad distribution at the end of the service.

The celebration was brought to a close with a traditional ?Matki Fod? competition with 6 teams battling over the winning spot by achieving the least time in which the handi is broken. The winning team was awarded a statue of Krishna along with the cheers of the audience. This event was highly praised by the faculty and students alike, and our Dean lauded the programme too.

INTERNATIONAL LINKAGE WITH ST. XAVIER UNIVERSITY, GRAHAM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, CHICAGO, USA

SUMMER INTERNS RETURNING FROM CARLETON UNIVERSITY, USA

School of Business (SOB), Mody University (MU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Graham School of Management, Saint Xavier University (SXU), Chicago, USA on March 12, 2019. With the MoU was signed by Registrar Dr. Vinod Purohit on behalf of Mody University, and Prof. Indranil Ghosh, Associate Professor & Chair, Division of Accounting and Finance, Graham School of Management, SXU- in the presence of various senior officials of Mody University including Prof. M. Venu Gopala Rao, Director Academics; Dr. Anirban Sengupta, Dean, School of Business; Prof. R.K. Shivpuri, Director, International Relations and a number of senior faculty members of School of Business.

The two schools have agreed to have student exchange for both short term and also for a semester. They will also explore possibilit ies of faculty exchange. Joint research at the level of both faculty and students will be undertaken from either side - with a special focus on the areas of cross-cultural issues, economic issues, women?s leadership issues, and hospitality and tourism related issues. The details of students exchange program for MBA as well as undergraduate students have also been worked out. The identification of semester wise courses, which the students of School of Business, Mody University will be pursuing at Graham School of Management, Xavier University, Chicago have also been agreed upon and finalized.

Three students of SOB ? Sanreet Kaur Bhullar, Mahek Bhandari, and Ayushi Sisodia, of B.Com.(H) II Year ? went to Carleton University, Canada for their summer internships.

Sanreet had this to say about the trip, ?The summer program has been an eye opening, culturally enriching experience. The most valuable thing that I?m going to bring back with me on campus is an informed perspective. Having lived a new culture, with unique traditions and interesting experiences, I feel like my perspective has been broadened.

I?ve expanded my knowledge of business strategies (Business Model Canvas), international business, (International buyer behaviour, International Market), Business across Cultures, Globalisation, Ethics and Psychology of

Decision-Making, International Negotiating and Entrepreneurship in ways I also never would have expected. Much of my work was my own decision- the internship is so flexible and free-form that you get to decide which startups and which projects you can work at. At multiple times in the internship I found myself working in different projects, all incredibly different and all great ways for me to learn. I have worked on Entrepreneurship Case Study which included business model Canvas, SWOT template and PESTEL.

My Experience with Professor Micheal Weatherhead, Neil Williams and teacher Marie Josse Levesque were unforgettable. Many thanks to all the people from Carleton University and Mody University for organising this program.?

Phot o Cour t esy: Vasundhra (180463) (BBA II) 5

CLUB EVENTSEVENTS WERE ORGANIZED BY OTHER CLUBS WHICH INCLUDE THE 'NEWS HOUR' BY ACADEMIC CLUB AND THE ROTARACT CLUB MEET BY SAMAJI

BY: VIDUSHI BHAGERIA

Social Club 'SAMAJ', the team of Rotaract, Sikar had visited our campus on August 13, 2019 and interacted with our students.

Dr. Ankush Rathi (President, Rotaract Club, Sikar), CA Sanjay Kumawat (Secretary, Rotaract Club, Sikar), as well as the former presidents Rt. Amar Singh Kavia, Rt. Balwant Singh Chirana & Rt. Prakash Chand Soni addressed the students of the university and apprised them about the objectives of Rotaract Club and the various activities organized by them. More than 30 students instantly applied for membership of Rotaract Club, and expressed their willingness and enthusiasm to contribute to the noble cause of social service. The team has agreed to revive our membership under the name of ?Rotaract Club of Mody

University? and promised to extend the necessary support in conducting various social service activities to be taken up by Social Club ?SAMAJ? of Mody University. During this meeting, a detailed deliberation was done with respect to the proposed Blood Donation Camp scheduled on September 10, 2019 in our campus. Possibilit ies of a collaborative activity for the students of charity-run schools of Laxmangarh, were also explored during this meeting.

The 1st News Hour was held on August 13, 2019 in the Seminar Hall of SMS Building. The event was organized by the News Committee. All the UG and PG students of SMS were invited. Many debate as well as quiz competitions took place where participants performed enthusiastically. The topic for the debate was decided to be ?Should Bollywood boycott Pakistani artists in view of prevailing tensions between India and Pakistan?? while the quiz covered all the areas. Students participated energetically making the environment very lively. Thereafter, the names of the winners of both the competitions were announced and there achievement was displayed on the notice board as well. Overall, it was an interesting and insightful session.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES WITH A MISSION AIMED AT JOY (SAMAJ)

TALENT HUNT

Aakhon main kajal laganey ke baad Maa zyaada nahin, kajal aur khoobsurat ho jaata hai,

Maathe par bindiya laganey se Maa aur zyaada nahin, bindiya zyaada pyaari lagne lagti hai,

Purey ghar ki chinta unki har saans mai sunleti hoon,

Papa ki chai, bachho ka tiffin tayyar karne main khudki bhookh ko bhula bethti hain vo,

Aakhir kya karey Maa hai hi aisi, har roz ek muskurahat pehenengi vo aur humey khudka chota sa ghum na batayengi vo,

Batuye main rupay bhaley hi kitne bhi ho, shauk pehle mere poore karke hi khush ho jaati hain vo,

Andhere se chaahe khud bhi darti ho, par mujhe humesha hausla deti hain vo,

Apne khwaabon ki tijori par taala lagaaye bethi, meri manzil ki dua karti hain vo,

Darr kar bachpan main Maa ka dupatta main kasske pakad leti thi,

Darr kar iss duniya se Maa ke saaye main khudko samait leti thi,

Abb Maa tera sahaaraa main banungi, galti chaahe aap karo, daant bhi main sun lungi,

Bhookha khudko rakh kar niwala pehle tumhe dungi, kyunki Maa duniya toh sab dekhna chahte hain, par meri duniya toh tujh main hi simti hai Maa, tujh main hi basti hain meri khushiyaan Maa...

MAAPoem by: Neha Khatri (180174) (BBA II)

ACADEMIC CLUB

Yavnika Bhardwaj (180404) (BBA II)

.Ed i tor i al Com m i t tee:- Ed i tor - in -Ch ief : Ksh ip r a Bhandar i

- H ead Con ten t Creator : V idush i Bhager ia

- Jun ior Con ten t W r i ter : V idush i Rajpuroh i t

- Research ing H ead: Kan ishka Agar wal

Facu l ty M en tor : D r. D Suresh Kum ar

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