Glimpses 2012-13 @ SIOM

Sinhgad Institute
Sinhgad Technical Education Society’s
SINHGAD INSTITUTE
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(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, & Affiliated to University of Pune)
S. No. 44/1, Vadgaon (Bk.), Off Sinhgad Road, Pune - 411041
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Prof. M. N. Navale
Dr. (Mrs.) Sunanda M. Navale
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Founder President, STES
Founder Secretary, STES
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Glimpses 2012-13 @ SIOM
International Doctoral Convention
Sinhgad Institute of Management, Pune in
association with University of Pune held a
three day 'International Doctoral
Convention' from 20th to 23rd February
2013 at SIOM. This International
Convention aimed to nurture and support
Doctoral scholars in their professional
aspirations in academia. It also targeted to
enhance the international experience of
the doctoral scholars by providing both
network opportunities and a supportive
venue for constructive peer critique of the
ongoing research efforts. Dr. N. J. Pawar,
Vice Chancellor Shivaji University was
the chief guest for the inaugural function.
Dr. P. Purushottam Rao, Professor and
Dean, Osmania University and Dr. Jim
Goes,AdjunctAssociate Professor of
Management at University of Oregaon,
Faculty Mentor at Walden University,
Minnesota, and Senior Research Fellow at
the University of Phonenix were the keynote
speakers enlightened the participants with
their knowledge and experience in research
f i e l d . D r. A s h o k J o s h i , D i r e c t o r
INDSEARCH gave valuable information
regarding research in management
specialization. Dr. Sanjay Kaptan, Head of
Commerce and Research Centre, University
of Pune and Dr. Ramaling Sable, Dean
SNDT'S Women's University, Mumbai
graced the valedictory function on the third
day. The overall program was directed and
coordinated by Dr. S.U. Gawade, Head
Research SIOM.
National Conference on FDI: Issues and Prospects
The National Conference on 'FDI : Issues and Prospects' was
organized by Sinhgad Institute of Management (SIOM), Vadgoan
(Bk), Pune from 17th to 19th January 2013. The conference
was inaugurated by lighting of lamp at the hands of dignitaries.
Dr. Subhash Awale, Director SIOM welcomed the delegates and
dignitaries. After the address, Dr. S.U. Gawde, Head Research
SIOM and Programme Director overviewed the seminar. The
national seminar witnessed the
presence of Dr. Ashok Joshi,
Director of INSEARCH & VicePresident AMDISA as a chief
guest and Mr. Dhananjay Sinha,
Chief Economist from M K
Global Financial Services as a
Keynote Speaker who spread
light on FDI: Problems and
Prospects.
The Valedictory Function witnessed the presence of dignitaries
Dr. E.B. Khedkar, Dean, Faculty of Management, University of
Pune as a Chief Guest and Mr. Shashank Pathak, CEO Deepak
Fertilizers and Petro-chemicals Corp. Ltd. as a Guest of Honor.
Dr. E.B. Khedkar addressed the audience about Pros and Cons of
FDI. Dr. Khedkar covered the economic aspect at macrolevel.
Mr. Shashank Pathak, shared
his experience about how FDI
benefits both the lower and
elite strata of the society by
giving practical examples.
The conference concluded
with the vote of thanks by
Dr. Shailendra Kale, Dean
MBA SIOM. The overall
program was directed and
coordinated by Dr. S. U.
Gawade, Head Research
SIOM.
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Sinhgad Karandak 2013:
Annual Sports and Cultural Extravaganza
Alumni Meet: Encore 2K13
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On 9 February 2013, SIOM organized 12 SIOM Alumni
Meet: ENCORE 2013. It was attended by more than 600
Alumni. It was pride and prestige to mention that some of
SIOM Alumni reached top and senior management position in
their respective organization. SIOMITES greeted them with
lot of love, affection and respect. The Alumni meet witnessed
the presence of dignitaries: Hon. Prof .M. N. Navale,
Founder President, STES, Hon. Dr. (Mrs.) Sunanda Navale,
Founder Secretary, STES, Dr. S. D. Awale, Director SIOM,
Dr. S. U. Gawade Head Research, SIOM, Mr. Sangram
Kadam, President Alumni Association SIOM, Mr. Prasad
Akolkar, Joint Director Placement, Dr. Shailendra Kale Dean
MBA SIOM. The Alumni Meet: ENCORE 2013 was
coordinated by Prof. Dr. Z.S. Mulla.
Sinhgad Karandak -2013: Sinhgad Karandak is an intercollege and intra-campus cultural event organized by Sinhgad
Technical Education Society. Sinhgad Karandak is the most
MBA Induction Program-2012
SIOM organized two day induction programme for MBA first
year students for the academic year 2012-2014 on 1st and 2nd
August, 2012. The Chief Guest for the programme was
Mr. Ankush Malhotra, General Manager, Radio 1 and the
keynote address was given by Mr. Santosh Joshi, Ex-Vice
President Idea Cellular Ltd. It was followed by the ice
breaking sessions organized for the students by the faculty of
SIOM. For the second day the sessions were conducted by
Mr. Ashotosh Dholke and Mr. Sudhir Bhagat, Executives
JP Morgan and by Mr. Dilip Vaidya, Head Consultant,
B. G. Shirke Group.
effective way of bringing youth on one common platform to
enhance social interaction, facilitate exchange of cultural
ideas and thoughts. Truly it's a great sports and cultural
extravaganza. Sinhgad Karandak 2013 started on 1st February
2013 and concluded on 6th February 2013. It includes music,
dance, sports, rock show, socio-biotics, women empowerment
workshop, art, creativity and lots more.To add cherry on this
beautiful cake presence of celebrities like: Farhan Akhtar,
Zarine Khan, Bruna Abdullah, Aanchal Kumar, Sahzahn
Padamsee, Sagarika Ghatge and Suhas Khamkar, Mr. India.
Presence of 5500 audience reflects the grand success of the
event.
Annual Award Function 2013
SIOM consistently emphasizing on holistic development of students. SIOM aims at inculcating unique value system, excellent
academic development environment conducive to learn creativity and technology transfer. To appreciate the excellence of
students, institute organized “Annual Excellence Award” function on 10th April 2013.The function witnessed presence of
dignitaries: Mr. B.N. Sampath, G.M.(Parts), John Deer India, Pune, Mr. Prashant Pansare, MD & CEO of Inteliment
Technologies, Dr. Rajashree Shinde, Director SIOM. The event was coordinated by Prof. Pallavi Patil, Prof. Jyoti Pawar,
Prof. Rutuja Jadhav, Prof.Alekh Panda.
The inauguration to the ceremony was done in a traditional way, with a devotional song by Prof. Prajakta Gokhale. Ceremonial
lamps were lightened by Dr. Rajashree Shinde, Director- SIOM followed by chief guests Mr. B.N. Sampath and Mr. Prashant
Pansare.
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Parents Meet 2013
Creativity Exhibition
The event Parents Meet is organized every year in SIOM. This
year the event was held on 23rd March, 2013. This platform
helps the parents know about the institute and the
developments of their children in this institute. SIOM is an
institute which offers a platter of various activities and events
for the students for their overall development. During Parents
Meet the parents interact with the faculty members and get
acquainted with the developments of their child. The core
objective of the meet was to showcase values, vision, vigor of
the institute, to keep the parents aware about the latest
developments, happenings of the institute, to exchange the
views and ideas about the student's progress. The event was
coordinated by Prof. Swati Joshi and Prof. Mukta Keskar
"Creativity Exhibition" - The objective of the exhibition is to
provide a platform to explore unique talents and skills of
students, nurture their creativity and inculcate out of box
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thinking. The event was organized on 23 January, 2013 and
coordinated by Prof. Samita Kher, Prof.Aparna Madhekar and
Prof. Mukta Keskar.
Campus to Corporate (2012-2013)
Sinhgad Institute of Management (SIOM) initiated
Campus to Corporate activities with the objective of
competency development of management students while
making journey from campus life to corporate life.
Following various seminars, workshops, guest lectures,
competitions were organized under this activity. The
overall activity was coordinated by Dr. Satish Pawar and
Prof. Shubhangee Ramaswamy.
Green Cell Event
At SIOM we believe that we owe to the society in respect of
what we get. Green Cell is a forum created by the students, an
effort to safeguard Mother Nature with the help of various
activities conducted by the students. To name a few E-waste
hazards and disposal of e-waste was the main drive carried out
by the students followed by Street Play and Green Marathon.
This event was organized on 9th & 10th October, 2012 and
coordinated by Dr. Sadhana Choukkar & Prof. Indrajeet Kole.
One Day Seminar on 'Emerging Trends
in Operations Management'
One day seminar on “Trends in Operations
Management” was organized at SIOM on 23rd March,
2013 with the objective to create awareness among the
students about the important areas of operation
management viz. Logistics and Distribution in Retail
Management, Challenges in procurement and SCM,
Productivity Improvement, Optimum utilization of
Resources. Mr. Mukund Devi, Depot–in-Charge,
Finolex Cables LTD, Pune, Mr. Dhananjay Gaikwad,
Manager, After Sales Parts , Mercedes Benz India Pvt
Ltd, Pune, Mr. Dhananjay Patil, Vice President,
Operations, Adico Forge, Sanaswadi, Pune.
Arth Cell Event
At Arth Cell, we encourage students to be achievers but also to
be sensitive towards the weaker section of society. It may be
those who never had the privilege of staying with the parents,
those who could not see the beautiful colors of life, the
mentally challenged people, the old people, the poor farmers
etc. This is a student run cell. A number of unused medicines
are found in households around us. Arth cell students collected
them. They also identified some doctors in Pune who are
running clinics for the underprivileged. Students visit those
health centers and hand over these medicines to them. Arth
Cell also organized blood donation camp. Cell also organized
'Transition' exhibition. The amount collected by transition was
donated to social cause. The event was organized on 8th March
2013 and coordinated by Dr. Smita Sovani.
One Day Seminar on
‘Market Research and Retailing'
One day seminar on “Market Research and Retailing” was
organized on 8th September, 2012 to create awareness among
the students about significance of Market Research and also to
understand contemporary scenario of retailing.
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Entrepreneurship Awareness Program
MARK 2012
One Day Seminar on “Be Your Own Boss” was organized at
SIOM on 14th March, 2013 with the objective to awaken the
entrepreneurial interest of the students and providing
guidance to them on various opportunities and challenges. Mr.
Pradeep Malgaonkar, General Manager – Pune Regional
Office, SIDBI, Pune, Mrs. Meghna Jain, EAP In charge,
MITCON, Pune, Mr. A. Murli, Faculty Leader, Central Bank
of India, Pune ( Banker), Mr. Vinod Patkotwar, CEO, Crown
Rubber, Pune , Mr. Manoj Gorte, Partner, Discover
Packaging, Pune (First Generation Entrepreneur), Mr.
Harshvardhan Ranade, Director, GAEA Consulting Solutions
Ltd., Pune, Mr. Sudhaker Kasture, Director, EXIM Institute,
Mumbai. Event was coordinated by Dr. Ramkumar and
Prof. S.K. Sharma.
MARK is unique and creative intercollegiate Marketing Plan
competition which includes Industry Analysis, Marketing
Mix, Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning Statement etc.
MARK 2012 was a highly appreciated and successful event.
About 110 colleges were approached, out of which huge
response witnessed more than 84 teams participated
enthusiastically for the event.
Sinhgad Institute of Management, Pune, every year organizes
this unique and creative intercollegiate Marketing Plan
competition, MARK which includes Industry Analysis,
Marketing Mix, Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning
Statement etc. The event was started in the year 2010 and
every year the competition is held. MARK aims at developing
market planning skills of the students. The basic purpose of
this event was to encourage the students to come up with
exclusively designed market plan for certain products and
gave them a platform to portrait those ideas. It also provides an
opportunity to the students to experience simulation of
marketing practices in the industry through their own efforts.
The event was organized on 6th October, 2012 and coordinated
by Dr. Nilesh Gokhale, Dr. Satish Pawar and Prof. Priyanka
Bhivapathaki.
OPEX (Operation Excellence):
A Case Study Competition
OPEX aspires to reach out to a wide network of B-Schools
students with the objective of facilitating building of a
repository of a high-quality, internationally benchmarked
cases about Indian businesses. OPEX aims at developing
technical and management skills of the students. The
competition is held every year with the great enthusiasm.
Cases were selected from the various fields viz. Supply Chain
Management, Logistics, Inventory Management, Project
Management, Total Quality Management, Operation
Strategy, Technology Management and Six Sigma. The event
was organized on 4th October, 2012 and coordinated by
Dr. Shailendra Kale, Dr. Takale.
I-CUBE 2012
Managing responsibility within a company entails many of
the basic management functions, like budgeting, staffing, and
organizing and controlling, along with other aspects that are
unique to technology, like change management, software
design, network planning, tech support etc. I-Cube is an IT
based competition which facilitates students to go to the IT
companies and get real time exposure to their IT
infrastructure, working and management. This builds the
confidence of students to work in MNC environment. The
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event was organized on 20 October,2012 and coordinated by
Dr. Z. S. Mulla.
Bizzling Blast: Business Quiz
Bizzling Blast, the business quiz is to enhance business skills
and provide opportunity for business management. The quiz
contest will test the knowledge of entrepreneurs in all aspects
of business such as operation, marketing, management,
finance, investment, brands and the stock market. Business
quiz prepares and empower students for business success and
keep them abreast of business and economic views. The quiz
also aims at emphasizing the importance of business
intelligence. This event was organized on 13th October, 2012
and coordinated by Prof.Amol Khandagale.
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Brand Carnival: Brand Quiz Competition
Research Methodology Competition
An Inter-Management Institutes Brand Quiz event was
initiated with the objectives of creating awareness among
the about significance of Brand Management. 'Brand
Carnival' provides a platform to keep the students alert and
create awareness about developments happening in the
Branding arena. This event witnessed overwhelming response
of students from various management institutes. The event
was organized on 15th September, 2012 and was coordinated
by Dr. Milind Marathe and Dr. Chetan Chaudhari
As need of innovation, information has propelled today's
“Knowledge economy”, research has taken center stage in
every walk of life and business management is not an
exception. As MBA students study research methodology in
second semester of their curriculum, research activity is
conducted to develop application orientation towards research
and methods through hands on experience. The event was
organized on 21st March, 2013 and coordinated by Dr. Satish
Pawar, Dr. Ramkrishna Dikkatwar, Dr. Ramkumar,
Prof. Nilesh Anute, Prof. Asita Ghewari, Prof. M. Dhanawade,
Prof. Archana Patil , Prof. Pallavi Patil and Prof. Ramdas
Kendre.
MIS Competition
At SIOM MIS Competition was organized to understand MIS
Design for Business Processes in an organization, to
understand relation between information and business
processes and importance of information required by various
levels of management in the organization.
Summer Project Competition
Sinhgad Institute of Management annually organizes
"Summer Project Competition" to encourage second year
students who have put in a lot of hard work to make their
summer project a success. This competition offers them a
platform to showcase their work in presence of judges and the
best work was awarded and included in the research
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publication titled 'Construct'. The event was organized on 20
October, 2012 and coordinated by Dr. Ramkrishna Dikkatwar,
& Dr. Satish Pawar.
This year competition witnessed presence of dignitaries Mrs.
Shilpa Dhavale,Director, Enterprise Support Service, KPIT
Cummins , Dr. S. U. Kale , Dean SIOM, MBA. The event was
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organized on 7 March, 2013 and was coordinated by Dr. Z. S.
Mulla Head IT Department SIOM.
Window of the World (WoW):
College Competition
The core purpose of SIOM is to “Nurture Business Leaders.”
To make it possible, we believe tomorrow's Business Leaders
must be aware about the latest trends in social, economic,
political, business environments and the importance of IT
sector in the world. To raise this awareness amongst students
SIOM is conducting the “Window of the World (WOW)
Competition” (Collage Presentation Competition) for all
MBA first year students. The event was organized on 22nd
September, 2012 and coordinated by Prof. Swati Joshi and
Prof. Umesh Gramopadhay.
ADZ Competition
ADZ is creative advertising competition; ADZ 2013
was organized on 28th February 2013 and coordinated by
Prof. M. S. Dhanawade, and Dr. Satish Pawar. The basic
purpose of this event was to encourage the students to come up
with innovative ideas and express their creativity and strategic
thinking through advertisement. The print copy of the
advertisement as well as enactment of television commercial
was to be done by the participants.
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PESTLE ANALYSIS
SIOM's BuZicon Club (Business and
Economic Club) organized PESTLE Analysis
competition. This competition was designed
with the objective to understand the Business
Environment of various countries across the
globe and also to identify the business
opportunities in that country. Students are
supposed to study the Political, Economical,
Social & Cultural, Technological, Legal and Environment and
gave presentations on the same. They are
also expected to identify business
opportunities in that country. About 85
countries of the world were covered under
this competition. The event was organized
on 24th January 2013 and coordinated by
Prof. Samita Kher and Prof. Mukta Keskar.
INDUSTRIAL VISIT 2013
Industrial visits were organized with the purpose of providing
industrial exposure to students to following Industries.
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Tata Motors, Pune
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Parle G Company, Delhi
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Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Ltd., Bangalore
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Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation Ltd, Mysore.
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Genesis Infra Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad
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Koojan Hydraulics, Hyderabad
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Manikchand Dhariwal Group (Oxyrich), Haveli, Pune
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Seminars and Conferences (2012 - 2013)
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Seminars and Conferences held for Students (2012 - 2013)
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Campus to Corporate Series (2012 - 2013)
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College Events and Competitions (2012 - 2013)
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