Imprints Edition No.: 61 | Alumni Newsletter | March 2020
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Hyderabad Alumni City Meet
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Delhi Alumni City Meet
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Milaap
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Alum Achievements
Team ALCOM Speaks Team ALCOM is delighted to present to you the February edition of Imprints. This edition talks about 7th International HR Conference, Gurugram Alumni City Meet, Kolkata Alumni City Meet, Melange The annual fest and much more Feedback
The Conference of EuroMed Academy of Business • The ‘Conference of EuroMed Academy of Business’ was hosted from 5th to 7th February 2020. The conference was held in India for the first time at K J Somaiya Institute of Management • Day 1 of the Conference witnessed informative workshops by Prof. Sim Sitkin, from the Duke University, USA • Day 2 of the Conference commenced with the Inaugural Ceremony. The Guest of Honour was H. E. Yaakov Finkelstein, Consul General of Israel in Mumbai, who spoke about trade relations between India and Israel. The Keynote address was delivered by Prof. Sim B. Sitkin, while Prof. Yaakov Weber from, Israel spoke about how the Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business came to India • Day 3 included paper presentations, yoga sessions, panel discussions and concluded with a gala dinner, where the Best Paper of the Conference was awarded Click here to read more
Alumni City Meets 2020 • The Alumni Committee launched City Meets 2020, a get together of Alumni residing in various cities of India • City Meets provides an opportunity to network across batches, form a stronger support group and know the latest updates from institute • The schedule for upcoming City Meets is as shown in the poster • Register on the below link for City Meets or to be panelist of CD/PI process of MBA Admissions 2020 Click here to register for City Meets and CD/PI
2nd Rank bagged by Institute • K J Somaiya Institute of Management has been ranked ‘2nd Best Management Private Institute’ in India according to the ‘Times B School Survey’ • The research had 3 major modules i.e. desk research, faculty survey and perceptual rating survey followed by scientifically developed analysis & ranking process Click here to read more
Hyderabad Alumni City Meet • Hyderabad Alumni City Meet was held on Saturday, 8th February, 2020 wherein close to 50 Alumni along with their family members attended the event • Prof. (Dr.) Monica Khanna, Director, SIMSR shared updates from campus and Prof. (Dr.) Radha Iyer, Area Chairperson - General Management and Advisor, Alumni Committee shared initiatives undertaken for the Alumni • A CXO Meet was also conducted successfully at Hyderabad Click here to read more
Gurugram Alumni City Meet • Gurugram Alumni City Meet was held on Wednesday, 12th February, 2020 • The City Meet was conducted for the Alumni based in Gurugram to network and interact with each other • The discussions revolved around how following ones passion is integral to success, reminiscing their institute days and measures which can be taken to activate the existing alumni network
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Delhi Alumni City Meet •
Delhi Alumni City Meet was held on Saturday, 29th February, 2020 wherein alumni along with their families attended it
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Prof. (Dr.) Monica Khanna, Director, K J Somaiya Institute of Management, shared the latest happenings from campus
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During the meet, Mr. Puneet Gupta, Alum of Batch 1993, CEO, Franke Faber was felicitated with SIMSR Superstars 2019 - The Alumni Award under the Excellence in Leadership category
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Kolkata Alumni City Meet •
Kolkata Alumni City Meet was held on Saturday, 29th February, 2020 where Alumni from Kolkata region came together for the meet
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The meet provided an opportunity to the Alumni to meet, network and reminisce the good old days with their fraternity
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Events organised by Alumni Association were discussed and suggestions for improving the reach of the Alumni were also explored
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Alum Achievements Top 51 Global Happiness Leaders
Business Leader of the Year
• Ms. Janki Ravani, Alum of Batch 2008, Happiness Coach, House of Happiness, was awarded as one of the ‘Top 51 Global Happiness Leaders’ at World Happiness Congress 2020
• Mr. Ajay Kapur, Alum of Batch 1991, CEO, Vedanta Aluminium & Power, received ET Now ‘Business Leader of the Year’ award
• Other winners were from Belgium, France, UK, Dubai, Lebanon, Finland and various other countries Click here to read more
• He credited his team of highly dedicated and hard-working professionals for this achievement • The Institute congratulates him for his achievement Click here to read more
Melange 2020 • Melange, the management-cultural fest, held on 14th and 15th February, 2020, comprised of myriad of events ranging from quizzes, case studies and cultural events • As part of the inaugural ceremony, Melange Conclave - a panel discussion themed as 'Transformational Vision for Sustainable Businesses', was conducted • The Keynote Speaker was Ms. Geeta Uppal, Sr. VP, Reliance Industries. The distinguished panelists for conclave were Mr. Prashant Mahajan, Mr. Sujan Roy, Ms. Bhavini Parikh and the discussion was moderated by Prof. (Dr.)Asha Bhatia, Faculty General Management department • The fest concluded with Star Night, a Stand-Up Comedy Show with famous comedians namely Rahul Subramanian, Rahul Dua, Kumar Varun and Pavitra Shetty
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Guest Lecture on JUnit Testing
7th International HR Conference
• K J Somaiya Institute Mr. Akshay Pendbhaje, Alum of Batch 2015-18, Analyst – Nomura for a guest lecture for the students of MCA on 24th February, 2020
• Human Resources Department recently hosted the 7th International HR conference • The theme of the Conference was ‘Leadership in Changing Times’
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• On Day 1, pre-conference workshop on ‘Mixed Methods’ was conducted by Dr. Burke Johnson, University of South Alabama
• He shared his knowledge on Unit testing, JUnit, Maven, Code Coverage and JaCoCo and helped the students develop a better understanding of software testing
• On Day 2, conference inauguration and keynote address was given by Dr. Pawan Budhwar, Aston Business School Click here to read more
• He also shared his experiences of working with Nomura and his lessons from the corporate environment
Milaap 2020 • The Alumni Committee brings to you ‘Milaap – The Batch Reunion’ where our Alumni that completes 35, 25, 20, 15 & 10 Batch Reunion years of graduation come together and cherish the 1985 Coral Reunion memories shared in the campus 1995 Silver Jubilee Reunion • Milaap will be held on Saturday, 12th 2000 Vicennial Reunion December, 2020 • We co-ordinally invite batch
2005
Quindecinnial Reunion
of 1985, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010 for Milaap 2020
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Decade Reunion
Job Opportunities - February Total no. of recruiting companies
Total no. of Vacancies
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Top Recruiting Companies • • • • •
Flipkart Wolters Kulwer Media. Net RBL Bank TresVista
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