Prameya Issue19

Issue 19

Foreword It’s a pleasure to publish Prameya issue 19 online amidst COVID – 19 pandemic when our usual routine is much affected. We started working on this issue before the outbreak of COVID – 19 and nation-wide lockdown and eventually wrapped it up in this month of August 2020.

On July 29th, 2020, the New Education Policy was launched heralding transformational reforms in school and higher education sector in the country. Prof. Asha Mathew shared a brief comprehensive note on the New Education Policy 2020.

We are glad to share various round table events organized by different clubs, providing the much needed industry-academia interface.

Wenture – the Entrepreneurship and Incubation Cell at WeSchool Bengaluru campus has successfully created an ecosystem to support student – innovation and entrepreneurship.

The Management Development Center successfully conducted various long term and short term training programs in Analytics, Leadership, Business Management etc.

Students enthusiastically enrolled in the WeSchool Rotaract team and organized various events right from bringing in happiness to the underprivileged children to honing professional skills of students.

Team Prameya happily shares achievements of faculty mentors and students and looks forward to share more and more success stories in the future.

Students celebrated Teqchers’ Day and enthusiastically participated in JogaBonito - the annual Football event and cricket tournament on the occasion of National Sports Day. Team Prameya captures students’ experience of online admission process 2020 and looks forward to the new academic year with more news to share.

Stay Healthy, Stay Safe!

Happy Reading!!

Signing off till we meet again with the next Issue

Faculty Editorial Team Editor

Ms. Ishani Chakraborty

Magazine Design

Mr. William Dayabaran

Student Contributors Team Student Team Ms. Purvi Katiyar Ms. Tanay Tushar Ms. Fakiha Altaf

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Contents

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Foreword

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Group Director and Senior Dean & Director

Message From

Articles 04 09 10

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Rotaract Installation Ceremony 15 th August 2019

Achievements

National Education Policy - By Prof. Asha Mathew Assistant Professor – Quality Systems WeSchool, Bengaluru Campus

WENTURE – Entrepreneurship & Incubation Cell - By Wenture Team

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Faculty Achievements

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Student Achievements

Management Development Centre - By MDC Team WeSchool, Bengaluru

Events 05

BD START Inc.

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Finance Club Round Table

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Operations Club Round Table

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Analytics Club

Celebrations 21

Teacher’s Day

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Alumni Meet 2019

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Jogabonito 2019

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Cricket Tournament

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Students’ Experience — Online Admission Process 2020

“ You have to go whole heartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having”.

- Frank Lloyd Wright Prof. Dr. UDAY SALUNKHE GROUP DIRECTOR, WeSchool

Almost all of us nurture some dreams but achieving those dreams demand a strenuous trail. You need to be driven by passion. Its passion that drives you to keep learning and to work toward mastery. This is why passion comes first and foremost in the core values of WeSchool. The culture prevailing at WeSchool enable students to follow their passion and develop leadership abilities. Besides academics, there are plenty of live projects, events and other management activities that pave the way to build better creative abilities to approach real-life problems in an entirely new dimension.

WeSchool teaching method put emphasis on “Learning by Doing”. Our “Global Citizen Leaders” pedagogy where the first year students undergo hands-on experience on real life challenges has been appreciated across industry and academia. Students are also encouraged to participate in various international and national competitions/programs under the guidance of faculty mentors. “Team Work makes the dream work” and I take pride to voice that WeSchool has a team which is tirelessly working towards the vision and mission of the institution.

Let’s unleash our passion to earn WeSchool name and fame!

Best wishes Prof. Dr. Uday Salunkhe Group Director, WeSchool

“We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.”

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Prof. Dr. ANIL RAO PAILA

SENIOR DEAN & DIRECTOR, WeSchool, Bengaluru Campus

Post graduate students are in a transitional phase of their life – at a crucial turning point to adulthood. This period is a period of understanding the real-world outside and making adjustments to changing patterns of societal expectations and life overall. They are expected to play new roles, develop new attitudes, interests and values which would be continued for the rest of their lives. In the collective life of societies, each new generation of young people bring in new ideas, new potentialities; hence molding them in the right form is critical. Education is supposed to prepare individuals for the outside world. As the world becomes increasingly globalized, one should acquire the relevant skills to excel. WeSchool focuses on a learner centric environment supported by innovative programmes, robust industry interface, opportunity of global internships and a dedicated set of faculty members as mentors.

WeSchool Bengaluru campus has grown significantly under the strategic leadership of our Group Director Prof. Dr. Uday Salunkhe. Our strength lies in our ability to adopt a balanced approach towards education that encourage teamwork, help developing complex thinking skills and focus on future needs of the industry.

Prameya- the campus magazine is a students’ initiative supported by faculty members that captures the details of our events, activities conducted, latest trend in the external environment as well applauds the achievement of both students and faculty members.

I welcome all to read our Prameya issue 19.

Best wishes

Prof. Dr. Anil Rao Paila Senior Dean & Director, WeSchool, Bengaluru Campus

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National Education Policy (NEP) Impact of National Education Policy (NEP) on B-Schools The National Education Policy 2020 is the first educational policy of 21st century that was formulated by government of India to promote education amongst its citizens. This Policy augurs an innovative academic structure from school level to college education. The focal point is to provide an academic journey that is contemporary, innovative and is of the interests of young minds at different levels of their education. However in this article salience is to the implication of NEP in Indian Business schools.

• Entry of Top global institutes in India India with almost 990 universities and 40,000 colleges has the least enrollment ratio compared to other BRICS countries. Nevertheless on the brighter side interested students may not have to go out of the country to get international qualifications. Additionally availability of foreign universities will attract students from outside India to pursue their higher education in India. Even though the competition amongst B-Schools will increase they will have better access to competent students. This also opens opportunity for collaboration with renowned universities/institutions of excellence in pedagogical and other instructional areas. Few challenges that need to be addressed are lack of clarity on parameters or rankings that defines the top 100 global universities. This will also lead to disparity in enrollment and the gap in educational sector between rural and urban India will widen. The real hardship for the Indian policymakers is now to formulate regulatory guidelines for foreign universities to operate in India that promote and cater to the requirement of the country without cumbersome regulations.

• Allowing technical institutions to be multi-disciplinary offering four-year multidisciplinary undergraduate programme This will impact single disciplinary institutions like management schools. To identify and cater to the job requirement and expected skill set for management graduates will be a challenge. There will not be much relevance in specializations like marketing, operations, IT, HR etc. B-Schools may also find it intricate to offer personalized skill based specialization. To strive in new educational environment B-Schools will have to think beyond core management areas and should focus on cross disciplinary approach • 5+3+3+4 formula and skill based /multi disciplinary approach Entry level or the skill set of students in B-schools may be much distinct compared to the current scenario. Students can enter/ exit at the end of each year, and an Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) will be set up which will digitally store the academic credits earned. B-School admission process may have to undergo a complete revamping process. The proposed 4 year degree adds research elements and a value addition to the much needed areas like analytics. This system of 3 or 4 year graduation program will result in uncertainty as currently they are no clarity on the differentiating factor between 3 and 4 year degree with respect to business education.

• Replacing UGC and AICTE with Higher Education Commission of India(HECI) - The proposed verticals under HECI are - National Higher Education Regulatory Council, - National Accreditation Council, - Higher Education Grants Council, - General Education Council This approach will avoid duplication of regulatory/accreditation efforts. Provides Equal opportunity for all institutions and it also promotes transparent and technology based system. Existing accreditations, norms, policies will change and B-Schools should adapt to these changes and norms • Categorization of higher education institutions as research intensive, teaching intensive and autonomous degree granting Higher education institutions will be defined based on these three categories. B-Schools are a blend of these three and it is impractical to define B-Schools under one of these categories In conclusion Management education in India will witness a major revamp with the new education policy.

By Prof. Asha Mathew

Assistant Professor – Quality Systems WeSchool, Bengaluru Campus

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Event | BD START Inc.

Every year the students of PGDM Business Design conduct an exiting event - The BD Start Inc, which provides a platform for the students to showcase their exceptional business ideas before the eminent personalities in the business world.

BD START Inc. 2019

The preparation for this event begins well in advance wherein the senior students form groups based on coordination of ideas and specializations. They then continue to develop their ideas by giving it further structure in terms of the financials involved, marketing strategies and also build the prototype of the actual product for presentation on the day of the showcase.

Students Working on ‘Prototype’ of their project in InnoWe Lab

This year, we unveiled BD start Inc.2019 on 28th of September.

The panelists for the day were welcomed and ushered into the halls that were adorned with the creative stalls representing six different businesses. Each of them were also given imitations of cheques to pretend as though they were investors who would bid for the business they liked the most.

While the seniors passionately work on their businesses, the juniors work on organizing the event by planning out the schedule and connecting to various executives from the corporate world to attend the event and provide their valuable insights on the work presented by the students.

After visiting every stall and interacting with the students they wrote their cheques and appreciated the efforts of the students. Later that afternoon, we expressed our gratitude to them over high tea, for taking out their valuable time to be a part of our event and being such inspiring mentors to us.

This event taught us a lot more than just understanding how to build our business process. It also allowed us to understand each other better, enjoy our regional and cultural diversity and celebrate the spirit of working in teams. Most importantly as students of PGDM it taught us the skills of effective management.

At the end of the day we were both proud of our accomplishment and bittersweet about the fact that it had all come to an end.

Report prepared by: NADIA BASUDHA, BD&I, 2019-21 Student Presenting their projects to Industry Veterans

PGDM BD & I 2019-21 Batch with faculty members

Industry Veterans @ WeSchool

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Event | Finance Club Round Table

FINANCE CLUB ROUND TABLE CONDUCTED ON 7TH DECEMBER, 2019 Arthakul – The Finance Club at WeSchool Bengaluru organized a round table on the topic “Careers in Finance and Beyond” on 7th December, 2019. WeSchool Alumni, who are presently working in large organizations were invited as panelists to share insights. Alumni who came for the event were: 1. Mr. Nisarg Kalyani 2. Ms. Antara Sengupta 3. Mr. Sayeesh 4. Mr. Tapas Kar 5. Mr. Nihal Dalvi 6. Mr. Sayi Krishna Sunder 7. Mr. Sailesh Supriye 8. Mr. Sabhayasachi Gosh The event started with a presentation about the various career roles and opportunities in finance by students. The discussion started on a fun note by asking the panelists to share a funny incident from their MBA days. They then went on to share insights about their journey that started with MBA to where they are today, how was their job roles, what they learnt over the years. Audience asked questions such as what are the career opportunities in a particular field, how should they start preparing if they are interested in some particular kind of job role etc. These gave students useful insights.

Other important takeaways were never to think of any job as small or big, just be in it for learning. Know yourself and what role fits you the best and keep that as a target. In the end, the panelists were handed a token of our appreciation Dr. Vijay Kumar and the event was concluded by lunch.

WeSchool Faculty Members and Alumni @ Roundtable

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Event | Operations Club Round Table

OPERATIONS CLUB ROUND TABLE CONDUCTED ON 15TH OCTOBER 2019 Sigmato – the Operations Club at WeSchool Bengaluru organized a round table on the topic “Industry 4.0 – Digital Transformation and Creating Smart Factories” on 15th October, 2019. The guest speakers were : • Mr. Prasanna : Director, Nextgen 3d Printing • Mr. Sanjay Sharma: Director, Digital Tarnsformation Start-up • Mr. Dinesh, Director-manufacturing, Volvo Construction Ltd • Mr. Seenivasan, R & D – Head, Titan Industries • Mr. Venkatesh, Director – Cogolutions: Consulting Firm In Technology/digital Transformation In Supply Chain Management Dr. Dakshina Murthy welcomed the Guests and highlighted the importance of this exciting phase -Industry 4.0 transformation in which factories are embracing digital transformation through application of Internet of Things, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.

Mr. Prasanna highlighted the use of 3 D printing for rapid prototyping and creation of smart products with embedment of gadgets/technologies.

Mr. Seenivasan gave pointers towards creating smart watches and creation of smart assembly lines in their factory at Titan.

Mr. Dinesh talked about smart assembly line for Volvo products and creation of driverless Volvo construction equipment in their Sweden plant.

Mr. Sanjay talked about application of Blockchain application in the supply chain and creation of smart contracts getting embedded in the Blockchain.

Mr. Venkatesh spoke about the creation of small and smart factories catering to local supplies in order to develop local self-sufficiency and big opportunity for SME sector.

There was good interaction as students raised many interesting questions related to the topic and were clarified suitably.

Round Table snapshots:

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Event | Analytics Club

Analytics club Inauguration Report WeSleshak, the students’ Analytics club at Welingkar, has been established with a specific focus of facilitating and building analytics platform across disciplines and beyond. The club was officially inaugurated on December 03, 2019

by Mr. Philip V Varughese, Vice President & Global Lead – Applied Intelligence & Analytics: Accenture Security. The world is churning huge volume of data every day and this volume comes from apps, social media sites, videos, online searches, emails and so on. The key challenges before the organisation is therefore how to analyse and interpret such Big Data to improve business performance.

WeSleshak is a platform to nurture this huge skill requirement in the area of Analytics with three objectives: • To equip the future manager with certain skill sets of drawing insights from structured and unstructured data and solve real time business problems; • To promote academic and industry projects in the form of internship and/or of any other contractual agreement; • To strengthen the relationship with other B-Schools by adopting various co-curricular and extra-curricular activities including management fest, competitions and so on.

The programme started with a welcome speech by the student volunteer, followed by the dignitaries and the Chief Guest lighting the lamp to inaugurate the occasion. We had the Analytics club Logo being launched by the Chief Guest. In the inaugural address Mr. Varughese emphasised on the significance of data analytics for the growth and development of any organization and being competitive in this VUCA world. The function concluded with a thanks giving speech from the student coordinator.

Mr. Philip V Varughese with Faculty Members and students of WeSleshak

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WENTURE – Entrepreneurship & Incubation Cell

Entrepreneurship & Incubation Cell @ WeSchool Bangalore According to Jack Ma, “If you have never tried, how will you ever know if there’s any chance?”.

The goal at WENTURE is to create an ecosystem that supports innovation and entrepreneurship through the use of available resources and our network. At WENTURE, we support student entrepreneurial intentions and encourage them to make the best of the resources that are being offered to them. Students are nurtured to forge their own path towards success. WENTURE, has hosted numerous distinguished entrepreneurs at our flagship event - the “Inspired Talk Series”. Here, the invited luminaries, share their entrepreneurial experiences and insights with our students. A few of the speakers over the years include, Mr. P. C. Mustafa (Co-Founder & CEO IDfresh, Mr. Nameet M (Co-Founder & Chief Production Head- First Agro), Mrs. Nasreen Khan (Founder & Creative Head Jute Cottage) and Dr. Amarnath Emertius (Prof IIT-Bombay, Ex- Head –SINE) and Mr. Sanjay Arora - Founder and Managing Director, Zentech Info Solutions Pvt Ltd. WENTURE also conducts an annual Business Plan competition “Pitch It!” that allows students to compete with their peers and get their ideas vetted by industry experts.

In 2019 WENTURE welcomed two incubatees: Autolligent Technologies and LetsTagOn into its fold. Both these external incubatees now run their operations out of the Innowe Lab of WENTURE. Our objective is to create a positive synergistic environment for startups to incubate in help them grow. This is especially significant for our students as they get to intern and work on live projects with the incubatees.

We also conduct various in-house competitions for the first year students. The winners of these competitions get to undertake field trips along with WENTURE representatives. For example a group of students got the opportunity to visit Shell Apparell Pvt. Ltd one of the leading denim manufacturers in Karnataka. Shell works with Lee, Wrangler, Flying Machine, Pepe Jeans, John Plyers, Arrow etc. to name a few. They also have their own in-house brand of denim called American Bull.

WENTURE aspires to convert students from job seekers to job providers by exposing them to the exiting world of entrepreneurship and changing their mind-sets from the traditional to one that is more modern and industry 4.0 ready.

Ms. Bhavna Kumar, Head International Expansion Samsung Next, 17 October 2018

Mr. Philip V Varughese with Faculty Members and students of WeSleshak th

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Management Development Centre

Analytics Driven Decisions in HR A two - day Management Development Program was conducted on Sept 11th & 12th, 2019 for employees of Infosys BPM Ltd. The program is designed to train the executives with data-driven decision making process in the area of HRD. The objective of the program is three-fold:

• To orient the participants with fundamental knowledge of analytics concepts & modeling technique; • To help them understand the application of analytics in HR function; • To provide hands on exposure towards various software including Microsoft Excel and IBM SPSS.

Next Generation Leaders Program (NGLP) - Batch 1 The Next Generation Leaders Program (NGLP) from September 16th to 19th, 2019, for Micro Labs Ltd. was spread over 4 days and held in WeSchool Bengaluru Campus. The 4 days session covers Customer Orientation, People Orientation, Result Orientation, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Post 4-days of NGLP each trainee is assigned an Action Learning Project (ALP) followed by one-to-one mentoring.

By the end of the project, they undergo a final review by the faculty mentor for the preparation of the ALP report to showcase the impact of the learning and its application on the job.

Global Leadership Practices program - V 18th to 22nd November 2019 To broaden personal and professional horizons and foster a deeper understanding of leadership practices in India.

Yellow Edge is an Australian company dedicated to help individuals, teams and organizations to reach greater levels.

The Global Leadership Practices program enabled participants to broaden personal and professional horizons and foster a deeper understanding of leadership practices in India. Through this residential program, the participants learned about Indian culture, and gained a truly global experience which they probably couldn’t get anywhere else. It is designed to introduce Australian executives to what goes on behind the scenes in India. Till date, WeSchool Bengaluru successfully conducted 5 versions of this consultancy assignment.

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Management Development Centre

Student Experience at Global Leadership Practices program - V Life is at times monotonous and dull, one finds oneself chained to a very dull and dreary routine. One craves for change, for a variety, for a diversion from the soul-killing books, classroom lectures, homework and examinations. A cultural function provides this much desired change. Whenever we hear something like a 'cultural show', we immerse ourselves into the thoughts of alluring colourful lights, unstoppable music, variety, diversity, DJs, and even savouring foods. We tend to bend our hunches towards participation, huge crowds, and cultural diversities which indeed gifts you a massive package of memories. Knowing people, working with them and understanding them is like the crux of every event. The cultural event for Australian delegates as a part of Global Leadership Practices program - V was held in WeSchool Bengaluru college campus in the Amphi Theatre on 22nd November, 2019. Australian delegates of Yellow Edge have been visiting our campus since past five years on an annual basis and we get an opportunity to meet such professionals and get to know about their culture. It all started with a power-packed performance by our Associate dean and professor, Dr. Dakshina Murthy’s Veena performance. It gave us an immense joy and pleasure to witness such an alluring and mesmerising form of art. The Australian delegates were all involved in the performance. We then had an Indian Classical performance by the students trained in Kathak and Bharatnatyam dance forms. The event comprised of several dance performances based on different cultural varieties from different Indian provinces such as - Bhangra, Garba, Lavni, etc. We were taken aback by the mesmerising and melodious band performance by the students. Their engagement towards the delegates was the best part of the show. We could see that the audience, students, delegates and our teachers putting their heart into it. Two of our students showcased their talented hands on Tabla and Violin which left everyone

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mesmerised. We also had singing performance where we saw our students trying to connect to the delegates by singing some of the Western songs. Last but not the least, we had a Cultural Fashion Show performance which was all colourful. It was such a treat for our eyes seeing them walking all around the stage wearing those flashy, colourful, and beautiful dresses. The essence and taste of India shimmered throughout the show and it all ended with everyone enjoying and shaking their legs to some of the popular Bollywood numbers. We saw the delegates involving themselves to the fullest throughout the event. They even joined the crowd dancing and enjoying. It was fun witnessing such a great event and given a chance wish to contribute again for the same.

Varsha Verma, PGDM 2019-21

“Kitchen is the place to bring everyone together”

And, this quote has been satisfied when we, the students organized the hobby kitchen on 22nd November, 2019 when Australian delegates visited our campus as a part of the Global Leadership Practices program - V. Australian delegates have been visiting our campus since past five years on an annual basis and we get an opportunity to meet such professionals and learn their culture. The day started with the hobby kitchen where 12 students participated to represent our culture’s taste and food. The food menu included – mocktails which included virgin mojitos, chaats and oreo shake.

Snacks which included panipuri, bhelpuri, gobhi Manchurian, onion pakodas, mix veg pakodas, misal pav, aaloo dum chaat and green chatney. And then deserts which included shahi tukda and makhane ki lollipop. It was a great experience as the delegates also shared the kitchen and their cooking interests with the students.

Isha Bharati PGDM EBiz 2019-21

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Management Development Centre

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) Autonomous The 18-month Management Learning Program started on 3rd December 2019, for the employees of Apotex Research Pvt. Ltd. working in the manufacturing plant in Bengaluru. The program is delivered 3 days a month.

The program objective is to develop Middle level Managers towards taking up higher responsibilities in line with the rapidly growing business of Apotex.

Junior Management Leadership Program Batch 15, Bangalore Infosys BPO JMLP (Junior Management Leadership Program) is a unique corporate education program by We School.

JMLP aims to provide a broad based management education to the employees in the JL2 / JL3 cadre to equip them to move into the next layer of management and also provide a broader view of the business to help them understand the concept of outsourcing and meet customer expectations. This is a 400 hours program for front level BPO employees to help them move to the next level of management. The course covers subjects under General Management, Operations, HR, Finance and Marketing. The program was run across locations, Bangalore, Pune, Chennai and Jaipur.

The 15th Batch started at Bengaluru on 20th December 2019 and 14th Batch has completed 14th month program at Pune.

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Next Generation Leaders Program (NGLP) - Batch 2 The Next Generation Leaders Program (NGLP) from January 20th to 23rd, 2020, for Micro Labs Ltd. is spread over 4 days in WeSchool Campus. The 4 days session covers Customer Orientation, People Orientation, Result Orientation, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Post 4-days NGLP each one is assigned an Action Learning Project (ALP) followed by one-to-one mentoring.

By the end of the project, they undergo a final review by the faculty mentor for the preparation of the ALP report to showcase the impact of the learning and its application on the job.

2- day program on "HR Analytics for corporate professionals”, on 17th & 18th January 2020 The program is designed to train the executives with data-driven decision making process in the area of HRD. The objective of the program is three-fold: • To orient the participants with fundamental knowledge of analytics concepts & modeling technique; • To help them understand the application of analytics in HR function; • To provide hands on exposure towards various software including Microsoft Excel and Power BI

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Event | Rotaract Installation Ceremony-15th August 2019

“A new journey begins with taking a step; a step of seeking new landscapes of life with new eyes.”

The solemn day of 15th August'19 marked the beginning of a new journey for Rotaract Club of WeSchool Bengaluru Campus.. with the 10th installation of Office Bearer for the Rotary year 2019-20.

President, Rotary Club of Rotary Bengaluru Junction Rtr. BG Raj, Member Rotary International, Rotaract & Interact Committee 2016-18 Rtr Karthik Kitty and Drr Shashi Kumar M graced the event by their presence along with Zrr's and other Rotractors and our fellow students.

President 2018-19 Rtr Rushabh Mehta crowned the President 2019-20 Priya Gupta and handed over the Club's responsibility to the new President and her board.

The event concluded with insightful speech by our guests, a photoshoot of the new board and refreshments. It was truly a memorable day and we got a great chance to engage and interact with other Rotractors.

WeSchool ROTARACT TeamPresident

Priya Gupta

PR

Secretary

Mrudul Amritphale

1. Shubham Singh

Vice President

Moh. Irfan Ansari

2. Vijay Mohan

Joint Secretary

Nishi Agrawal

3. Anveita Sreekrisshna

Community Service Director

Krispi Kariya

4. Shivendu Sinha

Club Service Director

Charu Mitthal

EditorEditor

Diksha Gurnani

International Service Director

Manika Panwar

Sergeant at Arms

Rohit Chavan

Professional Service Director

Kaustub Bhagwat

Treasurer

Radhika Wagh

Rotaract Events COTS training session “Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow” - Anthony J. D'Angelo In ode to continual learning, District Rotaract Representative, of District 3190, Rtr. Shashi Kumar organised a Club Officials Training Session and District assembly on 25th August, at PES University.

A training session, under the guidance of District Assembly, was conducted for all the rotaractors of the district 3190.

President Rtr Priya Gupta of Rotaract Club of WeSchool along with her team attended this training session. The session was concluded by a valedictory ceremony.

ICGF- 15 September 2019 ICGF InterCity General Forum (ICGF) is to give every Rotarian and Rotaractor a chance to learn how he/she can make Rotary’s service to the community more effective. It was the first time this year, ICGF was organized by the Rotaractors. The event was one of its kinds, with the theme of “Superheroes”. The distinct keynote speaker for the event was Mr. Tejasvi Surya, Member of Parliament from Bangalore South. He spoke about Bangalore as a developing city as well as waste management and how youths are the strength of India. The insights given by him were inspiring and interesting.

The event was then followed by Nachley 5.0, the Retro-Pop Dance event, where different dancers showcasedd their talents by performing group dance, couple dance and solo.

Towards the end, lunch was served followed by the prize distribution ceremony.

It was a great event with people wearing their superheroes costume and showing enthusiasm throughout.

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Event | Rotaract Installation Ceremony-15th August 2019

Nehru Planetarium Visit-29th September 2019 Happiness and Smiles, Brighten our lives”.

A joint initiative by Rotaract Club of Bangalore Junction and Rotaract Club of Welingkar to bring a smile on the faces of children from Rainbow School- an orphanage Club Activity- A group of 35 children from Rainbow School, an orphanage located in Kodihalli Main Road (Domlur) were taken on a trip to Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium on Sanky Road on 29th September’19.

The Day PlanThe day kicked off with the Rotaractors of The Rotaract Club of Welingkar visiting the orphanage, thereby, picking up the children for the visit, scheduled at 11am.

After the arrival at the Planetarium at 12 noon, the members of the Rotaract Club of Bangalore junction, joined us.

The show of the Solar System was scheduled at 1:15pm, till then, the children explored the various science working models and prototypes that catered to their curiosities.

Finally, the show commenced at 1:15pm. It lasted for 45 minutes. The students were mesmerized to see the show.

They had lots of questions regarding the functioning of the Solar System We were elated to see their response for the show. After the show was over, the children were provided with refreshments from Mc Donald’s (Burger, French Fries and juice).

Also, to keep them involved, small activities were organised and chocolates were distributed for the same.

At 3pm, the trip finally came to an end with departure from the Planetarium, followed by dropping the children back to the orphanage.

It was an eventful day not only for the children but for the rotaractors as well. The children enjoyed a lot. A small step at our end, led to a bigger smile to their faces and we are happy to be the reason.

Workshop on Presentation Skills- 8th December 2019

“There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.”

- Jean de la Bruyere An initiative undertaken by Rotaract Club of Bangalore Junction, Rotaract Club of Gems Bschool and Rotaract Club of Welingkar to master the art of creating and delivering a speech. The event was under the Professional Development Services, where upon the club members were guided by Rtr. Pradeep Kumar. ”Exploring the orator within” focused on how to effectively and fearlessly communicate our thoughts through a perfect blend of words. It was a nice learning session for all the members.

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Faculty Achievements

Dr. Savitha GR Assistant Professor – HR Specialization Dr. Savitha G R received Best Research Paper at the NHRD Network HR Showcase, Bangalore Chapter, conducted on December 6 & 7, 2019.

Dr. Sowmya C.S. Associate Professor - HR Dr. Sowmya C S received ''Academic Excellence" award conferred by the Higher Education Forum (HEF), Bengaluru Chapter and Indus Business Academy, on 17th January 2020, on the occasion of 3rd HEF Bengaluru Conference.

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Student Achievements

Prerna Gupta (PGDM BD&I 2019-21) was the first Runners Up at AVENUES’19 the Annual Business Festival of Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT BOMBAY The Competition started with a quiz, which was an online quiz, following which, the shortlisted candidates were provided with a Marketing case study as a qualifying round to finale. The case study had to be submitted within the due date with proper solutions, strategies and assumptions used. Then in total 14 candidates were shortlisted for the final campus round.

The final round was held at SJMSOM, IIT BOMBAY.

Diksha Sanyal and Rishabh Kashyap (PGDM E-Biz 2019-21) were among top 8 winners in HBR Pinnacle Case Study, IIM Lucknow.

Prerna Gupta at SJMSOM, IIT BOMBAY

Aditi Agarwal (PGDM 2019-21) Winner at Scribble Dribble 3.0 – article writing competition organized by Hrhythm, the HR Club of IIM Kashipur

Sakshi Puranik (PGDM 2019-21) were amongst the first 4 students at E-Stratega - Case Study Analysis competition organized by IIM Sambalpur. Sakshi competed with students from other prestigious colleges such as IIMs, MDI, IIFT, FMS and Symbiosis.

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Jagriti Kanungo (PGDM 2019-21) and Sonakshi Gurbaxani (PGDM E-BIZ 2019-21), were the Winners at PRARDAYATI, HR club event of IIM SIRMAUR

Student Achievements

Rajat Bindlish and Juibala Bobade (PGDM 19-21) secured 2nd Runners up position at XIMB-Gladiator, a flagship business simulation event Total Number of Rounds: 3 Round 1 Holocaust - Online Quiz: Assesses the participants on their extensive business knowledge in the form of an online quiz 12 SEP'19, 10:30 PM IST - 12 SEP'19, 10:50 PM IST Round 2 The Golden Fleece - Management modules: The Golden Fleece– Finalists battle it out over different management modules 28 SEP'19, 9:00 AM IST - 28 SEP'19, 6:00 PM IST

Rajat Bindlish and Juibala Bobade (PGDM 2019-21)

Round 3 The Dark Room - Managerial prowess: Candidates are critically examined to evaluate their managerial prowess 29 SEP'19, 9:00 AM IST - 29 SEP'19, 6:30 PM IST Tabish Shivani (PGDM E-Biz 2019-21) and Ashi Bhargava (PGDM E-Biz 201820) secured the Second Runners Up position at IIM Visakhapatnam Case Study Competition “Optaqon 2019”.

Quiz Round: First was a preliminary round. There were 600-800 participants in the 1st round. Students were requested to register and take part in the online quiz.

Case Study: Teams that qualified Round 1 were given a case study. Participants were required to submit the executive summary of the case in a presentation.

Tabish Shivani and Ashi Bhargava

On Campus Grand Finale: Only 6 teams were selected for the Final Case Study Presentation Round. The teams were from IIM VISHAKHAPATNAM, SIOM NASHIK, IIT MADRAS, NMIMS BANGALORE, IMI KOLKATA and WELINGKAR BENGALURU.

Charvi Sharma, Isha Bharti and Abhay Maheshwari (PGDM E-Biz 2019-21) secured the second place at EXPLORICA organized by Symbiosis Institute of Media and communication, Pune.

ROUND 1: Throwback Endorse The First Round was a preliminary selection round where they were given the task to select an existing Brand and a Character as the brand mascot/ambassador for the selected brand, from the list provided to us, and make creative advertisement in the form of Meme, Poster, Videos. The creatives were to be submitted online to the organizers via email.

ROUND 2: Ride the Time Machine Round 2 was held at SIMC campus, Pune. Total 9 teams got selected for this round. Here each teams were given a specific MILESTONE(an important event from the history of India) and a list of brands. The teams were at freedom to choose a brand on their own and incorporate the given MILESTONE and prepare a marketing strategy.

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Student Achievements

ROUND 3: The Final Leap Here the selected 4 team’s brands from the earlier round was swapped with each other and each teams were given a social issue like Child Marriage, Child Labour etc. The teams were given 45 minutes to come up with a cause-vertisement i.e integrate the given brand and the social cause and come up with a social marketing campaign and spread awareness.

Charvi Sharma, Isha Bharti and Abhay Maheshwari (PGDM E-Biz 2019-21)

Rajat Jaiswal, Kunal Agrawal and Krishna Gupta (PGDM EBiz 2019-21) were the Runners Up at BIZZAFRS- The Business Affairs Club of IMI-K. The competition comprised First Round of online quiz and on campus Final Round i.e Business Conclave. There were 294 teams in the first round, out of which 8 teams made it to the finals.

Rajat Jaiswal, and Krishna Gupta also secured Second Runners Up position at Stratomania 4.0 - Udyamita" organized by the Entrepreneurship and Consulting Cell, Symbiosis, Pune and First Runners Up at “Corporate Ranbhoomi” event organized by K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai.

Rajat Jaiswal, and Krishna Gupta at Corporate Ranbhoomi event and holding their certificates at Udyamita

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Teacher’s Day

‘A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite imagination and instil love for learning’. The students of WeSchool, Bangalore celebrated teacher’s Day on September 5, 2019 with full zest and enthusiasm. The day began by honouring our loving faculties with a flower and a chocolate as a token of love and appreciation for them. Followed by a poem dedicated to teachers by a student from the junior batch. After a warm greeting, now it was time to have some fun. All the teachers were indulged in fun filled activities that marked the celebration. They sang, danced and played together creating memories to cherish forever. They revealed in the company of their fellow teachers, taking pride in their role as teachers who transform lives and create future. Several games like guessing the object from drawing, musical chair and many more fun-filled acts were organized by the Cultural Committee. All the teachers enjoyed a lot during the activities and played every game with immense ardour. The day followed by a song sung by a student to appreciate our teachers and their compassion towards portraying their knowledge and moulding our future brightly. The day came to an end with a thanking note to teachers for their diligence, sincerity and hard-work.

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Event | Alumni Meet 2019

BENGALURU

JAB WE MET ALUMNI MEET 2019 14th December, 2019 Hotel Radha Regent, Bengaluru

The first ever Alumni meet in Bangalore was held on 14th December 2019 (Saturday). It was an incredible event where alumni enthusiastically participated. Many of the alumni were nostalgic during their campus tour and were happy to see the new developments. Around 100+ alumni attended the meet. The reunion provided alumni the forum to network with other alumni, faculties and current students.

The event began with the inaugural address by Prof. Dr. Uday Salunke, Group Director, WeSchool. He highlighted the accolades received by WeSchool Bangaluru over the years and invited the alumni to participate in institutional activities. Dr. Anil Rao Paila, Sr. Dean & Director, WeSchool Bengaluru, in his address emphasised various initiatives at the campus. Dr. Madhavi Lokhande, Dean, WeSchool Bengaluru, in her address spoke about the progress made and future plans for the campus. Subsequent to the address there were several funfilled activities that the alumni actively participated in. The current students also put up a scintillating performance. The event was vibrant and well received by the audience. The alumni reunion was a great success in connecting the alumni, management, faculties and students.

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Jogabonito 2019

JogaBonito 2019 The annual mega football fiesta JogaBonito was held on 15th December 2019 at Sports Base, Electronic City Phase 1. Initiated in 2011 the championship has seen enthusiastic participation by WE School students, alumni, staff and faculty. The matches were played with great zeal and sportsmanship. In the men’s tournament Ebiz-2 Seniors won the tournament while Alumni team was the runner up. In the girl’s tournament Ebiz-2 Seniors won the tournament while PGDM Juniors was the runners up. The event was conducted under the guidance of Prof. Anita Pillai, Prof.

Ragesh T. S. and the student lead was Kedar Dongre. The tournament was a grand success.

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Joga Bonito - Student’s Experience

“Bend it like Beckham” is one of my all time favourite sports movie. It’s a rom- com full of fun, laughter and a ‘big fat Punjabi wedding’; but at its core it’s a story about two women breaking societal barriers to play their favourite sport - Football. We girls too had our moment-to-cherish on 15th December 2019 when our college organised Joga Bonito - a football event where Seniors, Juniors, Alumni and Faculty members participated. It wasn’t societal barriers that we were breaking this time, but the barriers of self-confidence and self-doubt, since most of us had never played before.

On that day, our spirits were as high as the sun in the sky. We were twenty-six girls in three teams respectively.

TEAM 1(Ebiz 2 SR) Ashveen Kaur Stuti Bhatt Palak Arora Bhavika Arora Keerthi Nambiar Nutan Godde Bulbul Singh Shruti Shekhawat Sayal Ojha Priya Gupta

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TEAM 2(PGDM Juniors) Antara Kher Anindita Sarma Aarushi Soral Nishi Agrawal Priya Gupta Rutu Parvadiya Sakshi Puranik Tanvi Chitnis

TEAM 3 (Ebiz1 JR) Tashu Pandey Parishi Purohit Ashvini Ghunte Shubhangi Pandey Raghvi Mathur Radhika Wagh Gayatri Sunayna Nikita Dekate

Jogabonito 2019

The match was played at the Sports Base, Electronic City, Bengaluru. The captains were Ashween Kaur, Tashu Pandey and Antara Kher. The matches were as follows:-

Matches Ebiz 2 SR Ebiz 1 JR PGDM JR Ebiz 2 SR Ebiz 1 JR PGDM JR

Ebiz 1 JR PGDM JR Ebiz 2 SR Ebiz 1 JR PGDM JR Ebiz 2 SR

Finals The event started from 10am. As the matches started the teams were cheered by their supporters. Each match had a lot of competitive spirit and team work. Strategies were drawn out by each team. Some players were injured but still the passion was seen in their eyes. First match was played between Ebiz 2 seniors and Ebiz 1 juniors. Both the teams played extremely well and the match was won by Ebiz2 seniors. All the teams were passionate and determined so many matches resulted in a draw. Even junior teams gave a tough competition to seniors. Even the match between PGDM Juniors and Ebiz Seniors was engaging. PGDM juniors won the match by 1-0.

Finals was played between Ebiz 2 seniors and PGDM juniors. Due to time constraints the play time was reduced to 10 minutes. It was a tough fight between the two teams. The competition was neck to neck and then the seniors received the penalty shot. Palak Arora took the shot and it was a goal. It was a perfect shot. This made match more interesting for audience as no one was able to make out who will win the tournament. Finally Joga Bonito - Girls was won by Ebiz 2 Seniors. They won by 1-0. The titles were as follows:Best Defender- Sayal Ojha Maximum no. of Goals- Palak Arora Best Goalkeeper- Nutan Godde Joga Bonito turned out to be an event which had a blend of emotions, starting from anxiety, cheerfulness, support, happiness, etc. Teams were all blend of emotions ...We saw them smile on their wins and saw their tears on losses, even though there was pain and pressure... we saw them motivating each other and being there whenever one falled .. A perfect example of team spirit.

Antara Kher PGDM 2019-21

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Cricket Tournament

On the occasion of National Sports Day we organised Cricket tournament at Sportsbaze on 29th August. This was the unofficial cricket tournament organised by Sports Sec Pravin Dange, Shubham Vaid, Antara Kher and Parth Rai. In this tournament six teams of boys participated and two teams for girls participated. The enthusiasm and spirit was seen in the players . The teams were three of seniors and three of juniors for boys. Each and every team played extremely well . Every team has had great support and to see the cheerful crowd from all these and having fun was fantastic. The finals was qualified by Ebiz 2 juniors and Ebiz 1 juniors which was very interesting match. It was finally won by Ebiz 2 Juniors ,captain Pravin Dange. In all the tournament turned out to be a successful one .

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Student’s Experience - Online Admission Process 2020

Eva Maheshwari PGDM, E-Business Batch 2020-22 With the coronavirus wreaking havoc across the world, while we stay safe at our homes with schools and colleges shut, there is a mad dash to compensate for the lost time by introducing various models of online learning and conducting admissions through online process.

With the lack of availability of traditional means of college admissions, students, just like me, were frantic about admissions looking for a silver lining during such catastrophic times. However, online mode of admissions came to our rescue.

I had gone through the similar admission process here in WeSchool. Everything went off without a hitch. I remember calling and sending emails time and again when I had any issue regarding my application and they sorted it out. For my every query, the college administration was prompt and helpful.

My GDPI was scheduled in the morning shift. I received the link few minutes prior to the reporting time. I was nervous as it was going to be my very first interview at an online platform. The process started at the right time. The panel had two college faculties. They briefed me about the whole procedure. It was going to be a two fold process. The first phase was an extempore in which I had to speak on the given topic for five minutes followed by the PI part in which I was asked some general questions about my course preferences and how the current business situation is affected

by Coronavirus crisis and few more. This two way interaction went on seamlessly for approximately half an hour.

Personally, I had a wonderful experience with the mode, mostly because both the interviewer was pretty cordial.

The entire session was so hassle free, with no waiting in queues for the panel call, unlike the conventional way. We did not have to travel all the way to some other city and get interviewed in unfamiliar surroundings. Sitting in front of a camera enabled screen, on your couch in the formal attire, at your own home, was all it took to make me a part of this eminent institution.

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Student’s Experience - Online Admission Process 2020

Sumantra Mukherjee PGDM, E-Business Batch 2020-22 After much fervour and a truck load of anticipation later, we were intimated about the slots for our Online Group Discussion and Personal Interview. The first of its kind owing the prevailing conditions of the pandemic, this came as a welcome excuse to put the pedal to the metal. However, it tagged along with it a strange amalgamation of fear, hope and resolve. On the D Day, I was glued to the laptop much before time, checking on the technical aspects for the smooth transition of the selection process. The interview started sharp at the designated time and I found two enthusiastic and warm panel members waiting for our interaction. Post exchanging pleasantries, I dove right into the topic presented to me for the Extempore. I could feel the comfort and ease of communication since the panel members on the receiving end were quite attentive and pleased. Thereafter, there was a one-to-one discussion with the members on topics of national importance as well as the nitty-gritty of my technical background, motive behind pursuing management education to name a few. Following the interview, we signed off for the day. A couple of days later I found myself to be a part of the WeSchool family after a holistic and wholesome GD&PI experience which marked the beginning of a new phase of life for me. It set me off on a trajectory which would involve the coveted and acclaimed WeSchool advantage tagged with a platform to meet up, collaborate and indulge into the hurdles and achievements hereafter as a collective and diverse family.

Vidhi Rastogi PGDM, E-Business Batch 2020-22 Hello everyone! This is Vidhi Rastogi from Farrukhabad district of Uttar-Pradesh - Kanpur being the nearest town. I have pursued Bcom (Hons) from Gargi College, University of Delhi and graduated in 2019. So MBA was something which I always wanted to do for my further studies to get the broader perspective of the corporate world and gain much more professional experience and practical learning. Therefore I appeared for competitive exams and applied for various colleges.

I got to know about Welingkar through one of the social media platforms and then when I gone through the website, I was quite impressed about their curriculum and decided to apply. Also both the campuses are located in amazing cities (Mumbai and Bengaluru) which actually would provide a major advantage to the students. So, after receiving the call letter, I appeared for the GDPI process in Delhi, which was a great experience. There were huge number of applicants and the Panelists were also well qualified and experienced. After which as we all know, Covid-19 hit us and the results got delayed which ultimately led to a sense of impatience and chaos among the students. I remember sending the mails from time to time to get the actual status of the results and every time the college administration was responsive. So by mid of June, our results got declared and I converted for PGDM in E-Business, Bengaluru Campus which was a huge sigh of relief for me. Thereby, now I feel honoured to be a part of such a prestigious college.

Though Covid-19 did hit us but still anyhow I managed to be a part of the WeSchool family.

Since because of the current scenario, we cannot be together in the campus but anyhow we will be connecting virtually through online platforms. We had some unofficial interactive sessions with some of our peers and seniors and probably would be starting with the classes soon. So looking forward to connect with the WeSchool family and have amazing events, Fresher’s being the most awaited one.

Let’s hope for the situations to get better and for us to be together in the real world. See you soon We School family.

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Hackathon 2016

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