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I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

PGDM Induction 2

Alumni Messages 15

Workshops 23

Snippets 24

N E W S L E T T E R T E A M

Advisory Board

• Jayanta Sengupta

• Manas Chakravarty

• Bhuvneshwar Gupta

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• Manas Chakravarty

• Mrugesh Nayak

• Shivani Patel

Student Reporters

• Dhiraj Runku

• Mohammad Athar Ansari

• Rupela Kunal

• Vivek Akhani

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Quarterly Newsletter for

internal communication only

It is now time again to welcome new students in

the campus. This issue features the Induction

Program of PGDM batch 2017-19 and welcome

messages from some alumni

Happy reading !

From the Editorial desk ...

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Volume II, Issue 3 July 2017

WELCOME PGDM BATCH 2017-19

The Induction program for PGDM batch 2017-19 was rolled out on Tuesday, July 04, 2017. The ceremony of the

inaugural session commenced with a welcome address by Prof.Jayanta Sengupta who guided the aspirant grads about

their roles and responsibilities. It was followed by lamp lighting wherein students were also invited on the podium along

with dignitaries. Mr.Tarun Arora, COO & Director, Zydus Wellness Ltd. graced the occasion as Guest of Honor. He

shared his experience and lessons of life very candidly with the budding managers. The students were also benefited

with tips from the Dean, Prof. Manas Chakravarty. The session concluded with a Vote of Thanks proposed by the

Director-Academics, Dr. Bhuvneshwar Gupta. The entire program was anchored by Ms Kunj Ganatra.

In the afternoon the Dean introduced faculty members and other staff to the new students and also oriented them to

the architecture of the PGDM program.

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Day 2

The second day of first week of induction program started with ‘Teaming Up’ activity. It was designed and delivered by

Prof.Manas Chakravarty. No work in the business world is carried out in isolation but in team. As such, this activity was

in tandem with the corporate functioning. It required electing a team leader and an alternate, coin a name for it, create

team flag and team anthem with lyrics and tune. All the eight groups were monitored by a faculty observer and were

provided with raw material and asked to comply with the instructions.

In the given time frame, they gave presentations justifying their flag design and explaining the objective of their team

name, anthem and handling questions from the audience. The faculty mentors shared their observation and students’

involvement in the activity. The jury comprised Prof. Jayanta Sengupta, Dr.Bhuvneshwar Gupta and Prof. Hardik Gandhi.

The first prize went to Team-8 and Team-2 won the runners-up prize . The day ended with Prof Manas Chakravarty

delineating the managerial learning that could be derived from the exercise.

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Day 3 Prof. Bhupinder Arora coordinated the third day of Induction program. The students participated in a management

game mirroring a real-life business scenario of manufacturing and selling boats. The objective of this exercise was to

give students a comprehensive exposure of an array of industry operations right from registration of company to

manufacturing and marketing of the product. It also aimed to stimulate negotiation, time management, team work,

problem solving and leadership qualities among the students. Various groups of students were formed and assigned

roles to create varied business entities. All the students were enthusiastically absorbed in the activity through out the

day. The students were also required to share their learning and challenges towards the end of the game. Prof. Arora

summed up the day with his inputs on the entire exercise and integrated observations from the faculty members as

well. The first prize was conferred to Team -1 and Team-5 won the second prize.

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Day 4 The first half of the fourth day of Induction program started with English Language proficiency test. It aimed to identify

the gray areas of language competency of students and subsequently take the corrective measures. It was followed by a

session on History of Indian Business by UWSB mentor, Prof.Jayaynta Sengupta. A detailed panorama of Indian history

from 300 B.C. till present day of Entrepreneurial India was briefed in an interactive fashion. Prof. Sengupta also threw

light on the first management Guru-Chanakya and his work in addition to discussion on the fundamentals of business

strategy-Sama, Dama, Danda, Bheda.

The second half involved students with fun and excitement till the end of the day. Prof. Bhupinder Arora and Prof.Hardik

Gandhi jointly coordinated the activity-‘Treasure Hunt’ for students. The prime objective of the exercise was to

familiarize the students with the campus infrastructure. It also channelized students’ dynamism, team synergy,

observation power and problem solving ability. Prof.Manas Chakravarty gave away the first prize to Group – 1 and

Dr.Bhuvneshwar Gupta felicitated Team-3 with the second prize.

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2nd Week - Day 1 The first half of second week of Induction program commenced with a life skill session titled Pillars of Success.

Dr Bhuvneshwar Gupta who anchored this session laid with emphasis on purpose of life, significance of goal setting and

chasing and achieving it with enhanced efficiency.

Further, the students were enlightened with the dynamics of life and dealing with perseverance while moving out from

the comfort zone. Dr.Gupta also shared the mantra for professional success: staying positive, weeding out negativity

and their impact on physical and mental health.

The second half was divided into three tutorial sessions on Communication Skills, Accounting and Quantitative testing

running parallel with a Dean’s Panel Interview. The students were required to attend all these sessions on rotation basis

through out the week.

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2nd Week Day 2 In this session on Tuesday, July 11 Ms. Kunj Ganatra involved the students in an open discussion on Thinking Healthy.

Prof.Kunj tried to capsulate positivity and healthy thinking for professional success in her interaction with the students.

The second session on Business Legends was conducted by Prof.Hardik Gandhi using videos and interactive discussion

to draw lessons from the success stories of Dr.Subhash Chandra (Zee Telefilms) and Sunil Bharti Mittal (Airtel).

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2nd Week Day 3 The students learnt fundamental principles and art of managing expectations with fun on Wednesday, July 12, during

their second week of Induction. Prof. Daisy Kurien coordinated the session on Expectation Management as resource

faculty. The session aimed to facilitate the students in understanding and establishing relevance of realistic expectations

for self and accordingly take actions to make them achievable. The pedagogy for the session included management

games, pair and group activity apart from presentation by Prof. Kurien.

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2nd Week Day 4 Prof.Gaurav Arora held a session on The World is Not Enough during the fourth day of second week of Induction. He discussed the gamut of concepts related to globalization right from culture to technology citing examples from Asia, US, UK, and Middle East. The students were also enlightened on the future of global companies operating in India and vice-versa. The sessions were carried out in an interactive manner using videos and team exercises.

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2nd Week Day 5 The last day of Induction program culminated into a high note of enthusiasm as the students were completely absorbed

in Talent Expo. They were given free hand to showcase their latent talent in the form of dance, song, drama and the

likes. A hilarious Comedy-drama by Ashish Upadhyay and group titled ‘BABA MBA’ won huge round of applause from

the audience. Again, the scintillating group dance on the Bollywood mash ‘ Udi udi jai..’ arrested audience attention the

most. In addition to these, Solo song, Casio & Guitar play, Stand-up Comedy etc. were also performed by the students.

The program ended with a melodious Bengali mash-up by Supratik, Shubham and Varun. Everyone in the audience was

enthralled.

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I heartily welcome the new students to the Unitedworld School of Business. It was a great experience to be a part of this

premium business school. This institute has given me real exposure of corporate world. The standard of learning, evalu-

ation process and guidance of faculties including Dean and Director helped me to enrich my knowledge and skills. The

support from our placement coordinator helped me secure my job in Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages.

My message to the newcomers is: be open to receive the education provided by the institute, learn as much as possible

from our experienced faculties and be patient. Also remember that the scenario of what stands for good corporate ex-

perience has changed from desk work in air conditioned offices to field work in the market. Therefore be ready for

sweat and toil.

And enjoy the journey of UWSB ... All the best!

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Bibek Saha PGDM 2015-17

Unitedworld school of Business has a culture of its own which is inculcated in its students right from the onset of the course. The course curriculum is well designed, planned and executed. The faculty is always forthcoming with guidance and support pushing students to perform their best. Optimum stress is given on practical learning as well as classroom learning through various assignments and projects, which is the most important learning for management students. I offer my gratitude to all the faculties, Dean and Director for continuous and unflinching encouragement helping me with my current job in Disha Mircofinance - Fincare Group. My advice to all the junior students is: aim high with focus, dream big and you will succeed in life.

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Divya Dhingra

PGDM 2015-17

It has been a nice journey of my life in this college. The faculty at UWSB are well experienced. The classroom and all

other infrastructure are well equipped. The college provides good guidance and knowledge. We also had many

extracurricular activities which played a vital role in shaping our career and I have been placed at Ginger Hotels a TATA

enterprise. I welcome the students newly joined and wish them a very bright future in UWSB. A quote for them:

"WORK SMART. BE SMART.GET SMART"

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Jyoti Prakash

PGDM 2015-17

http://smart.be/

It has been a great experience and pleasure being a student of PGDM at UWSB. It was not easy for me to leave my

hometown in Nepal and settle in a completely new locality and mix with new people but UWSB gave me a different

feeling -- of joy and friendship all around. This campus enlarged my knowledge and polished my strengths which gave

me the confidence to deal with all types of situations. The support by my faculties and friends is something that I will

always appreciate. It is a matter of great pride for me to see my name on a work desk of the National Stock Exchange

(NSE) and this would not have been possible without joining UWSB.

I personally believe that UWSB is a great place to nurture our knowledge for starting a career and develop good

leadership skills within us.

I wish a great future to the incoming batch and I am sure that they will also have an awesome time here.

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Pooja Chirania

PGDM 2015-17

I had very good time with this institution and specially loved its diversified culture. I gained excellent insight into

business and its environment. As a result, I am today part of a conglomerate which is the market leader in its lines of

business. Thanks to all faculties who were always with students to make them successful. I wish all the very best for

new comers ... Try to make the best out of your time in Unitedworld School of Business.

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Pragnesh Parmar

PGDM 2015-17

Hey super juniors! I am Samir Mehta, currently working as an officer at Times of India, Ahmedabad. What do I say

about UWSB ... I start having goose bumps the moment I think about the wonderful time I’ve spent there. UWSB has

converted me from a student to an industry ready manager. The infrastructure of the campus is amazing and the

teaching techniques are wonderful -- they don’t focus just on theoretical learning but emphasize on practical

approaches. Assignments are given in a way which brings out the creativity and knowledge of students. Other than

regular classes, they organize lot of guest lecturers where students get a chance to talk to the top notch corporate

executives from the industry. The college also organizes various conferences focused on entrepreneurship, which helps

young aspiring entrepreneurs to grow. Best part about the college is that there are events happening round the year,

be it sports, culture or academics. These have been my favourite things during life there.

Advice to students: actively participate in all the events happening in the college, and not just participate, but try to be a part of organizing team. During my period at UWSB I actively participated in organizing events like Conferences, Fresher’s party, Prom night, Cricket tournaments, Blood donation camps, Navratri Garba, Ganesh mahotsav, Durga pooja, etc. These events are great opportunity for you to apply the management concepts you learn in PGDM: managing funds, gathering crowd, brainstorming about what activities and games to be kept, making contacts and maintain good relations with students of other streams, initiating campaigns, public speaking, team work, etc. To initiate an event and playing a role of leader and identifying other students who have caliber to accomplish the task you will assign to them, to figure out the challenges which you will have to face and facing them strongly, Events are great way to employ your managerial concepts practically. Our faculties, Dean and Director are always there to help you but I too will be more than happy to help all my UWSBIANs and you can always get in touch with me.

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Sameer Mehta

PGDM 2015-17

UWSB is place you will never forget. I personally never thought I would be such a different person than what I was before joining the institution. UWSB has changed my life drastically. From submitting assignment to giving presentation, from organizing the events and hosting them till taking part in every event, life was fun back then. Oh God! Writing about those memories are making my eyes wet and getting me to feel nostalgic. I wish I could live those old good days again. To sum all this up I would just say UWSB was the best thing that ever happened to me and it is for sure ONCE IN A LIFE TIME EXPERIENCE THAT YOU'LL NEVER FORGET PS: Make sure to submit your assignment on time.

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Vaidehi Bhatt

PGDM 2015-17

EVERY ENDING HAS A NEW BEGINNING

First of all, I would like to congratulate all the incoming students for completing their graduation and for getting

admission to the Unitedworld School of Business.

Every ending has a new beginning. I believe our learning actually starts from here. When I left home two years back, I

wasn’t sure what I will get in return. I was excited and also a little scared of the new reality. But today, I am proud to say

that I had made the right decision then to come to Unitedworld School of Business. Every little encounter and

experience here in UWSB has been enriching and will remain within my memories lifelong: be it the induction program,

guest lectures, seminars, assignment or internship projects.

Life at UWSB does not end within the four walls of the classrooms. Everyone has the opportunity to show their talents

in diverse ways. Along with studies, extracurricular activities are conducted throughout the year, so that equilibrium

could be maintained with studies and there is overall development of the student.

Finally, it is a great place for learning and creating memories in the beautiful campus. It gives you a diversified

environment of people and culture from all over India. So, congratulation once again and wish you good luck with the

future ahead. Have a great start .

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Yousuf Ansari

PGDM 2015-17

Workshop on Financial Market

by Karvy Stock Broking

16 hours, 2 days, 1 workshop - SEAL. The students of UWSB

underwent an intensive workshop on 4 & 5th April 2017 titled

SEAL - Student Engagement and Applied Learning Program.

Conducted by Karvy Stock Broking, it comprehensively

covered major topics of financial marketing and the current

trends in the world of finance. The speakers were Mr. Vishal Shah (Corporate Trainer) and Mr. Osho

Krishan (Research Analyst).

Workshop on “Disrupt or Get Disrupted”

by Charulata Ravi Kumar

Disrupt or Get Disrupted – that was the title of the

workshop conducted by Ms Charulata Ravi Kumar on 10th

April for the students of Unitedworld School of Business.

The workshop focused on drawing lessons from the real life

stories of companies who are disrupting themselves to

create a better model for surviving competition and those

that are disrupting others. Participants also went through exercises of identifying prominent “disrupters” and

analyzing the situations involved. Charulata is the CEO, SapientRazorfish India with international experience

spanning more than 20 countries in the areas of Strategic Business and Customer Experience. She is also a

columnist and a popular speaker in national and international thought leadership forums and recently

addressed the Wharton India Economic Forum, Philadelphia.

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Dr Gurmeet Singh published the following papers: Efficiency of Indian Commodities Market -

A Study of Agricultural Commodities (Gitam Journal of Management, Gitam University;

Apr-June 2017) and Time Varying Volatility in the Indian Stock Market (Business

Perspectives, Birla Institute of Management Technology, Noida; Jan-June 2017)

Prof Daisy Kurien joined the teaching faculty on 27 June 2017. Her primary interest is in

Marketing and allied areas.

Prof Gaurav Arora joined the teaching faculty on 27 June 2017. His primary interest is in Marketing

and allied areas.

Dr Pallavi Seth joined the teaching faculty on 10 July 2017. Her primary interest is in Economics and

allied areas.

Ms Shivani Patel joined the administrative support staff on 14 July 2017. Her primary responsibility

is in the Front Office.

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The Editorial Team wishes all readers who celebrate their

birth anniversary during this quarter

May the early morning sun

Shine on your birthday.

A gentle breeze caress you,

As you go along life’s way.

We wish you wealth and happiness

As the day comes into view,

And may each hour be blessed

With friendships fond and true.

May your dreams all be fulfilled;

You achieve your every goal;

And at the ending of the day,

May peace touch your heart and soul.

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