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ABS E-Bulletin June-2020

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ABS Ranked amongst India’s Top 50 B-Schools ................................................

Taj Gateway Hotel Webinar Series on Food for Management Thought ............

Webinar on Safe Internet Habits During & Post Lockdown ..............................

Webinar on Changes Call for Innovation.............................................................

Digital International Yoga Day Celebration .......................................................

Webinar on ‘A Futuristic view of Business Challenges and Opportunities’.........

Faculty Article.........................................................................................................

Faculty Achievements...............................................................................................

Student Achievements...............................................................................................

College News Published...........................................................................................

AshokaBusinessSchool Premier B-School in North Maharashtra June-2020

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Hon’ble Mr. Ashok Katariya Chairman,

Ashoka Education Foundation, Nashik

To be a leader, it is necessary that the person is not only equipped with knowledge, but one should

be empowered with a strong character, motivation to face the odds and above all the ability to find

and pursue a vision for one's life. Ashoka aims to create an environment where the students will

develop themselves as an aware citizen but into a leader of Global status. Ashoka is an initiative to

revolutionize the educational environment by equipping the students with information, mental and

spiritual strength together with contemporary skills. It also empowers their Personality with a

vision.

A vision is to be a contributor in making India a superpower by the year 2020.

Dr. D. M. Gujarathi

Director (Higher Education)

Ashoka Education Foundation

Dr. Narendra Telrandhe

Administrator (Higher Education)

Ashoka Education Foundation

Dr. Rupali Khaire

Assistant Director

Ashoka Business School


ANOTHER FEATHER IN THE CAP OF ASHOKA BUSINESS SCHOOL – RANKED

AMONGST TOP 50 PRIVATE B-SCHOOLS IN INDIA

Nashik: Ashoka Business School has been ranked amongst the top 50 private Business

Schools in India by Education World India after a survey conducted through C-FORE.

Ashoka is placed at 42nd position up from the 63rd position it held the previous year. With

this Ashoka has come to occupy 17th position in Maharashtra for the year 2020-21 informed

by Dr. D. M. Gujarathi, Director, HE, Ashoka Education Foundation.

Mr. Ashok Katariya, the Chairman of the Foundation expressed that the efforts put in by the

Institute in imparting the quality of education in the College have started paying dividends.

He also expressed the hope that the Institute will further improve its ranking in the years to

come. He congratulated the members of the Faculty for this achievement.

The Delhi based Centre for Forecasting and Research Pvt Ltd (C-FORE) conducts surveys of

private Engineering colleges, B-Schools, Arts, Science, and Commerce colleges every year

and ranks the first 100colleges in each category based on various parameters like leadership

and governance, faculty welfare, student intake, curriculum and pedagogy, Industry interface,

research, infrastructure, placement, soft skills, etc. while arriving at the rankings. The

rankings are validated by experts including professors from premier B Schools.

ABS Ranked amongst India’s Top 50 B-Schools


Event Coordinator: Ms. Sneha Awasthi and Ms. Manisha Bhamre

Ashoka Business School‟s IQAC and Vyaktitv Club in collaboration with The Taj Gateway, Nashik

organised a webinar series titled “Food for Management thought-Adventures behind The Gateway”.

The seven sessions in the series saw The Taj Gateway resource persons from all the departments

speak on various topics.

The first session was taken by Mr. Amit Suman, HR Manager, Taj Gateway, and the concept of

Leadership in the VUCA world were wonderfully explained by him. He spoke about the new

normals and how the leadership will now have to change directions to be more effective and

accommodating.

The ability to develop and manage professional relationships is one of the most important skills set

to thrive in any profession was the tone of Mr. Deepak Thomas, Learning and Development

Manager, in the second session of “ Secrets of building professional relationships.”

Mr.Abhijit Chakraborty, Executive Chef, Taj Gateway, spoke about the upcoming changes in the

Food Industry especially post COVID, in the third session of the series. Mr. Sumeet Ahire, Revenue

Manager, Taj Gateway discussed the importance of attitude in one‟s life and how one can develop

Corporate Attitude for a successful career. Mr.Bijayan Sinha, Operational Manager, TajGateway

spoke on how operational efficiency could be achieved with limited resources which are the need of

Taj Gateway Hotel Webinar Series on ‘Food for Management Thought’


the hour in the current pandemic scenario. He shared his own experiences to further illustrate the

point.

Mr. Rohan Kulkarni, Director Of Sales, Taj Gateway threw light on the various new approaches to

Sales and marketing, post the Pandemic.

Mr. Amit Suman, in the last session of the series, touched a very vital point of the relevance of

Employee Branding in promoting brands. He was of the view that great brands tell great stories.

The essence of the story is true only when it comes from the employees themselves. He stressed

upon the fact that in today‟s competitive world, employee branding cannot be ignored.

Digital platforms like Zoom calls and Facebook live were used so as to reach a wide audience.

Students, Faculties, Heads of more than 100 Institutes participated in this session. E- Certificates

were provided to all the participants.

Ms. Sneha Awasthi, ABS Alumni along with the Vyaktitv team was instrumental in conceptualising

and managing the nitty-gritty of the webinar series.

Prof. Manisha Bhamre compered the series and proposed the vote of thanks. Dr. D.M. Gujarathi,

Director, HE, Mr.Venkitachalam, Director, Bizsol, Dr. Narendra Telrande, Administrator, Dr.

Rupali Khaire, Asst.Director, ABS provided their able support and guidance to the team.


Date of Event :6th

June 2020

Topic :Safe Internet Practices during and post Lockdown

Resource person:Mr. Amar Thakare

Brief intro of Resource Person: Founder, Lumiverse Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Class/classes Involved:MBA I &II, Faculty & External Particiapnts

No of Participants:150-On zoom & facebook (275 Registrations)

Venue : NA-Online Mode

Incharge/organizer (Faculty): Dr. Vikas Gaundare, Mr. Harshal Dayma

During the Lockdown period, most of the activities and connectivity were established through the

internet. So, the use of the internet was increased significantly. Besides this increased use of the

internet, the hackers became active too. To make everyone aware of safe internet habits which can

save their private data and money was the purpose of organizing this webinar. Mr. Amar Thakare,

an expert in this field explained the wrong practices we generally follow and land ourselves in

trouble. He also shared some important tricks which could protect the Users and protect their data.

Webinar on ‘Safe Internet Habits During & Post Lockdown’


Date of Event: 7th

June, 2020

Resource Person: Mr. Piyush Somani

Brief intro. of Resource Person: Founder and CEO, ESDC

Software Solution Company

Venue : Online Mode

Ashoka Business School and the Internal Quality Assurance Cell organised a webinar on

„Challenges call for Innovation.‟ Mr. Piyush Somani was the resource person. He said that

innovation is the foundation of entrepreneurship. Success and failure are the two inevitable parts of

Life. Success should not go to our heads nor should failure demoralise us. Every situation should be

faced with a level head. Mr. Somani spoke about his journey of entrepreneurship and the many

difficult phases he went through. He never desired to be an entrepreneur and finding a job to look

after his family was his only dream. He was fortunate to find a mentor who encouraged him to

become an entrepreneur. He started with very little finance but within a few years, his hard work

and determination saw ESDS‟s Data Care and Cloud Service Provider rise to 3rd position at India

level. He has also ventured into making wine from Syzygiumjambolanum( Jamun/Black Plum). His

company is also in demand by the Governments‟ „Atmanirbhar‟ and “Make in India” schemes.

They help others to set up their own start-ups.

Digital platforms like Zoom calls and Facebook live were used so as to reach a wide audience.

Students, Faculties, Heads of more than 125 Institutes participated in this session. E- Certificates

were provided to all the participants. Dr. Vikas Gaundare compered the session while Prof. Harshal

Dayma proposed the vote of thanks. Dr. D. M. Gujarathi, Director, HE, Mr. Venkitachalam,

Director, Bizsol, Dr. Narendra Telrande, Administrator-HE, Ms. Sneha Awasthi, ABS Alumni, and

Gold Medalist, Dr.Rupali Khaire, Asst. Director, ABS, and IQAC Coordinator, Dr. Sarita Dhawale

provided their able support and guidance to the team.

Webinar on ‘Changes call for Innovation’


Date of Event: 21

s t& 22

nd June, 2020

Resource Person: Mr. Ashutosh Kshatriya- Yoga Trainer & Artist

Mr.Harshal Dayma- Faculty of ABS

Event Cordinator: Ms. Manisha Bhamre

Ashoka Business School conducts various activities for the holistic development of its students. The

Institute also celebrates various days to highlight the importance of those days. The 6th

International Yoga Day was celebrated Online by organising two programmes on the 21st and 22nd

of June 2020. On the 21st Prof. Harshal Dayma conducted a Yoga and Pranayama session for the

students and staff of Ashoka Business School. He stressed upon the importance of Yoga and its

effect on our everyday activities and wellbeing. On the 22nd, renowned Yoga trainer, artist, and

visionary

Mr. Ashutosh Kshatriya, the resource person for the webinar organised on the occasion of IYD,

spoke on the need for Yoga in Business. The changing work environment increasingly places

demands on the employees. To deal with such a stressful work environment, organisations must

reap the benefits of Yoga and conduct such sessions within their premises. He highlighted the

importance of the beautiful blending of Yoga with work leading to enhanced efficiency and

Business growth coupled with employee satisfaction. With a degree in classical music, he also

showed how music therapy plays a great role in toreduce the stress level by having a flute

meditation for all the participants who highly appreciated it. Digital certificates were provided to all

participants. Manisha Bhamre, faculty of Ashoka Business School as well as the Coordinator of

Holistic Development Activities compered the session.

Dr. D. M. Gujarathi, Director, HE AEF, Dr.Narendra Telrande, Administrator HE, AEF, Dr. Rupali

Khaire, Asst. Director, ABS, and Dr.Vikas Gaundare along with all the faculties provided their able

support and guidance.

Digital Celebration of International Yog Diwas

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Date of Event :27

th June 2020

Topic : „A Futuristic view of Business Challenges and Opportunities‟

Resource person: Dr. Jawahar Surisetti

Brief intro of Resource Person: Advisor to the government, a TED

speaker,Smart city consultant, Start-up Mentor and the bestselling author.

Ashoka Education Foundation organised a webinar under the faculty development programme. The

topic of the session was „A Futuristic view of Business challenges and opportunities‟. Dr. Jawahar

Surisetti, Advisor to the government, a TED speaker, Smart city consultant, Start-up Mentor, and

the bestselling author, was the resource person for the webinar. He opined that students have bright

ideas which should be properly guided towards finding solutions to grave problems. Such

opportunities should be sized and students must be led to have their own start-ups. This

encouragement would not only be beneficial to the students alone but to society and the Country as

well. He also spoke about how people are facing a financial crisis due to COVID-19 and so

curtailing expenses is the need of the hour. Industries are trying to decrease costs and increase

profits. Jobs around the world are getting scarce and employees are being laid off. But new jobs

will be created in India in the near future in several sectors due to MNC shutting down their

companies in China and setting them in India. Happiness, Digital well-being, and productivity are

the three areas that will be in demand in the near future he projected.

Digital platforms like Zoom calls and Facebook live were used so as to reach a wide audience of

Students and Faculties. Mr. Ashok Katariya, Chairman of Ashoka Education Foundation said that

Ashoka Education Foundation will always strive to get speakers of International repute to guide the

faculty members through such Faculty development programmes. Mr. Shrikant Shukla, Joint

Secretary, Ashoka Education Foundation Dr. D. M. Gujarathi, Director, HE, Mr.Venkitachalam,

Director, Bizsol, Dr. Narendra Telrande, Administrator, HE, and faculty members of all the Units

under Ashoka Education Foundation were present.

Webinar on ‘A Futuristic view of Business Challenges and Opportunities’

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Dr. Vikas Gaundare

Associate Professor, ABS

"Augmented Reality and its need at the workplaces"

Technological advances are taking the real-world to the next level where human intervention in all

the work systems will now become negligible. In some way or the other, the extensive

automationof work systems is handing over the control to the machines. The HR work systems at

the workplace are not any exception to this. These HR work systems now days are more

technology-based than before. Recently the technological advances like Augmented Reality (AR)

are playing a prominent role in reforming the HR Fraternity. Now HR Leaders prefer digitally

driven workplacesover the conventional one. With the help of AR, these HR Leaders are better

equipped with technology to shift the work paradigms to a more dynamic and fluid approach in HR

practices.

In the year 2016, a game called „Pokemon Go‟ was a craze amongst the game lovers in the entire

world where , by keeping one‟s camera on ,one could catch a colorful character called Pokemon, a

cartoon image popping up at the screen. This whole game was based on the concept of Augmented

Reality. In Hollywood sci-fi movies like Minority Report and Iron Man, it is shown that the

technology works on gestures of a person‟s body. We watch these movies as fantasy but with the

technological revolution, it is one day going to become a reality. Another example of AR is while

watching a live cricket match on TV or Smartphone screen; we see some logos, lines superimposed

over the actual playing area that look real even though they are virtual. Lenskart uses the same

technology for recommending the frames of specs or goggles to the customers‟Online. They use the

face of the customer for showing various suitable frames as per the actual shape and size of the

face. The customer can see his face on the screen with the frame which gives a feeling of looking in

the mirror at the time of purchasing frames over the counter.

FacultyArticle


According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, the productivity of labor has risen to

2.7% per annum from 2001 to 2007. While in 2008 to 2016 it rose by a mere 1.1%. The statistics at

other places are found to be more or less the same. The main reasons observed were i.e. speed and

accuracy of the labor force. HR experts have not left no stone unturned to understand the way to

boost these two. AR can help with this. As per the observations of experts in the US, the

productivity of labor increased in the range of 20%-35% by using AR Headsets to get guidance on

complicated steps in their assembly work than using a paper manual or viewing desktops. With the

increased use of smartphones all over the world, the workforce is also getting equipped with new

technological skills. They now can use other personal devices too in their daily lives. AR devices

even reduce to view the smarphones or tablets. Several wearable AR devices are available

nowadays which can provide accurate information when and where the worker needs it. With its

user-friendly operation which has been embossed through the widespread use of Pokémon Go since

2016, AR devices are getting the utmost priority by the HR Experts for productivity enhancement

.According to the article by Natalie Kroc who is a Staff Writer in SHRM, at Boeing, workers

useAR Headsets with software developed by the Upskills Skylight which is an AR Softwares used

to improve productivity with 0% error. Workers here, who assemble the signal transmitting intricate

wire harnesses that also transmit electrical power in planes don‟t have to check assembly on their

desktops or smart devices. They use these AR headsets which display step by step progress

thatappears in their span of vision. They claim that the assembly time has reduced by 25% with 0%

error. The use of AR devices not only provides additional information to the users but it also

helpsto enhance learning processes and to boost memory of the user. One picture creates an impact

of more than one thousand words. When these pictures are correlated and associated with three-

dimensional actual surroundings, people remember them for a long time. AR devices do the same.

These characteristics of AR make possible countless applications across industries ranging

fromeducation and training, property, gaming, retail, personal, and public use (ARE).


Sr.

No.

Name of the Faculty Achievement Details

1

Dr.Rupali Khaire

Assistant Director, ABS

Participated in Webinar -Leadership &

Governance from NBA Perspective on

23/06/2020 Organised by GEDC and

RIT for Academic Leaders.

Participated in Webinar by Dr.Jawahar Surisetti on “A Futuristic View of

Business Challenges & Opportunities”

held on Saturday, 27th June 2020.

Parrticipated in Webinar- Developing Corporate Attitude by Mr. Sumeet

Ahire "Food For Management

Thought...Adventures Behind The

Gateway" By ABS.

Participated in Webinar- Getting job

ready, for post Covid era by Sandeep

Kochhar ,Founder and Storyteller -

Blew Minds Consulting -21June 2020.

2

Dr. Vikas Gaundare

Associate Professor,

ABS

Accredited Certification on Emotional Intelligence.

Google Badge for Digital Citizenship.

Resource Person for National Level

Webinar on Augmented Reality.

Published a Research Paper on Augmented Reality in Scopus and UGC

Listed Journal.

3

Mrs .Tanaya Patil

Assistant Professor,ABS

National Webinar on Different

approaches on manageemnt Research -

by University of Thane -4th June 2020.

Online International Conference on "New Normal - Corporate and Self

Management in Current Scenarioby the

School of Management, Gautam

Buddha University, Greater Noida on

17 - 18 June 2020.

National Level Workshop on how to write a quality research paper by BBA

department by MIT ,Alandi ,Pune.

Faculty Achievements


4

Ms. Manisha Bhamre

Asst. Prof., ABS

Coordinated and compared the Taj Gateway webinar Series Food for

Management thoughts. Attended a webinar by Mr. Amar

Thakare on Safe Internet Habits during

and Post Lockdown. Attended webinar organised by the

Marathi Garje Global Forum of Mr.

Sudhir Kadam,Startup Counselor from

the Silicon Valley. Webinar on Changes Call for

Innovation by Mr. Piyush Somani. Webinar on „A Futuristic view of

Business challenges and opportunities‟.

Dr. Jawahar Surisetti ,Advisor to the

government, a TED speaker. Planned, Coordinated and compered an

E-international Yoga day celebration

with Yogacharya Ashutosh as the

resource person. Webinar by Mr. Tushar Patwardhan on

Unprecedented opportunities and

challenges for the MSMEs National level webinar by ACBCS by

Mr. Unmesh Deshmukh on Financial

Planning and Investments. Webinar by ASM group on IKIGAI,a

Japanese concept of Purpose of one's

living. A two day International webinar by

AICESR Webinar by PUMBA Alumni Cell on

Learning lessons from COVID-19

5

Mr. Vishal Sonkamble

Admin Officer, ABS

Attended 5 Days Webinar "Effective use of Digital tools in Academic

Administration - Work from Anywhere

Anytime, organized by SPPU, UGC-

HRDC & SEF.


Sr.

No.

Name of the Student Achievement Details

1

Rahil Choudhari

MBA 1st year

Partcipation in Webinar on Changes Call for

Innovation by IQAC of Ashoka Business School.

Participation in Webinar on Secrets of Building

Professional Relationship by Vyaktitv Club, Ashoka

Business School in Collaboration with The Gateway

Hotel.

2

Minakshi

Mahajan

MBA 1st year

Participated in the Webinar Leadership in VUCA

World by Mr. Amit Suman organized under the

series "Food For Management Thought...Adventures

Behind The Gateway" an initiative of IQAC &

Vyaktitv Club of Ashoka Business School in

collaboration withThe Gateway Hotel, Nasik.

3

Aishwarya

Bhavsar

MBA 1st year

Participation in Webinar on “Changes Call for

Innovation” by IQAC of Ashoka Business School,

Nashik on 7 June 2020.

Participation in Webinar on “Post Pandemic

Paradigm- Unprecedented Opportunities and

Challenges for MSME‟s” Organized by Vyaktitv

Club, Ashoka Business School, Nashik

Participation in Webinar on “Yoga in Business” by

Vyaktitv Club, Ashoka Business School, Nashik.

Participation in Webinar on “Relevance of Employee

Branding for the Organisation” by Vyaktitv Club,

Ashoka Business School in Collaboration with The

Gateway Hotel, Nashik on 13 June 2020.

Participation in Webinar on “Developing Corporate

Attitude”by Vyaktitv Club, Ashoka Business School

in Collaboration with The Gateway Hotel, Nashik on

9 June 2020.

Participation in Webinar on “Upcoming Changes in

Food Industry” by Vyaktitv Club, Ashoka Business

School in Collaboration with The Gateway Hotel,

Nashik on 8 June 2020.

4

Chetan Ushir

MBA 1st year

Google Badge for Digital Citizenship.

Certificate course in Digital Marketing.

Certificate course in Python.

Student Achievements


5

Zeeshan Quazi

MBA 1st year

Completed Basics of Financial Market and Capital

Market in India Course by Udemy on 28 June 2020.

Participation in Webinar on Yoga in Business by

Vyaktitv Club, Ashoka Business School.

Participation in Webinar on Secrets of Building

Professional Relationship by Vyaktitv Club, Ashoka

Business School in Collaboration with The Gateway

Hotel.

Participation in Webinar on Leadership in VUCA

World by Vyaktitv Club, Ashoka Business School in

Collaboration with The Gateway Hotel.

Participation in Webinar on Relevance of Employee

Branding for the Organisation by Vyaktitv Club,


Gateway Hotel

Participation in Webinar on Developing Corporate

attitude by Vyaktitv Club, Ashoka Business School

in Collaboration with The Gateway Hotel.

Participation in Webinar on Upcoming Changes in

food Industry by Vyaktitv Club, Ashoka Business

School in Collaboration with The Gateway Hotel.

Participation in Webinar on How to Dive Operational

Efficiency with limited resources by Vyaktitv Club,


Gateway Hotel.

6

Piyush Baviskar

MBA 1st year

Certificate course in Digital Marketing.

Covid19 Awareness Quiz.

7

Sitanjali Yadav

MBA 1st year

Covid19 Awareness Quiz.

Participated in varios Webinars.

Google badge for Digital Citiznship.


College News Published in Newspaper


Editorial Committee Members

Dr. Vikas Gaundare

Prof. Manisha Bhamre

Dr. Vaibhav Bhalerao

Mr. Ashwin S. Amrutkar

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