MAEER’s ESTD.:1987

MIT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT PUNE INDIA

''You have a choice .Live or Die.

Every minute is a choice .

Every breath is a choice .

To be or not to Be.''

-Chuck Palahnuik

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World peace prayer

A A K R I T IThe Editorial Club

Prof. Dr. Vishwanath D. KaradPatron-in-Chief

Mr. Rahul V. KaradPatron

Brig(Dr.)R.K.BhatiaChief Mentor

Mrs. Charu RastogiHead (Editorial Club)

========== Student Representatives ==========

Head, Team Vihaan Administrative Head Chief Editor Anshini Lakhiani Varun Vaze Dewanshu Trivedi

Pratik Bora

Editorial Team Writing Team Design and Technical Team Dewanshu Trivedi Dewanshu Trivedi Tanvi Jain Anshini Lakhiani Sayali Limaye Rasika Salgarkar

Poorva Choudhary Urvashi Lande Varun Vaze Maittreyee Banait Poonam Katare Athang Patwardhan Darshana Hajare Sharaddha Yawalkar Aniket Pingale Sarang Chafekar Prerna Chadha Neha Jadhav

Varun Vaze Rucha Kulkarni Vishwambhar Kokare Kalyani Joshi Vaibhavi suryavanshi

Promotion Team Abhay Gaikwad Snehal Chopade

Pranav Joshi Nikita Dsouza Vishakha Khambharkar

Tanvi Jain Rucha Gupte Rohit Singh Tolia

Pratik Bora Maittreyee Banait Sagar Rathore (MCA)

Dhiraj Mantri Siddarth Sahota Pradeep (MCA)

Varun Vaze Dhiraj Mantri Aakash (MCA)

Siddharth Sahota Sarang Chafekar

Priyanka Jalgaonkar

Data Collection Team Neelkanth Khawas Photography Team Smita Gupta Athang Patwardhan Rucha Gupte Varun Vaze

Sagar Rathore Kaustubh Satpute Zahra

Message from the Founder President

Dear Students,

I am very happy to present to you this year's college magazine, published by MIT School of Management.

When we set out on any endeavor in life we are always faced with a dilemma – To do the task or not to do it. Therefore, the theme for this year's Vihaan - “To be or not to be” couldn't have been more appropriate.

The times we are living in are one of the most crucial stages of mankind; it's a turning point, when we can prove to the world and to posterity, that when it counted the most, the people of India and particularly the youth proved their mettle. It's time to show the world what we are made of.

And thus I think it should not even be a question anymore for the youth – To Be or Not to Be. You just HAVE to BE, to carry on the good work started by your fore-fathers of building this nation into one of the strongest and prosperous nations of the world. Which means to strive for excellence in whatever work you may undertake. To be honest and hardworking citizens of India. To be innovative and be able to question the status quo, so that new ideas which can effectively solve our problems can flourish. To be enterprising in the field of business. To be ever thirsty for knowledge. To build strong, inclusive and lasting public institutions which bring communities together. To be so strong in our beliefs that we can build national assets which will serve many generations to come.

Lastly, I would like to whole-heartedly congratulate and thank all the individuals - members of the Aakriti club, teachers and students, to have brought out this magazine for our students, which is a pleasure to read and at the same time very enlightening. The text you are holding in your hands right now is the fruit of their labors of the past few months.

Dr. Vishwanath Karad.Founder, Executive President and Managing Trustee,

MAEERS group of institutions, Pune, India.

Message from the Executive Director

“Take risks in your life If you win, you can lead! If you loose, you can guide!” -Swami Vivekanand

Dear Students,

It has been a personal mission of mine to empower the youth, because of the belief that you are the creators of tomorrow.

At MIT School of Management this is practiced, a lot has been put into making the students ready to face the outside world and bring about change. I believe that the youth of today should be well equipped with knowledge to bring about a change for the betterment of society.

I am very ecstatic to see how the students have contributed to this issue of 'Vihaan' and I want to congratulate the 'Aakriti' team for their efforts. I wish the students immense success in whatever they choose in the course of their life.

Mr. Rahul KaradExecutive Director,

MAEER's MIT School Of Management, Pune, India.

Message from the Director

Don't be afraid to stand for what you believe in, Even if that means standing alone...

Greetings to one and all!

It gives me immense pleasure to present you with this year's college magazine Vihaan. First of all I would like to appreciate the efforts of our student-managers who have successfully brought out this magazine. This magazine provides students with a platform where they have the freedom to express their thoughts and explore their creativity.

When a student enters a management school he/she is a manager from day one. So, you are a manager, and that should be evident from your actions in everyday life. Being Management students, you are now on the verge of entering into the corporate world. The world is changing fast. The technologies that were once new are being modified rapidly, to such an extent, that new inventions and innovations are coming up every day. This is the result of the hard-work of a few smart people who dared to think differently and who have made our lives easier!

Tomorrow you all are going to face a world full of challenges and full of options – some may be right, some wrong. Selecting the right option will be a tough task. Do what you love to do. Living a fulfilling and relevant life is an achievement and not something that will fall into your lap. You will have to work hard for it. So dream big and start working towards realizing your dreams from today onwards.

It is my firm belief that if one has ideals like innovation and leadership, no one can stop you from being different from others. It is your duty to perform the tasks that are entrusted upon you efficiently and it is your right to change what needs to be changed. I would also like you to step forward and see the world from the shoes of a leader and not limit yourself only to a manager's perspective.Don't just follow the system; make the system follow you instead!

Brig.(Retd.) Dr. R. K. BhatiaDirector,

MAEER’s MIT School of Management, Pune, India.

Message from the Head, Editorial Club

The theme of this year's issue of Vihaan 'To be or not to be', is one of the most famous lines in English Literature. It brings to the fore the juxtaposition of alternatives that we face in the day to day course of life. An alternative or choice is something that we face irrespective of our origins, upbringing and social class. Choices bring change and a chance to be happier and content. Nothing deprives a man of the chance to embrace change, a chance to live a better life and a chance to make other's lives better. 'It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities'

One would say that we face situations where we are forced to take the middle path instead of one of the extremes as restrictions imposed by our culture and society act to limit our choices. However, strength of character and integrity of an individual go a long way to explain why some people like Swami Vivekanand, Bhagat Singh, Martin Luther King, B.R. Ambedkar, Verghese Kurien, Anna Hazare and several others were able to make choices that led to great social good and upliftment of the people. As students and young professionals, we must endeavor to move above the banal and embrace the unique, higher path. We must strive to become responsible citizens of the country and contributing members of the society.

Our annual magazine, Vihaan - beyond the horizon, is an attempt to empower the students to express their thoughts, on the 'multiplicity of choices' through articles, poems and pictures. Other highlights of the magazine include reports related to various events, clubs & forums, placement department, courses, achievements etc.We hope that you enjoy this magazine as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Mrs. Charu Rastogi

Head, Editorial Club

Message by General Secretary

It is my honor being the General Secretary of MAEER's MIT School of Management which has completed 26 years of academic excellence and lived by its apothegm "India Today…The World Tomorrow".

This year was very significant as all the clubs and forums conducted various curricular and co-curricular activities throughout the year for overall development of the students which has brought fame and glory to our institute.

This year's placements began on a good note, I would like to congratulate all the students who have secured placements this year and will be joining various reputed organizations, also I would like to compliment all the students who have won awards at various inter collegiate events.As part of CSR, “Students Social Awareness Activity:Helmet Awareness was taken up by MIT-SOM this year.

MPOWER and POWERTECH, two national level events of MIT-SOM were a grand success this year. I would like to thank our Director Brig. Dr. R.K.Bhatia for supporting us and the volunteers of the events without whom these events would never have been a reality. Also, I would to like make a special mention of

rdthe Volunteers of 3 Bhartiya Chatra Sansad and Bharat Asmita National Awards.The year as every other, was exciting, challenging and innovating. Some days were endless stream of emergencies and urgencies which came unannounced, each giving scope to learn, question, reflect and introspect.

MIT-SOM has a vision to produce better professionals and good citizens through value based education with a firm belief that “Union of Science/Spirituality alone can bring peace and Harmony to Mankind”. This has been made possible over the years by our dedicated and devoted faculty and staff members, and hardworking students. I wish the passing out batch of aspiring students all the very best in their academic and professional pursuits.

Vishwambhar Kokare(General Secretary)

MIT-SOM, Pune

Anshini Lakhiani Pratik Bora Varun Vaze

Athang Patwardhan Tanvi Jain Aniket Pingale Rasika Salgarkar

Dewanshu Trivedi Kalyani Joshi Sayali LimayeRucha Kulkarni

Vishwambhar Kokare Nikita D’souza Maitreyee Banait Neha Jadhav

Magazine Committee

Prerna Chadha Poonam Katare

Kaustubh Satpute Priyanka Jalgaonkar Darshana HajareRucha Gupte

Siddharth Sahota

Vaibhavi Suryavanshi Snehal ChopadeMayur Kate

Dhiraj MantriAbhay GaikwadNeelkanth Khavas

Saurabh Maheshwari

Suhurudh ReddySachin WankhedeSagar Rathore Praful Metange

Magazine Committee

ContentsArticles and Poems 1

Life with Demands !!!

2

To Live or Not to Live the way I want..!!

3

Beauty of Ugliness..

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To be or not to be ?

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Entrepreneurship or Employment..?

9

Selflessness or Selfishness ?

11

To be Political or Apolitical ?

13

Distances

14

Is 50 the new 60?

15

Ayurveda-A Trustworthy Treatment ?

17

Event Reports

19

Teacher's Day Celebration 2012

20

National Study Tour - Ahmedabad Tour 2012

21

Know Your India - Darjeeling Trip 2012

22

Alumini Meet 2013

23

3rd Indian Student Parliament 2013

24

Bharat Asmita National Award 2013

26

Annual Social Gathering 2013

28

MPower 2013

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Faculty Welfare Programme

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ContentsForums

33

Entrepreneurship Development Cell

34

Finance Forum

35

HR Forum

36

Marketing Forum

37

IT Forum

38

Club Reports

39

Aakriti Club

40

The Arts and Photography

42

Performing Arts Club

43

Trekking Club

44

Sports Club

45

Glimpses – Clubs

46

Glimpses – Forums

47

Placement Report 48

Results 50

Course Reports 51

Faculty Achievements 61

MITSOM Family 65

Photo Gallery 66

Testimonials 67

The Last Encore

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Photo Credits

Varun Vaze VV

Kaustubh Satpute KS

Athang Patwardhan AP

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1. Vihaan Head Anshini Lakhiani

2.

Designers in-chief Varun Vaze Tanvi Jain

3. Cover Page Aniket Pingale

4. Associate Designers Athang Patwardhan Rasika Salgarkar

ArticlesArticles

''I never found a companion that was

so companionable as solitude.''

-Henry David Thoreau

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Life With Demands!!!

My life demands an answer from me... Why am I here? To be or not to be?

I have some reasons to be happy...

I have some problems to see...

Why I forget to bear a smile on my face?

Why am I running an infinite race?

Why things around are changing so fast? Can’t they maintain a rhythm, a pace?

I have hope in my heart...

I have strength in my arms...

But don’t know why, I am losing the grip... Life is escaping just like sand...

My life glides and runs on its own... My thoughts are dead, not blown...

It’s my way, It’s my path...

Why should I care about the stones thrown?

Where is the innocence that we lost?

Where is the ocean that we crossed?

Why so many complexities to think about?

Why am I so weak? Why I often shout?

What am I looking for? Where is the key?

Why am I here? To be or not to be?

With wide eyes I looked on few things... Decoding life, discovering new things...

Life is all about exploring...

Do all you can, do more and more... Trials and obstacles will come together...

Then happiness will lead us forever...

Priyanka Jalgaonkar

MBA 1st Year

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TO LIVE OR NOT TO LIVE THE WAY I WANT

Yes I want to live the way I want…but can I? Do I really want to live the way I want? Do I have

the guts needed to live the way I want? Can I be so true to my instincts, to my feelings that I will

go with them every time? Is there a doubt in my mind as tox what if I live the way I want?

When I was a child I was told that I had to do certain things and I was punished on doing certain

other things. It was very seldom that it was explained why exactly I was not allowed to do those

things….why were certain things right and certain things wrong? Who classified things? Aren’t

right and wrong very relative terms? Certain things which are normal for me may be obscene for

someone else and vice versa. How can we generalize things?

If I want to live the way I want there should not be any hindrances. But still if I can’t then who is

to be blamed? What all things restrict me from living the way I want?

Let’s deal with all such factors one by one.

Caste system- who am I? Does my caste define me? Does my caste make me superior or

inferior? My caste doesn’t allow me to do certain things...if I am a Brahmin my caste does not

allow me to consume non-vegetarian food...If I am a Jain I cannot eat tubers…if I am a Muslim I

need to be on fast during my roza…does these change the person I am…does this change my

thoughts? Not completely but yes it has a strong influence for sure…but then what is education

for? Aren’t I taught not to be racist? Then if I want to follow Buddhism or Hinduism it has to be

my decision as a person. Not something which was decided for me by virtue of my birth.

Gender inequality- the way I am being brought up hugely depends upon my gender...especially

in India. There are different rules for the boy and girl of the same family. Gender equality is a

term which is used and followed very conveniently. So if I am a guy it’s easy for me to live the

way I want but not the case if I am a girl.

Social status- just to maintain my social status I have to behave in a certain way. Or it will be

more apt to say that I am taught to behave in a certain way.

Social taboos- these restrict me from doing certain things….thus encroaching upon my freedom.

Same is the case with religion and religious beliefs…a Hindu family won’t eat meat. This isn’t

out of choice many a times. It has been a tradition. Every generation followed it just because the

prior generation did.

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Education- education is all about making me more aware about myself and my beliefs. But still I

am not completely free from other constraints. Thus I am in a fix. I find myself caught up

between my heart and my mind.

And the biggest hindrance is me…my thinking…sometimes my cowardice….inability to go

against the current….addiction to safety and security…fear of unknown.

When I wish to live the way I want to, I need to search for things which I find are right….but

does this mean those things are right? Aren’t right and wrong both terms very relative? One that

seems to be normal for me may be obscene for someone else.

If I live the way I want…everyone is going to criticize me…..and if I live following all the rules

and regulations, I still can’t escape criticism. Then why should I care? As long as I think and

believe that whatever I am doing is right, I will always continue to live the way I want.

Wish not so much to live long, as to live well...

-Benjamin Franklin

Sayali Limaye

MBA 1st Year

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The beauty of ugliness:

The beauty of life lies not in its purity or perfection

The beauty of life stands tall and with great attention

The beauty of life moves in all directions, always forward,

Some times in contradiction

The beauty of life drives man to survive with all of the power horses can contrive

The beauty of life jumps to all levels of delight

Great and ornate to a very placated state

The beauty of life flies with weightless wings

Dreams that keep us aflight because of their

Reality and possibility to become means.

The beauty of life rises after every fall, always

Towards the end of the farthest star in the

Most distant constellation, infinitely far.

Waking up one fine morning to notice in the mirror, a large pimple on your face protruding out as

if saying “hello there!”. The next instance you find yourself exclaim with all the eeeww’s and aww’s how

silly and ugly it looks. When that happens try out paradigm shift! It’s very comforting! Paradigm shift implies

the process of changing perceptions, preferably in a more optimistic light. We all, though we may not have

confessed to it, have suffered a breakdown –be it due to stress, burden or simply hormonal imbalances! These

processes are thought to be natural! For some it’s a strongly rooted belief system, that, stress, burden is so

natural, very human! Have you ever noticed a newly born baby??? Does it look stressed to you? NO! It’s

always smiling with glee, ready to take on what life has to offer to it! Then why do we get stressed???It’s

definitely not natural!!

Our lives revolve around the dualities of life: good and evil, white and black, beauty and ugliness,

right and wrong, happy and sad and so on. What if we could look at life and just see what’s in front of us,

without putting a label on it. When the labelling machine is turned off you start to notice life in a different

light and your life is a little more laid back. When you stop labelling others you will stop labelling yourself as

well. You will become – just you!

The major creator of stress is expectation! We all expect perfect lives-with the perfect looks, oodles of money,

perfect families, perfect job, perfect homes, perfect EVERYTHING! Have you realised in the course of

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expecting so many humanly impossible things, you yourself are piling on your levels of stress! Time to

change!! Nobody is perfect! That’s true! If you try to make your life like somebody else’s when will you enjoy

being YOU??!

Moral of the story: accept the imperfections and move on, you cannot be perfect at all times! Cause trying to

achieve the latter is like banging your head against a stone!! Bear in mind, a stone is a stone, was and always

will be! Likewise are certain imperfections.

Nikita D’souza

MBA 1st Year

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To be or not to be...

Awaiting a decision to be made,

So bold yet ethical and righteous,

Based on three devoted pillars,

The ghosts of the past,

An illusion of the present,

A vast untouched and yet a visible future,

All entwined and similarly demoralizing,

The demons of the past,

Gods and the Idols of today,

Kings, Queens and the Rulers of tomorrow,

All the forces combined,

Coaxing you to take a step small for me but a big leap for them,

It is a leap of destiny and I must take it,

To prove my strengths and overcome my weaknesses,

It feels like I am stranded,

On this forsaken island of thoughts,

Alone in despair I wait for help,

Yet none arrives and none will,

As it is my predicament that they await,

Feels lonely and without a direction,

This is a mysterious phase,

Something never thought of,

That i wished never existed,

Always prayed for a place where serenity was at its best,

A place destined for you and your thoughts alone,

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Did not know it would be so dreadful when responsibilities engulf you,

Yet I have to bear the burden,

To take a decision that will be wise,

A thought that will make the impossible perish,

The one that will help me ground my feet,

A decision that will conquer all the critics and negatives,

Have to come on the top as a leader,

Should reach the moral pinnacle,

Hold a force that can make me earn respect,

To make me look capable and virtuous,

A decision personified and the repercussions justified,

Should not be self adhered yet be ambitious,

The dubious mind has a turmoil of its own,

Heart is emotional tethered to its wandering prejudice,

There is a mere arrogance of the self centered thoughts,

The crumbling of faith and the cherishing of fear,

Thus the tricky part starts,

Duel between self and the universe arises,

To give rise to a demon or a saint in you,

Which rests on one and only one fettered decision in this ambiguity,

The answer to the whirling thoughts and spiraling ego,

Many self sustaining thoughts provokes a typhoon,

Which upon resting will help me make a provocative end to the question,

TO BE OR NOT TO BE....

Kalyani Joshi

MBA 1st Year

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RISK OVER CERTAINITY OR NOT - Entrepreneurship or Employment

Indian history is replete with many incredible stories of men having exceptional knowledge and vigour who established their own business empires. The credit of this can be traced back to our ancestors, who always had an entrepreneurial streak. Time and again we have heard of stories about how a son took the family business well ahead of his father’s expectations. Many a son has surpassed his father’s abilities. An excellent example would be that of the late Mr. Dhirubhai Ambani and his sons. Today, Reliance Industries Limited stands where no one could have ever thought possible. Companies today offer job opportunities in abundance; this solves the problem of unemployment to a certain extent. This brings new talent into the company; the company then uses the intellectual abilities of these employees for its own benefit. Here a problem arises - that of conflicting objectives - on the one hand, the company wants to maximise its profit and wealth and on the other hand, the employees look at their own personal interests of salary and personal growth. Today we see many companies offering hefty salaries, sometimes to avoid brain drain, sometimes to attract the best talent. With a job comes security of salary at the end of the month, long hours and a rigid framework to be followed. An entrepreneur is an individual who organises and operates a business. Entrepreneurship is concerned with opportunity recognition and exploitation. This requires certain traits, like, risk-taking, good leadership, innovation etc. which only a few possess. Some people dare to step out of the shadows. These are the ones who have an entrepreneurial spirit and a strong desire to have a business of their own by using their talent and skills. Steve Jobs (Macintosh), Bill Gates (Microsoft), etc were pioneering minds that chose freedom over security. The way up the ladder though, is difficult. Long hours, low returns, uncertainty, high risks, etc are all constant companions. Capital required to start up is another major hurdle that entrepreneurs face.

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In reality, not all passions match with the realities of the job market. In fact, the people who get to do what they love, for a job, are the lucky ones; they're not the majority. A better goal is to find work that you can do and it's not for everyone. It's not as easy as just having a skill and selling it. You have to have a product that people want to buy from you rather than your competitors. You also have to be able to market yourself, deal with financial uncertainty reasonably happily; it doesn't need to be your passion. Starting your own business is hard, have some savings as a launch pad and overcome plenty of other challenges. So which is better? Entrepreneurship or a job? No one can answer that question but you. It all depends on your drive, your capacity to take risks and your goals in life. You may be ideal for one at one stage in your life and shift to the other at a later stage. “Choose a job that you like and you will never have to work a day in your life”

– Confucius

Prerna Chadha MBA 1st Year

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Selflessness vs. Selfishness

Humane or Human?

Am I a selfish or a selfless person? Am I human or humane? How many times have you asked

this question to yourself, either standing in front of a mirror or while going to sleep after a hard

day’s work? The answer for most of us perhaps, would be that we rarely get the time to

introspect about such things in today’s fast-paced world, where people do not have the time to sit

back and give a thorough thought about these words which are perceived as unimportant or

trivial.

From the point of view of the corporate world, a person is required to be thick-skinned and

professional in order to stay ahead of the rat race or as they say to ‘SURVIVE’.

The concept of SELFLESSNESS: In simple words, selflessness means to be considerate about

the needs and comforts of others before your own and to perform noble deeds without expecting

anything in return.

The concept of SELFISHNESS: It is the other side of the same coin, which means that it is

expressed negatively or has negative connotations.

Given the above concepts, referring to an individual as being Selfless or Selfish in its absolute

meaning would be incorrect. No person can be absolutely selfish or selfless. The extent to which

a person is selfish or selfless depends upon his overall up-bringing. The social background of a

person defines a person’s reaction to different situations, which in turn, brings out his selfish or

selfless attitude.

As explained above, a person cannot be absolutely selfish or selfless, as too much of any one of

these attitudes is harmful for a person. It is said that being selfless or having a sense of altruism

is important for a human being to become humane. However, selfishness is also a necessity,

especially in today’s world where there is immense competition present in the respective trades.

Selfishness in a way maintains or retains a person’s individualism or identity. It also helps in

maintaining a person’s ego state. Selflessness and selfishness are two sides of the same coin. A

person needs to have hinge of both the attitudes.

Count not the cost of giving, give of yourself with love,

The secret of all true living is reaching out all the while...

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Humane in the real sense:

Let us talk about some well known personalities, who in the real sense of the term are the epitome of selflessness.

The first name that comes to one’s mind is MOTHER TERESA, her noble endeavours and vision

of making the world a better place to live in, through love and affection towards others.

The next personality in the list is Mr. Warren Buffet, Founder and Chairman of Berkshire

Hathaway, who has helped the world through his altruistic nature. He himself leads a very simple life and is a strong adherent of selflessness.

The list continues with personalities like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., etc who have put the welfare of mankind before their own comfort and helped in making the world a better

place to live in.

Having said that, these renowned personalities also had a hidden sense of egocentricity or self-

interest, which explains that a human cannot be humane in its absolute sense, but has the selfish hidden somewhere within him.

Sarang Chafekar

MBA 1s t Year

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T o B e P ol it i ca l or A pol i ti ca l

Since the time when man gave up nomadic existence and organized society began and the concept of government came into being, politics has been the single most important area which has captured his imagination. It has become a part of our DNA. Aristotle also said, that, “Man is by nature a political animal”. Thus, it is in our very nature to be po litical. We can demonstrate the importance of politics by just looking at the sheer no. of political thinkers throughout the ages in various countries across the globe. Right from the time of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, etc in ancient Greece to the medieval European political thinkers like Machiavelli, Thomas Aquinas, etc to the post renaissance philosophers like Baruch Spinoza, Immanuel Kant, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, John Locke, etc, politics has been the single most important area of man’s concern. Similarly, In India, we have had many important political thinkers like Kautilya who wrote the arthashastra and the ancient Vedic philosophers who wrote the manusmriti. But since the time of the two world wars, there has been a significant decline in the field of political philosophy with no major school o f thought emerging in recent years. With the establishment o f democracy in most countries of the world and the emergence of a huge middle-class population across the world after world war-2, people have been more concerned with their personal consumerist attitudes and the interest in po litics in the minds of the public and particularly the youth has been on the wane. This is a very bad sign and it is extremely important for the preservation of the freedom and independence they so love and cherish, that they should actively participate in politics. As the Greek philosopher Plato said – “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors”. And that is exactly what is happening currently across the world. Just an overview of the quality of leadership in var ious countries will bring out this fact clearly. As an example, when the recent US presidential elections took place, most Americans were searching for the names of the nominees for the election on the internet on the day pr io r to the voting. This shows how careless we have become. Also, the quality o f debates that took place between var ious nominees has also declined, as compared to previous elections. Talk ing about our own country, here also, the level of public d iscourse has hit rock-bottom. Main reason for this is the entry of many illiterate persons against some of whom there are serious criminal charges in courts of law and the ignorance and apathy of the public to politics. The individual may belong to any section of society or he may be engaged in any profession, it is vital to be aware of political developments taking place around us. To take an example from the world of business, any entrepreneur or marketing executive has to do a PEST analysis before he can develop, market or launch a product into the market. Here P is the first factor that he has to consider , which stands for ‘Political factors’. Therefore, an individual may or may no t actively get involved in politics, but it is extremely important in any modern society, rather, indispensable for his survival, to at least be aware of the po litical developments taking p lace in the county.

Dewanshu Trivedi MBA 1st Year

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“Distances” The distances between you and me..

and the mere absence of milestones

still walking towards you

as once I swore...

But someone is playing with my weak nerves ...

meanwhile inability of my blood to go beyond the curbs..

who is it..?

Its the rain...

OH! please not again

the pointed tip of my pain

ready to pierce it again...

what is it...?

My eyeballs..

beneath my eyelid

they failed to crawl !!

the ripples of my breathe

caused quivering of my lips

my shoulders are laid beneath

the self mounted heaps!!

the heaps?

The heaps are of

uncountable dreams ...

unstoppable screams...

of it and but of my ailing heart!!

strange showers of tears,

trickling down the eyes

creating 'crest' and 'trough'

of ‘rise’ and ‘fall’ !!

Boundaries are taking you far away

leaving me in a restricted zone

the distances between you and me...

and the mere absence of milestones...

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Neelkanth Khawas

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Is 50 the New 60?

We are in the best phase of our lives in our 20s. Learning to earn soon. And what is it

that is keeping us on our toes? Is it just our passion, ambition and zest for life? Or is it also

the pressure to sustain in the competition for survival and responsibilities that will come our

way? Sharing family responsibilities is just one of the facets of the gem of a person you ought

to be. The others, I’m sure, are here to welcome you with open arms. But hey, life is not just

about worrying, or is it?

Gone are the days when ‘young at heart‘was a phrase that referred to people in their

second innings of life. Employees are retiring early, planning their career and sculpting it

time to time, with the most minute details, as to how and when should they retire after all

their present and future demands are met. Also, early retirement is now considered as a

‘bonus’ to your ‘quality life’! The ‘young at heart’ life starts right here! This life has the

satisfaction of money, satisfaction of the time spent with your family and a general feeling of

self-contentment. And how is it so?

Imagine a person in his/her late 50’s working in an environment that he/she has not liked

much. Being in such an age group, many of them refuse to accept challenges and new

techniques in their routine kind of work. Be it a Government service, a private job or an

owned business even! The only motive behind somehow completing those ‘compulsory

working hours’ is to earn money. And why do you think that is so? That’s because they are

not yet secure about the amount of money they have, to spend the rest of their lives, post-

retirement.

Enough of blaming on the person now! Don’t you think the overall ‘job’ environment that

existed till late emphasized more on the ‘honorary retirements- working till the very last day

of your eligible employment’, the much applauded ‘extension periods- creating a niche for

yourself by offering more dedicated service’ and the mental calculations of your ‘well-

deserved pension plans’. Nobody stressed on the quality of work, the individual’s

productivity for the company, the team efforts and not even their grievances. The company

policies were too rigid to be bent. Hence, the employees often, if not rarely, faced the

challenges and many a times, were congratulated for their work.

Found the sole reason for such a thing to happen? The answer lies in the difference between

two words- Job and Career! When we take a look at the ‘Career’ aspect of the current trend of

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any employee, such drawbacks are immediately noticable. How exactly does the ‘Career’

path affect the number of years that an employee works? Firstly, he/she educates

himself/herself to suit the requirements of the work that he/she wishes to dedicate his/her

professional life to. Secondly, he accepts new challenges, goes through various training

programs and quenches his/her thirst for knowledge. He/she sets up his/her own levels of

expectations that he/she has from his/her Career and after achieving each one of it, he/she is

completely satisfied to have succeeded in that level. If such a well-defined structure of one’s

road to success-within a specific time period is set, there is absolutely no need for the person

to work till 60! Such a person shall obviously retire happily, in his 50s and spend time for

society, family and self!

Yes, with such a career-oriented lifestyle, people may ignore health-related issues.

Workaholics tend to disregard their family matters. Also, fulfilling additional responsibilities

is an additional strain! Agreed that the career oriented lifestyle, in every way, is capable of

planning a great future ahead, the ‘present’ is much ignored. Whereas, people at their ‘jobs’

were excellent at balancing their ‘work-life’ successfully. They always welcomed quality

time to be spent with their family, accepted additional responsibilities and used to relax often.

Which one is better then? And does the better one make the other one look dumb? Well,

that’s for every individual to decide! This decision resembles the concept of the ‘Time value

of money’. The perception of this decision may depend upon the ‘Time value of your life’!

50 may be the new 60. But with time, it will either recede more or get back to the aura of

sweet sixties! Who knows? Only time can tell!

-Rucha Makarand Kulkarni

M.B.A. First year

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Ayurveda -A Trustworthy Treatment?

Ayurveda, which means “science of life”, is probably the world’s oldest system of natural medicine. It originated in India about 5000 years ago and it stems from the ancient body of spiritual teachings known as the Vedas. Some historians believe that Ayurveda was the original basis for Chinese medicine. In our country, Ayurveda deals with eight main branches of medicine: pediatrics, gynecology, obstetrics, ophthalmology, geriatrics, otolaryngology (ear, nose,and throat),general medicine and surgery. The main goal of Ayurveda is to achieve optimal health on all levels: physical, psychological and spiritual. This is achieved via theories and techniques that focus on diet, exercise, meditation, yoga and massage. Ayurveda emphasizes the use of plant-based medicines for treatment. Some animal products are also used such as milk and bones. Moreover, minerals such as sulfur, arsenic, lead, copper sulfate are also prescribed. This is known as rasa shastra. Ayurvedic practitioners deal with diagnosis by using all five senses. Ayurvedic doctors regard physical and mental existence together with personality as a unit, each element having the capacity to influence the others.A vital point to be noted here is that Ayurveda is principally a “person-specific” approach. This means that two individuals, even though they may have the same symptoms, might be treated very differently in terms of herbal remedies, diet, exercise, etc. It is this very individualization that makes it difficult to design Western-style clinical trials of Ayurvedic treatment regimes. However, progress is being made in this area. It is believed that an estimated 80% of Indian population uses Ayurveda in some form, although it is often clubbed with conventional medicine. There are over 100 colleges which offer degrees in traditional Ayurvedic medicine and more than 250,000 Ayurvedic practitioners in India. At the beginning of 1960’s, Ayurveda had begun to be considered as “alternative medicine” in the West. However, due to the diverse nature of laws and medical regulations around the world, the unregulated practices and commercialization of Ayurvedic medicine had raised ethical and legal issues. The individualistic approach along with absence of an adequate amount of research, has questioned the reliability of this field of medicine. In some cases, Ayurvedic practices have been adapted specifically for Western consumption; this has unfortunately led to active fraud on the part of some advocates of Ayurveda, in an attempt to falsely represent the system as being in conformity with the standards of modern medical research. For example, Abana is a combination of herbal and mineral formulation that has been traditionally used in Ayurveda for improved heart health. Abana may improve heart function but further research is needed before a recommendation can be made. Ayurveda emphasizes that whatever is present in the universe or Macrocosm is also present in the individual body or Microcosm. Man is a miniature of nature; hence, basic components of man and the universe are the same. Thus, the use of Ayurvedic herbs for treatment of ailments does not create any side effects. On the other hand, as a traditional medicine, many Ayurveda products have not undergone rigorous testing. As a result, there is insufficient evidence to determine whether they are effective

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and whether they result in any long-term side effects or health concerns or not. According to a 1990 study on Ayurvedic medicines in India, 41 percent of the products tested contained arsenic and 64 percent contained lead and mercury. In 2012 the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that Ayurvedic drugs have links to lead poisoning on the basis of some cases presented, where some pregnant woman had taken Ayurvedic drugs and toxic materials were found in their blood. What is even more worrying is the fact that reliable information on herbal toxicity is not readily available. Despite all this, Ayurvedic practitioners are unwilling to admit that herbs could be toxic. Thus, a communication gap exists between modern medical practitioners and Ayurvedic practitioners. Hence, even though Ayurveda as a field of medicine may be trustworthy, a lot more scientific research and study is required to definitively prove the same.

Shraddha YawalkarstMBA 1 Year

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Teachers Day Celebration

Event Summary:Students of MAEER's MIT School of

Management organized a function to celebrate Teachers Day on 5th September 2012 at Dnayeshwar Hall. It is one of the occasions that is looked forward by the teachers and students alike. On this day, students realize what it means to be a teacher and what it means to control the future of several students.The function started with World Peace Prayer and by showing a small clip on the life of Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnana. A cultural program was organized to mark the occasion in which students from all the courses participated.

Addressing the audience, Brig. Dr. R. K. Bhatia, Director of MIT-SOM congratulated all the faculty members of MIT-SOM in shaping the careers of the students. He also congratulated the volunteers of the function for organizing the event.

General Secretary and Deputy General Secretary also spoke on the occasion, thanking the teachers for moulding the lives of the students, because the lessons learned from teachers remain with students throughout their life.

In the end, all the teachers were given a gift as a token of love from the students. Vote of thanks was given by Mrs. Mrunal Belsare. She thanked all the students and faculty members for their active participation. The Function concluded with the Pasyadan.

National Study TourAhmedabad (December, 2012)

This academic year (2012 – 2013), MIT School of

Management had organized its National Study Tour to

Ahmedabad for six days (19th to 24th December, 2012).

The group comprised of 33 junior batch students

representing MPM and MMM courses and two faculty

members viz. Prof. Mrunal Belsare and Prof. Umesh

Patwardhan.

On 19th December, we boarded the train from

Pune station at 19.50 hrs. and reached safely to

Ahmedabad the next day morning (20th Dec. 2012) at

8.00 hrs. The arranged coach took the group to the Greenwood & Lake Resort where the

arrangements were made for stay, breakfast, lunch and dinner during the National Tour. Students

were allotted rooms on quadruple sharing basis (4 students in a room with extra bed).

From 20th Sept. to 23rd Sept. the group visited following industries during the National Tour

Ÿ· AMUL: an Indian dairy cooperative, based at Anand in the state of Gujarat.

Ÿ· IIM-A: one of the best business schools in India and in the Asia-Pacific region.

Ÿ· BISAG (Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics): A State level

agency under the Government of Gujarat to facilitate providing of services and solutions in

implementing map-based Geospatial Information Systems.

Ÿ· National Electrical Ltd: A medium scale manufacturing unit.

Students also visited the National Handloom

Emporium and famous market places. The market place

was lavished with beautiful handicrafts and Gujarati

traditional materials. Finally the group departed to

Ahmedabad station, boarded the train at 19.50 hrs and

reached safely to Pune the next morning, 24th

December, 2012. The trip was really wonderful, quite

enthusiastic and had everlasting memories.

Visit to IIM Ahmedabad

Visit to AMUL

'KNOW YOUR INDIA'Darjeeling Trip

Objective:1. To know and understand the geography of India.2. To know the cultural heritage of India.

To meet these objectives MIT-SOM, as part of its annual cultural tour, organized a visit to Darjeeling and Gangtok, from 21st to 28th December 2012. The students were accompanied by Prof. Meghana Limaye, Prof. Santosh Gopalkrishnan and Prof. Umesh Nath. Also, the tour was accompanied by Edutrotters, Andheri (E) Mumbai.

Darjeeling is located in the sub-Himalayan belt of Eastern Himalayas. To reach Darjeeling we had to go from New Jalpayguri by local tourist vehicles. The culture of Darjeeling is quite diverse. The Tibetan ethnic groups like Lepchas, Bhutias, etc celebrate New Year called “Losar” in January to February. A popular dish in Darjeeling is the “Momo”, a steamed dumpling containing mutton/pork/beef/vegetables, and served with a watery vegetable soup. The main occupation of the local population is hospitality and selling warm cloths. The localities are very polite, honest and loyal. Buddhist monasteries showcase the Pagoda style of architecture. It is also regarded as a centre of music. The notable places to visit include Tiger Hill, Zoo, Monasteries and the Tea gardens.

Gangtok is the Capital and largest town of the Indian state of Sikkim. It is located in the eastern Himalayan range, at an altitude of 5800 feet. The population comprises of different people like Nepalis, Lepchas and Bhutias. The climate is very cold in winter, falling up to 2 degree Celsius below zero. The city is flanked on east and west by two streams namely Rorochu and Ranikhola. The city is very clean and is under the care of the Military. The main occupation of the people is hospitality. The main attractions are ropeway, shopping

and panoramic views. The city is situated on a Hill range with lots of greenery.

To sum it all up, it was a very learning and fun experience for all the students and professors, as they became better acquainted with each other during the trip. Students came to know about the natural beauty and cultural diversity of our country through this visit.

ALUMNI EVENT REPORT 2013REUNION 2013

Reunion 2013, added one more feather to the glorious success

story of MITSOM. Alumni Meet 2013 indeed was a very th

successful event held on Saturday, the 19 January, 2013 in MIT

Lawns, MIT College, Pune.

Presence of 152 alumni gave the meet its true meaning. The

overwhelming response and the enthusiasm of alumni made the

evening more joyous. Director (Brig) Dr. R.K. Bhatia and other

dignitaries were present to grace the occasion.

The main reason for organising the meet in MIT premises was to make the alumni re-live their

college life once again, by reminding them of all the memories attached to the campus of MIT.

Director (Brig) Dr. R.K. Bhatia in his address to alumni discussed about their importance to the

institution and the contribution they can make to the same. The Director also updated them about the

various developments at MIT, for instance, the introduction of various sessions in its programme like

Current Issues and the most important about the Bharatiya Chatra Sansad and its contribution.

There was also an informal interactive session where the Alumni played various games. For the

first time this year there was a special alumni- faculty interaction in order to make the alumni friendly

with the newly joined faculty. The alumni also gave valuable inputs to current students about how to

pursue their career and go forward with their jobs or business. The function was followed by a lavish

dinner. As a token of love for alumni, the volunteers gave them handmade cards depicting their never-

ending bond with the institution and its culture. With a promise to celebrate this togetherness again

the next year in 2014, everyone parted with a load of joy in their hearts.

rd3 Indian Student Parliament

MAEERS' MIT School of Government organized the 3rd Parliament of Indian Student Council Leaders i.e. “Bharatiya Chatra Sansad” from Jan 10 to Jan 12, 2013 at the MIT campus. In the span of these three days, participants were given an opportunity to interact with prominent personalities from Politics, Spirituality, Environment, Media, Social movement, Entertainment and Sports and speak their minds.

The motive behind the Students Parliament has been to provide the student leaders with a common platform to speak up their thoughts & opinions. Their thoughts and ideas help propagate the plan for the cause of Nation building. Further, it also aims to act as a channel assisting the national & international bodies in shaping political reforms related to the development of today's youth.

Key speakers during the session were Maulana Syed Kalbe Rushaid Rizvi (Social Reformer & Renowned Islamic Scholar), Mr. Omar Abdullah (C M, Jammu & Kashmir), Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad (MP, Rajya Sabha), Ms. Shabana Azmi (Social Activist & Well Known actress), Shri. Subhash Ghai (Acclaimed Indian Film Maker), Swami Sukhabodhananda (Spiritual Guru & Founder Chairman, Prasanna Trust), Dr. Muhammad Yunus (Founder, Gramin Bank and Nobel Laureate), Dr. Vijay P. Bhatkar (Eminent Computer Scientist and Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Delhi) and many other prominent leaders & dignitaries.

The resolutions made by the participants were compiled as the Declaration of the Student Parliament and were to be forwarded to the Honorable Prime Minister of India, the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, the Ministry of Youth Affairs, to the Government of India, Government of

Maharashtra, .

All the views on these various issues discussed at the said student parliament were recorded and compiled into suitable format to maintain proper archives so that those can be used for propagation. 'Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad' is now considered as a blossoming ground for young, enthusiastic and bright minds; committed to lead society to effect political changes and to strengthen democracy.

The event served as a great motivation and a learning experience for the student representatives giving them a stimulus to make

our nation a superpower.

all the states of India and other concerned bodies of policy making.

Mr. Rahul Karad with Manoj Kumar

Dr. Vishwanath Karad, Mrs. Shabana Azmi, Mr. Subhash Ghai and Mr. Rahul Karad

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Bharat Asmita National Awards 2013

MITSOG, in association with MITSOM, successfully organized the Bharat Asmita National Awards (BANA) - 2013

rdon 3 of February. BANA are National level awards presented annually to recognize the selfless and awe inspiring feats of leaders from the fields of Management Education, Journalism & Mass Media, Science & Technology and Politics to deserving Indian nationals.

In the words of Shri Rahul Karad - Executive Director, MIT-SOM and Founder and Executive Dean, MIT School of Government, Pune. "The purpose behind "The Bharat Asmita National Awards" is recognizing excellence and pointing the impressionable youth in the direction of selfless social service and contributing to nation building. We are certain that they will continue to provide inspiration to the future generations."

To propagate this idea, BANA brings students face to face with such personalities who have excelled in their chosen field and who can emphasize upon them the need to work beyond their chosen vocation for the greater good of society. It serves the dual purpose of providing inspiration to the youth and brings these personalities in the limelight, recognizing their contributions to society.

MAEER's MIT Group of Institutions realizes that the growth of the nation lies in inspiring the young generation of Indians by recognizing unparalleled feats of pioneers, who by the power of their intellect are setting new standards of performance and excellence in various fields.

The recipients of this year's awards inc luded – Bharat Asmita Achar ya Shrestha(Best Management Teacher) - Dr Devi Singh, Director, IIM-L; Bharat Asmita Jana-Jagaran Shrestha(Best use of Mass Media for public awakening) - Shri Javed Akhtar, Acclaimed poet, lyricist, Scriptwriter and MP, RS & Chetan Bhagat, Acclaimed author; Bharat Asmita Jana-Pratinidhi Shrestha(Best young exponent of parliament practices) - Shri Ashok Tanwar, MP, LS; Bharat Asmita Vigyaan-Tantragyaan Shrestha(Best use of Science and Technology through innovation) - Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Founder & Chairman, Narayan

Hrudayalya group of hospitals, Bangalore; Bharat Asmita Lifetime Achievement Award - Shri Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister on public information, infrastructure & innovation. Each recipient was awarded a certificate (Tamra Patra), prize of INR 1, 25,000/- and a Memento.

Dr. Vishwanath D. Karad

The dignitaries

Awardees also enlightened the students through a lecture on the subject of the achievement for which the award had been given to them. The function was a huge success and was widely covered by various local and national media.

BANA brings together a community, which aspires to see our nation achieve new heights of development based on strong ethics and practices of growth.

Together we shall set higher standards of performance, together we shall evolve and together we shall realize our dream of a strong, developed and globally competitive India.

Annual Social Gathering Vasant Utsav – 2013

The Annual Social Gathering, Vasant th th

Utsav-2013 was organized on 19 , 20 and th

25 January, 2013. The formal function was

conducted jointly by MITSOM, MITSOB and th

MITCOE-CMSR on 19 Jan, 2013 in Swami

Vivekanand Auditorium between 10.30 am

to 12.00 noon. Mr.Robin Banerjee, Deputy

MD and Group CFO, Bilcare Ltd was invited

as the Chief Guest of the function. The dais

was shared by Brig.(Dr.) R.K.Bhatia, Director-

MITSOM, Prof.(Gp. Capt) D. P. Apte, Director- MITSOB, Prof.(Dr.)Vishwas Wadekar, HOD, MITCOE-

CMSR and Prof. (Col) Ramgopal, Associate Director, MITSOB. The meritorious passed out students of 2010-12 batches from MBA, MMM, MPM and PGDBM

were awarded with a memento and certificate from the hands of Chief Guest for their great achievements in their academic at MITSOM.

In his inspirational speech, Mr.Robin Banerjee, the Chief Guest, had ignited the minds of young students by delivering an impressive speech where he talked on the topic of “India as a Country from Economic Perspective.The Chief Guest with his wife Ananya Banerjee enjoyed the lunch with all HODs

of the Institutes in Chandralok Garden.Snehbhojan Program

thThe lunch program was organized on 20 January, 2013 (Sunday) for the students of MITSOM, MITSOB and MITCOE-CMSR in Swami Vivekanand Mandap between 11.30 am to 2.30 pm. Students enjoyed food with lots of fun. All students, faculty members and others attended the program in traditional dresses.

Cultural Programth

The cultural program was held on 25 January, 2013 between 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm in Swami Vivekanand Mandap for the students of MITSOM

exclusively. Varieties of entertainment performances were there to showcase the talent of our students. The program went well without any hindrances.

Competitions for the Studentsth

As a part of Annual Social Gathering, on the day of cultural program, i.e., 25 Jan, 2013 morning, various competitions were organized for the students of MITSOM. The competitions viz., Transformers, Act Zone (Empowering Men for Empowering Women), Collage and Brandotisement were organized. The winners in the competitions were awarded with a certificate at the hands of Brig. (Dr.) R.K.Bhatia, Director, MITSOM.

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Date: 27 Feb 2013 and 28 Feb 2013

“Mpower” is the name that has become synonymous with a grand success in a very less time. It is an annual Management Carnival organized by the students of MIT School of Management. MPower 2013 was an extravagant event with valuable takeaways for all students in terms of Team - Building, Human Resource Management, Leadership Qualities, Selling and Marketing skills and financial management. . MPOWER 2013 also had a tie up with a recognized NGO , thereby making its contribution to the society.

The event was initiated under the guidance of Brig.( Dr). R.K Bhatia, and became a great success with the strong mentor support from Prof. Ms. Ujwala Bairagi and Prof. Mr.Santosh Gopalkrishanan. The event was inaugurated with the hands of Chief Guests - Mr. Subrata Poddar, HR Manager at Suzlon

thEnergy Ltd. India On 27 Feb 2013 , at 9.30am in Room 506 of MITSOMThe following Nine different events were organized :

"Brandvertisement" : The participants got into the shoes of Brand Managers and had to showcase their marketing skills."M - Street"- This was a game, modeled on stock exchange, taking through the main moves of share transactions. The first and only game to capture the excitement of making money on the stock market."HR Hallmarkers": Employee motivation commonly benefits from

suitable and well run team building games, exercises, and activities, including puzzles and quizzes. This was the concept behind organizing "HR Hallmarkers".

" Biz - Quiz" : To test the business knowledge of participants. "Snap hunt": As the name suggests, it was a combination of treasure hunt and photography. This event was a test of time management, analytical skills and general knowledge.

The Best Manager"

300" : The purpose of this event was to find someone who has the acumen and brains to start a small business and earn profit in less time .This event has a social angle to it. We donate the earned profit to the NGO. "Plan de Negocios" : Students showcased the knowledge, skill

and attitude to manage a business." Lan games" like FIFA'09, CS and angry birds also became an area of excitement during the event.

Another event with great velocity, a title which everyone dreams of "

was conducted with active participation and great success. "

The Inaugural function

The MPOWER team

The Valedictory Funct ion was th

organized in Dhnyaneshwara Hall on 28 Feb 2013, at 4.00PMMr. Mukul Varshney, Head, Corporate Affairs John Deere , India was the chief guest for Prize distribution and Valedictory Function. Dr. V.D.Karad also graced the function with his presence and motivational speech and words of appreciation.The two days of enthusiasm ended with the Prize distribution Ceremony with the hands of Chief Guest Mr.Mukul Varshney and Our Director Brig.( Dr). R.K Bhatia.

The event witnessed a direct exposure to more than 25,000 individuals and indirect exposure to over 2,50,000 people through ground sponsors, posters and brochures .

The event witnessed participation from 890 students of around 100 colleges within Maharashtra and Pune, to name a few Mitsom,Mitcoe Cmsr, Pumba, Indira, Sinhgad Instittue Of Management, Sakalap Business School, Modern Institute Of Management, Hiraben Nanawati Institute Of Management, Imert, Mmceo, Pvgcom, Dy Patil, Symbiosis Institute Of Management Studies, Narsi Monjee,Mumbai, PVG Nashik Etc. The Rolling Trophy was won by "PUMBA"

The Registration desks Winning team of “PUMBA“ with The Rolling Trophy

Dr. Vishwanath Karad felicitating the chief guest Mr. Mukul Varshney,

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Faculty Welfare Programme

Faculty Entertainment Program:Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse

themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment also provides fun, enjoyment and laughter. The faculty entertainment program was organized on Saturday, 22nd October 2012, at 9.30 am, in room no. 506. “Diya Decoration” competition was organized for all the faculty members. Every faculty member including the Director, Brig. (Dr.) R. K. Bhatia participated in the competition. Diya was provided by the faculty welfare committee, and faculty brought their own decoration material. Dr. R. M. Chitnis, Principal, MITSOM College was invited as the judge for this competition. Dr. Jaya Paliwal won the first prize and Prof. Richa Goyal won the second prize. A consolation prize was given to Dr. R. K. Bhatia. All male faculty members voluntarily prepared tasty “Bhel” under the able guidance of Prof. Umesh Patwardhan. Newly joined faculty performed a melodious medley of songs which was dedicated to individual faculty members. Since that was the last working day before “Diwali Vacation”, all faculty members were presented with “Pravin Utna”.

Celebration of Birthdays & Send-off On the last Saturday of every month we celebrate the birthdays of the faculty members for that

month. This time we gave a special “lucky plant” as part of our “Go Green” initiative. This idea was appreciated by all faculty members . Those who resigned from MITSOM for better opportunities elsewhere were felicitated for their service. A shawl, Saint Dnyaneshwar photograph and Pasaydan was gifted to them. Former Associate Director Dr. (Col.) Sneh Sharma, Dr. Jaya Paliwal, Mrs. Pallavi Deshpande and Mr. Santosh Gopalkrishnan bid adieu to MITSOM this year.

I will keep the lamp of knowledge burning to

achieve the vision – Developed India…

-Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

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Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC)

MITSOM's EDC organized a guest lecture on the topic of 'GET, SET, AND st

GROW' by Mr.Abhay Karadeguddi , an expert consultant to EDC on 1 Sept, 12 between 11.30 am to 1.00 pm in Room No.506 of Saraswati Vishwa Bldg, Wing-A. The student members of EDC along with students of MBA, MPM, MMM seniors and MBA Juniors attended this session.

The program started with an address by Brig. (Dr.) R.K.Bhatia, Director, MITSOM. He highlighted the importance of an innovative idea and its implementation. He explained the success stories of some well known entrepreneurs in India and also recommended reading the books on entrepreneurship written by well known authors from IIM Ahmedabad.

The speaker of the day, Mr.Abhay Karadeguddi, started his session by taking a live example of an entrepreneur from a UK based company. He emphasized on the qualities that a successful

entrepreneur must possess. He mentioned many examples of successful entrepreneurs with whom he was directly involved as a consultant. He concluded his session with a 'faith story' which was essential for young budding entrepreneurs.

The impact of the session was so good that many students came forward with their ideas and showed interest to discuss in person with Mr.Abhay Karadeguddi to start their own business after they complete their course.

(Retd.) Brig. Dr. R.K. Bhatia, Mr.Abhay Karadeguddi, Mr. Girish H. Kulkarni

Prof. Girish Kulkarni(Convener EDC)

An interactive session with budding entrepreneurs

Finance Forum

INDUSTRIAL VISITNATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE (NSE) – MUMBAI

The industrial visit to National stock Exchange (NSE) was organised by th

Finance Forum on 12 October 2012 in Mumbai. All the senior members of the forum, which was a mix of students from finance, marketing and HR participated. The entire batch of forum members was accompanied by Prof. Vinita Ahire (Club-mentor) and Prof. Sunil Adhav.

Apart from students of MITSOM, there were students from four other colleges present for the sessions. The entire program was divided into two knowledge-filled sessions.

The first session conducted in the auditorium was about capital markets (equities cash) i.e. listing of securities, types of transactions on stock exchange, norms of NSE for transactions, so on and so forth. The information disseminated in this session was quite useful and interesting as it dealt with the practical implications of theoretical knowledge which students already have. After the session, students resolved their queries regarding the capital markets, in particular, equities cash.The second session dealt with the basics of derivatives (futures and options) and their trading on NSE. Also, students got an opportunity to see live trading of derivatives on screen in the auditorium which made understanding derivates easier.

Overall, the visit turned out to be a perfect combination of learning and enjoyment, which was possible only because of enthusiastic students and encouraging faculty members.KNOW-IT-ALL Finance Forum conducted a general quiz

thnamed “Know-it-all” on 27 Feb’12, for all the forum and non-forum members. This was the first event organized by the MBA Semester-II members of Finance Forum. The general quiz had two rounds – 1st question answer round and 2nd was concentration video round. Winning team members were Tanmay Jadhav and Arpit Deshpande.

Students and Faculty at NSE

Mrs. Vinita Ahire-Kale(Mentor, Finance Forum)

HR FORUM

The zeal of HR forum was evident as its members were prompt in organizing events for students.

Know yourself… better! Was the first activity conducted by the HR forum. It was basically the inaugural activity for the forum. The activity was a great success with huge participation from MBA juniors, MPM juniors and seniors from both the courses. The activity was about personality analysis with a systematic assessment of understanding behavioral styles” with rating each behavior as A, B, C and D. The behavior pattern of each personality was described in detail. Also strengths and weaknesses of each personality were

given. The participants were also given directions and suggestions of converting their weaknesses into strengths. Most importantly this activity clearly helped the participants in knowing “what motivates each personality?” so that they can always keep themselves motivated. The duration of the activity was 1 hour and 30 minutes and “it definitely was worth the time” as stated by one of the juniors.

The huge response f rom the participants with a total strength of 87, including 60 juniors was definitely worth the efforts that each member of the HR forum's core team had put in. The huge response and encouraging feedback from the participants acted as a catalyst for the HR forum team and motivated it to conduct more such intriguing activities in future.

The HR Forum screened the popular film The Secret as the second activity. It can be described a self help film which uses a documentary format to describe the “Law of Attraction”. The film focuses on leading examples of life coaching, personal development and success which are very important for every student. The film screening was attended by more than 30 students from MBA and MPM courses. Everyone gave a positive review about the movie.“HR Forum Mini Activity”

th HR Forum mini activity was conducted for MBA juniors on Friday, 19 October. This activity was aimed at conducting an interactive session with the HR forum members. All the forum members were divided into groups and each group was given a topic for role play. This activity was aimed at checking presence of mind of the members and to check how they would react to unexpected situations.

Apart from role play, a quiz based on recent affairs was conducted. It is very important that students have knowledge about all the important events that are happening in the country and around the world. This was aimed at testing the knowledge of the members. There was lot of enthusiasm among the members and we got a positive response from the participants.

Mrs. Varsha Nadkarni(Head HR Forum)

MARKETING FORUM

The academic year of 2012-2013 has been pleasantly eventful for the Marketing Forum. With newer and more innovative activities carried out, the Marketing Forum has proven, yet again, to be a dynamic platform for students to showcase their dexterity and skills, which otherwise go unnoticed.

The Big Brand TheoryThe first event of the Marketing Forum was “The Big Brand Theory”. As the name

suggests, the event was a quiz competition which was based mainly on knowledge of popular brands worldwide. The event was judged by Prof. Umesh Nath, Prof. Girish Mude and Prof.Neelam Raut. The Big Brand Theory was conducted in three rounds. The first round was a Questionnaire round in which a set of questions was given to the participants. The questions were of General Category and the top scoring teams proceeded to the next rounds. Round 2 and 3 were based on guessing the Brand names from visual and textual clues respectively. This event showed an unprecedented participation from MBA as well as MMM students.

The winners of the event, Siddhesh Palsule & Aniket Pingale were awarded Certificates by the judges.Field Work at 'Big Bazaar' & 'Food Bazaar at Pune Central' Retail Stores:

The members of Marketing forum were given the opportunity to understand the different retailing activities involved in sales of goods at two major retail chains 'Big Bazaar' and 'Food Bazaar at Pune Central'. The major purpose was to understand the overall concept of Sales Promotions by participating in the sales promotions strategies used by Future Group. The Marketing forum of MITSOM had approached the retail chains with a formal proposal for deploying 15 of its members as temporary workforce for their biannual sale of '6 Din Maha-Bachat' during the sale-time rush during Independence Week in August. The experience was highly rewarding and gave students a firsthand experience of store management, customer handling and product placement in stores. The efforts put in by students were recognized by the Retail Managers and Certificates of Appreciation were also awarded to them.

The Marketing Forum also arranged a screening of the movie “Glengarry Glen Ross” on 25th October, 2012.The movie is very relevant in today's scenario when it comes to ethics & selling unwanted goods to customers and therefore a must-watch for every student aspiring to be successful in the field of Marketing and Sales.

Prof. Swapnil Undale(Head Marketing Forum)

IT Forum

POWERTECH2012 is an intercollegiate IT event that was designed by the students of MCA and produced by the IT forum of MITSOM. POWERTECH2012 was held on 5th and 6th October under the guidance of Brig. (Dr).R.K.Bhatia and Dr. (Mrs.) Subhalaxmi S. Joshi as part of student's development activity. On 5th October 2012, the event started with inauguration function having eminent guests from IT industry. Chief Guest for inauguration function was Mr. Sanjay Patwardhan(CEO, Cybage Software Pvt.

Ltd) and Guest of Honor was Dr. Mrs. Smita Totade (Professor & CIO at National Insurance Academy, Pune). Events included – Brain Teaser- Which was a computer based aptitude test. Quizothon- An IT Quiz and to make it more interesting, a LUDO based game called “CHECKMATE” was also included in it. Diagrams Meet- It was a newly introduced event which was based on the documentation of projects. Judge for this event was Mr. Ashish Dixit. Treasure Hunt- It was a newly introduced event which was based on management activities. Web Guru- It was an event where participants had to design a Website. Judge for the event was Mr. Vishal Gupta (Founder CEO, Dakaizen Solutions). Coffee With Java- It was an aptitude and coding event for core as well as advanced JAVA. Judge for the event was Mr. Saket Akolkar (Java Developer, TCS). ComPro- It was a newly introduced event where students had to prepare presentations on current hot topics (IT and Non-IT) and present their topic in front of the judges. Judge for this event was Mr. Sandip Mutalik. Dark Knight in C- It was an aptitude and coding event on C programming. Judge for this event was Prof. Bhagwat Kolwar (Professor at JSPM Institutes). Game War- Gamers vied with each other in computer games like Counter Strike, NFS (Most Wanted) and Angry Birds to win the coveted prizes.

We received participants from many colleges (like IMED Bharati Vidyapeeth, Fergusson College, Modern college, Indira College, JSPM to name just a few) with total no. of registrations going up to 368. On 6th October, 2012 we had valedictory function where we had a guest from IT industry, Mr.Hemant Aggrawal (Technology Director Credit Risk & Fraud Solutions, Barclays Technology Centre, India) who with Team Barclays Technology Centre, India/UK also gave a seminar on “Credit Risk and IT Frauds” before the Valedictory function. Dr.Eknath Khedkar (Dean, Faculty of Management, UoP), Dr.V.D.Karad (Founder, Executive-President

& Trustee, MAEER's MIT, Pune), Brig. Dr.R.K.Bhatia (Director, MITSOM) and Dr. (Mrs.) Shubhalaxmi S. Joshi (Mentor, IT Forum) also graced the occasion and appreciated all the volunteers by distributing prizes and certificates to the winners and runner-ups of the respective events. We would like to thank all the faculty members for guiding us and giving us an opportunity to organize this event. We would like to thank our sponsors (Vencobb-Rs 60,000, Ask Me-Rs 25,000, Virscent Technologies-Rs 15,000, Papa John's-600 Discount Coupons, PuneDiary.Com-Adventure plus Coupons of Rs 57,700) for supporting and investing in our event.

Dr. Shubhalaxmi S. Joshi (Mentor, IT Forum)

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Aakriti Club

“It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression.”- Alfred North Whitehead

Aakriti Club is the literary club of MITSOM. The club comes up with a magazine every month named " e - horizon" which covers the latest issues in the world of business.

"VIHAAN" , the magazine which is in your hands right now, is a yearly magazine and a part of Aakriti club.

The students, through this club, get a platform to pen down their views on various current issues by either writing articles or poems or depicting various emotions through the photographs clicked by them.

Some of our best issues of e- Horizon:

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Arts and Photography Club ( Splash Pointers)

Date: 12th September, 2012The inaugural activity of Splash Pointers was truly a mesmerising one

which covered Lord Ganeshas theme as a whole. The theme was decided taking into consideration the upcoming festival of Lord Ganesha. The event included exhibition of different paintings, banners, posters, photographs related to Lord Ganesha. The event also had exhibition of various creative ideas and items like chocolates, Diyas, paper bags. All the items were put up for exhibition cum sale and received immense response. Various stalls were attractively arranged and each and every member from the club contributed to the event. There were

four different stalls put up, mainly:-1. Chocolates2. Paper bags3. Diyas4. Floating Rangoli

Also there were paintings and photographs put up by the students. The students were encouraged by rewarding them with special gifts and idols of Lord Ganesha. The event not only helped in showcasing the talent and creativity of the participants but it a lso helped in exhib it ing the “ m a r ke t i n g s k i l l s ” o f va r i o u s participants.

It provided a platform for the students to believe that MITSOM, especially “Splash Pointers” not only focuses on theoretical aspect but is also a prime contributor in bringing out the hidden talents of the students. The mentor of the forum “Prof. Richa Goyal” is definitely the strength behind the success of the grand event conducted by Splash pointers. The event wouldn’t have been a success without her guidance and help.

Mrs. Richa Goyal(Mentor, Arts & Photography)

INDRADHANU ’13……. The colors of creativity

The performing art club organizes different programs, competitions in Music – Singing, Playing Instruments, Classical and Western, Dance – Classical and Western, Drama – Stage and Street Plays. This year also students organized many events & also participated in different competitions organized by various colleges.

The different events organized under the club during the year are:EINSTEIN:

The play Einstein, written by Gabriel Emanuel a Canadian writer, is a 30 year old celebrated script. The play is about Einstein’s life, told by Einstein

himself. He recounts his journey from childhood to his rise to a figure of authority in science and his eventual surrender to the political tyranny of the Germans."

“A scientist belongs to science in times of peace, but to his country in times of war.”The play makes us compulsory to think about the relevance of virtues even in the rational field of science and the dilemma of a scientist. Will he give up his pacifist views only to save himself from being ostracized? Or will he surrender, like others in the testing times of war?

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Wankhede on 3 September 2012 at 5.30 pm in Room no. 506. The duration of the play was 72 Minutes.

Swar sangam -Swar sangam was another activity conducted by the “Indradhanu “-

performing arts club. The activity was a great success with huge participation from MBA, MPM, MMM students.

The activity included various songs, dances and poetry. Different dances- solo as well as group dances lighted up the entire event. The huge response and encouraging feedback from the participants has geared up the club and we are all set to conduct best of activities and help INDRADHANU be a great success. The event definitely wouldn’t have been a grand success without the support of the club mentor Prof. Mrunal Belsare and the core team. The event was

thorganized on 7 September 2012, in room no. at 606, at 4.00pm

Prof. Mrs. Mrunal Belsare(Mentor, Performing Arts club)

MITSOM Rangers Trek Tikona Gadh

Tikona is the dominant hill fort in Maval in western part of India. It is located near Kamshet around 50kms from Pune. The village nearest the fort is called Tikona- basement village. The 3500 ft high hill is pyramidal in shape and the name Tikona means "triangle". There were total of 50(32 girls + 18 Boys) MITSOMIANS and 5 NCC Trekking Experts. We boarded the 8:15am local train from Pune station and reached Kamshet railway station at 10am, followed by breakfast and tea. We hired Jeeps from Kamshet station via Kale colony (near Pawna dam) to Tikona basement village. Tikona is a pyramid shape fort near Pawna Dam, Lonavala. A Medium Level trek

needs around 2 hours to reach to the top as well as to descend. The views from the fort were extremely beautiful (one of the best lake views in sahyadris) as one can see the huge Pawna Lake in its full glory. Trekkers also praised the view of Pawna dam as well as the nearby Tung, Lohagad and Visapur forts.

It was a wonderful experience. All the trekkers were amazed by heavenly weather and scenery. The new trekking members were very happy and enjoyed a lifetime experience which was unprecendented for them.

Mrs. Swapna A. SaojiMentor, MIT-SOM Rangers

Sports Club

‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy'

This proverb assumes great significance in the life of students given the pressure that they have to endure during their academic lives.

True to the meaning of the proverb, students at MIT School of Management had arranged sports day on March 09, 2013 under the guidance of respected Director, Brig. (Retd.) Dr.R.K.Bhatia and sports mentor Prof. Swapnil Undale.

The organizing team led by Aditya Pachpor and Sahil Janorikar displayed their management acumen by organizing the event which saw participation

from around 150 students from MBA, MCA, MMM, MPM courses.

Sports that were organized included- Cricket, Table Tennis, Football and Basketball. MBA juniors won Cricket and Basketball tournament whereas the Football tournament was won by MBA senior course students. The event also witnessed participation from women in Cricket.

As Michael Jordan has said “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships”.

Even though the main objective of "The Sports Day" was to organize a fun filled day for the students, but it also inadvertently provided valuable learning like task allocation, team building, leadership and discipline. It provided a platform for the students to show their talent in sports.

The prize distribution ceremony was arranged on March 14, 2013 to felicitate the winners in each sport. The winners were given medals and certificates by Director, Brig. (Retd.) Dr.R.K.Bhatia. A few of the students shared their experiences about the event. The umpires and referees were also felicitated for their great work that made the event memorable.As Heywood Broun says, “Sports do not build character. They reveal it.”

Prof. Swapnil Undale(Mentor Sports Club)

1 Evosys 34 ETP International Pvt Ltd

2 Asian Paints 35

Parle Global Technologies Pvt.

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Time Legend Travels & Tours Pvt. Ltd (Satguru

Travels) 36 Fenesta

4 Odessa Technologies, Inc. 37 Kuehne+Nagel

5 Cátenon India 38 Savita Chemicals

6 Transparency Market Research 39 Parle Global Technologies Pvt Ltd

7 Protechsoft. 40 L&T Infotech

8 Elcome Marine Services Pvt. Ltd 41 Posco Electrical Steel India Ltd.

9 Redington 42 BNY Mellon

10 Colgate Palmolive Ltd 43 Ariston Capital

11 BuysellTips 44 Hexagon

12 Grupo Antolin Pune Pvt. Ltd 45 Johnson & Johnson

13 Deloitte 46 Kotak Mutual Fund

14 Kemper System (India) Pvt. Ltd. 47 Glencore Grain India Pvt. Ltd

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Time Legend Travels & Tours Pvt. Ltd (Satguru

Travels) 48 Proptiger

16 Greenback Forex Services Pvt Ltd 49 Electrolead Pvt Ltd

17 People Edge Management Pvt Ltd 50 Nishsoft Services Pvt. Ltd.

18 Mahindra & Mahindra 51 Kurlon

19 XL Dynamics India Pvt Ltd 52 Electracard Services Pvt. Ltd.

20 Thomas Assessments Pvt. Ltd. 53 Solaris

21 Berger Paints 54 Value Consulting

22 Ganpati Exim Pvt Ltd 55 Finedge

23 Eaton 56 Transparency Market Research

24 IPlace USA 57 BAJAJ CAPITAL LTD.

25 Aloha Technologies 58 Softcell Technologies

26 Jaro Education 59 Reval Analytical Services Pvt. Ltd

27 Amura Marketing Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 60 Metlife Insurance

28 Tam India 61 Ganpati Exim Pvt Ltd

29 3HD Media 62 PepsiCo India Holding Pvt Ltd

30 ICICI Securities 63 Way 2 Wealth

31 Philips Electrolux 64 Zycus Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

32 S&P Capital 65 Prosares Solutions Pvt. Ltd

33 Volkswagen 66 Axience

Placement ReportEvery MBA student dreams of a rewarding placement at the end of a grueling two-year

MBA course. To give wings to these dreams MITSOM has a robust training and placement department run by Mrs. Dhanashree Tharkude , Training and placement officer , Mrs. Smita Pangarkar , Placement Coordinator, Mr. Sarvesh Jadhav , Placement Coordinator and supported by the Student Placement Team .The average package is 3.67 Lacs till date. Below are some of the renowned companies that visited MITSOM campus for the academic year 2011-13

67 Panchshil Realty 100 Diamond India Ltd

68 Integrated Enterprises (India) Ltd 101 Nestle India Ltd

69 Anursh Insurance Services 102 Evolve Technologies Pvt. Ltd

70 KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd 103 Sspotlight Films

71 L&T Infotech 104 Value Consulting

72 Aerosoft 105 Johnson and Johnson

73 Magneti Marelli India Pvt. Ltd 106 Tech Mahindra.

74 Vyakta Talent Solutions. 107 Posco Electrical

75 RKK designs 108

Bafna Auto Cars India Pvt. Ltd(Deccan

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76 Ajay Syscon Pvt. Ltd 109 India bulls

77 SPSS South Asia 110 Reliance Securities Limited

78 Electronica Hi Tech. 111 IFCO TOKIO

79 SPSS South Asia 112 Afourtech

80 Dynamo Info Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 113 UK Based Multinational Company

81 Vanilla Beans 114 Maersk Global Service Center

82 BATA India Ltd 115 ACH consultants Pvt.Ltd

83 Deloitte Consulting India Pvt Ltd 116 Delphi computech

84 Infinite Computing Systems Pvt. Ltd 117 CCian Healthcare Pvt. Ltd

85 Standard Chartered Bank 118 IndusInd Bank Ltd.

86 Value Notes 119 HDFC Ltd

87 Transport Corporation of India Limited 120 BizKonnect solutions.

88 Zenith worldwide 121 Sydler Remedies

89 Kotak Mahindra Bank 122 Jombay .com

90 Atul Ltd 123 Kotak Mahindra Bank

91 Fulcrum Worldwide Software Pvt Ltd. 124 Wide Bridge Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

92 Piaggio Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. 125 Guardian Developers Pvt.Ltd

93 Medulla Recruitment Services Pvt Ltd- Biojobz 126 Godrej infotech

94 Standard Chartered Bank 127 Superlative HR Solutions Pvt. Ltd

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Matrix Cellular (International) Services

Pvt. Ltd 128 Kanix Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

96 Dev Group 129 MD India Healthcare Services Pvt. Ltd

97 Diamond India Ltd 130 ISS Integrated Facility Services Pvt. Ltd

98 Just Dial Ltd 131 IMI mobile

99 Credit Suisse 132 Meine Kuche India - A German company

MBA :

1. Ms. Swati Palve

2. Ms. Manju Khubchandani

MMM :

1. Ms. Hiral Shah

2. Mr. Punit Chordiya

MPM :

1. Ms. Priyanka Thorat

2. Ms. Trupti Kavthekar

PGDBM :

1. Mr. Nitin Shastri

2. Ms. Sonali Karnik

Results of 2010 - 2012

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Course reports

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MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)

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CA Mrs. Meghana Limaye Mrs. Neelam Raut Mrs. Vinita Ahire Kale (Course Head) (Class Teacher Div A) (Class Teacher Div B )

thCommencement of the session: Semester III: 9 July 2012

st Semester IV: 1 January 2013Intake strength of the course: 120 students + Foreign Students 15% of the intakeDual Specialization:

7University MBA program is run at MIT COE CMSR as well as MIT DMSR.As MITSOM offers all specializations, 1 student from MIT DMSR and 5 from COE CMSR are pursuing productions and materials specialization from our institute

Activities undertaken:Industrial visit was organized for MBA students to National Stock Exchange, Mumbai on October 12, 2012National Tour was organized for students to Ahmedabad Workshop on Financial Modeling by NCFM Proschool was arranged for Finance specialization studentsGuest Lecture for Finance students - Semester III by Mr. Sagar Chordia on careers in FinanceGuest Lecture for Marketing students on Overview of Sales in IT Industry by MR. M ParkhiCounselling session for MBA students- Semester III by Mrs. Manasi KhirsagarProblem solving skills for MBA semester III by Prof. Neelkanth AthalyeGerman Class as foreign language for MBA second year students; Semester –III Mock GD and PI conducted by all MITSOM faculty members for all MBA students of Semester IIIMock Interview sessions were organized with the help of the alumni to familiarize students with interview environment and help students brush up their skills Mock Interviews and GD were also conducted for students by industry persons - Janhavi DeshpandeWorkshop on 6 thinking Hats was conducted on 15 Sept 2012In December, 2012 MITSOM organized ‘Know your India – Cultural Tour in which some students of MBA Semester III went to Darjeeling and Gangtok.

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Students enthusiastically participated and helped in carrying out various activities such as:Guest lecture by Mr. Ashutosh Misal (Arthakranti) on 25th August 2012Business Exposure competition on 15th Sept 2012Drawing competition for NGO (Handicapped students) on 3rd Oct 2012Parents Teacher Meeting on 6th Oct 2012Guest lecture on Marketing through spirituality by Mr. Praful Dave, Director of Sirum, India on 31st Jan 2013 Guest Lecture on Current trends in HR by Anita Bowalikar, Vice President, HR, Sanvik Asia on 9th Feb 2013Guest lecture on ‘Are You Thinking your own Thoughts’ by Mr. Andrew Cohen on 17th Sep 2012Bharatiya Chatra Sansad and Bharat Asmita National Award FunctionActivities of various forums and clubsTeachers’ Day celebrationsHelmet Awareness campaign held every Thursday in the first semester.Power Tech 2013M power 2013The Annual Social Gathering, Jalsa 2013Industrial Visit to Oxyrich for MBA second semester students on 29th Jan 2013

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nd rdDHRUV 2013- This event was organized by PUMBA. The event was organized on 22 , 23 &

th25 January 2013. Mr. Siddharth Palnitkar and Ms. Paridhi Jain won the first prize in st

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Rudra 2013 – It was a group dance competition organized by PCMRD COLLEGE on 2 & 3 Feb 2013. The winner team of the completion is - Samir Karpe, Vaishnavi Tambekar, Sarang Chafekar, Sampada Mahajan, Priyanka Jalgaonker and Amir Zubari. All the students belong to

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National level B – Plan Competition - It was organized on Saturday, 16 February 2013 , by Sai Balaji Group of Institution , Hinjawadi,Pune . The students presented the B- Plan on Agriculture. MITSOM students won the Rolling Trophy for the year 2013. They also received the cash prize of Rs. 30,000/- along with the certificate. The name of the winners are –Mr. Nilkanth Khawas, Mr.Pravin Rajurkar, Mr.Kalpesh Khule .

MBA 2nd Shift

Prof. Mrs. Anjali Vamburkar

Commencement of the session: Semester III: 18th July 2013 Semester IV: 1st January 2013

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MBA 2 Shift is a University of Pune affiliated program Yearly Intake: 60 seatsStudent activities and achievementsFollowing are the various co-curricular/cultural and sports activities in which students participated,

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· Dhiraj Mantri - Played PDL (Pune District Premier League) in 2012. Played cricket for a

team named "Jubilant" in hyderabad. Currently , Playing for a company named Sujanil's

Chemo Ltd.

· "Manthan" 2013 - It was an event organized by MIT COE CMSR. MITSOM students

secured 3rd position in Box Cricket Tournament. Team members: Nikhil Shetty, Dhiraj

Mantri, Siddharth Sahota, Vipul Jain, Darshan Kankaria and Bhuvan Dave.

· Roshan Jain , Kaustubh Satpute, Saurabh Maheshwari , Narendrasingh Patanar and

Siddhesh Palsule got selected in KPIT'S Live Project for conducting a market survey of

commercial vehicles in order to launch additional features.

· Varun Vaze - Reaserch paper on "Discovery of New Spider Species "published in an International Journal " Revista Iber Aracnologie".

· Varun Vaze won "The Greenkarbon Photography Popular choice Award" organized by "Sanctuary Asia and Deutsche Bank".

Master of Computer Applications (MCA)

Mrs. Akanksha Kherdikar Mrs. Nivedita Kulkarni Mr. Rajneesh MishraClass Teacher (I Year) Class Teacher (II Year) Class Teacher (III Year)

ndCommencement of the session: Semester I: 2 August 2012

th Semester III, V: 9 July 2012 Semester II, IV, VI: 1st January 2013

Intake strength of the course: 60

Student activities and achievements-MCA students enthusiastically participated in various club and forum activities and events. Some such events include:

Teachers day celebrationsPowerTech 2012 held in October 2012Helmet Awareness CampaignIndian Student Parliament, 2013Annual Social Gathering, 2013

In order to increase industry interaction and exposure, students also attended guest lectures and webinars such as:Webinars on Software Project Management aspects in Jul 2012 Seminar on Windows 8 and Windows mobile apps in Feb 2013During Indian Student Parliament, held in January, 2013, MCA students and faculty provided technical support for the entire event.All MCA students were actively involved in ‘Go Green Campaign’ which involved tree plantation and several other activities.

rdMCA III year students, Vishwambhar Kokare and Kamlesh Pradhan cleared state level round for CSI National Level Project Competition.

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ndSwarada Kalekar from MCA II Year reached the final round for solo singing competition in Purshottam Karandak, 2012.Archana Patil and Swarada Kalekar from MCA II presented a research paper ‘Usability of Concurrent Data Structure and generic application framework for data intensive data mining application through cloud computing environment’ in International Conference on Ongoing

th thResearch in Management and IT at ASM College held on 11 -13 January 2013.

stRohit Bagawade from MCA II won 1 prize and Trophy in Table Tennis at Rudra 2013 held on 7-9 Feb 2013 at Pravara Cen2012.ter of Management Research and Development.Chinmay Mahajan and Shraddha Trivedi attendend ‘15th All India inter-University national Integration Youth Camp’ organized by ‘Foundation for Amity & national Solidarity’ at Jodhpur Rajasthan representing University of Pune in Dec 2012.Madhur Lathi and Nikhil Barela participated in ‘C-Athlon’ organized by ‘Vishwakarma Institute of Technology’ in Feb

MMM – (Masters Program in Marketing Management)

Mr. Girish Kulkarni Mr. Girish Mude Mr. Swapnil Undale ( ) Class Teacher (I Year) Class Teacher (II Year)

thCommencement of the session: Semester III: 18 July 2012st

Semester IV: 1 January 2013Intake strength of the course: 60 MMM is a two years full time program, affiliated to the University of Pune. Yearly Intake: 60 seats.

Activities undertaken - An industrial visit to ‘OXYRICH’ was organized for MMM students to get exposure to

different functional areas of the organization.

Guest lecturers from eminent personalities (viz., Mr.Abhay Karadeguddi, an entrepreneur)

from the industry were organized for MMM students.

Mock interviews were conducted by MITIAN Manager (Alumni Association) MITSOM for

MMM – II year students. The students of MMM got placed in reputed organization like Bajaj Financial Services Ltd, Exitosys Technologies, ACER, HDFC, etc

Advanced Excel online sessions are organized for all MMM students.

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Achievements of the students –

Ÿ Chaitanya Kabra, Sachi Rathod and Bhaumik Patel of MMM - I won first prize in business plan competition ‘Imperium – 2013’ organized by MIT School of Business, Pune.

Ÿ Ankit Khadikar of MMM-II year won the runners up prize in Mr. & Ms. University contest being held by N.I.E.M Institute, Pune which gives a platform to students who are aspiring for a career in modeling.

Ÿ Most of the MMM students voluntarily participated in the Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad - 2013 organized by MIT School of Government.

Ÿ As a part of social awareness, MMM students participated in ‘Helmet awareness campaign’ organized by MITSOM.

Ÿ As a part of Marketing forum activity, few students got hands on experience in Big Bazaar on th ththe occasion of ‘Sabse Sasta Week’ organized between 10 - 15 August, 2012.

MPM – (Masters Program in Personnel Management)

(Course Head) Prof. Mrunal N. Belsare Mrs. Varsha Nadkarni Mr. Bhushan Mehare

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Commencement of the session: Semester III: 18th July 2012 Semester IV: 1st January 2013

Intake strength of the course: 60 MPM is a two years full time program, affiliated to the University of Pune. Yearly Intake: 60 seats.

Activities carried out during the academic year 2012-2013.Students of MPM actively participated in the different events/functions/ activities carried out by

rdMITSOM Teachers Day Celebration, 3 Student Parliament, MPOWER 2013, ‘Vasantotsav’ – annual social gathering 2013, ‘Reunion’ – alumni meet 2013, activities conducted by Marketing forum, activities carried out by different clubs and seminars conducted in the college. As part of academic excellence, MPM students participated in study tour to Ahmedabad, in the month of December 2012. Students visited Amul factory, Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad, BISAG – Bhaskaracharya Institute For Space Applications & Geo Informatics, National Electrical Ltd. & other well-known sites in and around Ahmedabad.Students visited Agri Tourism - Baramati and Volkswagen Ltd at Chakan, to get an exposure to the industry.Guest lecturers from eminent personalities from the industry were organized for MPM students.To groom the students for placement, mock interviews were conducted by MITIAN Manager

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Ÿ This year placement of MPM–II students has been good. Students are placed in various reputed companies like Volkswagen India. Ltd, Infinite Computing, Bharat Forge, PTC Software, etc.

Ÿ As part of additional academic input, Advanced Excel online Sessions were organized for MPM – II students as knowledge of advanced excel is a prerequisite for getting a good job in the industry.

Ÿ Achievements of the students –

Ÿ Ms. Khyati Sankala & Ms. Namrata Mittal from MPM – II, attended two days workshop, Confluence 2012, an IIM Ahmedabad International Business School summit. These students also participated in Master Plan – a business plan competition organized by

th thMIT School of Business in association with IIM Ahmedabad on 29 & 30 August 2012.

Ÿ Mr. Prathamesh Bhandari from MPM – II was elected as a Deputy General Secretary of MITSOM, for the year 2012-2013.

Ÿ Ms. Shilpa Mule from MPM – II won the Audience Choice prize in ‘Mr. & Ms. University’ contest - a beauty pageant organized by N.I.E.M. to provide a platform to talented students.

Ÿ Riddhi Shah of MPM - I, started her own company called Rolock Digital. The Company deals with the manufacturing of electronic locks. The main focus of the company is to focus on home security systems. The products provide advanced features like digital door operation, audio and video facility, card operation system, etc.

Ÿ Ms.Rajashree Purandare from MPM – I won the ‘Best Manager Award 2013’ at ‘Imperium 2013’ organized by MIT School of Business.

Ÿ Ms. Khyati Sankala was the HR event head in Mpower 2013, the National level inter collegiate management event.

Prof. Mrunal N. Belsare,

Course Head, MPM

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management & Master of Business Studies

(PGDBM & MBS)

Mrs. Aparna Dixit

(Course Head)thAcademic year 2012-13 began on 18 July 2012 for PGDBM as well as MBS with an induction program

for Semester I being conducted in hall 506 in MITSOM campus. During the induction program students were made aware of the course structure and rules and regulations of the college.

The classes and internal examination were held as per schedule. The results of both the courses

have improved dramatically and the institute is proud of the rank holders and all students who have

cleared the examinations. This year also saw participation of several PGDBM and MBS students in

various events held in the college. Some such events include Indian Student Parliament 2013, Alumni

Meet – Reunion 2013, Annual Social Gathering 2013 and Teacher’s Day Celebrations.

Mrs. Aparna Dixit Course Head

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Faculty AchievementsResearch ProjectsDr. S.S Joshi and Mr. Rajnish Mishra were the principle investigator and co- investigator for the research project, ‘Proposed model of BI for Academic Excellence’, funded by University of Pune.

Paper PresentationsŸ Dr. S.S Joshi presented a paper on ‘Cloud security model’ at VIM National conference. Ÿ Mr. Swapnil Undale and Mr. Girish Mude presented a paper on’ The Rise Of Entrepreneurial Era:

A Case Of Selected Organizations From Pune’ at the Conference on Global Strategies for an Emergent India held by IIM Kozhikode (IIMK) and University of Sydney Business School.

Ÿ Mrs. M. Belsare presented paper titled ‘Role of NGO in Effective HR practices’ at International HR Conference organized by ITM – Kharghar, Navi Mumbai in November 2012.

Ÿ Mrs. M. Belsare also presented paper titled ‘Managing cultural differences is a key to global business success’ at International Conference on Managing Human Resources at the Workplace at Mysore in December, 2012.

Ÿ Mrs. M. Belsare and Mrs. Aparna Dixit jointly presented a paper titled ‘Training Needs Identification for Successful Implementation of Diversity Management Process at Workplace’ at International conference on current reality & emerging trends in global management’ at Ahmednagar in January, 2013

Ÿ Mrs. Deepti Tulpule presented the following papers:Paper titled ‘Satisfied employees reflect the company brand’ at Employees first and

customer next- a national level conference organized by Rani Chennemma University, Belgaum

Paper titled ‘Study of National and International Institutes working on Business Ethics’ at National conference organized by Business Ethics Foundation, Pune at Nashik in March, 2012

Paper on ‘Study of Learning and Development philosophy at Lanxess with special reference to developing L and D manual for Xtrainee Programme- A case study’ at International Multi-Conference on Global Advancements and Futuristic Trends in Engineering, Management & Information Technology ; ’MANTHAN '12’, organized by Global Research Association for Development and Excellence, Haryana in December, 2012

Paper on the topic ‘To Study the Status of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Industry in Pune region’ at HORIZON-12 (National Conference – Innovative strategies in HR), organized by Sinhgad Institute of Business Administration, Lonavala in November, 2012

Paper on the topic ‘To study the Training and Development activities with special reference to execution of Future Managers Development Programme. Special reference At Bosch ‘ at National Conference on Business Management and Information Technology: Challenges & Strategies for Global Competitiveness organized by MIT School of Management in December, 2012

rdPaper on ‘Business ethics at work place (a need of present scenario)’ at the 3 state level conference on Ethics – Today and Tomorrow, organized by Kaveri College of Science and Commerce, Pune in January, 2013

Paper on ‘Impression and Understanding of corporate employees about company’s commitment to ethics with reference to Business Ethics and Ethics Audit’ at International conference organized by School of Management Sciences in collaboration with California State University, San Bernardino, USA and D Chamber of Commerce and Industry at Varanasi in February, 2012Paper on the topic ‘To study the impact of Cross Cultural Environment toward development

thof an organization’ at the 4 National conference on Emerging Challenges for Businesses in a Borderless World: When Geography Becomes History, organized by VIM, Pune in February 2013.

Ÿ Mr. Girish Kulkarni presented paper titled ‘Supply Chain Management (SCM); Opportunities and Challenges in Today’s Scenario in Fruit and Vegetable Retail Sector in India’ at Multinational Enterprises and Sustainable Development International Conference (MESD 2012), New Delhi in December, 2012

Ÿ Ms. Ujwala Bairagi and Mrs. Charu Rastogi co-authored paper titled, ‘An Empirical Study of Saving Pattern and Investment Preferences of Individual Household with reference to Pune City’ for INCON – VIII – 2013; International Conference on Ongoing Research in Management and IT, published in ASM’s International Journal of Ongoing Research in Management and IT’ in Jan’ 2013 (e-ISSN : 2320-0065)

Ÿ Mrs. Charu Rastogi, CA Mrs. M.N. Limaye and Ms. Ujwala Bairagi co-authored paper titled ‘Impact of Euro Crisis on Indian Exports’ presented at Management Integrated - Business Research Conference organized by IES MCRC, Mumbai in February 2013.

Ÿ Mrs. Charu Rastogi authored paper titled ‘Changing geo-politics of oil and the impact on India’ presented at International Conference on Trade, Markets and Sustainability (ICTMS) of Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Pune in February 2013.

Ÿ Mrs. Archana Singh and Mrs. Charu Rastogi co-authored paper titled, ‘Addressing Knowledge Management Challenges for Global Business Organizations’ for National Conference on Business Management and Information Technology: Challenges and Strategies for Global Competitiveness, MIT School of Management, Pune, in December.

Ÿ Mrs. Richa Goyal presented paper titled 'Creativity and Innovation: Essential factors for Competitive Excellence' at International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship organized by Institute for Future Education, Entrepreneurship & leadership (iFEEl), Lonavala. The paper was published in Gyan Samhita Journal of Research in January 2013, ISSN No. 2229 -6654

Ÿ Mr. Sunil Adhav presented paper titled ‘Entrepreneurial Finance: Stages of Venture Capital’ at International Conference on Innovation & Entrepreneurship organized by Institutes for Future Education Entrepreneurship & Leadership, Karala, Lonavala.

Ÿ Mrs. Neelam Raut presented a paper on the topic ‘Recent Trends & Developments in Consumer Behavior followed by Marketing’ at VIT Baramati Department of Technology and Management in October, 2012

Ÿ Mrs. Neelam Raut also presented a paper at national conference in MIT School of Management on the topic “A Study on the Role of Knowledge Management in Deciding Marketing Strategies for Health Care Industry in December, 2012Ÿ Mr. Umesh Nath presented a paper titled ‘A study of the Current Status and Sustainability of

Social Entrepreneurship in India’ at International Conference on Innovation and

Ÿ Mr. Manohar Karade presented and published the following papersŸ Paper related to PhD Research Work on topic- ‘The use of ROI for Better Evaluation of

Training and Development Activities’ in National Conference at VIIT, Baramati in October, 2012, in which he won the second prize

Ÿ Paper on ‘Inflation-Challenge for India national Conference in January, 2013 at Saint Mira’s College of Commerce

Ÿ Paper on ‘Fostering Entrepreneurship for sustainable Economic Development’ in International Journal of Management and Information Technology ISSN:2277-35 Vol; Special Issue-B at JSPM, Pune

Ÿ Paper on the topic ‘Women Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Rural Development’ ISSN No.2230-9667 at Neville Wadia Institute of Mgmt & Research Centre, Pune

Ÿ Published paper on ‘Generating Economic Value in Rural Population by Micro Finance and Self Help Group (SHGs)’ in International Journal of Management and Information Technology ISSN:2277-35 Vol; Special Issue-A at JSPM, Pune

Ÿ Paper presented at International Conference on SHGs-Rural Population Empowerment through financial Inclusion at ITM Business School Kharghar(E) Navi-Mumbai

Ÿ Paper Presented in National Conference (ISBN-978-93-5051-579-2) on -The Impact of 4 C’s on Employee Satisfaction at KBP Institute of Management studies and Research,

Paper PublicationsŸ Dr. S.S Joshi and Mrs. Nivedita Kulkarni wrote a paper titled ‘Business Informatics - a key driver for

strategic planning’, published in IEEE International conference on Intelligent Systems and modeling.

Ÿ Dr. S.S Joshi and Mr. Yashvant Akolkar wrote a paper on ‘Hierarchical representation of domains of Information security’, published in IEEE International conference on machine language computing , China

Ÿ Mr. Girish Kulkarni, Mr. Ashish Thite and Mrs. Charu Rastogi co-authored paper titled, ‘Role of business intelligence (BI) for effective customer relationship management (CRM) in retail with special focus on social networking’, published in AIMA Journal of Management and Research, Volume 6, Issue 3/4, Pages 96-107, August ’12 (ISSN : 0974497)

Ÿ Mr. Girish Mude wrote a paper on ‘Internal Branding as a Management Strategy: A Case of Organized Retail Sector’ published in International Journal of Research in Commerce & Management. Vol. 3, No. 6, pp 126-129 in June 2012

Ÿ Mrs. Aparna Dixit wrote a paper on ‘Training the teachers in professional education- Need of the hour’, published in Journal of Commerce and Management Thoughts, Vol – 3 Issue – 4. Sept 2012. ISSN- 0975-623X

Ÿ Ms. Ujwala Bairagi authored a paper on ‘Account Number Portability: Is the Banking system ready for change? A study with reference to India published in Nirmaan-National Journal, Volume I & Pg.109-114, March 2012, ISSN:2277-5358

Ÿ Ms. Ujwala Bairagi also wrote a paper titled ‘A Study and analysis of Advertisement Impact of Pepsi Ad Campaign during Cricket World Cup 2011 with reference to Pune City’ published in International Journal of Engineering Science and Research, March 2012, ISSN:2231-5535

Research Centre, Mumbai, India on 21st ,22nd FEB, 2013, ISBN: 978-81-86052-08-2Ÿ Mrs. Swapna A. Saoji wrote book review on ‘The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability

for Competitive Advantage’ authored by Prof. Dr. Yossi Sheffi, publisher : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Press (October 2005) Cambridge, ISBN : 978-2-553-01548-9 published in KHOJ – Journal of Indian Management Research and Practices, ISSN:2278-8271 in January 2013

Participation in Seminars and ConferencesŸ C.A. Mrs. M. Limaye participated in a National Level Event- CFO Meet organized by CII and

MITSOB, Pune.Ÿ C.A. Mrs. M. Limaye, Dr. Jaya Paliwal and Mrs. Charu Rastogi attended International Research

Conference on ‘Inclusiveness and Innovation- Challenges for Sustainable Growth of Emerging Economies, SIMSARC, SIMS Symbiosis International University, Pune, held in Dec’ 2012

Ÿ Mr. Ashish Kulkarni participated in a national level workshop on A-View organized by Amrita E-Learning Research Lab and seminar on E-library Management tools and E-book Collection organized by MIT-SOM and EBSCO

Ÿ Mr. Sunil Adhav attended two day Faculty Development Program in Finance at Zeal Institute Of Management & Computer Application, Pune and a work shop on Kaizen and Five ‘S’ at Indian Institute Of Training & Development, Pune in November, 2012.

Ÿ Mrs. Aparna Dixit attended International HR Conference organized by ITM – Kharghar- Navi Mumbai in November, 2012

Ÿ Mrs. Nivedita Kulkarni, Ms. Ujwala Bairagi, Mrs. Vinita Ahire, Mrs. Swapna Saoji, Mr. Ashish Kulkarni and Mrs. Akanksha Kherdikar attended national level workshop on’ Introduction to Research Methodologies’ organized by IIT Bombay and National Mission on Education through ICT - MHRD in June 2012

Ÿ Mrs. Nivedita Kulkarni also attended seminar on ‘Oracle Technology Network Developer Day on Enterprise Java’ organized by Oracle Corporation at Mumbai in May 2012.

Ÿ Mrs. Akanksha Kherdikar participated in work shop on ‘Developing Project Documentation using UML’ organized by MCA Department, MMCOE, Pune.

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I am the only HR Manager of the only company in

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Pradnya P Gaikwad

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S leeping beauty

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1 Prithvi Shrikant Ingole Nazuk Kali

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5 Renuka Ravindra Joshi with strong willpower

6 Priyanka Pramod Pungaliya hasmukh la l

7 Sherene Abizar Kharawala believes nothing is impossible to achieve

8 Neha Dilip Rokle never g ives up lik e a true f ighter

9 Prathamesh Ravindra Bhandari he calls himself an army man

10 Shraddha Pandharinath Shelke bhai of our class

11 Reshmi Soman just do or die

12 Prateek Tiwari vakeel babu

13 Anil Pa l responsible

14 Namrata Kiran M ittal creates creativity

15 Khyati Pravin Sankla chota packet bada dhamaka

16 Vrushali Shrikant Joshi sweet,simple and beautiful

17 Mitali Dhananjay Bhandare She believes there are no mistakes but lessons

18 Shirin Rajendra Ghate most reliable friend

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20 Asheena Shrinivas S hetty shy and quiet

21 Bahar Ashok Dani living each moment

22 Ishani Deodatta Patankar for her 'life' is full of surprises!

23 Sagar Sunil Jolapure M r.India

24 Rubab Akbar Lokhandwala Cuteness Redefined

25 Maithili Vilas Deochakke She believes in herself

27 Pooja Prav in Nang ade Fun loving

28 Neha Gopal Latey Beauty with too much bra in

29 Ruchika Singh lives life to the fullest

30 Sunil Laxmanrao Bhondve has an answer for everthing

31 Monika Singh cheerful and helpful

32 Akanksha M arathe eternall greatfull

33 Shilpa Dattatraya Mule dancing diva

34 Shilpa Ramesh Asnani not writer,but director of my own destiny

35 Supriya Balasaheb More full of positivity

36 Rohit Arun Hanchinal a ll time hit,naam ha i rohit

37 Manohar Ambadas Doijad harr harr manohar

38 Vishwajit Dasharath Gadhave a lways on s ilent mode

39 Mastud Mohini Arjun sports women of our class

41 Rupali Pralhad Bagul courageous & helpful

42 Priyanka Narendra Ujwane happy go lucky

43 Gaurav Rasik Kothari ek kothari,sab pe bhari

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1 Utkarsh Gupta Mini Amitabh

2 Arpita Arunkumar Bajoria A girl with lot of paitence,which will make other paitent

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4 Ashish Pandey A humble person

5 Valiyaveetil Nikhita Chanrashekhar white white orbit white

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9 Sujoy Subrata Gupta master of hair cut

10 Pooja Kishor Munot Keep your phone away,good girl

11 Sajad Ahmad Innocent heart stealer from kashmir

12 Vishwesh Subhash Sarpatwar anna sweartheart,short tempered kaka

13 Krishna Shriniwas Bohara Gopiyo ka kanhaiya

14 Balram Patidar Oye balli oye,Naagraj!

15 Aniruddha Arun Kelkar Chuklele "Hrithik" Adhuri ek kahani

16 Aasma Khaja Shaikh Hawa ka jhoka

17 Gaurav Radhesham Chandak Gobi ka phool,Khoya hun main

18 Darshan Sanjay Gandhi Ambani ki teesri aulaad

19 Sunil Kumar Yadav lovely married guy

20 Harshal Rajiv Agrawal sweet girl with sweet heart

21 Anand Chandrashekhar Vedak A guy who is always present in class lives in his own dreams…

22 Niraj Nandkumar Keskar Kesker,chupa rustam

23 Yaduvir Singh kuch toh bol,itna sannata kun hai bhai

24 Archit Rajivkumar Gupta Topper of the class

25 Pratik Sham Kolam Alandi se ata hu aur bahut sharmata hu

26 Devarshi Tripathi nice person

27 Rohit Uttam Pawar wanted!

28 Swapnil Wasudeorao Zungre yamaha guy!

29 Pankaj Bijlani Shining star

30 Arjun P Parsana Karan-arjun

31 Vikash Parashar Mr. Consistent

32 Talha Ul Haque Khan Presenter of the year

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VV

"To be or not is not a question of compromise.

Either you be or you don't be,

The best road to progress is freedom's road"