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Volume 9 Issue 1 Editor: Dr. Bhalchandra H Joshi JANUARY 2017INsIDE

Pg : 2 they came, they PLayed, they conquered!

Pg : 5 Science Fair 2016

Pg : 6-7 Let the GameS beGin!

Pg : 11 ShininG StarS oF FacuLty oF manaGement

GLS UniverSity’S i. M. nanavati inter CoLLeGe SportS Meet 2017:

FCait takeS the BULL By the hornS!With the purpose to

instil sportsman spirit among students and

to enhance their physical and social skills, Faculty of Computer Applications & Information Technology (FCAIT) hosted I. M. Nanavati Inter College Sports Meet 2017 from 2nd January, 2017 to 7th January, 2017.

With great zest and gusto, the students from various courses participated in the Sports Meet. The Sports Meet included 10 games with more than 1200 entries. The team events were Kabaddi, Football, Volleyball, Cricket, Relay Race, and Badminton. The individual events were Long Jump, Running Race, Badminton, Discus Throw and Shotput.

During this period, the aura in the university was full of zeal and enthusiasm amongst students and faculties. The students of institutes came up to support the participants with great vivacity. Events were inaugurated by dignitaries from various institutes.

This year, FCAIT tried to implement some new concepts with the usage of Information Technology by developing an Android App “GLS University Sports Meet 2017”. This application was created by the students with the support of the faculties. Live updates of the events were given on this app. To constantly apprise students, faculties, directors and deans of various institute with progress of events, the Short Messaging Service (SMS) was usedright from registration to result declaration.

As truly quoted by Thomas Edison, “Our greatest weakness lies in Giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time”, throughout the week, the students unprecedentedly tried to give their best performances

overcoming different challenges.

The closing ceremony anticipated mashal walk followed by the parade by the students from all the faculties of GLS University followed by prize distribution to felicitate the winners of events.

The ceremony was graced with the presence of Shri. Sudhir Nanavati, President,

GLS University. In his speech he expressed his gratitude to students for discipline maintained during the sports meet. He also mentioned that sports is a celebration amongst the students. He announced a name for the Sports Meet as “Sports Celebration by Students of GLS University”. He declared that from next year T-shirts and Caps will be

provided to participants by GLS University. He added an award of “Best Student of all the 3 years of GLS University”. He also added that cash prizes will be given by his family worth Rs 2.5 lakh which will be distributed amongst winners along with medals and trophies. He also supplemented that every year Rs. 5 lakh will be utilized in betterment of sports facilities for the students and to get equipments.

Dr. B. H. Joshi, Provost, GLS University, Dr. Hitesh Ruparel, Director General, GLS University, Shri Vadibhai Patel, Dean, Students Welfare, GLS University and Shri. R.P.Soni, Dean, FCAIT had also put forward their experiences, views and opinions for future sports activities during the closing ceremony of the Sports Meet. Ms. Tripti Dodiya, Director In-charge, GLSICA gave a vote of thanks.

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, then turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it” – the famous quote by Michael Jordan was truly conceptualized by the faculty team of FCAIT with enduring support of volunteers.

Congratulations to the winners of GLS University Inter College Sports Meet 2017!

GLS voicewishes all the readers a very

happy, prosperous

and successful new year!

2JANUARY 2017

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By Nirja Vasavada

As we were all set to welcome 2017, two extremely unnerving

incidents shook the foundation of what we mean by freedom – Terrorist attack in Istanbul, and mass molestation of women in Bengaluru. But how does it concern us, we Amdavadis? We don’t live in Istanbul nor do we live in Bengaluru (or even Delhi or Mumbai). We are all safe in our cosy houses, in our safe city Ahmedabad. The question here is – how do we measure safety? Is the city safe or unsafe?

As a part of CWDC, Faculty of Business Administration (NRBBA) had organized a guest session by Dr. Mayuri Pandya, Principal, GLS Law college, who talked about the laws against sexual harassment at a workplace. While explaining the term harassment, she asked one question – how many of you have been eve teased, stared at, have felt uncomfortable because your personal space is intruded upon in a public place? Unfortunately all of us relate to it. Be it a small village or an urban city. So, it is not the city that makes you unsafe. It is complete lack of sensitivity, humanity and respect for human beings. What happened in Bengaluru this

time, or what happened in Delhi 4 years back (Nirbhaya) or what has been happening to all of us in public places is a blatant show of misogyny. Access to public space has always been denied to women. Very much like these spaces are denied to all in a terrorist attack prone areas. Sometimes people – family members, friends stop us, and most of the times our own fear stops us. What we fail to understand is that by not accessing the public spaces will not stop the harassment. The harassment will only stop when we are able to stir the sense of respect in all.

This sounds impossible, right? But then, doesn’t every change sound impossible? These infuriating incidents on the first day of the year have made us realize that ‘the heaven of freedom’ is still far. It made me feel angry and helpless. But every new beginning brings hope, so instead of leaving at the thought of impossibility, let us all get together and spread sensitivity for other human beings, reclaim our right to access the public spaces and right to breathe without any fear of getting molested or getting killed in a terrorist attack.

(Nirja Vasavada is an Asst. Professor at FBA-NRBBA)

SaFe. are we?General ChampionRank College Name Student Name1 FOC – SMPIC2 FOC – GLSIC3 FOD – DESIGN

Champion – athletic Boys Rank College Name Student Name1 FOC – SMPIC Dharamraj Vala

Champion – athletic GirlsRank College Name Student Name1 FCAIT – MSCIT Annie Rathore

atheletics Champion institution – Boys Rank College Name Student Name1 FOC – SMPIC

atheletics Champion institution – GirlsRank College Name Student Name1 FCAIT – MSCIT

Long Jump – BoysRank College Name Student Name1 FCAIT – GLSBCA Gufran Vhora2 FBA – GLSBBA Rangwala Abdul Kadir3 FCAIT – MSCIT Dave Keyur

Long Jump – GirlsRank College Name Student Name1 FCAIT – MSCIT Annie Rathore2 FCAIT – BCA Kuntal Panchal3 FOD – DESIGN Hetvi Shah

Discus throw – Boys Rank College Name Student Name1 FOM – MBA Atul2 FOC – SMPIC Dharmaraj Vala3 FCAIT – BCA Ashish kumar

Discus throw – GirlsRank College Name Student Name1 FOE – BED Pragnya Solanki2 FOM – IMBA Nidhi Raval3 FOC – SMPIC Ritu Shah

Shot put – Boys Rank College Name Student Name1 FOC – SMPIC Dharmaraj Vala2 FOM – MBA Himanshu Sikarwar3 FOM – IMBA Mohit Sadnani

Shot put – GirlsRank College Name Student Name1 FOC – GLSIC Shweta Dalwani2 FBA – GLSBBA Kajal Rajani3 FOC – SMPIC Ritu Shah

Badminton – Boys Rank College Name Student Name1 FOM – MBA Abhay Gupta2 FOC – SMPIC Sourav Bafna3 FOM – IMBA Meet Patel

Badminton – GirlsRank College Name Student Name1 FOD – Design Sohani Shah2 FOD – Design Anusha Thalnerkar3 FOM – MBA Ushmita Rajput

Badminton Mix DoublesRank College Name Student Name1 FBA – NRBBA Thakkar Bhumit, Patel Vishwa2 FCAIT – GLSBCA Ashish Kumar, Chitra Purohit3 FCT – MCA Abhilash Shettigar, Komal Talapalli

100 mtrs running – Boys Rank College Name Student Name1 FOM – IMBA Vaibhav Patel2 FOC – GLSIC Rahul Nair3 FBA – NRBBA Dhiren Pindalia

100 mtrs running – GirlsRank College Name Student Name1 FCAIT – MSCIT Annie Rathore2 FBA – NRBBA Nimi Patel3 FOC – SMPIC Vidhisha Desai

200 mtrs running – Boys Rank College Name Student Name1 FOC – SMPIC Meet Dodia2 FOM – IMBA Vaibhav Patel3 FOM – MBA Nishant Bagrecha

200 mtrs running – GirlsRank College Name Student Name1 FCAIT – MSCIT Annie Rathore2 FOM – PGDM Rajvi 3 FBA – NRBBA Nimi Patel

400 mtrs running – Boys Rank College Name Student Name1 FOC – SMPIC Prince Gupta2 FCAIT – MSCIT Keyur Dave3 FCAIT – BCA Gufran Vhora

400 mtrs running – GirlsRank College Name Student Name1 FOD – Design Jigna Fadia2 FCAIT – MSCIT Jyoti Luhana3 FOD – Design Kanisha Jhaveri

relay race – Boys Rank College Name1 FOC - SMPIC

relay race – GirlsRank College Name1 FOD - Design

kabaddi – Boys Rank College Name1 FOC – GLSIC

kabaddi – GirlsRank College Name1 FOM – IMBA

Cricket – Boys Rank College Name1 FOC – SMPIC

Cricket – GirlsRank College Name1 FOC – SMPIC

Football – Boys Rank College Name1 FOC – GLSIC

volleyball – Boys Rank College Name1 FOC – SMPIC

volleyball – GirlsRank College Name1 FOC – SMPIC

Basketball – Boys Rank College Name1 FOC – SMPIC

Basketball – GirlsRank College Name1 FOD – Design

UpCoMinG event

1St reSearCh Day CeLeBration

GLS University will be celebrating its Maiden

Research Day to commemorate late Shri

I.M. Nanavati, Founder-Member of Gujarat Law Society,

the sponsoring body of GLS University on 19th January, 2017 at GLS Auditorium at 9:30am.

GLSCRD invites all Deans/Directors/

Principals and Faculty members of GLS

University and GLS Institutions.

Shri. Sudhirbhai, President of GLS

University and Vice-President of Gujarat

Law Society will preside over the function.

they CaMe, they pLayeD, they ConqUereD! winnerS oF Shri i M nanavati inter CoLLeGe SportS Meet

3JANUARY 2017

CaptUrinG the nUanCeS oF viBrant ahMeDaBaDIt was recently that

foundation students at GLS Institute of Design were to

attend photography workshop for five days from 13 December to 17 December, 2016. The institute invited Ravikiran Rangaswami, a practicing professional photographer to provide hands on exposure to students who were going to have introduction to the science and arts in photography. The course was designed and coordinated by Akash Gaur, faculty GLS Institute of Design. The intent of the course was to introduce possible usage of camera and related techniques but it was also a field exposure for students. During the course the students traveled across the city to discover nooks and places that are essentially characteristics of the city. The entire batch of students were divided into groups and given briefing respectively. They were suggested to capture monuments, people in action, kitlis, emerging urban landscapes; bridges, hangout places and gates and poles of the old city. Some students used camera for the first time. City’s enigmatic sights and capturing momentary actions of people was a great experience. The course have

enthused them to explore deeper into the world of photography. This introduction has enabled the students with avid observation; using camera as a tool, bringing out the narrative of the location and communicating the same to the audience. “And it has definitely

improved their capabilities to frame and click which will connect them with the people and the city of Ahmedabad.” Applauded the director Mr. Anil Sinha while looking at the exhibition.

GLS Institute of Design also organised an exhibition of final

pictures taken by the students. The exhibition was open for all and received overwhelming response and feedback from the visitors. This practise of working hard and open invitation to the city is reflection of confidence in students. This is the third time that students

have organised exhibition of their final work Of different courses. The online presence of students is also extended worldwide resulting positive image for the institute as well for the university. Wide coverage of event was published by local newsmaker also.

awareneSS For CaShLeSS inDia

Understanding the need of spreading awareness regarding cashless

transaction to make India a cashless economy, GLS University’s Faculty of Commerce (SMPIC) organised a programme on “Various ways and means of Cashless Transactions “. This programme was the brain child of Dean Dr. Ashwin Purohit.

This programme was conducted in collaboration with ‘Central Bank of India’. Chief Manager Shri S S N Murti and

CA Shri Jainik Vakil guided the students regarding the advantages of cashless transactions and digital India. Shri Sudhir Nanavati, President, GLS University encouraged and motivated the students to be part of cashless transactions to achieve the dream of Digital India. He also declared that GLS University will go cashless from next academic year. Shri Sudhirbhai Nanavati led the oath ceremony taken by 400 students to create digital economy.

Five day photography workshop at GLSiD

FaCULty oF CoMMerCe

Faculty of Commerce had celebrated the Charity Week in the month of

December to spread the awareness of social responsibility among students.

The students of SMPIC visited Municipality Shala no. 26, Cancer ward of Civil Hospital, and they distributed woollen clothes to the needy. While the students of GLSIC visited at six

different organizations such as Uthhan ( School for mentally challenged), Second Innings (Old age home), V.S.Hospital, Two Road side Slum Areas and one construction site etc.

4JANUARY 2017

eventS anD aChieveMentS

C . U . Shah priMary SChooLn.r.priMary SChooL

aChieveMent

Events at C U Shah Primary School• PosterMakingCompetition

by TATA group based on the theme of Disaster

Management• Celebrating the beauty of

Winter through posters, charts, speeches and food

• Fancydresscompetition

• Bestoutofwaste• Savebirdcampaign• Christmascelebration

Dweep Shah of Std VI continues to add new feathers in his cap of

success after having won a gold medal for figure skating and a bronze medal for free skating at the Khel Mahakumbh, 2016 ; organized by the Gujarat State in the G.L.S. Skating rink.

Congratulations Dweep on your success.

n.r. priMary SChooL CaMpUS BUzzeS with aCtivitieS!

Different events organized at NRPS:

• NutritionDayandFoodwithout Fire

• Roleplayon‘Mydreamprofession’

• DemonstrationongivingFirst Aid in an Accident by 108 emergency service

• SnakesandLadderonacloth piece (made by a Staff member) between students and teachers

• Gujaratihand-writingcompetition

• SportsDay• ChristmasCelebration

December is the month of festive spirit! This festive spirit was seen in all the schools of GLS during Activity based Learning week. In this eventful week, students played different games, participated in different competitions, had

knowledge sessions and above all, had absolute fun time. The excitement of this fun time is reflected in these pictures!

5JANUARY 2017

GLS enGLiSh MeDiUM priMary SChooL nr & GLS SeConDary SChooLSCienCe Fair 2016

NR& GLS secondary school had organised the science fair with a

view to introducing the ability of the students in the scientific field. The students prepared various projects with the motivation and encouragement of Honourable principal mam and with the guidance of the science teacher. Projects like magnetic separator, vaccum cleaner, electric current passing through salt water, Maglev Train based on the principle of magnet levitation , Hydroulic JCB Exctracting of DNA from banana , 3D Hologram , Kidney

filtration etc. were innovative. The project which were drawing the attention of all the viewers were magnetic separator by Isha, Nisarg and Kavya of 11th science, Electric current passing through salt water by Harsh Vardhan of 9th A Gls , Hydraulic JCB by Het Thakkar of 9th A NR , Exctracting of DNA from banana by Anishrrehman of 11th Science , 3D Hologram by Neel, Manush, Yug, Dev, Jainam,Pal of 9th A NR , Electricity generated by potato by Yashshvi and vency of 9thGls.

n r hiGher SeConDary SChooL

Chinmay. P. Thakkar got the gold medal by topping the

International Company Secretaries Olympid. He has secured 57th position in

Ahmedabad city, 209th position in zone and 3628th position at International level and introduced his talent in the field of commerce. Many congratulations to Chinmay!

Events organized:• PosterMaking• MessageWriting

• ScienceExperiments• FacetoFace• SanskritShlokaChanting

• ChartMaking• SportsActivity• Cake&CookiesDecoration

have yoU notiCeD theSe DooDLeS?

In 1998, before the company was even incorporated, the concept of the doodle was

born when Google founders Larry and Sergey played with the corporate logo to indicate their attendance at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert. They placed a stick figure drawing behind the 2nd “o” in the word, Google, and the revised logo was intended as a comical message to Google users that the founders

were “out of office.” While the first doodle was relatively simple, the idea of decorating the company logo to celebrate notable events was born. In the beginning, the doodles mostly celebrated familiar holidays; nowadays, they highlight a wide array of events and anniversaries of renowned people across the world. One of the recent examples of such a doodle is the one made in memory of

Savitribai Phule.Over time, the demand for

doodles has risen in the U.S. and internationally. Creating doodles is now the responsibility of a team of talented illlustrators (they are called doodlers) and engineers. For them, creating doodles has become a group effort to enliven the Google homepage and bring smiles to the faces of Google users around the world.

6-7JANUARY 2017

Let the Games beGin!“Sports are such a great teacher. They have taught me camaraderie, humility and how to resolve differences.” Said Kobe Bryant, an American basket ball

player and a businessman. The same spirit of sportsmanship as described by Bryant was seen in all the players of GLS University during Shri I M Nanavati Sports Meet. Here is a glimpse of the players!

Badminton mixdouble

Basketball Boys

Basketball Girls

Cricket Boys

Cricket Girls

Disscuss throw Boys

Disscuss Throw Girl

Football

Joshi Sir inaugrating the basketball event

Kabaddi Boys

Long Jump Boy

Relay race Boys

Shotput Boys

Shotput Boys

Shotput Girls

Long Jump Girls

Vollyball Boys

8JANUARY 2017

Favourite Character Day Executive Day Executive Day

Executive Day Executive Day

Favourite Character Day

Favourite Character Day Favourite Character Day Green Day

Group Day Group Day Group Day

Group Day Group Day Group Day

CeLeBration aLL aroUnD!

9JANUARY 2017

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RJs on Campus

RJs on Campus Signature Day Something’s cooking!

Something’s cooking! Something’s cooking! Something’s cooking!

Sports Day

Sports Day

Sports Day

Traditional Day

Traditional DayTraditional Day Traditional Day

Something’s cooking!

Haloween Day Haloween Day

10JANUARY 2017

Book review

Compiled by: GLSCRD

a) opportUnitieS For StUDentS :1. Murdoch University Scholarships for

International Students in Australia, 2017Last Date:31 January 2017More Details: http://our.murdoch.edu.au/Student-life/

Finances/Browse-scholarships/UG_AEA-UG-International/

2. University of Dundee Scholarships for International Students in UK, 2017

Last Date: 31 January 2017More Details:http://www.dundee.ac.uk/study/3. National Science Day at PRL and ArunaLal

Scholarship Last Date: 23 January 2017More Details: https://www.prl.res.in/~sciday/index.

php?r=site/indexhttp://www.dundee.ac.uk/study/4. Zurich University Scholarship for International

Students in Switzerland, 2017Last Date: 31 January 2017More Details: http://www.ubscenter.uzh.ch/index.

php/en 5. ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL

EDUCATION – Scholarship scheme for Girls and Scholarship for Differently abled students

Last Date: 10 January, 2017More Details: http://www.aicte-india.org/6. International Undergraduate Scholarships in

Engineering at NTU in UK, 2017Last Date: 15 January 2017More Details: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/

engineering/funding/undergraduate/index.aspx7. BabuJagjivan Ram All India Essay Competition

- 2016Last Date: 21 January 2017More Details:jagjivanramfoundation.nic.in/pdf/

essaycompetition2016.pdf8. AcSIR – Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Summer

Training Program 2017.Last Date: 13 January 2017More Details: http://acsir.res.in/acsir-dr-apj-abdul-

kalam-summer-training-program-2017/

9. ONGC Offers Scholarships To Meritorious SC/ST Students Pursuing Professional Courses In Engineering, Medical Stream And Master’s Degree Course In Business Administration, Geology and Geophysics

Last Date: 24January 2017More Details: http://www.ongcindia.com/

wps/wcm/connect/59ddd6ca-0730-4a91-8e2a-8d74a8c340c/500scholarships2016.pdf?MOD=AJPERES

10. NGS Scholarship (NGSS), Singapore 2017-18Last Date: 15 January 2017More Details:http://www.nus.edu.sg/ngs/NGSS.html

B) opportUnitieS For teaCherS1. CEAS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chinese

Studies at Stanford University in USA, 2017-2018

Last Date: 15 January 2017More Details:https://ceas.stanford.edu/2. LADY TATA MEMORIAL TRUST “Young

Researcher Award - 2017”Last Date: 15 January 2017More Details: https://www.ladytatatrust.org/3. ICMR AWARDS AND PRIZESLast Date: 31stJanuary 2017More Details: http://icmr.nic.in/award/icmr_

awards_2015_2016.htm4. Indian National Science Academy - Call for

Visiting Scientist Programme 2017Last Date: 31st January 2017More Details: http://www.currentscience.ac.in/

Volumes/111/11/1880.pdfhttp://www.insaindia.res.in5. TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT BOARD -

all for Proposal (s) from Indian & French companies in Aeronautics, Automotive & Biotechnology areas

Last Date: 31st January 2017More Details: http://tdb.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/

CEFIPRA-DateExt.pdfwww.tdb.gov.in

6. TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT BOARD - all for Proposal under Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Last Date: 31st January 2017More Details:www.tdb.gov.in

C) opportUnitieS For StUDentS anD teaCherS:1. QMUL Principal’s Postgraduate Research

Studentships for International Students in UK, 2017

Last Date: 31 January 2017More Details:http://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/

research/funding_phd/studentships/2. Warwick Medical School PhD Scholarships at

University of Warwick in UK, 2017-2018Last Date: 18 January 2017More Details:http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/

academicoffice/gsp/scholarship/typesoffunding/wms/

3. Central Sector Scheme of National Overseas Scholarship for SC etc. candidates for XII Plan period (2012-13–2016-17)

Last Date: 31, March, 2017More Details: http://socialjustice.nic.in/SchemeList/

Send/28?mid=245414. University of Warwick Fully-Funded PhD

Scholarships for UK/EU Students in UK, 2017-2018

Last Date: 18th January 2017More Details: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/

academicoffice/gsp/scholarship/typesoffunding/cadre/

5. President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Postgraduate Fellowship 2017

Last Date: 15 January 2017More Details:http://www.usf.edu/world/resources/

kalamfellowship.aspx6. IIM Lucknow Fellow Programme in

Management 2017-18Last Date: 31 January 2017More Detailshttp://www.iiml.ac.in/ :

SChoLarShipS / FeLLowShipS / reSearCh opportUnitieS

Cartoon Guide to Statistics (Cartoon Guide Series) ByLarry Gonick, Woollcott Smith

Reviewed by Dipalee Atre

Certain subjects baffle us. And the books prescribed don’t necessarily make

things better. How many times have we wished for a book that could clear our basic concepts with the use of identifiable examples and helpful illustrations? And if humour is used....well...that would just help us in retaining what we have read!

The Cartoon Guide series is very helpful and covers subjects such as calculus, genetics, physics, chemistry and algebra, besides statistics. Using cartoon illustrations and witty text, the

basic concepts are covered to the satisfaction of the user.

I chanced upon the Cartoon Guide to Statistics, by Larry Gonick and Woollcott Smith – a paperback edition from 1993. The authors have used simple yet clear language and funny illustrations to give us a proper grounding in the main ideas of modern Statistics – summarizing and displaying data, probability (using examples from gambling and medicine!), random variables, hypotheses testing,

confidence interval estimation, and much more. The witty approach, the illustrations used – eg. Florence Nightingale and her efforts to improve the conditions in which soldiers were treated, the Challenger tragedy to name two – are all real and can be identified with. Reading about the practical application of these techniques and concepts makes the subject come alive and helps in grasping this subject which has honestly struck terror in the hearts of many. Beginners, be it college students or non-statistics people wanting to enter into the field of data analysis, will find this book immensely helpful.

So go ahead and order your copy from Amazon.in. You won’t regret it.

((The reviewer is a faculty in Management at N R Insitute of BusinessAdministration)) Winning poem of Jaimil

Joshi of I M Nanavati Law college at

slamdabad held at AMA organised by POVERA in Ahmedabad international literature festival.

11JANUARY 2017

FaCULty aChieveMentS

FaCULty oF CoMMerCe (SMpiC)

worLD hUMan riGhtS Day CeLeBration

eventS & aChieveMentS

Hastimal Sagara, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Commerce,

GLS University gave the keynote speech on the topic “Demonetization in India: Pros and Cons” in a Commerce Seminar organized by Rajasthan Hindi High School (managed by Rajasthan Seva Samiti) on December 22, 2016.

ShininG StarS oF FaCULty oF ManaGeMent, inteGrateD MBa proGraMMe (i-MBa)

FaCULty oF eDUCation StUDentS Gain GroUnD at pratiBiMB 2016!

Nidhi Raval, Second Year - Integrated MBA Programme student

won Silver Medal in Khel Mahakumbh 2016 held at Nadiad on 4th December 2016, which had more than 150 participants. She scores a hat-trick with three Silver Medals and Gold Medals in a

row for Taekwondo. GLS Faculty of Management wishes her for this outstanding achievement.

Adding one more feather to the hat is Somashree Dutta, Second Year- Integrated MBA Programme student who secured 2nd runner up in the competition of Ms. Academia,

Josh 2016. Josh 2016 is a national level event organized by National Academy of Event Management and Development (NAEMD), held at Mumbai on 9th December, 2016, wherein she represented Gujarat State. She was also awarded a special title of Ms. Smile for her beautiful smile.

Congratulations to the Management Club of Faculty of Commerce

(SMPIC) for getting the 1st runner up position in Moneta 2016, one of the largest financial festivals organized by R.A. Podar College, Mumbai. Team of Devanshu Vakil, Shashank Sharma, Ria Rani, Punj Gupta,

Hitesh Anandani, Nakshee Shah, Kunal Gidwani, Aarsh Joshi, Avinash Dariyani, Karan Raghani, Shruti Patel and Harsh Anandani won prizes in competitions like House of Words, Game of Loans, Blackgold, How I Met my Employee, How to get away with fraud and Finding Juno.

Congratulations to all the participants and winners at St. Xavier’s Inter-college Event Pratibimb!

Christian Elvina stood first in faCE Painting

gokli ishani got sECond in singing

vyas shubham and sanghvi riCha got third Position in dEbatE

munshi shafaq stood on fourth Position in PhotograPhy khanna kinjal,vyas shubham and shah Praful got third rank in quiz

Megha Nehlani of Faculty of commerce - SMPIC, won the title

of Miss Student Idol of the year 2016 at the All India Finale of the event JOSH organised by NAEMD Mumbai . Congratulations!

FaCULty oF CoMMerCe (SMpiC) ShineS at Moneta 2016

aSSoCiation oF inDian ManaGeMent SChoLarS (aiMS) – 14

Fourteenth AIMS International conference on Management

Theme: Management Education: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities

The AIMs – 14 was held on

December 26-28, 2016 at MICA Campus. Dr.Sarla Achuthan was a member of Doctoral Competition Committee.

She also presented two papers entitled, “Accessing Human Resource Quality of

Educators in Higher Education in the city of Ahmedabad” with Mruga Pandya and “Study of Life Cycle stage and Standard of Living as Determinants of Wealth Creation” with Raji Pillai.

oUtStanDinG ph.D. GUiDe awarDThe Association of Indian

Management Scholars (AIMS) has presented its

AIMS-IRMA Outstanding Ph.D. Guide Award to Dr. Sarla Achuthan, Director, GLSCRD, “for her significant contribution

towards guidance and support in management research”. The award was given to her at the 14th AIMS International Conference held at MICA, Ahmedabad on the 26th December 2016.

faCulty of EduCation, gls univErsity CElEbratEd thE World human rights day. World human rights day falls on 10 dECEmbEr EvEry yEar.

12JANUAry 2017

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GLSCrD orGanizeS an FDp on Data anaLytiCS

A one-day Faculty D e v e l o p m e n t Programme (FDP)on

Data Analytics for faculty members of GLS University in the academic year 2016-17 was organised on 30thNovember, 2016 at the L.A. Shah Law College premises by GLSCRD.

The objective of the programme was to provide the faculty members knowledge about Data Analytics and how to use and implement the data analytics in the research, Marketing Decisions, Financial Decisions, HR Decisions.

The resource person was Dr. Arnab K. Laha, Professor Production and Quantitative Methods (P&QM), Indian Institute Of Management-Ahmedabad.

The following topics were

covered in the programme: • AnIntroductiontoBusiness

Analytics• AnalyticsforMarketing

Decisions• AnalyticsforFinancial

Decisions• AnalyticsforHRDecisions

Twenty Six faculty members of GLS University participated in the programme. Dr. Sarla Achuthan and Dr. B. H. Joshi welcomed all the participants.

The Provost, GLS University, Dr. B. H. Joshi, graced the programmeand spoke and interacted with the participants which was highly motivating and enlightening to them. The participants enjoyed the programme and the programme was also well received.