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ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page1
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
ANNUAL REPORT
2014-2015
CHRIST UNIVERSITY
BENGALURU - 560029
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VISION
To be the best institution
for commerce education in
the country
MISSION
To nurture commerce
professionals who possess
high level of knowledge
and competence to
effectively contribute to
the society with
commitment and integrity
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION TITLE PAGE NO.
FOREWORD 4
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5
1 FACULTY 9
2 CURRICULUM 22
3 STUDENTSHIP 26
4 STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN 2014-2015 72
5 EXTENSION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES 91
6 ADMINISTRATION 95
7 LECTURES, PROGRAMMES AND EVENTS 102
8 ACADEMIC OUTREACH 113
9 RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS 121
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FOREWORD
It gives me great pleasure to pursue the annual report of the Department for the academic
year 2014-15. Department of Commence has forever stood for its values which aimed at nurturing
Commerce professionals with a high level of knowledge and competence to effectively contribute to
the society with commitment and integrity. The guiding philosophy of the Department, throughout,
has been to create and impart knowledge, influence Commerce practices and integrate globally - to
be a department of generative ideas so that we remain relevant to our society through Excellence
and Equity.
We are a Department of work in progress. The objectives of imparting education, combined
with creation, dissemination and application of knowledge, are being met in an integrated form, to
create a synergetic impact – be it education, research, or extension. We do this by making
continuous improvements in curricula and pedagogical tools. The diversity of options in our
curriculum is complemented by a breadth of activities outside the classroom. Every student finds
ample opportunities to participate in and contribute to a variety of co-curricular and extra-curricular
activities. We thus strive to become a 'centre of excellence' and 'centre of experience'. The annual
report of the Department of Commerce stands a testimony to the fact that we are a department of
national impact and trans-national repute.
It would not have been possible for the department to be what it is today without the
constant support and contribution of our fraternity. In our endeavor, we draw upon reserves of
goodwill among the Diasporas of our alumni, reputation among recruiters and potential students,
and commitment of our faculty. In so doing, we have our focus on six inter-weaved concepts -
maintaining diverse community of integrity, imparting value based academic experience, blending
current trends with culturally congruent values, imbibing sense of social commitment, fostering
imagination, and staying connected with creative minds.We thus inculcate human values and
professional ethics in our students, which help them, make decisions and create path that are good
not only for them, but also for the society, for the nation, and for the world as a whole.While I
extend my heartfelt congratulations, I wish you all the success.
Prof. Thomas Joseph
Associate Dean, Deanery of Commerce
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The academic year 2014-15 proved to be yet another eventful and fruitful year for the
Department of Commerce. The first department meeting on 30th
May 2014 introduced growth
strategies for 2014-15 with ‗QUALITY ENHANCEMENT‘ as the prime focus in all initiatives.
This resonated in all activities undertaken during the academic year.
The University level FDP-I declared the strategic intent for the new strategic plan period
2015-18 ―to emerge as a world class institution of eminence through performance and
differentiation.‖ A series of discussions, deliberations and workshops were held to draw out a
detailed strategic action plan for the Deanery of Commerce for the years 2015-16, 2016-17 and
2017-18. The ground work for the implementation of the strategic plan from June 2015 has already
begun with many changes in the curriculum brought in during the Jan 2015 BOS meeting.
The faculty learning circles continued to be a rich platform for professional and intellectual
dialogues among faculty members. This year the learning sessions were directed towards exploring
the various pedagogies practiced in higher education and new developments in the realm of
commerce and encouraging research culture amongst faculty members. FPDP‘s, FDP, OBT and QIP
witnessed more active involvement and led to widened and strengthened intellect. Knowledge
updating with international exposure through MOOCs has become a culture in the department with
as many as 40 courses completed by faculties during the year.
In the area of research, faculty worked as teams to produce good quality publications. One
faculty member was awarded PhD this year, taking the total number of PhD holders in the
department to nine. One MRP, 3 RDC‘s and 2 working papers were submitted during the year. As
many as 16 articles were published in the newspapers and reputed journals and 5 books were
published by faculties during the year. Instances where faculty members were invited as resource
persons and key note speakers in and out of Karnataka increased. A significant development in the
research front, were the joint research papers involving faculties and PG & UG students presented in
International seminars. One such paper was also awarded the Best Paper award.
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Digital learning and self-learning modules were experimented as new student–centric
initiatives to engage them more thoroughly and inculcate self-learning skills. Innovative CIAs that
also develop research and referencing skills were introduced. Student mentoring and attendance
follow-up was continuously monitored by all class teachers which reflected in their attendance
percentages and performance in examinations.
Curriculum revision during the year focused on strengthening electives, industry exposure
and professional certifications. The MCom electives were restructured to increase its scope and
broaden the career opportunities. The revised electives are a) Accounting and Taxation and b)
Banking & Insurance. The finance courses have been integrated as core courses in the first two
semesters. Summer internship has been introduced for the BCom programme in the fourth semester.
NGO projects, micro projects, mandatory MOOC courses are additions to curriculum of all
programmes. Add-on professional certifications from CISI / IIBF/III have been made mandatory for
the BCom Hons programme. These initiatives add new flavor to the programmes, and rings in more
rigor to enhance the overall exposure and experience of students besides enabling them to acquire
additional qualifications along with the degree.
The MPhil programme was strengthened with a view to steer the scholars towards producing
high quality research work. Research related workshops for literature review, writing proposal and
research articles were organized. Paper presentations and publications were made mandatory part of
the course work.
A plethora of activities were conducted during the year that added to the existing vibrancy of
the department. The Corpus Conclave was an initiative that brought together people from industry,
professional bodies and educationalists on the same platform. The event aimed to bridge the gap
between theory and practice and align the curriculum to industry needs. Besides building the
industry network, this initiative also enhanced the placement prospects for the students. The
programme showcased the uniqueness of the different BCom programs and the add-on courses and
related activities through the stalls. The professional calibre of the students were demonstrated
through the case study presentations and the round table discussions with clusters of industry
professionals, faculty members and students brought forth valuable suggestions for curriculum
enhancement.
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CISI was made open to BCom (Hons) and BCom students and saw higher student
enrolments and better pass percentage. CISI toppers Vikram and Akshay were invited to Mumbai
for a special award ceremony and honoured by Lord Mayor, Chairman of CISI, London. It is
noteworthy to mention that we are in the final stages of signing a MoU with the Institute of
Management Accountants, USA for offering CMA certification programme to commerce students.
New clubs were added this year to involve more students in active dialogue, discussion and
activities relating to their favourite subjects. The Marketing club and ED club ‗Udaan‘ were newly
initiated during the year. Many interesting events were organised under the banner of the various
clubs. ‗Suyukti‘ the oratory club extended its activities beyond the campus to conduct a skill
development workshop ‗EKTA‖ for rural youth. The panel discussion on the interim budget by
BCom (Hons) students was commended for the in-depth analysis and expert presentations of the
student panellists. Technology was used to conduct guest lecture through Skype on Forex to final
year BCom students. Service Learning activity by MCom students taught financial management and
small savings to housekeeping women staff of CU. Faculty and students also extended visits to four
NGO – orphanages, old age home, Home for HIV children and shared gifts with the inmates.
The PG Journal club was streamlined and progressed in a more systematic manner with
allocation of credits. Current affairs for the PG received a complete revamp in the procedure of
conduct and introduction of credit. A new venture was the current affairs sessions by PG students to
the final year UG students introduced in the even semester. MOOC was made compulsory for the
PG students in the odd semester.
The Commerce Deanery earned many laurels during the year. Being declared the overall
winners of Blossoms 2014-15 was a significant achievement. The faculties actively participated in
the Rector‘s day celebrations and won second prize for the best theme based costume and Best
Deanery award in the cultural programmes. For the second consecutive year the department had the
distinction of being the highest contributor for the child sponsorship to CSA.
The Department of Commerce continues to attract highly impressive students. Two new
sections, one in MCom and one in BCom, were added in the year 2014-15 to cater to the increasing
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demand for the commerce programmes at Christ University taking the total student strength
approximately to 1700.
In retrospect, the academic year 2014-2015 has been quite fruitful. With the new strategic
plan meticulously detailed to progress towards a world class institution, our main task in the coming
year would be to ensure its implementation in true spirit with commitment and dedication. With a
dedicated team of 32 faculty members and 2 support staff, who are creative and committed to
student and self development it is definitely possible to realize the vision, mission and strategic
goals of the Department of Commerce.
Dr. Theresa Nithila Vincent
Head, Department of Commerce
30 April 2015
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SECTION 1
FACULTY
This section throws light on three aspects – details about faculty, their academic
achievements and faculty development initiatives under taken by the Department of Commerce in
this academic year.
1.1 FACULTY DETAILS
GRADE NUMBER
Professor 2
Associate Professor 8
Assistant Professor 22
Total 32
S NO FACULTY NAME GRADE QUALIFICATION
1 Alice Mani Professor MCom, MPhil, PhD
2 Amalanathan S Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil, NET
3 Anson K J Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil
4 Anuradha P S Associate Professor MCom, NET, MPhil, PhD
5 Anusha Srinivasan Iyer Assistant Professor MBA, MPhil
6 Arun Antony Chully (Fr.) Assistant Professor MBA, MPhil
7 Aruna P Assistant Professor PGDBA, MCom, MPhil, NET
8 Basavaraju H N Assistant Professor BBM,MBA
9 Bindu Nair Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil
10 Christopher Devakumar Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil
11 Geetanjali Purswani Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil
12 Girish S Assistant Professor PGDMM, PGDFM, MCom, MPhil
13 Karthigai Prakasam C Associate Professor MCom, MBA, MHRM, MPhil, PhD
14 Kavitha Jayakumar Associate Professor MCom, MPhil, PhD
15 Manjunatha B M Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil
16 Mary Rani Thomas Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil
17 Mynavathi L Associate Professor MCom, MBA, MPhil, PhD
18 Natchimuthu N Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil, NET
19 Naveen Kumara R Assistant Professor MCom
20 Pooja Jain Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil, NET
21 Raghavendra B C Assistant Professor MFA, NET
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22 Rishikesh K B Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil, NET
23 Shaeril Michael Almeida Associate Professor MCom, MPhil, PhD
24 Shubhashree P K Acharya Assistant Professor MCom, NET
25 Soumya V Assistant Professor MCom, MBA, NET
26 Theresa Nithila Vincent Associate Professor MCom, MPhil, PhD
27 Thomas Joseph Professor MCom, MPhil
28 Uma V R Associate Professor MCom, MPhil, PhD
29 Valarmathi B Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil
30 Veerta Tantia Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil, PhD
31 Vinnarasi B Associate Professor MCom, MBA, MPhil
32 Vishal Pinto Assistant Professor MCom
1.2 FACULTY: STUDENT RATIO
PROGRAM FACULTY : STUDENT
UG 1:51
PG 1:20
1.3 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS BY THE FACULTY MEMBERS
This section covers the academic achievements & advancements by the faculty members .It covers
details about Doctorate degrees received & Professional certifications and MOOC Courses
completed in this academic year.
1.3.1 PHDS AWARDED DURING THE YEAR
S.NO FACULTY NAME TOPIC UNIVERSITY
MONTH &
YEAR OF
DEFENSE
1 Dr. Theresa Nithila
Vincent
A Study on The Influence of
Personal Values on the
Shopping Styles of Young
Adults Towards Purchase of
Apparels in Bangalore City,
Karnataka, India.
Bharathidasan
University,
Tiruchirappalli,
Tamil Nadu
November 2014
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1.3.2 MOOCs COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR
S.
NO
NAME OF
THE
FACULTY
COURSE
TITLE
DURA
TION
SEMESTER PROGRAMM
E & COURSE
IN WHICH
MOOC WAS
USED
UNIVERSIT
Y
OFFERING
THE
COURSE
1 Dr. Nithila
Vincent
"Crafting an
Effective Writer:
Tools of the
Trade"
5 weeks June 2014 General
writing skill
development
Mt. San
Jacinto
College, US
2 Dr.
Anuradha.PS
Crafting an
Effective writer
5 weeks ODD For Research
& General
writing skill
Mt. San
Jacinto
College
3 Mr.
Natchimuthu.
N
Crafting an
Effective writer
5 weeks June 2014 General
Writing skill
Development
Mt. San
Jacinto
College, USA
4 Dr Alice
Mani
Crafting an
Effective Writer:
Tools of the
Trade
(Fundamental
English Writing)
by Lawrence
(Larry) Barkley,
Ted Blake, Lorrie
Ross
5 weeks First
Semester
1 MCOM. MT San
Jacinto
College
5 Dr Kavitha
Jayakumar
Crafting an
Effective Writer:
Tools of the
Trade
(Fundamental
English Writing)
5 weeks June 2014
(Odd
Semester)
Ist BCom -
Business
Communicatio
n
MT San
Jacinto
College
6 Ms.
Valarmathi
Crafting an
Effective Writer:
Tools of the
Trade
(Fundamental
English Writing)
5 weeks June 2014
(Odd
Semester)
Research and
development of
general writing
skills
MT San
Jacinto
College
7 Ms.
Vinnarasi
Crafting an
Effective Writer:
Tools of the
Trade
(Fundamental
English Writing)
5 weeks June 2014
(Odd
Semester)
Research and
development of
general writing
skills
MT San
Jacinto
College
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S.
NO
NAME OF
THE
FACULTY
COURSE
TITLE
DURA
TION
SEMESTER PROGRAMM
E & COURSE
IN WHICH
MOOC WAS
USED
UNIVERSIT
Y
OFFERING
THE
COURSE
8 Dr Veerta
Tantia
Crafting an
Effective Writer:
Tools of the
Trade
(Fundamental
English Writing)
5 weeks June 2014
(Odd
Semester)
Research and
development of
general writing
skills
MT San
Jacinto
College
9 Mr. Girish S Crafting an
Effective Writer:
Tools of the
Trade
(Fundamental
English Writing)
5 weeks June 2014
(Odd
Semester)
Research and
development of
general writing
skills
MT San
Jacinto
College
10 Mr. Girish S Developing
Innovative Ideas
For New
Companies: The
first step to
entrepreneurship
6 weeks June 2014 BCom
Honours -
BANKING
BUSINESS
University of
Maryland
11 Ms. Soumya
V
Crafting an
Effective Writer:
Tools of the
Trade
(Fundamental
English Writing)
5 weeks June 2014
(Odd
Semester)
Research and
development of
general writing
skills
MT San
Jacinto
College
12 Ms. Bindu
Nair
Crafting an
Effective Writer:
Tools of the
Trade
(Fundamental
English Writing)
5 weeks June 2014
(Odd
Semester)
Development
of general
writing skills.
Will be used
for the Ist
semester
Business
Communicatio
n course
MT San
Jacinto
College
13 Ms. Bindu
Nair
Teaching goes
massive: New
skills required
3 weeks June
2014(odd
semester)
To acquire new
and innovative
pedagogical
techniques and
to take it to the
classroom
University of
Zurich
14 Ms Pooja
Jain
Crafting an
Effective Writer:
Tools of the
Trade
5 weeks June 2014
(Odd
Semester)
Development
of general
writing skills.
Will be used
MT San
Jacinto
College
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S.
NO
NAME OF
THE
FACULTY
COURSE
TITLE
DURA
TION
SEMESTER PROGRAMM
E & COURSE
IN WHICH
MOOC WAS
USED
UNIVERSIT
Y
OFFERING
THE
COURSE
(Fundamental
English Writing)
for the Ist
semester
Business
Communicatio
n course
15 Mr.
Natchimuthu.
N
statistics Untime
d
Jan 2014 Data analysis
and
interpretation-
Research
San Jose State
University,
USA
16 Ms.
Geetanjali
Crafting an
Effective Writer:
Tools of the
Trade
(Fundamental
English Writing)
5 weeks June 2014
(Odd
Semester)
Development
of general
writing skills.
Will be used
for the Ist
semester
Business
Communicatio
n course
MT San
Jacinto
College
17 Ms. Mary
Rani Thomas
crafting effective
writer
5 weeks June 2014
)odd
semester)
Business
Communicatio
n for I sem
MT San
Jacinto
College
18 Ms. Mary
Rani Thomas
Enhance Your
Career and
Employability
Skills
6 weeks June
2014(Odd
semester)
To guide and
mentor
students of all
courses
University of
London
19 Dr. Nithila
Vincent
Introduction to
Financial
Accounting
6 weeks Even - Nov-
DEC 2014
Financial
Accounting
Wharton
School of the
University of
Pennsylvania
20 Dr. V R Uma Crafting an
Effective writer
5 weeks ODD General
writing skill
development
MT San
Jacinto
College, USA
21 Fr Arun Starting your
Business
2 Weeks 6/1/2014 Principles of
Management -
1 BCom
University of
Southampton
22 Mr.
Rishikesh
An introduction to
Marketing
6 weeks 1/14/2015 Marketing
Management
Wharton
School of the
University of
Pennsylvania
23 Mr.
Rishikesh
Critical thinking
in Global
Challenges
5 weeks 2/28/2014 Business
Communicatio
n
The
University Of
Edinburgh
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S.
NO
NAME OF
THE
FACULTY
COURSE
TITLE
DURA
TION
SEMESTER PROGRAMM
E & COURSE
IN WHICH
MOOC WAS
USED
UNIVERSIT
Y
OFFERING
THE
COURSE
24 Mr.
Rishikesh
Entrepreneurship
101
6 weeks 14/05/2014 Entrepreneursh
ip
Development
Massachusetts
Institute Of
Technology
25 Mr.
Rishikesh
Developing
Innovative Ideas
For New
Companies: The
first step to
entrepreneurship
6 weeks 23/01/2014 Entrepreneursh
ip
Development
University of
Maryland
26 Mr.
Rishikesh
Foundations of
Business Strategy
6 weeks 7/8/2014 Business
Management
University of
Virginia
27 Dr. Kavitha
Jayakumar
Developing
Innovative Ideas
for New
Companies: The
First Step in
Entrepreneurship
6 weeks 8/1/2014 HRM University of
Virginia
28 Dr. Kavitha
Jayakumar
Globalizing
Higher Education
and Research for
the 'Knowledge
Economy'
6 weeks 6/1/2014 HRM University of
Wisconsin-
Madison
29 Dr. Kavitha
Jayakumar
Foundations of
Business Strategy
6 weeks 3/1/2014 Business
Management
University of
Virginia
30 Mr. Vishal
Pinto
Crafting an
Effective Writer:
Tools of the
Trade
(Fundamental
English Writing)
5 weeks 11/1/2014 General
Writing skill
Development
Mt. San
Jacinto
College, US
31 Mr. Vishal
Pinto
Economics of
Money &
Banking
6 weeks 9/1/2014 Banking Barnard
College,
Columbia
university
32 Dr. Veerta
Tantia
Developing
Innovative Ideas
for New
Companies: The
First Step in
Entrepreneurship
6 weeks 8/1/2014 To acquire new
and innovative
pedagogical
techniques and
to take it to the
classroom
University of
Maryland
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S.
NO
NAME OF
THE
FACULTY
COURSE
TITLE
DURA
TION
SEMESTER PROGRAMM
E & COURSE
IN WHICH
MOOC WAS
USED
UNIVERSIT
Y
OFFERING
THE
COURSE
33 Dr Veerta
Tantia
Foundations of
Business
Strategy
6 weeks 3/1/2014 To acquire new
and innovative
pedagogical
techniques and
to take it to the
classroom
University of
Virginia
34 Ms.
Geetanjali
Purswani
Financial Markets Apr,24,2014 To develop an
understanding
of Financial
Markets
Yale
University
35 Ms.
Geetanjali
Purswani
An Introduction
to Financial
Accounting
10
weeks
June
2014(Odd
semester)
To refresh the
concepts of
financial
Accounting
and get to see
their practical
application
University Of
Pennsylvania
36 Dr. Sheril
Almeida
Crafting an
Effective Writer:
Tools of the
Trade
(Fundamental
English Writing)
5 weeks June 2014
(Odd
Semester)
Development
of writing
skills
MT San
Jacinto
College
37 Dr. Sheril
Almeida
New Models of
business in
society
5 weeks 4/1/2014 Business
environment
and marketing
management
University of
Virginia
38 Mr.
Raghavendra
Crafting an
Effective Writer:
Tools of the
Trade
(Fundamental
English Writing)
5 weeks June 2014
(Odd
Semester)
General
Writing skill
Development
Mt. San
Jacinto
College, US
39 Ms.
Valarmathi
Developing
Innovative Ideas
for New
Companies: The
First Step in
Entrepreneurship
6 weeks 8/1/2014 To develop an
understanding
of establishing
new companies
University of
Virginia
40 Ms.
Valarmathi
Globalizing
Higher Education
and Research for
the 'Knowledge
6 weeks 3/1/2014 To develop an
understanding
research in
higher
University of
Wisconsin-
Madison
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S.
NO
NAME OF
THE
FACULTY
COURSE
TITLE
DURA
TION
SEMESTER PROGRAMM
E & COURSE
IN WHICH
MOOC WAS
USED
UNIVERSIT
Y
OFFERING
THE
COURSE
Economy'
education
41 Ms.
Valarmathi
Foundations of
Business
Strategy
6 weeks 3/1/2014 To understand
business
strategies in
the global
scenario
University of
Virginia
1.3.3. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS BY FACULTY
Ms. Soumya Iyer successfully completed CWA Inter level examination conducted
by the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India
Ms. Soumya V, completed all the three modules of the CISI –IOC programme
gaining the Investment Operations Certificate and is now eligible to become
Associate Member of CISI.
Ms. Shubhashree Acharya completed the first level of the CISI-IOC certification.
1.4 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES DURING THE YEAR
This section throws light on all the faculty development initiatives undertaken this academic
year like Faculty Development Programmes, Quality Improvement Programme, Faculty Learning
Circle, Faculty Professional Development Programme, Orientation programme and Recreational
activities.
1.4.1 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
S.NO PROGRAMME THEME PERIOD VENUE
1 FDP 1 Quality Sustenance Through
Internal Audit Capability
29 & 30 May
2014
CU Main &
Kengeri Campus
2 FDP 2
Strategic Initiatives,
Analysis And
Implementation
28 & 29
November
2014
Gold Finch
Retreat,
Devanahalli,
Bangalore
1.4.2 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME
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Quality improvement program on the theme ―Transition in Concepts and Practices in
Commerce and Management‖ washeld from 14th
to 17th
March 2015. The topics discussed in the
QIP with the name of the speakers are listed below:
S.
No DATE QIP TOPIC RESOURCE PERSON
1 14/03/2015 Union Budget Analysis
Prof. Charan Singh
(IIMB)
2 14/03/2015 Trading Strategies in Derivatives Prof. Sreekantan
(M S R I M Bangalore)
3 14/03/2015 Effective Corporate Governance as per
Companies Act 2013
CA Vadiraja
(Guru & Jana)
4 14/03/2015 Application of Big Data Analysis in E-
Commerce
Prof. S Sudhindra
(Christ University)
5 16/03/2015 Social Entrepreneurship
Prof. Chowdari Prasad
(IFIM Business School,
Bangalore)
6 16/03/2015 Financial statement reporting from IFRS
perspective
CA Naryan Nambiar
(FTI Bangalore)
7 16/03/2015 Transfer Pricing
CA Ajay Rotti
(Dhruva Advisors, Bangalore)
8 16/03/2015 Goods and Services Tax CA Madhukar N Hiregange
(Hiregange Academy)
9 17/03/2015 Business Valuation Dr. Rajesh Kumar
10 17/03/2015 Logistics and Supply Chain management
in e-commerce
Mr. Nagaraju
(bigbasket.com)
11 17/03/2015 BASEL III and SARFAESI Act 2002 Prof. Sreekantan
(M S R I M Bangalore)
12 17/03/2015 Health Insurance
Prof. B N Nagaraj
(Christ University)
1.4.3 FACULTY LEARNING CIRCLES
This year, the Faculty Learning Circle witnessed a variety of learning sessions which were directed
towards exploring the various pedagogies practiced in higher education, providing a platform for
professional dialogues on new developments in the realm of commerce and encouraging research
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culture amongst faculty members. The sessions were conducted in alternate weeks and faculty was
grouped in 3 teams and group facilitators coordinated the sessions with the help of moderators. The
Learning circle coordinators for the academic year were Ms. Bindu Nair & Ms. Anusha Iyer.
Session wise topics discussed in each Faculty learning circle and their implications
Modular Learning- Developing a Self learning Module ( 25th
June , 1st of July 2014) (two
sessions)
The objectives of this session were to highlight the benefits of self learning modules in a
curriculum, to understand how a self learning module is developed and to incorporate the
same successfully. The session was moderated effectively with proper demonstration of the
process of preparing a module. After learning the methodology in the first session, in the
next session the faculty members sat together to chalk out tentative topics from their related
subjects to implement self learning in the curriculum.
Learning the APA style for Academic writing ( 7th
July and 14th
July 2014) two sessions
This learning circle session concentrated on APA style guide for scholarly writing. The
objective of this session was to help the faculty members to learn to cite and reference using
the APA style so that, they may use it as and when required. The moderator gave a
presentation covering citation and referencing for all the various sources like Books, Journal
articles, Newspaper articles, Magazine articles, Videos etc. In the next session, the faculty
members were provide with worksheets so that they could test themselves. The moderators
helped them as and when required.
"Usage of Academic Reference Management Software- Qiqqa"(21st July & 27
th July)
two sessions.
The objective of this session was to understand Qiqqa - the software which helps to manage
the documents and notes while a researcher carries on with his research. During the session,
the faculty members got their laptops and the moderators helped them to learn the software.
The first session helped them to understand about Qiqqa and the second session enabled
them to explore the software and learn it further.
Case writing( 21st August)
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This session was primarily conducted with an objective to train the faculty members on case
writing. Prof. Bharati Gopal from Christ University Institute of Management trained the
faculty members in understanding the process and the methodology of case writing.
Blog writing (8th
September)
This session aimed at making the faculty members aware about blogging and to encourage
them to write blogs. How blogs are written, how the general formats look like, how to write
effective blogs which will be useful, tips and tricks for blogging etc were covered in the
session.
Qualitative Research (13th
September 2014)
This session intended to strengthen the research skills in the faculty members. Dr. Tony Sam
George from the Psychology Department was invited to give a lecture on Qualitative
Research. The session was very useful to the faculty members and brought rich insights from
the world of qualitative research.
Flipped Classroom – “How to motivate students to read textbook” ( 7th
December 2014)
This session revolved around the concept of flipped classroom pedagogy and how it can be
effectively used for our students‘ benefit. Vikram Vincent from Christ University was the
resource person for this session and the theme used for discussion was ―How to motivate
students to read textbook‖ He demonstrated various tips and techniques through which
students may encouraged to read textbooks. Faculty members also learnt to write a rubric for
formative assessment
Learning as an educational experience for students ( 14th
January 2015)
The underlying belief of this session was that learning is at its best when a student enjoys the
learning experience. Faculty members brainstormed to create rich learning experiences for
students. They also shared examples of incidents where students had memorable learning
experiences.
Teaching by Cross breeding of ideas across disciplines ( 1st February 2015)
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The session reiterated the facts that cross breeding of various concepts and ideas while
teaching will not only help students to understand the concept better but will also help them
to use the concepts whenever required. Faculty members pointed out all the concepts which
run across different subjects so that all teachers know what concepts are covered where and
whether there is a link or a repetition. Thereafter they shared their experiences of using the
concept of cross breeding of ideas in teaching. Some teachers also identified assignments
which could be given to the students(using this concept).
Natural Capital ( 15th
February 2015)
The session helped the group in understanding the concept of natural capital accounting, its
need, standards and the changes that natural accounting is going to bring about in the world
of Accounting and Finance.
Identifying topics for QualityImprovement Program ( 1st March 2015)
As a part of the quality improvement initiatives programme for faculty members, there was a
need to identify topics which can be converted into workshops. For this purpose the learning
circle members brainstormed on emerging trends and practices in the areas of Accounting,
Costing, Banking, Insurance and Finance and finally suggested few topics which were then
chosen for the QIP.
1.4.4 FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
In the academic year 2014-15 the Deanery of Commerce and Management initiated inter
disciplinary presentations with the Departments like Computer Science, Economics, Statistics and
School of Law, . The programmes were coordinated by Ms. Vinnarasi B. (Department of
Commerce), Mr. Ramakrishnan (Institute of Management), Mr. Issac P. Elias (Department of
Management studies) The team successfully organized six presentations on last Friday's of the
month. Following are the details-
S. No DATE TOPIC PRESENTERS DEPARTMENT
1 27.06.2014 Understanding the enterprise
of tomorrow - SMAC
Prof. Christopher
Prof. Peter
Augustine
Commerce
Computer Science
2 27.06.2014 Application of Excel Prof.Ashok Computer Science
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S. No DATE TOPIC PRESENTERS DEPARTMENT
Worksheets in Commerce and
Management
Immanuel
Prof. Vinnarasi B
Commerce
3 22.08.2014 Land Acquisition Act Dr. Diganta Biswas School of Law
4 22.08.2014 Right to Food as a Human
Right
Prof. George Kutty
Jose School of Law
5
21.11.2014
Tools in Research
Dr. Nachamai
Prof. Sharon
Valarmathi
Computer Science
Commerce
6
05.03.2015
Disruptive Innovation in
Higher Education
Prof. Geetanjali
Purswani
Prof. Pooja Jain
Commerce
1.4.5 ORIENTATION PROGRAMME FOR NEWLY JOINED FACULTY MEMBERS
All newly joined faculty members were oriented at the departmental level about the work
culture in the department, roles and responsibilities, duties, processes and other modus operandi.
This orientation was given by the Dean and the Head of the Department.
1.4.6 RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR FACULTY
Following activities were conducted during the year for bringing an element of team spirit,
fun and recreation among faculty members.
1. Team lunch organized at SOHO St. at Hosur Road, Bangalore on 25th
September 2014.
2. A Potluck lunch and exchanging of gifts as a part of Christmas celebration on 20th
December
2014.
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SECTION 2
CURRICULUM
This section gives an overview about the programmes offered by the department, list of certificate
programmes conducted,new certificate courses introduced in the academic year, and the total
number of students who were benefitted from the programmes.
2.1 PROGRAMMES OFFERD BY THE DEPARTMENT
1. Bachelor of Commerce (BCOM)
2. Bachelor of Commerce Honours (BCOM HONS)
3. Master of Commerce (MCOM)
4. Master of Philosophy in Commerce (MPHIL)
2.2 CERTIFICATE PROGRAMMES CONDUCTED
The Department of Commerce conducts various certificate programmes in the odd and the
even semesters. These courses are offered as credit-based mandatory inter-disciplinary programmes
for the students of Science and Humanities streams and optional programmes for the Commerce and
Management streams. Faculties of the Department of Commerce with domain expertise in the
related areas facilitate as programme instructors. A student has to attend 45 sessions and pass the
examination to complete a programme. Mandatory programme category students obtain two credits
on successful completion and optional category students obtain a certificate on successful
completion of the programme.
LIST OF ODD SEMESTER CERTIFICATE PROGRAMMES: (JUNE TO SEPTEMBER
2014)
S.NO SUBJECT NAME TEACHER
INCHARGE
NUMBER OF
STUDENTS
ENROLLED
NUMBER
OF
STUDENTS
CLEARED
1 Introduction to Accounting
and investment Mr Naveen
23
20
2 Brand Management Dr. Uma 34 33
3 Entrepreneurship and small
business development
Dr.Karthigai
Prakasam
38 33
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LIST OF EVEN SEMESTER CERTIFICATE PROGRAMMES: (NOVEMBER 2014 TO
MARCH 2015)
S.NO SUBJECT NAME TEACHER
INCHARGE
NUMBER OF
STUDENTS
ENROLLED
NUMBER OF
STUDENTSC
LEARED
1 Basics of Business
Management
Mr Christopher
Devakumar
36
2 Creative Advertising* Ms. Pooja 39 37
3 Fundamentals of Banking Mr. Vishal Pinto 32
4 E-Commerce* Mr. Raghavendra
36
*Included 15 hours of digital content.
Digital Sessions with the help of Centre for Concept Design (CCD)
Two of the certificate programmes offered digital modules. Teachers could take 15 hours of
lectures online. The courses and the name of the Faculty members who conducted these courses are-
1. E-Commerce – Mr. Raghavendra
2. Creative Advertising- Ms. Pooja Jain
2.3PROFESSIONALCERTIFICATE PROGRAMMES
CISI IOC CERTIFICATION:The Chartered Institute for Securities &Investment (CISI) is
the largest and most widely respected professional body for those who work in the securities and
investment industry in the UK and in a growing number of financial centres globally. The IOC
certification by CISI is highly recognized among Investment Bankers globally. There are 5
international offices across the globe such as Singapore, Dubai, Mumbai, Dublin and Colombo
respectively. This program is accredited by the FSA in the United Kingdom and is linked with
regulators worldwide.
Investment Operations Certificate (IOC)is the Global Operations Qualification that
provides flexibility and choice. Qualification comprises of three exam modules - Module 1 is given
to second year students and Modules 2 and 3 are offered to the final year students. All modules have
computer based tests and the pass marks for each module is 70%. The certification follows the local
and global exam structure and offers domain expertise.There are three modules namely Module 1 -
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International Introduction to Investment, Module 2- Global Security Operationand Module 3- Risk
in Financial Services.
The objective of introducing IOC certification for BCom students in the year 2013 was to
provide opportunity for professional qualification along with the degree programme and to expand
the global employability options for students.
This year the program saw more number of students in terms of registrations and clearance
of exam. Special tutoring support has been consistently extended by CISI with the help of an
industry expert Mr. Ravi Raman (COO of Infra Hedge).These sessions were held outside regular
class timings either in the mornings or evenings and were also open to faculty members
CISI ENROLMENT DASHBOARD TOTAL
NUMBER
Module 1 - Introduction to Securities and Investments (International)
No of students- Enrolled 57
No of faculty - Enrolled 1
No of students- Cleared 35
No of faculty- Cleared 1
No of students- Not attempted 2
No of students- Not cleared 20
Module 2–Global Securities Operations
No of students- Enrolled 13
No of faculty - Enrolled 1
No of students- Cleared 9
No of faculty- Cleared 1
No of students- Not cleared 4
Module 3 – Risk in Financial Services
No of students- Enrolled 9
No of faculty - Enrolled 1
No of students- Cleared 7
No of faculty- Cleared 1
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No of students- Not attempted 1
No of students- Not cleared 1
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SECTION 3
STUDENTSHIP
This section carries information about students and the activities undertaken by the
department for the development of students. The section alsoincludes learner centric initiatives by
the faculty members, cultural and extracurricular activities, industrial and village visits and many
other such student support activities.
3.1 PROGRAMME-WISE NUMBER OF STUDENTS - 2014 - 2015
BCOM
YEAR NO. OF SECTIONS No. OF STUDENTS
(MALE)
No. OF STUDENTS
(FEMALE) TOTAL
I 04 172 172 344
II 03 114 145 259
III 04 209 156 365
TOTAL 968
BCOM (HONS)
YEAR No. OF SECTIONS No. OF STUDENTS
(MALE)
No. OF STUDENTS
(FEMALE) TOTAL
I 03 146 94 240
II 03 97 113 210
III 02 78 69 147
TOTAL 597
MCOM
YEAR NO. OF SECTIONS No. OF STUDENTS
(MALE)
No. OF STUDENTS
(FEMALE) TOTAL
I 02 43 75 118
II 01 24 41 65
TOTAL 183
MPHIL
YEAR No. OF STUDENTS
(MALE)
No. OF STUDENTS
(FEMALE) TOTAL
2014-15 3 7 10
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3.2 LEARNER CENTERIC INITIATIVES
There is a need to incorporate learner centric teaching in the curriculum and keeping this in
mind numerous learner centric initiatives were taken this academic year. Various new methods of
teaching were introduced and creative CIAs were administered. Exhibitions, Videos, Interviews,
Website designing, Article reviews and Service learning activities were commonly used as CIA
components. Teachers gave liberty to students to present a particular topic the way they preferred
and designed the rubrics for objective grading. Following are some of the initiatives undertaken
during this academic year-
SL.NO
DESCRIPTION OF THE
ACTIVITY
LEARNING
OUTCOMES AND
EXPERIENCE
SUBJECT
1
Students were shown a demo in the
class regarding filing of Income tax
returns. All the students were
individually made to do e- filing of the
returns of their friends/family
Students learned how
to do e-filing of direct
taxes, while doing so
they cleared all their
theoretical doubts.
They found the
practical way of
learning to be more
advantageous.
Advanced Taxation
2
Instead of teaching concepts from the
text books, some of the advertising
concepts were taught to students using
autobiographies of prominent
advertising people like David Ogilivy
& Alyque Padamsee. Self reading of
the autobiographies was followed by
group discussions.
Students got truly
inspired and got
inducted into the
world of advertising.
Practical and true
knowledge about the
concepts gave them a
deeper understanding
Advertising
Management
3
For understanding dynamics of the
stock market an online session was
conducted by Mr.Mohsin (A stock
market analysis expert) over Skype for
the students
Students got to know
the modus operandi of
the markets from an
experts point of view
and the overall feeling
of a Skype session
was a great
experience too
International
Financial
Management
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4 An exhibition was organized for all
the third semester students for the
subject of Marketing Management as a
part of their CIA. They showcased
marketing strategies of various
companies and covered various
functions like Branding, Advertising
and Communications through models,
posters & Videos during the exhibition
A deeper level of
understanding of the
marketing concepts
with loads of
examples was
attained. The spirit of
competition between
classes was observed.
They learnt team
work while they
competed amongst
classes.
Marketing
Management
5
Reviewing of Articles with various
functions of Banking was given as a
component of CIA. Students had to
search for relevant functional topics
on Banking (as asked) and thereafter
they had to be thoroughly reviewed
and cited.
Reading articles about
the domain of
Banking helped
students to develop a
strong base and to
understand all
peripheral aspects of
Banking. Also writing
the review helped the
students in
understanding the
process of citation and
referencing.
Banking
6
The subject of Organizational
Behaviour required students to
understand the ways of conducting an
Interview (formal and Informal) and
analyzing the responses. Therefore, an
activity was conducted where students
interviewed their own friends and
analyzed their responses.
The challenges and
pleasure of
conducting an
interview of their own
friends,while learning
the technical aspects
was appreciated by
the students.
Organizational
Behavior
7
Students brought out their talent and
interests in their CIA presentations
through mime, mono acting, mimicry,
singing, music etc. They used musical
instruments and other props to create a
different atmosphere, while explaining
their respective CIA topics related to
Organizational Behaviour
Students enjoyed the
presentations
thoroughly and learnt
many concepts. As
per them these
concepts would never
be forgotten by them
as there are certain
Organizational
Behavior
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memories and images
attached to these
concepts.
8
For the subject of business
management, in order to understand
the challenges of running day to day
operations of business, an assignment
was given to students where they
would go to the orphanage and
manage their activities like taking
charge of their stock of food,
stationery, finances, raising money for
them by selling items etc.
This component of
service learning gave
them immense
gratification and also
gave them an
opportunity to learn
the concepts of
Business management
in a practical manner
Business Management
9
After a particular accounting standard
was taught, students had to search for
practical examples of companies that
followed those standards along with
the circumstances. Either weekly or
fortnightly one hour activity session
was conducted in the class where
students presented these practical
pointers with regard to accounting
standards.
Learning Accounting
standards with
practical connotations
and cases made
students understand
the utility of these
concepts in a better
manner
Accounting Standards
10
Students were given an assignment to
review articles based on the concepts
of Business Communication from
International Journals and present the
same.
While going through
articles lots of new
insights were derived
by them. New
thinking, new
paradigms and new
conceptsemerged
which helped them to
critically appreciate
the subject.
Business
Communication
11
An assignment was given to students
to identify the barriers in
communication in Films
Students really
enjoyed the
assignment and
understood the
concepts well
Business
Communication
12
Two teachers who taught the same
Students were
Business Environment
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subjects in different classes organized
a poster making competition where the
students had to creatively design a
poster highlighting the concepts of
Business environment.
encouraged to show
their creativity and
knowledge about their
subject, which in turn
pushed them to do
better.
13
An online group assignment was given
to students to assess Business Plans
made by people using different aspects
like business model and human
resources. An online portal by the
name of ―Calvanizer‖ was used for the
same.
Students had to use
their analytical skills
combined with the
knowledge they had
gained by studying
H.R.M.
Human Resource
Management
14
As assignment students were required
to shoot a promotional video trailer for
a website .The website had to be one
with a novel business idea.
Along with
understanding the
various dimensions of
social media the
students also learnt to
shoot a promo. The
efforts of identifying a
good business idea
also were clearly seen.
E-Commerce
15
Instead of giving only one activity to
students for their CIA‘s a cumulative
marking method for CIA‘s consisting
of almost 12 activities from the
beginning of the semester was
considered for the subject of Business
Ethics. Tasks were case studies,
review of articles, video analysis,
Books and other social media.
The variety of tasks,
the search for
business ethics related
cases and the
cumulative marking
equipped the students
better with the
knowledge about the
subject
Business Ethics
16
As a part of service learning
pedagogy, students were required to
identify investment avenues for low
income groups. The target
communities were the house keeping
staff of Christ University.
Students became
aware of the savings
and investment
patterns of low
income groups.
Investment
Management
17
Excel training was given to the
This different way of
Security Analysis and
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students by Mr. Vinay of Christ
University and thereafter the students
were required to do the security
analysis on excel itself.
doing analysis on
excel instead of
notebooks made them
industry ready. They
appreciated this
methodology of
teaching.
Portfolio Management
18
As an assignment students had to self
learn (with some guidance from
teacher) to create a website of their
own choice
Navigating and self
learning to make
website was not just
fun but they also
learnt ways to create
their own websites
E-Commerce
19
Students were required to design
posters depicting the process and other
important aspects of Mergers and
Acquisitions.
Practically
understanding how
Mergers and
Acquisitions occur in
the industry , gave
them a deeper
understanding of the
concepts
Strategic Financial
Management
20
To make the students understand the
process and importance of automation,
students were shown through an
example to design a macro using
VBA. The task was to select a suitable
topic at random for CIA.
Students learnt to
design a macro and
found it interesting
and starting doing
similar small tasks
using the same
automation techniques
Business Information
System
21 To understand the impact of Mergers
and Acquisitions on Human Resources
first year MCom students were
assigned in groups to study recent
M&As and present the facts relating to
their effect on HR.
The assignment
helped the students to
understand M&A
from HR perspective
and appreciate the
crucial role of HR in
the success or failure
of M&A.
Human Resources
Management.
3.3 STUDENT SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
This section throws light on the student support and development activities undertaken by
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for International students, Bridge course in Accountancy, Special Coaching for supplementary
examinations and Workshops have been provided. As a part of student‘s development, avenues like
Commerce Lab, Journal Club, Finance Club, Entrepreneurship Club, Orotary Club, Theatre club etc
are formed. The following pages briefly describe these activities.
3.3.1 SPECIAL STUDENTS’ MENTORING
The Department of Commerce has six special students studying in the first year,
eight special students studying in the second year and four special students studying in the
second year BCom classes. To cater to the special needs of these students the Department
has appointed a faculty, Dr. Shaeril Almeida as a Special student‘s mentor. .Following are
some of the initiatives and observations of this academic year-
Communication with subject teachers and other Departments- Detailed information was
sent to the other faculty members handling their classes, regarding these special students.
This information primarily consisted of the description of the disability and the difficulty
faced by the student in coping with the regular academic routine. Some of them required
special CIAs to be designed to suit their requirement. This facilitated a better understanding
of these students by the teachers, coming from the other departments as well.
Buddy system- Students were guided regularly to register for the certificate course. The
department provided them with a classmate/ buddy who helped them in the payment of fees
and other online registration formalities.
Scribe -The department arranged scribes for the students who required one. The
arrangement of scribe was done with the help of Christ PU College. The scribe for the
holistic exam was also arranged for the visually challenged students.
Extra time for Exams- The special students who needed extra time were mentored and with
the help of office of examination extra time was provided both for mid semester and end
semester exam.
Special question paper- The Department of Commerce also prepared special question
papers for the final examination for one of the special student, keeping in mind the disability
of the student.
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Mentoring for weak subjects-The students were continuously mentored with regard to
academics. They were motivated and continuously encouraged to seek help from the
teachers in the subjects that they were weak.
Encouragement to participate in association and cultural activities – The students were
constantly encouraged to participate in all the co-curricular and inter-class events to develop
self-confidence in them. One of the special students is also a member in the Theatre Club of
the department.
MSE Result Analysis- Result analysis of Mid-semester exams, for these special students
were done to know their performance. This analysis helped to keep a record of the
performance of all the special students individually.
3.3.2 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS MENTORING
To provide aid to international students of the department, in the year 2013, a faculty
mentor was appointed. The Department‘s international students are from various countries
like Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Japan, Thailand, Korea, Nepal and SriLanka. They
usually seek guidance on issues related to adjusting to the environment, adjusting to the
class, cultural differences, Teacher-student relationship, attendance issues, dress code issues
and difficulty in learning a subject. The student is either helped directly by the mentor or is
recommended to a teacher/ counsellor or a student who helps the student.
A brief summary of support extended, outcomes and observations –
The first year students have adjusted very well to the Christ Culture. They participate in fests
and in other extra-curricular activities. Their Class teachers nominate them for extra
responsibilities too. The teachers teaching them have appreciated their intellect, behavior
and mannerisms. They adhere to the dress code very well and maintain a good attendance.
One of the students, Sriwint Ploy (1st year) has been awarded the best volunteer award by
CSA.
A general concern raised by them was that for theory subjects they score less marks, even
though they seem to be writing very well. After a thoroughly investigating their answer
papers it was found that though they knew the concepts well, they could not express and
explain the same by constructing sentences. As a result the answers seemed vague.
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Almost all students loved the way practical subjects were being taught. They also found the
teachers to be very helpful in explaining the problems on a one to one basis, if they found it
difficult to follow.
These students have developed their own study circles, where they exchange notes given by
different teachers, study together and help each other. The circles consist of international
students and few of their Indian friends also.
3.3.3 ORIENTATION PROGRAMMES FOR FIRST YEARSTUDENTS.
For the first year students, Orientation programmes were conducted so that there is a
smooth transitioning while they change from a school life to a college life. Following is a
glimpse of the same.
A one day departmental level session for the first semester BCom and BCom Honours
students was organized on Wednesday 11 June from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm (before
commencement of regular teaching sessions). The main objective was to orient the students
to the Christ University academic culture with focus on presentation, writing and citation
skills. Team games were organised in the field during the post lunch session to break the ice
between them. Below is the schedule for the sessions conducted-
CLASS 10 AM -11 AM 11AM- 12 9M 12 PM – 1 PM
2 PM – 3 PM
1 Bcom A
Transition to
College
Prof.
Shubhashree
Academic Culture
Dr. Kavitha
Writing Skills
Prof. Pooja Jain
Presentation Skills
Prof. Geetanjali
1 Bcom B
Academic Culture
Prof.
Christopher
Writing Skills
Prof. Soumya
Transition to
College
Prof. Bindu Nair
Presentation Skills
Prof. Anson K J
1 Bcom C
Academic Culture
Prof. Girish
Transition to College
Prof. Naveen
Presentation Skills
Prof.
Natchimuthu
Writing Skills
Prof. Manjunath
1 Bcom D
Transition to
College
Prof. Rishikesh
Presentation Skills
Dr. Uma
Academic Culture
Prof. Sharon
Writing Skills
Prof. Vinnarasi
1BcomHA
Writing Skills
Prof.
Natchimuthu
Presentation Skills
Prof. Amalanathan
Transition to
College
Prof. Nithila
Vincent
Academic Culture
Dr. Anuradha P
S
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1 Bcom HB
Academic Culture
Prof. Anson
Transition to College
Prof. Girish
Writing Skills
Dr. Veerta Tantia
Presentation Skills
Prof. Rani
Thomas
1 Bcom HC
Presentation Skills
Prof. Rani
Thomas
Writing Skills
Prof. Vinnarasi
Transition to
College
Dr. Sheril
Academic Culture
Prof. Aruna
On the next day, the first year students were given a departmental level induction in the main
auditorium. Here they were briefed about the rules and regulations of the department with
respect to dress- code, discipline, attendance, the pattern of CIAs, the various clubs,
association and other activities. This was combined with fresher‘s welcome programme
organised by the senior students.
3.3.4 CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT, UK. (CISI)
The CISI programme is offered to students to pursue the IOC (Investment Operations
Certificate) certification which is highly recognised among Investment Bankers globally. The
coaching is given by industry experts in the campus and is open to both the students and faculty
members.Some of the highlights are as below-
During this academic year, CISI program was made open to both BCom (Honors)
and BCom students which resulted in an increase in the number of students
registering for the first module - Introduction to Securities and Investments
(International). The training sessions were handled by Mr. Ravi Raman (COO of
Infra Hedge Securities) from 8.00 to 10.00 am during week days.
Out of 57 students registered, 35 students cleared the first module along with one
faculty member – Ms.ShubhashreeAcharya.
This year also saw 7 students from final year BCom (Honors) and one faculty –
Ms.Soumya V, completing all the three modules and gaining the Investment
Operations Certificate. They are now eligible to become Associate Members of
CISI.
An Insight into Integrity and Ethics:
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On the 10th
of September, Mr. Ganesh Iyer, country head of CISI took a workshop on integrity for
the students of 5 BCom Honors as well as 3 BCom Honors. Through the one and a half hour session
Mr. Ganesh introduced the audience to CISI and the integrity guidelines and workshops that they
conduct. He explained the four principles of Integrity, abbreviated as HOTF: Honesty, Openness,
Transparency and Fairness. He said that when a person is making a crucial decision, he must make
his decision on the basis of the four principles and that would lead the person correctly. He then
took the audience through situations where each member of the audience was supposed to imagine
themselves as Managers and make decisions on these ethical situations by voting using voting
meters. For example, he asked the audience the question, ―If you were driving home at midnight and
hit a red light on an empty road, would you drive past it or wait for it to turn green?‖ The question
made the audience question their belief on what they thought was the right thing to do. Mr. Ganesh
told how no answer is right or wrong but it‘s just a matter of principle. The audience was
participative and there was healthy discussion going on between participants. The use of voting
meters was new and interesting. The session was quite helpful for all students as they are all
budding professionals.
CISI Award Ceremony At Mumbai, Wednesday 10 December 2014
Venue: Bombay Stock Exchange, P J Towers, Dalal Street, Mumbai
Speakers: Simon Culhane, Chartered FCSI, Chief Executive, CISI
Closing Remarks: Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Alan Yarrow, Chartered
FCSI(Hon)
Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment organised an event to celebrate the recent
appointment of the CISI Chairman Alderman Alan Yarrow, Chartered FCSI (Hon) as the Lord
Mayor of London. Two students from BCom Honours were nominated for the award, Mr. Vikram
Adithya Kar and Mr. Akshay Anthony.
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3.3.5 BRIDGE COURSE IN ACCOUNTANCY
Bridge courses are conducted to help the Non Commerce first year students to learn new
subjects at ease. The bridge course sessions on Accountancy were conducted from 23/06/14 to
24/07/14 by Mr. Natchimuthu. Eighteen students registered themselves for this course. The
sessions were conducted from 8 am to 9 am on a daily basis. Students were given basic exposure
to the accounting concepts and practices. At the end of the course a test was conducted and
feedback was given as well as taken. Towards the end, students were able to develop conceptual
understanding of accounting and were able to solve problems in accounting. Below is a gist of
topics covered during these sessions.
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Introduction to Accounting
Journal entries
Ledger accounts
Subsidiary books
Trial balance
Final accounts
Forms of organization
Partnership Accounts
Format of final accounts – Revised schedule VI
This course was offered to non-commerce students in the first semester BCom.
3.3.6 TEXT BOOK SUPPORT
The Department of Commerce provides textbooks to the students of the department to
broaden their intellectual horizons and to aid in their regular classroom teachings. To coordinate the
same a team of faculty members,comprising of Mr. Girish. S, Ms. Bindu Nair, and Mr. Naveen
Kumara were formed. The list of text books with their price for all the semesters was prepared after
a thorough discussion and consultation with the concerned subject teachers. The same was
circulated in all the classrooms and the text book orders for all the classes with the requisite amount
was requisitioned with the support of the class teachers and the class representatives. The books
were provided at discounted prices after negotiating with the concerned publishers. By the end of
June 2014, text books for all the classes for the odd semester subjects had been distributed and by
the first week of December 2014, books for the even semester subjects were distributed.
Another initiative of the department was to provide free textbooks to the students from
weak financial background. Around 60 students were provided free text books with financial
support from the University.The same was done after requisitioning the list from the concerned
class teachers and providing orders to the publishers for the same and recycling the old books which
were purchased during last academic year.
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3.3.7 FEE CONCESSION AND SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDENTS
Christ University extends financial support to the students from economically weak
background and also encourages meritorious students and achievers in extra-curricular activities.
The following tables give details of fee concessions granted and scholarships awarded to commerce
students during the academic year 2014-15.
CONSOLIDATED FEE CONCESSION DETAILS OF
BCOM, BCOM HONOURS& MCOM
FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015
PROGRAMME NO OF STUDENTS
APPLIED
NO OF STUDENTS
AWARDED
TOTAL AMOUNT
Rs.
BCOM- REGULAR 145 119 16,79,000
BCOM-HONORS 20 12 2,55,000
MCOM 27 20 3,59,000
TOTAL 192 131 22,93,000
CONSOLIDATED SCHOLARSHIP DETAILS OF
FINAL YEAR BCOM, BCOM HONOURS & MCOM
FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015
GROUP A (MERIT)
PROGRAMME NO OF STUDENTS
APPLIED
NO OF STUDENTS
AWARDED
TOTAL AMOUNT
(RS)
B COM- REGULAR 44 14 97,000
B COM-HONORS 06 06 43,000
MCOM 10 03 23,000
TOTAL 60 23 1,63,000
GROUP B (CO CURRICULAR & EXTRA CURRICULAR)
PROGRAMME NO OF STUDENTS
APPLIED
NO OF STUDENTS
AWARDED
TOTAL
AMOUNT(RS)
B COM 18 07 39,000
B COM-HONORS 08 05 21,000
MCOM 07 03 15,000
TOTAL 33 15 75,000
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3.3.8 CLASS REPRESENTATIVES ORIENTATION PROGRAM / LEADERSHIP
TRAINING
In the beginning of every academic year an orientation program is conducted for all the class
representatives by the HOD & Coordinators. This is a kind of leadership training, where they are
briefed about their roles and responsibilities, their conduct and their duties and rights. They are
sensitized about their role, where on the one hand they are a leader and on the other hand they are a
facilitator.
3.3.9 SKILL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
While the faculty members of the department were on OBT, the following training
programme was conducted for the first and second year UG students by the post graduate students
of the University. The schedules of the sessions conducted are below-
BCOM & MCOM TRAINING SCHEDULE
28/11/2014
S NO Modules 9.00 – 10.45 11.00 – 12.45 2.00 – 4.00
1 Creative thinking (MBA) I BCOM A I BCOM B I BCOM A
2 Public speaking (MBA) I BCOM(HB) I BCOM (HC) I BCOM B
3 Time management (MBA) I BCOM (HA) I BCOM(HB) I BCOM C
4 Prejudice (MBA) I BCOM C I BCOM A I BCOM D
5 Leadership skills (PSY) I BCOM (HC) I BCOM (HA) I BCOM (HA)
6 Motivational enhancement (PSY) I BCOM B I BCOM D I BCOM (HB)
7 Personality Development (MBA) I BCOM D I BCOM C I BCOM (HC)
29/11/2014
S NO Modules 9.00 – 10.45 11.00 – 12.45
1 Creative thinking (MBA) I BCOM C I BCOM (HA)
2 Public speaking (MBA) I BCOM (HA) I BCOM C
3 Time management (MBA) I BCOM (HC) I BCOM A
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4 Prejudice (MBA) I BCOM B I BCOM D
5 Leadership skills (PSY) I BCOM D I BCOM(HB)
6 Motivational enhancement (PSY) I BCOM A I BCOM (HC)
7 Personality Development (MBA) I BCOM(HB) I BCOM B
28/11/2014
Sl.
No Modules 9.00-10.45 11.00-12.45 2.00-4.00
1 Decision making (MBA) II BCOM A II BCOM B II BCOM (HA)
2 Effective feedback (MBA) II BCOM (HA) II BCOM(HB) II BCOM (HC)
3 Conflict management (MBA) II BCOM (HC) - II BCOM A
4 Stress Management (PSY) - II BCOM (HA) II BCOM C
5 Creative Problem Solving (PSY) II BCOM C II BCOM A II BCOM B
6 Emotional management skills (PSY) II BCOM (HB) II BCOM (HC) -
7 Effective relationship skills (PSY) II BCOM B II BCOM C II BCOM(HB)
29/11/ 2014
S
NO Modules 9.00 – 10.45 11.00 – 12.45
1 Decision making (MBA) II BCOM C II BCOM (HC)
2 Effective feedback (MBA) II BCOM B -
3 Conflict management (MBA) II BCOM (HA) II BCOM B
4 Stress Management (PSY) II BCOM(HB) II BCOM A
5 Creative Problem Solving (PSY) - II BCOM (HB)
6 Emotional management skills (PSY) II BCOM A II BCOM C
7 Effective relationship skills (PSY) II BCOM (HC) II BCOM (HA)
For the Final year UG students and all the PG students, placement related training was
facilitated by the Time group. The modules are listed in the table below:
Day 1: 28/11/2014
S NO Class & Section 9.00 – 11.00 11.00 – 1.00 2.00 – 4.00
1 6 BCom A
Logical Reasoning Presentation Skills Group Discussion
2 6 BCom B
Logical Reasoning
Presentation Skills Group Discussion
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3 6 BCom C
Logical Reasoning
Presentation Skills Group Discussion
4 6 BCom D
Logical Reasoning
Presentation Skills Group Discussion
5 6 BCom J
Logical Reasoning
Presentation Skills Group Discussion
6 6 BCom K
Logical Reasoning
Presentation Skills Group Discussion
Day 2: 29/11/2014
S NO Class & Section 9.00 – 11.00 11.00 – 1.00
1 6 BCom A
Critical Reasoning
Self-awareness
2 6 BCom B
Critical Reasoning
Self-awareness
3 6 BCom C
Critical Reasoning
Self-awareness
4 6 BCom D
Critical Reasoning
Self-awareness
5 6 BCom J
Critical Reasoning
Self-awareness
6 6 BCom K
Critical Reasoning
Self-awareness
II SEM MCOM A&B
Day 9-11
11-1 1-2 2-4
Friday
28/11/14
Quantitative Aptitude
Presentation Skills
Lunch
Quantitative
Aptitude
Saturday
29/11/14
Quantitative Aptitude and
Logical Reasoning
Quantitative Aptitude and
Logical Reasoning
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IV SEM MCOM
Day 9-11
11-1 1-2 2-4
Friday
28/11/14
Presentation Skills
Quantitative Aptitude
Lunch
Group
Discussion
Saturday
29/11/14
Logical Reasoning and
Quantitative Aptitude
Logical Reasoning and
Quantitative Aptitude
- -
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3.3.10 COMMERCE LAB
The Department of Commerce instituted the Commerce Lab with the objective of providing
practical orientation to students by not only focusing on the theoretical aspects of the syllabus but
also linking it with the documents, practicalities and procedures involved with the subject. The lab
aims to provide practical exposure to the current processes, procedures and practices followed by
organizations and expose the students to all types of forms / formats / formalities. The faculty
coordinators were Dr. Kavitha Jayakumar, Ms.Vinnarasi. B & Mr. Natchimuthu.N. Following are
some of the activities of this year –
An orientation to Commerce Lab was given to the first year students during the first
week of July and they were made aware of such an existing facility so that they can
make the best out of it.
Student and faculty coordinators of Commerce lab regularly conducted meetings to
provide the best usage of Commerce lab to the students of the department. Some of the
initiatives undertaken were
Documentaries/research videos were collected.
Videos of guest lectures and conferences
Many new documents, models, best assignments in the form presentations, charts,
financial reports and statements were collected this year.
The annual commerce lab exhibition, Footprints, was conducted on 18th
July, 2014. The
exhibition was aimed to give practical exposure to the students of Christ University.
Students from Commerce and Management were very excited to see theory getting
converted into practicality took back lots of insights.
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3.3.11 COACHING FOR SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATIONS
Special coaching was given to final year students writing the supplementary exams by
faculty members so that they can clear the exam with confidence. The support was extended outside
class hours in the months of December 2014 and January 2015. Following are the subjects for which
special coaching was provided during the year.
S. NO NAME OF THE SUBJECT
1 Financial Accounting
2 Business Management
3 Business Statistics
4 Corporate Accounting
5 Marketing Management
6 Indian Financial System
7 Principles and Practice of Insurance
8 Principles and Practice of Banking
9 Cost Accounting
10 Business & Corporate Law
11 Corporate Auditing
12 Tax Planning and Administration
13 Accounting Standards-I
14 Management of Financial Services
15 Financial Planning and Control
16 Strategic Financial Management
17 Cost Accounting-I
18 Company Law and Secretarial Practice
19 Business Law
20 Taxation Law-I
22 Management of Financial Services
23 Advanced Financial Accounting
24 Consumer Behavior
25 Research Methodology
3.3.12 PROJECT DAY – AN INITATIVE TO ENCOURAGE RESEARCH CULTURE
To encourage and inculcate the research culture among the students the department organized a ―Pro
ject Day‖ for final year BCom (Hons) students on 18th February, 2015. From a total of 146
projects grouped under 16 faculty guides, one best project from each group was selected for
presentation. Dr Sunitha Panikar and Prof. Ruben from Department of
Management Studies werethe judges. The best three projects were presented with cash awardsand c
onsolation prizes were presented to the other presenters.
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3.3.13 MUDRA- THE STUDENT’S E- NEWSLETTER
‗Mudra‘ the E-Newsletter of Department of Commerce is a platform to inculcate writing
skills amongst students. This year Mudra came up with seven issues and covered variety of topics
like developments in the realm of Commerce and Management, career planning, research, current
happenings in the departments, future endeavours of the Department, job placements and many
other snippets. The Editorial team of Mudra comprises of three faculty members, Dr. Veerta Tantia,
Mr. Raghavendra and Mr. Vishal Pinto.
3.4 OUTBOUND TRAINING, INDUSTRIAL AND VILLAGE VISITS
To give a sense of how things work in real time environment, industrial visits, and out bound
training programmes were conducted. The particulars are presented below.
3.4.1 OUTBOUND TRAINING PROGRAMME (MCOM)
An outbound training programme was conducted for First year MCom students on 18th
July,
2014. The venue for the programme was Bheemeshwari located near Mandya District. Many team
games were conducted during the visit to bring out team building and leadership skills amongst the
students. Two faculty members Prof. Mynavathi & Prof. Natchimuthu accompanied the students.
3.4.2 INDUSTRIAL VISITS ORAGNISED DURING THE YEAR
S.NO DATE CLASS &
SECTION
NAME OF THE
INDUSTRY
NO. OF
STUDENT
S
NAME OF THE
FACULTY
ORGANISER
1 14/08/14 V BCom A Volvo, Hoskote, 87 Mr. Manjunath
2 12/12/14 IV BCom
Hons C
Balaji Safety
Glasses Pvt. Ltd
Anekal Tq.
69 Dr. Kavitha
Jayakumar
3 29/01/15 II BCom C
HMT, Bangalore 90
Ms. Sharon
4 14/01/15
IV BCom C HMT, Bangalore 87 Ms. Vinnarasi
5 24/02/15 II BCom A
Eskay Insulated
Cable wires ltd.
K.R Puram
82 Ms. Pooja Jain
6 13/02/15 II BCom INDO US MIM 69 Ms. Geetanjali
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Hons A Hoskote
7 11/02/15 IV BCom
Hons B
GE Pharmaceutical,
Whitefield Rd, 65 Mr. Raghavendra
8 02/03/15 IV BCom
Hons A
Toyota Kirloskar,
Bangalore 35
Mr. Naveen
Kumara
9 27/02/15 II MCom B Coco-Cola, Bidadi 52
Mr. Natchimuthu
10 VI BCom D KSDL 72 Mr. Vishal Pinto
11 04/03/15 II MCom A Chennapatna Toy
Factory 59 Dr. Mynavathi
12 25/02/15 II BCom
Hons B L&T Bidadi 82 Ms. Anusha Iyer
3.4.3 VILLAGE VISITS ORAGNISED DURING THE YEAR
S.NO DATE CLASS/SECTIO
N
NAME OF THE
PLACE
NAME OF THE
FACULTY
ORGANISER
1 16th
Dec, 2014 III B Com A Hoskote, Bangalore Mr. Manjunath
2 6th
Dec,2014 III B Com C Hoskote, Bangalore Mr. Anson
3 7th
Jan, 2015 III B Com B Hoskote, Bangalore Mr. Amalanathan
4 20th
Jan,2015 III B Com D Hoskote, Bangalore Mr. Vishal Pinto
5 9th
Jan, 2015 III B Com Hon. J Hoskote, Bangalore Ms. SoumyaIyer
6 18th
Dec,2015 III B Com Hon. K Hoskote, Bangalore Mr. Christopher
7 9th
Dec, 2014 II M Com Hoskote, Bangalore Dr. Uma
3.5 CLUBS AND ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES
Department of Commerce is a hub for various clubs and associations. The objective of these
clubs and associations is to cater towards student‘s overall development and to nurture the talent in
students. In the following sections, the working of the Finance Club, Oratory Club,
Entrepreneurship Club, Theatre Clubs, Journal Club, CUCA (Christ University Commerce
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Association), Alumni Association etc have been described with the milestones they achieved during
this academic year.
3.5.1 “ARTHAPRABHANDA”- THE FINANCE CLUB
Arthaprabandha, The Finance Club of Department of Commerce runs with a sole objective and
that is to impart practical knowledge about finance to students. The Club has four domains - Law
and Compliance, Investors Corner, Corporate Finance and Fin-eco (Financial Economics). Relating
to their domain the members conduct events for students. Some of the events conducted this
academic year are as follows-
Panel discussion on “The Union Budget 2014” in association with KPMG
A panel discussion was organized on the Union Budget 2014.The chief guest of the event
was Mr. Ajay Rotti, Tax partner, KPMG. Panelists were students selected from the department
and each panel discussed on the impact of the budget on a particular sector allotted to them. At
the end Mr. Rotti expressed his views about the budget and also he gave a very constructive and
satisfactory feedback for the entire event. His words were indeed inspiring for everyone present
there.
“Stock Minds” virtual stock trading game
On 5 December 2014 Arthaprabandha, the finance club of commerce department in association
with ICICI learning organised an event named ―Stock Minds‖ virtual stock trading game across all
top colleges in India. Mr. Amar Gupta from ICICI explained the game for our students. Nearly 150
BCom Students attended this event and started registering for this game online.
Arthaprabandha Financial Drive-
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The Finance Club, Department of Commerce, organised an event ‗Financial Drive‖ for the
university level on 26 November 2014. The major objectives of this event are as follows.
1. To give insights on various financial products available in the market
2. To give information on tax benefits involved in these various avenues
3. To give basic knowledge on financial products and instruments for the non-commerce
background students.
Stalls were set up in the University campus to educate the students about various avenues they could
put their savings in. The various avenues covered in this drive were mutual funds, stock markets,
bank deposits, etc. The approach of this drive was very student friendly and at the same time
students were encouraged to invest their money in areas of their preference.
Finance club members from final year and second years organised this event and exhibited various
charts, posters, pamphlets and direct notice on the available products in the market. Mr. Vash and
Mr. Ravi, President and Vice President of our finance club organised this event.
3.5.2 SUYUKTI – THE ORATORY CLUB
Suyukti was conceptualized in the year 2013-14 as a Debate Club, however, in 2014 it was
consensually decided that Suyukti must grow beyond just being a mere debate club and hence
was transformed into - 'The Oratory Club - Suyukti'. The objective of Suyukti is that its
members could share what they know with their co-members and in turn learn from them to
become better speakers themselves as well. It is a club for mutual learning and growth in
oration. Following are the highlights of this academic year-
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SUYUKTI - the oratory club activities for the year 2014-15 was formally inaugurated by Ian
Faria (Founder President of Toastmasters International, South Asia) on 09th
July
2014. Thereafter, we organised training sessions with the support of internal and external
trainers like Sharoon Sunny (Corporate Trainer - Toyota), and a few Law students and
MBA students from our University to groom, share their experience and expertise. Suyukti
thus organised various formal and informal events like JAM, Extempore, Air Crash,
Turncoat, Group Discussion, Parliamentary Debating, Traditional Debating, Resume
Building, Personal Interview Session among others on a regular basis.
Suyukti also upheld its responsibility as an association to give back to society by organising
'Ekta', a Corporate Skills Training Programme for Youth from Rural Areas. As a part of this
one day training session, over 80 youth from CSA sponsored villages came all the way to
our university to participate, and all the organising committee members of Suyukti
conducted interesting and interactive sessions on Group Discussion, Personal Interview and
Resume Building Skills that we hoped would prove to be instrumental in securing jobs for
all those youth who were otherwise finding it hard to find a job.
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A Mega Event – ‗Eloquence‘ was conducted in February. Through the months of November,
December, January and February, hundreds of students participated in the unique, innovative
and originally designed preliminary rounds to secure a place on stage for the grand finale.
The organising committee skimmed the top 5 scoring participants to be a part of the grand
finale. The grand finale was once again designed with original and interesting rounds
conducted on stage in the main auditorium. This successful year for Suyukti was culminated
by crowning Khushal Wadhawan the 'Eloquence Maven' for 2015.
3.5.3 UDAAN- THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUB
‗Udaan‘- The Entrepreneurship Club was initiated in August 2014 with an objective to nourish the
entrepreneurial spirit in students. The Club caters to two categories of students – 1). Those who
have business ideas but don‘t know how to put it in action. 2). Those who want to become
entrepreneurs but have no ideas and no knowledge about entrepreneurship. This year of inception
has seen Udaan hosting the two following prominent events-
INICIO-2014- This event was a platform to showcase the Start-Ups that have been
conceived by the students of the Department of Commerce, Christ University. Through this
event, the participants got to portray their business idea, the functioning, resource
procurement and marketing aspects of their business. The projects on display were either
fully functional start-ups or business prototypes which will soon be launched as businesses.
The objective was to provide exposure to the students with regard to the feasibility,
longevity and popularity of their business.This event was held on the 17th
of September,
2014 in front of Central Block. It saw 9 start-ups and 10 prototypes of business which are
soon to be launched as business, exhibiting their ideas and prototypes. The event was graced
by Mr. Venugopal Sathyanarayana, The Vice President of the Indian Angel Network, who
also judged the startups and gave constructive feedback to each participant.
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―ENLIGHT.EN-2015‖ was an intellectual summit to ideate on the art of entrepreneurship, in
collaboration with the E-Cell ofNational Institute of Technology – Trichy .The summit took
place on 25th
of February, 2015 was aimed at motivating young entrepreneurs to take their
ideas forward and to give them an opportunity to interact with venture capitalists and other
successful entrepreneurs to get inspired and reassured in their entrepreneurial journey. The
event saw attendance of student participants from NIT Trichy, Kristu Jayanti College, Jain
University, St. Josephs College of Commerce and from Department of Commerce, Christ
University. All the student entrepreneurs got an opportunity to show case their business
venture. Some of the start-ups presented were Cup-cake booth, Xizbiga, Wild Wings, U25
Startup & Speedkart. The start up presentations were followed by a panel discussion on
entrepreneurship, leadership and the art of doing business. The panelists for the panel
discussion were Mr. Pramod Pratap – Global Marketing Lead, Infosys, Mr. Ranjan Malik –
Innovation Speaker and Facilitator, Director, Erehwon Consulting & Mr. Ramakrishnan
Venkateshwaran – Principal Consultant, Venture Bean. The panel discussion was very
informative and lively.
Venture 2015 Udaan encouraged budding student entrepreneurs in the Commerce
department to take part in Ventura, briefing each class about the enriching experience it
could provide. Ventura is the signature event of E-Cell NIT Trichy. It is an annual business
plan competition aspiring to provide young, talented and eager entrepreneurs across the
nation with the perfect platform to catapult their innovative ideas into successful business
ventures. Out of 200+ entries which got shortlisted for Ventura from the whole country,
there were a handful from the Department of Commerce, Christ University too. Meghna
Jain, a member of won 3rd
place in the competition and has been offered incubation by
Indian Angel Networks.
3.5.4 JOURNAL CLUB (MCOM)
The objective of Journal Club is to foster research culture among the post graduate students.
The club is scheduled for the first and the second year students. Clusters are formed comprising of
both second year and first year students. Each cluster is assigned to a faculty. The faculty divides
the clusters into small teams, each team comprising of 1 second year student and 2 from the first
year. Each team selects a research article (preferably based on the specialization &Project of the
second year student), in consultation with the faculty. Thereafter, they do a detailed review of the
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article and present the same by highlighting the statement of the problem, the objectives of the
study, the methodology, findings etc. This presentation is conducted every Saturday from 11-12 pm
according to a well planned schedule. The full hour is extremely insightful to the students as they
not just learn during the process of article review but they also learn while the other teams present.
Students are marked out of 25 (20 for presentation and 5 for attendance) and 1 credit is awarded for
the same. Following are some of the articles reviewed and presented by the students.
.
JOURNAL CLUB PAPER PRESENTATION DETAILS 2014-15
S.
NO
TITLE OF THE
ARTICLE
TITLE OF THE
JOURNAL
VOL
NO
ISSUE
NO.
YEAR OF
PUBLICA
TION
1
Antecedents of paperless
income tax filing by young
professionals in India: An
exploratory study
Transforming
Government: people
process & policy 3 No. 1 2009
2
Does capital structure
enhance firm performance?
Evidence from Nigeria
The IUP Journal of
accounting research
and audit practices 12 4 2013
3
The choice of management
accounting techniques in the
hotel sector: The role of
contextual factors
Journal of Management
Research 5 2 2013
4
Performance Appraisal of
Indian Banks using
CAMELS Rating
IUP Journal of Banking
Management 12 2 2013
5
Evaluating the pros and
cons of online Banking- An
Indian Perspective
ITM Journal of
Management Research 7 3 2013
6
The Long stock market
valuation of customer
satisfaction Journal of Marketing 72 4 2008
7
Some issues in customers
services of urban bank
cooperative banks: A case
study of Beed district....
International Journal of
Social Science &
Interdisciplinary
Research 1 10 2012
8
The Competitive
Environment and Strategy
of Target Costing
Implementers
Journal of Managerial
Issue 15 1 2003
9
Human Resource
Accounting: An implication
for managerial decisions in
International Journal of
Hospitality and
Tourism systems 1 1 2008
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S.
NO
TITLE OF THE
ARTICLE
TITLE OF THE
JOURNAL
VOL
NO
ISSUE
NO.
YEAR OF
PUBLICA
TION
Indian Hotel Industry
10
The challenges for
Accounting Information
Systems in Hotel Industry
Tourism and
Hospitality
Management 2010
11
Efficiency measurement of
Indian Public sector banks:
Non-performing assets as
negative output
Asia Pacific Journal of
Finance and Banking
research 5 5 2011
12
Working capital
management and its impact
on profit ability: a case of
Indian oil corporation ltd
IUP Journal of
Accounting research 9 3 2013
13
A study on role of ICICI
ventures in promotion of
enterprises in Karnataka Abhinav journal 2 11
14
A study on influence of
investment specific attitudes
of investors on investment
decisions
Indian Journal of
commerce &
management studies 4 3 2013
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Individual Investment
behaviour with respect to
financial knowledge and
investment risk preference
:A study
International Journal of
Management Research
and Business strategy 3 2 Apr-14
16
A study on Investors
behaviour towards Mutual
fund products
IUP Journal of
financial risk
management 2 12 2014
17
Determinants of financial
performance of commercial
banks in Kenya
International journal of
economics and
financial issues 3 1 2013
18
Banking for poor role of
Islamic Banking in micro
finance initiatives Human economics 24 1 2008
19
Technology adoption and
banking efficiency: A study
of Iranian Banks
The IUP journal of
Banking and
management 13 1 2014
20
Mergers in Indian banking
impact study using DEA
Analysis
South Asian journal of
Management 16 2 2009
21
A Comparison of
Bancassurance and
Traditional Insurer Sales
Channels The Genewa Papers 36 2 2011
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e-Banking status among the
farmers in rural areas of
Anand Taluka (Gujarat)
International Journal of
Management research
and Reviews 4.4 1 2014
23
Factors effecting Tax payers
decision in saving tax by
investing in TSB. A study in
UP state
Financial assets and
investing 5 1 2014
24
Is Bank branch expansion
driven by demand - some
evidence from Kerala
The IUP Journal of
Bank management 13 1 2014
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Acceptance of e-Banking
among adult customers : An
empirical investigation in
India
Journal of Internet
Banking and
Commerce 15 2 2010
26
Quest for Tax Education in
Non Accounting
curriculum: a Malaysian
study Asian social science 9 2 2013
27
E- Commerce Adoption by
Insurance companies in
India
international journal of
management research
and Reviews 3 8 2013
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Factors influencing the
outsourcing decisions: a
study of the banking sector
in India
strategic outsourcing:
an international journal 4 3 2011
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determinants of financial
performance of commercial
banks in Kenya
International journal of
economics and
financial issues 3 1 2013
30
Semi-urban investors
attitude and preferences in
mutual funds investment: a
case study of Nagaon
Districts of Assam
International journal of
marketing, financial
services &
management research 1 9 2012
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an empirical study of rural
customer's satisfaction from
E-banking in India
Journal of Internet
Banking and
Commerce 17 3 2012
32
Factors influencing the
outsourcing decisions: a
study of the banking sector
in India
Strategic outsourcing:
an international journal 4 3 2011
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mergers in Indian banking
impact study using DEA
Analysis
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Management 16 2 2009
34 the impact of target cost International journal of 5 2 2014
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Efficiency measurement in
Indian banking industry: an
application of data
envelopment analysis
Proquest and sage
publication 16 4 2012
36
Investors perception
towards mutual funds: a
study of low risk investment
International journal of
management research 4 3 2014
37
A study on dividend policy
and its impact on
shareholders wealth in
selected banking companies
in India.
International journal of
financial management 2 3
38 Green banking in India
Indian journal of
applied research 4 1 Jan-14
39
financial statement effects
on convergence to IFRS- a
case study in India
international journal of
multidisciplinary
research 1 7 2011
40
Determinants of financial
performance of commercial
banks in Kenya
International journal of
economics and
financial issues 3 1 2013
41
customer perception on
usage of internet Banking innovative marketing 3 4 2007
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A comparative study of
customer perception
towards e banking services
provided by selected private
sector and public sector
banks in India
International journal of
science and research 3 9 Sep-13
43
A study on investors
attitude towards mutual
funds as an investment
option
International Journal in
Research in
management 2 2 2012
44
Mobile banking &
sustainable growth
American journal of
Economics & business
administration 5 3 2013
45
A comparative performance
evaluation of private sector
and public equity funds of
India
The IUP journal of
financial risk
management 11 2 2014
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an empirical study on
investment behaviour
International journal of
management research 2 10 2012
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& review
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Attitude towards
environment & green
products
Management science &
engineering 2 4 2010
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study on impact of e-service
quality on e-loyalty of
customers in the area of e-
banking service
Business & economics
-management
environmental studies 2 2014
49
impact of capital structure
on performance of PS
Banks in India
international journal ob
business &
management invention 2 10 2013
50
green banking-unique
corporate social
responsibility in Indian
Banks
International journal of
research &
management 3 1 2012
51
Adoption of IFRS in
accounting curriculum in
India
Indian Journal of
commerce &
management studies
52
The impact of the recent
banking crisis & customer
loyalty in the Banking
sector The TQM Journal 24 6 2012
53
Comparative study of
customer satisfaction
towards service provided by
PS & private & co-operative
banks of Navi, Mumbai
International journal of
marketing &
technology 12 2
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Semi urban investors
attitude & preferences in
mutual funds investments-A
case study on Nagaon
districts O Assam
International journal of
marketing, financial
services &
management research 1 9 2012
55
Tax evasion in India-causes
& remedies
international journal of
applied engineering
research 11 7 2012
3.5.5 THEATRE CLUB
The Department of Commerce runs a vibrant theatre club by the name of Last
Minute Productions (LMP). Students of BCom and BCom (Hons) actively participate in it.
This academic year Last Minute Productions – the official theatre group of the Department
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of Commerce, kick started with a new set of objectives of promoting inclusive development
and promotion of theatre within the department and enhancing the quality and strength of the
theatre team. Following are some of the highlights-
With promotion of theatre being the primary objective, the team started the academic year
with a classic mime performance in the Departmental Orientation. With this orientation
LMP was successful in grabbing attention of all the theatre enthusiasts in the department
For Departmental Theatre Programme, conducted by the Theatre in Education Department,
Christ University, 70 members got enrolled and were benefitted.
Under the guidance of Mr. Sibu Vaz the team performed at the Pedagogic League
inauguration
The team underwent a Technical Training Workshop under the supervision of Prof.
Mohammed Arif.
In Darpan 2014 the team put up 3 mimes, 2 street plays and 1 proscenium play. Among
these, LMP successfully secured 2nd in Mime and Proscenium Theatre events and 1st in
Street play event. With this LMP was chosen to be part of the University Cultural Team, for
which a 15 member team was carved out.
Members of Last Minute Productions have been participating in various inter-collegiate fests
across the country and also have been performing on various occasions within the university.
Last Minute Productions, has taken part in fests conducted at St. Johns Medical College,
Bengaluru, BITS Pilani Goa Campus, Goa, St Josephs College of Commerce, Bangalore,
Divine Noel Fest, Bangalore, Microsoft V India Fest, Goa, Alta-Vista (Department of
Tourism Studies, Christ University), Mood-Indigo (IIT Bombay Fest) and IIM – Bangalore.
( More information is included under Inter collegiate fests section)
Apart from this Last Minute Productions this year was invited to do a platform performance
at India’s Largest Youth Theatre Festival – Thespo, conducted at Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai.
This performance was watched and appreciated by eminent thespians like Mrs. Dolly
Thakore and Mr. Siraj Sayed.
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In Blossoms 2015, 2 street play teams and 1 proscenium play team represented the
Department of Commerce and secured first place in street play.
Last Minute Productions has also given many performances throughout the academic year.
A Play named ‗Two – Phases‘ was put up, with the support and guidance of Mr. Rakshit
from the TIE, on the occasion of the canonization of St. Elias Chavara. The team also
performed on the occasion of teacher‘s day and the University Farewell.
As part of the departmental theatre programme, few members from LMP were invited to
watch and review a play named ‗Gasha‘ at Jagriti Theatre.
3.5.6 CHRIST UNIVERSITY COMMERCE ASSOCIATION – CUCA
Each year, The Christ University Commerce Association (CUCA) strives to provide
vibrant avenues to students to shape their future by enriching knowledge, enhancing
competence, imparting life skills and internalizing values through a plethora of competitions
and living up to its vision of ‗Compete, Collaborate and Create‘.
Following are the highlights of this academic year-
The CUCA activities for the year 2014-2015 kick-started with the inauguration. Mr.Vishwas
Mudugal, author of the bestselling novel ‗Losing My Religion‘ and CEO of Goodworks
Labs was the Chief Guest for this occasion.
The association organized lots of activities every Wednesday and Friday. Events exclusive
in the area of Entrepreneurship Development, Public Relations, Human Resources, Finance,
Marketing, Quiz, Logo Slogan and Best Manager were conducted. Preliminary rounds were
held at the class level following which the best teams were selected for the semi-finals and
finals.
This year witnessed the division of classes into groups, which competed for the coveted Best
Group Award. Every group strived to accumulate points by ensuring maximum participation
in the preliminary rounds and ensuring that its members win the finals. This battle between
the classes intensified the intra-department competition.
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PRAYAS, the much anticipated National Level Commerce and Management Fest was
organized this year with much fervour. Mr. David Faria, was the Chief Guest for the
inauguration. Top national and regional colleges like St. Xavier‘s-Kolkata, St. Xavier‘s
College Mumbai, iLEAD Kolkata, Jai Hind College Mumbai, Symbiosis College of Arts and
Commerce-Pune, St. Joseph‘s College of Commerce- Bangalore, Centre for Management
Studies-Bangalore were in the fray to emerge winners. With St. Joseph‘s College of
Commerce as the incumbent winners of the overall trophy, all eyes were set on St. Xavier‘s
College Kolkata to come back and win, but the ultimate glory went to Christ University
Department of Professional Studies which who were declared as Overall Winners.
The students of the Department actively participated and proved their mettle at a number of
national and regional commerce and management fests organized by SRCC, Symbiosis
College of Arts and Commerce, St. Aloysius, St. Xavier‘s, CMS etc .The team emerged
overall winners at St Xavier‘s College Kolkata, Garden City College Bangalore, Loyola
College Chennai, Sindhi College, Bangalore. Also they were declared as 1st and 2
nd runners
up at Cognito, fest by the department of Professional studies, and as runners up at Precipice
by CMS Jain University, and SRCC, Delhi.
Following is the schedule of CUCA Events.
SCHEDULE OF CUCA EVENTS 2014-2015
JUNE’14-SEPTEMBER’14
S.N0 DATE DAY EVENT VENUE
1. 25/06/2014 Wednesday Ice breaker Main auditorium
2. 27/06/2014 Friday Logo slogan prelim Classrooms
3. 02/07/2014 Wednesday Logo slogan round-1 Classrooms
4. 04/07/2014 Friday HR prelim Classrooms
5. 09/07/2014 Wednesday HR round 1 Classrooms
6. 11/07/2014 Friday Logo slogan finals Main auditorium
7. 16/07/2014 Wednesday PR prelim Classrooms
8. 18/07/2014 Friday PR round 1 Classrooms
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S.N0 DATE DAY EVENT VENUE
9. 23/07/2014 Wednesday HR finals Main auditorium
10. 25/07/2014 Friday ED prelim Classrooms
11. 30/07/2014 Wednesday Ed round 1 Classrooms
12. 13/08/2014 Wednesday ED finals Classrooms
13. 20/08/2014 Wednesday PR finals Classrooms
14. 02/09/2014 Tuesday Prayas Main auditorium
15. 03/09/2014 Wednesday Prayas Main auditorium
NOVEMBER’14-MARCH’15
S.NO DATE EVENT VENUE
1. December 5th
2014 Marketing Prelim Classrooms
2. December 12th
2014 Marketing Round 1 Classrooms
3. December 17th
2014 Marketing Final Main Auditorium
4. Jan 7th
2015 Mock Stock Prelims Classrooms
5. Jan 9th
2015 Mock Stock Finals Classrooms
6. Jan 14th
2015 Business Plan Prelim Classrooms
7. Jan 30th
2015 B- Plan Finals Classrooms
8. Feb 4th
2015 Finance Prelim Classrooms
9. Feb 6th
2015 Finance Round 1 Classrooms
10. Feb 11th
2015 B-Quiz Prelim Classrooms
11. Feb 13th
2015 B-Quiz Round 1 Classrooms
12. Feb 18th
2015 Best Manager Prelim Classrooms
13. Feb 20th
2015 Finance Finals Main Auditorium
14. Feb 25th
2015 B-Quiz Finals Main Auditorium
15 Feb 27th
2015 Best Manager Semi Finals Classrooms
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S.NO DATE EVENT VENUE
16 March 3rd
2015 Best Manager Finals Main Auditorium
17 March 4th
2015 Valedictory Function Main Auditorium
3.5.7 CHRIST UNIVERSITY FESTING ASSOCIATION
The Christ University Festing Association was formed last year with two objectives – one to
streamline the selection process for sending students to fests and the second to train the participants
so that they are fest ready. This year the fest selection process of the department saw many practice
sessions and a very transparent ranking procedure which allowed for selection of teams solely on
their merit.
3.5.8 THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ALUMNI INTERACTION CELL
On the first Annual Alumni meet in 2013, Commerce Alumni Interaction Cell was instituted
to execute the objectives of the Alumni Association. The cell in the year 2014 was involved in a
plethora of departmental activities. Following are some the highlights of this academic year-
The 3rd Annual Alumni meet of the Department of Commerce took place on 26th
January‘2015. The meet witnessed an overwhelming response with around 189 alumni
taking part in the event.
The Alumni Interaction Cell was actively involved in organizing guest lectures, industrial
visits, and placements.During the year, the cell has successfully placed commerce students
of the department in companies like Deloitte, KPMG, JP Morgan, Taj Group of Companies,
Saraf Group of Companies, Earnest and Young, Northern Trust Bank and the cell was also
instrumental in arranging internships for the students in various CA firms and colleges like
NMKRV, SMKRV, City College, Garden City College, St. Anne‘s College, Jain College
etc., It is overwhelming to note that around 20 to 25 students have been placed by the
interaction cell so far.
The Alumni Interaction Cell group members participated in the National Entrepreneurship
business plan competition which was conducted by the Department of Management studies,
collaborating with ED Cell and one team was selected for the final which was held in
Bangalore.
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The Cell has been instrumental in sharing and updating current information on topics like,
IFRS, GST, New Companies Act 2013, DTC, Critical analysis on budget etc. The Cell
arranged for a Panel discussion on International Taxation conducted by the students of the
MCom Programme, the panel members for which were arranged from Ernst and Young by
the alumni.
The cell arranged guest lectures in the month of February 2015 on topics like GST,
Company‘s Act 2013, new trends in insurance sector, banking sector etc.,
The current Alumni President of the department Ms. Preethi has completed her tenure and
Mr. C.V Ramesh, an alumnus from the 1992 batch has been nominated as the President for
the current year.
As per the proposed plan for 2015, a batch wise meet for the 90‘s batch in the month of
August and a Cricket match is planned comprising of an Alumni team and the current
student team of the department. The groundwork for the same has already been initiated.
3.5.9 SPORTS
The Department of Commerce conducts interclass sports competitions every year.
The objectives of organizing sports events are; to strive for the overall development of
students, to embed the competitive spirit among the students and to set a platform for
nurturing the sports talents. The details of events organized this year are as follows-
Boys Category
1. Football - A total of 20 student teams participated in the event and 3rd
Sem B com ‗B‘
were declared the winners while the 2nd
Sem B Com ‗A‘ were declared the runners.
2. Cricket - A total of 20 teams participated in the event and 3rd
Sem B Com ‗B‘ emerged
as winners and 1st Sem B Com ‗C‘ were the runners up.
3. Football six-a-side - A total of 20 teams participated in the event. Finally the students of
6 Sem B com ‗B‘ emerged as winners and 1 Sem B com (H) ‗A‘ were the runners up.
Girl’s category
Throw ball - A total of nine teams from different classes participated in the event. Finally the
1st Sem BCom ‗B‘ were the winners & 2
nd BCom ‗A‘ were the runners.
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On the CUCA Conclusion programme, all the winners were given certificates.
3.6 STUDENTS ACHIEVMENTS IN SPORTS, CULTURAL AND EXTRA CURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES
This section gives an overview of the achievements of students in sports, cultural and
extracurricular activities.
3.6.1 SPORTS
This year too like each year, the Department of Commerce students represented our
University in many games and won. Below is a glimpse of the same.
S. No. DESCRIPTION NAMES OF STUDENTS
1 The University Cricket team participated in
International Inter varsity Championship
organized by UKM, Kaulalampur, Malaysia in
the month of October 2014 and won the second
place
Nihal, Abrar, Bhiman, Venkatesh,
Robert, Surya, Lamba, Tushar,
Akshay & Amit Chand
2 Won the individual championship in the men‘s
section in Annual Athletic Meet.
Ajay Kumar
3 Represented University in All India Inter
University Aquatics Championship at Jain
University.
Srika K Raju & Anusha Rathor
4 Represented University in All India Inter
University Fencing Championship at Punjabi
University.
Mestone Tharakan
5 Represented U-25 Karnataka State Team &
Indoor Indian Cricket Team held at New
Zealand
Nihal F S
6 Represented Karnataka state men team Karan Joshua
7 Represented Karnataka State Men Team. Isaac Thomas
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3.6.2 INTER-COLLEGIATE CULTURAL FESTS
This academic year, the theatre team of the Department, Last Minute Productions won
several awards in inter collegiate cultural fests. Below is a list of the events attended and their
winning positions. .
St John‘s Medical College – secured 1st place in street play and 2
nd in mime
BITS Pilani, Goa- secured 3rd
place in Skime
St Josephs College of Commerce- secured 2nd
place in street play
Microsoft V India Fest –secured 3rd
Place in street play
Alta –Vista- secured 2nd
Place in mime
Participated under various categories at Divine Noel Fest, Mood-Indigo (IIT Bombay Fest)
and at IIM – Bangalore.
DANCE:
Fifth Floor
Fifth floor is a fourteen member dance team, comprising of very energetic dancers. Following
are their achievements in this year-
Intra collegiate fests (Christ University):
8 Represented Karnataka State team in Senior
National Circle Kabaddi Championship held at
Chandigarh.
Robert Sabestain
9 Participated in 16TH
Youth Tennis Volleyball
National Championship Held at Calicut.
Gagan Deep, Robert Sabestain,
10 Represented University in All India Inter
University Tennis Championship at SRM
University.
Vikram Ramesh
11 Represented University in All India Inter
University Tennis Championship at Bharathiar
University.
Sneha S Kamath , O. Akshita
Reddy
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Blossoms 2013 - 1st
Blossoms 2014 - 3rd
Blossoms 2015 - 2nd
Inter collegiate fests:
Mount Carmel College - 1st
Alliance University - 1st
IIT-Bombay - 1st
Presidency College - 1st
CMS Jain University - 1st
St. Claret‘s College - 1st
NMIT - 1st
Arthavya.
Arthavya is a 9 member all girls team with passionate dancers. Listed below are their achievements-
Intra college
1. Third in Blossoms
Inter college
IFIM-1st place
Presidency 2nd place
3.6.3 INTER COLLEGIATE COMMERCE AND BUSINESS FESTS
The Department students emerged victorious in the following National Level inter-collegiate
Commerce & Business fests organised by prestigious institutions across India.
S. NO WINNERS RUNNERS UP
1 Loyola College (Management
fest), Chennai
St. Josephs College of Commerce,
Bangalore
2 Jyoti Nivas College, Bangalore SRCC, Delhi
3 Vijaya College, Bangalore Loyola College (Commerce fest) and
4 CMS, Bangalore Kristu Jayanthi College, Bangalore
5 CMR, Bangalore Mount Carmel College, Bangalore
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6 St. Xavier‘s Kolkata Dayanand Sagar Junior Business School,
Bangalore
3.6.4 JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT INDIA BUSINESS CHALLENGE
Junior Achievement (JA) India is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating
students about workforce readiness. The organization organizes competitions together with
companies like Deloitte and HP. Students of the Department of Commerce actively participate in
the competitions organized by them from time to time including Nationals and have secured
winning positions.
This year the department decided to encourage more students to win by conducting an Intra
deanery competition which was facilitated by the team of JA Titan India lead by the program head,
Mr. Mushtaq Ahmed. The main objective of this intra-deanery competition was to impart
information amongst students about the challenge and to give them practical experience of playing
the game before they went to the regional round. Two rounds were conducted on the 13th
December
and two on the 14th
December. In each round teams were eliminated and the winning teams
combated with each other. On the 13th
of December, for the first round 100 teams (400 students)
participated. There was a fifty percent increase in the participation from the last year. In the final
round , top three teams were declared as winners of the event. . Mr. Mustaq Ahmed the program
head of JAIBC appreciated the overwhelming participation by our students. The winning teams
participated in Nationals and secured the seventh position.
3.6.5 PRECIPICE – INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FEST
Precipice administered by the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) as part of the
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts‘ Regional Regranting Program, runs events all over
the world in collaboration with Universities. This year two of the department students participated
in the fest .After winning the semi finals in Bangalore, they headed for the finals in The Catholic
University of America, Washington on February 21, 2014. The other teams that qualified for the
finals were ISB Hyderabad and Mount Carmel College Bangalore. The final round was judged by
two faculties of The Catholic University of America and an entrepreneur from India. The finals
were a tough fight, with MBA students of ISB Hyderabad winning the competition. Christ
University Commerce students were placed second, with just two points behind the winners. The
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students who made the department proud are Anto Philip and Ajay Pai from BCom (Honours)
programme.
3.7 STUDENT PLACEMENT INFORMATION
This section throws light on placement statistics (class wise) and also company wise. The
names of the companies as well as the number of students placed in each company have been
provided.
a) CLASS – WISE PLACEMENT STATISTICS
CLASS NO. OF STUDENTS PLACED
6 BCOM A 22
6 BCOM B 24
6 BCOM C 19
6 BCOM D 27
6 BCOM J 53
6 BCOM K 19
MCom 9
Total 173
b) COMPANY-WISE PLACEMENT STATISTICS
S.NO. NAME OF THE
COMANY NO. OF STUDENTS PLACED
1 KPMG 39
2 AXIS Bank 2
3 Amazon 6
4 ANZ 5
5 Cargill 6
6 Copal Amba 3
7 D E Shaw 4
8 Deloitte 21
9 EY 36
10 Future First 1
11 Goldman Sachs 8
13 Nash Capital 1
14 TCS 17
15 UBS Verity 3
16 Xchanging 5
17 Solaron 1
18 L&T 2
19 WIPRO 2
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20 Societe Generale 3
21 Tesco 3
22 South Indian Bank 2
23 Accenture 3
TOTAL 173
3.8 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMME-BALDWIN
WALLACE, US AND IESEG, FRANCE.
One of the outstanding feature of the BCom course is the international exchange programme
offered to the students in their 4th
semester. This year also seven students were sent to foreign
universities to explore global academic environment and gain new perspectives on an international
platform. The selected students were sent to Lille Catholic University, France and Baldwin Wallace
University, Ohio. The students selected for this international exchange programme complete their
4th
semester in the foreign universities. Their entire tuition fees are waived off and the students pay
only for their food and accommodation.
The Methodology adopted for selecting the students-
A team comprising the Head of department Dr Nithila Vincent and Dr. Sheril Almeida was
formed for this purpose. In the first phase the announcements regarding this programme
were made in all the classes along with the expected criteria.
In the next phase presentations were made by those students who were a part of the
exchange programme in the last year. This presentation helped the aspiring students to gain
a proper insight as to what is in stored for them through this programme and how well they
can prepare themselves for the international front.
There were 39 students who showed interest in the programme. And from these 39 students
20 students were shortlisted for a round of personal interview. This short listing was done
on the basis of academic performance, academic attendance, participation in co-curricular
and extra –curricular activities and opinion of class teacher and other faculty members.
In the personal interview the students were tested for their academic vigor, maturity, and
other personal and interpersonal skills. Finally the following students were selected and are
currently pursuing their 4th
semester abroad.
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The names of students and the Universities for International Students Exchange program are
as below (all students belong to fourth semester only)-
BCom 2013 Batch students transferred to IESEG, France(January – May 2015)
Sl. No. Reg. No. Student Name Section
1 1310227 Mayank R. Jain C
2 1310162 Suraj Kumar B.R B
3 1310110 Zechariah Lalruattluanga Sailo B
4 1310031 Shravan S. Punjabi A
5 1310023 Darshan Jain A
BCom 2013 Batch students transferred to Baldwin Wallace University, USA(January – May
2015)
Sl.
No. Reg No. Student Name Section
1 1310117 Ms. Divya Gopinath (BCom) B
2 1310006 Mr. Midun G (BCom) A
Some of the subjects opted by the students are Management Science, Principles of
accounting, the leadership experience, Entrepreneurial Decision making, Personal branding
and Efficiency, Environmental Marketing, Mergers and Acquisitions.
The students will be earning a credit of around 15 form Baldwin Wallace and around 19
from Lille, France. Currently all the seven students are abroad completing their semester
from the respective universities.
3.9 MPHIL 2014-15
The Department of Commerce MPhil programme this year comprised of ten students who
pursued the programme under the supervision of eight guides. These ten students have
successfully completed framing their objectives, identifying the variables under the study,
identifying the methodology and have started executing the same. They have had four
progress report presentations. The evaluators during their presentations give constructive
feedback looking at each and every aspect of their study, which is taken in the right spirit by
the students; .Following is a list of topics for their dissertation.
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S.NO NAME OF THE
STUDENT
TITLE NAME OF THE
GUIDE
1 Anantha
Padmanabha N
A study on the penetration level of E-
Banking Services among old generation
customers in Bangalore City with special
reference to State Bank of India
Dr. L. Mynavathi
2 Sanjay Panikar An Analysis of Education Loans with
Specific Reference to Vijaya Bank Prof. Nithila Vincent
3 Saurabh Jain An analysis of investors attitude towards
various tax saving schemes Dr. Shaeril Almeida
4 Anju K J
An empirical study on income, saving
and investment behaviour of I.T.
professionals in the companies of
Bangalore
Dr. Anuradha P.S.
5 Ciby Dominic K
A study on the effect of food
advertisements on children and their
influence on parents buying decision
Dr. Uma V.R.
6 Ibanri Dalin
Wankhar
A study on the practice of Brand
Valuation in India Dr. Uma V.R.
7 Linu Ann Thomas Gap in accounting education and
accounting practices Dr. Kavitha Jayakumar
8 Reena John V
A study of talent management practices
in Information technology industry in
Bangalore
Dr. Tomy K.K.
9 Vernachris Rhoda
Bonjour Financial Derivatives Dr. Veerta Tantia
10 Jesna George Customer Satisfaction Towards Retail
Banking Services in Ernakulam District Dr. L. Mynavathi
Shown below are the milestones achieved so far under this programme-
Activity Date Evaluators
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Department level orientation 04/07/2014
Presentation of final Proposal to the committee
(25 marks)
27/09/2014
Guides and internal evaluators
Workshop on ―How to do Review of Literature‖ 14/11/2014
First Progress report 05/12/2014 Guides and internal evaluators
Second Progress report 09/01/2015 Guides and internal evaluators
Third Progress report 06/02/2015 Guides and internal evaluators
Fourth Progress report 06/03/2015 Guides and internal evaluators
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SECTION 4
STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN 2014-2015
The section makes an attempt to describe the Strategic Action Plan for 2014-2015 for all the
four areas namely teaching and learning, research, academic community and administration. In
addition to describing the Strategic Action Plan, the section also throws light on the approach under
taken for achieving the planned initiatives, the core competencies of the Deanery and the priority
goals of the Deanery.
4.1. THE APPROACH
A systematic approach was adopted to plan andachieve all the initiatives of the strategic
action plan. A glimpse of the approach is below.
4.2 CORE COMPETENCIES OF THE DEANERY
Following are the core competencies of the Deanery.
1 Faculty involvement in research -MRP/PhD/Monograph/RDC/Govt. funded projects
2 Teaching competence, innovation and adaptability to change
3 Expertise in curriculum development
4 Faculties with multi specializations & multi skills
5 Diverse teaching methodology
6 Development of digital content and implementation of self-learning modules
7 MOU with professional bodies. [CISI (UK)]
8 Knowledge and application of Excel and SPSS in teaching, learning and research
9 Develop teaching competency among PG students
10 Involvement of students in community services
1. An overview given to all Faculty members about SAP
2. Groups formed as per areas
3. Group leader identified
4. Groups brainstormed to identify action initiatives
5. Selected feasible and do able initiatives
6. Implement , Review and Monitor
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11 Co-curricular and extra-curricular activities for all around development
12 Students‘competence in national and international level inter-collegiate fests and sports
4.3 PRIORITY GOALS OF THE DEANERY
Following are the priority goals of the Deanery-
1 Faculty involvement in high quality research and publications.
2 Domain specific consultancy in areas like finance, accounting, banking and insurance.
3 Faculty members with professional qualifications and industry exposure
4 Share expertise outside CU and enhance brand value
5 Develop research acumen and aptitude among students
6 Self-learning and service learning skills among students.
7 Competency to provide coaching for professional courses offered to students
8 Offer in house developed MOOC courses
9 Establish institutional partnership with global bodies
10 FDPs, MDPs, QIPs for external academicians and Corporates
4.4 STRATEGIC PLAN 2015-18
The following section describes the Strategic Action Plan for 2015-2018 for all the four
areas: teaching and learning, research, academic community and administration.
AREA: CURRICULAR ASPECTS; STRATEGY: RESEARCH INTEGRATED COURSES
Initiatives Description of the
Initiatives Action 2015-16 Action 2016-
17 Action 2017-18
Strengthening
of
programmes
Strengthening of
programmes by
bringing in
contemporary courses.
The objective of this
initiative is to make the
course more relevant
and updated
considering the industry
• To invite
suggestions from
external experts
in the industry
and academia in
strengthening of
the existing
curriculum and
to proposed in
To implement
the revised
programme
incorporating
the
modifications
approved by
BOS.
Continuous review
to strengthen
programmes and
make them
relevant and
contemporary.
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requirements, offering
more specializations on
par with the global
requirements.
the BOS.
• Provide for
training with
internal / external
experts in UGC-
NET exam and
SAP exam for
students.
Self-
learning
module
One self-learning
module in all courses
of UG and PG
• One self-learning
module along
with assessment
parameters to be
identified and
incorporated for
final year UG
and PG courses
• One self-
learning
module along
with
assessment
parameters to
be identified
and
incorporated
for second
year UG and
first year PG
courses along
with final
years
• Self-learning
module to be
incorporated in
all courses
MOU with
professional
bodies for
certifications
To introduce certificate
courses from IIBF, US
CMA (Certified
Management
Accountant)
professional
certification etc for
BCom&MCom students
• Feasibility study
and Proposal for
Institutional
Partnership with
Miles Profession
al Education to
introduce
CMA offered
by Institute of
Management
Accountants
(IMA), US.
• Pilot group
induction of the
programme.
• Review and
make open for
more students.
• Continue the
programme and
look for more
MOUs
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Introduction
of digital
learning in
Commerce
curriculum
ICT intervention, Self
learning and creation of
e content
• To develop 30
hours e-mode
bridge course
―Basics in
Accounting‖ and
start the course
by June 2015 for
CU students.
• Faculty members
to undergo CCD
training.
• To identify
new topics
and to review
and modify
the bridge
course in
accounting
based on
students
feedback.
• The
department to
collaborate
with CCD in
developing
digital content
in selected
areas.
• The e—content
bridge course in
accounting to be
made open
source for
students of CU
as well as
outsiders.
Usage of
statistical
tools in
classroom
Statistical tools would
be used in papers
involving research and
in projects.
• Statistical tools
will be included
as a module in
the PG
programme.
• Practical training
for students in
statistical tools
through
workshops
• Statistical
analysis will
be made
mandatory in
final year
projects.
• Training in
statistical
software like
SPSS and
inclusion of the
same in final
year projects
would be
continued
• Identifying new
statistical
softwares and
updation through
training and
inclusion in
curriculum
Executive
PGP (EPGP) One year value addition
certificate programme
for the alumni and
working professionals
willing to extend and
expand their knowledge
in topics of
contemporary
developments in
commerce.
• Develop the
course design,
content and
curriculum to be
put forward for
review and
approval in 2016
BOS
• Begin the
course
• Continue the
course
Innovative
Initiatives Usage of SPSS in classroom, Self-learning module, Course by Research,
Development of digital content, Department‘s MOOC courses to students of CU
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and outsiders, MOU with professional bodies, Executive PGP.
AREA: LEARNING AND EVALUATION; STRATEGY: LEARNER CENTRIC AND
PARTICIPATORY LEARNING, FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Initiatives Description of
the Initiatives Action 2015-16 Action 2016-
17 Action 2017-18
Self learning
module to be
in digital
content
through CCD.
One module in
digital content
through CCD
• Faculty members to
undergo CCD training.
• The department to
collaborate with CCD in
developing digital
content in selected
areas.
• Use the content
developed in
implementation of self-
learning for one module
in a unit.
• Digital
content to be
used for one
full unit of a
course.
• Explore
scope for
credit based
add-on
courses in
digital mode
- conduct a
feasibility
study and
present in
the 2017 Jan
BOS
• Holding
webinars,
video
conferencing
and Skype
class room
sessions
• Continuing
performance and
review of digital
self-learning.
• Introduce the add-
on digital course
with the
recommendations
of the BOS.
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Service
Learning Subject-based
service learning
component to be
included in the
curriculum
• Faculty members to be
given training on the
implementation of
service learning.
• Few subjects will be
identified and service
learning will be made
mandatorily
implemented
• Service learning to be
implemented in the
form of activities like
Income tax filing,
procurement of PAN
card, spreading
awareness about
investment avenues etc
to be implemented as a
part of CIA
• Based on the
review and
feedback,
service
learning be
enhanced
and spread
gradually to
selected
subjects in
UG and PG.
• Continuing
performance and
review
Industry
interns
hip
Summer
internship to be
made mandatory
for BCOM
students
• Proposal to be mooted
in 2015 BOS for
summer internship for
fourth semester BCOM
Regular students
• Four- six-
weeks
summer
internship to
be
undertaken
by the end of
the fourth
semester and
report to be
submitted at
the
beginning of
the fifth
semester.
• Continuing
performance and
review
Industry
experts
engaging few
components
of
specialization
courses
To bridge the
academics and
industry gap
• Faculty and department
to identify the courses
for such initiative
Best practice
to be
continued
Best practice to be
continued
Micro Project Micro projects to
be introduced in
III semester
Research
Methodology
• RM in IV semester
BCom to bring in a
Micro project to be
integrated with the
course. This will be
• Micro
projects to be
continued.
• Continuing
performance and
review
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course, and
specialization
based micro
project in VI
semester BCom
regular as part
on CIA.
Socially relevant
micro projects to
be introduced in
a subject
involving
research for PG
students
made a component of
CIA III.
• Micro Project for VI
semester BCom students
in their area of chosen
specialization, to be
made mandatory as part
of CIA III.
• Integrate socially
relevant micro projects
to engage first year PG
students to gain hands
on research experience.
The project carries 2
credits.
MOOC MOOC courses
to be made
mandatory for
the UG and PG
students.
• Faculty to identify one
MOOC course for the
second and final year
UG and first and final
year PG related to any
one subject.
• Successful completion
of one MOOC course as
part of CIA of one
subject will be
mandatory for the
second and final year
UG the first and final
year PG.
• Continuing
performance
and review
• Continuing
performance and
review
Assessment
and
evaluation
Separate
Assessment
pattern for
BCom Honors
Programme and
BCom Regular
programme.
• Changes will be mooted
in Jan 16 BOS to be
incorporated from
academic year 16-17.
• Separate assessment
pattern will be
developed involving
application, analytical
and case study for all
BCom Honors courses.
• CIA: ESE will be 60:40
ratio for BCom Honors
• Faculty workshops to be
conducted for
development of
Separate
assessment
pattern
involving
application,
analytical and
case study for
all BCom
Honors
courses to be
implemented
Continuing
performance and
review
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application oriented n
and their assessment
• Initiate the process of
development of new
question bank
Innovative
Initiatives Modular Learning, Micro Projects, MOOC Course by the department, Digital
content in self-learning, Service learning
AREA: RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY; STRATEGY: INCUBATION OF RESEARCH
AND CONSULTANCY
Initiatives Description of
the Initiatives Action 2015-16 Action 2016-
17 Action 2017-18
Research cell A research
committee
comprising of
faculty with
research
experience to be
constituted.
• Create a panel of
internal experts
with a blend of
research
qualifications and
experience which
will mentor junior
faculty to identify
and take up RDC,
monographs,
working papers etc.
• Support of the
committee shall be
extended till the
completion of the
project.
• Research
committee to
explore
consultancy
opportunities
and
collaborative
research with
industry.
• A review
panel
consisting of
external
experts will
be
constituted to
vet the
projects.
More faculties to be
encouraged to take up
external projects and
consultancies.
Interdisciplinary
Research Faculty to do
interdisciplinary
research
• Faculties not taking
external projects
can be encouraged
to take up
interdisciplinary
research works
with other
departments in the
• Continuing
performance
and review
• Continuing
performance and
review
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university.
Collaborative
Research Faculty to do
collaborative
research.
• While undertaking
external projects
faculties can
collaborate with
external agencies
and corporates.
• Faculty
members
with similar
interest to
form clusters
in taking up
projects.
• Continuing
performance
and review
• The completion of at
least one project per
cluster.
• Continuing
performance and
review
Workshop for
commerce
faculty of other
institutions
Faculty to
conduct
workshops to
invited guests
and faculty from
other
institutions.
• One FDP to be
organized at the
national level with
the support of
neighboring
institutions like
IIMB, IISC on
custom designed
topics of
contemporary
relevance.
• Few sessions to be
handled by the
external experts
and the rest by
internals.
• Based on
review and
feedback,
strengthen
the national
level one day
FDP.
• Two day residential
workshop / FDP to
be organized at the
international level
with the support of
neighboring
institutions like
IIMB, IISC on
custom designed
topics of
contemporary
relevance.
• Few sessions to be
handled by the
external experts and
the rest by internals.
Research
compendium Annual
publication of
faculty research
work
• Faculty members
to publish at least
one article in
Indexed journals.
• These publications
will be compiled
for reference and
review.
• Faculty
members to
publish their
work in
International
Indexed
Journal
• Continuing
performance
• Continuing
performance and
review
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and review
Membership in
professional
bodies
Faculty to
obtain
membership in
professional
bodies such as
Indian
Commerce
Association,
Indian
Management
Association etc
and other
international
agencies
• Enrolment in
national level
professional bodies
• Initiate the
process for
enrolment in
international
level
professional
bodies
Enrolment in
international level
professional bodies
and continuing
performance and
review
Industry
academia
interface
Strengthen
industry
academia
networking
through corpus
conclave
• Organising panel
discussions and
sharing of faculty
research findings
as a part of corpus
conclave
• Continuing
best practice
• Continuing best
practice
Funded research
project
Institutional
collaboration for
research with
national and
international
bodies
• Research cell to
liaison with
national and
international bodies
to procure funded
projects
• Procurement
of projects
and allocate
the same
among the
faculty
members
• Continuing best
practice
Innovative
Initiatives Research compendium, Research committee, Collaborative research,
Interdisciplinary research, Workshop for commerce faculty
AREA: EXTENSION; STRATEGIES: PROMOTE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES THROUGH SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVES
Initiatives Description of
the Initiatives Action 2015-16 Action 2016-17 Action 2017-18
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NGO
projects Students to
identify and
undertake
projects with
NGOs during
their 2nd
and 3rd
semester. Two
credits will be
awarded for the
project.
Proposal to be
mooted in 2015
BOS to include
NGO project as part
of the curriculum.
Initiate conversation
with NGOs for
prospective
collaboration from
15-16 onwards
Orient the
students about the
NGO projects in
the first semester.
Students to take
up the projects
during 2nd
semester
Completion of the
projects undertaken by
the end of the 3rd
semester and credits to
be awarded
The best practice will
be continued for the
next batch of students
Service
Learning
Workshops -
collaborative
initiative by
faculty and
students
Faculty and
students of the
department of
commerce to
extend their
knowledge and
expertise to
others by
organizing
workshops in
topics of
practical
relevance.
• Conduct/organize
half day workshop
for non- commerce
faculty and
training in-house
non-teaching staff
in areas like
banking,
insurance,
taxation, consumer
protection etc
• Based on the
review and
feedback, to
strengthen the
work shop
modules and
increase the
frequency of the
sessions.
• Conducting
workshop/conferen
ce for other
institutions and
community on
contemporary areas
in commerce and
management
Innovative
Initiatives Tie up with NGOs, Service Learning
AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES; STRATEGY: ADEQUACY
AND OPTIMUM USE OF LEARNING RESOURCES
Initiatives Description Of
The Initiatives Action 2015-16 Action 2016-17 Action 2017-18
Orientation
about
learning
resources
To orient
students about
different learning
resources
available in the
University
Orientation of the first
year UG and PG
students about the
diverse learning
resources available in
the University
Best practice to be
continued Best practice to be
continued
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Enhancing
usage of
Library
Resources
Assignment
linked with
library resources
and online-
databases
• Making course
specific portals
popular among
students and
encouraging them to
read regularly to
assist them in self-
learning assignments
• Orientation to
students in terms of
written assignments
with respect to
knowledge of APA
referencing and
controlling
plagiarism
• Utilization of
discussion rooms
in the library to
encourage
reading forums
• Specific rubrics
to be developed
for evaluation of
written
assignments.
Best practice to be
continued.
Strengthening
of Commerce
Lab
For optimum use
of learning
resources in the
Commerce lab
and to enhance
quality of
learning
• Initiate the
proposal for a
bigger Commerce
Lab and to procure
more relevant
course specific
resources
• Conduct
Commerce Lab
exhibition in the
Odd semester to
spread awareness
about the Lab
resources and their
utility
• The students can
utilize the
resources and
facilities of the
commerce lab
between 12pm and
2 pm on weekdays.
• A proposal to be
given for the
appointment of a
lab assistant
Faculty to design
the curriculum,
evaluation and
assessment
through optimum
utilization of
resources available
in the lab
Continuing
performance and
review
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Dedicated
computer lab
for
Commerce
students
One exclusive
lab with 100
systems for the
department of
commerce. This
will be utilized
for conducting
LMS based
CIAs, MOOC
courses, for
webinars,
modular learning
with the help of
digital content,
for teaching
courses like e-
commerce, BIS,
Research
Methodology
(for statistical
analysis) and
also as an
internet library
reference.
• Proposal to be
submitted for
dedicated computer
lab and developing
a plan for optimum
utilization
Commencement
and usage of
computer lab as
per plan for
conducting LMS
based CIAs,
MOOC courses,
for webinars,
modular learning
with the help of
digital content, for
teaching courses
like e-commerce,
BIS, Research
Methodology (for
statistical analysis)
and also as an
internet library
reference. .
To be continued.
Setting up of
Faculty
reading room/
Lounge
To enhance
reading and
quality of
learning
To have a
common space
to conduct
learning circle
sessions, subject-
teacher meetings
and informal get
together
• Submit the
proposal for a
Faculty lounge to
be used as reading
room with a pantry
facility.
• Same can be
utilized for learning
circle sessions,
subject-teacher
meetings, small
group discussions
and informal get
togethers.
Utilization of the
venue
Subscribe for
newspaper ,
magazines and
journals for
reading
Continue the
practice.
Activity room
for
association
activities and
club
To provide for a
common venue
for students to
conduct
meetings,
activities, group
mentoring etc.
Submit the proposal
for an Association and
Activity room for
students and getting
the sanction
Utilization of the
space for small
group mentoring,
club activities and
discussions.
Continue the
practice
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The venue will
be utilized for
organizing
activities for
CUCA, Mitige,
Prayas, Finance
club, Oratory
Club, ED Club,
Blossoms etc.
Innovative
Initiatives Orientation about learning resources, innovative library assignments, faculty lounge,
computer lab, activity room.
AREA: STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION; STRATEGY: INTEGRATED
STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
Initiatives Description of
the Initiatives Action 15-16 Action 16-17 Action 17-18
Skill
Development
Programmes
Soft skills
training for first
year students and
placement
related training
for final year
students for
overall
development and
to enhance
employability
Integrate skill
development sessions
as a part of time table
for first and final year
students.
Identify modules and
develop course
content
To introduce skill
development as 2
hours session per
week with 2 credits.
Appoint a dedicated
trainer for the
department
The proposal to be
mooted in January
2015 BOS
To be implemented
Integrate skill
development
sessions as a
part of time
table for first
and final year
students.
Identify
modules and
develop
course
content
To introduce
skill
development
as 2 hours
session per
week with 2
credits.
Appoint a
dedicated
Best practice to be
continued
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from 15-16 onwards trainer for the
department
To be
implemented
Continuing
education for
alumni
Engaging alumni
in workshops for
recent
developments in
contemporary
areas of
commerce and
business
• Planning for
workshop modules in
contemporary areas
• Proposal to
be mooted in
Jan 2016
BOS
• Review and
incorporate more
modules
Career
orientation
and mapping
for second
year students
Organize career
mapping
sessions for UG
students
• Identify resource
persons and organize
sessions
Continue the
practice Continue the practice
CUCA,
Sports,
MITIGE, club
events
intercollegiate
events.
To develop
interpersonal
skills,
communication
skills, leadership
skills in students
through active
participation in
CUCA,
MITIGE, Sports
, Club events,
intercollegiate
events etc
• Identify new events
for conducting CUCA
activities which
would help in the
overall development
of the students
• Identifying of indoor
games which would
enhance their
intellectual skills
• Ensuring that all
students who reach
the finals of different
events are given
opportunity to take
part in various
intercollegiate events
• Bringing in
the new
activity
identified for
CUCA
• Providing
certain clubs
for indoor
games
• Other best
practices to
be continued
• Ensuring the new
activities are
improvised and
taken even in a
better way
• Conducting
competitions for
indoor games
• Other best practices
to be continued
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Samshodhan–
The Research
Seminar
National
Research
Seminar
organized by the
PG students
which focuses on
critical research
requirements to
meet the
challenges in the
global arena. The
seminar is a
platform for the
research scholars
and PG students.
• All the papers will
be put for blind
review.
• To ensure that all the
PG students to go for
at least one paper
presentation during
their two year‘s
tenure.
• To take
Samshodhan
from a
National
Level
Seminar to an
International
one.
• To continue
the best
practice of
ensuring that
all the PG
students to go
for at least
one paper
presentation
during their
two year‘s
tenure.
• To continue the
best practice.
• To encourage PG
students to publish
articles in reputed
national /
international
journals
Current
Affairs by PG
students
PG students to
take current
affairs session
for UG students
• PG students to take
Current Affairs for
UG students with
support from faculty
mentors.
• Students who do not
have teaching practice
to handle current
affairs sessions in odd
sem for first year UG
students and those
who complete
teaching practice in
the odd semester to
take up such sessions
for final year UG
students during even
semester.
Continuing
performance
and review
Continuing
performance and
review
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Student
support forum Meeting of
student council /
class
representatives
• Monthly scheduled
meetings with student
council/class
representatives
• Based on the feedback
from the student
council/class
representatives
considering the
feasible actions for
betterment
Continuing
performance
and review
Continuing
performance and
review
Remedial
classes To ensure that
students with
low academic
performance are
enabled to
improve their
performance
• Identifying students
whose performance is
low and making
subject wise clusters
for remedial classes
two hours a week.
• Schedule to be
prepared and
incorporated in the
time table.
• Peer learning-
(advance learners to
facilitate remedial
sessions) with the
supervision of faculty
members. Certificate
of appreciation will be
awarded to the student
facilitators
Extend the
remedial
classes based
on the needs by
increasing
number of
hours per week.
Continuing
performance and
review
Bridge course
in
Accountancy
To orient the
students from
non-commerce
background
about the
fundamentals in
accountancy
• The best practice of
providing bridge
course in accountancy
to students from non-
commerce back
ground to continue
• Developing e content
for bridge course
Continuing the
best practice Continuing the best
practice
Students
Extension
Independent
intra class fest
for BCom
regular and
BCom Honors in
the even
semester
• Separate intra class
fest for the Honors
students to be hosted
by regular students
and vice versa during
the even semester.
Continuing the
best practice.
Continuing the best
practice.
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Innovative
Initiatives Current Affairs by PG students, student support forum, Remedial classes through
peer learning, Bridge course through e mode.
AREA: GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT; STRATEGY:
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT QUALITY CULTURE AND PROFESSIONALISM
Initiatives Description of
the Initiatives Action 15-16 Action 16-17 Action 17-18
Faculty
mentoring Mentoring and
orienting
faculty on CU
quality culture
and
professionalism
• Welcome and
Orientation to the
new faculty
through informal
get together
during June 2nd
week.
• Pairing a senior
and junior faculty
for continuous
mentoring
• Best Practice to
be continued
• Organize
workshop/trainin
gs on balancing
teaching,
research, work-
life integration,
etc.
Best Practices to be
continued
Accreditation
of
programmes
Procuring
accreditation
from certified
agencies
Feasibility study for
accreditation of
programmes to be
conducted from
bodies such as
AACSB, CRISIL,
National
Accreditation
Council
Initiate the process
for accreditation
Incorporating the
recommendations and
obtaining
accreditations
Continuous
quality
monitoring
system and
better
accountability
at all levels
Regular quality
monitoring at
the
departmental
level
Monthly follow up
by the Quality Audit
team of the
department on the
fulfillment of
TQMS quality
framework and
adherence to SAP
Training to be
organized to build
team spirit,
accountability and
responsibility and
to continue with
the monthly follow
up by the Quality
Audit team
Continuing
Performance and
Review
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Faculty team
building Building
cohesiveness
and collegiality
among faculty
members and
building a sense
of family with
scope for free
critiquing of
ideas and
practices
Organize one
Potluck per
semester and to
conduct one
department outing
per semester
Potluck and
Activity Day once
in two months and
one Department
outing per semester
continues
Continue with Potluck
and Department
outing and to organize
one Department
outstation trip and
Family get together in
a year
Training for
governance
and
administration
Academic
administration
needs to be
understood as
distinct from
teaching.
Invite academic
administrators to
study our practices
and offer critical
feedback.
Implement valid
suggestions based
on the feedback.
Provide training
for specific skills,
new software etc.
to enhance
productivity
Document and set a
model for other
academic
administrators
Resource
sharing Learning circle
sessions to be
utilized for
sharing of
research related
new ideas and
concepts
Schedule faculty
presentations in a
month on an idea,
concept or topic or
presentations or
research work done
by them
Continuing
performance and
review
Continuing
performance and
review
Innovative
Initiatives New faculty mentoring, Continuous quality monitoring system, Resource sharing,
soft skills training
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SECTION 5
EXTENSION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
This section gives an overview of the extension and outreach activities taken up by the
students under the guidance of teachers. For the academic year 2014-15, Ms. Mary Rani Thomas
and Mr. Amalanathan S. were appointed as the coordinators of CSA for the department.
5.1 CSA ORIENTATION PROGRAMME
It is practice followed in the department that every year the first semester students are
oriented about the activities undertaken by Centre for Social Action, Christ University. This is
intended to sensitize students about the society in which they live in. The Orientation programme
was systematically scheduled and organized. Following is the schedule-
TABLE.1. SCHEDULE FOR ORIENTATION PROGRAMME ON CSA
CLASS DATE TIME VENUE
I BCom (H) B 14/06/2014 12-1pm Respective Class Room
I BCom (H) C 14/06/2014 11-12 am Respective Class Room
I BCom D 26/06/2014 10-11 am Respective Class Room
I BCom B 26/06/2014 2-3 pm Respective Class Room
I BCom C 27/06/2014 10 -11am Respective Class Room
I BCom A 26/06/2014 2-3 pm Respective Class Room
IBCom (H) A 04/07/2014
2-3 pm Respective Class Room
5.2 CHILD EDUCATION SPONSORSHIP
The concept of serving the society has been implemented by the students in their own little ways.
The students of the department came forward to extend financial help to the economically poor
students in the nearby slums. This year 100 needy children were sponsored by the BCom and
MCom students. A total of Rs. 4,01,025 was contributed towards education of poor children . The
following table gives a detailed report on the class wise contribution.
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CLASS AMOUNT CLASS AMOUNT
IHA 36000 IIA 18600
IHB 26345 IIB 18500
IHC 38200 IIC 16000
IA 14950 IIIA 16700
IB 17150 IIIB 20000
IC 20800 IIIC 20000
ID 16500 IIID 16550
IIHA 35400 IIIJ 17350
IIHB 16230 IIIK 19750
IIHC 32000 IMCOMA 12000
IIMCOM 8000 IMCOMB 16000
TOTAL AMOUNT 4,01,025
No. of Children
Sponsored
100
5.3 RURAL EXPOSURE PROGRAMME
As most of the students in the department hail from urban background, the University
believes in bringing a social change by exposing the students to the rural realities of this country. To
actualize this vision of the University, in collaboration with CSA, the department arranged one day
rural exposure programme to the final year students. The students were taken to few villages in
Hoskote Taluk. They had the chance of interacting with the village folk and learned a lot about their
life style and occupation. They also came to know the difficulties faced by them like lack of proper
roads, lack of transport facilities, healthcare facilities and lack of good schools. They interacted with
the students and motivated them to continue their studies without any break, so as to be successful
in their lives. After coming back from the village, students submitted a class-wise compilation of
individual reports on the rural experience.
LIST OF VILLAGE VISIT ORGANIZED FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-15
CLASS INDUSTRY VISITED DATE ORGANIZER
III B Com A Hoskote, Bangalore 16th
Dec, 2014 Mr. Manjunath
III B Com C Hoskote, Bangalore 6th
Dec,2014 Mr. Anson
III B Com B Hoskote, Bangalore 7th
Jan, 2015 Mr. Amalanathan
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III B Com D Hoskote, Bangalore 20th
Jan,2015 Mr. Vishal Pinto
III B Com Hon. J Hoskote, Bangalore 9th
Jan, 2015 Ms. Soumya Iyer
III B Com Hon. K Hoskote, Bangalore 18th
Dec,2015 Mr. Christopher
II M Com Hoskote, Bangalore 9th
Dec, 2014 Dr Uma
5.4 VISIT TO RECYCLING UNIT
Waste management is one of the best practices of Christ University. It becomes a great success only
when every member of this university understands and cooperates with the helpers at the recycling
unit. To sensitize this objective in the minds of first year students, who are new to the university, the
department scheduled students‘ visits to the recycling unit on the following days and time.
SCHEDULED VISIT TO RECYCLING UNIT
CLASS DATE TIME
Class Date Time
I BCom (H) B 14/06/2014 12-1pm
I BCom (H) C 14/06/2014 11-12 am
I BCom D 26/06/2014 10-11 am
I. BCom B 26/06/2014 2-3 pm
I. BCom C 27/06/2014 10 - 11am
I. BCom A 26/06/2014 2-3 pm
I BCom (H) A 04/07/2014 2-3 pm
5.5 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WEEK
This year the university observed the social responsibility week for the even semester on the theme
―HUNGER! KNOW MORE, NO MORE‖ between 25th
August and 28th
August. The students of the
department observed 25th
August, as Social Responsibility day to create awareness among the
students of the department on the given theme by conducting a slogan writing competition and
poster making competition on various sub themes. The best three slogans and posters were selected
and were awarded.
5.6BLIND FOLD WALK
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CSA in collaboration with an NGO ‗World Vision‘ had arranged a Blind Folded Walk wherein our
student participants would be blind folded and led by few blind volunteers to reach a destiny
designed. It was aimed at creating awareness among those students and the people at large in the
society to sensitize the need to respect the blind and understand them in different walks of their
lives. The event was organized on three Sundays in the month of August 2014. Many students had
taken part in it. It was an enriching experience to all the participants.
5.7 A VISIT TO AN ORPHANAGE
As a part of social activism, the Department organized anOrphanage visit, for MCom students on
17/12/2014 . Nearly 15 students made an attempt to visit ―Suryodaya boys centre‖ located at
Ambedkarnagar, near Sarjapur. As a part of organizing, the students undertook games, musical chair
and motivational talks.
5.8 CHRISTMAS GIFT SHARING
Christmas is the season for sharing joy and togetherness. The Department of Commerce this year
too spread this spirit of Christmas by visiting the less privileged people of our society. Commerce
Department students contributed goodies, books, food items, old warm clothes and also cash. With
the cash amount, items like sugar, rice, soup powder, biscuits, and diapers were brought. Just before
Christmas break students were divided into three groups and along with the faculty members they
visited three homes for the destitute. These places were-Old age home of the Little sisters of the
poor, Snehadana Home for kids affected with AIDS and an orphanage for street children. Our
students not only distributed gifts and the goodies brought but also spent time mingling and playing
with these not so fortunate people.
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SECTION 6
ADMINISTRATION
This section gives an outline of the structure of the Department, functioning of the committee, and
the roles and responsibilities allocated to the faculty members. It also highlights the best practices
and innovations of the Department.
6.1 DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE
Associate Dean- Commerce : Prof. Thomas Joseph
Head Of Department : Dr. Nithila Vincent
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Academic -Coordinator-MCom – Dr. Anuradha Ps
Academic -Coordinator-MPhil– Dr. Uma V R
Academic -Coordinator-BCom – Dr. Karthigai Prakasam C
Academic -Coordinator-BCom [Hons] –Mr. Girish S
Advisor - Fr Arun C. Antony
FUNCTIONING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
A think-tank that develops plans and strategies to strengthen the department, programs,
faculty and students.
Meets every week (Wednesdays 12.00-1.00 pm) for discussions
All major activities are deliberated & passed in the committee before announcement in
general department meeting and then implemented.
Tracks the progress of all the activities.
6.2WEEKLY DEPARTMENTAL MEETINGSHELD FROM MAY 2014 – APRIL 2015
The faculty members are the intellectual work force who collectively plan and
execute all the activities of a Department. The success of the department greatly relies on
their concerted endeavours towards student, self and the departmental growth. Weekly
departmental meetings are held to follow-up routine matters and to review current plans,
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strategies and activities and discuss the activities for the subsequent week. The minutes of
meetings are systematically recorded and filed for follow- up and review.
S.NO MONTH & DATE TIME VENUE
1 May 29th
2014 2:00 pm to 4pm Seminar Hall, Block II
2 June 5th
2014 3:00 to 4:30 pm Seminar Hall Block II
3 June 12th
, 2014 3:00 to 4:30 pm Room No 522, Block II
4 June 19th
, 2014 3:00 to 4:30 pm Seminar Hall, Block II
5 July 4th
2014 12:00 to 1:15 pm Council Room, Central Block
6 July 9th
2014 12:00 to 1:15 pm Seminar Hall, Block II
7 July 17th
2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Council Room, Central Block
8 July 25th
2014 12:00 to 1:15 pm Seminar Hall, Block II
9 July 31st
2014 3:00 to 4:30 pm Panel Room Block II
10 August 7th
, 2014 3:00 to 4:30 pm Room No. 522, Block II
11 August 14th
, 2014 12:15 to 1:00 pm Room No. 522, Block II
12 August 21st, 2014 3:00 to 4:30 pm Room No 105, Central Block
13 August 28th
, 2014 3:00 to 4:30 pm Seminar Hall, Block II
14 September 5th
, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Room No. 522, Block II
15 September 11th
, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Seminar Hall, Block II
16 September 18th
, 2014 12:00 to 1:00 pm Seminar Hall, Block II
17 November 3rd
, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Assembly Hall, Block II
18 November 07th
, 2014 12:00 to 1:00 pm Seminar Hall, Block II
19 November 13th
, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Room No. 522, Block II
20 November 20th
, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Seminar Hall, Block II
21 November 27th
, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Council Room, Central Block
22 December 4th
, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Panel Room, Block II
23 December 11th
, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Panel Room, Block II
24 December 18th
, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Room No. 522, Block II
25 January 8th
, 2015 3:00 to 4:30 pm Seminar Hall, Block II
26 January 29th
, 2015 3:00 to 4:30 pm Room No. 522, Block II
27 February 6th
, 2015 3:00 to 4:30 pm Room No. 522, Block II
28 February 19th
, 2015 3:00 to 4:00 pm Room No. 522, Block II
29 February 26th
, 2015 3:00 to 4:00 pm Seminar Hall, Block II
30 March 6th
, 2015 3:00 to 4:00 pm Room No. 105, Central Block
31 March 13th
2015 2:00 to 2:30 pm Seminar Hall, Block II
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S.NO MONTH & DATE TIME VENUE
32 April 1st 2015 3:00 to 4:00 pm Room No. 105, Central Block
6.3ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ALLOTTED TO THE FACULTY
Faculties are assigned responsibilities for different tasks on a rotational basis.
Responsibilities were allotted in the beginning of the year, keeping their expertise and skills in
mind. Faculties are oriented by the HOD about the responsibility area, the objective, expected
outcome and the implementation procedure. Thereafter the whole year, faculty members continue to
fulfil their responsibilities. Detailed records are maintained by each faculty which may be used for
follow-up action and for audit purposes. Below is the list which starts with the class teacher
responsibility followed by the other functional roles.
6.3.1 LIST OF CLASS TEACHERS
CLASS /
SECTION I BCOM II BCOM III BCOM
A Ms. Pooja Jain Ms. Rani Thomas Mr. Manjunath
B Ms. Bindu Nair Ms. Shubhashree Mr.Amalanathan
C Ms. Sharon Valarmathi Ms. Vinnarasi Mr. Anson K J
D Mr. Rishikesh ***** Mr. Vishal Pinto
Hons A Ms. Geetanjali Mr. Naveen Ms. Soumya
Hons B Ms. AnushaIyer Mr. Raghavendra Mr. Christopher
Hons C Dr.Shearil Almeida Dr.Kavitha *****
M Com Dr.Mynavathi Mr. Natchimuthu Dr. Uma V R
6.3.2 FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY ALLOCATION
S.NO RESPONSIBILITY AREA FACULTY INCHARGE
1 Strategic Action Plan Ms. Soumya, Ms. Bindu and Dr.Mynavathi
2 Certificate programme Mr. Manjunath and Ms.Pooja
3 CUCA Ms. Sharon, Mr. Christopher, Mr.Jackson
4 Commerce Lab Ms. Kavitha, Mr. Natchimuthu, and Ms. Vinnarasi
5 Documentation Ms.Shaeril, Ms. Shubhashree, Mr. Rishikesh ,Ms.
Anusha Iyer and Ms.Aruna
6 Learning circle Ms. Bindu and Ms. Anusha Iyer
7 CSA Ms. Rani and Mr. Amalanathan
8 Student Exchange Programme Dr.Shaeril Almeida
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6.4CLASS ADUJUSTMENT DURING FACULTY LEAVE
The Department has a system for ensuring the seamless engagement of classes without being
let off as free hour in the case of absence of faculties. This entails the need for advance intimation
from the absenting faculties to facilitate class adjustments and the reciprocal adjustment to make up
for the lost classes.
Faculties proceeding on leave are required to submit ‗Mutual Class Adjustment Form‘ with
the details of class adjustment and the signature of the faculty consenting to engage the class in their
absence. A column is also provided to enter the date of the reciprocal adjustment with the
consenting faculty. This practice is also followed on days of sudden sick leave availed by facilities.
The adjustment is communicated on the day of leave and the form is subsequently submitted for
documentation. The Associate Dean reviews the leave adjustment forms on weekly basis.
6.5 STUDENT ATTENDANCE MONITORING AND MENTORING BY CLASS
TEACHERS
On regular basis, class teachers monitor the attendance of students and hold mentoring
sessions to understand their problems, if any. Records of all such interactions are maintained by the
class teachers. In special cases, the HOD and the Dean are is involved. Parents may be called in
severe cases of indiscipline or attendance shortage. The department is also supported by a team of
processional counsellors in these matters.
9 ACC Ms. Vinnarasi, Ms. Rani, and Mr. Amalanathan.
10 News letter Dr.Veerta and Mr. Raghavendra, Mr. Vishal Pinto
11 Industry, Guest lecture etc. Mr. Girish
12 Journal - Ushus Dr.Anuradha P S
13 National Seminar Dr.Karthigai, Mr. Girish, Ms. Sheril, and
Ms. Soumya
14 Foreign students mentor Ms. Anusha Iyer
15 Special students mentor Dr. Sheril
16 Project and Viva Mr.Girish
17 Text books Ms. Bindu, Mr. Girish& Mr. Naveen
18 Placement and Internship Ms Geetanjali and Mr Anson
19 Question Bank Ms. Vinnarasi
20 Sports Ms. Vishal Pinto, Ms. Aruna
21 Blossoms Dr.KavithaJayakumar& Mr. Jackson
22 FPDP Ms. Vinnarasi
23 Commerce Alumni Association Ms. Vinnarasi
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6.6 INNOVATIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT
Innovations in the department have been happening recognizing the need of the hour. They are
related to teaching, student development, research etc. In this section, glimpses of such innovations
have been listed.
1. CORPUS CONCLAVE
This event organized by the department aimed at bridging the gap between academics and
industry. It was held on September 2, 2014. Approximately 30 industry participants participated in
the conclave. Stalls were put by the Department to showcase the curriculum, student development
activities and their employability skills. Thereafter there was a programme in the auditorium
showcasing the talent of the students. The academia-industry interaction began in the afternoon
over high tea wherein aspects like strengthening the curriculum, enhancing employability,
identifying activities to bridge the gap between theoretical and the practical aspects were discussed.
2. MARKETING CLUB-
This year the Department formed a Marketing Club to bring together some of the brightest
minds, interested in exploring the ever changing dynamics of marketing. The club aims at keeping
members abreast with the latest on marketing while integrating the experience of its members across
functions such as advertising, research, sales, branding communication, digital marketing etc. The
club organizes quizzes, guest lectures and other programs.
3. SUYUKTI – THE ORATARY CLUB
Suyukti the oratory club wasformed this year to encourage the students to become good orators.
One of the objectives of Suyukti is that its members would share what they know about oration with
each other in turn become better speakers. It is a club for mutual learning and growth in oration.
Suyukti organised various formal and informal events like jam, extempore, air crash, turncoat,
group discussion, parliamentary debating, traditional debating, resume building, personal interview
session among others on a weekly basis. (Please refer to chapter no 3 for more details on the
happenings of Suyukti)
4. UDAAN –THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CLUB
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‗Udaan‘- The Entrepreneurship Club was initiated in August 2014 with an objective to nourish
the entrepreneurial spirit in students. The Club caters to two categories of students – 1. Those who
have business ideas but don‘t know how to put it in action. 2. Those students who want to become
entrepreneurs but have no ideas and no knowledge about entrepreneurship. The club organizes start
up show cases, panel discussions and encourages students to participate in B- Plan Competitions
(Please refer to Chapter no.3 for more on working of Udaan)
5. EN-LIGHTEN-2015 ( An event in collaboration with NIT Trichy)
ENLIGHT.EN-2015 was an intellectual summit to ideate on the art of entrepreneurship, in
collaboration with the E-Cell ofNational Institute of Technology – Trichy .The summit took place
on 25th
of February, 2015 and was aimed at motivating young entrepreneurs to take their ideas
forward and to give them an opportunity to interact with venture capitalists and other successful
entrepreneurs to get inspired and reassured in their entrepreneurial journey. Students from various
departments of Christ University, as well as from various Colleges participated in the event. The
showcase of new ideas by the students was followed by a panel discussion of experienced
entrepreneurs, industry experts and venture capitalists ((Please refer to Chapter no.3 for more on the
event)
6. EKTA – A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMME
In an attempt to give back to the society, the Department‘s oratory club organised 'Ekta', a
Corporate Skills Training Programme for Youth from Rural Areas. As a part of this one day training
session, over 80 youth from CSA sponsored villages came all the way to the University to
participate, and all the organising committee members of Suyukti conducted interesting and
interactive sessions on Group Discussion, Personal Interview and Resume Building Skills in a hope
that it would prove to be instrumental to them in securing jobs .
7. “INICIO” – A START UP SHOWCASE
This event which was held on the 17th
of September 2014 was a platform to showcase the Start-
Ups that have been conceived by the students of the Department of Commerce. Through this event,
participants got to show their business idea, the functioning, resource procurement and marketing
aspects of their business.It saw 9 start-ups and 10 prototypes of business which are soon to be
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launched as business, exhibiting their ideas and prototypes. The event was judged by an angel
investor who gave candid and constructive feed back to students.
8. SERVICE LEARNING
Realizing the need for incorporating service learning in education, it was a conscious decision
taken in the department that faculty members would incorporate service learning as an element in
the curriculum. This benefited the community, students and the faculty members due to the
immense gratification received. (Refer : Ch.3 Learner Centeric Initiatives for more information)
9. ORPHANAGE VISITS
As a part of social activism, the department organized an orphanage visit. Nearly 15 students on
17/12/2014 made a visit to ―Suryodaya boys centre‖ located at Ambedkarnagar, near Sarjapur. At
the venue, the students undertook games, musical chair and motivational talks.
10. PAPER PRESENTATIONS WITH UG AND PG STUDENTS
This year, few of the faculty members co-presented papers in National Conferences and
Seminars. Students were thrilled by the experiences and rich learning that they witnessed while
preparing to present. Their presentations were appreciated which motivated the other students also
to take up more research. This initiative turned out to be an excellent way to test what the students
have learnt in the subject of Research methodology and gave them a platform to put the theoretical
aspects into practice. One presentation even won the Best paper award at Loyola College, Chennai.
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SECTION 7
LECTURES, PROGRAMMES AND EVENTS
This section gives an overview of all the programmes and events conducted in the department
during the academic year 2014-15
7.1 SPECIAL DIGNITARIES INVITED FOR PROGRAMMES & EVENTS
DATE EVENT CHIEF GUEST
27.06.2014 CUCA Inauguration
Mr. Vishwas Mudgal
CEO, GoodWorkLabs Services Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
03.09.2014 Prayas Inauguration
Mr. David Faria
CEO, Transinnova International,
Fairfax Station, VA.
03.09.2014 Prayas Valedictory Ms. Shradha Sharma
Founder & Chief Editor, yourstory.com
20. 02.2015 Samshodhan – Research
Seminar
Dr. Akilesh Kumar,
IISc -Department of Management studies
Bangalore
7.2 GUEST LECTURES ORGANISED DURING 2014-15
S.NO DATE TITLE RESOURCE
PERSON REMARKS
1 17/12/14
Introduction to
Derivatives &
Technical
Analysis
Mr. Ashwin Kumar,
Kings & Prince
Training Academy Pvt.
Ltd.
Organized for VI SemBCom J by
Ms. Shubhashree
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S.NO DATE TITLE RESOURCE
PERSON REMARKS
2 25/02/15 Reading Habit
Ms. Anita Acharya,
Verbal & Voice
Consultant
Endeavor Careers Pvt
Ltd
Jayanagar
Organized for II SemBCom A by
Dr.Nithila Vincent
3 09/09/14
Financial
planning,
Essentials of
planning
HerambVadalkar
ICICI Learning Mgmt
Bangalore
Organized for 5 BCom K
Mr. Christopher
4 12/09/14
Commercial &
Retail Banking
in India
Mr George M
Alexander
Muthoot M George
Group
Bangalore
Organized for 3 BCom A & C
Dr.Alicemani
5 10/09/14
Leadership,
Stay hungry &
Maverick
Sourish Ghosh,
Free Lance,
Corporate Trainer
Organized for I BCom D & Hons C
Mr. Rishikesh
6 13/09/14 Derivatives
Mr. Venkat,
J P Morgan,
Bangalore
Organized for 3 BCom Hons A, B,
& C
Ms. Geetanjali
7 20/09/14
Provision of
Cyber law &
Information
Technology Act
2000
Mr. RohiAbhijit,
School of Law, Christ
University, Bangalore
Organized for 5BCom A&B
Ms. Pooja& Mr. Amalanathan
8 27/08/13 Introduction to
Derivatives
HerambVadalkar
ICICI Learning Mgmt
Bangalore
Organized for 3 BCom A&B by
Ms. Shubhashree
9 06/09/14
Consumer
Protection Act-
Awareness
SanyanthNaroth,
Social Lab Colombia
Organized for I SemMComB and 3
SemMCombyDr.KarthigaiPrakasam
10 26/08/14
Role of Retail
Banking in
Financial
Inclusion
Mr. Rajeev Prabhu,
UCO Bank, Bangalore
Organized for 3BCom B& Hons
Cby Mr. Girish & Mr Vishal Pinto
11 23/07/14
Performance
Challenges of
Modern Banks
Mr Nagaraj,
Canara Bank,
Vasanthapura,
`Bangalore
Organized for 3 Hons A & B by
MrGirish
12 01/08/14
Corporate
Practices of
Cost
Accounting in
Service
MrNaveen Bhat CA,
Orange County Resorts
and Hotels. Bangalore
Organized for IMCom A &B by Mr
Girish
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S.NO DATE TITLE RESOURCE
PERSON REMARKS
Industry
7.3 PROGRAMMES AND EVENTS CONDUCTED IN 2014-15
The list of programmes and events consist of Panel discussions, Samshodhan, Quality Improvement
Program, FDP, Blossoms, Prayas, Corp-Us Conclave, Ekta, Inicio, Enlighten and Alumni Meet.
7.3.1 PANEL DISCUSSIONS
This year two panel discussions were organized. One for the MCOM students and one for BCom
(Hons) students, and was open to all. The details of both of them are as under-
Panel Discussion -2014 -MCOM
The department of commerce (Post-Graduation) under the guidance of Dr. Anuradha.PS
organized one day panel discussion on Green Tax Incentives-contribution to sustainability and its
implications. The topic was proposed by the MCom students considering the emerging importance
of the environmental hazards that is being done and its impact on the various stakeholders. An
initiative taken to curtail this menace is “green tax”- an idea that will reduce environmental harm in
the least costly manner by targeting all those who are accountable for it. The panel discussion was
scheduled on 11 September 2014, from 11.00AM to 1.00PM. Panelists invited represented the
various facets of the commerce industry. The panel comprised of Prof.Sairam A- Faculty and
management consultant, CA P. R. Suresh- Vice Chairman 2013-14 SIRC of ICAI, Mr. Arun Prasad-
President & CEO at 1-Enteprise, Mr. Venkataraman G.N- Former President ICAI and Bangalore
management association and Mr. Jitesh Bansal- Associate Director, Tax & Regulatory Services –
EY. The session was moderated by Dr.Prabhu Dev, Professor in finance, CUIM, Christ University.
The areas discussed comprised of a brief introduction to the topic, Incentives - Various Stake
holders' perspectives, recognition for ecology- Tax incentives – CSR – Carbon Credits, global
efforts to protect environment, sustainability and profit under green initiatives, current provisions
under the Indian Tax Laws on green tax etc.The audience comprised of 180 students, both the
sections of first year MCOM and the second year, faculty members of the Department of Commerce
and the Senior H.R manager of EY with his team.The question and answer session saw the effective
participation of students, with significant questions.The panelists conveyed effectively to the
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students the message,-the importance of saving the environment, the environmental harm caused by
the various stakeholders, ways to rectify them etc.In all the session was a decisive value addition for
the students and to the other participants who attended the session.
Panel discussion on “The Union Budget 2014” in association with
A panel discussion was organized on the Union Budget 2014.The chief guest of the event was
Mr. Ajay Rotti, Tax partner, KPMG. Panelists were students selected from the department and each
panel discussed on the impact of the budget on a particular sector allotted to them. At the end Mr.
Rotti expressed his views about the budget and also he gave a very constructive and satisfactory
feedback for the entire event. His words were indeed inspiring for everyone present there.
7.3.2QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME (14th
– 17th
March 2015)
The Quality improvement program for the commerce faculty turned out to be an excellent
knowledge exchange forum for the faculty members. The theme of the session was “Transition in
Concepts and Practices in Commerce and Management”.The QIP program was conducted in an
utmost diligent fashion and it resulted in active participation from the participants.All the
participants secured good grades in the assignments. The topics discussed in the QIP with the name
of the speakers is listed below-
S.
No DATE QIP TOPIC RESOURCE PERSON
1 14/03/2015 Union Budget Analysis
Prof.Charan Singh
(IIMB)
2 14/03/2015 Trading strategies in Derivatives Prof.Sreekantan
(M S R I M Bangalore)
3 14/03/2015 Effective corporate Governance as per
Companies Act 2013
CA Vadiraja
(Guru & Jana)
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S.
No DATE QIP TOPIC RESOURCE PERSON
4 14/03/2015 Application of Big data analysis in E-
commerce
Prof. S Sudhindra
(Christ University)
5 16/03/2014 Social Entrepreneurship
Prof.Chowdari Prasad
(IFIM Business School,
Bangalore)
6 16/03/2014 Financial statement reporting from IFRS
perspective
CA NaryanNambiar
(FTI Bangalore)
7 16/03/2014 Transfer Pricing
CA Ajay Rotti
(Dhruva Advisors, Bangalore)
8 16/03/2014 Goods and Services Tax CA Madhukar N Hiregange
(Hiregange Academy)
9 17/03/2014 Business Valuation Dr. Rajesh Kumar
10 17/03/2014 Logistics and Supply Chain management
in e-commerce
Mr. Nagaraju
(bigbasket.com)
11 17/03/2014 BASEL III and SARFAESI Act 2002 Prof.Sreekantan
(M S R I M Bangalore)
12 17/03/2014 Health Insurance
Prof. B N Nagaraj
(Christ University)
7.3.3 SAMSHODHAN (20th
February 2015)
This year Samshodhan 2015,research seminar for the postgraduate students of Commerce and
Management in and around Karnataka was conducted on 20th
February 2015. We received around
25 abstracts. The topics of the papers belonged to the Domain of Finance, Accounting and Taxation,
and General Management out of which around 25 papers were shortlisted for presentation. Dr
Akilesh Kumar from PPSC, Bangalore presided over the Inaugural ceremony and Dr D N S Kumar,
Christ University, Bangalore, was the chief guest for the valedictory ceremony. The first prize was
won by Aliesh Gosh, from M A Economics, Christ University and the second prize was won by
Rakshitha from St Joseph‘s College, Bangalore.
7.3.4 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
Following are the details of the Faculty Development programmes conducted.
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S.NO PROGRAMME THEME PERIOD VENUE
1 FDP 1 Quality Sustenance Through
Internal Audit Capability
29 & 30 May
2014
CU Main &
Kengeri Campus
2 FDP 2
Strategic Initiatives,
Analysis And
Implementation
28 & 29
November
2014
Gold Finch
Retreat,
Devanahalli,
Bangalore
7.3.5 EKTA- Community Outreach
EKTA was a community outreach initiative of the Department organised on 14th Jan 2015.
The event was a corporate skills training programme for youth from rural areas. As a part of this
one day training session, over 80 youth from CSA sponsored villages , namely Kolar and Hoskote
came all the way to the University to participate, and all the organising committee members of
Suyukti conducted interesting and interactive sessions on Group Discussion, Personal Interview and
Resume Building Skills that would prove to be instrumental in securing jobs for all those youth who
were otherwise finding it hard to find a job.The Department had a very fruitful learning experience
of mutual sharing and caring.
7.3.6 INICIO – Start-up Showcase
INICIO-2014 was a platform to showcase the Start-Ups that have been conceived by the
students of the Department of Commerce, Christ University. Through this event, the participants got
to portray their business idea, the functioning, resource procurement and marketing aspects of their
business. The projects on display were either fully functional start-ups or business prototypes which
will soon be launched as businesses. The objective was to provide exposure to the students with
regard to the feasibility, longevity and popularity of their business. This event was held on the 17th
of
September, 2014 in front of Central Block. It saw 9 start-ups and 10 prototypes of business which
are soon to be launched as business, exhibiting their ideas and prototypes. The event was graced by
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Mr. Venugopal Sathyanarayana, The Vice President of the Indian Angel Network, who also judged
the startups and gave constructive feedback to each participant.
7.3.7 ENLIGHT.EN - 2015
―ENLIGHT.EN-2015‖ was an intellectual summit to ideate on the art of entrepreneurship, in
collaboration with the E-Cell ofNational Institute of Technology – Trichy .The summit took place
on 25th
of February, 2015 was aimed at motivating young entrepreneurs to take their ideas forward
and to give them an opportunity to interact with venture capitalists and other successful
entrepreneurs to get inspired and reassured in their entrepreneurial journey. The event saw
attendance of student participants from NIT Trichy, Kristu Jayanti College, Jain University, St.
Joseph‘s College of Commerce and from Department of Commerce, Christ University. All the
student entrepreneurs got an opportunity to show case their business venture. Some of the start-
ups presented were Cup-cake booth, Xizbiga, Wild Wings, U25 Startup & Speedkart. The start up
presentations were followed by a panel discussion on entrepreneurship, leadership and the art of
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doing business. The panelists for the panel discussion were Mr. Pramod Pratap – Global Marketing
Lead, Infosys, Mr. Ranjan Malik – Innovation Speaker and Facilitator, Director, Erehwon
Consulting & Mr. Ramakrishnan Venkateshwaran – Principal Consultant, Venture Bean. The panel
discussion was very informative and lively.
7.3.8 CORPUS CONCLAVE
This event organized by the department aimed at bridging the gap between academics and
industry. It was held on September 2, 2014. Approximately 30 industry participants
participated in the conclave from companies like Bosch, Piramal Foundation,
Cegedim,Candor, Hanahive, Anglo French Drugs Industries, 3nethra to name a few. Stalls
were put by the Department to showcase the curriculum, student development activities and
their employability skills. Thereafter there was a programme in the auditorium showcasing
the talent of the students. The academia-industry interaction began in the afternoon over
high tea wherein aspects like strengthening the curriculum, enhancing employability,
identifying activities to bridge the gap between theoretical and the practical aspects were
discussed.
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7.3.9 PRAYAS-INTER-COLLEGIATE COMMERCE FEST
PRAYAS 2014, the much anticipated National Level Commerce and Management Fest was
hosted by the department on September 4th
and 5th
2014.The theme being- Battle to survive. Mr.
David Faria was the Chief Guest for the inauguration. The events included Business Quiz, Human
Resource Management, Mock Stock, Marketing, Best Manager, Public Relations, Finance, Business
Plan, and Entrepreneur Development. Topmost national and regional colleges like St. Xavier‘s-
Kolkata, St. Xavier‘s College Mumbai, iLEAD Kolkata, Jai Hind College Mumbai, Symbiosis
College of Arts and Commerce-Pune, St. Joseph‘s College of Commerce- Bangalore, Centre for
Management Studies-Bangalore were in the fray to emerge winners. With St. Joseph‘s College of
Commerce as the incumbent winners of the overall trophy, all eyes were set on St. Xavier‘s College
Kolkata to come back and win, but the ultimate glory went to Christ University Department of
Professional Studies which who were declared as Overall Winners.
7.3.10 BLOSSOMS
Blossoms 2014-15 was inaugurated on 14th
November 2014, the theme being‗WORLD
OUTSIDE THE WINDOW‘. The faculty incharge was Dr. Kavitha Jayakumar and cultural
coordinator Mr. Jackson Mendoza.There were total 17 events which permeate through the
disciplines of Art, Literature, Dance, Music, and Theatre which was scheduled to take place
seamlessly for over a month. All the rules& regulations, guidelines, and a brief introduction of all
the events were made available to all the classes well in advance in form of presentation notices etc.
A demo and a clear explanation was given by the Event organizers in all classes. A hard copy of the
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rules and regulation about all the 17 events were given to the class teachers and one copy was put up
in all the class notice boards. Class teachers were endowed with the responsibility of ensuring that
all students of their class participate in at least one relevant event. They were given a participation
list in which compulsorily all the students name and respective events they are participating had to
be filled .To ensure recognition, all students were awarded participation certificates .Furthermore, a
blog was created which had all details regarding Blossoms 2014 and it was updated as and when the
events got over so that students were aware of the results and the upcoming events.For the first time
in the 8years of Blossoms Commerce department won the Overall Championship trophy.On
behalf of the management and SWO, Fr. Varghese felicitated the Department with the trophy. The
trophy was received by the Department Cultural Coordinator, Mr Jackson Mendoza and the students
of the department.
7.3.11 COMMERCE ALUMNI MEET (26th Jan 2014)
The 3rd Annual Alumni meet of the Department of Commerce took place on 26th
January‘2015.
This year the response of the alumnus was very encouraging. There were totally 189 students across
all batches of the post graduate as well as the undergraduate programmes.
The event started with the address of Assoc. Dean Prof. Thomas Joseph, H.O.D Dr. Nithila Vincent
and the Alumni Association President Mr. Jugnu Oberoi. Thereafter, the dance team performed on
stage. Many ice breaker and team games were arranged during the event. Both the faculty members
and the alumnus took part enthusiastically to win gifts. Since, the current Alumni President of the
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department Ms. Preethi has completed her tenure , Mr C.V Ramesh, an alumnus from the 1992
batch has been declared as the President for the current year.
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SECTION 8
ACADEMIC OUTREACH
Under the section of academic outreach programmes, activities taken up by the faculty
members like paper presentations in Seminars, guest lecturers given, Workshops and other training
programmes attended, seminars, workshops and training programmes organized etc have been
described.
8.1 BOARD OF STUDIES / EXAMINATION MEMBERS FOR OTHER INSTITUTIONS
S.
No
NAME OF THE FACULTY
MEMBER
MEMBER OF A BOARD OF STUDIES /
EXAMINATION AND A QUESTION PAPER
SETTER
1 Prof. Thomas Joseph Board of Studies Member – Mount Carmel College
2
Dr. Theresa Nithila Vincent Member of the Core Committee for new BCom
programme, St. Joseph‘s (Autonomous) College,
Bangalore. (Jan 2015)
3 Dr. Theresa Nithila Vincent Advisor – SSC, Government of India, Karnataka-Kerala
region.
4
Dr. Alice Mani Board of Studies Member at CMR Institute of
Management Studies (Autonomous), Bangalore for the
year 2014 – 2015.
Board of Studies Member at Jain University, Bangalore for
the year 2014 – 2015.
5
Mr. Girish.S a. Paper setter for Advanced Financial Management at St.
Joseph‘s College,
b. Paper setter for Derivatives and commodities market
and Indian financial system and services and BOE member
at NMKRV College for Women Bangalore.
c. MBA Project Examiner, Manipal Global Education
Services Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru
6
Dr. Sheril Almeida Paper setter - Company Law and Secretarial Practice - St
Josephs College of Commerce
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8.2 FACULTY PAPER PRESENTATIONS IN CONFERENCES /SEMINARS
S.
NO DATE
NAME OF THE
ARTICLE/PAPER
NAME OF
CONFERENCE/SEMINAR
NAME OF
THE
FACULTY
1 18/12/2014
Problems and Prospects of
Rural banking and Its
Impact on Empowerment
of Rural Households
National level seminar organised
by Dr N G P Arts and Science
College
Dr. Alicemani
2 25/09/2014
Many faces of Gender
Inequality: challenges to
Indian Economy and
Society
Research and Post Graduate
department of Economics in
Association with Mahathma
Gandhi university, Kottayam,
Kerala
Dr. Alicemani
3 17/02/2015
Buying and Selling of
Used Goods through
Online Classifieds: The
emerging trends in
Consumer to Consumer
(C2C) Marketing An
explorative study with
reference to Bengaluru
City
"Emerging Marketing Strategies
and Practices in the Competitive
Global Environment"
Mr.
Amalanathan
4 11/12/2014
Saving & Investment
Behavior: Review and
Agenda for future research.
Conference on Emerging Trends
in Business
Dr. Anuradha
5 17/02/2015
An exploratory study on
the effectiveness of pop
ups as a marketing strategy
Emerging marketing strategies in
the competitive global
environment
Ms. Anusha
6 09/02/2015
An exploratory study to
gauge the malpractices in
the education system of
Bihar
National Seminar on Sustainable
Development in Education
Ms. Anusha
7 09/02/2015
A study on the poor
concentration levels of
children in schools
National Seminar on Sustainable
development in Education
Ms. Anusha
8 05/03/2015
An Empirical Study on
Determinants of
Investment Decisions of
Individual Investors- with
Special reference to Bank
Employees
Finance and Banking Issues &
Opportunities in a Growth
Oriented Economy
Ms. Aruna
9 08/08/2014
Transformation Of Higher
Education: Integration Of
Disruptive Innovative
Model In Conventional
University System For
Sustainability
Strategies and Action Plans for
Sustainable Development in
Higher Education
Ms.
Geetanjali
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S.
NO DATE
NAME OF THE
ARTICLE/PAPER
NAME OF
CONFERENCE/SEMINAR
NAME OF
THE
FACULTY
10 06/03/2015
The Study on Pradhan
Manthri Jan Dhan Yojana
in Achieving Financial
Inclusion in South India"
The Informal Economy in India:
Trends and perspective in Growth
Inclusion and social production
Mr. Girish
11 05/03/2015
"The Role of Pradhan
Mantri Jan- Dhan Yojana
in Achieving Financial
Inclusion in India?
National Seminar on Finance &
Banking Issues and Opportunities
in a Growth Oriented Economy
Mr. Girish
12 29/09/2014 Enhanced Changes in
Corporate Environment
International Conference on
Enhanced Changes in Corporate
Environment
Dr. Kavitha
13 16/10/2014 Social Entrepreneurship National Level Conference on
Entrepreneurship
Dr. Kavitha
Jayakumar
14 31/10/2014
Management of cultural
diversity through
understanding the
problems of foreign
students
ICFIDM
Ms. Rani
Thomas
15 31/10/2014
Management of cultural
diversity through
understanding the
problems of foreign
students
ICFIDM
Dr.
Mynavathi
16 08/08/2014
Transformation Of Higher
Education: Integration Of
Disruptive Innovative
Model In Conventional
University System For
Sustainability
Strategies and Action Plans for
Sustainable Development in
Higher Education
Ms. Pooja
Jain & Ms.
Geetanjali
Purswani
17 25/02/2015
Investigating The
Moderating Role Of
Switching Cost In The
Relationship Of E-Service
Quality, Perceived
Customer Value,
Satisfaction And Loyalty
Towards Online Travel
Agencies
International seminar on tourism
leisure and hospitality
Ms. Pooja
Jain & Ms.
Geetanjali
Purswani
18 06/02/2015
Financial Inclusion in India
-Status, Initiatives and
Challenges
National Conference on Business
Challenges and Strategies
Dr. Nithila
Vincent
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S.
NO DATE
NAME OF THE
ARTICLE/PAPER
NAME OF
CONFERENCE/SEMINAR
NAME OF
THE
FACULTY
19 13/02/2015
SHG Promoted micro
enterprises: A study with
reference to SHG's of
Belthangady Taluk, DK
district
Innovation - an engine for
inclusive growth & sustainable
development
Mr. Vishal
Pinto
20 22/11/2014
Role of NGO's in
promoting Micro Health
Insurance: A study with
reference to Sampoorna
Suraksha-Health Insurance
scheme by SKDRDP
Innovation, Sustainability and
Social Impact
Mr. Vishal
Pinto
21 19/09/2014
Contemporary banking
services by Indian banks:
A study with reference to
SBI
Contemporary issues in financial
services
Mr. Vishal
Pinto
22 22/07/2014
The Role of Women‘s Co-
operative Societies in
Empowering Rural Women
in India: an empirical study
with reference to
Karnataka state of India
11th International Conference
Mr. Vishal
Pinto
23 20/07/2014
Evaluation of Micro
Enterprises Promoted by
Self Help Groups: A study
with reference to Coastal
Karnataka
2nd International PhD Seminar
Mr. Vishal
Pinto
24 29/09/2014
Human Capital
management for effective
HR practice.
Enhanced changes in corporate
environment
Ms. Sharon
Valarmathi
25 29/09/2014 Application of Km in HR
practice.
Enhanced changes in corporate
environment
Ms. Sharon
Valarmathi
26 29/09/2014
Human capital
management process for
effective HR practice
Enhanced changes in corporate
environment
Dr. Veerta
Tantia
8.3 TALKS GIVEN IN CHRIST UNIVERSITY AND IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS
S.
No
N AME OF THE
FACULTY TOPIC PLACE
1 Ms. Anusha Iyer Creativity and Entrepreneurship Department of Chemistry, Christ
University
Dr. Alicemani Problems and Prospects of
Rural Banking and Its Impact
Dr N G P Arts and Science
College, Coimbatore, Tamil
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on Empowerment of Rural
Households
Nadu, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu
2 Dr. Alicemani Stress should be a Powerful
driving Force, Not an Obstacle Border security Force, Bangalore
3 Dr. Alicemani Meaningful Life Border security Force, Bangalore
4 Dr. Alicemani
Many faces of Gender
Inequality: Challenges to Indian
Economy and society
Bishop Kurialacherry college for
Women, Amalagiri, Kottayam,
Kerala, Kottayam, Kerala
5 Dr. Alicemani Public Administration St John's national Academy of
Health Sciences, Bangalore
6 Dr. Anuradha PS Transforming Vocational
Education In India Tally Education, Bangalore
7 Dr. Anuradha PS
Paper on Indicative Quality
Framework-Deanery level:
Teaching, Learning &
Evaluation.
Christ University, Kengeri
Campus, Bangalore
8 Ms. Geetanjali
Purswani
Disruptive Innovation in higher
education Christ University, Bangalore
9 Mr. Girish S
Training program on
"International Finance and
Banking"
School of Law, Christ University
Bengaluru, Christ University
Main Campus
10 Mr. Girish S "Budget Formulation in India" Christ University , Christ
University, Main Campus
11 Dr. Karthigai Prakasam Research Writing Sree Narayana Guru College,
Coimbatore
12 Dr. Karthigai Prakasam Brand Building Karpagam University,
Coimbatore
13 Mr. Rishikesh Life Beyond Campus Providence Women's College,
Calicut, Calicut, Kerala
14 Mr. Rishikesh Innovations and Creativity Christ University, Department of
Chemistry, Bangalore
15 Ms. Soumya Safe Guarding Public Property Christ University, Christ
University Main Campus
16 Ms. Soumya Community living Christ University, Christ
University Main Campus
17 Ms. Soumya
Strategic Plan 2015-18 for
Deanery of Commerce and
Management
Christ University, Christ
University, Kengeri Campus
18 Ms. Soumya Strategic Plan 2015-18 Christ University, Christ
University, Kengeri Campus
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19 Dr. Nithila Vincent
Growing need for global skill-
based accounting & finance
certifications - Ways to engage
at university and college level.
Miles CPA Review, Taj Vivanta,
MG Road, near Trinity Circle,
Bangalore.
20 Mr. Vishal Pinto How to become an Effective
Master of Ceremonies Christ University, Bangalore
8.4 WORKSHOP, FDP, QIP AND OTHER TRAINING PROGRAMMES ATTENDED
S.
NO DATE
NAME &
DESCRIPTION
(WORKSHOP/FDP/
QIP/TRAINING)
ORGANIZER LEVEL FACULTY
1 25/09/2014 Routledge Editorial
Workshop
Taylor & Francis
Group Institutional
Mr. Anson
2 25/09/2014 Routledge Editorial
Workshop 2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional
Dr. Anuradha
3 19/02/2015
FDP on Case
Analysis and
Research
Methodology
Jain University Regional
Ms. Aruna
4 25/09/2014 Routledge Editorial
Workshop
Taylor & Francis
Group Institutional
Ms. Bindu
5 15/11/2014
"Energy"-The key to
Transform Teaching
Dynamics
Jyoti Nivas College
Autonomous post
Graduate Centre
National
Ms.
Geetanjali
6 30/10/2014 Pedagogy of teaching
skills at UG level New Horizon College National
Ms.
Geetanjali
7 25/09/2014 Routledge Editorial
Workshop 2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional
Ms.
Geetanjali
8 25/09/2014 Routledge Editorial
Workshop 2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional
Mr. Girish
9 25/09/2014 Routledge Editorial
Workshop 2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional
Ms.Rani
Thomas
10 25/09/2014 Routledge Editorial
Workshop 2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional
Mr.Natchimut
hu
11 25/09/2014 Routledge Editorial
Workshop 2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional
Mr. Naveen
12 19/10/2014 Experience for life
time
Academic Staff
College, Christ
University
Mr. Naveen
13 25/09/2014 Routledge Editorial
Workshop 2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional
Ms. Pooja
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S.
NO DATE
NAME &
DESCRIPTION
(WORKSHOP/FDP/
QIP/TRAINING)
ORGANIZER LEVEL FACULTY
14 30/10/2014
Pedagogy of teaching
skills at UG level and
A Roadmap to
research techniques
New Horizon College National
Ms. Pooja
15 15/11/2014
Energy-The key to
transform teaching
dynamics
Jyoti Niwas college National
Ms. Pooja
16 25/09/2014 Routledge Editorial
Workshop 2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional
Mr
Raghavendra
17 25/09/2014 Routledge Editorial
Workshop 2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional
Mr. Rishikesh
18 13/09/2014
Faculty Development
Programme on:
Corporate
Governance
Christ University,
Institute Of
Management
National
Mr. Rishikesh
19 03/09/2014 FDP in Advanced
Concepts of Finance
M S Ramaiah Institute
of Management National
Ms. Soumya
20 19/10/2014
Orientation
Programme on
Experience for life
time
Christ University
Mr. Vishal
21 15/11/2014
"Energy'- The key to
transform teaching
dynamics.
Jyothi Nivas College National
Ms. Sharon
22 25/09/2014 Routledge Editorial
Workshop Christ University Institutional
Ms. Sharon
23 15/11/2014
"ENERGY"- The key
to transform teaching
dynamics
JYOTI NIVAS
COLLEGE
Dr Veerta
Tantia
24 25/09/2014 Routledge editorial
workshop Taylor & Francis India Institutional
Dr Veerta
Tantia
25 03/09/2014 Advanced Concepts
in Finance
M.S.Ramiah Institute
of Management National
Dr Veerta
Tantia
26 15/11/2014
UGC Sponsored
National Level
Quality Improvement
Program Energy-The
key to Tranform
Teaching Dynamics
Jyothi Nivas College
Autonomous National
Ms Vinnarasi
27 25/09/2014 Routledge Editorial
Workshop 2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional
Ms. Vinnarasi
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8.5 SEMINARS ATTENDED BY FACULTY
S.
No
DATE NAME OF THE
SEMINAR
NAME OF THE
ORGANIZER
LEVEL NAME OF
THE
FACULTY
1
18/12/2014 ICSSR sponsored one day
national seminar
Dr N G P Arts and
Science College,
Coimbatore, Tamil
Nadu
National
Dr.
Alicemani
2
25/09/2014 National seminar
Bishop Kurialacherry
College for women,
Amalagiri, Kottayam,
Kerala
National
Dr.
Alicemani
3
07/02/2015
Seminar on "Implications
on Constitutional
Amendment of GST on
Trade & Industry"
Federation of
Karnataka Chambers
of Commerce &
Industry
Regional
Mr.
Amalanathan
4
09/02/2015
National Seminar on
Sustainable Development
in Education
Department of
Education National
Ms. Anusha
5
24/02/2015
International seminar on
tourism leisure and
hospitality
Department of tourism
studies Christ
university, Bangalore
International
Ms. Pooja
6
07/02/2015
Seminar on ?Implications
on Constitutional
Amendment of GST on
Trade & Industry.
FKCCI, Bangalore National
Ms. Soumya
7 20/07/2014
2nd International PhD
Seminar
Muenster University,
Germany International
Mr. Vishal
8.6 SEMINARS ORGANIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT
S.NO DATE EVENT FACULTY INCHARGE
1 11th
September 2014 Panel Discussion on Green Tax
Incentives: Contribution to
sustainability & its implications.
Dr. Anuradha
2 20th
February 2015 Samshodhan 2015
Dr. Uma, Dr. Veerta, and
Mr. Natchimuthu
3 14th
March 2015 QIP Ms. Pooja Jain and Mr.
Amalanathan
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SECTION 9
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
In this section, a detailed description of the research and publication work done by faculty
members has been given. Articles, National and International publications, Working papers, RDC
and Major Research projects have been listed.
9.1 A BRIEFING ON WORKING PAPER AND MRP
Dr. DNS Kumarfrom Center for Research and Publications gave a briefing to the members of the
Department on Working paper and MRP. This session was conducted on June 6th
2014
9.2 ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS
Below is a list of newspaper articles, with names of newspapers, periodicity and the name of
the author.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES FOR THE YEAR 2014 – 2015
S.N
O DATE TITLE OF THE ARTICLE
NAME OF
PERIODICAL
PERIODI
CITY AUTHOR
1 20/11/14 The Art of Asking Right questions Deccan Herald
News Paper Daily
Dr. Alice
Mani
2 25/09/14
Methods of evaluating students'
assignments methods of Evaluating
Student's Assignments
Deccan Herald
News Paper Daily
Dr. Alice
Mani
3 07/08/14 Widening Horizons Deccan Herald
News Paper Daily
Dr. Alice
Mani
4 10/07/14 Enhancement of College Libraries Deccan Herald
News Paper Daily
Dr. Alice
Mani
5 09/07/14 Vrithiyilek Oru Chuvadu Malayala
Manorama Daily
Dr. Alice
Mani
6 19/06/14 Making Innovative Presentations Deccan Herald
News Paper Daily
Dr. Alice
Mani
7 08/05/14 Pillars Of Teaching Deccan Herald
News Paper Daily
Dr. Alice
Mani
8 18/04/14 Adicrithar Ariyunnudo Polling
Odyogatharude Sangadam
Malayala
manorama Daily
Dr. Alice
Mani
9 11/07/14
Impact of tourism on revival of
diminishing handicrafts: A case study
of Channapatna Handicrafts
Proceedings of the
second
international
conference on
Global Business,
Economics,
Finance and Social
Others Mr. Anson
K J
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9.3 RESEARCH ARTICLES IN INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL JOURNALS
S.
NO
NAME OF THE
JOURNAL
TITLE OF THE
ARTICLE
NAME OF THE
FACULTY & DATE
ISSN
NUMBER
1
The IUP Journal of Financial
Risk Management / XI / 3 / 1
- 12
Gold Price, Stock
Price and Exchange
Rate Nexus: The Case
of India.
Dr. Karthigai Prakasam C
September 2014 0972 - 916X
2
International Journal of
Management and Humanities
(IJMH) / 1 / 3 / 11 - 15
Exploring the Factors
That Facilitate
Workforce Diversity
Management in ITES
Organizations
Dr. Karthigai Prakasam C
December 2014
ISSN: 2394-
0913
3
International Journal of
Engineering Technology
Science and Research
(IJETSR) / 2 / 3 / 1 - 9
A Study on Utilization
of E-Services Offered
by Retail Banks in
Bangalore City
Dr. Karthigai Prakasam C
March 2015
ISSN: 2394-
3386
4
International Journal of
Consumerism (Listed in
ULRICH and CABELL
Directory, Texas, USA) / 4 /
2 / 174 - 178
Marketing Strategy -
Green Marketing on
Customer Satisfaction
and Environmental
Safety
Dr. Kavitha Jayakumar
September, 2014 2250-1010
5
The IUP Journal of
Entrepreneurship
Development / 11 / 4 / -
The Impact of Jasmine
Cultivation as a
Micro-entrepreneurial
Activity on SHGs: A
Study in Dakshina
Kannada District,
Karnataka
Mr. Vishal Pinto
December 2014 09732659
6 Pramanik Journal of
Management / 3 / 1 / -
Micro Finance for
Income Generation
Activities - A Success
story of Jasmine
Cultivation through
SHG's of SKDRDP
Mr. Vishal Pinto
January 2015 2249-118X
7
International research journal
of Management and
Humanities. / Vol 2 / Issue 2,
/ 708 - 711
Human Capital
Management for
effective HR Practice
Ms. Sharon Valarmathi
September 2014 2347-3274
8 IRJBM
A study on
Management of
cultural diversity
through understanding
the problems of
foreign students
Dr. Mynavathi L & Ms.
Mary Rani Thomas
07/12/2014
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9.4ISBN PUBLICATIONS
S.NO TITLE OF THEBOOK/ARTICLE NAME OF THE FACULTY &
DATE ISBN NUMBER
1
Major Research project on The Need
for Environment Protection, Green
investments and green banking
Dr Alice Mani, Dec 2014 978-93-82305-52-1
2 Marketing and Services Management Dr Alice Mani, Jan 2015 978-81-280-2437-5
3 Advanced Financial Accounting Dr Alice Mani, Jan 2015 978-81-280-2390-3
4 Principles and Practice of Auditing Dr Alice Mani, Jan 2015 978-81-280-2311-8
5 International Business Girish S, Feb 2015 978-93-272-5116-6
6 Innovation-An Engine for Inclusive
Growth & Sustainable Development
Vishal Pinto & Dr. P.N
Udayachandra, 2015 978-93-84262-06-8
9.5 MINOR RESEARCH PROJECTS (RDC) BY FACULTY
S.
N
O
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGAT
OR
CO-
INVESTI
GATOR
TITLE OF PROJECT
DUR
ATIO
N
DATE
OF
COMME
NCEME
NT
FUNDING
AGENCY
AMOUNT
SANCTION
ED
1 Mr. Manjunath
BM ---
Impact of Stock Split to
Stock Return, Volume and
Short-Term Returns
One
year 2013
Christ
University 60,000
2 Dr. Karthigai
Prakasam C
------
Occupational Challenges
and Hazards faced by
women bus conductors of
KSRTC
One
year July 2013
Christ
University 60,000
3 Dr. L Mynavathi
Ms. Mary
Rani
Thomas
A Study on cause & effect
of cultural dissonance on
international students in
Bangalore
One
year July 2013
Christ
University 60,000
9.7 MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS (MRP) BY FACULTIES
S.NO PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
CO-
INVESTIGATOR
TITLE OF
PROJECT PERIOD
FUNDING
AGENCY
AMOUNT
SANCTIONED
1 Dr. Anuradha PS ---
Evaluation of
women and child
development
programs in
Karnataka
2012-
2014
Christ
University 6,06,000
2 Dr Uma VR Dr Kavitha
Jayakumar
Health Insurance
in Tamil Nadu –
Need for a
segmented
approach by the
public and
private insurers
2013-
2015
Christ
University 6,06,000
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9.7 MPHIL DISSERTATIONS IN PROGRESS – 2014-15
S.NO NAME OF THE
STUDENT
TITLE NAME OF THE
GUIDE
1 Anantha Padmanabha
N
A study on the penetration level of E-
Banking Services among old
generation customers in Bangalore
City with special reference to State
Bank of India
Dr. L. Mynavathi
2 Sanjay Panikar An Analysis of Education Loans with
Specific Reference to Vijaya Bank Prof. Nithila Vincent
3 Saurabh Jain An analysis of investors attitude
towards various tax saving schemes Dr. Shaeril Almeida
4 Anju K J
An empirical study on income,
saving and investment behaviour of
I.T. professionals in the companies of
Bangalore
Dr. Anuradha P.S.
5 Ciby Dominic K
A study on the effect of food
advertisements on children and their
influence on parents buying decision
Dr. Uma V.R.
6 Ibanri Dalin Wankhar A study on the practice of Brand
Valuation in India Dr. Uma V.R.
7 Linu Ann Thomas Gap in accounting education and
accounting practices Dr. Kavitha Jayakumar
8 Reena John V
A study of talent management
practices in Information technology
industry in Bangalore
Dr. Tomy K.K.
9 Vernachris Rhoda
Bonjour Financial Derivatives Dr. Veerta Tantia
10 Jesna George
Customer Satisfaction Towards
Retail Banking Services in
Ernakulam District
Dr. L. Mynavathi
9.8 JOURNAL EDITOR
Dr. Anuradha P.S was the chief editor for the January – March 2015 issue of ‗Ushus Journal
of Business Management‘ published by Christ University.
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