From the Directors Desk

Our Commitment at Symbiosis Centre for Manage-ment Studies, Pune (SCMS) is to provide a learning environment that attracts ideas from different cul-tures and thus helps in dissemination of relevant management education and ethical leadership. While academic excellence is our major thrust, stu-dents are offered the opportunities to learn, develop skills, grow and expand their horizons with the help of a host of extracurricular activities along with their academics.

The newsletter is a platform to showcase the merits and achievements of our dear students and all associated with SCMS. I am sure the newsletter will serve to reinforce and allow increased awareness, improved interac-tion and integration among all of us. It is yet another medium to provide acknowl-edgement and respect for all the efforts of our team. In 2018-19 also, our students, both old and new brought home laurels in diverse areas. We had faculty from re-puted Foreign Universities on our campus to teach our students and of course col-laborate with our faculty. Some of our students went abroad for Internships and we were ranked as the best BBA institute by Times BBA ranking.

My thanks to Prof. Neha and Mr. Angelo for bringing out this edition of the news-

letter. I am sure we will see many more in the future . Do read, enjoy and guide us

as always.

Dr Adya Sharma

April 2018-March 2019

SCMS Insights

Special points of interest:

SCMS has been ranked as the

Best Institute by the Times BBA

Education ranking survey 2018.

The Placement Cell of SCMS

has been ranked as number 1 in

the top private BBA institutes

on placement by the Times BBA

Education ranking survey 2018.

Students have had the oppor-

tunity to complete an Interna-

tional Corporate Internship

at PAX Mauritius Ltd.

Students have been offered

international placements by

MGH logistics .

Contents

Student Achievements 2-3

SCMS in News 2

Social Outreach 4

Student research 5

Beyond classroom

teaching

5

Events @ SCMS 6

Internationalization 7

Alumni 8

Workshops 9

Corporate Connect 10

TedX 10

Sympulse 11

End Note 12

Ma’ams Photo

Our students have excelled in various platforms and we would like to mention a few of them

Simran Kaur Saini was selected for the Erasmus International Credit Mobility program of the University of Pompeu Fabra( Barcelona, Spain). There were only 4 grants available for bachelor students from India. The other students selected were from IIT Mumbai.

Pavan Dharma was selected for the Young Scientists Conference at Lucknow, he worked on a startup named Root tech-nologies which designed and developed non- invasive glucometers by which the problem of pricking fingers for diabetic diagnosis can be eliminated.

Gunjan Punjabi and Prakhar Tiwari were selected as Campus Editors for Linkedin .Prakhar was also selected as the City Director for the E-Summit of IIT Roorkee.

Prakhar Tiwari and Isha were called by MHRD to interact with the Honorable Prime Minister for Pariksha Pe Charcha 2.0.

A group of students participated in the essay competition conducted on World Environment Day by the Botanical Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune. Alisha Taskar, Anagha Jose and Sakshi Kararia have been awarded first, second and third prize respectively.

The following students won awards in Young Reporters for Environment Competition: Ananya Sharma - Photo Category (Age 19-21) Nidhamarthy Aruna - Article Category (Age 15-18) Taha Joher - Article Category (Age 19-21)

Corran D'Souza secured the third position in the best speaker award at Symbiosis Centre for Art and Commerce for Wax-ing Eloquent- Debating Competition.

Students participated at various events in Umang’18 the fest of Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, SCMS won the Best Outstation Contingent Trophy at Umang'18.

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Student Achievements

SCMS in News

Encore the Musical Club featured in Hindustan Times

Aadithyaa featured in Pune Mirror

SCMS featured in the Hindustan Times articles today. (Article

titled: GMATters again: Back in postgrad good books).

Yashasvi Katyayan featured in Pune Mirror for SCMS Enactus group.

Dhruv Mohite won the Championship of Volkswagon Ameo Cup. The final rounof Volkswagon Ameo Cup con-

cluded at the Formula One track of Buddh International Circuit (BIC), Greater Noida.

Our students participated in the Fitness for Freedom run conducted on 15th August 2018 at the Lavale campus.

Isha secured the second position in the women's elite category (5km) .

Niraj Kabra won the Squash tournament and was declared the best player of the Inter SIU Squash Tournament

organized by SIBM.

SCMS secured the 1st position in the inter institute chess championship. Chess team members were Rohan Ga-

natra, Anmol Agarwal, Devang Parab, Yashav Bhargava and Ujjwal Saxana.

SCMS also secured the 4th position in the inter institute swimming championship. Mohammed Ibrahim won a

gold in 50m Breast stroke, a silver in 25m breast stroke and a bronze in 100m individual medley. The relay team

of Rishabh Jain, Mohammed Ibrahim, Bharat Chugh and Suchit Bawa won the silver in the 4* 25 m free style

relay and bronze in 4*25 medley relay.

ACCA(Association of Certified Chartered Accountants)

Indresh Puri, Bhavya Handa, Aryan Kuwad, Riya Gupta, Sim-

ran Khanna, Ameesha Munjal, Aparajita Srinivasan, Shounak

Sengupta, Mukta Dhupeshwarkar, Vishesh Paryani, Swati

Agarwal, Tanya Sinha, Arju Gahane cleared their ACCA pa-

pers.

Aman Gala was awarded the Certificate of Achievement for

his wonderful performance in the F1 paper of ACCA.

Indresh Puri cleared all his papers and was the first ACCA

Diploma Holder of his Batch.

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Student Achievements in Sports

Dhruv Mohite wins the championship of MRF Volkswagen cup

Adapted for a stage play from Anurag Kashyap’s 2009 movie

with the same name GULAAL was a one hour running play by

drammebaaz, drama club of SCMS. Students showcased differ-

ent shades of red-love, power and revolution in the play.

SCMS has been featured in Pune Mirror for the running play by

Drammebaaz

Support to Spherule Foundation for the Guinness World Record: As a part of the Service Learning Center, a

group of 30 second year students of Symbiosis Center for Management Studies-Pune, supported Spherule Foundation

(NGO) for their Guinness World Record on Menstrual Health and Hygiene. Students supported the cause by raising funds

through crowd funding, they also participated in a peaceful march to spread awareness about the event. On the day of the

record they fulfilled the various tasks assigned to them.

Adar Poonawalla Clean City (APCC) Cleanliness Drive: On the auspicious occasion of the 72nd Independence Day

celebrations, the Viman Nagar Residents Association and some social activity groups in collaboration with Symbiosis

planned for activities related to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, tree plantation and foot path maintenance. Students support-

ed the cause with great enthusiasm and zeal.

Project Udaan :Project Udaan was initially conceptualized as a part of Social Entrepreneurship experiential com-

ponent for the batch 2017-20. It associates with the current social initiative # Bleed with Pride of Dr. Geeta Bora led NGO

Spherule Foundation which talks about Menstruation as a natural process as breathing is and not a taboo, disease, sin,

curse or a secret. A group of students worked diligently in the slums of Chandannagar, Munjawavasti, Yerwada and Sanjay

Park for 2 months.The students were able to create extensive awareness in the slums and employed 15 women who have

started earning a decent income.

Walk To College initiative for Ozone Day: On September 14th, 2018, the students at Symbiosis Centre for Manage-

ment Studies Pune organized a "Walk to College initiative" as a tribute to the "World Ozone Day" .

Joy of Giving by Initiate cell: Members of the Initiate cell distributed clothes and eatables to the underprivileged

people living in deprived conditions in and around Viman Nagar. Under this initiative they collected and distributed bis-

cuits, fruits and clothes among the underprivileged people.

Kirloskar Vasundhara Eco-Rangers (KVER) 2018-2019:30 students were selected to be a part of the Kirloskar

Vasundhara Eco-Rangers team in first half of academic year 2018-19. Over the course of the following months they con-

ducted various events and surveys around the campus. The goal for the Eco-rangers was to promote awareness about envi-ronmental issues.

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SCMS Insights Awareness and Social Connect @ SCMS

APCC Cleanliness Drive Project Udaan

Dr Adya Sharma at the Inaugral Session of the Guinness World Record Students volunteers at the Guinness World Record

At SCMS, we have an independent Research cell of students to cultivate research habits and acumen. Various events have

been conducted by this cell. We are very proud of our students for taking the initiative of publishing /presenting research

papers at such a young age. We would like to mention a few of them:

Aadithyaa, Siddhi Sadana, Ria Gupta and Nishita Ganapathy secured the 2nd position in 'Policy Pandemonium' - Pa-per Presentation event of Arthanomics fest of Jai Hind College, Mumbai.

A project undertaken by Yash Khatavkar, Aayushi Singh, Bahaar Marwah, Zulfa Shan, Madhav Mahajan has been published as a research paper titled 'Converting kirana store to organized store' in the International Journal of Devel-opment Research.

Karan Kaushish presented his paper titled "Paternity Leave: An Important part of Gender Equity for Sustainable Hu-man Resources Management" at IBS Hyderabad at the "International conference Sustainable Human Resources Man-agement Practices, Policies & Perspectives in South Asia"

Siddhii Sadana’s paper titled ‘Innovate in India’ rather than ‘Make in India' was accepted for presentation at Interna-tional Conference on Economics & Finance 2019, NMIMS, Bangalore

Aadithyaa and Yeshasv Bhargava’s paper titled ‘The KVian Model: A Teacher motivation model’ was published in the 'Journal of Commerce and Management Thought'.

Rahul Mande published a paper on ‘Plastic Ban– A view from the civilians perspective in the International Journal of Exclusive Management Research’.

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Student Research

Experiential Learning @SCMS

At Symbiosis, we strongly believe in continuously up-

grading our academic processes to enhance the quality of

education. A new initiative taken to enrich the learning

experience of students and making learning more effec-

tive was introducing ‘Experiential Learning’ in all courses.

"Experiential Learning" ie. "learning through reflection

on doing" or "Hands-on learning" was a critical part of

every course.

As a part of the experiential learning component for Human Resource

Management Isha Adate,Brahmi Gautam,Nupur Gupta ,Raghav Agarwal

,Divya Monga ,Ishita Patakh, Pragya Singh students of batch 2018-21

attended a training programme at Klug Avion Mechatronics Pvt Ltd.

E Learning @SCMS

At SCMS Pune blended learning is encouraged through online courses. Our students have opted for Google certification, Hub-spot Certification and have completed MOOC courses offered by Coursera, Alison, Saylor.org, etc.

Courses on Micro Economics and Organization Behavior were also selected from SWAYAM an online platform provided by the Government of India.

Beyond Classroom Teaching

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Events at SCMS

14th Foundation Day celebration SCMS celebrated its foundation day on 14th July 2018. The non teaching staff at SCMS were felicitated and appreciated on this day.

Common Induction Program The Common Induction Programme 2018 was held on 5th July 2018,for the new batch of first year students from the three institutes on the SVC Campus – SCMS, SCMC and SID ,the Chief Guest for the day – Ms. Shirin Johari, Design Innovator and Co-Founder of Clap Global graced the occasion.

Marketing conclave. Marketing conclave 2018 was organized at Symbiosis Center for Management Studies, Pune on 13th July 2018. It was well appreciated by students and academicians. The guest speaker for the event was Mr. Biju Dominic, CEO and Co-founder of Final Mile Consulting, a Chicago and Mumbai based consulting firm.

Flag Day SCMS celebrated the Armed Forces Flag Day on 7th December, 2018 with faculties, students and staff. The

guest of honour for the occasion was Col. Radhkar.

Yoga day Yoga day was celebrated on the occasion of International Yoga Day on 21st November 2019 by faculty, staff and students. The gathering were taught a few simple yoga asanas.

'Let's talk' with students: Dr. Adya Sharma Director SCMS conducted meetings with Class representatives of the SY(Batch 2017-20)

and of the FY (2018-21) under the 'Let's Talk' session.

Rashtriya Ekta Divas . The oath on the occasion of the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas on 31st October 2019 was

administered by Dr Adya Sharma, Director, SCMS, Pune. All the faculty and staff participated in the same.

Rashtriya Ekta Divas Marketing Conclave

Live Session of Pariksha pe charcha

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Internationalization

The Institute provides opportunities for International Exposure through the University’s Global Immersion Programme. This year we had

incoming and outgoing exchange with Dauphine University, IESEG France school of management, France, ISEG Portuagal,ESSEC

BBA, France,Hoschule Bremen , Germany,DHBW Ravensburg, Germany,Technishe Hochschule Nurnberg (Georg Simon Ohm University

of Applied Sciences), Germany.

Deakin University students visit

The students of Deakin University, Australia visited SCMS for a six-day study tour on the subject “Investment and Portfolio Analysis”

Exchange Students @SCMS

International Faculty @SCMS

Prof Holger Seebens from Technische Hochschule Nürn-

berg, Germany conducted a highly interactive lecture se-

ries on Microeconomics for the students of the first year.

Some of the topics covered include- Distinction between

Micro and Macro Economics, Cost- Benefit Analysis, Prac-

tical Relevance of Economics, Basics of Utility Theory.

Dr. Lindsay Trotman from Massey Business School, Mas-

sey University, New Zealand conducted sessions on Inter-

national Business Laws .

Dr. Suneel Kunamaneni- senior lecturer Leeds Beckett

University, U.K. visited SCMS, Pune from 1st July – 17th

July 2018. During his visit Sir was a part of a number of

activities besides teaching two elective courses under the

Entrepreneurship stream.

Sarva Dharma Samabhav

SCMS is proud of its alumni, who have been achieving laurels at different

platforms.

Reliance Brands appointed Mr Harinder Singh Pelia (alumni SCMS,

batch 2008-11) as the Marketing Head for Diesel India.

Our Alumni, Gunjan Punjabi (Batch 2004-07) featured in "Silicon

India-Start up City " Magazine for his start up "Demand Fluence".

Our alumni Armeet Narang (Batch 2013-16) was a Chief Minister Fel-

low under the "Chief Minister Fellowship program" launched by the

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri. Devendra Fadnavis to

cultivate young leaders, strengthen their understanding of the public

administration and prepare them for greater leadership roles in fu-

ture.

Our alumni Siddhant Mehta (Batch 2015-18) participated in the ‘Chala

Gaavi’ (‘Back to the Villages’) program organized by the Paani Foun-

dation at Indapur, Village.

Alumni Meet 2019 SCMS-Pune had its Alumni meet on 20th January 2019. The event was a

huge success, it witnessed alumni from different batches . The campus

was lively with buzzing enthusiastic Alumni who were keen and excited

to interact with faculty and students.

AMAs SCMS has also been organising AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions on

regular basis, wherein our Alumni come and interact with our students.

They share their experiences, resolve doubts and guide our students.

Ask Me Anything (AMA) Session at SCMS Snapshots of the Alumni Meet at SCMS

Alumni Achievements

SCMS Insights Page 8

Gunjan Punjabi in Silicon India Start up city

ICICI direct Centre for Finance Learning (ICFL) Certification Course

SCMS conducted a training programme for SCMS students on the topic “Stock Market Operations Training and Workshop “.

The total duration of the course was 30 hours.

Advanced Excel Workshop

Full day Certification Workshop on "Excel For Business" was conducted at SCMS . The Resource Person was Microsoft Certi-

fied Excel Trainer Mr. Pavan Lalwan.

Workshop on Data Analysis using SPSS

Two day workshop was conducted for students of the third year batch on analysis using SPSS. The resource person was Dr Roshan

Kazi.

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Workshops at SCMS SCMS Insights

Book Exhibition

Excel workshop ICFL Workshop

Visit to SEBI

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Corporate Connect @SCMS

Numerous workshops and guest lectures on different topics ranging from Gender and Diversity to Data Analytics have

been organised by the placement cell of SCMS where prominent people from the industry including Mr. Debasis Chanda,

Operations Analyst at TATA Communications, Mr Sanmeet Singh Walia, Founder of Data Vinci ,Ms Varsha Singh , Global

Head of Service Excellence at Vodafone Shared Services amongst others engrossed the inquisitive minds at SCMS, Pune.

Placements

The Placement Cell achieved a placement percentage of 96.47 and was ranked #1 according to the Times of India Rankings.

Our regular recruiters include MGH, Tresvista, Wipro, TBRC, Catenon, PwC, KPMG, GPTW, Zomato, Iplace, Edelweiss,

PressPlay, Teach for India, Mahindra Logistics, Credit Suisse,etc. New companies like Calvin Klein, Eazy Diner, Go Digit

got added to the list.

Management Development Program

Sigatul Mazaraat, Al Vazaratus Saifiyah

A Management Development Program for Sigatul Mazaraat, Al Vazaratus Saifiyah was conducted on 27th -28th July'18. A

contingent of 46 people arrived at the campus to concentrate towards the learning and understanding on the subject Fi-

nance for non-financiers.

Yazaki India Pvt Ltd

A management development programme for 70 supply chain engineers, managers and HOD’s of M/S Yazaki India Pvt Ltd,

Pune was conducted on 12th April 2018 on Finance for Non Finance, Team Building and Motivation.

Following students have been offered International Placements by

MGH Logistics:

Alekhya Madiraju: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Riddhi Patel: Ho Minh Chi City, Vietnam

Sanyam Dhandaniya: Ho Minh Chi City, Vietnam

Kavya Jain: Hanoi, Vietnam

Ananya Gupta: Cambodia

International Corporate Internship at PAX Mauritius Ltd

MDP for Yazaki Employees

TEDx hosted by SCMS

TEDx event was organized by Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies on 19th January 2019 at Symbiosis Viman na-gar Campus, Pune on the theme What dreams are made of. The speakers at the event were:

Terence Lewis Dancer, Choreographer

Zayed Khan Actor, Producer

Aanchal Dhara Photographer, Founder- The Audacious Project

Arthur Carmazzi Author, Founder- Directive Communication Psychology

Neha Pardeshi Captain, Indian Women's National Rugby Team

Shrirang Upsani Music Therapist

Sonia Konjeti Founder, PULA Pune Ladies

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Sympulse 2019-Annual Students Fest

Over the years, the College Festival, Sympulse which started off as humble celebration of the campus spirit and bonhomie has grown into spectacular extravaganza which draws thousands of students from across India and abroad. Sympulse 2019- ‘A Cinematic Odyssey’ witnessed mega events and provided a platform for participants to show case their talents in front of a wide audience.

Snapshots of Sympulse 2019

Dr Kiran Bedi and Mr Ashwin Sanghi at the Academic

Summit-the Inaugural ceremony of Sympulse

Sympulse @SCMS

TEDxSIU Vimannagar Street Dance

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A big thanks to the dedicated faculty and staff of SCMS. The well qualified faculty of SCMS kept

themselves updated by completing various offline and online courses and degrees. They contin-

ued to share knowledge outside the classroom through management and faculty development

programmes. Our faculty also contributed by publishing articles and case studies in reputed jour-

nals.

The SCMS journal is available on: https://www.scmspune.ac.in/journal/