1. The Voice of SIESCOMS August 2012
The Voice of
SIESCOMS
Reaching out to
the world
AUGUST 2012
In Focus: Induction Ceremony
By Saumya Subramaniyan, Divya Bhandaru, Vineet Ravindran
The first day of college brings a mix of present. This was followed by
emotions to the minds of the students. There an inspiring speech by Dr A. K.
is an anxiety of starting a new journey, the Sengupta who shared his
excitement of meeting new people, not to valuable thoughts with us. Dr.
forget the fear of professors. Thus began our A.K Sengupta conveyed to the
journey at SIESCOMS with a warm welcome students the need for
from the Student Council and our seniors in perceiving and thinking
the form of Induction Program for three through new dimensions. This,
continuous days. The induction program was he said, would eventually
aptly named ‘Aarambh’, ‘Sankraman’ and result in not only their success
‘Parichay’ for the PG Core, PG Pharma - but would also benefit the
Biotech and MMS branches respectively. The society as a whole. He also
meanings of these three terms are more or reiterated what SIESCOMS Mr. Rohit Nalwade – Managing Director,
less the same – a new beginning. stands for- a place of learning, discipline as Keeptrack Research Labs, gave us an insight
well as a place for enjoyment, a place to into the nuances of Entrepreneurship and
The session began with lighting of the lamp develop oneself holistically. how he happened to become one himself. He
by Dr A. K. Sengupta and other dignitaries recounted his experiences and the
For the Aarambh event, we had
achievements as an entrepreneur.
with us, Mr.K.Narayan, President
– HR Raymond Ltd sharing his The Sankraman event began with screening
experience about corporate world. of a short film, followed by speeches by
Following it, we had an event prominent speakers from the pharmaceutical
named “Taking India to New industry. The event was focused at the
Heights”. It was an interactive grooming of an individual, etiquettes of
discussion where the panelists corporate life. There were several engaging
shared their views and inspired a sessions and quizzes. The main aspect of the
large crowd to follow them. We event was to re-introduce the concept of Idea
also had activities like News article research as a part of the First year
analysis, Ad-mad, quizzes and ice- curriculum, so as to bring in research focus
breaking sessions. amongst the students.

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Parichay had Mr. R. Kanan, Advisor, Also, Mr. Arup Gupta, VP (HR) from Reliance
Hinduja Group speaking on the prevailing Industries addressed the students and guided
economic scenario, the financial them towards the corporate world and gave
architecture, politics, society, technology a brief view of how human resource works.
etc. of the world. He too emphasized on the Students participated in management games
importance and the need of new ideas and that were designed to expose them to the
approaches to ameliorate the current importance of team building, effective
scenario. Students had an opportunity to communication and interpersonal skills.
interact with their seniors as well as the
proud alumnus of SIESCOMS who spoke at The student council and the senior students
length urging the students to realize their found time from their busy lecture schedule,
interests and to cultivate them for this would to welcome the new students to SIESCOMS
bring a sense of clarity towards their goals. so as to make them feel at home, ease out
the anxiety and wished all the luck for the
two year journey at SIESCOMS.
Photographs by: Pranay Narayani
In Campus: Corporate Interactive Sessions
By Sandeep Banjan, Sharon D’souza
SIESCOMS believes in the holistic development presentation complete with
of its students. As a part of this and in order to videos and examples. Being
get an insight into the corporate world, an alumnus of SIES, he was
students at SIESCOMS are exposed to quite nostalgic about his
corporate training sessions every week. days at the institute.
We had Mr. Nachiket Padwal, a financial Mr. Sanjay Jaypal, Branch
consultant working with Deloitte as an expert Manager of the company
speaker. He described in detail his job profile Gift wrap and an alumni of
and the challenges he faced. He provided SIESCOMS enlightened the
students with all the information that a raw students on the field of
finance MBA student would want to have. He Marketing and its various
stressed on the importance of hard work and branches namely Branding,
dedication for achieving success. Sales & Distribution, Market
Research etc.
Mr. Deepak Nair, an accounts supervisor with
Draftfcb Ulka was invited as an The following
CIS are conducted
expert speaker for the Marketing week
round the year in the
CIS. He provided students with witnessed the next 2 years of life while at the same time
campus wherein
extensive information on Digital presence of Mr. Anirban Datta, enjoying and making the most of their living by
Business Gurus from
Marketing. He elaborated on the the Marketing Head of a Canadian appreciating the smaller things in life. He
various fields are
role of Digital Marketing by company called Loyalty One emphasized on the art of being happy and most
invited.
quoting examples of websites like specializing in new age Marketing. importantly forgiving others.
Google, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. He He asked students to do a SWOT analysis of
gave an amazing and a visually engaging themselves so as to understand their own Last but not the least, Mr. Abhishek Balan, a
strengths. He stressed on having Debt Capital Analyst from The Royal Bank of
a good knowledge of Excel and Scotland spoke on various career avenues in
Power Point. Finance. He gave an in depth explanation on
various options available such as being a part of
As much as knowledge about the Mergers and Acquisitions Team, Equity
working in a stressful corporate Capital Market, Sales and Trading which brings
environment is required, so is with it Equity Trading and Corporate Finance.
the balance of mind and He also spoke on one of the most lucrative line
emotions for the relaxation of of businesses’ being Asset Management,
the inner mind and body. In this Treasury and Security Services.
context, students had the
pleasure of having Mr. EV Girish
from the Brahmakumaris giving
a talk on how they need to focus
on what they are here for the

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SIES NEWS
Interview with
Internal Committee
The internal committee of SIESCOMS began
its activities with a bang in the month of Prof. V Ramachandran
August. They embarked on their journey with
a brand quiz which saw an overwhelming
By Prerana Sawant
participation. Debate competition and ad Prof V Ramachandran is the first
mad were the other events which were recipient of the ‘Best Teacher award
subsequently organised by them. All these for outstanding contribution in
events witnessed a brilliant manifestation of
Teaching Field’ by Higher Education
the knowledge and creativity of the students.
Events like these not only provide a platform Forum. His key subjects are Direct
for students to exhibit their competencies but Taxation and Strategic Cost
also prove to be a great source of learning for Management. He is one of the most
all. respected and senior faculty members
at SIESCOMS. He is one of the highly
Sahyog Initiatives adored faculty members of the
Sahyog committee is the corporate social
management students too.
responsibility cell of SIESCOMS. The
introductory event of Sahyog was a huge
Our team had an opportunity to have a
success. The committee enacted a few skits
small chat with him.
showing various social aspects of our life,
which we fail to see, otherwise. Some of them Did you ever envisage teaching as
were eye donation, old age homes, physical Who is your favourite teacher?
your career and eventually receiving this
disability and tree plantation. A complete
agenda of events for the current academic award, particularly in view of your long My favorite teachers were Prof. Garewal, Prof. L
year was presented corporate stint? N Verma who helped me whenever I faced any
problems in my studies as well as my personal
FAST FACTS I never work for awards, they are secondary to
life. Also Mr. Shyam K. Gupta, under whom I did
me. Of course awards provide an
my CA, taught me the practical applications of
encouragement for doing our job, but they are
the concepts. He was an important person in
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not the goal. There are many people, who do
my life.
good work, but only few are recognized and I
feel very privileged to have got the recognition Any suggestions or advice you would like to
Number of books collected and donated and I express my heartfelt gratitude to the give to budding managers in our college?
Higher Education Forum. However, my biggest
THE EDITORIAL TEAM award is when my students understand what I Focus, determination and working with
teach and I am able to add value to them. responsibility are very important to become
successful. After two years of this program, the
I have worked with different companies. But the students should be ‘Industry ready’. The
Editors:
satisfaction I get from teaching is unparalleled. I competition is immense in the corporate world
Parag Amin , Sharmila Mohapatra & only wish I could just give whatever I have learnt and to succeed, constant smart work is a must.
Susen Varghese from my teachers to my students. The A light beam when focused at one point can
experience which I have got from working in potentially burn a paper while when scattered it
Newsletter Committee: different companies helps me to give students
Apoorva Shenoy, Divya Bhandaru, Jay Mehta, is a waste of energy. They should put their best
Prerana Sawant, Sneha Shet practical examples along with the theoretical and be sincere to their studies. They should
_________________________________________ concepts. So it is helping in a big way for me stick to their values as well and stay humble
Please share your feedback at: and my students. even after reaching greatest heights.
newsletter@siescoms.edu
_________________________________________ Who is a best teacher according to you?
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