A.Y.2022-23
IGTR Entrepreneurship Awareness Program
- The Government of India in its endeavor to provide right stimulus for the growth of industry in the country – particularly with an objective of helping MSME’s has established Indo German Tool Room (IGTR), Aurangabad. A project of Government on India, Government of Federal Republic of Germany & Government of Maharashtra, Indo German Tool Room (IGTR) an ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:2004 is a center which nurtures excellence and provides total tooling & training solutions. SVIMS invited IGTR to conduct a One Day Entrepreneurship Awareness Program for both MBA and MCA students to enable developing an entrepreneurial mindset and choose entrepreneurship as a career.
- Guests Speakers:
- Mr. Vikas S Bhavsar – CEO, Synergy Business Development and Exports, Pune, India
- Ms. Megha Soundankar – Senior Engineer and Incharge of Pune IGTR Sub Center
- The trainers kept the session interactive and introspective through various activities and assessments.
- One of the activities conducted was – Top 100 frequently asked questions wherein the trainers asked a few questions to the participants and helped them understand the importance of answering the same correctly.
A self-assessment form was shared with the students wherein they were asked to rate themselves. Once that was done, Mr. Bhavsar, the trainer, helped to re-assess their forms
World Earth Day (Jal shakti Abhiyan) 2023
SVIMS Global Connect Cell organized for World Earth Day with the aim to raise awareness about environmental issues and promote conservation efforts to protect our planet.
The students organized for a special Sanctuary wherein they showed a video on One Earth – Environmental Short Film (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQYgCxu988s) that depicts the ill effects of human development on the environment and especially our Planet Earth. For the day the students also pledged to go paperless for a day and were encouraged to take the efforts of the same into their families and reduce the usage of paper at homes.
The next activity was making paper bags out of discarded chartpapers and newspapers. The students then put a small gift in these bags and presented them to each other.
Ms. Ashwini Yadav, Educational Officer – Pune Municipal Corporation, was invited for an online guest session. She addressed the students on Water Resources Management. She highlighted the role of the young generation in conservation of our fast-depleting natural resources. They can make their homes and workplaces more environmentally friendly by adopting environmentally friendly practices, recycling of different materials as well as preserving resources such as water and electricity. She also shared about the steps taken by PMC towards preservation of natural water bodies such as Pashan Lake, Katraj Lake, etc.
A. Y. 2021-22
International Labour Day
02.05.2022
The session was designed to forge a better understanding of the labour community among the students to create awareness about the hardships faced by them and also to ignite feelings of respect and appreciation for their efforts. International Labour day is observed to commemorate the struggles and sacrifices of the workers’ and labours’ movement. It is also known as May Day.
OBJECTIVES
- To spread awareness about the rights and opportunities of every labour which they should get for their welfare and betterment.
- to acknowledge the immense hard work put in by the working class, to educate them about their rights, and to protect them from being exploited.
- To inculcate in the students and employees that the labour force too deserve respect, love, dignity and happiness.
International Women’s Day
• The session began with Ms. Kanizfatema Khan welcoming the Director, the Guest
Speaker and the attendees. Kaniz presented her thoughts about the importance of being a
woman and celebrating oneself.
• The Director, Dr. BH Nanwani, in her address spoke about the importance and the role of
homemakers who make the household machinery run smoothly day in and day out. She
remembered her mother and shared her experiences growing up around her. The Director
applauded the faculty member Ms. Vaishali Patil for her precision with household
calculations while being a financial wizard and a respected faculty at work too. Ma’am
International Women’s Week 2022
also quoted a fascinating article from the Times Business dated 7th March 2022 about big
companies calling out to homemakers for jobs, recognizing their managing skills.
• Ms. Isha Khandekar introduced and welcomed the Guest Speaker, Dr. Sneha Nagar, a
young and a dynamic Gynecologist at Inlaks and Budrani Hospital.
• Dr. Nagar shared about menstrual hygiene, PCOS, PCOD, Sexual health and mental
health. She stressed upon the need for the younger generation to adopt good lifestyle
habits in order to lead a healthy life. She recommended regular check-ups and timely
mammography, breast examination and pap smear tests. She touched upon social media
toxicity and to stay in balance with the influences of social media. Google is not the best
doctor. She emphasized upon loving and respecting yourself first. Women are blessed
with the magic of “bringing life out of life”.
• Ms. Sonali Joshi then welcomed all the mothers for the next part of the event –
Celebrating our Homemakers: Our First Management Gurus. The students had joined into
the session with their mothers, sharing about their growing experiences. It was heartening
to see the pride on the faces of the mothers for their daughters and the reverence and love
and the daughters have for their mothers. Director Ma’am appreciated and thanked the
homemakers for participating in the event.
• The students of MBA I also presented a cultural event. The girls presented a group dance,
a solo dance and a group song which was appreciated by all.
• Dr. Divya Lakhani too shared memories of her childhood and her mother and concluded
the session with Vote of Thanks.
• Ms. Anjali Deshmukh, Yoga therapist, Kaivalyadham conducted a session on Yoga for
Relieving Stress for the faculty and staff towards the end of the day. The attendees felt
rejuvenated and appreciated Ms. Deshmukh for helping them learn the nuances o
A Session on Digital Disruptions post covid Era – Industry connect
Mr Kalpit Tiwari, Manager – Business Consulting, Capgemini Technology, Pune. Started his session by quoting – A new survey finds that responses to COVID-19 have speeded the adoption of digital technologies by several years and that many of these changes could be here for the long haul. The COVID-19 crisis has brought about years of change in the way companies in all sectors and regions do business. During the pandemic, consumers have moved dramatically toward online channels, and companies and industries have responded in turn. Perhaps more surprising is the speedup in creating digital or digitally enhanced offerings. Across regions, the results suggest a seven-year increase, on average, in the rate at which companies are developing these products and services. Once again, the leap is even greater—ten years—in developed India. During the crisis, companies have probably refocused their offerings rather than made huge leaps in product development in the span of a few months. Case
studies discussed – Banks (Payment Mode), daily needs(Grocery, vegies), OTT (Entertainment).
Poshan Pakhwada
This year, Sadhu Vaswani Institute of Management Studies for Girls celebrated Poshan Pakhwada Abhiyan from 21st March 2022 to 4th April, 2022. Addressing, identification & celebration of Healthy Child and Integration of modern and traditional practices for healthy India organizing Poshan Panchayats were the key focus areas for Poshan Pakhwada, 2022.
Activities were planned during the month of March as an initiative response to the pressing concern on malnutrition, stunting, anaemia, low birth weight and other nutrition related problems with an aim to raise awareness and improve nutritional index of women and children at Sant Gadge Maharaj Vasti, Koregaon Park, Pune. Such activities help children, adolescents, pregnant women and lactating mothers by leveraging guidance through targeted approach and convergence.
List of activities performed during Poshan Pakhwada2021
- Measurement of Height and Weight of Children under 6 years who are beneficiaries in the Sant Gadge Maharaj Vasti (slum area of Koregaon Park) along with Anganwadi tai.
- Activities focused on Gender Sensitive Water Management and generating awareness in women about the importance of water conservation and promoting rainwater harvesting structures including in SVIMS.
- Prevention and treatment of Anaemia in children and adolescent girls
Blood Donation Drive
In association with
- Poona Serological Institute Blood Bank (PSI), Dhanwantri Complex, next to Indian Red Cross Society, Rasta Peth, Pune.
- Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Sanskrutik Mohotsav Samiti, Akhil Queens Garden, CAMP, Pune
- Junior & Youth Indian Red Cross Society, Pune.
A Blood Donation Camp was organized by the NSS Unit of the Institute on the occasion of the “131st Birth Anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar”. Five NSS volunteers and programme officer participated in the blood donation drive. Despite the rejection of a few willing donors, 19 pints of blood were collected. The NSS volunteers helped with registrations and looking after the welfare of the donors. Mr Ganesh Kakade, Adhyaksha, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Sanskrutik Mohotsav Samiti, Pune appreciated the work of NSS volunteers. Dr. Tejashree Parange, Dr. Trupti Dhawale and their
World Intellectual Property Day(Awareness and Quiz Competition)
Online quiz was conducted. The questions were based on the Intellectual property rights. The purpose was to spread the awareness among the students.
Anti Ragging Reels competition
“Ragging Kills innocence of the Heart”, On this theme students performed skits. This event was organized in a virtual mode.
A Session on Pro Approach to Indian and Us Stock Market
CA Sujay Deshpande advised that one should invest in Indian and US stock markets to enjoy the benefits of long-term returns, stability, and therefore wealth creation. US stock markets being dominated by large-sized corporations offer low volatility as compared to Indian Stock Markets. He explained the Japanese Candlesticks method which provides more detailed and accurate information about price movements, as compared to bar charts. This was introduced in 1700’s by Munehisa Homma based on 4 Factors –Opening price, high price, low price and Closing price.
He advised taking into consideration the following factors while investing in stocks:
1. Time Period
2. Price of share and Intrinsic Value
3. Analysis of Balance Sheet
4. Dividend History
5. Company Size 6. Volatility of Market
E- Waste Drive
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
E-waste is any electrical or electronic equipment that’s been discarded. This includes working and broken items that are thrown in the garbage or donated to a charity resellers. E-waste is particularly dangerous due to toxic chemicals that naturally come out from the metals inside when burnt. If a product is powered electronically and someone thinks they can create a better version, that contributes to e-waste. Today, technological advances have led to numerous electronic devices that though may still be working fine but are considered obsolete – DVD players, floppy, pendrives, mobile phones just to name a few. SVIMS, believing in the sustainable development goals and itself contributing towards a sustainable environment, conducted an E-waste collection drive on 30th May 2022.
SVIMs collaborated with Swachh, Pune for collection of the E-waste. There was approx. 200kgs of E-waste collected by the students and staff. The students approached their societies and friends to ensure a considerable amount of E-waste was collected.
The collection was then donated at Swachh center in Aundh to be processed further in the most sustainable way. Dr. Divya Lakhani, HOD, SVIMS, visited the center along with the collection.
The activity also made the students realized as to the amount of e-waste that is generated in each household but goes unnoticed. They discussed with the faculty as to how, before participating in this activity, they were oblivious to even small things such as battery cells being bought and disposed. Many of them mentioned about shifting to rechargeable batteries as they were more sustainable.
A Session on World Press Day- Journalism in Digital Era
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Entrepreneurial Journalism describes a field of media where journalism is the underlying discipline upon which to create content-based businesses and services that can make money. Rather than the popular view of journalism as a type of objective professional public service to be provided to the citizenry of the world – entrepreneurial journalism offers the chance to think of content creation in business terms.
- New Generation Of Entrepreneurial Journalists. Predictably, the idea of entrepreneurial journalism found a rapid home among forward thinking Professors of Journalism who have started to incorporate this into their coursework at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
- Startups Create Excitement And Pioneer New Forms Of Media. The idea gathering efforts to bring some of the most pioneering ideas in entrepreneurial journalism to the attention of many. As more of these startup-style ideas enter into the discussions about the future of journalism, they will unlock new forms of content creation and new business models that the entire industry will eventually look towards.
- Overlaps With Big Social Media Trends Such As Content Curation. One of the biggest trends that is already shaping the future of marketing is the focus on content curation as a way to provide value to consumers and share an expertise without necessarily creating content. Aside from creating content as parts of new stand alone organizations, more and more individuals with journalism backgrounds will be sought after by companies to create and organize content on their behalf. “Journalists-In-Residence” will become a part of large companies, opening up yet another entrepreneurial career path for those with journalism training.
Gururdev Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti
SVIMS Celebrated 161st Birth Anniversary of Dr. Rabindra Tagore on 9th May 2022 a Noble Laureate whose Words and Writings brought about Momentous Revolutions in our country. Popularly known as Viswa Kavi (Universal Poet) and also known as Gurudev, Dr. Tagore has immensely contributed to the literature, arts and culture of our country.
The day was celebrated by the faculty and students to pay their respects to the great thinker and philosopher. The event began with Dr Abhijeet Kaiwade briefing the participants about the significance of the day. He said that Tagore is the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Rabindranath Tagore was a versatile genius and a voracious reader. Later Ms Sonali Joshi, SDO and Faculty member, spoke about Tagore’s works of art – his prose and poetry. She spoke about the great poet’s gift to our Nation – Our National Anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ with which Tagore’s name is associated globally.
Students also participated in the celebration
Ms Shobha Sharma delivered a speech on Life of Rabindranath Tagore, bringing about the lesser known facts to share with everyone.
Gunjan Pamnani read an inspiring Poem ‘Free Love’ by Rabindranath Tagore
Nandini Verma read the motivational Quote by Rabindranath Tagore – ‘You cannot cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.’
Ms Asawari Navale proposed Vote of thanks with the Quote – ‘The highest education is that which does not merely give us information, but makes our life in harmony with all existence’
Students Participated: 32
Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2022
SVIMS Celebrated 161st Birth Anniversary of Dr. Rabindra Tagore on 9th May 2022 a Noble Laureate whose Words and Writings brought about Momentous Revolutions in our country. Popularly known as Viswa Kavi (Universal Poet) and also known as Gurudev, Dr. Tagore has immensely contributed to the literature, arts and culture of our country.
The day was celebrated by the faculty and students to pay their respects to the great thinker and philosopher. The event began with Dr Abhijeet Kaiwade briefing the participants about the significance of the day. He said that Tagore is the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Rabindranath Tagore was a versatile genius and a voracious reader. Later Ms Sonali Joshi, SDO and Faculty member, spoke about Tagore’s works of art – his prose and poetry. She spoke about the great poet’s gift to our Nation – Our National Anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ with which Tagore’s name is associated globally.
Students also participated in the celebration
Ms Shobha Sharma delivered a speech on Life of Rabindranath Tagore, bringing about the lesser known facts to share with everyone.
Gunjan Pamnani read an inspiring Poem ‘Free Love’ by Rabindranath Tagore
Nandini Verma read the motivational Quote by Rabindranath Tagore – ‘You cannot cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.’
Ms Asawari Navale proposed Vote of thanks with the Quote – ‘The highest education is that which does not merely give us information, but makes our life in harmony with all existence’
Movie Screening One Idiot Return of One Idiot
Summary:
- Dr. Divya Lakhani, Ms. Vaishali Patil and students of MBA I Semester II visited INOX, Bund Garden for the Movie screening of One Idiot and Return of One Idiot – An Amole Gupte Film & an IDFC Foundation Initiative
- The movie educates the youth of India to understand the importance of money and be financially independent.
- The story starts with the scene where the protagonist is shown arguing with the “Sabjiwala” (vegetable vendor) for fifty paisa. The teens of the society and other residents where he lives make fun of his looks, dressing sense and being so choosy about his spending. They call him an Idiot. As the movie progresses, they realise that he is a millionaire and then they start imbibing the lessons that they learn from him.
- Understanding the value of money, avoiding frivolous expenses, terms like Diversification, Asset Allocation, Power of compounding, not mixing insurance with investments, Researching and asking before buying etc, were the areas emphasised upon.
- All in all, it proved to be a valuable learning experience for the students.
A Session on HR Shared Services and the other Emerging Trends in HR
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Neha began the session by sharing about her job profile at AMDOCS and the learning experience it has been for her ever since she joined the organization.
- She covered the concepts of Human Resource Employee Services, detailing about the components such as employee benefits, compensation, relations, HR compliance, HRIS and payroll and training and development. She quoted examples from her organization for the concepts she shared.
- Talent Acquisition and training is given much importance at AMDOCS as these are the building blocks for any HR department to function well.
- She spoke about the current trends in HR that are being experienced by the organizations such as remote learning, remote working, mental health support, employee engagement etc.
- She encouraged the students to keep upskilling themselves as that must not be a hindrance in their trying to achieve their dreams.
- She also shared that there is demand for good candidates in the job market. The need from the candidates is that they should be ready to learn, even if they might not have the certificates for courses trending in the market. It is important that they understand and adapt to the workings of the organization. That opens a lot of growth opportunities for the candidates.
RAYS – 2022 ( Competition )
A Session on Capital Market Awareness
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The program commenced with the welcome address by Dr. Divya Lakhani. Mr. Ravinder Singh Chawla was introduced by Ms. Kiran Rajpurohit.
Mr. Chawla emphasized on the need for investment for it will help us to tide over the rainy days. He explained on the different investment avenues and discussed the risk associated with it. He explained the types of market – primary and capital market. He then went on to explain the role of SEBI in equity market.
Requirements of investing in securities market in stock market were discussed with the participants. The basic rules of investing – Sound Fundamentals of Company, profitability, ethics, sustainability initiatives undertaken by company, etc. were dwelled upon. He informed the audience that they can access this information by doing industry analysis, financial ratios, management track record, future projection etc.
A Session on The Power in What You Do
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In this VUCA world it is important that the MBA students become job givers rather than job seekers. Entrepreneurship is not that well understood by people, the difference between entrepreneurship and businessman is not yet very clear. To make students understand the difference and the crucial challenges and opportunities faced by the Entrepreneurs, this session proved to be very important.
Ms. Simran, takes care of business development and HR while, Mr. Aishwarya takes care of the technical aspects of business. Both shared their journeys from campus to the business world and gave students valuable insights on cracking interviews, customer relationship and business development.
EMAIL ETIQUETTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The program commenced with the welcome address by Ms. Rutuja Parkhi.
Dr. Lakhani explained the Do’s and Don’ts of Email Etiquette. Some of the areas that were discussed by her were:
Subject line
Appropriate Greeting
Avoiding use of Capital Letters
Avoiding abbreviations
Reading the email before sending it
Timely reply to emails
Spell check
Implications of cc, bcc and reply all in emails
Using Schedule Send in Emails
Some sample emails were shown to the students, and they pointed out the errors that need to be avoided whilst writing mails.
The program concluded with vote of thanks by Ms. Nandini Verma, MBA I student, SVIMS.
Workshop (Online) on Cybersecurity
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The audience were introduced to various terminologies like Cyber Bullying, hacking, fishing, cloning, data theft, digital frauds and grooming. The difference between ethical hacking and hacking was clarified to the audience and the consequences of Digital Personification were told.
Several case studies were shared with the audience and they were further sensitized towards privacy and security of data. Five values- Responsibility, Respect, Compassion, Resilience and Integrity were emphasised and the Cyber Laws of India were shared with the audience. The resource person demonstrated live hacking and made them aware about various ways like two-step verification, comment control, using a strong password, etc that they can adopt in order to avoid Cyber Crimes.
He concluded the session by sharing some tips for internet banking and safe online transactions. He also shared the website for reporting Cyber Crimes. Women and children can report anonymously on www.cybercrime.gov.in. Internet is a technology, not a toy and we should harness it carefully. Your safety is in your hands. Stay alert, stay safe!
Online Workshop on Cyber Security
CONCEPT OF THE PROGRAM
Internet has become one of the integral part of our daily life. It has transformed the way we communicate, make friends, share updates, play games, and shop. They are impacting most aspects of our day-to-day life. Education is one of the important sectors for dissemination of information on prevention of cyber-crimes and reiterated that students can act, as a force multiplier to create an ecosystem for cyber security and to prevent cyber-crimes
Cyberspace connects us virtually with crores of online users across the globe. With increasing use of cyberspace, cybercrimes especially against women and children such as cyber stalking, cyber bullying, cyber harassment, child pornography, rape content, etc. are also increasing rapidly. To stay safe in the online world, it is important to follow some cyber safe practices which may help in making our online experience and productive.
OBJECTIVES
- To prepare students with the technical knowledge and skills needed to protect and defend computer systems and networks.
- To develop graduates that can plan, implement, and monitor cyber security mechanisms to help ensure the protection of information technology assets.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Mr Yedukrishna, Trainer, Founder of Helping Brainz was the speaker for the event. The audience were introduced to various terminologies like Cyber Bullying, hacking, fishing, cloning, data theft, digital frauds and grooming. The difference between ethical hacking and hacking was clarified to the audience and the consequences of Digital Personification were told.
Several case studies were shared with the audience, and they were further sensitized towards privacy and security of data. The students were made aware on all the possible ways of cybercrimes. They were educated on the steps to be taken to avoid/ minimize cybercrimes as also the steps to be followed in case they/ their acquaintances are the victims of cybercrimes.
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Three days workshop on Financial Education for Young Citizens (In Association with NISM An educational initiative of SEBI)
Date: 15th September 2021 to 17th September 2021
Timing: 8 am – 11.30am
Speaker: Mr. Rohit Warman Financial Analyst and Trainer (SEBI empaneled)
Participants : 47 Students, 5 Faculty, 4 Admin staff
A three-day workshop was organized by Kotak Securities under its CSR initiative in association with NISM (National Institute of Securities Markets) on Financial education for young citizens. He covered topics such as Importance of Investment , Financial Investment Opportunities , Process & Pre- requisites to invest in Securities Markets ,Investment in Primary Markets , Investing in Secondary Markets , Introduction to Mutual funds and ways to invest in them , Precautions while investing in Securities Markets ,Career in Securities Markets with practical examples of Kotak securities. He gave the following useful tips on savings:
· Savings are not done once; save regularly
· Spend less to save more; record your expenses
· Save to avoid debt
· Save and invest first and spend later
· Classify Expenses in Need and Want
Further, he explained points to remember for new investor:
· Read all documents in KYC carefully before signing.
· Select the Segment and Stock Exchange on which you wish to trade by affixing your signature instead of a Tick mark or YES. Strike off whichever is not opted.
· Sign on the Tariff Sheet.
· Select / Unselect Online Trading Option.
· Power of Attorney (PoA) should only be given to access your accounts to the extent of the obligation. No POA to be given to trade on your behalf.
· Policies, Procedures, Brokerage Rates, Other Charges vary for every Stock Broker.
· Investors have to sign only on one document while opening any account and are supposed to submit KYC documents only once.
· Give your own email id/mobile number while submitting the KYC documents.
· Please remember that no one can guarantee assured returns in the securities market.
The students, faculty, and staff took positive key takeaways from the workshop, especially the women faculty, with the hope of planning their finances better.
Rev. DADA J P Vaswani’ s Teachings: Good for Today! Good for Tomorrow!!
12th July 2021 was observed as the 3rd Mahayagna of Rev Dada J P Vaswani – Holy Founder of SVIMS.
Dada’s constellation of work and teachings is huge. The programme was devoted to bringing forth Dada’s teachings and contributions in Education, Spiritual Upliftment, Well being and Sustainability and Business Ethics and Excellence.
Didi Krishna – W . Chairperson gave us ten teachings of Dada and urged that any one could be taken up and practiced to bring beauty and spirituality in one’s life.
Sister Shivani in her inimitable style drew a difference between success and sanskar. She said one should be condidered successful when one develops. Success where one is an achiever but without having learnt to give is hollow and success where one has learnt to give leads to happiness and health.
Shri Satya Tripathi laid stress on Dada’s philosophy of Reverence for all Life and how such respect for nature can lead to well being and sustainability.
Shri Vijay Thadani brought out the relevance of Dada’s model of character building education. He emphasised that the education of the mind and the heart will become differentiators and spell success in education. He stressed that Dada’s model of holistic education had been captured in the New Education Policy
Shri Vishal Chordia spoke of how Dada’s teachings guide operations and leadership at Pravin Masalewalle and how these have brought happiness and success to their business venture.
Facebook link https://fb.watch/6HQBxJeqhN/
Ehsaaas (To observe the Sexual Assault Awareness month)
23 April 2021
To observe the Sexual Assault Awareness month, we had joined hands with Aks Foundation. Aks Foundation, a Pune based Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) working to combat gender-based violence. Firstly, we organised and conducted a Poem-writing competition the theme of which was Sexual Assault. We had a total of 21 entries and the results were announced on 20th April 2021. The 2 winners declared were Ms. Aathira Nair and Ms. Laveena Dias. While, the judges for this competition were: our Director, Dr. B Nanwani and Ms. Charu Mudholkar, Aks Foundation.
On 23rd April 2021, we had the Director of Operations at Aks Foundation as the speaker for a short programme. She started the session right from the basics where she mentioned that even calling a lady by a name which outrages her modesty is also a form of sexual harassment. She clearly laid down the various forms of sexual harassment and explained the meaning and differences between: Sexual harassment at workplace, stalking, Voyeurism, disrobing a woman, outraging a woman’s modesty and insulting a woman’s modesty. With statistics from National Crime Record Bureau, 2019, National Commission for Women, 2020 and Business Standard Newspaper she revealed to us some astonishing facts of: a. one case of stalking takes place every 55 minutes, b. about 88 cases of rape take place every day, c. while the conviction rate is under 30%. She continued to explain the dynamics of sexual assault and the 4 trauma responses of: Flight, Fight, Freeze and Fawn. She ended the session by sharing the Aks helpline numbers with all of us.
Spirituality and Career Success- A Paradox
Date 21 August 2020
The Webinar started with Revered Dada J P Vaswani’s talk on ‘How to Move Mountains’ followed by Didi Krishna’s inaugural address. There was also a brief Question and Answer session with Dr Gidwani. The 4 young and successful Turks from the USA then went on to talking about their experiments with practicing Spirituality at work. While Didi Krishna Kumari spoke of her real-life experiences with our Beloved Dada how they led her to discover a new aspect of Spirituality, the young Turks through their talk demonstrated how one can practically apply Spirituality in every task at hand. Each of them emphasized on the calmness, ability to think logically, creation of a win-win situation and creation of a balance in life as the skills they developed because they practiced the spiritual lessons taught by our Revered Dada J P Vaswani.
Careers in Defence
26 August 2020
The degree of MBA as is conventionally misunderstood does not only prepare students to take up a corporate job or become an entrepreneur but has a wide scope to let a student apply her knowledge in myriad of fields. Thus in our endeavour to clarify this misunderstanding and to guide our students with the career they can build after they complete their MBA, we organised a Webinar on ‘Careers in Defence.’ Our Resource person for this webinar was Maj Deepa Chandrasekaran, an MBA herself and a Defence officer granted permanent commission by President of India. In this webinar, she first spoke of the eligibility for various positions in Defence and then went on to explaining the technicalities of every round that a candidate needs to go through. In her address, she also shared many tips and tricks to successfully navigate through each round and what were her experiences as well as strategies when she successfully attempted all these rounds. None the less, she stated the expectations out of a candidate while he/she is being tested for a particular position. The Webainar ended with a short Question and Answer round with her.
Musical Webinar Yaarathon
25 September 2020
Objective:
- To use music therapy to ease stress during pandemic times
- To raise awareness in student community about mental wellbeing – suicidal tendencies and depression
Summary
NSS Unit of Sadhu Vaswani Institute of Management Studies for Girls Pune celebrated ‘Yaarathon’ on the occasion of NSS Day.
“Healing takes time and asking for help is a courageous step.” Mariska Hargitay
Music is always said to be the best healing therapy ever. And when it comes to anxiety and depression, music is what creates the feeling of calmness around you. Taking this into account Sadhu Vaswani Institute of Management Studies for Girls organized an online college visit with Yaarathon on 25th of September 2020 from 11am to 12pm.
Music is a unique human phenomenon. It is the only sensory experience that can activate all the areas of the brain at the same time, simultaneously. That is the reason why music can influence psychological phenomena such as behaviour and emotions,” said Mr. Abhishek Kamble (Yaarathon team member). It can also bring about several physiological changes in the body. Music acts as a stress buster.
The primary aim of the event – Yaarathon is to promote good health and wellbeing amongst students by raising awareness on suicide and depression. SVIMS has been in association with PERIF [ Promote Eduhealth Review India Forum] and their flagship project – Yaarathon] since 2018. To start with Dr. B H Nanwani, Director of SVIMS welcomed the participants and the team members of Yaarathon. The musical event started with a melodious song followed by a display of some magical tricks. A volunteer from Jalgaon recited a very touching poem emphasising the need to spend time and be available for our loved ones. Then a small motivational talk was given on the current situation of youth in terms of stress and mental health. Students were advised to be ambitious but never go overboard and keep away from stressful situations; assess your capacity and then decide on goals. There was a question – answer session and Ms. Bindiya offered vote of thanks. Ms. Rangwani, on behalf of SVIMS thanked Yaarathon for arranging this musical online college visit so that the girls do not miss meeting Yaarathon this year. Yaarathon too thanked SVIMS for attending the session and requested the girls to become volunteers in their team.
Tree Plantation Drive
28 September 2020
Objective:
- To aware encourage and educate the students for plantation of trees and about protection the environment.
- To raise awareness in student community about environment through tree plantation.
- To encourage and spread awareness about confined space gardening
Summary
Sadhu Vaswani Institute of Management Studies for Girls Pune celebrated ‘Green Army’. Dr. B.H. Nanwani (Director) along with Students, faculty members and administrative staff participated in this ‘Tree Plantation’ drive, on 28th September 2020, at Sadhu Vaswani Gurukul, Manjari, Pune, We have planted 25 saplings and students sowed seeds, Planted saplings at their respective residences. Students of MBA II year took Virtual (Microsoft teams) participation in organizing this event due to pandemic.
Participants: Outcome
MBA students were motivated for environmental responsibilities and about protection the environment.
Webinar on U HAVE IT IN U
13 August 2020
Mr. Robin Banerjee (MD Caprihans India Ltd.)
Mr. Banerjee spoke about ‘positive attitude’ as being crucial for one’s success in life. He explained this by citing the example of Mr.Sachin Tendulkar and Mr. Vinod Kambli.
He advised students to guard against procrastination and take ownership of their lives. He said, people must develop the habit of handling the most difficult parts/issues of their life rather than going in for easier problems first. Further he said management students should develop an entrepreneurial mindset and be prepared to look out for opportunities. He mentioned that Jack Ma had suggested a new type of intelligence –Love Quotient and each human being must develop the same.
Mr. Sapan Shrimal, Director Monk @ Work
While Mr. Banerjee spoke about what skills should a person have, Mr. Shrimal guided us on how can one develop these skills through ‘Mindfulness’. He took us to practical exercises of
1. Mindful Gym: Attention Muscles
2. Mindful Conversations: Poise
3. Mindful interception: Resilience
He also enlightened us on 3 major limitations of our mind: Mind Wandering, Distraction Panic and Negativity.
Each session was followed by question and Answer.
webinar-Talking Entrepreneurship
3 October 2020 Timing 3 to 4 Pm
Resource Persons:
- Mr. Raman Nanda – Founder and CEO STEP Transformations
- Prof. Deepak Dheer – Professor and Management Consultant
- Ms. Akanksha Dharmani – Founder Athas and Alumna of SVIMS
- Mr. Advait Kurlekar (Panel Moderator) – CEO, Upohan Management Consultants
The panel discussion started with the quote “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them” by Walt Disney
This panel discussion in association with Tie consisted of three eminent panelists and one moderator who shared experiences of their business venture. All the panelist strongly suggested that students should take up entrepreneurship as a career, it’s truly empowers an individual and hence should be pursued as early as possible in ones career.
While taking about qualities of an entrepreneur, all panelists focused on following points:
1. It is necessary to sell your original idea.
2. To be a through professional
3. Focus on substance, un focus on noise.
4. To be reliable
5. Delivery of commitments on time.
6. Do market research, find the gaps and modify your idea if necessary.
7. Planning is the key
8. Don’t be afraid of failures, mistakes can happen, learns from it. It gave us an overview of how entrepreneurship is already a part of our lives and that we should go for it if we have the passion and mindset.
Introduction of New Products and Services under Digital Banking due to Innovation in Technology
Name of Guest Speaker: Mr. Suresh Budhani Senior Vice President HDFC Bank Ltd., Mumbai
Mr. Budhani started with evolution of Digital banking. He then led us to understand the usage of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (Machine Learning) in Banks for serving the customer in the best possible way. The importance of various terms of KYC – Know your Customer, CPV – Customer Point Verification, CIBIL – Credit Information below India Limit and ACH – Automated Clearing House. , AML – Anti Money Laundering, Nomination, FATCA – Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, OSV – Original Seen and Verified was also elaborately spoken about.
He concluded with elaborating on the changes in processes of Customer Acquisition, Document Verification, Initial Funding and Account Opening which was followed by question and answer session.
You, Me and the Constitution of India
26 Nov 2020
Advocate Harshal Bhosale, our speaker for this programme briefed us about our rights as stated in the Constitution of India and answered the questions raised by the participants. This short talk was followed by reading of the Preamble to the Constitution in English, Hindi and Marathi respectively by Ms. Cassandra Arockiam, Ms. Meenakshi Vaidya and Ms. Rutuja Ghone. After which, we all heard our PM Narendra Modiji’s speech and concluded this celebration with our National Anthem.
Sales from her Perspective
26 Nov 2020
This guest lecture was conducted in the form of an interview. Our resource person Ms. Vengamma Meram, Business Development Manager at Hats-off Digital Marketing and more importantly, our alumna candidly spoke about her experiences in Sales and skills and attributes required to build a career in Sales. The questions asked by the interviewer, Ms. Bindiya attempted to invoke our speaker’s responses in the direction of Sales as a career option, importance of planning for completion of sales targets, productivity and performance in Sales. This webinar also busted certain strongly held myths about sales
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