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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

ANNUAL REPORT

2014-2015

CHRIST UNIVERSITY

BENGALURU - 560029


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


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


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


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.


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.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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)


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)


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


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.


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


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 -


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






Module 3 – Risk in Financial Services






No of students- Not attempted 1



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


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


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


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


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


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

the Department. As a part of student‘s support activities, Mentoring for Special students, Mentoring


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.


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.


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


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:


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.


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.


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.


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)


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)


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


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


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


3 6 BCom C

Logical Reasoning


4 6 BCom D

Logical Reasoning


5 6 BCom J

Logical Reasoning


6 6 BCom K

Logical Reasoning


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

-----

-----

IV SEM MCOM

Day 9-11

11-1 1-2 2-4

Friday

28/11/14

Presentation Skills


Lunch

Group

Discussion

Saturday

29/11/14

Logical Reasoning and


Logical Reasoning and


- -


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.


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.


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


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


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-


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-


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.


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.


―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


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


Hospitality and

Tourism systems 1 1 2008

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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

15

Individual Investment

behaviour with respect to

financial knowledge and

investment risk preference

:A study


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


20

Mergers in Indian banking

impact study using DEA

Analysis

South Asian journal of


21

A Comparison of

Bancassurance and

Traditional Insurer Sales

Channels The Genewa Papers 36 2 2011






S.

NO

TITLE OF THE

ARTICLE

TITLE OF THE

JOURNAL

VOL

NO

ISSUE

NO.

YEAR OF

PUBLICA

TION

22

e-Banking status among the

farmers in rural areas of

Anand Taluka (Gujarat)


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

25

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

28

Factors influencing the

outsourcing decisions: a

study of the banking sector

in India

strategic outsourcing:

an international journal 4 3 2011

29

determinants of financial


banks in Kenya


economics and


30

Semi-urban investors

attitude and preferences in

mutual funds investment: a

case study of Nagaon

Districts of Assam


marketing, financial

services &

management research 1 9 2012

31

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

33

mergers in Indian banking

impact study using DEA

Analysis

South Asian journal of


34 the impact of target cost International journal of 5 2 2014






S.

NO

TITLE OF THE

ARTICLE

TITLE OF THE

JOURNAL

VOL

NO

ISSUE

NO.

YEAR OF

PUBLICA

TION

method to strengthen the

competitiveness of

industrial companies

business and social

science

35

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



37

A study on dividend policy

and its impact on

shareholders wealth in

selected banking companies

in India.


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


multidisciplinary

research 1 7 2011

40

Determinants of financial


banks in Kenya


economics and


41

customer perception on

usage of internet Banking innovative marketing 3 4 2007

42

A comparative study of

customer perception

towards e banking services

provided by selected private

sector and public sector

banks in India


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


46

an empirical study on

investment behaviour








S.

NO

TITLE OF THE

ARTICLE

TITLE OF THE

JOURNAL

VOL

NO

ISSUE

NO.

YEAR OF

PUBLICA

TION

&investment decision

making

& review

47

Attitude towards

environment & green

products

Management science &

engineering 2 4 2010

48

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


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


marketing &

technology 12 2

54

Semi urban investors

attitude & preferences in

mutual funds investments-A

case study on Nagaon

districts O Assam


marketing, financial

services &


55

Tax evasion in India-causes

& remedies


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






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.


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.


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


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


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.


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.


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


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


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,


University Tennis Championship at SRM

University.

Vikram Ramesh


University Tennis Championship at Bharathiar

University.

Sneha S Kamath , O. Akshita

Reddy


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


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


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


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.


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.


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


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


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


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.


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


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


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.


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


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


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


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


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


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


the Initiatives Action 2015-16 Action 2016-17 Action 2017-18


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


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


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


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



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


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


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


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.


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



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


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


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.


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


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


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.


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,


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


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


12 August 21st, 2014 3:00 to 4:30 pm Room No 105, Central Block

13 August 28th


14 September 5th


15 September 11th


16 September 18th


17 November 3rd

, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Assembly Hall, Block II

18 November 07th


19 November 13th


20 November 20th


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


25 January 8th


26 January 29th


27 February 6th


28 February 19th


29 February 26th


30 March 6th

, 2015 3:00 to 4:00 pm Room No. 105, Central Block

31 March 13th



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


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


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


‗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


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.


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



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



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


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.


1 14/03/2015 Union Budget Analysis

Prof.Charan Singh

(IIMB)

2 14/03/2015 Trading strategies in Derivatives Prof.Sreekantan


3 14/03/2015 Effective corporate Governance as per

Companies Act 2013

CA Vadiraja

(Guru & Jana)


S.


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


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.


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


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


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.


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


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


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.


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


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


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


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.


environment

Ms. Sharon

Valarmathi

26 29/09/2014

Human capital

management process for

effective HR practice


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


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


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


Workshop 2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional

Dr. Anuradha

3 19/02/2015

FDP on Case

Analysis and

Research

Methodology

Jain University Regional

Ms. Aruna


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



Ms.

Geetanjali



Mr. Girish



Ms.Rani

Thomas



Mr.Natchimut

hu



Mr. Naveen

12 19/10/2014 Experience for life

time

Academic Staff

College, Christ

University

Mr. Naveen



Ms. Pooja


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



Mr

Raghavendra



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


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



Ms. Vinnarasi


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


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


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


Management and Humanities

(IJMH) / 1 / 3 / 11 - 15

Exploring the Factors

That Facilitate

Workforce Diversity

Management in ITES

Organizations


December 2014

ISSN: 2394-

0913

3


Engineering Technology

Science and Research

(IJETSR) / 2 / 3 / 1 - 9

A Study on Utilization

of E-Services Offered

by Retail Banks in

Bangalore City


March 2015

ISSN: 2394-

3386

4


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


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


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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