From the Directors Desk

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

The newsletter is a platform to showcase the merits and achievements of our dear students and all associated with SCMS. I am sure the newsletter will serve to reinforce and allow increased awareness, improved interaction and integra-tion among all of us. It is yet another medium to provide acknowledgement and respect for all the efforts of our team. 2019-20 was special for us. SCMS complet-ed 15 years of success. We were awarded Guinness Certificate of participation and we introduced COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) as yet another step towards “Internationalization at Home.”

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

letter. I am sure we will see many more. Do read, enjoy and guide us as always.

Dr Adya Sharma

Director, SCMS Pune

April 2019-March 2020

SCMS Insights 3.0 Celebrating 15 years of success

Special points of interest:

SCMS Pune was awarded the Guinness

World Records Certificate of participation for

being an integral part of the largest adoles-cent Health Awareness lesson. As a step to promote internationalization, SCMS initiated COIL (Collaborative Online

International Learning) where students co-worked on a project with students of another foreign University. The year 2019-20 marked 15 glorious years of success for SCMS Pune. We thank all our

stakeholders for having faith in us and stand-

ing with us in our journey.

Contents

Ma’ams Photo

Student Achieve-

ments

2-3

SCMS in News 2-3

Social Outreach 4

Student research and

Beyond classroom

5

Alumni and Work-

shops

6-7

Internationalization 8

Corporate Connect 9

Events @ SCMS 10

Sympulse 11

End Note 12

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

Mr. Vinayak Sharma was awarded the ‘Chancellor’s Gold Medal’ for the Best Outgoing International Student in Under Graduate Programme from Symbiosis International (Deemed University) in the 16th Convocation of Symbiosis Interna-tional (Deemed University) Shri. M. Venkaiah Naidu, Hon’ble Vice President of India was the Chief Guest for the Con-vocation.

Two students of SCMS won the Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE)- Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) International Competition. Mr. Taha Joher won the 1st Prize in Article Category (Age 19-25) and Ms. Nidhamar-thy Aruna won the first prize in Article Category (Age 15-18) in the YRE-Litter less Campaign Category.

Akhil Singhal's patent application was published in his name. The title of his invention is : ‘Drive system for the bicycle’. Prakhar Tiwari was appointed as City Director, E-Summit, IIT Roorkee. He was PR Intern at Ayodhya Police. Sahil Bharadwaj was part of Lakmé Fashion Week 2020. He did a show for Lakmé on 16 February 2020 Team Encore– the music club of SCMS performed at TedX at SIMS Kirkee Siddhi Kabra and Krishnansh Rastogi, have been selected for Round III of Credit Research Challenge. CRC is India's big-

gest platform to develop capacity in the pivotal "Credit" domain. Step Up performed at Global Village 2019, an event hosted by the renowned NGO organization AISEC in Pune at Liber-

ty Square, Phoenix Market city Pune

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Student Achievements

SCMS Pune featured in the Times of India _24 July 2019

SCMS in News

Article by Dr. Adya Sharma, Director SCMS in Pioneer _19 Feb 2020

SCMS students observing ‘No Honking Day’_13 Dec 2020

Article by Dr. Adya Sharma, Director SCMS in The Week_ 7

April 2020

Neeraj Kabra won the Inter institute (SIU) squash finals.

Anmol Agarwal and Dishan Porwal won the first and second position in the individual category of Inter institute (SIU) Chess champion-

ship.

Hemangini Jena secured the second place at Symbi Fit 2019-20 competition

Anmol Agarwal, Devang Parab, Dishan Porwal, Mriganshu Sinha, Kushal Chandaria won the runners up award in the team category

of Inter institute (SIU) Chess championship.

Praanjal Taneja, Nehal Shah, Radha Kulkarni, Sreya S representing the SCMS girls team for Badminton secured the 4th position in

the Inter institute (SIU) Badminton Championship.

The women's football team of Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies , Pune successfully won the 3rd position in the Symbiosis Inter-

Institute Football Tournament

SCMS secured the 2nd position overall in the MENS category with the following participants winning various individual events :

Ojas Joshi : Secured 2nd in 25m butterfly, Secured 2nd in 25m backstroke, Secured 1st in 50m backstroke, Secured 2nd in 50m breast

stroke, Secured 2nd in 100m individual medley relay,

Alister Dsouza : Secured 3rd in 25m butterfly, Secured 2nd in 25m breaststroke, secured 3rd in 50m breaststroke, Secured 3rd in 100m freestyle

SCMS secured 1st position at the 100m medley relay with a team consisting of

Ray Arjun Abrol, Ojas Joshi, Alister Dsouza, Mohammed Ibrahim

SCMS secured 3rd position at the 100m freestyle relay with a team consisting of Ray Arjun Abrol, Ojas Joshi, Alister Dsouza, Mohammed Ibrahim

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SCMS featured in the Indian Express _24 Dec 2019 Sympulse featured in an article in the Times of India_4 Feb 2020

SCMS secured the 2nd position in the Men's category for Swimming SCMS women’s football team secured the 3rd position in Symbio-

sis Inter institute football tournament

Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Pune conducted a two day workshop on "Smartphone application, internet and

security" for senior citizens of Viman Nagar campus from 18th – 19th April 2019. The workshop was well received and ap-

preciated by the participants.

Our students in collaboration with Spherule Foundation , RTO Pune, Zaptech PVT LTD and Life Saving Foundation cele-

brated 12 Dec as "No Honking Day". Volunteers spread awareness at major intersections of Pune. The event was covered by

Loksatta.

Students of the Initiate cell visited Nirmala Seva Mahila Vruddhashram, an old age home for women on 14 Sept 2019 .The students spend time with them with lots of singing and dancing and also celebrated the Ganpati Festival.

SCMS Pune continued to sponsor the education of a girl child, an initiative that the institute has consistently undertaken from the last 5 years.

Step Up, the Dance Club of SCMS Pune organised an exuberant event “Nrityachhaya” where they mentored and coached several underprivileged children of Matruchhaya Balakashram to perform a dance in the SCMS campus. The vision of the event was to provide a platform to the children to showcase their talent and receive appreciation for the same. The club aimed to extend a familial bond with them through the language of dance and create a memorable experience for every-one.

15 students of SCMS-Pune along with the mentor, Dr Yogesh Pisolkar went for the first Parikrama of the “Ram Nadi” as an activity of Eco-rangers project The whole parikrama was a good as well as thought provoking experience for all. Students were familiarized with the real world on field problems which need to be solved.

Eco-Rangers of SCMS Pune won three prizes in Closing Ceremony of Kirloskar Vasundhara International Film Festival (KVIFF) 2020 :2nd Prize in Sharing) in Street Play; 3rd Prize) in Ram Nadi Yuva Sansad out 9 invited colleges, 3rd Prize) in Eco-Quiz and SCMS-Pune was also in the final round of Green College Clean College (GCCC) competition

SCMS, Pune was a part of 14th Kirloskar Vasundhara International Film Festival( KVIFF) Pune. As a part of which, films related to wildlife, environment, energy, air and water provided by Kirloskar kar Vasundhara International Film Festival (KVIFF), Pune organizers were screened at SCMS on 4th January 2020

The marketing and social welfare clubs of our college organised a carnival to raise proceedings for a noble cause.

The proceeds from this event were donated to The Spherule Foundation.

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SCMS Insights 3.0 Awareness and Social Connect @ SCMS

Visit to Vruddhashram

Nrityachhaya_ Matruchhaya Balakashram children at SCMS

Cleanliness drive

SCMS continued to sponsor the education of a girl child

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

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

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

Paper Published

History and Evolution of Labour Relations in Indian Railways Ananya Sharma, Alisha Taskar , International Journal of Basic and Applied Research , Volume 9 Issue 7 , pp-627-637

Merger Waves: A brief Overview Lasata Manandhar, International Journal of research and Analytical Reviews June 2019, Volume 6 Issue 2. Paper id IJRAR 19K5347.

Infosys: International Business Practices, Madhav Mahajan, Sarthak Gandhi, Yashasvi Katyayan, Asian Journal of Management , April June 2019, Volume 10 Issue 2 , pp-128-134

Advancements In Banking Sector And Development In India, Sneha Barua, International Journal of Engineering Applied Sciences and Technology, (IJEAST) Vol 1, No.8

Study of Perception of College Going Young Adults towards Online Streaming Services, Ramandeep Singh, Inter-national Journal of Engineering and Management Research, February 2020, Volume-10, Issue, IJEMR/V-10/I-1/18/2020

Paper presented

Vaibhav Sunil along with Prof. Sushil Mavale presented paper titled ‘ Online customer reviews and its Impact on customer purchase decisions in college going young adults ‘ in a state level seminar - Voyage- IV and secured the posi-tion of second runners up.

100 minute workshop_ July 15, 2019 This workshop was organized to train students on different aspects of research methodology. Students were briefed on the overview of the Qualitative and Quantitative Research Process by examining fundamental methodological steps in designing a

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Student Research

Projects 1 @SCMS Moving towards providing an experience based learning to students , projects

was taken up as a new initiative for students of the first year as two four credit

courses. The aim is to encourage and instill an aptitude of research inquiry

among students in areas of their interest.

E Learning @SCMS

At SCMS Pune blended learning is encouraged through online courses. Our

students have opted for Google certification, Hubspot Certification and have

completed MOOC courses offered by Coursera, Alison, Saylor.org, etc.

Beyond Classroom Teaching

ERUDITE 2019 - Online Research Competition

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

We are proud of Pawani Khandelwal (batch 2014-17) who initiated a social enterprise ‘Aatm Nirbhar’ that equips women in small towns with one basic skill that opens up a multitude of avenues for them – riding two-wheelers. They also provide sus-tainable and flexible livelihood opportunities to women from low-income families by employing them as trainers, managers, designers, developers

Aditi Rakesh, a student of 2015-18 batch started her entrepreneurial journey with her company- Ekaa Hygiene And Well-Being LLP. The firm manufactures Organic Sanitary Pads for Women under the brand name 'Confidere' and offers a high-quality product at low costs. This was the outcome of the SCOPUS research paper that she wrote while she was in college. The start-up is now government recognized. In this short duration, the company has managed to expand nationally. On Nation-al Youth Day, media recognized the leading figures from the youth who are working and are emerging success in different fields. In the category of emerging businesses, Aditi’s company was selected as the most successful emerging startup.

Inspired by the thought of contributing to society, Mr. Sanchit Jain (batch 2015-18), decided to work for a non-profit organiza-tion known as Zomato Feeding India. The organization’s main role is to channelize surplus food from different sources to peo-ple in need. Sanchit realized that working towards eradicating hunger and malnutrition is extremely crucial. As of October 2019, there were more than 100 vans running across the country, feeding more than 40,000 people on a daily basis. Individual-ly, with the help of 95 partners and 300 restaurants, he was able to procure and feed approximately 15,000 meals on a daily basis. Sancit also worked with a Member of Parliament on a ongoing bill concerning “Compensation Policies for martyrs of Paramilitary forces in India”

Alumni Meet 2020

SCMS-Pune had its Alumni meet on 18th January 2020. The event was a

huge success. It witnessed alumni from different batches . The campus

was lively with buzzing enthusiastic Alumni who were keen and excited

to interact with faculty and students.

AMAs

SCMS have also been organizing AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions on

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

Ask Me Anything (AMA) Session at SCMS

Alumni Achievements SCMS Insights 3.0 Page 6

Aditi Rakesh, Alumni SCMS in news

Aaditya Kitroo Managing Director at Jos& fine Cashmere

Pvt. Ltd and Alumni SCMS during 15thFoundation

day_12 July 2019

Sanchit Jain, Alumni SCMS

ICICI direct Centre for Finance Learning (ICFL) Certification Course

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

Workshop “. The total duration of the course was 30 hours from 8 to 24 August 2019.

Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights A workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights” was conducted by SCMS for faculty, staff and students on 10 and 31 August 2019. The workshop was conducted by Advocate Anand Mahurkar.

Six Sigma

KPMG conducted a certification training in Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (SSGB) for the students of

SCMS, Pune for a duration of 30 hours from 16 to 19 December 2019.

Advanced Excel Workshop

Workshop on “Excel for Business” was conducted for students on 13 January 2020

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Workshops at SCMS SCMS Insights 3.0

Book Exhibition

IPR Workshop Six Sigma Workshop

Visit to SIL

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Internationalization

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

year we had incoming and outgoing exchange with Dauphine University, IESEG school of management, France, ISEG Portugal,

ESSEC BBA, France, Hochschule Bremen , Germany, DHBW Ravensburg, Germany,Technishe Hochschule Nurnberg (Georg Si-

mon Ohm University of Applied Sciences), Germany, Leeds Beck-

Deakin University students visit

The students of Deakin University, Australia visited

SCMS for a six-day study tour on the subject

“Investment and Portfolio Analysis” The students also

visited to KPMG for understanding the relevance of Cor-

porate Governance in today's world.

International Faculty @SCMS

Prof Holger Seebens from Technische Hochschule Nürnberg,

Germany conducted a highly interactive guest lecture on Macroe-

conomics for the students of the first year on 18 February 2020.

Collaborative Online International Learning

(COIL)_1 SCMS took yet another step to provide the latest

platforms for learning by implementing COIL 1.0. with an

Institute in USA. SCMS students worked on a project on

Microeconomics together with students of Bridge Valley,

USA. The faculty of SCMS and Bridge Valley co-taught a

case virtually.

Faculty exchange

Dr. Adya Sharma went to Leeds Beckett University, UK to pro-

mote and strengthen international relations

Sarvadharma Samabhav celebrated at SCMS_6

Feb 2020

COIL

International Faculty @SCMS

Deakin students at SCMS

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Corporate Connect @SCMS

Placements SCMS, Pune has a dedicated Placement Division which handholds students with building CV’s to the final selection pro-

cess. As a result, the track record for placements has been rising over the years. KPMG, PwC, Catenon, Tres Vista, MGH

and GPTW, Amazon, Tommy Hilfiger, My Gate, Credit Suisse are some of our regular recruiters. SCMS, Pune also had

many new companies visiting the campus this year which are Social Beat, Gomo Group, Chegg, Bajaj Finserv Health,

DeltaX and Great Manager Institute. Numerous workshops and guest lectures on different topics ranging from Gender and Diversity to Data Analytics have

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

KPMG Financial Services; Ms. Vanitha V,Hitachi Vantara; Advocate Anand Mahurkar; Mr. Chetan Ambekar,Mondelez

Cadbury International Ltd. amongst others engrossed the inquisitive minds at SCMS, Pune.

Management Development Program

Zocdoc Online Health Management Pvt. Ltd.

SCMS, Pune conducted a Management Development Program for the corporate individuals of Zocdoc Online Health Man-

agement Pvt. Ltd. On 26th June, 2019. The entire programme was successfully anchored by Dr. Ashutosh Mathur and was

delivered by Dr. Adya Sharma Director SCMS, Pune and Dr. Nishant Khandelwal. The programme was conducted on Manag-

ing Self and Influencing People. The MDP was attended by the managers and team leads of Zocdoc Online

Health Management Pvt. Ltd.

MGH Logistics Private Limited has offered International Placements to the following students, at prospective locations

Dubai and Bangladesh . Dhananjai Kalra Hritvik Kapoor International Internships : Second year students from SCMS

Pune have been selected for Internship Abroad by PAX Edutain-

ment Private Limited in Mauritius and Singapore.

CV Building workshop at SCMS

MDP Zocdoc Online Health Management Pvt.

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Events at SCMS

15th Foundation Day celebration

SCMS celebrated its 15th foundation day on 12th July 2019. Mr. Aditya Kitroo, Managing Director- Jos and Fine (Kashmir) AND Mr. Muzammil Hussain, Co-founder—Roots, Ladakh, our Alumni were our Chief Guest.

Common Induction Program

The Common Induction Programme 2019 was held on 15th July 2019,for the new batch of first year students from the three institutes on the SVC Campus – SCMS, SCMC and SID. The Chief Guest for the day, Ms. Parimal Chaudhari, Director-Praj Industries Ltd graced the occasion.

International Business conclave.

International Business Conclave 2019 was conducted on 19th July 2019. It was well appreciated by students and

academicians. The Chief Guest and Keynote Speaker for the conclave was Dr. Naushad Forbes , Co- Chair

man, Forbes Marshall.

Live telecast of ‘Fit India Movement’ launched by Honorable PM, Shri Narendra Modi organized at SCMS-Pune for it's staff & students.

71st Republic day celebrations were hosted by SCMS where faculty, students and staff of all the three institutes of cam-pus gathered together and celebrated the Republic day.

'Let's talk' Dr. Adya Sharma Director SCMS conducted interaction session with Class representatives of the FY (Batch2019-22) under the 'Let's Talk' session.

Swachta Pakhwada was conducted from 16th Jan to 31st Jan 2020 which included activities like : Pledge ceremony, Slogan writing competition, Slam poetry and poster making. Over all the event turned up to be success witnessing use of creativi-ty to showcase their thoughts on the issue

Fit India Movement at SCMS IB Conclave_ Dr. Naushad Forbes, Co-Chairman—Forbes

Marshall

Swachta Pakhwada Republic day celebrations

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Sympulse 2020-Annual Students Fest

Over the years, the College Festival, Sympulse which started off as humble celebration of the campus spirit and bonhomie has grown into spectacular extravaganza which draws thousands of students from across India and abroad. Sympulse 2020- ‘A Cultural Medley’ witnessed mega events and provided a platform for participants to show case their talents in front of a wide audience.

Snapshots of Sympulse 2019

Sympulse @SCMS

Aashish Vidyarthi, Actor and motivational speaker during

Sympulse 2020

Instacon during Sympulse 2020

Cultural performance during Sympulse 2020

Battle of Band during Sympulse 2020 Business Games during Sympulse 2020

Sympulse Sundowner_ The Local Train Band

Connect with SCMS at:

Do visit our Institute's pages on different Social media platforms. We

would be happy to hear from you.

Our website: https://www.scmspune.ac.in/

Our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/scmspuneofficial

Our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/SCMSPUNEOFFICIAL/

Our Youtube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwyTLn3STgvrdrHQ

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Our Linkedin page:

https://www.linkedin.com/school/symbiosis-centre-for-

management-studies--pune/

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

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

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

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

nals.

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

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