Student Activities are the manifestation of the creativity the students apply through various academic and non-academic committees under the guidance of a faculty coordinator. Conducting these activities not only put students in real life situations but at the same time hone their managerial skills. More importantly these activities bring much needed vibrancy to the campus life. Following is a collection of various activities students conducted and the memories associated with them.
SVKM’S NMIMS School of Technology Management and Engineering Indore organized an Industrial Visit for MBA(Tech.) I year students at "TechForce Composite Pvt. Ltd. Indore” on 05/12/2019. "TechForce” is one of the leading companies of India involved in the field of Designing, Development and Manufacturing of FRP components for Automotive, Industrial, Railway and Other Applications.
The major objective of the program was to facilitate a visit for our students of First Year to an industry where they may get exposure of current practices in engineering.
The entire visit was divided into two sessions. First session was expert talk by Mr. Tapan Mukherjee, Director TechForce Composite Pvt. Ltd. Indore. He briefed the students about the industry expectations from academics to meet the continuous and ever changing demands of today’s business and technology. He gave a brief introduction of "TechForce” and their working environment. Many of the students asked different questions on current technologies, market scenarios etc. After that, students are visited to industry under the supervision of production manager of "TechForce” and saw different manufacturing process. The visit was conducted smoothly and all the queries of students were answered.
The model united nations was organized by INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, INDORE. The sole purpose of this conference was to create drafts and find solutions to the various worldwide spread problems and urge different nations to come together and act as one big entity and resolve world issues. The issue our student had to take into consideration was PREVENTION OF ARMS RACE IN OUTER SPACE TREATY (PAROS) which was one of the most controversial treaties ever discussed in the UN. The country which our student was representing was KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. The delegates were judged upon the parameters of CONFIDENCE, FACTUAL ACCURACY, PRESENTATION SKILLS, LOBBYING AND PERSUASION SKILLS, RESEARCH WORK, ADAPTABILITY, PROBLEM SOLVING ASSESSMENT and CRISIS. The competition was held between 11-10-19 to 13-10-19 wherein the committee had to present their final draft at last and propose all the amendments and possible solutions at last. Our draft resolution was the one to be selected. Mr. ABHISHEK TYAGI from BBA 1st year participated in the competition and received secured a SPECIAL MENTION in the delegation category out of 42 delegates.
School of Technology Management & Engineering (STME), NMIMS Indore Campus organized a Parents-Teachers-Meet inviting parents of all MBA (Tech.) and B.Tech students on 28-09-2019. The Meet was conducted at the Seminar hall and was presided over by the Director, NMIMS Indore, Dr. Prachi Gharpure. Deputy Director placement of MBA (Tech.), NMIMS Mumbai, Ms. Aparna Mahesh also graced the occasion. Associate Dean STME, Dr. Aaquil Bunglowala also remain present.
The agenda of the Parents-Teachers meeting were follows as:
1. Welcome of parents introducing them to campus infrastructure and amenities
2. Apprising parents about details of MBA (Tech) & B. Tech. (CSBS) programmes and making them aware of the rules & regulation of STME.
3. Information about Performance of students in the mid-term examinations, status of attendance and internal continuous assessment (ICA)
4. Co-curricular and extra-curricular facilities available for the students.
5. Elaboration on foreign collaborations of NMIMS which students can avail to sharpen their technical proficiency as well as their managerial skills.
6. Discuss vision of the university to provide students competitive edge over their peer in the era of new-age disruptive technologies such as AI & ML.
7. Provide information about various students driven learning-centers and activities thereof
8. Seek suggestions from parents for upcoming years
9. Provide a roadmap for parents to contribute towards the holistic growth of their wards
10. Encourage and promote a harmonious relationship among the members of the teaching fraternity at NMIMS Indore, students and parents/guardians.
Outcomes of Parents-Teachers Meeting:
1. Around 100 parents attended the Parents-Teachers Meeting.
2. Parents were introduced to various campus facilities via a guided campus tour where students took keen interest demonstrating their newly acquired technical acumen as well as their extra-curricular proficiency.
3. Director NMIMS Indore Dr. Prachi Gharpure in her keynote address discussed salient features of MBA (Tech.) & B.Tech. (CSBS) program as well as emphasized on the importance of project-based learning. She also encouraged students & parents to take advantage of online courses curated by experts of NMIMS university.
4. Deputy Director placement of MBA (Tech.), NMIMS Mumbai, Ms. Aparna Mahesh acquainted parents & students on the Technical Internship Program and Management Internship Program which are integral part of the STME curricula.
5. One to one Interaction between parents and class coordinators, subject teachers took place over an informal session where discussion was focused on student’s specific strengths and weakness in individual subjects and students discipline in classrooms and otherwise.
6. Parentsexpressed their happiness at the state-of-the-art facility of NMIMS Indore and their gratitude regarding the care taken by the NMIMS University for the growth of their wards.
7. Associate Dean STME, Dr. Aaquil Bunglowala proposed the vote of thanks by extending his gratitude to parents for entrusting the future of their wards on NMIMS Indore at this budding stage and also acknowledging everyone’s effort to make this event successful.
On 21st of September’19, NMIMS-Indore, Placement department had organized an Annual HR conclave – "PRATIBHA 2019”, theme "Creating Winning Employee Value Proposition Amidst Talent Crisis". The HR conclave witnessed various esteemed industry guests, HR fraternity and esteemed Panelists to have an insightful discussion over the theme and address the queries on the same.
It was a great learning experience for industry guests and NMIMS Indore students. The eminent panelists comprised of Mr. Akhilesh Sengar from Vodafone IDEA, Ambrish Kanungo, Global Head HR- New Vision Softwares -Pune, Mr Sachin Kaistha, Director HR Cipla, Mr. Gaurav Garg, HEAD-HR Capitalvia, Mr. Debi Prasad Das, founder Director Potential Infinity-Pune, Ms Sushmita Narayan, Paarangat Consulting.
On 21st of September’19, NMIMS-Indore, Placement department had organized an Annual HR conclave – "PRATIBHA 2019”, theme "Creating Winning Employee Value Proposition Amidst Talent Crisis". The HR conclave witnessed various esteemed industry guests, HR fraternity and esteemed Panelists to have an insightful discussion over the theme and address the queries on the same.
It was a great learning experience for industry guests and NMIMS Indore students. The eminent panelists comprised of Mr. Akhilesh Sengar from Vodafone IDEA, Ambrish Kanungo, Global Head HR- New Vision Softwares -Pune, Mr Sachin Kaistha, Director HR Cipla, Mr. Gaurav Garg, HEAD-HR Capitalvia, Mr. Debi Prasad Das, founder Director Potential Infinity-Pune, Ms Sushmita Narayan, Paarangat Consulting.
ZDS, 2019- The Zenith Diplomacy Summit, 2019 commenced with all enthusiastic and excited faces at SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Indore. The first day started with the registration process followed by the grand Opening Ceremony. The ceremony was graced by honourable Chief Guest Shri Akhilesh Rathi, an eminent Industrialist and a noted businessman, who is also the Mentor to NMIMS, Indore along with our Director, Dr. Prachi Gharpure. Ritik Shekhar Jain, the Secretary General of Zenith Diplomacy Summit, hence declared the conference open. Vote of thanks was proposed by Faculty Advisor of the Conference Dr. Aaquil Bunglowala.
Once all the delegates went to their respective committees that are UNGA-1 DISEC, UN SECURITY COUNCIL, UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION, PRESS CORPS, LOK SABHA and RAJYA SABHA, the first committee session began with the Rules of Procedure (ROP) briefing. As a principle of our conference we made sure that every delegate who attended the conference learned about the ROP thoroughly.
After the lunch, all the committees began with their heated debating sessions. Out of all the 7 committees, the most happening of them all was Lok Sabha. The UN Security Council, perhaps one of the most important committees, witnessed a slow but extremely precise debate. The Rajya Sabha was somewhere in between, with the censor board as the matter of contention. Everyone, who was a part of ZDS, enjoyed the get together at Indore Marriott Hotel.
The next day began with more enthusiasm. The delegates came with more research and a will to win. The delegates in mostly all the committees participated and brought up remarkable topic, statements and solutions, according to their agendas. A very small session for entertainment of the delegates was conducted in most of the committees after the lunch. The committees saw an immensely engaging debate by young minds, many of which outperformed the expected results. The conference saw innovative ideas, sarcastic comments, heated debates, and some really alarming questions.
The best part was to see children participating in policy making and rectifying the errors by the previous authorities. The committees witnessed a sense of collective belongingness amongst the delegates, which was reflect in their decision-making process, they had emotions not only for themselves, but for the masses and the whole nation.
With will to change the world on their terms and desires in their eyes, the gleaming faces went on debating on their agendas to find a solution by the end of the 3-day summit. The conference was adjourned for the day and we wait for the final day of the conference to watch the inference.
The last day of ZDS ended with a closing ceremony Which started with welcoming the Chief guest of the evening, Ms. Shubhi Rathi. Her areas of special interest include:
Environmental, sustainable development, Energy security, Environmental diplomacy and Cultural diplomacy. Director ma'am then presented her with a token of gratitude. Ms. Shubhi gave a speech on environmental diplomacy and the difference between being proactive and reactive.
Then the Secretary General Ritik Shekar Jain started the award giving ceremony by firstly introducing the Executive Board members and their Vice Chairman and rapporteur of all the committees. They were felicitated with a token of appreciation. The Excecutive Board members and their team then proceeded to give the awards and certificates to the various winners of their committee which included Best Delegate, High Commendation and Special Mention. There was a special category called Verbal mentions in which the best performing delegates were called out and verbally appreciated.
At the last Ritik Shekar Jain Secretary general of Zenith diplomacy summit Declared the meet close
NMIMS Indore puts yet another peacock feather on its "allocates describing hat” as it witnessed its BBA wing commence its summer internship competition on 13th August 2019.
The confident students of BBA presented their work with innovation, variety, detailed meticulous information and most importantly, dedication to their company to state what they had learned during their tenure at the industry. Bridging the gap between academia and corporates, panellists Dr Nitn Merh, Dr Niranjan Rajpurohit, Dr Niranjan Shastri and Dr Atul Vora scrutinised the students in the domains of Analytics and Data Science, Human Resources as well as in Fincane and Accounting respectively. For the students who dealt with Strategy, Marketing and General Management, they had a healthy discussion through questions by panellists Dr Shubhangi Jore, Dr Rajeev Srivastava, Dr Akshay Joshi and Deputy Director Placements – Mr Vikram Aditya Goel. The event was graced by our honorable director Dr Prachi Gharpure.
The management have been in awe at the remarkable performance of the students who have successfully completed their two months internships between May and June 2019 from notable domestic companies such as: Vodafone Idea Limited, OYO Rooms, HDFC Bank Limited and so on, as well as international companies such as: Siemens Limited – Thailand and AISEC – Brazil. The panellists in union with the management learned that the BBA wing has presented them with stupendous reports to speak about, documenting the best summer internship program NMIMS Indore has witnessed in capability so far. "The questions have been well dealt by the students.” Dr Shastri added. "They are young but they have proved that they can do wonders for the years to come.”
The competition concluded on 19th August 2019 with a learning for all that, "learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardour and attended to with diligence.”
NMIMS Indore, a prestigious institution extends its arms by welcoming the first batch of Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com) and the third batch of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA). The campus conducted a week-long induction program for both the batches starting from the 6th of August 2019. The induction program begun with an address by Mr Akhilesh Rathi who is the Managing Director of Savitt Group & Director of Dainik Bhaskar Group and is also the mentor of NMIMS; followed by a motivational address by our director Dr. Prachi Gharpure, and our chief guest for the day Mr. G.S. Juneja who is the founder and managing director of CAPCO group of companies. The day concluded successfully by an inspirational address by the key note speaker for the day, Ms. Sfurti Sahare who is a motivational speaker and a corporate consultant. Our guest for day two of the induction program have been in such order: Dr Sandeep Atre, a social scientist thinker, speaker and writer. Mr. Manoj Rao, a businessman who turned into a spiritual trainer of art of living and Mr Shashank Agrawal, an FCA and ISA and has an experience of more than 15 years in the field of consultancy services. Guests for day four of the program included Ms Vividha Patni, vice president at AISEC and Mr Nitesh Singh Pawar, head librarian at NMIMS Indore. We also had CA Kirti Joshi amongst us during day five of the program who spoke about the various careers in Finance, India Salaries, Career Path, Qualifications for Finance Jobs. Mr. Shantam Sharma – HR Director, OPPO and Mr. Shankey Bansal, from Youth India were the guest speakers for day six of the program.
The induction program concluded with the valedictory ceremony the guest of honour, Mr Nitin Nagda, Vice President (Commercial) Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles. The ceremony included distribution of certificates to the students by the director Dr. Prachi Gharpure and by our guest of honour for the concluding ceremony followed by a motivational address by them. NMIMS Indore expresses a heartfelt gratitude to everyone who made this induction program a success and for showering their knowledge on the students who were awed by such esteemed dignitaries and hoped that they remain eternally connected to NMIMS Indore and its students.
"Budgets are not merely affairs of arithmetic, but in a thousand ways go to the root of prosperity of individuals, the relation of classes and the strength of kingdoms”
Dravya, The Finance Learning Centre of NMIMS Indore organized a competition "The Budget Show” for its students of PGDM I & II year. The students got an opportunity to highlight their skills to analyze the union budget by giving presentations on the topics allotted to them, namely:
· Corporate Sector
· Railway Sector
· Oil & Natural Gas sector
· FDI, FII & FPI.
A total of 6 teams participated in the competition and got an opportunity to put forth their views on the impact of budget on the customers and the respective industries, the GDP of the country and shared their recommendations on the same.
Honorable Judges for the event were: Dr. Rajeev Srivastava & FCA Jalaj Chhaya (AGM – Nexus Malls)
On 3rd August 2019, Samarthan and ICARUS organised 'Frendzy' a friendship day celebration event. There were many activities planned for the day to make students make the bond with their friends stronger. All the organisers and club members came up early and prepared for the event and decorated their respective stalls. The event started at 10 a.m. with a blast. Almost 200 students across four schools (SBM, STME, SOL, SOC) attended the event. There were various games and activities organised to bring back the nostalgia of childhood days. The tagline of the event "BYOB- Bring Your Own Friends" attracted a lot of students towards the event.
One Minute Games: The one minute games revived the inner child out of everyone. People were running, laughing, jumping and enjoying every bit of it. Everyone forgot the stress and tension and let it all out while playing games. One-minute games included Jaw the Straw, Balloon Boom and Pick the Ball. In Jaw the Straw event students had to pick the straw with their mouth and put it on the toothpicks. Next was Balloon Boom– the most fun game of the event which can be played by 2-7 people. The task was to blow the balloon, put it between the knees and start running. The one who finished the race first was the winner. The third game was Pick the Ball in which students had to hold the spoon in their mouth and try to pick the balls with that spoon and collect them in the other bowl. The winners of each game were gifted with cute little friendship band which they can wear themselves or gifted it to their
Cupcake Rush and Quiz Buzz: Describing about the most successful activity Cupcake rush, people bought more cupcakes than expected. The organisers have to arrange for more cakeslooking at the increasing demands.
Quiz Buzz was another interesting activity to let everyone check how much their friends know about them. This activity helped people build stronger bond with their friends and let them know their friends better.
Twin & Win: However, the most popular of them all were Twin & Win activity where students could twin with their friends and click pictures on the photo-booth.
The best pictures which reflected the bond and connect of the pair got the prizes from our respected Director ma’am. After the event was successful, a feedback and suggestion meeting was conducted and constructive points were conferred upon.
We are moving towards realising a ‘New India’ by 2022, when we celebrate 75 years of India’s independence: an India which is clean and healthy, where everybody would have a house with universal access to toilets, water and electricity; where farmers’ income would have doubled; youth and women would get ample opportunities to fulfil their dreams; an India free from terrorism, communalism, casteism, corruption and nepotism." Delivering with the same enthusiasm as our Finance Minister CA Piyush Goyal, students of NMIMS Indore chose different sectors to demystify the budget on the 6th of February,2019. The event was organized by DRAVYA- The Finance Learning Centre. The judges for the event were Dr Niranjan Shastri and Dr Rajeev Srivastava. There were 11 teams which took part in the event with great zeal and enthusiasm. There were 6 themes on which the event was based on, which are as follows:
1. Demystifying Union Budget for Common Man
2. Demystifying Union Budget for Rural India
3. Demystifying Union Budget for Industry
4. Demystifying Union Budget as a Growth Driver of India
5. Demystifying Union Budget for Youth: Energizing them through education, skills & jobs
6. Demystifying Union Budget for Digital Economy
It was overall a very knowledgeable activity and the winners for which were as follows:
1st Position- Team "Pythons” constituting of Pratik Vaidya and Sarthak Kumar and Team "The Critics” constituting of Zalak Singhvi and Yukti Rai
2nd Position- Team FY 2019-2020 constituting of Ashish Kumar and Sheikh Yajidul Islam
3rd Position- Team "The Black Box Tester” constituting of Amal Neema and Shivani Argade
Penned down by- Aishwarya Bhargava, BBA 2nd Year
Date: 18/07/2018
STME NMIMS Indore organized an activity for fresh students "Exploration of Campus” Activity was based on few short tasks related to experimental performance at different laboratories, gathering of information of teaching staff and cracking small puzzles.
Date: 16/07/18
SVKM’S NMIMS School of Technology Management &Engineering, NMIMS Indore, organized a one week Induction program for the newly admitted MBA Tech students at the institute premises on 16/07/2018. The major objective of the program was to make all the parents and students aware about the academic aspects of the course, the rules and regulations of the Institute and ensuring parental participation in monitoring the performance and progress of the students.
In order to give students a platform to express their ideas, the Literary Committee at NMIMS Indore launched the in-house magazine named: The Svelte Vista – which means "an elegant vision". The committee aims to keep this a periodic affair and motivated contribution of students and staff would take it to new heights in times to come.
In December 2017, the PGDM (2017-19) batch underwent a four-day training program on Six Sigma conducted by Mr. Pradeep Chittemsetty (KPMG) who is a seasoned professional and a Black Belt Six Sigma himself. The batch gained sufficient knowledge about ways to apply the principles of Six Sigma to improve the operations of any organization.
The student committee Jagruti along with a few motivated students on campus stimulated their creative bone to launch an inspirational video named live Free Live Loud. The message in the video was to never get disheartened due to negative circumstances. Rather to take on the odd situations head on and strive to make a comeback. This video can be viewed on You Tube by following the link:
www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=b9CxwtK6ZKM
Committee Dravya organized a workshop to make the BBA batch aware about Securities Exchange Board of India's (SEBI) role in Indian Financial System. The workshop was conducted the internal resource person by Dr. Niranjan Shastri who is a CMA, to address the class about the various aspects and importance of long and short-term investment plans. He was also responsible for developing a sense of awareness regarding the money saving and investing among the class.
In Nov 2017 students of NMIMS-Indore participated in National Sport Event & Management Fest at a B-school in Indore. Team NMIMS-Indore represented wholeheartedly with a squad of 24 players in various events related to sports and management activities and returned with flying colors winning accolades. The team headed by Kshitij Chakraborty (PGDM) won Case Analysis Competition in management events while in sports Aishwaray S Rajput won Chess, Aman Kapoor (BBA) secured 2nd position in Table Tennis while teams of Cricket, Volleyball and Treasure Hunt managed to reach semi-finals.
A group of students of NMIMS-Indore organized a Nukkad Natak at a Shopping Mall (Malhar Mega Mall), Indore during Swachhata Pakhwada in September 2017. The major objective of the program was to spread awareness about cleanliness and its implementation across the country. 20 students participated in the event. The act was filled was filled satires and puns aimed at general societal behaviors and ignorance which gave messages to be taken away by the audiences.
NMIMS-Indore students organized Independence Day program at institute premises on 15 Aug 2017. Dr. P. K. Chande, Director and students hoisted the national flag on the campus which was followed by the Cultural Program. The cultural program included the patriotic poems and speeches describing values to be inculcated in today's youth. At the same time, it was an occasion to remember the sacrifice done by many freedom fighters for the motherland.
