Antarang-February 2021 Page 1

Antarang-February 2021 Page 1


CONTENTS

Events / Activities Page No.

Message from the desk of Hon’ble Chairman, AEF 03

Message from the desk of Hon’ble Secretary, AEF 04

Key Persons of Ashoka Business School 05

College Re-opening 06

A session on "Basic Life Support Training" 08

FDP on "Research skill Development" 09

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj: The Management Guru 10

State- Level Online Program on ‘Basics of Self Defense' 11

Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Diwas 12

Spoken English Course 13

Faculty Section 14

College news published 18


Hon‟ble Mr. Ashok Katariya

Chairman,

Ashoka Education Foundation, Nashik

To be a leader, it is necessary that the person is not only equipped with knowledge, but one should

be empowered with a strong character, motivation to face the odds and above all the ability to find

and pursue a vision for one's life. Ashoka aims to create an environment where the students will

develop themselves as an aware citizen but into a leader of Global status. Ashoka is an initiative to

revolutionize the educational environment by equipping the students with information, mental and

spiritual strength together with contemporary skills. It also empowers their Personality with a

vision.

Message from the desk of Hon‟ble Chairman, AEF


Hon‟ble Mr. Shrikant Shukla

Secretary,

Ashoka Education Foundation, Nashik

More than possessing knowledge, it is more important to know what purpose that knowledge can

serve. Our country has been affected by the stereotype teaching system, where the focus is on

ensuring that the students learn by rote what has been taught.

AEF focuses on a much broader picture, which is developing not just a SCHOLAR but a

COMPLETE PERSON. One who not only knows what he has learned but can implement his

knowledge at the correct time and place and utilize his knowledge in the best possible way.

Message from the desk of Hon‟ble Secretary, AEF


Dr. Narendra Telrandhe

Administrator

Ashoka Education Foundation

Dr. D. M. Gujarathi

Director (Higher Education)

Ashoka Education Foundation

Mr. V. R. Venkitachalam

Consultant

AEF (Higher Education)

Ms. Sneha Awasthi

Secretary

Alumni Association, ABS

Dr. Rupali Khaire

Assistant Director

Ashoka Business School

Key Persons of Ashoka Business School


Name of the Event : College Re-opening MBA I (Orientation Program)

Date : 15th -18

th February 2021

Topic : Orientation Program

Class/classes Involved : MBA I st year

No of Participants : 99

Venue : Seminar Hall & Online (Zoom mode)

Incharge/organizer : All the Faculties

Freshers were felicitated by offering a rose flower and a sanitizer spray for regular sanitization

considering Covid situation.

All staff members were present during the session of Introduction to ABS and all staff members.

College Re-opening


Group Discussion sessions were organizased on the 3rd

day where all the present members

participated in a group of 10.

After Covid 19 Lockdown, college re-opened on 15th Feb 2021. Newcomer students of MBA I had

Orientation Program during 15th-18

th Feb 2021. On 15

th Feb the freshers were felicitated by offering

a rose flower and a sanitizer spray for regular sanitization considering Covid situation. All

precautions were taken as per the guidelines from SPPU and Government. Sessions like Introduction

to ABS, Faculty Introduction and Self-assessment form filling were scheduled for the first day.

Orientation on syllabus and course structure, Exam & Concurrent Evaluation was conducted on the

second day. Group Discussion sessions were organizased on the 3rd

day where all the present

members participated in a group of 10. Students were happy for the warm welcome by the institute

and excited for joining classroom sessions almost after a year’s gap.


Date of Event : 17th

February 2021

Topic of the session : "Basic Life Support Training"

Resource person : Dr. Chandrakant Chavan, Ashoka Medicover Hospital, Nashik

Participants : All MBA students

Venue/Platform : Seminar Hall

Organized By : IQAC Department

A training session on "Basic Life Support for Road Safety" organized by IQAC department of

Ashoka Business School. The session was organized to create awareness among the students

about road safety and basic life saving skills. Some demonstrations were made during the session.

On this occasion, the Director of the Institute (Higher Education) Dr. D. M. Gujarathi, Event

Coordinator Dr. Vaibhav Bhalerao, and Assistant Director of the College Dr. Rupali Khaire were

present.

A session on "Basic Life Support Training"


Date of Event : 19th

February 2021

Topic of the session : "Research skill development for publication in good and reputed

Journals"

Resource person : Dr. Satinder Kumar- Asst. Prof. School of Management Studies,

Punjabi University Patiala, Punjab

Participants : AEF -HE faculty members

Venue/Platform : Zoom Call & Facebook live

Organized By : QAG Department of AEF

Ashoka Education Foundation organised a Faculty Development Program for all the faculties of higher

education. To motivate and guide the faculties in the right direction, Dr. Satinder Kumar was invited as

a resource person. He guided all the faculties with the basic do’s and don’ts of research publications,

while explaining how a person must choose the title of research so that it is not only read by majority

of people but faculties can get more number of citations. He explained the manuscripts too in detail.

The session added a lot of quality inputs in the area of research.

FDP on "Research skill Development"


Date of Activity : 19th

February 2021

Topic of the session : Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj: The Management Guru

Participants : Students of ABS

Venue/Platform : Zoom Call

Organized By : Literary Club

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj birth anniversary was celebrated at Ashoka Business School. The

occasion began by paying tribute and offering a flower garland to the photograph of Chhatrapati

Shivaji Maharaj.

On this occasion, the literary club of ABS organized an online activity of sharing a series of

motivational videos on "Shivaji Maharaj –The Management Guru” to the students. This was followed

by a discussion on the management lessons learned by students from the videos shown.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj: The Management Guru


Date of Event : 20th February 2021

Topic : Online program on Basics of Self Defense

Resource person : Ms. Anjusha Chaughule, Director, Producer, Actress,

Writer and a Social Activist

No of Participants : 150 participants

Venue : Zoom Call & Facebook live

Faculty Coordinator : Ms. Manisha Bhamre

Organized By : IQAC Department

Ashoka Business School had organized a State level program on ‘The Basics of self-defense’ as part

of its gender sensitivity activity. It was conducted by Ms. Anjusha Chaughule, who said that self-

defense is not just a set of techniques, it’s a state of mind and it begins with the belief that one is

worth defending oneself. She spearheads the Woman empowerment and Self-defense program and is

the solo designer and executor of Nirbhaya Safety drive campaign.

This Online program, which was streamed live on Facebook and was attended by more than 150

participants. Dr. D. M Gujarathi, Director, ABS, and all the faculty members also present.

State- Level Online Program on „Basics of Self Defense'



February 2021

Participants : Faculty and Students of ABS

Venue/Platform : Zoom Call

Organized By : Literary Club

Ashoka Business School had organized ‘Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din’ on the occasion of the birth

anniversary of great Marathi writer Shri. V. V. Shirwadkar, popularly known as ‘Kusumagraj’.

Rich tributes were paid to ‘Kusumagraj’ by a staff member of ABS. Dr. D. M. Gujarathi, the director

of the college; teachers and non-teaching staff as well as students were present on this occasion. The

poetry reading competition was held online among the students. Poetry of great Marathi writers like

Kusumagraj, Mangesh Padgaonkar, Suresh Bhat, V. D. Karandikar were presented by students and

professors. Ms. Pranjali Somvanshi hosted the program and Ms. Shubhdarshana Patil gave the vote

of thanks.

Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Diwas



February 2021

Resource Person :Mr. Nilesh Kulkarni

Participants : MBA 1st year students

Venue/Platform : Seminar Hall

Organized By : Career Guidance & Employment Cell

Ashoka Business School has introduced the spoken English course of their MBA 1st year

students in order to increase their employability skills and make them industry fit for growth in

academics and to boost their confidence in coordination the resource person for the same. The

course will be for 14 weeks.

Spoken English Course


Ms. Pooja Kushare

Assistant Professor

Ashoka Business School, Nashik

Government Initiatives for Self Reliant India through Women Entrepreneurship......

“There is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved; it

is not possible for a bird to fly on only one wing.”

-By Swami Vivekanand

From the above quote we tend to realise that if a bird tires to fly with only one wing,then either it

gets tired or may end its journey half way before the destination arrives. Sameis the condition of the

women in the Indian Society as the women are being neglected in many parts of the countryfor thier

uncounted efforts in all the streams.There are many reasons which act as the barriers for the growth

of the women. One of the biggestreasons why women lose track is the lack of mental and financial

support that leads them to drop out ofthe race; sometimes evenbefore the racebegins.

As per the stats mentioned on the Start Up website by the GOI, women founded and co-founded

start-ups account for less than six percent of total investments infused into the Indian start-up

ecosystem. Moreover, the funding raised by Indian start-ups with at least one woman founder

accounted for just 5.77 percent or $1.69 billion (across 378 deals) of the total start-up investments in

India for January 2018 to June 2020.In such circumstances, if the private and public players come

forward and extend the hand of help to the women entrepreneurs realise their dreams it may

contribute to raise the above numbers. Indian Government is supporting this idea and has come up

with many schemes that give wings to aspiring women entrepreneurs, both from urban and rural

areas of the nation.Below are few of the major schemes that are being introduced to encourage

entrepreneurship amongst thewomen in the country:

Faculty Section

Faculty Article


A

• Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) Business loan

• It offers women entrepreneurs business loans up to 20 crores for manufacturing enterprises

•It also offers collateral-free loans up to 1 crore under Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises) cover.

B• Orient mahila vikas yojana scheme•This scheme is launched by Oriental Bank of Commerce where they provide capital for women for starting small business. Womens with 51% share in the business are eligible for the loan.

C• Stree shakti Package

•Women who have 50% share in the ownership of business and have taken part in the state agencies run Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDP) is eligible for this package.

D

• Annapurna Scheme•This scheme is for financing women to establish a food Catering Unit for selling tiffin/food/lunch packs etc. It offers loans up to 50,000/- rupees.

E

• Udyogini scheme:•Women entrepreneur aged between 18 to 45 who are involved in agriculture, retail and similar small businesses are eligible for loans upto 1 lac under this scheme offered by PSB bank and KSWDC.

•Her family annual income should be 45,000 or less to avail this loan.There is exception for widowed and disabled women. For women from SC/ST categories, a subsidy of 30 percent and for women with general category a subsidy of 20% of the loan is provided.

F

• Cent kalyani scheme:•This scheme is offered by the Central Bank of India for women entrepreneurs.

•Under this scheme loans up to Rs.1 crore are sanctioned with no processing fees and collateral security.

G

• Dena shakti scheme•This scheme is provided by Dena bank to the women entrepreneurs from the fields of Agriculture & allied activities ,Retail Trade, Micro Credit, Education, Housing and retail & small business enterprises.

H

• TREAD (Trade Related Entrepreneurship Assistance and Development) scheme•This scheme aims to economic empowerment of women by providing credit (through NGOs), training & development and counseling extension activities related to trades, products, services etc. Government grant up to 30% of the total project cost as appraised by lending institutions which would finance the remaining 70% as loan assistance to applicant women.

J

• Mudra yojana scheme for women

•This scheme offered by nationalised banks under the Pradhan Yojna who want to start their own small businesses like day care,beauty salon, tuition, tailoring unit, etc. The loans between Rs.50,000 to Rs.50 lacks are sanctioned under this scheme.For loans below Rs.10 lack there is no need of collateral and guarantors.It has three plans

•1) Shishu – Offers loan upto Rs.50,000 for new businesses

•2) Kishore – Offers loan from Rs.50,000 to 5 lacks for well established businesses.

•3) Tarun – Offers loan from Rs.5 lacks to 50 lacks for business expansion.

I

• Mahila Udyam Nidhi Scheme

•This scheme is offered by Punjab National Bank and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). This scheme provides financial assistance of up to Rs 10 lakh to set up a new small-scale venture. It also promotes upgrading and modernization of existing projects.


Apart from the above, there are some more government schemes which are into practice that

promotes the idea of women entrepreneurs. All these initiatives by the government have been

designed keeping in mind the status quo of women entrepreneurship in the country and many of the

women from the Rural as well as urban areas have made fortunes out of this.

It is a challenging task to make these schemes reach to the women around the country and also the

Implementation part demands a lot of efforts and strategic planning.

So, what we need is to do is stand united as a nation and take initiatives that would benefit more and

more women entrepreneurs in the country and make them SELF RELIANT.

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Ms. Pooja Gholap, participated in the Case Study Competition-2021 jointly organized by ICMR

College of Management, Pune, and Indian National Selection Scheme Association, Mumbai, in

which she stood first . The competition was held at the National level where case studies on various

topics from across the country were presented.

Sr.

No.

Name of the Faculty Achievement Details

1

Ms. Manisha Bhamre Assistant Professor, ABS

Invited as a resource person for the

Induction programme at Dr. B.V.

Hiray College of Management and

Research Center, Malegaon for an

online session.

Invited as a resource person for the

Induction programme at Department of

MBA, NDMVP‟s KBT COE, Nashik.

Faculty Achievements


Maharashtra Times

25th

Feb., 2021

College News Published


Gavkari

25th

Feb., 2021



Editorial Committee Members

Dr. Vikas Gaundare

Prof. Manisha Bhamre

Dr. Vaibhav Bhalerao

Mr. Ashwin S. Amrutkar

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