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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

ANNUAL REPORT

2013-2014

CHRIST UNIVERSITY

BANGALORE 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.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4

1 FACULTY 8

2 CURRICULUM 17

3 STUDENTSHIP 20

4 STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN 2013-2014 49

5 EXTENSION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES 54

6 ADMINISTRATION 58

7 LECTURES, PROGRAMMES AND EVENTS 63

8 ACADEMIC OUTREACH 73

9 RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS 82


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

REPORT OF ACTIVITIES 2013-14

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The academic year 2013-2014 began with a strategic overview meeting on 29 May

2013.“Enhancing Stakeholder‟s Satisfaction” was the vision for the year and the discussion

stressed on the need for identifying the stakeholder‟s expectations [students, parents,

employers & society]. Faculty teams deliberated on the required strategies, processes,

capabilities and appropriate performance measures to realise the vision. The annual report of

this year in review reflects in a variety of ways how the department has connected to its

vision, primarily at three different levels- faculty development, curriculum and student

development.

Significant achievements worth mentioning belong to the area of faculty development.

The faculty learning circles provided a platform for professional and intellectual dialogues

while on the other hand FPDP‟s, FDP, OBT and QIP raised their curiosities about various

concepts and led to widened and strengthened intellect. Ten faculty members have completed

MOOC and as many as seven of them are nearing the completion of the course.

In the area of research, the importance of producing good quality publication was

enunciated and the faculty members were directed from time to time to achieve the same.

Three faculty members were awarded PhD this year, taking the total number of PhD holders

in the department to eight. One MRP, 2 RDC‟s and 3 working papers were initiated during the

year. As many as 18 articles were published in the newspapers and many publications and

presentations kept coming. Instances where faculty members were invited as resource persons

and key note speakers in and out of Karnataka increased. More than the numbers, the culture

of research which is gaining momentum along with collaborative learning and sharing of

knowledge gives a sense of gratification to the department.

With respect to students, the focus was to introduce new teaching methodology that

would engage them more thoroughly and enhance the learning experience. Many students–

centric initiatives were introduced. The peer learning system was introduced for all the first

year classes. Groups were made blending a mix of gender, learning abilities, language and

region. Advanced learners were identified as group leaders to facilitate learning of group


members within and outside class-rooms. Leaders directly connect with the class /subject

teachers with problems of individual group members that were addressed appropriately. This

peer learning exercise proved to be advantageous in two ways- firstly the students benefitted

from the collaborative and cohesive learning and secondly the teachers were able to focus on

mentoring. Student mentoring and attendance follow was continuously monitored by all class

teachers which reflected in their attendance percentages and performance in examinations.

A comprehensive curriculum revision was undertaken in 2012 for all programmes, to

align them to industry standards and current trends. Therefore the major task for the current

year was to implement them with the appropriate teaching methods and techniques. The

BCom (Hons) programme electives were restructured and all the fifth and sixth semester

courses were completely revised and approved in the Jan 2014 BOS. The programme now

has only two electives a) Banking & Insurance and b) Finance & Investment. The Auditing &

Taxation courses have been brought in as core papers in the fifth and the sixth semesters.

New initiatives were taken on the students support front. For instance, two faculty

members were appointed as mentors to serve and guide the students with special needs and

likewise to cater to the students of international origin. For the students who had back logs,

special coaching and remedial classes were arranged which in turn helped them to clear the

papers and complete the programme within the stipulated period.

This year the placements were encouraging with about 20 companies visiting the

campus and selecting around 180 students. Placement related workshops were conducted for

final year students with activities like resume building, numerical aptitude, logical reasoning,

Excel training etc. This enabled them to become more confident and perform better during

placement process.

To enhance the quality of the question bank a through orientation was given to

teachers. A QB coordinator was also appointed to monitor the progress and timely completion

of the QB review process. This proved to be very effective, as the Commerce Department

emerged as the first department in the Deanery to complete the QB review process within the

stipulated time.

A landmark achievement was the MOU signed with CISI – Chartered Institute of

Securities and Investment, UK. The programme was offered to the Bcom (Hons) students to

pursue the IOC certification which is highly recognised among Investment Bankers globally.

The coaching by industry experts was undertaken in the campus and was open to both the

students and faculty members. The University level MOU with SAP Labs for the SAP-01

level certification was completed by many BCOM students.


The commerce lab resources helped in giving practical exposure to students and

thereby enhancing their learning experience. The introduction of the Journal Club for the

MCOM students proved to be instrumental in strengthening their research skills. In addition to

that, two new clubs, the finance club and the debate club was introduced to provide a platform

to the students for honing their knowledge, skills and attitude.

The year progressed with a rich blend of curricular and co-curricular and cultural

activates. National Seminar, Panel discussions, Research paper presentation seminars were

organised along with the regular CUCA inter-class, inter-collegiate activates, Darpan,

Blossoms and In Bloom cultural activities, and departmental and University level sports

activities. The CUCA initiated a body by the name of CUFA (Christ University Festing

Association), whose main objective is to streamline the selection process for sending the

students to inter collegiate fests and to train them to become winners. This year too, the

students of commerce department bagged many awards in inter collegiate cultural fests by

defeating many contenders which reinforced their own belief that they are indeed one amongst

the best.

The style of administration was to involve faculty members in the decision making

process through discussions and collaboration of ideas. This strategy solicited their committed

participation in implementation and execution. Every idea/ initiative of the department was

discussed in the department meetings; group-wise deliberations were made and were open to

suggestions and criticisms. Groups were consciously made with a blend of seniors and juniors,

or based on different specialisations as the case maybe to elicit profound insights.

Responsibilities for various activities were delegated on rotation to faculties based on their

expertise, ensuring their active involvement and balanced work load for all.

The importance of proper documentation of all activities conducted was emphasised

from the beginning and brought commendations during the quality audit process. Some of the

initiatives were bench-marked as best practices - viz- curriculum review process, Learning

circle discussions and their outcomes, student-centric pedagogies, special students

mentoring, special supplementary coaching etc. to name a few.

Amidst good news, we recognize that a great deal still needs to be done. The

Department of Commerce is one of the largest departments in the University spanning four

niche programs and catering to a large student community of 1500 +. While the department

continues to attract highly impressive students, we continue to explore opportunities for

development and strengthening of courses and other competitive programs.


In Retrospect, the academic year 2013-2014 has been quite fruitful, thanks to the

dedicated team work of 29 faculty members and 2 support staff who are progressive, creative

and committed to student and self development. The quality and creativity of the students of

this department has also been a reason for this year‟s achievement. With the synergies of the

students, faculty and the University we wish to move forward in this direction in a more

focussed manner in the new academic year commencing in June 2014.

Nithila Vincent

Head, Department of Commerce

30 April 2014


SECTION 1

FACULTY

1.1 FACULTY DETAILS

GRADE NUMBER

Professor 1

Associate Professor 3

Assistant Professor 25

Total 29

S NO FACULTY NAME GRADE QUALIFICATION

1 Alice Mani Asso. Professor M.Com, M.Phil, Ph.D

2 Anson K J Asst. Professor V M.Com, M.Phil

3 Anuradha P S Asso. Professor III M.Com, NET, M.Phil, Ph.D

4 Anusha Srinivasan Iyer Asst. Professor V M.B.A, M.Phil

5 Aruna P Asst. Professor IV M.Com, M.Phil, NET

6 Amalanathan S Asst. Professor V M.Com, M.Phil, NET

7 Bindu Nair Asst. Professor IV M.Com, M.Phil

8 Christopher Devakumar Asst. Professor V M.Com, M.Phil

9 Geetanjali Purswani Asst. Professor V M.Com, M.Phil

10 Girish. S Asst. Professor IV M.Com, M.Phil

11 Karthigai Prakasam. C Asst. Professor II M.Com, MBA, MHRM, M.Phil, Ph.D

12 Kavitha Jayakumar Asst. Professor III M.Com, M.Phil, Ph.D

13 Manjunath. B.M Asst. Professor IV M.Com, M.Phil

14 Mary Rani Thomas Asst. Professor V M.Com, M.Phil

15 Mynavathi. L Asst. Professor I M.Com, MBA, M.Phil, PhD

16 Natchimuthu Asst. Professor IV M.Com, M.Phil, NET

17 Pooja Jain Asst. Professor IV M.Com, M.Phil, NET

18 Raghavendra B C Asst. Professor IV MFA, NET

19 Rishikesh K.B Asst. Professor IV M.Com, M.Phil, NET

20 Shaeril Almieda Asst. Professor III M.Com, M.Phil, Ph.D

21 Shubhashree P K Archarya Asst. Professor IV M.Com, NET

23 Soumya V Asst. Professor III M.Com, MBA, NET

24 Theresa Nithila Vincent Asso. Professor IV M.Com, M.Phil

25 Thomas Joseph Professor M.Com, M.Phil

26 Uma V.R Asst. Professor I M.Com, M.Phil, Ph.D

27 Valarmathi B Asst. Professor III M.Com, M.Phil

28 VeertaTantia Asst. Professor IV M.Com, M.Phil, Ph.D

29 Vinnarasi. B Asst. Professor III M.Com, MBA, M.Phil


1.2 FACULTY: STUDENT RATIO

PROGRAM FACULTY : STUDENT

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1.3 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS BY THE FACULTY MEMBERS

a) PHDS AWARDED DURING THE YEAR

S.NO FACULTY

NAME TOPIC UNIVERSITY

MONTH &

YEAR OF

DEFENSE

1 Shaeril Almeida

A Study of Emerging

Concept of Online

Banking And Its Impact

on The Banking Sector

Madhya Pradesh

Bhoj (Open)

University,

Bhopal

July 2013

2 Uma V R

A Comprehensive Study

on Market Characteristics,

Consumer Behaviour And

Competition in the

Indian Retail Footwear

Industry

Bharathiar

University,

Coimbatore.

Tamil Nadu

November

2013

3 Kavitha Jayakumar

A Study on Material

Management And Its

Impact on Cost With

Reference to Kothari

Petro Chemicals Ltd,

Chennai

Bharathidasan

University,

Tiruchirappalli,

Tamil Nadu

December

2013

b) MOOC COURSES COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR

S.

NO

NAME OF

THE

FACULTY

COURSE

TITLE DURATION SEMESTER

PROGRAMME

& COURSE IN

WHICH

MOOC WAS

USED

UNIVERSITY

OFFERING

THE COURSE

1 Nithila

Vincent

An

Introduction

to Corporate

Finance

6 weeks,

28 Oct to

6 Dec 2013

Even

Semester

November

2013-March

2014

2 Semester

MCom,

Financial

Management

Wharton,

University of

Pennsylvania

2 Shubhashree

Acharya

An

Introduction

to Corporate

Finance

6 weeks,

28 Oct to

6 Dec 2013

Even

Semester

November

2013-March

2014

BCom Hons

Strategic

Finnacial

Management

Wharton,

University of

Pennsylvania


S.

NO

NAME OF

THE

FACULTY

COURSE

TITLE DURATION SEMESTER

PROGRAMME

& COURSE IN

WHICH

MOOC WAS

USED

UNIVERSITY

OFFERING

THE COURSE

3 Anuradha. PS Foundations

of Business

Strategy

7 weeks

January 2 to

February

26,2014

Even

Semester Jan

- Mar 2014

BCom Hons

Financial

Management

Virginia

University

Darden school

of Business

4 Kavitha

Jayakumar

Foundations

of Business

Strategy

6 weeks Feb 2014 -

Even

Semester

BCom Hons

Business Risk

Management

University of

Virginia

5 B. Vinnarasi Foundations

of Business

Strategy

6 weeks Feb 2014 -

Even

Semester

2 semester

MCom,

Business

Information

System

University of

Virginia

6 B Valarmathi

Sharon

Foundations

of Business

Strategy

6 weeks Feb 2014 -

Even

Semester

BCom Hons

Business Risk

Management

University of

Virginia

7 Veerta Tantia Foundations

of Business

Strategy

6 weeks Feb 2014 -

Even

Semester

4 BCom

Financial

Management

University of

Virginia

8 Rishkesh K.B Developing

Innovative

Ideas For New

Companies:

The first step

to

entrepreneursh

ip

Jan 2014 BCom Hons

Entrepreneurshi

p Development

University of

Maryland

9 Rishkesh K.B Critical

Thinking In

Global

Challenges

5 week Feb 2014 BCom Hons

Entrepreneurshi

p Development

University of

Edinburgh

10 Pooja Jain Foundations

of Business

Strategy

6 weeks Feb 2014 BCom Hons

Business Risk

Management

University of

Virginia


1.4 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVESDURING THE YEAR

1.4.1 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

S.NO PROGRAMME THEME PERIOD PLACE

1 FDP 1

Tools and technologies for

enhanced teaching and

learning – Blogs, Websites,

Prezi, Wacom etc

30 & 31

May 2013

CU Main &

Kengeri Campus

2 FDP 2

Review of Strategic Action

Plan and Departmental

Performance, QRD Report

29 & 30

November

2013

Crowne Plaza,

Electronic City,

Bangalore

3 FDP

Scientific curriculum

development, case study

teaching and mentoring

1 &3 Oct 2013 CU Main

Campus

1.4.2 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME

Quality improvement program on the theme “Contemporary developments in

Commerce and Business” was held from 18th

to 20th

March 2014. The topics discussed in the

QIP with the name of the speakers are listed below:

S.

No DATE TOPIC RESOURCE PERSON

1 18/03/2014 EVA and SVA in business

performance

Dr Madhavi Lokhande

Academic Head and Professor of Finance -

Welingkar Institute of Management

Development and Research, Bangalore.

2 18/03/2014

Delivering Value through

Whole life Costing and

Life Cycle Costing

Mr. Chidambara Ganapiah

Delivery Head for Oracle Practice for

Hewlett-Packard (HP) Enterprise Services,

India.

3 18/03/2014 Public Finance

Prof. T.S Ramachandran,

Associate Professor in Finance

Christ University Institute of Management,

Bangalore

4 18/03/2014 Enterprise Risk

Management

Mr. Ganesh Krishnamurhy

Senior Manager,

Price Waterhouse & Co.

5 18/03/2014 Ethics in Finance and

Accounting

Dr. D.N.S Kumar,

Professor & Associate Director Centre for

research Projects,Chairman, CU – ASC

Christ University, Bangalore

6 19/03/2014

Economic Indicators of

commerce, business and

Industry

Dr. R.G Desai

Retired Professor & Chairman - Department

of Economics, Bangalore University


S.

No DATE TOPIC RESOURCE PERSON

7 19/03/2014

„Company Analysis-

Qualitative and

Quantitative Aspects”

Prof. Jaydev M

Associate Professor, Chairperson -

Admissions & Financial Aid, IIM

Bangalore

8 19/03/2014 Emerging Business model

towards sustainability

Dr.Shikha Ojha

Adjunct Faculty, CMS Business School,

Bangalore.

9 19/03/2014 Demystifying Financial

Derivatives

Mr. Thiagarajan Venkatesan

Managing Director-

JP Morgan, Bangalore.

10 19/03/2014 Sustainable Banking and

Financial Inclusion

Prof. Suresh Pai

Former Advisor / Executive Vice President ,

IndusInd Bank.

11 19/03/2014

Insurance in Emerging

Markets- Issues and

Concerns

R.Venugopal

Former Executive Director, L.I.C. of India.

12 19/03/2014 Corporate Restructuring

Dr. Prasanna Chandra

Director - Centre for Financial

Management,

Bangalore.

1.4.3 FACULTY LEARNING CIRCLES

Faculty Learning Circle is a discussion forum which is scheduled fortnightly for small

groups of faculty members. The objectives of this forum is to explore various pedagogies in

higher education, to provide a platform for professional dialogues on new developments in the

realm of commerce and to encourage and foster the research culture amongst faculty

members.

Topics discussed in the Learning Circles during the year:

1. Assessment tied with course goals

2. How to write for a newspaper

3. Teaching mistakes in a classroom

4. Sharing the best practices in teaching and learning

5. Effective handling of large classes

6. Revised Schedule VI of Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account & The Companies

Bill of 2012

7. Service learning as a pedagogy

8. How does student-teacher & student-student interaction affect learning?


9. The procedure of government bailouts and its implications

10. A discussion on the interim Union Budget

The process and the approach of conducting the learning circle was streamlined and

strengthened which resulted into greater commitment from the faculty members in

contributing during these meetings.

Some of the new initiatives were-

1. Effective facilitation- Facilitators and moderators for each session were appointed

2. Faculty driven- A feedback form was created on Google drive to get the faculty

members input with regard to selection of topics

3. Capturing insights- A learning circle log was created to capture the outcomes and

insights and to implement the same

1.4.4 FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

The Faculty Professional Development programmes are held on the last Friday of

every month and is coordinated and conducted by representatives from the Deanery of

Commerce and Management and attended by all faculties in the deanery. Ms. Vinnarasi

facilitated as the faculty coordinator for the Department of Commerce.

S.

No DATE TOPIC PRESENTERS DEPARTMENT

1 June '13

Student-Centred Learning:

Understanding learners to

build teaching effectiveness

Ms. Phinu Mary Jose

Mr. Avin Thaliath

Mgmt. Studies

(BBM) and

Hotel Management

2 July '13

Rupee Depreciation:

Debilitating effect on Personal

Investment?

Mr. Christopher

Dr. Rajeshwari

Commerce and

Economics

3 July '13 Commerce and Competition

Act,2002

Prof. Vinnarasi,

Prof. Vijayachandran

Commerce and

CUIM

4 Sep '13

Companies Act (2013

Amendment) Vis-a- Vis

Companies Act 1956

Prof. Phincy (School

of Law) & Prof.

Rajesh Pai (CUIM)

School of Law and

CUIM

5 Dec‟13

Dr. Krishna (School of Law)

and Dr.Mohan Rao (School of

Law)

Public Interest

Litigation

School of Law

6 Dec‟13

Prof. Issac P. Elias

(Management Studies) and

Prof. George Jose(School of

Law)

Credit rating of

individuals

Management

Studies and School

of Law


S.

No DATE TOPIC PRESENTERS DEPARTMENT

7 Jan „14

Prof. Arcot Purna Prasad

(CUIM)and Prof. Karthigai

Prakasam C(Dept. of

Commerce)

Lean Operations in

Supply Chain

Management

CUIM and

Department of

Commerce

1.4.5 A TALK ON "PEDAGOGY AND CURRICULUM DESIGN (9th

Jan 2014)

A talk was arranged on "Pedagogy and Curriculum Design” on 9th Jan 2014. Dr.

Jennifer Martin, a Professor from University of Mount Union, Ohio, a Phd in Educational

Leadership was the resource person.She is the author of Women as Leaders in Education:

Succeeding Despite Inequity, Discrimination, and Other Challengesand has contributed

chapters to nearly 20 books. She gave her brilliant inputs on designing the curriculum and the

syllabus. There was a nice exchange of dialogue between her and the faculty members, on

how different teaching is in India and in U.S where both the parties gained.

1.4.6 SESSION BY DR. ANTOON VANDEVELDE, UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN,

BELGIUM

An enlightening and thought provoking session on „Understanding Financial Crises: The

Contribution of the Philosophy of Money‟ was rendered by Dr. Antoon Vandevelde, Full

Professor at the Centre for Economics and Ethics of the Institute of Philosophy of the

University of Leuven in Belgium (K.U. Leuven) on Tuesday, 21st January 2014. This

programme was attended by around 40 faculty members from BCOM, BBM and ECO

departments.

1.4.7 SAP TRAINING

Twelve faculty members were nominated for SAP training which was conducted in

house and they successfully completed the course. The training was scheduled from 5th

August- 8th

August 2013.


S. NO NAMES

1 Prof. Nithila Vincent

2 Dr. Anuradha P.S

3 Dr. Uma V.R

4 Mr. Girish S

5 Mr. Manjunath B.M

6 Mr. Anson K.J

7 Ms.Vinnarasi B

8 Ms. Shubhashree

9 Mr. Natchimuthu

10 Mr. Raghavendra

11 Ms. Aruna P

12 Dr. Kavitha Jayakumar

Three of the faculty members Dr. Karthigai Prakasam, Ms. Barkath Unissa and Mr.

Christopher Devakumar attended a two day workshop at SAP Innovative labs.

1.4.8 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.

1.4.9 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 Games like throw ball ,cricket and treasure hunt was organized

2. Team lunch organized at Barbeque Nation

3. A Potluck lunch

4. Exchanging of gifts as a part of Christmas celebration


1.5 NUMBER OF MPHIL‟s GUIDED BY THE FACULTY

Faculty guides of MPhil students who successfully defended during the year at Christ

University:

NAME OF THE FACULTY NO. OF STUDENTS

Dr. Anuradha P.S 1

Dr. Uma V.R 1

Dr. Karthigai Prakasam C 2


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 2013)

S.NO SUBJECT NAME TEACHER

INCHARGE

NUMBER OF

STUDENTS

ENROLLED

NUMBER OF

STUDENTS

CLEARED

1 Introduction to Accounting

and Investment

Dr. Karthigai

Prakasam C 23 19

2 Brand Management Ms. Anusha Iyer 40 39

3 Personal Tax Planning Ms. Soumya 15 14

4

Entrepreneurship and

Small Business

Development

Mr. Rishikesh

KB 35 31


LIST OF EVEN SEMESTER CERTIFICATE PROGRAMMES: (NOVEMBER 2013

TO MARCH 2014)

S.NO SUBJECT NAME TEACHER

INCHARGE

NUMBER OF

STUDENTS

ENROLLED

NUMBER OF

STUDENTSCLEARED

1 Basics of Business

Management

Mr. Rishikesh

KB 36 34

2 Creative

Advertisement* Ms. Anusha Iyer 59 59

3 Fundamentals of

Banking

Mr. Christopher

Devakumar 27 26

4 E-Commerce* Ms. Shubhashree 21 19

*Included 15 hours of digital content.

Digital Sessionswith the help of Centre for Concept Design (CCD)

Two of the certificate programmes offered digital modules for the first time. Students

could take 15 hours of lectures online. The courses and the name of the Faculty members who

undertook the training given by CCD and compiled the digital learning courses were-

1. E-Commerce – Ms. Shubhashree Acharya

2. Creative Advertising- Ms. Anusha Iyer

2.3 NEW CERTIFICATE PROGRAMMES INTRODUCED

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.

The objective of introducing IOC certification for BCom students is to provide

opportunity for professional qualification along with the degree programme and to expand the

global employability options for students. An MOU was signed with CISI on 20 May 2013and

the programme was made open for B.COM (Hons) students. Special tutoring support is

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.

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.

- Module 1 - International Introduction to Investment

-Module 2- Global Security Operation

- Module 3- Asset servicing

CISI ENROLLMENT DASHBOARD TOTAL NUMBER

No of students- Enrolled 31

No of students- Cleared 22

No of students- Not attempted 3

No of students- Not cleared 6


SECTION 3

STUDENTSHIP

This section carries information about students, learner centric initiatives taken by the

department and student development and support services. The cultural and extracurricular

activities, the industrial and village visits has also been mentioned.

3.1 PROGRAMME-WISE NUMBER OF STUDENTS - 2013 - 2014

BCOM

YEAR NO. OF

SECTIONS

No. OF

STUDENTS

(MALE)

No. OF

STUDENTS

(FEMALE)

TOTAL

I 03 146 116 262

II 04 205 157 362

III 04 163 141 304

TOTAL 928

BCOM (HONS)

YEAR No. OF

SECTIONS

No. OF

STUDENTS

(MALE)

No. OF

STUDENTS

(FEMALE)

TOTAL

I 03 98 114 212

II 02 79 69 148

III 02 82 82 164

TOTAL 524

MCOM

YEAR NO. OF

SECTIONS

No. OF

STUDENTS

(MALE)

No. OF

STUDENTS

(FEMALE)

TOTAL

I 01 24 41 65

II 01 21 33 54

TOTAL 119

MPHIL

YEAR No. OF STUDENTS

(MALE)

No. OF STUDENTS

(FEMALE) TOTAL

2013-14 03 03 06


3.2 LEARNER CENTERIC INITIATIVES

The Faculty Learning Circle discussions and continuous encouragement during

department meetings to adopt Learner –Centric methods in teaching-learning and thus

enhance student engagement motivated teachers to experiment in class-rooms. Various new

pedagogies were introduced and creative CIAs were administered. These new approaches

were captured and documented as best practices for future use in the learning circle log and in

a Google spread sheet accessible by all. Exhibitions, Blogs, Videos, Interviews, in-depth

research and presentations 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.

S.

No

DESCRIPTION OF THE

ACTIVITY

LEARNING

OUTCOMES AND

EXPERIENCE

SUBJECT

1 Collecting Information on Service

Tax and VAT charged by restaurants

and checking whether the goods,

water etc served are sold at MRP

Understanding the practical

implications of Tax Laws

Taxation

2 Company Analysis & Industry

analysis- The group selects an

industry and identifies six major firms

in that industry. The group combines

the ratios of all firms for inter-firm

comparison and industry analysis

Develop in students a

critical appreciation of the

performance of companies

by applying the tools and

techniques for their

evaluation.

Management

Accounting &

Financial

Analysis

3 The students of final year found the

subject of vendor financing to be very

interesting especially since some of

them had interned with credit analysis

departments of financial institutions.

They came up with an idea of creating

a model in an excel sheet which can

be used to take decisions on whether

to give credit to a customer or not. In

groups using the tools and directions

provided by the faculty , they

successfully designed the model

They found the exercise to

be very challenging as they

had to themselves arrive at

a formula using their

requirements. Many were

using functions in excel for

the first time.

Management of

Financial

Services

4

E-Filing of IT Returns- Students were

asked to file IT returns after

calculating the total income and tax

liability of their parents/family

members / friends.

The students gained

knowledge in computation

of tax liability of

individuals and also how to

file IT returns

Taxation Laws

5 Web site Designing- students were

asked to design a website for an

online retail business.

Students practically learnt

to make attractive websites

for their business

E-commerce


S.

No

DESCRIPTION OF THE

ACTIVITY

LEARNING

OUTCOMES AND

EXPERIENCE

SUBJECT

6 Interviewing entrepreneurs and make

a video presentation on their business

failures and success

The students got an

opportunity to meet small

entrepreneurs and learn

about their business

strategies,

Strategic

Financial

Management

7

To shoot a video on court cases in

Business Laws and Insurance and

upload in YouTube/Facebook.

A lot of research went into

while selecting the correct

type of cases also they

understood the difference

between what is written in

the text books and what

happens in the real world

Business Laws

and Insurance

8

Interpreting Application of

Accounting Standards in Annual

Reports- Group explains the

Accounting Standard in detail and

then illustrates how it has been

applied by companies in annual

reports.

Clear understanding of the

concept of the AS and

knowledge of its practical

application in company

financial statements.

Financial

Accounting

9

Exhibition show casing various

models pertaining to cost reduction

through natural renewable resources.

Practical knowledge and

creating the awareness of

cost reduction through

natural renewable resources

Cost

Accounting

10

Crossword puzzles testing knowledge

of basic concepts and terms

Conceptual clarity E-Commerce,

Banking,

Investment

Management.

11

Model and Poster Making related to

Effective Means of Business

Communication

Better understanding of the

effective means of the

communication clarity of

the theoretical concepts

learnt in the classroom

session.

Business

Communication

12

Blog Creation- Students were asked to

develop a blog of E-Commerce for

their class and each student was

required to update the blog putting

new features, adding videos, audios,

articles related to e-commerce and

based on the blog post made by each

student grading was done.

Updated on the happenings

in the world of E-commerce

and made them aware about

making their own blog.

Also, this activity made

them to write small articles

on topics of interest related

to the subject.

E-Commerce

13

Preparation on Final Accounts from

annual reports of different companies

and redrafting as per Revised

Schedule VI

Students learned the format

of final accounts as per

Revised Schedule VI

Corporate

Accounting


3.3 STUDENT SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

In this section the student support and student development initiatives which have been

undertaken in this academic year are presented. Mentoring for Special students, Mentoring for

International students, Bridge course in Accountancy, Special Coaching provided for

supplementary examinations and Placement workshops students were some of the student

support activities conducted. On the front of development front, initiatives such as Commerce

Lab, Journal Club, Finance Club, Class Representative‟s orientation etc. were conducted.

3.3.1 SPECIAL STUDENTS‟ MENTORING

The main challenge faced today by inclusive education, is to adopt according to the

needs of the special students, in the mainstream education. The department felt a need to

understand the concerns and difficulties faced by the special students, in order to guide them

to have a better experience in gaining education and developing their career.

The Department of Commerce has eight special students studying in the first year and

four special students studying in the second year BCom classes. As an initiative to cater to the

special needs of these students the department identified a faculty, Dr. Sheril Almeida, to

facilitate as a mentor available always at times of need for these students.

The following needs of these special students are being taken care through the mentor:

Record of complete profile, regarding their family background, educational background,

their disability and difficulty is maintained with the mentor.

Communication with subject teachers -detailed information was sent to the 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,

especially those coming from the other departments for subjects like English, Economics and

Languages.

Buddy System 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 for writing

examinations. 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 examinations extra time was provided both for mid semester and end

semester exams.

Mentoring for weak subjects-The students were continuously mentored regarding their

academics. They were motivated and continuously encouraged to seek help from the teachers

of the subjects in which they are 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 help them

develop self-confidence. 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 was

done separately to know their performance. It was found that compared to the first year the

second year students fared better.

3.3.2 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS MENTORING

In the beginning of the academic year, the department felt a need to understand the

concerns and difficulties faced by the International students. Whether it is attendance issue,

classroom adjustment, dress code discipline or visa issues, these international students find it

difficult to solve the issues themselves due to communication and cultural barriers. A

proactive initiative was taken to appoint Ms. Anusha Iyer as a mentor who would be there at

all times for them. Support was extended in form of special coaching, encouraging for

participation in cultural activities and making them feel at home by taking them on a

Bangalore tour to experience the food and culture.

A brief summary of support extended, outcomes and observations

In the weekly departmental meetings issues related to these students were discussed.

For instance, teachers were requested to go a little slow while speaking to these

students as they found it difficult to grasp. In another instance the teachers were

requested to give extra time for completion of written assignments to first year

students who had problems in comprehending and articulating using English language.

This was observed more in case of Korean students.

The students of IV semester found the subject of Financial Management to be tough.

After speaking to them and their Indian friends, it was concluded that lack of practice


and not being able to grasp fast during the lecture hours were the main reasons for not

being able to cope with the subject. The teachers teaching the subject were met in

person and were requested to take a few one to one sessions for these students. The

teachers obliged and some students even managed to get help during study holidays.

An effort was made to bring them together to study problem based papers in the

campus with assistance from teachers and few Indian students who were good at the

subject. It was observed that this group study helped them in looking at each other‟s

notes and getting the doubts cleared.

Buddies were identified from their own classes to help them with any doubts regarding

the subjects or for any other thing. They became friendly with their seniors

(international students) during meetings and so took help from them too.

At the end of each semester their scores in all subjects were taken note of and they

were advised and helped accordingly.

They were motivated and encouraged to attend campus connect and other fests though

they were a bit apprehensive as they felt out of place during such fests. Taking them

for outings like Lalbagh and sometimes for team lunch in the campus made them open

up and freely talk and sort out any issues through discussions.

The IV semester students were in a dilemma about choosing their electives in the final

year. They were advised personally about the choices.

Their VISA statuses were every now and then checked to avoid any forthcoming

regulatory or attendance issues.

Students who had attendance issues were constantly mentored and helped to sort out

the same. It has been observed that they don‟t report back from vacation on time which

brings down their attendance score.

3.3.3 ORIENTATION PROGRAMMES FOR FIRST YEARS

a) A one day departmental level orientation for the first semester B.Com and Honours

students was organized on Tuesday 11 June from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm, before commencement

of regular sessions. The main objective was to orient the students to the Christ University

academic culture with focus on presentation and writing and referencing skills. Team games

were organised in the field during the post lunch session.


CLASS 9. 30 AM -10.30 AM 10-45 AM- 11.45 AM 11.45 AM - 12.45 AM

1 Bcom A Presentation Skills –

Rani

Writing Skills -

Geetanjali

Academic Culture –

Anson

1 Bcom B Presentation Skills -

Barkath

Writing Skills –

Anusha Iyer

Academic Culture -

Christopher

1 Bcom C Writing Skills -

Geetanjali

Academic Culture –

Anson

Presentation Skills -

Rani

1 Bcom HA Writing Skills -Anusha

Iyer

Academic Culture -

Christopher


Barkath

1 Bcom HB Academic Culture -

Anson


Rani

Writing Skills -

Geetanjali

1 Bcom HC Academic Culture -

Christopher


Barkath

Writing Skills –

Anusha Iyer

b) On 12th

June-2013, the first year students were given a departmental level induction

programme in the main auditorium. Here there 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 clubbed with Freshers‟ welcome

programme organised by the senior students. .

3.3.4 BRIDGE COURSE IN ACCOUNTANCY

The department offers a 30 hour bridge course in Accountancy to the first semester

students from non- commerce background. This year the course was attended by 12students

from BCom A, B,C, D, J & K sections. The course was conducted from 24th

June 2013 to 31st

July 2013 by Ms. Soumya Iyer.The first 15 sessions were for understanding the basics in

Financial Accounting till trial balance and the remaining 15 sessions were from Final

Accounts to Partnership Accounts.


3.3.5 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 comprising of Prof. Girish and Prof. Bindu Nair was 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 2013, text books for all the classes for the odd semester subjects had been distributed

and by the first week of December 2013 books for the even semester subjects were

distributed.

Another initiative of the department was with respect to providing assistance to

students from weak financial background by providing free textbooks. Around 50 students

were provided free text books with financial support from Christ University. The same

was done after requisitioning the list from the concerned class teachers and providing orders

to the publishers for the same.

3.3.6 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 2013-14.

CONSOLIDATED FEE CONCESSION DETAILS OF

BCOM REGULAR, HONOURS& MCOM

FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014

PROGRAMME NO OF STUDENTS

APPLIED

NO OF STUDENTS

AWARDED

TOTAL AMOUNT

Rs.

B COM- REGULAR 167 116 12,31,500

B COM-HONORS 13 4 46,000

M COM 14 11 1,49,000

TOTAL 194 131 14,26,500


CONSOLIDATED SCHOLARSHIP DETAILS OF

FINAL YEAR BCOM REGULAR, HONOURS & MCOM

FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014

GROUP A (MERIT)


APPLIED

NO OF STUDENTS

AWARDED

TOTAL AMOUNT

(RS)

B COM- REGULAR 57 12 71000

B COM-HONORS 20 06 52000

M COM 13 03 24000

TOTAL 90 21 1,47,000

GROUP B (CO CURRICULAR & EXTRA CURRICULAR)


APPLIED

NO OF STUDENTS

AWARDED

TOTAL

AMOUNT(RS)

B COM- REGULAR 19 06 34000

B COM-HONORS 12 07 33000

M COM 06 01 5000

TOTAL 37 14 72,000

3.3.7 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.

3.3.8 PLACEMENT WORKSHOPS

To enhance the employability skills and to boost the confidence of students before they

go through the placement process, workshops were undertaken for the BCOM and the MCOM

students. Placement workshops were also scheduled for students during the faculty OBT days,

29 & 30 November, 2013. The following are the details regarding the same.


PLACEMENT WORKSHOPS

FACILITATOR TOPIC DATE/MONTH PARTICIPANTS

THE BRIDGE Resume Building and

Group Discussion

August 2013 All final year BCom

Reg & Hons students

DZYRE Online Excel

Training Workshop

September 2013

35 students

successfully completed

the course

FINAL YEAR BCOM & MCOM TRAINING SCHEDULE

29/11/2013

S

NO CLASS 9.00 – 10.45 11.00 – 1.00 2.00 – 4.00

NO OF

STUDENTS

ROOM

NO

1 BCom

A&B

Effective

Communication

Presentation

Skills

Personality

Grooming 154

Assembly

Hall

Block II

2 BCom

C&D

Personality

Grooming

Effective

Communication

Presentation

Skills 150

Panel

Room

Block II

3 BCom

J&K

Presentation

Skills

Personality

Grooming

Effective

Communicati

on

158

Seminar

Hall

Block II

4 MCom

I Goal Setting

Presentation

Skills

Effective

Communicati

on

65

913 –

Central

Block (9th

Floor)

5 MCom

II Basics of Excel Basics of Excel

GD, PI and

Effective

Communicati

on

54

912 –

Central

Block (9th

Floor)


30/11/2013

S

NO CLASS 9.00 – 10.45 11.00 – 1.00

NO OF

STUDENTS ROOM NO

1 B.Com A,B&C Mathematical

skills

Logics and

Quantitative

aptitude

174

Sky View,

Central Block

10th

Floor

2 B.Com C,D&J Mathematical

skills

Logics and

Quantitative

aptitude

171

Campus

View, Block

10th

Floor

3 B.Com J,K&

M.Com II

Mathematical

skills

Logics and

Quantitative

aptitude

177 Mini

Auditorium

4 M.Com I Basics of Excel Basics of Excel 65

913 – Central

Block (9th

Floor)

3.3.8 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 of the current process, procedures and

practices followed by organizations and expose the students to all their forms / formats /

formalities. The faculty coordinators were Dr. Kavitha Jayakumar, Ms.Vinnarasi. B&

Mr.Natchimuthu.N. The activities for 2013-14 were:

Orientation programme 2013-14

An orientation programme was organised for I & II year B.com students and I and II year

M.com students. It was held on Saturday, 20th

July 2013, from 11 am to 1 pm. The commerce

Lab representatives addressed the students about its Vision, Mission, Scope and Objectives.

The students were motivated to participate in the events conducted by Commerce Lab.

Commerce Lab Exhibition “FOOT PRINTS”

An exhibition named “Commerce Lab FOOT PRINTS” was organised for II year B.com

students on 26th

July 2013 between 12 noon to 3.00 pm. The stalls gave an insight into the

world of commerce and gave practical exposure to the students. The students and faculty from

various deaneries visited the exhibition and their feedback was encouraging.


The participating classes were given different subjects for showcasing their stalls.

CLASS SUBJECTS ALLOTTED

II B.com A Banking and Indian Financial System

II B.com B Insurance & Marketing

II B.com C Banking & Corporate Accounting

II B.com D Human Resource Management, Corporate Accounting

II B.com J Indian Financial System

II B.com K Business and Corporate Law

The stalls were evaluated by a panel of faculty members. The documents presented in the exhibition

had been classified and displayed in the commerce Lab for students. The winners were announced on

31st July 2013 and they were given cash prizes.

Commerce Lab Documents Usage

The documents and models collected by the students for the exhibition were taken to the class rooms

by faculty members to make learning more effective. Feedbacks regarding the usefulness of the

documents were taken from the faculty members. The documents usage log for the odd semester:

DATE FACULTY CLASS SUBJECT

24/09/13 Girish.S II B.com K Principles and Practice of Banking

27/09/13 Sowmya .V III B.com B Taxation Laws

23/09/13 Vinnarasi B III B.com JK Accounting Standards

23/9/13 Dr.Alice Mani II B.com C Insurance

23/09/13 Dr.Alice Mani II B.com A Banking

23/09/13 Amalanathan.S I B.com Hon C Financial Accounting

27/09/13 Dr.Alice Mani III Bcom C Taxation Laws

25/09/13 Sharon.V III B.com JK Tax planning and Administration

25/09/13 Veerta Tantia I Bcom A Financial Accounting

27/09/13 Geetanjali I B.com Hon A Financial Accounting

21/09/13 Anusha Iyer II B.com D Insurance

24/09/13 Raghavendra III B.com D Taxation Laws

27/09/13 Natchimuthu.N III B.com C Company Law & Secretarial

Practice


3.3.9 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 2013 and January 2104. Following are the

subjects for which special coaching was provided during the year.

S. NO NAME OF THE SUBJECT

1 Cost Accounting

2 Indian Financial system

3 Financial Accounting I

4 Company Law and Secretarial Practice

5 Financial Planning and Control

6 Taxation Laws-1

7 Advanced Taxation-1

8 Capital Market Operations

9 Principles and Practice of Insurance

10 Business Statistics

11 Information Technology for Business

12 Accounting for Services

13 Management of Financial services

14 Tax planning and administration

15 Strategic Financial Management

16 Accounting Standards 1

17 Retail Management

18 Advanced Financial accounting

19 Corporate Accounting

20 Auditing and Assurance Practices

3.3.10 SEMINAR ON CURRENT TRENDS IN COMMERCE & BUSINESS (CTCB)

Followed by the discussions in the Faculty learning circle on the current developments

in commerce & business, it was decided that the students will be benefit if a seminar is

organised for them on IFRS, New Corporate Bill 2013 and Schedule VI form of Balance

Sheet. The idea was that a BCom student of Christ University should be up-to-date with the

current developments in the field and be able to articulate on these topics during placements.

The programme was organised on 25th

September 2013 in Sky view for final year B.Com as

well as B.Com (Honours) students. As a peer learning strategy and to motivate advanced

learners, two students from each section were identified as presenters on the topics. They

worked as a team with faculty mentors and prepared the presentations. The sessions were

greatly appreciated by all the final year students.


3.3.11 PROJECT DAY – AN INITATIVE TO ENCOURAGE RESEARCH CULTURE

To encourage and inculcate the research culture among the studentsthe department

organized a“Project Day” for final year Bcom(Hons) students on 24th February,2014. From a

total of 147 projects grouped under 10 faculty guides,onebest project from each group was

selected for presentation. Prof Suresha B and Prof Issac from Department of Management

Studies were the external judges. The best three projects were presented with cash awards and

consolation prizes were presented to the remaining presenters.

3.3.12 MUDRA- THE STUDENT‟S E- NEWSLETTER

„Mudra‟ the E-Newsletter of commerce is an initiative by the students and

faculty of Department of Commerce to inculcate serious academic and research culture among

the students and to foster academic writing by the student and faculty. The students made use

of „Mudra‟ to showcase their research talents by contributing articles relating to core

commerce areas along with other valuable information pertaining to career planning,

placement, Commerce Lab, snippets etc. The main motto of this newsletter is to apprise

everyone in the department about the current happenings and the future endeavours of the

department. It acts as a great networking tool and is an expression in itself. In this academic

year, the department came up with four issues of Mudra. Dr. Veerta Tantia and Mr.

Raghavendra were faculty members part of the editorial team.

3.4 OUTBOUND TRAINING, INDUSTRIAL AND VILLAGE VISITS

To give a sense of how things work in a real time environment, industrial visits and out

bound training programmes were conducted. The particulars have been presented below.

3.4.1 OUTBOUND TRAINING PROGRAMME (MCOM)

The first year and the second year M COM students were taken for an Out Bound

Training Programme to Freddy‟s Ashram, off Kanakapura Road during the 1st week of July

2013. Around 120 students participated in the programme. There were team building games

like rappelling, river crossing etc. The goal of OBT programme was to break the ice between

the first and second year students and thereby to foster healthy relationship among the

students of M COM.


3.4.2 INDUSTRIAL VISITS ORAGNISED DURING THE YEAR

S.NO DATE CLASS &

SECTION

NAME OF THE

INDUSTRY

NO. OF

STUDENTS

NAME OF THE

FACULTY

ORGANISER

1 23/08/13 V B. Com K Britania Industrial

Area, Bidadi

58 Ms Pooja Jain

2 11/01/14 VI B.Com C Mahindra Reva

Jigani

Bommasadra

40 Mr. Girish.S

3 01/02/14 VI B.Com B

Mahindra Reva

Jigani

Bommasadra

60 Mr. Girish.S

&

Ms Aruna P

4 13/02/14 VI B.Com

J&K

Volvo, Penya 39 Ms. Sharon

Valarmathi

5 17/02/14 IV B.Com K Coco-Cola Factory

Bidadi

64 Ms. Bindu Nair

6 22/02/14 VI B.Com J Mahindra Reva

Jigani

Bommasadra

60 Mr. Girish

&

Mr. Christopher

7 25/02/14 II M.Com Sri

Chamundeshwari

Sugar Mill

Mandya

63 Dr Karthigai

Prakasam

8 26/02/14 IV B.Com J Resil Chemical

Pvt.Ltd

Bommasadra

63 Ms Soumya V

9 01/03/14 VI B.Com D Coco-Cola Bidadi Mr. Amalanathan

3.4.3 VILLAGE VISITSORAGNISED DURING THE YEAR

S.NO DATE CLASS/SECTION NAME OF THE

PLACE

NAME OF THE

FACULTY

ORGANISER

1 24/09/13 V B. Com J&K Hoskote, Bangalore Ms. Sharon Valarmathi

2 13/11/13 VI B. Com C Halasinakayipura,

Bangalore Mr. Girish.S

3 07/12/13 VI B. Com B Halasinakayipura,

Bangalore Ms Aruna P

4 12/12/13 VI B.Com D Halasinakayipura,

Bangalore Mr. Amalanathan

5 23/11/13 VI B. Com J Hoskote, Bangalore Mr. Christopher

6 29/01/14 VI B. Com K Halasinakayipura,

Bangalore Ms. Pooja Jain


3.5 CLUBS AND ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES

3.5.1 “ARTHAPRABHANDA”- THE FINANCE CLUB

“Arthaprabandha” (money management), an exclusive finance club was started by the

students of commerce department in the year 2013. Students from all the sections are involved

in the activities of the club. The final year students design and organize the activities for the

second and first year students. The finance club works with a clear objective of equipping the

students with the knowledge of money management. It is a platform for exchange of

theoretical concepts combined with practical exposure.

This year the Club organized activities like equity analysis, investment games, article

review etc.

The Club organized a Panel Discussion on “Evolution of derivates- beginner‟s

reference” This discussion was moderated by Mr. Ravi Raman, COO of Infrahedge

and was attended by various Industry experts and Professors.

Stock minds a virtual trading platform- This initiative was a collaborative effort of

ICICI Direct and Commerce department. Students were given opportunities to invest

on a virtual trading platform. This national even went on for 2 months and the first

and the second place went to students from the department of Commerce.

3.5.2 JOURNAL CLUB (MCOM)

The Journal Club was initiated during this academic year with an intention to foster

research culture among the post graduate students. It was named as „The White Collar‟ Club.

It involves reviews of research articles pertaining to the field of commerce by the students in

the presence of their mentors. Around 30 articles have been reviewed and presented by

MCOM students during the academic year.

Objectives of „The White Collar‟ Club

Develop a research culture among the PG students

Expose them to good quality research work in their areas of specialization and identify

scope for new research

Equip the students with the knowledge and techniques of Research methodology

Encourage the students to write and publish research articles.

Initiate Journal club blog and release a Bi-annual Journal


The MCom students were divided into three groups ensuring an equal number of first and

second years in each group. There were two presentations on journal reviews for each group

scheduled every week. The reviews were jointly prepared and presented by one senior and one

junior student. Reviews were in the specialization related articles from refereed / indexed /

impact factor journals of recent issues [not earlier than 2010]. The reviewers were assigned to

faculties for expert support/guidance. The review included detailed explanation of concepts,

background of the research area/topic, relevance, methodology, analysis, findings, limitations

and scope for further research.

JOURNAL CLUB PAPER PRESENTATION DETAILS 2013-14

S.

NO

TITLE OF THE

ARTICLE

TITLE OF THE

JOURNAL

VOL

NO

ISSUE

NO.

YEAR OF

PUBLICATION

1 Working capital

management and its

impact on

profitability: a case

of Indian oil

corporation

The IUP Journal of

Accounting

Research & Audit

Practices 12 3 2013

2 The Synthesis of

Grameen Bank

Microfinance

Approaches in

Bangladesh

International

Journal of

Economics and

Finance 3 6 2011

3 Marketing strategies

and social

performance

outcomes; a field

study on MFI clients

IUP journal of

marketing

management 10 2 2011

4 Inflation and Role of

RBI

Southern Economist 51 11 2012

5 Foreign direct

investment in multi

brand

Indian Journal Of

Marketing Finance 3 8 2013

6 Investor Behaviour

towards investment

in Mutual Funds – A

Comparative study

Telangana Region in

the state of Andhra

Pradesh

Madras University

Journal of Business

and Finance

1 1 2013

7 E –banking-

Challenges and

opportunities

Economic and

political weekly 38 51/52 2003

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ARTICLE

TITLE OF THE

JOURNAL

VOL

NO

ISSUE

NO.

YEAR OF

PUBLICATION

8 A Study of

Perceptions in

Society Regarding

Unethical Practices

in Advertising

South Asian Journal

of Management

17 1 2010

9 Effect of corporate

associations on

consumer behaviour

European journal of

marketing 47 2 2013

10 Emerging role of

banks in e-

commerce

Current Issues in

Economics and

Finance

6 3 2000

11 Independent

directors and their

longrun performs on

IPO‟S

Journal of applied

finance & banking 1

2011

12 Determinants of

financial

performance of

commercial banks in

Kenya

International

journal of

economics and

financial issues

3 1 2013

13 Micro finance

interventions and

customer perception

a study of rural poor

in Punjab

Decision- Calcutta

39 1 2012

14 Entrepreneurship The IUP Journal of

Entrepreneurship

Development

2013

15 Family ownership

and CEO turnover

contemporary

accounting research

30 3 2013

16 Rupee Volatility The Economic

Times (Online) 2011

17 Attrition rate in BPO

companies

The IUP Journal of

Management

Research

8 11 2009

18 Performance

appraisal of Indian

banking using

CAMELS rating

IUP journal of bank

management 12 2 2013

19 Growth profitability

and productivity of

Indian public sector

banks: assessment of

their inter relation

ship

IUP journal of bank

management

12 3 2013






3.5.3 THEATRE CLUBS

a) Barefoot Productions was started in the year 2011 by the MCOM students. During the

year 2013 – 2014, there were three performances, namely, 1) “Idli and Doughnut”, (Darpan),

wherein the team won the “Stage Management Award”, 2) “Mother of the Nation”

(Blossoms), the team won the 3rd

place in Baptizer, 3) “Mother of the Nation” was also

performed for the “Divine Noel Fest” organized by the Divine TV Foundation, Bangalore.

b) Last Minute Productions (LMP) is the BCOM theatre club. It comprises of a family of 60

artists for proscenium, street play and back stage, who put up shows and take part in theatre

events representing Commerce department. The achievements of LMP during 2013-14 are

many and are listed in the subsequent section.

3.5.4 CHRIST UNIVERSITY COMMERCE ASSOCIATION - CUCA

The Christ University Commerce Association is the most vibrant association of the

university, and also the crown jewel of the commerce department. The association aims at

providing a blend of practical knowledge with theoretical curriculum.The Vision of the

association is „Compete, Collaborate and Create‟.Its mission is „To provide a platform to

shape the future of every student in the department of commerce by enriching knowledge,

enhancing competence, imparting life skills and internalizing values.”

Its objectives are

1. To provide exposure and experience to develop young leader

2. Enable critical thinking and enhance effective communication

3. Synchronizing theory with practice

The CUCA activities for the year kick-started with the inauguration on 20 June 2013.

Mr. Vishwanath Praveen, Head Property and Central Finance, Tesco HSC Pvt. Ltd. was the

Chief Guest for this occasion.

The association organizes a host 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 fervor on 18 & 19 September 2013. Mr. Sunil Rao, Google

Country Head, Outreach Program was the Chief Guest for the inaugural ceremony. Top

national and regional colleges like St. Xavier‟s-Kolkata, Lady Shri Ram college-Delhi,

Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce-Pune, St. Aloysius College-Mangalore, St.

Joseph‟s College of Commerce- Bangalore, Centre for Management Studies-Bangalore were

in the fray to emerge winners. St. Joseph‟s College of Commerce broke St. Xaviers‟ two-year

winning overall streak when they 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.We emerged

overall winners at SRCC, JNC, New Horizon Commerce College, IBS, CMR and

KristuJayanti College.

A change ushered in this year was the commencement of the CUFA-Christ University

Festing Association. An association aimed at streamlining the fest selection process.

Applicants were sent out for fests which we received invites for and candidates were selected

based on prior experience and interest shown.

SCHEDULE OF CUCA EVENTS 2013-2014

JUNE‟13-SEPTEMBER‟13

S.NO DATE DAY EVENT ROUND VENUE

1. 14/06/2013 Friday Crossword 1 Classrooms

2. 20/06/2013 Thursday Inauguration - Main Audi

3. 21/06/2013 Friday Mock Stock - Classrooms

4. 26/06/2013 Wednesday Logo Slogan 1 Classrooms

5. 03/07/2013 Wednesday Connect - Classrooms

6. 05/07/2013 Friday Entrepreneurial

Development

1 Classrooms

7. 10/07/2013 Wednesday Entrepreneurial

Development

2 Room-527

8. 12/07/2013 Friday Logo Slogan 2 Room-527



9. 18/07/2013 Wednesday Public Relations 1 Classrooms

10. 22/07/2013 Friday Public Relations 2 Room-527

11. 02/08/2013 Friday Human Resources 1 Classrooms

12. 07/08/2013 Wednesday Public Resources 3 Room-510


Development

3 Room-510

14. 14/08/2013 Wednesday Logo Slogan 3 Room-510

15. 17/08/2013 Friday Human Resources FINAL Room-527

16. 21/08/2013 Wednesday Public Relations FINAL Main Audi


Development

FINAL Main Audi

18. 28/08/2013 Wednesday Logo Slogan FINAL Main Audi

NOVEMBER‟13-MARCH‟14


1. 20/11/2013 Wednesday Finance 1 Classrooms

2. 27/11/2013 Wednesday Finance 2 Room-527

3. 29/11/2013 Friday Finance 3 Room-510

4. 04/12/2013 Wednesday Marketing 1 Classrooms

5. 06/12/2013 Friday Marketing 2 Seminar Hall

6. 18/12/2013 Wednesday Finance FINAL Online

7. 07/02/2014 Friday Marketing 3 Room-527

8. 12/02/2014 Wednesday Best Manager 1 Classrooms

9. 14/02/2014 Friday Best Manager 2 Room-527

10. 19/02/2014 Wednesday Marketing FINAL Main Audi

11. 11/03/2014 Tuesday Best Manager 3 University Campus

12. 12/03/2014 Wednesday Best Manager 4 Central Block



13. 14/03/2014 Thursday Best Manager FINAL Main Audi

14. 14/03/2014 Thursday CUCA Valedictory - Main Audi

3.5.5 CHRIST UNIVERSITY FESTING ASSOCIATION

This year an Association named Christ University Festing Association was formed

with two main objectives – one to streamline the selection process andthe second to train the

participants so that they are fest ready. The training sessions were coupled up with in house

challenging tests and were much appreciated by students. This clearly helped them to be more

confident and developed their overall personality and emerge champions many inter-collegiate

fests.

3.5.6 SPORTS CLUB

The commerce department has an active sports club which organises inter-class sports

events every semester. The purpose of the Sports Club is to prepare each student to be able to

participate fully in the competitive, recreational and leisure opportunities offered outside the

class-room environment. Sports is used as a means to develop social interaction and to provide

a release for students in order to refresh for academic work

The Department has conducted the following sports events during 2013-14:

During Odd Semester

Cricket (Boys): All the classes both UG and PG actively participated. I year B com „C‟ was

the winner and III year B com „C‟ was the runner up of this event.

Throw Ball (Girls):Totally 8 teams from both UG and PG took part in this event. The winner

and Runner of this event are III year B com B and I Year M com respectively.

During Even Semester

Due to Blossoms the mega event of the university, the Department was able to conduct only

one event i.e., Volley Ball (Boys). In this event all the classes both UG and PG participated.

There were two teams from II year B com „C‟ Section and they took both the places i.e.

winner and runner up of the event.Each player of winner and runner up team was appreciated

with a certificate and medal.


3.6 STUDENTSACHIEVMENTS IN SPORTS, CULTURAL AND EXTRA

CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

3.6.1 SPORTS

3.6.2 INTER-COLLEGIATE CULTURAL FESTS

DANCE:

“Fifth floor” a very talented dance team of Commerce department participated in four

inter-collegiate fests this year and won at three of them. They were the winners at the cultural

fests of Mount Carmel College, Jain University and Alliance University.

S. No. DESCRIPTION NAMES OF STUDENTS

1 Represented Indian Indoor Sports Foundation

(Cricket) which was held at Sri-Lanka.

Nihal Shilar

2 Represented Karnataka Team in ROC BALL,

THROW BALL ( Second Place ) & TENNIS

VOLLEY BALL Nationals

Robert Sebastian

3 Christ University cricket team represented India

in International Inter University Cricket

Tournament held at Malaysia from 15/04/2013

to 25/04/2013 and secured Runners-Up in

which 9 students of Commerce department

were part of.

Robert Sebastian, Nihal

Shilar,Tushar,Lamba,Vighnesh,Bi

man,Jack & Surya.

4 Represented Karnataka State in U-16,U-18 &

U-21 Category.

Issac Thomas

5 Christ University Basket ball Mens team

Secured 4th

Place in South zone Basket Ball

championship & were Qualified to All India

Basket Ball Championship.

Karan , Issac , Dhruva ,

Paramjeeth, Narasimhan , Dybin&

Sudeendra

6 Christ University Throw Ball girls team

Secured winners in Sathyabama University

Throw Ball championship held at Chennai

Roopa , Bindu , Naziya , Anusha

& Suhasine


THEATRE:

Barefoot Productions

1) “Idli and Doughnut”, (Darpan), “Stage Management Award”,

2) “Mother of the Nation” (Blossoms), the team won the 3rd

place in Baptizer,

3) “Mother of the Nation” was also performed for the “Divine Noel Fest” organized by the

Divine TV Foundation, Bangalore.

Last Minute Productions: Events Won 2013-14

Darpan; Street play – 3rd

, Proscenium – 2nd

, Movie Spoof – 3rd

Blossoms (Deanery): Street Play – 1st , Proscenium – 3

rd,

Blossoms (Inter Deanery)-Street play – 3rd

, Proscenium – 2nd

Inter-collegiate: Dayanand Sagar College-Street play – 3rd

, St. Joseph‟s College of

Commerce: Best Hindi proscenium Props, Best Actor – Christine Jose Salez, Best English

proscenium, Best Director – English proscenium, Mime – 2nd

, Street play – 2

nd,

Act and React – 3rd

Besides these, LMP was also invited for a corporate show at HCL, a play was recorded for

Divine TV channel (to be telecasted), and represented college for a fest at BITS Pilani.

3.6.3 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.

Junior Achievement India Business Challenge (JAIBC) is one such event. This

competition is open for all the Pre University and degree students across Bangalore. This year

the students were required to act as CEOs of imaginary companies and take decisions on the

problems posed before them. Eighty teams (roughly 600 students) participated in the first

round of the event.

Around 7 out of 8 finalist teams for the regional round were Commerce students of

Christ University. Finally, the students brought the laurels home by winning all top 3 places in

the regional finals. The prizes for the winning teams ranged from Rs.12,000 to Rs.20,000.

The National Round of JAIBC (Junior Achievement India Business Challenge) came

next. The challenge was again open to everyone for participation. 34 teams (around 120


students) from commerce registered and participated in it and we secured “ALL India 3rd

Place.”

In another event, organized by JA India in collaboration with HP named, the „HP

Social Relay‟, 5 teams have registered with 2 in members each team. The competition is going

on and we hope to hear good news in this section as well.

3.6.4 INTER COLLEGIATE COMMERCE AND BUSINESS FESTS

The Commerce 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 SRCC, Delhi St. Josephs College of Commerce,

Bangalore

2 Jyoti Nivas College, Bangalore CMS, Bangalore

3 New Horizon Commerce

College, Bangalore

Loyola College (Commerce fest) and

Loyola College (Management fest),

Chennai

4 IBS, Bangalore Vijaya College, Bangalore

5 CMR, Bangalore Mount Carmel College, Bangalore

6 Kristu Jayanthi College,

Bangalore

Dayanand Sagar Junior Business School,

Bangalore

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 our students

participated in the fest .After winning the semi finals here 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 us proud are Tej Kankaria and Abhimanyu Singh from

BCOM (Honours) program.

The event Precipice 2014, was organised by the management wing of Jain University ,

Centre for management studies . The commerce team comprised of Tej Kankaria and

Abhimanyu Singh representing Christ University. The event was organised in three phases;

first set of rounds were prelim rounds in which participants had to prepare a report as the CEO

and CFO of Reliance capital to the RBI for banking licenses. The on campus rounds started

with HR round which was an online quiz. The second round was a marketing round. 8 teams

qualified for the third round where they required to prepare report on the supply chain

management for Britannia which is launching a new chewing gum targeting the smoking

population. The final round was presentation of the prelim report on Reliance bank.

After winning the semi finals here 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. The Christ University team was placed second, with just two points behind the

winners. The students who made us proud are Tej Kankaria and Abhimanyu Singh from

BCOM (Honours) programme.

3.7 STUDENT PLACEMENT INFORMATION

a) CLASS – WISE PLACEMENT STATISTICS

CLASS NO. OF STUDENTS PLACED

6 BCOM A 23

6 BCOM B 33

6 BCOM C 21

6 BCOM D 20

6 BCOM (H) J 12

6 BCOM (H) K 25

6 BCOM (H) JK 22

2 MCOM 23

TOTAL 179


b) COMPANY-WISE PLACEMENT STATISTICS

S.NO. NAME OF THE COMANY NO. OF STUDENTS

PLACED DOMAIN/LEVEL

1 Amazon 4 Seller Support

2 ANZ 14 Banking Operations

3 E & Y 19 Tax Analyst, Assurance

4 Grant Thornton 4 Tax Analyst

5 KPMG 64 Audit

6 Societe Generale 6 Process Executive

7 Target 3 Merchandising

8 TCS - BPO 4 Trainee - Finance

9 Aditya Birla 1

10 Deloitte 9 Associate, ERS

11 Godrej Properties 1 Graduate Trainee

13 Goldman Sachs HCM 27 Analyst/Finance

14 JP Morgan 1

15 Tesco 9 Trainee Associate

16 Decathalon 1

17 India Forex 2

18 Teach for India 1 Fellowship

19 UBS Verity India 1

20 South Indian Bank Ltd. 4 (MCom only) Probationary Clerks

21 Jain University 4 (MCom only) Lecturer

TOTAL 179

3.8 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMME - IESEG, FRANCE &

BALDWIN WALLACE, US.

As a part of International Student Exchange Programme in this academic year, the

Department of Commerce, Christ University sent seven 4th semester students of the BCom

Programme to foreign universities to explore the global arena and to enrich their academic

pursuits. The students were sent to Baldwin Wallace University, Ohio and Lille Catholic

University, France. The selected students pursue the entire 4th

semester outside Christ

University. The entire tuition fees are waived off for the courses offered by these Universities.

Students are required to pay only for food and accommodation during their period of stay.

The selection of the students for the exchange programme was very systematic and

fool-proof. To coordinate the entire programme, a team comprising of the Head of the

Department, Prof. Nithila Vincent and Prof. Bindu Nair was formed. The information about

the exchange programme was taken to all the classes. A presentation by students, who had

already been a part of the exchange programme in the last semester, on the said programme

was also conducted to give the students a fair idea about the entire programme and the


benefits and its take away. From around 37 students who showed interest in the programme,

around 18 students were shortlisted for a personal interview round based on their academic

performances, attendance percentage, extra-curricular and co-curricular activities and

feedback from class teachers and other teachers.

After a rigorous personal interview session the shortlisted candidates were again

interviewed by Dr. Suniti Phadke, the Director of the Office of the International Affairs and

the final selection was made.At present, three students are pursuing their fourth semester in

the Baldwin Wallace University and four students in the Lille Catholic University. They are:

Baldwin-Wallace University:

1. Himanshu Murarka

2. Vishwanath G.

3. Rahul Sharma

Lille Catholic University:

1. Shaikh Shazia

2. Murtaza Shabbir Arsiwala

3. Abrar Abdul Kareem

4. Febin Benny

The students take up different subjects totalling around 12 credits and some of the subjects

opted are as follows: Accounting and Control in Multinational, Business Analysis, Controlling

and Auditing Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Investment Decisions, Decisions and

Leadership, Global Brand Management, Mergers and Aquisitions etc. Currently, all the seven

students are in their respective universities completing their programme.

3.9 UGC NET CLEARED BY STUDENTS

Mr. Ananth Padmanabhanof second year MCOM cleared UGC NET during the year.


3.10 M.PHIL DISSERTATIONS DEFENDED IN 2013-14

S.NO NAME OF THE

STUDENT

TITLE NAME OF THE

GUIDE

1 Surgit Singha

Exploring Factors That Facilitate

And Hinder Workforce Diversity In

ITES Organizations

Dr. Karthigai

Prakasam C

2 Shruti Jose

A Study On Banc assurance On The

Performance Of Banks With

Specific Reference To The Life

Insurance Sector

Dr. Uma V R

3 Priyakshi Dutta

Factors Influencing Agents

Retention In Insurance Industry: A

Study of Private Insurance

Companies In India

Dr. Anuradha P S

4 Vincent Paul

A Study On Utilization Of E-

Services Offered By Retail Banks

In Bangalore City

Dr. Karthigai

Prakasam C


SECTION 4

STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN 2013-2014

This section briefly describes the Strategic Action Plan for 2013-2014 for all the four

areas namely teaching and learning, research, academic community and administration.

4.1. THE APPROACH

A systematic approach was followed to achieve all the initiatives of the strategic action

plan; however most of the job was done with ease due to a thorough exercise conducted even

before the initiatives were taken. A glimpse of the approach is below.

4.2 STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION: JUNE – OCTOBER 2013

AREA: TEACHING AND LEARNING

PLAN

INITIATIVES

ACTION

INITIATIVES

ACTION ITEMS IMPLEMENTED

JUNE – OCTOBER 2013

(DESCRIPTION AND SUPPORT

WITH DOCUMENTS)

1.Involve

professionals and

eminent

academicians

2.Development of

online and e-mode

study material

3.Membership of

accreditation/certific

ation bodies

Joint teaching,

co-teaching

Provision of

infrastructure

required for

development of

e-material

Identification of

appropriate body

for application

and ensuring the

eligibility -

accreditation

MOU with

professional

bodies like

FICCI, CII, NSE

to be planned

Balancing

External Experts for curriculum

review – 20 experts were solicited

for curriculum review of various

papers

Joint teaching, Co-teaching –

Team teaching was done for 10

subjects in UG. The details are as

follows:

Rishikesh & Barkath (Marketing

Management – COM 332),

Kavitha & Vinnarasi (Cost

Accounting – MCO 103),

Valarmathi & Raghavendra

(Taxation Laws – COM 534),

Girish S & Shinil Sebastian

(Principles of Banking &

Insurance – COH 331),

Christopher & Mr. Saravana

Kumar (Information Technology –

1. An overview was given to all Faculty members about SAP

2. Groups were formed as per areas

3. Group leaders were identified

4. Groups brainstormed to identify action initiatives

5. Selected feasible and do able initiatives

6. Implement , Review and Monitor


4.Reduced term

programme for

professionals

5.Recruitment of

multi-skilled faculty

academically and

professionally

qualified faculty

strength

Movement from

teacher-centric to

student-centric

teaching

COM 533), Christopher &

Rishikesh (MFS – COM 541A),

Christopher & Shinil Sebastian

(CMO- COH 531C), Christopher

& Barkath (ITB – COM 533),

Geetanjali & Mary Rani Thomas

(BC – COM 135), Geetanjali &

Pooja Jain (WCM – COH 533C)

Discussions initiated for

development of online and e-

mode study material

Guest Lectures - 6 for BCom &

1 for MCom. The resource

persons were Mr. Shyam Nair,

Prof. Dikshit, Mr. Ramaskanda,

Mr. Ashwin Bharathwaj, Mr. K

Shashidhar Rao, Mr. Syed Habeeb

& Mr. Anoop Hegde

Moodle is used as a platform for

interactions, discussions and

CIAs.

Professional Certification: CISI

certification. SAP training made

mandatory for second and final

year Bcom Honors students

Movement from teacher-centric

to student-centric teaching –

Student presentations, discussion

forums, innovative CIA

components like preparation of

questionnaire for statistics,

financial statement analysis of real

companies, interviewing business

people and preparing a report etc;

Setting up PG Journal club,

finance club , theatre club, Debate

club etc.


AREA: RESEARCH

PLAN

INITIATIVES

ACTION

INITIATIVES



(DESCRIPTION AND SUPPORT

WITH DOCUMENTS)

6.Faculty book

publication

7.Encourage junior

faculty to get

involved in the

research projects of

senior faculty

members

8.Recognition of

research work

during appraisal

9.Collaborative

research with

outsiders

10.Minimum one

working

paper/RDC/case

study

development/MRP/

monograph

11.Publication of

research papers in

internationally

refereed journals,

case studies.

Full professors to

take up

monograph

/MRP

At least one joint

book publication

from the

department.

Incentivising

faculty for

research,

publication in

terms of

workload

Senior faculty

members with

ample research

exposure to

initiate

collaborative

research with

outsiders

Recognition of

faculty with

better teaching

abilities versus

research

scholarship

Incentivise

externally funded

projects

Encourage

external experts

in MRPs

Ongoing Major Research

Project- Dr. Alice Mani, Dr.

Anuradha P S;

Minor Research Projects taken

up by Dr. Karthigai Prakasam, Dr.

Mynavathi& Mary Rani Thomas.

Ongoing RDC by Pooja &

Vinnarasi, Ms.Bindu, Mr.

Manjunath

2 news paper articles by Dr Alice

Mani, one by Ms. Nithila Vincent

10 faculty members doing Phd/

Mphil or Professional courses

8 faculty members participated in

seminar / conferences

6 faculty members guiding Phd/

Mphil scholars

6 faculty members have

publications Journals to their

credit

17 faculty members

enrolled/completed SPSS/SAP /

CCD

SPSS- 13 members

SAP- 09 members

CCD- 02 members

Six faculty members involved in

MRP /RDC/PHD were given two

hours of work load remission.

Details of Publication of research

papers in internationally refereed

journals 04 in number


AREA: ACADEMIC COMMUNITY

PLAN

INITIATIVES

ACTION

INITIATIVES



(DESCRIPTION AND SUPPORT WITH

DOCUMENTS)

12.Young and

senior

teacher/researc

her award

13.Exposure to

faculty

members on

other campuses

of Christ

University and

other

universities

14.Invitation for

sponsorship of

students

15.Faculty and

executive

exchange

programmes

16.Awareness

about Spiritual

Quotient and

Emotional

Quotient in

education

Award in the

form of visit to

international

institutions

Create student

and

geographical

exposure

Sponsorship

from corporate

and NGOs

based on

different criteria

Influence work

practices

Universities for

sponsorship to

be identified

Incorporation of

Spiritual

Quotient and

Emotional

Quotient in

faculty

appraisal

_____

Ms. Anusha Iyer visited SRCC Delhi

from 4 to 7 February 2013. The report is

attached herewith.

Entire Department of Commerce-

including faculty members and students-

propose to visit the Kengeri Campus

during the first week of December 2013

for a campus tour and interaction.

Invitation from IESEG School of

Management, Lille University, France

and Baldwin Wallace University, US for

fully sponsored student exchange

programme for one semester.

Three faculty members visited SAP

Innovation Centre, Bangalore for a two

day industry- interaction workshop. Dr.

Karthigai Prakasam, Ms. Barkath Unissa

and Mr. Christopher Devakumar.


AREA: ADMINISTRATION

PLAN

INITIATIVES

ACTION INITIATIVES ACTION ITEMS IMPLEMENTED


(DESCRIPTION AND SUPPORT WITH

DOCUMENTS)

17.Rotation of

HODs

18.Benchmark

good practices

19.Create sense

of fellowship

among deanery

members

20. Preparation

for

accreditations

21.Addition of

administrative

staff based on

work, activities

and load

22.Diversificati

on and starting

of new PG

programmes

Facilitate research

by HODs

International/Natio

nal visit for HODs

and Deans

Review of

issues/grievances

of faculty

periodically

Use of social

media

Good Practices – OBT planned for

Nov 29th

& 30th

Faculty mentors for special students

and international students

11 faculty members from other dept.

were invited from other depts. To

judge Commerce events-

Invited faculty members from other

departments for judging various events

during Prayas / Mitige 2013. The

members are Mr. Joshua & Mr. Daniel

from English dept ; Mr. Georgekutty

of Law dept; Mr. Rajesh Pai & Mr.

Binu P Paul of CUIM; Mr. Prebin &

Ms. Rajashree of the department of

Performing Arts; Mr. Jaison of Dept of

Management Studies; Mr. Bhasker &

Mr. Arun of SWO and Mr. Paulraj of

dept of Psychology

Create sense of fellowship among

department members – Recreation day

and faculty lunch on September 30,

2013

Use blogs and Face book to

communicate with students and

alumni.

The members of QA committee in

charge of accreditations are Ms. Bindu

Nair, Ms. Sheril Almeida, Ms.

Soumya, Ms, Shubhashree Acharya,

Ms. Anusha Iyer, Mr. Rishikesh, Ms.

Aruna P & Dr. Mynavathy

Ms. Asha was appointed as Office

Assistant


SECTION 5

EXTENSION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

These extension and outreach programs were taken up by students under the guidance and

help of teachers. For the academic year 2013-14, Ms. Mary Rani Thomas and Mr.

Amalanathan S. were entrusted to be the coordinators of CSA for the department.

5.1 CSA ORIENTATION PROGRAMME

As Excellence and Service is the motto of our university, the University not only

imparts knowledge in excellence but also engages the students in serving the society and the

underprivileged in many ways possible. Centre for Social Action (CSA) takes all the

necessary initiatives to accomplish this objective. At the beginning every academic year, it

orients the first year students about the need for social service by inviting them to be

volunteers of CSA. The orientation for the students of commerce department was done on the

following days.

TAB.1. SCHEDULE FOR ORIENTATION PROGRAMME ON CSA

CLASS DATE TIME VENUE

I B. Com. Hons. „A‟ 9th

July, 2013 10-11 Block II, Room No. 523

I B. Com. Hons. „B‟ 9th


I B. Com. Hons. „C‟ 1stJuly, 2013 3-4 Block II, Room No. 723

I B. Com. „A‟ 1stJuly, 2013 3-4 Block II, Room No. 605

I B. Com. „B‟ 4th


I B. Com. „C‟ 4th


I M. Com 13th

July, 2013 12-1 Central block

5.1.2 CHILD EDUCATION SPONSORSHIP

An orientation programme on Child Education Sponsorship Programme was given to

the students;thereafter students came forward to contribute generously for the cause of

educating the underprivileged children in the nearby slums. This year 94 needy children were

sponsored by the BCom and MCom students. A total of Rs. 315490was contributed towards

poor children education.The following table gives a detailed report on the class wise

contribution.


CLASS AMOUNT CLASS AMOUNT

I B. Com. „A‟ 15950 II B. Com. Hons. „J‟ 15000

I B. Com. „B‟ 18630 II B. Com. Hons. „K‟ 14000

I B. Com. „C‟ 20000 III B. Com. „A‟ 15050

I B. Com. Hons. „A‟ 31500 III B. Com. „B‟ 15450

I B. Com. Hons. „B‟ 14650 III B. Com. „C‟ 14000

I B. Com. Hons. „C‟ 28000 III B. Com. Hons. „J‟ 14500

II B. Com. „A‟ 13270 III B. Com. Hons. „K‟ 13700

II B. Com. „B‟ 17800 III B. Com. Hons. „J&K‟ 6050

II B. Com. „C‟ 14000 I M. Com. 8520

II B. Com. „D‟ 17170 II M. Com. 8250

5.1.3 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WEEK

Students of Last Minute Productions, a theatre group of Department of Commerce

conducted a street play to spread awareness on fundamental duties and practices during the

first Social Responsibility Week programmes conducted from 10th

to 14th

September 2013.

CSA in collaboration with CRY (Child Rights and You) observed the second social

responsibility week from 24th

February, 2014 to 5th

March, 2014 on the theme “Child Rights

and Action”. The department had arranged a slogan writing competition to the students on 3rd

March, 2014 from 12.00 -1.00 pm in their respective class rooms. It was a group activity, each

group consisting three members. More than hundred teams took part in it. The best three

teams were awarded prizes during the Christ University Commerce Association (CUCA)

valedictory ceremony.

5.1.4 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 the some villages in Hoskote Taluk. They had the chance of interacting with the

village folk and a learned a lot about their life style and occupation. They also came to know

the difficulties of those villagers like lack of proper roads, lack of transport facilities,


healthcare facilities and lack of good schools. They also interacted with the students of those

villages and motivated them to continue their studies without any break, so as to be successful

in their lives. Students were required to submit a class-wise compilation of individual reports

on the rural experience.

LIST OF VILLAGE VISIT ORGANIZED FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-14

S NO CLASS INDUSTRY

VISITED DATE ORGANIZER

1 5 B Com J&K Hoskote, Bangalore 24 September

2013

Ms. Sharon

Valarmathi

2 6 B Com C Halasinakayipura,

Bangalore 13November 2013 Mr Girish.S

3 6 B Com B Halasinakayipura,

Bangalore 7December 2013 Ms Aruna P

4 6 B Com D Halasinakayipura,

Bangalore 12December 2013 Mr. Amalanathan

5 6 B Com J Hoskote, Bangalore 23November 2013 Mr. Christopher

6 6 B Com K Halasinakayipura,

Bangalore 29 January 2014 Ms. Pooja Jain

5.1.5. 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

I B. Com.„A‟ 21/06/2013 3-4

I B. Com. „C‟ 02/07/2013 3-4

I B. Com. „B‟ 12/11/2013 11-12

I B. Com. Hons. „A‟ 12/11/2013 3-4

I B. Com. Hons. „B‟ 12/12/2013 11-12


5.1.6 MILAN

Milan is a two day festival that aims at nurturing and encouraging the talents of the

sponsored children. It was organized on 14th

and 15th

December, 2013. The students of

commerce department were taken to the auditorium to interact with those children who were

sponsored by them. CSA recognized the significant contributions made by the students of the

department by awarding II BCom Hons „A‟ students who had made the maximum

contribution towards child sponsorship programme in the Department.

5.1.7 CHRISTMAS GIFT SHARING

Christmas is season of joy and the joy is to be shared with the poor and the needy.

Hence, the department of commerce believes in celebrating that Christmas joy with the school

going children who are sponsored by our students. On 17th

December, 2013 the students and

few faculty from the department visited those children in a slum at Rajendra Nagar and

celebrated Christmas by singing carols and dancing. Those children were also offered with

gift packages consisting of Lunch Boxes and Bags, Hankies, Stationery Pouches, Water Bottle

and Note Books from the funds collected from each class.


SECTION 6

ADMINISTRATION

6.1 DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE

ASSOCIATE DEAN- COMMERCE: PROF. THOMAS JOSEPH

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT- PROF.NITHILA VINCENT

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

COORDINATOR-BCOM [HONS] - DR. ANURADHA PS

ACADEMIC -COORDINATOR-MCOM –DR. UMA VR

ACADEMIC -COORDINATOR-3 YR BCOM - MR. GIRISH S

ACADEMIC -COORDINATOR-2 YR BCOM - DR.KARTHIGAI PRAKASAM AND

MANJUNATH B M

ACADEMIC -COORDINATOR- I YR BCOM –DR. SHAERIL ALMEIDA

ACADEMIC -COORDINATOR- BCOM [HONS]– MR. CHRISTOPHER DEVAKUMAR

ADVISOR-FR. ARUN C. ANTONY

FUNCTIONING OF THE COMMITTEE

A think-tank that develops plans and strategies to strengthen the department, programs,

faculty and students.

Meets every week 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.

6.2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENTAL MEETINGSHELD FROM MAY 2013 – APRIL 2014

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

2013 10:00 am to 12 am Seminar Hall, Block II

2 May 30th

2013 2:15 pm to 4 pm Seminar Hall, Block II

3 June 6th

2013 3:00 to 4:30 pm Seminar Hall Block II

4 June 13th

, 2013 3:00 to 4:30 pm Seminar Hall, Block II

5 June 20th

, 2013 3:00 to 4:30 pm Panel Room, Block II

6 June 27th

, 2013 3:00 to 4:30 pm Assembly Hall, Block II

7 July 4th

2013 3:00 to 5:30 pm Panel Room, Block II

8 July 11th

2013 3:00 to 4:45 pm Seminar Hall, Block II

9 July 18th

2013 3:00 to 4:30 pm Room No. 522, Block II,

Ground Floor

10 July 25th

2013 3:00 to 4:30 pm Room No. 522, Block II,

Ground Floor

11 August 1st, 2013 3:00 to 4:30 pm Seminar Hall, Block II

12 August 14th

, 2013 12:15 to 1:00 pm Conference Hall, Block II

13 August 22nd

, 2013 3:00 to 4:30 pm Panel Room, Block II

14 August 29th

, 2013 3:00 to 4:30 pm Room No. 522, Block II,

Ground Floor

15 September 4th


Ground Floor

16 September 12th


Ground Floor

17 September 26th


18 October 23rd


19 November 7th


20 November 14th


21 November 21th


Ground Floor

22 November 28th


Ground Floor

23 December 5th


24 December 12th


25 December 19th

, 2013 3:00 to 5:00 pm Council Room, Central Block

26 January 2nd


27 January 9th


28 January 20th

, 2014 9:30 to 10:30 am MBA Lounge, Block II

29 January 30th


Ground Floor

30 February 6th


31 February 13th



S.NO MONTH & DATE TIME VENUE

32 February 20th


33 March 6th

, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Room No. 105, Central Block

34 March 13th

2014 2:00 to 2:30 pm Seminar Hall, Block II

35 April 9th

2014 9:30 to 10:30 am Seminar Hall, Block II

6.3 ROLES 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 for the whole year, faculty members

continue to sincerely complete the tasks related to the responsibility assigned. Detailed records

are maintained by each faculty useful for audit purposes and follow-up action. 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 Dr. Veerta Mr. Manjunath Dr. Mynavathi

B Ms. Shubhashree Ms. Rani Ms. Aruna

C Dr. Sheril Mr. Shinil Mr. Girish S

D Dr. Kavitha Ms. Vinnarasi Mr. Amalanathan

J Ms.Geetanjali Ms. Soumya Mr. Christopher

K Ms. Barkath Ms.Bindu Ms. Pooja

J& K - - Ms. Sharon Valarmathi

M Com Dr. KarthigaiPrakasam

(1styear)

Dr. Uma

(2nd

year)

-


6.3.2 FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY ALLOCATION

6.4 CLASS ADUJUSTMENT DURING FACULTY LEAVE

The department has introduced a system for ensuring the seamless engagement of

classes without being let off as free hour in the case 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 alsoprovided 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.

S.NO RESPONSIBILITY AREA FACULTY INCHARGE

1 Strategic Action Plan Ms. Soumya and Dr. Mynavathi

2 Certificate programme Mr. Manjunath and Ms.Pooja

3 CUCA Ms. Sharon, Mr. Christopher, Mr.Jackson (logistic)

4 Commerce Lab Ms. Kavitha, Mr. Natchimuthu, and Ms. Vinnarasi

5 Documentation Ms. Shubhashree, Ms.Sheril, Ms.Aruna and Mr.

Rishikesh

6 Learning circle Ms. Bindu and Ms. Anusha

7 CSA Ms. Rani and Mr. Amalanathan

8 Student Exchange Programme Ms. Bindu

9 ACC Ms. Vinnarasi, Ms. Rani, and Mr. Amalanathan.

10 News letter Dr. Veerta and Mr. Raghavendra

11 Industry, Guest lecture etc. Mr. Shinil

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 Ms. Sheril

16 Project and Viva Mr.Girish

17 Text books Ms. Bindu, Mr. Shinil, Mr. Girish

18 Placement and Internship Ms Barkath and Mr Anson

19 Question Bank Ms. Vinnarasi

20 Sports Ms. Aruna

21 Blossoms Ms. Aruna & Mr. Jackson

22 FPDP Ms. Vinnarasi

23 Commerce Alumni Association Ms. Vinnarasi


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.

6.6 INNOVATIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT

Innovations in the department have been happening recognizing the need of the hour.

They are related to teaching, students support, administration etc. In this section, glimpses of

such innovations have been listed.

Special Students mentoring

International students mentoring

Commerce lab

Festing Association

Learning circle

Capturing of insights after QIP sessions for further research / publications

MOOCcourses by faculty working as teams

Appointing a coordinator for monitoring of question bank compliances.

Effective class management / free hours management during faculty leave.


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 2013-14

7.1 SPECIAL DIGNITARIES INVITED FOR PROGRAMMES & EVENTS

DATE EVENT CHIEF GUEST

20.06.2013 CUCA Inauguration

Mr. Vishwanath Praveen,

Head Property and Central Finance,

Tesco HSC Pvt. Ltd.

05.09.2013

Inauguration of

National Seminar

Dr. Murli Nagasundaram,

Principal of Academic Innovation and design,

Manipal Education

18.09.2012 Prayas Inauguration Mr. Sunil Rao,

Country Head, GOOGLE India

28. 02.2014 Shamshodhan –

Research Seminar

Prof Sankarshan Basu,

Finance and Chairperson of the Career

Development Services, IIM, Bangalore

14.03.2014 CUCA

Valedictory

Naveen Lakkur

Director- Founders Institute

7.2 GUEST LECTURES ORGANISED DURING 2013-14

S.NO DATE TITLE RESOURCE PERSON REMARKS

1 24/07/13

"Effectiveness of

SARFAESI ACT on

Banks NPA"

Mr. Shashidhar Rao K

General Manager- HR

(Rtd) and Advisor-

Business Process Re-

Engineering

Vijaya Bank

Organized for III B

Com K by

Mr. Christopher

2 27/07/13 Equity and stock

functions

Mr Ashwin Bharthwaj

Senior Analyst

Akshay Homes,

Bangalore

Organized for V B

Com J & K by

Mr. Christopher



3 14/08/13 Marketing through

social media

Mr Shyam Nair

Director-Spry Social

Media Management

Organized for III B

Com A & D by Ms

Anusha Iyer & Dr

.Karthigai Prakasam

4 16/08/13 Social

Entrepreneurship

Prof Dikshit C S

Associate Professor,

CUIM Bangalore

Organized for III M

Com by Dr

Karthigai Prakasam

5 20/08/13

Cost Accounting

Standards 2, 3,

6&7

N. Ramaskanda, ICWAI

Partner

Rao, Murthy &

Associates

Cost Accountants

Organized for V B

Com B&C by Mr.

Girish S

6 04/02/14 Consumer Protection

Act-Awareness

Dr Subhashini,

Additional District

Magistrate

Organized for VI B

Com AC&D by Mr.

Girish S

7 22/02/14 Human Resources

Information System

Mr Arvind Warrier,

Timken Engineering &

Research

Organized for IV B

Com A & B Mr.

Rishikesh

8 11/02/14

Continuous

Improvement-Kaizen

method followed in

Toyota

Mr Thomas Zachariah,

Ex Director, Toyota

Organized for II B

Com B& Hons C by

Dr Alice Mani Dr

Kavitha & Ms Bindu

9 28/02/14

Business

Environment in

Pharmaceutical

Industry

Ms Roshen Jobin,

Project Manager-

Research wing,

Organized for II B

Com A & C by Dr

Sheril Almedia

10 08/03/14 Introduction to IFRS Ganesh Krishnamurthy,

CA ,PWC

Organized for II B

Com B & Hons C by

Prof Nithila Vincent

11 12/03/14

Recent Trends in

Business Information

System

Mr. Ashok Immanuel

,Computer Science

Department, Christ

University,

Organized for II

Sem Mcom by Ms.

Vinnarasi

12 08/03/14 Corporate Accounting Mr. Narasimhan,

Chartered Accountant

Organized for IV

Sem BCom by Ms.

Vinnarasi

13 08/03/14 Taxation Laws

Mr. Pankaj, Chartered

Accountant, Company

Secretary

Organized for VI

Sem BCom by Ms.

Vinnarasi

14 10/03/14 Management

Accounting

Mr. Yugesh, Manager,

Credit Analysis, Bank of

India

Organized for VI

Sem BCom by Ms.

Vinnarasi

15 12/03/14 "Internet based stock

trading"

Prof. Suresha B from

management studies

Organized for Mcom

(Finance) by Ms.

Pooja Jain



16 08/03/14 Current provisions

on service tax

Mr. Pankaj, Chartered

Accountant and

Company Sectary

Organized for VI B

Com C and B by Ms.

Sharon Valarmathi

17 10/03/14

Financial statement

Analysis for credit

sanctioning for

Individuals and

company

Mr. Yugesh Credit

analyst manager in Bank

of India

Organized for VI B

Com A by Ms.

Sharon Valarmathi

18 04/02/14 Consumer Protection

Act

Dr Subhashini,

MBBS, BA LLB,

Judge, IV th Additional

Consumer Forum

Cunningham Road,

Bangalore

Organized for VI B

com A, C, & D by

Mr. Girish

19 26/07/13 Accounting Standards

and IFRS Mr. Rajesh

Organized for I & III

MCom by Dr. Uma

7.3 PROGRAMMES AND EVENTS CONDUCTED IN 2013-14

The list of programmes and events consist of Panel discussions,National Seminar,

Samshodhan, Quality Improvement Program,FDP, Prayas, Mitige and Alumni Meet.

7.3.1 NATIONAL SEMINAR(5th

and 6th

September 2013)

The national seminar on “Sustaining a Competitive Edge in the ChangingGlobal

Scenario” brought together academicians and researchers from industry and academia to

discuss and deliberate on strategies adopted by companies to sustain their competitive

advantage.

Following are the highlights -

The National seminar marked its opening with an inaugural session with Dr.

MurliNagasundaram delivering the keynote address, the inaugural session also witnessed the

august presence of Col.Dr.Fr. Thomas C Mathew, the Vice Chancellor of Christ University

The Preparations for our National Seminar started from the month of April. Thetheme

was finalized in the month of June followed by the forwarding of the finalized pre-invites

to various institution in and around Karnataka and other states. The seminarreceived more

than 50 Papers which were reviewed by an expert committee and out of which 25 were

selected for presentations. The papers covered a wide variety of topics ranging from


Bancassurance to FDI in retail; from vendor management to study on ATMs in reducing

regional disparity.

The first session of the national seminar was a Panel Discussion. The details of the

panel discussion are given below-

DATE EXTERNAL DELEGATES ROLE PERFORMED

05.09.2013 Prof. Kambam Vedantan

CUIM, Christ University Moderator

05.09.2013 Marketing –

Prof I Surendra Panelist

05.09.2013 Finance –

Dr D N S Kumar Panelist

05.09.2013 General Management & HR –

Dr Muktha Panelist

05.09.2013 Banking –

Prof Suresh Pai Panelist

After the panel discussion on the same day, the paper presentations started and went on

till the 6th

of September.

7.3.2 PANEL DISCUSSIONS

This year two panel discussions were organized. One for the M.COM students and one for

B.Com (Hons) students, and was open to all. The details of both of them are as under-

Panel Discussion for MCom students (24th

August 2013)

The Department of Commerce organises Panel Discussion ever year for its MCOM

programme. It is a forum opened for intensive discussion and dialogue on current affairs and

business with a core objective to educate the student community and keep them abreast with

the current happenings in the commerce world. The sessions are highly interactive with

industrial experts present to enrich student‟s learning. The topics that are selected add an

important dimension to the curriculum.

The discussion was focused on the topic “Licensing of new banks and its impact on

the Economy”. Mr. Suresh Pai, (Former Executive Vice President of IndusInd Bank) was the

Moderator of the discussion and Mr. H. VasanthRai, (Former Workmen Director, Canara

Bank), Ms. Swathi S.M (General Manager, Corporation Bank), Prof. ShrikanthRao

(Associate Professor, CUIM) and Prof.T.S Ramachandran (Associate Professor, CUIM) were

the distinguished panellists. Together, they gave the students a comprehensive idea of both the


positive and negative effects of RBI‟s decision of providing licences to new players in the

banking sector.

Panel Discussion in Collaboration with Centre for Research Projects (13th

September

2013)

A panel discussion on „Credit Lending and Green Banking for India‟ was

organised for the MCom students by Dr. Alice Mani, faculty Department of Commerce,

relating to the MRP undertaken by her. The panellists were Mr. Zachariah C.T, Retired

Director, Toyota Group of Companies and Mr. George M.Alexander, Vice President, Muthoot

Group. Prof. Thomas Joseph, Associate Dean, Commerce was the moderator for the session.

Panel Discussion for BCOM (Hons) students(3rd

February 2014)

Panel discussion on – Evolution of derivatives – Beginner‟s Reference was

conducted by Arthaprabandha the Finance Club, of the Department of Commerce for the

BCom (Hons) final year students. The Session was moderated by Mr. Ravi Raman, COO

Infra hedge followed by various speakers from Academics and Industry. Mr. Balakrishna

Shenoy from Deutsche Bank, Mr. Ompriya Arya from HSBC, and Prof. T.S. Ramachandran

from CUIM were the speakers.

7.3.4 SAMSHODHAN (28th

February 2014)

Samshodhan 2014, research seminar for the post graduate students on “Emerging

Paradigms in Commerce‟was held on 28th

February 2014. The seminar witnessed 33

research paper presentations from the postgraduate students from all over Karnataka. In

addition there were 55 poster presentations. The Chief Guest for the Inaugural session was

Prof SankarshanBasu, Finance and Chairperson of the Career Development Services, IIM,

Bangalore.

7.3.5 STOCK MINDS – VIRTUAL TRADING PLATFORM – (10th

March 2014)

ICICI Direct Centre for Financial Learning Mr. Amar , Regional Manager conducted

virtual trading event for our BCOM students, the duration of the event was 2 months, winners

were selected based on the portfolio which they constructed, based on this parameter the

national level first and the second places were obtained by Commerce students. The

valedictory function was held on March 10th

2014, during this occasion, winners were

awarded memento and certificates.


7.3.6 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME (18th

– 20th

March 2014)

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

“Contemporary Developments in Commerce and Business”.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.

No DATE QIP TOPIC RESOURCE PERSON

1 18/03/2014 EVA and SVA in business

performance

Dr Madhavi Lokhande

Academic Head and Professor of Finance -

Welingkar Institute of Management

Development and Research, Bangalore.

2 18/03/2014

Delivering Value through

Whole life Costing and

Life Cycle Costing

Mr. Chidambara Ganapiah

Delivery Head for Oracle Practice for

Hewlett-Packard (HP) Enterprise Services,

India.

3 18/03/2014 Public Finance

Prof. T.S Ramachandran,

Associate Professor in Finance

Christ University Institute of

Management,Bangalore

4 18/03/2014 Enterprise Risk

Management

Mr. Ganesh Krishnamurhy

Senior Manager,

Price Waterhouse & Co.

5 18/03/2014 Ethics in Finance and

Accounting

Dr. D.N.S Kumar,

Professor & Associate Director Centre for

research Projects,Chairman, CU – ASC

Christ University, Bangalore

6 19/03/2014

Economic Indicators of

commerce, business and

Industry

Dr. R.G Desai

Retired Professor & Chairman - Department

of Economics,

Bangalore University

7 19/03/2014

„Company Analysis-

Qualitative and

Quantitative Aspects”

Prof. Jaydev M

Associate Professor, Chairperson -

Admissions & Financial Aid,

IIM Bangalore

8 19/03/2014 Emerging Business model

towards sustainability

Dr.Shikha Ojha

Adjunct Faculty, CMS Business School,

Bangalore.

9 19/03/2014 Demystifying Financial

Derivatives

Mr. Thiagarajan Venkatesan

Managing Director-

JP Morgan, Bangalore.

10 19/03/2014 Sustainable Banking and

Financial Inclusion

Prof. Suresh Pai

Former Advisor / Executive Vice President,

IndusInd Bank.


S.

No DATE QIP TOPIC RESOURCE PERSON

11 19/03/2014

Insurance in Emerging

Markets- Issues and

Concerns

R.Venugopal

Former Executive Director, L.I.C. of India.

12 19/03/2014 Corporate Restructuring

Dr. Prasanna Chandra

Director - Centre for Financial Management,

Bangalore.

7.3.7 A TALK ON "PEDAGOGY AND CURRICULUM DESIGN (9th

Jan 2014)

A talk was arranged on "Pedagogy and Curriculum Design” on 9th Jan 2014. Dr.

Jennifer Martin, a Professor from University of Mount Union, Ohio, a Phd in Educational

Leadership was the resource person.She is the author of Women as Leaders in Education:

Succeeding Despite Inequity, Discrimination, and Other Challengesand has contributed

chapters to nearly 20 books. She gave her brilliant inputs on designing the curriculum and the

syllabus. There was a nice exchange of dialogue between her and the faculty members, on

how different teaching is in India and in U.S where both the parties gained.

7.3.8 SESSION BY DR. ANTOON VANDEVELDE, UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN,

BELGIUM

An enlightening and thought provoking session on „Understanding Financial Crises: The

Contribution of the Philosophy of Money‟ was rendered by Dr. Antoon Vandevelde,Full

Professor at the Centre for Economics and Ethics of the Institute of Philosophy of the

University of Leuven in Belgium (K.U. Leuven) on Tuesday, 21st January 2014. This

programme was attended by around 40 faculty members from BCOM, BBM and ECO

departments.

7.3.8 PRAYAS-INTER-COLLEGIATE COMMERCE FEST

PRAYAS, the National Level Commerce and Management Fest was organized this year

with much fervor. Mr. Sunil Rao, Google Country Head, Outreach Program was the Chief

Guest for the inauguration. Top national and regional colleges like St. Xavier‟s-Kolkata, Lady

Shri Ram college-Delhi, Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce-Pune, St. Aloysius

College-Mangalore, St. Joseph‟s College of Commerce- Bangalore, Centre for Management

Studies-Bangalore were in the fray to emerge winners. St. Joseph‟s College of Commerce


broke St. Xaviers‟ two-year winning overall streak when they were declared as Overall

Winners

7.3.9 BLOSSOMS

The Department of Commerce, commenced "BLOSSOMS - 2013", a Cultural Fest, in

the month of November 2013 and culminated all the activities in February 2014. Blossoms

allowed students to showcase their innate artistic talents and ambitions. This fest created an

atmosphere for celebration of unity and joy. It did provide a highly motivating environment

and a platform unparalleled by any other cultural event. It permeates through the disciplines of

Art, Literature, Dance, Music, and Theatre which were scheduled to take place seamlessly for

over a period of two months.Inauguration of the Blossoms -2013 took place on 18th

November, 2013. Ms. Aruna P was nominated as the Commerce Deanery level coordinator for

this academic year. With the support of class teachers, faculty event coordinators and student

volunteers, the events were conducted systematically, ensuring the active participation of all

the BCom and MCom students.

LIST OF BLOSSOMS EVENTS

S. NO ART LITERARY STAGE THEATRE

1 Rangoli Creative writing Classical Dance Street

2 Pot Art Quiz Indian Group Dance Proscenium

3 Painting Extempore Indian Western Dance

4 Wall Painting Debate Western Acoustics

5 Dumb Charades Western Electrics

6 JAM

7.3.10 CAMPUS CONNECT (4 December 2013)

This year the entire strength of faculty and students of the Department of Commerce

(UG & PG) participated in the „Campus Connect‟ programme organised in collaboration with

the Christ University Faculty of Engineering (CUFE) at the Christ University, Kengeri

Campus. The main purpose of the meet was to develop inter-disciplinary group cohesiveness

and team spirit and to bring together students of main campus and Kengeri campus.


The entire Bcom, BCom (Hons) and MCom students blended with BTech and Mtech students

and formed 25 groups comprising of 105 students each in the composition of Commerce and

Engg students 60:40 in each group. There were 10 events and every student had to

compulsorily participate in one event. Organising committee consisted of faculties and

students from both campuses.

EVENT DETAILS

1. SPORTS: 20 Members (12 Dept. of Commerce + 8 Dept. of Engineering)

2. ART-A-THON: 5 Members (3 Dept. of Commerce +2 Dept. of Engineering)

3. GAMING: 5 Members (3 Dept. of Commerce +2 Dept. of Engineering)

4. NETWORKING: 8Members (4 Dept. of Commerce +4 Dept. of Engineering)

5. MAKE AND MARKET: 10 Members (6 Dept. of Commerce +4 Dept. of Engineering)

6. DANCE FACE OFF: 15 Members (10 Dept. of Commerce +5 Dept. of Engineering)

7. QUIZ : 6 Members (4 Dept. of Commerce +2 Dept. of Engineering)

8. MOVIE SPOOF: 10 Members (5 Dept. of Commerce +5 Dept. of Engineering)

9. PRESS CORPS: 10 Members (6 Dept. of Commerce +4 Dept. of Engineering)

10. AD CAMPAIGN: 10 Members (6 Dept. of Commerce +4 Dept. of Engineering)

7.3.11 COMMERCE ALUMNI MEET (26th Jan 2014)

The Commerce Alumni Association was formed on 26th

January, 2013. On the same

day an executive committee was constituted under the leadership of Ms. Vinnarasi and other

four faculty members- Ms. Bindu Nair, Mr. Manjunath B.M, Mr. Girish S., and Ms. Mary

Rani Thomas. Ms. Preethi and Mr. Dinesh Kumar were unanimously elected as the President

and the Secretary of the Alumni Executive Committee.

During the academic year 2-13-14, the Alumni Association actively involved in many of the

department activities. The Alumni interaction cell was actively involved in organizing guest

lectures, industrial visits, placements, career planning etc., to name a few. The alumni

association was also instrumental in judging various events of National-level fest Prayas and

intradepartmental fest Mitige. It is also remarkable to note the active involvement of the

alumni in the curriculum development of the department;where in papers like Accounting

standards and Income Tax were reviewed extensively by them (since some of them are

Chartered Accountants practicing as Consultants).


The second Annual Alumni meet was held on 26th Jan 2014, around 200 alumni actively

participated in the meet. Various programs and games were conducted followed by a formal

program. On the same day Commerce Alumni Interaction Cell proposed to widen its horizon

and planned for further programmes to strengthen its functioning like arranging for industry

interface, Concerts, training on soft skills etc.


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.Mynavathi L St. Joseph's College, paper setter for Cost and

Management Accounting

3 Ms Bindu Nair St. Joseph's college. Paper setter for banking and

insurance

4 Mr. Girish.S Paper setter for Advanced Financial Management

(B.Com) at St. Joseph‟s College,

Paper setter for Corporate Law at

NMKRV College for Women

Bangalore.

Paper setter for Management of Financial Services

(M.Com)Christ University

5 Ms. Vinnarasi B St. Joseph's College and NMKRV, Income Tax and

Accounting Standards, paper setter.

6 Dr. Alice Mani Board of Studies Member at CMR Institute of

Management Studies (Autonomous), Bangalore for the

year 2013 – 2014.

Board of Studies Member atJain University, Bangalore

for the year 2013 – 2014.


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 25/07/13

Changing Status of

Women In India:Its Issues

and Challenges

UGC Sponsored National

Seminar on Changing Status of

Women In India: It's Issues and

Challenges. Angamaly, Kerala

Dr Alice Mani

2 21/03/13

Do banks value the Eco

Friendliness of Firms in

Their Corporate Lending

Decision? Some Empirical

Evidences” on Global

Trade Vision 2010: Issues

and Strategies in The

Current Scenario

Shivakashi, Tamilnadu Dr Alice Mani

3 01/03/13

E learning”an ICSSR

sponsored National

Conference on Use of ICT

by MSMEs

Virudhunagar, Tamilnadu Dr Alice Mani

4 27/04/13

Alternate Tourism - A

strategy towards

sustainable restoration of

destinations in crisis with

special reference to

Kovalam and Varakala

International Conference on

Sustainability - Success for

Organizational Transformation.

Kristu Jayanti College of

Management and Technology

Mr. Anson K J

5 24/10/13

Role of Women from

Marginalized sections:

Career Opportunities and

Challenges

Women in service sector: Career

Opportunities and Challenges.

BMS College, Bangalore

Dr.Anuradha P S

6 07/02/14 A concept paper on

Service learning in India

National Seminar on Quality

Concerns in Teacher Education.

Bangalore

Ms. Anusha Iyer

7 01/01/14

Mutilated and soiled

currency notes-

reasons,repercussions,para

doxes and propositions


Applied Research in Commerce

and Management. Trichy

Ms. Anusha Iyer

8 03/04/13

"Micro Finance and

Regional Development in

India"

"Microfinance and Sustainable

Promotion for Entrepreneurship

in India". Govt First Grade

College, KUNIGAL

Mr. Girish S

9 22/02/14

Oil Resource Management

- Logistics and Supply

Chain Management in

Petroleum Industry


New Dimensions in Commerce

and Industry in the Globalization

Era. Thanjavur

Dr. Kavitha

Jayakumar

10 26/10/13 Impact of Information and

Communication

Changing Dimensions of

Commerce and Management

Education in the Global Context.

Bangalore

Dr. Kavitha

Jayakumar

11 17/10/13

FDI in Indian Organized

Retail Industry - Issues,

Challenges and

Opportunities

Assessment of Impact of FDI.

Bangalore

Dr. Kavitha

Jayakumar


S.

NO DATE

NAME OF THE

ARTICLE/PAPER

NAME OF

CONFERENCE/SEMINAR

NAME OF THE

FACULTY

12 31/08/13 E-Commerce - Way to

Connect Globally

Emerging Trends of E-

Commerce in the Global

Business Scenario.

Virudhunagar, Tamilnadu

Dr. Kavitha

Jayakumar

13 31/08/13 E-Commerce - A Way to

connect globally

Emerging Trends of E-

Commerce in the Global

Business Scenario.

Virudhunagar, Tamilnadu

Dr. Kavitha

Jayakumar

14 17/05/13

Innovation in

Manufacturing - The Key

to Success and

Sustainability.

5th International Conference on

"Role of Innovation in

Business". Bangalore

Dr. Kavitha

Jayakumar

15 27/04/13

Material Management

Sustainability by Adopting

JIT and Throughput

Accounting.


Sustainability-Success for

Organisational Transformation.

Bangalore

Dr. Kavitha

Jayakumar

16 07/02/14

Problems faced by

International students on

adjustment with culture

and the suitable strategies

to overcome such

difficulties for

uninterrupted pursuance of

their education

Empowering employability in

higher education. Bangalore

Ms. Mary Rani

Thomas

17 07/02/14

Problems faced by

International students on

adjustment with culture

and the suitable strategies

to overcome such

difficulties for

uninterrupted pursuance of

their education

Empowering employability in

higher education. Bangalore Dr. Mynavathi L

18 06/09/13

A study into the trends in

foreign institutional

investments (FII) and its

impact on Indian stock

market prices

Sustaining a competitive edge in

the changing global scenario.

Bangalore

Mr. Natchimuthu

19 22/02/14

Identifying the uses of ICT

tools to enhance learning

in higher education

International conference on

"New dimensions in Commerce

and industry in the globalised

era. Bangalore

Ms. Pooja Jain

20 26/07/13

Integrating information

and communication

technology in higher

education for sustainable

development

Sustainability -success for

organisational transformation.

Bangalore

Ms. Pooja Jain

21 27/04/13

Knowledge management

for sustainable higher

education

Sustainability - success for

organizational transformation.

Kristu jayanti college

Ms. Sharon

Valarmathi


S.

NO DATE

NAME OF THE

ARTICLE/PAPER

NAME OF

CONFERENCE/SEMINAR

NAME OF THE

FACULTY

22 2013

Material Management

Sustainability By

Adopting JIT and

Throughput Accounting

Sustainability- Success For

Organizational Transformation.

Bangalore

Dr. Veerta Tantia

23 2013

Innovation in

manufacturing- the key to

success and sustainability

Role of innovation in business.

Bangalore Dr. Veerta Tantia

24 2013 E-commerce- way to

connect globally

Emerging trends of e-commerce

in the global business scenario.

Dr. Veerta Tantia

25 22/02/14

Impact of ict on higher

education special

reference to commerce and

management

New dimensions in commerce &

industry in the globalised era.

Bharath college,Bangalore

Ms. Vinnarasi

26 06/12/13

Role of ICT in higher

education learning with

special reference to

commerce and

management

National seminar on inclusive

growth and sustainability-role of

commerce education in India.

Bangalore university

Ms. Vinnarasi

27 26/10/13

Impact of information and

communication

technology on higher

education with special

reference to self financing

institutions.

Changing dimensions of

commerce and management

education in the global context.

Hasnath college, Bangalore

Ms. Vinnarasi

28 22/09/13

An understanding of green

marketing - An innovation

to green home

Business Innovations in the

Globalization Era. Poondi Ms. Vinnarasi

29 April 2013

Sustainability-Success for

organisational

transformation

Role of ICT in higher education

for sustainable development.

Kristu Jayanti College

Ms. Vinnarasi

8.3 GUEST LECTURES GIVEN IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS

S.No NAME OF THE

FACULTY TOPIC PLACE

1 Dr. Alice Mani Social Status of Women -

Unorganized Sector

Al-Ameen College, Affiliated to

Mahatma Gandhi University,

Kerala on 12/03/2014

2 Ms. Soumya V Revised Schedule VI Talk on Revised Schedule VI

Christ Junior College

3 Ms. Anusha Iyer Creativity and Entrepreneurship

A Lecture on “Creativity and

Entrepreneurship” – Department

of Chemistry, Christ University

4 Ms. Vinnarasi B Stock Market And

Commodities

St.Anne‟s First Grade College

For Women, Ramamurthy

Nagar, Bangalore. For BCom

Students.


8.4 WORKSHOP, FDP, QIP AND OTHER TRAINING PROGRAMMES ATTENDED

S.

NO DATE

NAME &

DESCRIPTION

(WORKSHOP/FDP/

QIP/TRAINING)

ORGANIZER LEVEL FACULTY

1 18/03/14

Contemporary

Developments in

Commerce and

Business

Christ University Institutional Dr. Veerta

Tantia

2 22/02/14 Faculty Development

Programme

Acharya Bangalore

B School National

Dr. Veerta

Tantia


Programme Christ University Institutional

Dr. Veerta

Tantia

4 09/07/13

Workshop on

Research and

Publication

Christ University National Dr. Veerta

Tantia

5 01/10/13 FDP

Department Of

Commerce and

management

Institutional Dr. Alice

Mani

6 19/04/14

Two day workshop on

Research

Methodology

International

Consortium For

Innovation and

Entrepreneurship

Research and Reva

Group of Institutions

International Dr. Alice

Mani

7 18/03/14 QIP

Christ University

Academic Staff

College

Institutional Dr. Alice

Mani


Programme

Deanery of

Commerce &

Management

Institutional

Dr.

Anuradha

P S

9 05/08/13 SAP Workshop Christ University Institutional

Dr.

Anuradha

P S

10 11/06/13 Prezi Training Christ University Institutional

Dr.

Anuradha

P S

11 01/10/13 FDP

Deanery of

Commerce &

Management, Christ

University

Institutional Dr. Karthigai

Prakasam C

12 06/07/13 Facilitators Training

Program in SPSS

Centre for Advanced

Research and

Training (CART),

Christ University


Prakasam C

13 14/06/13

Industry Exposure

Programme - SAP

Training

Christ University &

SAP LABS Institutional

Dr. Karthigai

Prakasam C


S.

NO DATE

NAME &

DESCRIPTION

(WORKSHOP/FDP/

QIP/TRAINING)


14 31/05/13 FDP - Kengeri

Campus Christ University Institutional

Dr. Karthigai

Prakasam C

15 15/04/13

Refresher Program

"Contemporary

Perspectives in

Business Research"

Academic Staff

College - Christ

University


Prakasam C

16 22/02/14

Workshop on

Effective Techniques

of Costing

Acharya B School National Dr. Kavitha

Jayakumar


Programme Christ University Institutional

Dr. Kavitha

Jayakumar


Program

Christ University,

Bangalore Institutional Mr. Girish S

19 30/08/13

"Trading in Security

and Commodity

Markets as an

attractive and safe

Investment portfoilo"

Forward Markets

Commission,

Government of India

and Dept of

Commerce, Periyar

University, Salem.

National Mr. Girish S

20 05/08/13 SAP 01-END USER

COURSE

Christ University and

SAP Labs Institutional Mr. Girish S

21 31/05/13

FPDP on " Usage of

ICT in Higher

Education "

Christ University,

Bangalore Institutional Mr. Girish S

22 16/04/13

UGC-CPE sponsored

one-day National

Level Workshop on

"modern Trends in

research methodology

Part-II"

SBRR Mahajana

First Grade College,

Mysore


23 05/08/13 SAP 01-End User

Course

Christ university &

Clock Work

Academy

Institutional Mr.

Natchimuthu


Program

Deanery of

Commerce and

Management

Institutional Mr.

Raghavendra

25 05/08/13 SAP 01-END USER

COURSE Clockwork academy Regional

Mr.

Raghavendra


Program Christ University Institutional

Ms. Anusha

Iyer

27 13/11/13

"Academic

Publishing: Publishing

Research Work and

Using Statistics in

Research"

Department of Hotel

Management, Christ

University

National Ms. Aruna P


S.

NO DATE

NAME &

DESCRIPTION

(WORKSHOP/FDP/

QIP/TRAINING)


28 05/08/13

SAP 01- END USER

COURSE

Christ University,

Bangalore Institutional

Ms. Aruna P

29 16/05/13 Data analysis using

SPSS

Centre for Advanced

Research and

Training , Christ

University, BLR.


30 16/04/13

Modern Trends in

Research

Methodology Part-II

Research Cell, SBRR

Mahajana First

Grade

College,Jayalakshmi

puram Mysore

570012



Programme

Deanery of

Commerce and

Management

Institutional Ms. Bindu

Nair


Programme

Deanery of

Commerce and

Management

Institutional Ms.

Geetanjali

33 18/03/14

Contemporary

developments in

commerce and

business

Christ University -

Academic Staff

College

Institutional Ms. Nithila

Vincent

34 01/10/13 FDP Christ University,


Ms. Nithila

Vincent

35 05/08/13 SAP 01 - End User

Course

SAP and Christ

University Institutional

Ms. Nithila

Vincent

36 23/11/13

Research and

development :creating

value

Jyoti Nivas college National Ms. Pooja

Jain

37 01/10/13 Faculty development

programme

Deanery of

Commerce and

Management

Institutional Ms. Pooja

Jain


Program

Christ University,


Ms. Sharon

Valarmathi

39 23/08/13

International

Symposium on

Contemporary Issues

in Commerce

Periyar University International Ms. Sharon

Valarmathi

40 16/05/13 Data Analysis using

SPSS Christ University National

Ms. Sharon

Valarmathi

41 05/08/13

SAP 01-End User

Course

SAP and Christ

University Institutional

Ms.

Shubhashree


S.

NO DATE

NAME &

DESCRIPTION

(WORKSHOP/FDP/

QIP/TRAINING)


42 18/03/14

Contemporary

Developments In

Commerce And

Business

Christ University Institutional Ms.

Vinnarasi

43 01/03/14

Research And

Development:

Creating Value

Through Spss

Jyothi Nivas College

Autonomous Post

Graduate Centre

National Ms.

Vinnarasi

44 23/11/13

Research And

Development:Creating

Value

Jyothi Nivas College

Autonomous Post

Graduate Centre

Bangalore

National Ms.

Vinnarasi

45 01/10/13 FDP Christ University Institutional Ms.

Vinnarasi

46 16/05/13

National Workshop

On Data Analysis

Using SPSS

Centre For Advanced

Research And

Training, Christ

University

Institutional Ms.

Vinnarasi

47 16/05/13 Data Analysis Using

SPSS Christ University National

Ms.

Vinnarasi

48 05/08/13 SAP 01 - End User

Course

CLOCKWORK

Academy Institutional

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 24/10/13 National Seminar on

women in service sector:

career opportunities and

challenges

BMS College for

Women

National Dr Anuradha

P S

2 05/12/13 National Seminar on

Inclusive Growth and

Sustainability -Role of

Commerce Education in

India

66th All India

Commerce

Conference of The

Indian Commerce

Association


3 11/10/13 State Level Seminar on

"Corporate Governance &

Corporate Social

Responsibility"

RBANM'S First

Grade College,

Bangalore

Regional Mr. Girish S

4 06/02/14 Empowering

employability in higher

education

Mount Carmel

College in association

with NIPM UGC

sponsored

National Ms. Mary

Rani Thomas


S.

No

DATE NAME OF THE

SEMINAR

NAME OF THE

ORGANIZER

LEVEL NAME OF

THE

FACULTY

5 30/08/13 Symposium on trading in

security and commodity

markets as an attractive

and safe investment

portfolio.

Periyar University National Ms. Sharon

Valarmathi

6 22/02/14 New Dimensions In

Commerce & Industry In

The Globalised Era

Commerce And

Management,

Bharath College

National Ms.

Vinnarasi

7 05/12/13 National Seminar On

Inclusive Growth And

Sustainability-Roll Of

Commerce Education In

India

Bangalore University National Ms.

Vinnarasi

8 25/10/13 UGC Sponsored Two Day

National Seminar On

Changing Dimensions Of

Commerce And

Management Education In

The Global Context

Hasnath College for

Women

National Ms.

Vinnarasi

8.6 SEMINARSORGANIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT

S.NO DATE EVENT FACULTY INCHARGE

1 5th

and 6th

September

2013

National Seminar on

„Sustaining a Competitive

Edge in the changing

Global Scenario‟

Dr. Karthigai Prakasam,

Dr Sheril , Mr Girish and

Ms. Soumya Iyer

2 28th

February 2014 Samshodhan Dr. Uma, Dr. Mynavathi,

and Dr. Karthigai

Prakasam


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 Briefing by Dr. DNS KUMAR -Research and publication (Working paper and MRP)

June 6th

2013 3:00 PM

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 2013 – 2014

S.NO DATE TITLE OF THE

ARTICLE

NAME OF

PERIODICAL PERIODICITY AUTHOR

1 06/05/13 Career opportunities in

the Commerce Field

Times of India

(Education

Times)

Weekly

Prof.

Nithila

Vincent

2 13/02/14 Booming Trends in

Commerce Education Deccan Herald Weekly

Ms.

Geetanjali

3 02/01/14 Soft Skills for

Commerce Students

Deccan Herald,

Education

Supplement

Daily Dr. Alice

Mani

4 09/11/13

Government RBI need

to Work Together to

Shore up rupee

Deccan Herald Daily Dr. Alice

Mani

5 17/10/13 When Teachers Learn

From Students

Deccan Herald,

Education

Supplement

Daily Dr. Alice

Mani

6 17/10/13 When Teachers Learn

From Students

Deccan Herald,

Education

Supplement

Daily Dr. Alice

Mani

7 27/09/13 Consumer is No King at

Super malls Deccan Herald Daily

Dr. Alice

Mani

8 26/09/13 Managing a Large Class

Room Deccan Herald Daily

Dr. Alice

Mani

9 12/09/13 Proactive Learning Deccan Herald Daily Dr. Alice

Mani

10 29/08/13 Augmenting Academic

Knowledge Deccan Herald Daily

Dr. Alice

Mani


S.NO DATE TITLE OF THE

ARTICLE

NAME OF

PERIODICAL PERIODICITY AUTHOR

11 28/08/13 The City Which is in

Perfect balance

The New

Indian Express Daily

Dr. Alice

Mani

12 15/08/13 Towards Inspirational

Teaching Deccan Herald Daily

Dr. Alice

Mani

13 11/07/13 Towards Better

Research Standards Deccan Herald Daily

Dr. Alice

Mani

14 11/07/13 Towards Better

Research Standards Deccan Herald Daily

Dr. Alice

Mani

15 04/07/13 Igniting the Spark In

Students Deccan Herald Daily

Dr. Alice

Mani

16 27/06/13 Benefits of Learning

From Textbooks Deccan Herald Daily

Dr. Alice

Mani

17 20/06/13 Participatory Learning Deccan Herald Daily Dr. Alice

Mani

9.3 WORKING PAPERS BY FACULTIES

Here is a list of Working Papers for the year 2013-2014

S.

NO

PRINCIPAL

INVESTIGATOR

TITLE OF

PROJECT DURATION

DATE OF

COMMENCEMENT

FUNDING

AGENCY

AMOUNT

SANCTIONED

1 Dr. Kavitha &

Dr. Veerta

Theory of

Constraints-

Throughput

Accounting

6 months 2013 Christ

University 20,000

2 Ms. Anusha Iyer

A conceptual

study on

soiled and

mutilated

notes and

their usage in

India

6 months Feb 8th

2014 Christ

University 20,000

3 Ms.Shubhashree

Fall of the

Indian rupee.

Is it an

orchestration

of the Indian

Government

6 months Dec 1st 2013

Christ

University 20,000


9.4 RESEARCH ARTICLES IN INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL JOURNALS

PUBLICATION IN INTERNATIONAL /NATIONAL JOURNALS

S.

NO

NAME OF THE

JOURNAL

TITLE OF THE

ARTICLE

NAME OF THE

FACULTY & DATE

ISSN

NUMBER

1

International Journal of

Advanced Research in

Economics & commerce

/ 1 / 2 / 26 - 35

Impact of Rupee

volatility on the

financials of the

Indian IT

Companies

Dr. Anuradha P S

October,2013

2320-7248

2

Global Journal Of Arts

and Management / 4 / 1 /

15 – 19

A Study into the

Trends in Foreign

Institutional

Investments (FII‟s)

and its Impact on

Indian Stock

Market Prices

Mr. Natchimuthu

February, 2014

2249-2658

(Online):

2249-264X

(Print)

3

Sankhya International

journal of management

and technology / III /

II(A) / 548 - 549

Identifying the uses

of ICT tools to

enhance learning in

higher education

Ms. Pooja Jain

February 2014

0975-3915

4

IMPACT: International

Journal of Research in

Business Management

(IJRBM) / Vol. 2 / Issue

3 / 119 – 126

Value Perceptions

and Value

Orientations

Among Young

Adult Consumers

in Bangalore, India.

Prof. Nithila Vincent

March 2014

2321-886X

5

Indian Journal of

Marketing / 43 / 8 / 46 –

64

Examining

Women's Purchase

Pattern of Casual

Footwear in

Accordance with

their Attitudes and

Interests

Dr. Uma V R

Aug 2013

0973-8703

6

International journal in

management and social

scienc3 / Vol.01 / ISSUE

NO. 03 / 59 – 64

Practicing

knowledge

management for

sustainable higher

education

Ms. Sharon Valarmathi

July 2013

2321-1784

7

International journal of

research in Commerce,

IT and Management /

VOLUME NO. 3 /

ISSUE NO. 08 / 10 – 12

Knowledge

incubation

practices prevalent

in higher education

system: A review

of select private

institutions in

Bangalore

Ms. Sharon Valarmathi

Aug 2013

2231-5756


S.

NO

NAME OF THE

JOURNAL

TITLE OF THE

ARTICLE

NAME OF THE

FACULTY & DATE

ISSN

NUMBER

8

Golden Research

Thoughts / III / I / 44 -

49

An Empirical

Investigation of

Casual

Relationship

Among Monetary

Variables And NSE

Bank Nifty Index

in India

Dr. Veerta Tantia

July 2013

2231-5063

9

Sankhya International

Journal Of Management

And Technology / Iii / Ii

(A) / 548 - 549

A study on

identifying the uses

of ict tools to

enhance learning in

higher education

Ms. Vinnarasi B

Feb 2014

0975-3915

10

Sankya-International

Journal Of Management

& Technology / 4 / 4 / -

Impact of ICT on

higher Education

with reference to

Commerce and

Management

Ms. Vinnarasi B

Feb 2014

0975-3915

13 SAGE Open / / 4 / 1 – 14

On the Temporal

Causal

Relationship

Mr. Christopher

Jan 2014

14 SAGE Open / / / 1 – 14

Stock Market

Linkages in

Emerging Asia-

Pacific Markets

Mr. Christopher

Oct 2013

ISBN PUBLICATIONS

S.NO TITLE OF

THEBOOK/ARTICLE

NAME OF THE FACULTY

& DATE ISBN NUMBER

1

Women in Service sector: Career

Opportunities and Challenges,

Proceedings of National Seminar-

NSWSSCOC-2013

Dr. Anuradha P S

October 2013 978-93-819792-6-6

2 Business Organization And

Environment

Dr Alice Mani

May, 2013 978-81-280-2073-5

3 Quantitative Methods For

Business-11

Dr Alice Mani

May, 2013 978-81-280-2082-7

4 Banking Law And Operations Dr Alice Mani

May, 2013 978-81-280-2178-7

5 Quantitative Analysis For

Business Decisions-1

Dr Alice Mani

May, 2013 978-81-280-2074-2

6 Human Resource Management Dr Alice Mani

May, 2013 978-81-280-2177-0

7 Emerging Trends In E-Commerce

Dr. Kavitha Jayakumar &

Dr. Veerta Tantia

Aug 2013

978-93-81723-10-4


S.NO TITLE OF

THEBOOK/ARTICLE

NAME OF THE FACULTY

& DATE ISBN NUMBER

8

Changing Dimensions Of

Commerce And Management

Education In The Global Context

Dr. Kavitha Jayakumar &

Ms. Vinnarasi Oct 2013

978-93-81979440

9

Mutilated and Soiled currency

notes in use-

reasons,repercussions,paradoxes

and propositions

Ms. Anusha Iyer

Jan 2014 978-93-80767-38-3

10 A conceptual study on Service

learning in India

Ms. Anusha Iyer

February 2014 -

9.5 MINOR RESEARCH PROJECTS (RDC) BY FACULTY

LIST OF NEW AND ONGOING RDC‟S DURING THE YEAR 2013-2014

S.N

O

PRINCIPAL

INVESTIGATOR

CO-

INVESTI

GATOR

TITLE OF PROJECT DURA

TION

DATE OF

COMMEN

CEMENT

FUNDING

AGENCY

AMOUNT

SANCTIONED

1 Ms. Bindu

Nair ---

A Study on the

Performance Appraisal

System in Knowledge

Based Organisations

One

year 2012

Christ

University 60,000

2 Ms. Vinnarasi

Ms.

Pooja

Jain

Analysing the Impact of

Technology on Higher

Education

One

year 2013

Christ

University 60,000

3

Mr.

Manjunath

BM

---

Impact of Stock Split to

Stock Return, Volume

and Short-Term Returns

One

year 2013

Christ

University 60,000

4 Dr. Karthigai

Prakasam C

------

Occupational

Challenges and Hazards

faced by women bus

conductors of KSRTC

One

year

July

2013

Christ

University 60,000

5 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


9.6 MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS (MRP) BY FACULTIES

LIST OF NEW AND ONGOING MRP‟S DURING THE YEAR 2013-2014

S.

NO

PRINCIPAL

INVESTIGATOR

CO-

INVESTIGA

TOR

TITLE OF

PROJECT PERIOD

FUNDING

AGENCY

AMOUNT

SANCTIONED

1 Dr. Alice Mani

---

The Need for

Environment

Protection, Green

Investments and

Green Banking

2010-

2013

Christ

University

6,00,000

Approx

2 Dr. Anuradha PS

---

Evaluation of

women and child

development

programs in

Karnataka

2012-

2014

Christ

University 6,06,000

3 Dr. Uma V R Dr. Kavitha

Jayakumar

Health Insurance

in Tamil Nadu –

Need for a

Segmented

Approach by the

Public and

Private Insurers

2013-

2015

Christ

University

7,00,000

Approx


9.7 MPHIL ACTIVITIES DURING THE YEAR

ACTIVITIY DATE EVALUATORS/EXAMINERS

Presentation of draft

proposal department 23/07/13 Guide and Internal Examiners

Presentation of final

Proposal committee

(25 marks)

24 September

2013

Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Former Dean Alliance

Business Academy, Business Consultant

First Progress report 16 November

2013 Guide and Internal Examiners

Second Progress report 7 January 2014 Guide and Internal Examiners

Third Progress report 1 February 2014 Guide and Internal Examiners

Fourth Progress report 22 Feb 2014 Guide and Internal Examiners

Presentation of

Dissertation (25 marks) 28 February 2014 Guide and Internal Examiners

Submission of draft

dissertation (one copy) 05 March 2014

Submission of

Dissertation (five

copies)

12 March 2014

Viva Voce 5th

April, 2014

Dr. Sreekanth R K , B S V P College

Vijayanagar Bangalore-40

Dr. Venugopal Reddy, Principal Govt. First

Grade College, Bangalore

9.8 JOURNAL EDITOR

Dr. Anuradha P.S was the chief editor for the January – March 2014 issue of

„UshusJournal of Business Management‟ published by Christ University.

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