The National Conference on 'FDI : Issues and Prospects' wasorganized by Sinhgad Institute of Management (SIOM), Vadgoan(Bk), Pune from 17 to 19 January 2013. The conferencewas inaugurated by lighting of lamp at the hands of dignitaries.Dr. Subhash Awale, Director SIOM welcomed the delegates anddignitaries. After the address, Dr. S.U. Gawde, Head ResearchSIOM and Programme Director overviewed the seminar. Thenational seminar witnessed thepresence of Dr. Ashok Joshi,Director of INSEARCH & Vice-President AMDISA as a chiefguest and Mr. Dhananjay Sinha,Chief Economist from M KGlobal Financial Services as aKeynote Speaker who spreadlight on FDI: Problems andProspects.

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The Valedictory Function witnessed the presence of dignitariesDr. E.B. Khedkar, Dean, Faculty of Management, University ofPune as a Chief Guest and Mr. Shashank Pathak, CEO DeepakFertilizers and Petro-chemicals Corp. Ltd. as a Guest of Honor.Dr. E.B. Khedkar addressed the audience about Pros and Cons ofFDI. covered the economic aspect at macrolevel.

Mr. Shashank Pathak, sharedhis experience about how FDIbenefits both the lower andelite strata of the society bygiving practical examples.The conference concludedwith the vote of thanks byDr. Shailendra Kale, DeanMBA SIOM. The overallprogram was directed andcoordinated by Dr. S. U.Gawade, Head ResearchSIOM.

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Management at University of Oregaon,Faculty Mentor at Walden University,Minnesota, and Senior Research Fellow atthe University of Phonenix were the keynotespeakers enlightened the participants withtheir knowledge and experience in researchf ie ld . Dr. Ashok Josh i , Di rec to rINDSEARCH gave valuable informationregarding research in managementspecialization. Dr. Sanjay Kaptan, Head ofCommerce and Research Centre, Universityof Pune and Dr. Ramaling Sable, DeanSNDT'S Women's University, Mumbaigraced the valedictory function on the thirdday. The overall program was directed andcoordinated by Dr. S.U. Gawade, HeadResearch SIOM.

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International Doctoral Convention

Sinhgad Institute of Management, Pune inassociation with University of Pune held athree day 'International DoctoralConvention' from 20 to 23 February2013 at SIOM. This InternationalConvention aimed to nurture and supportDoctoral scholars in their professionalaspirations in academia. It also targeted toenhance the international experience ofthe doctoral scholars by providing bothnetwork opportunities and a supportivevenue for constructive peer critique of theongoing research efforts.

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Dr. N. J. Pawar,Vice Chancellor Shivaji University wasthe chief guest for the inaugural function.Dr. P. Purushottam Rao, Professor andDean, Osmania University and Dr. JimGoes,AdjunctAssociate Professor of

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National Conference on FDI: Issues and Prospects

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SINHGAD INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

Volume: IIAnnual Newsletter

Prof. M. N. Navale Dr. (Mrs.) Sunanda M. Navale Dr. Nilesh GokhaleFounder President, STES Founder Secretary, STES Director, SIOM

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Prof. M. N. Navale

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Sinhgad Karandak 2013:Annual Sports and Cultural Extravaganza

Sinhgad Karandak -2013: Sinhgad Karandak is an inter-college and intra-campus cultural event organized by SinhgadTechnical Education Society. Sinhgad Karandak is the most

effective way of bringing youth on one common platform toenhance social interaction, facilitate exchange of culturalideas and thoughts. Truly it's a great sports and culturalextravaganza. Sinhgad Karandak 2013 started on 1st February2013 and concluded on 6th February 2013. It includes music,dance, sports, rock show, socio-biotics, women empowermentworkshop, art, creativity and lots more.To add cherry on thisbeautiful cake presence of celebrities like: Farhan Akhtar,Zarine Khan, Bruna Abdullah, Aanchal Kumar, SahzahnPadamsee, Sagarika Ghatge and Suhas Khamkar, Mr. India.Presence of 5500 audience reflects the grand success of theevent.

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Alumni Meet: Encore 2K13

On 9 February 2013, SIOM organized 12 SIOM AlumniMeet: ENCORE 2013. It was attended by more than 600Alumni. It was pride and prestige to mention that some ofSIOMAlumni reached top and senior management position intheir respective organization. SIOMITES greeted them withlot of love, affection and respect. The Alumni meet witnessedthe presence of dignitaries: Hon. Prof .M. N. Navale,Founder President, STES, Hon. Dr. (Mrs.) Sunanda Navale,Founder Secretary, STES, Dr. S. D. Awale, Director SIOM,Dr. S. U. Gawade Head Research, SIOM, Mr. SangramKadam, President Alumni Association SIOM, Mr. PrasadAkolkar, Joint Director Placement, Dr. Shailendra Kale DeanMBA SIOM. The Alumni Meet: ENCORE 2013 wascoordinated by Prof. Dr. Z.S. Mulla.

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MBA Induction Program-2012

SIOM organized two day induction programme for MBA first

year students for the academic year 2012-2014 on 1 and 2August, 2012. The Chief Guest for the programme wasMr. Ankush Malhotra, General Manager, Radio 1 and thekeynote address was given by Mr. Santosh Joshi, Ex-VicePresident Idea Cellular Ltd. It was followed by the icebreaking sessions organized for the students by the faculty ofSIOM. For the second day the sessions were conducted byMr. Ashotosh Dholke and Mr. Sudhir Bhagat, ExecutivesJP Morgan and by Mr. Dilip Vaidya, Head Consultant,B. G. Shirke Group.

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Annual Award Function 2013

SIOM consistently emphasizing on holistic development of students. SIOM aims at inculcating unique value system, excellentacademic development environment conducive to learn creativity and technology transfer. To appreciate the excellence ofstudents, institute organized “Annual Excellence Award” function on 10th April 2013.The function witnessed presence ofdignitaries: Mr. B.N. Sampath, G.M.(Parts), John Deer India, Pune, Mr. Prashant Pansare, MD & CEO of IntelimentTechnologies, Dr. Rajashree Shinde, Director SIOM. The event was coordinated by Prof. Pallavi Patil, Prof. Jyoti Pawar,Prof. Rutuja Jadhav, Prof.Alekh Panda.

The inauguration to the ceremony was done in a traditional way, with a devotional song by Prof. Prajakta Gokhale. Ceremoniallamps were lightened by Dr. Rajashree Shinde, Director- SIOM followed by chief guests Mr. B.N. Sampath and Mr. PrashantPansare.

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Green Cell Event

At SIOM we believe that we owe to the society in respect ofwhat we get. Green Cell is a forum created by the students, aneffort to safeguard Mother Nature with the help of variousactivities conducted by the students. To name a few E-wastehazards and disposal of e-waste was the main drive carried outby the students followed by Street Play and Green Marathon.

This event was organized on 9 & 10 October, 2012 andcoordinated by Dr. Sadhana Choukkar & Prof. Indrajeet Kole.

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Parents Meet 2013

The event Parents Meet is organized every year in SIOM. This

year the event was held on 23 March, 2013. This platformhelps the parents know about the institute and thedevelopments of their children in this institute. SIOM is aninstitute which offers a platter of various activities and eventsfor the students for their overall development. During ParentsMeet the parents interact with the faculty members and getacquainted with the developments of their child. The coreobjective of the meet was to showcase values, vision, vigor ofthe institute, to keep the parents aware about the latestdevelopments, happenings of the institute, to exchange theviews and ideas about the student's progress. The event wascoordinated by Prof. Swati Joshi and Prof. Mukta Keskar

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Creativity Exhibition

"Creativity Exhibition" - The objective of the exhibition is to

provide a platform to explore unique talents and skills of

students, nurture their creativity and inculcate out of box

thinking. The event was organized on 23 January, 2013 and

coordinated by Prof. Samita Kher, Prof.Aparna Madhekar and

Prof. Mukta Keskar.

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One Day Seminar on 'Emerging Trendsin Operations Management'

One day seminar on “Trends in OperationsManagement” was organized at SIOM on 23rd March,2013 with the objective to create awareness among thestudents about the important areas of operationmanagement viz. Logistics and Distribution in RetailManagement, Challenges in procurement and SCM,Productivity Improvement, Optimum utilization ofResources. Mr. Mukund Devi, Depot–in-Charge,Finolex Cables LTD, Pune, Mr. Dhananjay Gaikwad,Manager, After Sales Parts , Mercedes Benz India PvtLtd, Pune, Mr. Dhananjay Patil, Vice President,Operations, Adico Forge, Sanaswadi, Pune.

Campus to Corporate (2012-2013)

Sinhgad Institute of Management (SIOM) initiatedCampus to Corporate activities with the objective ofcompetency development of management students whilemaking journey from campus life to corporate life.Following various seminars, workshops, guest lectures,competitions were organized under this activity. Theoverall activity was coordinated by Dr. Satish Pawar andProf. Shubhangee Ramaswamy.

Arth Cell Event

AtArth Cell, we encourage students to be achievers but also tobe sensitive towards the weaker section of society. It may bethose who never had the privilege of staying with the parents,those who could not see the beautiful colors of life, thementally challenged people, the old people, the poor farmersetc. This is a student run cell. A number of unused medicinesare found in households around us.Arth cell students collectedthem. They also identified some doctors in Pune who arerunning clinics for the underprivileged. Students visit thosehealth centers and hand over these medicines to them. ArthCell also organized blood donation camp. Cell also organized'Transition' exhibition. The amount collected by transition was

donated to social cause. The event was organized on 8 March2013 and coordinated by Dr. Smita Sovani.

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One Day Seminar on

‘Market Research and Retailing'

One day seminar on “Market Research and Retailing” was

organized on 8 September, 2012 to create awareness amongthe students about significance of Market Research and also tounderstand contemporary scenario of retailing.

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I-CUBE 2012

Managing responsibility within a company entails many of

the basic management functions, like budgeting, staffing, and

organizing and controlling, along with other aspects that are

unique to technology, like change management, software

design, network planning, tech support etc. I-Cube is an IT

based competition which facilitates students to go to the IT

companies and get real time exposure to their IT

infrastructure, working and management. This builds the

confidence of students to work in MNC environment. The

event was organized on 20 October,2012 and coordinated by

Dr. Z. S. Mulla.

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Entrepreneurship Awareness Program

One Day Seminar on “Be Your Own Boss” was organized at

SIOM on 14 March, 2013 with the objective to awaken theentrepreneurial interest of the students and providingguidance to them on various opportunities and challenges. Mr.Pradeep Malgaonkar, General Manager – Pune RegionalOffice, SIDBI, Pune, Mrs. Meghna Jain, EAP In charge,MITCON, Pune, Mr. A. Murli, Faculty Leader, Central Bankof India, Pune ( Banker), Mr. Vinod Patkotwar, CEO, CrownRubber, Pune , Mr. Manoj Gorte, Partner, DiscoverPackaging, Pune (First Generation Entrepreneur), Mr.Harshvardhan Ranade, Director, GAEA Consulting SolutionsLtd., Pune, Mr. Sudhaker Kasture, Director, EXIM Institute,Mumbai. Event was coordinated by Dr. Ramkumar andProf. S.K. Sharma.

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MARK 2012

MARK is unique and creative intercollegiate Marketing Plancompetition which includes Industry Analysis, MarketingMix, Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning Statement etc.MARK 2012 was a highly appreciated and successful event.About 110 colleges were approached, out of which hugeresponse witnessed more than 84 teams participatedenthusiastically for the event.

Sinhgad Institute of Management, Pune, every year organizesthis unique and creative intercollegiate Marketing Plancompetition, MARK which includes Industry Analysis,Marketing Mix, Segmentation, Targeting and PositioningStatement etc. The event was started in the year 2010 andevery year the competition is held. MARK aims at developingmarket planning skills of the students. The basic purpose ofthis event was to encourage the students to come up withexclusively designed market plan for certain products andgave them a platform to portrait those ideas. It also provides anopportunity to the students to experience simulation ofmarketing practices in the industry through their own efforts.

The event was organized on 6 October, 2012 and coordinatedby Dr. Nilesh Gokhale, Dr. Satish Pawar and Prof. PriyankaBhivapathaki.

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OPEX (Operation Excellence):A Case Study Competition

OPEX aspires to reach out to a wide network of B-Schoolsstudents with the objective of facilitating building of arepository of a high-quality, internationally benchmarkedcases about Indian businesses. OPEX aims at developingtechnical and management skills of the students. Thecompetition is held every year with the great enthusiasm.Cases were selected from the various fields viz. Supply ChainManagement, Logistics, Inventory Management, ProjectManagement, Total Quality Management, OperationStrategy, Technology Management and Six Sigma. The event

was organized on 4 October, 2012 and coordinated byDr. Shailendra Kale, Dr. Takale.

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Bizzling Blast: Business Quiz

Bizzling Blast, the business quiz is to enhance business skillsand provide opportunity for business management. The quizcontest will test the knowledge of entrepreneurs in all aspectsof business such as operation, marketing, management,finance, investment, brands and the stock market. Businessquiz prepares and empower students for business success andkeep them abreast of business and economic views. The quizalso aims at emphasizing the importance of business

intelligence. This event was organized on 13 October, 2012and coordinated by Prof.Amol Khandagale.

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Brand Carnival: Brand Quiz Competition

An Inter-Management Institutes Brand Quiz event wasinitiated with the objectives of creating awareness amongthe about significance of Brand Management. 'BrandCarnival' provides a platform to keep the students alert andcreate awareness about developments happening in theBranding arena. This event witnessed overwhelming responseof students from various management institutes. The event

was organized on 15 September, 2012 and was coordinatedby Dr. Milind Marathe and Dr. Chetan Chaudhari

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Window of the World (WoW):

College Competition

The core purpose of SIOM is to “Nurture Business Leaders.”To make it possible, we believe tomorrow's Business Leadersmust be aware about the latest trends in social, economic,political, business environments and the importance of ITsector in the world. To raise this awareness amongst studentsSIOM is conducting the “Window of the World (WOW)Competition” (Collage Presentation Competition) for all

MBA first year students. The event was organized on 22September, 2012 and coordinated by Prof. Swati Joshi andProf. Umesh Gramopadhay.

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Summer Project Competition

Sinhgad Institute of Management annually organizes

"Summer Project Competition" to encourage second year

students who have put in a lot of hard work to make their

summer project a success. This competition offers them a

platform to showcase their work in presence of judges and the

best work was awarded and included in the research

publication titled 'Construct'. The event was organized on 20

October, 2012 and coordinated by Dr. Ramkrishna Dikkatwar,

& Dr. Satish Pawar.

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Research Methodology Competition

As need of innovation, information has propelled today's

“Knowledge economy”, research has taken center stage in

every walk of life and business management is not an

exception. As MBA students study research methodology in

second semester of their curriculum, research activity is

conducted to develop application orientation towards research

and methods through hands on experience. The event was

organized on 21 March, 2013 and coordinated by Dr. Satish

Pawar, Dr. Ramkrishna Dikkatwar, Dr. Ramkumar,

Prof. NileshAnute, Prof.Asita Ghewari, Prof. M. Dhanawade,

Prof. Archana Patil , Prof. Pallavi Patil and Prof. Ramdas

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MIS Competition

At SIOM MIS Competition was organized to understand MIS

Design for Business Processes in an organization, to

understand relation between information and business

processes and importance of information required by various

levels of management in the organization.

This year competition witnessed presence of dignitaries Mrs.

Shilpa Dhavale,Director, Enterprise Support Service, KPIT

Cummins , Dr. S. U. Kale , Dean SIOM, MBA. The event was

organized on 7 March, 2013 and was coordinated by Dr. Z. S.

Mulla Head IT Department SIOM.

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ADZ Competition

ADZ is creative advertising competition; ADZ 2013

was organized on 28 February 2013 and coordinated by

Prof. M. S. Dhanawade, and Dr. Satish Pawar. The basic

purpose of this event was to encourage the students to come up

with innovative ideas and express their creativity and strategic

thinking through advertisement. The print copy of the

advertisement as well as enactment of television commercial

was to be done by the participants.

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SIOM's BuZicon Club (Business and

Economic Club) organized PESTLE Analysis

competition. This competition was designed

with the objective to understand the Business

Environment of various countries across the

globe and also to identify the business

opportunities in that country. Students are

supposed to study the Political, Economical,

Social & Cultural, Technological, Legal and Environment and

Industrial visits were organized with the purpose of providing

industrial exposure to students to following Industries.

Tata Motors, Pune

Parle G Company, Delhi

Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Ltd., Bangalore

Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation Ltd, Mysore.

Genesis Infra Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad

Koojan Hydraulics, Hyderabad

Manikchand Dhariwal Group (Oxyrich), Haveli, Pune

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gave presentations on the same. They are

also expected to identify business

opportunities in that country. About 85

countries of the world were covered under

this competition. The event was organized

on 24 January 2013 and coordinated by

Prof. Samita Kher and Prof. Mukta Keskar.

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INDUSTRIAL VISIT 2013

Sinhgad Institute of Management, Vadgaon (Bk.), Pune- 42Seminars and Conferences (2012 - 2013)

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Sinhgad Institute of Management, Vadgaon (Bk.), Pune- 42Seminars and Conferences held for Students (2012 - 2013)

Sinhgad Institute of Management, Vadgaon (Bk.), Pune- 42Campus to Corporate Series (2012 - 2013)

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Sinhgad Institute of Management, Vadgaon (Bk.), Pune - 42College Events and Competitions (2012 - 2013)