I M P R I N T S

Team ALCOM Speaks

The Alumni Committee proudly

presents Imprints ndash November

Edition

Team ALCOM always takes great

pleasure in hosting our Alumni on

campus and is ever grateful for their

generosity in terms of their

experiences knowledge and

participation Our team thrives on

strengthening the bond that you

share with your Alma Mater and

shall constantly strive to do so

SIMSR Rated 1

Another feather in our cap SIMSR has been rated as 1 in the of

Top Private B-Schools in lsquoSuper Excellencersquo Category and 2

in the Private B-Schools in the State of Maharashtra in a survey

conducted by GHRDC-CSR (Competition Success Review) B-

School Survey 2016

Alumni High Tea

The Alumni Committee organized the annual High-Tea for MCA MMM MHRDM MFM MIM and PG-

Executive Alumni on 15th October 2016 at SIMSR

2016

SIMSR Alumni Newsletter

Alumni Achievement

Mr Kunal Shah SIMSR Alum of batch 2002-2004 as a part of the NGO-

Make A Difference (MAD) along with Mumbai First spearheaded the

lsquoHumara Station Humari Shaanrsquo project for

the beautification of railway stations in

Mumbai The project was inaugurated by

Honrsquoble Chief Minister of Maharashtra

Mr Devendra Fadnavis Honrsquoble Railway

Minister Mr Suresh Prabhu and many

celebrities

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Q Could you share your experience at Milaap

2015 ndashReunion of Batch of 1995

It was a very nice experience Batch mates from

abroad as well came to attend it We have a

WhatsApp group of our batch and we are in touch

with each other on a personal as well as

professional front We were all awestruck

looking at the transformation

the college has undergone We

were very happy meeting

Professor Hariharan

Q What is your most memo-

rable moment at SIMSR

Many memorable moments ndash

my first presentation my

good times with friends but

the most memorable moment

was getting a job I got placed

on Day 2 It was a sense of

freedom- and excitement to

enter the corporate world

Q What have been the turning points in your

life

In 2007 the market was booming and movement

from being a regulator- (working with NSE) to the

other side- ie the markets with IIFL Being a reg-

ulator was able to see what it is to lay and imple-

ment rules and policies and at IIFL was able to

see how to make the company compliant with

the same

Q What is your approach in taking strategic

decisions

You need to be able to visualize and think out of

the box You need to think how you can make

changes in a big way Once you think ahead- you

start strategizing on how to get there and then

start taking steps in that direction One needs to

think where he wants to be 5 years ahead and

strategize accordingly

Q What was your key learning from the two

years spent at SIMSR

You learn to spend 12 to 14 hours in college focus-

ing on academics- which is tough initially You also

develop team working skills as you are doing a lot

of group projects which exposes you to different

spheres and expands your knowledge You

suddenly start looking at

things from a different

perspective Also your lead-

ership skills are enhanced

Q What was your key

learning when you were

with NSE and then you

switched to IIFL

Being employed with NSE

you are able to understand

market dynamics and learn

to suggest controls and

measures You learn the

value of the highest integrity

and gets grained in you to the core At IIFL I

learnt how implement these policies in addition

to being process driven how to go by the book

how to comply with rules and regulations

Working with different people with varied

academic backgrounds helps you develop people

management skills that is a key requirement for

success in any stream

Q What is your advice to SIMSR students

You should question every theory with a

practical approach Gone are the days of Jack of

all trades master of none You have to have a

niche area where you are the master Be clear

on what is your area of interest and donrsquot worry

about leadership Identify one hour in a day that

would be your most productive hour and make

time to have a date with yourself In this one

hour prioritize your work put your task

together and move ahead in a planned manner

Exclusive Interview with Ms Loveena Khatwani

Chief Client Experience Officer amp Senior Vice President - Corporate Strategy

Edelweiss Capital

SIMSR Alum of batch 1993-1995

Ms Loveena Khatwani has been a Senior executive strategist amp leader with more than 20 years of

experience in the Financial Services industry across areas of client experience operations amp

compliance strategy amp leadership

Guest Lecture by Kazakhstan Ambassador

His Excellency Mr Bulat Sarsenbayev Kazakhstanrsquos Ambassador to India

addressed the students of SIMSR on 30th September 2016

He spoke about his continued relations with the Somaiya Trust along with

economic conditions of the country and the upcoming Energy expo

A New Initiative with Alumni Involvement

A soft skills workshop was organized for the students by the SIMSR placement

committee General Management Department amp Alumni Relations Team on

23rd October 2016 Our distinguished Alumni -

middot Mr Dhananjay Parchure batch 1991-1993 Director Insights Infinite

middot Mr Tapasvi Jhalani batch 2004-2006 Senior Trader Trafigura

middot Mr Mehul Dave batch 2006-2008 Supply Chain Manager HUL

middot Ms Akhila Ramganesh batch 2007-2009 Research Associate Interlink

Consultancy

came to the campus to help the students enhance their GDPI skills Dr Radha

Iyer Prof Gita Sashidharan amp Dr Uma Bhushan also helped with CV evaluation and GD sessions

Outreach

As part of the Outreach Initiative of ALCOM students get the opportunity to interact with SIMSR Alumni

Our team conducted Outreach with the following Alumni in the month of October 2016

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Alumnus Batch Designation Organization

Mr Vijay Savant 1996-1998 Market Development Manager Acetyls Asia at British

Petroleum

Mr Mehernosh Subedar 2003-2005 Brand Manager VIP Industries

Mr Aditya Khandekar 2005-2008 Product Manager Idea Cellular

Mr Sunny Budhwani 2005-2008 Area Agency Manager Bajaj AllianzndashGeneral

Insurance

Mr Deepak Chaudhary 2006-2008 DGMndash Dealer Network

Development

Mahindra First Choice

Service Ltd

Guest Lecture by Kazakhstan Ambassador

His Excellency Mr Bulat Sarsenbayev Kazakhstanrsquos Ambassador to India

addressed the students of SIMSR on 30th September 2016

He spoke about his continued relations with the Somaiya Trust along with

economic conditions of the country and the upcoming Energy expo

A New Initiative with Alumni Involvement

A soft skills workshop was organized for the students by the SIMSR placement

committee General Management Department amp Alumni Relations Team on

23rd October 2016 Our distinguished Alumni -

middot Mr Dhananjay Parchure batch 1991-1993 Director Insights Infinite

middot Mr Tapasvi Jhalani batch 2004-2006 Senior Trader Trafigura

middot Mr Mehul Dave batch 2006-2008 Supply Chain Manager HUL

middot Ms Akhila Ramganesh batch 2007-2009 Research Associate Interlink

Consultancy

came to the campus to help the students enhance their GDPI skills Dr Radha

Iyer Prof Gita Sashidharan amp Dr Uma Bhushan also helped with CV evaluation and GD sessions

Outreach

As part of the Outreach Initiative of ALCOM students get the opportunity to interact with SIMSR Alumni

Our team conducted Outreach with the following Alumni in the month of October 2016

Read more

Alumnus Batch Designation Organization

Mr Vijay Savant 1996-1998 Market Development Manager Acetyls Asia at British

Petroleum

Mr Mehernosh Subedar 2003-2005 Brand Manager VIP Industries

Mr Aditya Khandekar 2005-2008 Product Manager Idea Cellular

Mr Sunny Budhwani 2005-2008 Area Agency Manager Bajaj AllianzndashGeneral

Insurance

Mr Deepak Chaudhary 2006-2008 DGMndash Dealer Network

Development

Mahindra First Choice

Service Ltd

Guest Lecture On

Creativity and Innovation

Mr Kaushal Thakkar

Alumnus of batch 2002-

04 delivered a guest

lecture on lsquoCreativity

and Innovationrsquo

The lecture highlighted

the practical challenges encountered by Mr

Thakkar and team while working on the lsquoEnd of

Reason Salersquo for Myntra

The lecture gave the students insight on how the

team created hype by concentrating on User

Generated Content and print media for the sale

and how they tackled all problems and ensured

sales of 23X

Job Opportunities

The Alumni Committee has created a SIMSR Jobs Google Group which serves as a platform for Alumni to

share lateral job opportunities with each other directly To share a job opportunity at your organisation

write to us at simsrjobsgooglegroupscom

Top Recruiting Companies

(in November)

Total No of recruiting

companies

Total No of

vacancies

HSBC Raymond Trafigura Michael Page

Reliance General Insurance HP Enterprise

Services

6 8

Team Imprints

Priyanka Mirajkar and Parul Pathak

(Chief Editors )

Suryani Sinha Ray Vatsala Rajvanshi Tulika

Singh Binaisha Drsquosouza Aditya Sankhe Sreya

Mukherjee Tanvi Vassa (Contributors)

Vikram Gupte

(Convener Alumni Committee)

Alumni Relations

Vidhya Sharma

(Head - Alumni Relations SVV)

Dr Bharati VW

(Chairperson Alumni Relations SIMSR)

Arvind Pandi Dorai

(Manager Alumni Relations SIMSR)

Shriya Pawar

(Officer Alumni Relations SIMSR)

Connect with us Write to us Contact us

alcomsimsrsomaiyaedu

022-6728 31203185

Dandiya Night

AAGAAZndash MELANGE Theme Launch

The theme for Melange the flagship event of

SIMSR this year is Get Set Startup which calls

upon students to Ideate Innovate amp Initiate It

was unveiled with great fanfare

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