Management Studies

The academic year 2019-20 was perfectly knit together with exemplary events and new beginnings. Here is a brief report of the activities of the department.

XYNERGY’19 (30th November 2019)

Xynergy’19 was an excellent platform for sharing knowledge about the BMS course as most of the school graduates are not aware about the various options available for higher studies. The entire concept of the event was to eliminate such confusion from the minds of the students.

The students organised a variety of activities for the visiting school students and the objective was to answer the queries about course and placements after graduation.

ZEPHYRUS 2020: “Dawn of the Decade”

Zephyrus is the official business festival of St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Mumbai and it is conducted annually by the Department of Management Studies.

The festival this year consisted  of a Conference conducted on January 17, 2020 and a series of competitions conducted on 17th and 18th January of 2020.

The theme for 2019-2020 was “Dawn of the Decade”, with the aim of helping students to understand the dynamism of the business world.

The Conference conducted on 17th January was divided into 4 sessions with an array of distinguished personalities gracing the occasion. The Conference was inaugurated by the Principal, Dr. Rajendra Shinde by unveiling ‘BUSINESSENCE’ - the official magazine of Zephyrus.

The keynote session was a panel discussion on the Indian Banking System and the way forward.

The panel consisted of:

• Prof Errol D’Souza: Director, IIM Ahmedabad

• Ms. Anjana Dube: Deputy Director General, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance

• Dr. Soumya Kanti Ghosh: Group Chief Economic Advisor at SBI

• Mr. Jaspal Bindra: CEO of the Centrum Group.

The session was moderated by Dr. Agnelo Menezes and it explored the issues in the current banking system.

This was followed by a 13 year old entrepreneur, Mr. Tilak Mehta, who took the audience through his journey from a regular school student to the founder of Paper n Parcels - a logistics firm based in Mumbai.

The third session explored the potential of Artificial Intelligence and

Guest Speakers

Behavioural Economics in changing the phase of business and the society at large.

This session was conducted by Mr. Biju Dominic, CEO of Finalmile Consulting.

The final session of the day was an interactive session with the following eminent personalities from the field of business:

• Mr. Hemant Jain: Co-founder and CTO of Tavaga Financial Enterprises

• Mr. Naveen Bachwani: Group Head for Customer Experience at Edelweiss

• Ms. Anuja Shukla: Senior Vice President, Engineering and Advanced Technology, Bank of America

The session hovered mainly over three spheres of Cloud Computing, Data Science and Customer experience and their potential to play a greater role in the business world.

Day 2 and Day 3 had participants from across colleges in India participating in various business related events.

The highlight of the event was the Goodwill Flea, which is Zephyrus’ way of giving back to the society. Participant colleges raised funds for NGOs that were working for different causes.

Student Achievements

Certificate Courses

1. Social Media Marketing (under the aegis of RUSA 2.0)

31 students from FYBMS took a 15 hour certificate course on Social Media Marketing in collaboration with India’s leading institute in Digital Education: IIDE

2. Basic and Advanced Excel

14 students  of  SYBMS  took a course on both Basic and Advanced Excel conducted by

Industrial Visit

The visit organized by Professor Yogesh Zaveri to the John Galt International factory as a part of the Operations Management course, enabled the students to understand the complexities of quality management of quality and operations at the factory level.

The First Year students also visited the Heras Institute and Museum and got a good understanding of the Indian Culture through the archaeological collections displayed at the Institute.

Faculty Enrichment

The staff members actively participated in the various Faculty development programmes to enhance their skills. The LMS training sessions, research methodology seminar, NAAC assessment, and impact of the Pandemic on the placement process to name a few.

Social Work

The Department has signed an MoU with CSA (Centre For Social Action) to collaborate with them in helping the people from the villages of the district of Raigad.

• Visit to the Kalote village in Kelavali was an initiative by CSA as a part of its pilot project to promote rural tourism. CSA will be working in collaboration with the students of the Department of Management Studies in setting up the villages as a hub for budding social entrepreneurs.

Dr. Neelam Shetty completed her PhD in Commerce and Management and was awarded the Doctorate Degree from the University of Mumbai. We congratulate her and wish her the very best.

To conclude, we can say that we are in the process of preparing ourselves to navigate through these unprecedented times due to the pandemic. It has been an incredible academic year and we hope to raise the bar even higher in the future.