Orientation Programme

The Orientation programme of the Department of Commerce for the session 2019-20 was conducted on July 17, 2019. Fr. VarkeyPerekkatt, S.J.(Rector), Dr Sheila Rai (Principal), Fr. (Dr) Sherry George, S.J. (Vice Principal), Fr. Jose V.K., S.J. (Administrator) graced the programme with the faculty members and students of the department. Programme was also graced by Mr. Ajit Sharma (Tedx speaker). He illuminated the young minds with his real life experiences and also stressed upon building PR as an important entrepreneurship tool. Through a presentation students were informed about the department fest and activities which were organized by the department in the session 2018-19. Students also had an interactive session with Alumni Mr. Akshay, young entrepreneur, and also proud alumni of department; he shared his academic experiences as well as his professional achievements with the fresher’s. Senior students arranged a Quiz to interact with the fresher’s. At the end of programme Dr.EktaPuri Head of Department presented the result analysis of the past years. A token of appreciation was presented to the guests by the management. The programme concluded with a vote of thanks by Kashish Peswani (Student Council Member).

Picnic

With the entry of young enthusiasts, the Department of Commerce and Management organized a one day picnic to Lohagarh Fort Resort on 26 August, 2019 to acquaint the freshmen with the department families. With the total 220 students, 13 faculties, the department had arranged the day outing to the luxury resort amid lush gardens and surrounded by hills. Mentors and students had a warm welcome at the entrance with the refreshing welcome drinks. The students were very excited to see well maintained gardens and exotic beach style pool. The jungle theme gardens and tree houses were the beautiful sights for clicking selfies and groupfies. The splendid lunch serving the Indian cuisine was being arranged at large and spacious multi-speciality restaurant. After the lip-smacking lunch, we all got back into our buses and were taken back to the college via the same beautiful road. We all sat in the bus looking at the view passing by, pondering over the beautiful hours spent. At last we got down at the college at 5 p.m. cherishing the indelible memories.

InQUIZitive'

The Department of Commerce organized 'inQUIZitive' an Inter-departmental Quiz Competition, as a part of innovative learning methods. It aimed at testing analytical and logical skills of students while having fun interaction with them. Quiz is the game of mind and intellect which brings out interest and joy in an individual. The extravaganza which it brings out is really commendable. In that procession, a  day before when ‘inQUIZitive' was conducted, we had  50 participants across all streams who went under an elimination round and among them 16 stood final contestants. The beginning of the quiz was marked with prudent words by our Rector, Father Varkey Perekkatt followed by words of wisdom from the Principal, Dr. Sheila Rai. All 16 contestants were divided into 4 teams namely ‘Euro' ‘Dollar' ‘Rupee' and ‘pound'. We had five rounds namely GENERAL ROUND, BRAIN TEASER, MELA, PICTIONARY and FAST & FURIOUS to decide best among them. With every answer, the competition got intense & exhibited  the level of knowledge they had and one could feel that the entire generation today is blessed with immense zeal, positivity and enthusiasm but again there are always a few extra adroit brains and in this competition, it was team ‘Dollar' who emerged victorious.

 IMPLICATIONS OF GST

An interactive session on GST (Goods and Services Tax) was organised by Department of Commerce on 17 October, 2019. The speaker for the session was FCA Varnit, Faculty, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

In his lecture, he gave an in-depth view of GST which is considered as a major reform in the Indian Taxation System. He began with an enlightening note emphasizing on the basics of revenue collection with respect to the Federal Structure of India. Taking real life situations as examples, he traced the development of the new tax regime and also explained the various tax concepts like direct/indirect taxes, regression/progression related to taxes, etc.

He discussed at length the challenges to the implementation of GST in the current economic scenario of the country. He elucidated the salient features of GST, such as it being a destination based taxation scheme, with a holistic view, embracing pros and cons of each. The lecture was enriching for the students and it ended up with question and answer session.

Industrial Visit 

Industrial Visit focuses on preparing the students to learn about the day-to-day workings of a particular industry and understand its operational issues. The visit also helps the students to keep update regarding the current management practices followed by the organizations and acquire traits that the industry demands from them. In order to expand the horizons from regular class room teaching to practical training department organized an industrial visit to the industry “Clay Craft India Pvt ltd”. A group of 50 students got an opportunity to learn the basics of production and foundation laying in the ceramic industry at the construction site accompanied by 6 faculty members on 10th of January 2020. Industrial visit is considered as one of the tactical methods of teaching. The main reason behind this- it let student to know things practically through interaction, working methods and employment practices. Moreover, it gives exposure from academic point of view. Main aim industrial visit is to provide an exposure to students about practical working environment. They also provide students a good opportunity to gain full awareness about industrial practices. Through industrial visit students get awareness about new technologies. After visiting an industry student can gain a combined knowledge about both theory and practical. Students will be more concerned about earning a job after having an industrial visit.

 ALUMNI SESSION

While the thrust of our course is on academic achievement, we in regular regime of co-curricular programs are providing opportunities for the holistic formation of our students into professionals of global excellence.  Through such sessions, we bring our students face to face with alumni members. Sessions are arranged for students on the premises that interactions with them inspire and motivate them. The lecture was addressed by Harshita Bisht, alumni member batch 2014-17 on  5 February 2020. She opened her talk by introducing proudly to the students.

She deeply explained that the education is the most prominent concept in the life. She covered various aspects such as academic excellence, time management techniques etc.

She concluded by giving some tips on Qualities to Possess / Equip with such as Meritorious Academic Excellence, Career Aspirations, Personal Talent and Skill Sets, Professional Skills, Business Skills, Corporate Culture / Corporate Etiquettes.