CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus

To foster the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship among students, Christ University Lavasa, Pune has established an IIC council and E-cell in the university. The inaugural ceremony of IIC E-CELL was organized on 20th August 2021 at 4 pm. The ceremony started with a warm welcome address by Dr. Becky Thomas, Head- Research and coordinator- MBA. Dr. Thomas discussed the focus of Indian government on setting up  incubators nationwide and role of higher educational institute as part of IICs. The welcome speech was followed by motivational words from Fr. Dr. Jossy P. George, Director and Dean Christ Lavasa and Director of IIC CU Pune chapter. He motivated the students the importance of innovative ideas and need of setting up indigenous startup to solve the problems from the surrounding.  The motivational talk was followed with a motivational video on changing technologies and need of innovativeness to survive. It showcased the changes in businesses and drivers of success and h...

Mr. Vishal Thakur, HR at TATA Capital, conducted a Placement Training Session for HR and Finance students on 17th August 2021. It was a very informative and interactive session. Mr. Vishal stressed upon few major points that students need to keep in mind while appearing for interviews. He talked about how it is important to understand why a particular question is being asked and what the interviewer would be expecting out of it instead of just answering it like a direct question paper. For example, for the most common question “Tell me something about yourself”, the candidate must answer with interesting information that is not mentioned in the resume or CV, instead of saying the very same points. The introduction must always be well prepared and practiced. Students must listen to the questions correctly and completely. Many times, in a rush to seem active, candidates tend to answer even before the question is completed. That mistake must strictly be avoided. Another important point is...

The speech session was started with the welcoming of the guest by Dr. Becky Thomas, Academic Coordinator, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Pune Lavasa Campus – “The Hub of Analytics”. Mr. Vineet Agarwal, CA (Finance Accounting) professional is a Business builder, Socially Responsible Investor, Research and Analytics expert. Mr. Vineet has hands on experience of setting up & growing multiple business in the research & analytics space over the past 20 years. He is currently Partner and Co-CEO SG Analytics, he worked as Director for Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services and Vice President Amba Research. He also worked for Brickwork India, Staffleader India Pvt. Ltd and Outsource Partners International.    Mr. Vineet started his speech with “be in you”. He was speaking to the audience of fresh MBA students. He mentioned about the various feelings that the students go through during their early days of doing MBA. He also mentioned about his learnings and feelings when he was...

The speech session was started with the welcoming of the guest by Director, Rev. Dr. Fr. Jossy George CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus – “The Hub of Analytics”.    Mr. Santanu is a HR professional with rich experience of over two decades of providing vision and counsel for steering organizations through accelerated growth paths. He has the experience of managing large institutions & start-ups environment with equal ease & agility. He has spent more than fourteen years in large financial service institutions handling both life & general insurance companies and have headed the key functions of HR & Learning for Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company, SUD Life Insurance & now as the CHRO for Bajaj Allianz Life.   His inspiring speech started with defining the success and its meaning to people and institutions in large. He asked the audience to define success. Most of the audience defined success as per their own thinking and expectation...

The Department of Data Science, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus, organized a Webinar on 'Research Writing' on 10 August 2021. . The resource person is the reputed Dr Nilanjan Dev, who engaged in the topic of research writing. The webinar was attended by about 79 participants consisting of students and faculty members. Prof. Ruchika Rai began the webinar by welcoming all the participants to the webinar. She introduced the day's topic by discussing research writing and how research must be encouraged in university. Dr Fr Jossy P. George, Dean and Director, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus, addressed the audience by expressing his eagerness for the event and expected it to be an insightful session. Ms Ruchika Rai introduced the speaker, Dr Nilanjan Dey and talked about his significant contribution to the research field. Dr Nilanjan Dey started the webinar by beginning with the fundamental definition of research. He broke down the vario...

The Department of Data Science, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune, Lavasa Campus – Data Science Department organized a six days Quality Improvement Programme titled '"Foundation of Statistics for Data Science' for the faculty members from 26-06-2021 to 02-07-2021. Due The program was organized in the online mode due to the prevailing pandemic situation. Apart from the online sessions, the participants were required to complete certain works that were assigned to them.   Day 1 of the Quality Improvement Programme began with a silent prayer. Dr Samiksha Shukla, HoD, welcomed all the faculty members to the QIP. Dr Fr. Jossy P. George, Director and Dean, CHRIST(Deemed to be University) Pune Lavasa Campus, gave his inaugural address. He briefly talked about the cumulation of data in today's era and how to handle them efficiently.  Dr.S.Vijayalakshmi, Associate Professor, Department of Data Science, introduced the External Expert, Mr Gourav Manjrekar. Mr Manjrekar is an...

CENTER FOR EMERGING BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES (CEBT), CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Lavasa conducted a workshop to raise awareness regarding Quantum computing's potential on 28-May -2021. This one-day workshop was vital to bridge the gap between conceptual and real-world applications. This workshop served as a platform to bring together theorists and practitioners in this area.  The introductory session was conducted by Mr. Pawel Gora, President, Quantum AI Foundation, on ‘Quantum Computing.’ This was followed by a discussion on the business applications of Quantum Computing by Mr. Alex Khan, Principal Advisor - Quantum Computing, Aligned IT LLC. Finally, a hands-on session was given by Mr. Shadab Hussain on Qiskit Platform - a live Quantum Computer. The faculty coordinator for this workshop was Prof Anshul Saxena and Dr Jayant Mahajan. About the Workshop Focus Area: Quantum computing is the processing of information that’s represented by special quantum states. By tapping into qua...