CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus

The School of Business and Management (MBA) hosted the Annual Alumina Meet 2022 in a digital environment on February 26th from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM for Seniors and Juniors at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus.   The event started with two Alumni hosts, Rubin and Sonal, who actively conducted this event. The event began at 6.00 PM with the introduction of CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus. The video represented the university in its totality, students' educational and experiential journey, the scope for new learning, and the scenic beauty of Lavasa. This was followed by a cultural prayer dance. Both the hosts then called upon Dr Fr Jossy P George (Director) to address the first virtual alumni meet.  Father appreciated the alumni for their time and effort. He especially thanked the executive alumni team for working together to succeed in this event. He spoke about how the alumni have effectively contributed to the university's current growth a...

CCHS (Center for Counseling & Health Services) in association with the Placement Office, organized a 90-minute session for students of the Data Science department on the 20th of December 2021 in the Central Block Auditorium at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus. It was an engaging session on the topic Value Your Dreams – Detox Your Mind. The session began with an ice breaker event which really recalled the memories back with “remember your friend “conducted by Irudaya – Placement Officer and the takeaway was awesome from the students who participated in various courses from the Department of Data Science. The Best ethic was covered by the speaker of the session along with some assignments given to them to reflect with activity – writing the dream in different shapes of the chart, so that it can be stuck to the desk or to monitor their levels of transformations and every step that they take to move on with the dreams that they focus on. An interactive discussion en...

The Finance club had invited Mr Abhilash Chatterjee, a Fin-Tech Evangelist, as the guest speaker on the occasion of the inaugural session on 18th February 2022 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus. It was conducted on a hybrid platform (online and offline). Student Coordinator Ms Mercy Jacob gave the inauguration speech and welcomed our guest speaker, Mr Abhilash Chatterjee on behalf of CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus followed by silent prayer. Mr Abhilash Chatterjee talked about the horizons of Fin-tech and how Fin-tech is revolutionizing financial services through automation of operations, how individuals pay for things, manage money, get loans, invest in stocks/bonds/ mutual funds. At its core, Fin-tech is utilized to help companies, business owners, and customers better manage their financial operations, processes, and lives using specialized software and algorithms on computers and smartphones. He gave examples of how...

The Department of Data Science, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus, organized a Webinar on 'Kick Start your Career in Data Science' on 16th February 2022 from 9:30 AM to 10:30 PM. Mr Dhaval Patel (Youtuber, 500k subscribers, Software Engineer, Bloomberg, NVIDIA, Princeton, New Jersey, United States) was the resource person for the webinar. Mr Dhaval Patel, an experienced person in Data science with industry experience of more than seven years, is an avid Youtuber and career advisor, enlightened the viewers on data science and different careers in the respective field. He distinguished it from other various similar courses, namely software engineering and data analytics. The webinar began with a warm welcome wherein Ms Kritica Bisht introduced the speaker. Following this, Mr Patel commenced his talk by sharing a presentation. He articulated how a grocery store owner uses IBM developer and demographic analysis to predict where to set up the company's chain t...

The Economics Club of the Department of Data Science, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus – 'The Hub of Analytics' hosted a Panel Discussion on the Union Budget 2022-23 on 17th February 2022, Thursday. The Panel Discussion on the Union Budget was conducted online to discuss the benefits to be gained and the potential shortcomings of the budget announced in the Lok Sabha on 1st February 2022. The event saw the active participation of students from students and faculty of CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa. A panel discussion flagged off by three renowned academicians- Prof H K Pradhan, Professor, XLRI-Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, Prof Parmod Kumar, Director, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow and Prof K Gayathri, Professor, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore. The event was coordinated by Dr Kedar Vishnu and Dr Pooja Batra, and other economics faculty members from the Dept. of Data Science, CHRIST (Deemed to be ...

Panel Discussion on “Human Trafficking in India: A Rising Concern” was organized by the School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune, Lavasa on 11th January 2022.  The s objective of the event was to bring greater awareness among the participants over the crime of human trafficking and to have a discussion over existing Laws, regulations and policies in India for combatting human trafficking. The event was attended by around 100 students of the School of Law, Lavasa from the batch of the 1st year. The panellists in the event were Associate Professor Dr Sunil John, Associate Professor Dr Sanjay Bang and Associate Professor Dr Salu Dsouza from the School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa. The Panelists spoke upon the issue of Human trafficking at the national and global level, including the inefficiency of laws in the country to inadequately combat the concerning issue. Further, the panellists also deliberated upon the measures and required modifications,...

While the shared adventure of learning is the quintessence of our campus, so is the busy schedule of every student. At the Lavasa campus, there is always something to do, a creative project to participate in, classwork to complete, or a play to watch. In the midst of the hustle-bustle, there’s a need for a quiet place to pause, reflect, and introspect, and what better place to do so than the library? Step into the wooden doorway of the library hidden away on the first floor of the Central Block. Aisles of books stretch across both ends and a peaceful stillness fills the space. Sometimes you can hear your own thoughts. Whether or not you enter this place with a pre-decided collection of books to borrow, there are plenty of surprising titles if you have a good eye. Rummage through the stack of books meticulously arranged in specific racks under multiple categories from history, psychology, art, literature, politics, and journals to the precisely cherry-picked collection of books with uni...

The Third International Conference on Data Science, Computation and Security (IDSCS-22) hosted by CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus in association with Springer from 11th to 12th February 2022. The conference was conducted online with participants from all across the globe. The conference commenced with the inauguration ceremony at 9:30 AM. Dr Pooja Batra was the Emcee for the occasion and began with the Lighting of the Lamp, followed by a prayer song performed by the students of CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus. Dr Samiksha Shukla welcomed the Chief Guest, Guest of Honor, Vice-Chancellor and the keynote speakers for the day and summarized forthcoming events of IDSCS'22. Dr Fr Jossy P George, the Dean and Director of the University, addressed the honourable delegates and introduced the Chief Guest to the participants. This was followed by the presidential address by the Vice-Chancellor, Dr Fr Abraham VM. In his address, he mentioned the signif...

On 17th December, Cadre Club (HR) of CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus School of Business Management organized the event ‘Scavenger Hunt.’ It was a treasure hunt-based game where the whole MBA department was divided into three specializations – HR, Marketing and Finance. Each specialization was further divided into teams of 5 - 6 members to perform the given tasks. Each team was given initial clues to be solved before the final clue. The last clue led every team to the same location where the final event was held, i.e., the football ground. The final task was to carry a small ball from Point A to Point B with the help of the given logistics without touching the ball with hands. The whole objective of the game was to make students understand the importance of the organizational goal and required teamwork to achieve it. All the HR students of MBA First year and Second year led by Prof Sharad Gupta were the organizers of the event. The event started at 3:30 PM and laste...

On 18th December 2021, as Lavasa Campus celebrated Magnificat, the volunteers of CSA Project Bridge organised “Sentosa” at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune  Lavasa Campus for the school children of the nearby villages Dasve and Bohini. Project Bridge is an initiative of the CSA which commenced during the lockdown. It was noticed by the students who were stuck in Lavasa during the lockdown, that children of our housekeeping staff were not having access to quality education. A basic study concluded that these students lack the proficiency to compete and sustain themselves in this competitive environment where talents and skills are at a premium, due to inadequate academic training. These volunteers decided to take action to orient these students and uplift not just their pedagogical quotient but also their overall development. This ongoing program commenced on 28 June 2021 and includes children from classes 6th to the 12th. The activities carried out under the aegis of Project ...