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ALERT: DO NOT MISS THESE FESTS AT CHRIST LAVASA!

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If anything, college is an exciting time in life. Here, you find friends and make memories you’ll cherish forever. But have you wondered where it all starts? How, when, and what leads to making college unforgettable? At CHRIST Lavasa, talent is celebrated and memorable relationships are formed during the annual fests. These fests form the very ground for getting to know new people and exploring the true essence of campus life. Choosing the top four is a difficult task, but we took the challenge and zeroed in on these fests you cannot miss out on. 1. DARPAN  Got a talent or just looking forward to exploration within? Darpan is the Intra University fest of CHRIST conducted every odd semester. Ranging from cultural events to just stand-ups, Darpan has something for everyone, making it a perfect place for all to learn, participate and conquer. The whole University feels the presence of extraordinary talent and the rush to meet deadlines. Some participate to network around campus, while oth

A CONVERSATION WITH AN INTERN FROM THE UNIVERSITY CONTENT TEAM

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A team of content creators and actors form a group to create content for the University. This group is a team that is basically paid for being as creative as possible, which sometimes includes being brute and sarcastic...maybe. Let's get a few basic doubts cleared from Richie, an intern on the team. Firstly, tell us about your internship and the role assigned to you. “I took the internship by filling a google form which was sent to me through my college email-id. I remember filling it and after a few days, our internship head called me and took my interview, and then I was selected for the role of content creation. I write video scripts, direct them, and edit for the team. It has been going well.” How did you find this internship? “As I said it was sent to us via Gmail as well as through our class groups. Also, one of our professors made an announcement in our class about this opportunity.” What do you think are the benefits of doing this internship?       “I think the main benef

FINANCE QUIZ

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The Finance Club 'Harmoney' from the School of Business and Management (MBA) organizes a 'Finance Quiz' on 1st March 2022 at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus. This finance club activity is aimed at checking the knowledge of the students with respect to the Finance Domain. The participants were from MBA Finance with 7 teams of 3 members each. Finance club harmoney had its 5th event on 1st April 2022, where Prof Mohit Boralkar conducted the event with the support of Dr Danish Hussain and coordination of Mr Arun Kumar. The activity commenced at 2:30 PM in the presence of Professor Mohit Boralkar, Professor Danish Hussain and all the finance specialization students. Following rounds were conducted in the Finance Quiz: 1st round – The Hedge Hog: In this round, 5 questions were asked to each team based on basic finance knowledge. All the teams participated in this round but team 7 got eliminated in the end. 2nd round – The Whistle Blower: All the teams,

SECOND ECONOMIC CONCLAVE

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The 2nd Economics Conclave on "Contours of Economic Recovery in Post-Covid World" was organized by the Economics Club, Department of Data Science, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus on 9th April 2022, from 11:00 AM to 01:10 PM. The panellists for this discussion were Prof N R Bhanumurthy (Vice-Chancellor, Bengaluru Dr B R Ambedkar School of Economics University, Bangalore), Prof Charan Singh (CEO and Director, EGROW Foundation, Former RBI Chair Professor of Economics at IIM Bangalore, Senior Economist at the IMF, Washington DC) and Prof Naresh Bodkhe (Director (Economics), Competition Commission of India, New Delhi). The event began with the MC Mohit Sharma introducing CHRIST Lavasa through a video and Heli Dalal. Sowbarnickha introduced speakers for the day and welcomed them to the forum. Following the introduction, Dr Fr Jossy P George and HOD Prof Samiksha Shukla addressed the gathering, emphasizing the importance of the second edition of the Economic Con

INSIGHTS ON CORPORATE SALES AND KEY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT. A Q&A SESSION

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The School of Business and Management (MBA) organized a Corporate talk on 9th April 2022 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus. 16 Marketing specialization students participated in the event. The resource person was Mr Zubin Mehta. The speaker firstly spoke about his life experiences working in Naukri.com then Radio Mirchi then Indusind bank and Capgemini. He shared his experience of how he moved from feet on street sales to his journey as AVP sales for Indusind bank. He recounted his knowledge of how he got his first sales and the different types of customers he was able to get from different domains Mr Zubin Mehta talked about his life experiences when he worked in the corporate industry. The speaker spoke about the importance of basic knowledge of the Corporate sales cycle. He shared tips on how to be an effective salesperson. The final component was Questions and answers, and there were multiple queries from students regarding various asp

CHRIST Infotech THE CHRIST LAVASA STARTUP AND TRAINING INITIATIVE

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CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Pune Lavasa Campus has created a tech start-up named CHRIST Infotech to help students learn application development and earn by contributing to live projects. Recently forms were circulated to identify interested students looking to take up this opportunity at CHRIST Infotech. We interviewed three friends and fellow trainees of the program, Aarushi K. Sharma, Harsh Gidwani, and Shatakshi Singh. Their answers cleared the fog around this opportunity and gave us a bird's-eye view of its merits. Q1. Can you explain the concept of Internship at CHRIST Infotech? Harsh : CHRIST Infotech is CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Pune Lavasa Campus’s Software Research and Development Wing, which provides software development training and internships to students interested in learning and working in application development; they focus on Web and mobile applications development. We are learning the concepts under the guidance of faculty members who are available to

BLOOD DONATION CAMP AT CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), PUNE LAVASA CAMPUS

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CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus organized a Blood Donation Camp under the CSA activity on 29th March 2022. The camp received an overwhelming response from the students and staff of the University. The blood donation was organized in association with ‘Jahangir Hospital Blood Bank’. The camp started at 10:40 AM and the activity continued till 8:30 PM. The venue for the activity was the ‘Smart room’ at the Management block of the University. In the full-day activity, 120 units of blood were collected. A total of 70 units was given to Jahangir Hospital Blood Bank and as there were still several donors another Blood Bank ‘Red Plus Blood Center ‘was also involved in it and a total of 50 units was given to them. Before the blood donation all the required check-ups i.e. Hemoglobin, weight and Blood Pressure were done by Dr Arundhati, the Medical officer at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus. After the blood donation, the donors were provided with refres