CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus

4th International Symposium on Current Trends in Research and Innovation (ISCTRI’20) was organized by the Department of Data Science, Christ (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa campus- The Hub of Analytics in technical association with Computer Society of India (CSI) on 26th September 2020. The symposium focused on topics related to Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence. The speakers for the event were: Mr. Derick, the cofounder of Flutura, and Mr. Antony Deepak A, the founder, and CEO of Cindan Technologies. The event officially commenced with the welcome address by Dr. Samiksha Shukla, HOD, Dept of Computer Science, Christ (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa campus) followed by the inaugural address by Dr. Fr. Jossy P. George, Director and Dean of CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Lavasa, Pune Campus. The First session was conducted by Mr. Derick Jose, the co-founder and CTO of Flutura, an Industrial AI company impacting business outcomes in Energy & Engineering. He st...

School of Law, CHRIST Deemed to University, Lavasa Pune organized a webinar on Legal Research and Writing for Law students by Prof. Joshua M Alter, Director of Non-JD Programmes and Adjunct Professor at the Fredric G Levin College of Law, University of Florida on Monday September 14, 2020 at 6.30 pm. Prof. Joshua who has a wide range of experience of having spent time with young law students in Asia and Latin America including countries like China and India described the importance of Legal writing and Research in international law firms. He stressed upon the need to learn the correct forms of learning to write in a legal parlance to demonstrate once aptitude in understanding different aspects of law especially contracts.The students showed a very keen interest in the lecture and also had an inter action with the speaker.  

  A program on Gender Sensitization was organised by the Department of Management Studies, on the topic “Demystifying Gender”. The Chief guest for the event was Ms. Aamna Sultan, Chief Learning Officer, Ureka Education .Ms. Aamna was Academic Affairs Director at Ureka Education and one of its co-founders with more than 16 years of experience in industry and academics. She holds the unique distinction of being the first woman employee of a top 50 Saudi listed company, Yanbu Cement Company, where she was instrumental in establishing the Management Information Systems women’s department and was the torch bearer for women being employed by the company. She has worked with professionals and students hailing from various parts of the world and from diverse professional and personal backgrounds. The Session began with a digital prayer song followed by an introductory note by Rev. Fr. Dr. Jossy George, Dean, and Director of Christ (Deemed tobe University), Lavasa. Head of Academics -MBA, D...

The creative facilitator counselor's Desk shares this positive message to work towards our goals without losing hope and keep doing what we can while settling into this new normal. As we all know, where there is a will, there is a way.  

The Constitutional Law Committee under the Student Bar Association, School of Law of Christ (Deemed to be University), Lavasa on Monday conducted “Garv- Hamari Rashtra Bhasha Hindi” on account of Hindi Diwas. This event was conducted on 14th September 2020 (04:00 PM to 06:00 PM).  Rev. Fr. Dr. Jossy George Dean and Director of Christ (Deemed to be University), Lavasa, inaugurated the event. The chief guest for this event, Mr. Rajeev Acharya, who is a retired Rajasthan Administrative Servant (RAS) and an eminent theatre personality, addressed the students regarding the importance and diversity of the Hindi language. He shared his stage experiences and enlightened students with his box full of experiences. The students were also addressed by Prof. Dr. Daisy Alexander, Head of Department School of Law, Christ (Deemed to be University), Lavasa, followed by other faculty members Dr. Sunil John, Dr. Alpana Akiolkar, Ms. Mehak Vohra, and Ms. Amrutha Valavi. There were three competitions c...

CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune, Lavasa Campus looks out for its students and employees with the best services. The institution provides vegetarian and non-vegetarian food on Campus in clean, spacious, and hygienic cafeterias. Food options are customed to the needs of the students and faculty healthy and nutritious food options are available. The campus' proximity to the market area ensures that food is bought locally and fresh. Dr Arundathi, a homeopathy doctor, is available during office hours on Campus. The Campus is located close to Apollo hospital, which tends to any health-related emergencies. Mental health support and counseling are available via on-campus counselors. In collaboration with Symbiosis, a vaccination drive was held for the faculty and staff. The institution takes care of its students and employs and looks after the people of Lavasa. At CHRIST, we believe a sound body keeps a sound mind and looks after providing the best services.

  The School of Commerce, Finance & Accountancy of CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Pune Lavasa, campus conducted an expert talk on " Demystifying Research – Empowering Research Skills in Management Education”. This was scheduled on 15th September 2020 (9:30am -11:30am). The Speaker for this session was Dr Bhavani MR, who is the Principal of Surana College, Bangalore. The session commenced with understanding the basic components of research paper, which included objectives, scope, design and the practical approach towards it.  The research process was well explained with the flow chart and each step in the chart had a practical example added to it which helped the students to understand the process. Implications of mergers and acquisitions on labour turnover in organisations was given emphasis. Customer complaints under marketing research and the conversation with employees for strategic management were few domains where the importance of objective and its relation to data...

The Synergy Club, Department of Commerce and Management Association of CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Lavasa organized a webinar on the topic "Organic Farming -how and why we can eliminate toxicants'' .The webinar was conducted on 5th September 2020 highlighted major aspects of how organic vegetables could be grown at our homes.The webinar was led by Mr Satyam Jha , an organic horticulturist and the founder of Sprouted Jungle, which majorly works on upcycling and organic farming. He conducts various workshops to spread awareness on sustainable farming and harm prevalent in chemical-based farming.  As the session commenced, the speaker enlightened everyone about the difference between normal vegetables and organic vegetables. He proceeded to tell about how many toxic elements are present in the normal vegetables and how organic vegetables are a healthy alternative as they eliminate and prevent various kinds of diseases . The audience learnt about the advantages of growin...

The School of Business & Management of CHRIST (deemed to be University) Pune Lavasa, campus conducted an expert talk on “Service Process with Customer Orientation”, by Mr. Arindam Banerjee. The Expert Talk was scheduled on 14th September 2020 (9:30am -11:30pm), conducted on the Cisco WebEx platform. The speaker for the session, Mr. Banerjee is currently working with Apollo Gleneagles Hospital as a Senior Executive in Insurance. He has invaluable experience in branding and marketing as well as he started his career in that field. The session started off with Mr. Banerjee giving us a brief introduction of his career and how it had helped him to get the well-rounded understanding of the service sector that he has now. He gave us a better understanding of the services process, NEAT based analysis, service strategies, and various other concepts. The speaker explained all the concepts in a very student friendly manner by giving relatable and personal examples from his own experiences. Mr...

The School of Business & Management, CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Pune, Lavasa campus organised an expert talk on the topic “Implementing managerial skills in the corporate and beyond.” This was scheduled on 14 September 2020 at 2:00pm-3:30pm. The speaker for this session was Mr. Arindam Banerjee. He is presently working with Apollo Gleneagles Hospital as a Senior Executive in Insurance and marketing. He commenced his   career in Retail Management with organisations including Chroma and Spar Hyper Market. He also had an experienced in health care with Apollo Pharmacy (Branding and Marketing).   The agenda of the session was mainly concentrated on how aspiring students can be a good future manager. Main topics of discussion included, Role of manager, can a manager be a leader and vice versa, Role of Human Resources department in a company and developing qualities that assist a leader to be a better manager and vice versa. Further each of the main topics were categorise...

FETE DE LA NOMOS 2020 NATIONAL VIRTUAL INDIVIDUAL DEBATE COMPETITION- VOX TUSSLE (SEPTEMBER, 02-03 2020) Following the two successful events of the online fest Fete de La Nomos 2020 (National Virtual Law Fest) it was now the turn for the last event, the Individual Debate competition- `VOX TUSSLE`. Student Bar Association along with the Debating committee conducted the virtual competition under the leadership of Dr. Sunil John. The Legal Debate invited participants from across the nation. The debate was conducted on the Oxford Format. For being qualified to the quarter finals the participants had to send videos of them speaking on the topic which was given, i.e. – “MODERN POLITICS HAS BEEN POISONED BY MEDIA CORPORATIONS.” The best speakers were chosen who were 20 in number and were qualified to the Quarter finals. On 2nd Sept. All the participants as well has the organising committee were geared up to witness the battle of arguments. The topic under fire for the quarter finals was- “APA...

FETE DE LA NOMOS 2020 NATIONAL VIRTUAL MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION (August, 18 2020- August, 20 2020) Following the inauguration of Fete de La Nomos 2020, National Virtual Law Fest. Student bar association along with the organizing committee of ‘Fete De La Nomos 2020’ conducted a virtual Mock Trial competition that invited participants from across the nations. The competition was based on a mock trial problem drafted by Chhavi Pathak and Lavanya Garg and was vetted by Adv. Ameya Kadkade. It dealt with the intricacies of criminal law with regard to conspiracy, murder, and rules of evidence. All the students of School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Lavasa came together as witnesses, court moderators, etc to ensure that the 3-day event went about smoothly.  Rev. Fr. Dr. Jossy George Dean and Director CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Lavasa inaugurated the event. This event was under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Daisy Alexander, Head of the Department School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed...

FETE DE LA NOMOS 2020 THE MEDIATION-NEGOTIATION COMPETITION (August 26, 2020- August 31, 2020) The Students’ Bar Association of the School of Law, Christ (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus virtually organized a Mediation-Negotiation competition on a National level under the flagship of Fete de la Nomos, from August 26th, 2020 to August 31st, 2020. Ritika Kohli, Neelangshu Bagchi and Reonia Mathew drafted the med-neg case and lead the event along with the other students under the guidance of Ms. Mehak Vohra supported by Ms. Amrutha Valavi and Dr. Sunil John. The Negotiation and Mediation Problems was vetted by Adv. Swati Jain, Khaitan& Co. and Adv. Gokul, Asian CyberLaw. 24 teams participated from 22 different esteemed law colleges in India. Cash prizes were declared under the heads - Best Team, Best Mediator, Best Mediating Pair, Runners-up Mediator and Runners-up Mediating Pair. Certificate of Accomplishment were given to Finalist, Semi- Finalists, Quarter Finalists. E...

The School of Commerce, Finance & Accountancy   of CHRIST (deemed to be University) Pune Lavasa, campus conducted a workshop on " Art of Analysing Business Cases". This was scheduled on 3rd September 2020 (11:30am -1:30pm) and 7 th  September 2020 (2:00pm -4:00 pm). The Speaker for this session was Dr Geetha M Rajaram, who is Principal & Director of Global Institute of Management Sciences, Bangalore. She is trained for case method teaching at IIM Ahmedabad Organised BY Harvard Business Publishing. The agenda for Day 01 of the workshop commenced with understanding the basics of case study analysis, which included the logical purpose to comprehend the levels of learning, its impact and the types of situational cases bound by time constraints, incomplete information and conflicting goals. The speaker had explained the initial steps of analysis by associating it with protagonist, goal and time constraints and took instances from movies like lagaan, Bahubali etc. This allo...

The Constitutional Law Studies Committee of Student Bar Association, of the School of Law held the Valedictory ceremony of “Sankalp- an ode to self-reliance” on August 27, 2020. The event has been organised as a mark of celebration of our country’s 74th Independence Day. The Valedictory Ceremony commenced with the welcome address by the Head of the Department of School of Law, Prof. Dr. Daisy Alexander. It continued with the briefing of all four competitions of the programme by their respective event heads viz. Ms. D Monalisha Rao, Ms. Shreejee Chaudhary, Ms. Satarupa Goswami and Mr. Shubham Singh. The Valedictory address was delivered by the Hon’ble Director  Rev. Fr. Dr. Jossy. P George and declared the results of the competitions. The vote of thanks was proposed by the student convenor Mr. K Maneesh Mahinvith of the Student bar Association. The ceremony concluded with the rendition of the National Anthem.  Winners of the competition: The Events received 114 registrations in...

  The 74th Independence Day was celebrated at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Pune Lavasa campus on 15th August 2020 amidst the pandemic through the Cisco Webex platform. The programme was attended by the students and faculty from their home. The Independence Day programme was organised by the Constitutional Legal Studies Committee of the Student bar Association of the School of Law. The National Flag was hoisted by our Hon’ble Director, Rev. Fr. Dr. Jossy. P. George followed by the rendition of the National Anthem in the presence of our Academic Coordinator Fr. Dr. Arun Antony and the Heads of the various Schools. The Hon’ble Director addressed e-gathering.  The school of Law students presented the speeches of the Day reminding us the sacrifices by our great leaders for the freedom and prosperity of our Nation. This was followed by an online Patriotic song and online Dance presentation.  The Hon’ble Director declared “SANKALP- AN ODE TO SELF RELIANCE” open!  The Vo...

  International Symposium on Current Trends in Research and Innovation (ISCTRI’20) was organized by the Department of Data Science, Christ (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa campus- The Hub of Analytics in technical association with Computer Society of India (CSI) on 29 th August 2020. The symposium focused on topics related to various security use-cases regarding machine learning and Artificial Intelligence. The Chief Guest for the event was Dr. Bhanumathi K S, who is the Former DRDO Scientist and the speakers were: Dr. Balaji Rajendran and Dr. Mohammed Misbahuddin. The event officially commenced with the welcome address by Dr. Samiksha Shukla, HOD, Dept of Computer Science, Christ (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa campus) followed by the inaugural address by Dr. Fr. Jossy P. George, Director and Dean of CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Lavasa, Pune Campus . In his speech, Dr. Fr. Jossy focused on the emergence of computerization and the revolution that is happening in...

The School of Business and Management of CHRIST (deemed to be University) Pune Lavasa, campus conducted a research workshop on 1st September 2020 from 10-5 pm titled    “Decoding Research Problems effectively to attain the best outcomes” The workshop was hosted by Mr Vivek Joshi who has been a corporate research analyst for over 10 years. He started off the session by discussing the importance of research and how it is more than just “accumulation of fact”. He went on to explain through various videos how research changes the world one paper at a time! The workshop then progressed to the understanding of the various stages and phases of research. The main focus of the workshop was the understanding various research problems. The workshop dealt with a number of research problems one may face during their term of research. The major portion of understanding research evolves from understanding the Types of research questions one should ask and await while conducing a business res...