CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus

The Sustainable Development Goals or Global Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all". The SDGs were set up in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030 . St Patrick School of Quezon City, the Philippines, organized The International Academic Forum - titled - Unmute Today's Generation: A Call To Action on the SDGs (Rise Up for SDGs) Speakers, students, and educators from all over the globe were invited to speak on how their institute, government, the country was dealing with each SDG on 29th October 2021 at 2:00 PM. Ms Arpita Ghosh, Sr Counselor at Christ (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus was invited as a speaker. She highlighted the problems faced and measures taken in SDG 3 ( Good Health & Well-being) and SDG 4 (Quality Education). Most countries spoke about poverty, unemployment, infrastructure – the fact re...

The International Relation and Foreign Policy Committee of the Student Bar Association of the School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus organized a seminar on the Role of United Nations in a Changing World. The Seminar was to celebrate the United Nations Day which is celebrated all over the world on 24th October 2021 The Seminar was conceptualized by the Faculty member Dr Sunil John under the guidance of the Head of the Department Prof Dr Daisy Alexander. The Seminar began at 3:15 PM on Sunday, 24th October 2021. The event commenced with the introductory remarks by Fr Dr Jossy P George. Dr Daisy Alexander welcomed the guest speakers Clement Amponsah from Ghana who is a researcher at the University of Oxford and Ms Mariangela Barletta, a Researcher in Public, Comparative and International Law at the Sapienza University of Rome. Ms Teresa Joseph introduced the speakers to the participants. The seminar consisted of talks by the Guest speakers. Ms Mariangela spo...

The marketing department of the School of Business and Management, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus conducted the latest edition of the marketing conclave event Incite 2021 on October 1st. With this conclave, it was deliberated on how marketing has evolved in a post-COVID world and how aspiring managers should be equipped to succeed in these challenging times. The event was very insightful with the knowledge sharing by three eminent professionals from different industries. In the interest of the prevailing situation, the event was conducted in an online mode.  The pilot speaker of the day was Mr Biju Dominic, the CEO & co-founder of Final Mile Consulting, Chief Evangelist of Fractal, and a Mumbai-based business consultant company. He delivered an extremely brilliant talk incorporating his years of experience in behavioral science and case studies. Early in his career, he understood the need to fundamentally re-look at the theory & practice of behaviour c...

The School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus under the guidance of Dr Daisy Alexander, Professor, and Head of Department, School of Law, organised the guest lecture titled ‘Training in Mediation and Negotiation’ by Adv Harsh Buch. The School of Law organized a program on Training in Mediation and Negotiation to facilitate the students. Mediation is one point along a continuum of problem-solving approaches a lawyer should consider in offering legal services to his clients. It develops skills to find commercially viable solutions and inspires students to focus on commercial motivation, bargaining, effective listening, communication, and human psychology. It is an alternative form of dispute resolution. The Training on Mediation and Negotiation was facilitated by Adv Harsh Buch, Senior Associate of MZM Legal with expertise in Maritime Law. He was also joined later by Adv Vikram Kamath, Senior Associate, Phoenix Legal, Mumbai. The prime focus of the Lecture was t...

The 2nd competition of CIMA for the academic year 2021-22 was conducted on 21st October 2021 in CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus. The event started with a welcome speech by Ms Mercy Jacob. It was attended by almost 146 students. The welcome speech was followed by the FMCG video advertisements by the respective clans. The clans, then, showcased their skills in the education sector. The judges for the event were Dr Mahesh Kumar T, Dr Manjari Sharma, and Prof Amala Siby. Samurais were declared the winner in both the FMCG and Education category. The concluding speech was given by Dr Becky Thomas, HoD, MBA. It ended with a vote of thanks by Reetam Datta. It was quite an interesting and fun session for both senior and junior students. The creativity of each clan was reflected in their advertisements.

Connect over Coffee, in its fourth consecutive year of existence organized a special edition for Faculty and Admin staff on the 20th October 2021, 4:30 PM at Café Concerto, Management block in CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus. The theme being Find Your Tribe had them enjoying Conversations over Common interests like Sports, Travel, Art, Music, Movies, and Dance. Every table exchanged their stories while enjoying their coffee and cookies. The Movie tribe collectively felt PK, the Aamir Khan film was an eye-opener with respect to superstition beliefs and they were inspired by the movie Bahubali too. The highlight of the evening remained a song performance from the Music tribe and the Dance tribe took away the prize with their energetic dance performance on the Rowdy Baby song. A contest testing the creative writing skills of the participants identified two winning sentences that won the prize. The first prize went to Dr Arti Agarwal and her winning sentence was – ...

The workshop took place on 9 October 2021 at 2:30 PM in CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus. It started with a welcome speech by Nidhi Singh. The guest of honor was Mr Arjun Panchal, founder, Papazapata- Mexican Indian Fusion. The workshop was attended by almost 150 students. The welcome speech was followed by the main session. The speaker Mr Arjun Panchalgave a brief introduction about his entrepreneurial journey and talked about different aspects of that journey. The session looked into building business canvas from scratch. Each canvas block was explained through real-life examples. This helped the students in enhancing their knowledge about the canvas as well as made the session more relevant. The entire session was very interactive as practical questions were asked on what exactly is the businesses key functions, how with increase of benefits there is an increase of value etc. At the end of the workshop, the participants were given an exercise to work in teams for...

On the occasion of World Food Day on 16 October 2021, The Department of Data Science, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus, organized a talk on 'Food Security in India'. The resource person for the session was Mr Jelf JR, Social Activist and Member of UN Food System Summit, SDG2 Focal Point. The event was an educational talk session delivered engaging the topic of recent trends in food security in India. The programme began with the host of the occasion, Teres Augustine, 2nd Year MSc Data Science, presenting the emcee address and welcoming all the participants gathered. She provided a brief overview of food security and its importance and mentioned India's progress yet shortcomings. She welcomed the audience and handed over the session to the faculty organizer for the event, Mr Shine Raju Kappil. Mr Shine Raju Kappil addressed the gathering by foremost welcoming the audience to the talk. He explained why the talk is much needed and its significance on such a...

The talk on the National Education Policy 2020 was organized on 9th October 2021, 12:00 PM at  CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus.  It started with a welcome speech by our Dean and Director Dr Fr Jossy P George. The guest of honor was Dr V N Rajasekharan Pillai, the Vice-Chancellor of Somaiya Vidyavihar University and the Provost of Somaiya Vidyavihar and Somaiya Ayurvihar Mumbai. The workshop was attended by almost 100 students and faculty members through an online and offline platform. The welcome speech was followed by an introduction of the speaker given by MBA HoD Dr Becky Mary Thomas where she spoke about his accomplishments.  The speaker addressed the various changes implemented in the National Education Policy 2020 where he stressed on how the policy envisions a wide, multidisciplinary, and holistic approach. Undergraduate education with a customizable curriculum, unique topic combinations, vocational integration, and numerous entry and departure...

The informative guest talk on “Insights from Entrepreneurial Journey” started with a welcome speech by Arathy Vinod on October 8, 2021, at 3:30 PM in CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus. The guest of honour was Mr Saad Jamal, Founder, and CEO, Serri Ed-tech. The event was attended by almost 130 students. After the welcome speech, Mr Saad Jamal gave a brief introduction about himself. He explained how did he come up with the idea of a start-up and worked hard to make it a reality. He also added how at the age of 20 years, he raised funds from Harvard Alum Mr U.R. Unnithan, a serial entrepreneur based in Malaysia, and incorporated Serri Tech Solutions Private Limited. He also told that his start-up is recognized by Startup India, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion under Ministry of Commerce and Industry. He further added that he was one among the top 20 teams in the 100 Prospects Global Tech Competition judged by Steve Wozniak, Apple Co-founder. The talk was f...

The housekeeping ladies enjoyed their monthly interaction with CCHS (Centre for Counselling and Health Services) on 14th October 2021 from 4:15 PM to 5.00 PM at the Auditorium in the Management Block of CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus. Initiated by CCHS, the session began with informal chatting over tea and biscuits. This was followed by a short talk on First Aid Management by Dr Arundhati Chauhan. She informed them on what can be done as an immediate first aid action for common conditions like – Fever, Acute abdomen pain, giddiness, and the common cold. The ladies were most excited about dancing to the tunes of Garba songs, as it was the last day of Navaratri. It was indeed a pleasure to see the smiling faces and the best thing was they all participated, shedding their inhibitions aside. Expressing their gratitude for the session, some of them said, they look forward to this monthly interaction which rejuvenates them and keeps them going. Smiles that energize and ...

The webinar on Hybrid Working Model in the Post-Covid World” was organised by the School of Business and Management (BBA) CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus on 8th October 2021 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM. The guest speaker, Mr Sabyasachi Dutta, Country General Manager (India) and Board Member at Crown Agents Insp Pvt Ltd presented his views on working models post-Covid. Every country had lockdown and people had to remain in their own residential places and had to manage everything on their own. Everything changed suddenly because of the COVID pandemic. Now office going people got accustomed to the new normal and resumed working from home as working places had been shut due to lockdown across the world. Employees could work from places like home, company’s office, co-working spaces, coffee shops, libraries, etc. The speaker informed that it has been observed by the WFH environment does not affect productivity much despite the increased workload and stress on the employe...

The Cyber Law Committee of Student Bar Association under School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus, organized a Guest Lecture on the topic "Cyber Crime and Cyber Law" 13th October 2021 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM to mark the Cyber Awareness Month. This year's agenda included a lecture by Adv Rajas Pingle, an International Cyber Law Expert, Cyber Crime, Privacy and Data Protection Lawyer, on how cybercrime investigation works and its intricacies. The prime focus of the Lecture was to raise cyber awareness amongst the people and try to bridge the gap between the theoretical and practical approaches. As part of this lecture, Adv Rajas Pingle started with the Information Technology Act, its objectives, scope, and different chapters. In India, the Information Technology Act is the primary legislation governing cybercrime and electronic commerce. Traditional criminal crimes such as theft, fraud, forgery, defamation, and mischief, all covered by the Indian...

“Success is not final, Failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that count”. A note that encourages each individual to strive better in their lives and accomplish whatever comes their way. Symposium 2021 was an event held for the students of the first and final year of the School of Commerce, Finance & Accountancy on 24 September 2021 from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM in CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus. The program was fully-fledged organized by the Department of Commerce channelizing the career opportunities in the area of financial analytics. The workshop started with the welcome address by the emcee. The Head of Department Dr Vandana Bhagat was called upon to welcome the guest speakers and the gathering. The gathering was thrilled and excited to hear from the HOD of the Commerce Department. Followed by the welcome speech, the first guest speaker was introduced by the emcee. The first guest speaker for the workshop was Mr Laxminarayanan G is...

As part of an initiative by CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus to raise awareness among the students regarding days of national and international significance, a lecture regarding the importance of World Tourism Day was held on the auspicious day itself—27th September—at 4:30 PM and ran for half an hour. The host for the event was Mr Aaron George. The guest speaker for the event was Dr Manjula Chaudhary, the Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor at the Department of Tourism and Management at Kurukshetra University. The event was conducted online through the Zoom platform with students and faculty from all of the Lavasa campus’s departments in attendance. As the students gathered were from multiple disciplines, Dr Manjula tailored her speech to address the multidisciplinary nature of tourism. The esteemed speaker referred to the role of the internet and websites in the industry as well as how statistics and commerce influence the field. Dr Manjula also touched upon ho...

The School of Business and Management (BBA), CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa campus organized a one-week leadership program from 27th September to 3rd October 2021. On the inaugural day, a panel consisting of Dr Amalesh Bhowal, Professor, Assam University, Dr Naveen Das, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academics), Adamas University, Kolkata, and Mr Rajesh Dhariya, CEO, APSS Media deliberated on the topic “Sailing smoothly in new normal: Leadership challenges” under the moderation of Dr Parameswaran S, Program Coordinator of the BBA (Business Analytics). Dr Sumitra Binu delivered a preamble for the session -leading from the front. Panelists shared difficulties and challenges faced in the academic and the corporate forefront during the pandemic time. Panelist also highlighted the role of virtual leadership as virtual work has grown in popularity and collaboration through regular communication, transparency, and accountability. Departmental newsletter “The Convergence” was released dur...