CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus

A Sales Marathon competition was organized by the finance club of the MBA department on 20th May 2022 at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus. The competition was titled “Pecunsell - Customer Acquisition Competition”.  The event was intended to test the students’ finance & marketing knowledge clubbed with business acumen and certain soft skills to meet their sales target of financial products. Considering the event, it was expected that the competition would help the students in developing a deep understanding of financial products and the concepts of how those products are presented in the market. The objectives of the event were to harvest selling skills in finance students, to have an in-depth understanding of various financial products and to promote Financial Inclusion goals as a finance enthusiast. The activity also aimed at developing coordination, cooperation, and leadership skills to ensure the team achieves the assigned target on time. Lastly, the activity

The expo visit activity was organized by students of the MBA marketing Department under the guidance of Prof Stanny Dias. The total number of students who attended the expo visit was 21. The marketing students from MBA visited the Globe-Tech engineering fair in Pimpri-Chinchwad which is annually held from May 20th to 22nd. There were 21 students from the specialization along with the faculty coordinator Prof. Stanny Dias. On 20th May, students left Lavasa at 12:30 PM and reached the engineering expo at 2:30 PM. From 3 PM to 4:45 PM, the students interacted with exhibitors from different companies and tried to understand the different aspects of B2B workflow. Global-Tech Engineering Expo is a business-to-business industrial show focusing on engineering machinery, tools, automation, and robots. It is one of India's largest SME gatherings dedicated to engineering and manufacturing products and services. GEE's goal is to promote the Indian industry on an international level by brin

On the 17th of May 2022, the students of fourth semester BSc (Data Science), CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus travelled to Pune for an industrial visit to Xoriant Solutions Pvt Ltd Xoriant was founded in the 1990s by an IIT Bombay graduate, Mr Girish Gaitonde. Mr Akash, Mr Sudeep, Mr Dhawal, and Mr Sameer were all kind enough to walk us through the way of life in Xoriant. Mr Akash welcomed the group of 32 students along with two professors, Mr Libin Chacko Samuel and Dr Lija Jacob, and the Placement Officer Mrs Irudaya to their facility. Further on Mr Sameer addressed the students. He discussed the foundations of Xoriant, the yet evolving nature of Data Science, and encouraged the students to practice projects on the platform of Kaggle, explaining how it would provide the students with some competitive advantage. Mr Sameer informed them about the projects that Xoriant professionals have worked on, branching from Automation Solutions for smart mattress manufacturers,

In collaboration with SWO, the School of Business & Management (MBA), CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus, organized a fun-filled event FESTIVISTA. This event was the first in the series of monthly departmental events to be held on 19th May 2022 in the Central block at CHRIST  (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus. It is a platform for MBA students to learn and refine their skills like teamwork and leadership. The event started with melodious band performances. It was followed by a literary sub-event. After those refreshing literary performances came rocking dance performances. It began with two beautiful solo performances and mesmerizing duo performance. Last but not least was the fashion show. With the theme “Street Fashion”. The cherries on the top were two tasty food stalls. One stall was serving delicious South Indian delicacies. The other stall was making this event sweeter with tasty deserts. Overall, the event was a successful event where the MBA s

The 5K marathon was organized by the Department of Data Science in ode to celebrate Earth Day on 14th May 2022 at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus, under the guidance of Dr Ravikiran Naik as Assistant Professor in Economics in the Department of Data Science.  The event began with an address and ribbon cutting by Dr Fr Jossy P George, Dean & Director of CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus. The address was brief and galvanizing for the runners assembled. The event marked the anniversary of the birth of the Modern Environment in 1970. It was an attempt to encourage people to drive transformational change, a measure to find creative solutions to reduce environmental hazards. The registration was opened x days prior to the event, through google forms sent in emails. The route was University Emblem- SBI Road-Portofino-Dasve Dam-Event Street- University Emblem. Students and faculty members showed enthusiasm alike. The advertisements for the event star

Mélange is a unique multi-disciplinary, inter-institutional festival which included a multitude of management, cultural, literary & theatre and e gaming events - held from 4th May 2022 to 9th May 2022. The fest consisted of events ranging from business and management to cultural events to literary & theatre to gaming & e-sports events. The inauguration ceremony took place on 4th May 2022, it was graced by the presence of Dr Fr. Jossy P George, the Dean and Director, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus, honorable chief guest Mr Parthiban, respected faculty members, external participants and students of the university. The fest was initiated by the Business events where we witnessed the various talents and abilities of participants being put to test in an assortment of perplexing events and challenges of a conflicting reality. The event saw nail-biting rounds, where participants were battling in a multitude of domains like Analytics, HRM, Finance, Marketing a

The School of Business and Management (MBA) organized a Sales Championship Valedictory 2022 on 13th May 2022 at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus.  The event was held in presence of Prof Jobin Jacob and Prof Stanny Dias and the faculty members. The event was organised by some students of the MBA marketing Department under the guidance of Prof Jobin Jacob and Prof Stanny Dias. The total number of students who attended the meeting was about 100. The team of student coordinators made sure that all the students were well seated and settled. The students’ team were there throughout the event to ensure the smooth functioning of the different parts of the events. The welcome address was delivered by Christina Bordoloi. The main highlight of the event was how sales can significantly contribute to the growth of an organization. The welcome address was followed by silent prayer. Christina invited Aditya and Prajwal to start with the gaming event namely Pictionary. It was a thr

The School of Commerce, Finance and Accountancy students organized a fest named BusinoCarnival from 12th to 14th May 2022 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM. The Carnival was a part of the students' CIA assignment for the subject of Financial Management. It is intended to allow students to showcase their ability to organize and conduct a business event and manage the financial aspect of it effectively. The event followed a 3-day theme (1st day - Smart Casuals, 2nd - Halloween and 3rd – Bollywood Characters). 1st Day (12th May 2022)  The 1st day commenced with an opening ceremony and an address by our beloved Dean and Director, Dr Fr Jossy P George. His words enlightened the fest participants and gave them the energy to kick off the fest. The 1st day went on well as everyone was ready to show the visitors what they have got in their box. There was a wide variety of foods, games, and accessories ranging from unlimited mouthwatering gol gappas, cup-o-maniac game, thrust tees and jeans, etc. the

National Cadet Corps of CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus is registered under 36 Maharashtra Battalion and consists of an Army Wing. The main focus of NCC is on instilling discipline in the cadets, besides fostering healthy competition for the ranks, while keeping the greater interest of the nation in mind to create prospective officers for the Armed Forces. The National Cadet Corps is the only organization of its kind, which imparts Leadership, Discipline, Integration, Adventure, Military, Physical, and Community Development training to over 15 lakh youth in the country. SELECTIONS: The first batch of NCC cadets was enlisted in 2021, with 33 cadets (21 SDs and 12 SWs). Interview, physical test, and written examination were the three steps of the selection process. Mr Prakash P, the Caretaker, supervised all of the rounds. The online interview took place on 9th September 2021, and those who were shortlisted were invited to take an offline physical and written test on

CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus organized its second Annual Inter-Collegiate Sports Festival - CHRI-SPO (Lavasa) from 30th April to 3rd May 2022, in which we had more than 500 participants from various parts of the country participating in Badminton (M & W), Basketball (M), Chess (M & W), Cricket (M), Football (M), and Table Tennis (M). The event was inaugurated by Dr Fr Arun Antony Chully, Academic Coordinator of Lavasa campus and Harshh Verma, India’s first Shaolin Warrior Monk. CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Lavasa campus won the Badminton Women’s Singles, Men's doubles were Runners-Up, Basketball Boys were Runners-Up, Chess Runners-up, Cricket boys were the Runners-Up, Table Tennis Men’s were Winners and Runners-up, Football Men’s A-team was Runners-Up of Platinum cup and B-team won the Golden Cup. Over the period of the four-day tournament, participants displayed an enthusiastic effort, teamwork, discipline, determination, and true sportsmanship