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SRCC beats Venky, clinches the Akshay Chhibber Memorial Soccer Tournament

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The 30th of January marked a special day for SRCC’s football team, as the boys in red proved to be just too good for Sri Venkateswara College, recording a comfortable win of 3-1 in the finals of the 7th Akshay Chhibber Memorial Soccer Tournament. The venue, St. Stephen’s football ground saw a largely SRCC dominated crowd, with a considerable number of people showing up for the clash between the two sides.

The match, while being heavily cheered on by enthusiastic supporters off the field, did not seem to correspond on the field, as the game in the opening stages turned out to be rather dull and uninspiring. However, SRCC soon found their feet as displays of some promising link-up play, intricate one-two-one passing, and several decent attempts on goal saw them take a deserved lead from a corner as the game approached the half-hour mark. The goal came from SRCC’s centre-back Deepak, who took advantage of a misguided clearance by a late-reacting Venky defence, scoring from within 6 yards of goal. That goal saw a marked increase in the tempo of the game, with a positive response from Sri Venkateswara College as they made a more attack-minded approach to the game. Despite some solid defending by the north campus college, an alleged push on a Venkateswara striker saw the team concede from a penalty spot in the few remaining minutes of first half.

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The second half witnessed another bright start for the boys from SRCC. They managed to score again, this time through their skipper, Digvijay Bahadur Singh, who scored a goal from a corner kick, with the ball dipping and curving directly in the back of the net. Arguably, the most crucial point in the game came when Deepak from Sri Venkateswara College scuffed a shot wide from a distance of 12-some-yards. It was this relatively more clinical and lethal SRCC side which finally managed to seal the game with another goal from a cross, effortlessly met by Tsheygal on the receiver’s end. The game took a more rash and abrasive turn just in the dying minutes, as a fight erupted between the two set of players leading to two red cards being shown-one from each team. A match with its share of goals as well as drama, it proved to be an entertaining watch for the supporters as well as the neutrals.

The Chief Guest for the final match, Dr. Ajay Chhibber congratulated the winning team and presented them with the winning trophy along with a cash reward of Rs. 28,000. Talking about increasing the magnitude of this tournament, he revealed plans of integrating a total of 16 teams in the tournament in the years to follow. The captain of the winning team, Digvijay Singh, while talking about his team’s performance, applauded his side’s ‘Never-Say-Die’ attitude and also reflected on their team’s ‘winning mentality’ as being vital to their team success.

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SRCC Hindi Sahitya Sabha to organise Spandan 2014

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The Hindi Sahitya Sabha, the oldest society of Shri Ram College of Commerce is organizing its annual national fest “Spandan 2014” from 27th to 30th January’14.

The fest embarks its history by collaborating with the National Archives of India to organize an exhibition of manuscripts. It also brings in attraction for participants with competition prizes up to Rs. 6 lakhs.

The event will begin with an inauguration ceremony followed by events: an extempore ‘Gagar Me Saagar’ and ‘Khajane ki Khoj’, a treasure hunt to find out how spontaneous and reflexive one can act.

Day 2 will consist of ‘Kahaani Buno’, a story telling competition, ‘Samuhik Paricharcha”, a group discussion and a poetry writing competition titled, “Kalam Se Pratiyogita”.

Akshay Singhania, President Hindi Sahitya Sabha says, “We have themed our events to explore the talent of youth by giving them the opportunity to put forward their ideas and expressions.”

The events scheduled for day 3 are “Vaad Vivad Pratiyogita”, a conventional debate competition and a team competition of “Antakshri”.

On the last day, 30th January’14 the society will unleash one of the most awaited events “Kavi Hun Main” providing a platform for unrecognized poets to exhibit their talent. The fest will conclude with the prize distribution ceremony for the winners and participants of the various competitions.

Event Schedule:

Day 1

10 a.m. : Inauguration Ceremony
12 p.m. : An Extempore -“Gagar Me Saagar”
3 p.m. : Treasure Hunt “Khajane Ki Khoj”

Day 2

10 a.m. : “Kahaani Buno” – Story Telling Competition
12 p.m. : “Samuhik Paricharcha” – Group Discussion
3 p.m. : “Kalam Se Pratiyogita” – Poetry Writing Competition

Day 3

“Vaad Vivad Pratiyogita” – Debate
“Antaakshri”

Day 4

“Kavi Hun Main”

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Quizzing meets Bollywood at SRCC, St. Stephen’s wins Illume Cup

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Illume, the quiz fest organised by quizzing society of SRCC was all about movies and fun on its third and last day. After two days of intellectual quizzing, the fest witnessed maximum footfall with the auditorium filled with people buzzing with excitement and shouting out answers. Although the “Mayapuri Bollywood quiz” which was scheduled to begin at 10:30 began by 12, the audience as well as the participants enjoyed a lot.  RJ Rahul Makin who was the quiz master, entertained the audience with his “filmy shayaris” and jokes. The auditorium reverberated with the roaring of the crowd every time a question appeared on the screen.

Around 250 teams of three members each registered for the event which consisted of two preliminary and one final round. Twenty two groups got through the semi-final round; out of which, only six teams made it to the finals. After a long and difficult final round, the team representing SRCC- Sambhav Raj, Vaibhav Garg and Ojas took away the first prize and the second prize was won by Rachita, Shivani and Suyash who represented Hindu college. The winning team was felicitated with a sum of Rs 3000, a trophy and a certificate.

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Following the Bollywood quiz, a scavenger hunt was also organised after which closing ceremony of the three day fest was conducted. The winners of all the three days were awarded with DPS Siliguri bagging the “Emerging team award” and St Stephen’s College taking away the overall rolling Illume Cup.

With this, Illume 2014 came to an end making its organizers extremely satisfied. “We did work really hard for these three days and now that it’s over I can finally breathe a sigh of relief that nothing went wrong and the fest was a great success,” says Nikita Das, joint secretary of the Quiz society.

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SRCC Illume’14 Day 2: Hansraj and Stephen’s grab winning titles

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The second day of Illume 2014 carried forward the quizzing sentiment from the first day with students from various different colleges turning up for the event in large numbers. 90 teams from DU, engineering institutes as well as a unique team from DPS Siliguri competed with each other, out of which 5 teams were selected for the final face-off.

The day was divided into two quizzes – Estadia, the Sports quiz and Ambiente, the Environment quiz. Mr. Harneet Singh of Quizworks fame was the quizmaster for the day. Adding to the second half of the day was the presence of people from the NGO – Aman Biradri invited as guests.

The winners who stole the day away with their performance were Manan, Shraishth and Arnav from Hansraj, second prize was won by Vinayak, Prashant and Raghav and the third prize by Harshit and Prateek for the sports quiz. Mukund, Fardeen and Debobroto from St. Stephen’s College won the first prize for the environment quiz with Vinayak, Raghav and Paras and Akshay, Anurag and Utkarsh bagging the second and the third positions respectively.

The winning team from St. Stephen’s said, “The level of the competition is mind-boggling and the quiz master makes the event all the more interesting. The kind of effort put up by the quiz society of SRCC is praiseworthy.”

Apart from the cash prizes being offered by the college, another thing that caught everyone’s eye was the prestigious trophy called the Illume Cup which would be awarded to the most consistent team with the best performance on the third day.

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First day at SRCC Illume concludes, same team wins two quizzes

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The first day of Illume, the annual national quiz festival of SRCC, witnessed students’ participation in three quizzes. Bizgust, the business quiz, Fastrack, the general quiz and Incredible India, the India quiz were the events scheduled for the day. Three hundred teams which took part in the online prelims from all over the country finally got shortlisted to six teams for both the business and general quiz after multiple rounds of quizzing.

Mr. Parnab Mukherjee, who is considered one of the best live quiz masters in the country was the quizmaster for the event.

After the brain racking sessions of the final rounds including the audio visual rounds, the winners were announced. The first position in the business quiz was grabbed by Atishay Sehgal, Fardeen Majumdar and Mukund Marodia. The second position was a tie between two teams. One team comprised of Rahul, Sahil and Umang while the other was formed by Abhishek, Altaf Majeed and Soumya Sagar.

Piyush Goel, Sumit Anand  and Kartik Puri emerged as the winners of the India quiz. Ukund Marodia, Fardeen Majumdar and Vasant Surdeo stood second whike Anindita Basu, Abhishek Mishra and Partik Panda stood third.

The winners of the business quiz, also grabbed the prizes in the general quiz. Yes, in the end it were Atishay Sehgal, Fardeen Majumdar and Mukund Marodia who walked away with the General Quiz winning title.

On being asked about the experience, the team from DPS Siliguri said, “We have no regrets in having travelled all the distance to make it to the event because of the massive learning experience offered by it. The hospitality was amazing and the name Parnab Mukherjee itself defines the level of competition.”

Kanika, a member of the organising team, says,”The response for the event was very good. We got a lot of participants from various schools and colleges in NCR region, Kolkata, Siliguri etc. The overall footfall was around 600-700 students and the experience of having Mr. Parnab Mukherjee was amazing. He is an inspiring and energetic individual.”

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SRCC Quiz Soc to hold Annual National Quiz Festival – Illume’14

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The Quiz Society of Shri Ram College of Commerce is organising their Annual National Quiz Festival – Illume’14 on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of January.

The three day event comprises of a total of 6 quizzes, ranging from fields of business, environment, sports and Bollywood. There are also prizes worth three lakhs up for grabs.

The pre-quiz preparations have already hit the campus with caricatures, posters, tech preps and the organising committee meeting creatinga buzz. The festival offers quizmasters like Mr Parnab Mukherjee. It also boasts of 104.8 FM RJ Rahul Maken hosting the Bollywood quiz, ensuring that the entertainment quotient would at no cost be compromised.

Rajat Chopra, the Joint Secretary of the society says, “Quiz society has got a tremedous leap as compared to the past year thanks to our dedicated team. This year we plan to beat our past standards and make Illume’14 much bigger.”

Event Schedule

Day 1 – 22nd January, 2014

Bizgust – The Business Quiz
Fast Track – The General Quiz
Incredible India – The India Quiz

Day 2 – 23rd January, 2014

Estadia – Sports Quiz
Ambiente – Environment Quiz

Day 3 – 24th January, 2014

Mayapuri – Bollywood Quiz

While the registrations for the Business and General quiz are closed, students can register for other four quizzes online, as well as on the spot, on the day of the quiz.

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The Business Analyst: SRCC’s Academic Journal on Business and Economics

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The Business Analyst is the academic journal of Sri Ram College Of Commerce which is published twice in a year in the months of March and September. A referred and reviewed journal, The Business Analyst aims to promote research in the fields of commerce, business and economics. 35 volumes of this prestigious journal have been published so far, intending to encourage empirical and inductive writings.

The journal invites research papers from teachers and researchers from around the world on various issues concerning commerce and management. The contributors are advised to follow the Harvard system of citing the in-text references while submitting their articles. The journal also invites research papers from students who are conducting studies along with their teachers in different areas of business and economics.

The latest edition of the journal threw light on many contemporary commercial issues like e-commerce, viral marketing, social media management, green branding, medical tourism etc. Each research paper is well-investigated and credible analysis keeping the objectives of the study in mind. For instance, ‘An Empirical Study of Supermarkets in India’ by Nidhi  Aggarwal and Harmeen Soch in Volume 34 of the journal provided insights into multiple helping behaviour of customers which, though are discretionary in nature, but help in overall functioning of the organisation.

The journal is listed in Ulrich’s International Periodical Directory and also catalogued in the ‘Library of Congress’, Washington D.C. “Our journal is widely subscribed throughout India and getting popular in many parts of the world too. We have a large number of researchers who are contributing their intellectual and scholarly work”, says Santosh Kumari, the Editor-in-Chief of the ‘Business Analyst’ journal who is an Associate Professor at SRCC.

The journal endeavours to interpret business and economic phenomena to modern techniques of theoretical analysis and objective appraisal. The editorial board comprises teachers of Sri Ram College of Commerce from different departments who act as Associate Editors. The review and advisory panel consists of many luminaries from celebrated academic institutions like Jawaharlal Nehru University, Asian Institute of Technology, IGNOU, Jamia Millia Islamia etc. The journal can be subscribed by sending a demand draft in favour of “Principal, Sri Ram College of Commerce” payable at Delhi.

 

 

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Post graduation options: Global Business Operations at SRCC

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Shri Ram College of Commerce is usually known for its undergraduate courses, what many people are unaware of is the post graduate courses offered by this college under the University of Delhi. SRCC is the only college which offers post graduate course in Global Business Operations (GBO). The GBO Programme is designed to provide a thorough knowledge of global business with emphasis on the implications of international business and the specialization required in carrying out business activities across national frontiers and is equivalent to a management degree in International Business.

This was introduced in SRCC around ten years ago and ever since students who are passionate about being a manager have been able to acquire advanced practical expertise in areas such as Human Resource Management, Accounting and Finance Trade, Translational Marketing and Information Technology. The course adopts a multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary view of organizational objectives and in the process motivates students to appreciate the complex and rapidly changing business environment. The aim of the course is to deliver quality management education for excellence in international business.

GBO is a self-financing course with no government funding. It has its affiliation with University of Delhi and requires a minimum of two years or four semesters for completion. With a capacity of 62 seats the college claims a 100% placement for its students. There is 27% reservation for OBC, 15% for SC and 7.5% for ST. The eligibility for admission is minimum 50% marks in the degree examination (10+2+3) of a recognized university, for reserved categories there is a relaxation of 5% in total aggregate marks.

There is also a written test, group discussion and personal interview for admission to this course. For the written test, objective type questions are asked from areas of English language, Quantitative Ability, Logical Ability and General Knowledge. The written test is for two hours and is given 75% weightage; group discussion and personal interview are given 10% and 15% respectively.

Once the course is completed, there are many options that one might take up as a career. Students who believe in being the job providers go for entrepreneurship. Companies that come for placements offer good profiles like, research analyst, business analyst, business development, international brand management, HR profiles and finance profiles.

The college provides excellent faculty to its students many of whom are renowned authors like Dr. J.K. Thukral and Mr. Amit Sachdeva. There are guest lecturers too who provide the necessary corporate exposure. According to Akanksshi Verma, a first year student of this course “The things I found unique about this course after talking to many of my friends in other B-schools is the psychometric profiling of students, the international exchange programs, current affairs as part of our curriculum, the role plays and quizzes which happen weekly, the port visits and the like!”

The last date to apply for the 2014-2016 batch is January 15th, 2014. You can find all the details regarding the course here.

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SRCC Youth Conference slated for August 17th

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An event that first took place last year, the SRCC Youth conference is an initiative of the students of Shri Ram College of Commerce. With the second edition of the conference slated for August 17, 2013, the theme of this year’s event is CHANGE.

This year, the conference has been structured to include more than just the speaker sessions. Concurrent with the first Youth Conference, there will be three speaker sessions wherein people from different fields will share the same dais, articulating their experience and thoughts in regards to the theme.

Two speakers having a political background then present the two sides of the same coin, giving the audience both a view and a counter view on an apolitical subject. Finally a panel discussion comprising of speakers hailing from the social and arts field to end the conference.

Anmol Verma, a Core Committee member of the Youth Conference team, commented “We have changed our structure itself. We have brought a panel discussion and have also tried to make it more interactive with students present.  We have also brought speakers who have come from various fields so that students have a variety of thoughts to listen to. Our main aim is to take this year’s youth conference to a higher level altogether. ”

The speakers for Youth Conference are well known in various spheres of the society. The speakers include Mr. Prabhu Chawla, Editorial Director of The New Indian Express Group, Mrs. Sonia Singh, Editorial Director of NDTV, Dr.Kiran Bedi, Retired IPS officer and Social Activist, Mr. Praveen Swami, National Security Analyst, Firstpost and CNN-IBN, Mr. Rajat Sharma, Chairman and Editor-in-chief of India TV and Rashmi Bansal, author.

The event will be a full day conference scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and will take place in the SRCC auditorium.

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SRCC welcomes new batch of students

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Shri Ram College of Commerce welcomed its new batch of students in the orientation ceremony on Tuesday, 23rd of July. Thousands of freshers turned up looking awestruck and jittery. Like every year, the orientation was conducted in the college auditorium which was jam-packed with students, the parents not being allowed to enter the hall.

The programme was short and simple with teachers and principal on the podium introducing students to the college and telling them the do’s and don’ts of college life. “We found their speeches very inspiring and impactful and I can’t wait for the college to begin”, says Samantha, one of the freshers.

A short session was also conducted by the Delhi police about the metro line, making them familiar with it and telling them how they can commute. The students were then taken to their respective classes and given the SRCC handbook after which lunch was served to them and their parents.

“I love the college even more and I feel I belong here already, the sports complex is awesome!” adds an over excited fresher.

(Also see: College orientations in pictures)

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