DR VN BRIMS had organized an Online Brims Connect Session for March on
10th April 2020. Due to COVID -19, this was the first time such an event was organized on a
digital platform. Brims Connect is a monthly event under which various achievements of
faculty members and the students are recognized and appreciated. The event started with an
addressing speech delivered by the Director of DR VN BRIMS, Dr. Nitin Joshi wherein he
gave everyone two messages one was to stay positive and other one was to take ownership of
ourselves. At the end of the speech he also dropped an interesting puzzle for students to solve.
He indeed motivated everyone to come up with something new and stay productive during such
quarantine situation.
Some of the events of last month included Dr. Smita Jape and Prof Deepak Agnihotri
article written on topic “Education-Underwriting Individual and National Economy” got
published in "Maharashtra Economic Development Council Digest". Also, one of the Sports
Committee member Miss Adiba Mukadam shared her experience about “Enthusia 2020”, the
inter collegiate sports event organised by DR VN BRIMS. She shared her two days insights
wherein she said they got to learn many things such as spontaneous decision making, team
building, and convincing for sponsorship. She also conveyed that they aimed to spread
awareness regarding physical fitness among everyone and they were successful in achieving
the same.
During the month of march Dr. Nitin Joshi was invited as an expert for conducting PhD
Viva. Prof. Mahesh Bhanushali along with second year student Apurva More got admired for
presenting a research paper on Impact of services on customer satisfaction with special
reference to G.P Parsik Sahakari Bank. First year MMS students Ms. Adiba Mukadam, Ms.
Poorva Ajgaonkar, Ms. Revati Padature, Ms. Sayali Palav and Ms. Sayali Walanj were
congratulated for winning first prize for Ad Mad Competition at intercollegiate level.
Eight students of DR V.N.Brims got placed at Morningstar India Pvt Limited with a
package of 3.5 Lacs in March under the guidance of Prof Mahesh Bhanushali. The same was
appreciated during the event. Prof Krunal Punjani was appreciated for completing AICTE
approved FDP "Online Refresher Course in Management" as a part of ARPIT (Annual
Refresher Programme In Teaching) on SWAYAM platform. He also shared his insights
regarding the whole programme and the key areas he learned such as creative thinking,
student’s engagement and so on.
Students and faculty members were communicated about the video presented by
Director Dr Nitin Joshi on topic "Winning In Life". Also, the efforts taken by Prof Mahesh
Bhanushali were praised for successfully placing 6 students of DR VN BRIMS at Reliance Jio
with an package of 3 Lac. A short video was played during this event regarding the effect of
COVID-19 on Education Sector and how DR VN BRIMS handled this situation by adapting
various new platforms of delivering lectures and conducting various faculty meetings on digital
platforms and many such new techniques. The video was created by PGDM students Ajay
Sarse and Rushabh Bagalkote under guidance of Prof. Sandeep Moghe.
Students were also made aware about the various articles and paper's written by faculty
and staff members during this lockdown period. Such awareness creates a positive attitude
amongst the students which motivates them to further make good use of their time. MMS
student Miss Adiba Mukadum shared her experience on how she spends her quarantine time
by doing productive activities. She shared with everyone about her favourite hobby that is
painting and how she is utilizing her time to improve her painting skills. She also gave a nice
message at the end of her video that " We are not stuck at home rather We are safe at home".
Also one of the PGDM student Mr Ajay Sarse shared his views regarding this quarantine
period.
The event was beautifully anchored by MMS students of Dr V.N Brims Miss Revati
Padature and Miss Sayali Walanj. Video presentation was prepared by MMS Student Suyash
Patil. This online session of Brims Connect was well organized by Dr Meenakshi Malhotra
along with students Sayli Palav, Poorva Ajgaonkar and Sujay Patil. Prof. Sandeep Moghe took
care of IT support along with IT team. This was the first time of conducting Brims Connect on
Digital Platform and overall response was great. The session ended smoothly with the
collective efforts of Institute.
Report By: Sayali Palav
MMS, First Year Student