DR.V.N. BRIMS organized an online Brims connect session for the month of May 2020 on 12th June 2020. The BRIMS Connect initiative was started with a motive of bridging communication gap between students and the faculty. This was the 9th BRIMS Connect session and was held on a YouTube LIVE platform for the first time. This was the 3rd online BRIMS Connect held digitally after lockdown due to the COVID-19 situation. BRIMS Connect is an event to showcase the achievements of our faculty members and the students. This event plays an important role as it acts as a platform which recognize, motivate and encourages each student to participate actively.
The event commenced with Director Dr. Nitin Joshi’s short speech. He has created a sequence of 20 videos on the topic of motivation, which would help for deeper understanding of this simple word which is difficult to understand.
Then Dr. Meenakshi Malhotra along MMS students namely Suyash Patil, Poorva Ajgaonkar, Sayali Palav, Revati Padature organized Poster Making and Singing competition online on Webex for the students of DR VN BRIMS. 18 students participated in these events. Jai Nangre and Seema Nimbalkar of MMS First year were the anchors for these events.
Dr. Nitin Joshi joined a program on ‘Certified Happiness Practitioner Level’ completing it on 28th May 2020.
Team of Operations faculties namely Dr. Arloph John Vieira, Prof. Mahesh Bhanushali and Prof. Vibhuti Save successfully conducted a webinar on ‘Re-energizing and Renewing Roles of Supply Chain’. Key speakers of the event were Dr. Arloph John Vieira, Prof. Mahesh Bhanushali. The session was moderated by Prof. Vibhuti Save. IT Support was coordinated by Prof. Sandeep Moghe. The webinar was attended by more than 100 participants. The participants appreciated the content, delivery and interactions from the team.
Dr. Smita Jape and Prof. Dipti Periwal conducted a webinar for Bullows Paints on ‘Understanding Income Statement for decision making’. IT support was provided by Prof. Sandeep Moghe. Prof. Kanchan Akshay and Prof. Arloph John Vieira conducted 2nd batch on Online soft Skill Training program.
An online workshop on ‘Developing Effective and Engaging Videos for MOOCs and Online Sessions’ was ideated, designed, marketed and organized by Prof. Krunal K. Punjani, Prof. Vibhuti Save, and Mr. Vaibhav Pandit. This online workshop was attended by more than 90 participants. Prof. Sandeep Moghe coordinated for IT support.
Prof. Mahesh Bhanushali successfully placed 4 candidates from 1st year in a well-known company namely ‘Tata Teleservices’ for virtual internships. Ms. Darshana Krishnan, Ms. Jyotsna Padhi, Ms. Shaima Khan, Ms. Beena Venugopalan were successfully placed.
Ms. Aishwarya Kale from first year MMS HR was placed in Accura Consultancy as HR intern. Ms. Srusti Lotlikar from second year PGDM HR was placed in the organization named ‘White Hat’.
Moving ahead a first batch of 5-day Online FDP on ‘How to Publish Research Paper in Scopus Indexed Journal: A step by step Approach’ was ideated, designated, marketed and successfully organized by Dr. Smita Jape , Dr. Meenakshi Malhotra , Prof. Krunak K. Punjani and Prof. Mahesh Bhanushali. This workshop was attended by more than 70 participants.
Prof. Deepti Periwal conducted Webinar on Trade in Stock Markets for Beginners. Prof. Sandeep Moghe coordinated for IT support.
A webinar was conducted by Dr. Pallavi Chandwaskar on behalf of IQAC at Dr VN BRIMS based on the theme of ‘Leveraging technology to combat marketing challenges in the current pandemic scenario’. The guest speakers for this webinar were Prof. Kala Mahadevan and Prof. Krishnan Subramanian. Prof. Sandep Moghe coordinated the IT support.
On May 26th Sports Committee of VN BRIMS organized a Fitness Challenge for students and staff of the institute. The winners for the sports events were as follows:
The second batch of 5-day Online FDP on ‘How to Publish Research Paper in Scopus Indexed Journal: A step by step Approach’ was ideated, designated, marketed and successfully organized the second batch online by Dr. Smita Jape, Dr. Meenakshi Malhotra, Prof. Krunak K. Punjani and Prof. Mahesh Bhanushali. This workshop was attended by more than 70 participants. Prof. Sandeep Moghe coordinated for IT support.
DR VN BRIMS organized webinar on ‘Art of Selling’. Mr. Deepak Redgaonkar was the speaker for this webinar. Prof. Kanchan Akshay was the moderator for this webinar. IT support was coordinated by Prof. Sandeep Moghe.
Prof. Krunal K Punjani, Dr. Smita Jape, Dr. Meenakshi Malhotra, Prof. Mahesh Bhanushali, Prof. Vibhuti Save & Prof. Sandeep Moghe - The IIC team of BRIMS, organized 'InnoBiz' - Innovation Competition, coordinated with Mentors to get their Solution Notes and also coordinated with the Senior Judges Panel to evaluate all the teams. The winners were as follows:
They were various FDP workshops attended by the faculty members of DR VN BRIMS. Faculty of BRIMS also attended some webinars.
The event was well anchored by MMS Second Year students Miss Gauri Lot and Subodh Dongre. Video Presentation was prepared by MMS Student Suyash Patil. The entire event organized and efficiently supervised by Dr Meenakshi Malhotra and students Poorva Ajgaonkar, Sayali Palav and Revati Padature. Overall, this online BRIMS Connect Session was indeed a successful event with the collective efforts of the institute.
Report By: Gauri Lot
MMS, Second Year Student.