KJ SIMSR Horizon Dec - 2014 issue Dec 2014 | Page 7

VISTA

The Director's
Diary
“There is no need for temples, no
need for complicated philosophies.
My brain and my heart are my
temples;
my
philosophy
is
kindness.”
This is an excerpt from the insightful
teachings of His Holiness, The Dalai
Lama, who visited the Somaiya
campus from 30th May, 2014 to 2nd
June, 2014. It was a great privilege to
have him on the campus. It was
overwhelming to see the response
from the people residing in Mumbai
and outside the city from small towns
and villages of Maharashtra, UP,
Rajasthan and the Himalayan regions,
who came in huge numbers to be
graced by his teachings. The local
expatriate community from US, France, Finland and Ukraine
was also present to specially attend his sermon. The other
special guests included a large group of Tibetans, some
very senior monks who were a part of His Holiness'
entourage and the organizers of the Tibetan festival. SIMSR,
the management institution of the Somaiya Vidyavihar
campus, was fortunate to witness and participate in the
festivity of this event that showcased the Tibetan culture and
His Holiness's preaching.
SIMSR participated in the AACSB International, ICAM
Conference held between 07 and 09 April, 2014 at
Singapore. The summer month of May 2014 had me
traversing in Europe visiting International Universities such
as University of Applied Sciences Steyr, Upper Austria, and
St. Gallens University, Switzerland in Europe to build new
partnerships for faculty exchange, student exchange, and
other joint projects with students and faculty.
To mentor SIMSR in the process of AACSB accreditation,
Dr. M Madi, Associate Dean, Colleges of Business and
Economics, University of United Arab Emirates visited the
campus on 20th & 21st June, 2014. The interactions with our
mentor Dr. M. Madi were indeed insightful.
The Inauguration programme for the first year PGDM
students held in June 2014 saw a huge gathering of
enthusiastic students and their parents attending in rapt

attention and eagerness to orient
themselves about life and academics at
the Institute. A week long Induction
programme for the incoming batch of the
first year PGDM students was organized
with the objective of bringing the budding
business graduate aspirants from diverse
educational backgrounds to a common
platform.
The Somaiya Social Cell at SIMSR is very
proactive in projecting the brand, SIMSR,
at various national platforms. Somaiya
Social Cell was declared winner in the
Unilever Special Competition on July 02,
2014 and also secured the third place in
the National Competition held on 2nd July
2014. Somaiya Social Cell triumphed as
the winner of the Mahindra Special
Competition on 8th July, 2014.
On August 01, 2014 a Blood Donation
Drive was organized at SIMSR under the
aegis
of
Association
of
Indian
Management Schools (AIMS). A total of
73 valuable units of blood were collected
for the K.J.Somaiya Hospital, Sion.
SIMSR has a mélange of dignitaries

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