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Mr. Raja Natesan, Chief Operating Officer (TUI India) and Mr. Vijay Rai, President and CEO (Powercon) shared their views
on innovations and sustainability. The Chief Guest also officially launched Trans-Disciplinary Learning or TDL during the
Inaugural Session. While counterparts in other Institutions are still struggling with the comprehension of the concept, Ansal
University is one of the pioneers in implementing TDL. Through an integration of disciplines, learning becomes relevant
to the real world thus leading to the holistic development of students. While technical sessions were spread across both
the days, a Panel Discussion was scheduled where the invited guests shared their pearls of wisdom around the theme
of innovation, ethics and business. The Distinguished Panelists in the Panel Discussion included Mr. Sachin Sethi, Sr.
Director (Deloitte Consulting); Mr. Niraj Prakash, Director (Oracle); Mr. Amitabh Srivastava, Director Technology (Impetus
Technologies); Mr. Puneet Mansukhani, Business Head (Infodart), Cdr MM Chaturvedi (Retd. Indian Air Force officer)
and Prof. AK Saini, Professor – Management (IP University). The technological innovations in industry particularly mobile
space, focus on greening and sustainability were the key points deliberated upon. Overall, the two-day Conference was
an amalgamation of research paper deliberations and expert deliberations on the current innovations, business ethics and
sustainability.
TRANS-DISCIPLINARY LEARNING
Trans-disciplinary Learning or TDL integrates the perspectives of multiple disciplines in order to connect new knowledge
and deeper understanding to real life experiences. By inculcating the understanding of various disciplines to address the
problem at hand, students are able to connect to the subjects rather than studying them in strict isolation. This makes
learning relevant to real world. TDL leads to the students’ holistic development through an active, participatory approach
promoting critical thinking thus enhancing their employability and acceptability by the corporate houses. SMS students
are involved in a wide variety of TDL projects like Social Marketing to Young People: What works In Youth Development;
Himachal Tourism, Advertising and Society, Food Adulteration and Chemical Pollutants, Waste Paper Management @ AU.
Supply chain in Hotel Industry, Primary education to the poor, Public Health- An Integral Part of Undergraduate Learning,
Save Water! Save Electricity, A Photo-essay, a Three-minute Video Film with a Message, Customer needs identification
by Fashion Designers, Education to Slum Children, Automobiles & Solar Energy, Hospitality Industry, Identity and Heritage
Awareness, Orphanage: Career Option, Real Estate Management, Social Awareness towards Child Labour, Study of
Restaurants, Traffic Jam Solutions- MG Road, Tree Plantation and Physical Fitness Programmes.
‘STOCKMIND’
An awareness session for management students about financial services sector called ‘StockMind’ was organized by
School of Management on November 2, 2012. Mr Kunal Kaushish, Sr. Manager (Equity Product Group), ICICI Securities
Ltd and Mr Yudhister Kaul, Regional Marketing Manager, ICICI Securities Ltd conducted the sessions. ‘StockMind’
imparted applicable knowledge and essentials skills to students, which will help them grow in the financial domain.
The sessions also enhanced their understanding about the career options available in financial services sector. All
students participating in the seminar were given a free 12 months’ subscription to the online monthly magazine- MONEY
MANAGER to help them keep updating and adding to their financial knowledge.
NEWSLETTER, DE FACTO
SMS has taken lead to launch the first Newsletter of a School in the University in November 2012. De Facto is a topical
(theme-based) e-newsletter that is taken out on a quarterly basis and incorporates inputs from industry experts, academia
and students. It is widely disseminated among the corporates and the academicians besides our internal students
and alumni. The theme of the first Newsletter was “Retail Industry: Dressed to Compete”. A special issue on “CSR:
Responsibility on Cards” was taken out on December 3, 2012 to mark the Bhopal Gas tragedy. The ensuing issue is
proposed to have the theme “Knowledge Cities”.
YEARBOOK 2013