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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015

CHRIST UNIVERSITY BENGALURU - 560029

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VISION

To be the best institution for commerce education in the country

MISSION To nurture commerce professionals who possess high level of knowledge and competence to effectively contribute to the society with commitment and integrity

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION TITLE PAGE NO.

FOREWORD 4

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5

1 FACULTY 9

2 CURRICULUM 22

3 STUDENTSHIP 26

4 STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN 2014-2015 72

5 EXTENSION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES 91

6 ADMINISTRATION 95

7 LECTURES, PROGRAMMES AND EVENTS 102

8 ACADEMIC OUTREACH 113

9 RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS 121

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FOREWORD

It gives me great pleasure to pursue the annual report of the Department for the academic year 2014-15. Department of Commence has forever stood for its values which aimed at nurturing Commerce professionals with a high level of knowledge and competence to effectively contribute to the society with commitment and integrity. The guiding philosophy of the Department, throughout, has been to create and impart knowledge, influence Commerce practices and integrate globally - to be a department of generative ideas so that we remain relevant to our society through Excellence and Equity.

We are a Department of work in progress. The objectives of imparting education, combined with creation, dissemination and application of knowledge, are being met in an integrated form, to create a synergetic impact – be it education, research, or extension. We do this by making continuous improvements in curricula and pedagogical tools. The diversity of options in our curriculum is complemented by a breadth of activities outside the classroom. Every student finds ample opportunities to participate in and contribute to a variety of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. We thus strive to become a 'centre of excellence' and 'centre of experience'. The annual report of the Department of Commerce stands a testimony to the fact that we are a department of national impact and trans-national repute.

It would not have been possible for the department to be what it is today without the constant support and contribution of our fraternity. In our endeavor, we draw upon reserves of goodwill among the Diasporas of our alumni, reputation among recruiters and potential students, and commitment of our faculty. In so doing, we have our focus on six inter-weaved concepts - maintaining diverse community of integrity, imparting value based academic experience, blending current trends with culturally congruent values, imbibing sense of social commitment, fostering imagination, and staying connected with creative minds.We thus inculcate human values and professional ethics in our students, which help them, make decisions and create path that are good not only for them, but also for the society, for the nation, and for the world as a whole.While I extend my heartfelt congratulations, I wish you all the success.

Prof. Thomas Joseph Associate Dean, Deanery of Commerce

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The academic year 2014-15 proved to be yet another eventful and fruitful year for the Department of Commerce. The first department meeting on 30th May 2014 introduced growth strategies for 2014-15 with ‗QUALITY ENHANCEMENT‘ as the prime focus in all initiatives. This resonated in all activities undertaken during the academic year.

The University level FDP-I declared the strategic intent for the new strategic plan period 2015-18 ―to emerge as a world class institution of eminence through performance and differentiation.‖ A series of discussions, deliberations and workshops were held to draw out a detailed strategic action plan for the Deanery of Commerce for the years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18. The ground work for the implementation of the strategic plan from June 2015 has already begun with many changes in the curriculum brought in during the Jan 2015 BOS meeting.

The faculty learning circles continued to be a rich platform for professional and intellectual dialogues among faculty members. This year the learning sessions were directed towards exploring the various pedagogies practiced in higher education and new developments in the realm of commerce and encouraging research culture amongst faculty members. FPDP‘s, FDP, OBT and QIP witnessed more active involvement and led to widened and strengthened intellect. Knowledge updating with international exposure through MOOCs has become a culture in the department with as many as 40 courses completed by faculties during the year.

In the area of research, faculty worked as teams to produce good quality publications. One faculty member was awarded PhD this year, taking the total number of PhD holders in the department to nine. One MRP, 3 RDC‘s and 2 working papers were submitted during the year. As many as 16 articles were published in the newspapers and reputed journals and 5 books were published by faculties during the year. Instances where faculty members were invited as resource persons and key note speakers in and out of Karnataka increased. A significant development in the research front, were the joint research papers involving faculties and PG & UG students presented in International seminars. One such paper was also awarded the Best Paper award.

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Digital learning and self-learning modules were experimented as new student–centric initiatives to engage them more thoroughly and inculcate self-learning skills. Innovative CIAs that also develop research and referencing skills were introduced. Student mentoring and attendance follow-up was continuously monitored by all class teachers which reflected in their attendance percentages and performance in examinations.

Curriculum revision during the year focused on strengthening electives, industry exposure and professional certifications. The MCom electives were restructured to increase its scope and broaden the career opportunities. The revised electives are a) Accounting and Taxation and b) Banking & Insurance. The finance courses have been integrated as core courses in the first two semesters. Summer internship has been introduced for the BCom programme in the fourth semester. NGO projects, micro projects, mandatory MOOC courses are additions to curriculum of all programmes. Add-on professional certifications from CISI / IIBF/III have been made mandatory for the BCom Hons programme. These initiatives add new flavor to the programmes, and rings in more rigor to enhance the overall exposure and experience of students besides enabling them to acquire additional qualifications along with the degree.

The MPhil programme was strengthened with a view to steer the scholars towards producing high quality research work. Research related workshops for literature review, writing proposal and research articles were organized. Paper presentations and publications were made mandatory part of the course work.

A plethora of activities were conducted during the year that added to the existing vibrancy of the department. The Corpus Conclave was an initiative that brought together people from industry, professional bodies and educationalists on the same platform. The event aimed to bridge the gap between theory and practice and align the curriculum to industry needs. Besides building the industry network, this initiative also enhanced the placement prospects for the students. The programme showcased the uniqueness of the different BCom programs and the add-on courses and related activities through the stalls. The professional calibre of the students were demonstrated through the case study presentations and the round table discussions with clusters of industry professionals, faculty members and students brought forth valuable suggestions for curriculum enhancement.

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CISI was made open to BCom (Hons) and BCom students and saw higher student enrolments and better pass percentage. CISI toppers Vikram and Akshay were invited to Mumbai for a special award ceremony and honoured by Lord Mayor, Chairman of CISI, London. It is noteworthy to mention that we are in the final stages of signing a MoU with the Institute of Management Accountants, USA for offering CMA certification programme to commerce students.

New clubs were added this year to involve more students in active dialogue, discussion and activities relating to their favourite subjects. The Marketing club and ED club ‗Udaan‘ were newly initiated during the year. Many interesting events were organised under the banner of the various clubs. ‗Suyukti‘ the oratory club extended its activities beyond the campus to conduct a skill development workshop ‗EKTA‖ for rural youth. The panel discussion on the interim budget by BCom (Hons) students was commended for the in-depth analysis and expert presentations of the student panellists. Technology was used to conduct guest lecture through Skype on Forex to final year BCom students. Service Learning activity by MCom students taught financial management and small savings to housekeeping women staff of CU. Faculty and students also extended visits to four NGO – orphanages, old age home, Home for HIV children and shared gifts with the inmates.

The PG Journal club was streamlined and progressed in a more systematic manner with allocation of credits. Current affairs for the PG received a complete revamp in the procedure of conduct and introduction of credit. A new venture was the current affairs sessions by PG students to the final year UG students introduced in the even semester. MOOC was made compulsory for the PG students in the odd semester.

The Commerce Deanery earned many laurels during the year. Being declared the overall winners of Blossoms 2014-15 was a significant achievement. The faculties actively participated in the Rector‘s day celebrations and won second prize for the best theme based costume and Best Deanery award in the cultural programmes. For the second consecutive year the department had the distinction of being the highest contributor for the child sponsorship to CSA.

The Department of Commerce continues to attract highly impressive students. Two new sections, one in MCom and one in BCom, were added in the year 2014-15 to cater to the increasing

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In retrospect, the academic year 2014-2015 has been quite fruitful. With the new strategic plan meticulously detailed to progress towards a world class institution, our main task in the coming year would be to ensure its implementation in true spirit with commitment and dedication. With a dedicated team of 32 faculty members and 2 support staff, who are creative and committed to student and self development it is definitely possible to realize the vision, mission and strategic goals of the Department of Commerce.

Dr. Theresa Nithila Vincent

Head, Department of Commerce

30 April 2015

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SECTION 1

FACULTY

This section throws light on three aspects – details about faculty, their academic achievements and faculty development initiatives under taken by the Department of Commerce in this academic year.

1.1 FACULTY DETAILS

GRADE NUMBER Professor 2 Associate Professor 8 Assistant Professor 22 Total 32

S NO FACULTY NAME GRADE QUALIFICATION 1 Alice Mani Professor MCom, MPhil, PhD 2 Amalanathan S Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil, NET 3 Anson K J Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil 4 Anuradha P S Associate Professor MCom, NET, MPhil, PhD 5 Anusha Srinivasan Iyer Assistant Professor MBA, MPhil 6 Arun Antony Chully (Fr.) Assistant Professor MBA, MPhil 7 Aruna P Assistant Professor PGDBA, MCom, MPhil, NET 8 Basavaraju H N Assistant Professor BBM,MBA 9 Bindu Nair Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil 10 Christopher Devakumar Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil 11 Geetanjali Purswani Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil 12 Girish S Assistant Professor PGDMM, PGDFM, MCom, MPhil 13 Karthigai Prakasam C Associate Professor MCom, MBA, MHRM, MPhil, PhD 14 Kavitha Jayakumar Associate Professor MCom, MPhil, PhD 15 Manjunatha B M Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil 16 Mary Rani Thomas Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil 17 Mynavathi L Associate Professor MCom, MBA, MPhil, PhD 18 Natchimuthu N Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil, NET 19 Naveen Kumara R Assistant Professor MCom 20 Pooja Jain Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil, NET 21 Raghavendra B C Assistant Professor MFA, NET

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22 Rishikesh K B Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil, NET 23 Shaeril Michael Almeida Associate Professor MCom, MPhil, PhD 24 Shubhashree P K Acharya Assistant Professor MCom, NET 25 Soumya V Assistant Professor MCom, MBA, NET 26 Theresa Nithila Vincent Associate Professor MCom, MPhil, PhD 27 Thomas Joseph Professor MCom, MPhil 28 Uma V R Associate Professor MCom, MPhil, PhD 29 Valarmathi B Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil 30 Veerta Tantia Assistant Professor MCom, MPhil, PhD 31 Vinnarasi B Associate Professor MCom, MBA, MPhil 32 Vishal Pinto Assistant Professor MCom

1.2 FACULTY: STUDENT RATIO

PROGRAM FACULTY : STUDENT UG 1:51 PG 1:20

1.3 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS BY THE FACULTY MEMBERS

This section covers the academic achievements & advancements by the faculty members .It covers details about Doctorate degrees received & Professional certifications and MOOC Courses completed in this academic year.

1.3.1 PHDS AWARDED DURING THE YEAR

MONTH & S.NO FACULTY NAME TOPIC UNIVERSITY YEAR OF DEFENSE

A Study on The Influence of Bharathidasan Personal Values on the Dr. Theresa Nithila University, 1 Shopping Styles of Young Vincent Tiruchirappalli, November 2014 Adults Towards Purchase of Tamil Nadu Apparels in Bangalore City,

Karnataka, India.

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1.3.2 MOOCs COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR

S. NAME OF COURSE DURA SEMESTER PROGRAMM UNIVERSIT NO THE TITLE TION E & COURSE Y FACULTY IN WHICH OFFERING MOOC WAS THE USED COURSE 1 Dr. Nithila "Crafting an 5 weeks June 2014 General Mt. San Vincent Effective Writer: writing skill Jacinto Tools of the development College, US Trade" 2 Dr. Crafting an 5 weeks ODD For Research Mt. San Anuradha.PS Effective writer & General Jacinto writing skill College 3 Mr. Crafting an 5 weeks June 2014 General Mt. San Natchimuthu. Effective writer Writing skill Jacinto N Development College, USA 4 Dr Alice Crafting an 5 weeks First 1 MCOM. MT San Mani Effective Writer: Semester Jacinto Tools of the College Trade (Fundamental English Writing) by Lawrence (Larry) Barkley, Ted Blake, Lorrie Ross 5 Dr Kavitha Crafting an 5 weeks June 2014 Ist BCom - MT San Jayakumar Effective Writer: (Odd Business Jacinto Tools of the Semester) Communicatio College Trade n (Fundamental English Writing) 6 Ms. Crafting an 5 weeks June 2014 Research and MT San Valarmathi Effective Writer: (Odd development of Jacinto Tools of the Semester) general writing College Trade skills (Fundamental English Writing) 7 Ms. Crafting an 5 weeks June 2014 Research and MT San Vinnarasi Effective Writer: (Odd development of Jacinto Tools of the Semester) general writing College Trade skills (Fundamental English Writing)

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S. NAME OF COURSE DURA SEMESTER PROGRAMM UNIVERSIT NO THE TITLE TION E & COURSE Y FACULTY IN WHICH OFFERING MOOC WAS THE USED COURSE 8 Dr Veerta Crafting an 5 weeks June 2014 Research and MT San Tantia Effective Writer: (Odd development of Jacinto Tools of the Semester) general writing College Trade skills (Fundamental English Writing) 9 Mr. Girish S Crafting an 5 weeks June 2014 Research and MT San Effective Writer: (Odd development of Jacinto Tools of the Semester) general writing College Trade skills (Fundamental English Writing) 10 Mr. Girish S Developing 6 weeks June 2014 BCom University of Innovative Ideas Honours - Maryland For New BANKING Companies: The BUSINESS first step to entrepreneurship 11 Ms. Soumya Crafting an 5 weeks June 2014 Research and MT San V Effective Writer: (Odd development of Jacinto Tools of the Semester) general writing College Trade skills (Fundamental English Writing) 12 Ms. Bindu Crafting an 5 weeks June 2014 Development MT San Nair Effective Writer: (Odd of general Jacinto Tools of the Semester) writing skills. College Trade Will be used (Fundamental for the Ist English Writing) semester Business Communicatio n course 13 Ms. Bindu Teaching goes 3 weeks June To acquire new University of Nair massive: New 2014(odd and innovative Zurich skills required semester) pedagogical techniques and to take it to the classroom 14 Ms Pooja Crafting an 5 weeks June 2014 Development MT San Jain Effective Writer: (Odd of general Jacinto Tools of the Semester) writing skills. College Trade Will be used ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page13

S. NAME OF COURSE DURA SEMESTER PROGRAMM UNIVERSIT NO THE TITLE TION E & COURSE Y FACULTY IN WHICH OFFERING MOOC WAS THE USED COURSE (Fundamental for the Ist English Writing) semester Business Communicatio n course 15 Mr. statistics Untime Jan 2014 Data analysis San Jose State Natchimuthu. d and University, N interpretation- USA Research 16 Ms. Crafting an 5 weeks June 2014 Development MT San Geetanjali Effective Writer: (Odd of general Jacinto Tools of the Semester) writing skills. College Trade Will be used (Fundamental for the Ist English Writing) semester Business Communicatio n course 17 Ms. Mary crafting effective 5 weeks June 2014 Business MT San Rani Thomas writer )odd Communicatio Jacinto semester) n for I sem College 18 Ms. Mary Enhance Your 6 weeks June To guide and University of Rani Thomas Career and 2014(Odd mentor London Employability semester) students of all Skills courses 19 Dr. Nithila Introduction to 6 weeks Even - Nov- Financial Wharton Vincent Financial DEC 2014 Accounting School of the Accounting University of Pennsylvania 20 Dr. V R Uma Crafting an 5 weeks ODD General MT San Effective writer writing skill Jacinto development College, USA 21 Fr Arun Starting your 2 Weeks 6/1/2014 Principles of University of Business Management - Southampton 1 BCom 22 Mr. An introduction to 6 weeks 1/14/2015 Marketing Wharton Rishikesh Marketing Management School of the University of Pennsylvania 23 Mr. Critical thinking 5 weeks 2/28/2014 Business The Rishikesh in Global Communicatio University Of Challenges n Edinburgh

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S. NAME OF COURSE DURA SEMESTER PROGRAMM UNIVERSIT NO THE TITLE TION E & COURSE Y FACULTY IN WHICH OFFERING MOOC WAS THE USED COURSE 24 Mr. Entrepreneurship 6 weeks 14/05/2014 Entrepreneursh Massachusetts Rishikesh 101 ip Institute Of Development Technology 25 Mr. Developing 6 weeks 23/01/2014 Entrepreneursh University of Rishikesh Innovative Ideas ip Maryland For New Development Companies: The first step to entrepreneurship 26 Mr. Foundations of 6 weeks 7/8/2014 Business University of Rishikesh Business Strategy Management Virginia

27 Dr. Kavitha Developing 6 weeks 8/1/2014 HRM University of Jayakumar Innovative Ideas Virginia for New Companies: The First Step in Entrepreneurship 28 Dr. Kavitha Globalizing 6 weeks 6/1/2014 HRM University of Jayakumar Higher Education Wisconsin- and Research for Madison the 'Knowledge Economy'

29 Dr. Kavitha Foundations of 6 weeks 3/1/2014 Business University of Jayakumar Business Strategy Management Virginia

30 Mr. Vishal Crafting an 5 weeks 11/1/2014 General Mt. San Pinto Effective Writer: Writing skill Jacinto Tools of the Development College, US Trade (Fundamental English Writing) 31 Mr. Vishal Economics of 6 weeks 9/1/2014 Banking Barnard Pinto Money & College, Banking Columbia university 32 Dr. Veerta Developing 6 weeks 8/1/2014 To acquire new University of Tantia Innovative Ideas and innovative Maryland for New pedagogical Companies: The techniques and First Step in to take it to the Entrepreneurship classroom

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S. NAME OF COURSE DURA SEMESTER PROGRAMM UNIVERSIT NO THE TITLE TION E & COURSE Y FACULTY IN WHICH OFFERING MOOC WAS THE USED COURSE 33 Dr Veerta Foundations of 6 weeks 3/1/2014 To acquire new University of Tantia Business and innovative Virginia Strategy pedagogical techniques and to take it to the classroom 34 Ms. Financial Markets Apr,24,2014 To develop an Yale Geetanjali understanding University Purswani of Financial Markets 35 Ms. An Introduction 10 June To refresh the University Of Geetanjali to Financial weeks 2014(Odd concepts of Pennsylvania Purswani Accounting semester) financial Accounting and get to see their practical application 36 Dr. Sheril Crafting an 5 weeks June 2014 Development MT San Almeida Effective Writer: (Odd of writing Jacinto Tools of the Semester) skills College Trade (Fundamental English Writing) 37 Dr. Sheril New Models of 5 weeks 4/1/2014 Business University of Almeida business in environment Virginia society and marketing management 38 Mr. Crafting an 5 weeks June 2014 General Mt. San Raghavendra Effective Writer: (Odd Writing skill Jacinto Tools of the Semester) Development College, US Trade (Fundamental English Writing) 39 Ms. Developing 6 weeks 8/1/2014 To develop an University of Valarmathi Innovative Ideas understanding Virginia for New of establishing Companies: The new companies First Step in Entrepreneurship 40 Ms. Globalizing 6 weeks 3/1/2014 To develop an University of Valarmathi Higher Education understanding Wisconsin- and Research for research in Madison the 'Knowledge higher ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page16

S. NAME OF COURSE DURA SEMESTER PROGRAMM UNIVERSIT NO THE TITLE TION E & COURSE Y FACULTY IN WHICH OFFERING MOOC WAS THE USED COURSE Economy' education

41 Ms. Foundations of 6 weeks 3/1/2014 To understand University of Valarmathi Business business Virginia Strategy strategies in the global scenario

1.3.3. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS BY FACULTY

 Ms. Soumya Iyer successfully completed CWA Inter level examination conducted by the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India  Ms. Soumya V, completed all the three modules of the CISI –IOC programme gaining the Investment Operations Certificate and is now eligible to become Associate Member of CISI.  Ms. Shubhashree Acharya completed the first level of the CISI-IOC certification.  1.4 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES DURING THE YEAR

This section throws light on all the faculty development initiatives undertaken this academic year like Faculty Development Programmes, Quality Improvement Programme, Faculty Learning Circle, Faculty Professional Development Programme, Orientation programme and Recreational activities.

1.4.1 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

S.NO PROGRAMME THEME PERIOD VENUE Quality Sustenance Through 29 & 30 May CU Main & 1 FDP 1 Internal Audit Capability 2014 Kengeri Campus Gold Finch Strategic Initiatives, 28 & 29 Retreat, 2 FDP 2 Analysis And November Devanahalli, Implementation 2014 Bangalore

1.4.2 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME

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Quality improvement program on the theme ―Transition in Concepts and Practices in Commerce and Management‖ washeld from 14th to 17th March 2015. The topics discussed in the QIP with the name of the speakers are listed below:

S. DATE QIP TOPIC RESOURCE PERSON No Union Budget Analysis Prof. Charan Singh 1 14/03/2015 (IIMB) Prof. Sreekantan 2 14/03/2015 Trading Strategies in Derivatives (M S R I M Bangalore) Effective Corporate Governance as per CA Vadiraja 3 14/03/2015 Companies Act 2013 (Guru & Jana) Application of Big Data Analysis in E- Prof. S Sudhindra 4 14/03/2015 Commerce (Christ University) Prof. Chowdari Prasad 5 16/03/2015 Social Entrepreneurship (IFIM Business School, Bangalore)

Financial statement reporting from IFRS CA Naryan Nambiar 6 16/03/2015 perspective (FTI Bangalore) CA Ajay Rotti 7 16/03/2015 Transfer Pricing (Dhruva Advisors, Bangalore)

CA Madhukar N Hiregange 8 16/03/2015 Goods and Services Tax (Hiregange Academy) 9 17/03/2015 Business Valuation Dr. Rajesh Kumar Logistics and Supply Chain management Mr. Nagaraju 10 17/03/2015 in e-commerce (bigbasket.com) Prof. Sreekantan 11 17/03/2015 BASEL III and SARFAESI Act 2002 (M S R I M Bangalore) Health Insurance Prof. B N Nagaraj 12 17/03/2015 (Christ University)

1.4.3 FACULTY LEARNING CIRCLES

This year, the Faculty Learning Circle witnessed a variety of learning sessions which were directed towards exploring the various pedagogies practiced in higher education, providing a platform for professional dialogues on new developments in the realm of commerce and encouraging research

ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page18 culture amongst faculty members. The sessions were conducted in alternate weeks and faculty was grouped in 3 teams and group facilitators coordinated the sessions with the help of moderators. The Learning circle coordinators for the academic year were Ms. Bindu Nair & Ms. Anusha Iyer.

Session wise topics discussed in each Faculty learning circle and their implications

 Modular Learning- Developing a Self learning Module ( 25th June , 1st of July 2014) (two sessions) The objectives of this session were to highlight the benefits of self learning modules in a curriculum, to understand how a self learning module is developed and to incorporate the same successfully. The session was moderated effectively with proper demonstration of the process of preparing a module. After learning the methodology in the first session, in the next session the faculty members sat together to chalk out tentative topics from their related subjects to implement self learning in the curriculum.

 Learning the APA style for Academic writing ( 7th July and 14th July 2014) two sessions

This learning circle session concentrated on APA style guide for scholarly writing. The objective of this session was to help the faculty members to learn to cite and reference using the APA style so that, they may use it as and when required. The moderator gave a presentation covering citation and referencing for all the various sources like Books, Journal articles, Newspaper articles, Magazine articles, Videos etc. In the next session, the faculty members were provide with worksheets so that they could test themselves. The moderators helped them as and when required.

 "Usage of Academic Reference Management Software- Qiqqa"(21st July & 27th July) two sessions. The objective of this session was to understand Qiqqa - the software which helps to manage the documents and notes while a researcher carries on with his research. During the session, the faculty members got their laptops and the moderators helped them to learn the software. The first session helped them to understand about Qiqqa and the second session enabled them to explore the software and learn it further.

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This session was primarily conducted with an objective to train the faculty members on case writing. Prof. Bharati Gopal from Christ University Institute of Management trained the faculty members in understanding the process and the methodology of case writing.

 Blog writing (8th September) This session aimed at making the faculty members aware about blogging and to encourage them to write blogs. How blogs are written, how the general formats look like, how to write effective blogs which will be useful, tips and tricks for blogging etc were covered in the session.

 Qualitative Research (13th September 2014) This session intended to strengthen the research skills in the faculty members. Dr. Tony Sam George from the Psychology Department was invited to give a lecture on Qualitative Research. The session was very useful to the faculty members and brought rich insights from the world of qualitative research.

 Flipped Classroom – “How to motivate students to read textbook” ( 7th December 2014)

This session revolved around the concept of flipped classroom pedagogy and how it can be effectively used for our students‘ benefit. Vikram Vincent from Christ University was the resource person for this session and the theme used for discussion was ―How to motivate students to read textbook‖ He demonstrated various tips and techniques through which students may encouraged to read textbooks. Faculty members also learnt to write a rubric for formative assessment

 Learning as an educational experience for students ( 14th January 2015)

The underlying belief of this session was that learning is at its best when a student enjoys the learning experience. Faculty members brainstormed to create rich learning experiences for students. They also shared examples of incidents where students had memorable learning experiences.

 Teaching by Cross breeding of ideas across disciplines ( 1st February 2015)

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The session reiterated the facts that cross breeding of various concepts and ideas while teaching will not only help students to understand the concept better but will also help them to use the concepts whenever required. Faculty members pointed out all the concepts which run across different subjects so that all teachers know what concepts are covered where and whether there is a link or a repetition. Thereafter they shared their experiences of using the concept of cross breeding of ideas in teaching. Some teachers also identified assignments which could be given to the students(using this concept).

 Natural Capital ( 15th February 2015) The session helped the group in understanding the concept of natural capital accounting, its need, standards and the changes that natural accounting is going to bring about in the world of Accounting and Finance.

 Identifying topics for QualityImprovement Program ( 1st March 2015)

As a part of the quality improvement initiatives programme for faculty members, there was a need to identify topics which can be converted into workshops. For this purpose the learning circle members brainstormed on emerging trends and practices in the areas of Accounting, Costing, Banking, Insurance and Finance and finally suggested few topics which were then chosen for the QIP.

1.4.4 FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

In the academic year 2014-15 the Deanery of Commerce and Management initiated inter disciplinary presentations with the Departments like Computer Science, Economics, Statistics and School of Law, . The programmes were coordinated by Ms. Vinnarasi B. (Department of Commerce), Mr. Ramakrishnan (Institute of Management), Mr. Issac P. Elias (Department of Management studies) The team successfully organized six presentations on last Friday's of the month. Following are the details-

S. No DATE TOPIC PRESENTERS DEPARTMENT Prof. Christopher Understanding the enterprise Commerce 1 27.06.2014 Prof. Peter of tomorrow - SMAC Computer Science Augustine 2 27.06.2014 Application of Excel Prof.Ashok Computer Science

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S. No DATE TOPIC PRESENTERS DEPARTMENT Worksheets in Commerce and Immanuel Commerce Management Prof. Vinnarasi B 3 22.08.2014 Land Acquisition Act Dr. Diganta Biswas School of Law 22.08.2014 Right to Food as a Human Prof. George Kutty 4 School of Law Right Jose Dr. Nachamai Computer Science 5 21.11.2014 Tools in Research Prof. Sharon Commerce Valarmathi Prof. Geetanjali Disruptive Innovation in 6 05.03.2015 Purswani Commerce Higher Education Prof. Pooja Jain

1.4.5 ORIENTATION PROGRAMME FOR NEWLY JOINED FACULTY MEMBERS

All newly joined faculty members were oriented at the departmental level about the work culture in the department, roles and responsibilities, duties, processes and other modus operandi. This orientation was given by the Dean and the Head of the Department.

1.4.6 RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR FACULTY Following activities were conducted during the year for bringing an element of team spirit, fun and recreation among faculty members. 1. Team lunch organized at SOHO St. at Hosur Road, Bangalore on 25th September 2014. 2. A Potluck lunch and exchanging of gifts as a part of Christmas celebration on 20th December 2014.

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SECTION 2

CURRICULUM

This section gives an overview about the programmes offered by the department, list of certificate programmes conducted,new certificate courses introduced in the academic year, and the total number of students who were benefitted from the programmes.

2.1 PROGRAMMES OFFERD BY THE DEPARTMENT 1. Bachelor of Commerce (BCOM) 2. Bachelor of Commerce Honours (BCOM HONS) 3. Master of Commerce (MCOM) 4. Master of Philosophy in Commerce (MPHIL)

2.2 CERTIFICATE PROGRAMMES CONDUCTED

The Department of Commerce conducts various certificate programmes in the odd and the even semesters. These courses are offered as credit-based mandatory inter-disciplinary programmes for the students of Science and Humanities streams and optional programmes for the Commerce and Management streams. Faculties of the Department of Commerce with domain expertise in the related areas facilitate as programme instructors. A student has to attend 45 sessions and pass the examination to complete a programme. Mandatory programme category students obtain two credits on successful completion and optional category students obtain a certificate on successful completion of the programme.

LIST OF ODD SEMESTER CERTIFICATE PROGRAMMES: (JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 2014) NUMBER NUMBER OF TEACHER OF S.NO SUBJECT NAME STUDENTS INCHARGE STUDENTS ENROLLED CLEARED Introduction to Accounting 1 Mr Naveen and investment 23 20 2 Brand Management Dr. Uma 34 33 Entrepreneurship and small Dr.Karthigai 38 33 3 business development Prakasam ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page23

LIST OF EVEN SEMESTER CERTIFICATE PROGRAMMES: (NOVEMBER 2014 TO MARCH 2015)

NUMBER OF NUMBER OF TEACHER S.NO SUBJECT NAME STUDENTS STUDENTSC INCHARGE ENROLLED LEARED Basics of Business Mr Christopher 36 1 Management Devakumar 2 39 Creative Advertising* Ms. Pooja 37 3 32 Fundamentals of Banking Mr. Vishal Pinto Mr. Raghavendra 36 4 E-Commerce*

*Included 15 hours of digital content.

Digital Sessions with the help of Centre for Concept Design (CCD) Two of the certificate programmes offered digital modules. Teachers could take 15 hours of lectures online. The courses and the name of the Faculty members who conducted these courses are- 1. E-Commerce – Mr. Raghavendra 2. Creative Advertising- Ms. Pooja Jain

2.3PROFESSIONALCERTIFICATE PROGRAMMES

CISI IOC CERTIFICATION:The Chartered Institute for Securities &Investment (CISI) is the largest and most widely respected professional body for those who work in the securities and investment industry in the UK and in a growing number of financial centres globally. The IOC certification by CISI is highly recognized among Investment Bankers globally. There are 5 international offices across the globe such as Singapore, Dubai, Mumbai, Dublin and Colombo respectively. This program is accredited by the FSA in the United Kingdom and is linked with regulators worldwide.

Investment Operations Certificate (IOC)is the Global Operations Qualification that provides flexibility and choice. Qualification comprises of three exam modules - Module 1 is given to second year students and Modules 2 and 3 are offered to the final year students. All modules have computer based tests and the pass marks for each module is 70%. The certification follows the local and global exam structure and offers domain expertise.There are three modules namely Module 1 - ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page24

International Introduction to Investment, Module 2- Global Security Operationand Module 3- Risk in Financial Services. The objective of introducing IOC certification for BCom students in the year 2013 was to provide opportunity for professional qualification along with the degree programme and to expand the global employability options for students. This year the program saw more number of students in terms of registrations and clearance of exam. Special tutoring support has been consistently extended by CISI with the help of an industry expert Mr. Ravi Raman (COO of Infra Hedge).These sessions were held outside regular class timings either in the mornings or evenings and were also open to faculty members TOTAL CISI ENROLMENT DASHBOARD NUMBER Module 1 - Introduction to Securities and Investments (International) No of students- Enrolled 57 No of faculty - Enrolled 1

No of students- Cleared 35 No of faculty- Cleared 1

No of students- Not attempted 2

No of students- Not cleared 20

Module 2–Global Securities Operations

No of students- Enrolled 13

No of faculty - Enrolled 1

No of students- Cleared 9

No of faculty- Cleared 1

No of students- Not cleared 4

Module 3 – Risk in Financial Services

No of students- Enrolled 9

No of faculty - Enrolled 1

No of students- Cleared 7

No of faculty- Cleared 1

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No of students- Not attempted 1

No of students- Not cleared 1

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SECTION 3

STUDENTSHIP

This section carries information about students and the activities undertaken by the department for the development of students. The section alsoincludes learner centric initiatives by the faculty members, cultural and extracurricular activities, industrial and village visits and many other such student support activities.

3.1 PROGRAMME-WISE NUMBER OF STUDENTS - 2014 - 2015

BCOM No. OF STUDENTS No. OF STUDENTS YEAR NO. OF SECTIONS TOTAL (MALE) (FEMALE) I 04 172 172 344 II 03 114 145 259 III 04 209 156 365 TOTAL 968

BCOM (HONS) No. OF STUDENTS No. OF STUDENTS YEAR No. OF SECTIONS TOTAL (MALE) (FEMALE) I 03 146 94 240 II 03 97 113 210 III 02 78 69 147 TOTAL 597

MCOM No. OF STUDENTS No. OF STUDENTS YEAR NO. OF SECTIONS TOTAL (MALE) (FEMALE) I 02 43 75 118 II 01 24 41 65 TOTAL 183

MPHIL No. OF STUDENTS No. OF STUDENTS YEAR TOTAL (MALE) (FEMALE) 2014-15 3 7 10

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3.2 LEARNER CENTERIC INITIATIVES

There is a need to incorporate learner centric teaching in the curriculum and keeping this in mind numerous learner centric initiatives were taken this academic year. Various new methods of teaching were introduced and creative CIAs were administered. Exhibitions, Videos, Interviews, Website designing, Article reviews and Service learning activities were commonly used as CIA components. Teachers gave liberty to students to present a particular topic the way they preferred and designed the rubrics for objective grading. Following are some of the initiatives undertaken during this academic year-

LEARNING SL.NO DESCRIPTION OF THE OUTCOMES AND SUBJECT ACTIVITY EXPERIENCE

1 Students were shown a demo in the Students learned how class regarding filing of Income tax to do e-filing of direct Advanced Taxation returns. All the students were taxes, while doing so individually made to do e- filing of the they cleared all their returns of their friends/family theoretical doubts. They found the practical way of learning to be more advantageous.

2 Instead of teaching concepts from the Students got truly Advertising text books, some of the advertising inspired and got Management concepts were taught to students using inducted into the autobiographies of prominent world of advertising. advertising people like David Ogilivy Practical and true & Alyque Padamsee. Self reading of knowledge about the the autobiographies was followed by concepts gave them a group discussions. deeper understanding

3 For understanding dynamics of the Students got to know International stock market an online session was the modus operandi of Financial conducted by Mr.Mohsin (A stock the markets from an Management market analysis expert) over Skype for experts point of view the students and the overall feeling of a Skype session was a great experience too

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4 An exhibition was organized for all A deeper level of Marketing the third semester students for the understanding of the Management subject of Marketing Management as a marketing concepts part of their CIA. They showcased with loads of marketing strategies of various examples was companies and covered various attained. The spirit of functions like Branding, Advertising competition between and Communications through models, classes was observed. posters & Videos during the exhibition They learnt team work while they competed amongst classes.

5 Reviewing of Articles with various Reading articles about Banking functions of Banking was given as a the domain of component of CIA. Students had to Banking helped search for relevant functional topics students to develop a on Banking (as asked) and thereafter strong base and to they had to be thoroughly reviewed understand all and cited. peripheral aspects of Banking. Also writing the review helped the students in understanding the process of citation and referencing.

6 The subject of Organizational The challenges and Organizational Behaviour required students to pleasure of Behavior understand the ways of conducting an conducting an Interview (formal and Informal) and interview of their own analyzing the responses. Therefore, an friends,while learning activity was conducted where students the technical aspects interviewed their own friends and was appreciated by analyzed their responses. the students.

7 Students brought out their talent and Students enjoyed the Organizational interests in their CIA presentations presentations Behavior through mime, mono acting, mimicry, thoroughly and learnt singing, music etc. They used musical many concepts. As instruments and other props to create a per them these different atmosphere, while explaining concepts would never their respective CIA topics related to be forgotten by them Organizational Behaviour as there are certain

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memories and images attached to these concepts.

8 For the subject of business This component of Business Management management, in order to understand service learning gave the challenges of running day to day them immense operations of business, an assignment gratification and also was given to students where they gave them an would go to the orphanage and opportunity to learn manage their activities like taking the concepts of charge of their stock of food, Business management stationery, finances, raising money for in a practical manner them by selling items etc.

9 After a particular accounting standard Learning Accounting Accounting Standards was taught, students had to search for standards with practical examples of companies that practical connotations followed those standards along with and cases made the circumstances. Either weekly or students understand fortnightly one hour activity session the utility of these was conducted in the class where concepts in a better students presented these practical manner pointers with regard to accounting standards.

10 Students were given an assignment to While going through Business review articles based on the concepts articles lots of new Communication of Business Communication from insights were derived International Journals and present the by them. New same. thinking, new paradigms and new conceptsemerged which helped them to critically appreciate the subject.

11 An assignment was given to students Students really Business to identify the barriers in enjoyed the Communication communication in Films assignment and understood the concepts well

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subjects in different classes organized encouraged to show a poster making competition where the their creativity and students had to creatively design a knowledge about their poster highlighting the concepts of subject, which in turn Business environment. pushed them to do better.

13 An online group assignment was given Students had to use Human Resource to students to assess Business Plans their analytical skills Management made by people using different aspects combined with the like business model and human knowledge they had resources. An online portal by the gained by studying name of ―Calvanizer‖ was used for the H.R.M. same.

14 As assignment students were required Along with E-Commerce to shoot a promotional video trailer for understanding the a website .The website had to be one various dimensions of with a novel business idea. social media the students also learnt to shoot a promo. The efforts of identifying a good business idea also were clearly seen.

15 Instead of giving only one activity to The variety of tasks, Business Ethics students for their CIA‘s a cumulative the search for marking method for CIA‘s consisting business ethics related of almost 12 activities from the cases and the beginning of the semester was cumulative marking considered for the subject of Business equipped the students Ethics. Tasks were case studies, better with the review of articles, video analysis, knowledge about the Books and other social media. subject

16 As a part of service learning Students became Investment pedagogy, students were required to aware of the savings Management identify investment avenues for low and investment income groups. The target patterns of low communities were the house keeping income groups. staff of Christ University.

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students by Mr. Vinay of Christ doing analysis on Portfolio Management University and thereafter the students excel instead of were required to do the security notebooks made them analysis on excel itself. industry ready. They appreciated this methodology of teaching.

18 As an assignment students had to self Navigating and self E-Commerce learn (with some guidance from learning to make teacher) to create a website of their website was not just own choice fun but they also learnt ways to create their own websites

19 Students were required to design Practically Strategic Financial posters depicting the process and other understanding how Management important aspects of Mergers and Mergers and Acquisitions. Acquisitions occur in the industry , gave them a deeper understanding of the concepts

To make the students understand the Students learnt to 20 process and importance of automation, design a macro and Business Information students were shown through an found it interesting System example to design a macro using and starting doing VBA. The task was to select a suitable similar small tasks topic at random for CIA. using the same automation techniques 21 To understand the impact of Mergers The assignment and Acquisitions on Human Resources helped the students to Human Resources first year MCom students were understand M&A Management. assigned in groups to study recent from HR perspective M&As and present the facts relating to and appreciate the their effect on HR. crucial role of HR in the success or failure of M&A.

3.3 STUDENT SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

This section throws light on the student support and development activities undertaken by the Department. As a part of student‘s support activities, Mentoring for Special students, Mentoring

ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page32 for International students, Bridge course in Accountancy, Special Coaching for supplementary examinations and Workshops have been provided. As a part of student‘s development, avenues like Commerce Lab, Journal Club, Finance Club, Entrepreneurship Club, Orotary Club, Theatre club etc are formed. The following pages briefly describe these activities.

3.3.1 SPECIAL STUDENTS’ MENTORING The Department of Commerce has six special students studying in the first year, eight special students studying in the second year and four special students studying in the second year BCom classes. To cater to the special needs of these students the Department has appointed a faculty, Dr. Shaeril Almeida as a Special student‘s mentor. .Following are some of the initiatives and observations of this academic year-

 Communication with subject teachers and other Departments- Detailed information was sent to the other faculty members handling their classes, regarding these special students. This information primarily consisted of the description of the disability and the difficulty faced by the student in coping with the regular academic routine. Some of them required special CIAs to be designed to suit their requirement. This facilitated a better understanding of these students by the teachers, coming from the other departments as well.

 Buddy system- Students were guided regularly to register for the certificate course. The department provided them with a classmate/ buddy who helped them in the payment of fees and other online registration formalities.

 Scribe -The department arranged scribes for the students who required one. The arrangement of scribe was done with the help of Christ PU College. The scribe for the holistic exam was also arranged for the visually challenged students.

 Extra time for Exams- The special students who needed extra time were mentored and with the help of office of examination extra time was provided both for mid semester and end semester exam.

 Special question paper- The Department of Commerce also prepared special question papers for the final examination for one of the special student, keeping in mind the disability of the student.

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 Mentoring for weak subjects-The students were continuously mentored with regard to academics. They were motivated and continuously encouraged to seek help from the teachers in the subjects that they were weak.

 Encouragement to participate in association and cultural activities – The students were constantly encouraged to participate in all the co-curricular and inter-class events to develop self-confidence in them. One of the special students is also a member in the Theatre Club of the department.

 MSE Result Analysis- Result analysis of Mid-semester exams, for these special students were done to know their performance. This analysis helped to keep a record of the performance of all the special students individually.

3.3.2 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS MENTORING To provide aid to international students of the department, in the year 2013, a faculty mentor was appointed. The Department‘s international students are from various countries like Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Japan, Thailand, Korea, Nepal and SriLanka. They usually seek guidance on issues related to adjusting to the environment, adjusting to the class, cultural differences, Teacher-student relationship, attendance issues, dress code issues and difficulty in learning a subject. The student is either helped directly by the mentor or is recommended to a teacher/ counsellor or a student who helps the student.

A brief summary of support extended, outcomes and observations –  The first year students have adjusted very well to the Christ Culture. They participate in fests and in other extra-curricular activities. Their Class teachers nominate them for extra responsibilities too. The teachers teaching them have appreciated their intellect, behavior and mannerisms. They adhere to the dress code very well and maintain a good attendance.  One of the students, Sriwint Ploy (1st year) has been awarded the best volunteer award by CSA.  A general concern raised by them was that for theory subjects they score less marks, even though they seem to be writing very well. After a thoroughly investigating their answer papers it was found that though they knew the concepts well, they could not express and explain the same by constructing sentences. As a result the answers seemed vague.

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 Almost all students loved the way practical subjects were being taught. They also found the teachers to be very helpful in explaining the problems on a one to one basis, if they found it difficult to follow.  These students have developed their own study circles, where they exchange notes given by different teachers, study together and help each other. The circles consist of international students and few of their Indian friends also.

3.3.3 ORIENTATION PROGRAMMES FOR FIRST YEARSTUDENTS.

For the first year students, Orientation programmes were conducted so that there is a smooth transitioning while they change from a school life to a college life. Following is a glimpse of the same.

 A one day departmental level session for the first semester BCom and BCom Honours students was organized on Wednesday 11 June from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm (before commencement of regular teaching sessions). The main objective was to orient the students to the Christ University academic culture with focus on presentation, writing and citation skills. Team games were organised in the field during the post lunch session to break the ice between them. Below is the schedule for the sessions conducted-

CLASS 10 AM -11 AM 11AM- 12 9M 12 PM – 1 PM 2 PM – 3 PM Transition to Academic Culture Writing Skills Presentation Skills College Dr. Kavitha Prof. Pooja Jain Prof. Geetanjali 1 Bcom A Prof. Shubhashree Academic Culture Writing Skills Transition to Presentation Skills 1 Bcom B Prof. Prof. Soumya College Prof. Anson K J Christopher Prof. Bindu Nair Academic Culture Transition to College Presentation Skills Writing Skills 1 Bcom C Prof. Girish Prof. Naveen Prof. Prof. Manjunath Natchimuthu Transition to Presentation Skills Academic Culture Writing Skills 1 Bcom D College Dr. Uma Prof. Sharon Prof. Vinnarasi Prof. Rishikesh Writing Skills Presentation Skills Transition to Academic Culture Prof. Prof. Amalanathan College Dr. Anuradha P 1BcomHA Natchimuthu Prof. Nithila S Vincent

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Academic Culture Transition to College Writing Skills Presentation Skills 1 Bcom HB Prof. Anson Prof. Girish Dr. Veerta Tantia Prof. Rani Thomas Presentation Skills Writing Skills Transition to Academic Culture 1 Bcom HC Prof. Rani Prof. Vinnarasi College Prof. Aruna Thomas Dr. Sheril

 On the next day, the first year students were given a departmental level induction in the main auditorium. Here they were briefed about the rules and regulations of the department with respect to dress- code, discipline, attendance, the pattern of CIAs, the various clubs, association and other activities. This was combined with fresher‘s welcome programme organised by the senior students.

3.3.4 CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT, UK. (CISI) The CISI programme is offered to students to pursue the IOC (Investment Operations Certificate) certification which is highly recognised among Investment Bankers globally. The coaching is given by industry experts in the campus and is open to both the students and faculty members.Some of the highlights are as below-  During this academic year, CISI program was made open to both BCom (Honors) and BCom students which resulted in an increase in the number of students registering for the first module - Introduction to Securities and Investments (International). The training sessions were handled by Mr. Ravi Raman (COO of Infra Hedge Securities) from 8.00 to 10.00 am during week days.  Out of 57 students registered, 35 students cleared the first module along with one faculty member – Ms.ShubhashreeAcharya.  This year also saw 7 students from final year BCom (Honors) and one faculty – Ms.Soumya V, completing all the three modules and gaining the Investment Operations Certificate. They are now eligible to become Associate Members of CISI.  An Insight into Integrity and Ethics:

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On the 10th of September, Mr. Ganesh Iyer, country head of CISI took a workshop on integrity for the students of 5 BCom Honors as well as 3 BCom Honors. Through the one and a half hour session Mr. Ganesh introduced the audience to CISI and the integrity guidelines and workshops that they conduct. He explained the four principles of Integrity, abbreviated as HOTF: Honesty, Openness, Transparency and Fairness. He said that when a person is making a crucial decision, he must make his decision on the basis of the four principles and that would lead the person correctly. He then took the audience through situations where each member of the audience was supposed to imagine themselves as Managers and make decisions on these ethical situations by voting using voting meters. For example, he asked the audience the question, ―If you were driving home at midnight and hit a red light on an empty road, would you drive past it or wait for it to turn green?‖ The question made the audience question their belief on what they thought was the right thing to do. Mr. Ganesh told how no answer is right or wrong but it‘s just a matter of principle. The audience was participative and there was healthy discussion going on between participants. The use of voting meters was new and interesting. The session was quite helpful for all students as they are all budding professionals.

 CISI Award Ceremony At Mumbai, Wednesday 10 December 2014

Venue: Bombay Stock Exchange, P J Towers, Dalal Street, Mumbai Speakers: Simon Culhane, Chartered FCSI, Chief Executive, CISI Closing Remarks: Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Alan Yarrow, Chartered FCSI(Hon)

Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment organised an event to celebrate the recent appointment of the CISI Chairman Alderman Alan Yarrow, Chartered FCSI (Hon) as the Lord Mayor of London. Two students from BCom Honours were nominated for the award, Mr. Vikram Adithya Kar and Mr. Akshay Anthony.

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3.3.5 BRIDGE COURSE IN ACCOUNTANCY

Bridge courses are conducted to help the Non Commerce first year students to learn new subjects at ease. The bridge course sessions on Accountancy were conducted from 23/06/14 to 24/07/14 by Mr. Natchimuthu. Eighteen students registered themselves for this course. The sessions were conducted from 8 am to 9 am on a daily basis. Students were given basic exposure to the accounting concepts and practices. At the end of the course a test was conducted and feedback was given as well as taken. Towards the end, students were able to develop conceptual understanding of accounting and were able to solve problems in accounting. Below is a gist of topics covered during these sessions.

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 Introduction to Accounting  Journal entries  Ledger accounts  Subsidiary books  Trial balance  Final accounts  Forms of organization  Partnership Accounts  Format of final accounts – Revised schedule VI This course was offered to non-commerce students in the first semester BCom.

3.3.6 TEXT BOOK SUPPORT

The Department of Commerce provides textbooks to the students of the department to broaden their intellectual horizons and to aid in their regular classroom teachings. To coordinate the same a team of faculty members,comprising of Mr. Girish. S, Ms. Bindu Nair, and Mr. Naveen Kumara were formed. The list of text books with their price for all the semesters was prepared after a thorough discussion and consultation with the concerned subject teachers. The same was circulated in all the classrooms and the text book orders for all the classes with the requisite amount was requisitioned with the support of the class teachers and the class representatives. The books were provided at discounted prices after negotiating with the concerned publishers. By the end of June 2014, text books for all the classes for the odd semester subjects had been distributed and by the first week of December 2014, books for the even semester subjects were distributed.

Another initiative of the department was to provide free textbooks to the students from weak financial background. Around 60 students were provided free text books with financial support from the University.The same was done after requisitioning the list from the concerned class teachers and providing orders to the publishers for the same and recycling the old books which were purchased during last academic year.

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3.3.7 FEE CONCESSION AND SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDENTS

Christ University extends financial support to the students from economically weak background and also encourages meritorious students and achievers in extra-curricular activities. The following tables give details of fee concessions granted and scholarships awarded to commerce students during the academic year 2014-15.

CONSOLIDATED FEE CONCESSION DETAILS OF

BCOM, BCOM HONOURS& MCOM

FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015

NO OF STUDENTS NO OF STUDENTS TOTAL AMOUNT PROGRAMME APPLIED AWARDED Rs. BCOM- REGULAR 145 119 16,79,000 BCOM-HONORS 20 12 2,55,000 MCOM 27 20 3,59,000 TOTAL 192 131 22,93,000

CONSOLIDATED SCHOLARSHIP DETAILS OF

FINAL YEAR BCOM, BCOM HONOURS & MCOM

FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015

GROUP A (MERIT)

NO OF STUDENTS NO OF STUDENTS TOTAL AMOUNT PROGRAMME APPLIED AWARDED (RS) B COM- REGULAR 44 14 97,000 B COM-HONORS 06 06 43,000 MCOM 10 03 23,000 TOTAL 60 23 1,63,000

GROUP B (CO CURRICULAR & EXTRA CURRICULAR)

NO OF STUDENTS NO OF STUDENTS TOTAL PROGRAMME APPLIED AWARDED AMOUNT(RS) B COM 18 07 39,000 B COM-HONORS 08 05 21,000 MCOM 07 03 15,000 TOTAL 33 15 75,000

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3.3.8 CLASS REPRESENTATIVES ORIENTATION PROGRAM / LEADERSHIP TRAINING

In the beginning of every academic year an orientation program is conducted for all the class representatives by the HOD & Coordinators. This is a kind of leadership training, where they are briefed about their roles and responsibilities, their conduct and their duties and rights. They are sensitized about their role, where on the one hand they are a leader and on the other hand they are a facilitator.

3.3.9 SKILL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

While the faculty members of the department were on OBT, the following training programme was conducted for the first and second year UG students by the post graduate students of the University. The schedules of the sessions conducted are below-

BCOM & MCOM TRAINING SCHEDULE

28/11/2014

S NO Modules 9.00 – 10.45 11.00 – 12.45 2.00 – 4.00

1 Creative thinking (MBA) I BCOM A I BCOM B I BCOM A

2 Public speaking (MBA) I BCOM(HB) I BCOM (HC) I BCOM B 3 Time management (MBA) I BCOM (HA) I BCOM(HB) I BCOM C 4 Prejudice (MBA) I BCOM C I BCOM A I BCOM D 5 Leadership skills (PSY) I BCOM (HC) I BCOM (HA) I BCOM (HA) 6 Motivational enhancement (PSY) I BCOM B I BCOM D I BCOM (HB) 7 Personality Development (MBA) I BCOM D I BCOM C I BCOM (HC)

29/11/2014

S NO Modules 9.00 – 10.45 11.00 – 12.45

1 Creative thinking (MBA) I BCOM C I BCOM (HA) 2 Public speaking (MBA) I BCOM (HA) I BCOM C 3 Time management (MBA) I BCOM (HC) I BCOM A

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4 Prejudice (MBA) I BCOM B I BCOM D 5 Leadership skills (PSY) I BCOM D I BCOM(HB) 6 Motivational enhancement (PSY) I BCOM A I BCOM (HC) 7 Personality Development (MBA) I BCOM(HB) I BCOM B

28/11/2014

Sl. No Modules 9.00-10.45 11.00-12.45 2.00-4.00 1 Decision making (MBA) II BCOM A II BCOM B II BCOM (HA) 2 Effective feedback (MBA) II BCOM (HA) II BCOM(HB) II BCOM (HC) 3 Conflict management (MBA) II BCOM (HC) - II BCOM A 4 Stress Management (PSY) - II BCOM (HA) II BCOM C 5 Creative Problem Solving (PSY) II BCOM C II BCOM A II BCOM B 6 Emotional management skills (PSY) II BCOM (HB) II BCOM (HC) - 7 Effective relationship skills (PSY) II BCOM B II BCOM C II BCOM(HB)

29/11/ 2014

S Modules 9.00 – 10.45 11.00 – 12.45 NO 1 Decision making (MBA) II BCOM C II BCOM (HC) 2 Effective feedback (MBA) II BCOM B - 3 Conflict management (MBA) II BCOM (HA) II BCOM B 4 Stress Management (PSY) II BCOM(HB) II BCOM A 5 Creative Problem Solving (PSY) - II BCOM (HB) 6 Emotional management skills (PSY) II BCOM A II BCOM C 7 Effective relationship skills (PSY) II BCOM (HC) II BCOM (HA)

For the Final year UG students and all the PG students, placement related training was facilitated by the Time group. The modules are listed in the table below:

Day 1: 28/11/2014

S NO Class & Section 9.00 – 11.00 11.00 – 1.00 2.00 – 4.00 6 BCom A 1 Logical Reasoning Presentation Skills Group Discussion

6 BCom B Logical Reasoning 2 Presentation Skills Group Discussion

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6 BCom C Logical Reasoning 3 Presentation Skills Group Discussion

6 BCom D Logical Reasoning 4 Presentation Skills Group Discussion

6 BCom J Logical Reasoning 5 Presentation Skills Group Discussion

6 BCom K Logical Reasoning 6 Presentation Skills Group Discussion

Day 2: 29/11/2014

S NO Class & Section 9.00 – 11.00 11.00 – 1.00 6 BCom A Critical Reasoning 1 Self-awareness 6 BCom B Critical Reasoning 2 Self-awareness 6 BCom C Critical Reasoning 3 Self-awareness 6 BCom D Critical Reasoning 4 Self-awareness 6 BCom J Critical Reasoning 5 Self-awareness 6 BCom K Critical Reasoning 6 Self-awareness

II SEM MCOM A&B Day 9-11 11-1 1-2 2-4

Friday Quantitative Aptitude Presentation Skills Lunch Quantitative 28/11/14 Aptitude

Saturday Quantitative Aptitude and Quantitative Aptitude and 29/11/14 Logical Reasoning Logical Reasoning ------

IV SEM MCOM Day 9-11 11-1 1-2 2-4

Friday Presentation Skills Quantitative Aptitude Lunch Group 28/11/14 Discussion - - Saturday Logical Reasoning and Logical Reasoning and 29/11/14 Quantitative Aptitude Quantitative Aptitude

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3.3.10 COMMERCE LAB

The Department of Commerce instituted the Commerce Lab with the objective of providing practical orientation to students by not only focusing on the theoretical aspects of the syllabus but also linking it with the documents, practicalities and procedures involved with the subject. The lab aims to provide practical exposure to the current processes, procedures and practices followed by organizations and expose the students to all types of forms / formats / formalities. The faculty coordinators were Dr. Kavitha Jayakumar, Ms.Vinnarasi. B & Mr. Natchimuthu.N. Following are some of the activities of this year –

 An orientation to Commerce Lab was given to the first year students during the first week of July and they were made aware of such an existing facility so that they can make the best out of it.

 Student and faculty coordinators of Commerce lab regularly conducted meetings to provide the best usage of Commerce lab to the students of the department. Some of the initiatives undertaken were

 Documentaries/research videos were collected.

 Videos of guest lectures and conferences

 Many new documents, models, best assignments in the form presentations, charts, financial reports and statements were collected this year.  The annual commerce lab exhibition, Footprints, was conducted on 18thJuly, 2014. The exhibition was aimed to give practical exposure to the students of Christ University. Students from Commerce and Management were very excited to see theory getting converted into practicality took back lots of insights.

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3.3.11 COACHING FOR SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATIONS Special coaching was given to final year students writing the supplementary exams by faculty members so that they can clear the exam with confidence. The support was extended outside class hours in the months of December 2014 and January 2015. Following are the subjects for which special coaching was provided during the year.

S. NO NAME OF THE SUBJECT

1 Financial Accounting 2 Business Management 3 Business Statistics 4 Corporate Accounting 5 Marketing Management 6 Indian Financial System 7 Principles and Practice of Insurance 8 Principles and Practice of Banking 9 Cost Accounting 10 Business & Corporate Law 11 Corporate Auditing 12 Tax Planning and Administration 13 Accounting Standards-I 14 Management of Financial Services 15 Financial Planning and Control 16 Strategic Financial Management 17 Cost Accounting-I 18 Company Law and Secretarial Practice 19 Business Law 20 Taxation Law-I 22 Management of Financial Services 23 Advanced Financial Accounting 24 Consumer Behavior 25 Research Methodology

3.3.12 PROJECT DAY – AN INITATIVE TO ENCOURAGE RESEARCH CULTURE

To encourage and inculcate the research culture among the students the department organized a ―Pro ject Day‖ for final year BCom (Hons) students on 18th February, 2015. From a total of 146 projects grouped under 16 faculty guides, one best project from each group was selected for presentation. Dr Sunitha Panikar and Prof. Ruben from Department of Management Studies werethe judges. The best three projects were presented with cash awardsand c onsolation prizes were presented to the other presenters. ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page45

3.3.13 MUDRA- THE STUDENT’S E- NEWSLETTER

‗Mudra‘ the E-Newsletter of Department of Commerce is a platform to inculcate writing skills amongst students. This year Mudra came up with seven issues and covered variety of topics like developments in the realm of Commerce and Management, career planning, research, current happenings in the departments, future endeavours of the Department, job placements and many other snippets. The Editorial team of Mudra comprises of three faculty members, Dr. Veerta Tantia, Mr. Raghavendra and Mr. Vishal Pinto.

3.4 OUTBOUND TRAINING, INDUSTRIAL AND VILLAGE VISITS To give a sense of how things work in real time environment, industrial visits, and out bound training programmes were conducted. The particulars are presented below.

3.4.1 OUTBOUND TRAINING PROGRAMME (MCOM) An outbound training programme was conducted for First year MCom students on 18th July, 2014. The venue for the programme was Bheemeshwari located near Mandya District. Many team games were conducted during the visit to bring out team building and leadership skills amongst the students. Two faculty members Prof. Mynavathi & Prof. Natchimuthu accompanied the students.

3.4.2 INDUSTRIAL VISITS ORAGNISED DURING THE YEAR

NO. OF NAME OF THE CLASS & NAME OF THE S.NO DATE STUDENT FACULTY SECTION INDUSTRY S ORGANISER 1 14/08/14 V BCom A Volvo, Hoskote, 87 Mr. Manjunath Balaji Safety IV BCom Dr. Kavitha 2 12/12/14 Glasses Pvt. Ltd 69 Hons C Jayakumar Anekal Tq. II BCom C Ms. Sharon 3 29/01/15 HMT, Bangalore 90

14/01/15 4 IV BCom C HMT, Bangalore 87 Ms. Vinnarasi

Eskay Insulated 5 24/02/15 II BCom A Cable wires ltd. 82 Ms. Pooja Jain K.R Puram 6 13/02/15 II BCom INDO US MIM 69 Ms. Geetanjali

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Hons A Hoskote IV BCom GE Pharmaceutical, 7 11/02/15 65 Mr. Raghavendra Hons B Whitefield Rd, IV BCom Toyota Kirloskar, Mr. Naveen 8 02/03/15 35 Hons A Bangalore Kumara

9 27/02/15 II MCom B Coco-Cola, Bidadi 52 Mr. Natchimuthu

VI BCom D KSDL 72 Mr. Vishal Pinto 10 Chennapatna Toy 11 04/03/15 II MCom A 59 Dr. Mynavathi Factory II BCom 12 25/02/15 L&T Bidadi 82 Ms. Anusha Iyer Hons B

3.4.3 VILLAGE VISITS ORAGNISED DURING THE YEAR

S.NO DATE CLASS/SECTIO NAME OF THE NAME OF THE N PLACE FACULTY ORGANISER 1 16th Dec, 2014 III B Com A Hoskote, Bangalore Mr. Manjunath

2 6th Dec,2014 III B Com C Hoskote, Bangalore Mr. Anson

3 7th Jan, 2015 III B Com B Hoskote, Bangalore Mr. Amalanathan

4 20th Jan,2015 III B Com D Hoskote, Bangalore Mr. Vishal Pinto

5 9th Jan, 2015 III B Com Hon. J Hoskote, Bangalore Ms. SoumyaIyer

6 18th Dec,2015 III B Com Hon. K Hoskote, Bangalore Mr. Christopher

7 9th Dec, 2014 II M Com Hoskote, Bangalore Dr. Uma

3.5 CLUBS AND ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES

Department of Commerce is a hub for various clubs and associations. The objective of these clubs and associations is to cater towards student‘s overall development and to nurture the talent in students. In the following sections, the working of the Finance Club, Oratory Club, Entrepreneurship Club, Theatre Clubs, Journal Club, CUCA (Christ University Commerce

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Association), Alumni Association etc have been described with the milestones they achieved during this academic year.

3.5.1 “ARTHAPRABHANDA”- THE FINANCE CLUB

Arthaprabandha, The Finance Club of Department of Commerce runs with a sole objective and that is to impart practical knowledge about finance to students. The Club has four domains - Law and Compliance, Investors Corner, Corporate Finance and Fin-eco (Financial Economics). Relating to their domain the members conduct events for students. Some of the events conducted this academic year are as follows-

 Panel discussion on “The Union Budget 2014” in association with KPMG

A panel discussion was organized on the Union Budget 2014.The chief guest of the event was Mr. Ajay Rotti, Tax partner, KPMG. Panelists were students selected from the department and each panel discussed on the impact of the budget on a particular sector allotted to them. At the end Mr. Rotti expressed his views about the budget and also he gave a very constructive and satisfactory feedback for the entire event. His words were indeed inspiring for everyone present there.

 “Stock Minds” virtual stock trading game

On 5 December 2014 Arthaprabandha, the finance club of commerce department in association with ICICI learning organised an event named ―Stock Minds‖ virtual stock trading game across all top colleges in India. Mr. Amar Gupta from ICICI explained the game for our students. Nearly 150 BCom Students attended this event and started registering for this game online.

 Arthaprabandha Financial Drive-

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The Finance Club, Department of Commerce, organised an event ‗Financial Drive‖ for the university level on 26 November 2014. The major objectives of this event are as follows.

1. To give insights on various financial products available in the market 2. To give information on tax benefits involved in these various avenues 3. To give basic knowledge on financial products and instruments for the non-commerce background students.

Stalls were set up in the University campus to educate the students about various avenues they could put their savings in. The various avenues covered in this drive were mutual funds, stock markets, bank deposits, etc. The approach of this drive was very student friendly and at the same time students were encouraged to invest their money in areas of their preference.

Finance club members from final year and second years organised this event and exhibited various charts, posters, pamphlets and direct notice on the available products in the market. Mr. Vash and Mr. Ravi, President and Vice President of our finance club organised this event.

3.5.2 SUYUKTI – THE ORATORY CLUB

Suyukti was conceptualized in the year 2013-14 as a Debate Club, however, in 2014 it was consensually decided that Suyukti must grow beyond just being a mere debate club and hence was transformed into - 'The Oratory Club - Suyukti'. The objective of Suyukti is that its members could share what they know with their co-members and in turn learn from them to become better speakers themselves as well. It is a club for mutual learning and growth in oration. Following are the highlights of this academic year-

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 SUYUKTI - the oratory club activities for the year 2014-15 was formally inaugurated by Ian Faria (Founder President of Toastmasters International, South Asia) on 09th July 2014. Thereafter, we organised training sessions with the support of internal and external trainers like Sharoon Sunny (Corporate Trainer - Toyota), and a few Law students and MBA students from our University to groom, share their experience and expertise. Suyukti thus organised various formal and informal events like JAM, Extempore, Air Crash, Turncoat, Group Discussion, Parliamentary Debating, Traditional Debating, Resume Building, Personal Interview Session among others on a regular basis.  Suyukti also upheld its responsibility as an association to give back to society by organising 'Ekta', a Corporate Skills Training Programme for Youth from Rural Areas. As a part of this one day training session, over 80 youth from CSA sponsored villages came all the way to our university to participate, and all the organising committee members of Suyukti conducted interesting and interactive sessions on Group Discussion, Personal Interview and Resume Building Skills that we hoped would prove to be instrumental in securing jobs for all those youth who were otherwise finding it hard to find a job.

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 A Mega Event – ‗Eloquence‘ was conducted in February. Through the months of November, December, January and February, hundreds of students participated in the unique, innovative and originally designed preliminary rounds to secure a place on stage for the grand finale. The organising committee skimmed the top 5 scoring participants to be a part of the grand finale. The grand finale was once again designed with original and interesting rounds conducted on stage in the main auditorium. This successful year for Suyukti was culminated by crowning Khushal Wadhawan the 'Eloquence Maven' for 2015.

3.5.3 UDAAN- THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUB

‗Udaan‘- The Entrepreneurship Club was initiated in August 2014 with an objective to nourish the entrepreneurial spirit in students. The Club caters to two categories of students – 1). Those who have business ideas but don‘t know how to put it in action. 2). Those who want to become entrepreneurs but have no ideas and no knowledge about entrepreneurship. This year of inception has seen Udaan hosting the two following prominent events-

 INICIO-2014- This event was a platform to showcase the Start-Ups that have been conceived by the students of the Department of Commerce, Christ University. Through this event, the participants got to portray their business idea, the functioning, resource procurement and marketing aspects of their business. The projects on display were either fully functional start-ups or business prototypes which will soon be launched as businesses. The objective was to provide exposure to the students with regard to the feasibility, longevity and popularity of their business.This event was held on the 17th of September, 2014 in front of Central Block. It saw 9 start-ups and 10 prototypes of business which are soon to be launched as business, exhibiting their ideas and prototypes. The event was graced by Mr. Venugopal Sathyanarayana, The Vice President of the Indian Angel Network, who also judged the startups and gave constructive feedback to each participant. ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page51

 ―ENLIGHT.EN-2015‖ was an intellectual summit to ideate on the art of entrepreneurship, in collaboration with the E-Cell ofNational Institute of Technology – Trichy .The summit took place on 25th of February, 2015 was aimed at motivating young entrepreneurs to take their ideas forward and to give them an opportunity to interact with venture capitalists and other successful entrepreneurs to get inspired and reassured in their entrepreneurial journey. The event saw attendance of student participants from NIT Trichy, Kristu Jayanti College, Jain University, St. Josephs College of Commerce and from Department of Commerce, Christ University. All the student entrepreneurs got an opportunity to show case their business venture. Some of the start-ups presented were Cup-cake booth, Xizbiga, Wild Wings, U25 Startup & Speedkart. The start up presentations were followed by a panel discussion on entrepreneurship, leadership and the art of doing business. The panelists for the panel discussion were Mr. Pramod Pratap – Global Marketing Lead, Infosys, Mr. Ranjan Malik – Innovation Speaker and Facilitator, Director, Erehwon Consulting & Mr. Ramakrishnan Venkateshwaran – Principal Consultant, Venture Bean. The panel discussion was very informative and lively.

 Venture 2015 Udaan encouraged budding student entrepreneurs in the Commerce department to take part in Ventura, briefing each class about the enriching experience it could provide. Ventura is the signature event of E-Cell NIT Trichy. It is an annual business plan competition aspiring to provide young, talented and eager entrepreneurs across the nation with the perfect platform to catapult their innovative ideas into successful business ventures. Out of 200+ entries which got shortlisted for Ventura from the whole country, there were a handful from the Department of Commerce, Christ University too. Meghna Jain, a member of won 3rd place in the competition and has been offered incubation by Indian Angel Networks.

3.5.4 JOURNAL CLUB (MCOM)

The objective of Journal Club is to foster research culture among the post graduate students. The club is scheduled for the first and the second year students. Clusters are formed comprising of both second year and first year students. Each cluster is assigned to a faculty. The faculty divides the clusters into small teams, each team comprising of 1 second year student and 2 from the first year. Each team selects a research article (preferably based on the specialization &Project of the second year student), in consultation with the faculty. Thereafter, they do a detailed review of the ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page52 article and present the same by highlighting the statement of the problem, the objectives of the study, the methodology, findings etc. This presentation is conducted every Saturday from 11-12 pm according to a well planned schedule. The full hour is extremely insightful to the students as they not just learn during the process of article review but they also learn while the other teams present. Students are marked out of 25 (20 for presentation and 5 for attendance) and 1 credit is awarded for the same. Following are some of the articles reviewed and presented by the students. .

JOURNAL CLUB PAPER PRESENTATION DETAILS 2014-15 YEAR OF S. TITLE OF THE TITLE OF THE VOL ISSUE PUBLICA

NO ARTICLE JOURNAL NO NO. TION

Antecedents of paperless income tax filing by young Transforming professionals in India: An Government: people 1 exploratory study process & policy 3 No. 1 2009 Does capital structure The IUP Journal of enhance firm performance? accounting research 2 Evidence from Nigeria and audit practices 12 4 2013 The choice of management accounting techniques in the hotel sector: The role of Journal of Management 3 contextual factors Research 5 2 2013 Performance Appraisal of Indian Banks using IUP Journal of Banking 4 CAMELS Rating Management 12 2 2013 Evaluating the pros and cons of online Banking- An ITM Journal of 5 Indian Perspective Management Research 7 3 2013 The Long stock market valuation of customer 6 satisfaction Journal of Marketing 72 4 2008 Some issues in customers International Journal of services of urban bank Social Science & cooperative banks: A case Interdisciplinary 7 study of Beed district.... Research 1 10 2012 The Competitive Environment and Strategy of Target Costing Journal of Managerial 8 Implementers Issue 15 1 2003 Human Resource International Journal of Accounting: An implication Hospitality and 9 for managerial decisions in Tourism systems 1 1 2008

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Indian Hotel Industry The challenges for Tourism and Accounting Information Hospitality 10 Systems in Hotel Industry Management 2010 Efficiency measurement of Indian Public sector banks: Non-performing assets as Asia Pacific Journal of negative output Finance and Banking 11 research 5 5 2011 Working capital management and its impact on profit ability: a case of IUP Journal of 12 Indian oil corporation ltd Accounting research 9 3 2013 A study on role of ICICI ventures in promotion of 13 enterprises in Karnataka Abhinav journal 2 11 A study on influence of investment specific attitudes Indian Journal of of investors on investment commerce & 14 decisions management studies 4 3 2013 Individual Investment behaviour with respect to financial knowledge and International Journal of investment risk preference Management Research 15 :A study and Business strategy 3 2 Apr-14 A study on Investors IUP Journal of behaviour towards Mutual financial risk 16 fund products management 2 12 2014 Determinants of financial International journal of performance of commercial economics and 17 banks in Kenya financial issues 3 1 2013 Banking for poor role of Islamic Banking in micro 18 finance initiatives Human economics 24 1 2008 Technology adoption and The IUP journal of banking efficiency: A study Banking and 19 of Iranian Banks management 13 1 2014 Mergers in Indian banking impact study using DEA South Asian journal of 20 Analysis Management 16 2 2009 A Comparison of Bancassurance and Traditional Insurer Sales 21 Channels The Genewa Papers 36 2 2011 ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page54

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e-Banking status among the International Journal of farmers in rural areas of Management research 22 Anand Taluka (Gujarat) and Reviews 4.4 1 2014 Factors effecting Tax payers decision in saving tax by investing in TSB. A study in Financial assets and 23 UP state investing 5 1 2014 Is Bank branch expansion driven by demand - some The IUP Journal of 24 evidence from Kerala Bank management 13 1 2014 Acceptance of e-Banking among adult customers : An Journal of Internet empirical investigation in Banking and 25 India Commerce 15 2 2010 Quest for Tax Education in Non Accounting curriculum: a Malaysian 26 study Asian social science 9 2 2013 E- Commerce Adoption by international journal of Insurance companies in management research 27 India and Reviews 3 8 2013 Factors influencing the outsourcing decisions: a study of the banking sector strategic outsourcing: 28 in India an international journal 4 3 2011 determinants of financial International journal of performance of commercial economics and 29 banks in Kenya financial issues 3 1 2013 Semi-urban investors attitude and preferences in International journal of mutual funds investment: a marketing, financial case study of Nagaon services & 30 Districts of Assam management research 1 9 2012 an empirical study of rural Journal of Internet customer's satisfaction from Banking and 31 E-banking in India Commerce 17 3 2012 Factors influencing the outsourcing decisions: a study of the banking sector Strategic outsourcing: 32 in India an international journal 4 3 2011 mergers in Indian banking impact study using DEA South Asian journal of 33 Analysis Management 16 2 2009 34 the impact of target cost International journal of 5 2 2014 ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page55

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method to strengthen the business and social competitiveness of science industrial companies Efficiency measurement in Indian banking industry: an application of data Proquest and sage 35 envelopment analysis publication 16 4 2012 Investors perception towards mutual funds: a International journal of 36 study of low risk investment management research 4 3 2014 A study on dividend policy and its impact on shareholders wealth in selected banking companies International journal of 37 in India. financial management 2 3 Indian journal of 38 Green banking in India applied research 4 1 Jan-14 financial statement effects international journal of on convergence to IFRS- a multidisciplinary 39 case study in India research 1 7 2011 Determinants of financial International journal of performance of commercial economics and 40 banks in Kenya financial issues 3 1 2013 customer perception on 41 usage of internet Banking innovative marketing 3 4 2007 A comparative study of customer perception towards e banking services provided by selected private sector and public sector International journal of 42 banks in India science and research 3 9 Sep-13 A study on investors attitude towards mutual International Journal in funds as an investment Research in 43 option management 2 2 2012 American journal of Mobile banking & Economics & business 44 sustainable growth administration 5 3 2013 A comparative performance evaluation of private sector The IUP journal of and public equity funds of financial risk 45 India management 11 2 2014 an empirical study on International journal of 46 investment behaviour management research 2 10 2012 ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page56

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&investment decision & review making Attitude towards environment & green Management science & 47 products engineering 2 4 2010 study on impact of e-service quality on e-loyalty of Business & economics customers in the area of e- -management 48 banking service environmental studies 2 2014 impact of capital structure international journal ob on performance of PS business & 49 Banks in India management invention 2 10 2013 green banking-unique corporate social International journal of responsibility in Indian research & 50 Banks management 3 1 2012 Adoption of IFRS in Indian Journal of accounting curriculum in commerce & 51 India management studies The impact of the recent banking crisis & customer loyalty in the Banking 52 sector The TQM Journal 24 6 2012 Comparative study of customer satisfaction towards service provided by International journal of PS & private & co-operative marketing & 53 banks of Navi, Mumbai technology 12 2 Semi urban investors attitude & preferences in International journal of mutual funds investments-A marketing, financial case study on Nagaon services & 54 districts O Assam management research 1 9 2012 international journal of Tax evasion in India-causes applied engineering 55 & remedies research 11 7 2012

3.5.5 THEATRE CLUB

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of Commerce, kick started with a new set of objectives of promoting inclusive development and promotion of theatre within the department and enhancing the quality and strength of the theatre team. Following are some of the highlights-

 With promotion of theatre being the primary objective, the team started the academic year with a classic mime performance in the Departmental Orientation. With this orientation LMP was successful in grabbing attention of all the theatre enthusiasts in the department

 For Departmental Theatre Programme, conducted by the Theatre in Education Department, Christ University, 70 members got enrolled and were benefitted.

 Under the guidance of Mr. Sibu Vaz the team performed at the Pedagogic League inauguration

 The team underwent a Technical Training Workshop under the supervision of Prof. Mohammed Arif.

 In Darpan 2014 the team put up 3 mimes, 2 street plays and 1 proscenium play. Among these, LMP successfully secured 2nd in Mime and Proscenium Theatre events and 1st in Street play event. With this LMP was chosen to be part of the University Cultural Team, for which a 15 member team was carved out.

 Members of Last Minute Productions have been participating in various inter-collegiate fests across the country and also have been performing on various occasions within the university. Last Minute Productions, has taken part in fests conducted at St. Johns Medical College, Bengaluru, BITS Pilani Goa Campus, Goa, St Josephs College of Commerce, Bangalore, Divine Noel Fest, Bangalore, Microsoft V India Fest, Goa, Alta-Vista (Department of Tourism Studies, Christ University), Mood-Indigo (IIT Bombay Fest) and IIM – Bangalore. ( More information is included under Inter collegiate fests section)

 Apart from this Last Minute Productions this year was invited to do a platform performance at India’s Largest Youth Theatre Festival – Thespo, conducted at Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai. This performance was watched and appreciated by eminent thespians like Mrs. Dolly Thakore and Mr. Siraj Sayed.

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 In Blossoms 2015, 2 street play teams and 1 proscenium play team represented the Department of Commerce and secured first place in street play.

 Last Minute Productions has also given many performances throughout the academic year. A Play named ‗Two – Phases‘ was put up, with the support and guidance of Mr. Rakshit from the TIE, on the occasion of the canonization of St. Elias Chavara. The team also performed on the occasion of teacher‘s day and the University Farewell.

 As part of the departmental theatre programme, few members from LMP were invited to watch and review a play named ‗Gasha‘ at Jagriti Theatre.

3.5.6 CHRIST UNIVERSITY COMMERCE ASSOCIATION – CUCA

Each year, The Christ University Commerce Association (CUCA) strives to provide vibrant avenues to students to shape their future by enriching knowledge, enhancing competence, imparting life skills and internalizing values through a plethora of competitions and living up to its vision of ‗Compete, Collaborate and Create‘. Following are the highlights of this academic year-

 The CUCA activities for the year 2014-2015 kick-started with the inauguration. Mr.Vishwas Mudugal, author of the bestselling novel ‗Losing My Religion‘ and CEO of Goodworks Labs was the Chief Guest for this occasion.

 The association organized lots of activities every Wednesday and Friday. Events exclusive in the area of Entrepreneurship Development, Public Relations, Human Resources, Finance, Marketing, Quiz, Logo Slogan and Best Manager were conducted. Preliminary rounds were held at the class level following which the best teams were selected for the semi-finals and finals.

 This year witnessed the division of classes into groups, which competed for the coveted Best Group Award. Every group strived to accumulate points by ensuring maximum participation in the preliminary rounds and ensuring that its members win the finals. This battle between the classes intensified the intra-department competition.

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 PRAYAS, the much anticipated National Level Commerce and Management Fest was organized this year with much fervour. Mr. David Faria, was the Chief Guest for the inauguration. Top national and regional colleges like St. Xavier‘s-Kolkata, St. Xavier‘s College Mumbai, iLEAD Kolkata, Jai Hind College Mumbai, Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce-Pune, St. Joseph‘s College of Commerce- Bangalore, Centre for Management Studies-Bangalore were in the fray to emerge winners. With St. Joseph‘s College of Commerce as the incumbent winners of the overall trophy, all eyes were set on St. Xavier‘s College Kolkata to come back and win, but the ultimate glory went to Christ University Department of Professional Studies which who were declared as Overall Winners.

 The students of the Department actively participated and proved their mettle at a number of national and regional commerce and management fests organized by SRCC, Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, St. Aloysius, St. Xavier‘s, CMS etc .The team emerged overall winners at St Xavier‘s College Kolkata, Garden City College Bangalore, Loyola College Chennai, Sindhi College, Bangalore. Also they were declared as 1st and 2nd runners up at Cognito, fest by the department of Professional studies, and as runners up at Precipice by CMS Jain University, and SRCC, Delhi. Following is the schedule of CUCA Events.

SCHEDULE OF CUCA EVENTS 2014-2015 JUNE’14-SEPTEMBER’14

S.N0 DATE DAY EVENT VENUE

1. 25/06/2014 Wednesday Ice breaker Main auditorium

2. 27/06/2014 Friday Logo slogan prelim Classrooms

3. 02/07/2014 Wednesday Logo slogan round-1 Classrooms

4. 04/07/2014 Friday HR prelim Classrooms

5. 09/07/2014 Wednesday HR round 1 Classrooms

6. 11/07/2014 Friday Logo slogan finals Main auditorium

7. 16/07/2014 Wednesday PR prelim Classrooms

8. 18/07/2014 Friday PR round 1 Classrooms

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S.N0 DATE DAY EVENT VENUE

9. 23/07/2014 Wednesday HR finals Main auditorium

10. 25/07/2014 Friday ED prelim Classrooms

11. 30/07/2014 Wednesday Ed round 1 Classrooms

12. 13/08/2014 Wednesday ED finals Classrooms

13. 20/08/2014 Wednesday PR finals Classrooms

14. 02/09/2014 Tuesday Prayas Main auditorium

15. 03/09/2014 Wednesday Prayas Main auditorium

NOVEMBER’14-MARCH’15

S.NO DATE EVENT VENUE

1. December 5th 2014 Marketing Prelim Classrooms

2. December 12th 2014 Marketing Round 1 Classrooms

3. December 17th 2014 Marketing Final Main Auditorium

4. Jan 7th 2015 Mock Stock Prelims Classrooms

5. Jan 9th 2015 Mock Stock Finals Classrooms

6. Jan 14th 2015 Business Plan Prelim Classrooms

7. Jan 30th 2015 B- Plan Finals Classrooms

8. Feb 4th 2015 Finance Prelim Classrooms

9. Feb 6th 2015 Finance Round 1 Classrooms

10. Feb 11th 2015 B-Quiz Prelim Classrooms

11. Feb 13th 2015 B-Quiz Round 1 Classrooms

12. Feb 18th 2015 Best Manager Prelim Classrooms

13. Feb 20th 2015 Finance Finals Main Auditorium

14. Feb 25th 2015 B-Quiz Finals Main Auditorium

15 Feb 27th 2015 Best Manager Semi Finals Classrooms

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S.NO DATE EVENT VENUE

16 March 3rd 2015 Best Manager Finals Main Auditorium

17 March 4th 2015 Valedictory Function Main Auditorium

3.5.7 CHRIST UNIVERSITY FESTING ASSOCIATION The Christ University Festing Association was formed last year with two objectives – one to streamline the selection process for sending students to fests and the second to train the participants so that they are fest ready. This year the fest selection process of the department saw many practice sessions and a very transparent ranking procedure which allowed for selection of teams solely on their merit.

3.5.8 THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ALUMNI INTERACTION CELL

On the first Annual Alumni meet in 2013, Commerce Alumni Interaction Cell was instituted to execute the objectives of the Alumni Association. The cell in the year 2014 was involved in a plethora of departmental activities. Following are some the highlights of this academic year-

 The 3rd Annual Alumni meet of the Department of Commerce took place on 26th January‘2015. The meet witnessed an overwhelming response with around 189 alumni taking part in the event.

 The Alumni Interaction Cell was actively involved in organizing guest lectures, industrial visits, and placements.During the year, the cell has successfully placed commerce students of the department in companies like Deloitte, KPMG, JP Morgan, Taj Group of Companies, Saraf Group of Companies, Earnest and Young, Northern Trust Bank and the cell was also instrumental in arranging internships for the students in various CA firms and colleges like NMKRV, SMKRV, City College, Garden City College, St. Anne‘s College, Jain College etc., It is overwhelming to note that around 20 to 25 students have been placed by the interaction cell so far.

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 The Cell has been instrumental in sharing and updating current information on topics like, IFRS, GST, New Companies Act 2013, DTC, Critical analysis on budget etc. The Cell arranged for a Panel discussion on International Taxation conducted by the students of the MCom Programme, the panel members for which were arranged from Ernst and Young by the alumni.

 The cell arranged guest lectures in the month of February 2015 on topics like GST, Company‘s Act 2013, new trends in insurance sector, banking sector etc.,

 The current Alumni President of the department Ms. Preethi has completed her tenure and Mr. C.V Ramesh, an alumnus from the 1992 batch has been nominated as the President for the current year.

 As per the proposed plan for 2015, a batch wise meet for the 90‘s batch in the month of August and a Cricket match is planned comprising of an Alumni team and the current student team of the department. The groundwork for the same has already been initiated.

3.5.9 SPORTS

The Department of Commerce conducts interclass sports competitions every year. The objectives of organizing sports events are; to strive for the overall development of students, to embed the competitive spirit among the students and to set a platform for nurturing the sports talents. The details of events organized this year are as follows-

 Boys Category 1. Football - A total of 20 student teams participated in the event and 3rd Sem B com ‗B‘ were declared the winners while the 2nd Sem B Com ‗A‘ were declared the runners. 2. Cricket - A total of 20 teams participated in the event and 3rd Sem B Com ‗B‘ emerged as winners and 1st Sem B Com ‗C‘ were the runners up. 3. Football six-a-side - A total of 20 teams participated in the event. Finally the students of 6 Sem B com ‗B‘ emerged as winners and 1 Sem B com (H) ‗A‘ were the runners up.

 Girl’s category Throw ball - A total of nine teams from different classes participated in the event. Finally the 1st Sem BCom ‗B‘ were the winners & 2nd BCom ‗A‘ were the runners.

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On the CUCA Conclusion programme, all the winners were given certificates.

3.6 STUDENTS ACHIEVMENTS IN SPORTS, CULTURAL AND EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

This section gives an overview of the achievements of students in sports, cultural and extracurricular activities.

3.6.1 SPORTS

This year too like each year, the Department of Commerce students represented our University in many games and won. Below is a glimpse of the same.

S. No. DESCRIPTION NAMES OF STUDENTS 1 The University Cricket team participated in Nihal, Abrar, Bhiman, Venkatesh, International Inter varsity Championship Robert, Surya, Lamba, Tushar, organized by UKM, Kaulalampur, Malaysia in Akshay & Amit Chand the month of October 2014 and won the second place 2 Won the individual championship in the men‘s Ajay Kumar section in Annual Athletic Meet.

3 Represented University in All India Inter Srika K Raju & Anusha Rathor University Aquatics Championship at Jain University.

4 Represented University in All India Inter Mestone Tharakan University Fencing Championship at Punjabi University.

5 Represented U-25 Karnataka State Team & Nihal F S Indoor Indian Cricket Team held at New Zealand 6 Represented Karnataka state men team Karan Joshua

7 Represented Karnataka State Men Team. Isaac Thomas

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8 Represented Karnataka State team in Senior Robert Sabestain National Circle Kabaddi Championship held at Chandigarh.

9 Participated in 16TH Youth Tennis Volleyball Gagan Deep, Robert Sabestain, National Championship Held at Calicut.

10 Represented University in All India Inter Vikram Ramesh University Tennis Championship at SRM University.

11 Represented University in All India Inter Sneha S Kamath , O. Akshita University Tennis Championship at Bharathiar Reddy University.

3.6.2 INTER-COLLEGIATE CULTURAL FESTS

This academic year, the theatre team of the Department, Last Minute Productions won several awards in inter collegiate cultural fests. Below is a list of the events attended and their winning positions. .

 St John‘s Medical College – secured 1st place in street play and 2nd in mime  BITS Pilani, Goa- secured 3rd place in Skime  St Josephs College of Commerce- secured 2nd place in street play  Microsoft V India Fest –secured 3rd Place in street play  Alta –Vista- secured 2nd Place in mime Participated under various categories at Divine Noel Fest, Mood-Indigo (IIT Bombay Fest) and at IIM – Bangalore.

DANCE: Fifth Floor Fifth floor is a fourteen member dance team, comprising of very energetic dancers. Following are their achievements in this year- Intra collegiate fests (Christ University):

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Blossoms 2013 - 1st Blossoms 2014 - 3rd Blossoms 2015 - 2nd

Inter collegiate fests: Mount Carmel College - 1st Alliance University - 1st IIT-Bombay - 1st Presidency College - 1st CMS Jain University - 1st St. Claret‘s College - 1st NMIT - 1st

Arthavya. Arthavya is a 9 member all girls team with passionate dancers. Listed below are their achievements- Intra college 1. Third in Blossoms Inter college IFIM-1st place Presidency 2nd place

3.6.3 INTER COLLEGIATE COMMERCE AND BUSINESS FESTS

The Department students emerged victorious in the following National Level inter-collegiate Commerce & Business fests organised by prestigious institutions across India.

S. NO WINNERS RUNNERS UP 1 Loyola College (Management St. Josephs College of Commerce, fest), Chennai Bangalore 2 Jyoti Nivas College, Bangalore SRCC, Delhi 3 Vijaya College, Bangalore Loyola College (Commerce fest) and 4 CMS, Bangalore Kristu Jayanthi College, Bangalore 5 CMR, Bangalore Mount Carmel College, Bangalore

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6 St. Xavier‘s Kolkata Dayanand Sagar Junior Business School, Bangalore

3.6.4 JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT INDIA BUSINESS CHALLENGE

Junior Achievement (JA) India is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness. The organization organizes competitions together with companies like Deloitte and HP. Students of the Department of Commerce actively participate in the competitions organized by them from time to time including Nationals and have secured winning positions. This year the department decided to encourage more students to win by conducting an Intra deanery competition which was facilitated by the team of JA Titan India lead by the program head, Mr. Mushtaq Ahmed. The main objective of this intra-deanery competition was to impart information amongst students about the challenge and to give them practical experience of playing the game before they went to the regional round. Two rounds were conducted on the 13th December and two on the 14th December. In each round teams were eliminated and the winning teams combated with each other. On the 13th of December, for the first round 100 teams (400 students) participated. There was a fifty percent increase in the participation from the last year. In the final round , top three teams were declared as winners of the event. . Mr. Mustaq Ahmed the program head of JAIBC appreciated the overwhelming participation by our students. The winning teams participated in Nationals and secured the seventh position.

3.6.5 PRECIPICE – INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FEST Precipice administered by the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) as part of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts‘ Regional Regranting Program, runs events all over the world in collaboration with Universities. This year two of the department students participated in the fest .After winning the semi finals in Bangalore, they headed for the finals in The Catholic University of America, Washington on February 21, 2014. The other teams that qualified for the finals were ISB Hyderabad and Mount Carmel College Bangalore. The final round was judged by two faculties of The Catholic University of America and an entrepreneur from India. The finals were a tough fight, with MBA students of ISB Hyderabad winning the competition. Christ University Commerce students were placed second, with just two points behind the winners. The

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3.7 STUDENT PLACEMENT INFORMATION This section throws light on placement statistics (class wise) and also company wise. The names of the companies as well as the number of students placed in each company have been provided.

a) CLASS – WISE PLACEMENT STATISTICS

CLASS NO. OF STUDENTS PLACED 6 BCOM A 22 6 BCOM B 24 6 BCOM C 19 6 BCOM D 27 6 BCOM J 53 6 BCOM K 19 MCom 9 Total 173

b) COMPANY-WISE PLACEMENT STATISTICS

NAME OF THE S.NO. NO. OF STUDENTS PLACED COMANY 1 KPMG 39 2 AXIS Bank 2 3 Amazon 6 4 ANZ 5 5 Cargill 6 6 Copal Amba 3 7 D E Shaw 4 8 Deloitte 21 9 EY 36 10 Future First 1 11 Goldman Sachs 8 13 Nash Capital 1 14 TCS 17 15 UBS Verity 3 16 Xchanging 5 17 Solaron 1 18 L&T 2 19 WIPRO 2 ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page68

20 Societe Generale 3 21 Tesco 3 22 South Indian Bank 2 23 Accenture 3 TOTAL 173

3.8 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMME-BALDWIN WALLACE, US AND IESEG, FRANCE. One of the outstanding feature of the BCom course is the international exchange programme offered to the students in their 4th semester. This year also seven students were sent to foreign universities to explore global academic environment and gain new perspectives on an international platform. The selected students were sent to Lille Catholic University, France and Baldwin Wallace University, Ohio. The students selected for this international exchange programme complete their 4th semester in the foreign universities. Their entire tuition fees are waived off and the students pay only for their food and accommodation.

The Methodology adopted for selecting the students-

 A team comprising the Head of department Dr Nithila Vincent and Dr. Sheril Almeida was formed for this purpose. In the first phase the announcements regarding this programme were made in all the classes along with the expected criteria.

 In the next phase presentations were made by those students who were a part of the exchange programme in the last year. This presentation helped the aspiring students to gain a proper insight as to what is in stored for them through this programme and how well they can prepare themselves for the international front.

 There were 39 students who showed interest in the programme. And from these 39 students 20 students were shortlisted for a round of personal interview. This short listing was done on the basis of academic performance, academic attendance, participation in co-curricular and extra –curricular activities and opinion of class teacher and other faculty members.

 In the personal interview the students were tested for their academic vigor, maturity, and other personal and interpersonal skills. Finally the following students were selected and are currently pursuing their 4th semester abroad.

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The names of students and the Universities for International Students Exchange program are as below (all students belong to fourth semester only)-

BCom 2013 Batch students transferred to IESEG, France(January – May 2015)

Sl. No. Reg. No. Student Name Section 1 1310227 Mayank R. Jain C 2 1310162 Suraj Kumar B.R B 3 1310110 Zechariah Lalruattluanga Sailo B 4 1310031 Shravan S. Punjabi A 5 1310023 Darshan Jain A

BCom 2013 Batch students transferred to Baldwin Wallace University, USA(January – May 2015)

Sl. Reg No. Student Name Section No. 1 1310117 Ms. Divya Gopinath (BCom) B

2 1310006 Mr. Midun G (BCom) A

 Some of the subjects opted by the students are Management Science, Principles of accounting, the leadership experience, Entrepreneurial Decision making, Personal branding and Efficiency, Environmental Marketing, Mergers and Acquisitions.

 The students will be earning a credit of around 15 form Baldwin Wallace and around 19 from Lille, France. Currently all the seven students are abroad completing their semester from the respective universities.

3.9 MPHIL 2014-15

The Department of Commerce MPhil programme this year comprised of ten students who pursued the programme under the supervision of eight guides. These ten students have successfully completed framing their objectives, identifying the variables under the study, identifying the methodology and have started executing the same. They have had four progress report presentations. The evaluators during their presentations give constructive feedback looking at each and every aspect of their study, which is taken in the right spirit by the students; .Following is a list of topics for their dissertation.

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S.NO NAME OF THE TITLE NAME OF THE STUDENT GUIDE A study on the penetration level of E- Anantha Banking Services among old generation 1 Dr. L. Mynavathi Padmanabha N customers in Bangalore City with special reference to State Bank of India

An Analysis of Education Loans with 2 Sanjay Panikar Prof. Nithila Vincent Specific Reference to Vijaya Bank

An analysis of investors attitude towards 3 Saurabh Jain Dr. Shaeril Almeida various tax saving schemes

An empirical study on income, saving and investment behaviour of I.T. 4 Anju K J Dr. Anuradha P.S. professionals in the companies of Bangalore A study on the effect of food 5 Ciby Dominic K advertisements on children and their Dr. Uma V.R. influence on parents buying decision

Ibanri Dalin A study on the practice of Brand 6 Dr. Uma V.R. Wankhar Valuation in India

Gap in accounting education and 7 Linu Ann Thomas Dr. Kavitha Jayakumar accounting practices

A study of talent management practices 8 Reena John V in Information technology industry in Dr. Tomy K.K. Bangalore

Vernachris Rhoda 9 Financial Derivatives Dr. Veerta Tantia Bonjour

Customer Satisfaction Towards Retail 10 Jesna George Dr. L. Mynavathi Banking Services in Ernakulam District

Shown below are the milestones achieved so far under this programme-

Activity Date Evaluators

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Department level orientation 04/07/2014

Presentation of final Proposal to the committee Guides and internal evaluators 27/09/2014 (25 marks)

Workshop on ―How to do Review of Literature‖ 14/11/2014

First Progress report 05/12/2014 Guides and internal evaluators

Second Progress report 09/01/2015 Guides and internal evaluators

Third Progress report 06/02/2015 Guides and internal evaluators

Fourth Progress report 06/03/2015 Guides and internal evaluators

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SECTION 4

STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN 2014-2015

The section makes an attempt to describe the Strategic Action Plan for 2014-2015 for all the four areas namely teaching and learning, research, academic community and administration. In addition to describing the Strategic Action Plan, the section also throws light on the approach under taken for achieving the planned initiatives, the core competencies of the Deanery and the priority goals of the Deanery.

4.1. THE APPROACH A systematic approach was adopted to plan andachieve all the initiatives of the strategic action plan. A glimpse of the approach is below.

1. An overview given to all Faculty members about SAP 2. Groups formed as per areas 3. Group leader identified 4. Groups brainstormed to identify action initiatives 5. Selected feasible and do able initiatives

6. Implement , Review and Monitor

4.2 CORE COMPETENCIES OF THE DEANERY

Following are the core competencies of the Deanery.

1 Faculty involvement in research -MRP/PhD/Monograph/RDC/Govt. funded projects

2 Teaching competence, innovation and adaptability to change 3 Expertise in curriculum development 4 Faculties with multi specializations & multi skills 5 Diverse teaching methodology 6 Development of digital content and implementation of self-learning modules 7 MOU with professional bodies. [CISI (UK)] 8 Knowledge and application of Excel and SPSS in teaching, learning and research 9 Develop teaching competency among PG students 10 Involvement of students in community services

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11 Co-curricular and extra-curricular activities for all around development 12 Students‘competence in national and international level inter-collegiate fests and sports

4.3 PRIORITY GOALS OF THE DEANERY Following are the priority goals of the Deanery-

1 Faculty involvement in high quality research and publications. 2 Domain specific consultancy in areas like finance, accounting, banking and insurance.

3 Faculty members with professional qualifications and industry exposure 4 Share expertise outside CU and enhance brand value 5 Develop research acumen and aptitude among students 6 Self-learning and service learning skills among students. 7 Competency to provide coaching for professional courses offered to students 8 Offer in house developed MOOC courses 9 Establish institutional partnership with global bodies 10 FDPs, MDPs, QIPs for external academicians and Corporates

4.4 STRATEGIC PLAN 2015-18

The following section describes the Strategic Action Plan for 2015-2018 for all the four areas: teaching and learning, research, academic community and administration.

AREA: CURRICULAR ASPECTS; STRATEGY: RESEARCH INTEGRATED COURSES Initiatives Description of the Action 2015-16 Action 2016- Action 2017-18 Initiatives 17 Strengthening Strengthening of • To invite To implement Continuous review of programmes by suggestions from the revised to strengthen programmes bringing in external experts programme programmes and contemporary courses. in the industry incorporating make them The objective of this and academia in the relevant and initiative is to make the strengthening of modifications contemporary. course more relevant the existing approved by and updated curriculum and BOS. considering the industry to proposed in

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requirements, offering the BOS. more specializations on • Provide for par with the global training with requirements. internal / external experts in UGC- NET exam and SAP exam for students. Self- One self-learning • One self-learning • One self- • Self-learning learning module in all courses module along learning module to be module of UG and PG with assessment module along incorporated in parameters to be with all courses identified and assessment incorporated for parameters to final year UG be identified and PG courses and incorporated for second year UG and first year PG courses along with final years MOU with To introduce certificate • Feasibility study • Review and • Continue the professional courses from IIBF, US and Proposal for make open for programme and bodies for CMA (Certified Institutional more students. look for more certifications Management Partnership with MOUs Accountant) Miles Profession professional al Education to certification etc for introduce BCom&MCom students CMA offered by Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), US. • Pilot group induction of the programme.

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Introduction ICT intervention, Self • To develop 30 • To identify • The e—content of digital learning and creation of hours e-mode new topics bridge course in learning in e content bridge course and to review accounting to be Commerce ―Basics in and modify made open curriculum Accounting‖ and the bridge source for start the course course in students of CU by June 2015 for accounting as well as CU students. based on outsiders. • Faculty members students to undergo CCD feedback. training. • The department to collaborate with CCD in developing digital content in selected areas. Usage of Statistical tools would • Statistical tools • Statistical • Training in statistical be used in papers will be included analysis will statistical tools in involving research and as a module in be made software like classroom in projects. the PG mandatory in SPSS and programme. final year inclusion of the • Practical training projects. same in final for students in year projects statistical tools would be through continued workshops • Identifying new statistical softwares and updation through training and inclusion in curriculum Executive One year value addition • Develop the • Begin the • Continue the PGP (EPGP) certificate programme course design, course course for the alumni and content and working professionals curriculum to be willing to extend and put forward for expand their knowledge review and in topics of approval in 2016 contemporary BOS developments in commerce. Innovative Usage of SPSS in classroom, Self-learning module, Course by Research, Initiatives Development of digital content, Department‘s MOOC courses to students of CU ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page76

and outsiders, MOU with professional bodies, Executive PGP.

AREA: LEARNING AND EVALUATION; STRATEGY: LEARNER CENTRIC AND PARTICIPATORY LEARNING, FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Initiatives Description of Action 2015-16 Action 2016- Action 2017-18 the Initiatives 17 Self learning One module in • Faculty members to • Digital • Continuing module to be digital content undergo CCD training. content to be performance and in digital through CCD • The department to used for one review of digital content collaborate with CCD in full unit of a self-learning. through CCD. developing digital course. • Introduce the add- content in selected • Explore on digital course areas. scope for with the • Use the content credit based recommendations developed in add-on of the BOS. implementation of self- courses in learning for one module digital mode in a unit. - conduct a feasibility study and present in the 2017 Jan BOS • Holding webinars, video conferencing and Skype class room sessions

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Service Subject-based • Faculty members to be • Based on the • Continuing Learning service learning given training on the review and performance and component to be implementation of feedback, review included in the service learning. service curriculum • Few subjects will be learning be identified and service enhanced learning will be made and spread mandatorily gradually to implemented selected • Service learning to be subjects in implemented in the UG and PG. form of activities like Income tax filing, procurement of PAN card, spreading awareness about investment avenues etc to be implemented as a part of CIA Industry Summer • Proposal to be mooted • Four- six- • Continuing interns internship to be in 2015 BOS for weeks performance and hip made mandatory summer internship for summer review for BCOM fourth semester BCOM internship to students Regular students be undertaken by the end of the fourth semester and report to be submitted at the beginning of the fifth semester. Industry To bridge the • Faculty and department Best practice Best practice to be experts academics and to identify the courses to be continued engaging few industry gap for such initiative continued components of specialization courses Micro Project Micro projects to • RM in IV semester • Micro • Continuing be introduced in BCom to bring in a projects to be performance and III semester Micro project to be continued. review Research integrated with the Methodology course. This will be ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page78

course, and made a component of specialization CIA III. based micro • Micro Project for VI project in VI semester BCom students semester BCom in their area of chosen regular as part specialization, to be on CIA. made mandatory as part of CIA III. Socially relevant • Integrate socially micro projects to relevant micro projects be introduced in to engage first year PG a subject students to gain hands involving on research experience. research for PG The project carries 2 students credits.

MOOC MOOC courses • Faculty to identify one • Continuing • Continuing to be made MOOC course for the performance performance and mandatory for second and final year and review review the UG and PG UG and first and final students. year PG related to any one subject. • Successful completion of one MOOC course as part of CIA of one subject will be mandatory for the second and final year UG the first and final year PG.

Assessment Separate • Changes will be mooted Separate Continuing and Assessment in Jan 16 BOS to be assessment performance and evaluation pattern for incorporated from pattern review BCom Honors academic year 16-17. involving Programme and • Separate assessment BCom Regular pattern will be application, programme. developed involving analytical and application, analytical case study for and case study for all all BCom BCom Honors courses. Honors • CIA: ESE will be 60:40 courses to be ratio for BCom Honors implemented • Faculty workshops to be conducted for

development of

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application oriented n and their assessment • Initiate the process of development of new question bank

Innovative Modular Learning, Micro Projects, MOOC Course by the department, Digital Initiatives content in self-learning, Service learning

AREA: RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY; STRATEGY: INCUBATION OF RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY Initiatives Description of Action 2015-16 Action 2016- Action 2017-18 the Initiatives 17 Research cell A research • Create a panel of • Research More faculties to be committee internal experts committee to encouraged to take up comprising of with a blend of explore external projects and faculty with research consultancy consultancies. research qualifications and opportunities experience to be experience which and constituted. will mentor junior collaborative faculty to identify research with and take up RDC, industry. monographs, • A review working papers etc. panel • Support of the consisting of committee shall be external extended till the experts will completion of the be project. constituted to vet the projects. Interdisciplinary Faculty to do • Faculties not taking • Continuing • Continuing Research interdisciplinary external projects performance performance and research can be encouraged and review review to take up interdisciplinary research works with other departments in the

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university.

Collaborative Faculty to do • While undertaking • Faculty • The completion of at Research collaborative external projects members least one project per research. faculties can with similar cluster. collaborate with interest to external agencies • Continuing and corporates. form clusters in taking up performance and projects. review

• Continuing performance and review

Workshop for Faculty to • One FDP to be • Based on • Two day residential commerce conduct organized at the review and workshop / FDP to faculty of other workshops to national level with feedback, be organized at the institutions invited guests the support of strengthen international level and faculty from neighboring the national with the support of other institutions like level one day neighboring institutions. IIMB, IISC on FDP. institutions like custom designed IIMB, IISC on topics of custom designed contemporary topics of relevance. contemporary • Few sessions to be relevance. handled by the • Few sessions to be external experts handled by the and the rest by external experts and internals. the rest by internals. Research Annual • Faculty members • Faculty • Continuing compendium publication of to publish at least members to performance and faculty research one article in publish their review work Indexed journals. work in • These publications will be compiled International for reference and Indexed review. Journal

• Continuing performance

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and review

Membership in Faculty to • Enrolment in • Initiate the Enrolment in professional obtain national level process for international level bodies membership in professional bodies enrolment in professional bodies professional international and continuing bodies such as level Indian professional performance and Commerce bodies review Association, Indian Management Association etc and other international agencies Industry Strengthen • Organising panel • Continuing • Continuing best academia industry discussions and best practice practice interface academia sharing of faculty networking research findings through corpus as a part of corpus conclave conclave Funded research Institutional • Research cell to • Procurement • Continuing best project collaboration for liaison with of projects practice research with national and and allocate national and international bodies the same international to procure funded bodies projects among the faculty members

Innovative Research compendium, Research committee, Collaborative research, Initiatives Interdisciplinary research, Workshop for commerce faculty

AREA: EXTENSION; STRATEGIES: PROMOTE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION ACTIVITIES THROUGH SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVES Initiatives Description of Action 2015-16 Action 2016-17 Action 2017-18 the Initiatives

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NGO Students to Proposal to be Orient the Completion of the projects identify and mooted in 2015 students about the projects undertaken by rd undertake BOS to include NGO projects in the end of the 3 projects with NGO project as part the first semester. semester and credits to NGOs during of the curriculum. be awarded nd rd Students to take their 2 and 3 Initiate conversation up the projects semester. Two with NGOs for The best practice will during 2nd credits will be prospective be continued for the semester awarded for the collaboration from next batch of students project. 15-16 onwards Service Faculty and • Conduct/organize • Based on the • Conducting Learning students of the half day workshop review and workshop/conferen Workshops - department of for non- commerce feedback, to ce for other collaborative commerce to faculty and strengthen the institutions and initiative by extend their training in-house work shop community on faculty and knowledge and non-teaching staff modules and contemporary areas students expertise to in areas like increase the in commerce and others by banking, frequency of the management organizing insurance, sessions. workshops in taxation, consumer topics of protection etc practical relevance. Innovative Tie up with NGOs, Service Learning Initiatives

AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES; STRATEGY: ADEQUACY AND OPTIMUM USE OF LEARNING RESOURCES Initiatives Description Of Action 2015-16 Action 2016-17 Action 2017-18 The Initiatives Orientation To orient Orientation of the first Best practice to be Best practice to be about students about year UG and PG continued continued learning different learning students about the resources resources diverse learning available in the resources available in University the University

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Enhancing Assignment • Making course • Utilization of Best practice to be usage of linked with specific portals discussion rooms continued. Library library resources popular among in the library to Resources and online- students and encourage databases encouraging them to reading forums read regularly to assist them in self- • Specific rubrics learning assignments to be developed for evaluation of • Orientation to written students in terms of assignments. written assignments with respect to knowledge of APA referencing and controlling plagiarism Strengthening For optimum use • Initiate the Faculty to design Continuing of Commerce of learning proposal for a the curriculum, performance and Lab resources in the bigger Commerce evaluation and review Commerce lab Lab and to procure assessment and to enhance more relevant through optimum quality of course specific utilization of learning resources resources available • Conduct in the lab Commerce Lab exhibition in the Odd semester to spread awareness about the Lab resources and their utility • The students can utilize the resources and facilities of the commerce lab between 12pm and 2 pm on weekdays. • A proposal to be given for the appointment of a lab assistant

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Dedicated One exclusive • Proposal to be Commencement To be continued. computer lab lab with 100 submitted for and usage of for systems for the dedicated computer computer lab as Commerce department of lab and developing per plan for students commerce. This a plan for optimum conducting LMS will be utilized utilization based CIAs, for conducting MOOC courses, LMS based for webinars, CIAs, MOOC modular learning courses, for with the help of webinars, digital content, for modular learning teaching courses with the help of like e-commerce, digital content, BIS, Research for teaching Methodology (for courses like e- statistical analysis) commerce, BIS, and also as an Research internet library Methodology reference. . (for statistical analysis) and also as an internet library reference. Setting up of To enhance • Submit the Utilization of the Continue the Faculty reading and proposal for a venue practice. reading room/ quality of Faculty lounge to Lounge learning be used as reading Subscribe for To have a room with a pantry newspaper , common space facility. magazines and to conduct journals for learning circle • Same can be reading sessions, subject- utilized for learning teacher meetings circle sessions, and informal get subject-teacher together meetings, small group discussions and informal get togethers. Activity room To provide for a Submit the proposal Utilization of the Continue the for common venue for an Association and space for small practice association for students to Activity room for group mentoring, activities and conduct students and getting club activities and club meetings, the sanction discussions. activities, group mentoring etc.

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The venue will be utilized for organizing activities for CUCA, Mitige, Prayas, Finance club, Oratory Club, ED Club, Blossoms etc. Innovative Orientation about learning resources, innovative library assignments, faculty lounge, Initiatives computer lab, activity room.

AREA: STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION; STRATEGY: INTEGRATED STUDENT DEVELOPMENT Initiatives Description of Action 15-16 Action 16-17 Action 17-18 the Initiatives Skill Soft skills  Integrate skill  Integrate skill  Best practice to be Development training for first development sessions development continued Programmes year students and as a part of time table sessions as a placement for first and final year part of time related training for final year students. table for first students for and final year overall  Identify modules and students. development and develop course to enhance content  Identify employability modules and  To introduce skill develop development as 2 course hours session per content week with 2 credits.  To introduce  Appoint a dedicated skill trainer for the development department as 2 hours  The proposal to be session per mooted in January week with 2 2015 BOS credits.

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from 15-16 onwards trainer for the department

 To be implemented

Continuing Engaging alumni • Planning for • Proposal to • Review and education for in workshops for workshop modules in be mooted in incorporate more alumni recent contemporary areas Jan 2016 modules developments in BOS contemporary areas of commerce and business

Career Organize career • Identify resource Continue the Continue the practice orientation mapping persons and organize practice and mapping sessions for UG sessions for second students year students CUCA, To develop • Identify new events • Bringing in • Ensuring the new Sports, interpersonal for conducting CUCA the new activities are MITIGE, club skills, activities which activity improvised and events communication would help in the identified for taken even in a intercollegiate skills, leadership overall development events. skills in students of the students CUCA better way through active

participation in • Identifying of indoor games which would • Conducting CUCA, • Providing MITIGE, Sports enhance their competitions for certain clubs , Club events, intellectual skills indoor games intercollegiate for indoor • Ensuring that all events etc games students who reach

the finals of different events are given • Other best practices opportunity to take • Other best to be continued part in various practices to intercollegiate events be continued

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Samshodhan– National • All the papers will • To take • To continue the The Research Research be put for blind Samshodhan best practice. Seminar Seminar review. from a organized by the • To encourage PG National PG students • To ensure that all the students to publish which focuses on PG students to go for Level articles in reputed critical research at least one paper Seminar to an national / requirements to presentation during International international meet the their two year‘s one. journals challenges in the tenure. global arena. The • To continue seminar is a the best platform for the practice of research scholars ensuring that and PG students. all the PG students to go for at least one paper presentation during their two year‘s tenure.

Current PG students to • PG students to take Continuing Continuing Affairs by PG take current Current Affairs for performance performance and students affairs session UG students with and review review for UG students support from faculty mentors. • Students who do not have teaching practice to handle current affairs sessions in odd sem for first year UG students and those who complete teaching practice in the odd semester to take up such sessions for final year UG students during even semester.

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Student Meeting of • Monthly scheduled Continuing Continuing support forum student council / meetings with student performance performance and class council/class and review review representatives representatives

• Based on the feedback from the student council/class representatives considering the feasible actions for betterment Remedial To ensure that • Identifying students Extend the Continuing classes students with whose performance is remedial performance and low academic low and making classes based review performance are subject wise clusters on the needs by enabled to for remedial classes increasing improve their two hours a week. number of performance • Schedule to be hours per week. prepared and incorporated in the time table. • Peer learning- (advance learners to facilitate remedial sessions) with the supervision of faculty members. Certificate of appreciation will be awarded to the student facilitators Bridge course To orient the • The best practice of Continuing the Continuing the best in students from providing bridge best practice practice Accountancy non-commerce course in accountancy background to students from non- about the commerce back fundamentals in ground to continue accountancy • Developing e content for bridge course

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Innovative Current Affairs by PG students, student support forum, Remedial classes through Initiatives peer learning, Bridge course through e mode.

AREA: GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT; STRATEGY: CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT QUALITY CULTURE AND PROFESSIONALISM Initiatives Description of Action 15-16 Action 16-17 Action 17-18 the Initiatives Faculty Mentoring and • Welcome and • Best Practice to Best Practices to be mentoring orienting Orientation to the be continued continued faculty on CU new faculty • Organize quality culture through informal workshop/trainin and get together gs on balancing professionalism during June 2nd teaching, week. research, work- life integration, • Pairing a senior etc. and junior faculty for continuous mentoring Accreditation Procuring Feasibility study for Initiate the process Incorporating the of accreditation accreditation of for accreditation recommendations and programmes from certified programmes to be obtaining agencies conducted from accreditations bodies such as AACSB, CRISIL, National Accreditation Council Continuous Regular quality Monthly follow up Training to be Continuing quality monitoring at by the Quality Audit organized to build Performance and monitoring the team of the team spirit, Review system and departmental department on the accountability and better level fulfillment of responsibility and accountability TQMS quality to continue with at all levels framework and the monthly follow adherence to SAP up by the Quality Audit team

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Faculty team Building Organize one Potluck and Continue with Potluck building cohesiveness Potluck per Activity Day once and Department and collegiality semester and to in two months and outing and to organize among faculty conduct one one Department one Department members and department outing outing per semester outstation trip and building a sense per semester continues Family get together in of family with a year scope for free critiquing of ideas and practices Training for Academic Invite academic Implement valid Document and set a governance administration administrators to suggestions based model for other and needs to be study our practices on the feedback. academic administration understood as and offer critical Provide training administrators distinct from feedback. for specific skills, teaching. new software etc. to enhance productivity Resource Learning circle Schedule faculty Continuing Continuing sharing sessions to be presentations in a performance and performance and utilized for month on an idea, review review sharing of concept or topic or research related presentations or new ideas and research work done concepts by them Innovative New faculty mentoring, Continuous quality monitoring system, Resource sharing, Initiatives soft skills training

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SECTION 5

EXTENSION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

This section gives an overview of the extension and outreach activities taken up by the students under the guidance of teachers. For the academic year 2014-15, Ms. Mary Rani Thomas and Mr. Amalanathan S. were appointed as the coordinators of CSA for the department.

5.1 CSA ORIENTATION PROGRAMME

It is practice followed in the department that every year the first semester students are oriented about the activities undertaken by Centre for Social Action, Christ University. This is intended to sensitize students about the society in which they live in. The Orientation programme was systematically scheduled and organized. Following is the schedule-

TABLE.1. SCHEDULE FOR ORIENTATION PROGRAMME ON CSA

CLASS DATE TIME VENUE I BCom (H) B 14/06/2014 12-1pm Respective Class Room Respective Class Room I BCom (H) C 14/06/2014 11-12 am Respective Class Room I BCom D 26/06/2014 10-11 am Respective Class Room I BCom B 26/06/2014 2-3 pm Respective Class Room I BCom C 27/06/2014 10 -11am Respective Class Room I BCom A 26/06/2014 2-3 pm 04/07/2014 Respective Class Room IBCom (H) A 2-3 pm

5.2 CHILD EDUCATION SPONSORSHIP

The concept of serving the society has been implemented by the students in their own little ways. The students of the department came forward to extend financial help to the economically poor students in the nearby slums. This year 100 needy children were sponsored by the BCom and MCom students. A total of Rs. 4,01,025 was contributed towards education of poor children . The following table gives a detailed report on the class wise contribution.

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CLASS AMOUNT CLASS AMOUNT

IHA 36000 IIA 18600 IHB 26345 IIB 18500 IHC 38200 IIC 16000 IA 14950 IIIA 16700 IB 17150 IIIB 20000 IC 20800 IIIC 20000 ID 16500 IIID 16550 IIHA 35400 IIIJ 17350 IIHB 16230 IIIK 19750 IIHC 32000 IMCOMA 12000 IIMCOM 8000 IMCOMB 16000 TOTAL AMOUNT 4,01,025

No. of Children 100 Sponsored

5.3 RURAL EXPOSURE PROGRAMME

As most of the students in the department hail from urban background, the University believes in bringing a social change by exposing the students to the rural realities of this country. To actualize this vision of the University, in collaboration with CSA, the department arranged one day rural exposure programme to the final year students. The students were taken to few villages in Hoskote Taluk. They had the chance of interacting with the village folk and learned a lot about their life style and occupation. They also came to know the difficulties faced by them like lack of proper roads, lack of transport facilities, healthcare facilities and lack of good schools. They interacted with the students and motivated them to continue their studies without any break, so as to be successful in their lives. After coming back from the village, students submitted a class-wise compilation of individual reports on the rural experience.

LIST OF VILLAGE VISIT ORGANIZED FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-15

CLASS INDUSTRY VISITED DATE ORGANIZER III B Com A Hoskote, Bangalore 16th Dec, 2014 Mr. Manjunath

III B Com C Hoskote, Bangalore 6th Dec,2014 Mr. Anson

III B Com B Hoskote, Bangalore 7th Jan, 2015 Mr. Amalanathan

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III B Com D Hoskote, Bangalore 20th Jan,2015 Mr. Vishal Pinto

III B Com Hon. J Hoskote, Bangalore 9th Jan, 2015 Ms. Soumya Iyer

III B Com Hon. K Hoskote, Bangalore 18th Dec,2015 Mr. Christopher

II M Com Hoskote, Bangalore 9th Dec, 2014 Dr Uma

5.4 VISIT TO RECYCLING UNIT

Waste management is one of the best practices of Christ University. It becomes a great success only when every member of this university understands and cooperates with the helpers at the recycling unit. To sensitize this objective in the minds of first year students, who are new to the university, the department scheduled students‘ visits to the recycling unit on the following days and time.

SCHEDULED VISIT TO RECYCLING UNIT

CLASS DATE TIME Class Date Time I BCom (H) B 14/06/2014 12-1pm I BCom (H) C 14/06/2014 11-12 am I BCom D 26/06/2014 10-11 am I. BCom B 26/06/2014 2-3 pm I. BCom C 27/06/2014 10 - 11am I. BCom A 26/06/2014 2-3 pm I BCom (H) A 04/07/2014 2-3 pm

5.5 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WEEK

This year the university observed the social responsibility week for the even semester on the theme ―HUNGER! KNOW MORE, NO MORE‖ between 25th August and 28th August. The students of the department observed 25th August, as Social Responsibility day to create awareness among the students of the department on the given theme by conducting a slogan writing competition and poster making competition on various sub themes. The best three slogans and posters were selected and were awarded.

5.6BLIND FOLD WALK

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CSA in collaboration with an NGO ‗World Vision‘ had arranged a Blind Folded Walk wherein our student participants would be blind folded and led by few blind volunteers to reach a destiny designed. It was aimed at creating awareness among those students and the people at large in the society to sensitize the need to respect the blind and understand them in different walks of their lives. The event was organized on three Sundays in the month of August 2014. Many students had taken part in it. It was an enriching experience to all the participants.

5.7 A VISIT TO AN ORPHANAGE

As a part of social activism, the Department organized anOrphanage visit, for MCom students on 17/12/2014 . Nearly 15 students made an attempt to visit ―Suryodaya boys centre‖ located at Ambedkarnagar, near Sarjapur. As a part of organizing, the students undertook games, musical chair and motivational talks.

5.8 CHRISTMAS GIFT SHARING Christmas is the season for sharing joy and togetherness. The Department of Commerce this year too spread this spirit of Christmas by visiting the less privileged people of our society. Commerce Department students contributed goodies, books, food items, old warm clothes and also cash. With the cash amount, items like sugar, rice, soup powder, biscuits, and diapers were brought. Just before Christmas break students were divided into three groups and along with the faculty members they visited three homes for the destitute. These places were-Old age home of the Little sisters of the poor, Snehadana Home for kids affected with AIDS and an orphanage for street children. Our students not only distributed gifts and the goodies brought but also spent time mingling and playing with these not so fortunate people.

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SECTION 6 ADMINISTRATION

This section gives an outline of the structure of the Department, functioning of the committee, and the roles and responsibilities allocated to the faculty members. It also highlights the best practices and innovations of the Department.

6.1 DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE

Associate Dean- Commerce : Prof. Thomas Joseph Head Of Department : Dr. Nithila Vincent EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Academic -Coordinator-MCom – Dr. Anuradha Ps Academic -Coordinator-MPhil– Dr. Uma V R Academic -Coordinator-BCom – Dr. Karthigai Prakasam C Academic -Coordinator-BCom [Hons] –Mr. Girish S Advisor - Fr Arun C. Antony

FUNCTIONING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

 A think-tank that develops plans and strategies to strengthen the department, programs, faculty and students.  Meets every week (Wednesdays 12.00-1.00 pm) for discussions  All major activities are deliberated & passed in the committee before announcement in general department meeting and then implemented.  Tracks the progress of all the activities.

6.2WEEKLY DEPARTMENTAL MEETINGSHELD FROM MAY 2014 – APRIL 2015

The faculty members are the intellectual work force who collectively plan and execute all the activities of a Department. The success of the department greatly relies on their concerted endeavours towards student, self and the departmental growth. Weekly departmental meetings are held to follow-up routine matters and to review current plans,

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strategies and activities and discuss the activities for the subsequent week. The minutes of meetings are systematically recorded and filed for follow- up and review.

S.NO MONTH & DATE TIME VENUE 1 May 29th 2014 2:00 pm to 4pm Seminar Hall, Block II 2 June 5th 2014 3:00 to 4:30 pm Seminar Hall Block II 3 June 12th, 2014 3:00 to 4:30 pm Room No 522, Block II 4 June 19th, 2014 3:00 to 4:30 pm Seminar Hall, Block II 5 July 4th 2014 12:00 to 1:15 pm Council Room, Central Block 6 July 9th 2014 12:00 to 1:15 pm Seminar Hall, Block II 7 July 17th 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Council Room, Central Block 8 July 25th 2014 12:00 to 1:15 pm Seminar Hall, Block II 9 July 31st 2014 3:00 to 4:30 pm Panel Room Block II 10 August 7th, 2014 3:00 to 4:30 pm Room No. 522, Block II 11 August 14th, 2014 12:15 to 1:00 pm Room No. 522, Block II 12 August 21st, 2014 3:00 to 4:30 pm Room No 105, Central Block 13 August 28th, 2014 3:00 to 4:30 pm Seminar Hall, Block II 14 September 5th, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Room No. 522, Block II 15 September 11th, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Seminar Hall, Block II 16 September 18th, 2014 12:00 to 1:00 pm Seminar Hall, Block II 17 November 3rd, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Assembly Hall, Block II 18 November 07th, 2014 12:00 to 1:00 pm Seminar Hall, Block II 19 November 13th, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Room No. 522, Block II 20 November 20th, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Seminar Hall, Block II 21 November 27th, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Council Room, Central Block 22 December 4th, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Panel Room, Block II 23 December 11th, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Panel Room, Block II 24 December 18th, 2014 3:00 to 4:00 pm Room No. 522, Block II 25 January 8th, 2015 3:00 to 4:30 pm Seminar Hall, Block II 26 January 29th, 2015 3:00 to 4:30 pm Room No. 522, Block II 27 February 6th, 2015 3:00 to 4:30 pm Room No. 522, Block II 28 February 19th, 2015 3:00 to 4:00 pm Room No. 522, Block II 29 February 26th, 2015 3:00 to 4:00 pm Seminar Hall, Block II 30 March 6th, 2015 3:00 to 4:00 pm Room No. 105, Central Block 31 March 13th 2015 2:00 to 2:30 pm Seminar Hall, Block II

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S.NO MONTH & DATE TIME VENUE 32 April 1st 2015 3:00 to 4:00 pm Room No. 105, Central Block

6.3ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ALLOTTED TO THE FACULTY

Faculties are assigned responsibilities for different tasks on a rotational basis. Responsibilities were allotted in the beginning of the year, keeping their expertise and skills in mind. Faculties are oriented by the HOD about the responsibility area, the objective, expected outcome and the implementation procedure. Thereafter the whole year, faculty members continue to fulfil their responsibilities. Detailed records are maintained by each faculty which may be used for follow-up action and for audit purposes. Below is the list which starts with the class teacher responsibility followed by the other functional roles.

6.3.1 LIST OF CLASS TEACHERS

CLASS / I BCOM II BCOM III BCOM SECTION A Ms. Pooja Jain Ms. Rani Thomas Mr. Manjunath B Ms. Bindu Nair Ms. Shubhashree Mr.Amalanathan C Ms. Sharon Valarmathi Ms. Vinnarasi Mr. Anson K J D Mr. Rishikesh ***** Mr. Vishal Pinto Hons A Ms. Geetanjali Mr. Naveen Ms. Soumya Hons B Ms. AnushaIyer Mr. Raghavendra Mr. Christopher Hons C Dr.Shearil Almeida Dr.Kavitha ***** M Com Dr.Mynavathi Mr. Natchimuthu Dr. Uma V R

6.3.2 FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY ALLOCATION

S.NO RESPONSIBILITY AREA FACULTY INCHARGE

1 Strategic Action Plan Ms. Soumya, Ms. Bindu and Dr.Mynavathi 2 Certificate programme Mr. Manjunath and Ms.Pooja 3 CUCA Ms. Sharon, Mr. Christopher, Mr.Jackson 4 Commerce Lab Ms. Kavitha, Mr. Natchimuthu, and Ms. Vinnarasi 5 Documentation Ms.Shaeril, Ms. Shubhashree, Mr. Rishikesh ,Ms. Anusha Iyer and Ms.Aruna 6 Learning circle Ms. Bindu and Ms. Anusha Iyer 7 CSA Ms. Rani and Mr. Amalanathan 8 Student Exchange Programme Dr.Shaeril Almeida

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9 ACC Ms. Vinnarasi, Ms. Rani, and Mr. Amalanathan. 10 News letter Dr.Veerta and Mr. Raghavendra, Mr. Vishal Pinto 11 Industry, Guest lecture etc. Mr. Girish 12 Journal - Ushus Dr.Anuradha P S 13 National Seminar Dr.Karthigai, Mr. Girish, Ms. Sheril, and Ms. Soumya 14 Foreign students mentor Ms. Anusha Iyer 15 Special students mentor Dr. Sheril 16 Project and Viva Mr.Girish 17 Text books Ms. Bindu, Mr. Girish& Mr. Naveen 18 Placement and Internship Ms Geetanjali and Mr Anson 19 Question Bank Ms. Vinnarasi 20 Sports Ms. Vishal Pinto, Ms. Aruna 21 Blossoms Dr.KavithaJayakumar& Mr. Jackson 22 FPDP Ms. Vinnarasi 23 Commerce Alumni Association Ms. Vinnarasi

6.4CLASS ADUJUSTMENT DURING FACULTY LEAVE

The Department has a system for ensuring the seamless engagement of classes without being let off as free hour in the case of absence of faculties. This entails the need for advance intimation from the absenting faculties to facilitate class adjustments and the reciprocal adjustment to make up for the lost classes. Faculties proceeding on leave are required to submit ‗Mutual Class Adjustment Form‘ with the details of class adjustment and the signature of the faculty consenting to engage the class in their absence. A column is also provided to enter the date of the reciprocal adjustment with the consenting faculty. This practice is also followed on days of sudden sick leave availed by facilities. The adjustment is communicated on the day of leave and the form is subsequently submitted for documentation. The Associate Dean reviews the leave adjustment forms on weekly basis.

6.5 STUDENT ATTENDANCE MONITORING AND MENTORING BY CLASS TEACHERS On regular basis, class teachers monitor the attendance of students and hold mentoring sessions to understand their problems, if any. Records of all such interactions are maintained by the class teachers. In special cases, the HOD and the Dean are is involved. Parents may be called in severe cases of indiscipline or attendance shortage. The department is also supported by a team of processional counsellors in these matters.

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6.6 INNOVATIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT Innovations in the department have been happening recognizing the need of the hour. They are related to teaching, student development, research etc. In this section, glimpses of such innovations have been listed.

1. CORPUS CONCLAVE

This event organized by the department aimed at bridging the gap between academics and industry. It was held on September 2, 2014. Approximately 30 industry participants participated in the conclave. Stalls were put by the Department to showcase the curriculum, student development activities and their employability skills. Thereafter there was a programme in the auditorium showcasing the talent of the students. The academia-industry interaction began in the afternoon over high tea wherein aspects like strengthening the curriculum, enhancing employability, identifying activities to bridge the gap between theoretical and the practical aspects were discussed.

2. MARKETING CLUB-

This year the Department formed a Marketing Club to bring together some of the brightest minds, interested in exploring the ever changing dynamics of marketing. The club aims at keeping members abreast with the latest on marketing while integrating the experience of its members across functions such as advertising, research, sales, branding communication, digital marketing etc. The club organizes quizzes, guest lectures and other programs.

3. SUYUKTI – THE ORATARY CLUB

Suyukti the oratory club wasformed this year to encourage the students to become good orators. One of the objectives of Suyukti is that its members would share what they know about oration with each other in turn become better speakers. It is a club for mutual learning and growth in oration. Suyukti organised various formal and informal events like jam, extempore, air crash, turncoat, group discussion, parliamentary debating, traditional debating, resume building, personal interview session among others on a weekly basis. (Please refer to chapter no 3 for more details on the happenings of Suyukti)

4. UDAAN –THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CLUB

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‗Udaan‘- The Entrepreneurship Club was initiated in August 2014 with an objective to nourish the entrepreneurial spirit in students. The Club caters to two categories of students – 1. Those who have business ideas but don‘t know how to put it in action. 2. Those students who want to become entrepreneurs but have no ideas and no knowledge about entrepreneurship. The club organizes start up show cases, panel discussions and encourages students to participate in B- Plan Competitions (Please refer to Chapter no.3 for more on working of Udaan)

5. EN-LIGHTEN-2015 ( An event in collaboration with NIT Trichy)

ENLIGHT.EN-2015 was an intellectual summit to ideate on the art of entrepreneurship, in collaboration with the E-Cell ofNational Institute of Technology – Trichy .The summit took place on 25th of February, 2015 and was aimed at motivating young entrepreneurs to take their ideas forward and to give them an opportunity to interact with venture capitalists and other successful entrepreneurs to get inspired and reassured in their entrepreneurial journey. Students from various departments of Christ University, as well as from various Colleges participated in the event. The showcase of new ideas by the students was followed by a panel discussion of experienced entrepreneurs, industry experts and venture capitalists ((Please refer to Chapter no.3 for more on the event)

6. EKTA – A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMME

In an attempt to give back to the society, the Department‘s oratory club organised 'Ekta', a Corporate Skills Training Programme for Youth from Rural Areas. As a part of this one day training session, over 80 youth from CSA sponsored villages came all the way to the University to participate, and all the organising committee members of Suyukti conducted interesting and interactive sessions on Group Discussion, Personal Interview and Resume Building Skills in a hope that it would prove to be instrumental to them in securing jobs .

7. “INICIO” – A START UP SHOWCASE

This event which was held on the 17th of September 2014 was a platform to showcase the Start- Ups that have been conceived by the students of the Department of Commerce. Through this event, participants got to show their business idea, the functioning, resource procurement and marketing aspects of their business.It saw 9 start-ups and 10 prototypes of business which are soon to be

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8. SERVICE LEARNING

Realizing the need for incorporating service learning in education, it was a conscious decision taken in the department that faculty members would incorporate service learning as an element in the curriculum. This benefited the community, students and the faculty members due to the immense gratification received. (Refer : Ch.3 Learner Centeric Initiatives for more information)

9. ORPHANAGE VISITS

As a part of social activism, the department organized an orphanage visit. Nearly 15 students on 17/12/2014 made a visit to ―Suryodaya boys centre‖ located at Ambedkarnagar, near Sarjapur. At the venue, the students undertook games, musical chair and motivational talks.

10. PAPER PRESENTATIONS WITH UG AND PG STUDENTS This year, few of the faculty members co-presented papers in National Conferences and Seminars. Students were thrilled by the experiences and rich learning that they witnessed while preparing to present. Their presentations were appreciated which motivated the other students also to take up more research. This initiative turned out to be an excellent way to test what the students have learnt in the subject of Research methodology and gave them a platform to put the theoretical aspects into practice. One presentation even won the Best paper award at Loyola College, Chennai.

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SECTION 7

LECTURES, PROGRAMMES AND EVENTS

This section gives an overview of all the programmes and events conducted in the department during the academic year 2014-15

7.1 SPECIAL DIGNITARIES INVITED FOR PROGRAMMES & EVENTS

DATE EVENT CHIEF GUEST

Mr. Vishwas Mudgal 27.06.2014 CUCA Inauguration CEO, GoodWorkLabs Services Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore Mr. David Faria 03.09.2014 Prayas Inauguration CEO, Transinnova International, Fairfax Station, VA. Ms. Shradha Sharma 03.09.2014 Prayas Valedictory Founder & Chief Editor, yourstory.com Dr. Akilesh Kumar, Samshodhan – Research 20. 02.2015 IISc -Department of Management studies Seminar Bangalore

7.2 GUEST LECTURES ORGANISED DURING 2014-15

RESOURCE S.NO DATE TITLE REMARKS PERSON

Introduction to Mr. Ashwin Kumar, Derivatives & Kings & Prince Organized for VI SemBCom J by 1 17/12/14 Technical Training Academy Pvt. Ms. Shubhashree Analysis Ltd.

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RESOURCE S.NO DATE TITLE REMARKS PERSON Ms. Anita Acharya, Verbal & Voice Consultant Organized for II SemBCom A by 2 25/02/15 Reading Habit Endeavor Careers Pvt Dr.Nithila Vincent Ltd Jayanagar Financial HerambVadalkar planning, Organized for 5 BCom K 3 09/09/14 ICICI Learning Mgmt Essentials of Mr. Christopher Bangalore planning Mr George M Commercial & Alexander Organized for 3 BCom A & C 4 12/09/14 Retail Banking Muthoot M George Dr.Alicemani in India Group Bangalore Leadership, Sourish Ghosh, Organized for I BCom D & Hons C 5 10/09/14 Stay hungry & Free Lance, Mr. Rishikesh Maverick Corporate Trainer Mr. Venkat, Organized for 3 BCom Hons A, B, 6 13/09/14 Derivatives J P Morgan, & C Bangalore Ms. Geetanjali Provision of Cyber law & Mr. RohiAbhijit, Organized for 5BCom A&B 7 20/09/14 Information School of Law, Christ Ms. Pooja& Mr. Amalanathan Technology Act University, Bangalore 2000 HerambVadalkar Introduction to Organized for 3 BCom A&B by 8 27/08/13 ICICI Learning Mgmt Derivatives Ms. Shubhashree Bangalore Consumer SanyanthNaroth, Organized for I SemMComB and 3 9 06/09/14 Protection Act- Social Lab Colombia SemMCombyDr.KarthigaiPrakasam Awareness Role of Retail Mr. Rajeev Prabhu, Banking in Organized for 3BCom B& Hons 10 26/08/14 UCO Bank, Bangalore Financial Cby Mr. Girish & Mr Vishal Pinto

Inclusion Mr Nagaraj, Performance Canara Bank, Organized for 3 Hons A & B by 11 23/07/14 Challenges of Vasanthapura, MrGirish Modern Banks `Bangalore Corporate MrNaveen Bhat CA, Practices of Orange County Resorts Organized for IMCom A &B by Mr 12 01/08/14 Cost and Hotels. Bangalore Girish Accounting in

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RESOURCE S.NO DATE TITLE REMARKS PERSON Industry

7.3 PROGRAMMES AND EVENTS CONDUCTED IN 2014-15

The list of programmes and events consist of Panel discussions, Samshodhan, Quality Improvement Program, FDP, Blossoms, Prayas, Corp-Us Conclave, Ekta, Inicio, Enlighten and Alumni Meet.

7.3.1 PANEL DISCUSSIONS

This year two panel discussions were organized. One for the MCOM students and one for BCom (Hons) students, and was open to all. The details of both of them are as under-

Panel Discussion -2014 -MCOM

The department of commerce (Post-Graduation) under the guidance of Dr. Anuradha.PS organized one day panel discussion on Green Tax Incentives-contribution to sustainability and its implications. The topic was proposed by the MCom students considering the emerging importance of the environmental hazards that is being done and its impact on the various stakeholders. An initiative taken to curtail this menace is “green tax”- an idea that will reduce environmental harm in the least costly manner by targeting all those who are accountable for it. The panel discussion was scheduled on 11 September 2014, from 11.00AM to 1.00PM. Panelists invited represented the various facets of the commerce industry. The panel comprised of Prof.Sairam A- Faculty and management consultant, CA P. R. Suresh- Vice Chairman 2013-14 SIRC of ICAI, Mr. Arun Prasad- President & CEO at 1-Enteprise, Mr. Venkataraman G.N- Former President ICAI and Bangalore management association and Mr. Jitesh Bansal- Associate Director, Tax & Regulatory Services – EY. The session was moderated by Dr.Prabhu Dev, Professor in finance, CUIM, Christ University. The areas discussed comprised of a brief introduction to the topic, Incentives - Various Stake holders' perspectives, recognition for ecology- Tax incentives – CSR – Carbon Credits, global efforts to protect environment, sustainability and profit under green initiatives, current provisions under the Indian Tax Laws on green tax etc.The audience comprised of 180 students, both the sections of first year MCOM and the second year, faculty members of the Department of Commerce and the Senior H.R manager of EY with his team.The question and answer session saw the effective participation of students, with significant questions.The panelists conveyed effectively to the ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page105 students the message,-the importance of saving the environment, the environmental harm caused by the various stakeholders, ways to rectify them etc.In all the session was a decisive value addition for the students and to the other participants who attended the session.

Panel discussion on “The Union Budget 2014” in association with

A panel discussion was organized on the Union Budget 2014.The chief guest of the event was Mr. Ajay Rotti, Tax partner, KPMG. Panelists were students selected from the department and each panel discussed on the impact of the budget on a particular sector allotted to them. At the end Mr. Rotti expressed his views about the budget and also he gave a very constructive and satisfactory feedback for the entire event. His words were indeed inspiring for everyone present there.

7.3.2QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME (14th – 17th March 2015)

The Quality improvement program for the commerce faculty turned out to be an excellent knowledge exchange forum for the faculty members. The theme of the session was “Transition in Concepts and Practices in Commerce and Management”.The QIP program was conducted in an utmost diligent fashion and it resulted in active participation from the participants.All the participants secured good grades in the assignments. The topics discussed in the QIP with the name of the speakers is listed below-

S. DATE QIP TOPIC RESOURCE PERSON No Union Budget Analysis Prof.Charan Singh 1 14/03/2015 (IIMB) Prof.Sreekantan 2 14/03/2015 Trading strategies in Derivatives (M S R I M Bangalore) Effective corporate Governance as per CA Vadiraja 3 14/03/2015 Companies Act 2013 (Guru & Jana)

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S. DATE QIP TOPIC RESOURCE PERSON No Application of Big data analysis in E- Prof. S Sudhindra 4 14/03/2015 commerce (Christ University) Prof.Chowdari Prasad 5 16/03/2014 Social Entrepreneurship (IFIM Business School, Bangalore) Financial statement reporting from IFRS CA NaryanNambiar 6 16/03/2014 perspective (FTI Bangalore) CA Ajay Rotti 7 16/03/2014 Transfer Pricing (Dhruva Advisors, Bangalore)

CA Madhukar N Hiregange 8 16/03/2014 Goods and Services Tax (Hiregange Academy) 9 17/03/2014 Business Valuation Dr. Rajesh Kumar Logistics and Supply Chain management Mr. Nagaraju 10 17/03/2014 in e-commerce (bigbasket.com) Prof.Sreekantan 11 17/03/2014 BASEL III and SARFAESI Act 2002 (M S R I M Bangalore) Health Insurance Prof. B N Nagaraj 12 17/03/2014 (Christ University)

7.3.3 SAMSHODHAN (20th February 2015)

This year Samshodhan 2015,research seminar for the postgraduate students of Commerce and Management in and around Karnataka was conducted on 20th February 2015. We received around 25 abstracts. The topics of the papers belonged to the Domain of Finance, Accounting and Taxation, and General Management out of which around 25 papers were shortlisted for presentation. Dr Akilesh Kumar from PPSC, Bangalore presided over the Inaugural ceremony and Dr D N S Kumar, Christ University, Bangalore, was the chief guest for the valedictory ceremony. The first prize was won by Aliesh Gosh, from M A Economics, Christ University and the second prize was won by Rakshitha from St Joseph‘s College, Bangalore.

7.3.4 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

Following are the details of the Faculty Development programmes conducted.

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S.NO PROGRAMME THEME PERIOD VENUE Quality Sustenance Through 29 & 30 May CU Main & 1 FDP 1 Internal Audit Capability 2014 Kengeri Campus Gold Finch Strategic Initiatives, 28 & 29 Retreat, 2 FDP 2 Analysis And November Devanahalli, Implementation 2014 Bangalore

7.3.5 EKTA- Community Outreach

EKTA was a community outreach initiative of the Department organised on 14th Jan 2015. The event was a corporate skills training programme for youth from rural areas. As a part of this one day training session, over 80 youth from CSA sponsored villages , namely Kolar and Hoskote came all the way to the University to participate, and all the organising committee members of Suyukti conducted interesting and interactive sessions on Group Discussion, Personal Interview and Resume Building Skills that would prove to be instrumental in securing jobs for all those youth who were otherwise finding it hard to find a job.The Department had a very fruitful learning experience of mutual sharing and caring.

7.3.6 INICIO – Start-up Showcase

INICIO-2014 was a platform to showcase the Start-Ups that have been conceived by the students of the Department of Commerce, Christ University. Through this event, the participants got to portray their business idea, the functioning, resource procurement and marketing aspects of their business. The projects on display were either fully functional start-ups or business prototypes which will soon be launched as businesses. The objective was to provide exposure to the students with regard to the feasibility, longevity and popularity of their business. This event was held on the 17thof September, 2014 in front of Central Block. It saw 9 start-ups and 10 prototypes of business which are soon to be launched as business, exhibiting their ideas and prototypes. The event was graced by

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Mr. Venugopal Sathyanarayana, The Vice President of the Indian Angel Network, who also judged the startups and gave constructive feedback to each participant.

7.3.7 ENLIGHT.EN - 2015

―ENLIGHT.EN-2015‖ was an intellectual summit to ideate on the art of entrepreneurship, in collaboration with the E-Cell ofNational Institute of Technology – Trichy .The summit took place on 25th of February, 2015 was aimed at motivating young entrepreneurs to take their ideas forward and to give them an opportunity to interact with venture capitalists and other successful entrepreneurs to get inspired and reassured in their entrepreneurial journey. The event saw attendance of student participants from NIT Trichy, Kristu Jayanti College, Jain University, St. Joseph‘s College of Commerce and from Department of Commerce, Christ University. All the student entrepreneurs got an opportunity to show case their business venture. Some of the start- ups presented were Cup-cake booth, Xizbiga, Wild Wings, U25 Startup & Speedkart. The start up presentations were followed by a panel discussion on entrepreneurship, leadership and the art of

ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page109 doing business. The panelists for the panel discussion were Mr. Pramod Pratap – Global Marketing Lead, Infosys, Mr. Ranjan Malik – Innovation Speaker and Facilitator, Director, Erehwon Consulting & Mr. Ramakrishnan Venkateshwaran – Principal Consultant, Venture Bean. The panel discussion was very informative and lively.

7.3.8 CORPUS CONCLAVE

This event organized by the department aimed at bridging the gap between academics and industry. It was held on September 2, 2014. Approximately 30 industry participants participated in the conclave from companies like Bosch, Piramal Foundation, Cegedim,Candor, Hanahive, Anglo French Drugs Industries, 3nethra to name a few. Stalls were put by the Department to showcase the curriculum, student development activities and their employability skills. Thereafter there was a programme in the auditorium showcasing the talent of the students. The academia-industry interaction began in the afternoon over high tea wherein aspects like strengthening the curriculum, enhancing employability, identifying activities to bridge the gap between theoretical and the practical aspects were discussed.

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7.3.9 PRAYAS-INTER-COLLEGIATE COMMERCE FEST

PRAYAS 2014, the much anticipated National Level Commerce and Management Fest was hosted by the department on September 4thand 5th 2014.The theme being- Battle to survive. Mr. David Faria was the Chief Guest for the inauguration. The events included Business Quiz, Human Resource Management, Mock Stock, Marketing, Best Manager, Public Relations, Finance, Business Plan, and Entrepreneur Development. Topmost national and regional colleges like St. Xavier‘s- Kolkata, St. Xavier‘s College Mumbai, iLEAD Kolkata, Jai Hind College Mumbai, Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce-Pune, St. Joseph‘s College of Commerce- Bangalore, Centre for Management Studies-Bangalore were in the fray to emerge winners. With St. Joseph‘s College of Commerce as the incumbent winners of the overall trophy, all eyes were set on St. Xavier‘s College Kolkata to come back and win, but the ultimate glory went to Christ University Department of Professional Studies which who were declared as Overall Winners.

7.3.10 BLOSSOMS

Blossoms 2014-15 was inaugurated on 14th November 2014, the theme being‗WORLD OUTSIDE THE WINDOW‘. The faculty incharge was Dr. Kavitha Jayakumar and cultural coordinator Mr. Jackson Mendoza.There were total 17 events which permeate through the disciplines of Art, Literature, Dance, Music, and Theatre which was scheduled to take place seamlessly for over a month. All the rules& regulations, guidelines, and a brief introduction of all the events were made available to all the classes well in advance in form of presentation notices etc. A demo and a clear explanation was given by the Event organizers in all classes. A hard copy of the

ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page111 rules and regulation about all the 17 events were given to the class teachers and one copy was put up in all the class notice boards. Class teachers were endowed with the responsibility of ensuring that all students of their class participate in at least one relevant event. They were given a participation list in which compulsorily all the students name and respective events they are participating had to be filled .To ensure recognition, all students were awarded participation certificates .Furthermore, a blog was created which had all details regarding Blossoms 2014 and it was updated as and when the events got over so that students were aware of the results and the upcoming events.For the first time in the 8years of Blossoms Commerce department won the Overall Championship trophy.On behalf of the management and SWO, Fr. Varghese felicitated the Department with the trophy. The trophy was received by the Department Cultural Coordinator, Mr Jackson Mendoza and the students of the department.

7.3.11 COMMERCE ALUMNI MEET (26th Jan 2014)

The 3rd Annual Alumni meet of the Department of Commerce took place on 26th January‘2015. This year the response of the alumnus was very encouraging. There were totally 189 students across all batches of the post graduate as well as the undergraduate programmes.

The event started with the address of Assoc. Dean Prof. Thomas Joseph, H.O.D Dr. Nithila Vincent and the Alumni Association President Mr. Jugnu Oberoi. Thereafter, the dance team performed on stage. Many ice breaker and team games were arranged during the event. Both the faculty members and the alumnus took part enthusiastically to win gifts. Since, the current Alumni President of the

ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page112 department Ms. Preethi has completed her tenure , Mr C.V Ramesh, an alumnus from the 1992 batch has been declared as the President for the current year.

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SECTION 8

ACADEMIC OUTREACH

Under the section of academic outreach programmes, activities taken up by the faculty members like paper presentations in Seminars, guest lecturers given, Workshops and other training programmes attended, seminars, workshops and training programmes organized etc have been described.

8.1 BOARD OF STUDIES / EXAMINATION MEMBERS FOR OTHER INSTITUTIONS

MEMBER OF A BOARD OF STUDIES / S. NAME OF THE FACULTY EXAMINATION AND A QUESTION PAPER No MEMBER SETTER

Prof. Thomas Joseph Board of Studies Member – Mount Carmel College 1

Dr. Theresa Nithila Vincent Member of the Core Committee for new BCom 2 programme, St. Joseph‘s (Autonomous) College, Bangalore. (Jan 2015) Dr. Theresa Nithila Vincent Advisor – SSC, Government of India, Karnataka-Kerala 3 region. Dr. Alice Mani Board of Studies Member at CMR Institute of Management Studies (Autonomous), Bangalore for the 4 year 2014 – 2015. Board of Studies Member at Jain University, Bangalore for the year 2014 – 2015. Mr. Girish.S a. Paper setter for Advanced Financial Management at St. Joseph‘s College,

b. Paper setter for Derivatives and commodities market 5 and Indian financial system and services and BOE member at NMKRV College for Women Bangalore.

c. MBA Project Examiner, Manipal Global Education Services Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru

Dr. Sheril Almeida Paper setter - Company Law and Secretarial Practice - St 6 Josephs College of Commerce

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8.2 FACULTY PAPER PRESENTATIONS IN CONFERENCES /SEMINARS

NAME OF S. NAME OF THE NAME OF DATE THE NO ARTICLE/PAPER CONFERENCE/SEMINAR FACULTY Problems and Prospects of National level seminar organised 18/12/2014 Rural banking and Its Dr. Alicemani 1 by Dr N G P Arts and Science Impact on Empowerment College of Rural Households Research and Post Graduate Many faces of Gender department of Economics in Inequality: challenges to 2 25/09/2014 Association with Mahathma Dr. Alicemani Indian Economy and Gandhi university, Kottayam, Society Kerala Buying and Selling of Used Goods through Mr. Online Classifieds: The Amalanathan emerging trends in "Emerging Marketing Strategies 3 17/02/2015 Consumer to Consumer and Practices in the Competitive (C2C) Marketing An Global Environment" explorative study with reference to Bengaluru City Saving & Investment Dr. Anuradha Conference on Emerging Trends 4 11/12/2014 Behavior: Review and in Business Agenda for future research. An exploratory study on Emerging marketing strategies in Ms. Anusha 5 17/02/2015 the effectiveness of pop the competitive global ups as a marketing strategy environment An exploratory study to Ms. Anusha gauge the malpractices in National Seminar on Sustainable 6 09/02/2015 the education system of Development in Education Bihar A study on the poor Ms. Anusha National Seminar on Sustainable 7 09/02/2015 concentration levels of development in Education children in schools An Empirical Study on Ms. Aruna Determinants of Finance and Banking Issues & Investment Decisions of 8 05/03/2015 Opportunities in a Growth Individual Investors- with Oriented Economy Special reference to Bank Employees Transformation Of Higher Ms. Education: Integration Of Geetanjali Strategies and Action Plans for Disruptive Innovative 9 08/08/2014 Sustainable Development in Model In Conventional Higher Education University System For Sustainability ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page115

NAME OF S. NAME OF THE NAME OF DATE THE NO ARTICLE/PAPER CONFERENCE/SEMINAR FACULTY The Study on Pradhan Mr. Girish The Informal Economy in India: Manthri Jan Dhan Yojana 10 06/03/2015 Trends and perspective in Growth in Achieving Financial Inclusion and social production Inclusion in South India" "The Role of Pradhan National Seminar on Finance & Mantri Jan- Dhan Yojana Mr. Girish 11 05/03/2015 Banking Issues and Opportunities in Achieving Financial in a Growth Oriented Economy Inclusion in India?

International Conference on Enhanced Changes in Dr. Kavitha 12 29/09/2014 Enhanced Changes in Corporate Corporate Environment Environment

National Level Conference on 13 16/10/2014 Social Entrepreneurship Dr. Kavitha Entrepreneurship Jayakumar Management of cultural diversity through 14 31/10/2014 understanding the ICFIDM Ms. Rani problems of foreign Thomas students Management of cultural diversity through Dr. 15 31/10/2014 understanding the ICFIDM Mynavathi problems of foreign students Transformation Of Higher Education: Integration Of Ms. Pooja Disruptive Innovative Jain & Ms. Strategies and Action Plans for Model In Conventional Geetanjali 16 08/08/2014 Sustainable Development in University System For Purswani Higher Education Sustainability

Investigating The Moderating Role Of Switching Cost In The Ms. Pooja Relationship Of E-Service Jain & Ms. International seminar on tourism 17 25/02/2015 Quality, Perceived Geetanjali leisure and hospitality Customer Value, Purswani Satisfaction And Loyalty Towards Online Travel Agencies Financial Inclusion in India Dr. Nithila National Conference on Business 18 06/02/2015 -Status, Initiatives and Vincent Challenges and Strategies Challenges ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page116

NAME OF S. NAME OF THE NAME OF DATE THE NO ARTICLE/PAPER CONFERENCE/SEMINAR FACULTY SHG Promoted micro enterprises: A study with Innovation - an engine for Mr. Vishal 19 13/02/2015 reference to SHG's of inclusive growth & sustainable Pinto Belthangady Taluk, DK development district Role of NGO's in promoting Micro Health Mr. Vishal Insurance: A study with Innovation, Sustainability and Pinto 20 22/11/2014 reference to Sampoorna Social Impact Suraksha-Health Insurance scheme by SKDRDP Contemporary banking services by Indian banks: Contemporary issues in financial Mr. Vishal 21 19/09/2014 A study with reference to services Pinto SBI The Role of Women‘s Co- operative Societies in Empowering Rural Women Mr. Vishal 22 22/07/2014 11th International Conference in India: an empirical study Pinto with reference to Karnataka state of India Evaluation of Micro Enterprises Promoted by Mr. Vishal 23 20/07/2014 Self Help Groups: A study 2nd International PhD Seminar Pinto with reference to Coastal Karnataka Human Capital Ms. Sharon Enhanced changes in corporate 24 29/09/2014 management for effective Valarmathi environment HR practice. Application of Km in HR Enhanced changes in corporate Ms. Sharon 25 29/09/2014 practice. environment Valarmathi Human capital Dr. Veerta Enhanced changes in corporate 26 29/09/2014 management process for Tantia environment effective HR practice

8.3 TALKS GIVEN IN CHRIST UNIVERSITY AND IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS

S. N AME OF THE TOPIC PLACE No FACULTY Department of Chemistry, Christ 1 Ms. Anusha Iyer Creativity and Entrepreneurship University Problems and Prospects of Dr N G P Arts and Science Dr. Alicemani Rural Banking and Its Impact College, Coimbatore, Tamil

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on Empowerment of Rural Nadu, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu Households Stress should be a Powerful 2 Dr. Alicemani Border security Force, Bangalore driving Force, Not an Obstacle 3 Dr. Alicemani Meaningful Life Border security Force, Bangalore Many faces of Gender Bishop Kurialacherry college for 4 Dr. Alicemani Inequality: Challenges to Indian Women, Amalagiri, Kottayam, Economy and society Kerala, Kottayam, Kerala St John's national Academy of 5 Dr. Alicemani Public Administration Health Sciences, Bangalore Transforming Vocational 6 Dr. Anuradha PS Tally Education, Bangalore Education In India Paper on Indicative Quality Framework-Deanery level: Christ University, Kengeri 7 Dr. Anuradha PS Teaching, Learning & Campus, Bangalore Evaluation. Ms. Geetanjali Disruptive Innovation in higher 8 Christ University, Bangalore Purswani education Training program on School of Law, Christ University 9 Mr. Girish S "International Finance and Bengaluru, Christ University Banking" Main Campus Christ University , Christ 10 Mr. Girish S "Budget Formulation in India" University, Main Campus Sree Narayana Guru College, 11 Dr. Karthigai Prakasam Research Writing Coimbatore Karpagam University, 12 Dr. Karthigai Prakasam Brand Building Coimbatore Providence Women's College, 13 Mr. Rishikesh Life Beyond Campus Calicut, Calicut, Kerala Christ University, Department of 14 Mr. Rishikesh Innovations and Creativity Chemistry, Bangalore Christ University, Christ 15 Ms. Soumya Safe Guarding Public Property University Main Campus Christ University, Christ 16 Ms. Soumya Community living University Main Campus Strategic Plan 2015-18 for Christ University, Christ 17 Ms. Soumya Deanery of Commerce and University, Kengeri Campus Management Christ University, Christ 18 Ms. Soumya Strategic Plan 2015-18 University, Kengeri Campus

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Growing need for global skill- Miles CPA Review, Taj Vivanta, based accounting & finance 19 Dr. Nithila Vincent MG Road, near Trinity Circle, certifications - Ways to engage Bangalore. at university and college level. How to become an Effective 20 Mr. Vishal Pinto Christ University, Bangalore Master of Ceremonies

8.4 WORKSHOP, FDP, QIP AND OTHER TRAINING PROGRAMMES ATTENDED

NAME & S. DESCRIPTION DATE ORGANIZER LEVEL FACULTY NO (WORKSHOP/FDP/ QIP/TRAINING) Routledge Editorial Taylor & Francis Mr. Anson 1 25/09/2014 Institutional Workshop Group Routledge Editorial Dr. Anuradha 2 25/09/2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional Workshop 2014 FDP on Case Ms. Aruna Analysis and 3 19/02/2015 Jain University Regional Research Methodology Routledge Editorial Taylor & Francis Ms. Bindu 4 25/09/2014 Institutional Workshop Group "Energy"-The key to Jyoti Nivas College Ms. 5 15/11/2014 Transform Teaching Autonomous post National Geetanjali Dynamics Graduate Centre Pedagogy of teaching Ms. 6 30/10/2014 New Horizon College National skills at UG level Geetanjali Routledge Editorial Ms. 7 25/09/2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional Workshop 2014 Geetanjali

Routledge Editorial 8 25/09/2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional Mr. Girish Workshop 2014

Routledge Editorial 9 25/09/2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional Ms.Rani Workshop 2014 Thomas

Routledge Editorial 10 25/09/2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional Mr.Natchimut Workshop 2014 hu Routledge Editorial 11 25/09/2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional Workshop 2014 Mr. Naveen Academic Staff Experience for life 12 19/10/2014 College, Christ Mr. Naveen time University Routledge Editorial Ms. Pooja 13 25/09/2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional Workshop 2014 ANNUAL REPORT (2014-2015) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Page119

NAME & S. DESCRIPTION DATE ORGANIZER LEVEL FACULTY NO (WORKSHOP/FDP/ QIP/TRAINING) Pedagogy of teaching Ms. Pooja skills at UG level and 14 30/10/2014 New Horizon College National A Roadmap to research techniques Energy-The key to Ms. Pooja 15 15/11/2014 transform teaching Jyoti Niwas college National dynamics Routledge Editorial Mr 16 25/09/2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional Workshop 2014 Raghavendra Routledge Editorial Mr. Rishikesh 17 25/09/2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional Workshop 2014 Faculty Development Mr. Rishikesh Christ University, Programme on: 18 13/09/2014 Institute Of National Corporate Management Governance FDP in Advanced M S Ramaiah Institute Ms. Soumya 19 03/09/2014 National Concepts of Finance of Management Orientation Mr. Vishal Programme on 20 19/10/2014 Christ University Experience for life time "Energy'- The key to Ms. Sharon 21 15/11/2014 transform teaching Jyothi Nivas College National dynamics. Routledge Editorial Ms. Sharon 22 25/09/2014 Christ University Institutional Workshop "ENERGY"- The key Dr Veerta JYOTI NIVAS 23 15/11/2014 to transform teaching Tantia COLLEGE dynamics Routledge editorial Dr Veerta 24 25/09/2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional workshop Tantia Advanced Concepts M.S.Ramiah Institute Dr Veerta 25 03/09/2014 National in Finance of Management Tantia UGC Sponsored Ms Vinnarasi National Level Quality Improvement Jyothi Nivas College 26 15/11/2014 National Program Energy-The Autonomous key to Tranform Teaching Dynamics Routledge Editorial 27 25/09/2014 Taylor & Francis India Institutional Workshop 2014 Ms. Vinnarasi

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8.5 SEMINARS ATTENDED BY FACULTY

S. DATE NAME OF THE NAME OF THE LEVEL NAME OF No SEMINAR ORGANIZER THE FACULTY 1 Dr N G P Arts and ICSSR sponsored one day Science College, Dr. 18/12/2014 National national seminar Coimbatore, Tamil Alicemani Nadu 2 Bishop Kurialacherry College for women, Dr. 25/09/2014 National seminar National Amalagiri, Kottayam, Alicemani Kerala 3 Seminar on "Implications Federation of on Constitutional Karnataka Chambers Mr. 07/02/2015 Regional Amendment of GST on of Commerce & Amalanathan Trade & Industry" Industry 4 National Seminar on Ms. Anusha Department of 09/02/2015 Sustainable Development National Education in Education 5 International seminar on Department of tourism tourism leisure and Ms. Pooja 24/02/2015 studies Christ International hospitality university, Bangalore

6 Seminar on ?Implications on Constitutional Ms. Soumya 07/02/2015 FKCCI, Bangalore National Amendment of GST on Trade & Industry. 7 2nd International PhD Muenster University, Mr. Vishal 20/07/2014 International Seminar Germany

8.6 SEMINARS ORGANIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT

S.NO DATE EVENT FACULTY INCHARGE 1 11th September 2014 Panel Discussion on Green Tax Dr. Anuradha Incentives: Contribution to sustainability & its implications. 2 20th February 2015 Dr. Uma, Dr. Veerta, and Samshodhan 2015 Mr. Natchimuthu 3 14th March 2015 QIP Ms. Pooja Jain and Mr. Amalanathan

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SECTION 9

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

In this section, a detailed description of the research and publication work done by faculty members has been given. Articles, National and International publications, Working papers, RDC and Major Research projects have been listed.

9.1 A BRIEFING ON WORKING PAPER AND MRP Dr. DNS Kumarfrom Center for Research and Publications gave a briefing to the members of the Department on Working paper and MRP. This session was conducted on June 6th 2014

9.2 ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS

Below is a list of newspaper articles, with names of newspapers, periodicity and the name of the author.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES FOR THE YEAR 2014 – 2015

S.N NAME OF PERIODI DATE TITLE OF THE ARTICLE AUTHOR O PERIODICAL CITY Deccan Herald Dr. Alice 1 20/11/14 The Art of Asking Right questions Daily News Paper Mani Methods of evaluating students' Dr. Alice Deccan Herald 2 25/09/14 assignments methods of Evaluating Daily Mani News Paper Student's Assignments Deccan Herald Dr. Alice 3 07/08/14 Widening Horizons Daily News Paper Mani Deccan Herald Dr. Alice 4 10/07/14 Enhancement of College Libraries Daily News Paper Mani Malayala Dr. Alice 5 09/07/14 Vrithiyilek Oru Chuvadu Daily Manorama Mani Deccan Herald Dr. Alice 6 19/06/14 Making Innovative Presentations Daily News Paper Mani Deccan Herald Dr. Alice 7 08/05/14 Pillars Of Teaching Daily News Paper Mani Adicrithar Ariyunnudo Polling Malayala Dr. Alice 8 18/04/14 Daily Odyogatharude Sangadam manorama Mani Proceedings of the second Impact of tourism on revival of international Mr. Anson 11/07/14 diminishing handicrafts: A case study conference on Others 9 K J of Channapatna Handicrafts Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social

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9.3 RESEARCH ARTICLES IN INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL JOURNALS

S. NAME OF THE TITLE OF THE NAME OF THE ISSN NO JOURNAL ARTICLE FACULTY & DATE NUMBER Gold Price, Stock The IUP Journal of Financial Price and Exchange Dr. Karthigai Prakasam C 1 Risk Management / XI / 3 / 1 0972 - 916X Rate Nexus: The Case September 2014 - 12 of India. Exploring the Factors International Journal of That Facilitate Dr. Karthigai Prakasam C ISSN: 2394- 2 Management and Humanities Workforce Diversity December 2014 0913 (IJMH) / 1 / 3 / 11 - 15 Management in ITES Organizations International Journal of A Study on Utilization Engineering Technology of E-Services Offered Dr. Karthigai Prakasam C ISSN: 2394- 3 Science and Research by Retail Banks in March 2015 3386 (IJETSR) / 2 / 3 / 1 - 9 Bangalore City International Journal of Marketing Strategy - Consumerism (Listed in Green Marketing on Dr. Kavitha Jayakumar 4 ULRICH and CABELL Customer Satisfaction 2250-1010 September, 2014 Directory, Texas, USA) / 4 / and Environmental 2 / 174 - 178 Safety The Impact of Jasmine Cultivation as a The IUP Journal of Micro-entrepreneurial Mr. Vishal Pinto 5 Entrepreneurship Activity on SHGs: A 09732659 December 2014 Development / 11 / 4 / - Study in Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka Micro Finance for Income Generation Pramanik Journal of Activities - A Success Mr. Vishal Pinto 6 2249-118X Management / 3 / 1 / - story of Jasmine January 2015 Cultivation through SHG's of SKDRDP International research journal Human Capital of Management and Ms. Sharon Valarmathi 7 Management for 2347-3274 Humanities. / Vol 2 / Issue 2, September 2014 effective HR Practice / 708 - 711 A study on Management of Dr. Mynavathi L & Ms. cultural diversity 8 IRJBM Mary Rani Thomas through understanding 07/12/2014 the problems of foreign students

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9.4ISBN PUBLICATIONS

NAME OF THE FACULTY & S.NO TITLE OF THEBOOK/ARTICLE ISBN NUMBER DATE Major Research project on The Need 1 for Environment Protection, Green Dr Alice Mani, Dec 2014 978-93-82305-52-1 investments and green banking 2 Marketing and Services Management Dr Alice Mani, Jan 2015 978-81-280-2437-5 3 Advanced Financial Accounting Dr Alice Mani, Jan 2015 978-81-280-2390-3 4 Principles and Practice of Auditing Dr Alice Mani, Jan 2015 978-81-280-2311-8 5 International Business Girish S, Feb 2015 978-93-272-5116-6 Innovation-An Engine for Inclusive Vishal Pinto & Dr. P.N 6 978-93-84262-06-8 Growth & Sustainable Development Udayachandra, 2015

9.5 MINOR RESEARCH PROJECTS (RDC) BY FACULTY

DATE S. PRINCIPAL CO- DUR OF AMOUNT FUNDING N INVESTIGAT INVESTI TITLE OF PROJECT ATIO COMME SANCTION AGENCY O OR GATOR N NCEME ED NT Impact of Stock Split to Mr. Manjunath One Christ 1 --- Stock Return, Volume and 2013 60,000 BM year University Short-Term Returns Occupational Challenges Dr. Karthigai and Hazards faced by One Christ 2 July 2013 60,000 Prakasam C ------women bus conductors of year University KSRTC A Study on cause & effect Ms. Mary of cultural dissonance on One Christ 3 Dr. L Mynavathi Rani July 2013 60,000 international students in year University Thomas Bangalore

9.7 MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS (MRP) BY FACULTIES

PRINCIPAL CO- TITLE OF FUNDING AMOUNT S.NO PERIOD INVESTIGATOR INVESTIGATOR PROJECT AGENCY SANCTIONED Evaluation of women and child 2012- Christ 1 Dr. Anuradha PS --- development 6,06,000 2014 University programs in Karnataka Health Insurance in Tamil Nadu – Need for a Dr Kavitha 2013- Christ 2 Dr Uma VR segmented 6,06,000 Jayakumar 2015 University approach by the public and private insurers

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9.7 MPHIL DISSERTATIONS IN PROGRESS – 2014-15

S.NO NAME OF THE TITLE NAME OF THE STUDENT GUIDE A study on the penetration level of E- Banking Services among old Anantha Padmanabha 1 generation customers in Bangalore Dr. L. Mynavathi N City with special reference to State Bank of India An Analysis of Education Loans with 2 Sanjay Panikar Prof. Nithila Vincent Specific Reference to Vijaya Bank

An analysis of investors attitude 3 Saurabh Jain Dr. Shaeril Almeida towards various tax saving schemes An empirical study on income, saving and investment behaviour of 4 Anju K J Dr. Anuradha P.S. I.T. professionals in the companies of Bangalore A study on the effect of food 5 Ciby Dominic K advertisements on children and their Dr. Uma V.R. influence on parents buying decision

A study on the practice of Brand 6 Ibanri Dalin Wankhar Dr. Uma V.R. Valuation in India

Gap in accounting education and 7 Linu Ann Thomas Dr. Kavitha Jayakumar accounting practices

A study of talent management 8 Reena John V practices in Information technology Dr. Tomy K.K. industry in Bangalore

Vernachris Rhoda 9 Financial Derivatives Dr. Veerta Tantia Bonjour

Customer Satisfaction Towards 10 Jesna George Retail Banking Services in Dr. L. Mynavathi Ernakulam District

9.8 JOURNAL EDITOR

Dr. Anuradha P.S was the chief editor for the January – March 2015 issue of ‗Ushus Journal of Business Management‘ published by Christ University.

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