TEACHER’S ACTIVITY REPORT 2020- 2021

FACULTY: JITESH RANA DEPARTMENT/ COMMITTEE: ECONOMICS IQAC ACTIVITY No: SVC/2020- BRIEF21/ECO/SOC/2 INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACTIVITY (CRITERION NO. I):

NAME OF THE ACTIVITY: DATE FACULTY DEPARTMENT/COMMITTEE COORDINATOR NAME 26 to 27 February 2021 Economics JITESH RANA TIME VENUE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS NATURE: Outdoor/Indoor 10:00 AM to 5:00PM Online MS 108(Day1) +95( Day2) Online Teams SUPPORT/ASSISTANCE: A sponsorship of Rs. 20348/- from corporates.

TOPIC/SUBJECT OF ANNUAL EVENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS Theme of Behavioural THE ACTIVITY Economics and Economic Policy hosted by the ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION OBJECTIVES Sprucing up the organisational talent and enhancing the aptitude for the subject through speeches by distinguished guests and competitive events among students. METHODOLOGY Lectures by Parameswaran Iyer and Prof. Sanjay Bakshi. Competitive events for students OUTCOMES Enhanced student participation, nurturing youth leadership

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IQAC Document No: SVC/2020-21/ECO/SOC/2 Criterion No: I Metric No: Departmental file no IQAC file No; NAME OF TEACHER & NAME OF HEAD/ COMMITTEE IQAC COORDINATOR (SEAL SIGNATURE INCHARGE & SIGNATURE & SIGNATURE) Jitesh Rana Krishnakumar S Dr. N Latha Faculty Advisor, Economics Teacher-in-charge, Dept of Economics Association

For Reference Criterion I Curricular Aspects (planning & Implementation) Criterion V Student Support & Progression Criterion II Teaching Learning & Evaluation Criterion VI Governance Criterion III Research, Innovations & Extension Criterion VII Institutional Values & Best Practices Criterion IV Learning Resources and Infrastructure

BLISSPOINT 2021 26th and 27th February 2021 "Behavioural Economics and Public Policy in India In the policy sphere, behavioural economics is a fairly modern branch of economics, one which is still being explored, with its scope widening alongside each passing day. Since a majority of people have identical responses to a particular nudge, the slightest tweak in a pre-existing mechanism can orchestrate massive consequences which sometimes defy basic ideas of rationality. This explains the various nudges in policymaking. It is in this context, that this theme was chosen for BLISSPOINT 2021.

Keynote Address by Mr. Parameswaran Iyer The keynote speaker for the event was Mr. Parameswaran Iyer, who has served as an IAS officer and as Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India. Noted for his pivotal role in the flagship programmes of the government like the Swachh Bharat Mission and the National Rural Drinking Water Program, he has bene a source of inspiration for civil servants and youth worldwide. Sharing his experience both of being in the governemnt and outside, Mr. Iyer drew the attention of the audience to the new book of his where he reflects about this at length. . Mr. Iyer shared his expertise and excerpts of his own experiences as a policy maker with all the participants of the seminar. He talked about how pricniples of behavioural economics were significant in formulating and implementing intricate public policy projects like the Swachh Bharat Mission and other projects. His discussion revolved around the effective tools used in the execution of public policy decisions and how these tools have evolved over the years. This was followed by an interaction with the audience.

Prof. Sanjay Bakshi ( MDI Gurgaon): Lecture on Behavioural Finance One of the leading minds in the field of value investing Prof. Sanjay Bakshi is one of the best minds in India in the fields of Value Investing and Behavioral Finance. A professor of 'Behavioural Finance and Business Valuation" at Management Development Institute, Gurugram, he is also a Managing Partner at ValueQuest Capital LLP — a value investing specialist in moats investing. ValueQuest advises some of India’s large family offices in making conservative but meaningful, long-term public market investments. Having received his M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, Prof. Bakshi is also a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Prof. Bakshi talked about how behavioural economics is an emerging and one of the most intriguing fields of economics and gave an elaborate presentation on how tools of behavioral economics are used in our daily lives to make fruitful and efficient decisions. He discussed six elaborate models of behavioral economics, explaining its usage in daily lives as well as its implications for business, investors as well as for effective formulation and evolution of public policy. With the help of visual media, Prof Bakshi explained various interesting concepts, theories and effects; the Cobra Effect, Peitzman Effect, Confirmation Bias, Low and High Contrast Effects, to name some. Student events The flagship event was witness to number of student events. Economics Quiz, Mockstock, Business Plan, paper Presentation, Milgrom-Wilson Football Auction,

Business Plan The event was a great opportunity to acquire funding for business ideas, feedback on your strategic plan, and also exposure to the right audience. Judged by Ms. Shivangi Goyal, the participants got some great insights on their business models.

Paper presentation The flagship event in memory of Dr. Shailaja S Thakur was witness to young aspiring researchers in six teams exploring into the depths of certain intriguing topics. The event provided a platform to young research aspirants to showcase their ideas. Judged by Mrs. Sugandha Huria and Mr. Ankit Joshi, the event was a huge success with research on topics like "Glass ceiling effect".

Mock Stock The sizzling Sensex outside should have some presence in the economics event. The Mock Stocks was witness to fifty participants. It's a match between your analytical skills and your experience with the iffy stocks. If you want to learn what it takes conquer the stock market, we've got what you're looking for; an opportunity to think like and be like an investor for a day by taking part in a mock-stock!

Treasure Hunt An event which was otherwise organised on land, with students searching for the treasure criss-crossing the college has gone online. Each team was presented with a group of puzzles, or clues, which they had to solve in order to find a piece of information. With 2 rounds, each clue led to a virtual locations where they had to find answers to the question and move on to the next step. 71 teams participated in the same.

Economics Quiz Quizzing takes multifarious forms from time to time, and is a sphere which covers a colourful range of domains under its extensive arms. The quiz saw 32 teams participating enthusiastically on topics related to economics and finance.

Milgrom-Wilson Football League Auction Named after famed economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson, the newly introduced event of the fest, The Milgrom-Wilson League, takes the classic idea of a football auction and reinvents it to incorporate a quiz into it, followed by the fantasy league. One has to showcase their football knowledge in quiz, get into a bidding war and create a team that can compete in the fantasy league.

Mr. Jitesh Rana, The Faculty Advisor of Economics Association, Amrit Kaur and Sanya Bahal, President and General Secretary was in charge of the overall co-ordination and conduct of BLISSPOINT-2021.

BLISSPOINT DAY 1 26th February 2021

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32 Pratham jain Sri Venkateswara College 33 Yashvi Sri Venkateswara College 34 Isha Sah Sri Venkateswara College 35 Ishan Sri Venkateswara College 36 Karan poudel Sri Venkateswara College 37 Megh Utsav Sri Venkateswara College 38 Reva Singh Sri Venkateswara College 39 Ayushi Satrawal Sri Venkateswara College 40 Kavya Jain Sri Venkateswara College 41 Shashank Sri Venkateswara College 42 Ayushi Singh Sri Venkateswara College 43 Prachi Khator Sri Venkateswara College 44 Kuhu Sharma Sri Venkateswara College 45 Kiran Mohan Sri Venkateswara College 46 Prarthana Prakash Sri Venkateswara College 47 Siddhant Paul Sri Venkateswara College 48 Ranveer Sri Venkateswara College Aarushi 49 maheshwari Sri Venkateswara College 50 Abhishek Tonger Sri Venkateswara College 51 Nafeesa khan Sri Venkateswara College 52 Abhishek Rai Sri Venkateswara College 53 Pranay Goyal Sri Venkateswara College 54 Khushi Sri Venkateswara College 55 Bawa Sri Venkateswara College 56 anand Sri Venkateswara College 57 Anjali Verma Sri Venkateswara College 58 Suditi Srinivas Sri Venkateswara College 59 Sharma Sri Venkateswara College 60 Mehul Madhwal Sri Venkateswara College 61 Harsh Jolly Sri Venkateswara College 62 Shikhar Mahajan Sri Venkateswara College 63 Rushali Jain Sri Venkateswara College 64 Amrit Kaur Sri Venkateswara College 65 Ritika Garg Sri Venkateswara College 66 Muskan Sri Venkateswara College 67 Neha Duggal Sri Venkateswara College 68 Kanchan Kumari Sri Venkateswara College 69 Ria Dhamija Sri Venkateswara College 70 Harish kumar Sri Venkateswara College 71 Siddhi Sharma Sri Venkateswara College 72 Hitakshi Y Sri Venkateswara College 73 Sachika Khurana Sri Venkateswara College Harshvardhan 74 singh Sri Venkateswara College 75 Siddharth Raj Singh Sri Venkateswara College 76 Vanshika Sri Venkateswara College 77 Soumya Panwar Sri Venkateswara College 78 Shruti Sri Venkateswara College 79 Ishita Rawat Sri Venkateswara College 80 Mourvica Taneja Sri Venkateswara College 81 Kajal Singh Sri Venkateswara College 82 Avijit Sharma Sri Venkateswara College 83 Richa Jha Sri Venkateswara College 84 Kajal Sehrawat Sri Venkateswara College 85 Rihan Sarna Sri Venkateswara College 86 Nikita Sri Venkateswara College 87 Paliwal Sri Venkateswara College 88 Sanya Sri Venkateswara College 89 Tanvee Sehgal Sri Venkateswara College 90 Devyani Sri Venkateswara College 91 Niranjana P Sri Venkateswara College 92 Punyansh Sri Venkateswara College 93 Garima Tayal Sri Venkateswara College 94 Isha soni Sri Venkateswara College 95 Shruti Kataria Sri Venkateswara College 96 Soumya Panwar Sri Venkateswara College 97 Raunaq Singh Prem Sri Venkateswara College Dr. M Padma 98 Suresh Sri Venkateswara College 99 Rao Sri Venkateswara College 100 Krishnakumar S Sri Venkateswara College 101 D Reddy Sri Venkateswara College 102 N Kalithasammal Sri Venkateswara College 103 Sharma Sri Venkateswara College 104 Yogita Yadav Sri Venkateswara College 105 Jitesh Rana Sri Venkateswara College 106 Ankit Joshi Sri Venkateswara College 107 Amit Kumar Jha Sri Venkateswara College Prof. C Sheela 108 Reddy Sri Venkateswara College

BLISSPOINT DAY 2 27th February 2021 Sl.No. Names Institution name 1 Isha soni Sri Venkateswara College 2 Jayati Gupta Sri Venkateswara College 3 Raunaq Singh Prem Sri Venkateswara College 4 Nafeesa Khan Sri Venkateswara College 5 Harsh Jolly Sri Venkateswara College 6 Shashank Sri Venkateswara College 7 Ritika Garg Sri Venkateswara College 8 Richa Jha Sri Venkateswara College 9 Ambika Anand Sri Venkateswara College 10 Kajal Singh Sri Venkateswara College 11 Siddhant Paul Sri Venkateswara College 12 Ritika tayal Sri Venkateswara College 13 Anushka Dhanwani Sri Venkateswara College 14 yukti mahajan Sri Venkateswara College 15 Tanishka Yadav Sri Venkateswara College 16 Aryaman Bawa Sri Venkateswara College 17 Ishita Singh Sri Venkateswara College 18 Harshita Rao Sri Venkateswara College 19 Joel Gigy Sri Venkateswara College 20 Shagun Rajput Sri Venkateswara College 21 Tarun Kumar Sri Venkateswara College 22 Deeksha Bhatia Sri Venkateswara College 23 Shanya Sri Venkateswara College 24 Donna Chandolia Sri Venkateswara College 25 Ayushi sareen Sri Venkateswara College 26 Niranjana P Sri Venkateswara College 27 Gautam Sri Venkateswara College 28 Ojas Patidar Sri Venkateswara College 29 Palanati Ajith Ganesh Sri Venkateswara College 30 Kavya Sethi Sri Venkateswara College 31 Suraj Kumar .P Sri Venkateswara College

32 Ayushi Satrawal Sri Venkateswara College 33 Rishika Chutani Sri Venkateswara College 34 Avijit Sharma Sri Venkateswara College 35 Shilpi Pandey Sri Venkateswara College 36 Anubhav Saini Sri Venkateswara College 37 Vanshika Bansal Sri Venkateswara College 38 Vaidehi Nagpal Sri Venkateswara College 39 Nandini Sri Venkateswara College 40 Navya Jindal Sri Venkateswara College 41 Araba Kongbam Sri Venkateswara College 42 Yashasvi Jain Sri Venkateswara College 43 Yash Jain Sri Venkateswara College 44 Ridhima Ahluwalia Sri Venkateswara College 45 Pushpa Sri Venkateswara College 46 Harry Yadav Sri Venkateswara College 47 Navya Chawla Sri Venkateswara College 48 Harshit Raj Sri Venkateswara College 49 Shreya Choudhary Sri Venkateswara College 50 Siddharth Raj Singh Sri Venkateswara College 51 Mradul N Sri Venkateswara College 52 Arsha T S Sri Venkateswara College 53 muskan saluja Sri Venkateswara College 54 Ashmita Mehra Sri Venkateswara College 55 Megh Utsav Sri Venkateswara College 56 Suditi Srinivas Sri Venkateswara College 57 Khushpreet Kaur Sri Venkateswara College 58 Sanya Sri Venkateswara College Sudivya Singh 59 Chauhan Sri Venkateswara College 60 Sri Venkateswara College 61 Shanya Sri Venkateswara College 62 Shikhar Mahajan Sri Venkateswara College 63 Mahesh R Sri Venkateswara College 64 Reva Singh Sri Venkateswara College 65 Priyal Kishore Sri Venkateswara College 66 Priyal Kishore Sri Venkateswara College 67 Ria Dhamija Sri Venkateswara College 68 Nikita Sri Venkateswara College 69 Shakshi Sharma Sri Venkateswara College 70 Yash Khandai Sri Venkateswara College 71 Mourvica Taneja Sri Venkateswara College 72 Rushali Jain Sri Venkateswara College 73 Neha Sri Venkateswara College 74 Siddhi Sharma Sri Venkateswara College 75 Aditi Paliwal Sri Venkateswara College 76 Prerna Singla Sri Venkateswara College 77 Ishita Rawat Sri Venkateswara College 78 Tanvee Sri Venkateswara College 79 Punyansh Sri Venkateswara College 80 Raunaq Singh Prem Sri Venkateswara College 81 Kshitiz Agarwal Sri Venkateswara College 82 Rushali Jain Sri Venkateswara College 83 Ananya Jain Sri Venkateswara College 84 ANSHIKA JETLY Sri Venkateswara College 85 Dr. M Padma Suresh Sri Venkateswara College 86 Aruna Rao Sri Venkateswara College 87 Krishnakumar S Sri Venkateswara College 88 D Brahma Reddy Sri Venkateswara College 89 N Kalithasammal Sri Venkateswara College 90 Meenakshi Sharma Sri Venkateswara College 91 Yogita Yadav Sri Venkateswara College 92 Jitesh Rana Sri Venkateswara College 93 Ankit Joshi Sri Venkateswara College 94 Amit Kumar Jha Sri Venkateswara College 95 Prof. C Sheela Reddy Sri Venkateswara College