Lecture by Industry Experts
SAMSOE has pioneered a unique model of having 5% of the lectures of all core subjects conducted by industry experts in the subject. This year has begun with the following renowned professionals conducting lectures and giving students a chance to interact with them and see for themselves how the theory taught in class blends with the practical.
| Date | Course | Topic | Guest |
| 21st February 2015 | Creative Writing | Creative Writing | Ms. Rochelle D'silva, Poet/artist |
| 14th February 2015 | Economic Governance & Policy | Issues in land acquisition and development, as well as the technical issues in the Land Acts (1894 & 2013) | Mr. S.M. Kurtkoti, Dy. Collector Raigad |
| 11th November 2014 | Money, Banking & Financial Institutions | Functioning of financial markets in the new global environment | Dr. Bandi Ramprasad, CEO, Growth Markets Advisory Services |
| 11th October 2014 | International Economics | Trade Policies and India's performance | Dr. Veeramani C., Associate Professor IGIDR |
| 29th September 2014 | Indian Economy | India and the Reforms Process | Ms. Sakshi Gupta, Junior Economist CRISIL |
| 30th August 2014 | Industrial Economics | Oligopoly Pricing | Mr. Akshit Shah, Project Manager, Boston Consulting Group. |
| 28th August 2014 | Game Theory | Strategies used in the United Nations disarmament mission, and differences in cultures & strategies among Japanese & Indian firms | Ms. Sayuri Matsuno, Managing Director, Spectrum LS consultancy Pvt. Ltd. |
| 28th August 2014 | Introduction to Econometrics | Statistics and its Applications – with special reference to the Economic Survey 2012-13 | Prof. M.H. Suryanarayana, Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research. |
Pedagogy
Movies
We at SAMSOE believe that simply studying from textbooks is not enough. In today's world, a holistic and well-rounded education is required. To that end, students are often shown films of various kinds as a part of the curriculum which aids in the learning process. Some of the movies shown as part of course were:
| Date | Movie | Course |
| 24th January 2015 | The National Anthem | Industrial Organization & Competition Policy |
| 19th January 2015 | Supply Chain Management | Agricultural Economics |
| 14th January 2015 | Life and Debt (2001) | Economics of Governance & Policy |
| 12th January 2015 | The Dark Knight | Intermediate Micro Economics |
| 12th January 2015 | Israel's Technology in Agriculture | Agricultural Economics |
| 10th January 2015 | Too Big to Fail | Intermediate Macro Economics |
| 10th January 2015 | Organs across borders | International Economics |
| 9th January 2015 | Jalpari: desert Mermaid | Gender Economics |
| 7th January 2015 | October Sky | Economics of Infrastructure |
| 24th December, 2014 | Mexican Drug Cartel | Intermediate Microeconomics |
| 15th December, 2014 | Satyamev Jayate: taxes in India | Public Finance & Policy |
| 15th December, 2014 | Mind Over Money | Behavioral Economics |
| 10th December, 2014 | The dark side of chocolate | Agricultural Economics |
| 9th December, 2014 | The men who crashed the world | International Economics |
| 5th December, 2014 | Even The Rains | Economics Government & Policy |
| 11th November 2014 | Argo (2012) | Development Experience of Major Economies of the World |
| 29th October 2014 | The Economist: Germany's Mittelstand: A model of success | Development Experience of Major Economies of the World |
| 20th October 2014 | Das Auto : Germans, their cars and us | Development Experience of Major Economies of the World |
| 13th October 2014 | Keynes | Ecode – I |
| 6th October 2014 | Metro Manila | Development Economics |
| 25th & 30th September 2014 | Out Source | Introductory Sociology |
| 22nd September 2014 | The Charcoal People | Principles of Macro Economics |
| 22nd September 2014 | China on the brink of environmental crisis | International Economics |
| 18th September 2014 | 12 Angry Men | Logic |
| 17th September 2014 | A Beautiful Mind | Game Theory |
| 16th September 2014 | Nero's Guest | Indian Economy |
| 10th September 2014 | Syriana | Industrial Economics |
| 3rd September 2014 | Metro Manilla | Development Economics |
| 28th August 2014 | Masters of Money: John Maynard Keynes | International Economics |
| 23rd August 2014 | Life and Debt | International Economics |
| 19th August 2014 | City of Joy | Indian Economy |
| 16th August 2014 | Salam Bombay | Theories of Growth & Development |
| 6th August 2014 | MIT Blossoms | Optimizing your Diet: What Linear Programming Can Tell You!" – Game Theory> |
| 5th August 2014 | Too Big to Fail | Money Banking & Financial Institution |
| 31st July 2014 | The Constant Gardener | Development Economics |
| 25th July 2014 | The Last Days of Lehmann Brothers | Ecode |
| 16th July 2014 | Guns, Germs and Steel | Development Experience of the Major Economies of the World |
Games & Experiments
Economics concepts are taught through different games & experiments. Concepts such as law of variable proportion, oligopoly pricing, gains to trade, game theory are taught through innovative games.
A game played on "Making of the constitution” with F.Y.B. Sc. Economics students as a part of the course Political Science.
A Game played on "Oligopoly" with the First Year B.Sc. Economics students as part of `Intermediate Microeconomics` course.
A modified centipede game was played for the course Game Theory which helped to explain the concept of rollback equilibrium.
Following are some games for the course Principles of Micro Economics
Case Study
| Date | Topic | Course |
| January 2015 | Live case study on how we apply accountancy in decision making. Analysis of Balance Sheet of Colgate Palmolive & ratio analysis |
Analysis of Financial Statement |
| January 2015 | WIPRO LTD – The new Phase of Global Competition Mittal Built the World’s Biggest steel Firm from Scratch – At Internet Speed FDI by Star Buck’s IMF Foreign Direct Investment and the Irish Miracle Rupee-Dollar Rout – The Case of Tripura Cluster Regional Economic Integration |
International Business |
| January 2015 | The Case of Vision Formulation Strategic Moves by Mahindra Group Turn Around Trauma The Case of Niche Bike The Case of Strategy Planning Managing Hindustan Lever Ltd Strategically |
Business Strategy |
| October 2014 | Mumbai Metro Rail Project Melbourne Convention Centre Project |
Economics Of Infrastructure |
| October 2014 | Eastern Bank Super Asia Pipes, Marketing Of Milk-AMUL Buying Behaviour of Women & Men Burnol BPL Color TV Star Engineering Company Ltd. Fair & Lovely - Creating Demand. Frooti's Innovative Campaign Coca-cola, Ajax ltd. Dell Computers Crofton Wagely Inc. |
Marketing Management |
| October 2014 | What really works ? - Harvard Business School, ABC Corporation - Basic of Promotion Big Dams - A necessity for India's Agricultural & Economic Development Career Paths of CEO's |
Principles Of Management |
| October 2014 | Apple iPhone manufacturing, Barbie and the World Economy + The Fracking industry. The globalization of production, value addition and trade + The influence of the energy industry and prices on politics and trade |
Development Experience of Major Economies |
| 21st August 2014 | Case Study on Inflation in US | Principles of Macro Economics |
Video Clips
Video Clips screened for the F.Y. B.Sc. Economics as a part of course Development Experience of Major Economies of the world
Video Clips screened for the T.Y. B.Sc. Economics as a part of course Game Theory
Faculty Development :
Software Training :
Scenario Analysis
Scenario Analysis – ‘Greek Debt Crisis and the Possible Fallouts’ was discussed for the Third year B.Sc. Economics students on January 12, 2014 as the part of their ‘Advanced Macroeconomics’ by Prof. Rohit Muraleedharan.
Field Visit :
On February 12, 2015 The S.Y. B.Sc students, accompanied by Prof. Fatema Nahid, went to Kamshet to visit Mr. Balsavar’s ‘Organic Farm’ as a part of the Agricultural Economics course.
Mr. Balsavar is a member of Maharashtra Federation of Organic Farmers. He has been practicing Organic Farming since the last 22 years. He is also helping 20 small farmers in the region to practice Organic Farming and to market their produce.
The visit to the farm was followed by a talk by Mr. Balsavar on "Economics of Organic Farming and its Sustainability”. It was subsequently followed by an interactive session with the students.
S.Y. B.Sc. Economics students Visited along with the faculty member Prof. Rohit Muraleedharan to RBI Monetary Museum on October 31, 2014 to understand the history of money in India as part of the course on 'Money, Banking and Financial Institutions'.
Convocation 2014
It was our proud privilege to have Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, Former President of India as the Chief Guest for the Convocation 2014. The Convocation ceremony was held at Bhaidas Hall at 4.00 pm for Sarla Anil Modi School of Economics, School of Science and Anil Surendra Modi School of Commerce.
The Convocation ceremony started with the academic procession comprising of the Chief Guest, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Chancellor, Shri Amrish Patel, Vice Chancellor, Pro Vice Chancellor, Office bearers, Deans and Faculty members. The procession was led by the Registrar Dr. Meena Chintamaneni.
Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam in his Convocation address talked about how India can achieve sustainable development and what integrated action is needed for India to achieve the same. He made the students pledge that they would have a goal and work hard with courage to achieve the same; that they would not be defeated by any problem but would work for removing problems of planet earth through the application of engineering and technology.
The following were the students in the Dean's List:
The following were the awards given to the graduating students of The Sarla Anil Modi School of Economics.
Students Award
Special prize for organizing
Best Staff Award - 2013 – 14
Ms. Rita John Mascarenhas
