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.
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
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
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 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
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'.
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
Admission Open - M. Sc. Economics - Batch 2018
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