ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-21

Guest Lectures by 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, aspects of the subject.

Date	Course	Topic	Guest
21-10-2020	Game Theory	Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma: The case of a Price War	Dr. Anirban Ghatak Faculty member of Economics at IIM Kozhikode
08-10-2020	Principles of Management	Wealth Management	Mr. Bhavin Shah Director, Latin Manharlal
30-09-2020	International Economics	Pandemic and its overall impact on India	Mr. R.N. Bhaskar Consulting Editor, Free Press Journal
29-09-2020	Behavioral Economics	Applications in Behavioral Economics	Mr. Anirudh Tagat Research Author at the Department of Economics, Monk Prayogshala
23-09-2020	Macroeconomic Theory	India and the Post-COVID Economy	Dr. R. Nagaraj Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
21-09-2020	Public Policy	Understanding Social Media Influence on Policy Making	Dr. Benzon Rajan Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Journalism & Communication O.P Jindal Global University
19-09-2020	Indian Economy	India’s Economic Challenges in midst of COVID	Ms. Rajani Sinha Chief Economist and Head of Research, Knight Frank
16-09-2020	Marketing Management	Marketing Research	Mr. Anil Kumar Jha Founder Director, AEON Market Research Pvt. Ltd,

Pedagogy

• Movies / Documentaries

Date	Movies/ Documentaries	Course
September 2020	Rocket Singh	Marketing Management
September 2020	Stanford Prison Experiment	Behavioral Psychology
July 2020	Investments and Capital Mkt Doc. from You Tube	Capital Market
July 2020	12 Angry Men (Div. A)	Behavioural Psychology
July 2020	Financial & Capital Market	Capital Market

• Video Clips

Video Clips screened for F.Y.B. Sc.

Date	Video	Course
October 2020	Minons	Effective Communication
October 2020	Ants/7Hjabits	Effective Communication

Video Clips screened for S.Y.B. Sc.

Date	Video	Course
September 2020	Milgram Experiment	Behavioral Psychology

Video Clips screened for T.Y.B. Sc.

Date	Video	Course
October 2020	How HUL is using Digital Marketing and Technology to improve their Business by Dr. Sanjiv Mehta, CEO and MD of HUL, EVP Unilever. 8 Ways to Marketing your Way to Growth by Dr. Philip Kotler. Video of Mr. Asim Premji advising Students at ISB, Hyderabad	Marketing Management
October 2020	Top Ten Rules for Success by Steve Jobs.	Marketing Management
September 2020	Interview of Mr. NR. Narayana Murthy and Mr. Prakash Padukone by Mr. Rajdeep Sardesai on CNN on Leadership	Marketing Management
August 2020	TED Gateway-Evolution of Management	Principles of Management
August 2020	Impact of COVID-19 on Indian Agricultural Economy. NSE Knowledge Builder Series	Indian Economy.
July 2020	Market Review by HDFC MF	Capital Market
July 2020	Various microeconomic concepts like MRS, Cobb-Douglas preferences, etc.	Advanced Microeconomics
July 2020	Video Lecture by Dr. Philip Kotler on Marketing Strategy-Mantra of Marketing. Video Lecture by Steve Jobs on Best Marketing Strategy Ever-Think Different.	Marketing Management
July 2020	3 Idiots movie clip	Soft Skills

Video Clips screened for F.Y.M. Sc.

Date	Video	Course
July 2020	Various microeconomic concepts like MRS, Cobb-Douglas preferences, etc.	Microeconomic Theory

Video Clips screened for S.Y.M. Sc.

Date	Video	Course
August 2020	1. Policy BootCamp: Dr. Shamika Ravi on 'Evolving Public Policy Landscape in India'. 2. Policy BootCamp: Prajapati Trivedi on Government Performance Management Systems.	Public Policy
July 2020	3 Idiots movie clip	Soft Skills
July 2020	Behavioral Economics: Introduction Behavioral Economics: Full Series	Behavioral Economics

Class Activities / Games & Experiments (Other Pedagogy)

Date	Course	Pedagogical tools	Year
October 2020	Effective Communication	Discussion-breakout rooms Email-practice Editing and improving in groups Exercises for business writing Presentations skills	F.Y. B. Sc.
September 2020	Behavioral Psychology	Rating Scale – Perceived Stress Scale (Psychometric tool)	S.Y. B. Sc.
September 2020	Introduction to mathematical Economics	Quiz Set Theory	F.Y. B. Sc.
September 2020	Introduction to mathematical Economics	Quiz Relations and functions	F.Y. B. Sc.
July 2020	Capital Market	Assignment based on live Market Data on Stocks, Mutual Funds, Debt instruments	T.Y. B. Sc.
July 2020	Soft Skills	Big 5 Personality Test	T.Y. B. Sc. & S.Y. M.Sc.
July 2020	Principles of Management	Management Game: Weaving Game.	T.Y. B. Sc.

Case Studies

Case Studies are used extensively as part of the curriculum at SAMSOE. Some of the case studies used are listed below.

Cases used for S.Y.B. Sc. Economics

Date	Case study used	Name of the Course
October 2020	Decision making ( make or buy, manufacture or outsource, continue or discontinue the product/ dept/ contract/ operations , export pricing, selection of best alternatives under various constraints )	Managerial Accounts
August 2020	Ketan Parekh Scam Sahara – Money laundering scam	Managerial Accounts
July 2020	PMC Bank fraud Yes Bank Fall in King fisher Satyam accounting scam. Harshad Mehta scam	Managerial Accounts

Cases used for T.Y.B. Sc. Economics

Date	Case study used	Name of the Course
October 2020	1. Time value of money (Present value, present value of annuity future value, future value of annuity, loan amortization table) 2. Valuation(DCF, Dividend discount model, EV/ EBITA, FCFF, FCFE)	Corporate Finance
September 2020	Project Shakti-Tapping the Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid Britannia Industries Ltd-Revitalizing a Brand	Marketing Management
August 2020	Buying Behaviors of Women & Men Burnol Ajax Limited. Supriya International	Marketing Management
August 2020	Merger and Acquisition of Vodafone and Idea Merger and Acquisition of Kotak and ING Vysaya Analysis of financial statement of HDFC Bank	Corporate Finance
August 2020	Fast Forwarding Black Buster Making say Waw Learning to Love Globalization Not just another outdoor company Motivational Problems Designing Dollars Mastering the plan Living Large A new kind of Structure That Special Touch Mi it up Busted Gossip Girls Paradise Lost or Gained Odd Couples	Principles of Management
July 2020	Capital Market Outlook – Report by ICICI Direct	Capital Market
July 2020	Case study of Darukhana and Alang Shipyard Case study of Circular Economy: E-Waste in India Case study of Textile Waste in India Not in My Backyard Case (Canada) Case study of Textile Waste in Rwanda	Economics of Environment and Sustainable Development
July 2020	Case Study-Eastern Bank- Super Asia Pipes – Marketing of Milk-Amul Fair & Lovely-Creating Demand Coca Cola Frooti’s Innovative Campaign Haldiram’s Getting Four P’s Right Maruti Suzuki	Marketing Management
July 2020	ABC Corporation Ltd Symantec Web Ltd FRED DENNY Bharat Engineering Ltd.	Principles of Management
July 2020	1.Merger of PSU Banks. Hostile takeover of L& T and Mindtree, EIH and ITC Reverse Merger ICICI and ICICI bank Demerger of Wipro	Corporate Finance

Cases used for S.Y.M. Sc. Economics

Date	Case study used	Name of the Course
July 2020	Case of Loss Aversion Case study on Altruism Case study on Medical Decision Making Case study on Happiness and Growth Case study on Intensity and Fitness	Behavioral Economics

Talk on Research Paper for F.Y.M. Sc. Batch 2020-2022

Session on Introduction to 'R' -II by Dr. Sunil Paul, Assistant Professor, IIT Goa on 17th October 2020
Session on Introduction to 'R' -I by Dr. Sunil Paul, Assistant Professor, IIT Goa on 6th October 2020
Session on Overview on Primary Database Research by Dr. Diganta Mukherjee,Associated with ISI Kolkata as Associate Professor in Sampling and Official Statistics Unit, Kolkata on 25^th September 2020
Session on Research in Economics: An Overview by Dr. Sartaj Rasool,Assistant Professor,BITS Dubai on 21^st September 2020
Session on Literature Review by Dr. Anand B on 12^th September 2020
Session on Hypothesis Testing by Dr. Sunil Paul, Assistant Professor, IIT Goa on 5^th September 2020
Session on How to develop a research idea? by Dr.Sarthak Gaurav,Assistant Professor, IIT Bombay on 14^th August 2020
Session on Application of Economic Research by Ms. Rajani Sinha, Chief Economist and Head of Research, Knight Frank was conducted for F.Y. M. Sc. students as a part of their Research Paper on 8^th August 2020.

Orientation 2020

Orientation Programme for M.Sc. Economics Batch: 2020-2022

An online orientation program on zoom was conducted on 10^thJuly 2020. Prof. Amita Vaidya, Director, Sarla Anil Modi School of Economics guided the students.

The following sessions were conducted online

o The counselling session by Prof. Joel Gibbs, Prof. Naznen Ramiwala, Assistant Counsellor, NMIMS on 10^th July 2020

o The Session consisted of a Library Orientation, conducted by Ms. Madhvi Tipnis, Assistant Librarian, NMIMS on 10^th July 2020

o Placement talk by Ms. Jyoti Talwar, Placement Executive, NMIMS on 10^th July 2020

o Student Portal training conducted by Ms. Sayali Sanap, Coordinator, LMS, NMIMS on 1^stAugust 2020

o Guide to examination rules conducted by Ms. Shilpa Patil, Deputy Controller of Examination, NMIMS on 1^st August 2020.

Orientation Programme for B.Sc. Economics Batch: 2020-2023

Inaugural Session - August 10, 2020

An online inaugural session for orientation programme was conducted on 10^th August 2020. Students were addressed by the Vice Chancellor, Dr. Ramesh Bhatt, Mentor Shri. Shalin Divatia. Director Prof. Amita Vaidya, gave the students an insight into the working of the School of Economics. The Second Year B.Sc. Economics students also shared their experiences at the School with the F.Y. B. Sc. Economics students.

The following sessions were conducted online

o The counselling session by Prof. Joel Gibbs, Prof. Naznen Ramiwala Assistant Counsellors, NMIMS on 10^th August 2020

oSession for AIC NMIMS Incubation Centre by Mr. Prateek Jain (Manager - AIC NMIMS Incubation Centre) on 10^th August 2020

o The session consisted of a Library orientation, conducted by Ms. Madhvi Tipnis, Assistant Librarian, NMIMS on 10^th August 2020

o Talk on International Linkages by Ms. Meena Saxena, Director, International Linkages, NMIMS on 10^th August 2020

o Ice Breaker session by the students of S.Y.B. Sc. Economics students on 10^th August 2020

o Student Portal training conducted by Ms. Sayali Sanap, Coordinator, LMS, NMIMS on 12^thAugust 2020

o Guide to examination rules conducted by Ms. Shilpa Patil, Deputy Controller of Examination, NMIMS on 29^th August 2020

Workshops

Workshops for F.Y. M. Sc. Economics

oA workshop on "Communication" was conducted by Prof. Ocean Gonsalves, Adjunct Faculty, NMIMS on July 10, 2020

Workshops for F.Y. B. Sc. Economics

oA workshop on "Independent Living” was conducted by Prof. Joel Gibbs, Prof. Naznen Ramiwala Assistant Counsellors, NMIMS on 5^thSeptember 2020

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