Induction Report For The Batch 2020-22

July 15, 2020

The Induction Program for the MBA batch of 2020-22 of SIBM, Hyderabad took place form July 15, 2020 to July 31, 2020. The objective of the Induction Program was to familiarise the students with the Institute, facilitate openness and connectivity within the batch and to give them a glimpse into the corporate world.

Common Inaugural Program

The day started with a Common Inaugural Program by Symbiosis International (Deemed University) at 10:00 a.m. The students were addressed by Dr. S. B. Mujumdar - the founder and Chancellor of Symbiosis International (Deemed University) [SI(DU)], Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar – the Pro Chancellor and Principal Director of SI(DU), and Dr. Rajani Gupte - Vice-Chancellor of SI(DU). They welcomed the new batch of students on a YouTube Live session and illuminated them about the Symbiosis Institute and the importance of hard work, determination and adaptability in their lives, especially during the pandemic.

Ice-Breaking Session - Parichay

The ice-breaking session – ‘Parichay’, was conducted on the Microsoft Teams platform at 1:45 p.m. The objective of the session was to welcome the new batch and create a space for free communication, as well as showcasing the diversity of the country.

The session started with an activity wherein the students were shown videos under the theme “Dekho apna Desh” initiated by the Ministry of Tourism. The videos were divided into 5 broad heads, showcasing the cultural tableau of the 5 regions of our country, namely north, south, east, west and central India. The link for the videos was available on http://tourism.gov.in/ .A poll was then conducted on the videos that were shown to increase the engagement of the students.

The session was hosted by Miss Manishi Divya and Miss Shalini Sharma from InkSleuths – the Literary Committee of SIBM Hyderabad. The new batch of students introduced themselves to their batchmates and gave them a chance to get acquainted with each other.

Yoga Nidra Session 

The Yoga Nidra Session was conducted at 8:30 PM., by Mr. Jayaprakash Nambaru, an internationally certified life coach and yoga trainer. The objective of the session was to introduce and imbibe yoga into the daily lives of the students to help them tackle stress, manage work-life balance, and lead a healthy and joyful life.

The Yoga Nidra Sessions were conducted daily at 8:30 PM. from July 15 to 31, 2020. Mr. Nambaru led guided yoga sessions for the students and also created personalised audio recordings for the students that consistently attended the sessions. It was a very enriching experience for the students.

July 16, 2020

Invoking the Prana

The second day of the induction began early in the morning with a yoga session ‘Invoking the PranaThe Yogic Way’. Yoga today, stands as a rediscovered routine of humans that was once lost during modernization. The importance and advantages of Yoga in this modern way of life are being echoed across the globe. The Invoking the Prana Sessions were conducted every day on Microsoft Teams platform at 10:00 AM from July 16 - 31, 2020.

Walk Around your Institution

After a vibrant session of introduction with the new batch of students, they were now introduced to the faculty members and staff of Symbiosis Institute of Business Management Hyderabad. The pillars on whose foundation this institution prospers and will continue to prosper in years to come. The session started at 10:30 AM. and was initiated by Dr. Ravi Kumar Jain, the esteemed Director of SIBM Hyderabad. It proceeded with the introduction of the teaching faculty, followed by the nomteaching faulty and finally the staff. Afterwards, the faculties in charge of the various departments gave a brief about themselves and the departments that they handle.

Master Class

At a time when the world is fighting against the global pandemic of Covid-19, SIBM Hyderabad has proved that there is no stopping the students from learning. Master Class has enabled exchange of ideas, knowledge by bringing corporates to connect with our students over virtual platforms. The Master Class sessions began from July 16, 2020 and concluded on July 31, 2020 with a total of 27 corporate speakers from different sectors of the industry. The students were able to get first-hand knowledge from industry professionals about the corporate world and the challenges they may face in the future as they step into the corporate world. The details of the Master Class speakers are attached below:-

July 17, 2020

Briefing by Student Council

After an exquisite introductory session from July 15, 2020 to July 16, 2020, which gave the students an opportunity to know more about their batch, and their faculty & staff at SIBM Hyderabad, it was time for them to have a glimpse of the most happening element of the SIBM Hyderabad - the clubs committees which form the basis of the student body - Constellation. The Club presentation session commenced at 10:30 AM. which was kick-started by the Student Affairs In charge - Dr. Tanmoy De

who spoke about the role of Constellation in the day to day lives of the students of SIBM-H and how it ensures that students get an opportunity to showcase their skills & talents by being a part of these clubs & committees followed by Mr. Nicholas Daniel Ross, Head-Corporate Relations & MDP.

The session was taken forward by the Miss Sayali Ubgade - The President of the student council who gave a warm welcome to the batch of 2020 and ensured that they will be able to experience the complete MBA experience irrespective of what happens in the upcoming days. The Vice President of the student council Miss Shalini Sharma introduced the organogram of the Constellation and introduced all the coordinators as well the clubs & committees that are under them. This paved the way for the presentation of all clubs & committees by their respective Heads who spoke about their roles, responsibilities, achievements & the future expectations from the 2022 batch in order to be a part of their respective teams. A total of 19 clubs & committees gave their presentations and the following is their list:

Council Members interacting with juniors through MS Teams Platform

The session ended at 12:45 PM with the students from the 2022 batch being enlightened by what the student body has to offer them and how they can enrich their upcoming two years by being part of such vibrant clubs & committees.

Student Activity and Interaction

Melange - The Organizing Committee of SIBM Hyderabad, conducted some fun activities with the

new batch of students to help them interact with each other better. Melange organised a Virtual Treasure hunt on the MS Teams platform, where the students were split into teams where they had to work together to solve a series of puzzles, the answer of which would lead them to the next clue.

The students thoroughly enjoyed the event and bonded with each other. Melange also organised a Talent Hunt where the students were given a platform to showcase their talents in front of their batchmates and the council members. Students showcased their talents in the form of dance, singing, arts and crafts.

Creating Impact

Creating Impact was a resume building session that was conducted by Cantilever and the course flow was designed into 6 sessions. These sessions were conducted between 17/07/20 to 27/07/20. The session details are given below:

July 20, 2020

Coursera for Campus

The Coursera Campus program was launched on July 20, 2020 which aimed at increasing student engagement during the Induction Program for batch 2020. Although they have the liberty to enrol to any course but initially, they had to enrol for 3 courses. These served as preparatory sessions before they actually started their regular courses. The courses were in Economics, Financial Accounting and Statistics.

July 23, 2020

Call My Bluff and Guess Mate

The event named, “Call My Bluff And Guess Mate”, was conducted by the PR & Web committee on July 23, 2020 from 06:45 PM to 07:45 PM on a virtual platform called MS TEAMS with a participation strength of 130.

OBJECTIVE OF THE EVENT

• Ice-Breaking Session
• Compensate for the impossibility of organizing a physical event.
• Strengthen the relationship between the juniors and seniors.
• Enhanced interactivity among the students.
• To test various skills.

HOW THE EVENT WAS CONDUCTED?

• The participants (130) were divided into 7 groups of 17-18 members each.
• Each group was allotted a POC.
• Each group was given 15 minutes to complete the task.
• Each group had to choose 2 leaders who represented the entire group.
• The members were asked to guess the name of the brand through emoticons.
• Once the team members’ answer correctly, they were asked to redesign a new logo and a tagline for the same.
• Each group after finishing the task in 15 minutes was asked to share the picture of logo and the tagine and was then asked to pitch for 2 minutes.

OUTCOMES

The event enabled the students to freely interact with their batchmates and seniors and helped in identifying people with the required set of skills for the work done by the PR & Web Committee.

Photography Using Smartphone

A Session by Arun Hegden

Arun Hegden has been into the field of Photography for more than 8 years and specializes in Portraits, Travel, Wedding and Astro photography.

He has featured and been recognised by Lonely planet magazine, Fstoppers community, 121 Clicks, Sigma 2019, Sony Alpha, Chennai Weekend Clickers, Best of SLRBB Infosys, Roots of India, Open

wildlife lounge and many other such. He has conducted numerous photography workshops across the nation.

Apart from being a photographer, Arun by educational background is an Aerospace engineer and has worked for more than 5 years with Infosys Ltd in Mysore, before shifting to full-time photography. He has also given TEDx talks and is a traveller, loves adventure sports and fitness activities.

As a part of the students’ interaction and engagement programme, for the 2020-22 batch, during the process of induction, Pratibimb – Photography club of SIBM-H, conducted a session on “Photography Using Smartphone”. The session was conducted on July 24, 2020 on a virtual platform of MS Teams. It was a common session organised for both the batches of MBA.

Arun Hegden spoke about the basics of photography that one follows and should consider when

clicking a photo, while emphasizing on the fact that they were not limited to SLRs / DSLRs. He listed the aspects that really make the difference in the photo that has been clicked and those were the factors

that made the line between a photo clicked on a professional camera and on a smartphone diminish. The Points that he Propounded: -

1. Using gridlines when you capture

2. Understand the background and build it if you can. Avoid distractions there.

3. An interesting and suitable subject for a well-crafted background (naturally or intentionally)

4. Check the light. Think of the photo and what is the right light for the photo you want? Consider the “Golden hour”, when the light of the sun is soft and gives the best of the photos, early morning, or late evening.

5. Focus should be right; the subject should be kept in the right focus to get the right perspective.

6. Angle of shooting – helps to convey the power of the emotion that is to be conveyed, or any other aspect that want to be communicated.

7. Emotions of the subject –The emotions expressed should be in accordance to the background that one stands in.

8. Importance of eyes - What speaks and connects the viewer are the eyes of the subject (especially portrait photography).

9. Rule of thirds – grabbing the attention of the viewer to where you want him/her to see.

10. Look for patterns – it is human tendency to look for patterns. Find a pattern and find an element to break that pattern.

Mr. Hegden shared a few of his photographs with students that he clicked using a smartphone, with results much like having used a professional camera. He discussed how he had used the aspects, he mentioned of, in the photos that were shown.

Few of the Photos that were Presented During the Session

TASVEER

Theme based Photography Competition by Pratibimb

On account of the activities carried out by various clubs and committees during the induction of the batch of 2020-22, Pratibimb, the photography club of SIBM Hyderabad organized a theme based photography competition, “Tasveer”. They received 17 entries with a minimum of 1 and maximum 3 photos each based on the theme given. They had an Aerospace Engineer turned Photographer, Mr. Arun Hegden to judge the entries photos, who picked top 3 photos out of the 3 given themes. The participants of the competition were both senior (2019-21) and junior (2020-22) batches from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Hyderabad.

The competition themes were declared on 06:00 PM on July 24, 2020 and entries were accepted till

July 27, 2020, 11:59 PM. The participants were asked to pick a minimum one of the provided themes and were expected to click and submit pictures based on those selected themes only, within the

stipulated time. Each photo submitted by the participant had to be of a different theme and a maximum of one photo per theme was allowed per participant. They accepted entries via google form. The judge was sent the entries on July 28, 2020 and the results for the same were received on the same day.

Themes:-

1. Food by colour (Yellow)
2. Cutlery
3. Patterns

Participants’ List

Winners

July 24, 2020

Research-O-Phobia

In the next evening slot of July 24, 2020, the Centre of Research came up with their mini article writing competition called the “Research-O-Phobia” from 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM with a participation strength of 47. The activity was conducted on MS Teams.

Objective of the Event

objective of the event was to conduct an interactive activity with the juniors which focused towards the research attribute of a person in order to test their knowledge and writing skills in the selected domain/topic.

Method

The participants were first asked to choose a topic of their interest and under the given guidelines they had to produce their work and submit it to the provided link within 30 minutes. A brief presentation, reference material and other documents were provided during the event.

Outcome

A total of 46 submissions with articles from various topics such as science, economics, marketing, advertisement, HR, psychology, finance, sports, History, arts, human behavior etc., were recorded. Some of these articles showcased rich knowledge and research character of a person. The participants had a positive feedback and were interested in more of such events.

The Winners of the Events Were

1st - Ashmita Biswas

2nd - Snighdha Nair

3rd - Nishka Agarwal

How It Was Conducted

The mode of conduct of the event was Microsoft Teams.

• One separate channel was created under the name of Antardhwani Aarambh.
• Each guest was sent a request link and added to that group.
• The time slot was provided accordingly as per the guest’s requirement.
• It was an approximate 2 hours event.
• The number of participants in the event was approx. 165-170.
• Further detail is provided below with the event flow.

Outcomes

Ms. Sheeba Chadha

Sheeba Chadha is a theatre and film actor with large body of work in the OTT world as well. She has worked as a collaborative artist across mediums for over two and half decades.

Her work in the theatre includes plays like C for Clown (directed by Rajat Kapoor), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead and The Blue Mug (directed by Atul Kumar) and Hedda Gabler and Far Away (directed by Rehaan Engineer).

She was granted The Charles Wallace scholarship for theatre, which funded a summer course at The Royal Academy for Dramatic Arts and an apprenticeship with The Big Telly theatre company in

Northern Ireland.

One of her most recent work in the theatre includes a devised, solo performance titled 'Sleep'

performed and directed by herself, inspired by the writings of Haruki Murakami. Last year in December she created a performance piece commissioned by the Serendipity Festival in Goa, for

which she created a theatre script adapted from Adam Phillips ‘book, ‘Houdini s Box’. She also directed the piece and acted in it.

Ms. Sheeba has also had an illustrious career in cinema and television and the digital world spanning

over two decades. She has been a part of several block buster films over the years like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Dil Se, Luck by Chance, Delhi 6, Talaash, Murder, Dum Laga ke Haisa, Raees, Raid,

Jabariya Jodi, Badhai Ho, Gully Boy, Zero etc.

She just finished shooting for Sikhya Entertainment’s film, Paglait and Abundantia‘s film Shakuntala Devi., Mc Guffin Films film Sharmaji Namkeen. Her international projects are West is West, what will People say, Sahasi Chhori etc.

She is also a part of Mira Nairs web Series based on the The Suitable Boy.

Her recent web series include Mirzapur and Banish Bandits for Amazon, Tajmahal 1989 on Netflix and Permanent Roommates for TVF, to name a few

Ms. Vijaya Tupurani

Vijaya Tupurani, popularly known as the “Queen of Dance Fitness” from Hyderabad with more than 8 years into Dance Fitness has been a dancer all her life. With a dream of spreading the dance fitness

fever across the world, Vijaya had started her fitness journey back in early 2012 with Zumba. Since then she has been continuously working on improving her knowledge and grip on fitness by attending

fitness workshops, trainings and certifications conducted by world renowned fitness professionals. She is a certified in various Patented dance fitness formats around the world such as Zumba, Pound

fitness, folk fitness to name a few.

She is now considered to be one of the top dance fitness experts inspiring and motivating millions of people around the world. Many of the dance fitness instructors across the globe use her routines in their classes which they say brings joy and a sense satisfaction of working out to their clients.

Her current YouTube subscriber base has reached about 630k and is growing at a rapid speed. As a result of this achievement, YouTube has awarded her with a Silver Play Button and was invited to

perform at YouTube Fan fest 2018 where her team’s performance was rated the best by the audience.

She has successfully conducted workshops in corporates such as JP Morgan, DE Shaw, Facebook & many more and has been conducting classes in Google since the past 5 years.

She has been awarded “Woman of the year” for the year 2013-14 and 2015-16 by GHAC for inspiring people around the world.

Mr. Zeeshan Khan

Zeeshan Khan is an Indian classical and contemporary singer. With his magical voice has won the hearts of many including dignitaries from Bollywood.

Music runs through his bloodstream hence it showcases his versatile profile. His late Grand Father Ustaad Moinuddin Khan a renowned Sarangi player from India and his Father is a renowned Sitar

Player – Ustaad Ismail Khan.

Zeeshan has performed more than 400 live concerts across INDIA.

Zeeshan is known for his electrifying live performances and excellent stage presence thus leaving the audience spell-bound and creating a never lasting memory with each and every one of them.

Zeeshan is younger brother of India’s No. 1 Stand-up comedian – ZAKIR KHAN and consider him to be his Mentor & Inspiration.

Ms. Gursakhi Lugani

Gursakhi Lugani has over the years honed several skills to become what she is today. From a trained Indian classical singer to a corporate job, she has done it all. She started with music at a very young age and proudly calls it her first love. She got certified in music by the esteemed Trinity College of London further to doing several live, Radio and TV shows where she appeared as a singer. She even composes some of her own music.

In addition, she's a well-known social media evangelist and digital marketing consultant with several brands to further their digital reach. Some of the brands she has worked with are VIVO, HP Global, Pee Safe, Google, NEU Salonz, H&M, Panasonic and Michael Kors.

Having worked for close to two years as a consultant at AON Hewitt right after college, she quit the corporate world to pursue her passion for fashion and design.

She now runs a fashion brand named Nakhre Waali which was launched in 2016 where she designs,

markets and sells her own custom-made statement jewellery and clothing. Over the last couple of years of running Nakhre Waali, the brand has grown leaps and bounds and what started as an idea

over tea in a balcony has now reached the who’s who of the fashion world and is making a steady entry into Bollywood.

The brand flaunts its designs in eleven cities in India, seven countries across the globe and has been recognised by the likes of Economic Times and Business of Fashion.

to Relate

On July 27, 2020, Shakti conducted an hour long event from 06:45 PM - 07:45 PM called “CREATE TO RELATE” with a whopping strength of 105 participants.

OBJECTIVE

This activity was designed around the central theme of what the club stands for, women development and social responsibility. The objective of the activity was to conduct a fun-filled and creative competition that would make the participants think out of the box, enhance their awareness on social concerns while also showcase their ideas in building campaigns around important issues.This activity also aimed to provide a glimpse of the work done by Shakti as a club.

CONDUCTING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTIVITY

• The activity was conducted on MS Teams platform where, once all the participants joined the meeting, an initial briefing was provided and doubts/questions were answered. Briefing: Introduction and basic rules and regulations of the game: 10 minutes

• Teams were divided according the PRN with each team consisting into 13 groups, breakout groups were created in the channel and a POC from the club was allotted to each team. Dividing them into teams and explanation – 10 minutes.

• Upon dividing them into teams, they will be asked to pick three people of their choice, Now the teams have to come up with awareness themes related to social causes using the first letters of their first names of the selected three participants. For e.g., Anjali, Rahul, Simran chosen from the ten participants, they now have to come up with three social causes using the first letters A, R, S like A- Afforestation for Climate Change, R – Recycling to save the planet, S - Save

girl child. Once the POCS explained the activity, members of the team were asked to discuss and picking three names and coming up with themes – 15 minutes

• After this, they have to submit their themes to the organizers and pick one of the three themes for the next step. Picking one theme from three - 5 minutes.

• A google sheet was shared to the participants in each of the breakout group to build and create their final idea. Participants were allowed to access any information from any sources. With the one theme they have selected they need to collect information from which ever source they can and give ideas on how to run an awareness campaign for the chosen social cause. Gathering information, building campaign - 35 minutes

• Once, the time allotted was complete, POC’s of each group had stopped sharing the google document to stop the participants from further editing. Participants were asked to come back to the main meeting where the Faculty coordinator, Dr. Ridhi Rani spoke a few words to the participants. Conclusion: 10 minutes

OUTCOME

The event was conducted smoothly without any technical issues and the participants showed enthusiasm and excitement in the ideas and work they put-in. The campaign ideas that resulted out of the competition were very well-designed and thoughtfully presented. 13 campaign ideas were submitted.

Criteria

Theme that they picked out of three initial options, Information collected for the campaign, the actual plan for the campaign (mode of delivery etc.), feasibility of the campaign were selected as parameters for Judgement.

The top two ideas which stood out to be unique were chosen and those campaigns were run on their social media page.

WINNERS OF THE ACTIVITY

Group 11 – Joy of Living

Sravan Yandra, Soumyajit Halder, Somiya Jain, Snigdha Nair, Shrin, Solanki Jay

Group 13 – Wake up call (respect, care and save the savior)

Vignesh M, Vishesh Rateja, Wankhede Aditi Prashant, P Sai Sai, Pratik Mukherjee, Veera Mahes

The event conducted by SCEI-SAMARTHYA named “SO RELATABLE!” was held on July 28, 2020 from 05:30 PM to 06:30 PM with a participation strength of 98.

OBJECTIVE OF THE EVENT

The main objective of the event was to make the juniors feel easy and comfortable and at the same time make them use their brain in a fun quiz which was related to business world, MBA and the

entertainment. They tried to make the quiz in a funny but interesting kind of a way which kept juniors indulged in the quiz.

HOW WAS IT CONDUCTED
They organised for a 20 questions quiz for the juniors on the quiziz platform related to business world, MBA and the entertainment. They were told to install quiziz app on their mobile before the commencement of the event itself. After the introduction of the club, they gave them the game code with the help of which they entered the game. Once they all entered the event with the help of game code, the event started with the quiz. It was 20 minutes quiz where the knowledge of the students in different fields were teste

OUTCOME

From this event, students were able to have a relax and fun time from the busy schedule they were having all day. They have definitely learned some new things and were also able to open up with their senior batch during the interaction time.

Also they had three winners for their event whose names are given below

Abdul Tayeb

Namrata Gupta

Neel Kanak

Magic with Materials

In the next evening slot of July 28, 2020, Graffiti, the Arts & Creativity Club came up with their innovative competition called “Magic with Materials” from 06:30 PM - 7:30 PM with a participation strength of 97.

Objective

To provide exposure to the club’s activity by engaging the individuals in a fun and creative activity and bringing out the competitive spirit in them.

Implementation

The activity was conducted on MS Teams. 10 minutes was allotted for briefing, 5 minutes for doubt clearing followed by a 30 minutes activity. The participants had 5 minutes to conclude. Free sample was provided by graffiti after briefing for better understanding. The participants had to write “SIBM-H” in the most creative manner using the common materials present at home.

Outcome

• Were able to gauge the creative skills of all the participants who had submitted their works.

CONQUEST

The event conducted by Dauntless, named, “Conquest” was held on July29, 2020 from 05:30 PM to

07:30 PM with a participation strength of 70 + on MS TEAMS.

Objective

To promote interaction between the members of Dauntless and the new batch of 2020-22.

Platform: Microsoft Teams.

Event

A two-round event where the creative skills, and the lateral thinking of the participants are put to test, while making them interact with the club members.

Outcome

The event conducted by the Discipline and Anti-Ragging Committee (DARC) was held on July 30, 2020 on MS TEAMS from 05:30 PM to 06:30 PM with a participation strength of 80. The competition involved two rounds where the first round took place between July 26 - 29, 2020 and the second round took place on Microsoft teams. All the participants were given clue for the competition prior the competition. Timer was set for 5minutes when participants spoke.

Objective

The objective of the event was to let participants explore and an opportunity for them to showcase their thought process, communication and creativity.

Conducted

The competition involved 2 rounds where 1st round took place between July 26 – 29, 2020 and 2nd round took place on Microsoft teams. All the participants were given clue for the competition prior the competition. In the first round, the participants were given clue i.e., the above poster. From which they drew another poster and mailed it to DARC mail ID. Participants were given the choice to either make a poster handmade or digitally. No theme/topic was communicated to the participants, the participants were asked to choose any topic using the clue. In the second round, they communicated about their poster. Every participant was given 5minutes to speak.

Outcome

Different thought process from the participants. From one clue there were diversified results which were over and above the expectations. The competition was very interactive where participants used facts and numbers as well.

Kaustov Maji was the winner while Aditya Khandelwal was the runner-up.

Swaगत

InkSleuths, the LRC-Literature Committee of Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Hyderabad organized an induction event with the new batch of students on Microsoft Teams platform, named ‘Swaगत’ on the July 30, 2020.

The objective of ‘Swaगत’ was to inform the new batch about the committee and its activities, to get the juniors batch comfortable with us and get them to open up and to conduct fun activities to assess possible candidates for the committee while keeping them engaged.

The event started at 06:30 PM and received an attendance of 95 participants. The first round started off with a 5-minute presentation showing the activities the committee did in the previous year so that the juniors get a clear idea of what the committee does and who the members are. Then the members introduced themselves to the juniors’ batch. After that, they proceeded with the activity, ‘Ask InkSleuths Anything’. Here the juniors were able to ask the members questions about the committee, about themselves and about any other doubts that they may have. This proceeded for 10 minutes.

The students were then asked to split off to their respective groups for the next round. The second round started with a 15-minute game of ‘Lockdown Bingo’ which was designed to be a fun bonding exercise with the juniors as a reminisce over their experience during these times. The second activity during this round was called ‘2 truths and a lie’, a 30 - minute activity where the juniors wrote 2 truths about themselves and 1 lie and others had to guess which one was the lie. This helped them to evaluate how the juniors could come up with creative ideas in a short time period.

Conclusion

The event, ‘Swaगत’ was concluded successfully. The juniors enjoyed themselves and got to know their batchmates and the club members better. There was a positive response from the juniors about the event after the activities concluded. The club was able to scout promising new members from the juniors.

July 31, 2020

Finally, the 16th day long induction program reached its zenith on the day of July 31, 2020 when the entire Symbiosis family celebrated International Students’ Day to mark the birth anniversary of our Honourable Chancellor Professor S B Majumdar under whose vision Symbiosis International

University blossomed into a hub of higher education attracting scholars from all over the world. The day began with an event conducted centrally by the Symbiosis International University followed by an evening session hosted by SIBM-Hyderabad.

To keep alive, the tradition of celebrating the symposium of international students, SIBM-Hyderabad conducted a 2 hours’ online congregation on MSTEAMS platform from 06:30 PM - 8:30 PM.

The event began with the welcome remarks from our Director Dr. Ravi Kumar Jain. Then, the 8 International guest speakers shared their experience on online education system in their respective

universities post Covid-19 pandemic. The scholars were from different parts of the world namely, the USA, Netherlands, Germany, Australia and Singapore. The details of the guest speakers are listed below:-

Following this, closing remarks were given by the Student Activities In-Charge, Dr. Tanmoy De where he thanked all the guests for being a part of the event in spite of hailing from different time zones.

After the International guests left, the much-awaited result of the competitions held by the respective clubs & committees were announced by the Organising Committee headed by Movva Sai. It began with welcome words by the head of Organising Committee followed by a feedback form that was rolled out to take a note of the experience that the students of batch 2020-22 had with the activities of the club events. The result was announced after which Dr. Tanmoy De addressed some queries of the newly – admitted students.

This is how the two-week long Induction Program came to its grand ending.