Webinar “A Pathway Towards A Successful Career in Accounting, Finance & Commerce”

The Department of Commerce & Management conducted a Webinar on “A Pathway Towards A Successful Career In Accounting, Finance & Commerce” on 19th June 2020 from 11. am to 12.30 pm. The Webinar was streamed live on the Google Meet platform and on the College YouTube channel. A total of 730 participants registered for the Webinar.

The session was compered by Asst. Professor Ms. Preksha Chopdekar, followed by the welcome address by the Principal Dr. Prita Mallya. Dr. Edwin Barreto (Programme Coordinator) spoke briefly about the College and the B.Com programme. Asst. Professor Ms. Marjina Shaikh introduced the Resource Person CA Shivdatta G Ambe, Finance Manager, Amazon (Middle East and North Africa), who is an outstanding alumnus of the College.

The Webinar had an overall attendance of 884 (228 on Google Meet and 508 on YouTube) including international students from Bhutan, Bahrain, Kuwait and Philippines. Around 14 students from other States of India also participated in the webinar. The video of the Webinar on the College YouTube channel has garnered 3800 views.

CA Shivdatta G Ambe in his speech stressed on the need for knowledge, information, skills, and experience to identify career options and the necessity to choose one. He gave substantial information about the job opportunities and salary packages.He also stressed upon the difference between being qualified and working hard. He also advised participants to set their own goals for success, as ambition can neither be injected nor can be imitated. He ended his session with a quote “Hard work can substitute intelligence, but intelligence cannot substitute hard work.”

The session was followed by a Question and Answer session coordinated by Asst. Professor Ms. Muktali Cuncolienkar. The Webinar concluded with the Vote of thanks by Dr. Shami Pai, Head, Department of Commerce & Management. In their feedback, participants expressed their appreciation of the resource person and his very informative presentation. They also appreciated the College for the initiative in this area. The Webinar concluded at around 12.30 pm.