The Commerce Club of the College organised Commerce Wars 2.0 on 24th and 30th August 2019.
24th August 2019
3D Poster making competition
The topic for the 3D Poster Making Competition was “India as a Super Economic Power”. Students were expected to portray India as an emerging economy, competing with the giants in terms of GDP, Scientific Development, Industry, Business, Economic Status, and other performance indicators. The aim of the activity was to trigger creative and imaginative thinking within students. The judges for the event were Mr. Rohan Morye (Former General Secretary, Cultural Council of Shree Damodar College) & Ms. Apoorva Pagui (Faculty, RMS Higher Secondary School). 14 students participated and the winners were 1st Place JuanvAmlapache & Kevin Silveira, 2nd Place Crystal D’Costa & Siya Naik and 3rd Place AnushaPai& Sharmeen Shaikh. The teachers in charge of the event were Ms. Prachi Kolamker& Dr. Madanant Naik.
Business Logo Designing Competition
The theme for the Logo Designing Competition was “Green Business”. 13 students participated. The competition witnessed excitement, creativity and tremendous skill demonstration by the students. The teachers in charge of the event were Ms. Muktali Cuncoliencar and Ms. Marjina Shaikh. The judges for the event were ex-students Ms. Valeny Rodrigues and Ms. Siddhi Cannaik.
The winners of the event were – 1st Place Mr. Mark Mascarenhas, 2nd Place Ms. Ariba Cota and 3rd Place Ms. Ruhi Naik.
Comquiz competition
The objective of this event was to assess students’ views regarding Quiz competitions as a tool of teaching and learning. It was also aimed at helping students develop speaking skills in the group, working in a team, polishing their critical thinking and enhancing Commerce-related knowledge among students. There were a total of 45 participants, divided into15 teams of 3 members each. The first round was a written, elimination round, at the end of which 4 teams were selected for the next round. These 4 teams were Amazon, Wipro, Sinbad& Credit Card.
These 4 teams went through 3 rounds. The First round was the abbreviation round in which each team was asked to give the full form of 2 abbreviations; the second round was Logo identification in which each team was asked to identify 2 logos, and the 3rd round was Personality Identification of Businessmen. Asst. Professor Mr. Sandesh Gaonkar gave the concluding remarks.
First place was won by Team Amazon – Hemant, Vikas & Kailash. Second Place was won by Team Credit Card – Sanford, Wilroy & Venkatesh and Third place was won by team Sinbad – Saideep, Mohan and Amey.
30th August 2019
Video Advertising
A Video advertising competition was organised on the theme Green Products. The aim of this competition was to enable the students to understand the importance of environment friendly products for the society and the economy. In this competition students were asked to promote green products using advertising and marketing strategy. 05 teams participated. The videos were screened in Room No. 115 and were judged by Adv. Snehal Puranik and Mrs. Akhila SalelkarShetye. The teachers in charge for this event were Dr. Lina Sadekar and Dr. Shami Pai.
Business Plan
The Business Plan competition was organised on the theme Recent trends in Enterpreneurship (Edupreneur/Agropreneur/Technopreneur/Sociopreneur). There were 04 teams with 08 participants for the competition. Each team presented a unique business plan. In their plan, students presented their proposal along with the cost estimates and benefits of their product and plan. The aim of the event was to inculcate the spirit of entrepreneurship and give students a platform to present their plans. The judges for this event were Dr. Vishal Chari and Mr. Ainsley Bernard. The teachers in charge for this event were Dr. Sheetal Arondekar and Ms. Pooja Shanbhag. The winners were: First place – Abhishek Dessai and Abdul Wahid Shaikh and Second place – Ganesh Kumavat and Runal Thakur.
Stalls
As a part of Commerce Club activities stalls were put up by the students. The theme for stalls was Budding Entrepreneurs. The stalls were put up to show creativity and talent of the students, hence the food stalls were limited and more focus was on promoting talent of the students. There were three groups and each of them promoted creativity by showcasing their talent by putting up stalls pertaining to flower making, sketching, painting, paper bags, food, etc. The teacher in-charge for the event was Dr. Maithili Naik. The Winner of the Stall event was the team with maximum profit – Sahil Kuttan, Kumar Pujari, Snehal Bhuttewadkar, Yamini Pawar and Hemant Phoolwari.
Mock Trading
The Mock trading event was undertaken with the objective of acquainting students with stock market operations and how trading happens in the stock market. This event witnessed participation in large numbers- 39 teams having 2 members per team, participated. The trading was purely Intra-day and Short selling was restricted. Trading was allowed for 1 hour, after which the share market was closed for investment. Altogether 10 companies’ shares were traded and the total amount that the investors could invest was not more than 10 lakhs. There was continuous fluctuation in the share prices and market news was also displayed on the screen, based on which investors were expected to decide where to invest. There were also Insiders selected to provide fake news to the brokers in order to influence their investment decisions. K. Venkatesh and Allister Carvalho were the winners with the highest profits. Abhishek Desai and Samarth Pai Angle were the first runners up and Runal Thakur and Ganesh Kumavat were the second runners up. The teachers in charge of the event were Ms.Pooja Shanbhag, Ms. Namrata Haldankar and Mr. Sandesh Gaonkar. The volunteers coordinated well and the event was a great success.
