Under the terms of the MoU with A.K.I’s Poona College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Pune, a Student Exchange Program was organized from 16thto 18th September 2019.
The objective of the Program was to expose students to a different culture which would contribute to their personal development, and also help the College learn from the best practices of the host institution.
The participants were Ms. Ankita Rathod, Ms. Emilia Silveira and Ms. Arya Bhosale from TY BBA(FS) and Asst. Professor Ms. CinolaVaz.
Poona College received the team on 16th September 2019. An inaugural function was organized on the same day, wherein the College welcomed the guests with potted flowering plants.
The BBA(FS) students conducted a management game for the Poona College students. The game was designed to understand the decision-making process in an organization. The host College students participated in the game enthusiastically. A group of five students was declared winners at the end of the game.
An interaction with the First Year BBA students followed, during which the BBA(FS) students made a presentation on Investment in stock markets and answered several queries raised by the BBA students
After this, the students got an opportunity to interact with the staff and Management representative of the College.
On the following day, the students assembled in the conference room at 9:00 am. As per the schedule, a session on Green HRM was conducted for students from all BBA classes. The session emphasized the meaning of Green HRM, the rationale behind its emergence and some of the companies practicing Green HRM. The students were very interested in the session as most of them aspire to be successful entrepreneurs.
The students gave a brief presentation on Goan culture and also played a video. Some cultural activities were put up during the day. Our students sang a Konkani song followed by a dance performance.
The students got an opportunity to attend a guest lecture on ‘Skill Development’ by CA Prashant Somani, MBA, IIM Indore. The lecture highlighted the skills required to be entrepreneurs followed by the ways to enhance the skills to create employable youth. He concluded the lecture by encouraging the students to enroll for online courses offered by Coursera, Khan Academy or other such online platforms and recommended that students should read English newspapers daily.
On the last day of the visit, the students attended a lecture on Finance in the TY BBA class. The lecture highlighted the importance of ratio analysis and the application of these ratios. The students got an opportunity to clear their doubts about financial statement analysis.
As per the schedule, a session on ‘Investment Avenues with special reference to Mutual Funds’ was conducted for all BBA students of Poona College. The session emphasized the different investment avenues and explained how a mutual fund can create wealth for investors. The session concluded by screening a short movie on Mutual Funds – One Idiot.
The students also got an opportunity to attend a training session on ‘Self Defense for Women’. In the training, the various techniques of self-defense were taught and the participants were also trained in other exercises required to develop their physical and mental agility.
The Teacher/ Student Exchange Program concluded with the valedictory function. All staff and students attended the function. The function was graced by Dr. M Rafique, M Sharif Sarkha, Advisor, Poona College, Mrs. Sreyshta Beppari, Head of the Department BBA& BCA and Mrs. Deepika Kininge, Programme Coordinator, BBA.
