Fr. Agnel College of Arts & Commerce, Pilar, organized a Two-Day National Seminar on “E-Commerce: Boon or Bane for the Economy?”,on the 14th and 15th of February 2020.
The Chief Guest for the seminar was Dr. B. M. Hirdekar, Registrar, Sanjay Ghodawat University, Kolhapur, while the Guest of Honour was Ms. Kavya Allaparthi, Milroc Goodearth Developers, Panaji. After the inaugural function, the keynote address on “E-Commerce Revolution and its Impact on the Economy” was delivered by Dr. B. M. Hirdekar. This was followed by Technical session I on the “Impact of E-commerce on Business and other Allied Sectors” by Dr. A. M. Gurav, HOD and Dean, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Shivaji University, Kolhapur. The session continued with seven papers presentations by students from the PG level within and outside the State. The PG presentations were moderated by Dr. Shilpa Dessai.
Technical Session I continued post lunch with 17 paper presentations by the UG level students. Two students Mr. Sarthak Faldesai and Ms. Dnyanada Prabhudessai from SY B.Com and Asst. Professor Lizette D’Costa, presented a paper titled “The E-Commerce-Consumer connect: A Study on the Impact of E-Commerce on Consumer Behaviour”. The UG level presentations were moderated by Dr. Reji George. The session ended with a summary by the moderator and the observations and remarks by the jury.
Day 2 commenced with Technical Session II at 09:00 a.m. by Dr. Yasmeen Aowte, Associate Professor and Vice Principal of Gogte College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ratnagiri. Her topic for the session was “Impact of E-Commerce on Consumers and Society”.
This was followed by Technical Session III at 10:00 a.m. on “Digital Marketing” by Mr. Sudhir Shetty, founder of Espressotive & Skilltune.
The National Seminar gave students a chance to write and present a research paper.
