An Annual National level Inter-Collegiate event – Moneta 2022 was organised by R. A. Podar College of Commerce and Economics – Autonomous, Mumbai from 17th to 21st January, 2023. One team comprising of 15 students from FY and TY BBA(Financial Services) participated in the event.
This event is the India’s largest financial market-based event. 70 colleges across India had participated in the event, some of the prominent colleges being St Joseph’s University, St Xaviers College, Ahmedabad, Amity University, Jai Hind College, GLS University, B K Birla College, HR College, Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, NMIMS and Mithibai College, Mumbai.
Students actively participated in all the 15 events. The aim was to motivate students to participate in the national level event and thus, provide a platform for them to showcase and enhance their skills and knowledge. Mr. Saeesh Naik, student of TYBBA(FS) B – was the contingent leader while Ms. Mashuka Rodrigues, student of TYBBA(FS) A – was the Assistant Contingent Leader of the participating team. Mr. Anirudha Munj, Assistant Professor in Management and Ms. Vinaya Kirloskar, Assistant Professor in Commerce were the faculty in charge and accompanied the students to Mumbai and provided necessary guidance.
Day 1 (17th January 2023)
Round 1of 5 events held virtually
Round 1 of 5 events namely Manobhav, Legit, Production Paradox, Big Brand Theory and Explore the Unexplored were held virtually on 17th January 2023. All the participants from Shree Damodar College qualified after Round 1 and they were eligible to participate in the 2nd round which was scheduled offline at the campus of R. A. Podar College.
Day 2 (18th January 2023)
The event began with a talk by eminent personality Kobbi Shoshani, Consul General of Israel. Mr. Kobbi Shoshani spoke on how entrepreneurship has grown all around the world and how making allies is important. This session gave the participants an insight about relations of Israel and India, and how both the countries are similar and different at the same time. This was followed by another session by Mr. Pradeep Ramakrishnan, General Manager at SEBI. Mr. Ramakrishnan underlined the fact that financial institutions around the globe are increasingly responding to stakeholder demands on sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) actions by articulating a corporate purpose and explaining how that purpose will drive their decision making. After the sessions, Round 1 of event such as CEO Challenge, True and Fair View, In Pursuit Dispute, The Corporate Ladder, Bizzare Quiz. Policy Prophecy and Production Paradox began and all students participating in the same qualified the Round 1 and were eligible to proceed for the next round.
Day 3 (19th January 2023)
The event began with talks byeminent personality Tapan Mody, Founder and Creative Director of Yes Yes, Why not? Tapan Mody came up with the MAD Workshop, which provided “Professional Creative Training” for the students attending the session. The second session was by Sougata Basu, Founder of CASHRICH, Fintech Entrepreneurs. It was an interactive session that helped the students explore the various aspects of ‘RISK’ and how they can think systematically to take the right risks. According to Mr. Basu, successful people have often received the benefits of taking calculated risks. The third session was by Amit Malpani, Edelweiss Asset Management-CFO. The speaker shared the cases he encountered while heading the accounts of MNC Companies and how he tackled them.
After the sessions, Round 1 of Management games, Bullring, a Study in Scarlet, Beyond the D-street events commenced.
Day 4 ( 20th January 2023)
The day started with a session by Sanmati Pande, Founder of GROWFITTER App. The speaker shared his journey from being an average student to successfully raisingRs.50 lakhs in exchange for 2 per cent equity of the company in the show Shark Tank India. At the end of the session, he came up with a Health Quiz for all the audience present. Ms. Sakshi Jadhav, student of TY BBA(FS) B won the quiz and was awarded with BOAT earbuds.
Round 2 and 3 were conducted and students participating in the Bizzare Quiz, Manobhav, Policy Prophecy, Explore the Unexplored and Legit qualified for the finals.
There was Panel discussion session by Mr. Rammohan Bhave, CA, CMA, ACCA, CS, Director to several firms, Mr. Amit Agrawal, CFO at AON India, Mr. Rameshwar Wadne, CFO at Vendiman Pvt Ltd on the topic Significance of Strategic Intent & Innovation.
Day 5 (21st Jan 2023)
Finals of the Bizzare Quiz, Manobhav, Policy Prophency, Explore the Unexplored and Legit events were held. Later Ms. Priya Subbaraman, Chief Regulatory Officer, NSE addressed the students on the regulations and policies made for the benefit of the investors and after the session, Valediction ceremony was held.
The results of National level Inter-Collegiate event – Moneta 2023 were declared during the Valedictory and students of TY BBA(FS)- B, Ms. Sanchia Da Costa and Ms. Sejal Kelekar won the 2nd Place for the Research paper presentation which was a part of Explore the Unexplored event. The students were guided by the faculty members of Department of Management.
