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Date of Event 19.10.2020 - 20.10.2020

Name and Type of Event Syllabus Review workshop, Academic

Conducted by School of Commerce and Management

No. Of Participant 60

Introduction:

As the Revised syllabus is introduced by Arka Jain University for the School of Commerce and

Management. There was a need to orient faculty members to revised scheme of syllabi.

Accordingly the School organized Two day workshop on Syllabus Review.

Objectives:

Keeping in view the latest industry trends, digital economy and market requirements the

curriculum revision exercise has been undertaken wherein an attempt has been made to

connect theory to practice. The participants of the workshop shall understand how The

School of Commerce and Management, Arka Jain University, Jharkhand is equipping its

students to meet the ever-changing needs of the industry.

Resource Persons:

1. Prof. (Dr.) Asish Bhattacharyya ( Former Professor of IIM Calcutta & Former

Director IMT Ghaziabad)

2. Prof. (Dr.) Pingali Venugopal (Professor & Former Dean of XLRI, Jamshedpur)

3. Dr. Arun Sinha (Former Senior Vice President ( IR & HRD) & Head

Business Excellence Jaya Shree Textile , Aditya Birla Group)

4. Prof. (Dr.) Jyoti Sharma (Associate Professor International Institute of

Professional Studies Devi Ahilya University Indore-M.P.) Shri Koushik Das

(Vice- President State Street Corporate Services (Mumbai) Pvt. Ltd.)

5. Mr Kaushik Banerjee (Vice President & Business Head for Teamlease.com &

Freshersworld.com)

6. Mr Kaushik Banerjee (Vice President & Business Head for Teamlease.com

& Freshersworld.com)

Report on Syllabus Review workshop Held on 19.10.2020 - 20.10.2020

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Convenor

Dr.Arunava Narayan Mukherjee Professor & Dean School of Commerce and

Management

Organizers

CMA Priya Raman, Assistant Professor

Dr Sonia Riyat , Assistant Professor

Ms Harshita Gupta, Assistant Professor

Ms Vishakha Joseph, Assistant Professor

Ms Kritika Singh, Assistant Professor

Inauguration:

Inauguration of two day workshop was started at 10.00 am with welcoming the guests, Lamp

Lighting and Saraswati Vandana. Dr. Arunava Narayan Mukherjee honored the occasion of

Saraswati Pujan. This was followed by a note on the need and rationale of the workshop.The

session was graced by the presence of honorable Vice Chancellor S-Dr. S.S Razi, our Director

sMr. Amit Srivastav, Registrar Mr.Jasbir Dhanjal, Dean Student welfare-Dr. Angad Tiwari,

Dean Commerce and Management Dr. Arunava Narayan Mukherjee, Our Program Co-

ordinators Dr. Pompi Das Sengupta,Dr. Charu Wadhwa and Ms. Priya Raman, all the

faculty members of the Commerce and Management Department, the students and their

parents. The two day workshop was greatly enriching for all the participants and we as a

University will surely incorporate the valuable inputs given by the academicians and the

industry experts at the earliest.

Technical Session: Day 1

Dr.Asish Bhattacharya gave his valuable inputs on the syllabus and emphasized on

the importance of Cross functional learning and Continuous evaluation. He also

highlighted the importance of industry exposure and practical learning.

Dr. Pingali Venugopal by his rich practical and academic experience gave minute details

on the constraints of having a single elective in the “New Normal” situation. He also

gave his noteworthy suggestions on the Adityapur Industrial belt and how it is a

boon for the University and the students in terms of the practical experience it has to

offer.

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Dr.Jyoti Sharma took up an enriching session and beautifully elaborated the

minutest details with respect to our syllabus. She also stressed on the fact that

our syllabus was very articulate. She ended the session with a strong statement as to

how we professors are instrumental in the development of the country and a better

India.

Technical Session: Day 2

Dr. Arun Sinha gave his noteworthy suggestions to the faculty members to

inculcate the aspect of critical thinking in the students and also follow the latest

corporate trends. He gave an insight on how manpower restructuring is going to

take place in the coming times and how we should constantly upgrade ourselves to

meet the needs of changing times.

Mr.Koushik Das delivered a fantastic session taking us through his journey of the

corporate world. He gave significant inputs on the skill sets required by students

to crack interviews in the field of finance which were worth taking note.

Mr.Kaushik Banerjee gave his valuable inputs on preparing students to be industry

ready

, giving them proper orientation , expectation of Industry and how one should work

and deliver in Industry

Valedictory session:

The sessions ended with a vote of thanks by Ms Priya Raman.

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Summary of the Feedback on Syllabus Review Workshop

The two-day syllabus review e-workshop was attended by all the stakeholders comprising faculty

members of the school of commerce & management, students, alumni and parents’ body. The

workshop started on October’19, 2020 and concluded on October’20, 2020. Six eminent speakers

shared their experiences and provided valuable inputs on the theme.

At the end of the workshop, feedback was collected on five-point Likert Scale in which ‘1’ stands

for ‘strongly disagree’ and ‘5’ stands for ‘strongly agree’. Google Form was used for collecting the

responses. The summary of the responses collected from all the participants, other than the

organising committee members are as given below:

Chart 1: Profile of the respondents

Chart 2: Responses on the statement ‘Workshop Objectives were stated clearly and met’

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Chart 3: Responses on the statement ‘This workshop was well organised’

Chart 4: Responses on the statement ‘The information and/or skills presented were

relevant anduseful.’

Chart 5: Responses on the statement ‘The presenter(s) provided adequate time for questions

andanswered them satisfactorily.’

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Chart 6: Responses on the statement ‘This workshop increased my knowledge and skills in

developing Research Proposal

Chart 7: Responses on the statement “The workshop as presented was congruent with the

workshop description.”

Chart 8: Responses on the statement ‘The presenter(s) allowed me to work with and learn

fromothers.

The participants were highly motivated by the ideas shared by the resource persons. They were

interested to attend more number of workshops in the area of research methodology.

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The above responses are further structured on the basis of the profile of the respondents. The

details are as below:

Responses from the Employees of AJU (Faculty Members of School of Commerce

& Management)

There were 24 respondents (other than the members of organising committee). 92% of the

respondents were agreed that the workshop was organised very well and the inputs shared by the

speakers were relevant and helpful in revising the syllabus.

Responses from the Students of School of Commerce & Management

There were 18 students-respondents. 100% of the students agreed that the workshop was

organised very well and the inputs shared by the speakers were relevant.

Responses from the Alumni of School of Commerce & Management

There were 2 Alumni. 100% of the respondents agreed that the information shared by the speakers was

very much relevant to the industry requirement.

Responses from the Parents of School of Commerce & Management

There were 5 parents. 100% of the respondents agreed that the workshop was well organised and

information shared during the workshop was relevant and useful.

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ARKA JAIN University – IQAC Cell – Event Reporting Format