Seven Days Faculty Development Programme on ‘Potential Enhancement in Teaching, Learning and Research’ 5th – 11th July, 2018

School of Management Sciences, Varanasi successfully organized a seven days Faculty Development Programme on ‘Potential Enhancement in Teaching, Learning and Research’ during 5th – 11th July, 2018 at its Khushipur Campus.

The programme commenced on 5th July, 2018 with the ceremonial tradition of lamp lighting and garlanding of goddess Saraswati. Prof. M.R. Dixit, Former Professor – IIM Ahmedabad and FDP Chairperson Prof. P.N. Jha jointly inaugurated the programme in the presence of FDP Convenor – Prof. Alok Kumar and FDP Coordinators – Dr. Anupam Shukla and Dr. Medha Srivastava. During his welcome address, Prof. Jha pointed that teachers are self-regulated and self-taught. Hence, activities like FDP and refresher courses are indispensible for their growth. He spoke about the changes visible in Education Model 4.0 and felt that these changes must be absorbed by the young and upcoming generation of teachers. He welcomed Prof. Dixit and thanked him for gracing this “cerebral confluence” with his illuminating presence. Subsequently, Dr. Anupam Shukla briefed the gathering about FDP. He stressed upon the need to stay abreast of the latest development and presented a brief layout of the programme. In his inaugural address, Chief Guest Prof Dixit mentioned the increasing performance pressure on teachers and elaborated upon the characteristics of Industry 4.0 that involves all round automation and artificial intelligence. The inaugural ceremony also marked the release of 14th volume of ‘Management Insight’ journal by the dignitaries.

The resource persons of FDP included Prof. M.R. Dixit (Former Professor, IIM Ahmedabad), Prof. Gyan Prakash Singh (Department Of Statistics, Banaras Hindu University), Dr. Alok Gardia (Department of Education, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi & Visiting Fellow, Eotos Lorand University, Budapest and University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary) and Prof. A.K. Tripathi, Dean – Resources & Alumni, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi. The participants included faculty members of SMS Varanasi and SMS Lucknow as well as faculty and research scholars from Karnataka, Orissa and other parts of Uttar Pradesh. The FDP was enriched with the remarkable level of participation marked by extraordinary energy, enthusiasm and engagement of each participant.

The chief guest of Valedictory ceremony on 11th July, 2018, Prof. A.K. Tripathi, Dean – Resources & Alumni, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi stated that the activities of a teacher revolved around interpreting knowledge, processing the knowledge and finally, generation of the knowledge. He hoped that every participant would walk out feeling enriched and satisfied after attending the sessions of this FDP and wished them great success. Later, Programme Coordinator – Dr. Medha Srivastava summarized various sessions that took place during seven days in a succinct FDP report. She presented the proceedings of all technical sessions along with key learning and outcomes of these sessions. The ceremony concluded with certificate distribution after which Programme Convener – Prof. Alok Kumar expressed gratitude towards the FDP Chairperson, resource persons and participants. All sessions of FDP were competently coordinated by Dr. Pallavi Pathak (Assistant Professor, School of Management Sciences, Varanasi). On this occasion, Dr. M. P. Singh (Executive Secretary, School of Management Sciences, Varanasi) and Mr. Sanjay Gupta (Registrar, School of Management Sciences, Varanasi) were also present.

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School of Management Sciences, Varanasi proudly announces launch of M.Com. Course from Session 2018-19

School of Management Sciences, Varanasi proudly announces launch of M.Com. Course from Session 2018-19.

M.Com (Master of Commerce) is a two year full time Post Graduate degree course , affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi.

we are sure that SMS Varanasi, in continuity with its glorious past , will successfully conduct this course and shape the future of those seeking Post Graduate Degree in Commerce.

V Annual Alumni Meet of Mumbai Chapter of SMS Alumni Association

International Yoga Day Celebration held @ SMS Varanasi

International Yoga Day Celebration held at SMS Varanasi

On 21st June, 2018 School of Management Sciences Varanasi celebrated ‘International Yoga day’ in its campus. Yoga session was conducted in presence of famous Yoga-Guru of Varanasi, Dr. Shailendra. Session was attended by the all the faculty and staff members along with few students of the institute.

Session started with the welcome address by Prof. P. N. Jha, Director of the institute who expressed thanks to the Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for reestablishing importance of yoga in the world. He also expressed thanks to Dr. Shailendra for sharing his precious time with SMS Varanasi staff. Prof. Jha highlighted the importance and need of yoga in our daily life.

Next in the session Dr. Shailendra shared his valuable experiences as yoga teacher and motivated the participants to practice yoga as a part of their daily routine. He demonstrated all important yoga steps which were also practiced by the participants. Besides traditional yoga poses and pranayama he also discussed about the importance of diet and do’s and don’ts for a good yoga practitioner.

7th Annual Alumni Meet of the Delhi Chapter On June 09, 2018

June 09, 2018 marked the organization of School of Management Sciences Varanasi’s 7th Annual Alumni Meet of the Delhi Chapter at PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry, New Delhi. The Meet witnessed animated presence of more than 100 Alumnus and Alumna of different courses and batches of SMS Varanasi. It commenced with the welcome address of Mr. Amitabh Pandey, Convener of SMS Alumni Association. A brief presentation on the glorious journey of SMS Varanasi informed the alumni members about the achievements and recent developments at SMS Varanasi. Subsequently, an open discussion and general meeting of alumni took place where it was resolved that members would extend their cooperation and support to this great journey towards excellence that SMS Varanasi has embarked upon. The discussion was followed by a felicitation ceremony where the institution put forward its recognition and appreciation for the alumni members. Secretary of the Alumni Association at SMS Varanasi presented official Vote-of-Thanks. The meet culminated into informal interactions among the alumni members over a sumptuous dinner. It was coordinated by Mr. Rohit Mehta, Coordinator – Alumni Association, Biplab Sengupta and Birendra Nath Pandey, Coordinators – Delhi Chapter in the presence of senior faculty members including Shri Shambhu Sharan Srivastava – Associate Professor.

Faculty Development Programme 2018 (JULY 5 TO 11, 2018) @ SMS Varanasi

One Week Techno-Camp 2018 Started at SMS Varanasi

One week ‘Techno Camp’ started at SMS Varanasi campus on 11th June, 2018 under banner of Live Wire- Technical Club of SMS Varanasi. The event started with the concept ‘No Barrier between you & Technology’ and attracted more than 60 participants of different age, different institutions and persons of different profile. The event started under coordination of Mr. Ram Gopal Gupta, Associate Professor, SMS Varanasi. Ms. Shweta Kumari, Former Team Leader of Smart India Hackathon 2017 (4th Runner up), is also giving her inputs in various Tracks of the activity.

Program started with the welcome speech by Prof. P. N. Jha, Director, SMS Varanasi. He congratulated the participants for joining the program and wished them for best possible learning in the upcoming one week time of workshop. Program witnessed grand presence of participants from various institutions of Varanasi and nearby areas including persons from institutes like RSMT, ICST-SHEPA, Raj School of Management, Jagatpur PG College, Maharaja Balwant Singh PG College and SMS Varanasi.

Techno Camp-2018 is classified under three tracks-

Track: 1:- 21- hours Java Foundation course
Track: 2:- 28- hours Web Development using PHP + MySql
Track: 3:- 21- hours Web Application Development using ASP.net

Methodology of content delivery in all the tracks of Techno Camp will be practical oriented. At the end of each session, online assessment will be conducted so that progress can be monitored. On the basis of these assessments and a final online test, we will declare TOP- 3 of each track separately.