The FINANZA Association of B.Com. (Accounting and Finance) of Pillai College of Arts, Commerce and Science conducted One Day Intra Departmental Quiz Competition on Friday 30th November, 2019. The competition got more 25 entries of B.Com.A&F students of all the years i.e. First Year, Second Year and Third Year. The quiz was conducted in 3 rounds where the knowledge of the participants was tested based on their knowledge in general sense, general awareness, politics, sports and finance. The event took place under the guidance of Prof. Sunita Saini and Prof. Chaitanya Athalye. The quiz competition ended at 1:30 p.m. and the three winners, Hriday Arora from S.Y. B.Com.A&F A (First), Abizer Kachwala from S.Y. B.Com.A&F A (Second) and Shubham Naik from F.Y. B.Com.A&F A (Third) were finally decided at the end of the third round and were felicitated by the principal Dr. Gajanan Wader. The participants enjoyed the quiz and gave a positive feedback.
The NSS unit in association with Maharashtra Police Boys Company paid tribute to the security personnel killed in the Mumbai terror attacks on 26th November, 2019. On the 11th anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks, we remember everyone who lost their lives and mourn with their families. A grateful nation salutes the security personnel who made the supreme sacrifice.
National Service Scheme of Pillai College of Arts, Commerce & Science, New Panvel organized the celebration of Constitution Day on 26th November, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. in the college campus. Prof. Gurpreet Kaur Kalsa, Pillai College Arts, Commerce & Science, delivered an informative speech about constitution of India. Total 120 NSS volunteers were present for the programme.
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On 23rd November, 2019, B.Com. Department organized a Session on ‘Golden Saturday’. It was conducted for the B.Com. students of PCACS in L-302 at 11:30 a.m. by Mr. Inder U. Sharma, B.Com. alumni from the batch 2008. He is a Founder and Sr. Advisor of Awaaz Service Society.
The session included guidance on blood donation. He shared his wonderful experiences of college life and gave information about his NGO. He also talked about his activities towards women and children well-being. He gave an insight of various events that he has conducted in Navi Mumbai. Mr. Sharma had a very interactive approach throughout the session, which was liked the by the B.Com. students of PCACS.
Women Development Cell organized a Session on “Women Self-Empowerment: The need of Contemporary Society” for girl students by Ms. Gurpreet Kaur Khalsa, Founder, Gurpreet Kaur Leadership & Development Mumbai on 23rd November, 2019. The session was to enhance self-esteem and self-confidence of the girl students.
Komal Shinde of T.Y.B.Com was identified and recognized for her outstanding services in community and announced the NSS Best Volunteer Award from Raigad District. The objective of this Award is to recognize and reward outstanding contributions towards voluntary community service.
On 5th October, 2019, PCACS’s Placement Department celebrated a day, which is part of Golden Saturdays with Alumni on account of 50 years of M.E.S. in 2020. PCACS and Placement Cell hosted an event named, ‘Gap between College and Industry / Company and Employability’. This event was conducted in the auditorium for F.Y. & S.Y. students of all streams from commerce and science departments.
We invited our Alumni as the chief guests and resource speakers for this event.
Names are as follows:
- Name: Mr. Aditya Kaushik
Designation: Cyber Security Consultant
Company Name: Cap Gemini Technology Services - Name: Mr. Bishal Bose
Designation: Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Company Name: Ness Digital Engineering Ltd. - Name: Mr. Roshan Kumar Jha
Designation: Technical Lead
Company Name: Wipro Technologies
Other alumni and our guests for this event were Mrs. Suvarna Joshi from Lotus Knowledge Wealth. As part of the Securities Exchange Board of INDIA’s (SEBI) Initiative to spread MUTUAL FUND AWARENESS, LKW’s Partner Firm, Jai Vatnani & Co. (JVC) has been mandated by a leading Asset Management Company to conduct a program of up to a maximum of 75-90 minutes with Q&A. The minimum number of participants mandated was 40-45 per Program.
As part of its mandate, LKW conducted this Program free of cost and it was beneficial to the participants in terms of enhanced Knowledge and Awareness for making Capital Market and Investment Decisions.
Program Contents:
- Financial Security with Correct Planning
- Take Stock of your current Saving & Spending
- Power of Compounding
- Understand Risk and its Impact
- Portfolio Strategy and Monitor your Investments
The objective of the event was to orient the F.Y. and S.Y. students about how to prepare for Industry and academia. The topics covered in this event were soft skills, awareness and preparedness for career / job and communication skills. The event was very beneficial to prepare students to step in the corporate world and soar high in their respective fields. PCACS Placement Department is aptly set up, not only to get right job, but also to guide each of its student to get into the right career.