Dr. Saurabh, Head, School of Business, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, J&K, delivered a lecture in an interdisciplinary refresher course on 'Entrepreneurship Development', organized by the Human Resource Development Centre in collaboration with the Business School and Bhaderwah Campus, University of Jammu, 15th to 28th February 2021, where he conducted sessions ‘Dharma and Social Entrepreneurship’.

The workshop was organized for providing opportunities for professional and career development of teachers, necessary for quality education and research so that they are well equipped and motivated to accept new challenges emerging from growth of new knowledge, in the field of entrepreneurship.The workshop was focused on enhancing the motivation skills and knowledge of the participants through orientation in the field of entrepreneurship. Dr. Saurabh emphasised on the role of teachers in creating an Aatmnirbhar Bharat. He said that the social enterprises are the need of the time and one of the model for achieving the sustainable development goals.

Dr. Saurabh, engaged the participants in discussions and with the help of examples elaborated upon his model of social entrepreneurship based on the Dharma. He invoked the participants to carry out research based on localisation of entrepreneurship and engaging the minds towards the righteous actions in right direction i.e. the welfare of all. Dr. Sunil Bharadwaj, coordinator of the program from TBS Bhadarwah campus, Jammu University, thanked Dr. Saurabh for his lecture on a vibrant topic and insightful engagement with the participants from all over the country.

Ms. Vanshika Dubey, (Batch 2018-2020) MBA Student, School of Business, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Univeristy has made a remarkable achievement as her research paper entitled “Measuring and Benchmarking Technical Efficiency of Indian Automobile Sector” has been accepted for publication in a SCOPUS indexed journal entitled as “International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management”.

Ms. Dubey is working under the mentorship of Dr. Supran Kumar Sharma, Faculty, School of Business, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University. It is a part of her Dissertation work which every student of MBA, SMVDU, writes during his/her degree program. Ms. Dubey also received campus placement in ICICI Bank with an attractive package.

Ms. Vanshika Dubey, (Batch 2018-2020) MBA Student, School of Business, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Univeristy has made a remarkable achievement as her research paper entitled “Measuring and Benchmarking Technical Efficiency of Indian Automobile Sector” has been accepted for publication in a SCOPUS indexed journal entitled as “International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management”.

Ms. Dubey is working under the mentorship of Dr. Supran Kumar Sharma, Faculty, School of Business, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University. It is a part of her Dissertation work which every student of MBA, SMVDU, writes during his/her degree program. Ms. Dubey also received campus placement in ICICI Bank with an attractive package.

Dr. Supran Kumar Sharma, Dean Faculty of Management, SMVDU conducted training session on the topic, “Entrepreneurial Practices & Business Plan Formulation: Process & Precautions” in a refresher program being conducted by HRDC, University of Jammu.The session primarily focused on describing the procedures, process & precautions to be taken while formulating a business plan by the entrepreneurs. The session initiated with the explanation of reasons of failure and success in a venture, while explaining the essence of the formulation of business plan.

While elucidating the anatomy of a business plan Dr. Sharma emphasized that quantitative must meet qualitative.Further he underlined that the role of competitive grid preparation is indispensable to portrait better financial analysis and marketing plan.The participants interacted well with the expert, praised the session and expressed satisfaction and delight.

Dr. Saurabh, Head, School of Business, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, J&K was the Chief Guest and Keynote Speaker in the Webinar on Social Entrepreneurship held of 24th June 2020 hosted by Department of Management Sciences, Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology, Othakalmandapam Post, Coimbatore.

Dr. Saurabh, in his lecture, focused on providing valuable information on social entrepreneurship and how it will help our country, state’s and people’s development. He explained how social entrepreneurship is one of the important dimensions which helps to design our country, states’ and people’s development, specifically in the current context. He discussed about Indian design of social entrepreneurship in development discourse specifically in India. With certain examples, he explained the basic prospect of the entrepreneurship culture of a community or social responsibility.

He said that when the world is looking forward for the development of India, which can be a potential base for the hope of economic growth, it is necessary to build in the necessary steps for the integrated growth and development of society. He explained the divine design of social entrepreneurship and said that the concept of social entrepreneurship provides for “udyam with dharma” - dharma is everything with a view of virtue, nurturing, increase prospering, enhancing all living being and securing themselves. His framework of the divine design of social entrepreneurship was well discussed and appreciated by participants during the question and answer session. Coordinator of the session Kanimozhi V. Offered thanks to all the guests and speakers.

Dr. Suparn Kumar Sharma, Dean, Faculty of Management, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, conducted a training session on, “Technology Business Incubation: Process and Practices” in a two week long Faculty Development Program on ‘Entrepreneurship,’ being conducted under the aegis of Development of Science and Technology, Government of India at GNDU College, Jalandhar.

The program was conducted in an online mode where faculty members from different institutions and universities had participated.During the session, Dr. Sharma explained the importance of incubation centers in innovation application and technology formulation for better success strategies and effective mechanism of technology transfer.

The session elucidated that business incubation is a temporary, facilitative support provided to start-up enterprises through the delivery of complex services and special environment with the aim of improving their chance of survival in the early phase of the life span and establishing their later intensive growth. The session was highly praised by the participants, and a number of questions were raised, which were satisfactorily answered by the resource person.

Dr. Isha Sharma 2009 batch passout MBA , Mr. Varun, Mr. NItin Pandita and Mr. Romel Dhar 2018 batch passout MBA interacted with students of managements. Dr. Isha is presently working at Jammu University , Mr. Varun is presently working in HDFC AMC, Mr. Romel Dhar in AXIS Bank and Mr. Nitin Pandita is going to join the planning department of J&K bank. They discussed about the opportunities after MBA programme with the students and shared the Mantras for getting the placements through campus. During the interaction they highlighted the various parameters which company look into their future employees. They motivated the students to enhance their communication skills. Dr. Isha also discussed some recent challenges happening in the corporate sector relating to human resource development. She stimulated the students to utilise the golden period of their life i.e. University student life to the maximum extent. Alumni of SoB emphasised on developing the habits of reading on daily basis so that regular upgradation one’s knowledge and skills in order to nurture and develop oneself more can happen. They provided the insight to the students regarding the kind of guidance they received from the University and how it has helped them to face the real life challenges. They appreciated the opportunity and support provided by the University and helping in boarding their outlook.

Dr. Saurabh, Head, School of Business, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, J&K, delivered a lecture on “Literature Review and Case Based Research” in the national level Workshop on Research Methodology (RM-2) on the theme “Research for Resurgence” for university and college teachers organized by the Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education (CPDHE), UGC-HRDC, University of Delhi through online mode from January 6–12, 2021.

The workshop provided opportunities for professional and career development of teachers, discussing issues related to quality education and research. Dr. Saurabh provided an elaborative framework and techniques on conducting and upgrading the literature review, and provided the insight into the ancient text and cases for setting up the context of learning in the modern times.

The sessions were held online and were highly interactive with lively participation. Dr. Sachin Vashsihtha, the Convener & Dr. Kavita Yadav, Co-Convener of the Workshop, coordinated the query session, and expressed their gratitude for the active participation of the participants and thoughtful sessions by Dr. Saurabh.

Ms. Sana Gupta, alumnus of visited the School of Business to share her corporate experiences with students of School of Business. Ms. Sana Gupta 2011-12 batch passout is presently associated with a US-based MNC in London. During her interaction she brought to light the various challenges and practices concerned with starting up of business outside India. She also talked about the cost of setting up a business in India vis-a- vis foreign countries. She talked about her challenges while she was trying to establish herself in foreign land. She also discussed about the relevance of classroom teaching in corporate work life. She told to the students that the basic mantra for survival in corporate world is the innovative ideas. She also emphasised on importance of CV for freshers as it gives the reflection about the person. She concluded her session highlighting the importance of keeping a balance between the professional and personal life especially in case of business women.

Ms. Divyani 2016-17 batch pass out and alumnus of MBA also interacted with MBA students. She is presently working in Mahindra First Choice, Chandigarh. She pointed out that for long term survival in the corporate world, first three months of corporate life are very crucial. With one to one discussion mode, she cleared many doubts of the students regarding selection of specialisation courses in MBA for future. She underlined the facilitating role played by case studies and teaching pedagogy of MBA course at SMVDU to equip the students for future corporate challenges.

Dr. Supran Kumar Sharma, Dean, Faculty of Management has conducted a training session in the workshop on ‘academic writing’ organised by UGC-HRDC BPS Women University, Sonipat, Haryana. This was a one week training workshop conducted to inculcate advance and effective writing skills amongst the participants. The session was conducted by Dr. Sharma in the virtual mode, due to the current prevailing situation of Pandemic.

The participants of the workshop were faculty members of different colleges, institutions, from the universities. The theme of the session was focused on Plagiarism and related issues.Dr. Sharma explained that many people think of plagiarism as copying another’s work or borrowing someone’s ideas but the term copying or borrowing can disguise the seriousness of the offence. There can be two type of plagiarism including deliberate plagiarism and accidental plagiarism, which define The Spectrum of Offenses. To make the session more participatory and effective five different cases of difference forms of plagiarism have been explicated in the virtual session. Moreover, the session also explained that with minor changes and using synonyms one cannot get rid of plagiarism.

The Session also endowed with the pattern and processes of correct citations, references etc. Large no. of relevant queries of participants was raised and they were very enthusiastic during the session on dynamics of plagiarism and appreciated the session. In the session a number of terminologies including Colon, CTRL-C Find-Replace, Remix, Hrbrid, Aggregator, Mashup, 404 Error etc. were used to elucidate the different prevailing forms of plagiarism.The session conducted with examples how one can have productive use of common knowledge or widely accepted facts to get rid of issues of plagiarism and discussion also turns towards the available different software useful to detect level of similarity in a manuscript or document.

Ms. Aarti Dhingra, alumnus of School of Business interacted with students of MBA on 27th March, 2018. Ms. Arti Dhingra is presently running her own venture Shape n Smile- The fitness studio in Jammu very successfully and is certified trainer. She was the first woman entrepreneur in Jammu in the field of fitness and health. She shared with students her corporate experiences in Reliance Money and the kind of failures she faced in her life before entering into her own venture. She mentioned that if one wants to taste the fruit of success, one must have knowledge about the relevant field. She mentioned that honesty, self-confidence, knowledge and proper R&D are the primary requirements for starting up of own venture. She emphasized that nothing is impossible, if there is willingness to do something. She gave some tips to the students regarding tackling of stress level in the corporate world. She inspired the students to become a successful entrepreneur and provided insight regarding how to adjust and cherish the moments of life. She also spoke about her fund-raising charity events. She suggested the students to have precision and confidence about the aim of their life.

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To take a walk down the corridors of nostalgia, Ms. Shivani Langeh, presently Regional Marketing Expert, Global Sign and alumni of School of Business interacted with MBA students on 8th March, 2018. She shared her experiences about her classroom with MBA students and mentioned that how two years of MBA had changed her. With the help of conduction of small activities relating to SWOT analysis, she provided valuable insights to the students regarding how to overcome their deficiencies and capitalise on strengths. She emphasised that there is no harm to fail as by it, ‘life doesn’t stops’. She gave the example of failure of 96% of start-up in India and told them that how those start-ups were able to deal with their failure in a very fine and cool way. She advised the students to keep distance from negative persons and manage their time effectively as it the golden period of their life on the basis of which they can flourish or sink in future. She told the students to live and peruse their hobbies which will help them to live their personal space. She also mentioned to the students that companies are interested in fresher (new and warm innovative blood) and also discussed with the students some carrier options.

Dr. Jyoti Sharma, Associate Professor, School of Business, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, J&K conducted sessions on various topics of ‘Human Resource Management & Behaviour’ for Sher-I Kashmir Police Academy, Udhampur. These sessions were organized for probationary Dy.SP and PSIs, who were undergoing their one year basic induction course at the Academy. Dr. Sharma has conducted in total 09 live sessions by using advanced pedagogical tools including business games short cases, role plays, etc. The officers were provided insight regarding the various aspects of human behavior at individual as well as group level. With the help of scenario building exercises, officers were sensitized regarding the relevance and significance of understanding of own behavior in order to comprehend the understanding of others’ behavior. Different perspectives of police behavior and personality were also deliberated with the newly inducted officers during the training sessions. The sessions also threw light on some of the perceptual errors narrating that real world may be same for all of us but the perceived world may not be the similar. The sessions also discussed how these perceptual errors can lead to various kinds of consequences especially in case of police officers who are holding front line job profiles. Deliberations regarding the four categories of police behavior including situational, individual, organizational and community were made with the help of short cases. The sessions also highlighted significance of conflict management skills on the part of the police officers and explained how the absence of these skills may aggravate the situations for all the stakeholders.

SMVDU Katra: Prof. D. P. Agrawal, former Chairman of Union Public Service Commission and member of Executive Council of SMVDU, yesterday interacted with members of faculty, School of Business. The member of faculty discussed the issues related to quality improvement of MBA program with Prof. Agrawal, who enquired about MBA program’s present status, problems faced and challenges ahead. He suggested increasing the intake of MBA students from 60 to 120. To increase the visibility of the program, conduction of HR Summits, Conclave, MDPs for corporate employees, Seminars and Conferences with more participation from Corporate was suggested. To enhance the employability of MBA students, it was discussed that the students should be prepared as future marketers not salesmen, teaching with cases to prepare them for corporate world, simulations in the class for managing the job stress, association with teachers from IT so as to help the students in using Artificial Intelligence for problem solving and decision making. To attract more students in the program the quality intervention was highlighted. He also stressed upon engagement of students in research and publication that improve skills.

So as to attract quality students and to increase employability of our future managers, there is need of strong and consistent link between academia and industry. They both have to work in synergy for success in management research and creating the best management graduates. Prof. Agrawal was visiting SMVDU in connection to the Academic Audit and giving recommendation for improvement of various departments and programs of the University. Dr. Sushil Mehta, Head School of Business expressed thanks to Prof. Agrawal for valuable inputs.

Mr. Aarsh Das, Student of MBA 1st year of School of Business, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, J&K has been awarded a Certificate of Recognition from YAYSKOOL, India's fastest-growing platform for high-quality education, career and parenting information.

Mr. Dass achieved this accolade based upon his summer internship. He has been working with the company as a part of the summer internship program of School of Business since six weeks as a Digital Marketing Intern.

Mr. Das was engaged in SEO activities, competitor analysis, brand building exercise and many more. During the summer internship opportunity during the COVI19 period also, the School of Business, SMVDU students got an opportunity to interact with many corporate leaders during the course of Internship that gave them insight on various aspects of management as well as practical exposure.

Mr. Aarsh Das expressed his profound gratitude to Padma Shri Prof. (Dr.) Ravindra Kumar Sinha, Vice Chancellor, SMVDU, Prof. D. Mukhopadhyay, Dean Faculty of Management, Dr. Saurabh, Head School of Business, Placement Officer and all the faculty members who helped him in learning and motivating for hard and sincere work.

The University authorities congratulated Mr. Asrsh Das for the achievement and expressed their support for the development of the students.