The 4th Graduation Day

The graduation day of the First Batch (2007-09) of MBA students of St Joseph Engineering College was held on 25th November, 2009. The function was presided over by Most Rev. Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Bishop of Mangalore. Dr Derick Lobo, Former Regional Advisor for the World Health Organisation was the chief guest. Fr Valerian D'Souza - Director of SJEC, Fr Henry Mascarenhas - Asst Director of SJEC, Dr Joseph Gonsalves - Principal of SJEC, Deans & HOD's of various departments were present on the dais. Prof.Jayakara Hegde, Dean Academics administered the oath.

Dr Prakash Pinto, Dean MBA, announced the names of the MBA graduates, who recieved their certificates from the chief guest.Dr Joseph Gonsalves, Principal SJEC welcomed the gathering & Dr Anjali Ganesh, Associate Proffesor, Department of Business Administration & Convener of the Graduation Day Programme proposed the vote of thanks. Ms Lavina Maria Sequeira and Mr Suraj Francis Noronha compeered the program.

 

 

Mr Adolf D'Souza, Student of the First batch of the MBA students of SJEC, replied on behalf of the First batch of MBA students. Ms Nagashree was felicitated with Gold Medal for being the top scorer in the batch. Parents of the students were also present on the occasion.

The program concluded with lunch for all the graduates, guests and staff.

Manthan”- Demag ko hila de a stress interview

The HR team of the management association, St Joseph Engineering College, conducted the stress interview “Manthan”- Demag ko hila de on the 20^th of November 2009 for the 1^st and the 2^nd year MBA. Manthan consisted of 2 rounds. First the preliminary (aptitude round). Altogether 46 participants took part in the preliminary round. Out of 46 candidates, 10 candidates were selected from the 1^st and 2^nd year for the Manthan, stress interview round. These selected candidates were interviewed by 2 judges for 4 minutes. The judges were Mr Grishin D souza, and Dr Vincent crasta.

Candidates selected -1^st year:

1. Lekha Saraswati
   
2. Muhammad Irshad
   
3. Darryl Tauro
   
4. Maria Lobo
   
5. Heloise Soans
   

Candidates selected -2^nd year:

1. Lavin Menezes
   
2. Srikanth
   
3. Ashok
   
4. Nelson Castelino
   
5. Shruddha
   

The overall winner was Mr Muhammad Irshad of the 1^st year MBA.

Workshop on Corporate Governance for SJEC MBA students

The Department of Business Administration,St Joseph Engineering College organized a workshop on corporate governance for the benefit of MBA students on Thursday, 19th November 2009 in the college conference hall. Chartered Accountant Mrs. Jennifer Arun Mendes of Mendes & Co, Mangalore was the resource person for the conference.

Mrs. Jennifer highlighted the importance of corporate governance in the light of corporate scandals and frauds and stated that good corporate governance will protect the interests of the shareholders. It is the responsibility of every budding manager to have adequate knowledge of the corporate governance practices of the companies, she added demonstrating the live cases of the Indian companies.

"Chaap Ad" - A print ad competition held at SJEC

As part of the Management Association Activities the marketing students of 2nd year MBA organised a print ad competition "Chaap Ad" on the 13th November, 2009. There were 9 team from the first year as well as the second year MBA. Students came up with various ideas and a lot of creativity was displayed on the stage. Dr Anjali Ganesh, Associate Proffessor and Ms Lavina Maria Sequeira, Senior Lecturer were the judges for the event.

The winners of the event were:

1. Selma Sandra D'Souza
2. Lekha Saraswathi

The runners up were:

1. Melissa D'Souza
2. Melissa Claudia D'Souza
3. Jesica Reema Moras
4. Michelle Pereira