Department of Commerce

• The resource person was an alumna of the college- Ms. Brinelle Lobo, Asst. Vice President in Citi Bank.
• Ms. Lobo gave tips and techniques with which students could be better interviewees.
• The techniques helped improve body posture, confidence, and communication skills during an interview.

• With collaboration with BSE ,Mr. Amogh Gothoskar was the resource person.
• The intend to quantify the Investors’ Awareness Program was towards different sort of mutual funds.
• The pay winning and salary spending exercise is a piece of budgetary framework.
• Tips on starting investment early and spoke on “value of money”.

• By Mr. Kosal Malladi, General Manager, Maidson Media on “Careers in advertising” on 17 Dec 2019
• By Ex Andrean Brendon D’souza, V. P colours ,”Mid East/South Africa, Ad Sales , Marketing Brand engagement “ on Careers in Media” on 16 December 2019.
• By Pratiksha Rajendra Kavade on “Start up
  initiatives” on 22 Jan 2020

• The Commerce Department organized ARTvertice a competition on 8th Feb 2019 where Art meets commerce. Students from S.Y.BA and S.Y.B.COM C were invited to participate in the contest. This contest gave an opportunity to taste the blend of different disciplines.
• The contest aimed at stimulating and encouraging creative ideas among young minds that can sustain and sell. Artvertices had three competitions -Shoot an ad, Story board making, Poster ad making .
• (Aniket Patil and Ashmi Sheth from S.Y.BA won the award for “Best Creative Ad film and Best Story Board, Carol Paul from S.Y.BA won the Best Print poster Ad)

– Treasure Hunt :  Perhaps the most successful event of all, Treasure Hunt was held on 31st August 2017 and drew more than 150 participants. Shawn D’ Souza of T.Y.B.Com along with his friends took the “Treasure” home

– Tele Games: This event which was held on 4th September 2017, also managed to attract close to 150 participants. The event was packed with exciting games and spot prizes and served as the principal source of fun for Comfest.

– Debate Competition: Held on 6thSeptember 2017, the competition sought to serve as a platform for the students to voice their opinion on issues that concern the nation. Students’ general awareness as well as their ability to articulate their thoughts was put to the test. Yvonne Napier of the TYBA bagged the first place.

– Shark Tank:  With Pravesh Neupane of the TYB.Com as the winner, Shark Tank provided a platform where business ideas were groomed into business ventures. This event, held on 7th September2017, was a new addition to Comfest and received a positive response from the students

– Spanish Workshop :Comfest also included a workshop on Spanishon 7th September 2017. Ms. Blanka of Hispanic Horizon, gave a brief regarding the language and its increasing importance in today’s world.

– Quiz Competition: The competition’s elimination and final rounds were held on 8thSeptember 2017. Brian Fernandes and Jeremy D’Souza of the T.Y.B.M.S and S.Y.B.Com made it through as first place winners.

– Ad Mad Show:  With the aim of compelling students to come up with creative ideas, Shoot an Ad was held on 9thSeptember 2017. Beating tough competition, Pravesh Neupane and his team mates bagged the first place. 

– Presentation Competition: A Research paper Presentation Competition was held on 9thSeptember 2017, so as to let students present research work carried out by them. Sheena D’cruz, the winner, and the other participants came out with a wide variety of topics ranging from demonetisation, changes in the financial year, GST, Marketing, etc among others.

– Talent Hunt:  The event had its elimination and final rounds on 11th September 2017. Nikhil Jose of the T.Y.B.Com was the winner. 

(Comfest – OC-Functional heads- Mikael D’souza, Michelle D’Souza, Myron Mendonca, Theresa Moonjely, Regan D’mello and Kimberley Rebello)

• The Commerce Department conducted an industrial visit to Sula Vineyard on 22 January, 2018. Around 150 students from T.Y.B.Com and few students of T.Y.B.A Economics Major visited the Sula Vineyard. Students witnessed the wine making and the grapes selection process as well as their in-house storage facility. The students were given a briefing regarding wine storage and its formation.

Debate: 1 Aug 2016 (Elimination ) and 5 Aug 2016 (Final round)

Quiz:

T-Shirt Painting:

Project Presentation:

Poster Making:

Essay Writing:

Click-A-Pic

Shoot An Ad

– Debate

– Essay

– Quiz

– Ckick a pic

– Poster making

– Deabte

– Guest Lecture

– Shoot An Ad competioin

Guest Lectures on:

• Current Trends in the Stock Market by Ex Andrean Nigel D’Souza- Anchor and Research Analyst, CNBC
• Creative Content in Digital Marketing by Carlton D’Silva, Ex-Andrean and CCO of Hungama

Mock Interview

• Ex-Andrean Brian Pinto of Royal Bank of Scotland, and Manchester based spoke to TYB.Coms on Interviews and conducted a Mock Interview.

Career workshop

• A Career workshop on possible careers in Finance, Marketing, Management and Banking was conducted for TY’s by FINPLAN and SPICE.

Competitions and Ad film screening

• Students creativity encouraged by Shooting an Advertising Commercial
• An Essay writing competition – Topic – “ Impact of the present political environment on the future of the service sector in India”

Documentaries And Short Videos Screened

• Brand Retail Future
• Science Of Persuasion
• ATM Scam Videos
• How To Prevent Credit Card Frauds
• Digital Marketing
• Philip Kotler On Marketing
• The Best Ad Commercials
• Winning TVCS

• Guest lecture on ‘Depository and Dematerialisation of Shares’
• Guest lecture on Career Options by the ‘Times Group’
• PowerPoint Presentation on Consumer Movement and Business Environment
• Guest lecture for H.S.C. students on ‘Preparing for the Board Exams’
• Commerce Wallpaper which displayed current topics related to Commerce and Business.

• Power – Point presentation related to Advertising, Insurance & Business
• Guest lecture on Career Options
• Guest lecture on Soft skills & Retail trade.