Newsletter 12

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Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi, Vivek Vihar, Phase II, Delhi - 95

What Is The U.N. Doing? CATaclysm

What’s your CBS Quotient?

OCTOBER 2006

A Talk With The Principal ........

$ Convergence, the integrated IT, Finance,

His take on life- on being the Principal, plans for the college, and the dreaded 'D' word, Discipline! A must read for the 'junta' of C.B.S.!

HR and Marketing seminar on the theme

on 18th and 19th October at the Indian Habitat Centre. For the first time in the history of College of Business, a seminar of this scale was held, With eminent from the industry coming to clear concepts in the student’s minds, it was a gala affairs with everyone taking back something or the other from the courses $ This semester saw the upcoming of new societies such as management review, and ‘Insight’, the photography society, thus opening new avenues for one and all. $ Reminiscence - The Alumni Meet was held on 8th October at the Hotel Hans Plaza. The event saw the experienced Alumni rubbing shoulders with the young guns studying in college. $ Good news may be round the corner for CBS foodies. The nearby juice-wala has filled in a proposal for the college canteen. Rumours abound that there may be catering from Keventers on Wednesdays and Fridays from the next semester.

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Corporate Interview Teacher’s Say

QUOTATION

WHATS NEW

“Vision Beyond Boundaries” was held

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Dr. Sanjay Goyal is no stranger to the students of this college, but the resident CBsight interviewer, Aditi was enamoured by his genial manner, and the formidable “Iron hand with a Velvet Glove” attitude. So here're the Principal's responses to CBSight's queries… CBSight: Sir, what is your say on your experience on being a principal and how is it different from being a teacher? Dr. Sanjay Goyal: “It is indeed a tough and challenging work, there are so many jobs to be done. Teaching for me had been a healthy interaction with students. Besides teaching my subject, my responsibilities were confined to a limited set of activities. But as a principal there is need to interact with the teachers, staff, administration and lot of other subjects. In short, the scope of responsibility increases tremendously.” CBSight: Sir, are there any new amendments for the college? What are the plans you would like to propose for the college in your tenure, there might be an “ideal vision” you have in sight for the future? Any special plans regarding specific activities? Dr. Sanjay Goyal: “It's not me but somebody taking the chair thus, the responsibility has to be taken by somebody. Accordingly, I have 3 major responsibilities in line: ? There is a major need to revamp the infrastructure. The current building and location are stagnating the growth of the college ? 'Alumni'; a rich resource, which can provide a healthy corporate image as well as funds have been ignored so far. ? Image projection- there is a dire need to reach out to people and tell what CBS is.

There are two extremes- either people know a lot about the standards and reputation of the college or they know nothing. Specific activities on runway: This time the college has broken down the old tradition of having different seminars and festivals at different periods of time by the BFIA and BBS. This is done with the aim of better allocation of resources and time management. Therefore, instead of having separate events for the different courses, the college events shall come under one basket i.e. no departments, there is going to be one college festival and one seminar. This has been formulated to achieve cohesion and oneness of the entire student community of the institution. CBSight: If discipline is there it has to be 100%. So Sir, what is your take on discipline? Dr. Sanjay Goyal: “Students have to be disciplined. But discipline should come from within; not imposed, the day you it loose the college is gone. On further pestering he said, ”I have an eye on bunking and the current relaxed scenario, which is due to the transition phase. Also, I have other things as the prime priorities. It's like, “When the cat is away, the mouse is at play!” But records are maintained and strict action shall be taken. Still, the ultimate key remains the same: It has to be self-imposed; as it is for the students to feel that there is no alternative to the regular classes. CBSight: “Sir, how much do you remember your teachers… who have been the your major influencers?” Dr. Sanjay Goyal: On the whole all teachers from whom I have learnt the valuable lessons of life have been great influencers… but the two

most respected are my own school's principal Mr. J.N. Dhar who has retired from Doon School, and apart from him Mr. A.K. Bhatnagar. And I am proud to say that I took teaching as a career by choice and not compulsion and thus, the credit can go to my dedicated teachers. And he told us all the reasons why teaching has been a smooth affair for him: Teaching is an independent profession. There are no hassles of reporting; actually 'you are your own boss'. The people who know best about me teaching are my students. My philosophy is “ teach well get reward there and then”. Most importantly, one is not responsible for other's wrong doings. CBSight: So Sir… how's your experience in C.B.S. been till now? Dr. Sanjay Goyal: In one word, it has been a very satisfying experience. Since the day 1 of CBS I have been a part of it. I have been a party to all the progress of the college. Many things have not happened according to my wishes but now probably I'll work on them. For instance, the alumni; what effort has the college made on it behalf to retain the link with the alumnus? What is the cohesive or binding factor? The stress has to be laid on generating incentive for the students to feel connected to their institution. There is a strong potential yet unexplored in this segment. And we tried to sneak in the most relevant question: CBSight: And Sir, what about the pranks you used to play, as a school, or college student? Unfortunately, sir had nothing to say on this front and he says he has always been happy being the teacher's favourite student. Sorry folks… no such prank to disclose that you can gossip about! ;)

Guess Who These Teachers Are! The teachers, in the prime of their bachpan! Good luck at guessing who these are...

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1. H.K. Porwal 2. Poonam Verma 3. Priti R. Singh 4. Rumita Pal 5. Deepak Kukreja 6. Damini Gupta 7. Anuja Mathur 8. Sanjay Goyal

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CBSight EB2006.09/06

The Editorial

What Is The UN Doing?

- Shashank Khattar

- Vivek Prasad

Finally! The 'new and improved' CBSight is out! As everything in college is undergoing subtle change, so has the new CBSight. Though here, the change is much more evident. The new CBSight is has more color, more information, and is definitely more fun than before!! The whole editorial board, with Ms. Anuja Mathur at the helm, has worked hard, and shall strive to work against any odds that it might face to make the newsletter a regular, vibrant feature. The CBSight is just a reflection of the college. And the college is a magnified image of the aggregate of the people that inhabit it (for about 6 hrs everyday). And it is the 'People' that make or break what the college stands for. Its the 'People that decide the college's future, reputation and success. And its the 'People' who have the choice to look at the college as family, or as a foster home. The 'People' are us. The people reading this at the moment. The college, in its new avatar, needs vivacity, eagerness, caution and purpose. And the 'people' are loaded with these. The CBSight shall keep showing these aspects of the CBSite. And the CBSite here, is not just the students, but the teachers, the administration, the staff... everybody. Arent we all... CBSites?? In this edition of CBSight, as u can see, we have given our amazing teachers the limelight they so rightly deserve... its TEACHERS'S SPECIAL. We ve tried to find out what they think of us, the students, what they 'd like to say to us... and even what they looked like when they were younger! CBSight would like to have suggestions ([email protected]) and articles that CBSites would like to see published ([email protected]). So rack up your brains people, and come out with exciting articles... or news about college.. or anything under the sun for that matter! Also, as a college newsletter, it can be the ideal mode for major notices and any kind of communication between the societies or the teachers/administration and the students! Well, this is the new CBSight! We sincerely hope you'll enjoy it!!

The 'Machine' writes back! Ajitesh Arun, the 'founder' of CBSight, nicknamed the 'Machine', is presently pursuing his PGDBM from IIM Lucknow. He writes back to talk about his experiences with college, and the afterlife… A few things really hit me when I was asked to write this article. Firstly, the feeling of being old… an alum. Secondly, the memories of my time at CBS. Though most are great, there are some that can only be truly appreciated after leaving CBS. Like the 2 hours spent everyday in overcrowded DTC (or worse, Blueline) buses, but you don't need me to tell you that . Current students have probably already been through (or are going through) most of the things my batch did in college. Because of this, I will concentrate instead on my experiences after college. Though there are other, (far) more colorful experiences amongst my batch, I am not the best person to tell you of those. My main purpose here is to give you an idea of some of the things you might have to face. The only bit of advice I will give you here is that you should talk as much as possible with alumni regarding life after college. This will help you handle issues that may come up - faster and better. As for me well, in brief, I got placed straight from college in what I thought to be the best profile (business consulting) on offer on campus. I left the job a little less than two months later, with no second offer in hand. Within 10 days, I had got another offer (in marketing) and I stuck with that job. Looking back, some of the things I could have done better are: Better research of the company 'fit': though the first company offered a great profile, it didn't fit me. Unfortunately, both my boss and I realized it a little too late! By knowing more of what the job involved, I could have made a better decision. This is not to say that the job itself was not good. Two of my batch mates (also hired from campus) continued, and really liked the job. Kept options open: ideally, I should have had an offer in hand before shifting jobs. This gets more important the longer one works. On the other hand, I did do some things right after leaving my first job, I talked extensively with my friends in other companies. Within a few days, one of them got me an interview in his company. Things worked out really well, and I stayed with that job. For me, it wasn't the first job that came along, or even a job on campus that turned out to be right. The profile was strictly offcampus, and I strongly recommend that CBSites look at jobs outside of formal placements as well. There are only a limited number of companies coming to campus, and interviewing with fewer companies limits your choices. In case of any doubts, all it takes is a quick check of how many people are still continuing with their first jobs after 4-5 months!

The world is on fire, and it has been this way for the last 60 years, ever since World War II ended. If we would think back a little, the history scholars among us would recall the fact that the United Nations, came into existence just after the war, to “foster peace and brotherhood” among the nations of the world. Immediately after the formation of the UN, India went to war with Pakistan over Kashmir. Just as the last of the Pakistani invaders were retreating, the peace loving Indian government, to enhance its prestige in the global arena, (or maybe just to score brownie points with the rest of the world), decided that the war must stop, and the path of nonviolence, righteousness and other such sweet sounding words must be followed, and what better course of action than appeal to the United Nations, that champion of “peace and brotherhood” to resolve the conflict. This was done without further delay, and the UN, in all its majestic glory, passed a resolution regarding the Kashmir issue. Today, decades later, Kashmir bleeds. India bleeds, Pakistan too, questionably bleeds. (It would be politically incorrect to say they were having a good time while we bled, and I wouldn't want some world body hunting my head for saying it!) The point is, what has the UN done? It is obvious for even the humblest intellect to comprehend, that the United Nations has been absolutely ineffective in this matter. Not only Kashmir, but Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, and most recently the Israel Lebanon issue, that impotent union of pseudo-peacemakers has not been able to solve a single global flashpoint in its entire existence. UN peace keeping forces, when they are sent abroad, go with ambiguous mandates and end up getting slaughtered for their troubles,

the most prominent example being in Sierra Leone during the turn of the century, when Rebel forces in that country, while carrying out a blood bath amongst the civilian population, did not even spare UN soldiers, in their gruesome saga of capture, torture and amputation. If the UN cannot defend people deploying under its mandate, its is very obvious that it would be futile to expect them to save lives in some far away corner of this world. When the UN cannot even save lives, the most fundamental task that can be expected from it, then any arguments in favour of its existence are null and void. When the US invaded Iraq in 2003, the UN tried to raise its voice, but the US, in no uncertain terms, told them to go fly a kite. Just a month back, when the UN went groveling to Israel, to ask for a 2 day truce in the war with Lebanon, just so that the UN could get food supplies to the suffering masses, Israel bushed them aside with hardly a glance. Such, then is the pathetic condition of the United Nations, created no doubt, with good and honorable intentions to foster “Peace and Brotherhood”. For arguments sake one might counter that the UN has played a role in improving living standards and health facilities in third world countries, but then again, the Red Cross can do that job perfectly well, and we don't need the UN to do that The final word is that “peace and brotherhood” has not been fostered by the UN, the killing has not stopped, the blood still flows, and most importantly, lives, precious human lives are still being lost. The United Nations is redundant. It is dead. As dead as the millions of lives it was supposed to save.

CATaclysm - Kartik Malla Unlocks the mysteries of CAT You will be asked to do questions on Maths, and then completely change track to do questions on English and then round it off with a bunch of questions that combine both Maths and English, which for some reason are called 'Data Interpretation'. Nine lives wouldn't be enough but you're supposed to solve all these enigmas in two and a half hours. Any retard can tell you this about the CAT. But they forget the finer details. Like the frustrating start to the exam when you have to darken teeny-weeny circles which contain each letter of the alphabet so that the wretched machine can read your name, gender, date of birth, first address, second address, city, category, duration of summer training, question paper number, roll number, CAT application number, until you want to break that pencil into two. If your fingers aren't numb already you get down to the actual paper which has x number of questions of y marks

each including a penalty of z marks for each incorrect answer. (The above accurate pattern has been formulated after years of observing the rather predictable nature of the CAT.) Which are the good institutes? IIM-A,B,C,L are the usual suspects along with IIM Indore and Kozhaikode (because of the IIM tag, you see). Management Development Institute, S.P Jain Institute Of Management Studies, IMT Ghaziabad accept CAT scores. Other good B-Schools have their own exams (as if having your own exam means that you will get better students). So you squeeze your pockets dry and apply to FMS, IIFT, XAT, SNAP, MAT, ATMA, IIPM and a few other abbreviated monsters so that you end up giving eight exams in three months. But why am I being cynical, I am going to go through this grind, just like the couple of lakh other nerds so I'll shut up now and let you freely abuse me and my hypocritical nature.

Societies, Societies…..! A CBSite is a social animal… And hence the craving to form and participate in societies. As a freshman to the college, Tapish Bhatt unravels the world of these societies, and the 'social' behaviour they subscribe too! Whoa!!! College days. School over, no uniforms, no homework, but an all India entrance test where your strength is pitted against the best of the country. With an applicant-intake ratio of roughly 100:1, C.B.S. is one of the toughest entrances to crack in India. And when the 'facchas' entered college, they did it with a sense of pride and satisfaction. However, the college, to the dismay of many, wasn't exactly what the freshers had in mind. Studies started from the first lesson itself. As one of the teachers put it (name withheld) "it is a school with no uniforms". And then as angels from the forbidden world our seniors came to their rescue and presented before us an array of activities that one could pursue. The activities were numerous in number and exciting in nature. There was 'Parishram' for the sporty kinds, and there was the 'Ed-board' for the budding writers. The actors had a tough time deciding between the 'Dramatics Society' and 'Verve', the street-play society. Quizzers and debaters were in a world of their own as the socially inclined could go for 'Kartavya', the social service society or the 'Gender Sensitisation Committee' of the college. Besides, there were other societies like 'Dhwani', the music society and 'Mudra', the choreography society. The freshers had to go through a tough decision making

process to decide where is the place for them, an essential trait of a manager. The auditions/ selections were tough and strange in more matters than one. On one hand, the students appearing in the quiz interviews had a tough time guessing the inventor of band-aid and the bank that first introduced Internet banking in India. Whereas, on the other hand the Dramatics and Verve aspirants could be seen shouting in the lawns and acting out chores of daily life with all the details that one normally overlooks. In the Choreo auditions the students were asked to dance to the tunes of everyone from Sonu Nigam to Himesh Reshammiya. At times it was felt that the students were being ragged but everybody enjoyed it. As Disha of B.B.S. put it "it was the only time we felt we were in college". Anup of B.F.I.A. was ecstatic about getting into Illumuinatithe quiz society. The selections were really tough only eight students were selected from amongst 112- a big deal! It wasn't always happy. Despite being a state level winner, Megha of B.Sc. (hons.). Could not make it to the music society, "but it was a learning experience", she says. The societies also provided a common platform where the freshers and the veterans could interact. The freshers could always get notes and tips on making their stay better, this included tips on how to handle a particular teacher and maybe

This newsletter is for private circulation in the Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies. Chief Patron : DR. SANJAY GOYAL Teacher Coordinator and Creative Guide : MS. ANUJA MATHUR