MIT School of Telecom Management (MITSOT) Pune, has been awarded with “Business School which encourages Innovations that leads to Better Development” by the 20^th Dewang Mehta Award, held on 24^th November, 2012, at Taj Lands End, Mumbai.

Prof. Suhrud Neurgaonkar has been awarded as a “Best Teacher in Financial Management” by Amar Ujala B-School Excellence Awards, held on 23^rd November, 2012, at Taj Lands End, Mumbai.
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from left to right Mr Aman Dhaliwal, Mohd. Sohrab Ansari ,, Mr Shrijan Somvanshi, Mr Imran Ghadiyali, Dr Milind Pande,Dr.Sunil Karad and Mr.Nakshtra Attrish Tyagi

More  than 13 alumni attended this meet. Executive Director of MIT Group of Institutions  Dr. Sunil Karad and Project Director of MITSOT Dr Milind Pande interacted with the alumni on this occasion.

The Alumni’s contributed by sharing vital inputs over the industry requirements and suggested appropriate changes in the course curriculum. They also shared their own personal experiences and their journey towards corporate success.

Mitsot alumni Mr Aman Dhaliwal,Mohd. Sohrab Ansari ,Mr Abhijit Rathi , Mr Shrijan Somvanshi, Mr Imran Ghadiyali, Mr.Nakshtra Attrish Tyagi  and Mr Nirmal  Vijayan attended this meet.

from left to right Dr Sunil Karad, Mr Aman Dhaliwal and Mr Nirmal Vijayan

from right to left Mr Imran Ghadiyali ,Mr Abhijit Rathi, ,Mohd. Sohrab Ansari ,Mr.Nakshtra Attrish Tyagi and Mr Shrijan Somvanshi

Dr Vishal Talwar interacting with Students

This September at MIT School of Telecom Management, in the quest of widening the knowledge horizons of the students, we had organized a series of Guest lecture by an eminent Academician from the LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS , DR. VISHAL TALWAR. Dr.Talwar has interacted with the students of 2012-14 batch for almost Four Days (1st to 4th Sept. 2012)and shared his expertise in the field of International Marketing. During his interaction Dr.Talwar covered topics like Market segmentation, Targeting, Positioning, Adoption Process, Product life cycle, Segmentation, Targeting, Marketing Planning & Value chain, Social responsibility, Ethics of marketing and many more topics. He also conducted tests to evaluate the students.

Dr Vishal Talwar interacting with Students

Consecutively this is the second exposure of an expert of International stature, provided to the students of MITSOT within two months.

Dr. Vishal Talwar works within the Dept. of Management at London School of Economics (LSE). Dr. Talwar is a Ph D from Manchester Business School . Dr. Talwar has taught diverse audiences in UK, Europe and India. In India, Dr. Talwar has been involved with corporates such as Tata, Raymond and Steel Authority of India

Dr Suresh Borakar

In the month of August  MIT School of Telecom Management  had organized a series of lectures on Telecom Management by a well known faculty of Telecommunications Prof. Dr. Suresh Borkar from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago for its students . This unique initiative has helped the student community in MITSOT in understanding the expectations of the globalized telecom industry.

Dr Borkar Interacting with MITSOT students

MITSOT has arranged a series of lectures for 2011-13 batch during 6th to 10th August 2012.  The students of MITSOT got a wonderful exposure on Telecom Business Management, the various aspects of Telecommunications,  Customer Needs and Product Management, Telecom Architectures and Technologies, Network and Customer Management, Robust Designs and Quality Management and Upcoming Advances and Techniques , and the Migration Towards Future Networks and Global Perspective with Applicability to India

Dr Borkar Interacting with MITSOT students

Dr. Borkar also interacted with the students of batch 2012-14  for two days ( 3rd and 4th August 2012)and gave them insights about the prospects in the field of Telecom. His topic of discussion was- “Telecom Career – An Exciting Opportunity” Dr. Borkar covered various aspects in his presentations viz., Broadband Networks, Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE Operations and Management, Broadband Comparative Summary, Advanced Networks and Applicability to India.

This year’s theme was “Women and Girls in ICT” ”, aims to ensure that the vulnerable female half of the world’s population will march forward as equals.

 A function organized by the MIT’s Pune MIT School of Telecom Management (MITSOT), Kothrud to celebrate the WTISD. It was sponsored by the Pune Centre of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (IETE). Ms.Malathi Srinivasan, Country Leader- Academic Initiative, IBM India Pvt Ltd,  was the Chief Guest. Among the dignitaries who addressed the audience were Group Captain G. M. Apte, VSM, Chairman Pune Centre IETE,  Ms. Malathi Srinivasan & Ms. Manju Parkhe.

Function has started with the theme speech  by Group Captain G. M. Apte, VSM, Chairman Pune Centre IETE. Founder President Prof (Dr.) Vishwanath D. Karad welcomed the gathering on behalf of MITSOT and IETE. Dr.Vijay Wadhai, Principal, MIT College of Engineering Pune, read out the global address conveyed by the ITU. Ms. Malathi Srinivasan delivered Key Note address, in which she succinctly brought out the role ICT can play in improving the life of Women and Girls.

All the dignitaries were felicitated  by Founder President Prof (Dr.) Vishwanath D. Karad. This was followed by a talk by Ms. Manju Parkhe, GM – Sourcing, GE Healthcare, Bangalore who shared that “ICT can deliver educational and literacy programmes specifically targeted to poor girls and women.”, it also adds value to their life and improve their earning potential.

There are number of IETE Students’ Forums (ISF) in Engineering Colleges in Pune, where students interact with each other and the Faculty to share professional knowledge and organize events to broaden their professional perspective. Pune Centre of IETE acts as a catalyst in support of these Forums. The Centre also judges the performance of the Forums and rewards those which excel.

On this occasion Certificates were distributed to MITCOE students for their Innovative Projects by  the hands of  Chief Guest.

This year awards were distributed for the exceptional contribution in the field of  Telecommunication by the hands of the dignitaries on the dias to the following dignitaries:

“Innovation Leadership” Award to Mr. Aayush Bhatnagar,  Lead Solution Architect , Rancore Technologies -” for outstanding contribution in the field of “Innovation & Research – Telecommunication”

Dr. Mrs.Madhuri. A. Joshi, Dean R & D, College of Engineering, Pune  for outstanding contribution in the field of “ Telecom Education”

Dr. Mrs Madhuri.B.Khambete, Principal, Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune for outstanding contribution in the field of “Telecom Education”

Projects which were exhibited during the programme was introduced by Prof. Bharati Dixit, Assistant Professor, MIT College of Engineering, Pune & an Overview of Projects given by Mr. Munir Sayyad, Rancore Technologies.

At the end of the function Dr. Sanjay Upadhye, Executive Director, MIT Pune convinced the audience about the importance of “SMILE” in human life.

Mr. Hemant M. Joshi, Telecom Leader, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, India  gave Concluding Remarks & Dr. Sanjay M. Bhale, Director Academics, MITSOT, Pune offered a Vote of thanks marking the end of a successful event celebrating the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2012.

Ms.Malathi Srinivasan, Country Leader- Academic Initiative, IBM India Pvt Ltd, addressing the gathering.

Mr. Aayush Bhatnagar, Lead Solution Architect , Rancore Technologies and Dr. Sanjay M. Bhale, Director Academics, MITSOT in the audience

Ms. Manju Parkhe, GM – Sourcing, GE Healthcare, Bangalore

Ms.Malathi Srinivasan, Country Leader- Academic Initiative, IBM India Pvt Ltd felicitating Mr. Aayush Bhatnagar, Lead Solution Architect , Rancore Technologies

Mr. Steven Henchock

MIT  School of Telecom Management, organized the Two Day (11^th & 12^th May) Management Development Programme (MDP) on the topic “Business Analytics for the Decision Making” at ICC Tower, MCCIA ,Bajaj Board Room,Pune.The brief outline of the report is as follows.

Objective of the Programme:

Business Analytics is upcoming discipline and it has been observed that the Individuals with analytics skills are in short supply. Further the Employer demand for analytics talent is projected to intensify in coming years as the amount of data continues to grow in the IT and Telecom Industry. On the backdrop of this scenario MITSOT  organized  the Two Day Management Development Program (MDP) on the topic “Business Analytics” for the professionals from the IT and Telecom sector.

Knowledge Partners:

For this programme we were successful in getting the very active support as a knowledge partner from the leading data analytic firm,StatSoft,New Delhi & Deloitte ,India along with MCCIA,Pune chamber.

Expert Speakers:

• Mr.Steven  Henchock,Advisory Principal, Risk Information Services,Deloitte & Touche LLP,USA
• Dr. Randhir  Mishra, Ex.Faculty,IIM,B’lore & Sr.Consultant
• Mr. Mukhopadhyay, Sr.Statistician,StataSoft India.

Mr.Steven Henchock

Dr. Randhir Mishra

Mr. Saikat Mukhopadhyay

Participants:

This course was primarily aimed at practitioners who want to learn about state-of-the art analytics through statistical approach, and how it can be applied to solve their specific business or research problems. There was overwhelming response for this program from corporate and Management Institutes. As the program was more interactive in nature the number of participants was restricted to only thirty.

Corporate Participants:

• Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt.Ltd.,Mumbai
• Cognizant Technology Solutions,Pune
• Idea Cellular Ltd.,Pune
• Persistant Syaytem Ltd.,Pune
• Terragni Consulting (P) Ltd.,Pune
• Forbes Marshall Pvt.Ltd.,Pune
• Creative Components ,Nasik
• Deloitte Haskins & Sells,Pune
• Ideas,Pune

Participants from Management Institutes :

• Dept.of Management Sciences, University of Pune
• Symbiosis Center of Information Technology,Pune
• Magarpatta City Institiute of Management,Pune
• Indira Institute of Management,Pune
• Sinhagad Institute of Management,Pune
• Matrix Institute of Management,Pune
• MIT Group of Institutions

Total 32 Participants attended the Programme

Content :

The following topics were covered in the programme:
• Data Management & Transformation
• Data/Business Understandings.
• Predictive Analytics & Modeling.
• Churn Analysis.
• Customer Profiling/Segmentation.
• Interactive Graphical Data Analysis.

Methodology:

The teaching methodology for this program was an appropriate mixture of classroom teaching, hands on experiments and Live Case discussions.

IETE is India’s leading recognized professional society devoted to the advancement of Science and Technology of Electronics, Telecommunication & IT. The Institution provides leadership in Scientific and Technical areas of direct importance to the national development and economy. Government of India has recognized IETE as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) and also notified as an educational Institution of national eminence.

Focus :

Gender equality is a basic human right enshrined in the UN Charter. ITU Council proposed that we focus our efforts this year on women and girls, using the power of ICTs to provide new digital opportunities to end discrimination and empower the female half of the world’s population to achieve their rightful place as equals in the world. And this effort with ICTs must begin not only from the cradle, but from antenatal health care, reaching out to the remotest communities – with every mother, every girl and every woman guaranteed her birthright.

Theme 2012 :

The theme of this year’s WTISD, “Women and Girls in ICT”, aims to ensure that the vulnerable female half of the world’s population will march forward as equals.

This is an opportunity, a forum for industry and academia to shed light on key issues, exchange thoughts and ideas on emerging businesses and is structured as a half day conference featuring speakers on “Women and Girls in ICT”. Eminent Personalities from the industry would address and share their views about the scope of ICT in the Indian context.

The concluding session would be to take stock of what could be the action plan and the opportunity for Industry and Academia to work together and setting an agenda.

MITSOT along with Deloitte-India has got an opportunity to be a member of the panel for discussions on the topics:

-         NTP 2011 – Opportunities for the Global Investor

-         Power Panel – Emerging markets: incredible India?

Through this participation MITSOT will enhance its knowledge horizon by experiencing the convergence of technology at work, EnterpriseIT and BroadcastAsia – Asia’s largest definitive ICT, Digital Multimedia & Entertainment Technology Exhibition and Conference, at one central location.

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