300 get degrees at BML Munjal varsity convocation

More than 300 students from BML Munjal University’s School of Management and School of Engineering and Technology were conferred with degrees on successful completion of MBA, BBA, BCom. (H) and BTech programmes at the third convocation of the university in Gurugram on Saturday. Former President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, was the chief guest on the occasion.  Delivering the convocation address he said that aspirational India needs socially conscious and professionally competent youth, who will lend a helping hand in meeting the challenges of growth and industrial development. The convocation commenced with an academic procession, followed by welcome address and presentation of the annual report by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. B.S. Satyanarayana.

CFO forum organised by ICAI 

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the regulator, educator and standard setter of the profession in India organised a one-day CFOs event in Mumbai on Friday. More than 500 CFOs from top corporate houses in the country participated in the event. The forum featured brainstorming and deliberations on vibrant and relevant topics such as “Increasingly CFO is seen next only to CEO” and “Role of CFO in VUCA world”. Panelists included eminent personalities from the industry like, CA. Keki Mistry, Vice Chairman & CEO, HDFC, CA. Ullas Kamath, Jt. MD, Jyothy Laboratories, CA. Vimal Kejriwal, MD & CEO, RPG Group, CA. Vikas Khemani, President & CEO, Edelweiss Securities Ltd., CA. Ramesh Swaminathan, CFO & Whole Time Director, Lupin Ltd. CA, B.R. Jaju, CFO, D B Power Ltd., CA. Nagesh Pinge, Independent Director.

“As a statutory body established with the purpose of regulating the chartered accountant profession, ICAI has made its name as a premier accounting body not only in the country but also globally. The CFO forum is an important event in our calendar, which helps us gain a deeper understanding of the challenges facing our profession and where we chalk out the way forward” said CA. Dhiraj Kumar Khandelwal, Chairman, CMI&B, ICAI.

SRM  Institute of Science and Technology awarded A++ by NAAC

SRM Institute of Science and Technology, (formerly SRM University) has been recently accredited with the highest grade A++ (A double plus) by NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council). In the new accreditation process, about 70 per cent weightage is assigned to quantitative metrics. SRMIST with 50,000 plus students and 3,200+ faculty members offers programmes in the disciplines of Engineering, Medicine, Science, Humanities, Management, Law, Health Sciences, Dentistry, Hotel Management, Agricultural Sciences and teacher education.

In October 2017, QS (Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd),  UK-based ranking agency has also  rated SRMIST as a “4 Star” institute with “5 Star” ratings in specific categories of  Teaching, Employability and Inclusiveness.

In addition to the highest grade achieved by SRMIST in NAAC accreditation, which is institution based, it has international programme-based accreditations also to its credit. Five of its engineering programmes offered at Kattankulathur campus have been accredited by commissions of ABET, USA (www.abet.org) and four by UK based IET (The Institutionof Engineering and Technology). Such international accreditations have resulted in close to 800 students from 64 countries studying at SRMIST. 

The  Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri, launched a book titled “Negotiation Dynamics of the WTO, An Insider’s Account” (published by Palgrave Macmillan), written by Dr Mohan Kumar, Professor and Vice-Dean of the Jindal School of International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) at India International Centre in New Delhi on Friday.

Speaking on the occasion Puri, a former IFS officer, said, “Dr Mohan Kumar’s book should be read by both trade negotiators and those who have the desire to understand the multilateral trade system anchored in the WTO, its history, how GATT evolved into the WTO, and also by those who have an interest to know why the WTO is stalemated”.

He further stated that the book clearly carries a viewpoint of a developing country negotiator. “This book helps to trace the history of our WTO negotiations. This is an extraordinary book and has the technical expertise and the view of an insider (Dr Mohan Kumar) who participated in the WTO negotiations. The book contains a great deal of learning for diplomats and trade policy officials of developing countries”. Dr Mohan Kumar explained that his book has three central takeaways. “It was a great privilege to witness three conferences of WTO where things happened. I have tried to be a WTO historian, you can’t change facts”.