WHY PURSUE MCA AT ASM?

In our previous blog we mentioned numerous aspects of/about ‘Masters in Computer Applications’ (MCA) answering questions like ‘What is MCA? Its career prospect, scope, recruiters and growth. We are certain you found the course to be appealing and are hunting just for the right institution to give  your career a new heights. Well, your hunt ends here with ASM Pune.

What makes ASM an excellent college/choice for MCA?

• Established for 18 years, ASM is affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University & University of Mumbai.
• Approved by AICTE, government of India.
• International faculty
• Exclusively designed courses for IT trained students
• Global tie-ups
• Certification in collaboration with IBM

ASM Pune helps its students to:

Learn various concepts of complex commercial application software and system software. Help students demonstrate good analytical, designing and implementation skills groom students to function professionally as an individual or in a team with a positive attitude.

Here’s what you shall embrace at ASM and nowhere else

• Mentors from all around the world.
• Brand equity
• Study tours and exchange programmes.
• Industrial visits
• Internship opportunities
• Networking
• Seminars and workshops conducted by foreign faculty, industrial experts and academicians
• Global opportunities
• Add on courses

Job opportunities

The fact that Industries in India and abroad have been selecting our MCA students regularly is a testimony to the quality of the course and its students.  Oracle, KPIT Cummins, Data Soft Technologies, AGS and many more, some of the best industrial names visit ASM every year.

MCA from ASM is going to be your direct entry in the fastest, growing IT industry.

To apply, visit our website today: http://www.asmics.edu.in/

Why is MBA a good idea?

“Mera beta MBA karega aur papa ka naam roshan karega!”

An MBA course is an excellent degree to pursue for a number of reasons. Learn why you should take up an MBA course and how can you give your career a kick-start.

Attractive Salary!

High paid jobs continue to attract millions of wide-eyed employees year after year, exactly the reason why MBA is admired among the graduates.

If you do some research into salaries paid out to an individual with an MBA versus salaries of those with other degrees you will see that there is a significant difference. The former is paid significantly higher.

Learn business, talk business!

Knowledge is the foundation of all great things. Get to learn business from the best minds in business as a part of your faculty and others invited to share their wealth of experience and knowledge with you.

Enhances Knowledge!

Many MBA graduates have found that this degree program has thoroughly enlightened them on certain aspects of life, especially concerning operations within the business world. While those without an MBA ponder endlessly and wonder how and why a particular business decision is made, an MBA graduate is able to relate, because they would have been taught beforehand. With an MBA, graduates acquire an in-depth view of the business world.

Be Your Own Boss!

With a Master in Business Administration, many graduates become young entrepreneurs. By enrolling in an MBA program, you can acquire the requisite knowledge and practices needed to potentially develop and operate your own businesses.

Enhances Communication Skills!

As part of an MBA program, en-rollers are taught how to speak clearly and distinctively. They are taught the art of language, how to add meaning to their words, how to develop effective and exceptional presentations, and overall, how to interact with others in and out of the classroom setting. These communication skills are invaluable in the business world.

Better career opportunities- An MBA program provides a more diverse and wider field for graduates to expand in. There are several core areas covered within an MBA program, including Human Resource, Statistics, Technology and Information Systems, Economics, and Finance. All these areas qualify an MBA graduate to pursue a career in multiple areas and business sectors as well as the public sector.

An MBA degree will fetch you everything you probably dreamt of and will certainly take you to place where at present you imagine yourself.

So MBA degree? Well, why not? Go for it!

Tips to score well in MAT- 2017

This year's last MAT exam is just around the corner and with candidates having to solve 200 questions in 150 minutes, it is necessary to understand which questions should be put more importance upon, and how the preparation should ideally be streamlined! Because it is your MAT score that will decide if you are eligible for the best of B-schools in India!

Few points to help you score well in MAT:

A net score of more than 82 marks (excluding GK score) is equivalent to an overall percentile of more than 99, while a net score more than 93 marks stands for a percentile of more than 99.9. To achieve this score, make sure to use these tips:

• Always keep yourself updated with complete syllabus of MAT.
• Make a time schedule and divide your time efficiently in each subject.
• Solve as many previous years question papers, mock tests and online tests as you can.
• Learn tricks, maths short-cuts, memory methods, so as to solve the tests papers in an easy and efficient manner.
• Keep preparing your personal notes as you cover topics.
• Make a strategy that how to answer the maximum number of questions in the limited time.
• Don’t waste a lot of time in questions that are more time taking.
• Lastly, be absolutely confident about attempting the exam.

Time division is essential in order to make sure that all the five sections of the entire paper can be attended properly. Following time division and the paper difficulty level should give you adequate time to attempt a balanced number of questions from each section, with the possibility of the best percentile:

Section name	No. of Questions	Suggested time	Difficulty Level
Language comprehension	40	30 min	Moderate
Mathematical skills	40	40 min	Difficult
Data Analysis & Sufficiency	40	35 min	Moderate
Intelligence & critical reasoning	40	30 min	Moderate
Indian and global environment	40	15 min	Moderately Difficult
Total	200	150	-

Important dates:

Last day of application: 28th April; 20178

Offline exam: 7th May; 2017

Online Exam: 13th May; 2017

ASM group of Institutes wishes all the aspiring MAT candidates all the very best!

ASM’s IBMR (DTE code: 6102)	ASM’s IPS (DTE code: 6166)
ASM’s IIBR (DTE code: 6249)	ASM’s IMCOST (DTE code: 3125)

INternational CONference (INCON) 2017

INternational CONference (INCON)

Audyogik Shikshan Mandal (ASM) has been known to constantly organise the conferences, events and competitions to boost the energy level of the students and give them a chance to make a mark in the world outside of college. After MINDSCAPE, which was a case study competition, ASM brings to you INCON, an International Conference on Ongoing Research in Management & IT on 21st and 22nd, January, 2017 at ASM, Pune.

The conference will help the students to understand and learn many terms and concepts related to research in Management, Business and IT sector. For example:

• What is the definition of Management research?
• What is the importance of research in Management?
• What are the topics for research in Management?
• What all research topics in Management studies can one pursue?
• How can one do PhD in Management studies?

For this International Conference, ASM has listed down the topics which span across the areas of Global Business, Management and Information Technology:

• Strategic Management

• Knowledge Management
• Change Management
• Finance and Economics
• Banking
• Marketing
• Operations and Supply Chain
• Information Technology
• Human Resource Management
• Education and Research
• Talent Management
• General Management
• Project Management

The main motto of organising this conference is for the researchers to have new concepts, ideas, models and thoughts that are developed in global business management. The presentation of their own research helps them gain a broader and global perspective in management and information technology which, in itself, is a remarkable thing.

Important Dates

Last date for submission of papers: 15th December, 2016

Last date for registration: 24th December, 2016

To know more about who can participate and how to participate, Click Here: http://www.asmgroup.edu.in/incon/call-paper.html

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MINDSCAPE 2016 - 13th edition of Success

MINDSCAPE, a case study competition for Industry-Institute Interaction, was organized at Audyogik Shikshan Mandal Campus in Pimpri, Pune on 23rd October; 2016.

Mr R. N. Nalbalwar, Sr. VP-ER Aditya Birla Corporation, was the chief guest for the Inaugural function of the event. Dr Asha Pachpande, Founder secretary and Director of ASM was the Chairperson on the occasion.

Mr. Nalbalwar, his address to the audience, emphasized on the necessity for Industry-Institute interactions and appreciated the unique initiative by ASM Group for organizing the Mindscape Case Study Competition.

The Competition between the various industry teams was extremely intense and interesting! Dr Santosh Dastane, Mr Shyam Ozarkar & Mr Dinesh Bagade (GM & DGM, MVML, Chakan) Mr Atul Badkas (DGM L&D Endurance Tech), Prof. Asheesh Dixit and Prof Roopa Praveen (ASM Group) were the Jury members for the competition.

Major Industries that participated in the competition:

• Tata Motors
• Bajaj Auto
• Mahindra & Mahindra
• Siemens
• Forbes Marshall
• Endurance Technology and many more

In the evening function of Mindscape 2016, awards was presided by the Chief Guest Mr Unnikrishnan, MD & CEO Thermax Ltd., who narrated the paradigm shift which has taken place at the global scenario for Management studies. He also said that the events like ASM’s Mindscape competition are very important to bridge the ever increasing gaps in Academic studies and Industry requirements

The Teams from M&M Nasik, MVML Chakan and Tata motors Ltd. won the coveted Mindscape 2016 Main/Special Jury & Live Case Study segments and Endurance Tech,Trikaya Coatings were the close Runners up. The Team from MSL was awarded the Mindscape 2016 Surprise Trophy.

The MINDSCAPE 2016 competition was compered by the faculty & students of ASM group, the concluding remarks were offered by Prof. Roopa Praveen whereas Prof J.A.Kulkarni explained the essence of Mindscape competitions and enabled the smooth conduct of event MINDSCAPE-2016.  She expressed optimism in further popularity and utility of the event as a ‘Hub’ for improving Institute-Industry interactions.

M/S Golden Sparrow Publishers were the Media Partners for MINDSCAPE 2016 and was represented by Mr. Ankit Kankar (senior officer- strategic affairs).

Mindscape by ASM

Mindscape by ASM

ASM group of institutes understands the need to accept new techniques and methods of imparting knowledge to the students. It knows that maintaining the pace with newer methods, researches and industry applications help the students in the long run. Under this thought, in 2004-05, ASM started a case study competition called Mindscape which is India’s only Live Case Study Competition and is now in its 13th year!

Thought behind Mindscape:

1. Practical Thinking: The management of ASM were very keen to bring such a platform on campus that’ll give the students a direct chance to learn and understand practical problems and their probable solutions.
   
2. Interaction: The interaction that occurs between the students and the industry turns out to be beneficial for the students as well as the industry as both get a new perspective towards the study.
   
3. Experience: A Live Case Study gives a huge exposure to students and they get an enriching experience of working along with the experts of various industries.
   
4. Strengthen Institute-Industry Interaction: The alliance between an institute and an industry results in great relationship bringing mutual benefit to both! Such competitions allow them to strengthen that symbiotic bond!

2016 Mindscape:

The previous success of Mindscape competition has been a great boost to the institute and this year it is going to be bigger and better!

The entries are pouring in and the last date of submission is nearing! Here are the important dates to look out for:

1. Last Date Of Registration along with soft copy of Presentation is 10th Oct, till 5 pm!
2. Preliminary Rounds on 22nd Oct at 10 AM, at ASM’s IPS Auditorium!
3. Final Presentation on 23rd Oct at 9.30 AM, at ASM Campus!

Things/Rules you must know about the Competition:

1. The Case Study Resolution should be an outcome of team effort by industry executives of any industry.
2. The participating teams should submit two hard copies and a soft copy of the presentation.
3. The decision given by the jury will be final and binding on all the participants of the competition.
4. On a blind review, cases will be shortlisted.
5. Each team has to choose only one case from the case studies provided in the docket.
6. Each team will have a total of 25 minutes including 5 minutes for Q&A.
7. Each participating member/team will be awarded with a certificate of participation.
8. The teams selected for the final presentation should be present at the ASM campus on 23rd October, 2016 at 9.30 am.
9. All the shortlisted case studies will be published in ASM’s annual souvenir.
10. There are 3 categories of trophies namely, Special Jury Trophy, Live Case Study Trophy and a Main Trophy.

To Participate, send your case studies with a title “MINDSCAPE CASE STUDY 2016 COMPETITION” to:

Prof. J. A. kulkarni

Email: mindscape2016@asmedu.org or jak@asmedu.org

Visit the ASM Mindscape Page to know more.

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MBA INDUCTION 2016 AT ASM GROUP OF INSTITUTES

9 AUG 2016, ASM Group of Institutes commenced its induction Program for MBA 2016 batch.

The event began with the lighting of lamp by Dr. Asha Pachpande, Dr. Sandeep Pachpande, Deepak Shikarpur, S.B.Mathur, Director General of ASM IIBR followed by Saraswati Vandana by MBA Senior students Deepika and Anu Vijaykumar.

Dr. Sandeep Pachpande then gave a welcome speech with motivational words to all MBA fresher students on how to plan next two years to make themselves good manager and stressed on skills management .He also shared his recent experience of Harvard business school learning with students. He guided students about importance to develop technical, business and soft skills which will lead them to better job opportunities in near future.

Chief guest Mr. Deepak Shikarpur talked about current trends in management and industry expectations with fresher. He also asked students their career goals. He gave some basic interview tips to students and told what all area they should work on in next two years. Mr. Shikarpur enlightened students with importance of foreign language and how it can add value to the CV of fresher students.

Asha Pachpande, Director ASM addressed the students by telling them to value time management, to attend classroom sessions and events for over all grooming. She also made students aware about 7Cs of communication which reduce the error while working.

Post lunch session consisted of Dr. Santosh Dastane who spoke about MBA curriculum and reason of change in syllabus and practical implementation rather than mugging up theories. He also stressed on case study methodology which will improve students’ analytical thinking. He revealed the importance of research in management and current market.

Mr. Ravi Bodani, Motivational speaker conducted various activities to let students know importance of working in group. He spoke about various personality traits and habits related to it. How a student can improve by working on their weaknesses? By citing various examples he showed how students commit mistakes frequently and asked them not to do the same in future for their own betterment. His interactive session helped students to learn a lot.

10^th Aug, session started with a speech by Mr. Arun Firodia (Chairman Kinetic Group). His book, “Smart City “ A blue print of zero pollution sustainable smart industrial city was recently launched. He addressed students by saying that they should be innovative and create some new products and then brand them. He gave examples of Ola and Uber , CCD and Haldiram; how small concepts turn into big businesses. He motivated students to update themselves with current knowledge. He said, “Change in attitude can create a difference.”

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