PGDAV College

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Commercium: The Commerce Department Society

Commerce department society is the largest department society of the college with 130 members. The interview for the selection of team was conducted on August 1^st 2018. Student Executive team consists of following nine members:

President: Aman Garg, Vice President: Mayank Mittal, Secretary: Tripti Beri. Anu Verma, Yati Choudhary, Joint Secretary: Kunal Sharma, Saksham Singla, Harshita Chauhan, and Treasurer: Aaditya Kumar.

Commercium started this year’s journey by celebrating Teacher’s Day to acknowledge the efforts put in by the teachers in development of the students on 5^th September 2018. It was a fun based event for the faculty members.

Commercium organized “YOUTH CONCLAVE PGDAV RELOADED” on 26^thOctober 2018. The Commercium Team worked hard and tirelessly to not only make it a “Self-Funded Event but also generated surplus resources for their future events. The Session speakers were CA Mudit Yadav (TEDx Speaker, Success Coach), Rtd. Major D.P.Singh (Kargil War Veteran, India’s First Blade Runner), Advaita Kala (Indian Author), Gaurav Taneja (Fitness Coach), Madan Lal (Former Indian Cricketer), Ambika Anand (Editor in Chief, Fashion at NDTV Good Times), Pankaj Pachauri (Founder-Editor GoNews), Akshay Dhawan (Dil Hai Hindustani-2 Winner) and RJ Nitin. They all inspired students and faculty members with their success stories, life experiences and challenges.

The society organized various seminars, talks, sessions throughout the year to improve the students’ inter personal skills and for their all-round development. A seminar was organised on GST on 7th September 2018. A session on Investment banking by Mr. Vineeta Mishra was organised on 27^th September 2018. Other sessions were on “How to excel and lead civil services examination (9th October 2018), Career options after graduation (3rd October 2018), How to build your resume (6th September 2018) and How to crack interview by Prof. Sangeeta Magan (29th August 2018)

Carrying the same spirit of enthusiasm and success, the society organized its Annual fest, COMMQUEST on 29-January-2019. The event was inaugurated by Dr. Mukesh Agarwal, Principal PGDAV(M) College; Dr. M.M Goyal, former Principal PGDAV (M) College; esteemed chief guest CA Sundeep Mohindru, Founder & Director Mynd Solutions; and faculty members of the commerce department.

In order to commemorate former President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s vision for India, this year COMMQUEST’19 was based on a theme: “Vision 2020-Making India Investible”. Following the formal program, we witnessed the wonderful splash of various events in the college premises. A number of colleges affiliated to University of Delhi, GGSIPU, etc. took part and competed for cash prizes up to ₹ 1 lakh, with certificates and prizes up to ₹ 10 lakh. There were about 500 participants registered for all the events.

War of Words: Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy

31 teams participated. 15 teams qualified the preliminary round(s) and took part in the first round of parley. There were 3 rounds in total. The event was a success, participants were thrilled to be a part of it.

Corporate Roadies: Strategic blend of ingenious corporate world and the rugged roadies

20 individuals participated. There were two rounds. First round consisted of tasks related to corporate fields such as HR, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Sales. 8 participants were taken ahead to the second round, which was an intense roadie style interview with our judges.

Mock Stock Reloaded: Stock trading

25 teams participated. In preliminary round, participants had to invest in 5 different areas and those with highest returns qualified for the final round. 10 teams were in for the final round. The participants were given a budget. They had to invest their money into stocks which were being auctioned at BSE and NSE. They had to fulfill the requirements of the portfolio and if they did, the money was added in their total budget.

Esprit- de- Corps: Solving puzzles with shared vision and maintaining group cohesion

24 teams participated. 8 team were taken ahead after qualifying the prelims. There were 4 tasks, based on strategic management and team work. Participants found this event very interesting and enjoyed the same.

Resurrection-de-Quiz: Quiz competition

27 teams participated. Questions were based upon our theme Vision 2020.. There were 3 rounds. The teams participated very enthusiastically, competitively and appreciated the idea of this event.

Bid Bowled: IPL Auction (Bid win and have a grin)

40 teams participated. 8 teams qualified for the final round. Each team played with unique strategy and plan.

Vision Camera & Action: Theme based photography competition

10 teams participated. The event had two rounds, both on theme Vision 2020. Inter college team participated. Teams captured photographs with the pleasing presentation.

Gangster Vegas: Black marketing

25 teams participated. 11 teams qualified for the main event. The event mainly dealt with the dealing of illegal items such as gems, guns etc. They had to perform several tasks like dancing, push-ups etc. to get their deals done.

International Monopoly: Trading of foreign currencies

25 teams participated. 1st round was beg, borrow & deal. In the final round 5 teams were taken ahead in which exchange of currency on the basis of fluctuations shown.

AD-Mad: Turning ideas into reality

Participants – 15. Consisted of 2 rounds, first one being a quiz and the second one being the AD presentation round. Also the participants found the idea of bidding the props really great and the event was a great success.

In the closing ceremony, Principal sir felicitated the winners with certificates and gift vouchers. The young millennials enjoyed a lot and dispersed with a sincere hope that more such events would be organized in future giving the students a chance to display their talents. The success of the event is attributed to the combined efforts of student executive team and faculty team including Dr. Sonia Sabharwal (Convener), Dr. Anuradha Gupta (Teacher in charge), Ms. Monika Saini (Co convener), Ms. Neerza (Co convener) and Mrs. Ritu Gupta (Teacher co-ordinator).

Commercium: The Commerce Department Society

President: Aman Garg, Vice President: Mayank Mittal, Secretary: Tripti Beri. Anu Verma, Yati Choudhary, Joint Secretary: Kunal Sharma, Saksham Singla, Harshita Chauhan, and Treasurer: Aaditya Kumar.

War of Words: Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy

Corporate Roadies: Strategic blend of ingenious corporate world and the rugged roadies

Mock Stock Reloaded: Stock trading

Esprit- de- Corps: Solving puzzles with shared vision and maintaining group cohesion

Resurrection-de-Quiz: Quiz competition

27 teams participated. Questions were based upon our theme Vision 2020.. There were 3 rounds. The teams participated very enthusiastically, competitively and appreciated the idea of this event.

Bid Bowled: IPL Auction (Bid win and have a grin)

40 teams participated. 8 teams qualified for the final round. Each team played with unique strategy and plan.

Vision Camera & Action: Theme based photography competition

10 teams participated. The event had two rounds, both on theme Vision 2020. Inter college team participated. Teams captured photographs with the pleasing presentation.

Gangster Vegas: Black marketing

International Monopoly: Trading of foreign currencies

25 teams participated. 1st round was beg, borrow & deal. In the final round 5 teams were taken ahead in which exchange of currency on the basis of fluctuations shown.

AD-Mad: Turning ideas into reality

Academic Cells of the Department

About three years ago, the department started with the finance cell, followed this year by three more academic cells: International Business Cell, i.e., Globiz, human resource cell and advertising and marketing cell. These four academic cells during the year have organized various academic activities for the benefit of teachers and students. To start with, under the aegis of Finance Cell, i.e., Mudra, the department invited Prof. C. P. Gupta, Departments of Financial Studies, University of Delhi South Campus (UDSC) and Prof. Vanita Tripathi, Department of Commerce, University of Delhi for a seminar on “Debt and Equity Markets” (February 12). This was followed by a seminar (February 25) under Globiz on “New Perspectives on Trade and Environment in the Era of Global Economic Turbulence,” by Prof B N Goldar, formerly from Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), and presently member of National Statistical Commission and Prof. Surender Kumar, Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics. The department had a talk on “Functioning of Stock Markets” by Mr Harbinder Sokhi of Bombay Stock Exchange (March 11). Besides, the department invited Prof Pankaj Agarwal, Research Professor of Marketing, University of Toronto for a talk on “When Products Look Like People” (March 18) under Advertising and Marketing Cell. The department very recently, on the eve(March 22) of our cultural festival, Holi, under international business cell, invited Mr Navin Kumar Maini, former officiating Managing Director, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), for a talk on “Entrepreneurship Development”, in which Mr Maini, who is also a leading global expert on micro-finance, highlighted many important points for India to play a leading role in the global economy with an entrepreneurial spirit as is being enthused by the current political regime under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Shri Shivraj Gupta, an eminent industrialist and family member of Shri Girdhar Lal was the guest of honour. The department is in the process of organizing a seminar (April 9)under the human resource management cell, where they have invited Prof Ajay Kumar Singh, Department of Commerce, University of Delhi and a person from industry, Mr Sahil Khan, Executive, HRD, BHEL.

COMMERCIUM

Commercium, the Commerce society of P.G.D.A.V. College is one of the most active and renowned society that has maintained the reputation as one of the biggest societies with 250 members. This year, the society was formed on 19^th September with some phenomenal post bearers and teacher coordinators. The teachers Coordinators elected this year were- Convenor Mr. Surender Kumar, Co- Convenors Ms. Monika Saini and Ms. Neerza, Teacher Co-ordinators Ms. Ritu Gupta and Ms. Anindita Goldar. Mukul Singla was elected as the President of this society with Neeraj Pandey and Ayush Kansal as Vice President, Sajal Jain and Ayush Dhoundiyal as Secretary, Saumiya Kapoor and Yash Gupta as Joint Secretary and Rohan Arora as Treasurer of Commercium 2017-18. They started their journey of this year with the celebrations of Teacher’s Day by acknowledging the efforts put in by the teachers in developing the students. On 19^th September,they came together as a team and shared a vision of an organization that was built to stand apart from the rest. The team invited two renowned speakers from the field of commerce for the INAUGURAL SESSION namely, CA Abhinav Kalra (GST Panel Consultant) and CA Atul Gupta( Central Council Member, ICAI) who graced the ceremony and sharing the insights on the then newly accepted tax system-GST. With this, the journey started and the society organized various seminars and workshops to develop and improve inter personal skills, cracking interview sessions and building up confidence amongst the students to brush up their overall personalities. With the spark of initiating something afresh, this year the team started their own blog- FINANCIAL SCOOP – managed by the members of the society. The blog is powered by their opinions and ideas related to the changes taking place in the economy financially and strategically. Taking chances and with a fresh outset, for the first time ever in PGDAV College, Commercium organized “YOUTH CONCLAVE” which was a 2 day event and it aimed to bring together top professionals under one roof, who have carved a niche for themselves in their respective fields. The lineup consisted of speakers from different walks of life. On DAY ONE, eminent speakers like C.K. Khanna, Tarun Anand, Onkar Khullar, Rishabh Rana, Suraj Saha, Salman Khan Niazi and Zalman Khan, Acharya Shrivatsa Goswami and Ankit Madaan graced the event with their motivational talks and sharing their secret of success. DAY TWO was also garnished with distinguished speakers like Priyanka Raina, Vikrant Gupta, Arvind Gaur, RJ Raunac and Papa CJ. YOUTH CONCLAVE was a huge achievement and has set a benchmark for all the future events of our college. Carrying the same spirit of enthusiasm and success,they arecomin up with their Annual Fest, COMMQUEST with the theme of “PARIVARTAN- CHANGING DYNAMICS OF INDIAN ECONOMY” which will include amazing and exciting events like B-Plan, Treasure Hunt, Gangster Vegas and many more such events. Commercium is a society that always thrives to be the best and stand apart from the crowd by doing the impossible.

"MUDRA", The Finance Cell

"MUDRA", The Finance Cell of PGDAV College is a Student-Teacher Body founded in 2014. Since its inception, the Finance Cell has been working for the enhancement and updation of financial knowledge of students and teachers. Various activities like Seminars, Workshops, Quizzes and Debates are organised by the Finance Cell.

In the current session 2017-18, MUDRA organised a Seminar on "Digital Payment Modes" on 26th September, 2017. The Speakers for the Seminar were Mr. Vikas Madan (Assistant Professor, Shri Ram College Commerce) and Dr. Sushila Madan (Associate Professor, Lady Shri Ram College). It helped the Students and Teachers to expand their knowledge horizons from commonly used payment methods to the newly launched BHIM app.

On 12th October, 2017, Mudra organised a Workshop on "Advance Excel". The Resource person was Ms. Divya Mehta (Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, Dyal Singh College). It helped the participants to get practical knowledge of Excel. This helped the Final Year students in their placements as well. On November 4, 2017, Mudra organised an inter college Online Debate Competition on the topic "Is SEBI Enough to Control Stock Exchange?"

The Finance Cell is planning to organise an Educational trip to Parliament in the month of March. The Study Visit consists of a briefing on the Indian political system and other related issues by an officer of the Lok Sabha Secretariat. Mudra is planning to conduct Mock Stock Session with the students in the month of March. The link to the Facebook page of the cell is http://www.facebook.com/ficpgdavcollege/

GLOBIZ- International Business Cell