PGDAV College

COMMERCIUM

2020-21

Commercium-The Commerce Society of PGDAV College is the largest departmental society in the College and amongst the top 10 societies of Delhi University. The Team of the Commercium faculty members comprise of the Convenor- Dr. Shashi Nanda, Co-convenor- Dr. Shamsher Singh and Ms. Shikha Menani, Members- Dr. Ritu Tanwar and Ms. Priyanka Khanna.

Commercium team has over 130 hardworking and diligent members who work tirelessly along with their Executive members: President- Yamini Singh, Vice President- Harsh Goel, Secretary- Samta Sudikha and Akhil Sharma, Joint Secretary- Khushi Gupta, Sneh Lata Yadav and Shashank Gupta, Treasurer- Tina Kalra and Dhriti Goyal.

It is our privilege to mention that Commercium activities (Online) commenced on 1st August 2020, with its two new informative initiatives, viz., the weekly Commerce newsletter- Commstruck and a series of audios with interesting facts- Did You Know. There is also a blog in the Commercium’s edition of Financial Scoop on weekly basis. These are consistently uploaded on social media handles of Commercium.

This year on 5^th September 2020, Commercium conducted its very first virtual event to celebrate Teacher’s day at google meet platform with the presence of the entire Commerce faculty. Dr. Krishna Sharma graced the event with her valuable words and showered blessings and best wishes to the newly formed Commercium team for its future operations. The event comprised of various fun filled activities and ended by giving gratitude to all the respected teachers for their constant guidance and support.

On regular basis, seminars / webinars are conducted to help the students improve their knowledge base. Commercium conducted its first virtual seminar on 11^th September 2020 in association with Bombay Stock Exchange with an eminent speaker Mr. Harbinder Singh Sokhi, Manager, BSE, Investors Protection Fund, who shared his financial knowledge and explained the ways to reap the benefits of compounding returns at an early age. On 5^th October 2020, another virtual seminar was conducted in association with GS Score with a renowned speaker IPS Ilma Afroz who talked about the art of cracking civil services exams. These events were successful with a participation of 200+ students throughout each of these webinars.

Every year team Commercium holds its flagship events, The Youth Conclave and Commquest in the months of October and February respectively.

Youth Conclave is an event, where renowned personalities are invited from varied fields who share their success stories with the students. Due to pandemic, this year, the team did not give up and took pride in organizing its first paramount event: The Million Insights, held in the month of October. The initiative attempted to bridge the gap between aspirations and achievements. The captivating event with full of brainstorming and insightful talks by the famous leaders from their varied fields took place on every weekend at 7:00 p.m. LIVE on the Instagram handle of the society. The prestigious speakers, who graced the event with their presence, were Kaustabh Chaturvedi- a content creator, Rashmi Chaddha and Prafful Garg- successful startup entrepreneurs, Hitesh Kewalya- a writer and director at Bollywood, Neelanjana Ray- a professional singer, Pankaj Bhaduria- a renowned Chef, who shared their experiences with the students. Commercium maintained its legacy and the event turned out to be a great success.

On 23^rd November, 2020, the Commercium society welcomed the new batch of students, 2020 with the Orientation Programme of the Commerce department, held at google platform and aired LIVE on the YouTube handle as well.

Last, but not the least, the most awaited departmental fest across Delhi University, Commquest’21, was celebrated on 6th March, 2021. The theme for Fest was “Together towards tomorrow” and the occasion was graced by Namratta Ohri: the founder of CLOVER (Common Life Objectives Very Easily Reachable), a corporate trainer, therapist, healer and an orator at live TV shows with Delhi Doordarshan as our respected chief guest. The team took pride in availing the opportunity of providing a platform to the students of various colleges and universities to participate in different events through Zoom and Google Meet platforms. The events were full of exposure to the corporate world with a twist of fun. The one day online Fiesta consisted of seven events. There were:

•Vision Camera Action: The theme included: 3R (reduce, reuse and recycle), product marketing, Front line warriors and poverty.

•Art Twister: The theme included: Be the change, Economical Innovation, Uniqueness of 21st Century and Support your Local Economy

•Ad Mad : A game of catchy phrases, logos, taglines and brands to check some marketing skills.

•War Of Words : A game of deliberation and debate; the way you stir is the soul of the democracy.

•Quiz Fiesta : A place where a smart answer won't get anyone fired.

•Innoventure : A place to put your knowledge to test.

•Ace The Case : A game that prepares you to be a game changer.

Commercium graciously ended its Annual Fest by felicitating the winners of various events. We proved that "where there is a will, there is a way". Despite being stuck in a pandemic situation, Commercium as a team, managed to organize a very insightful and knowledgeable fest. Thereby, breaking the shackles of physical barriers, we stood by our motto #YES_WE_WILL!

COMMERCIUM 2019-20

Commercium- The Commerce Society of PGDAV College is the largest association of the institution consisting of 130 members. The interviews for Commercium were held on 30th July,2019. After the rigorous process of selection, 130 members were welcomed to the society. The society is led and managed by an exceptional panel of 9 Executive Members : Abhishek Gandhi(President), Aaditya Kumar(Vice President), Radhika Sardana(Secretary), Sonu Tewatia(Secretary), Soumya Lokhande(Secretary), Aseem Kukreja(Joint Secretary) , Ruchika Singh(Joint Secretary) , Swetank Sharma(Joint Secretary) , Yamini Singh(Treasurer).

Under the guidance of excellent team of faculty members –

Ms. Monika Saini(Convener), Ms. Neerza( Co-Convener), Dr. Atul(Co-Convener), Ms. Ritu Gupta(Member), Ms. Gitu Nijhawan(Member).

On 20th August, Commercium organised Freshie Enthusia'19, the Official Fresher's Party for the students. Rajat Sood( Stand-up Poemedian as well as a Comedian) and Digital Gandhi( Ted-X Speaker) also performed for the audience on the event.

To honour the team, The Investiture's Ceremony was organised and the Executive Team Members were felicitated with their respective badges signifying their authorities and responsibilities. The society also celebrated Teacher's Day to acknowledge the efforts put in by the teachers in guiding as well as grooming the students.

On 1st October 2019,The society organised its flagship event YOUTH CONCLAVE 3.O. The event had 5 unique personalities Raj Shamani( Ted x Speaker and an Industrialist), Viraj Ghelani( Content Creator at Filter Copy), Ankush Bhardwaj( First Runner-up of Indian Idol), Rahul Makin( Rj at 9 Fm Radio), Suyash Jhadav(Indian Para Swimmer). Commercium maintained its legacy and the event turned out to be a great success. The society organised various seminars for the personal grooming of the students on the topics such as Career in MBA, Tips to crack Personal Interviews and so on.

On 7th February 2020, The society wound up its last event of the year COMMQUEST 2020 . The theme of the event was "Economia Florenza- Flourishing 5 trillion dollar Economy Dream”. The occasion was graced by An Editor of India Today Mr. Anshuman Tiwari as the respected chief guest.

Commquest’2020 consisted of various sub-events such as

•Quiz Fiesta-A place where a smart answer won't get anyone fired.

•Bid Bowled- A game of setting a mind and biding a price! But is it that easy to make that desired team?

•Mock Stock- A game of buying it cheap and watching them weep.

•Corporate Roadies- It is a strategic blend of witty corporate world and the rugged roadies.

•International Monopoly-A game of a strong hand on currency.

•Esprit-de-corps- A game of venture!

Clue after clue, solving a puzzle and ultimately clear visionary holds the key.

•Ad Mad- A game of Catchy phrases, logos, taglines and brands to check some marketing skills.

•War of Words- A game of deliberation and debate; the way you stir is the soul of the democracy.

•Gangster Vegas- A game of Worth. There's no such thing as good money or bad money. There's just money!

•Treasure Hunt-A game of amazing mind boggling twist and turns.

All these events challenge the practical knowledge of students related to commerce field and even give them an overview of the corporate world.

In the closing ceremony, the faculty members of the commerce department felicitated the winners with cash prizes and certificates. All the participants were joyful and dispersed with happy faces hoping that they will get a chance to be a part of such an event again where they could display their talents and skills through different activities.

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