MMS Inauguration & Induction Program at S.P. Mandali’s Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WeSchool), Matunga, Mumbai

S. P. Mandali’s Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WeSchool), Matunga, Mumbai

The MMS inauguration for the incoming batch of 2022-24 was conducted on Friday, 25th November 2022 in the WeSchool Auditorium from 10 am onwards.

Adv. S. K. Jain, Chairman – Managing Council, S. P. Mandali (SPM), Pune and Chairman – College Development Committee, WeSchool, Shri. Sunil Joshi, Member – Managing Council, SPM and Member - College Development Committee, WeSchool, Prof. Dr. Uday Salunkhe, Group Director of WeSchool, Shri. Shreerang Kulkarni, Director – Operations, SPM and Prof. Dr Pradeep Pendse, In-Charge Director (University Program) graced the event with their august presence.

The event started with lighting of lamp by the dignitaries, few students and Industry representative from wenture.inv.

Prof. Dr Pradeep Pendse, In-Charge Director University Programs set the ball rolling by a warm welcome speech in which he mentioned about MMS being a personal transformation journey and how the students must think about the nature of transformation they seek.

This was followed by a curtain raiser address about ‘wenture.inv’ by Prof. Kaustubh Dhargalkar in which the concept of pitching entrepreneurial ideas by WeSchool alumni to the invited Angel investors was presented to ignite the entrepreneurship spirit in the young minds.

Prof. Dr. Uday Salunkhe, in his address, motivated the students by quoting Joel Barkers comment about leadership and vision. He spoke about developing Entrepreneurship as well Intranpreneurship spirit and how the students must leverage on various initiatives at Weschool. He also conveyed the message of Hon’ble President, S. P. Mandali, Pune, Adv. Shri. Sadanand Phadke, to light the lamp or candle or incense stick to pay the tribute to Late ASI. Shri. Tukaram Omble and others officers who sacrificed their life to save Mumbai & Nation on 26th November, 2008 at 12:30 am.

The key Note address was given by Adv. S.K. Jain, in which he urged the students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and become a job giver rather than a job seeker.

Prof. Swar Kranti delivered the Vote of Thanks followed by National Anthem to conclude the inaugural event.

Post - inauguration event, Prof. Dr. Pradeep Pendse conducted an orientation session with respect to the MMS program overview which was followed by Orientation sessions for all the Specialisations viz Finance, Marketing, HR and Operations. The respective specialisation Deans with their teams gave exposure about the nuances of specialisations including broad course structure, emerging trends, career opportunities and specific skill sets required for each specialisation.

Post the Orientation sessions, functional /departmental heads, with their teams, conducted sessions to inform about operational and administrative aspects of the course. These included sessions by Career Management Cell (CMC), Academic Deliverable Cell (ADC), IT/JUNO, Examination and Learning Resource Centre (LRC/Library).
The event was concluded by a wrap up session to summarise the days takeaways by Prof. Suhas Prabhu.

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