The Department of Economics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jain (Deemed-to-be University), organized a National Webinar on ‘Management A to Z’ on September 12^th 2020.

In this industry-oriented global age, not only students but also working professionals are showing interest in an MBA degree to build a flourishing career by mastering excellent managerial skills. Analyzing the importance of management as a subject and its growing popularity, the university conducted this webinar to help the students to crack the Common Admission Test by enhancing their understanding of the various aspects of this subject.

 Ms. Chhavi Gupta, the keynote speaker for the event, is a consultant at Boston Consultancy Group (BCG), an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad and IIT Delhi, and secured a perfect 100 percentile in Common Admission Test 2017. It was a great learning experience for the students as she elaborated on how a career in management can help them to get exposed to diversity, holistic business knowledge, and to acquire both hard skills and soft skills. She also spoke about the different career options such as Finance, Marketing, Consulting, and other options, that are available for the management students and gave her insights about cracking the competitive management exams like CAT, XAT, NMAT, and SNAP. Overall, the webinar was very informative to the students and gained much positive feedback from the audience.

School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jain (Deemed-to-be University) creates human development through excellence in education, quality research, and entrepreneurial skill development. The academic programs of the School are uniquely designed to develop new generation leaders, bureaucrats, and think tanks.

School of Humanities and Social Sciences offers a wide range of programs such as Ph.D., M Phil, MA in Economics and the undergraduate programs in BA Economics Honours; BA - Psychology, Journalism, and Optional English; BA - Psychology, Sociology, Economics; BA - HR, Psychology, Economics; BA Double Major in HR and Economics. The School provides a platform for many more opportunities and extra-curricular activities for the students to thrive and succeed.

Community-based researches are systematic and organized practices that play an integral role in sociology. In this webinar organized by the Department of Sociology at School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Jain (Deemed-to-be University), the host spoke about how active involvement of organizational representatives, community members, and researchers enhances the understanding of a given phenomenon and supports the integration of the knowledge. He also highlighted how researchers can create a better research design as this style of participation ensures that the actual needs and views of the population in focus are taken into account. The gathering also rendered insights into diverse forms of communities and the process of researching them along with an outline on the various aspects of Participatory Action Research.

Presented by: Retd. Professor Dr.P.S.Vivek  has over two decades of experience in teaching Sociology at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the University of Mumbai. He is the recipient of the Indo-Shastri Canadian Institute International Fellowship (2007) and has presented 62 research papers in National and 16 International seminars, conferences and has published 29 articles in several prestigious journals and magazines. He is involved in several NGOs and grass-root level organizations which have kept him involved in academically sound and socially relevant research projects.

Held on: 12th September 2020

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Synopsis: The School of Sciences (Block II) hosted a national level webinar on 4 September 2020 on the topic of Materials and Instrumentation for Energy Conversion and Storage.

With the ever-increasing human population and the over-consumption of natural non-renewable resources, energy-related issues have been a huge cause of concern for decades. Hence, it has become imperative to accelerate the development of materials that enable energy storage and conversion. Efficient and effective energy storage methods play a crucial role in the cycle of a sustainable energy-harvesting process to the end-user.

This webinar explored the nuances of cyclic voltammetry instrument, preparation, and working of different electrodes, electrolyte systems, practical examples of electrode and electrolyte material preparation, and electrochemical characterization and synthesis of nanostructured inorganic materials for energy storage and conversion applications.

The webinar was hosted by Dr. Mayank Pandey, Assistant Professor from Kristu Jayanti College and Dr. Ashoka S., Assistant Professor - Dept. of Chemistry from Dayananda Sagar University Bengaluru.