Jul 16, 2009
First Day in new life of MBE
Then the students assembled in a assigned room where all the faculty members gave us brief intros and welcomed us..After that,a break for snacks and tea/coffee This break was used for exploring the campus and of course the famous Bamboo canteen
Our seniors had a rocking time asking us to do this that..Ragging is not the right word for me atleast had to show some attitude to a guy who had to tease me there was rakhi ka sawyamvar,dance performance,samba act etc..I had a good time laughing through out all the performances even at mine because that guy asked me for TZP
Some gyaan about groups and clubs was given by seniors and some more masti
The session had a bad ending
a)Formals to be worn till orientation is on
b) Speech on career goals on friday..I still don't know mine
c)Business plan PPT What is that God help me
That's all for the day 16th July 2009 ..keep watching this space for more updates
Mar 22, 2009
Finomena - The Finance Summit

It is a matter of great pride for all of us at MBE that Finomena has turned out to be a grand success!! The Topic of the Summit was what all in India would like to have an answer for "Financial tsunami :The Domino Effect". And therefore we selected speakers who could give us different views on the topic. The 3 hour long session made sure that we had at the end of the session a good bit idea about the answer. The tireless hard work of MBEites was duly paid by the Excellent Speakers and an engaging experience.
Dec 17, 2008
It's Magic!!

I say I swish my wand, call out ‘wingardium leviosa’, at your hat and cause it to hover in mid- air. Well that’s classic magic for all potter heads to believe and may I confess that officially I am a committed potter head myself. Or say you feel like eating chocolate fudge late night and the delivery boy drops one at your doorstep by mistake. You can take it as a lucky coincidence, or a wish of the moment granted, or perhaps a little bit of both. Or say you had a dream about a friends visit and the next morning you know the very person drops in for a hello!! So what’s your interpretation of the event- an intuition? , a premonition? , or was their something more to it???. When you want something, wanna have something, wanna see somebody, or achieve something, the entire universe conspires to grant you your wish. Sounds familiar??? This pearl of wisdom is dropped from Paulo Coelho and the Guru goes on to tell us that there are omens strewn across our path, we only need to recognize them and realize their significance. After all everything happens for a reason and there is always a good reason behind it.
Magic may be a simple five letter word, with two vowels and three consonants, but means different things to different people, has varied interpretations and conjures up myriad of images and allusions. When a mother holds her baby for the first time, the moment is magical for her. When you return home after a bad day at office, a simple reassuring smile from your partner can work magic. A guys first date is magical and so is every girls Cinderella night. The belief in the existence of the greater power, the omni potent and the omni present Almighty God only implies the existence of something else, which can be paraphrased as ‘good things happening to good people’.
For me magic is love, and love is the greatest magic, the supreme philosophy, the truth stripped to its bare minimum, the life giving force which cradles this planet through sunrise and sunset. The fact that this earth is but an imperfect sphere, hanging mid-air is magic- a thread which runs deep through this creation, its existence and its truth. There is nothing sub or super about it. Everyday we sleep, we get up, we breathe, we eat, we drink and we procreate because that’s the magical law of nature- as natural as can be, as obvious as it seems, and yet continue to mystify and baffle generations. Guess simplicity does leaves one stump!!!!!!
Dec 10, 2008
Looking Back...

Nov 9, 2008
Change in placement strategies by DU departments
DBE is planning to shift focus towards more academic and research-oriented jobs. Students have been thinking of opting for other areas. DBE offers a two-year postgraduate course called Master’s of business economics. “We equip students on how to apply economic theory into practice. Students from our department usually branch out as business analysts, financial planners, marketing managers, business consultants, stock exchange analysts and now also as journalists,” informed Aradhna Aggarwal, head, DBE. “The advantage of the course offered by our department is that our students specialise in more than one subject. Hence, though it is true that lesser number of finance companies and banks will recruit this time, our students are equipped to pursue other options,” she maintains. According to Aggarwal, students are getting more attracted towards research firms, analysis, academics and marketing. “One interesting shift that we have witnessed is increasing interest in academics, government jobs and PSUs,” she added.
MBE STUDENTS ROCK DU DIWALI FEST'08



Diwali Fest organised by the UDSC student's was a treat for the audience at SP Jain centre in University of Delhi South Campus. The music and dance events held in the event potrayed the multi-dimensional personality of the DU students. MBE who contributed a big share of the event, stole the show by wonderful performances by its students. It started with a song peformance from the movie Rock on by final student Prabhat Ranjan. He was accompanied by Satyapriyo Das ( I yr student ) on guitar. The audience enjoyed every moment of that rocking performance. This was followed by the sizzling dance performance by Harshit Chand ( final yr student ) which got immense appreciation from the audience. Then came the memorable singing performance from MBE first yr student Ankit Dhamani ( Song - Tu Dhoop Hai - Taare Zameen Par ) sending a message that we can achieve whatever we want; the need is to explore the potential in ourselves. He was also accompanied by Satyapriyo on guitar. The programme was concluded by a Jazz song by Saptarshi Das ( I yr student ) with Satyapriyo on guitar giving the programme a global touch.
ITC Corporate Communications Chief addresses Delhi University's MBE students on Triple Bottom line approch
The speaker for the seminar was Mr Nazeeb Arif, Vice President and Cheif of Corporate Communications, ITC Group. He pressed on the fact that high GDP growth rates were not sustainable in the long run if businesses keep exploiting the natural resources and not replenish them.
He explained the ITC Model of focussing on the Triple Bottom Line i.e. Economic Environment and Social Growth rather than isolated financial earnings. He discussed in detail how ITC through its various initiatives such as e-choupal and forestry programme for paper production in wasteland areas has been creating value for the society in terms of economic benefit to the rural poor and also ensuring creation of shareholders' wealth.
He asked students to think and dream beyond the obvious and think about the larger interest of people. With the help of showing examples of ITC way of CSR, he stressed on development of rural india which can be the major market in years to come.
Nov 2, 2008
Oct 25, 2008
Annual Convention Day 2
Department of Business Economics,University of Delhi organizes its Annual Convention, 2008
Highlights Day 2
The second day was titled “The Business Analytics Meet”. The chairperson was Mr. Manish Mittal, VP and Head of Professional Services, MarketRX Cognizant. Mr. Mittal defined analytics as “Trying and understanding what is happening in a business”. He also addressed the core questions of handling the mammoth quantities of available data and making the right decisions based on it. He gave the example of market RX where decisions are made on the basis of technology, analytics and market research. The next speaker was Mr. Raman Uberoi, the Director of CRISIL Ratings. Mr. Uberoi presented his views on Credit Risk Analysis. He defined credit rating as “An opinion on ability and willingness to pay in full and in timely manner all financial obligations”. He explained to the audience the methodology followed by rating agencies and the factors that are taken into account while doing so. He also highlighted the importance of customer diligence. The next presentation was by Mr. Ramesh Krishnan who is the head of Supply-Chain, Pantaloons. He defined supply-chain as “the complete movement of materials and information from the source of procurement to the ultimate consumer”. He explained the various indicators that are used in judging the performance of the supply-chain of any organisation. This was followed by a detailed analysis of the US credit crisis- its origins and implications by Dr. Samiran Chakraborty, Chief Economist, ICICI Bank. He elucidated the complexity of the US financial market and the process of revolving of credit that takes place there which eventually gave way to the current crisis.

The next session dealt with Risk Maangement Strategies. On the chair was Mr. Sanjiv Dobhal, Regional Head-Corporate Business, HDFC ERGO General Insurance. The first presentation was by Mr. Manu Digvijay Singh, Associate Director, Global Markets, Standard Chartered Bank. Mr. enumerated the various sources of risk ad the types of risk that an organisation may face. He also emphasised the importance of being a risk seeker. He also spoke about risk hedging where he mentioned the downside of hedging stating that “if the competiton is not hedged and you are then your hedges go against you”. This was followed by a presentation on Risk Management by Banks by Mr. PK Mitra who is the General Manager, Punjab National Bank. Mr. Mitra spoke at length about the indicatos of risk and volatility and various norms and measures that have been taken to protect the banking system against risks though not undermining the current crisis. He also raised the important question as to why some of the failed Investment banks in the US have been saved by the government while others have not. Next Mr. Subhashis Nath, the Executive Director, Axis Risk Consulting shared with the audience his experience of the risk management strategies of various organisations. At the same time, drawing on Mr. Singh’s point of the inevitability of risks, Mr. Nath commented that “every action, or for that matter inaction creates risk” and that we must “go seek risk, exploit it and convert it into an opportunity”. He also said that it is imperative we get rid of the ideology that risk is negative.

The Annual Convention ’08 is concluded with a workshop cum presentation on role of Biz-Eco Mangers as analysts in Merger and Acquisition. This final session was conducted by Mr. Bratin Biswas, Lead Fixed Income Division of Genpact and his associate Mr. Ranganathan Aiyar.
Before conclusion, Students of MBE, DU Mr. Amit Srivastava and Anmol Soni has got a huge round of applause for their sincerity and timely hard work.
Annual Convention DAY 1
Department of Business Economics,University of Delhi organizes its Annual Convention, 2008
Highlights Day 1
Department of Business Economics, University of Delhi, concluded its 35th Annual Convention. The Convention was a two day long event which provides a valuable platform for interaction between students of Master of Business Economics, the flagship programme of DBE.and the luminaries’ of Iindustry, Apex Research Organisations and Academia. The convention also facilitate eminent personalities of various strata of Commerce & Industry to share their views on the current economic scenario & the role of a Business Analyst.
The theme of this year’s convention is “LEVERAGING GLOBAL CHANGE: MANAGING TURBULENCE IN INDIAN ECONOMY”
On the outset of the event Mr. Arvinder Singh Lovely, minister of state for education, lit the lamp and started the 2 daylong event.
The keynote speaker was Dr. Arvind Virmani, the Chief Economic Advisor in the ministry of Finance. Dr. Virmani addressed the important question of growth and inflation and the effect of ongoing financial crisis in US to India. He also emphasised on the importance of expectation in determining the prices. Professor Dinesh Singh, Director of UDSC also graced the occasion.
Day one started with a panel discussion on the theme Indian Economy : Current trends in a global perspective, The speakers were Prof. Shankar Acharya, Mr. Anil Bisen and Ms. Jyoti jingdar, Dr. Aradhana Agrawal- HOD, Department of Business Economics chaired the discussion. Prf. Acharya began by enumerating the salient points that drive the growth of the economics. He also expressed his concerns over the mounting effects of the global crisis and said that the effects are going to be long lasting. However, he said that, the momentum of the past is still with us. So he was not worried about the economy’s performance this year.
Mr Bisen, Director of the planning commission spoke in details about the subprime credit crisis-its origin and implications. Following this Ms. Jingdar, DGM , SEBI explained how SEBI’s regulatory functions and provided a cushion to the domestic investors. She also expressed the need for investor education and coordination among agencies to avoid such crisis.
The second session was on the theme: Resolution to the price puzzle. Prof. V R Panchmukhi and Dr. Renu Kohli were the eminent panellists. Dr. Kohli, senior Economist, IMF gave a presentation on managing inflation in India. She explained the various structural and cyclical factors and demand and supply issues that have laid to the surge in prices. The core components of inflation being food, fuel and commodities, all three of which have seen in increase in prices. Following this, Prof Panchmukhi spoke about the trade theories and flow of funds from one country to another. The last session of the day dealt with marketing strategies.
Main Sponsor of the event was “Mitsubishi Motors” supported by Reebock. The event has Pagalguy.com and Times Of India as Education Media and Print Media partners.
Sep 24, 2008
Sep 10, 2008
A Workshop on Project Appraisal
Sep 9, 2008
MBE Expert Public Lecture Series
Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India, with us. He will enlighten us on “TheSub-Prime Crisis & its Impact on India”.

Considering the fact that the current global financial crisis has its roots in the US subprimehousing mortgage business, the topic of the Public Lecture by Dr. Sheel is
especially relevant, as it explores a possible outcome of the sub-prime crisis for theIndian economy.
The Public Lecture will be held on Friday, 12th September, 2008, at 3.30 p.m. at the
S.P.Jain Auditorium, University of Delhi, South Campus.
For Further Details Please Contact
Ramit :09818449798
Abhishek:09999888477
Shweta :09899264205
- Arti, Shweta,Ramit and Abhishek
Seminar Organising Committee
Sep 8, 2008
Reminiscence' 08 The montage
Sep 2, 2008
Reminiscence-The Annual Alumni Meet 2008
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Main Events :
Felicitation of Silver Jubilee-Batch of 1983
Cultural Events & Games
Jam Session
Phone: +91-11- 24111141
mbealumni@yahoo.co.in
Date: 6th September, 2008 (Saturday)
R.S.V.P
Department of Business Economics
University of Delhi, South Campus
Benito Juarez Marg, New Delhi-110 021
- ABEA Student Co-ordinators
Aug 23, 2008
MBE Expert Series
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The Topic of Seminar is "Mean, Median, Mode in the Real World" which would be taken by Dr. Sonali Garg(Independent Consultant). She has done Ph.D(Economics) from Ohio State University, U.S.A. & she would be coming to give us an idea as to how basic Statstical tools are used in real business environment.
The Venue for the Seminar is Room No. 117 from 2:00pm onwards.
Abhishek, Ramit
Seminar Ogranising Committee
Aug 16, 2008
Mr. D Chand, Panjab National Bank and Mr. Arvind P , Britannia Industries Ltd. Visit MBE, Delhi University
Friday, 14th August was an eventful day for the students of MBE, Department of Business Economics, University of Delhi South Campus. The Marketing Society “MARKBIZ” and MBE Finance Club - each organised seminars to give students insights on “STP Process” and “Asset Liability Management”.
The speaker for the Marketing presentation was Mr. Arvind RP of Britannia Industries Ltd. Apart from providing an indepth knowledge on “STP Process”, he gave insights on “How to Enter a New Market and New Categories”. Mr. Arvind has immense industry and market research experience. Previously, he was working with TVS where he and his collegues developed a model for the company to enter in the Indonesian market. He interacted with the students at length and explained the various challenges involved in entering a market; the methods to be followed while analysing and identifying the appropriate market, and getting the idea across to the prospective consumers and the various approaches and tools involved in doing so. During his presentation, he asked students to interact give innovative and out of the box ideas with fresh approach.
The second seminar, organised by the Finance Club was on the very relevant theme of “Asset Liability Management” by banks. The speaker was Mr. D Chand, AGM, Risk Management Division, Punjab National Bank. Mr, Chand has fourteen years of experience in a multitude of fields such as Porfolio management, risk management etc. He explained to students the dynamism of the banking industry and the continuous need to evaluate and re-evaluate the performance of its assets and liabilities given the liquidity and interest rate risks that each bank faces. He also elucidated the various methods and tools used by banks at the national and international levels to combat the volatility of the industry.
The seminars were informative and educative not only for the students who are specialising in these fields but for those students as well who are relatively new to the field of marketing and finance. On the outset of seminars renowned faculty members of department asked budding biz-eco managers to keep eye on happening of finance and marketing world and at the end of the same given their succinct but invaluable insight on themes.
Communique - The Media Cell,
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Aug 9, 2008
MBE - DU students interacted with Corporate honchos @ Inaugral session of 2010 batch under aegis of BEA
The department of Business Economics, University of Delhi , South Campus kick started its year of events with the inaugural of new sesssion by Business Economics Association on 31 July 2008.
Two eminent speakers with a wealth of industry experience were invited to interact with the students.
The first address was by Mr. Ram Nomula, currently the Chief Executive, Media & Entertainment Services, Moser Baer. Mr. Nomula who steered MoserBaer to new height, has rich experience of working in India and abroad. He recently moved to India after working in USA for about forty years. It was an intellectually stimulating session which was enjoyed by budding biz – eco managers. Mr. Nomula has shared his experience in abroad and compared Indian socio-economic culture with that of USA
The second session was by Ms. Jyoti Vij who is the Director, Financial Sector & Corporate Laws, FICCI. Incidentaly, she is an 1990 batch alumnus of the department. Ms. Vij shared her experience of working in the apex body of Business and Economics in India and given invaluable inputs on how to reach to consensus on various policy issues. This session was largely an interaction between curious minds of MBE and the Acheiver. Both speakers emphasized the importance of having respect for different cultures, perseverance, hard work and dedication. On this occasion, eminent faculty of Department of Business Economics alongwith visiting Faculty from MDI, Gurgaon were present and have interacted with speakers and students.
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