Union Budget & State Budget 2018 - Presentation by MBAs

Presentation & Discussion on “Union Budget & State Budget - 2018” was organized by the Department of Business Administration. This programme analyzed the positive pushes of the government guided by the mission to strengthen agriculture, rural development, health, education, employment, industry and infrastructure sectors. The major thrust area of the budget was to achieve over 8 % growth as manufacturing, services and exports back on good growth path. The budget session started with a formal inauguration. During the Inaugural Ceremony, Dr. Vishal Samartha, Director – MBA welcomed the gathering and stated that it was a platform for knowledge sharing wherein the financial information is converted to wisdom. She gave a brief glimpse of the college and elaborated on the basic premise behind organizing the Budget presentation by the First year MBA students.

The programme was conducted in two sessions. The first session was dedicated to Union Budget and the second session was on State Budget. 1st Year MBA students presented the “Union Budget & State Budget - 2018” covering distinct sectors viz. Education, Health Care & Social Welfare Programmes, Agriculture & Rural Development, Infrastructure & MSME. The panel consisted of subject experts - Dr. Radhakrishna Shetty, Head, Dept. of Economics, Sri Mahaveera College, Moodbidri, Mr. M N Pai, Chartered Accountant & Prof. Banu Prakash, Professor of Commerce, SDM College, Ujire who shared their views and added insights to the budget presentation.

During the deliberation Mr. M N Pai shared his view point on the current budget & also spoke on the hits & misses in various sectors. Dr. Radhakrishna specifically spoke on rural economy and agriculture. He said that the current budget is having a long term vision and the concentration was on Education, Health & Rural areas. He commented that the budget does not give focus on total infrastructure development of agriculture but has confined itself only to few specific areas of agriculture only. He appreciated the digitalization of agro marketing but he says it is still unreachable to the illiterate and ignorant small farmers. He concluded by saying that Government has to frame permanent solutions for agro related problems. Prof. Banu Prakash spoke on Education & Health sectors. He stated that the current budget was above average & can be rated at 90 on a scale of 100. He enumerated on the various schemes in both the sectors and applauded the effort of the government for concentrating on grass root level problems.

Campus Recruitment Drive - ICICI Prudential

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co Ltd visited Sahyadri to conduct Campus Recruitment Drive for engineering students of 2018 batch. 211 students attended the drive. Final results are awaited.

Tomorrow at Sahyadri

Allcargo Logistics Ltd., is visiting Sahyadri on the 18th of February, 2018 to conduct the Campus Recruitment Drive for CS, IS, EC, ME & Civil Engineering students of 2018 batch.

Allcargo is a professionally managed, world class services company. Leveraging its enormous scale and deep customer reach, they are expanding both organically and inorganically to offer high quality and innovative end-to-end solutions in integrated logistics in their existing business lines. The company is also rebuilding its internal systems, processes and organization in order to create a strong backbone for their growth. This in turn creates a compelling opportunity for motivated individuals who want to join them and be part of their exciting global journey.

Quote for the day

"Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."
    - Albert Einstein