S.P. Mandali’s Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WeSchool) inaugurated the MMS batch of 2022-24 on Friday, 25th November 2022 in the WeSchool Auditorium.
Adv. Shri. 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 presence.
The event started with lighting of lamp by the dignitaries, few students and Industry representative.
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.
Prof. Dr. Uday Salunkhe, Group Director, WeSchool, 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 a lamp or candle or incense stick to pay tribute to Late ASI. Shri. Tukaram Omble and others officers who sacrificed their life to save Mumbai & the Nation on 26th November, 2008.
The key Note address was given by Adv. Shri. S.K. Jain, in which he urged the students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and become a job giver rather than a job seeker.
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.
The event was concluded by a wrap up session to summarise the day’s takeaways by Prof. Suhas Prabhu.
