shaheed sukhdev college of business studies

vivek vihar, delhi-110095

cbs alumni association

following are the minutes of the meeting held on october 29, 2006,
sunday at 11.00 am to 2.00 pm in the audio-visual room of the
college.

the meeting was attended by following people:

•alumni
•mr. akshay sawhney
•mr. ankur jain
•mr. anubhav rastogi
•mr. ashish karnani
•mr. harpreet singh
•mr. rajesh mishra
•mr. riju gupta
•mr. saurabh wadhwa
•mr. vikas jain
•ms. yavnika khanna

•teachers
•dr. sanjay goyal
•dr. poonam verma
•ms. kishori ravi shankar
•ms. rumita pal
•mr. kumar bijoy
•ms. shivali chawla
•mr. deepak kukreja

•students

it was placed on record that this was the first meeting for such discussions
and so there are no minutes available for any previous meetings.
meeting was held to discuss following issues:

1) formation of cbs alumni association

2) collection of database
3) creation of a new website
4) creation of an alumni fund.
5) adoption of technology for enhancing learning systems in college.
6) seeking suggestions from alumni for improvements and betterment of
placement cell, now rechristened as career development center (cdc).

it was proposed that:

1. co-curricular activities should be made more balanced with academics.

2. there is a need to expose cbs to the different stakeholders who are:

a. recruiters
b. parents
c. students
d. media
e. current students
f. other colleges
g. schools & their faculty
h. alumni

3. there should be a formal student council in the college for coordinating

activities of alumni association.

4. alumni database
a. come out with an advertisement in newspaper and request the
database of all alumni.
b. appoint one person in college to include the changes in the alumni
directory.
c. batch coordinators
d. appoint city coordinators.

5. details to be included in alumni directory

a. name, address, company, previous 2 companies, personal email id,
corporate email id, telephone / mobile nos.

6. more preference should be given to extra curricular activities of students in

placements and in the alumni association.
 7. there should be more presentations in schools by college students to
create awareness about cbs among senior school students, who will be
the prospective applicant students to cbs.

8. for placements, the coordinators of cdc, shall work on formalizing the

process of placements through:
9. giving strict time slots to companies for undertaking their placement
process.
10. ensuring the pursuance of time slots by companies to minimize job losses.

11. awareness should be created in media about the placement trends at cbs.

12. using media to project the image of cbs as a business school. (delhi
government recognizes cbs as a b-school - http://delhigovt.nic.in/mgt-
schools.asp )
13. following issues need to be dealt with:
a. improvement of selection process
b. cbsites who have no other degree but from cbs are also doing well
and this should be included in publicity
c. cbs needs to choose recruiters - dual placement process
d. students should be aware about the job profiles being offered.

action:

1. cbs alumni association has been formed, having executive committee,

comprising the members mentioned above as alumni.
no office - bearers have been decided as yet.
principal of cbs (dr. sanjay goyal) is the patron-in-chief.

2. work on updating alumni directory to be immediately started.

3. formalizing of placement processes to be implemented immediately.

4. next meeting is proposed to be held in january 2007, date for which will be
decided by mutual consent, and will be communicated to everybody
concerned.

p.s. – dr. sanjay goyal informed us that mr. naresh priyadarshi, alumnus of
batch 1991, called him up, when latter got to know about the meeting held on 29
oct 2006. he expressed his willingness to be a part of executive council of cbs
alumni association. as a matter of fact, mr. priyadarshi could not be informed
about the meeting and as a result could not turn up for the same.