Board of Studies (BOS)
SFIMAR-PGDM Board of Studies (BOS) is constituted, design and deliberate on the various courses of the Institute’s AICTE-approved Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Programme (PGDM), and ensure that the quality of resources, pedagogy, evaluation and review process is in line with the Institute’s Vision and Mission, and industry needs.
SFIMAR-PGDM BOS PROCEDURE
i) The initiator of the proposal may be either Management, Faculty, PGDM program staff,
students, or industry panel members/ recruiters.
The proposal may relate to:
• Revision of Existing Programme Curriculum
• Recommendation of any New Course (s)/ Programme Curriculum with foreseeable beneficial outcomes.
• Programme and Placement Market Opportunities (external /internal)
• Developing New Educational Resources, Research, Innovation, and Pedagogy
ii) The Member Secretary of BOS shall ensure that such proposals are discussed with the concerned subject Sub-Committee before forwarding to Chairperson of BOS for inclusion in the agenda.
iii) The BOS will discuss and approve/reject the proposal with a consensus in its meeting.
iv) The final proposal containing relevant discussion inputs from BOS meeting will be submitted to the Chairman of the BOS for recommendation to the Board of Governors.
v) The BOS shall ordinarily meet once in a year.
vi) The Director as chairperson of BOS may call for additional meetings to be held when necessary
The process of evaluation of an academic course proposal is further illustrated in the figure below:
Origin of the proposal
1st Evaluation
2nd Evaluation
3rd Evaluation
The Board of Studies (BOS) is constituted by Board of Goverance for St. Francis Instute of Management & Research-PGDM for their programme.
S. No. | Name | Designation | Position of BOS |
1. | Bro. Alphonse Nesamony | Chairman | Observer |
2. | Mr. Augustine Kurias | Special Invitee & Observer | Observer |
3. | Prof. Dr. Sulbha Raorane | Director – PGDM | Chairperson / Member Secretary |
4. | Dr. Arokiaraj David | Associate Professor-Marketing – PGDM | Member |
5. | Dr. Vishwanath Malji | Assistant Professor-HR – PGDM | Member |
6. | Dr. Dinesh Harsolekar | Director – IES Management College & Research Centre | Finance – Academic Expert |
7. | Dr. Pankaj Trivedi | Dean, Faculty Of Commerce And Business Studies – Somaiya Vidyavihar University Professor And Area Chairperson, Dept. | Finance – Academic Expert |
8. | Mr. Pankaj Mathpal | Managing Director-Optima Money Managers Pvt. Ltd. | Finance – Industry Expert |
9. | Ms. Infantia James | Vice President-CRM & SQ – Kotak Mahindra Bank | Finance – Industry Expert |
10. | Mr. Vaibhav Shah (PGDM) Alumni | Sr. Analyst – BNP Paribas Pvt Ltd. | Finance – Member |
11. | Dr. Vijay Wagh | Director- Shiela Raheja Business Studies School | Marketing – Academic Expert |
12. | Prof. Rajesh Ramaswamy | Director, SKB Machine Tools | Marketing – Industry Expert |
13. | Mr. Satish Karandikar | Assistant Managing Director- Sangyong Motor Company | Marketing – Industry Expert |
14. | Mr. Deepan Bhatt | Ex-Vice President- Biopac India Corporation Ltd. | Marketing – Industry Expert |
15. | Mr. Suryavijay Sharma (PGDM) Alumni | Amul | Marketing – Member |
16. | Dr. Jayashree Bhake | Director – R.K. Chetna Institute Management & Research | HR – Academic Expert |
17. | Dr. Latha Ramchandran | NMIMS & TISS Engaging Employment Laws Course | HR – Academic Expert |
18. | Dr. Samta Jain | General Manager and Group Head and Admin – Team Global Logistics Pvt. Ltd. | HR – Industry Expert |
19. | Mr. Zubair Khan | Vice President-HR- Tata AIA | HR – Industry Expert |
20. | Ms. Ruchika Rane (PGDM) Alumni | Deputy Manager- Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. | HR – Member |
21. | Dr. Rajesh Devasia | Associate Principal – Predictive Analytics – Bristlecone | Operations, Research & Data Analytic – Industry Expert |
22. | Dr. Sangeeta Pawar | Associate Professor-Department of Commerce- University of Mumbai | Operations, Research & Data Analytic – Academic Expert |
23. | Mr. Arpit Agrawal | Founder-Director Play Home Edutainment Pvt. Ltd. | Entrepreneurship-Industry Expert |
24. | Mr. Dhwani Mehta | Director- Opportune Technologies Pvt. Ltd. | Entrepreneurship-Industry Expert |
25. | CA Harsh Patel | Founder and Global CEO Water And Shark Internaonal Inc. | Entrepreneurship-Industry Expert |