WINNERS AT ‘AD VETRO’ COMPETITION

DATE: 17 th December, 2022

Faculty of Commerce participated in ‘Ad Vetro’ Competition organised by Shri Jairambhai
Patel Institute of Business Management (NICM), Gandhinagar on 17 th December, 2022. Out
of total 51 participants 8 Teams were selected as finalists. Team SMPIC got selected in Top 8
as Finalists and won 1st Runners Up Prize and cash Prize of ₹ 3000/-.

Participants of the Team

Virati Shah
Meshwa Patel
Shrungi Acharya
Arush Pandya
Matang Kanabar

WINNER OF THE DIGITAL POSTER MAKING COMPETITION

Date: 21st-23rd April 2022

Trisha Shah won the 1^st  prize in E-Creators: The Digital Poster Making Competition under Felicia- The Fine Arts Event as a part of Elysian 4.0 – The Annual Cultural & Literary Fest of Institute of Commerce, Nirma University.

WINNER OF THEATER EVENT AT ‘ELYSIAN 4.0’

Date: 21^st to 23^rd April, 2022

Students of our institute performed a skit on Women Empowerment and won the 1^st prize in Rangmanch, a Theatre Event as a part of ‘Elysian 4.0’- The Annual Cultural & Literary Fest of Institute of Commerce, Nirma University.

‘THEATRE ACHIEVEMENTS 2022’

Our institute participated in an Inter collegiate National Level Competition of Skit and Dance organized by Faculty of Commerce [GLSIC] -Performance, Talent and Skill Development Program on 6^th March, 2022 at Dinesh Hall, with the theme of ‘EMPOWERING WOMEN, EMPOWERING HUMANITY’.

The skit titled ‘Hum or Vo!’ was performed by our students, mentored by our alumni Mr. Vishal Shah, won the  1^st Prize along with a cash prize of Rs. 5000. The skit represented the differences between men and women faced in the world and how empowerment can begin at home itself, with your mothers and sisters.

Name of the  participants:

1. Prachi Sharma
2. Eeshan Devalia
3. Shivam Porwal
4. Krishna Vora
5. Yashvi Shah
6. Dhairya Soni

Further the Skit Team was invited to showcase the performance at Two Days International Conference jointly organized by GLS University and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) on 26th  and 27th March,2022 at the H. H. Auditorium in the GLS Campus.

On the occasion of theatre Day celebration, Prayogshala Fringe theatre Festival [ PFTF] 1.0 invited our institute to perform Nukkad Natak “They Vs. Us.”

Winner at 81st All India Inter University Athletics Championship 2021-22

 Date: 21-24^th February,2022

Our student Ms. Diksha Dwivedi participated in 81st All India Inter University Athletics Championship 2021-22 organized by Kitt University, Bhubaneshwar from 21-24^th February,2022 and secured the 10th position in Javelin Throw.

WINNER AT XENIA 2022

Our student Maitry Trivedi secured the second position in Solo Dance Competition in Western Category in Xenia 2022 organised on 12-13^th February, 2022 by Indian School of Business and Finance, Hyderabad.  She was awarded with a cash prize of Rs. 5000.

WINNERS AT MONETA 2021

Date: 12th to 15th January,2022.

Our institute participated in MONETA 2021, National Level Inter College Financial Event organised by RA Podar College of Commerce, Mumbai held from 12^th  to 15^th  January,2022. Our institute won the 1st runners up and 2nd runners up trophy in Moneta, National level inter college Financial event. There was a participation from over 250 colleges with hundreds of participants from across the country. Various reputed colleges like HR College of Commerce, NMIMS, Great Lakes College of Management, etc. took part in it.  NMIMS college won the first prize for its performance. The second and the third prizes were bagged by SMPIC along with cash prize of Rs. 35,000/- This event was co-ordinated by Dr. Krupa Bhatt and Dr. Jaimin Patel.

List of Winners:

JP MORGAN CHASE (CL – Daksh Chansoria, ACL – Aman Khanna) Overall 1st runners up

Legit – Chirag Singhal (Second Position)

Management Games – Daksh Chansouriya (Third Position)

Manobhav – Niket Soni And Yash Bakda (First Position)

Honda motors – (CL – Priyam Sheth, ACL – Chanchal Lalwani): Overall 2nd runner up

Corporate Ladder : Arth & Siya (First Position)

Beyond D Street : Mariah (First Position)

Production Paradox : Andrew And Mariah(Second Position)

Big Brand Theory : Chanchal, Priyam, Andrew ( Third Position)

SMPIC -WINNER OF BEST COLLEGE OF INDIA TROPHY @JOSH-MUMBAI

Date: 22^nd December,2021.

Our institute created a history by winning the BEST college trophy @ INDIA FINALE – National level inter college event organized by NAEMD JOSH 2021, MUMBAI. It was a very challenging and tough competition among numerous Colleges from across various states of India. The entire grueling event comprised of three elimination rounds and the final battle was among the teams from different states. This year the overall theme of the JOSH National Finale was Jaan hai to Jahaan hai (celebration of life).

• SMPIC won the OVERALL BEST COLLEGE – FIRST PRIZE
• INDIAN DANCE – FIRST PRIZE
• FASHION SHOW – FIRST PRIZE
• WESTERN DANCE – 1ST RUNNER UP
• STUDENT IDOL – MAITRY TRIVEDI [ 2ND RUNNER UP]

Dr. Sudhir Nanavati, President, GLS University appreciated the huge efforts by specially mentioning that this is one of the great achievements of SMPIC during this trying and difficult times of COVID19 and acknowledged the efforts put in by the team of the talented students of SMPIC and Faculty Co-Ordinators Dr. Bhavna Parwani and Dr. Bimal Solanki. Showing his magnanimity, Dr. Sudhir Nanavati declared a special reward for the winning students.

Winners/Prizes List Details

JOSH 2021 [ LIST OF STUDENTS]

1. Vanraj Hemlani [ SEM – 6 ]
2. Sakshi Bhansali [ SEM – 6 ]
3. Aliani Om [ SEM – 6 ]
4. Heni Shah [ SEM – 1 ]
5. Hiral Soni [ SEM – 1 ]
6. Jeel Sheth [ SEM – 6]
7. Riya Desai [ SEM – 6 ]
8. Shruti Chokshi [MCOM SEM – 1 ]
9. Mahima Udhani [MCOM SEM –4 ]
10. Modhavadiya Tejal Lilabhai [ SEM – 6 ]
11. Rutwin Rana [ SEM – 4 ]
12. Natanya Jain [ SEM – 1 ]
13. Krishna Parmar [ MCOM SEM – 1 ]
14. Prachi Sharma [ SEM – 1 ]
15. Maitry Trivedi [MCOM SEM – 4 ]
16. Sanidhya Soni [ SEM – 1 ]

WINNER OF SOFT TENNIS TOURNAMENT

Date: 18^th & 19^th Decemeber,2021.

Our student Devanshi Patel stood 3^rd in Gujarat State Ranking Soft Tennis Tournament organized by Gujarat Soft Tennis Association.

CHAMPION CRICKETERS OF SMPIC

• Our student Smit Patel was the part of team GUJARAT U25 that remained the champion of all INDIA men’s U25 one day league organized by The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) played at Bangalore from 12th November 2021 to 12th December 2022. He got chance to bat in 5 innings and scored total 260 runs and ranked 24^th highest run scorer in all INDIA.
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• Our student Rohan Patel played for U-19 Gujarat Cricket Association in Vinoo Mankad Trophy (One day) played at Delhi and organized by BCCI from 29^th Septemebr,2021 to 18^th October,2021 and Cooch Bihar Trophy(4 days) played at Baroda from 29^th November,2021 to 30^th January,2022.

WINNER OF SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP

 Date:23^rd February to 9^th March,2021

Our student Shantanu Kashyap won the Gold Medal at State Level in 50 Meter free pistol event organized by 56^th Gujarat State Shooting Championship.

PRIDE OF FACULTY OF COMMERCE SMPIC

Date: 25^th  July,2021.

The champion Backstroke Swimmer Maana Patel, an SMPIC alumnus, became the first India Woman and third swimmer to qualify and perform for the prestigious Tokyo Olympics Games.

WINNERS AT IGNITE 2021 ORGANIZED BY CHARUSAT UNIVERSITY

Date: 5^th and 6^th March, 2021

Our students participated in Ignite 2021, a festival organized by CMPICA college, CHARUSAT University. Out of 104 students of our Management Club who participated in the festival, Ms.Princy Kubadia won the 1^st runner up position and Ms. Rushvi Sheth got the 2^nd runner up position in Graffiti – a theme-based T-Shirt painting competition. Faculty of commerce (SMPIC) was awarded special appreciation certificate for huge participation in the event.

WINNERS AT DECIPHER (CONCOURSE 2021) ORGANIZED BY AHMEDABAD UNIVERSITY

Date: 6^th and 7^th February, 2021

Our students participated in Concourse Festival2021 organized by Ahmedabad University. SMPIC team comprising of Chirag Agrawal, Gracy Mutta and Priyam Sheth won the 1^st prize in Decipher- multi -level quiz competition.  They were awarded certificate, Rs.2000/-  cash prize and trophy.

WINNERS AT YOUTH PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE BY WIRC

Date: 24^th January, 2021

Our students participated in youth parliament organized by WIRC of ICAI. The students participated in the parliamentary debate wherein they were allotted the role of different political personalities. Out of around 100 participants, Daksh Chansoria won “A Special Mention Award” and Bhakti Parwani won “Raising Aspirant Award”.

SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT

Diksha Dwivedi of Sem 6 Faculty of Commerce (SMPIC) GLS University has been selected for:-

1. A) 1st in Gujarat State Athletic Championship (18 January)

Selected for Junior Federation Athletes Championship in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh from 25 to 27 January.

1. B) 1st in Gujarat State Junior Athletics Championship in Baroda (22 January).

WINNERS AT MONETA 2020

Date: 3^rd February, 2021 to 6^th February, 2021

The students of the institute participated in India’s largest Financial Management Festival MONETA 2020 organized by R.A Podar College of Commerce, Mumbai from 3^rd February 2021 to 6^th February 2021. 35 contingents across India like K C college, HR College, Hinduja College, Narsee Munji  from mumbai as well as Damodar college from Goa and many other states participated in the competition. Our institute bagged the 1^st runner up position in overall performances among almost 35 teams. The institute is awarded with Rs.11,000/- cash prize, trophy and certificates.

Prizes:

• Overall 1^st Runners Up Trophy

• Beyond the Street (1^st and 2^nd Position)

       Siddhraj Mahurkar

       Bhavya Kamdar

• True and Fair View (3^rd Position)
  Bhavya Kamdar

       Subham Tulsian

• Manobhav (1^st Position)

       Niket Soni

       Bhavya Kamdar

• Best CL

       Agarwal Chirag

WINNERS AT THE ART POP-UP RANGOLI COMPETITION  

Urvashi Rajput and Krishna Parmar from Semester 5 were declared the 1^st Runner up at National level competition “The Art pop-up Rangoli Competition”. It was an online competition wherein they submitted Rangoli Photos and Video between 27^thOctober 2020 to 14^th November 2020. The results were announced on 19^th of November 2020. 

WINNERS AT “ALDEBARAN –A THREE DAY NATIONAL INTERCOLLEGE VIRTUAL FESTIVAL”

Date: 15^th, 16^th and 17^th July, 2020

The Institute participated in three day national level online festival organized by HR college of Commerce and Economics (Mumbai).  30 teams including B-schools across India participated in various competitions. Our students won prizes in the Pitch Please, The Marketing Talk and in Witty Newshawk events.

2^nd Runners Up – Ms.Ipsita Panda

2^nd Runners Up – Ms.Aakansha kankaria

Para-academic Achievements 2018-19

SAHITYA SARITA 2019

Faculty of Commerce,B.Com.(Hons.) participated in Sahitya Sarita – 2019 an event related to literature, street play, photography etc. organised byL.D. EngineeringCollege on 24th February 2019. The institute secured the 1st runner up position in the Street Play Competition wherein 16 students participated. The street play was written and directed by Palkesh Agrawal, an SMPIC Alumnus.

SYNAPSE 2019

Faculty of Commerce B.Com.(Hons.) participated in Synapse 2019 organised by DAIICT, Gandhinagar on 23rd February 2019. The institute participated in the Street Play Competition and Monoacting Competition. Parikshit Tamaliya was declared winner in the Monoacting Competition. The street play and Monoacting were written and directed by Palkesh Agrawal, an SMPIC Alumnus.

BE A BANKER 2019

Faculty of Commerce B.Com(Hons.) participated in ‘Be a Banker’ organized by Thakur College ,Kandivali at Mumbai on 15th and 16th February,2019.The event was National level Financial Management Festival comprises of competitions like Insurance Bazaar, Elocution and Debate, Post it on Poster etc. Hemang Prajapati won 2nd best prize in Elocution competition. On the basis of overall performance, Contingent leader Chirag Agrawal was awarded Best C.L Trophy. The event was coordinated by Dr.Krupa Bhatt.

INT AND GUJARAT SAMACHAR DRAMA COMPETITION 2019

Faculty of Commerce B.Com.(Hons.),performed the play “Priya Mitr” in the prestigious INT and Gujarat Samachar Drama Competition on 18th January, 2019, based on a Marathi play translated by Mr. Abhishek Shah and directed by Mr. DhrunadKamble. Among the 21 plays performed in the semi-finals, “Priya Mitr” was selected amongst the six finalists. The finale was held on 30th and 31stJanuary, 2018 at Thakorebhai Desai Hall. JeetPatel of semester 4 was adjudged the 2nd Best Actor in male category.The play talks about friendship of Gopal and Madhav, belonging to different castes, that survives the turmoil of caste and creed.The performance was co-ordinated by Dr. Sneha Master and Dr. Gitanjali Rampal.

Winner at Inter College Public Speaking Competition organised by R.J. Tibrewal Commerce College in association with Rotary Club of Ahmedabad-Greater

Parth Varke from Faculty of Commerce (B.com. Hons) Sem-2 secured 3rd position in Inter College Public Speaking Competition organised by R.J. Tibrewal Commerce College in association with Rotary Club of Ahmedabad-Greater on 30th January, 2019 at L.J. Engineering Auditorium, Ahmedabad. He received Trophy and cash prize.

WINNER AT SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL VIJAYPADMA DEBATE COMPETITION 2019

Faculty of Commerce(B.Com. Hons.) participated in Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Vijaypadma Debate competition held by Gujarat Prantiy Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti and M. B. Patel Rashrabhasha College, Ahmedabad on 20th January, 2019. Heena Navani from M.Com. Part I and Nikita Krishnani from F.Y. B.Com secured the 1st position and won the trophy. Heena Navani bagged the first and Nikita Krishnani got the second best individual prize along with the books and certificates. The topic for the competition was “Kya online pathyakram achche he ya bure”.

WINNER AT AMBAPRASAD SHUKLA VIJAYPADMA VRAKRUTVA SPARDHA

Faculty of Commerce(B.Com. Hons.) participated in Ambaprasad Shukla Vijaypadma Debate Competition(Hindi) held by C.U. Shah Arts College, Ahmedabad on 12th January, 2019 at C.U. Shah Arts College. Heena Navani from M.Com. Part I and Nikita Krishnani from Semester 2 secured the 1st position and won Vijaypadma Shield. Heena Navani also bagged the second best individual cash prize and both the participants received the certificates. The topic for the competition was “Akhand Bharat Sardar Patel ki den he”.

COMMERCE IDOL 2019

Faculty of Commerce B.Com (Hons.) participated in State level Commerce Idol competition organized by City C.U.Shah College Ahmedabad on 7th January 2019.Sourav Jain from semester 6 secured 3rd position out of 64 students from 28 colleges. There were three rounds. The first was an objective test followed by Group Discussion and Interview. Sourav Jain was awarded with certificate and trophy.

Winners at Kaleidoscope XII Competitions organized by J G College of Commerce College

Faculty of Commerce(B.Com. Hons.) participated in different competitions at Kaleidoscope XII organized by J G College of Commerce College.

Priyanshi Shah from Sem -2 bagged 3rd prize in Apratim: Bridal Mehndi Competition organized on 4th January, 2019.

Parth Varke from Sem-2 won the consolation prize in Gaatha: A Multilingual Poetry Recitation Competition organized on 9th January, 2019.

SPORTS ACHIEVEMENTS

Faculty of Commerce B.Com (Hons.) Sem3 student, Maana Patel won 3 gold medals in 50, 100, 200 m back stroke with new national record in 100 m back stroke with time of 1.04.33, she broke her own record of 1.04.83 at 72 Glenmark Senior Aquatic championship held at Trivandrum from 19 September to 23 September. Currently she is the fastest back stroke swimmer in India.

Sem 1 student Diksha Dwivedi was selected for 79th All India University Nationals, Manglore in Javelin Throw. She won silver medal in 30th West Zone Junior Athletics Championship organized in Raipur.

Sem 1 students Smit Patel and Rahul Patel got selected in Cooch Behar Trophy Under 19 Gujarat Cricket Team.

Sem-3 student Dhruvil Keswani represented India for speed skating at 18th Asian Roller Skating Championship held at South Korea between 4 -14th September 2018. He stood 3rd at one of the races (Relay 3000 Meters) and won bronze medal for India. There were 5 countries participating in this race, which were Japan, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Iran & India.

I.M.NANAVATI INTER-COLLEGE SPORTS MEET 2018-19

The 4th Annual GLS University Sports Celebration this year was held from 1st January, 2019 to 10th January, 2019 wherein around 900 students from different institutes participated in individual and group events. Faculty of Commerce hosted Cricket and Volley ball of the 4th GLS University I. M. Nanavati Inter-College Sports Celebration 2018-19. Following is the list of winners of Faculty of Commerce B.Com(Hons.)

WINNERS OF TEAM EVENT

WINNERS OF ATHELATIC EVENT

MONETA 2018

Students of Faculty of Commerce (B.com Hons.) participated in India’s largest Financial Management Festival MONETA 2018 organized by R.A Podar College of Commerce, at Mumbai from 12th December 2018 to 15th December 2018. 36 colleges across India participated in the competition. Faculty of Commerce bagged 2ndrunner up position in overall performances. The institute is awarded with Rs.10,000/- cash prize and certificates. The event was coordinated by Dr.Krupa Bhatt and assisted by Prof. Anjali Trivedi.

The Participants were:

1. Chirag Agarwal
2. Rahul Talreja
3. Nupur Panbude
4. Nrup Shah
5. Devansh Shah
6. Manav Mehta
7. Lakshay Gothi
8. Shubham Jaiswal
9. Vishnu Vardhan
10. Saurav Jain

Faculty of Commerce B.Com (Honours) earned the magnificent Triumph

This year once again Faculty of Commerce B.Com (Honours) reached the pinnacle of folk dance competitions in three various events namely at Sports Club, Gulmohar Greens Club and Gymkhana Club. FOC B.Com (Honours) always comes up with something remarkable on the stage and this year was no difference. The theme of the performance was “Khushboo Gujarat na Garbani” which represented various styles of garbas of Gujarat staged together in a wonderfully choreographed spectacle. Various performing arts and educational institutions of the state participated in the competitions.

FOC B.Com(Honours) bagged 1st position in the categories of Best Performance and Best Costume (Khushboo Gujarat na Garbani) and 3rd position (Nagaru folk) at Sports Club on 7th October, 2018.

The institute also secured 2nd position in the categories of Best Performance at Gulmohar Greens Club on 8th October, 2018.

It also won 1st position in the categories of Best Performance at Gymkhana Club on 12th October, 2018.

The shows comprised of the elite audience of the city. The performance of B.Com (Honours) was purist’s delight which showcased every form of typical authentic Garba from centuries in the sheris of Gujarat which was applauded by the audience. The entire act was choreographed by Dr.Kruti Paritosh, Kuldeep Shukla and Khushboo Shukla and the team comprised of Shriya Patel, Hinal Shah, Bhumi Patel, MeghaNihlani, Tanvi Trivedi, Kathanki Raval, Krishna Shah, Unnati Pandya, Prapti Thakkar, Maitry Trivedi, Dhruvi Shah, Dhrumi Shah, Preet Mehta, Priyanshi Saraniya, Akshita Patel, Priyanshi Shah, Drasti Bhatt, Shanaya Shah, Jaimil Joshi, Neel Thakkar, Naman Shah, Poonam Thakkar, Arya Patel, Sachin Gaud and Nili Shah.

FACULTY OF COMMERCE (B.COM.HONOURS) SHINES AT IMAGINATION 2018 : THE GLS UNIVERSITY YOUTH FESTIVAL 2018

The Youth Festival of GLS University was organised from 23rd to 25th September 2018, under the title, IMAGINATION 2018. The students of Faculty of Commerce (B.Com. Honours) enthusiastically participated and won many prizes. The intense practice sessions with a lot of hard work and dedication for over 15 to 20 days paid off nicely with several prizes in the end. The details of the prizes won by the institute are as under.

1^st Poetry Writing
1^st Poetry Recital
1^st Jugalbandi
1^st Acappella
2^nd Rangoli
2^nd Collage
2^nd Poster
2^nd Classical Dance
2^nd Folk Dance
2^nd Duet Singing
2^nd Band
2^nd Mime
3^rd Photography
3^rd Cartooning
3^rd Western Dance Solo
3^rd Western Dance Group
3^rd Mono Acting
3^rd Skit
3^rd Stand Up Comedy
2^nd Tere Mere Vichar
2^nd Tattooing

JOSH 2018

Faculty of Commerce participated in JOSH 2018, a national level Inter collegiate competition organized by NAEMD held on 18th September 2018 at GMDC hall. Nidhi Solanki, student of SEM-5 won Mr and Miss Academia (MMA) personality contest and she also won student choice award. SEM-1 Student Dhruti Shah won Miss 10 title. Niddhi Solanki will be going to Mumbai for Competing at National level. In Fashion show, college bagged 2nd runner up prize, In Western Dance 1st Runner up and in Bollywood dance 1st prize. Our Institute won Over all Best College of the year 1st runner up and bagged prize worth Rs.31,000. Around 60 students participated which includes group of dancers, models, designers, volunteers and fine art students.

VISHLESHAN PLUS 2018

Faculty of Commerce participated in Vishleshan Plus 2018 – The National Level Management Festival organised by N.R.I.B.A on 14th and 15th September 2018. As it was a national level event, many prestigious institutes from all over India participated in various events in three categories: Fine arts, Performing arts and Academics. Our institute bagged overall First Runners Up trophy. Students won prizes in the following events:

Para-academic Achievements 2017-18

PRIDE OF FACULTY OF COMMERCE

• • Our student Manna Patel of Semester 2 is an International Women’s U19 swimmer, ranked No.1 in India. She has won many international medals and awards. She is a Government of Gujarat Sponsored player under the ‘Shaktidoot’ project.

• • Ujjval Shah of Semester 2 travelled from Kashmir to Kanyakumari on bicycle completing 3500 kms. in 27 days for spreading awareness about health and fitness across India.

• • Dhruvil Kesvani of Semester 2 is a National level Speed Skating player with 8 National level Gold, 42 State level Gold and several silver and bronze medals.

WINNER AT SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL RAJAT VIJAY PADMA DEBATE COMPETITION

Avinash Dariyani bagged the third prize in Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Rajat Vijay Padma Debate Competition organized by S.V. Arts College, Ahmedabad on 27th Feb 2018. He was awarded with cash prize and a certificate.

ATHENA 2018

Faculty of Commerce participated in National Level Management And Cultural Fest Athena, 2018 on 24th February 2018 conducted by LJIMBA(Integrated)in which, Parv Shah & Rajveer Zala from B.Com Semester 4 secured 1st position in the virtual stock market event, BULLZ OF THE WALL STREET. They were awarded trophy, certificates and cash prize. A token of appreciation was also given to our institute.

INTER-COLLEGE PUSTAK GYAN PRATIBHA SHODH KASAUTI 2018

Faculty of Commerce participated in an Inter-college PUSTAK GYAN PRATIBHA SHODH KASAUTI PRIN. T.J. RANA TROPHY 2018 organized by C.U. Shah Commerce College on 30th January, 2018. Heena Navani, Avinash Daryani and Jahnavi Desai from Semester 6 participated from the Institute. Heena Navani and Jahnavi Desai entered the finale round of Personal Interview held on 10th February, 2018. Heena Navani bagged the First prize and won Principal T.J. Rana Trophy and Jahnavi Desai stood 2nd Runner up.

BE A BANKER 2018

Faculty of Commerce Participated in “Be a Banker” Organized by Thakur College Of Science& Commerce, Kandivali, Mumbai on 7th February 2018. We won 5 Prizes as follows:

1. Avinash Daryani won 1st Prize in Elocution Competition
2. Avinash Daryani Titled as “Mr. Banker 2018” (1st Prize)
3. Yuvrajsinh Ramlavat and Bhavesh Rupela won 2nd Prize in Business Quiz.
4. Dhruvin Shah, Vipin Jain, Hemang Prajapati, Sahil Sadhwani, Yuvrajsinh Ramlavat won 2nd Prize in Football.
5. Sahil Sadhwani won the Best CL Trophy

Other Participants who reached up to finals were Karan Raghani, Kunal Gidwani, Ashish Motwani, Harsh Anandani, Hitesh Anandani .Our institute was felicitated with token of appreciation.

COGNOSCENCE 2018

The ‘COGNOSCENCE 2018’: a National Economics Festival was organized by St.Xaviers’ College, Ahmedabad on 3rd and 4th February 2018. It included various events like Shot Gun, Gold Rush, Decibels, Idea Bazar, Eco-bistro, Grapewine, Wall Street Warriors, Peek-A-Boo, Kaleidoscope, Mock Parliament. Anshul, Nakshee, Jenish Vohra (Semester 6) bagged 3rd position in Idea Bazar and Shrenik Jain (Semester 2), Arhan Shah (Semester 4) bagged 1st position in Mock Stock and Anjali Bohra, Pallavi Samtani, Jigyasha Duggar (Semester 4) bagged 3rd position in Eco-Bistro and Vipin Jain, Chandani Punjabi, Pratik (Semester 6), Poorva (Semester 2) bagged 2nd position in Gold Rush. Under the guidance and encouraging support of Assistant Prof. Anjali Trivedi, students have participated and bagged prizes.

INT, MUMBAI AND GUJARAT SAMACHAR INTER-COLLEGE DRAMA COMPETITION 2018

Faculty of Commerce performed ‘Ashwathama’, directed by Dhrunad Kamble on 7th February, 2018, Wednesday in the finale organized by the prestigious State Level Indian National Theatre, Mumbai and Gujarat Samachar Inter-College Drama Competition. In the Semi-finals, 15 colleges from all over Gujarat performed. In the finale, Parikshit Tamalia was awarded Best Actor- Third Prize. The event was managed by Dr. Sneha Master and Dr. Gitanjali Rampal. Ashwathama team comprised of

ACTORS:
Aadit Soni, Akshat Shah, Bhawna Hazara, Bhoumil Modi, Devanshi Mehta, Dharmaraj Soni, Divyo Jani, Harsh Shah, Hinal Shah, Jeet Patel, Jinkle Shah, Juicy Jirawala, Kavisha Shah, Kuldeepsingh Chudasama, Lajja Patel, Maharsh Modi, Palkesh Agrawal, Parikshit Tamaliya, Prashant Makwana, Priyal Modi, Priyank Jain, Ridhi Kapoor, Roshni Patel, Saloni Shah, Sanyaki Shnani, Shankar Khemani, Saumya Modi, Udit Jain, Yash Vithlani, Yashvi Shah, Zarna Morakhiya, Hitesh Anandani, Keta Shah, Aashvi Mehta

PRODUCTION:
Rohan Prajapati, Sahil Pancholi, Harsh Tripathi, Jignesh Sharma, Urja Shah

MUSIC:
Maharshi Patel, Kaushal Pithadia

COSTUMES:
Mansi Bhavsar

PROTSAHAN 2018

Faculty of Commerce participated in PROTSAHAN – A National Level Management cum Cultural Festival organized by Centre for Management Studies and Research & V.M. Patel Institute of Management, Ganpat University on 3rd and 4th February, 2018. Our college won maximum prizes out of 68 contingents. Our college won trophies, certificates as well as cash prizes. The winners are as under:

1. Heena Navani and Avinash Daryani were 1st Runners Up in PRARAMBH (product launch).
2. Bhavesh Rupela and Yuvrajsinh Ramlavat were 2nd Runners up in BUSINESS QUIZ competing against 24 colleges.
3. Jay Shah, Kshama Rathod, Janvi Patel were 2nd Runners Up in ONE MINUTE CHALLENGE.
4. Aamir Tirmizi, Priyal Sharma and Naushin Patel were 2nd Runners Up in T-SHIRT PAINTING.
5. Overall best performance Trophy.

IMAGE 2018

Faculty of Commerce participated in IMAGE 2018-A National Level Management Fest organized by GLS University’s Faculty of Business Administration (GLSBBA) on 29th and 30thJanuary, 2018. Many participants from our college qualified for Finals. Winners were awarded certificates and trophies. The winners are as follows:

1. Hardik Jain, Parv Shah, Arhan Shah, Udit Bengani, Hitesh Anandani and Mitesh Chaudhari won 1st Prize in LETZ BRAND.
2. Avinash Daryani, Ashish Motwani, Laveena Assudani and Hanisha Bachani won 1st Runners up in REALITY BYTES (Reporters Category) where Avinash Daryani was the reporter.
3. Hanisha Bachani, Ashish Motwani, Rahul Talreja and Avinash Daryani won 1st Runners up in PUBLICITE CRITIQUE (Ad Analysis).

WINNER AT AMBAPRASAD SHUKLA VIJAYPADMA VRAKRUTVA SPARDHA

Faculty of Commerce participated in Hindi Elocution competition held by C.U. Shah Arts College AMBAPRASAD SHUKLA VIJAYPADMA VRAKRUTVA SPARDHA on 25th January, 2016. Heena Navani and Avinash Daryani from Semester 6 participated in this competition. They secured 1st position and won VIJAYPADMA SHIELD where around participants of 15 colleges competed. The topic of Elocution was “ANAMAT VYAVASTHA VARG BHED MITANE ME ASAFAL RAHI HAI”.

COMMERCE IDOL 2019

Faculty of Commerce B.Com (Hons.) participated in State level Commerce Idol competition organized by City C.U.Shah College Ahmedabad on 7th January 2019.Sourav Jain from semester 6 secured 3rd position out of 64 students from 28 colleges. There were three rounds. The first was an objective test followed by Group Discussion and Interview. Sourav Jain was awarded with certificate and trophy.

Faculty of Commerce PROVES IT METTLE ONCE AGAIN AT SABARMATI FESTIVAL 2018-SECOND EDITION

Six days long Sabarmati festival season -2 kicked off on 17th January 2018 amidst great galore. Faculty of Commerce actively participated in various events organised and won prizes. It was a matter of great honour for Team FOC to perform in the Finale on the bank of historic river Sabarmati amidst the cheer of large audience. Faculty of Commerce folk dance team performed “Khushboo Gujarat Ni” showcasing the flavour of different folk dances of Gujarat mesmerized the audience with the co-ordination, energy and enthusiasm. The team won the numero uno position and the cash prize of Rs.11, 000/-in presence of renowned dancer Master Marzi Pestonji. The performance was choreographed by Dr.Kruti Paritosh, Kuldeep Shukla and Khushboo Shukla. The performers of folk dance were Megha Nihlani, Purvi Bhavsar, Hinal Shah, Bhumi Patel, Devarshree Vora, Shriya Patel, Samruddhi Kavalanekar, Hitali Shah, Tanvi Trivedi, Harita Mistry , UnnatiPandya, Maitry Trivedi, Prapti Thakkar, Utsav Solanki, Jaimil Joshi, Nidhip Shah, Tapan Maheshwari, Heet Malde, Sachin Gaud,Mayuri Solanki ,Mansi Chhapia, Karan Raghani, Bhavyang Shah, Drashti Bhatt and Kruti Paritosh.

In solo Western Dance competition Richa Dayani from Semester 2 of Faculty of Commercesecured the second runner up position and cash prize of Rs.5,000/-

COMMERCE IDOL 2018

Faculty of Commerce participated in State Level Commerce Idol Competition Organised by City C.U Shah College, Ahmedabad on 19th January, 2018. Karan Raghani from semester -6 secured 2nd Position out of 67 Students from colleges all over Gujarat. There were three rounds. The first was an objective test, followed by the Group discussion round and then the personal interview round. Karan Raghani secured 2nd Position and awarded with trophy and certificate.

MONETA 2017

Faculty of Commerce participated in national level financial management festival MONETA 2017 organized by R.A Podar College of Commerce, Mumbai from 20th December 2017 to 23rd December 2017. 36 colleges across India participated in the competition. Faculty of Commerce participated in all competitions. FOC won awards in 7 competitions and bagged 2ND runner up position in overall performances. The institute was awarded Rs.20,000/- cash prize as well certificates.

1. 2^nd prize in liar’s chess- Manav Mehta and Devanshu Vakil
2. 2^nd prize in Game of Reforms – Devanshu Vakil
3. 3^rd Barbarians at the Gate – Karan Raghani and Vishruti Shah
4. 3^rd in Bull ring – Pung Gupta and DevanshuVakil
5. 2^nd prize in Art of Persuasion- Arihant Chopra(Assistant Contingent leader), Punj Gupta and Devanshu Vakil.
6. 3^rd prize Management Games.
7. 2^nd Production paradox-Ashish Motwani and Manav Mehta

GLS UNIVERSITY – SPORTS MEET 2017-18

The 3rd annual GLS University Sports Celebration was held from 15th December 2017 to 29th December 2017 wherein around 1450 students from different institutes participated in individual and group events. Faculty of Commerce hosted Cricket and Valedictory Function of the 3rd GLS University I. M. Nanavati Inter-College Sports Celebration 2017-18. Consecutively third time FOC got the overall championship.

WINNERS OF TEAM EVENT

WINNERS OF ATHELATIC EVENT

“ARADHANA MA ADHYA SHAKTI NI”: A WINNING PERFORMANCE

Faculty of Commerce performed “Aradhana Ma Adhya Shakti Ni” on 27th September at Navratri Mahotsav 2017 organised by Ellisbridge Gymkhana and won 1st prize and cash prize Rs. 15,000/- .There were 13 participating teams from different colleges and professional Garba institutions of the state. The entire performance made the audience spell bound with its Dance Synchronisation and Variations. The winning performance was invited to give a guest performance at Friends Garba one of the most Prestigious Garba venue in our City. The participants were Prof. Kruti Paritosh, Jaimil Joshi ,Tapan Maheshwari, Utsav Solanki,Purvi Bhavsar, Megha Nihalani, Hinal Shah , Bhumi Patel , Shriya Patel, Devashi Vora, Unnati Pandya, Shivani Fulpagar, Prapti Thakkar , Maitri Trivedi , Dimple Panchal, Shanaya Shah, Sachin Gaud, Drashti Shah, Jenil Pothiwala, Nidhip shah and Mayuri Thakkar. The folk dance was choreographed by Prof. Kruti Paritosh , Kuldeep Shukla and Khusboo Shukla.

MODEL UNITED NATIONS (MUN) COMPETITION 2017

Faculty of Commerce participated in national level competition Model united nations (MUN) organised by H.L College of commerce from 11th August 2017 to 13th August 2017. It was three days formal event.8 students participated from institute. All participants were given different committees to present. Gaurav Gupta from Semester 3 won the award of ‘High recommendation” among 75 participants in the committee. He was allotted Pakistan country and position of refugee topic for debate. He was awarded trophy, certificate and cash prize. It was coordinated by Dr. Krupa Bhatt, Prof. Vijay Tripathi and Prof. Anjali Trivedi.

Para-academic Achievements 2016-2017

WINNER OF GLS ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION

Anjali Gulbani from Faculty of Commerce Semester 2 secured the second position in an Essay Writing Competition organized by Gujarat Law Society. She expressed her views on “Gujarat Law Society : Past, Present And Future”. She was felicitated on 23rd February 2017 with cash prize of Rs. 3,000/- at Centennial Decade Celebrations of Gujarat Law Society.

WINNER OF SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL RAJAT VIJAYPADMA DEBATE COMPETITION

Manpreet Bhatia from Faculty of Commerce stood third in Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Rajat Vijaypadma Debate Competition organised by S.V. Arts college on 18th Feb.,2017. She received cash prize and certificate.

INT AND GUJARAT SAMACHAR DRAMA COMPETITION

Faculty of Commerce performed ‘Ghemar Ni Geeta’, a one act play written and directed by Mr. Abhishek Shah and performed by a team of 40 students in INT and Gujarat Samachar Inter-College One- Act Competition on 10th February, 2017 at Thakorebhai Desai Hall. The play has contemporary social relevance and caters to one of the theatre’s function of social awakening. ‘Ghemar Ni Geeta ’ was initially performed in the semi-finals of the one-act play competition on 28th January, 2017, at Thakorebhai Desai hall. Amongst 28 plays performed in the semi-final round, it was adjudged as one of the best 6 plays to enter the finals. In the final competition, Faculty of Commerce won the following prizes:
Best Play: 2nd Prize
Best Actor Award:
1st Prize – Parikshit Tamaliya
2nd Prize – Sahil Pancholi

Faculty of Commerce DOES IT AGAIN…

Faculty of Commerce secured prizes in as many as 17 different events in GLS University Inter- College Youth Festival, ‘Asmita-2017’. The festival was held from 4th to 6th February, 2017. The college also won the general championship trophy as well as the championship trophy for Performing Arts. The valedictory function was on 6th February, 2017, in which the winners were felicitated with trophies. The students of Faculty of Commerce won in various events from the field of Fine Arts, Music, Dance, Fashion and Theatre. A renowned folk musician Mr. Yogesh Gadhvi was the chief guest who gave away the prizes and trophies to the students.

Faculty of Commerce won in the following events :

1st Prize

• Indian Solo
• Classical Indian Solo, -Instrumental Music

2nd Prize

• Poster Making
• Rangoli
• Western Solo Singing
• Fashion Show
• Poetry Recitation
• Parliamentary Debate

3rd Prize

• Creative Writing

Won General Championship Trophy

Won Performing Arts Championship Trophy

IMAGE 2017

Our students participated in IMAGE-2017 Management Festival organized by J.P.Shah (GLS BBA) – Faculty of Business Administration on 28th January 2017.Semester 2 student, Urja Daliya won the 1st prize in Reality Bytes competition.

COGNOSCENCE 2017

Faculty of Commerce participated in ‘COGNOSCENCE 2017’: a National Economics Festival organized by St.Xaviers’ College, Ahmedabad on 21st-22nd January 2017. It incorporated various events like Perspective, The Quiz Machine, Wall Street Warriors, Treasure Hunt, Peek-A-Boo, Kaleidoscope, Mock Parliament, and Tussle of States. Among them, Sudeshna Bose, Bhumika Paholi, Rashi Agarwal, Neeraj Ahuja(Semester 6) won the 1st position in Perspective and Arhan Shah (Semester 2), Vaibhav Chandani, Bhavesh Chainani (Semester 6) won the 3rd position in Perspective. Arhan Shah, Pallavi Samtani, Jigyasha (Semester 2) and Vaibhav Chandani (Semester 6) won the 2nd position in Wall Street Warriors. Urja Kanjani (F.Y.B.Com), Ashish Ailani and Karan Gaglani (Semester 4), Bhavesh Chainani (T.Y.B.Com) bagged the 1st position in Treasure Hunt. Jasnit Sigh (Semester 4) won the 2nd position in Peek-A-Boo. Under the guidance and encouraging support of Faculty of Economics: Assistant Prof. Anjali Trivedi, the students participated and bagged prizes.

WINNERS OF COMMERCE IDOL COMPETITION

Alka Ramsinghani bagged the title of Commerce Idol and Niraj Ahuja secured the 2nd runner up position in a Commerce Idol competition organized by City C. U. Shah Commerce College on 9th January,2017. They were awarded with trophies and certificates.

GLS UNIVERSITY SPORTS MEET 2016-17

Faculty of Commerce participated in various sport celebration organized by GLS University like Cricket, Football, Basketball, Volleyball and Athletic events. Faculty of Commerce won overall Championship Trophy and became champion in Cricket boys and girls, Basketball boys, Volleyball boys and girls.

WINNERS OF TEAM EVENT

WINNERS OF ATHELATIC EVENT

MONETA 2016

A contingent of 12 members of Management Club of Faculty of Commerce participated in MONETA 2016, India’s largest financial festival organized by R.A. Podar College, Mumbai from 8th to 11th December 2016. The college stood 1st Runner Up among 30 colleges that participated from different cities of India. A total of 12 different competitions were kept in MONETA. Faculty of Commerce contingent bought “Public Relations” as a sector for the entire competition for the cheapest possible price that helped the contingent to finish at the current position. Dean Dr. Ashwin Purohit’s blessings and support throughout the journey kept every participant motivated to achieve the common goal. With Guidelines of the faculty Dr. Krupa Bhatt and accompanying faculty Dr. Bhavik Swadia along with all the members of contingent, the college was able to achieve the 1st Runner up position.

• LIST OF STANDINGS IN ALL COMPETITIONS

• LIST OF STUDENTS WHO REACHED TILL FINALS

FOLK DANCE ACHIEVEMENTS

Faculty of Commerce performed “Khusboo Gujarat Ni” – a folk dance, in the Gujarat state’s most prestigious folk dance competition “Mayor Padma Vijay Garba Spardha- 2016”, organised by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation held at Bhadra Fort on 6th October, 2016. Faculty of Commerce was crowned the winner, lifted the prestigious trophy and was given a cash prize of Rs.25, 000 by Shree Guatam Shah Mayor, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Our ever aspiring and benevolent Shree Sudhir Nanavatisir, President, GLS University, acknowledged this prestigious victory and showered his appreciation and love for the students by announcing a cash prize of Rs. 25,000 which enthused the students to keep on striving for excellence.

“Khusboo Gujarat Ni” won the first prize at Sports Club Garba Competition in best performance category. The folk dance was further invited to be performed at “Elite Friends Group” on 9th October, 2016 and it was applauded by a huge audience. “Khusboo Gujarat Ni”, a highly appreciated folk dance depicts various folk flavours of Gujarat. The dance was choreographed by Prof Kruti Paritosh along with Kuldeep Shukla and Khushboo Shukla. The performers were Kruti Paritosh, Stuti Gandhi, Purvi Bhavsar, Megha Nihlani, Hima Darji, Shriya Patel, Hinal Shah, Devashi Vora, Samrudhhi Kavalanekar, Dharrmi Shah, Harita Mistry, Drashti Bhatt, Unnati Pandya, Shivani Fulpagar, Jaimil Joshi, Tpana Maheshwari, Chaitanya Patel, Utsav Solanki, Akhil Mehta, Yash Sagra, Sachin Gaud, Mansi Chhapia,Mayuri Thakkar,Malav Baria. “Khusboo Gujarat Ni” was coordinated by Prof. Kruti Paritosh.

STUDENT IDOL 2016

Megha Nehlani student of Faculty of Commerce, won the title of Miss Student Idol of the year 2016 at the ALL INDIA FINALE of the event JOSH @BHAIDAS HALL, Vile Parle West organized by NAEMD Mumbai. She reached to the national level competition of Student Idol held at Mumbai for which participants were selected from different cities of INDIA. After competing with different talents like mimicry, western dance, singing etc at Ahmedabad level, Megha made up to reach to INDIA FINALE of STUDENT IDOL with the love for classical dance-Kathak.

JOSH 2016

Faculty of Commerce bagged the Best College of the Year runners up trophy at JOSH 2016 organized by NAEMD on 21st September 2016. Faculty of Commerce won the following prizes:

1. 1st prize in Bollywood Dance
2. 1st runner up in Western Dance
3. 1st runner up in Fashion Show
4. 1st runner up in Face Painting(Rakesh Bagh)
5. College Idol runner up – Megha Nehlani,
6. MMA – Miss Photogenic – Kanisha Shah
7. Miss 10 – Upasna Thakor

Total prize money won is more than Rs.81,000/-.

PROTSAHAN 2016

Faculty of Commerce participated in Protsahan 2016 – An Inter-college competition conducted by Ganpat University where the B.com semester 1 students Vaishnavi Iyer and Akshita Jain, secured the third position in Plan De Negocios – Business Plan . It was on making and marketing/launching of “manual namkeen making sancha”. Out of 33 teams, they cleared the qualifier/elimination round by presenting their plan and secured their place in Top 10. In the Final round, they presented their plan through Power Point Presentation followed by a Question-Answer round.

VISHLESHAN PLUS 2016

Faculty of Commerce participated in Vishleshan Plus 16 –the National Level Management Festival organised by N.R.I.B.A. As it was a national level event, many management institutes and Business schools from all over India had participated in the events. Our Students not only competed with these students but also won the following prizes in different categories.

1st in Mime
1st in Skit
1st in Solo Singing (filmy)
1st in Duet Singing
1st in Paper Weaving
2nd in Case Analysis
2nd in Research Paper Presentation
2nd in Solo Singing (non filmy)
2nd in Face Painting
2nd in Collage
2nd in Clay Modelling
3rd in Hand Painting

Moreover, the college won the Best Performance award in performing arts category and also got the overall winner’s trophy.

WINNER OF INTER-COLLEGE POETRY RECITATION COMPETITION

Vidhee Buddhadev from Sem-I bagged the 2nd prize in Inter-College Poetry Recitation Competition organized by JG College of Commerce on 1st September, 2016. She was awarded with trophy and certificate.

Winner of Poetry Recitation & Poetry Completion Competition

Harsh Tripathi of Semester 5 participated in ‘Shakespeare Carnival’ organized by VBT’s Institute of Arts and Humanities, C. U. Shah University, Surendranagar. He secured the First Prize in Poetry Recitation Competition and also bagged the First Prize in Poetry Completion Competition.

Para-academic achievements 2015-2016

RENNAISSANCE 2016

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) participated in RENNAISANCE 2016 – the State level Management Festival organized by B.K.School of Management from 26th February 2016 to 28th February 2016. Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) students Druvin Shah, Sumit Mankani and Arihant Chhager from F.Y. B.com bagged the 1st prize in “RODDIEZZ HUNT”. Winners were awarded with trophy, certificates and vouchers.

Synapse 2016

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) participated in Masquerade in Synapse 2016 organized by Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology from 25th to 28th February, 2016. The students performed a hindi play ‘Hum Zinda Hain’ written and directed by Mr. Abhishek Shah in ‘Proscenium’ (Stage Play) and bagged the 1^st Prize. The lead actor, Parikshit Tamaliya won the ‘Best Actor’ award. They also participated in ‘Naivete’ (Street Play).

Euphoria 2016

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) shines in the maiden youth festival of GLS University, ‘Euphoria 2016’organized from 18/02/2016 to 24/02/2016 in the following events :

• Extempore – 1^st
• Debate – 1^st
• Rangoli – 1^st
• Western vocal – 1^st
• Mono Acting – 1^st
• Western Dance – 1^st
• Quiz – 2^nd
• Clay Modelling – 2^nd
• Collage – 2^nd
• Mimicry – 2^nd
• Skit – 2^nd
• Fashion Show – 2^nd
• Rally – 3^rd

GLS University Sports Meet:

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) successfully organized GLS University Sports Meet on 20th February, 2016 at Sheth C.N.Vidhyalaya in which more than 500 students participated in various sports and games like Running, Discus Throw, Shot Put, Long Jump, Football and Basketball. On the same day, the college also organized I.M.Nanavati Inter-college Cricket Tournament for the colleges of GLS University.

• SMPIC Girls Athletics team got championship in GLS University Inter-College Sports Meet.
• Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) became champion in all three tournaments of Basketball, Football and Cricket.

WINNER OF SALAD DECORATION COMPETITION AT H. L. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE

Vishvawara Patel from Semester 2 bagged the 1st prize in Salad Decoration Competition in an Art Carnival organized at H. L. College of Commerce on 20th February,2016. She was awarded with a trophy and a certificate.

COGNOSCENCE 2016

The Department of Economics of St. Xavier’s College Ahmedabad organized a two day Inter- college state level Festival, Cognoscence 2016 on 11th and 12th Feb. Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) students Viveksingh Pabla and Nakshee shah won the third prize in “Arthmanthan”, an event based on virtual use of national economic resources. Nakshee Shah and Jahnavi Desai further won the third prize in “Use of Entrepreneurship”, an event based on business plan. They were awarded with trophies and certificates at the valedictory function.

INT and Gujarat Samachar Drama Competition

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) secured the 2nd Best Play Award in the prestigious INT and Gujarat Samachar Drama Completion wherein the students performed ‘Mowgli…..bas Mowgli’, written and directed by Shri Abhishek Shah. Harsh Thakkar was adjudged the 2nd Best Actor in male category. Among the 24 plays performed in the semi-finals, ‘Mowgli….bas Mowgli’ was selected amongst the six finalists. The finale was held on 8th and 9th February, 2016 at Thakorebhai Desai Hall.

Abhivyakti 2016

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) participated in ABHIVYAKTI 2016 –the State level Management Festival organized by Indus University on 19th February 2016. Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) bagged followings prizes in various competitions and they were awarded with Trophies and Certificates.

1. SELL-FIE
   • 1st Prize -Krunal shah, Ashish Ailani, Ashish Motwani and Karan Devrani
   
   
2. TRACE AND TRACK
   • 1st Prize -Ashish Ainani, Ashish motwani and Karan Devrani
   
   • 2nd Prize-KrunalShah, Dhruvin Shah and Krina Shah
   
   
3. Word of Mime
   • 2nd Prize- Krunal Shah and Karan Devrani
   
   
4. THE HAWKER
   • 3rd Prize-Krunal lougani, Ashish Ailani and Vaibhav Chandwani
   
   
5. MINUTE TO WIN
   • 2nd Prize-Karan Devrani

WINNER OF DEBATE COMPETITION AT S. V. ARTS COLLEGE

Jaslinkaur Bagga from Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) won the 2nd Individual Best Speaker’s Prize in a debate competition organized on 20th February,2016 by S. V. Arts College. She was awarded with cash prize and a certificate.

WINNERS OF MAHATMA GANDHI ELOCUTION TROPHY COMPETITION

Devanshu Vakil and Jaslinkaur Bagga from Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) won the Best team Trophy in Prestigious Inter-collegiate Mahatma Gandhi Elocution Competition organized on 13th Feb.,2016 by H L College of Commerce. More than 15 state colleges participated in the competition to talk on ‘If incredible India should resort to Gandhian practices of communication to resolve internal conflicts’. They were awarded with trophy and certificates.

WINNER OF SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL DEBATE COMPETITION

Heena J. Navani from Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) won the 3rd prize in Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Debate competition organized on 24th Jan.,2016 by Gujarat Prantiy Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti, Ahmedabad. She was awarded with cash prize and certificate.

Winner of HLCC MUN Debate Competition

Devanshu Vakil from Semester II was awarded with “High Commendation” and a cash prize of Rs 2500 for bagging the 1st prize in HLCC MUN debate competition organized by H L College of Commerce on 22, 23 and 24th of January,2016 .

District level winners – Young Voter’s Festival 2016

Election Commission of Gujarat organizes ‘Young Voter’s Festival’ every year for the students of schools and colleges. Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) student Viveksingh Pabla secured the first place consecutively for the third year. This time he won in ‘Digital Infographics’ with a prize money of Rs 2500/-. Hetvi Limbad and Rajdeepsingh Bunait also secured the first and the second position with a prize money of Rs. 2500/- and Rs 2000/-respectively at District level in ‘Drawing’. They were felicitated on 25th Jan 2016, National Voter’s Day, by the Collector of Ahmedabad Shri Rajkumar Beniwal.

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC)’s Versatile Student: Viveksingh Pabla

• • Viveksingh Pabla from Semester 6 secured the 1st prize in ‘Talaash 2016’, a state level Inter-college festival organized by Silver Oak Group of Institutes, Ahmedabad on 8th& 9th Feb 2016 and was felicitated with a prize of an Air Conditioner and a certificate of appreciation. This is the second time he has been declared as the winner at ‘Talaash Festival’.

• • He was declared as the winner for the third consecutive time in the Badminton doubles category. Viveksingh participated in Khel Mahakumbh 2015, a state level sports competition and secured the second position in Javelin throw in West Zone.

• Viveksingh Pabla was awarded with the International Centennial Award, by the International President of Lions Clubs International, Dr. Jitsuhiro Yamada of Japan, for his selfless services to the poor and needy people. He was also felicitated with a Diamond Lapel Pin and cash prize of Rs. 15000/- by the Lions Governor of Bangladesh Mr. Shah Alam Babul and Vice Governor of Lions Club Gujarat Dr. Yogesh Dave.

Winners at Inter-Collegiate Skit Competition

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) participated and secured the second prize in an Inter-Collegiate Competitions of Goonj, Culfest 2016 in the event of SKIT organized by St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad, on 13th January, 2016. Following are the names of the participants:

1. Maharshi Patel – Semester-4
2. Shrusti Barot – Semester-4
3. Devanshi Mehta – Semester-4
4. Prashant Makwana- Semester-4
5. Amit Patel- Semester-4
6. Harsh Tripathi – Semester-4

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) shows its Might atMaiden SABARMATI FESTIVAL 2016

Maiden Sabarmati river festival kicked off on 6th January 2016 amidst great galore.

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) actively participated in most of the events organised and won severalmajor prizes. It was a matter of great honour for Team Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) to perform in the Finale on the bank of historic river Sabarmati amidst the cheer of large audience. SMPIC folk dance team performed” NAGARU“(a Garbo) and a “MER RASS” as professionals and mesmerized the Audience with the co-ordination, energy and Enthusiasm and the team won the numero Uno Position and the grand prize of Rs.21, 000/-.

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) Western Group Dance team gave a Dancing tribute to “AMDAVAD”. The Dance Team Performed on the Song of RJ.Dhwanit and this dance too was applauded by the huge audience.It was a very intricately choreographed by symphony which played a dancing tribute to various facets of AAPNU AMDAVAD.SMPIC western dance Team won the 2nd grand prize of Rs.11000/-.

In solo dance competition Kathanki Raval of Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) clinched the 1st prize of Rs.11,000/- by performing classical dance on the theme of Gujarat.

Nidhi Mehta of Smpic won the 1st prize of Rs.11, 000/- in solo singing competition.

Moreover, 300 volunteers from SMPIC participated in whole event. The organisers directed volunteers to manage the Sabarmati Festival event at different venues of Ahmedabad. On account of this the student Volunteer managed and displayed their great management skills at different venues like Paldi, University Convention Centre, Sarkhej Roza, Vastrapur Amphi theater, Thakorebhai Desai hall, Tagore hall. Various events volunteered by SMPIC volunteers were marked by Governor O. P. Kohliji, Hon’able CM Anandiben Patel, Gulzarsaab Shree Pankaj Udhas, Tarak Mehta Team, Shree Arvind Vegda etc. The organisers took special note of the students working enthusiastically in each circumstance for the same organisers appreciated the efforts of the volunteers and showed their gratitude towards greater participation in all the events.

This entire event was guided by Dean Dr.Ashwin Purohit and Co-ordinated by Prof. Vijay Tripathi, Prof.Kruti Paritosh, Prof.Bhavana Parwani and Prof KeyurVora.

The events and winners at SABARMATI FESTIVAL 2016

FEMINA MISS INDIA

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) Sem-6 Student Vinita Panchal is selected for Femina Miss India finale held in Mumbai on 23rd December 2015. Radisson blue was the event partner for the ‘Miss India 2016 ‘Ahmedabad auditions.

The event was judged by Aditi Arya (Miss india 2015) and Shyamal Shodhan(designer Shyamalbhumika). There were more than 200 entries overall from Ahmedabad out of which only 12 contestants were shortlisted in semi finals. Vinita Panchal was one of the three girls selected from Gujarat in the last round.

MONETA 2015

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) participated in Moneta 2015: A four day National Level Financial Market based Management Festival organised by R. A. Podar College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbaifrom 3rd December to 7th December 2015. Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) students Aditya Rahandani and Shashank Sharma won the 2nd prize in Investment challenge and Shashank Sharma bagged the 2nd prize in CFO challenge against many other participating commerce colleges and top B-schools like Narsee Monjee(NMIMS),H.R College of Commerce and Economics. Other Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) participants reached up to the finals in all other competitions like Synergies,The Boardroom Challenge ,Carbon Credit Czar, ,Bullring , Black Gold,The Elevator Pitch,The Hour , The Financial Planner and the Aurum Hunt.

Mr. and Ms. Academia 2015

Pranali Brahambhat, Sem-2 Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) student stood 1st runner up at National level Personality Contest ‘Mr. & Miss. Academia’ organized by NAEMD held in Mumbai. Finalists were scrutinized from more than 1000 entries from the entire country through various rounds. Renowned names like Mr. Keyur Desai, Pooja Gor, Freddy Daruwal, Pravin Joshi to name a few were in the panel of judges.

Gujarat Rajya Sangeet Natak Academy Drama (One Act) Competition

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC)’s Drama “Khovayel Chhe” won three prizes in a State level Drama (One Act) Competition organized by Gujarat Rajya Sangeet Natak Academy on 04th November 2015 at Modasa.

The team bagged the 1st Prize for the Best Play and Best Original Script. Harsh Thakkar got the 2nd prize as the Best Actor. This drama was also 1st prize winner in INT and Gujarat Samachar State Level Drama Competition.

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) FOLK DANCE TEAM CLINCHING ALL THE MAJOR GARBA EVENTS OF THE TOWN IN 2015:

On 12th October, 2015 the Folk Dance Team of Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) participated in Sports Club Garba Competition held at GMDC Conventional Hall under the guidance of Dean Dr. Ashwin Purohit and Prof. Kruti Paritosh.

16 teams of various prestigious institutions took part and among them Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) Folk Dance team bagged the 1st position in the Best Performance category for “Khushboo Rajasthan ki: The Flavours of Rajasthan” and the 2nd postion for “Vir Raas: An Energetic Performance by boys”

“Khushboo Rajasthan ki” also bagged the 2nd postion in the Best Costume category. This remarkable history was witnessed by the President of GLS University Shri Sudhir Nanavati. The splendid performances of Folk Dance team were highly appreciated by the dignitaries and the judges.

“Khushboo Rajasthan ki” once again secured the 1st position for the Best Performance at Garba Mahotsav organized by Gymkhana Club on 15th October 2015 amongst professional groups of the state.

“Khushboo Rajasthan ki” was choreographed by Prof. Kruti Paritosh, Kuldeep Shukla, Khushbu Shukla and “Vir Raas” was Choreographed by Prof.Kruti Paritosh, Jaypalsingh Zala and students of Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC). The costumes of Rajasthani dance were designed by Smt.Bijal Shah.

The Folk Dance team also performed at GLS University’s Navratri Mahotsav on 11th October, 2015 at University convention Hall.

The participants of the Folk Dance Team are:
Prof.Kruti Paritosh,Kathanki Raval, Megha Nehlani,, Devanshi Mehta,Rashmika Pandya,Purvi Bhavsar, Hitali Shah, Tanvi Trivedi, Shubhangi Verma, Bharvi Shah, Heema Darji, Shriya Patel, Samruddhi Kavalanekar, Hinal Shah, Krishna Shah, Devrshree Vora, Utsav Solanki, Nidhip Shah, Jaimil Joshi, Tapan Maheshwari,Mangalya Majmudar,Chaitanya Patel, Akhil Mehta, Heet Malde, Yash Sagra,YahMandaviya, Bhavyang Trivedi, Preet, Bhumi Patel ,Kairav Aacharya,Manasi Chhapia, Mayuri Thakkar, Dwijalshah,Harita Mistry, Divya Gurnani.

JOSH – 2015

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) bagged Best College of the year award and won prize money worth Rs.1,01,000 for the 8th time at JOSH 2015, organised by NAEMD. Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) stood 1st in Fashion show, 1st in Western Dance and 1st in Bollywood Dance. Our B.ComSem-5 Student Nikita Ahuja won Audience Choice award and our B.Com sem-3 student HetviLimbad bagged the title of ‘College Idol’ competition. M.Com sem-3 student Riya Subodh became 2nd runners up in the same.

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) proved it again at Mr.and Miss.Academia – A personality contest organised by NAEMD. Our student Mayank Shah got the best dancer award and our sem-1 student PranaliBrahmbatt stood 1st.

Youth Festival

Gujarat University Ellisbridge South Zone Youth Festival was held on 9th, 10th and 11th September, 2015 at H.A. College of Commerce. The students of Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) won in Folk Dance, Classical Instrumental (Percussion) and Western Group Song.

The next level, i.e. Inter Zonal Youth Festival was held at JG College of Commerce on 2nd and 3rd October, 2015. Shashwat Bhatt of Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) stood 3rd in Classical Instrumental (Percussion).The next level, i.e. Inter Zonal Youth Festival was held at JG College of Commerce on 2nd and 3rd October, 2015. Shashwat Bhatt of Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) stood 3rd in Classical Instrumental (Percussion).

Sheth Haridas Achratlal Elocution Competition 2015

Jaslinkaur Bagga won the 2nd prize in Sheth Haridas Achratlal Elocution Competition organized by H.A.College of Commerce on 18th September 2015. She expressed her views on “Is Gandhian Ideology relevant in contemporary times?”She was awarded with a certificate and a cash prize.

Prin. T.J.Rana Trophy ( Pustak Gyan Pratibha Shodh kasauti)-An Open Book Management Competition

The competition was organized by City C.U.Shah Commerce College (G.L.S) on 24th September 2015. It was divided into 3 rounds. In the first round, 10 students were selected through a written test. The second round was of Group Discussion followed by the third round of Personal Interview. Jasleen Kaur Bagga of sem-5 from Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) won the first prize in this competition. She was awarded a trophy along with a certificate.

Protsahan 2015

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) competed in PROTSAHAN 2015 – National Level Management cum Cultural Festival on September 27 & 28, 2015 organized by Ganapat University wherein students pursuing Graduation and Post-graduation in Management and other disciplines across the country participated. The students participated in various events like Product Launch, Spin the Minute, Biz Quiz, Bollywood Quiz, Money Matrix, Rangoli and Team Building. Among those, the events Bollywood Quiz, Product Launch, Team Building and Spin the minute reached to the Finals.

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) students bagged the third prize in Product Launch in Protsahan. The participants were Reema Tharwani, Dimple Adwani and Avinash Daryani.

Vishleshan Plus 2015

Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) students participated in Vishleshan Plus 2015: the Management Festival organized by NRBBA of GLS University on 18th and 19th of September 2015. Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) students participated in Case Analysis, Quiz, Group Discussion, Press Conference, Business Plan, Debate, Solo Singing, Solo Dance, Group Dance, Painting, Battle of Bands, Bottle Painting, Street Play, Duet Singing etc. Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) bagged overall best performance in performing arts. Besides these, Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC) students bagged the following prizes in various events:

1. Bagged First Prize in Business Plan : Kunal Gidwani,Nakshee Shah,Karan Raghani Shreyansh Shah,Aditya Rahandani
2. Bagged Third Prize in Press Conference: Ria Rani
3. Bagged First Prize in Street Play: Devanshi,Mehta, Maharshi Patel, Amit Patel, Shrushti Barot, Harsh Tripathi, Prashant Makwana
4. Bagged Third Prize in Bottle Painting : Vishwawara Patel
5. Bagged Second Prize in Group Dance : Akhil Mehta, Nidhip Shah, Divya Asnani, Megha Nihalani,Hitali Shah,Vivek Mistry,Divya Gurnani,Dharmi Gandhi
6. Bagged Second Prize in Solo Dance : Nidhip Shah
7. Bagged Third Prize in On The Spot Painting : Chandni Punjabi
8. Bagged First Prize in Solo Singing : Nikita Ahuja
9. Bagged Second Prize in Duet Singing : Nidhi Mehta, Nirdesh Chaudhari

Sports Achievements:

Cricket:
Rushi Panchal & Rishi Ahuja of Semester 6 got selected in Gujarat University Cricket team.
Kavish Panchal of Semester 2 got selected in Devdhar Trophy Cricket Tournament. He played against India-A team. He also played practice match against Afghanistan.
 

Discus Throw:
Prachi Prajapati of Semester 6 got selected in Gujarat University Discus Throw team.
 

Boxing:
Aniruddh Gohel of Semester 6 won an intercollegiate and inter-zonal Boxing Championship and he was selected in Gujarat University team.
 

WINNER OF WEST ZONE INTER UNIVERSITY TENNIS TOURNAMENT

Nandini Pandya, M.Com. Sem-3 student of Faculty of Commerce(SMPIC), won the West Zone Inter University Tennis Tournament held at the IIS University Jaipur from 5th to 8th of October 2015. She is one of the members of a team of four members in Gujarat University.

Soft Ball Tennis

Nandini Pandya, a student of M.Com. Semester 3 was honoured with prestigious Sardar Patel senior award for Soft Ball Tennis by Department of Sports, Youth and Cultural Activities, Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar. She also won cash prize worth Rs. 50,000/-.

Para-academic achievements 2014-2015

LITERARY ACHIEVEMENTS 2015

New Year 2015 marked its beginning for SMPIC by winning various literary competitions one after the other.

“Vijaypadma Hindi Debate Competition 2015”

Our Students Priya Pandey (Sem 6) and Rina Kumari Limbola (Sem 2) participated in “Vijaypadma Hindi Debate Competition 2015” organized by C.U.Shah Arts College. They expressed their views on the topic “Pure Rashtramai Sarkari Tantramai Hindi Bhasha Anivarya Honichahiye”. SMPIC was declared the Second winning Institute and was awarded “N.R.Construction Shield” Trophy. In addition to this, Priya Pandey bagged the Second prize in Individual Best Speaker Category.

“SPELL BUG 2015”

Disha Doshi (Sem 6) won the Second prize in “SPELL BUG 2015” competition conducted by H.L.Institute of Commerce.

“Intellectus 2015”

Jamila Dhandhukawala (Sem 6) participated in “Intellectus 2015” organized by H.L.Institute of Commerce. She secured the Second prize in Group Discussion. She was awarded Trophy and Certificate.The topic of Group Discussion was “Future Techno World will destroy Humanism”. She also cleared the First round of Personality Development Competition.

“S.V. Arts College Debate Competition 2015”

Jaslinkaur Bagga (Sem 4) and Zahra Kureshi (Sem 2) participated in “S.V. Arts college Debate Competition 2015”. They presented their views on “Will the dream of Clean India be fulfilled?” They bagged the First prize and were awarded Trophy and certificate. Jaslinkaur S Bagga also won the First prize in Individual Best Speaker Category.

SMPIC Literary Achievements

Jamila Dhandhukawala won the 2^nd prize in an elocution competition organized by Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organization on 20^th September 2014, at C.U. Shah Arts College, Ahmedabad.

Jamila Dhandhukawala won the 3^rd prize in Sheth Haridas Achratlal Elocution Competition organized by H.A.College of Commerce on 27^th August 2014.

FINE ARTS ACHIEVEMENTS

Vivek Pabla secured the 3rd position in Photography competition under Open Category in Goonj, a state level theme based inter college event on Gender Debate Issues organized in the month of February, collectively by Nazariya and Natrani, Ahmedabad.

Vidhi Bhojak of sem 3 S M Patel Institute of Commerce secured second rank in collage – Inter college fine arts competition organized by M R Parikh Institute of commerce on 27^th Aug 2014

Viveksingh Pabla from Sem IV won the Kensville Photography competition in the category of Architecture Photography organized at Kensville Golf Club, Dev Dholera near Ahmedabad in the month of June 2014.

Theatre Achievements

SMPIC’S STUPENDOUS SUCCESS

SMPIC’S play ‘KHOVAYEL CHE’, performed at INT Drama competition, organized by Indian National Theatre, Mumbai and Gujarat Samachar, Ahmedabad, on 4th February, 2015, at Thakorebhai Desai Hall, bagged 5 prizes which include trophies, cash prizes and certificates at this prestigious drama competition.

The play was written and directed by Abhishek Shah. The play upholds the dignity of the basic human emotion – love and talks about religion conversion, the current burning issue of the society. Team Smpic comprising of around 30 students convincingly portrayed the journey of the main character Ashok Makwana to Alexender Macwan to Altaf Mansuri in search of happiness and finally the pain of having lost his identity.

PRIZES WON

PLAY – 1st prize
SCRIPT – 1st prize
DIRECTOR – 1st prize
LIGHTS – 1st prize
BEST ACTOR (Male) – 2^nd Prize to HARSH THAKKAR

SMPIC’S plays “BULB JALEGA?” and “KHOVAYEL CHE” were performed at Veenaveli, an Inter-College Drama Competition at H. K. Arts College on 26th February, 2015, bagged 10 prizes in all, which include trophies, cash prizes and certificates.

‘BULB JALEGA?’ talks about the aspirations and expectations of a common man, poignantly and effectively portrayed by SMPICITES.

PRIZES WON

• Hindi Play competition
‘BULB JALEGA’
Best Hindi Play – 1st Prize
Best Actress – Mitali Sewani
Best Actor – Palkesh Agrawal
Best Writer – Abhishek Shah
Best Light Operation
Best Getup and Makeup

• Gujarati Play Competition
‘KHOVAYEL CHE’
Best Play – 3rd Prize
Best Actress – Sanjana Pal
Best Actor – Harsh Thakkar
Best Creative Settings

SMPIC performed ‘Bulb Jalega?’in inter -college one act hindi play competition. The students also participated in ‘Street Play’ competition and ‘Mime’ competition. The students were awarded with trophy, certificates and vouchers worth Rs. 10,000.

PRIZES WON

Hindi one act competition – First Prize
Best Actor – Shashwat Bhatt

Goonj is an inter-school and college festival aimed at exploring the gender debate through various competitions, organized jointly by Nazariya and Natrani. The idea is to provide a platform where students can ponder on gender question, truly understand the meaning of equality and articulate change with other students. The competition was hosted in clusters of schools and culminated in the finale hosted at Natarani, Ahmedabad and an exhibition of the best art and writing of the students on International Women’s Day 2015. SMPIC participated in ‘Shake a Street’ (skit) at Rangmandal hall on 15th February, 2015, Sunday and secured the 1st prize in the competition. The students were awarded with individual medals, college trophy, cash prize and certificates.

S.M.Patel Institute Of Commerce marked its supremacy once again at the Ahmedabad Mirror Talent Hunt-2015.It is an annual event held amongst the colleges of states of Gujarat. The students eagerly await this event all through the year. 18 teams from SMPIC were short listed in the preliminary round held at the college.

Of those 18 teams, 5 teams made it amongst Top 12 which contested the Grand Finale at the Karnavati Club, Ahmedabad on 22^nd May, 2015.

It was a dazzling night for the students to remember hosted by Manish Paul. The event was judged by celebrity judges like Terence Louis; ace Bollywood choreographer, RJ Dhvanit; Renowned RJ and now a film actor and Ms .Dipal Trivedi ; Chief Editor, Ahmedabad Mirror.

All the five SMPIC finalist teams gave their Best shot at the finale. Hetvi Limbad(F.Y.B.Com) was the star of evening by winning the first prize of Rs. 1.5 lacs and glittering trophy amongst the cheer of audience of around 5000. She played Mouth Organ, Drums and Guitar simultaneously for 5 minutes and mesmerized the audience and judges. She was unanimously declared number one. The second prize winners “Mavericks” (Nidhip Shah & group) gave a dancing tribute to the Indian Cricket Team and their act was an enthralling and spectacular which lifted the audience and judges spell bound. They won cash prize of Rs.1 lac and a sparkling trophy.

Other finalists from SMPIC: Aflattoon entertainers (Jaimil Joshi & Group), Trio (Utsav, Chaitanya & Akhil), a solo performer (Utsav Solanki) were also applauded by the audience and jury. Smpic’s Kathanki Raval, Nawabs Group & Sur group were also rewarded with Trophies for their noteworthy performances.

Miss Chaos Personality Contest Winner at IIM-A

Maitri Thakkar secured the third position in Miss Chaos Personality Contest at IIM-A.

Mr. and Ms. Academia 2014

SMPIC students continued their success story at a National level Competition for the title Mr. and Miss Academia organized by NAEMD at Mumbai. Mr. and Ms. Academia is a Good Looks Pageant with a difference; it embodies the spirit of educated youth.

The winners of all the preliminary competitions were called to Mumbai and were groomed for a week. This contest was held in the presence of Renowned Celebrity Judges. Rahul Meghnani, SEM V student won the first prize of Mr.Academia and also bagged ‘Mr. Robust’ title. Naman Gor, SEM III student bagged the first runner up position and was also awarded as the ‘Best Dancer’ title by Shaimak Davar. Riya Subodh M.Com.student, was declared the first runner up and was given the title ‘Ms Perfect Ten’ by Pawar Sabraval, celebrity Fitness trainer.

Clean and Clear Fresh Face 2014

The Competition Clean and Clear Fresh face 2014 organised by The Times of India had 24 contestants in the Finals. The competition was held on 20th September at Gulmohar Park mall. This competition is held all over the country in different cities and then all the city winners compete at all India Fresh Face Competition. Naman Gor, Sem-3 became the winner of Ahmedabad Times Fresh Face 2014 and will now represent Gujarat in all over India competition which will be held in Mumbai.

JOSH 2014

23^rd September, 2014 will be marked as a Golden day in the History of SMPIC. It was for the seventh time consecutively, SMPIC was awarded the “Best College” by NAEMD. SMPIC has made an authoritative statement by bagging the Best College title year after year.

This time the theme of the event was “Carnival” and SMPIC students were at its Carnival Best. This is one event in the city which gives great exposure to the students to showcase their talents like etc.

Motto of the college is to mould minds and shape careers and many of the students have made a mark on national and inter- national level by this event “JOSH”.

The winners at the city level will be called upon for a national competition which will be held in Mumbai in later part of the year.

SMPIC won accolades in the following events this year:

• Fashion Show 1^st
• Bollywood Dance 1^st
• Western Dance 1^st
• Kavisha Doshi stood 2^nd in Face Painting
• Animesh Agrawal stood 3^rd in Body Tatooing
• In Mr. and Miss. Academia – Krishna Adenwala stood 1^st, Naman Gor stood 3^rd
• Vinita Panchal bagged Shyamak Best Dancer Award
• Rahul Meghnani got Mr. Photogenic Award & Riya Subodh got Miss. Photogenic Award
• In Student Idol – Nikita Ahuja stood 2^nd and Riya Subodh stood 3^rd.

GTU Techfest 2015 Winners

Vivek Pabla and Priya Pandey secured the 3rd position in ‘Ace of the Empire’, an event related to management of virtual money and building a well-planned city in ‘GTU Techfest 2015’- an inter college festival organized by L. D. Engineering College, Ahmedabad on 27th and 28th March 2015.

Renaissance 2015

B.K. School of Business Management organized ‘Renaissance 2015’, a state level inter-college festival from 27^th Feb to 1^st March 2015. SMPIC students Chirag Vagrecha and Vivek Pabla participated in Kaleidoscope, a competition related to spot photography and both of them secured the first and the second positions respectively. They were awarded with certificates and prizes worth Rs. 2000/- each by Mr. Milan Barad and Mr. P. K. Pratham, head of Photophilics, weekly photo walk group of Ahmedabad.

El-Dorado 2015 Management Festival

Animesh Agrawal and Neitesh Jamwal from Sem VI won the 1st runners up position in Business Quiz in “El-Dorado 2015 Management Festival” at Shayona Institute of Business Management on 23rd February 2015 and were awarded with a trophy, certificate and cash prize of Rs 2000.

Business Plan at EDI Gandhinagar

SMPIC students Ronak Jain, Yash Gohel, Mitesh Chhabaria, Niraj Ahuja and Maitri Thakkar won the first prize in Business Plan Competition held on 21st February 2015 at EDI Gandhinagar. Out of 80 selected plans SMPIC team got the First prize in the competition, in which they competed with prestigious national level Institutes.

IMAGE-2015 Organized By GLS(J.P.SHAH)IBA

Vishal Chitlangya from M.Com Sem II secured the 2nd position in ‘Face to Face’, a mock interview competition in IMAGE-2015 organized by GLS(J.P.SHAH)IBA wherein participants were judged on the basis of their bio data and personal interview.

Commerce Idol 2015:

Manasi Chhapia from sem VI secured the second prize and Pinky Ram Singhania from Sem VI secured the third prize in ‘Commerce Idol’, a state level competition organized by C.U. Shah City Commerce College. They were awarded with Trophy and Certificate.

MONETA 2014

Students of S.M.Patel Institute participated in “MONETA 2014”; a National Level Financial Market based management festival at R A Podar College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai. There were around thirty colleges participated from all over India. SMPIC students participated in competitions like Bullring, Carbon Credit Czar, Elevator Pitch, Blackgold, Mutual Fund Challenge, Ideas That Click, Battle of Nations, The Spokesperson, CFO Challenge. All the teams of SMPIC reached to the finals in all the above competitions. In “Battle of Nation”, Krunal Shah and Vivek Pabla were selected in Top Four Best Performing Teams. They were awarded with appreciation certificates.

PROTASAHAN 2014

SMPIC students participated in “Protsahan 2014”, National Level Management and Cultural Festival organised by V.M. Patel Institute of Management and Centre for Management Studies (Ganpat University) on 26^th and 27^th> September 2014. Kunal Shah from Sem-3 won the third prize in Business Quiz Competition, in which around 150 students from B-Schools participated. Vivek Pabla from Sem 3 and Priya Pandey from Sem 5 won Special Appreciation prizes for their Commendable performances in various events. Another team from Sem 1 also reached to the Finals in “Prarambh-the Product Launch Competition”.

SMPIC Bagged the First Prize In Ad. Film Making At State Level in Young Voters’ Festival-2014

Viveksingh Pabla bagged the first prize at Yuva Matdar Mahotsav-2014 in Gujarat state organized by the Election Commission of India for the second time for making the Best Short Film on Young Voters. He was awarded with a certificate of appreciation and cash prize of Rs. 25,000/- by the Governor of Gujarat State Shri Om Prakash Kohli on 25th Jan 2015.

District level winners – Young Voter’s Festival 2014-15

SMPIC bagged three prizes at district level in Young Voters’ Festival-2014 organized by Election Commission of Gujarat which comprises of various competitions like Ad Film Making, Mascot Making, Jingles, etc. Viveksingh Pabla and Animesh Agrawal of SMPIC won the first prize at District level in Ad Film Making and Mascot Making respectively. They were awarded with a cash prize of Rs. 2500 and certificate of merit. Kavisha Doshi secured the second place in Mascot Making and awarded a cash prize of Rs. 1500. The winners were felicitated on 25th Jan. 2015, National Voter’s Day, by the Collector of Ahmedabad Shri RajKumar Beniwal and the Information Commissioner of Gujarat Shri V. S. Gadhvi.

YOUTH FESTIVAL 2014

Following students were adjudged among Best Three at Gujarat University Youth Festival (Ellisbridge South Zone ) 5^th-6^th September 2014 :
SMPIC won in Eleven events.

ONE ACT PLAY :

Divya Chandwani ( Sem 1)
Divya Talsera ( Sem 1)
Sanjana Pal ( Sem 1)
Mitali Sewani ( Sem 1)
Parikshit Tamalia ( Sem 1)
Palkesh Agrwal ( Sem 5)
Shahswat Bhatt ( Sem 3)
Usman khhedawala (Sem 3)
Anmol talreja (Sem 1)
Rohan Prajapati ( Sem 1)
Kalgi shah (M.Com.)
Prashant Makwana ( Sem 3)

SKIT

Asma Qureshi ( Sem 5)
Nishit Pujara ( Sem 1)
Ritu Pamnani ( Sem 3)
Harsh Tripathi ( Sem 1)
Vaibhav Modi ( Sem 1)
Isha Upadhyay ( Sem 1)

MIME

Twinkle Shrimali ( Sem 1)
Elsa Thomas ( Sem 3)
Shrishti Barot ( Sem 1)
Maulik Patel ( Sem 3)
Pratik Vaishnav Sem 3)
Rishabh Jain ( Sem 1)

POETRY RECITATION
Isha samirna ( M.Com)

COLLAGE
Vidhi Bhojak ( sem 3)

PHOTOGRAPHY
Viveksingh Pabla ( sem 3)

POSTER MAKING
Kavisha Doshi ( sem 5)

CLASSICAL – PERCUSSION
Riddhish Vora (M.Com Sem 3)

INDIAN GROUP SONG
Chrissie Christan (M.Com Sem 1)
Foram Vora ( Sem 3)
Upasana Thakor ( Sem 1)
Dhavl Jain ( Sem 5)
Nirvan Soni ( Sem 3)
Devanshi Trivedi ( Sem 1)

WESTERN GROUP SONG

Chrissie Christan (M.Com Sem 1)
Upasana Thakor ( Sem 1)
Dhaval Jain ( Sem 5)
Nirvan Soni ( Sem 3)
Rushabh Shah ( Sem 3)
Parita Shah ( Sem 5)

CLASSICAL DANCE
Kathanki Raval (Sem 5 )

PRIZES AT INTER ZONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL (Ellisbridge South Zone ) 23-25 September 2014 :

SMPIC won in Four events.

COLLAGE : First Prize
CLASSICAL INSTRUMENT-PERCUSSION : First Prize
ONE-ACT PLAY COMPETITION : First Prize
WESTERN GROUP SONG : Second Prize

SMPIC presented Government of Gujarat at Rajasthan

Team of 21 from SMPIC, sent by Government of Gujarat performed 5 folk dances at Bhartiya Lok Kala Mandal, Udaipur, Rajasthan where participants from different states of India presented their folk dance. Prof. Kruti Paritosh coordinated the entire visit.

FOLK DANCE AND GARBA

SMPIC once again won prizes in Folk Dance event organized by Sports Club on 24th October,2014 at Gujarat University Convention Hall by securing the second and the third position in “HUDO” and “BEDLU” respectively in the Best Performance category, under the guidance of Prin Dr. Ashwin Purohit ,Prof. Kruti Paritosh and Dr.Shailja Tiwari.

The participants of the Folk Dances were:

Utsav Solanki, Tapan Maheshwari, Chaitanya Patel, Akhil Mehta, Yash Sagra, Heet Malde,Harsh Thakkar, Jaimil Joshi, Nidhip Shah, Harsh Rami, Mansi Prajapati, Healy Soni, Devanshi Mehta, Rashmi Pandya, Kathanki Raval, Bhoomi Patel, Hitali Shah, Tanvi Trivedi, Purvi Bhavsar, Saloni Sukhadiya, Himani Makwana, Dwijal shah, Bhavi Bhavsar, Aabha Parikh, Nirali Shah.

SMPIC Folk Dance team also won prize at Gymkhana club Garba competition.

SPORT

Billiards & Snooker Champion

Dhvaj Haria from Sem VI won a Bronze medal in Asian Under 21 Snooker Championship, stood 10^th & 22^nd in World Billiards Championship, London, was in Top 16 in Australian Open Billiards Championship and Jim Williamson Memorial Championship, London, and in Top 32 in World Under 21 Snooker Championship at Dubai. He won Gold medal in 39^th National Junior Billiards and Silver medal in 39^th National Junior Snooker Championship held at Lucknow. He stood 5th in National Senior Billiards and was in Top 16 in National Senior Snooker Championship held at Kolkata. He also participated in Jockey Club Invitation Billiards held at Singapore.

Boxing

Aniruddh Gohel won an Inter-College and Inter-Zonal Boxing Championship held at LPU University, Jalandhar on 25^th Feb.,2015 and was selected for West Zone Inter University.

Judo

Karan Madhawani won bronze in an Inter-College Judo Championship.

Tennis

Nandani Pandya played West Zone University Tournament at IIS University, Jaipur and secured the 3^rd place and later Nandani Pandya and Priyanka Maheshwari went to play All India University Tennis Tournament at Amity University, Noida.

Volleyball

Margi Chauhan was selected in Gujarat University Volleyball team.

Winner of Badminton Tournament

Viveksingh Pabla of SMPIC secured the first position in open Badminton tournament for the second time consecutively; organized every year in January by ‘Welfare Association of Reserve Bank of India’. He was awarded with cash prize and certificate by the General Manager of the RBI Mr. Ajay Kumar Sinha and RBI Colony President Mr. Rajiv Karir for his achievement on 26^th Jan 2015.

Success Story Continues…

Prachi Prajapati won accolades for SMPIC. She clinched the Gold Medal in the West Zone Junior National Championship of Discus Throw at Raipur, Chhattisgarh and got selected for the National Junior Athletics Championship at Vijaywada. She also won the Gold Medal in the Women’s Open Discus Throw Championship at Himatnagar.

Siddharth Trivedi stood First in an Inter-college and an Inter-zonal competition of Best Physic at Gujarat University. He also secured the Second position in an Inter-college and an Inter-zonal Powerlifting Competition at Gujarat University.

Aatif Hakimji stood First in an Inter-college and Second in an Inter-zonal competition of Powerlifting at Gujarat university.

Cricket

Rohanshi Amin & Priyanka Maheshwari got selected in Women’s Cricket Association of Gujarat (National Level). They will represent SMPIC at Mathura on October 12.

Four Students of SMPIC Parthiv Thakkar,Rushi Panchal, Divya Shah and Manan Thakor were selected in different levels of Cricket. Parthiv Thakkar got selected at District level. Divya shah and Rushi Panchal were in the probable of State team and Manan Thakor has been selected in Gujarat state Cricket team.

SMPIC Shooting Star: “Aaditya Zula”

Aaditya Zula, student of Sem-3, Pistol and Single Trap Shooter; clinched 05 Gold Medals, 04 Silver Medals & 01 Bronze Medal in all Senior as well as Junior Pistol events in the 50th Gujarat State Shooting Championship Competition in 2014.

He secured the Top Position in 25Mtr Standard Pistol at the 24th All India GV Mavlankar shooting Championship Competition(Pre-Nationals).

He will participate in the 58th National Shooting Championship Competition which is going to be held in Pune from 12th December’ 2014.

Para-academic achievements 2013-2014

SMPIC at AHMEDABAD MIRROR TALENT HUNT

S.M.Patel Institute of Commerce once again proved its mettle by securing 4 positions amongst top 18 in the finals of the Ahmedabad Mirror Talent Hunt Competition.
It was a fierce battle of various talents amongst the college students of the city fighting out for the top honours. Around 400 teams qualified for the semifinals. Out of which 18 finalists will perform at the Grand Finale on 19th May, 2014.

Kudos to the following finalists…

SMPIC Fashion Show
SMPIC Folk Dance – Aaja Nach le
SMPIC Western Dance – Nidhip & Group
SMPIC Theatrical Performance – Jaimil & Group

Abhivyakti-2014

SMPIC students  participated in state level competitions organised by Indus University named “Äbhivyakti 2014.”Various formal and informal events were conducted,  in which six teams of  SMPIC won following positions .Three groups of SMPIC headed by Jaimil Joshi, Asma Qureshi and Kunal  Shah stood first in Ad-mad show, Make over-The dress up competition and Treasure hunt. In addition to this, three groups headed by Jaimil Joshi, Dev Shah and Utsav Solanki stood second in Make Over, Ground Zero and Match me-The talent competition also. On the basis of the  best performances’  SMPIC was  awarded grand prize of “The Best College” with trophy and five thousands cash prize.

‘Kaalja Kero Katko’ was even performed in Veenaveli Drama Competition organized by H. K. Arts College on 6th February, 2014 at H. K. College Hall. We won the following prizes.

——–Total 6 Awards ——-

BEST PLAY THIRD : “KAALJA KERO KATKO”
BEST ACTOR FIRST : Harsh Thakkar (Lakhabhai)

Special Awards……………

BEST ACTOR : Vatsal Trivedi (Advocate Munjhaal Anjariya)
Asma Qureshi (Revati)
BEST MUSIC OPERATION : Kartavya Shah
BEST MAKE UP : Gautam Chauhan

Smpic(Jaimil Joshi) stood 1st in the poetry recitation competition held at Umiya Arts college in which there were 36 participants and won Winner Trophy and 3500 cash prize.

SMPIC stood 2nd in Nukkad Natak at Renaissance’14 organised by B.K. School of Management. Participants were:Asma Qureshi, Palkesh Agrawal, Jaimil Joshi and Usman Khedawala.

The following students participated in an essay writing competition organized by Shri Ram Chandra Mission& United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan.

1. Nilesh Anchalia (S.Y. B.com)
2. Mitesh Chhbaria (S.Y. B.com)
3. Eric Patel (S.Y. B.com)
4. Ankit Kandhari(S.Y. B.com)

SMPIC team participated in “MONETA 2013”, a national level financial market based management festival at R A Podar College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai in November 2013. Around 44 colleges participated from all over India. SMPIC students participated in competitions like Bullring, Blackgold, Mutual Fund Challenge, Ideas That Click, Battle of Nations, The Spokesperson, Board Room Challenge and Picasso. Monil Shah and Viveksingh Pabla won the first prize in Battle of Nations. Khyati Mehta and Akshat jain won the 3rd prize in Mutual Fund Challenge. Parth shah and Monil shah Secured 5th position in Ideas That Click -A business plan. They were awarded with medals and certificates.

Students of SMPIC participated in “Protashahan 2013”, National Level Management and Cultural Festival organised by Ganapat University on 25th and 26th October 2013. Parag Shah and Purva Rewlani won the second prize in Bollywood Quiz. Students were awarded trophy as well as cash prize of Rs.1500. Two teams of SMPIC comprising of Gaganpreet Bagga, Manthan Patel, Farhin Rainiwala ,Himani Jain bagged third prize in Treasure Hunt and both the SMPIC teams were awarded trophy as well as cash prize of Rs.1000. In addition to this, individual appreciation was awarded to Vivek Pabla, Nishith Kumarand and Krunal Shah.

SMPIC secured 3rd position in “MANEDGE 2014” an inter-collegiate presentation competition organised by J.G. College of commerce. Mansi Battiwala from semester-4 made a presentation on “study on financial management”. She was awarded a trophy with certificate.

Vivek Pabla from SMPIC secured second position in Ad film making and Pratik Choksi and group emerged as winners in Flash mob events securing second position in ‘Yuva Matdaar Mahotsav 2013’ a state level competition organized by the Government of Gujarat in August 2013. Both the event winners received a cash prize of Rs. 1000/- and certificate of merit by the Government of Gujarat . Vivek Pabla got selected in state level event of Yuva Mahotsav.

In “YOUNG VOTERS FESTIVAL- 2013” a state level competition organized by Election commission of Gujarat State, Viveksingh Pabla of SMPIC bagged 1st prize in Ad. Film making competition in Gujarat state and was felicitated on 25th Jan 2014, National Voter’s Day in the presence of the Governor of Gujarat “Dr. Kamla Beniwal” by the Chief Electoral Officer of Gujarat “Smt. Anita Karwal” with a certificate of merit and cash prize of Rs. 25,000. He was further felicitated at the flag hoisting event on 26th Jan 2014 by the General Manager of Reserve Bank of India Smt. Rakshadevi for this noteworthy achievement.

Isha Samrina of M.com. Part I bagged the first prize in poetry recitation competition organized by J. G. Commerce College on 19th August, 2013.

Vishal Chitlangiya stood 1st and Vikas Chitalangiya stood 2nd in State Level Commerce Idol Competition organized by City C. U. Shah Commerce College. SMPIC stood first for the consecutive 4th time.

Ms. Sonal Pandey of S.Y. B.com. won third prize in “Prof. B.R. Shenoy Memorial Trophy”, an inter College Essay – Seminar competition held at CU Shah City Commerce College. The topic was “Demographic Advantages of India”.

SMPIC won in the 9 events .
Poetry Recitation– Zalak Nathani
Folk Dance
Classical Dance– Ashna Shah
Classical Instrument(Percussion) Harshil Shah
Rally
One Act Play
Palkesh Agrawal
Devami Pandya
Danesh Gandhi
Dhara Bhatt
Anuja Gurjar
Dhrumil Shah
Asma Qureshi
Vatsal Trivedi
Riddhish Vora

Indian Group Song
Priyanka Thakar
Bhaumik Bhatt
Parshwa Shah
Mitwa Tiwari
Vishwa Shah
Foram Parikh

Western Group Song
Priyanka Thakar
Bhaumik Bhatt
Krishna Bhavsar
Yash Desai
Pratham Shah
Parita Shah
Western Solo
Priyanka Thakar

SMPIC bagged total five prizes in Inter-Zonal Youth Festival ‘Youngotsav 2013’ organized at SMPIC on 3rd and 4th October 2013.
1st Poetry Recitation– Zalak Nathani
1st Folk Dance
Aabha Parikh
Heli Soni
Mansi Prajapati
Devanshi Mehta
Nirali Shah
Drashti Shah
Vrushti Trivedi
Priyanshi Shah
Drashti Acharya
Priya Soni
Aneri Dudhiya
Kathanki Rawal
Jaimil Joshi
Utsav Solanki
Tapan Maheshwari
Nidhip Shah
Chitanya Patel
Akhil Mehta
Harsh Thakkar
Ashish Yadav
3rd Classical Dance– Ashna Shah
3rd Indian Group Song
Priyanka Thakar
Bhaumik Bhatt
Parshwa Shah
Mitwa Tiwari
Vishwa Shah
Foram Parikh
3rd Western Group Song
Priyanka Thakar
Bhaumik Bhatt
Krishna Bhavsar
Yash Desai
Pratham Shah
Parita Shah
3rd Western Solo
Priyanka Thakar

FOLK DANCE AND GARBA

SMPIC won the first prize in Rajasthani Folk Dance and 2nd prize in Raas at Sports Club Garba Competition organized on 4th October, 2013 in which more than 18 Institutional and Professional Garba groups participated.

SMPIC Folk dance team won Ahmedabad District Level Raas Competition at State Level Raas competition organized by Government of Gujarat on 6th October, 2013. SMPIC represented Government of Gujarat at International Dashera Festival Kullu on 14th and 15th October, 2013 organized by Government of Himachal Pradesh.

SMPIC Folk Dance Team will represent Gujarat University at West Zone Inter-University Youth Festival in December, 2013.

SMPIC’s award-winning play “Tu Ladje Anamika”, written and directed by Shri Abhishek Shah, was invited to be performed at M.P.J.I.M.R. Auditorium, Bhavan’s Cultural Centre, Andheri, Mumbai on 3rd August,2013. A special sponsorship of Rs. 25,000 was awarded by Gujarat Rajya Sangeet Natak Academy for the performance. The students have been regularly giving professional performances of the play. The 13th show in Mumbai was a stupendous success and received standing ovation from the audience.

SMPIC’s production, ‘Kalja Kero Katko’, has been adjudged as 3rd Best Play in INT and Gujarat Samachar Drama Competition . Around 25 plays were performed in a span of four days in the semi-finals. The play was awarded one of the best six plays in the semi-finals. ‘Kalja Kero Katko’ was performed on 30th January, 2014, by a team of 30 students at Thakorebhai Desai Hall. Harsh Thakkar (M.Com) was awarded the Best Actor Award. Devami Pandya (Sem V) was awarded 2nd Best Actress Award. Dishang Sheth (Sem V) was awarded the special Prize of Best Actor in Comic role.

With the support and encouragement of Prin. Dr. Ashwin Purohit, the play was written and directed by Abhishek Shah. The play upholds the dignity of the basic human emotion – love and talks about honour killing.

We further participated in ‘Aarangam’, a drama competiton organized by Rangmandal, Aarogya Samiti and Four Clowns. Around 25 plays which included professionals too, were performed in the competition on 3rd February, 2014, at Rangmandal Hall wherein ‘Tu Ladje Anamika’ was adjudged as 2nd Best Play. Abhishek Shah, the writer and director was awarded with a cash prize of 15000 Rs., a trophy and a certificate.

Lawn Tennis
Nandini of T.Y. B.Com. and Priyanka of S.Y. B. Com stood 3rd and 5th in Gujarat University inter college lawn tennis competition and got selected for zonals.
Shooting
Harshal Patel from T.Y. B.Com created a record by winning 6 gold medals and one bronze medal at 49th Gujarat State Shooting Championship on 18th September 2013.
Badminton
Shubham Agrawal stood 3rd in Gujarat University Inter college Badminton Competition and got selected for zonal level.
Namrata stood 6th in Gujarat University Inter college Badminton competition and got selected for zonal level.
Swimming
Jaslin Kaur Bagga stood 2nd in backstroke Gujarat University inter college swimming competition and got selected for zonal level.
Shivani Shah stood first in freestyle swimming Inter college competition and got selected for zonal level.
Best Physique Competition
Salman Sheikh of T. Y. B.com. stood first in 75 kg Best Physique Competition and Kaivan Dastoor stood second in 70kg Best Physique Competition in inter college competition organized by Gujarat University.
Cricket
Cricket Boys
SMPIC cricket team were the Runners up in GCA cricket tournament and reached in finals. They were also qualified for semi-finals in Gujarat University cricket tournament and Chimanbhai Inter-college tournament .
Performance
Ruchir Desai, Het Vyas and Jay Shah were selected in Gujarat University Cricket Team.
Cricket Girls
Girls cricket team were champions of Chimanbhai Girls Cricket Tournament.
Performance
Priyanka Maheshwari won the Players of the tournament Prize and Rohanshi Amin won the Bowling Prize. Rohanshi Amin also got selected in Gujarat State U-19 Girls team.

Josh 2013

S.M. Patel Institute of Commerce once again proved that it is far above the rest of the colleges in town by winning the intercollegiate event Josh organized by NAEMD. The college won the First prize in all the categories Fashion show , Michael Jackson at Bollywood and the Indian Dance . The cheer for the college was so loud that the college won the prize for the loudest cheer as well. Principal Dr. Ashwin Purohit and the incharge faculty members Prof. Bhavna Parwani, Prof. Bimal Solanki and Prof. Aashal Bhatt have always motivated the students to bring their best. The college has received tremendous support from the management especially Shri Sudhir Nanavati for excelling in extra curricular activities and encouraging the students by awarding cash prizes.

Josh

Khusboo Rupani won the 1st prize in Face Painting and 3rd prize in Tattooing competition in Josh 2013.

GlS IC Inter College Competition ( Raang Bahar)

Akshat Jain won the 1st prize in On the Spot Painting at Raang Bahar organized by GLS IC.

Young Voters Awareness Competition

Kavisha Doshi won the 1st prize in poster making , a state level Young Voters Awareness competition.

GLS Voice Competition

Kavisha Doshi, Sem 4 student won second prize in Poster making in the inter GLS institute competition organised by GLS Voice on 20^th Jan 2014.

YOUTH FESTIVAL

Youth Festival (Ellisbridge South Zone) 23-25th September 2013

SMPIC won in  the  9events .

Poetry Recitation– Zalak Nathani

Folk Dance

Classical Dance– Ashna Shah

Classical Instrument(Percussion) Harshil Shah

Youth festival Rally

 SMPIC participated in youth festival rally  based on theme VIHAAN  approximately 35 students participated and SMPIC secured 3^rd position.

One Act Play

Palkesh Agrawal, Devami Pandya, Danesh Gandhi, Dhara Bhatt, Anuja Gurjar, Dhrumil Shah, Asma Qureshi, Vatsal Trivedi, Riddhish Vora

Indian Group Song

Priyanka Thakar, Bhaumik Bhatt, Parshwa Shah, Mitwa Tiwari, Vishwa Shah, Foram Parikh

Western Group Song

Priyanka Thakar, Bhaumik Bhatt, Krishna Bhavsar, Yash Desai, Pratham Shah, Parita Shah

Western Solo

Priyanka Thakar

‘Youngotsav 2013’- Inter Zonal Youth Festival 3^rd and 4^th October,2013

S. M. Patel Institute of Commerce  hosted Gujarat University Inter-Zonal youth festival ‘Youngotsav 2013’ on 3rd and 4^th October, 2013.  Total 27 events were conducted at 7 different venues including College Campus, L. A. Shah College, GLS Skating Rink, GLS Auditorium, H. K. Hall and Thakorebhai Desai Hall.

The Inauguration function was held at Thakorebhai Desai Hall. Shri Sudhir Nanavati, Executive Vice President, GLS, Dr. Mukul Shah, In-charge Vice Chancellor, Gujarat University, and Ms. Pooja Gor, TV Celebrity(‘Pratigya’ fame) and Alumni of SMPIC were among the dignitaries present at the occasion.In the inaugural speech principal, Dr Ashwin Purohit, S.M. Patel Institute of Commerce welcomed all and motivated the students to set high standards for themselves and actively participate in various events. Shri Sudhir Nanavati, in his speech, laid emphasis on the fact that such events brought out the innate abilities of students and that GLS has always focused on all-round development of students. Dr. Mukul Shah stressed on importance of such events for youth in present time in his address.

The event had 1000 to 1200 student participants of different colleges affiliated to Gujarat University across Gujarat during these two days. About 127 colleges of 5 zones took part in Youngotsav. Competitions were organized during the two-day festival in the area of Music, Literary, Theatre, Dance and Fine Arts and winners of Zonal Youth Festival enthusiastically participated in various events.

The Valedictory Function and Prize Distribution were organized at GLS Auditorium. Shri N. R. Shah, Executive Director, GLS, RJ Kunal, renowned Radio Jockey(Radio Mirchi) and Ex-SMPICite, Shri V. K. Chavda, Assist. Director, Youth Welfare Dept., Gujarat University and  Dr.Ashwin Purohit, Principal, S. M. Patel Institute of Commerce  graced the occasion.

Inter-Zonal Youth Festival 2013 at SMPIC

SMPIC bagged total five prizes in Inter-Zonal Youth Festival ‘Youngotsav 2013’ organized at SMPIC on 3^rd and 4^th October 2013.

 1^st Poetry Recitation– Zalak Nathani

 1^st Folk Dance

Aabha Parikh, Heli Soni, Mansi Prajapati, Devanshi Mehta, Nirali Shah, Drashti Shah, Vrushti Trivedi, Priyanshi  Shah, Drashti Acharya, Priya Soni, Aneri Dudhiya, Kathanki Rawal, Jaimil Joshi, Utsav Solanki, Tapan Maheshwari, Nidhip Shah, Chitanya Patel, Akhil Mehta, Harsh Thakkar, Ashish Yadav

3^rd Classical Dance– Ashna Shah

3^rd Indian Group Song

Priyanka Thakar, Bhaumik Bhatt, Parshwa Shah, Mitwa Tiwari, Vishwa Shah, Foram Parikh

3^rd Western Group Song

Priyanka Thakar, Bhaumik Bhatt, Krishna Bhavsar, Yash Desai, Pratham Shah, Parita Shah

3^rd Western Solo

Priyanka Thakar

Achievements of Dhwaj Haria

Para-Academic Achievements

‘Tu Ladje Anamika…’a play written and directed by Abhishek Shah and performed by the students of SMPIC, won the ‘Best Play Award’ in one of the most reputed INT and Gujarat Samachar Drama Competition. Devami Pandya of semester IV has won the ‘Best Actress Award’ and Abhishek Shah won the ‘Best Director Award’. Out of five categories, SMPIC won prizes in three categories. SMPIC won the 3^rd Best Play Award  for ‘Thank You Mr. Glad’ in 2010-11 and 2^nd Best Play Award  for ‘Kaalu Atle Andharu’ in 2011-12. The participants of the play are  Meet, Vivek, Asma, Anuja, Devami, Dhara, Dhrumil, Falguni, Dhara, Dishang, Harsh, Kalgi, Krunal, Harsh, Palkesh, Raveena, Riddhish, Sanket, Saryu, Vatsal, Aashish and Sohel.

‘Tu Ladje Anamika…’ won the 2^nd Best Play Award in an inter-college drama competition ‘Veenaveli Drama Competition’ organized by H. K. Arts College on 7^th February, 2013. Devami Pandya of semester VI won the 2^nd Best Actress Award.

Smpic won the first  prize in Sports Club Garba Competition organized on 15^th October, 2012in which more than 18 Institutional and Professional Garba groups participated. The college was awarded Rs. 7,500 cash prize.

SMPIC stood second in Ellisbridge Gymkhana Competition organized on 19th October, 2012.

SMPIC represented Ahmedabad District at Gujarat Government Raas-Garba Competition. Ahmedabad District represented by SMPIC bagged the 3rd Prize and cash prize of RS. 31 thousand in this competition.

Kankaria Carnival

SMPIC folk dance team performed at Kankaria Carnival on 26th December,2012. The  team got the opportunity to perform  winning items Nagaru and Raas on the main stage.

Team Members

 Jaimil Joshi, Harsh Thakkar, Nidhip Shah, Tapan Maheshwari,Utsav Solanki, Dhiraj Punjabi, Aabha Parikh, Raveena Dave,Devami Pandya,Medha Patel, Khushboo Shah, Heany Pamnani,Mansi Prajapati, Anisha Shah,Bhakti Gandhi, Helly Soni, Mangalya Majmudar

S. M. Patel Institute Of Commerce was invited to give guest performance and also taught the steps of garba to the foreign delegates at International Conference for Academic Institutions at Pandit Dindayal Petrolium University on 9th January, 2013.

Ahmedabad Mirror Talent Hunt Competition

SMPIC students got selected for semifinals in Ahmedabad Mirror Talent Hunt Competition in following events held at  GLS campus.

1. SMPIC RAAS

2.SMPIC GARBO

3.Nidhip’s group

4 Utsav –Solo performance

5 Sweety- Solo singing

6  Jaimil Joshi and group –poetry recitation

7. Vishal-Solo Performance

8. Ashish-Solo Performance

WESTERN DANCE AND FASHION SHOW

Josh 2012

SMPIC was declared  the BEST COLLEGE for the fourth time in succession in Josh 2012 organised by NAEMD  on 21^st September 2012. SMPIC bagged the first prize, a trophy and a Cheque of Rs. 51000/- by the Dance India Dance fame judge Master Marzi Pestonjee. The main attraction this year was the Hooting Meter and when ever smpic performed the cheer was so loud that college was also awarded the trophy for the biggest cheer. SMPIC won in
Rock and Roll
Bollywood Tadka
Gujarati Dhamal
Fashion show – Trends of Gujarat
Students Idol
Mr. Academia
Colour Mozart- Face painting
Merilyn Mansion – Body painting

FINE ARTS

Fine Arts Competitions

Akshat Jain won the 1st Prize in on the spot painting in Rang Bahar, an inter-college fine Arts Competition organized by GLS Institute of Commerce from 28th to 31st August,2012.

Riddhi Dave won the 2^nd prize in poster making Inter College Competition organized  by K.K. Shah Jarodwala Maninagar  Science college on 8^th January,2013.

Riddhi Dave won the 2nd prize in poster making competition organized by M. P. Arts & M. H. Commerce College for Women on 19th January, 2013.

YOUTH FESTIVAL (ELLISBRIDGE SOUTH ZONE) 21-23 SEPTEMBER,’12.

SMPIC won in  the following 8events .

Extempore

 Winner: Isha Samrina

Elocution

Winner:Isha Samrina

Monoacting

Winner:Kinjal Joshi

Folk Dance

Winners:Abha Parikh, Raveena Dave, Bhoomi Patel, Heany Pamnani, Medha  Patel, Utsav Solanki, Nidhip Shah, Jaimil Joshi, Tapan Maheshwari, Mangalya Majmudar

Winners: Krishna Shah, Asma Quraishi, Riddhish Vora, Dishang Sheth, Kinjal Joshi, Anuja

Winners: Sumruti Anand, Shaily Bahedia, Aarti Chechani, Mansi Battiwala, Mittali Christachary, Parita Shah.

Winners: Mitwa Tiwari, Vishwa Shah, Chrissie Christian, Krishna Bhavsar, Bhaumik Bhatt, Parth Shah

Winners: Riddhish Vora

Folk Dance -2nd prize
Clssical/Instrumental -2nd prize
Mono-Acting-3rd prize

1.Swimming

Ajay Otwaniand  Zeel Sanghavi  participated in the Swimming Tournament on 8^th August, 2012held at Gujarat Vidhyapith, Ahmedabad.

2.Chess

SMPICathletesSankit Bhansali and  Riddhish Vora tookpart in the chess tournament held at K.R.Sant  Hall, City Campus Ahmadabadon 21^st August, 2012. Sankit Bhansali cleared 6 rounds out of 8 rounds. Riddhish Vora  cleared 5 rounds out of 8 rounds.

3.Cross Country

Govind Singh participated in the Cross Country Competition held at L. D. Arts College on 14^th August, 2012.

4.Badminton

Singles

Pratik Parmar secured  2^nd place in Gujarat University Inter College Competition.

Doubles

    Pratik Parmar and Shubham Agraval secured 2^nd place in Gujarat University Inter College

     Competition.

5.Football

 In football, SMPIC team reached up to the quarter finals in a competition at St. Xaviers   College, Ahmedabad on 10^th September, 2012.

6.      Wrestling

Mr. Kaivan Dastoor secured 3^rd position in an Inter-College Wrestling tournament held at University Gymkhana on 28^th August, 2012.

7.      Boxing

  Kaivan Dastoor secured  the 2nd position in an Inter-College Boxing tournament held at Naroda College on 25^th September, 2012.

Tennis sports meet was held at Racket Academy, Ahmedabad on 13^th October 2012. Nandini Pandya played up to Semi final in Singles.Nandini Pandya  & Priyanka Mahesarveri played up to Semi finalsDoubles.Nandini Pandya was also selected for Gujarat University in tennis.

SMPIC team reached in quarter finals in kabbadi tournament held at L. D. Arts college on 11th September,2012.

10. Table tennis

Aman Patel and Moiz participated in table tennis competition held on 15^th October, 2012 at University Gymkhana, Ahmedabad.

11. Volleyball

SMPIC participated in Volleyball competition held on 17^th and 18^th October, 2012 at M. G. Science College, Ahmedabad.

12. Cricket

Boys Cricket

SMPICreached in semi finals in inter college tournament and Jay Shah and Ruchir Desai got selected in Gujarat University team.

Girls Cricket

For the first time SMPIC participated in inter college girls cricket tournament and qualified for quarter finals which was held at Chimanbhai Institute of Management .

Practice session with  India and Pakistan Cricket Team

Mangalya Majmudar and Het Vyas from our institute got the opportunity to practice with players of Indian and Pakistan team on 27^th and 28^th December in T-20 match.

13. Powerlifting

Siddharth Trivedi participated in State Level Power Lifting Championship held  at Swaminarayan College, Ahmedabad and secured  the 3^rd position.

14. Shooting

Harshal  Patel participated in 48th Gujarat State Shooting Championship Competition 2012  held at rifle club, Ahmedabad from  21^st September, 2012 to 25^th September, 2012. He won total 5 gold & 1 silver medal.

15. Practice session with  India and Pakistan Cricket Team

Mangalya Majmudar and Het Vyas from our institute got the opportunity to practice with players of Indian and Pakistan team on 27^th and 28^th December in T-20 match.

AHMEDABAD MIRROR TALENT HUNT 2013

The Talent of SMPIC crowned “The Best” OR Winners of AM Talent Hunt: SMPIC’s Crowning Glory

Ahmedabad Mirror organized the city’s biggest inter college Talent Hunt for the students across Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. Preliminary rounds were conducted at the college premises and three hundred teams were selected across the two cities for the semi-final round. The semi-final round was held at Vastrapur Amphi theatre on 1^ST March,2013. 25 teams were selected for the finals. SMPIC’s three teams Jaimil Joshi and Group, the Garbo Group and SMPIC Dazzlers were among the finalists.

The grand finale of Ahmedabad Talent Mirror Talent Hunt was held at Karnavati Club on 16^th March, 2013, Saturday. On that sassy and jazzy night, among the 25 scintillating performances, the brilliant performances of SMPIC students rocked the night. Entertainment was at its peak and the best three participants were chosen and crowned the best. SMPIC took the honours with the champions – Jaimil Joshi and Group and the 1^st runners – up – Dazzlers. Jaimil Joshi, Asma Qureshi, Plakesh Agrawal, Dhara Bhatt, Dishang Seth and Juhi Panchal presented a poetic play written and directed by the group based on the recent Delhi gang-rape case, along with a sand rangoli simultaneously drawn by Juhi Panchal. The prize of Rs. 1,50,000 and a trophy was given away by the telly actor Siddharth Shukla (Balika Vadhu Fame)  and Ahmedabad Mirror Resident Editor Deepal Trivedi. The Dazzlers, Nidhip Shah, Darshin Shah, Chaitanya Patel, Shubham Barot, Ashish Yadav, Megha Nihlani, Prachi Sanghvi, Charmi Khandhar, Divya Asnani, Bijal Shah, Shikha Verma and Shaily Joshi, performed high on energy Bappa Morya number. The prize of Rs. 1,00,000 along with a trophy was given away by singer-writer Devang Patel and Kunjan Patel, director, Gotiz Group. The college has also been awarded with a trophy. The excellent co-ordination and the energy level was a sight to behold. The performances of SMPIC students not only moved and got the audience emotionally involved but left them spellbound.