Head: Dr. (Mrs.) G Padmavathy
The Department of Commerce began in the erstwhile Sri Sathya Sai Arts, Science and Commerce College for Men in 1969 at the Brindavan Campus and was extended to the Sri Sathya Sai Arts and Science College for Women at Anantapur in 1975. The current B.Com (Hons.) programme has kept pace with the rapid changes in the economic environment and offers students a wide variety of courses with electives in subjects ranging from Cost and Management Accountancy, International Business, Insurance, Advanced Financial Accounting, Investment Analysis in addition to providing sound basic knowledge in all important subjects in the field. The emphasis on values-based learning and an integrated approach to developing the students’ personality equip them with skills not merely for living but also for life.
The Department of Management Studies was inaugurated on 21 August 1986. With ‘Values Based Management’ and ‘Indian Ethos and Values’ as the foundation of the management programmes, the focus is on equipping students to recognize and meet the challenges of the ever-changing business environment. The department offers two programmes – the 3-year B.B.A. for undergraduate students and the 2-year M.B.A. programme for professional students. The course objectives and the syllabi stress the Revered Founder Chancellor’s thought that the core of management is ’Man Management’. Accordingly, classroom instructions are combined with experiential exercises, management games, self-awareness & personality development routines and analysis of case studies, to reinforce this philosophy. As per the directions of the Revered Founder Chancellor, students are given an exposure to real-life management issues. The MBA students are taken on a tour to leading industries and business organisations, between the first and second year of the MBA programme. During this tour, the students visit the shop-floor to observe manufacturing process and associated practices. The students also interact with the Senior Management team of these organisations.
In March 2015, in recognition of the commonalities and opportunities to work together in a way that wasn’t possible in the past, the Departments of Management Studies and the Department of Commerce merged together to form the Department of Management & Commerce.
Vision
To produce competent managers and professionals who will influence organizational systems, practices and human resources in the areas of management and commerce in both higher education and industry through their personal example, moral attitudes and ethical practices reflecting the teachings of the Revered Founder Chancellor, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.
Programmes Offered
Undergraduate
B.B.A. (Hons.)
B.Com. (Hons.) / (Hons. with Research)
Professional
M.B.A.
Research
Ph.D.
Facilities
The Department is equipped with facilities such as:
Department Library and Book Bank
Internet Connectivity and LCD Projector in every classroom
Multimedia Learning Centre with Video Conferencing and Digital Whiteboard facilities
Well-equipped department computer lab
Online access to International Journals and books such as EBSCO, UGC JCC, Inflibnet, Springerlink, Taylor and Francis, Elsevier and many more
Faculty
Achievements & Participation 2019/20
Dr. (Mrs.) Swetha Thiruchanuru
Completed an online certification course, Mindfulness Practitioner Course (Level 1, 2, 3 & Master), Ancient Art of Mindfulness, Academy of Modern Applied Psychology, 20 May 2020.
Attended a webinar on Research Capability Building – a Strategy to promote Research Culture in Higher Education, Bhavan’s Vivekananda College of Science, Secunderabad, 12-14 May 2020.
Dr. Sayee Manohar K
Chaired Conference Sessions, National Conference on Turbulence and Triumph in Business Environment (TTBE-2020), Government Arts College, Salem, Tamil Nadu, 29 Jan 2020.
Chaired Conference Sessions, National Conference on Indian Commerce & Industry, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai, 28 Feb 2020.
Prof. (Miss) N Niranjana
Resource Person, Faculty Development Programme on The Art of Effective Teaching (online), Excel College for Commerce and Science, Komarapalayam, Tamil Nadu, 14 May 2020 .
Received the Bharat Gaurav Award (conferred by leading lights of the Indian Government every year) for work in the field of Education, New Delhi, 2019.
Dr. G S Srirangarajan
Invited as a Member of the Administrative and Audit Committee, JAIN University, Bangalore, Oct 2019.
Attended the 4th Indian Edition of the Education Innovation Conference, organized by the Economic Policy Group (EPG), Bangalore, 19 Nov 2019.
Sri Vivek Kapoor
Nominated by CCS Haryana Agricultural University to evaluate their M.B.A. Students (M.B.A. in Agribusiness and General M.B.A. programmes), Jun 2019.
Sri M S Sai Vinod
Attended an online workshop on Scientific Writing for Journals, organized by Springer Nature, 20 May 2020.
Attended a virtual conference on Earth Day Energathon 2020, The Institute of Green Engineers (IGEN), 2 May 2020
Dr. B Chandrasekhar
Completed an Online Certification Course on Certified Credit Risk Analyst, Association of International Wealth Management of India (AIWMI), Feb-Apr 2020
Completed an Online Certification Course on Fixed Income Investing, Association of International Wealth Management of India (AIWMI), 10 Apr – 12 May 2020
Sri S Sai Manohar
Attended a training programme on Business Analytics, PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore, 29-30 Aug 2019
Sri Arvind Hejmadi
Attended a webinar on Navigating the Crisis & Beyond: Perspectives for Leaders in South Asia, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA, USA, 11 Apr 2020
Mrs. Akanksha Aggarwal
Attended a workshop on Achieving Excellence in Research Endeavor at PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore, 14-15 Feb 2020
Dr. Sanjay Mahalingam
Completed the Business Assessor Program of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), and provisionally certified as an assessor of organizations using the International EFQM framework, 4-11 May 2020
Miss Aparna V
Attended a webinar on Academic Research Methodology, Publication and Ethics, AICTE and Elsevier, 28 Apr 2020
Dr. (Mrs.) C Jayashree
Completed an Online Certification Course, Refresher Course In Commerce, SWAYAM, 1 Sep 2019 – 15 Jan 2020
Completed an Online Certification Course, Financial Markets & Emerging Business Models, SWAYAM, 15 Oct 2019 – 30 Jan 2020
Completed an online course, Descriptive Statistics with R Software, The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), May 2020
Attended a virtual Faculty Development Programme on Technology enabled Teaching and Remote Learning, St. Anne’s College for Women, Hyderabad, 30 May 2020
Attended an online workshop on Structural Equation Model (SEM) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) using AMOS, Institute for Statistics and Analytical Research (ISAR), 24-25 May 2020
Doctoral Research Scholars
Achievements & Participation 2019/20
Sri U Pranav
Attended the 6th Management Doctoral Research Colloquium and VGSOM Research Scholars’ Day, IIT Kharagpur, 5-6 Feb 2020.
Attended the Tenth National Level Workshop on Achieving Excellence in Research Endeavour, PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore, 14-15 Feb 2020.
Miss Padmalalitha T V
Attended the 6th Management Doctoral Research Colloquium and VGSOM Research Scholars’ Day, IIT Kharagpur, 5-6 Feb 2020.
Attended the Tenth National Level Workshop on Achieving Excellence in Research Endeavour, PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore, 14-15 Feb 2020.
Sri Barathram B
Attended a workshop on Advanced Research Methodology, Dr. N G P College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 11-13 Dec 2019.
Attended the South Zone Student Research Convention (Anveshan 2020), Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, 21-22 Jan 2020.
Students
Achievements 2019/20
Organizational Visits
At the end of each academic year, final year graduating students from various departments go on official visits to reputed organizations to get a feel of how what they learn in the classroom is applied in the real world. Students are accompanied by a few faculty members on these trips. During the academic year 2019/20, these included:
Anantapur Campus:
I M.B.A. students, Anekal, Karnataka and Bangalore, 15-16 Dec 2019
Organizations visited: Sai Vishram Business Hotel and Srinivasan Services Trust (SST). This included villages adopted by SST for inclusive development.
I M.B.A. students, Anantapur, 29 Dec 2019.
Organizations visited: Rural development and self-employment Training Institute (RUDSETI), Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh.
Prasanthi Nilayam Campus:
I M.B.A. students, Bangalore, Karnataka & Hosur, Tamil Nadu, 17-18 Sep 2019
Organizations visited: GE Healthcare, Times of India, TVS Motors
I M.B.A. students, Anekal, Karnataka and Bangalore, 17-18 Dec 2019
Organizations visited: Sai Vishram Business Hotel and Srinivasan Services Trust (SST). This included villages adopted by SST for inclusive development.
II B.B.A. students, Bangalore, 17 Feb 2020
Organizations visited: Volvo Construction Equipment
Projects & Dissertations
Listed below are the postgraduate and professional programme projects and dissertations for the academic year 2018/19:
National Examinations
A high percentage of SSSIHL postgraduate students qualified in national exams such as the GATE/JEST or the CSIR-UGC NET in 2019/20. The list below includes the national rank for each exam (if available):
UGC-NET (LS)
Ashish Salamatani (Commerce)
Tank Aditya Nitin (Tourism Administration & Management)
G Venkata Asrith Bharadwaja (Management)
Sai Venkata Sitaram Vandanapu (Management)
R Sai Naveen (Management)
Pokuri Sai Punitha (Management)
Research Areas
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Research Publications
Publications 2021/22
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Doctoral Research Scholars
Sri R Sai Naveen
Vulnerability in the leadership
Supervisor: Dr. U. Suma
Miss. Pragya Parashar
Community based sustainable rural tourism
Supervisor: Dr. N. Jayapradha