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XAVERIAN COMMERCE SOCIETY
Ishaan Upadhyay & Mohit Maloo
Secretaries

The Xavier’s Commerce Society (XCS) is the representative society of the Department of Commerce of St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. The society strives for the progress and intellectual mastery of every undergraduate commerce student within the college. The society by organizing holistic events throughout the academic year ensures that every student is taught critical lessons before stepping into the Corporate World.

Motto

The Xavier’s Commerce Society was formed in March 2006 with the motto of ‘Dreams. Development. Destiny’.
Dreams symbolize the aspirations and desires of a person. The society encourages everyone to dream big and helps them to strengthen their abilities. Development stands for the process of gradual advancement from the stage of aspiration to the stage of achievement of one’s dreams. Destiny refers to the fate of a person’s life. At XCS, we believe that our destiny is not predetermined, but it is in our hands to shape our future.

Progress

The Xavier’s Commerce Society after its humble beginning with the launch of the annual journal of the Department of Commerce, ‘Youthink’, in 2006 branched into newer areas which allow the students to get adequate exposure to industry and help them hone their skills that are essential at the workplace. ‘Youthink’ has had subsequent publishes since its inception.

The year 2007 was a significant year in the society’s calendar as it initiated the intra-college management festival X-Calibre which tested the students on their finance, marketing and human resource dexterity.

In 2008 along with the existing events, the society evolved further with the incorporation of an intra-college business plan competition ‘Comquest’. The agenda of hosting Comquest was to give an insight to the students on how to draft a business plan which were later on reviewed by Venture Capitalists.

In 2009 the society reached a new landmark by organizing ‘Intelligentsia’, a panel discussion involving distinguished speakers. ‘Innovision’ which was a collection of a career related seminars was instituted in the same year. ‘Comquest’ by now was also being held at the inter-college level.

EVENTS

Innovation

Innovation, is an intra-college week long counseling event where professionals across various fields of business and academic institutions advised the students on numerous career options as well as matters pertinent to their personal life. Spread over a period of 5 days, Innovation covers more than 10 seminars, conducted by experts from established organizations such as Google, Ernst & Young, TCC Management Systems, Kredent Academy and Jones Long LaSalle Meghraj among others. The seminars elucidated students of the B.COM and BBA department on Prospective Careers in Finance, Soft-Skills, Resume Writing, Introduction of IFRS and how students could excel in group discussions and personal interview.

Inception

The year 2010 witnessed the beginning of a new event, Inception – A Management Simulation Programme, which was held exclusively for the first year students of the Commerce Department. Inception as an idea was generated for mentoring the first year students for the events of XCS to come in future. Having said that the Society set out the search for the ‘Best Manager’, guiding the new entrants through an elimination process, starting from group discussions; followed by a test on their Finance and Marketing understanding; and finally their handling of a Crisis Situation and Stress Interview.
 

X-Calibre

X-Calibre is our annual management festival held at the intra-college level in mid August. X-Calibre is a two-day event aimed to develop the soft-skills and leadership ability of students by implementing realistic theories of the business environment. X-Calibre roughly consists of 8 rounds which include hallmark events like Best Manager, Brand Manager, Finance Manager, Human Resource Manager, Public Relations Manager, Corporate Treasure Hunt, Corporate Quiz and a Business Plan Competition. Auditions are first held to guarantee a better competition on the final two days of the event. More than 600 students participate in the auditions each year which spread over a week and more than 1000 students witness the final events in the auditorium. The event year in year out is a grand success and is appreciated by all.

Youthink

Youthink is the annual journal of the Department of Commerce. Every year Youthink is launched following the echoing success of the previous editions. Youthink reaches a new milestone every year which comprises of notable articles authored by students and professors alike and interviews of industrial luminaries from India and abroad. The journal with each publication has revolved around the theme of ‘Globalisation’, ‘The Business of Sports’, ‘Turbulent Times’, ‘Superpowers’ and more recently ‘Change’. Work for Youthink begins 4 months in advance and over the years it has been proud to publish the interviews of Mr. Shah Rukh Khan, Mr. Rajdeep Sardesai – Editor-in-chief of CNN-IBN, Mr. Roopen Roy


– Managing Direct of Deloitte and Touche Consulting India, Mr. Deepak Parekh – Non-Executive Chairman of HDFC Ltd., Mr. Nitin Nohria – Dean of Harvard Business School, Mr. Koushik Chatterjee – Group CFO of Tata Steel and Mrs. Sagarika Ghose – Deputy Editor CNN-IBN. The journal is launched following the panel discussion Intelligentsia and over 3600 copies are published whose circulation also reached our sponsors and the top 20 commerce colleges of the country.

Intelligentsia

Intelligentsia, is our panel discussion which brings together eminent minds from the world of business and beyond. The theme for Intelligentsia is generally set to complement the theme of Youthink and hence in the last two years the panelists discussed the theme ‘Is India a pseudo-superpower, a superpower in disguise or a realistic assumption?’ and ‘What does India need: A growing economy or a changing mindset?’. In the past, the panel has included distinguished personalities such as Mr. Roopen Roy – Managing Director of Deloitte and Touche Consulting India, Mr. Sanjeev Goenka – Vice Chairman of RPG Enterprise Mr. Pawan Ruia

Chairman of Ruia Group, Mr. D. B. Desai - Managing Partner of D.B. Desai and Associates, Mr. Hemant Kanoria – Chairman of SREI, Mr. Noomi Mehta - Chairman and Managing Director of Selvel Vantage Group, Mr. Utpal Chatterjee - former Sheriff of Kolkata Mr. Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti – Former Commissioner of Kolkata Police, Mr. Chandradeep Mitra – Visiting Faculty IIM Calcutta and Lucknow, Dr. Sweta Sukul – Environment Management Division of SAIL and Mr. Pratip Kar – Consultant World Bank.

Comquest

In the era of increasing entrepreneurial endeavours, Comquest, our inter college Business Plan Competition, provides a platform for those who had ideas for a new and out-of-the-box business plan. Transiting from the intra-college level the winners then face their counterparts from other colleges. The participating teams over the years B.COM, BBA and Economics Department of St. Xavier’s College - Kolkata, J.B Birla Institute of Management, IIPM and Durgapur Engineering College to name a few. Comquest received an exceptional response and provided an incentive to the participants to perhaps give life to their idea.

Insignia

Insignia is our national level management festival. In February 2011 we organised the third installment of Insignia. While Insignia 2010 revisited the enrichment of the human spirit brought about by the Renaissance, Insignia 2011 rekindled the very essence of Indian spirit. Held on the 17th and 18th of February, Insignia 2011 saw the participation of the best commerce colleges across the country which included Shri Ram College of Commerce – New Delhi, Symbiosis Management University – Pune, Loyola College – Chennai, Christ University – Bengalooru and so on. The build up to Insignia 2011 branded as the ‘Insignia Week’ witnessed a flurry of promotional campaigns through social media websites, posters, banners and several hoardings around the city. Insignia 2011 also took a great leap forward in terms of the quality of its sub-events and participation. In the end Insignia got a roaring response and positive feedback from everyone who the Society caters to.

Industrial Visits

In its effort to acquaint commerce students with the industrial and manufacturing sector of the economy, the Xavier’s Commerce Society organises Industrial Visits every few months. These Industrial visits not only give students a first-hand experience of the manufacturing process of various industrial and consumer products, but also serve to satisfy their intellectual curiosity with regards to the effective management of large-scale production units and processes. In 2010, Industrial visits included the train-wagon manufacturing unit of Jessop & Co. Ltd., the tyre manufacturing units of Falcon Tyres and Dunlop Tyres in Mysore, the biscuit processing unit of Brittania, the battery production unit of Exide and the carbonated beverage manufacturing unit of Coca Cola in Dankuni among others.