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XAVIER’S COMMERCE SOCIETY

Pious Saraswat
Secretary

Xavier’s Commerce Society was founded in 2006 with the objective of developing and promoting those practical skills that would be required to excel in the world of business, for the undergraduate Commerce students of our college. Since its inception, the society has shown a meteoric growth in both its abilities and its efforts.

XCS began from the publication of the first annual journal for the commerce department, ‘Youthink,’ in 2006. To put our growth into perspective, in the past year XCS organized six intra college events, a state-level Business Plan Competition, and ‘Insignia,’ a successful national level management fest. The Society also successfully launched the fourth volume ‘Youthink’ this year, reaching a wider circulation with 3,400 copies. As a society, the XCS-ers define themselves by their commitment to excellence.

The year 2009 started off with Insignia in February, the first ever national level undergraduate commerce and management fest organised by the Commerce Department. The fest included events in the fields of Human Resource, Marketing, Finance, and Quizzing, designed to gauge the logical and analytical ability of the participants, while also tickling the brain cells of the audience. This grand event saw participation from the top commerce colleges over India including the likes of SRCC (Delhi), Loyola College (Chennai), Christ College (Bangalore) and CMS (Bangalore). The event was widely appreciated by students, and the auditorium was filled to capacity.

In August, we hosted X-Calibre, our intra-college business fest which focused on developing soft skills, leadership, and involving the practical implementation of theories and business knowledge. It consisted of eight events which included Best Manager, Brand Management, Human Resource Management, Financial Management and Corporate Quiz among others.

At the beginning of September we hosted Intelligentsia, a Panel Discussion that brought together eminent minds and icons from the world of business and beyond to discuss whether ‘Companies were hiding behind their brand names’. We saw the likes of Mr. Jayanta Roy of the Peerless Group, Mr. Sanjiv Goenka of the RPG Group, Mr. Rudrangshu Mukherjee of The Telegraph, Mr. Anshul Asawa of HUL and Mr. Noomi Mehta of Selvel stating their views on the topic and answering an array of intriguing questions afterwards. With an array of active and imaginative speakers and thoughtful questions, the outcome was an enjoyable dialogue between the speakers and the 600-strong audience. Along with the Panel Discussion was the release of the Fourth volume of our Annual Journal, Youthink with relevant theme of turbulent times. 3400 copies of our journal were distributed among students, teachers and the top Commerce and business colleges over India.

In November we held Comquest our annual business plan competition– which was aimed at promoting and developing the entrepreneurial spirit in the students, and challenging them to produce the perfect business plan. We had Comquest this year an intra college as well as an inter-college level with six teams from the State, including IIT-K presenting their plans. A team of students from IIM-C also gave a guest presentation on the topic. This year’s winners were our own B. Com team who came up with a marvellous plan on an eco-friendly resort.

XCS has always given special importance to understanding the practical aspects of industry. Understanding the importance of industrial visits in enhancing the corporate awareness of the students, we organised two industrial visits so far one to the Exide Battery Factory and another to the Government Mint.

Beyond the boundaries of our college, XCS also left a strong impression in colleges around India. This year we proved that we were a force to reckon with in the sphere of Management fests, with teams from our Department placing overall winners in the fests of Christ College (Bangalore), Jain University (Bangalore) and The Bhawanipore College. We were also placed second overall in the business fests organised by CMS (Bangalore) and the BBA Department of our College.

In February we plan to host the second edition of Insignia. Our objective is to improve the quality of the competition and raise the standard of the events we organise. Our aim is to make Insignia a pleasurable experience for all the people involved in it. After last year’s success, the bar is set.

The success of the Committee is a direct result of the unfailing support and guidance of Rev. Dr. Fr. Felix Raj, SJ. His unfailing faith in our abilities has been immensely helpful to our success. Rev. Dr. Fr. Dominic Savio, SJ and Professor M.M. Rahman have always been there to guide and support XCS. The society is grateful for their constant support and encouragement. What started off three years ago as a meeting point for like-minded youth has now evolved into a pro-active community dedicated to inculcating in students the necessary skills and talents required for excelling in the corporate world. Yet, we still have much to do, and in this growth is our joy.