Working together and growing together is essential today. The fast paced environment requires an individual to build a sustainable environment where one can interact, learn, and grow. Thus, to ensure the progression, peers play a pivotal role. Therefore, the term peer learning is quintessential for students in colleges and universities. At K J Somaiya Institute of Management, peer learning is synonymous with interacting, learning, and growing together.

Why Peer Learning is Important

Peer Learning builds shared wisdom where the sole purpose is not just idea generation but gaining mutual experiences and gathering knowledge. The committee work helps in peer learning. It not only provides a platform to share mutually decided opinions but promotes teamwork and accountability.Being part of a committee makes a person responsible and develops team building and managerial skills. Teamwork is an art, something one needs to learn at an early stage. At a stage of being a student of MBA, when your next step is getting into a corporate life, it is crucial to understand all the above aspects. 

Working in a committee and managing work along with studies helps you to excel in multi-tasking and time management. Peer learning has both aspects - social as well as professional. Nonetheless, the virtual atmosphere due to the global pandemic has not hampered the binding forces of peer learning but has rather enabled us to brainstorm and search for new modes to connect better and grow together. Diverse perspectives getting acknowledged with the same understanding and targeted towards similar goals which are mutually discussed and decided. Social interaction with peers is important for developing a sense of community, which is valuable for all students. 

Working Together as a Team

A team as whole works for convergent ideologies and practices which develop a sense of peer learning which does not get diluted over time. K J Somaiya Institute of Management provides its students with a holistic experience with around 28 committees which focus and provide an overall development scope for everyone.

These committees and clubs focus on the holistic development of the students. The committees are divided into 4 broad categories namely, Core Committees, Subject/Area Specific Committees, Committees Focused towards the Professional Growth of the Students and Committees Focused Towards the Cultural Development of the Students. These committees and clubs are completely driven by the students of K J Somaiya Institute of Management under the guidance of their faculty mentors. They organise intra-college as well as inter-college events and competitions on a regular basis to give a feel of the professional world out there and help bring out the best in them.

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Placement Committee

The Placement Committee and the Career Management & Corporate Relations (CMCR) work together to seamlessly integrate the knowledge imparted in the classroom to experience required to survive in corporate culture. Moreover, our unsaid objective is to achieve 100% placements year after year to give students the corporate opportunities they’re seeking successfully.
 

Admissions Committee

The face of K J Somaiya Institute of Management of every season for the hopeful aspirants. A team comprising nearly 70 students, faculty and staff manages the entire admissions process. They strategize and implement online and offline marketing activities for brand management of the institute. They undertake budgeting, cost benefit analysis and lead initiatives that shape perception of the institute They ensure to enhance the institute‟s brand value.
 

Student Council

The student council is responsible to build and sustain the brand of K J Somaiya Institute of Management .To work in accordance with all stakeholders, to ensure value addition to the institute and individuals, student council comes into play.  Student council acts as a liaison between the management and the students in order to attain cohesive development of K J Somaiya Institute of Management . They string together a plethora of committees on campus and ensures their smooth and dissent-proof functioning.
 

Public Relation and Branding Committee

This particular committee works towards building perceptions, understanding and conviction among target stakeholders through effective, precise & timely communication. Also, the committee is responsible to accentuate and build the multifaceted dimensions of K J Somaiya Institute of Management. 
 

We, at K J Somaiya Institute of Management, have other committees as well to ensure that our students are continuously progressing towards their set goals. Also, we make sure to provide them an ambient atmosphere with diversified learning experiences to help them learn from various other sources. Overall, peer learning is an effective way and integral part of K J Somaiya Institute of Management.