Alumni Association

About the Association

Ex-Som, The Alumni Association of the college, although always functioning from early days was formally established in the year 2009 by registering with Assistant Registrar of Societies, Greater Mumbai vide registration # 2570 of 2009 GBBSD and Joint Charity Commissioner of Greater Mumbai.

The main objective being to create a forum where the alumni can give back to the college what they learned from here and bring in their valued experience to be shared with the current students so that knowledge multiplies. The association aims to bring alumni to together to create a pool of experience, talent and other resource which shall be involved in various activities like mentoring students, arranging and / or conducting seminars and workshops, raise funds to provide assistance to under privileged students, imparting life skill training and many more for the benefit of students and society at large.

The association feel happy & proud to see alumni making remarkable contributions in various fields of arts & culture, fashion, performing arts, social service & politics, NCC, sports, education, literary, journalism, civil services, industry & entrepreneurship, finance, corporate management and many more.

The college motto has always & “Gyandev Tu Kaivalyam” meaning Knowledge Alone Liberates.

The alumni of this college have always been in the forefront of multiple activities for the college including, amongst other:

  • industry interaction lectures
  • guidance seminars on career related topics
  • subject board members
  • member jury for college events
  • recruiters for companies
  • supporting poor students by way of fees.

The Alumni Association also contributes to students’ growth through financial means by providing scholarships for economically backward and meritorious students.

Some alumni are also now teaching in the college as professors / lecturers or working as non-teaching staff members with great distinction. Lately the immediate past as well as current Principal, Vice Principal, Dean of the college is also an Alumni of this college!!

 

Academic Support

Board of Studies & Academic Council: The Alumni Association is actively involved in the academic revision mechanism of the college. Representatives from the Ex-Som take part in the Board of Studies and Academic Council meetings and provide important suggestions on quality enhancement of teaching and learning processes.

 

Placement Support

Our Alumni help students to join industry / consultants / professional as trainee / employment. Many students undergo CA Article training under our Alumni who are practicing Chartered Accountants. They also provide employment opportunities to students in their firms / client organizations so the students’ learning can translate into application & they have hands on experience of delivery at ground zero.

 

Financial Support

The Alumni Association also contributes to students’ growth through financial means by providing scholarships for economically backward and meritorious students.

Members

Current Management Committee

Below Alumni members are elected and appointed as Management Committee members in the Annual General Meeting held on 25th September 2021

Dr. Veena Sanekar

Chairperson

Mr. Shyjo Paul

General Secretary

Mr. Dinesh Gaikwad

Joint Secretary

Mr. Jaydev Rajgopal

Joint Secretary

CA Nileshkumar Agarwal

Treasurer

Dr. Satish Pandey

Advisor

Dr. Satyawan Hanegave

Advisor

Dr. Anita Thakkar

Member

Mr. Amit Monde

Member

Mr. Manoj Kotian

Member

Mr. Naresh Mate

Member

Mrs. Krishna Nair

Member

Current College Association Members

Below Alumni Staff members are appointed as Alumni Association Coordinator Committee Members for the academic year 2022-23 by the college

CA Nileshkumar Agarwal

Coordinator

Dr Mrunal Bhatt

Member

Dr Shobha Mathew

Member

Dr Flora Pandya

Member

Mrs. Prasanna Suvarna

Member

Mr. Fenil Dedhiya

Member

Ms. Ananya Ghosh

Member

Mr. Sagar Chotaliya

Member

Sponsorship & Financial Assistance

The Alumni Association extends financial assistance to deserving students to continue & complete their education. Over past many years association has been able to raise funds from Alumni which are utilized for sponsoring and extending advance for payment of fees.

  • Year 2022/23
    1. Rs 10,645/- was advanced to Sis. Muskaan Khan for payment of her fees for FY BCom.
    2. Rs 7,319/- was paid towards sponsorship fees of Bro. Suryakant Surve for his MA (part I) fees.
  • Year 2021/22
    1. Rs 34,000/- was raised to provide financial assistance for people affected by Konkan Flood.
    2. Dr. Mrunal Bhatt contributed Rs 25,000/- as Corpus for Endowment Prize to students
  • Year 2020/21
    1. Course sponsorship of Rs 48,125/- was provided to financially underprivileged students who were unable to pay their college education fees.
    2. Collection from Faculties of the college towards sponsorship of Late Shri Omkar Singh’s (college staff) Daughter’s education - Rs 21,150/-.
  • Year 2019/20
    1. Course sponsorship of Rs 17,060/- was provided to financially underprivileged students who were unable to pay their college education fees.
    2. Rs 2,000/- were paid to a needy student who lost her house in fire.
  • Year 2017/18
    1. Course sponsorship of Rs 5,000/- was provided to financially underprivileged students who were unable to pay their college education fees.

List of Prominent Alumni with profile

Mr. Virendra Bakshi

Social worker & leader

Mr. Pavitra Bhatt

Famous Classical Dancer

Miss Sini Shetty

Femina Miss India World 2022

Smt. Vijaya Wad

Author, Educationist and Ex Chairperson of Marathi Vishwakosh - Government of Maharashtra

Mr. Shivaji Sutar

Indian Railway Traffic Service - Chief Public Relations Officer, Central Railway, Mumbai

Mr. Vasudevan Pillai

Founder, Chembur Education Society

Smt. Chitra Mudgal

Sahitya Academy Winner

Smt. Sarita Mali

Awardee 'Chancellor Fellowship' by the University of California, USA to pursue PhD in Hindi Literature

Dr. Satish Pandey

Dean, Languages at S K Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce

Mr. Vikram Singh

Director, Citicorp Services India Private Limited

Mr. Jaidev Rajgopal

Vice President, HDFC Bank

CA Sachin Negandhi

Senior Partner, K S Aiyar & Co, Chartered Accountant

CA Kiran Kotak

AGM, Digital Supply Chain Finance, ICICI Bank

Smt. Uttara Mone

Founder, Director - Miti Creations

Mr. Manoj Kotian

International Referee for Basketball

Smt. Kalpana Sathe

News Reader, Mumbai Doordarshan

Smt. Suwarna Joshi

News Reader, IBN Lokmat

Mr. Akshay Antani

Journalist

Mr. Sachin Lungse

Journalist, Lokmat

Mr. Anurag Tripathi

Sr Journalist, Navbharat Times

List Alumni working in the college

Dr. Veena Sanekar

I/c Principal & HoD – Dept of Marathi

Dr. Satyawan Hanegave

Vice-Principal & HoD – Dept of English

Dr. Hemali Sanghavi

Dean - Academics & HoD – Dept of History

Dr Mrunal Bhatt

HoD - Dept of Sanskrit

Dr Shobha Mathew

Asst. Professor - Dept of Commerce

CA Nilesh Agrawal

Asst. Professor - Dept of Accountancy

Dr Flora Pandya

Asst. Professor - Dept of Economics

Dr. Anita Thakkar

Asst. Teacher - Hindi

Dr. Priti Dave

Asst. Teacher - Gujarati

Mrs. Prasanna Suvarna

Asst. Teacher - Sociology

Mrs. Payal Parmar

Faculty - Dept of Accountancy

Mr. Sagar Chotaliya

Faculty - Dept of Gujarati

Ms. Heena Kokku

Teacher - Commerce

Ms. Purva Risbud

Teacher – Economics

Ms. Mugdha Risbud

Faculty - Sanskrit

Mr. Amit Monde

Jr. Clerk

Mr. Prashant Amberkar

Peon

Formation documents & Certificates

Activities