Ritu Waghmare

'Vitarka'​ is the Sanskrit word for ideation, deliberation and application of concepts, the ethos that also drives the official HR & IR club of SIBM,Pune. Vitarka is a hub for all things HR. Starting from the weekly HR Reviews and GK Reviews to National level business simulation competitions, the young Special Interest Group is racing into maturity. The HR Society works to add value to the HR batch through a number of activities. Every week, GK and HR reviews are posted on the official Facebook page of the club to keep students updated about happenings related to GK and HR in the current world. The HR club organizes HR Trivia Challenge to assist students in their Final Placements and enhance their knowledge about corporations. It organizes Whiplash, an HR/IR based national level online case study competition where the teams only get 3 hours to solve the entire case in a team of 2. It also organizes cHRysalis, a National level HR case study competition in association with Transcend, the flagship event of Co-Curricular Team. Another important feature in our calendar is the National level case study and simulation competition HReplica, organized in association with SECC during the E-Summit. Apart from this, National level Article writing competitions are organized as well. Industrial visits called Yathra are organized for MBA students of both 1st and 2nd year to provide them with corporate exposure and help them understand how HR functions in the corporate world. In Internship Hacks, seniors talk about their internship experiences and share tips on performing well with juniors. Excel Hacks is a peer-to-peer learning session where students are exposed to advanced Excel usage. Preparatory materials, lectures, mock GDs and interviews by seniors on important topics go a long way in preparing juniors for the summer-Internship recruitment process. HR Fusion and HR Recall are two of our bi-annual magazines that keeps the students in sync with industry trends.