Annual Report 2013-14 Respected Guests & Dear Members of ACE family, Greetings It is an immense pleasure for me to read out the annual report for 2013-14 of our Academy on its 12th foundation day. Founded on 2nd October, 2002 on the birth anniversary of the two patriots Gandhiji and Shastriji, our Academy has been continuing its journey with success in building the career of students. Towards Vision and Mission It was founded by 7 members with the vision of imparting value-based education and encouraging research so that market fit students can be produced. It was started with 2 rooms in the upstairs of this building and since then it has grown stretch by stretch and is now providing coaching not only here but also in Bhubaneswar. Our teachers are continuously engaged with research. The teachers of our academy are attending seminars and conferences and contributing research papers. The perfume of potentiality and professionalism is infinite. The fragrance of success is limitless. Students of ACE are rightly chasing their dreams and they are being guided by revered teachers. We do dare and dream what we desire and also successfully convert our dreams into reality. It is not possible to account all the achievements of the students during the year, but few of the pride moments brought by the performance of students are listed below: 1. Sandeep Kumar Agarwal and Ansu Murarka have passed CA Final. 2. Banashree Mohanty has passed CMA Final. 3. Satya Swaroop Pattnaik has secured 1st rank in Accountancy honours in B.Com. examination conducted by Utkal University. 4. Silpa Satpathy has secured 3rd rank in Accountancy honours in B.Com. examination conducted by Ravenshaw University. 5. G.Sagar, student of CA Final has presented a paper on Taxation at the National Conclave for CA students at Cuttack. 6. Padmanav Sahoo and Kishore Chandra Panda have joined with Investment banking companies after completing their Post Graduate in Management. 7. Rajesh Ranjan Roul has joined with Bhartiya Mahila Bank as Probationary Officer. 8. Julekha Yasmin and Nazia Zaman have been selected by TCS through the Ravenshaw University Campus placement. Activities: The following curricular activities were organized by the Academy during the year: 5th Accounting Quotient (AQ) test was conducted on 26th January 2014. Quiz competition among +2 students and Business G.K. competition among senior students. Student Seminars on the relevant current topics: Companies Act, 2013, Forensic Accounting, Stock Market and Understanding of Beta Factor. Annual post budget discussion. The students have successfully organised occasions like Republic Day, Independence Day, Saraswati Puja, Ganesh Puja, Farewell to +3 final year students and Teachers’ Day. The family members of our Academy went on picnic to Dhavaleswar sea beach. Entrepreneurship Cell of Academy of Commerce Education (ECA): An entrepreneurship cell of our academy has been established. The cell has started the manufacturing and selling of long exercise book by the B.Com. Final year students of 2013–14. The cell is also getting ignited with the support of alumni and students of the Academy. It seeks the guidance, support and co-operation from all the family members so that it can be converted into a co-operative movement. AACE (P) Ltd. and ACE: Since 2013, the Academy is operating as a unit under the Alumni Academy of Commerce Education (Pvt.) Ltd. Its directors N V Bhaskar Rao and Rakesh Kumar Patra are providing freedom to ACE in carrying out its academic activities and are taking the pain in complying with legal formalities and managing its finance. The Academy acknowledges the professional services rendered by Company Secretary CS Manish Chetani and Auditor CA Lalatendu Sahu of PAMS & Associates. ACEAA and ACE: The Academy is proud of its Alumni. With the initiative of our Alumni, branch of our Academy is opened at Bhubaneswar during the year. The Alumni has a regular interaction with current students. The Alumni Association known as ACEAA has undertaken the following activities for the students: Conducted Soft skill classes by inviting experts Conducted Career seminar on Actuary Organised Cricket match Conducted Career seminar on Lectureship Academy is drawing most of the faculties from among the members of ACEAA who are academicians or professionals or pursuing professional courses. A single activity or function would not have been successful without the support of ACEAA members. The members are the base for the Academy. Acknowledgement: The Academy hereby acknowledges the following persons and institutions for their support: 1. Prof. Nanda Kishore Puhan and Mr. Subhrajit Swain who graced the 11th Anniversary function. 2. Revered Professors of Commerce for their consistent support to our Academy. It is not possible to pen all the teachers, but to mention a few – Prof. Girija Prsad Acharya, Prof. Nanda Kishore Puhan, Prof. Ranjan Kumar Bal, Prof. D.V.Ramana, Dr.Rabindra Kumar Swain and Dr.Sabat Kumar Digal. 3. The renowned publishers like Suchita Publications, S.Chnad & Co. and Himalaya Publishers for updating with their latest publications. 4. Adifser IT solutions Pvt. Ltd. and its founder Mr. Biswajeet Basantaray for their consistent support in the maintenance and upgradation of our website “alumni-ace.org”. Thank You