CCRM

Centre for Consumer Rights and Marketing

Centre for Consumer Rights and Marketing



ABOUT THE CENTRE

Symbiosis Law School Hyderabad is founded on the pillars of expertise, justice and service and is committed to impart quality legal education confirming to acclaimed International standards. Continuing the legacy of this Institution, the Centre for Consumer Rights and Marketing (CCRM) came to be established in the year 2019. This Centre has been established to advocate consumerism, spread awareness of redressal mechanisms, and to benefit students of SLS Hyderabad and other institutions in various laws related to consumerism and marketing. Team CCRM consists of members from first year through the fifth year along with our esteemed faculty in-charge Dr. Kishore Kumar.

This Centre aims to understand the multidimensional aspects of a buyer and seller relationship. This Centre also seeks to raise consumer awareness and also promote the importance of responsible marketing. These two elements together will lead to effective entrepreneur development.


OBJECTIVE OF THE CENTRE

  • To organize intra institutional competitions and activities to promote consumerism as well as responsible marketing
  • To acquaint students and institutions with consumer laws
  • To facilitate critical thinking among students and institutions concerning consumer rights
  • To organize inter-institutional competitions to promote consumerism as well as responsible marketing
  • ccrm@slsh.edu.in

Under the guidance of

  • Dr. Santosh Aghav - Director, SLSH
  • Dr. Anuradha B – Deputy Director, SLSH
  • Dr. Kishore Kumar. Y – Faculty In-Charge, CCRM
  • Ms. Ramanpreet Kaur Sandhawalia - Assisting to Faculty In-Charge, CCRM

List of Members


ADVISORY BOARD :-

1

Srinitya Jaiteerth Joshi

2018-23

2

A. Rajeshwaran

2018-23

3

Ashutosh Kumar Thakur

2018-23

4

Vinay Reddy

2018-23

5

Praneeth Gundala

2018-23


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE :-

1

Manasa Sriram

President (2019-24)

2

Nibha Govardhanagirin

Vice-President (2019-24)

3

Hardik Jayal

Head, Organizing & Finance (2019-24)

4

Aarohi Chouksey

Co-Head, Organizing and Finance (2020-25)

5

Revanth Reddy Chintam

Head, Research & Drafting Committee (2019-24)

6

Shreshtha Singh

Co-Head, Research & Drafting Committee (2020-25)

7

Karen Vania S

Head, PR and Media (2020-25)

8

Akshat

Co-Head, PR and Media (2020-25)


COMMITTEE MEMBERS :-

1

Ananya Pattabhiraman

2019-24

2

Vaibhav Chaudhari

2019-24

3

CVML Rishita

2019-24

4

Shruthi Reddy L

2020-25

5

V. Anshul Reddy

2020-25

6

Prerna Ganti

2020-25

7

Vetcha Sriya

2021-26

8

Ashirvad Gautam

2021-26

9

Sista Vyshnavi

2021-26

10

Chama Yogender Reddy

2022-27

11

Likitha Sri Meka

2022-27

12

Kutumbaka Sanjana Chowdary

2022-27

13

Amitesh Pau

2022-27



EVENTS REPORT 2020-22

  1. COPRO

    This is the flagship event of the centre conducted at a national level where colleges across India participate to debate about various burning issues related to consumer protection and marketing.


  2. COPRO 1.0

    COnsumer PROtections or COns and PROs? It doesn’t matter because COPRO 2019 debated it all out... 16 teams debating on various topics related to consumer protection, such as “Should a hospital be penalized for the medical negligence of the doctor?” and “Should Instagram influencers be penalized for promoting faulty products”, etc. The event gave new perspectives towards consumer rights and duties. It was a fascinating event for both participants and judges.

    COPRO Events

  3. COPRO 2.0

    This was a two-day debating tournament event that took place on google meet, where different topics were assigned to the participants. The most contentious discussions occurred during the sessions on the propositions that “the farm bill will increase the income gap between rich and poor farmers” and “the proposition believes that the farm bill will increase the income gap between rich and poor farmers”, respectively.

    COPRO 2.0 Events

  4. COPRO 3.0

    The theme for this edition was “Digital finance”, which was inspired by the theme for World Consumer Rights Day, 2022. The competition was conducted with the aim of providing the students at Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, with a platform to showcase their debating and speaking skills across four rounds before a panel of well-established academicians and professionals. The esteemed judges for the competition were Advocate Gautam Busi, Partner at Tempus Law Associates, and CA Mr. Geetanshu Bhalla, Founder of RSGB Business Consultants Private Limited, among many others.

    COPRO 3.0 Events

  5. QUIZUMER

    This is another flagship event of the centre which involves an exciting quiz revolving around topics related to marketing and consumerism. It involves various rounds such as fastest finger first, pounce and bounce, logo round, audio-visual etc. So far, three editions of the same have been successfully conducted, with the active participation of students, across batches of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad.

    QUIZUMER

WEBINARS

  1. A Two-Day National Webinar on "Corporate Sickness: Socioeconomic, Political and Legal Issues, Challenges & Implications."

    On the 11th and 12th of July 2020, the Centre for Consumer Rights and Marketing hosted a two-day webinar on the subject of Corporate Sickness: Socioeconomic, Political, and Legal Issues, Challenges, and Implications in association with Pious X Pg (MBA) College for Women. The webinar was conducted for two days which was further divided into 11 sessions in total. The guests and speakers discussed a range of subjects, including Corporate Sickness and the IBC, Debt Recovery Law in India, Challenges in the Transition to the New Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Role of an IP Professional under the IBC, Retrospect and Prospects of the IBC, Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets, and Enforcement of Seizure Orders. After a panel discussion on the subject of “Corporate Sickness: Political and Legal Issues and Challenges,” the two-day event came to an end. The occasion was a great success.


  2. National Webinar on the Future of the Consumer Protection Act

    On 24th December 2020, the Centre for Consumer Rights and Marketing (CCRM) and the Legal Aid Centre (LAC) planned to host a webinar on the subject of “The Future of Consumer Protection in the Light of Consumer Protection Act, 2019- The Sustainable Consumer” in honour of National Consumers Day, which has been observed on December 24 every year since 1986. This webinar was held online, precisely on Cisco WebEx. Students extensively participated in the competition, and the guests emphasized the students on Consumer Protection and the recent amendments in the Act.

    National Webinar on the Future of the Consumer Protection Act

  3. PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION ON WORLD CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY

    The Centre for Consumer Rights and Marketing (CCRM) held a photography competition in honour of World “Consumer Rights Day,” which is observed on March 15th, and invited interested individuals to submit their images by March 22nd, 2021, at the latest. This photography competition’s theme, “Tackling Plastic Pollution,” was chosen considering the world’s rising plastic pollution as well as the theme of World Consumer Rights Day in 2021. This was carried out to increase public awareness of plastic pollution and the harm it can do to the environment. The cell also hoped to demonstrate through this event how plastic may be recycled to reduce its adverse effects on the environment. Students from all around the nation were eligible to enter the competition.

    National photography competition

  4. AWARENESS RAISING PROGRAM ON CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY

    On March 15, 2022, World Consumer Rights Day, the Centre for Consumer Rights and Marketing held an awareness-raising session for the non-teaching personnel of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad. The theme of the event was fair digital finance, where a distinguished speaker at the occasion discussed about banking and financial frauds. In order to clarify the subject being discussed, as well as to see how much they were aware of it and how much they had learned during the session, he posed a few hypothetical as well as experience-based questions. He engaged the audience by asking them questions, and they eagerly participated in giving their answers.

    awareness-raising session

  5. BLAWG

    In order to foster student creativity and raise awareness of consumer rights and marketing, the Centre for Consumer Rights and Marketing (CCRM) organized an inter-college blog writing competition to encourage creative writing skills among students while promoting awareness regarding consumer rights and marketing. The participants were free to choose any topic related to Consumer Rights or Marketing. Participants took part enthusiastically and won the cash prize awarded to them.

    Blog writting competition

INTERNSHIP

  1. Internship 1.0 in 2020

    The Cell conducted its first virtual internship in 2020, which was primarily research-based and related to marketing trends and consumer problems that were widely prevalent at the time. The program ran throughout the month of June. Interns were given various tasks such as research, group discussion etc. during their time with us.


  2. Internship 2.0 in 2021

    After the success of Internship 1.0 in 2020, CCRM launched its second internship in August 2021, which was met with an overwhelming response of more than 800 applications, out of which 13 interns were shortlisted. Over the course of 21 days, the interns actively participated in various research, drafting, team building, and presentation activities. Everyone worked tremendously to make this internship successful.

    Internship 2.0 in 2021