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Vol.3, No.1, August-December 2017

FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK

Dear Members,

I am happy to announce the release of Vol.3, No.1 of AIMS eNewsletter

which covers the reports of August to December 2017 received from

AIMS Members. I am thankful to all the contributors and would like to

request more and more members to contribute to the eNewsletter.

For various reasons, a few issues have been clubbed and this issue is

being released covering five months. From now onwards, we are going to

stick to the schedule of bi-monthly releases starting from January-

February (Vol. 3, No. 2) onwards.

Looking forward to your wholehearted support to AIMS Activities.

With fraternal regards,

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Vol.3, No.1, Aug-Dec 2017

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North Zone

1) Institute of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 2

2) JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur 4

3) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi 7

4) Faculty of Management Studies, (Institute of Management Studies) 9

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

5) Management Development Institute, Gurgaon 15

East Zone

6) Asian School of Business Management, Bhubaneswar 17

7) ICFAI University, Jharkhand 23

West Zone

8) 29th AIMS Annual Management Education Convention 26

9) Pioneer Institute of Professional Studies, Indore 33

10) Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore 34

11) Balaji Institute of Management and Human Resource Development, Pune 39

12) Events at Global Business School & Research Centre, Pune 40

13) Thakur Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai 43

South Zone

14) Adarsh Institute of Management and Information Technology, Bangalore 47

15) Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai 48

16) Dhruva College of Management, Hyderabad 56

17) Chetan Business School, Hubli 58

18) IFIM Business School, Bangalore 60

19) Rajalakshmi School of Business, Chennai 62

20) KLS Institute of Management Education and Research, Belagavi 64

21) New Horizon College of Engineering, Bangalore 68

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Institute of Management StudiesBanaras Hindu University, Varanasi

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Pledge Taking Ceremony held on 9th August2017


Institute of Management Studies, Banaras HinduUniversity organized a Pledge Taking Ceremonyat 9:30 AM on 9th August 2017 to mark the 75thAnniversary of Quit India Movement.

On the occasion, Prof Raj Kumar, Director andDean of the Institute read out the Pledge of“Creating a New India, which is clean and freef rom Pover ty, Cor rup t ion , Ter ror i smCommunalism and Casteism” to the gatheringof students, research scholars, faculties and staffmembers of the Institute.

The program was initiated as part of variousevents being organized during 9th to 30th August2017 to mark 75th Anniversary of Quit IndiaM o v e m e n t a n d 7 0 t h A n n i v e r s a r y o fIndependence of the nation.

The Pledge taking was also organized in theManagement Hostel also for inmates and staff.

The program was coordinated by Prof Usha Kiran

Rai

MoU Signed:

With the initiative of the Institute, a Memorandumof Understanding has been signed between BanarasHindu University and National Institute of RuralDevelopment & Panchayati Raj, North EasternRegional Center for academic collaboration.Admission activities for Batch 2018-2020 started.

Activities for admission to MBA and MBA IBprograms of the Institute for session 2018-2019 isstarted with the signing of MoU with the IIMLucknow to avail CAT 2017 score as non-IIMInstitute. Details may be accessed through websiteof the Institute (www.bhu.ac.in/fms)

Debate Competition and Talk on Pre and Post QIM

(26 August 2017)

(As part of activities organized to commemorate75th year of Quit India Movement & 71st Year ofIndependence of the Nation)

Institute of Management Studies Banaras HinduUniversity organized debate competition tocelebrate the 75th year of Quit India Movement and71st year of Independence of the Nation.

Prof Rajkumar, Dean, Director and Headdeliberated that the Quit India Movement is one ofthe most successful phase in Indian History. ProfRajkumar said that the movement brought all theIndians together in unity. Mrs Aparna Singh, PhDscholar talked about the principles of MahatmaGandhi and his ideology which is still relevant inthis modern era. The Students participated in thedebate competition with full Enthusiasm, Studentstalked about the recent development which tookplace and also touched the topic of social evilswhich are still persisting in the country.

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The coordinator of the event was Prof Usha KiranRai and Dr Amit Gautam. The panel for the eventconsisted of Dr Anurag Singh and Dr ShashiSr ivastava. Part ic ipants in the Debatecompetition:

Ms Shrishti Singh (MBA I Sem.)(I Prize)

Mr Nayanjyoti Nandi (MBA I Sem.)(II Prize)

Ms Rituja Gupta (MBA I Sem.)(III Prize)

Institute of Management Studies, Banaras HinduUniversity organized a Guest Lecture on“Opportunities and Economic Scenario” on 10August 2017. Dr M Satish Kumar, Director ofInternationalization, School of Natural and BuiltEnvironment, Queen's University, Belfast, Irelandwas the Guest Speaker on the occasion. Prof RajKumar, Director of the Institute welcomed theGuest and students on the occasion. Prof P VRajeev introduced Dr M Satish Kumar to thestudents. Dr Satish Kumar discussed on variousissues related to emerging economic scenario,GST and opportunities available therein.

Workshop on ''Corporate Job EmployabilitySkills''

Institute of Management Studies, Banaras HinduUniversity organised a workshop on ''CorporateJob Employability Skills'' on 16 August 2017 forstudents. The event encapsulated the theme of''Skill India'' by Young Skilled India which is aNational Platform to improve the CorporateEmployability Skills among the students throughProfessional Networking & Practical Training. Theevent aims at transforming the attitudes anddemeanour of the students to become placementand corporate ready. The keynote trainer wasMr Niraj Srivastava (IIM-C), a professional havingvaried experience in industry and academia.

Mr Niraj Srivastava spoke about the importance ofhaving the requisite skill-set that makes theindividual's employability aspects brighter. Theimperative skills that were highlighted are that thestudents must possess unparalleled 'Presentationand Problem Solving Skills'. In this digital era it is amust that digital compatibility and digitalknowledge becomes a core strength of everystudent. In addition to this the human resourceaspect of team and conflict handling becomes ofumpteen importance. The much successful eventwas conducted and coordinated by Prof H PMathur, Co-coordinator, University Placement Cell.The event was culminated on a very high note by avote of thanks by Ashwarya Singh. Utkarsh, Saurav,Yogita, Puja, Anubha & Dolly played a major role inconducting the event. The event was summarizedwith a promise of more such events in the future.

Seminar on "Business Strategy - A conceptual andPractice framework"

Institute of Management Studies Banaras HinduUniversity organized a seminar on "BusinessStrategy - A conceptual and Practice framework".The Key note Speaker of the Seminar was Mr ArvindKumar, Senior Vice President, Corporate AffairsEDELWEISS. Mr Kumar talked about Strategicformulations and said that Strategy is all aboutmaking choice and taking risks. Mr Singh said thatto become market leader in any sector successfulcompanies transform themselves periodically tobuild the necessary competencies. Prof Rajkumar,Director and Dean of the Institute in his welcomeaddress said that discipline plays a major role insuccess of both the organization and the individual.The event was coordinated by Prof H P Mathur,Coordinator, University Placement Cell andDr Amit Gautam. Prof Mathur, while addressing thestudents, mentioned that without proper execution,strategic formulation is insignificant. The Studentsfrom MBA and MBA IB batch took part in thediscussion and make the event an interactive oneand suggested that these types of seminars shouldbe hosted in the coming days. Prof PriyankarUpadhyay, UNESCO Chair-holder, BHU proposedvote of thanks on the occasion.

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JK Lakshmipat UniversityJaipur

A Brief on Some Key Activities of JK Lakshmipat University(September 2017- October 2017)

JKLU Laureate Award Ceremony & Hari ShankarSinghania Memorial Oration

The Fourth JKLU Laureate Award was conferredon noted management guru Prof Ram Charanduring the award ceremony held at B M BirlaAuditorium, Jaipur on September 26, 2017. TheCeremony was presided over by Shri Bharat HariSinghania, Hon'ble Chancellor of the Universityand was attended by members of the Board ofManagement, Academic Council and Board ofStudies of the University along with guests,invitees, parents, students and fraternal membersof the University. Prof Ram Charan also deliveredthe Fourth Hari Shankar Singhania MemorialOration on the topic 'we make the future'. Dr R LRaina, Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, JKLU deliveredthe welcome address and threw light on variousacademic activities held in the university duringthe last one year. Thereafter, Shri Bharat HariSinghania, Hon'ble Chancellor – JKLU sharedthe philosophy behind instituting the JKLULaureate Award and also the series of HariShankar Singhania Memorial Orations.

Glimpse of Laureate Award Ceremony

with a legendary management Guru, Prof RamCharan on Sept 26, 2017. Prof Charan saidunemployment is a big challenge for India and it isthe duty of academic institutes to make thememployable with the right aptitude by settingacademic standards. The institutions should changetheir curriculum to compete with the cutting edgeword. He suggested to send the students oninternships for two months under the guidance ofbusiness leaders. This internship should consist offive hours of learning and six hours of training everyday. This initiative would automatically make thememployable. He further said that learning;researching and delivering should be a continuousprocess for every faculty. The session wascoordinated by Dr Sheetal Mundra.

Prof Ram Charan interacting with faculty

Faculty Interaction with Prof Ram CharanIn this series of distinguished lectures, theuniversity also organized a faculty interaction

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University, Jaipur

A National Quiz Contest called India IntelligenceContest was organized by JK Lakshmipat University,Jaipur on 20 September 2017. The contest startedth

with prayer of goddess Saraswati. The welcomeaddress was delivered by Hon'ble Vice Chancellor,JK Lakshmipat University, Dr R L Raina wherein heemphasized on the importance of such quizcontests to gauge the intelligence quotient of

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students. Thereafter, Dr Anupam Kumar Singh,Director IET briefed the audience about theprogram. Chief Guest of the program was RanisaRukshmani Kumari Ji, founder of the NGO StarFoundation. She highlighted that it is the spirit ofparticipation and competition which is moreimportant than winning or losing the contest andencouraged the students to maintain this spiritthroughout their life. Prof Yogesh Rohilla, ProfVinod K Vishwakarma and Dr Poonam Vyas,coordinated the event.

Honorable Vice Chancellor and Directorpresenting Memento to Chief Guest

The Success Story of HCL

With a view to develop faculty and keep themupdated with upcoming trends and opportunitiesin management, engineering and technologydisciplines, JK Lakshmipat University hosts visitsof many eminent personalities. It was indeed aproud moment for JKLU when the universitywitnessed the presence of luminary personalityMr Ajai Chowdhry, one of the six foundermembers of HCL on September 20, 2017 underDistinguished Lecture Series. He delivered a talkon “The Success Story of HCL : How theCompany Created” and shared the inspirationalstory of Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL), itscreation, operation and sustainable management.The talk was coordinated by Dr S S Sengar.

Dr R L Raina extending floral welcome toMr Ajai Chowdhry

JK Lakshmipat University Celebrated Founder'sDay on November 23 , 2017rd

JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur celebrated the 107th

Birth Anniversary of its Founder, Lala LakshmipatSinghania with exuberance and elegance onNovember 23, 2017. Shri Bharat Hariji Singhania,Honourable Chancellor of the University andPresident, JK Organisation graced the occasion withhis presence. , Hon'bleShri Rajpal Singh ShekhawatMinister of Industry, Government of Rajasthan wasinvited as the Chief Guest on this occasion. ShriBharat Hariji Singhania threw light upon theillustrious journey of the JKO over last one decadeand inspiring contributions made by its Founder,Lala Lakshmipatji Singhania. Speaking as the ChiefGuest, Shri Rajpal Singh Shekhawat expressed hispleasure in being a part of the ceremony and urgedall the students to take maximum advantage of thelearning opportunities provided by the University.

Glimpse of Founder's Day Celebrations at JKLU

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Interactive Session of Dr Pramath Raj Sinhawith Faculty Members

JK Lakshmipat University organized a facultyinteraction with newly Inducted member of theBoard of Management, Dr Pramath Raj Sinha, onDecember 8, 2017 in IM Amphitheatre. Dr Sinhahas been associated with the Indian School ofBusiness (ISB) and Ashoka University. During thesession he emphasized on making educationsystem more flexible in terms of depth and width.He strongly believes that India would be apowerhouse of building world class institutions.He further said in India students and job marketdecides that a program is academically sound ornot. It is not only availability of the resources butthe usage of resources which decides thepossibility of achieving the goals. Children areimmature in taking decisions in their early stage.So do not limit their scope and offer them widerange of courses with full flexibility to make themversatile. While highlighting the importance ofcommunication, he said Reading, Listening andWriting are the basic requirements of the world,so these should be the baseline of educationsystem. Learning by doing and experientiallearning should also be adopted by academicinstitutions. The session was coordinated by DrSheetal Mundra.

Dr Pramath Raj Sinha during his interactivesession

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September 2017The International Business Conclave wasorganized successfully in Singapore on 29th

September 2017 this year. The theme of theconclave was “Disruptors of Global BusinessLandscape in Politics, Business and Technology”.Eminent Alumni and Industry deliberated on thetheme during the event. Prof Manoj Pant,Director, IIFT, graced the event.

Indian Institute of Foreign TradeNew Delhi

November, 2017

The Grand Alumni Reunion was organizedsuccessfully this year on 25 November 2017.th

Alumni across the globe participated during thereunion. Alumni evening was celebratedenthusiastically. The prestigious IIFT Alumnus ofthe Year – 2017 was conferred to Mr KaustubhWadekar, Group Chief Procurement Officer,

Singtel, Singapore. As a new initiative, 10 yearalumni reunion was organized to felicitate batch of2007 to enhance Alumni – Alma Mater Connect.

IIFT participated in the 13 Higher Educationth

Summit & Exhibition 2017, a joint initiative ofMinistry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of IndiaFederation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &Industry (FICCI) & Service Export PromotionCouncil (SEPC), in association with Ministry ofHuman Resource Development & Govt. of Indiaduring 9-11 November, 2017 at India Expo Centre,th

Greater Noida.

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December, 2017

The Convocation of MBA (IB) 2016-17 Batch washeld on 4 December, 2017 at IFM, Tanzania.th

Twenty Eight students were awarded the degrees.Dr Satinder Bhatia, Chairperson (IPD) presidedover the function.

IIFT as 'Sponsor' with Ernst & Young LLP as'Knowledge Provider' organised a Roundtable on'Trade Policy' at IIFT Campus on 19 December,th

2017.

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Institute of Management Studies(Faculty of Management Studies)

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221005

Seminar on Importance of Stock Market forstudents & Stockmind Season VI (26-27 October2017)

The Institute of Management Studies, BanarasHindu University in coordination with ICICIDirect organized a seminar on “Importance ofStock Market for students” and organizedStockmind Season VI (Vi r tua l TradingCompetition) for the students on 26 & 27 October2017. The event saw the participation of studentsfrom different faculties of the university.

Visit of Sriman Jityendra Singh Gaekwad (7October 2017)

Sriman Jityendra Singh Gaekwad, GreatGrandson of Maharaja Sayaji Rao Gaekwadvisited the Institute on 7 October 2017 and hadth

an interaction with the faculty members in thePlacement Cell of the Institute. Prof Raj Kumar,Director and Dean of the Institute welcomed SriGaekwad on the occasion. As a token of respect,Prof Raj Kumar presented a shawl and mementoto Sri Gaekwad.

Prof Usha Kiran Rai, Prof Rekha Prasad, ProfAshish Bajpai, Prof P V Rajeev, Prof R K Lodhwal,Dr Amit Gautam, Dr Anurag Singh, Dr RajkiranPrabhakar and research scholars and studentsparticipated in the Interaction.

Prof Raj Kumar, Director and Dean, Institute ofManagement Studies explained the significance ofcleanliness and hygiene by saying that it was thedriving factor for a clean society. Prof Raj Kumaralso emphasized on the importance of SwachhBharat Mission run by our honourable PM ShriNarendra Modi by saying that it was one of thevisions of our Father of Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.Afterwards, the workers were also motivated toeducate their children as it was their birth right andthe key for development.

Among others, Prof Ushakiran Rai, Dr Anurag Singh,Prof K Dubey, Dr Shashi Srivastava, Dr Amit Gautamand Dr Rajkiran Prabhakar along with researchscholars were presented on the occasion.

Institute of Management Studies Banaras HinduUniversity organized " ". HindiHindi PakhwadaQuiz, Debate on Demonetization and Hindi Poemrecitation competition were organized as part of theevent.

Meetings and Interaction Sessions held

Details of activities organized duringSeptember to October 2017

Awareness Campaign as part of Swachh BharatMission (16 September 2017)

Institute of Management Studies, Banaras HinduUniversity organized an Awareness Campaign

under the Swachh Bharat Mission on 16 September2017. Faculty members along with students andresearch scholars actively participated in the event.The group of faculty members and students visitedlabour camps nearer to the International Hostel andinteracted with the laborers and family memberspresent over there.

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Faculty of Management StudiesBanaras Hindu University

Varanasi

Institute Day (16 December 2017)th

The Faculty of Management Studies, BanarasHindu University was upgraded to Institute ofManagement Studies on 16 of December 2016,th

and it has been decided by the Institute to observeInstitute Day on 16 December every year.th

Accordingly, on 16 December 2017, theth

Institute Day was celebrated with great joy as thisis also the Golden Jubilee Year of commencementof Professional Management Education in theUniversity.

(From L to R: Prof Raj Kumar, Director & Dean,Prof R K Lodhwal, Prof H C Chaudhary, Prof C

Lal, Prof A K Shah, Prof Usha Kiran Rai)

The Chief Guest of the function was former Headand Dean of the then Faculty, Prof A K Shah.Prof Shah said in emotional words that theInstitute is the reward of their hard work anddedication and reflection of their love and respecttowards Pt Madan Mohan Malaviya, the GreatFounder of the University.

Former Head & Dean of the then Faculty Prof CLal, recalling the Golden Age of the Institution,said that education and teachers were worldrenowned and they were invited for conferencesand programs. Speaking about the responsibilitiesof the organization, Prof Lal detailed about theenhanced responsibility that comes with theupgradation of the Faculty to Institute ofManagement Studies.

In his welcome address, Prof Raj Kumar, Directorof the Institute said that Prof Shah and Prof Lal aretheir mentors and said that the life of the masters

leads us from darkness to light in life. Prof H CChaudhari, Former Head and Dean gave a briefintroduction about history of ManagementEducation in the University which gradually hadgrown to a premier Management Institute of theCountry. The Program was coordinated by Prof R KLodhwal and vote of thanks was proposed by ProfUsha Kiran Rai. Faculty members, students,scholars, staff members and eminent alumni of theInstitute also present on the occasion. Students ofthe Institute presented colourful cultural programon the occasion.

National Workshop on Structural EquationModeling (12 to 17 , December 2017)th th

The Institute organized a one-week NationalWorkshop on Structural Equation Modeling from12 to 17 December 2017. Structural Equationth th

Modeling (SEM) is a very resourceful and powerfulmethod for modeling and testing complexrelationships among multiple variables. It is acombination of factor analysis and regressionanalysis, specifying the observed variables and theunobserved/latent variables with their errors inmeasurement that are not observed in manymultivariate analyses. It is a family of techniquesthat covers factor analysis, path analysis, regressionmodels, and change analysis. The Workshopcovered dedicated theory sessions followed bythorough practical sessions on Structural EquationModeling using AMOS.

The key resource person of the Workshop wasDr Vishal Vyas, IIITM, Gwalior. About 30 ResearchScholars and faculty members from different parts ofthe country participated in the Workshop. Prof RajKumar, Director & Dean was the Chairman of theWorkshop. Dr Anindita Chakaborty was theCoordinator of the Workshop.

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Workshop on Role of Social Media (1 Decemberst

2017)

A Workshop on Role of Social Media wasconducted in the Institute on 1 December 2017.st

Prof Alok Kr Rai enlightened the participants withvarious aspects of Social Media and how to use iteffectively. Faculty members, students, researchscholars and staff members attended theworkshop.

Constitution Day (28 November 2017) andObservance of Vigilance Awareness Week.

The Institute organized events to mark VigilanceAwareness Week (on 3 November 2017) andrd

Constitution Day (28 November 2017). Onth

these occasions, Students, Scholars and facultyand staff members took pledge and read outFundamental Duties to enhance awareness andnational consciousness.

Workshop on the Genesis of Small Finance Bankand Way Forward (18th November 2017)

A one-day Workshop on “the Genesis of SmallFinance Banks and Way Forward” was organized inthe Institute of Management Studies, Banaras HinduUniversity on 18 November 2017. The Workshopth

was organized in association with Utkarsh SmallFinance Bank. The objective of the Workshop was tofamiliarize the participants with the concept, origin,importance and future of Small Finance Banks in thecountry.

Mr Ashwani Kumar, Dy Vice President (HR,Training & Corporate Communications), UtkarshSmall Finance Bank was the key resource Person inthe Workshop. Shri Ashwani Kumar advised thestudents to set a career objective and do toughpreparations for achieveing it. Knowing every bit ofthe specialization opted is vital. He also introducedthe students with Micro Banking and the journeyfrom Micro Finance to Micro Banking. The speakerenlightened the students with the scope of MicroBanking, working of SHG, JLG, types of NBFCs,etc., and explained the concepts with real lifeexamples. The Workshop helped and facilitatedstudents to take an informed decision to opt a careerin microfinance and small finance banks.

The Workshop commenced with an InauguralSession in which Prof Raj Kumar, Director of theInstitute welcomed the distinguished guests andparticipants in the Workshop. In his welcomespeech Prof Raj Kumar underlined the importantrole being played by Small Finance Banks andMicro Finance institutions to uplift sociallyexclusive sections of the society.

In the introductory session, Mr Gaurav KumarSingh, Asst Manager, Corporate Communications,

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spoke about the objectives of the Workshop. Theinitiative is intended to enable the participatingstudents to take informed decision with regard toopting career in the Small Finance Banks. MsPriyanka Bisht, Executive from Utkarsh SmallFinance Bank was also present in the Workshop.

The Workshop was coordinated by Prof P VRajeev, Course Coordinator, Diploma inMicrofinance and Entrepreneurship. Students ofall courses running in the Institute including MBAAgribusiness students participated in theWorkshop.

Capacity Assessment of Terminal Building of LBSInternational Airport (11, 12 & 14 Nov 2017)

The first year students of MBA, MBA IB and MBAAgribusiness of the Institute of ManagementStudies, Banaras Hindu University conducted aSurvey at LBS International Airport as part of theStudy for Capacity Assessment of the TerminalBuilding.

The survey was conducted on 11 , 12 & 14th th th

November 2017 in which 54 first year studentsand six research scholars participated. Facultymembers were also present on the occasion forguidance and coordination of the students in theactivity. The Airport Authority highly appreciatedthe efforts made by the students and facultymembers of the institute in conducting the survey.

Earlier on 30 October 2017, Prof Raj Kumar,th

Director of the Institute of Management Studies,BHU had a meeting with Sri A K Rai, AirportDirector, LBS International Airport and discussedon various issues of collaboration between theInstitute and AAI. The survey was conducted incontinuation of the discussions held in themeeting.

Workshop on Gender Sensitization (9 Novemberth

2017)

AWorkshop on Gender Sensitization was organizedin the Institute on 9 November 2017. Students ofth

the Institute presented skits for creating awarenesson gender Sensitization on the occasion. The keyresource person of the Workshop was Prof RoyanaSingh, Chief Proctor, Banaras Hindu University whowas the first woman Chief Proctor of the University.

Workshop on “Emotional Intelligence - A keyfactor in managerial success” (7 November 2017)th

A workshop on "Emotional Intelligence - A keyfactor in managerial success" was organized by theInstitute of Management Studies, Banaras HinduUniversity on 7 November 2017. The Chief Guestth

and Key Resource Person of the Workshop was Dr BR Singh, Managing Director, Strategic ManagementConsultant, Mumbai who is also a DistinguishedAlumnus of the Institute.

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Dr Singh discussed various concepts related tobusiness strategies and disciplines that should bemaintained in real time business cycles. Being analumnus of the institution Dr Singh also sharedexperiences of his college days and sharedtapping umpteen opportunities by way ofemotional intelligence and hence providingourselves a holistic view point. Dr Singhmentioned that little emotions are great captainsof our life and it should be obeyed without anydisguise.

Prof P S Tripathi, Officiating Director and Dean ofthe Institute welcomed the guest and students onthe occasion. In his welcome speech, Prof Tripathiexpressed about requirement of EmotionalQuotient in this industrial era where anxiety,suffering, depression surrounds the people.

Prof H P Mathur briefing on the topic of theworkshop, discussed the importance of high IQ(intelligence quotient) clubbed with EQ(emotional quotient) in this digitalized era, so thatwe can not only survive but thrive in the era of cutthroat competition. Prof Ashish Bajpai extendedvote of thanks. Prof Ashish Singh, Dr Subash Singhand Dr Saurabh were also present on theoccasion.

The workshop ended on a very higher note withthe healthy questions and answers session by thestudents. The workshop was well coordinated bystudents of the institute and it turned out to be agreat success redolent with symbolism -Knowledge and Application.

Guest Lecture by Mrs Ritu Singal, RaglanInfrastructure Pvt Ltd (3 November 2017)rd

The Institute of Management Studies, BanarasHindu University organized a Guest Lecture onthe topic Secrets of Success and Leadership” on

3 November 2017. Mrs Ritu Singal, Managingrd

Director of Raglan Infrastructure Pvt Ltd., was theKey Speaker on the occasion. Mrs Singal is a LLMGold Medalist and recipient of prestigious award of“Woman Entrepreneur of the year 2011”.

Prof Usha Kiran Rai extended a warm welcome tothe guest and gave a brief introduction about herachievements and inspirational journey of life so farto the audience.

Mrs Singal inspired the students as well as facultymembers by her motivational views. She detailedthe skill set required for becoming a successfulentrepreneur and leader. She also shared some ofthe up and downs of her life and empowered thestudents to face the problems, manage their time,never get defeated, learn compassion, think smartlyand not to forget the ethical values.

She was accompanied by Mrs Sushma Sagar whoadvised the students to struggle to answer thequestion "who I am?" as we are the one who createthe wonders.

Memento was presented to Mrs Singal as tokenhonorarium by Prof Usha Kiran Rai. Vote of thankswas given by Prof Ashish Bajpai. Prof R K Lodhwal,Students Advisor coordinated the program.

Introductory Workshop: El Soch Sandbox(Deshpande Foundation) (2 November 2017)nd

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An introductory workshop on Entrepreneurshipwas organized in the Institute of ManagementStudies, Banaras Hindu University on 2nd

November 2017. The Workshop was coordinatedby Dr Amit Gautam. The Chief Guest of theWorkshop was Shri Ajay Suman Shukla, TeamLeader, Ek Soch Sandbox, Deshpande FoundationTechnology Business Incubation Malaviya Centrefor Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship(MCIIE). Shri Shukla's speech on the occasionfocused on motivating students towardsentrepreneurship and confidence building.Dr Rajkiran Prabhakar presented memento to theguest on the occasion.

Prof R K Lodhwal, Students Advisor, in hiswelcome address, enlightened the students toinculcate entrepreneurial skills among them andmotivated them to achieve success in the domainof business and commerce or to becomesuccessful entrepreneurs.

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Management Development InstituteGurgaon

Event 1

One of the leading B-schools in India, MDIhosted a (Dec 5-6, 2017)two-day nationalconference 'Managing Change in EvolvingonEconomic Scenario' in collaboration withASSOCHAM.

The two-day long Conference aimed at enrichingthe participants about the transformation theglobal economic environment is undergoing.There has been quantitative and qualitative shiftin trade and business opportunities acrossnations. Due to competition and evolving marketdynamics, business strategies and models inorganizations are always in a constant state of fluxand, therefore, the challenge to manage businessrequires new ways of thinking. India has initiatedvarious reforms and policies to facilitate ease ofdoing business both for domestic and foreigninvestors. There is requirement for criticalthinking and a desire to question and seekcreative answers and outcomes in order to createa healthy socio-economic system.

In this context, the Conference providedopportunities to present and discuss issuesdea l ing wi th chang ing economic andcompetitive environment from the perspective ofmanage r s , bus ine s se s , academic i an s ,sociologists and economists.

Event 2

MDI Gurgaon Organizes Biggest NationalManagement Research Convention

Management Development Institute, Gurgaon oneof India's leading B-schools, hosted its AnnualNational Management Convention — Delphique2017 from November 24 to 26 on the theme “DigitalTransformation: How Digital Technology isTransforming the Indian Business Landscape”.Popularly known as Red-Carpet event of MDI, theConvention is in its 21st year and is famous forbringing management research in focus. It is theperfect platform for people from the Industry(knowledge partners and panelists), academia andthe student community to interact and discuss theirperspectives regarding various issues in differentverticals of management. The three day Conventionwas a confluence of events like the Knowledge Paneldiscussions on varied verticals of management,Vincenza – National Business Plan competition,Cerebro – The National case study competition,DIALETIC – National B-school Debate competitionetc.

With participation of top corporate leaders fromdifferent management backgrounds, this year'sevent was buzzing with research and intensediscussion on contemporary topics, such as e-wallets, Digital Marketing Campaigns, Effectivenessof the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Redefininglast mile Delivery Services, How can Indianmanufacturing industry lead Industry 4.0 globally

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and more. For the students the discussions werean extensive learning experience filled withinsights and industry expertise.

Event 3

72 hours long sports, cultural and managementfest with over 400 participants from top B-Schools.

The annual sports, cultural and managementfestival of Management Development Institute(MDI) Gurgaon – Imperium 2017 – broughttogether the ace minds of the management worldfor 72-hour non-stop mega event. The festival,held from 10-12 of November, gave students achance to develop themselves holistically withadequate exposure to diverse skill sets under thetheme 'Challenge the status quo'.

With the event, MDI has been successful inbringing to the fore - future managers' passion,determination and intellect and come up withnew and innovative ideas through a series ofgames and events that tested the participant at aconceptual and implementation levels.Imperium, the flagship management event ofMDI, is an effort to bring together under one roof

some of the brightest young minds from the top B-Schools across the country. This year's event sawparticipation of 400+ students from India's top B-schools, including SRCC Delhi, IIM Lucknow, IMIDelhi, IIM Kashipur, FMS Delhi, BIMTEC, NMIMS,MICAand JBIMS amongst others.

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The 13th Foundation Day of Asian School ofBusiness Management was celebrated in asolemn ceremony on 10th August 2017 in theInstitute's campus. On this occasion, Prof (Dr)Binayak Rath, former Vice Chancellor of UtkalUniversity and former Distinguished Professor ofIIT Kanpur delivered the Foundation Day Lectureon 'Socio-economic and EnvironmentalChallenges Facing India in the ContemporaryWorld'.

Dr Rath, in his lecture, emphasised on equitabledistribution of wealth, and gave the example ofIndia, where only 20 persons own two-third of thetotal wealth of the country. This, he said, wasaugthe result of commercialization of business.He opined that while making reasonable profit isessential for any organization to thrive,profiteering leads to economic and socialinequality all over the world.

Prof Rath gave emphasis on environment andexplained how environmental issues lead toeconomic and social challenges. He gave theexample of our country, where child mortality ismuch higher compared to many other countriesof the world. He asserted that the emergingeconomies of the world, including those of India,China and the other BRICS countries, will not beable to sustain their rate of growth i fenvironmental concerns are not effectively dealtwith.

Presiding over the ceremony, the Founder andDirector of ASBM, Prof (Dr) Biswajeet Pattanayaktraced the growth of the Institute and dealt atlength on its culture and traditions. He conveyedhis gratitude to all the stakeholders, including thestudents, their parents, industry and theemployees, and assured that the Institute willleave no stone unturned for quality education andholistic development of its students.

On this occasion, fruit-bearing trees were plantedin the campus by Prof Rath and Prof Pattanayak

along with the students. The new issue of the ASBMnewsletter, 'Phoenix'was also released.

Sumana Bose, a student of the Institute, coordinatedthe programme and proposed vote of thanks at theend.

INAUGURAL CEREMONY – 2017 BATCH ANDVISIT OF UPSC CHAIRMAN TO ASBM

One of the premier B-schools of the State, AsianSchool of Business Management has organized itsinaugural ceremony 2017 for its PGDM and BBAstudents. This formal occasion was inaugurated byShri Rakesh Sharma, MD & CEO of Canara Bank.

On this occasion, Shri Rakesh Sharma, MD & CEOof Canara Bank graced the students. In his address,he said that because of the financial informs, theGDP growth rate is not up to the expected standard.In this context, he suggested that this changedscenario in the financial sector is a challenge for us.In order to reach the goal, students should notchoose the easiest way. He also suggested thatleadership is not a position related matter rather it isan inherit quality that comes out spontaneously.He has also said that the value based education thatis provided in ASBM will definitely prepare inhelping its students to reach the pinnacle of success.

On this occasion, UPSC Chairman, Prof David RSyiemlieh had visited ASBM. In the “Road toExcellence” lecture series, he inspired the studentsto join the civil services and also appreciated thevalue based management education of ASBM.

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Guest of Eminence, Mr Jyoti Ghosh, Advisor,Bandhan Bank Limited in his address advised thestudents to work hard and to ignite their ownselves towards achieving their goal.

Founder and Group Director, Prof (Dr) BiswajeetPattanayak cited the example of eminent artist MrPradyumna Kumar Mahanandia and told thestudents that the will power, hard work and beingenterprising will only help them in achieving theirgoals. He also said that ASBM believes in valuebased education, so this type of education willonly help the students in professional excellenceas well as being a good human being.

Prof (Dr) Kalyan S Ray, Dean, ASBM administeredthe oath to the new students. On this occasion the10th Annual International Management Journalof ASBM was also released by Shri Sharma.

Prof Udayan Das introduced the guests andDr Mrutyunjay Dash delivered the vote of thanks.The event was anchored by the students of theinstitute, Sumana Bose and Ankita Parida.

XLRI, Jamshedpur

Academic Session 2017

A batch of 537 dynamic and talented students waswelcomed to XLRI at a ceremony of commencementof the new academic session of 2017. The welcomeceremony was addressed by Fr E Abraham, S J,Director, Dr Ashis K Pani, Dean [Academics] and FrJerry Cutinha, S J, Dean [Administration & Finance]at XLRI.

Welcoming the new batch of students, Fr EAbraham, S J, Director, XLRI said, “XLRI, besidesbeing a higher learning institution is also a socialinstitution. We have to carry out our responsibilitiesas a social entity.” Prof Jerome Joseph, ChairProfessor of Industrial Relations at XLRI alsoaddressed the students and spoke on Future ofManagement Education.

The new students will be taken through a SpecialOrientation Programme drawn up by XLRI to updatetheir knowledge before regular classes commence.The first year students will also be taken for XLRI'scompulsory Village Exposure Programme and theOutbound Programme. Both the programmes havebeen specially designed for the students to createawareness about the realities of rural India.

Interactive Session with Dr Muhammad Yunus

Students of XLRI seized the opportunity to interactwith Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus byturning out in large numbers and discussing theexisting financial scenario of the country at thesession.

At the session, Dr Yunus talked about businesses as amedium for solving problems and reducing thedisparity between the various economic sections ofthe society. He went on to talk about the problemsencountered in his crusade against loan-sharks andhis commitment to serve the destitute who lacked

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access to basic financial services. He alsohighlighted the difference between helpingthrough charity and helping through businesseswhich make money and ensure sustainableprogress of the downtrodden sections of thesociety and advocated the latter. He held thecurrent financial institutions responsible for thepoverty prevalent in the world.

He further said, addressing the students, “Createbusinesses to solve problems, not to generatemoney. The problem is not in the paper, but in thethinking. One does not have to change the world,just one person to begin with”. He illustrated theprogress that societies can make throughentrepreneurship by citing various examples fromdifferent parts of the world.

8th Batch of PGP-CEM

The eighth batch of Post Graduate Programme forCertificate in Entrepreneurship Management atXLRI's Entrepreneurship Development Centre inXITE campus, Gamharia, was inaugurated inAugust. The new batch consists of 40 studentsshortlisted on the basis of a rigorous selectionprocess. While half of the students are fromJharkhand, the rest is drawn from other parts of thecountry.

The inaugural ceremony was graced by FrAbraham, S J, Director, XLRI, Dr A K Pani, Dean[Academics], XLRI, Fr Jerry Cutinha, S J, Dean[Administration & Finance], XLRI and Dr VishwaBallabh, Chairperson, EntrepreneurshipDevelopment Centre (EDC) at XLRI.

On the occasion, F Abraham congratulated XLRIstudent Harshit Sonkar, who under thementorship of the centre and its Chairperson ProfVishwa Ballabh, created the NGO, The MangoFoundation, with the aim to provide basiceducation to children of economically deprivedsections of society.

ASBM CELEBRATES ACHIEVERS' DAY'MOORCHHANA', 2017

The ace B-school, Asian School of BusinessManagement (ASBM), celebrated its 11 Annual Dayth

'Moorchhana' on 13 and 14 October 2017. Ath th

blood donation camp was organized on the first dayand the students, faculty and staff members of ASBMdonated 80 units of blood in coordination with thestaff members of Cuttack Central Blood Centre. Itmay be mentioned that ASBM has been organizingsuch blood donation camps every year for the last 12years with the spirit of giving back something to thesociety that has nurtured all of us. The students,faculty and staff members also participated in aSwachh Bharat campaign by cleaning the ASBMcampus and its surrounding.

Sri Surjya Narayana Patro, Hon'ble Minister,Cooperation, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare,Govt. of Odisha inaugurated the Annual Dayfunction as the Chief Guest on the second day. Bygiving many examples, he proclaimed that it is noteasy and profitable to run a business in the oldlaidback style. The knowledge and skills derived bythe students from management education can bringsuccess to business, he said. He appreciated the roleplayed, and the success achieved, by the old studentsof ASBM in their corporate life, which has beenpossible because of the high standard of educationimparted by the Institute. The Hon'ble Minister alsopraised the endeavor made by the Former IIMProfessor and Founder & Group Director of ASBM(Dr) Biswajeet Pattanayak in establishing arenowned management institute in the State. Heannounced that ASBM would soon become a stateprivate university.

Dr Subhrendu Sekhar Dey, Managing Director,APICOl, Govt. of Odisha attended the function as theGuest of Eminence. He highlighted the businessopportunities in Odisha emanating from agricultureand agro-based industries, and exhorted the studentsto become innovative entrepreneurs.

While inaugurating ASBM eleven years back on14.10.2006, the then Vice President of India ShriBhairon Singh Sekhawat had depicted it as a newsunrise in management education. In his welcomeaddress, the Founder and Group Director of ASBMProf Biswajeet Pattanayk narrated the journey ofASBM over the last eleven years, and described how

the Institute has been trying to fulfill the prophesyof the Vice President of India.

On this occasion, the Chief Guest gave awaypr izes and ci ta t ions to the achievers .Prof Manmath Nath Samantaray introduced theguests and Prof. Mrutyunjay Dash proposed thevote of thanks. The ceremony was coordinated bystudents Sumana Bose and Ankita Parida. Thetwo-day programme ended with a culturalextravaganza presented by the students.

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ROAD TO EXCELLENCE LECTURE AT ASBM

The Leading B-school of India, Asian School ofBusiness Management (ASBM) has organized aRoad to Excellence Lecture on 06.11.2017 and07.11.2017 respectively in the college premises.Prof (Dr) Ashish Banerjee, Professor, IIM-Calcuttawas the speaker of the session conducted on06.11.2017. It was attended by Esteemed Dean,Prof (Dr) Kalyan Shankar Ray, all the facultymembers and the students. Dr Banerjee delivereda lecture on 'Managing in Turbulent Times'. Hefocused on four different types of organizationssuch as public for profit, private for profit, privatefor non-profit, and public for non-profit. Headvised the students to think logically andanalytically. He also focused on global economyand issues in India in relation to global economy.At last, Prof Banerjee advised the students to askthe right questions, so that they can move in theright direction. Dean, ASBM, Prof (Dr) KalyanShankar Ray presented the ASBM memento as atoken of love.

Mr M N Rao, Chairman and CEO, MediySisEdutech, Hyderabad was the speaker of the

session conducted on 07.11.2017. The session wasattended by Hon'ble Director, ASBM, EsteemedDean, ASBM, all the faculty members and thestudents. Mr Rao talked about CSR-Smart BusinessActivities and SBE-Social Business Enterprises. Healso focused on the sustainable development andhow to invest on them. He advised the students howto get right motivation. At last, Director, ASBM, ProfBiswajeet Pattanayak presented the ASBM mementoto Mr M N Rao.

Dr Anupama Jena, Coordinator, Road-to-ExcellenceLecture introduced the Speaker and Prof ShradhaDhal delivered the Vote of Thanks.

ASBM, one of the leading B-Schools of Indiaorganized the 7 National HR Managementth

Colloquium on the 11 Nov 2017 with the theme ofth

'New Gen-HR: Issues and Challenges'. TheColloquium was inaugurated by Prof MahadeoPrasad Jaiswal, Director, IIM Sambalpur as the chiefguest, who in his inaugural address focused on theimplementation of Innovation, Integrity andInclusion in the achievement of the true purpose of

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life. He has equally emphasized the role ofcommercialization to social innovation, whichwill ultimately lead to self-sustaining economicmodel. Society does not need charity, ratherindustries should take care of the protection of thenature. The New Gen HR should be based on theadvance technology in order to enhanceorganizational performance.

Mr Deepak Gupta, Head-HR Karvy Stock BrokingLtd., who joined the program as the Guest ofEminence, highlighted the challenge of cost andinnovation in the advancement of business, whileat the same time underlined the importance ofvalues and culture that form the foundation of arelatively long lasting relationship.

The theme of the colloquium was introduced bythe Director, Professor Biswajeet Pattanayak. He,in his welcome address, said that there is aparadigm shift in thought process, attitude, cultureand working style because of the fact that there arethree generation people are working together inorganizations. He emphasized that to address HRissues of the new generation technologyintegration is a must. The HR professionals shouldunderstand the nuances of connecting, engaging,and managing people through digital platforms.

The technical sessions of the Colloquium wereaddressed by Mr Paritosh Mishra, VP-HR, AESIndia; Mr Prakash Panda, Group HR Head, StarCements; Prof Debanshu Ray, Registrar, KalyaniUniversity; Prof Prabhat Kumar Mohanty, UtkalUniversi ty; Dr Tanaya Mishra, MD-HR,Accenture, and Mr Suraj Kumar, VP-HR, AXISBank, who brought to the platform their variedexperience in different fields.

Prof Phalgu Niranjana, Associate Dean, ASBMintroduced the guests and Prof BhaktabandhuDash, the Coordinator of the Colloquiumproposed the vote of thanks. The program wascoordinated by the students - Ankita Parida,Upasana Roy, and Utpanna Mishra. The programwitnessed a large gathering of academicians,industry practitioners, research scholars, andstudents from different parts of the country.

ASBM TALENT FESTIVAL 'STARTUP' CARNIVALAND 'IGNITE'-2017 CELEBRATED

'IGNITE' – The exhilarating cultural extravaganzaand talent hunt festival of Asian School of BusinessManagement was inaugurated on the 15t h

December, 2017, by Hon'ble Chief Guest ProfSoumendra Mohan Patnaik, Vice-Chancellor ofUtkal University, by lighting the 'Lamp of Wisdom'.He visited all the events and was much impressedby the creative power of budding talents. He alsoappreciated the innovative ideas projected by theyoung management graduates in the 'Start-Up'carnival. He said that, 'One, who has mastered theart of reaching out to others, will do wonders in life.Learning comes from a person, who takes the firststep'. Hence, he appreciated the efforts of ProfBiswajeet Pattanayak, Founder, ASBM in thisdirection.

On this occasion, the Guest of Eminence Mr HariharPatra, Director, Toshali Sands emphasized upon theimportance of career planning for the youth. In hisaddress to the audience, he said 'Challenges arethere, which we face every day and we must acceptthose, as and when they come'.

In his welcome address Prof (Dr) BiswajeetPattanayak, Founder & Director ASBM explainedthat, the very concept of this Talent Festival is tohatch and propagate new and contemporary ideasfrom the young minds and also to encourageexecution of those ideas beyond the class room.Further, he invigorated the students to inculcate outof the box thinking and innovation to match today'sbusiness scenario. He also expressed his satisfaction

over the startups of old students; who are now jobproviders, not job seekers. 'Apart from doingbusiness as entrepreneurs, they are alsodischarging their social responsibilities', headded.

This two-day long National Talent Festival –'Startup' Carnival and 'Ignite'-2017 was markedby 13 competitions viz. Corporate Chanakya,Business Quiz, Graffiti, Voice of Ignite, EnglishDebate, T-Shirt Painting, War of Bands, Rangoli(the Act of Colours), Fashion Show, Danza (theDancing Superstar), Counter Strike, QFiesta (theQuiz Competition), Selfie Contest etc. More than300 students from various management andgraduation colleges actively and enthusiasticallyparticipated in this event.

The Valedictory Session on the 16 December,th

2017 was graced by Prof (Dr) Prasanna KumarPatasani, Hon'ble M P (Lok Sabha), as the ChiefGuest. Guest of Eminence, Mr Santosh KumarSahoo, MD & CEO, and Mr Shrikant Mahapatra,DGM, Canara Bank also graced the occasion. Toappreciate and admire the whole-heartedparticipation of the students from differentcolleges, a prize giving ceremony followedwherein all the winners were felicitated. Further,Mementos were presented to all the distinguishedguests by the Director, ASBM, to acknowledgetheir kind presence. Cultural programmes werealso organised by the Student Coordinators,namely Abdul Rashid Khan, Ankita Parida,Bismaya Kunal Pat tanaik and ArunimaChakraborty.

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ICFAI UniversityJharkhand

Salient Activities at ICFAI University,Jharkhand from Sep 2017 - Oct 2017

5 Sep 2017: Teachers dayth

Teachers' Day was celebrated at ICFAI UniversityJharkhand, wherein students honored theteachers by way of a number of cultural programssuch as group dance, solo songs, skits, etc. Thefaculty members also participated in the variouscultural activities and games.

15 Sep 2017: Engineers Dayth

A Seminar on Solid Waste Management wasconducted at ICFAI University, as a part ofEngineers' Day was celebrated. Addressing theseminar as Chief Guest, Dr Shailendra KumarSingh, Dy GM (Environmental Engg), MECONexplained the various steps that need to be takento manage Solid Waste Management effectively.Prizes were awarded to the students thatpresented their views on the topic by way ofposters, sketches, cartoons, Model etc. Studentsof Diploma-III and B.Tech-I were awarded forpresenting Posters and Working Modelsrespectively.

1 Nov 2017: National Unity Dayst

National Unity Day celebrated at ICFAI University,on the eve of 142nd Birth Anniversary of SardarVallabh Bhai Patel, great freedom fighter and theIron Man of India, who was instrumental inintegration of 562 princely states into IndependentIndia. A quiz program was conducted on his life andachievements and prizes were awarded to thewinning students.

2 Nov 2017: IUJ receives award of Excellence innd

Higher Education in Eastern India

ICFAI University, Jharkhand was honoured withAward for Excellence in Higher Education in EasternIndia at the ASSOCHAM Leadership Summit heldin Ranchi. The award of recognition was receivedby Prof O R S Rao, Vice-Chancellor of the Universityfrom the Governor of Jharkhand, Her ExcellencyDroupadi Murmu.

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15 Nov 2017: NJ Yasaswy Memorial Lectureth

and Blood Donation Camp

A function was organized at the University inmemory of late N J Yasaswy, Founder of ICFAIGroup. As a part of the function, a BloodDonation Camp was conducted in associationwith Red Cross Society of India, wherein anumber of students, parents and employees of theuniversity donated blood voluntarily. On theoccasion, awards of recognition were given toProf A S Prasad as Employee of Values and Ms RutiPuri and Ms Apeksha Gari as Students of Valuesfor 2017.

17 Nov 2017: Launch of IUJ Journal ofth

Management

IUJ Journal of Management (November 2017 issue)was released at the valedictory function held atICFAI University, Jharkhand to conclude CourseWork of 2017 batch of PhD Scholars. Fr (Dr) JosephMarianus Kujur, former Director of Indian SocialInstitute, Delhi, while releasing the journal,appreciated the efforts of the University inpromoting quality research in India. Mr BimalKishore Sinha, former Inspector General of Policeand Chairman of Art of Living, Jharkhandcomplimented the University for the diversity andquality of the articles published in the journal.

29 Nov 2017: Seminar on Cyber Securityth

A seminar on Cyber Security: Emerging Trends washeld at the University, wherein over 20 papers werepresented by academicians, researchers andindustry professionals. Addressing the audience aschief guest, Dr Gopal Pathak, Vice-Chancellor ofJharakhnd Technical university highlighted theimportance of strict regulations to prevent Cyberattacks. During the seminar, the University signed

an MoU with Cyber Peace Foundation, an awardwinning NGO with deep expertise on CyberSecurity, to train its students on Cyber Securitytools so that their employability is enhanced.

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1 Dec 2017: MoU signed with NSEst

The University signed an agreement with NSEAcademy, which is a subsidiary of National StockExchange of India to offer NSE Academy'sCertification on Financial Markets (NCFM).While the course material is provided by NSEAcademy, ICFAI University will be the Test Centrefor conduct of the online examination, not onlyfor the students of the University but also thestudents enrolled from other Institutions inJharkhand.

20 Dec 2017: Meeting with HH Governor ofth

Jharkhand

Prof ORS Rao, Vice-Chancellor, accompanied bysenior members of the Management Team of theUniversity, met Her Highness, Smt DroupadiMurmu, Governor of Jharkhand at Raj Bhavanand briefed her with regard to the progress made

by the University in the last year, on various facets,like Quality of Education, Character Focus,Research relevant to the State and Social OutreachPrograms. He also presented to her the AnnualReport and Annual Accounts of the University for2016-17.

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29th AIMS Annual Management Education Convention 201722-24th August 2017

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The Convention is considered as the “FlagshipEvent of AIMS. And so, it revolves aroundbridging the gaps realized from the point of viewof acceptance of management education to theoutside world.

The theme for 29th Convention was:

“Re-Engineering Management Education For aBorderless World

Through the various sessions and paneldiscussions, an attempt was made to understandhow B-School curricula could be developed andimproved in order to extend its scope not only forindustry but also for sustainability in the VUCAworld.

In the course of three days of brainstorming, eachday was dedicated for a specific theme whichwas in concurrence with the title theme.Delegates from industry as well as educationsector were invited in order to have 360 degreeapproach of s takeholders . Also paperpresentation competition on student, faculty andinstitute level was carried out. At the same time,institutes participated in “National ManagementWeek – CSR activity presented about theirevents and achievement.

Theme 1: Management Education in BorderlessWorld: Dimensions and Issues

Theme 2: Internationalization of BusinessEducation in India

Theme 3: Enhancing Quality, Access & Inclusion:Role of Digital Technologies in BusinessEducation

Theme 4: Re-engineering B-curricula forrelevance, innovation & corporate readiness

Theme 5: Issues in Regulation, Governance andAccreditation of B-Schools in India

Day 1: 22nd August, Tuesday

The National Convention was inaugurated on 22ndAugust at 3:00 pm by lighting of lamp. It wasfollowed by a welcome speech given byDr Balkrishan V Sangvikar, President, AIMS andProfessor and Head, Department of Commerce,Professor, Dept. of Mgmt. Science (PUMBA) SPPU.

In his speech, Dr Sangvikar talked about variousinitiatives undertaken by AIMS in the previous year.“Research Fellowship init iative has beenimplemented in order to motivate innovation andfuture aspects of management. He has notablystressed upon the factor of “change”. In his opinion,the change has influenced every aspect ofmanagement education starting from curriculum,placements and led to entrepreneurshipdevelopment.

It was then followed by Honorable Chief Guest,Mr Pramod Choudhari, Executive Chairman, PrajIndustries, Chairman Praj Group, Pune & President,Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries &Agriculture, MCCIA's valuable speech.

His speech was revolved around innovation andchange. He addressed intra and Inter-organizationalaspects along with areas to look upon ifre-engineering has to become a reality soon.

In his opinion, to cope up with VUCAworld, changeand innovation acts as a key.

Also, multiskilling, multitasking and multi-dimensional accuracy has been addressed as a needof the hour. To expla in the concept o f“borde r le s snes s” , he has spoken abou torganizations becoming flat-borderless hierarchywhich reflects “oneness” of organization. This inreturn imbibes openness for criticism and opinion of

individuals. Also, to sustain competition,relationship management in his view point hasbecome additional requirement of time. He has

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pondered upon question of treating anddeveloping managers in alignment to re-engineering.

To conclude, he emphasized importance of valuemanagement, diversity management, relationshipmanagement and sustainability from the industryview-point to stand out and success goes beyondthe reach of competition.

The Distinguished Guest for the event, Mr NitinKarmalkar, Hon Vice Chancellor, Savitribai PhulePune University, Pune has explained in depthwhat is needed to be taken into consideration as apart of Re-Engineering and Borderless aspect.

In his opinion, to re-engineer, quality has to beinculcated not only in curriculum but also informal systems, Non-Government Organizationand Government Organizations, too. Hementioned about “Borderless aspect is becominga critical reality” to one and all. And so, it has tobe implemented to undergo reformation on eachfront.

On behalf of Prof (Col) Dr A Balasubramaniam,President, Sri Balaji Society, Pune, Mr G KShirude has shared his opinion on the title theme.In his speech, he has focused upon three areas,educat ion, change and re-engineering.According to him, education is a tool to trainuntreated mind and so with education self-beliefand wisdom should be blended. He also spokeabout “change” becoming socio-economicmicro-element of ecosystem. And key mantra of“innovative innovation” is being addressed. Alsoto re-engineer, management education shouldhave 3Cs (Choice, Chance, Change) and 3Rs(Rigger, Result, Ranking).

It was followed by introductory speech of Prof Y KBhushan, Former President, AIMS and SeniorAdvisor & Campus Head, IBS, Mumbai. In hisspeech, he narrated journey of AIMS. Heproclaimed AIMS as a voice of Managementeducation. According to him, proper blend ofmanagement education and corporate exposurestands as a uniqueness of AIMS. The power ofwhich lies in being “one” educational entity.

All the dignitaries then released “PRASTAVANA”,a souvenir of 29th AIMS Convention 2017. Also,ex-Presidents of AIMS were honored. This

became a historic moment of the time as tenpresidents were there on the same stage for the firsttime.

The inaugural program ended with vote of thanksgiven by Dr Prafulla Pawar, Convention Director. Inhis speech, he shared feelings of gratitude towardsAIMS for giving opportunity of organization toPUMBA. Also, special thanks have been given tolead partners and media sponsors.

Audience got mesmerized as Key Note Speaker,Prof Y K Bhushan started his speech. In his speech,he talked about various aspects of business inborderless world. In his opinion, business hasbecome globalized and financial flow went tointernational boundaries. Also world is witnessinghuge amount of disruptions in the field ofcommunication and information. While definingso, he mentioned that cultural versatility, mobility,agility and learning attitude towards foreignlanguage should be adopted by “new managers” ofborderless world.

To explain the concept of “re-engineering”, he hastalked about radical changes happening in system.Also he has stressed upon “importance of gettingout of inertia” as one with “calf-path story” whichtalks about abandoning paths to create new path. Toaddress issues of re-engineering he spoke about“3W” factors of it.

Re-engineering is for whom?

� Global corporates

� SME and Start ups

Who can participate?

� Work experienced personnel

� International experience holders

What to include in curriculum to achieve so?

� Economy and political geography of world

� Domestic as well as international internship

� Emphasis on creating managers and notMBA's

To conclude the speech, he has given mantra of“experimentation as a key” of creating andrewriting new chapter in the future of managementeducation sector.

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Plenary session -1

Theme: Management Education in BorderlessWorld: Dimensions and Issues

5:30 PM

The session started with speech of Session ChairProf (Dr) Uday Salunkhe, Former President, AIMSand Group Director, WeSchool, Mumbai. In hisspeech, he has given wonderful insights. In hisopinion, it is a “person” aspect which needed tobe reformed rather than process aspect. Also, noteverything is needed to be engineered. And so,values and morals could be reinforced. Alsoknowing the fact that everyone wants to acquiremanagement skill, in his opinion, non-consumersneeded to be converted to consumers.

Mr Mohan Nair, Director, Ensigns Software &Communication Pvt. Ltd has addressed as firstspeaker for session. He talked about industrypoint of view saying that it's the organization thatis needed to be re-engineered rather thaneducation at first place. At the same time, heemphasized on curriculum being more relevantto global changes. Also, he has stressed upon theimportance of “open-eye” approach ofauthenticating education and small scaleenterprises. In his opinion, education hastouched upon "Human” and not “been” part of it.

Mr Sanjiv Mehta, Entrepreneur Business CoachLearning Facilitator, Pune has addressed theaudience as a second speaker for the session. Inhis opinion, “Students are not the problems; theyare victims of education system”. He mentionedthe “customer” aspect of business saying thatcustomers move to one where relevancy is there.And so, in order to get aligned with Industry 4.0education which is at the level of 1.1 should beraised with the help of change. He emphasizedupon third wave of change which is wave ofinformation. This in return has given concept ofborderless world.

Also he explained the concept of change. It isinitially a denial phase which subsequently goesto accep tance . A f te r the accep tance ,understanding should be evolved and whichshould be implemented as action plan. As actionsspeak more than words, in his opinion, changeshould be action oriented.

Dr V V Khole, Vice Chancellor, Amity University,Mumbai spoke about the theme giving presentscenario and probabilistic future scenario of B-school. He spoke about present scenario as “daysare difficult but good to experiment”. He targetedthe need of directing students by giving them“learning space”, a space to inspire learning whichshould be free from authority propaganda. Also,ease of access to industries, proximity to start eco-system, liberal thinking and competenciesmeasurement should be inculcated as a newnormal. For the education sector, he mentionedneed of creating learner-driven departments,alumni-driven institutions and student-driveninitiatives. He has also pondered upon the fact thatGenomics, Biotechnology, Advance Analytics, Big-data Analytics will become future.

The session concluded by last speaker for the day,Prof Shobha Rajkarne, Professor, LaureateUniversity, Amsterdam, Netherlands. She hasmentioned change as omnipresent phenomenon ofthe world today. In her opinion, jobs that we dotoday will not be a reality as year passes by. She hasdefined future of job as both scary and beautiful.And so, thinking and approach has to be changed inorder to go for shift in happening.

The session ended with Q & A. Through thissession, high probability of online educationbecoming future was discussed. Also in order tocope up with change and stand out, “hybrid modelof learning” has to be included by B-school. Hybrid

model talks about classroom and e-learning forumwhich could be a way of reinventing processes inthe management education system.

Day 2: 23rd August, Wednesday

Plenary Session- 2

Theme 2: Internationalization of BusinessEducation in India

Day 2, started with the introductory speech of ProfShekhar Choudhari, Former President, AIMS andProfessor, Strategic Management, IIM-C. In hisspeech, he has given brief overview about theme“Internationalization of Business Education inIndia”. Internationalization not only talks aboutbeing global but also it targets required competenceto be a global one.

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Plenary session started with speech of Mr SudhirGogate, Executive Director, Keihin FIE Ltd. Hisspeech was significant from the point of“wisdom”. According to him, education shouldcome from inside out. Self-realization and self-reflection has to be implemented in order tobetter understanding of knowledge taught andgiven. Also he has emphasized upon need ofconservation of historical and intelligenceheritage for proper future.

The second speaker for the day was Mr VithalMadyalkar, Country Manager-IBM InnovationCenter for Education. He has focused upon ITindustry to address internalization aspect. In hisopinion, IT industry started as a global model. IThas become integral and core part of business.Technology has evolved as an important aspectfor data analytics and big data processing. Heconcluded by stating a fact that ArtificialIntelligence (AI) and deep learning machine isbecoming new normal.

Dr Tapan Kumar Panda, Dean, Jindal GlobalBusiness School, O P Jindal Global

University, Sonipat addressed the audience asthird speaker for plenary session-2.

In his speech, he focused upon different “voids”to be looked upon to bridge the gap and goglobal. He mentioned the point that by free flowof idea generation borderlessness could beachieved. In order to be “international” what weneed is “excellence”, to survive and excel overcompetitive advantages. While mentioning voidshe focused on

1. Market and education void: what the marketneeds and what education in return can give tomarket has to be aligned

2. Investment Void: Huge investment is needed tomake infrastructure of B-School to theinternational level.

Also, he gave a wonderful suggestion of forming“Taskforce” for mapping B-School.

Taskforce so formed should be such that it will beincluding many universities under its umbrella.Due to which, continuous updates can be taken

and so changes would turn into action plan. Heconcluded by saying any path of excellence comesthrough internality.

The session then continued by Dr Anil Rao.According to him, internalization is all aboutlearning the best practices in the world. Innovationhere acts as an edge over competition. To beglobalized, cross border higher education should beencouraged. Also, student mobility and educationhub needed to be created to enhance knowledgebased economy. Interestingly enough, he has raisedquestions that are all teachers and students reallyready for internalization? And to answer it, he hasgiven “digitalization” as a key to internalization.

The session was concluded by Q & A session. In thatsession, Dr Panda stressed upon branding void.Reverse innovation could be a new way for B-School to evolve and to be able to implement; soenough research has to be carried out to know themix.

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Theme 3: Enhancing Quality, Access & Inclusion:Role of Digital Technologies in Business Education

Chairman for the session was Prof M R Rao, FormerPresident, AIMS and Professor & Dean Emeritus, ISB,Hyderabad.

Speaker for session was Dr S S Mantha, Professor,VJTI, Mumbai, Ex Chairman All India Council ofTechnical Education, New Delhi. He talked aboutemployability, virtual existence and IIM bill impact.In his opinion, change is difficult to undergo butcertainly impactful tool. To tackle with issues ofunemployment, B-Schools need to understand whatthe market is demanding for?

Demand and supply has to well balance andnumber of students absorbed every year should bemanaged accordingly.

He said that virtual existence is becoming a newdimension in business. Companies like Uber,Facebook, Make My Trip which beholds nothing asan inventory is ruling the market. Also, he has raisedthe issue of 'authentication'of courses and degree.

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IIM-bill passed has not only raised question aboutnumber of universities but also for its future in along run.

The second speaker was Dr C R Chavan, Director,Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies,University of Mumbai, Mumbai. In his speech, hehas talked about technological and social aspectsof digitalization. He emphasized on challengesand need of digitalization. In his view point,online learning, smartphone knowledge transferand game based learning will be future of world.Also, it becomes equally important to understandbehavioral approach of digitalization. Thisapproach becomes important in order tounderstand need of quality and inclusionparameters in management education.

Third speaker for the session was Mr V SrinivasaRao, Managing Director, Indiacom Ltd. Hisspeech was focused upon “Data as new oil”. Datawill be the most influencing factor to economy.He put forward the point of utilizing technology toachieve economics of institution. Studentengagement has to look upon as a point ofimprovement. Entrepreneurship has to beinculcated in the minds of students to let thechange happen.

Mr Prasant Pansare, Managing Director,Inteliment Technologies, Pune was the fourthspeaker. In his speech, he shared a mantra “If udon’t change, change will change you”. Hecontinued the point of Mr Rao saying if data is oil,connectivity is oxygen. The approach of lookingat a half empty glass as a potential to fill is what isneeded. Disruption is becoming a key in marketplace. And so, cross-learning and self-skilling areimportant.

The session came to end with Q & A session. Inthis session, the need for moving from consumerto value chain creator has been discussed. Also,make to order education was conceptualized.

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Theme 4: Re-engineering B-curricula forRelevance, Innovation & Corporate Readiness

Chairperson for the panel discussion wasDr Apoorva Palkar, Former President, AIMS, andCOO, Sakal International Learning Centre, Pune.

In her speech, she narrated for whom the B-SchoolCurricula need to be re-engineered. Also shepondered upon the aspect of need for research in thefield of education. In her opinion, curriculumdevelopment is a long term process and it needshuge capital investment to make it up to the mark.Curriculum should take birth from core of marketresearch.

The discussion started with Dr Sushobhan Sarkar,Director, National Insurance Academy, Pune. In hisopinion, to tackle with disruptive technology,holistic understanding of market is essential. As theindustry is changing like never before, it iscomplaining about lack of skills. To deal with theissue of unemployment, lack of jobs and lack ofskills should be equilibrated to achieve good results.

Mr Emanuel David, Director TMTC, Pune addressedthe audience. He has given brief insights about howmanagement education has evolved and how itneeds to be treated further. In the new normal, basisof competition has changed. When looked upon theissue of innovation, India seems to lag behind. Andso to be competent to the world, some leadershipskills are needed to inculcate within. At the sametime, in his opinion, authentication of leadership isequally important.

Mr K Ravi, Managing Director, Hassia Packaging PvtLtd took over the stage. In his speech, he talkedabout disruptive changes, curriculum and content ofcurriculum. In his opinion, management is a tooleither to solve a problem or to convert opportunityto business. Curriculum should be such that itincludes what to teach and how to teach. Also, B-Schools should focus on creating entrepreneurs thanmanagers. With the AI (artificial intelligence)becoming future, managers are taught to deal withrobotics, global brand building and diversifiedgeographics. He has given mantra of “stealingknowledge with eyes and ears open”. Also histhought of “being the way you are” applaud theaudience.

The session was concluded by Q & A session. Thesession was important to realize need ofimplementing innovation-driven curriculum. Also,industry and B-School should collaborate to bridgethe gap between demand and supply.

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Different presentations were carried out atstudent, faculty and institute level. Alsopresentations on the “National ManagementWeek-CSR activity” were given by participatinginstitutes.

Day 3: 24th August, Thursday

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Theme 5: Issues in Regulation, Governance andAccreditation of B-School in India

Dr Ashok Joshi, Former President, AIMS andDirector General, IndSearch, Pune.

He explained the state of education using ananalogy “In 1991 Lakshmi got liberated butSaraswati didn't. With this, he tried to explainhow liberalization was carried in business sectoronly and not in educational sector. Further, heexplained the confusion between PGDM andMBA and how such confusion can cause seriousramifications in student's career. He ended histalk emphasizing the importance of accreditation.

“Current Scenario, Future Scenario”

Mr Thothathri, Chairman, SEAA Trust, New Delhi.Raman discussed about current state of educationsector, how big industries are foraying intoeducation sector since it's a tax haven, thedilemma of diversified spread of business schoolsand shortage of faculty. He explained the conceptof VUCA and how one should be dynamic to facesuch challenges. He discussed how increasingnumber of students are unable to pay for theireducation due to high interest rate levied oneducational loans.

“Governance of Institutes”

Dr Upinder Dhar, Former President, AIMS andVice Chancellor, Shri Vaishnav VidyapeethVishwavidyalaya, Indore. He began his talkexplaining the classification of institutes as statefunded, private, etc. He described the importanceof communication for good governance. Heemphasized on importance of resourcemanagement for private funded institutes. Hespoke about a program which was started byAIMS to train Directors for institutes, to preparethem to face challenges, he further went on to

explain the composition of governing body, ideally itshould be represented by all stakeholders that iscorporate world, faculty, students, alumni andmembers of surrounding community and therepresentative should be active in day to day life andnot a retired CEO looking for partime position.

Dr Nandkumar gave a short talk on regulators ofinstitutes and shed light on the how IIT's are morefocused on Research and IIM's are more focused onIncome.

Q & A session

Prof Narayana explained the wide gap betweencollege fees and need of regulation in educationsector.

Dr Sangvikar felicitated the Chief Guest,Mr Shishir Joshipura, Managing Director of SKF Ltd.,which was followed by valedictory speech by MrJoshipura where he gave a candid talk; he spokeabout the gap between the expectations of industryand the academia, he emphasized on importance oftechnology in today's world, and to be dynamic.

Dr Anil Rao spoke about current challenges faced byAIMS and explained few solutions to tackleproblems like promoting AIMS on digital media andspoke about future plans as President of AIMS.

Award Distribution

The first recipient of Dr Ravi J Matthai Award was DrPrabir Pal, followed by his acceptance speech. Thesecond recipient was Dr Dattajirao YashwantraoPatil, followed by his acceptance speech. He spokeabout his upbringing from a family of freedomfighter, his contribution to education sector. Thethird recipient was Dr Apoorva Palkar, followed byher acceptance speech, where she spoke about herjourney in brief and finally thanked the jury, and herfamily for their constant support.

Dr (Capt) C M Chitale was bestowed AIMSAcademic Excellence Award.

During his acceptance speech, he spoke about howhe started his career at Thermax and his journey tobecome Dean of Department of ManagementSciences (PUMBA) and helped the Department tobecome self-sufficient.

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AIMS Ramaswamy P Aiyar AIMS-Best YoungTeacher Award was presented to Mr M Satish.ICFAI Best Teacher Award was presented to Mr GV R K Acharya.

AIMS-WeSchool Innovation Award

Institution Level: Gold medal was awarded toPSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore andSilver medal to Sinhgad Institute of BusinessManagement, Pune.

Vote of thanks was delivered by Dr Prafulla Pawarwhere he thanked the Lead Partners, Sri BalajiSociety, Pune and Sinhgad Institutes, Pune,Hospitality Partner Orchid Hotel and finally theentire faculty and students of Department ofManagement Sciences (PUMBA) for workingrelentlessly to make the event a success.

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Entrepreneurship Development Cell: 50 RupeeVenture Activity on 1 September, 2017: 50Rupees venture is an entrepreneurial activity inwhich students are provided an opportunity to dobusiness in limited resources of Rs. 50/-.Contestants come with ideas, implement them,sell them, earn and get the feel of what it takes tobe an Entrepreneur. Each team starts with fiftyrupees and had to come up with a business idea,start and run the business and earn profit. Thestudents' aims were target ing in Food,Entertainment, Education and Health.

Corporate Lecture on Digital Marketing: On 9October, 2017 a Corporate Lecture was taken byMr Kunal Soni, Founder of Management CareerInstitute. The objective of the lecture was to makestudents aware of the field and career opportunityin Digital Marketing.

Pioneer Institute of Professional StudiesIndore

Singing and Dancing Competition on 3 November,2017: The encouragement to sing and dance ishelping students to develop a host of skills whileteaching them to embrace one of the most enjoyablepastimes of life. Music and dance is a joyfulexperience that we encourage in our Institute.Singing helped students reinforce and upholdthemselves and so they found the eventfundamentally enriching. Students from variousreligion and cultural groups, participated andconnected to varying degrees and in varying ways,with each other.

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Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth VishwavidyalayaIndore

HEALTH CON'17“Sustainable Health System in India:

Challenges and Opportunities”(8 -9 September 2017)

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Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya,Indore in collaboration with Choithram Collegeof Nursing organized a conference HEALTHCON'17 on the theme 'Sustainable HealthSystem in India: Challenges and Opportunities'on at University Campus. Dr8-9 September 2017Bharat C Chaparwal, Former Vice Chancellor,DAVV, Indore and Vice President, Indian MedicalCouncil, New Delhi, Chief Guest on the occasioninaugurated the conference by lighting the lampbefore Goddess Saraswati. Shri PurushottamdasPasari, Chancellor, SVVV; Dr Upinder Dhar, ViceChancellor, SVVV; Dr Sunil Chandiwal,Director, Choithram Hospital and ResearchInstitute; Dr Usha Ukande, Principal, CNC, DrShweta Mishra, Organizing Secretary, HealthCon'17, Ms Shweta Pattnaik OrganisingSecretary, CNC and delegates were present onthe occasion.

The Conference was intended to discuss theissues related to management of health system inIndia and the possible future plans to improve thesystem. The Conference started at 10:30 am.About 138 participants across the countryparticipated and presented their papers andposters in the conference.

Dr Upinder Dhar, Vice Chancellor of SVVVwelcomed the audience and said that health isthe major concern of one's life and this thoughtprompted us to organize “HEALTH-CON'17”. Hefurther said that India is expected to rank amongtop in health market. He added that in 2015Indian health sector was the largest employer,both directly and indirectly and was the fastestgrowing sector with 22.87% growth rate.

Dr Usha Ukande, Organising Chair of theconference emphasized on importance and strengthof regulatory employment and assessment of theresources for development of the same. She alsosaid that these ideas will be generated in youngminds of the country through these conferences.

A book “Clinical Nursing Procedures” was releasedon this occasion by the chief guest and author of thebook Dr Bharat C Chaparwal and other dignitarieson the dais.

Shri Purushottam Dasji Pasari , Hono'bleChancellor, SVVV began his speech by welcomingthe chief guest Dr Bharat C Chaparwal and toldabout his excellence and contribution to the field.Later he discussed the history of Vaishnav Trust andits remarkable progress and contribution, not only inthe field of education but also in health sector.

Dr Sunil Chandiwal, Director of Choithram Hospitaland Research Institute congratulated Shri VaishnavVidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya for organizing thisconference. Apart from the general diseases hespoke about the life style diseases faced by theyoung generation today. He explained aboutvarious deceases due to the life style of youngsters.

Dr Bharat C Chaparwal started his speech bypraising Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalayafor taking the initiative for organizing the conferenceand told about how the health journey of Indians hastravelled from British period till now. He showed hisconcern about economic problems due to growingpollution of India and stressed on the need to controlfertility rate. He also informed about the onlymedical school opened in middle India in the year1978 as a pride of Indore. His aim is of sustainabledevelopment in the health sector. He alsohighlighted few points for developments such asdoctor-patient relationship, global competence,bridge the gap between rural and urban healthcenters and so on. The inaugural session ended with

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words of thanks by Dr K N Guruprasad,Organising Chair of the conference.

The first technical session was chaired by DrSantosh Dhar, Dean - Doctoral Studies andResearch, SVVV. Dr K Sabu, Associate Dean,School of Allied Health Sciences, ManipalUniversity, Manipal, was the first speaker of thesession and he spoke on the topic 'Health SystemReforms and Importance of Allied HealthProfessionals'. He said millions cannot accessIndia's overburdened hospitals and inadequatemedical facilities. Later he told some health carereforms such as promote equity, promoteinnovation, expansion, etc. He also discussedabout Indian healthcare system in perspectiveand importance of HR. Later he also said aboutgrowing elderly population to handle the diseaseSweden of the country need of technologicaladvancement.

The next speaker was Prof Rajni Bagga, HeadDepartment of Management Sciences, NationalInstitute Of Health And Family Welfare, NewDelhi. She expressed her views on the topic'Leadership for Strategic Vision Developmenttowards a Sustainable Health System.' In herspeech, she covered the points such aschallenges to health system, significance ofleadership, leadership through strategic vision,sustaining resources and clinical leadership. Shealso quoted that, “leadership is not a role but abehavior.”

The last speaker of first session, Dr RupelekhaJathanna, Professor, Department of HealthInformation Management, Manipal University,presented her thoughts on the topic 'Role of ICDin Effective Health Reporting and Its Impact onDecision Making.' She told about meaning andimportance of coding and translation of data inhealth care. She also said if it is not documented itis not done and about creating health awarenessamong healthcare.

The next session's Chairperson was Dr K Sabu,Dean, Manipal University. Dr S G Kabra, SDMhospital, Jaipur was the first speaker. He said thatno test is 100% correct, but western blot methodwas good. Provisions of basic substantive lawsthat govern the practice of medicines and patient

care, covering the doctrine of good faith, consentand benefits, should be discussed in a context ofreal time case studies. He also discussed three realcases regarding this.

The next speaker was Mr Mukesh Kumar Sinha,Executive Director, MP Voluntary HealthAssociation. He discussed the public health systemin India and the NGOs. Voluntary actions in Indiathat have undergone a tremendous change. In pre-independent India, voluntary action wascharacterized by two features - (1) To assist thehelpless persons and (2) To root out social evils tobring about social reforms. Health promotions is anorganized way of improving the health ofcommunity, people have right to health care that isnot dependent on ability to pay or the vagaries of themarket, government has to ensure, public healthsector are the peoples ultimate resources forhealthcare specially poor people. NGOs havemade significant contributions in healthcare andpromotions. There is no alternative way to a goodpublic-voluntary-private mix.

Poster Presentation was also organized in theConference. Participants presented their posters onvarious themes related to Health Conference. Theevening was ignited with melodious light music byMadhavi Chandolikar.

The Fourth Technical session started on the secondday of Conference i.e., 9 September. The ChairPerson of this session were Dr Usha Ukande,Principal and Dr K N Guruprasad, Director, SVIS,SVVV, Indore.

The session started with the talk of Dr Rajesh KumarSinha, Head, Department of Health InformationManagement, School of Allied Health Sciences,Manipal University, Manipal, on the topic 'E-HealthTechnology; A Game Changer In Managing PublicHealth and Information'. He discussed the variouschallenges in the field of Health care such asmanaging the large volume of data, healthinformation reaching the huge population etc. androle of the E-health technology to eradicate all suchproblems. He also introduced the new technologieslike clinical decision support system, picturearchiving and communication system and Tele-medicine.

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The talk was followed by the next speaker DrAsuma Beevi, Joint Director, MIMS Academy,Khozikode, Kerala who spoke on the topic,'Preventive and Promotive Health; Role HealthProfessionals.' She started her presentation byhighlighting the differences between preventionand promotion and also briefed about therelationship between health promotion andillness prevention and role of environment inprotecting health.

The session ended with the presentation of DrKavita Menon, Professor, Symbiosis Institute ofHealth Sciences, Symbiosis InternationalUniversity, Pune on the topic “Are Nutritioninterventions effective in addressing the doubleburden of malnutrition in India ?” She mentionedthat the major concern in health care in India isunder-weight and anemia patients. She alsodiscussed global nutrition target to be achieved by2025 and the existing nutrition interventions inIndia.

Fifth technical session started after tea break. TheChair Person of this session was Dr Kavita Menon,Professor, Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences,Symbiosis International University, Pune .The firstspeaker for the session was Dr Suresh K Sharma,Principal, College of Nursing, All India Institute ofMedical Sciences, Uttarakhand, said on the topic,'Nurses Involvement In Decision Making In India:A Call For Nursing Leadership Reform.' He spokeon the scope of nursing hospital and public healthand also about development of science andtechnology in the field of health care. He alsodiscussed about leadership issues of the nursingand midwifery work force. He discussed the needof empowering the nursing student and workingnurses at all levels.

The talk was followed by the next speakerDr Meenal Kulkarni Assistant Professor,Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences SymbiosisInternational University, Pune on the topic, 'basiclaw and ethics in practice of medicine.' she saidthat with the concept of health care going beyondhospitals, the health care industry in India haswitnessed remarkable growth. She also talkedabout the ample and more requirement ofprofessional managers to manage a hospital for

specialized knowledge. She also highlighted theneed for competence based learning.

The final speaker of the session was Dr Selva TitusChacko, Dean, CMC, Vellore, presented herself onthe topic, 'Strategic Vision Development:Generation of Ideas and Strategies for the Activitiesand Strategies towards Development of aSustainable Health System.' She talked aboutsustainability in health and health care system andfocused on affordabil i ty, acceptably andadaptability for the ultimate outcome. Shediscussed measures to be taken for sustainablehealthcare system and three scenarios ofsustainable healthcare system that are healthincorporation, new social contract and superempowerment. She concluded by saying that theopportunity is ripe to take action for transforminghealth system.

The Conference came to a conclusion with aglittering valedictory function. Eminent CancerSurgeon Dr Digpal Dharkar was the Chief Gueston the occasion.

Shri Purushottamdas Pasari, Chancellor of SVVV;Dr Upinder Dhar, Vice Chancellor of SVVV; MrKamal Narayan Ji Bhuradia, Honorary Secretary,Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Trust, Dr K N Guruprasad,Director, SVIS, SVVV, Indore. Dr Usha Ukande,Principal CNC and other delegates were present onthe occasion. Prof Blessy Anthony was awardedfor the best oral presentation and Prof Shivbalanwas awarded for the best poster presentation on thisoccasion. Dr Usha Ukande, Principal, CNCproposed vote of thanks at the end of the ceremony.

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TWO DAYS FACULTY DEVELOPMENTPROGRAM

on “Accentuating Novel Research andAdvances of

Forensic Chemistry and Toxicology”

(September 22-23, 2017)

The above program was organized by ShriVaishnav Institute of Forensic Science, SVVV,Ujjain Road, Indore on 22 & 23 Septembernd rd

2017. The event was honored by four eminentspeakers around the corners of Nation.

First Day (22.09.2017)

Plenary Session-I: Dr R Baggi, Retd Director,Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Hyderabad,Chief Guest of the occasion delivered his lectureon “Recent Advances in Forensic Chemistry andToxicology” and enriched the audience throughhis knowledge.

Plenary session-II: Special Guest Dr VinodDhingra, Senior Scientific Officer, RegionalForensic Science Lab, Gwalior emphasized on“Emerging issues in Forensic Chemistry forTraining of Trainers with special reference to newdrugs and toxic substances” in his lecture.

Second Day (23.09.2017)

Plenary Session-III: Dr J D Sharma, Professor ofForensic Science in Department of Criminology &Forensic Science and Ex-Dean School of AppliedSciences, Dr H S Gour University, Sagar deliveredhis lecture on “Chemistry: A boon to ForensicScience” and focused on the advancements in thefield of Forensic Chemistry. In Plenary Session-IV:Dr. Vinod Lohokare, Joint Director, RFSL, Indoreshared his views with the participants bydelivering a lecture on “Forensic Toxicology &NDPS-Recent Scenario and New Challenges”.

A total of 46 participants registered for the eventfrom Dr H S Gaur University Sagar, SAGEUniversity Indore, IPS Academy Indore, ChristianEminent College, Maharaja Ranjit Singh College,Holkar Science College, Devi Ahilya University,

Malwa Institute of Technology Indore RGPV, andthe constituent institutes of Shri VaishnavVidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore.

Dr Kavita Sharma

Convener, FDP

One Day Conference on“Skilling India: Shaping the Future”

(December 30, 2017)

A National Conference on “Skilling India: Shapingthe Future” was organized jointly by Indian Societyfor Training and Development (ISTD) IndoreChapte r and Nat iona l Human ResourceDevelopment Network (NHRDN) Indore Chapterand was hosted by SVVV, Indore. The Conferencewas organized on Saturday, December 30, 2017.The Conference was inaugurated by the ChiefGuest, Dr Tushar K Nath, Vice Chancellor, SAGEUniversity, Indore. The inaugural address wasdelivered by Dr Upinder Dhar, Vice Chancellor –SVVV Indore and President – NHRDN-IndoreChapter. Dr Dhar, in his address, focused on theimportance of skilled human resource in today'sglobal era. He further stated that Skilling India is themission of Government of India which extends thesuppo r t t o those upcoming and youngentrepreneurs who wish to use their knowledge andskills for their entrepreneurial ventures to createemployment opportunities. This is going to prove asadvantage to those who come from rural as well asurban geographical background but are unable touse their skills due to lack of funding and trainingfacilities. Chief Guest Dr Nath said that Skill India,the mission which is launched to empower millionsof youth in the country extends support for thetraining and development for entrepreneurial skills.This is not only helpful for them to start up their ownventures in India and abroad but will also help themto search for opportunities where they can be asource of employment generation. Dr D TManwani, Chairman, ISTD Indore Chapterhighlighted the role of ISTD and also advised theparticipants and young students to take theadvantage of such undertakings of Government of

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India for their own development along with thedevelopment of the nation.

The Conference was divided into two plenarysessions followed by technical session of paperpresentations by the participants. Plenary sessionI was hosted by Mr Jeegar Desai, Entrepreneur andMentor - Anant Soft Computing who shared hisexperience about Bit Coin a worldwide paymentsystem and the concept of Block Chain used inCrypto Currency. Dr Sandeep Atre Director, CHEdgeMakers, Indore talked about ground needs ofskilling and focused on specialization and goalorientation in the life of students. Mr SandeepNaolekar of Darling Pumps, Indore emphasizedon synergy and the applicability of the gainedknowledge about skilling.

Plenary session II was hosted by Mr NarendraVishwaroop, Director, Trainer and Consultant -Fanatic Academy of Quality (FAQ), Indore whoshared his views regarding self-management, self-discipline and quality generation in the skillslearning and their application in corporate world.Mr Amber S Arondekar, Founder and Mentor -The Impact Learning, Indore emphasized on thenecessity of the 'will to learn' before movingtowards 'skilling'. Ms Reema Rajawat fromPygmalion Services emphasized on physical andmental fitness of human resource as according toher long hours of professional work too require afit body to sustain the workload. She also advisedthe participants to conduct SWOT analysis of selfwhich would prove to be a powerful tool towardsskilling.

Technical Session was held in post lunch wherethe participants presented their research paperson the conference theme. The facilitator for theTechnical Session was Dr N K Totla, Professor,Institute of Management Studies, DAVV, Indorewho gave his feedback on the papers presented byvarious research scholars, industrial professionalsand faculty members. Dr Santosh Dhar,Conference Coordinator and Dean, Faculty ofDoctoral Studies and Research, SVVV, Indoregave an overview of the conference and vote ofthanks was delivered by Dr Rajeev Shukla,Conference Convener and Director, ShriVaishnav School of Management, SVVV, Indore.

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Accede to Adhishthan

22 – 24 September 2017

BIMHRD is a crucible of 500 odd students fromarenas as wide as marketing, finance, humanresource, operations, systems and BA. Under theleadership of Dr (Col) A Balasubramanian, thecollege is culminating into creating new footstepsin management education.

Adhishthan – National Seminar: BIMHRD had 23acclaimed and illustrious leaders.

Day 1 of Adhishthan commenced with lighting oflamp by Mr K Munjal, VP HR, Maruti Suzuki andDirector of Finance of Sri Balaji Society gracedthe summit. It was a list of 7 speakers who spokeon topics like US Debt, BREXIT and putting forththe business values by Mr Harish Pant, MD,Hampson Industries.

Day 2 witnessed dynamic orators from MrSanjeev Kumar Chauhan, HR leader KKCL to MrBiswaroop Mukherjee, HR leader, GeneralElectric who enriched us with talks on HRpolicies to pushing the bolt through passion andhard work. The last day of the HR meetcommenced with Mr Harish Chauturvedi, VP HR,Reliance Industries and ended on a high notewith Mr Vikesh Wallia, Director General, TimesGroup. It was a plethora of knowledge beingdivulged by these greats.

Adhishthan – Self Determination To Learn was anenlightening and enriching experience foreveryone who gauged onto the knowledge beingliberated at Sri Balaji Society.

Drishti 2k17

30 November – 3 December 2017

Sri Balaji Society takes utmost pleasure inintroducing you to the mighty and the much-awaited spell - Drishti 2k17 commencing from 30November 2017 to 3 December 2017. Sri BalajiSociety is a quadrilateral of 4 colossal institutessailing in the sea of education under Dr (Col) ABalasubramanian.

Balaji Institute of Management and Human Resource DevelopmentPune

4 days of Drishti is all about Kalamach, Udyog Neeti& Kreeda with 5000 plus students in the arena of SriBalaji Society feeling every moment of this festival!Drishti being organized by BIMHRD is the spirit ofevery student. It’s a hub where the students frompan India fight for the Drishti Cup & soak in theambience of high energy. The place bounded byeducational boundaries transfuses into an elementwhere the code is to be happy and competitive.

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Events at Global Business School & Research CentrePune

September – October 2017

Date: September 12, 2017Event: Fresh Face - Event by Pune Times

Details: GBSRC in collaboration with PUNETIMES organized an event named as FRESH FACEfor the first time sponsored by OPPO cameraphone. The event started at 11:00 with around 40students participating with various talents andskills like singing, dancing, and ramp walk etc. Allof them where very talented with loads ofconfidence. There were 3 rounds in all with finalwinners as AKSHAY GUNDELWAR (boys) andBABUKA SHARMA (girls). This event primarilyfocused on getting the raw talents in the cityamong the juniors so that they can further evolveas a better person and keep their stage fear aside.The event got a huge response from all thestudents present in the college.

Date: September 13, 2017

Event: Fitness Session by Kush Panchal.

Details: Fitness Expert Mr Kush Panchal was incampus to discuss about regular yoga practice.He focused on the benefits of yoga, meditationand exercise. He also suggested many ways tolearn and retain whatever students learn. He toldthat whatever student study, they should studywith fun. He also made students dance, meditateand enjoy the session a lot.

He also shared his personal life experiences withthe students. He studied in the gurukul academy

where he was taught the subject in which he waspassionate about. From the age of 16 he started yogaand went to many countries to teach yoga andbollywood yoga. He also shared various pictures ofhis in which he is making people dance and do yogawith him. He told the students that they must bepassionate about things they want to do in life.

Date: September 18, 2017

Event: Session by R J Bandya

Details: Radio Jockey of 95 Big FM, Mr Bandyapaid a visit to GBSRC on 18th September 2017. Inthe Seminar Hall, he interacted with MBA studentson various aspects of Communication Skills likehow to overcome stage fear, significance ofconfidence while communicating, presenting selfwithout being concerned about others, etc.

The ability to communicate effectively withsuperiors, colleagues, and staff is essential, nomatter what industry one works in. Workers in thedigital age must know how to effectively convey andreceive messages in person as well as via phone,email, and social media. Good communicationskills will help get hired, land promotions, and be asuccess throughout ones career. Being able tocommunicate effectively is the most important of alllife skills.

Concluding his interaction, Mr Bandya conductedonline Facebook live chat where studentsshowcased their talent and the same video wasposted on Facebook. Students not only enjoyed theevent but also learnt certain skills which are going tohelp them in their career.

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Date: November 02, 2017

Event: Collage Making Competition by CulturalClub

Details: GBSRC Cultural Club organized aCollage Making Competition for all MBA studentson 2nd Nov 2017. There were 13 teams withmore than 26 students who participated withgreat enthusiasm. Students displayed theirknowledge on the theme through variedmaterials. All the teams presented their creativitymarvelously. Immense audience support kept theteams on high. All the Faculty members judgedthe Collage. Dr L K Tripathy, Director-GBSRCappreciated all the participants for theirenthusiasm and efforts.


Event: Movie screening by Cultural Club

Details: Under the aegis of GBSRC Movie Club,“Sully” a 2016 American biographical drama filmwas screened for all the students.

Plot: On Jan 15, 2009, Capt Chesley "Sully"Sullenberger (Tom Hanks) tries to make anemergency landing in New York's Hudson Riverafter US Airways Flight 1549 strikes a flock ofgeese. Miraculously, all of the 155 passengers andcrew survive the harrowing ordeal, andSullenberger becomes a national hero in the eyesof the public and the media. Despite theaccolades, the famed pilot faces an investigationthat threatens to destroy his career and reputation.

Sully learns that preliminary data from ACARSsuggest that the port engine was still running atidle power. Theoretically, this would have left him

with enough power to return to LaGuardia or land atTeterboro. The National Transportation SafetyBoa rd c la ims tha t seve ra l con f iden t i a lcomputerized simulations show the plane couldhave landed safely at either airport without engines.Sully, however, insists that he lost both engines,which left him without sufficient time, speed, oraltitude to land safely at any airport.

He arranges to have the simulations rerun with livepilots, and the results are relayed to the publichearing. The two simulations are rerun and, thistime allowing a 35-second pause before the plane isdiverted. The simulated diversion to LaGuardiaends with the plane landing short of the runway, andto Teterboro with a crash into buildings before theairport. The board announces that analysis of theport engine, now recovered from the river, confirmsSully's account that it was disabled by the birdstrikes. The board concludes that Sullenbergeracted correctly in selecting the best of the optionsavailable to him, which in the event saved the livesof everyone aboard.

The focus of the movie was on 'decision makingunder uncertainty'. Students enjoyed the movie andexperienced the pulse of taking the right instinctivedecision while faced with an emergency.


Event: Business Buzz Competition

Details: “Business Buzz Competition” wasorganized as a part of “Entrepreneurship clubactivity”. The competition aimed to promote thespirit of entrepreneurship and to ignite the processof ideation to start ventures. Over 13 teamsparticipated with their products made available forpurchase in the GBSRC premises. The startupmodels ranged from Tea selling to on the spot makeand sell tempting Momos selling. Also there werestalls for Pani puri, Different management games,Nail arts, Pastries, Pans etc.

The participants' presented their start-up ideas afterselling the products. The winners, 1st runner-up &2nd runner-up were declared. The event came to anend with the participants interacting personallywith the faculty members in order to get possibledirectives towards their ideas. Business BuzzCompetition was a stimulating experience for everystudent, faculty and guest fraternity present in thehall.

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Event: Business Plan Competition

Details: National Business Plan Competition wasorganised on 23rd November 2017. Thecompetition aimed to promote the spirit ofentrepreneurship and to ignite the process ofideation to start ventures. Over 23 teams of MBAstudents participated representing variousmanagement institutes in and around Pune. In theinauguration programme, Dr L K Tripathy,Director – GBSRC welcomed the participants andJudges. There were industry experts as judges,viz., Dr Vasant Khisty, CEO Sammy Consulting.Mr Harshavardhan Ranade, accredi tedentrepreneur, start-up consultant and the founderof Biznovators & Udyogshalam and Mr MdNoorul Huda, CEO, Huda Technologies.

The participants' presented their business plans,which ranged from hybrid tractors to two-in-oneslates and from medical tourism to uniquerestaurants. The judges interacted with each teamto mentor the prospects and hurdles to start up aventure, sources of funds, and realistic ways ofmarket research, marketing skills, projections offinances and risks and exit mechanisms.

The winners, 1 runner-up and 2 runner-up werest nd

declared who were given cash prizes along withtrophy and certificates. The event came to an endwith the participants interacting personally withthe industry experts in order to get possibleinvestor funding for their projects.

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Industry Institute Interaction-Businessmen'sAssociation of Maharashtra (BAM)

TIMSR participated in the monthly meet ofBusinessmen's Association of Maharashtra (BAM)at Gorai in Borivali (West), Mumbai onSeptember 20, 2017. Prof Rahul Mehta and ProfNavin Bhatt presented TIMSR Collateral“Enabling Businesses Succeed with Talent” onhow BAM and TIMSR can mutually influenceeach other's capabilities. The session also gaveinsights into the entrepreneurship challenges andsolutions for SMEs.

Webinar on Entrepreneurship

A webinar on entrepreneurship was conductedon September 27, 2017. The speaker, Mr PauloMeneghel, talked about Seneca HELIX (Seneca'son campus academic incuba to r ) andentrepreneurial eco-system in Toronto. Mr Pauloalso shed light on his own start-up EMERGEwhich was incubated at Seneca HELIX andunderscored the important components of a Start-up: Ideation, Market Validation, Business ModelCanvas and The Pitch. The webinar ended withan interactive Q & Around.

Faculty Mobility Programme

Dr Ramakumar Ambatipudi, Director TIMSR andProf Medha Bakhshi, Head GM Dept, attended aone-week Erasmus programme at UPCT, Spainfrom 23 October to 28 October 2017. The visitrd th

provided avenues of exchanging ideas andfostering collaboration in joint venturespertaining to teaching, training and research. Italso provided an insight into programme designand structure in the European context and B-school mandates in the global context.

Certification Program tie-up with Dale Carnegie

Mr Elton Dsylva, Training Consultant, DaleCarnegie delivered sessions for the PGDMMarketing 2016-18 students on 23rd and 24th ofSeptember on Service Management and SalesManagement on topics such as ServiceOpera t ions Exce l l ence and Cus tomerRelationship Management.

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Bridge Courses with CAMI (US) certification

Bridge course with CAMI (US) Certification wasconducted for HR specialization students incollaboration with Asia's leading TrainingOrganization in the area of HR and PeopleManagement for the corporate Sector – Middle EarthHR on October 11, 23, 24 and 25, 2017. The coursewas divided into 3 certification programs, i.e.,Certified Talent Management Analyst, CertifiedCompensation & Benefits Managers and CertifiedLearning & Development. Each certificate courseconsisted of classroom training followed by projectwork and a certificate after successful completion ofclassroom evaluation and project work.

Certification Course Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

This course was organized for PGDM & MMS(Operations & HR) 3rd Semester students onSeptember 23, October 6 and October 7, 2017. Thisincluded sessions on 3 days in a week, for 6 monthse-learning access, comprehensive practice quizzesand globally recognized certification along withletter of completion The course taught the studentsdefine-measure-analyze-improve-control (DMAIC)methodology using case studies from severalindustries and improve quality of goods/services,customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, betterpartnership and more.

Tarapur Management Associat ion (TMA)Management Week

Prof Navin Bhat (Asst Professor – Finance), Mr RahulMehta (Asst Professor – General Management) andDr Chitra Gounder (Asst Professor - Finance) fromTIMSR attended the “Management Week” event atTarapur Management Association (TMA), Boisar onthe theme – Workplace Spirituality. The event wasattended by more than 200 representatives fromTMA member industries and eminent speakers suchas Dr Radhakrishna Pillai (Chanakya Series) and DrC Subramanian (President HR – Siyaram Group). Thesessions provided an opportunity to develop thethought process about how Spirituality can beimbued into the work place.

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Social Responsibility Cell Activities

E-waste Collection Initiative

Team Samvedana conducted an e-wasteCollection Campaign. The volunteers collectedhuge amount of e-waste, including waterpurifiers, cell phones, cords & wires, CPU, Radiosetc. This campaigning was run in collaborationwith CROMA and the collected e-waste washanded over to CROMA (Infinity retail) on 23rdOctober 2017.

National Unity Day

The institute celebrated the birth anniversary ofSardar Vallabhai Patel on 31st October asRashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day). Allthe faculty members and students of TIMSR took apledge to preserve the unity, integrity and securityof the nation. The idea was to enthuse the futuregeneration with values integrated withknowledge and adoration of the country's richheritage.

Session on Transforming Businesses withConscious Leadership

The session was conducted by Mr Munish Khanna,Consciousness Coach, during the Monthly SalesReview for Kanakia Realty Spaces on November 7,2017. The session aimed at addressing the need tobuild a sustainable pipeline of business leaders,who recognize and formulate strategies, to takeadvantage of opportunities for growth in highlydisruptive business environment.

Faculty Mobility Programme

Dr Ramakumar Ambatipudi, Director, TIMSR andProf Medha Bakhshi, Head, GM Dept, attended aone-week Erasmus programme at UPCT, Spain from23 October to 28 October 2017. The visitrd th

provided avenues of exchanging ideas and fosteringcollaboration in joint ventures pertaining toteaching, training and research. It also provided aninsight into programme design and structure in theEuropean context and B-school mandates in theglobal context.

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Global Immersion Program to Singapore

Global Immersion Program was conducted inalliance with James Cook University, Australia intheir Singapore campus from December 11 -17,2017. A total of 52 students from First-year PGDMand MMS attended the program accompanied byDr Pankaj Natu, Dr Chitra Gounder and Prof JaiKotecha. A 3-day certification program coveringtopics such as E-Commerce, Big data analytics,etc was organized in their campus.

Panel Discussion

A panel discussion on 'Technology led disruptionin Financial Services Industry' was conducted onDecember 16, 2017. Mr Siddharth Bhatt, Head-IT, Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd andMr Biren Parekh, Vice President, Intellect DesignArena Ltd were the chief guest and Prof RahulMehta was the moderator of the panel discussion.The discussion gave insights on advances intechnologies such as Mobile, Robotics, Analyticsand AI reshaping the financial services industrywith disruptive business models.

Guest Talk at Tarapur Management Association

Dr Shailendra Kale delivered a talk on 21st

December on the theme 'Lean Manufacturing' atTarapur Management Association. He sharedvarious aspects of lean manufacturing practicesand its possible impact on the overallperformance in the manufacturing facilities. Thetalk was attended by senior executives of industryand members of TMA.

Industrial Visit to Pune

HR students were taken for an industrial visit toLear Corporation, Pune on 23 December 2017rd

to understand HR aspects pertaining to:

� Organisational design

� Implementation of HRM practices

� Importance of industrial relations

� Conflict management

� Talent Acquisition

The visit facilitated students' understanding ofcurrent HR practices in manufacturing sector, andhow to deal with contemporary HR challengesand work efficiently in this dynamic businessworld.

Bridge Course on Creativity and Innovation

A Bridge course was organized on 'Creativity &Innovation' for the students of PGDM sem1, fromAugust 2017 to November 2017 by Ms Savita Rajiv,Corporate Trainer, Springs Innovations. Studentsunderstood the concept and need of creativity in therapidly changing business world.

Certification Program tie-up with Dale Carnegie

Mr Elton Dsylva, Training Consultant, Dale Carnegiedelivered sessions for the PGDM Marketing 2016-18 students on 23rd and 24th of September onService Management and Sales Management ontopics such as Service Operations Excellence andCustomer Relationship Management.

Bridge Courses with CAMI (US) certification

Bridge course with CAMI (US) Certification wasconducted for HR specialization students incollaboration with Asia's leading TrainingOrganization in the area of HR and PeopleManagement for the corporate Sector – Middle EarthHR on October 11, 23, 24 and 25, 2017. The coursewas divided into 3 certification programs i.eCertified Talent Management Analyst, CertifiedCompensation & Benefits Managers and CertifiedLearning & Development. Each certificate courseconsisted of classroom training followed by projectwork and a certificate after successful completion ofclassroom evaluation and project work.

Certification Course Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

This course was organized for PGDM & MMS(Operations & HR) 3rd Semester students onSeptember 23, October 6 and October 7, 2017. Thisincluded sessions on 3 days in a week, for 6 monthse-learning access, comprehensive practice quizzesand globally recognized certification along withletter of completion The course taught the studentsdefine-measure-analyze-improve-control (DMAIC)methodology using case studies from severalindustries and improve quality of goods/services,customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, betterpartnership and more.

CII-Cost Congress 2017

Dr Shailendra Kale (Professor – Operations) and MrRahu l Mehta (Ass t P ro fe s so r – Genera lManagement) attended the CII – Cost Congress 2017

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on the theme “Managing Disruptive Forces inBusiness for Cost Advantage – TCM Way” on 20thand 21st November 2017 in Mumbai. The eventprovided an introduction to the CII' Total CostManagement (TCM) framework. Differentperspectives of disruption and their impact onbusiness in Automotive, Pharma, ConsumerGoods, Banking and Financial Services werepresented and discussed by eminent speakersfrom the industry.

Tarapur Management Association (TMA)Management Week

Prof Navin Bhat (Asst Professor – Finance), MrRahul Mehta (Asst Professor – GeneralManagement) and Dr Chitra Gounder (AsstProfessor - Finance) from TIMSR attended the“Management Week” event a t TarapurManagement Association (TMA), Boisar on thetheme – Workplace Spirituality. The event wasattended by more than 200 representatives fromTMA member industries and eminent speakerssuch as Dr Radhakrishna Pillai (Chanakya Series)and Dr C Subramanian (President HR – SiyaramGroup). The sessions provided an opportunity todevelop the thought process about howSpirituality can be imbued into the work place.

Social Responsibility Cell Activities

Swatch Bharat Abhiyan

Team Samvedna participated in cleaning andpainting activity under Swatch Bharat Abhiyan ofGovernment of India in Association withMahindra & Mahindra at Hanuman Nagar,Kandivali on 11th November 2017. Mahindraofficials, Union representatives, Samvednacoordinators, and students from TIMSR hadjoined hands for the event. Around 40 volunteershad participated enthusiastically and their effortswere well appreciated by Mahindra & Mahindraofficials.

Digital India Campaign

Samvedana (Social Responsibility cell) took theinitiative of making senior citizens aware of doingdigital transitions (e-payments, paytm etc.). Thevolunteers of the cell visited the societies andParks in nearby areas and conducted trainingprograms for more than 50 senior citizens inbatches. This activity was done for a week from10th to 20th November 2017.

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Orientation program

An elaborate orientation program was conductedfor the 2017 batch of MBA and MCA with expertsfrom different backgrounds sharing theirexperiences and training the students aboutvarious topics, “Stepping into the corporateworld”, “Entrepreneurship”, “Managing theVUCAworld to know oneself”.

Shri Lalit Prabha Ji addressed our students byhighlighting the importance of focus on goals,values and self confidence in life.

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Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA)Chennai

LIBA associates with RNTBCI: Introducesprogram in Automotive Quality Management

Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA)in association with Renault Nissan Technologyand Business Centre India (RNTBI) on 11thAugust 2017 inaugurated the Certificate Programin Automotive Quality Management. With theautomotive industry at the brim of technologicaladvancement, the certificate program aims tofurther enhance the skill set of working executivein the automotive related businesses and instill inthem the global quality mindset.

The Indian Automotive Industry is witnessingexponential growth and accounts for nearly 7.1%of the country's GDP. Keeping this in mind, theprogram aims to further fuel the growth of theindustry by training executives in manufacturingexcellence practices like Lean thinking, TQM,TPM, Six sigma and Kaizen. Aligned with thecentral government's 'Make in India' initiative,the comprehensive training program is aimed atenhancing quality skills by offering theparticipants an opportunity to experiencedifferent Manufacturing Excellence concepts thatcan be applied to build a World classorganization.

Commenting on the partnership, Fr P Christie SJ,Director – LIBA, said “The Automotive Industry inIndia is one of the fastest growing industriesbrimming with numerous opportunities. Qualityis the key to be successful in this highlycompetitive industry. RNTBCI is interested in

creating a quality mindset and LIBA is happy toassociate with RNTBCI to design and deliver theprogramme”. Adding to this, Mr KrishnanSundarrajan, MD – RNTBCI said, it is a privilege tobe associated with a leading management institutelike LIBA to launch a program that is very close toour heart. LIBA and RNTBCI have workedcohesively to develop the curriculum for thisprogram for emerging quality professionals. Theparticipation for the course has increased three foldsand we currently have 50 industry professionalswho are engaged in this program.

Renault Nissan is a leading automotive provider inIndia and we have to attribute this to our strongnetwork of supplier community and employees.Today, this partnership with LIBA through this coursehas given us direct access to our suppliers and weare indeed grateful for that. We are currently at 6%market share and we are working really hard toincrease this share to 10% in the near future. Toprogress in this path, we will be taking inspirationfrom LIBA's principle of Excellence and Ethics. Ourrecent initiative, Nissan Connect is an example ofethics and our sustained quality standards, returningcustomers is excellence for our business.

Spread across 18 months, the first batch of weekendclasses had an overwhelming intake of 50 members,who are currently employed in automotivecompanies. As part of this program LIBA will offersupport in terms of infrastructure and facultyresource to train the participants. The coursecommenced from 5th August 2017 at LIBACampus.

AVisit to Remember 13th August, 2017

LIBA hosted a Workshop on 'High Performance:Leadership in Times of Change and Uncertainty'

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Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA)hosted a workshop on High PerformanceLeadership in Times of Change and Uncertaintyfrom 30th August to 1st September 2017 at TajCoromandel, Chennai. The workshop had ProfGeorge Kohlrieser, an internationally renownedveteran hostage negotiator and Professor ofLeadership at IMD Business School in Lausanne,Switzerland as a Resource Person.

Covering the various facets of leadershipdevelopment, the workshop discussed “HighPerformance: Leadership in Times of Change andUncertainty – the challenge for High PerformingLeaders”. It focused on what leaders need tounderstand and do to create stability in anunstable world and examine what followers needin order to remain fully committed, highlymotivated and deeply engaged to achievemaximum results. This programme was spreadacross nine key sessions - conflict management,art & science of negotiation, action planning andfeedback to rewiring the brain for higherperformance were some of the key sessions thatwere deliberated over the course of three days.

A renowned organizational and clinicalpsychologist, Prof George Kohlrieser is aProfessor of Leadership and OrganizationalBehaviour at IMD. He has served as a Consultantto several global companies including Accenture,Amer Sports, Borealis, Cisco, Coca-Cola, HP,Hitachi, IBM, IFC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, MorganStanley, Motorola, NASA, Navis, Nestle, Nokia,Pictet, Rio Tinto, Roche, Santander, Swarovski,Sara Lee, Tetra Pak, Toyota and UBS.

LIBA wins semi-finals of BLoC Boardroom Challenge

L to R: Case creator and jury member MrVishwadeep Kuila, Chennai semi-final winnersGlisten D'Silva and Akshay Krishnan, LIBADirector Fr P Christie SJ and jury member Mr SSiva Kumar.

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First round of semi-finals were held in Chennai andBengaluru

The semi-finals of the Boardroom Challenge hostedby BusinessLine on Campus kicked off on Mondayin Chennai and Bangalore. Presented by menswearbrand Indian Terrain, the events were held at thecampuses of Loyola Institute of BusinessAdministration, Chennai, and Xavier Institute ofManagement and Entrepreneurship (XIME),Bangalore.

Created by Mr Vishwadeep Kuila, Founder of BrandVectors, the case required the students to come upwith strategies on how brand Nokia can make asuccessful re-entry into the Indian market, using aninvestment of $500 million. Before the studentpresentations began, Mr T Muralidharan of TMIgroup, spoke to the students on the emerging newjob areas and the need for them to form a realisticpicture of their career prospects. Whatever be thesector, whether analytics or healthcare, ITES orbanking, the key role is sales, he said, adding thatthe person who excels in a sales role is most likely tobecome a successful CEO.

In Chennai, the three-member panel consisted of MrVishwadeep Kuila, executive coach and trainer, MrSiva Kumar, and Fr Peter from XLRI. Nine teamsfrom colleges across the city participated andpresented their strategies in an interesting andsuccinct manner.

The three-member team from LIBA comprisingGlisten D'Silva, Satish Guru and Akshay Krishnanwere declared the winners. The LIBA teamimpressed with their attention to detail andmeticulous calculations on projected expenditure,while the runners-up made a convincing case aboutthe marketing and costing aspects.

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2. BEYOND MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE –Guest Lectures

The Beyond Management Initiative is a studentresource aimed at providing a path of knowledgebeyond academics and classroom. Speakers withspecial expertise in various domains are invitedthroughout the academic year to share theirknowledge and experience with the students.

Inaugural Session of Beyond ManagementInitiative for this Academic Year

Ms Vidya PradeepSenior Vice PresidentHDFC Bank and Alumni LIBA

Senior Vice President, HDFC Bank and Alumni LIBA

Building a Brand – The Indian Terrain Way

Mr Venkatesh RajagopalChairman and Managing Director,Indian Terrain Fashions Ltd.

LIBA was happy to host Mr Venkatesh Rajgopal,Chairman & MD, The Indian Terrain Ltd at theBeyond Management Initiative Session held on2nd August 2017.

Born in a family of Civil Servants, Mr VenkateshRajagopal did his post-graduation in Economicsand joined the civil services as an IPS Officer. Heserved for 10 years and then began his secondinnings as an entrepreneur. In the year 2000, MrRajgopal launched 'Indian Terrain' to cater to theneeds of domestic markets. It was listed in theyear 2011. Indian Terrain has today grown to be a

truly national brand with its presence firmlyestablished across the entire country. The brand istoday one of the three top casual wear Brands in thecountry and has currently recorded retail revenues ofRs.500 crores.

He says that building a clothing brand from thescratch is painstaking, emotional, something thatcannot be scaled up and does not count on overnightsuccess. He fondly recalls how his brand thatmanufactures both style and design, started 17 yearsago. Like most brands, Indian Terrain too wentthrough the rough terrains of any product life cycle,facing problems related to the setup of themanufacturing plant, sourcing of raw materials,establishing the distribution channels and mostimportantly, competing with international brandslike U S Polo. The first outlet that was opened at TTKRoad, Chennai is till today the best retail and flagshipstore. Slowly the brand started occupying space inthe retail environment of Multi Brand Outlets, wherethe Indian consumer redeems an international senseof being. The aesthetics and emotions laid out well inthe stores, the way the clothes were displayed, drewthe attention of customers and convinced them to trythe brand. He partly owes the success of this ventureto the strong retail distribution network it has builtover the years. The fashion genre that Mr Rajgopalventured into was the 'American Sportswear'. Thisgenre gave him the opportunity to target themasculine faces of the country who were graduallyevolving their styles to fit both arenas of play andwork. The brand itself is known for the ensemble ofmany individual pieces that are put together, tomatch the expectation and emotionally connectwith the customer.

When asked about women's apparel, he recollectsthat they had earlier committed the mistake ofentering that segment. As far as he knows, the Indianwomen were spoilt for choice and it's never easy totarget that segment with the genre he wasspecializing in. He admits that the story of the IndianTerrain has begun only now with a proper launchplatform in place. Building resilience and deliveringthe promise of his brand will always remain thebiggest challenges the brand faces.

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Campus to Corporate : A Holistic Approach!

Mr Ramesh ShankarExecutive Vice President(South Asia Cluster & Country HR Head),Siemens India, Mumbai & Author of the book,“Sights & Insights”

The Beyond Management Initiative of LoyolaInstitute of Business Administration, Chennai wasproud to host Mr S Ramesh Shankar, ExecutiveVice President, South Asia Cluster and CountryHR Head, Siemens India, on 8th August 2017 foran interactive session with the students on thetopic “Campus to Corporate: AHolistic Approach.”

Mr Shankar spoke on the changes one is likely toencounter while making the transition from acampus culture to a corporate world. Hementioned the fact that while some of thestudents may have already gone through this, asthey possess some amount of work experience,others would find themselves entering a wholenew world.

Mr Shankar highlighted some of the key factorsthat one must take note of, factors that are typicalof a corporate world, those that propel anindividual towards achieving excellence. Hementioned how ambition and commitmentdrives people to scale the pinnacle of successwhile also throwing light on the importance offostering both an individualistic as well ascollectivist attitude while within an organization.Another very important point touched upon wasthe importance of staying in touch with our innerconscience, something many often fail to do intheir professional lives.

Individuals making the switch from campus tocorporate would also experience a gamut ofemotions, Mr Shankar pointed out, emotions thatwere not meant to be feared but enjoyedcompletely. There is a lot to look forward to in thecorporate world and people need to make the mostof these enriching experiences during the period oftheir association with any organization.

The session was followed by a Q & A session whereMr Shankar answered queries put forward bymembers of the audience.

Be a Leader

Dr Santhosh Babu, IASChairman & MD, Tamilnadu HandicraftsDevelopment Corporation and Officer on SpecialDuty, Chief Minister's Special Cell in charge of“Amma Call Centre”

The Beyond Management Initiative session held on16th August 2017 with “Leadership” as its themewas privileged to host Dr Santhosh Babu, IAS. DrSanthosh Babu shared his insights on Leadershipand how it is exercised in our government.Government offices are often ridden with people,red tape, meetings and telephone calls. However,panacea cannot be obtained from computerization.What we really need is transformative leadership.Transformative leadership is attained throughcommunicating with people, understanding theirgrievances and providing solutions for them. Atransformative leader is one who is a leader bydesign. He doesn't limit himself within his sphere ofinfluence and he has a vision for what the futureholds in store for his people. He identifies such aleader in the Captain of the Titanic, Captain Edward

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J. Smith who helped his passengers get to safety atthe risk of his own life.

The word “Leadership” can be abbreviated asfollows, L for Listening, E for Empathy, A forAgenda, D for Direction, E for Ethics, R forResponsibility, S for Stupendous Hard work, H forHappiness, I for Inspiration and P for Passion -- allqualities that make up a transformative leader.

Dr Santhosh Babu goes on to talk about the TamilNadu Handicrafts Development Corporation,commonly referred to as 'Poompuhar', where henow serves as the Chairman & Managing Director.Poompuhar sells ethnic artifacts made by artisans.Poompuhar has completely digitalised itself fromits attendance to its repository to its billing system.It has also started selling its items at e-commercesites such as Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal.Poompuhar plans on reducing time by making 3Dprinting its items on a larger scale. It made itshighest ever profit of Rs.1.5 crores last year. It alsobagged the National e-Governance Silver awardfor the year 2016-2017. Poompuhar is nowplanning on having its first VR showroom.Chennai Airport, Ennore port, Southern Railway,Urban Haat and Craft Café -- to name a few -- aresome of the places that have been redesigned byPoompuhar. These places look beautiful and alsodepict the rich and vibrant cultural heritage ofTamil Nadu. He attributes this success toinnovation and digitalisation for which he bringsout the example of Estonia. Being a very smallcountry, Estonia has grown to be one of theworld's digitally advanced societies. Hedeliberated on the point that urban opportunitiesshould be made accessible in rural areas andmore than people being able to see thegovernment they should be able to feel it.

A satisfied customer makes a happy administrator.We should remember never to have a personalagenda in the workplace. It is best to think aboutnow and not dwell too much into the past orworry too much about the future. Always placeIndia first before anything else. He ended hisspeech on a very meaningful note by saying thatthe most important thing for a transformativeleader is to love your people 24 x 7, irrespective ofany barriers.

Consumer Behaviour

Dr Suresh RamanathanProfessor of Marketing and holds the David RNorcom'73 Endowed Professorship in the MaysBusiness School at Texas A&M University, he alsotaught at University of Chicago Booth School ofBusiness.

The energy levels in the roomwere rising high the minute DrSuresh Ramanathan startedh i s t a l k o n C o n s u m e rBehaviour at Loyola Instituteof Business Administration atthe Guest Lecture session on16th August 2017.

Dr Ramanathan who holds his PhD in Marketingfrom Stern School of Business at New York is also agraduate from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhiand Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. Withhis rich experience in both academia and industry,he kept the students engrossed throughout. “The'notion' of customer experience is vital in anybusiness but a company focusing on giving a goodprice on it isn't just enough in this hyper competitiveworld,” mentioned Mr Suresh who gave Reliance Jioas a reference.

He says no advantage will last a company for morethan three months and efficiency isn't a strategicdifferentiator. “Are we truly differentiated in thevalue given to the customer?,” questions theprofessor who says strategic herding is the majorproblem we face and the whole industry faces it likethe Telecom industry currently is. 'Should thecompany focus on customer satisfaction?' and theresponses from the audience were varying from abig yes to maybe. He says the term customersatisfaction is the most inane term used widely. Thestate of satisfaction doesn't push the customer toexcitement rather a sense of calm, he explains. “It isa cognitive construct and it cannot be measured inthese after-service surveys that many companies do.It should be on understanding of what the customerexactly wants,” says Dr Suresh who stresses that theconventional CRM in companies shouldn't just betreated as a software in the company.

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He mentioned that company loyalty doesn't existentirely and it's becoming a myth because now-a-days the customers don't just strive to meetexpectations but exceed it. He went on to talkabout how to keep customer happy. “The threethings we need to focus is relatedness, autonomyand mastery. Also, we should justify why theconsumer should buy the brand,” explained theprofessor. He also answered few questions fromthe audience which was on how companies arehandling CRM these days for which hementioned, the loyal customers of the companyare now being moved towards CEM which isCustomer Experience Management. He alsoexplained how Apple retains its customer base asthe company products come along with a sense ofpride.

Dialogue is the Key to Negotiations

Prof George KohlrieserOrganizational and Clinical Psychologist &Professor Organizational Behaviour –International Institute of ManagementDevelopment (IMD), Switzerland

“Learn to accept another person's perspective”,said Prof. George Kohlrieser, while addressingLIBAstudents.

It was an illuminating and engaging experiencefor the students of Loyola Institute of BusinessAdministration (LIBA), Chennai, when ProfGeorge Kohlrieser, an America-born clinical andorganizational psychologist, author, speaker,consultant and a professor of Leadership andOrganizational Behavior at the InternationalInstitute for Management Development (IMD)based in Lausanne, Switzerland addressed thestudents on the topic 'High performanceleadership' at the Beyond Management Initiativesession held on 30 August 2017.

Prof Kohlrieser brought to light the importance ofyouth leadership and stressed on a leadership basedon dialogue and bonding.

Leadership starts with leading one's self. A trueleader must have control on his or her emotions andthoughts. Having been a part of over 100 hostagenegotiations, Prof Kohlrieser mentioned that“leadership's key challenge lies in bonding with thepeople you don't like”. This challenge can only bemet by getting rid of a tribal mindset which keepscategorizing people as 'them'or 'us'.

Human brain is fundamentally negative. It is atpeace only when it is sure that there is no fear orpain. Keeping the brain vibrant and positive is atough task. One way of doing so is by finding asecure base. A secure base can be a person, place,goal or object that provides a sense of comfort.

“Leaders need to let go off their ego. Leading is aboutserving, it is a human process”, says Prof Kohlrieser.Today's business leaders need to become securebases for their employees. There is a need to leadfrom the mind's eye, interweaving dialogue andbonding in the leadership fabric.

In his special message for India, Prof Kohlrieser said,“Indian leaders need to be inspirational drivers ofchange. While there is a need for the women in Indiato fight for their rights and stand their ground, themen also need to learn to bond and show emotions”.

Beyond Management Initiative– EKALAVYASession

EKALAVYA, an in i t ia t ive of the beyondmanagement team, it is a knowledge sharingplatform that aims at capitalizing on thepowerhouse of talent within LIBA students. In thissession students are given the opportunity to sharetheir knowledge in their areas of expertise thusencouraging learning from one another.

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1. EVENTS AT LIBALIBA students excel at outbound trainingprogram in Pegasus Institute

Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA)organized an outbound training program for thefirst year students of its flagship

Venture ClincherAn I Business Simulation Exercise traversing3

Ideation, Incubation and Implementation29 August, 2017 at LIBA, Chennaith

On 29th August 2017 LIBA organised its novel andmost recent initiative VENTURE CLINCHER. It's ameet up where practicing Start-ups, Entrepreneurs,Academicians and Venture capitalists interactedwith eight groups of student aspirants about theirdream projects. The expert panel comprisedMessiers Viswanathan, Ramaseshan, MuthuGanesh, Irudayaraj, Kern L Agarwal and Prof AXavier Raj. The themes of the new ventures: CanineCare, Cocoda – The Natural Soda, Farm Fam,Fusion Food Lab, Sweet-box, Smart Power Case,Green Kart, Live Laces. The draft of thepresentations were sent in time to the experts andtheir critical and searching questions, guidance,support, mentoring and handholding helped theirentrepreneurial dreams gain a shape.

Venture Clincher is the brainchild of Fr Francis PeterSJ, Professor of Managerial Communicationconceived as a practicum of the ManagerialCommunication done in collaboration with CKPCentre for Emerging India. This interdisciplinarysimulation exercise, we hope would provide thefreshers a near-natural context to hone theirclassroom learning about strategic presentation, abottom of the totem pole experience to learn whatthe business world is like for the first time, and instilla drive to succeed.

The take-home for the participants

� Gaining clarity and acquiring a shape totheir initial concepts

� Learn the practical issues associated withrunning a business

� Confident facing of a panel, presenting anddefending your ideas

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Key Participants from LIBA: Fr P Christie SJ,Director; Fr Francis Peter SJ, Professor, XLRI andDr A Xavier Raj, Chairperson, C K Prahalad Centrefor Emerging India.

A Visit to Remember13 August, 2017th

“ " is a library ofLittle Sister's Home for the Agedhuman books with a happy cover page, but eachwith an agonizing story. The happy chapters takethe road not taken and reach a tragic ending. Isn'tit depressing that the little fingers that had onceheld the warm hands of their parents'has left themin solitary severing the affectionate parentalbond.

Like the white dot on the 'Yin-Yan', the LittleSisters provide a very pleasant home for the loneaged people. They bring all the companionlessinto a new small family of love and care. Theytake up begging with a charming smile on theirfaces to provide a cheerful home for the aged. Thehuge home with a beautiful chapel is a veil on theface of education and ethics going in vain. Thefirst visit organised by the forLIBA Radius Clubthe year 2017 was worth our Sunday noon.Making someone smile costs us nothing, instead itshowers abundance of blessings. The bunch ofthirty five happy souls of LIBA sparkled thestardust of positivity on all the beaming agedinmates at the home. Some deep thoughts wereshared and we got a chance to have a one on one

interaction with a few of them. Brimming withpositivity, the happy bunch was able to console theaching souls by sharing a hug and a few words ofkindness.

The aged inmates at the Home were taught to fendfor themselves to give them a sense of belonging.They held themselves in small chores like cuttingvegetables, cleaning windows etc. An organisedculture was followed within the home. It wassurprising to see them carry their own baskets withtheir belongings to the dining hall for lunch. Thecalm dining environment was transformed into anenvironment of fun and frolic with loud happy songssung by us. A prayer was said to the Almighty aboveseeking for blessings and wisdom to the youngminds. It is very clear to all who visited the old agehome that, all the inmates are there, not for the loveof being away from home and independent butbecause there is no better alternative left for them,once they are neglected and unwanted in theirhomes by their own children. This made us take aninner peaceful pledge out of self-realization, ofbeing the guardian angels to our parents whonurture us and shower infinite love on us.

Aloha F17: A Fresher's Party Made in Hawaii

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The Flag Hoisting

We at LIBA proudly hoisted our National Flag at7 . 1 5 a m o n I n d e p e n d e n c e D a y w i t hFr P Christie SJ, Director, LIBA, gracing theceremonies. Everybody breathed a sigh of reliefwhen everything went as per plan, the flag rosehigh and petals showered with all standing inattention and saluting the flag with honour. Thiswas followed by the National Anthem after whichthe audience went to the auditorium for the nextpart of the ceremonies.

The Speeches

Fr P Christie SJ and Prof Victor Louis Anthuvangave an inspiring talk about the history andrelevance of this patriotic day.

DHRUVA COLLEGE ofMANAGEMENT, Hyderabad

There has been a flurry activity @ DHRUVACOLLEGE of MANAGEMENT Aug 2017.

Ravi K Reddy - Kellogg MBA, CEO - Sunera Tech(USA)

To name one-rather one of the crowning glory, MrRavi Reddy's address to the corporates "Evolution ofManagement in digital world" 6 PM Aug, 2017 @CYIENT-Financial District, Gachibowli, Hyderabadsponsored by DHRUVA.

Please find below the list of experts (not exhaustive)from across the world who visited / addressed @DHRUVAduring the said period:

Sista - International Talent | Ned Modi -StrategiestBerkadia | Dr Ravi Chandra Raju - Trainer | Dr S VSubrahmanyam - Germany | Prakash Kumar -Netherland | B Nageshwar Singh - VedantaPhilosopher | Padma Kumar - Crossover Leadership| Sudha Kolluru - Business Developer | Dr Dominic -Cardiologist, LSU | Mr Bruce - Vice C - LSU |Hemamalini - Freelance Consultant | Anand Haran -Oracle | Satya Pamula - Integral PR | Dr PVLakshmipathy - Indonesia | Dr Pradeep Kumar -China | Jabili - Member- Indian National Shooters'Contingent | Balarama Varanasi - HMA | SureshKochattil - Apollo | Ms Sandhya - Trainer | VasudevaReddy - IIM-Indore | Purushottam Reddy - USA | DrKavitha - USA | Sugandha Shaik - Ethiopia | MsSudha -Toast Masters | Jaipal T - Indian PharmaAssociation | Ms Sneha - Centurian Exports |Satyanarayana K - President Emeritus - NHRD | DrRaghu Acharya - Trainer | Ms Arunima - Uber | RaviReddy - President & CEO, Sunera Tech Inc, USA |MsPriyaAyengar - California State University | DrBalaraj Virmani - ASCI | Vijay Padmanabhan -I n v e s c o . , D r K P r a t a p r e d d y - I R M A , S r iMadhavTirumella-

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A Fitting Finale of "Fun & Frolic" to a hectic monthof Orientation

The 23rd batch PGDM of DHRUVA COLLEGE ofMANAGEMENT - Hyderabad consisting of 180students have undergone orientation from July 17to Aug 17, 2017 filled with dance, music, sports,games, club activities, rangoli, batukamma etc.apart from introduction to basic maths, accounts,communication and life skills.

August 18, 2017

The drizzling Friday at Leonia resorts - a uniquedestination spread across sprawling greenery andnatural rock formations that portrayed a warminvitation to dwell in the ambience of luxury,warm hospitality and richness of integratedservices was truly "A fitting finale of Fun & Frolicto a hectic month of Orientation.

The students were received with a "welcomedrink" at the Grand Hall of resort.

The day's outing composited of indoor andoutdoor games. Some of the games which wereplayed by students were Foot Ball, Lawn Tennis,Sand Volleyball, Badminton, Basket Ball, CaromBoard, Chess and Table Tennis. Some otherattractions were Flow Rider, Paint Ball, Cricketbowling machine, Archery, Bull Ride, EuroBungee, Human Foosball, Lazy River, Flow Rider,Cycling, Cricket under Natural Lights and Cricketunder artificial lights.

Lunch was served at the Grand Hall with thebuffet spread across having soup, salads withtopping laid out, rice, , chicken and fishpulao, dalwith freshly made and . The menutawa roti naandelighted the taste buds of Dhruvans. Adding to it

the desert was with the topping of icekala jamuncream and sweet.besan

The most interesting thing about the whole D-Daywas the Leo Splash water park with rain dance.Dhruvans spent the whole afternoon playing in thewater park, swimming pool, falling from the sliderand the rain dance. Beside the drizzling rain, therewas the artificial rain dance arena beside the poolwhere the lively music made the day for the studentstill the evening.

The day ended with the hi- tea coupled with freshsandwich and biscuits which sucked the cold out ofstudents as they're wet with a splash in the pool.

EPILOGUE

The day long outing created positive vibes in allDhruvans. There were instances where many didn'twant to go into the swimming pool and the raindance after the lunch but most changed their mindand decided to enjoy the pleasant environment of"Team Spirit" that the college bestowed on them.Everyone savoured what nature had offered them inthe form of the dizzying drizzling! Many memoriesthat created between the newness of relationshipsthat got formed and a lifetime of stories ofNetworking, Friendship, Camaraderie - not to forget"The Bonhomie"!

A fitting finale of to a hectic month ofFun & FrolicOrientation @ "DHRUVA-one of the mosthappening B-School"...isn't it ?

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Chetan Business School, Hubli celebrated theIndependence Day at its premises. The NationalFlag was hoisted by Col (Retd) Shankar Ganigi, theprincipal of NTTF Dharwadin the presence ofstudents, staff and invitees. He joined the formalfunction that followed the flag hoisting andNational Anthem.

In the formal function, Mr Goudar introduced ColShankar; Prof Koujalgi welcomed the gathering.

In his address on the occasion, Col Shankar spokeon the need and power of education. How muchthe education is the need of the hour and howdoes it stand the youth and the nation in goodstead he added. The choice between money andeducation is very important because chase ofmoney lands the people in all sorts of problemswhile the chase of education leads only to thepositive impact he said citing many examples ofpeople who went after money and how theylanded in problems and those went aftereducation how they achieved the great heights inlife. He called up on the students to seek and getmaximum education. Stressing up on the skills hesaid that skill once learnt, it is forever with theperson, one can only improve but there is nochance that the skills are forgotten.

He further spoke on the career in army andinformed that it is the most enjoyable life at thearmy which no other career can offer includingthe salary. While the selection process is not muchattention is paid to IQ level as much as it paid tosports, handling crisis and ability to overcome thecrisis. The life is far better inside hence the youthcan think of joining the army. Even the thinking isafoot that females should also be considered forarmy career. He concluded his address with a callthat the true freedom is all about taking positiveaction, owning the actions and not cribbing aboutthe authorities should do the things, freedombrings with it the responsibility and pleasurehence when the responsibility is discharged onedefinitely gets the accompanying pleasure.

Prof Wadknavar spoke on the occasion and calledupon the students that they are the future of thecountry and they have to create the future.

Chetan Business School held the valedictory ofSummer Internship Project (SIP) at its premises. Asper the academic requirement of MBA underKarnataka University, Dharwad each student has toundergo two months of SIP in an organization afterthe end of second semester.

As a best practice every year in the SIP valedictorystudents are asked to put up a stall to exhibit theproducts of their company in which they did theirSIP.

This is small competition and the three prizes areawarded based on the jury's decision. The prizes(cash prize) are distributed in the valedictory.

The company guides are invited to this function sothat they get to know about this practice.

The function is titled as " MY COMPANY MYPRODUCT" .

Chetan Business School, Hubli

Prof Ramakant Kulkarni speaking on the occasiontraced how did business adopted to the immediatepost independence period challenges and stood tothe test of time.

Dr Koravi in his presidential addressed spoke aboutthe culture of unity and need for maintaining thesame for the protection of freedom.

The students spoke on the occasion coveringimportant things about National flag, need for unity,fight against corruption and respect for defenseforces who are engaged in protecting the borders.

In the end a documentary on freedom waspresented. The Chief Guest Col Shankar wasfelicitated. The function ended with nationalanthem.

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This year, Mr Gladwin Kalebar, Manager HR,MSPL, Hospet and Mr Naresh Shah, M D AutoHouse, Hubli were the guests and jury who wentthrough each stall and quizzed the students tounderstand their work during the two month ofSIP. They judged the three best exhibitions forgiving the prizes.

In the formal function they distributed the prizes,pre-placement offers and appreciation letters andstipend amount given by the companies to thestudents.

Summer In-Plant Project is the one of the flagshipprogrammes of Chetan Business School,Hubballi. It gives the students the opportunity toserve as intern at esteemed organizations. Thetime spent in the organization increases thestudent's self confidence and knowledge aspect.Students get the practical exposure as well as thepeople skills needed to excel in a corporateenvironment. During the internship, studentslearn several key concepts that enhance theclassroom instruction. SIP for the academic year2016-17 was commenced on 19th of June 2017.The companies for the SIP were sourced by thecollege and few Companies were been sourcedby the students itself and companies selectedstudents through interview process. Total 29companies gave opportunities to the students ofour institution to perceive their Summer In-PlantProject. The students were assigned with the OJT(On the Job Training) and asked to carry out theresearch work for the period of two months. SIPguidelines were explained to students andhandbook was given to the students for referencein the beginning of project.

Training sessions on Research methodology,ques t ionnai re development and repor tsubmission were conducted by the faculties.

Workshop on Data analysis using SPSS wasorganized as a part of SIP training. Prof Aniruddhaengaged with the workshop. Mid review wasconducted on 5th August 2017 and the studentswere asked to present the developments of researchwork. Apart from mid review, there were regularfortnightly reviews. Mr Ravindra Ratnakar, BranchManager, SBI-In Touch conducted one elaboratereview which gave lot of insights to the students.

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IFIM Business School kicked off the newacademic year and welcomed the 23 batch of itsrd

PGDM students during the student inductionceremony held in Bangalore. The event saw thefresh batch of students being introduced to IFIM'svision to shape careers and nurturing them for afuture of entrepreneurship.

Mr Harish Bijoor, CEO, Harish Bijoor ConsultsInc, inaugurated the program as chief guest andthe session was addressed by ,Dr Abhishek NirjarDirector - IFIM Business School.

This year was again a record year in terms of thenumber and quality of students who wereadmitted. The institute also had taken variousinnovative measures to make the students highly-ready for absorption by industry. Speaking aboutthe placements, Dr Abhishek Nirjar, Director-IFIM Business School, said, “We are proud toshare that this year too we have seen a 100%placement at our college in a record time wherethe highest package being Rs. 15 lacs. Recruiterswho hired in plenty are Citi Bank, Dell India,KPMG, American Express, Oracle India Pvt. Ltd.,Mindtree and Nestle.”

IFIM Business School - NASSCOM Tie-up

IFIM Business School has partnered withNASSCOM SSC to become their first LicensedTraining Partner (LTP) in Karnataka.

This strategic alliance between NASSCOM andIFIM Business School aims to offer AssociateAnalytics Junior Data Associate Associate, andRecruitment courses to all graduate students asan add-on course to enhance their employabilityskills primarily in IT/ITes Sector. IFIM will followthe curriculum and course content developed byNASSCOM which will further assess and awardcertificates to the successful candidates alongwith IFIM via NSDC's SDMS (Skill DevelopmentManagement System).

IFIM Business School's 21 Convocationst

Ceremony

IFIM Business School witnessed its landmarkcelebration with its 21 Annual Convocation heldst

at their campus. This year saw 169 students of the

2015-17 batch receive their post-graduatediplomas in the presence of Mr Kamal Bali,President and Managing Director, Volvo GroupIndia Pvt Ltd Mr V B Padode, Chairman, along with- Centre for Developmental Education (CDE)Society and Mr Sanjay Padode, Secretary (CDE).

Mr. Sanjay Padode, Secretary, Centre forDevelopment Education welcomed the guests andcongratulated the graduating students. “As theemployment industry is ever evolving with room forimproving quality and profitability standards, theeligibility criteria of hiring people also keepschanging. Organizations now look for the skills andexperience of an individual, while also keeping thestudents' grades as a benchmark. The onus now lieson the Institute to adapt to teaching methods thatencompass industry exposure through live researchprojects, internships and personality enhancementactivities. Only then will educational institutionsprove their worth by creating job readyprofessionals,” he said. EPSI petition to waiver GSTfrom educational services by IFIM Law College

Exempt higher education institutions from GST

“The decision of the Finance Ministry to taxoutsourced services in HIEs according to the GSTscheme is in turn forcing the managements toimplement a hike in the fee structure to neutralizethe extra expenditure that comes upon them”, saidK r i t i k a Padode , Membe r o f Cen t r e fo rDevelopmental Education, IFIM Institutions, who isspearheading the campaign.

IFIM Law College Orientation Program

The orientation program for the BBA., LL.B. batch2017-'22 kick started successfully at the IFIMcampus. Chief Guest Ms Ekta Bhal delivered anenlightening speech on the importance of facts in alawyer's life and also spoke about the key skills thatare crucial for building a successful career in Law.

Milan 2017

IFIM's annual alumni meet, Milan 2017, turned outto be a memorable event. Special thanks to THEIMPROV for adding unlimited fun to the event andto all our alumni for making Milan 2017 a greatsuccess.

IFIM Business School, Bangalore23 PGDM Batch Inaugurationrd

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IFIM Business School's 12th InternationalConference, Convergence focused on the needof growth driven actions in all spheres to have asustainable future

IFIM Business School, Bangalore held its two-dayInternational Conference, Convergence on the15 and 16 of September. The event themedth th

'Management 2022: Growth and SustainabilityChallenges', comprised a series of plenarysessions and paper presentations.

During the keynote address, Mr RameshKrishnan, CEO, India and Head of MESA,Parkway Pentai, IHH Healthcare, Singaporesaid, “Growth and innovation are two termswhich have played an essential part in myjourney. I have travelled from being an engineerto moving to MBA, then healthcare, and nowmergers and acquisitions. At each stage, I realizedthat innovation begins from the self. If you don'tconstantly grow and innovate, you cannot have alasting impact in your life, in the largercommunity and the nation as a whole. Youngstersneed to feel that 'Aha' moment of life whichcomes when you feel the growth in life.”

Freshers Business Challenge Competition (FBCC)

Freshers Business Challenge Competition (FBCC)was hosted by IFIM Entrepreneurship Cell to instillthe spirit of entrepreneurship in the students ofPGDM 2017-19 batch. Dr Harish Pant, Director,Hampson Industries Private Limited distributedthe prizes to the participants.

IFIM CSR Committee organised 'SEWASANDWICH’

IF IM CSR Commit tee organised 'SEWASANDWICH' activity to help the new volunteersunderstand the joy of giving. The CSR team visitedthe village near the hostel and distributed 251sandwiches. Ms Kalpana Padode, MD, HomeCatering Services Pvt Ltd, sponsored this event.

Guest Lecture by Praveen Bose

Mr Praveen Bose, from Brand-comm - Branding,Public Relations, Digital Marketing, delivered aguest lecture on A Day in a Reporter's Life to thestudents of B A Journalism.

Mentoring Orientation

Mentoring is a symbiotic and synergetic relationshipwith mutual benefits. The essence of mentoring is asustained human relationship that helps youngprofessionals at IFIM Business School gain fromdiversified experiences, wisdom and knowledgeprovided by industry leaders. Mentoring fosters asense of bonding that builds reciprocal relationshipover the period between mentors and mentees. TheCorporate Mentor Orientation Meeting for the newacademic year was held on Saturday, August 19,2017 at the IFIM campus.

IFIM College launches PG programs – MBA andM Com in September 2017

IFIM College, Affiliated to Bangalore University andaccredited with grade 'A'by NAAC, offers educationwhich focuses on academic rigor and overallpersonality development. The college fosters anatmosphere of intellectual vigor and moral rectitudein which the youth may find their fulfillment andachieve greatness as eminent citizens. With acampus strategically placed in Electronics City,Bengaluru, one of India's largest Electronicindustrial parks, IFIM College bridges the gapbetween classroom learning and practicalexperience, thereby creating business-readycorporate professionals.

FUN-VISTA

IFIM boasts about being one of the most happeningcolleges and yet again the students of E-cellportrayed their skills by pulling off their flagshipevent named FUN-VISTA. It is well said thatinspiration leads to success. When we wereenlightened with the idea of conducting the event itwas that inner excitement that made us worktirelessly with great enthusiasm. This helped us inconducting the first ever food and game show atIFIM.

The preparations started vigorously about a weekbefore the main event. We went looking for sponsorsand participants. It was exciting to see manyentrepreneurs actively showing interest. At the endof the week we were able to get a bunch ofparticipants and sponsorships from Vivo, Calcuttacabin, Hostel backpack and Harsha.

IFIM Law College inauguration presided over byChief Guest, Hon'ble Justice Mr Aravind Kumar

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News Club –

Edits our RSB flagship management magazine

'AARUSH'. News club conducts business quiz,

debates, problem solving activities and other

activities.

1. ‘Knowing yourself is the beginning of all

wisdom – Aristole’, with this motto the

‘Business Quiz’ was conducted on 31st August

2017 in the presence of esteemed RSB director

Dr Subhendu Dey and other faculty. Five team

were selected for the finals and the quiz

masters were A Brijesh (PGDM 17) and Satvik

(PGDM 16). They quizzed the students about

company logos, identifying the CEO and the

company names etc. The winners were –

Harshith/Senthil, and Babu/ Saraswathi

(PGDM 17). The runners up were Vijayshree

and Kanisha (PGDM 16).

1. The second was conducted on'Business Quiz'

19/09/2017. The students were selected by a

preliminary round held on Sep 18, 2017 and

the selected students participated in the final

round of Business quiz event. The winners

were Harshit and Pavithra from PGDM 17.

2. The News club conducted a debate on

26/10/2017 on the topic 'Trial by Media-good

or bad'. Though 15 students participated in the

preliminary round, eight students were

selected for the final round. The debate was

lively with points and counterpoints. At the

end, the judges for the event Dr Badri and Dr

Srikanth pointed out the areas of improvement

to all the contestants and emphasized the need

for more depth with more facts. The judges

declared as the andJayanth and Babu winners

Harshith and Santhanalakshmi (PGDM 17) as

runners up.

Rajalakshmi School of BusinessChennai

CONFLUENCE 2017

A one day Fest was conducted'Confluence 2017'

by the Rajalakshmi School of Business, one of the

premier business schools in Chennai and rated

among the best emerging business schools in India

by Times of India. The event was divided into two

sessions

(I) Meet the Entrepreneur Series and

(ii) Business Standard – RSB Quiz.

In the 'Meet the Entrepreneur Series', Mr Dhruv

Lakra, CEO of Mirakle Couriers (President's Award

Winning start-up) was invited as a guest speaker

where he spoke about the challenges faced by

entrepreneurs in the real world scenario not taught

in the marketing books, and urged students to have

a positive attitude and be go-getters. He started by

talking about the biases one has, even without

knowing that one is biased. He continued by

explaining how biases of others affected his

company. He also gave two real situations which

had happened in his company and showed a new

way to the students to solve problems with practical

constraints. He exhorted the students to think

differently and approach problems from different

perspectives.

In the second session, Business Standard – RSB

Quiz Competition was organized in which 11 teams

from different colleges of Chennai participated. An

elimination round was held to select the teams to

qualify for the final round in which four teams were

selected. The finals started with the GK round

followed by Audio-Video round. It continued with

the 'connect the dots' round and ended with the

quick fire round. The team from Rajalakshmi

Engineering College was adjudged as the winners

for the Business Standard – RSB Quiz consisting of

Mr Hari Prasath. S and Mr Hari Prasath B. The

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winners and runners-up were given prizes and

certificates by Business Standard and Rajalakshmi

School of Business. Mr Brijesh Kamath, first year

PGDM student of RSB was the quiz master, while

Miss Pavithra, first year PGDM student was the

master of ceremony.

The formal vote of thanks was proposed by ProfSubhendu Dey (Director, RSB) who appreciatedthe event organized by the student volunteers andurged the students to think out of the box and tolook for a new definition of individuals whom weconsider as challenged from this day onwards assuggested by Mr Dhruv Lakra.

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The 27th Foundation Day Ceremony of theInstitute was celebrated on Saturday the 16th Sept2017 at 4.00 pm at KLS IMER. This event is one ofthe flagship event of our Institute, which iswitnessed by eminent personalities across theindustry, academia and students during which weidentify a successful local entrepreneur andf e l i c i t a t e h i m / h e r i n o r d e r t o f o s t e rentrepreneurship in the region. The foundationday is celebrated on the birth anniversary of lateShri Raosaheb B M Gogte, Patron of Karnatak LawSociety commemorating his contributions toeducation sector in general and Karnatak LawSociety in particular.

Shri M R Kulkarni, Chairman, Karnatak LawSociety, was the president of the function. Shri.Suhas Gopinath, Founder CEO, Globals Inc.,Bangalore and awardee of Incredible Europe(Austria) and Karnataka State's Rajyotsava Awardwas the Chief Guest. Shri Suhas Gopinath wasrecognized as the world's youngest CEO byvarious media such as BBC, Limca Book ofRecords and Times of India. Shri RajendraBelgaumkar, Chairman, Governing Council, KLSIMER was the Guest of Honor. Dr S G Chiniwar,Director, KLS IMER welcomed the Guests.

KLS Institute of Management Education and ResearchBelagavi

Mr Dalal elaborated on the critical importance ofe f f ec t i ve nego t ia t ion . He exp la ined thefundamentals of negotiation skills and discussed theprocess of negotiation both in the B2B and B2Cenvironments through live examples from corporateas well as day-to-day activities. The Workshop wasvery interactive and was attended by 65 participantsincluding industrialists, businessmen, academiciansand students.

TiE-Hubli, in association with KLS IMER,Belagavi, had arranged a two hour workshop on"Negotiation Skills" on Monday, 18 September2017, by Prof Samish Dalal, Associate Professor atSP Jain School of Global Management, Mumbai.

IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell) of KLS IMERorganized one day FDP on Teaching-Learning-Evaluation Excellence on 22nd Sept. 2017.

Prof L S Ganesh, Professor, Dept. of ManagementStudies, IIT, Chennai and Prof Purushottam Bung,Professor and IQAC coordinator, KLS IMER were theresource people.

Resource people deliberated on the importance ofbig three processes that decide quality in HigherEducation, i.e. Teaching, Learning & Evaluation andhow to excel in these three big processes.

Around 50 faculty, representing various HigherEducation Institutions across Karnataka and Goaparticipated in the FDP.

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The Sandbox Startups Incubation Centre hosted"Hack for Hire, Hackathon" in association withKLS IMER on 23 Sept, 2017 at KLS IMER,rd

Belagavi. The event is primarily focused ondeveloping the solution mindset in participants;Social relevant problems were given to theparticipants with an expectation to get thesolutions in specified 24hrs non-stop coding.

A unique opportunity for aspiring engineers todevelop solutions and develop/improve theirrespective coding skills with an entrepreneurialmindset. Participants included recent pass outengineers, engineering students from renownedengineering colleges in the region andprofessionals to mentor these energeticparticipants. This platform also gave anopportunity for companies to hire the best talents.

Participants developed unique solutions forproblems like: Smart City app for the reporting ofpath holes and Garbage collection, with citizenengagement platform. etc.,

KLS IMER organized one day seminar on "SocialEntrepreneurship Education & Corporate SocialResponsibility" in collaboration with IIT, Chennaiunder the aegis of UKISEEN (United Kingdom IndiaSocial Entrepreneurship Education Network).UKISEEN is an active network anchored by IIT,Chennai to strengthen Social EntrepreneurshipEducation across India.

Prof Satyajit Majumdar, Professor, Tata Institute ofSocial Sciences, Mumbai; Prof L S Ganesh,Professor, IIT, Chennai; Dr Neelam Maheshwari,Director, Deshpande Foundation were the resourcepeople from Academia. They all shared theinitiatives undertaken by these Institutions tostrengthen Social Entrepreneurship Education andbuilding necessary ecosystem to foster SocialEntrepreneurship across the nation. Paneldiscussion was moderated by Dr Purushottam Bung,Professor, KLS IMER.

The inauguration function of Aarambh 2017 washeld on Tuesday, 3rd October, 2017 at 10:30 am, atKLS IMER, Belagavi. Mr K Kumaravel, JointPresident-Unit Head, HINDALCO, Belagavi was theChief Guest. He addressed the students onexpectations of industry from MBA graduates. Healso briefed the developments happening incorporate world, which demand contemporary skillsets like analytics, IT skills etc. Mr Kumarvelconcluded his address by congratulating new batchfor having chosen IMER. He appreciated team IMERfor united efforts to take institute to the next level ofmanagement education.

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As per the directions of AICTE dated 16thOctober, 2017 and as part of the Central VigilanceCommission's efforts to promote integrity,transparency and accountability in public life, avigilance awareness week was observed from30th October, 2017 to 4 November, 2017 with ath

theme "My Vision - Corruption Free India".

In this regard an "Integrity Pledge" takingceremony was arranged on 3rd November, 2017at 4:30pm in KLS-IMER Auditorium. All thestudents and staff members took the pledge.

Every Year, we organize blood donation camp atKLS IMER in association with HDFC Bank duringthe month of December. This year IMER Belagaviin association with HDFC Bank and KLE'S BloodBank has organized Blood Donation Camp at KLSIMER on 8th Dec., 2017.

Shri Rajendra Belgaumkar, Chairman, GoverningCouncil of KLS IMER, along with Mr VinayBalavalli, Cluster Head HDFC Bank inauguratedthe camp.

Motivational talk was arranged on 7th Dec., 2017wherein Dr Ranjit Kangale, Professor, Dept ofPathology, JNMC Belagavi and Shri Ashok

Badami, Hon Secretary, Indian Red Cross Society,Belagavi delivered the motivational talk andencouraged the students to donate blood and savelife.

In total 78 Donors (Students & Staff) donated theblood on this occasion.

KLS IMER conducted an IT Literacy Camp for twodays on 5th and 6th Dec 2017 to educate ruralstudents of Government Schools about usage ofComputers and Basic Computer Skills as a part ofInstitute's Social Responsibility. IT team with 16students visited rural places like Bargaun, Garlgunjji,Nandihalli, Asoga covering six schools in KhanapurTaluka and interacted with the rural students andstaff and trained them on basic applications ofcomputers. Around 500 students with 15 staffbenefited by this Event.

The objective of this activity was to educate ruralstudents of Government schools about basicapplications like MS-Word, WordPad, Paint,Calculator and Internet browsing etc.

The students of KLS IMER, Belagavi collected 300Kgs of old newspapers and magazines anddonated to Vidyaadhar project on 4th Dec 2017.Vidyaadhar Project raises funds by selling oldnewspapers to support needy students to pursuetheir education. On this occasion, Mr Vijay More,Social Worker and former Mayor, Belagaviaddressed the students and appreciated theirefforts towards social cause. He motivated thestudents to help the needy people of the society byciting his experience as social worker. Dr S GChiniwar, Director, KLS IMER, encouraged thestudents to continue the good work and felicitatedMr Vijay More for his selfless service to society.This activity was initiated by Centre for Ethics andSocial Responsibility, KLS IMER and coordinatedby Mrs Shailaja Hiremath and Mr Shreekant Naik.

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NATIONAL CONFERENCE ONMANAGEMENT, TECHNOLOGY AND

INNOVATION “ROLE IN VALUE CREATIONFOR EMERGING ECONOMIES”

Day 1: 10.11.2017

The Department of Management studies, NewHorizon College Of Engineering in associationwith Association of Indian Management Schoolsorganised National Conference on the themeManagement, Technology & Innovation: “Role invalue creation for emerging economies on 10 &th

11 November 2017.th

The event on 10 November 2017 began with anth

inauguration and lighting of the lamp followed byspeeches delivered by noted business exponentswho have rich knowledge and experience in theirfield of expertise.

The august gathering was welcomed by DrSheelan Misra – Conference chair andHoD – MBA, NHCE. The crux of the eventrevolved around the concept of management andtechnology, adaptability to changing businessenvironment and openness to embrace thedynamic business environment that incorporatesnew technology in its business practices.

Followed by this Dr Manjunatha – Principal,NHCE emphasized the importance of leveragingexisting practices to emerging practices. The 6'A's regarding the academics, activities,assessment, access/network, attitude, agility wasbeautifully explained in its own context. Theimportance of men management and changingmind set from traditional approach to modernapproach was effectively emphasized.

The opening remarks by the guest of honour DrAnil Rao Paila - President – AIMS and Sr Dean andDirector, Welingkar Institute of ManagementDevelopment & Research, Bangalore revolvedaround the most significant concept of designthinking where the business need to understandthe customer needs and come up with suitablesolution. The necessity of innovation was givenmost importance in the present business scenario.

New Horizon College of EngineeringBangalore

The Conference address by the Chief Guest, DrMathew J Manimala, Director, XIME, Bangalore andProfessor and Chairman, OBHRM, IIMB highlightedthe need of the hour to be independent, adopttochange, the evolution on creativity and innovationover successive years. The application of copy plusstrategy which is also an incremental strategy toenhance business along with problem sensitivitywas effectively delivered to the conferencegathering.

Dr C.S.R Prashanth – Dean Academics and HOD –CSE, NHCE gave factual details of companies whohave excelled as well as failed depending on theirwillingness to adapt the best business practices,Innovation, Technology in their respective business.

The inaugural was concluded with the vote ofthanks by Prof Kerena Anand, Conference Secretaryand Faculty, MBA, NHCE followed by the Nationalanthem.

Two keynote sessions were organised in theafternoon. The resource persons were:

1. Mr Ganesh Madan, Vice President-GoldMan Sachs

2. Lt Col (Retd) Govind V Rajulu, ExecutiveDirector, Cirrologix Technologies Pvt Ltd

Day 2: 11.11.2017

After the success of day 1 of the NationalConference, Day 2 was another big day for NewHorizon College of Engineering which included keynote session and the paper presentation event. Intotal, there were 71 participants from 22 collegesand 51 papers spanning over 6 states.

The key note speakers were Mr Sudarshan K N andDr Bholanath Dutta who were felicitated by DrManjunatha, Principal, NHCE. The Judges for thepaper presentations were Abubakar Siddeeqh,Shitanshu Prasad, Dr Karthigai Prakasam C, ProfKishinchand Poornima Wasdani and M K Lodi. Thejudges were felicitated by Dr Sheelan Misra.

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Dr Manjunatha, Principal stressed upon theproblem in India with regard to research. Hespoke about 'The Pushpak Vimana' related toIndian Mythology which had inspired wrightbrothers to discover aero plane. According to DrManjunatha the principle of developing the habitof research is “Initiate, Improve, and Innovate”.

Mr Bholanath Dutta began the session bythrowing light upon how PKSF & Gramin banksare working towards equity and equality which isone of the important sustainable developmentgoals set by United Nation. He strongly believes inhuman capabilities. The beauty of humancapabilities is that it can be developed andappreciated. He beautifully quoted “Beingemployed is always at risk, being employable issuitable”.

The special purpose of Mr Bholenath Dutta at theNat ional Conference was to award DrManjunatha the Principal of NHCE' “TheOutstanding Academic Leadership Award, 2017”from MTC Global.

The gathering was also addressed by the key notespeaker, Mr Sudarshan K N a graduate in ElectricalEngineering with over 38 yrs of Industryexperience globally. He has worked extensively inelectrical manufacturing industry. He said thattoday we are considering every challenge asdisruption and not as opportunity which is thebiggest drawback in Indian Economy. MrSudarshan does not complicate the word“Innovation” and simply tells that innovation is todiscover the existing and not invention of newtechno logy. He ma in l y focused upon'Improvement and growth in rural poor lives' byproviding lighting, quality education andundertaking corporate social responsibilityactivities. Bridging in technology to public massesis the most important factor for the development.

It has always been an immense pleasure for thestudents of NHCE to listen to Dr Sheelan Misra,“To be in one place, One needs to keep running,”the most effective thought to address thegathering. According to Dr Sheelan Misra, the 3most important aspects to be successful areresearch, mind set, attitude of running (keepgoing) so that one is not outpaced by thecompetitive world.

The paper presentations were conducted in theDepartment of MBAand were concluded at 4:00 pmfollowed by the valedictory program.

We convey our sincere thanks to Association ofIndian Management Schools for sponsoring theevent.

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Address for Correspondence and Contact:

Mr M Venkateshwarlu

Executive Secretary

Association of Indian Management SchoolsHead Office : D No 6-3-668/10/76 First Floor, Near Sri Kalyana Venkateshwara Swamy Temple

Durganagar Colony, Punjagutta, Hyderabad 500 082. Telangana. Tel: 040-23417875/76Email: [email protected]

Ms Rupinder Kaur ChandiokATMA National Coordinator

Flat No. B–5, Ashiyana, Triveni Coop Housing SocietyPune Office:

Bhau Patil Road, Bopodi, Pune – 411 020, Maharashtra. Mob : 9810152053Email: [email protected]

Web: www.aims.org.in

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