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OCTOBER- 2018

It gives me immense joy in presenting our own institute in-house newsletter “GBS FO-

CUS”. A lot of efforts have gone in the making of this issue which serves the purpose of

showcasing various important activities happening in GBS campus. I am very confident

that GBS Focus carries the innate potential to create deep impact in the minds of all

readers, through increased awareness, and improved interaction ,leading to larger visibil-

ity and impact for GBS.

GBS Focus has been designed with a broader objective of informing, inspiring and engag-

ing diverse group of readers that include our esteemed alumni, industry partners, faculty,

staff, students, parents and other well wishers of GBS. By maintaining the faith and in-

terest of its readers, GBS Focus truly aspires to inform the happenings at the institute

and strengthen its commitment to various stake holders. The newsletter covers various

important activities at the institute viz. Market Touch Point Series (MTP), Mastermind

Series, Cultural programmes and a host of other allied activities that have left a mark at

the institute in the stated month. I sincerely hope you enjoy reading this issue as much as

we have enjoyed making it !!! Any suggestions towards betterment of the newsletter is

most welcome.

Happy Reading !

Dr.Prashant Yatgiri Director GBS, Hubli

GBS-FOCUS

Inside the issue

Content Page Content Page

Navaratri Celebrations 2-4 Market Touch Point Series 8

Industry Campus Connect (ICC) 4-7 International Tour to Malaysia 9

Birthday Celebrations 7 International Tour to Malaysia 10

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Navaratri is celebrated in India with great devotion for 10 days. People play Dandiya

and Garba. They seek strength from Goddess Durga to fight against all evils. Each of

the 9 days is dedicated to one particular form of Goddess Durga andeach day is symbolic

with a particular colour.

Cultural Committee of GBS organised “NAVARATRI COLOUR FEST” from

10th October, 2018 to 17th October, 2018 to invoke and seek blessings of Goddess

Durga. As each day is symbolized with a particular colour, Cultural committee of GBS

had set different colour attire for each day during Navaratri. It was initiated for all the

Faculties, Staff and Students of Global Business School. Everyone participated actively

and came dressed in the specified colour attire for each of the 9 days. Photo sessions

were held every day and the same were made visible on GBS social media pages.

The Colour Fest was celebrated for 8 days and colour attire for each day was as follows.

Day 1 - Royal Blue Colour

Royal blue colour represents strong

energy and tranquility.

Day 2 - Yellow Colour

Yellow colour represents happiness

and brings optimism and confidence

in life.

NAVARATRI COLOUR FEST

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NAVARATRI COLOUR FEST

Day 3 - Green Colour

Green colour represents the prosper-

ity, unconditional love and richness

Day 4 - Pink Colour

Pink colour represents hope and new

beginning.

Day 5 - Orange Colour

This is the colour of fame, popularity

and money. The colour also adds cha-

risma to your aura.

Day – 6 White Colour

This colour is the symbol of peace,

prayer, faith, stability and accords po-

liteness and innocence.

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NAVARATRI COLOUR FEST

Day – 7 Red Colour

Red colour is the symbol of the

power, passion and fervor.

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Day 8 - Sky Blue Colour

Sky blue colour represents immen-

sity and faith and depicts admiration

towards nature‟s beauty.

CAMPUS DRIVE BY ITC LTD on 24th September 2018

ITC kickstarted its ITC CAMPUS YUVA CHALLENGE ACTIVITY @ GBS CAMPUS

on 24th September through a series of Quiz competitions, Workshop, PrePlacement

Talk and an Online test. The YUVA CHALLENGE ACTIVITY is intended to test the stu-

dents on selling skills, ability to connect marketing concepts to onground observations,

gather product category and consumer related insights via a selection test and formation

of teams culminating in to a grand YUVA Finale to be conducted at Bangalore. Mr.

Praveen Babu, Area Sales Manager (FMCG division) ITC, Bangalore, Mr. Amit Joshi,

INDUSTRY CAMPUS CONNECT (ICC)

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ICC Contd….

Business Head , (Personal Care products), ITC Bangalore and Mr. Umesh Area Sales

Executive were present in the campus to conduct the activity.

The students are chosen on the basis of their performance in the online test and the se-

lected students need to form teams and undertake a 3 day marketing activity in the field

and present the inputs with ITC Senior Managers panel at Bangalore. The selected stu-

dents from the Finale would be given an opportunity to work with the FMCG Major as

Sales Trainees. Students from GBS – Marketing Major & Minor participated in the

drive.

CAMPUS DRIVE BY KARVY STOCK BROKING LTD on 1st October 2018

KARVY STOCKBROKING LTD conducted a Financial awareness workshop on Sep 29th

& 30th Sep at GBS Campus for the students of MBA Finance from North Karnataka.

Students from SDM Dharwad, KIMS Dharwad, AITM Belgavi & AIMR Sankeshwar,

registered and attended the workshop for 2 days followed by a campus interview in GBS

on 1st October for the positions of Equity Advisors at Karvy, Hyderabad.

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ICC Contd….

Mr. Viplav Dhandukia, Sr. Analyst, Karvy was the trainer for the workshop and Mr.

Pradeep Kumar Nayak, HR, Karvy undertook the campus interviews. The interview

process was conducted by an Online test and Personal Interview rounds. A total number

of 126 students from various institutions participated in the campus drive.

Global Business School is proud to announce a grand start to the placements of 2017-19

batch. Five students from MBA (Finance) specialisation have been selected for the posi-

tions of Equity advisors with Karvy Stock broking Ltd at Hyderabad for a salary package

of 10 lakhs CTC (2.5 Lakh basic pay & 7.5 lakh as variable pay).

Campus drive by ASIAN PAINTS on 13th October 2018

Asian Paints Ltd visited Global Business School campus on 13th Oct 2018 to conduct a

campus drive for their requirements of TSOs (Territory Sales Officers) across Karnataka.

Prior to visiting the campus, Asian Paints had conducted an Online test for selection of

prospective students from various B-Schools across North Karnataka and had selected 45

students to attend the next rounds of interviews (GD & PI) and select the potential can-

didates. Out of 45 students, 16 students cleared the GD rounds and attended the Per-

sonal Interview rounds.

Campus drive by BHASH SOFTWARE LABS on 24th October 2018

BHASH Software Labs conducted a cmpus drive at Global Business School on 24th Octo-

ber 2018. Ms. Shruthi Surya Kumar, HR Manager & Mr. Mushtaque Arlikatti, HR Ex-

ecutive visited the campus and conducted Group discussions & Personal Interviews for

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ICC Contd….

the positions of Business development Executives (Inside Sales) from the 2017-19

batch. is proud to announce a grand start to the placements of 2017-19 batch.

A well celebrated birthday is an excellent gift in itself. It's the joy & smile that it brings

that counts. GBS believes in celebrating the birthdays of its extended family. Birthdays

are a good avenue to bring in a culture of camaraderie and belongingness.

The birthday celebrations of the following staff of GBS were carried out with much en-

thusiasm and of course with cakes and savories. Mrs. Shweta Doddamani coordinated

the event.

1. Prof. Harshal Borgaon

2. Mr. Vishwas Shinde

3. Ms. Gloria S

4. Mr. Kalmesh K

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

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MARKET TOUCH POINT SERIES

A session on Career in Sales & Marketing (Insurance and Hospital Industry) was con-

ducted as part of the 3rd Market Touch Point (MTP) Series of Global Business School,

Hubli. The session was conducted on 26/10/2018 at GBS Auditorium from 12:15pm to

1:15pm for the MBA 2nd Year Students. Inline with the objective of Market Touch Point

Series, the session intended to develop a clear understanding about career in the Insur-

ance and Hospital Indutry and to provide market exposure to students vis-à-vis the said

industry. The session started with discussion on the basic difference between sales and

marketing and it continued onto the sub-area of what is hospital marketing? The

speaker emphasized more on the opportunity/ies available in the insurance and medical

services for a management graduate.

A fresh postgraduate in the corporate world, will face innumerable challenges but the la-

tent opportunities in the field were elaborated with statistics regarding the number of

insured people in India. The Speaker also touched upon the following questions

1. What does medical sales & marketing involve?,

2. What will the students actually do as a medical sales and insurance sales profes-

sional?

Further the session delved on the types of insurance offerings and also the value of Hu-

man life. Over all, the ses-

sion was successful in

achieving its objectives.

Students were enthusiastic

to involve and engage

themselves in upcoming

opportunities in the

healthcare and insurance

sectors.

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INTERNATIONAL TOUR TO MALAYSIA

The Batch of 2017-19 , visited MALAYSIA for thier International Industry tour The tour

duration was from 3rd October 2018 to 10th October 2018. The main objectives of the in-

dustry tour, are to provide an insight regarding internal workings of companies, which

helps students of MBA to compare the theoretical knowledge to the practical knowledge

coupled with the knowledge of industry and work culture at Malaysia.

On 5th October 2018, we reached the Heart of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. The first place

we visited was the twin tower also called „The Petronas Tower‟. According to CTBUH,

they were the tallest buildings in the world since 1998 and remain the tallest twin tower

till day with 88 floors. Further we visited Cocoa Boutique, a Chocolate Factory and Out-

let, where we understood how the chocolates are manufactured and marketed. Post

Chocolate factory visit we visited the Kings Palace and then National Monument and day

closed with visit to Independence Square.

On 6th October 2018: Second day in Malaysia, we visited Pewter Factory which is known

for its art work and making of Jewellery, Sil-

verware, Glass art etc. After visiting this fac-

tory we went on for shopping at China town

and Time Square. 7th October 2018: we visited

Sunway Lagoon. It is a theme park in Bandar

Sunway, Selangor. Students played in water and enjoyed most of the games and also

with an understanding of the business aspect.

On the fourth day 8th of October 2018, we visited

Yakult factory @ 10.50 am, a Japanese business

house, learnt the process of manufacturing Ya-

kult and other products. They conducted a small

seminar regarding Yakult, the invention and for

whom it is applied. Yakult consists of probiotic

bacteria by which the many health issues prevalent across globe, can be avoided.

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INTERNATIONAL TOUR TO MALAYSIA

After Yakult the journey begins to Genting

highlands by cable cars. We visited Genting

highlands which has more than 7200 rooms

and the largest shopping centre in entire

Malaysia and followed by dinner at coffee

tree restaurant which has the combination

of Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Western,

post which we visited the skyway casino which is the legal casino in entire Malaysia., It

was an awesome experience where we have seen the huge casino and learnt how casino is

played. On the fifth day that is on 9th of October 2018, we first visited the watch outlet

wherein branded watches were sold, we were the customers of those big branded wrist

watches. Further we moved towards the Batu caves. Batu caves has the Lord Muruga

(Subramanya) statue painted in gold colour and the entrance has 272 steps which are

painted in rainbow simulation. Later we have visited Putrajaya and Cyberjaya city in

Malaysia which is known for its late 20th century architecture which includes Putra

mosque, made from red coloured granite with pink dome and it is the national mosque of

Malaysia. We thank GEN society and our Director for the Memorable International In-

dustrial Visit.

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Best Regards,

Team FOCUS,

GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL

HUBLI.

Disclaimer: Content has been edited with the sole intention of matching the ob-

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