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the matches in the hot and
humid conditions.
GPL is not just about action
on the field, but off the field
was buzzing with activities as
well. The students had organ-
ized recreational events dur-
ing breaks, Kwik Stop – the in-
house convenience store had
arranged for refreshment and
snacks – a business model
developed by the students,
the first of its kind where the
entire process from procure-
ment to sale was taken care
by the students and the profit
generated was shared with the
management as well.
The GPL not only helps in
showcasing the cricketing
skills of the students but also
instrumental to students in
learning group dynamics, event management skills and
devising a business model for
the game of cricket.
We profusely thank Mr. S.P.
Selavaraj, the Chairman of
Gnanam School of Business
and Mr. S.P.S Arul doss, the
CEO of Gnanam School of
Business for extending their
unconditional support to
make this event a grand suc-
cess.
Mr. A. Vijay Stephen,
GPL Commissioner
Gnanam Premier League—the
cricketing extravaganza at GSB
was the brain child of our
beloved CEO, Mr. S.P.S. Arul
Doss. GPL as I had always
held is not just about the
game rather beyond it. Brand-
ing, Professionalism, Team
Play, Group Dynamics, Mer-
chandising and Marketing.
Nothing goes unrewarded
here. It unleashes, a week of
fun and frolic, mind boggling
feats on and off the pitch
amidst the cheer and chanting
of 100 vibrant students.
This year’s edition of GPL was
centered on the theme Cele-
brating Competitiveness
Collaboratively. GPL 2012
witnessed the game getting
structured, formal dress
codes, Regulations, Itinerary etc. In 2013, A revenue model
was introduced to facilitate
the students learn the financial
model of conducting an event.
It was in this year Auction was
successfully launched. So in
furtherance to this initiative in
2014 we ensured a platform
to celebrate competitiveness
in a collaborative way.
The exercise included identify-
ing all the activities associated
with the conduct of the event
and was allocated to all the
clubs. The club members had
to interact with other club
members to set and settle
things on track. This was in a
way to equip them with good
interpersonal skills and to
ensure knowledge transfer.
Shifting to the games per se.
GPL V stands out to be a scin-
tillating and entertaining event
until today. (As I am penning
down my thoughts with 2
more hours for the final.) GPL
V has had its own way of en-
tertainment, having seen equal
dosage of hard hitting, low
totals, last ball finishes, low
scoring matches, interesting
chases and few healthy argu-
ments on the field too. GPL V
will definitely go down in his-
tory for the first ever century
scored in this version of the
game; Mr. Sreejith of Titans
scored a 32 ball 100 to see off
the Spartans from Finals.
GPL as we are aware the en-
tire event is organized and co-ordinated by the girls of Be-
mans batch. I must appreciate
the grace and poise with
which they are executing the
work. Also my sincere grati-
tude to all the Team owners,
Club coordinators, Teaching ,
Non Teaching Staff, House
Maintenance Staff and student
friends for their unconditional
support they are rendering to
the GPL committee for mak-
ing this happen. A special
word of appreciation to our
Men’s residence Warden Mr.
Prasad (who is loved and
adored by the students as the
“Dickie Bird” of GSB) who
despite his health challenges
happily consented to umpire
Celebrating Competitiveness Collaboratively
Umpiring Experience
In this season the plays among
team went very well in terms
of true competition as high
scoring games. The task of
judging the run outs, stumping,
no ball, wide etc.., was well
received by the team which
showed tolerance and applause
right through the game. Many
umpiring decision were precise
and all the teams had an ex-
perience of it. This GPL was
quite enterprising to all the
concerned and was a sensation
in the GPL his-
tory so far, I felt
the best side was
winning.
Mr. P.N. Prasad,
Match Umpire
01 April 2014 Volume V, Issue I
The Highlights of
GPL V
Team Falcons are the
Champions of GPL V
Team Titans won the
Fair Play Award
GPL saw its first individ-ual century by Mr.
Sreejith
GPL Gossips in News-
letter format
Inside this issue:
Words from GPL
Coordinators
2
Team TITANS 2
Superstitions and
the GAME— A
Warrior’s Take
3
Team Falcons 3
Team
SPARTNAS
4
Team Emporia
Signing off
5
CEO’s Report 6
From the inauguration of GPL 5 to the final
ceremony, we not only had a whole contribu-
tion from every single club, but we could also
see synergic effect when all the clubs join to-
gether for this event. We learned Spirit de
Corpse in Principles of Management and that
happened in GPL5, we congratulate all the
clubs for their kind cooperation.
Every step undertaken to implement the game
is a management learning that as a B-school, GSB was able to inculcate into the students.
Apart from the fun there will be a sense of
leadership and teamwork mixed in the game of
cricket.
The girls of GSB took exclusive charge of or-
ganising the event. During the the match, there
was a running commentary and that was also
done by the female managers of GSB, the insti-
tute always aims to develop in the students a
sense of leadership at all times and in all events.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to
CEO Mr. S. P. S. Arul Doss who initiated GPL
and also we express a sincere gratitude to GPL
commissioner Mr. A. Vijay Stephen CA who
played pivotal role in the conduct of GPL. We
also thank all the Team Owners, Brand Ambas-
sadors who whole heartedly supported their
teams through thick and thin.
R. Vedashri
J. Amali
GPL Coordinators
Words from the GPL Coordinators
Team TITANS
In the game of life, we never lose…. We either
win or learn…. And we are glad we’ve
learnt….
On a very personal note we, the team owners
sincerely appreciate the team TITANS and
their captain Mr. Sreejith for their unmatched
and undisputed TEAMWORK. It was not the
individual talents of our team that brought us
scores of victories during the tournament, but
the sheer TEAMWORK of every TITAN that made us shine as SUPERSTARS of the GPL
Season 5.
Special appreciations and thanks to the GPL
commissioner Mr. Vijay Stephen, his deputy
commissioners, the all-time umpire Mr. Prasad
and every individual who were part of the suc-
cess of this GPL Season 5
Dr. Gayathri
Mr. Richard Marcel
Team Owners
"It's easy to do anything in victory. But it's in
defeat that a man(sic) reveals himself", says
Floyd Patterson… and our boys,
TITANS revealed their best sportsmanship not
only during their victories but also during their
hard times.
TITANS were convinced that losing the match
may be heart-breaking; but losing one’s sense of
sportsmanship is a tragedy. Hence, the TITANS
made it sure to cling on the sense of sports-
manship till the end…
Because, it’s not winning or losing that counts;
what counts is how you play the game till the
end…. And our boys have proven it by securing
the most prestigious of all the awards: “The
Fair-play Award” which we believe is far more
precious than the championship.
What makes us feel proud of TITANS is that
we the TITANS got trained like champions,
won like champions and lost like champions…
and we know if you are undefeated, then you
are not fighting the right people and we were
truly glad to fight the finals with the right peo-
ple, the FALCONS.
“It's easy to do
anything in
victory. But it's
in defeat that a
man (sic)
reveals himself”
Page 2
The GPL
Coordinators,
both are
Emporians
TOGETHER
EVERYONE
ACHIEVES
MORE!
GPL has given tremendous learning's for all. It
is not only winning.
It is Team Work.
It is Unity.
It is Leadership.
It is Hard Work, which I have also personally
learnt. So remember all that these things could
do marvels in our lives.
ALL THE BEST
Mrs. Kavitha
Ms. Beena Joice
Mr. Manikandan
Team Owners
I am happy and proud to say that I am the team
owner of the winning team FALCONS. I extend
my profound thanks to GSB for providing me
this wonderful opportunity to be the team
owner. Congratulations from my bottom of the
heart to the team players. Good Spirit! United!
Awesome Leadership! I should say initial
matches we were on the winning pace but sud-
denly we had to see certain falls due to lack of co-ordination. These gave them the way to
understand where they lacked and why they
failed. Then they made their mind strong that
Falcons is going to own the final cup, started
playing with confidence and with full vibrant
spirit which made them travel to the successful
destination.
Superstitions and the GAME— A Warrior’s Take
Team Falcons
“The journey is
what brings us
happiness not
the
destination”
Page 3 Volume V, Issue I
The
Winning Team
of
GPL V
“A warrior
does not give
up what he
loves, he finds
the love in what
he does “
- Dan Millman
The Mysterious to the hilarious, a game of
cricket has all of these. We all have our own
little superstitions on what wins matches. You
may have the best team and in the best of form,
still there are some superstitions you do not
want to attempt breaking.
Hope we all have experienced situation where
we have insisted that someone remain seated
where they were during an on-going game be-
cause the Indian team was doing well and we lost a wicket when the person moved to drink
water? We try to sit in the exact same position
and place as the previous game in the belief
that it was lucky for the team? I’m sure every
obsessed sport lover has indulged in the canard
at some point in time.
Cricket offers lot of ground for superstition.
The most popular is the ‘Nelson’ or the
dreaded score of 111 and its multiples or, made
popular by the enigmatic umpire David Shep-
herd, just like our very own here at GSB?
Speaking of numerical superstitions, the Austra-
lians’ dislike for the Devil’s number – 13, is very
well known; this dislike even extends to the
number 87 which is 13 short of a 100. There
are many an examples from the world of
cricket and a cursory browsing of the World
Wide Web will through up.
I was witness to my team losing the first two
matches and I used it as an excuse to keep
myself away from the ground. But what can I
say, the ploy worked, we came so close to
making it to the finals. Soon we were the most
loathed team in GSB. Everyone wanted us to
lose. The titans dreaded meeting us in the fi-
nals. The Spartans and the Falcons would both
have a chance only if we lose. Witchcraft, voo-
doo, black magic or just telling others of your
superstitious belief, I don’t know what to
blame, but we lost that important match. My
superstitions did not work when I needed it the
most.
Is success achieved due to superstition or be-cause of the player’s forte? The answer is
pretty clear to an observer, but a little ambigu-
ous to my teammates. I just tell them “Catches
Win Matches”. You cannot drop two important
wickets like those in the league of a Yuvraj,
Kohli or Gayle and still fantasize winning when
you have a temperamental Sreesanth (You
know who?) bowling for you.
I just tell them; after all, it is just a game. Play
hard, but don’t lose sight of the CIA II that is
round the corner. There, no superstitions ever
work. Only preparation, especially OM.
Anyways, quoting Dan Milman, it is the journey
that brings us happiness and not the destination
and there is miles to go in this journey through
the MBA program. So the next milestone is just
ahead, not start Chanting Inventory Manage-
ment and Layout!
Dr. Jose Joy Thoppan
Mrs. Nafeesa
Team Owners
Though we were not able to make it to finals, I
am happy with our team’s performance. In our
team we have some good allrounders, bowlers
and batsman. But we had some misses and
problems in our field. Apart from that, rest all
the three teams played really well. I am so glad
with our team spirit and co-ordination. We
got nice support from our team owners Mr. S.
P. S. Arul Doss, Mr. Sankar Singh and Ms.
Noorunisha. CEO contributed very well both
with ball & bat. He was the real strength of our
team. I would like to thank all our supporters,
especially Brand Ambassadors. .
Mr. Balamurugan
Team Captain
Team SPARTNAS
Photo Gallery
XXX...
S.P.S. Arul Doss
CEO
Page 4
The Crowds
Favorite
who encouraged, motivate and guided us all
though the GPL. Once again we thank him.
We EMPORIANS conveying our best wishes
and thanks to all the teams, players, clubs, fac-
ulties and non teaching staffs who stood behind
the success of GPL 5.
Ms. Kripa Sajit
Editor-in-Chief, GPL-Gossips 2014
The marketing club of GSB-EMPORIA, had the
privilege to be a part of cricket tournament –
GPL, where the warlords where set for battle at
pitch and were sweating the strengths out for
the top championship trophy.
Emporia helped in setting the tournament roll-
ing by conducting the GPL Auction for the team
players. Emporia in a association with Finrostra,
Opera Jaguars, Laincarnate and Cyber Conquer-ors were successfully in conducting the auction
where the team owners were selected and then
auctions of the team was done, with whole-
hearted co-operation from the BEMANS batch
of GSB.
At this occasion we would like to thank our
Faculty co-coordinator Dr. Jose Joy Thoppan,
The Emporia GPL Awards 2014
Team Emporia Signing off
Page 5 Volume V, Issue I
Best Batsman
Best Bowler
Best
Wicketkeeper
Most Stunning
Catch
Best
Commentator
Fair play Award
TEAM TITANS
GNANAM SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Trichy-Thanjavur Expressway Sengipatti
Thanjavur - 613402
Phone: 04362 221102 E-mail: [email protected]
Emporia, the Marketing Club of GSB, is active in the conduct of the GPL all
these years. We are actively involved in bringing out the GPL Gossips, the an-
nual news letter highlighting the cricketing fever at GSB. This year again, we have
come out with the issue for our readers to relive their memories and cherish it
to posterity
HAPPY READING!
TEAM EMPORIA
EMPORIA
player getting century is
marked as a record. Hope this
GPL in coming years will kin-
dle the interest of everybody
and will be looked upon high
and gets new form.
Congratulations for all the
players for your wonderful
team spirit and sportsmanship.
Signing of this season of GPL.
S.P.S. Arul Doss
CEO
GPL Season 5 was really an
awesome event this time.
Encouragingly, the dynamism
of GPL changes year by year.
Especially this Season 5 trig-
gered the spirit of sportsman-
ship among the players to a
higher level as well everybody
in GSB felt the pulse of cricket
as sport when his or her own
team played on the field.
Being an owner of the team
SPARTANS, gave me a won-
derful experience by playing
with my team mates. Strategy,
wonderful unity and awesome
coordination were existing.
All kind of expressions were
seen on the field not only by
players but also by the team
owners and others.
First ever in GPL history, a
CEO’s Report
Marketers Market
CEO making
his entry
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