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TP Team - Advisor: Prof. G. V. Muralidhara, CRC - Editor: Prof. S Mahesh Kumar, IBS - Co-ordinators: Prof. Nandini, FOL - Prof. Digvijay Nair, FST - Designer: Mr. P S R A S V Prasad, CRC

Volume 2 Issue VI July 1, 2013

[Case;it]Initiative

Launched@ IFHE

� Editor Speaks… 2

� Red Carpet 2

� [Case;it] Initiative Launched(Contd..) 2

� MBA Preparatory Classes 2

� MBA & BBA Programs ... 2

� Our Researcher! Our Pride!! 3

� Recognitions 4

� IBS @ SAIL 5

� IBS @ Aditya Birla Group 5

� Workshop on MultivariateTechniques:... 5

� News from FST 5

� Research Publications 5

� Nominated as Associate Editor 5

� The IFHE Team Selected for... 5

� Soft Skills Workshop @ FST 5

� Preparatory Classes @ FST 5

� News from FOL 6

� Research Publications 6

� Paper Presentation 6

� New Arrivals in the FOL Library 6

� Reflections... 6

Inside

IBS Case Research Center launched its new initiative ‘Case; it’ at the IBS Alumni Federation Board of Gover-nors (IBSAF BOG) Meeting held on June 21, 2013 at Hyderabad.

From Left Prof. G V Muralidhara – Dean, Case Research Center, IBS Hyderabad, R R Reddy – Secretary, IBSAF BOG and Prof. Y K Bhushan – Senior Advisor and Head, IBSMumbai launching the Case; it Initiative at IBS Hyderabad.

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‘Case; it’ is a platform for industry professionals to develop casestudies based on their experience.

Prof. Y K Bhushan, Senior Advisor and Head, IBS Mumbai launchingthis new initiative expressed his confidence that “Case; it” wouldprovide a rich source of live case studies from the industry and

would contribute greatly in establishing strong industry-academiacollaboration. He lauded the efforts of IBS Case Research Centerfor this effort and stated that this would go a long way instrengthening the IBS brand in the industry.

CRC Launches [Case; it]

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Volume 2 Issue VI July 1, 2013

Editor Speaks…

Greetings from Team TP !

IBSCRC launched its new initiative

‘Case;it’ which offers a platform to

industry professionals to develop

cases based on their experience.

IBS Hyderabad hosted the ‘Faculty Practice School’

and a workshop in the IT area. The Faculty has a

lot to share this month on guest lectures and

workshops. FST organized a Faculty Development

Program (FDP), workshops, and preparatory

sessions for the students. Faculty members

published articles in reputed journals. FOL shares

the academic achievements of its faculty.

Thanks to Prof. Muralidhara for his advice and Prof.

Digvijay Nair, Dr. Nandini & Mr. P S R A S V Prasad

for their support.

Sincerly

- Prof. Mahesh Kumar

Silence & smile are two powerful tools-Smile to solve many problems and silence to avoid problems2

Red CarpetWelcome to IFHE Family…

Dr. Sivaram G Yanamandra joined IBSHyderabad as Associate Professor in the

Department of Finance. He has 37 years ofprofessional experience as Lecturer at BabuJagjeevan Ram College, Hyderabad, ProbationaryOfficer at Indian Bank and as Faculty & Dean atIBS Pune. His research interests are inMicrofinance and Management of financialinstitutions. He teaches Wealth Managementand Bank Management. He is an MA(Economics) and M.Phil(Economics) from Osmania University and Ph.D in Banking fromBanaras Hindu University. Besides, he has completed CAIIB and ICWAI(Inter). He has published several cases and articles at national andinternational conferences.

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Dr. Venkateswara Rao Korasiga Joined IBSHyderabad as Associate Professor in the

Department of IT and Operations. He teachessupply chain management to MBA students. Hehas 33 years of experience in Industry andAcademics (21 years of corporate experience and12 years teaching experience). He was associatedwith ICFAI Business School from 2001 to 2010 and with University ofPetroleum and Energy Studies for 2 years from 2010 to 2012.

He is an M.Sc (Chem) from Andhra University, MBA from JNTU,Hyderabad and Ph.D from Ambedkar open University. He has written8 papers in refereed Journals and is guiding 2 Ph.D students.

MBA Preparatory ClassesThe Preparatory Classes for MBA, the Class of 2015, were conductedbetween June 3 and June 15 2013. The students were introduced tobasic concepts in Management.

MBA & BBA Programs CommenceThe regular classes for MBA, Class of 2015 were started from June 18,2013 and the classes for BBA, Class of 2016 commenced from June 25,2013.

CRC Launches [Case; it]Contd... from Page 1

Faculty Members, Marketing Team and Placement Team at IBS Mumbai participating in interactive sessionwith Prof. G V Muralidhara.

Prof. Y K Bhushan, Senior Advisor and Head, IBSMumbai presenting a memento to Prof. G VMuralidhara at IBS Mumbai.

Visit: http://icmrindia.org/caseit/ |Download Brochure|

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Our Researcher! Our Pride!!

Wisdom is knowing what to do next. Skill is knowing is how to do. Virtue is doing it.

TP is happy to featureDr. Nasina Jigeesh,Area Coordinator andFaculty of Operations& Systems, IBSHyderabad

He is a good researcher and an experienced faculty member and has beenassociated with IBS Hyderabad for 10 years. His areas of interest are ProjectManagement, Business Analytics, ERP, Modeling & Simulation.

Selected Publications:1. “Workforce issues and their impact on Projects - A study on Indian IT and ITeS

industry”, accepted for publication in the Journal of Project, Program andPortfolio Management of UTSePress, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia(to be published).

2. “A Study of Reasons behind delays in Pharmaceutical Projects”, The IUP Journalof Operations Management, Vol. XI, No.2, pp. 19-28, 2012.

3. “Selection of Project as important beginning for Information Technology ProjectManagement”, The IUP Journal of Operations Management, February 2012,Vol. XI, No. 1, pp. 42-49.

4. “Internships in Enhancing Business of Organizations” – Nasina Jigeesh,Pravara Management Review (PMR) (ISSN 0975-7201), Vol.10, No.1, Jan -June 2011, pp. 40-46.

5. “Creating A Virtual Data Warehouse for Manufacturing industry” – NasinaJigeesh and Santhi Sree Kondabolu, The IUP Journal of OperationsManagement, 2011, Vol. X, No. 2, pp. 47-59.

6. “Study on Factors Influencing Selection andImplementation of ERP systems” – Nasina Jigeesh,Asian Journal of Information Technology, 2011, Vol.10, No.2, pp. 65-77.

7. “Retention management in Business ProcessOutsourcing (BPO) industry in India” – NasinaJigeesh, Indian Journal of Training andDevelopment (IJTD), 2006, Vol. XXXVI, No. 3, pp.55-60, July-September.

8. “Fuzzy Logic Modeling and Simulation of a SolarStill” – N.Jigeesh and M.Rangacharyulu, SESI -Journal of Solar Energy Society of India, 2004,Vol.14, No.1, pp. 55-60.

9. “An Expert System for Human Resource Leveling inInformation Technology Projects”–Nasina Jigeesh,Sobah Periasamy & Mohammad Ishak Desa, Journalof Technology Management and Entrepreneurship,(Malaysia), 2004, Vol.1, No.1,pp. 73-88.

10. “Estimation of some Vibrational SpectroscopicConstants of Group V Trihalides” – Jigeesh N. andRangacharyulu M, Malaysian Journal of Science,2005, Vol. 24, No.l, pp. 61-71.

11. “Molecular force field of sulphadimethoxine” -N.Jigeesh, A.Radha Krishna Murthy and M.Rangacharyulu, Indian Journal of Physics(B), (AnInternational Journal), February 2001, Vol.75, No.1,49-51.

12. “Infrared spectra of some sulpha drug molecules”-N.Jigeesh, P.Krishna Murthy, M.Rangacharyulu &D.Premaswarup, Indian Journal of Pure & AppliedPhysics, Vol.27, April 1989, pp. 197-200.

13. “Temperature dependence of NQR frequencies insome substituted bromobenzenes”- P.KrishnaMurthy, N.Jigeesh, M.Rangacharyulu &D.Premaswarup, Indian Journal of Pure & AppliedPhysics, Vol.27, April 1989, pp. 203-206.

Dr. Surjit Kumar Karfor Completing his Ph.D from Sambalpur University

TP Congratulates

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�RECOGNITIONS

Dr. Radhakrishna for conducting a session on‘Book Summaries & Reviews’.

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Prof. Sreenivasa Chary forconducting a session on ‘Summer InternshipProgram’.

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Prof. D.Satish for conducting ‘Case MethodologyTeaching workshop’.

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Prof. Debpratim Purkayastha forconducting ‘Case WritingWorkshop’.

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Prof. C. Sekhar for conducting a session on‘Academic Coordination & Student Services’.

When you move your FOCUS from Competition to Contribution, LIFE becomes Celebration. Never try to DEFEAT people, just WIN them.

TP CongratulatesProf. Chethana Krishna for her article ‘CareerRelaunch for Mid-life Women’ published in‘Reflections’, Journal of Management ofRustomjee Business School, Mumbai-Juneedition (ISSN No. 2320-3366)

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Prof. Vasundhara for her article ‘Work From HomeVs Work From Office’ published ‘ in ‘Reflections’,Journal of Management of Rustomjee BusinessSchool, Mumbai-June edition (ISSN No. 2320-3366)

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Dr. Suresh Chandra Bihari for his article ‘MoneyMarkets in India-Issues & Challenges’ publishedin ‘The Indian Banker ’ July, 2013 issue (Vol.8,Issue-7), Journal of the Indian Banks Association.

His Research Paper ‘Banking for a Better Earth- Astudy of Green Banking in India’ is published in‘International Journal of Development Studies’ (ISSN no. 0975-5799, Vol V, Issue-I, January-June, 2013) of Faculty of Commerce,Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (India).

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Prof. Gitanjali and Dr. BhavanaJaiswal for conducting a 30 dayworkshop on Soft Skills to thethird year students of FST

Dr.S. Venkata Seshaiah for conducting a sessionon ‘Surviving academia’.

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Dr.Venu Gopal Rao for conductinga session on ‘Research’.

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Dr.Kartikeya Bolar for conducting a session on‘SPSS’ and ‘The Power of Excel’.

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Prof.CV Kumar for conducting a session on ‘ThePrimary Course Planner ’.

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Prof. Mahesh Kumar Soma for conducting sessionson ‘Effective Presentation Skills’, ‘PersonalCounseling & Mentoring’ and ‘StressManagement’.

IBS Faculty @ Faculty Practice School

1. Prof. Debapratim Purkayastha was featured in an article‘Teaching with Cases — What’s Involved’ published by the UK-based The Case Centre (formerly European Case ClearingHouse), the world’s largest repository of case studies. Thearticle included “perspective from leading proponentsworldwide as how best to approach and support teachingwith cases”. The article has been widely circulated inacademic circles worldwide through The Case Centre’snewsletter, website (www.thecasecentre.org), print media, etc.The article can be accessed at...

http://www.thecasecentre.org/educators/casemethod/resources/features/teachingcases

The article features ‘Top Tips’ on Case-based Teaching fromProf. Debapratim Purkayastha and professors from INSEAD(France), London Business School (UK), and WarwickBusiness School (UK).

2. The Case Centre’s earlier article ‘Writing Cases — What’sInvolved’ too featured ‘top tips’ from Prof. DebapratimPurkayastha, and professors from Harvard Business School,Darden Business School, London Business School, KelloggSchool of Management, and Warwick Business School. Thearticle can be accessed at...

http://www.thecasecentre.org/educators/casemethod/resources/features/writingcases

3. Prof. Debapratim Purkayastha was also featured in an articletitled ‘Start-ups Spot Opportunity in Training India’s InformalWorkforce’ (Published: June 27, 2013) by India Knowledgeb@Wharton. Knowledge@Wharton is the online businessjournal of the Wharton School of the University ofPennsylvania, USA (The world’s first Business School). Theauthor has used his insights into the subject to explain thephenomenon of social enterprises that are trying to makecertain parts of India’s informal sector more formal. Thearticle can be accessed at...

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/india/article.cfm?articleid=4741

Faculty in the News

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News from Faculty of Science and Technology

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Dr. Krishna Naik, Dr. Aluru Raghavendra Guru Prasad, Dr. YadatiNarasimha Spoorthy, Dr. Lakshmana Rao, Dr. Krishna Rao, Dr.

Ravindranath wrote an article ‘Design, synthesis, characterization,and antimicrobial evaluation of new pyrazoline-5-ones’ which waspublished in Journal of Applied Pharmacy.

Change may give short-term pain, but would provide long-term gain.

Dr. Raghvendra Guru Prasad, Assistant Professor, FST, hasbeen nominated as Associate Editor for the following

distinguished journals of Science Alert.

1. Journal Title: Journal of Applied Sciences;website: http://scialert.net/eboard.php?issn=1812-5654

2. Journal Title: Asian Journal of Scientific Researchwebsite: http://scialert.net/eboard.php?issn=1992-1454

3. Journal Title: Singapore Journal of Scientific Researchwebsite: http://scialert.net/eboard.php?issn=2010-006x

4. Journal Title: Research Journal of Environmental Sciences;website: http://scialert.net/eboard.php?issn=1819-3412

Nominated as Associate Editor

Preparatory Classes @ FST

Preparatory Classes are scheduled at FST from July 16 to July 31,2013. A host of sessions have been planned.

The major items during classes are

1. Introduction to Engineering

2. Significance of Sciences and Mathematics in Engineering

3. Introducing Science & Engg. labs

4. Personality Development & Soft skills

5. Professional Counseling

6. Introducing Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and ComputerScience

7. Preparing the students for the exciting world of Science andEngineering.

The FST-IFHE university team ‘FERVOR’ has been selected for VIRTUAL BAJA 2013 to be held on July 26 & 27, 2013 at Sri

Venkateshwara College of Engineering, Bangalore

IFHE Team Selected forVirtual Baja 2013

Soft Skills Workshop @ FST

FST organized a 30 days Soft Skills Workshop for the studentsof 3rd year from May 28, 2013 to June 27, 2013. The students

were trained in various topics like Self Awareness, Perception,Effective Presentation Skills, Group Discussion and InterviewTechniques. The workshop were conducted by Prof. Gitanjali andDr. Bhavana Jaiswal from IBS Hyderabad.

Dr. Manas Ranjan Tripathy conducted a session on ‘Emerging Trendsin HRM’ for AGMs/DGMs of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)

at MTI (Managing Training Institute) SAIL, Ranchi, on June 3, 2013.

IBS @ SAIL IBS @ Aditya Birla GroupDr. Manas Ranjan Tripathy interacted with executives of Jaya Shree

Textiles (Aditya Birla Group), (Kolkata) on June 4, 2013. Theparticipants learnt about the importance of EI (EmotionalIntelligence).

Dr. Manas @ MTI SAIL, Ranchi Dr. Manas with Dr A K Sinha, Sr Vice-President (HR&IR), Aditya Birla Group and other executives

Research Publications

The workshop was conducted on June 27 & 28, 2013. It focused onmultivariate techniques (particularly Multiple Regression, Fac-

tor analysis, and Discriminant analysis) that a researcher should befamiliar with to start the journey of research. Hands-on sessionsusing valid data sets for each topic formed part of the workshop.

Multivariate Techniques:Basics & Applications using SPSS

Participants were introduced to SPSS software for the data analysisduring lab sessions.

Dr. Kartikeya Bolar was the Coordinator of the program.

A workshop on

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News from Faculty of Law (FOL)

Life does not provide warranties and guarantees. It provides possibilities and opportunities, dont miss them, make the best of it.

FOL is geared up to welcome the sparkling new batch of students.

Research Publications

Dr. Ravulpati Madhavi published an article on ‘Judicial Process’in Law Animated World (ISSN 2277 – 8829) Vol 9 part 1 May 15-

31, 2013.

The revised edition of her book on ‘Interpretation of Statutes’ ISBN-978-93-82705-88-8 has been released and is available in the FOLLibrary.

Mr.V G Ranganath published an article entitled ‘Child Rights-International Perspectives and National Policies’ in the

Supreme Court Journal 2013 Vol.4 Page No’s.1-11. Regd. No.HSE/830/2012-14. RNI-1083/67.

New Arrivals in the FOL Library1. Chitti on Contracts: by Chitti : Published by Thomson (2012)

2. Anson’s Law of Contract: by J.Beatson: Published by OUP(2013)

3. Gower and Davies, The Principles of Modern Company Law:by Paul Davis: Published by Thomson, Sweet & Maxwell(2008)

4. Making Laws for Cyber Space: by Chris Reed: Published byOUP (2012)

5. Private International Law: Cheshire, North & Fawcett: byJames Fawcett and Janeen M. Carruthers: OUP (2008)

6. The Conflicts of Law in India: by V.C. Govindarajan:Published by OUP (2011)

7. Criminal Law: by Andrew Ashworth: Published by OUP (2003)

8. The Law of Expression: by Dr. Madabhushi Sridhar: Publishedby ALH (2007)

9. International Law and Human Rights: by D.H.O Agrawal:Published CLP (2011)

Reported by Y. Padmavathi - FOL- Library

D r. Ravulpati Madhavi presented a paper titled ‘Emasculated Energy and Extruded Environment’ at the National Seminar

on Energy and Environment — Issues and Challenges organizedby the Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on June5, 2013.

M r.V G Ranganath attended a Professional DevelopmentTraining program on ‘Natural Resources Law and Public

Interest Advocacy’ from June 21-25, 2013, organized by IBA-CLE,National Law School of India University, Bangalore and MenonInstitute of Legal Advocacy Training.

Paper Presentation

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Value has a value only if its value is valued.

Do it now; Sometimes ‘later’ may become‘never’.

Problems are common-To be a victor or victimis a choice.

Success with Satisfaction-Attach with Effort &Detach with Result.

Dear Prof Mahesh

This is a brief, yet all inclusive Issue. I congratulate you foryour continuous effort and improvements.

- Dr.Suresh Bihari

* * *Congrats Prof Mahesh Kumar,

Good Job.

- Prof.CV Kumar

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