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Website : www.aim.edu.in e-mail : [email protected] [email protected], 9947524657 Volume : 7 Issue : 4 May-June 2016 4 ' A lbauto Communique', the formal declaration of Autonomous Status to St. Albert's College was held on 21 st June 2016, at the college auditorium. Sri.Oommen Chandy, former Chief Minister of Kerala inaugurated the programme by lighting the traditional lamp. During his inaugural address, he said that autonomous status to St.Albert's College is the recognition of its meritorious service to the weaker sections of society, especially in and around the city of Kochi. St. Albert's upholds its academic excellency for seven decades and imparted quality education to the people of Kerala, he opined. Mr. Ooomeen Chandy said that by achieving Autonomy, St. Albert's rose to the status of best educational institutions of the country. His Grace Dr. Francis Kallarackal, the Metropolitan Arch Bishop of Verapoly, during his presidential address described the sacrifice made by the Latin Catholic community in the development of the State of Kerala. He expressed his overwhelming joy on bestowing autonomy to St. Albert's college. The Day is commemorated by planting ceremonial sapling by His Grace Dr. Francis Kallarackal. Dr. A. Ramachandran, Vice-Chancellor, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, formally declared Autonomous Status to St. Albert's College. During his Key Note Address, Dr. Ramachandran stressed upon the need for quality improvement in higher education in Kerala. Very Rev. Msgr. Mathew Elanjimittam, Vicar General, Archdiocese of Verapoly, Prof. K. V. Thomas MP, Mr. S. Sharma MLA offered felicitations. Earlier, Rev. Fr. Antony Arackal, Manager, St. Albert's College welcome the gathering. During his introductory speech, our Principal Dr. M. L. Joseph told that the Management of the college is determined to uplift the quality of higher education and the employability skills of the students of St. Albert's College. Dr. Sadanandan, Vice- Principal of the college proposed the vote of thanks. Rev. Fr. Christy David Pathiala, Asst. Manager, St. Albert's College, administered the student prayer to the freshers. St. Albert's is 'Autonomous' Sri. Oommen Chandy, Former Chief Minister of Kerala, is delivering the inaugural speech on the occasion of declaring Autonomous Status to St. Albert's College Institute News 1. As a part of our extension activities, Dr. Rajagopala Nair, Director, AIM, was the Resource Person in the Induction Course for newly Recruited/Promoted Inspectors of Central Excise organized by the National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics on 18 th May 2016. The Topic was 'Personal Finance and Tax Planning'. 2. As a part of our extension activities, Mr. C. R. Gopesh, Asst. Professor, AIM, was the Resource Person in the Induction Course for newly Recruited/Promoted Inspectors of Central Excise organized by the National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics on 13 th May 2016. The topic was 'Stress Management and Positive Attitude.' 3. Ms. Indu George, Asst. Professor, AIM, has participated in the Two Day Workshop on Case Teaching held at the School of Management Studies, CUSAT, on 20 th and 21 st May 2016. SPARKLE 2016: Placement Training Workshop at AIM A lbertian Institute of Management organized a Placement Training and Development workshop - SPARKLE for its 2015-2017 batch students in association with 'Vertical Eye' - one of the most popular Training & Development organizations in South India. The 3-day programme was organized with the objective of fine-tuning the employability competencies with respect to effective soft skills so that it compliments with the institution's core strength in academic excellence. The learning methodologies addressed all aspects of corporate expectations, positive attitude, team work, leadership, workplace etiquette, resume building, aptitude test, group discussion, personal interview, etc. in order to facilitate better student performance in campus recruitments. Mock Interview and GD sessions facilitated all the student participants to gain more insight about their present capabilities and rooms for further improvement. The closing ceremony was held on 20 June in the presence of Dr. Rajagopala Nair (Director) and Mr. Gopesh CR (Asst. Professor / Placement Coordinator). The active participants were given away certificates; and 8 students - Mr. Filjo, Ms. Sujana, Ms. Feby, Ms. Anjali, Aneeza, Ms. Thanchy, Ms. Maria and Ms. Nagma- got recognized with a Medal for their outstanding performance during the training course. 4-day New Batch Orientation Program - Mpower @ AIM A IM hosted an Orientation Programme titled 'Mpower' for its new batch (2016-2018) in association with 'Vertical Eye' - a popular Training & Development organization based at Nilgiris. The learning methodologies addressed all aspects of corporate expectations, thus facilitating higher placement in campus recruitments, and also to build skills of the students to achieve peak performance in all aspects of their career and life. The programme was started on 22 June with the Welcome Address by Dr. Rajagopala Nair (Director, AIM) and an Introductory talk by Mr. Gopesh CR (Asst. Professor / Placement Coordinator, AIM). The class was divided into groups and they were taken through numerous activities by the resource persons in terms of ice breaking for blasting the mind blocks and removing the limiting beliefs of the students. Then the participants were made aware of various barriers to effective communication, emphasis on spoken English, tips to improve the presentation and public speaking skills and importance of having appropriate body language in effective communication. The program also focused on building qualities of a successful management professional, positive attitude, leadership, team work, confidence building, reading, resume building, etc. using methodologies like Group activities, Management Games, Theatre based experiential learning, and Role plays. All the participants were felicitated with a Certificate; and 7 students (Ms. Shrerin Ann Thomas, Ms. Reny Vargheses, Mr. Ajay Thomas, Ms. Fredy Mathews, Ms. Susmitha P. G., Ms. Athira T. V. and Mr. Leo Fernandez) were recognized with a Medal for their outstanding performance in the Learning & Development programme.
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Volume : 7 Issue : 4 May-June 2016
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'Albauto Communique', the formal declaration ofAutonomous Status to St. Albert's College was held on
21st June 2016, at the college auditorium. Sri.OommenChandy, former Chief Minister of Kerala inaugurated theprogramme by lighting the traditional lamp. During hisinaugural address, he said that autonomous status toSt.Albert's College is the recognition of its meritoriousservice to the weaker sections of society, especially in andaround the city of Kochi. St. Albert's upholds its academicexcellency for seven decades and imparted qualityeducation to the people of Kerala, he opined. Mr. OoomeenChandy said that by achieving Autonomy, St. Albert's roseto the status of best educational institutions of the country.His Grace Dr. Francis Kallarackal, the Metropolitan ArchBishop of Verapoly, during his presidential address describedthe sacrifice made by the Latin Catholic community in thedevelopment of the State of Kerala. He expressed hisoverwhelming joy on bestowing autonomy to St. Albert's
college. The Day is commemorated by planting ceremonialsapling by His Grace Dr. Francis Kallarackal. Dr. A.Ramachandran, Vice-Chancellor, Kerala University ofFisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, formally declaredAutonomous Status to St. Albert's College. During his KeyNote Address, Dr. Ramachandran stressed upon the needfor quality improvement in higher education in Kerala. VeryRev. Msgr. Mathew Elanjimittam, Vicar General, Archdioceseof Verapoly, Prof. K. V. Thomas MP, Mr. S. Sharma MLAoffered felicitations. Earlier, Rev. Fr. Antony Arackal,Manager, St. Albert's College welcome the gathering. Duringhis introductory speech, our Principal Dr. M. L. Joseph toldthat the Management of the college is determined to upliftthe quality of higher education and the employability skillsof the students of St. Albert's College. Dr. Sadanandan, Vice-Principal of the college proposed the vote of thanks. Rev. Fr.Christy David Pathiala, Asst. Manager, St. Albert's College,administered the student prayer to the freshers.
St. Albert's is 'Autonomous'
Sri. Oommen Chandy, Former Chief Minister of Kerala, is delivering the inaugural speechon the occasion of declaring Autonomous Status to St. Albert's College
Institute News1. As a part of our extension activities, Dr. Rajagopala Nair,
Director, AIM, was the Resource Person in the InductionCourse for newly Recruited/Promoted Inspectors ofCentral Excise organized by the National Academy ofCustoms, Excise and Narcotics on 18th May 2016. TheTopic was 'Personal Finance and Tax Planning'.
2. As a part of our extension activities, Mr. C. R. Gopesh, Asst.Professor, AIM, was the Resource Person in the Induction
Course for newly Recruited/Promoted Inspectors ofCentral Excise organized by the National Academy ofCustoms, Excise and Narcotics on 13th May 2016. The topicwas 'Stress Management and Positive Attitude.'
3. Ms. Indu George, Asst. Professor, AIM, has participatedin the Two Day Workshop on Case Teaching held at theSchool of Management Studies, CUSAT, on 20th and 21st
May 2016.
SPARKLE 2016: Placement Training Workshop at AIM
Albertian Institute of Management organized aPlacement Training and Development workshop -
SPARKLE for its 2015-2017 batch students in associationwith 'Vertical Eye' - one of the most popular Training &Development organizations in South India.
The 3-day programme was organized with the objectiveof fine-tuning the employability competencies with respectto effective soft skills so that it compliments with theinstitution's core strength in academic excellence. Thelearning methodologies addressed all aspects of corporateexpectations, positive attitude, team work, leadership,workplace etiquette, resume building, aptitude test, group
discussion, personal interview, etc. in order to facilitatebetter student performance in campus recruitments. MockInterview and GD sessions facilitated all the studentparticipants to gain more insight about their presentcapabilities and rooms for further improvement.
The closing ceremony was held on 20 June in the presenceof Dr. Rajagopala Nair (Director) and Mr. Gopesh CR (Asst.Professor / Placement Coordinator). The active participantswere given away certificates; and 8 students - Mr. Filjo, Ms.Sujana, Ms. Feby, Ms. Anjali, Aneeza, Ms. Thanchy, Ms. Mariaand Ms. Nagma- got recognized with a Medal for theiroutstanding performance during the training course.
4-day New Batch Orientation Program - Mpower @ AIM
AIM hosted an Orientation Programme titled 'Mpower'for its new batch (2016-2018) in association with
'Vertical Eye' - a popular Training & Developmentorganization based at Nilgiris. The learning methodologiesaddressed all aspects of corporate expectations, thusfacilitating higher placement in campus recruitments, andalso to build skills of the students to achieve peakperformance in all aspects of their career and life.
The programme was started on 22 June with the WelcomeAddress by Dr. Rajagopala Nair (Director, AIM) and anIntroductory talk by Mr. Gopesh CR (Asst. Professor / PlacementCoordinator, AIM). The class was divided into groups and theywere taken through numerous activities by the resourcepersons in terms of ice breaking for blasting the mind blocksand removing the limiting beliefs of the students. Then the
participants were made aware of various barriers to effectivecommunication, emphasis on spoken English, tips to improvethe presentation and public speaking skills and importance ofhaving appropriate body language in effective communication.The program also focused on building qualities of a successfulmanagement professional, positive attitude, leadership, teamwork, confidence building, reading, resume building, etc. usingmethodologies like Group activities, Management Games,Theatre based experiential learning, and Role plays.
All the participants were felicitated with a Certificate;and 7 students (Ms. Shrerin Ann Thomas, Ms. RenyVargheses, Mr. Ajay Thomas, Ms. Fredy Mathews, Ms.Susmitha P. G., Ms. Athira T. V. and Mr. Leo Fernandez)were recognized with a Medal for their outstandingperformance in the Learning & Development programme.
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'Nouvo Inizio' -Inauguration of 2016-18 MBA Batch @ AIM'Nouvo Inizio', the traditional welcome to the new batch
of MBA Programme at Albertian Institute ofManagement, Kochi was held on 21st June 2016. Very Rev.Msgr. Mathew Elanjimittam, Vicar General, Archdiocese ofVerapoly was the Chief Guest. Msgr.Mathew Elanjimittamin his inaugural address invoked the students with 'CHAI'principles to be imbibed by them. 'C' stands for curiosity,'H' stands for humility, 'A' stands for adaptability and 'I' forindustrious. When you are humble, you can accept othersand work hard to achieve success, he said. Mr.VenuGopalakrishnan, Founder and CEO, Litmus 7 offeredfelicitations. Mr.Venu said 'when you feel success, you feelgreat', which is a huge motivator to work hard and achievenewer heights. He shared his experiences as a successfulentrepreneur whose turnover is around $20 million andaiming to achieve a target of $140 million by 2020. Dr.Rajagopala Nair, our Director, during his welcome address,said that 'Attitude' and 'Determination' are the key forsuccess. 'There is no unemployment in India, the questionis of Employability', he opined. Dr. M. L. Joseph, Principal,St. Albert's College, in his presidential address said thatevery individual should have a self managementmechanism and it should be a continuous process. Herequested the students to acquire and develop a selfdevelopment scheme. Dr. Rajagopala Nair, our Director,
congratulated Dr. Titus Correya, Professor, AIM on his beingelevated to the position of Vice-Principal ( SF ) of St. Albert'sCollege. He appreciated Dr. Titus Correya for all his sincereservices rendered to AIM. Dr. Titus Correya administeredstudents prayer on the occasion. He also expressed his deepsense of gratitude to all his colleagues who encouragedand supported him in discharging his duties at AIM. Prof.Nidhin Johny, Asst. Prof. AIM, proposed the vote of thanks.
Very Rev. Msgr. Mathew Elanjimittam, Vicar General, Archdioceseof Verapoly is inaugurating the 11th batch MBA programme at AIM
Board of Studies in Business Administration
The first meeting of the Board of Studies in BusinessAdministration of St. Albert's College was held on 3rd
June 2016. Eminent academicians and professionals whoare the members of the Board were present to give theirvaluable inputs. The members present include Sri.Venugopal C.Govind, Managing Partner, Varma and Varma,Chartered Accountants, Dr. Manoj Edward, Professor,CUSAT, Dr. Victor George, Registrar, KUFOS, Dr. SebastainThomas, Asst. Gen. Manager, KSIDC, Mr.Sundaresh Gopal,CEO, Orange-I, The faculty members of the Dept. were alsopresent.
Workshop on 'Effective Entrepreneurship'
The Youth Forum of Kerala Chamber of Commerce andIndustry and the Albertian Institute of Management
jointly organized a workshop on 'EffectiveEntrepreneurship' on 27th June 2016. The workshop wasformally inaugurated by Mr.Deepak Sathyapalan, CEO,Beaumonde The Fern, Kochi. Four successful entrepreneurswho are the office bearers of KCCI shared their experiences,which was really a learning process for our youngsters. Mr.Ajit Ravi, an event manager with par excellence who
organized Miss South India and Miss Queen of India sharedhis life experience and his thought provoking speech was ahuge motivation for our students. Mr. Anoop Venugopalan,Director, Anaswara Offset Pvt. Ltd. told that 'we are thepersons who make ourselves effective and we can canvasour business'. Hitesh Shah, Proprietor, Vardhamaan RetailVentures, explained to the students the risks and challengeshe has faced in achieving success in business.
World Environment Day @ AIM
The Staff and Students of AIM commemorated WorldEnvironment Day on 5th June 2016. Our Director Dr.
Rajagopala Nair planted a Guava Tree in the InstitutePremises. Speaking on the occasion Dr. Nair emphasizedthe importance of saving and protecting Earth. He invoked
the students to take care of Planet Earth so that the cominggeneration may lead a healthy life. He explained theimportance of the magnetic power of earth which iscapable of curing many diseases.
Start-up Mentoring Session @ KSIDC
Third Semester MBA students of AIM along with ourfaculty Prof. Nidhin Johny attended a Start-up
Mentoring Session organized by the Kerala State IndustrialDevelopment Corporation (KSIDC) at Rajagiri BusinessSchool on 14th June 2016. Inaugurating the Programme,Mr. E. P. Jayarajan, Hon'ble Minister for Industries andSports, said that the Govt. would take steps to start andstrengthen the activities of incubation centres in all collegesin the State. Mr. P. H. Kurian IAS, Principal Secretary(Industries) said that the KSIDC has set aside sufficient fundsfor the setting up incubation centres in educationalinstitutions. He said the there are 140 incubation centresin the State. Mrs. Beena IAS, MD, KSIDC revealed that theKSIDC has already extended financial assistance to 35 Start-ups in the State. The mentoring sessions were organized inassociation with TiE Kerala. Discussions were held on thechallenges of Entrepreneurship in Kerala, sources offinancial support and the path transversed by the youngentrepreneurs in realizing their business dreams. The
sessions were led by Mr. Rajesh Nair, President TiE Kerala,Ms. Padmaja Rupel, President, Indian Angel Network, Mr.C. Balagopal, former chairman, Terumo Penpol and Mr.Shiju Radhakrishnan, CEO, i-Traveller.
