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BRANCH NEWS� AHMEDABAD BRANCH

� BANGALORE BRANCH

� BHILAI BRANCH

� COCHIN BRANCH

� INDORE BRANCH

� KOLKATA BRANCH

� LUCKNOW BRANCH

� MANGLORE BRANCH

� MUMBAI BRANCH

� PUNE BRANCH

AHMEDABAD BRANCH

Report on 5th December 2015 : Ahmedabad Branchorganized a talk on “Market Segmentation & BrandPositioning in context with SCM” by Ms. Vibhuti Bhatt,Director, ONE Advertising & Communication Services Ltd.in lecture hall of Ahmedabad Management Associationon 5th December 2015.

Branch Chairman Mr. H K Gupta WelcomingParticipants.

Dr J B Prajapati Confering Mr. D K Goswamy withPresident's Gold Medal.

More than 50 members and MM experts participatedand enjoyed the talk. Dr(Prof) J B Prajapati EminentInternational Scientist and Principal and dean SMCCollege of Dairy Science was Chief Guest and presidedover evening event. Branch Chairman Mr. H. K. Guptamentioned in his inaugural talk that:

“I am delighted to inform you that IIMM Ahmedabadcontinues its award winning habit and have wonfollowing Annual Merit awards at National Level whichwere received by me and Mr. Pankaj Panchbhairespectively during Natcom 2015.

� Best Chairman (Non-Metro Branch)Mr. H K Gupta

� President’s Appreciation AwardMr. H K Gupta

� Best MMR Article AwardMr. H K Gupta

� Distinguished Member AwardMr. D K Goswami

� Best Branch (Education Activity) Award – Non Metro

� Best Membership Growth Award (Non Metro Branch)� Excellence in Publicity Award (Non Metro)

Winning awards for fourth consecutive year is anincredible achievement and real credit goes to ExecutiveCommittee Members whose consistent Diligence,Sincerity, Devotion and Passionate perseverance has leadto today’s Branch’s Performance.

Dr J B Prajapati Presenting Distinguished MemberAward to Mr. D K Goswamy.

Enlightened Audience Enjoying The Deliberation.

IIMM regularly conducts various courses which not onlyadds to Bio Data but also enhances practical knowledge

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of participants. May I request industry to sponsormaximum operating managers to these courses.Efficiency of Material Management operations will startimproving as participants go through these courses.

Mr. D K Goswamy Programme Coordinator IntroducingSpeaker & Subject

Mr. Manoj pandey National Council MemberFelicitating Mr. Dinesh Dani.

We are on job of publishing IIMM Ahmedabad MembersDirectory which besides Data on members will have lotof useful information and is likely to be released inFebruary 2016. Kindly contribute for timely executionof this project.

Dear Friends, you will be happy to know that we are 272Life Members and are itching to cross 550+ MissionTarget which will take us to number 3 position Nationally.Let us all contribute towards this mission. Those of GuestFriends, who are still not Life Member, may join IIMMFamily of Life Members and avail of Multiple benefitslife Long.

Mr. Mantavya Shrimali receiving ParticpationCertificate at hands of Dr. J B Prajapati

Mr. Sudhir Shah Wrapping up the Session.

Mr. Sumit Das Receiving Participation Certificated athands of Dr J B Prajapati.

Mrs Vibhui Bhatt Conductor of Workshop ReceivingMemento at Hands of Dr J B Prajapati

Ms Vibhuti Bhatt Speaker of The Evening


IIMM has a mission and we all strive to achieve it. May Iread it for you so that some of us who have forgottenmay work for its implementation. He then read outMission Statement of institution and exhorted membersto follow it in letter and spirit.”

“To promote professional excellence in materialsmanagement towards national Prosperity throughsustainable development.”

Mr. D K Goswamy programme coordinator introducedspeaker and subject:

“Marketers make promises to customers to generatedemand. Delivering on those promises can have apositive or negative impact on the perception of yourbrand. If you deliver an order late, if you can’t meet arush order request, your brand invariably suffers. In anera of ever-increasing customer demands andimpatience, it is your supply chain that often representsa critical opportunity for you to build or destroy yourbrand. Supply chain is often regarded as either a nuisanceor an irrelevance. That is, until something goes wrongor a promise cannot be met. Suddenly, your supplychain’s shortcomings become the center of attention.

Poor supply chain performance drives customers away.An enthusiastic customer can be lost as a result of a singlebad buying experience; and a prospective customer canbe turned away from your product by a poor orinadequate buying experience. It is time for brand andmarketing executives to pay more attention to theirsupply chains. They must be accountable for aligning thebrand promise with their company’s supply chaincapability, because it has a powerful impact on customerexperience and brand perception.

One promise that is expected of every brand is deliveringthe right product to the right place at the right time.Your supply chain capabilities can make or break yourability to fulfill that promise. As a result, your supplychain has a powerful impact—positive or negative—onyour brand. Many of our members already know Mrs.Vibhuti Bhatt as she had delivered a talk for our memberssome four years back. She also wrote an article forpublishing in the member’s directory of this branch.

Ms. Vibhuti Bhatt is currently working as director of Oneadvertising and communication service limited. The ladyresponsible for building up brands like Rasna, Symphony,Intas, Coca Cola, Tirupati, Gruh, Milcent, Vimal, Varmora,Toyota, Reliance Mobile & Flourish. She has worked withMAA Communications, Symphony and Cadila Pharma.

Vibhutiji is B.Sc. in Chemistry with M.B.A in Marketingfrom Pune University. She has been associated withvarious institutes like Nirma, NID, MICA, Shanti BusinessSchool, Gujarat Technological University, S. V. Instituteof Management and others. She has received severalaccolades and awards such as Pink Slip Award & RemiAward from Ascent – Times Of India, Bhaskar KRITITKARAward and Best Advertisement – Finance Award byAACA - Ahmedabad Advertising Circle’s Association.

She was on My FM recently during AACA awards. Let uslisten what Vishal had to say.. Vibhuti ji would be talking

to us on “Market Segmentation & Brand Positioning incontext with SCM”.

Ms Vibhuti Bhatt enthralled audience with ocean ofknowledge at her command supported by live examplesand Videos. She answered queries of audience and madeit a truly Knowledge sharing experience.

Dr (Prof)J B Prajapati conferred Distinguished MemberAward on Mr D K Goswamy on behalf of Institute sincehe was not present in Natcom 2015,

Dr (Prof) J B Prajapati, Principal & Dean, SMC Collegeof Dairy Science, Anand presented Certificates ofParticipation to following members.

� Mr. Manohar S Khemnani� Mr. Manoj Kumar Chawla� Mr. Mayan Shah� Mr. Nisarg Joshi� Mr. Sumit Das� Mr. Mukesh Patel� Mr. Ratnesh Verma� Mr. Mantavya Shrimali� Mr. Sumit Das� Mr. Manoj Bhatt� Mr. Amarsinh Parmar� Mr. Bhagyesh Parmar� Mr. Darpan Shah� Mr. Gulab Ramnani� Mr. Jagat pandya� Mr. Rakesh Rao� Mr. Saumil Dave� Mr. Zubair Hussain

Dr (Prof) J B Prajapati Principal & Dean, SMC College ofDairy Science presented memento to learned speakeron behalf of Co Members.

Mr. Manoj Pandey NC Member felicitated Mr DineshDani for releasing first Advertisement in MembersDirectory.

Mr. Sudhir Shah Distinguished Member in his wrappingup Remarks said:

We are grateful to Ms Vibhuti Bhatt for her thought fultalk which has enriched knowledge of our members. Weare also grateful to our Chairman for organizingKnowledge Augmenting talks on regular basis and Mr. DK Goswami for so ably organizing evening talk andmembers present for their enthusiasm all along.

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BANGALORE BRANCH

19th September 2015 – Workshop on “Advance SupplyChain Management (SCM) for Hospital Management”at Bangalore.

One Day Workshop and Power Panel program wasconducted at Sheraton Hotel, Bangalore for theDirectors/ Doctors and Senior Executives of Hospitals.Topics for quality centric hospital Supply Chaintransformations. Power Panel Topics discussions was on:


� Best models for quality –centric hospital InventoryManagement”

� Cost reduction methods for hospitals while keepingquality at the highest level

� Managing emergency requirement and overcomevariations in hospitals

The Workshop Program was organized by Ethicon,Johnson & Johnson, Chennai. Mr.Srinivas Rao, SeniorFaculty, IIMM Bangalore Branch, moderated theprogram. Other power panel speakers were : Mr. C.G.Muttanna – Vice President (Supply Chain), ManipalHospital; Dr. Shankar Narang, General Manager (Supply),Fortis Health Care; Mr. Prasad Shidhaya Doctor (SupplyChain), Johnson & Johnson. Mr. M.S. ShankarNarayanan, Branch Chairman, Mr. K.V. Sudheendra,Honorary Secretary, and Mr. D. Subramani, PastChairman from IIMM Bangalore Branch attended theprogram.

Mr. K.V. Sudhindra, Honorary Secretary, gave briefactivities of IIMM and proposed vote of thanks. About35 delegates level of CPO & Doctors were attend for thisprogram. Program ended with very good interactionwith power panel speakers and received excellentfeedback from the participants.

22nd and 23rd September 2015 – Workshop on “VendorManagement and Negotiation Skills”.

Two Days workshop on “Vendor Management andNegotiation Skills” was organized at Royal Orchid Central,Bangalore. The workshop has been participated by thesenior executives of various leading companies like AtriaConvergences Limited, Britania India Limited, DISA IndiaLimited, Grandfos Pumps India Pvt. Ltd., HoneywellTechnologies Limited, Ibis & Novotel Bengaluru TechPark, Kennametal India Limited, Nagel Special MachinesPvt. Limited, Power Electronics, SJS Enterprises Pvt.Limited, Software Paradigms Infotech Pvt. Limited, TataElexi India Limited, Terex India Pvt. Limited, Titan Limited,Toyota Kirloskar Limited, etc.

Mr. T.K. Ramasubbu, Sr. Faculty HandlingSession - Workshop

The faculty of this programme consists of selected MLSTrainers, who are specialists from a batch pool trainedby ITC, Geneva, with long years of professional industryexperience. This two day workshop covered major topicslike “Supply Strategy and Supplier Relationship, VendorDevelopment”, “Appraising and Short listing Suppliers”,“Negotiation Objectives”, “Stages of Negotiation – Asking

Question – Listening – Revisiting Positions and interests”,“Body Language – International Negotiations andNegotiation by Telephone”, “Formalising Agreement –Monitoring / Evaluating/Reviewing of Negotiation” and“Role Pay / Case Study”. Important case studies werealso discussed. The program ended with very goodinteractive session and received excellent feedback fromall the participants.

25th September 2015 – Lecture Programme on “CurrentApproaches to SEM in Apparel Industry”.

IIMM Bangalore Branch organized an evening lectureprogram on “Current Approaches to SEM in ApparelIndustry” at Ramanashree Brinton, Bangalore. Dr.S.Chandrashekar, President, Artisans and HandloomDevelopment Corporation and Research, Bangalore wasthe Guest Speaker of the evening. He shared his vastexperience in the on the topic and gave his power pointpresentation. Mr. K.V. Sudhindra, Honorary Secretary,welcomed gathering and introduced the Speaker to theaudience. Mr Srinivas V. Rao, Branch Vice Chairman,proposed vote of thanks. The programme was veryinteresting with lively interactions by participants withthe Speaker.

Lecture Program on 25.09.2015 - Speaker Dr. S.Chandrashekar, Mr. Srinivas V. Rao, Branch Vice

Chairman

Mr. D. Subramani, Immediate Past Chairman, Handingover the Memento to Speaker

15th and 16th October 2015 – Workshop on “StoresWarehousing and Inventory Control”.

Two Days workshop on “Stores Warehousing andInventory Control” was organized at Royal Orchid Central,Bangalore. The workshop has been participated by thesenior executives of various leading companies like DISA


India Limited, Preston India Pvt. Limited, ElastrexPolymers Pvt. Limited, Titan Limited, Atria ConvergenceLimited, Moog Controls India Pvt. Limited, SandharTechnologies Limited, Mag Engineering, etc. About 35participants participated in the program from variousorganization. Senior faculties of IIMM Bangalore BranchMr. C. Subbakrishna, Mr. P.L. Mohan handled sessionson 15.10.2015 and Mr. H.R.T. Chari and Mr.D. Subramanihandled the sessions on 16.10.2015.

A view of Members present on 16.10.2015 LectureProgram

A view of Participants - Workshop on 15-16.10.2015

Mr. Akash Gupta, E.C. Member -Welcoming SpeakerMr. Nabendu Paul, Manager Purchase,UHP -Lecture

This two day workshops covered major topics like“Introduction to Stores Management”, “Basic Principlesof Store Keeping, Stores Layout & Facilities – AutomatedStorage Systems”, “Logistics and Material Handling”,“Procurement Lessons from World War One”,“Warehousing in Modern Business World”, “LeanWarehousing Best Practices”, “Effective InventoryManagement”, “The Industrial Inventory Problem”, “Inventory Control Concepts – Various methods ofInventory Analysis”, “Economic Order Quantity,

Economic Batch Quantity, Reorder Level”, “Role of IT inInventory Management, Inventory Models – CPFR, VMIetc”, “Processing and Maintenance of StoresDocumentation”, “Legal and Safety Aspects in Stores”,and “Role of IT in Stores and Inventory Control”.Important case studies were also discussed. The programended with good conclusion, very good interactivesession and received excellent feedback from all theparticipants.

Mr. C. Subbakrishna, Past National President, Sr.Faculty Handling Session - Workshop on 15-16.10

Mr. M.H. Kulkarni, E.C. Member, Read about Speaker -Introduction on 16.10.2015 Lecture Program

Mr. M.S. Shankar Narayanan, Branch Chairman,Mr. Nabendu Paul, Speaker, Mr. Srinivas V. Rao

16th October 2015 – Lecture Programme on“Understanding the Intricacies for various Importrelated Transactions & Procedure”.

IIMM Bangalore Branch organized an evening lectureprogram on “Understanding the Intricacies for variousImport related Transactions & Procedure” at WoodlandsHotel, Bangalore. Mr.Nabendu Paul, Manager, Purchase,


UHP Technologies Private Limited, Bangalore was theGuest Speaker of the evening. He shared his vastexperience in the on the topic and gave his power pointpresentation. Mr.M.S. Shankar Narayanan, BranchChairman, welcomed gathering and introduced theSpeaker to the audience. Mr.Nabendu Paul, speaker ofday of program has covered session on : Various Methodsof Imports, Customs Duty Calculation, Documentsrequired to Clear Imports Shipment ,Bill of Entry &related concepts. The end of Lecture program wasconducted through a question –answer interactivemode, Mr. C. Subbakrishna, Past National Presidentclarified most of the questions to participants and wasappreciated by the participants. Mr Srinivas V. Rao,Branch Vice Chairman, proposed vote of thanks. Theprogramme was very interesting with lively interactionsby participants with the Speaker.

31st October 2015 – Workshop on “Advance SupplyChain Management (SCM) for Hospital Management”at Chennai.

Mr. K.V. Sudheendra, Hon. Secretary, Briefing aboutIIMM Activities - Workshop on 31.10.2015

One Days workshop on “Advance Supply ChainManagement (SCM) for Hospital Management” atChennai was organized at GRT Grand Hotel, Chennai. Theworkshop has been organized for Directors, Doctors andsenior executives of the Hospitals. Topics for qualitycentric hospital Supply Chain transformations. PowerPanel topics discussions was on:

� Best models for quality-centric hospital InventoryManagement”

� Cost reduction methods for hospitals while keepingquality at the highest level

� Managing emergency requirement and overcomevariations in hospitals

Above Workshop program was organized by Ethicon,Johnson & Johnson Chennai. IIMM, Bangalore Branch -Mr.Srinivas Rao, Senior Faculty participated as PowerPanel Speaker and moderated the program. TheWorkshop was attended by 30 participants from variousHospitals of Chennai. Power panel session wasconducted through a question –answer interactive modeand was appreciated by the participants.

17th and 18th November 2015 – Workshop on “CostReduction in Sourcing and Purchasing”.

A view of Participants - Workshop on 17-18.11.2015

IIMM Bangalore Branch organized Two Days Workshopon “Cost Reduction in Sourcing and Purchasing” on 17th

and 18th November 2015. Fifteen participants (SeniorExecutives) attended workshop from variousorganization like Bratania Industires Limited, ResilChemicals Pvt. Limited, Mylan Laboratories Limited, DISAIndia Limited, Dell International Services India Pvt.Limited, Bisse India Limited, etc. IIMM Bangalore Branchsenior faculty covered the session on Analytical methodsfor improved purchasing performance, Analyzing price,cost and total value, Cost reduction in purchasing,,Effective cost management in purchasing, and managingprice ,Cost & potential increases ,Buying from the RightSources, In sourcing and Outsourcing, Global Sourcing,Purchasing Risks, Importance of Purchasing and its rolein an organization. Faculty conducted the sessionsmostly through questions addressed to specificparticipants and supplementing the answers with theirexpert guidance. There was active participation by theaudience and feedback was very good.

Mr. D. Subramani, Sr. Faculty Handling the Session -Workshop on 17-18.11.2015

20th November 2015 – Lecture Program on “Advantageon use of Solar & Its Relation to Supply Chain”.

IIMM Bangalore Branch organized an evening lectureprogram on “Advantage on use of Solar & Its Relation toSupply Chain” at Woodlands Hotel, Bangalore. Mr. H.Nandi, Managing Director, MRO-TEK Limited was theGuest Speaker of the day. He shared his vast experiencein the on the topic and gave his power pointpresentation. Mr. Srinivas V. Rao Branch Vice Chairman,welcomed the Speaker, IIMM Members and Students.Mr. Nandi in his presentation he has covered contents


of Alternate Energy Hydro, Wind, Hybrid, Nuclear & DG,brief of Solar Power Plant Solar Applications, presentedvideos on few major installations at KSCA and discussedabout Supply Chain Capex / Policies / Pricing Trend etc.The end of the presentation the interactive Session /Questions & Answers session which held was very goodwell appreciated by the members present.

A view of members present in Lecture program on20.11.2015

Lecture Program on 20.11.2015 Mr. Srinivas V. Rao,Vice Chairman, Mr. H. Nandi, M.D. MRO Tech

Mr. H. Nandi, Managing Director- giving presentationon Advantages on use of Solar and relation

Mr. G.S. Raju, EC Member handing over a memento toSpeaker on 20.11.2015

Mr. Venkat Ramesh, Participated MATQUIZ -2015 heldon 13.09.2015- from IIMM Bangalore - receiving

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BHILAI BRANCH

TALK WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY BHILAI STEEL PLANTAND IIMM, BHILAI BRANCH AT HRDC ASSEMBLY HALLON 22.12.15 : Talk of SwamiAtmashraddhananda Maharaj, Editor Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore,Chennai. The theme was “The Power of Positive Attitudeand Introspection”. Venue: HRDC Assembly Hall, On22.12.2015 (Tuesday)

On the evening of 22.12.2015, Bhilai Steel Plantemployees were benefitted by words of wisdom ofSwami Atmashradhananda Maharaj of Sri RamkrishnaMath, Chennai. Swamiji addressed the gathering on theimportant topics of positive attitude and introspection.Swamiji is in Chhattisgarh to attend Youth Conferencefrom 23.12.2015 to 24.12.2015, being held at Raipur.


Swamiji, with his wisdom, guided the audience, abouthow to develop positive thinking through introspection.He emphasized on detachment from disturbing thoughtssuch as anger, violence, jealousy etc. and developingpositive attitude towards self, society, profession andself-development. He defined human beings as divinebeings with infinite dimensions and explained in a verysimple manner how introspection will lead to realisingof our Karma, Artha& Dharma to attain the ultimate aimof our life which is knowingourselves.

He summarized by encouraging the audience to bringpeace in own life by avoiding actions which inflict self-harm on our soul so that every individual fulfils his orher reason of existence i.e. being an eternal source ofhappiness and joy.

Among the eminent guests present in the program wereChief GuestShri L T Sherpa,ED(P&A)Bhilai Steel Plant ,ShriP S Bhadauria , ED (MM), Bhilai Steel Plant and ChiefPatron IIMM, Bhilai Branch and ShriPrakash Kulkarni,DGM (Purchase), Bhilai Steel Plant and Chairman IIMM,Bhilai Branch.

In their welcome remarks the Executive Directors hademphasized that the topic sounds simple but is difficultto implement in daily life, however it will help us tobecome a better person in this materialistic life. Theyalso said that the program will benefit everyone in everyphase of life.

The program was successfully organised by IIMM,BhilaiBranch, wherein all IIMM members, top executivesof Bhilai Steel Plants and other guests were present. Theprogram was conducted by Shri Sunil Kumar Rane, DGM(Stores), Bhilai Steel Plant and National Council Memberof IIMM, Bhilai Branch. Mrs. Prabha Nair presented thevote of thanks to all the guests participating in theprogram.--------------------------------------------------------------------------

COCHIN BRANCH

Cochin branch has organized a one day workshop on 20th

Nov 2015 on “Contract Management and Negotiation”for public and private sector industries.

Mr. Roby TA delivering his lecture on “contractManagement ‘to the workshop audience.

Personnel from various organizations like BharatPetroleum Corporation ltd, Telk, and Traco Cables etcattended the program. Prof. GRC Nair delivered on the

topic Negotiation in which he elaborated the need forproper, planned negotiation for getting maximumbenefits from the procurement profession. Afternoonsession was taken by Mr. Roby TA and the theme waseffective contract management and risk mitigation. Heasserted that contract management if not establishedin a systematic manner can cause for drain in revenueto business and caution and logical legally binding andenforceable contract is vital to any business.-------------------------------------------------------------------------

INDORE BRANCH

On 19/12/15 Indore branch present IIMM CorporatePresentation in one of the prestigious institute BLP PGCollege, MHOW of region. The meeting was of highsuccess pertaining to chapter opening as well enrolmentof students in IIMM academic programs(GDMM/PGDMM).

The main intention behind this meeting is to make awarestudents regarding the importance of material peoplein industry, their requirement as well as membershipdrive. Meeting was Chaired by Mrs.Nigwal, Dr. Vipat ofBLP College, Undersigned as Chairman & Dr. AvinashDesai (VP-Central). Further to this BLP invite us to havedirect interaction with students on 16/1/16.

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KOLKATA BRANCH

31ST ANNUAL CONVOATION 2015, IIMM Kolkata Branch: Convocation is the official recognition of students’individual efforts in a particular course of study impartedby their alma mater. On the part of students, it is a grandcelebration of their personal achievement, pursuing ahigher study in their career ladder. At IIMM, Convocationis a jumping ground for the budding professionals, aimingto desired higher level in profession. Keeping all these inmind, HMM Kolkata designed the programme of AnnualConvocation, pushing forward passed out students, whoby turn, will lead IlMM carrying its legacy to the causeof supply chain fraternity.

The 31st Annual Convocation 2015 of HMM Kolkata washeld on Friday, the 11th September, 2015 at Hotel ParkPrime, Kolkata. This was a dazzling show to showcaseHMM activities. Mr. Kallol Ghosh, Hony. Secretary, ledAnnual Convocation Organizing Committee comprisingof Executive Committee Members and passed outstudents and students pursuing GDMM. It was an


excellent team work and concerted efforts of all. Mr.Koushik Mukherjee took a major role as the Convenerof Convocation Organizing Committee.

Prof. (Dr.) Mammen Chandy, Director, Tata MedicalCentre, very kindly graced the Annual Convocation asthe Chief Guest and delivered the Convocation Addressand motivated young professionals to a great extent. Mr.Anand Pande, Council Director for India 4 SAARCCountries, OCD, Johnson 4 Johnson, graced the occasionas the Guest of Honour. In his enchanting deliberation,he recognized the HMM activities to the cause of supplychain profession.

31st Annual Convocation 2015, On the Dias from Left :Mr. Koushik Roy - Vice Chairman, IIMM Kolkata

Branch, Mr. D.K.Acharyya - Course Co-ordinator, IIMMKolkata, BOS Member, IIMM, Mr. Anand Pande -Special Guest, Council Director for India & SAARC

Countries, OCD, John & John Co., Prof. (Dr.) MammenChandy - Chief Guest, Director, TATA Medical Centre,

Mr. Kallol Ghosh - Hony. Secretary, IIMM Kolkata

GDMM - Diploma Holder alongwith Chief Guest,Special Guest, Course Co-ordinator & Branch Chairman

In front of the Dias - Sitting - Past Chairpersons, Sr-Members, Faculty Members & Students

Mr. Kallol Ghosh, Hony. Secretrary, tied the rhythm ofthe Annual Convocation inviting all to welcome tea at6.30 p.m. Mr. Animesh Chattopadhyay, Chairman,Kolkata Branch, formally welcomed all to the AnnualConvocation. Mr. Chattopadhyay welcomed Prof. (Dr.)Mammen Chandy, Chief Guest, Mr. Anand Pande, Guestof Honour, past chairpersons, fellows, students, patrons,ladies and gentlemen to the Annual Convocation. He alsofelicitated Prof. (Dr.) Mammen Chandy and Mr. AnandPande with traditional Uttariyo. The Chief Guest and theGuest of Honour were presented with floral bouquet.Mr. D K Acharyya, Course Co-ordinator, in hisdeliberation, made an brief account on professionalmanagement courses being imparted by IIMM. Prof. (Dr.)Mammen Chandi in his Convocation Address, advisedyoung graduates to adhere to the changed requirementof organizations and to make their product and servicemore economic to the end users. He hailed HMMactivities to the cause of country’s growth and prosperity.He suggested to use latest technique in shaping supplychain in their respective organizations. Mr. Anand Pande,Country Director for India & SAARC Countries, OCD,Johnson 4 Johnson, placed on record his sincere thanksto HMM Kolkata for inviting him to this auspiciousoccasion and made an inspiring- lecture to the buddingprofessionals.

Prof. (Dr.) Mammen Chandy and Mr. Anand Pandeawarded Certificates to the successful studentscompleted GDMM Course in R - 47 and R - 48 Batchesrespectively. Prof. (Dr.) Mammen Chandy awarded GoldMedals to Mr. George Ghosal and Mr. Pritam Ghoshalfor securing 1st Class 1st in R-47 and R-48 Batchrespectively. The Silver Medals were awarded to*Mr.Partha Sarathi Bose and Mr. Kaushik Mukherjee forsecuring 1st Class 2nd in R-47 and R-48 Batch respectively.A commemorating Souvenir was released during theAnnual Convocation by Prof. (Dr.) Mammen Chandy. TheSouvenir was enriched with Good Wishes Message fromthe Hon’ble Governor, Chief Minister, Higher EducationMinister of West Bengal and HMM leaders. Mr. D KAcharyya, Course Co-ordinator. was felicitated during theAnnual Convocation for being instrumental for securingthe Best Metro Branch Award for HMM Kolkata for thelast three consecutive years. Prof. (Dr.) Mammen Chandiand Mr. Anand Pande were presented with befittingmemento as a token of remembrance. The staff memberswere also felicitated on this auspicious occasion by Prof.(Dr.) Mammen Chandy for their sincere service silently.

Mr. Koushik Roy, Vice Chairman, proposed Vote of Thanksand finally invited all to the Convocation Dinner. It was apalatable dish enjoyed by 130 invitees.

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LUCKNOW BRANCH

Report on the Evening Talk Delivered by Shri SaurabhSingh of Tata Motors Limited on 29th October 2015 at1900 Mrs at IIMM Lucknow Branch.

Shri Saurabh Singh Senior Manager TATA MOTORSdelivered a Power Point Presentation on the Variousaspects of Supply Chain Management. How it Functionsin is organization. How Vendor rated, chosen and


Registered. He had a Small VDO also in his presentation.

Shri Saurabh Singh making Presentation

Shri Harmesh Sawhney (Right), Shri P.K.Bajpai (2ndLeft) and Shri K.P.Sharma, (Left) Listening to Speaker

2nd (Right)

Earlier Shri Harmesh Sawhney, Secretary, welcomed thespeaker. Shri Brajesh Singh our National Counselorintroduced Shri Saurabh Singh and about his ability tohold the audience till he puts his point and satisfies them.Certain queries from Shri S.KJha, and others were repliedto their satisfaction.

Shri S.K.jha, presenting a Memento to the Speaker.

The audience included Shri S.KJha, Former ManagingDirector, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, and our earlierBranch Chairman, Present Chairman Shri K P Sharma,Shri V.G.Pandey, Former Advisor to the Branch ShriP.K.Bajpai, National Counselor, Executive Members andothers. The Program of presentation continued for anhour after which the speaker was presented with aMemento by Shri S.K.jha.

A Group photo

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MANGALORE BRANCH

IIMM Mangalore branch organized talk on “ChangingProfile of Logistics in Indian Economy” by Shri Prof. VRaghunandan, Retd. Professor of SVS College, Bantwalin lecture hall of A.J Institute of Business Management,Kottara, Mangalore on 10-Dec-2015.

Starting of Program with Prayer from the studentgroup of A.J Institute of Management, Mangalore

Performing of MC by Shree Vishal Wilfred Abreo


Branch Chairman Shri K Pownraj welcoming thespeaker, Chief Guest and members

Branch EC Member Shree Philip CC presenting bouqueto Chief Guest Shree Jayaprakash Rao, Director of A.J.

Institute of Management

Branch Secretary Shree Vidyadhara Shetty reportingpast Branch activities.

Chief Guest addressing the gathering

Branch EC Member Deepak T giving introduction oftopic and about speaker.

Speaker delivering the talk covering changing oftransport system in India for better economy.

More than 45 audience enjoying the talk.

Slide show of the topic


Question/Clarifications Session

Past Chairman Shree T Ramakrishna presentingthemementos to the Speaker.

Branch Treasurer Shree Priyadarshan Raj Urs givingVote of Thanks.

Group photos at the end of session.

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MUMBAI BRANCH

Programs in JNPT : In-house Training Programs wereorganized in 3 batches consecutively in JNPT inSeptember, October and November 2015. The dates are28th, 29th, 30th in September, 5th, 6thand 7th, in October2015, and 19th,20th,21st in November 2015 on the topic‘Basics on Material Management’. Each batch was ofapproximately 30 officers of JNPT. These three batcheswere conducted by IIMM faculties Mr. Arun Banavali andMr. R Sarkar.

The 4th batch for Two Day was organized on Dec.7th and8th 2015 on ‘Advance topics in Material Management’.The topics were Materials Planning and control,Procurement and sourcing and Legal aspects of ContractManagement, International Contracts, INCO terms etc.covered by faculty Mr. Sanjeev Haldankar on 7th Dec,2015.Mr Arun Banavali had covered the topics like SupplyChain Management –Key Business process in SCM,Digitalization in SCM,E-Procurement ,Reverse option,Forward Action, P-Card, Green Buying etc., WarehouseManagement and waste reduction . Mr A R Sarkardiscussed on—CVC rules and significant findings,MSMEProcurement, Estimationskills, Price and Cost analysis,Preparation& strategy for pre-qualification Criterion/Bidqualification criterion, Total cost of Ownership, Integritypact. All officers of JNPT were extremely happy for enrichof these topics This Program was organized by Dr. R HShete, Advisor to IIMM

Programs in NPCIL : In-house Training Program for M/SNuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). IIMMMumbai branch organized 2day Training Program in twobatches for C &MM officers on16th, & 17th Nov.2015and 23rd and 24th Nov.2015 at their Learning Centre inVikram Sarabhai Bhavan Anushaktinagar, Mumbai. Thetopic of the program was “Logistics and Supply ChainManagement”. Eminent faculties from the portal of IIMMincluding Dr. A C Sukhtankar and Mr. A R Sarkar .DrSukhtankar covered the topics like Understanding theSupply Chain Management, Special topics in SCM QualityManagement, Six sigma & Lean Management in additionto E-Commerce, ERP.RFID., Taxation and supply chain. MrA R Sarkar covered the topics on Procurement andsourcing Management, Supply Chain Modeling, SupplyNetwork Strategy. Logistics- concept and Practices forProject Management was covered by both Mr. JaideepDeshmukh of L&T on 16th Nov.2015 and on 23rd Nov.2015by Mr. Prashant Davangeri of L & T Mumbai. The trainingprogram was a great success and was appreciated by ShriS K Mazumder, Associate Director ( C& MM) NPCIL. Thisprogram was organized by Dr R h Shete Advisor to IIMMMumbai Branch.

2) One Day High Impact MDP on ‘Global Best Practicesin Purchasing & Inco Terms’ MDP on ‘Global BestPractices in Purchasing & Inco Terms’

One day High Impact MDP on ‘Global Best Practices inPurchasing & Inco Terms’ was conducted by IIMM,Mumbai branch at its Thane Campus on 21st November,2015. The program was attended by 21 participantsmostly from purchase department officials from various


organizations. Mr. B V Iyer, NC member and Ex. NationalPresident was the faculty for the program who conductedthe program through his busy schedule which turnedout to be very good.

The program was all about the various models ofpurchasing and Inco terms and remedies in case ofdisputes. Mr. Iyer covered various models like Portersmodel, Supply Positioning model, Supplier perceptionmodel, strategic sourcing, supply chain financing, TCO, Auctions and risk mitigation with better understandingof Inco terms

The participants were given many exercises and casestudies for better understanding. The session was veryeducative and informative. The interaction of the facultywith the participants was excellent and he could satisfyall the queries raised in the course of training.

The program was coordinated by Mr. Shirish Joshi, Dy.Director, IIMM, Mumbai Branch. The feedback receivedwas excellent.

MDP on Managerial Effectiveness Through SuperiorBody Language’ : High Impact MDP on ‘ManagerialEffectiveness Through Superior Body Language’ wasconducted by IIMM, Mumbai Branch at their ThaneCampus on 28th November, 2015.

Total 12 participants from industry, academia, andgeneral field including two professors, two Ph.D. holders,some businessmen, some management students etc.attended the program.

Prof. Hussain T. Sabuwala, the eminent Speaker, Mentorand Rotarian conducted the program with a great zealand spellbind the participants with his art ofcommunication. He conducted the session throughexperiential learning method by giving the participantsmany exercises, role plays & games. He narrated theimportance of Body Language in communication, innegotiation, persuasion decisions in our daily life. He alsoshowed the participants how the human gestures, facialexpressions, tone etc. help in reading the person like abook and how the behavior impacts the human life inday to day life.

If one is able to understand the signals and gestures ofothers, one can alter one’s behavior accordingly, can winthe game and create an impact. The feedback receivedwas excellent.

Mr. Shirish Joshi, Dy. Director, IIMM, Mumbai Branchcoordinated the program.

Brain Storming meet on 22nd November : A BrainStorming meet was organized for the members ofMumbai Branch at Swan Club, Yeoor Hills, Thane on 22nd

November, 2015.

Nearly 35 members attended the meeting including Mr.Ashok Sharma . former National President, Dr. SantoshTendulkar, Dean-Wellingkar Mgt Institute and formerChairman, Mumbai Branch and EC/NC members ofIIMM, some top officials from companies like Godrej,Technova, L & T, M & M, RIL, etc.

Chairman Mr. Ashok Mhatre welcomed the memberspresent and shared with them the purpose of BrainStorming meet. He informed that there is a need of doingSWOT analysis of the branch and defining the problemsfaced so that corrective actions could be taken. Heinformed that the admissions to GDMM are decliningday by day as if it is losing its charm. He then appealedthe members to ponder over the issues and requestedthem to define the problem and come forward withsome concrete solutions.

The members present discussed about the decliningtrend of GDMM admissions day by day and opined thatit is a cause of concern. Members tried to find out theroot cause of the problem. Some of the findings were-many management institutes have started offeringcourses in SCM and related fields. They are mostly cashrich institutes with top class infrastructure and havingstrong financial provisions for marketing .their productswhich helps in Image Branding and plays main role inpursuing and enrolling the students for their courses.

It was then opined that we need to restructure thesyllabus and make it more market related. Find out fromthe companies what exactly they look for and whatexactly they want the GDMM students to do after joiningthe company. Revise the syllabus accordingly, rename itas per current trends and offer the new productaggressively.

Mr. Sharma opined that IIMM is not an academicinstitute but a professional institute. So if we considerourselves as an academic institute, lot of competitionis there, but if we consider ourselves as professional,hardly any competition is there. As IIMM is the onlyprofessional body in SCM across the nation.

However, as those suggestions do not come in thepurview of local branch, it was decided to makesuggestions in NC members meeting to NHQ and requestthem to take corrective actions.

At branch level, can increase the membership, invitemore students for GDMM by paying more visits to theprivate and public sector companies, by organizing freeprograms for Industries Associations, increase themarketing efforts through adds, arranging awarenessprograms, invite top officials for guest lecture, payIndustry visits etc.

The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair.

Best Chairman Award: In the recently held NATCOM atBaroda, Mr. Arun Banavali, immediate past Chairman ofMumbai Branch was conferred ‘The Best ChairmanAward by IIMM, NHQ. on 27th November, 2015.

YMM Contest: Mumbai Branch won the Runners Trophyin the recently held Young Materials Manager Contest.The team was represented by Mr. Amol Kamat and MsSupriya Kumthakar both from M/s Bayer CropScience.

The CPM online Examination was conducted successfullyduring October 24th & 25th. The GDMM Examinations arein progress from December 12 to December 20, 2015.--------------------------------------------------------------------------


PUNE BRANCH

Evening talk on “Alternative Health Therapies”, Saturday/ 31st October, 2015 : As a part of our knowledge sharingand service to our members, we organizedan eveningtalk for our members on theabove theme.Dr. VincentCutinho, M.D. Alternative Medicine Mr. Pankaj Shah,Expert in Alternative Medicine were the honoredspeakers of this event.

The rich and uniqueProfile of both speakers include theirqualification in Engineering as well as Medicine holdinga Diploma in Naturopathy. They both areAuriculotherapist as well possess knowledge in BasicTraditional Chinese Medicine. No doubt theirpresentation was highly educative and well appreciatedby all senior members 50 of whom had assembled. Mr.K R Nair - Chairmaninnagurated the Lecture andHon.SecretaryMr.SuhasGawas, Proposed a vote ofthanks.

Pune Branch GOLDEN JUBILEE Celebrations – Asensational Mile Stone! : Pune Branch was born andcommenced its activities from the year 1966. Hence theBranch Executive decided to celebrate 50 years of itssuccessful existence in professional development, in agrand way. A Golden Jubilee Celebrations Committee(GJCC) was formed with Mr. PREM NAYYAR as theCHAIRMAN (GJCC), MR. PRADIP NADKARNI as the ViceCHAIRMAN (GJCC) and MR. K. R. NAIR, currentCHAIRMAN pune Branch and MR. MOHAN NAIR,Immediate past CHAIRMAN.

AGolden Jubilee Celebrations Inaugural Meeting washeld at IIMM, Pune Branch premises attended by thepast Chairmen of Pune Branch, National Councilors andExecutive Committee members on 5TH DECEMBER 2015.Mr. Terrance Fernandes, National Councillor welcomed


all the guests for the Golden Jubilee CelebrationsInaugural Meeting. A brief introduction on this programwas followed by lighting of the lamp by Past Chairmenand unveiling of the plaque and photographs of the PastChairmen in our archives.

The Inauguration was done by Mr. PremNayyar and Mr.

G. S. Joshi, the senior most of the past Chairmen of Pune

Branch, in the presence of all Past Chairmen, their

spouses, Distinguished Members and Executive Memers.

Mr. K R Nair - Chairman, briefed us on the highlights of

IIMM Pune Branch Activities and pledged all the supporton behalf of the Executive committee to make the

forthcoming programs of Golden Jubilee Celebrations a

grand success.

Mr. Mohan Nair – Immediate Past Chairman, gave a brief

introduction on how the idea of Golden Jubilee

Celebrations was initiated and further steps were taken

to make it a reality. He assured all the guests that the

activities would be well planned.

Mr. PremNayyar - Chairman of Golden Jubilee

Celebrations, formally declared the Inauguration of the

Golden Jubilee Celebrations and took all the members

down the memory lane of the yester- years and IIMM’sgrowth from its inception till today.

Mr. PradipNadkarni - Vice Chairman of Golden Jubilee

Celebrations gave thedetails of the forthcoming

programs which are as follows :

6th February, 2016 :-J N Gupta Memorial Lecture on

Saturday, 6th February from 6pm to 8pm at Jawaharlal

SanskrutikBhavan, Ghole Road, Pune.

19th February, 2016:-Dinner with Past Chairmrn and their

Spouses on Friday at Boat Club from 7.30 pm onwards.

March 2016 :-To celebrate Women’s International Day.

April 2016 :-Saturday, 23rd April 2016 – VISION 2025 at

Le Meridien. Release of the Book on Golden Jubilee.

July 2016:-Interactive Session with GDMM

Students.Prizes, Scholarship to be awarded.

Various Suggestions were received during the Open

House Session, e.g. Organize a Social Program forwomenin SCM or professionals who are unsung heroes.

To hold a Press Conference and get media coverage and

Create a brand & image of IIMM and its Pune Branch.

ChaimanMr. K R Nair proposed the vote of thanks andinformed that the branch will speciallysupport these

events and celebrate the events in a big way.

Excellence in Project Management – Program on 12th

Dec 2015:

An evening lectureas part of knowledgesharing to the

industry was arranged, specially inviting Senior

Management professionals of a cross section ofIndustries and selected Supply Chain Heads.

This was attended by 85 professionals. The distinguished

speaker was Mr.C. R. Premkumar, Vice President,Contracts Management, ThyssenKrupp Industries India

Pvt. Ltd, Pune.

Mr.Premkumar is a Project Management specialist with

28years of experiencein managinga wide range ofengineering projects in Base Metals,Iron & Steel,Coal,

Pet Coke, Soda Ash, Chemicals, Fertilizers, Power,

Cement, Sugar and Pulp & Paper industries. He Managed

International contracts in Australia, Africa and South East

Asia involving global project teams, consultants,

contractors and customers.

Our Chairman Mr.K.R.Nair gave a brief inaugural

address, Mr.Terrance Fernandez our National Councilor

introduced the speaker and our Hon. Treasurer Mr. AmitBorkar welcomed the Hon.speaker with a bouquet. The

most notable point of this evening was that, the

experienced speaker in this subject delivered his talk in

a highly participative manner.

This was a gathering of very senior industry persons and

they all appreciated the value added during this

interaction. Mr.SuhasGawas, Hon.Secy. of the Branch

proposed the vote of thanks. The programme ended with

a nice dinner at the VenueResidency Club,Pune .

Forth Coming Programme:

A One Day Mega Seminar onSaturday, 13th February 2016

at Auto Cluster.

Seminar Topic: “World Class Practices in Logistics,Warehouse &Transportation”at Auto ClusterDevelopment & Research Institute, Chinchwad, Pune.

The participants for this Program will be 150

professionals, 100 working in SupplyChain Management

from various industries primarily in and around Pune

and about 50 Nos. of Final Year Engineering and MBA

Students.

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