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The latest edition of Fortune Cookies is here! Rolling in happy times with a series of achievements by Faculty, Staff and Students of FIIB, the month witnessed a highly motivating start. We had 3rd Operational Conclave OPEX-2015, E-Waste Drive by Jaagriti Club and Placement activities, the three main events in FIIB’s academic calendar. The campus was spread with positivity and new learnings this month. The spotlight was the club activities wherein students performed exceptionally well in order to add feathers to their caps. Catch a glimpse of Month Round Activities that made the FIIB Campus so lively. Happy Reading! --- Corporate Communication Department

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FEATURED STORY 3rd Operation Conclave: OPEX-2015

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

FROM FIIB COMMUNITY

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THROUGH THE CORRIDORS Club Activities

E-Waste Drive Placement Updates

Dr. Nimit Gupta Conferred with Best Alumni- Excellence in Research Award Prof. Arun Sangwan published a case Dr. Amiya Kumar Mohapatra delivered a Keynote Address at an UGC Sponsored International Conference Dr. Amiya Kumar Mohapatra presented a Research Paper

At the Last Page

FIIB organized 3rd Operational Conclave (OPEX 2015) on “Operational Excellence -Strategy for Sustainable Businesses” at Fortune Institute of International Business, New Delhi on October 17, 2015 to bring together diversified industry perspective on the theme and to understand the sustainable operational initiatives that companies are undertaking to keep abreast of competition Leading industry tycoons graced the occasion from companies like Rieke packaging systems, Walmart, Nielson, GenEx Logistics, Dachsher ,Capital Ventures,GTrans Logistics,Praxis Quest Solutions & Logistics Connexions. Follow the link below to catch a glimpse of the Operations Conclave.

OPEX Panel Discussion 2 - Logistics and International Trade

OPEX 2015: Mr. Rishi Diwan, Country Head, GM, Rieke Packaging Systems and Mr. Man Singh Jaswal, Director & CEO, GenEx Logistics India

OPEX Panel Discussion 1 -Operations Breaking Barriers

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3rd Operational Excellence Conclave on “Operational Excellence – Strategy for Sustainable Businesses”

“ Operational Excellence is the need of the hour across the business sectors. Achieving this operational excellence

involves introducing first class processes that meet or exceed market

requirements and ensuring Supply Chain, Operations, Logistics and

Services operational performance compares favorably with external best

practices.”

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Glimpse of 3rd Operational Excellence Conclave

It is important to have a model of supply chain which is sustainable from all respects to fulfil the customer demand at the right price.- Mr. Ajit Jain-General Manager,Walmart

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Operations play a crucial role in delivering the right materials at the right time to consumers and making it cost-effective for businesses. - Mr.Kunal Gupta-Associate Director, Nielson

The conclave agenda included two Panel Discussions on “Operations: Breaking Barriers” and “Logistics and International Trade”. After the Panel discussions ended, the icing on the cake was the Internship based competition where students from various colleges participated. Ms. Anamika Pandey of FIIB was declared as the first -runner up and Mr. Vishnu Maheshwari was the winner of the competition.

Snapshot of 3rd Operational Excellence Conclave

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Jaagriti club of FIIB organized E- waste drive

The FIIB-Jaagriti Club, as a part of its campaign to spread sustainability practices among the students and the society at large, organized a week long E-Waste Collection Drive at the FIIB campus from 29th October to 5th November 2015.

The event commenced with great enthusiasm and buzz on 29th October. Knowledge on the importance of regulating E-Waste was shared by FIIB’s partner organization Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group. e-bins were installed in the campus to collect electronic wastes such as switches, damaged phones, laptops, computer peripherals, calculators, watches, wires, headphones, transistors, torches, etc. can be dropped off in the E- bins. With lot of zest students at FIIB sneak out to collect discarded mobile phone batteries, torches, headphones and computer parts as part of a campaign to control the menace of e-waste.

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Snapshot of E- waste drive

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PLACEMENT UPDATE (Batch 2014-16)

Placement season as usual was bang on in October 2015. With 16 placements in October month, FIIB certainly has a reason to celebrate this remarkable moment. Kudos to FIIBians!!

Mr. Akshat Arora Mr. Ravneet Singh Mr. Sunil Sharma Mr. Vansh Dhall

Mr. Rohit Gosh Ms. Megha Chawla Ms. Ritu Verma Mr. Ajay Pandita

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PLACEMENT UPDATE (Batch 2014-16)

Mr. Gaurav Ajwani Ms. Devangi Tiwari Ms. Sona Sara Ommen Mr. Mayank Sarawgi

Ms. Ankita Mehta Mr. Sourav Singh Mr. Shivam Soni Mr. Ravneet Singh

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Dr. Nimit Gupta Conferred with Best Alumni- Excellence in Research Award by Delhi Institute of Advanced Studies, Delhi. Award given by Dr S.N.Maheshwari- Director General of DIAS.

FROM THE COMMUNITY

Dr. Nimit Gupta Conferred with Best Alumni- Excellence in Research Award

Prof. Arun Sangwan Published a Case

Prof. Arun Sangwan Published a Case on “Infosys response to sexual harassment cases - Legal but unethical ?” at The Case Centre based out of UK.

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Dr. Amiya Kumar Mohapatra was invited as a Resource Person and delivered a Keynote Address at an UGC Sponsored International Conference on “Recent Trends in Business Finance and Economics”, organized by Department of Business Finance and Economics, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur (Rajasthan) from 8th -10th October, 2015.

FROM THE COMMUNITY

Dr. Amiya Kumar Mohapatra delivered a Keynote Address at an UGC Sponsored International Conference

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Dr. Amiya Kumar Mohapatra presented a Research Paper titled as “Good Governance for Economic Growth and Social Development” at the UGC Sponsored International Conference on “Recent Trends in Business Finance and Economics”, organized by Department of Business Finance and Economics, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur (Rajasthan) from 8th -10th October, 2015.

Dr. Amiya Kumar Mohapatra presented a Research Paper

FSE-The Finance Club of FIIB

Finance Club organized CMIE- Prowess database workshop for PGDM batch 2015-17 on 21st October 2015 from 10:30 – 11:30 AM in the Auditorium.

SPAC Member from Batch 2015-17

Final list of SPAC members from batch 2015-17 1. Mr. Rohit Nautiyal 2. Ms. Daksha Aghi 3. Mr. Bharat Narula 4. Mr. Ankush Mahajan 5. Mr. Karan Setia 6. Ms Mansi Bansal

THROUGH THE CORRIDORS

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Brand Rovers-The Marketing club of FIIB organized MAMO

Brand Rover's club organized an event called MAMO (My Ad My Overview) on 27th October 2015 at the Ishwar Dayal Auditorium. 40 students enthusiastically participated and were divided into 18 groups/teams. Out of those 18 teams, 3 teams were short-listed by Professor Jones Mathew for the final round. The three teams gave their best shot on stage and the results came out.

Winners Arpit Bhatia & Shivank Goyal

1st Runners up Garima Goyal & Karan Setia

2nd Runners up Abhishek Jaiswal & Abhishek Rawat

INSIDERS Weekly publication by

INSIDERS Issue 10 on ‘Average Payment Period’

INSIDERS Issue 11 on ‘Debt to Equity Ratio’

INSIDERS Issue 12 on ‘Deferred Revenue Expenditure’

INSIDERS Issue 13 on ‘Bond Rating’

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Club Activities Diwali Celebration Interested in getting more info on FIIB’s initiatives and practices? Please log on to www.fiib.edu.in or visit our FB page at https://www.facebook.com/Fortune-Institute-of-International-Business-321194021238254/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

Watch Out!- Our Next Issue

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10 Time Management Tips

1. Carry a schedule and record all your thoughts, conversations and activities for a week

2. Schedule appointments with yourself and create time blocks for high-priority thoughts, conversations, and actions.

3. Plan to spend at least 50 percent of your time engaged in the thoughts, activities and conversations that produce most of your results.

4. Schedule time for interruptions. Plan time to be pulled away from what you're doing.

5. Take the first 30 minutes of every day to plan your day.

6. Take five minutes before every call and task to decide what result you want to attain.

7. Put up a "Do not disturb" sign when you absolutely have to get work done.

8. Schedule a time to answer email and return phone calls.

9. Block out other distractions like Facebook and other forms of social media unless you use these tools to generate business.

10. It's impossible to get everything done. Also remember that odds are good that 20 percent of your thoughts, conversations and activities produce 80 percent of your results

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