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AIMS eNewsletter No.4 | Issue No.1 | Sep 2018

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FROM PRESIDENT’S DESK

Dear Members,

Greetings from AIMS!

At the outset, I would like to thank all the AIMS Members for electing me as the

President and giving me an opportunity to serve this Networking Body. I assure you all

that the existing schemes and activities of AIMS will be continued and additional

innovative and useful activities will get added, to take this body to greater heights.

I am happy to release AIMS eNewsletter, Vol 4, No. 1 which covers the period July and

August 2018 when many important events took place not only at AIMS but also at its

Member Institutions. They are all highlighted in this issue with coverage of 30th AIMS

Annual Convention 2018 held at Bangalore and also a list of New Board Members.

I look forward to your valuable participation in this knowledge dissemination activity by

reporting suggestions / recommendations contributing to development and improvement

of Management Education in the country that emanate from the academic events

conducted at your institution.

With fraternal regards,

Dr Rattan Sharma President, AIMS and Principal Director Delhi School of Business (DSB) New Delhi


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CONTENTS

S.No Name of the Institution Page No

Highlights of Events 03 – 12

Prastavana Schedule 13 – 19

AIMS Executive Board Members & Regional Vice Presidents 20 – 24

North Zone

1) Institute of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University

Varanasi 25 – 27

East Zone

2) Army Institute of Management, Kolkatta 28 – 29

3) Institute of Business Management, Ranchi 30 – 39

4) Asian School of Business Management, Bhubaneswar 40 – 41

5) Bhavan’s Centre for Communication and Management,

Bhubaneswar 42 – 52

AIMS International Seminar BCCM, Bhubaneswar 53 – 58

West Zone

6) Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwa Vidyalaya, Indore 59

7) Shri Vaishnav Institute of Technology & Sciences, Indore 60 – 71

Academic Acitivities at IIEBM Indus Business School 72 – 75

South Zone

8) School of Management Studies, Vijayawada 76 – 78

9) Dhruva College of Management, Hyderabad 79 – 81

10) International conference on ‘Current trends in Business

Practices & Management Education, ISBR, Bengaluru 82 - 85


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Highlights of AIMS Events

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1. 30/08/2018

Seventh AIMS Executive Board Meeting at Prin L N

Welingkar Institute of Management Development &

Research, Bangalore

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2. 31/08/2018

AIMS Annual General Meeting at Prin L N Welingkar

Institute of Management Development & Research,

Bangalore

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3. 01/09/2018 First AIMS Executive Board Meeting at Infosys

Convention Center, Bangalore

Highlights of AIMS Events

AIMS 7th Executive Board Meeting held on 30th August 2018 at Prin L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Bangalore


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AIMS Annual General Meeting at Prin L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Bangalore

First AIMS Executive Board Meeting at Infosys Convention Center, Bangalore

30th AIMS Annual Management Education Convention at Infosys Convention Centre, Bangalore


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Lighting of Lamp by all the dignitaries at the Inaugural Function

Inaugural address by Dr Anil Rao Paila, President, AIMS and Sr Dean & Director, WeSchool, Bangalore

Addressing the delegates Prof J Phillip, Founder

President, AIMS


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Distinguished Chief Guest, Mr

Deepak Padaki Executive

Vice President, Group Head,

Corporate Strategy and Chief

Risk Officer, Infosys Ltd,

Bengaluru

Vote of Thanks Prof (Dr) Uday Salunke

Adv S K Jain, Guest of Honor Addressing the gathering


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Felicitation to AIMS Former Presidents

Plenary Session I - “Leading Change in Management Education – Leading Self, Leading Others, Leading Change”

Key Note Address Mr Sreekanth A

Keynote address on “Future of Management Education” Prof Anil D Sahasrabudhe


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Cultural Program


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Plenary Session II – “Co-creating the Future”

Plenary Session III – “Innovation in Management Education: Sharing of Best Practices”

Plenary Session IV – “Research Initiatives and Quality Benchmarks in Management Education”

Plenary Session V – “How are we going to survive Tsunami of Tech Disruption”?


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Mr D Shiv Kumar, Chief Guest Addressing the gathering

Prof (Dr) Upinder Dhar

Mr Vijay Aggarwal

Mr Ajit Joshi

Ravi J Matthai National Fellow Award


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Dr T Mohanasundaram receives AIMS Ramaswamy P Aiyar Young Teacher Award

Dr Meenakshi Tomar (Runner-up) receives AIMS Ramaswamy P Aiyar Young Teacher Award

Dr P Raghunadha Reddy receives AIMS ICFAI Best Teacher Award

Dr Rattan Sharma, New President, AIMS addressing the gathering


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Research Paper Presenters at WeSchool Campus

Infosys Convention Centre and its Team Members


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PRASTAVANA

Theme: Management Education: Connecting the Dots

Schedule

Day 1 30th August, 2018 Thursday at Infosys Convention Centre

03.00 pm to 04.00 pm Inaugural Function

Address by AIMS President Dr Anil Rao Paila President AIMS, Senior

Dean & Director S. P. Mandali’s Prin L N

Welingkar Institute of Management

Development & Research, Bengaluru

About AIMS Prof Joe Phillip Founder President, AIMS

Chairman, XIME, Bengaluru

Distinguished Chief Guest Mr Deepak Padaki Executive Vice

President, Group Head, Corporate

Strategy and Chief Risk Officer, Infosys

Ltd, Bengaluru

Guest of Honor Adv S K Jain Chairman S P Mandali

Trust, Pune

Vote of Thanks Dr Uday Salunkhe, Group Director S. P.

Mandali’s Prin L N Welingkar Institute of

Management Development & Research,

(WeSchool) & Convention Chief Patron

Special Felicitation to Past Presidents of AIMS & Group photo

04.00pm to 05.00pm Plenary Session – I

Theme: Leading Change in Management Education – Leading Self,

Leading Others, Leading Change

A Brief Note on the Theme:

Management Education, with dynamic complexities of business, needs

to redefine itself in terms of not just functional areas, but also strategy

and leadership. To meet the market demand, leaders should confidently

motivate their teams to achieve optimum results. Management

education needs to re-design itself to distinguish management myth

from reality. Understanding the motivations of colleagues and

competitors, recognizing strengths and blind spots in oneself and others,

building emotional intelligence to communicate effectively, influencing

others from a position with or without authority, managing within

organizational hierarchies, and earning trust and building relationships

need to be the areas to be focused on when it comes to leading change

in management education to connect the dots.

Session Chair Dr Uday Salunkhe, Group Director S. P.

Mandali’s Prin L N Welingkar Institute of

Management Development & Research,

(WeSchool) & Convention Chief Patron

Speaker 1 Padma Bhushan B Muthuraman


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Ex Chairman, Tata International; Ex Vice

Chairman, Tata Steel

Speaker 2 Dr N Muthukumar

President, Automotive Axles Ltd

Chairman, CII-Karnataka State Council

Speaker 3 Prof G Raghuram, Director, IIM,

Bengaluru

05.00pm to 05.30 pm Tea Break

05.30 pm to 06.30 pm Key Note Address Mr Sreekanth A, Co-Managing Director &

Senior Vice President, Integrated

Workforce Management, DXC, India

Prof Dr Anil Sahasrabuddhe, Chairman,

AICTE, New Delhi

Topic: Future of Management Education

06.30 pm to 07.30 pm Cultural Program

07.30 pm to 09.30 pm Networking Dinner

Day 2 31st August, 2018 , Friday At Infosys Convention Centre

09.30 am to 11.00 pm Plenary Session – II

Theme: Co-creating the Future


The future of management education cannot be considered without

contemplating the future of work, the economy and market dynamics.

We can advance our theoretical and managerial understanding of

efficient and effective collaborative practices through innovation from a

co-creation perspective to connect the dots. In doing so, we can uncover

a portfolio of practices that facilitate resource integration and innovation

among management educators, regulatory bodies, corporate and other

stakeholders with the help of design professionals. Adapting technology

innovatively to create a greater presence in the market through open

courseware like MOOCs should be a practice that is adopted by all

business schools.

Session Chair Mr Sudheesh Venkatesh, CPO, Azim

Premji Foundation, Bengaluru

Speaker 1 Dr Bhimraya Metri Director, IIM Trichy

Speaker 2 Dr P D Jose, Chair, Digital learning

Professor - Strategy, IIM Bengaluru

Speaker 3 Mr Kamal Bali, MD, Volvo India,

Bengaluru

11.00 am to 11.30 am Tea Break

11.30 am to 01.00 pm Plenary Session – III

Theme: Innovation in Management Education: Sharing of Best

Practices



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Globalization and the development of technology have brought both

challenges and opportunities to Management Education. The rising

demands of social and private enterprises act as strong catalysts that

maximize the real-world application of innovation. To connect these

dots, innovations in management education should address the practical

aspects of the required reforms which should include fine-tuning course

design in tandem with current industry trends, ensuring Learning

Outcomes based on innovative Content delivery and finally assessing

knowledge relevance to contemporary management standards.

Session Chair Mr Balachandar Natarajan

CHRO, Coffee Day Group, Bengaluru

Speaker 1 Prof Chandrashekar Sripada

Practice Professor (OB and Strategic

Human Capital) Executive Director

(Human Capital and Leadership

Initiatives), Indian School of Business,

Hyderabad

Speaker 2 Dr Ashis K Pani

Dean, Academics, XLRI, Jamshedpur

Speaker 3 Dr Renuka Kamath

Professor & Head - Marketing, Member -

Governing Council, SPJIMR, Mumbai

Speaker 4 Ms Diana Hallerud

Associate Director- Accreditation,

ACBSP, USA

01.00 pm to 02.00 pm Lunch Break

02.00 pm to 03.30 pm Plenary Session - IV

Theme: Research Initiatives and Quality Benchmarks in

Management Education


Quality initiatives are a continuous process to set necessary standards

needed for the management profession, industry, academia and society

at large. Both national and international accreditation criteria keep

changing with changing dimensions in management. Accreditation

bodies like AACSB, EFMD, ACBSP, SAQS, NBA, etc., create quality

benchmarks for various interventions in management education to bring

value proposition to all stakeholders. With changing business models

and practices in the industry, management education needs to

emphasise on industry based research and set a new norm to connect

these dots.

Session Chair Dr M R Rao, Ex Dean, ISB, Hyderabad

Panelist 1 Dr Jeffery Alderman, CEO, ACBSP, USA

Panelist 2 Dr Krishna Venkateshiah

India Rep, Peregrine, New Delhi

Panelist 3 Ms Eileen Peacock


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Global Head, EFMD, USA

Panelist 4 Ms Amy Memon Manager

Accreditation Services, AACSB,

Singapore

04.30 pm to 06.30 pm Concurrent Sessions – AIMS Competitions, WE School: Ground Floor

a) AIMS - WeSchool Innovation Award

Jury

Dr D Y Patil

Director

Guru Nanak Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai

Dr Narayana Reddy

Group Director

Sanskrithi Group of institutions, Puttaparthi

Dr Ramesh

Ex HoD & Dean

Dept. of Commerce, Goa University, Goa

b) AIMS - RCM Best B-School Director Award Jury

Jury

Dr Uday Salunkhe

Group Director

S. P. Mandali’s - Prin L N Welingkar Institute of Management

Development & Research, (WeSchool) & Convention Chief

Patron

Dr Apoorva Palkar

COO - Education & Skills

Sakal Group, Pune

c) AIMS - ICFAI Best Teacher Award

Jury

Dr Shefali Gautam

Director

Shiva Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad

Dr Tapan K Panda

Dean

Jindal Global Business School, Sonipat

d) AIMS Best Student Paper Award

Jury

Dr Parag Kalkar

Director

Sinhgad Institute of Management (SIOM), Pune


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Mr Sudhir Sharma

Member Secretary

Master School of Management, Meerut

Prof S S Prasad Rao

Director, Academic Affairs

GITAM University, Vishakapatnam

e) AIMS J L Batra Best Research Paper Award

Jury

Dr Jitendra Kumar Mishra

Director

MATS Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (MIME),

Bengaluru

Dr Nandagopal Director, XIME, Cochin

f) AIMS Best Case Award

Jury

Dr Upinder Dhar

Vice Chancellor

Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore

Dr Bigyan Verma

Director

SIES College of Management Studies (SIESCOMS), Mumbai

g) AIMS National Management Week Award

Jury

Prof Mohd Masood Ahmed

Director

INDO-US Hospital, Hyderabad

Dr B V Sangvikar

Professor & Head (Addl. Charge)

Department of Commerce

Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune

h) AIMS Ramaswamy P Aiyar Best Young Teacher Award

Jury

Dr Sujata Mangaraj

Director cum Dean (Academics)

Bhavan’s Centre for Communication and Management (BCCM)

Bhubaneshwar


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Dr Rattan Sharma

Principal Director

Delhi School of Business

Vivekananda Institute of Professional studies, New Delhi

i) AIMS Datawise Budding Manager Award

Jury

Dr Narayana Reddy

Group Director

Sanskrithi Group of Institutions, Puttaparthi

j) Concurrent Sessions – Research Papers We School: First Floor

Convention Director

Dr D N Murthy

S. P. Mandali’s Prin L N Welingkar Institute of Management

Development & Research, (WeSchool), Bengaluru

k) AIM-AIMS Conscious Capitalism Simulation Competition 2018

Jury

Dr Ernie Cadotte

PH. D., MBA

John W. Fisher Professor of Innovative Learning, USA

Dr Rajkumar Phatate

Associate Professor

FLAME University, Pune

Mr Jayant Shah

Director

Academy of Indian Marketing, Bengaluru

Prof Dr Bindu Agrawal

Professor of Entrepreneurship and a master Trainer of trainers ,

Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies,

Faridabad, Delhi (NCR)

06.45 pm to 07.30 pm Annual General Meeting at WeSchool, Bengaluru

07.30 pm to 09.30 pm Cultural Program & Dinner at WeSchool, Amphitheatre

Day 3 1st September, 2018, Saturday, at Infosys Convention Centre

09.30 am to 11.00 am Plenary Session V

Theme: How are we going to survive Tsunami of Tech Disruption? A Brief Note on the Theme: Automation, digital platforms, and other disruptive innovations are


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drastically altering the primary nature of work. The growth of automation aided by technologies including robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Data Science & Analytics brings the assurance of greater productivity, increased efficiencies, safety, and convenience. On the flip side, such technologies also raise difficult questions about the broader impact of automation on careers, skills, and the nature of work itself. Taking cognizance of such issues can help future business managers gear up to meet the changing demands of work. Management Education needs to adopt to changes in work places of the future and connect the dots.

Session Chair Mr Raj Raghavan CHRO, Indigo, New Delhi

Panelist 1 Mr Srikanth N R Managing Director, HR, Accenture, Bengaluru

Panelist 2 Mr Narayanan Ramaswamy Partner and Head, Education KPMG India, Chennai

Panelist 3 Mr Thiru Natarajan Director HR, IBM, Bengaluru

11.00 am to 11.30 am Tea break

11.30 am to 01.00 pm Valedictory Function & Awards ceremony

Address by AIMS President Dr Anil Rao Paila President – AIMS Senior Dean & Director S. P. Mandali’s Prin L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Bengaluru

Chief Guest Mr D Shiv Kumar Head Strategy and Business Development Aditya Birla Group

Award Ceremony

AIMS President (2018-19) Dr Rattan Sharma Principal Director Delhi School of Business (DSB) Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, New Delhi.

Vote of Thanks Dr D N Murthy Convention Director & Dean, Marketing & Research S. P. Mandali’s Prin L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, (WeSchool), Bengaluru

01.00 pm to 02.00 pm Lunch

02.00 pm to 02.45 pm First Executive Board Meeting of 2018-19 at Infosys Convention Center, Bangalore


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AIMS EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS AND REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS 2018-2019 President Dr Rattan Sharma Principal Director Delhi School of Business (DSB) Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies Technical Campus AU Block, Outer Ring Road, Pitampura New Delhi – 110 034 Tel: 011 – 27343401 Mob: 9910171010 Email: [email protected] Treasurer Dr P Narayana Reddy Group Director Sanskrithi Group of Institutions Puttaparthi - 515134, Anantapur Andhra Pradesh Mob: 9440114709 Email: [email protected], [email protected] Immediate Past President Dr Anil Rao Paila Sr. Dean & Director Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research No 102 & 103, Electronic City, Phase 1 Next to BSNL Telephone Exchange Hosur Road Bangalore – 560 100 Tel: 080 – 41742108 Mob: 9341240724 Email: [email protected] Regional Vice Presidents North Mr Sudhir Sharma Member Secretary Master School of Management F-17, Shastri Nagar Meerut – 250005 Tel: 0121-2763441 Mob: 9837065711 / 9359222222 Email: [email protected]

East Dr Sujata Mangaraj Director cum Dean (Academics) Bhavan’s Centre for Communication and Management (BCCM) C/o Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Bhubaneswar Kendra, (Behind Keshari Cinema & RBI), Plot No. 9, Kharavel Nagar, Unit - III Bhubaneswar - 751001, Orissa Tel: 9437026780 Email: [email protected], [email protected] West Dr Ajit Singh Thethi Director General Guru Nanak Institute of Management Studies G N Khalsa College Campus Kings Circle, Matunga (E) Mumbai – 400 019, Maharashtra Tel: 022-24043927/28 Mob: 9322232633 Email: [email protected] South Dr Jitendra Kumar Mishra Director MATS Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (MIME) 44/4, District Fund Road, Behind Big Bazar 9th Block Jayanagar Bengaluru - 560069, Karnataka Tel: 080 – 46501780 Mob: 9686277440 Email: [email protected] Members North Dr Tapan Kumar Panda Dean Jindal Global Business School O P Jindal Global University Sonipat – Narela Road Sonipat – 131 001, Haryana Tel: 0130 - 4091800/01/02 Mob: 7082464800 Email: [email protected]

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East Dr Priti Ranjan Majhi Principal Regional College of Management Chakadola Vihar, Chandresekharpur Bhubaneswar - 751023, Odisha Tel: 0674-2300421 Mob: 9439329300 / 9090080811 Email: [email protected] Dr R K Patra Principal Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans’ Institute of Management Science Block – FA, Sector III, Salt Lake Kolkata – 700 097 Mob: 8336068578 Email: [email protected] West Dr Parag Kalkar Director Sinhgad Institute of Management S No.44/1 Vadgaon (Budruk) Off Sinhgad Road Pune – 411041 Tel: 020-24356592 24358360 Mob: 9881000922 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Dr Prafulla Arjun Pawar Professor and HoD Department of Management Sciences (PUMBA) Savitribai Phule Pune University Ganeshkhind, Pune – 411 007, Maharashtra Tel: 020 2569 3344 Mob: 9422339173 Email: [email protected] South Prof S S Prasada Rao Director, Centre for Learning & Sustainability GITAM University Gandhi Nagar Campus, Rushikonda Visakhapatnam – 530045, Andhra Pradesh Mob: 9441968259 Email: [email protected] Prof Shrinivas Acharya T Principal Director Vishwa Vishwani School of Business Sy No. 129 & 130

Thumkunta, Ranga Reddy Dist Hyderabad – 500 078, Telangana Mob: 9440849152 Email: [email protected] Dr C Manohar Dean ISBR Business School # 107, Near Infosys Behind BSNL Telephone Exchange Electronics City, Phase I Bangalore – 560 100, Karnataka Mob: 9341732220 Email: [email protected] On Reciprocal Basis Mr Alain Dominique Perrin President European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Rue Gachard 88 - Box 3 1050 Brussel, Belgium Ph: +3226290810 Fax: +3226290811 Email: [email protected] Mr Jeffery Alderman President & CEO Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) 11520 West 119th Street Overland Park, KS 66213 USA Tel: 913.339.9356 Email: [email protected] Mr Abdul Rahman Mubaarique President, AMDISA and Dean MNU Business School, Maldives National University Male' Email: [email protected] [email protected] Mr Harshavardhan Neotia President, AIMA & Chairman Ambuja Neotia Group Management House 14, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 Tel: 011-24635012; Fax: 011-24626689 Email: [email protected]















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Founder President Prof J Philip (1988-92) Chairman Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship (XIME) Electronics City Phase – II Hosur Road, Bangalore 561 229 Tel: 080-28528597/98. Email: [email protected] Former Presidents (Late) Dr P K Ghosh (1992-93) Prof Y K Bhushan (1993-94) Senior Advisor & Campus Head IBS Mumbai Hiranandani Knowledge Park Opp. Hiranandani Hospital Off. Technology Street, Powai, Mumbai – 400 076 Ph: 91 022 43434343 Fax: 022 40434301 Email: [email protected] Dr Subir Chowdhury (1994-95) 50 U, Garcha Road Calcutta – 700 019. Tel: 033-2461 9625/9407 Email: [email protected] Dr Abad Ahmad (1995-96) A1 – 302, Milan Vihar Housing Society 72 – I P Extension, Patparganj Delhi – 110 092 Tel: 011-27667871, 09818309403 Email: [email protected] (Late) Prof Ramaswamy P. Aiyar (1996-97) Prof (Dr) Rakesh Khurana (1997-98) Chairman Knowlege Network India (P) Limited KNI House, V-9/10 DLF Phase 3 Gurgaon – 122 002 Tel: 0124 – 4064788/4146165 Email: [email protected] Fr Thomas P D, SJ (1998-99) Professor, Organisational Behaviour Xavier Institute of Management Xavier Square Bhubaneswar 751013 Tel: 0674-3983803 Fax: 0674 - 2300995/2300686

Mob: (0) 9835182264 Email: [email protected] Dr Ashok Joshi (1999-2000) Director General Indian Institute of Cost and Management Studies & Research (IndSearch) 85/1, Law College Road Pune - 411 004. Tel: 020 – 25431972/25441524 Email: [email protected] Prof D Panduranga Rao (2000-01) Academic Advisor SITAM 1-9-8-1/1, Beside State Bank of Hyderabad Ramnagar, VST Cross Road Hyderabad 500 028 Cell: 8808813737 Email: [email protected] (Late) Dr J L Batra (2001-02) Fr E Abraham S J (2002-03) Director XLRI - Xavier School of Management P B No. 222, C H Area (East) Jamshedpur - 831001, Jharkhand Tel: 0657-2231525, Fax: 0657-2227814 E-Mail: [email protected] Fr Romuald D'Souza, S J (2003-04) Xavier Centre of Historical Research B B Borpar Road, Alto-Porvorim Bardez Goa 403521, India. Email: [email protected] [email protected] Dr V Panduranga Rao (2004-05) Group Advisor ICFAI Plot No. 52, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabad Tel: 040-23440950, 9949006289 Email: [email protected] Dr Devi Singh (2005-06) Former Vice Chancellor Flame Gat No. 1270, Lavale, Off. Pune Bangalore Highway, Pune - 412115, Maharashtra Mob: 9818623000 Email: [email protected]















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Prof Shekhar Chaudhuri (2006-07) Professor, Strategic Management Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta Diamond Harbour Road Joka, Kolkata (Calcutta) – 700104 Tel: 033-24678310 Email: [email protected], [email protected] Prof (Dr) Uday Salunkhe (2007-08) Group Director Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research Lakhamsi Napoo Road Next to R.A Podar College, Near Matunga Central Railway Station Matunga Mumbai – 400 019 Tel: 022 – 24178300/24105332 E-mail: [email protected] Prof M Rammohan Rao (2008-09) Professor and Dean Emeritus, ISB Apt#309, Uma Park view Apartments Road no: 5, Banjara Hills Hyderabad-34 Email: [email protected] Prof (Dr) Shefali Gautam (2009-10) Director Shiva Institute of Management Studies 364-365, Pandav Nagar Industrial Area Bulandshahar Road, NH-24 Ghaziabad – 201 002 Mob: 09818448783 Ph: 0120 – 2702412/2703521 Fax: 0120 – 2700193 Email: [email protected], [email protected] Prof (Dr) Prabir Pal (2010-11) Secretary Regional College of Management Chakadola Vihar Chandrasekharpur Bhubaneswar-751023, Orissa Tel No: 0674 2300455, 2301595 Fax: 0674 2300421 Email: [email protected] Prof Mohd Masood Ahmed (2011-12) Director Indo Us Hospital #16-2-661/3, Judges Colony New Malakpet Hyderabad – 500 036 Email: [email protected]

Dr D Y Patil (2012-13) Director Guru Nanak Institute of Management Studies G N Khalsa College Campus, Kings Circle Matunga, Mumbai - 400019, Maharashtra Tel: 022-24043927/28 Fax: 022-24043933 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Dr Apoorva Palkar (2013-14) Director Innovation, Incubation and Linkage Savitribai Phule Pune University (Formerly University of Pune), Pune Tel: 020 2569 3344 Email: [email protected] Prof (Dr) Upinder Dhar (2014-15) Vice Chancellor Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya Sanwer Road Indore - 453111 Phone: 0731 - 2729072-75, 2349111-12 Email: [email protected], [email protected] Prof (Dr) L N Bhagat (2015-16) Group Director Satyendra Narayan Sinha Institute of Business Management Dhurwa, Ranchi - 834 004 Tel: 0651 - 2408907, 2405950 Email: [email protected] Dr Balkrishan V Sangvikar (2016-17) Professor Department of Management Sciences (PUMBA) Ex.Dean Faculty of Management, SPPU Savitribai Phule Pune University (Formerly University of Pune), Pune Tel: 020 2569 3344, 9371144582 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Executive Secretary Mr M Venkateshwarlu Association of Indian Management Schools D No: 6-3-668/10/76, First Floor Near Sri Kalyana Venkateshwara Temple Durga Nagar Colony Punjagutta, Hyderabad - 500082 Ph: 040-23417875/76 Email: [email protected] [email protected]




















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HIGHLIGHTS OF AIMS EVENTS

AIMS Bengal Region Meeting on

12th July 2018 at Army Institute of Management, Kolkata


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NORTHERN REGION Banaras Hindu University Institute of Management Studies Varanasi Activities / Happenings during July - August 2018 Atal Incubation Center of NITI Aayog The Institute has been shortlisted by the NITI Aayog, Government of India for setting up of Atal Incubation Center in the University. The Atal Incubation Centers are conceived by Atal Innovation Mission of NITI Aayog and are intended to nurture innovative start-up businesses in their pursuit to become scalable and sustainable enterprises. Accordingly, the Institute has already initiative for setting up of “AIC – Mahamana Foundation for Innovation and Entrepreneurship – IM- BHU”. The Centre will be housed at the 5th Floor of the newly constructed Central Discovery Center in the University Campus. The BSE Institute Ltd. (BIL), a fully owned Subsidiary of Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. is one of the partner institutions in setting up of the Atal Incubation Center in the University. Workshop on Gender Sensitization and Self Defence (9th August 2018) A Workshop on Gender Sensitization and Self Defense was organized in the Institute of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University on 9th August 2018 as part of the series of Workshops organized in the University on the topic. The Workshop was organized in association with the Sayesha Welfare Foundation, Delhi. The Workshop started with a floral tribute to Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviyaji, great statesman and founder of the University followed by lighting of the lamp. Prof. Rajkiran Prabhakar welcomed the distinguished guests on the occasion. Thereafter, Prof P S Tripathi, the Director, Dean and Head of the Institute addressed the guests and the students. He underlined the importance of human values and responsibilities in each one of us. He asked the students to keep high moral values and practice of restraint in their life. Prof. Tripathi emphasized on the importance of inculcating an appreciation of differences in people and vouched for equal respect for men, women as well as trans-genders in the society. Prof Royana Singh, Chief Guest of the Occasion, took forward the session by praising the Institute for creating a very healthy environment for the harmonious co-existence of all its students. She gave an example of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation, and stressed on them to be educated according to the changing environment over


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time. Prof Usha Kiran Rai, in her address highlighted the importance of gender sensitivity in recent times. She quoted examples of various situations where people are discriminated and many a times also harassed by their own family as well as acquaintances. She concluded her speech by urging students to remain vigilant for themselves and for the society. Further, Ms Renu Gupta, founder of the Sayesha Foundation, praised the institute and said that it is commendable that such awareness programs are being organized for women empowerment in the Institute. At the end of the program, live training of self defense was given by Mr Rajveer of Sayesha Foundation. Prof. Usha Kiran Rai was the coordinator of the program while Prof. Rajkiran Prabhakar conducted the event. Prof Amit Gautam, Prof. Ashutosh Mohan, Prof. Shashi Srivastava (Students’ Advisor), Prof Anindita Chakraborty, and other eminent faculty members were also present on the occasion along with research scholars and students of MBA and MBA IB I & III Semester. Guest Lecture by Dr Abhirupa Chakrabarty, Queen’s University, Canada (13th Aug. 2018) A Guest Lecture / Interaction was organized for Research Scholars and faculty members on 13th August 2018 with Dr. Abhirupa Chakrabarty Associate Professor & Distinguished Faculty Fellow of Strategy Smith School of Business, Queen's University, Canada. The program was chaired by Prof. P.S. Tripathi, Director (Incharge), Dean & Head of the Institute. The program was coordinated by Dr. Ashutosh Mohan.

Guest Lecture by Mr Shreenath Gagil, Marketing Manager, Future Group (21 August 2018) A guest lecture was organized in the Institute of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University on 21 August 2018 on “Indian Retail Scenario and Journey of Future Group” and the distinguished guest was Mr Shreenath Gangil, Marketing Manager (UP Zone) of Future Group.


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Mr Shreenath Gangil, was welcomed amidst the thunderous clapping by the students. The Session commenced with floral tribute to Pt Madan Mohan Malaviya Ji, the Great Statesman and founder of the University and recitation of Kulgeet. The guest was welcomed by Director, Dean and Head of IM-BHU, Prof P S Tripathi. Prof H P Mathur coordinated the session. Other senior faculty members were also present on the occasion. Topic of discussion was Indian Retail Scenario and its trend and opportunities, which was well discussed by the guest and the interactive audience. Students of first and final year pitched their queries that were well explained by the guest and eventually all the students were found inspired by the knowledgeable and practical giveaways. Most importantly, it was the worthwhile session for the students of second year who are striving day in and day out these days to bag amazing placements and interestingly Future Group is one of the recruiters at IM BHU. At the conclusion of the session, Mr Gangil blessed all the students for their bright future endeavors and then left the hall amidst the same intensity of clapping as that was found at the time of welcome.


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EASTERN REGION AIMS Bengal Region Meeting on 12th July 2018 at Army Institute of Management Kolkata Subject: 4th Quarter Meeting of AIMS, Bengal Region Dignitaries/People Present:

• Prof R C Bhattacharya, Chairman, AIMS Bengal Chapter

• Dr Tapas Ranjan Saha, Treasurer (Bengal Chapter), Founder Director, IMS with his two lady-colleagues of IMS

• Dr Ramakanta Patra, AIMS National Board Member & Principal, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Kolkata

• Major General (Retd.) Deepak Dhanda, Director, Army Institute of Management, Kolkata

• Dr (Prof) Malini Majumdar, Head of Faculty, Army Institute of Management, Kolkata

• Dr Amitava Mukherjee, Principal, Globsyn Business School

• Dr Rajagopal Dhar Chakraborty, Director, IISWBM

• Dr S .Jana, Head-MBA Studies, IISWBM

• Prof Subrata Paul, Annex College of Management Studies

• Dr (Prof) Debaprasad Chattopadhyay, Senior Professor & HoD-HR, Globsyn Business School

People Absent:

• Dr Ajay Pathak, Director, ICFAI Business School, Kolkata

• Dr A Pal, Head-MBA Studies, Calcutta University

• Mr Pradip Bandyopadhyay,Head-HR, G4S, Kolkata

• Dr Charanpreet Singh, Praxis Business School , Kolkata

• Dr Malay Banerjee, Executive Director & Dean, Annex College of Management Studies Kolkata

• Dr Prasanjit Dasgupta, Netaji Subhas School of Hotel Management, Kolkata

• Director, Heritage Business School, Kolkata

• Dr Naveen Das, Director, NHSM

• Dr Priti Ranjan Majhi, AIMS Executive Board Member

• Mr Rohit Srivastava, Dean, Globsyn Business School Points Discussed:

• Prof R C Bhattacharya (RCB) initiated the meeting by delivering the welcome address to all present.

• Dr Raja Gopal Dhar Chakraborty (RGDC) Director, IISWBM kindly consented to host the next meeting sometime in September, 2018.

• Prof RCB then spoke on the background of AIMS, MBA Universe and AIMA. He stressed upon the importance of Quality Improvement in Management Education since as a country we are way behind. He said that although there are other


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institutions, AIMS is the only platform for the Management Schools.

• He highlighted the need for holding Conferences, Seminars, FDPs etc. by the members. He requested all the members to participate in AIMS student contests, best faculty award and other schemes.

• He specifically requested members present to support AIMS's upcoming students competition on the theme of Conscious Capitalism Simulation.

• Prof RCB also urged each member to bring in at least one additional new member thereby increase the Bengal Region Membership Number Count. He stressed on the need to accept AIMS' ATMA Test as a benchmark/eligibility criteria for aspiring management-students like CAT, MAT, XAT, etc. He emphasized that ATMA is recognized by AICTE and there should be no hurdle.

• Prof RCB indicated the benefits of revisiting course/curriculum architecture and advised members to do so regularly.

• Dr RGDC informed the house that Public Systems Management course introduced by IISWBM would happily welcome ATMA scores as eligibility criteria. This should be pursued by ATMA office.

• The minutes of the previous meeting was vetted by the members present and it was duly approved.

• Dr Ramakanta Patra apprised the house of AIMS Goa Conference proceedings and requested all present to attend AIMS National Conference at Bangalore on 30th, 31st August and 1st September, 2018. He encouraged the house to undertake/organise Regional Workshops/MDPs, etc.

• Prof RCB requested the house to come forward to partake in Globsyn's proposed Conference in November, 2018 on “Corporate Ethics and Responsible Leadership”. He also requested all to recommend suitable Speakers for the occasion.

• Dr (Prof) Debaprasad Chattopadhyay presented to the house a knowledge-sharing session on "Spirituality in Management Education". Prof (Dr) Raja Gopal Chakraborty, Director, IISWBM, appreciated the presentation and requested DPC to visit his institution for a presentation

• Dr Tapas Ranjan Saha and all others present effectively deliberated during the meeting with their respective prolific views and corroborated RCB's recommendations.

• Major General Deepak Dhanda, Director, Army Institute of Management and host of the meeting accorded a touching and warm vote of thanks to the Chair and to one and all present.


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S N Sinha Institute of Business Management Ranchi 2-Day Regional Conference (Eastern Zone) of AIMS (Association of Indian Management Schools) in Collaborate with S.N. Sinha Institute of Business Management, Ranchi. The Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh Chapter (including Assam, Bihar, and Manipur of the Association of Indian Management Schools, in collaboration with the S N Sinha Institute of Business Management (SNSIBM), Ranchi, organized a two-day (21-22 July 2018) seminar on 'Role of Management Education in Sustainable Environment' and the same was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Minister of Food & Civil Supplies, Government of Jharkhand, Sri Saryu Roy. Introducing the seminar before the participants, Sri P S Tomar, HoD Management of the institute dealt with the subject matter of the seminar in brief and apprised the participants about the importance of management education in sustainable environment. He illustrated saying the efforts made by world community in achieving sustainable development in protecting environment. He rightly pointed that the world today is environmentally less sustainable, the reason behind is prima facie lack of financial resources and availability of skilled manpower with poorer nations. Coming to the necessity of imparting management education, he said people must be empowered with essential knowledge and information through education and, by educating people, achieve acceptable level of global environmental sustainability. Pressure can be exerted on the elected representatives to develop and implement policies for securing environmental sustainability. In his welcome address to the distinguished gathering, Prof N P Singh, Chairman of S N Sinha Institute of Business Management (SNSIBM) and Chairman of Ranchi Chapter of AIMS stressed the need of spreading education to the students so that they know how to conserve and protect natural environments in their schools and colleges and in their neighborhood. He said to bring awareness amongst the students on various aspects of environment, climate change, etc., the necessity of environmental education for the students has arisen. After lighting of lamps by dignitaries, speeches were delivered by Dr Anil Rao Paila, President, AIMS; Sri R S Mahapatra, Director (Personnel), Central Coalfields Ltd; Dr Parvinder Kaushal, Vice Chancellor, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi and Dr L N Bhagat, Former President of AIMS and Ex-Vice Chancellor of Ranchi University. While giving thanks to the organizers of the conference, Dr Anil Rao Paila, President, AIMS gave an account of AIMS’ contributions in the field of Management Education. As an independent networking body, the AIMS can now boast of having many top class institutions like IIMs, ISB, ASCI, Xavier Institutions, Welingkar Institute of Management (WeSchool), NMIMS, SNSIBM, MDI, S P Jain and many more management departments of Universities as its members. It is the official representative of Indian Management


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Schools in India as well as in some important International forums. It is one of the largest networking bodies of B-Schools in the World. The Director (Personnel) of Central Coalfields Limited, Sri R S Mahapatra, during his speech indicated about CSR initiatives taken in coalfields, viz., selecting boys and girls to prepare them for 2024 Olympic Games, Swachch Bharat Mission, use of water supplied from mining for agricultural purposes. In his inaugural address, Sri Saryu Roy, Hon’ble Minister of Food & Civil Supplies, Government of Jharkhand, highlighted the topic of the seminar and its importance in the present day environment where climate change has worried the whole world. With reference to cleanliness drive of Damodar river, his main advice to the people was that one should do right things instead of setting things right. The Minister informed that 90% cleanliness of Damodar River has already been completed and further efforts are being made for completion of the balance work at the earliest. The Minister emphasized that mining industries should take corrective measures so that further erosion of land, formation of sinkholes and contamination of soil, ground water and surface water by chemicals also affects the health of local population. Mining subsidiaries are required to follow environmental and rehabilitation parameters, ensuring the area mined returned close to its original state by filling up of pits and massive plantation, etc. In the Inaugural Session of the seminar, eminent speakers presented their papers and the write-ups of these papers are subsequently complied in the enclosed souvenir. In the plenary sessions 1 and 2 of the seminar, the following speakers spoke on the subject and made paper presentation. Plenary Session 1: Chairperson – Dr Parvinder Kaushal, Vice Chancellor of Birsa Agricultural University Dr Jyotsna Singh of SNSIBM Sri Sanjay, Sr Faculty, IICM Plenary Session 2: Chairperson – Sri D R Singh, Director, Yogoda College Speakers – Sri V P Arya Sri P S Tomar Mrs Rekha Pandey and Mr Navneet Kumar Group discussions were held with the following dignitaries on the dais: Dr L N Bhagat, Former Vice Chancellor of Ranchi University; Sri R S Mahapatra, Director (Personnel) of Central Coalfields Ltd; Prof N P Singh, Chairman, SN Sinha Institute of Business Management and Sri P S Tomar, HoD Management of SNSIBM


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In the second day of the seminar in plenary session 3, some more eminent speakers delivered speeches and made paper presentations. They were:

Dr Anjani Kumar Srivastava, Vice Chancellor, Binod Bihari Mahto Koylanchal University, Dhanbad; Dr Anil Kr Mahto, Pro Vice chancellor, Binod Bihari Mahto Koylanchal University, Dhanbad; Dr Abhay Kumar of Birsa Agricultural University; Dr P R Oraon of Birsa Agricultural University; Dr Shamita Mohanty, Associate Professor, DRIEMS School of Business Management.

In the concluding session of the seminar, speeches were delivered by distinguished personalities, viz., Dr L N Bhagat, Former Vice Chancellor, Ranchi University; Dr Anjani Kumar srivastava of Binod Bihari Mahto Koylanchal University, Dhanbad; Professor N P Singh, Chairman of the Ranchi Chapter of AIMS, Sri P S Tomar, HOD Management of SNSIBM and Sri V P Arya, Ex-Sr Dy General Manager of Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited, Ranchi. Recommendations and Suggestions: It was unanimously decided that the following steps may be taken up at individual and Government level for maintaining sustainable environment: At Individual level:

i) Tree plantation on each important event in the families; ii) Throwing of wrappers, papers or any dry waste on roads should be completely

avoided; iii) Carrying of paper bags for storing wet waste materials and subsequently

throwing them to dustbin should be practiced as, otherwise, the same may cause viral diseases;

iv) Spitting on roads should be completely avoided; v) Plastic bags should not be used; vi) Chewing of pan-masala and spitting should be avoided; vii) Awareness should be created amongst the people to keep the environment

cleaned; viii) People should follow government rules for maintaining sustainable

environment. At Government level:

a) Establishing R&D Wing for inventing technology with economical devices for harnessing solar energy;

b) Arrangements should be made for proper disposal of solid wastes for converting the same into energy;


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Ms Jaspreet Kaur, Anchor, is seen presenting bouquet to Dr Anil Rao Paila, President, AIMS. Standing on the row are Sri Saryu Roy, Minister of Food & Supply, Govt of Jharkhand; Prof N P Singh, Chairman, SNSIBM. (from left to right).

Prof (Dr) Jyostna Singh of SNSIBM is seen presenting bouquet to Dr Parvinder Kaushal, Vice Chancellor, Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi.

Sitting on the dais are Dr L N Bhagat, former Vice Chancellor of Ranchi University; Sri R S Mahapatro, Director (Personnel), Central Coal Field Limited Ranchi; Dr Parvinder Kaushal, Vice Chancellor of Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi; Hon’ble Saryu Roy, Minister of Food & Supply, Govt. of Jharkhand; Dr Anil Rao Paila, President, AIMS and Sri P S Tomar, HoD Management. (from left to right).

c) Dustbins should be kept in all public places; d) Sufficient dustbins should be kept at proper distance; e) Rules should be made and action taken for violation of rules; f) Daily cleaning of public places should be made and regularly monitored; g) For maintaining sustainable environment, more and more bio-diversity parks

should be created.


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Prof N P Singh Chairman, SNSIBM, is seen shaking hands with Dr Anil Rao Paila, President, AIMS, at latter’s arrival at the seminar.

Standing on the dais are Dr L N Bhagat, Sri R S Mahapatro, Dr Parvinder Kaushal, Sri Saryu Roy, Prof N P Singh, Dr Anil Rao Paila and Sri P S Tomar (from left to right)

Prof N P Singh Chairman, SNSIBM is seen shaking hands with Dr Anil Rao Paila. Right to him is the Hon’ble of Food & Supply, Govt. of Jharkhand, Sri. Saryu Roy

Prof N P Singh, is seen presenting a Memento to Sri Saryu Roy, Minister of Food & Supply, Govt. of Jharkhand.


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Glimpse of a phot taken of the delegates at the 2-day seminar sitting in the conference hall of the S N Sinha Institute of Business Management, Ranchi

Sri Saryu Roy, Hon’ble Minister of Food & Supply, Govt. of Jharkhand is seen lighting the lamp.

Sri R S Mahapatro, Director (Personnel) Central Coalfields Ltd., Ranchi, is seen lighting the lamp.

Dr Parvinder Kaushal, Vice Chancellor, BAU is seen delivering speeches. Behind him are Ms Jaspreet Kaur, Anchor and Ms Pravjyot Kaur, Anchor


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Sri Saryu Roy, Hon’ble Minister of Food & Supply, Govt of Jharkhand, is seen delivering speeches at the seminar

Sitting in the dais are Prof N P Singh, Chairman, SNIBM, Dr Anil Rao Paila, President, AIMS and Sri P S Tomar, HoD Management, SNIBM (from left to right).

Glimpse of a photo taken before being presented a book to the Minister of Food & Supply, Govt of

Jharkhand, entitled हत्या मुक्त which

has been translated into Bhojpuri language by Prof N P Singh, Chairman, SNSIBM.


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Speaker at the seminar, Mrs Rekha Pandey, Sr Manager (Personnel) of the Central Coalfield Ltd is seen delivering speeches.

Glimpse of a photo taken when

the delegates of the seminar

were busy taking their lunch in

the intervening period of the

seminar i.e., at lunch break.

Prof N P Singh, Chairman,

SNSIBM, is seen presenting a

memento to Dr Anil Rao Paila,

President, AIMS. Right to Dr Anil

Rao Paila is Prof Sudhir Kumar of

SNSIBM.

Dr Anil Rao Paila, President, AIMS (middle) showing his great pleasure in accepting the memento presented to him.


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On the 2nd day of the seminar, Dr

Anjani Kumar Srivastava, Vice

Chancellor of Binod Bihari Mahto

University, Dhanbad, is seen

delivering speeches. Left to him is


SNSIBM.


SNSIBM, is seen presenting a

Memento to Anil Kumar Mahto at

Plenary session 3 of the seminar.

Ms Jaspreet Kaur, Anchor, is seen

presenting a bouquet to Dr Anjani

Kumar Srivastava,Vice Chancellor

of Binod Bihari Mahto University,

Dhanbad.


SNSIBM is seen shaking hands at

the seminar with Dr Anjani Kumar

Srivastava, Vice Chancellor of

Binod Bihari Mahto University,

Dhanbad, before being presented

with a Memento.


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Prof N P Singh, Chairman, SNSIBM is seen presenting a certificate to Speaker, Dr Shamita Mohanty.

Dr L N Bhagat, former Vice Chancellor, Ranchi University, is seen presenting a certificate to one of the delegates at the 2-day seminar.


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Prof Patnaik was felicitated by the founder and group director of the institution Prof (Dr ) Biswajeet Pattanayak. On this auspicious occasion, welcome address was delivered by Prof (Dr ) Kalyan Shankar Ray, Dean, ASBM and Ms Chayanika Hazra, student of PGDM, second year proposed the vote of thanks.

Asian School of Business Management Bhubaneswar ASBM Celebrated its 14th Foundation Day: The leading management institution Asian School of Business Management (ASBM) celebrated its 14th Foundation Day on 10th August 2018. On this occasion Prof Soumendra Mohan Patnaik, Vice Chancellor, Utkal University delivered the Foundation Day Lecture on a central theme of “Ethnography and Corporate Encounter”. While describing the term ‘Ethnography’ he said it is a highly sophisticated method to understand others. He described the way how to meet with their senses in a very natural way. The ethnographer should learn the language of the community, their culture while diagnosing their internal intensions and requirements. Prof Patnaik transmitted this thought and knowledge to the field of Business and Management. He emphasized on the uses of ethnography in understanding others; customers, stakeholders and other interested groups of the business. Prof Patnaik also expressed the use of this powerful technique in analyzing different business models and solving various research problems. Understanding the pulse of stakeholders is an important aspect in brand creation and brand promotion, he added. Prof Pattnaik highly appreciated the idea and way of celebrating the foundation day in ASBM. He advised the budding managers to be humble learners by not rejecting the other disciplines for the sake of prioritizing their own discipline.


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Before this Usha Rani Behera (female division) and Punyaslok Pattanayak (male division) have been awarded with silver medal in the 8th Odisha State Shooting Championship, 2018 in the event 50 meter rifle (.22) under the senior category.

ASBM Student’s Achievement: Student of Asian School of Business Management, Usha Rani was awarded with a Gold medal in 3rd East Shooting Championship held at Asansol, West Bengal. The ASBM girl has made Odisha proud by winning this Gold medal.

Best B-School Award to ASBM Asian School of Business Management (ASBM) was awarded with ‘’Best B- school Award” from Odisha Technological Conclave 2018 which had been organised by EVER GREEN FORUM on the eve of Engineer’s Day 2018 at Jayadev Bhavan, Bhubaneswar. Mr Prafulla Samal, Hon’ble Minister of Women and Child Welfare and Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises inaugurated this mega event by lighting the lamp. He congratulated Prof (Dr) Biswajeet Pattanayak, the founder & Group Director of ASBM. ASBM is the only B-School of Odisha which got International Accreditation. ASBM earned prestigious Global Accreditation of Accreditation Council of Business Schools and Programmes due to its quality parameters. It was continuously ranked by Business India as an ‘A+++’ in National B-School ranking. ASBM has its collaboration with renowned International Universities like California State University, Eastern Michigan University, Metropolitan State University, Nottingham University, etc. ASBM students are getting success in both nationally and internationally.

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Bhavan's Centre for Communication and Management Bhubaneswar A Two-Day Workshop on Advanced Data Anaysis Using SPSS & AMOS at Bhavan’s Centre For Communication And Management (BCCM) BCCM organized a two-day Faculty Development Programme on “Advanced Data Analysis Using SPSS & AMOS” on 20th and 21st July 2018 at its campus at Kharvel Nagar, Bhubaneswar. The program was organized through joint collaboration of BCCM and Gandhi Institute for Technology (GIFT), Bhubaneswar. Faculty Members and Research Scholars of B-schools and Universities and Industry Professionals attended the program. Creation and dissemination of knowledge through research is an integral part of higher education. Research is the systematic and objective process of gathering, recording and analysing data for taking appropriate decisions. With the growing risks and uncertainties, the business organizations are depending more on research findings for taking timely valuable decisions. On the contrary, the field of research in social science has not grown to its expected level. Dearth of quality research finding has always been a handicap for growth and sustainability of business. Therefore, Universities and Institutions offering higher education in management have, of late, realized the importance of social science research and encouraging this field as a matter of policy at national and international level. Keeping this in view, the workshop was designed to explore the basic dimensions of research and provided the participants with several hands on approaches, tools and techniques to proceed with the research work. The workshop was started with the Inaugural Session, chaired by Lt Col P K Sahu, Sr Director, Finance & Administration, BCCM. He spoke about the role of BCCM in disseminating knowledge and serving the society at large. Dr Sujata Mangaraj, Director cum Dean Academics, BCCM welcomed the guests and presented an overview of the program design. Er Patita Pabana Panda, Director, GIFT, in his Inaugural address focused on making the students industry ready. The Guest of Honor, Mr Debabrata Dash, Head (HR), Tata Steel Kalinga Nagar Project and Tata Growth Shop highlighted the need for predictive research to meet the current needs of the Industry. Dr A K Panigrahy, Professor, BCCM, proposed a formal vote of thanks. The inaugural session was followed by four technical sessions, covering various topics such as Research Process, Research Design, Measurement and Scaling, Statistical Tools, Univariate and Multivariate Data Analysis, Regression Analysis, Exploratory Factor Analysis, Validity and Reliability, AMOS, SPSS, Model Fit, Validity Measures, SEM, Mediation Analysis including practical sessions. The workshop concluded with a valedictory session. The session was chaired by Gen B K Mahapatra, Chairman, BCCM. In his address he focused on lifelong learning for


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faculty members in order to bring excellence in teaching and learning. He assured the participants to have a networking of institutions for training teachers. Dr BidhuBhushan Mishra, the esteemed Chief Guest emphasized on the use of technology and learning resources for strengthening research. Dr Sujata Mangaraj, Convenor of the workshop made an elaborate summing up of the two day workshop proceedings and expressed that the workshop has been successful in driving the key message of relevance of research methodology for upgrading research skills. The certificate distribution was followed by vote of thanks, proposed by Mr T N Shukla, the vice principal of BCCM. He acknowledged the contribution of resource persons, dignitaries, participants and all the members of BCCM for their unparalleled support for making the workshop a grand success. This was possible by the wholehearted involvement and good wishes of all its stakeholders.

Inauguration Of Bhubaneswar Chapter Of “Indian Institute Of Materials Management” at BCCM The Bhubaneswar Chapter of “Indian Institute of Materials Management (IIMM)”, in collaboration with Bhavan’s Centre for Communication & Management, has been inaugurated on 29th July 2018 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bhubaneswar, by Sri G K Singh, National President, IIMM by lighting the lamp. Sri P K Mishra, Director (Commercial), NALCO graced the occasion as Chief Guest. The inaugural ceremony was presided over by Dr S K Tamotia, Chief Patron of the Chapter, Director General, BCCM. He welcomed and introduced the Guest to the audience. The objective of this profession and professional body is to augment and accelerate professionalism in the domain of Purchase, Stores, Contract, Commerce, Trade, Logistics etc. across industry and business.

Sri G K Singh, National President, IIMM; Smt Bhanu Kumar, Director (Commercial), MSTC Ltd; T A S Vijayaraghavan, Professor and Chairperson, Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management, XLRI, Jamshedpur; Mr P P Sengupta, Former Chief General Manager, (Materials Management), Coal India Ltd; Dr (Er) Dibakar Swain, Chairman, IIMM, Nalconagar Branch, Odisha; Sri S N Baghar, Secretary, IIMM; Sri Biswajeet Diwedy, Vice Chairman of IIMM were the distinguished speakers present on this occasion.


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Professionals from different industries, private and public sectors, state and central such as NALCO, IOCL, NTPC, MCL, PPT, IRE, OMC, OHPC, OCL, JK PAPER, BRPL, JSL, VISA Steel, Dhamra Port, PPL, ESSAR Steel etc., to mention a few and many other industries besides members from other professional bodies joined this program and participated in the deliberations Swagatam- Invocation Ceremony For PGDM Freshers At BCCM A three-day long orientation program for the newly joined PGDM students (2018-20 batch) in Bhavan’s Centre for Communication & Management (BCCM), Bhubaneswar was held on 6th to 8th August 2018 at K M Munshi Hall in its campus. The Program commenced with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp followed by Bhavan’s anthem. There was a brief ice-breaking session by Dr Ashok Kumar Panda, Head Sanmarg as a start-up of the program. Maj Gen B K Mahapatra, Chairman, BCCM welcomed all the students and congratulated them to be a part of Bhavan’s family having global presence.

In his thought-provoking speech, the Chairman cited many historical examples of achievements made by prominent personalities. He emphasized that brilliance alone is not a panacea for success but hard work, perseverance and determination also play crucial roles to convert ordinary people into achievers. He advised the students to be inquisitive, innovative and creative in their efforts to become effective leaders. BCCM always thrives to be up-to-date with the latest industry requirements and bring changes in the curriculum to suit the needs of industry. This was followed by the presentation of self-introduction of all the new students where they spoke about their strengths, passions and career expectations. In response to every presentation Chairman was suggesting the action plans and commitment required to fulfill their dreams. On the second day of the orientation program Dr S K Tamotia, Director General, BCCM gave an inspiring speech and advised the students to inculcate discipline in all the activities of life. Through interesting stories and anecdotes, Dr Tamotia explained the


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concept of teamwork and leadership necessary to be successful in their professional career. Lt Col P K Sahu, Sr Director, Administration & Finance in his address mentioned about the role of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in protecting and preserving rich cultural heritage of India and the phases of its developments for establishing itself as a centre of excellence in education. Dr Sujata Managaraj, Director cum Dean (Academics) presented an overview of curriculum for PGDM and focused on the various additional inputs being provided by the institutions for enhancing the employability skills of students. Later on Brahma Kumari Leena of Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishawa Vidyalaya presented a practical demonstration of transforming oneself through spiritual practices.

On the concluding day of the seminar experts from industry and academia were invited to speak on various fields of management. At the outset Dr S K Mishra, Former Dean and Professor, BPUT spoke on fundamental principles of marketing and its relevance for a successful managerial career, Dr P K Mohanty, Former Professor, Dept. of Business and Administration delivered an interesting lecture on role of managers in managing HR functions.

Mrs Saswati Kar, soft skill trainer spoke on the importance of acquiring and practicing soft skills by the students of management in order to be successful in their professional endeavor. Subsequently, Maj Gen Dr Y Sathpathy described about the employment opportunities available for Hospital Administration & Management and encouraged the students to specialize themselves and build their careers in this field. The program concluded with a motivational speech by Dr D D Swain. AIMS Eastern Region Convention 2018 & International Seminar Held On 27-28 August 2018 At BCCM AIMS Eastern Region Convention 2018 & International Seminar on “Accreditation, Quality Assurance & Future of Business Education” was held at Bhavan’s Centre for Communication & Management in collaboration with Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) & Accreditation Council for Business Schools & Programs

(ACBSP), USA, on 27th and 28th August 2018. The seminar was ceremonially inaugurated with lighting of the lamp by the esteemed Chief Guest, Sri Subrato Bagchi, Chairman, Odisha Skill Development Authority & Co Founder Mind tree Special Guest , Mr Jefferey Alderman, President & CEO, ACBSP, USA, Guest of Honor Dr Rajesh Khajuria, Director, CKSVIM, Vadodara & Commissioner, ACBSP, USA, Key note Speaker Dr Omkarnath Mohanty, Former VC, Biju Pattanaik University of Technology (BPUT) & Director, Technology & Academic Initiative, RSB Metaltech, RSB Group presided over by Maj General B K Mahapatra, Chairman,BCCM.


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The Inaugural session commenced with a warm welcome address by Maj General B K Mahapatra. He appreciated the joint collaboration of AIMS and ACBSP with BCCM in organising this seminar. Dr Sujata Managaraj the Convention Director introduced the guests of the Inaugural session and gave an overview of the seminar.

Followed by this, the honourable Chairman of BCCM, Maj Gen B K Mahaptra felicitated the Special Guest, Mr Jeffrey Alderman, the Distinguished Guest Madam Diana from USA and the Chief Guest Mr Subrato Bagchi as a gesture of honour for their august presence in the convention and the seminar. Subsequently, the Chief Guest Sri Subrato Bagchi, delivered a profound speech and mentioned that quality and accreditation are in any context making the institutions and individuals a benchmark and be a role model for others. Mr Bagchi spoke about the four layer of infrastructure of an institution viz., Physical, Digital, Intellectual and Emotional mentioning that it is the emotional infrastructure that brings sustainability and growth to a system.

A commemorative souvenir was released

on this occasion. Mr Jeffrey Alderman spoke about ACBSP, its present position and the future destination. Mentioning about its historical growth where approximately in a period of 33 years 166 schools and more than 14000 individual members have joined ACBSP and therefore it has been recognised as the most prestigious accreditation body


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in the world. The Guest of Honour Dr Rajesh Khajuria addressed the gathering and advised that a group of interested business school can sign a joint MoU and can start working for Accreditation. Prof (Dr) Omkar Nath Mohanty, was the key note speaker in the inaugural session. He spoke about the changing business scenario and the role of accreditation for B-Schools in meeting the requirements of the industry. Lastly, the inaugural session ended with vote of thanks proposed by Dr B B Mishra, Chairman, AIMS Odisha Chapter. The sub-theme of the first technical session was “Accreditation for Quality: Challenges & Opportunities”. Prof (Dr) Sunil Sarangi, Former Director, NIT Rourkela, Professor Fellow IIT, Bhubaneswar was the Chairperson of the Session. The distinguished speakers of the session were Ms Diana Hallerud, Prof (Dr) N R Parasuraman, Director, SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore, Champion, ACBSP & EPAS-EFMD and Prof (Dr) B R Mohanty, Evaluator & Mentor, SAQS, Former Dean Academics & Professor XIMB. Ms Diana Hallerud gave an insightful presentation on ACBSP and its operation processes. She first spoke about ACBSP and the requirement for membership and candidacy. She outlined the challenges for accreditation as time resource constants, data collection, facilitating quality, structuring learning outcome, placement ranking. But there are several benefits such as recognized assurance of quality with peer review, focus on teaching excellence, professional development opportunities, networking and exchange opportunities, honour society for business students. Lastly, she discussed about accreditation and suggested that the process can be adopted with systematic and timeline approach. The next speaker was Prof (Dr) N R Parasuraman, Director, SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore, Champion, ACBSP & EPAS-EFMD. He shared his experiences of accreditation process and focused on the main criteria of accreditation. The first one is trust or ownership of the organisation who manages their revenue and expenditure. The second criteria is regarding infrastructure like good library, computer center, good living condition, updated data base and the student friendly campus. The third and most important criteria is academic rigor that includes curriculum structure in system, high quality teaching that fall in line with the quality of world class institutions, appropriate change in pedagogy, constant study of the literature and updating knowledge etc. He mentioned that ACBSP accreditation has many advantages like online submission of application, friendly approach of ACBSP officials and providing scope for introspections and giving opportunities for strategy changes and meeting the leadership needs. The third speaker of the first technical session was Prof (Dr) B R Mohanty, evaluator & mentor, SAQS, former dean academics & professor, XIMB. With his long standing experience Prof Mohanty brought out the salient points of NBA, NAAC, SAQS and discussed the variables in the criteria of assessment and evaluation parameters. His presentation provided an overall idea and understanding of accreditation process with a


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comparative scale. He pointed out the challenges and opportunities of three accreditation systems operating at a national level. The session ended with concluding remarks made by the Chairperson Prof (Dr) Sunil Sarangi, Former Director, NIT Rourkela, Professor Fellow IIT, Bhubaneswar. The second technical session of the seminar was on the sub- theme “Understanding Process and Procedures of B-School Accreditation”. Prof (Dr) Kailash Mishra, Former Vice Chancellor, Sri Sri University, Bhubaneswar was the Chairperson of the session. The speakers were Prof (Dr) R K Bal, Former PG Council Chairman, Utkal University, Evaluator, NAAC; Prof (Dr) S Rajani, Director, School of Management Studies, Gayatri Vidya Parishad, Visakhapatnam. Prof (Dr) R K Bal explained the NAAC accreditation process in detail. He discussed regarding vision of accreditation, mission of accreditation, value framework: Higher Education Institution, assessor and assessment, NAAC assessment, NAAC: revised accreditation framework, self study report, qualitative metrics (QLM), new assessment outcome of NAAC and conclusion. The next speaker of the session was Prof (Dr) S Rajani. She spoke about the philosophy of accreditation process. It emphasizes on accountability and responsibility of the institutions for meeting the expectation of the stakeholders. It should be driven by student learning outcome, i.e. outbound education. She explained different steps and criteria for Accreditation and the Institution must have complete understanding of each dimension and its importance. She explained the key terminology like, Program Education Objective (PEO), Program Course Objective (PCO), Assessment and evaluation criteria, etc. The chairperson Prof (Dr) Kailash Mishra narrated his experience of facing different accreditation bodies while working in many management institutions. According to him institutions are consumers and consumers are smart enough to choose the best possible accreditation procedures. He could differentiate the processes in terms of its approach and direction. The sub-theme of the third technical session was “Leadership, Governance, Institution Building, Quality Assurance & Role of Stake-Holders in Accreditation”. Prof (Dr) Sadananda Sahu, Former Professor, IIT Kharagpur was the Chairperson of the session. The speakers were Prof (Dr) P K Mohanty Former Professor, Utkal University & Former Director, Curriculum Development, BPUT, Dr Tanmay Kumar Mohanty, Dean, Quality Assurance, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Mr Debabrata Das, Chief Human Resource Officer, TS Alloys Ltd, Tata Steel and Mr Soumyakanta Mishra, General Manager (HR), GMR Varalakshmi Foundation. Prof (Dr) Sadananda Sahu, the chairperson of the session explained about his long experiences IIT kharagpur and Bhubaneswar and mentioned that the expectation from the faculties have increased over the years for academic delivery and gradually it has


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been a competitive phenomena for the faculties to sustain in academics. At the same time Dr Sahu assured that it may be difficult to but not impossible to achieve excellence and meet the expectation of the stakeholders of management institutions. Dr Tanmay Kumar Mohanty discussed about the intricacies In the leadership roles and its importance in bringing quality systems into the institutions. Further, he also added that governing body has a major role to play for ensuring proper systems and procedures to attain quality standards. For any institutions students are the major stakeholders and the quality of students are judged even after five years of his graduation. The curriculum should support to bring the learning outcome in the students not only for the present role but for the role they are expected to play over a period of time. Mr Debabrata Das made an in depth deliberation on the sub theme in the seminar. He defined 4Ps of leadership focus i.e., purpose, process, people and perfection. He also explained the factors contributing to define the role of stakeholders. According to Mr. Das business education needs rethinking and reshaping where focus on soft skills is of prime concern. We need to prepare jobs that don’t exist. It can be considered to broaden the specialization in MBA like from entrepreneurship to sports management. While talking on process module for excellence Mr Das defined four dimensions i.e., approach, development, learning and integration. Next speaker of this session was Mr. Soumyakanta Mishra. With a beautiful slide on “expectations from a mango tree”, he explained the very subtle dimensions of quality requirements in order to make the mangoes sweet, juicy and enjoyable. While defining the objectives of accreditation Mr Mishra said that the role of leadership includes involvement, adaptability, introspection, consistency and celebrating the success, whereas governance includes trust decision making, curriculum duration and approval of long mid and short term plans. Institution building refers to satisfying academic clients. We need to adopt multiple communication path ways and involve everybody in the process. Quality assurance is nothing but building our strengths to address the weakness.


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The day long technical deliberations came to an end, followed by a cultural evening with a folk art GOTIPUA, a dance form of Odisha, presented by Aradhana Dance Group.

The day 2 started with a panel discussion on “Accreditation for educational and Business Process Management (Infrastructure, Admission, Placement, Examination, Academic Regulations, Evaluation, Faculty, and Financial Self-sufficiency)”. Dr S K Mishra, former Dean, BPUT was the Chairperson of this panel discussion. Prof (Dr) Ramesh Behl, Director, IMI, Bhubaneswar; Dr B B Mishra, Chairman, AIMS, Odisha Chapter and Professor, Dept. of Business Administration, Utkal University and Prof (Dr) R K Patra, Director, Bhavan’s Business School, Kolkata & Executive Board Member, AIMS were the panel members. Four technical papers were presented in the session by Prof (Dr) Amaresh Chandra Nayak from Sri Sri University, Dr S K Patro, Miss Leena Priyadarshini from Ravenshaw University, Mr Bimal Choudhary from Kalam Institute and Mr Paresh Chandra Mohanty, Research Scholar, Utkal University and a senior member of ISTD Bhubaneswar Chapter. In his opening remark Dr S K Mishra said that a diagnostic rubrics is a very important tool for accreditation since it helps us to identify the weak areas of students so that efforts can be made to overcome the same. It is always a TQM approach that can make an institution from good to great. Prof (Dr) Ramesh Behl, narrated the story of the seven year old institution where they could realize that accreditation is nothing but you deliver what you promise. He made certain in depth observations like co-relating the people, process and system with the output and find the gap that needs to be addressed. Prof (Dr) R K Patra emphasized on continuous enhancement of certain basic necessities of institution that include library, physical facilities, IT infrastructures, etc. Though we sometimes believe in number game, but we should not lose sight of quality,


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up gradation at every level. In this process maintaining a good industry institution interface generates lot of practical ideas. Dr B B Mishra gave a vivid description of his experience of NAAC and other visits that took place 2005-2016. He touched upon both strengths and weaknesses in the institutional framework and how it had affected the students’ competence building. A good institution is never built in a day and it takes long years of innovation and change to give a shape to an institution. According to him the institutions are run with the contemporary values of the societies and while safeguarding the interest we need to restrict the abuse of the resources and use it for enhancing qualities in academic delivery. The two days of the seminar passed through hectic sessions on the subject and the speakers deliberated at length on varied dimensions and approaches to quality assurance and accreditations and fruitful interactions by the delegates bought substantially rich inputs to the forum. The Valedictory session of the seminar was held on 28th August 2018 at KM Munshi Hall of BCCM. Dr Ashok Kumar Das, Vice Chairman, Higher Education Council, Govt. of Odisha, Former Vice Chancellor, Utkal University, was the esteemed Chief Guest and Sri K C Samal, Director (Finance), NALCO and Sri N K Taori, Associate President, International Institute of Projects & Program Management, were the Guests of Honour The valedictory session commenced with a warm welcome address by Maj General B K Mahapatra, Chairman BCCM. He appreciated the joint collaboration of AIMS and ACBSP with BCCM in organising this seminar. Dr. Sujata Managaraj, the Convention Director, presented the proceedings of the convention and the two day international seminar for information of the guests and delegates present. Participation certificates were presented to the paper presenters and delegates by the Chief Guest and Guests of Honour on the dais.


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Sri K C Samal, Director (Finance), NALCO, our Revered Guest of Honour highlighted five important dimensions for quality i.e. quality of student admission through a stringent selection process, enhancing the quality of faculty members by providing proper incentives and training, organising adequate infrastructure with latest facilities, maintaining the right kind of discipline with right kind of attachment and bringing proper alignment between industry and academics.

Revered Guest of Honour Sri N K Taori, Associate President, International Institute of Projects & Program Management, New Delhi, provided a detailed framework on project management and mentioned that a proper collaboration between industry and education will go a long way in upgrading the quality and meeting the competitive global requirements.

Dr Ashok Kumar Das in his profound deliberation mentioned that quality varies from society to society, country to country and as a result the objectives of quality also get redefined. While focusing on the top layer of participants in quality the role of bottom layer should not be undermined. Social innovations, social engineering are essential for designing quality in systems of the life. Dr Das highlighted two important points that are very essential for bringing any change, i.e., we need to add compassion and instill values in all our approaches for change.

The program concluded with vote of thanks proposed by Dr A K Panigrahy, Professor, BCCM.

ACBSP Accreditation Workshop for Deans, Directors and Faculty Members of Business Schools. On the afternoon of the second day there was a workshop on “ACBSP Accreditation Workshop for Deans, Directors and Faculty Members of Business Schools” conducted by Madam Diana Hallerud. She explained the detailed procedure for the institutions to be members of ACBSP and various documentations required to fulfil the necessary evaluation criteria. There is a provision for assigning a mentor who will guide, coordinate and supervise the documentation work and provide recommendation regarding readiness for evaluation. The program was overwhelmingly successful and could bring in lot of academic insights for understanding, interpreting and implementing in institutes of higher education in the country.


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AIMS International Seminar

Theme: Accreditation, Quality Assurance & Future of Business Education Organized by: Bhavan’s Centre for Communication & Management Collaborators: Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) & Accreditation Council for Business Schools & Programs (ACBSP), USA Venue: K M Munshi Hall, BCCM, Bhubaneswar Date: 27th & 28th August 2018

SEMINAR PROCEEDINGS DAY - 1 (27/08/2018)

Inaugural session:

• The seminar was ceremonially inaugurated with lighting of the lamp by the esteemed Chief Guest, Sri Subrato Bagchi, Chairman, Odisha Skill Development Authority & Co Founder Mindtree.

• Special Guest, Mr Jefferey Alderman, President & CEO, ACBSP, USA; Guest of Honor Dr Rajesh Khajuria, Director, CKSVIM, Vadodara & Commissioner, ACBSP, USA; Key Note Speaker, Dr Omkarnath Mohanty, Former VC, Biju Pattanaik University of Technology (BPUT) & Director, Technology & Academic Initiative, RSB Metal tech, RSB Group led by our Chairman Maj General B K Mahapatra.

• The Inaugural session commenced with a warm welcome address by Chairman, BCCM. He appreciated the joint collaboration of AIMS and ACBSP with BCCM in organising this seminar. He referred to Mr Abraham Lincoln, the former President of USA who was proud of his father’s profession and stressed that one should take pride in what one does and it doesn’t matter how big or small the work is. It is always how we do but not we do.

• Dr Sujata Mangaraj, the Convention Director introduced the guests of the Inaugural session and gave an overview of the seminar.

• Followed by this, the honourable Chairman of BCCM felicitated the Special Guest, Mr Jeffrey Alderman, the Distinguished Guest Madam Diana from USA and the


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Chief Guest Mr Subrato Bagchi as a gesture of honour for their august presence in the convention and the seminar.

• Subsequently, the Chief Guest delivered a profound speech and mentioned that quality and accreditation are in any context making the institutions and individuals a benchmark and be a role model for others.

• Mr Bagchi spoke about the four layer of infrastructure of an institution, viz. Physical, Digital, Intellectual and Emotional mentioning that it is the emotional infrastructure that brings sustainability and growth to a system. The eight parameters that build emotional infrastructures are leadership proximity, rituals, nonstop communication vs transmission, bonding to adversities, voluntary support for community, abiding vision, values and creating extreme exclusivity. Lastly he wished the programme to be a grand success and meeting its desired objective.

• A commemorative souvenir was released on this occasion.

• Mr.Jeffrey Alderman spoke about ACBSP, its present position and the future destination. Mentioning about its historical growth where approximately in a period of 33 years 166 schools and more than 14000 individual members have joined ACBSP and therefore it has been recognised as the most prestigious accreditation body in the world. He made a mention about the contribution of Malcolm Baldrige Quality model that has provided direction for continuously improving quality of the institution.

• The Guest of Honour, Dr.Rajesh Khajuria, addressed the gathering. He advised that a group of interested business schools can sign a joint MoU and can start working for Accreditation.

• Prof (Dr) Omkarnath Mohanty was the Key Note Speaker in the inaugural session. He spoke about the changing business scenario and the role of accreditation for B-Schools in meeting the requirements of the industry.

• Lastly, the inaugural session ended with vote of thanks proposed by Dr B B Mishra, Chairman, AIMS Odisha Chapter.

• The inaugural session was followed by a tea break. . Technical Session - I

• The sub theme of the first technical session was Accreditation for Quality: Challenges & Opportunities. Prof (Dr ) Sunil Sarangi, Former Director, NIT Rourkela, Professor Fellow IIT, Bhubaneswar was the Chairperson of the Session. The distinguished speakers of the session were Ms Diana Hallerud, , Prof (Dr) N R Parasuraman, While Ms. Diana Hallerud gave an insight about ACBSP accreditation processes, the next speaker Prof (Dr) N R Parasuraman shared his experiences of accreditation process of ACBSP and European accreditation.

• The third speaker of the session was Prof (Dr) B R Mohanty brought out the salient points of NBA, NAAC and SAQS. He discussed the variables in the criteria of assessment and evaluation parameters and pointed out the challenges and opportunities of three accreditation systems operating at a national level.

• The session ended with concluding remarks made by the Chairperson Prof (Dr ) Sunil Sarangi.

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Technical Session - II

• The sub-theme of the second technical session was understanding processes and procedures of B-School accreditation. Prof (Dr) Kailash Mishra, Former Vice Chancellor, Sri Sri University, Bhubaneswar was the Chairperson of the session. The speakers were Prof (Dr) R K Bal, Former PG Council Chairman, Utkal University, Evaluator, NAAC, Prof (Dr) S Rajani, Director, School of Management Studies, Gayatri Vidya Parishad, Visakhapatnam.

• While Prof (Dr) R K Bal explained in detail the revised NAAC accreditation process, framework, self-study report, qualitative metrics (QLM), new assessment outcome

• The next speaker Prof (Dr) S Rajani. She spoke about the philosophy of accreditation process. She explained the key terminology like, Program Education Objective (PEO), Program Course Objective (PCO), Assessment and evaluation criteria.

• The Chairperson Prof (Dr) Kailash Mishra narrated his experience of facing different accreditation bodies while working as Dean, S P Jain School of Business and Sri Sri University. He emphasised on institutions as consumers and consumers are smart enough to choose the best possible accreditation procedures. He could differentiate the processes in terms of its approach and direction.

Technical Session- III

• The sub-theme of the third technical session was leadership, governance, institution building, quality assurance and role of stakeholders in accreditation.

• Prof (Dr) Sadananda Sahu, Former Professor, IIT Kharagpur was the Chairperson of the session. The speakers were Prof (Dr) P K A Mohanty, former Professor, Utkal University & former Director, Curriculum Development, BPUT, Dr Tanmay Kumar Mohanty, Dean, Quality Assurance, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Mr Debabrata Das, Chief Human Resource Officer, TS Alloys Ltd, Tata Steel and Mr Soumyakanta Mishra, General Manager (HR) ,GMR Vara-lakshmi Foundation.

• The session was designed to focus upon the views of different stakeholders like Recruiters, Industry, Administrators and Researchers in accreditation.


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• Prof (Dr) Sadananda Sahu, the Chairperson of the session explained about his long experiences at IIT kharagpur and Bhubaneswar. Dr Sahu assured that it may be difficult but not impossible to achieve excellence and meet the expectation of the stakeholders of management institutions.

• Dr Tanmay Kumar Mohanty discussed about the intricacies in the leadership roles and its importance in bringing quality systems into the institutions. Mr Debabrata Das made an in-depth deliberation on the sub-theme in the seminar. He defined 4Ps of leadership focus, i.e., purpose, process, people and perfection.

• Mr Soumyakanta Mishra, with a beautiful slide on “expectations from a mango tree”, explained the very subtle dimensions of quality requirements in order to make the mangoes sweet, juicy and enjoyable. While defining the objectives of accreditation, Mr Mishra said that the role of leadership includes involvement, adaptability, introspection, consistency and celebrating the success,

• The Esteemed Speaker, Prof P K Mohanty spoke about the real truth of Business Schools functioning in the country and included governance, trust decision making, curriculum, design, delivery, duration, Institution building to have a long term satisfying academic clients.

• The day long technical deliberations came to an end, followed by a cultural evening with a folk art GOTIPUA dance form of Odisha, performed by the child artists.

DAY–2 (28/08/2018)

Panel Discussion

• The day 2 started with a panel discussion on accreditation for educational and business process management (infrastructure, admission, placement, examination, academic regulations, evaluation, faculty, and financial self-sufficiency).

• Dr S K Mishra was the Chairperson of this panel discussion. Prof (Dr) Ramesh Behl, Dr B B Mishra and Prof (Dr) R K Patra, Director, Bhavan’s Business School, Kolkata & Executive Board Member, AIMS were the panel members.

• In his opening remark, Dr S K Mishra said that a diagnostic rubrics is a very important tool for accreditation since it helps us to identify the weak areas of students so that efforts can be made to overcome the same. It is always a TQM approach that can make an institution from good to great.

• Prof (Dr) Ramesh Behl narrated the story of the seven year old institution where they could realize that accreditation is nothing but you deliver what you promise. He made certain in depth observations like co-relating the people, process and system with the output and find the gap that needs to be addressed.

• Prof (Dr) R K Patra emphasized on continuous enhancement of certain basic necessities of institution that include library, physical facilities, IT infrastructures etc. Though we sometimes believe in number game, but we should not lose sight


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of quality, upgradation at every level. In this process maintaining a good industry institution interface generates lot of practical ideas.

• Dr B B Mishra gave a vivid description of his experience of NAAC and other visits that took place 2005-2016. He touched upon both strengths and weaknesses in the institutional framework and how it had affected the students’ competence building. A good institution is never built in a day and it takes long years of innovation and change to give a shape to an institution. According to him the institutions are run with the contemporary values of the societies and while safeguarding the interest we need to restrict the abuse of the resources and use it for enhancing qualities in academic delivery.

• Four technical papers were presented in the session. Prof Dr Amaresh Chandra Nayak from Sri Sri Univesity, Dr S K Patro, Mis Leena Priyadarshini from Ravenshaw University, Mr Bimal Choudhary from Kalam Institute and Mr Paresh Chandra Mohanty Research Scholar, Utkal University and a senior member of ISTD Bhubaneswar Chapter.

• The session was over with vote of thanks to the Chair.

• The two days saw a lot of intellectual interactions, exchange of best practices, institutional networking among academicians and professionals from India and abroad , including business transactions and felicitating luminaries.

• We are sure this Eastern Region Convention of AIMS and International seminar has been successful in driving the key message of quality assurance and accreditation and bringing excellence in business education. This was possible by all of your wholehearted involvement and good wishes.

Valedictory Session:

• The valedictory session commenced with a warm welcome address by Maj General B K Mahapatra, Chairman, BCCM. He appreciated the joint collaboration of AIMS and ACBSP with BCCM in organising this seminar. He also mentioned about technological changes happening in the world and emphasized that there should be adequate skill development programme provided to the students for making them ready for the future job demands

• Dr Sujata Mangaraj, the Convention Director, presented the proceedings of the convention and the two-day international seminar.

• Participation certificates were presented to the paper presenters and delegates by the Chief Guest, Dr Aahok Kumar Das, Guests of Honour, Mr K C Samal,


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and Sri N K Taori, Associate President, International Institute of Projects & Program Management.

• Sri K C Samal, our Revered Guest of Honour highlighted the role played by AIMS and ACBSP to safeguard the interests of management institutions and promote continuous quality improvement for achieving excellence in their performance. NALCO in line with the Industry Institution Interaction program, has declared three Annual Awards for Best Performers for the students of PGDM program of BCCM. The NALCO Award comprises of 1st prize of Rs 1, 00, 000, 2nd prize Rs 50,000 and 3rd prize Rs 25,000.

• Revered Guest of Honour, Sri N K Taori, mentioned that Business Schools should create good leaders with honesty and integrity, ability to inspire others, commitment and passion, good communicator, decision-making capabilities, accountability, delegation and empowerment, creativity and innovation, competence to recognize the indicators of change in market place, ability to disengage from old and engage in new business.

• Honourable Dr Aahok Kumar Das our esteemed Chief Guest of this Valedictory Ceremony in his valedictory address highlighted that the most important criteria for excellence is academic rigor that includes curriculum structure in system, high quality teaching that fall in line with the quality of world class institutions, appropriate change in pedagogy, constant study of the literature, updating knowledge and giving opportunities for strategy changes and meeting the leadership needs.

• Lastly, the valedictory session ended with vote of thanks proposed by Dr A K Panigrahy, Professor, BCCM.

• Post lunch: Madam Diana Hallerud has conducted a workshop for Deans, Directors and Faculty Members of Business Schools.


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WESTERN REGION Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya Indore Guest Lecture Series Strengthening of Technical Knowledge of Mechanical Engineering Students

(Dr K W Miller, Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, St Cloud State University, Minnesota, USA)

(July 10 to 26, 2018) Guest lecture series was organized by Mechanical/Automobile Engineering Department SVITS, SVVV Indore to enhance the Technical Knowledge of Students. The lectures were conducted by Dr K W Miller, Professor, St Cloud State University, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering from 10/07/2018 to 26/07/2018. Dr K W Miller has taken the three sessions every day, in starting two sessions he has discussed the technical subjects knowledge of Mechanical Engineering and in last session he has discussed about the importance of performing the experiments in laboratory and he has given the broad knowledge of welding processes. He has covered important topics of Automobile Engineering, Strength of Materials (SOM), Thermal Engineering, Refrigeration and Air conditioning (RAC), IC Engine, Energy Systems Modeling & Analysis and Welding Technology. He began his talk with the history of engine development in vehicles and current market trends as well as future of automobiles. Students were given insights about what an engineer or designer has to think when a new product is being developed. During the laboratory session he has discussed the types of welding processes, as he has the expertise in welding technology he has given the broad idea about performing the welding processes with high accuracy. During the visit of Dr K W Miller, the students have got the knowledge of important subjects which they are going to study or they have studied. The lecture series will help the students to get good grades in university exams also. Dr K W Miller discussed about the future scope for higher studies in USA. His sessions were very interactive as the students were very curious to know about the scope of studies in USA.


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Shri Vainshnav Institute of Technology and Science

Industrial Visit

Flexi Caps & Polymers Pvt. Ltd., Indore Department of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering

(Date: 14th July, 2018) Industrial visit was carried out to FLEXI CAPS & POLYMERS PRIVATE LIMITED on 14th July, 2018 especially for semester five students. The main objective behind the visit was to make students aware about how various activities related to production, purchasing, store management and boilers section, are carried out in the company and give them feel of Engineers as soon as they start their course. Three faculties and one guest faculty Dr Kenneth W Miller - Professor, St Cloud State University Minnesota, USA along with 45 students left for visit at 12 Noon and took about 30 minutes to cover the distance. The company is located in Sanwer tehsil in Indore city. As soon as we reached company we were guided by Mr Jai, Production Engineer, who took us to administrative section where an orientation of company was given by heads of production department about history and how company was established. The conception of this philosophy is derived from the core objective of the company ‘To Contribute to the Society’. Adhering to this philosophy, the Company balances its business and manufacturing activities with its impact on the communities and people at large. After introduction all students were headed by one manager of company who helped them to understand how production is carried out in company and how company reaches their customer. Maximum production in company is carried out by means of machinery subdivide in various activities like inception of raw material, mixing process, making jackets, covering the product and then converting it into finished goods. Finally Finished goods are packed and are sealed where production batch number is embossed for its future verification required. We took almost two hour to see complete set of production which was followed by questions of students. I appreciate staff member who guided students with each and every question with detailed answers. It is rightly said that “see & kow’ is better than ‘read & learn’. Students have got real feel of company’s working after this visit. They got a chance to transfer their theoretical knowledge to practical implication. This will even help students to understand subject matter clearly in future also.


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Industrial Visit Shree Singaji Thermal Power

Department of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering (Date: 21st July, 2018)

The B.Tech III Semester, students of Mechanical & Automobile Engineering Department of SVVV, Indore visited the Shree Singaji Thermal Power, Indore on 21.08.2017. Forty-five students along with faculty members Dr K W Miller, Mr Santosh Patel, Mr Palash Goyal, Mr Akhilesh Choudhary and one lab staff were sent for visit. Students were guided by the Experts of Shree Singaji Thermal Power in different sections. Shree Singaji Super Thermal Power Project is a coal-fired power plant located near Dongaliya village near by Mundi of Khandwa District in Madhya Pradesh state of India. This project is owned by Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Limited (MPPGCL). The water required is taken from Indira Sagar Reservoir on Narmada River. With Units operational: 2 X 600 MW; 2 X 660 MW, Nameplate capaci :2520 MW, firstly students were allowed to see the working of different machines and electricity generation process in training & skill development section, in each section Students learnt the practical elaboration of knowledge. They all appreciated the visit organized by university as this visit helped the student in better understanding of the subjects they are studying.


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Abhinandan – 2018 (23rd -25th July 2018)

Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwaviyalaya organized 3 days induction program “Abhinadan- 2018” from 23rd to 25th July 2018 for the new batch of University. Day- 1 Sessions (23rd July 2018) After Inaugural ceremony two sessions of experts were scheduled. In the first session Mr Rakshit Tondon, Executive Director – Council of Information Security threw light on Cyber Security and explained various privacy setting and appropriate use of Social Media. Also he differentiated Ethical Hacking and Hacking; in his session he emphasized on protecting youth from Fishing, Vishing, e-commerce frauds, Card Swapping, and other cyber crimes. He advised not to prank with social sites and be aware of cyber crimes and its legal aspects. In the second session Dr Deepak Vohra talked about the Global Mega trends and trust. In the last session Dr Kenneth Miller said that “In today’s challenging world it is important to have some unique preposition. For that everyone wants to peruse degree and numbers of courses are available in the field of education. Now the challenge is to choose the right course and go for the professional degree”. Day- 2 Sessions (July 24, 2018) Second Day of induction program “Abhinadan- 2018” started with expert talk on Entrepreneurship and Startup by Mr Siddarth Rajhans, CEO & Co-founder, Spacify Inc. Harvard University Alumnus 2018. Product Manager, Apple Inc. Dr Anand Rajavat, welcomed Mr Siddarth Rajhans. He shared his experience on entrepreneurship and differentiated passion and fascination, he also added that fresher can be easily moulded, research is an important aspect and all companies have dearth of human resources in the field of analytics and research. He emphasized on Innovation and said that “due to lack of innovation many companies lost their market value, don’t be afraid of failure because it always gives you experience”. He also talked about the opportunity in


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the field of aggregators and said that “It is important to provide every facility free to your customer because the golden rule for new age is - your customer is your product”. Heads of various institutions and departments of the university welcomed all the students and after that an introductory session about different facilities and formalities of the universities was organized. Dr Jigyasu Dubey, Professor & Head, IT Department SVIIT, explained the Computing Facilities in SVVV. He told to new students about how to utilize computing & network facilities. He discussed about ERP system in which all processes like admissions, academic calendar, attendance, assessments, result declaration, administration are computerized and automated in the university. Day- 3 Sessions On the last day of "Abhinandan 2018" Mr Sarvasakshi Das, devotee from ISKON enlightened the students of new batches. He discussed various life balancing factors and explained the students the technique of controlling anger. He also narrated many stories and motivated students to live balanced life. Apart from the motivational lecture, the university professors took sessions which include: In the last session Dr Anand Rajavat, Coordinator-SVIIT instructed the students to focus on their aims and develop logic based decision ability and professional attitude. Dr. Upinder Dhar, expressed best wishes to the students for starting their journey with SVVV. At the end of the day students and parents visited the campus.


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Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) India tends to simplify things and produce innovations that are cost-effective. Creating a strong innovation culture requires us to communicate and work together closely. entrepreneurship and innovation are critical for creating economic empowerment for a prosperous and peaceful world. Entrepreneurship is the process of starting a business; typically a startup company offering an innovative product, process or service. An entrepreneur perceives an opportunity and often exhibits biases in taking the decision to exploit the opportunity. In a major leap towards encouraging the entrepreneurship among its students, Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore (SVVV, Indore) has launched the Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) to support and facilitate the development of the next generation of business leaders. The EDC is aimed at enabling SVVV to become the hub of entrepreneurship in the region. EDC is managed by the students of SVVV for manifesting the entrepreneurial spirit of young students. SVVV has always been a hotbed for innovative thinkers, and EDC offers a new channel to transform breakthrough ideas into viable business ventures. EDC aims to create a structured platform that strengthens the entrepreneurial ecosystem in technology business incubation by providing support to the larger SVVV fraternity. The Cell focuses on inviting on board experienced industry leaders, successful entrepreneurs, investors and policy makers, who can guide the registered students in terms of mentoring, advice, pitching proposals and more. SVVV has designed and developed mechanisms and bodies to help create new enterprises that employ technologies developed by its faculty and students. It, thus, offers a conducive environment in which new ideas can be generated, researched, and nurtured before they become industry ready. The activities of the Cell cover entrepreneurship value chain to include micro-grants and networking with established entrepreneurs and industry leaders. It is managed by an Advisory Board comprising faculty members, industry professionals, renowned international experts on entrepreneurship and student representatives. Having round the year events, such as expert lectures, Startup Weekend powered by Google for entrepreneurial activities, events, competitions, and Jugaad conducted to inculcate a startup mindset among students, EDC aims at an all round development of all its members so that they are fully prepared for their future endeavors. It also supports and incubates many startups.


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Seminar Awareness of Entrepreneurship among Youngsters

(August 13, 2018) Entrepreneurship Development Cell of SVVV organized a Seminar on "Awareness of Entrepreneurship among Youngsters" on August 13, 2018 at University Auditorium from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. which was delivered by Mr Sidhant Sidana, Founder of 4-Startups. It is a matter of great pride for all of us to share that Entrepreneurship Development Cell of SVVV Mr Sidhant Sidana, a IIM graduate and founder of 4 Startups. Program started with brief introduction of Mr Sidhant Sidana, ED Cell coordinator Mr Sumit Chandak grace MrSidhant Sidana with sapling. Two hundred eighty two students registered for this seminar and two hundred fifty plus students from all disciples attended this seminar. During the seminar he enlightened the students through his journey from a student to an entrepreneur. He also gave brief knowledge about Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). He motivated students to opt their career option as entrepreneur. Dr Rakesh Malviya, Co-coordinator of ED Cell, SVVV provided a Memento to Mr Sidhant Sidana as token of gratitude.


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12th World Education Summit and Awards 2018 (August 09-10, 2018)

Elets Technomedia, Asia & Middle East’s premier media and technology research organization organized 12th edition of World Education Summit (WES) in New Delhi on 09th–10th August 2018 at The Leela Ambience Convention Hotel, Karkarduma, New Delhi. 12th World Education summit, Delhi 2018 vibrantly covered various aspects of school, higher, vocational, technical education & skill development and also witnessed presence of Global Educational Thought Leaders, Policy Makers, Experts & Industry Leaders to discuss and deliberate upon various aspects of making knowledge society. Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore one of the award winners in the Industry-Academia Interface of Higher Education Categories. Dr. Anand Rajavat, Head of Institute, Shri Vaishnav Institute of Information Technology was representative of SVVV and also participated as a panelist in Higher Education track on the topic “Global Best Practices of Academia-Corporate Interface in Research & Development and Digital Education”. The key point of discussion was how can Edu-tech industry and education authorities work collaboratively to simplify digital education. Elets 12th World Education Summit 2018 was the India Biggest Education Conference and Exhibition for dialogue exchange and collaborations to make the education ecosystem better with key participants by Ministers, State Secretaries, Project Directors and Regulatory Bodies from Government, Chairpersons, CEOs, Directors and Principals form Schools, Institutes & University, CEOs , Managing Directors, Founders and CMOs / COOs / VPs form Corporate , Chancellor/ Vice Chancellors, Chairpersons, Directors and Principals from Higher Education. The summit was inaugurated with welcome address by Dr Ravi Gupta, Editor-in-chief, digital LEARNING Magazine and CEO, Elets Technomedia Pvt. Ltd. Shri Dhan Singh Rawat , Hon’ble Higher Education Minister, Government of Uttarakhand, Shri Temjen Imna Along, Hon’ble Minister, Higher & Technical Education, Government of Nagaland were present in Inaugural Session. 150th Special issue of digital LEARNING Magazine was also launched in Inaugural session. Expo session consists of two tracks one was School Education track and another was Higher Education Track. Brief description of sessions as below Day 01: 09th August 2018 Session Panel discussion on:

1. Innovation & Technology, the Game Changer for Higher Education Scenario. The key point of discussion was Innovative Business Curriculum that serves new age Higher Education needs and the higher education system must be attuned to the new global environment by promoting creativity.

2. Importance of PPP model (Public-Private-Partnership) in Education. The key

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reforming the systems that provide more autonomy to HE institutes and PPP to promote excellence and facilitate holistic growth of education system.

3. Global Best Practices of Academia-Corporate Interface in Research &

Development and Digital Education. The key point of discussion was how can Edu-tech industry and education authorities work collaboratively to simplify digital education.

4. Experiential Learning: Meeting the changing behavior of student enrollment and

the impact of technology. The key point of discussion was Potential of MOOCs, Distance Education, E-learning, and Blended Learning in Higher Education, Effectively Combining educators, educator-curated ed-tech and student needs and changing landscape of Student Enrollment and the way forward

Session - Industry presentation delivered by

1. Sarat Mandava, CEO,ekalasaala. 2. Gopal Devenahalli, CEO, MeritTrac Services 3. Ashim Sachdeva, Regional Director-South Asia, Turnitin and covered topic What

is your Academic Integrity Quotient (AIQ) 4. Rajeev Singh, Managing Director, BenQ India. 5. Nitesh Wadekar, Product Head, CloudWalker Streaming Technology Pvt. Ltd. 6. Chocko Valliappa, Founder and CEO, HireMeee.

Special Address Session by 1. Dr A Ashok, Secretary and Commissioner, Board of Intermediate Education,

Government of Telangana. 2. Dr Archana Thakur, Joint Secretary, University Grants Commission (UGC),

MHRD, Government of India. Session - Roundtable discussion on

1. transformative practices towards Ensuring Quality in Higher Education Day 02: 10th August 2018 Session - Panel discussion on

1. Self-Directed Professional Development of Students. The key point of discussion was Self-directed professional development (PD) of students through webinars or other online content, Update students’ skills to remain in compliance with ethical and legal guidelines and become familiar with the latest standards and complete interactive learning components to remain abreast of the latest developments in education.


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2. The New Age Disruptors of Global Business Education. The key point of

discussion was Role of internships or apprenticeships for students to be job-ready, Attracting the right students, Integrating information systems with the conventional management programmes to develop industry relevant courses.

3. Education for Human Fulfillment: The Emerging Global Experiments &

Innovations. The key point of discussion was Interdisciplinary learning, Learning in the local languages to foster innovations, Solving Local Problems in a globalized era.

Special Address Session by

1. Manish Kumar, MD & CEO, National Skill Development Corporation. 2. Dr Manpreet Singh Manna, Director (PMSSS & SWAYAM), All India Council for

Technical Education (AICTE), MHRD, Govt of India. Session - Industry presentation delivered by

1. Anirban Dutta, COO Digilend 2. Aditya Vijay Kumar Berlia, Co-Founder & Pro-Chancellor, Apeejay Stya

Univesity. 3. Amitava Sen, AVP Digital, Indiannica learning

Session - HR Panel discussion on

1. HR’s Role in the Changing Scenario of Employment, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in New Era. The key point of discussion was focus on the changing role of HR in various organizations who are trying to ensure employability of skilled youth by walking extra mile and working closely with the higher education institutes for building effective and job oriented curriculum.

Session - Roundtable discussion on

1. Handling the Complexity of Academic Operations.

Based on the discussion and interaction during sessions following points can be considered to improve industry oriented educational approach and technical skills of SVVV Students.

1. Innovative Business Curriculum that serves new age Higher Education needs

and the higher education system must be attuned to the new global environment by promoting creativity.

2. Initiatives in PPP model (Public-Private-Partnership) in Education.


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3. Established Standard SVVV Models on Global Best Practices of Academia-Corporate Interface.

4. Developed SVVV Portal / Moodle for MOOCs, Distance Education, E-learning,

and Blended Learning in Higher Education by effectively combining educators.

5. Professional Development of Students.

Tie-up with Industry for internships.


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Seminar Idea Generation, Creativity and Innovations

(August 20, 2018)

Entrepreneurship Development Cell of SVVV has organized a seminar on “Idea Generation, Creativity and Innovations” on August 20, 2018. Speaker Mr.Ram Sharma, a certified Value Engineer from S A V E International – Ohio – USA, a Harvard certified professional; holds B.E. in Mechanical Engineering & Certified Electrical Engineer from Australia. A very creative & analytical person (filed one Technological patent; Application No.#3509/DEL/2013 and many more under drafting). Being specialized in the field of “Creativity, Innovation & Allied Value Improvement (Vi/Vm) Programs, he has conducted Trainings, Orientation programs and/or events for several organizations of repute on various technological & management subjects; like: SABO – Gummers-Bach, Germany; PLASTRO Irrigation System Ltd. – Israel; DANA Corporations - India & Italy; ENGINEERING CLUSTER (NEC) – India; SUNWAY – Malaysia, ACI Group – Bangladesh, Turk Tractor – Istanbul, TURKEY; EMPIRETECH – Thailand; ALTRAK & PROBESC– Indonesia; John Deere Technology Center – Pune, India; John Deere SIRHIND Works – Patiala, India; John Deere Waterloo Works – Waterloo, United State; John Deere Harvester Works – Moline, United States; John Deere Sprayer Works – Des Moines, United States; John Deere Sprayers – Horst, Netherland etc. Program started with brief introduction of Mr. Ram Sharma. Dr.Rakesh Malviya Co- coordinator of ED Cell, SVVV graced Mr. Ram Sharma by providing Sapling. ED Cell gets overwhelming response of students in this seminar. More than 500 students registered for this seminar and more than 100 non registered students are interested to attend this seminar on the spot. But due to limited number of seats as per capacity of Auditorium ED Cell allowed only 250 plus students on the basis of first cum first serve basis. Mr Ram Sharma covered all aspects of creativity and Innovation during his 2 hours seminar from 11 AM to 1 PM. He motivated students to think simple and different by providing real time stories and examples. He tried to realize students that what is difference between simple product or service and value based product and service. He motivated students to become valued Graduate rather than becoming simple graduate to serve society in better way. At the end, Mr. Sumit Chandak, Coordinator of ED Cell, SVVV presented Memento to Mr Ram Sharma as token of gratitude.


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Academic Activities at IIEBM – Indus Business School July – August 2018

• Induction Program – Batch 2018 – 20 The institute organized a comprehensive induction program for students of the batch 2018-20 in July and Aug 2018. The institute kicked off the new academic year of 19th batch of PGDM with the induction program on 9th July 2018 in the presence of students, family members of students, management officials, advisory council members, faculty and staff. The induction program concluded on 25th Aug 2018. During this period, the institute invited more than 100 senior executives from industry, entrepreneurs, management consultants, senior educationist and dignitaries from other walks of life to address and interact with the students during induction period. The induction program commenced with address of management officials and members of advisory council. Stalwarts like Mr G K Pillai, Managing Director & CEO, Walchandnagar Industries, Rajiv Mitra, Managing Director, Govind Mills and Milk


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products had addressed the students. They recounted a few of their experiences and advised the students for self learning and research orientation that will play a significant role going forward in life. During the induction program Mr Dilip Summanwar, a veteran in oil exploration industry, senior manager and safety training expert conducted a workshop on “Leadership and Team Building” which involved participation from entire batch of 2018-20 and evoked great enthusiasm chipping in from every student. The workshop charged the students with the attitude of team-work and leadership. On another day, students had opportunity to attend a workshop by Group Captain D P Apte, an educationist and NLP expert on confidence building which was thoroughly enjoyed by students. In the workshop, one of the activities involved students walking over broken glass pieces with confidence and without experiencing any injury. It helped boost the self belief and morale of students. Thus students through participation in various activities got an opportunity to keep pace with recent developments in industry by interacting with business leaders and managers, and domain experts during induction program. Induction 2018 not only revolved around interaction with corporate world but it devoted a complete day as “NGO day” where the dignitaries from different NGOs interacted with the students and highlighted the importance of developing an ethical value system and the right attitude. The dignitaries also conveyed the students about the importance of gratitude towards the society.

• Big Bazaar Live Project To get hands-on input and practical exposure; students participated in live project with Big Bazaar between Aug 11 to Aug 15, 2018. Students worked at different outlets of Big Bazaar in Pune from dawn to dusk and were involved in learning practical lessons in sales promotion, inventory management and distribution management. Such cumbersome activities help students in developing right attitude towards task at hand and value of time. They also learnt the concept of dignity of labour.

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As a part of leisure cum learning activity, one of the days during the induction was devoted to outdoor visit. The students of batch 2018-20 were taken to one of the private and well planned picturesque city Lavasa for their outbound activity which worked doubly as an ice-breaking session among the large batch and also as a team-building activity. By using management and simulation games students were engaged to work as a team with common objective and develop comradeship amongst fellow batch mates. In addition, a host of workshops on personality development were organized during the induction program towards the personality enrichment program. Students who have attended the induction swear that the induction program was a brilliant mix of traditional as well as modern teaching aids, which resulted in infusing a fresh breath of vigor, enthusiasm and sense of responsibility among students and above all the positivity towards the PGDM program they registered at IIEBM. Apart from the exhaustive induction program of the institute during the July – August 2018, IIEBM signed a MOU with Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) Young Indians (Pune Chapter) YUVA which aims at involving students, young entrepreneurs, professionals and achievers from different walks of life to participate and contribute towards nation building. The MOU was signed in the presence of Mr. Paramjit Singh Chadha, Managing Director, Knorr-Bremse Systems, Mr BineshMenon, Head – Learning & Development, Emerson & Mr. Bharat Oswal (YUVA Pune Chapter Co-Chair).


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SOUTHERN REGION

School of Management Studies, Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering Vijayawada A Two-Day Faculty Development Program on “Paradigms of Education: Role of a Teacher and Reflective Teaching” was organised on 17th and 18th July 2018 by School of Management Studies In association with AIMS under the stewardship of Dr A. Adisesha Reddy.

Dignitaries on the dais for inaugural function of FDP

Prof S Ramakrishna Rao, Vice-Chancellor, Krishna University and In-Charge Vice-Chancellor, JNTUK,Kakinada, along with Dr K Apparao, Principal, LBRCE; K Thimma Reddy, Director, Infrastructure, LBRCE; Dr A Adisesha Reddy, Convenor of the Programme & HoD School of Management Studies, LBRCE; Brigadier Dr P Raj Kumar, Dr S P Ravindra, Chairman, A P Chapter, AIMS; Prof K Vinay Kumar, CEO, Data Wise; Dr C L Venakt Rao, Advisor to CM,Swatch Andhra Mission; Guest of honour Prof Amiya Bhumik, CEO & VC, Lincoln University, Malaysia and also by Prof P Narayana Reddy, Treasurer, AIMS. The motive of this program is to enlighten the teaching community with various Pedagogies along with teaching aids. The Programme has been attended by 125 faculty members from various management institutes/colleges belonging to AP, Telangana and Karnataka. The inaugural function attended by Prof S Ramakrishna Rao along with Dr K Appa Rao, Principal, LBRCE, Brigadier Dr P Raj Kumar, Dr S P Ravindra, Prof K Vinay Kumar, Dr C L Venakta Rao, Guest of honour Prof Amiya Bhumik, and also by Prof P Narayana Reddy.


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With a huge gathering on 17th July 2018, Brigadier Dr P Raj Kumar, Prof P Narayana Reddy and Prof K Vinay Kumar has delivered their valuable inputs on different themes like “Paradigms in Management and Technical Education”, “Sustainability in Teaching” and “Case Method as an Important Pedagogical Tool of Professional Education Teachers”. The second day sessions conducted by Prof P Raghunadha Reddy. The themes are “Balanced Personality Development”, “Self Empowerment”, “Competencies Development among Teachers” and “Leveraging Communication Technologies”. The session on that day lasted up to 4:30 pm with felicitation to the Resource Person of the day. And with the issue of certificates to the participants the session came to an end. The event witnessed active participation by faculty members. All the resource persons have played a vital part well. There was encouraging feedback and the participants wanted this kind of programs to be organized at least once in every six months. Towards the end of the event a few participants were given the chance to air their views about the program. Feedback was also collected using a structured questionnaire as well. All the Resource Persons and Guests are delighted with the programme and the Participants expressed their deep satisfaction towards organising this event and arrangement of hospitality. Print and Electronic Media widely covered the programme and praised the commitment of LBRCE and AIMS towards the growth and development of the teaching fraternity.

Address of Gathering by Prof S Ramakrishna Rao, Vice-Chancellor – Krishna University and In-Charge Vice-Chancellor – JNTUK - Kakinada


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Distribution of Certificates for Participants by resource person, Prof P Raghunadha Reddy, Vice Chairman-AIMS AP Chapter, Programme Convener, Dr A Adisesha Reddy, and Principal Dr K Appa Rao.


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Dhruva College of Management Hyderabad

MDP on “Internet as a Force Multiplier for Business (IFMB) August 31, 2018

Convenor – Dr S Pratap Reddy, Founder Chairman, Dhruva College of Management The MDP titled, “Internet as a Force Multiplier for Business (IFMB)” was organised by Dhruva College of Management on August 31, 2018 and was hosted at Karvy, Gachibowli, Hyderabad. The program started at 10:15 AM with Mr Vijayant Jolly, Head-HR (Operations) of Karvy delivering the inaugural address. The first keynote session was delivered by Shri Manish Jha, India Head-Digital Business, Shriram Life Insurance. He gave several insights and examples on how businesses are destined to fail if they don’t change their ways by connecting Indian mythology and various management theories. The second keynote session was delivered by Shri. Sandeep Santhosham, CEO, Digital Nest. He gave insights about the specific technologies one should be aware as not to be beaten in the rat race. Both sessions were followed by Q & A sessions. A total of 51 delegates participated in the event of which 29 were students and 15 were from the industry and 7 were from the academia.


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Workshop on Persuasion Strategies for Managers, 28th July 2018 Convenor – Dr S Pratap Reddy, Founder Chairman, Dhruva College of Management. A full-day workshop on "Persuasion Strategies for Managers" was organized by Dhruva College of Management on 28th July 2018at Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Ameerpet from 9.30 am - 6.30 pm. The resource person was Dr Mathukutty Monippally, Professor, IIM - Ahmedabad (Retd.,) an international expert in the area of communication. He conducted various role plays, case studies and discussion to bring across the ways, means and reasons for effective communication. The participants included people from industry, academia and government.


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International School of Business & Research (ISBR) Bangalore

International Conference

On Current Trends in Business Practices and Management Education

Saturday, 7 April 2018 An International Conference was organized by ISBR (International School of Business & Research), Bangalore in association with AIMS (Association of Indian Management School) on 7th April 2008, at ISBR campus. Theme - Current Trends in Business Practices and Management Education International conference provided a forum to bring together Researchers, Scientists, Faculty and Industry professionals to discuss innovative ideas and diverse topics around the above theme. Hundreds of attendees, paper presenters and students have benefited in many ways from the conference. 75 participants had joined from different countries, e.g., Iran, France, Nepal, Jordan, etc. Speakers from different countries such as The Netherlands, Bangladesh, Italy, Srilanka, Jordon etc. addressed the audience and shared their knowledge and experience. Objectives of the Conference:

• To facilitate learning through exchange of best practices in global business in different business verticals and geographic.


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• To analysis and synthesize emerging trends in global business, deliberating on the needs and consequential demand for the new skill-set and knowledge, so as to upgrade and enrich content and pedagogy of Management Education.

Opening Ceremony: The conference was inaugurated by Prof Dr Abdul Hannan Chowdhury, Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh University. Dr Anil Rao Paila, Sr Dean, Welingkar Institute of Management and Dr Jitendra Mishra, Director, MATS Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship spoke on the occasion. Keynote Presentation: The management education plays an essential role in today’s dynamic business environment. The rapid trend of globalization and technological changes have made it difficult for organizations to survive in the competitive world. As a result, the importance of management education has been increased many folds. Business Executives need to update their skills due to rapid changes in the external environment. Consequent to the increasingly complex nature of organizations and businesses, there is established need for Business Schools to impart relevant, current, and cutting edge knowledge to the students. The external business environment is continuously changing and evolving. In order to cope with the present and future challenges of the business world, both industry and academia have to be at the cutting edge of business research and emerging trends. It is particularly important for the Business Schools to take a more balanced approach and offer business education curricula which contain a blend of diversified business areas. The business environment is constantly evolving in the face of changing trends, processes, complexities and people’s preferences. To keep pace with such a dynamic environment, it is imperative that organizations undertake innovations not only in products and services but also in processes and practices of business management. Equally important is an emphasis on good governance and sound management practices for survival and growth of business organizations.

Some of the key points:

• Technology mediated learning, blended learning, distance learning, mobile learning and online

• Global learning, all supporting individualized, customized instruction

• Experiential education (internships and field-based projects)

• Project based teamwork

• Incubator and laboratory learning (including virtual reality)

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• The international integration of classrooms and international team activities and competitions

• Collaborative applied research in organizations and

• Learning through consultation Closing Ceremony: Distinguished speakers and participants shared their experience and expertise and had a cordial relationship established among all. The day ran smoothly, visitors stayed for extended periods of time and seemed to enjoy themselves. Evaluations from Jury had many good comments, and overall the day was a success Outcomes: We had a galaxy of national and International speakers who made significant contribution to deliberation, resulting in positive outcome. Key outcome of the conference include-

• Way forward in deepening Industry and Academia collaboration

• Synergizing through symbiotic relationship and partnership with university and B School in South Asia and other countries.

• Facilitating Industry Internship in a collaborative mode by structure engagement by Industries bodies and Chamber of Commerce.

• Fulfilling the talent needs of Industry by designing new courses such as – Business Forecasting

• Developing a framework of Applied Research, addressing real time issues and concerns of Industry, Government and Local bodies.

• Enabling and enhancing the competencies of Academia, faculties by creating advance internship and orientation program in Industry, facilitating cross fertilization of talent and technology.

Feedback: Evaluations from visitors, few of them are-

1. It was great! The people in the various posts were very helpful and knowledgeable

2. Lively volunteers. Well organized 3. Learnt a new way to deal with some of the challenges of present management

education 4. Speakers from different countries were excellent and got lot of input from them


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Speakers: Prof (Dr) Abdul Hannan Chowdhury Vice Chancellor, Primeasia University Dhaka, Bangladesh Dr Anil Rao Paila President, AIMS Sr Dean, WeSchool Dr Jitendra Kumar Mishra Executive Board Member, AIMS & Director MATS Dr Sergio Sgambato MD, Armpian_ India (Italy) Sri N Ramachandran MD, MEL System & Service EC Member, IACC Sri Robert de Bos Director, Banglore Plant First (The Netherlands) Sri Vijay Venkatesh Senior Vice President Head Hunters (India) Sri Emilien Coquard CEO & Co-Founder, the Scalers (France) Sri Tarun S Khushalani Director, Commercial & Operations D art Global Logistics India Srilanka Smt Anitha Ramachander Director, AIMIT, Vice Chairman, AIMS K & K Chapter


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Address for Correspondence and Contact:

Mr M Venkateshwarlu Executive Secretary

Association of Indian Management Schools Head Office : D No 6-3-668/10/76 First Floor, Near Sri Kalyana Venkateshwara Swamy Temple

Durganagar Colony, Punjagutta, Hyderabad 500 082. Telangana. Tel: 040-23417876/48544057

Email: [email protected]

Ms Rupinder Kaur Chandiok

ATMA National Coordinator

Pune Office: Flat No. B–5, Ashiyana, Triveni Coop Housing Society

Bhau Patil Road, Bopodi, Pune – 411 020, Maharashtra. Mob : 9810152053

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.aims.org.in

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