BIMTECH Newsletter 3 August

A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE BIRLA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY, GREATER NOIDA, INDIA
For Private Circulation Only
Volume XVII, Issue 3 August - September 2016
2016-18
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www.bimtech.ac.in
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DEEKSHARAMBH
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2016-18
29 Commencement Day
Dr. Anil Sahasrabudhe delivers Commencement Day address
For the newly admitted students, Commencement
Day at BIMTECH is the mark of the beginning of the
journey towards making a successful corporate career.
The students along with their parents experience this
unique academic celebration, which dates back to the
Vedic era when the 'Deeksha aarambh' ceremony
would be conducted by the Gurus for formal
induction of students to the Gurukul.
BIMTECH, Greater Noida proudly welcomed PGDM
Batch of 2016-18 by organizing its traditional event
“Deeksharambh”- the 29th Commencement Day, on
June 19, 2016 at its Greater Noida campus. The Chief
Guest on the occasion was Dr. Anil Sahasrabudhe,
Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education
(AICTE).
The Welcome Address was given by Dr. H. Chaturvedi,
Director, BIMTECH, who spoke about the strengths of
the institute. In his highly motivational speech, he
encouraged the young would-be corporate citizens to
think exponentially and have a vision for their career
path. He reiterated that BIMTECH provides every
facility to make each of them 'shining stars in the
Indian business firmament'. Dr. Chaturvedi also
emphasized that the strength of BIMTECH lies in the
diversity among faculty as well as student fraternity.
BIMTECH celebrates this diversity through various
festivals round the year. He emphasized that BIMTECH
is not an owner-driven but faculty and student driven
college which started its journey in 1980. In its
glorious 29 years, BIMTECH now boasts of nearly
6,500 successful alumni and partnerships with more
than 65 foreign Universities and B-schools.
The Chief Guest, Dr. Anil Sahasrabudhe, addressed the
new students, their guardians and the BIMTECH
fraternity on the theme “Innovation and
Entrepreneurship”. He drew attention to the fact that
India is, unfortunately, lagging far behind other
countries in its Innovation Index. He greatly
appreciated the endeavours of BIMTECH and reposed
faith in the institute in grooming entrepreneurs and
thought leaders for the nation. He expected the new
batch to play a key role in not only institution
building but also nation building. He later discussed
several concerns related to management education
posed by students through a Q/A session.
Delivering the 29th Commencement Address, Dr. Anil
Sahasrabuddhe apprised the audience of several
schemes of the Government of India like the Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan, Make in India and several others
which are actually good entrepreneurial
opportunities. He also mentioned that AICTE has
constituted a committee to create a system where
credits can be given to students who devote time in
creating new ventures, apart from their time in the
classrooms to make the environment conducive for
innovation.
He laid special emphasis on the importance of
communication skills, sound values and multitasking
and encouraged the students to join various clubs to
get the life skills necessary for success. He also
mentioned how challenging it was to keep the
students engaged in the classrooms in the era of
disruptive technology.
To encourage cross pollination and global interaction
of ideas, he urged academic fraternity to engage in
the GIAN project of the Ministry of Human Resource
Development, which funds public institutions to invite
foreign faculties for knowledge upgradation as well as
give a global projection to the institute.
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Dr. Sahasrabudhe emphasized on giving more freedom to the young
students, so that they could come out with innovative ideas. In that
context he mentioned the experiment that he had carried out in the
College of Engineering, Pune, where he had been as the Director. He
said that students were given the freedom to work beyond the
normal working hours in the labs and libraries. The net result was
students coming out with satellite project proposal which was later
accepted by ISRO, which is now ready for launch.
If we work in the direction of national
and social interest, personal development
will occur automatically. It is very
important to cooperate with each other
and include human values inculcation in
education. We are part of the world's
fastest economy. Make yourself worthy
of the employer. Rather than being job
seekers, become Job creators.
Dr. Anil Sahasrabudhe
Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education
(AICTE)
In keeping with the theme of the evening, it was an opportune
moment for Centre of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development
(CIED) of BIMTECH to release its Annual Report 2015-16 at the hands
of the dignitaries. Speaking on the release Dr. Abha Rishi, Head CIED
said that "When we look back at any year, a number of key events
and themes seem to stand out and define it. Learning lessons from
the past is the key to improvement. This means engaging
meaningfully with stakeholders and giving them a voice with a range
of feedback mechanisms. It is with this context in mind, that the CIED
published its Annual Report of 2015-16. The Report is an attempt to
reach out and inform all about the activities pursued in the Centre
for enhancing the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Institute and the
wider environs of Greater Noida." The event ended with the
customary Vote of Thanks by Dr. Anupam Varma, Dy. Director,
BIMTECH followed by singing of the National Anthem.
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29 ORIENTATION DAY FUNCTION
‘PANCHTANTRA’ FORMULA FOR SUCCESS GIVEN BY INDUSTRY STALWARTS
On June 18, 2016, Saturday, a galaxy of stars from the
industry and the faculty led by our Director,
Dr. H. Chaturvedi were on hand to lend substance as
well as glitter to the full day Orientation Program in
BIMTECH campus. He gave a very succinct speech on
pursuing ‘Excellence With Values’. He brought in many
analogies drawn from world history. ]
The Keynote address was given by Ms. Ritu Grover,
Head, Knowledge Management, KPMG, a thought
leader on the subject. She drew extensively from her
distinguished career to put across the concept of the
fast changing nature of knowledge which now resided
everywhere. She suggested how this could be
harnessed and preserved across generations. She
commended the five important tenets which students
should remember: values, right skill sets, right
attitude, hard work and continuous learning. Values,
both the speakers emphasized, should be the bedrock
of the lives of all management graduates, which
would help them achieve excellence in all their
endeavours.
The next session moderated by Prof. Abha Rishi was
on “Expectations for Your Success in Diverse Domains”
in which Dr. Anupam Varma, Dr. Jagdish Shettigar,
Prof. K. K. Sinha, and Dr. A. K. Dey gave comprehensive
guidelines to students on the importance of pursuing
high academic performance, the role of hard work
and smart work, the need for sticking to values and
the importance of well informed self-expression, after
absorbing the “how to think skills” acquired in the
campus.
The following session was on “Understanding the
Corporate Perspective – What Corporates Expect from
Management Graduates” was moderated by Prof. R. J.
Masilamani, Senior Professor. It turned out to be the
star event of the day’s program. Students had the
benefit of brilliant expositions from Ms. Aayezah
Jameel, Entrepreneur, Creator & Principal Consultant,
Rich Image Consultancy & Studio, Mr. Neeraj Gupta,
Global Service Line Leader – Compliance &
Regulatory, IBM Corporation, Mr. N. N. Sen Gupta,
Deputy Director, ICAI, Mr. Abhishek Gautam (Vice
President Sales), Idea Cellular and Mr. Prashant
Pandey, Country Manager, Right Management (India).
The common running theme of the ‘gyan transfer’ by
all experts was about values and the right attitude,
which alone would ensure lasting success for students
in their studies and career. The pre-lunch session was
compered by Prof. Dr. Pooja Mishra.
Post-lunch the students learnt more about “Life @
BIMTECH”. Prof. A. K. Malhotra, Prof. Kamal Kalra,
Dr. Manosi Chaudhuri, and Dr. Rishi Tiwari, gave a
birds eye view of the various opportunities available
to students in the campus and how to optimise these.
The session was moderated by Prof. K. K. Krishnan.
The event concluded with Quiz Crazy BIMTECHians
(QCB)-BIMTECH’s quizing club evangelists led by
Research Associates Mr. Amarendar Pandey, Mr. Abhijit
Lele and alumnus and live wire quizzer Mr. Uday Bhan
Singh. It proved to be the most joyous segment of the
event.
A very happy, fit and proper ending to the first day in
the lives of the 29th batch BIMTECHians in the campus
at Greater Noida!
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Understanding the Programme
& It’s Orientation
PGDM
Batch 2016-18
The key of course for success is engagement- to
engage with counterparts all over the world and
to be able to engage successfully you have to
know more about the culture, about the people
of your foreign partners. So, hopefully for students
of International Business, while studying all the
theoretical aspects, the economical aspects, the
money aspect of business, you will also have time
to know more about culture and people that you
will be meeting later in practice of your field of
study.
Mr. Rizali W Indrakesuma
Ambassador of Republic of Indonesia to India
An area wise Orientation programme was also organized
during Deeksharambh on June 19, 2016 for the 2016-18
Batch by each centers- Center for Business Management
(CBM), Center for International Business and Policy (CIBP),
Center for Insurance and Risk Management (CIRM), as well
as Center for Retail Management (CRM). The focus of the
day was sharing with the new students the objectives of the
Course, course curriculum, and expectation from the
students. It elicited unique experience for the new batch of
aspiring managers of PGDM (16-18) batch. They had mixed
feelings of anxiety and happiness when they joined
BIMTECH to fulfill their dreams and goals, but as they
successfully rolled through orientation programme they
seemed to have gained confidence prepared to 'work that
extra mile' and 'make a difference'. Each area introduced its
faculty to the new batch of students, who later also got to
introduce themselves to the area. While CBM called it
“Parichay 2016”, CIBP called the icebreaking “Knowing Your
Centre”. To provide the students with a good overview of
the industry, all areas organised special lectures by industry
experts.
CBM invited Mr. Pankaj Dubey (MD, Polaris India Ltd.)
and Mr. Yogesh Bansal (Founder & CEO
apnacircle.com) who made students aware of the
significance of building a sense of ownership for their
career and future aspirations. After the two success
stories, the students had an interactive session with
Dr. M Chandra Sekhar (CEO & Master Trainer).
CIBP arranged a panel discussion by some reputed
industry experts on “Challenges for International
Business Professionals”. Panelists were Mr. Rajiv Bajaj,
Company Secretary & Associate Director – Finance,
Panasonic AVC Networks India Co Ltd., Noida and Mr.
Ajay Dewangan, Head H R, Yamaha India Motors Ltd.
Lots of insights were provided by the guests to
students about how to utilize the two years of their
programme effectively. The highlight of CIBP was the
session taken by the eminent diplomat – Ambassador
of Indonesia, Mr. Rizali W Indrakesuma and Prof. Dr.
Iwan Pranoto, Education and Cultural Attache of
Indonesia, along with Mr. S.C. Pradhan, Senior
Economic Advisor at South African High Commission,
New Delhi. The Ambassadors made a brief
presentation on the Trade & Commerce. They very
well highlighted the trade practices of Indonesia and
India, as well as the nuances of doing business with
various countries of Africa.
CIRM arranged sessions with Mr. Dipankar Saikia,
Mr. Manish Mishra and Ms. Regina Nitin of BYR
Insurance Brokers Pvt Ltd., Mr. Gurmeet Singh- IffcoTokio Gen. Ins.Co. Ltd., and Mr. Yogendar Bajpai- HDFC
Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Through these sessions
students realised the requirement of the recruiters
and current status of Insurance Industry.
CRM invited Mr. Anurag Sharma, AVP, Fashion and You,
who briefly shared the retail sector statistics, growth
prospects and possibilities and highlighted the
positive growth of the industry in coming years.
Students were able to clear doubts on subjects like:
career prospects for fresher’s in retail, salient do’s and
don’ts for, On Job Training and Short term projects,
skill sets required in front end and back end,
Importance of summer internship and growth and
uncertainty with respect to brick and mortar stores
and e- commerce. The areas also fostered Alumni
connect through Q/A sessions on the opportunities
and challenges faced in the sectors and living and
learning at BIMTECH. Very importantly, they talked
about why each Area is so different from any usual
MBA/PGDM and how their career options have
widened after pursuing the course from BIMTECH.
Students were made to understand the value of
networking, learning beyond classroom and its
importance to create the competitive advantage
CIBP and CRM ensured that the students got an
overview of the CSR initiatives of BIMTECH. CIBP also
organized fun events like a quiz and an Ice Breaking
game for the new entrants. The enriching experience
of the three day orientation programme facilitated
students with an opportunity to meet their batch
mates and also acquainted them to the new age
academic environment. The students were beautifully
made aware of opportunities to be socially integrated
into the college culture and at the same time were
given a strong overview of academic expectations.
The 29th BATCH (2016-18)
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REGIONAL DIVERSITY
GRADUATION STREAM
B.A.
3
3%
JAMMU & KASHMIR
B.Sc.
Any Other
5%
3%
2
HIMACHAL
PRADESH
4
16
CHANDIGARH
7
PUNJAB
UTTARAKHAND
30
HARYANA
79
DELHI
106
33
UTTAR PRADESH
RAJASTHAN
8
ASSAM
19
BIHAR
JHARKHAND
22
5
GUJARAT
15
MADHYA PRADESH
3
11
WEST BENGAL
H
AR
ISG
TT
HA
My Deeksharambh
Moment
4
C
ORISSA
14
MAHARASHTRA
5
TELANGANA
8
1
ANDHRA
PRADESH
Goa
“We belong to Karnataka which has several prestigious management institutions. Inspite of that,
my daughter felt keen to pursue her professional degree from BIMTECH. We heard a lot about
BIMTECH through prospectus and social media. We are very much impressed by the facilities that
have been provided here; and trust that the nurturing that would be given to the students would
certainly help them excel not only in their professional career but also their social lives."
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KARNATAKA
1
7
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR
TAMIL NADU
24
KERALA
Mr. Nagendran from Mangalore, Karnataka
Parent of a PGDM student
PROFESSIONAL DIVERSITY
74
Mr. Faisal Zia
PGDM-IB (2016-18)
38
9
IT
“I've been in BIMTECH for a little more than a week now, and already I feel part of something
bigger than myself…or to some extent, bigger than just a college. It feels like an institute where I
HAVE to grow (and God knows I have a lot of growing up to do still), but even the initial few days
here have been have changed my answer to the aforementioned question. Slowly my definition of life
and my expectations from future seems to be changing. It’s not just about looking cool or “suiting up” anymore. Its
about being the well rounded social animal that one needs to be to survive in the over competitive world out there”.
OTHERS
11
“The orientation program was a basketful of new experiences, new ideas and a completely new
and exciting welcome to the business world. Along with the general orientation events ,stream
based orientation was much more enthusiasting which made me confident enough of my choice
of MBA and specifically the selection of core stream. Overall the event made me more oriented
and I was fully armed with the energy to start one of the most exciting era of my career.”.
10
3
BANKING &
ENGINEERING/
FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRIAL
RETAIL/FMCG
3
AUTOMOBILE
GRAND TOTAL
Ms. Aditi Kumari
PGDM (2016-18)
BIMTECH @ National Event of EPSI
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“Private Institutions should partner with
government in improving access, transparency
and quality of higher education.
EPSI should keep away from institutions which
are compromising with students’ interest for
the sake of commercial benefits, thus, bringing
disrepute to the entire higher education sector.”
EPSI’s National Conference on
“Reforming & Rejuvenating
India’s Higher Education”
Smt. Smriti Irani,
The then Hon'ble HRD Minister, Govt. of India
ducation Promotion Society for India (EPSI)
organized a National Conference on the theme of
“Reforming & Rejuvenating India’s Higher
Education” at New Delhi on May 18, 2016. Smt Smriti
Irani, the then HRD Minister was the Chief Guest. The
conference was also attended by
Shri Venkaiah Naidu, the Union Minister for Urban
Development and several other renowned
educationists. In her inaugural address, Smt. Smriti Irani
urged the private educational institutions to collaborate
with government in improving access, transparency and
quality of higher education in India. She announced a
series of new initiatives by her ministry to help students
with quality academic content and other support. Smt.
Irani invited private institutions to participate in
government’s Unnat Bharat program under which
premier educational institutions such as IIMs & IITs are
adopting neighboring villages and revamping their
educational system.
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that has 500 courses to begin with.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. G. Viswanathan, President,
EPSI highlighted several issues which bedevil India’s
higher education system. Among them are issues
pertaining to regulation, ranking and quality assurance,
which are being taken seriously by the government
through bodies like NAAC. With the growth of a large
number of private institutions and universities, there is
also increased demand for improved regularization and
supervision. Through this platform, he said that EPSI aims
to provide an interface between policymakers and
education providers to arrive at a common minimum
agenda for reform. He also assured the minister that all
members of EPSI will extend full support to the ministry
in all their initiatives and suggestions made by her during
the conference. He also said that EPSI is committed
towards improving the accessibility, transparency and
quality of higher education in India and will be leaving no
stone unturned to ensure the same.
While sharing about the initiatives of MHRD to enhance
the use of technology in higher education, she
announced that MHRD would be launching Bharat Vani
App on May 25, 2016, which will provide the students
with higher education study material in 22 different
languages. It intends to provide access to the same
content in 100 non-scheduled and tribal languages, for
greater reach and accessibility. She also spoke about
the innovative mobile app and portal, IIT Pal, which
would provide the engineering aspirants with IIT
question papers of last 50 years to all the students
across the country.
Dr. H. Chaturvedi, Alternate President, EPSI & Director,
BIMTECH delivered the Keynote Address which captured
the salient points of the Theme Paper authored by him.
He reiterated that if the Indian Higher Education is not
reformed and rejuvenated in an expeditious manner there
will be several threats to the sector. He said the dangers
facing the Indian Higher Education are currently not
visible but are quite real and will have severe
consequences. Dr. H. Chaturvedi opined that the success
of Make-in-India, Digital India, Start up India and 100
Smart Cities, will also require that we remove all kinds of
redundancies and obsolescence from our colleges and
universities.
The minister also urged that the EPSI should keep away
from institutions which are compromising with
students’ interest for the sake of commercial benefits,
thus, bringing disrepute to the entire higher education
sector. Further, asking for participation of private
institutions she talked about expansion of the MOOC
(massive open online course) platform named SWAYAM
The EPSI’s National Conference ended with a Valedictory
Address by Hon’ble Minister Urban Development
Shri Venkaiah Naidu. The conference saw rich
participation from a large number of eminent
academicians, chancellors, vice-chancellors, directors,
principals, faculty and media persons. BIMTECH was
actively involved in organizing this Conference.
BIMTECH @ National Event
BIMTECH
Partners with NHRDN
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in the 3 CEO Conclave
Ltd., Dr. Anish Shah of Mahindra Group, Mr. Saugata Gupta,
MD & CEO of Marico, Mr. Amarjit Batra, MD & CEO of OLX,
Mr. Ramesh Iyer, Vice Chairman & Managing Director of
Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd., Mr.
Sudhanshu Vats, CEO of Viacom 18, Mr. S Padmanabhan,
Executive Chairman, Tata Business Excellence Group, Mr.
Santosh Desai, Managing Director & CEO, Futurebrands
India Ltd., Mr. S Varadarajan, CMD of BPCL and many others.
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HRDN CEO CONCLAVE - The Third Edition was
held on June 15, 2016 at Parel, Mumbai. BIMTECH,
as in the past editions, was the Academic Partner
for the event. The theme of the conclave was “Simplifying
Complex Realities: Scripting the Way Forward”. Many
thought leaders and marquee names from industry
participated in the function and deliberated on the four
sub-themes - Strategy, Customer, Talent and Boundary
management. Prof. K. K. Krishnan, Chairperson, Centre for
Corporate Relations, BIMTECH represented the institute in
the conclave and had interaction with many of the
distinguished participants.
Among those who shared their insights and experience in
the meet were Mr. Adil Malia of Essar Group, Ms. Sonu Iyer
of EY, Mr. Pankaj Bansal, Founder and CEO of People Strong,
Mr. V. Vaidyanathan, Founder & Chairman of Capital First
A booklet captioned BIMTECH which gives a brief outline of
the programmes and facilities at BIMTECH was circulated by
the organizers which evoked interest among the conclave
representatives. Other notable publications released in the
conclave was the Study of “Megatrends Shaping 2016 and
Beyond” by E&Y, who incidentally, were among the
facilitators of the event.
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SEWA’s National Farmers’ Forum Meeting Held
BIMTECH hosted the Two-day conference of “National
Farmers Forum India MTCP2” at its Greater Noida
campus on April 27, 2016.
Dr. H. Chaturvedi, Director, inaugurated the All India
National Farmers Forum organized by SEWA which
was attended by about 40 farmers’ representatives
from all corners of the country.
BIMTECH was happy to host India’s oldest NGO,
SEWA-with whom it has an MoU for a two-day
conference of “National Farmers Forum India MTCP2”.
In his inaugural address, Dr. Chaturvedi highlighted
the plight of farmers across India who were not
getting a fair deal because of various reasons.
The traditional farming practices and inherited wisdom of farmers were being ignored. Agriculture continues to be the
victim of the vagaries of nature. He commended the various initiatives being taken by SEWA to train and skill the farmers
and also for modernizing farm practices without displacing labour. He was happy that SEWA has also been building an
eco system covering the entire life needs of agricultural families to make them, especially women, more self-sufficient.
The mega trends covered included the following (i)
industry redefined (ii) the future of smart (iii) the future of
work (iv) behavioral revolution (v) empowered customer (vi)
urban world (vii) health reimagined and (viii)resourceful
planet.
In all 27 participants and 9 Field Officers from 14 states of India participated in the two day workshop. Among the items
discussed were the action plan for 2016 focusing on the need for strategic interventions and capacity building initiatives.
One of the highlights of the two- day workshop was the discussion on the “Impact of Climate on Agriculture” in which
one of the senior insurance alumni of BIMTECH, Mr. Rishi Raj Vashishth from Skymet anchored a lively and insightful
debate which lasted nearly for three hours and which saw spirited participation.
Mr. S. Varadarajan, CMD, BPCL, Mr. Aditya Ghosh, President
& CEO, INDIGO, Ms. Mallika Srinivasan, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, TAFE, Mr. Manish Sabharwal, Chairman,
TeamLease, Mr. N. K. Chaudhary, CMD, Jaipur Rugs and
Mr. Santosh Desai, Managing Director & CEO, Futurebrands
India Ltd. were honoured and presented with the People
CEO Awards for their distinguished contribution to industry.
In the final segment of the workshop, Dr. Rishi Tiwari and Prof. Saloni Sinha of BIMTECH made a presentation on the
exemplary work being done in a BIMTECHs sponsored initiative for skilling of girl children in a nearby village entitled
“Protsahan Chiraiyya” (in the revered memory of one of BIMTECH’s founders, late Dr. Smt. Sarla Birla). SEWA agreed in
principle to render training assistance to women volunteers selected from the villages who will be sent to the SEWA
headquarters at Ahmedabad for strengthening the project. This SEWA initiative had the backing of the UN body IFAD and
other South Asian and Swiss organizations. Ms. Chhayaben Bhavsar and Ms. Smita Bhatnagar, executives from SEWA
guided and conducted the sessions with great enthusiasm. Prof. Monika Mittal (CIRM) proposed a vote of thanks at the
end of the national meet.
Dr. H. Chaturvedi addresses the
3rd India Education Summit of Business World
he 3rd India Education Summit 2016 was organized
on 30 June, 2016 by Business World, a leading
business magazine at Hotel The Grand, New Delhi.
The summit was attended by eminent educationists from
all over the country. A panel discussion on the topic of
“Future of Higher Education: Chancellors' Views” was
organized in the summit. Dr. Anil Sahasrabudhe,
Chairman, AICTE presided and moderated the panel
discussion. Dr. H. Chaturvedi, Director, BIMTECH was
invited as a panelist along with other noted academicians
like Prof. M. Jagdish Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Jawahar Lal
Nehru University, New Delhi, Prof. P.B. Sharma, Vice
Chancellor, Amity University, Gurgaon and Dr. N.C.
Wadhwa, Vice Chancellor, Manav Rachna International
University, Faridabad.
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Dr. H. Chaturvedi addresses the
National Seminar on “Current Economic Scenario”
UDAIPUR
Dr. H. Chaturvedi, Director, BIMTECH visited M L Sukhadia University
(MLSU) on June 10-11, 2016 to participate in the felicitation ceremony
organised in the honour of Dr. I. V. Trivedi, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor,
MLSU, on successful culmination of his 2nd term as VC. A National
Seminar on “Current Economic Scenario” was also organized there
during which Dr. Chaturvedi was one of the key speakers. Mrs. Margrat
Alva, Former Union Minister and Governor of Rajasthan & Uttarakhand
was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Dr. B. L. Mungekar, Ex-VC of
University of Mumbai and Dr. R D Sharma, VC, Jammu University were the
prominent speakers in the seminar. MLSU is a leading public university of
Rajasthan, which is accredited with Grade A by NAAC. BIMTECH is a
partner of MLSU and has been conducting their Ph.D. Program since
2008.
Stakeholders’ Perspective
Industry Academia Advisory Council Meeting
Participation by 66 Corporate Leaders
13| Aug. - Sep.
H.E. Elizabeth Napeyok,
The High Commissioner of Uganda
I have learnt the skills that the Industry is giving to the students. And I would
like my country to partner with BIMTECH so that we can also impart the same
skills in Uganda. The Institute of International Trade actually should be built
in my country. And I would like to thank the Government of India for this
offer. I think together we can partner so that our economies would improve
with the skills that our young people are acquiring across the globe.
The Industry Academia Think Tank
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n an endeavour to become industry relevant BIMTECH
organizes Industry Academia Advisory Council Meeting for
each of its programmes annually. Several stalwarts from
industry, as well as many thought leaders who drive business
education, are invited every year to interact with faculty
members of the areas on the latest developments and future
vision of the industries. The deliberations help in revamping
the curriculum according to the need of the Industry. This
effort is to make our students more job fit and acquire relevant
skills during their management education. This year, Industry
Academia Council Meeting of Centre for Business Management,
Centre for International Business and Policy, Centre for Retail
Management and Centre for Insurance and Risk Management
was held on April 16, 2016 at BIMTECH Greater Noida campus.
To familiarize the dignitaries with BIMTECH, the Centers began
the meeting by showcasing the BIMTECH corporate film. It was
followed by a presentation of Annual Performance reports of
the Centres. The Centres also presented Action Taken Report
of the previous Council Meeting and shared updates on
implementation of GMAC REFLECT, conducting of Seminars,
Workshops, Panel discussions etc. to build student
competencies round the year. The rich discussions centered
around review of course curriculum, bridging the gap between
industry expectations and students readiness, how to bring
industry practices into the class room; and improving industryinstitute engagement.
Centre for Business Management (CBM) witnessed
deliberations which carried high quality academic inputs by all
the experts, primarily focused on augmenting business
education to new dimension. The focus on building business
acumen by further enriching courses on analytics, social media,
negotiation, pricing, services, manufacturing and dynamics of
business communication were the highlights of this meeting.
The experts emphasized on inculcating right business
etiquettes in every student to make them ready for the
industry.
Centre for Insurance & Risk Management (CIRM) had
enriching discussions with Industry experts from various
renowned companies and all sectors. The CIRM faculty
discussed in detail the emerging trends, changing technology
and developments taking place in the market. Detailed
discussions took place on 25 technical papers of Life insurance,
non life insurance, health insurance, information technology,
reinsurance and brokerage offered as a part of the CIRM
programme. Distinguished experts gave valuable suggestions
for the revision and improvements of selected papers. The
panel reiterated that the focus should be on the emerging
areas like liability insurance and data analytics.
Centre for International Business and Policy (CIBP)
emphasized on enhancing the global reach of the course. The
CIBP Council comprised of Ambassadors of Embassies, VPs,
GMs, CxOs of top companies into international business and
senior Academicians in the area of international business and
trade as the members of the Council. The Council had rich
representation from twenty five members from the Embassies,
IT, Retail, Electronics & Consumer Durables, Investment &
Banking, Operations & Manufacturing, Service Industry,
Government organizations and academics.
Centre for Retail Management (CRM) Industry Academia
Council members were requested to provide their inputs for
the existing Course Curriculum. The aim of the meeting was to
be able to improve Industry- Institute Engagement, and bridge
the gap between industry expectations and student readiness.
The Centre did receive valuable inputs from both internal and
external experts. The recommendation by the Centre to
introduce a new course on Retail Analytics was highly
appreciated and approved by the industry experts. In addition
the industry experts also suggested a couple of relevant Retail
industry related topics which could be introduced in various
courses.
Overall the sessions facilitated BIMTECH vision of high quality
and relevant business education. Leaders from corporate were
very kind to extend their full support in terms of projects,
internships and guest lectures for the students and faculties.
Even tie ups with foreign land universities came up in
discussions by the Ambassadors of different countries in terms
of faculty and students exchange, joint research and
consultancy projects. Industry-Academia Council meet proved
to be very fruitful and it paved path for future growth of
BIMTECH in terms of curriculum, tie-ups with industry and
academia, bringing industry practices into the classroom and
opportunities for research, training and consultancy.
Centre for Business Management
Centre for International Business & Policy
Mr. Alok Gupta, Chairman & MD Pyramid Cyber Security & Forensic
(P) Limited
Mr. Anil Bhargava, Vice Chairman & Group Director Corporate
Affairs, Avantha Power & Group
Mr. Ajit Jha, Director, Corporate Affairs & Communications, SAB
Miller India
Mr. Arshit Pathak, Director, PCH Group of Companies
Mr. Deepak Bharara, CHRO, Lanco Infratrech Ltd.
Mr. Himanshu Agarwal, Vice -President & Global CFO,
Huhtamaki
Mr. J K Jain, Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer,
DCM Shriram Ltd.
Mr. Lakshmanan Ravi, Adviser, GMR
Mr. Pankaj Dubey, MD, Indian Motorcycles
Mr. Pradeep Agrawal, Chair Professor of Economics & Head, RBI
Chair Unit Institute of Economic Growth
Mr. P. Balaji, Director-Regulatory, External Affairs and CSR,
Vodafone India
Mr. Rakesh Bhartia, President & CEO, Indian Chemical Council India
Glycols Limited
Mr. Rajiv Srivastava, Managing Director, HP Inc. India
Mr. Rachana Panda, Chief Communications Officer & Citizenship
Leader, GE South Asia
Mr.Sunil Pahilajani, MD & CEO, Greaves Cotton Ltd
Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Managing Director & India Lead for Advanced
Analytics, Accenture Digital
Mr. Sandeep Tyagi, Director HR, Samsung India
Mr. Sanjiva Shanker Dubey, IT Industry Professional, Author, SSD
Consulting
Mr. Shantanu Das Gupta, Vice President, Corporate Affairs &
Strategy, Asia South Whirlpool of India
Dr. S.K Mahapatra, President Human Resource, Lalit Power
Generation Company Ltd (Bajaj Group)
Mr. Tanuj Singh, Head-Global Alliance & Marketing, Birla Soft
Mr. Vivek Kamra, President-India, JK Tyre & Industries Ltd
Mr. V. Sridhar, Sr. Vice President and Director
(Manufacturing), Honda Motor Cycle and Scooter Pvt Ltd
H.E. Asfaw Dingamo, Ambassador Embassy of Federal Democratic,
Republic of Ethiopia
H.E. Elizabeth Napeyok, High Commissioner, Uganda High
Commission
H.E. Lars-Olof Lindgren, Special Advisor to the President & CEO,
SAAB
H.E. Ton Sinh Thanh, Ambassador Embassy of the Socialist Republic
of Vietnam
H.E. Mohamed Ali Osman, Counsellor Education Kenya High
Commission
Mr. Ajay K Agarwal, Director-Operations Nokia Corporation
Mr. Amritpal S Bedi, Country - Supply Chain Head
Johnson S C
Mr. Anil Gupta, VP Apps & Platform Strategy, DataWind Innovation
Mr. Animesh Gupta, President – Commercial, Gulf Ispat
Mr. Arbind Prasad, Director General, FICCI
Mr. Avinash Arora, Director - Supply Chain Management,
New Holland Tractors P Ltd.
Prof. Cherian George, Professor & Head – MDP Cell, Jagan Institute
of Management Studies
Mr. G. C. Mondal, Director - Finance & Co. Secretary, IDFC
Foundation
Mr. Jaydip Sinha, Managing Director, Madison Street Capital India
Pvt Ltd
Mr. M.R. Rajaram, Advisor, Akzo Nobel India
Mr. Nirmal Sinha, CMD, The Handicrafts & Handlooms Exports
Corporation of India Ltd.
Mr. Pranav Kumar, Director & Head, International Trade
Confederation of Indian Industry
Mr. Praveen Tandon, Head- Exports & Business (Consumer
Durables), LG Electronics
Dr. R.M. Joshi, Professor & Chairperson, Indian Institute of Foreign
Trade
Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Sr. President, Sonalika Tractors
Mr. Rajiv Wahi, Head-International Business, Escorts Agri Machinery
Mr. Ramesh Krishnan, President Distribution, Logistics,
Infrastructure Ltd.
Dr. S. P. Sharma, Chief Economist & Head of Research, PHD
Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Mr. Suprio Bose, Managing Director, Catalonia Trade & Investment
Mr. Vijendra G. Gupta, Senior Associate Vice President - Spare Parts
& International Business, Eicher Tractors
Centre for Insurance and Risk Management
Mr. Amit Kalra, Senior Vice President- Swiss Re
Mr. Pankaj Tomar, COO, Hanover Re
Mr. Sudip Indani, Sr. VP, Almondz Insurance Broker
Mr. Praveen Vashishta, CEO, Howden Insurance Broker
Mr. Rajan Walia, VP, Marsh Insurance Broker
Mr .Manoj Sharma, SVP Shared Services, Xceedance
Mr Ramesh Kumar, Executive Vice President, IFFCO-TOKIO General
Insurance
Mr. Sagar Sanyal, Consultant
Mr. Suresh B, Consultant
Mr. Sainesh Dhar, India Head-CII, London
Mr. Manish Govil, SRGInsurtech
Ms. Reeja Chacko, AVP & Underwriter, Max life Insurance
Mr. Rajagopal Rudraraju, VP, Apollo Munich Insurance
Centre for Retail Management
Mr. Anurag Sharma, Fashion & You, AVP, Sales and Sourcing
Mr. Tarun Vashistha, Group Manager, Pantaloons ABFRL
Ms. Charu Goel, Head- Buying and Merchandising, West Wind Retail
Mr. Annu Grover, Green Evangelist-MD, Nurturing Green
Mr. Vivin Wason, Senior Brand Consultant, Brands of Desire
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15| Aug. - Sep.
International Affairs Update
International Case Competition
Students from BIMTECH and Wake Forest University (WFU), USA participated
in international case competition organized jointly by BIMTECH and WFU at
BIMTECH’s Greater Noida campus 18th May. Each team comprised of
students from BIMTECH and WFU who collaborated through online medium
to work on the HR and cyber security scenario presented to them by IBM.
The team members met their counterparts for the first time on May 18 and
presented their recommendations to the judges. The team recommendations
were judged by Mr. Neeraj Gupta- Global Head Compliance & Regulatory at
IBM; Prof Roger Beahm- Professor of Marketing at WFU; Prof K K Krishnan,
Prof A V Shukla and Prof Nimisha Singh from BIMTECH. Two winning teams
were awarded trophies at the award ceremony held at Taj Mahal Hotel New
Delhi.
S
ocial Enterprise Education program (SEEP) is an initiative
to build collaborative partnerships facilitating
opportunities to students and faculty in India and the
UK. The aim of SEEP is to promote social enterprise ecosystem
and create platforms for research and pilot projects within
educational institutions. This will support institutions from
both the countries to work together in creating material for
students' planning to take up Social Enterprise as a career.
From BIMTECH, Dr. Rahul Singh and Dr. Abha Rishi are working
on this project.
This is a partnership programme that supports collaboration
between the UK and Indian academic institutions by providing
grant for mobility and project activities. The primary purpose
is to build social enterprise ecosystem in Education systems
and to strengthen policy and practice of embedding social
enterprise in the curricula of higher educational institutions in
India and the United Kingdom. The concept is to create a
Social enterprise network focused on higher education and a
collaboration supporting UK – India social enterprise network
that focuses on Higher Education and contributes to
development of the social enterprise ecosystem. The values of
the network should be around collaboration and sharing of
resources in order to reduce duplication and reach scale
quickly. The network aims to provide a clear voice within the
Indian social enterprise ecosystem and add credibility to
policy advocacy endeavours. To do this project we have
partnered with Hull University, UK. The duration of this project
is for one year and is funded by the British Council to the tune
of 20 lacs.
Participants: Team1: Shuchi Jain; Mehar Kohli; Calem Butler; Ross Hartman
& Team2: Apoorv Binjola; Abhinav Thakur; Melissa Martin; Mandi Wiss;
Kendall Ponds.
Faculty Exchange to Uniglobe College,
Kathmandu, Nepal
Three faculty
members of Finance
Area of BIMTECHProf (Dr.) K. C. Arora,
Prof. Arindam
Banerjee and Prof.
Somonnoy Ghosh
visited Uniglobe
College (Affiliated to
Pokhara University),
Kathmandu, Nepal,
under faculty
exchange progam with SAARC nations for teaching three different
courses to a batch of MBA (Finance), Term IV between May 17 - June
15, 2016. They visited Uniglobe College which is managed by the
Professional Educators Ltd. Group. The other two colleges that they
visited belonged to the same group are Global College of
Management, Kathmandu, (affiliated to Tribhuvan University (TU)) and
Global College International, Kathmandu, affiliated to Shinawatra
Univ.-Thailand).
The BIMTECH faculty members had an opportunity to teach subjects
like Financial Institutions and Markets, International Financial
Management, and Operations and Service Management to Term IV
MBA Finance students of the institute. The team enjoyed the cool
weather along with the warm hospitality extended by Prof. Radhe
Shyam Pradhan, the group Chairman, Dr. Nar Bahadur Bista, Director,
and their colleagues. The management extended invitation to
BIMTECH faculty to visit next year as well, as their students could
connect very well with BIMTECH faculty.
British Council Project
on Social Enterprise Education
“Extensive class hours were
enthusiastically accepted by the
students who demonstrated good
tenacity and eagerness to learn. Their
performance in the course bears
testimony to this. Being MBA –Finance
course, the capability of students in
solving numerical problem was very
good. The remarkable thing was that
despite four earthquakes in seven
days.. I was intrigued by the
undeterred academic rigour accepted
by the students.”
Dr. K C Arora
Prof. & Head, Finance Area, BIMTECH
Prof. Yasmin Meralli, Professor and Director of CSS, Hull
University, UK visited BIMTECH to participate in the funded
research project on ‘Mainstreaming University - Social
Enterprise Ecosystem (MUSEE) - Creating socially responsible
knowledge, practices and graduates’ funded by the British
Council, India. This project will be managed jointly by Hull
University and BIMTECH professors with experiences and
academic work on both India and UK. The research project has
research objectives such as, addressing the tenets of social
enterprise ecosystem and university ecosystem to identify and
develop common space of intervention in university system,
developing academic and research interventions and suggest
systems for areas of action engagement and appreciative
engagement with a goal to mainstream the social enterprises
in the university education and researches influencing
scholars, students and multipliers, and engaging in extensive
dissemination of research outcomes during and on
completion of the research outcome as a champion of the
aims of the project.
The project expects to contribute in government policies and
initiatives, and to suggest university, college and training
institutions to devote resources and time in social enterprise
teaching and training module. It will help university leadership
in framing policy and schemes to integrate the aspects of
social enterprise teaching, research and incubation. It will help
the agencies and associations which are funding and
supporting universities on social enterprise teaching and
research.
The project work commenced during last few months and to
take stock of the progress, a sharing meeting with the ten
Indian partners was organized at IIT Madras, India on 14th
April 2016. Mr Richard Everitt, Director - Education and Society,
British Council India welcomed the participants and
highlighted the importance of SEEP for furthering UK-India
partnership endeavours, especially in social enterprise
education system. 1-2 Representatives from each Indian
partner institution made a presentation on a standard
template, shared with them beforehand. The presentations
were followed by clarifications, questions and observations by
all participants.
Dr. Rahul Singh and Dr. Abha RIshi also visited the University of
Hull, UK to continue the discussions for the continuation of the
proposed survey. The project will produce evidence based
input for policy recommendations to university leaders,
professors and students. It will begin with an assessment of
existing practices as benchmarks. This will be followed by a
scenario and need gap analysis to produce a framework within
which informed policy recommendations for a better university
ecosystem will be proposed. The project will use systems
thinking and social construction theories’ to conduct
workshops to integrate diverse stakeholders with different
viewpoints on a complex issue.
The beneficiaries of this project will be the educational
institutions and the society at large. Through this project, we
will be able to empower the educational curricula for the
students to become agents of change by helping universities
in guiding them through the experience of developing and
testing solutions for the problems the students care about
most.
Global Connect
ERASMUS + International Mobility Grant
BIMTECH received ERASMUS + International Mobility Grant in the academic
year 2015- 16 to promote student and staff mobility to Kozminski University.
Kozminski University has triple accreditation from EQUIS, AACSB & amp;
AMBA. Five students from BIMTECH received the grant to study a term at
Kozminski University. Under the mobility grant, Prof Nimisha Singh was
invited to attend the International Staff Week at Kozminski University from
May 9- 13, 2016. The Kozminski International Staff Week was attended by
over 40 university representatives from all parts of the world. The staff week
that focused on “managing the internationalization process” included
discussions and workshops on AACSB International, how to run project
ERASMUS + Non-EU successfully, how to create and promote good practices
in international exchanges, engagement of international students in
university activities, and internationalization of student’s curriculum.
Nominations Received from International Partners
for 2016-17
BIMTECH has received 27 nominations from ESC La Rochelle, France;
KEDGE Business School, France; NEOMA Business School, France;
ICESI, Colombia. The students will join BIMTECH in Trimester II
(September, 2016)
Global Citizenship Award, USA
Riddhi Bajaj, PGDM – RM (2014-16)
“The entire three months were an integrated learning experience for
me. The program transformed me to look upon things in a more
global way. From international perspective, I am a global leader now
who understands different cultures and see world as a family.
“The lead colloquium Friday classes” and “The Simpson Mineta
Leaders series”, explained about a lot of things: future choices,
mentorship programs and cultural differences. My goals that I had
before coming to TWC has broadened in terms of areas of interest and
more précised. After interning in Izar Capital as “financial analyst” and
meeting professionals from around the world, I realized the skills I
need for my dream job.
An imperative aspect of Washington D.C. is networking opportunities.
There are many networking events happening all over the city which
gives you chance to meet lot of people of your field and interest. You
can register free for the events and attend to listen to speakers of your
interest. You meet people in the events and have intellectual
interaction which makes you learn more about current topics and
issues. Also it gives you real time analysis on market situations from
experienced professionals.
I secured second position here at the Global festival where we all had
to represent our countries through a cultural performance and booth. I
also received the Global Citizenship Award for fostering the global
community here. It was a great honour to be part of this experience
and I thank BIMTECH and the Washington Centre for this opportunity.”
17| Aug. - Sep.
Nepalese Students
at BIMTECH Campus
B
IMTECH and Global College International
(GCI) have MoU for academic activities. A
group of 22 MBA students from Global
College International visited BIMTECH along with
their Program Manager, Mr. Manoj Kumar Bhatta.
The students visited India on Industrial Tour which is
a part of their curriculum. Students met with
BIMTECH director, Dr. H. Chaturvedi. Following that
two interactive sessions of Prof. K. K. Krishnan and
Prof. Abha Rishi were organized for the students.
Prof. K. K. Krishnan explained about the placement
process at BIMTECH and the measures taken to
make it effective. He also stressed upon the quality
that employers look for. Interactive session then
continued on the Indo-Nepal Economic relations.
Prof. Abha Rishi talked about creating a favorable environment for Innovation and Entrepreneurship on campuses. She
focused on the need of people who can be job givers rather than job seekers. She shared the activities of E-Cell at BIMTECH
that focus on developing entrepreneurial skills by enriching students with practical knowledge and giving opportunity to
students to learn by running their own stalls for five days in the campus. Prof. Abha Rishi formed 5 groups of the students
and asked them to come up with an innovative idea of setting up a new business. Then the proposed ideas of the respective
groups were given as business proposal to other groups and they were asked to come up with ideas of marketing the given
business proposal. All teams competed well and team number 5 won by scoring highest marks and won the prize.
Prof. N.N. Sharma speaks
at AIT, Bangkok
B
IMTECH was one of the collaborators of an event
organised by AIT Solutions- a consulting arm of Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok. The event was held
from May 8-14, 2016 at campus of AIT, Bangkok. The theme of
the event was “Collaboration for Innovation” and its purpose
was to showcase the consulting capabilities of AIT and
collaborators as well as provide a space for interaction between
experts and companies. There were various thematic areas
chosen for the event.
Prof. N.N. Sharma represented BIMTECH during the event and he
was also panelist for two sessions dealing with “CSR Scenario in
India “and “Policy framework for skill development in India”.
During his visit to Thailand, Prof. Sharma also had discussions
with office bearers of Indo – Thai Chamber of Commerce,
important members of Indian community, official of Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and
apprised them about various courses offered by the institute
and its activities and explored the possibility for collaboration.
Global Connect
19| Aug. - Sep.
Prof. K R Chari addresses the
th
7 International Conference
on Solid Waste held at Brazil
Mega Event
EXPONENTIAL INNOVATION
WORKSHOP
If you know the future . . . you can own it!
T
he Instituto Venturi, Porto Alegre, Brazil organized the 7th International
conference on Solid Waste during June 15-17, 2016. The inaugural panel
comprised experts from BRICS countries. Prof. K. R. Chari from Birla
Institute of Management Technology was invited as Indian expert on the
panel discussion. Also, Prof. Emeritus Surya Prakash Chandak from BIMTECH
was the moderator of the panel discussions. The other members on the panel
were Ms. Arlinda Cézar Matos from Brazil, Mariia Liubarskaia from Russia, Ms.
Hui Li from China and Ms. Linda Godfrey from South Africa. The deliberations
were on “Political, legal and technical framework for solid waste management
in the BRICS countries”.
VIVEK WADHWA
Distinguished Fellow and Professor
at Carnegie Mellon University’s
College of Engineering and a Director
of Research at Duke University’s Pratt
School of Engineering. Vivek has held
appointments at Stanford Law
School, Harvard Law School, and
Emory University and is a faculty
member at Singularity University.
The deliberations covered a wide range of issues like problems faced by
BRICS countries concerning the management of solid waste and the specific
approaches these countries have adopted to forward or address these
problems. As an output of this panel discussion, a joint document aimed at
cooperation between these countries on the issues raised was brought out.
Prof. Sunil Sangra visits US Universities
From the presentations and panel discussion, it became apparent that all of
the BRICS countries have sound political, legal and technical frameworks in
place to support integrated solid waste management, i.e. improved
management of waste, and the diversion of waste away from landfill towards
waste prevention, reuse, recycling and recovery. Policy and legislation is
typically based on a basic Constitutional right of citizens to a safe and healthy
environment.
Prof. Sunil Sangra, Professor of Strategy and Innovation, BIMTECH visited USA in the
summer of 2016 to build further relationships with leading institutions and academic
luminaries. Some of the strategic outcomes of his meetings were commitments made by
several acclaimed professors among whom was Mr. Vivek Wadhwa, Fellow at the Arthur
& Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford University, Silicon Valley;
Director of Research at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization
at the Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University; Distinguished Fellow at Singularity
University.
Since environmental benefits of improved waste management are often
insufficient a driver to raise the profile of waste management, these changes
in awareness in each of the countries, appears to have been driven by other
factors, such as social and economic benefits associated with integrated waste
management. The need for education and awareness remains a priority in all
of the BRICS countries, across civil society, business and government. In terms
of implementing alternative waste treatment technologies, while considerable
opportunity exists in all of the BRICS countries, it is clear that the
appropriateness of the technology for the specific country, region, city, or
waste type, must be carefully considered. It was educative to the extent that
all the countries in the BRICS group have extensive legislation and political
will to address the menace of environmental degradation.
The three day conference deliberated upon other important and
contemporary topics of interest like Role of the Municipalities in the
Implementation of the National Policy of Solid Waste with primary focus on
municipal waste; Issues and problems with packaging waste management
from the perspective of the Sectoral Agreement; Operationalization of
Reverse Logistics in the context of shared responsibility for the packages
contained in the dry fraction of MSW or equivalent; Partnership with
cooperatives, as well as the promotion of awareness campaigns in order to
raise consumer awareness about the correct separation and disposal of
packaging; as well as, techniques and technologies for treatment, disposal
and remediation of solid wastes etc. Some critical issues that were also
touched upon were Bulk drug and pharmaceutical waste management and
packaging from the perspective of the Sectoral Agreement including the role
of hospitals and clinics, Reverse Logistics of Promotional Banners (Fundo de
Quintal), Exchange of Technical and Management Practices in Scavengers
organizations among many others. The conference lay special emphasis on
the social aspects of waste management as an exchange of good
management practices.
BIMTECH has committed to be Organiser and Knowledge
Partner for a Two day 'Exponential Innovation' workshop in New
Delhi in October 14-15, 2016. Mr. Vivek Vadhwa has kindly
consented to conduct this workshop which is aimed at CEOs,
CXOs and other leaders of businesses, senior Government
officials and Academicians. This workshop will combine a series
of lectures and discussions to teach business executives about
the new paradigms of innovation and competitiveness—and
how to thrive in today’s era of exponentially advancing
technologies. It will teach them how to watch for convergence
and disruption and to think like the startups that are gunning
for their businesses.
Prof. Sunil Sangra
Professor,
Strategy and Innovation, BIMTECH
Dr. Rahul Singh visits FH Joanneum, Austria
In May 2016. Dr. Rahul Singh, Associate Professor, Strategic Management, visited FH Joanneum
University of Applied Sciences Graz, Austria on invitation of the university for seminar and
research project UNIQUE which is funded by European Union. Dr. Singh also visited Campus 02
University of Applied Sciences which is a school by Chamber of Commerce, Graz for a seminar
with professors and executive degree programme. Various meetings of Dr Singh with the
university and industry explore potential collaboration on academic activities.
“It has been generally and broadly felt
that unless each one of us commit
ourselves to take care of the
environment, the legislations and
systems alone cannot help. It is WE
who have to play our individual role at
personal and family levels by not at
least adding to the environmental
degradation, if not asking others to do
it.”
Prof. K R Chari
Professor, Operations Management, BIMTECH
Dr. Rahul Singh
Associate Professor
Strategic Management, BIMTECH
VC, Purbanchal University, Nepal
visits BIMTECH
Dr. Ghanshyam Das, Vice Chancellor, Dr. Shubh Narayan Pathak, Dean and Mr. Rajesh Kumar Jha of
Purbanchal University visited BIMTECH to propel and explore more avenues in academics. The
delegates had meeting with BIMTECH Director, Deputy Director, Registrar and other faculty.
BIMTECH and Purbanchal University will collaborate to develop Doctoral Program at Purbanchal
University. Proposal was put forward to develop Faculty Development Program for PU faculty
under the guidance of BIMTECH. Dr. G. N. Patel described the examination system of BIMTECH and
will extend assistance to PU for improving it. MoU between BIMTECH and PU was re-signed.
Dr. Ghanshyam Das
Vice Chancellor
Purbanchal University, Nepal
Global Connect
21| Aug. - Sep.
Internal Self Evaluation Report
Submitted to AACSB
- A Story of Courage, Conviction & Collective endeavours
Committees and Workshop
It was important to have a designated committee
responsible for the overall planning, preparation and
supervision of the iSER. For this purpose, BIMTECH AACSB
Committee (AACSB Committee) was set up and its role
was precisely notified. The membership was drawn from
faculty and staff fraternity. In order to bring clarity and
understanding of AACSB standards among faculty and
academic managers, a workshop was conducted on July
15, 2015. To achieve this objective, presentations by the
faculty and staff members on the 15 standards of AACSB
were arranged. Faculty Members, Research Scholars and
The task of drafting Strategic Plan took more than the planned
time. There were many rounds of meetings with senior
management team. Though the objective was to compile a
strategic plan, maintaining the momentum for implementing
the plan is arguably one of the crucial aspects for BIMTECH.
The iSER is expected to be self reflective and consider the
institution’s strengths, weaknesses, and achievements. Analysis
of institutional data against the institutional Vision, Mission
and Values (VMV) is pivotal in the process to ensure that the
self evaluation provides a comprehensive review of the
institution.
5:47 AM ... Calendar said May 31, 2016. One more milestone achieved.
BIMTECH had completed the second stage of AACSB Accreditation. The Director
expressed his exuberance on submission of Initial Self evaluation Report. The
message via ‘BIMTECH Faculty Official WhatsApp’ relating to submission of the
iSER was pleasant to the ears, understandable, of the BIMTECH fraternity. The iSER
had been submitted to the AACSB mentor as well as to the AACSB International
just on the target day. The first stage of accreditation was completed last year in
May 2015 when AACSB formally approved the eligibility application after rigorous
scrutiny and they nominated Prof. Fan Wang, Dean, Sun Yat-sen Business School,
China as our mentor. The work started during June 2015, but the management
went full-throttle in March 2016 when faculty fraternity was relatively free from the
regular teaching load. Normally international accreditation process demands a
dedicated effort of four-to-five years.
BIMTECH is committed to high-quality business and management education since
its inception. In 2008, PGDM programme offered by the institute was accredited by
National Board of Accreditation (NBA). NBA is the highest national accreditation
body under the Ministry of Human Resources Development. Last year NBA
accredited two of our flagship programmes upto 2020. We also initiated action for
international accreditation for the whole institute during the same time. Out of the
three known international accrediting bodies, Association to Advance Collegiate
Schools of Business (AACSB), the US based accrediting body, was short listed. As
the longest serving global body dedicated to advancing management education
worldwide, AACSB has accredited so far 761 of the world’s best business schools
across 52 countries and territories. BIMTECH management approved the proposal
for AACSB accreditation in early April 2015.
selected members of staff were required to make
presentations in small groups comprising of 3-4 members
each. In addition, one member of AACSB team acted as a
facilitator for each team. The brainstorming was
meaningful as became evident from the feedback
received from the participants. The workshop helped
faculty, research scholars and staff members to
understand the essence and complexity of AACSB
accreditation.
Timelines and Ownership
The AACSB committee was also responsible for sustaining
the interest of the members throughout the
implementation phase. One of the roles of the team was
to share interpretation of the AACSB standards, seek
cooperation within the faculty members and apprise
lessons learned. Based on the discussions, four important
policy frameworks as per AACSB accreditation process
were identified which could take considerable amount of
time. Though these frameworks were already in place but
the challenge was to make them robust. These four
frameworks namely (i) Faculty qualification, (ii) Assurance
of learning (iii) Intellectual contributions and (iv) Financial
management were formally documented and
implemented. Honest and transparent communication
helped in such an activity.
In addition to above, Gantt Chart was prepared for four
major tasks i.e. compilation of Strategic Plan 2016-20;
classification of faculty members as per the standards;
review of policy framework and compilation of iSER.
Fifteen teams were made responsible for completing the
activities enlisted in the Gantt Chart. At this juncture,
camous was abuzz with brainstorming sessions, meetings,
discussions and confrontations in most of the meeting
rooms earmarked for the purpose.
As the management is ultimately responsible for educational
quality and monitoring of institutional performance, AACSB
Committee plays a role of keeping the stakeholders in
BIMTECH updated on the progress of the self evaluation
process on a daily basis. In this direction, the intranet or the
NAT section on the Institute’s website proved to be an
effective resource for sharing information relevant for the iSER
process. The BIMTECH fraternity is able to access documents
relating to accreditation through this electronic repository
anytime.
As far as achieving the goals is concerned, commitment is the
key to ensure this. The Director of the Institute announced in
one of the meetings that iSER task has to be completed before
the target day even if the faculty members are required to
defer summer vacation by few days. With the support of the
BIMTECH fraternity, a 300 page self evaluation report was
finally ready for submission.
The process ensures high quality research by the faculty
members and promotes deeper relationship with other
reputed international institutes / universities. The recruiters
prefer the business schools accredited by AACSB, as the
accredited schools get international recognition.
BIMTECH is directing its energy to achieve the milestone by
2018. Everyone is passionate about its mission and values. The
accreditation process helps to channelize energy and
resources towards the attainment of mission. The fraternity is
confident that by 2018, BIMTECH would be one of the AACSB
accredited institutes in India.
Prof. A.K. Malhotra,
Convenor, AACSB Committee
Global Connect
23| Aug. - Sep.
Prof. Jodie Ferise,
University of Indianapolis, USA
International Yoga Day celebrated at BIMTECH
Teaches at BIMTECH
Stress Management Workshop
The HR Department of BIMTECH organised a Stress Management
Workshop for Academic and Campus Staff members on May 3,
2016. The objective of the two hour workshop was to rejuvenate
our staff with energy and stress – free mind.
s a part of Faculty Exchange, Centre for International
Affairs, BIMTECH invited Prof. Jodie Ferise, from
University of Indianapolis, USA to conduct sessions
on Business Communication and HR. In her six weeks stay,
Prof. Jodie is offering courses in Cross-Cultural Business
Communication & Leadership to students of PGDM, IB, IBM
and RM batch of 2016-18.
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from each group. For every situation, the opinion of each
group was somewhat the same, with certain exceptions
resulting out of the diversity in the class itself. With every
situation Prof. Jodie was drawing a sharp comparison of
Indian culture with that of United States. With every
parameter that was being discussed students got to know
how different cultures interact across the globe.
During both her sessions, Prof. Jodie Ferise highlighted the
need to understand different cultures across the globe. To
make the students understand her idea better, she
conducted the three hour sessions in a workshop mode. The
way she explained the changing trends in cross cultural
communication, made everyone realize the importance of
the subject and its application in ones professional life. The
enthusiasm and zeal of the class were at peak during the
whole session. At the end of the session each group was
given an assignment. Her pedagogy helped in getting a
conceptual clarity in the subject as she kept everyone
engaged with short case studies about the ethical dilemmas
for a leader, which were entertaining and helped develop
great insight about the topic simultaneously. She also
narrated her real life experiences and situations in order to
make the students understand leadership.
The students also analyzed themselves as to where they
stand as a leader, and the areas they should improve upon.
One such test was the Big 5 model. Another one was Blake
and Mouton’s Leadership Grid. This particular activity
showed the whole class that they might think they are a
team leader but they might be mistaken. One of the most
interactive sessions was when everybody wrote their own
role model’s qualities on the board, which helped us
understand what leadership comprises of.
The group activity was extremely interesting and interactive.
After the completion of activity she asked the responses
Prof. Jodie also keen interest in social projects at BIMTECH.
She enthusiastically attended a session of Project “Protsahan
Chiraiyya” –a Life Skills Education Program of BIMTECH
being conducted for rural adolescent girls. She volunteered
and interacted with the girls and shared her experience of
being a girl and the challenges she faced in her life. She
motivated the girls to continue education and build an
identity in society.
A Corporate Workshop team of The International Sahaja Yoga
Research Centre conducted this workshop. Sahaja Yoga is a unique
method of meditation based on an experience of the awakening of
one's inner power and the process called as Self Realization. This
can occur in every human being, resulting in our inner
transformation by which we become moral, united, integrated and
balanced. The actualization of transformation is taking place now
worldwide and has been experienced by hundreds of thousands in
over 140 countries.
Around fifty staff members from Academic, Maintenance and Mess
attended the workshop. Mess and Maintenance staff were
especially very enthusiastic about the meditation process. The
trainer explained in detail the positive effects of this Meditation
process on our physical and mental health. During the self awakening process through meditation, several staff members felt
cool or hot vibes on their head and palms and peace in their mind
and heart. When an individual’s Kundilini rises these vibes occur on
his or her head / hands which leads to a person in balanced and
peaceful mode. The trainer explained how this meditation process
may be done at home also for becoming a balanced peaceful and
healthy person.
This highly interactive and engaging session rejuvenated our staff
members and prepared them to face the challenges of day to day
work-life or personal life with full energy and positivity.
Executive Education
25| Aug. - Sep.
For NTPC – Western Region-II
FOUNDATION COURSES IN
GENERAL MANAGEMENT (FCM)
For NTPC – Northern Region
sessions offered a mutual learning from
actual experience besides the theoretical
inputs.
During the programme the participants got
an opportunity to share, voice their practical
issues and ground realities and discuss the
alternative ways of handling a situation
where they get the collective wisdom of not
only the participants but get to know the
experiences from other organizations which
faculty shared with them during the sessions
to help the group emerge as better executive
to take effective decisions.
Foundation Course in General Management - the two weeks programme is
designed with an objective of providing deeper understanding into
managerial concepts and techniques for formulating and implementing
strategies in various functional area. This program focuses on imparting
overall perspectives for decision making by integrating functional and
general management approaches. The participants gain valuable insights
into managerial and general management domain.
BIMTECH conducted the Foundation Course in General Management for
NTPC (NR) E4 level Executives, where 26 executives joined the programme
of different plants namely- Singrauli, Rihand, Tanda, Vidhyachal, Unchaahar
and Auraiya, of Northern Region.
The programme was conducted from May 30 - June 10, 2016. It was
inaugurated by Mr. Ujjawal Banerjee, General Manager – HR, NTPC NR, who
focused on the need of learning organization and integrating with the
organizational development.
The programme covered topics relevant to NTPC namely, Financial Skills:
Financial Statements & Analysis, Strategic Sense: Corporate Plan and
Implications, Interpersonal Communication, Innovation, Key Concepts in
Project Management, Customer Orientation, Labour Legislations,
Developing Commercial Skills, Understanding Self & Others, Essentials of
Leadership & Managing Your Boss with special emphasis on project
execution. The pedagogy adopted during the program was participatory
with extensive use of case studies, real life situations, role plays, interactive
discussion among participants and faculty, supplemented with audio-visual
techniques, and group exercises to enhance learning. The sessions were
very interactive, and were taken with an aim of blending rich experience of
the participants and inputs from faculty from their expert areas. The
Apart from class room sessions, an OBT outbound training was planned and
executed with an objective to arouse
amongst participants core values such as
courage, trust, integrity, compassion and
cooperation. Several sessions helped build
capacities of body and mind which are
realised through exercises giving inputs:
• Leadership
• Teamwork,
• Self reliance,
• Tenacity,
• Physical fitness and
• Mental alertness
Shri S.N. Gokhale, General Manager
(Technical Services) NTPC-NR, HQ was the
chief Guest, for the Valedictory session,
where the participants presented the case
analysis on Project Execution and shared
their learning with him.
BIMTECH conducted the Foundation Course in General
Management for NTPC (WR-II) E4 level Executives, where
26 executives joined the programme of different plants
namely- Gadarwara, Khargone, Korba, Sipat and
Raipur(HQ) of Western Region. The programme was
designed and executed with an aim of imparting deeper
understanding into managerial concepts and techniques
for formulating and implementing strategies in various
functional areas to the participants.
The programme was conducted from June 13 - 24, 2016.
It was inaugurated by Mr. J.C. Narayanappa General
Manager (HQ)–NTPC WR-II, who focused on learning as
an individual and a need to build a “Learning
Organization”.
The programme covered topics relevant to NTPC namely,
Essentials of Leadership, Strategic Sense: Corporate Plan
and Implications, Interpersonal Communication,
Presentation skills, Innovation, Key Concepts in Project
Management, Customer Orientation, Labour Legislations,
Contract system, Financial Skills: Financial Statements &
Analysis, Understanding Self & Others, Art of Delegation
& DOP management, performance management and
extensive case study emphasizing on Project Execution.
The pedagogy adopted during the program was
participatory with extensive use of case studies, real life
situations, role plays, interactive discussion among
participants and faculty, and audio-visual techniques, to
enhance learning. The sessions offered a mutual learning
from actual experience besides the theoretical inputs.
In this FCM programme, the participants were exposed to Outbound
Training (OBT) to supplement their class room learning, with an
objective to inculcate the values such as trust, integrity, compassion,
collaboration, and leadership.
Dr. Sunita Singh, General Manager (HR) NTPC-PMI was the Chief
Guest, for the Valedictory session, where the participants presented
the case analysis on Project Execution and shared their learning with
her. She encouraged the participants and appreciated the BIMTECH
faculty and the administration for successfully conducting the
program.
ACC Consults Prof. N.N. Sharma for
CSR Projects
ACC Limited has assigned BIMTECH to conduct
Situation Analysis and Need Assessment of 85
villages near to their 12 plant locations spread
over 8 states. This assessment will bring out
present situation of the villages and also the
needs and priorities of community in respect of
sectors like i) education , ii ) health , iii)
infrastructure, iv) sanitation , and v) livelihood
opportunities. These will form the basis and
help ACC in designing appropriate interventions
in the area of corporate social responsibility. To
date BIMTECH team has completed assessment
of 46 villages situated in Jharkhand, Karnataka,
West Bengal, MP and Maharashtra.
Project "Protsahan Chiraiyya”
27| Aug. - Sep.
First Batch of Neemka Village girls
complete Life Skills Education Programme
Chiraiyyas confidently pledging to be Game Changers
Shri N P SINGH, DM-GB NAGAR in an open session with Chiraiyyas
R
anganathan Society for Social Welfare and Library
Development is leaving no stone unturned in creating
platforms for experiential learning for the Chiraiyyas
enrolled in the Life Skills Education Program - Project
“Protsahan Chiraiyya”. All the girls enrolled in the first
batch successfully completed their LSE training in the month
of July. To foster better learning, an outbound session was
organized for the Chiraiyyas. For the first time they flew out
of the comfort of their village classroom to exhibit their
learnings. In an endeavour to make the girls express their
dreams and goals, and acquire better interpersonal skills, the
RSSWLD team organized several interactions at the office of
DM - Gautambudh Nagar, KAILASH HOSPITAL, Noida and
BIMTECH Greater Noida campus.
Firstly, the girls attended an interactive session with Shri N.P.
Singh District Magistrate, GB Nagar, at his Noida camp office.
It was an experience of a lifetime for these girls when they
shared about their experiences of Project “Protsahan
Chiraiyya”. Shri Singh appreciated the initiatives of BIMTECH
and RSSWLD and said that “I trust only the girls for actively
playing roles in nation building, as only they have the
capability to change the world”. He enlightened the girls with
several anecdotes of social change brought about by women
in different parts of India. He shared his vision about
NEEMKA becoming Open Defecation Free, Liquor free, and
devoid of any social malpractices. He pinned his hopes on
the Chiraiyyas and urged them to think on their feet. He
discussed various pressing issues of Neemka with the girls
and encouraged them to participate wholly in finding out
and questioning the loopholes in the implementation of ICDS
and other such women and child related government health
schemes. He asked the Chiraiyyas to conduct surveys and
take the responsibility of empowering ten more villagers by
adopting the model of “Each one teach ten”.
"I trust only the girls for
actively playing roles in
nation building, as only they
have the capability to change
the world”
Shri Singh urged RSSWLD to engage the girls in live
surveys so that the classroom learnings are further
reinforced. He also suggested that RSSWLD should
initiate self defense drive for all the girls. He reiterated
the importance of Spoken English classes which will open
up several avenues for the girls in the export sector. He
spoke about a few organizations like Apparel India
apprentice schemes, Syndicate Bank Spoken English
trainings which are aligned with the Chiraiyya project.
According to him, the girls can have a better life if they
have a determined vision for self development. He
reposed faith in BIMTECH and agreed to support the
future initiatives of RSSWLD at other nearby villages in
the tehsil.
Chiraiyyas at Hon’ble Minister Dr. Mahesh Sharma’s office
at Kailash Hospital, Noida
The DM and SDM promised to visit Neemka to see the
outcome of the “Each One teach ten” model proposed
today. RSSWLD team was indebted to the DM for sparing
his valuable time and adding value to the Project
“Protsahan Chiraiyya” of BIMTECH.
being outspoken and be able to share the innermost feelings
and fear with at least a dear friend or family member so that
they do not feel lonely in times of emotional crisis. They were
also given knowledge about the symptoms and causes of
critical illnesses like breast or cervical cancer.
Next, they visited the office of Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Union
Minister for Culture and Tourism. Neemka has been
adopted by the honourable minister under the Sansad
Gram Vikas Yojna. The Chiraiyyas met the Ministers
representative Mr. Bali who was delighted to see the
confidence of the girls. He spoke about the Ministers
vision of making Neemka a model village. He requested
the girls to inculcate and implement the life skills
imparted by RSSWLD team in their day to day practices.
The highlight of the session was that Mr. Bali shared his
idea of making the girls attend the Lok Sabha during the
upcoming Monsoon session. He promised the girls that
the Dr. Sharma himself will be present to award them the
certificates after the successful completion of the LSE
course.
The Chiraiyyas came to know about the availability of vaccines
that prevents cervical cancer. The chiraiyyas later visited
BIMTECH Campus where RSSWLD team had organised fun
activities like musical chair and Rangoli competition. They also
interacted with some students and faculty of BIMTECH and
gave them insights about their Chiriayya project. The open
interaction proved to be a great confidence building exercise
for them. It was also a pleasure to have Prof. Jodie Ferise from
University of Indianapolis to share her experiences with girls
associated with the project. She shared her past experiences
that made these girls understand the importance of education
in their life.
He had also organized some events at the Kailash
Hospital, Noida. The girls attended an extremely eye
opening session on personal and oral hygiene. A young
faculty trainer of Kailash hospital also gave very practical
tips to handle any situation when the girls and boys feel
violated. She made the girls realize the importance of
It was delightful to see that the girls were taking up the role of
ambassadors as envisioned by RSSWLD team. The girls
seemed much enriched and focused about the roles assigned
to them by virtue of becoming a part of Project “Protsahan
chiraiyya”. “Chiraiyyas” of Neemka are gradually learning to
soar in the sky and very soon shall roar like a lioness and give
clarion calls in their communities to bring about a change in
village - Neemka.
Shri N.P. Singh
District Magistrate,
Gautam Budh Nagar
The creative Chiraiyya's!
Chiraiyyas...Winners all the way!
Faculty Updates
29| Aug. - Sep.
Faculty
Development Programmes
Intellectual Capital
Raising Benchmarks
Dr. Ritu Srivastava
Assistant Professor
Economics Area
She has also presented a paper
“Does product relatedness in
extensions lead to increased
brand familiarity?” in
International Conference on
Brand Management organized
by IIT Delhi in association with
Curtin University on April 1617, 2016.
“International Perspectives on
Crowdfunding: Positive, Normative and
Critical Theory”
Edited by: Jerome Meric, University of
Poitiers, France, Julienne Brabet, University
of Paris, France, Isabelle Maque, University
of Poitiers, France
ISBN Print: 9781785603150
ISBN Electronic: 9781785603143
Imprint: Emerald Group Publishing
International Conference
Dr. Pallavi Seth
Assistant Professor
CIRM
Dr. Pallavi Seth presented at Uniglobe
International Conference III - "Changing
Paradigm of Management –A Way
Forward to Sustainability”, Uniglobe
College in Nepal, Kathmandu. The
research paper “Assessing the preference
of customers’ insurance distribution
channel using fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy
Process (AHP)” was coauthored by
Dr. G.N. Patel, Professor, BIMTECH.
Dr. Ritu Shrivastava contributed
a chapter on Crowdfunding
C
rowdfunding though existent, is still in a nascent stage in India being
limited to charity and reward based funding of creative and social
projects by the crowd. The Indian regulatory authorities are in the
process of formulation of policies to encourage and monitor the financial
return based crowdfunding platforms. The Indian MSME sector is particularly
facing financing problems and crowdfunding could be a viable alternative
than the traditional source of finances. In this context, the chapter on “ The
Investment Model of Crowdfunding for MSME (Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises) in India” in the book “ International Perspectives on
Crowdfunding ; positive, normative and critical theory” attempts to suggest
the operational framework for crowdfunding in India with special reference
to MSME sector in terms of the eligibility norms, rules for investor
protection, sustaining market integrity, supportive infrastructure and role of
the online crowdfunding platform. The chapter focuses on proposing the
norms for crowdfunding in India to sustain market integrity, discussing the
role of the online platform and highlighting the need for the establishment
of supporting infrastructure.
The findings emerge from the personal interviews of Directors or Chief
Finance Officers of MSME firms and Senior Officials (with minimum work
experience of fifteen years) in the SME divisions of banks (private and
public) located in the National Capital Region .The sampling criterion
allowed the incorporation of both the investor’s and investee’s concerns
regarding the research issues. The study highlights how the use of
crowdfunding by the micro, small and medium firms has the potential to
spur the manufacturing and service related business activities to further
increase the national income. The book has been published by Emerald
Group Publishing Limited, U.K in April, 2016 and edited by Prof. Jerome
Meric, Prof. Isabella Maque from Universite de Poitiers, France & Prof.
Julienne Brabet from Universite Paris-Est Ceteil, France. It has chapter
contributions from academicians affiliated to universities in Italy, Belgium,
UK, USA, France, Netherlands, Brazil and Spain.”
National Jury Member
Dr. Rishi Tiwari
Chief Librarian,
Secretary, Ranganathan
Society for Social Welfare
and Library Development
Dr. Rishi Tiwari has been appointed as
National Selection Committee Member
for the award of the coveted Tagore
National Fellowship for Cultural Research
awarded by Ministry of Culture, Govt. of
India. Dr. Tiwari who has attained a place
of pride in the field of Library Sciences,
Documentation as well as CSR, will be
responsible for analysing proposals made
under this scheme and make
recommendations for award of grants.
GIAN, MHRD Life Member
Prof. Saloni Sinha
Assistant Professor
Business Communication
Prof. Saloni Sinha attended an
interdisciplinary course on Natural
Language Processing offered by Global
Initiatives of Academic Networks, MHRD at
IIT Patna. The global course was taught by
Prof. Sadao Kurohashi of Kyoto University,
Japan.
She secured A+ and 10 CGPA in the course
which was the highest grades in her batch.
She is now Life Member of GIAN, MHRD.
Capacity Building Workshops
conducted by Dr. Anita Basalingappa, MICA
Blue Ocean
Strategy Simulation
A two day hands-on workshop on the Blue Ocean Strategy
Simulation (BOSS) was conducted on April 25-26, 2016 at BIMTECH
by Dr. Anita Basalingappa, Associate Professor & Chairperson FPM &
Research, MICA. It was attended by 15 faculty from Marketing as well
as other disciplines.
Workshop on Brand Building
A workshop titled “Education Institute Brands and the Brand
Development Process” was conducted at BIMTECH on April 27, 2016 by
Dr. Anita Basalingappa, Associate Professor & Chairperson FPM &
Research, MICA. The 23 participants included the Director, several of our
Centre Heads and the Admissions team.
This objective of the workshop was to understand and appreciate the
genesis and evolution of a couple of prominent education Institute brands
and the best practices that can help in revitalising them. Prominent
institutes' brands were discussed and explored to comprehend how they exist in everyday life and the 'natural history' of these
brand. Additionally, the workshop covered an understanding of the scope of marketing and branding as an academic
discipline and how practice has embraced and exploited this discipline.
The workshop addressed the following:
• What drives credibility and experience within educational institutes such as BIMTECH
• How are educational institutions/ BIMTECH as brands constructed in the mind of stakeholders?
• The Brand development process for an educational institute with special reference to BIMTECH.
The participants, in teams of 5, went through group activities in the afternoon sessions to arrive at the brand meaning of
BIMTECH and chalked out details for the brand development process of BIMTECH. The workshop was a preliminary step in
working out BIMTECH's future branding strategy and gave the participants valuable insights into the way forward.
FDP on Machine Learning and Data Analytics attended by Faculty
Dr. Jaya Gupta and Prof. Himanshi Tiwari attended a five day Faculty
Development Program on Machine Learning & Data Analytics from
May 23-27, 2016, at FORE School of Management, New Delhi. The
FDP was conducted by Prof. Ashok Kumar Harnal a graduate from
IIT Delhi, M.Phil, MA (Economics) and expert in Big Data and Data
Analytics. It aimed towards implementing data analytics in differing
business environments like sales & marketing, finance, human
resource, operations, banking & insurance services, engineering or
health care. The program provided hands-on laboratory oriented
learning opportunities to the participants, utilising real-life large
data from Industry and analyzing it using R Studio.
Bidding Adieu
31| Aug. - Sep.
Interview
of Dr. Sangeeta A. Shukla
Founder Editor -Vrittant
& Area Head - Business Communication
She has recently joined at IIM Lucknow
Being the editor of Vrittant was a
different kind of responsibility all
together. It was initially a
challenging task because it requires
great attention to detail; even small
slips are noticed and pointed out.
The students of the Editorial Conduit
helped me a lot. As a mentor for both
MAJLIS and Vrittant student
committees, I realised one thing very
important about student. Each and
every students has special skills and
competencies and the potential to be
successful. Our role as faculty is to
facilitate an environment where they
can make the best use of their skills.
1. Your career’s longest stint has been with BIMTECH. What have been
the major highlights of your journey with BIMTECH family as faculty,
as HoD, as editor of Vrittant and as mentor of Majlis?
Ans. Yes, I have spent wonderful eight years in BIMTECH. I consider the
immense affection that I received from students here the highlight of my
journey with BIMTECH. In BIMTECH, I have always been given an
opportunity to take on new responsibilities, try different things, and learn
continuously in the process. One of the first responsibilities that I was given
was to become the mentor of Majlis-The Debating and Theatre Society. This
platform gave me a very good opportunity to work closely with the
students. I observed that students learnt best when they were given a
responsibility and the freedom to fulfil that responsibility.
2. How did you develop very healthy relationship with your students?
Honestly speaking, I did not have a pre-planned strategy. I always enjoyed
interacting with students in class and outside class. I guess that helped me
in bonding with them.
3. Do you recall any incident when a few students were not willing to
open up with you? Or they could not fulfil responsibilities assigned to
them during conduit events? Were they eventually motivated to get
attached with you just because of your communication skills and
persona?
Ans. That happens in every team. There are a few students who are not that
forthcoming. I would say they have their own style of working. I don’t think
anybody joins a team with the intention of not working. It is because of
certain situations or certain team dynamics that certain people hold back or
take some time to open up with others. However, once we understand the
particular strength of a student, his/her style of working, allow them their
space and time, the student begins to do well. I think understanding the
student is important and I would never say it has anything to do with my
style of working that anybody opened up. All of us were together as a team
and continuously learned from each other.
4. By any chance, if there has been any serious conflict among the
student team members which seemed difficult for you to handle?
What role can one play during conflicts?
Ans. Conflict is an unavoidable part of any team. We had some instances of
conflicts too. I think if we understand that the conflict is for the betterment
of the performance of the team then it is a healthy conflict. Majlis has been
a very good example of positive conflict. We argued, fought, disagreed but
we knew that whatever we were doing, we were doing it for the good of the
team and once we stepped out of the room , we were back again to the
same kind of camaraderie, friendship and bond.
7. Except for attending business communication classes, what else can
students do to enhance their communication skill?
Reading is the first and foremost habit required. I think you can always
make out the difference between a well-read person and the one who is
not. Students should not end their day without doing planned and serious
reading.
8. Is there any difference in being good and fluent in English
communication and Business communication?
Ans. Preparing an excellent dish , garnishing it well and serving the same
dish to all, even to someone who is not hungry or allergic to it is one thing
. However, understanding what a person’s preference or taste is, and then
preparing the dish according to the taste and appetite of that person, that is
Business communication. Knowing what your customers and stakeholders
want and then designing and delivering your message in a manner that
they are willing to accept and appreciate it is Business Communication.
9. Are you happy so far what you have achieved as a Business
Communication teacher?
Ans. Happiness is a very heavy word, hence I would rather say, I have a
sense of satisfaction. Whatever I did, I attempted to give my 100%.
Whatever opportunity came my way, whatever task was assigned to me I
always tried to do it with utmost enthusiasm, sincerity and commitment.
Prof. Eugene A Reuben
Assistant Prof. - IT
Served at BIMTECH from 2010-2016
My only role everywhere has been more of a listener than anything else. I
tried to listen with empathy. The students would come to me, voice their
concern and I would listen to them patiently; this is all I have done. I firmly
do believe that students have an immense ability to learn and improve,
provided we trust them.
5. As the HoD of Business Communication Area at BIMTECH, what was
your focus?
With BIMTECH trying to achieve AACSB accreditation, our focus was to get
all our processes stream lined to meet AACSB standards .I was the Head of
the Business Communication Area for only a year. All of us in the Area were
almost of the same age group, hence it was easier to communicate and
work together. I also believe that the precedence set by Prof. Dhruva Chak
in the Area helped me manage things better. I had wonderful time working
with my colleagues, and I wish them the best in the future.
6. What is the role of Business Communication skills in the success of
a management professional? What should a management student do
to enhance his/her communication skills?
I think communication in an organization is like the circulatory system of
the body. Just as the network of nerves, connects all the organs of the body
and helps them work in coordination, similarly business communication
helps to connect with all stakeholders of an organization. Especially in
today’s hyper- mediated world communication has a crucial role to play in
business success. Whether you want to build a good team, convince your
customers or influence your stakeholders, everything requires effective
communication. Nobody can hope to hold a position of responsibility in the
organization without having good communication. Hence students must
invest in building their communication skills.
10. How did you chalk out your career plan?
Ans. To be honest, I never had a career plan. Coming to BIMTECH and now
going to IIM (L), none of it was planned. I just take things positively as they
come. Teaching is my passion, my hobby and much more. When your work,
your hobby, your passion are the same, you enjoy doing it.
11. Any advice for the generation – Millennial?
Ans. I think this generation is sharp, intelligent and focused . Their way of
doing things might be different from ours but the things they want in life
are more or less same as those we wanted. Personally two qualities I
admire in people are humility and equanimity. We should always strive for
humility, and acknowledge people who have helped us through life. With
each success, our responsibility to those people grows.
12. Any parting words?
Ans. BIMTECH has been an amazing learning ground for me. I’m amazed by
the leadership of Dr. Chaturvedi, especially his openness to new ideas and
his will to provide you freedom to follow your path. I am leaving with
gratitude in my heart for the support I received which enabled me to do
and learn so much.
Editorial Team Vrittant wishes her all the best in her
new endeavours!
Little did I know that one day I would be treading a new path leading me out of BIMTECH.
After 6 ½ years of exciting and memorable stint with BIMTECH, I bid adieu to the Institute.
As I move on, I would like to take a moment to remember and cherish the time spent with
the Institute. It's been a great journey for me coming from the Industry and settling into a
totally new environment of teaching the Management graduates who are aspiring to be
future Managers. The task was not very easy and I knew that people would always be
watching me to see how well I am able to adapt to this environment. Never to say no to a
challenge, I quickly adapted to the new task assigned to me and did fairly well in this new
arena. I was excited and took the challenge of imparting a new look and feel to the digital
initiation of the Institute, which went dynamic from static and this was followed by
decentralization of the whole system. All the departments contributed by doing their part
and gradually felt empowered to update their content and share with the outside world in
real time, with little backend support.
All this was made possible only because of the guidance, support and encouragement
provided by my seniors and my peers who were always appreciative of the work I did for
the Institute. Today I feel a great sense of achievement and satisfaction to see that
BIMTECH has become self-reliant where the web-site and digital media is concerned. I had
a great time of camaraderie and learning not only with the staff and faculty but also with
the students who were more than willing to go an extra mile to learn and gain from my
Industry experience. It has been an amazing experience working with you all and I thank
you for all your support throughout my journey at BIMTECH. I thoroughly enjoyed the time
I have spent here. I now look forward to the next chapter in my professional career with
renewed hope and reaching out for new horizons which will add more diverse experience
to my career. I do wish BIMTECH every success in all future endeavors.
A management student needs to have an organized lifestyle. Right kind of food, sleep and
exercise will give him physical strength. Domain knowledge clubbed with communication,
marketing and interpersonal skills will give sound professional competence. But looking to
the stressful challenges of present day professional life, profound emotional and spiritual
strength is the need of the hour. Yoga and meditation provide the path towards all round
excellence. A dedicated schedule for connecting to the inner self through meditation can
lead to concentration, resilience, stability and transcending above physical identity which
will give him all round excellence. This will lead him to the ultimate feeling of success,
happiness and fulfillment.
Prof. P.S. Nagpal
Chairperson, Centre for Insurance and
Risk Management
and Mentor, Pallete-BIMTECH ART SOCIETY
Mind, Body and Soul
BIMTECH PARTNERED
Conferences
BA Convention 2016
August 4-5, 2016, BANGALORE
Learning Team Building & Leadership
in Foothills of Himalayas
BIMTECH Academic Staff Excursion
T
he BIMTECH Academic Staff from different
departments went for a week long excursion to
Mcleodganj, Chamba, Khajjiar and Dalhousie
(Himachal Pradesh) from May 13-19, 2016.
The first destination for the team was at Mcleodganj,
which is situated at a height of 2000 mt. above sea level
and surrounded by natural beauty. The staff enjoyed the
hill station Mcleodganj by trekking to Bhagsunag waterfall,
a popular picnic spot. The staff refreshed themselves by
swimming in the clean and cold water of Bhagsunag pool
also.
Next morning the team started for Dharamshala and
visited well known cricket stadium which was used to host
IPL matches and also visited tea gardens on the way to
Chamba. The route was at a high altitude and the road was
narrow which made the journey an adventurous
experience.
The team explored Chamba and visited the Ravi River, the
Maharaja Chamba‘s Palace, Chowgan (play ground of the
Raja), Maharaja Bhuri Singh Museum, Laxmi Narayan
Mandir and Chamunda Mandir. The third morning the
team visited Khajjiar surrounded by dense Devdar forest.
Dalhousie, the next destination, doubled up the pleasure
of surreal beauty of nature. At Khajjir ground the team
tried their hand at wrestling and horse riding. Khajjiar is
also a famous paragliding point for tourists.
The fourth & fifth day the team had the ultimate fun
during 4km trek parallel with snowy Dhauladhar range to
Denkund Peak and Pohlani Devi Temple, Dalhousie. From
this 9000 feet high peak the team relished 360° view of the
entire valley. At Pohlani Devi Temple delicious Prasad was
organized by nearby villagers. During the trip the team
savoured the delicious Pahari cuisine. The team returned
with some unforgetful memories of the enjoyable
excursion.
We Lost Our Stars. May their soul rest in peace!
Alumni
Alumni
Niharika Garg
Avneet Setya
PGDM (Retail Management)
Batch 2010-12
PGDM (International Business)
Batch 2008-10
Niharika was an active member of cultural
conduit at BIMTECH and used to participate in a lot of its events.
She was selected in Titan Industries Ltd. through campus
placement.
Avneet was an active member of various clubs
and conduits at BIMTECH including Majlis (Theatre & Debating
Society), Sports Conduit, Cultural Conduit and International
Affairs. Winner of UTV Bindass ROAD DIARIES, he was a National
level cricket player experienced in theater, media & publicspeaking. He was also a passionate dancer and voice over artist.
Design Thinking in Business Analysis
BIMTECH will be an Academic Partner while NASSCOM and IIBA shall support national
level capacity transformation. The Convention is supported by Department of
Electronics & Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & IT, Govt. of India.
http://www.baconvention.com/message-2016
3rd Corporate Social Responsibility Summit
August 11-12, 2016, Bangalore
‘
Theme: "STRATEGIZING CSR FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT"
Organised by NHRDN in collaboration with BIMTECH.
http://ahmedabad.nationalhrd.org/event/3rd-nhrdn-csr-summit-strategizing-csrsustainable-development-ritz-carlton-banglore
Exponential Innovation Workshop by Vivek Wadhwa
October 14-15, 2016, New Delhi
BIMTECH is organisation this workshop which aims to combine a series of lectures and
discussions to teach business executives about the new paradigms of innovation and
competitiveness—and how to thrive in today’s era of exponentially advancing
technologies. It will teach them how to watch for convergence and disruption and to
think like the startups that are gunning for their businesses.
http://www.expinnevent.com
International Conference on Management Cases 2016 (ICMC)
December 1 - 2, 2016, BIMTECH, Greater Noida
BIMTECH in collaboration with The School of Policy Government and International
Affairs, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia (USA) will hold International
Conference on Management Cases 2016 (ICMC 2016) at BIMTECH Campus.
Keynote speaker : Dr. Nick van Dam, Partner, Client Advisor, & Global Chief Learning
Officer of the world renowned consulting firm McKinsey & Company and Professor of
Management at Nyenrode Business University, Amsterdam
http://bimtech.ac.in/icmc/
Annual Convention of the Operational Research Society of India
49th International Conference on Analytics in Operational Research
December 12-14, 2016, BIMTECH, Greater Noida
Theme: Analytics in Operational Research
The Operational Research Society of India was founded in 1957 to provide a forum for
the Operational Research Scientists as well as an avenue to widen their horizon by
exchange of knowledge and application of techniques from outside the country. To
further that end, the Society is affiliated to the International Federation of Operational
Research Societies (IFORS).
http://orsibimtech.assoftwaregroup.com/
EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor
PROF. SALONI SINHA
Photos by
• SH. JOGINDER KUMAR
Editorial Committee
• AKHIL SURENDRAN - PGDM
• INDRONEEL GANGULY - PGDM
• NAVYA SINGH - PGDM (IB)
• RAJEEV SAXENA - PGDM
• S. KRITHIVASAN - PGDM (IBM)
• SHAGUN SHARMA - PGDM
• SNEHA SHARMA - PGDM
• SHUCHI JAIN - PGDM
• VARSHA PANDEY - PGDM (IBM)