IDEATHON–2014 @ IMS Ghaziabad
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IDEATHON–2014 @ IMS Ghaziabad
Volume 02 Issue 04 CONFLUENCE Quarterly News Magazine of IMS Ghaziabad October - December 2014 Approved by AICTE, Accredited by NBA, NAAC & Equivalent to MBA by AIU 7500+Students 25000+ Alumni Base 20+ Programs with glorious legacy of 24 Years Among Top B-Schools in India to acquire Global Accreditation of IAO, USA www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in Executive Council, IMS Society, Ghaziabad Sh. Nitin Aggarwal Chairman Sh. Ramesh Chaudhary General Secretary Sh. Pramod Aggarwal Executive Member Sh. Ashok Chatuvedi Executive Member Sh. Sudhir Shukla Joint Secretary Sh. Rajiv Chaudhary Executive Member Smt. Deepa Chharia Executive Member Sh. Sanjay Aggarwal Treasurer Sh. Rakesh Chharia Executive Member Sh. Apurve Goel Executive Member Sh. Naresh Aggarwal Executive Member Smt. Anshu Gupta Executive Member Smt. Garima Agarwal Executive Member Editorial Board Shri Nitin Aggarwal Chairman & Patron-in-chief Dr. Sunayana Jain Editor - Confluence Shri Rakesh Chharia Managing Trustee & Patron Dr. Urvashi Makkar Director Dr. Yogita Sharma Associate Editor - Confluence www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in CONFLUENCE October - December 2014 Quarterly News Magazine of IMS Ghaziabad From the Desk of Patron A Word From the Director In the present competitive era, the more creative and innovative you and your team members are, the more longterm success you’ll achieve. So rather than constantly chasing “the next big idea” we must bring creativity and innovation in whatever we do. Creativity and Innovation are not just about developing great new ideas; they are about turning those great ideas into great new products or services that people really need. The twenty fifth anniversary of IMS, Ghaziabad provides exceptional opportunity to reflect on transformative moments that have shaped our Institute’s distinctive. There have been many initiatives taken by the institute in order to make a landmark by signing MOU’s with Zhejiang University, China, University of Atlanta, USA and Jamia Hamdard University, India for promoting research. Overall development of the individual is the ethical goal of education from all the perspectives. This neccessitates incredible efforts on the part of all concerned. This gesture is a tribute to maintain standard of excellence in academics and commitment to quality education. There are strong challenges to great efforts but, we always remember that great effort bears the sweet fruit of success. We want our students to taste the fruit of success once and for the rest of their life, they will never rest. We started our journey with challenging experiences in the process to emerge into a reputed institute with a laudable ambition of spreading education to meet the educational needs of the aspirant youth. Here at IMS, our vision, mission, and values, on the basis of which we have been able to establish this prestigious institute, are quite pragmatic enough to provide high quality education to our students. The holistic approach of IMS stimulates innovation among students by inspiring fresh ideas with different perceptiveness, creative thinking and strong conviction to achieve true success. We at IMS are in the pursuit of global standards of excellence in all our endeavors and we aim at creating all rounded personality in our students, professionally and socially. Hence, we strive to travel beyond the boundaries of mere books and make the students realize that the future is abstract and unknown but the present that is in our hands is real and can be moulded. This has been acknowledge by global business houses during our placement drives as well. The institute presents a blend of traditional and modern education where knowledge is imparted to the students so that they may occupy a better place in the modern competitive world and develop all round personalities retaining the beauty of mind and intellect as well as of soul. We feel it’s our moral obligation to help the students grow to become exceptional human beings empowered with academic excellence. I appreciate the efforts of the entire Confluence Editorial team who have done an excellent job in compiling activities over the year and disseminated them through this Magazine. As we bring this year to an end and the New Year begins. Let us pray that it will be a year with New Peace, New Understanding and New Happiness. We wish everyone a very Happy New Year as when the New Year arrives; it brings new ideas and hopes for us to make our lives good to better and better to best. Rakesh Chharia Managing Trustee & Patron Dr. Urvashi Makkar Director www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in Page 1 From The Editor’s Desk Resolution sounds to be very simple word but plays an important role in life. It teaches self control, firmness and having belief in your thoughts. It is an expression of dedication, which each intellect shall carry throughout his life. Every individual must set a self goal and then work towards achieving it. Dr. Sunayana Jain Editor The first step to achieving one's goals is to start developing strengths within the character and develop an action plan to move forward and change. We all are capable and there will be doubts and fears when stepping out to achieve our goals and also we have to move out of comfort zone. But in order to accomplish this, we have to grit our teeth and work through any fears that come across our way. If you have clear goals and you believe you can reach them, then your mind has the highest possible amount of receptivity to elements that can help you reach your goals. Thus you'll detect them quickly, even the subtle ones, and you'll be able to employ them. Dr. Yogita Sharma Associate Editor With this thought in mind, let us all start the coming year. We wish everyone on this New Year and hope that the coming year would bring us a lot more opportunities and surprises. About Confluence Confluence, being a quarterly magazine is a spectrum of plenteous activities happening at IMS Ghaziabad which exhibits plethora of talent. It has shades like institution embarking its global and national presence, its students performing and earning accolade at inter and intra college activities. This quarter has been highly eventful and the institution has added another feather to its cap by signing MOU's with International and National universities for students becoming eligible for a global career and promoting research. Moreover its efforts are being recognized with Best Management Institute Award by ASSOCHAM for the year 2014. Page 2 www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in CONFLUENCE October - December 2014 Quarterly News Magazine of IMS Ghaziabad Global Achievements Global Academic Achievement with University of Atlanta, USA IMS Ghaziabad feels honored in sharing its greatest achievement of MOU with University of Atlanta, USA. Memorandum of Understanding for Dual Degree Program of PGDM/MBA has been signed between IMS Ghaziabad and University of Atlanta, USA. The MOU has been signed by Dr. Urvashi Makkar, Director, IMS Ghaziabad and Mr. Evan Gleeson, Director (Partnership), IAO. This global partnership will enable the students to go for international education and become eligible for global career. This could have been possible because of continuous support of Shri Rakesh Chharia, Managing Trustee, IMS Society. Academic Tie- up with Jamia Hamdard University Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad has tied up with Jamia Hamdard (Deemed University), New Delhi on November 22, 2014. Dr. Urvashi Makkar, Director, IMS Ghaziabad and Dr. S. Raisuddin, Advisor Research, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi signed the MOU in the presence of Shri Rakesh Chharia, Managing Trustee, IMS Ghaziabad, Faculty and Staff members at IMS Ghaziabad. As per MOU, now IMS Ghaziabad can grant Ph.D. Degree to the pursuing and prospective scholars in disciplines like Management, IT, Biotechnology, Engineering etc. in collaboration with Jamia Hamdard (Deemed University), New Delhi. With this accomplishment, IMS, Ghaziabad has now been acknowledged as an Authorized Research Study Centre of Jamia Hamdard (Deemed University), New Delhi. Best Management Institute Award by ASSOCHAM Assocham awarded IMS Ghaziabad as Best Management Institute in Global Orientation and Research Promotion in India.” Under the dynamic leadership of Shri Rakesh Chharia, Managing Trustee, IMS Ghaziabad and with the in-depth efforts of Dr. Urvashi Makkar, Director; IMS Ghaziabad is able to reach this new pinnacle of success amongst the Management Institutes in India. IMS Ghaziabad has been consistently raising the standards with the advent of Global Orientation towards Academic Excellence and Consultancy & Research for Industry Development. www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in Page 3 International Conference on Innovation & Creativity Man Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad organized 2nd International Conference on Innovation and Creativity Management: Future for Sustainable Development (ICM 2014) as one of its mega event for Silver Jubilee celebrations on November 29, 2014 in the presence of Shri Rakesh Chharia, Managing Trustee, IMS Society; Dr. Urvashi Makkar, Director, IMS Ghaziabad; Chief Guest - Sh. Manoj Gaur, Managing Director, Gaursons India Ltd; Presidential Guest - Mr. A.K. Balyan, Managing Director & CEO, Petronet LNG Limited; Keynote speaker - Mr. David Wittenberg, CEO, The Innovation Workgroup; Shri Apurv Goel, Executive Member, IMS Society. Dr. Urvashi Makkar, Director welcomed the Presidential Guest, Keynote speaker, Chief Guest, Expert Speakers, Academicians, Research Scholars, Industry delegates across the globe on this intellectual platform. Page 4 www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in CONFLUENCE October - December 2014 Quarterly News Magazine of IMS Ghaziabad agement Future for Sustainable Development (ICM 2014) She elucidated the significance of creativity in the sphere of management and expressed her gratitude towards intellectuals who participated wholeheartedly in this initiative of IMS Ghaziabad. Expert speakers from University of Delhi, Industry and Government affairs, ISBA, NASSCOM, Hamdard University, BIMTECH and from other renowned universities enlightened the audience about the revolutionary initiatives required in the domains of Innovation and Creativity Management. 2nd International Conference (ICM-2014) provided a global forum through 26 concurrent technical sessions where 200 Research papers had been presented revolving around the theme. More than 400 delegates participated from India and abroad to present their views on the theme. Conference Co-Chairs Dr. Rinku Sanjeev and Dr. Sunayana Jain concluded the conference with the vote of thanks. www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in Page 5 Page 6 www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in CONFLUENCE IMS in the News www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in October - December 2014 Quarterly News Magazine of IMS Ghaziabad Page 7 MELANGE 2014 Inter Institute Annual Melange 2014 - a medley of uninterrupted entertainment, a spectacular exhibition of arts, music, dance, drama, and something to suit everybody is what gives Melange - an intercollegiate annual fest of IMS Ghaziabad its magnificence. To mark the silver jubilee celebrations of imparting excellent technical and management education as well as significant contributions in Human Development Index, Melange 2014 has been organized by IMS Ghaziabad on September 30, 2014 and October 1, 2014. Notable figure - Ambassador V. B. Soni, Chairman, Overseas Infra Alliance Pvt. Ltd graced the occasion as the chief guest of the two day annual fest - Melange 2014. Other prominent guests like Mr. Sandeep Jethani - Director - ATS learning Solutions, Mr. Ravi Taneja - Deputy GM OBC, Mr. Pramod Agarwal - President International Naturopathy Organization and personalities from academia and personalities from academia and corporate were also a part of this outstanding gathering. Page 8 www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in CONFLUENCE October - December 2014 Quarterly News Magazine of IMS Ghaziabad Cultural Festival Melange 2014, a two day multicultural fest has been conceived as a platform for students to showcase their skills, creative talent and caliber and is performing this task since last 25 years. This two day fest was bejewelled by a plethora of vents ranging from varied genres in the categories of Music, Arts, Dance, Skit, Rangoli, Photography, Fashion, Quiz, Battle of Bands and many more. The zeal and enthusiasm have reached to the blended snapshot of our traditional culture and modern arena. The fest grew manifold in scale and tremendous participation can be witnessed by the fact that students of IMS Ghaziabad Group of Institutions and more than 150 teams from 60 Institutes/Universities like Delhi University, IP University, Amity University, Aligarh Muslim University, Galgotia University, Manav Rachana University and many more compromising of more than 1000 participants participated in 2 days event. Rewarding the winners with trophies and certificates further boosted the morale of students. With a myriad of fun and intellectually stimulating events along with a versatile crowd, Melange has consolidated its position as premier inter collegate fest, encompassing the aspirations and enthusiasm of students. www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in Page 9 CSR Activities at IMS Ghaziabad Swachh Bharat Oath Ceremony IMS Ghaziabad organized an oath taking ceremony on October 17, 2014 for the initiative taken by Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development and AICTE, New Delhi for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The ceremony aimed at undertaking of “Cleanliness Oath” by all the faculty members, staff and students to participate in this Nation-wide Campaign. Dr. Urvashi Makkar, Director addressed the gathering on the significance and implication of this campaign. She expressed her wish to outreach programms such as adoption of colonies for cleanliness, creating awareness among the general public on the necessity of sanitation and healthy living and many other events with the help of our students in the coming months. In continuation of the same, to create awareness among the students, on October 9, 2014 Institute organized an Essay Writing Competition on the theme “Swachh Bharat, Shakt Bharat” in English and Hindi both. The prizes for the competition were announced during the event and the winners and runners up were felicitated after oath taking ceremony. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Marathon My body was drenched in pool of sweat,Mind was drenched with unbound happiness,Heart was drenched in a wave of bliss,I self - realised that it’s Runner High The “Swach Bharat Abhiyan” campaign was kick - started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who led from the forefront wielding a broom to make India clean and open defecation free (ODF) nation by the year 2019. The campaign has already got overwhelming support from corporate houses as part of CSR as well as celebrities joining into make it a mass movement. IMS Ghaziabad took the initiative to take the campaign further by organizing the 3rd Swachh Bharat Swachh Ghaziabad - Marathon on December 5, 2014 as a part of Silver Jubilee Celebrations at Central Park, RDC, Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad. The event was flagged off by the Honorable Mayor of Ghaziabad Shri. Teluram Kamboj Ji. It may be the onset of lazy winter, but not so for the IMSian’s. The marathon flagged off at 8:30 with about 1000 students draped in beautiful white T-Shirts with IMS logo. The faculty joining the students for the run made it one of the events to remember and penned down in IMS History. It was a day when everyone had their eyes on the students craving to bestir that humanitarianism in each one of us. Amidst this there were a few who dripped in sweat all through the run to receive the winning honors’. Being part of the Jamboree and supporting a social cause was something not to be missed. Mr. Rakshpal Singh, ADM Ghaziabad and Mr. Kapil Singh, City Magistrate felicitated the winners of the Marathon Mr. Prashant Singh (MCA 2nd Year), Ms. Khushboo (MCA 1st Year) Mr. Chandrahash Singh (PGDM 2nd Year), Mr. Yash Sarasawat (PGDM 2nd Year) and Staff Member Mr. Sukhpal Singh and Mr. Robins with the prizes during the concluding ceremony. The coordinators of the Marathon were Dr. S. K. Dube, Associate Professor and Dr. Sheelesh Sharma, Associate Professor. Page 10 www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in CONFLUENCE October - December 2014 Quarterly News Magazine of IMS Ghaziabad National Seminar on Mobile Technology and Cloud Computing Challenges and Opportunities (NMTCC - 2014) To determine and promote solutions based on the technological and socially beneficial applications of new age “mobile and cloud computing” technology and services, a National Seminar was organized on “Mobile Technology and Cloud Computing Challenges and Opportunities “(NMTCC - 2014) on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at IMS, Ghaziabad. The seminar saw its Chief Guest as the eminent Prof. D.S Yadav (Pro Vice Chancellor - UPTU) who along with Shri Rakesh Chharia, Management Trustee, IMS Ghaziabad and Dr. Urvashi Makkar, Director IMS Ghaziabad inaugurate the seminar. During the two technical sessions, highly renowned technocrats and reputed experts from academia as well as industry from across the country graced this colloquium, that include - Mr. Sanjiva Dubey (Asia Pacific Head Service Delivery IBM - IGA), Mr. Vikas Phogat (Head of Entry Product Line - Telco at Morpho e-Documents), Mr. Sarosh Aggarwal (Head - SAP India), Mr. Maneesh Sharma Head Business Development - SAP India Subcontinent), Mr. Vivek Agarwal (Director & Head Customer Support - Ericsson) - and many more distinguished personalities of the IT milieu.The sessions were attended by more than two hundred delegates, who gained and shared their knowledge through this seminar which was convened by Dr. Avadhesh Kumar Gupta (Ho D-MCA, IMS Ghaziabad) and co-convened by Prof. Sachin Malhotra and Dr. Manisha Agarwal. www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in Page 11 FDP on Big Data Computing Faculty Development Programme on Big Data Computing was organized on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at IMS Ghaziabad. Key Note Speaker Dr. L V Subramaniam, IBM India ,Expert Speaker Mr Himanshu Gupta, IBM India, Shri Rakesh Chharia – Management Trustee and Dr. Urvashi Makkar – Director IMS Ghaziabad inaugurated the FDP with the lamp lighting ceremony to goddess Saraswati. Highly renowned and reputed faculty delegates from academia across the country graced the event and gained the expert information about the topic. The FDP Programme was followed with the Valedictory Ceremony and MOU Signing Ceremony with Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi. Convener, Dr. Avadhesh Kumar Gupta and Co- Convener are Prof. Sachin Malhotra and Dr. Sheelesh Sharma concluded the FDP with vote of thanks. Page 12 www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in CONFLUENCE October - December 2014 Quarterly News Magazine of IMS Ghaziabad MDP on Achieving Service Excellence Through Customer Orientation The Institute of Management Studies Ghaziabad organized an MDP on a very contemporary theme in keeping with its glorious tradition of imparting quality education and training to commemorate 25 years of legacy. The program was organized in association with NIESBUD (National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development) and primarily aimed at bridging the industry academia divide and enhance the institute industry interaction. The program, organized under the patronage of Shri Rakesh Chharia, Managing Trustee, IMS Society and Dr. Urvashi Makkar, Director - IMS Ghaziabad, was inaugurated by Dr. Rishi Raj Singh (Director International Training Programs), NIESBUD. Dr. Makkar welcomed the dignitaries and delegates from eminent organization like ALSTOM, UEM Group, Nudeus Software and many others and emphasized on the significance of customer orientation. The Facilitators Dr. Harsh Verma, a senior academician from, FMS Delhi University and Mr. Vishal Gupta, Director National Sales-Delhi NCR at Marriott International emphasized on the key issues by using a blend of case discussions, group exercises, games and discussion Dr. Timira Shukla, Faculty Convener proposed the vote of thanks in the valedictory session. www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in Page 13 Centre for Competency Development & Research (CCDR) HPCL Training Program Under the stewardship of Dr. Urvashi Makkar, Director IMS Ghaziabad, the Center for Competency Development & Research - a Research & Training Arm of IMS Ghaziabad successfully conducted the training Program for the Female Fore -court Sales force Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited. New Delhi on October 30th, 2014. An Ice-breaking session for all the Females Fms enlivened them with vigor and helped them put their best foot forward and participate. The spark of belongingness to HPCL was ignited in all the FSMs through outbound activities co-relating their experience and time span with HPCL in comparison to shopping to any new employer thereby creating brand loyalty. The audio videos displayed ensured them to question the importance of personality quotient and their present ability as brand ambassador of the company the external customers. IMS Ghaziabad conferred the “Star Performer Award” to the best performance of the day along with the Certificate of Participation to each and every participant. The Rewards and Recognition ceremony took place in benign presence of Mr. P P Ganguly, Zonal Head, Mr. P K Uppal, Regional Head and Ms. Poonam Mittal, Manager, RE & MIS of HPCL. EdCIL Training Program The 2nd batch of training program on Communication Skill – Written & Verbal was successfully conducted by Centre for Competency Development & Research on Sept 12th &13th,2014 for employees of EdCIL (India) Limited, Noida. The training program was held in the magnanimous campus of IMS Ghaziabad with high quality hospitality arrangements. With numerous management games, icebreakers, warm up energizers and role plays, the participants were highly invigorated &, motivated. Filled with curiosity and inquisitivity, they participated to their best levels in all the management games and enjoyed the warm up energizers to the brim. The trainers, Ms. Mansi Gupta and Ms.Guneet Oberoi ensured the participants vividly comprehend the topic and imbibe the key attributes of effective communication. IMS Ghaziabad conferred the “Star Performer Award” to the best performance of the day. The Valedictory ceremony and the Rewards and Recognition session took place in the end. Page 14 www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in CONFLUENCE October - December 2014 Quarterly News Magazine of IMS Ghaziabad SPIC MACAY - 2014 A Cultural Extravaganza IMS Ghaziabad always admires the diverse form of Indian Culture and Heritage and has actively invoved itself in promoting awareness among its students and stakeholders. With the same philosophy IMS Ghaziabad along with SPICMACAY organized a culture fiesta celebrating its Silver Jubilee Year. Prominent artist Sushri Mahua Shankar Ji (Disciple of the Great Birju Maharaj Ji in Kathak) on November 27, 2014 mesmerized the audience with her majestic performance in Kathak - a unique form of dance. She commenced with the chronicle story of Kathak, and eventually related it with the modern era. The Auditorium was filled with applauds and standing ovation in response of her magnificent performances. On to its continuous journey of cultural Burlesque, IMS Ghaziabad organized a sufi Qawwali evening on December 01, 2014. Shri Yousuf Khan Nizami Ji enthralled the audience by his dynamic and caricatured ability to abbreviate through qawwali. He commenced with the thanking note to the Institute and Spic Macay Society and then delivered the amazing and staggering dialects in praise to Almighty. Auditorium was delighted by celestial feelings and applauds. www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in Page 15 Campus Round - up There’s always something new to experience at the events held at IMS Ghaziabad and off campus locations year round. These activities are an amalgamation of academic, co-curricular and extracurricular vertical. The reflection of which can be witnessed in the outlook of our students. Diwali Celebrations at IMS At IMS Ghaziabad, The auspicious festival of lights, started with a wish that the glow of joy, prosperity and happiness illuminates the days in the year ahead and many more years to come in lives of all the family members of IMS fraternity. On the eve of Dhanteras, Havan was organized in the academic block where Shri Rakesh Chharia, Management Trustee, IMS Ghaziabad and Dr Urvashi Makkar, Director, IMS Ghaziabad offered prayers to Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi. The environment enthralled with the hymns and prayers to enlighten one and all present with knowledge, wealth and health and to pray communally for Institute's Growth and Prosperity. Live Project with K Group IMS Ghaziabad successfully continued its mission of providing maximum Industry exposure by offering 5 days Live project (Oct 9 - 13, 2014) to 51 PGDM Students, 51 PGDM Students had been given an opportunity to work as a live project trainee during The K Group’s mega exhibition named “All India Franchise” at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Five days of live project inclusive of training was a full compacted learning experience for the fresh budding managers. During the training and event students had been exposed to implications of various class-room teaching and pedagogy, which they have learned in their PGDM curriculum. This project created a positive impact on the shaping minds with dozens of different unexampled learning. Students have been dealing with the guests consists of Customers, Corporate Giants and Bollywood Celebrities. This Exhaustive project concluded with a Certificate of appreciation and stipend 2500 INR per student from the recruiter. Workshop on Entrepreneurship The aim to provide 360 degree knowledge organized a half day workshop for its PGDM Students on Essence of Entrepreneurship by Mr. Shantanu Shrivastava, Managing Director & CEO, Ishan International Pvt. Ltd. The workshop has thrown light on the facts and figures about Entrepreneurship . Mr. Srivastava revealed the myths about the process and functioning of becoming an entrepreneur and also shared the strategies for risk appetite and foresightedness. Most of the students explicated their queries regarding the traditional myths and scope of funding through venture capitalist. Mr Ravish Roshan, Member Secretary - Centre for Education Growth and Research was also part of the event. Workshop concluded with the felicitation ceremony and with the hope that managers can be good entrepreneurs. Page 16 www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in CONFLUENCE October - December 2014 Quarterly News Magazine of IMS Ghaziabad Dr. Subhash Chandra’s Show on Entrepreneurship IMS Ghaziabad with its motto to create entrepreneur out of a manager always provide exposure to their students not only within the campus but also believe to stretch its boundaries outside IMS Campus. To provide practical learning Director of IMS Dr. Urvashi Makkar always tries to put her endless effort in implementation innovative ways to imbibe their students with current scenario of industries.The Subash Chandra show is one of the examples in the large list of industrial exposure which IMS use to give to Ims’ians time-to-time. On October, 29, 2014, IMS student along with its Director and few faculties went on the Dr. Chandra’s Show where they discussed about the facts and myths relating to Entrepreneurship. In the show Dr. Chandra shared his eternal experience being an entrepreneur and the locus of the show were to educate young budding managers how they can think beyond placements and start their venture and make difference in Indian economy, what are the basic traits The students also brought the issue of India’s perception on entrepreneurship as compared to other professions into limelight. In the great interaction session on the show not only students but the director of institute Dr. Makkar had also shared her horizon on the discussion with amazing thought that “Not only an Businessman is an Entrepreneur, but a teacher can also an Entrepreneur who frame the future of their students.” With all these efforts once again Ims’ians envisages IMS as leading brand in B-Schools. IDEATHON–2014 @ IMS Ghaziabad IMS CIIE- Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship, under the patronage of Shri Rakesh Chharia, Management Trustee and visionary leader Dr. Urvashi Makkar, Director, IMS-Ghaziabad through its entrepreneurial student arm TESS (The Entrepreneurial Students Society of IMS Ghaziabad) organized IDEATHON – 2014 ( An Inter College Business Idea Presentation Challenge). The program was supported by MSME Development Institute, Govt of India, SIDBI, SEEDFUND, CEGR and sponsored by IDOAG, SoftTouch IT Solutions and IMS Ghaziabad students startups HostelGoodies.in, Pampet.co.in, Project HB and shoppingkeeda.com. The program was conducted with an objective to provide IMSians and other aspiring student's entrepreneurs a platform to kick start their entrepreneurial idea into action. The shortlisted business ideas were presented by the participants and the best 3 potential ideas have been selected by Jury panel members and awarded. 1st Prize for Rs. 10, 000/- cash sponsored by IDOAG and a Trophy from IMS Ghaziabad was awarded to flatnflatmates.in (Mr. Pratik Sachdev PGDM IMS Ghaziabad), 2nd Prize of Rs. 8, 000/- cash sponsored by SoftTouch IT Solutions and a Trophy from IMS Ghaziabad was awarded to Pampet.co.in (Mr. Mohit Chaudhary and Mr. Chaitanya Puri PGDM IMS Ghaziabad). 3rd Prize, a gift hampers worth of Rs. 5000/- sponsored by HostelGoodies.in and a Trophy from IMS Ghaziabad to Gaonbazar.com. www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in Page 17 ROAR at IMS Ghaziabad IMS Ghaziabad feels proud in sharing that PGDM Alumnus Mr. Pranay Dixit has been launched in upcoming movie ROAR. On October 16, 2014, IMS Ghaziabad Campus has been embellished with the star cast of the upcoming Bollywood thriller – ROAR, where its own alumnus Mr. Pranay Dixit made his debut performance. Director Dr. Urvashi Makkar welcomed the star cast of Roar – Mr. Aaran Chaudhary, Mr. Aadil Chahal and Ms. Nora Fatehi, who visited the campus to promote their forthcoming film and wished them a huge box office success. They have shared the purpose, story-line and shooting scenario about the movie. PGDM Alumnus of IMS Ghaziabad - Mr. Pranay Dixit shaped his ambition of acting while leaving behind his banking career and made his mark from campus to bollywood. Likewise Cast motivated present youngsters to follow their dream and never compromise with the current situation. They enjoyed dancing with the students on the hit track of rubaru and jeenede. Students and faculties were exhilarated by performances and also feel pride while watching the own alumnus approaching stardom. MCA Alumni Talk Series In Continuation to our consistent efforts to provide diverse platforms of learning to our students, IMS Ghaziabad organized its First Alumni Talk Series of MCA Department of new academic session on September 20, 2014. The session started with the prayers of Maa Saraswati and lighting of the ceremonial lamp. Dr. Urvashi Makkar, Director – IMS Ghaziabad welcomed the Prominent Alumni to their second home. She shared the importance of Alumni Linkages and their role in Institution building. Mr. Ahmad Faraz, Project Manager- Dell Services advised the students to focus on different areas of IT such as ERP, Cloud Computing and Business Intelligence along with programming and logic for building their career. Mr Amitabh Mukherjee, Assistant Vice President - Bank of America shared his valuable experiences and suggested for continuous learning throughout the career. The Session ended with the vote of thanks by Prof. Rajanish Jain. Placement Readiness Enhancement Program 2014 at IMS, Ghaziabad Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad organized 30 Hours Certification Program on “Placement Readiness Enhancement Programme” (PREP) for PGDM students of Term-V which got successfully completed on November 5, 2014. Dr. Urvashi Makkar, Director, IMS Ghaziabad congratulated all PGDM students for completing PREP. The PREP programme was conducted by Mr. Pramod Joshi and his Team of 'The Winning Mantra'. All the students were felicitated with the participation Certificates Best five students namely Abhishek Guhathakurta, Alok Rawat, Amit Bakshi, Chitransh Mathur and Savithri Varada based on their overall performances in the programme were awarded with “Star Achiever Trophy” and Certificates followed by highly motivational and concluding remarks by Mr. Pramod Joshi, Director, The Winning Mantra Page 18 www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in CONFLUENCE October - December 2014 Quarterly News Magazine of IMS Ghaziabad Corporate Communique Shri Manoj Gaur, MD, Gaursons It is my pleasure to be part of this conference and would like to be associated in future as well. Dr. S. Raisuddin, Advisor (Research), Jamia Hamdard University It is always a pleasure visiting this great institution. Faculty, administration and students are highly motivated. Dr. M.M.P Akhouri, Advisor, NIESBUD It was a refreshing experience visiting IMS campus with bright young professionals who have already been rewarded by getting placements in all types of organizations. Dr. A.K. Balyan, MD & CEO, Petronet LNG Ltd. I am delighted to see the enthusiasm and learning desire in IMS. Excellent infrastructure of the institution would provide a great opportunity for students to learn and assimilate knowledge. Many compliments to the institute management. Dr. L. V. Subramaniam, STSM & Manager, IBM India It was a wonderful opportunity to interact with faculty and students at IMS. Wishing you all the best. Ms. Neeru Abrol, CMD, NFL It was a wonderful experience being in IMS Ghaziabad. The energy & vibrancy just gets transmitted to you. Keep it up. Alumni Corner Pallavi Misra ,Area Manager, Bajaj Allianz I really appreciate and acknowledge the idea by IMS Ghaziabad of inviting alumni back to campus through Alumni Talk Series. It's a grand way to bridge the gap between alumni and current batch. Karn Sinha ,Area Manager ,Bajaj Allianz Thanks for inviting me on this prestigious platform of Alumni Talk Series and allowing me to reexperience my journey from class room to corporate world. Ahmed Faraz ,Project Manager, DELL IMS Ghaziabad always helped to shape my career and pursued me to dream big in life. I feel always cherished while coming back to my own roots and guiding these budding managers at campus. Pranay Dixit ,Lead Actor Debuted in movie “ROAR” Thanks to IMS GHAZIABAD for The Young Achiever Award on the occasion of 22nd Alumni Meet. A humble gratitude to institute and Director - Dr Urvashi Makkar for giving an opportunity to come back to my alma mater. Amit Tyagi, Senior Branch Manager, Bank of India I would like to extend my thanks to the IMS Ghaziabad & its whole team for giving an opportunity to interact with students & faculty members after 5 long years of completing my PGDM (07-09) Himanshu Sharma, Chief Sales Officer & Founder, B2B Alliances Pvt Ltd Sincere thanks to IMS Ghaziabad for interjecting self-leadership and self-motivation in my genes during my PGDM. Now I am realizing their worth being the CEO of my own firm. I am always excited to revive my energy while coming down to the lanes of my own Institute. www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in Page 19 PGDM Placements Batch (2013-15) We at IMS, Ghaziabad are determined to achieve the bench mark set last year and provide opportunities to the students over a wide variety of Careers in a broad spectrum of Industries/Organizations in India and abroad. Over the years, we have been able to maintain good and strong relationship with industries across the country and as a result, have built up an impressive placement record both in terms of percentage of registered students placed, as well as the number of companies visiting the campus. The performance of students has been commendable and placement record reveals the testimony of their performance with 240% placement to the students of batch 2012-14 with a target of 300% placement this year. Few of Our Star Performers with Multiple Offers Nishant Kaushal Dios International Matrix Cellular ICICI Securities Banishree Gulia ICICI Securities Tata Teleservices Page 20 Mona Singh Dios International Matrix Cellular ICICI Securities Jaya Vodafone Hindware Abhishek Guhathakurta Vodafone Lava Mobile Aman Kumar Singh IndusInd Bank Vodafone www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in CONFLUENCE October - December 2014 Quarterly News Magazine of IMS Ghaziabad MCA Placements Batch (2012-15) The final placement for the passing out batch of MCA 2011-14 has shown tremendous response for IMS Ghaziabad with invites received from over 55+ corporate and more than 120% placement offers to students. The placement of MCA 2012-15 batch is already in full swing and many multinational companies are in line to provide multiple offers for the forthcoming batch. Student Name Madhulika Shukla Harshit Srivastava Nitin Kumar Akash Sahnee Sumit Kumar Gupta Shailja Naugariya Dheeraj Wadhwani Akshay Dwivedi Monika Valecha Himanshu Sharma Ashish Srivastava Company Name Arpan Interactive Pvt. Ltd. Benchmark Group Chrome Infotech Chrome Infotech Chrome Infotech Chrome Infotech Chrome Infotech / TCS Clomosoft Technologies Clomosoft Technologies Crater Zone Crater Zone Hariom Aman Kumar Buchas Anuj Chaudhary Chirag Narang Chhavi Singh Bhadauria Crater Zone Dafodil Software Ltd Navitech NIIT LTD NIIT LTD / TPF Technologies www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in Student Name Shipra Bajpai Abhishek Banarjee Sourabh Tripathi Ruchin Singhal Sakshi Gupta Abhishek Mishra Shivam Garg Kirti Kasera Reshu Tyagi Harshit Yadav Prateek Khandelwal Parul Mishra Vartika Nigam Mohd. Husain Ahmad Sumit Kumar Ashwani Kumar Bipin Kumar Tiwari Company Name NIIT Technologies Oodles Technologies Reliance Comunication Ltd /Wipro Ltd Tech Ahead Software Tech Ahead Software Techno Ocean IT Solution Pvt Ltd TPF Technologies TPF Technologies Wipro Ltd Xeron Technologies Wipro Technologies Wipro Technologies Wipro Technologies Wipro Technologies Orenate Techno Services Pvt. Ltd. Orenate Techno Services Pvt. Ltd. Orenate Techno Services Pvt. Ltd. Page 21 Intellectual Capital @ IMS Keeping track with the changing scenario, the faculty, at IMS, Ghaziabad besides being excellent academically, are also accomplishing in the areas of research with numerous publications in Journals of National/ International repute, and have been actively contributing through participation in Conferences of National/ International stature. This section gives the colloquium of our faculty members' and students recent enrichment in their intellectual levels: Dr. Urvashi Makkar ? Resource Person for Short Term Course on Management of Educational Institutions at UGC Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh ? Chair Person at 'International Conference on Business & Management - Shaping the Future , Department of Management Studies, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, Delhi “Cosmetic Industry in India: Examining Key Factors affecting Men's Fairness Creams” at a National ? Conference on "Higher Education: Ways Ahead" organized by CEGR on 18th November, 2014 at India International Centre, New Delhi. “Innovative Practices: A Futuristic Approach to Indian Banking Industry” at the 2nd International Conference on ? "Innovation and Creativity Management: Future for Sustainable Development" at IMS, Ghaziabad on November 29, 2014. “Green Banking: A Step towards Sustainable Development” at the 2nd International Conference on "Innovation ? and Creativity Management: Future for Sustainable Development" organized by IMS, Ghaziabad on November 29, 2014. “A study on innovations in Banking Sector in past one decade and its benefits to the customers - HDFC Bank as a ? special case ” on Innovation and Creativity Management: Future for Sustainable Development (ICM 2014) organized at IMS, Ghaziabad on November 29, 2014 Dr. Vidya Sekhri “An Empirical Investigation of Market Efficiency and Investor Perception of Merger Announcements in India” ? published in the Asian Journal of Research in Banking and Finance (AJBRF) ISSN: 2249-7323, Vol. 4, No. 10, 2014, Page No. 221-239. “An Empirical Study of Abnormal Returns to Merger and Acquisition Announcements in CNX-100 Companies” ? accepted for publication in the Global Journal of Business Excellence. ISSN: 2321-7103 (Communicated) “Impact of Leverage, Profitability and Dividend Policy on Future value of Firms” presented at International ? Conference on Frontiers of Infrastructure Finance (ICFIF 2014) at VGSOM , IIT Kharagpur (Accepted for Bloomsbury Publication-2014) ? “The Impact of Monetary Policy on Stock Market Returns” Published in edited book titled "Reinventing Management Strategies: The Design for Future” Page No.171-183, ISBN No.978-93-81212-70-7, Published by Bharti Publications. Page 22 www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in CONFLUENCE October - December 2014 Quarterly News Magazine of IMS Ghaziabad ? “Impact of Foreign Direct Investment & Foreign Institutional Investment on Indian Stock Market (SENSEX and NIFTY)” at 2nd International Conference on Innovation and Creativity Management: Future for Sustainable Development (ICM 2014) organized at IMS, Ghaziabad on November 29, 2014. Chaired a technical session at International Conference on Frontiers of Infrastructure, Finance (ICFIF) 2014 at Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM) - IIT Kharagpur on November 14, held during November 13-15, 2014. Dr. Avadesh Kumar Gupta ? “An Extensive Study on the future of Modeling in Software Development” Published in the Journal “International Journal of Computer Science and Engineering IJCSE” Volume 6, No. 08, August 2014. ? “A Conceptual Technique for Modeling Security as a Service Oriented Distributed Systems” published in the journal “Journal of Computer Science and Software Application” by Scientific Online –USA October 2014. ? “Measuring Parameter of Quality of Service in Wireless Sensor Networks” published in the journal “International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Engineering & Technology (IJARCET) Volume 3 Issue 11, November 2014 ? “Understanding of Open Source Software in Business Enterprise: A Review report on legal issues and Licensing” - International Conference on Innovation and Creativity Management: Future for sustainable Development at IMS Ghaziabad –Nov. 29, 2014 “Current Status of ICT in developing Digital India” at 2nd International Conference on Innovation and Creativity Management: Future for Sustainable Development (ICM 2014) organized at IMS, Ghaziabad on November 29, 2014 Dr. Timira Shukla ? “Organisational factors influencing innovation: An empirical investigated” at 2nd International Conference on Innovation and Creativity Management: Future for Sustainable Development (ICM 2014) organized at IMS, Ghaziabad on November 29, 2014 Dr. Anita Singh ? “Work life Balance: A Social Issue in Redefining Human Resource Paradigm”, in National Seminar on Redefining the Human Resource Paradigm in Changing Cultural Social and Economic Environment organized by Prestige Institute Of Management, Gwalior on Nov,1, 2014 ? “Organizational Factors Influencing Innovation: An Empirical Investigation”, at 2nd International Conference on Innovation and Creativity Management: Future for Sustainable Development (ICM 2014) organized at IMS, Ghaziabad on November 29, 2014. Dr. Rinku Sanjeev ? “A study on innovations in Banking Sector in past one decade and its benefits to the customers - HDFC Bank as a special case ” on Innovation and Creativity Management: Future for Sustainable Development (ICM 2014) organized at IMS, Ghaziabad on November 29, 2014 www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in Page 23 Dr. Sunayana Jain ? “Impact of Creativity and Innovation in Advertising leading to change in Customer's mind while making purchases ” on Innovation and Creativity Management: Future for Sustainable Development (ICM 2014) organized at IMS, Ghaziabad on November 29, 2014 ? “Impact of Emotion Images on Social Media Network by using Social Intelligence” on Innovation and Creativity Management: Future for Sustainable Development (ICM 2014) organized at IMS, Ghaziabad on November 29, 2014 ? “A study on innovations in Banking Sector in past one decade and its benefits to the customers - HDFC Bank as a special case ” on Innovation and Creativity Management: Future for Sustainable Development (ICM 2014) organized at IMS, Ghaziabad on November 29, 2014 Dr. Anurag Pahuja ? “Cosmetic Industry in India: Examining Key Factors affecting Men's Fairness Creams” at a National Conference on "Higher Education: Ways Ahead" organized by CEGR on 18th November, 2014 at India International Centre (Anexe), New Delhi ? “Innovative Practices: A Futuristic Approach to Indian Banking Industry” at the 2nd International Conference on "Innovation and Creativity Management: Future for Sustainable Development" at IMS, Ghaziabad on November 29, 2014. ? “Green Banking: A Step towards Sustainable Development” at the 2nd International Conference on "Innovation and Creativity Management: Future for Sustainable Development" organized by IMS, Ghaziabad on November 29, 2014. Dr. Yogita Sharma ? “Measuring Intellectual Capital of Private and Public Universities: An Empirical Study” at 2nd International Conference on Innovation and Creativity Management: Future for Sustainable Development (ICM 2014) organized at IMS, Ghaziabad on November 29, 2014 Prof. Surabhi Singh ? “A Study of Consumer Buying Behaviour of perfume in India” at 2nd International Conference on Innovation and Creativity Management: Future for Sustainable Development (ICM 2014) organized at IMS, Ghaziabad on November 29, 2014 ? “A Study of Marketing issues in Non Profit Organization: Social Welfare and Planning for Urban Rural Development Society” in (ICMC 2014) by George Mason University, Virginia in association with BIMTECH on December 4, 2014. Savithri Varda ? "Can Training Become Learning? Learning is more than Training!" , Power People, Journal by Power HR Forum, ISSN 2277-2189, Vol-7, Issue-2, October- December 2014. Page 24 www.ims-ghaziabad.ac.in Upcoming Events 22nd Mega Alumni Meet - 2015 December 20, 2014 2nd National Seminar on Financial Awareness & Skill Development January 30, 2015 Youth Conclave’ 2015 February 6-7, 2015 Convocation MCA February 14, 2014 Quality and Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification February 18-19, 2015 Alumni Talk Series February 21, 2015 Intra Institute Academic Festival Marketing, Operation. HR & Finance February 26, 2015 Special Session on SIP and Areas of Specialization: Term - III March 12, 2015 MDP on Logistics & Supply Chain Management March 21, 2015 Student Editorial Committee Chitransh Mathur PGDM II Year Tanya Chaudhari PGDM I Year Hemverna Dwivedi PGDM I Year Tezaswani PGDM I Year Yashika Dua PGDM Ist year Monisha Sharma PGDM I Year Anuradha Rathore PGDM I Year Deepika Kaushik PGDM I Year IMS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES LAL QUAN, G.T. 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