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Guest Lecture: Ms V N Saroja, CEO- Agriwatch.com, Co-founder Infoedge.com (Naukri.com), Jeevansathi.com

Today’s business world has umpteen examples of successful entrepreneurs. One such great example is of Naukri.com (Infoedge.com) co-founder Ms V N Saroja. Also the co-founder of Jeevansathi.com, Ms. Saroja led the students of IIM Kashipur through her journey from Indian Institute of Management Ahmadabad to being the CEO of Agriwatch.com and beyond. Starting with comparing the life and career options in early 1990s and today, she said she was fortunate to get an opportunity from big multinational organization to publish a status paper at the age of 22. She explained that starting a new venture is not easy. It took her partners and her six years to grow Naukri.com to where it stands today. They had to do all kind of jobs like editing and rewriting resumes of clients themselves and sitting for hours on a computer to upload those resumes on the internet.

Ms Saroja emphasised that the world is full of opportunities and a person has to be present at the right place at the right time to avail them. The only requirement is to find passion within you. One should be willing to take calculated risks, identify what went wrong, rectify it and move forward. Also, have confidence that your ideas will survive, irrespective of other external factors.

She also shared her experience of working in small villages in and around Delhi and converting them into some of the most respectable and fashionable areas. She said that the business world is changing at a very fast pace and people new to this world should be ready to expand their views to grasp the slightest of opportunities. The students of IIM Kashipur were thrilled to listen to such inspiring words.

Guest Lecture: Mr. Shubham Narayan, Goldman Sachs

IIM Kashipur welcomed Mr Shubham Narayan, Analyst at Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division to provide insights on portfolio management. Students were highly engaged in the discussion on investments and the value of shareholders in an organization.

Guest Lecture: Mr. Kamal Singh, National HRD Network @ IIM Kashipur

IIM Kashipur students got an opportunity to attend a guest lecture by Mr. Kamal Singh, Director General, National HRD Network who spoke about “ Emerging Trends in Global Business; Industry Expectation from MBA’s ”. He gave us the insights of what the industry expects from us.

Mr Kamal has recently launched a new initiative Management Aptitude Test Skills Test (MAST). Winner of several accolades & awards in the past, he has recently been awarded by Top Rankers for Management Excellence and also received Indian Achiever’s Award by Indian Achievers Forum.

SPIC MACAY Chapter Begins @ IIM Kashipur

On the eve of Republic Day, SPIC MACAY Chapter of IIM Kashipur concluded a grand event which witnessed performances by virtuosos like Pandit Bhajan Sopori, Shri Suchit Narang and Pandit Kalamandalam Amaljith. This event also marked the beginning of the SPIC MACAY chapter of IIM Kashipur. SPIC MACAY is a voluntary movement that seeks to conserve and promote an awareness of our rich and heterogeneous cultural tapestry amongst the youth of this country through focus on the classical arts.

Night Futsal with our professors

On the eve of January 28th, Night futsal (Football) with professors from IIM Kashipur was organised. Here are some of the photos from the event.

Myntra at IIM Kashipur

The COO of Myntra.com, Mr. Ganesh Subramanian came to IIM Kashipur on Friday, 24th January. In a hearty interaction with the students, he recounted how Myntra, which started from a garage, climbed up the e-commerce ladder to become India’s largest online fashion store.

Myntra is fast growing into an e-commerce giant with over 1500 employees and over $75 million in funding from top investors like Tiger Global and Accel Partners. Recording a footfall of over 600 thousand each day, they have received prestigious awards like IAMAI’s Best Ecommerce Website of the year award for 2012 and Red Herring Global 100 award. Mr. Ganesh highlighted some important points along Myntra’s journey, right from its inception as a personalised t-shirt selling organisation in 2007 to capturing a 30% market share in online fashion e-commerce in 2013. He talked at length about the growing importance of continuously improving the supply chain of a company since it will be the differentiating factor that can tip the balance in favour of an organisation. He emphasised that always having an entrepreneurial and organic outlook towards business is the key since that is what creates a sense of goodwill and satisfaction among both employees and customers. In view of this, Myntra has collaborated with designers like Rohit Bal and Manish Arora to give shoppers the best and newest in fashion. Recently actor Hrithik Roshan launched his active lifestyle apparel and casual wear brand HRX exclusively on Myntra.

The students were keen to know Myntra’s future propositions and their strategy to delve into the huge semi-urban and rural market among other things, which Mr. Ganesh answered expertly. A thought from him that stayed with the students was,” If 8 out of 10 people reject your idea outright, I guarantee that it is a phenomenal one.”

Guest Lecture by Mr. Sanjay Mehta, CEO (Textile division), Trident Industries

On 25th January 2014, Mr. Sanjay Mehta, CEO (Textile division), Trident Industries visited IIM Kashipur to have an interaction with the students of PGP2013-15 batch and shared his experiences and valuable insights with them. Starting the discussion, Mr. Mehta emphasized on the importance of empowerment of women. He said that women are taking their righteous place in the society which is very important as the growth of any business, society or nation depends on the development of the women folk.

Moving on to the technical aspects of business in particular marketing, he told that travelling is also one of the major ways which provides a person an opportunity to learn business skills, negotiations and much more. Mr. Mehta is a firm believer of product innovation and sustainability. He also believes that marketing is something which one keeps sharpening on daily basis. Sharing his career experience, he told that the present scenario in domestic marketing is quite myopic as compared to international marketing and that overseas markets and the opportunity they offer cannot be ignored in any segment. Culture is yet another important criterion in international context as well as in a highly culturally rich country as India since color, design, choices and various things depends on it. Mr. Mehta also talked about the intricacies of the Indian textile market highlighting the fact that it is a big market but is unstructured and fragmented.

Moving on further to discuss the details of the international market he said that increased competition, political and economic instability are some of the hurdles in doing business internationally. However, a complete political, social, economic, cultural, technological and legal analysis helps to do better market selection. He also said that management’s commitment to international markets is necessary.

Executive PGP Inauguration

IIM Kashipur marked the beginning of Executive Post Graduate Program (EPGPM) on 4th August, 2013 under the guidance of its Director, Dr Gautam Sinha and Dr Somnath Ghosh, Dean Academics. The Chief Guest for this event, held at IIM Kashipur campus, was Mr S K Dubey, Plant Director, Mahindra and Mahindra.

Other pioneers from various fields also graced the occasion. The first batch has 30 students with an average work experience of 7 years in diversified fields.

Dr. Richard Vlosky at IIM Kashipur

Professor and Director of Louisiana Forest Products Development Center and Crosby Land and Resources Professor in Forest Sector Business Development at Louisiana State University, Dr. Richard Vlosky gave a lecture on Forest Management and Research to the students of IIM Kashipur.

Professor and Director of Louisiana Forest Products Development Center, Dr. Richard Vlosky @ IIM Kashipur

IIM Kashipur Faculty at Harvard Business School

In a step towards providing world class education and incorporating the tradition of case teaching method into its classrooms, the first batch of three faculty members, led by the Director Prof Gautam Sinha joined Haravard Business School’s The Global Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning (GloColl) program this July.

66696_565025070221113_894525637_n — (From Left) Prof. Badhani, Prof. Islam and Director Gautam Sinha at Harvard Business School

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