Parivartan Club-IIM Kashipur organized Blood Donation camp on 29th July, 2014. Along with the Director Dr Gautam Sinha, 65 members of IIM Kashipur participated by donating their blood. This included faculty, students, administrative staff and others.
Envisage is the first ever competition in India of innovative ideas in marketing films.
IIM Kashipur is proud to be the Event Partner for Envisage.
Every well-made film is a labor of love and deserves to be appreciated. A clever marketing strategy can connect the film to its audience and reap rich returns. The new media has opened up umpteen possibilities of connecting a film to its audience cheaply and effectively. In the last five years the paradigm of marketing has undergone a revolution, making it possible for all genres of films to get a visibility. Participating teams may present out of the box marketing strategies or they may adopt strategies tried and tested before, to suit their purposes. The important thing is to present the right strategy for the right product/film.
Pre-convocation ceremony, held in Gautami Heights, saw unfolding of various events: SPIC MACAY by Shri Padma Vibhushan Dr. Sonal Mansingh, Awards and Mementos to the passing out batch, Release of 3 books: first annual magazine REVISTA, first year book for passing out batch and a book on Women’s Rights by Prof Baharul Islam.
IIM Kashipur organized the first edition of Excelsior – A Multi-Domain Annual Management Fest of IIM Kashipur.
Excelsior in Latin means “ever upward”. In today’s world of cut throat competition, one needs to do the things differently yet persistently. The wave of success follows the wave of hard and smart work. The dynamic business environment is pushing the business leaders to their limits. Rightly said that these days there is nothing like competitive sustainable advantage! One needs to continuously adapt to the ever changing external environment and yet be competitive in the variables of control.
Excelsior ’14 was a microcosm of the corporate world where one was required to compete in an extremely tough environment to analyse corporate cases, play simulation games and emerge as a winner for survival! It was an amalgamation of six fields – Finance, marketing, consulting, operations, HR and IT.
Excelsior saw the coming together of the various clubs and committees of IIM Kashipur. The following competitions were held under this umbrella: 1. Infosys Auto Capek – an IT White Paper Competition 2. Bloomberg TraderX – a Finance Trading Competition 3. Mahindra Consilio – a Consulting Case Study Competition 4. Markaholic – a Marketing Case Study Competition 5. Operatius – an Operations Simulation Game Competition 6. Cynque – an HR Case Study Competition 7. Out of Syllabus – a General Quiz Competition 8. Venture 15 K – an Entrepreneurial Skills Competition
Excelsior’14 witnessed participation of around 3000 students from various institutes in India and some from abroad. Participants competed for a total of INR 250,000+ worth of prizes and PPIs from reputed organizations like Infosys, Bloomberg and Mahindra & Mahindra. The rigour and excitement was multiplied as the various rounds of competition progressed in each event; the enthusiasm peaked during the final showcase of talent and knowledge held on campus on 9th March, 2014.
The intensity of the mega IIM Kashipur management fest would live up to its name- Excelsior – ever upward!!
Recognizing the fact that the role of media in business is ever growing in today’s world, IIM Kashipur organized a Media Conclave on 15th February, 2014 (Saturday) to discuss the emerging role of media in various walks of life and business. The conclave had invited speeches and panel discussions from prominent dignitaries from media houses as well as some student presentations.
The eminent speakers and panelists included: Mr. Shailesh Shah, Secretary General, Indian Broadcasting Federation; Mr. Asad Mirza, Media Advisor and Editor, British High Commission; Mr. R. Srinivasan, Associate Editor, The Hindu Business Line; Mr. Subimal Bhattacharya, a globally recognized defence and cyber security expert, and; Mr. Anant Vijay, Deputy Executive Producer, IBN7.
Welcoming the distinguished media persons, representatives of the industry as well as corporate and social media sector, Dr. Gautam Sinha, the Director of IIM Kashipur, threw open this conclave open for debate and discussion. Despite mass media industry playing a significant role in highlighting the inequalities in wealth, power and privileges, he expressed concern about the growth of giant multinational media corporations holding enormous power and influence over the content and form by the owners of media. He raised some basic but very relevant questions to the participants of the conclave.
Inaugurating the conclave, Mr. Shailesh Shah, said that India is the biggest producer of films and entertainment media, and that we need to enhance our partnership into it. Further, he said that this industry has a capacity of a turnover of over $ 100 billion. This was followed by a presentation by the Students.
The Post-break session saw an intense panel discussion with panelists comprising of Shri Asad Mirza, Shri R. Srinivasan, Shri Subimal Bhattacharya, Shri Anant Vijay, and Prof. K. M. Baharul Islam, functioning as the moderator. The invited questions from amongst the audience added further value to the discussion, with some of the responses being noted down by many, and some witty ones inviting laughter.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
1st Dec 2012, Gautami Heights, Kashipur: Inaugurating the second annual Finance summit of IIM Kashipur, Dr.Gautam Sinha, Director, IIM Kashipur emphasized on the fact that India still faces many barriers in competition and a lot of work is required to be done for financial inclusion. According to Mr. Sinha, MANTHAN’12 aims at providing fresh ideas and insights about the needs of the present, through eye opening talks by domain experts.
MANTHAN is an annual Finance Summit organized by IIM Kashipur to provide a platform for state of the art discussions on the current state and future direction of the Indian economic reforms. The event witnessed a mix of eminent industry personalities from the field of economics, academia and students.
Reflecting on Indian Economic Reforms Dr. M Govinda Rao, Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy said that more relaxations in service sector have made India a service centric country where less importance is given to infrastructure or power sector. He added that poor expenditure management and fiscal deficit in conjunction with election and increased petrol prices had led the deceleration of Indian economy in 2008. But at the same time he said that the repercussions can be more severe than the constructive effects of reforms such as price control by government often leads to a misallocation of resources. He emphasized on the fact that government reforms like creation of National Investment Board will be more helpful. Along with this, private sector should invest more & present a road map to government rather than reacting according to reforms.
Mr. Robin Banerjee, Deputy Managing Director of Bilcare Limited stated that debt w.r.t GDP is going down (decreased from 75% in 2006 to 67% in 2012) and the country will continue to grow for at least next 5 decades because it has a median age of 25yrs. which makes it the youngest in the world. But at the same time he said that, in terms of per capita income India stands at 135th position out of 180 countries, which raises a few concern. According to him the motive of economic reforms should be targeted towards removing distortion i.e. creating policies which equally favor rich & poor people and also manage competition. He added that two basic challenges faced by India are, first, lot of paper work which causes delay in getting permission to start a project and second, contractual agreements. In terms of following contractual agreements India stands at 184th position out of 185 countries which stops foreign investors from investing in India. Few of the suggestions given by him which will decrease the fiscal deficit as well as Gini coefficient are decreasing interest rate, selling the surplus land and divestment of loss making government companies.
Dr. D.S. Malik, Managing Director, Amex auto group Co., demonstrated the scenario of Indian auto industry post economic reforms. He emphasized the need of better tax policies. He also focused on labor laws that are currently practiced.
Mr. Ranen Banerjee, Executive Director/Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, was of the view that currently India is having weak macro fundamentals. External factors like high crude oil prices and depreciating foreign exchange rate are among the main reason. He proposed REFORM 2.0, new changes that should be the future of economic reforms in India. It included giving more choices to bottom of pyramid rather than middle class, empowering the state government so that growth is triggered by them & not by center, rule of law i.e. strengthening the judiciary & contract laws in India and focusing more on emerging concepts like impact sourcing.
Dr. V. Ranganathan, Mentor Faculty at IIM Kashipur, RBI Chair Professor on Infrastructure and Member of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said that making economic reforms are not enough, reforms in governance and attitude is the need of hour. Increasing the efficiency & response should be given more attention and reforms should not be limited only to papers but rather be implemented properly.
IIM Kashipur commenced operations from July 2011. The institute offers its flagship two years Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM). The institute is set up with the objective of providing quality management education while sensitizing students towards the needs of the society.
Inaugurating the second annual HR summit of IIM Kashipur, Dr.Gautam Sinha, Director- IIM Kashipur emphasized on the fact that HR nowadays is being at forefront at the Corporate Strategy. This year the summit was organized in national capital, New Delhi.
SAMANVAYA, according to Mr. Sinha is the answer to the question on how the manage the most volatile capital in an organization: the human capital.
SAMANVAYA is an annual HR Summit organized by IIM Kashipur to impress upon the fact that HR recently has acquired a strategic position in navigating an organization through testing times and that managing the human capital is equally important for an organization to succeed.
The summit witnessed the confluence of the Industry heads and eminent business leaders from prominent companies spread across diversified sectors like steel, power and software. All the delegates agreed upon the common point that hierarchy has become flatter and that people have become the barometer for success.
Reflecting on the HR in a network organization Mr. Venkatnarayanan, President HR, IT & Education, Rane Holdings Limited said that talent management, talent retention, high performance culture and effective Training and Development are the four major challenges of HR.
Mr. Ranjan Bandhopadhyay, Global HR Head ,BPO Services TCS was of the view that managing the huge amount of data through better security management is the need of the hour and TCS is doing its every bit to make sure client data is secure.
Mr. Piyush Dutt, Chief HR officer, TPG Sales said that HR nowadays contributes substantially to the top line and bottom line of the company which is gradually becoming a barometer for the HR performance of an organization.
Mr. Manmohan Bhutani, Vice President, People & Operations, Fiserv Global Services said today’s business world is all about people and the war is for talent. Hence business strategy and people strategy has to be merged. He credited the IT/ITES companies in bringing this competitive nature to Indian corporate culture.
IIM Kashipur is the new entrant in the league of IIM’s and has commenced operations from July 2011. The institute offers its flagship two years Post Graduate Program in management (PGPM). The institute is set up with the objective of providing quality management education while sensitizing students towards the need of the society.
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