IIM Kashipur students got the opportunity to interact with Mr. Alvis Lazarus A, India Head – Distribution Centre & Line Haul Operations, Flipkart.com. Though his presentation, he explained the importance of “Mix of Supply Chain, Lean and Six Sigma”.
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Guest Lecture: Mr. Nagaraju KB, COO at TVS Logistics Services Limited
IIM Kashipur welcomed Mr. Nagaraju KB, COO at TVS Logistics Services Limited. He is an IIM Calcutta alumni and had previously he has worked with Lenovo India Pvt Ltd and Transmart India Pvt Limited. Currently he is on sabbatical and working with an NGO. Coming from Operations field, Mr Nagaraju explained the students about “The Triple-A Supply Chain- Agility, Adaptability and Alignment”. He shared his experience in supply chain dictating the fact that Supply chain is a backbone to meet customer expectations. Along with arranging for logistics, supply chain very evidently includes planning and manufacturing. From his experience he compared the current scenario of industry with that in early 2000s. He said that the current industry is very demanding and the customers want product at their doorsteps at their preferred time. To achieve this managers have to necessarily go for a steep learning curve.
Mr Nagaraju explained the AAA supply chain model through experiences of his operations career in companies like Compaq India, Tata Motors, Lenovo, etc. He stressed upon the importance of localization of supply chain in order to achieve immediate demand of customized products by the consumers. He also very promptly answered queries of the students regarding supply chain and logistics. IIM Kashipur thanks him for his presence at the campus.
Guest Lecture: Dr. Mahru Sultana, Senior Talent Acquisition / Management Consultant, Korn Ferry
DR. MAHRU SULTANA, Senior Talent Acquisition / Management Consultant, Korn Ferry, Canada interacted with students and explained HR Opportunities in Canada. She also resolved various queries of students regarding talent acquisition, appraisal and other HR roles in current industry scenario.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
Mr. Nikhil Mehta, Executive Director, Corporate Strategy at Nomura
Adding onto the next chapter of the guest lectures by esteemed dignitaries, Mr. Nikhil Mehta, Executive Director, Corporate Strategy at Nomura interacted with the students at IIM Kashipur and gave them knowledgeable insights on Mergers and Acquisitions. He explained the length and breadth of financial market and the strategic reasons that drive organizations into M&A. The future managers also came across tactics of buyers and sellers and the important roles of Investment Bank in this arena.
Mr. Mehta is an expert in M&A and Strategy with 10+ years of financial services experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy, financial planning & budgeting and mortgage credit lending. He is an MBA from Georgetown University, a commerce graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce and a Chartered Accountant.
Nomura is the leading financial services group which provides services across various divisions such as retails, asset management and wholesale. It provides a broad range of solutions to individual, institutional and government clients through its network in 30 countries. In 2009, it achieved a No.1 ranking for customer market share on the London Stock Exchange. Nomura was actively involved in the reconstruction of East Japan post the earthquake disaster and has contributed to the society through The Nomura charitable trust and Nomura foundation.
Interaction with Industry expert: Mr. Nitin Jain, Chief Marketing and Sales Officer, OCM
Mr. Nitin Jain (Chief Marketing and Sales Officer, OCM) visited IIM Kashipur on 29th Nov and shared his experience in marketing and brand building in the textile industry.
Mr. Jain has a vast experience spanning 15 years working with companies such as International Textile Group (ITG), Burlington Industries (now ITG) in United States and Nano- Tex in Hong Kong. He has also worked with Raymond (India) as President, Strategic Initiatives and has a keen interest in equity trading.
He started off the interaction by clearing some of the myths related to marketing. He briefed the students about the recent change in guard at OCM, and how it led to a rebranding exercise in view of OCM shifting its focus away from the ready-to-wear segment. The rebranding of OCM as “An affordable fashion for aspirational minds” and the ‘Face life’ campaign generated interest among the students. Participants discussed the finer aspects of the ad campaign and became curious as to why OCM moving away from using any brand ambassador.
The suiting offered by OCM come in a huge price window and catering to the age group of 25 yrs to 35 yrs. Students were inquisitive about the go-to-market strategy of OCM to which Mr. Jain highlighted that Single brand retail stores were not cost effective hence they moved on to Multi brand outlets as their primary customer touch point. This strategy helped OCM in catering to the tier 2 and 3 cities.
The discussion was followed by the one to one interaction with the guest. The students picked his brain with queries from various aspects ranging from financials, operational difficulties, retail marketing and brand makeover. “Tailor made suits are the biggest challenge we face. Tailoring is a dying skill” he added when asked about the challenges faced by suiting industry. He also provided the students with the insights on OCM and its work culture. The students of IIM Kashipur enjoyed the session as it provided them with a clearer picture of what are the challenges in the textile industry and also informed about the expectations from them in the near future, if they venture into the marketing space in textile industry.
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