From President's Desk

AIMS eNewsletter Vol 4 | No 3 | Mar 2019

FROM PRESIDENT’S DESK

Dear Members,

Greetings from AIMS!

I am glad to release the AIMS eNewsletter, Vol.4, No.3, covering the events of AIMS and its Member Institutes that took place during the months of January and February, 2019 for your perusal.

During the period under coverage, AIMS Board Members had been to Guwahati, Assam to have a Round Table of Deans and Directors of the Eastern Region and the Third Executive Board Meeting on 3rd February 2019 at Assam Institute of Management. Further, a few International and National level conferences, as well as Faculty Development Programmes were also conducted at New Delhi, Hyderabad, Guwahati, Indore, etc.

Looking forward to your active support to AIMS activities and also greater contribution to this bi-monthly eNewsletter.

With fraternal regards,

Dr Rattan Sharma President, AIMS

Mob: 99101 71010

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C O N T E N T S

S.No Name of the Institution Page Nos NORTH ZONE JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur conduct A Brief on Some Key 1 03 – 10 Activities – Best Educational Institutional Award, Jan – Feb, 2019 Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Management & Research, New Delhi 2 Faculty Competency Development Workshop, held on 4 – 9 11 – 15 February, 2019 EAST ZONE Assam Institute of Management, Guwahati - One day Faculty 3 Development Program (FDP) on the theme “Emerging Dimensions of 16 – 21 Management Education”, 2nd Feb, 2019 Asian School of Business Management, Bhubaneswar - 4 Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp-2019, organized from 28th 22 – 28 February - 2nd March, 2019 Gandhi Institute for Technology, Bhubaneswar - A Two day Faculty 5 29 – 30 Development Programme, 3 - 4 Jan, 2019 WEST ZONE IES Management College and Research Centre, Bandra, Mumbai 6 18th Convocation function and Degree Distribution Ceremony on 31 – 32 2nd February, 2019 Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore - 2nd Vikram 7 Sarabhai Memorial Centenary Oration on the occasion of 5th 33 – 43 Foundation Day on Jan 08, 2019 Prestige Institute of Management, Gwalior - 10th International 8 Conference on The Econometric Society on “Digital Strategies for 44 – 49 Organisational Success”, on Jan 5 - 7, 2019 SOUTH ZONE D J Academy for Managerial Excellence, Coimbatore - CFO's Panel 9 50 – 53 Discussion on Indian Economy, on 8th Jan, 2019 National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Hyderabad 10 - 23rd International Joint World Cultural Tourism Conference on World 54 – 57 Tourism Development: Managerial Implications,10 - 12 January, 2019 International School of Management Excellence, Bangalore - 7th 11 International Conference on “Contemporary Issues in Management”, 58 – 66 on 22 - 23 February, 2019

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NORTHERN REGION

JK LAKSHMIPAT UNIVERSITY

JAIPUR

A Brief on Some Key Activities of JK Lakshmipat University (January- February 2019)

JKLU bags “Best Educational Institution Award”

JKLU received “Best Educational Institution Award” in Educational - University – Category on January 12, 2019. The Award was instituted by the Employers' Association of Rajasthan and presented by the Hon'ble Minister of Industries, Shri Prasadi Lal Meena and State Minister of Industries, Shri Arjun Singh Bamania, Govt of Rajasthan. Commissioner of Industries, Mr Pathak and other dignitaries from the Association, like its President, Award Jury Members and others were also present.

Dr. R.L. Raina receiving the award (January 12, 2019)

Master Class on Experiential and Project-Based Learning

JK Lakshmipat University organized Masterclass on “Experiential and Project-based Learning in Engineering Education: How to make it work” during January 11-12, 2019. The workshop was conducted by Dr Siddharthan Govindaswamy, BS, MS and Ph.D,

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, Associate Professor, Olin College of Engineering, USA and inaugurated by Prof. M P Poonia, Vice-Chairman, AICTE. Prof. M P Poonia emphasized on providing students autonomy, time and space to improve the desired skills such as innovative, decision making and problem solving skills. During the workshop participants got an opportunity to interact with faculty and students who are implementing project-based learning in the Indian context.

Dr. Siddharthan interacting with the participants (January 11-12, 2019)

HR Innovators Summit and Awards -2019

JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur organized HR Innovators Summit and Awards -2019 based on the theme ‘New Age Workplaces – Changing Role of HR’ on January 19, 2019. The main objective was to provide an opportunity to discover the latest HR technologies, trends and innovations in the industries and to provide a forum for peer learning. First, Dr. R.L. Raina, Honorable Vice-Chancellor, JKLU delivered welcome address thereafter by Prof. Sanjay Goel discussed the new pedagogy adopted by JKLU. Guest of Honor, Shri N. K. Jain talked about the skill sets required by students for internship and placement in the industry. Key Note Speaker, Mr. A. Thiru, President, Corporate HR, JK Organization shared his ideas on Technology for Industry 4.0. Second half of the day witnessed presentation of the nominees for the award and students interaction with the HR professionals. The coordinators of the event were Dr. S. Taruna, Dr. Sheetal Mundra and Career Services & Outreach Division.

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HR Innovators Summit and Awards - 2019 (January 19, 2019)

International Conference on “Innovations in Technology and Management for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”

JK Lakshmipat University organized International Conference on “Innovations in Technology and Management for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)" during February 1-3, 2019 at JKLU Campus, Jaipur. The Chief Guest on the occasion was Mr. Kamal Singh, Executive Director, UN Global Compact Network India. The welcome address was delivered by Dr. R. L. Raina, Conference Patron Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, JKLU. Dr.Raina in his address aptly shared the purpose of organising the conference on ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ and linked it with the innovations and developments taking place at the University. Thereafter, Mr. Asheesh Gupta, Honourable, Pro-Vice Chancellor, JKLU said that the theme of the conference can be the most elegant way to describe the journey of JKLU. He threw some light on the various recent developments of the university such as launch of Institute of Design, establishment of Centre for Communication and Critical Thinking etc. Dr.Jyoti Prakash CR Naidu elaborated on the conference theme. Dr. Sanjay Goel, Director, Institute of Engineering and Technology, JKLU briefed the audience about the teaching- learning process at JKLU which is largely based on experiential learning. Thereafter, Guest of Honor, Dr. Karim M H, University of Kharazmi, Tehran, Iran said Innovation, as the fruit

AIMS eNewsletter Vol 4 | No 3 | Mar 2019 of science and technology, will play a fundamental role in the Sustainable Development Goals.

Keynote Address was delivered by Mr. Pramod Kumar Jain (ED-Design), NCRTC. He discussed the theme of the conference in the field of transportation and threw some light on the various actions taken by Indian government to achieve sustainable development goals. Inaugural Address was delivered by the Chief Guest, Mr. Kamal Singh, Executive Director, UN Global Compact Network India. He talked about SDGs and illustrated with several examples how these are acting as game changers. There were 2 plenary sessions and 6 technical sessions wherein papers related to subthemes were presented by delegates.

In the valedictory session Dr. Dhruvi Bharwad, Social Research Officer with Space Applications Centre (SAC)/ISRO was the Keynote Speaker who discussed various programmes of ISRO which are contributing significantly in achieving the 17 SGDs. Thereafter, an invited talk was delivered by Dr. Julie Ingram, University of Gloucestershire, U.K. She discussed the scope of transforming agriculture to achieve SGDs. Dr. Shivraj Dhaka, Counsellor, Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) Hyderabad, Telangana, India (Guest of Honour) threw some light on ‘The Indian Green Building Movement’. Thereafter, Dr. Jyoti Prakash Naidu presented the conference report and solicited major takeaways from the participants. The concluding remarks were given by Dr. Sanjay Goel.

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Glimpses of the International Conference

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5th National Seminar on “Leveraging Design Thinking for Introducing Innovative Information Services (LDT-IIIS)”

JK Lakshmipat University organized 5th National Seminar on “Leveraging Design Thinking for Introducing Innovative Information Services (LDT-IIIS)” in collaboration with Rajasthan Technical Library Association (RTLA), Jaipur on February 17, 2019. The Chief Guest on the occasion was Dr S. D. Vyas, Adjunct Professor of Library and Information Science of Banasthali Vidyapeeth and Ex. University Librarian, NALSAR University of Law. Dr R.L. Raina, Honorable Vice Chancellor delivered the welcome address. He urged the audience to imbibe the concept of design thinking for introducing innovative information services.

Dr Sanjay Goel, Director, IET said there is a dire need to revisit the definition of the library - it is a concept, not a place. He further said the concept of ‘book’ is evolving with the passage of time. Dr Raj Kumar Bhakar, Patron, RTLA, while throwing some light on Rajasthan Technical Library Association (RTLA) said on 4 Sep 2017, 562 librarians joined in Government of Rajasthan. This vacancy was the result of RTLAs regular effort. He further discussed various hardships and challenges which RTLA encountered since its inception. Thereafter, Mr Mukesh Pathak Organizing Secretary threw some light on the theme of the seminar. Dr Purnima Kaushik, Guest of Honor, in her address gave emphasis on KISS (Keep It Simple and Short) principle. Dr S. D. Vyas, the chief guest of the occasion, said there should be a seamless collection of print and digital resources. He asked the participants to have a mutual discussion through such type of associations. Finally, vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Roshan Lal, President, RTLA.

The Inaugural session was followed by plenary session on “Technological Innovations for Information Services”. Thereafter, there was a technical session in which various papers related to the theme of the conference were delivered. Valedictory session started with a report presentation by Dr Bhoop Singh. Thereafter, Hon’ble Vice-

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Chancellor Dr. R L Raina gave concluding remarks and said the librarians must be equipped with cutting edge technology, innovative approach, proactive and future ready.

Dr. R.L. Raina delivering the welcome address (February 17, 2019)

Annual National Level Sports Fest - “Spardha”

JK Lakshmipat University organized its 8th National Level Sports fest “SPARDHA” during February 22- 24, 2019 to provide a platform to the students to showcase their proficiency in sports. Sports like, Cricket, Basketball, Volleyball, Football, Kabaddi, Athletics (Shot Put, Long Jump, Cross Fit and 100 m Race), Table Tennis (singles, doubles, team event), Chess, Carrom (singles, doubles) and LAN Gaming (PUBG, NFS, FIFA, COUNTER STRIKE) were part of the annual sports fest of JK Lakshmipat University. The University received overwhelming response from around 45 institutions of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Haryana with participation of more than 1300 students. Institutions such as GLA Mathura, Galgotia University, Amity University, Prestige institute of Management, Gwalior, PEC, IIMT Delhi, Govt. college Ajmer, Mumbai University, LNMIIT, Manipal University Jaipur, MCC, JNVU Jodhpur, RIET, RCW, JEC, JNU, Arya College, SKIT, VIT, JECRC,

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Maharishi Arvind College, GIT, Jayoti Vidyapeeth, ICG, IIS University, UEM, JIT and Poornima University were the highlights with a dominating participation.

Mrs. Sapna Punia, Olympian & Former National Record Holder graced the event as the Chief Guest for the Inaugural function. She was accompanied with Mr. Anil Punia, Coach Indian Athletic Tem as the guests of honor. Dr. Sanjay Goel, Director, IET, JKLU welcomed the esteemed gathering and said that the objective of this program is to develop in the students a sporting spirit and provide a platform to display their physical strength. Honorable Chief Guest, Mrs. Sapna Punia highlighted the Importance of sports in students’ life and threw some light on the values taught by games such as team spirit, target achievement etc. Guest of honor, Mr. Anil Punia said that a healthy balance of academics and extracurricular activities is a key to successful life. Thereafter, events of the day started and all the students actively participated in various events with full sportsman spirit. Attractive trophies and Cash prizes were awarded to all the winners and runners-up by Honorable Chief Guest Mr. Dhananjay Tyagi, National level Karate player, Dr. R.L. Raina Vice chancellor JKLU, Dr. Sanjay Goel Director IET, Dr. JayotiPrakash Naidu, Dean R&D and faculty members of the University participated in the Valedictory Session. Spardha ‘2019’ was coordinated by Prof. Devendra Bhavsar, Dr. Pushpendra Singh and Mr. Pankaj Pandey Sports Officer.

Glimpses of Spardha 2019

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BHARATI VIDYAPEETH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH

New Delhi

AIMS Sponsored Faculty Competency Development Workshop held at BVIMR, New Delhi 04 – 09 February, 2019

Dr Manpreet Kaur & Dr. Nishith Mishra1

The Research and Training Advisory Committee of BVIMR in association with AIMS organized a workshop named as “Faculty Competency Development Workshop” during 4th February to 9th February 2019. The workshop was intended to build competency of young faculty and research scholars in dealing with day to day teaching assignments. It also aimed at imparting experiential learning in preparing research proposals, curriculum design, Google class room, student engagement, academic leadership, case development & analysis etc. The participants were exposed to the background and fundamentals of these topics. They were also trained and taught, how to continuously assess and evaluate their students’ learning in order to guide and manage the teaching process for better student learning environment. There were 20 participants who attended the workshop. The session use to start at 10am in the morning till 1:00 pm. After a lunch break from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm, the post lunch session continued till 4:30 pm in the evening.

Day 1: 4 February 2019

The first day started with inaugural session of the workshop and lightening of the lamp. The first session was taken by Prof VikasNath on the topic “Roles and Responsibilities of a teacher in institutions of higher Education”. It was apt beginning as the participants were sensitized on the critical role a teacher in higher education. It helped them to develop comprehensive course outlines for overall development of the learner throughout the semester.

1 Members, Research and Training Advisory Committee, BVIMR, New Delhi

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The post lunch session on google classroom taken by Mr Nikhil Rajput was very interactive and provided participants with required knowledge of creating virtual classroom through google. The enabled them to develop online quiz and do assessment of students when they are not in the class. It was a wonderful beginning for the participants who learned so much in the following days.

Day 2: 5 February 2019

The daystarted with discussion on “Curriculum design and development” by Prof. Vikas Nath. He deliberated on meaning, types of curriculum, outcome of curriculum and procedure for assessment and grading.

The second half of the day was focused on creating audio visual content and resources by Mr Nimit Gupta. He highlighted the importance of audio visual aids and their effective usage in the classroom.

Day 3: 6 February 2019

There was a refresher dose on Management of Emotions taken by Mr Beni Kinha, which was most enjoyed by the participants. It included discussion on maintaining work life balance. Furthermore, it emphasized on how teacher can be mentor for his students. After lunch, Prof S R Singhvi took a session on how to select a research topic and factors to be considered while selecting the appropriate topic.

Day 4: 7 February 2019

The day begin with session on “Faculty Feedback from the stakeholders” by Prof Rattan Sharma, President, AIMS. He highlighted the role of different stakeholders in development of faculty and institution as a whole. After that, there was a session on “Academic leadership” by Dr C S Sharma explaining on how to emerge as an effective leader in the academic set up. Dr R K Sharma in the post lunch session discussed on various pedagogic techniques which can be effectively used by teachers in higher education.

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Day 5: 8 February 2019

This was the power pack day assigned with providing hands on experience to participants on research tools like SPSS, plagiarism, EBSCO etc. Dr Manpreet Kaur took a session on data entry in SPSS. Mr M K Chaubey discussed about plagiarism software and Mr Ritesh Kumar explained how to use EBSCO data for research. Also, there was a very interesting post lunch session on developing E-contents and MOOCs by Mr Nikhil Rajput.

Day 6: 9 February 2019

On the last day, Prof M D Kakade took a session on developing case studies and case study as method of teaching. The day ended with valedictory session including distribution of certificates to participants, feedback and final note on the workshop. It was indeed a comprehensive workshop covering various aspects from curriculum design to software learning to case study analysis. Participants were really satisfied after attending the workshop and provided good feedback for the same.

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EASTERN REGION

ASSAM INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

GUWAHATI

The Assam Institute of Management (AIM) organized one day Faculty Development Program (FDP) on the theme “Emerging Dimensions of Management Education" sponsored by Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS), Hyderabad on 2nd February, 2019. Further, a Round Table of Deans and Directors of Association of Indian Management Schools was organized on 3rd February 2019.

The Faculty Development Programme on the theme ‘Emerging Dimensions of Management Education’ was well received by Management Faculty of different business schools of North East. The different business schools were: Assam Royal Global University, Guwahati Commerce College Centre of Management Studies (GCMS), NERIM Group of Institutions, Assam University, Silchar, MIT University of Meghalaya, Assam Kaziranga University, Assam Women’s University, Institute of Advance Studies in Science & Technology, Don Bosco Institute of Management, Gauhati Commerce College, University of Science & Technology, Meghalaya and Department of Statistics, Cotton University.

The welcome address for the FDP was delivered by Prof. Dr. Mukulesh Barua, Director & ONGC Chair Professor Assam Institute of Management. He emphasized on the emerging areas of Management Studies and the challenges faced by business schools. Prof. (Dr.) Sujata Mangaraj, Regional Vice President (East), AIMS & Director-cum- Dean, Academics, Bhavan’s Centre for Communication & Management, Bhubaneshwar introduced AIMS and welcomed the gathering on behalf of AIMS and further emphasized on the role of AIMS as a body which facilitates interaction between Business Schools, provides financial aid for Conferences to member institutions, as a body which recognizes exemplary management institutes, teachers and students through their reward programmes.

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There were four sessions in the Faculty Development Programme. The first session was on ‘Accreditation and Quality Assurance’ and the resource person was Prof. (Dr.) Sujata Mangaraj. She emphasized on the factors which are taken in account for accrediting the management institutes. Further, the advantages and principles of accreditation were discussed.

The second session was on Leadership & Governance and the resource person for the same was Prof. Shantikam Hazarika, Founder Director, Assam Institute of Management. The third session was on ‘Curriculum and Pedagogy’ which was delivered by Prof. Dr. Subrangshu Sekhar Sarkar, Former Dean, School of Management, Tezpur University. He spoke about Outcome Based Education and Designing UG Programmes. The fourth session was on Design Thinking and Innovation and was conducted by Prof. Dr. Mukulesh Barua. He spoke about the perspectives of innovation and Intelligent Frequent Failures.

The valedictory session was presided by Dr. Rattan Sarma, President, AIMS & Principal Director, Delhi School of Business. He addressed the gathering and emphasized on the role of AIMS, how management schools can be life time members of AIMS and the test, ATMA. The programme ended by awarding certificates to all the participants and a formal vote of thanks by Dr. Shazeed Ahmed, Assistant Professor, Assam Institute of Management.

A round table of Deans & Directors was organized on 3rd February 2019 on the topic “Challenges of Business Schools in North – East Region and the Role of AIMS”. The welcome address for the same was delivered by Prof. Dr. Mukulesh Barua. He mentioned about the Assam Institute of Management MBA and PGDM & Ph.D programme. He briefed the audience about the journey of AIMS since its inception to the present stage. Dr. Rattan Sarma, President, AIMS & Principal Director, Delhi School of Business briefed about AIMS and various activities that AIMS is engaged with. He mentioned about research grants for conducting minor projects, annual management convention of AIMS, about Ravi J Mathai Fellowship programme, research and case

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The inaugural address was delivered by Prof. (Dr) Mihir Kanti Choudhury, Advisor Education Department, and Government of Assam where he stressed for a need of a Management Academy in line with Science Academy, Engineering Academy etc. for Management People. He suggested for conducting a national level examination like GATE for the management professionals. According to him, there is scope for improvement of management schools and a need to thoroughly introspect the specific reasons for closure of management schools. He lamented the exodus of management students to other metro cities as the local management business schools could not meet their expected needs. He also spoke about the dearth of quality faculty in North East, less of job opportunities in North East due to lesser number of industries and entrepreneurs. The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Mridul Hazarika, Vice Chancellor Gauhati University. He mentioned about the need for striking a balance between traditional values and modern ideas. According to him, the education system is more into length and breadth instead of depth. He exhorted the need to go for inclusive growth in the society. He also brought reference of joint family system where students learn to be together with a sense of collective wisdom and intelligence. He suggested the need for building the foundations of students through school curriculum. The vote of thanks was offered by Dr. Mreeshi Agarwala, Assistant Professor, Assam Institute of Management. The other dignitaries present were: 1. Dr. Subhrangshu Sekhar Sarkar, Tezpur University 2. Dr. Papori Baruah, Head , Department of Business Administration, Tezpur University 3. Dr. Amit Choudhury, Dean – School of Business Sciences , USTM

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4. Dr. Sangeeta Tripathi, Dean Academics & Administration, NERIM 5. Dr. Fr.P.D. John , Director, Don Bosco Institute of Management 6. Dr. Fr. Biju Michael, Registrar Assam Don Bosco University 7. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain, Professor & Head Department of Business Administration Gauhati University. 8. Prof. Shantikam Hazarika, Founder Director Assam Institute of Management 9. Prof. Dr. Mukulesh Barua, Director & ONGC Chair Professor, Assam Institute of Management 10. Prof. Agnimitra Biswas Dean, Kaziranga University School of Business

During the discussions of the Round Table meet, North East has been identified as a purely heterogeneous group. Members from different representative institutions requested for a start of AIMS Chapter at a suitable place in North East. Prof. Subrangshu Shekhar Sarkar further highlighted the huge out-flux of graduates to other metropolitans even if the course pedagogy of management is the same. He sought help from AIMS to make North East an attractive place for students to pursue studies. Prof. (Dr.) Mukulesh Barua emphasized on the need for collaborative placement, proposed for faculty exchange programme and need for knowledge creation. Further, he mentioned about the need for research collaboration.

The Round Table was followed by an Executive Board Members’ Meet of AIMS. Further all the members were taken for a local sightseeing followed by a get-together.

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ASIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (ASBM)

BHUBANESWAR

‘Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp’ at ASBM

Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp-2019, was organized from 28th February, to 2nd March 2019 in Asian School of Business Management (ASBM) in its campus. This workshop was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Mr. Y. N. Dwivedi, Zonal Manager, Bank of India, by lighting the 'Lamp of Wisdom'. He was much impressed by the motivational power of budding talents and also appreciated the innovative ideas projected by the young management graduates. In his address to the audience he said, an entrepreneur is an individual who undertakes the creation, organization, ownership, and risk of a business. In order to become a successful entrepreneur he should focus on the mainstream of economic factors like land, labour and capital. Entrepreneurship helps in finding solution to the problems like concentration of economic power, regional imbalances, exploitation by the competitors, he again said.

In his welcome address, Prof. (Dr.) Kalyan Shankar Roy, Dean, ASBM explained, ‘the word “entrepreneurship”. He motivated students by giving case studies of different people from his past experience whoo became entrepreneurs and leaders with skill and attitude to take risk.

More than 200 students from various management institutes have actively and enthusiastically participated in this 3-day camp. The camp was also graced by Dr. Ramesh Biswal, CEO, Villamart.com, Mr.Sourav Mahapatra, CEO, Merexam.com, Mr.Joseph Prakash, MD, Oriplay, Mr. Abhisek Satapathy, Founder & CEO, Cinet IT Solution Pvt Ltd, Mr. Rahul Anand, Founder & CEO, Eduflick and Mr. Himansu Sekhar Panda, Founder & CEO, Skyy Rider Institution in it’s different technical sessions. This awareness camp was coordinated by Prof (Dr.) Prakash Ch. Dash, coordinator EDC & Prof Barada Prasanna Mohapatra, Co-coordinator EDC gave the vote of thanks.

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Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp-2019, 28th Feb, 2019 welcome address

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NamCon 2019 at ASBM

National Management Conference (NamCon) 2019 was organized by the leading B- School Asian School of Business Management, Bhubaneswar on 22nd and 23rd February, 2019 on a theme “Weatherproof Organisation: Challenging the Challenge”. The event was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand, Charman- cum-Managing Director of NALCO by lighting the lamp of wisdom. Dr. Chand in his address articulated NALCO 3-4-5 an all weather business module implemented in recent past and narrated the success story of NALCO by its implementation. While explaining the word weatherproof he explained it as a fight against all illusion of business environment. He highlighted on two energetic points, ‘Environment regulation- both internal and external’ and ‘Time to change the technology’ with a number of amusing examples of corporate market. He concluded his talk placing a philosophy ‘Who can measure he will win’ and advised students and participants to acquire knowledge and apply intelligence to craft the organization a weatherproof.

Prof. (Dr.) Biswajeet Pattanayak, founder group director of ASBM sited the story of current existence of the then fortune 500 companies of 50’s and top 100 Indian companies and their survival at present. Very few of them only are working now and all others have vanished from the corporate world. He discussed a few attributes to put together to build a weatherproof organization like Strong corporate mission and culture, Beliefs and philosophy of founders, Strength of change management and finally Building of relationship with all associates.

Key Note Speaker Prof. (Dr.) Bijay Kumar Sahoo, Associate Vice-Chancellor of Southern University, Lousiana, USA delivered that Change is the only living truth but human needs are not changed. He explained that with all changes a few constants are there like, trust of founders and their value propositions. He highlighted on dynamics like living on margin, innovation and few others.

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Guest of honour, Mr. Vivek Pattanayak, IAS (Retd.), Former Director, ICAO and Former Chairman, OPSC delivered few mantras for the long-run survival of the corporate like, Viability of investment, Profitability, Growth in revenue and Impact of high revenue on public taxation etc.

Mr. Gadadhar Upadhya, Ex-CMD, NALCO in his presidential speech said to excel one has to cope with the change in technology and dynamic leadership. Participants from different b-schools and universities of different states have presented their research papers in the conference.

Dr. P. K. Mohanty, Former Professor, Deptt. Of Business Administration, Utkal University Dr. Rajendra Kumar Senapati, Director, HR, OPTCL, Dr. Siba Prasad Mishra, Director (Research and Development), K K University, Bihar and Mr.Jatindra Kanungo, Former Senior Specialist, Portfolio Management & Corporate Strategy Cameco Corporation, Canada have conducted Technical Sessions in both the days.

Prof. (Dr.) Kalyan Shankar Ray, Dean, ASBM introduced the guests at the beginning and Dr. Mrutyunjaya Dash, Co-ordinator, NamCon-2019 gave the vote of thanks.

ASBM PGDM Students Bag 100% Placement

Asian School of Business Management has completed campus placement drive for its passing out batch 2019. The entire batch is placed in the just completed campus placement drive. The students have received offers from 30 companies, who visited the campus. The Banking Sector leads with placement offer to 31% of the students, followed by Microfinance (17%), Finance (16%), Insurance (10%), logistics & supply chain management and manufacturing (7%), Retail (5%), IT/ITES (5%) and HR Consulting (2%). Many students have got multiple offers.

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Overwhelmed with the offers, Kameswar, a student having multiple offers said, “ASBM is a place for learning with fun. Study of two years at this Institute has helped me to grow professionally and individually.” Echoing with similar lines, another student, Shruti Wadichar said, “”ASBM provides a good platform for excellence in professional life.” According to the Placement Coordinator Prof. Manmath Nath, it is a matter of pride that the students of this batch have achieved 100% placement like in the previous years. He gave credit to ASBM quality academic delivery and innovative finishing school training for this success.

Prof. Biswajeet Pattanayak, Director of the Institute, has conveyed his gratitude to the recruiting companies and has congratulated the students and their parents.

ASBM, Bhubaneswar Placement Photo

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ASBM 8th National MARKLOGISTICS Symposium

ASBM, one of the leading B-schools of India, organized the 8th National Marklogistics Symposium on 19th January 2019 on a pertinent theme, “Creating and Managing Customer Centric Supply Network”. The symposium was inaugurated by Mr. D. K Samantaray, IRAS, MD, Angul-Sukinda Railway Ltd. In his inaugural address, he highlighted the key role of logistics contributing to the micro and macro levels of economy. He discussed about the journey of Indian Railways in pre- and post- independence era and the challenges faced by Indian Railways. He focused on various important aspects like quality Infrastructure, market research, effective logistics and supply chain process and inventory management which are crucial for any business organization to flourish in the market. He has also released ASBM Journal of Management, July- December, 2019 (Volume XI, Issue 2).

Mr. K. K. Paul, General Manager, MMTC Ltd. in his keynote address focused on the importance of formulating effective logistics supply chain strategies to stay competitive in the industry. He also said that it is equally important for any business organization to develop customer centric approach to satisfy its valued customers.

Prof. (Dr.) Biswajeet Pattanayak, Founder and Director, ASBM and Chairman of 8th National Marklogistics Symposium, stressed on the importance of three important determining factors such as technology, innovation and strategy for any organization to stay ahead of its competitors. The customer centric business organization should also focus on end customers’ need, he further added.

Prof. (Dr.) Kalyan Shankar Ray, Dean, ASBM in his welcome address, highlighted the origin and evolution of marketing and logistics as well as the need for their integration for achieving customer satisfaction and desired growth.

The plenary session of the symposium was graced by eminent marketing and logistics professionals like Mr. A. Talukdar, Founder, hotelementary.in, Mr. Himadri Keshari

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Pattanaik, MD, Exim Logistics Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Shesashis Acharya, Co-founder and CEO, Unibro Martech Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Vishal Surana, Head Marketing, Bharti Airtel, Odisha Circle.

The Coordinator of 8th National Marklogistics Symposium, Dr. Prakash Chandra Dash introduced the guests and Co-coordinator; Prof Swasti Suvasweta Satpathy proposed the vote of thanks.

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GANDHI INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGY

BHUBANESWAR

A Two day Faculty Development Programme was organized at Gandhi Institute for Technology on 3rd and 4th January, 2019. The FDP was organized in a joint collaboration with Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) and Bhavan’s Centre for Communication and Management (BCCM), Bhubaneswar. The topic of the FDP was Innovations in Management Pedagogy: “The Case Method of Teaching”.

The Two day FDP started with a formal inauguration session that was graced by the eminent academicians’ Prof. (Dr). Sujata Mangaraj, Vice President, AIMS Eastern Region & Dean cum Director Academics, BCCM, Bhubaneswar and Prof. (Dr). P.Srinivas Subbarao, Dean, FCMS & CEO, SSU Innovation Pvt. Ltd graced the occasion as Chief Guest and Guest of Honor. Dr. Mousumi Panda, HoD, Department of Business Management, GIFT, acted as a facilitator and convener for the FDP. It was as well graced by Dr. S. Krishna Mohan Rao, Principal, GIFT and Dr. Prabhat Kumar Subudhi, Dean Academics, GIFT.

The FDP was attended by faculties from various colleges from Bhubaneswar and nearby cities. Participating colleges included College of Engineering and Technology (CET), Bhavan’s Centre for Communication and Management (BCCM), Srusti Academy of Management, Utkal University, C.V.Raman College of Engineering, Trident College, NMIT, Hi-Tech College, -- all from Bhubaneswar and P.N.College, Khordha, and Kalam Institute for Technology, Berhampur

The FDP was conducted by richly experienced trainers from varied management background. The trainers for the FDP were Prof Barada Panigrahy of Sri Sri University Professor of Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship Development, Prof Kamala Kanta Dash, National Law University Odisha (NLUO), and Prof Laxmana Sandeep of Sri Sri University.

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The Two day FDP was based on case study method of teaching for management students.

An extensive session was carried out by the trainers through lectures and debriefing on case method of teaching on the first day regarding the topic.

The second day comprised of case development and activities that made the session more engaging. The trainers gave various important inputs and many important insights into various types of teaching pedagogies in management.

The concluding day came to end by a verbal feedback about the session about the FDP by participants. The trainers also gave their personal feedback to each faculty participant based on their two day observation. The trainers distributed the participation certificates to all the participants.

The Convener for the Event, Dr.Mousumi Panda, Head, Department of Business Management, GIFT extended her vote of thanks to the trainers and participants and concluded the FDP.

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WESTERN REGION

IES MANAGEMENT COLLEGE AND RESEARCH CENTRE

MUMBAI

18th Convocation Function of IES Management College and Research Centre

IES Management College and Research Centre, Bandra, Mumbai hosted its Convocation and Degree Distribution Ceremony on Saturday, 2nd February, 2019 at Manik Sabhagriha, the College auditorium.

The Chief Guest of the function was Shri S.S. Mundra (Former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India).

219 students received the certificates in the ceremony. A large number of parents and family members were present to share the accomplishment of graduating students. It was a proud moment for the parents to see their son/daughter as a part of the convocation procession and later to see them embark on the stage to receive their degree after 2 years of rigorous management training.

After the graduation certificates were awarded, toppers of the various specializations were awarded with the merit certificates and trophies.

The event was carried out successfully with grandeur.

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Chief Guest, Shri S. S. Mundra being welcomed by the Chairman, IES MCRC, Shri. Sameer Tamhane.

Shri S. S. Mundra presenting certificates to the graduating batch.

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SHRI VAISHNAV VIDYAPEETH VISHWAVIDYALAYA

INDORE

2nd Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Centenary Oration on the Occasion of SVVV 5th Foundation Day (8th January 2019)

Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore organized 2nd Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Centenary Oration on the occasion of 5th Foundation Day on Jan 08, 2019. Cultural and Literary Committee coordinated the event. To make this event memorable University invited Padma Shri Dr. V. C. Thakur, Eminent Geologist and Former Director, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun as Chief Guest. Padma Shri Dr. V. C. Thakur, gave oration on the topic “Closing of Tethys Ocean and Continent – Continent Collision giving birth of the Himalaya”. In his deliberation he discussed about Gondwanaland and Continental Drift, Dynamics of Plate Tectonic, Closing of Neo Tethys Ocean and volcanic arcs and Collision Tectonics and birth of Himalaya.

Shri Purshottamdas Pasari, Chancellor, SVVV; Dr Upinder Dhar, Vice Chancellor, SVVV; Dr Namit Gupta, Director, SVITS, eminent guests, media persons, faculty members and students were present to celebrate this occasion. Dr. Upinder Dhar welcomed the august gathering and congratulated students and faculty members for successful completion of four years of SVVV. He said that it is a special day for all of us as Govt. of Madhya Pradesh released the gazette notification of starting the university in 2015 on the same day. Shri Purshottamdas Pasari, Chancellor, SVVV briefed about the journey of Shri Vaishnav Institutions and honor our Founding Fathers as we reflect on the commitment, resilience and dedication they displayed to see their vision of a Shri Vaishnav Vidya Parisar in Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya came to reality. It is astounding that decades ago our fore-fathers, the leaders of this trust had such focus on their goal. He further stated that the main objective of the University is the overall and holistic development of students by giving them Value based education. In the light of the increased tensions and disharmony around the globe, we continue to 33

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At the same time, the University honored Dr. Shamayita Patra, Asst. Professor, SVITT, SVVV who has been awarded with Young Scientist award 2018. Dr. Uttam Sharma, Professor and Head, Department of Physics, SVIS proposed the words of thanks.

Youth Day Celebration (January 15, 2019)

SVVV organized youth day on 15th January 2019, and the theme was “Vivekananda: Man and his Message for the Youth”; the Guest for the occasion was Ms. Sakshi Zambre, Advisor, Chief Minister’s Office, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh. The Welcome Address was given by the Vice Chancellor Dr. Upinder Dhar. Vivekananda (the original name was Narendranath Datta; Datta was also spelled as Dutt was born on January 12, 1863, at Calcutta [now Kolkata] and died on July 4, 1902, near Calcutta), was a Hindu spiritual leader and reformer in India who attempted to combine Indian spirituality with Western material progress, maintaining that the two supplemented and complemented each other. His absolute philosophy was based on a person’s own higher self and to labour for the benefit of humanity was the noblest endeavour.

Born into an upper-middle-class family of the Kayastha (scribes) caste in Bengal, he was educated at a Western-style university where he was exposed to Western philosophy, Christianity, and Science. Social reform became a prominent element of Vivekananda’s thought and he joined the Brahmo Samaj (Society of Brahma), dedicated to eliminating child marriage and illiteracy and determined to spread education among women and the lower castes. He later became the most- notable disciple of Ramakrishna, who demonstrated the essential unity of all religions.

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Always stressing the universal and humanistic side of the Vedas, the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism, as well as belief in service rather than dogma, Vivekananda attempted to infuse vigour into Hindu thought, placing less emphasis on the prevailing pacifism and presenting Hindu spirituality to the West. He was an activating force in the movement to promote Vedanta philosophy (one of the six schools of Indian philosophy) in the United States and England. In 1893 he appeared in Chicago as a spokesman for Hinduism at the World’s Parliament of Religions and so captivated the assembly that a newspaper account described him as “an orator by divine right and undoubtedly the greatest figure at the Parliament.” Thereafter, he lectured throughout the United States and England, making converts to the Vedanta movement.

On his return to India with a small group of Western disciples in 1897, Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission at the monastery of Belur Math on the Ganges (Ganga) River near Calcutta. Self-perfection and service were his ideals, and the order continued to stress them. He adapted and made relevant to the 20th century the very highest ideals of the Vedantic religion, and, although he lived only two years into that century, he left the mark of his personality on East and West alike. Faculties, staff- members and students patiently attended the session. Vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Shilpa Phadnis.

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Three day National Fine Arts workshop Vishwankan-2019 (23rd -25th January 2019)

Shri Vaishnav Institute of Fine Arts, Shri Vaishnav Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore hosted a three day National Fine Arts workshop ‘Vishwankan- 2019’ from January 23-25, 2019. This National Fine Arts Workshop was graced by many senior artists and gave the art scene of Indore a new destination. The workshop commenced by invoking Goddess Saraswati. Dr. Santosh Dhar, Dean – Faculty of Doctoral Studies and Research who was Convenor Vishwankan 2019 spoke about the importance of Fine Arts and the objective of organising such workshops. Dr. Upinder Dhar, Honorable Vice Chancellor, Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, welcomed the eminent gathering and highlighted the importance of convention, style and technique in an artistic work. The Chief Guest on the occasion, Shri Prem Singh spoke about the intricacies of Fine Arts and executed a live demonstration of painting. He responded to the questions from the participants of the workshop and guided the budding artists as to how they can understand the finer nuances of Fine Arts. The inaugural session concluded with Dr. Anu Ukande proposing vote of thanks.

National Fine Arts workshop ‘Vishwankan’ was a success with participants appreciating the efforts of the Institute of Fine Arts in organising such events as there is hardly any such exposure to the budding artists of the region. The event had 62 registered participants including artists, art teachers, art graduates as well as art lovers from Ajmer, Bhopal, Gwalior, Ujjain, Dewas, Dhar and Indore.

On the first day of the event after live demonstration of painting by senior artist Shri Prem Singh, participants from far and near painted under one roof and displayed a plethora of forms, perceptions, emotions, iconography and colours. On the second day of the event, senior sculptor Shri Prakash Patidar demonstrated live sculpture making and shared nuances of sculpting. Senior artist Shri Awadhesh Yadav, winner of the prestigious Raza Award executed a demonstration of Modern art. Shri Ramesh Chandra Vyas executed a demonstration of Nail Embossed art. 36

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The third day of Vishwankan 2019 hosted fun with colors activity for the faculty and staff members of the university. The variance in styles and techniques offered students and practicing artists avenues for further experimentation and learning in the field of fine arts. The valedictory session of Vishwankan 2019 started with presentation of event report by Dr. Alok Kumar. Dr. Santosh Dhar gave concluding remarks, and stressed about the importance of hard work, persistence and sincerity to create excellence in life. She invited the participants to continue their association with fine arts and looked forward to seeing them again in Vishwankan 2020. Words of thanks were proposed by Dr. Anu Ukande. This workshop marked the second phase of a long association between the art fraternity and Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya to promote excellence and quality in Fine Arts education. The overwhelming response from the artists’ fraternity has encouraged the Institute of Fine Arts to conduct ‘Vishwankan’ as an annual event with added energy, enthusiasm and creativity.

Shri Vaishnav Institute of Information Technology

SWAYAM-NPTEL Local Chapter ID No: 1360 (23rd January 2019)

NPTEL awareness workshop was organized on 23rd January 2019 at SWAYAM-NPTEL Local Chapter, SVVV. The Speaker was Dr. Bhupendra Kumar Gandhi, Professor and NPTEL coordinator, IIT Roorkee. Dr. Gandhi was welcomed by Dr. Anand Rajavat, Coordinator, SVIIT. Total 200 students and 50 faculties attended the workshop. At the end of session, doubts of student and faculties were cleared by the expert from students and faculties. A memento was presented to Dr. B.K. Gandhi by Mrs. Rupali Bhartiya, Assistant Professor, CSE Dept. and Mr. Aditya Trivedi, SPOC- NPTEL Local Chapter.

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Friends of Indore Cancer Foundation - SVVV Chapter Expert Lecture on GENERAL AWARENESS ABOUT CANCER (January 29, 2019)

With the vision of helping others, Friends of Indore Cancer Foundation-SVVV chapter organized an expert lecture. Rs.51,000/- raised by SVVV students through different activities at SVVV was donated to Indore Cancer Foundation. Chief Guest of the occasion Dr. Digpal Dharkar, Senior Oncologist and Founder of ICF, in his lecture, enlightened the audience with the origin of ICF and awareness about cancer. Expert guest speaker Dr. S.K. Verma, Medical Superintendant, Indian Institute of Head and Neck Oncology, Indore Cancer Foundation, addressed the gathering on general awareness about cancer and how to prevent from this dangerous disease, Lecture was followed by questions and answers session.

Vice Chancellor Dr. Upinder Dhar in his welcome address talked about the activities of this chapter from its inception. Dr. Dhar also emphasized the importance of such activities to spread awareness about the disease. Vote of Thanks was proposed by Dr. Asmita Sharma. Dr. Monika Sainy presented memento to the guest speaker. Program was conducted by Prof. Pragati Tomar.

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Shri Vaishnav Institute of Textile Technology

VINIRMAH-2K19 (29th January 2019)

Shri Vaishnav Institute of Textile Technology of SVVV organized a fashion show- VINIRMAH-2K19. The program was inaugurated at 5:30 PM with lighting of the lamp by the Chief Guest Shri Sunil Agrawal, CEO, Lion Fabric, Bhopal, Guest of Honor, Shri Saurabh Jain, MD, Prem Textile International, Indore, Dr. Upinder Dhar, Hon. Vice Chancellor of our university, Prof. T.K.Sinha, Convener of the program and Prof. Yogita Agrawal, Co-convener of the program.

Shri Agrawal said there are great opportunities in textile industry. Here he recalled his college days and encouraged the students. Shri Saurabh Jain said fashion is an art of transforming a simple attire into one that of elegance .He also quoted the line of famous designer Ralph Lauren about the fashion “Fashion is not necessarily about the labels”.

On this occasion, Dr. Dhar said that the fashion changes over time and the dressing speaks about the person's personality. This type of event exhibits the talent of students. Convener Prof. Sinha highlighted the prospect of textile and fashion industry with the global market.

In this fashion show, two emerging designers and 85 participants demonstrated their skills on seven different themes like hunter, checkers, banjara, valentine, bridal, western and winter collection. One more important thing is that this is the 1st time our 1st year B.Sc. (Fashion Designing) students walked with their own designed dresses and demonstrated their skills in designing. The judges were Shri Amitabha Chouhan, a film producer, director and owner of a modeling school named, creative vision, Indore, Ms. Shardha Aulla, Ino Mision Modeling School, Indore, and Ms. Deepti Maheswari, HoD, Virtual Voice, Indore. There were seven categories in which awards were given as Mr. and Ms. Vinirmah, Mr. and Ms. Attitude, Mr. and Ms Best Walk and best designer.

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More than fifteen hundred students enjoyed the programme which continued up to 10:00 p.m. Prof. Yogita Agrawal proposed the vote of thanks. The winners of different titles are as follows: • Mr. Vinirmah - Parmeet Singh • Ms. Vinirmah - Mahek Kachhawaha • Mr. Attitude - Raghav shrivastava • Ms. Attitude - Saim Ahmad • Mr. Best walk - Abbas Dharwala • Ms. Best walk - Jigyasa Agrawal • Best Designer - Annie

After the fashion show DJ night was organized. DJ Shilpi Sharma from Mumbai played famous Bollywood & English songs. Every one enjoyed the event.

Vinirmah 2019 celebration program at SVVV, Indore

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Shri Vaishnav Institute of Forensic Science

Report POLICE TRAINING PROGRAM 2018 (January 29, 2019)

Shri Vaishnav Institute of Forensic Science, Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, has organized, one-day Police Training Program on Crime Scene management for the Trainees of RAPTC, Indore on 29thJan, 2019. The Training was grouped into two parts: Theoretical Lectures and Practical Demonstration. The faculties, staff and students of SVIFS shared their knowledge and explained the different aspects of Crime Scene investigation.

For proper understanding of the subject, the trainees were divided into three batches. In session I (Theoretical), Dr.Swati Dubey Mishra, Ms. Nandini Katare and Mr. Dinesh Kamble explained the importance of forensic science in crime investigation. They emphasized how an improper handling can lead to injustice and explained the steps to be followed in Crime Scene Management. In session II (Practical), Ms. Nandini Bansod, Mr. Ketan Patil and Ms. Mansi Trivedi demonstrated the process of Crime Scene management by creating dummy Scene of Crime related to Hanging and Double Murder case. Forensic significance of Questioned Documents, Finger printing and Gait pattern analysis was also explained by Mr. Anurag Srivastav, and the laboratory procedure was explained by Ms. Archana Pathak and Ms. Hiramanee Patidar.

A total of 114 trainees along with 4 Police Officers from RAPTC, Indore were benefitted by this Training Program. This team was headed by Ms. Poonam Rathore, Inspector, RAPTC Indore.

Feedback from the trainees was also arranged by Dr. Kavita Sharma, Coordinator, SVIFS and Dr. M.P. Goutam, Professor, SVIFS, Indore in which police trainees appreciated the training program and its utility to improve their professional skills.

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This Training program was coordinated by Dr. Kavita Sharma, Coordinator, SVIFS and Dr. M.P. Goutam, Professor, SVIFS, SVVV, Indore.

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PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

GWALIOR

Prestige Institute of Management, Gwalior organized 10th International Conference in collaboration with Indian Economic Association and The Econometric Society on “Digital Strategies for Organisational Success” during Jan 5 - 7, 2019. The members of the Core committee were Dr. Rahul Pratap Singh Kaurav (Organizing Secretary), Dr. Vani Agarwal, and Dr. Monika Gupta. The event has received sponsorship from AIMS (Association of Indian Management Schools) and MPCST (Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology). The publication partners were SSRN-Elsevier and IJDAR (SCOPUS indexed journal).

Inaugural Ceremony was held on January 5, 2019 wherein Chief guest was Mr. Vinod Zutshi, Former Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, India, Guest of Honour was Prof. Shyam S. Lodha, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT and Prof. P. K. Singh, IIM, Indore. During inaugural ceremony Life Time Achievement Award was conferred upon Prof. Muneesh Kumar, Dept. of Financial Studies, Delhi University, and Management Excellence Award was conferred upon Prof. Sanjeev Prashar, IIM Raipur, Raipur, Prof. Prashar has delivered the keynote speech for the conference. Inaugural ceremony was also honored by the presence of Prof. Shamsul Wares, State University of Bangladesh as a Special Guest. Dr. Davish Jain, Chairman Governing Body, Dr. S.S. Bhakar (Conference Chairman) were also present on the dais.

The institute felicitated Dr. Gaurav Jaiswal for completing 10 years in the institute, and Dr. Vani Agarwal, Dr. Monika Gupta, and Dr. Indira Sharma for completing her PhD in year 2018.

Dignitaries on the dais unveiled 10th International Conference Edited Book in its e- Volume, Souvenir of the 10th Int. Conference, Release of Eleventh International conference, Brochure, National Case Writing Workshop Brochure, National RMW Brochure.

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Overall we received 310 abstracts and more than 200 research papers. Overall 20 International delegates registered themselves from US, South Africa, Bangladesh, Tanzania, Australia, Sri Lanka, and Egypt, Uzbekistan, more than 280 delegates registered for the conference across the country.

The academicians and business executives from various Institutions across the globe like-

International: Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka; Soft Logic City Hotels (Pvt) Ltd, Colombo; Department of HRM, University of Kelaniya; UAE Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE; Nepal Tribhuvan University, Nepal; Algeria Abou Bakr Belkaid university, Tlemcen – Algeria; U.K University of the West of Scotland, School of 45

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Education, United Kingdom; USA College of Information and Computer Sciences University to Massachusetts, Massachusetts; Egypt Ain Shams University, Cairo; Maxico University Center for Economic and Managerial Sciences, University of Guadalajara; Uzbekistan Scientific researcher, Tashkent, Uzbekistan; South Africa NWU Business School Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences; Bangladesh School of Business, Bangladesh Open University, Gazipur.

National: AMET University, Kannathur, Chennai; MEASI Institute of Management, Royapettah, Chennai; Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi; North- Eastern Hill University, Shillong; Institute of Hotel Management, Shillong; Maitreyi College, University of Delhi; Delhi University south Campusl; Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi; New Delhi Institute of Management; Symbiosis School of Banking and Finance, Symbiosis International; ABV Govt College, Indore; St.Paul College Indore; University Institute of Management, R.D. University, Jabalpur; University Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Chandigarh University; Amity University, UP; Shri Venkateshwara University, Gajraula; Punjabi University, Patiala; SGGS College, Chandigarh; Delhi University-Lakshmibai college; University of Mysore and 127 other institutes have participated in this Conference.

In all conference was divided in 11 different technical sessions. Day wise schedule along with the names of guests are attached in the with the report. The details are as follows:

Day I, January 05, 2019

The First Technical Session was Best Ph.D. Thesis, total 8 theses were presented. The Second Technical Session on IT and keywords are: Hotel, frequency, Collaborative, Allocation, Images, dataset, fuzzy, algebraic, theorem, ideals, non- constant, additive application.

The Third Technical Session on HRM and keywords are: Leadership, Engagement, employee, Literature, relationship, Job, Extroversion, Personality, Intention, turnover, Emotional.

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The Technical Session Four on Financial Management and keywords are: Rural, services, customer, loans, Bitcoins, currency, cryptocurrency, retrieved, Nations, reforms, primary, trends, Futures, data, cointegrations, nifty, Index, Tax, Pair, GST, price, goods.

The Technical Session Five on general Management and keywords are: Administration, Public institutions, Government, Education, Technology, Banking, Satisfaction, Cashless, FDI, Tourist, travels, International.

The Technical Session Six on Marketing Management and keywords are: social, college, users, Strategy, Regression, relationship, digital, motivated, Medical, doctors, tourism, hospitals, health.

Day II, January 06, 2019

The Technical Session Seven on Financial Management and keywords are: Card, payments, transactions, ATM, credit, e-banking, internet, money, electronic, Competition, PFMA, SASSA.

The Technical Session Eight on Human Resource Management and keywords are: Leadership, Engagement, employee, Literature, relationship, Job, Extroversion, Personality, Intention, turnover, Emotional.

The Technical Session Nine on Marketing Management and keywords are: Startups, media, following, email, channels, Buying, Facebook, users, associations, penetration, Artificial, Individuals, Machines, online, mobile, users.

The Technical Session Ten on General Management and keywords are: enterprise, correlation, Barriers, projects, software, decision, ethical, Organization, situation, Blockchain, Social, property, Cryptocurrency, encrypted.

The Technical Session Eleven the Best Paper Session and keywords are: Trading, call, price, trader, option, Payment, RBI, reserve, transaction, banks, Financial, banking, services, inclusion, schemes.

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The overall word cloud of the learning from the conference is formed as:

Valedictory ceremony was scheduled on January 06, 2019. Hon’ble Chief guest of the occasion was Prof. Jayant Sonwalkar, VC, Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open) University, Bhopal, Guest of Honor Prof. Ravinder Rena North Western University, South Africa, Guest of Honor, Prof. S. G. Deshmukh, Director, IIITM, Gwalior; and Prof. Md. Anwarul Kabir, Pro VC, State University of Bangladesh. The Special Guest, Mr. Dilip Pithadia, Pithadia Foundation, USA; Prof. Ravinder Rena, North West University, South Africa; and Ms. Karen Yong, CEO, Concept Key Elements, USA. Conference Chairman Dr S.S. Bhakar, Director, PIMG and Prof. A.K.S. Tomar Joint Secretary, Indian Economic Association were also present during the occasion. The Certificate and cash prize of Best Ph.D. thesis was given to Dr. Arvind Kumar Sarswati, BCMCH, Delhi and Best Paper award was given to Mr. Pinkal Shah, Gujrat.

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Day III, January 07, 2019

The institute organized Full day Agra Excursion tour wherein all registered faculty delegates and guest accompanied. The tour was coordinated by Prof. C.K. Dantre along with Dr. Sneha Rajput, Dr. Chanda Gulati and Prof. Brahmanand Sharma, escorted the trip. The Agra visit made the conference a more memorable with never ever ending memories.

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SOUTHERN REGION

D J ACADEMY FOR MANAGERIAL EXCELLENCE

COIMBATORE

Activities conducted at DJAME during January and February 2019

CFO Connect

CFO's Panel Discussion on Indian Economy was organised at DJAME on 8th Jan 2019. Esteemed Panelist included Shri.C B Chandrashekar - CFO LMW, Shri - K. Ravi - CFO Roots Group of Companies and Dr.S.A.Gopalakrishnan - Director - Finance, Pricol Corporate Services. The session was moderated by Dr.Deepa Venugopal, Associate Professor, DJAME.

The Panel had a fruitful discussion touching upon several pressing topics. The topics included policies on FDI, Central Governments Capital Infusion in CPSUs, Freebies and Waiver of Farmers Loans and its impact on the exchequer, banks, taxpayers, impact on food prices and inflation. Discussion also prevailed on whether India will become the fastest growing economy in the world ahead of China. Should India grow faster or should it be focusing on becoming a stable economy?

The session concluded with a detailed discussion on GST and its implication on economy.

Students from B Schools like Tips Global, SNS Institute of Management, Hindustan Institute of Management along with students of DJAME attended the event.

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DJ BRAIN TEASERS 2019

A national level quiz competition for under graduate students, “DJ Brain Teasers” was organised on 25th January, 2019. The event was conducted by Prof. Dr. M. Rangarajan. More than 75 teams from across TamilNadu and Kerala had participated in the event.

The First Prize was bagged by the team from Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, the second prize was won by a team from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and the third prize was won by a team from Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore. The winners of the Quiz were given cash prize of Rs.20000/-, 12000/- and Rs. 8000/- , respectively.

The teams from Mepco Schlenk Engineering College - Sivakasi, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore (two teams), Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College - Coimbatore and Amrita School of Engineering were the other finalists and were given consolation prize of Rs. 2000/- each.

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GRADUATION DAY 2019

D J Academy for Managerial Excellence organised its 14th Graduation Day on 25th February, 2019. The event started with the academic procession of the dignitaries namely, Sri Sanjay Jeyavarthanavelu, Secretary, Dr. Lalita Devi Sanjay Jeyavarthanavelu, Managing Trustee, A.G.V.Narayanan, Director, DJAME and Dr. Prem Anand, Dean, DJAME. The dignitaries adorned the dais and after the customary invocation song the Thamizh Thai Vazthu, the Secretary of the Academy Sri Sanjay Jeyavarthanavelu declared the Graduation Ceremony open. A.G.V.Narayanan, Director, welcomed all the dignitaries, invitees, parents, faculty and graduates. He also gave a detailed report of the activities of D J Academy for Managerial Excellence.

The Chief Guest Dr. Mukund Rajan, former Chief Ethics Officer and Brand Custodian, Tata Groups delivered the Graduation address. In his address, he pointed out the importance of innovation and the role of graduates, he also emphasised on environmental protection. His address highlighted the need for graduates to be

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The Dean presented the graduates who were awarded with the degree certificates by the guest of honour. In this ceremony, 74 students from Master of Business Administration received their degrees. The Director then declared the graduation day closed and the event ended with the national anthem.

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT (NITHM)

HYDERABAD

About the conference:

National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management (NITHM) organised the 23rd International Joint World Cultural Tourism Conference on World Tourism Development: Managerial Implications from 10 - 12 January, 2019 at NITHM Campus. The conference is organized in association with Association of Indian Management Schools World Cultural Tourism Association, Telangana State Council of Higher Education, Telangana Tourism, and Vidzeme University, Latvia. And conference was supported by twenty two universities across the globe.

The aim of this conference was to provide a forum for international scholars, researchers, industry professionals, policy-makers with opportunity to explore and discuss issues related to cultural tourism.

Speakers & delegates of the conference:

Director NITHM & Chairman of the Conference Dr. S. Chinnam Reddy welcomed the dignitaries and briefed about the conference, and institute. Prof. Sungchae Jung, President, Chairman of the conference and the president World Culture Tourism Association - spoke on various aspects of tourism management, marketing, strategies and polices related to cultural tourism. Throwing light upon the development of managerial, political and marketing implementations of tourism. And he highlighted culture of India - how tourism has changed and helps to preserve culture and have peace and harmony among the nations of the world. Dr Anil Rao Paila, National President of AIMS mentioned about AIMS relationship with NITHM and how the campus has devolved over the recent years. He also mentioned the importance of tourism development in all aspects. Prof.T.Papi Reddy, Chairman TSCI Govt. of Telangana appreciated NITHM for taking great steps to promote and improve tourism in Telangana and also said that tourism that connects people and cultures, improves relations and

AIMS eNewsletter Vol 4 | No 3 | Mar 2019 unites nations. Sri. B. Venkatesham, IAS Chairman NITHM & Secretary YAT&C Dept. In his message the key points were everyone is a tourist and traveller on earth, tourism connects people and improves one's behavior - spreads unity & diversity. The tourism industry is an employment generator for skilled, unskilled and semiskilled. The Indian slogan of “ATITHI DEVO BHAVA”- talks a lot of our culture and imbibes great value for tourism. He mentioned that this year CULT Award (Cultural & Tourism Award) will be launched with the objective of valuing and recognizing the contribute to tourism culture, in sustaining and promoting the same. He congratulated the Director of NITHM for putting the conference together.

Key Note speakers

Prof. N. Ravichandran, Former Director IIM Indore said that the traveling is an experience involves verity of activities and contributes a lot for the socioeconomic and environmental development. States like Rajasthan, Telangana, Orissa, Kerala have improved in their tourism over the years. IT sector plays a vital role in tourism promotion and connects local, national and internationally. Prof. Yasuhiro Watanabe. Obirin University, Japan has highlighted that how labor shortage can affect the level of hospitality and tourism sector. In Japan proper education is given on customer service - right from taxi drivers to other top officials, he insisted on code of conduct. He concluded saying that the tourism industry is a labor intensive industry bringing customer and job satisfaction.

Outcome of the Conference:

Delegates from Korea, Japan, Nigeria, Mauritius, Latvia, Iran, Malaysia, Vietnam, etc., participated in the conference. Total 65 papers were received and six concurrent sessions were held with three keynote sessions consisting of 14 speakers on day one and two. Conference Tour is organised on day three covering Nagarjunsagar, Nagarjuna Konda and Buddhavanam Project.

In the conference productive discussion of various aspects of Tourism Management such as tourism business, marketing, strategy, policy and other related issues on

AIMS eNewsletter Vol 4 | No 3 | Mar 2019 tourism. Especially the main theme of this conference: World Tourism Development focused on managerial implications. During conference days, delegates shared ideas and suggestions on how to develop world tourism and how we manage tourism to development. The outcome of this conference is very useful for managerial, marketing and political implications. The tourism industry of the country has undergone various changes over the time. Cultural tourism is important for various reasons; it has a positive economic and social impact, it establishes and reinforces identity, it helps build image, it helps preserve the cultural and historical heritage, with culture as an instrument it facilitates harmony and understanding among people.

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Festivals of India performed by NITHM students

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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE

BENGALURU

7th International Conference on “Contemporary Issues in Management”, held on 22 - 23 February, 2019 at ISME, Bangalore

International Conference_2019 Panel & Guest Discussion Summary

DAY-1

Welcome speech – By Dr Anju Kumar, Conference Convener followed by introduction of all the chief guests and speakers. Invocation and lighting of the lamp by the distinguished guests – Dr Nandi math, Dr. Anand Joshi, Honorable director, Mr. Nitin Garg, Director – Admissions, Pallavi Garg, Dean, Dr. Swaroop Reddy, Principal, Dr. Bijoy Mishra. Infrastructure head, ISME, Mr. Krishnan.

Introductory address delivered by the Principal, Dr. Bijoy Mishra where he talked about all the disruptive technologies which is changing the entire landscape. Director, Mr. Nitin Garg presented the concept note in a PPT slide before the guests and audience. He talked at length about the current issues and the trend that is affecting the Management and the Industry.

Dr Nandi math, Professor of business law and Registrar, National law school and Dr Anand Joshi, Mentor, ISME, Pro-chancellor, Atmiya University, Rajkot talked about Ethics, leadership and strategy. Its effects on the functioning of the management and the Industry.

Vote of Thanks – By Professor, Joydeep Dass, Conference co-convener

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Panel discussion Dr Anju Kumar introduced all the panel members. Dr Swaroop Reddy moderated the session. ➢ Dr Narayana Reddy ➢ Dr Anand Joshi ➢ Dr SK Prasad ➢ Dr Manohar

Speaker – 1, Dr Narayana Reddy ➢ Indians are resilient ➢ Problems are new but the solutions are old ➢ We need to adopt case studies from the West ➢ Academia should encourage innovative thinking and make the learning process more dynamic and vibrant ➢ Observations not included in the curriculum ➢ AICTE prescribes the regulatory framework but need to Institution friendly ➢ Curriculum should not exceed the boundaries of the regulatory system ➢ Focus should be on the development of our own management system ➢ PGDM students should directly apply for fellowship

Speaker – 2, Dr Anand Rao ➢ Time to change ➢ Regulators are pulling the string ➢ Change in the ease of doing business ➢ Business models and millennials to change and adopt ➢ Good management institutes should work on new strategies to develop leaders, develop a culture of empowering own internal faculty, reverse the brain drain, invest more time on research, and invest in technology. ➢ Management institutes should focus on executive education, Corporates demand good coaches in faculties and schools should adopt best practices

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Speaker – 3, Dr SK Prasad ➢ Management education need to shed the existing and adopt the new ways, talked about the evolution of management in India. ➢ Industry – Education should work in coordination ➢ Emphasis should be on personalized and experiential learning ➢ Projects and internship should be given more importance in management education ➢ There should be a shift from the conventional method of evaluation to a technology-based method. ➢ Practical and continuous learning which enhances intellectual discussions should be encouraged.

Speaker – 4, Dr Manohar ➢ Management issues are temporary need to address the contextual changes. ➢ Emphasize on the industry and academia collaboration ➢ Deliver value in the institutional placement process – Placements to a derivative of the education process ➢ Prepare students for the dynamic job market ➢ Innovative strategies, motivations, leads to sustainability and all should be aware and enlightened. ➢ Create value and plan accordingly, if you do not plan others will take the advantage.

Questions from the audience 1. Nowadays, people are joining management colleges with the objective of getting a degree or a certificate, there are other parallel options of online marketing. What are your views? Answer –Yes, these are definitely a parallel system of learning but the traditional management education and the degree will continue to exist and not replaceable.

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Post Lunch Session – There were paper presentations by all the scholars, external faculties in respective rooms. Parallel sessions continued until 5PM.

DAY-23/2/2019 Director, Nitin Garg addressed the audience, repeat of Day-1 first two slides - convergence of themes - and clear cases of one or more themes dominating every year- smart cities, GST were topics that were not even in the radar a few years ago - what is not covered is industry 4.0

Contemporary issues in management - panel discussion Started with an introductory speech by Bhimaraiya Metri - director IIM Trichy VUCA world- now new term digital world- would bank estimated India to supersede China

After world war 1980 - Japan was the super economy - 1990s it was Singapore - since 2000, it has been China- primarily because of its manufacturing. China has made the world its marketplace.

In 1950s, Shanghai and Bombay were similar but Shanghai is now global capital coz of manufacturing and FDI flows.

It is going to be India's turn soon by 2030. Students will be in the corporate world and hence increased expectations will prevail. 100 years between industries 1 to 2. Industry 3 from 1990sthe gap has even more reduced between industry 3.0 and 4.0. The discussion is that are we ready. Before we gear up for 4.0, given the reduced gap 5.0 will arrive soon.

Tata acquired Jaguar. Jaguar was bigger than Tata

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Mittal acquired South African company, which was much bigger- small fishes, are eating bigger fishes. Therefore, what is relevant is speed and not size. How face we are adapting to new technology, new product and so on. It is hard to understand who your competitor is Today car companies like GM and Chrysler have to compete with tech companies such as Tesla and Google.

Passenger car companies are looking at 3D printing as an opportunity to reduce components vendor from14000 to a few 100- what happens to those vendors. One smartphone has affected 57 job types are no longer there. Camera phones have replaced Kodak, Kodak could not keep up the pace with technological change Data privacy is a big issue worldwide and steps should be taken by Companies to avoid misuse.

How to be successful when the world which is changing rapidly? ✓ Adapting to technology ✓ To be innovative (This happen only when you push yourself in crises). Jugaad leads to management. People in Punjab are using washing machines to prepare LASSI, a summer drink most common in northern belt of India. ✓ To be able to work in team. Have to learn from Japan. How to use ordinary people to produce extraordinary results. Make a difference to your workplace.

Content covered In 1958, Xerox launched copier. Canon and RICOH used Tyson technology and reduced component to 175 from 900. As a result, it improved its profits margin and captured the market share. XEROX went bankrupt Emphasize on speed more than size Americans created Azim Premji & Narayana Murthy. Since they set up their businesses when the US was looking to Asia for low cost labor Targets needs to be high. One way to judge it is to see if your employees are laughing. You need to be MAD – Make a Difference.

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Laser focus –Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were invited for dinner. Bill Gates mother gave them a small piece of paper, asked them to sit on two different corner of the room, and asked them to write the secrets of their success. Surprisingly, both of them have written - It is because of Laser Focus.

India fared well in the financial crisis very well because of the Indian ethos References to Oprah Winfrey & Dhirubai Ambani for having the Himalayan goal. Who thinks the unthinkable achieve the unachievable – Swami Vivekananda In 1980s, Bharti enterprises Sunil Mittal conceived the idea that mobile is going to be there everywhere.

Transformational leadership - Satish Dhawan & Abdul kalam. Satish Dhawan was the heading ISRO. After the failure of indigenous technology, he said ' That tax papers money went into the sea' - Kalam took over and made it a success. Dhawan asked him to talk to the Press– An example of how leaders make leaders.

Reference of President of NASSCOM- Mr. Kiran karnik and what he learned from Vikram Sarabhai- how to connect to people and how to conduct meetings?

Panel discussion - Professor Anshu Sharma’s introduction by Professor Joydeep Dass - Professor Anshu Sharma, the moderator introduced all the panel members. ➢ Mr. Chandramouli (MD of Swiss Company, startup advisor ➢ Mr. Ratnesh Kumar, Director of Indo-Japanese Metal ➢ Mr. Mario Rodriguez from Columbia, Former CIO of several American and Asian companies. Has been in Bangalore for the last six months. ➢ Mr. Nitin Garg, Founder & Director, ISME

Speaker 1 – Mr. Chandramouli talked about ➢ Mechanical revolution (1734), industrial, electronics and computer (1980s), internet in the 1990s.

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➢ Covered a little bit on earlier discussions touched upon by Mr. Nitin Garg as well as things like disruptive technology ➢ Regardless of all these changes the focal point is till Customer - How to increase speed and customer experience ➢ VUCA, smart manufacturing, future factory ➢ Features of smart manufacturing –quality, delivery, cost and variety- changing the architecture of supply chain – visibility, traceability and predictability – descriptive, prescriptive and analytics ➢ Industry 4.0 - digital manufacturing? Cyber physical systems, robotics and automation, process automation, predictive maintenance software, Artificial Intelligence. ➢ Ten characteristics- interconnectedness, diminishing time lag, information, transparency, complexity, removal of hierarchy, dissolution of personal barriers, enhancing integrity, humanizing effect

Speaker – 2, Mr. Mario Rodriguez talked about ➢ Disruptive technologies - Airbnb, Uber and a reference to Napster ➢ Internet statistics – Internet users has risen from 740 mill (2000) to 5 billion (2016) ➢ Technology is cheap ➢ Competition is international and everybody is competing to make it faster and cheaper ➢ Analytics - finding ways to get more value out of data -data is the new oil - need for quality data - right leads to right outcome ➢ AI - more focused on prediction. Again good data is essential -speed /accuracy tradeoffs-Machine learning research is a part of AI research ➢ IOT - 3D printing - block chain – cloud technology-Chatbots-biotechnology and human interfacing -cyber security encompasses all the technologies. ➢ How to make this technology choice - this connects to a change in management how people use it - Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face- A quote by Mike Tyson –With reference to failure

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Speaker – 3, Mr. Ratnesh Kumar talked about In 1945, Japan lost the World War 2 - Loyalty to nation transformed into loyalty to organizations. There has been no innovation and only cut copy paste while in the developing phase ➢ Japan now we s looking at innovation after being developed ➢ Average age is 45 - decisions come from above people of 65 ➢ To manage demographics they are looking at immigration ➢ They can also manage through AI and technology-so the government is looking at a two-pronged approach of people and machine together. ➢ Touched upon the obvious inequality and social differences ➢ Talked about the impact on jobs and adjustments that will be required with the advent of technology. Also, discussed about sociopolitical implications

Question & Answer session – To Panel & Audience 1. Mr. Nitin Garg to Mario Rodriguez & Mr. Chandramouli - What is it that company is doing because of changes in technology? Answer - Overall plant effectiveness - earlier measured by quality, downtime and uptime - but did not apply to the entire machines together unit. Looking at machine connectedness and its impact on productivity. Efficiency has moved from65/ to 85/- jobs are lost - but new job roles are defined - robotics will coexist with humans - new roles such as predictive maintenance engineering. 2. Mr. Nitin Garg to Mr. Ratnesh – Is there a fear/ optimism towards globalization Answer – The emphasis is more on job evolution rather than job loss. The sentiment is neutral since he belongs to trading company and the sentiment is positive. 3. Dr Swaroop Reddy to panel members - What will be the impact on technology on relationships, society and institutions? Answer – The situation is positive right now. Chatbot will talk with people to alleviate loneliness

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4. Professor Sudindra VR panel members – What is the impact of industry 4.0 on environment Answer – The priority is effective resource utilization and sustainable development and workforce efficiency. Human interface and awareness will also contribute to least environment degradation 5. What is industry 5.0 Answer – It refers to machine human interface, the idea of collaborative robots, Mr. Mario Rodriguez spoke of biotech and human interface, extreme customization. Mr. Nitin Garg spoke of energy revolution. 6. Student question to the panel members – Why are Japanese workers different and efficient? What distinguishes both of them Answer –Japanese workers are inherently industrious and focused towards their work.

Post Lunch Session – There were paper presentations by all the scholars, external faculties in respective rooms. Parallel sessions continued until 5PM. Valedictory session – The closing session was delivered by Dr. Anju Kumar and all the internal faculties, the Dean, the Director and the Principal were present and continued up to 5.30 PM