Asian School of Business Because business is life Placement Brochure 2011 Brochure Placement
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Asian School of business (ASB) is founded on and driven by the vision of creating competent and dynamic management professionals with a passion to lead. Enhanced by its deep-rooted values, the institution opens up avenues for its members to be highly effective and productive by integrating change with continuity. Its confidence and focus on individual empowerment helps ASB draw out the best from every member of the team. ASB Goals To lay a strong foundation in general management practices and to facilitate the extension of this fundamental knowledge to various areas of specialization. To achieve a balance between academic studies and exposure to a wide range of business issues in real-life contexts. To foster among the students critical, creative and positive thinking. To create high levels of motivation, self-confidence and leadership qualities in the students. To establish professional alliances with Indian and international scholars, institutions and groups to identify and incorporate innovative ideas in business management studies. To achieve the highest standards of excellence in management education, research and consulting and evolve as an arbiter of public and private business policies.
Dr. S. Ramadorai, Vice Chairman of TCS, on ASB
“The Asian School of Business is one of India’s most promising Management Institutes which has established itself in a short span. It trains future global leaders, imparting knowledge on business excellence as well as sensitizing managers of tommorow, to societal needs and expectations from them. Backed by a strong faculty and supplemented by leading practicing professionals from around the world, students have the opportunity to develop and sharpen their management skills. The ASB experience primes on students needs at the highest priority, creating an ever expanding professional network community.” A unique learning environment A unique learning environment
Asian School of Business has been set up in Trivandrum by patrons with a commitment to provide superior quality business education. The students are chosen on the basis of a rigorous selection process for the two year Post Graduate Programme in Management. The faculty-to-student to ratio is kept high in order to facilitate effective learning.
Campus of Global Standards
Infrastructure: Asian School of Business has just moved to its new campus that combines high technology and eco-sensitivity next to the upcoming Technocity campus at Trivandrum. CPG Consultants - the architects of National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Changi Airport and Ahmedabad International Airport among others have set up ASB’s new Rs. 63 crore campus in Trivandrum. This will be India’s first LEED-certified Green Building complex and campus.
Thought Creators
Board of Governors and Advisory Council: ASB is driven by exceptionally successful professionals committed to promoting the essence of professional aristocracy. ASB has also formed a core group of eminent management teachers and professionals, who as the Advisory Council, help to enrich the initiatives of the School.
The Change Agent
Faculty: One of the factors that sets ASB apart is the quality of its faculty. ASB has a core group of resident faculty with the right mix of academic and industrial experience. Most of the faculty members are IIM graduates and have substantial work experience. This is supplemented by the visiting faculty and practicing professionals from around the world.
The Transformation Process
Curriculum: ASB emphasizes learning by participation and doing. The curriculum delivery is a mix of case studies, group projects and presentations, role-plays and simulations. Students undergo summer internship for 8 weeks after their first year. This is designed and guided by the faculty to ensure maximum learning for the students and adequate benefits for the organization. The curriculum is carefully structured to suit the profile of the incoming students and the requirements of the industry. Visionary Leadership ASB enjoys the benefit of guidance of a Board of Governors comprising of professionals and academics of impeccable credentials.
The Governing Board
Dr. S. Ramadorai Prof. S. Jagadish Mr. Raj Nair Chairman, Board of Governors, ASB Former Professor and Chairperson in Quantitative Methods and Chairman, Avalon Consulting and Promoter-Chairman, Ugam Subramanian Ramadorai (Padma Bhushan) Current Vice Information Systems at IIM [B]; Post Graduation from IIM [A]; Solutions Ltd., with offices in Mumbai and San Francisco. IIT Chairman and Ex CEO and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Graduate from Institute of Electronics and Radio Engineering, [Mumbai], IIM [A] alumnus with over 30 years of professional Services: a Graduate Engineer from IISc. Bangalore; Master’s London; recipient of Ford Foundation and the UNDP Fellowships; experience, most of it in strategic consulting for Indian and Degree from University of California; an alumnus of Sloan School has been actively driving several major consulting assignments. international clients. of Management; one of the most reputed IT professionals in the country. Prof. Prakash G Apte Prof. K. Ramakrishnan Director, ASB Mr. George M Thomas Former Director, IIM [B]. Post Graduation from IIM [Calcutta]; Ph.D Patron, ASB from Columbia University, USA; has several years of teaching Former Director, School of Management, School of Distance experience at IIM [B] with specialization in Economics. UNDP Education, Bharathiar University; over 40 years of professional Managing Director of Kenton group of companies, India; Fellow in Computer Aided Management at University of Florida experience spanning industry, teaching, research and consulting Managing Director and CEO, Saif Harassi group and Burj Oman and in International Management at ESADE, Barcelona. in Public Systems [TN State, Gol] and not- for- profit sectors. LLC, Sultanate of Oman; over the last 25 years, his companies Management education at IIM [A] and at US universities as an have been associated with several prestigious projects in Oman; Mr. Arun M Kumar exchange scholar of East – West Centre, Hawaii. is also the Founder President, Trivandrum International School. Partner, KPMG LLP, California; is a leader in their advisory service Mr. G. Vijaya Raghavan Mr. S Gopalakrishnan [Kris] practice, a recognized thought leader in the areas of finance and Member-Secretary, Board of Governors, ASB performance management; He is a Member of the Board of Co-founder, CEO and Managing Director of Infosys Technologies TiE Silicon Valley and Co-Chair of the TiE Economics Forum. President, VMA Consultants Pvt. Ltd.; Founder- CEO, Ltd has a Master’s Degrees in Physics (1977) and Computer He serves as a Member of the Advisory Council at Stanford Technopark, Trivandrum; former member, Kerala State Planning Science (1979) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. University’s School of Humanities and Sciences. He serves as a Board; Member, Kerala State Council of Science, Technology He is also the chairman of Confederation of Indian Industries Director at U.S. India Business Council. and Environment; former President, International Association (CII) Southern Region and on the Board of Governors at IIM of Science Parks [Asia Pacific]; Hon. Director, Trivandrum Bangalore. Prof. Samuel Paul International School. Founder-Chairman, Public Affairs Centre, Bangalore; former Professor & Director IIM [A]; former advisor to the World Bank on Public Sector reform and to the UN Commission on Transnational Corporations. Pedagogy - One who triggers the right questions
Resident Faculty Adjunct/Visiting Faculty
K. Ramakrishnan, Director K. L. Bhaskaran - Over 36 years of experience in the manufacturing industry. Certified in production Former Director, School of Management, School of Distance Education, Bharathiar University; Over and inventory management (CPIM) and a Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) of APICS, 40 years of professional experience spanning industry, teaching, research and consulting in Public USA B.Sc, B.E, MBA IIM (C). Systems (TN State, GOI) and not-for-profit sectors. Management education at IIM(A) and at US Krishna Janardhanan - B.Tech. Hons. in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, over 40 years universities as an exchange scholar of East-West Centre, Hawaii. of industry experience in Dubai, Nigeria and India. V. Harihara Subramanian, Dean (MDP & Placements) G. Venugopal - Director, Neela Investments Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Over 25 years of experience, Over 40 years of professional experience within and outside the country. B.Tech; PGDBA from B.Com, MBA. IIM (A). Antony John - Retd Additional General Manager, Reserve Bank of India. Over 35 years of banking K. G. Satheesh Kumar, Dean (PGP) & Chairperson (Systems) experience. 25 years of professional experience; formerly CEO, Technopark; Director, Asia Pacific Region, S. Jagadish - Professor, IIM [B]; Former Chairperson in Quantitative Methods and Information International Association of Science Parks; Member, Advisory Council on Management Studies, Systems; actively driving several major consulting assignments; Graduate from the Institute of College of Engineering, Trivandrum. BSc (Engg), MBA. Electronics and Radio Engineering, London; Post Graduation from IIM (A). K. Balakrishnan, Dean (Admissions & Knowledge Management) Dr. K. M. Abraham - Ph.D. from University of Michigan, USA, M.Tech from IIT, Kanpur, Chartered Former COO/CEO of Century Wood Ltd. and Raman Boards Ltd. 22 years of industrial experience Financial Analyst (CFA®), Licensed International Financial Analyst (LIFA). Belongs to the Indian in Marketing, Contracting and Corporate Management. Currently involved in industrial consultancy Administrative Service. assignments and case development with Indian School of Business, Hyderabad and London Business School. BA (Econs), Loyola Madras and PGDM (IIMA). Rajeev Sreenivasan - Has over 25 years professional experience in high-technology with Bell Labs, Siemens, Booz Allen Hamilton, Sun Microsystems, and several startups in the Silicon Valley and Rakhee Sudhir India; Management at IIM(B); MBA (Stanford); MS (Syracuse); B. Tech (IIT, Madras) Over 9 years of professional experience spanning counseling, training and teaching. MA Dr.S. Sankaranarayanan - B.Tech, IIT (Madras); Post Graduation from IIM (A), Ph.D. Katz (Psychology); M.Phil (Psychology), Ph.D Scholar in OB. Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh. Sharad S.Ramnarayanan Madhava Chandra Kurup - Over 21 years of experience in establishing, leading and managing More than 7 years experience in the Indian Equity Markets initially with Birla Sunlife Asset Management teams in the areas of ASIC design, Firmware and Enterprise Software development, in organizations Company Limited in Mumbai as Manager, Investments and then with Pari Washington Company like Suntec, IBM and Bharat Electronics. PGDM (IIMB) and B.Tech from College of Engineering, Advisors in Chennai as Asst. Vice President PGDM from MDI Gurgaon, Bachelor of Chemical Trivandrum. Engineering (B.Chem.Engg.) from UICT, Mumbai. Sudhakar V.S - Founder of the physical retail business “Fabmall” (now More) is an Angel investor Lekshmi Menon and Strategic Advisor to a hospital chain called “Vaatsalya”, “Edusports” a company that runs the Experience in investment banking industry in sectors such as corporate advisory, project finance, physical education and sports curriculum in schools, “freshersworld.com” a job portal for freshers debt and equity syndication, corporate finance. PGDM from Asian School of Business and B.Com and “Innovlite” a LED lighting solutions company. B.Tech from REC, Allahabad and PGDM (IIMA). from M.G University. Public Systems Project
Public Systems Project (PSP) is an initiative undertaken by the students of Asian School of Business to develop projects with social relevance and economical impact.
The objectives of the project are to:
Efficiently utilize community resources to generate livelihood. Strengthen the entrepreneurial skills of micro, tiny and small enterprises. Capitalize on the unique strengths of communities to create or expand business opportunities. The efforts for the projects get underway in the beginning of the second academic year. With involvement in these projects, students learn to take up initiatives, understand the importance of working towards an objective systematically and above all have an ownership for a viable business proposal. Given below is an overview of the 2009 projects:
Thanal is a non-governmental organization (NGO) which works towards nature conservation and environmental health. Students developed business plans to analyze the potential of organic farming in Trivandrum, Alappuzha and Cochin. Kudumbashree is an organization launched by the Government of Kerala, focusing on women empowerment projects. Students took the initiative to develop business plans for certain entrepreneurial ventures such as mechanized kitchen, mechanized coconut plucking, flower arrangements in offices and janitorial services. Hospitality Management – Students worked towards creating a business plan for a hospitality management company that will create a branded chain of mid-range resorts and manage them. Ayurveda Wellness Centre – Students crafted a business plan for creating a global Ayurveda brand with a chain of wellness centres. Profile of the Fifth Batch (2009 - 2011) Summer Internship Placements
Academic Background Bharath Earth Movers
Arts Canara Bank 16% Deloitte Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group Commerce 47% Eastern Condiments Geojit BNP Paribas HLL Lifecare Engineering 37% Primero Knowledge Solutions Reliance Fresh Tata Tea
Areas of interest Terumo Penpol Trident Hyundai Operations 6 UST Global
Finance 12 Valtex International
HR 8
Marketing 12
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 Nurturing Managerial Excellence
Anish Alex Mathew Aravind Balachandran Date of Birth: 12-10-1988 Date of Birth: 21-11-1984 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Degree: B.Com with Computer Science Degree: B.A. History Summer Internship: “To determine the efficiency of Work Experience: Analyst - Real Estate Practice Area & Research Outsourced HR operations” Operations at Gerson Lehrman Group (32 months) Deloitte LLP, Hyderabad. Summer Internship: “Analysis of the Dubai gold & jewellery industry” Areas of Interest:HR / Advertising Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group Areas of Interest: HR / Research
Annada R. Rajan Ashok Chacko Joseph Date of Birth: 10-10-1984 Date of Birth: 24-09-1983 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Degree: B.Tech in Electronics & Communications Degree: B.Com Work Experience: Software Programmer at Infosys Summer Internship: “Brand Promotion of Tata Tetley” (20 months) and CyberDMG (8 months) TATA Tea, Bangalore Summer Internship: “To develop a plan to reduce the Areas of Interest: Marketing / HR / Finance cost of production” Terumo Penpol Ltd, Trivandrum. Areas of Interest: Marketing / HR
Ansu Sara Elias Jayan Satheendran Date of Birth: 13-12-1986 Date of Birth: 26-09-1984 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Degree: B.Tech in Information Technology Degree: B.Com Summer Internship: “Study on effectiveness of Training Work Experience: Senior Process Executive and Trainer and Development programme” at Infosys, Bangalore (36 months) BEML, Bangalore. Summer Internship: “To understand the Customer Service Areas of Interest: HR / Marketing Associates’ behaviour and their process knowledge” Reliance Fresh, Bangalore. Areas of Interest: Sales / Marketing / Logistics / HR Mohammed Hasil Date of Birth: 26-03-1987 Email: [email protected] Degree: B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Johncy Mathew Summer Internship: “Study on the Consumer Behavior at Date of Birth: 01-04-1986 the Fruits and Vegetables Section” Email: [email protected] Reliance Fresh, Bangalore Degree: B.Tech in Computer Science Areas of Interest: Operations / Finance Work Experience: Customer Service Executive at Sutherland Global Services (6 months) Summer Internship: “To develop a marketing and sales plan for a Learning Management System: KNOWA” Nathasha Dwilif Kumar Primero Knowledge Solutions, Chennai Date of Birth: 08-07-1987 Areas of Interest: Systems / Finance / Marketing Email: [email protected] Degree: BTech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Summer Internship: “Aligning monthly production plans with the customer demand for blood bags” Terumo Penpol Ltd., Trivandrum Karthika Gopal V Areas of Interest: Operations / Finance Date of Birth: 29-09-1988 Email: [email protected] Degree: B.A English Literature. Summer Internship: “A Market Study in Trivandrum for Eastea” Neethu T Mathew Eastern Condiments Pvt Ltd, Cochin Date of Birth: 03-11-1988 Areas of Interest: Marketing / Operations Email: [email protected] Degree: B.Com with Computer Applications Summer Internship: “Inventory management of seasonal fruits” Reliance Fresh, Bangalore Areas of Interest: Finance / Marketing
Kiran Josepherson Date of Birth: 08-05-1987 Nimisha Ninan Email: [email protected] Date of Birth: 03-12-1987 Degree: B.com with Taxation Email: [email protected] Summer Internship: “Organizational Study” Degree:B.Com Trident Hyundai, Bangalore Summer Internship: “To study the effectiveness of training Areas of Interest: Marketing / Finance and development programmes” HLL Lifecare, Trivandrum. Areas of Interest: HR / Finance Rahul Rajan Sujith. V. S Date of Birth: 22-09-1987 Date of Birth: 06-07-1986 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Degree: B.com with Taxation Degree: B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering Summer Internship: “Market Feasibility Study for Summer Internship: “A Study on Consumption Pattern of Diabetic Socks in Dubai” Consumables and Utilities” Valtex International, Sharjah Reliance Retail, Chennai Areas of Interest: Marketing / Finance Areas of Interest: Finance / Operations
Shruthi Jayalal Thomas K. K Date of Birth: 19-08-1988 Date of Birth: 02-10-1985 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Degree: B.Com Degree: B.Com with Computer Applications Summer Internship: “To understand the marketing Work Experience: Senior Business Development Officer at strategies adopted by branch managers in cross selling Reliance Communications (7 months) insurance products and its customer satisfaction levels” Summer Internship: “Comparative Study on Marketing Canara Bank, Trivandrum Communications across Grocery Retail outlets” Areas of Interest: Finance / HR Reliance Retail, Chennai Areas of Interest: Marketing / Finance
Sreehari M M Vinita Thomas Date of Birth: 21-06-1986 Date of Birth: 13-12-1988 Email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Degree: B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Degree: B.A Economics Work Experience: IT Consultant at Logica (18 Months) Summer Internship: “To analyze the growth in global news of an Summer Internship: “Portfolio Management” internal circulation newsletter named news@noon” Geojit BNP Paribas,Cochin UST Global, Trivandrum Areas of Interest: Finance / Marketing / Research Area of interest: HR / Finance One Day We Will Speak their Language - Invited Speakers at ASB
Dr.S.Ramadorai Dr. K. Kesavsamy Girish Ramachandran
‘Life doesn’t start with a BANG !!!’ “What it takes to be a good solution provider” “Cross Cultural Aspects in Europe” Vice Chairman, TCS Director EMEA, Tata Consultancy Services Global Head – Academic Interface Program, TCS
Dr. K.P. Kannan Sarada Muraleedharan, IAS Aswin Kumar ‘Global Financial Crisis and its impact on India’ “Kudumbasree: Session on Women Empowerment Initiatives” “Talk on his entrepreneurial venture: Blippy, which is
Member, National Commission for Enterprises in the Director, Kudumbashree known as the Twitter of personal finance” unorganized sector Co-founder, Blippy, California Dr. C. Jayakumar
Dr. Ravi Thomas “To leverage ecosystem services and reduce waste to manage Madhava C Kurup waste” “Establishing a New Business School” “Latest trends in motivating employees at the work place” CFO at University Associates - Silicon Valley LLC Environmental activist, Executive Director of Thanal General Manager, Product Engineering at SunTec Business Solutions Dr. Sunil Mani Raja Ramanathan “Has India become more innovative since 1991? An analysis of “HR Aspects to be kept in mind before going International” Roger C B Pereira its evidence and certain disquieting features” Head, Compensation and HR Operations at Bayer “Insight into Global Branding” Professor, Planning Commission Chair, CDS Chairman & MD at Roger Pereira Communications Pvt Ltd
Dr. Manoranjan Rao Dr. Anil Sahai “Science Matters” Jayant Pendharkar “Innovative Designs in Product and how to create one that meets Formerly Group Head, PEG, VSSC “Insight into Branding of TCS” the customers’ requirements” Vice President and Head, Global Marketing at Tata Consultancy President & CTO at AndesIT USA Services Partial List of Recruiters at ASB Employers Speak on ASB Alumni
Mr. Naushad Forbes, CMD of Forbes Marshall, on Mr. Jobin Joseph: [Batch 2005 - 2007]
“Jobin is a dedicated and excellent employee to work with. He cares deeply about doing a job and goes out of his way to ensure that a job is done properly. He is exceptional at thinking quickly, is full of energy and is always hungry for learning more. He has proven to be a valuable team member by building rapport with employees across the organization and integrating excellently into our culture.”
Mr. Pushon Mukherjee, Manager (Analytics) at Hewlett-Packard, on Mr. Varadarajan: [Batch 2005 - 2007]
“Varadarajan, always proved to be an excellent team player. He played a very important role in managing the account profile of IPG DSAS for over three years. Along with that, he was also involved in getting the team engaged on Public Sector analytics over the past months. He is a dedicated person whose enthusiasm is exemplary.”
Mr. C. Balagopal, Managing Director of Terumo Penpol Ltd., on Mr. M. S. Anand: [Batch 2005 - 2007]
“Anand has continuously displayed capacity to study and analyze issues carefully, identify key points, prepare useful actions and implement them. He has handled responsibilities including project planning and management, strategic planning, business plan preparation, and production planning and costing. This reflects the discipline and training he has undergone, as well as the innate qualities of logical analysis and systematic study he is endowed with. We have strong growth plans and look forward to Anand contributing effectively to the growth of the company.”
Mr. Dane Wallack, Senior Vice President, IFMR Trust on Mr. Srikanth Ayyappan: [Batch 2007 - 2009]
“Srikanth Ayyappan approaches everything that he does with a high degree of ownership and professionalism. I have trusted him with sensitive and important projects and he has come through over and over again. I see him having a long career here at IFMR Trust and I would happily hire others from Asian School of Business.”
Asian School of Business Because business is life
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