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GLIMPSEMARIAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT - NEWS LETTER Vol. 1 Issue 3

very pro pecting more fruitful comments from any- MBA students passed out with place- I amud to pu where and at any time. In 2013, MIIM is the ment in number of MNC’s and banks. I blish the third issue first institute that completed an intake of share my heartfelt happiness to faculties of GLIMPSE, which 120 students at its earliest time. I congratu- and management in this occasion for gives an overview late the students, parents, faculty members their hard work. For the new batch we of college and its and media persons who directly or indirect- conducted number of programs to enrich functions to the ly involved in the admission process. their personality, communication skills parents and public. In this occasion I would like to share and managerial skills. After the second is- with you that we provided a platform This year our students started number sue I received num- for IRSSM, the first time ever in . of new projects like, world environment ber of congratulating letters through email Around 60 participants from all over the day, Nature Club, Sports Club etc. The de- and other ways enchanting me to publish world participated in the international tails will be given in the following pages. this third issue. I am extremely thankful to seminar. The most important and pride Thank you those who sent letters and I am always ex- moment in MIIM is that the first batch of Dr. P. T. Joseph S J , Director

NEW DIRECTOR Inside this issue Dr. P.T. Joseph, S J, assumed the office as the new Director of MIIM on 16 th May, 2014 . He has been Professor, Center for Social and Organizational Leadership at Tata institute of social Sciences, Mumbai; Director of Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar; and Professor of Information Systems and Organizational Behavior at IRSSM4 XLRI, Jamshedpur and a well known academician and author of a number of books and national and international papers in different disciplines. MIIM Family wishes Rev. Dr. P. T. Joseph all success on his new assignment as the Director. CLUB INAGURAITONS CALIGO-13 FAREWELL TO THE DIRECTOR Dr. P.V Mathew, the founder director of MIIM., retired from his OBT AT SURYANELLY post on 15 th May 2014. A farewell program was conducted on 29 th April 2014 at the main seminar hall which was presided over His Excellency Mar Mathew Arakkal, Patron and Bishop of INDUSTRIAL VISIT Kanjirappally Diocese. MIIM family wishes him a healthy and happy retired life . NATION AL TOUR INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR IRSSM 4th International Research P.J. Kurien, Honorable Deputy Chair- The response to the invitations for pa- TheSymposium in Service Man- man of Rajyasabha, Upper House of per presentations was a huge success agement (IRSSM 4) organized jointly Indian Parliament. The meeting was that we have received almost 125 pa- by SERI (Service Education Research chaired by His Excellency Mar Mathew pers from more than 20 countries out and Innovation) USA and MIIM, India. Arackal, Bishop of Kanjirapally. . Dur- of which 54 papers were presented It was held at Marian International ing the valedictory function Hon. Pro. by delegates during the symposium. Institute of Management(MIIM), Kut- Vice chancellor of M. G. University Dr. Marian International Institute of Man- tikkanam, , during 2nd to 6th Sheena Shukkoor was the Chief Guest. agement put in their best effort and July 2013. The formal inauguration The Program came to a close with the brain to make the symposium a mem- of the symposium was done by Prof. cultural programs by MIIM students. orable one.

Inauguration of International seminar (IRSSM4) by P.J. Kurien, Honourable Deputy Chairman of Rajyasabha

FESTIVAL OF MIIM is conducting a series of ses- December 2013.. During the occa- sions on the topic “ DNA OF INDIA” sion K. L Mohana Varma, the famous THINKERS to impart ethics and spirituality. The novelist gave the felicitation address. series was inaugurated by Dr. D. The second session in the series was Babu Paul, Rtd IAS officer and for- given by Mr. Jacob Punnoose, Retd. mer chief secretary of Kerala on 5th DGP and Police Chief of Kerala.

Inauguration of festival of thinkers by Dr. D. Babu Paul VISITING MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL CLUBS IN ACTION As a part of the physical and mental development of FACULTY the students, clubs were formed in streams of Market- ing, Finance, HR, IT, Entrepreneurship and Entertainment Dr, Jay Kandampally, Professor Ohaio and are operational in full swing. The newly constructed State University, US, and Ebba Karee- na, CEO of SANDER SUCCESS, Man- Nature club and Sports club are also conducting various agement Consultants, Germany ,con- programs. ducted sessions for our students. 1. MARKETING CLUB MERCADO The Marketing Club swung into action by introducing M-Mart, the shopping facility at MIIM. M-Mart is sup- porting students in areas such as marketing consultancy, project identification and execution etc. FINANCE CLUB FINEX The Inauguration of the club was done by Mr. K.N. Pradeepkumar (Vice President and Kerala state Head of Dr. Jay Kandampally the Whole Sale Banking Operations, HDFC Bank Ltd). This was followed by a talk on “Banking Operations in Kerala” FINANCE MONTHLY NEWS LETTER MONETA TIMES & EXHIBITION FINANCE EXPO A new initiative of Finance Club, a monthly News letter Mrs. Ebba Kareena – MONETA Times, was started with the aim of making Resource Persons the students aware of the present scenario of finance Mr. Pervez. S. Muhammed, PRISM related issues in the National and International level.. MARKETING SOLUTIONS LTD, AN- The first copy of the News letter was handed over to Dr. DOVER, USA, former Director, Market- P.V. Mathew , director, MIIM by Fr. Ruban J Thannikkal, ing development, Unilever Inc, UK took Manager, Marian Group of Institutions on 11th October an interactive session on Frame work 2013 on international business and market development for the MBA students, A National Seminar on “Finance and Banking: Issues and which enabled them to familiarize with opportunities in a growth oriented Economy” was con- the various internal marketing strate- ducted on 24th March 2014. Thirty three delegates from gies .Mrs. Shyla Mathew, former fac- different parts of the country participated and 17 research ulty of the renowned institute of Hotel papers were presented in the seminar. The seminar was Management, Mumbai, and Mr. James inaugurated by Shri P. J. Joseph, Honorable Minister for Joseph, former Marketing head and excellent a ward winner of Microsoft Water Resources, Government of Kerala. gave talks to our students. Inauguration of Finance Club by P.J. Joseph, Honorable Minister of Water Resources, Govt. of Kerala

2. HR CLUB 3. NATURE VOX POPULI CLUB-THANAL A personality development program on “how to Students from the pioneering batch of MIIM become a better citizen” was conducted at Mar- conducted a one day trekking event at Vallakka- iagiri English Medium Higher Secondary School, davu with the support of Kerala Forest Depart- by the HR Club members to give the ment and attended a session on the Tiger students an insight about their society. project and wildlife preservation by profession- als from the department of Forest and wild life preservation, Kerala State. ENTREPRENEURSHIP The world Environment Day was celebrated in the campus on 5th June 2014 with a number CLUB E-CUBE of splendid and memorable events. The mem- The club commenced this year’s operations by bers of the club celebrated the day by cleaning participating in a training program conducted by M.A.S. campus premises and planting trees inside the Menon on leadership skills along with a B-Plan com- campus. petition by JCI river valley, Muvattupuzha. As part of the program the students also visited LULU hyper market, Ernakulam and learnt about the functioning SOCIAL and organizational structure of the firm. SENSITIZATION PROGRAM START UP VILLAGE As part of our CSR activities, the Nature club As part of motivating the students to start new ven- members distributed bed sheets to 20 disabled tures, the entrepreneurship club of MIIIM arranged persons around Peermade with the support of a program in collaboration with Startup village on Govt. Taluk Hospital, Peermade. The students of 19th December, 2013. MIIM along with faculty - coordinators actively participated in the construction of a collapsed Final year student’s picnic at Mysore house in Murinjapuzha on 22 nd March, 2014. Hostel director Rev Fr. Robin Pattarkala inau- gurated and coordinated the function. This was followed by a short leisure trip to Panchalimedu where the team relaxed for an hour before re- turning home.

4. ENTERTAINMENT CLUB The entertainment club commenced its oper- ations with the celebration of ONAM, the re- gional festival of Kerala, with a variety of cultural programs and a sumptuous ONAM SADHYA. The celebration was made colorful by a number of competitions like POOKKALAM competition, Thiruvathira kali and Tug of War. ONAM CELEBRATION The entertainment club also coordinated the celebration of Deepavali together with a Mini Management Fest. Entertainment club also conducted a five day tour for the final year students of MIIM from 27 th March, to 2 nd April 2014. They visited Edak- kal Cave, Kuruvadheepu, Kudaku river rafting, Bamboo forest, Mysore palace, St.Philomina Church, Chamundi hills, Mysore Zoo etc. The students also enjoyed the beauty of Hogenkal falls while returning. For many of the students, this was also an opportunity to encounter new places and cultures and tour has been remarked as one of the most cherishable experiences of their life at MIIM.

SPORTS CLUB STALLIONS The newly formed Sports club at MIIM orga- nized an intercollegiate Badminton champion- ship on 4th November 2013 at MARIAN College MARYKNOWL, AUDITORIUM. Around eighteen colleges from different parts of Kerala partici- pated in the Competitions. Mr. Thomas mas- ter, Dronacharya Award Winner, distributed the prizes.

SPORTS DAY The PIONEER sports day was celebrated on 21 st March 2014. The meeting started on 18 th March. Competitions were held in 12 sports items including Foot ball, Volley ball, Table ten- nis etc. The event also witnessed special com- petition items like Musical chair and Dodge ball were being conducted exclusively for female students STUDENT OUT BOUND INDUSTRIAL VISIT TRAINING (OBT) As a part of the curriculum, MIIM con- ENRICHMENT ducted an Industrial Visit to ‘Hi-De- PROGRAM AT SURAYANELLI sign’, a leather manufacturing com- Training programme An orientation In order to bridge the gap between the- pany situated at Chennai during the oretical learning gained from academic class for the 1st Semester MBA stu- month of December 2013. Another programs and the real issues encoun- industry visit to Hindustan News Print dents was started from 24 th June tered in the practical unfolding of an 2014. Training program includes com- Ltd was taken up for the first year industrial way of life, students are to be MBA students of MIIM on 15th of mu nication skills, personality devel- equipped with problem solving skills February 2014. opment, quantitative techniques, ac- in real situations. Keeping this in mind, countancy etc. the management of MIIM arranged a three day outbound training for the first year students at Suryanelli, Munnar

mendable performance and presented ACCOLADES a memento in a prestigious function ar- NEENU RANI JOSEPH, an MBA stu- ranged in the MIIM auditorium dent of MIIM from its pioneer batch MIIM congratulates its 1st year A batch of students (2011-13) secured the II MBA students for bagging the first nd rank in the MBA degree examina- prize in B-plan conducted by JCI River tion conducted by MG University. MIIM Valley, Muvattupuzha and B-batch MBA family congratulates her on her com- for securing the second prize.

MANAGEMENT FEST - CALIGO -14 CALIGO-14, the trade mark program of the fest on 29th October 2014. H.E. Mar ered the felicitation address.. Two books MIIM, and a well known South Indian Mathew, Arackal, Bishop of Kanjirappally “Leadership Styles and Practices” and Management Fest was conducted with Diocese presided over the function. Rev “Transformation of the Heart”, written a record number of 700 students from Fr. Ruban. J. Thannikkal, Manager, wel- by Rev. Dr. P.T. Joseph, were released by 130 colleges in Kerala and outside. Prof. comed the dignitaries. Rev. Dr. P.T. Rev. Fr. Christie Maria Joseph, Former Di- Mario Molteni, Director, ALTIS School Joseph, S.J, Director and Rev. Dr. Roy. P. rector, LIBA, Chennai in the occasion. of Business, Milan, Italy, inaugurated Abraham, Principal, Marian College deliv-

Bishop Mar Mathew Arackal, Fr. Christe, Fr. P.T. Joseph, Fr.Ruban Thannickal, Shri. Michael Kallivyalil, Prof. Mario, Fr. Roy, Prof. Samson, Fr. Siby, Mr. Ajai

he opening day program ended with a and UG by St. Joseph College, Devagiri, rum of MIIM, staging programs, such as Tdance competition and various types of Calicut. Miss. Saranya, Musaliar College, cinematic dances, theme show etc. The competitions were held at various stages Pathanmthitta, was selected as the Best huge success of the program received during the two day events and students com- Manager. The two day event reached many appreciations from various corners peted with each other for various games. its culmination of exuberance, color and including other colleges. The overall championship in PG was creative variety at 7’O Clock with the bagged by SCMS College, Ernakulam beginning of Yolonite- 4, the cultural fo- NEW FACULTY MEMBERS 60 % of the third semester stu- Corporate Governance Practices in the Mr. Nelson Mathew, Assistant Professor, dents of 2012-14 batch also Indian Banking sector’ in the international specialization in Marketing, Mr. Shinil Se- placed in famous companies like, seminar hosted by SCMS Cochin School of Business on 31 st January 2014. bastian, Assistant professor, specialization COCACOLA, RBS, SMR, Orell in Finance and Miss Jyothi, P.T, Assistant technologies, IDBI Federal, E & Y, They also presented a paper on the ‘Impact of Professor, specialization in Finance, joined Axis Bank, Prerna group, Extra Over confidence Bias on Stock Market trad- as new faculty members and MIIM family Marks, Nile Technologies, SS Agri ing volume’ on the same day at SCMS Cochin wishes them a warm welcome. technopolis, KPMG, AMW, HCL etc. School of Business. Miss. Minu Mary Joseph presented a pa- per in Marketing on the theme ‘ To shop or Not: factors impeding and facilitating Online shopping’ in the International sem- inar conducted by SERI, Ohio University USA & MIIM, from July 2 to July 6, 2013 . She also presented ‘Impact of Companies Bill, 2012 on CSR Practices in India’, on November 7 & 8 , 2013 at Mar- ian College , Kuttikkanam. Dr. Soney John and Mr. Vivek Menon pre- sented a paper on ‘ Developing a New Mr. Nelson Mathew Mr. Shinil Sebastian Miss. Jyothi P.T. Pedagogy for Hotel management Insti- tutes with special reference to Hotel Man- agement Institutes in Kerala’ in an Interna- Placement assistance have been giv- so far. However, placements are tional seminar conducted by SERI, Ohio en by MIIM to all those students who still on in full swing and we hope University USA & MIIM, Kuttikkanam on have cleared all the papers up to third to attain the 100% placement re- 2nd July to 6th July 2013. semester. 100 % students of the pio- cord this year also. Miss Divya Varghese, Assistant Profes- neer batch of MIIM have been placed sor participated in a one day seminar on in various prestigious companies . ‘ Twenty Years of India’s liberalization’ at XIME, Bangalore ond day each faculty presented cases of She attended a training on ‘Multivariate FACULLTY DEVELOPENT their own and that were discussed and Statistical Techniques for Management PROGRAM (FDP) corrected by the facilitator. In the after- Research’ at SJCET, Palai and Interna- tional Conference on ‘India’s External A Workshop on CASE STUDY METHOD- noon session a seminar on REAEARCH GUIDANCE was conducted and it was Sector Challenges and Strategies at Kochi OLOGY was conducted by MIIM for Business School’, Kakkanad, Cochin. . faculties on 27 th and 28 th JUNE 2014. highly beneficial for those who are pe- Dr. Ram Kumar Kakani , Head, Leadership rusing Doctoral degree. Mr. Jis Mathew, Assistant Professor, at- Development Centre, Lal Bahadur Sha- tended a training program on ‘Innovative tri National Academy of Administration, BOOKS RELEASED Methods in Management Teaching’ at Mussori, led the classes in a very effective The book “ Leadership styles and prac- IIM, Calicut, 10th March to 14th March , way. Faculties in the MSW department tices”, written by Rev. Dr. P. T. Joseph, 2014. were also participated in the workshop. SJ, takes a fresh look at ‘leadership’ in its various avatars- from ‘Strategic’; Mr. Nelson Mathew presented a paper ‘Transactional’; ‘Visionary’; and ‘Char- titled ‘Ambush marketing: an attack from ismatic’ to ‘Empowering’; ‘Moral’; and the hidden position’ at the National con- ‘Customer-Service’; to ‘Entrepreneurial’ ference on Inclusive Innovation & Sustain- and ‘Innovative’. Discussing these nine able Growth: The Millennium challenges styles based on Emotional Intelligence, held in Rajagiri college of social sciences, the author further identifies and reviews Kochi on 30 th August, 2013. ten competencies linked to each style of leadership: teamwork, strategy, decision- Another paper titled ‘Role save a fam- making, managing change, delegating, ily plan (NGO) in social marketing’ was negotiation, power and influence, men- presented by Mr.Nelson in a seminar on social Marketing: Role of Academ- Dr. Ram Kumar Kakani Dr. Amar KJR Nayak toring and coaching, and culture building. The second book written by the sane au- ics, Government, Public sector and NGO, Another workshop on CASE DEVELOP- thor “Transformation of the Heart” gives organized by INSTITUTE OF MANAGE- MENT has been conducted on 6 th and new insights in the role of emotions in the MENT IN KERALA, University of Kerala. 7 th October 2014 at MIIM to enable the spiritual journey. on 14 th March 2014. faculties about the new methodology of teaching. Dr. Amar KJR Nayak, Professor of Management, LBS national Academy PUBLICATION AND of Administration, Mussoorie & Xavier PAPER PRESENTATIONS Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, explained in detail about the importance Miss Minu Mary Joseph and Shinil Se- Editor and use of case analysis method in teach- bastian, Assistant professors at MIIM, Dr. Soney John ing instead of tutor method and in sec- presented a paper on ‘Effectiveness of Associate Professor, MIIM MARIAN CAMPUS, KUTTIKKANAM

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