N E W S L E T T E R ssu VOLUME 3 / ISSUE INSIGHT1 / JAN-MAR 2019 Learn Lead Serve Sri Sri University Pearls of Wisdom “Happiness is living in the moment with joy, awareness and compassion; being free from within, feeling at home with everyone without barriers.” -Sri Sri Ravi Shankar From the Editor’s Desk Inside... “Little January Spotlight 02 Tapped at my door today. And said, “Put on your winter wraps, And come outdoors to play.” Master of Business Administration 04 Little January Is always full of fun; Department of Performing Arts 13 Until the set of sun. Little January Will stay a month with me Department of Sanskrit 19 And we will have such jolly times- Just come along and see.” Department of English & Foreign 23 - Winifred C. Marshall, January Languages These lines by Winifred C. Marshall resonated Department of Journalism & Mass 25 in almost all corners of the Campus when artistes Communication from different corners of the world joined us for Cultural Ensemble of Hues – an international painting Department of Computer Science 26 symposium hosted by the Department of Visual and Performing Arts for over ten days. Adding colours and Department of Good Governance & 28 life to Ensemble was yet another edition of the Annual Public Policy Students’ Festival – Orion 2019. Filled indeed with fun and frolic, this year’s Orion was yet another feather in Department of Yogic Science 30 the cap for the University, be it the scintillating rock music by Stebin Ben or the ramp walk by the students. There also were moments of flashback– of Circulation: Mr. Raghunath Dash how beautifully this place transformed into one of the Design & Layout: Mr. Arun Kumar Mishra happiest campuses of the country. In fact, all of this has taken quite an effort over the years and it goes without Readers are requested to email their feedback to: saying this would not have been possible without the [email protected] dynamic leadership Dr. Nand Lal provided us as the Vice-Chancellor of this esteemed University. But C Sri Sri University then, as all nice things come to an end, so has been his tenure. February 2019 saw us bidding farewell to our beloved Vice-Chancellor after an illustrious tenure at Sri Sri University. The ‘Best of the East and Best of the West’ was once again seen when we hosted a high level Norwegian delegation to celebrate the Spirit of Sports as a Way of Life at SSU. We were also graced by the presence of H.E. Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, Former President of Tunisia as a part of this delegation. SSU MUN 2.0 virtually became an international forum in which a large number of students from different parts of the country enthusiastically participated and went back enriched. This was followed by the Indo-Canadian Leadership Dialogue at the University in which eminent Canadian educationists, communication experts and life coaches participated and gave insights into different dimensions of leadership. The enthusiastic spirit which made January so special was no less in March and we closed our first quarter with a celebration of the International Women’s Day and adding to our list of achievements, yet another award – India’s Education Excellence Award 2018. With a colourful mélange of events for this issue, I wish you all Happy Reading. Dr. Rakesh Tripathi Editor INSIGHT | 1 Spot Light (January 15, 2019) Mr. Chandra Sarathi Behera, Hon’ble Minister for Sports, Youth Services, Electronics and Information Technology encouraging students to celebrate the spirit of sportsmanship through healthy competition with the beginning of sports events during Orion 2019. (January 16, 2019) Mr. Narendra Lamba, Director - Operations, SSU, welcoming and felicitating Dr. Subrat Jena, President of Association of Plastic Surgery, and Founder, Ashwini Hospital, Cuttack as the Chief Guest during the International Symposium on Fascia, organised at SSU. (January 19, 2019) Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President SSU addressing and felicitating SSU alumni entrepreneurs, along with Prof. Srinivas Subbarao, Dean FCMS, Prof. Barada Panigrahy and Capt. (Retd.) Chandra Sekhar Panda, Director - Student Affairs 2 | INSIGHT (January 19, 2019) Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, Our President trying out a few Ms. Rajita Kulkarni, President, SSU addressing the confluence strokes on the canvas during the SSU with Mr. Yusuf, Director- of artistes from fifteen different International Art Soujourn. Bihar Musuem, Patna, Ms. Shama countries. Sondhi, renowned artist and curator, and Mr. Narendra Lamba, Direcrtor - Operations, SSU (January 20, 2019) Mr. Narendra Lamba, Director Cmde. (Retd.) Ghanashyam Poet Gaurav Tripathi - Operations, SSU felicitating Ojha, Executive Registrar, SSU mesmerising the audience with Mr. Partha Sarathi Mishra, felicitating Mr. Bishnupada his verses during the Orion 2019 Additional Secretary - Higher Sethi, Secretary - Higher celebrations. Education, Government of Education, Government of Odisha during Orion 2019. Odisha during Orion 2019. (January 20, 2019) The galaxy of artistes during Cultural Ensemble of Hues- the eight-day International Art Symposium held at Sri Sri University. INSIGHT | 3 Faculty of Commerce & Management Studies MAstER OF BUSINESS AdmINIstrATIon Workshop: Climate Change & Water Conservation (January 05, 2019) FCMS organised a Workshop on “Climate Change and Water Conservation: Insights for Business Leaders” in association with Climate Reality Project, USA (India) and SPARSH (A CSR initiative of JK Paper Ltd.). This workshop provided a platform to discuss the challenges and solutions related to climate change and water conservation particularly for business practitioners. The main speakers on the occasion included Prof. Prafulla Kumar Dhal, GM, JK Paper Ltd. & Head CSR, Mr. Pravin Lawande, Senior Project Consultant, Ernst & Young LLP, Col. Shashi Dalvi, Climate Reality Project (USA), India. 4 | INSIGHT Workshop: Intellectual Property Right (January 28, 2019) SSU Institute Innovation Council, FCMS organised a Workshop on “Intellectual Property Right”. The main speakers on the occasion included Mr. Bijay Kumar Bhuyan, Former Head IP Cell, Tata Steel and Ex-Head IPR Cell, Startup Odisha, Dr. Rujita Shenoy, Asst. Professor, National Law University, Cuttack, Odisha Workshop: Climate and Business (February 05, 2019) FCMS Workshop on “Climate and Business” in association with Climate Reality Project, (USA) India and SPARSH (A CSR initiative of JK Paper Ltd.) in which Mr. Aditya Pundir, Country Manager, The Climate Reality Project India, Prof. Prafulla Kumar Dhal, GM, JK Paper Ltd. & Head CSR spoke on the importance of atmosphere and the Western approach towards rivers, land and trees as capital and after the Apollo mission photo of earth, 1970, famously known as the Blue marble, how they changed their approach. Origin of “Earth Day”, also about the current emission on earth if equivalent to 4 lakhs atomic energy per day. INSIGHT | 5 FDP : Contemporary Issues in Management Pedagogy (February 06, 2019) FCMS organised an FDP on “Contemporary Issues in Management Pedagogy” in which Dr. Soumya Ranjan Dash, Associate Professor, IIM Indore, facilitated two technical sessions on ‘Case Writing’ and ‘How to publish high quality journal’. National HR Conclave: People, Prospects & Paradigms (February 07, 2019) The objective of the conclave was to offer platform for the industry and academia together to share knowledge on emerging HR practices, challenge and future prospects with the theme of ‘People, Prospects and Paradigms’. The major speakers in this event includedMr. R. K. Bhusan Lawande, Founder & MD, E4 Development & Coaching Ltd,.Dr. Surendra Kumar Gakhar, Former Vice Chancellor, Ch. Bansi Lal University, Haryana, Mr. Raghunath Jally, AGM (HR) Airport Authority of India , Prof. S. Peppin, Dean Academics, Xavier School of Sustainability, Mr. Prafulla Kumar Panda, VP (HR and IR) Orissa Stevedores Ltd., Dr. Santanu Kumar Rath, Director (HR) Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd., Mr. Ranjan Kumar Maharana, Former G.M. NTPC , Mr. Bhargav Mistry, Senior Consultant, E4 Consultants Private Ltd., Dr. B. R. Sharma, Dean, FHW, Sri Sri University 6 | INSIGHT The event began with a welcome note by Prof. (Dr.) P. Srinivas Subbarao, Dean FCMS, Sri Sri University who spoke about emerging trends and applications in HR domain. Mr. R. K. Bhusan Lawande, Founder and MD, E4 Development and Coaching Ltd. stressed the need of capacity building by developing five core values, character, commitment, conviction, care and concern. Dr. Santanu Kumar Rath, Director (HR) Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd. in his address, stressed on the need of inculcating human values for developing human capital as a strategic business partner and shared views on risk mitigation and CSR. Workshop: Organic Farming (February 08, 2019) FCMS organised One-day Natural Farming Workshop for MBA Agribusiness students, facilitated by Shri Chandrashekhar Baghel, an Art of Living farmer and organic agriculture trainer by passion. He mainly spoke on: • Elements of agriculture and its relation with nature • Low cost input production at farm level • The significance of the role of indigenous cows in organic agriculture • A business model of a Goshala • Practical demo of bio-fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides INSIGHT | 7 National Marketing Conclave: Marketing Shift in Retail Industry (February 15, 2019) FCMS hosted its 5th National Marketing Conclave “The Marketing Shift in Retail Industry” with the theme of “Tug of War”. Eminent Speakers on the occasion included Mr. Balraj Kar, COO, Hyperthings, Mr. Anand