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Vol.2, No.5, July 2017

FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK

Dear Members,

I am happy to announce the release of Vol. 2, No. 5which covers the reports of May and June 2017 fromAIMS Members. I am thankful to all the contributorsand would like to request more and more members tocontribute to the eNewsletter.

I would also like to share with you that AIMS has takenthe following two initiatives during May and June2017.

1. AIMS Research and Innovation Fellowship Grant -Out of the thirty applications received, the ARIFCommittee selected seven papers for final presentationat the 29th AIMS Annual Management EducationConvention 2017 on 23rd August 2017. Thecandidates selected will be awarded a grant of up toRs. 1,00,000/- for completion of each research project.

2. AIMS - JGBS Doctoral Fellowship Program - Underthis Scheme, up to 5 PhD candidates will be selectedfor award of free tuition, board and lodging at JGBS,Sonipat and Rs. 25,000/- monthly stipend by AIMS.

Looking forward to your wholehearted support toAIMS activities.

With fraternal regards,

Dr B V SangvikarEmail: sangvikarbv@gmail.com

Contents

S No Name of the Institution Page No

East Zone

1) Asian School of Business 2Management, Bhubaneswar

2) Globsyn Business School 2Kolkata

West Zone

3) Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University 5Institute of Management &Entrepreneurship DevelopmentPune (India)

South Zone

4) 8ISBR Business SchoolBangalore

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Asian School of Business ManagementBhubaneswar

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ASBM International Faculty DevelopmentProgramme

Asian School of Business Management, a leadingB-school of Asia, organized a seven-day longFaculty Development Programme on “ResearchMethodology” from 27 June 2017 to 3 Julyth rd

2017. Prof (Dr) Kalyan Sankar Ray, Dean, ASBMinaugurated the International workshop on 27th

June 2017. The event witnessed participation byfaculty members and research scholars fromdifferent regions of India as well as all over thew o r l d . P r o f M i n a k e t a n S a r a n g i , P r o fBhaktabandhu Das and Prof M N Samantaray haddelivered lectures in this workshop. Theworkshop focused mainly on Research designing,Report writing, SPSS and its utility in Researchfield. Today, in the valedictory ceremony SriPrashant Kumar Das (IAS) Additional Secretary ofHigher Education, Govt. of Odisha joined as theChief Guest. He said that the new educationalpolicies can be created through research.Teachers should not only take teaching as just a

professional career, but they should enjoyteaching. New thinking and innovation is utmostimportant for research.

Prof (Dr) Biswajeet Pattnayak, Founder andDirector, ASBM while addressing the participantssaid that research scholars of the new generationare conducting the research by compulsion or bysituational demand. So, research scholars canexcel in future if they have a serious desire or aninterest while doing a research. There is a necessityof creating research climate in each educationalinstitution. He has also said that the root cause ofeach research lies in the answers of “what”, “why”and “how” questions.

The co-ordinator of the workshop, Prof (Dr) PMohapatra had introduced the topic in thebeginning of the workshop. Cetificates weredistributed to all the research scholars and facultymembers for their participation. Prof (Dr) P Dasconcluded with vote of thanks in the valedictoryceremony.

Globsyn Business SchoolKolkata

International Conference on: “Spirituality inManagement Education”

Gist of speeches of various speakers inInternational Conference on: “Spirituality inManagement Education” organized by GlobsynBusiness School and AIMS (Association of IndianManagement Schools) on 1st July, 2017 atGlobsyn Campus preceded by a Pre-ConferenceWorkshop on 30th June, 2017 at Globsyn Roomat BCCI (Bengal Chamber of Commerce andIndustry).

The topic “Spirituality in Management Education”can be segregated into three parts: Spirituality,Management, and Education.

Spirituality: From the Vedantic perspective,Spirituality refers to Consciousness. This is more

to do with Enlightened Self and is divorced fromReligiosity. Once Spirituality prevails, it will lead tounconditioned love, care, compassion, selfless-service, transcendence and a host of other goodthings. A tiny drop falling in an ocean weeps whilethe ocean smiles. Weeps because the drops think oflosing individuality, Smiles because the oceanthinks of regaining individuality. This is the fulcrumof enlightened self when it is present in anindividual.

Management: It is the process of moving fromDisorder to Order.

Education: In the words of Swami Vivekananda,Education is the manifestation of perfection alreadyin an individual.

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Management Education ought to have twobuckets: contents of one caters to left-brainlearning like Finance, Statistics, QuantitativeTechniques and such other analytical things;contents of the other caters to right-brain learningwhich addresses emotions, feelings, moods,attitudes, beliefs, values, ethics. This is whySpirituality in Management Education is germaneto right-brain learning and makes the academic-delivery system wholesome and comprehensive.

As against the above backdrop, there are threecardinal areas, namely:

1. Care for Society,

2. Ethical Leadership and

3. Spiritual Culture.

Care for Society: The environment around us is ofprimary concern. Turbulence is the order of theday. A new acronym has come to the fore: VUCAwhich stands for Volatility, Uncertainty,Complexity, Ambiguity. Amidst this, managementeducation ought to cater to three things: the“knowing” part that is Knowledge, the “doing”part that is skills and the “being” part that isattitude. Students must learn to be altruistic andgive back to the society what society has given tothem. While in harness, after passing out frombusiness school, they need to remember the“Triple Bottomline Concept” of Managementwhich revolves around three Ps, namely, Profit,People and Planet. Bottomline in terms ofbusiness outcomes are definitely important andtangible parameters like ROI, ROE, RONA, EVA,P/E ratio should all be targeted at, without beingindifferent to render yeoman's service, reachingout to the less privileged and differently-abledpeople. The saying “Technology owes an apologyto Ecology” should be borne in mind. GreenHRM, Green Marketing and Conservation ofEnergy should be accorded priority so that thingslike Global Warming, Thinning of the OzoneLayer can be suitably addressed. The objectiveshould be to strive for attainment of the higheststate of human endeavour, that is, selfreliance/liberation from bondage/dependence onothers for lasting happiness ( ) throughblissstrenuous self effort ( ) using Ahimsa (srama non-violence) as a guiding value by each member ofthe community. As a result, overall peace andprosperity of society would also be ensured.

Ethical Leadership: Leadership is the ability toinfluence others. However, it should be practicedwith rectitude and propriety. The “Rajarshi Model”is a case in point. Here the Leader is both a Raja(King) as well as a Rishi (Sage). The King looks afterhis/her people, development and progress, whilethe Sage concentrates on Divine Voice. As R KTalwar, former Chairman of State Bank of India aptlyputs it, Sincerity+Silence+No Preferences = DivineVoice. This should make the work environment apleasant environment. Animosity, hatred, undulyblaming others, passing on the buck, anger withhowling and screaming to others should be ruledout. Not only this will create a work environmentabundant in peace and tranquility, it will lead tosustainability and curb high attrition-rates amongstemployees. In each fold within an organization, theleader ought to develop a layered structure ofregional heads, mentors and administrators toensure that members of the fold work properly andinteract with members within and outside the folds.The organization is to be guided by a chief whowould be the chief administrator of the system (likeCEO). A Code of Conduct should be set up whichshould be the day-to-day guide of governingprinciples.

Spiritual Culture: Culture consists of a set of valuesand beliefs which help to reinforce work-group andcommunities. Spirituality does not mean Religiosity.Spirituality promotes self appraisal system and theadherent is required to perform daily/periodic auditof his/her activities and take corrective measures.Both long term and short term objectives are to bepracticed. In business organizations, appraisal bythe immediate supervisor is on a daily basis and isensured periodically by unit/division/group head.The vows as indicated in spiritual culture areimportant in management of business organizationsand needed to be incorporated in the managementsystems. These refer to human resourcemanagement and development, accountingpractices and customer/supplier policies to be fairand friendly and transparent using norms andstandards like ISI and adherence to law of the landin purchases/sales/employee and governmentrelations and in sharing the surplus for socialresponsibilities. Even in the classroom context,spirituality can be practiced through effective body-mind practices incorporating yoga and meditation,respectively.

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In the final analysis, it will bring Happiness to theindividual, team and organization. An effectivemix of right food, optimum sleep, exercise andmeditation will pave the way for true happinessand sel f - ful f i l lment . People should beencouraged to do what and where their passionlies, be allowed to engage in such intendedprolific activities and also allowed to createmeaning for one and all around.

Composed by:Dr (Prof) Debaprasad ChattopadhyaySenior Professor & HoD-HRGlobsyn Business School

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Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed UniversityInstitute of Management & Entrepreneurship Development

Pune

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MDP for Bharati Bazar at Kadegaon

B V D U I n s t i t u t e o f M a n a g e m e n t a n dEntrepreneurship Development, Pune inassociation with Bharati Madhyavathi SahakariGrahak Bhandar Ltd., Pune organized aManagement Development Program on“Opportunities and Challenges for BharatiBazar” on 16th May 2017 for One Day atMatoshri Bayabai Shripatrao Kadam KanyaMahavidyalaya, Kadegaon, Dist Sangali. 75employees from Bharati Bazar Sangali andKadegaon attended the Program.

Objectives of the MDP: Due to stiff competitionin retail market and dynamic economicenvironment, i t is essential for all theorganizations to be abreast with latest changestaking place at national and local level in retailsector. For creating awareness about changestaking place in the sector, the MDP wasorganized.

The program was inaugurated by Dr (Mrs)Mandakini Pansare. In her inaugural speech, sheexplained the evolutionary changes taking placeat Bharati Bazar and impressed upon them howchanges are taking place at national andinternational level in retail business. To survive inthe competitive environment one has to changeoneself with changing environment.

Resource Persons for the MDP were :

1. Dr Sachin S Vernekar

Dean, Faculty of Management Studies,Bharati Vidyapeeth University

Director - IMED, Pune.

International award winning MotivationalSpeaker

2. Dr Jayant Oak

Renowned Management Consultant andTrainer for Leading Multinational Companiesin India with 35 years of experience

3. Ms Pritirani Gupta

Senior HR Executive, associated with PuneCentral Mall

4. Dr Sankaye B U

Professor in Management and Trainer.

Industry and academic expert in Managementfield.

Author of five management books.

5. Dr Sachin Ayarekar

Assistant professor in Management andIndustrial Consultant.

6. Dr Pramod Pawar

Associate Professor in Computer Managementand IT Consultant.

Dr Sachn S Vernekar, Dean, FMS BVDU andDirector IMED, in his valedictory speech touchedupon the areas covered by all resource persons andhow these areas are significant for personalInstitutes'development.

MDP for Bharati Bazar at Pune

B V D U I n s t i t u t e o f M a n a g e m e n t a n dEntrepreneurship Development , Pune inassociation with Bharati Madhyavathi SahakariGrahak Bhandar Ltd Pune organized ManagementDevelopment Program on “Opportunities andChallenges for Bharati Bazar” on 23rd May 2017for One Day at Yashwantrao Mohite College, Pune.37 employees from Bharati Bazar Pune attended theProgram.

Objectives of the MDP were:

1) To create awareness about recent trends in retailbusiness among participants.

2) To explain dynamics of customer experiencemanagement.

3) To discuss process and importance ofinteractive marketing in retail business.

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4) To motivate participants for delivering bestperformance for Bharati Bazar.

The program was inaugurated by Principal Dr K DJadhav. In his inaugural talk, he explained thehistory of Bharati Vidyapeeth and Bharati Bazar.He emphasized the need of training fordevelopment of employees. Dr MandakiniPansare delivered a talk on evolutionary changestaking place at Bharati Bazar and impressed uponthem how changes are taking place at nationaland international level in retail business. Tosurvive in the competitive environment one hasto change oneself with changing environment.

Dr Sachin S Vernekar, Dean, FMS BVDU andDirector IMED delivered talk on customerexperience management in retail business. Heexplained the role of Brahma, Vishnu andMahesh in this challenging environment of RetailBusiness. For surviving in the competitiveenvironment, he stressed, each one of theemployees has to take ownership of the jobassigned and adapt oneself with the changingenvironment.

Other resource persons enlightened on followingtopics:

Dr Sankaye B U : 'Customer Service – Centre ofBusiness/Case study'

Ms Tejaswini Thorat: 'Trends in Retail Market'

Dr Miliind Joshi – 'Interactive Marketing in RetailBusiness'

Dr Sachin Ayrekar Dr Pramod Pawarand –'Attitude and Motivation - Success Mantra'

In the afternoon session, Hon'ble Swapnali TaiKadam (Director, Bharati Bazar ) has visited MDPto encourage participants as well as resourcepersons. She appealed to all the participants totake away the important lessons from thisprogram and put it into practice for the holisticdevelopment of Bharati Bazar and this programshould be the beginning of orienting our staff forimproving their productivity.

Dr B N Pawar, Vice Chairman, Bharati Bazardiscussed the future plan of Bharati Bazar. At theend of the program, Certificates of Participationwere distributed to all participants for MDP. Mr

Jagnath Shine, General Manager extended his voteof thanks to all resource persons and participants.

Eight-day FDP on “Global Business FoundationSkills organized by Infosys

Infosys organized The Skill Development programcalled Global Business Foundation Skills aimed atbridging this gap between course-curriculum atgraduate schools and the industry requirements forundergraduate students from all streams (BA,BCom, BSc, BBA, BCA etc.). To ensure that Infosyshas a multiplier effect the methodology adopted is'train the trainer' methodology. Hence, Infosysoffered an 8- day faculty development program for32 faculty members from various Institutes fromBharati Vidyapeeth (IMED Pune, Institute ofManagement Kolhapur, BVIMR Delhi, AKIMSS,Solapur, MBSKKM, Kadegaon).

The broad curr iculum covered BusinessCommunication, Reading Comprehension,Attention to detail, Aptitude Tests, Analytical Skills,Customer Service, Listening Skills, Culture, andCampus to Corporate, etc.

Faculty members of Constituent Units of BVDUactively participating in the Faculty DevelopmentProgram on 'Global Business Foundation Skills'jointly organized by IMED and Infosys at their PuneCampus between 19-28 June 2017.

Hon'ble Dr Manikrao Salunkhe, Vice ChancellorBVDU addressed the gathering during thevaledictory session. 500+ participants attended theevent. The event was organized by IMED under theguidance of Director Dr Sachin S Vernekar, SportsDirector Dr NetajiJadhav and anchored byDr Sonali Dharmadhikari from IMED.

Workshop on 'How to write a quality researchpaper'

IMED has onganised a workshop on how to write aquality research paper on 30th June, 2017 inseminar hall of IMED. 48 participants were presentfor the same. The workshop was inaugurated byProf (Dr) Sachin Vernekar, Dean, FMS, Direcor,IMED. In his inaugural talk, he explained qualitiesof good research paper with publishing researcharticle in reputed journals.

In the first session, Dr Doss from National InsuranceAcademy conducted interactive session on writing

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quality research paper. He covered variouspoints like identification of problem, datacollection, data analysis, selecting a journal forpublishing and impact factor. At the end, heanswered all questions raised by the participants.

In the second session, Dr Nitin Vaidya,Management Consultant delivered a talk on dataanalysis. He covered various statistical packagesin detail with the participants. He demonstratedhow a researcher should select appropriate testsfor hypothesis testing.

In the last session, certificates were distributed toparticipant and Mrs Rajita Dixit offered vote ofthanks to the resource person and participants.

Dr Doss from National Insurance Academy beingfelicitated by Dr Sachin S Vernekar, Dean, FMSBVU, and Director, IMED.

Dr Doss from National Insurance Academy beingfelicitated by Dr Sachin S Vernekar, Dean FMSBVU, Director IMED

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SOUTHERN REGION

ISBR Business SchoolBangalore

1. Abhinandana 2017 – Celebrating Success ofWomen Achiever

ISBR Business School, a leading B-school inelectronic city is a pioneer of innovation andencouragement to talents. It believes women asbasic unit of the society, women build family,family builds home and home builds the society.Recognizing women for their hard-earned workshould not be confined to a single day. It shouldbe done throughout. This is the main reason whyISBR has been organizing ABHI-NANDANAsince seven years and chosen “MAY DAY” as theperfect day to recognize and honor the spine ofthe society.

ABHINANDANA 2K17 aims at the same and it isour pride and honour to have distinguishedpersonalities such as Sri R Roshan Baig (Hon'bleMinister for Urban Development & Haj, Govt. ofKarnataka), Smt G Padmavathi (Deputy Mayor ofBengaluru Mahanagara Palike) and Sri M CDinesh (President Federation of KarnatakaChambers of Commerce & Industry) gracing“ABHI-NANDNA 2017” with their kindpresence. This event celebrates and honours theaccomplishments and contributions of women inworld-wide community development. Women,who have excelled and displayed a strong mettleand capability to perform well in any field ofendeavour, This ceremony underscores theparamount role played by women in societywhile appreciating their attitudes, initiatives, will-power and perseverance.

ABHI-NANDNA 2K17 was organised onMonday, 1st May'2017 at ISBR, Bangalore incollaboration with ELCIA, Book ParadiseChambers Academy & Public Relations Councilof India. This day witnessed applauded andce leb ra ted p ro fe s s iona l and pe r sona lachievements of not only women who havesucceeded in their communities but also womenwho are taking positive steps. These womeninspired and acted as positive role models by

sharing their experiences with others who aredisadvantaged and are facing barriers to takingsteps towards achieving their full potential.

There were five categories of awards namely,Mahila Sabaleekarana Prashasti (institutionalaward for empowerment of women), Women ofDistinction Award, Shrama Saadhana -The ShiningStars (for achieving success through professionalexcellence), Shramaramba -The Rising Stars (forachieving success through self-reliance), AraluvaPratibhe - Catch Them Young. Apart from theseawards, the role of honours for the best womenemployees was awarded wherein companies in andaround Bangalore recognised and nominated thebest women employees who contributed a lot in thegrowth of the company.

Canara Bank, Banshankari bank, WISE (women insmall enterprises), Mysore supported a lot andrepresentatives of these institutes were nominatedfor Mahila Sabaleekarana Prashasti.

The event started with prayer song by littlechampion 'Aadya Udupi'. Her lovely voice echoedthe auditorium and filled the atmosphere withsanctity. This was followed by lightening of divinelamp by the dignitaries in the dais, followed by thefelicitation of dignitaries by college officials.

Dr C Manohar (Dean & Director – Strategy, ISBR,and Chairman, Association of Indian ManagementShools, Karnataka & Kerala) delivered theABHINANDANA 2K17 genre. He gave a heartywelcome to everyone to the 7th version ofABHINANDANA. According to Dr Manohar,“Real worker is a woman. Generally it is said thereis a woman behind the success of every man but intoday's changing world every woman has a manbehind her success.” He further continued, “thisprocess of appreciating women must go onforever.” Mr Manish Kothari, Managing Director,ISBR gave his insights about this event and said:“This is a pride and honour to recognise and awardthe best ones on this special day. The stage is allyours and you deserve it”. Shri Roshan Baig

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(hon'ble Minister for Urban development & haj,Govt. of Karnataka) was then honoured bygarland and shawl. He appreciated the initiativetaken by ISBR. He requested the award winners tohelp the people with psychological disorders astoday there are 7% of people who are lefthomeless due to these disorders and manybecome prey of pharmaceutical mafia. He furthercongratulated the awardees and exhorted them tokeep the spirit up.

This was followed by presentation of awardswherein the above mentioned awardees werefelicitated and awarded by Hon'ble Minister. Thiswas a moment of happiness, pride, honour andinspiration as this was witnessed by the familymembers of the awardees. The environment wasfilled with cheers and claps. Hon'ble minister alsounveiled the list of the nominated employees ofthe companies who were elected on the basis ofthe performance and contribution. This listincluded the employees from companies likeKarnataka Hybrid, CBS, Verbinden, etc. Awardswere granted to star invitees too, which includedfew alumni from our college.

This series of granting awards continued for aboutan hour.

It was followed by speeches and experiencesharing of award winners. Hon'ble Mayor sharedher experience “I was completely unaware ofwhat was it going to be. This was the 3rd programwhich was scheduled. After coming here Irealised that this was the best thing ever done toappreciate and recognise and honour the womenpower. I hope ISBR continues the same in futuretoo”.

Other award winner actress Anushree expressedher happiness and said “It is because of a father, abrother, a husband, etc., that a woman is able tobe in a position where she should be. My respectto all the men who supported women in all sorts ofsituations. Thank you ISBR for recognising me.There are many who did even more than I did.There are entrepreneurs, social workers, artists,etc. It is a great pleasure to share the space withthem”.

Other awardees too expressed similar views andthey expressed their sincere thanks to ISBR.

2. Mentorship Challenge - Campus to CorporateGap Analysis

Mentorship Challenges have always been excitingfor ISBR students and they really look forward toeach challenge as a medium to showcase theirhidden talent as well as to hone their skills. It hasbeen ISBR's endeavour to nurture learning andconsistent development among its students. Inadopting this culture, the institute has introduced aSelf Development Plan or rather Self Analysis alsoknown as C2C ( Campus To Corporate - GapAnalysis), which is a series of learning tools andactivities that enhances your awareness of variousindustry practices, reality checks, job profiles, skill-sets required, etc., to make its students industry-ready.

ISBR had immense pleasure in conductingMentorship Challenge: Campus to Corporate GapAnalysis on 15 May 2017. There were 20contestants from across 7 Mentorship Groups. Theeminent panel of judges included ProfessorNanaiah, Director- Corporate Interaction, Dr CManohar, Dean - ISBR, Mr G R Nair, Director -Admission, Mr Abbas, Head - Placement and DrKarpagam, Director - Academics.

The main objective of this challenge was to prepareeach student for corporate world by guiding themto choose their specialization according to theirskill-set to further zeroing down on their preferredsectors, companies and their job profiles byreinforcing their personal strength and domainknowledge.

Some valuable inputs that students gained from thisevent were:

� Be clear about what specialization you shouldgo for.

� Identify yourself as an individual and knowyour strengths and USP.

� According to your interests and capabilities,choose the sector where you can be an asset toa company.

3. International Yoga Day Celebration with ArtOf Living:

Techies from Wipro, Infosys, TCS and othercompanies in and around Electronic citycelebrated the International Day of Yoga 2017 by

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undergoing an Art of Living's Sri Sri YogaWorkshop of four days at ISBR Business School,Bangalore.

The workshop was designed to give techies abreak to ponder over their physical, mental andspiritual well being and help them to strike worklife balance. The workshop was a huge success asthe participants experienced lot of transformationsin their lives at the end of the four days and also theenvironment was conducive to give them the bestexperience possible.

The workshop was conducted by Full Time Art ofLiving Faculty Siddharth Pandey – Rajasthan StateTeacher Coordinator for Yoga. Siddharth is an MBAgraduate from FMS, Udaipur, who travels in andaround India to teach the techniques on mindmanagement. He also delivers one hour specialsessions in corporate and colleges on request.

The workshop was done in the beautiful campus ofISBR and the college authorities and staffsupported the Art of Living team to the best.

4. International Internship workshop by ProfAnanth Rao, Dean University of Dubai

An international internship workshop wasorganized at the International School of BusinessResearch (ISBR) at its Electronic City campus onWednesday, 21st June 2017. Prof Ananth Rao,Dean, Dubai Business School, University of Dubaiwas the chief guest of the workshop. Prof Raohighlighted the importance of internships for B-school students and how mere classroom teachingwon't be sufficient for the new-gen B-schoolstudents.

“Classroom learning is not everything. Classroomlearning needs to be applied in the real world,”said Prof Rao. Speaking on the importance ofIndustry-Academia linkages, Prof Rao said,“Harnessing Industry-Academia linkages will go along way; students need a more hands-onapproach at problem-solving. A student needs tounderstand the functioning of a company closelyand come out with solutions for the variousproblems a company might be facing”.

“Rote learning, copying, reading and writing haveto be replaced by critical thinking; logicalreasoning and analytical thinking,” opined Prof

Rao. “Internships could be career placements forthe right candidates and Indian students are thebrightest students; they are hard working and theystand a good chance to get placed during theinternational internship” said Prof Rao.

Mr Abbas Ali, Head of Placements and CorporateRelations addressed the students and mentioned,“Internships are opportunities that need to beexploited for one's career growth. It gives aperspective into what sort of skills are required atthe global level. An internship is the first and mostimportant step in one's career.”

Internships are considered as an academicphenomenon in most universities which is a wrongconcept, opined Mr Ali. “Making studentsemployable and catering to the industry needs isimportant. Academics is one of the ingredients ofone's career. It is not 'the'ingredient.” said MrAli.

Prof Nanaiah Pattada, Head of Industry Relationssaid, “India will have a different kind of economicsystem, the overhaul is happening already. Thebiggest sectors for jobs in India would be theagriculture sector, retail, and health care”.

Speaking about how different organizations andjobs require different resume formats, ProfNanaiah said “Resumes need to be different and inaccordance with the organization or job oneapplies to. A resume for an internship has to bedifferent from a resume one uses to apply for a job.The format has to differ depending upon theneeds.”

5. ELCIA-ISBR to collaborate for the RuralImmersion Program

The International School of Business Research(ISBR) is in talks with the Electronic City IndustriesAssociation (ELCIA) to be a part of the RuralImmersion program managed by ELCIA. Over 200MBA and PGDM students of ISBR during theacademic year of 2017 will get to be a part of theRural Immersion program which aims to bring asignificant change in the 19 government schools inthe vicinity of Electronic City.

Ms Aruna Newton, Chairman, ELCIA Trust &Global Head D&I Infosys Ltd lauded the concernsof ISBR for making a difference in the governmentschools. Speaking about the areas of focus, she said

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“Infrastructure is one area that has been takencare of. We should go beyond that and focus onwhat is happening inside the classrooms.”

Highlighting the difference the Agasthya ScienceCentre has made in the lives of the childrenbelonging to the government schools inElectronic City by helping them to open up andspeak and how it has made science learning fun,Aruna opined that integrating Maths and Englishon the lines of the Agasthya Science Centre wouldplay an imperative role in the Rural Immersionprogram.

The International School of Business Research(ISBR) plans to be a part of the Rural Immersionprogram for at least 3 years and doesn't wish tomake it a one-off experiment.

The meeting which was held on 22nd June 2017saw the presence of Dr Rama N S, CEO,Electronics City Industrial Township Authority. MrAbbas Ali, Head of Placements and CorporateRelations, Prof Nanaiah Pattada, Head of IndustryRelations and Dr Karpagam T, Dean, Academicsrepresented ISBR.

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July 29, 2017

NOTIFICATION ON ADMISSION TO AIMS – JGBS DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME

AIMS Life Members will be delighted to know that, with a view to bridge the whopping gap, at least to

some extent, between the enormous demand for, and supply of, bright management faculty in India, the

Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) (www: aims.org.in), a professional non-profit making

networking body of B-Schools in India and the Jindal Global Business School (JGBS) (https: jgu.edu.in),

which offers a multi-disciplinary business education to foster excellence through industry partnerships

and foreign collaborations – have come together to offer a Doctoral Fellowship upto five (5) deserving

management faculty of Member Institutions of AIMS.

The salient features of the AIMS – JGBS Doctoral Fellowship Programme are as follows.

Scholarship of JGBS covers:

� The whole tuition fees for the entire program (three years which can be extended by one more

year).

� Free boarding and lodging for the first three years (which can be extended for one more year) on O

P Jindal Global University campus.

� The Scholar has to bear incidental expenses like laundry, electricity bills and photocopy charges.

� Scholars will have to stay on campus accommodation throughout the period of Fellowship.

AIMS will cover:

A monthly scholarship/stipend of Rs. 25,000payables directly to the Ph D Scholar. An yearly contingency

grant of Rs. 10,000/- will also be paid to each Scholar. AIMS Secretariat will release the stipend on receipt

of a monthly progress report signed by the Dean-JGBS and forwarded by the institution, in respect of each

Scholar.

Sponsoring Institution will cover:

The institution should grant 'study leave' for a period of three years to the scholar, to facilitate full time

pursuit of the doctoral program, giving the option to the scholar to return to the institution after completion

of his Ph.D.

Eligibility

Candidates with MBA/PGDM/M.Tech./Masters in Arts & Sciences (with 60% of marks in relevant

discipline) are eligible to apply; preference will be given to scholars with teaching experience in

management.

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Selection

Up to 5 Scholars are likely to be selected based on a Research Aptitude Test (RAT) to be conducted by

AIMS and interview by a panel of members from both AIMS and JGBS.

Program Structure

� Completion of course work

� Comprehensive written and oral exam

� Presentation of research proposal

� Research work

� Presentation and submission of synopsis

� Final Submission of Thesis

� Defense of Thesis

Publication of Papers

At least two papers – one in the second year and the other in the third year -- should be published by a

Scholar in the AIMS Journal of Management. Otherwise, the fellowship will be discontinued.

Duration of Scholarship

The scholarship is available initially for a period of three years, extendable by one more year depending

on the necessity and starts from the academic year 2017-18 itself.The last date for application is 10th

August 2017

For dates of RAT examinations and other details, Contact

Dr. Meenakshi Tomar

mtomar@jgu.edu.in

Mobile: 8396-907465

Ms Shalini Saini

Shalini@jgu.edu.in

Mobile: 8396-907231

For online application, please visit:

http://www.jgu.edu.in/JGBS/program/ph-d-programme-1

Address for Correspondence and Contact:

Mr M Venkateshwarlu

Executive Secretary

Association of Indian Management SchoolsD No: 6-3-668/10/76, First Floor, Near Sri Kalyana Venkateshwara Temple

Durga Nagar Colony, Punjagutta, Hyderabad 500082

Tel: 040-23417875/76

Email: aims.secretariat@gmail.com

Website: www.aims.org.in

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